The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, January 25, 1893, Image 1

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nESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1893. PRICE $1.50 A BEFUNDIN4 THE STATE DEBT. A syndicate, Backed by the Baltimore 'Trust and Guarantee Company, Agrees to Take Two Raion Dollars of the State's Four and a Half Per Cent Bonds at Par, with the Privi lesa of Taking the Other. tSpecial to The News and Courier.] CoLuBIA, January 19.-There is S o longer any necessity for withhold Ing from the public the cardinal points r=of the refunding of the State debt, as :ar as it has gone. There is now every reason to say that the entire issue of he bonds will be taken, and that the final contract will soon be signed. While the .contract has not yet been fornmally signed the more important -%Etails have been practically agreed to. There are a few minor points to be submitted to the Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company and if acceptable to them there will be no further delay in the transaction. Representative lawyers of the syndicate of capitalists were in the city to-day and had a long talk with the State Treasurer and Governor about the matter. The con ference was entirely pleasant and all of the terms were practically agreed to here to-day. The first agreement was made about two weeks ago, but Governor Tillman told me to-day that he wants it dis tincty understood that the final con "7. tract has ne' 'en'signed, although it is his judgment that there will not be the slightest difficulty and that the syndicate will take the entire issue at the terms agreed upon. The terms have been made with the Baltimore :Trust and Guaranttee Company on a basis of par for $2,000,000 of the bonds, .with the privilege of taking the re mainder of the issue at the same ROW THE SYNDICATE IS PAID. The bonus which the syndicate will receive will be the equivalent of one Niayment of semi-annual interest on hb. bonds they handie. It was found 'hat the bonds could not all be safely placed without allowing any costs or ks, commnis'ons, so it was decided that it would be best to have the refunding on a safe basis and allow the parties handling the bonds some return. This method of allowing the bonds to bear linterest from January 1, 1893, in stead of from July 1, 1893, was simply regarded as a method of allowing the syndicate to make something out of the transaction. While the pending Scontract is for $00,000 of the-neg~ - i s. is eireissue will be taken by the Baltimore Trust - and Guarantee Company. This corpo ~ ation represents the interests of the S Lancaster & Williams syndicate, and :their Interests are the same. The entire issue of bonds under the recent Act is about $5,900,000, and the pending negotiations affect the entire -. .amount less about $100,000, which has already been exchange for the new 4 per cent bonds and which in turn are exchangeable for the new 4k per cent bonds. The $100,000 worth of bonds will be exchangeable without any rebate, and under the contract 'wih the lancaster & Williams syn dicate no more of the bonds can be ex changed. It will be seen that the syn cate will, if it handles the entire issue, receive about $128,000 for the work. A TEST CASE SUBMITTED TO THE SU -, PRX COUBT. There was some question raised as to S the construction of-the Act, and so as to have this done a case was Tnade up by common consent to have the Act c -onstrued. An injunction was gotten out by Mr. John Gary Evans, and the papers show the exact status of the Fmatiter. The text of the application -. for injunction reads: -South Carolina, Richland County-In -the Supremie Court-Ex parte John GayEvans vs. B. R. Tillman as Gvernor and W. T. C. Bates as Treasurer of said State, defendants. Thepeitonof John Gary Evans respectfullyshwtunoheCr: 1.,That he is a citizen and taxpayer of the State of South Carolina, and that B. B. Tillman is Governor and W. T. C. Bates is the Treasurer of s'aid State respectively. 2. That at the last session of the General Assembly of said State afi Act was passed entitled "An Act to provide for the redemption of that part of the State debs known as the Brown consol bonds and stocks by the issue of other bonds and stocks;" that among other and -various provisions Section 6 of said Act reads s follows, to 'wit: Sec tion 8. The Governor and State Trea surer are hereby authorized and in structed to sell the issue of bonds here In provided for at not less than par or -face value, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied to the payment of the consc-ldated bonds and certificates of stocks commonly called Brown consols and to no other purpose, reference to said section and the entire Act being prayed herein as often as may be neces sary. 3. That your petitioner has been in formed by the Governor and Treasurer aforesaid, and believes the same to be true, that they have entered or are about to enter into a contract with -parties unknown to the petitioner, which contains, among other stipula tions, the following, to wit: The said bonds and stocks so purchased shall bear date 1st January, 1893, and shall carry interest from January 1, 1893, payable semi-annually; they shall be 55fb~ytheparties of the first part and -purcha ad by the party of the second part at pai,Tat, that is to say, nothing additional shall be paid for any interest -which may have accrued at the time of the delivery, etc. Reference to said attached, being prayed as often as me be necessary. 