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STUCKEY & GREEN,
Attorneys at Law
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Jan. L
The Address of the Straight
out Committee.
To the Democracy of South Carolina :
All white Carolinaos worthy of the
race from which they sprang and of the
name they bear, and entitled to share in
the traditions of the past, the prosperity
of the present and the hope of the
future, arc Democrats.
To such, and only such, we earnestly
and confidently appeal.
All that we have aod are, all that we
hope for and desire to transmit to our
children, depends npon the continuance
of white supremacy in this state; and
this supremacy upon our united devo
tion and loyalty to Democratic princi
ples, unity, harmony and organization
within the party lines, obedience to the
roles and faith in the justice aud suc
cess of Democratic aims, purposes and
methods.
To each succeeding generation of onr
race is entrusted the ark of civilization,
and upon each devolves the sacred duty
of defending, preserving and transmit
ting our racial heritage of civil and re
ligious liberty, the fruits of labor and of
thought, the garnered stores of material
and in teilet tuai wealth?all that is
good of what our race has won and held
by hand or brain, by valor, iudustry
cr wisdom, throughout the ages.
Is this generation of Carolina Demo
crats equal to the trust ? Judging the
future by the past, we unhesitatingly
answer, yes. It is, however, true that
"eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty,'7 and the least vigilant must
now perceive that grave danger is im
pending over us. At a time when our
State is ?prosperous beyoud precedent,
waxing each day stronger in material
wealth, leading in the race for me
chanical and industrial supremacy, our
people living and thriving under laws
made by legislators, interpreted by
judges aod executed by officials of our
own race and choice, with peace and
security at home, respect and credit
abroad, we are suddenly confronted
with such danger as has never befere
threatened the Democracy of this State :
the danger of division in our own
ranks.
Infallibility and perfection are divine
attributes, and have never yet been
granted to human wisdom or human
institutions. If injustice has been
done, errors have been committed, or
mistakes have been made, remember
that to err is human ; and remember
also that the great party to which wo
belong is broad enough, strong enough,
wise enough and just enough to right
Etil wrongs, correct all errors, rectify
all mistakes and mete out equal and
impartial justice to all meu.
Remember that all true Carolinans
are Democrats, and as such entitled
to a full, free aod equal sbare in the
management, control and policy of the
party, and that it req lires the combined
and earnest efforts of all Democrats in
the State to keep the Republican wolf
from our door, As democrats, we
know no class. Brothers in blood and
race, destined to stand or fall together,
we deprecate all efforts, from whatever
source, to destroy the unity and in
tegrity upon which the strength and
life of our party depend.
In order to better understand the
position we now occupy, let us recall
the history of the movement which has
resulted in the condition now confront
ing us, and take counsel together on
this extraordinary emergency in our
party affairs.
A convention composed of farmers
representing not less than twenty-six
counties in the State, held in the city
of Columbia on Dec. 1, 1887, unani
mously adopted the following resolu
tions :
Resolved, That it is not the pur
pose of the farmers of the State to
make their organization a political body
hostile to other classes, nor is it their
intention to attack the integrity of the
State officers, nor their policy to arraign
or dictate to the legislature.
"That we believe in the thorough
organization of the farmers of the State
with the object and firm purpose of
developing its agricultural resources."
those who have been ana are etil
governing this State," thus seekiug to
array the farmers in a position of hostility
to other classes of Democratic citizens,
aod to poison their minds against the
officiais to whom that party had entrust
ed the administration of the State gov
ernment since 1876. For his own
selfish purpose, the farmers have been
taught that to criticise Tillman is to
abuso the Fanners' Movemeut, that to
oppose his methods or nomination is to
oppose the farmers themselves, and that
to declare bim unworthy of support is
to say that the farmers have no right to
meddle in politics, or to suggest either
men or measures to the party. We beg
our brother Democrats to disabuse their
minds of all such ideas, and to listen
to us as friends who aro equally in
terested with them in the true welfare
of the State. Not one farmer in ten i
believes the oharges made in the cam
paign against the Democratic party or i
its officials. Every fair-minded .advo
cate of the Farmers' Movement sin
cerely regrets that such charges have
been made aud rejoice that they have
not been sustained. A majority of
the Democrats who are embraced in
this movement have just begun to
realize the strength of organization
! and to recognize the fact that in their
hands rests the political power of the
State under Democratic control. We
believe that they endorse neither Till
man nor his statements or methods, as
such, but that their sole desire is to
promote the success of their own move
ment.
