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, , , _ ^ 1^1 ih?i i ^ ^^' '" ~r"t":"" """": -.:i. . ^ ^ ^ ' 1 i . ! mmmrnrn ^ ^ 1. .' " "|!' mi ""'jg1".11. VOL. XLVI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1890. NO 44. :i C r.AMI'AIGX JISXTINGS. l A GOOD CROWD ATTEND TO HE A 3 J THE CANDIDATES. S[iecciics ?>v OiifkiKtu on >i<lc?iiistussiiis: ti>e State (Jovcriimoit in Various Aspects. * *ri/IU LiJt :ia.i . The meet" ' ordered by 'no Democratic Sta Executive Committee was held ol Knetiiu pmeut ground on "Wednesujty. The speakers arrived from Greenville on the early ^ morning train. Just before ll o'clock, the hour lisedforthe'meeting,a procession was i'ormed headed by the Gleudale band. ?uk1 comprising the carriages con.. *1 , 'rl.rk I I Ll\/ iLLi.ll LliKJ i vtv. committee, with several vehicles bringing up tli j it-iii . At the Encampment giounds there had assembled about I SOt) men. amoug whom was u little' K sprinkling of ladies. After calling the meeting to order County Chairman Carson introduced. [ :t:> the lirst speaker of ifee day GENERAL JOHN BRATTON, of Fairfield, a candidate for Governor, j General Brat ton's speech was a calm 1 yet strong presentation of tlie evils i'i oiu which he considered the people r. f South Carolina. and indeed of the United States, to be sufiering. Conceding fully ilie right and the duty of the people to look after tlicir local rJi'airs, he yet warned his auditory t tl-tit she evils of the present, the dangers to the future of the people lay in the aggressions of the central au- J iLority?striking at the liberties, of the people, which underlie then- prosperity. He deprecated the hasty ov groundless criticism of public servants, bespeaking i\ >r each a fair hear ing?a full inquiry into Lis official j couduct. He reviewed tlie history of i c?iir people since the war?their sub- j j'. ction lirst to military tyranny. then to iiadical misrule?and their selfrvscue in 1876. He warned the peopie lest, deceived by a sense of secuxi^ ly, and misled by improper presentation of our conditions, they lose hight ci the great troubles growing out of i-Yderal legislation. The charges against the State .government serve chieiiy to distract tiie people s attention from tlie greatest trouble?ilie machinations and aggressions of the lCadicals controlling the Federal government. Ho made an earnest appeal > for unity?for a solid front against % the common enemy?and closed by r urging upon the young men specially the duty and the need of making a tight on principle and i'or principle. col. Joseph h. eaele -vas next introduced. He opened by saying that he wasf-roud of his State, his people, and Lis party?a party that is the rcpresentive of no class? that is not a faction?that is. indeed, the very people themselves. Grave | charges had been made against the " State government. Are these true.' r'^^tlK-re Liu. ongaiciiy: jls a-etc ;ui aristocracy? Is tliere political leprosy in youth Carolina? Where are the sores?where the rottenness about which. so much has been said? Those who make such charges should be ready with specifications and with proof. The true test is?has the government been faithfully and economically administered. If public expenses are one cent more than the public necessities require, those expenses should be reduced. Has tliere been any corruption? Captain Tillman has said there has been none. JULIU .Lie J-UIJS vu miu uv.^wivi.1 F vs itii perjury, in connection with iiie proposed reapportionment of members of the House. If the charge is true. Captain Tillman should prove it. If it is not, he should withdraw it and apologize for it. Cci. Earle went 011 to say that while he was op posed to free tuition in the University, lie favored the proper maintenance of that institution. He had always favored the agricultural college, but lie was opposed to pulling down either the University or the Citadel. The State should sustain these institutions, but should especially sustain and improve the common schools. ' ' J- ~ ^ *"? jl/-Lfl JL UJLIIIiill .l-UTAl KJ1A\. vJ VlCVlcU Wi U; . wish to destroy the Citadel Academy, L "but was now silent upon that point. || He demanded of Captain Tillman to m declare himself on this point unequivocally. The railroad commissi sioners might properly be elected V by the people, but the fact that the present co?umissioner.s had been chosen otherwise furnished no ground for the charge that they had been "tamed, so to speak." any more than for the charge that the members of the Legislature had been "bamboozled or debauched." There are too many general charges?too few specifications. The people should be slow to condemn their public servants upon charges' loosely made. The oiUeial surely has the right allowed even the common criminal?the rightto demand proof before he can be called to answer accusations. We t?nsr. have no arraying cf class against class. We must recognize the in-j tor-dc-pendence of the different inter- j ests of the people. We must pnrsiieaState policy that will sustain the State's credit and make easy the iVjiding of the State debt at a reduced rate of interest. We must deal with j all questions in a spirit ol' fairness and calmness. Col. Earle then recounted the circumstances attending! the effort, by some of his friends, to nominate him for Governor in 1SSS. He said that, from ilrst to last, he bad positively declined to run. His relations with Governor liichardson I- had been sia-h that Li- accepfcuiee of I the nomination would liave involved L ? a sacrifice of personal honor?and he |?|_ did not believe that the people of South Carolina would asii such a SBl sacrifice of any num. "If any man here think;- i should have violated H ^KOiiiiuence?broken faith with govK.-ruoi Richardson?let him raise his || N raised. I thank vyu ator that approval." Col. Earle closed earnest appeal for a calm dis^fcussion of pending questions, aud for Kttiiv as indispensable tc> the safety skI prospc-ritv of the State. t'ai'TAlX d. tillsaax as greeted with load cheei nig wiiieli hnlinuecl during the i'ev.