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S 141h A I IA*ti tt iWftIilM Mth ETBIHED 1865. - --NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY211. _PIE$50AER WHERE WE ARtE AT. - Efrorts to Settle the Liquor Question by Some Towns. but it is Still 9duddted. ISpecial to The State.1 GREENVILLE, April 2.5.-Greenville to-day decided the question against "free whiskey," Governor Till man and the contrary notwithstandiug. A man named Brooks was arrested by the chief of police, charged with running a blind tiger to-day. He was tried in t,e mayor's court by a jury and a ver dict of guilty rendered. The jury re commended him to the mercy of the court. He was fined -5. This is the first conviction in this city for a viola tion of the liquor law since the dispen sary law went into operation. The police continue active in running down the blind tiger. CHESTER WANTS NO BARROOIS. [Special to Regist-r.] ,CHESTER, S. C., April 25.-The City Council of Chester met yesterday and passed an ordinance fining all persons selling liquors $20. Mr. Groesehel opened his bar on Tuesday and Coun cil served papers on him this morning and made him close up. The Council and good people of Chester are determined to carry out the new ordinance to its fullest extent. NOW GREENVILLE IS WET. [Special to The State.1 GREENVILLE, April 26.-Tbe liquor question was brought to an issue this afternoon at a meeting of the city council called for the eurpose of taking action as to the right of the city to issue licenses. The discussion was long, and at times animated bordering on personalities. A test vote was taken which resulted in a vote 6 to 4 in favor of issuing liquor licenses. The city attorney was instructed to prepare an ordinance to license the sale of liquor. The council was for stringent regula tions to prevent the sale of intoxicants to minors, inebriates and men under the influence of whiskey, and the to limit the hours when liquor can be sold. This action of the Greenville council may lead to a legal solution of the question by resort to injunction and appeal to the Supreme Court. A TEST CASE IN FLORENCE. ISpecial to The StAte.1 FLORENCE, April 26 -A test case is being made here to ascertain where we are all at, - The city council decided last night to issue licenses. According ly R. D. Rollt.s, an ex-barkeeper, paid his $500 to-day, was granted6s license and has opened for business. He has not yet been arrested for violation of the State law but su ;h is the under standing. THE PROHIBITIONISTS MOVE INTO THE LIQUOR MUDDLE. IThe State, 27th.] -The liquor situation gets more anid more interesting every day, and it will not be many days now, perhaps, before something will come to a head." The matter of the open sale of liquor has caused the prohibitionists and every one else much concern. Thbe most vio lent opponents of the dispensary law are opposed to the sale of liquor with out some kind of a license or sorne con trol, and the liquor men themselves are anxious to pay licenses if they are given the opportunity. The prohibition exe cutive committee, after looking into the matter very carefully and getting good legal opinions, is beginning to move. It has been thought for some days that the next move would come *from the prohibitionists, and their hand was yesterday shown when the following letter from the chairmiani of the State probibition executive com-i ~x?tee was handed to the imayor of Columbia: To Hon. WV. McB. Sloan, Mayor of the City of Columbia. SIR: As Chairman of the State Pro ibition Executive Committee, and feeling a deep interest in thbe presebt un fortunate status of thbe question of thbe' liquor trafil in South Carolina, after seeking the advice of counsel, eminent in the law, and as the result of such' advice I have deemed it a duty to your- I self and the public that I should call you attention to certain facts in this connection, and ask your official ac Stion in applying the laws of the city thereto. It is stated in the daily papers that the sale of intoxicating liquors is being -openly made within the past few days, and I believe this fact will not be dis puted, as the narties so engaged at tempt no concealment. It is also a fact that the ordinance of< the city of Columbia for 1894 provides in effect that no person shall engage int any business or avocation within the I city without first obtaining a license therefor in the manner provided, under certain penalties provided therein. The Supreme Court in the recent dis pensary decision holds tbst the act is clearly unconstitutional except in so far as it forbids the granting of licenses i to retail spirituous liquors before the 30th June, 1s92, and as a consequence the city council can not gran t lic -nses authorizing such sales in the city of ~ Columbia. I desire to call your attention to the fact that as advised by counsel the de cision does not effect thbe laws of this State nor the city ordinances oi Colum bia, prohibiting sales of liquor without license, and that therefore any person engaged in the business is violating both State and city law and should be subjected to the penalty declared in such cases.I If this view of eminent