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! . ^ *j HE COUNTY RECORD il> KJSGSTREE, S. C. fcOUIS J. WUSTOW, Ed. & Prop'r. i Jjl Gv+TK&nj there is an educational Institution for teaching the technique vf botohering and packing. . J Miss Mary G, Collins, the welly known missionary to the Sioux, thinks that the term "hobo," as generally hpplied to the Weary Waggles tribe, is V of Indian origin, and instances several K& oases of its use amongst the aborigi^als, amongst whom her missionary labors have been directed. W~ t In aooordanoe with, a law recently (\. . enacted in the Argentine Republic, un< married' men between twenty and ?\ eighty years of age are obliged to pay I' ft special annual tax; and if any an* K;< married person of either sex refuses ??'- aa offer of marriage without being P able to give a valid reason, the penalty | 'What next! exclaims the New York Observer. A proposition is now made, apparently in sober earnest, to utilize the cataracts of the Nile for electrio I' light and power purposes. The power - that these cataracts, which are more properly rapids, would supply, however, would be much less than the available head furnished at Niagara ! PaQs. A trolley line down the Nile would truly be an odd consummation. The wealthiest Nation in the world , " la the United States, declares William George Jordan in the Ladies1 Home E-i' Journal. The oensns of 1890 shows \ the true valuation, or fair selling "y price, of the real and personal prop* H>' ?rty of the oountry to be $65,037,091,; 197. It is an increase of over forty* sine per oeni on the valoation of the r ? vrerious decade, and is abont six | times the value of the money of the i, entire world. The mind cannot grasp jfe. the meaning of snch figures without 'v graphic illustration. This amount in geld dollars would load 123,570 carts, ' each carrying a ton. If 2000 gold dollars fr _ were piled one on thr other they would f t form a stack three feet high. Make l^fcbnilar piles close together till a wall I - EL of gold one mile long and worth $230,K 400.000 it formed. Increase this wall |L- . to twenty-eight and a quarter miles ^^Hfed the amount would represent our L? National wealth. Placed side by side Rj the coins would form a carpet of gold | cornering fire square miles. J. OL Meayweether, the well-kmown |; manufacturer of fire apparatus in fl' London, makes a most useful suggesLiho on the subject of the protection - I ?f churches from fire. After referring to the dangers of fire in snch buildings from defects in the heating and . -lighting apparatus, he proposes that ^ ?teh church tower should be fitted >xK*rifh * tank or tanks, kept full of ' water by means of a pump and hose r , V; m fixed pipe, the pump to take supply from a well or other available source. $ From the tank he suggests a pipe being f)'\ carried into the church, with hydrants and hose in convenient positions. wttfo'T%e water tanks would then enable ? mxwerful iets to be brought to bear im Ian outbreak of fire was disThe ooat ol the arrangement mall,-and doubtless the dejf many sacred buildings by be prevented. Canterbury baa been eared three timee by e apparatus, and the recent George's, Hanover Square, d even in London there is >le risk of fire in places of e progress of civilization one ?r another seems to be elele distinction of an "art" or i "science." Perhaps the mant for such rank is the i cookery. Dr. Pilcher, of L States Army, remarks that ring food savory and dild serving it in a tempting a study worthy the attenigher grade of talent than is devoted to it. "Recent exby Edward Atkinson have is says, "that the art of still in its infancy." Who me to say that he (or more who cooks a thing well is actor to humanity? observes 'ork Observer. Bad oook ing may have had nothing to do with sin, bat there is no telling how much of anoriginal later iniquity jjj' is to be laid to the account of a soggy hit of pastry or of an impossible beeff steak. So long as average humanity f,. lacks sufficient moral courage to de%-: cline a favorite dish set before it, even when the viands are wretchedly J* prepared, it will be urgently incumbent upon all chefs or Bridgets to put If.: more of skill, science and religion (if they have any) into the service of the K dining room. , 1 ' tit '' ' ;"'i I. THE GREENVILLE REUNION. A General Order Issued?All Arrangements Given. Below is given a copy of a general order which has just been issued by Gen, Walker in regard to the coming annual reunion of the Confederate veterans in Greenville. It will be of special interest to the veterans all over the State: General Orders No. 31: I. The warm-hearted and hospitable people of Greenville are making every arrangemant for the comfort and entertainment of the vetprans of