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w ESTABLISHE D 1805. NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1892. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR A DAY OF EXCITEME T t EDGE FIELI). The Crowd About Eveniy i>ivided and Neither Side Allow- the Candidates of the Other to Speak-Rival Factions - lfrch and Remarch With Their Candidates on Their Shoulders. [Special to Augusta (hroniale.] EDGEFIELD, b. C. July 7.-The mest exciting meeting day of the Sotth Carolina campaign is closing in -altha dim sunset glory around this beautiful little town as I write. The echoes yet reverberate. The gallant, passionate, zealous men of this great couuity have been riding like lords out of towi~ all day, by the diflerent routes, and some of their cheers come back from over the hills now and are caught up or answered in town. The scenes that bave transpired here to-day are hard to describe. If tLe waves were laihed to foam in Fl ice, this has been a sec ond tempe day: Edgefield as the distinction of being strikingly original in everything she does. She therefore adds novelty to campaign history to-day. The streets were full of men at an early hour. The men came wearing their badges upon their coats, a red badge for Tillman and a. bie badge for Sheppard and Orr. ThetSou;h Carolina campaign has this .liahked trait: On political days there is very little love lost between men of opposite political faiths. So there was enough trouble in the crowds to keep them moving. At 11 o'clock everything surged to the speaker's stand in a pretty school house grove at the edge of the town. Seven hundred men were >eesent. itrom the very instant the tid was surrounded and aifdirs be gan toassune a business attitude the -vaI cheering began. Tbis immediately demonstrated that the sides were near I.y evenly divided, which promptly put an energy into the demonstrations of ,each side. that made matters leap into jbsolute interest at a bound. The cries were "Sheppard" and "Tilliman." In the neighborhood of 350 lungs were crying the names of each at one time. The cries rise in (t great composite mass that, it sie .:ould not end. The factions were ,..ing to demonstrate superiority of numbers, pluck and en durance. Thb drst speaker introduced was Lieutenant Governor Eugene B. Gary, of Abbeville. Edgefield is the home of the Garys. They have always been the champion of the masses of the people, or middle class. The name of Gen. Mart Gary, long since dead, can awaken an enthusiasm in any part of Edgefield County not accomp'shable by any other name. The name of Lieutenant Governor Gary, who is a nephew of Gen. Gary, 40a' -received with that enthusiasm which.in Edgefield is always accorded -the name. He spoke well, But he did not proceed without interruption. The audience could not control their over aagaingdesire to cheer and counter ~neet However, there appeaued to be .o itntion on the part of th~e con ~eeswative, to obstruct the speech. But thereamie.a.change. And that change wagthe'cause of the inisur mounaeguf>l in camp. 4ol. L. W. Youmasi was introduced .tomspeak. LIEUafmean t to leap out. and tg,the Tillman faction arose to,their ti~. the charnion~ at the atopo * sThis -frowned all other speech. There was no mistaking the meaning ot th.e gemonstration. The Tillman facte istte audience were determined that Cdidoumnans should not speak, 4an equally' determined thait this fact should be established with emiphasis. 'I .:iconservative faction took up the 'y'Youmans!" The Tillmanites cried "Tiflman." The chairman, Hon. W. H. Tiumwerman, exhorted but his voice d.siuch like a straw in a hurri cane.' The band played. The cheering ceased till the band stopped and then it began again. Y~arious Trillmian leaders exhorted. But their words c2uld not nor would not be heard. The band played again and the result wa tl&e same. During tpis time a dozen fights in va.gious -parts of the audience wvere inadiment, taking all the power of cool hasadfriends to prevent or hold in abeyance. A hundred fingers were shiaking at Col You mans from the crowd con tinually, and lips were discharging execrations at him which neither he nor anybody else could bear. Governor Tillman attempted to quiet the crowd: but his efforts were futile, lie stood motibning his h-ind for quiet, like a boy by the sea. Col. Youmans wvent close to Governor Tiliiman and die nmanded that he take his seat. GJover nor TiLlmian did not move or cease to liftand drop h=s hand. Col. Youimans went to find the chairman. He found -him upon the groundi, working person all v with the audience. The chairman came back upon the stand. Col. You iaiie eaHed into his car, "I demand that Governor Tilhuan take his seat. I apelto you to make Governor Till man'take his seat" G~ overn ar Tlimnan sat down. By some miracle, never understood. after twelve mxinutes of chieering the gudeisee quieted dowvn, and Col. Youmans p'roceeded withi his sneh The announemrient camec fro mthe Tiillmlanlites n thei t uid iQnce. "WVe'i hear you we'!! hear you."