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e -I-rewbrr JenU Es A-IHD16.NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUTGUS_619.PIE$.0AYA CONGRESS FIFTY-THREE The Lawmakers are Assembled Ae cording to Cleveland's Call. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAG ". For the Firt Time In an Age the D m oeratic Party Rules In All Branches of the American Govern ment at Wahinaton. WAsHNGToN, Aug. 7.-Opening day of the fifty-third congress brought .with it as most welcome and refreshing change in the weather. The cool breezes replaced the torrid heat of the previous week, and it was supplement ed by improved ventilating fans, mak ADLAI E. STEVENSON. Vico President of the United States. and President of the :_enate. ing the temperature of the house and senate chamber quite endurable, not withstanding the crow'1s of spectators who, as usual, packed the galleries and thronged the corridors. Among the latter there were many who were thoroughly not American. At this season of the year there appears to have been a sudden impetus in for eign travel to the World's Fair and Eu ropean tourists are familiar figures on the streets of Washington. Many of these were about the capital at an early hour, anxious to see, what one typical Englishman called, our *Hamerican 'ouse of commons." - The Senate Opened. The senate was called to order at noon, and the opening prayer' made by the outgoing chaplain, Mr. Butler. After the president's proclamation was read, the oath of office administered to Sena tors Quay of Pennsylvania, and Pasco of Florida, a communication was read from Beckwith, of Wyoming, annoinc ing that, owing to a combination of cir cumstances, he had placed his resigna tion as senator in the hands of the gov ernor. The communication was placed on file. The secretary elect of senate, Cox, of North Carolina, had the oath adminis Ured to him, and took possession of the Tffice. The usual resolutions to notify the house and president were adopted, and kthen at 12:30. the death of late Senator Stanford. of California, was announced by Senator White, of that state, and as a mark of respect, the senate adjourned for the day. The House Org.,nfzed. As early as 10:30) the house galleries devoted to public use were filled to re pletion. The doors leading to them were crowded, and spectators less for tunate than their associates peered over the shoulders of mo.re favored ones and waited patiently for the hour of noon. At 11 o'clock the reserved .galleries opened, and in one minute seats even there were at a premium. The pioture then presented was an animated and interesting one. The gal leries constituted a frame and a hand. Borne frame it was. Ladies, who made uu more than one-half of the audience, were attired in their prettiest summer costumes. Many of .them discarded their headgear, and the fluttering of -cans and the buzz .of female conversa tion mingled pleasantly with the sterner, mnanly tones which arose from the floor. Called to Order. The house was called to order at noon, the president's proclamation read, and the call of names of members elect begun. Three hundred and thir ty-six members responded to their names and the house proceeded to vote * for speaker. the candidatc beihg Crisp. Red and Simpson. Crisp was elected sEAKER cEIsP. For the second Time Premi'ine OfHeer of the . United States House of Re. re entaiv es. speaker, receiving 214 votes, against 122 votes for Reed and 7 votes for Simpson. There was hearty handclapping from members and generous applause from the galleries when the announced induc tion into office of Charles F. Crisp for speaker the second time was made. He was escorted by Reed, Holman and Jerry Simpson, who, minus his moustache, created much amusement. Speaker Crisp briefly acknowledged his thanks. THE SECOND DAY. President Cleveland's Messago Read Be. fore Both Houses of Congress. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-Immediately after the assembling of congress a mes sage from the president was announced and received by both houses assembled in separate session. The reading of the message was list ened to with profound attention from all parts of the house. It is as follows: To the Congress of the United States: The existence of an alarminz and ex traordinary business situation, iuvo ing the welfare and prosperity of all our people, has constrained me to call together, in extra session, the people's representatives in congress, to the end that through a wise and patriotic exer cise of tha legislative duty with which they solely are charged the present evils may be mitigated and the dangers threatening the future may be averied. Our unfortunate financial plight is not the result of untoward events, nor of conditions related to our natural re sources; nor is it traceable to any of the afflictions which frequently check nat ural growth and prosperity. With plenteous crops, with abundant prom ise of remunerative production and manufactures, with unu3ual invitation to safe inveptment, and with satisfacto ry assurance to business enterprise, sud denly a financial distrust and fear have sprung up on every side. Numerous moneyed institutions have suspended because abundant assets were not im mediately available to meet the demands