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-~-- -~ . ,- y ~ .P rruJ R'T A RTTqTTID T1865* NEWBERRY9 -S, C., WEDINESDAY9 SEPTME5,84PRC$50AYR heBrowns Until They Got Tired-The Coroner Charged With Xrurdr.-, ]Atlanta Constitution.1 CrAKViI.LE, S. C., August 28. afternoon -at 2:3% o'clock the io 'tragedy ever enacted in this rillwage occurrtd on the Main -of the town directly opposite the ger. n. Slnion Brown, t.jnty-two-yes--otd son of Sinon n, and John. Gribben, of the State sary constabulary force, lie cold This double murder is the t of a feud of long standing. At te-time when Tillman was first noriX ntedaa:governor, Gribben, then 46wDnimashal, was especially active cause, though incurring the en of the conservative citizensof the athe ensuing municipal elec ey supported and elected a coun e mem bers of which pledged -es in advance.not to appoint town MarshaL The influen ro- Rwn family were earnest Eup -zeOf4he conservative faction and to- bring about tbe defeat. of AU=man_ who favored Gribben's con e,as town -marshal. After his efat and prior to the passage of the MMact, Gribi posted a.letter, e -ngu pou Jews,. which further T1dened the breach - ter his appointment as a member s ' the State constabulary, Gribben, ntre-e occasions, opened packages ed variods members of the family, which naturally en ed bitter feelings OPENE A -&~OF CLOTHING. - . -To-day about I o'clock he entered ight ed and opened a case of Aidtoth froi Biltimore consigned to Brown, ostensibly to search lirWquor brought into the State in on.of:the dispensary act. Shortly ;zf02:0jeock Simon Brown, the father, - iGribbenin'thestreet,reproach foropiening this particnlar i him of persecution. argynent waxed warmer.-Slmon 64 a v"jained by his-three sons ifadore- and Herman. Grib "-tofiggtany one of them and -Brown, a youth about twenty --promptly accepted 'the ng him to remove his andoffisabadge Gribben struck ethe ti-onf Imsdore Brown,who 'the blow, knocking Gribben a &~nst the tialof George:A. Still's ajunctore pistols were drawn Brown, Herman Brown I666, and six or seven shots rfliedIn Iapid succession. Gribben i b &through the left shoulder and he heart the ball entering the '~ &ung..e-staggered into Mr. Sbtiil's rhig.ak Solomon Brown, who " way d tiWground- at the-first W-Is wmas qRikly followed by sretherseone of whicl took theead. Another^hit him sliinmd5.third entered at the._heart and, -' :i~tandeath. ro a remains were carried -o e by iends, who quickly wthe beene of the awful tragedy: .after Brown .hid shot him, through Mr. Still's store to baelaard, where he fell and died ten minutes. -Solomon Brown asthe third son of Simnon-.Brown and 1la ecently embarked in ther furnish S ods'business on his own ac s;e was engaged -to be married to a ~ onlady:in Savannah, and a beauti Shome, where he expected to 'con ehis young bride, is now under con -strection. He was airrespecialL.y shrewd ~~~'busineess man, popular and courteous, ensd'his untimely end is deeply deplored -ob all who knew' him. John Gribben, the dispensary con "'"stable, was a niative of 'Irsland, about Wei-foty years of age, and came -to Black "'vlle as town marshal in 1887. He was - regajded as a competent official, but e ather lacking in' udgmnen t.This posi tloahe -retained under seveiral admin ,strations,-losing it when he espoused theTTillman cause.. - Before coming to -Blackvjile be had been successively a private in the &British armny and in the United States muarie corps from which .he deserted, 'said afterwards in the Fifth United ~' States artillery, from which he was' scad. He was an especially active membe: ~o-the constabulary force and though esteemed by -the snpporters of the dis - enry act, his course had made him - ery obnoxious to those not in sympa thy therewith. He leaves a widow and four children. About 4 o'clock p. mn., Coroner H. P. Dyvhes, who, it- is asserted, fired the shot which killed young Brown, im paneled a jury to view the remamns of Sthe dead constable. The jury proceed -edi.oa gr'e near by to hold the in qet-After examining Messrs. H. D. Ipnson, J. G. Strobel and Gieorge A. Stl, a communication from Solicitor . G. Duncan Bellinger was placed in the coroner's hands. It suggested that in view of 'the fact that it was openly charged that-Dyce bhad fired at least ~- one shot during the melee, it would be better that he should not preside at the - Inquest. In this opinion, however, the jury did not coneur and insisted upon - concluding its duties. The examina tion of Mr. Still was resumed when a boy from the ,sheriff's offiee notified the coroner that th-e sheriff was on his way to the in'nuest which he desired -should be held by Trial Justice Hamn ;~" met. - Notwithstand!ng' this official m.es .sage, the jury persisted in the perform ance of its duties. Coroner Dyches, Swho had interrogated the witnesses as to whether or not they -had seen him fire a shot at Solomon Brown, and also Iit was possible for Gribben to have ~-~ shot young Brown in the 'back in the position they occupied respectively, to which he received negative replies in both cases, was not at all loath to con - duct the inquest to an end. He evinced no desire to exercise his prerogative to -adjourn the proceedings. The examination of Mr. Still was -'again resumed, when Sheriff Lancas ter,aecompanied by Trial Justice Ham -met, appeared on the scene and sum -~moned the coroner. - The sheriff 'drew .