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Our State Convention,
! COLUMBIA, S. C., May 17. Th<
Democratic State convention met in tot
hall of the Honse of Representative*
here to-day at DOOD. It- was called t<
order by Gen. J. W. Moore, cbairmar
o? the State Executive Committee
Hon. Y. J. Pope, of Newberry, wa?
elected temporary chairman and Col. C,
E. Sawyer, of Aiken, and W. L. Glaze,
of Orangebarg, secretary and treasurer,
The roll call showed 306 delegates
present. ^ The temporary organization
was maae permanent. Seven Vice
presidents were elected, one from ead
Congressional district, as follows :
First District-Hon. Henry A Meetz?
of Lexington.
Second-Hon. C. J. C. Hutson ol
Hampton.
Third-Dr. S. M. Orr of Anderson,
Fourth-Maj. T. W. Woodward ol
Fairfield.
Fifth-Captain R. J. Mockbee ol
Chester.
Sixtb-rColonel C. S. McCall of Marl?
boro.
?Seventh-Colonel James D. Island?
ing of Sumter.
Capt. Wilie Jones was re-elected
treasurer, and ?he convention proceeded
to the election of four uelegates-at-large
to thc National Democratic Conventfon.
The followiog were elected unanimously
by acclamation :
James F. Hart, of York, F. W. Daw
son, of Charleston, Wilie Jones, " o?
Columbia and C. A. Wood, of Marion,
The following were elected as alternates:
F. M. Raysor, Orangeburg, A. M.
Ruth, Hampton, S. T. McCravey,
Spartanburg, and J. F. Rhame., Claren?
don.
The following are the delegates from
the Congressional Districts elected :
First F. W. Wagener, Charleston ; G.
T. Graham, Lexington ; alternates, L.
Arthur O'Neil, Charleston ; A. S. Hy
drick, Orangeburg.
Second-M. B. McSweeney, Hamp?
ton ; A. S. Seigler, Aiken ; alternates,
W. R. Kelly, Barnwell ; W. L. Durst,
Sdgefield.
i Third-J. K. P. Goggins, Newber
I ry ; O W. Doyle, Oconee, alternates,
jj. C.^Cary, Oconee; J. D. Maxwell,
Anderson.
Fourth-John T. Sloan. Jr., Colum?
bia ; N. B. Dial, Laurens; alternate,
li. J. Browning.
Fifth-LeRoy Springs, Lancaster,
W. L. T. Prince, Chesterfield ; alter?
nates, B. D. Springs, York, J. D.
Means, Chester.
Sixth-B. W. Edwards, Darlington,
H. L. Buck, Horry ; alternates, A. E.
Bristow, Marlboro', J. E. Jarnegon,
Marion.
Seventh-Wm. Elliott, Beaufort;
Altamont Moses, Sumter; alternates,
Josiah Doar, Georgetown, James P.
Adams, Richland.
This concluded the afternoon session,
and the convention reassembled at 5
o'cock.
THE EVENING SESSION.
Major Baist, as chairman of the com?
mittee on resolutions, reported unfavor?
ably on the following resolution :
Resolved, That the State constitution
of the Democratic party be so amended
as that all nominations for State offices
can be.made by primary election.
The committee on resolutions recom?
mended that this resolution should not
pass.
On motion of Col. John C. Haskell
it was voted that in the discussion of
resolutions no member should be allowed
to speak more than twice. A proposi?
tion to limit the speeches as to time was
made but withdrawn.
MR. GRAVES OP LAURENS
Sjpoke at length in favor of a motion
which he made to reject the unfavorable
report of the committee and to adopt
the resolution. He said the people of
Laurens bad instructed their delegation
to request of the convention such action
as was contemplated by the resolution.
The delegation would be recreant to
their duty if they remained silent when
it was proposed to vote it down. There
was a?ry and a howl all over the State
against the injustice frequently done by
the convention system. He condemned
the convention system and a great many
other things which seemed to have noth?
ing to do with the subject under discus?
sion, and charged that under it some?
times candidates were chosen by draw?
ing names blindfold from a hat. some
times by swapping votes, and delegates
came to the State Convention with a
slate made up. He thought there
should be a quiet primary and the
theory of the survival of the fittest
would come to the top. A primary
campaign was all they asked.
Mr. O'Brien of Colleton spoke dis?
cursively at some length.
CAPT. BEN TILLMAN.
