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BB 8 U MT KR WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. kBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TK?JE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, tQt # Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 P*blis?ed ovory Wednesday, BT N. GK OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TRRM8 : Two Dollars per annum-io advance. AD V IKTISIXf IT?. One Square, firs: insertion.............06 Bvery subaeq??* t insertion. 50 w_~ Contracts for three months, or longer will V? made at reduced rates. AH communications which subserve private interests will be chained for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. lu E. LEGRAND, WATCHMAKER ANO JEWELER, SUMTER, a a HTTHE UNDERSIGNED gives notice to the j citizens of Sumter and vicinity that he CMS opened business ic the store on Main Street next North of B. P. Ricker A Ca., where he ? prepared to do any work pertain* Utz to Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry, and (guarantee satisfaction in same. Watches de* magnetised by electricity, and key-winders changed to stem-winders. A cati is solicited. L. S. LxGRAND. Hatch S _ a - fte Safer jg Coipj. ?NDER AND BY TIRTCB of a Com? mission duly issued by the Secretary of State, the undersigned Board of Corporators will opes Books of Subscription to the Capita* Stock of "THE SUMTER HOTEL COMPANY" at the office of Brown A Chand? ler, in the City of Sumter, on Wednesday, Kay 21st, 1-8S0, at 19 o'clock a. m. J COHEN W?LS?S, JOHN S. SILVER, AS. BROWN, M. G. RYTTRNBERG, RICHARD D. LEE, If ar 14 Board of Corporators. J. w. PK??YIR, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, SUMTER, 8. C. Prompt attention given to all work entrusted to his care. Estimates furnished on all buildings and repairs. ?.j u ATTENTION ! Citizens of Snmter and J. M.WiHS?TE &??. Bare opened a BkM? and felwriiM Slop, At the old stand of John I Branson, on Re? publican Street, opposite Graham's SUMPS, guarantee to do 6rst class work in every de? partment of their business, and ask the pat? ronage of the ci traen s of Sumter sod vicinity. ?Gire us a trial. Come and get first class work at bottom prices. Feb. 12._ A. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency. ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies: . LIVERPOOL A LONDON k GLOBE. NORTH BRITISH A MERCANTILE. HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS* AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented, $75,000,000. Feb.12 A. B. STUCKEY. JOHN T. GREEN. STUCKEY & GREEN, Attorneys at Law? SUMTER, s. c. March 26 J. D. KENNEDY, Attorney at Law, CAMDEN, S. C. Will practice io Kershaw and adja? cent counties. M ch. 12. SHAVING DONE Bi ELECTRICITY -AT C. C. REDIC'S, Next door to T. C. Scaffe. Jan I GET MONEY FE0M YOUR BEES. ?? YOU WANT YOUR BEES TO PAY you a profit, get the new appliances for eptng them. HIVES, FRAME?, SEC? TIONS, FOUNDATIONS, Ac., at bottom prices, Send for pries list ta J. P. H. BROWN, Augusta, Ga? si. 8.-Beeswax taken in exchange for ?up p?ea. Mch. 5. Br. T. W. BOOKHAM* DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Bul trna D A Bro.'s Shoe Store. KVTRANCE ON HAIN ST?B?T. SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. April 17-o G. W, DICE, D. D. S. Office over Bogia1 s New Store, smuircs on MAI* STRKET, SUMTER, S. C. 05csHour3.-9 to 1 ;30 ; 2:30 to 5. I AM AGENT For the following well-known and reliable FIEE Insurance Companies, And solicit a share of the FM MM BUSINESS. Our rates are as low and our policies as liberal as any first class Insurance Companies. THE QUEEN, of England. THE NORWICH UNION, 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 MOSES. I STILL CONTINUE To keep a first class stock of -THE BARGAINS 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. CARDARELLI, MANUFACTURER OF TINWARE, 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 ander my own supervision, and all work guaranteed. PRICES THE LOWEST. ICE, IGE, ICE, Kept during the season and will be delivered to holders of tickets. E. CARDARELLI, Corner Maia ac? Republican Street*. Sumter, S. C. April 30 MACHINERY. W. H. GIBBES, JR.) & CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE AGENTS FOR LIDDELL & CO.'S Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, &c. Deering Harvesting Machinery, Thomas Rakes, Wind Mills, Ice Plants, Cane Mills and Evaporators, Wood-working Machinery. Io fact anything, from