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N,TABLISIED 1815 1;;., TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 189. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR COL. NEAL'S ADDRESS TO FELLOW CITIZENS HE IEVIEWs 1Ils COURSE IN sOUlIl UAROLINA 'OLITI( S. Why 11e Favore Locni Optuon-'ays Ito pii ets to Johni Gary Evut in Coure or Stntisuient--Tiininn and tho Iis. iensary. To the People of South Carolina: For six years I have been suporin. tendeit of the Zouth Carolina pen. itentiary. The condition of the in stitution speaks for itself, and I challenge any criticism or investi gation. Had I been contont to at tend strictly to my official dities, imy management of the institution haE been such that I could have hold the position of superintendent, without opposition, a4 long as I cared to ro mtin in public life. Fortunately, or u1fortuniatoly, however, I have had aspirations and hopes beyond the more routine of oflicial lifo, 1 have been inspired by an ambition to be of practical benefit to the people of my State, and 1 have never enter tained for a moment the thought that bemg it public officer debarred me from the priviloge exercised by every citizen of attempting to influ once for good the affairs of my State. In fact, I have felt, as a pi blic ser vant, that it was my duty to do all in my power to bottor the condition of public affairs. I have firmly and consistoutly, without regard to tho effect of my individual f rtunes, supported tho best nio for olico and the policies that I bolievo I would best conserve the public interest. There is suech a greed for office in South Carolina that it makes cow ards of most of those holding or seek ing oftico. 1 have earnestly striven to not allow this light to wither my manhood or patriotism. If South Carolina needs anything, she needs m-a who are not afraid or who are not provented by selfish interests from foll.owing the dictates of con science and duty. In the very be ginning I felt the need of reform, and was an original "Farmers' Mok e ment." man. I supportnd Tillmnii in 1800, and almost without solicitation on my part was elected superintend ent of the South Carolina peniton tiary in 1892. I had lived on my farm knew but little of public men or public affairis. I had groat confidenco in the ultimate good purposo of tl e Reform Movement. In 1893 tho dispensary system Was inaugurated in South Carolina. It was a new un1ried experiment. I had a great deal of confidence in Tilhnman, and gatve him my cordial support in his endeavor to make the law a success. As long ss Tillmnan wvas in the Giov ernor's oflico his natural force and popularity with the people enabled him to keep thei machinery running, though with a great friction. I fore. saw during T1illmnan's last torea that when smaller and weaker moni under took to wield the autocratic powOr necessaiiry to secure thes enforcement of the dispensary law, it nmeant dis aster The dispensary as originally enacted was meant to lit the stern and auitocratic attributtes of the first farmer Governor, but such haish ad minisiration of the law creating such a radical change in the habits of the( people could not long be continued ianong a li.ert.y-loving peop)le ac ciustomed to govern them:;elvos. Wh.eni it camno to be enforced by at "'apisd, im it litor and weaklinig;"' trou ble began. it 1891 I was invited to go t( W~ashington to attend a conference 1 wvas prom>nt in Irby's cornmitte' room whon it was determined t< make John Gary Evans Governor o Son:,h Carolina. T1here wvas only one, man who raa :d his voice agains it in protest. 