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j TM SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Bc Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " THE TREE SOUTBROK, Established Jroe, 1366 Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1891. New Series-Vol. X. No. 84. ftjp ^la??g?Mi m? jstou? jpn. Publish od every Wednesday, BY N. Gk ?STEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TKRMS! Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVS8TI8iaiKTS. One Square, first insertion..................$l 00 Every subsequent insertion................. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries sad tributes of respect will be charged for. REMOVAL -AND NEW GOODS. To accommodate my largely increased and increasing busi? ness, I have removed to the handsome and commodious new Brick Store next to John Reid's, oppo?ite-jny old stand, where I can now be found with a stock of DIAMONDS, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, SPECTACLES, Aa. surpassing in brilliancy, extent and variety any stock of the kind ever shown in this city, with daily additions of new at? tractions. Thanking my friends and the public generally for the very liberal patronage bestowed on me at my old stand, I hope to merit & continuance of the same, and I hereby extend to all a cordial invita? tion to pay me a visit at my new stand, where, with a larger stock and increased facilities tn every way I am better pre? pared than ever to cater to their wanta. Don't forget th? place, REID'S BLOCK, MAIN ST., - SUMTER, S. C. Yoars, anxious to please, L W. FOLSOM. " Everything in the line of repairing done as heretofore. Oct 8 H. A. HOYT, Successor to C. I. HOYT & BRO. Gold and Silver Watches, FINE DIAMONDS. Stocka, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &c. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb I Ii won't break -that's why Kabo is the only thing for corset "bones". If one of them breaks or kinks or shifts, within a year, you'll have your money back. More than that! Wear a Kabo corset for two or three weeks and see if you like it. If you don't you can return it to us and get your money. It's a hundred to one you won't do it, but you have the ? privilege. J.RYTTENBERG & SONS. HOLMAN & LEMASTER. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. SUMTER, S. C. LL MAKE BIDS ON ANY WORK in City or County, and will do all work with despatch and io best of work? manship. Calls by mail or otherwise responded to promptly. Can be fe and at present at build? ings 00 West end of Calhoun Strest. E. H. HOLMAN, Nov. 26-v G. F. LsM ASTER. NOTICE. WINTHROP TRAINING SCHOOL for ] teachers, Columbia, S. C. Thorough j normal.instruction and practice in best meth? ods of teachine. Open to girls over 18 years j old. Graduates are entitled to teach in the; schools of Sou'h Carolina ?8 first grade teach- j cr3. They readily secure positions in this ? ?nd other States. Each County is given two ? scholarships-one by tbe State, worth S150 ; j and one by the School, worth $30. Compet? itive examination for these scholarships wiil be held in each County, Thursday, July 2. Address D. B JOH?;SON, Superintendent, Columbia, S C. CHILD BIRTH . . . . . . MADE EASY! " MOTHERS' FRIEND " is a scientific airy prepared Liniment, every ingre? dient of recognized value and in constant use by the medical pro? fession. These ingredients are com? bined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' . FRIEND" . WILL DO all that is claimed for it ANDMORE It Shortens Labor, Lessens ^ain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to " MOTHERS " mailed FREE, con? taining valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Sent by express on receipt of price $1.50 per bo ttl o BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Ga. SOLD BY A?As DRUGGISTS. For Infants and Children. Castoria. promotes Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep natural. Cos to ria. contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. "Castoria is so well adapted to children that 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. ARCHER, M. D., Ill South Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y. "I nse Castoria in icy practice, and find it specially adapted to affections of children." A ROBERTSON, M. D., 1057 2d Ave., Kew York. "From personal knowledge and observation I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine for children, acting: as a laxative and relieving the pent up bowels and general system very much. Many mothers have told me of its ex? cellent effect upon their children." Da. G. C. OSGOOD, Lowell, Mass. TBS CENTAUR COHPAXY, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. Are You Interested ? Are you suffering with any of the following symptoms- Loss of, or irregular appetite, loss of flesh, a feeling of fulness or weight in the stomach, acidity, flatulence, a dull pain with a sensation of heaviness in the head, giddiness, constipation, derangement