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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,
opposite my old stand, where I
can now be found with a stock of
DIAMONDS,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Silver and Plated Ware,
I SPECTACLES, &c
?.surpassing in brilliancy, extent
Band variety any stock of the
?kind ever shown in this city,
?fith 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
io merit a continuance of the same, and
I hereby extend to all a cordial invita?
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.wa ere, with a larger stock and increased
facilities in every way 1 am better pre?
pared than ever to ester to their wants,
rfbon't forget the place,
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Yours, anxious to olease,
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mgm *
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April ?7-o
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Jo?n E. Keels, Esq., Sus?
pended.
JUDGE IZLAR'S RULING.
t . _ .
STUTE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j
COUNTY <>F SUMTER,, j
Ex Parte-The Bar of Sumter against
John K. Keels
Rule to show cause why he should not
be removed or suspended from his
office as Attorney at Law.
On the tenth day cf June, 1891, a
Rule was issued upon the application of
the Bar of Sumter, ic this State,
against John R. Keels an attorney at
law and a member of the said bar, to
shew cause why be should not be re?
moved or suspended from his office as
such attorney ? This Hule to shew
cause was based upon the affidavits of
A. F. Cousar, James D. Blandiog,
Fleury Stuckey, Mark Reynolds, R M.
Wallace and R. D. Lee. The charge
against the said John R. Keels is fully
set forth in the affidavit of A. F. Cou?
sar, as follows :
"On or about the 13th day of March,
1891, I went to the office of John R.
Keels to arrange to seeure him in his
fee a6 attorney for Celclough Williams
in what is known as the Bishopville
Riot Case, said Williams being oue of
deponents farm laborers ; that said
John R. Keels agreed to accept depon?
ents note of hand payable in the fall
for nineteen dollars ; that deponent did
make his said note ria^ed same date
and payable November 1st, 1891, for
said sum of niueteen dollars and de?
livered the same to the said John K.
Keels; that on or about the 23d day
of May, 1891, deponent having been
informed that Marion Moise, E>q,
held a note against deponent for the
sum of three hundred and nineteen dol?
lars, deponent went to Mr. Moise and
examined said noie and found that Mr.
Moise held the same against him
and ascertained that the note so held1'
by Mr. Moise was the same note that
deponent had delivered to John R.
Keels above referred to, but which had
been raised from the sum of niceteen
dollars to the sum of three hundred
and nineteen dollars, by inserting
"three hundred and" in front of the
word "nineteen" in the body of the
note, aod in the upper left band corner
thereof the figure "3 after the ? and
before the figures "19," which words
and figure had been inserted io said
note after deponent had delivered the
same to the said John R Keels as
aforesaid and without deponent's knowl?
edge or consent; that deponent gave
to the said Keels no other note at any?
time : that the said John R. Keels told
deponent in the presence of several
members of the Bar of Sumter, that all
writing in the said note, except depou
sat's signature, iucluding the alleged
alterations thereof was the writing of
bim the said John R. Keels, and all
written before deponent signed same."
The affidavits of R. D. Lee and Jas.
D. Blanding go to corroborate the alle?
gations contained in the affidavit of A
F. Cousar.
The ?. F Cougar note was produced
it the hearing and inspected by the
Court. The note bore upon its face the
distinctive marks referred to in the affi?
davits of A. F. Cousar, R. D. Lee and
James* D Branding, as alterations.
The affidavits of Henry Stuckey and
R. M. Wallace, as also that of R. D
Lee, tended to show the alterations of
;ertain other notes endorsed by Henry
Stuckey for .'he said John R. Keels, and
discounted at the, "Stmonds National
Bank of Sumter/ Sumter, S. C."
The hearing of said Rule was fixed
for the 17th day of June, 1891, seven
days being deemed by the Court ample
ii me for the Respondent to prepare his
inswer, and to meet the charges pre?
ferred against him.
Oo the day fixed for the hearing the
Respondent by his attorney, John T.
Sreeo, Esq., asked that the hearing be
postponed until after Respondent had
been tried upon the indictments for
forgery upon which the -Grand Jury
bad found "True Bills" at the present
term, growing out of the same ^statc of
facts alleged in the affidavits upon
which the rule to shew cause had been
issued. This request was refused.
