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X WINNSBOKO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1894. NO. 1.
HHHBRmrson meeting.
ONE OF THE LARGEST HELD DURING
P* THE CAMPAIGN.
V Evans ?od Elleibe Oo Jor Kuch Otbir
k and Ili?lr PHrtlzai-s App'.iuirt Th?m~
^Tbe Senatorial Cami!d&t? s ate Very
Mild.
ANDEP.SON, S. V., August. 7.?Two
thousand Qve hundred people sat on an i
old cotton platform, with a contingent
perched in the trees near by, to near
and whoop up the day's performance,
jfll Ellerbe gave Evans a sheolic drubbing,
r and the slight but manifest preponderance
of the crowd was apparently in
sympathy with him. The two elements
were not altogether friendly with esch
other, and they howled mutually and
all in a jumble in entertaining antagonism.
Governor Tillman spoke last,
t The candidates, without exception, had
& departed, leaving the field to him, tbe
reporters and the unanimous, voluble
and jolly Tillman boys. About 500,
however, of tbe audience had left. The
B Governor and the remainder had a royBr
al old time together which they enjoyed
Immensely. Jcsh Ashley composed
? a large portion of the audience and
me was heard voluminously.
CANDIDATES FOR THE STATE OFFICES.
Gen. Kichbourg spoke first, and was
willing to admit that "he was wrong
in Permitting his name to remain on
P the.Haskell ticket in 1890."
k Four or five cheers hailed Gary
Watts, who stated that ' he had been
9 criticised and even black-balled for
[ doiDg his duty and being a Tillrnanh
ite."
Next cane Jones, Whitman, Keitt.
LYeldell, Wilborn and Gray,in the order
.. named, with scintillations interpolated
from Joshna Ashley. Gray stated that
his own county convention had endors
ed his candidacy.
THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES.
Mr. John Gary Evans was made supremely
happy by long continued
cheers when be was introduced. Evans
read an anonymous note inquiring if
he had not said or intimated that he
would oppose W. A. Neal for re-election
to his present oflice. Evans asserted
that Neal had come to him and
asked him to lead his il?ht lor superintendent
of the penitentiary and he had
done it, Xow he had heard that Neal
wwjr%a him onH /roooirtnotAlr^ u I
rff CU3 U^UUil^ M1U1, UUU \|.UUUlVUU)VViJ / A
will fight any man that Oghts me."
This raised the ire of one Joshua
Ashley, standing twenty feet In front
of the stand, who insisted loudly that
Evans should "return good for evil."
Evans: "Josh and [ are together."
The crowd howled and counter howled.
Josh appeared inflamed and blared
sonorously.
A citizen near the stand: "You shut
; up, Josh." A remark which he repeated
several times with gaudy re(j trimmings.
r Finally the chairman begged for
i quiet, and Evans explained that Neal
had sent him word byNiis (Evan'?)
brother that he was not fighting him,
and that ho would support Neal, as he
had always supported him, so long as
he was true to the Reform movement.
Evans referred to the fact that JUiler?
. /be owned a plantation and store, and
v AAh&ntad, a.f JcaiLwhjj have ?_aliLa
Ur~ lawyer350hold up yourS;;:>:^ Two
K bands were raised (a symptom that
law is cheap in Anderson.) "Now."
said Evans, "all of you who have paid
a merchant $90 or 8100, hold ud yours"
and a good sized forest of them rose
and the shriekers shrieked.
Mr. Evans ended with the usual hand
primary on the opening of the dispensary,
with the same old result. The
entire audience did not vote; it never
does. Mr. Evans closet', anu an enormous
bouquet hurled from the crawd
narrowly missed crushing hioo.
Dr. Pope declared that he did not
want to be elected if he had to appeal
to passion aBd prejudice. This he foi|
lowed with hard blows in advocacy of
L?-- the constitutional convention, emphaV
sizing the necessity of a solution of
the negro question by tne passage 01 a limited
suffrage provision. He defend- i
ed the sub-treasury vaiorously. My
friend Evans, said Dr. Pope, makea fun
of what I have said. lie talks like he <
could grease a man's ears una fallow !
him whole. I'm not this sort of a man.
Here Josh Ashley's hands clapped to
gether.
Mr. Tindai, after gcing in the history
and theory of the Iteform move- i
y. , ment and impressing the importance :
of education, .isserted that he had come
into "the race to cringe and crawl be- i
+ fore no man." He had fought in the i
ranks for Reform in the days when its 1
friends were a minority, and now that :
^ all its objects have been accomplished,
they talk about turning us old horses
out. "I don't believe you are going to
WW do it," he said, with a conlident air.