1 wvas a witness to the scene when he withdreow in ange: from the co[nference. I cmao horn from Washington convincedt thati was imtpolitic aind wrong for a caucu: in Washington to select a Governo for the peop)lo of South Carolina and when the infamous Colletoi plain was proposed, by which thi Conservatives of the State were dis franchised and put upon thfe sam basmis ss ihe negro, I detormuined tha if I neiver h(ild another pub)lic oflico, would oppose such a niece of politi cal villiany.. At that timo Governor Ellerbo was not the selection I would have made to run for Governor, but circumstancos were such as to bring him into tho field as the logical op ponent of John Gary Evans. I sup ported Ellerbe, and the history of that campaign is too well known to need recapitulation. It is very tin. pleasant for a nnn, to bo forced to differ with the leaders of his own party or faction, and after the olee tion of John Gary Evans I gave his administration loyal support, and hoped to soo it a success. His puorilo and arbitrary administration was odious to the people of Sonth Caro lina, and overy fibre in my niuro re volted at the thoight of hoving such a Governor of my State. When the seIatoriatl beo began to buzz in his bonnot it wes a dilcet. sound to my oar, for I rnv in his sellish desire to supplant the man who had made him Governor the opportimity to rid the Stato of an incubus. I thought that the electionk of Ellerbo would prove a benediction and blesing to the peopio of South Carolina, an1d that the capacity of John Gary Evans for harm would be far less in the Senato of the United States t0hau in the Governor's chair. My chief desiro thn Awis the election of Gov ori.or Ellerbe, aid I s11undinated ovything else to that end. He was olected Goxernor by almost. an un animolns vote of th I ooI 1!. The failure of his adininiAtration to it izo the reasonablo 1 hopes of b1 a friends is too painful for me to (Ii elns.A. I blAievL that, Govei.rnor El lerbe is constitutionally honest, and Atlt he has faithfilly t.ried to ieet the requireiouts of a situation. be yond his power, and possibly beond that of any man. I ain now and always %i,l bo his friend and I do iut proprsn to say ore word in this letter in exculpation of myself which will add to the diffi culties now surrounding him. I have endeavored to co-operate with the men iml South Carolina whose object wias to reunite onr people. The Ii quor question is "the old man of the mountain" in the polities of this State. I have dono all I could look ing to a just and corroco settlement of the liqor problem. As things now go in this Stato nothing but evil can come Of it. My Object has bven to eliminate the liquor question from State polities. It, is a local matter which should be let with the people of the various count ies. It il mani fostly ilpossible to enforce the samo liquor lawv in Churleston anid CJolum bia that you can in prohibition Marl. boro and Anderso.n. I believe that the question should lbe sublmit.ted t.o the people of each county to say whether t hey wanut the dispensary high liense wit h const it utionail re strictions, or prohibiitioni. it is a local question and the people of one community or county, in my judg mnent, have no right to forco the peo0 ple of another county or community to accep!i sum ptunary laws rep)ugniart to local sentimenit, traditions and character of the people. I have felt this .vory keenly and I have not a doubt in thbe world that this will be the final solut ion of the liquor ques tion mn South Carolina. None other is in accord with thle iinciples of Democracy. A quest ion is never settled until it is settled right. You may for a ti mo by force of circum - stances, as has been theit case with the uispensa)ry law in tim State, deniy local solf- govern ment, and ani opportunmity for free expr'essioni of public opinion, sooni - or. later, how ever, a free pieople wvill assort their righits at tiha ballot. box, and woo un-. to him who stands in the wary. The advocacy of local op)tion is no new idea with me. Last May in the An. 3 derson county convention that stal