the division, and for the success of their annual reunion, August 36th, 1897. II. Camps are earnestly urged to send as large delegations as possible. The low rate of fare, one cent per mile for the round trip, will enable thousands from all parts of the State to attend this, which bids fair to be the grandest reunion of old Confederates ever held in this State. III. The convention will convene | promptly at 10 a. m. August 25th at the hall in Beattie's building, corner of I a nr v r _ _i _ _ _ -uain ana ? asamgiou oueovo, IV. The headquarters of the division will be in the same building. All veterans are requested to register there before the meeting of the convention and secure their badges entitling them to seats and other privileges of the reunion. V. Committees of the home camps will meet veterans on the incoming trains as well as at the depot, and give all information and assistance in securing lodgings, etc. Camps will please advise Gov. W. L. Mauldin, chairman, of the number and names of delegetes, in order that they may be assigned quarters on their arrival. It will greatly facilitate the work of the local committee and the comfort of the delegates, if this is attended to. VI. Sponsors of the various camps authorized in general order No. 29 will please report on arrival to Col. James A. Hoyt Each camp is earnestly urged to have a sponsor. Camps will please carry their camp flags or banners, as thev mav be needed by the sponsors. VII. x)uring the reunion, at a time to be fixed hereafter there will be a reunion of the old South Carolina commands of the Confederate army by brigades from the various commands. VJLLL It is hoped that all counties having three or more camps not vet organized into regiments, will do so, and report to these headquarters before tne reunion, ine major general commanding urges this formation of regiments, and of many neighborhood camps, as the surest way of bringing all the veterans of the division into camps and of keeping up their interest in our worthy organization, and its laudable objects. IX. Camps in arrears for their dues to the division for the years 1895-9G and 1896-97, either or both, will please send their delegations prepared to pay theii dues of 6 cents per annum per comrade. By command of Major General C. Irvine Walker. Jas. G. Holmes, Adjutant General, Chief of Staff, THE SMALLEST COUNTY. Bamberg's Corner-Stone of CourtHonse Laid by the Masons. At Bamberg on the 10th the cornerstone of the court house for the new county was laid by the South Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons, which was convened there by Grand Master J. T. Barron, and at 10 o'cioct a procession was formed by the visiting Masons, the members of the grand lodge and I escorted by the lodge of Masons under ' the raidaaoe of marshal, Major Wattie G. Smith, who marched to the site oi the oourt house, where the Masonio ceremony was performed. Among the eominent Masons present were: Grand aster J. T. Barron, Judge James F. Izlar, Orlando Sheppard, L. T. Izlar, J. B. Black, W. G. Smith, Charles Carroll Bimms, John R. Bellinger, J, B. Bates and others. After the ceremonies the assemblage was invited to the classical institute, where addresses suitable to the occasion were delivered by Grand Master Barron and Grand Treasurer John B. Bellinger. The following is the inscription on the corner-stone laid today: A. E. 5897. Jaoob T. Barron, Grand Master of Masons. Bamberg Court House. Erected by the Town of Bamberg, S. C., 1897. Building Committee: H. J. Brabham, Chairman, H. C. Folk, W. EU Carter, J. B. Eearse, Thos. Black. | Architect: _ Builders: L. F. Goodrich. Bound. & Haigler. The trowel used by the grand master today was one made in 1825 by Kershaw Lodge, at Camden, and by them presented to Lafayette to lay the corner etone of DeKnlb monument at Camden. It has since oome in possession of the Masonic grand lodge of South Carolina by purchase and nas for the past 70 years assisted in the laying of nearly every public building and monument in the State and is prized very highly by the Masonic fraternity in the State. Bamberg is the smallest county in the State, having just the constitutional requirement of 400 square miles. THE PRIMARY TICKETS. An Omnibus Ticket te Be Printed and Distributed. State Chairman Tompkins of the Democratic executive oommittee has ordered a large number of tickets for the primary election for Senator printed. Wbila the candidates were iu Columbia a few days ago they all entered into an agreement with Mr. Tompkins whereby they are to stand the expenses of the printing and distribution of the tickets. The State chairman is to send them to the several county committees and have them placed at all the polls through the reg alar channels of