~ Hie was not~ heard, however, without b.terru ption, which was muich in excesof that uiveni C7ol. Gary. In fact the obstructiot ist cheerinig w'as very gzreat. llesidecs fre quent stages of '"howlinug down"' t here was a cotistant lire of quest io:is fronm the audience directed at~ the spueaker. A v'ice asked angri!y, "Where isyour pistol?", Others. "Whiere is your 1haver TiIimermilanl-Please hult. (olonei Youm1:ans has a- much right to be heard as any 111:111 in muth Carlina. ("!. Yo umlan- p,roceeded. Wor& cambe from:i the a; i;enci witi irequuent oaths, "\Ve came to listen to gentleineii and not to Youmans" "Th.t is a lir' "\Vhere is your pistol! "\Where i- yolr walking cane:" Youians --Where is vour.' Voice-I i my pocket! in my p:eket: Where is your:?" And the speaker shook his iiuger at Col. Youmans. The disturbance here became so great that the speaker could not bL heard. A number of means were triLd to being order. Dr. Devore an aged and honored gentleniat. camine out of the crowd and not:nted the stand and got, a hearing. He said he was seventy-six years old and would never be at another cam paigin meeting. He had ecme to hear campaign speaking once more. Let me hear for the .e of an old man. But the cheerug went on. A Voice-We will hear you Doctor, but we w it not hear Youmans. Directly Col. Youmans was enabled of proceed. 'Voice Tillmate Where is your pistol ? Use your pistol whenever you get ready. A Tillmanite said something about using his pistol when the time came. A Sheppardite :%prang up and said, "If you want to use your pistol use it on nie !" and started toward the first speaker. He was interrupted with difliculty. Personal difficulties were on the brink of precipitation in many gnarters. Arrests were being made every two or three minutes, or friends were quieting their violent companions. Col. oumans se'.ured a hearing, agaiu, b.t within a few moments had to close at the expiration of his time. Maj. Ernest Gary, county Demo cratic chairman, arose to introduce Governor Tillman. The noise that began at the appearance of Gary was mistaken at first for en tirely Tillman cheers. But the true nature of the denionstration w. soon apparent. The Sheppard men were joining in the demonstration but with another name upon their lips. It was 'Youmans.' "If Youmans is not allowed to speak .here will be no speaking done" a voice cried. Now began Youmans and Sheppard cries which were to continue over thirty minutes, obstructing fur ther speaking and resulting in the ad journment of the meeting. Mr. Mark Toney, one the leaders of the conservatives, said that nobody should speak if Youmans did not. Col. Oscar Cheatham declared the same thing. The imminent, constant and grow ing danger of great bloodshed in the audience was the final reason for the adjournment of the meeting. (overnor Tillman I was bei 'g "howl ed down." The Sheppard faction was triumphant in spirit. The situation was growing more galling to the Till manites every moment. As the,balf hour approached there were ominous signs in the crowd as shadows cast before. Arrests were n:ore frequent, and in a few mdments it was plain that a diffica!ty would be startedl of a large and serious nature. Th~e meeting was hastay adjourned. That is the chairman announced as loud as he could to the speakers on the stand that it was adjourned. The sp)eakers moved off the stand. The crowd rushed for. ward and in the moment forgot their personal di fferences. G9overnor Till man was seized and lifted to the shoul ders of his men. The Tiilmanites collected and swarm ed around their Governor and went wild with enthusiasm around him as he was slowly borne off. In another di rection a similar demonstration w- s going on around Gtoveraor Sheppard. The two factions for a few moments wondered aimlessly with their cham pions. Then Youimaus and Orr were elevated. All the timec tihe processions, wvild with excitement moved about. Severnd times they carre near to col lisior:s, which it was feunred wo(uld pre cipitate a great diflicu;lty. Looking from the stand the scene resembled the action of a swarm of bees, undeter mined what to do or wvhere to go. Now the fretion, woul neaaly settle ini one place and then move to a better van tage point. All the timei the cheerinzg was dnafening. Each p)ro~cssion mlovedl in an unmistakable spirit of menace to thet ot her and tihe sight of each to the other with their large followings was like the spectacle of two infuriated an imrals angered at the sight of each other upon thle sanie field. inially the Til man factio'n settled sixtvyvards awa:y ina front *f the town high school build ing and instalie-d Gov. Tiliman in the piazza. About the some time forty' yards awayi from thre building the Sheppaid or ant i faction? had comec to a stand and had (Gov. Sheppard upon his feet in a bugny. Thne cheers did not cease. They hadu been going twenty mrinutes with the muovi ng p)ro(essions. G;overnor Till man began to speak to his friends fra:rn the school hmouse piazza. "TIt is a mantter of regret," he said. "to me to see mren who are neighlbors, friends an~d kinrs menl actim: in this~ uns-emily arnd vio lent mnannier.' At this pboi:t a n'arty of Sheppar.il:e rn up :anud crie' i, "Sh eppard! ShI~ep pard!"