4. That the department is informe that said contract is without authori of law as provided in the Act beret fore mentioned, in that the Govern and Treasurer are not authurized und the terms of the said Act permittir said bonds to be sold at par or face val to sell the same for less than princip and-accrued interest: Wherefore petitioner prays that t: writ of this. court do issue requiring ti said B. B. Tillman, Governor, and V T. C. Bates, Treasurer, as aforesaid, appear and shuw cause why th< should not be perpetually enjoin from making and entering into ti contract herein set forth, and your i titioner will ever pray, etc. JOHN GARY Evans. THE AGREEMENT WITH THE SYNI CATE. The purpose of the test case is shov by the agreement which was attach( to the application for an injunctio The pending contract' reads: This - memorandum of agreeme made and concluded at Columbia, the State aforesaid, this - day January, A. D. 1893, by and betweE Benj. B. Tillman, as Governor, at W. T. C. Bates, as Treasurer of tt said State of South Carolina, of ti first part, and the Baltimore Trust at Guarantee Company, of Baltimore, body corporate by and under the lay of the State of Maryland, and havir its principal place of business at Bait limore, in the said State of Marylan on behalf of itself and as agents for ti other, whose subscriptions are here appended, of the second part, w: nesseth: That under and by virtue of the A of the General Assembly of the Sta of South Carolina hereinafter me tioned, the prrty of the first part her by covenant and agree to sell and d liver to the party of the second par its successors or assigns,and the party the second part, in its own' behalf the extent of its subscription and agent as hereinbefore set forth, herel covenants and agrees to purchase fro the parties.of the first part for itsi and its associates two million dolls of the bonds and stocks bearing 4} p cent interest, payable semi-ann t al and issued pursuant to the terms f e Act of the General assembly of the sa State of South Cerolina and en: itli "An Act to Drovide for the redem ti< of that part of the State debt k now as the Brown consol bonds and stoi n her d&and _tck approved December 22nd, 1892, up( the following terms and condition that is to say: The said bonds and stock so purchas( shall bear date 1st January, 1893, ax shall carry interest from January 1, 1893, payable semi-annually; they she be sold by the parties of the first pai and purchased by the party of the se ond part at par fiat; that is to sy not ing additional shall be paid for any ini rest which may have accrued at tI timeofthedelivery;thepurchase mon4 of said bonds and stock shall be di and payable, $100,000 thereof upon tU execution of this contract, and the x mainder on or before the 30th day June, 1893, in such sums and at sm times as to the party of the se ond part may be most convenier and the said bonds and sto< shall be delivered by the parti, of the first part to the parties of ti second part in such amounts and such times as may be called for by ti party of the second part, upon the pa ment of the balance of 95 per cent di thereon, the said sum of $100,000 beit held and taken to be 5 per cent up< the whole purchase of $2,000,000. And in consideration of the purcha aforesaid by the party of the secox part, the parties of the first part thex by further covenant and agree to si and deliver to the party of the secox part, its successors or assigns, so mu< of the remainder of the bonds ax stock issued or to be issued by virtue the said Act as is saleable by the Go ornor and Treasurer under the said A or any part thereof, said bonds ar stock to bear date January 1, 1893, at to carry interest from Jan. 1, I892, ax to be paid for at par~fiat; said remai der of such bonds and stock being u derstood to be$,3800,000;Provided, ho ever, that the offer of sale hereby ma' shall be accepted ;in idue form on before the 1st day of April, 1893, and is agreed that 5 per cent upon all pt chases nzade under this option shall paid on account thereof at the tit such purchnases are made, and that ti remainder due upon the bonds at stock so purchased may be paid for any time and in any amounts, at tU pleasure of,the party of the second paz on or before the 30th day of June, 18& and said bonds and stock shall be d livered by the parties of the fix part to the party of the secox part, its successors or assigns, in sue sums and at suzch times as they: ma be called for by the party of the fix part upon the payment of the 95 p cent remainder due thereon. It beix expressly understood that the sa Trust Company incurs no individu liability hureunder save to the exte -of its own subscriptions. In witness whereof the said Benj. Tillman, as Governor, and the sa W. T. C. Bates as Treasurer of tl State of South Carolina, have su scribed these presents, and the sa Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Cox pany of Baltimore has caused the san to be subscribed by its - and its c< poate' seal to be hereto affixed on t: day of the year above written. DECISION OF THE COURT. The case was argued last night ax this morning the petition for an iy junction was set aside. The Court says: ,d "In the judgment of the majority of ty this Court, based upon the considera o. tion of the several sections of the Act )r in question, the contract is not in ex er cess of the power given the de.Cn nts ig by the said Act where its provisions ie are construed together, and hence al there is no grouud for the injunction prayed for. The petition is dismissed." 