r wart champjion of popular r:ghts, 3 IHon. Joshua \V. Ashley, mnt roduced a resolution inastructing t lie delegates t o the State convention to use their r iL fluence to secure the submimssion of 't'.io quiestion of high license, prohi Sbition or dispensary to a p)opuilar Svote. I amended t ., resolut ion -and asis~ted1 in) securinig its pas.angi by the counit.y convetion. Iia the I tato conIV(ndI on, hioweveri, te tCpe n lo warn bonnad hand a foot and donied the fuudaimental right of de. ciding this important. matter for I Oml-elves it tho bullot I ox. The Aideson comity convuntion instruct (d the local colitmt-0 to have the (1nestioll sbmliitted to oinr1 people in the primuar) with tit) romit that An dersol county went overwhel iningly for prohibition. How van a Demo crat opposo a submission of theso questions to a popular voto or refuos to abide the will of a majority of his fellow citizolnsy I realizo that iiy contest doos not d0pOnd Il)Ol Imy oflicial record, but upon the issue1s horeinbeforo indicated. A contest is being waged against me becanso I have dared to think for myself and would not bond t,ho knoo to the die. tates of self-contAituted bosses. I am iproid of the fact that I have stood in the way of solo who sought to prostitute tho public s-rvice to private ondt3. I im )eing oppos(d because of the principles that I have aldvocated and by the mon whose aims I have hlpod to thwart. It is a vain bopo through mejo to compass the defeat of these principles. No stronger argument is nooded thai the attempt now being made and the meiothods prsilued to defeat me to demoinstrate the grow th of a danger ous politici power wit Idud by the dispensary. No man hi s touchod it, Ii imatter how puro his c*aracter or hlow innocent hie has been of till wron1g, that has not hiad pitchl left. liponm his hands. It, is appalling the freqency with which govonorns ind other high oIlicias haive lbwn charged with corruption aund bribery inl con neCTiol wit lIthis instit utionl. Vhet h. er such chargos oo true or fal:o their ef'ect, is the saime, and lowers tho whole moral tone of our State. L am ready and willing to be sacr-i ficd iii an att-empt to better condi tions ini this State. I havo am abid ing faith ill tho popoTi of Soutb Car oliull. I am conscious of rectitude of purpose, I bieovo in the jnsti.,e of God, and if the MisPrable attem1pt to CoIm)pasi ny defeat through uniholy mean1s SUCCeeds, I shall appeal to the manhood and pitriotism of the ptoplo for viindication in the next. popular election. V. A. NEAL. DOWN WITH THE DIPSENSARY FACAissN PNE' .itA114, O111NION Pr. iihlI-?nlit ateed 9igh I4le-Me Al 4 Me In jim. l t .4-mW,e mis re sho l (0m1imte 11 o1amh ovt i H- t a ifm 1 )(mFt.e try I aw, iml th-em they Cai .''c' Upnil em osealremm ae- Memaue.sv m Whii wili oive noth11 Mit-t I Special to News and Courier.) Coluiaili, January 1 9.-Mr. C. C. Fontherstone, of Laurens, was iln the city this~ m->)rning, halvinig arrived here yesterdlay. H-e caio onl busi nos9, having no connect ion with poli tic-i or thlo dispenisary law. Mr. Feathaerst one sid that he could not talk about polities, and did not care to have anlything to say3 about the p)rotout issues. Ini a pe(rsonal way h1a did express himsiielf, and per hiaps lie does not knowv that publicity is to be given his views as to what he thinks the best logislativo p)ohcy at t s jninetutre. In hiis oin~.ion the best thing, t ho safest cou1rse, for thle oppionenuts of the dispensary-Prohibitionii-ts, local op)tion umamn and all -to do is to uniito and repeal the0 ( dispen'sary law. When the dis penisary l aw is repealed thlen the Proh ibitionis-ts anid the local op ionl iruin can come toget her and he is saltisfied( thley wvill conic together and1( agree upon01 soinot hinlg sat isfac tory to both sides. The local opt ion and1( Prohibition votes are ian