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THE CAMPAIGN" OF EDUCATION. An Object Lesson on the Stump ?ia Laurens. Laurens, Aug 4.-The great edu cational campaign evolved into a slogging match today It was some what the unexpected which happen ed. Frank B Gary and A Howard Patterson had a rough and tumble fight before a thousand Laurens peo pie, meo and women. They fought with desperation and determination until Jim Tillman and others separat? ed them, and then they wanted to get back at each other Had the .accident occurred years ago in this county, when there were a cartload of pistols at a meeting, there would have been funerals here tomorrow, but now ail the feeling seems to be between the candidates Today the result was two badly bruised faces and emphasis on the style of cam? paigning going on, and if others showed the same spirit there would be many more fieticuffs from day to day. At today's meeting Mr Patter son in his speech attacked Mr Gary about his Charleston speech, reading the clippings and making the state ment published Mr Gary thought this persistent effort was to make it appear, indirectly, that he straddled in Charleston, or favored a local option while in Charleston with the license feature, which he insisted was not the case, and Patterson's effort by reading extracts was to ??lace him in a false position as to what he said, and bis attitude on the liquor question When Mr Gary's turn came to speak he immediately replied that he did not "straddle," and that bis posi tion then as now was plain. Mr Pat iereon was sitting about five feet behind where Mr Gary was speaking, and Mr Patterson got up and he said : "Mr Gary, I want to explain something " Mr Gary turned square ly around and said : "Xow, Mr Patterson. I want to ask you plainly is what i have said about that Charleston matter true V7 Mr Pat terson said he would explain Mr Gary replied there was no use to explain, but insisted on knowing whether what he had just said about the whole matter was true cr not Mr Patterson went on io say the candidates would not agree with Mr Gary, or something cn that line, and said he dared him to prove his state? ments by any of the candidates Mr Gary insisted on a direct reply as to whether his statement about the Charleston speech was true or not By this time the two men were with in arm's length, looking nerceiy at each other and, DO doubt, looking for a blow ' Mr Patterson said that if he was not allowed to explain be must deny wbat Mr Gary bad said was correct. Mr Gary then said : "If you say my statement is not correct you say what is not so." The two men join ed. Patterson streck out and claims to have hit first There was not a second's difference in the passage of blows. Patterson 6truck Gary an up handed blow unce: the left eye, which cut the skin fer half an inch long. Gary hit Patterson on the mouth and cut the Hp and struck him under the eye It was not a minute before half a dozen men were around the two combatants ; they were up against each other, clinched, and several blows were passed, but they were pulled apart. Gary was taken toward the front of the stand and Patterson to the rear They said nothing, but were eager and watch ing Crowds pressed up to the stand, some yelling for one candidate and some for another. By the aid of two policemen. Sheriff McCravy. Senator Tillman and Chairman Smith, those who belonged on the stand were instructed to get back and sit down, and those who did not belong on the stand to get off At tb?3 time the candidates had mopped their faces and wiped the blood from their bruises. When quiet was restored Mr Gary faced the audience Somewhat dis bevelled and bruised, and quivering ali over and with clinched hands, he spoke out, and said when he left he decided he would be a gentleman and give no possible offince to any one, and in turn he would not take any insult from any one He had treated Mr Patterson as a gentleman and a friend, but he had gone too far, and he would allow no man to insuit bira without hitting him in the mouth. Mr Gary apologized with feeling and almost tears for having fought before ladies, and expressed his deep regrets at the incident Then he went on and concluded his speech, cutting it here and there Mr Patterson was allowed to make a statement and said he was very sorry for the occur:euee He did not like such things He and Mr Gary had been warm friends and he had been a stanch friend of the family, but whenever a man told him he lied be tried to put his fist in his mouth and give bim the best he bad in his shop. VVhen the two combatants had taken their seats a policeman, who looks like the pictures of Mr Dinkel? spiel good naturedly held out his hand and said the disturbance would cost each of the combatants $5. or they would have to go before the ! Mayors Court. Mr Gary paid