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'' y VOL XLVIIL WINNSBOKO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1894. NO. 51. L ~A DAY OF SENS\TIONS. | CANDIDATE. S MAKE CHARGES AND i COUNTERCHARGES. Lively Crowd at Wloncboro-Ths Most Kventfnl Csrup*ign Mf.ttlng of lhe Series? Reformers shake E%ch Oilier trP. Wixnsboro, S. c., July 24.?The most eventful meeticg et the campaign - was held here today. From the point of view of peace and good order it was a model gathering; politically it was not model. The simple and blunt truth is that the lieformers participated in an all-around slugging match .in which nearly all of them became involved before it was over. Col. D. P. Duncan started the ball by denouncing Larry Gantt, his traducer, as a "buzzard." Senator Stanyarne Wilson jumped on Colonel J)uncan and ^ partially defended Gantt. Evans next i went for Ellerfce and Ellerbe went for Evans. Governor Tillman undertook to spank the whole crowd, including Tindal,and got into a sharp and salty spat with General Ellerbe. I will not now undertake to give mv opinion of the outcome of this spat. I have given it verbatim and the public can form its /\n>n Th?nnnstinn hfttjppeii VTf U WUViUgiwu? auv v^v-vwMVM the Governor and the Swamp Eox is ? probably settled, as each man succeed * ed in getting before the public what he wanted. The speaking was commenced r by YelldelJ, who was followed by Thomas, both of whom are candidates for Bailroad Commissioner. Tbey were followed by Whitman, Mayfield and Keitt, candidates for Superintendent of Education. This is Mr. Keitt's first appearance. Gen. Richbourg was the only candidate on hand for Adjutant ? and Inspector-General, and he went in alone. Winnsboro is the first place in the Fourth Congressional District that the campaigners have yet touched and there were three Congressional aspirants present to talk to the people? Wilsen, Duncan and Farley. Johnson, the Conservative, of Lanrens, was not on hand. These gentlemen bad quite a _ sparring match. They were followed I by the candidates for Governor, the ^ w Hon. John Gary Evans being the first introduced. CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR. Senator Evans charged Ellerbe with conducting his campaign on a narrow minded basis, trying to array farmers against lawyers. This was not right and he condemned it. He said Ellerbe takes offence at all that is said about him in some of the Reform papers. He (Evans) had not been paying any attention to articles against him, but would answer a communication which appeared in the Register this morning. The article was signed by "Senex." The word means old. If "Senex" is as old in years as he is in iniquity he is as old asMethusalab. Senator Evans then denounced as lies insiuations made by "Senex." Oae of these was that he had forged Governor Tillman s name in sending a telegram to Darlington during the riot there. rT" J tolAovom An /irvvT . ?Lt) uau WliVlCll tuc iac?iaiu uu UVI n emor Tillman's order and the Go verA it The insinuation of "SeK ,. ting DeloVtne1 BSfer^ tlon was that he is d rawing salaries PP. from corporations. "That is another ( . lie. 1 never drew a dollar from corporations in my life." (Loud applause and cheers) To the insinuation that he claimed all the credit for refunding the State debt and had done little, Senator Evans said he had never claimed all the credit, bat he had done bis share. *1 am not claiming false glory. It is ba<3 grace to be trying to pull me down by lies. You know they are lies. (Applause.) I have done more for the Reform movement and gotten less out of it than any man in South Carolina." (Applause.) _ . Senator Evans next began slugging , General Ellerbe and hit right and left, v. i?oinsr over all the charges Ellerbe ha3 made s^'ast him and "defending himself. Senator" ,ended his speech by a discussion of the Dispen3SF$Jaw. Kjs remarks were well received. Secretary of State Tindal followed, a shower coming up aa h*> was lUtrJ] duced. He said: V Why does the Alliance require you to 1 admit Republicans and Pooulistas&d Democrats to the same table V To teach toleration and remove prejudices? k Why? In order that farmers might considar measures and vote for their interesi instead of for their prejudices. This was a basic principle and the whole ritual was founded upon it.' Why was it necessary ? Because the prejunlces engendered by the war enabled the Republican party to rule and rob the farmers of the United States. tA How ? The northern farmer?the back >??? n-f tho Pannhlir??.n narl.v?AVor shipped bis heroes and voted only to V | keep down the "rebels." The Southern W-~- farmer worshipped his heroes and r voted to keep down the radicals while the government was run in the interest of corporations and manufacturers and trusts and the money power. The lirst thing necessary was to remove this prejudice in order that the farmer might be led by his reason instead of his prejudices. What is our plain duty as Reformers? Evidently to coaduct this Reform k election for Governor so as to let every Reformer feel that he has justice. Already the people in almost every county have said that they ars afraid the convention will be manipulated. Some say they will not go to the polls, because unless he happened to be with one who has the plurality his vote will pot be counted. Suspicion and jealousies are already taking root. Now, I fare more for the success of true reium principles and for the pease and Bbgreiss of the State than to be GoverJror. The fate and future of the Reform party depends upon the satisfying tha ronfcr snrf n that the election will rbe fair. Now, how are we to have a fair expression of the will of lleformers ? Suppose Fairfield cast 1,000 lieform votes and three of the cannidates set; 1,190 votes and the other get 410. Will you give the whole delegation to the candidate who gets only 410 votes ana leave 1,190 lleformers without a voice? Would that be the will of the majority V i, On the contrary one-fourth of the voters would dominate three-fourths. I have a fair proposition which I believe will be satisxastory and avoid all danger and encourage every lleformer to vote whether he be in a minority at K one place or not. Proposition to secure a satisfactory expression Ul WC JkSiuiuJCxa cnu;gc iui Governor. L Section 5 of the resolutions published by the Reform Executive Committee ? says: That the Reformers be requested to express their choice by ballot for Gov- \ ernor and Lieutenant Governor, and that tbe chairman of the delegation of the club be required to make a return of said choice to the county convention to be held on the 13ch day of August, 1894. My proposition does not change this, but perfects it. It is when tue Reformers have cast their ballot, let them be tabulated for each candidate and taken to the county