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Show M INTO WITS. ! The Farmers of South Carolina will tike j a Hand in the Election About j to Occur, HAVE STARTED FOR ENGLAND. j Married a Society Belle-Meetlug of the l Tribes--A Life Sised Statue-Wedded to a Beautiful Woman. ('"I.I .MK1A, S. .'., May 21. Special. The farmers' association of South C arolina having resolved recently to actively participate in the polities of the slate, met in convention to-day in the hall of the house of repn s -ntatives for the purpose of nominating a ticket j for every state otlicer from governor ilown. ti. W. .Sncll, president of the ! association, w ho acted as chairman of j the convention, in opeiiiijgthe proieed- ings charged that the state is grossly ! misgoverned, that extravagance anil inellieieiiey prevail, and that an autocratic auto-cratic oligarchy has complete control. For four years, he claimed, efforts have been made at the primaries and conventions con-ventions to secure retrenchment and reform, and the recognition of the needs and right of the masses, but nn-.availingly. nn-.availingly. The farmers' association, which was organized four years ago, hi! asserted, lepresenls the reform ele j meiit of (he democratic party iu this ; state, and lo convey an indication of its power and strength he recalled the f.,t . I, ... if .. 1.. I II ... It i iiiul ii ivn.s oiiiv iiv a small vote n j failed to control the 'last democratic stale convention. The leading democrats demo-crats of the slate stigmatize the association associ-ation as a republican organization iu disguise. They, however, deny its power lo mislead the people or'to afford af-ford any substantial aid to the republicans repub-licans in the contest for the state otli-cers. nit. miii.V!n m thk i itr, Tnvrlliin Willi III Mleea fur Renreallon and I'leasur. I tr. Edward McGlynu arrived In the city yesterday and has rooms at lint Continental. Ha I accompanied by his niece. Miss M. C. McGlynu. and llie two are traveling for recreation ami pleasure. Edward MrGlvnn was born In New York In 1X17. Al fourteen year of age lie was sent by Archbishop Hughe, lo Ihe college of the Propaganda at Home, where he remained several years. In the last year of his studies he was transferred to assist In the establishment establish-ment of llie American college in Home, of which institution- he was for a long time acting vice-president. At twenty-two twenty-two he was oidaliied and al Ihe same time received the degree of H. I. He turning to New York, he undertook under-took ministerial duties, and w as Dually assigned to the military rhaplainship of tho Central Park hosmlal, which imsl-lion imsl-lion he held during three year of the late war. On the death of Kv. Dr. Cumining he became palivli priest of SI, Stephens, one of the largest place of worship in New York; and when Ihe local church iiiilliolilics instituted a system of pnio-chial pnio-chial school, lr. McGlynu wa the only Catholic priest who remained steadfast lo the public school system, aud refused lo advise the people "of hi parish to withdraw their children from the public schools lo put them ill the parochial school. He was friend of Ihe lauil b-ague W hen it most needed friends, and wa otic of the lirst men of note lo Join ihe labor party headed bv H.-nry G ge. Id altitude in lb' instances broulit him Into the line to be disciplined by hi church, but he refused to change hi views and lo go lo Homelo lie lectured. Hi withdrawal from the church followed. fol-lowed. Ilr. MeGlvnu ay that he will never re-enter the church if to doi he ha lo n lract hi w ullmeul and fontaWe hi view nil land taxation. He feel that the Pope ha Inn rfernl with hi pr vale right, which he ihiuk. a a citizen of the I'nited Slate, lie wa nt it led lo exercise. In N-ptcinlK-r lr. Mct.l.viin will re slime his lecture, which have leeii interrupted in-terrupted bV illties.; and be may con '. lit lo le- lurc a few lime in ail Erain-i-:". whllhrr he i now going. M" will remain here lo2 enough const, co-nst, anil will then resume his journey by cay stages |