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TSE SUMTER WATCDMAN, Established April, 1SS0. Consolidate? Ans:. 2, 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jofi?, tfef SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1890. New Series-Vol. IX So, 40? Publics! ssery Wetoesday, IN. Gr. OSTE?N, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS: Two Dollars per an nu m-in advance. A D V X R T I S B M B X 7 8 . Que Square, first insertion.$1 00 ?very subsequent insertion. 50 Contr?ete;-forthree mon t-?ia, or longer will be made a^'|??aced rates. AU communications vrhkrh subserve private interests .willbe charged for aa advertisements. ObitoarSPa??tributes of respect will be charged for. ?. I. HOTT. H. A. HOYT C. I. n07T & BRO. Gold and Silver Watches, Ql'ttfr*; Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, kc. * REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1 la. E. LEGRAND, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, t SUMTES, & C. THE UNDERSIGNED gives notice to the citizens cf Sumter and vicini'y that he ?as opened business ic the store on Main Street n?xt North of E. P. Ricker & Co., where be is prepared to do any work .pertain? ing to Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry, and guarantee satisfaction in same. Watcbes.de magu?iixed by electricity, and key-w?oders changed to stem-winders. A call is solicited. L. E. LeGJRAND. ; March 5 _A_ ATTENTION! Citizens of Sumter and Vicinity! J. M. WINGATE & CO. Bare opened a BMsil ai MwiM Slop. At the old stand of John I Brtns?oi-. on Re? publican Street, opposite Graham's S?afctes, guarantee to do first class work irs every de par traen t of their business, and ask the pat? ronage of the citizens of Sumter and vicinity Gir? us a trial. Come and get first dasi work at bottom prices. Feb. 12._ _ A. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency, Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPCOL k LONDON & GLOBE. 50RYH BRITISH k MERCANTILE. ?OME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented, $75,000,000. Feb. 12 ._; _ A. B. STUCKEY. JOHN T. GREEN. STUCKEY & BREEN, Attorneys at Law, SUMTER, s. c. March 26 J. D. KENNEDY, Attorney at Law, CAMDEN, S. C. Will practice in Kershaw and aoja cent counties. Mob. 12. SHAVING DONE BY ELECTRICITY C. G. REDID S, Next door to T. C. Scaffe. Ian 1 GET MONEY FROM YOUR BEES. Jrp YOU WANT YOUR BEES TO PAY L you a nrofit, get tbe new appliances for eeping them. HIVES, FRAMES, SEC? TIONS, FOUNDATIONS, fcc, at bottom prices. Send for price list to J. P. H. BROWN, Augusta, *_?:t. N. B.-Beeswax taken in exchange for sup? plies. Mob. 5. Dr. T. ISTBOOKEART, DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Bultman k Bro.'? Shoe Store. ENTRANCE ON MAIN STREET. SUMTER. S. C. Office Honrs-9 to 1:30 ; 2 30 to 5. April 17-o Qt. W. DICK,Hi. D. S? Office over Bogie's New Store, XXTRAKCB ON MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. Office Hoars.-9 to 1.30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8 For the following " well-known and reliable FIRE Insurance Companies, And solicit a share of the FIRS INSURANCE BUSINESS. , 2- ? % * ?Ti-' Our rates are as low and our policies as liberal as any first class Insurance Companies. THE QUEEN, of England. THE KORWICH UNI?N, of England. THE NIAGARA, ' of New York. THE CONTINENTAL, of New York. THE NORTH AMERICAN, of Philadelphia. THE GIRARD, of Philadelphia. : THE MERCHANTS, of Newark, N. J. ALTAMONT MOS I STILL CONTINUE To keep a first class stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE. -THE BARGAINS i are too numerous to enumerate. I invite the attention of close buyers who desire first class goods. Call special attention to our Butler and Teas. ALTAMONT MOSES. Feb 12. E. CARDARELL!, MANUFACTURER OF T?KT"W AnE!3 ROOFING, GUTTERING, CORNICES, ETC. Sheet iron, Brass and Cop? per Metal Work, Pumps and Lamps of every de? scription. Only the best of workmen employed, and the best of material used. Every? thing done under my own supervision, and all work guaranteed. PRICES THE LOWEST. EOE, ICE, SOE, Kept during the season and w411 be delivered to holders of tickets. E. CARDARELL!, Corner Maia and Republican S:r?fts, Sumter, S C. April 30 MACHINERY.' W. K. GIB3ES, J8.5 & CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE AGENTS FOR LIDDELL & CO.'S Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills. Sec. Deering Harvesting Machinery, Thomas Rakes, Wind Mills, Ice Plants, Cane Mills and Evaporators, Wood-working Machinery. [a fact anything, from a Piow l'oint to a Cotton Seed Oil Mill AT BOTTOM PRICES. A fair p:i(io allowed for old engines iu exchange for new out fitts w. ?ft it KID, Mayeavllle, S 0 Agent for Sumter and Kershaw Co s and Clarendon, East of Central K R May 7-x_ DRESSMAKING, LADIES' DRESSES