~ at thre taps of their voices. Nows a nseriou)s riot seemed >n:nminernt. Go~v ernor! Tillman cea-ed spe'ainig. The T1iilmanites rushed upon the di'*-tiri:-r with cur--es. It wvas the atmiot that 1lence. Governor Tilimnan said: "I do riot 'want any i.:hin:. We kn'w very ni leeIingt, idll youi cainnot bri', me from .Aiken over here to howl down anybody. N iw, notwithstaning the pea e :nd :ar.iiiy whiCh they clai:n, I w!!! not se:tk to you at all, but go h:omle. T here had ieen no s;peaking thus far at the .4heppard headquarters. The followers of Governor Tillman took h, im! upon their shouldersand borehim past the She'pp rd faction, and pro eeeded with iim:I to the mill square e' the town with their eries. :\ftr they had disapea:(ed (Gover nor Sh?"ppard said. "i he opposition have said that they would leave the hall without speaking if we would, so I will not speak. I say to my friends to go home as if the meeting had ended in good order. Let the termination be quiet at least." Here the Sheppard faction dispersed and their demonstration ended for the day. The cries of the 'I illman faction, however, were loud over in the town. Gove,-nor Tillman was borne to the court house. H! re Gen. McLaurin, General Farley and Governor Tillman .poke for two hours to a nmany of t heir faction as could crowd into the court room. Here Governor Tilluan tie livered what his friends say, and the conservatives agree, was the finest speech of his life, advocating a con stitutional convention, a new public school system, an enactment for rail road control in the State, and a new system of county government. Edge field, and perhaps no pfhee in South Carolina, has ever seeu such a day as this since '7;. The complexion of the meeting was about three to two in favor of Tillman. Getting Ahead. [honias Kane, in the Interior.] A business man recently said to me: "I never knew a young man to get ahead who commenced by going in debt." I replied that I never knew a young man to get ahead who did not make his start by getting into debt. We were both right. He was speaking of one kind of indebtedness; I. of another. He had in mind personal want.- such a; clotling, hoard, etc. I, the nucleus for a home or business. Nothing indicates charac.er in a young man or an older one, for that matter. more quickly and surely than his debts, if he has any. If for some thing to live ''on, or wear, the chances are at least ten to one that lie will scratch a poor head all his days. If, however, for a piece of land, a lot, stock in a building and loan associa tion, or anything which has a home or the foundation of a livelihood for its object, each payment made means a granite stone in the foundation of his character. If Paul were writing again, "Ove no man anything,'" I think lie would add, "past due." "To love one an other 4 always due. Other debts are not proi perly debts at all, in the sense h:e meant, until date of p)aymnent. Financial man hood is built up, not by keeping out of debt, but by p)rompItness of payment. Another fatct in the same line is that saving money is vastly more a matter of principle and habit than of amount of salary. Personally, I have never know I a young man who, if he did not sus e money on a salary of forty dollars a month, would do it on seven tv-live. If lhe did not on $.50, he would not (Cn 610 'rho man who saves nothing on $l,000 a year will not do it on $2,Cno nor on~ 03,00 nor even on :j, rsC. If von think these are wild state muents, and not bonei out by the fots, ask any business man of wide ar'quaint ance, or if you do not know one. ask you pastor, if he has had experience among salaried workers. Noney in a savings bank is not the best financial test of a manly character. A partly or wholly paid for home, or piece of land on which to build one, is a far better test. On the (ither hand, it is the best tedt I know oCf, unless building and loan association stock be excepitedi, for wage-working women, whether they work in h omes, ot|ices or factories. Na'urally, a maon looks forward to buying ground and building a home; a woman to the furnishing which takes ready money. I 'rom the St. LCuis RepuIblic.] Ily the coinage plnk (Cf its platformi, adopted at Chicago, the Decmocratic party pledges itsel f to coin silver on t he same terms on wh ieb ?0old is coined: to maintain the parity (Cf the silver, gholC, and paper money issued bCy the Unijted .tates, and to abolish the existing prce mnum (on gold byterepeal oCf the Bul lion Storage act, through whic'h silver budlion is demnonetie.d and the coinaa:e of sil ver discon tinuned. Th'le D)emu (':atic theory eri him,etallismu and (if tihe free cod nage of the pre"cious mietals is clearly elucidated in the Chicago plat formC. This dleclaratioCn oif the free ciinCage picip.le, without which the bi metal lie dotandard can not be matin tainedc. meI ets the dlemanOds of limetal li-t- and at the samec time cuts away the ground from! un!der the fe'et of th a I vucate of (th'e ! Cingle ,:ld standaord. The democrati? party: will not only re I:oete equity Cf 5iier w8ih goildi -hnge ut it wvill !Cmt:ii the -i!ver, the' L'old, an th pape i~r Cdii!ar at lar with ea0ch oi er. It has d-Iled a pdilley that will be sat:-:actory tio all Dem:o.rat-. W est ami East, and by this dleclaratio! Cof plicyx it inV-tes the2 su.omrt ofI all <o. are (oppmed to the Zinleio! Stainnari, to the un.ttural Prennum! Cd) gold, andu to a forcel ('on tracion! o)f tihe currency. 