the organization. These tickets will have the names of all the candidates placed upon them; the voter will strike out all the names except that of the candidate for whom he wishes to vote. This will not in any way interfere with the candidates sending out their individual tickets. A Chicago contemporary claims that the bicycles are scaring birds out of the parks. This should be charged to the bloomers, not to the bicycles. I " ' - . I "mil PHI." Simonton Issues a Decretal Order and an Injunction :n the guckenheimer case. The Missing Link in the Matter Is Mow Filled?The Car-Load Lots Can Come In. There no longer seems to be the shadow of a doubt as to what Judge Simonton me&Dt by his construotion of the meaning of the term "original package." He has issued a decretal order in the case of Guekenheimer & Sons, whioh settles the issue as to whether his definition included liquors shipped in carload lots. The faots were in this case that the shippers delivered the bottles to the railroad company?each marked bnt not wrapped ?and they were packed in the car in sawdust by the railroad company aed delivered to the agent in Florence. When the opinion was filed there at once arose considerable doubt as to whether Judge Simonton's definition covered such a shipment. The attorneys in the case appeared before Judge Simonton in Greenville and he issued the following order, which shows very clearly all that he intended to convey in his definition of the meaning of the term: United States of America. District of South Carolina. In the Circuit Court. In Equity. Fourth Circuit S. Guckeuheimer, A. S. Guckenheimer \f ft nn.iiftrtn?r( trading as S. Guckenheimer k Sons, complainants, against W. W. Sellers, F. M. Davis, etal., defendan ts. Decretal Order. This cause came on to be heard, on the bill, the rale to show cause and the retarn thereto. Hearing the same, and the argument of the counsel thereon, , and after due consideration thereof, and it having been alleged in the bill , and shown at the hearing by affidavit that each of the bottles of liquor mentioned in the paper was shipped and | delivered to the oommori carrier, , singly, sealed and marked, qr in pick, ages of two or more bottles securely . fastened together and marked, aha . transported in a car of the carrier and under control of the carrier. ( and so received from the carrier and offered for sale in the State of South Carolina in the same form and oondi, tion in which it was shipped, ana so each bottle or package of tiro or more | bottles as aforesaid was and is an orig. inal package within the scope and meaning ef the opinion filed in this case dated August tth, 1897? It is ordered, adjudged and decreed, That a temporary injunctian do issue as prayeu xur iu tuo uiii, iv icmaiu iu fall force end effect, until the final hearing of thia cause and the farther order of the court. Charles H. Simoxton, Circuit Judge. August 10, 1897. EELERBB TAKES A HAND. Got. Ellerbe bai taken a hand in the original package matter, and it is likely that hie action will precipitate another hearing in the United States Court looking to a direotdeoision upon the carload lot question, despite the fact that it is generally conceded thai the order in the Gaokenheimer ease will settle the matter definitely and finally. It has been asoertaiaea that the attorneys interested in the several cases heara together recently have asked Judge Simon ton to prepare separate orders in eagh case. Gen. Barbed was in Greenville, in the agricultural hall case hearing, and it is thought that he will arrange to have the orders issued without further delay. The 'Governor has received the following dispatch signed by Chief Fant: "M. Friest & Co.. of Savannah have shipped a carload of liquor in bottles, bulk and packed in straw, billed as follow*: '98 quarts, 098 pints, 650 halfpints, 600 bottles of beer,' oonsigned to themselves as agents. Please advise.'' Got. EUerbe wired Chief Fant that iJ the attempt was mads to sell any ox the stuff by the bottle vo seise it forthwith., TO RESTORE HEALTH. A Government Inspector Has Been Asked For Clemson College. Ths board of trustees of Clemson college are making every endeavor to have the college open next month with i the usual attendance and no pains will be spared to take all possible precautions against a recurrence of the recent epidemic of fever at the college. Last week Gov. Filler be had considerable to say about what the board has been doing and he gives it as his opinion that parents can well ailoro to send their boys to Clemson in September, resting assured that they w ill be in no danger whatever. Though the State board of health, in accordance with the law, asked the detail of an experienced government officer to go to Clemson acd get