CUT AND MADE in the latest style; fit and v.o'k war? ranted and satisfaction guaranteed, by Miss Ade'e Osteen, Republican streft. opposite Harhy Avenue. Prices as reasonable HS good work tun be dose for. Feb 8 NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. The reason RADA M'S MICROBE KILLER is the most wonderful med? icine, is beca ".se it has never faned in any in? stance, no matter what the disease, from LEPRO? SY to th? simplest disease known to tbs human system. The scientific men of to-day claim and prove that every disease is CAUSED BY MICROBES, AND RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER Exterminates the Microbes and drives them out of the system, and when that is done you cannot have an ache or pain. No matter what the disease, whether a simple case of Malarial F?jver or a combination of diseases, we cure them all at the s::me time, as we treat all diseases constitutionally. Asthma, Consumption, Catarrh, Bronchitis. Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver Disease, Chills and Fever, Fe? male Troubles, in all its forms, and, in fact, every disease knowu to the human system. Beware i Mist Imitations ! See that our Trade-Mark (same ag above) appears on each jug. Send for book "History of the Microbe Killer,'' given away by Dr. A. J. Cbina, Druggist, Sole Agent. J m 22 !y5s Cream baSm Cleanses the ?Tasal Passages. Al? lays Li?fimma?o?i. Heals the Sore3. Restores the Senses of Taste, Sme)l and Hearing. Is acrreettb?e. IVi??-../>... r?t i.lrc:ciis:-? or by rasii. ELY BJ80TH3 i : .' Warren Sc .Nev.- ?cifc TBS S?MOSP 3A?I03AL BASE, OF SUMTER. STATE, Ct TV AX:) COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, .SUMTER, S. C. P?id tip Capital . . " . . . ?75,(>00 00 Surplus Fund. 7,500 00 Transarts a Geriernl Banking Business. Careful artt-ntior given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of Si and upwards received. In? terest allowed >it the rnte of 4 per cent per annum. Pavanle quarterly, on 6rst days of Januarv, April, Juiv and October. R. M. WALLACE, Vice President. fr L S CARSON', Aug. 7. Cashier. j" HIS?illi, SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Bulking business. Also hrs A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of Si.00 and upwards received. Intered calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payanle quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. WHITE. JR., PresiJent. Cashier. J Aag 21. TAL BOTT & SiiNS, RICHMOND, VA., MANUFACTURERS, Wi!! fumi>li lowest estimates on all kitids of machinery : ENGINES AND BOILERS, SAW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS, COTTON GINS, PRESSES AND ELEVATORS, BRICK AND TILING MACHINERY PLA N E R S A N D WOO D-W ? J R K - INO MACHINERY. Write to me f?!r prices before buying. V. C. BADHAM, General Agen', Feb lO-o Columbia. S. C. Merchant Tailor, Opposite tho Opera House, COLUMBIA, S, C , Hi* now in store the finest stock of piece goods cv. r offered t.y him. v. di? h will !.(. made up to or.iel in the U-st >? v Ic and iv h prompt? ness. Sati>fjc?i<?li Kuar?nteed. Au t.\.:i:ji nafion of <.?.'. !; ?? ::. i ;:?.!. The public are invited t<> c.-i!! and in? spect our new .-t?? ck of Sprigg zsnd kzuum:-? MILLINERY. Children's and Infants' Lare Caps. FLOWERS, FEATHERS AND RIBBONS, TRI MAI ED A N I) ["NJ RIMMED Hats and Bonnets, ZEPHYRS /.V A LL COLORS AM) SHADI::;. Orders intrusted to cir c:>re will r?'-<-ivo I rompt attention. MRS. WHITE & MISS MILLER. April 0 Ey Capt. CHARLES EDTGr, ?. S. A. Author of " Dunraven Ranch," "The Colo? nel's Daughter" "Marions Faith" ?Vc , ?Vc. I p^pyright, by J. B. Lippincctt Company, Plata I delphia. nvA published by special iirruu^ament j wi til cii em. J 1COXTIN?SD.1 Talk of it he had to. Tho major early that morning asked him, as they were going to the matinee: "Have you seen Elayne yet?" "Not since he reported on the parade yesterday," was the curt reply. "Well, I suppose you will send men to help him get those quarters into habita? ble shape?** "I will, of_courso, major, if he ask it. I don't propose sending men to do such work for an officer unless the request come." "l?o is entitled to that consideration, Rayner, and I think the men should be sent to him. Ee is hardly likely to ask. " "Then he is less likely to get them," Raid the captain, shortly, for, except the post commander* he well knew that no o??iecr could order it to be done. He was angry at the major for interfering. They were cid associates and had entered ser? vice almost at the same time, but his friend had the better luck in promotion and was now.his battalion commander. Rayner made an excuse of stopping to j speak with the officer of the day, and I the major went on without liku. Ile j was a quiet old soldier; ho wanted no i i disturbance with his