1OLGIIT OtT 1-N iR . Tle Long I)ri6r'a "t Cr-is Co.:,er :t :om(( ra:i -1' 3It-n 1(1intI :ant o Wounncle(. I'inke("rton 3en S"iut Down Ka:(u! (ap ture(I lay the st0:kvrP;. I;es m . , July ,. (aliitai and la or met in a deadlly rootliet here to day. In the preliminary -kirisl la bor won the first ro-und of the iglight. It w a: desperate battle, whiclh stretcied itself ,ut like a riot for Iif teen liurs. The dead and dying will evt stand as !:ha sti.; mnoUnumentis to the disaster. Yet I [omnestead is to be conigratulated that the calamity waa not more widespread. It seeIs a m1iracle thai so few lives were lu st, in view of the fact that the.22) I'ndkerton men during the entire day were p nned up in the two barges that were c-on stantly uier fire from rifles, pistols, dyna ite bombs, and the one cannon in the place, and that the workmen were enraged and made dtsperate by the presence of the P iukertons, who, to the labor worid, are firebrais in time of peace and war. The workmen were determined and almost vicious in their warfare, and twice when their imprisoned foes threw up their arms and raised a liag of truce they refused to recognize the attempt to surrender. Only when they exhausted themselves did the work men accept the defeat of their unknown enemies, and then the hired guardians were subjected to inhumau treatment, not coD tent with marching their vol untary prisoners through the streets of the town, every man, womtan, and child in the place was allowed a vigor ous kick or a sickening blow at the un fo.tunates. until each of them, young and old, had to be almost dragged to the prison, into which the men were crowded l.st night awaiting the action of the Coroner and Sheriff-the former to charge them with the murder and the latter to imprison them for the crilme. Alta 1h1r it as:il eventful day in Homestead, cne that. has left a crimson page in the story of wage disputes, and 'he end is not yet. The working peo ple are just where they were before the Carnegie people assumed charge of their contest here. The next turn to be taken by the company will be watched with interest. The people here are nervous, anxious, but they are confe.t with their first victory, and they seem anxious for another tussle wit h capital, their an icient enemy. I f the unfo;tunate Pink ertons who were glad to throw them selves upon the workmen's merey are allowed to go unharmed to-night, there is not likely to be any trouble here for at least twelve hours, and what to morrow w':il bring forth in the way of disturbances depends largely on the course pursu(d by the Carnegie coI pany. AIMIi:1) _NIERTON :;UAIRDS ANT) s-ra tgi:is enAME FA'E TO FA CE. H103 EsT E.I, July (.-Dawn was just breaking this morning when the first gtun of tihe second bloodiest battle be tween labor and capital that. has ever been fought in A merica was fired. Since then, with no color of right on either side, with no justiticatiotn for the use of e.:treme and brutal measures by ether r e, the work of death has gone g< no without ceasing, and it is re ported that at least twelve men have beeni killed and twenty wounded on both sides. Never before the great r-ailroa ' drikes of '77, when tile army was called out and the streets were swept with Gatlitg I uns, was this recordl equalled, and it has tot been si nc tintil to-day, anld the war has only just beguti. To-night there is ant army of fy,ont men, more than one-half of them wvell armed, andi all of them carrying weapons of some sort, camped in the village of Home stead. :'is: have a plenty of amimuni t ion and provisions fra long seige. They are setting at defince all thle laws of the land. The Sheriftf antd all the law oificers of the countyv confess their ina bility to cope with them, and they at). peal to the State fluthorities to call out the ti-oups. The appeal so far has been r-efused. When the battle will end, hov nany ionmes wvill be made desolate, how many moriie 1ives will he sacrificed, is a mere matter of conjecture. It is the almost univ-ersal opinion here that the battle has only just begun, that the bloody scenes of to-day will te re-enacted and rc-en-ac-ted. Certain it seems that if the polley of sendling Pinke-rton meu here is kept uip more murder will lbe coim mi tted. (Organize-d labor here looks on the Pinkerton men as cosmmon enemy, de-ervig of no more mercy than a wild bestLf tt comes~ from its lair to dlevouir anda to dest=r(iy. Toi kili tis ( nemiiv .5 lookedl on) s th reatest g! ry that can fall to the lit o f moi rtal m an. This army of G,i o mniserr-etly-no, not scire'ly, but nitenly ii pldgedl :o exterminate every Pinkertoin iman wino comes-, anti in thir pirceent temper, unless they are broughit into subjection at once by the Stale authlorities, they will (10 it. Thle P inker1n men are .inet as dletermilneii. Thlat they are a reckless, (late-devil set, wih little knowledge of fear, i-. shown by~ teirndct tn-day. Fo I leven hour~litis theyv vl:.re .tthiered( lihe sheep' in a pe awaiti~ng -lauigmr. The enn p-arched-r on thte miouui *ole-ys of iron an ~ister-!. vet they didl n ot strike their coli-rs tad ofTfer m o r rinde.