>an official document from his pocket -i and placed the coroner under arrest, charged with the murder of Sofomon Brown. This sensational denouement caused the immediate cessation of the inquest. 'Trial Justice Hammet proceeded at once to .impanel jurors and summon Switnesses. The facts elicited are in accordance with the above. The verdict of the jury over the remains of Jonn Gribben was that death was caused by apistol shot wound from a pistol in the bands of Herman Brown, and that Simon and Isidore Brown are accesso ris before and after the affair. The in -- quest over the remains of young Brown~ r ttfr Sownlok to-morrow morning. STATEMENT FROM THE BROTHER. COLONEL MIKE BROWN SAYS THAT GBIBBIN WAS PREJUDICED. BLACKViLLE, 8.C., August 28.-At the request of my friends, J. Wilson Gibbes and others,notwithstanding the bereavement of my family, I cannot refrain fiom giving my views for publi cation which caused the cold-blooded nurder'of my brother, Solomon Brown, here to-day. For some time, Gribben, being actuated by per-onal spite, has never let the oppor? unity pass to.perse cute my family. When Chief Constable Holly was first appointed, I met him and explained the unfitness of Gribbin on his constabulary force for the rea son of his-personal reputation in Black ville. This occurred on the train. coming from Charleston, and I wrote Governor Tillman this morning before this trage dy occurred, requesting Gribben's re moval. Clothed with authority, Grib ben lost no opportunity to tyrannize the anti-Tillmanites and especially the Brown family, which has been shown in my letter to the Governor. This unfortunate affair can only be attributed to. the ap intment of pre jfidiced, unprincipl scoundrels who are only enlisted for political gain to the dominaut party, regardless of effect or law-abidi-g citizens, who have every thing to lose by such appointments by the administration of constables acting for the State. I do not desire to enter into the circumstances surrounding the killing, tor this. will be shown in the proper tribunal of justice. Particularly aggravated has beenhis aff'air.in the light of the fact that for political rea sons the coroner of this county, H. P. Dyehes, a Tillmanite, has so acted as to be now in the jail, charged with being the party who fired the fatal shot which killed my brother. In spite of this fact he insisted upon holding the inquet in the cases, in the face of a letter to him by the solicitor of the circuit suggesting the impropriety of his doing so under the circumstances. He was only deterred from finishing the inquest begun by him by the sheriff of the county arresting him upon the harge of murder and conveying him to the county-jail, notwithstanding his request to allow him to finish the in quest before his departure, his conduct in this connection' being evidently for the purpose of shielding himself from the consequences of his act. MIKRBROWN. WORDS OF SYMPATHY. COLUMBIA, S. C., August 28.-Solo mon Brown was engaged to be married ext November to Miss Dora Mublberg, of Savannah.; Cards had, been issued for the event. A telegram from his brother, Colonel Mike Brown, of Barn well, states that the funeral services will be held in Augusta on Thursday next at noon. Scores of t'elegrams were sent to young Brown's family to-night from friends in this city. THE LETTERS IN THE CASE. CoLUMBIA, August 29.-The sad and unfortunate tragedy at B!ackville was the' talk of the town. In the card of Col. Brown he refers to a letter sent to Goeror.Tiliman reqUestingthe re moval of Constable Gribben. These letters wil*be interesting in connectioo wih the terrible'affai. "Thi letter to Governor Tillman reads: GRBBEN'S CHARACTER SHOWN UP. - To his Excellency, B. B. Tillman, Govrernor, Columbia, S. C.-My Dear Sir: I regret very much the necessity of complaining to you about any mat ter, but the recent outrageous and un warranted actions of Constable Gribben at Blackville, in seizing and opening a small box consigned to my wife by ex press, is of such aggravating character that-I feel it my privilege and duty as a law-abiding citizen to bring the mat ter to your attention and request. the removal of Gribben. I am advised by Mr. Richardson, route agent of the ex press company, tbat a report of the seizure his been sent to you. I am not dealing in whiskey, nor interested in any ode who would be dis posed to violate the dispensar law, and if I was I certainly would ~ot de grade myself so far as to attempt to smuggle whiskey in my wife's name, and, I write you in regard to thematter feeling sure that you would not uphold or allow any constable in the employ of the State -to aggravate, insult and trample upon the rights of the people a lady-to gratify personal grudge, un der pretence of carrying out the law. This man Gribben is a low down scoun drel without intelligence or judgment and totally unfit for so high a position. As a proof on this point I refer to the following ciraumstances: Some time ago he got mad with my father about some matter, and to vent his spite stated that on a cer tain day at Black ville he would publicly expose the Jews. My brother met him on the streets and characterized him publicly with oaths and curses, and he did not resent it, (which any respectable man as you know would certainly do.) His animosity extends