convention. There let the ballots of all the county clubs be tabulated so as to get the number of votes cast for each elegates and I elect delegates to the State Convention so as to give each candidate his proportionate strength or vote in the State Convention, the chairman to take the vote with him to tfce State Convention, which shall count the whole vote cast for each candidate, Jiy this means the party will be fully satisfied and no dissatisfaction will result. The audience expeciea uoistuu uwi Ellerbe when he cot up and thev got some warm material. General Ellsrbe said that he and Evans had been sparring. So lar they had not hit below the belr, but the newspapers friendly 1.0 Evans had hit. him (Eilerbe) below the belt in a most foul manner. Larry Gantt was one of these men. Gantt had deliberately slandered and misrepresented him and had scattered the Headlight broadcast to Id jure him. In view of all the false charges against him he thought that Tillman ought to say to the people that he (Ellerbe) is no traitor. General Ellerbe then went oa to say th3t he did not desire to bring out certain things but was forced to it. ?Ie repeated mo3t positively that Governor Tillman had solicited him (Ellerbe) to make the race for Governor and had told him (Ellerbe) that he would not have to scramble for the place. Col. W. A. Xeal was present when Governor Tillman told him that and he would prove it by Xeal. The people, General Ellerbe said, want a farmer and not a lawyer for Governor. Furthermore, Ellerbe said, after Governor Tillman had told him (Ellerbe) what he did, the Governor telegraphed to Evans to come to Columbia-and advised Evans nf thn TOna Tho flnvprnnr uy VUU U1 tUQ JLWV vivf ana others knew that he (Ellerbe) had not wanted the oflice of Governor and had been solicted to make the race. General Ellerbe said that it was reported everywhere that orders have gone out from headquarters that Evans must be Governor. He (Ellerbe) proposed to show that no such orders have gone out. "Governor Tillman," General Ellerbe declared, "is an honorable man and would not induce me in this race and then go back on me. He has fought the lawyers all his life and why sbould he be supporting one now ?" General Ellerbe next scored Evans for what he considers the Game Cock's faults and mistakes of the past. Evan?, he said, had promised not to sulk it beaten for Governor, but Evans had sulked when defeated for Speaker of the House by Irby. He had sulked with Tillman as late as 18HI and bad abused the Governor then. General Ellerbe made a strong appeal to the farmers not to let lawyers get possession of this movement. If they did it meant good bye to the movement, If the farmers have any am bibition for their sons they must not allow the movement tamed over to glibtongued lawyers. What encouragement would it be to a farmer boy when he wanted to seek ofiice to know that the lawyers own everything ? Evans, he said, has not discussed the Alliance demands on a single stump acd has talked as all lawyers do. THE EIG GUNS. Senator Butler was in a humorous aUauL-tfl&iy and kept his audience ]JiU?{flJiij?frou2 beginning to end. He said that the sports of the day reminded him of & line of poetry. "0&, liberty, how many crimes are committed in thy name?" A little transposition would make it read: "Oh, Reform, how much humbuggery is committed in thy name?" General Butler defended the Democratic parry and asked why the whole party should be condemned and spit upon and villitled because one man has not sustained his pledges? In acting as they are the Democrats are simply paving the way to the success of the Republican party. General Butler said the Reform movement is getting sick and the best thing it can do is to keep Marse Ben in this State to get it- wpli and rcf.nrn him flintier} to the Senate. General Butler advised the Conservatives to elect delegates from their clubs to the lie form County Convention and in that way offer to take part in the primaries. They ought to want to take part as good citizens. He did not believe, however, the Reformers would let tbem in. Ganaral Butler received some solid cheer3. He wa3 not once interrupted. Ilis discussion of national issues was brief and was on the same line with what bas been published before in my correspondence. Toere is a complete change in General Batters tactics since the Edgelield meeting, lie jokes and makes humorous personal remarks to men he knows in the audience. Governor Tillman was then introduced and began by S3ying that he felt like spanking the Reformers who are quarreling among themselves. He believed he would just spank the "whole | biling of them." Instead of their telling what they intend to do if elected Governor they go around quarreling with each other. Evan?, he said, claims all the credit for refunding the State debt. Evans did nothing but bring a sham suit in court. lie (Tillman) and Bates did the work. Ellerbe talked like he had done ail the fighting against tho railroads and the banks when it ha3 since been found out that another man originated the plan against the b3nks and roads. TindaJ, he said, is going around gatting off some double-twisted, back action schemes for a primary instead of the plan now adopted by the Reformer?. The Governor acknowledged that -* Ua for t"\ horra a riifjipf Ill WUUiU iJO UCOI.C1 ?j J HUTU ? Uiiwv vote, but that would briDg up tbe old question between the up-couatry and tne low country about the negro. If the equilibrium between tbe low country and the up country is to bs preserved the system as adopted must stand. The Conservatives, he said want to come in and pick out and elect a man who will surrender all we have fought i:o r. J ust here there was one shout for Eilerbe and one for Evans. Tillman told the sbouters to shut up and then went oe. to say: "Now, I will touch on the coat tail business. People are trying to make out thar. I am trying to piay double. You who know me know that I never played double in my life and that I never will." (Applause.) "Tbe sum and substance of this whole thing," be said, *is that in January Kllerbe and Neal came - ? ^. rn( J4 into my unice. .mere was a great cry for a farmer for Governor. Ellerbe was talKing about the matter and I asked him who he thoughc would be a good man. He named several and I told him the people wouldn't have them. Then I asked him why he didn't run. He said he didn't want the place, and I asked him what he was making all the fuss about. About the -same time it was reported that I was ia favor of Evans for Governor. Ellerbe asked oieif I wasn't pledged to Evans and I told him no. 1 further told him that it made no difference what class a man was from; that the peo pie wanted and would have a man with the backboneaud nerve to carry out the laws. "1 say hen? and now that Ellerbe is a