oounsel is orrect, I respectfully ask that you will promptly put in exercise the duty and g authori.. lodged in you to see that the h laws are observed within this city and to prevent if possible the serious con sequences which it is generally agreed by thoughtful citizens must result from the opening of barroooms and the sale of liquor, unchecked by police inter ference, and with zut the restraints of municipal authority to which all other employments and thoseengaged there in must besubjected. L. D. CHILDS. Chairman State Pro. Ex. Cow. The prohibitionists expect in case the city takes no action, and the uncon trolled sale of liquor continues, to at tempt to make some case which will carry the issue promptly and squarely before the Supreme Court, getting that body to define its exact position and the exact meaning of the decision. One thing is certain, the prohibitionists have their fighting clothes on and they intend to stop at nothing to prevent the wholesale and unrestrained traffic in liquor which is now going on. MAYOR SLOAN'S ACTION. Mayor Sloan, upon the receipt of Mr. Child's letter yesterday, called upon City Attorney Thomas and requested him to give him his legal of inion as to what the city council could do, as soon as possible. This opinion will be re ferred to council. Mr Th'mas stated that the opinion will be rendered promptly, and requested the statement made fer him that up to yesterday no opinion had been requested from him by the city authorities. He says he has not been delaying the matter at all. In the meantime the saloons are do ing a rushing open business in Colum bia. CHESTER ACTS. The first town in the State to take any action under the new condition of things is the town of t;hester. This town, after consulting prominent attor neys, has reached the conclusion that the decision of the court means prohi bition; that council cannot grant licenses, and as a natural result a few nights ago the city council of that town met and passed the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE. Whereas, under the law of the State, as recently decided by the Supreme Court, the city council has no author ity to grant licenses for selling spirit uous or intoxicating liquors, and Whereas, under the law of the sate it is unlawful for any one to sell spirit uous or intoxicating liquor without a licenses, and Whereas, a number of men within this city are engaged in selling spirit uous or intoxicating liquor in open violation of the law, Now therefore in consideration of the premises, and of the great annoy ance and injury resulting to the people of this community from the flagrant violation of the statute law of the State, we. the mayor and aldermen of the city of Chester, South Carolina, in eouncil assembled, dio hereby ordain that the selling of spirituous or intoxi eating liquor within the corporate limts of the city of Chester, S. C., is unlawful and the party or parties elling the same shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction hall be fined not less than $20 for each ffense or imprisoned not less than wenty days. And we do further ordain, that the place or places occupied by any one engaged in the selling of spirituous or intoxicating liquor, shall be deemed auisances, and the chief police is positively commanded to abate the iame. Done in council this 24 day of A pril, A. D., 1894. (Signed.) J C. James, J. L. Glenn, 3. W. Gage, D. Hemphill and James tcLarnon. Whetber other towns will follow his lead of Chester's council remains : be seen, but one thing is certain .hings are not goinig to remain in thieirj resent u;rique condition much loLger. [t is possible that under this very ordi iuce a teat- case may reach the Su >reme Court upon an application for on irnjunction when the first arrest is nade. If this is done the matter is going to ne brought to a head in some way by the prohibitionists. They are iot going to let the matter stand as it s much longer, if there is any ' outI f the woods. The prohibitionists are aying their plans for their big tight luring the coming fall and are prepar g to take every advantage of the resent remarkable condition of things. PROHIBITIoN IN ANDERSON. LSpecial to The State.] ANDERSoN, A pril 28.-The city coun l last night passed a stringent anti icense ordinance, the view prevailing hat the decision of the Supreme Court >ts the State under prohibition. When I ct Time. When I get time I know what I shall do; '1 cut the leaves of all my books, And read them thro and thro. Then I get time Ill write some letters then ihat I bave owed for weeks and weeks To many. many men. hen I get time 1.11 pay those bills I owe, Lod with those bills. those countless bills, I will not be so slow. hen I get time I'll regulate my life n such a way that I may get A cquainted with may wife. hen I get time-. O, glorious dream of bliss! month, a year, ten years from now But I can't finish this have no time No other medicine has equalled food's Sarsaparilla iu the relief it ives in severe cases of dyspepsia, sick adahe etc. STRAIGHT DEMOCRACY. A Mixture of Ocalaium and Democracy Cannot be Supported by True Democrats. [From The State.] The