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STAlBLISI lED 1865. X AEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1890. .PRICE 1.50 A YEAR 'rilF AGiiRICULTURAi D,EiAiRTMENTi. l.utler'" leply No. 'S to Tiilstuu'. N,. 't. 'To? the Ed.+litor of the News and ('-u rier: I have just read Iapt. BIt. Till imt's eharges against the departnient of ag.riculture and aainst nii y lf, rntadle in, his Greentviile speech. As he took the trouble to write thei out for the relporters, there is no p hssiblity of hi saving hereafter that lie was uns o(u>ted. For the past four or five years i have been compelled to mieet and expose his charges, and have endeavored in all that time to keep within the bounds o? decency. Mv ellorts have been to treat lhim courteously under strong provoca tion to do otherwise. If I now depart from that rule I trust the people of S)uth Carolina will attribute it the just indignation of a mian and a public ser vant who feels himself persi-tently, maliciously :tnd wilfully slai(ierci. His first and second statemeints that "the bureau has niade no hotst efiort to protect the farmers against being swindled by buying guaiio ioo"low the guarantee,'' and that "it has not enh forced its own regulations," are simply false, as the reports of the departnient will show. These are general state ments that eaii only be answered ini a similar manner. When a specific state Iient is Made it will be anhswered as it de:erves. His third statenienit, that "'although the law is known to be defective, and the punishment inadequate, no at tempt has been made by the board or colmilissioner to have it aiiiended, ex cept that the matter was mentioned inl one of the department reports several years ago,'' lie likewise knowis to be un true, but being more specific can be met in a more positive mauner. At m request several bills were introduced im the Legislature at different timtes. Two of these may be cited: One by (o1. E. R. McIver, at the Sesion of 185, which passed the House and failed in t he Senate, isee House .Journal. Session 1s-, pages 1:t, 15t;, :15 and :40, and another at the Session of 1S 7, intro duced by Senator Younans. but failed in the Senate. I think. This latter bill I have not had time to trace through the Journals. These two are suthieen t to disprove the charge that the corn iissioner has not made an etlort to have the laws ameuded where, in his opinion, aniendments were required. So many of Tillman's charges are made in a rambling way that it is on ly possible to answer them generally. and this I will do as iearly as possible inl the order in which t'.ey are made. I have not contended that all naint facturers uere honest. If that were true, analyses might be unnessary. Some have attempted to defraud, and have been punished with all the penal ties the departuent could impose. o niuch for that. INFOiCIN\( 'HlE ERTII.IZEIR Laws. With an earnest desire to visit the severest penalties contemplated by law upon any manufacturer who attempted to defraud the farmers, I requested Attorney (eueral Miles to informi me if an analysis of any brand of fertilizer sho,ved a deficiency front the exatiina tion of a sample drawn out of a parti cular lot, whether the department could seize and condemn any other lot of the same brand not found to be deti eient. He gave his otficial opinion that only the particular lot inspected would he liable to the law. To make this per fectly plain, suppose that a lot of Baltic fertilizerci, samipklod at G reeniville, was shown byV analysis to lie defieient. When the comisulsionlier undertook to seize and conidemnut that lot, he found that it had all been hauled away and put in the ground, but he knew at the time there was another lot of the samle brandl at SpartanbuiLrg that had not been inispected iir analyzed. He could nmot seize anid cond(emnti the Spartaniburg shipmnent, because, in the opimion of Attorney G;eneral Miiles, it had not been analyzed, and indeed, an analysis of that lot iinight, as is fret;uently the case, show higher results than tl'e G4reenville sanile5 gave. This is why the law cannot be enforced. T1hie parti cular lot analyzed has, ini every case I have ever known oif, been hauled away1 before the contiscatiion could be at tempted. All ot these-defects have timhe and again been brought to the attention of mn:mbers of the Legislature, by me, and I have urged that they be corrected but, as I shall presently prove by one of Capt. Tilliian's own witnesses, the members of the Legislature wvere not without reason ini thinking that otur "italicizing oif biraiids was sutbetient pu nishmrent. But Tillmian is fmutch concernied about the farmxers who nmay have loist sonme thing while the farmiers generally re eielvfull valuxe. This isini replly to umy statemlent that the average coimmiercial value of fertilizers exceeded the manu facturers' guarantees. To show hiow few farmers lost amnythiing as far as commfier'cial valne is conxoernied, take the report for iss4u which lie has <juoted, and it will be fotundi that out of over two hundred brands analyzed only three were below the guarantees ini commercial value... * As to the general supervisioni of fertilizer sales, it may be stated t hat ini ISSI our analysis showedi that the Cubani Bird ( uano was deficien t. 'l e farmers refuised pavymient and the ana lysis cost the nmuactturers betwecen .8-1,t)I and -:910,O00. MIr. Rt. 31. Aiiiler soin, of this city, c:un subistantiate this. :Atlemieiits based on the .lh-part menit's analysis are coiistanitly being xxi:tle. Uponi the analysis of a biraiid Iounid to be defticienit last year. thec fairmers who purchased the fertilizers have recent ly settled with the dealer, Mir. ( . MI. (' vintontui, of Florence, at abiouit oiie-fioutrt h of the pric-e chiargedl a settlement perfect ly sat isfactiory to I le puLrchiasers. Again, lit says that thle farmers, or to be mlore e'xa't noi t ione iin fi ty. everi saw the reports eonitaiing th'' anxalyse-, and4 soleminily assuresc his hearers thiat ronly 1,5:00 of ithes' repor:'s were pub lished in lS5'. I)uring~ the year lst all of thease analysves were' polishe ni mx.hl' S>ai ly and I\ Wek ly News andi ('.:xmner F-or tlihe .sake of economyii\ this was not doniie ini 1-. but the anIaly'sJ weor' piubliohed a- 'soon as. mad'* m the mon,mthliy repoirt- of thet depai:rtmtent. A bhoiut 14,nun oif thie'se repiohits 'onitanin/dO :aalves. of "dt.cial s:nnhijeO', and' ini .odditiuin thiereti f,n .ii prhecial hmn!letmxi were issned, makinig a tuital dist riutioni of the anai:ly-es of 1:i5iiIl '.'"Pios- 'li S$' facts ar'e futlhv 5..: forth im the ainnual report and were known to M1r. Tillmian. Tius is on lv an add it ionax:l ev identce oif *his int.entioni to miire'pre'sent regardless (of facts. As to th:e letter of Mrr. ( ionnouir, ii )rangeb'hurg., the' depa rtmrienit doeits no t wvant a beitter wit ue..5. If, as he~ states, h le call Ic thle at t exition of' one of ou r s.xiiplers, tii ai lit of fertilizers th:at hxad * ieen iixp~eted :nd' fouii o'fielenit, it wva- ce'rilyl tIhe dxuty of the coinmiis sine to ha:v.' aottmptedl to en1forcet the hias ino r,.c4 oet iion of thle nitter, andi it:, .... ,... tiai ov'.