Capt. B. R. Tillman next rose to
speak to the resolution. He was in the
extreme rear of the hall, near the door,
and there was a general shifting of
chairs and craining of necks to see and
hear bira. He began by declaring that
this question of primary was the most
important confronting the Democracy
of Souih Cat?lica to-day. We are in an
abnormal position. We are in posses?
sion of the government because we are
a unit. We are on a volcano through
holes in whose crust can be seen the
flames and melted lava. There is a call
from thc common people of the State
for a voice in the government. There
are signs to indicate that there is a fever
in the State, and a call for reform.
How best can this reform be obtained?
Doubtless some men will say that we do
cot need reform.
They say he is a demagogue aud office
seeker who asks for it. All these epi?
thets have been burled iu my teeth.
One of the grand principles of Demo?
cratic'government is. universal represen?
tation. Democracy io South Carolina
means nothing- but white supremacy.
There are differences of opiniou as to poli?
cies, and these policies must have oppo?
nents, but this demand for a primary is
the demand of the people on the politi?
cians to give them this voice.
Is this convention a representative
body? Some of the delegates have
come from clubs where eight or ten men
have elected themselves as delegates to
the county conventions, and these coun?
ty conventions have elected themselves
delegates to this convention. How, then
can you say that this convention can
get the true voice of the State in nom?
inations?
We need political discussions in polit?
ical issues. Our people have been tied
down by necessity, and this has made
such stagnation as has caused absolute
putrefaction.
I wlfe^to call the attention of the
convention that in 1879 Comptroller
General Hagood said there was still
room for reform. By the report of that
year the taxation taxes of the State were
?750.000, and the taxes for 1887 were
over ?1,000,000. Where did it go to?
Without a copy of the report I can not
go into details; but the people know
these things. The people demand that
those who control this government
must explain how, when Hagood said
there was still room for reform, these
things are so. If you don't go before
the people and discuss this thing you
are only laying up wrath. Politicians
may vote this down, but they are only
damming back the waters for two years
more. When the tide rises then there
will be some fine grinding done.
COLONEL HASKELL'S REPLY.
Colonel J. C. Haskell, who was scat?
ed in the front of the hall, rose to reply,
preserving througout that fearlessness
in defense of his position and that cool?
ness in debate which makes him so ef?
fective, whether in the forum or before
the bar. He said: "I have nothing to
say as to the self-assumed position of
the gentleman. But there are two hun?
dred and odd men here who are as true
representatives of the people as the*
gentleman from Edgefield, He threat?
ened us with a volcono-"
Captain Tillman: "I deny that I
threatened; I only warned."
Continuing, Colonel Haskell said:
"This self-constituted champion cf the
people-"
Captain Tillman, interrupting: "I do
not represent anybody but myself.*'
Colonel Haskell : "I once told the
gentleman I thought his party was con?
tained under his bat; Tm glad that he
has come to my way of thinking."
[Laughter.]
Mr. Tillman: "Will you say that the
expenditures of 1S87 were not ?247,000
more than in 1880? I dare you to say
so."
Colonel Haskell, smiling, after a mo?
ment replied, ''I will say so."
Captain Tillman: "You see the issue "
At this point Captain Tillman was
called to order at the instance of dele?
gates.
Col. Haskell, continuing, challenged
him to prove his assertions, and explain?
ed that in the year referred to there
was a surplus in the treasury, and that
in making the appropriations the use of
this surplus obviated the necessity of
levying the usual tax, so that for this
year the levy was much less than usual.
But the appropriation bill is the true
criterion of expenditures, for no money
can be expended except so appropriated,
aod it is a penal offense for any State
officer to exced this amount. He then
stated that the appropriation bill had
been for an almost unvarying amount
during all these years. Touching more
particularly upon the question at issue,
he said the primary would be subver?
sive of the whole State's having fair
representation. If the plurality plan
were adopted the voice of the majority !
would never be secured. If the major?
ity plan, the people would be worn out.
Every member who sits here is as true
a representative of the Democracy of
South "Carolina as any other man, I
care not who he may be, or who he may
represent. If he wiil come forth
manfully and tell exactly what he can
do to help^the agricultural or any other
interest in the State, he will find all
ready to do so. He should not come
here with vague charges, wild demon?
strations and glittering generalities.
ANOTHER LAURENS MAN.
Mr. Cannon supported Captain Till?
man and argued for primary at some
length. If it did not prove satisfactory
the people can go back to the old
system. What the people need is po?
litical education.
SENATOR MURRAY
was the next speaker, and made a forci?
ble and logical argument against thc
primary system. He said unless some
advantage was gained from thc change
proposed it seemed to him it would be
wise to stay wLere they were. Re?
trenchment and reform was asked for,
but he didn't see how it could be secur?
ed by the primary. The fault, if there
was any, was in the Legislature.
Under the primary system only men
of means could go into the canvass.
But there was a still greater objection.