letters of Gen. Black to Gover nor Hampton and GovernorHampton' letter to the people of South Caroliua, backed by President Cleveland's letter to Gen. Black, declare the duty of Democrats in this State. These tbrre letters-demonstrate that a'l true Dem ocrats should declare their allegiance to the principles of the Democracy long ago set forth by Thomas Jeffersons and adopted by the Democracy of the United States at the Convention at Chicago in 1892. The President's letter relates specifically to the tariff ref,:_ urged by the convention, but it covers generally the whole platform of that convention. That a large number of those who were heretofore Democrats in this State have intentionally or 'unintentionally departed from the teachings of Jeffer sou and Calhoun on the fundamental doctrines of Democracy is quite clear, as I attempted to show in my letter to The state, published last January. That many good men have accepted the heresies promulgated by the State Alliance in ]893 is beyond doubt. I am also willing to admit that many good Democrats unknowingly -committed themselves to the action of the conven tion in March "on the Colleton plan." By such actions good men have es poused dcctrines and modes of conduct opposed, in tbe first instance to the tirst principles of Democracy, and in the second instance committed themselves to methods which consti:ute, practi cally, a severance from the regular De mocracy of the State, by ignoring all I other Democrats and arranging them selves as a faction of independent ac tion. The two propositions of the sub treasury plan and the government own ership and operation of railroads and telegraph lices are, as I have hereto fore said, fundamentally undemocratic; and no organization adopting them and advocating them is a Democratic or ganization. The plan of holding a Re form Convention for the nomination of officers for the State is not only un Democratic, but virtually amounts to the establishment of a separate party from the Democracy. The method of caucuss'ng by the Reformers in county affairs, to the exclusion of all Conser vatives is a factional separation of the Reformers from the Conservatives, and a separation of the Reformers from the Democratic party of the county. Pur suing these methods, the Reformers separate themselves from the Demo cratic party to which they profess to belong, and all their action is merely for the purpose of binding the Conser vatives to the action of convention and primary elections which the Reformers choose to hold. It is, therefore, folly for real Democrats to submit them selves unreservedly to the conventions and primary elections which the Re formers decide to hold. The fact that the Reformers may or do outnumber the Conservatives would not of itself justify the latter in a re fusal to unite with the former. But the fact that the former, whether more! or less numerous than the latter, do not adopt the principles of the national Democracy, but profess and advocate doctrines at irreconcilable variance from the principles of that Democracy,: and persist in methods which ignore other Democrats, does not only war rant but demand that the real, Conser vative Democrats should refuse to com bine in any organization with the Ri-I formers. We might as well combine with the Republican party; that party,I as much as we ought to oppose it, agrees better with the principles of the real Democrats than does the so-called Re form element which styles itself the Democratic party of the State. It is absolutely necessary that the Conservatives, the real Democracy, as it now appears, should refuse to unite with the R-iform element, until we have assurances that the latter adopt and hind themrselves to carry out the principles of the National Democracy, and also adopt such methods as shall enable the Conservative Democrats to take part in everything that concerns the approaching c'.impaign. If the Conservatives, either as clubs >r as individuals, go into the county conventions or in the primaries to be rdered, they commit themselves in donor to abide by the action of such :~onventions and by the action of State sonvetions composed of delegates from :e several counties, and also to parti 3ipate in primary elections that may e ordered, and support the nominees >f the primary elections at the general ilection in November. I am not opposed to the complete uni Scat ion of all men or bodies of men professing to be D,tzmocrats. Indeed, ny earnest desire is that the whole De lieracy of the State shall be thorough y united and harmonized. But I insist ~hat Conservatives shall not unite with be Reformiers until they hear from the atter an allegiance to the true and well: 4ettled principles of the Democratic arty of t.'e United States, and also a eclaratiot, of abandonment of the ractice of separate caucusses and sepa -ate conventions heretofore characteriz g the action of the so-called Reform yarty. My opinion is that our duty to our >rinciples, our duty to ourselves and >ur duty to the Democratic party of he Union and of this State, demand that we stand aloof from all conven ions, State or county, ordered by Re orm committees or officers, until