I ~ " ' VOL. XLYIII. WINNSBORO, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1894. NO. 47. If t ?? | ? A CHANGE IN TACTICS." K SENATORIAL CANDIDATES PUT BY RAW HIDES AND SALT. Ozderlr JtUe'lne i?t Chest?)fiald?Gajrg Into Mailonal Issues?Elleiba aod Kvk ana Spar for Points?Tfce Crowd Uodemk onatratlv*. S Chesterfield, S. C., Jane 26.?Tbe campaign of education is actually dawning. The meeting of the second week opened here today with a decided revolution in the character of the speakers. Wonderful, wonderful to relate, the lambasting was discontinued and the discussion of issues began. For a day, at least, the scorcher and the roaster have been laid aside and the people nave been retailed with more edifying and enlightening dis1 cussion. The crowd of about 800 persons was well behaved and in thorough good humor, interfering with no one and applauding circumspectly. In truth the meeting was really ideal iD comparison with its predecessors, both in respect tn t.hfi nharftflter of the SDeeches and fcfc the orderly, good natured demeanor of gjk the hardy crowd. About one-fifth of B the crowd were tar-heelers who came from the Old North State but a few T miles distant, and a few of them were Populists to the core. $ Governor Tillman made a rather easy going speech,leaving out all harsh references to bis opponent, and doing his "blistering" in a very mild way. He went into a lengthy discussion of national questions relating t6 the condition of ihe country. He claimed the crowd but refrained from taking a hand primary. He was not applauded at first, but later on he got full measure. The Governor's speech was by no means a happy effort. It was rathei tame and did not provoke enthusiasm. General Batler likewise dircassea puDlic measures and had nothing salty to say of the Governor. His speech seemed to be effective with the crowd and is regarded as one of the best he has made. He was listened to very atten|v tively. The feature of the meeting was the brotherly spat between the Marlon swamp fox and the Aiken game cock. ; General Elerbe charged his brother i candidate with tacking himself on to Tillman'* pnat. tail and with voting : against salary reduction. Evans, in i reply, demonstrated to a nicety that ' with nim Reform was second nature, j while Ellerbe's Reform had a revenue < flavor about it < ? There was not a word from the crowd as Governor Tillman began to speak. i He revewed his official career,giving as ; m a reason for his second term as GoyerW ' nor that he wanted vindication by 1 f the people. He felt and knew that he 1 r - had done his whole duty, though he i [ may have made mistakes. He scored : L the Democratic party for its treachery, 1 and fHfivelanrt for havinc hot,raved his F trust. He pictured the poverty strick- < en condition of the farmers and said ; t they were euchered out of their earn- i ings by the same scheming scoundrels j I In Washington. He went into an ex- i L / planation of the money auestior, tell ? wLf ing how England, the creditor of na- 3 Hons, had stricken down silver in or- 1 der to enhance the value of the interest i received from other nations. Every ] man having an income from bonds and i stocks was opposed to silver. These fellows had manipulated Congress in ' regard to the issue of paper money,and i now control the outlet of money, prices ] and products. Silver had shrunk and ; with it the pockets of the people had i -i shrunk. This country ought not to be paying interest. It ought to be issuing : its own money. The only reason that i this could not be done was because one* i half of the country was bamboozled by i the newspapers and manipulators to : " - . vote the other half dowD, and the ; t money power is always on top and the 1 thieves in both parties joined hands to ! keep the people poor and make themselves rich. He told about Judge Sii monton and the railroads, ana after : showing up wbatau awful judge he was, the Governor went ou to lub it i into Butler for voting for Sim on ton's i confirmation as circuit judge, saying : ?- A--S *- - 1- L* -T 4L? - r mat ne waaitu iu aeip aiui iur mo | . sake of his kinsman, Banch McBee, whom Judge SimontoD, he said, had " helped out In the railroad case. , i General Butler received some cheerL ing and a .cry of "God bless the old r* GeneralV* when he was introduced. Referring to his fight for silver* in 1 Congress he said he had received letR ters from people in the North threatIs: ening to blow him up with dynamite, H but that did not stop him,. The reason A he and the Reform Congressmen, who L had been in Washington several years, . had not swept out all the abuses that Tillman spoke about was the same ' that defeated the South in the war? w~ tney aid not nave enou?n men. uievem land had not bought him with patronage. He had done