-r' brouxgh;t to myi ..ttcent:on. Mr. 4 iainor des not s:y 1 that he e-a:led the sampler's attenti' 1i to the matter, and I would be glad to e know the namle of his informant. and s when1 the information caie to AIr. 1 ('oner's knowledge. But if it was i kiu n to Mr. Coinmor, lie might easily have repwrted th e ii atter to this oftiee and thus secured action inl the matter, or have conclusively sihown that I diI not enffor-e the law. As it stands it is a c o,ncestion between Mr. Colnor or his p i'itoriant and the sampler, and cannot I lie satisfactorily settled. But 'Mr. (connor e fulIv and amply justilies the depart- 1 tefit and the Letislature in another j wav. le says: "No notice, however, was taken of the same by the depart- i Im'Init, and 'Mr Copes sent the guano t away, as lie was comiupletely boycotted I and could not continue business." Why was 'Mr. Copes boycotted? simp- a lV. as M1r. ('onnor writes Capt. Tillnan, i1 Iieause the department italicized the $ de"ieic"nt guano. Was it no punishlment to Mr. Copes to be boycotted and have t his business ruined? Was it no injury t to the manufacturers to have their s (roods returned to them? C'opt. Tillman, s, -;aV.,; that "not one iarmer in fifty" a sees these publieatiis. Is Mr. onnor a farmer? If not., why was Mr. Copes Ioveot tel: \e know that the opera tioii :nd the result of our Iiethod of A italizing deticien t brands was as 'Mr. ('onnor stated, but we had no hope of proving it so clearly by Capt. Tillman or his witniesses. A UtlcTloN FOn .IIR. CONNOI. S Mr. ('onner hias been a member of T the Legislature for t he past two years. * Will lie now, since lie has entered this tight, explain what elibrts lie has made in the Legislature to cure the defects in the law, or what he hasdone to protect lie falirmerls agamist swindling fertilizer Ii com11panie". But since lie has proven o himselfsogood a witness for tlhedepart ent. I will not insist on his explana- e tion if his constituent s are satisfied. ti Mr. S. W. Gardner, .Jr., comes to the N front to help his friend Tillman out ofa d tight place. He bought guano that was a short in weight and then his friend re miembhers that hep, too, hadi doine thle a same thing, and like sutfering lambs tl they bleat out their tale of woe when pi the friend wants office. Iid not Mr. 1 (ardlier, like ('apt Tillman, buy his p riuano in the State of (Georgia: Should p he not lodge his complaint in that o State? In any event I will be glad if e< he will shew me any authority in the le Act creating the department of agricul ture that would justify tme in suing a S nianiufacturer for not putting full :Cu is pounds in each sack of guano sold n1 either in this State or inl Georgia. As well ask me to sue a grocer who it gave Gardner three pounds of sugar for ti five pounds. 'Th,. renie-ly for that sort in of swindling is, as every sensibie ma p knows, Posecution under the common tl law in every State, and every purchaser tI has his remedy. P TILLMAN BUYS IN GEORGIA. P h This charge is on a par with another a made some time since in the presence b of Mr. J. E. Tindal and Mr. W. A. Ancrum. Capt. Tillman then charged w similar failure to discharge my duty t because he had bought cotton seed nical adulterated with r<.sin and his 3 neighbor had purchased cotton seed , adulterated with hulls. At the time st the charge was made Capt. Tilinan r knew that both lots had been purch- tc ased in Georgia, and yet lie endeavored to injure the department by a charge tl that lie knew to be utterly unjust and r untruel Now, Mr. 0. F. Connor, this time of Lancaster. says oiie of his clerks told( 3' hinm that "when the phosphate comupa- se nies failed in comiing til to the analy. ge sis requtired by lawv they would beg h ofl." What thme clerk probably said to re MIr. Connor was that they tried to beg a oil. And the clerk was right, and Mir. Coiinor is right. But whether the an alyses are below the guarantee, the re suilts are published in spite of the beg- a ging, uinless it is conclusively shown that the analysis or the inspection has doe injigr.ce, andl such cases are ex ceeingy rre.Forthepast ten years t they can benamed on the fingers. So munch for the certificates. Itl sholuld be noticed, however, that thecse t are dated M1ay 81, Jun me :- and .J une S respectively-all since ('apt. TIillZmanl st iiadhe his charges at Anderson. There fore his charges at Anderson were not based on these certificates, aind lie has ald beyond(disputte to prove that lhe hdayevidemnce of any kinid upon th which to base his original charge at the time lhe miadie it. TI'his also ex pla is why imy letter has not been an- of sweredl before. I regret that I have not a copy of Q Tiliua n's bill which lhe had intro dticeid and says provided fine and ima- i p)risoinienit for nmanufactturers of ferti lizers, but I have a copy of his bill (. lroposing to turn over the analytical wvork of the State to his Agricultural ~ uollege, and in that bill no such pro- 't vision occurs. 