There was no law in South Carolina to
protect the purity of the primary.
There was no way to guarantee that its
results were a true expression of the
people.
Being interrupted by Captain Till?
man by a question if such a bill had not
been before the Legislature, Senator
Murray said it had been defeated io a
great measure by the votes of fanners.
Arutv.ing colloquy ensued, in which
Captain Tillman said that farmers came
to the Legislature pledged to support a
separate agricultural college and went
j straight back on it. There was some?
thing in the air of Columbia that de?
moralized them.
Mr. Murray, continuing, : aid that
the up country would not be benefitted
by the adoption of the primary system.
Why, his judicial district, the Eighth,
now bad four out of the eight chief
State officers. He didn't think they
would fare as well under the primary
system. He opposed the primary plan
because it was too cumbersome ; it
would not be protected, and only weal
, thy men under it could aspire to office.
He did D?t think there had been
marked increase in State expenditu
Captain Tillman, interrupting, o
ed if he had control of the penitent
to make it bring in $40,000 a yea
the State, as he said it used to do,
stead of being as bc,claimed an "an
to the Columbia canal."
Mr. Murray suggested if he wi
give a bond to do all he claimed
could it would be turned over to
and he would be elected Superintend
cf the Penitentiary.
THE CLOSE OE THE DESATE.
Major Ernest Gary spoke against
primary and made some excell
points.
At this stage there were repea
cries of ''Question," and Captain 1
man, who was seeking in vain tc
heard, shouted, "You may gag
here, but meet me before the people.
On motion of Colonel John C. E
kell he was allowed to be heard, i
continued his vigorous assault on
present system at some length,
said there had been something s
about the trouble of the primary. 1
Czar of Kussia saved his people
trouble but to pay taxes and to stop b
lets. There were some in South Ca
lina who wished to save its people
thoable cf governing themselves.
Colonel Haskel!, who had sent for I
records, made a statemeut showing tl
while the appropriations in 1879 w<
$900,000, in'lSSG they were but ?75?
000. In the first there was a direct ;
propriation of ?75,000 for the penit?
tiary, which was not included in I
last. Adding this, the figures in IS
would be but ?825,000, still ?75,0
less than in 1879.
. Captain Tillman interrupted i
called for the Comptroller Genera
report, though Colonel Haskell expiai
ed to him that the appropriations ea
year were the only true criterion to go 1
THE VOTE TAKEN.
On the question of adopting the sc
stitute offered by Mr. Graves, rejecti
the unfavorable report of the commit!
and adopting the resolution providi
for primary, a division W?S called f<
The result was ayes 8o, noes 207 ;
the substitute was lest.
On the adoption of the com mit te
unfavorable report the vote was tak
by acclamation and it was adopted in
similar overwhelming fashion.
A PRELIMINARY CANVASS.
Major Buist presented the followii
resolution, offered by Senator Murra
with the favorable report of the coi
mittee :
Resolved, That it is the sense of tl
convention that the candidates for Go
ernor and Lieutenant Governor shou
be afforded an opportunity formally
address the people of the State befo
the election of delegates to the nomin
ting convention in each election year,
the end that their views upon pub]
questions may be known in advance
the nomination.*, and to that end tl
constitution of thc Democratic party
South Carolina be and the same is her
by amended by adding thereto the fe
lowing section to wit:
"The State Executive Com mitti
shall in each year iu which an electi-:
for Governor and Lieutenant. Govern'
occurs appoint at least one public cree
ing in each Congressional Distric
which fcba?l be publicly announced oi
mooth before the day for holding th
same, which shall be not more tha
three months nor less than one mont
before the meeting of the State nomin:
ting convention, at which all of the cai
didates for Governor or Lieutenant Go^
ernor shall be expected to address tli
people, ?nd the State Executive Con:
mittee shall make such arrangemen!
for th .se meetings as they may deei
proper."
The committee recommended th
adoption of the resolution and that th
constitution of the party be amended a
provided for. The convention adoptei
the report of the committee and passel
the resolutions.
AN UNFAVORABLE REPORT
of the committee on resolutions on tb
following was adopted:
Whereas several counties have ex
pressed a desire to nominate State ofli
cer.s by primary election, while other
have decided that such a method woul<
be cumbersome and inconvenient,
Therefore, as a compromise betweei
conflicting opinion, be it,
Resulted, That all persons whosi
names are offered for nomination in th<
Democratic State Convention wiil be ex
pectcd to address said convention arie
answer questions asked by the mern ben
thereof, before--a vote is taken on saic
nomination.