a Plow Point to a Cotton Seed Oil Mill AT BOTTOM PRICES. A fair price allowed for old engines io exchange for new outfits W. M. REID, Mayesville, S. C. A ?rent for Sumter and Kershaw Co s and Clarendon, East of Central R. R May 7-x_ DRESSMAKING, _ LADIES' DRESSES CUT AND S?DE io the latest style, fit and work war? ranted and satisfaction guaranteed, by Miss Adele Osteen, Republican street, opposite Harby Avenue. Prices as reasonable as good work can be doae for. Feb 8 NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. The reason RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER is the most wonderful med? icine, is because it bas never failed in any in? stance, no matter what the disease, from LEPRO? SY to the simplest disease known to the 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 yon cannot have an ache or pain. No matter what the disease, whether a simple case of Malarial Fever or a combination of diseases, we cnre them hil at the same time, as we treat all diseases constitutionally. Asthma, Consumption, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver Disease, Chills and Fever, Fe? male Troubles, in ail its forms, and, in fact, every disease known to the human system. Beware cf FraiMeit Imitations ! See that our Trade-Mark (same as above) appears on each jug. Send for book "History of the Microbe Killer," given away by Dr. A. J. China, Druggist. Sole Agent. Jnn 22 ira W$*Z MEAD. Try the Cur6|?pN^*f?| Ely's Cream Balm denises the Nasal Passages. Al? lays Inflammation. Heals the Sores. Restores the Senses of Taste, Smell and Hearing. A pa.r?Vlo is applied into ends nostril and 13 s;a!Tcr:v>!;% Vricr 5Qr. nt ?>rH*ffistM or by Stall. ELY ?20TITERS,56 Wnnrcn St^ew York. THE Si?OSDS RATIONAL BAKE, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75.000 00 Surplus Fund. 7,500 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Parable quarterly, on 6rst days of Jaauarv, April, Julv and October. " R. M. WALLACE, Vice President. L S. CARSOV, Aug. 7 Cashier. *WL OPf KER, SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also hrs ? Savings Bank Department. Deposits of SI .00 and upwards received. Interest cnlculated at the rate of 4 per ced. per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. WHITE, JR., President. Cashier. WLB0TT & SONS, RICHMOND, VA., MANUFACTURERS, Will furnish lowest estimates on all kinds of machinery: ENGINES AND BOILERS, SAW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS, COTTON GINS, PRESSES AND ELEVATORS, BRICK AND TILING MACHINERY PLANERS AND WO OD-WORK? ING MACHINERY. Write to me for prices before buying. V. C. BADHAM, General Agent, Feb 10-o Columbia. S. C. C. 0. EBERHA8DT, Merchant Tailor, Opposite the Opera House, COLUMBIA, S. C , Has now in pion* t> e fine?t Ptoek of piero goods ever offered hy him, which will he mailt: up to order in th?- bee?: st\ le and with prompt? ness. Satisfaction gua mn teed. Au exami? nation of stock is invited. March 26. Tho public are invited to call aod in? spect our new stock of Spring stn*l Summer MILLINERY. Children's arni Infants* Lace Caps. PLOWERS, FEATHERS AND RIBBONS, TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED Hats and Bonnets. ZEPHYRS JN ALL COLORS A Xl) SHADES. Orders intrusted to our care will receive prompt attention. MRS. WHITE & MISS MILLER. April 0 B7 Capt, CHARLES OTG, U. S. A. ? uthor of "Dunraven Ranch," "The Colo? nel's DaughterT "Marion's Faith," Etc , Etc. 0>>pyrif?ht, hy J. B. Lippincctt Company, Phila dcl'phia, ami published by special arrangement with Uieiu.j rcoxnxuED.l CHAPTER VIL 44 You shall not gol" It was a clear winter's evening, sharply cold, about a week after the fire, when, as Mrs. Rayner came down the stairway, equipped for a walk, and was passing the parlor door without stopping, Miss Travers caught sight of and called to her: "Aro you going walking, Kate? Do wait a moment, and I'll go with j'ou." Any one in the hall could have shared thc author's privilege and seen the ex? pression of annoyance and confusion that appeared on Mrs. Rayner's face. "I thought you were out. Did not Mr. Graham take you walking?" "He did: but we wandered into Mrs. Waldron's, and she and the major begged us to stay, and we had some music, and then the first call sounded for retreat and Mr. Graham had to go, so he brought mo home. Tve had no walk and need exer? cise," *'But I don't like you to be out after sunset That cough of yours" "Disappeared the day after I got