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THE EDITORS MEET. ? Nit. C'LAKK IIOWKLL'S ADUKKSS. t'rges Hot It Fuet Ions to Quit Wrangling Anil To (ioTo Work Itiilltlliig !'[> Tlio State. The twenty-first annual meeting of j the South Carolina Press Association I was held at Sumter last week. Fifty vditors were present. Friday evening | the ussociatiou left for an excursion to Richmond, Baltimore and Washington. J In Richmond the association were the } guests of the Old Dominion Cltih. ! About a week will be spent in the North. The association accepted an invita- ! tiou from the Southern States and j International exposition managers and ' determined to meet in Atlanta on Oe- j 'i 1 of on/1 will nffoml avnndi. I lyt/Vl ...... . 1 tion in u body. The address of Mr. | Clark Howell, editor of The Con- ' stitution, was the event of the opening j day. After the address Mr. Howell j and the association were tendered a ' banquet by the citizens of Sumter. President K. H. Anil in his annual : address said, in part: "L congratulate you on the interest . which seems to be manifesting itself among the editors of the State in the ; work of the association. I cannot understand how any editor or publisher ; in this State can deny himself the ben- j Hit. and I speak advisedly, to be de- I rived from membership in our associa- j tion. f must believe it is from a lack I of tli?' proper understanding of the pur-! poses and aims of our organization. "This association wasorganized twenty | years ago in the city of Charleston. 1 .? *.! 111. 4-. v ituriwieoe I mi TiTi/if t 1 wif. ! iiuu no n,? l in |;ni |?vov,o *. v.t?uuui v*?? tor than quote from the preamble then adopted: 'Recognizing the importance of a union of the fraternity for the upbuilding of the press, the main- < tennnco of a high standard of journal- i ism nmoug outoelves for the proper eonservntioii of current history, the in- 1 eulcation of morals and the education of the masses of the people.' * * * t 1 "When the association was organized twenty years ago our old State was approaching a crisis in her history and i ' no d<>ubt this mingliug together of edi- J 1 tors from all parts of the State had ! < much to do with that unanimity of ae- ' tiou which brought deliverance to 1 South Carolina the following year. ! 1 "We are again approaching a crisis, I ] and 1 trust that the editors of South i Carolina may he imbued with such a ' ' spirit of patriotism and devotion to , their State as will help largely in bring- ' 1 iug her through this crisis in safety. 1 The press is the conservator of the lib- 1 erties of the people and it is the duty 1 ? . ? i:x _ :cj ..it. /? l: , <>I I'MTN (Mllior 111 noillll \ iiimii the bit* daily to the country weekly, to ' keep his head cool and his heart right. 1 When the people are swayed by pa.-- ? siou and prejudice and the politicians 1 are seeking their own promotion and 1 self-aggrandizement, he should not ! forget his State and her interests, and he should always remember that the 1 shield has two sides. While the politi- ' eians and otliee-seekers are looking at I ! onl\ one side, and are trying to make ; 1 the people believe thut it is either ' ' white or black, as.may best suit their 1 purposes, the true editor1 should place i himself in position to see both sides. < ami should deal fairly and justly and 1 honestly with them. < "I tell you, gentlemen, F believe we ( ' in South Carolina today are standing ' on tin crater of a volcano which is : liable to erupt an any moment. The ! ' ditto's of South Carolina have it; largely in tiieir power to avert the catastrophe. Will they rise equal to ! the situation? I believe ami trust they < ' will. A eool head, justice, modern-'t tion, stedfa.-t ness of purpose, and 1 tightness of heart nie some if tie ' ipiaiifieiitions needed in this conflict I ' May we, the editors of SoetL ('aroliua. comiucie to wive truth .- banner, | ' ami never permit it to be furled as long as there is a foe t< eoiujiic". This is a time in whieliwei m be ' of | iiivaiiiable service lo oiirStat'- and her people if we are guided bv truth and Ikiitriotism and art* willing 1 forget 1 -elf in tli? strnj.'