to every member of the family, and it was to aggravate me and in a spirit of revenge that he seized a package addressed to my wife, .which had not the slightest sign of evidence of coltaining whiskey. I enclose you a letter received from Mr. Buckingham thiis morning, (which p lease return when ye have read.) While Gribben in this instance has been acting within the pale o. the law, I am sure that your Excellency would have approved and excused him in granting Mr. Buckingham's request and allowing the camphor and alcohol to bie forwarded to the sick lady, and his refusal to do so, under the circum stances, knowing that it was ordered and needed for a sick lady, shows that Ite lacks any feeling, judgment or dis cretion and is not qualified for the po sition. I understand that he is a strag gler left here by Sherman's raiders. When he came to Blackville he was compelled to leave Aiken. An investi gation will satisfy you as to his ealarac ter, and I feel that his removal is due in justice to myself and the protection of the community. I am yours very respectfully, MUKE BROWN. The expressions of Governor Tillman upon the tragedy are given in his reply to Col. Brown, dictated this morning: TILLMAN'S POOR EXCUSE. COLUMBIA, S. C., August 29, 1894. Mr. Mike Brown, Barnwell, S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter of the 24th has just been received. Had you written sooner, whetbei compilaint is just or not, I would have seen to it that you ad no cause for censure, by removing Mr. Gribben to another field, and thus the lamentable tragedy, which has darkened your-own household and left a widow with four children to struggle alone with the worldy might have been averted. As a usual thing constables are al ways sent from home, and had I know n that there was any cause of friction Mr. Gribben would have been detailed for duty outside of Barnwell County. It is needless for me to say that]I regret the sad catastrophe, which conid Ihave been so easily averted had you written your letter sooner. Very re setf ly, R- TLNN oenr P. S.-In regard to the alcohol be longing to Mr. Buckingham, his own letter is a sufficient answer. Alcohol is kept for sale by all the dispensers, and the package in question was marked "groceries." Mr. Buckingham could have gotten the alcohol legitimately, and when he risked smuggling it in stead,9 buying from a dispensary he has no just cause of complaint. Con stales have no "dis'eretion" in such cases. To release contraband liquors under such circumstances would wean instant removal. Mr. Buckinghaw should - have had tne camphor and alcohol mi1ed in Charleston. It was not medicinal until it was mixed. B. E. T. Governor Tillman gave out the cor respondence, as it had been referred to in the card, and as the" Buckingham letter formed a part of the communica tion it was given out. It is as follows: THE BUCKINGHAM LETTER. BARNWELL, S. C., Aug. 27, 1894. Col. Mike Brown, Barnwell, S. C. Dear Sir: Complying with your request of even date, I herewith furnish you with a statement of the seizure of a gallon of alcohol and one pound of gum camphor by Constable Gribben, at Blackville, some few weeks ago. My mother was in a dying condition and her doctor ordered that she be freely bathed in alcohol strongly im* pregnated with camphor. There was no alcohol to be had in Barnwell and my father ordered it' along with some gro ceries from his grocer in Charleston, but instructed the grocer to ship the alcohol and camphor by express, think ing that we woula receive it sooner than if it were shipped with groceries by freight. The package was seized at Blackville by Mr. Gribben. I being un known to him and desiridig to get the drugs as soon as.possible, got Mr. Ham mett, the railroad agent here, to wire him and state that the articles were for medicinal use and were urgently need ed. Mr. Hammett is well known to him and I desired to have the truth fulness and good faith of my request for the release of the stuff vouched for by some one Mr. Gribben could rely upon, as he did not know me. Mr. Hammett explained the case, but he still refused delivery, claiming it was "rum," and has since posted notice of its seizure as rum, but makes no mention of the camphor. I recognize the fact that it was strict ly speaking a legal seizure, and have no complaint to make on that score. I do hold though that any constable who has sufficient judgment to entitle him to an appointment should exercise his judgment in a case of this kind and re lease goods under circumstances which were vouched for as in this case, and I further believe that his superior officer would have held him harmless for so using his judgment. I do not write this in hopes of get ting back the seized goods. Commis sioner Traxler has already declined de livery on the ground that the shipper marked the package "groceries" and thereby attempted an evasion of. the law. The grocer marked them thus on his ow'n responsibility-and not by any instructions from us. Very truly yours, - PERRY I. BUCKNGfHAM. NEGROES TO GO TO LIBERIA. Passage for 5,000 Engaged on the New African Line of Steamers Before Nov. 1 BIRMINGHAM, ALA., 29.-The scheme which has been sdvocated by Bishop Turner since the war for the emigration of negroes from tbe South to Liberia is about to be tried on a large scale. 