of kid? neys, heart trouble, nervousness, sleepless? ness, etc. Dr. Holt'? Dyspeptic Elixir will cure you. W. A. Wright, the Comptroller General of Georgia, says, three bottles cured him after having tried almost everything else. Judge R. F, Izlar, Macon, Ga- says, Holt's Elixir accomplished what all Jther remedies failed to do, a perfect cure, -J***" J. E. Paullin, Ft. Gaines, Ga., writes : "I have no hesitancy in recommending it, as it cured me of dyspepsia. For any further information inqnire of your druggist. For sale by all druegists. TBE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANS, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY* DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid np Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund. 9,250 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAYINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposite of $1 and rewards received, in? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on Srst days of January, April, July and October. B. M. WALLACE, Vice President. L. S. CARSON, Ang. 7 Cashier. iee II i ill SUMTER, S 0. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Ale3 hs8 A Savings Bank Department Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. WHITE, Ja., President. Cashier. Aug 21. BR. E. ALTA DENTIST. Office OVER BROWNS & PURDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, Between Browns ? Purdy and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C , April 29._ G. W. DICE, D. D. S. Office over Bogio's New Store, INTRANCK ON VAIN STREET SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sent 8 Dr. T. W. B00KHART> DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Bultman & Bro.'sShoe Store ENTRANCE ON MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. April 17-o AGENTS WANTED FOR SUMTER COUNTY for the NATION AL CAPITAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. The right roan will earn $75 00 per week This Association is receiving the support of Farmers Alliances. W. S. MONTEITH, Manager So. Division, Columbia, S. C. Jone 10. 2 ; Sa?!e_ ?ps_ Free ! The 3unr?y South, our great SootheT Family Weekly, shou[d be taken in every [ household. The price is only $2 a year, and i a presant which is worth that amount or more is sent for every yearly subscription. A sample copy will be sent free to any address. Write at once to J. H. SEALS & CO., Atlanta, Ga. Br. f estmorelaafl's Calisaya Mc. The Great Southern Remed?/, Will Cure Chills arid Fever, Dyspepsia, and all Liver and Mood Diseases. Rev. W. H. Hunt, ol* Atlanta, Ga , writes: -From the benefits I have received from a single bot*!e of Dr. Wf$t;r>r.reland's Calisaya Tonic, 1 have no hesitation in saying that I consider it an excellent remedy for indiges? tion, and General Debility. Col. H. P. Hammett, Prest. Camperdown and Piedmont Mtils, Greenville, S. C., says : - I had contracted Malaria, and suffered greatly in its various forms for near two years ; tried two or three Mineral Springs-The most ski i- j ful Physicians, but was not relieved. Was j cured with five or six bottles of Dr. West- ? moreland's Ca i.?aya Tonic. Tillman's Mysterious Confer ence. The "Dominant Element" Keeds a Newspaper Organ. On June 3d there was a private con? ference held in Columbia of the State officials and prominent Tillman sup? porters throughout the State. No in? formation could be obtained at the time by the newspapers as to the olject or ' result of the meeting, about which con? siderable curiosity was aroused. The matter, seems not to have been lost eight of, however, and on last Thursday the Charleston World pub? lished what is claimed to be a full re? port of the meeting, obtained through the use of a "kiuetograph." As the word is not in our copy of Webster, we surmise that is manufactured for the purpose and refers to the method worked by the Philistines upon Sampsoc The World report says : "I had almost forgotten to mention that this particular kinetograph will work at right angles-around a corner or over a man's head, when necessity requires. Now necessity did require, so the thing was readjusted. Inside were seen Benjamin R. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina. James E. Tindall, Secretary of State Hugh L. Farley, Adjutant General. John L. M. Irby, United States Sen? ator-elect. E. T. Stackhouse, Congressman from the Sixth district. George W. Shell, Congressman from the Second district. W. H. E lerbee, comptroller general. James Norton, chief clerk to the Comptroller General. D. W. Townsend, assistant Attorney General. James P. Bean, Governor's private secretary? ^ W. J. Talbert, Superintendent ~bf the Penitentiary. Capt. T. W. Daggett, Representative of Horry County. W. H. Tiramerman, senator-elect from Edgefield County. W. T. C. Bites, treasurer of the State. H. A. Meetze, Senator fi om Lex? ington. Stanyarne Wilson, member of the Legislature. John G. Williams, member of the Legislature. Dr. Sampson