The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 13, 1890, Image 1
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July 30-8 J. 31. McBRYDE, President.
The Farmers' Alliance.
Prof. C. S. Walker, of the Mass
achusetts Agricultural College at Am
tierst, has contributed to the Andover
Review for August an admirable paper
on "the Farmers' Alliance, in which be
reviews concisely and with great force
the depressed condition of the agricul
tural interests of the country. It is
undoubtedly true, as Prof Walker says,
that the condition of the farmers of
America has been too much ignored,
and that "the American farmer at the
close of xthe nineteenth century, after a
hundred years of Republican govern
ment, is directly confronted with the
question' whether or no he shall, like
the fillers of the soil in the Old World,
degenerate from his honorable station to
the condition of the serf Y7' It is stated
by Prof Walker upou good authority
that "250,000 persons control 75 to 80
per cent of the national wealth ; that
the 3 per cent of the population, who
own 75 per cent, of the wealth pay
but 27 per cent, of the taxes. While
the other 97 per cent of the population,
who own but 25 per cent of the wealth,
pay 73 per cent of the expenses of the
Government." Whether these figures
be correct or not, and Prof Walker
does not vouch for their accuracy, there
cau be no question that the farmers
bear far more than their legitimate
share of the burdens cf Federal taxation,
and that while the rich are growing
richer the poor are growing poorer, and
less able to cope with the money
kings in whose pockets the wealth of
the country has been congested.
Prof Walker bases upon the second
annual report of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of North Carolina, confirmed
by the reports of the State Granges of
North Carolina and of the other South
ern States, a vivid conception of the
character and environment of the South
ern farmers." He says:
"From these and other trustworthy
sources we learn that the average farmer
of the South fails to prosper iu good
years ; and in years of drought, or of
too much rain, becomes well nigh bank
rupt; that he buys on credit, mortgag
ing his crops at exorbitant rates of in
terest; that he buys his own food
largely, expecting to pay in cotton or
some other special crop, giving high
prices for everything ; that he fails to
make barnyard manure, preferring to
buy commercial fertilizers which too
often prove to be of little value, of too
great cost, and a total loss by reason of
unfavorable conditions ; that he must
seil his crop for what dealers choose to
pay, and submit to extravagant charges
for packing, transportation, and waste ;
that he is able neither to let his land
profitably to tenants, nor to hire effi
cient help even at high prices, nor to
work his land himself successfully."
The 229 representative farmers
included in the North Carolina report
for the - year 1SS7 reported an actual
loss of 3^- per cent, on their capital.
With the average New Englaud farmer
the results have been little if any better.
The report of the Labor Bureau of Con
necticut for 1S88 shows that the average
earnings of 969 farmers, for their work
of superintendence and manual labor,
were ?184.31 for the year. The aver
age wages of the hired man was ?386.
36, while the wages of the operators in
uinety manufacturing establishments of
the State was $441. Id Massachusetts
the condition of the farmer is no better
lie receives for his superintendence and
his own manual labor $326.49, while
the wages of the average hired farm
laborer amounts to ?345. Prof Walker
refers to. the competition between the
city and the country as one of the cau
ses which have led to the unremunera
tive character of farm work, and claims
that under existing conditions the city
bas the advantage?"the farmer sells
cheap and buys dear, and buys dear and
sells cheap."
"A hundred years ago," says Prof
Walker, "the farmer was dominant.
Agriculture was strong, and manufac
tures were infant industries to be
nourished. Now the infant has nothing
to fear from the competition of the far
mer *' The manufacturers are on top
and under their control of the legisla
tion of the country they have brought
the country face to face wi'h the periis
which now threaten the very existence
of the Government. Slow and conser
vative in their methods, the farmers
have resolved to unite together for the
protection of their own interests, and
with this object in view they have form
ed the Farmers' Alliance which, under
wise and conservative direction, is des
tioed to become the controlling factor in
the politics of the nation.