'I he Inter national Migration Society, which was formed here in Feb ruary, has just closed a contract with an African steamship line for the trans portation of .5,000 negroes prior to No vember 1. The steamers wi' leave Philadelphia and touch upon the At lantic coast and at all prominent ports as far south as New Orleans, thence to lIberia, touching at Havana. The Li berian Government has promised each colonist twenty-five acres of land and tools with which to till the soil. Bishop Turner is going about making speeches and advocating this move ment, and the negroes have become enthusiastic over the scheme and many are anxious to go. Many have alreayy joined the society and it is expected that before January the society will have transported over 10,000 negroes. The prominent negroes all over the South are advocating the scheme. An Opinion. [HarpersMagazine.] During the war a soldier took part in aforaging expedition, found a bottle of whiskey, and proceeded forthwith to consoe for the hardships he had en dured during the campaign. On re turning to camp he was placed in the guardhouse and his condition reported to the Captain. - . "How did he get into that condi tion?" asked the Captain. "He captured a bottle of whiskey." "How did he manage to do that?" "I am not sure, sir," said the Ser geant, "but I think he surrounded it." Thin or gray hair and ba,ld heads, so displeasing to many people as marks of age, may be averted for a long time by using Hall's Hair Renewer. RESULT OF THE Nominated: Wyche, Duncan, I over: Higgins and Kibler for School Gyphvoillet....... eWllirs'.tor.... DeiadFal.......... s Hendixo Ml.......3 Sihs....-....-..-...46 - s Prosper............ 3j453 JoFlltre..........4r6 Poali.............4~4;1 Proserit..... 10 149 134j Walon...... 435 37 O - I~5 58____ 62_ Totals..4.87..8 MR, MOON'S HANAWESTO. He Favors Agricultural Colleges-The Dis pensa and Some Kind of Dog Law. No EienUrkable State Paper. [Special to the News and Courier.] NEWERRY, August 30.-Mr. Frank Moon, who announced last week that be would be a candidate for Governor at the November election, even if he did not get but one vote, was in the city yesterday. He has been laboring upon his address to the people of Soath Carolina and the following is what he has brought forth. It is not as strong or as lively or as interesting as' ex pected it would be wnen he asked me last week to announce his candidacy, though I had no idea then what he in tended to say to the voters'of South Carolina, for up to that time I never had an idea that he contemplated mak ing the race. He says, however, that he means business and is going to stay in to the bitter end. Here is his maui esto: NI. MOON'S ADDRESS. To the Voters of South Carolina: As people expect the reason why when Dne runs for Governor, I give mine. I im outdone at the way in which per-. 3ons calling themselves Reformers bave Out-Heroded the same Herod whom I have been fighting tooth and nail for twenty years, trying to refarm themselves to the highest bidder with the most specious promises and least rulfilment. The one satisfaction result iug is to see number one kicked out in to the cold, even though the kicker be. no better. It seems likely to prove a repetition of the fable of the fox, the fties and the Fwallow. The new swarm will take the last drop. They want the earth. I enter- my protest irrthe form of putting up my carcass to. be shot at that is "cussed" at.; I have proved in < the past my .competency to tote more "cussing" than anybody and still stand a lone. I consulted with no living man bout this move. I believed it the duty f somebody. I can't mark out a line f action for other people; therefore, t ['m in myself. I am but little known, but it is better thus than to be known scoundreL Most persons in our town know me, among them plenty of ene mies. I am willing to leave the teHing :f the truth to any or all of them. I t ?m what is known in Pierson's 'sacietyl F as a 'higb-kicker.' When they get too bad, kick them out. I am a Reformer T in the sense of trying to get .all the good we can, and the supposition is that under a democratic form of gov ernment everyone will be the same way. The question then is, what is best for us aIr -in the long run. I don't kick at the measures of Reformers, so alled, so much as at their methods of welf-perpetuation. c As to the questions of the day: Agricultural Colleges-I am in favor U >f making these self-supporting, or as F nearly so as possible, and if scientific t rarming is not a delusion we should some very-near to it. If it is a dela-, ion the.sooner the bubble bursts the better for. all bands. I would have it 0o that every poor child can by its labor earn a sufficiency of wholesome- food ind comfortable clothing, and at the iame time prosecute its studies. In ease of war the State furnishes guns, rations and clothing. The nation pro- t perly educated I would hope to save the expense of the gun, so that swords a might be turned to ploughs and spears E into pruning knives. -No well educat- v ed man will deny thatthe ethics of the t Christian religion woula, if carried out, be the best thing to live by in all the world. -As to the liquor question, I think the dispensary, uder government control of that terrible moral explosive, alco- I bol, the best plan yet discovere, Of course experience, under management 1 devoted to the highest good of the peo-i pIe, will modify and improve- the car- t rying out of the law, and it will not bec on the line of money profit to thN State.