-r nd de-ma:nd q1uarte-r until their boat iwereX siniking~ beneathI themi. Eve I whenx~- thle river tiiwed ith hurn (n il and thetre Seea-l(i noit one cha(e ii n a hundre d thait theyv mricht behi 11 ndter shields and poppecd away 'vii;te wince.nt.ir at r.-erv heal hev saw. With the bodies of tho"ir dead and wounded comrades beside them. thy fought on without an ap parent thought of surrender. When fit:aily their boats were sink ing and death for all seemed only the question of an hour or so, they ran up a white rag at the masthead. It was shot down. They ran it up again, and it was riddled with bullets a second time. A third time they ran the rem nant up, and the army ashore recog nized it as a token of surrender. STIcTEST ORI)ER NOW rREVAILS IN AND AROUND ILOMESTEAI). I"ITTsnURG, July 7.-Pinkerton's de teetives from Homestead, arrived in this city at 2.41) this morning. Twenty seven of their number were wounded and were sent to the West Pennsylva nia hrspital. They one and all refused to make any statement or to be interviewed. The course of Gov. Pattison in de clining to order the national guard to Homestead until Sheriff McCleary had exhausted all the means in his power to preserve order is generally con mended. The prevailing opinion here is that had the militia appeared on the scene the bloodshed would have been much greater. The advent of armed and uniformed men of the State troops to guard the Carnegie works-to act as protectors of non-union men-would have excited the strikers to alI'possible resistance. These men at Homestead are so well organized, are under such perfect con trol, and are so great in numbers that a ccnflict between them and the mili tia might be long and would certainly be a bloody one. Under these circumstan :s the go ernor's careful survey of the state ol affairs and his conservative action call for ungaalified approval from every side. TO BE TRIED FOR 31URDER. P1 TTSBURG, PA., July 7.-A visit to the union station revealed the fact that the Pinkerton detectives who arrived in this city at 2.30 this morning, will not be taken from the city, but will be kept at the Pennsylvania yards under a strong guard until daylight, when they will be removed to the county jail to await t:'ial for murder. ALL SILENT AT IIOMESTEAD. HOMESTEAD, Pa., July .-Honl^ stead was strangely silent this morning. It is the quiet of sober afterthought. The leaders are wondering what will be the next step. The men are bathing their wounds or making preparations to bury their dead. Except for the large crowds of sight seers the town would be more than normally still. The leaders of the mob propose at once to have the fence on Cat negie's property rebuilt and also to repair all other damage 'aused by yesterday's riot. This will be done so as to prevent Iany suits of damiages from the comn pany. TIhe old guards were secured by the men and placed on duty to again look after the company's interest. There is much surp)rise here over the reported release by the sheritf of the Pinkerton Guards. When the men agreed not to kill the guards, it was with the under standing that the guards should be placed in jail until indictments for murder could be sworn out against themi. The report of their releise ex cited much angry discussion at first, but this was quieted when it was re menmbered that if the men appeared as witnesses they would themselves be liab!e to p)rosecution for riot. Several of the leaders expressed relief over the release and believ i no legal complica tion would arise. The call of the sheriff for a posse was received here with good natured deris ion. The men are confident that the sympathy of the citizens evidently is so much with them that no good men would volunteer. They (declare that had the guards not comec here there would have been no violence. As an evid1ence of their sincerity a commit'.ee of three went through the works at an early hour this morning, coiled tip the ropes and hose, took down al barri cades and removed so far as possible all evidences of the conflliet. KILLED:l AND) WOUNIEI. Ht3isrE,mD. .July 8.-The list of killed and injured is at last completed. F'our were killed outright by Pinker ton's bullets, two others died in the evening, eleven badly injured, six of whom may die. Twenty-five others slightly injured. Three Pinkertons were killed. sEN. o NEw YoUC. 1':ITTsnaUno, Suly 7.-F'ive carloads of Pinkertons who came to Pittsburg dutr ing the night were sent to New York by a train on the Pennsylvania railway this morning. Ho0w THiE JINKEEToN MrEN WERE H OMEsTEAD, July i.