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?^s.w-i.<v?.r--" -?-'sv . ---'jr'-V?O IEE WATCHKiN, Established April, 1850. Aug. 2, ISSI.] "Be Just and Fear not-Let aU'tfeeiBads thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy Sod's and Truth's SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 9,1888. THE TRl'K SOVTHKON, Ketablfehed Jon?, ISM New Series-Vol. TH. Ko. $8. ' g?P" - v ; ' ;SUMTBli, S. C. ^?t?^^"i^w?" ??r ?Hip-in advance. Igg:; ??) TIRTISI VS K T 8 . g^jj^^^ 00 SSeisVXw?ixv^ .............. - 50 I^^^Mt?at rie?aced rites. ^^^f^?^sM^ca?oarvo?cn subserve private s^;.^5t?tw?|ta.^r?U be charged for as Advertisements. ^^^^Q^^M^fe' ?jai, tributes of-respect. will be ?POWDER fe i Absolutely Pure. " f JThfe powd^'?eve* Tarte?. . A marvel of ?pur?^ strength aud wholesomeness. Sf ore ^^^CftBjOsnkal. than the ordinary kinds,, -and can ?g? }> not be sold in comp?tition with the-multitude tS^' - '-rof ?OW test, abort ?eigbt,-sistm or phosphate : tpev?crs. 3W? ow?y wrara*. ROYAL B?K? 'Cleanses the E^^^BM^Ij ^vAHays Pain ^^Jf^^^^ i FESSES OF T?STr^mj?^0^^| i: and Smelt C W^^^^\ W: cnPR?Sr-FEVER . ^CM2L??2 \ . / : , ^^.-V*? .a ?sewe of the ran?ons membrane, gener-' 77" orlg?Dati og in the .-naia ! passages and raaiutarning its stronghoidin Jae head. From itta^pemt .it .?ends forth a poisonous vires '<nto the stomach and- through the digestive C:;-1 --organ*,. corrupting the blood' and prod uciog ^thertroib?esooe-A?d'dangeroas symptoms. f, '."-.AA particle is applied into each nostril and ^?>*feag?eahle. - Prier 50carts at Druggists,-' by ^p^B^^??^er^.^:.:cents- SLY BROS., ^?S^g3S^re^wich.3treet, New Tori. BEST AND CHEAPEST. ?:: Ali 800DS GUARANTEED. ~ - .Estimates furnished by return Mail. fttffiE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. lilt MB am, s5f:-. d?unJFAcrrirEEES OF AKD WHOLE? SALE DEALERS IN 3)ters, Sash, BMs, I MOULDING, ES-. -ASD AL SUITING HAT2EIAL. , Office acd Salesrooms, 10 and12 BayneSt., CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 o :.l?<f. largest and mott complete tztabluhxitnt South 0?& St HACKER & SDN, o o 55 ii > Manufacturers of .laps, M, BMs, Moulding; ?ffl MATERIAL. OFFICE A?H)-?7AREROOiTS, King, opposite Cannon Street, ^CHARLESTON, S. C. Aog.10 vo 4 % WM I SRO.. .COLUMBIA, S. Qi MSI & BLINDS, &A?HS, LIME, tCfflW, PLASTER, AND HAIR. lai M! laeraf Mai .Glass,. MAINTS, OILS AND TARNISHES. BARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Harket. ^Special Attention Given to Orders Mail. & 0, BROWK & B?O., Opposite Post Office, ' COLUMBIA, S. C. SHE. I lore her. though 'she is, than I, Considerably older; Her beauty can all time defy, ; -As frequently Fve told her. She's not a Boston girl, yet she Her eyes with.gUsses covers : And throegfc them they look tenderly --As any other lover's. Some silver threads-shine inter tress Now, as l drawler nearer ; For that I do not lovelier less JSaoh one bat makes ber dearer. Perhaps yon think because she's old * And I a prime good liver, I only love ber for her gold c$be bas bat what I give her. She loves me so, I love her so, Par more than any other ; Yon will not wonder wheo yon know This lov??-orje is my mother 1 - George Birdeey'tin Puck. j DEMOCRACY'S GUIDE. Constitution of the Democratic Party of South Carolina, as Amended in the State Convention at Columbia, AprilS, 1886. ARTICES-I. There-shall be one or more Democratic -{fobs organized ia each election precinct, each ef-whit?i club? ebal! have a distinct title, "The - ' - Democratic dab," and shall elect a Presid?nt, one or more -Yiee ?Pr?sidents, -a 'Recording and Corres? ponding Secretary and a Treasurer, apd shall have the following Working Committees, of not less than three meraberseach, viz : A Committee on 'Registration, an --Ex ec? ti ve Commit? tee, and such other committees- as to each club may seem expedient. ABT. II. The meetings of the clubs should be frequent after the opening of the canvass, and some member of the club or invited speaker deliver an .address at each meeting, if practica* ble . ' ~ - ART. III. The president ahall have ?cower-to-cafr-an extca-?ieeting of the club, and-members of the club shall constitute a quorum for the trans? action of business. - ART IV. The clubs in each county shall be held together and operate un? der the control of a Couuty Executive Committee, which shall consist of one member from each club, to be nomin? ated by the respective clubs and elected by" the county convention, and such other members as the con? vention may add. "The Executive Committee, when elected, shall appokit-'its own officers and. fill all vacancies which may arise -wiien the convention is not in session The tenure of office of the Executive Committee shall be until the next gen? eral campaign, unless sooner removed or suspeuded by the county conven? tion. ART. V. County Democratic con? ventions-shall be composed of dele? gates elected by the -several local dobs-one delegate for every club, and an .additional delegate for every twentyv.five, (25} enrolled members with.the-right to each county conven? tion-to enlarge or diminish;lhe repre? sentation, according to circumstances. "This convention shall be called to? gether by the chairman of the execu live committee, under such rules aa . each county, may.adopt, and when as? sembled shall be called to order by tbeichairman of the executive. com? mittee, And proceed to elect from ?among its mern here a President, one or more-Vice Presidents, a Secretary and TreaoBrer. .The convention shall .proceed to business, and when the -same - ls ?transacted it .sht?il adjourn sine die. ART VI. The mode and manner of nominating -candidates for counly offices ?or for the State, Judicial and .Congressional conventions shall be 1 regulated in each couuty by the re? spective county conventions. ART. OT I. Tte -State Convention -shall be composed of delegates from each county, in the numerical propor -tion.to.