^li- for ri^ht and T justice. I four that as a ruit wo <1< i ' not roali/o as wo should tic importance ! < <-f tlio position wo oooiipv. and I do 1 not say this in a spirit of boasting out i remembering that tin' importance of j ; the position carries with it a rebitne , ( responsibility. In many oases the > newspaper is the only literary food ] that is taken. Day after day and ' week after week it is the primer and the high seliool reader in many 1 liotisehohIs and around many firesides. I "I ruth and justice should be the ; .'nidinit stars of the editor, and lie eiio ild not be swerved trom those by factional feeling. party spirit or ]>rt-j dice. The man who follows tie- right, is t rue to himself, his country ami his (iod, will come iu t on top in the end. ; He can atl'ord to stand the d -nunciotion of politicians and demagog - s. tile boycotts of political le ting-- and d! that sort of things if h h .. !; tli a i I ,usi ie?> on his side. '!" i i tins country have an iiiinii >\ a. u an abi .in - admiration for flic io n mil ii , The noblest work of (iod, and sooio r or later lie will be.n>:eor?ie?I his just dues. The timc-aerver and the j peiin\ a-liner may have their day. but public opinion and j iibb favor are . .. ? J.? " very fickle, and what is popular today may be howled down tomorrow by the same populace. He who tries to follow public opinion and to ride on top of i every popular wove will soon find him- < self buried beneath the waves of oblivion. i : "It does not pay to be intolerant? ' i it will not pay to treat u minority as | < aliens instead of citizens. The reac- J tion will eoine and the penalty will be meted. I do not say that this is being < done now or that it lius been done in the past, but I do say that this charge is being made now and that it was made by those who, now in control, i were once in the minority and were bitterly complaining of the intolerance of the principle of vested supremacy, i which they said they were attackiug, i in antagonizing the idea, whether for i cause or not, that the control of the j State belonged to those who had been 1 in possession for a century. If politi- I eal affairs in those duys were conducted j on that principle, it was intolerance, and the people ought to have rebuked j it. If. on the other hand, the political J administration of the affairs of vour i State is now to ostracise it largo and most respectable element of citizen- ( ship ami deny to it the privilege of practical participation that is intolerance, and it ought to be robuked. "You will observe that I do not speak as a partisan but as one who condemns | factionalism, and more especiullv the ; persona] factionalism which has characterized political developments in ' Month Carolina for the past few years. In Georgia it is said that there are two classes in South Carolina?the South Carolinians and the South Caroleeniaus ?the former representing the newregime and the latter the old. Personally T do not believe that any body in this State ever held, even in purpose, to the ridiculous theory that control should pass by inheritance, and if so T would think that the Revolutionary ' war had been fought in vain: but Ij speak to you neither as a South Caro- j linian nor as a South Caroleenian. but 1 ii?nn onyTwwt w<?ll \viwln?r nfvnur Stntr. without regard to political or personal j differences anil with n devotion to its | future greatness scarcely less hopeful j than is felt by even the most sanguine i and loyal believer in its final triumph, J over all the perplexities involved in a i divided citizenship. "Let your active and your patriotic press take up the cause of peace?instill into the hearts of the people State j pride and loyalty, and love for the | Union and the ting of our common j country. "The destiny of your State is writ- j ten in its fertile valleys, in the priceless deposits of its soil, in its husy < mills, its great ocean front and its kingly citizenship. The division of a lay will pass like clouds at night and the dawn of the new day will unveil a lision of prosperity which will crown South Carolina's brow with a diadem >f matchless wealth and wreath her with laurels and of perpetual content- j nent. God speed the day !" The salient features of Mr. Howell's | xhlress were as follows: "I am not unmindful, Mr. Chair- j uan, that 1 speak tonight to the representatives of the press <T a State [ which is divided airainst itself 1 reliably to ft greater degree than any other j State of the Union, ami from