B- Touching the dispensary he said, that
it should not be a partisan question, :
because thousands of Conservatives
fVio Iottt ord mornj Uafnrmoro
Ijfcposed it. It was not originally a
Storm demand. It was a moral ques^Land
could not be enforced with
gaient divided, but the grpat ma- ;
|ki' the pecple were behind ir.
mle came to rce two years ago
Hce that I was their choice lor ;
H| Governor. Jf t have been
Bout of the cilice by trump
Bled by political workers in the
Bn'C help it. - 1
V was introduced and a cheer i
Hen rivalling the Evans demon- ]
Wm. There were counter cheers i
B5ns. Ellerbe promptly began i
^Kpanking process and the Evans :
Howd became restive. They jeered. I
Sr. Ellerbe repeated his usual attack !
on Evans, but spcke with unusual pow- i
er. Ellerte people on the right yelled
and Evansites on the left shrieked.
I. 'J"De cna5rrflaa auvanceu out .u,uerue
H repelled hi in saying: "1 can handle
this crowd." The fuss was kept up for !
Eg several minutes,Ellerbe and the crowd 1
A dividing time about equally. Noise '
wm jjrew louder as Ellerbe's lick became
Y harder. Joshua Ashley was lrantic
I with delight.
Evans is making the "i>etsy and the
L bar claim,"exclaimed the'speaker. "Gov.
^ Tillman told him at Winnsboro that
he had nothing to do with refunding :
tbo State debt and now he is going
around claiming credit for.
Evans interrupting: "Governor Tillman
did not say it."
Ellerbe, emphatically: 4,IIe did say
r it. He is here and can speak for himself."
Evans entered another denial.
Mr. Ellerbe asserted tbat he had understood
that Eyans represented the
syndicate in the bond purchase and
not the State and that Kvans was to
ocircral thAiioonii rinllnrc fnr if
LI CUC1 ? O OVfVliU VMVU^MV* ?V? ...
Ellerbe alluded to the Governor havtlng
attempted to gtt Evans to withdraw
from the race, and declared that
he would not have entered it had he
not been assured that he would not I
Jiave to scramble for it.
Can you piow?" asked a man.
Yes, get a mule and I'll teach you
lething about it." (Great cheers.)
Khen Evans says 1 withdrew from
fcttiance," continued Ellerbe, he
^hrfoes me iejastice and tells
&)u were given a demit. I
K withdrew."
?ell, why didn't you say
next denounced as false I
the insinuation that he avoided the
Governor during the Darlington riots.
"I was at the mansioD." he declared
energetically, "1 found Mr. Evans there
with the Governor* lie was the scaredest
fellow I ever saw In iry life. Ilis
face was pale as death. Instead of going
to the mansion to defend the Governor
and his family he was seeking
himcelf" Tha rpmsiinincr
remarks of Mr. Ellerbe regarding the
Alliance and a variety of other matter?,
the public are already familiar
witn. Tbe band played and the boys
were exuoerant for Tillman.
THE SENATORIAL CANDIDATES.
Senator Uutler waited until tbeir
noise subsided. "When I was elected
to the Senate in 1870, I never expected
to obtain my seat. I should prefer to
have died on the field of battle than to
have gone through what I did then
with my mouth closed and my hands
tied." The Senator declared that he
had never been identified with either
party in State politics and never expected
to. The pipers of both sides
criticised his conduct. The Conserva
Kr?s3 ti/iihim f^r cton^inrr
Lii V UAU LliUIV/iocu ura.1 iv/i owuuuiu^
by his principles of lifteen years held
long before the Alliance was born or
thought of, in his Gght against the repeal
of the Sherman act. He denied
the slander that Democratic Senators
had been bought. The newspaper reporters
and editors, he said, had not
done the Senate tariff bill justice and
had failed to giye the bill's true purport.
Then he declared that the bill
was one of tfce best ever presented, and
announced Himself'in favor of the repeal
of the 10 per cent, tax on State
hanks as a measure of financial relief.
As Senator Butler drew towards his
conclusion there were intermittent
cries for Tillmand and sit down.
The Senator said he had intended to
close, but since they were so impolite
as to interrupt him, he believed he
would speak half an hour iDnger.
(More cries lor Tinman.}
Senator Butler began to speak again
and the crowd howled. The noise partially
subsided and the Senator closed.
The band broke into "Dixie" and the
crowd cheered.
The Governor was introduced, hats
waved and the Tillman ovation was
given with a vim. It was some minutes
before the Governor could quiet
the enthusiasm.
"I've got a good voice and a brass
throat. i"ou can all hear me if you'll
sit down."