3My friend Younians t andc imiyself mzay have killed his little t bill, we were so) influiential, without t knoiwinig its good points. If so, it was~ through ignorance, and not thirnoughi mnal ice, as I twill try to show ini re gardl to another imatt er. n (Capt. TIilhuman has been for yearsi' talking about reorganizing the depart macnt of agriculture. Finially, the mienl T w hose influence lie dreads so) mu tch (Ie cided they would help him in thiis work. Col. Youmrians dlraftedl the biill, andl all who had anlything to do with it tried to ptit inlto it ever~y good~ sug gestioin that anybody, including (Capt. s Tilman, had miadle. We adopted ten memibers, as Capt. Tillman suggested, TI we took in Farimiers' institutes, we pro- at vided for State farmirs' conventions w anmd we kept everybody but fariiers oIl' C the boardl. The Legislature didi ever~y- fi thiing it was askedl to do, and weh thotight Capt. Till mian had every st chiange lie wished. (Onmlv one fatilure of from his standpoint eouhl be pointed nm o'-hie failed of election on thme boardl b -and( that was stlicienit to pult a liank p~ in is March platform abolishin mg the v department. H-Iis silly charge that the a departmen t is cnrolled by lawyesv iii'., is abisolutely auntrue. There is not! u a pirofessionial mian on the ibiarid, or la connie'tedl with it inl any way. Thie pi li'gish:mire, to plea-.e (alit. Tillmandl n poii-sibly, liut al1 farmers on the bioa:rd, o buiti they refulsedl to '4tlti fy thiemnselves ti lby p'mting ('alit. Tillimn on it, and so e oif i'ouri se lhe is not happy. St ILet us foillow (Capt. TillhuanI to Ihis d secioid at temp 1 t at specific charges, andmi p answer them iln order. ii Fi rst, "'Why o did rot the At torniey a Genieral (conduzet time phiosphiate lit iga- S tion?IThis~ is so old a qunestionl and( ii has been aniswveredl so ofteni that it o miighot we'll have been left alomie. But it it shall be anlswered again, for fear tha:t ti ~omie mani livin1g ill a remote part of time State mnay not have heard it. The C iaws did not,. at thle time this litigation v was beguni, make it tihe duty oif time ti At toirnie (Gen'leral to do this work for n tIme odepart men t, anid lie board emi- v ipi yed lawyvers, amnd sulbsequenitl I V nudeoh the part iew stied pay them. Wa ' ns :n., injulstice donie the State in that b mater? If so, where and how? But p i.neetl the Attorney (;tenlral was indte the adviser of the department, xcept in this litigation. and that was perially exempted from the am(ndltl te: ts to the law. This shoul be sat ;factorV to the most rabii Till ianiite. I.' 1'S 01' 'TiI E i'H1oPli'TE s5tiT. .t"tontd. "Julgients with costs fr 7;,74 was obtained against the Pa itie (uano Conipany wheln the coin any failed, w"hich was probably a ru.,e ; get some legal advantage. Its prop rt v was then attached under the judg je'n t, when a comtpromuise was made v which the Pacific ('omipanyr paid il,249 and costs. The amoutil turned ito t he State t rieasury w:s ":1; and lie department kept S12,l62 to repay lie cost of lawyers' fees, etc., miakiig ,55. This is -7,69u less than the imiouit received." Then follows the isinuation that somebody got that ,,()+I who was not entitled to it. The statement of the settlement of e phosphate litigation, furnished by le Hon. A. '. Simythe. leading coun l in the case, is as follows, and an vers the charge and infamous ininu tion without further cominient: tuuunt. receivel in stt tle3nent of i':aeillii( e:e .........I....- ..19 :; ruount receiv'd for tistbursetiits On tte-Itunt Pae iif ic case................... 1.111 11 tnout,t received In Pinckiu'ny cast... I."us T t : a 1............................................... : W ,un n..e fe&S P:ei tie iast....................5 9,01. nU .uttsel fees ii Davis atid ek e'yit-kiy C r.."*................................ ...........- .......- d t t' 11t 1 1'3' Citsit e'Xpe e ........................ u; rnee over to State tteatsury for St:3te pU 'rposes......... . ...... .. .. :;,:j I 9 irn< over to -tate Treisurer for delpari rn n ...................................... 12 lid 5 'otil as abo'e ............................. ."i:' 2 lu If ('apt. Tillman can distort these gures again so as to show -,,O0u or ie cent short he is welcome to do so. This phosphate litigation has ex ted so much interest and comment tat I may be pardoned for saying that lien it was begun it was exceedingly aubtful if the State could ever recover iytling. The conclusion of the case *as the recovery of' property valued about $10 ),00iI, and cash turned into ic treasury w31,;.79, without the ex nditure of one cent of the people's oney, for every dollar expended in rosecuting the ease was recovered and tid hack into t.he treasury and a part it is now being used to build ail uip the Clemson Agricultural ('ol ge. Third. "In 1S9 the Experimental tations cost $5,641', cost of the chen t and laboratory and sundries $1,::7, This statement, charge, or whatever is, is set up without comment, so tat I am in the dark as to ('apt. Till ian's particular objection to the ex :nditure. I cannot conceive of any at he has, because he expects to do e same thing at the Clemson College. ossibly the anticipation of similar ex mnditures there caused him to change is mind and forbear comment. At iy rate I will wait until he makes it fore anstvering it. The 15,O0 Hatch fund, as Tillman ell knows, was given to the Universi , and I know nothing whatever of d disbursenent. Perhaps I)r. J. M. ch'ryde, the president of the Univer ty, who is also the director of the ations, will explain or give any infor ation the public may desire inl regard that. Fourth. "The net expenditures of e departments as set forth iii above e .:30,427. This includes for State ,ricultural Society $2,5U0, making a .t expenditure of $27,4 7." ('apt. lman theni follows with a statistical ttemnent charging that there is a dif cenice between the amounts saidl to tye beet disbursed according to the ports of the Comptroller General, lie ate Treasurer, and the dlepartimenti of' riecult ur1e. The figures given in the first two re rts are identical to a cenit aiid iount to 9:;3,699.915. So far this charge without truth. According to the partment.'s report the amiount dlis rsed was .$:1,272.61 less than the otheri 'o reports show. This is easily ex ained. A t the close of every year a rge number of wvarrants are drawn. is possible (I say p)ossible because I I not care to stop now to verify this itement) that many of these wvarrants are carriedl over from the previous ar and paid within the fiscal year' ider discussion. This would easily cotint for any differences between e two oflices and my own, atid was u.btle'ss the case. It is a matter easi settled, however, with time to check I warrants drawvn and unp)aid last ar, and will be done whenever it is cessary. U..nder his fourth charge Capt. Till an again resorts to insinuation in ying that prior to ]S87 no vouchers are showvn. Thlere has not beeii a ar, nor a paymienit, for which the partmient has not vouchers, so that is charge is malicious and base. With e excep)tioni of the first year, when e departmieint was only inl operation r iite months, and the form of pub-. hing financial statements was unfa iliar to ime, a complllete summiiary of I disbtirsenments, and itemized state ents in adlditioni, have been published mnually either in our reports or those the ('omptroller (General, as Capt. Ilman well kniow?. These vouchiers e now on file subject to invest igation any timiie by Capt. Tfillmiiaii or any her citizen of the State. So miuch r that base insinuation. tELL's RECORD VERSt'S TILLAAN's. This, I believe, disposes of all of Capit. lnian's specific charges. I will not tempiht to replly to the othters, save by itnesses whose honesty aind integrity 1lpt. Tillmian will not doubt. In the st Farmiers' or T1illmian (Conventioni 'kd, this phosphate litigation was the tject of invest igation byX a commliittee, which Capt. G. W. Shell was chair an. Aftetr t heir investigat ica had 'en imade, aiid the otlicials of' thle de rtmnent examiinedh in the open ( on in g thle departmien t from thle charges id comiitieniding the oflicials were innimiously' adopted. At the Leizis ive .