**h:ch ?hat couuty is entitled in both branches of the ^General As? sembly. ART -VIII. The officers 6hall be a " 'President, one Vice President from each Congressional .District, two.Sec retaries and a Treasurer. - ART. ?X. The State Executive'Com? mittee shall be composed of three from eaco -Congressional District. The delegates from the counties com? prising the Congressional District to nominate thccandidatetfrrom-that dis? trict, and the convention shall then proceed toan election. Tbemember representing South Carolina on the National Democratic Committee shall be ex-officio a member of the -Sfcate: Democratic Committee. ART. X. The Executive Committee shall elect its own chairman and other officers, and shall meet at the call of -the. chairman or any five members, <at such times and places as he or they may appoint. ART. XI. T'be.Executive Committee shall have, power, by the vote of a ma? jority of-the whole committee, to call a-convention o? the Democratic party of the-State, at such lime and place as ?it may desi^nate^-and is charged with the execution and direction of the policy of the party in the State, sub? ject only? to* th is constitution, the prin? ciples declared in the platform, and -such instructions, by resolution or otherwise, as the?State Convention may from time to time adopt, and shall continue in office two years from the time of election,-or until the as? sembling of the next State Convention: ??br the nomination of a State ticket, unless superseded by the action of the State -Convention. And if any va? cancy on the State ticket be occa? sioned ?by death, removal, or other cause, the committee shall have power to fill the vacancy: Provided, This .-shall not apply to the office of Gov j ernor when there shall be sufficient kime-to callr a State convention. ART. XII ^Wheo the State Demo . eratic Convention assembles it shall be called to-order by the chairman of the State Executive Committee, shalt elect a temporary President, and shall proceed immediately to the election of permanent officers and the trans? action of business. The convention, when it has con? cluded its business, shall adjourn sine die. And when a convention is called I by the Executive, mch convention shall be composed of newly elected delegates. j -ART. XIII. RepresentadOU4? Judi-, cial and Congressional conventions shall be on the same-basis-as in State conventions. A majority of delegates shall be present at a convention to constitute a quorum for nominating a candidate for either" Congress or So licitors. The delegation of each couuty in a Congressional or Judicial convention shall have power to fill any ^vacancy in. the delegation. And whenever any county is or shall be subdivided among two or more Con? gressional Districts the delegates to the conventions of the several Con? gressional Districts shall be elected by the county Democratic convention, and apportioned among the respective "Congressional subdivisions of the county in proportion to population. In every convention to nominate a candidate for Congress, or for the office of SoScitor, a majority of the votes shall be necessary to a choice, and-the^votes shall be taken viva voce and? recorded, unless there be but one candidate, in which event the vote ?nay be takeu by acclamation. As coon as a Congressional or Judicial convention has nomiuated the party candidates for Congress or Solicitor it shall adjourn sine die; aud when over a candidate "to fill an unexpired term of either office has to be nomin? ated, it 6hall be doue by a new con? vention of delegates fresh from the people. The executive committee of each Congressional ?District or Judi? cial Circuit shall consist of the several county - chairmen of the respective counties or parts of counties compos? ing such districfcgpr circuit,- which committee shall TOct its own chair? man, secretary and treasurer, who shall continue in office for-two.years iu a district and for four years in a circuit respectively, or until their successors shall have been elected. It shall require the consent of a ma? jority of the whole executive com-? mittee in any district or Circuit to call a nominating convention. The executive committees of each district or circuit shall be specially charged in its discretion, except as herein provided, and subject to the State platform as well as under the supervision of the State Executive Committee, with the conduct of every election for Congressional Represent? atives or Solicitors in each district or circuit; and said committee shall meet at the call of the chairman or of any three members at such times and places as he or they may appoint Each Congressional .convention shall meet within its Congressional district, and each Judicial convention shall meet within its circuit. Each Congressional district or Ju? dicial ?circuit in this State shall be at . liberty