of frightened depositors. Surviving corporations and individuals are con tent to keep in hand the money they are usually anxious to loan, and those engaged in legitimate business are sur prised to find that the securities they offer for loans, though heretofore satis factory, are no longer accepted. Val ues supposed to be fixed are fast becom ing conjectural, and loss and failure have invaded every branch of business. I believe these things are principally chargeable to congressional legislation, touching the purchase and coinage of silver by the general government: This legislation is embodied in a statute pass ed on the 14th day of July, 1890, which was the culmination of much agitation on t'he subject involved, and which may be considered a truce, after a long strug gle between the advocates of free silver coinage and those intending to be more conservative. Uundoubtedly the monthly nurchase by the government of 4.500,000 ounces of silver, enforced under that statute, was regarded'by those interested in sil ver production as a certain guaranty of its increase in price. The result, how ever, has been entirely different, for immediately following a spasmodic and slight rise, the price of silver began to fall after the passage of the act, and has since reached the lowest point ever known. The disappointing result has led to renewed and persistent effort in the direction of free silver coinage. MeaLwhile, not only are the evil ef fects of the operation of the present law constantly accumulating, but the result to which its execution must ine vitably lead is becoming palpable to all who give the least heed to financial subjects. This law provides that in payment for the 4,500,000 ounces of sil ver bullion which the secretary of treas ury is commanded to purchase monthly, there shall be issued treasury notes re deemable on. demand in gold or silver coin, at the discretion of the -secretary of the treasury, and that said notes may be re-issued. It is however, de clared in the act to be "the eablished policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon tbe present legal ratio or such ratio as may be provided by law." This declaration so controls the action of the secretary of the treasury as to prevent his exercising the discretion nominally vested in him, if by such ac tion the parity between gold and silver may be disturbed. Mianifestly a re fusal by the secretary topav thesetreas ury notes in gold, if demandedl, would necessarily result in their discredit and depreciation as obligations payable only in silver, and would destroy the parity between the two metals by establishing a discrimination in favor of gold. Up to the 15th day of July, 1893, these notes had been issued in payment of silver bullion purchases, to the amount of more than $147,000,000. While all but a very small quantity of this bullion remains uncoined and without usefulness in the treasury, many of the notes given in its purchase have been paid in gold. This is illus trated by thie statement that between May 1st, 1899, and the 15th day of July, 1893. the notes of this kind issued in payment for silvei- bullion amounted to a little more than $54,000,0001, and that during the same period about $49, 000,000 were paid by the treasury in gold for redemption of such notes. The policy necessarnly adopted of paying these notes in gold has not spared the gold reserve of $100,000,000 long ago set aside by the government for the redemption of other notes, for this fund has already been subjected -, the paymient of new obligations amount ing to about $150,000,000 on account of silver purchases, and has as a conse quence, for 'he first time since its crea tion, been encroached upon. We have thus made the depletion of our gold. easy, and have tempted other and more appreciative nations to.add it to-their stock. That the opportunity we have offered has not been neglecte~d is shown by the large amounts of gold which have been recently drawn from our treasury and exported to increase the financial strength of forilnidiens. The excess of exports of gold over its imports for the year ending June 80, 1893, amountsd to more than $87,500, 000; between the 1st day of July, 1890. and thie 15th day of July, 1893, the gold coin and bullion in our treasury de creased more than $132,000,000, while during the same period the silver coin and bullion in the treasury increased more than $147,000,000. Unless government bonds are to be constantly issued and sold to replenish our exhausted gold, only to be again exhausted, it is apparent that the oper atin of the silver purchase law now in force, leads in the direction of the en tire substitution of silver for the gold in the government treasury, and that this xut.a folediam by the navmenlt of alrgovernment obfigations in depre ciated silver. At this stage gold and silver must part company and the gov ernment must fail in its established policy to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other. Given over to the exclusive of a cur rency greatly depreciated according to the standard of the commercial world, we could no longer claim a p4ace among nations of the first class, nor could our government claim a performance of its obligations so far as such an obligation has been imposed