-es-ion of' 1S8~> a 'ommnit tee a p intedl by what is known as the Eco onie Caucus, wvith D)r. Sampson l'ope, -New berry, as chiair'mani, investigated Ie deptmII'tenIt, and( agauin we were iiimendiled for onur wo'k. At everv' ssion (If the Legislature, fromi 18s0 t'o ite, the department has mladle its re >ts, and has been ready' for offieial I vest':gal ionI. I t is ready~ to-day' or at iy other time. WVheni ('apt. ( . WV. bell and D)r. Samipson l'ope can find otiung to condemn in the depart nient 'agric'ulture, wve feel justiliedl in say' ig that it does tnot dread an investiga on by ot hers. As t~o Capt. Tillman's statement that ol. D)onaldson was defeated because lie as a TIillmanite and I w"as not. I beg say that, uinless 1 am very miuch iistakeni, ('ol. D)onaldson's friends ere at somle pains to prove thatt he as inot a Tilbrianite. But in this atter if ('o). D onaldson was defeated eause lie was a Tillmanite, I may be ermitted to say that I think the Leg ,lauim ae ver wie. I believe that I have at great length11 covered all Capt. Tilln:n's cb:1r:.s. I ami n,'t thron_Ih with him. hvowever, atil mutst h,er the iduiu lnce of tle puldi for a while Imnger. For ne:rlv five \'ears I h1e sul" n1itted to this sor"t of thune, :and when ever f have had to appear lin print I have ende:'ored to say nothing that would of-Wild the 11o51 stenSit i'e reuaeir. I h:ave conceived it to be rukv 1 dutv to act courteously even inl dealing with a hlackguard, but fortiearance has alost eased.to be a virtue, and it is : <p-s tion whether I (-anl lon.er submnit to) abuse without relaliatioii. Tiis 111:111 Tillman has posed before the people for all this tine as a reformer. Iet us see if his prote. sinns are to be trust ed. It is generally believed that at the tilie he Professed to be a supporter of ( ov etrnor t'Shepp ard's he was endeavor ing to get Capt. W. C. ('oker, of Iarling tol, to ofler for the s:ane pa1-e. If this Sheppard say so. It has liteii stated and Tillnan has never denied it, that he wr6te ('apt. Coker (who, of course, did not e'coura ge such t reason.; t let ter promising his supp11'ort it' the would enter the r:1-rF. lit' was instructt-d hy his County ('ouv'ention to support ".heppard, vet in the State ('olivelnt lonl lie endeavored to c:tuse a break to ('oker, wchiclh. if it h:l sncr"eede(d, would have <h-et:ted th1' rut:n h1e was pledged to supp}ort. Woul suc"h a titan do to trust ini olliiial positions-" 1f( rc(<( 1r rae' his i /riot i1i' profi(d hia to (10 So. Agaiii I ask Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, one of ('ap,t. Ti lianl's strongest sulorters, if he did not have 'rood reason to expect all the sup1mirt Capt. Tillmlan could give himt ini his race for Speaker of the Hus. :nd if after that lie received it'? No miore hionorable man than Dr. Pope walks this earth, and while we ditffr widely in some matters I have no doubt of his perfect integrity, and therefore appeal to him to say whether or not Capt. Tillman betraved him. When Titlnian first hegra" his career as a public critic, I attributed many of his erroneous statenen ts to ignorance, but he is an iiitelligent ian-not a fool, and I have reluctantly reached the conelusioi that he is ieteri iii ned to accomplish his purposes, if possilde. by any means within his power, and 1 that he believes that "a lie well s;tick to is as good as the truth." His recenti statements can be explained ini rio other t wav. ('apt. Tilhnan, knowing that lie cin not justify himself, lacks the itia1iIness t to make a direct charge of oflicial dis honesty against me, but covertly stabs with the poisoned dagger of innuendo I can, therefore, meet his insidious and unwarranted attacks upon my charae ter only through the public prints. A. P. BUTLER, Conmnissioner of Arriculture. C Columbia, S. C., June 12, 1S90. DR. POP'S EXPLANATION. ( To the Editor of the News and ('ott- I rier : Col. A. P. Butler has seen fit to V bring me into his controversy with Capt. Tillman by calling upon me in an article published inl your paper this a morning as follows: "Again I as1: Dr. a Sampson Pope, of Newberry, one of c Capt. Tillrnan's strongest supporters, if e he (lid not have good reason to expect all the support Capt. Tillman couldI give him in his race for Speaker of the House, and if after that he received C it?'. This strikes ie as being unusual, as t it has no connection whatever with the 11 controversy between Col. Butler and Capt. Tilln'man, but as it has been asked ( I shall try andl give as full an account. of the matter as niy menmory at this late (lay will adniit of. I wrote Capt. V Tillman in the fall of 18 tellinig him that I would lie a catndidate for Speak er, and saying to himii thait my only ob ject in making the race was in ease of myv election to appoint proper 'ommitit tees on agricultutre, on education, andi( oin ways and( mieans, and I furthter stated1 that unless there was a changie in these committees that wve could not have retrenchment noir could we have an agricuilturat college. It w-vs not ex pected that he wouhll answer this letter' nor did lhe do1 so.a Oni the day before the Lecgislaturte t met in Novemiber, i18';, I was at the s hotel in C'olumbhia con versing wvith sev-t eral frienids, and we were examkining r the Augusta ( hlroniele's statemrenit of the pro~bale vote fon Speaker. C'apta in i Tilliian joined us, and1(, on being shiown ( the stateentt, reiniarked that if that ( was correct "we have got themi," 1J or words to that efleet. TIhis was allr that ever inducedl me to believe that lie r favored my electiont. I was relialyv in- t formed afterwards that Mr. Sinmons L sent for hinm that niight, and said to V him i that the agriculturists should have 1l r'epreseiitatives of their own choosing (I on the commnittees above mentioned. And after thle elect ion a caucus of those t memblers w:is held, and thle names wvere agreed iiuo for t lie (different ('om.1 mlittees' and11 wXere senlt to Mr. Simkons, all lit whtomi wetre appointed excepit s Col Irbyi, of Laurens, who was not i given the places selected for hiiiu. Th'le reason of' this was suppoised to b)e the C faict that lie hamd placed miy name in inoinaii~tion for' Speaker anid had voted C for tie. I have given it all, and thle public ' mtust blaime C'ol. Butler for it aiid not mie. I had writ teni ('apt. TJilbnan mtvt object ini running; lhe seured the saine thing without running any risk of dle-t feat. Hie represeitts a cause that is (lear to mie, and I shahl support, him and if' necessary will take the stum np for him. lHe is an h oniorable geintIemiain and a true patriot, and is tmakinug this can- - v'ass as the selected rep)resenktative oif the people. W\hen lhe is abused anid mialigned Ithose who hiitle repr'eseits ts are abiusedl ailndtailignied, but than k Goil lie haus thle courage of his con vie tihons aindl is armited wit h right. Newherry, S. C., .June 14, litl. Captain Tillnuan on thre Tariff. T1hie following is sent thet G reenilile t News aus an1 auithiorizeid expression ofii "1 kmnowv free' trade or anyvthin ui~:p prioxiiiiatinig it is aL 'barr'len ideality' . utterly impoiissihble whtile we hlave thlree and1( four mkilliins of' dollatrs to iraise to earry oni tile Goverinimint. 1 favor tariff reduction ats muitch as anty mani oin thett necessaries of life', anid ~'ouild put oin the fre'e list any clommnodity which is ownedI( hvy a truist orn monopiilolv like .ja: e ba:gginug for intstaince. Req u ir ig so mnutch miontey for ihe (Govetrni mieiit and( to pay penisionis, I w~ouihl fav'or such a taifl ' as woulId rai:e it without r'i umng Ithe Amtericain manut facturci' out of the butsines's 01' giving him i a mlonoolyl 5o Ibe col d roh thle comnsuinier. In other wordls a tairi f for r'evenuie wit h inient'tat prnotectiont. (Cenmsui Infiorrna;tion. (Cenlsus Enumtieratolr ;to the P're'si detnt i-What relatiniship idi v'nu biea:r to the~ head of thie faumily' CONsTITU'TION OF THE DEMOCRATIC 'AITY OF NEWBElitY COUNTY. Prepared by the County Executise Cotn niittee and to be 'ropo.wd for Adop tion at Next County Convention June 2s, 1s90. A wr. 1. Tlhere shall be one or more Democratic (lubs organized in each l'ownship, each of which clubs shall have a distinct title and shall elect a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, t Recordin rg Secretary, and a Treasurer, tmid shall have the following working untlittes of not less than three inem .ers each, viz: A Committee on Regis ration, an Executive Committee, and uch other committee as to each club nay seem expedient. Awr. 2. The meetings of the clubs hould be freqjuent after the opening of he canvass, and some iiember of the lub or invited speaker should deliver in address at each meeting if p ractica ale. AmT. :;. The President shall have >ower to call an extra nteeting of the -lub and mem bers of the club shall !onstitute a quorum for tlte transaction if business. Apr. 4. The clubs iu each Township ,hall be held together and operate un ler the control of a County Executive otnittee, which shall consist of one netitber from each Township, to be omttinate'I by the delegates of the re pective Towvnships to the first conven lion held at the opening of each cat )aign, and confirmed by the County onvention. lhe Executive Comntittee vheit elected shall appoint its own tflicers and fill all vacancies, which nay arise when the convention is tot in session. The tenure of ofliece of the Executive :otttittee shall be until the next eieral canpaign, unless sooner re noved or suspended by the County .'onvention. Ar. >. The mode and manner of totintating candidates for county ofTi es shall be by Pri mtary Election as regu ited by the laws of the" State. "ro.cilcdl, 'That i'i such Primary Ilection a majority " of the votes ast for candidates fur any oflice hall be necessary to nmtinate. ART. G. The County Executive Com ittee shall call a CouIntv Convention vhetever they shall deem it necessary, r whenever they shall be requested to 0 so in writing by six clubs, provided bese clubs are in different Townships, nd provided the clubs requesting such otiventioIl shall also state int writing he object for which they desire such onvention called. The County Executive ('oninittee in ailing a County Convention shall state a the call the object for which the onventiot is called, but the County onvetttion when called shall without revious notice act upon any matter f detail or any unforeseen exigency. Awr. 7. The County Democratic 'onvention shall be composed of two undred and twenty-two delegates, lected by the clubs in the several 'owsltips. The delegates from the .weral '1ownslips shall be apportioned inong the clubs of such Towuships ccorditg to the membership of each lub. Prorided, That no club shall be utitled to representation in the County 'onvention, unless it has ten or more tern bers. The Chairmen of the Executive ottimittees of the several clubs in each 'owuship shall constitute a cornntit ee for the purpose of apportioning the umber of delegates each club in the ownship is entitled to in the County 'onuvent ion. Each Towntship shall have the follow ig representationt int thte Coutnty (Con cittion]: 'Townlship) No. . c1)lgts Townsh~lip No. 2 1 Township No. . T owns'.hip No. 5 1 Townsthip No. .1 Township No. 71 Tow nship No. . i 1 o~tlStipNo.1(....... " nvTownsio the dleaelegamte Txocnsip o.1t......e "hl ec fii ony ownshiri read towhen appor 'overay c( s 'neteot samensi shallfrd > caled ot oetion f'ott aus xtave whommittl ee~ hl e onventio ~andy for business, anid immediately! tereafter a teimporary Presideint shall. e elected by the Coniventioni which| rill, after the temtporary o)rganlizationt, roceed to the electioni of permanent tricers. AnT'.10i. The perimanent officers of te ('ourtty ('onvetntion shtall lbe a Pres leitt, two Vice-Presidents, an Assis nit Secretary and( a Treasurer, and the ecretary of the Executive Committee tall be Secretary of the Coutnty (ont enttiont.' A iTi. 11. When the C'oinventtioni has onicluded its busitness it shall adjourtn inc; dic, and whlen a ('ottventioni is alled byV the Executive Commtittee itch Convention shall be composed of ewly elected delegates. Au'r. 12. Anyv aittndmentt or altcrar oio to this conistituttiotn mzay be made y a C'outyt ( onve ntion by a Vote otf wo thirds of' the menmbers p)resentt. TiIE STATE ALIANCE. .rrangpeents Madle to P'urcht-''i atllt the t;ggintg Needed for thte P'resent~ Crop. ( aEENxivt-LE, Junite I S.