to adopt the method of primary; election instead of the convention1 pian for nominating candidates for Congress or Solicitor, provided such? method be determined upon by a con j vention regularly called in the mauner hereinbefore specified for that purpose among others. If soch a method be adopted, the convention adopting the? same shall fix the-iime when, and pre? scribe the rules under which such ?lection shall be held: .ProvidedJ That such primary election ashall be! held on the sime day in each , county comprising such district or circuit : Provided, further, That no election, for either delegates to a convention or under ajpriraary plan,shall be hereafter* held prior to the fiVst day of Septem? ber in any year. wm i i t i wm Captured .Just in Time. ! Whee .ycmog Ea^kras, who robbed the Ne-wberry-postomce, was captured in New Orleans, the following letter was found en him. He was in a room in the Chalmette Hotel, under-the name of .June Duval.: ?.NEW ORLEANS, April 20,;i&88. "I guess my time is about up. J am out of money, in disgrace, despondent, in constant dread of arrest, and death is the only remedy -I eau tnink of. J*e-; fore I take this last step, however,'1! wish to give some directions about the disposal of my body, and to say a few words about myself : .4I am, John Hawkins, of Newberry, S. C. My father, Rev. J. Hawkins, D. D., a minister of the Lutheran church, lives at Haigler'e, Orangeburg county, South Carolina. Ile may be telegraph? ed to at Orangeburg C. H., S. C. It is not necessary to send my body home. I think one of the Latheran churches of New Orleans will bury me for my fa? ther's sake, and he will pay the expen? ses of the funeral, which must ve very plain. ..There are some letters, two photo? graphs.;*^ a diary in my large valise, room, "5, Chai mette House, which I would like sent home to my mother. For the rest of what [ have with me it makes no difference what becomes of it. "If:I could only see my mother now, and tell her ail that is within my heart. The thought makes me incapable of writing." When arrested be was found to be armed with & 'loaded Smith & Wessen revolver, and bad in his pocket ?2 and a money order for ?400 on the Southern Express "Uotnpany. Remarkable Record The Grennville News thus writes of the licensure of young Mack soo of Rev. .Dr. J. B. Mack, of Fort Hill, to preach the gospel. Candidate E. Mack was carefully ex? amined on ibe sciences, languages, philosophy, theology, church history, sacraments and government, and after a trial sermon of unusual power, deliver? ed before a large congregation, was licensed to preach. It was a very re? markable and noteworthy fact that the young preacher's great grandmother listened to his sermon and witnessed the simple ceremony of Presbyterian licensure, and stranger still, the young maVs father is a preacher, both bis grandfathers were preachers, and bi? great-grandfather, the husband of the venerable woman who sat in church, was also a preacher. Melville W. Fuller, the new chief justice, was a candidate four years ago for delegate to the natiooaHpbvention from the Fourth district in Illinois, bot was defeated by- Joe Mackin, who is now tn the penitentiary at Joliet. OUF - State Contemporaries. Edgefidd Chronicle. As regards the separate Agricultural College, the only- valid objection ever raised against it was its cost, sad the probability of ifs increasing ocr tax? ation. If Mr Clemson's bequest shall amount to ninety odd thousand dollars, as now seems almost certain, who need object any longer ? It seems'to usrtfee matter might be very successfully ban died, under present circumstances, even without reducing the salaries of judges and State officers. TB? Banner County. ?Abbeville Medium. The Abbeville Medium bas not yet given, in dollars and cents, the assessed value of avgood fat ^t-ule ^o-Abbe ville county. The'Register longs for!that in? formation, and thinks no one -tetter qualified than Farmer'Eemphill to .give it. The Register observes in the Con? troller's report of 1888 that in Abbe? ville sixteen pieces of'property assessed at $12.950 brought $17,770 at sale. The law distinctly prescribes that the assessed value must be- tie selling 'price. Let Auditor Jones stir up all the other property holders as well as the bank. Then let him enter on a crusade against defaulting taxpayers all over uHe State. ?T-he-above extract is from tBe'Colum bio Register. A good fat mule in Ab? beville county is assessed for taxation at $125. -Many of them are put down at this figure, but all the mules in Abbe viHe*re'COi ',good. fct*'eses. ?Forthe fiscal year 1886-87 the average value of mules was $54 ol. T?re: next valuation; will be about $70. We do not know where the Register came across the figures ?of tire Control? ler General's report for 1888, ae ?no such report bas been made so far as we koow. The report for the fiscal year, ending September .1st, .1887, must have been -meant, 'if so the Register bas the figures down wroog In that report it appears that twenty-six lots of land were sold for $15,250. The assessed value ! of these lots was-$17,000. In oilier ! words. Abbeville paid taxes on $1,750 more than the land brought at cash sale. This certainly is a good^bowing for the 'banner county." How is it with Richland? In the same reports it appears that forty-three lots were sold for $75,305, the assessed value of which was $49.810. Richland actually paid taxes on $25.495 less than the actual cash value of said land as shown by the sale. Taxes were paid on 44 per cent, less than the actual value of the land. It is a singular thing, too, that the percentage of valuation of real estate in Richland to the selling price was 89 for the fiscal year of J.885 86, and 66 for the year 1886 87. In Abbeville the per cen tage for the same time increased from 74 to 111 or ill per cent, more than the cash selling price. Richland decreases, while Abbeville in? creases. If the Hegister has made a mistake, it should be corrected. The-'.'banner county" is willing to bear her full siaare of obligations to the-government. Aud? itor Jones is making a crusade against no one. He is only earnestly trying to do his duty, and his desire is to equalize the burdens of taxation. So far as the I value of real estate is concerned it is j fixed by the Sta?e ?Board of Assessors, j The CountytBoard equalizes it among j the deferent townships. If there is any fault it is chargeable to headquarters in j Columbia. A ^Favorable Companson. Pee Dee Index. The report of the Clerk and Treas? urer of the town of Marion for the last fiscal year scowed that the total expend? itures of the town for the year amounted to only $1,472.90. The salaries of the town officers amounted - to only ?592 50. This exhibit compares very Javorabiy indeed with the exhibits made by other towns. In Sumter the annual salaries of the town officers amo&et to the heavy sum of $6.580, nearly ten times the amount paid out in salaries hy>tbe town government of Marion, -Sumter pays her Mayor $25 per month; Clerk and Treasurer, $900 per annum, with p<*r .quisites ; Chief of Police, ^$75 per month; two Lieutenants,.$50 each per mouth ; one Inspeotor of Streets, ??50 per montai; two privates,;g40 each per month; Lamplighter,.045 per mooth; driver of scavenger?cart,.^ 15 per month; total?5,580. If the other expenses of the town of Sumter are as high in proportion as the salaries paid the town officials the an? nual amouot of taxes collected must amount to at least .fifteen thousand dol? iere, un addition to this the people of Sumter have taxed themselves for inter-' nal public improvements, and this tax is to be added to the ebo7e -named amount, so that tbe -total amount of tax annually collected must oot fall far short of twenty thousand dollars. These fig? ures are interesting only when compared with similar statistical data from other towns Our*own people ere inclined to believe that they-are tax-burdened, and it must be some Fcliof to know that other.places are carryiog as heavy, and in many in? stances far heavier, burdens. The*town of Sumter is not more than three times as large as Marion, and it is doubtful if the difference in size is that much. It has more taxable property but the ratio of difference between the population and tamable property of Sumter and Marion is much lower than thc ratio of taz levies of thc two placee. That ts, taxes in Sumter in proportion to the amount of taxable property ere much higher than in Marion. In comparison with the tax paid by most of the towns .lb this State our taxes are low and do . uot prove to be a burden io any citizen of the town. The economical administration df the town's affairs leaves little *oom for any one to grumble concerning high and ex? tortionate taxes. Bloodshed in Marlboro.* Eennetttville ?Devioerat. Q? Saturday evening Wm. E. Coxe, Jr., Lucien ?dom and Eugene Coxe were on their way to McDaniel's mill to go in bathing When near tho East end af Ihe dam they were met by a col- ? ored'boy named Dock Dargan (a son of the well-known Essex Dargan) armed with a double-barreled shotgun. A few hurried words passed between Wm. E. Coxe, Jr., and Dargan,-when Dargan raised his gan and fired, the ball enter ing tbe left breast and -causing death immediately. Dargan then . ran- ti??, going ia the direction of bis}nome. H was- arrested Sunday morning and lodged in 'jail. 'Rumors of lynching are feeard, bat the Sheriff will protect the prisoner until Ooart meets in June. The deceased was in his twentieth year, and wasche -son of Mr. W. E. Coxe. Dargan bad previously had a difficulty with one ?of tbe Coxe boys, and his mother brought out the same gnu to him to shoot young Coxe. lOn Monday night some some parties went to the bouse of Essex Dargan, fath?r of the murderer and fired into his house, it is supposed, purposely to kill the father, but instead killed au in? nocent three-year-old ebit?. ?How to Get a Railroad. Bish opville^Snterp rise. President Bridgers, of the B. R R., told the local editor of this paper, last Friday, that be was not asking or seek? ing aid to farther his road, but if the people of Kershaw would subscribe twenty-five thousand-dollars to the B. R. R. he would build :rt on up through Kershaw. ""Now let the people tc -the other sections of Kershaw come to the aid of the people io tbe eastern part of the county, and- they, too, will have railroad facilities. "Tarn about is fair playC" -much more so than the "major? ity rule" that we have heard so much about where 1 he big side gets all and fche weaker none. ..Let*'er roll." Aikens' Hidden Wealth. Aiken'Journal-arid 'Review. Aiken county is rich in kaolin depos? its. It has long been known that this distinctive kind of clay existed io the county, but not -catii recently was it