the mat jority in both houses, and lie is sat.js lied if they wvill only come togother ina some su ch way thai t both wvill get p)ret ty3 mulch what 4tey want. Mr. Feathierstonie t hinmks that such a course is duo the peoplo of the SItaite, w ho expreRssed thiemselves so forcibly at, the baillot -box in thle last pmrimai(ry. With all of the wvork of the disp)ensary advocates, the p0r sonal friends of Ghovernor Ellerbe arid everything (else, niot to count thle al leged promrises, Mr. Fnathierstone, wha) oto as8 thle opponiomt of t h< disponsary, enmiii wit hin very littk of bning elected on a pilatforw CI o Death o' of the entire sto up the estate of CIotheio ZL Positively FLYI diamotrically opposod to tho dispen sary Syto . Up to the pr<sent timo therk) hais iot been a bill of any kind intro duced which in any way looks to radical changes in the dispensary law. If the conlstitutiouial amiid m1)ont proposed, that. no m1eillbors of the General Assombly should becan. didalos for positions within the gift of the General Assembly, wer0 pass ed, thoro is a likelihood that thing.; would bo differot,t iii t good many matters. There has been soine talk among the memers uf liquor ltgislat ion, but i,othin-r deMinito hai yet b'n agreed upoti. Thcro has bon someo talk of at bih to exempt certain largo citios from flhe operations of the dis penistiry law, and it is hotight that this will be accopted its a compro mise. It is (ostionlablo if such a measure could pass unless (ho dis pensary people gave it einphatic en drseneut uld support, tind lot it be known that it was a pure and sim ple matter of compromii-e. BY 'FARMER'S FRIEND.' 111C,DEMONaSMATEs PRAC11CAL, DM VER-11FICATION. Trwo 111midredi aveid Slxteepri Minars P1re.fit tsa Twenmy.fiour A-rd,# f os r 1,iand in ow"sand V'eRVnvmHy [Cor. of The Gaffniey Ledger.] Lancaster, Jan. 1O.-Mr. Editor: Will you allow me sptco ih your valuable paper for a few suggestions to our energetic farmers, as the be glining of too now yeir i\ uow upon uis, and 189$1, wVith ll its hopes0 antd disappointtruents, is a thing of the paist, and it will be well for each of us to take a calm and thonghtful view of the pIresnit sit unt ion andi t hen act as sensible faren era should.' What now (Io weO flid the cond(itionl of the average fairmor?1 After another yoar's hard wvork mnak inig iad gautherinig a large cotton crop has lhe any money left from it Y I saty emrtphat ically no! Those farm - era are fortunate inideed who have boen able to pay the debts incurred by them) in miakinig t ho lust cot.ton crop, the vatst majority of thoem hav inig liunid accouints againist themt, either for guano or other supplies. Has t he average farmer a supply of corn andi roughness wit h1 which to food his stock to make another cr01)? Ham he plenty of homne raised flour, 1m1at1 andi syrup with which to food him. self and all the haunds 0on hiis farmi for the next eight or ton muonthus Hats lhe a good gardeun from which het can gather pllenty of vogotales tc add to his home raised edibles ? Tc al It hose qui"st ions I nimust answer 110 and1( yet all these are wit hit reaich o every 1land( owner who will throw of tihe folly of all cotton raising. Shail wI) coninn1111 to raiise and11 soll cottor bl)owI t he cost of produet.ion I' I so no' hop1) for us uniless wo adop01 sonmet hing like the abiovo suggestiol and thon stick to them regardless o tiht pricot of cot ton. bet ns prep)aI to p)latut at good corti crop, say3 li fteer acres to the plo0w; theni ipirer no less thanx two acres for such cropa ai sweet and Irishi potatoes anmd sngai canoi, clover, mil lot, te. ; after 6 proepa(ro ighiIt acros well for e\, tor regardles sof who may* adviso you t t.he C)mirarv. A emop like this wi f a partner com: ck in the Flynn's 1 the dead partner, Sacrificed! no money refund iN'S CA givo you t Wenty acres to