at the causes of the recent epidemic and superintend whatever work is necessary to forever remove those oauses. In speaking of the matter he Baid: "The trustees of Clemson college are determined to take every step to put the Clemson college buildiqgsin goodsani artr condition and to remove all causes of the recent epidemio of fever and to prevent a recurrence. All the recommendations of the State board of health, which made an inspection of C'lemson college after the fevjr, will be carried out "The trustees ins;ructed rge, as Governor, to request the State board of health to ask l)r. "Wyman, the surgeon general of the marine hospital service, to sand an expert sanitary engineer and bacteriologist to Clemson to examine the buildings and grounds with a view to assisting in the work of putting them in a satisfactory sauitary condition and prevent ally recurrence of fever in the future." The return of Prof. J. S. Newman to the college will prove of great benefit to the institution. Prof. Newman is regarded as one of tho best men the college has ever had. He will again take charge of the very important department of agriculture. / 7 ;' ' ~r'" 7 ' "f T " ' ' . ? I FODDER PULLING IN PROGRESS. Cotton Is Shedding Leaves, Squares, and, in a Few Instances, Young Bolls. The following is the South Carolina Crop Bulletin, as issued by J. W. Bauer, section director, Columbia, for the week ending Aug. 10th: The greater portion of the week was hot and d ry, and crops over the eastern portions of the State lost conditions very fast, but the general rain of the 0th came opportunely and greatlv revived all falling vegetation and although the weather became unusually cool, the temperatexe began to rise again before any damage resuitea. l'oung corn has commenced to fail rapidly out aside from the slight check in its heretofore rapid growth its condition was not materially impaired. Some leaves were sunburned and damaged as fodder. Fodder pulling is making rapid progress. Corn is apparently filling out quite well, although there are a number of reports of the ears being smaller than usual. The first of the week was too hot and dry for cotton which loBt condition, due to excessive shedding of leaves, squares, and in a few instances of young bolls. The plant turned vellow, and appeared to be dying. The greatest injury occurring I in Hampton, Dorchester, Colleton, Berkeley, portions of Williamsburg, Orangeburg and Sumter counties, but reports of like deterioration came from the eastern portion of the State gener ally and from many sections 01 tne western portion. Premature opening was also reported but this was largely checked by the timely rains and oooler, cloudy weather. Picking has begun actively in the extreme western counties, but will not be general over the State for some time to come. In Edgeheld county blaok spots have occurred on the bolls, having the appearance of rot, and affecting the lint and seeds. The disease is new to the region, and is as yet not very prevalent There are many reports of excessive "weed" without a corresponding pro ai? .1 t??v;i 11 portion 01 iruii, ivniiu blu?u wuvu ? generally heavily fruited. The July crop is fully up to an average over a large portion of the State, and in York, Anderson, and portions of other -western counties better than for many years. Taking the entire State, the present condition, according to speoial full reports, compares favorably with the crop of recent years at the sama date. Tobacco cutting and curing is progressing favorably and ia nearing completion. Worms are destroying young tobaoco in plaoes. Rice is heading and earliest is. ripening very fast; harvesting will begin during the present week. Rice maintains its average high condition except over limited areas. The late rain was very beneficial to upland rice. I*eas are growing very well, although injured in places by the recent hot weather. Pea-vine hay promises a heavy crop. Turnip seeding oontlnues and is favored by the present moist condition of the ground. Early sown turnips did not come up to gooo stands. r-i a. _ -x-x J oweei potatoes we uuu.ig ckuecuiu^t^ well. Complaints of grapes rotting continues. Wine making will soon begin in Oconee. Apples are not uniform over the State. Some late peaches are a fine orop. Gardens failed rapidly. Hav is a heavy qrop generally. Sugar cane looking verv promising. Peannts growing well. At a general thing, minor crops suffered less during the week than the staple ones. THE SENATORIAL RACE. There Hay be a Second Election and No Predictions Are Being Made. A special from Columbia to the Atlanta Constitution under date of the 11th, says there is already a good deaj ? * as 4/? a vaonlf aI VI AlgUXlUg ?Ulllg UU ma wst DUO AVotMV Vt the primary on August 