upon it, to provide for the use of the people the best and safest money. If, as many of its friends claim, silver ought to occupy a larger place in our currency and the currency of the world through general interna tional co-operation, and agreement, it is desirous that the United States will not be in a position to gain a hearing in favor of such an arrangement so long as all are willing to continue our attempt single handed. The knowl edge in business circles among our own people that our government cannot make its fiat equivalent to intrinsic value, nor keep inferior money on a parity with superior'money, by its own independent efforts, has resulted in such a lack of confidence at home, in the stabilities of currency values that capital refuses its aid to new enter prises while millions are actually with drawn from the channels of trade and commerce to become idle and unpro ductive in the hands of timid owners. Foreign nations, equally alert, not only decline to purchase American se curities, but make haste to sacrifice those which they already have. It does not meet the situation to say that ap prehension in regard to the future of our finances is groundless, and that there is no reason for lack of confidence in the purposes or power of the govern ment in the premises. The very exis tence of this apprehension and the lack of confidence, however caused, is a me nace which ought not for a moment to be disregarded. Possibly, if the under taking we have in hand w6re the main tenance of a specific known quantity of silver at a parity with gold our ability to do so might be estimated and gauged and perhaps in view of our unparalleled growth and resources, might be favor ably passed upon. But when our avowed endeavor is to maintain such parity in regard to an amount of silver increasing at the rate of $50,000,000 yearly, with no fixed termination to such increase it can hardly be said that a problem is presented whose solution is free from doubt. The people of the United States are entitled to a sound and stable currency, and to money recognized as such on every exchange and in every market of the world. Their government has no right to injure them by financial exper iments opposed to the policy and prac tice of other civilized states, nor iit justified in permitting an exaggerated and unreasonable reliance on our na tional strength and ability to jeopar dize the people's money. This matter rises above the plane of party politics. It vitally concerns every business and calling and enters every household in the land. There is one important as pect of the subject which especially should never be ovrerlooked. At times, like the present, when the evils of un sound finance threaten us, the specula tor may anticipate a harvest gathered from the misfortunes of others. The caitalist may protect himself by hoard ing or may even find profit in the linc tuation of values; but the wage-earner -the first to be injured by a depreci ated currency and the last to receive the benefit of its correction-is practi cally defenseless. He relies for work upon the ventures of confident and contented capital. This failing him, his condition is with out alleviation, for he can neither prey on the misfortunes of others nor hoard his labor. One of the greatest statesmen our country has known, speaking more than 50 years ago, when a derangement of the currency had caused commercial distress, said: "The very man of all oth ers who has the deepest interest in a sound currency and who suffers most by mischievous legislation in money mat ters, is the man who earns his daily bread by his daily toil." These words are as pertinent now as on the day they were uttered, and ought ts impressively remind us that a failure in the dischargre of our duty at this time must especially injure those of our countrymen who labor, and who, because of their- number and condition, are entitled to the most watchful care of their government. It is of the ut most importance that such.relief as con gress can afford in the existing situa Uon be afforded at once. The muaxim, "Se gives twice who giyes quickly," is directly applidable. It may be true that the em?barrass ments from which the bnsiness of the bountry is suffering, arise as mach from evils apprehended, as froin thoe. acsu ally existing. All may hop., too, that calm counsels will prevail and that neither the capitalists nor the wage earners will give way to unreasoning panic and sacrifica their property or their interests under the influence of exaggerated fears. Nevertheless, every day's delay in re moving one of the plain and principal causes of the present state of things en larges the mischief already done and in creases the responsibility of the govern ment for its existence. Whatever else the people have aright to expect from congress they may cer tuinly demand that legislation con demned by the ordeal shall be removed from the statute books as soon as their representatives can legitimately deal with it. It is my purpose to summon congress in special sessin early in September, tha we might enter promptly upon the work of tariff reform which the true WicsoW large a majority CA me peopLe, as shown b their suifrages desire and expect, andto the accomplishment of which every