Pope, clerk of the Senate. L. S. Bigham, senator from Florence County. C. W. Kinard. J. W. Bowden, editor Anderson Ad? vocate. -Stark. R. C. Watt's, one of the editors of the Laureasville Herald, and Irby's 6Ucce8cor io the Legislature. J. Elmore Martin, of Charleston. There were others present-possibly half a dozen more-whom the kineto? graph couldn't catch. But there was one p esence conspic? uously absent. Paradox, eh? True, nevertheless. Who was it. Dr. J. William Stokes, editor of the Cotton Plant, president of the state Al? liance, defender of the Alliance princi? ples, and the sub-treasury plan iu par? ticular, which plan is just now looming op as a rock upon which the dominant element"' may split into a thousand piecee. Why wasn't Dr Stokes there? Not invited! Wasn't wanted! A "leader" in each county-which means a public efficer of some kind except Dr. Stokes-received a. stylo graphic letter like this, which the kine? tograph caught over the left shoulder of a man who sat in range, as he read it over to see that the object of the meet? ing was being stated correctly: COLOMBIA, S C , May 18,1891. DEAR Sm : At this time there is no daily paper in South Carolina which can be said to be in full sympathy with the dominant element in the state. The News and Courier is less bitter in oppo? sition and is coming round apparency; the Register is friendly but weak ; the World is opposed and the others are avowedly antagonistic or bitter parti? sans like the State. This being the case all the acts and policy of the ad? ministration and its friends are misrep? resented or colored so as to mislead and educate them against U9. We need a daily paper to counteract this state of things and after consult-ation with some of our leaders, it has been deemed wise to have a conference of some of our best men to take the matter under conside? ration to see what can be done and what is best to be done. This conference will meet in Colum? bia io the Agricultura) Hall, Wednes? day, June 31, at 8 p m., and you are requested to attend as representative from your county, or to send some good man in your place Please signify your acceptance and consider this matter as strictly confiden? tial. Respectfully, B R. TILLMAN The meeting was called to order in rather informal style. Representative Daggett, of Horry, was requested to take the chair, and did so with grace. Ile then asked for a secretary. "Oh, what's the use of a secretary ?'' remark a voice. "This is only a con? f?rence " But the chair insisted that business was business; that the meeting had been called for business, and busi? ness methods must prevail. Ile car? ried his point Stanyarne Wilson, E?q., was ap? pointed secretary, and did the voik cleverly. The governor took a prominent seat, which he sometimes occupied; also a leading part in the proceedings. The roll of counties was called, and. as the calling proceeded, Governor I Tillman would State what replies to his j circulars had beet) received, what each j county ought to do to "educate the peo? ple" up to full sympathy with "the dominant element." Then came discussions. The gover? nor's letter furnished thc text, and the j preachers stuck to it. The Dominant Klement, (with a big D and a big E,) spoke first. Ile laid ? particular stress on the idea of educa-j ting the people. But iutisted they n?ust be educated the right way course that way was his way ; there statistics to prove it. Now, ther no daily psper that could be dept on to do this kind of educating. Fence Straddler [The New? and Co was coming 'round. They had anticipated ; but no dependence be placed in it. Besides it was 1 ground under spirited opposition. The World was clearly oppos< the Dominant Element. It had good service to the Reform movei but now was laking the other side cause the News and Courier bat come more friendly. But, past 1 ings do not suffice for preseut neec "The World must go." There was The Register; the i was willing, but the flesh was v It was not far-reaching enough might be worked up. At presei had a bona fide circulation of about the big papers had that many thous? more, so The Register's efforts w be like blowing beans against a gal All ?.hat might be improved, tho and The Register's influence wo up." 