81st for Senator, and it is seldom that a result as been so uncertain. Three days before the opening of the primary it seemed as if McLaurin would have a walkover, but thore lias been a considerable change since then. The field?Irby, Evans and Duncan?isunited on one point, all are against McLaurin. A constant fire has been kept up against him on his tariff news, with immense Jabs on many other matters, such as his having dictated the Populist platform( opposed Tillman's policy in the Darlington war, etc. The crowds, with very few exceptions, have been nndemonstra.tive, many of the oounty papers are keeping in the middle of the road, unable to pick the winner, so that it is difficult to judge of the result of this hammering on the young Senator. It is expected that th? vote will be pretty close, a second primary being a probability, and Charleston's vote is a very important factor. J3ut it transpires that a great many voters there are without polltax recefpts, necessary to entitle them to vote, while many others take no interest i;i the result, looking on all the candidntes in much the same light. Polltaxes are always Eiid more generally in election years, ast winter, when the tax was due, manv obkibovku kj pay, nut oa^uuuk an election this year. Then the ward heelers have been accustomed to pay the taxeB of many men to get their votes, but the heelers are not in the field, because no money has been put un by the candidates and the local politicians are not interested. There are hundreds of men who are not affected by the polltax matter who will be absent on summer vacations at election time. So the prospects are that Charleston will give a very small vote. Irby is said to be the favorite there, but the friends of Eyans are putting in hard licks for their man. MoLaurin being conservative would be the natural favorite in Charleston, but the fact that he and Governor ElPerbe are known to be close politically and that Ellerbe is unpopular because of his failure to remove the metropolitan police, has mitigated against him. If the smaller telephone companies eucceed in the undertaking which they have asjvimed they will make talk as cheap as it was in the day of the man .Tvho originated Uie proverb *S>out it. i mi C1PH. Candidates are Stumping the State for Earle's Place. A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECHES. Evans Jumps on Mc.Laurln?Mayfield Wlthdiaws from the Race ? McLaurin Fainted at York Meeting. The following is a brief summary of the Senatorial campaign speeches from day to day. The Newberry Meeting. The senatorial campaign at Newberry was one of the largest, as well as one of the quietast yet held. There was but little hurrahing. Candidate John T. l uncan appeared and said that he entered the race to defend himself, and to disprove any cnarges that might oe made. He said that if any candidate pleaded martyrdom on his account, he could prove evervthing he ever said, and if specific evidence -was wanted he ould get it with accumulated proof. Mr. Evans, about whom Mr. Duncan had no doubt spoken, said that if any one had a.ny personal grievances to settle with him, he could easily be found, and he did not settle personal matters on the stand. This will in all probability settle the matter. All the other candidates spoke along their same old lines on the tariff, etc. After the speaking they were invited to a barbecue vhich had been prepared for them. The Chester Meeting. The senatorial campaign meeting at Chester v.*as largely taken up with personal statements of the rival candidates. Ia r-esponse to Colonel Irby, Senator McLaurin stated that he did not vota for Evans for Senator last year. Evans said that Senator McLairin swore to him that ha would support him and that ha had supported him. McLaurin said that he voted for Duncan on the first ballot and for Earle on the second. He also stated that he was telegraphed to come 1: ome and support Evans, and expected to do so. He heard of Tillman's intention of writing a letter and advised ngainst it, and after the letter came out, ne did not support Evans, Had the letter not come out, he said,he would hare worked and voted for Evans Evans said he could have been made Attorney General, but that he dev i i i - L *_ J_. it. -a ir lined to go dock on irieuua, mm .uu* Laurin g ot his position for voting for Pope, SDd that he (Evans), went on McLaurin's bond. Congressman Strait, in response to a charge from Mr. Mayfield, saic. that Senator McLaurin asked him to go in with him and join the Populist party. McLaurin denied making such;? statement and said that what he was working for and what he mentioned to the Congressman was to try and get ull of the silver forces to join hands; that he attended several conferences of Ihis