Prof Walker reviews briefly the plan
upon which the Alliance has been form
ed. Its openly expressed object is "to
efficiently promote social, business and
educational ends." It ignores section
alism and party lines. It is a combina
tion of farmers for the benefit of far
mers, and proceeds upon the theory
that "if the law of competition is good
for the manufacturer and the banker,
for the railroads and the stock exchange,
for the professional man and the
mechanic, it must be good als'? for the
farmer." Prof Walker does not think
it will be easy to find fault with the
Alliance's declaration of purposes,
although he holds that it is not so diffi
cult to "criticise some of the particular
measures which they are advocating to
secure these ends." If these measures,
says Prof Walker, are rejected, then it i
becomes the true statesman to devise i
some other methods aud measures by j
which the farmers of America may be i
saved from the fate of the agricultural i
class of other lands, and of other ages, (
If the Farn-Grs' Movemeut," he says (
again, "shall succeed in turning the |
public opiuion of the nation to the e
oecessity of 'demaudiog equal rights f
for all and special favors for none,* t
and of suppressing personal, local, sec- t
tional and national prejudices, it will ;
atone for many mistakes and prove it- '.
self to be one of the great developments t
of a people's life." \
Surely this is a consummation devout- (
ly to be wished, but it cau only be sue- <
cessfully accomplished by the wisest c
statesmanship and by conservative (
counsel. It will not attend the ravings *
of the demagogue, nor will it come by r
the incitement of class hostilities. It I 1
will not come in a day or a year, but J s
only by persistent effort aud well-1 1
directed effort to the end. There must U
be a gradaal, bat complete reversal of
the commercial policy of this country.
The ''infant industries," which have
served to impoverish the farmers, must
learo to walk alone, and the markets of
the world must be opened to the pro
ducts of our farmers. The American
crops are already far in excess of the
demands of the American markets
We must find new markets, and so long
as oar ports are closed to the rest of
the world we cannot expect the rest of
the world to open their markets to as.
As long as the protection policy pre
vails, the farmers of the TJuited States
will be compelled to buy dear and sell
cheap.
But, besides striving after reciprocal
trade relations with the other countries
of the world, the Farmers' Alliance
should inculcate among its members the
saving doctrine of domestic independ
ence. Prof. Walker tells us that the
Southern farmer buys on credit,
mortgaging his crops at exorbitant
rates of interest; that be buys his own
food largely/' and that "he fails to
make barnyard manure," etc., etc.
These are practical questions which the
Farmers' Alliance can assist the farmer
in solving to his advantage. All the
Government warehouses that can be
built from now until the end of the
world will not help the farmer who is
dependent upon his mortgages to make
his crops. Before the farmer can have
anything to store in the warehouses,
be must be able to make it over and
above the provisions that are necessary
to keep him going. And when he has
acquired this condition of domestic in
dependence he will not be dependent
upon the b -unty or paternal care of
the Government, and to enjoy which he
must consent to tax himself still fur
ther.
' With the farmers of America/'
says Prof Walker in concluding his
paper, assured of the permanence of
their homes, secure of their future,
making progress mentally, morally,
socially, and financially, the cities of
Dur land will have a normal develop
ment, the other classes of society will
be prosperous, our Republican institu
tions will be maintained, and the whole
world will be blessed. * * * Here,
then, is the opportunity of this century
for the man of the people, the true
leader, the genuine statesman, to turn
from the petty strifes after spoils and
political preferment, that be may com
prehend this movement, discover its
langers, prevent disaster, restrain and
juide, until the goal of assured victory
s gained."?News and Courier.
A. Sub-Treasury Bill Sub
stitute.
The paper known as the "Sub-Treas
ary bill." which had been sent down to
;he Sub-Alliances for adoption or re
lection, coming up at the monthly meet
ing of the Caldwell Co., N. C, Farmers,
Alliance, as unfinished business from
:he April meeting, a motion was made
o adopt. After an able discussion of
,he bill for and against, a vote was
aken and the motion to adopt was lost.