known to exist in such abundance. There are millions of tons of it, and some of it as fine as can be found any? where'in the -V? i ted States. Messrs. P. A. Emanuel and Joseph E. Murray, in starting a miniog and porcelain fac? tory at their mines, are laying the foun? dation for works that may some day be? come famous. It is not only hoped that tbeir venture will prove successful finan? cially, bot that they will be abie-to turn; out cbinaware equal to that made in France, known as French china. In manufacturing this clay at home the balk of the money that is made from the manufacture of porcelain will be retained here and invested here, because the stock is mostly owned by Aiken men. It would be otherwise if the owners all lived North ; in that case the profits of tbe concern woald also go .North. There are several other mines in Aiken county, and ail of them give promise of rich yields. In the course of a few years we -predict there will be a great transformation in that part of the county that now lies between Aiken and Angosta on the left hand side of the South Carolina Railway. Tbe lonely bills will be lonely no more. A thrifty people will come and inhabit them, and tbe pines will be converted into dwelling houses:; barren fields will bc made to yield abundant harvests of corn and cotton, and motlier barth will be obliged to give np.henhidden treas? ures. It will be a great day for Aiken, j and 47 e hope we will live to-see^t. Immigration. tc -the South. Marion Star. On the 25th ult., large delegations from .Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Teooessee, as? sembled in convention -zttllot Springs, :'N. C., for the parp?se of conferring to-: gether ,and formulating plans to turn tbe tide of European.immigration south? ward. Of course, gushing speeches were made as to the beauty ef climate, and: the material wealth af this favored land, and the warm welcome titat the South would give this mud-stream of depraved j humanity, and wound up with the adop i ?QZ? of a series of resolutions for the es-, iablisbment of an immigpstion associa? tion, with headquarters in New York.' It is to be boped that this movement will meet with tbefate that has hitherto befallen similar efforts inaugurated with a'fiourish of trumpets by saheming pol? iticians who are less interested io the good of the country than in keeping themselves before the public gaze, aud who regard more an opportunity for self advertisement than the ultimate result that such a movement may have on this: section of the country. Tbe South needs peopliog from no such source. For the sake of decency and her present moral and political se? curity the less contact she has with this corrupt and corrupting ?iufiuence the better. The strikes, riots, and demor? alizing agencies that DOW threaten the security of morals and of property at the .North is the tssult of imported ideas. The South oas not come in con? tact with those vicious influences, and, consequently, is tranquil, and.-gradually becoming prosperous. To quote a high authority cn this subject.: "The cloud of ignorance that threat? ens us at the.North conics from Europe ( .It descends upen ns like the plague of locusts upon the land cf thc Pharaohs. ! During the last ten years the;?mmigra- j lion across tbe Atlantic has been at the rate of nearly half a million a year. Those .imuiignsnts are not unlettered. But in the lack of comprehension of the duties of American citizenship, and of the spirit and life and institutions, what advantage have the 48.000 Italians who ?landed at Castle Garden last year over the ignorance of the blaei:-s of the South? They have nene. J^or. chile the negro cherishes a grateful and undivided alle? giance to the American Constiturion, as amended, to free him from bondage, the -Italian imtnigraut ouly comes luther to sell -bis labor and his vote, when he get?* one, cherishing the h"pe that one day he may return to live in idleness and die under the bronzing sun of his beloved Italy. Other immigrants come ^ America io search of a new hom^ but how few of them, in the first pejoration, j pass out from the thrald^,n of trans Atlantic prejudices and associations into thc cloar intelligence, of Aoierioan in? dividualism.?.. Such institution* ss immigration so? cieties aro inimical to the society and good order of this scot ion*. Let i fal o nc. The population of the South is stowing ; fast enough by its natural increase,-and jewill, no doubt,-be largely augmented at an early day by native 'Americans whom contact wifh imported stock wilVhave l?n fen .( rom their homes at rhetor th. Emtory^K?king et Hot Springs. Barnwell People. The Southern Immigration 'Conven? tion met -flt^flot Springs, .N. C., last week. !it was in the home of the Mountain Eagle, and the speech-makers improved the occasion ' accordingly. Among the personages present were Governors Lee of Virginia, Richardson of South Carolina, aud Cordon of Georgia, Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati, Bishops Kain of West ?Virginia, Becker of Georgia, and Northrop ofISwith-Caro? lina* Editors Dawson of Charleston, and .Walsh of Augusta, and Commis? sioner of Agriealtcre A. P. Butler, of -tfeisr?tate. In all elevenSStates were represented and misrepresented, and the proceedings were of the gushing order that might have been expected from such a meering of .volunteers. We are -constrained to