troubled friend, i and. like a sensible man. he turned the J mattel over to their common superior, i in a very few words, before the arrival j of the general audience. It was this that had caused the colonel to turn quietly to Rayner and say, in tlie most matter of fact way: "Oh. Capt. Rayner, I presume Mr. Kayne -?viii need three or four men to help him get his quarters in shape. I I suppose you have already thought tc j send them?" j And Rayner flushed, and stammered, I "They have not gone yet, sir; but I liad -thought of it." Later, when the-sergeant sent t!ic re? quired detail he reported to the captain in the company office in five minutes: i "The lieutenant's compliments and thanks, lut he does not need the men." The dinner at thc colonel's, quiet as it : was and with only eight at table, was au affair of almost momentous importance to Mr. Elayne. It was the iirst thing of ? j the kimi he had attended in five years, j and though he well knew that it was in- ; tended hy tho cavalry commander more especially aa a recognition of ther.ervices rendered their suffering men, lie could cot but rejoice in tho courtesy and tact \ with which he was received and enter i tamed. The colonel's wife, the ad ju- j I tani's, and those of two captains away j with the Seid Lat talion werethe four ladies who were there to greet him when, es? corted by Mr. Blake, he made his appear I ance. How long-how verv long-it seemed to him since he had sat in the presence of refined and attractive women and listened to their gav and animated chat! They seemed all such good friends, they made him so thoroughly at home, ? and they showed so much tact and ease that never once did it seem apparent that they knew of his trouble in his own regiment; and yet there was no actual avoidance of matters in which the Killers were generally interested. It was mainly of his brief visit to the east, however, that they made him talk of the operas and theatres he had attended, the pictures he had seen, the music that ' was most popular: and when dinner was over their hostess led him to her piano, and he played and sang for them again and again. His voice was soft and sweet, and, thougli it was uncultivated, he sang ! with expression and grace, playing with more skid but less feeling and eirectthan he sang. Music and books had boon the solace of lonely years, and he could j easily see that he had pleased them with his songs. Ile went home to the dreary rookery out on Prairie avenue and laughed at the howling wind. The bare grimy walls and the dim kerosene lamp, even Sam's unmelodious snore in the hack room, sent no gioom to his soul. It i had been a happy ?vening. It had cost j liim a hard struggle to restrain the j emotion which he had felt at times: and j when he withdrew, soon after the j trumpets sounded tattoo, and the ladies j fell to discussing him, as women will, j there wari but one verdict-his manners were perfect. But the colonel said moro than that. Ile had found him far better read than j any other officer of his age he had ever met: and one and all they expressed the j hope that they might-see him frequently, j No wonder iL was of momentous import ance tor him. it was the opening to a ? new life, lt incant that here at least he j had met soldiers and gentlemen and their fair and gracious wives who had wei- ! coined him to their homes, and, though i they must have known that a prill of sus ? pieion and erinn' had overshadowed his j past, they believed either that he was in- ; n< ?cent of the grievou ?; charge or that his ! years of exile and suffering had am ph j atoned lt wasa happy evening indeed to him: but there was gloom at Capt j Rayner's. i The captain himself had gone out soon after tattoo. He found that the'parlor was lilied with young visitors ?.;' Loth s( >;e.-;. nn i he was in no mood f..r merri merit. Miss Travers was I icing welcomed : to the post in genuine army style, and was evidently enjoying ii. Mrs. Rayn< r j was Hilling nervously in and out of the parlor with a cl?-ui 1 upon her brow, and ] f>>r one:- ia L r life compelled to preserve ? tem ?>t>rary si lenee u pon the subject up per most in her thoughts; S:?- hud l>een j forbiddi ii t*? speak of it to her husband: \. i she I: nev. he had gone out again wit ii - ev? ry pi'obabd: \ ol n -eding some one i to talk lo about the matter. She could n<>! well broach the t- pie in the parlor ;?.. use she was lint :it all sure how ! ? apr. and Mrs C;v- or tho cavalry ? Would i.,'.-- ?:. ;jn?! they Wel'e' -"di i'll Te. ; She was a loyal wife: her husband's t jua rr- 1 was hers an ! more, t ?e. and she , vasa woman of intuition ev- n keefer th: tu thai which we so read i h aeeoid the -rx Slie knew, and knew wv]], that a . hide,.:;: doubt hail bee., previ,:-; (.,;?;, I? ?ng time in her hu -I und's heart of h ear: s. and r'-.r knew still belier that it j Would crush- him t . > !?elie\ e ?j wa ; .even suspected by any one ?Ixe. Ri-ht cr wrong, til- one thing for lier t > <; .. she d<?iiIited r:?.