The committee's report was as fol?
lows :
The Committee on Resolutions, tc
whom was referred the accompanying
resolution to require all candidates foi
nomination to ?tate offices to address
the convention before the nominations
are made, beg leave to report that thev
have carefully considered the same, and
recommend that the same do not pass.
An unfavorable report was also made
on thc resolution ftiered by Mr. Gary
of Abbeville providing for the election
of members of the State Executive
Committee at the present State Conven?
tion, and thc convention endorsed thc
unfavorable report; so the r?solution
was lost. Perhaps to emphasize the
matter, thc original copy of the resolu?
tion was also lost in committee.
CONGRESSIONAL AND JUDICIAL.
The following resolution, presented
by Mr. Ellis G. Graydon of Abbeville,
was reported on favorably by the com?
mittee and adopted by thc convention,
after some discussion and an attempt to
fix thc date at issue at August 1st:
Resolved hy this Convention, That
the constitution of thc Democratic
party of Sont ii Carolina bc amended
by striking out tho second proviso of
tho last pariigrup'i of tho tlii: teo;:lh
article tlic: oof, which is in those
words: Provided further, that T?O
election, cither for delegates to a con?
vention or under a primary plan, ; hall
be hereafter held prior to the iirst day
of September in every year.
The committee's report was as fol?
lows :
The committee on resolutions, to
whopi was referred thc foregoing reso?
lution to repeal the second proviso of
the last paragraph of the thirteenth
article of the constitution of the party,
relating to the nominations of candi?
dates for Congress und for Solicitor,
begged leave to resentfully rep
that they had carefull^ronsidered I
same and recommend that the same
pass.
ENDORSING CLEVELAND AND TARIFE !
FORM.
Tbe following resolutions, offer
by Major Buist of Charleston, w<
with the exception of the sixth,
the recommendation of the committ
appointed, unanimously adopted:
Resolved, 1st, That the Democra
party of the State of South Carolina
State Convention assembled do here
express their unqualified approbate
of the administration of Preside
Cleveland and their desire for ?
renomination and re-election.
Resolved, 2d, That in Preside
Cleveland the Democracy of Sou
Carolina recognize an exalted type
American manhood, inasmuch as '.
is mindful of official responsibilitie
fearless in official action and steadfa
in the face of importunity.
Resolved, 3d, That President Clev
land, in his public life, exemplifies tl
simplicity without parsimony, tl
dignity without ostentation, the se
respect without exclusiveness, whii
should mark the character and condu
of one who is higher than all otb
rulers, in being the embodiment
the sovereign majesty cf more thi
60,000,000 people.
Resolved, 4th, That the enorme
excess of public revenue over the n
cessary and proper public expenditu
is in itself a startling evidence
needless and therefore unjust tax
tion. Tue millions so withdrawn fro
trade and industry are barren of I
gilimate fruit, and are in themselv
a menace to the business of the who
country.
Resolved, 5th, That the message
President Cleveland, advocating a r
duction in the revenue, by iowerin
the taxation on the necessaries of lif
and the raw material ot manufactur
meets with our hearty and thoron^
approval as a statesmanlike and pia'
tical way in which the "ovcrburdene
people can be relieved without injin
to labor or danger to capital.
? Resolved, 6th, That, recognizing tr
I necessity for concessions in order 1
secure a liberal measure of tariff r
! form, we give to the tariff bill, repor
ed by the Committee on Ways an
Means and known as the Mills bil
our cordial approval, and urge tl
Democracy of the country to accer
( it as a measure which will make li:
easier to the people at large, increas
the opportunities of manufacturen
and maintain the present high pos
tion of enlightened American labor.
THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The Committee on Resolutions t
whom was referred the accompanyin
.-resolutions endorsing President Cievi
land's administration and tariff refjri
beg leave respectfully to report th?
they have carefully considered th
same and recommend that the resoli
tions be amended by striking out th
sixth resolution, and that as soauieni
ed the resolutions do pass.
After passing a resolution of thank
tu lion. Y. J. Pope fur the able an
I impartial manner fn which he lia
i discharged the duties of chairman, th
convention adjourned sine die at 7:4
P. M., having achieved a record fo
prompt dispatch of business, haime
nious action and evident appr?ciatif
of the highest needs of the Democrat
ic party in South Carolina equalled b;
few previous conventions and cxcell
ed by none.-Register.
The Slfeci of Bond Purchase*
on the Treasury.
When thc Sccretaay issued his offe:
to buy bonds, the Treasury surplus, a;
stated io the official statement, was ?105
225,000. Since theo it has 3actuate<
between ?110;000,000 and $102,000
000. According to the statement is
sued yesterday it was ?105,400,000, oi
I slightly in excess of what it was wher
! thc buying of bonds began, showing
j that the excess of receipts over expend?