effort of the present ad ministration is pledged. But while tariff reform has lost noth ing of its immediate and permanent im portance and must in the near future engage the attention of congress, it has seemed to me that the financial condi tion of the country should at once and before all other subjects be considered by your honorable body. I earnestly recommend the prompt repeal of the provisions of the act pass ed July 14, 1890, authorizing the purchase of silver bullion, and that other legislative action may put, beyond all doutt, or mis take the intention r.aid the ability of the government to fulfill its pecuniary ob ligations in money universally recog nized by all civilized copntiies. [Signed.] GROVER CLEVEL.ND. Executive Mansion, Aug. 7, 1893. THE, BONE- OF CONTENTION. ull Text of the Sherman Silver Pur chasing Act of 1890. An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of treasury notes thereon. and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America. in congress ssembled, That the secretary of the treasury is hereby direct ed to purchase from time to time silver bullion to the aggregate amount of 4,5,0, 000 ounces, or so much thereof as may be offered each mouth. at the market pricc thereof, not exceeding $1 for three hun dred and seventy-one aid twenty-live hundredths grains of pure silver, and to issue in payment for aucu purchase of sil ver bullion treasury notes of the United States to be prepared by the secretary ,f the treasury in such form and of such de nominations-not less than $1 nor more than $1,000-as he may prescribe, and a sum sufficient to carry intoeffect the pro visions of this act is hereby appropriutei out of any money In the treasury not oth erwist apPropriated. Sec. 2. That The treasury notes issued in accordance with the provisions of this act shall be redeemable on demaud, in coin, at the treasury of the United States, or at the office of any assistant treasurer of the United States,and when so reaeemed may be r*is*ued, but no greater or less amout of such notex shall outstanding at anj time than the cost of the silver bullion and the standard silver dollars coined therefrom, then held in the treasury pur chased by such notes; and suck treasury notes shall be a legal tender in payment of all debts. pubuc and private except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. and shall be receivable for customs, taxes and public dues, and when so received may be reissued; and such notes, when held by any national bank ing association, may be counted as a part of its lawful reserve. That upon demand of the holder of any of the tie esury notes herein provided for 'the secretary of the treasury shall, under such regulations as he may prescribe, redeezu such notes In gold or silver coin at his discretion it be ing the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be pro vided by law. Sec. . That the secretary of the treasu ry shall each month coin 2,030,000 ounces of the silver bullion purchased under the provifions of this act into .standard silver dollars until the 1st day of July, 1891, and after that time he shall coin of the silver bullion purchased under the provisions of this act as much as may be necessary to provide for the redemption of the treasury notes herein provided for, and and any gainor seigniorage arisi.ng fro.n such coinage shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury. See. 4. That the silver bullion pur chased under the provisions of this act shall be sul-ject to the requiren.e its of existing laws and the regulations of the mint service governing the mietho.is of determining the amount of pure silver contained and~ the amount of charges of deductions, ii any, to. be made. Sec. 5. Ths t so much of the act of Feb. 28, 1878, entitled "An act to authorize she coinage of the standard silvcr dollar, and to restore its legal tender character," as requires the monthly purchase arid coin ag.e of the same into silver dollars of not less than $.000,000 nor more than $4,000. 000) worth of silver bullion is here by re pealed. Sec. 6. That upon the passage of this act the balance standing with the treas urer of the United States to the respec tive credits of national banks for dep,>slts made to redeem the circulating not,es of such banks and all deposits thereaf ter received for like purpose shall be covered into the treasury as a miscellaneous re ceipt, and the treasurer of the United States shall radeem from the general cash in the treasury the circulating~ notes of said banks which may come into his pos session subject to redemption, and upon the certificate of the comptroller of the currency that such notes have been re ceived by him, and that they have been destroyed by him and that no new notes will be issued in their p lace, reimburse ment of their amount shall he made to the treasurer, under such regalations as the secretary of the treasury may pre scribe, from an appropriation hereby created, to b,e known as national bank notes redemption account, but the provi sipns of this act shall not apply to thne de posits received under section 3 of the act of June 20, 1874, requiring every national bank to keep in lawful money with the treasur'er of the United States a sum equal tp 5 per eeottzu of its circulation, te be held and used for the redemption of its circulatfng notes, and the balance re maining of the deposits so covered shall at the close of each month be reported on the m'onthly public debt statement as debt of the United States bearing no in terest. Seo. 7. That this act shall take effect 80) days from and after its passage. A pproved July 14, 1890. Going to the World's FaIr. [Special to News and Courier.1 COLMBIA, August 11.