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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18. 1
The SrjrJtlr ?aroliDt?l I
Association Invited t <
Asbury Park,
N.J.
Mr. Hugh Wilson, President
Caroiioa State Presa Assoeiatioi
On July 2, 3, 4, 5 and <5 the N
al Editorial Association -viii hol
annaal convention at Asbury Park,
Jersey.
From correspondence and data
in possession of this committee,
safe to assert that the coming BM
will be the largest and mott impc
is the history of the National Ast
tion. The day sessions will be de
to the discussion of m?thode of an
and. conducting, newspapers and
management of printing offices
which the brightest newspaper mt
the country will lead. The eve
sasions will be wo less insert?
lectures by soase of the most di
gnashed editors lo America. The
casion is one which no progrej
journalist or Presa Association
afford to miss.
The Citizens Committee, io conj
t?on with the Mayor sud Coonci
Asbury Park, desire to extend thro
yon a special invitation to your Asst
tiou to attend tina meeting aa a sepa
body in addition to sending your u
delegation to the National Conven tic
Asbury Park ia of unusual meei
biiity from all points. More than
hundred passenger traine stop at
sta?ions daily. Reduced transportai
rates, secured by the National Asso
t?on, are available for every mern be
the looa] ? organisations. Namer
halls afora' abundant scoommodsti
for meetings, while the city can en)
tain, in perfect comfort, one bund
thousand guests.
? number of State Associati
have already signified their intention
participate ia this great gathering
individual societies, and will send fir
100 to 200 each.
Upon the acceptance of this inri
tion kindly notify this committee
once; thea nt the earliest possi
moment, advise ns of the number v
wi? come and if you desire to bold a
special meetings. The committee i
take pleasure in assigning hotel seco
modations to your members and sew
ing halla for your meetings.
Very truly yours.
JNO. L. COFFIN,
Secretary Executive Committee.
The Lynching of Jeff Gm
ford.
Io connection with the complei
comprehensive, and, we believe, ab?
lately correct story of the lynching
Jeff Crawford, published elsewhere
this issue, ec?ittfriai comment is bard
necessary. Just a little common sens
applied to the cold facts in. this case,
calculated to develop ic the 21 tods
most thinking people the why, at
wherefore, of tue tragedy. Take ti
lacis:
A horrible crime was committed io
civilized community. The revoltic
details were calculated to freeze tl
very blood. Alarmed for the safety <
themselves, their wives and the
children, with such a fiend at large i
their midst, the outraged citizens f
once began a search for the mnrderei
Several suspicious characters wei
arrested and, notwithstanding th
frenzy of excitement, turned loose A
length an absolutely convincing web c
circumstantial evidence was woo*
about the guilty wretch who committee
the murder. Not a man io the neigh
borhood had a shadow of doubt. Tb
provocation was almost sufficient t<
justify lynching on the spot. But then
was no lynchiog then. With a for
bearanee that is a credit to the highes
civilisation of the oioeteenth century
the people turned the prisoner over u
the proper authorities io order thal
recognized law might take its course.
Io due time the trial came on. Thc
defendant bad the advantage of counsel
and all the witnesses that be desired tc
summon. The State made out a case
that waa absolutely remarkable for its
completeness and strength. The de?
fence was so weak as to fail to eveo
throw doubt on the most trivial state?
ment of the least important proseoutiog
witness. The jory returned a verdict
of guilty, and there was a notice of a
motion for a new trial, on the ground
of alleged incompetency of a witness
whose testimony, though ruled com?
petent by the court, was really of doubt?
fui importance to the case. For this the
execution of the sentence was to have
beeo delayed a year, and it was this
that tried the hitherto patient people
beyond limits of human endurance.
There is nothing the matter with the
law. It is as pei feet as it should be,
and even its delay is recognized as a
wise provision that is calculated to more
faithfully guard the liberty of the peo?
ple. Bot it should be remembered that
these wise provisions-even the sacred
right of appeal-ts sobseeptible of
abuse. By takiog advantage of blind?
folded justice, lawyer* are enabled to
sometimes commit great wrongs in the
name of the law. When this is done,
the logical consequence is an appeal to
the lower court of Judge Lynch. So
far as we are able to accouot for it, the
case of Jeff Crawford is explained.
Lynch law is a terrible thing. In no
case is it absolutely justifiable. In all
cases it is wrong. Mob violence under
tbe most sggravatiog circumstances
tends to mob violeoce under circum?
stances lesa aggravating. The result is
a meo ace to life, liberty and peaceful
security io whole communities. It is
indeed a serious question for coosidera
I don. Bot where lies the responsibility ?