-T'he most shocking and dlastardly dleeds. however, were committed while the prisoners wvere being escorted through the streets by an escort of gtuards appointed by the strikers. An angry mob lined the street on both sides. As the meni passed by. cach in charge of two deputies, the mill men andl their friends kicked them n.1 threw. sonme of them dowvn. The if' rtunate detectives begged for muer cy. ome of themi had pi-tol shot wound, in their heads, and three were seen~ that had their eves shot out. Sev eral were Thot in the shoulders, arms a nd lea and could scarcely limp along. Thbe blood was running in streamus down their thirts, and they fairly yelled with pain. Fully thirty injured mein were taken to the ton haln One of them ha his eye puncued out by an anibrella in tin hands of a woman. Sa ni was throwi in their eyes and they were struck witl clubs and other missiles. Many wer< knocked down with clul), tramplec on and some were to( weak to wall when they were started for the towr hall. The mill men used the stocks o their rifles and struck the detective, over the head and shoulders. intlictini serious, and, in sonie cases, perhaps fatal injuries. As the procession rea:-hed the Amal gated Association building the detect ives had to remove their hats and salute the flag. When they removed theii bats men and women hit them witL umbrellas and sticks and abused them in every way imaginab'e. There seemed to be a determination to kill the priso ner:, and it was with the greatest diffi culty that ie demon-like crowd could be restrained. The rren were finally lodged in the Opera House, where they were to be kept for the night. After the prisoners h ad been removed from the barges the rioters had theii revenge. They carried oil into the holds, poured it over the bedding and furniture and then set it on fire, first securing the barges so that they could not float down the rive: and cause dam age at points below. When the flame: broke through the decks the cheers which rent the air weie deafening and the noise could be heard miles away. The hills on either side of the river were literally crowded with people whc could witness from this high point all that was transpiring cn the battle field and be out of range of the deadly bul lets. The day was one that will be remembered with hor:or by the people of the borough, as well as the citizens of the entire country, who for a second time will be called upon to pay an enormous amount of rioney entailed in the shape of riot losses. General Iobel. E. Leo. "Ie was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty and a v:ctim without murmur ing. He was a public oflic,r without vices, a private citizen without wrong, a neighbor witl-out reproach, a Chris tian without hypocrisy and a man without guile. He s as C.esar without his ambition, Frederiek without his tyranny, Napoleon without his selfish ness and a Washington without his reward. He was as ojedient to author ity as a true king. He was as gentle as a woman in life, pure and modest as a virgin in thought, watchful as a Ro man vestal on duty, submissive t law as Socrates, and grand in battle a: Achilles." The above niatch'ess tibute to the imperial Robert E. Lee, was paid by the late Senator B. H. Hill, of Georgia. Lee is immortal, 1.nd his charactei should be emulated jy the youth of all lands, and most especially this of ours. General Lee's true greatness was nc less conspicuous in 1.he simplicity and humility of his Christian charactei than in genius and courage. *While s great commander he was also a miodesi member of one of the Protestanl Churches. A worthy exemplar for stu dent and statesman alike. General Lee descended from an illus trious family of kiightly and chival rous men, and his stainless sword counc never be drawn ii an unrighteous cause. The lofty ideal that exercised his noble spirit is seen in the sad fac1 that he died of a broken heart! Every Southnern boy is elevated by the nativity of this great Southron,wh< has won tributes of p aise and admira tion from the higl:est civic and mili tary sources the w:orld over as "the greatest captain of the age!" An evidence of ZGeneral Lee's kind ness of heart and gentle nature was shown in his ausw:ering the se>res an< hundreds of letters wvritten to him afte: the war by his old soldiers all over the South. It was no doubt a tax upoi his time and strength, but lhe knewi would be "a great pleasure for themi t< bear from him p..rsonally;" so he al ways promptly answered the letters. The following in2ident will illustrat' his quiet demeaLnor and courtesy: On certain occasion he got aboard a trait of cars and unobse:-vcd quietly took hi: seat near the door. It is said the coacl was full of men wL o occupied the seats A little later an elderly woman entere( the further door arid slowly advance toward the General, who without lhes tation left his seit with the remark "Madam, p)lease take this scat." In stantly, on? rccognizing General Lee' voice, it is said, (very mau was up)oI his feet, calling, "here, general, havy myv scat! Have myv seat!" "Thaul you, gentlemen, :-eplied the general but if your seats re too good for thi poo,r old woman, they arc toor goodl fo me." In a little while ti e old lady aut the general had the coach to them selves; the men could not stand thi mild reproof and( crowdied into othe Apntdto a FatJbinL.d. Psi..Liiii Julyv I.