-Governor Tillman is arranging to take a two week's vacation. He will leave here about the 15th instant with members of his f-.mily and go directly to Chicago, where he will spend his time at the World's Fair. Governor Tillman has worked hard ecough and had enough to attend to to deserve a rest, although he seems as strong and vigorous as ever. secretary Herbert to Feather his Nest. NEW YORK, August 10.-A special to the World from Atlanta says: It is reported here that Secretary Herbert and Miss Sallie Brown, youngest doughter of Ex-Senator Joseph E. Brown, are engaged to be married. Miss Brown is a blonde, still on the sunny sideof 40. She is a woman of literary tas tes and many social graces. Her father is worth $10,000,000. Ayer's Ague Cure is an antidote for malaria and all malarial diseases, whether generated by swamp or sewer. Neither quinine, arsenic, nor any other injurious drug enters into the composition of this remedy. WVar ranted to cure fever and ague. WV. F. Harwood, of Richmond, Va., died August 10th. His life was insured fr $291,000. SHORT, SHARP AND DECISIVE. Jim Tillman Knocks Down a Register Cor respondent and Jumps on Him and Beats Him Until He is Pulled Off. [Special to News and Courier.] EDGEFIELD, August 9.-Capt. J. H. Tillman has.drawn first blood as a re sult of the Farley-Irby-Tillman contro versy. Yesterday afternoon he liter ally wiped the ground up with the Register's traveling correspondent, W. J. Shelton. The latter gentleman was sitting on the Court House steps when Capt. Tillman walked up to him and accosted him concerning a portipn of the recent correspondence having reference to the part wherein Shelton figures. They engaged a minute or two in a pretty hot controversy, when Tillman challenged Shelton to walk down the road and fight it out. The challenge was accepted. When they reached a point in front of an old stable about three hundred yards down the public road from the Court House Tillman turned to Shelton and said: "Here is about as good a place as any. I am armed, and if you are we can fight it out, Shelton." Shelton said that he was not armed, and therefore Tillman made no effort to draw his pistol, but stepped up closer to Shelton, and on being given the d-d lie by Shelton he gave him the regular combination Corbett-Sulli van lick under the chin, which sent Shelton to the ground. Tillman jumped on top of him and was punishing him severely when the policeman of the town came up and separated them. Both parties were fined two dollars ty the town authorities. WHAT MR. SHELTON SAYS: To theEditor of theNews andCourier: Please publish the following as an ex planation of the Tillman and Shelton fight at Edgefield: "I was not armed; did not receive but one blow and no blood was brought. I could have managed him in a fair fight if let alone. W. J. SHELTON." Aiken, August 10, 1893. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. [Special to The State.] EDGEFIELD, August 7.-Yesterday afternoon Capt. James H. Tillman and W. J. Shelton, traveling agent of the Tillman organ at Columbia, met on the street, and had some words about the voluminous Farley-Irby-Tillman correspondence. The lie was passed and Tillman knocked Shelton down and straddled him. They are well matched in size. Shelton had an iron stick in his hand. . It is said that Shelton, while down, acknowledged that Irby dictated to Tigbe the. dispatch which so abun dantly convicts himself (Irby), and that Tighe translated his stenographic notes to Shelton, and that Irby and Tighe themselves filed the dispatch in the Washington telegraph office. ''TIGHE AND I ARRANGED" THE CRAD DOCK LETT'ER. GRANITEvILLE, S. C., August 10. To the Editor of The State: Please allow me space to correct part of your Edgefield correspondent's report of the trouble between Mr. J. H. Tillman and myself, viz: "That while Shelton was down he acknowledged that Irby dic tated to Tighe, his secretary, the Wash ington dispatch, which so abundantly convicts himself (Irby), and that Tighe translated his stenographic report to Shelton, and that Irby and Tigho themselves filed the dispatch at the telegraph office." I made no such statement at any time; but in conversation with Mr. J. H. Tillman, before the fight, I did say that Tighe and I arranged the report, and I sent the telegram off. Mr. Tighe introducing me to the operator as the general traveling agent and correspon dent of the Columbea Register. W. J. SHELTON. NOT THE "CRADDOCK" LETT'ER. To the Editor of The State: A card of mine having been construed as an admission on my part I wrote the "Craddock" dispatch, which would be a foolish claim, as it has already been proven that the dispatch on file in the Washington telegraph office is in Mr. Tillman's handwriting, I desire to make this statement:. Mr..Tillman and I were not discussing