the plow, Which is at p'O 1(y. T1.i will enablo you to prepare tle land well bor141 planting and work it well at t he proper timo. Buy as little gnano this year as possiblo and mike all thoo .nle 1,0 com1 post yOu canl bo tween this a.id p'Lanting imiv. Stop buymng axo handles, plow beamsn , singl0trees and other thinigH that yon can imiko at homjo. And st(p ris i"g dogs. Better ho doing these thiings thainti II1R1ning to town an11d lonfing on t1he stroots all day and porhap4 droppiing in to s tho 0dis posary man. Never go to town with an emIpty wagon. Eit.her tako it lo.d of lht, pon Vines, Shucks, or a load of wood; something to pty for your sugar and coffee. Buy nothing on ciodit if you can possibly pay for it. If we wait, to bo indepnidaut and prosperoi farmers wo must form somio such res olutionis this and t0hen stick to them. Last spring after selling my fari at Elgin I routod an old run down farm that had bnoi ialking about 300 pounds of seed cotton to the aere. I preparedi my land well nlRd sowed twenty- four acres of it in olts in February, using twelvo bushels of cotton HONd t, t he Icro 119 It frtiliz0r 1 mado 600 dozon buindles of very good oats. After harvostinhg i), outs I towed iny stubble in pos not using inly fortilizer, and I m11ato t wmit.y nino tons of as fino pou vino hay as I ever saw. In tho first, week in May I plante-l thirty fivo acres of this old land in corn. I used twomty eight. two horse loads of conipo)st uitler r113' corn iiRd miade RtS0 bushels of cornl. At. the time I was sowinig my)) oats andt platolg mIy coIrn somel of my all cottoni growing neighbors re m1 rked t.> me1, thatI "I wias a d1-1 goodu railroad1 m-in but that I was going to) maea failure at farming.'' Ihut you seei what I did(. I could have sold my)) oats att 2() cenits per) dozen and I ital ling myl 1pea vines at $12 pa'r toni. I will gi vo you the cost of my13 oats and1( p"a cro~p; T w(ent y.four bushols01 ontts. . .$12 00 300) hushels cot toni seed . . . . 30 00 Sowing onts... .. ........ ....18 Sit Hiarvestiung oats.. .. . ..... ...10 50 Hauling to barn.. .. ....... ..2 d Th'Iirty -live bushels peas. ..24 50 Sowing pe'as.... ............ 2 8(0 Moving vines.. .. .. .........15 2(1 Rtakinig o:tts.. ............... (00 Sh.oekinmg........ ...........8 00 1000 stakes........ ........2 01) HIaulinig to barn)...... ......I I (11 Total11... ..... ....... $163 50 Floigis what I received for (100 doze.n oats at I. ~).. .S) (0t) 29) tonis of 1hay3 at $ 1(1... .. .200 00 Totasl.. ..... .. ....... $380 0(1 'Cost of producing. .. .. .. .$113 50) Blanice, profit. .. .. ....$2 1( (00 This11:(~ hcvs at clear prOfit of $2 I ( 0ontet went.y -fou r ricres oif poor Sland from the two crops. T1hese atre Sstrictly facts. 1)o lot us5 Rtop raisinig cotton and r dliversify' one crop5. Us UDr. Mles NahyN Pr ARTRs.f.or SPINAI )els the immedia Cash Store AT ( Shoes Sacr SACE1I: ed during this sal SH MAY MEAN WAR WITH GERMANY 'I'll Io NA(10AN I NVIIIEN I ILA A VItRY hrittalt P% li iit Am ier ii i t- hor 14'i h We're 011 i t ,Im i tsr tstss Oessestl w ili3 itl I Ist 1.14t1 H4 or list'rr. tw .-Ilvv Wills v.-I y A sedI A a ts IIIit , , It.1 'tIt s (i114 14.t -I ;14 S 10he 1 s t a IOA. Col ySli Xms id 111N~ v I i II I I11. 1,41111 1411i-11t IN It'gilrd-I tii i y k V st.. "s l' v * Wvlilingt(o, N. Z., Jainua1lilry 9. It is roportId hevro that o)wing t.o tho tronbflo lit. Sam11.11, growing' ouit.of 11hv eleition of it Sumccssor to io hito King Ailtllooll, throo Irittill witar tlips will proctiod. dhorv, 1t4l that onM Amorican war ship will tiart for tho islanids from 1oliluli. i Aiildtnd, N. Z., January1- 3. Fitrhwr partictiri s regarding tho1E distiul-rbancit is fit. S111ton show Ait . laamf't tollowvrs mmiherod itiout 5, 000 mnll, anfid i. t th it'll)o adh rot of liot.olt Tialn wr ut wnoidI 1toiI,. 