This brings us to common ground.
A majority of the farmers in the move
ment care not so much for Tillman as
for the success of the movement ; the
great majority of other Democrats do
not object to the movement, but do ob
ject to Tillman. We all agree that
within Democratic lines the farmers of
the State have a decided and available
majority, aod can, with the assistence of
their Democratic brethren of other avo
cations, so control the policy of the party
as to secure to all classes their proper
share of influeoce in the administration
of the government. The attainment of
this result requires the free and cordial
co-operation of all elements of the Dem
ocratic party. To secure such co-oper
ation it is essential that the nominee of
the party for the high office of governor
of this proud old commonwealth should
not be a man who has beemirchod her
fair fame, slandered her officials, dis
torted her history, outraged her digni
ty, betrayed the confidence of his own
supporters aod eudangered the integri
ty of the Democratic party by sowing
the seeds of dissension among its mem
bers ; and there are grounds for appre
hension that in the event, of a refusal by
the August convention to order a pri
mary election, and of the nomination of
B. R. Tillman by September conven
tion, a large number of his opponents,
while acquiescing in such a result on
grounds of party fealty and political
necessity, cannot be induced to give to
him that active support which alone
will insure the election of the Democra
nominees in case the Republican party
puts a ticket in the field.
In the eyes of all true Democrats the
maintainance of white supremacy in the
State and the preservation of the bless
ings of which that supremacy is the
only guarantee, are paramount consider
atione, superior to the aspirations of any
individual. The free and untrammeled
expression of the popular will within
the lines of the party organization will
constitute an athoritative declaration
which must command ready and willing
obedience. But such an expression
can only be obtained by the adoption
of the primary plan. This rilan has
been demanded by the March conven
tion ; the demand has been reiterated
by the Democratic conference which
assembled in Columbia on July 10, aud
we express the confident hope that it
will be further re-enforced by the voice
of a united Democracy. From a ver
dict thus rendered there can be no
appeal.
The crisis confronting us is the
gravest that has arisen in this State
since 1S76. The highest patriotism
can alone prove equal to its exigencies.
It is time for demagogues to be sent to
the rear and loyal aod unselfish citizens
brought to tre front. It is with this
conviction and in this spirit that this
address is issued to our Democratic
brethren. That men who belong to
the same household of political faith
should be alienated from each other by
the artifices of ambitious politicians is
as dangerous as it is unnatural, and
must redound to the\lasting injury of j
the party and the State, uuless the
breach is healed.
J. D. Kennedy,
Iredell Jones,
Edw'd McCrady, Jr.,
L. W. Youmans,
J. S. Fowler,
T. W. Woodward,
W. R. Davie,
W. D. Johnson,
Walter Hazard.
The Hon. W. A. Ancram, of
Zershaw, Explains his Con
nection With the Far
mers' Movement.
To the Editor of The News and Cou
rier : I have been informed by friends
who were at Sumter, at the late politi
cal meeting, that Capt. Tillman de
nounced me there as "being a traitor to !
him and as having been rewarded for :
becoming the same by a place on the
board of agriculture."
Before giving the reasons why I be
came convinced that Tillman was an
unworthy and dangerous leader I will as I
briefly as possible state my connection
with the Farmers' Movement.
Leaving the South Carolina College,
after being a student of only three
months, toj?in the army, I found my
self at the end of the war utterly bank
rupt in fortune, with only the prelimi
nary groundwork of a literary educa
tion, compelled to commence my indus
trial life utterly ignorant of its practical
details. Conscious of the disadvantages
under which I labored I had long con
eluded that one of the prime causes of
agricultural decadence was this very
want among our young men of a practi
cal agricultural aud mechanical educa- |
tion.