his $5 j and Mr Patterson followed suit. I The officer, when asked about the matter, said it always cost that amouut for a fight io town, but the combatants could go to Court if they wanted and they might get back their money, but they had only one role. Mr Patterson and Mr Gary left the stand after the speech of Gary. It so happened that they were guests at the same house, but ODe of them has changed his stopping place. Through the efforts of Clerk ot Court Boll Mr Patterson and Mr Gary met shook hands and agreed to be frinds and comrades as when they entered Laurens. Of course neither of the contestants was hurt to any extent After the scrap it was up hill work for all the candidates until Tillman was presented and he was received with enthusiasm Ile whooped things up and had the boys hurrah I ing. He took a hand primary, and called me up to the front to note the vote Not a dozen voted for prohi? bition but when it came to vote for the dispensary pretty much every ODe voted, and there was one of those old time dispensary fields of upraised hands Tillman was happy and so did every one else seem to be, and be remarked that there was nothing much in the talk of six hundred tigers in Charleston and twv huodred in Columbia, and he puts no faith io this talk, and commented on the evi? dences, of there being no tigers about Laurens, and that there were not near as many tigers as some tried to make out. The crowd was quite large and in the best humor. RURAL FREE DELIVERY. The rural free mail delivery is evidently a greater achievement than we once thought, judging from the eagerness of differeut claimants to get the credit of its establishment, although we believed from the first that it would bring more tangible results and more actual pubiic service to the masses of the people than any other public measure passed by con gress in many years. Several papers in the State have published an article signed by "One Who Knows" giving Congressman Latimer large credit for the establish ment of the rural free delivery sys tera and recently Congressman Nor ton has been reported as claiming the honor of establishing the system The truth of the matter is that Dr J. Wm Stokes from this district deserves the honor and the distinction of hav? ing carried the measure successfully through congress although he does not claim to have originated the scheme. Others in previous years tried and failed : but Dr Stokes took up the wort and prosecuted it with such ability and persistence that he sue j cesded in having the system put in j operation Doubtless other congress j men from this State and other states cooperated with him, but he was the recognized leader and champion of the measure. To sustain our conten? tion we quote the following from j Congressman Griggs, one of Geogia's i ablest representatives, who published ! in an Atlanta paper a complete his tory of the rural mail matter Mr Griggs says : ''The next year (1898) congress gave $300,000 to continue experiments in this direction My recollection is that the department j asked for only $150,000, and the committee recommended that amount on the floor of the house Hon J Wm Stokes, of South Carolina a fast friend of the farmer, moved to make it $300.000 and it passed in that shape " This ought to show that Dr Sitokes is the one people should thank for the successful! culmination of the free rural mail delivery. Moreover, he had the service extended and applied along all star routes throughout the State, beginniog July 1st The people along these routes are enjoy ing the benefits of better mail facili? ties It may be added that Congressman Griggs from whom the above is quot? ed is a prominent member of the Postcffice Committee of the House and hence is a position to know the actual facts in the matter -Orange burg Patriot ---r?- ? . - A Mother Tells How Sho Saved Her Little Daughter's Life. I ara the mother of eigbt children and bare j had a {rreat deal of experience wj-.h medicines L^st summer nv little daughter had the dys? entery ;n i 13 worst form. We thought she would die ? tried everything I could think of hut nothing seemed to do her any good I Saw by an advertisement in our paper that Chamberlain's Cohc, Choler* and Diarrroi Remedy w?3 highly recommended and *eot and got a tonie at once. It prove' tone or.e of the v?ry best medicines we ever had in the bous* It eavc-d my little :i?i:gh:er:e life. I am aux.ous for every mother to know what an exce?co? medicine it i?. Had I known it at first it wouid have saved mea grest deal of anxiety mid my litt'e daughter much guff.-ring -Yours truly, Mrs. Geo. F. BurdiekJ Liberty, R. I. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. - - . ? ? ? - Walhalla, Aug 4 -Lightning strack the Baptist parsonage at Westminister yesterday afternoon killiog Henry M Simpxoo and serioaaiy injuriog T N Hall and M A. Terrill All three are promio nt citizens Mr. Simpson leaves a large family He was a most consistent member of tbe Baptist Church, a mao cf worth and he bad many good friends everywhere. The Latest From China. Advance on Pekin-Tien Tsin Again Attacked. LODOOD, Aug. 6, 4 a. m.-The AmericaD and British torces began to advaDce OD Pekio last Thursday, ac? cording to a dispatch dated Aug. 2, ! from Tieo Tsio to the Daily Express, j "The main body of the allies," con I tioaes the correspondent, "marched i July 30. Gen. Cbaffee was delayed ! by difficulties of disembarkation Gen Derward, the British oommander, had no such obstacles and his delay is in? explicable. "The other foreign troops are now half way to Lofa. The force includes 20,000 Japanese under Gen. iarua oouoba, and 10,000 Russians. The British force totals 9,000 aed the other foreign troops 7,000. We are weak in artillery "On Aug. 1 a strong force of Chinese from the native city attacked Tieo Tsin. By a series of brilliant charges oar troops drove the enemy from their positions. The native city is still defiant and thc allies are un? willing to march troops through its streets, as this would mean an immense slaughter. When the Chinese saw to large a body of troop9 marching west? ward, they apparontly believed they woald have an easy victory over those who were left." Big Chinese News Via Paris. Paris, August 5-7 p m -Cheng, director general of railways and tele? graphs, has just communicated to the consuls at Shanghai, according to a I special dispatch to the Temps, dated I August 5, an imperial decree, dated August 2, authorizing the foreign ministers in Pekin to communicate without restriction with their Govern ments and ordering their departure foi: Tien Tsin under a good escort The French foreign office has received the following dispatch from the French consul at Cue Foo, dated August 2 : ' The Governor of Moukden. in a proclamation, has urged the people of Manchuria to massacre Christains. Nearly all the missions have been destroyed. The missionaries have organized for defence and are assisted by other Christians " ADVANCE GUARD REPULSED. Paris August 5 -The Shanghai j correspondent of the Temps, tele ! graphing today, says: "The number of allies leaving j Tien Tsin is no better known here than are the facts as to the march itself, but it is rumored that the ad vance guard has been repulsed THOUSANDS OF HEATHEN WERE PROBABLY KILLED. j Washington, Aug b\-The following j cablegrams were today received at the J navy department : Chefoo. Acs 6. : Bureau Navigation, Washington. British Fame report?, unoffioial, en I casement at Peitsang. Sunday morn? ing ; thrco to 10 30 ; allied lo*a hided j and wounded 1.200; chiefly Russians j and Japiricse. Chinese retreating ! Taussig. Chefoo, Aog 6. Bureau Navigation, Washington. Unofficial report believed reliable ; about 16 000 allies heavily engaged Chinese at Peitsang daylight of the 5th. Remey. According to the information in pos-1 session of the war department the town of Peitsang is at tbe bead of tide water no the Pei Ho between eleven and twelve miles by road beyODd Tieo Tsio. [t is a village of mad nu's, of consid? erable siz.9, but not walled Tbe river at this point is not navigable by any thing larger than a good sized steam launch, and it is thought that the troops probably reached thero in small boats, towed by the naval lauocr.es Tbe oonotry u*\ aheg the river between I Pekin aod Tien Tsin is a law. alluvial J plain almost impassible fer wheeled j Vfbicie* io the wet season and uo'Jer ?quite a high state of cultivation. It presents no natural defensivo foaturcs, aod the war department kcow* no strategetic reason why the Chinese should have made a stand lhere rather .! than at any other of tbe dozen villages ! east of tbe walled town of Tung Chow, i where is stored an immense amount of j provisions upon wbicb the city of Pekin I would have to depend in case of siege. From the fact that the engagement lasted seven and a half hours, it is j argued in the department that cither j the Chinese must have been heavily j intrenohed or that there was an I immense horde of them to s?ubboroiy j ct>otc5t thc advance of the 16 000 ! international troops. It ia Sgured by I military experts that a loss of 1,200 j killed and wounded on the part of the i allies probably means a los-* of three *o j six times as many by tbe Cbinepe. It j is pefsible that a blow of this maproi j tude may break tho resistanco of tbe j CMoese to the advance of the foreign j column, but. on the other band, it is j possible that this may bo ono of a large j Dumber of places on tbe rood that have I been intrcoohed with a view to falling I back and contesting thc foreign advance ! to as to delay as long as possible the ar? ! rival of tbe foreigner* at Pekio. UOICPS ? the opposition soddenly breaks down, ! thc military experts look for a desperate . engagement when the troops reached i the walied city of Tung Chow, which j is said to be even a more favorable located for purposes of defense tbao was Tieo Tsto. MORE SERIOUS ON YANG TSE KIANG. j Paris, Aug G.