believe that the distinguished gentlemen participating in the .proceedings were governed by impuls?e of the highest patriotism and purest public spirit, but ^?e are charitable enocgh- to believe that, they have accepted the position in which they have found themselves as matter of fact; for, if they had made careful analysis of the situation their address to the public would not have contained some, at least, of tte sonorous platitudes with which it abounds. , The convention, representing the Church, the State, aud the fourth estate, the most powerful and influential1 elments of human society, presents to the world a p?ctcre of the sunny Soath that is calculated to arrest attention and confidence the world over. Bot when the tide of immigration shall turn in this direction it will be found that the glowing inducements held out-vr i ll not materialize, and the people of the South, of this section most certainly, will not tpart readily with the lands ?which they have acccmclated through years of toil, for themselves and their children, and which they have held through .good-and evil report, and even should the new comers ?nd room for settlement their presence would bring no good to the State as a sovereignty while it would be accompanied by a host of evils to the homogeneuae- . population that has saved and redeemed the South through aod from all the perils of the recent past. That the convention did not under? stand the condition of this section is made evident by the testimony of John Ferguson, of Greenville, who, although a participant in its work, says that the Piedmont belt would not receive much benefit from its programme, because it contained no large bodies of land that could be devoted to the establishment of colonies. And if Mr. Ferguson, or any tody else, would toke the trouble to in? terrogate the land owners of the country he would find precious little land for sale, even in small aod.isolated parcels, to fm migrants or any?oti^elsc. In all the range of our acquaintance we have found only one maciin favor of wholesale immigration, and beds a mer? chant. No non-political utterance of The People bas ever received such em? phatic and wide-spread approval seats position on this momentous question. Public opinion in -Barnwell county w* well voiced cn kst thursday by Capt., J. B. Hunter, -?who, looking from our office at the procession of a hundred and forty edd children that marched into the eemetery with fair flowers with which to decorate tie-graves of the men who died for the South, said: **We don't need immigration, for natural in? crease issuing our country fast enough .with the right .^ort ?f-people, and we don't *7aut-strangers to come here and crowd those children out of their homes." The Question of Immigration. Greenville Nexcs. It is very well, perhaps, for each of the Sonthern^tates to-i-oveet a few hun? dred dollars in the apparently serious effort now being made to engage the Sotthern railroad corporations, govern ments-fcndrseepJe ic a general and strong movement-to attract immigration to the South, but we doubt very seriously ?he.: wisdom of individual communities buy? ing m e^nlwrebip??-u the new immigration organization provided forest Hot Springs. We believe any kind of immigration ought to be welcomed, except the Chiaese .variety. We do not share the fear of socialists, anarchists, and other worse elements of the old countries, so frepuently expressed. We have faith in the power of American institutions to command the respect aud confidence of jrpeople of all .grades and in the ability of the American people to assimilate all theT foreigners who can come among fhem. We dare say the children and grand? children of ;ihe 'Chicago Soci alists will be sober, respectable, hard working and, ^valuable citizens. Several sections of the South are now peopled with de? scendants of the wildest of bare-legged Highland clansmen sent here because they would not live at peace with their neighbors ur resbt-'iho temptation to fly at any repreeenta?rre of the government who got io range. But there are no quieter or more ?hrifty and industrious people now. Three generatkms will convert any white people who may come -into Americans. # Thc trouble with most of the South is that it has not the cheap land desired '0y the poorer classes of immigrants._ Where we have such land peor\e 0f ^at kind will bo encouraged ?^ come but their presence will bc of j0 practical ad? vantage to community ? not in the immc diare neighborhood 0f their settlements, and very few Cities and towns tu thc South can ^rord to give ?1,000 for the benefit oj somebody else. y^it best plan, in this immediate Neighborhood, probably is to perfect our organization, get ourselves in condition to act, and await developments until we can sec a little more clearly what we are doing and what part we arc to be offered for our money. The immigration we especially need and can offer attractions to consists of fairly well to do people from abroad, and the North and West, who wish a good soil and clima?" ar\ * the advantages of old an^ iettl<* t?; and are able tr ^^J^^fneigi for what they oeed that sales to Ute? will not involve serious sacrifices of f?dt-' ?idual interests. That kind of immi? gration has to be worked for by methods widely different from those used fur Other kinds, and in the preparation for, and adoption of, those methods lies