Some answer, with the lynchers ; others
say with the machinery of tbs courts ;
and still others make a scapegoat of
lawyers, who labor to defeat the ends of
justice. There is some reason in all of
the answers, and the oaly remedy Hes
io a general strengthening of weak
places all around.--YorkVille Enquirer.
The Evolution of Tillman.
I Farmer Tillman said at Beooettsville,
or about the time be took bis first step
I io polities that be did cot want an office
aod would not have one. Later be
said that the only office he Wanted was
a trusteeship of au Agricultural College.
At the extraordinary March convention
wheo Irby * 'broke the record" aod
eooeted io his friend Tilhnao as the
farmers' caodidate for Governor, Till?
man accepted the nomination, not as a
caodidate, bot as the only representative
of bis faction who, according to bis owo
statement, had the "nene aod the
brains to lead," disclaiming again his
desire to hold office by say tog "they
will preach from the boase tops he
wants office." Having served ooe
term as Governor be made his second
canvass as tba leader of the reform fac?
tion. . Kow he publishes h letter pro?
claiming that be is a candidate for
the U. S. Seaate: This time be
does oot represent either the agri?
cultural college .folks nor cao be olaim
to be anybody's caodidate bot his owo.
He does oot stand aa the exponent of
Democracy and he is on alterably op?
posed to the Bfost distinguish dem a n d
of Ocaiatsm, and pronounces other
Alliance dem ands as of questionable
wisdom. He is understood as being no
prohibition ist and cao not be classed a
Republican. Who tb en does Farmer
Tillman DOW represent? Certainly
nobody or oo party but B. R. Till- j
mao.
We do oot deny Governor Tillman's
right to be a caodidate but the evolu?
tion from farmer to caodidate for the
highest office io the gift of the people
is so complete and bas been so rapid
that we merely recall the record to show
that those who preached from Ehe boose*
tops that he only wanted ao office knew
what they were talking about. Three
years of office-holding has either shown
him op- or has given him a bad case of
the political leprosy we beard so much
about when be was "only a plato mao"
fighting the rings. The Governor'?
genius is certainly oot destructive of
bis own interests, however many scars
be may have pat upon the distracted
State over which he has roled with a
rod of iroo. Wheo be has climbed the
goldeo stairs, even to the seat of a
Senator, be cao look back upon bis
record aod feel that his ambitioo to be
"DO ordinary Governor" has been folly
realized for Sooth Carolina had o ever
before borne so mach strife and bitter?
ness merely for the glory of ber Gov?
ernor.-Fairfield News & Herald.
Lynching at Lancaster.
Oo Monday, May 28, a negro named
Hardy Gill went to the house of James
A. Clark, in Lancaster County, while
Clark was away, aod began to raise a
disturbaoce. He was ordered to leave
the premises by Mrs Clark, where a poo
be picked up an andiron and beat ber
nearly to death. He theo picked up
the baby aod threw it across the house,
it is probable that both mother aod
child will die from the injuries received.
Gill was arrested and placed io the
Lancaster jail. Oo the rooming of the
2d inst., a large party weot to the jail
aod took Gill away with them. About
10 o'clock Saturday the body of Gill
was found io the road about three miles
from Lancaster, riddled with bullets.
No regrets are heard oo aoy side for the
treatment Gill received. Both Demo?
crats aod Republicans say that he de?
served his fate.
mmm ? ?
Turned Him Out
Because of his official conduct io !
releasing tbe famous Cbicco, of
Charleston, who was indicted for per?
jury, in getting bis license mooey re?
turned, tbe Governor has removed
Trial Justice Milan from office. Judg?
ing by what we have ?eeo of the case,
we have oo doubt that Cbicco should
have been bound over Ho Court, and
that his release was) because of politics.
While we think the Governor acted
right io removiog Milao, yet if he bad
appointed a less objectiooal successor,
the bowlers might have bad less pre?
text for bursting wide opeo, aod throw?
ing mud.-Abbeville Press and Ban?
ner.
The Carolina Spartan uomioates
Col. W. H. Wallace, for editor of the
Soutbero Christian Advocate to take
the place of Rev. W. D. Kirkland,
who was eleeted Sunday School edi?
tor by the general conference. Surely
oo fitter Dame than that of Col. Wal?
lace could be mentioned io connection
with the Christian Advocate.
At Columbus, 0., Miss Eleanor
Marks, aged twenty-two, apparently
died last Mooday night. The next
day, while supposed corpse was being
borne from hearse to the grave, a faiot
tapping attracted the attention of the
pallbearers and upoo the coff o lid being
raised Miss Marks was found to bo alive.