we. ave received the expressions above Lenantind. I therefore submit the following dec laration of principles and modes of ac tion as proper to bead the enrollment of Conservative Democrats, subject, of cou-se, to any change that may seem proper to any club, that may not affect two prime points of Democratic doc trine and Democratic methods: "The undersigned hereby enroll themselves as members of -Demo cratic Club of (town, city, county or township) and bind themselves to maintain the principles of government laid down by Thomas Jeff'erson and those set forth in the platform of the National Democratic Convention held at Chicago in 1892. They also declare that they will refuse to combine with any self-styled Democrats, who either proclaim principles contrary to the authorities above mentioned, or who refuse, by caucus or otherwise, to admit the undersigned in a full participation in all party councils, and they hereby announce their determination to quit any combination with other organiza tions styling themselves as Democratic as soon as such organization or organi zations adopt a platform contrary to or subversive of such said principles, or by caucuses or otherwise shall exclude the undersigned from political corn cils, State or county, whether such caucus or council be for the purpose of nominating public officers, or for any other purpose." J. F. J. CA LmvELL. Newberry, S. C., April 23d, 1894. EARTHQUAKES IN GEEESE. Hundreds of People Killed-The Walis of Two Churches Fall Upon Worship ping Congregations Many reports from the towns which have suffered- most severely from the earthquakes of April 20th and 21st con tinues to be received. The loss of life and property is much greater than was at first supposed. In the Locris district 129 persons are known to have been killed by falling walls, and many others are missing. A parish church in Proskino col!apsed during vespers and thirty men and women were killed outright, while several who were dug out alive from from the ruins are likely to die. Ninety persons were buried in the ruins Malessina and sixty of them were killed. The others may recover. In many towns whole households have disappeared. In Martino thirty-nine persons were killed by falling timber. Most of them died within the walls of a church whose roof fell in during servic. Although there has been small loss of life in Athens and its envirous, the damage to property has been enor mous. The buildings in which the Austrian Lloyd and the Florio Rubbattino com panies had their offices were wrecked completely. The roof collapsed, the floors broke, and the walls are rent. Hardly whole pieces of furniture was left in either building. For years the work of restoring the famous Byzantine Church at Daphne has been in progress. The dome atpd walls had been repaired, but yesterday they were cracked and crumbled, and the beautiful mosaics were disfigured beyond hope of restoration. A ppeals for help come in hourly. ut little can be done toward alleviating the prevalent distress, as there are no charity organizations of inportance in Athens. In dozens of towns the houses have been destroyed, the inhabtaints are camping unsheltered, and almost un fed in fields, and cannot be persuaded to return to their homes. The King, accompanied by M. Bou phides, Minister of the Interior, has be-. gun visiting the districts which have uffered nost kee:aly. LARGE FRAGMENTS FALL FROM THE PARTHENON ATH ENS, A pril 2'3.-The total number >f deaths caused in.Greece by the earth uakes is 229. A bout 300 persons were 1j u red. An almost incessant trembling of the ~arth continues, although there are no severe shocks. Three large fragments have fallen from tbe Parthenon, and .one of the walls seems to be insecure. Deputy Collector of the Fourth Division. COLUMBsIA, S. C., A pril 26.--Collec ~or Towrnes has appointed Joseph uzts, of Edgefield, deputy collector of he fourth division of this State. Mr. )uzts is a son of Sheriff Ouzts, of Edgefield. The division comprises the :ounties of Odonee, Pickens, Anderson, abbeville, Newberry and Edgefield. An Old Song. When giants lived in ancient times, Sing beigh, my boy, sing ho! In good old England, or foreign climes, Sing heigh, my boy, sing ho! They carried things with a high old hand, Nor strong, nor weak, could before them stand, And they killed whom they pleased throughout the land, Sing heigh, my boy, sing h#! But the giaints didn't have things eir own way when Jack-the-Giant iller arrived on the scene. You re nember the story. Recollect, too, that very age has its giants in the form of 1.1 sorts of dread diseases, supposed to >e incurable. Our Jack is in theform >f Dr Pierce, who has proven the ex >ression "incurable diseases" to be a alacy. Can you imagine more potent eapons to assist a woman in killing he giant-disease, than Dr. Pierce's 'avorite Prescription? It's the only ;aranteed remiedy for all functional 1sturbances, painful disorders, arid bronic weaknesses of womanhood. In emale complaints of every kind, if it ver fails to benefit or cure, you have our money hack. It's simply a ques ion of the company you prefer-the THAT MILITARY JURY. Private Cooper Writes an Improbable Tale to Governor Tillman. [Special to News and Courier. I' COLUMBIA, April 2.