The counsel for Respondent was then
informed by the Court that the Respon?
dent could not be required to auswer
ander oath-that his answer might be
ander oath, or'not, as the Respondent
?hose-and that'Respondent could in?
troduce such evidence as he desired
tending to disprove the charges and
show his innocence.
The counsel for Respondent then
?ubmitted the following answer, which
was subscribed and sworn to by the
Respondent: ' That he denies each and
?very allegation in the affidavits of
li. D. Lee, E>q , Dr Henry Stuckey,
Ool ll M Wallace, Andrew F. Cou?
gar, Mirk Reynolds, E*q., and Jas ]).
Biaoding, lvq., made iu support of said
Rule to show cause, and charging this
deponent with forgery "
No testimony other than this general
denial under oath of the Respondent,
was offered or tendered, tending to dis
prove the allegations contained in the
iffiJavits submitted in support of the
Rule, or to show that the Respondent
was innocent of the charges thereby
made, or by way of explanation.
After argument the ca.cc was submit?
ted upon all the affidavits aud papers
read in the cause.
That this Court has the power to dis?
bar or ?u.-pend attorneys for professional
misconduct, or for any matter showing
their unfitness to practice iu the courts,
there eau be no doubt. As this power,
however, is not questioned I shall not
consume time in ait*cussing it, but tak?
ing it as conceded, proceed to the main
questions in the case.
''The power to disbar is not an arbi?
trary and despotic one, to be exercised
at the pleasure of the court, or (rom
passif-n, prejudice or personal hostility,
but i: is the duty of the Court to exer- j
eise and regulate it by a sound and just ;
judicial discretion whereby the rights
and independence of the bar may be ?
as scrupulously guarded and maintained j
by the court, as the rights and dignity J
of the Court itself." Ex-Parte Secomb j
19 How., 13, per Taney, (J.J. "Inj
disbarring an attorney the Court simply i
determinates whether the attorney is a !
fit person to bc allowed to practice law, !
and not whether he is guilty of the
commission of a crime, the latter being j
a matter for a criminal court of com
tent jurisdiction under due proc?s
law " In re-Treadwell, 7 Pac. R
721, the causes for which an attort
may be disbarred or suspended are i
merous. Any conduct which grav
affects his character as an attorney, a
shows him unfit to .-be entrusted w
its high and responsible duties whet!
done in a professional capacity, or n
is cause for disbarment or suspensn
and sufficient to call into exercise 1
power of the Court. There are ma
authorities in support of the doctri
that where the misconduct complain
of was done iu thc private, and not
the official capacity of ?he attorney, 1
lief can only be obtained by prosee
tion in a proper tribunal, at the suit
the injured party, and not in this sui
mary manner. But while this is t
general rule ic is not an inflexible on
There may be cases where the mineo
duct of an attorney io his private cap
city would be of so gross a charact
that the Court would not hesitate
exercise the power of disbarmer
People vs. Appleton, 44 Am. Rep. 81
In the case of the State vs. Winto
50 Am. Rep., 480, the court say: "Tl
question which has presented the mc
difficulty, and out of which there b
grown some difference of opinion,
where the facts charged against the a
torney are indictable, but are in no wi
connected with his professional capacil
-acts done in his private, but not
his professional capacity. In such eas?
it bas been held by frome courts th;
where the misconduct alleged, thoug
done in his private capacity merely, au
net in his official capacity, is of sue
gross character as to gravely affect h
standing as an attorney, they will exei
eise the power of removal or disbai
ment. This seems to be an exceptio
to the general rule as held by othe
courts, which confines the exercise (
such summary jurisdiction over an ai
torney to cases where the miscondu<
was committed in his professional chat
acter, or was in some way or in som
matter so connected with his professions
character as to be the dire it result.
' But there is no doubt mach authorir
for extending the rule to misconduct fo
acts which are indictable, and commit
ted outside the professional relation
when the misconduct alleged agains
the attorney is so gross as to seriousl
impugn his standing and integrity "
This whole subject is very ably dis
cussed by Mr. Justice Bradley in e:
parte Wall, 107 ?. S. 266. After re
viewing all the English cases on thii
subject he deduces the following as th?
