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R., just tack of my residence, is now in full operation, and I am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices according to grades. Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. Feb 18. j OTTO P. WEITERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND LIQUOR DEALER, OFFICE AND SALESROOM : 183 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. j Nov. 7-0 The House Divides ! Shell to Lead in the Campaign Against Irby. March Convention Practically Called. Wheo the announcement was made io December that the campaign this year would opeo early io Jaouary. a great aiaoy bad doubts about it. Few outside the "charmed circle'' then knew that tbe political pot within the ranks of the Reform party was boil iog over, aod that there was a fight within the ranks of the heretofore solid phalanxes of Reform, imineot. But such was the case. It bas been brewing for a long time, and DOW there is a crisis. ? There are to be two factions io the Reform party io the comiog campaign. That fact is now no looger denied by the leaders of the more powerful fac? tion. The indications are that Senator Irby, the present State chairman, will lead the faction which represents the minority, and that be will have but little to do with the real, manipulation of the coming compaign as far as the Reform element is concerned. He aod several followers some months ago cut loose almost entirely from the main wing of the Reformers, and they are all likely to fall by the wayside, fight? ing as they fall. Congressman Shell, it is poistively announced, was approached while io the city a few days ago by the lead? ers of the Alliance or farming element of the Reform party, and he has con? sented.to be at the head of the com? mittee that will manage the campaign for this faction. He was the former president of the Farmers' Association io this State. The Cotton Plant, which is the offi? cial organ of the Alliance-farming ele? ment of the Reform, party, will sup? port the latter faction. Tn this week's issue of that paper is the following double-leaded editoral under the cap? tion "A March Convention," which is equivalent'to a call for such a conven? tion : HEAR TUB BUGLE BLAST ! "With the very beginning of this year were are confronted with the fact' that this is a campaign year and that we are soon to meet our opponents tn a battle for the people's rights and the development of our State in business prosperity aod the happiness of its oitizens. Such being the case we at once realize the great importance of at once getting our forces together and .coming to an agreement on the policy to be pursued so that there eau be no misunderstanding, and the success of oar cause assured. "The politicians must be made to take a back seat and let the people themselves set the pace. To do that the people should meet in their neigh? borhood clubs and send degates to a State Convention, which will adopt a platform and nominate a candidate tor Governor to represent our people on that platform. A Lieutenant Gov? ernor should also be put up, but the remainder of the State officers can be nominated by the delegates to the September convention. "The State Convention for this pur? pose should be held not later than the month of March-before the farmers get too busy in their crops to attend to it, and before bad blood rises be? tween the friends of the aspirants for the Governorship on the Reform side. "The Alliance cannot take part io partisan politics, and tbefore has only the right to point out the necessi? ty of calling the people together and leaving it to some one else to do the work. We believe that the last presi? dent and executive committee of the Farmers' Association of this State are the proper ones to issue such a call, and we are confident that the people would respond promptly and unani? mously to a cali issued by them.- This is a movement of the people to reform and improve our government, and not a movement to place any man or set of men in office merely. We must keep on the high ground of pure patri? otism, and seek out the men for ser? vice who will be the moat capable of carrying out our wishes. Measures and not meo must be made prominent. "It will be noticed tb&t we do not agree with some points in the resolu? tions passed on last Friday by our Laurens brethren aod published else? where in this issue; bet after mature consideration we feel satisfied that our position is the correct one. We hope that our readers will use our col? umns in a discussion of the matter, and in that way reach the most satis? factory conclusion. We have briefly outlined our views, with reasons there? for, and we shall use our best endeav? or to maintain the rights and privi ledges of our people and promote har? mony in the work." THE ALLIANCE'S PARTY. It will be noticed that the Alliance is to be kept in the back grouod as far as being a political machine is concerned, but a great deal of good solid work has been done by the lead? ers among the Alliancemen all over the State, and they will be as a until against the opposing factioo. THOSE LAURENS RESOLUTION'S. Yesterday a representative of Tb State had quite a loog talk with one or two of the leaders of the Alliance side. They say that the leaders of the : other side will be Irby, Staoyaroe Wilson, Larry Gantt and John Gary Evans They seem to think that a combination was formed nearly a year ago hy Irby and his followers to ran things to suit themselves and make a slate of the offices for the coming term, which would be presented to the voters and would be swallowed by them. They say that the effort to crash oat every leading Tillman man -the attacks upon Tindal, McLaurin and others-was the direct result of this combination engineered by Irby. They consider Irby dead as far as State politics are concerned. In regard to those Alliance resolutions adopted in Laurens a few days ago, one of these men yesterday said that they were gotten up under lrby's influence, and represented nobody's views but his own. He was a good manipulator, and got the County Alliance to adopt them. He did not think that another Alliance in the State would have done 80. TILLMAN HANDS OFP. The leaders say that inasmuch a.s this will not affect Governor Tillman's fight for the Senate, be will be hands off in the fight. They say that Irby has been spreading the idea that he and Tillman have been working to? gether. They know that Governor Till? man's views in regard to a convention are not* those that were expressed in the Laurens resolutions. They think, too, that Governor Tillman wants a farmer for Governor.