kind and that Bryan was at one with him. He said he never was a Populist and did not favor the party for State or national purposes. The York Meeting. The Senatorial campaign meeting at Yorkville was quite dramatic. Candfdate Mayfield made good his offer at Chester 1 hat if he could not prove that Senator MeLanrin had tried to organize a Populist party in South Carolina, he would withdraw. He said he was now convinced from Droof Mr. McLaurin had given him, that McLaorin largely prevented Popalist organization in South Carolina. He saia he had done Senator MeLaarin an injustice and would withdraw from the race. Senator McLaurin shook his hand and thanked him amid great applause. Governor Evans said Senator McLaurin I ad invited him to go into the Populist party with him, ana Mr. Mayfield's acceptance of Senator McLaurin's statement put Congressman Strait in a false light, he having said Senator McLaurin made overtures to him. Mr. Mayfleld said he believed Senator McLaurin had worked against State organization. During Senator MoLaorin's speech Congressman Strait Ere his version and many insisted on sitting down. Senator McLaurin said it wi.8 bad enough to be persecuted by three, and Strait had no business intermed dl:ng. Senator McLaurin spoke with such vehemence that he fainted on concluding. He was taken to his hotel and the doctors insisted on his resting for a few days. Messrs. Evans ana McLaurin Showed much feeling toward each other. Col. Irby was unable to attend the meeting on account of an attack of cholera morb'is. The Lancaster Meeting. At Lan Ulster Senator McLaurin being absent Col. Irby and ex-Gov. Evans had the held an to tnemaeives. ine crowd of 300 listened to them attentively. Col. Irby began by disclaiming that he was a "prophet or a son of a prophet," but a few days ago he had said that this race wounj narrow down to Evans and himself and ' 'today it looks as if that propheoy were fulfilled. " Mr. Mayfield had flown the pit and Mr. McLaurin was not here. With these prefatory remarks, Col. Irby then briefly reviewed his political record from his election to the legislature in 1S88 to his withdrawal from the Senatorial rs-oe last year. He was prevented from entering that race because of the enmity he had incurred in opposing the adoption of the suffrage clause by the Constitutional convention. Truth is, ho declared, had Earle stayed out of the race last year "you would have hac. the same * candid lies then m you have today"?Evans. McLaurin and hinuelf? ana the Conservatives would ha re supported McLaurin. Taking up hiti reoord in Congress, Col. Irby said he had cast the deciding vote for the Wilson bill, not that he favored it, but because he thought it preferable to the McKinley bill, which would have been perpetuated for some time had he voted aga .nst the Wilson bill. McLaurin in the House voted for the Wilson bill, but since then he had changed his views. Ic.'cLaurin no longer believed in free raw material, while he did. He favored free raw material because it made the goods used by farmers cheaper. The way to fight protection is to fight it. There is no middle ground, he averred. Some one asked if he favored a direct tax and he answered he did, if it ' . . " " ./ >. v.1 't. j 'jAr > :?- - 'WH were possible to secure the passage of /*? such a law. In conclusion, he divided the Conservatives into three classes, the hyena class, led bv Gonzales, who would vote for the devil himself if he would destroy . the reform movement; the mild Conservatives who were Democrats and who were going to vote for "me;" and the third class who say that all the candidates are scoundrels and they are ^ not going to vote for any of them. * Mr. Evans at the outset of his speech, felicitated himself that he had one of his opponents dead and the other two Bick. It was only by the use of stimulants, he said, that Irby was able to speak today. Irby?The only stimulants I've taken is paragoric. (Laughter.) Mr. Evans, proceeding decried the talk of Irby in opposition to the suffrage clause. In the midst of it he was interrupted by some one in the crowd asking about rebates. Shaking his finger in the direction from whence the * inquiry came, Mr. Evans told his interlocutor "to shut up;" that he had heard those dirty lies last year. They had been disproved and he did not propose to have them told on him any more in the future. They were only harbored in the breasts of such cattle as hisquesi i * - 3: 3 i. I:l. L:? ^ , noner ana 11 ue uia uui u&u ma >ubw? he could "lump it" Mr. Evans, being "V thus aroused, proceeded to denounce the newspaper association and declared they published nothing but the jokes of thespeeches and left the discussion of . the real issue out. The Democratic doctrine demands