English rule: ' That an attorney wil
be struck off the roll if convicted of ?
felony, or if convicted of a misdemean
or involving want of integrity, evet
though the judgment be arrested or re?
versed for error; and also (without pre
viou8 conviction) if he is guilty of gros
misconduct in his profession, or of act?
which though not done in his profes?
sional capacity, gravely affect his char
acter as au attorney; but in ?he lattei
case, if the acts charged are indictable,
and fairly denied, the court will noi
proceed against him until he is convict?
ed by a jury; and will in no case com?
pel him to answer under oath to a
charge for which he may be indicted.'1
After a review of the authorities in
this country he states the result as fol?
lows: "That whilst it may be the gen?
eral rule that a previous conviction
should be had before striking an attor
torney off the roll for an indictable of?
fense committed by him when not act
ing iu his character as an attorney,
yet that rule is not an ii flexible one.
Cases may occur in which Euch a re?
quirement would result in allowing per?
sons to practice as attorneys who ought
on every ground of propriety and re?
spect for the administrrtion of the law,
to be excluded from such practice." In
this case Mr Justice Field filed aa able
dissenting opinion.
Mr. Freeman in a note to the case of
the State vs. Kirke, reported in the 95
Am. Rep , 333-455 gives the cases
which hold that, there must be a regular
indictment and conviction before the
court will disbar, and those which hold
that such previous conviction is deemed
unnecessary. From this note it ap
pears that a majority of the States in
which this subject has been discussed
hold the latter view. See also Law?
son's Rights, Rem. and Pr., vol 1 ?
133 and note. The case of Watson
v?. Citizens Savings Bank, 5 S C .
169, is given by Mr. Lawson in sup?
port of the doctriue that a previous con?
viction is not necessary wbeu the act of
the attorney is criminal, though not
done in his official capacity. This case
is certainly authority for the rule where
the offense alleged against the attorney
is "deceit, malpractice or misdemean?
or." (Gen. St. Seo. 2164.) The
power of the Courts of Common Pleas
and General Sessions to strike the
name of an attorney from the role i? an
itinerant power I do not think the
common law powers of these courts are
restricted to cases where the offense al?
leged is either "deceit, malpractic or
misdemeanor," but that these courts
have power to suspend or disbar for
other causes than those mentioned in
the Statute. The case of Watson vs
Citiz ns Savings Bink, supra, goes
very far in my opinion to support the
doctrine that an attorney for criminal
acts may be suspended or disbared wi:h
out previous conviction. "Butin cases
of this character" (as was said in the
State against Winton) "it i? admitted
that the power ought not to be exer?
cised without great caution, and never
except in clear eas<48 of misconduct
which affect the standing and character
of the party as an attorney."
We are uow to consider whether such
a case has been presented as will au?
thorize the court to exercise the sum?
mary power of suspension or disbar?
ment
The offi ;e of an attorney is a valua?
ble one. and the consequences which
noccssaiily fl >w from suspension or dis?
barment are often times verv serious,
even in a pecuniary point of view, to
say nothing of the humiliation and dis?
grace which must inevitably follow.
Was thc misconduct alleged against
the Respondent done in his private ca?
pacity? Or waa it committed in Iiis j
professional character? Or was it conj- \
miffed in some way, or in some matter '
so connected with hi.-, professional cloir- !
actor as to be the direct result? The ?
judgment in this case hinges upon the j
6v?cra made to these questions. How
! then, does the case stand? On the one
hand is the testimony of six reputable
witnesses tending to sustain the charges
against the Respondent, while on the
other is nothing save the bare denial of
the Respondent. The charges con?
tained in the affidavits of A F. Cousar
and others are specific. Uuder this
state of facts I am forced (reluctantly,
it is true) to say that I do not cousider
tbe acts charged against the Respondent
as fairly denied by him. The deuial is
unsatisfactory. There should have been
something more by way of defense, or
or explanation-something in rebuttal.
I most, therefore, hold that the charges
as contained in the affidavits of A. F.
Cousar and others are sustained by the
evidence adduced in support thereof.
Upon the facts proven, however, I am
not prepared to hold that the offenses
charged- were committed by the Re?
spondent in his official capacity, or io
some way, or io some matter so con?
nected with his professional character as
to be the direct result. Rut I ara pre?
pared to hold, and do 30 hold, that the
mis-onduct charged and proved is of
such a gross and serious character as to
grossly affect Respondent's standing as
an attorney. The acts complained of
were a gross abuse of the confidence re?
posed iu the Respondent by A. F. Cou?
sar and Henry Stucky, whether com?
mitted by Respondent himself or by an?
other with his koowledge and consent,
and whether the alleged alterations were
made in said notes before or after they
were signed and delivered. A. F.