Dr. R L. Beall then offered the follow
ing paper, which was adopted, viz:
Believing in the fundamental prin
ciples of our Constitution, viz: eqaal
"ights to all, special favors to none ; to
constantly strive to secure harmony and
*ood will among all mankind ; to sup
press personal, local, sectional and
national prejudices ; and having faith
the intelligence and conservatism of
pur fellow citizens, we offer the follow
ng plan as a remedy for existing public
?vils, not only to our brethren in North
Carolina, but of the whole order, and
would firmly but respectfully ask of all
jandiuates for the Legislature or Con
gress a public acceptance of the same.
First, Such a modification of the
;ariff as will allow the products of our
farms not only to reach the free mark
ets of the world, but to get in exchange
for our products the manufactures of a
free market without unjust restric
tions.
Second, Such an economical adminis
tration of national finances as shall
leave none of the people's money lock
?d in the government vaults as a surplus
above the needs of the government,
thereby contracting the currency, or
acting as a temptation to corrupt
?ehernes, or wasted on needless public
buildings and unnavigable harbors and
rivers.
Third, A modification of the national
banking act, so as to prevent a needless
3ootraction of the currency; the repeal
pf the tax on our State banks, and free
?oinage and remonetization of silver.
Fourth, A cessation and repeal of all
inconstitutional, centralizing, sectional
ind partisan legislation by Congress,
:hereby promoting a feeling of national
brotherhood and confidence in the just
ness and stability of the government
which is the basis of national pros
perity.
Fifth, A proper control of the rai!
oads, which are but the highways of
he people for purposes of travel and
?ommerce, in such a manner as not to
Jeprive the r&ilroad companies of a re
?Onab?e profit on their investment and
it the same time projet the people
Vom unjust discriminations and restric
ions on trade and travel. 1
Sixth. Stern opposition to the usur
pation of powers not granted in the con- <
itittition and reserved to the people. l
The campaign closed with the meet- ;
ng at Walterboro on Tuesday. It was, i
o every respect, a campaign without
precedent in this State. In tnanv of j
ts characteristics it was such as to i
nduce the wish on the part of good <
jitizens that we may never have another j
)f its kiud Possibly, however, it has .
?ad two effects. It has but strengt.ii
sncd the opinion of Captain Tillman's t
riends that he is the very best man for (
he place?the only man who can help {
he State out of the difficulties with !
vbieh she is said to be surrounded. ! ]
['hose who oppose his election arc as j (
ieterriiineci in their oppostion as they j (
vere upon the first intimation that ! (
}aptaio Tillman wanted to be Gov- j
irnor. Indeed, in the minds of this ;
ilass of our people, the conviction that t
japtain Tillman is not a proper person <
o be at the head of the State Govern- ]
nent has boon very much strengthened I t
iy his bearing aud utterances on the i
tump Altogether the ennvass may j
?e consiv?ered a failure.?Spnrtcntburg ! 1
Utndd. ' J
Don't Give Up the Fight.
Although there seems to be little
doubt now but that the Tillmau?tes will
carry the August Convention ar.d vote
against primary, still thaf is by no
means a reason why the Straightouts
should give up the fight. There is no
telling what chages a month may bring
forth, and the reaction which is sure to
set in, sooner or later, may be sufficient
ly strong by that time to bring about a
change in the sentiments of some of the
Tillman delegates so that some sort of
arrangement may be made by which the
wide breach which already exists in the
Democratic party may be practically
closed. It is true that Col. Hoyt,
Chairman of the Executive Committee,
has made an effort to have a joint con
ference between his committee, and the
Tillman and anti Tillman committees,
of which Mr. Shell and Gen. Kennedy
are the Chairmen respectively, and has
failed in this undertaking on accou t of
the refusal of Mr. Shell. Neverthe
less it is Dot too late to accomplish
wonders yet. The Tillmanites are car
rying things with a high hand, they
want no one in office who does not an
swer the questions they put to them to
fu't their own arbitrary notions, they
talk about boycotting this and that
paper if the editor presumes to write
editorials which they do not endorse,
and act as though there was no other
class in the State except the farming
class, and all legislation should be
shaped to suit the farmer to the exclu
sion of all other men. This state of
affairs cannot last long in the nature of
things, and, if a sufficient reaction is
brought about during the next month,
such a tremendous pressure; will be
brought to bear on the Tillman dele
gates to the September Convention that
they may be induced to come to terms
which will be in a measure satisfactory
to both factions of the party. We re
peat again, that the fight should not be
given up until the September Conven
tion ; let every inch of ground be hotly
contested, and if we are compelled to
give up at the last let ns go down with
flying colors and with the consciousness
that we have done our best for good
government and the State.?Darlington
Herald.