good and true man with plenty of backbone and nerve but he is not the only one in the Reform ranks who has it." General Ellerbe had been sitting with his eyes steadily fixed on the Governor while this explanation was being: made, lie arose, called the Governor and said: "Didn't J tell you at Keaufort that 1 intended to refer to this ifthisthiag kept up, and didn't you, by silence, agree to it?" The Governor did not dispute this. ( Then General Ellerbe said: ' Didn't vou tell me, in the presence of Colonel Neal, that I wouldn't have to scramble for the place, and that you would take Evans out of the race?" Tillman answerfd: "Yes, I said I would got him out if 1 could, but he wouldn't come out. I am not his keep- ( er and rould net take him out. Isn't 1 that so V" , Elierbe?'Yes, if you siy so." The Governor said he had never indicated any preference for either man. Turning quickly to Bilerbe Tillman asked: "Why do you undertake to say I brought you out?" Elierbe quickly?"Because you did." Tillman?"1 did not." Elierbe?"You did." Lond cheering for Elierbe and Tillman broke out, it being difficult to tell which had the best of it . There were some cheers for Evans. County Chairman Ketchin stepped forward and the noise ceased. The Governor turned around without another word and resumed his speech by saying he wonld now spank Butler some. He chunked the Senator briskly for a few minutes and next turned his heavy guns on Cleveland, referring to the President at the beginning as that black hearted old scoundrel. (Loud cheers.) Senator Gorman had just come to the conclusion that the thieves are beginning to fall out and expose each other's rottenes?. (Applause.) ''r T Mrs. "X say we are uemwiais, uui x uw not say that we can possibly hold on ' much longer that name the way things are going on. 1 have got this to say: { Kather than be trampled on and tied ? hand and foot by the gold power I will J seek tbe first opportunity of uniting J the South and West. I will go whether * you go with me or not. (Tremendous J cheering.) J Shouts?"We will go with you." < 'We are held down," the Governor 1 said, "and our noses put to tne grind- J stone. I would give five thousand dol- ! lars today to be in that Senate to tell * that old scoundrel and the Senate what 1 I think of them. (Loud applause.) The Governor said that yesterday he J had issued a proclamation leopening 1 the dispensaries until the Supreme ? Court decides the 1893 law or the Leg- i islature changes it. lie reviewed his f a/?Hnn in thft riisr>f?nsarles after the decision of the court, and the whole ^ business from beginning to end. In "< reopening the dispensaries he is simply 1 obeying the will of the people. * He then took a hand primary in the J audience on the question of whether 1 they want the present state of affairs or the dispensary. Not a hand was raised for prohibition, and a large nnm- t ber went up to back up the dispensary. ( The Governor said he didn'c believe 1 in allowing the whiskey men to boss ' things any longer. He was going to ( give them a chance to dispose of the 1 rot they have on hand before he put the J screwsonthem. Some newspapers,the ; Governor said, are predicting blood shed. They are simply encouraging \ violation of the^Tsw. ? -J Governor Tillman said he noticed * that an Alliance of this State had 1 adopted a resolution that it would not ( support any man for ollice who is not 1 In full accord with the O jala demands. The Governor said: "it is weJl fcnown that I do not en- j <inr<30 all t.hft AllianriA demands. If the ' Alliance wants to hurt itself and lie- J form, it can prosecute that course. I 5 believe that there are enough Alliancemen who believe in my honesty to sup- ( port me." (Applause) The Governor concluded by warning 1 his friends to send none but rock rib- 1 bed Tillmanites to the Legislature. lie 1 said Wall street and the whiskey trust ' will turn loose barrels of money when 1 trie Legislature meets to beat him (Tillman) for the Senate. 1 The applause was spontaneous and lots of oouquets wore sent the Governor.?U?gl ter. Weather Keport. ' Columbia, S. C., July 23.?The following is Director Buer's report for ! the week-ending July 22, 1894: ( The past week will take rank as one . of the best growing ones of the season, although there was a dificiencv in both ] temperature and sunshine. 0 wing to more than the usual aaaount of cloud- 1 iness, the daily range of temperature ' was.less than ordinary ou account of < lower maxima and consequently the ; mean temperatures averaged from 1 to i 3 degrees a day below the normal. The I rainian was general over me ouatc auu in many places excessive and damaging < to field crops especially on bottom lands I which were overflowed, notably in Ab- J berville and B trnwell counties; in An- i derson, and to a less extent in some < few other counties, hillside corn was j badly washed. Some flelds of cotton as 1 well as corn, are becoming very grassy < which threatens iDjury to those crops; < but little could be done to clear the I grass as the erround was generally < to wet to plow, in fact some 1 correspondents think it will be neces- i sarv to lay by the former crop in the < grass; com is beyond Injury from tae 1 grass. I Aside from the damage by surface i water noted above, cotton and peas are < the only crops impaired by the suplu3 ; rainfall", but as yet to no very great ex- I tent Xn called rust is noted on cotton ! from four counties, while others report I the plant turning yellow on sandy soil; . growing too m ich to weed and fruiting i too little on richer land, and shedding 1 of squares more common than is usual. Tbe crop has not yet been damaged seriously and in many counties not at all, but would be much improved every- I where by more sunshine. Its general ; condition is above the average of a number of years past. Corn countinues to make rapid im* i provement and that of earliest planting is made and assures a big yield and that later planting will soon be beyond in- i jury except from violent wind storms, i The yield of corn promises to be the ] largest for many years. Sweet potatoes growing too much to vine, but like all other crops their condition is excellent aud m some counties 1 the acreage the largest ever planted, i lllce continues to do well and promises >, a good yield. Tobacco doing well. Sorghum growiDg finely. Large quantl- ; ties of turnip seed being planted under j very favarable conditions. Grass for I pasturage abundant. Melons plentiful and heavy shipments being made. Gar- < aens conuaue to uiiKe wuuuaiui mi- < provement. Little mention is made of . fruit, probably because there i3 little fruit to speak of; Charleston county I report3 second flg crop yery large. ! Th? tollowining places reported two : (2) inches or more, of rainfall for the week: Cheraw, 2.19; Ilardeville, 4.61; < Kingstree, 3.09; Saints George, 2 39; St. I Matthews, 1.58; Allendale, 2.70; Biackvilie, 2 59; Charleston, 2.93; St. Stephens 4.10; Loopers, 33-3; Longsho?, 2.00; Lake City, 2.90; Health Springs, 5.00; Conway, 5.09; Cnesterlleld.3.29; George- ! town,2.87; Statesburg, 2.20; St. George (L. A. H.), 4 50; Greenville, 3.5S: Lib- < erty 3.41; Trial. 