Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TS*swra?t WATCHMAN, Established Aptn, I8S?. "Be Just s.cd Fear sot?Let all the Ends thon Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " TBE true soutsicok, kstab!i?h?d Jonc, 16el Consolidated Ang. 2, 1881.1 * IT N. <3k OSTEEN, SUMTJBR, S. C. " TMU?S: Two Dollars per an aura?in ad vac ce. iM lKTItSIIK TS ? Square, first insert oc.?.$1 00 -t insertion ...... ...... 50. >r three ia oaths, or longer will be m^e a* reduce' _ates. Allcommunicatkms which subserve private iatercats will becharg?d for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be easjgedfor. -, ,._, Bfl?MS AND BOILERS, ?ND " SAW MILLS are fpkavyftedged to be, the best ?veY' sold in* this' State. When.yott bot^ oae of them you are^jMed that you have made mistake. .? Write for <rar prices. ?^toa.^e?i8 and Cotton at M>o?om figures. I can save you money. V. C. BABHAM, General Agent, Columbia. S, C. Hom? Office and Factory, Richmond, Va, ' J?oe2S.v , HEADQUARTERS mum-mn m Charleston/ S. 0. B0H&R& SAW, CANE ??SD GR?ST MILLS^ HALL. SMITH. BROUN. WIN SHIP ?ND LUMMUS GINS. FEEDERS AND CONDENSERS Acme and Ranee Cotton Presses. Reader's Self-Packing Cuttoo Press. _TfeamaVs Direct-Acting Steam Press. Briteysi ^aft^ Belting, fron, Pipe and Fittings, ^ HANCOCK INSPIRATORS. The above we offer afc factory prices. I T?i?kof?t, $135.00 fat ? 68-Saw Gin, \ COUPLETS, DELIVERED. $130.06 ftr Ae Best toUm Press ON TBB MARKET. Write to os before baying and save foooej. - Jaoe 25. TYLER DESXS-200 NewSi 3133, ??AIKS,EO0XCAS3S, 08.,cti?e(zacea&&te3 ?ad ?7??l D?cowtfc Cartak*? ferUSO * ready. JKpi|tt| ISsstean?. Soufre?; focta^eluc. TV2X8 BANK COUNTERS. A,^*?Wt<tfJtrttllO,?i~. B*?k Free; Po?t?g? 15 cU. mat qbsc cQn loxns, mo., paa PAINTING. J. N. ALPHONSE, Some, Sija and Bocsrativo Painted, offers his serrices to tbe citizens of Su rater and vicinity, to do Bouse Painting. Marbling, Graining, Coach Fuinting, Paper Haogiug, Kalsominiog, Gtasiag, *c Artistic Sign Writing and decorative work a specialty. Estimates given on all work io these lines and strict attention given to execution of MIHI in the most satisfactory amener. - J. N. ALPHONSE, Shop on Liberty street, nearly opposite May 28. Barby's Stables. TBE SIMM? NATIONAL BAM, OF SfJMTER. STATS, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI TORY, S?MTER, S. C. Paid op Capital . . . . . $75,000 00 SorpiusFund . . s . . . 7,500 00 Transacts a General Ranking Business. Garera! attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 aod upwards received. In terett allowed at the rate of 4 per cer.t. per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, Jfily and October. S. M. WALLACE, Vice President. - L. S. Caasov, Aug. ?. Cashier. mmw mm S?MTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also has ? Savings Bank Department Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at tbe rate ef 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. P. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. Wir, Jb., President. Cashier. Aug 21. _ 5,000 Accident Insurance, FOR 25 CENTS PER DAY, 6 days, $1.00; 15 days, $2.00; 30 days, $3.00; one year, $10 00. la ease of death, $5,000. For loss of both baods, $5,000. For loss of both feet, $5,000. For loss of one baud and one foot. $5,000. For loss of one hand or one foot, $2,500. $25 weekly indemnity. THOS. E. RICHARDSON, Agent for tbe Fidelity k Casualty Co., of New York. May 28-^* Cash capital $250,000. Dr. T. W. BOOKHART, DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Butetaea k Bro.'s Shoe S lore. KNTBANCK ON MAIN STREET. S?MTKR, S. C. Office Hoars?9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. April 17?o_ G. W. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Bogin's New Store, SUTRA HC8 OH VAiX 8TRSST, S?MT3R, S. C. Office Hours.?9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8 NOTHING: SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. The reason RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER is the most wonderful med icine, is because it has never failed in anj in stance, no matter what the disease, from LEPRO SY to the simplest disease known to the human system. The scientific men of to-daj claim and prove that every disease is CAUSED BY MICROBES, AND RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER Exterminates the Microbes and drives them oat of the system, and when that is done you cannot have an ache or pain. No matter what the disease, whether a simple case of Malarial Fever or a combination or diseases, we cure them all 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, ?u?d, in fact, every disease known to the human system. Beware of FrasflBlent Mtations ! 