-The( ih:ee irs of the State Exc'hangert of' the Far ters' Alliance provided for b:igging for very mtemtber of the Alliance int this tate at a mteetinig here on Tuesday fterntoon. The purpose of [lie meetinig wvas to take arra ngemtenits for supplying bag inig for the preen t crop of cotton of lie Alliance mtemtbetrs. The State busi ess agent was authorized to contract b'ith large anlti-jute firms for thIe ceessarny antountts, whtich is ex petctedl a lie 2,Uitt,OU yards. Anty kinid of' iibstanttial bagginig. si it is itot jute vill be takein. TIhte board recommitends that neither ew or second'-hantd jute bagging be sed by Allianee mtembe irs uinider any . onsidleratioin. 'The purchiaste of ba:g ittg is to bie madtte on1 te samte prini iple as5 oIlier tratisactionis of the State :xchlange'. It is to li'e dli veredl in in talmtieints front thle I15th it Aurguist toi lie 15th of November. llThe couitty busintess agents will re eive orders fromt Sub-Alliances for so nanty yards(I o)f baggingL. Thiese torder's, te'ompt1anmed bliifry per cent in cash, vill lie senit to .\r. Donaldson, wllo vill then sendl in thte motney and ordler he amtount of ba:gaintg wanited in each 'tintiy. The bagging will be s'hipped athe c'oiinty atgent ordering it, and byv int will be distribunted. By the time h'e last i nstalmeint of biaggintg is re -*i veil the Alliance mem Iibers will have 1 CONsT[TUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC l'A1ITY OF NEWBEiI:Y COU-NTY. 'reparedi an<l l're.-nted by the Execu,tive Co:,,nii ttee to the County Conven tion for Adoption July lath. 18 S-Alopte-i. There may be as itany Club: as may be desired, except that, with the excep tion of ('IuIbs now in existence, no Club shall consist of members who are residents of different Towiships, and that no ('lub shall consist of less than fifteen members. No person shall be a niember of a (lub who will not at the election next succeeding his admission be of the full age of twenty-one years. Clubs shall adopt such Constitution as they may desire, not inconsistent with this Constitution and the principles of the Democratic party of this State. E:x:C:'tri\: CoMnr IEE. There shall be an Executive Com mitte- consisting of eleven members, one of whon shall reside in each of the Townships of the County. The Extecu tive Committee shall hold their offices for two years and until their successors are appointed. They shall be elected by the County Convention that first meets after the first day of May in each sueceeding % wo years, berinning, with the year I ss, which said date shall be the period from w"hiclh their term of office begins. Any vacancy in the Ex ecutive Committee shall be tilled by the County Convention meeting at the tune of, or next after, the occurrence of the vacancy. The Executive Commit tee shall select its own Chairman. It shall elect a Secretary, and may re move him at pleasure. The Secretary of the Executive Committee shall be the Secretary of the County Conven tions. The Executive Committee shall have a general supervision of the affairs of the party, and shall call together the County Convention whenever they may deem it necessary, or whenever requested to do so by any five Clubs. It shall provide for the taking of rosters, and shall direct all matters connected with the organization and management of the party and the conducts of the campaigns not otherwise expressly provided for in this Constitution or the County Con veiltiolls. A Co unty Treasurer shall be elected by the County Convention at the samle time as the Executive Committee. He shall hold his oflice for the same period and dating front the samie time as the members of the Executive Committee. A vacancy in his ollice shall be filled in the sanw' manner as in tIhe Executive Commit tee. He shall Collect and pay out all mioneys on the order of the Chairman of the Executive Committee. CotNTV CONVENTION. Tile County Convention shall not be a permanent body. It shall be called together for the purpose of nominating candidates for oilice, for sending dele gates to State, Circuit and Congressional Conventions, &c., and for the purpose of considering the condition of the party, and its decision on all matters pertaining to the affairs of the party shall be supreme. It shall be called for a specific purpose or purposes, which shall be stated in the call, but it may without previous notice act upon any matter of detail or any unforseen exi= gency. In considering all matters authorized to be acted upon by it by this Constitution it shall have full power to adjourn from time to time as convenience may reqauire. Except tile officers now ill existence, andl( with the exceptionl of tile Secre tary, each Conlvention shall elect its owln oticers, whlich shall b)e a Presi dent, ai Vice-President anId an Assist alIt Secretary. The County Conven tionl shall be composed of~ DELEGATF.S FROM THE DIFFERENT TroWNsl Pis AS F*oL LOWS: Tlownfshlip No. 1, 22 dlelegates. " , Ifi " " 1, In "i "11, ]2 No more thani tih nlumiber of dele gates shlall be admiltted to tile floor of tile Convention. Each dlelegate shlall have one vote: no mtore; no0 less; but ini the absence of a~ delegate or alter nate from a Club or Townlshlip tile members from that Club or Township shall be allowed to cast tile full vote of tile Club or Townshlip. Tile different Clubs iln tIle same TownIship shlall agree amlonIg thlemselves as to tihe nlum ber of tile Township delegation thlat each Club shlall send up or elect. Each Club shall regulate the term of office of its ownu dlelegates. .Anieiidllilts and1( alterations may lie mIade to t his (Constitution by a County Convention byv a vote of two-thirds oIf the memunbers. Little Lor-d Fauntieroy D)yinig. [F'romt tIhe Phliladelphiia Recordl.] Poor little ( edric Hodgson B~urniett, tile b)lue-eyedl, curly-haired son of the authoress of "Little Lord F"aunutleroy,"' is slowly but surely passing awayv amlonig tihe leafy glades andI beautiful dells oif pictures<lue Wayne. The strickeiini mother, wh o madtie her (dar ling btoy tihe type upon wich! shle formed the character of the enltranlcing little lord(, whlichi broughlt 1her so mllucht fame and fortune, has left no stone tun turtned to try aiid snlatcht her loved one fromi tihe jaws of deathl. M rs. Burnett, having settled thle lawsuits imn England ill conniectionl with hler one great work, travelled as fast as her boy could safely b)e brought to Phfiladelphia, whlere she hoped to get someC satisfacetorv treat mtenlt from tile great specialists of tile City (If Broitherly Love, and1(, if possi ble, nurse her only child back to hlealthl and vigor. The result was for a short time satisfactory, butt as tile hlot wveathler set ini thle poor boy semed to get wea'ker and weaker; andi thle an x ious mlothier took hliml ouit to peacefl, bireezy Wayne ill thei forlorn ihople (if puttinlg (ofIthle inevitable as long as possibile. TIhe little lord dirives about tile leafy lanles withl his plarenlt watch ing over him, lovely as ever is lie, wit hI his large, bright eyes and pensive 10ook, but wvastinlg disease gn aws with inl, and as tile summner (lays pass byv tile b,oy is drawinig imtpercepibly nlearer andi n)eareLr tha ot boutrne front wich there is~ no retur in. and 1 f1roml whlichi his mlothIer il makinIg Such~l a birave figh It to resene him l. Thte attend-i ini a slow letl;ine. lieI mtay last for yond all the poe of hiumian skill and setai l *C. SLIDING DOWN SALUDA. A Terrible Railroad Wreck in the Moun tains -Two Men Killed and a Num ber Injured. ASIIEvrA.:, N. C., June 18.