- minuteso:n ^.-M>T\lriVA.l il> !1V. igiiig sonic papers and s:u-moranila the table in front of bi?n. Kc nmpneed by oxpresoiag himscli A io mee t tiie people of Spartan J bur? where, it apper. eel, the Farm-1 J ers1 Moveme nt had not seemed to ! impress tlio peopk strongly. He j felt that the attendance of so many ' farmers at this season showed that : there was a feeling deep down m tbeir | | hearts that brought them out?a feeli iiig that there was something wrong, j which ought to be lighted. This has i been termed a campaign of education, i And so it should be. There should i be a free and fan- discussion. "They j are prodding me on all sides, but I j mean to prod back, if I am nothing | but a clodhopper. I am here in re : spouse to duty s call, ine people may now* choose. If I receive the j nomination for Governor, it will "be ! the people's choice. If either Gen. Bratton or Colonel Earle receive it, ' it will be the choice of the ling." Capt. Tinman went on to say that | the- people this State had been the i slaves of an oligarchy for a hundred J years. In those days family and i money ruled the State. Later, the | success over the Radicals had brought | on a lethargy i'rom which it seemed I to rouse the people. Captain Tillman then discussed the matter of representation in Democratic conventions, covering the same ground as in his speaeh at Ridgeway, published some weeks ago. He said one trouble is that the State had been governed almost entirely by attomeys.aided by V.t-? ?-? ah;- TTA /lmn/i/1 it iCVV iliiSl-WiiltiV. lili. JUVi o. . JLI.V UV1UVV.I that he had ever charged the State government with corruption. He then proceeded to discuss at some length the matter of apportionment of representatives, and the failure oil the Legislature to provide for a census. He reiterated and enlarged upon his charge of perjury,upon the part of the Senators who defeated the reapportionment?not moral perjury ? ?/? I'hnco avo Vt/Yr?f?vlVl<* rnf*Tt In it tliey were "politically perjurers." Captain Tillman next took up the department of agriculture, reading from manuscript a carefully prepared reply to Col. A. P. Butler's recent letter upon the subject of the inspection of fertilizers. [The substance : of liis remarks on this point are given elsewhere.] He expressed the belief : that the local papers would not publish this reply, as they had never been fair to him. The farmers, he : said, ought to establish a paper of ; their own, which would do them jus- 1 tice. Captain Tillman strongly urged : ged the use of the primary in electing delegates to the County Conventions 1 that were to send delegates to the , nominating body. In conclusion, he ; made an earnest appeal for free dis- : cussion and fair play?pledging kimlm/1 rm-f liiin i O^JLl IMIU LiJ-vyov >? X?\y ?/*jt.v iii.u. w the front, to stand by the action of < the State Convention, and. if elected, ! to cany out the reforms lie had long : urged. Ke took his seat amid loud < cheering. The close of Captain Tillman's ; speech was the signal for the withdrawal of quite one-third of the au- : diencc. i Speeches were next made by Col. < Gary. Gen. Pope, Gen. Bonham, Mr. Mayfield and Capt. liTarley. Lack of < space prevents any report that would ! "? r* i J _ /? j_i _ _ . jtpproacn a ran* presentation 01 ine remarks of any of these gentlemen. : Gen. Verner -was suddenly called 1 away by a telegram. Capt. Bacon : v as prevented from attending, by s-.ckness in liis family. : A little after 3 o'clock the crowd, ' then reduced to a couple of hundred, j dispersed. Good order prevailed throughout. : X Ueply to Colonel Butler. In t.ie course of his speech at the ! opc-niig meeting of the canvass, at : (jrreenviLie on Tuesday tne iUtn mst., Captain Tillman said: 1 In my speech at Anderson I made ; allusion to the failure of the agricul- i tur?vl department to punish frauds in fertilizers, and I charged in sub- : stance as I charge now: First. That the bureau has made no honest effort to protect the farmers against being swindled by buying guano below the guarantee. Second. That it has not enforced the law or its own regulations. Third. That although the law is known to be defective and the punishment inadequate, no attempt has been made by the board or commissioners to h;ive it amended, except that the matter was mentioned in one of the department repoits several years ago. '* T * < "I 1 J J _ commissioner ?>uuer, m a leuer which has been published in the News and Cornier and other papers, says: "I challenge you to point to one instance where fanners have been- defrauded by manufacturers of fertilizers, where such fraud was not punished with all the power that the department had at its command, or that you make good your charge or retract." t ...;n _L vwju uift'iiunj L/Viupxj ao tu tut; iirst count. The commissioner acknowledges that the penalty of confiscation imposed by law against all fertilizers that are below the guarantee cannot be enforced for the sufficient reason that when the analyses arc made the fertilizer is in the ground?out of reach. The distribution of fertilizers to points of consumption is about December, and they are not all in the ground until May or later. Diuing the last ten years one and a uuarter million tons of j fertilizers passed the onasi-inspec ! tion of oui' agricultural department | and the amount paid by the farmers | for this farcical protection has been j about $300,000. | In Ins letter Col. Butler further j says: "I will say that in my opinion based on official experience, theman? .. lUlU'LUiVi \NiiU UtUWiiRU,* illLCJlipi.r> to defraud the fanner is the exception. and I further believe that, in every case where this has been atj tempted, it has failed of success bcI cause of the department's supervis! ion." Here is acknowledgement that attempts to defraud have been made. There h ive been exceptions to the rule of honest v. Has he ever con iiscaied a single back? No. Then certainly the