She was removed to her home and is
recovering. Miss Marks reports that
she had a knowledge of all that passed
wbile tbe preparations were making for
ber burial, but that she was unable
to give any sigo until the fear of burial
roused ber into action.
Redemption of Bad Lands.
The Project of a Big Company Or
ganized in This State.
A mammoth real estate company is
being organized by Sooth Caroliua and
Northern capitalists and a charter will
soon be procured from the Secretary of
Sute.
It is to be koowo as "The South
Carolina Real Estate and Homestead
Company,1' and its to be a branch of a
big company which is to operate through?
ont the Sooth.
The principal objects of the company
are to buy and reclaim the acclaimed
lauds in this State and to sell them to
j desirable immigrants. An agency is to
be ef tabled at Castle Garden and
immigrants vril? be induced io come to
Sooth Carolina and settle.
At the last session of the Legislature
a bili was introduced for the incorpora?
tion of the company but owing to the
rush of business daring the last days of
the session it did not get through. The
first section of the bill, which was as
follows, ???es the.,names of . the pro-.
motors and the projects of .the company.:
"SeojSpns?; Th^hfr&s S ; Bull, of
tbe'Stafe of South vjaf?rus; John M.
Ball, of the State of Sooth Carolina ;
Wm. P Ball, of the State of South
Carolina; Co aries A. Donbass, of the
State of South Carou>nV^t??il^iA..>:jC
Wolfe, of the State pf Son^;:?jgo
lina; John H. Livingston, of the
State of Florida ; Thomas R. Scott, of
the State of New Jersey ; Hon. George
W. Gibbons, of the State of New York ;
D. G. Waterman, of the State of
Massachusetts ; H. G. Cl age to ne, of the
State of Pennsylvania; John B.
Randolph, of the District of Colombia,
city of Washington.their successors, and
each bf their assignees, be, and they
are hereby, created a body corporate
aud politic, by the name of the South
Carolina Real Estate and Homestead
Company, and by that name shall have
perpetual succession, and shall be able
to sue sod be sued, to plead and be
rm pleaded, to defeod and be defended
in all courts of law and eq ai ty within
the jurisdiction of - tbe United States; .
to take, Sold, and enjoy possession,
either by * purchase or otherwise,
of' land, tenements, and person?
al property,.-. ao^gmajr make and :
have s. com mon seal, ordain ind estaib- ;
lish such by laws, ordinances, and r?g?
ulations, not inconsistent with this Act
or with the laws of this State or the :
laws of the United States, as may
be necessary and proper for the manage?
ment of the concerns of said company.
And the said corportci;ion shall have
power to lease or purcbsise large tracts
or bodies of lands anywhere within the
United States or Territories, aod to
survey and divide the same into suit?
able farms or homesteads of two hun?
dred acres, or less, and erect thereon
such buildings as may be necessary to
the convenience and comfort of families
living tbereoo."-Colad Bia Register
The weather predictions of Rev. Irl
Hicks have heretofore proven so cor?
rect that we give his forecastes for
June: Jane the 3rd brings New
Moon and the center of a storm period.
By* that'"Sate a'Very warm wavewill be
well advanced from the west, and
storm conditions of marked energy will
be in sight to all who read general
indications. Watch all storms between
2nd and 6th. A cool dash will follow
them. On and touching (be 9th and
10th, it will grow very warm again,
and a series of bard rain, thunder and
wind storms will follow each other
daily for several days. From the 14th
to 15th is a regular period, with a
Mercury equinox central on the 16tb.
Many showers must be expected all
along here, with dangerous storms
probable on the black figure days.
The 20th and 21st are centers of dis?
turbance excited by Mercury, Venus
and the Solstice crisis. Hard storms,
with bail and mach lightning, followed
by unseasonable cold. From 26th to
30th falls a storm period that will
bring threatening bluster, with some
severe storms. Watch them all.
Earthquakes and volcaoic activity due
in June.
A negro woman is in England lec?
turing as to the South and its savage
treatment of negroes. She says ne?
groes are hanged for assaulting white
women, but no one believes that any
assaults are really perpetrated. Aod
Eogland believes the lie. She told one
of ber audiences that "Governor Till?
man, of South Carolina, wheo first
elected condemned lynching, and de
dared he would protect the negro. At
his second candidature two years ago,
standing under a tree where eight
negroes bad been lynched, be declared
be would himself lead a mob to lynch
a negro who assaulted a white woman."