here, Kate, and there hasn't been a vestige of it since. This high, dry climate put an end to it No, I'll be ready in one min? ute more. Do wait." Mrs. Rayners hand was turning the knob while her sister was hurrying to tho front door and drawing on her heavy jacket as she did so. The former faced her impatiently: ' 44I don't think you aro at all courteous to your visitors. You know just as well as I do that Mr. Foster or Mr. Royce or some other of those young officers are sure to be in just at this hour. You really are very thoughtless, Nellie." Miss Travers stopped short in her prep? arations. "Kate Rayner," she began, impressive? ly, "it was only night before last that you rebuked mc for sitting here with Mr. Blake at this very hour, and asked me how I supposed Mr. Van Antwerp would like it. Now you" .?Fudge! I cannot stay and listen to such talk. If you must go, wait a few minutos until I get back. I-I want to make a short call. Tjhen I'll take you.** "So do I want to make a short call over at the doctor's: and you are going right to the hospital, are you not?" 44 How do }-ou know I am?" asked Mrs. Rayner, reddening. "You do go there every evening, it seems to me." "I don't. Who told you I did?" "Several people mentioned your kind? ness and attention to the Clancy's, Kate. I have heard it from many sources." "I wi?h people would mind their own affairs," wailed Mrs. Rayner, peevishly. "So do I, Kate: but they never have, and never will, especially with an en? gaged girl. I have more to complain of than you, but it doesn't make mo for? lorn, whereas you look fearfully worried about nothing." "Who says Fm worried?** asked Mrs. Rayner, with sudden vehemence. "You look worried. Kate, and haven't been at all like yourself for several days. Now, why shouldn't I go to the hospital with you? Why do you try to hide your going from rn? ? Don't you know that I must have heard the strange stories that are Hitting about the garrison? Haven't I asked you to Bet me right if I have boon told a wrong one? Kate, you are fretting yourself to death about some? thing, and the captain looks worried and ill. I cannot but think it has some con? nexion with tho case of Mr. Ilayne. Why should the Clancys" "You have no right to think any such thing," answered her sister, angrily. "Wu have suffered too much at his hands < r on his account already, and I never want to hear such words from your Hps. It would outrage Capt. Ray? ner to hoar that my sister, to whom he has given a home and a welcome, was linking herself with those who sido with that-that thief." "Kate! Oh, how can you uso such words? How dare you i:peak so of an officer? You would not tell mo what lie wa * accused of : but I tell you that if it be theft I don't believe it, anil no one els?" There was a sudden f'K>tfall on the porch without, and a quirk, sharp, itn pcrative knock at the door. Mrs. Ray? nor fled bark along the ball toward? the dining room. Miss Travers, hesitating hut a second, opened th*' door. lt was the soldier telegraph operator with a dispatch envelope in his Ixind. *4It ia for Mrs. Raynor, miss, and ar answer is expected. Shall I wait?" Mrs. Rayner came hastily forward 'rom her place of refuge within tho din? ing room, took tho envelope without a word and passed into the parlor, whore, standing l)cneath tho lamp, she toro it open, glanced anxiously at its contents, then threw it with an exclamation of peevish indignation upon thc table. "You'll have to answer for yourself. Nollie. I cannot straighten your affairs :ind mine too," And with that sh?-? was going, but Miss Travers called her bari;. Tho message simply read: "No letter in four days. Is anything wrong? An? swer paid." and was addressed to Mrs. Rayner and signed S. V. A. 44I think voit have been extremely nog leetful." said Mrs. Rayner, who had turned and now stood watching l'"'1 : rising color and impatiently tapping foot of her younger sister. Miss Travers bit j her lips and compressed them hard. There was an evident struggle in her ! mind I ?ot we? *n a desire to make an im-j pulsive and sweeping reply and an effort to control herself. 44Will you answer a quiet question or two?" she final!v asked. "You know perfectly well I will," w the sisterly rejoinder. "How long docs it take a letter to ? from here to New York?"' "Five or six days. I suppose." Miss Travers stepped to t he door, briel told thc soldier there waa no answ( thanked him for waiting, and returne "You arc not going to reply?