our fcope for advantage from the present movement. JSometlimg to Think About. Newberry New and Herald. You talk about a prosperous country and the progress that is being made in the South and all that. We believe the South is developing, but there is one suggestion we desire to make: Can a country cr -a ; people -become prosperous* and rich and' clear of debt if it or they spend more in other or foreign markets than the amount of the production of that country or that people ? Certainly not. It is just like a man spending more than bis income. He may handle plenty of .money for a- time, and to all appearances may be prospering, but he is getting deeper in debt. Now we hare-! t?t the information at-hand and cannot say whether or not that i& the condition of our State or our section, but certainly if we do-net-make more at home than we spend abroad we will be accumulating debts that will tell after a while. "No State can ever accumulate*wealth unless she can produce within her borders its representatives in surplus values.'* If we are to become a prosperous State we mast produce at home more io v<te than the nal'?e of what we buy from other States. Chief Justice Puller. Some of the Republican newspapers are inclined to be sarcastic in comment? ing upon the appointment of Mr.buller to be Chief Justice of the United States. They say he is aa obscure mao and they scornfully ask what ..qualities he has which entitle him to this position. This was to be expected, of course, "for-die, average Republican believes, or be thinks he believes, * that nothing good can come out cf the Democratic party. In raisicg the question of obscurity, however, the. organs have made a very foolish suggestion. The late Chief Justice Waite, who filled the place most creditably, was cn "obscure mao" ?zotil he was elevated te'the Se pram e Court. And because a man's name is in every? body's mouth is no proof that his qual? ities are such as fit bim for the most ex? alted of oiEcee. On the contrary we believe that there-are a dozen lawyers in the South, men hardly koowa to tfee?; public outside of . their owo States, who would have reflected as much lustre upoo the highest court io the land as did the late Mr. Waite, or any of the pres? ea t members of that distinguished body. - j In Mr. *??cUerssocase tbeiPresident is believed to have been exceedingly for? tunate io bis selectioo. He has choseo a staunch Democrat, who is io the prime of life, and is regarded as able and scholarly. Mr. -FuHer is, unquestion? ably, the leading advocate of the West? ern metropolis, Chicago, aod from all we bear of him we believe that he will make a most admirable Chief Justice. Wilmington Messenger. - i ? mmm Value of tbe Clemson Be? quest. Mr Gideon Lee, of New York, son in-law of Mr. -Clemson, wrote a letter to the News ?nd Courier, some traft" since, in which he -made light of the bequest of his father-in-law, stating that Mr. Clemson's entire estate, after paying certain legacies and the Exec utorV&es, would 'not exceed 3-15,008. He intimated, also, that he would con? test the will. Tbe following letter to. the Greenville News successfully con? tradicts Mr. Lee. and heaves the public in doubt as to what be really meant or hoped to accomplish'by making ?ieh a statement: * PEXMATOX. S. C., April 26. To tlie Greenville Netos ': The appraisers of Mr. Clemson's property completed their work this evening. The face value of the appraised bill amounts -to one hundred -cud three thousand, three hundred ?nd twenty one dollars. With interest and premi? ums added, they make a tofcl-of one hundred and thirteen thousand three hundred and tweuty-one dollars. Mr. Lee will contest the witf, but Col. Simpson, the executor, assures me that be has oofears whateveras to the validity cf the willi The State will receive over "ninety two thousand dollars. EG. EVA ss. So it8eems that instead of Mr. Clem son's estate being worth only<&5."OOO, there will be over ?92,000- for the es tablishe*ent of an Agricultural College. ? A New Railroad ProiectecL A meeting has been held Qt Winnsbo? ro.-6. C. , in the interest of a proposed railroad from Wadesboro, N. C , via. Winnsboro, to Camack, Ga. The pro? posed route will touch at the Catawba Falls, water power unequalled by anv in the United States, and also l^che Winnsboro granite fields, wh^e lie in? exhaustible supplies of wK.ce and blue granite vf the ^esf quality, thence fcc Alston and ^'j WP: j through a hitherto un develoni? picton of the State. There wen: four;een 0f the corporators -pres? ent p jd the sum necessary for or .P^uization, ?10.'600, was readily se? cured in subcriptious ranging from ?100 to .$2,000. The books will be opened -at AB ce and another meetiiog will bo-i^i? during thc month of May, when the organization will bc com? pleted. - ?