|, was t > maintain iheorir^i- j hal guih :.-ni-,t ail conn rs, an-! to lose | no opp;? rt ; lit . of f; cd i ag the l?ame that .oasuined Mr. I layne's record and repu? tation ile was guilty-he n u t be . 11 .' 1 ; \ . a .<! though she was a Christian lecording io iii-r view of tho case- a pil? ar of the church in matters ol' public ? charity and picturesque conformity tc all the rubric called for in the services, and much that it did not-she was unre? lenting in her condemnation of Mr. [layne. To those who pointed out that he had made every atonement man could malic she responded with the severity of con? scious virtue that there could be nc atonement without repentance and ?to re? pentance without lunn ii itv. Mr. Kayne's whole attitude was that of stubborn pride and resentment. His atonement was that enforced by the unanimous verdict of his comrades, and even if it were so that he had more than made amends for his crime the rules that held good for ordinary sinners were not applicable to an officer of the army. Ho must be a man above suspicion, incapable of wrong or fraud, and once stained he was for? ever ineligible as a gentleman. It was a subject on which she waxed declamatory rather too often, and the youngsters of her own regiment wearied of it. As Mr. Foster once expressed it in speaking of this very case, "'Mrs. Rayner can talk more charity ?and show less than any woman I know.*' So long as her talk was aimed against any lurking tendency of their own to look upon Harne as a possi? ble martyr, it fell at times on unapprecia? tive ears, and she was quick to see it and to choose her hearers; but here was a new phase-one that might rouse the latent es? prit de corps of the Riflers-and she was bent on striking while the iron was hot. If anything would provoke unanimity of -action and sentiment in the regiment, this public recognition by the cavalry, in their very presence, of the man they cut as a criminal was the tiling of ail others to do it, and she meant to head the revolt. Possibly Gregg and his modest help? meet discovered that there was some? thing she desired to ''spring*1 upon the meeting. The others present were all of the infantry; and when Capt. Rayner simply glanced in, spoke hurried good evenings, and went as hurriedly out again, Gr- gg was sure of it: and marched his wife away. Then came Mrs. Ray? ner's opportunity: '.If it were not Capt. Rayner's house, I could net have been even civil to Capt. Gregg. You heard what ho soid at the club this morning, I suppose?" In one form or another, indeed, almost everybody had heard. Thc officers pres? ent maintained an embarrassed silence. Miss Travers looked reproachfully at her flushed sister, but to no purpose. At last one of the ladies remarked: "Well, of course I l>eard of it, but I've heard so many different versions. It seems to have grown somewhat since morning." "It sounds just like him, however," said Mrs. Rayner, "and I made inquiry before speaking of it. Ile said he meant to invite Mr. [layne to his house to-mcr row evening, and if the infantry didn't like it they could stay away.*" -Well, now, Mrs. "rayner," protested Mr. Foster, "of course none of us heard what he said exactly, but it is my expe? rience that no conversation was ever re? peated without being exaggerated, and Frc known old Gregg for ever so long, and never heard him say a sharp thing yet. Why, he's the mildest mannered fellow in the whole -th cavalry, lie would never get into such a snarl as that would bring about him in five minutes." "Well, he said he would do just as the colonel did, anyway-we have that straight from cavalry authority-and we all know what tiie colonel has done. Ile has chosen to honor 3Ir. Ilayne in the presence of the officers who de? nounce him, and practically deiies the opinion of the Rillers." '.Dut, Mrs. Rayner, I did not under? stand Gregg's remarks to be what you sar, exactly. Blake told me that when asked by somebody whether he was go? ing to call on Mr. Hayne, Gregg simply replied he didn't know-he would ask the colonel." "Very well. That means he proposes to \rc guided by the colonel, or nothing at all; and Capt. Gregg is simply doing what the others will do. They say to us in so many words: 'We prefer the so? ciety of your bete noire to your own.' Tiiat's the way I look at it," said Mrs Rayner, in deep excitement. It was evident that, though none were prepared to indorse so extreme a view, t?tere was a strong feeling that the colo? nel had put an aliront upon the Riflers by his open welcome to Mr. Elayne. He had been exact in;.: before, and had caused a good