-Tbe Freocb consul I at Cbuog King telegraphs under date I of Aug 3 that thc situ&tion is becoming i more serious oo the npper Yang Tsc ! Kiang. The English consul, be says, bas left, with the custom bouse staff, and tbe French consul intends to leave, with bis Japanese colleague. The mail service bas been stopped LI HUNG CHANG MAKES A STATEMENT. Berlin, Aug 6 -The German for j eign office announces this evening j that it had received no fresh China' news and that it doubted whether the j advance of the allied forces from Tien T8i'n had begun The Lokal Anzeiger publishes an interview which Dr Zaker, its special China correspondent, had with Li Hung Chang, 3t Canton, July 5 - Earl Li told the correspondent that the Boxer? were not rebels but were true to the royal house Their movement, he explained, was direct ! ed chiefly against native Christians, who had been using international protection to oppress the Boxers With reference to the missionaries be said : "It is roy firm conviction that the missionaries are always in danger, for the relations between the Chinese population and foreigners have been the cause of nearly all the troubles and will continue to be " Earl Li went on to say that Chi nene hatred of foreigners had been increased of late through the action of the powers, particularly in the seizure of Kiao Chou, which he de scribed as "an exhorbitant penalty for a couple of missionaries " Referring to the murder of Baron von Ketteier, German minister at Pekin, be gave a positive assurance that neither Prince Tuan nor any other member of the government knew of the intended killing, and he also declared that Baron von Ketteier was not killed because he was a German, but simply because he was a foreigner In a word, he was a j victim of the Chinese hatred of for- j eigners. "The Chinese government is not strong enough to put down the Boxers," said Earl Li. ' but the thought of accepting assistance from the powers to put them down is extremely repugnant to the govern ment " In reply to a question as to who was the head of the central govern ment, he said it was administered by Prince Tuan in the name of the emperor. I It is ia the St"te m Which it j ! Was Originally Chartered, i Columbia, Acg. 4 -A decision bas j been handed down by the State supr?me j court in the case cf John Wilson, as ! administrator of the estate of Noah Y. Wilson, of Fairfield, deceased, ag inst j the Soar.bern Railway Company, the result of which is a virtual nullification of tba act of the general assembly makiog domestic corporations out of corporations chartered in another State and subsequently chartered in this State. The legislature passed au act wirb a view of reaching such corporations as tbe Southern Railway and others through the channels of tbe State oourts in matters of suits brought against such corporations. The act provided that such a corpora? tion should be subject to the jurisdiction of this Srate as fully as if it were origi I ally creaked under the iaws cf tbe State of South Carolina. The case in which this decision is rendered was ao4 action brought in the ?;ourt of common plea? for Fairfield j Ocuory for damages for tba alleged I negligee t killing of plaintiff's intestate! by the defendant corporation anil result ! ed in a jadgmcnt io favor of ?be plain? tiff fer $4,500 A petition and bond for tbs removal of thc cause to the circuit court of the United States on j the ground cf diverse cit:zeoship wcie duly offered, and Judge Buchanan was j asked to proceed no further except to ; pa^s an order for removal. This WES ! refused and notice of appeal and c-scec- ! tiona were immediately filed After j ?judgment cn the verdict cf the jary j i exceptions were taken to thc order ! refusing to reuiove to the rulinc eom pelling thc defendant to proceed to trial and to the judgment and ruling of the court Salina. Kan , Aug. 5,-Union : Pacific eastbound passenger train No. 4, ; which left Denver last night W23 held I up by two men several miles west or ; j Hugo, Coi., 90 miles tbis aide of j I Denver. The passengers in :ne Pull-; maa sleepers were robbed of their \ money and valuables An old man j named Fay, a resident of California, j refused to surrender his valuables and | fired a shot at one of thc robbers, but j missed Thereupon the robbers fired, ooo shot enteriog Fay's mouth and coming one at thc back of his bead, killing bim almost instantly. The robbers stopped the train, jomped off and escaped. "Cupid's Victory," a new song, fiords by W. Lionel Moise; music by May rquires