Cousar agreed to sign a note payable at
a certain time for a certain specified
amouut, and Henry Stuckey agreed to
endorse for the Respondent for certain
specified amounts. They respectively
intrusted the Respondent with the pre?
paration of said notes. If he. in vio?
lation of the confidence reposed, drew
them for larger amounts, and tbey rely?
ing upon his statements, and trusting
in his integrity, carelessly signed and
endorsed them, and were thus deceived,
would not this amount to a gross abuse
of confidence, and show the Respondent1
uofit to be a member of the legal pro?
fession? Would not such acts satisfy
any one that there was wanting in the
moral character of the Respondent, that
integrity and trustworthiness which ren?
ders attorney's safe persons to manage
the legal business of others? The acts
of the Respondent, viewed in either
light, whether as involving an indiota
ble offense, or a gross abuse of confi?
dence, show a lack of that integrity and
trustworthiness which should always
characterize the conduct of those engaged
in the practice of the law. The doings
of such acts by an attorney is a grave
wrong against an honorable profession,
and proves him unfit longer to take part
in the administration of the law. If mis?
conduct of attorneys such as this is to be
condoned, then the prestige of the pro?
fession for integrity and trustworthiness
is destroyed; then the reputation of the
bar for fidelity and honesty is blast?
ed forever. The facts alleged agaiust
the Ri-spoDdent involve au indictable
offense. Upon these facts two indict?
ments for forgery have been preferred;
and true bills have been found thereon
by the grand jury. i4The proceedings
not beiug for the purpose of punish?
ment, but for the purpose of preserving
the courts of justice from the official
min'stration of persons unfit to practice
io them," I have determined that it
would be best, under all the circumstan?
ces of the case, not to make an order dis?
barring the Respondent, but to protect
the court, and the public, by passing
an order suspending and forbidding the
Rsspondent from appearing and prac?
tising in the Circuit aud Probate Courts
of this State during the pendency of
indictments against him growing out of
the facts upon which the present motion
is based, with leave to the bar of Sum?
ter to renew the motion to disbar at the
termination of such prosecutions.
It is therefore ordered and adjudged,
that the Respondent John R. Keeb be
and he hereby is, suspended from hi?
office as an attorney, solicitor and coun?
sellor in the Circuit and Probate Courts
of this State, during the pendency of
indictments against him growiug out of
the facts upou which the Rule to 6hew
cause was based, and forbidden to ap?
pear in any cause civil or criminal in
said courts or to practice therein, either
directly or indirectly.
Further ordered that the Bar of .
Sumter have leave to renew the
motion to disbar said Respondent
upon the termination of the indict?
ments for forgery now pending against
him : and that the Clerk of this Court
do forthwith serve on said Respondent
a duly attested copv of this judgment.
JAS. F. IZLAR,
July 6, 189i. Presiding Judge.
J. I). GRAHAM,
C. C. P. & G. S.
Overproduction of Cotton.
The low price of cotton is causing
great dissatisfaciion among the farmers
of this State, and various propositions
have been made to limit the production
by the decrease of thc acreage by
ploughing up one-fourth of the preseut
growing crop, and other devices.
The Farmers' Alliance of Marlboro
county, in this State, has adopted the
following resolution:
..Resolved; That we pledge ourselves
to plant only ten acres of cotton to the
horse in 1892; provided wc can get the
co-operation of all the cotton States so
as to d-crease the production of cotton,
and so obtain due reward for our labor.
"Resolved 21, That we realest the
State Alliance to call for a convention
of the cotton growers of the south, ir?
respective of State or color, to meet not
later than December 1st next, to cou?
sider the same."
The State Alliance will meet at Spar
tanburg, July 221, and will probably
take action on the subject.
MU- .?>?>- -Iff-.
In the matter of that free pass it
might be truly said of G >vernor TiII
mau "he digged a pit and himself hath
fallen into it " It behooves the present
administration to remember that they
were placed in positions of honor by j
the people as reformers and mostly j
upon their own claims as such, and j
what would not io others evoke criticism, '
would in their case deserve condemna?
tion. You thanked the lord that you
wore not as other men are.-Florence
Timi?.
The Oeala Platform.
A great deal is being said by pub?
lic men and in the public press about
the Ocala platform. It ts quite pro?
bable that a great many who talk and
write about this platform do not
know its provisions, and we feel sat?
isfied that many who read do not
know all the planks. In order that
every one may know just what that
platform is we reproduce it here.