- ? I I ?
To abide or not to abide by the
nomination ofthe September convention,
if that convention nominates Mr. Till
man, is a question that many are now
considering. As little as may be
thought, there are many men in the
State who will not vote for Mr. Till
man, under present conditions at least.
They feel that Mr. Tillman has rent
apart the feeling of fellowship among the
white people of the State that has ex
isted hitherto; that he ban maligned all
that South Carolina holds most dear,
and that be in no way embodies the
ideas fought for so earnestly in 1876.
Therefore, feeling that be is not the
exponent of the ideas of the Democratic
party, they do not deem themselves
called on to give him support. There
are thousands of such men throughout
the State, and what is to be their course
of action between the meetings of the
August and September conventions is a
matter of speculation now. Without a
leader, without organization, these men
are thinking for theoiselves. The
action and complexion of the August
convention may make these men or
ganize and fight Mr. Tillman to the
end. If this proves true, there are
livelier times ahead than have been seen
this year.
How strong this party is cannot be
told now, but all know that it has bravos
and money, and that the men who com
pose it are worthy foemen in any con
test. They are largely men who have
bad much influence because they de
served it. Their influence has availed
nothing so far in the fight. It has been
swept aside by an unintelligible force.
But under other conditions it may re
turn, and if it does, Mr. Tillman may
not yet be Governor.
Whether these men will make a fight
and show their strength, or whether
they will be content to submit quietly
to Mr. Tillman's election and then
harass every step he makes for the next
two years to bis defeat in 1892, is a
matter of speculation for others and a
matter for determination by them.
However gloomy the future may seem
to gome, and however full of hope for
Mr. Tillman, there is an unmistakable
under current that will toss Mr. Till
man't batteau possibly to the drowning
of its crew.?Columbia Record.
Harmonizing in Abbeville.
The following is from the proceedings
of the Abbeville County Conventiou.
The resolutions were adopted :
Maj, J. K. Vance.?I have a set of
resolutions which I propose to offer. I
am an aoti-Tillman man, and fought as
hard as any one as long as I saw any
hope of success. But it is now ascer
tained that B R. Tillman is certainly
the choice of a large majority of our
people. The resolutions arc as follows :
Whereas events Lave shown that
Benjamin R. Tillman has achieved
success in the State Campaign and that
he wi!i be the next Governor of South
Carolina and
Whereas, up to this date no citizen
opposed to the movement led and re
presented by B. R. Tillman has an
nounced himself as a candidate for the
Senate or for the House of Representa
tives from this County; and
Whereas, there have been indications
sometimes amounting almost to th-eats,
that there would be a split, or a bolt,
)r an independent movement on the
part of some of the Democracy of this
t?te : and
Whereas such split, or bolt, or in
lependent movement xrould be most
li-astrous to the State aud to the D?m
unit ic Party, and
Whereas there is" danger that the
[tepublican party in this State may at
empt to be reorganized and may j
mdeavor to elect. Sr;tte, Couu?y, and
Congressional oi'lircrs :
Therefore, in the interest of pence
tnd prosperity and for the welfare of
he County and State and the Demo
sratio party and to the end that all true
Democrats may stand shoulder to shou!
ier to resist the power of the cver
^atchful Republican Adversary. Be it
It-Solved, by the Democracy of Ab-J
)evi!le County in Convention Assem- j
jlcd; that il is the sense of this Cou- 1
vention that no citizen of this County
opposed to B. R. Tiilman or the Re
form Movement should announce him
self as candidate for the Senate or the
House of Representatives and that as a
united and solid Democracy, we will
at the county primary, select from can
didates hitherto announced, and the
candidates who may be in the field at
that time and in sympathy with the
spirit of these resolutions.
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The People are Getting
Straight Again.