department supervision has not caused the failure of every attempt to defraud. Up to eighteen months ago Commissioner Butler had at his command a State chemist employed by the year at a salary of $2,000. and analysis ; c Mild "begin as soon as samples were l taken, say the middle of January. In 1SSC per cent, of the ammonial ted fertilizers analyzed were below the guarantees and 20 per cent, of the 4 acid phosphate were' In 1S8G 20 per cent of tiie ammoniated and 9 per cent, of the acids were deficient, and this is about the average of the last three years. Is it possible to sup pose that none ol these dencient brands of fertilizers were ever analyzed. or could not have been analyzed and the fraud found out in time, so that an efficient and zealous official could have found an opportunity to seize and sell some of it before all of it was in the ground? No reasonable man in South Carolina believes it. Suppose, as Col. Butler claims, that the averages of the n-innfactmws oii-iv:.; . ! < $3,GS per ton; what satisfaction was it to a farmer who bought and paid for the deficient brands, to know that some one more fortunate had j got a brand above the guarantee, and was bGins' benefited at bis expense? That he had paid for what he had not received, and that though the fanners paid $30,000 a year for inspecting fertilizers, the inspection was a fraud, his giuuio a fraud, and no punishment meted out to the rogue, except to print his name in italics in a report which not one far mer in hlty ever saw or heard Only 1,500 of these italicized rcpo of analysis were printed in 1881), and I doubt if more than twenty men in Greenville ever saw one. By the way, this system of punishing a rogue by putting his brand of guano in italics ought to be patented. Of course, it is well known that the brand may be changed next season and the italics rubbed out. It is notorious that manufacturers will fill sacks branded in a dozen different ways from the same pile. But the chemist can catch the thief and italicise him again, So, why should we farmers complain.' All, my countrymen, it is tins iatal laxity, this conniving at erimc. this dethronement of law, this political leprosy that permeates our entire governmental fabric and is summed up in one word, "neglect of duty, that is destroying our very civilization itself. "We punish guano frauds with italics; we punish lvn<5h law, which is the result of this laxity, with italics we punish murderers, who have money, with new trials and italics, and the people are sick nigh unto death of such government, and they are determined to make a change. The law governing the sale of fertilizers provides that any one selling guano without branding the sacks giving analysis and manufacturer's name shall pay a line of $10 for each package; tliat the man who delivers or receives sueli package, railroad agent or other person, is similarly liable. Any fertilizer sold not coming up to the guarantee is liable to coniiscation. The injustice or weakness of the law is that it is severe on x dealer failing to brand the sack, but if a man puts sand in a branded sack and is caught it can only be soniiscated. This has never yet been done. It is only italicized. As proof of his charge that the commisioner or his agents had on several occasions knowingly aud wilfully refused to enforce its own regulations. Capt Tillman read letters, which came from a vcrv reputable farmer. Iii reference to the charge that commissioner Butler had done nothing to have the defects in the fertilizer law amended Capt. Tillman said: Col. Butler has held his office since 1ST!) and has drawn $29,000 in salary iind has spent in the agricultural bureau durinsr that time 8300.000. He lias been one of tlie most influential men in the State and the ring which \vc are lighting has stood bv him through thick and thin. He and his political associates had influence enough to defeat the bill I prepared by order of the Farmers' Association in 1886. recoganizing the Board of Agriculture. He was doubtless consulted by Col. You mans in preparing the substitute which was passed in 1887 in lieu of my bill and which is nAxr fVv*v?r? FTn Irnrmr "fine feet in the law, although he and his friends had things all their own way. The provision in my bill punishing fraud in fertilizers by fine and imprisonment was left out in the Youmans substitute He and liis friends had influence enough to elect the present board andtore-elet them,and it stands to reason that if they wantrv/l in -nncc o low in cri-vc nrnf to the farmers it could have been done, but the agricultural bureau was in close alliance with the University and the Citadel. The three had pooled their strength to defeat everything the common farmer wanted and to continue to control the State. The anomaly was presented of an ...u i ji i. l i. - agnciUT/uiamepai tmuiii. uuui^ uss.uj.uu by the country people and defended j by the cities. The agricultural bu-1 reau has never since this agitation i b jgan, save in one single instance, j lacked the solid support of Charles { ton and Columbia, arid the political trust composed largely of merchants, manufacturers and lawyers,and a few aristocratic agriculturists as their allies. i was asked by a gentleman in the audiencc at Anderson where the money spent by the agricultural department went, aud I answered, "I do not know." and told the simple truth. I loiow where Col. Butler's report said it went, but I had not seen it paid out. so I told him to ask Col. Butler. Col. T, J. Moore,, of SiTviv+'mlvTrr*' <>. mpmlw nf ilio bnn.vd of agriculture, lias come forward and claims tliat this was a charge of corruption and extravagance. I fail to see how or why. Gentlemen are not usually so very "techy" about their honesty, and this double exhibition about the money spent is curious to say the least. It is on a par with the iterated and reiterated .1 T 1 CiKUgt's imiL x uitvtruwu&uuiiiu ouiia; officers of corruption, and my confession tliat there was none. All this hullaboo about corruption can have but one meaning. The purpose is to create the impression that I made such charges and cannot prove them! Now, all I ask is that the News and Courier, liesrister. or some other scrap book keeper Avill put this charge home and show when and wliere I have charged corruption against the State officers. It is time to show up or shut up. I have made charges enough and I am ready to prove them without these cuttle-fish cloud\ ing- the issues and trying to fool the people by accusing me of saj*ing things I never said. Col. Moore gave the itemized expenditures of the agricultural department for 1889. and I will give them for the nine months of 1880 to show limv this thinhas frrown. Capt. Tillman then read tlie iable furnished by Col.Moore in a letter to the News and Courier and re-published in this paper,showing a total expenditure by the agricultural do partment of .