'i here were three propositions of] as to the manner in which centre The Register could be obtained, as lows: First, by advancing a suffit amount of money to raise certain u gages on the plant. {The amount stated, but the kinetograpb faile( catch it.] Second, the daily edition of Register could be bought, without expense of taking the other branch? the business. Third the whole business of the I isttr was for s-ale, book and job pla and all the publications of the office. It was s'ated that it had been as tained that $05 OOO to $40,000 cc be raised from the dominant elernc that would be sufficient to carry either ?cheme in regard to The Re ter. Then came a little storm. Col. Talbert, [tlr> figure io kinetogrraph is a little indistinct, it looked like bin.] objected to any si business as this, ll was a sehe against The Cottton Plant, the or? of the Alliance, the dt fender of Allia principles and consequently agai the Alliance itself. Why was not Dr. Stokes herc? W ?hould The Cot?oo Plant be ignor Was is not because Dr. Stokes and 1 Cotton Plant advocated the sub-treasi plan, which some people object to? V it not because some people wanted shake off Dr. Stokes, and The Cot Plant and the Alliance, all together. Why had friends of the past b< ignored? It was very plain, that p sonal advancement was at the bott of this desire for a paper as an org for the dominant elemeut, at the expei of the Alliance. It was a warm speech. No atten has been made to reproduce the woi of the speaker literally; but the st stance is embodied above. Col. R. C. Watts made a talk, t< But it was not so heated. He was favor of an administration organ, a nt one; one without a record to be point at. He wanted to put in a new pla from the ground up' and have the at salt of the Dominant Element savor. His address was logical, and the co elusion deduced was that the peop demanded to be educated in the speci manner suggested. Dr. Sampson Pope took stroi ground in opposition to Col. Watt; proposition. He favored the putcha or practical subsidizing of The Regate He did not say "subsidize,,; but il ali the same . Dr. Pope made a characterist address, "6trong'; (very strong) at more or less to the point. But he wi it) measure ' sat upon," and left C lumbla with his nose badly out of join and declaring that be was "out of it, and wou'd not return until the nei meeting of the senate.. ? Dr. Pope was apparently very mac but would not talk. He has, it : reported, lost his temper on one or tw previous occasions, so the people of tb state need not be alarmed. Other discussion followed Dr. Pope speech. Some members advocated th printing of an organ in every count) in the shape of a weekly paper,-, i addition to the organ at headquarter in Columbia. It was argued that all the publi printing-advertisements and otherwis -could be given these papers. Then being made the official papers of ead county, the public would be oblige to subscribe in order to be informe* as to taxes, land sales, foreclosures and the like. Another member wanted to know i the assemblage had ever heard o Josephus Woodruff, and the Republicat printing company of immortal memory The Republican printing oompany hat an arrangement something on that order but more comprehensive as to per quietes. That would never do. Then the Cotton Plant came up again Why had not that paper been taker better care of by those who professed Alliance doctrines? Finally it was decided to appoint a committee of three to take the matter under advisement to consider the advisability of establishing a paper or papers, and the ways and means, and report to a meeting to be called by the chairman. The committee consists of Benjamin R. Tillman, chairman; Col. R C. Watts aud Mr. Stark. Thou the meeting adjourned. After the adjournment the assemblage became au impromptu advisory com? mittee to the governor. Consaw and the railroads were discuss? ed principally. On the former question, The World and its managing editor came in fur a liberal share of attention. Certain men asserted, ? rici stuck to it, that kinship between Mr. Cohen and Mr. Lopez had influenced Thc World to oppose the state's course. Another called attention to the fact that The World had given both sides a fair showing, but the first gentleman couldn't r?ee it that way. S??l another gentleman insisted on er ferrinu to Mr Lopez as "King David," though Mr. Lopez's name is Moses. On th'* railroad assessment, the gov? ernor was urged to ":>taud to his guns." There had been too much vacillating on several matters lately, and it bad got to stop. Exactly what that refers to is not known. There was a noticeable absence of sub-treasury talk-the calm, probably that precedes the storm-for storm, is coming on that question, unless Tillman succeeds in killing The Cotton Plant soon, which isn't likely. The newspaper organ question was discussed some more, in which the movement was again characterized as opposition to The Cotton Plant and the Alliance, and then the conferees separated. Free Passes and Free Passes. It was just a year ago. He was Cap tain Tillman then. He was "out." Somebody else was "in " He wanted "in." He wanted somebody else "out." The people needed "educa? tion." They should be educated to the fact that South Carolina was ruled by the Columbia Club and the railroads. The Club wined and dined the State officers. The State officers became cor? rupt, bamboozled, debauched. The railroads gave free passes to the "ser? vants of the people." They became "subdued." "Bunch" McBee wielded a subtle influence. Why did he give the State officers free passes ? Did they give "value received ?" There was rot? tenness io Denmark/' Tnrn the rascals out I He is Governor