Some of its demands are all right
and there is little doubt that the
members of the Ocala convention,
who were interested in the success of
the farmers and the laboring people
of this country, were actuated by the
purest of motives. The tendency of
all revolutions is to go to extremes.
Yet the cardinal principles of this
platform will ?be found to be all right
and safe when some of the objection?
able features are lopped off.
The fight is the fight of the masses
against the classes; of the men who
make their living by the sweat rf
their own brow in the field and the
workshops, against those who become
rich and millionaires in a day in the
field of speculation, and by inflating
bonds and stocks. But the Alliance
should not demand for itself what it
so strongly condemns in others. It
should not condemn class legislation
in one breath and then in the next
ask the government to become its
banker and enact legislation purely
for the benefit of one class. It should
not announce the doctrine of "equal
rights to all and special privileges to
noue," and then demand legislation
for the benefit of one class. And
when the whole matter is sifted down
the Alliance will realize that this leg?
islation will not in the end benefit
this class.
But we intended to give only the
Ocala platform and leave it for the
present for your consideration. Here
it is:
First-We demand the abolition
of National banks. We demand that
the government shall establish sub
treasuries or depositories in the sev?
eral States which shall loati money
direct to the people at a low rate of
interest not to exceed 2 per cent, per
annum on non-perishable farm pr< -
ducts, and also upon real estate, with
proper limitations upon the quanlit}*
of land and amount of money. We
demand that the amount of circu?
lating medium be speedily increased
to not less than ?50 per capita.
Second-We demand that Congress
shall pass such laws as shall effect
uall}' prevent the dealing in futures
on all agricultural and mechanical
productions, preserving a stringent
system of procedure in trials such as
shall secure the prompt conviction
and imposition of such penalties as
shall secure the most perfect com?
pliance with the law.
Third-We condemn the silver bill
recently passed by Congress, and
demand in lieu thereof the free and
unlimited ?coinage of silver.
Fourth-We demand the passage
of the laws prohibiting alien owner?
ship of land, and that Congress take
prompt action to devise some plan to
obtain all lands now owned by aliens
and foreign syndicates, and that all
lands now held by railroads and other
corporations in excess of such as is
actually used and needed by them be
reclaimed by the government and sold
for actual settlers only.
Fifth-Believing in the doctrine of
equal rights to all and special privi?
leges to none, we demand that our
national legislation shall be so framed
in the future as not to build up one
industry at the expense of another;
and we further demand a removal
of the existing heavy tariff from the
necessaries of life that the poor of
our land must have; we further de?
mand a just and equitable system of
graduated tax on income*; we be?
lieve that the money of the country
should be kept, as much as posaible,
in the hands of the people, and hence
we demand that ail National and
State revenues shxil be limited to the
necessary expenses of the govern?
ment, economically and honestly ad?
ministered.
Sixth-We demand the most rigid,
honest and just State and National
governmental control and supervision
of the means of public communica
? ion and transportation, and if this
control and supervision does not re?
move the abuse now existing, we de?
mand the government ownership of
such means of Communication and
transportation.
Seventh-We demand that Con?
gress of the United States submit an
amendment to the constitution pro?
viding; for the election of United
o
States Senators by direct vote of the
people of each State.
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"Cheap John" Advertising.
Darlington News.
Serious complaints come from the
various counties of the State because the
notice in regard to the examination to
fill the scholarships at the Winthrop
Training School was not given out in
time for many of those to enter who
desired to do so, as a result of which
the examinations were not held in many
in5tances from the simple fact that no
applicants presented themselves. The
superintendent of thc sohool claims
that the fault is uot his; that notice of
the examination was given through
the press some weeks ago in every
county of the state, and that he has
vouchers to show that be speut $100 in
advertising it. The taouble arose from
the fact that the advertising was done
after a "cheap John" method. A class
of middle-men known as "advertising
agents" have arisen in this country
during the past few years who earn
their livelihood by sharing in the
meagre profits of publishers. The
'.agent7' persuades the advertisers that
they can get the work done much
cheaper by dealing with him than by
applying directly to the various news
papers; he charges them, after all how?
ever, just about what they would have
to pay the newspapers themselves,
deducts for himself a uice little commis?