Williams-for sale by H. 0. Osteen k Co. ! Preaching Prohibition. Methodist Minister in Colum? bia Takes up the Work. j Columbia, August 5 -The Rev. I W. K Richardson, pastor of the j Washington Street Methodist Church, i preached a prohibition sermon at the I regular service tonight. He came ? out against the Dispensary as well as ? all kinds of liquor selling Fol ? lowing is a synopsis of the sermon, j the text being from ll Chronicles xx, J15: This was Gods answer to the prayer j of the King of Judah in the time of national peril It takes a great crisis to bring out the spiritual forces of character Such a crisis came to the King of Judah. His kingdom was about to be invaded by a vast army In this extremity the religious nature of the king was fully disclosed. Standing in the midst of his people Jerusalem, he offered a petition which, in beauty and pathos, is un equalled in the worlds literature It was a grand picture-a king praying for his people in a time when nation al disaster seemed to be inevitable. God's answer to his prayer is a deda? ration that the cause of truth and righteousneess is God's cause No cause that is based on truth is ever utterly defeated The principle contained in the text that every righteous cause is God's battle is au encouragement to those who are en gaged in the work of moral reform Everywhere reform is the watchword of the day The whole world is permeated with the spirit of reform Throughout the length and bredth of our own land the cry for reform is heard. There is the evil of the liquor traffic The giant evil in this worid is the liquor traffic legalized, and that, too,in a large measure by the votes of men who profess to be on God's side in the battle against wrong. It is impossible to exagger ate the evil which result from the sale of intoxicating 'liquors. From whatever standpoint it is con sidered, the liquor traffic, un? der whatever legislative system it is conducted, is the greatest curse that has ever scourged the human race That the liquor traffic is a moral evil is so obvious that I would not have considered it necessary to discuss this phase of the question had not one of our political leaders a few days ago made the assertion that the "Ten Commandments have nothing against selling liquor, and the Bible makes liquor selling permissible." It is true there is uothing in the Ten Com? mandments against selling liquor Neither is there anvthing against drunkenness or gambling or arson. But is drunkenness any the le&s a sin because it is cot prescribed in the decalogue ? Is gambling or arson any the less a crime because it is net specifically condemned in the Ten Commandments ? Selling liquor in men to violate eveiy one of the Ten Commandments. As to the Bible making liquor selling permissible, the most charitable construction that can be put upon that assertion ?3 that it was made by a man who is profound? ly ignorant of the Scriptures The advocates of the liquor traffic do not scruple in their irreverence to slander the character of our Saviour by claim ing that his example justifies selling and drinking intoxicating liquors. Christ neither used nor sanctioned the use of distilled liquor or "brandied wines." 1 am frequently asked why 1 oppose the dispensary. 1 Because the dispansary, in charac? ter, in principle and aim is identical with the bar room. Change of name does cot involve change of character. Tbe restrictions thrown around the dis pecsary do not iift it abc ve the level cf thc bar room. Tbe dispensary, sell? ing, as it coes, intoxicating liquors as a beverage, making drunkards, is cn tbe same ievel with tbe bar room, and therefore ? can no more endorse tbe one than the other. The grounds on which [ fought thc bar room are the grounds 02 which I fight the dispensary. li The S3?liog uf intoxicating liquors as a beverage is either morally right or morally wrong. The question admits cf no alternative. There is no neutral ground. If selling intoxicating liquors as a beverage is morally right, theo any 2egis!ar:ve enactment which discriminates against it is an injustice, and i: ought to be put on tbe same foot iog as seiiiug drugs, or dry goods, or groceries, or any other linc of merchan? dise. On the other hand, if sell.ng intoxicating liquors as a beverag? is morally wrong, no legislative enact? ment can mas? i? right, and it is not a ! oatter cf police regolai:ou, bot of sup? pression The State cannot engage in ; a business thai is morally wrong with i cut debauching herself. A citizen cao not vote to license a business that is morally wroog wuboot committing an immoral action. I challenge any man to point out any other position that the State as the individual citizen oan occupy with regard to thc iiquor traffic. o The dispensary is a political machine. From its very inception it bas been a source of