his best to induce K-. the party to carry out the financial platform. He saw no relief as long as Cleveland was President. General I prove that he (Evans) , bad not been true to Tillman and lie- , form, he had a bard and stumpy road to travel. He would not notice every- , Ka moo rirtf ohnofinf? lillLIg, UCV/AUOC TV OO UUU OUWViUg | grasshoppers. Ellerbe says he has done lots fcr Reform, but he has been well paid for it. He is a Reformer, but it looks like he has been one for revenue. . Senator Evans says he had been a Re former since 1886. At that time he 1 wrote an article in the Augusta Chron- ' icle. He read this article. It was a de- j fense of the Reform movement then beginning and the right of farmers to 1 organize for political purposes. The ' article also defended Tillman, tnen 1 Kin i%?UofiArt Tn 1 QQQ ha OTOQ 3tCU (jlU?? U19 a^iuatzvu? xu aww uv n uu elected to the Legislature by the farm- ! ers of Aiken and ^?as twice re-elected, each time on the Reform patform. T wo 1 years ago he was sent to the Senate by ! farmers by a thousand majority. The 1 people had never regarded him as a coat tail swinger. 1 To the charge of having voted against 1 Tiilmaa for the Agricultural Board, he ; said it was an attempt to shelve Till man, who had afterward censured his ] friends for nominating him. He had 1 voted against the agricultural college ( as charged, because the bill for it car- J ried an appropriation which would have increased the taxes of the people one- 1 fourth of a cent. This was not in ac- j cord ance with the Reform platform and pledges to the people. Later he had fought for Clemson College because the 1 bill was different. "1 am not Tillman's candidate or any 1 body's candidate," declared Evans. "Any man who accuses me of disloyalty 1 to the Reform cause I will tell him ne lies, but nobody is going to do it. What is the matter with Billy (referring to ' Ellerbe)? Is it tbat he has got a big fat office and wants another ? It locks like he is swinging on Tillman's coat tail. I am no coat tail swinger." EvaDs told a good joke about a boy who had one potato, but wanted ?rwo, ands-iiri this is Ellerbe. who has one no tato but wanted two. (Laughter.) He ought not to jump on me because 1 want a potato. About the salary reduction vote, he said he cast it because the lirst bill did not cut salaries equitably. He also said that Jim Norton, Ellerbe's clerk, had gone to him (Evans) and begged that salaries be kept as they were, as he and other clerks couldn't live. He said Vnrfnn had nnf, nn a no or mouth. Sen ator Evans declared that afterward he had voted for a salary reduction bill. He had voted in 1888 to cut the salary of legislators to S4 per day. He said that every Reform measure has been put in his charge to pull through tbe Legislature. To hear Ellerbe talk, be said, one would think that Ellerbe had dene everything and that Tillman had not rctateri nr t?kf?n nart in anvthin?. Senator Evans said he had been a Reformer by inheritance. His uncle, Mart Gary, was a Reformer, and Evans desired to right some of the injustice done Gary. Evans said it looked like Ellerbe was jealous of him because he goes to Tillman's house. He said the Governor often sends for him to advise on matters regarding: the Reform mo vement, because Tillman thinks I have more sense than some people. I care not if the people know I do love Tillman and have "stood by his side in all dangers. During the Darlington trouble he had not slept forty-eight hours. "About the Stata House ring, all I know," said Evans, "is that they wanteds March convehtion. That looked like ring rule. They wanted candidates nominated in March without ever appearing before the people. I told them that if they didn't let the people hear them they would all be kickad out i of office. Governor Tillman endorsed our views. Ellerbe was in favor of that March convention. I made Tiliman put his foot on it." Senator Evans said the antis hattd him awful hard. At bumter one of them said: "If you will let us vote in the primary we will beat Evans and elect you, Ellerbe." Senator Evans declared. but not ecotisticallv that if he had not assisted fn refunding the State debt, it would never have been refunded. He had epent his money in doing this and had never asked the State to pay back a nickle of it. He notooly spent money, but time. He had defended the conststutionali+ ** fk/v V\/?n/ln V>A^ArA tka Cnnrnino bjr VI CIJC UUUUO UOiViC bug Court aod made no charge tor if. After the debt had been refunded, Filerbe had the cheek to want the oonds sent to his home in Marion, so he could sign them. It would have cost the State S300 to send and get the bonds back from Ellerbe's home. Senator Finley and Dr. Strait, Congressional candidates, followed the others, speaking on the same line