Tillman now. He is in. Somebody else is out. Elis is a "reform" administration. The "refor mation" was nearly two montha old ..Bunch'' McBee was at his same old tricks. He wauted to "subdue" some? body. Would he have the brazen effrontery to try the "reform Governor?" Impudent fellow ! Gov. Tillman would spurn a free pass from you as he would a bribe from the devil ! But "Bunch'. McBee does send a free pass to this same B. R. Tillman. What happens ? Let the Governor's own words tell, On the 23rd of last January the follow? ing letter was sent to the Mr. McBee spoken of above : "DEAR SIR: Some time ago I re? ceived pass over the Richmond and Danville system in South Carolina, accompanied by your card. My first impulse was to return it, because in the past I have criticised members of the Legislature for accepting free passes, and I do not care to be placed in a false position. But after thinking over the matter I have decided to accept it in the spirit in which, I am sure, you offered it in, because you know me too well to suppose for an instant I could be in? fluenced by so small a thing. I do not want to appear churlish or picayunish in mistakiog a courtesy for a bribe. I will, therefore, keep it and use it as an occasion offers. Thanking you very kindly, I am yours very truly, B R TILLMAN*, Governor of South Carolina." Would "so small a thing" as a free pass "influence" Gov. Richardson, but have no power over Gov. Tillman ? Is a free pass a "courtesy" in Gov. Till - man's bands, but a "bribe" when in the possession of officials of the last admin? istration ? The Governor says the criticisms about his free pass are "contemptible." So thought many of his last summer criticisms of free passes, which consti? tuted so large a part of his campaign thunder. We mention these things because we think the Governor guilty of notorious inconsistency, and not because we spe? cially object to an officer accepting a free pass when offered to him We ia sist, however, that what wau wrong for Gov. Richardson or his predecessors to do is just as wrong in Gov. Tillman, and that what Gov. Tillman can do with a clear conscience could be just as honestly done by his many illustrious predecessors -Anderson Journal. Good News of the Three C's. PHILADELPHIA, June 23 -Those in this city who are interested in the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago rail road, have about completed arrange? ments tor the reorganization of the road, and floating a loan as to so far complete the road that it will be enabled to earn the interest upon its bonds. It is proposed to take the road out of the bands of the receiver and complete a large portion of if. Tho-e directly in? terested in the road's future some time ago prepared a plan of reorganization and submitted it lo the creditors. Engineers were sent to Tennessee, Georgia and other S"ates through which the road is to run, and the report they brought back were so encouraging that a general agreement to the plan of reorganization was proposed. During the week just passed nearly every creditor has affixed his signature. Now only a few small oues have u<'t signed arid these are expected to come in within the next day or so. As soon as this is done, application will be made to hand the property over to the stockholders. The engineer's examination resulted in ascertaining that if between $0*00, OOO and $700,000 is expanded on the road at once, it can be so far completed that interest may be eat oed upon all bonds that have been issued. "Arrangements have been made," said a gentleman heavily interested in the road, "to borrow the money neces sary to do this work, and just as soon as the plan of reorganization goes through, it will be forthcoming "We propose to put a large force of men at work, and before the end of thc year we will have several hundred miles of road in operation and paying good returns " - ? ri- -mmmmm The other day Rev. Dr. Deems said that a man can do more work io six than seven days. This is no doubt true, and it was a ?ood thing for the ? toilers that God set apart one day for rest. We remember to have heard in ! the way-back, a wagoner in Grauville \ couuty say that when on the road he always lay over on Sunday wi.iio most of the other wagoners travelled on that day. He said he made the trip to Pete^burg and back quicker and eat-ier than they did. Mau aud beaut need the rest of thc seventh day.