! turcs during the period stated, wa<
greater by 175,000 than the aaiuunt ex
peoded up to yesterday in the purchase
I of bonds. It understood that this ap?
parent failure to reduce the surplus had
considerable to do with the action o!
Acting Secretary Thompson io accepfc
: iug over $7,000,000 of bonds at higher
I rates than had previously been
paid. $127 was paid for four percent,
bones, and ?108 for four aud a-half per
cents. Heretofore 12G-J and 107J re?
spectively were thc highest prices paid,
and many large offers were rejected in
cases where the rates were the same as
those accented.
The disbursement3 on account of pur?
chases will bri ti the surplus below
?100,000,000. it is known that Sec?
retary jj-ursbild is di=n:>s:.'d to buy
heavily, but it is intimated at thc de
par tm cat that it is nor, likely he will
go above the rates unless specially im?
pelled thereto by thc interests of gov?
ernment. - Wash i nylon Lcficr io Bolto.
American.
A Practical Way.
A New York correspondent of the
Charleston News lias a suifyrestion to
make touching the most successful
meany to secure immigration to the
South. Hesides the associations
which will bo forme?! in each State,
ho advises tho organization of aux?
iliary associations in each comity as
wd! Then more goner::l interest
will ho aroused in inc movement, and
lhere wi!! nc a rivalry nut univ among
the States bul among thc counties as
well;
To brirvg immigrants to the South
it is necessary that they sh-siiM be
provided with huid on tere.s tija!, will
lie easy The. correspondent of lim
News makes a suggesiiori i:> this rrs
Dcet whien is worth heeding. Mc
! urges (he ?orma?ien into a committee
; of a reasonable nu m ocr cf land Own-j
"is in nach eena ty, and this commit.-;
tee will select a traci of land weil :
I watered, timbered and fairly open to j
j cultivation. This tract can then be j
I subdivided into small k> ;s which j
j may be sold on cany payrnci.'s. This !
j strikes us a?! eminently practical, and .
' wc commend it to the consideration j
i of thc gentlemen in North 'Carolina !
! who are interested in promoting thc
\ interests of the immigration Conven
! lion.- WiUdnyion Messenger.
Our State Contemporaries.
Farmers.
Columbia Register.
Once upon a time it was thought
through the State that Farmer Bratten,
and Farmer Hagood, and Farmer Dun?
can, and Farmer Woodward, and Farm?
er Humbert, and Farmer Grafton, and
Farmer Watts, and Farmer Mciver
knew something about farmers and
farming, but it has been recently dis?
covered that they are small potatoes,
aud that B 0. Duncan, and Farmer
Hemphill, and Farmer Wailace, and
Farmer Wiiliams, and Farmer Crews
are the oracles of the agricultural inter?
ests. What a pity these simon-pure
agriculturists did uot come to the front
before. How much loss would have
been averted.
Greenville ffetcs.
Exactly. We agree with our esteem?
ed friend thoroughly. The farmers of
this State trusted implicitly to the more
distinguished farmers named and kept
most of them in office during repeated
terms% But they have not been re?
markably efficient, and now men who
hold no offices and get no public pap
and who ask for neither, are taking
their turn and trying to express what
they find the farmers want and to de?
mand that those wants be met.
Farmer Watts, of the first Register
list, the only one of them all, we be?
lieve, who has not recently been in
office, is-hcart and eoul with the posi?
tions taken by Hemphill, Wallace,
Williams and Crews. Farmers Hum?
bert and Crayton are probably generally
ou the same line although they are out
of politics.
In any event, however, we have an
idea that Farmers Norris, Tillman,
Donaldson, Wallace, Crew3, Hemphill,
Williams and others are fully as com?
petent to speak for the farmers of the
State as Farmers Davis, Calvo, Gon?
zales, Butler, McBryde, Dawson and
Emlyn.
39 ow or Never ! v
Coll?n Plant.
The opportunity is now presented for
the establishment of an agricultural
college in the State, and it is for the
farmers of the State to say whether this
grand opportunity-one that rarely
comes to thc people of a State-shall be
embraced. It is the first time South
[ Carolina has ever bee? so near the ac?
complishment of so splendid an advance
in her industrial progress and in her up?
lifting from the sloughs of lethargy and
despondency. We have been traveling
in the wrong direction too long. The
order now is about face and quick time.
Let ?very farmer be up and doing, for
the time is at hand when the agricul
j turists of the State shall either make a
I grand step forward or a deplorable and
I irretrievable one backward. -If the
I farmers of the State desire a college of
their own, now is the time to secure it.
Be not deceived into the belief that Mr.