When Mr. Tillman sounded the call
for the farmers to organize for the es
tablishment of a college where such ed
ucation could be had it found me as !
great an enthusiast possibly as was in
the State. Not only did I fully believe
in the necessity of organization for that
purpose, but I was convinced that we
would be able thereby to rectify many
of the abuses which had grown up iu
the business relations between the far
mers aud the middle meu. With these
remedied and means of practical educa- j
tion established, I thought that I could ;
see the return of prosperity to the agri
cultural profession of South Carolina.
Though prepared by these convictions |
to give my utmost aid-to the organiza- j
tion, I was uot satisfied with the meth- j
ods of Capt. Tillman, when he was |
charmi ?j <r mismanagement aud iosinua- '
ting corruption, aud I will a:-k you to
publinh the reasons which finally led me
to denounce him to my frieuds in the
organization and to refuse to any lunger
associale myself with such leadership.
I h?vo hesitated or catker r.efu?cd ra
quests of opponents aud friends of Capt.
Ti liman to pive these reasons because ?
felt there might be a ciaioi of "confiden
tial" to our original relation. His late
attack on me removes all such doubts
aod forces me to give publicity to my
connections with Oapt. 'Tillman aud
prove to my friends that he had no ex
cuse to make his charges and I had am
ple reasons for my courge.
These may appear tame when put on
paper, but taken collectively and with
many others, which space will not allow
me to give, they led me, from being an
enthusiast, to the conclusion that I
would be a traitor to myself and to my
State were I to any longer associate in
work with a man I believed unworthy
and unscrupulous, or with an organiza
tion of which be was the ackuowlcged
leader.
I was invited to attend the caucus of
farmers called to meet the night before
the meeting o? the first Farmers7 Con
vention. When about to proceed to
business I told Capt. Tillman that I
wished to be plain with him, aod ask
him to explain the charges aud insinu
ations which he had made, because I
did not believe them to be true. He
replied : ?*! know that they are not
true, but I thought it best to make
them, so as to give notoriety to the
movement ; ia that I have succeeded
and they are now at an end." With
this promise 1 agreed to join.
"Bamboozled" by him as I then was,
I some time after my return home wrote
to him that I thought he ought to get
to the Legislature, as his services would
be very much needed. He replied
that he would like to run and believed
that he could -be elected, but that he
did not see how he could be able to get
over the pledgee he had so often given,
that he "would not accept any ofSce
but trustee of an agricultural college,"
unless I would nominate him for the
place in your paper, and get members
of the farmers' organizations in different
parts of the State to do the same, so
that it would be the office seekiog the
man and not the man the office. This
I, of coarse, refused to be a party to.
When the Legislature met there were
plans advanced as to how the money to
establish the College was to be raised
without a demand upon the treasury of
the State, the people demanding a re
duction of taxes. Capt. Tillman advo
cated doubling the tax on fertilizers,
because it wss an indirect tax and the
farmers would never know any better.
My suspicions were now put to the
final test. Thinking that we could best
accomplished our purposes by bringing
the two sections of the farmers, repre
sented by Capt. Tillman and Col. A. P.
Butler, together and discuss the ques
tions, I suggested to the two that we
arrange a meeting and try to agree on a
common plan of action which might lead
to good results. Col. Butler expressed
his willingness to do anything which
would advance agriculture ; that he
would consent to speak to Mr. Tillman
at such a meeting. It was arranged
that three of each side should meet at
Agricultural Hall. Col. Butler, Mr.
John Lawton and Mr. L. W. Yuornans
on the one part, Capt. Tillman, Mr.
J. E. Tindal and I on the other. At
the hour appointed we last three went
to the place of meeting and found only
Col. Butler and Mr. Lawton. Mr.
Youmans, after a few moments, sent a
note that he would be unable to attend
till another afternoon. Col. Butler,
this was the second miscarriage, then
said that it taade no difference, but we
would have a discussion anyhow.