- WU. mt ayton Messenger. , The Poor Operatives. Bill Arp Writes of Them-The Crowded Workshops and Pois? onous Atmosphere--The Third Party. The pictures in last week's Youth's Companion-May 21st, of the poor sewing women of Boston are not so bad as the Georgia factory girls in The Century, but the description of their miserable condition is worse and arouses the most intense pity and indignation in the miud of every reader. Is it possible that such inhumanity to helpless women and children is allowed in a Christian land? We do not know Fletcher I Osgood, but lie seems to be well accredited by the publishers of that great Boston paper, and as the scene is laid in Boston we take it foi granted that he has not overdrawn the painful picture. The head line says "Starved and Hopeless Lives." Mr. Osgood has been investigating and tells us of sixt3' contract shops in Boston that are operated by Russian or Polish Jews in the manufacture of ready made clothing. Their workrooms are in the cheapest old buildings that can be found in the worst sections of the city. Some of the snops are reached by six or more flights of stairs, and are invariably foul with accumulated litter and dirt. The rooms areciowd ed with toiling women and girls, with here and there a boy. The atmos? phere is fetid and fatal to health. The workers have an air of suppres sion about them such as characterizes a gang of prisoners. The majority of these workers are Americans, their ages from seventeen to thirty, but there were some women of fifty-five and some girls not over twelve They were poorly dressed, many of the faces drajin and haggard, and the expression hard and sad. The work hours are from 7 o'clock in the mom to 6 o'clock in the evening, with forty-five minutes for lunch at noon The most expert girls earn as much as $5 a week in the busiest season, but their average wages are from $2 to $-4 a week. The exacting over? sight of the bosses force these workers to an unnatural tension, and then there is the fetid air, the abounding dirt, the forced association of girls with men of unclean habits and filthy speech, and the lowering of the moral tone of the females. No girl is free to "look up from her work," and a minute late loses her half a day. But the girls can't stop, not for a day, to look for a better place. Il they do they are boycotted, and can't get work anywhere. Some of the bosses have|a way of "sloging" the clock so as to get extra time out of the girls. The foreigners are all filthy and use bad language, and the girls cannot escape it Some of the girls won't tell where they live. They are ashamed to. They find rooms in old dusty attics in bad local? ities. They can't keep tip but a few years at mo3t, and then they die of overwork and destitution. This is an abstract of Mr. Osgood's I sketch-of these staryed and hopeless lives-these human machines, whose daily work is killing the body and starving the soul-these creatures of God from whom "hope ha? wither? ing fled and mercy sighed farewell." Sixty factories in Boston-how many more in New York ar.d Brooklyn and Chicago and Cincinnati? Will his [ tory keep on repeating itself? It is j less than fifty years since Tom Hood wrote"The Song of The Shirt," and j now in cultured Boston it fits the time and the place as well as when he said: Stitch, stitch, stitch, In povertv, hunger and dirt, # * * Sewing at once with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. * * * Oh God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap. Women and children working as prisoners work for crime, and no hope of a better time coming When farmers feel that they arc oppressed they cry aloud and their wail is heard from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. But the poor and friendless are ton weak to cry. They can't be heard as far as the nearest church. Com? pared with these wretched women and children the poorest fanner in Barlow county is a prince, for he always has enough to eat And the sky is above his head And the grass beneath his feet. Ile is a freeman, and cringes not beneath the tyranny of any man, much less under the frown of a Rus? sian or a Polish Jew. Friends, Amer? icans, countrymen, can such things be and we be silent? It matters not where such suffering and misery are found-whether in the workshops of Boston or the factories of the north or of the south-let our philanthropic men and women seek it out and ci y aloud and spare not. Georgia has her trusted agents, who are always guarding and protecting her prison? ers fron inhumanity, but who is to protect those who have committed no crime? It takes a great heart to do it, for it is au assault upon capital - an accusation, an arraignment of the rich at the bar of public opinion. It is said that Vanderbilt once ex? claimed. "The public be d-d," but thc public won't bc d-d. Public opinion is a mighty river, and some? times overflows its batiks and sweeps everything before it. Illiteracy is not the question before us now. It is never the question with the poor atid the oppressed. Slow, pitiless, wasting death that stares one in the race every day is not concerned about reading or writing. Bread is the first thing Good food, good clothing, good shelter, some fresh, pure air to breathe, some medicine for the sick j and a decent burial for the dead j comes before books. If many of I these poor girls need reform in their morals, begin with their tempora wants. Hunger and rags won't hear preaching A hospital is a good thing for thc forlorn and desperate ! cases, the sick and