deal of growling among the oih cers and comment among the women. Tliey were ready to find fault, and here was strong provocation. Mr. Foster wits e. youth of unfortunate ami unpopular propensities. Ile should have held his tongue instead of striving to stem the tide. "I don't uphold Ilayne any more than you do, Mrs. Rayner, but it seems to me this is a case where the colonel luis to make some acknowledgment of Mr [layne's conduct" '?Very good. Let him write him a letter, then, thanking him in the name of the regiment, but don't pick lum up like this in ?Ive lace of ours," interrupted one of tiie juniors, who was seated near .Miss Travers (a wise stroke of policy: Mrs. Raynor invited him to breakfast), and ti:? re was a chorus of approbation. "Well, hold en a momont,"said Foster. .?Hasn't [he colon? I had every one of us to dinner more or less frequently?" "Admitted. But what's to do with ii?" "Hasn't If invariably invited each o??eer to dine with him i?? every case w here an o?? ic? r has arrived?" "Granted Bat what then?" "IT h.? broke tho rule cr precedent in Mr. Hayne's ease wot:!.! he ii"t pro clie? nt* iv be ?lying that he indorsed the views of t!recourt martial as opposed to those nf tl." d partment coruman?!? r. Gen Sherman, the secretary of war, the prest d< ::t ? if the United" "v>h, make out your transfer papers. Foster. Von ought to be in., the cavalry >.;. s.uno ot in rdisputatious branch of l!;< :.. \ \ to?;*" birr t in Mr. Graham. ..I cl .clan-. Mr. Foster. 1 never thought yon would abandon your color.-.," eaid M rs. Ra} tier. "1 haven't, madam, and you've no i righi to say so." said Fost'ir. indignantly, j ..! simply hold thai uny attempt to-work I up a regina nial row out of t!,i i thing I make b:e.l infinitely worse, and 1 I ?] ?oreeafe the whole busin ss." ? . m i "d Suppose you mean to intim::!;?-that Capt.. iCuyners position and thal ci the { ire huent is bad- all wrong -that Mr. ! lt tyne bas h en perse* ut,d." s ?id Mrs. j lia} :.. r, with trembling lips and cheeks aila me. j "Mrs. Rayner, yon are unjust." said , pof.r Foster. "I ought n-?t to U;yo un il r?.'iken t" explain or d,-f?nd the eol eu. Ps net, p rhu ps. bm 1 mu not disloyal t.. my reg? mei :1 or rm colors. What I want is t?> prevent further trouble: and j I know that anything bk" a concerted | rei utment of the colonel's invitation ! will lea I to iniin.il ? hann.*" j "You may cringe and bow and bear it ! if \>.i! choose; you may humble yourself j to su, li ;i piece of i:? oJel.ee, but rest as- ! sured there are plenty of men and wc en in the Riflers who won't hear it, ! Foster, and for one I won't.'' She 1 risen to her full height now, and 1 eyes were Mazing. "For his own sat trust the colonel will omit our nae from the nest entertainment he giv Nellie sha'n't" "Oh, think, Mrs. Rayner," interrupi one of the ladies, "they uiust give hej dinner or a reception." "Indeed they shall not! I refuse enter the door of people who have suited my husband as they have." "Hush! Listen!" said Mr. Graha springing .ward the door. There was wondering silence an stant. "It is nothing but the trumpet sour ing taps," said Mrs. Rayner, hurriedly But even as she spoke they rose their feet. Muffled cries were bea; borne in on the night wind-a shot, th another, down in the valley-the qui peal o: the cavalry trumpet. "It isn't taps, it's fire!*' shouted Gi ham from the doorway. "Come on!" [TO BK CONTINUED J The Sub-Treasury Humbi Congressman Cothran Knocks A B Through the Bili-A JVarning to Farmers of the JSoiith not to Caught icith Chaff [News and Courier.J WASHINGTON, Apr;! 27. Judge Cot ran Representative from the 3d, Soc Carolina District, bas received so ma letters of inquiry from his constituer in regard to the sub-treasury bill, tl he famishes the following copy of answer to one of them, with the ho that through the News and Courier may reach all his constituents : HOUSE CF REPRESENTATIVES U ?.. WASHINGTON, April 22, 1890. Mr. A. M. Guyton, Picrceiown, C-My Dear Sir: Your letter of t 14th instant bas been received. In writing io behalf of yourself and .neig hors, you asked me "orease to tell (you) what the bill (kuowo as the su treasury bili) proposes to do ; also yo (my) views concerning said bill.