the "Craddock" letter, but a letter written by Mr. Tillman in which he charged that Senator Irby dictated to his secretary, Mr. Tighe, a dispatch concernig the blacklisting conference before Postmaster General Bissell, and which contained some very compli mentary allusions to Senator I rby. I stated that this report, not the "Crad dock" letter, was prepared by Tighe and myself, and that I filed it in Washington telegraph office, Tighe introducing me as the correspondent of the Columbia Register. This explanation should correct the wrong impression given by hasty peru sal of my first card. W. J. SHELTON. Columbia, August 12. Gone Back to Buzzard's Bay. WVASHrNGTON, D. C., August 11. President Cleveland Left Washington this morning at 7 o'clock over the Pennsylvania Railroad, accompanied by Secretary Lamont. Colonel Lamont will leave him at New York, and the President will go direct to Buzzard's Bay. Be sure and put a box of Ayei's Pills in your satchel before traveling, either by land or sea. You will find them convenient, efficacious, and safe. The best remedy for costiveness, indiges tion, and sick headache, and adapted to a ny climate. ALLIANCE RALLY AT SARDIS. Congressman Shell Speaks and Defes His .Position-Qnestioned by Mr. Dn="n [Clinton Gazette.1 There was an outpouring of the peo ple and an enthusiastic gathering of the friends of the Alliance at Sardis last Thursday. The ladies were there, too, and a host of them at that. At II o'clock a. m., the Chairman, W. H. McCrary, mounted the stand-and asked the Rev. W. A. Pitts to open the meet ing with prayer. First speaker, Col. D. P. Duncan, President of the State Alliance Ex change, made a thoroughly practical business talk, concerning Alliance de mands, the workings of the Alliance Exchange, the drilling and preparing for the Alliancemen for the conflict that will certainly revolutionize the governmental policy of our country. His was an instructive address, well received. Speeches were made by Capt. Jno. M. Hudgens, President, of the Laurens County Alliance, Auditor O. G.Thomp son, Representative 'Le. Smith, of Laurens county, Representative John Duncan, of Newberry, and Congress man Shell. Representative Shell said: "It was announced that I needed no introduction, which was well said. I have always been your invited guest on all like occasions and I always re spond. I came to-day because I was invited and Iam truly glad to be with you. In 1890 yoa elected me to Con gress, and since that time the 52d Con gress has met and discharged itg'work -my stewardship is already known to you. "Our country is at present in a most threatening condition. No time in 400 years anything like the present. "I am not here to condemn the Demo cratie party, nor to commend it; neither am I here to commend or to condemn the Republican party, and the Third party is the last party I would assail. Captain Shell spoke at considerable length concerning the Ailiance, the Reform Movement, the financial issue, etc., at the conclusion of which Mr. S. M. Duncan came forward and pro pounded the following questions to Capt. Shell, which he answered: Mr. Duncan: Do you still consider Ben Perry a Reformer and Is he not supporting Butler against Tillman, and can you endorse him for official position against a Reformer? Mr. Shell: I am not Ben Perry's keeper. I endorsed him because he was my friend in 1890 and 1892. I have never gone in person and asked for his appointment. Duncan: Have you been advising the people to let politics alone and attend to their farms? Shell: No. Duncan: Are you using your influ ence in the interest, and do you intend to actively engage in the coming cam paigni against Butler, and have you been advising a division in the party? Shell: Tillma-i knows where I stand, ask him, No, I have not advised a division in the party, nor do I intend to engage in the next campaign. I have already stated that when my congressional term expIres I will retire to private life and spend my few re maining years with my family in peace and quietude. Duncan: Do you expect to give your influence to the Reform Administration to the exclusion of your personal friends among the antis? Shell: No, I don't. Wherever I have a personal friend who is an anti, and I know him to be Gualified, I will endorse him with pleasure.'' NOTE.-We did intend giving. a fuller account of the proceedings, but on Monday, when we come to write up and to join together our rambling notes, the writer is very unwell, and must be brief. Word comes from all quarters that the neatest and most satisfactory dye for'coloring the beard a brown or black is Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers. Mado Plain at Last. We feel much relieved since we have found out how the crisis has been brought about. Bill Nye makes the matter as plain as the noonday sun. He says: The engorgement of the channels of trade with overproduction of unearned increment over the per centage of former years, and making the bimetallic and baser metals sub servient to gold and the reserve of gold and paper money the general funeral currency and noticeable hesitation of goods to go out during the r eason of mourning, together with shrinkage of values of things you have got, while things that you want real bad become