- C I have a pet theory concerning a dog f law, in which our Reformers have sore- I ly disappointed me. Certainly they< will not allow that the subject is above their conmprehension, and if they claim that itis beneath them I will boldly as sert that it will take very little "scrooch ing" for them to get down-to it. My idea of the financial question which is to-day agitating the country1 is that inasmuch as the money of the State, yours and mine, has been loaned to the privileged class, virtually with-1 out interest for about thirty years, by means of which they have been able to put their feet upon the necks of the producing classes, they depositing Government bonds as seenrity; that turn about being fair play, we, the producers, by pledlging land, and land being certainly the most stable of all commodities, should .be entitled to at least equal privileges from the Govern ment, especially as the tiller of the soil occupies the most important part in the social system of any business what ever. And now I come to something far more important than anything else, because the- sum of all things must be greater than any part of it can be-the1 religion enunciated by Jesus. This is a so-called Christian nation and quite a< large number of voters profess to-day to follow the teachings of this great Exemplar. I am called by many< persons an infidel, but I say to you in< PRIMARY ELECT: [ardy for the Legislature. For Probate Ji Dommissioner. Hill and Wertz for Super o9 109 137 395~s 12 8 14 42 I87 32 6 I 9 8 4 14S92 .52 7 7 1.-- - 3 9 12 1 13 . ... ..... 09 109 37 59 15261 5o 141 4 12 2 45~ 46! 24 49 64 6 ..... 42 40 42 42 49 56 97 1 3 67 40! 41~ 6' 40 "4' 75 1... 21 73! 82- 141 8I 76 23 2... 13 411 46 10 4'I o4) 50 7 ] 17 12 119 19j 125| 13'7 4 18 46' 49; 18 45|~ 651 1 1 17 .. 48 1491 150~ 152 164 '60 38 8 86 23 125] 124; 24 1271 145 5 18 18 .. 15 89 91i 13 91 1l06 1 291 4 9 28 311 732' 3~ 7 1.... 541023.10801 831 1090j11548 361 761 15 iis words, "Unless you exceed the ighteousness of the Scribes and Pbarisees you shall all perish." Let is come together. Let us see what hese doctrines say as to the treatment )f our fellow man. Put yourself in his >lace is Bible doctrine, and it is Dickens's, too. Certain it is that we shall not be worsted by this philosophy n the long run. FRAxx Moo,. AN AFEAL TO THE PEOPLE. What Butler Says About the Withdrawal of His Pledge. [Special to News and Courier.] WASHINGTON, August 28.-Senator 3utler's announcement that he would lot make his contest in the primaries >casioned quite a flutter in the South ,arolinh colony. I met him in the 3enate chamber this morning shortly )efore the Senate convened. He was iolding quite a levee at his desk, which vas surrounded by South Carolinians vho are here -with the Knights of ?ythias. All of his callers congratu ated him upon -his aggressive cam aign against Tillmanism, and they vere surprised to hear him say that he vould not go into the primaries, but nake his fight at the general election. .t was apparently very gratifying to the ;outh Carolina visitors to find at least >ne of their Senators on duty at Wash ugton, and they were pleased with the ourteous manner in which Gen. Butler eceived them. In the House Judge z1ar was the only member of the dele ration on duty, his colleagues having eft Washington last week. When questioned concerning his de ermination not to go into the pri naries Senator Butler made the follow ug statement: "I have known for ome time of the existence of the ring .nd its macbiaa! ions to defea. the will f tbte people. It used its power in the nost flagrant and unscrupulous manner gainst the Reform candidates, and here is not an intelligent man in the 'ate who does not know and feel it. )f course I could not submit my andidacy to a primary manipulated as his was, so I withdrew my announce uent of it made to the Executive Com ittee in order'that I might be free to Lke advantage of exigencies which night arise in the future. Jtist what hat may be I am not prepa:- to e; iress an opinion, but that i.- ething aust be done to relieve the Democratic arty of the false position into which bose in charge of the present party nachinery are driving it must be pparent to everybody. If an ea-nest ud determined protest is not made in nme form the Democrats of South arolina will find themselves com aitted to Third Partyism and a hope .ss division in their ranks. The Demo ratie masses of the State are as true D -Democratlc principles as ever, but inder the leadership ot selfish and un rincipled demagogues and ringsters hey are being drawn away from the rue faith and we shall all be bound and and foot if.no steps are taken to vert it." Senator'Butler goes home to-vight Piresident Cleveland's Popularity. [From the-Hartford' Times.] Mr. Cleveland was never so hugged the hearts of the masses as he is to-' lay. If he has made mistakes they ,re not reckoned a-ainst him. The south and-extreme West forgets, for the vhile at least, that he forced through he repeal of the Sherman act against iopular desires in those sections. Vatever dissatisfaction one may have elt at the treatment of the Hawaiian natter is lost to view. He is the peo >e's President, -seeking to serve the >ubec interest, and the wiser but less iandsome man who ran his face against he outworks of the mule has expressed n his historie phrase the sensations of hose who sought to destroy the public onfidence in him. It would be well for American politi ians of all dimensions and of political aiths to pay heed to what has hap ened in. this case, and to try to "catch m'" to a little of Mr. Cleveland's pluck. Brief, but Pointeed. .