-James I. Tylior, late genera! paseinger agent c the R{ichnmond a id Danville systemi has b.en appointed <;eneral ECuropea1 *'a-senger agenrt of the Pennsylvani I' ilroad with ani otlee in London. Tis oflice has just been created U: the Penns"ylvania Railroatd Compnan) and the appoinste is chrargecd with th general cre of .ta passenger interest in Great Britain and on the Contineni Mr. Taylor's appointmnent takes eflee at once, and1 he sails for his post duty the City of New York on Jul i2. He will also ict as the World's Fah comlmissioner to Great .lritain and thb Continent. WHAT SAM JONES SAW IN CHICAG4 And What the Late Hill Roomers Remin ilin or-He says His Heart is With the Prohibitionist; but He is a Democrat and says H ur rah for Grover. [Atlanta Journal.] CARTERSVILLE, Ga., July 1, 1892. Since writing you last week I hav made a trip through Indiana and Illi nois into Iowa. I passed through mucl of the flooded districts. Such rain full and storms as they have had in section of these States and those around them are unprecedented. Railroads, farm and manufacturing interests have al suffered immensely. The railroads no only from the loss of traffic, but dam age to their road beds and the earryin; away of their bridges. Many of th large manufactories are on the banks.o the river. They have been partially in undated, much material has been lost hand?s idle and so on. The farming lands, though compara tively level, are badly washed, and thi continuous heavy rains have, in man: places, delayed the planting of corn and in most instances pre7ented its cul tivation where it was planted. Broa< acres of wheat, nearly ready for th harvest, have been utterly ruined. W get very little idea of the wonderful de vastation by high waters and thes almost water spouts, from the dai!: press, though their columns are vivit in picturing the scenes. It is onl: when the eye sweeps over the devasta tion that we can really take in the sit uation. I spent part of two days in going an( coming in Chicago, and verily the citl is almost an island. A large portion o its suburbs is covered with water fron six inches to three feet deep. It is re ally distressing to see the great rows o houses surrounded by water, and thi only way by which they can reach rail road stations or higher ground is bI boat. While this is true of this an( many other places, yet all down th< Mississippi Valley, even to New Orle ans. the old Mississippi is flooding thi country here and there, and every wher making the inhabitants along its coursi uneasy less it break over its banks anc levees and ruin the crops and devastati the country. I was in Chicago the day after thi adjournment of the National Demo cratic Convention. I heard nothini but praise for the great body of mer composing the convention-orderly gentlemanly, conservativa, decent From all I heard, a more respectabl< body of men scarcely ever convened it America, so far as their deportment an( civility was concerned. They nomi nated the right man for president Grover Cleveland. I am sorry for Hill Boies & Co. They were not large befor the convention met, but since it ha adjourned it seems to me they are abou as small little fellows as ever posed fo: so high an office. Old Grover was th< only peg that seemed to fit the hole All the balance dropped through like toothpicks down a well. This is on< time the Democratic party has had its way and the politicians got left. Di< you ever see such a complete whir about on the part of those who havy fought Cleveland and championed somi other little candidate? I met some o the Hill champions in Louisville 01 their way home from the convention They looked like something had beel hold of them, and reminded me of on of my Atlanta friends who lost a pile o1 a certain deal and wa talking ver; cheerfully about his losse.e. I said t him: What are you laughing about He replied: That he might as well laug: as cry over spiit milk. I said: You laugh don't go deeper than the root C your tongue. He said he thanked Go for health. I burst out laughing an said: Well, as long as a man has any thing else to cling to, you never hes him thanking God for health, but whe all else is gone he faIls back with a dih nity becoming the occasion and says, thank God for health. I tlhink the Hi. and B3oies ch:ampions left Chicag thanking God for health. And mor than one I saw who didn't look lik they felt well enough to even than; G;od for that. But those who wer againt Cleveland seem to realize th necessity of unity, and I believe all tru ' rmocrats wili work together for th election of Grover Cleveland and Sta venson to the highest offices in the gl of the American people. The p)rohibition] convention is now i tess ion in Cincinnati. My heart is wit them. They propose to work and vot in the interest of God and home an native land. No truer, better or mnor selfsacriticing