*' Acknowledging at the outset and the fullest estent the right of every oi of my constituents to demaod of m as their Representative, at all time informatiou upon public 'questions, promptly and cheerfully comply wi your request. Upou the subject referred to by yo two bills have been introduced in tl present Congress, one io the SeDa and one in the House I send to you copy of each o? the bills. Upon ea( of them you will observe the won "by requests in legislative ethic this simply means that ?be Senator [M Vance] aod Representative [M Pickier] who introduced them are m thereby necessarily committed to thei support. The bills provide for the storage i ware houses of all kinds of farm pr< ducts which are suitable for storag aod shipment and not of an immediatel perishable nature These ware housc are to be built all over the country, i an estimated expense, to be borne b the Government, of something lik $50.000,000. Upon the products s stored ceiti?cates shall be issued by th Government, and to the amouut of 8 per cent of the value of the articles s stored the Government shall lend t the holders of these ceitifioates, o receipts, money at the rate of 1 per ceo per annum. REASON FOR THE BILL The obvious reason of the demand fo this extraordinary legislation is th present depressed condition of th agricultural interests all over th' United States, and especially iu th Western and Northwestern States. Th burning of corn for fuel io the State o Kansas is the most complete and sum marized giatemeot of the cause. Thi: is so far from being applicable to tin farmers of South Carolina aud of tb< Southern States that it may bc well t( reflect very seriously before we give to the proposed measure our support. As I am now serving as your Repr?? sentative in Congress my last term, ii seems to me that I am in a position tc deal with you in a spirit of the utmos frankness, and altogether freed frou any possible charge of demagogy in saving, that ? regard the farming in terest of the country as embracing its very boee and siuew-the maiostay and support of the Government itself. These interests are suffering from over-production, and for the want ol adequate means to transport the tre? mendous surplus of products to mar kcts beyond our owu borders. TUE WEST ins GROWN TOO FAST. On account of cheap and fertile lands in the West and Northwest, the vast tide of immigration that has steadily flown thither for the last twenty-live years, the bulky nature of the?r pro? ducts and their remoteness from the markets of the East and of the world, the prices real zad have not been remu? nerative. Besides, thc cst of living and of production has been greatly in? creased by ari unjust, unnecessary and oppressive system of tariff taxation, resulting in a widespread and almost u ii i versal network of farm mortgages, given to secure money advanced by Ivistcrn capitalists The census of the present year if correctly taken, will be, in this regari!, an appalling disclosure to the whole country. If required but a ?drible good providion crop io the Sou'h, willi v. h ?eli we were blessed la>t year, to bring ab.un*, the catastrophe and along with it this demand for relief tn thom (not to us.) which h rs found expression in tho proposed sub trea? sury bill 1 do not believe that this picture is overdrawn or exaggerated. \ >u nr:y r.-li, how is if wi:li ourselvesi? Many won Id doubtless an>wer, had enough, j In my travels over the District last-j summer, which took me once ruto your [ own excellent neighborhood. I did not I find a single farmer who attended to his business half as well as he could ; have doac that was not prospering. I could name a number of them, whom ; yon know n> well or better than I do. | NO USE IOU THE LMIOPOSED WARE- I HOUSE a To come directly to the point: Sup pose a Government warehouse should be i erected at Piercetown. what would you or your neighbors put in it ? Cotton bales are well nigh the oYdy consider- ! able surplus products of your farm; Nobody eats cotton ; it is too balky I steal without almost certain and speed detection to the thief ; and if yoa bai no convenient place for storing it dunn the time it is held before marketing, few poles laid upon the ground and temporary shed of loose planks wi suffice for protect! rig ir from the weathe ?t is not so with the Western farmer products, which must be careful! housed and kept under lock and kej Besides, what is the effect of withoh ing these different crops from tl market? From 1861 to 1S65 ti world, by some means or other, mat aged to get on without our cotton crop In such years as we had from 1883 t 1889, if the corn, bacon and flour th; we required had been in Govern mei warehouses, cornered by law, as th bill proposes to do, ours instead i theirs would have been the land i mortgages : the contest, as you mu see, is an unequal one, and the ode are all against us You can get oi for a time afc lea?t, with worn an patched clothing, but a lean and etnpt larder who can long withstand ? THE SOUTU BETTER OFF THEN THE WES" As bad as some may deem our cood tion, it ought to afford them some rt lief to contrast it with that of othen Take the State of Iowa, for instanci I bave already alluded, incidental!} to corn burning Kansas. It appeal from the agricultural statistics of low for last year that the average yield < corn, which is their main crop, wa ol) bushels per acre, and the pri#; .