-Governor Till man takes a good deal 9f comfort out of a somewhat late letter he has received from Private Cooper, who sat on the military jury at Darlington. It ex plains itself and is given for what it is worth: SALLY, S. C., April 18, 1894. B. R. Tillman, Governor, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Having sat on the jury in Darlington in the case of in quiry concerning the death of Frank E.Norment and others, I wish to in form you that I~did not understand the verdict as reported by the foreman, Mr. J. A. Mooney. I understood him to have read that those men came to their deaths at the hands of McLendon and Cain, but not whether it was in self-defence or wilful or feloneous. There was not anything said about that. If I had understood it the way he has reported it I would not have signed it, for my opinion is it was self defence. I remember he said that there were a few words he had left off, and he went on writing again. He said that he wanted to fix it up right. I don't know what be wrote. I remem ber he said when we went in the jury room that what we did would have no weight at all in Court. I want to tell you that I was never on a jury before, and I did not know what I was there to do. I had no instructions in the court room nor anywhere else. Yours, J. C. COOPER. P. S.-I am a backwoods farmer and know nothing about jury rooms or law, for we are trying to obey the laws of our country. I am a Tillmanite to the core, but I want every man to have justice. CAPT. J. A. MOONEY SHOWS THATTHERE IS NO TRUTH IN PRIVATE COOPER'S STATEMENT. GREENVILLE, April 23-Capt. J. A. Mooney, chairman of the Military Court of inquiry, which sat in connec tion with the coroner's jury at Darling ton and made a report accusing the State constables with murder, will publish a statement to-morrow in the Greenville News in reply to a letter of J. C. Cooper. of Fort Motte. Cooper was a member of the court. In his letter published Sunday he insinuates that he did not understand what he was doing when ne signed the report and that he was misled or over-persua ded by Capt. Mooney to sign the doc -ment. Capt. Mooney will show that the court was appointed by the regular military channel-, the noa-commis sioned officers and privates being cho sen by captains of ! heir respective com panies without any prearrangements. Names of members of the court were elegraphed immediately to Governor illmian and were presumably accepta le to him, as he made no objection. Istructions were given to the Court by Gen. Richbourg and were read and xplained in the presence of them all, and specifically authorized each mem er to file if he wished a separate re ort givir'g bis views of the evidence. Capt. Mooney has the fac-simile water press copy of the report, showing hat nothing was added to or taken from it after it was signed. He states hat it was thoroughly discussed by the embers of the court before being writ en, and after it was written was read ver to them twice at least and repe itIons occurring in names, etc., were orrected with the assistance of Capt. arvey, of the Gordon Light Dragoons and other members. Capt. Mooney was maci.e chairman of the court from he fact that'he held thb senior com nission. RW ATE MILSTER, OF SPARTANBURG, CONFIRMS CAPTAIN MOONEY. LGreenville News.1 The following communication dated April 2:2nd, was received here April 3d, the same day on which Captain i dooney's communication appeared. t was written before Mr. Milster could ave seen Captain Mooney's statement, ut agrees with it in every particular: SPARTANBCRG, 8. C., April i2. I o the Editor of the Greenville News: I In reply to a request from Captain dooney for a full report to the best of I ny recollection as t.o wvhat was said nd occurred at the recent court of in uiry at Darlington, of which I was a I ember, I very cheerfully submit thbeC rlowing: First, I will say that it was agreed pon by every member of the courtr bat Captain Mooney should write the a erdict agreed upon and then everyt aember of the court should pass uponc tat his own discretion. Tbe reportf hen finished was carefully read byt aptain Mooney before each memberf t the court. It was identicall.y thet ame as the copy published and the< ame report to which each member a ~ttached his name. ' It was also stated by Captain Mooney c hile reading this report that there ere some few errors which he wished c o correct in the presence of all the C iembers. Captain Mooney then re-a ad the report as corrected, pointing!i ut the errors. I will also state thati hile Captain Mooney was reading ~ver the names of the constables whiom e found guilty that Captain Harvey bjected to the name of Constable J. I. Heap as he could not believe him. uilty, whereupon Captain Mooney rased his name. Captain Mooney .a ,aid that it was not only right but the uty of each member to make a sepa rate report if he could not agree with be balance. He was requested to make bis statement, giving his views fromI he testimny of the witnees which be did and it was agreed upon by ever, member of the