Sioce the friends of Tiilman have
carried the day, and the victory is theirs
completely, quiet and peace is being
restored among all classes.
One of the absurd and foolish things
of this campaign has been the claim
that the candidate for county office is
better fitted for the discharge of official
duties by declaring himself "for Tiil
man."
At Greenwood last Thursday we
heard of one candidate who went into
a store full of strangers to him, and
announced his candidacy, saying be
was "for Tiilman." He repeated the
expression a number of times, aud the
gentleman who spoke to us of the fact,
said that he was a Tillmanite of the
s'rongest sort, but that he would on
principle vote for no man for county
office who based his claims on any such
a pretext.
Being for or against Tiilman doe9 not
qualify a man to fill a county office,
although it is necessary for a candidate
for the Legislature to declare himself.
It is perfectly right for all such to
define their positions on political
questions.
But we do trust that the intelligence
and decency of Abbeville county will
vote for the best qualified men for
county office, regardless of any latter
day conversion to Tiilman politics
when he does not need their help, and
their following doss not qualify tbem at
all for office.?Abbeville Press and
Banner.
The Bagging Question.
The farmers are on top in the jute
bagging fight. It is now only about
half the price it was before they tackled
it- They are still keeping up the fight
and intend to fight it to the end.
Our merchants are laying in a big
supply of sugar sacks as a substitute for
regular jute bagging. This is well for
our farmers as it is both cheap and
heavy. We learn that it weighs about
2? pounds to the yard, and is to be
sold at 7? cents.
Instead of keeping up the fight at a
loss, as was done last year, the farmers
will this year lose absolutely nothiug in
weight and get the covering at a less
cost than they did last year.
We are not informed as to what
quantity of sugar sacks has been bought
but it is reasonable to suppose that the
supply will not be equal to the demand,
for the reasons that it is heavier and
cheaper than the jute bagging. It may,
therefore, be well for planters to inves
tigate this matter and make such ar
rangements as they deem most desirable.
Io connection with this, we wish to
call the attention of our farmers to the
importance of packing their cotton in
standard bales?four hundred pounds.
Six per ceut. of the gross weight of a
bale is knocked off for the bagging and
ties. The farmer, then, should put on
six pounds of bagging and ties for
every hundred pounds of the gross
weight of the bale If he puts on less
than this amount of bagging and ties,
he forces himself to submit to a loss of
lint cotton.
Tber- is obliged to be a loss to the
farmer of about sixty cents a hundred
for any excess in the bale over 400
pounds. If a bale weighs 600 pounds
the tare is 36 pounds If only 24
pounds of bagging aud ties is put on,
the farmer loses 12 pounds of lint cottou.
Abbeville County has been losing by
packing heavy bales, enough money to
pay her taxes.
There isn't a farmer in Abbeville
County who packs his cottou in 600
pound bales, who will not lose an
amount equal to his taxes.
The fight on jute bagging, ao^ the
opening of the eyes ot the people to
their loss in packiug heavy bales, will
be worth to this county alone in years
to come, hundreds of thousands of dol
lars
When the people find out that they
are losing from 50 cents to ?1 a bale
on heavy bags, they will save by re
ducing the weight. This, together
with their victory io reducing the price
of jute, should be a sufficient recom
pense for their trouble, even if nothing
else is gained ?Abbeville Press and
Banner.
Samuel Colgan, an ambitious onice
secker, of Eigefield County, S. C ,
makes the following unique announce
ment of his candidacy, through the
columns of a local paper: "To the
good people of Eigefield : The wiud
bloweth where it listeth, and no man
can tell whence it comes, or whither it
goctb, but I am not that kind of a cat.
I am a Hen Tiilman cat, and if elected
county commissioner, propose to reform,
beautify, adorn, resusicate, rejuvenate
and rehabiliate Eigefield county from
the edge of the water up to the top of
the rocks. I am a laboring man and
haul wood If not elected. I can haul
on. I would say more, but I am a
man of few words, and full of trouble.
The inflicting of the death penalty by
electricity on Kern m 2er, in Auburn, 2sT.