< the crib 20 cents per bushel-grn? yield in money by the acre ?Q. Yo can by proper care and attention brin up any acre upon your farm, and tba means every acre upon it, to produc a bale of cotton-1.200 pounds in th seed, the market price of which duriu the past season was 20 czuts pe bushel, the exact equivalent in valu of the Iowa farmer's 30 bushels c cern. Besides, you have 400 pound of lint worth 10 cents per pound against which to charge up the es penses of production, and if it shoul take $40 for that purpose, (which yo know is not the fact.) you would a least have ?6, the proceeds of the sal of seed, as clear profit. During my travels over the distrie last summer I had the pleasure of at tending several of the Farmers* Atliaoc mee inga. I felt a deep interest ii them, heartily approving every effort c the country to better their condition Like all the rest of mankind they, tor make mistakes. I ventured ia modest way to point out some of these The burden of their efforts seemed t be how and where to buy the cheapest That I told them was very well, but i is not the main thing. There is neve much trouble to buy, if one has monej with which to buy. It is vastly mor important to have something to sell, DO NOT BORROW MOSEY. And so it is with one of the feature of this sub-treasury scheme which it s well calculated to catch gudgeons., bj holding out the offer of lending mone; at a cheap rate or interest. It matter not what the rate of interest is, ia th, end you will find that you have to foo the bill. The present indebtedness o the Government, whose mainstay ano support you are, is in round uumber; 1.400 million dollars, requiring nearly 50 million'dollars to meet the annua iuterest How how does it strike yoi as a financial policy for one who owe; 1.400 million dollars bearing iuterest a 3 and 4 per cent to lend out his monej at 1 per cent, per annum, to say nothing of paying out other millions for wan houses far salaried official? and so on, ir order to get a chance to commit such stupendous folly? Common sense sound reason and good judgment are just as necessary in managing th? affairs of government as ttVy are in conducting a farm, a store or a bank. Some persons of much financial skill and energy may handle successfully borrowed mon^y. These constitute the excepMou to the rule. The rule itsel! is exactly the reverse of this. A lesson of more value to our people than any politico-financial device that can be couccived of is to be found rn the practical precept, borrow not at all. THE REPUBLICAN PLOT. In the frankness that shall character iz ? this Utter, I waru you against ex treme men and measures. The old paths are the safest. Very soon I shall rake my place with you again in the ranks, and for my own part, in the struggle that lies just ahead of us. I pray that we may have the best, the truest and the wisest of leaders. Ac? cepting as von h:ive done in the utmost good faith the results of the late war, having a<!npted yourselves as best you c:>uld to the changed coudition in your alf-irs. you do not realiz% the bitter prejudice that the Republican politicians stiil have towards you. They are fully determined, if they can to pass the bill now pending in Congress, to regulate and control the Federal elections, in the State. Its machinery, meant solely for the Southern States, is to be set in mo? tion upon the petition cf live hundred voters in any one of the Congressional districts These will readily be found in every Congressional district of the State lately engaged in the rebellion (so-called) and not in one of the States that adhered to the Union Should the bili become a law the struggle of 1870 will he ronew-'d in South Carolina, and you will need all of the wisdom, all of tho moderation, all of the enthusiasm a tu! devotion without which the splen? did victory would have been turned info disastrous defeat There aro other grave and important questions that 1 would gladly bnrig to 3eur attention, and many other strong reasons that might bo given in opposi tion to this proposed raid upon the treasury, hut this letter has been exten? ded far beyond the limits proposed at the oatset. ? would like to call your attention to the unholy alliance between the farmers cf the West and the Knights of Lahor, which bodes no good to u*. See their effort already made to depress about the only exclu? dive Southern industry, cotton seed oil, by the passage of what is known as the compound lard bill. Look at the exor- ? bitnnt demand for pensions, already re- ? quiring more than one hundred million dollars annually, and thc end not yet. ! It ha? been just cause of pride with us ' that oar regalar army rs so small anet inexpensive, and to day no monart?h^ io the Old World pays as m?ch 16 