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. Jan 22 Ely's Cream Bairn Ca??nsestheKasalPassages. Al lays Infiamma?cn. Heals the Sores. Eestores the Senses of Taste, Smell and Hearing. -, A particle is nppHed iatocach nostril tad is agreeable. Price 50c? at Draggist? or by util* ELY BEOTHERS,55 Warren St^New York. Advice to the Aged. Age brings infirmities, such as si n z ??hbwcl?,neak kidneys and Mad der and torpid Utot* nave ? sp?cifie effect on these organs, stimulating tile bowels, giving n at a r ?1 discharges without straining or griping, sud IMPARTING VIGOR to the kidneys, bladder and liver. Xhcy are adapted to old or young. SOLO EVEilYWiJLEKIi. A. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE. NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE. HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capitol represented, $75,000,000. Feb. 12_ ATTENTION ! Citizens of Suinter and Vicinity! J. M.WINGATE&CO. Have opened a BlacMtl mil MwiM Slop.. At the old stand of John I. Brunsoh, on Re publican Street, opposite Graham's Stables, guarantee to do first class work in every de partment of their business, and ask the pat ronage of the citizens of Sumter and vicinity. Give us a trial. Come and get first class work at bottom prices. Feb. 12. A. B. STUCKEY. JOHN T. GREEN. STUCKEY & GREEN. Attorneys at Law, sumtek, s. c. March 26 J. D. KENNEDY, Attorney at Law, CAMDES, S. C. Will practice in Kershaw and adja cent conn ties. M ch. 12. MONEY TO LOAN. MONEY TO LOAN in sums over $300 on improved farming lands. Usual rates of interest. Time?3 to 5 years. By arrangement with parties we represent costs and commissions have been greatly re duced and leans guaranteed within 30 days after application. INGRAM k MANNING, Attorneys at Law, Sumter, S. C. March 5 University of Sa? Carolina, AT COLUMBIA, S. C. Graduate courses. Under-graduate courses for degrees?3 literary and 6 scientific. Also shorter and elective courses. Professional courses in law, Pharmacy, Veterinary Science, and Pedagogics. 9 well equipped laboratories; 4 shops and model room ; new iu?rinary. Tuition fee, $40 per session ; other fees, $20 (including infirmary fee covering medical attendance, medicines, etc. Table board, $10 to $12.50 per month. Rooms rent free. Total expenses, including fuel, lights, wash ing, books, etc., about $180. Tuition fee remitted to students certifying their inability to pay it. Session opens first Tuesday in October. Entrance examinations held the preceding July 30?8 J. M. McBRYDE, President. South Carolina's Danger. The address of the so-called straight oat Democrats, who seceded from the Democratic Convention at Colombia, has heeci published, and it is satis factory to those whom the seceding delegates represent, we suppose, that people outside the State have no right to complain ; bat the condition of af fairs which these minority delegates have precipitated is important to the whole South. Every Southerner is interested in the outcome of a Demo cratic split which promises to turn South Carolina over to negro rule. We have examined the address of these straightout Democrats with great care for the purpose of discovering, if possible, a rational reason for a move ment fraught with such serious results for the people of Sooth Carolina. If this reason exists we are bound to say that it is not to be found in the address of the straightout Democrats, aod the ooly conclusion which can be arrived at by an impartial person is that the 8traightoot delegates, anxious for ao excuse to precipitate a division in the party, seized at last opoo a most frivo lous device. It seems to as impossible that their action, taking all the conditions that exist in South Carolina into consider ation, can be endorsed even by the prejudices of those who are most hotly opposed to Tillmao. It certainly is not justified by the frivolous reason which the seceding delegates have spread forth in their address. They declare that the Convention, instead of transacting the business for which it was called, pro ceeded to take action looking to the adoption of a new constitution, making many important changes in that in strument. They protested in vain, giving various authorities going to show that the authority of a Convention is limited by the terms of its call, and then, finding all protests useless, they proceeded to withdraw from the Con vention, and set up a faction in oppo sition to the majority. It is surprising that sensible men, in the face of the danger that hangs over South Carolina, should set up such ao excuse as this for di vi diu g the party. Let every complaint that bas been pot forward by the so-called straightoots be conceded, and what then ? Mr. Till man has abused the Democratic leaders ; very well. The Convention has trans cended its authority, let- that be con ceded. Dv>es it mend matters for the minority Democrats, by setting op an opposing faction, to torn the fair State of South Carolina over to the degrada tion of Republican aod negro rule ? Is not the remedy proposed by the minor ity ten thousand times worse than the offenses committed by Tillmao and the Convention of the people ? Does it help matters io the least to destroy the party ? The DenKc-at8 of South Carolina appear to