Clemson's bequest places the question
beyond peradventure. True, the estab?
lishment of a college to be sustained by
the Fort Hill money and property, in?
dependent of the State, is provided for
in the will in case the State does not
accept its provisions. But ; without
State aid it cannot be the complete in?
stitution every farmer should desire and
which the State needs and should-have.
The question is : Are not the farmers
entitled to this aid at the hands of the
State ? Does not the great industry,
that is the underlying, sustaining, sup?
porting foundation of all other busi?
nesses deserve every possible encourage?
ment and help at the hands of the pub?
lic ? If we compare statistics is not
the farming industry more entitled to
it than any other? There is but one
answer. The farmers now occupy the
vantage ground, but the danger is that
of beiDg too confident, and thereby
letting the splendid promise go by de?
fault or by the taatics of the sleepless
opposition. We already see their guns
directed at Fort Hill. In the houses of
the legislature next winter the question
tioc must be decided. The farmers
can win the fight if they will. Know
who and what you vote for in selecting
men for the House or Senate. Let
there be no laggardness or carelessness.
Before you vote for a man for thc Leg?
islature, test him by the certain rule,
and if he is not in favor of fall justice
to the college, leave him out-none of
the weak-kneed milk and water sap
headed sort who can be swayed to aud
fro with courteous politeness, smiles
and champagne. Send men of abilitv
and character and firmness who have
the will and the courage to do the clean
thing without quibbling, dilly-dallying
or compromise. Let every farmer re?
member that the opportunity is now at
hand to secure a fall-fledged, well
equipped, simon pure agricultural col?
lege without increasing taxes an rota.
Prompt and decisive action on the part
of the farmers and their friends will se?
cure it. Lukewarmness and a false
sense of security may cripple and dwarf
.the institution io such an extent that it
will fall far short of being made one of
great usefulness to thc people and the
State. Now i?. the time to secure a
rJrst class agricultural college. Its es?
tablishment will mark au era in the
history of the State. It will do more
to develop her resources than any insti?
tution now in existence.
A Cotton Press in Georgetown.
Georgetown Enquirer.
A mcctiuc of the business men of
?lcot-retown was held at thc Towu Hall
Monday morning io consider a propo?
sition from Mr. Wm. Graves for the
erection of .-i cort?n compress. Bricuy
stated Mr. Grave's scheme is as follows:
has organized a company io Nev
York, chartered under State laws, with !
a capital stuck of $50,000. They pro- J
po e to issue ?30,000 in bonds. They !
have purchased a cotton compress, for
which they have paid ?;'-5.000 in stock
and ?25r,0C0 in bonds. They proj.-oso ?
that the ciriz-n* of Georgetown shall J
subscribe ?7.<^';0 to pay transportation j
expenses and erect the necessary build?
ings. For this they will issue to the j
subscribers ?10,00 of stock and ?5,000 j
in bonds. The press is said to be on '
the way to Georgetown, thc schooner j
G. ll. Congdon having been chartered j
for the purpose of bringing it. The j
meting adjourned without taking any j
action lt is not likely that Mr Graves ;
will obtain any subscriptions to the
terprise on the terms proposed by b
He also requested the Land Associ?t
to donate to the company a water fr
of 200 feet on the west side of the r;
road in consideration of his erecting
press. The association refused te g
the land on the water front, but offe
Mr. Graves an equal quantity of h
along the line of the railroad a sh
distance from tbe river. Mr. Gra
declined the offer. It is not kno
what course be will now adopt to sect
the local support which he says is dee
ed necessary.
Immigration and the Catholics
Greenwood Tribune.
Some weeks ago the Press and B?
ner made an attack upon the Immigi
tion Convention at Hot Springs, N. (
alleging that it was a scheme gotten
by the Catholic clergy to bring th
followers dow'o in masses upon ns, sm
us "hip and thigh," possess our "gooc
inheritance" and lead our children it
a sort of Babylonish captivity. Abc
a column was devoted to this sheer no
sense, and we had hoped that our neig
bor, seeing the error of its ways, won
be right-minded enough to hold
peace upon this subject. But lo a:
behold ! here comes the Associate B
formed Presbyterian, whom we lc:
expected to aid ia this persecution, wi
a ctuestion from the Washington Poi
cryog in spirit, if not in words, "I
ain't dead ? He ain't dead ! Hit 'i
again !" Whereupon the Press ai
Banner begins to hammer away on
mere. Now if these papers object
immigration, why do they not fight
upon its own merits and demerits ? WI
do they sow the seeds of intolerance as
hatred between Protestants and Cath
lies ? Why descend to attributing ii
proper motives to a certain denomic
tion, in order to prove a propositior.