2.42; McCormack, 3.73; : Central,2.19; Elloree, 2.15; SaqTSc, 2.11.1: i A GOOD MEETING. A LARGE AND GOOD NATURED CROWD HFAR THE SPEAKERS. (2 .vtuiior Til; 111*11 Talks oa the ATlltoce l>on)M.utl.??SeuHtor Evitnt st Prime F&v ?rl?0 Mild IVlakfi) H la Beat Speech ol the .uiip*lct>. Oranoeburg, S. C., July 26.?The campaign party caa draw rain better A nf tnan a circus or u term ui wc ^uun ui General Sessions. It has rained an nearly every meeting place except Columbia and Charleston since the beginning of the campaign. The failure to include Columbia and Charleston will tiave to be explained by the elements but it rained hard enough and long anough here today to make up for its failure in not having carried out the programme in those cities. An inexplicable thing is that nobody run from ;hese rain. ~ Everybody who has an umbrella hoists it and everybody who aasn'c an umbrella crawls under that >f his neghbor. The water drips from ;he umbrellas and falls on shoulders and jacks. In a packed crowd like that lere hardly a drop of water gets to ;he ground- It sticks to humaa clay. Again despite all the umbrellas nearly ;verybody gets thoroughly wet. Besides ;he rain today there was heavy thunder iccompaniea by vivid lightning. The mteafcin<r bad to he stoDDed two or three :imes. The speakers fared tolerably spell under the canvas covering of the >tand. Some water got through to them )ut not enough to hurt. The crowd was the largest since that it the Carleston meeting and was probioly larger than that at the Darlington neetlng, which hell the belt up to the ;lme Charleston was reached. At least 5,000 people were here. Considering the arge number the showing made by Senior Butler wa3 surprisingly small. He lid not appear to have over fifteen or ;wenty friends in the big audience. Of course the Governor was the mail all lad come to hear and see. Senator. Fohn Gary Evans)was a prime favorte and increased the high opinion held )f him by his hearers by making one of ;he best speeches which has ever been leard from his lips. So far as cheersipplause and llowers are concerned he tot all a man could ask or desire. All the speeches except Evans and Cillman's were repetitions of those else vhereor a jumble of what. have previously been given to the public through v." no mono naps a fflw flrnafi natured /L1C 11OTT0^U[>UV? - ? md somewhat noisy fellows annoyed lome of the candidates who are not lsed to that kind of business. Governor Tillman announced to the illiance in terms which cannot be mis,aken that he will not swallow a word )f what he has said in the past, but it the same time he said he wanted ic mderstojd that he is not making: a fight >n the Alliance and that he does not ffant the Alliance to knuckle to him. He pointed out what would be the remit of a Gght on him by the Alliance ["here must have been hundreds of Aliancemen in the audience. If there were .t locked likette Governor captured j hem, as not the slightest opposition j; .vas manifested to what he said. He ?ven carried his paints by nand prima In the best humored manner posible ;be Governor spanked General Elierbe "or opposing him In the reopening of -he Dispensaries and said that the State Ibard of Control has nothing to do pith it. Throughout the meeting, which openid at 10 o'clock and closed at 3, there were intermittent rain showers, and so furious ?nrd they at time that they ibreaSened to drown out the whole business. The people of Orangeburg showed great hospitallity to the campaign party and took good care of them. The following reception committee did uhe honors: Dr. O' R. Lawman, John H. Duke?, W. L. Glaze, K. H. Riley, S.P. Foxwortb, N.N. Hayden, J. W. Stokes, W. 0. Tatum, W. K. Crook, L. S. Connor, H. H. UruDson, A. F. Fairey, W. Vr. Culler, C. G. Dantzler, R. M. daffy, J. W. II. Dukes, S. Dibble, M. 0. Dantsler, A. A. Dantzler, J. F. North, L. A. OarsoD, F. J. D. Felder, R. D. Tarrant, J. L. Rast, W. F.Ott, J. R. Rrooker. Chairman Oscar R. Lowman held tne meeting down in good shape. Mr. J. W. Fairey, of the Orangeburg Hotel, was unusually accommodatiog to the visitors. After a most beautiful and eloquent prayer by the Rev. Thomas Raysor of the St. Matthews section, State treasurer Bates was introduced by Chairman 0. 11. Lowman. This was the Doctor's first appearance in the campaign, and being on hl3 native heath le did not: attempt to make a speech, tie declared that he had endeavored to manage the State's fiaances so as to command the respect of everybody irrespective of faction. "The cat and the ?'* " ~~ anrt TCaif.f. ?rft HO, (13 llXCDOia, luajuwiu u?u AA.VAWV ~ iubbed by the other candidate for superintendent of education, were the next iwo performers They played an edujationai tune in low major, after which Whitman rushed to the footlights and iang a song of Hell Gate, a pocketful Df bleat. Today he constructed a fearFul and wonderful allegory in which Governor Tillman was a patriarch with i big red apple in his hand in the shape 3f the Governorship. Ellerbe and Ey3ns were represented as climbing afLer the pippin on Alliance and dispensary ladders. Tindal was standing ready :o pick up the pieces after the tall and l/ope had skipped off to the People's Inn 10 eat his apples. White man declared ae was ready to grab a pulm, and a wiseacre shouted that he could have a pumpkin. "They accuse me of telling falsehood," cried Roaring Walt, "and I wish [ had time to retail them to you." Voice?Wholesale 'em. The four candidates for railraod commissioner came next, but did not reverse the proposition that there 13 nothing new under the sun, or the rain either. Gen liray correcrea me published reports of his speech in Columbia as to his being: a graduate of the South Carolina College. Wofford was his alma mater. Mr. Yeldell had a lively sean<:6 with the crowd. Ills facial beatuy took their eyes and a photograher took a snap shot at him. Mr. Wilborn and Mr. Thomas were also guyed and jollied by the enlivened auditors until they felt as it' they had been through the treadmill. "Shoot the dude" was one of the many 2ries that were showered on Col. John Gary Watts, who told his tale for tha Adjutant Generalship. Gen. Richbourg's speech contained i,he;stat ment that he voted against the Sheppared delegates in the primary of 1892. Dr. J. 1'. Minus showed up again tolay In the race with Watts and Richbourg. He delivered an inaudible "plain caiK. GOVERNORS GET TO WORK. The crowd began to get more quiet when