sion of oop-third or one-fourth, and
semis the balance to the publisher
Thc "agent" is the only one who gains
anything by thu transaction, and he
gains it, as in the itistaoce of the
Winthrop Training Sehooi matter, at
the cost of the advertiser! Advertising
is like clothing, dry goods, groceries or
any other commodity that is pot on the
market, in that one "pays for what he
gets." If he wants a good article, he
pays the standard price; If a "cheap
John" one will answer his purpose, he
can get it for less money. The "adver?
tising agent," knowing that be is com?
pelling the publisher to do the work
for a pittance, a^ks no favors and
expects none; his advertisements are
"chucked" off into any corner cf the
newspaper, and in many cases they
faii to reach the eye of those for whom
they are intended. The "agent" em?
ployed by the superintendent of the
Winthrop Training School paid out to
the newspapers about $75 of the money
8enthim, retaining the rest for "valua?
ble services." If the advertiser had
communicated directly with the pub?
lishes, and by paying then? their
regular price, secured a favo'able posi?
tion and a "catchy" editorial or local
notice calling attention to the ad?
vertisement, it would not have cost him
a dollar more, and the work would
have been satisfactorily done. Verhum
sap.
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Mayfields Bad Management.
The f of the Superintendent of
Educatiou .o give proper notice of the
competitive examinations which ought
to have been held in the various coun?
ties of the State last week for scholar
seips to the Winthrop Training School
has caused much confusion. The fact
! that the examinations were to be held
was known to very few people in the
State. The advertising was not done
by the Supprintendent himself, but he
gave it to an agent who, of course, want?
ed the lion's share of the profit, and of?
fered the papers such prices for the
work as no paper of any standing could
afford to do it at and live. Conse?
quently the advertisement was not
accepted by but very few papers wbicb
are read, and the people generally were
in almost total ignorance as to the day
appointed for the examinations. The
Abbeville Press and Banner explains
why the notice was cot given in Abbe?
ville County, as follows:
"The sim?le reason why the ad?
vertisement did not appear in these
columns is this: We received tho order
from an advertising agency offering a
sam mu- b below our regular charges,
and from even the small price offered
the agent expected to reserve twenty
five per cent, commission. We threw
that, order in the waste basket."-Flor?
ence Times.
Free Railroad Passes.
Judge McGowan never rides on
free railroad passes. Ile recently
refused to ride in the car of jthe
superintendent of the road until he
had paid his fare. Judge Norton
was offered a pass on one of ne roads
in the State but politely declined to
receive it in the following neat and
polite style ;
Feb. 12, 1S89.
DEAR SIR :-Yours of yesterday
enclosing rue a complimentary pass
on the-railway for 1889,
just to hand.
If given to a juror empannelled to
try a cause, tn which the Company
was a party, it would be a good
ground for a new trial.
1 do not know that your company
has or will have any action to be
heard before me, but lest it may, 1
beg to return the pass. In view of
the custom now nderstood to prevail
1 take no offence at its offer.
fours truly, J. J. NOKTOS.
-Easley Democrat.
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The Oconee Neics says that Judge
Norton has persistently declined to u*e
a free pass on the railroads si ree be
was elected Judge. We stated two
weeks ago that we knew one Judge who
did not use a pass, and now we assert
our belief that not a single Judge in
the State travels cz a free pass.-An*
aerson Journal.
Teacher McElroy, of Liurens, who|
was appoiuted Supervisor of Registra?
tion by Governor Tillman in recogni?
tion of past services, and ?who was dis?
missed by the same for drunkenness
and other causes ere he had served
more than six months (but had drawn
his salary for the whole year.) gave
Senator Irby the lie and drew his pistol
i on him during a meeting of the Al
! liance in Laurens on last Friday. Mc?
Elroy claimed that Irby and Shell had
made a cat's paw of him io getting him
to write the letter concerning Judge
Haskell speaking in Liurens, and then
j failed to back him up when Teacher
Evans was making it warm for him
I They, of coarse, denied the charge,
with the result above stated. Irby and
McElroy advauced on each other, but.
friends preveuted a fight. We pity
McElroy, and wonder that he and a
host of others have not discovered long
ago that their little paws were pulling
out the chestnuts while somebody else
wa9 getting the chestnuts.