1e Chief Justice McIver filed a dissent i ing opinion and stated that his reasons V. would be given in detail as soon as he to had the time. The decision of the ma .y jority will be given in a few days. d Governor Tillman and State Treas ie urer Bates are in tbe very best of hu e. mor and are entirely satisfied with the status of the refundient. Some additional facts about the mat ter may be given in a few days. Around and About St. Philips. n d I hope those two young ladies who were visiting in this community some time ago will pardon the mistake which I made in giving an account of their visit. Printers should be very careful in setting the type, because the chang i ing of a single letter makes a great deal of difference in a name. However, ie mistakes will happen despite the ut d most precautions. a Believe me, to agree with every one is almost as bad as to agree with no i one, for it is impossible for everybody to have the same opinion of a thing; therefore when you meet a 'zllow ie who can agree with you and every to body else on the same subject, you can mark it down that that fellow won't do. I apologize to all moderate users at of liquor for the somewhat hasty ex t pression which I used in a preceding issue of this paper, but to excessive e- liquor drinkers I have no apologies to make whatever. To this latter class, and to them alone, I meant exactly of what I said, for were it not for such there would be no necessity of a pro m hibition law. Since I have been a correspondent of this paper I have earnestly endeav f ored to quote the truth and show no r partiality towards any one. When a er person puts on the golden armor of ly truth he need fear no evil. But alas! hundreds, yea, thousands, have fallen id irrecoverable victims to that mankind's worst enemy, the lying tongue, enough on to give warning to every one to evade rn it; for if it is gulity of lying it will also cheat and steal. The lying tongue cer '~ tWixpmustbe a cnihe_rsome burden -o-bear, especTWy' in the moiu,~'m well as a very treacherous companion. 8' You may say what you please about the ups and downs of a country life, but it's the freest, freshest and grand est life a fellow can live. Why, you 61 can go out in an old field on a bright ,t moon-light night in June and gaze with an untiring neck at all those Sscintillating orbs of the universe, and at the same time your ears will be efiljed to the brim with the musical notes of the katy-did, the whip-poor y will, the screech owl, and the favorite tune of all the other nocturnal crea etures which hide themselves from the searching rays of Old Sol. All this h music, when stewed down till it be comes thick and begins to simmer, is a tdish not to be grinned at. But your *pleasure is increased when the little s~ mosquito comes around to spend the e~ evening with you. He just climbs up tto your ear,-t.akes possession of it, and the surrounding premises and affords eyou so much amusement by tickling tyou over those parts, and singing the gmosquito's song, twin-ga-twing, right in your ear till you become so tickled at his sharpness that you just get up and run, and run, and run till you stumble over the equator and keep .stumbling till you bruise your nostrils 1l against the South pole. Now you dcouldn't do all that in the city because h you haven't got enough elbow room. d In speaking of the advantages which fthe country has over the town or city, Splease let me call the attention of the 0reader to what the poet says on this d subject. d My friendsjes' look at the flowers aroun' dA peepi' ,their heads up all over the groun' 2- An' the fruit a bendin' the trees way ai- down v You don't find sich things as these in le town, or Up thar in the city. it Now all this talk don't 'mount to snuff, r- 'Bout this kinder life befn rough, An' I'm sure its plenty good enough, 3*An' 'tween you and me ain't halt as ie tough heAs livin' in the city. d The poet surely speaks the truth. at As my non de plume came nigh on ie overbalancing me one day last week, t, and as I don't care to risk the chances 3 of making an aerial voyage at any time, e- I thought it advisable to change it from st Calhoun to JOSH TRUMP. bAn Historic House Destroyed. st RICHMOND, Va 1T.-Information er was received here to-night of the burn g ing of the old Howlett house, located id on the South bank of the James River al Dutch Gap,iand famous in war annals. a There was a considerable Confederate battery of artillery stationed at the 3 house during the war, and while Gen id eral Butler was cutting his canal ie through Dutch Gap his troops were b constantly fired upon from this point. d It wasoccupied by a family from Mich . igan, who lost all their personal effects. i Loss, $1,500 with no insurance. 