the small fry was disposed or. but shot a good deal of fun at General Ellerbe, who was the first Gubernatorial candidate. There was some cheering, for him, mingled with a volley of ronsIng hurraas for Evans. The Swamp j Fox was told that he "wasn't in it," and that Evans was the man. He was asked how he stood with the Alliance. He said the resolutions passed by the Alliance of his country a few days ago endorsing him were sullicient evidence of how he stands with the Alliance. General Ellerbe rehashed and refuted tho slanders which have been circulat ed against him. He pledged himself to abide the result of the Jleform convention . The farmers, General Ellerbe said, are for him and tfce politicians for Evans. If the farmers will turn out and vote Y\a /T?1la*?V.a\ fa onra f A hil ur \ j-jiici. juj oui^ tv * iv'v^u. Voice: "Ob, come off." GeDeral Eilerbe emphatically advised members of the Alliance not to vote for any candidate who does not stand squarely on the Alliance platform. All the evils now afflicting the people mu3t be corrected by the Alliance or they never will be corrected. For this reason the Alliance must stick and stick closely and not be turned from its objects and aims by anybody. Rain shut General Eilerbe off befoie his ti jcte was up. Senator John Gary Evans was enthustastically greeted by the audience. Evans said he had been truer to the Alliance than Eilerbe and had made more speeches for It than the Marion man. The Senator made a red hot speech on farm and Alliance questions and was often applauded. Ssnator Evans said the Reformers of South Carolina showed their wisdom t^o years ago in condemning Cleveland as. a tool of Wall street. That wisdom hss been acknowledged by the very men who said we were fools. (Great applause ) Senator Evans declared that Souih Carolina will have the next Vice President of this country in Ren Tillman. (Tremendous applause.) Tht> South and the West must unite in 1890. It will be necessary to nominate a Western man u.ooMont' Wifh q IVooforn man XU1 X igoiucuv. TV iuu ? II VUI.W&M at the head of the ticket aad Tillman for the second place the people will si7eep the country. Senator Evans charged that Eilerbe had not been in favor of the Dispensary until he said popular sentiment was that way. Eilerbe, he saw, had criticised Governor Tillman in his Columbia speech for issuing tbe proclamation reopening the dispensaries the 1st of August. Tillman was right and he would prove it. He then took a band primary, asking all who were against reopening on August 1st to hold up their hands. Very lev? hacds were raised. Then Senator Evans put the question "All who favor opening the dispensasies August 1st, hold up your bands." Hundreds of hands were quickly shot into the air and there was deafening applause. "Vindicated," shouted Senator Evans and there was thunderous applause. Senator Evans said Eilerbe thought the Dispensary not perfect. If Ellerbe is made Governor he will tinker with that law until he ruins it. Voice: "Well, he will never be Governor." Senator Evans made a maflruiiieent speech in behalf of the Dispensary and appeared to be unanimously backed by the audience. Dr. Sampson Pope was the third would be Governor to talk. He talked ^Wiational issues and the importance ^S^Qre money, llo fuvorod ovpry dftSSnd of the Alliance. Dr. Pope reiterated his opinion that Governor Tillman had made a mistake in ordering a reopening of the dispensaries on August 1st, and again predicted bloodshed. The Governor should not undertake to adopt this course without putting the matter before the State Board of Control-which is the legal body to take action. Dr.*Pope produced a stir in the crowd by declaring that he is a candidate for Governor before the regular Demorvrimaru and not bafore the Re form convention. Some men shouted to him to sit dowc; that they had heard enongh from him, but be declined to sit down until he got ready. He said he always expressed bis opinion fearlessly and openly and was doing so now when he said tbe Colleton plan convention was not fair and right 'Ibe crowd showed its disapproval of Dr. Pope's utterances in several ways. Secretary of State Tindal's quiet speech excited no opposition and he was not interrupted. He talked on tbe moral side of the Dispensary question. Mr. Tindal slid be bad never bad a selfish thought in politics and he was not standing here electioneering. THEY YELLED WHOA. Senator Butler was introduced as an old war horse. Some of the crowd yelled: "Whoa!" but some applause was given him. Senator Butler made a capital speech full of good humor and bright sayings. Tillman, Senator Butler said, wants to be President. It was a historical fact that no Senator had ever been elected r* J 3 1 Tc ^*>1 nA/in *A thfl Vjfln. XT6S1Q6UU XL X iJi iuau tv ate, therefore, he won't get to be President. Senator Butler was once slightly interrupted by cheers for Tillman a^fl intimated that howling down had started This stopped the cheering and the Senator proceeded, discus3iag national matters. THE HERCULES OF REFORM. Chairman Lowman put Governor Tillman forward as the Herrules of Itaform. Orangeburg, said the Governor is one of the banner counties of Ileform Tillman said the question of being President had never entered his head. The only chance of any Senator to ever be President, however, was in hioc, (Tillman) as he was a record smasher. (Great laughter and applause.) There were only two things of importance in Governor Tillman's speech ?his answer to the resolution of the Marion Ceunty Alliance and his answer to the criticism of General Eilerbe on the reopening of the dispensaries. The Governor said that there was no >:se to be quarrelicg over the subtreasury question, and that to inject it into national polities simply amounted to trying to cook a rabbit before it is caught. The subtreasury is nothing but a plan for distributing the money of the country, but the money must be gotten before it can be distributed. "I know what all this means," he said, "some men in South Carolina have had daggers up their sleevvs for me since 1891 so that thy could step forward and get some higher place than they had. They want to pull rue down in your affections. "Look at the Marion Alliance that passed those resolutions the other day. They propose either to make me eat my words or run in another man. They can run in a hundred if they want to but I will never eat my words. I am neither a moral nor a physical coward. If you believe I acn capable of leading you, you have got to make some of these Deople take back seats. Now I will test this right here. All of you who are In favor of forcing this issue by having a man who will swallow the Ocala platform hold up your hands." There was absolutely no response to this, but when the Governor put the n.mntlnn rtf rrq i f i n nr fn