body of men have eve met on this continent than the body C men recently in sessiod in Cincinnat I f either of the two great parties Demc crat or Republican, would response th cause of national prohibition, the: there would be an issue worthy of ou fighting over. How insignificant th tariff question compared with the bi lioL dollars spent annually for whiskl to say no . of the consequent di bauchery of our fathcrs and sons an the ruin of our homes. Talk about tb force bill. In the first piacesuch a bil f:I dare say, will never be passed by tb United States' Congress. In the secon place if it were passed, it would take stauding army of a million men to er ftrce such a d.amnable law. As well L> Iconfessiona& enactmen' and an army < men try to elevate the Chinamani S an Francisco to a level of her best cit zens and to an equal footing before ti wcrld. For really with the money squa d tered in the whiskey traffic, we cou: soon pay our national debt and with sober citizenship, of the peace and go< order which alwvays comes from sobe jhonest industry, our brother in bla< would seek his level and enjoy hk cil zenship. But to be a Democrat or a Republican and not espouse the liquor cause would be like saying you was a Methodist but did't believe in sprink ling or falling from grace or saying you was a Baptist but didn't believe in im mersion and close communion. The cardinal doctrines of the two churches, Methodists and Baptists, are the same, but they split world without end on the quantity of water and how toapply it. I firmly believe in t he doctrines and principles of the grand old Demo 3 cratic party, but I split with them world without end on their non-sumpt 3 uary plank, the amount of whisky and I how it to be applied. Really I want to see the day when this country political . ly will be divided like God divides it morally. All the good men, white and a black, red and yellow on one side and f all the bad men, white and black, red - and yellow on the other. Then the is sue will be squarely made, the battle desparately fought and a victory that will honor God and bless the world for a thousand years, will crown the heroes for the right and elect God as their king. If God be king, then I care not . who is president, who is governor, who i is mayor or who is private citizen. But a until this -ountry shall acknowledge God as king, we shall have political cor . ruption, national debauchery, state de pravity and personal rascality. These all combine to make up the rank and i file who fill the penitentiary and jail, who keep our courts busy, society in a turmoil and home in ruins. Hurrah for Grover Cleveland. Yours truly, SAM P. Joxos. CLERGYMAN APPEALED TO. Chairman Childs Asks Them to Co-operate in the Prohibition Movement. The following appeal has been sent out from the prohibition headquar ters to every clergyman in South Caro lina: Rev. and Dear Sir: Trusting that you will not consider a layman presumptu ous in making an appeal in the interest of morality, to one of your high and holy calling, I venture to call your special attention to the struggle now going on in the State to secure a law for the prohibition of the sale of intoxicat ing liquors. It is needlcss for me to dwell upon that of which your experience as a pastor has already ccavinced you the boundless evil of this iniquitous traffic. Better than any one else, from your position, you are acquainted with its baleful effects, how it degrades charac ter, blights homes and destroys souls. There are doubtieess within the range of your pastoral or personal influence men who are with us in principle, who yet are not impressed with the import ance of giving themselves to active work to secure its success, and are only waiting the stimulus of your influence upon them to make them our most val uable auxiliries. I theref re feel that it is only neces sary to beg that you will give our work your immediate, active and zealous co Ioperation in whatever way your judg ment may dictate, either through your pulpit or by personal effort. SOf your hearty sympathy I can feel no doubt; I confidently ask your en dorsement, your counsel, your aid, and, above all, for your prayers. A favora Sble reply will be greatly appreciated. L. D. CHILDs, Chairman, S. P. Executive Committee. TIS LOTTERY CAN GO ON. 1 New Orleans's Gambling Game Excepted r in the New Anti-Lottery Law. The present Legislture of Louisiana, which is anti-lottery in sentiment, passed a bill some days ago prohibiting all lotteries after 1804i, when the char r ter of the Louisiana State Lottery is said to expi;e. In doing so it over looked the fact that the premium bonds, which constitute the bulk of the debt 1of New Orleans, are lottery pure and simple. The bonds to be paid each e year are not only chosen by lot, but epremiums or prizes ranging from $20 to $5,000 are given to the holders of e these bonds. These numbers are drawn e from a wheel. When these facts were e called to its attention the Legislature e recalled the bill, and it was amended and re-passed. 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