as at other meetings. Secretary of State Tin^ol or>^ (1 IVolt WKitmon arrived just ia time to addres3 a small number who had remained in the court house. It was then after three o'clock. The campaign party went from here to Cheraw this afternoon and will go to Bennettsville tonight. A Trsla Hrld Up. Savannah,Ga., June26?Train No. G, of the Savannah, Florid i and West-qfn l)?il ittott frAw ThAmootrilla ^iio frv C1L1 iifailTVCkJ UVUl ?UVUi?dTillVf uuu uv arrive here at 7 o'clock this morning, was held up one mtle this side of Homerville, 120 miles Southwest of Sa vannab, this morning at 1:50 by six masked white men. The safe In the express car was robbed of its contents, 31,222 in cash. Two of the men boarded the train at Homervilie, concealing themselves behind the tender. As soon as it was started they climed over the tender, covered the engineer and fireman with pistols and told Engineer Jenkins to stoo when ordered. About o milii frr\m TlrtrnftrTrlllQ thernatorlal batsman. He paid a beautiful tribute to the Confederate soldier, especially to the veterans of the Fee Dee. Discusing national affairs, he said that the oniyreai uem-1 ocrats in the South to-day are those who stand on the Ocala platform. He declared that he believed the Sub-Treasary plan, if adopted into law, would destroy the Yankee nation. It; would make the South the most prosperous section of the United State?, and would transfer the financial fountain head of the country to the South. No law, he said, could be passed which would not benefit one serction at the expense of another. The country is too big. He advised the Allance not to surrender one of its demands or principles. It will win in the end. Senator Evans spoke next of his connection with the Reform movement and of some of the bills which he had introduced and seen become law. He believed bis county government bill one of the greates ever passed and that i&woidd make splendid roods for the people. Ifhad been commented upon it every part of the country. He said be introduced a bill to establish separate public schools for white and colored children. It had been defeated by members from Charleston and Columbia. He said the article published in the Columbia State that he had opposed the two-mill tax was false. The people, he said, should vote for a constitutional convention. This convention would change the arrnarement for bublic schools. Teaching on the Dispensary law, Senator Evans said the Supreme Court had tried to become the Legislature of the State. To prove that the law was constitutional, be said the whisker men of Charleston had employed lawyers to get their advice on the law and were told that it was sound and constitutional. Every circuit jud?e in the State except one bad decided that it was constitutional. He quoted decisions of the Supreme Court showing its inconsistency in whiskey cases. Ten years ago it decided thac the right to sell whiskey was not inalienable. This year it had decided just the opposite. Senator Evans ably defended the Dispensary law. He showed how much that decreased drunkness and how much good it had done. The people want the law and are going to have it. The speaker attacked prohibition as a farce. He told a good joke on Bennettsville when It had prohibition aod showed that liquor had been more AlnnUfnl fhon than nAIU W3 WAS lib erally applauded when he finished. General Ellerbe then took the bat in the gubernatorial game and he knocked some hot grounders and several skyscrapers at the Aiken game cock. When he repeated his statement made at Chesterfield that Evans had said there was a ring in the State House, the Senator got up an denied he had made any such statement, that what he had said was that he was ready to smash rings. Ellerbe replied he was glad that Evans had the manliness to say that he had been misrepresented, as he belonged to the State House crowa, aua n mere woto auy cuoi.*ts> about a ring there he wanted names. Evans?I did not say there was no ring there, and you can tell that part of it for yourself. What I say is that I never said there was a ring there. Ellerbe again banged away a; Evans for not supporting Tillman until he began to itch for office. He declared that the Aiken candidate represented the new issue, "the death-bed repentance boys." He read from the House ?