suddenly of great value, causes what you might call stagnation of satisfac tion and a general revival of sadness in the realms of traffic. Root and Branch, the poison in your blood, however it may have come or whatever shape it may be taking is cleared away by Doc tor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It's a remedy that rouses every organ into healthful action, purifies and en riches the blood, and through it cleanses and invigorates the whole system. Salt-rheum, Tetter, Eczema, Erysipe las, Boils, Carbuncles, Enlar~ged Glands, and the worst Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, are perfectly and perma nently bured by it. Unlike the ordinary Spring medi cines or sarsaparillas, the "Discovery" worzs equally well at all seasons. All the year round and in all.cases, it is guaranteed, as no other blood inedicine is. If it ever fails to benefit or cure, you have your money back. You pay only for the good you get. Isn't it safer to say that no. other blood-purifier can be "just as go?" TIf it were, wouldn't It be sold so? .SOUTHERN FACTORY LABOR. Composed Principauy of Native Whites, and Very Efficient. LNew York Evening Post.) RALEIGH, N. C., July 29.-It is a common impression in the North. ed pecially among Northern laborers, that the factory labor bf the South is com posed largely or exclusively of negroes. This is a very erroneous impression. With the exception of the tobacco fac tories, where, aside from the foremen ind "bosses of sections," "receivers," etc., negroes are exclusively employed, the black man or woman is an excep tion in the Southern factory. And where negroes are employed there are no white "hands" except those in au thority over them. Take the cotton factories, for in stance. The operatives are exclusively white natives, mostly women and children, and they are expert and most excellent operatives, too. Manu facturers say they would not exchange them for any class of labor in the world. The continued growth of man ufactures in the South reveals the fact that the material for the production of skilled white labor is abundant in the native population. North Carolina, while it Invites im migration of the desirable kind, boasts that It has long been the most homo genous State in the Union. Nowhere in the United States is labor more con tented or more competent than that now employed in the production of course cotton goods in the factories of this State-hence the rapid growth of cotton factories numerically, and the increased and increasing output of the old ones. The success of each effort to make finer goods than had before been made in the South attests the fact that the Southern laborer is quick to acquire both the knowledge and skill to make progress in the art of cotton manufacturing. In speaking about this matter Mr. Jos. P. Caldwell, one of the best-in formed men in the State, said: "It is reasonable that this should be so. In the early part of this century this sec tion led in manufactures in the United States. In 1810 the manufactured products of Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia exceeded in quality and in value those of all the New England States. These people who are now learning to spin and to weave are the descendants of the mechanics of those days, and there is naturally an inher ited capacity to acquire skill as me chanics. This was once the gold-pro ducing region of the United States. It was also an important iron-pro ducing region, and the day was when iron was made at no great distance from Charlotte, N. C., that found a market in Boston. We are acquiring again something of the thrift of our grandfathers, and we have about reached the point where we can again find in Boston a market for products made in this section by the skill of' native labor and with native raw ma terials." The situation and the outlook in the South are very encouraging, There can be no reasonable doubt that the labor of this section will continue to advance and improve. Manufacturers already prefer it to any other, and this mea:ns that Investments made here wial continue as in the past to make good returns, and as to cotton spinning and weaving, to make better returns than any other section. Notwith standing the "hard times," the cotton factories of Raleigh and in other sec tions of the State this week declared the usual semi-annual dividend-this time ranging from A to 8 per cent. THE El-PRESIDENT'S PAUPER COUSIN County Poor Farm Officials Smiled at the Story, but Found It True. DENVEa, August 9.-Some weeks ago a fine-looking man, nearly 80 years old, with snow-white hair and beard, applied to the County Commissioners for aid and was sent to the county poor farm, where he still remains. He gave his name as William Harrison, and said he was a first cousin of the ex President. The officials smiled at the pauper's story, but Secretary Thomp son, of the Humane Society, investi irated it and has received letters con firming the old man's statement in every particular. George S. Cunningham of Lancaster, 0., formerly Mr. Harrison'w attorney, gives the facts, and a daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Williamson of the same place, has been written to. Mr. Harrison charges his daughter and former at torney with base Ingratitude, but says, "Benjamin," his cousin, does not know of his sad straits. The old man's re semblance to his distinguished relative is striking. -Don't You Know That to have perfect health you must have pure blood, and the best way to have pure blood is to take Hood's Sar saparilla, the best blood purifier and strength builder. It expels all taint of scrofula, salt rheum and all other hu mors, and at the same time builds up the whole system anad gives nerve strength. HooD's PILLS may be had by mail for 25c. of C. L. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. A Big Meteor Passes Over savannah. SAVANNAH, ,August 10.-A meteor, apparently the size of a barrel, passed over the city at 9 o'clock and struck in the marsh niear Isle of Hope, a suburb of Savannah, six miles out. Theshock was felt in the city and created great excitement in the section near where the meteor fell GEN. FARLEY IMTERVIEWED. Gives His Position on the Congresloial Problem, [Spartanburg Herald, 10th. Yesterday s reporter for the Daily Herald found Gen. Farley in the bist of spirits. He did not seem to be contemplating a hostile meeting with anybody and was not scared to death over the recent "Sunday excurson." In answer to the allusion to the re cent Interview with Captain Shell, which we reproduced,yesterday, he stated that he had lust had an inter view with Mr. Gibbes, of The State, who was passing through, the sub stance of which was as folk-ws: 4 "I see that Congressman She has - announced your candidacy for Con gress to succeed him, and also that you have diasolved with Senator Irby and Tillman." Answer.-"Yes; I saw Capt. Shell's interview by The State, and although I know that he Is a good frled-of mine, and I appreciate hisInterest Iin me, I am afraid be has allowed :his just indignation in the Irby matter to carry him too far. I am net an 'an nounced' candidate for Congress, nor has there been any disturbance of the relations between Governor Tillman and myself that I know of. Thqse are matters of which I must be allowed to speak for myself at the proper time and place. "But are you not a candidatefor Congress?" "Oh! well, I do not hesitate to spy that if at the proper time our pepe and my friends should desire me to run, I should do so, but although the. 'matter of my candidacy is being agi tated now, I think it rather too soon to 'jump that fence,' and am willing to give the people, aswellasmyself, time to think.Z. "Don't you think your Xmas article likely to have some effect on the gov ernor?" "For good-yes; but as for the gI clsm-no. Governor Tilman- IJf no baby, and besides, you antis bae treated him to so much gatultoas abuse that I think he will find a N$die frank and honest criticism, by way .of example, both pleasant and refresh ing, "TheGovernor knows what criticism is,for he indulges in It himself sowe times, and is willing, I think, to give and take honest blows like a man-. When the Sherma Zow's Eepsa.; [New York Sun. With money at a premium and with many daily scares, There is trembling down in Wall street among the bulls and bears: With wheat gone down to nothing, and no stuff to pay the hands, There is enwsingon the hillaies arid in the pasture lands; There is moaning and groaning end hoarding up ofgold, There is stuffing of old stockings, there are failures manifo1ld: Bu't a great sunburst of glory'll flood the whole financial field, When Grover fires his message and The Sherman' Law's Bepealed! There is rage in Colorado, in the' young Centennial State, They are shouting and hurrahing for old Bloody-bridles Waite; Out in Kanasn they are 'yelling, "Down with Wall street and its stocks!"' And they swear by Peffer's whiskers and / by Jerry Simpson's socks- ; They will battle with the Gold Bugs, and will die before they yield, But they'll all get good and peoseful when. The Sherman Law's Repealed! Old Governor Waite will then not wish to wade through bloody seas, But he will sing, "There never were such bully times as these." And wheat and corn will go right up, and every kind of stocks Will boom, and every broker'll have his pockets full of rocks, And every merchant in the land will do a humming trade, And every Populistic man will swing his pick and spade, And frmthe goden glory of each happy Will ring the cheers of Grover when 'The - Sherman Law's Repealed! G. The song of the silverite. [From the Denver News.j Oh. rin the poor man's dollar; rm coming, hear me holler! rve been within the toils since the fated seventy-three rm the dola of the fathers, Washington, Jefferson and others, And rul jingle in the pocket when Con gress sets me free. I serve the common people, Build the schoolhouse, church and steeple, And T11 bless each home with plenty -in this land from sea to sea. Pm the dollar of the sexes, . Pay the servant, Teacher, 'Faxes, And Pll jingle in the pocket when Con gress sets me free. Hear my eagle's wing a flapping, For tlie goldbug I'm ore tapping, I'm coming, Uncle Samuel, at the rate sixteen to one. With the mines and factories hum mmg, And the farmer Up and. Coming When I'm jingling in the pocket-Oh! won't there then be fun! The goldbug bunzing through the air Now ceases its repining, And all forgot its recent scare By coud ofsilver lining. ByIndiandpoofsNews