-Per haps the most destructive wreck, both of life and property, ever known in the history of the Western North Carolina Railroad, occurred at Melrose Station, at the southern side of Saluda Moun tain, about thirty-two miles from this city, on the Asheville and Spartanburg Division last night. The dead are: Engineer Smyra, of Chester, S. C.; Engineer Lewis Tun stall, of Yorktown, Va.; Fireman, W. G. Taylor, of Morristown, Tenn., son of V. P. Taylor, for twenty years con ductor on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. The injured are: C. Boweock, flag man, thigh broken; George Ricketts, conductor, injuries not serious, escaped by jumping; William Hoe, fireman, slight injuries, escaped by jumping. Two colored brakemen, named Foster and Greenlee, painful but not danger ous wounds. From the apex of Saluda Mountain to Melrose, the scene of the accident, a distance of less than three miles, there is a fall of fully six hundred feet. This fact Jas made the railroad authorities specially careful at this point and an engine is kept constantly there to help all trains up and down the mountain. The track was very wet last night when the c"al train started down and soon, after beginning the descent it became evident that twelve loaded cars were too much for both engines to hold with all the breaks down, and the speed gradually quickened under heavy pres sure until aspeed of seventy.five miles an hour was reached, when the tracks spread and the entire train plunged headlong down the mountain with a terrible crash, burying beneath broken cars, crossties and earth the brave -fel lows who had stood to their posts. The loss to the company in engines and cars alone will reach $75,000. A train containing Superintendent V. E. M1cBee and surgeons left this city im mediately on hearing of the wreck and returned to-day, b.inging the bodies of Engineer Smyra au d Fireman Taylor. Flagnian Bowcock i" receiving the best medical attention. Both engineers have families, Smyra's wife being at Moorehead City, where she was notified by telegraph of the disa:;er. This is the fourth wreck on this road within a week. Trains will not be able to run on schedule time before to niorrow. MASCULINE WOMI:N. Changes in the Most Lovealkle Thing on Earth, the American Girl. [Boston Herald.] In New York the effort of women to attain a masculine manner is growing rapidly. It is a phase of our craze for aping the English. Not long ago I tx)d in a-small shoprin Fifth Avenue selecting some gloves indifferently, while the clerk lounged against the :ounter and languidly examined his nails. Occasionally he yawned. The :lrowsy hush of the place was accen tuated by the purringof a lazy cat. The ethargy of spring pervaded it all, says t writer in the Illustrated American. Suddenly the door was flung open tnd in stalked a gir of to-aay, her ieautiful head held high in the air md her face diffused with the ruddy ;low of perfect health. A bulldog tagged at her heels. Trhe entrance of the girl suas like a blast of chilly air:on a sultry August day. The curtains fluttered. "I say," she said imperiously to the suddenly aroused clerk, "you reylly niust have anothah fit at my shirts." "Yes, miss ; what's wrong ?" "What's wrong ?" Oh ! I say, what's act wrong ? Bosom rumnply, sleeves too ~hort, and no end of things. Upon my 'ord, it's wretched."' She was a magnificent looking crea ure, and the prevalent craze for mas ~uline attire had permeated the very Iepths of her soul. Her hair was >raided and laid so close to her head hat the outline was as snug and clear is that of a short-cropped boy. She ~vore a shirt with a standing collar and !ouventional cravat, and her two-but on gloves were of a masculine cut. A >outonniere and the tip of rather a iorsey-looking handkerchief decorated aer double breasted jacket. Her sturdy ittle boots were covered by white gai ers or "spats," and she swung a small 'ized umbrella in one hand. "Shirts have no sex," she said short "You fit all th' men of th' family perfectly, yet nieither mxy sister nor I :an get satisfaction. It may be remarked in passing that I had sunk into the limbo of the past. The bull dog had fallen asleep on the Iloor, the cat had resumed her doze, and I leaned against the glove case, ig iored and shrouded in oblivion. She was a sup)erb creature, but how our grandmothers would have stared aghast at her affectations of mannishness as she stood there in a public shop fitting a shirt! She seemed altogether admir able to me-at first. Then I felt unea sy. Then came the sentiment of regret. She spoke in a louder tone, and the 4illy "New Yorkian," with its comn manding note and the affectation of sta ble boy English, jarred like a file on my nerves. Her errand being com pleted,. she whistled to her surly bull dlog and strode away with her head in the~ air. I found myself thanking God, undi'er my breath, that she had not ligh.ted a cigarette. Of course, it was no business of mine; but have we not all a sort of prop)rietary interest in that niost stupendous and lovable thing on Larth-the American girl? Whence the Flies. Fronm the Terre Haute Express.] So you want to know where the flies comie from, do you Lucullus? Well, the eyelone makes the house fly, the blacksmith makes the fire fly, the car peniter makes the saw fiy, the driver miakes the horse fly, the grocer makes thie sand fly, the boarder makes the but ter fly, and if that is not enough for you you will have to pursue your future studies in entomology alone. (One of the Penalties of Fame. [Froii the Washington Post.] The census enumerators will have a sure thiing on those individuals whlo have bcen writing certificates for the pJatenlt miidiicine advertisements for the past tenl yearS.. Two Florida Girls Drowned. ii lIwu-:, FIA., June 18.