r>riftk t.hfl rfthhit KJi. TTU&.AU^ w until it is caught hundreds of hands were raised. The Governor said t*3at ever since his letter on tne Alliance demands the little lice newspapers in the state have been trying to make it appear that the, Alliance Is being forced to submit to his (Tillman's) wishes on these sub1 jects. They kDew that this was not so yet they kept it up for the purpose of causing ill feeling between him and the Alliance' The Governor continued: "I am not afraid of any straight Alliance candidate. If they want to trot out a subtreasury dark horse and if he will meet me I will mn hioa to death or I am a nigger." (Loud applause.) If the Alliance, through its leaders, undertakes to put that- yardstick on, you, the people, will resent it. It simply means that I can't be elected. It means divisions in the Alliance and division in the Reform movement, and between those two divisions our enemies will enter in and destroy us." "I am not going to fight the Alliance. I ain't built that way. I claim to rep resent its true principles. Bat for me ycu would today have the third party in South Carolina and your Alliance would be beaten and disheartened as it is in the other Southern Statea." The Governor warned Ms auaience that if sub-treasury Alliance candidates for the Legislature are pot In the field the Haskellites and the Conservatives will vote for them simply because they hate him (Tillman) and declared that if they wanted him to go to the Senate they must ask each candidate if he was ?oing to vote for Tillman. The Governor said that the extreme Alliance haters, in case Alliance tickets are put in the field, will be found voting for this ultra sub-treasury plan. Th9 amalgamation of the Alliance and the Haskellite3 would be like that of the prohibitionists and the whiskey people, children of light and darkness uniting to serve the devil. The Governor declared that a half million dollars will be spent by WaU street and the whiskey people to prevent him goiDg to the Senate, if a chance is offered. Touching on reopeniug of the Dispen sary, the Governor said that he had been rapped on head by ..two of the candidates for Governor be cause of his action. He was tender with his boys and weald reprimand them as a kind and considerate father. He said: "Ellerbe misconceives the entire scope and purpose of his powers as a member of the Board of Control if fce thinks that I have to consult him concerning the opening of the Dispensaries. His duty is to help control the Dispensary while it is running. He has nothing to do with enforcing the law. That i3 my dutv as Governor. Now Ellerbe says that I ought to wait until the Supreme Court passes upon the Act of 1893. Well, I would like to know if I did not revive it and put it to work again when would the Supreme Court get hold of it, and bow T Ellerbe: "ITou could do just as you did in the bond case." Tillman: "The court i3 not in session and will not meet until November." Ellerbe: "Dont you think, Governor, that they would meet if you asked them V" "Tillman: "I don't know." The Governor said that Ellerbe said that he (Ellerbe) had not been consulted about the reopening. Ellerbe (interrupting, with a smile on his face): "No, 'I didn't. Tell the truth. I just wanted to put the responsibility where it belonged and [ said.that you did not call the Board togethAcJ' z Goyernor: "Ttiaok iiod, you Governor who is willing to assume ?e the whole responsibility. I could have gotten out of this business if I had wanted to play the politician, but we. owe a debt for the whiskey we have on hand of eighty thousand, because v e bought it on credit, and we want to pay it. I am not going to sit still while blind tigers are running everywhere and let this condition of affairs go on." There waa so much applause at these last remarks that the Governor said he had a goou mine to open the Dispensaries to-day. (Tremendous applause.) The Governor ssid that if everybody else had the right to sell whiskey he thought the Governor also had the right. The Supreme Court, he said, marched up Maiu street, in Columbia, every day right past a dozen saloons, and did not issue injunctions against them, "but, boys, I am going to make thoanfflllnmochin thoip rftd PIA nTlt. rtf tUCDO Atuu T| J kJUi J/ wuv*>. VJV w?v ? ? the State in a hurry." (Vociferous applause.). The .Register, said the Governor, "holds up its hands and sees spooks and devils and dead men and smells blood. It says that it was unwise in me opening the Dispensary at this time. I believe Elierbe put 'em up to it,' with a lau?b. Elierbe: " Tell us, Governor, why you closed tne Dispensary." The Governor said that he had done it because if he had kept open an injunction would have been gotten out and the Dispensary closed. The Governor told what he had done to beep the court f;om getting at the law and howne had done it. ?CT\is?n'?> Pnrthonon a^viao JSj iACi UC JL/iUa u j^uvumuuu uutawv you the same as I die not to reopen the Dispensary ?" Tillman: "No, but he is a little weak ! keened just like you are. He wanted to wait until after the primaries because he wa3 afraid tbe reopening would hurt me, but it won't hurt me. I am doing my duty. Tbe people will not go back on me. They never have and they never will." (Great cheering.) I3y request the Governor took a hand primary on the Dispensary and the crowd was with him unamiously. By request he also took one as between Butler and himself. He got all and Butler got no votes. When the Governor got ready to stop speaking the crowd begged him to go on and promised to spend the night with him if necessary. ^ The campaign party lef: here tonight and will go straight through to Newberry, where the next meeting will be held to-morrow. The week will end at Liurens on Saturday. A >ooDday Lynching. New Iberia, July 23.?A lynching with unu?ual features took place at midday today iu this city aDd tbe vieti'.n wa3 Vance McUlus, a negro hostler, who od Saturday attempted io assault a youoe lady, the daughter of his employer. Bit ween 12aud 1 o'clock, while the uolice jury was in session, and there whe: e many people around the court house and jiil, a Dumber of men entered the sheriffs office and broke open a lock anu took the jailer's keys. They then talked over to the ] lil yard an-, entering the jail buiding in such numbers as uot to attract attention, took Van~e from the steel cage and han? him in the hallway from the upstairs raillin;;. la the meantime, the iail gate bad been fasieued on the inside and the alarm having ceen given, the court oilicers were unable to gain admittance. The lire alarm was rung to summon Sherill Gide, who was at his home, and be came uo to tbe j ail on Dorseoacc wim* out even a saddle. Being refused admittance, he threw his weight against the gate and on entering waB surrounded by the naob, shovedj out again and warned at the point of a pistol to keep quiet?being informed also that all the other prisoners were safe. The mob dispersed quietly and tbe negro w;? found dead with a placard on his breast, , telling tbe reason why. A RUSSIAN ADVENTURER Who Oae Time Lived In Barfceiey C-^nnty Noar Holly Ill!