court. Mr. Cooper wa the first to speak, to the best of m; recollection, and he said: "I don't se what else we can do from the testimon; given in." It is impossible for me to see hoc Sergeant Cooper can now object to tb verdict and say that be did not under stand that Constables McLendon ani Cain were guilty of willful and felc nious murder, as found by the court when tbis report was carefully read am reread, and when I know positivel: that he stated be could not see wha else we could do from the testimon: given in and was the first man tospeal when we agreed and after the repor was read. As far as Sergeant Cooper never beinl in a jury room before, it is a seriou! doubt to my mind as to whether b was ever in town before. I do knov that Captain Mooney in the outse stated that if there was anythinj which any member could not under stand that he would cheerfully in struct them on all doubtful points t< the best of his ability. When the re port was signed and all was over, Cap tain Harvey, Sergeant Cooper and my self went down town together, anc Sergeant Cooper then said to me thal "be could not see how we could ren. der any other verdict from the testi, mony given" and he thought we dic justice to all parties. A. D. MILSTER. What a Squedunk really Is. [Greenville News.1 The Hon. John L. McLaurin, reform representative in Congress, having alluded in a recently published letter to the Hon. J. Gary Fvans, reform State senator and candidate for gov ernor, as a "squedunk," the State newspaper and the Newberry Herald and News have begun to discuss the meaning of the word "squedunk." Described generally, the squedunk is a hollow thing with 'a string to it. It is an improvement in some re spects on the "June bug" and one o1 many attempts to develop and amplify by art the suggestions and operations of nature. As is well known, the June bug is available as a means of diver. sion and a musical instrument only at certain seasons of the year. He is an h u mblegreen hum ming bug-or "hum bug" as abbreviated forms hare it and his string is not intrinsicafly part of him but is the result of an' rtifici ally established attachment, formed after he has been run down ar;d over taken and captured. The squedunk, however, is available at all seasons of the year. When its string is pulled it squalls, and its squalling has the merit of occasional variety. It is some times the cre:iking, rasping squall of ferocity, then the shrill shriek of wrath ul! pain, again a bass bellow of menace. t is always disagreeable to thbe general ublic but it is usually harmless. Its availability as a permanent play hing is impaired by its tendency to ecome slippery with much handling. f the State newspaper is anxious for a ractical demonstration let it take an ~mpty tomatto or oyster can, punch a ole in the bottom and through this sole pass a stout waxed cord with a mnot tied in the upper end to prevent t from slipping through. Then stroke r pull the cord with the thumb and ndex finger and the resulting sound ill be the wail of the squedunk which dr. McLaurin says is now being im osed upon the people of this State as he blast of the trumpet. We fear that our explanation of the tature, functions, construction and rrposes of the squedunk may create n the public mind theimpression that he'allusion of the Hon. J. L. McLau in to- the Hon. J. Gary Evans is dis inctly unkind and sarcastic. We are ot yet fully acquainted with the senti ents, signiticances and uses of Ian uage prevalent in the upper and inner ~ircles of reform, -and are not prepared o say whether a statesman of that per usion regards a description of him elf as an empty and discarded vessel ith a string to it as complimentary r the reverse. We would like to clear p the paiuful doubt in the public ind on that subject but can not do so ithout further information. Our resent duty is preformed in the act of nlightei;zg the understanding of ~ounger and less informed contempo aries concerning an instrument of die :rd with which they appear to be un iiiliar. We may add that the usual final esting place of the squedunk is the iley, just outside the back fence, or e ash barrel, the dump heap and blivion. The most enthusiastic per rmer upon it tires of it after a c-er am interval, or if he fails to do so suf rs the pains of seizure and confisca on. The squedunk is rarely dauger us, except when attached- as it >metimes is in default of more availa le material-to the rear of a frightened r infuriated animal, in which event it ay cause stampedes and disasters ira rwded thorougbhfares. In ordinary irun mstances, however, is it merely an os oyance. Only very much de raved and diseased ears can .mistake Smelodies for the blast of a trumpet. Invitel to spartanburg. The National Military Encampment to be heldl in Spartanburg from July to 12. The affair will be under the npices of the Hampton Guards of partanburg. A number of distin uished Confederate Generals are to tteud. Cash prizes are to be awarded the amount of $,000, All kinds of musements are to be on the pro rammne. Tennis players of national epntatinn will ompete in grames. SOUTHERN VETERANS. s A Grand Gathering of the Gray in BIr. iingham--More