be blind indeed. The spirit of destruction seems to have se'zed them. As the leading newspaper of Sooth Carolina?and we say it io no onfriend ly spirit?the Charleston News aod Courier has not come op to the full measure of its doty io the crisis that has been threatened in Carolina. A newspaper that is supposed to represent ! the Democratic people cannot, without injury to the caose of Democracy, devote itself to building op a Demo cratic factioo io the party. What was the remedy for the evils complained of by the straightoots ? There was Mr. Tillmao, io the first place?what was the remedy for him ? Why, nothing short of an appeal to the Democratic people. The appeal was made?not io very good taste nor io very good temper?aod Tillmao was overwhelmingly endorsed. That matter was settled, if a Democratic majority ever settles anything. Theo there was the unwarranted exercise of authority oo the part of the Democratic Convention, fresh from the people, aod thorooghly understanding their purposes aod their desires. What is the remedy here ? Another appeal to the people. There is do other reasonable remedy known to party methods. But the minority of the convention? and it is a very insignificant minority indeed?has seceded from the party councils, and purposes, we are told, to organize a democratic factioo of its own, call a convention and nominate candi dates. All this is perfectly feasible So' is suicide io its varioos forms. We may say, however, that there is oeither couimou sense nor patriotism io the actioo of the minority. There is already a large negro majority in Sooth Caro lioa, and aoy division io the Demo cratic party will restore organized activity to this black majority. For the disaster and ruin that will sorely follow Democratic divisoo, the so called straightoots will be held responsible.? Atlanta Constitution. The Colombia Register io replying to the foregoing article, says : We most heartily accord to oar Southern neighbors, the right to coud sel and advise us upon the dangers of oor situation. But we most respect folly submit to oor Atlanta contem porary that what has been dooe so far cannot be construed ioto anything more thao ao emphatic protest. Nor did these delegates undertake on their withdrawal to set up a factioo in op position to the majority, as our con temporary says they did. Aod they had not an earthly right to inaogorate a "split," as our contemporary would bave it. Nor did they to do. They simply orged that the Convention bad arrogated powers from which they were precluded by the people's own voice as expressed in the plain call for the assembling of the Convention. This is all and nothing more. Upon what authority then does oor contemporary say : "Does it mend matters for the minor ity Democrats by setting up an opposing faction to turn the fair State of South Carolina over to the degradation of Re publican and negro rule? Is not the reuiedy proposed by the minority ten thousand times worse than the oifenses committed by Tillmao and the Conven tion of the people? Does it help matters io the least to destroy the party ? 1 Where does oor contemporary get a tittle of aothority for putting the remedy it speaks of in the mouths of the with drawing delegates as proposed, counte nanced or suggested by them Z There is Dot a line of the address that warrants this gratuitous assertion of the Constitution ; whilst the farther fact is plainly before us all, that on their own express declaration these fifty delegates had no more right to do what they are charged with doing than any other fifty citizens on tbe streets. They were sent, as they stoutly contended in the Con vention, charged with doing "nothing else whatever" but to settle the pri mary election question. How, then, in common reason could they retire from the Convention and undertake ?to do 'anything else whatever'* but that with which they, by their own express declaration, held themselves to be solely charged ? Our Atlanta contemporary has evi dently gone off balf-cocked, and taken for granted as a fact that which no man has a shadow of right to take for granted. It may be, as our contemporary in no very complimentary terms expresses it, that "the spirit of destruction" bas seized some of our ablest and most con servative citizens, who, as our contem porary would have it, have entered into a suicidal conspiracy, which can only result in their own ruin and that of their neighbors and friends ; but we insist upon it until it transpires that they have actually so done, and until the called Straight,>ut Conferenceshall have endorsed foch suicidal action, it is com petent for no man to charge such action upon some of the most conservative and responsible citizens in the whole South Aud we protest against the presump tion of the Constitution in lecturing us as if we were children or madmen. A Belated Plea. Greenville News. The Charleston World, Till man organ, is now outio an editorial appeal for peace **Let the bitterness