the dying, but ! the great work is to do away with the neces itv of the hospital. Heal? thy work and fair wages and com- . foliable homes will do it. God said to Cain: "The voice of thy brother's blood cries unto me from the groun And it eeorns to me that the wroi of the suffering poor and even de in their miserable homes cry ? God against us. Then let investigation go on, the search, arraignment and the reform, lt i lonely, pitiless task. But one n in al! England was found who wo dare visit the p. ?sons and cry < for reform. But John Howard < it, and he reformed them air a brought blessing-? to thousands th - oppressed. Our people read t papers eagerly to see the last 1 advertisement of cheap goo Cheaper and cheaper they get ?v? week, especially elothing for m and for women. Fine linen-bos< shirts for 49 cents! How cheap! all exclaim-we must boy some-h can they afford them at that pri< These sewing women ca.i tell y< I never see one of these display advertisements, but what 1 feel pain, a shadow and another vei of Hood's song comes over me. Oh, mm with sisters dear Uh, men with mothers and wives, It i? not linen you are weiring cut, But human ere aurea' lives. The newspapers tell us there is be a third party and its watchwt will be, " down with the plutocracy Does that mean relief for the p( and friendless-the sewing wornt the factory girls, the starved a and hopelcHS in the slums of t great cities-or is it just for the far ers and the politicians? Who ? the plutocrats, anyhow. Am I ot Are you one ? I am rich, compar willi Cube. Maybe 1 am hisplntocr My neighbor Munford is mine a Joe Brown is his and Jay Gould .Joe Brown's. Every man ia a pl tocrat to somebody. When t downing begins I reckon we will go to wrestling and try to do\ somebody. 1*11 give Gobo a power: tussle before he thal] down me, b Tm afraid to tackle Munford. 1 t tai J I will let him keep what lie has gt if he will promise not to get ai more. Now, if the new party will p those poor toilers and bread-winne on the middle plank in their platfoi and provide hornes for them and go< work and living wages, 1 will join There are over 2,000,000 of them a cording to the census-2,000.000 people who live by the day and ha' no con?forts, no spare time, no res no medicine, no delicacies when sic no privileges when well. Tariff r form and free coinage of silver a nothing to them-but every cent til is added to the price of cotton < wheat or corn or potatoes is som thing to them, it makes their fot. and their clothing cost just th; much more. Six months ago coi was 50 cents a bushel-now it is ? and the poor are paying it. But reckon the new party will fix it u someway so that the farmers can g< al>ig price and the poor pay a litt one. The plutocracy ought to I made to do something-something ft suffering humanity. Boston is th richest city in the United State she has over $1,000,000,000 < wealth according to the last census more than $2,000 per capita. Net Yolk has less than $1,000 per capiti and yet there are 6,000 sewing w< men and girls in Boston whose sla very is more pitiful than the wort fabrication in "Uncle Tom's Cabin. Talk about literacy and illiteracy what does it prove ? What is etfucj tion worth if it does not make peopl better? An eminent New Yor preacher said the other day that grea wealth was the curse of the cit churches. They gave of their moue freely, but it was like buying indul gen ces to commit sin. Their heart were not in the prayers nor th preaching nor in tiie Christian worl but were shut up in their pocket* When he tried to interest them th* substance of their reply was: "Hov much money do you want?" Now, if the plutocracy will d< that much for the p or, we will Ie them off Let thc- preachers go t< them and keep going, and plead fo charity. It is a bigger tlrug that trying Dr. Briggs for hersey, or Dr Woodrow, or avy other doctor There is no time for abstruse theolo gy now. It is the day of practica Christianity, such as was preached and taught and acted by tiie friend ol humanity. Friends, countrymen, north and south let us awake to the long smothered cry of the poor Plutus was the ancient god ol wealth. Ile was a very mean ?ort ol a god, tor he distributed his gifts without regard to 'merit. In fact he didn't like to give at all, but Jupiter forced him to d vide out his money as fast as it accumulated. When he ap? proached a person to make a gift lie was lame and slow footed, but when he left him to go back to his treasures he unfolded a pair of hid? den wings, and flew away. Some of our plutocrats are well named, for it is like drawing their eyeteeth to get any charity out of them. But after all, there is some? thing to be said in the average rich man's favor. None of them art; mis? ers, that 1 know of They do not hoard and hide ami keep their money to count and look at. The Astor? build more houses to rent and that makes rent cheaper. Jay Gould builds more railroads and pushes them farther and farther into the wil? derness, and that opens up new terri? tory for the emigrant, the miners and the cattle man. 1 never knew a com? munity but what begged for a rail road, ami 1 never knew one but what made war upon it as soon as they got it. There are many plutocrats in At? ianta and l.'hattanooga, but my obser? vation is their money is always doing ?rood work. It is building houses or railroads, or ir vested in ironworks or mauofactoi?es of some kimi, and giving employment to labor. If there were no rich men, there would he no progress. It certainly is no sin to get rich if it is done fairly. Every man would g't rich if he could. 