Than Twenty Thousand Visitors Are on the Scene. BraIccHAuf, ALA., April 25. More than 20.000 visitors are in Bir mnigham in attendance upon the fourth annual reuuion of the Unitec Confederate Veterans. The city is gaily decorated with National and Confederate fiags, and bunting float: from every building; immense flag; and streamers are stretched across thf streets and the scene is a gorgeous one. Excursion trains have arrived from every part of the South bringing it immense crowds of visitors. All thE distinguishing living Confederates are in attendace as well as the Governors of five Southern States, viz: Governor Jones, of Alabama; Gover nor Turney, of Tennessee; Governor, Tillman of South Carolina; Governor Hogg, of Texas, and Governor Stone of Mississippi. The convention met in the Winnie Davis Wigwarm at 9 o'clock. The wig warm has a seating capacity of 10,000, but it was full to overflowing. General F. S. Ferguson, commander of the Alabama department called the -on vention to order. Bishop Ellison Capers, cf South Carolina, chaplain general, led in prayer. Governor Jones then delivered the address of welcome iu behalf of the State, followed by Mayor Fox, who welcomed the veterans in behalf of the city. Gen. John B. Gordon, com mander-in-chief, responded eloquently in behalf of the United Confederate Veterans. The followed the enroll went of delegates and organization of tha convention and report of the historical committee, of which General Stephen D. Lee of Mississippi, is chair man, which has been in session here two days. The report says that while the South has had much to do with making the history of the nation, it has done little toward writing it. Histories that have been written by Northern historians have naturally been biased. It is recommended that data be gath ered for a correct Southern his ad that the legislatures of the, .c nern States ;and authorities of schools be urged to adopt the book for use in schools. Addresses were delivered in the afternoon to the convention by Senator Berry. ef Arkansas, and Gen eral Clement A. Evans, of Georgia. At night the tableau of states, in which the prettiest young married women from caeh Soutbern State participated was represented at the wigwarm. GREATER CROWDS ON THE SECOND DAY. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 26.-The closing day of the fourth annual Con federate -reunion was more largely at tended than the first. At the morn ing session General John C. Under wood, of Chicago, announced that $1,827 had been raised for the Confed erate cemetery at Chicago. The rosters of the Confederate guard at Johnson's Island and Chicago were distributed by General Underwood. General W. L. Cabell, of Texas, sub mitted the rep>rt of the chairman of the Jeflerson Davis monument fund, stating that $12,33.3 had been received for the monument which is to be erected at Richmond. The event of the day took place when G. H. Jackson, of Tennessee, in troduced General Clyde Miller, depart ment commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Alabama. In his speech General Miller spoke in com plimentary terms of General Gordon for saving the life of General Francis C. Barlow, of the Federal army at Gettysburg. He then presented General Gordon with a handsome cane, cut on Barlow's Hill, at Gettysburg, saying that Gen eral Gordon is a typical American so' diler. Tremendous cheering followed General Miller's speech. General Gor don, in respond, dwelt particularly on the reunited Confederate and Federal s)ldiers. He said: "As a former foe, now as a friend, I stand before you, General Miller, and pledge you as noble arid patriotic a people in the South as the sun shines Ion. I bid you hearty welcome." Wild cheering followed and the con vention by rising voted thanks to Gen eral Miller. The scene was a most im pressive one. The committtee on a constitution re ported and their report was adopted, bult not without a good deal of opposi tion, led by General S. D. Lee, of Mis sissippi, who wanted this matter to go over to the next reunion. In the afternoon a grand parade oc curred, followed by the laying of the co.rner stone for a Confederate monu mant in Capitol park here. General ',ordon reviewed the procession. Butler Talks Back. Senator Butler say s be is willing to compare recoids with Governor Till man at any time or place. Tbis re mark *was called forth by the recent admonition of the Governor that Senta tor Butler should remain in Washing ton and attend to his senatorial duties itn an!tielpation of an indefinite fur 'iough. The Senator said he had read the statement purporting to come frdin Governor Tillman and in reply re marked: "Yes, it is very natural that Governor Tillman should not want me in the State of all men in the world. I puncture the bubbles he blows up, and, of course he does not relish that Il compare records of absence from our posts of duty with him. When I have been away from my post it has been in ; the interest of peace and harmnony among our people, not buying whiskey with which to debauch them and stir up strife and leading to bloodshed and violence among thecm. Besides this I can be absent