[Ram's Horn.] "They say" is the plural of slander. There are some very good people who ove to tell bad news. It is better to run the'shoesd(ow aft he-heel than to be too lazy to walk. If some people knew that the sun iad spots on it they would worry hemselIves to death. - .The man God/uses is not the one ho spends most of hib time in looking or an easy place. Church members who never smile will some day find out how much harm ;bey have done. That Tired Feeling [s a dangerous condition directly due o depleted or impare blood. It should iot be allowed to continue, as in its de iity the system is especially liable to ierious attacksof illness. Hood's Sarsa arilla is the remedy for such a condi ion, and also forthat weakness which' rrevails at the change of season, climate. >r life. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, :arefully prepared from the best ingre lients. 25c. ION, AUGUST 28,. idge, Fellers. For Treasurer, Boyd. F< visor. 0Calli SurI7sor. 0 . ~ .... 2 2 0 4... 3 60 1 ... 43*3 3 20J...... 4924227 14 3 2 6 2 . .. 2 3~ 4 59 ~35 4 4... 2 .... 1 19~ 43 24 1 ]3 5 120 3 162 46~ 40 23... 12 48 7 452 ... 2 1.... 6 4 3.. 0 1063 2 0'3......67......7 96 3 ..1 10.......8..4...... 14 3 ) 116 364 33 219. 292 141 305' 919 THE szwATE zN JACKSO2PS TIMIL. A Long List of Nobodies' to Prove that Nobodies are Not Peculiar to the Sen ate at the Present Day. [Hartford Courant.] One of the topics discussed by the editor of the New York Christian Ad vocate this-week is the alleged deteri oation of the Senate. He reminds his readers that in the great days, so- call ed, the Senate was a much smaller body than it is at present, the art of stenographic reporting was in its in lancy, and the reading of a speech from the manuscript was a very unusual thing. He might have added that when a Seaator-Mr. Calhoun, for in stance-wrote out what he had to say on an important occasion, the reading was usually prefaced with an explana tion in the nature of an apology. The editor continues : "In comparing the Senate with the days of Calhoun, Webster and Clay to the disadvantage of the present, these things should be remembered. These men and one or two others towered as far above the average of the Senate as the White Mountains do above the akes and valleys at their feet, * * * There Is reason to believe that the bulk of the Senate to-day, in point of brain and acquirements, compares well with nine-teuths of it in the best days f the Republic." At a time when so much ignorant nonsense about the "decadence" of the Senate is getting into Orint an article f this rational quality in a paper so widely circulated as the Christian Ad vocate is a public service. A great many busy people, without the time r the facilities for investigating the matter for themselves and taking a thing often and- vehemently asserted for a thing proved, really believe that the Senate used.to be an assembly of intellectual giants and is now an assem bly of intellectual pigmies. Yet there Dould be no Rreater delusion. Let us make a brief excursion back into those alleged palmy days of the Senate-the "great days," and see what we find. The time is sixty years %go. Andrew Jackson is President. Martin Van Buren is Vice-President, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay are in the chamber. Their uames have been "writ -large" upon the pages of American history. How bout the names of their colleagues.? Beside Webster sat Nathaniel Sisbee; beside Calhoun, William C. Preston; beside Clay,- George M.- Bibb. How many readers of The Courant feel themselves equal to the task of giving, :ff band, an account of the lives and public services of Messrs. Silsbee, Preston and Bibb? Sixty years ago this sunimer Con necticut was represented in the Seiate by Gideon Tomlinson; atzd Nathan Smith-worthy men and useful- public Wervants, but certainly neither worthier nor more useful than many of their successors in that body. Call the roll -of the remaining New England Secators in tbe 23d eon grss - Pelig Sprague, Ether She ley, Samuel . Bell, Isaac Bill, 5e bemiah R. Knight,- Asher- Robbin,s Samuel- Pr.eptiA, Benjamin ?Swift How many readers can even assign these gentlemen correctlyto their res peti-ve States?. They played- their minor parts creditably upon.the stage, but there was but one Daniel -Webster in-the cast. How about the Senators from the old Middle States, the South and the West? Some of the names linger in the memory of the gray-haired reader. They are familiar as names to well read Americans of the younger genera tion. Silas Wright, Theodore Fre linghuysen, John M. Clayton, John Tyler,-William C. Rives, Thomas Ew ing, William R. King, Thomas H. Benton-that comes very near to ex hausting the list, and there are men in the Senate to-day- who are at least the peers, intellectually and morally, of the best of them. Associated with these men in that Senate of Andrew Jackson's day were N. P. Tallmadge, S. L. Southard, Wil liam Wilkins, Samuel McKean, Ar nold Naudain, Ezekiel F. Chambers, Joseph Kent, Bedford Brown, W. P. Mangumi, John Forsyth, John P. King, Felix Grundy, Hugh L. White, Thomas Morris, Gr. A. Waggaman, Alexander Porter, William Hendricks, Jobs Tipiton,4eorge Poindexter, John Black, Elias K. Kane, John M. Robin. son, Gabriel Moore and Lewis~ F. Linn. Here are twenty-four Senators who had achieved distinction in~ the Uie teifBfaef ixtyJey.g Many of them had served their country~witfi credit in wvar and -peace. Some of them still live in the remembrance of their respective States, and have given naes to counties and towns. Mangum has been embalmed in Lowell's verse. But to the ordinary American, .who has not made a special study of politi cal history1 what do the names of these dead and gone Senators mean ? 