1 All who are troubled with Conistipa tion will find a safe, sure, and speedy relief in Ayer's Pills. Unlike most other catharties, these pills strengthen the stomach, liver, and bowels, and re id store the organs to normal and regu n- lar action REDEEMING DAMAGED BILLS. Wonders Worked by Mrs. Brown in ti Treasury Departnent. [New York Press.] WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Mr. Relye the chief of the Redemption Divisit of the Treasury Department, receive an autograph letter a few days ag from Mr. Vanderbilt, thanking hi for $180 which had been -restored him through the efforts of Mrs. Brow the expert money handler in Mr. Re yea's division. This money was pa of a roll of $200 which went throug the fire that destroyed Mr. Vande bilt's summer home at Newport. Tb money belonged to Mrs. Vauderbil It came to the Treasury Department charred mass of paper. Mrs. Bros picked this mass carefully to piece and with the aid of a microscope idei tified all but $20 of the money. The Redemption Division of ti Treasury Department is one of the nn interesting of its branches. It is he that mutilated money comes for ident fication, and the form in which it comn tells to the chief of the division many romance and many a tale of woe. The is much that is humorous and mu< that is pathetic in Mrs. Brown public experience. That experien< ranges over nearly eighteen years uov and in that time millions of dolla have passed through her hands, mo of it in such condition as to be beyor identification by ordinary means. There is hardly any way you c think of in which money is not mut lated or partly destroyed. Men lig1 their cigars with it when they a drunk, rats gnaw it into tatters at fire crisps it into brown ashes. Whe ever there is a sudden could snap the beginning of winter the Redem tion Division has a perfect harvest mutilated money. One of the favori hiding places which women have f< their savings is the oven. When a co: day comes the woman probably fo gets all about the money, builds a fi in the stove and cooks the bills to wh is known in the cook books as a "ric brown." An interesting case is that of a w man living near Hamilton, Ohio, wl was burned to death. She had a pocke book with her containing $70. H children sent the pocketbook with I charred contents to the Treasury D partment, and Mrs. Brown picked of the $70 and identified it. A great de of the money that comes in is part burned. Wherever a partof the burne -eanbe identified and a sati factory affidavit is furnished as to ti facts, the government restores ti amount to the owner. But if a note entirely destroyed, the government just so much ahead. DAMAGED IN RAILROAD wF.ECKS. Much of the money which comes for redemptton has been damaged railroad wrecks. When a car is burnE in a railroad wreck no attempt is mat by the express company to remove ti money from the safe. The safe is sei direct to the Treasury Department at opened there. The money is usuahl in a pretty badly charred conditio: It is taken out and the Treasui experts go over it and identify as mu< of it as can be recognized. Less ths two years ago a nankage containir $22,000 was taken from a wreck nei St. Louis and all of the money -w: identified and restored to its owvners. A favorite hiding place for mont with men who have no faith in baiil is in their cellars. Only last week Philadelphia man sent $280 which 1 had buried in August, 1891, in a tin b< under his cellar floor. When -he toc up the box he found they money mili ewed and rotten. The package, as came into Mrs. Brown's hands, lookE like a bunch of tobacco leaves. It w: almost impossible to distinguish ti character of the notes with the nak< eye. Mrs. Brown was picking apa the pieces bit by bit and arrangir them on slips of brown paper cut the size of a dollar bill. She said th she expected to identify the whole A GOAT HAD SWALLOwED IT. One man sent in some time ago $. which had been tak4n from ti stomach of a goat. The goat was ni worth $42, so he was sacrificed. TI identificatIon of this money was not very nice task, but it was comparativ ly an easy one. When Mrs. Broil dropped the sticky mass into a basin water the bills came apart .and we' very easily identified. This is not U1 only goat case which has come to tU redemption division, and it has ha] pened that even cows aud pigs ha, been sacrificed to recover money whic they had swallowed. There Is one ca: on record where a baby swallowed son bank notes and an emetic saved ti rsoney and possibly the baby. Babi< do not often swallow an entire bill, hi many affidavits are received accon panying portions of bills which s that the missing portions were swa owed by babies and "therefore wholl destroyed." IDENTIFIED MORE THAN HE ASKE FOB. Usually when mutilated money sent in for redemption the owner has close, if not perfect, idea of the amour which is represented but one old Ge man in the West sent In some yea: ago what he claimed to be the remaix of $5,000, and after a long, long invest gation Mrs. Brown fully identifie $7,100 in the package. A secret se vice agent was sent out to investigal the case, but he could disco"er no 3ifl that would throw light upon the