Capt. Tillman's manner soon con
vinced me that nothing could be accom
plished. Iti a short time we arose to
leave, when Col. Butler requested twice
that Mr. Tillman explain the charge
made by him that the department had
allowed bio.), Capt. Tillman and bis
neighbors to be imposed on in a pur
chase of cotton seed meal, made up in
a large measure of "rosin.'' Only
after repeated and direct questions did j
we learn that this meal had been pur
chased in Augusta, Ga., hauled home
in private wagons and never been in a
place where samples for analysis could
be taken by our State officials. Now,
this was a charge which Captain Till
man had been writing in the papers,
repeating it. private conversations with
out any explanation, and I then and
there decided that there could never be
any more association of any sort be
tween me and a man who would so
continually and knowingly "bear false
witne-s against bis neighbor."
Since that day I have treated him as
a moral leper. To my recollection I
spoke to him officially at the Farmers'
Convention of 1887, the last I attended,
bowed to him at Pendleton last sum
mer. Did not recognize him at all at
the recent meeting in Camdeo. To
this is most probably due h?3 attack on
me at Sumler. As to his charge of my
being rewarded by a p'.aee on the board
of agriculture, I am willing to leave
it entirely to the members of the Senate
and House who bad charge of the bill
to reorganize the board whether there
was any consultation with me as to the
make-up of that board. In fact I
objected to being made a member for
personal reason. Just before the meet
ing of the Legislature in 1888, when
my successor was to bo elected, in a
conversation with Mr. Tranthain, the
chairman of the Kershaw delegation, 1
told him that I did not wish re-election.
This will, I think, disposo of hid latter
charge.
That. I am a traitor because I dare to
differ with bis methods appears ro me to
be- the consummation of vanity and
conceit, in this Grand Mogul of egotisti
cal ideas. W. A. Anckl'M.
Camdeo, July 12, 1800.
It must be a disgusting sight, indeed
to see a lot of sensible men so carried j
away with their dictator or political boss
as to harness themselves up and haul j
him around through the slosh and mud ?
like he was a god. And to think that
he has on several ocasi?n s called his
followers "jackasses." There is a law in
human nature regarding men as in phy- j
sics that of the pendulum, the farther it
swings uno way the farther it will go
the othor way when let loose. Tillman !
may be governor, but after he has serv- j
cd awhile and the nothingness of his '
policy begins to reveal itself there will :
certainly be ;i fall, and mighty will be ;
thai fall.?Clarendon Enterprise. !
The Meeting at Marion.
Columbia Register.
Marion, July 17?About 1,000
people attended the meeting of the
State canvassers to-day. The fine rain
of yesterday made it much more pleas
ant for the speakers and audience.
The Tillman adherents could be dis
tinguished in the audience by a piece of
white paper with "B. R. Tillman"
printed thereon, which they wore in
their hat bands
A noticeable feature of the audience
was the large number of negroes. They
were Tillmaoites, as was shown when
Tillman called for a show of hands.
They cheered Tillman and took a lively
interest in the proceedings.
It bad been rumored that tho Tillmao
ites intended to shout Col. Earle and
Gen. Bratton down. If such was the
intention it was abandoned, for up to a
certain point, which will be mentioned
later, the crowd was o-derly and gave
polite attention to the speakers.
The stand was erected on the North
side of the court house and was without
ornament or device showing the politi
cal views of the crowd.
At 10:30 the speakers were escorted
to the stand. No cheers greeted them
The meeting was opened with prayer
by Rev. W. A. Rogers. County Chair
man J. M. Johnsou introduced the
speakers, earnestly reqnrsted the au
dience to give a respectful hearing to
all the speakers. He reminded them
that they were their guests and that the
laws of hospitality demanded that cour
tesy from them. He then introduced
General Bratton.
General Bratton was greeted with
cheers and was listened to throughout
his speech with the most respectful at
tention. His speech breathed senti
ments of lofty patriotism and evinced a
wise statesmanship.