$S3,12'J.ll.He then continued: The demand is made that we make this a campaign of education. So I \v.l! pity schoolmaster a little further in tins matter of expenditures in the agricultural department. Here are some questions which whoever will or can may answer. First. It is seen that ."512.102 have 1 been paid for lawyers' fees. "Why li.l -i-i/vf -Hi/-. A f f mnnv 1-rAnPVfl.l mid Solicitors, who are State officers with big salaries, prosecute those suits and save that money? Second. Judgment, with costs' for *70,871 was obtained against the Pacific Gaano Company when that company failed, which was probably a ruse to get some legal advantage. Its property was attached under judgment and then a compromise was made by which t he company paid $51,248 and costs. The amount turned into the State treasury* was ?31,396 and the department kept ?y2,162 to pay the lawyers, making a total of ?43,559. This is ?7,690 less than the amount received. I want to ask, Why was this matter compromised at all. and where did the ?7,690 go? Did anybody get any money for compromising? Third. In 1889 the cost of the experimental stations, including chemits, laboratory and sundries, was ?9,986. The State annually receives from the United States ?15,000 known as the Hatch fund, to run an experimental station. I can find no account of how that money is spent or where it goes, either in Col. Butler's report or in that of the University trustees. Are we spending $25,000 a year on these stations? Has the station a chemist or chemists both paid by the year? Do they receive additional pay for analyzing fertilizers? Have we duplications of office, duplications ?f salary, and no work in return therefor? Is not somebody making a good thing out of the spending of this agricultural fund? Fourth. The expenditures of the agricultural department, including the appropriation for the State Agri cultural Society, amount to ?32,027, as set fortli in Col. Moore's exhibit. In the Comptroller General's report for the same fiscal year the agricultural department is charged with $31,109, not including the appropriation for the Agricultural Society. On page 1S3, of the same report, the State Treasurer charges the agricultural department with $33,069, and does not include the $2,500 appropriation to the Agricultural Socicty. So we find these State officers. I mention their names with fear and tremb ling, making this sort of a shoeing about the same matter of public expenditure in official records. The treasurer charges the bureau with ?5,742 more than it acknowledges to have spoilt^ over $2,500 more than the Comptroller says it spent. The Comptroller charges it with $3,242 more than it acknowledges to have spent, and yet all the books of these officers tally. They would not do so if any charges were made. Had these shsxfd I m* "ic* O IllLlV.IV. iliiotcuw^i v/x lO 1/XJ.v/A \-/ something rotten in Denmark. Has the bureau spent move than it accounts for? If the agricultural department's accounts arc correct how will the Comptroller and Treasurer straighten their own? Col. Moore was particular to mention vouchers, although the bureau, prior to 1887, spent over $200,000 without ever showing a single voucher. Is the desperate and unscrupulous warfare urged against me made lest a thornno-li nwvh:i.nlin<* of the State (tOY eminent might show something wrong somewhere? Every good farmer clears up Ids premises once a year, and especially his baru. There may be no rats in our State House and consequently 110 rat's nests, but whether there are or not, a general overhauling and sweeping out can do no harm: and while you may think j V_J T ? _ -j- J. _ 1 i MI..1 L: max x am actuaiuu oy suiusuiiiuwvcs, I hope we will have it, whether I boss the job or not. Capt. Tillman closed his remarks by paying attention to Editor Williams, of the Greenville News, whom he characterized as one of the bravest and truest men who ever breathed the breath of life. He sat down amid storms of applause and cries of ''Go on!" ";Give us some more!" "Don't stop yet!" The Lanrcns Meeting (From the Greeuville News.) The scene of tlic meeting was a most pleasant one. The dense shade of the boughs of the densely grown oaks offered a most pleasing shade to the multitude which gathered there within fifteen minutes after Captain Tillman's carriage reached the ground. In the interim which followed the arrival there the more enthusiastic admirers of the Farmers* Candidate pressed in toward the stand, and he appeared as a hero being crowned with laurels. Congratu I tions were poured upon mm irom every side, and young men and boys, the down upon whose clieeks had as yet failed to make itself perceptible, and old men bearing the weatherbeaten usages which long years had printed upon them, closed in to grasp the hand of Captain Tillman and congratulate him. Meanwhile shout after shout of, "Hurrah for Tillman," arose from the lips of the throng. The I crowd was variously estimated from i 2,000 to 4.000 people. In my judgement tliere were fully 2,500 people in the assemblage. When Captain Shell arose to open the meeting it was only after