two-thirds of my time and do more good to the peoplei than he could by being on duty all the MORE STATE HISTORY. That is What is Needed in the Schools of South Carolina. The following circular has been sent out by the Superintendent of Educa tion and explain itself: ! STATE OF SOUTH CAORLINA, Office of State superintendent of Edu cation. COLUMBIA, S. C., April 24, 1894. To the school officers and teachers of the public schools of South Carolina: I have just flinisbed examining the revised editou of Chapman's History of South Carolina, and am pleased to commend it to you, and beg to urge upon you to see that it is used sin your schools. The State Board of Examin ers, under the law of the State author izing it, have adopted this book, and entered into a contract with the puib. lishers whereby it is to be used in the public schools of the State for a period of seven years, dating from September 5, 1893, and to be sold at 75 cents per copy. This book was adopted because, in thejudgment of the board, it is superior to all others in merits as a school text book, and no other history of the State is permitted by the State Board of Ex aminers to be used. It is expected by us that you will energetically endeavor to have the contract on the part of the State car ried out in perfect good faith. We expect no less of all true Carolinians sons and daughters, who respect and protect the obligations and honor of the State. The importance of teaching the his tory of our own State to our own chil dren can not be too strongly put. Too little attention has been given to it in the past, which has been a great mistake. Let us hope that the order of things will now be somewhat changed, and that the youth of this State will be taught to know some thing of the history of our own State before they are forced to learn the history of other States. It is not strange that the average boy or girl of this State knows more about the history of Massachusetts than South Carolina. Why? Simply because United States History, which has more Massa chussetts than South Carolina history, is required to be studied by the pupil to the almost absolute 'neglect of the separate history of our own State. The youth of the State should be taught the history' of the State that they may . become famihla<' with- the deeds of their ancestors and be ever ready to defend their course, and we respectfully urge that more attention be given to the study of South Caro lina History. Most respectfully, W. D. MAYFIELD, State Superintendentof Education and Chairman State Board of Examiners. TILLMAN AND EOLB. The Governor Met by the Populist Leader and the Two in Close Conference. [Special to The State.) BIEMINGH AM, ALA., April 25.-Gov-/ ernor B. R. Tillman, of South Carolina, arrived hera on the 1 o'clock train to day, ostensibly to attend the Confeder ate reunion. On the same train was WV. H. Skeggs, chairman of the cam paign committee of the Kolbite Popu lite party and free sifver leader. Skeggs was en route home from New York. As Tillman pushed his way througb the crowds in the depot he found Capt. R. F. Kolb, candidate of the Populists for Governor, waiting to greet him. As Kolb introduced himself to Tillman the lat ter remarked: "We have heard of.each other before." "Yes," replied Kolb, "and they will hear of us again, yet." Tiilman rep!ied in the affBrmative. It is believed by many that Governor Tillman has come to Birmingham to confe~r with Koib, Skeggs and other free silver men relative to the proposed 'silver party. He is staying at the Mor ris hotel, where many people have called to see him. Secretary Hartwell of the Kolbite committee, said to-nigh t that he under stood Tillmian would call at the Kolbite headquarters. However, he has not done so as far as is known, his time having been occupied largely in receiv ing visitors at his room. The Kolbites and populists here look upon Tillman as a hero, and many of them openly say they would like to see him and Kolb nominated on their National ticket. H OsIERY MILL BUENED. Fire in state Penitentiary, Involving a Less of $20,000, Partially insured-The state a serious Loser. COLUMBIA, S. C., A pril 24.-Fire this afternoon destroyed the hosiery factory, situated within the walls of the peniten tiary and operated by private parties. The building was owned by the State and was a total loss, there being no In surance. The building was valued at $8,000. The total loss by the fire was $20,000, including the machinery and and stock of goods. Owing to the im flammable nature of the stock it was impossible to get the fire under con trol. The convicts had quit work and had been marched to their quarters. There was no stampede among them and some of them assisted the firemen in fighting the flames. The fire is sup posed to have been started by a con vict who was left to lock up the factory. John Graham of this city was one of the principal owners of the mill. The machinery and stock were insured for $9,000 in the following companies: Southern, $1,000; Sun Mutual, $1,000; American of Philadelphia, $1,000; Pho.nix of Hartford; $1,500; Hartford, $2,500; Georgia Home, $2,000. The mil and sto1 were valed at $20 Ana