*' ask? Mrs. Rayner, in amaze. "I am not; and I interred you did n intend to. Now another question. He many days have we been herc?" "Eight or nine-nine, it is." "You saw me post a letter to Mr. Vj Antwerp as we left the Missouri, did y< notr "Yrs. At least I suppose so." "I wrote again as soon as we gi settled here, three da vs after that, did not?*' "You said you did," replied Mrs. Ra; her, ungraciously. "And you, Kate, when you aro you self have been prompt to declare that say what I mean. Very probably it ms have been four days from the time th; letter from the transfer reached Wa street to the time the next one could g> to him from here, even had I written tl night we arrived. Possibly you forg< that you forbade my doing so, and sei mc to l>ed early. Mr. Van Antwerp Iii simply failed to remember that I liad gor several hundred miles farther west; an even had I written cn the train twice day, the letters would not have reache him uninterruptedly. By this time he i beginning to get them fast enough. An as for you, Kate, you are quite as unju! os he. It augurs badly for my futui peace; and-I am learning two lessor here. Kate," "What two, pray?** "That he can bc foolishly unreliabl in estimating a woman." "And the other?** "That you may bc persistently unreli able in your judgment of a man." Verily, for a young woman with sweet, girlish face, whom we saw but week agone twitching a kitten's ears an saying little or nothing. Miss Traver was displaying unexpected fighting qual ities. For a moment, Mrs. Rayner glare? at her in tremulous indignation and dis may. "You-you ought to bo ashamed o yourself!" was her eventual outbreak. But to this there was no reply. Mis Travers moved quietly to the doorway turned and looked her angry sister ii the eye, and said: "I shall give up the walk and will gi to my room. Excuse me to any visitor this evening.** "You aro not going to write to hin now, when you are angry, I hope?" "I shall not write to him until to-mor row, but when I do I shall tell him this Kate: tliat if he desire my confidence h< will address his complaints and inquine to me. If I am old enough to be engager to him, in your opinion, I am equally ok enough to ?ittend to such details as these in my own." Mrs. Rayner stood ono moment a though astounded; then she flew to th< door and relieved her surcharged boson; as follows: "Well, I pity the man yoi marry, whether you are lucky enougl to keep this one or notf and flounced in dignantly out of the house. When Capt. Rayner came in, half ar hour afterwards, the parlor was de? serted. He was looking worn and di spirited. Finding no one on the ground floor, ho went to tho foq? of tho stairs, and called: "Kate,'* A door opened above: "Kate has gone out, captain.'* "Do you know where, Nellie?'* "Over to the hospital, I think; though I cannot say." She heard him sigh deeply, move irre? solutely about the hali for a moment, then turn and go out. At hi3 gate he found two figures dimly visible in tho gathering darkness; they liad stopped on hearing his footstep. One was an officer in uniform, wrapped in heavy overcoat, with a fur cap, and a bandage over his eyes. The other was a Chinese servant, and it was the latter who asked: "This Maje WaldWsT "No," said he, hastily. "Maj. Wal? dron's is the third door beyond." At the sound of his voico the officer quickly started, but spoke in low, meas? ured tone: "'Straight ahead, Sam." And the Chinaman led him on. Rayner stood a moment watching them, bitter thoughts coursing through his mind. Mr. Hayne was evidently sufficiently recovered to be up and out for air, and now ho was being invited again. This time it was his old comrade. Waldron, who honored him. Probably it was another dinner. Little by little, at this rate, the limo would soon come when Mr. 1 layne would be asked every? where and ho and his correspondingly dropped. Ho turned miserably away and went back lo tho l-UKard rooms at thc store. When Mrs Rayner rang her IK?11 for toa that evening he had not re? appeared, and she sont a messenger for him. It was a brilliant moonlit evening. A strong prairie galo had begun to blow from the northwest, and was banging abutters and whirling pebbles at a furi? ous rate. At the sound of the trumpets' wailing tattoo a brace of young officers calling on the ladies took their leave. The captain had retired to his den, or study, whore he shut himself up a good deal of late,and thither Mrs. Rayner fol? lowed him and closed thc door