*' tfeat- fftrona ha/1 I JVUlliai OUVTTiUg u??w U I MUU f ww?". witb Haskell and Brawley and other I antl lawyers against Clemson College, "and yet he gets up here, puts on tils gaffs and swears he will stick tbem in anybody who attacks 2 Reformer. (Laughter.) Why, bless hi? soul, he rought us tor five years until we whipped hied in." He wanted it distinctly understood that he had been a Reformer since 1885 when Ben Tillman first ?? i' i shot off his gun here in Bennettsville. He was no compromise candidate* He talked some about the condition of the country and said that the South and West must come together and elect a President. He showed how he had raised the assessment of the corporation and tried to make them pay proper taxes as well as the farmers. Gen; Butler was received with ap plause. Speaking of the magnificent crops and nice homes o? Marlboro county that he had seen while riding here from Cheraw, he said there ought to be no calamity howlers here, and that the people should bi happy and thankful. He thought and prophesied that times would shortly be better throughout the country. The capitalists In the North said there was ?24 per capita, while we did not have $2 a head. He told of how a bank in his county could not lend ?150 because it aia not nave cne moD8y. The trouble about the national banks j was that they contracted or enlarged the currency to suit themselves. These banks reduced their circulation ! ftp a mini mum,and he had voted in Congress to allow them to isssue an amount of currency equal to their deposit in bonds, instead of nine-tenths as now, in order that the circulation of money be increased. Answering Governor Tillman's charge that Wall street had raised a fund to have him re-elected, he said that Wall street had no liking for him, and that it had threatended to blow him up for standing for the peo pie in Congress. When Tillman wanted to fund the State debt he went to Wall street. In regard to his voting for Judge Si monton's confirmation he asked why had Gorvernor Tillman not sent some protest to Washington against it. The Governor's mouth ought to be closed on tbat score. Judge Simonton was ah honest, upright man whom he had known for forty jears and he could not get up in the Senate and vote against him just because Governor Tillman did not like him. The Alliance and the Reform party were j ust getting on his platform, as he had advocated free silver for fifteen years. In the face of previous experience the people had re-elected Cleveliand. They knew at the time he would veto a free coinage bill or anything that would help the South. It was the polliticans who had opposed Cleveland. Gen. Butler said that if he had anything to do with the Democrat party in the future he intended to read the riot act and tell the people that they ought to have a candidate from the West. He had in mind a man from that section who was with us completely on all our great questions. The Southern farmers we're the smartest people in the world. They made cotton at niDe cents per pound, sold it at seven and still lived. But they could not live long at this. They must have relief. The G-eneral said that chairman of the meeting had reminded him before the speakiDg that the people wanted to hear issues discussed. This was what he wanted. He never heard a speech but that he learned something and he always tried to tell ?* KA VrrtArrr T-T A Ublifia WUttli 11C &lisn. lie bitterness and hoped to see the people all together. 3B&OT:cSj?i glad to see you again." He recalled the fact that he had begun his attack on the "oligarchy "right here in Bennettsville nine years ago. He did not wait to catch the popular side. He just took his stand and somehow the boys came right along and ranged themselves around him. He was going to be the advance guard sent by the people to take the government from the plutocracy. He was not responsible for the bitterness that bad passed between him andJButler. He just pitched back two rocks for one. He wanted peace, bnt he was not going to be dictated to bya minority. If those who had fought him so bitterly and were ready to join the church and would quit calling him a devil, he was ready to open the doors. (Voice: They want office.) Ye?, that's what is the matter with them. Let them take back seats and come in on probation and show they ain't for revenue and oflica and maybe we will promote them some time. I do not hate these men who hate me so. I feel sorry for them. They are benighted and have read the News and Courier so that they thinkl am a devil. [Laughter] He would talk to tlie people as a plain farmer and a statesman, whicn latter he claimed to be, as he had right ly Interpreted the will of the people and had done their wishes. The Republicans and Hamiltonians and the Antis were at heart Republicans. They were no more Democrats than he was a negro. "Cleveland is not honest today, or else he is the most damnable traitor that has ever held that seat," shouted the Governor amid applause. Cleveland and his so called Democratic CoBgress were responsible for the poverty stricken condition of the country. "PnCTitmri had hriheri ("Jnneress throuffh Wall street. Before they weht to Washington and bought the nomination of Cleveland. They also bought Harrison's