successive efforts that he succeeded in calming the excitement sufficiently by to allow him to announce that the meeting would be opened with prayer. The Rev. John Pitts, who was called from the audience to open the meeting, had to commence by saying that he would be pleased to comply with Captain Shell's request provided he had absolute quiet Another admonition from Captain Shell was not necessary, but hardly had the divini closed liia lips after asking the bless ing of Heaven upon the meeting wliei a deafening and prolonged and pro miscuous cheer of "Hurrah for Till man! hurrah for Shell! hurrah fo: JLLKJV. LU.IUC XL KJ11X LXXV V^JL \J >Y It; (Hit Captain Shell again arose and askec the people in the name of the lov< they had for liiin to keep quiet anc listen. Chairman Shell then introduced General John Bratton as an old Ro man and an old soldier and a clis tinguished citizen. General Brat ton rose and was greeted with i | ragged cheer of "Hurrah for Till [man!" "When quiet was partially restored General Uratton commenced liis remarks. He said lie had received many personal kindnesses from the people of Laurens, but he sa-vv that he had poor comfort politically. He would speak to them with feelings of kindness and feelings of common interests but that he was aware that the minds of many of his hearers were already made up. Mere vjrencral .bratton was again greeted with cheers of "Hurrah for Tillman" and Captain Shell had again to admonish the audience in God's name to give the speaker "their attention. "When General Bratton had reached that part of his speech when he warned the peoplo of danger, a voice in the audience called out, "It's 011 your side of the fence,General." General Bratton replied "No, I don't say it from personal motives.'" Then there was a bustle and demonstration for Captain Tillman for full two minutes, when that gentleman advanced to the front and asked the audience if they wanted it said that General Bratton was not heard at the meeting. If such was said it would do more to defeat him elsewhere than any report which could go from the meeting. laenerai ?>ratton tnen pursuea ms remarks in 3omparative quiet, and warned the people against any political "combineriesv and said lie was sure tlie reason for any dissatisfaction was based on the maladministration of the Federal government and not from neglect or inefficiency on the part of the State officers. "VYlien he was uttering his closing words the old soldier was greeted with the cheer, "Hurrah for Tillman." and a voice in the crowd called out, "Down with General Bratton," while an other added, "We ve imd enough 01 you." General Bratton spoke with great difficulty for the reason that the wind was blowing strongly and his voice generally weak was not strong enough to be heard over the rustling of the leaves and the steady murmur of voices in the crowd. Captain Shell then presented Capxain Tillman, the great commoner, the able agitator, the old guard Democrat from Edgefield "When Captain Tillman advanced the steady cheering which had kept up all the morning was multiplied into an ovation. The audience almost as one man rose to their feet and yelled till it seemed their voiees would give way under the strain. "When they had surfeited themselves i <-? /-\? v\ WILLI Li-Li O ISXLILi KJJl U.Ci,liUllO LA ?A LIUJ-L tain Tillman commenced speaking. He said he was glad to return to Laurens. Four years ago it was his pleasure to address the people of Laurens from the same spot. It was not necessary for him to say he was glad to be there again. If he did not love those people he would be the veriest ingrate. They had stood by him from the incipiency of the fight. ' A n/] +>!/ ?v will <1 in Iit* taii \ If lie was elected Governor great credit would be to theui and tlicir leader, Captain Shell. He was afraid to poke any more "Tillmania"' into them: they might '"bust." The movement was bom in Edgefield and he was the "daddy" of it. The people of Laurens took the baby when a weakling and nursed it till now he thought it was weaned. He would tell them what made them holler. In the first instance he was a candidate and stood before the people to aunouuee the principles on which he stood. Jtiere Uaptam lillman was interrupted by another ovation on the part of tlie crowd and he had to warn them that he couldn't speak if they kept up the hollowing. "Shut up! Put the cork in," he said, and then he was able to proceed. Five years ago he stood and fought along a line where few dared to follow and much of the time he fought alone. The masses had now been aroused and come to liis assistance. Captain Tillman then proceeded, and made a speech of about thirtyfive minutes, duriug which time lie was frequently interrupted by the j' . 1 1 Tl* I* _ i? J.1 ' ' continue u eouintion 01 enuiusiasm among tlie audience. At one time about fifteen rows of seats just in front of tlie stand fell and there was a general stir. The speaker remarked that he had poked enough Tillmanism into the occupants of the [ seats to break them down. The speech touched upon the same general points as the Greenville and Spartanburg speeches, and the SJJL'tUUJL ClUbCU LUUiUdb UCLU.UXIJUL1? c*j^ plausc. "When Captain Tillman finished hi? speech a storm cloud which seemed to threaten came nearer and a heavy rain seemed imminent. Captain Shell announced that the other speakers would be heard at the court house. The crowd did not think it was goins 4-r\ roiii OT-wl nrl 'Pli/vpo woe o Lvy x cvjllj. *t (viuv.\i* auv-a v, irtvu it pause of some minutes in tlie proceedings,which was taken advantage of for the holding of an impromptu informal reception by the candidates on the platform. Many old soldier? shook Gen. Bratton's haift warml\ and many personal friends of Colone' Earle and the other gentlemen hac a few moments conversation witt thetu. but Captain Tillman was ap pronched by scores who introduced themselves and then left the plat forri. He also received two eleganl bouQuets from ladies in the audi cuui;. Nothing but a genuine rainstom which caiue up carried tho crowd tc the *ourt house. Most of the eandi dates found places in carnages, bui Captain Tillman, who was one of th< last left behind, was taken in a toj and was drawn in it by his c& o> s thusiastic friends to the public - square. i After a lull of about half sn hour. - consumed in getting the crowd to gether again, Colonel Etu-le and the r other candidates came into the court i L J. KJKJLLL. 