after her. Throwing a cloak over ber shoulders Miss Travers stepped out on tho piazza and gazed in delight upon the moonlit panorama-the snow covered summits to thc south and west, tho rolling ex? panse of upland prairie between, tin) rough outlines of the foothills softened in the silvery light, the dark shadows of thc barracks across the parade, tho twinkling lights of tho sergeants as they took their stations, the soldierly forms of the officers hastening to their com? panies far across the frozen loved. Suddenly she l>ecame aware of two forms coming down the walk. Tin y is? sued from Maj. Waldron's quarters, and thc door close?I l>ehind thom. One was a young of?ieor; the other, she sj>oedily made out, a (.'hi?ese servant, who was guiding his master. She knew thc pair in an instant, and lier first impulse was to retire. Then sho reflected that he could not ?iee. a nd she wanted to look, so she stayed. They had almost reached ? her gate when a wild blast whirled tho officer's rape about his ears and sent some sheets of music Hying across the road. Leaving his master at tlie fence, the Chinaman sped in pursuit, and tho next thing she noted was that Mr. I layne's fur cap was blown from his head, and that he was groping for it ! helplessly. Tl?cre was no one to call, no one to ' assist. She hesitated one minute, looked anxiously around, then sprang to the gate, picked up the cap, pulled it well down over thc bandaged eyes, seized tho young officer firmly by the ann, drew him within the gate and led him to tho shelter of the piazza. Once out of the fury of the gale, she could hear his qu tion, "Did you get it all. Sam?** "Not yet," she answered. Oh, how i longed for a deep contralto! "LTeisco ing. Ile will bf here in a mordent." "I am so sorry to have been a trou to yojP," he began again, vaguely. "You are no trouble to me. Fm gi I was where I happened to see you a could help." Ile spoke no more for a minute, ? stood gazing at all that was visible of 1 pale face lxdow the darkened eyes, was so clear cut, so refined in fcatu and the lips under the sweeping blon mustache, though set and compress?, were delicate and pink. Ile turned 1 head eagerly towards tho parade; t Sam was still far away. The music h scattered and was leading bim a live dance. "Isn't my servant coming?" he ask? constrainedly. "I fear I'm keeping ye Please do not wait. He will find me hei You were Qoing somewhere." "No-unless it was here." She w trembling now. "Please be patient, A; Hayne. Sam may be a minute or t\ yet, and here you are out of the wine Again she looked in his face. Ile w listening eagerly to her words, as thou; striving to "place" her voice. Could s be mistaken? Was he, too, not tremblin Beyond all doubt his lips were quiverii now. "May I not know who it is that led E here?" he asked, gently. She hesitated, hardly knowing how tell him. "Try and guess," she laughed, ner ously. "But you couldn't. You don know my name. It is my good fortun Mr. Hayne. You-y ou saved my kitte I-your cap." There was no mistaking his start. B yond doubt he had winced as thouj stung, and was now striving to grope h way to the railing. She divined his pu pose in an instant, and her slender liar was laid pleadingly yet firmly on his arr "Mr. Hayne, don't go. Don't think i going. Stay here until Sam comes. Ht coming now," she faltered. "Is this Capt. Rayner'3 house?" 1 asked, hoarse and low. "No matter whoso it is! I welcon you here. You shall not go," she eric impulsively, and both little hands wei tugging at his arm. He had found tl railing, and was pulling himself towai the gate, but her words, her clingin hands, were too persuasive. "I cannot realize this," he said. * do not understand" "Do not try to understand it, Mi Hayne. If I am only a girl, I lia ve right to think fer myself. My fath? was a soldier-I am Nellie Travers-an if he were alive I know well he woul have had me do just what I have don thi3 night. Now won't you stay?" And light was beaming in through hi darkened eyes and gladdening his soi with a rapture ho had not known fe years. One instant he seized and claspe her hand. "May pod bless you!" wa all he whispered, but so softly that eve she did not hear him. Ho bowed lo\ over the slender white hand and stayed [TO BE CONTINUED J Butler To Tillman. A Heply to Some Ch alikee as t? Fei . j . tilizeps.' i - . An Appeal to the Record andithe ?a?s-Cap Tillman Requested io Frort on Retract. COLUMBIA, S. C , May 15, 1890. Capt. B. R. Tillman :-In the Newt paper reports of your speech at Ander son on May 10th, you are reported a changing, substantially, that the de partaient of agriculture bas permittea the farmers of South Carolina, to b defrauded in the purchase of commer cial fertilizers by failure to punisl manufacturers whose goods fall be\ov their guarantees. You are further re ported to have said that you cou!; prove all that you charged, and quotec from the annual report of tho depart ment for the year' 1886 as authority upon which to sustain your statement. The legal penalty in regard to den cient fertilizers is seizure, condemna? tion and sale, and because this penaltj bas not been inflicted you deny that anj other penalty has been imposed. This provision of the law cannot bs enforced, for the sufficient reason thal when the analyses are made the fertili? zers have been put in the gr a id and are out of reach of an action of the kind prescribed. This defect in the law has been reported to the Legislature, and could have been amended if that body had thought it uecessary or desirable. That this has not been done, forces me to the concludion that the representa? tives of the people honestly believe that the existing laws were sufficient, or tba? the action of the department itself had made amendments unnecessary. While, therefore, we have not seized and sold deficicut fertilizers, we hare detected and exposed all d?ficiences, as the very report from which you quoted shows. Finding that the law did not reach the case as contemplated, the depart? ment reported to the publication ot the manufacturers' guarantees alongado of thc official analyses, printing in italics those brandi? falling below the guarso tec. This directed attentiou imme diatcdy to all deficient brauds. It should be understood, however, that the department has DCY.T undertaken to exercise thc judicial authority to de? clare which, it any, of such brands were fraudulent. This penalty, voluntarily imposed by the department, wa?, after detection, put upon every brand, no matter how slight the deficiency, lo one ease this deficiency amounted to only one-hundredth cf ene per cent, of potash, the cheap tit ingredient used in commercial fertilizers. Thc depart? ment could not say that this was a fraud any more than it could officially pro? nounce other brands fraudulent where thc difference was greater. Just what constitutes fraud is a ques? tion to bc determined by the courts alone. There may be a difference of opinion as to whether merely exposing the defi? ciency was sufficient punishment, but the Legislature has so regarded it, be? cause it has fer ten years failed to pro? vide other punishment, even after the defects in thc law had hc.cn officially re? ported. But the befit evidence cf the effect of this method of punishment is found in the subs? quent reports of the department. This plan (of italicising deficient brands) was first adopted in 1884. An examination of our reports since that time will show that there has been a steady improvement in thc value i of fertilizers. It was not expected that it would in one season result io bringing ! every brand up to the guarantee, bc- ! cause new brauds, uot having realized ; the effect of this penalty, might take ri?ks that those who had been once ex? posed would afterwards avoid if possi? ble. With the exception of the amtno niated fertilizers in a single season, the improvement in the grade of fertilizers bas been marked. Take, for instance, the very report that you so garbled in making your charges. It is there shown that the averages of the manufac? turers* guarantees for ammoniated fer? tilizers for that season were : Available phos. acid. 8 22 per cent. Ammonia. 2 18 per cent. Potash. 1.49 per cent. Commercial value, ?-Q. 79. The averages of the analyses by our chemist were : Available phos. acid. 9 30 per cent. Ammonia. 2.61 per cent. Potash. , 2 17 per cent. Commercial value, ?24.47. Now this shows that, taking tfie general sales throughout the State, these goods : for that season exceeded the manufacturers' guarantee io : Available phos. acid. 1 08 per cent. Ammonia. 0 43 per cent. Potash. 