The idea of the Catholics overturnii
our institutions, and making 'hewers
wood and drawers of water' of 01
children is too utterly absnrd to 1
considered. As to the legal or mor
right of the Board of Agriculture to a
propriate f?nde to immigration schem
we are not concerned, but we see i
reason why one denomination or a cia
of them should assume the arbitra:
privilege of judging the motives of a
other. The Catholics may have fault
but let that denomination that 'is wit:
out guilt, cast the first stone' of coi
demnation. Let ns examine well 01
own doorsteps before we undertake
sweep that of the Catholics.
What Has that Got to Do With il
Greenville Newe.
In commenting with its accus tomi
violence, on the subscription by tl
Board of Agriculture of |l,000 to tl
Southern immigration'organization, tl
Abbeville Press and Banner says :
'It will be noted that the officers 1
this Protestant country subscribe
?1,000 of this people's money in fui
therance of the above noted scheme/
The Due West Presbyterian and tb
Newberry Observer talk on the same linc
As a matter of fact this is not *
Protestant conn try" or a Protestai
State. In the eyes of the govern mei
all religions and beliefs stand on exact
ly the same ground, the only require
ment being a decent respect for th
practically universal belief of the peopl
in a Supreme Being, Omnipotent an
Holy.
There are some kinds of Soman Catii
olics we do not want in the South, JUE
as there are some kinds of Protestant
and some kinds of Jews we do not want
We have DO need or place for hordes 0
Italian or English or Irish or-Germai
or French peasants, or for colonies 0
Polish or Kassian Jews. But the mat
ter .of religion or belief has no prope:
place in the discussion and ought no
to be considered. It is other qnalifica
tions to which we should attend.
As a newspaper printed in a comma
ni ty where Protestantism is in over
whelming preponderance we do not hes?
itate to say that any number of Romar
Catholic 'immigrants will be welcome
here provided they are industrious
honest, thrifty people with the mean*
and habits to make them useful citizeni
and valuable helpers in the work ol
building up the country. We do not
believe there will be anywhere in this
section any more enquiry of the reli?
gion of the right kind of a man than
o cs
there would be of his politics.
We are sorry to see talk of that kind
entering into the discussion of this
question among intelligent newspapers,
lt is likely to create an impression that
we are about two hundred years behind
the rime and have not yet reached the
period of time wherein men of all
churches and creeds can stand and work
together on a basis of common Amer?
icanism, common intorests and common
hopes for now and hereafter.
Stat? Alliance.
Florence Times.
The Farmers' Alliance is making a
greater progress than any other organ?
ization now in existence. It coramauds
the attention and patronage cf the
farming class because of the practical
benefits that will result to each member,
which now is not generally understood,
because of the short time it has been
organized in these parts. One of the
prime features of the Alliance is its
facility for setting the price on farm
products instead cf it being set for
them, as has been the case heretofore,
in a hundred other ways do benefits
accrue, that can only be understood by
an active membership in the Alliance.
Wherever its principles have become
known, it has spead as rapidly as fire
i:i the woods cn a windy day ; and were
not- resclt3 foreseen that will make it- of
cumhi.'icd and individual interest, it
certainly would never have made the
progress it has. Sub A'liances arc
formed in the counties, these Sub-Alli?
ances form a county Alliance, and now
it is proposed to form a State Alliance.
The fellowing letter, received yester?
day, shows that a State Alliance is
called to meet on the 11th July, and
we are indeed glad to know that Flor?
has been selected as the place for that
mee?ing. In advai.^e of definite ar?
rangements being made, we assure the
farmers they shall have all the accom?
modation they need, all that accommo?
dation shall be of the best. Here is
thc letter that shows what an important
body of farmers will congregate in our
town OB the 11th July :
G. H. Prince, Esq., Florence, 81 ?.
Dear Sir: The President of Che??*
terfield County. Farmers/ Alliance bas
issued a cali to the Alliance men" of
Sooth Carolina to meet in your town, on
Wednesday, July, 11th, 1888, for the.
purpose of organizing a State AH?anc?
Can we obtain a suitable hall for say y
200 persons ; if so, at what price?
There will be at' least 100 delegates;
and if R. R.- fare and hall rates are
reasonable, as m2ny more will attend:
Please let me hear froin you as soon
as possible. Yours, &c,
G. J. REDFEABN, Sec: C; C. F- Af
? Visit to- Catawba Falls.
Camden Journal.