{. Several years ago, says the 2? ews and Courier the good sbip Richard III ar? rived in Charleston harbor from St.. Petersburg to take a cargo of cotton. The Richard III was one of the iast full rigged ships that used to come to this port. Oa this particular trip she had on board a young Russian of high birth and prepossessing manner?, but without a dollar or a friend in the world?cast off. desolate and alone. Col. William L. Trenholm,- afterwards comptroller of the currency under Mr.Cleveland'3 first administration was then Russian consular agent at port, and the captain being exercised in his mind about this young man, went to nim and told Mm this boy of about 18 years of age was on board of his ship, that ne wa3 the son of a nobleman high in the sei vice of the Czir who, on the eve of his departure, had brought him aboard of his ship given him "just the bare passage money, and begged him to take him to'America and th?n turn him adrift. - Tee captain said that he became interested in and afterwards touched by the forlorn Dlight of the young noble, who was a brilliant talker and of most charming manners, and determined to see what he could do for him. and so had brought him to Col. Trenholm and begged that he would do whatever ne could for him. Col. Trenholm was very much pleased with the young man, who was singularly prepossessing, as said above, and called himself Michelson and said that the reason for his being sent off by his father was that his father had slapped his sister's face and that tie had atrucK him for sd doing. Col. Trenholm introduced him to his friend, Major Julian Mitchell, who, upon examination, found that he could read Grtefc and Latin with ease and could speak all of the great modern languages with fluency. At figures, too, he was a veritable prodigy. One could take a pencil and wiite on a piece of paper, calling it out to him as it was written, such a sum as this: 7,872 multiplied by 6,368 and before the man with paper and pencil would have t he sum finished he would have calculated it mentally. Major Mitchell and Mr. Smith, his partner, were so pleased with the young man that they took him into their office as a clerk. He remained some time giving absolute satisfaction and winning his way into the good graces of all with whom he came into contact. At the boarding house at which he lodged the landlady and all the boarders especially those of the weaker sex, were his ardent admirers and enthusiastic friends. After Michelson had been in the office some time Messrs. Mitchell & Smith were apprised of the fact that their firm name bad been forged on several occasions to checks. Theforg eries were easily traced to young Michelson. His employers did not prosecute him, but he did not receive such mercy at the hands of the management of the Germania Bank. He was tried and sent to the penitentiary for eighteen months. Even in the Penitentiary his unusual gists stood him in good stead. He made a most favorable impression on all witn whom he came in contact and was soon made the bookkeeper ef that institution.By his uniform goodconduc the lessened his time of imprisonment and was soon free to roam at will. Whether he really experienced a temporary change of heart, or whether he was merely adding sacrilegious hypocrisy to his other crimes of ingratitude ana dishonesty is not knovrn; At all events he became a Cambellite minister and achieved considerable popularity in the extreme upper portions of the State in his ghostly capacity. After a while he was married to a very excellent young country girl,with whom he seemed to live happily tor some time but after about a years time he suddenly disappeared and was not heard of from that day until about four years ago, a letter was received in Charleston from a Charleston lady in Plorida who had known of Michelson when in Charleston saying that be was then married to a very pretty and charming young woman of excellent parentage, asking if he ought not to be exposed. The gentleman here to whom the letter was addressed thought that as the mischief was done and the girl already married to him, and as he seemed to be leading a quiet and respectable life, and as he hoped that having sown so much wild oats, that he might have gotten through and really turned over anew leaf, it would be wisest to do nothing in the matter at all, and accordingly nothing was done and he dropped out of the minds of the people here entirely nntil the special from Jacksonville about him in the News and Courier yesterday recalled him to their minds. In Florida he seems to have risen to considerable prominence in Madison county, as he represented that constituency in the State Legislature last session. The story of his downfall in Florida is curious. He telegraphed from Thomasville, G-a., to a stableman in Quitman, orderidg a carriage and pair of horses to take a gentleman over to Madison, signing the name of E. C. Mcintosh, without that gentleman's knowledge. He went to Quitman, it is reported, made use of the team, and when asked for the charges said that Mr. Mcintosh was responsible for them. For this be was arrested for forgery. A Bloody Fight. Shreveport, La., July 21.?.News has been received here of a tragedy at Ivory, a settlement in Arkansas, jast beyond the Louisiana line, in which a preacher, the Rsv. J. S. Piatt, and two members cf his coDgregation were slain, and several others seriously wounded. The parties ha 1 met in a secluded place to settle a dispute concerning the authorship of a slanderous report thai was in circulation and the fi?ht was the result. A rumor got abroad in the community affectiog the character of a young lady. It wa3 alleged that the Bev. Piatt started the storv, but he in turn accused a member of his congregation named Perdue. The men were about to come together in battle, but friends intervened and it was decided that the principals, with their friends snouia meet aowa lae river aad decide the matter without trouble. There were present Platf, Felix Goulet, Dan Perdue, two men name Disdale, two men named Defee and G. G. Stuart, father-in law of the Esv. Piatt. After some tine had been deyoted to argument, ail the parties reached for their weapons. There were Winchesters, revolvers and shot tuns. Piatt, the only man unarmed, jumped .into the river, where he was killed with a Winchester ball. S'.uart, bis relative, was shot in the biek and leg, and wa? knocked into insensibility. Oae of the Disdales was shot in the abdomen. O:hersof the two