1 Colonel Earle was presented to the 3 audience by Captain Shell with a 1 glowing tribute to his valor and honor. He appealed to thj audience to I give the speaker a respectful hearing if - for no other reason than that he was - his own personal friend. Colonel Eaiie made his speech but i was interrupted so frequently that it - seemed almost to the last that he would have great difficulty in get. ting a healing at all. Captain Shell did - his rlntv in mnlrmor fr#?rm?>Ti+. n'nnp:i 1 q I in behalf of the speaker, but scarcei ly had the sound of his voice died out ; each time than the cries of "hurrah ! for Tillman!" would come up from > the audience and continue till it l seemed that the spirit of the people ; was almost beyond endurance. Nevs ertheless the spirit of the speaker was not to be denominated and he . had his hearing. Tt> r\nvf vflT>^ovVo ntrl'n/VK UXlUt jVcUL U KJX. liiO A t AAicW. JV.O llJLVIi . deprecated the arraying of class against class, Colonel Earle read the circular recently issued by Captain Shell to the leading friends of Captain Tillman and already alluded to editorially in the columns of the Greenville News. He characterized it as worse than auy warning ever made to Democrats against the lladicals during their days of power and plunder. No one had ever said then that the liberties, homes and lives of the white citizens of the State were endangered. This seemed to be the most telling part of the eloquent speaker's effort. It was the one hit which the audience seemed to appreciate, but as soon as it was being discussed a voice raised a cry of "Hurrah for Shell!" and was joined in a cheer by a part of the crowd. Colonel Earle was questioned as to the assessment of taxes for railroad property. He answered the question willingly and said that he was one of the four members of the State , Board of Equalization. They had that matter in hand. After due consideration of it, a majority of the members of the board had voted against raising the assessment. He had voted to increase it. The other members of the board had said that the assessment was already in proportion to that of other property m the State. The railroads paid bei. ' _ T 1 11. iween one-eignui una one-se^untu 01 all the taxes in the State but they were not in his opinion taxed at their true value. In reply to the question of taxation of banks he said lie first saw the communication of Auditor Jones, of Abbeville, a short time ago He called the attention of Comptrol ler General Yerner, and that office informed him that all the counties had not complied with the opinion of the law given by him as Attorney General to the effect that the surplus of banks was taxable as well as the capital. The fault had been with the boards of equlization in the counties. They were responsible and not the other officers. The present law gave no appeal from their decision. He thought there was need of a more inquisitorial system of assessment than they had now. [Speeches were then made by Col. Y. J. Pone. Col. E. B. Garv. Ad in taut General Bonham aud Col. H. L. Parley.] Nearly every time Tillinan disciple at tlie meeting today wore a ribbon badge on which was printed a cut of Captain Tillman and the legend "Tillman and Reform." They sold like hot cakes and several ribbon counters were exhausted before the demand was supplied by the Herald job office. The Meeting at Newberry, (Special 10 the Greenville News) Xewbekuy, June 13.?The campaign meetinc has come and cone. The candidates came on the Laurens train this morning, arriving at nine o'clock. A special escort with mounted marshals met the train. Carriages were in waiting for the speakers and all were marched to the Newberry Hotel, preceded by the Newberry Cornet Band. After breakfast the line of march was formed and all went to Jones' grove, where the speaking was held. General Bratton, Colonel Earle, Cap-1 tain Tillman, General Pope, Colonel Gary, Captain Farley. Mr. Mayfield and General Bonham were here. General Bratton was the first speaker. He said he had entered upon the campaign to discuss issues of the day calmly and dispassionately. He favored a primary election for delegates to the State Convention. He did not propose to trim to anybody's lines. It was time to stop and pause. There should be 110 class against class, To. secure the good of any, it was necessary to secure the good of all. Talk about expenses of the government, if we take out of account the debt we inherit, the expense of the goverr ment was not ! fifty cents per capita. General Brattoo was suiTering with a cough and 1 made a short speech. He was con stantly interrupted with applause 1 and hurrahs for Tillman. rioTKHT.! "R.ivIa n-n.s Hip snnjilr er. He, too, was greeted with lrar; ralis for Tillman, and could scarcely I go on Avitii liis speech. He said there - was a great cry for free speech, but [ they seemed determined not to have ; it. He paid a compliment to gentle. men of South Carolina who had serv; ed her in war and peace, and said . they were peers of any. He begged - the crowd to hear Inm. but they con> tinued to hurrah for Tillman. He l favored Clemson College, the Citadel > and the University. In regard to the i perjury of legislators who voted - against apportionment, he said Capl tain Tillman tried to draw a distincl tion between political perjury and i perjury, but right is right, and wrong - is wrong, and there is no distinction. L Salaries can be reduced if the people - want it. But under the law the salas 17 of the Governor cannot be redu ced during his term of office and lie i I m T 7 T _ _ J _ n J_ _ proposed to unman. 