l&p op its s tao di og army as we pay for pefc* sion s. AN CXCONST?TCTIONAL Blfcf/ I have refrained from stating th? constitutional objection to tbe sab treasury bill j that is of the nature techoical law, bat for that matter #W law is technical ? this abjection is stf obvious that I dc not believe tbe bill will ever be reported by tbe committee" to which it has been referred. If it should be, and should be passet bf th? two houses of Congress, { da not be* Heve the president wilt approve it, and I have no doubt brit that the Suprem* Court would declare it to be toeonatr* tutional. There is no warf ant in the ?onstit? tion for the Government ever becoming* a money-lender. It bas tbe power bf various methods to levy taten, ta bar? row money on the credit of the United States, to regulate commerce witb foi? eign countries and between the States $ and there ar? sundry other powers dele"* gated to it by the States, bat by oe* process of construction, however strain* ed, unless it be as boys at school some* times get the answer to their sams, by "forging,'" can this time-nonored though much abused instrument be made tr> yield such a result. GROUNDLESS CHARGES. The matter of greifest concern to th? people of Sooth Carolina is the preser? vation of the integrity and polities! supremacy of the white race, which can alcue secure the perpetuity of th? fire* sent form and methods of good govern? ment. The experiment of carpetbag,, scalawag and negro role has been tried and endured as long as it was possible* to bear it. Bat when I bear wholesale* charges of profligacy and corruption made against, those who hate fartbffflty discharged their oScial da-ties is eterf department of the Sute gdf?ffiin?tft* charges unsupported by a tittle of proof, and too often listened to wkb willing ears, I can but fear that man^ are" bf? ginning to regard our deliverance a# assured for all time, and that for k# con tin nance little or fio vigilan oe ? reac? quired. Accept my thanks for tue opporianf* ty afforded by your letter of giving ft* you and to others this expression of mt* views, and trusting if they are correct as I believe them to be, that yon will concur in them, ? act Very respectfoTijf and trrily yours, J. 8. COTHBi?i A Startling Statement. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 7.-Tfcefe" fe now very strong reason to believe thai the affidavits and letters which seccretf the respite for Leap heart were forgeries, lo regard to the affidavit with Charlie" Cannon's signature attached aod allege iog to have been sworn to before J. P. Bodie, notary public, April 2&h, Bodicf has written a letter for pablicatioo nt which he says : "He made no such affi? davit before me. I did not even see* Mr. Cannon on that day.* jfWs s& davit was to the effect that ?utb Cao* non declared that Leapheart bad noi attempted to assault her and only ratet* ded robbing the boase. Capt. J. B Wingara*, to? ?f?offief who assisted in the prosecution of the* case on behalf of Mis3 CfaoBon, arrive?! here to-day and said that be visited Miss1 Cannon this morning, who stated opoff her word of honor that she did not write a line to her mother and that ail the letters published, alleged to be to* ber mother aud corroborating the al? leged statement to ber brother, were? forgeries and. that she would malte ?fr* davit to that effect at Lexington to-dif. Captain Win gard said the affidavits4 were pure fabricates, hatched by Lawyer Graham and Deputy Marshat Miller aod if they bad been looirn affiv I davits i fr rebut?a*} from Unimpeachable' people could have been presented.-=CW? limb ia Register ma i i* mm*-:== A ut hors and Poor Writing. I wonder if authors have any idea o? the decided advantage rt is to a manu-" scrip: to have it clearly written or bv tlie' typewriter? Again and again have I had a manuscript lying on my table for* month or two,- putting oil its reading from day to- day because of tito poof' writing. If authors had any conception1 of the value of clean manuscript io* edi-' t-jrs, they would be far more careful her*' they semi their wares to the editorial o? lice than they are. Take tins manuscript, for example? the* authors name is a guarantee that there fer something good in it. Yet. look at thai chirography. I dread taking ?t np. It isr positive t >rtnre. I am* patient with her, becai.se 1 feel a personal interest hi her literary welfare. Yeti know of two posi? tive ins: Luces where her manuscripts have been returned by editors- who ac* knowledged to me afterward tlxti they had not read them. Now, that wotoari is inflicting injury upon herself. I tetf you, there is nothing which makes me' more prejudiced against a"mamrscript than illegible writing.-Interview tn Ne"? York Commercial Advertiser. 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