-State, Jan. ll. The New Jury Law. It was Approved December 18. 1893, and is now the Law. The law is entitled "An act to amend Chapter LXXXYIt of the General Statutes relating to juries and entitled 'Of Juries.* " It reads as follows : Section 1. That chapter eighty seven, section 2234, of the General Statutes be amended by striking out said section 2234 and inserting instead thereof the following : Section 2234. The county auditor, the county treas? urer, and the clerk of the court of common pleas and general sessions of each county, shall constitute the board of jury commissioners for their respec? tive counties. Section 2. That section 2235 of the said chapter be repealed and the following inserted instead thereof: Section 2235. That the said county auditor, county treasurer, and clerk of the court of common pleas and general sessions, shall perform the duties required of them as jury commissioners without compensation. Section 3. That section 2255 of the said chapter be repealed and the following bc inserted thereof : Section 2255 Whenever it shall be necessary to supply any deficiency in the number of grand cr petit jurors duly drawn, whether caused by challenge or other? wise, it shall be the duty of the jury commissioners under the directions of the court to draw from the special apartment io the jury box known as the tales box, such number of fit and competent persons to serve as jurors as the court shall deem necessary to fill such deficiency. That it shall be the duty of the clerk of- court to keep such jury box io his custody. Section 4. The jury box shall be provided with three locks, each differ? ent. The key to one shall be kept by the clerk of court, one by the auditor and one by the treasurer, so that no two of said commissioners shall hold keys to the same lock. Section 5 This act shall go into effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. How to Form New Counties The following act relating to the formation of new counties in this State was passed at the recent session of the legislature : An act providing for the formation of new counties in this State. It is enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in general assembly, and by the authority of the same : Section 1. That wherever it is desir? ed to incorporate u new county in the this State it shall be the duty of those petitioning for same to publish io one or more newspapers in each county from which it is proposed to take any territory, for at least three months before the meeting of the Legislature, when same is to be applied for, a state? ment of the proposed county line in said county, and shall also have made a survey of the territory proposed to be taken and file same in the office of the Secretary of State at least thirty days before the meeting of the Legis? lature when the incorporation is to be applied for. Seo. 2. That no such new county shall be formed unies the foregoing provisions have been complied with. The Review and the County Alliance. Lancaster Review. We are reliably informed that at the meeting of the coan ty Alliance held at Midway last Friday a resolution, offered by State Constable Elliott and seconded by one James Cullins, and possibly one or two others, was passed withdrawing the support of the Alliance from the Review. Such action was taken, we understand, because this paper, io the exercise of its right as a public journal, has been fit to condemn the obnoxious laws passed by the last Legislature and to criticise the manner and spirit in which the affairs of State are now being administered. By the adoption of such a resolution, for the reason given, the Alliance ignores the distinction between that organization, which is pre-eminently a' noo-partizan body, and the Reform party cf Sooth Carolina, which is distinctly a political party, or rather a faction of a political party. It divests the Alliance of its true fuoctions and makes it the wet nurse of a lot of poli? tical adventurers. It gives the lie to the positive assnraoce made to every mao who joins the Alliance that the obligation be assumes shall not conflict with his political or religious views, be they what they may. The action of the Alliance means ever more, it means that a mac shall no longer exercise his God-given right of free speech, because forsooth he bas had the temerity to express his views of matters of public moment at variance with those of some of his fellow citizens. We do not believe that the fair minded and loyal Alliancemen of the county-men like E. B. Ltngle, C. A Plyler, J. H. Harper, C. J. L. Moody, W. B. Bruce, J E, Stewman, B. F. Miller, J. F. Nesbit, G. W. Williams, John W. A. Porter, H. J. Gardner and a host of others we could name will approve of the action of the county Alliance in regnrd to the Review. These men are strangers to injustice and oppression and would never coun? tenance the stifling of free speech ; besides they lr te not forgotten what the Review and its editor have done for the oau8e of the Alliance in this county. But of one thing the public may rest assured : The Review is not going to be deterred from doing what it believes to be its duty, in matters political or otherwise, by the Alliance or any other organization. We just will not be dictated to by any man or" set of men ? We propose to run this paper according to our own ideas of right and justice if it causes us to lose every subscriber on our books. Since writing the foregoing we have received for