The governor admits the charge. He
says :
**I said io my canvass two years ago.
aod I say now that Governor as I am,
I would lead a mob to lynch any man,
white or black, who bad ravished any
woman, white or black. I send you a
copy of my inaugural address, io
which my views as to the sacred obli?
gations to white people of the South are
under in dealing with the negro are set
forth in full. I am on record as hav?
ing asked the Legislature to give me
power to remove any sheriff who al?
lowed a prisoner to be lynched wbile
under bis protection or io his custody." j
Lynching will continue as long as j
rapiogs continue. When crimes cease
the lynchings will cease. But Govern?
ors need not to take a hand iu the vio?
lent way of ridding the world of
brutee. I
What is a Mugwump.
Oar contemporary The State, is still
trying to decide what a Democrat is.
By way of diversion, we commend the
Texas Siftings definition of a Mugwump.
The Mugwump is a very useful insti?
tution. He hold the balance of power,
aod consequently, both parties are
obliged to rake bim iuto consideration
when it comes to nominating candidates.
If the Republicans nominate an ob?
jectionable candidate the Mugwump
takes a seat on the other end of the poli?
tical see-saw, and the objectionable can?
didate is burled into the air as if pro?
pelled by the bind leg of a mule. The
bounced candidate rarely survives the
fall he gets ; but if be does be is too
badly crippled to take any part io sub?
sequent political proceedings. If ?
similar accident happens to the Demo?
cratic caodidate Mr. Mug sits over oo
the Republican end, aod the misguided
Democracy goes oo au excursion to the
stars.
The Mugwump was created for the
purpose of puttiog both parties oo their
good behavior, and be does it too. If
it were not for the Mugwump tbe
country would be filled with the lamen?
tations of bounced officials. As it is oot
eveo all the offensive partisans are
removed, to order to maintain bis
present supremacy the Mugwump should
continue to be independent of both
parties. He should be like a man on the
car who rang the bell at both ends.
Useless Extravagance.
During the past week, and for some
weeks previous, there have come to
this office, as to other newspaper
offices, numerous invitations to col?
lege aod school commeoeemeots.
These invitations are elegantly prioted
aod engraved, and from tbe stand?
point, of good taste are above criti?
cism.
But there is one feature of them
that strikes us as proper for comment
-their expensiveness. Io these hard
times when it is at great sacrifices that
most people cao give their childreo a
college education every thing that
tends toward extravagance should be
discouraged.
From what we know of the printing
business, and from facts that have
come to^ioW^ Bore
that the greater portion oP these ele?
gant invitations that we have beeo
receiving must have cost very nearly
the sum of one hundred dollars for
five or six hundred-somewhere from
twelve aod a half to tweoty cents
each.
This makes a pretty heavy expense
to a student who wants to send many
to friends. Suppose he sends fifty
and almost soy student, especially if
he is of the graduating class, would
like to send as many as fifty-it would
cost him from six to ten dollars
There seems to be a rivalry among
the" several- colleges in this matter of
invitations-each vieiog with the
other to see- which cab .get out the
handsomest invitations. It would be
decidely better if they would turn
their rivalry into more profitable aod
less expensive channels.
As loog as some coll?ges iodulge io
the costly invitations, all will, whether
their students are able to stand the
expense or not. There should, there?
fore, be a common consent or under?
standing to quit this foolishness, aod
to substitute a less expensive style of
college invitations.-Newberry Obser
ver. .
If somebody will give BS a basis to
fight oo we are half way disposed to
eater the campaign as the voluoteer
organ of Senator Butler. He seems
to bave no friends anywhere. As
the Aiken Recorder remarks : "While
he has lost the sympathy of many of
the conservatives, he bas not gained
the vote of a Tillmanite. Io conse?
quence when the Legislature meets he
will be retired into obscurity."-Green?
ville News.
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When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she.gave them Castoria
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mail. Genuine sold only by
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cures Sick Headache, Biliousness, Liver Complaint,
Sour Stomach, Dyspepsia and Constipation.
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for Infants and Children
" Cas to ria is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
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121 So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, Ni Y.
''The use of 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Casto ria
within easy reach.'"
C?ELOS MARTYN, D. D..,
New York City
Cast? ri a cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
Trais "Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di?
gestion,
Without injurious medication. v
"For several years I hare recommended
your 'Castoria,7 and shall always continue to
do sd as it has invariably produced beneficial
results.1'
ED wc? F. PABDEE, iL D_,
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White Corn at 75c. per bushel in sacks,
Mixed Oats, at 55c, " 4< "
Ship Stuff, at {1.25 per 100 lbs., io sacks.
Choice Timothy Hay, $1.20 per 100 lbs., in bales.
Cotton Seed Mea), at $1.30 per sack.
Cotton Seed Hulls, at $4 50 per ton in bulk.
Lime, $1.25 per barrel.
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Special Prices on Large Lots,
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