the hit- j nrness of whieh division has developed i contention whieh has permeated j very condition of life, and created a False god ot discontent whose merciless i leerecs have levied trihute and coinnauded ohediancc from overv phase of j human emleavor. "The public otlieal who has r.ot beonic involved is an exception: tin merchant who has not been tired to say j r do thatjwuich does not comport w ith | 1 l.e placid and charitable rule of peace, j i- ;ones< :ne m his solitude: the farmer who. ii. planting his cotton or his corn. , ias not -own at the same time the ,e.'ds of ui.gt r can congratulate himself :i the evenn ss of his temper. which . nke. him :t rarity l manlviod and. rotort> whieh have reached <i org'.a ir t-< ? :** 't.the demon of hate iiu.se-, en aid hi > u,vho!\ hands on the pulpit. >;tried itself in the ermine of the hei.ch, ?:.d n;?t contented with it . malevoleiit tiroads upon the sanctified field of r therlv love litis aimed its blows at ' the ark of theeovenant w hich enshrines , the heart of woman. It would be most unnatural if. in this carousal of ill temper and had blood growing out :>i political issues, hip press 01 me State whs not niVeetcd by the ruling passion to blame somebody f >r u eon- 1 lit ion which nobod\ approves. The 'outs' are condemning the 'ins.'and He 'ins are retaliating'! hi lid: households ire divided, communities are asunder, and over and ahove it all is lie 1'laeh cloud of strifi and disorder, hieh catching the eontlietin^ ei.,o- , tioii.s of faction and feuds, echoes tlieni had. in a din of turmoil ind a I eal of lamentation. clnini the ridit t?/ speal: plainly t. idip.t because i speal as a nutiv". Midwav between Allendale indthe Savannah 11v? r, in old liiirmvell, did niv j pyen 11 rat s the light of life's day, all'! t'e> ; n j s v .ot has h -en cast it) the >isti r Stat . which fdrctcnes hands i< * the Savannah, t have ever been proud ot tin State of my hirtli the state which for generalions, has hc| t r.iv matcri. i nccstors, under whose ood their hones have l?leached, in | whose name their blood was spilled, ! and on whose sacred altars the life of 1 TV T" .-r more than one was laid at a time when the unity of her people bespoke theii loyalty to her Hag. Not on the eart of a stranger have the grating soundt of discord emanating from her fallen, but rather on thoBe of one who, beinp more than a sympathizer, hears witt aching heart the breaking of tin chords of peace and the dissonant murmurs of personal contention."' Mr. Howell then reviewed the pasl of South Carolina, paying a high tri bute to her heroes and statesmen. H< urged that all the teachings of that past pointed out the duty, the neees sitv, of harmony umong the people o this State. He referred to the great ness of the American people?theii ability to meet nil questions and al emergencies. Coming back to tin situation in South Carolina, he said "And now, in conclusion, fellov journalists, let me take leave of yoi with the assurance that whut f hav< said comes from the heart. If I huv< offended by frankness, I throw mysel on your mercy. Measure your judg nieut by the golden rule, and do unti me as I would do unto you if yoi come to Georgia under the same cir eumstauces. But perhaps iu youi domestic contention you nre like tin housewife who always complaiuei nhohi lier own coffee but who lievei permitted a guest t(> agree to her in variable statement that it was ver; bad and who said to cue who had re sputided, 'Yes. madam, it is vile, 'It's us good as you are accustomed t? getting, sir!' "We have our ups and downs ii Georgia?and what State has not'.'? but whatever may be our differences let uh abide the action of the majority and like good citizens accept it in goot faith. If the majority should lx thought intolerant, so much the worsi for it. for time is the certain arbiter and it evens all things." Mr. Howell was elected an honor ary member of the South Curo lina Press Association by a unanimoui vote. The next annual meeting of the Stat Press association will he held in Char leston. The old ollioers were unanimous!; re-elected by acclamation, as follows President, E H. Aull. First vice president, H. G. Osteer Second president, J. C. Hemphill Secretary. C. C. Langston. Treusuier, F. Melchers. Chaplain, the Rev. Sidi H. Brown Members of the executive