If he did not make converts it is be
cause the Tillmanites are joined to their
idols. He too_ his seat amid ringing
cheers.
Colonel Earle was the next speaker
introduced.
That there are many in the old
"Swamp Fox" County who have faith
in the purity of our administration was
evinced by the greeting which the gal
lant champion of straightout Democracy
received.
His defense of our State government
was simply unanswerable. He said if
the charges ef corruption which Captain
Tillman had made against the Demo
cratic party were true, he would re
nounce his allegiance to it. But that
he had again and again called upon
Captato Tillman and his associates to
point out one instance of corruption in
the offices, and this they were unable to
do.
So in advance of Captain Tillman's
speech, he took up the charges of Cap
tain T'llman, with which the readers of
the Register are familiar, and in a
forcible manner answered them. He
denied that the State government had
been extravagant.
He was willing to say that the'County
government might be run at less ex
pense, and there was an amendment
now submitted to the people for a change
in the administration of County affairs.
He did not think the State government
could be run at an apparently less ex
peuse without doing injustice to the
public service. If the so-called reforms
of Captain Tillman were all carried into
effect the difference in the taxes would
scarcely be recognized by the taxyayers
while it might be perceived iu a less
efficient public service and by the des
truction or crippling of some of our
State institutions.
Nothing is said in the platform of the
March Convention about the Citadel
Academy, and Captain Tillman had
studiousjy avoided referring to it in his
speeches. Did they propose to with
draw its appropriation ?
The speaker was in favor of fostering
and building up all the educational iu
stitntioos of the State.
Referring to Capt. Tillman's charges
of corruption be said : "Capt. Tillman
says I had hoped that the days of 'addi
tion, division and silence' had forever
passed away in South Carolina, but cir
cumstantial evidence points in another
direction. Many of you know what
those words meant when the Radical
party was in power. Now, I ask that
Capt. Tillman shall indicate the men
who share in that stealing. Where is
the set of men who agree that thereshall
be division and silence ? Let him point
them out. He has not done so and he
cannot do so. On another occasiou he
said that he did not have $25,000 with
which to tickle the Representatives and
Senators of our State. What does he
mean unless he means that your repre
sentatives are corrupt ?
When you advocate Captain Tillman
you must have confidence in the truth
of his utterances. You must not be
lieve that the administration has been
corrupt as he says it is. If what he
charges is true there is no difference be
tween our Democratic administration
and the Radical rule which preceded
'7 '. But let him point out a man in
office that has been bribed?one single
man that has been corrupt as a repre
sentative of the Democratic party. If!
he cannot do so what is the cause of ;
this movement and what are his charges J
but unwarranted imputations upon the
honest and umigbt officers of the
State ?
One by one Colonel Earle took up
the charges made by Captain Tillman
and answered them to the satisfaction,
it would seem, of every fair-minded
Tillmanite.
Captain Tillman was the next speaker.
He was received with loud and prolong
ed cheering. It was evident that a j
large majority of the crowd were his i
supporters.
lie said he was glad to be in the
Swamp Fox County again, and believ
ed they were glad to see him. lie had
spoken so much, he said, that he would
have to mix the bones and remnants of
h ?m former speeches together and give
thorn a hash, but it would be good
Democratic hash, and he believed they
would like it. [Laughter and cheers ] j
lie thru proceeded very much in the |
line he had pursued during the cam- !
paign. He declared agam that the I
State had been ruled by an oligarchy ;
that bosses had ruled the common
people and that they were forced to sub
mit because of the presence of the negro,
but now the peoplo were rising iu their
might aud were determiued to have a
haud in the government.
He stated the fact that ;he Farmers'
Movement had made an effort two years
ago to get Colonel Earle to be their
standard bearer for Governor and that
Colonel Earle would now be Governor
if he had accepted the nomination, but
that Colonel Earle refused the nomina
tion.