publication a copy of the proceedings of -.the meeting of the Alli? ance which contains the resolutions referred to. After seeing the resolu? tion we can only add that if being the "county organ," a distinction conferred upon the Review uneoiicited, meaos swallowing Tillman, bis Legislature and all their bad laws without gagging or makiog a wry face, we are very glad indeed to be relieved of that distinguish? ed honor. We certainly do not intend to be bulldozed into supporting what we believe to be wrong and unjust. Messrs Elliott and Cullins may succeed in running the Alliance but they cannot run this newspaper. The Lancaster County Alliance met today at ll o'clock with the Flat Creek Sub-Alliance, In the absence of the President and Vice-President Bro. C. J. L. Moody called the bouse to order. Bro. G. W. Jones, County Lecturer, being . present gave a good lecture on Alliance measures and agriculture. Judging from the representation of the Subs in the county it showed to one that the Lancaster County Alliance is not as weak as some people think it is. Fifteen Subs were represented. We think it was one of the best County meetings we ever visited. When we arrived we were surprised to see so many of the good ladies of the com muoity on the ground, and lo and behold when we were dismissed for din? ner how the ladies showed their love for the good of their county by spread? ing all the good rations on ? long table and giving everybody a hearty welcome. If you want to meet true Alliance men and women go to Flat Creek. Thc following Preamble and Resolu? tion were offered and adopted after some debate by Maj. B. F. Miller, G. W. Jones, J. C. Elliott, M. C. and H. J. Gardner : Whereas, The County paper known as the Alliance organ of Lancaster County has gone back on the reform movement and abuses our Reform Legislature and says be cannot go with Highest of all in Leavening POT* the Reform movement any farther in the direction it is going. Resolved, 1st. That the County Alliance rescind t'he R?solution whereby the Lancaster Review -was adopted as the Alliance organ. Resolved, 2nd. That the Alliance withdraw their support from said paper. J. M. KNIGHT, Sec'y Lan. Co. Alliance. Puncturing Pretended Re? form. Here is whaf editor Gantt, Tillman ite, says to editor Bowden, of The Cot? ton Plant, the Alliance organ. Let the Reformers read and digest : "Why is it, that editing the Alliance organ, as you are, you have studiously avoided any reference in your editorial columns to the salary reduction bill, now before the Legislature ? Can you see any justice io South Carolina paying her officers from twenty-five to seventy five per cent, more than Georgia, North Carolina and other States? Do you believe it right to tax the farmers to pay your friend and landlord, Secretary of State Tindal, seven hundred dollars a year extra as custodian of the capitol grounds when the most arduous duties connected with the position is to buy about $15 worth of flower seed every Spring and turn them over to a convict guard to plant? As 'a good and true AUianceman, Brother Bowden, don't you think it wroog to pay a mau $700 to make a $15 investment? ls it right for South Carolioa to pay ber judges $3,500 when Georgia gets just as many ounces ol brains for $2,000? And you can go through the ent?r? list of salaries and see the same room for retrenchment and genuine reforms. Aud you The Cotton Plant, the official organ of our State Alliance, bas not deemed this matter of sufficient importance to even refer to it in the editorial columns of that paper, that I ' have ever seen !" An Unjust Accusation. We have always tried to criticise fairly and honestly by the two political factions in South Carolioa, giv? ing justice when justice is due, but we must admit that the most contemptible thing we have seen in a long time is the insinuation made by certain newspapers in this State that the conservatives are responsible for the whipping which the - negroes gave one of the State Con? stables io Spartanburg the other night. We haven't seen a single utterance from even the extremest anti Tillman papers that would justify such a slander about a respectable portion of our peo? ple. The insinuation could only have been made or believed by those people whose purposes are better served by falsehood than truth -St Matthews. Herald. There will be four eclipses this year, two of the moon, and two of the sun* and a transit of mercury. There will be a partial eclipse of the moon March 21, invisible here : an annual eclipse of the sun, April 5, invisible in America ; a partial eclipse of the moon, September 4 visible throughout America ; a total eclipse of the sun Sept. 28-29 invi? sible in America ; a transit of Mercury over the sun's disk, November 10, visible io the United States. The war cost the South $5,000,000, 000. Yet, in the last decade alone, the product of Southern industries equaled this vast sum. Last year our manufactured products were worth $700,000,000. Our maoufacturing establishments io the past ten years have increased from 34,000 to 62,000, and their capital bas increased from $180,000,000 to $600,000,000. Last year, in spite of the hard times, 2,251 new industries were started in the South. Governor Tillman spent nearly all yesterday affixing bis signature to the commissions of the new notaries public he has appointed io the last, month or two. It will be remembered that some time ago Governor Tillman issued a manifesto declaring all appointments then of force, void. It was stated at the time that it was a scheme to raise an additional revenue for the State, though the governor's proclamation said it was done to purify the service in this branch of government. Anyway a handsome revenue is resulting. Governor Tillman, while signing tho numerous commissions yesterday, talk? ed about the revenue that was being derived, and said that enough had been made already to pay his salary for the coming year.-The State, Dec. 6. rer.--Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking ? Powter rELY PURE