political corrup* lion It was conceived in sin, born in iniquity, and projeoted as a demagogi? cal scheme. There is a mat ked differ euee between a Reformer and demago? gue. The end which a Reformer has io view is the highest welfare of the people ; the objective point of the demagogue is office While professing great love for the dear people, claiming to bc tbe champion of their cause : the defender of their rights, and their deliverer from oppression, the d?mago? gue appeals to their prejudices, stirs ap the worst passions of human oatare - creates a bitter partisan spirit ; hood? winks tho ignorant masses by his false promises and political trickery, and ail tho while oe bas bis eyes fixed on tbe spoils of office. The dispensary was originated, not by a Reformer as a step towards prohibition, but by a dema? gogue as a political machine to be osee in advocating the most unprincipled political principle that bas ever cursed a people 4. I oppose the dispensary because it is au unrighteous business, a sic against God and a crime against humanity. I give barkeepers credit for being consistent. They are not Prohibition? ists. They oppose the dispensary be? cause the State bas monopolized their trade, and they contend that it is no just for tbe State to deny to any citizen tho right to buy and seil the same articles of trade that tbe Stare is engag? ed in buying aod selling From their point of view, I mast say that tbeir complaint is reasonable and just. Bat Prohibitionists take higher grounds than that. They stand on the principle that the liquor trafilo, whether conduct? ed by the State or by individual?, is a moral wrong. Tbe dispensary was a compromise, aod no great moral qaes tion is ever settled by compromise Reformations and revelations never gc backward. The fight against the drunkard-making, cr ?me-producing politics corrupting, borne-wrecking; soul destroying dispensary is God's battle. Alabama's Illiterate Will be Debarred. Birmingham, Ala, Aug 6 -A gen? eral State election for State and county officers and for members of the general assembly was held ic Alabama today and a large majority was returned for the Democratic ticket headed by Wm J Samford of Lee county, who will be inaugurated as governor on Dec 1. The Republicans, Populists and Prohibitionists had tickets in the field, but returns so far indicate vic? tory for the Democrats by an over? whelming majority. The Populists and Republicans will together possibly have 12 of the 13c members of the legislature, a loss of about 50 per cent. The Democrats have elected county officers in several counties which have heretofore been strongly Populistic. General apathy marked the election and a light vote was cast. Reports are slow in coming in and Capt Smith cf the State Democratic congressional committee, gives out no figures, but it is estimated that the majority will be more than 5,00G. The only issue was a test on the question of holding a convention which wiil elimate the negro from politics It was carried by a large vote, the Democrats being almost soiidlv in favor of the convention. The War in South Africa. i London, August 4.-Lord Robert* j telegraphs to tbe war office that Gec j Sunter reports that 3,348 men have j surrendered to bim altogether. Gee Hunter also secured 5,046 horses and three guns. Lord Roberts adds that Gen. Hamil? ton oontioued his movement toward Rosenberg and eogaged the Boers ic the Magaliesburg range Thureday. Lteut Col. Rbodes and Major G. A Williams were among the forty-one British wounded. The Boers left twe dead and several badly wounded. Thursday night a train was derailed and attacked twenty miles sooth of Kroonstad, four men being killed ao? three wounded. Lord Algernon Leo oox and forty men were made prisoc ers, but were released at the request of the American consul general, wbo was 00 tbe train. A Boer force was attacked by Gee. Knox near the railway north of Kroon? stad Wednesday. August 1, and "left fi^e wagons and a ioc of cattle A d:spatch from Pretoria, dated August 4. to a oews agency here says : .?It is reported that Gen. Christan De Wet is dead from a sb*H wound. Tho report bas no: been eon firmed v _--^m&~ ? ? ? ^w^ The Cly-pia, Granby and Richland mills of Columbia will jointly operate a paid ? re department Tbe operatives' bou?es of these mills are cot within the citv li nits The apparatus wiil consist of one - horse chemical engine, one 2 horse hook aod ladder truck and two 1 horse hose wagons. The lat;er will cany 600 feet of hose Xo steam engine wiil be required 3S the hydrant will be supplied directly by fifty pouods. pressure. A full supply of regular numbers of Hawkes7 celebrat? ed glasses on hand, and persons in need of glasses and whose eyes have no complicated trou? ble can be promptly fitted. Prices reasonable. H. 6. OSTEEN & GO., Book Store.