0.68 per cent. Commercial value ?3.68 per ton Why did you not explain this also? Was it because you had determined to denounce the department of agriculture, regardless of facts, and simply made use of such garbled extracts as suited the purpose you had in view ? I am forced to that conclusion. This is con? firmed by the further reply you are said to have made when you were asked what had become of the money of the department aod replied that you ?'did not know." The report in which you found so much to condemn, con? tained, as you well knew, an itemized statement of every expenditure made by the department for that year. You, therefore, did know the purposes for which it had been expended, and your answer was worse than a simple evasion of the question. You had assumed that all fertilizers found deficient are fraudulent, and that in all such cases the farmers are swin? dled. The agricultural value of many brands of this character is not affected by the slight deficiencies detected, but all are published, because consumers have a right to know the exact results obtained. It is often the case that the commercial value of such fertilizers ex? ceeds the guarantee. But, there being a difference between commercial and agricultural value, we regard and treat any brand falling below the guarantee of any element of plant food as '.defi? cient.'' You, ignorantly or maliciously, take extracts from a table compiled in this way to show that all deficient fertilizers are fraudulent. The imperfections in the fertilizer law have beeu admitted and pointed out and efforts made to correct them but until that is done the department of agricul? ture can only execute such laws as exist. At the risk of again being charged with collusion with the manufacturers, I will say that, in my opinion, based upejp official experience for the last ten years, the manufacturer who deliberate? ly and intentionally attempts to defraud the farmer is the exception ; and fur? ther, I believe that in every case where this has been attempted it has failed of success, because of thc department's supervision. If you know anything to the contrary you should state it. I therefore challenge you to point to one instance where the farmers have been defrauded by the manufacturers of fertilizers where such fraud was not punished with all the power t^at the department had at its command, and demand that -you make good your charge or retract it. A. P. BcTI.Elt, Commissioner of Agriculture. -.?.? The Tillman Sentiment in Abbeville. It is claimed, we believe, that eighty per cent, of the voters of this State are farmers, and it is further claimed that they should of right have the privilege of nominating at least one Governor from their own ranks. Govcrcor Wade Hampton is a farmer. Guveruor Thos B. Jater was a farmer. Governor Johnson Hagood is a farm? er. Governor John Peter Richardson is a farmer. f Governor Hugh S. Thompson was a j teacher. ? Governor \V. D. Simpson was a law? yer. From the above statement it would seem that the fanners have been hold- ! ing their own against the world and we | don't know that anybody ever before | advocated the nomination of a candidate j for cfHce because he was a member of j any particular profession. The objection toTillman is not that j he is a fanner. Even admitting that he is a Christian gentleman, possessing all the require? ments for being put at the head of the government, and for being put forward as th? leader in South Carolina society, his methods of procuring the nomination for that high and important ofiice are not such as to commend him to the favorable opinion of the conservative and prudent element of the State. As we understand. Mr. Tiliman did [ not put his claims before the whole peo- j pie. He appealed to a class, and by the barest majority of his chosen follow? ers secured the "suggestion." We think .Mr. Tillman made his ap? peal to the "common people," though wc have not the copy of the letter be? fore us. If an outsider should speak of his followers as "common people,wc think the speech would certainly be offensive to the more intelligent of his friends. Again, Mr. Tillman said something at Ridgeway abe-ut his follow? ers acting like "jackasses.General Hampton, when he canvassed this State in J 76. spoke of his followers as "friends." "fellow citizens," "Caro? linians," and "brother soldiers" of the Lost Cause." As to the eighty per cent, business In Abbeville County we have about three thousand white voters. In the towns of Abbeville County there are perhaps about one thousand voters, who arc engaged in other pursuits than farm? ing. Of those in town nearly all will vote against Mr. Tillman. Hil chief support will be from tho country, but it is certain that a large per cent, of the conservative and thinking; element will not support Mr. Tillman. Looking afi tbe> situation in this light, we believe it pretty safe to say that in a primar/ election, where every man may vote ?V he pleases, Abbeville may be set dowo* as doubtful now, with the certainty, that Mr. Tillman can not keep ail of his followers in line until September. The majority as shown last sale da/' for Tillman was, in our opinion, more* peeminglythau real. The Tillraanites* in the county had exercised the same' enthusiasm before that meeting that was manifest in the matter of the Shelf conventioo. They were thoroughly organized, while the opposition was no? organized.