11 eiecieu. 10 i give $500 of the salary to education, ) if Tillman vrould agree to do the - same. Tillman refused. He favored i; primary election. He referred to ; I KJJJLCJUL O J/vl fllOUV/Vi XXi X11V > I News, and asked if a more incendipV ary utterance was evw sent out. A PROMISING OUTLOOK. The Department of Agriculture*.* Reports I Indicate the Best Condition of Crops for Many Years. mi. _ _ _ 1-1 . . . _ # J.V jLiie condition 01 tae growing crops in South Carolina, as indicated by tlie reports made to the Department of Agriculture, is by far the best shown at this season for at least ten years past. The average condition of tne cotton crop is better by 27 per cent, tlian at this time last year, and the increase of average previously reported is confirmed. The following has been compiled from the reports of two hundred and forty special crop correspondents of the Department of Agriculture in every part of the State: cotton. With but few exceptions perfect stands of cotton are reported throughout the State. The estimate made a mouth ago that the acreage would be four per cent, greater than last year has been confirmed by the present report and the figures remain unchanged. A few correspondents report excessive rains and in the extreme southwestern part of the State the rainfall has been insufficient, but upon the whole the rains have been general and evidenly distnbutecL The plant is health}*, vigorous and well advanced, blossoms having been reported in the lower counties several days ago. The condition as compared tj an average crop is: for upper Carolina 102? for middle Carolina 105, and for lower Caroliua 101. The average for the entire State is 103 against 76 at the same time last year CORN. The area in com lias been increased one per cent, over last year. Excellent stands are reported and the crop is clean and growing finely. Twentysix per cent, of the crop has been planted on bottom land. The condition is: for upper Carolina, bottom land 90, upland 100; for middle Carolina. bottom land 82, upland 99, and fcr lower Carolina, bottom land 95, upland 91. The average for the State is 89 for bottom land and 97 for upland. Tlir> rnnditinn fit, fhn samr time last year was 81. WHEAT AND OATS. The wheat harvest, just about completed, shows the crop to be a veryshort one, the yield being reported at but G5 per cent, of an average crop. Tlie weather for the past few weeks has been very favorable for the spring oat crop, and the oat yield is reported at 78 per ccnt. of an average crop, against G8 for the same time last year. RICE. Tlie lice cron. while needing rain : in some sections, is in better condi- ' tion than at the same time last year, . the condition being reported at 93 . against 89 for 1889. POTATOES. The acreage in both sweet and ' Irish potatoes is about the same as in . 1889. The condition compared to an ; average is: Sweet potatoes 100. ! against SO last year: Irish potatoes i 97, against 73 last year. OTT/-' ?T> j-? I VT? 4 VTV CAT>/?Tim< OUV^VL* VA-Uj ^1/ The condition of sugar cane is reported at 98 against 87 last year; 1 sorghum at 95 against 89 last year. ; FRUIT. The peach crop will be almost an 1 entire failure in many sections of the ] State, and the indications are that ! the crop for the entire State will not : be more thau 23 per cent, of tin aver- 3 age yield. Apples and pears are i much more promising. The berry f crop is abundant. Grapes promise well and vegetable gardens generally ] are in fine condition. SUPPLIES PURCHASED. ! As indicated bv last month's report, ' there is a large decrease in the 1 amount of farm supplies purchased i this season. The percentages are: < For upper Carolina. 69 per cent.: middle Carolina. 82 per cent., and : lower Carolina per cent, of List year's purchases. The average decrease for the State is 19 per cent. FERTILIZERS.. Of the 156,000 tons of commercial fertilizers consumed duringthe season of 1889-90, 45 per cent, were ammoniated, 36 per cent, wero acid phosphates and 18 per cent, were kainits and chemicals. Twenty-eight per ccnt. of all fertilizers purchased were used for composting. One-fourth less kainit was used than last year. Doing a Good "Work. Ill the year closing ilarch 1, 1S90, the American Sunday-school Union organized 1,685 new Sunday-schools in thirty-one States and Territories, in nlaces hitherto destitute of religious privileges. In addition to this tliey gave aid to needy schools in 1,852 instances; besides aiding schools previously reported in 4,461 cases. Ninety churches of different denominations have been organized from tliese schools duiing the year. These missionaries have also made 42,222 visits to families, in addition to distributing a large amount of religious literature, besides 5,779 Bibles and 9,337 Testaments. The Weak Spot in Ti! den's Will. It has been a matter of remark that so good a lawyer as Samuel J. Tilden was lacking hi ability to construct his own last will and testament so that it would stand incontestable. The sage of Gramercy Park designed to create a splendid public library for New York, and Mt the Ivilk of his fortune to trustee j as an endowment- The fatal weakness of the plan, however, according to the New York courts, is that the will gives so much discretion to the trustees that the trust clauses arc held to be void for want of definiteness. The contest is not yet over, but the contestants have scored a triumph twice at least, and the prospect is good for thc-h* final success in the courts of last resort, whither the case has gone. Another Tragedy at Asnicy o unci ion. Charleston, S. C., June 10.?Joe Kelly was shot md killed yesterday at Ashley Junction'by A. M. Watson, both colored. Kelly was lulled at the same spot .vhere a man was shot by a mysterious negro two weeks ago. The murderer escaped. This is the second fatal shooting affair in addition to a fatal train wreck and a murderous assault at the Junction, all within two