committee J. J. Hull, Henry T. Thompson un? M. B. McSweeney. After the transaction of someroutim work, the association adjourned unti called together by the president. The party for Richmond, Washing ton ami other places left Friday after neon. I>KKI ANCK OK irnr.K SIMON'TON < \)i)stiililis Sci/.in^ liiquor Markeil foi Corsonal Use. Governor F.vans has given the Stat* liquor constables strict instructions t< wage a rel nitless war against the blind tigers ami has advised them to seize it 1! liquor packages shipped into the Stati which in their judgment is not for tin persona: use" ot the consignees. rit consequenec of these instruction.' and in view of the fact that no out: whose liquor has been seized seems dis posed to have the constables punished for flic violation of Judge Simonton't order of injunction, the constable." have become very bold and last weel no end of jugs and small kegs coming from North Cai olina wore seized. Mosl of these jugs came addressed to flu consignee in proper form and bearing the additional inscription "foi personal use onl v," yet they were seized. On Saturday several citiz nsof Columbia concluded t>> submit to this m longer, mid one swore out a warrant for the arrest o> !l < -.tnt-Ies liefori United States < ..n'-sioiier Ihuiskett for the vioh .. -a of the injuiictioii onle rn. A OA I K KIXKD Kor Slcariiig Argument in ?iie Soutt Carolina Cases. Ghe l Justice Fuller and Judge? Si moil t on and Hughes presided in tin r-.o?...l Kfnto.. I'liiiit ill tiiiiii'iiK nt Kirli.'tioiiil, V';i., <>ii Saturday whei tho South Carolina rogiHtration casi rami' ii|>. 'J lie titlr of the eaae in W, I-rigga Greeu, appellant, vh. Lawrentn H. Miller, appellee. Appeal fro:-* tbi t-iri-iiit court of South Carolina, inter loeiitory onlera of Judge (loir in th< regiatratioii cases Moti >n on beliel'of the state ofSowti (". r?:! na to docket ami advance tin ease was argued >y William A. Barber atto'-iw-i geneial of South Cato'ina and Kdward McCradv for appollant lie:, y N O'Bour, for appellee, refliat ing the motion. It was held unan inii'lisle thai this e .urt has jurisdiction The ease was >rdered docketed am da\ for argument to be li.icd. Afte this matter had been disposed ol Judge (fofT took the place of Judg S ivi nton on the bench. .J.iUe bin was tiie date fixed for hoar ing argument in the South Carolina ap peal 'Uses. Work will soon begin on the Abbe villo cotton mill. A deairablo site he been aecured on the line of the Sei board Air-Line road. J i" PALMETTO POINTERS [ ( 4 ?. THE ORANCY COTTON MILL. r : , Another Mill With Thirty Thousand t Spindles. Within a very ?horfc tinie Columbia will have lior third big cotton mill?the ^ O ran by Cotton Mill. All the preliminaries were completed very quietly, and the result is that on Wednesday laBt application was mado to the Secretary of State for a charter j for theGranbyCotton Mills Company. The initial capital stock of the company is $150,000. The petition for the ' charter was signed by the followk ing corporators: C. H. Ma?>son, W. J B. S. Whalev, R. W. Shand and Wm. H. Lyles. The company is the result '' of a combination effected between Mr. Whaley and his friendsaud the Columbia Laud and Investment Company. ' | Mr. Whaley is to be made president of 1 j the mill. The site selected for the ) Granby mill is on the extension of the j canal, at the upper end of the Green j j property near the line of the C. C. it ' A. railroad track. The Bite lias been r ! selected with a view to the use of w ater < * ; power, if the Water Power Company t V : 1 1 ~ 41, ^ ~ 1 41..- .1. 1 ..1 * >>iil LUUHLIlf IIIU i nuni IH'IUW ' ! Gervais street, or transmit the power at a reasonable rato; if not steam will J j l>e used. The mill will manufacture I only the finer gruilcs of cotton goods. 1 ! The corporators have already two' thirds of the capital stock now in sight, > I and there will be but little delay in the erection of the mill. The mill ^ will operate dO,000 spindles. Taxes in the Storm District. Comptroller General Norton has 1 written the following letter to the i treasurer of Charleston County, which will surprise a groat mauy taxpayers ? in the counties wherein the Legislature extended the time for the payment of e j taxes till next December, it is found - ! that the Act did uot exempt anyone ! from the payment of poll or school v ! taxes, and that it only extended the : j time for the payment of the taxes for the storm year till next December anil ^ t i did not have reference to any taxes * . | falling due in the meantime. The * 1 people construed the Act otherwise | ! and as a result the Comptroller Gener- c . ' al is now going to allow the treasurers j , i to receive the past due tuxes without t .1 I penalties: Coi.nitni.i, 3. f\, May 27. 