a tariff for "revenue only" and free raw materials, declared Mr. Evans, andMcLaurin favored neither. Free raw ma- .'M terials, such as wool, sugar, iron were a benefit to the farmer. If manufac- * turer a had free wool which would make 9 cheaper goods and the farmer could therefore buy them for less. "You will : have to repudiate Wm. J. Bryan or McLaurin, for Bryan believes xu free raw material and MoLaurin dosen't," Col Irby and Mr. Evans were asked at the conclusion of their speeches if they favored the Stokes' bill for the curtailment of salaries paid Federal officers. Both answered "yes." The Kershaw Meeting. Kershaw's meeting was held at Camden, and there were in the neighborhood of 500 people present Senator McLaurin was absent, he having not aa yet recovered from his attack of illness at Yorkville. Ex-Gov. Evans opened the debate. He, at the outset recalled the campaign of vituperation and slander of last year, and said that, dared by certain newt papers to mate tnis race, ne nau ooicuy done so and not one had republished the lies against him with which thej were teeming last year. In entering this fi^ht it had been charged that ne was lighting Tillman '*9 by his attacks on McLaurin's tariff position, It is not so, for "I have a letter in my pocket from Senator Tillman, telling me he wonld welcome me as his colleague in the Senate with open arms." After this prelnde; Mr. Evans began to discuss the principle of free raw material and continued at length. Frea raw materials mean raw sugar free of . duty. As sugar was not raised in this f ooYntry it was a great saving to the consumer, But under the protection which Mr. McLaurin favors, on raw sugar the price would go up. The sugar trust, under the Dingley bill, can raise B the price to ten oenta a pound if it wishes. Other free raw materials were spoken of at equal length. In the face, however, of the views held by McLaurin the - Democratic papers of the State are advocating his election. "Why? They are either subsidized or there's a nigger in the woodpile one, I con't know which. The News and Courier editorially denounoed McLaurin'? free raw material doctrine, and yet it is supporting him. I don't know whether }<9 it's subsidized or not If the secret doings in the closets of some other news papers were xnown x suspecimey wouia be sen to be subsidized. I haven't any money to be buying np newspapers with. I haven't $500 to make a present of to an editor. They tell you I grew rich in the Governor's office, but God knows I am a poorer man today than when I was elected Governor." Col. Irby began by charging that Gonzales, "who was virtually governor, " was trying to rob him of the Conservative vote by tailing them that the race was between Evans and McLanrin. fm Gonzales told the Conservatives this because he knew they ' 'hated Evans like the devil hated holy water." He tries to make out I'm running as a loose horse to Evans, but the truth is Evans is running as my stud colt Col. Irby further illustrated his point by comparing what would be Evan's condition v< after the primary to the change that is sometimes made in the equine to which he oonpared him. Col. Irby, however, who is a farmer, used a farmer term to express this change, which term is omitted. Col. Irby then spoke of his record. None of the candidates can attack it, he * - -? J i?a. xL- a? vf? uocmreu, uui uu me uuuwuj, mv Laurin says on every stamp that he Toted right every time. He told how for ten days he held np the Wilson bill, trying to get the duty taken from raw sugar, bnt failing, he cast the deciding vote for the bill, as he thought it pre> ferable to the McKinley bill. Col. Irbv declared he had alway* been a friend of silver. When the Sherman purchasing clause was about to be repealed, a compromise for the free coinage of silver at 20 to 1 was nearly effected, 'he had v-'Jj the deciding vote. He defeated the compromise beause the people wanted silver at 16 to 1. Gonzales undertakes to say that he was against silver be* cause he said he didn't know when the Democrats would win again. "Filled with malice and instigated by the devil, Gonzales undertakes to come in here and cram down the throats of the people a man who advocates Republican doctrines." In concluding, Col. Irby said: "If yon elect me you will have two men in the United States Senate ' not opposing or fighting anybody, bnt I'll do as I have always done by being true to the best interests of the people of South Carolina." Jay Withers, of Philadelphia, has brought suit against his former sweetheart, Minnie Pepper, for $."?,0C0 damages for breach of promise to marry, and also asks for an injunction restraining the defendant from marrying anyone else. We infer that Mr. ith#rs is a very "blue" Jay. "* M .:sj