cea^e,,, it says. That is all very well. Better late than never. But if the World believes it has any influence with anybody?and no doubt in the remarkable flights of imagination of which the cerebral processes that must for lack of a better word be described as a mind are sometimes capable the World has ac quired such a belief?it should have used that supposed influence in that direction long ago. It would then have at least established its courage and sanity. Captain Tillman, the World's candi date for governor, Captain Shell and the rest of them, began ihis campaign with accusing the State's most honored and trusted men of purjury, corruption and rottenness. Their followers fol lowed their lead, and on every possi ble occasion insulted by word?nd deed every man who dared to lift bis voice against Tillman. The anti-Tillman men have not, generally speaking, been treated as Democrats whose help might be needed to Meet the candidate when he bad been nominated. They have been treated as enemies entitled to no consideration, mercy or rights. They have been howled down, crowded out, run over and thrust aside pitilessly, No practice has been too sharp, nc no weapons have been too rough to use agaiost them. No service, no stand ing, no record of purity of charactei and patriotism has been sufficient tc guard a man who dared to stand against tbe dictator from insult and denuncia< tion. The anti-Tillman meu have ii many counties been virtually read out o the party. Everything has been packec against them in secret caucus. In pub lie and private life they have been treat ed as uuclean and unworthy and en titled to no share in the guidance 01 control of the party they helped create and have done noble work to strengthei and establish. It is no wonder that they have beet stung to retaliation, to returning won for word and blow for blow. It is n< wonder that some of them have beei driven to tbe point of desperation am aroused to accept after the nominatioi the sentence of expulsion from thei party already passed upon them. It is too late to call now for cessatioi of bitterness. Tbe bitterness has beei aroused and will rankle. The mustan plaster has been spread over the Stat and kept on and rubbed in until man; hundreds of good men are maddened. Tbe responsibility for the presen condition of affairs aud for the dangen that threatened is upon Tillman and tfr leaders of bis faction of the party. I tbey bad been moderate, conservativ and patriotio in the use of their powe the fight would bave been tbe hard good humored, harmless one it shoult have been. It is on tbem that the pun isbtnent must and will fall when th< time for puuishment comes. Meanwhile sensible and patriot i men will labor earnestly to prevent th< bitterness from endangering the unit; of the party aod the safety of the State They will urge that it a high and bol; duty now for South Carolinians to pu behind them wrongs they have suffered to suppress tbe wralh they can uot bel; but feel ; that the man who gratifies hi rage at the cost of his State falls fa short of the highest of manhood am citizenship and betrays a sacred trus for the satisfaction of his feelings They must be impressed with the fac that the people are all tight?the sam kindly, brave and true peoplt tbey have always been?the same peo pie who trooped to death for the Stat< io time of war and have dono their dut; to the State patiently and loyally ii time of peace. The people have beei misled by demagogues, crazed enthusi a*ts and seifseekers an the greatest peo pies of the world have been misled A good and honest cause has been mis directed aud perverted as good and hnn est causes have been many times before But the people may be relied ou t< learn and uee the truth. They can b< trusted to do vengeance with a beav; hand and to give honor where it beloup in due course of time aod events. It is too late to take the bitterness 01 the sting out of this canvass. It is no too late for manly men who love thei State, their race and their party t< ttand fast and fight hard for all three regardless of wrongs suffered and iu jurias d me. L?t ( very man stand for the Demo cratic party and South Carolina and d< hin part for them. Let each of us set. oui teeth aud fix our hearts ou the dut; bafore us, doing that duty patiently au< fullyi regardless of all other consid?ra tioos, trusting to time and the peopl to right wrongs. It is hot feasy to do, but it is what we ought to do, what we mast do if we are worthy to be called men. When This Cruel War is Over. And it came to pass in the fourteenth year after '76, that Ben, the son of his father, and an honest farmer of the land of Edge Seid, was sought out from among men and elected Governor over the tribes of the lands of South Carolina. Forty and two years old was he when nominated ; and he had a hard road to travel before he did reach the goal, but after many days of toil, (for be was a hewer of stone and a drawer of water) and after having been