Y., penitentiary, Wednesday morning,
after all the law's delay, settles the fact,
which was stubbornly resisted, that this
is a sure, and as far as can be demon
strated, a painless way of dispatching
criminals senteuced to death. But we
don't think it will strike the public with
so much favor as to be adopted to any
considerable extent in place of hanging.
It is too complicated, and too liable to
mishaps, eveu at the last moment. The
fact that there was something wrong in
fhis case, after the extraordinay efforts
to have everything work smoothly, and
that a second shock had to be given to
make death sure, shows this. The old
method of hanging may not be as scien
tific nor as artistic, but it is when well !
done as expeditious, effective and pro- j \
bably as painless. ] j
Fremont's Exploring Expe*
ditions.
Fremont's genius showed itself
chiefly in his explorations, which were
fully appreciated at the time by his
fellow-countrymen, and were known to
the FcientiGc world of Europe. His
five different exploring expeditions
covered a period of more than ten years.
Before the first of these expeditions
general ignorance prevailed as to the
fcpecific character of the country between
the eastern slopes of the Rockies and
the western slopes of the Sierra
Nevadas. This he supplanted with
accurate and extensive information as
to nearly the entire region west of the
Missouri River and between Mexican
and British possessions.
The personal experiences of members
of the exploring parties would make
a volume of thrilling interest. Tn those
days buffaloes swarmed on the Western
plaie? ; hostile bands of Indians were
frequently encountered and routed.
The iives of the explorers were full of
extremes. Ftom a superabundance of
buffalo meat on the hot prairies, it was
often but a few days before the party
almost died of famine in the snow of
the mountains. At different times some
of them were killed by Indians, over
come by the cold, lost in storms, aud
forced to eat their horses and dogs
They descended rapids, and cut their
way through snow banks until many
of their animals died of exhaustion and
hunger.
Fremont was an ideal leader. His
courage was a constant quality. His
companions admired him for his gener
ous feeling for all of his company ; and
they could not but be brave when led
by one who bad no fear. Among his
companions was the famous soout Kit
Carson, wbose-eccentric dating and skil
ful hunting enlivened with many sur
prising incidents the experiences of the
expeditions wl ".ch he accompanied.
The object of the first expedition was
to obtain accurate knowledge as to the
character of the Territories of Nebraska
and Wyoming, aud especially of South
Pass?the opening through the moun
tains on the way to Oregon. He ac
complished even more than this ; going
farther north, he planted the United
States flag on the highest peak of the
Rockies, which now bears his name.
His report at once made it evident that
much of this Western country was so
fertile that it would soon be settled.
The second expedition which started
in the spring of 1843, and lasted for
fourteen months, was much more
ambitions. Its object was to explore
the possible lines of communication
between Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming,
Utah, Idaho, and Oregon, aud to find
a way by land from the lower Columbia
River to the Bay of San Francisco.
The wonderful hardships endured upon
this expedition were rewarded with the
marvellous disclosures of th*- ographi
cal variety and wealth of t e country
traversed. The great Salt Lake was
hitherto almost unknowD, and no ac
curate information existed with regard
to California north of Sacramento. It
was his report of the resources of Utah
that first attracted the attention of the
Mormons, and ultimately led to their
removal to Salt Lake City. During
this expedition Freemont led uoguided
over the mountains his band, composed
mainly of French Canadians, where the
native savages told him, there was no
trail, and where his beasts of burden
could find neither subsistence nor foot
ing. These heroic deeds spread his
fame wherever newspapers were read,
and won from his government the
double brevet of First Lieutenant aud
Captain.
The purpose of the third expedition,
begun in 1845, was to explore the great
basin and coast of California and
Oregon Political events ioterposed,
and transformed this scientific expedi
tion into a military and political con
quest.
The fourth expedition, begun in
1848, at his own expense, discovered a
passage to California via the head
waters of the Rio Grande, along a
route subsequently followed by the
Southern Pacific Railroad.
The fifth and last expedition was nn
deitaken in 1853, with a view to dis
cover the best route for a national
highway from the Mississippi Valley to
the Pacific) Ocean.?Harper's Weekly
Wonderful Vitality.