- Abbeville Press and Ban? ner. The State Campaign. Copies of the following circular let? ter, signed by Col. James A. Hoyt/ Chairman, and Wilie Jones, Secretary/ of the State Democratic Executive* Committee, have been sent out to ?he* various county, chairmen in the State. ' Dear Sir: A Convention of the* Democratic party of South Carolina1 will assemble at Columbia on Wednes? day, the 10'h day of September, 1890/ at 12 o'clock m., in the hall of the? il ouse of Representative, to nominate' candidates for State offices and to trans? act such other business as the Conven" tion may deem proper. "The number of delegates elected4 by each coan ty will be equal to doable' the representation to which such county is entitled in both branches of the* General Assembly. The county chair-" men cf the several counties in th??" State will proceed to have the Demo-" eratic clubs in their counties reorgao ized, and to take such steps as ar?* necessary to carry out the cail and foi the election of delegates to the State* Convention. It is respectfully suggested thal"' the election of delegates to the count/ convention be postponed wherever* practicable until after the meetings of the respective counties, under the ar? rangement for a preliminary campaign' of the State. It is the sense .of the* State Executive Committee, as express? ed by a resolution adopted on the ?th/ instant, that delegates to the State Con-" vention should not be elected until af? ter the close of the preliminary cam? paign, which is to end on the 5th da/ of August. Accompanying the above call fof the Convention is another circular let* 1er, presenting the plan of the pre? liminary campaign suggested by the* Executive Committee io accordance with the provision of the Constitution' of the party. After naming the dates" indicated for holding the meetings' af the various county seats, the commit? tee says : . - ? . Your attention is directed to the* fact that these appointments cover the entire State and that they have been* arranged to the best advantage con? sistent with the time allowed for the* campaign. If the date selected fat your county needs to be changed for any urgent reason it will necessarily carry y oar meeting to the end of the* list, as it is impracticable to make' changes any other way. Please notif/ the chairman at once in regard to thef date fixed, whether or not it' is" ac*" ceptable, and aduVess him at (?reen vilie. The Stale Executive Committee further provide thrtt, in the conduct of these meetings, each County Executive* Committee wiil take full charge of their respective meetings, and while it is" obligatory to invite 'all candidates fof State offices,* to use the exact language* = of the constitution, there is no prohibi? tion against ether Democrats beinff invited to speak if tire County Com? mittee see proper to do so. The coun? ty chairmen will summon their Execu? tive Committees to attend the prelimi? nary meetings of their res'peetrve coan*-"* tics to aid in the proper conduct and" management of these meetings, so thaf full and fair discussion man bc had of the issues presented to the people." The Augusta Chronicle which has* been an advocate of B. R. Tillman now' suggests to bim to "bridle his tongue and to pitch his canvass cn a higher plane" and rcmiuds him that "his can? didacy cannot bc advanced and Demo? cratic unity cannot be promoted by his char/res of extravagance and cor ruption against the present and preced-" io?S Democratic administrations.'*' o Lecturer Terrell discourages nomina? tions in the Alliance. "In fact"' Be" 63ys, "the Alliance prohibits it, for the reason that if we attempt office making we would invite into our order the brok? en-down politicians and demagogue!!? who find no prospect for office in either of the other parties. 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