scorned, rebuked, denounced and insulted by the wicked sons of the King King Rule, be got there all the same, and did reign even in Columbia. - And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord according to all that the people demanded. He removed the high places aod broke the Ring that had been oppress ing the poor ; and he did also break in pieces the constitution aob laws of the land, which had been sanctioned and not vetoed by the wicked tyrants, Chamberlain, Scott aod Moses of old, aod he did cot down expenses from Dan to Bersheba. Aod the Lord was with him, aod he prospered withersoever he went forth, and he rebelled against the Riog aod served them not. He smote the evil-doers even unto the sea-coast, aod the borders thereof, even from Sumter County to the battle ments of the battery io Charleston. . Aod they woold fain have bulldozed him within the walls of the Opera House, but verily he entered oot into pandemonium, remembering the com mandment of the Lord : "My son, if sinoera entice thee, consent thou BOt/' Aod the Governor did carry away some of the Kingsters into captivity, and did put them io prison, even io Colombia, by the river Coogaree, be caose they did wickedly io the sight of the Lord, aod against the tax payers of the land of Carolina.?Clinton Gazette. CHAPTER IL So the mighty warrior and great king ruled the people of the laod of Carolina with a rod of iron. His enemies did quake aod fear when the mind of the king resolved to seod them away into captivity, and the followers of the king of the tribe of Benjamin did dance for joy. And it came to pass after the throne had been established less than thirty days, that king Ben assembled his hosts in the city on the Congaree, even in the corrupt city of Colombia, aod spake to them after the following fashion : Now know all ye Tillmanites who worship the king of the tribe of Benja min, who at various times have been denominated fools and jackasses, know ye that I am your Boss and you are my very pecoliar people, therefore it is necessary that ye see with y oor eyes aod anderstand with your hearts the true situation in this land of Carolina Behold a mighty stir we have raised by our unholy charges of corruption aod extravagance. Honest men have been lied opoo and the high and powerful have been brought low by the same process. Now know that your king sees that this thing cannot long continoe for a time will come wheo the eyes of the people will see for their eyes will be no longer blinded by passion and prejudice. Behold, 1 see io the ranks of the enemy many good men who will help to open the eyes of the people on this sub ject, therefore I commaod that a chosen band of your number be seat for ward to capture the leaders of the op position. Go to them and offer them fat places that they may be provided for. Offer them high places, rank aod titles io the name of the king, and ii they stiffen their necks and refuse to come with us, then lie upon them and wither them effectually by a card in the Tillmooicon. Bot I warn you, go oot to Monroe, of Uoioo, 001 Aocrom, nor Butler nor Hughsoo, oi the News and Courier for their hearts are hardened and there is danger lest they smite thee. So the chosen warriors of the Till manites did as they were commanded and found many io the ranks of the eoemy who were eager to accept office, but others rebuked tbem and sent them away. CHAPTER III. So it happened after King Benjamin had been seated on the throne for nigh onto 365 days, many of the great meu whose names had been written in va rious Tillmonicons, had not been pro vided for, while in the offices were those who had toi Ted not neither had they spun yarns to aid the king's assension So the people began to rourmer and complain, and committees were sent to the palace, bun the king was not there. At length the committee found the king at the Columbia Clob nign ootc the Greenfield building. And the king was drowsy having been tamed, so to speak, and bam boozled. And the king declared onto the com mtttee "all is well." But the people would not be satisfied, so they took counsel and decided that the head of the king should be cut of] and his royal robes cast into a burning tire. So tne people decided that they would have no king saying, vanity, vauity, all is vanity ??Laarens Adver tiser. An English capitalist, who recently made a careful investigation of the South with a view of large investments, has written to the Liverpool Journal of commerce a very enthusiastic letter re garding the wonderful progress of the South, in which he says : "All this is paving the way for a boom over the South which will, I venture to predict, eclipse anything in the history of this enterprising natron. This opinion is the resolt of very careful study and i extensive intercourse with both North - 1 cruers and Southerners." r Counterfeit twenty dollar bills are j said to be circulating in the South, i Louk out fur WcQJh Senator Vance's Tampering: ' Replying to a letter of