He then proceeded to ridicule the
different anti-Tillman conferences held
in Columbia, and coming down to the
last he said : "I stand here to-day and
tell you I believe that nine-tenths of
the white men in this State are for me
j a d if you nominate me I will be your
: Governor in spite of a thousand 'four
I huodred,' unless they bring in the
I knife of the assassin."
Col. Earle?"Captain Tillman, do
I you think the Democracy of the State
60 cowardly as to assassinate you or
anybody else ?"
Capt. Tillman ? "All I have got to
say is that men who threateu do not
generally carry out their threats. ?
would never have said anything about
assassioation if these men had not
made their threats so publicly, openly
and unequivocally."
Col. Earle?"What men ?"
Capt. Tillman?"Well, Barn well for
one."
Col. Earle?"Do you believe Barn
well could think of such a thing."
Capt. Tillmam?"No, sir."
Col. Earle?"When Joe Barn well
meets you, it will be face to face, and
fairly."
Capt. Tillman?"He simply said I
shall never be Governor of South Caro
lina. How is he goit.g to prevent it ?
And the crowd cheered him to the echo.
What did they mean ?"
Col. Earle?"They meant to heat
you by fair meaos, and I will do all in
my power to the same end
Capt. Tillman?"They did not say
anything about fair means."
Col. Earle?"That is a just presump
tion."
Capt. Tillman?"That gang in Col
umbia meant either to assassinati: me or
appeal to the negro and they have got
to take either one or the o-'her horn of
the dilemma."
Up to this time the audience had
been extremely quiet and good humor
ed, but Capt. Tillman made some stric
tures upon the conduct of the News and
Courier which produced an angry retort
from the correspondent of that r.aper
which came near precipitating the
crowd in a very serious row. Captain
Tillman spoke of the uufair reports of
the News and Courier and the lying
headlines.
He said ; "I hope none of you take
the rotten sheet, bat if jou do you will
see to-morrow how different the report
of the meeting is from what it 13 at this
moment."
Mr. Shirley ilughson, the reporter for
the News and Courier, arose and said :
"Captain Tillman : If you eay I have
ever misrepresented you in any meeting
have reported, you are an infamous
liar aud the truth is not in you."
For a moment there was the greatest
confusion. Every man on the stage
sprang to his feet. The crowd began
to rush on the stage. Cri?s of "Put
him off" were heard. About this tina
a policeman mounted the stage and ap
proached Mr. Hughson as though to
arrest him. This increased the confu
sion.
A c jwd gathered around Mr. Hugh
son to protect him, while an angry crowd
seemed determiued to get at him.
After .some time quiet was suffcieusiy
restored for Capt. Tillman to iiuisb
his speech.
It was openly declared by the Tili
manites that if Hughson was not arrest
ed and imprisoned he would be mob
bed. He was neither arrested nor
mobbed.
As soon as Capt. Tillman finished
bis speech, which be did in a few min
utes, he left the stand.
He was followed by the ether speak
ers, but most of the crowd had scattered
when Capt. Tillman finished his speech.
The Extension of the Char
leston, Sumter and North
ern Road.
Mr. Wentworth Rollins, generai
manager of the construction company
which has the contract for the extension
of the Charleston, Sumter and Northern
Railroad, was in the city yesterday.
He reported that the work on the line
from Bennettsville to Sumter is progres
sing very satisfactorily.
The contract for grading the line
between those points has been awarded
to Pringle & Co, who represent the firm
of Pringle, McLacc & Co. The eon
tract for the trestle work from the Pee
Dee River to Sumter has been awarded
to Walton & Robin sod, and for that
from the Pee-Dee River to Bennetts
villc to Williams & Tin icy. The con
struction of the bridge over the Pee
Dee River is in charge of the Phoenix
Iron Work?, of Pennsylvania. Twen
ty-one miles of t'ae road bed has already
been completed The entire Hue, be
tween Sumter and Bennettsville, a dis
tance of ?^-j- miles, will be graded very
soon.
The line from Sumter to Darlington,
Mr. Rollins said, would be completed
by the first of September, and the road
between Darlington aud Bennettsville
would be finished by the first of No
vember. The entire read from Preg
nalfs to Benne;tsv;!le would be in oper
ation by the first of January, 1891.