Greensboro, N. C , Aug. G ?At 4'
o'clock yesterday morning a negro
oamed Schofield Grant, Alias Merritt,
was killed on the Richmond and Dan
ville track in the soithern part of this
city. He stepped off the main line out
of the way of a train on a side track
directly iu front of a backing engine
He was knocked down and run over.
His body was cut almost completely in
two at the waist, only a shred of muscle
holding the two parts together.
The wheels of two cars and a tender
passed over, yet when the train stopped
he told the hands bow to take him out
He was laid on a skid and lived and
talked calmly of his injuries for an hour
or more. Occasionally he would glance
at the parts of his body lying around.
The first of his relatives to reach him
was his aged grandmother, who dropped j
dead after looking upon his injuries.
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Mr. Geo. I. Cunningham, who has
been prominently spoken of as a Re
publican candidate for Governor in the
approaching election, stated to a re
porter of the Charleston Sun at the
custom house Saturday that he was em
phatically out of the Gubernatorial race,
and unwilling that his name be used in
any connection with it. Said he: **I
have seen it intimated in several up
country papers, and also in the Sun. of
ray being the Republican candidate
against Capt. Tiilman. This is alto
gether unauthorized. I will not be
pitted against him. The fight for the
Governor is strictly befweeu the I> mo
srafs of the State aud Republicans
mould not dip in "
DO >'OT S?FFJEK ANY LON?KR.
Knowing that a Coogh can be checked in :i
'ay, and tiio first stage* of consumption h*-..^"
n a week, we hereby guarantee Dr. Acker's
English Cough Remedy, ::n<l will refuuu ?be
Doney to all who boy, t;;ke it as per directions,
nul Jo not find our statement co:rect. I
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Sick headache is the bane of many live*,
rhis annoying complaint may be cured and |
?revented by the occasional use of Dr. J. H. a
1cLean's Liver aud Kiduey Pilleis (little \ >
>ilis). vljul [p
Absent Democrats to Blame.
St. Louis, Mo , August 3.?Con
gressman Mansur while in this city en
route for Washington, after a stay of
three weeks in the State, repeated a
conversation he had with Major Mc
Kinley, of Ohio, on the train the night
Mills, McKinley and he left Washing
ton together to come home.
"Mills and McKinley are paired
during their absence from the Bouse/'
he said, "and we all traveled together
as far as Ohio. During the evening'
the subject of the passage of the Lodge
election bill came up "Tou gentle
men don't know," McKinley said,
how near you came to defeating the
Federal election bill in the Souse/'
I said to him that I wished* we bad
known and had been able to kill the'
infamous measure.
"Ton came near doing it, went on
Mr. MeKinly, 'at the time when Lehl
bach, of N?w Jersey, introduced his
amendment to the till making it apply
to every part of the country and strik
ing out tbt.t portion of it making it
effective only in districts where 250
voters petitioned for its adoption. If
Lehlbacb's amendment bad passed wer
would have abandoned the bill right
there The amendment, if yo? wi'L
remember, was defeated by only three
votes, and five or six Democrats were
absent. Had they been in their sea*s
the force bill would have never passed
the House.'
"I believe McKinley told the truth
when he stated that the bill would luve'
been abandoned if it had been made to
apply to the whole country, North and
South ah?e, aud, as he^says, absent
Democrats are responsible for the pas
sage of the villainous measure."
Rattled.
Why not nominate candidates for the'
State offices at the Convention to be'
held on the 13th of August ? What is
the use of waiting until September,
when it mu6t be clear to even the most
rabid opposer of Capt. Tiilman thafc'
there is no hope for any other outcome
of the struggle for the gubernatorial
office than the endorsement of the*
suggestion by the Farmers' Convention f
What is the sense of continuing the
strife and turmoil until September ju?t
to suit a few irreconcilables who will not
be satisfied with the nomination of Tiil
man by any method and would perhaps"
vote against him under any corci?mstan*
ce ??Rock Hill Herald.