1803. p i Clarence CotitiinghHtii. Treasurer Charles- t i | ton County?Dear Sir lleplyiag to yours of the 25th iust. you will remember that the r j l\v<> :tiiii iclioni tax and poll are constitution- j - I al taxi's, and the (O'lirral Assembly can only ^ exempt taxable property, therefore the Leg- t shiture had tin' power ' > *-x 'nipt taxable property from the Niate and county taxes, .ami even-is (! it in par's of Charleston for these taxes for You will havo to e. the sell, el ami ji tax for Oil, r without penult v, up to tlio expiration of the I i tiu.e now lixod Pv law for rollct-tiug the taxes . ! for is!>i ?r>. > Kneh Genera! Assembly ia the Supply Act 1 > I for the 11 seal ye;ir llxes the provisions as to | . | the misdemeanor tor non-payment of poll ' | tax. En dt year previous to 1 st?4- ?.'? simply I j made it n mi-el uiieanor not to pay the poll , tax. and did not provide speeilleally whom ( ' the lines imposed |,y the trial justiee should j he applied, iimj under the general law tw to J I the lines tie y had to he paid into the enmity < | treasury, and wer applied to the ordinary ( expen.-os or * i: unity. Tin* Supply Aet of ^ ISht provides that iti laves or delimiuetit ( poll taxes, wh 'rc tried for misd"tneauor in t I non-pay.nent of poii tax. sii.di lines imposed . h l<y triui justieos shall l?e paid to the county treasurer, and l>y him held lor soh.ml pur- f poses. Tills provision, however, does not ] ' 1 apply to the l!>.'til years previous to lsst !).">. f ' Tli" treasurer in those matters i- entitled I to Ids eosts to the amount of ?l, we think. 1 The law is not n!> i.lub'l} clear. but until eonstriied by the Court-. Set it, be isdl'-.-to.l for '' | thedr. IP'- je'etfuIIV, fames Norton. Comptroller Gem-rill. A N'eiv ikiiilroiid. , The Throe (' s nrnd has a corps of I engineers in the field hot ween Marion. . j V C.,and .IoIi!ihu:i Citv with a view to tlio early const ruction of that gap. l When this gap is filled there remains I only twenty three miles of const ruction i between Spin Infilling and Forest ("itv, , N. to give Spartanburg a new and 1 independent e.Mineclio'i to the West i and Northwest. The people of Spartanburg appreciate lliis fact and will i take hold '?f the cult-rprise. and when 1 co:u]iIeted lliis city will he tiic guto city of the Stale. Charleston, Augusta and Fort Tlc.ynl 1 ; are interested in tills new uud short " ! cut to the West ' ! The route of this road is through a | i portion of Spurtiinhnrg county with* 1 out railrnnd facilities. Very little work will lie required. tiir> grading will f probably lie less tluui on any road iu the county. Tlio >1 ?>?>lit<iIri <"lly\s l<?nnrth Mill. Cotton mill number in ir is now on < hand at (lieenville. Ail litigation over the Campcrdown Mil! property, ! which threatened to tie it up in the C nu ts indefinitely, wap ?' tiled liy mutual concessions and compromised, and I there i> no doubt that th ?ier power ' and buildings will l?e "/.> d. The '? properly is ti>o vnlnal le I . e! idle, < and the nwiii'i' i*. x.? ??11 i am; will pot i it in oidel w Uiioul Kiileit by a C''.ill lioio a Tees, i'a we!! Hii(I'man, a t" i*%\>ar old son i of i'ickeii IfiitVi.win, was killed by a fall from a tree at Columbia. lie '* was gathering mulberries and fell only lH j ten feet. His head struck a sand hank, l* | hut his neck was broken and he died | instantly. TIIE REGISTRATION CASES. loutli Carolina's Appeal from Jtidgo Golfs Dcrlsluu Deferred. At Richmond, the South Carolina registraion casecamo up on a motion to docket in ho Uuitod States Circuit Court of Appecls in Wednesday, Judges GofT, Siinouton and lughes presiding. Chief Justice Fuller was ixpeeted, hut a telegramsm received from lim after Court met saying that he was inablo to ho*pre9?nt. The State of South tarolina was represented by Attorney General iVilliam M. Barber, assisted by Mr. Edward IcCrady, of Charleston, and the