my tery, and so the mistake was charge up to the old man's stupidity, and tk department sent $7,100 to him. The Redemption Division receiv very frequently pieces torn from bil * accompanied by affidavits saying th the remainder of the notes has bee destroyed by mice. But the exper of the Treasury Department can tell i a minute whether a piece has be( n 'orn off or eaten off, and these peti d frauds are never successful. o Treasurer Nobeker has a $5 bill in b n office made of sixteen pieces cut fro o $5 notes. matched so nicely that tl ' ordinary eye would not detect t1 fraud. This composite note was sent rt by a bank clerk in NewYork. The Tre h sury experts detected the fraud imm r- diately, and of course the bogus no e was not redeemed. a HOW FRAGMENTS ARE REDEEMED. n Where a half a bill is presented f g, redemption the Treasury Departmei 1. pays to the claimani. one-half the fa< value of the note but no man is e 1e titled to lost money, and if mutilatE at bills are presented with the statemei ;e that they have been found by tl i- claimant, they are confiscated by tl s government. If any portion of a bill a presented for redemption by the own re he will receive the proportion of ti h value of that bill which the fragmei 's represents, compared with the who , surface of the note. Mr. Relyea has v, piece of plate glass, the exact size of rs note, on which cross lines have bet t engraved, and when a fragment com d in for redemption, it is placed und this glass and its proportions are take n to ascertain its value. MR. CLEVELAND's SAGACITY. It r ae is the Boldest Politician Mr. Tild d Ever Knew. 1 t [From the Buffalo Courier, Dem.] )- There are persons who profess )f think that, in spite of a public care .e successful beyond precedent, Mr. Clev r land is a short-sighted, blunderir d politician. If they are honest in tb r- opinion they show evidence of not ha re ing a clear understanding of the su it ject. h Samuel J. Tilden asserted: "M Cleveland is the boldest politician - have ever known." o Mr. Cleveland is bold, but he is n t- rash in his boldness; he is far-sighte >r he is a keen student of political force ts he is a skilled analyst of motives: e- politics and he is a sagacious tacticia it It is argued that prudence called f %l the suppression of his conviction r !y garding the ,ew York Senatorshi d But look at the results following t) s- expression of .is opinion. Newspap ie and other ad- ~ates of Mr. Murphy e election resen, this opinion largely < is the ground, tl,ey say that it is improp is interference with a public matter sole committed to the members of the Le islature. This is an extraordinary r n seutment on the part of those who, n a rule, do not confine their so-calle "interference" to mere expressions le opinion, but who employ all mann tof agencies to infiuence legislators ar iState officers in the performance d their qifficial duties. yMr. Cleveland is now a private cii zen of the State of New York; he h not yet been officially declared to 1 h even President-elect. Two months fro now he will be President. It will thE be his constitutional right and duty gsend to the Senate nomibations. Swill bethe constitutional 'right ax duty of the Senate to confirm or reje these nominations. Those who resent Mr. Cleveland a expression of opinion regarding ti esort of mani who should be chost Senator by the representatives of ti k New York Democracy will be expect4 Sto resent any interference on the pa it of New York Senators or New Yoi d State officers with President C1ev land's constitutional right and duty ethe matter of Federal nominations. d This outcome of the present contr rt versy will greatly simplify a situatic at Washington which otherwise migi gbe more or less embarrassing. itsOUT H CA ROLIN A GOLD. The Output of the Halle and the Brew Mines. r Special to The State.] te KERSHAW, S. C., January, 10.-TI yt Charlotte Observer has this to sa ie about Haile gold mine, just two and half miles from Kershaw: a "Once a month a fine bar of gold Sassayed at the mint from the Hai n gold mine. The lump in value vani >f from $7,000 to $8,000.', .To this 1. will add that while the ou e put does not avcrage much over $8,0( Le per month, since he has taken chars te superintendent Their has sent to ti y.. Charlotte mint a bar worth about $12 e 000, the earnings of one month, at there is no mine in the South that ca h beat this record. Is It may be well to note that the Hai le gold mine and the Brewer gold min' two and a Lalf and ten miles distal trespectively, from Kershaw, each yiel< s ed more gold last year than any othi it ten gold mines in the South. Thei . mines furnish employment, both da and night, to a large force of operative 'whbose wages are spent in Kershaw. y Head of "Gideon's Band" Arrested. RALEIGH, N. C,, Jan. 19.