-Whiile bathiing ini a small lake near here this 1fternmo<m, Miss Nita McMillan and M iss Naiinie C2alloway were drowned. Thei young ladies were highly accoin plished, oiie being the daughter of Capt. Angus McMillan and the other a d1-ughter of Con. .1 . (C11nu-ay_ Merely a Qusetion of Ofice. [Augusta Chronicle.j The campaign in Carolina is still ex citing and bitter. We believe that Capt. Tillman's apprehension about assassination is unfounded. The speak ing at Anderson yesterday was aggres sive. The danger is that this bitter warfare among brother Democrats will leave wounds that cannot be healec and re sult in estrangements that will.: rength en the common political enemy. There has been no corruption i o!ti ce among Democrats in South Ca.rolina. There has not been- extra- .'agance enough in the Democratic adrinisrra tions of the state since 1876 to glue two ants together. All the present row, which threatens the integrity of the party in South Carolina, seems to be causV.ess and therefore indefensible. It is commendable in in; to seek office, but when the peace o' the state is endangered by the estri.ng-:ment of neighoors and friends, when the integriLy of the party u..n which honest government depends is threat ened, there is no justifieatiorifor the warfare made by the "out" against the Stripped of all sophistry, this is about the oliitical situation in South Caro lina. A new set of men, tired of wait ing for office, scheme together for their political preferment and make chargcs o' inefficiency and extravagance against the old officials. Boiled down, there has been no corruption in the Democratic government of South Caro lina. The worst that can be charged is that some of the present officials have been in office long enough and that they ought to give place to new aspi rants who are anxious and eager for their places. But this is no justification for estrangements and antagonisms among men whose political salvation, whose interests and liberties depend solely upon the unity of the Democratic pa;rty. A campaign of crimination and vitu peration must result in great danger, if not in positive evil, to the white peo ple of South Carolina. Men should dis cuss questions without misrepresenta tion and detraction. A Great Threatening Danger. The Farmers' Alliance, of Kansas, has addressed an open letter to the Kansas delegation in Congress it says: A single law firm in Southern Kan sas has the contract for the foreclosure of 1,800 mortgages. This means 1,800 homesteads transferred to capitalists, either domestic or foreign. These fore closures are in accordance with a pre conceived purpose to people those farms with a more servile tenantry im ported from foreign lands. Foreclosure and evictions are taking place in many parts of our State, and we need not go all the way to Europe to witness scenes of cruelty in matters of his kind. All over our State the homes-of our people- are imperilled. The people believe that the trouble is largely dueto vicious legislation. Both political parties have been tried and both have been found wanting. While the people have been compelled to sacrifice their products in many instances absolutely below the cost of production in order to procure the common necessities of life, their repre sentatives in Congress are engaged in the consideration of every imaginable question except such questions as con template relief to the distress of their constituents. There are measures which the farm ers demand shall have immediate attention. These relate to questions of money, of transportation and of their ownership of American lands. The distress of the people is crying aloud for relief. They believe that the white citizens of Kansas have some rights as well as the colored citizens of the South. They believe that fallen heroes, both white and black, in past struggles for liberty, can afford to wait for one moment until the rights of living heroes receive some recognition. Behind these demands are more than 100,000 Kansas ballots, and the time is not far distant when legislators will heed the the voice of their constituents. Pimnples, boils and other humors, are liable to appear when the blood gets heated. The best remedyv is Dr. Mc Lean's Sarsaparilla. Mlany people habitually endure a feeling of lassitude, because they think they have to. If they would take Dr. J. H.3McLean's Sarsaparilla this feeling of weariness would give place to vigor and vitality. Farming in Georgia. The Atlanta Constitution prints an interesting tabular statement, the pur port of which is tp show that G.eorgia farmers are growing richer. Briedly stated, the official records of the recent assessment show that two thirds of the farmers of Georgiagained ground hand somely in five years, while one-third lost a little. The gainers gained 30 per cent, while the losers only lost 16 per cent. The total gain by two-thirds of the farmers heard from was $1,290,313 and the total loss by the losing third was $384,601, leaving a net gain of $3053,712 in the whole list of 1,901 far mers. The list is a thoroughly repre sentative one-not the rich or the poor, but average farmers taken at randoia and looked up on the tax hooks after ward. The story .is simply this, that 1,344 farmers started out in ]884 with an average property of $3,136, and in five years gained an average of $9601. At the same time 647 larger farmers started out with an average property of $3,72-> and lost 8.-9> eachl. If this ratio runs through the 100,000 white farmers of Georgia two-thirds of them have gained $6;4,000,000 and the other third has lost $19,833.000-a net gain by the farmers of $44,000,000O in five years. This means that out of an average list of farmers starting five years ago two thirds supported their families and added 30 percent. to their capital-and that capital only $2,1;3. Louisiiana's Capitol. RAr.is Rou(;E, La., .Jume 17.-Ey a vote or nine to five the ways and means committee dleciced to report favorably on the proposed constitutional amend ment, removing the capitol from this city to New Orleans. Sick headache is the bane of many lives. This annoying complaint may be cured and p)revenlted by the occasio nal use of D)r. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kid ney Pillets (little pills). One of Dr. J. H. McLean's Little Liver and Kidney Billets, taken at night before going to bed, will move the bowels, the effed will astonish you.