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%\t Wfak ?rotan at? jlt?jjm WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31, 1894. IS THERE A DEAL? CAL. CAUGHMAN MAKES SENSATIONAL CHARGE AGAINST GOV. TILLMAN Over His Own Signature. The following card from Cal. Caugh man, the independent Democratic can? didate for Congress io the Seventh Dis? trict, is pretty sensational-quite a bomb, io fact, from a political stand? point. The statements made in the card wilt be read wi r.b. great interest : COLUMBIA, S. C.? Oct. 24,1894. To the Editor of the State: For the past ten days I have been absent in the ' country, and on my arrival in Colom? bia I was shown the letter of Dr. Low man, of Orang?barg, to County Chair? man Kinloch, of Charleston. I am mach amused at the expressions of sentiment conveyed in said communica? tion and desire to lay before the voters of the First*and Seventh Congressional Districts the following facts': First. It Is well known in Wash? ington in Republican circles that the conference between B. R. Tillman and George Washington Murray in Septem? ber last developed the following, to wit: That it mattered not how much money was sent by the National Democratic Executive Committee to the First Con? gressional District in behalf of Col. William Elliott, that he, B. R. Till? man, would see that be, George Wash in ton Murray, would receive the certi? ficate at the bands of his returning board, provided he would keep the bands of his constituents tied against voting for any ticket in opposition to the ticket selected by the Ring under the Colletoo plan. In reply to Dr. Lowman's threat in regard to the Re? form vote of the First Congressional ? District being withdrawn from the Hon. William Elliott, I desire to say to the Reform voters of said Congressional district, that if they recognize within themselves that they belong to the Democratic party, they can vote for Col. Elliott without reserve, because he represents everything that pertains to Democratic principles and to the main? tain an ce of the supremacy of the Dem? ocratic party. To the voters, ' both Conservatives and Reformers, of the Seventh Congressional District, I de? sire to say that in voting in the coming election, they cannot vote for J. Wil? liam Stokes, for the following reasons : first. In person be does not repre? sent anything within himself. Second. So far as principles are in? volved, he bas none and is driven by * the winds of the Populistic elements. Third. If you vote for F. C. Caugbman for Congress, you will vote for one who maintains Democratic prin? ciples and does not pander to any ele? ment not consistent with the Demo? cratic party. Fourth. If you cannot see your way clear to vote strictly io accordance , with Democratic principles, represented through me in the past tn sustaining both io the First and Seventh Congres? sional districts, white supremacy prior to Ben Tillman's infamous and cor? rupted administration, I say to you, in consistency vote for Thomas B. Johnston, the regular Republican nomi? nee, who is a candidate tn your district for that position. Before concluding this article, I de? sire to say to the voters of this district, who have not thought of this proposi? tion before, that they had better stop and think for a moment. By way of illustration, I desire to say to them that the infamous and outrageous murder of their respected and honored county treasurer bas been brought about by no other teachings than those of the Popu- . listic theory and doctrine that is being taught by just such men as J. William Stokes and others who have been inculcating those doctrines into the minds of the igooraot and uninformed among our people, leading them to believe that the government owes some? thing to them, which doctrine is incon? sistent with all the principles laid down by the founders and framers of the Con? stitution under which government was established ; that the people must make the government, aod not the govern? ment the people, and until the people learn to realize that they, in their own majesty and greatness, must be the foundation upon which the government rests and maintains itself as a nation among all other nations of the world, they cannot expect even themselves or their government to be respected. F. C. CA?GHMAN. Don't vote a "scratched" ballot against the constitutional convention, or you may lose your vote. The News and Courier has advised it, but it is in error. The York ville Enquirer makes a point, which we were waiting to make when a sufficient supply of "no conven? tion" ballots should be assured, and shows that a printed convention ballot cannot be changed with the pen. The general election law allows ballots for candidates to be "printed or written, or partly printed and partly written" but the joint resolution providing for a vote on the question of calling a constitu? tional convention requires ballots to be "written or printed/' This may be held to mean that a printed ballot changed from Yes" to "No" with pen and ink is illegal Printed "co con- ; vention" ballots can be obtained freely j next week, so on no account should voters take the risk of using others - The State. Tho Constitutional Convention "No" ballots will be abundant on election day. May they completely snow under the "Yes" ballots. Stern & Co., wholesale dealers in men's furnishing goods, New York, failed on the 24th, and L. S. Stern com? mitted suicide by jumping into the Cen? tral Park reservoir. Secretary Hoke Smith has requested the Secretary of War to send troops to Indian Territory to suppress the lawless bauds which have been operating there and in the adjacent country. There is danger in the curling tongs where a girl doesn't get the right twist on them. A girl in Pennsylvania recently put her eye out by letting the iron slip from her bangs into ber eye. Cumberland Island, Ga , is to be transformed into, an all the year-round resort. Several Northern capitalists have formed a company with ?3,000, 000 to develop and beautify the island. A Hotel to rival the Ponce de Leon will be erected. The trial of eleven persons accused of white cap outrages bas created such excitement in St. Frances county. Ark., that more than 500 people have moved in Helena, the oounty seat, and camped. They come prepared to. re? main until the trials are concluded, not less than a month, as 150 witnesses have been summoned. A special from Sturgio, Ky., says : A fearful and death-dealing plague of diphtheria is raging opposite Caseyville, III., and comos can hardly be furnished fast enough with which to bury the dead. Not fewer than forty deaths have occurred within the week. It is not uncommon to bury two children in a single coffin. A mau from across the river arrived at Caseyville to-day for the fifth coffin, furnished in one family. Tbe Home Product Co-operative Life is not a "wild cat" scheme. It is based oe sound principles, and experience of all life insurance from tbe beginning of the business. It is new and avoids tbe errors of tbe old. Dr. J. A. Mood will be the medical examiner in chief, and they intend to require as careful examina? tion as any insurance company. When Baby was bick, we gave her Casto ria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she becarrte Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castor* Say! You Bee-Keeper! 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