The Augusta Chronicle, referring to
Governor Tillman's statement that pub?
lic officers have got in thc habit of wait?
ing for rewards before arresting crimi?
nals, says that the reward system is
frequently demoraliz:ng, and that its use
should be restricted in Georgia and
Carolina. Possibly the system might
he restricted, hut. it. should certainly not
be abolished. It is the duty of public
officers to apprehend criminals, but it
frequently happens that others secure
information which may enable them to
bring about the arrest, and while it is
the du=v <>f every good citizeu to see to
it that, justice is aided, it may not be
possible for him to follow up his inform?
ation except at considerable expense
and personal inconvenience, and a
reward iu such cases proves a stimulus.
An exchange says: There is some
thing manifestly wrong with the "eter?
nal ?tness of things ' when a minister
gets from five to tPti dollars and a fine
supper for performing a marriage cere?
mony whi h only takes five minutes,
while the editor who ?akfs two hours to
set op the list ot the presents gets only
a piece of cake.
Remedies for the Cotton
Grower.
The price of cotton has been steadily
failing during the past few years The
prices of other things-including monvf
-have been falling also. The pros?
pects now, however, are that the price
of cotton will fal! below the proportion
of other thiogs so that tbe profit in grow?
ing it will be destroyed. A big crop
was made last year and another big one
is pitched this year. We have made
more cotton than the factories could or
would take, aud there is a big surplus
of bales tu carry over.
Various remedies are suggested. The
alliance tried last - ?ar to keep the
prioe up by indue' farmers to holdl
their crops for ten cents and many loyal
alliance men obeyed orders and lost
heavily by doing it. The next scheme
suggested was to decrease the acreage
planted That has been done in some
neighborhoods while in others as much
as ever or more than ever has been
planted Some men got the idea tbat
the lessened acreage would cause ?
small crop at:d high prices aud havened
to get in as much as pos>ible to see ire
a big share in the rise. Then somebody
suggested that all farmers agree to plow
up every fourth row in all their cotton
fields so as to cut the crop off twenty-five
per cent, at once. This was setiously
urged. Now comes Msjor Harry
Hammond, of Ai^er:, with the sug?
gestion that a heavy special tax be le*
vied on the business of cotton planting
so as to limit the number of persona
who can engage in it and thereby keep
the pield down and the price up.
One great difficulty in the way of in?
telligent discussion of the subject is the
absence of a knowledge of the difference
between the cost and selling price of
cotton. A railroad man can tell to the
fraction of a cent how much it costs to
run a train one mile, how much it costs
to stop a train, what rates he mu?t
charge to make a profit. A mill pres
ident can give you to the fraction of a cent
what every yard of cloth or pound of
yarn costs. A merchant marks on every
piece of his goods what it costs him, in?
cluding freight' cartage, discounts or
interest. We have never yet found a
farmer who could tell anywhere near
what his cotton cost bim to make.
Some men claim there is a profit in cot?
ton at seven cents. Other say it will
Dot pay out at less than ten.
We can not see any sense in trying
to ebauge the laws of supply and
demand. When more of anything ie
made or offered than there is use or
demand for the price must go down?
When less is made or offered than is
needed prices must rise. It is equally
hard to change human Dature. People
who thick there is money in cotton will
plant all of it they can cultivate, and
when they believe that prices are to be
forced up they will strain themselves to
make all they can-find ground for.
Such things regulate themselves io
process of time. When cotton is found
to be unprofitable a few years the mea
who are losing money ou it will quit
making it or be foroed to quit. The
troth is, however, the South has grown
rich on cotton despite the steady fall in
price. Everybody who travels in the
country must see that people there have
been prospering on something. The
general verdict is that the men who live
at home, who make their own food and
the food of their stock and raise cotton
for a money irop have done well. That
must force itself on the people presently
and cause cotton to be the side or sur?
plus crop. We believe that will be the
final solution of the problem, the means
by which the supply will be regularly
kept within tbe limits of the demand.
Meanwhile the quickest and best way
to help the farmer is to give him mate?
rials and supplies cheaper. We thought
and hoped that was the chief purpose of
the farmers, alliaoce-that it would put
dealings between the farmer and thc
merchant on a more business like and
mutually satisfactory basis, give the
merchant good security and thereby
enable him to sell at a close margin and
the farmer to buy cheaper. That
would have helped everybody and hurt
nobody. It can yet be done. It is a
sure, safe aud natural remedy.-Green*
ville News.
If food sours on the stomach, digestion ld
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