About ten days ago, in comp?ny'
with: Mr. T. R. Cantey; of Cunde?,
and Mr. F. G. Perry; of Liberty Bili,
we bad the pleasure of visiting the Ca?
tawba Falls. We had heard a geod
deal of the broken country; the bean
tifal scenery, the big rocks, the rushing,
surging waters, etc , but We ?-ouldlftt
begin to appreciate the fact that such;
grand and beautiful scenery was so near
us until we went and saw it with* eat
own eyes."
After leaving Liberty r3?? the co'tra*
try becomes aseries of bills and valleys,
each succeeding hill getting higher than
tBe other until they assume the propoir
sions of ;smali mountains. The land?
scape that is presented to the eye from
the top of Mountain Island is like tbatv
from a peak on the Blue Ridge Moun?
tains. For miles and miles it looks as
if the whole country were a continuous
range of mountains, unti^, the vision is
lest in the distance. ?fc?
The Great Falk of Jthe. CaSwW are
along side el this island, and the' view
up the river isr grand! The ?rater
plunges and surges down ag if it would
tear up the huge rocks that obstruct its'
course, but- they are too large tb be
moved, and stand as firm as a mountain.
The scenery here is indeed pictur?
esque. Both banks of the river are
very steep, and the huge rocks are
piled op on top of each other until in
many placer they reach the height (we
are told) of over 200 feet. From all
the Crevices tn the rocks are growing
trees and quantities of mountain ivy.
At this season the ivy is in full bloom?
.with its great clusters of white flowers,
thus making the scene present the ap?
pearance of a beautiful picture of a wild
and ragged mountain landscape. It
will have to be seen to be properly ap?
preciated.
On the west side of the river on top
?of the binn7, are to be seen the ruins of
old fort Dearboroe, which was an
American fort daring the Revolution?
ary war. For many years after the
Revolution the government kept a small
garrison there but it was Anally aban?
doned and permitted to go to decay.
When Sherman 's army passed there
during his march through South Car?
olina in 1865 they burned ali tba
house?, and now it is a pile of ruins.
! From the old fort a splendid view pre?
sents itself. For miles and miles in
every direction the eye can wander
over rich fields and green Valleys, while
upon the hilltops here and there ate the
houses of the residents.
the Third Party?
j The Columbia signers of the Prohi?
bition Convention of Sooth Carolina
met in the Y. M. C. A. Hal! on 17th
instant and discussed vari?os matters
relating to the movement. Commit?
tees of arrangement were appointed.
The question as to a third parfy;<
came np and it was generally declar?
ed that no such purpose was TU view.
A resolution was adopted urgently
requesting those in sympathy with
the cause of prohibition, to be present
at the Convention next week.
A preparatory meeting will be held
next Monday night to make some
final arrangements and to listen to an
address by a distinguished prohibi?
tionist.
The following subjects were sug?
gested for discussion by the Conven?
tion :
1. The organization of a State
Temperance Alliance.
2. The introduction bylaw into the
public schools of the study of th?
effects of alcohol on the human sys?
tem.
3. The more thorough and syste?
matic circulation of temperance liter?
ature throughout the State
4. The proper methods of enforcing
the existiig license and prohibitory
laws.
5. The importance of working
within the Democratic party to se
sure the election of candidates repre?
senting the principles of temperance
and prohibition.-Columbia, Record,
im.
-^m' ? ? i -
The Governor has offered a reward of
$200 for the apprehension and convic?
tion of the party or parties, unknown,
who murdered Joseph James, ta Dar?
lington County, on May 8th, 1S8S.
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Bismarck's XTajjTililcciit Phj-s??n*?.
The appearance of Bismarck, who i?
not only a famous man, a prince, sand a
general, but who is chancellor of the em?
pire as well, makes tiro populace gasp. X
I venture to assert that nowhere in the
world can a man of 73 years be found
who compares with this magnificent
looking leader. The perfect command
that he exercises Over himself in addition
to pulling the noses and patting the backs
of tho nations was shown .last winter
when the Iron Chancellor reduced his
weight thirty-five pounds by a course of
training that would have staggered a
collegian.
??The full significance of this feat,'*
one of the prince's physicians said to mo
the other day, **wi!J not strike yon till
you call all the conditions into view, ft
shows after ail that three score years and
ten is hy no means a goal to bo dreaded.
A man's age is wliat he makes it, accord?
ing to Prince Bismarck. Still when'a
man is in his 72d year it looks like fool?
hardiness to suddenly reverse all oki and
methodical habits, take ice cold baths al
daybreak, have cold meat and cc kl tea
for breakfast, let wines and beer drop
out of existence, and do an amount of*
violent exercise that would wear out a
S0-year-old laborer. "
The hard physical work winch the
chancellor has passed through in order
to get bis weight down l?as left him a
picture of erect and sturdy manhood.
He gives the be even to the most coro