factions received injuriss. The cosgiegaticn of Piatt's church is aroused over the affair, and an effort may be n<ade to drive Purdue out of the community, in the which case a war of extermination will be entered npon by both sides. MYSTERIOUSLY RESTORED A SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEECH AND E QU V_LY SU 3DEN RECOVERY.: rutle Ida Bcecb, of Vin?l?ocJ, N? vil Dressed for the Qfaw. bat She wu Stved, Yineland.N. J., July 20.?A strange and remarkable recovery from a mysterious and unfathomable malady bas - lately beea the experience of little Ida BrecK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.F. A. Breck, of this city. The physicians are puzzled and frankly admit their inability to diagnose the terrible disease, or whatever it might be called,which held the child in its iron grasp for two years. Many theories are advanced to ac? jg count for the child's inability to u?e her vocal o?gaa?,oDe being that a tooth had lodged in some channel leading to hoflirnof Annfhov la fhot trfri'a l.-si uuv wivavi xjwiav?uvi iw wm?w wuv h" - -.-^g thorax had been ruptured and incapac* V-" itated from performing its proper functions. Bat no one will say positively what deprived little Ida of her powers of articulation. The girl herself says: "Something snapped and I couldn't make the words." Mr. Breck is a manufacturer of onfermented wine, and lives inLandis avenue. About two years ago Ida, who was then but 5 years of age, was eating green apples in the yard, and in bit ing into a particularly hard one one of her teeth was torn from the roots. Whether she swallo wed it, whether it lodged in some cavity, as many sappose, or whether it fell on the ground is not known. The child, frightened at the pain and at the blood which flowed from, her mouth, ran into the house and threw herself sobbing on a lounge. She te? fused to answer questions or to tell her troubles, and the anxious inquires of her stalled parents only elicited sighs and inarticulate sounds. o-rrr* i"nnw mA t>T? T\ViT\ OUD An JC/OJAUl/ XV/ ?? - -T ^ The next day she was still silent, and also refused to partake of any food. Her parents were alarmed and physicians and specialists were called* bat they could do nothing for her relief and her condition became steadily worse. As the time wore on she became weak and emaciated, and her death seemed only a question of a few weeks * " at least. After a month of painful watching the attending physicians pronounced the child dead and took their departure. The little form was costumed with a shroud, and the grief stricken parents made preparations for the funeraL But happily the child was saved fofn />f hofn?? hnWo^i xruiil lLLC li.Uii.XUlt? l(*vu Vi wvuig Mu**vm ^ alive. Signs of life were discovered in the inanimate form, and the mourners r ^ crowded aronnd in a fever of excitement. The seemingly dead child sat up, rubbed ber eyes, opened them sod stared wonderingly at the faces aronnd \ " her. With her fingers she made signs indicative of her desire for something to eat . From that moment she began to re-, gain her former health and spirits slowly it is true, bat surely, and in the ... course of twelve or thirteen months had completely recovered. But though her health came back the use of her vocal organs did not, and she was still as mute as a sphinx. All her wants and necessities were expressed by signs. Matters went on in this manner for a year, during which time the child never uttered a coherent sound. HER VOICE STRANGELY RESTORED. A few days ago a strange and remarkable change came to pass. Ida y was playing with a knife or some sharp instrument and managed to cat one of her finger so that it bled. Either the sight or the smell of the blood had a atranoro ofrprt nrmn t.hft ehikL Shfl seemed surprised at something and was happy. That same night she startled her older sister, with whom, she slept, by speaking her name slowly and distinctly., She also proaoanced several other words plainly, and seemed pleased at accomplishing the heretofore impossible feat. The older girl, startled at hearing human sounds from lips so long silent, aroused the household, and an eager and wondering group gathered about the little one, endeavoring to persuade ^ her to speak to them; but the child frightened, probably, at the excitement she had caused, and at the strange and wonderful feat she had performed, remained silent. Nothing could induce her to utter a word, and the father and mother an instant before in an ecstacy of delight at what they thought a miraculous intervention of Providence, were bowed down with grief, thinking that their eldest daughter must have been dreaming. m The next day, however, the novelty - < of hearing her own voice having worn off, Ida again assayed to talk and succeeded admirably. Nor was she frightened at the interest she aroused. The cntting of her finger seemed to be the turning point in the history of the case and from this time on her improvement was rapid. She has entirely recovered her power of speech and is a "cjj i very happy child in consequence. Last ^ ; Wednesday she celebrated her seventh birthday with a party and entertained <*; her guests in royal style, laughing and Xgl chatting as happily and freely as any of them. She has always been a nervous child, but very healthy and extremely bright for one of her years. The case has caused much interest amrtncr mftdiftal men and thOSd Who are acquainted with the circumstances. A Senaatioa. , Washington, July 25.?A special from Birmingham, Ala^ says that John Collins, a gardener, residing in the oatskirts of Cunningham, thought he heard thieves in his garden early this morning, and with his daughter, Mag' --?; gie, IS years old, arose and went ont to investigate. The closing of the door awoke Mrs. Collins, who aroused her ; son, Willie, telling him burglars were tryiog to get in. The boy got a Winchester andgoing oat,mistook his father and sister for burglars in the darkness and shot them both. The father was killed instantly and the girl will die. War Bu Been Declared. London, July 26.?War lias been declared between Japan and China. The U rr/vl fKn TTittt* I #J <i?MLiCC5C Uavcoc^cu uuu juug VL VV&VM ,v.^^ and bold him prisoner. Eleven Chinese steamers are on their way to Corea. . | Most of the troop3 aboard them are j coolies armed with bows and arrows. Some Chinese steamers which have arrived at Corea have been prevented by Japanese from landing troops. It is reported that the Japanese artillery ? sank several of them. Death and Destruction. ' "Sa Texarkana, Ark., Jnly 23.?The southbound passenger train from l>al? * * las, over the Texas and Pacific railroad, due here at 7:15 p. m., was wrecked I near Queen City, today, shortly bofore G o'clock, and it is reported that seven -3*8 people were killed as a result cf the accident, -