weeks. [ I COLORED WEN WITH FORTUNES. Southern Negroes "Who are IVorth Big Fractions of a Million. It will probably be surprising to know that in Galveston there is a ! colored man who is worth over $35<V finn THs nnmp ic SvlvocfoT on/1 V>o lias a fine mansion in the most desirable residence portion of the city. And, wliat will most surprise Philadelphia, his wife employs none but white servants. Eow did Sylvester get rich? "Well,he got a start in politics, then ran a saloon and gambling lirmsp fnv r-nlnrArl -Pnv o f*rt? years, then went into real estate and speculated. He is shrewd and successful One of the most successful and wealthiest real estate men inHouston is a colored man. His name is Milton Sterrett. He owns a fine residence, surrounded by immense grounds, all terraced off and planted in the finest flowers and shrubbery. CU XMJLLVLi?Oil U-UCJ. iU HiT tend it. He was a waiter on the boats between Galveston and Houston before and all during the war, and made everything he has in real estate deals during the past twenty years. He owns several large plantations and is worth at least $400, 000. Then take Senator C. N. Burton, of Fort Bend county. When the war closed and he was freed he lived on a plantation belonging to his mistress. whose husband and two sons were killed, leaving her alone in the world. She had given him a good elementary education; he was shrewd. By attention to business he soon acquired a good farm. In a -few years he added to it, and bought in the 7 J. - 2.1 ? "I - 1 *> t plantation lorxneny ownea oy ms mistress, and had two other large ones on the Brazos in ten years moro. His mistress being reduced to poverty, he undertook to care for her. He said when he was elected to the State '''% Senate that he owed all lie was to ker kindness, and that he felt it his ciafei- ; to care for her. And he sent her back to her native State?Virginia? and regularly remits to her?arid has done so for fifteen years??150 every month. Ee is popular with whites and blacks, Democrats and Rc-pubHr.onc cfn/li/i/1 Iottt <- / ? + V>/\ UV/MULA*./* WU-IV4 k'VUUiVM, JLCWtT? ??\y Xi XX\* could depend on himself to manage his immense plantation and ranch interests. Senator Burton is worth over ?300,000. Then Henry Black, the great sheep uad cattle raucliinan of Tom Green and Pecos counties, is worth a; nearly a hall million, tie has mado it all in less than fifteen years. Are < Hps.-, ttipti Srr.ifcT?Avr? 11 Vac every one of tlieui. Bat the largest plantation owner unci the heaviest farm-land taxpayer iu lb'1 rich counof Lamar was a light-eoloivu mulat- _ to nanicvl Harvey. He died a few weeks ago and left a widow, who v. Ii L be able to pull through, probably, as lier husband left four large plantations, a line stock farm, some city property in Paris, and a big bank account. Besides this he leit nr-r smi<? little rm Vis liri- r.ir Sis,000. - _ Farmers Control Georgia. Atlanta, Ga.. June 12 ? The Gubernatorial contest in Georgia. ^vliicli promised to be a bitter and hard tight, lias simmered down. The bosses, who have hitherto so completely controlled the destinies of the State, have been brushed" off tli? scene so effectually th;it they are tot even thought of. and the new Farmers' party has assumed full poosession of affairs. The old political guard was greatly pleased when it learned that Col L. F. Livingston, President of the State Farmers" Alliance of Georgia, was going to antagonize the candidacy of President AY. J. Northen of the State AgriculturaVSociety for Governor. The fact ti*at the leaders of tlie two agricultural bodies should bo rival caudidatesgave rise to the hopo that they would slaughter each other and thus allow some city lawyer to becomc Governor. In this emergency a number of representative farmers met in this city and calledupon ?. the rival candidates to pool their issues for the good of the cause. Both gentlemen agreed to this, and Colonel North era was designated as the man to keep in tlic race tor (jovernor. As a reward to Colonel Livingston for gettingort of the way he will bo supported as candidate for Congress from the Fifth Congressional District. now represented by J. D. Stew art. a liayseed statesman, who is now filling liis third term. Stewart announced himself against the subTreasury bill, and thus paved the way for the candidacy of Colonel Livingston, who claims to be the fai.npt r>f mpasnrp. The p.iwith wliich the farmers met in private council and arranged the deal, and the fear which overspreads the regular politicians, shows how completely the fanners have taken control of the State. There will be an Alliance candidate for Congress in every district in the State. A Notable "Wedding;. Charleston, S. C., June 11.?All the society in Charleston was at Trinity M. E. Church to-night to witness the marriage of Miss Slattie "Williams and Mr. W. ?. CaiTington. The bride is a daughter of George W. Williams, one of the leading bankers of Charleston, and a sister of Mrs. Pat Calhoun, of Atlanta and Xew York. The groom is the son of Mr. William Carrington, one of the leading jewelers of this city. A reception, attended by the elite of the city, was given at the palatial residence of the bride's Tl to cm/1 XU/tUVi XlVwCCJ. L-xXV^ UuULi^. JL L XD ?>%LL\jk tliat among the handsome and valuable bridal presents was a check from the bride's father for $100,000. A Fatal Accident. Two little daughters of 3.1r. Perry Holland, who lives in Broadway Township, met with a painful accident last Monday. The children were playing with a kerosene oil can, when in some way it caught fire, and they were seriously burned. Our infor J. XT-- I^XXl - _ __ /Y? mum siawu Liiuii cue mae suirercrs were still alive Tuesday afternoon, but it was thought that they would hardly recover from the accident. The little girls are twins, and about four or five years of age. Just before going to press we learned that one of the little girls had died, its death having occurred early Wednesday morning.?Anderson Intelligencer.