nomination. Tbey were happy and made the people pay the piper. no matter which one got elected. The Governor said that tho News and Courier and other subsidized newspapers that were bossed and owned whined about an "honest; dollar." They made silver dishonest oy legislation. The governor argued for green DacKS ana asKea way aia me capitalists vrant the promise of the government on a bond and yet reject it on a note. He wanted Uncle Sam to destroy natlODal banks and make gold, silver and paper receivable for all dues and go ahead and turn on a stream of greenbacks that would irrigate this country. Of course the opposition would say this was the rankest heresy, but he did not care. The sub-treasury was simply an educational doctrine used efficaciously to show the farmers that they had been imposed upon and to show the iniquity of tne national DanKing system; ana it has served its purpose- The Governor said that at Spartanburg when he had his famous debate with Ben Terrell before the'Alliance, and behind closed doors, he had satisfied his audience that it was South Carolina's part to mncA their fichf", in the Democratic party and so ne let the sub-treasury alone because he did not want to fight his brethien. When the State convention met last year the feeling was not to send any delegates to Chicago, or if they did to instruct them to leave if Cleveland was nominated. In a caucus he spoke against this and showed the Reformer the unwisdom of such a -course. He then argued that they could not afford to risk the election of Harrison by dividing the national Democracy. The convention put the Ocala platform in the State Democrat? ic platform. He did not agree with them and told them so, but that was Av-- 1 ? *- -J Vv? i t- K/M.r, mtJir ngui, auu ujr puuuug n lucic the Third party was kept down in South Carolina, while, said he, you and I and two-thirds of the people had a nerve of Third partyism up our backs as big as your finger. In other States the Alliance kicked out of the party and had ruined itself in doing so. South Carolina remained in the Democracy and was an example to the other States which are now regretting that they had not followed our course. We are likely to have them follow our lead If we lead wisely and well, but we must not fritter our forces by dividing on small issues. We must not load down our platform with such impractical schemes as are on the Popuilstlc platform. If we make the light la the South and West on the question of the government issuing all toe paper monty and taking it away from the corporations and making gold, silver, and paper interchangeable , we will win. The tariff is a side issue and oo is governmental control of the railroads. We must leave all these questions out of it and consecrate all our strength on the Gght for the people's money. Speeches were made by several candidates for State offices. NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE. Gerui*21 Faalilers Kefased Permission to Visit Augusta. Columbia, S. C.. June 29.?At a special meetiog hell on June 18 the German Fusiliers of Charleston decided to accept the invitation of the German Guards of Augdsta to participate with them in their celebration of "German Day," or "Dantsche Tag," (Jane 27) that city. The company, having decided to goto Augusta, Capt. Scbacte wrote to Columbia for permission for his command 4. ~ 1.. IU leave uie oiawe. The following self explanatory correspondence then ensued between himself and Assistant Adjutant General Watts: Charleston. June 18,1994. Gen. H. L. Farley, Adjatant and Inspector General State of South Carolina?General: I have the honor .to request you to grant me permission to vi3it Augusta, Ga., with my company, the German Fusiliers, on the 27th day of June, 1894, Very respectfully, Henry Sciiacte, Captain German Fusiliers. Respectfully forwarded approved. T. A. Huguenin, JLili^OUiQi UOUOlflIU Columbia, June 25,1894. Captain Henry Schacte, Charleston, S. C.: Dear Sir:?Your letter to General Farley asking permission to leave the State armed and equipped has been received and was referred to the Commander-in-chief, and I am instructed by him to say to you that as you? command is under charges he cannot grant your request. Very respectf uly, J. Gary Watts, Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General. Upon the receipt of the letter of the Adjutant ana inspector u-enerai rerusing the desired permission tbe telegraphic correspondence below passed between Capt. Renkl, of the Augusta German Guards, and Captain Scbachte: Charleston. J ane 25,1894. Capt. A. J. Renkl, Augusta, Ga.: Having been unabie to procure the permission of the Commander-inchief to leave the State we regret that we cennot be with you. Henry Sen acute, Captain German Fusiliers. C.: Ship uniforms and come