- ? I , -ii The New Orleans Picayune thinks it would, be a great mistake io*- -Southern cotton glowers to fully utilize tbevr*ytg meuted resources this spring by enlarg? ing the area devoted to eCtofl. In view of the present European situa^n such a course would be very dangerous. The relations between the great powers are growing more strained, and a general -Experimental Farm Iteporfc The?rftt bulletin of tn??ew-?m?9 of the Agricultural ^Experiment Statioiriif the South-Caronia University has Sp? peared. This bulletin is issued ?o : obedience to fha United States law which requires reports sent to all oews popers in the State and to such individ? uals actively engaged in farmtog as may request the same and as far as'foe means of the station will permit. These bulletins must be issued at least quarter? ly, but it is probable the bulletins of the University ? this State will be issued' ?rt?thly. This first bnttetfe gives tests to varieties of cotton. Some of these tests have been conducted "Con? tinuously for i?ve years and therefor* bagic to possess te?i vafee, for tb? . greater the number of experiments the smaller the margin of error. Each year since 1883 these test have been increased until last year they numbered j thirty-seven rarities of cou?n alone, tn dup icate plats. , It is extremely interesting to note theacearaoy and care with whick these, experiments fra ve been .made, missings hills being counted and allowed fer, and the tests made in duplicate and on dif? ferent soils yearly. .This report shews also how, through the use of a mathe? matical formula for the determination of probable error in the mean of sever- y I al tests under equal conditions, the pro ; bable error in the estimates of the, ex? j perimental station is not more 'thas j .about twentyi^ve pounds of lint - cotton to the acre, fer ?plots-of one-twentieth: of an acre, and: is being yearly reduced. This bulletin is full of value to all wke are interested in the matter of expel?* mentation, aa?a4sorto farmers in indica? ting the best kind of seed to plant. 1ft will be seen that these experiments - have been conducted since 1883, bat the-'legislative appropriation bas never been enough heretofore to warrant any regular issue of bulletins. Mach " -valuable matter bas accumulated vi-hiea I will be published from time to time? If this series cf tes (s demonstrates th at one special variety of seed will avenge, on an tere producing a karie,, aboat more than its next competitor, and ?12 more than the poorest planted? tended, gathered and ginned under the saan conditions, it should be worth over a million dollars a year to the farmers of the State. Here is where ftc tri? value of agricultural experi men tatton comes in. 4uet those farmers who wisn to look ioto this matter send to Presi? dent McBryde for a bulletin.. A National Monument. In response tu a call issued some time ago by Governor Beaver, the governors of the thirteen original states, or their representatives, with tire exception of Massachusetts, met in Philadelphia on last Saturday to consider plana for tb% establishment of a fitting and lasting memorial to commemorate the first century of the constitution of the1 -United States. Ex-Secretory of Stele J. N. Lipscomb, represented Soo4k Carolina. Resolutions were presented ana* unanimously adopted, reciting the trials and tribulations of the people ot the colonial states, their declaration of in* dependence sustained by force of arms? organization of rle government at tba close of the revolutionary war and the subsequent adoption of the-constitution* and the calling apon fcfee-ir&tion?l gov? ernment and the-various states and ter* ri tories, of the union to make suitable appropriations to a faed to -be-?ed??2i?& to the building of a grand national monument commemorative of the fram ing and adoption of the constitution of the United States, to be erected with? ?he city of Philadelphia, said mont?? mes t to4>ear the names of the ?goers of the declaration of Tudepeudence in autograph and of the frasers of the constitution. A resorntton way also adopted declsr* ing that the governors of the thirteen original states be invited to appoint a commissioner from each state to co* operate wira the citizens of New Yorfe in their preparations to fully celebrate the centennial celebration of tfre ioaug' ^utation of Geofge "Washington as first President of the "United States and to invite co-operation on tire part of sister states and territories. After thc a*oo})?? tion of thc resolutions the meeting ad* .journed and the party enteringoarr?ages 5?ere driven to Crampes shipyard, where they witnessed the launching of the forktown and Vesuvius. Such Prayers not Wanted* Washington Critic. A minister, visiting a congressman^ family in the West End, conducted family prayers the first morning after his arrival, at which the congressman was not present, am? tiro >mJi\ ody of the honse interviewed bim at breakfast. "What was that you prayed for?" ba inquired abran**j. **WUv, Johnnie," exposte?sfieS 'S? mother, "you nvust-* "O'u, let him go on,"-enid the mfets* Ur, with a smiley *'I love to hear these innocent lil tie prattlers. You want to know, my child, what ? prayed for!" '^es, sir," responded the boy, po* litely. "Well, I asked the I^rd for wtslem* For guidance, for protection-.? "That s it." said the %o$, interrupt* ing him; .*tbat?s it. iou prayed fa? protection ?" ?.Yes, my boy,*' replied thestrrpnscil minister. .?Well, yon can't do it any more in this house. My pa is a free-trader, and if he gets on to your racket he *11 raise a row with you. sure. Explanations ?bl?oaed, which re* moved the limit from the ministers pe* - titions -Some natanes are all acid. They are -ncrer so-happy as when dipping theit pen -?? ^cicr?. They even use the ad? der's venom for ink. They can ' 'Con vej a Wrf. m a ftewn' : wink a repc^ion *?wn* ' mt "one to ev*- aeSfcc ppaik* . ^ITJ: m J?? 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