000 i number. Thot. Was twW hours' figliht n botwvou to rival forcvs, during which soveral of tho warriors werki dicapilitid. Tho American consuil has issuvd ia! proch l mthion claiming 1111t th vie hn troaty had tilhe salm forco 11 it [aw ofo d Coltcrrvst, i ti mhat lint insilt. to tm S r1111rmo Coiur,t of ao11aol is, thereforo, <<(lliviloit o anl inisuilt, to tIoi ovorm.t11t tit WaItshingtonl. LMonion J intry 11ot --A spoeild disipatch from Auickladi, N. Z., tays 0in hict nuin i1 11 on.sal0 CI NSI ll riesVt(t atA puih, the spcil ou10( ih t itrviolaition to ll fgrl 114 ale .te Closing Out )NCE to spttle Ilicedi Ec;"q e at ORE. Itl rf0ereInce VWith i t ju rVis (iction, hliviatonling to urrest, and imprision my on lttip(tintg to (10 so. laItt(IrS, tho diSpHAtch COLICIudo, If-() now (Iliet, tnid tho 0ioriliul con lilt Imillains ill hi.s conistllat(., 11. iVE- VI E TA K EN IN IItl.I N. I belini, .lani iuary 19. -ThFe news, 'om i n i halts b. re1miveI with orobodim. Th Lokal Anz Iior ;ms: "All this doubtlessi signilios an Ipproeiabl(e qiirrol, mil with the mcevromoniotisess Which tho Amuor cans4 havo uffeto;l lately toward na 1. may easily tak; ia teirioui turn. r'ho samtonn condominiumnhammal flv'y inVoIVe1 I IIurkiig daigor.'" The Vossiscl Zfit.ting says: "'rho iit.nat.ion will becomo oven groater when (t Amoriann war hipl, arrives it Apin. It is taid that .he Wash igt-otl deplartilont of Stato has in. itructo4l tho United Stites consil f0no1ral erlievr, L. W. Osborn, not to rulst IhI, Gorman consull. Evidontly ho Unlitod StaItte4, Wiho aro least in t0rest.1d ill Samoa amoig the th 01 o Powers, do not mian to rospect Oor Iliny's paII-1ra1mut intertits. Oer 1ndy will have to show firmno1I0ss, ill ie moro so a. our position in mado M Wo1H0 by1 the ovidlenlt dosir0o or I'nglnid to holp tho Ulnited Stites io as- to rott in the latter's friend ihip." wV.,AT IS SAID IN wASIINToN. Walshingtonl, ,1lnualry 1I.--ThIe wty) dopirtmont, has prepared or dors for the crluisier Philaidelphia to procwd to Samoa lit onco to repro. sent the Unit(d Statos intierists there. If IIy vo,sol mlloro qluielv avaiilable can be found, 0one of ID)wey's (loot, for inistance01, it will bo ordlered ait once0 to Samoa0 to miiwewr Ilhe uirgenit apjpeaIl of thle Uinit ed a-~ltos t consu ii here. T1he comman1f11der of t.he Philadlelphia will act ini con1 formtty withI the iist ructions1 of tl.e Un1itedIH States conisul, so far ats t hose 1nst rue(t in are in the line withI t he I reaty of Berlin, wvhich, ihe United Staute conten0,2 mt bo i~1118 5 literallIy enlfore(nd unti lLamenold. It wVould days3 to make1( thle runm fr-om San iigo to A pini, toucin lg at H oniolulu for coaIl. Th'le dlojHp ost icern is felt by all three pairtiles toI lhe agroement at the out i ok. T1hie commuton boliof is that the (Germaniiy rep)resentati vos at Sa mon11 in1( at og in the arbitrary man. tier they (1id, com0pletely (exceeded their inst ructions1 from their ow~n (GovernmIenIt. It, is quito certaini thant the'y (exceeded tho authority with whllich they wore ctlothed b)y the t reaty of Hliln and1( it is ox pectod (that the Gerunmn Government will uinhesitait-ingly condemnflh their actions as 8so)n 118 it has1 beoo oficially ad( 11se as)t whait actuially hap1lpenided TIle uant horil ie.s foel t hat theogroat < st el'eent of dlanger lies in (lie possiil it iy of trouble biefore Rtaffael and1( ltoso3 can1 b)e restrained by aid It was9 it ate d at. the department of State today13 t hat dlispatches1( had1 been roeivedl fromi UntiitedI Staite Consuil Obhorn lit. A pia, bult 11s to their na tire the oflicials had nothing to say beyon ht(l111 they went to confirm the newsW dlispaltches p)rinited this mandiller of the Paifici station, is now onl boairdt Is lag sh ip, the Philadot piha, tand ii was 1tated at the nahvy de(patmont111 that. lie wvould aiccompjany tht51) (hi St mon.