inquiry as to what "Tampering" be did with the sub-treasury bill, for which he has been ?ttaoked so violently, Senator Vance has written tbe following candid, manly lett?r t My Deaf Sir:?Your favor of the 2nd inst, has been received. I take pleasure in answering it, but am com pelled for want of time to be very brief. The bill as Polk aod Macune handed ! it to me contained a provision that tbe supervisors of warehouses, who were to be agents of the Treasury Department, should be elected by the qualified voters of each county wherein the warehouses was to be situated. I did charge that and provided that they should be ap pointed by the Secretary of the Treas ury. Please get a copy of the constitu tion and look at tbe second clause of section 2, article 2, and you will see why. There is no greater danger to the good cause of the farmers than that it should be entrusted to the manage ment of leaders who could not frame a bill wi'bout directly violating in this way the plain language of tbe Constitution ?so plain, in fact that a school boy cannot misunderstand it. I made no other changes in the bill except to change the word sub-treasury and sub stitute "bonded agricultural ware houses," for the reason that there is an old political prejudice against that name sub treasury. Those who charge me with thus changing the provision of the bill in order to make it unpopular are guilty of falsehood and absurdity I was. and am, friendly to the purposes of the bill, and to everything that tbe farmers wish that can be granted them within the fundamental law of my coun try. If their cause is wisely directed it will triumpth as sure as there is justice upon earth. It is a pity that it should be handicapped at the very start by a measure so unconstitutional and imprac cable. May God give them wisdom to do right and succeed. I thank you for your kind expressions for me personal ly. Very truly yours, Z. B Vance. Alliance Joke on Candidates. The alliance, among other questions, propounded the following to Congres sional candidates : Fifth interrogator?The enaotment of such laws as will prohibit tbe owner ship of lands by aliens 1 Answer?Yes, but this has already been done by the Act of March 3, 1887. Hon. Gr. D. Tillman made answer as above. Is it possible, then, that the assem bled wisdom and intelligence of the Farmers' Alliance bad not heard of a law which had been on the statute books for more than three years? If so, is it not a case of tbe blind leading tbe blind ? As far as we have heard, the other candidates for Congressional honors made no meutioD or hint of their knowledge of the existence of this law. Press and Banne). Alleged Census Beturns fey States. The first "rough cotrnt'' or close approximation of tbe population Of the several States as returned by the cen sus of this year compared by the cen sus of 1880, show that the per centage of gain in tbe southern division is as large as that of the northern division, and that under any fair apportionment of representation the southern division will be relatively as strong in Congress as it now is. None of the-New England States, except Massachusetts, show any con siderable gains ; in Maine and New Hampshire there has been hardly any gaiu and in Vermo'ot th'ere is a small loss. The aggregate gain in all New England States is just about equal to that of Texas, aod very little more than that of Missouri. Another sigoiucaut fact is" tfcfct net withstanding the large negro emigration from North and South Carolina last year and this year to Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, the two Carolinas show quite as large a gain as Mississippi and Louisiana. This indicates that where negroes have left the two former white people have con e in to take their places. The figures for South Carolina are 1 187.000 for 1890, against 095,577* in 1880. Georgia and Tennessee were just about c?ual in population in 1880, but Georgia now draws out 40,000 ahead, notwithstanding the large increase of the iron and coal industries m Tennes see within the last ten years, and the boasted wonderful increase of its cities Under the proposed ratio of 180.000 for a representative, Georgia would re tain her ten Congressmen, Texas and Maryland would probably gain two each, Arkansas 1, and each of the other Southern States wouid hold its own?Missouri, perhaps, gaining one. Prohibiting boys from Smok ing. i On and after September ? boys and youths "actually or apparently under sixteen years' of age" will be arrested in New York for smoking cigars, cigar etts or tobacco in any form in any public street, place or resort, and &oed from $"2 to ?10 In Maryland there is a law prohibiting the fale of tobacco ?tnd cigars to children. The New York statute seems to go a step further iu punishing youthful smokers. It is not a wholesome practice for the very young to indulge in tobacco. Boys nray think it manly to go around puffing cigars or cigarettes, but it only excites pity among those who