anyhow; have plenty of gnns. Answer. A. J. Renkl. Charleston, Jane 26,1894. Capt. A. J. Renkl, Augusta, Ga.: Thanks for your telegram. Would gladly do so, but; under the circumstances impossible. Henry Schachte. After sending the above telegram Captain Schachte wrote to Captain Renfel the following letter with which the correspondence closed: Charleston, Jane 26,1894. Capt.A. J. Jttenkl, German Guards, Augusta, Ga.?Daar Captain* I write on behalf of the German Fusiliers te say that we regret sincerely our inability to participate with you in your anniversary celebration. As explained to you by telegraph our application for permission to leave the State was refused by the Commnaer in-chief. We send our greeting to the German Guards of Augusta, and wish them continued prosperity iu the years to come. Very truly and sincerely yours, Henry Schachte. Ead < I the 3IcP?U Case. W.L. McFail's peculiar and, by this time, famous case has at last been definitely decided and he will have to go to the penitentiary to serve out the seven years sentence for manslaughter imposed upon him something over two ? W AO VtAAM A? ^ MAO AO years <%xu. XYIUJC an u uccu no nw an a bird for two years owiDg to the most peculiar combination of legal circumstances ever kuown in the State. About four years ago McFail got into a difficulty with the town marshal of Midway, ia Barnwell county, which resulted in his shooting and killing the marshal. He was arrested, tried and convicted of manslaughter, and seotenced to the penitentiary for seven years. An appeal was takeD to the State Supreme Court and McFail got out on bond. In the course of time the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal because McFail's attorneys had not had the briefs printed etc, in accordance with the rules of the court. The remittituer was sent down on June 1G, 1892. After this McFail's apparently giving up all hope of keeping out of the State prison surrendered himself to his bondholders, went to the peniteatiary and offered to deliver himself up to the authorities. They refused to take him, the commitment papers haviDg not been reoeived. Mr. Williams applied to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of error, alleging that bis client was bain? deprived of justice by the State Court because he was too poor to have a brief of his case printed. Tbe writ was granted and McFail went home He has been there unmolested for the past two years. Some time ago the case was called in the United States Supreme Court and the State moved to have the case dismissed. The mandate of the court dismissed tbe case with costs and penalties. The court dismisses it upon tbe ground that the petitioner failei to have his cause filed ana aocKetea, as is rt quirt u uy uie rules of the court. It appears that Mr. Williams having moved to Janother section of the country either forgot or neglected the case, and in consequence McFail will he obliged to go to prison at once, the remittuer of the State court having already gone down. Tlrtd o! Living. Charleston, June 28.? J. Henry Hackerman, a young white man, committed suicide five miles from here today. He tied a bar of iron around his waist and went out into the river, where he shot himself. It was his evi dent intention to aave xaiien into toe river after shooting himself. He left the followiog note on the table in his room: Dear Mother and Father:?I am tired of living and so I will make an end of my life. So I mean to die and bury myself. It is useless to try and find my body, for you will never find it. This is about all I have to sav out of my mouth while I live. Your truly and beloved sod, J. H. Hackerman. HARTS BATTERY REUNION. A L?re? Crowd and Goad Spsechea at the Cel? braiJoa. Midway, S. C., Jane 28.?Wednes day morning, June 27ch, dawned with a slight cloud overlooking the horizon and looked as if the day would b9 a very rainy and ill looking one, bat soon fkA AM/) U aLUuwaiub tuc uiuuua vauisuca anu tuc day put forth its golden sunshine and proved to be a very fiae day. At 10 o'clock a, m. Dear one thousand people lined the beautiful pavements of the little city of Bamburg, S. C, and one hour later between three and live hundred more put in their appearance, the occasion being the Reunion of Hart's Battery. Tha "Cifof- n&nrrriO Rantmflnt Kroco XUO A. Ik UV WWlgiM lU'w^lLUUUU Bond, of Savannah, composed of 13 pieces was there in good style and gave elegant music. At 10:30 o'clock the band struck up a familiar piece and marched to the place designated for the speaking, followad by possibly a thousand persons. The speeches took place under large oaks which made a Kind ot park and also a very pretty place. At 11 o'clock all seemed anxious to hear the orators, were called to order by Chairman W. G. Smith, who announced that