-Dr. 0ti D Wilson, the head of "Gideon's Band, a secret political oath-bound ordi is which is an out growth of the Popi a list wing of the Farmers Alliance o It ganization, was indicted by the grari 7jury or A ake County to-day for belonj . ing to a secret political organizatioi is He was arrested, and says he will di . mand an early trial by the court whic d is now in session. -Ayer's Pills are constantly advant * ing in the estimation of those who nw g them. They improve the appetit< y promote digestion, restore heal thy as tion, and regulate every functioi dThey are pleasant to take, gentlei e their oper ation, and powerful in sul duing disae i5 WHERE EXTREMES MEET. Is - it [Greenville News.] u It is a very pretty and interesting ts process to trace the methods by which n two lines of political thought staring n from apparently widely separated ex y tremes approach eaeh other until they reach exactly the same conclusion. is The absolutist believes that the peo n ple are incapable of self-government e and lack the intelligence to know what e Is best for themselves. He therefore n favors the absolute rule of one man io t- whom all power is vested, whose will it law without restraint or appeal, whc e controls the property and lives of hie subjects, who is supposed to protect the weak and to limit and repress the > strength of the strong. t The communist proposes to put all e power and property in the hands of the . State. Private property and personal , rights are to be obliterated. The State t is to take charge of the people, to assist e the weak, to repress the strong, to put and keep all citizens as nearly as possi" ble on an equality. The socialist ht.A r very much the same ideas. We se e aster Workman Powderly, of the i Knights of Labor, announces himsell le to be a socialist and declares as one o a his doctrines that all railway, telephone a and telegraph lines should be owned , by the State. He says "by the people, but he evidently means what the more advanced communists call "the State, n meaning "the government." Thii government ownership of means of transportation and electric communi" cation is an accepted article of the creed of the Farmers' Alliance and the ' Knights of Labor. Precisely the same doctrines and theories are expressed in the demand now going up on all sides for govern O ment interference in and contol of busi. er ness and currency. We are told that * the government shon.d make currency i not according to any fixed laws of is methods but according to the needs of 7 the people, as viewed by the govern. ment. The difference between the absolutist r. and the communist is then reduced, practically, to a very fine one. Each believes that there should- be absolute power in the government over all the business and affairs of the people. s; Theoretically, the communist in this n country claims that the government tc 2. which these powers are to be given >r will be under control of the people, but e- his theory contradicts itself. We can ' not give a government -bsolute control e and unlimited power and change it al r our will. Whether the government consists of 'n one man inheriting the right to rule .r and calling himself king, emperor of czar; or whether it consists of a few men ruling through a party and nam" - ing their own successors to be choser i by a form of election, the result is prac tically the same. A government may 1be calda republic, but given control r of all masof transportation adcom d munication and the currency and army and navy of a country its rule and ownership of that coutry must be ab solute unless it can be destroyed by Sarmed revolution. An illustration of Sthe truth of this is easily found. The Srepublican party has controlled this government in one branch or another, Sand frequently in all branches, thirty. ttwo years, and during sIxteen years 01 d that time a majority of the people have t steadily voted against it. S'uppose the government had controlled all therail sway and telegraph and telephone linee e and had had the power to issue money *at its will during that time? It is easy e-to see that its power and hold could dnever have been broken. rt The theory of the Republican party kin this country is in line with the doc. Strinesof the socialists, cemmunists and n absolutists. It tends to constant in crease of the power of the central gov. ernent and is based on the same dis. n trust of the intelligence and capacity ifor self-government of the people. The protective tariff is the most conspicuous result of its theory. The tariff meane Interference of the government to pro. * test manufacturers from foreign com petition and to force citizens to use home made goods. Now, the extreme anti-Republicans propose to apply pre t cisely the same theory and have gov. a ernent interfere to protect the people from the power and exactions of capital is and to force creditors to accept pay. lement from their creditors in a currency artificially cheapened and forced in L- to circulation. There extremes meet 0 agai'i. e The Democratic theory is that the .people are strong and intelligentenough d to take care of themselves and that the n less the government has to do with the le management of the internal affairs ol . the country the better. It rejects the t Idea of the protection or helping of any 'class by the government. Its funda. ~mental principle is local self-govern. yment and the development of individ. B, al enterprise and character, allowing every man an equal chance to develop what is in him and every man to suffer frbom his own follies or faults. o The purpose of the Democratic party " is to undo the evil that has been done r and to throw off the shackles of