petition for he injunction was represented by Mr. H. N. )'Bear, of Washington, D. C. Attorney General Barber moved the Court hat the ease be docketed and an early day iet for hearing. Judge Goff replied that as yhief Justice Fuller was expected, he would >refer that argument of the motion be leferred until lie should arrive. That is the iresont status. It is settled that the argument of the CA3? vitl be heard before Chief Justice Fuller and fudges Simonton and Hughes. The latter is he District Judge of Virginia and a man of ecoguizcd ability. His past record shows hat lie is a firm believer in State sovereignty, 'hiof Justice Fuller is detained in Washington >y the death of Secretary of State Greshaia, >ut i-> expected in Richmond on Sunday. Th?* Attorney-General of South Carolina >111 lined to reporters the history of the ease, timing other things the. Attorney General mid : "Partisan pr.pif- have charged the Jtat? with being in slnto of rebellion and lellanee to the Federal Government. These barges are wholly unfounded. The position >f the state is tiiat the holding of a Constituional Convention ami the election of deio cates to it are political matters of purely a ocul nature with which the Federal Courts ihould not interfere. We take it that th? ij^lit to vote is a political right, and does not ome within the purview of the amendments >f the Federal Constitution relative to prop rtv and civil rights, but is a matter belongng exclusively to the several States. This is he exact position we take, and there 1* leither treason nor rebellion in it." boiug asked what the present status now s in South Carolina, Mr. barber said: 'Naturally our people are very much excited uid exercised over this sudden annulling of he registration law, almost on the eve of the lection for delegates to the Constitutional Convention. As it now stands the registruiou laws are completely blotted out, and just viiat the Una! result will be no one can foroell. The effect of the decision of Judge GofT lpon the Constitutional Convention Act is a nueh-inooted question. On the one baud it s contended that an extra session of tho LiOgislature could remedy the troublo and irovlde suitable machinery for carrying tho (lection. On the other hand it is held that inder our Constitution, which provides that he General Assembly at its next session after he eleetiou at which a majority of votes is a?t in favor of holding a Convention shall irovide for calling the same, tho power of he Legislature in the premises has been exhausted. Upon this mutter my opinion liua lot yet been asked, and I do not care to exiress it here. This is about utl I can say as o the present status." The Attorney General concluded: "A great leal has been said about white supremacy iu South Carolina. I am persuaded that tho viiite people themselves are fully capable aking care of that." International Temperance Women. The third biennial convention of tho iVorld's Woman's Christian Temperance Jnion will be hold in connection with the Miriull mnnlinir rtf (?.. 11?(Malt W. .m n 'o T.i.v. _ >erance Association, in Queen's Hall and Szeter Ilali. London, Juno 14th to 2lst. 181)5. The Mountain City's Fourth Mill. Cotton mill number four is now on jand at Greenville. All litigatiou >ver the Camperdown Mill property, vhicli threatened to tie it up in the Hourta indefinitely, was settled l?y mil,ual concessions and compromises, and here is no doubt that the water power ind buildings will be utilized. The property is too voidable to stand idle, itul the owner is wealthy and will put t iu order without delay. Both tho method ami results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it 13 pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on tho Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, Lead aches ana levers ana cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its hind over produced, pleasing to tho taste and acceptable to tho stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from tho most healthy and agreeable substances, i?3 many excellent qualities commend ir. to nil and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in r>0 cent bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any ono who wishes to try it L)o not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANGISGO. CAU LOuisviLU. nr. new yqrk, ? r.