Rev. J. W. Elkins would lead us in prayer. Mr. Elkins arose and made a noble and earnest prayer lasting about fifteen minutes. Chairman Smith then made a short aaaress ana in conclusion iniroaacea one of South Carolina's noble, distinguished, and patiiotic gentlemen, Maj. James F. Hart. The Major arose from his seat casting a glance at the immense crowd and then a look at Bamberg's fair damsels with great admiration, standing there upon the rostrum looking like a brave veteran who with his comrades went through the terrible hard sti uggle fighting for their country during thd Jate war, gave the crowd a smiling bow and spoke for about half an hour. He was greatly applauded ; all throuch his SDeech and was loud'v cheered at the conclusion. Major Smith next introduced a son , of one of the survivors, a 17 year old lad, Mr. R. A. Sherfesse of Rock Hill. The young orator came forward and with a plejsing smile quivering about his lips rang out through the crowd his : youthful yoice. ""His effort was grand. He spoke near twenty-five minutes and at the conclusion, the fair damsels came on the stand and presented the young orator with exquisite and beautiful bouquets of flowers. He was also loudly* cheered by the crowd and deserves creat nralse for his utterances. Col. Robert Aldrich of Barnwell, S. C. was the next to come forward. His bright intelligent physiogomy being familiar took in the smiles and admiration of everybody, for they knew that it was not often that they hear such an orator as the Colonel: His speech was eloquent and was very interesting i to all present. He spoke fifty minutes 1 and was lotrdly applauded. At the conclusion of Colonel Aldrich's < speech, the band struck up "Dixie" and I the remaining survivors of Hart's Bat- i tery, 17 in numbar, jumped from their ] seats and yelled hurrah, hurrah! waiv- i I familiar time seemed to have brou^i_ J back recollections of the years of '61 to , '65. The 3urvivors who were present were as follows: Maj. .lames F. Hart, Gen. F. M. Bam- 1 ber. Louis Sherfese D. H. Sally, Wil- 1 Ham Phillips, Jeff Harvey, W. M. Eel- 1 der, Joseph Gillard, E. B. Guess, Por- i ter Pearson, Henry Kennedy, John D. i Livingstone, Charles Sherfese. Jo3eph Murdock, D. P. Sojourner, 3. H. Trudal, A. Y. Eaves, J. H. Walker. Chairman Smith at 1 o'clock directed < the crowd to the well-filled tables of eatables near the fitting schooll building where every body went, and after a hearty repast seemed exceedingly happy. Every body had a nice time and went home praising God.?Columbia T Annnol O VUilAOi. v 4 I 4 tiaallv passed, was the bill that came from the committee cn agriculture, with the single addition of flour to the list of articles which may not be traded in. The vote in favor of the bill is snmmaiizad as follews: Damo crats, 93, Rspublicaus 47, Populists 10. Those who voted againsi il; Democrats 61 Republican 26. f A TERRIBLE DISASTER." j TWENTY FIVE MSN DROWNEti BY THE SINKING OF A BOAT. -M ATo; Ov-;r-crowded with Members ctm PUhlr## rinh FrtrnHAf* of) A M An H/? . . mSL _ \ , ^ Highlands -The S^amer Algooqatn and v _ Two Tng? t j th 3 Rescue. New York, June 24.?The lus Jaa. D. Nichols, o wned by Wm. Reeves, of 87th 8treet, tbis city, fonadered off the Atlantic Highlands shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon. The Nichols had on board a party of excarsionists numbering sixty -eight parsons and also carried a crew of live men. A? n^nr on ran h* loaned at. thia writing forty eight persons were rescued by the steamer AUonqaia, of the Ciyde Line, and the la ;s Governor Wallace B. Flint and II. J. Morgan. This leaves t eQiy-five persons unaccounted for and these have probably been drowned. The names cf the victims have not all been learned yet, and it will probably be several days before a complete list ot the dead can be gathered. The tug Nichols was chartered by an association kaown as the Herring Fishing: Club, whose headquarters are at No 55 l9t avecue, this city. The tug, with the party on board, left the toot of 5ih sireet, E ist River, at 7.30 o'clock this morning. Sbe stooped at Pier 3 on her N way to the fishing banks off Seabright, N. J., whyre several more persons were taken on board, making sixty-eight in all. Tbe fishing was indifferent and tbe weather threatening, and the tug started homeward. S lories differ *?a to what happened on board the tu2. According to one chapter of the nearrative the fiah? ermea, to avoid getting wet, moved arouad on the dry side of the vassal, that is, the side where the waves did not strike with much farce. It is claimed by some that this action on the part of the passengers resulted in the foondering ' of the tosr. With the increased weight f ^ '3 on one side she toppled over and the waucL ian mvu uci uu quwu au * ~-Y~J &at it was