1 would I know I've gota gold lot, so-ep!led, that I have owrie?! for thirty yeats, ami it 1 could seil it for $10,000 j it seems to me that 1 would be quite j happy, lu fact, 1 would rejoice to get $5 OOO-and rather than break a trade ?500 would make me feel calm and serene. There are thousands of rich men who came by their money honestly. Elias Howe invented tho sewing machine after years of thought and experiment and the sac? rifice of every dollar's worth of his property. It proved a blessing to the world and $5,000,000 in his pocket. McCormic did the same thing with hrs reaper. In both cases thu worM got value received and has no right to begrudge them their money. Some men get rich by goo ? luck. I know a man who used to be p ?or and hard run, but his father in law left him twelve acres of poor, marshy land in the suburbs of old Birming? ham It was thought to be worth ?1,000 at that time, but he sold rt a few years ago orr the bulge of the boom for ?250,000. There is noth? ing wrong about that, is there ? Am! yet he is now a plutocrat. Moore and Marsh ami the Kaisers and Keely and Chamberlin and High and Scott and Van Winkle and many others have worked hard and long and got ton rich, but who dares say they am not entitled to their earingrs ? Fut yourself in their places and say. It is only the money obtained by fraud that should excite our indignation Then again there is a big pile of money made by the bulls and the bears off of each other. They say that more than half of Jay Gould's for? tritte was made off of the mil?onaries who tried to corner him and failed. That does not concern us except for the bad example If half a dozen gamblers play poker in a room ami one of them wins all the stakes it doesn't matter-the outsiders are no poorer. Fortunes are sometimes in? herited and there is nothing wrong about that. And so before we make a sweeping condemnation against the rich let ns inquire how the money came. This cry of Mown with the plutocracy" is an insidious, incendi? ary, revolutionary sentiment and feeds the baser passions of mankind. The plutocrats may love money fi r money 's sake and that is a sin, but the envy and covetousness th;.t would rob them are worse sins. But after all it is better, safer and nobler for a rich mau to divide out liberally before he dies. George Peabody and Peter Cooper are in heaven and their memories are en? shrined in the hearts of their country? men, but if Jay Good or Astor were to die tomorrow nobody would care -outside of their kindred. They have made no name yet that will en? dure-but it is not too late. Maybe they will. Birx ABP. The Pistol License. The Act of thela8t General^Assembly which requires dealers in pistols and pistols cartridges to pay ?200 annually for a license to sell these articles, went into effect on June 23, and it is stated that the validity cf the law wilt be "sharply contested" on the ground that it is unconstitutional, under the recent original package decision cf the United States Supreme Court. It is to be hoped that the question will be brought to issue and settled at ooce The law officers of the State should contest it on the part of the State quite as sharply and as stren? uously as the counsel for the dealers. The best interests of the State require that the Act should be sustained and rigidly enforced. Murders with the ever present, "handy" and deadly revolver are of almost daily occurrence. Some measure that will restrict tl e ? sale of this convenient instrument of crime and incentive to crime has long been needed, and the need has nov become imperative. The Aot in question is such a measure and the only proper objection to ir is that it does not go far enough. If it is desirable and practicable to tax the traffic io pistols at all, it should be taxed to the utmost. It costs the State thousands of dollars annually, on account of Court and prison ex pe use*, and it should be made to pi y as large a part of this cost as can be collected from it. The opposition to the new statute if confined to the class it was specially designed to reach, the dealers in deadly weapons, and proves that it is effective for its purpose. This is a point to be rememb*red. If the dealers win ic their proposed contest against the new law they can probably be reached ii some other way. 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