protec. - tion and stumbling blocks of class leg r- islation which have been put upon the d country. The purpose of the Republi - cans is to strengthan the power of the . central government, to decrease the - power of the States and people and to i use that power to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. The purpose of the populists, socialists and communists is to strengtheq, the power of the cen tral government and use that power to -force poverty upon the rich and wealth -. upon the poor-to legislate for a class, just as the Republicans have been do ing--but for a different class. The SENATO; IEBY CONVERTED. He Has Visited Mr. Cleveland and Now Says He is the GreatestMain in the Party. [New York Sun.] WASHINGTON, January 18-Senator Irby of South Carolina, who is thesuc cessor of Gen. Wade Hampton, has re turned to Washington from - a visit to Mr. Cleveland, and he is now an en thusiastic Cleveland man. His sudden conversion occasions much comment among his South Caro lina acquaintances, who remember how bitterly he opposed Mr. Cleveland be fore the Chicago nomination was made. However, Senator Irby went over to New York, saw Mr. Cleveland, talked with him nearly an hour at the Mills building, and now he declares that Mr. Cleveland is the greatest man in the Democratic party. In referring to his visit, Senator Irby says he was com pletely captivated by the broad-minded views of public questions expressed by the President elect. "I never met Mr. Cleveland before, and was surprised to hear'him talk so frankly i every topic that was sug gested. He impressed me with the idea that his one aim is to make the coming Democratic Administration a success. He said nothing during the conversation that imprssed me with the idea that he is going to pudish those who honestly differed with him before his renomination. H, is too big a maa for that. He is fully aware that many of the ablest and best men in the Democratic party honestly be lieved before the Chicago Convention met that he could not be elected, and, for that reason, they opposed his nom Ination. They may not have had any personal feeling against him, for many of them, like myself, never knew him. They remembered that he was elected in 1884, but four years later he was de feated by President Harrison, wb' even Bepublicans considered a weak man at the time of his .omination. It was this condition 'r affairs that caused many thousands of tried and true Democrats to doubt the advisa bility of renominating im. Not that they doubted his capacity and his abil ity to faithfully represent the prind ples of the Demoeratic party, but aim ply because they did not regard him as the most available man under the cir cumstances then existing. "After he was nominated it Is evi dent that every Democrat in the land turned in and helped to elect him, judging from the election returns. Th, ,ruLt shows that every .emocad J his duty. I acknowledge that I wi%r opposed to Mr. Cleveland's nomination, but I sincerely believe that he is going to make a great President. I do not believe he is going to punish me for - opposing him, for if he does he should also punish all the other great men in the party who were equally opposed to -..' his nomination." A XIssISsIPPX TRAGEDY. Senator George's Cousin Murders biSs Sweetheart's Father and Connnits S=icide. CAEBOLIT0N, Miss., Jan. 19.-Robert G3eorge, a cousin of United States Senator 3. Z. George, committed sui cide at Ittabena, Miss., last night -2 while on the way to Carrollton jail in charge of a sheriff's posse. Young George was charged with the murder of Capt. W. B. Prince, one of the most prominent and wealthy plan ters in the State. The story of the tragedy isone of the most sensational in the history of Mississippi. A few nights ago Capt. Prince was assaulted with an axe when he entered the door of his residence in the suburbs of Carrollton. He was knocked senseless, and lay in a pool of blood until the next morn Ing when he was discovered -by his wife. His wounds were fata]. Inves tigation resulted in the arrest of Robert George. Young George was violently in love with Miss Shelly Prince, a daughter of. Capt. Prince, who objected to the match and threatened to disinherit his daughter unless she gave George up, which she refused to do. He wrote his will, disinheriting her. The couple commenced making preparations for the future by the daughter drawing drafts on her father In the name of a New Orleans merchant 'to a large amount, which young George cashed In the Carrollton Bank, having the money placed to his credit. LET THE SPARTANS REJOICE. Editor Gantt is to Have Chatrse of Their New Weekly Newspaper. LSpecial to the Greenville News.] CorLUMIA, S. C., Jan. 13.