wish them well and sympathize with them in their delusious. They injure themselves without knowing it, and contract a habit they are almost bound to regret whenever they reach maturity ? Baltimore Sun. The Newberry Observer pithily re marks that another interesting census might be taken next November that would be of particular interest to the farmers?ccosus \o ascertain how many third-rate lawyers and other small politicians shall have got them selves into nice little offices by pretend ing to be the snccial "friends of the fa* uieis./* The Executive Committees. Columbia Register Aug. 23. THE HO?T COMMITTEE WILL "HOLD THE FORT. The State Dem. Executive Committee met last oight at 8 o'clock in the presi dent's office of the Carolina National Bank. President Hoyt and Messrs. Jones, Dial, Haskell, Woods, Lhame and Lee were present. The committee was in session until after 10 o'clock, and among other mat ters discuSB?d were the following reso lutions which Were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That it is the sense of this committee that its members have not been removed from office and that they still constitute the Democratic Ex ecutive Committee of the State. Resolved, That the secretary of this committee be and is hereby instructed to hold all funds aud records now in his hands as such officer until such funds and records shall bate been de manded by a State Executive Commit tee duly chosen by the ensuing State Convention. Both of these resolutions were introduced by Mr. Rbame. A teiegram was received from Mr. W. J. Cherry, of York, who is a mem ber of the committee, stating that he is in full accord with the committee but was unable to be present. The com mittee will mefet again on the night preceding the State Convention of September 10. IRBY'S COMMITTEE FAILS TO GET A QUORUM. Contrary to the expectation of Mr. Irby's State Executive Committee, as was conveyed by the chairman to a Register reporter at a late hour Thurs day night, the committee held no meet ing yesterday. Letters were received from the absent members, stating that they could not be present, which made it impossible to secure a quorum, so the committee, headed by Cuairman Irby, decamped yesterday. The committee will meet at the call of the chairman, but it is not believed that any meeting will be held before the State Convention of September 10. Growing Demand for Cotton. There is every indication that the cotton crop now growing will be the largest ever produced in the United States, but there is no reason why all of it should not be in demand at good prices. The increased demand for cot ton has been very marked in tbejast three or four years, and th^u^h efforts have been made to develop new cotton fields in the East and to increase the product of the old ones, the world continues, and mast continue, to depend mainly on the crop of the Southern States. Recent reports from Europe indicate a rapid expansion of cotton manufactories. Russia has pro bably made the greatest increase in this respect, but Germany has done much. During the past two years 513,500 uew spindles have been set to work in that country. The tctal number of spindles in Germany is about 5,500,000 and the increase for two years therefore represents nearly 10 percent. Accord ing to English statistics there were in 1888 in the world 8i,840,???0 cotton spindles. Of this number England bad 42,740,000: the rest of Europe 33, ?8?,000 ; America 13.500,000 and India 2,430,000. Since the time when these figures were taken the number of spindles has increased very greatly. Cotton is becoming more and more in demand among all nations, and the fields of the South must continue to be the main source of its production.? Macon Telegraph. 'Haw Recruits and Agile Cats/'' Editor Wallace, of the Newbery Observer, was at the State Convention of the 13th ; and one ?f tfife telegram* he sent to his paper rans thus: "1 have made it a rule for years tc attend all the State Conventions, and am therefore familiar with the faces thai usually appear here on such occasions, There are very few familiar faces here toc?ay. Most of the delegates are raw recruits; as proud of tb?ir new dignity as a boy with his first pair of boots? aod quite as awkward. Here and there are faces of old line politicians who, with the agility of a cat, always light on their feet, "right side up with care.' These are the leaders of the new hostj and are in their glory to-day." Mr W. R Freid, of Pittsburg, is a work drafting the principles of a new political party. He says that he if ' acting under the advice of the nation al executive committee of the Farmers Alliance." F?e proposes soon to call ? general convention at Pittsburg for th< purpose of organizing the Araeriear National party. The underlying prin ciple of the new political party is thai agricultural land is the proper basis foi our national currency and banking In explaining this Mr. Freid said : ' In these United States we need n( longer hoard