'What do they recall? What chance would he have of lpassing with s.uccess gn im promptu examination, oral or written, with regard to them? Yet they were all Senators of the "great days." They were contemporaries of Webster, Cal houn and Clay, sittig beside them in the chamber doing their full share of the committee woik and the speech making. In other words, the notion that at one time the Senate was composed en tirely of Websters, Calhouns and Clays is not borne out by the facts. [894-OFFICTIAL. >r Auditor, W. C. Cromer. To run u]Iussiollmr. N 1 1 1 9 4 ---- - ---- 1 1 8 . .... 1 2! i2 1231 28 56 49 17 38 49 3 4 17 96 3 11 6 6,2 22 17 24 5 35 1 9 1 4.30 29 3 431 27 100 9 203 68 49 17 81 3514 4 99 501 6 8 5 27 10 2 1 86 38f 17 54 1 I6 .33 1 4j 18 THIRTY THOUSAND UMIS. Suggestive Tables of Comparison Betwee) the Recent so-Caled Democratic Pri mary and the Primaries of 1890 and 189.L. [Special to News and Courier.1 COLUMBrA, August 31.-Ever since the primary election was held the poli ticians have been figuring and guess ing at the vote. All kiids of estimates of the total vote have bAen made, but no actual figures have been given. The returns seem to be racher Indefi nite in many instances, as some coun ties seem to have a knack of keeping the totals away from the newspapers. The official vote in most of the coun ties has been published in The News and Courier and in many of the enter prising county papers. The tablets given are made up -from those and other sources, with a view of getting at the actual vote cast in the primaries. of last Tuesday. It was estimated that at the primary in 1892 the Democratic vote cast was about 90,000 in round numbers. A table showing the most accurate figures obtainable is given il this on nection, making the-vote in the primary of 1892, 88,192 The figures for the last primary may be said to be more accurate, as estimates liad to be made for only seven counties, as the actual vote was obtainable in the other -in stances.. The reports show that the aggregate vote in the primaries. last Tuesday was 58,413. 1 will be seen that at least 30,000 votes are unae coanted for, making no allowance whatever for any increase-in the Dem ecratic fold. Another interesting feature is that: the falling off in the vote~is not coV fIned to any special tier -of,counties, although there were pretty- ful.votes where there were interestingCongreer sional races. The search-of the record aid figures gives the following inter esting data i Vote in 1892. TotaL Till- She ote man. 1892 Abbeville.......... 2.072 1,101 ,173 Aiken........ 1,817 88g. 2,805,4 Anderson....... 3,091 1,386- 4,447 Barnwell*..,...... 2,000 1,050 3,050 Beaufort .......... 208 325 553 Berkeley*..._.._. 914 442 1,35 Charleswn........ 864 3,501 4,365 Chester............ 1,138 637 1,775' Chesterfield....... 1,QW6 416 -1476 Clarendon*....'... 1,000 650 31,50 Colleton,...........1,00 1,200'- 2,700 Darlington. 1,373 1,023 2.396 Edgfield............ 2,629 1,140 3,769 Faireld........... 886 683 1,549 Florence. 1,204 826 ..0.0 Georgetown...... 196 381 557 Greenville...... 2,936 1,848 4,78 Hamiptn*....... 747 491 1.238 Horry . ..... 1,335 861 2,196 ershaw............. ... 624 Lancaster......1,692 387 2,079 Laurebs...1.... 1,280 W 50 1,830 Lexington.... :.-- .. 650 Marion.. ........; 1,821 -852 7 Malboro ........ -1,319 -537~~ 5f. Newberry 2a..11 S S. ... 1,4 5 ,030 Ecad.. 874 1,31:2;191 8 aurt.3,4965 2,638 6,333 mter...T..2. 1,281 1,34& 2,604. Union. .. .,261 763 .2,02G Wiiamsburg*.. 1,280- 550 1,820 York.............. 2,192 1,242 3,434 *Estimated 88,192 The vote at the primary list Tuesday shows up in this fashion: Abbevile......-.---..28 Aiken............-----......46 A nderson...........-----.,7 Barnwell.............-.--1,960 Beaufon*..........-....---. .------ 5 Berkeley..............---16 Charleston.............. .2,714. Chester*...........a----L0 Chesternle1d.....................1.,670 Ilaren don*...........~...----. 90 Colleton*....................,00 Darlington.................-75 Edgefleld..............--...,7 Fairleld*................-..00~ Florence......... .....-----937. Georgetown.........-....------- 00 Greenville............---..3623 Hampton*.... .....l------L5 Horry............-.--.-22 Kershaw-.................--1244 Lancster..............--.1,3 Laurens....................-.2,213 Lexington...............-..,8 Marion*............ ....- ---140() Maloo..............---,0 e'wberry.........-.--------,7 Oconee..-....... ------1,456 Orangeburg....'..----.-2,270 Pickens...................-.. ,94 Richland..............---,7 8partanburg....................2,961 Sumter.'