The Press and Banner sees the inevi
table, and we are just as ready to take'
our Tiilman medicine in August, as we;
expect to be in September. It is only
a question of time.?Abbeville Pres?
and Banner.
A Washington dispatch to the At
lanta Constitution says :: Coi. Ti!!a?*s:l
brother of the candidate for governor,
has recently received the alliance cate
chism, and is now engaged in answer
ing the questions which have caused the
political death of so many politicians.
He will probably send a reply within
the next few days, in which he wilt
come out against the sub-treasury bill.
He has studied the question thoroughly,
and those who have talked with hioi
say his argument against it is absolutely
convincing.
The Augusta Chronicle says rt 1?=
reported that the plan is to elect Capt.
Benjamin Ii. Tiilman governor, the
Hon. George D. Tiilman United States
Senator in Wade Hampton's place, and
the Hon. W. J. Talbert to Congress
from the Second District in the Hoi-.
George D. Tillman's place.
It is said that the post ofiije iff
Washington rs so overrun with circu
lars, papers, etc., from pension claim'
agents that it tikes about four days to*
get a letter from that city to Baltimore,
because the clerks are unable to handle'
the mass of matter that is daily dumped
in upon them.
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The Suprem . Court of Georgia fays
refused to grant a new trial to Tom'
Woolfolk, who it will be remembered,
murdered nine members ot his family
on August 6-th, 1S87. As a conse
quence he will be resentenced and
hanged.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sands, who died in
Baltimore last Sunday aged ?01, is
siid never to hr.ve got cut of humor,,
which wilt probably account for the'
sands Gf life running so long with her.
Good hamor is a splendid recipe for
longevity.
The Darlington Factory is now hard
at work on an order received from?
from Shanghai, China, for about sir
car-loads of their goods.
Disease lies iu anihush for the weak; a
feeble constitution is ill adapted to encounter
a malarious atruost.-here and sudden changes'
of temperature, and the least robust are'
usually the easiest victims. Dr. J. H.
McLean's Sarsap.iriila will pive tone, vitality
aud strength to the entire body. vljul
DR. ACKER'S ?INGJLISH PFLLS
Arc active, effective ai?d pure. For sick
headache, disordered stomach',-Joss cf appetite,,
bd complexion nrd bitk-usoess. they haver
never been coin led. either io America orabroad.
Sold by Dr j. F. W. Dei.crme. 2
A Scrap of Paper Saves H?*r Life.
It was just :m ordinary scrap ?>f wrapping-'
p.;per, but :t saved- her life. She was in the
la.-t tft'ygtis ?>f consumption, r?>!d bj phvricians*
that she was incurable and could only live a
h->rt time: she weighed iess th?n seventy"
pounds. Un a piece of wr?pprng paper she'
-ead of I>r. King's New Discovery. ?nd got a
-ample bottle: it helped her, she bought a
arge bottle, it helped heriborc. bought another'
uni few better last, co*i tin arid its use and i.<r
tow strong, healthy, rosy, plump, weighing'
140 pounds. Foi feller particulars send stanijf
o W. H. C dc. Druggist, Fort Smith. Trial
sorties of thi.t wonderful Discovery free at J. F
iV. DeLormc's Drutr Store. 41
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.
Mrs. Window's So^'rfing Sy?Tip sho"uld;
dways he used foi children teething. It
oothes the child, Sfftens the poms, allays ail
lain, cures wind co??c and is the best remedy
or diarrh a. 25c a bottle.
Persons advanced in yen rs feel younger and'
tronpor, as well as freer from the infirmities*
>f ft(>e, by taking Dr. J. H. McLean's Snrsa
laril'la. " r vljul
If you feel unable to do yenr work, and
iave that tired feeling, take Dr. J. H. Mc
.ear.'s Sarsaparilla: it will make you bright,
ctive and vigorous. vljul
Pimples, boils and other humors, are
iabie to appear when the hlood pets heated,
'he best remedy is Dr. J. H. McLean's Sarsa
<rilla. vljul
Distress after eating, heartburn, sick head
che, and indigestion are cored by'Dr. J. B
It-Lean's Liver sud Kidaey PiHets ( - ; *
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