The authorities of the Charleston,
Sumter and Northern Road have de
cided to locate stations at the following
points : One between the Pee-Dee
River and Darlington, to be called
Latnar ; one near Lynches River ; one j
between Swimming Pens and Sumter,
and one at Darlington. The stations
at Lamar, Darlington and Bennettsville
will be built of brick. Everything is
under good headway and ?he present j
line of the road is doing a good
busiuess ?News anS Courier July 1'J.
Allen G. Thurman, that great and
good old Roman, whiles bis time away
frolicking with his grandchildren, of,
whom he is very fond. Happy is the
man who in the sunset of life can smile
on the world, and forget its cares in
romping with the little ones.
Captala Ben Ti??man.
It is popularly supposed that Captaia
Ben Tillman lost an eye studying;
Greek by a lightwood knot fire. This
is a mistake. An eminent physician
and surgeon says that toe South Caro
lina "Moses1' when a mere lad went
out swimming. He made a vigorous
dive aud struck his forehead on a rock
at the bottom of the stream. The^
skull over the eye itself was so injured
that it had to be removed.
He was paralyzc-d for a considerable
period, aod this was the reason why he
did not go to the war as his gallant'
brothers did It was physically im
ponible for him to do so ; and therefore"
no charge of his want of intrepidity
can bold water. There never was any
question of his pluck, aud, however
violently he may be disagreed with'
politically, he has shown wonderful*'
powers of mind and unquailing courage.*
?Ajusta Ecoiing Neics.
A New Cotton Pest.
A new and very destructive cotton'
pest has appeared ia Madison parish,'
Louisiana doing great harm to the
young cotton plant. The insect, which'
has never been seen before, is a small
beetle about an inch long, very active"
on the wing and able to hop about like
a flea. It has devoured almost every
thing green wherever it has appeared,'
but particularly the young cotton,
which is totally destroyed while the"
older plants look as though they had
been frost-bitten. The cotton beetle is".
?3 yet confined to only a portion of
Madison parish, and an attempt is
being made to exterminate the pest
with Paris greeu. Specimens will be
sent to the United States entomologist
at Washington for classification.
The Name William.
This name has a curious history. lif
was cot at first given to children, and1
even a man had to earn it before h?
could have it. When the ancient Ger
mans fought with the Romans, tne Ger
mans had only light weapons. The
Romans were well armed, protected by
armor too, and some cf them wore a'
gilded helmet to shield the head.
Whenever a German succeeded in kill
ing a well armed Roman who wore one*
of these gilded helmets the helmet
was put upon his head, and he was'
afterwards known as G eld helm, or as we
would say, Goiden Helmet. With the
French this was called Guiiheaume,*
shortened Gallarne ; aud with Latin
speaking nations Guliemlus. Finally7
the French Guillame became Wuillame ?
the German Gilhelm is Wilhelm, and1
the English William.
Senator Blair, of New Hampshire,'
and the Memphis Avalanche have not
much in common ic matters of opinion,'
but they have managed unwittingly to*
explain each other very neatly in one"
instance. A few days ago the Ava-"
lanche said, with equal frankness and
truth: "It makes no difference to the^
whites whether the negro is educated
or not. The objection to him fs not
that he is ignorant, 'but that be is af
negro.'; About the same ?ime, Senator
Blair delivered an address in St. Paul,"
in which he said : "The higher tira5
colored ??" raises iu the scale of being
the closer dixs the Caucasian race
adhere to itself ; to which he added the
farther very just remark:, that "in
those communities where both races are
the most advanced ic oc Ddi?;??r:c,7 the"
social separation is most marked. The
race question cannot be solved by ib?
school teacher, that is plain.
News was received ia Charleston of.
the death of one cf Charleston's prince of
grocers?0. F. Weiters. Mr Weiters'
left the city some time since to pay a
visit to his native place?Germany?"
hoping to regain his health which had
been fsiling for some time, and died
while at his old home.
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