up millions of gold anc -silver as a surplus in o?r treasury ot which to base our paper currency j we need no longer use gold, silver or an) other commodity which shall be re quired to be placed into disuse for this purpose and so deprive the wor^" of anj other useful requirements aod mands it may supply ; because weai'h thai employed will require remuneration tc that extent for which it is valuable foi other purposes, consequently burdening our commerce unnecessarily to jus that extent. Agricultural land wil furnish a basis for a circulating mediutr adequate to the demands of the time." - mm- -^mmm~? There is a vast deal of humbug end : good deal of resulting fun in politics, Here was the county of Charleston craz} for a primary election for a Govern ci while the counties of Orangeburg arc Lexington sent delegates to Columbia instructed for a convention at all hsz ards. When it came to the nomina tion of a Congressman for the Firsi district Charle^on, having a majoritj of the delegates, would hear of nothing but the conven'ion system while Orange burg and Lexingtou with much movins eloquence plead for a primary to securt the rig' t; of the de ir people. Much depends on. circumstances it these cases. ? Greenville Sct-rs. Millions In It. The Purchasers cf the Okef?iioke? Swamps Surprised. Asbeviiie Citizen. When the syndicate that purchased the Okefenokee swamp in Ge< r^ia and Florida received an offer last July of $1 25 per acre for their purchase they were decidedly jubilant. The land had cost tbeai but twenty cents ao acre and by the sale they would have cleared over ?1.000,000. An English syndi cate was the second party to the pro posed purchase. Now that, the sursey is practically completed tbe present owners are by no' means as anxious to sell, and as the sale was not legally or formally consumma ted it is highly improbable that it will go for anything like so small a figure. This latter decision is entirely due to the discoveries made by tbe corps of engineers who have been at work in the swamp since the original purchasp; Their report, which is not yet made public, will be to the effect that the cypress timber on the land is alone" worth $'2 000.000 and that it can be cut and marketed comparatively easy. A band of cypress from cne to three" miles wide skirt the ?ntir? swamp; The inferior of this vast tract of laud has been found to be an inland sea covering 500,000 acres. The water is from two to two and a half feet in depibt and beneath the latter the owners are assured that the deposit of sulphate is* enormous. Gen. P. M. B Young, one of the original purchasers, was seen this morn ing and asked concerning the matter. ' The land alone," ho said, "is, according to the report of our engineers; wonb $15.000.000. It is very rich, A large portion of it lies beneath the water in the interior but our engineers estimate that this czii be thoroughly dtained and dyked for ?500 000, and! that thi water can be drawn off for $50.00'J. The value of the land ex ceeds our wildest ideas of it when the purchase was made." The synicate at the same time pur chased a large tract ot land adjoiuing the swamp, at the same price per acre" as they paid for the swamp land. It is" covered with yellow pine, and whe? this is cleared it is expected that it will bring ?5 per acre. The company's* purchase included between 600,000 and 900,000 acres. Col. Franfc Ooxe is" largely interested in the purchase. It is all Foolishness. We overheard a conversation a few days ago, between two gectiemen who' held different views on the present po litical situation, during which one of them remarked that this political excite ment was all foolishness. We must confess, that it was all foolishness, from! the very beginiug. from the simple fact that it was gotten up by one man who wants to be governor, 3nd who; to carry his aim, has arrayed one class against ail other classes. The whole embittering campaign could have been avoided, by adhering strictly to the rules of the Democratic4 party, and the same ends accomplished by the farming class, except, perhaps, the nocarnstron of Trllmaa.? Unioii Times. We have been having rather a lively kind of a Sj-ht in this Stat? and our Georgia neighbors have leen leaning over the fence looking on with interest and amusement, sicking us co each other aud indulging themselves in com ments remaikably grotesque, various and idiotic. We observe, however, that? their observation has beon suddenly and swiftly withdrawn. They find a whole barrell full of cannon crackers and other vociferous fireworks exploding in their own bacS yard and demanding their im mediate and active attention. The Alliance appears to have declared war" against Governor Gordon, who has atr last, spoken cut against the sub treasury bill, and Georgia's press and politicians find plenty to do to maintain the general uprightoess of things.?Grecnvill? News. THE FIRST SiY3IPTOSIS OF DEATH. 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