thereafter impossible to navigate her. She struggled for a short distaoce and tben, a? the. water continued vsa to roll into her, she' .sank further and further into the swells and went down. By others it is claimed that, the shifting of the passeasers hid nothing to do with the accident. These allege that the tog was an old and rotten affair; that " she~was terribly over cro vded and consequently top-heavy, and that when she " got into the heavy sea she simply went ' - 'f. over. .. ^ rn- . m * t-r.n. 1 ^ -t.J 7-.A5 e>ae Dievv aer waxsue auu ubifacbcu u\r r ; * tention on board of the steamer Algonquin, which was a mile away. The Algonquin lowered a life boat, but the tog 3auk before either the life boat or the . ? * tugs named came op. As she shank aP ai?Kf 4 V?a frvrv r\f VtAIIQA ' ISUb Ui bug WW^/ VI vuw VTUVW* UVW4WJ together with a ratt and a lite boat, remained fl Dating on the water. To every particl s of wreckage clang one or more of .>2 the drowning throng. Toe life raft was lihn mngf; sonyM hr nnri th03e who were iu ununate as 10 maseii" were safeO; * '% ?Too lu^'-o nm uwi> ?M but fall of water. In it was the body of % drowned man tangled up id fishing Lines.. Tie water was so rough that the Algonquin made no attempt to pick up ber life boat, but gave it a line ind towed it astern until quarantine was reached. ~ ? ? "S" H Why He Killed Him. Lyons, June 26.?Santo, the assassin -/ of President Carnot, was again brought up this morning for examlna- -.-J tlon before Examining Magistrate Benois^When the examinating magistrate asked Santo whether he had a ___ T> .? ,Unn? J'J"*?. personal grievance agamsu x icaiuouu Carnot, he replied: '-M "No, but he was a tyrant, and I killed him for that reason." "How did you stab him?" asked the . ' " magistrate. * . <2 "1 pushed aside the horses and carl- \ asoier and advanced to the carriage. I had a dagger concealed iqmy sleeve. x v | I only had to raise my hand. I aimed at the stomach and brought my arm down sharply, shouting "Long live an- _ J archy." The crowd rushed uoofo. me asd laid me prostrate, I was beat mercilessly." - - ~ ' -r - ? ?- J ? J Q'? "is tne president. ueau z u&cu ^aaw, As the magistrate made no reply, the prisoner took it for granted that his victim was dead. He smiled and raising his hand, imitated the act 0t stab- ' bmg the President with undisguised iflee. The examination lasted fonr hours. A Lady Killsd. Jj Florence, S. C., Jnne 27.?A horri-- f\ ble accident occurred here at 11 o'clock :i todav. in which Mrs. Fannie Jfachman lost her life and Mrs. Helena Welsh re celved a horrible scalp wound. Mrs. ?I Welsh, a widow lady and a crl ppie, was ?1 oat shopping today driving a horse and ' | buggy. While on Darlington street the' \ horse took fright and ran down Irby street. WJiile crossing tha Wilming- _ ton, Colambia and Augusta tracks Mrs. Welsh was thrown oat, falling on her head and receiving a gash from the forehead to the back of her head aboat " * ' " ,? > six menes in lengm. mrs. w ciau may recover from her injuries. The horse continued , his mad ran till It reached j the electric light pale in front of the court house. Here the buggy was smashed Into smithereens and Mrs. Nachman was thrown about thirty "" ---? feet, falling on her head. She was knocked senseless, the concussion being so great that she died in -about fire minutes. .No one knows the cause of the horse running. It is indeed a sad J affair and has been the topic of conversation all day. J Oatlawa at Yem&saoe. Yemassee, S. C.f June 26.?Yesterday afternoon three negroes were caught breaking into the freight cars of th? Charleston and Savannah Rail way near Central J unction, ana were followed by Bram White, who is em- I ployed by the road. He followed them J to Yemassee, but before they reached there they had committed anotner ortense. They had robbed another negro right ia the sight of the Yemassee de- 1 pot, and took all the money he had, "J also shooting hitn and badly braising him. A posse was at once organized and they captured the offenders at Coosawhatchee, having to shoot two of ?C them and iojuriDg them slightly. They were taken to Hampton County jail today. Operator Commlns took a very active part ia their capture. A Sad Death, ' _ Charlotte,N. C, Jane 26.?John Logan Jamison, Jr., assistant overseer 1 on the Thompson orphanage farm near Charlotte, was killed by lightning this afternoon under a poplar tree, under which he and his mule, with which he 1 had been plowing, toot shelter. La3t Wednesday young Jamison was married to pretty Ruth Broarn, one of the ward of theTompsoou orphanage. After a motherless and fatherless childhood, Ruth nad at last found happiness in marriage to a manly husband, but now, after live days of wedding life the un- ^ fortunate woman is a widow. '