................... 2,355 Union......................,6 Williamsburg ,...............1,281 York....................-1,841 Totals. .............-...---8,413 *Estimated. These will be irery interesting figures for Mr. Moon and'others who are work ing with a view of making a fight in the general election in November. THE CON~GEESSIONAL vOTK. While on the subject of election re turns the whole thing might as well be given. The report of the State board of canvassers for. the election of -1892 shows the following to be the highest votes for the electors at large repre senting the three parties: Demo- Repub- People's -Abrevielle.an.Party. Abeil....3,358 138 1 Aiken....... 1,802. 398 70 Anderson... 2248 193 144 Barnwell~..... 2,136 649 40 Beaufort...... 175 28 ... Berkeley... 1,037 1,171 31 Charleston...... 1,64 480 1 Cheter....... 1,508 -383 *7 Chesterield ... 1,494 - 482 24 Clarendon.. 2,104 384 -. Colleton...... 1,312 472 ... Darlington..... 1,810 102 24 Edgeield ..... 2,879 28 100 Fairfield ... 1,041 204 2 Florence.... ,809 293 -. Georgetown ... 652 888 1 Greenville.. 3,926 600 60 Hampton....1097 254 ... Horry.... ....8 Kershaw~.1 ,107 358 8 Lancaster.1 ,744 824 124 Laures...... ,177 173 10 Lexington.. 1,287 71 243 Marion.1.. ,737 466 158 Marlboro...,1004 262 ,171 Newberry ...... 1,534 293 62 Oconee........ 909 220 4.28 Orangeburg.... 2,786 838 7 Pickens.......803 129 484 Richlnd.. 788 148 .. Sparanburg.. 3,615 551 129 Sumter.1.. ,53 639 8 Union....... 1,339 36 58 Williamsburg. 1,178 787 31 York........ 2,242 318 3 Totals ......54,692 13,345 2,407 Grand total 70,444. The vote in Horry County it will be noted isornitted. It Is Explalned In a MaterlY Isettec to JKr. _ Catchings, of 31s"Issippl. Presidenit Cleveland has written to:-. &presetstive CatCbings Of NFASSIP pi, a Iviter in which.-he-e views of the new tariff awand his reasons for not approving the The letter is as follows: "Executive Mansion, WashIn D. C..: August 27, I894.-Bon-. Catchings-My Dear Sir: SDehe versations I bad Vith- you Clark, of Alabama, a few d a regard to my actibir on the now before me, have given-thee farther and most seriousonderatLq, The result is I am more etted ever in the determination to allo bill to become a Jaw wthatmy g ture. When the formation of the"I tion, which it was hoped body Democratic Ideas of was lately entered upon -h e gress, nothing was further fo anticipation than a result. 4h could not amptiysnd en ly endorse It isotherefoiW feeling of the utmost that I submit to a denial . t" ege. "I do not claim to be bettrita iasses of myp nor do avoid any %4spoamby cont oft passage otilwIuh to bear as ainember of theNmoaI organization. 1either-wlV.er myself to be separted'fromm partI byveto ofthe taffle oni= thoughi disappoino. t able to Democratice are InthisbH in of honesttaridreforma& iteotansbuosstncsan or laws:of any kid were,Ias youand I weflkna dits. bill throughthOoges -- latei, staMe% idAn efv&.*M bere *e* rr d Vkied diuedo.. received-: At, -Abe.'m frllghte U oibab,if ~t of mad rotection "aa umyneragg wente ZWi ai. filevethn *beyed forgottenworforgve ion- of wer, And the is o upon 1eerW' i sbmit to the peoples the laws.wtleh the polemuist wewill accept andsete4a one involving theintegriy*n ofAeoainstitutonS "I IoveLtheprnllsftz eacyteeause thyar onelpa triotismn and-upon jietfee and ie. towar~i aUinterests Tamnzudy party Uoabri.I 8O4 $e.Idosno~4earfZ z~dby the lonse of osupplm ib bl graftedjuponl it such will more nay eet'~~uu hopesandasato. _ "Leannol ms areatr le.s cesity of:lpglcalaodnd iW * form. The.extent o-jtl recognised ia the secured is orie ofteeom SbT deeming features;b ~ c a recll th46Nl: f ~ W have been denied .s ~ion1te the fact that tioth.mgt ' f made free by the ana-uios$ only about7O00O of unneessa habit of ua tance of fred raatl3 islaton, and- rea1l* LW related to cocsin ob manufacturers. The truth Is, hlW luence is so far reachihg that Ifdh - garded, a complete and bendect nt scheme of tariff reform cannot be n augurated. "When we give to our mgat rers free raw materials we unshacl American enterprise and: ingniy and these will-open the4oom oforeign markets to the reponof our wares and give opportunit for the contin ious and remuneat Amercalabor. -With ened by their freedom- from i changes the cost of thefr'pdflCt be correspondnglchepeed There-. upon, 1UUsti f airnees thre co # smer woulddaenand that the' mann facturer's.be Obliged to submit .o:suCe. a readjustment and modiZcatofte tariff upon their misled d would secure to the beneita h duced cost of their manufaeture a . shield the consumer against t actions of Inordinate profits, twt , thus be seen that free raw rieia(and a just and- fearless 'regulationl andw. duction of the tariff toimeetthe changed conditions, would carry to ery tum' ble homein the land the blessing o Increased comfort and cheaper liig. ' "The millions- of our eutm1~ who have fought bravely andw -tariff reform, should beexrtdo iontnue the struggle, bll bleg ing to open warfare adcutny guring against treachery unflerl* heartedness inteicap - "Tariff reform will not'bse &n i it is bonestly and the interests and to ea patient and long-suffiring people.' Yours very truly, "GaovER CLEvELAND. "Do you let orwlfe have herow a ' way In everyhng, Mr. Henpect? "I suppose I would if she as~d but she never asks me."-c' Which is worse,I lifeor alie sm~'e o yr'apl