-Editor Larry Gantt will sever his connection with the Register to-morrow and the morning paper will contain an an nouncement to that efreet. Mr. Gantt has accepted an offer from a new weekly paper to be started in Spartan burg within the next few weeks. He - says that his relations with Proprietor Calvo are the pleasantest and that he was urged to contract for another year, but that the Spartanburg people had agreed to turn over the new paper to him and to support, It liberally. He will write for the Register from Spar tanburg. The Advertising Of Hood's Sarsaparilla is always with in the bounds of reason becauseit is * true: it always apa to the sober cmmon sense of winking people be ause it is true ;and itislways fully - mbtantiated by endorsements which, in the financial world would be ao eepted without a moment's hesitation. For a general f ~lj cathartic we nnfidnthyreaommend Honod's Pilla. * extremes meet and the purpose of the one is as destructive of free govern ment and peace as the purpose of the other. AN IMAGINATIVE DRUMMZE. How He Alleges that He Communicates With His Wife. [St. Louis Globe Democrat.] "I write no letters to my wife when I am away, and I get none from her," said Walter Kipling, commercial trav eler, now at the Lindell. "Correspond ence by mail is too slow and telegraph ing costs too much money. We have hit upon a plan that saves stamps and telegraph tolls and is much more satis factory. No matter what part of the world I am in I go home at 10 o'clock every night and remain half an hour, sometimes longer. How do I manage it? Easily enough. At that hour my wife goes Into the sitting room, closes the doors, places two easy chairs vis-a-vis, sits down in one, closes her eyes, and concentrates her thoughts upon me. I go to my room at the hotel, turn out the light, close my eyes, concentrate my thoughts, upon .my home and especially upon my wife, and presto! I occupy the easy chair in our little sitting room directly in front of her. A perfectly intelligible conversation ensues between us, al though not a word is spoken. She tells me how things are going on at home, whether the children are well, about her own health, which has been deli cate for years, her trials, her hopes and fears. We have had this mental telegraph in operation for two years past, and the service is constantly growing better and more satisfactory. We have verified its accuracy a thou sand times, and rely upon it as im plicitly as others do upon the written page. Neither of us is a spiritualist, and we discovered our ability to com municate in this manner purely by accident." CAUGHT IN THE TRAP. And Almost frese to Death for Stealins Corn. COLuMBZA, S. C., January 18.-A shocking aftair is reported from the plantation of Mr. Joseph A. Baker, a well-to-do and highly respectable farm er, four miles south of Marion. For some time Mr. Baker has been missing corn from his barn. Last night he sat a strong steel trap in the barn at the place where the corn had been missing. Next=motingon going-out.he. noticed the form of an old colored woman named Dolly Bethes, who had been some time in his employ as cook, standing fast by the side of the barn with one hand through the crack quiet and motionless. Mr. Baker entered the barn and unlocked the trap when the old woman fell. Her hand was badly cut by the strong jaws of the powerful trap, and her body was well nigh frozen, the weather being In tensely cold. She was taken to the house and cared for, but died. The old woman had been In the family for a number of years and was never sus pected of the theft. future Laws. [Darlington Herald.J At the next session of the Legisla ture we may look for the following bills to be Introduced : Bill to appoint a commission to man ufacture fertilizer for the farmers and forbidding any private corporation from selling any within the limits of the State. Bill appointing a commission to visit the Western markets for the purpose of purchasing horses and mules, to be sold exclusively to our own people, and prohibiting anyone from purchasing a horse or mule except from the State Livery Stable. The commissioners shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars and travelling expenses and be allowed the use of one horse. They will only be allowed to charge a profit of fifty per cent on cost, all profits to go into the State Treasury. Farmers will be allowed to raise horses for their own use or to sell outside of the State, but must not come In competition with the State by selling any animal within its borders. Bill to establish a general merchan dise store, making a specialty of deal ing in meet, corn and hay, for the benefit of the farmers and requiring them to purchase all their supplies from said store. The managers of said store shall receive a salary of one thou sand dollars each, Including rations,' consisting of three pounds of meat, one peck of meal and one quart of whiskey, the latter to be obtained by a requisition on the State barkeeper. A uniform profit of fifty per cent must be charged on all articles which, afte deducting expenses, must be paid into the State Treasury. If these measures are passed, the profits arising from these enterprises, with that from the whiskey monopoly, will not only pay all the expenses of the State Government but-leave a con siderable amount over. This wHi pre sent the strange spectacle ofa State not only relieving its citizens from the burdenAs of taxation, but actually mak ing mooney by merchandising. If any one doubts the ability of the present administration to carry out these measures, he is a very skeptical individual and should be ashamed of his lack of faith. If people wont obey the militia can be called out. 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