The Governor, defending the August
convention, asked: "Vou want for
Governor a man as much like me as
you can get, who will keep the wagon
in the middle of the road. Now, do
you want to give the Antis a chance to
come in and determine wno of the Reform
candidates shall govern you? If
that Reform committee, which meets
in Columbia tonight, should be so
treacherous as to call oil the Reform
convention, then you will have to
watch and pray, too, to save yourselves."
The Governor put in a few words for
the nispensary, characterizing its enactment
as a compromise between
"common sense and fanaticism," and
explaining his reasons lor reopening it.
The Governor discussed the price of
liquor, and said the dispensary expected
to sell a cheaper whiskev. SO per
cent, itttead of 100 proof at S2.
Joah Aahla*: itto us for S1.S0."
Tillman: "You shan't have it at that
price." (Applause.)
The Governor in talking on the subtreasury
asked when had the sub-treas*
urv ever won.a light.
He said the politicians are in league
with the Butler men to elect men to
the Legislature on the Ocala and subtreasury
platform. After they get to
the legislature they will vote for .Butler.
Voice: 4:liut we have got our eyes
open."
The -Governor asserted that if Tom
Watson an! other Southern le'.ders
will Dght right and use judgment, the
whole South will be ready to go to the
West in a bocy in a short time.
The Rnwrnnr said thprf> is a hrihffrv
fund of a half million dollars to beat
him. The crowd st"?~ted that it could
not be bought. The Governor advised
the crowd not to let any sub-treasury
man who is willing to swallow the
courthouse come ia and try to beat
him.
An Attempted Assault.
Lowndesville, Aug. 9.?Oj last
Friday night, Mrs. King, a widow, who
lives about live miles from here, was
attacked by a negro. Peter Burner,
who made a desperate attempt to ravish
her. Mrs. King lives alone with
her small children, Barner went to
her house, quietiy raised the window,
and slipped in without awaking any
member of the family. Before entering
he had taken the precaution of removing
his shoes so as to reach his
victim before an alarm could be given.
He wandered about in the house for
some time before reaching the bed of
Mrs. King. Mrs. King at iirst thought
that Barner was one of her children
walking about in the house and asked
what was wanted. The ne?ro then approached
the place from which the
sound of Mrs. King's voice came. Barner
at once tried to intimidate her by
threatening her life if she made an
alarm. She caught Barner in the collar
of his coat and defended herself
bravely. She began to scream and call
for assistance. Several neighbors heard
her distressing cries and immediately
started at Mrs. King's house and demanded
the door to be opened. Barner
realized the dangerous position that he
now was in, and quickly escaped from
an open window. Diligent search Is
being made for him, ar.d if caught. his
body will he suspended from the first
tree that is found.?State.
Terrible Kartlxjaako.
London, Aug. 8.?A dispatch from
I tome to the Central News Agencv
says that many persons have Jbeen killed
and an enormous amount of damage
itone to property by an earthquake,
which visited Sicily this afternoon.
The Home correspondent of the Central
News telegraphs this evenijg as
follows.- "I'he earthquake centered in
the province of Catania. The towns of
Fieri, Aci and Tisane wero totally destroyed
and great damage was done in
Itennissi and Safarana. Fifty persons
were killed and scores were severely
injured. Hundreds of villagers lied
4'n.tkVk 4-K/.I n K AO i ?"? f K a /i rvA?-V AAl 1 f\
11 uLi-L turn uuLuc<a iuiu u:o u t_wnntry,
abandoning everything. The government
oiliciais are sending supplies
ami sursreons to the distressed dis
trie's."
A Voang Murd???r.
Montgomery", Ala, Aug. 8?A
special to the Advertiser from Opelik.i,
Ala, gives an occouot of a deplorable
tragedy near that place this morning.
It appears that lloll Love, the thirteen
year old son of Mrs. Sam Love, had
some trouble with Emmett Urooks, the
fourteen year old son of Air. Charles
Urooks. The result was young lirooks
received a load of duck shot in his
stomach and is thought to be fatally
injured. The father of young Love delivered
his son to be authorities. The
little fellow does not appreciate the
enormity 01 nis oueuse ana faiKeu
freely ol" the ditliculty. lie says Brooks
cursed him and then attempted to assault
him with a heavy stick. The
parents of tbe children are neighbors,
between whom existed friendly relation..
| THE LAST MEETING
OF THE CAMPAIGN HELD AT ABBEVILLE
ON WEDNESDAY.
Tllniun rb I'rUfcl CupturfM ilia Crowrt.
lJatlet'4 Frttbe:lc .Speech?The Gubornatorlel
Candidates Have Tlulr U*ual
L've'y bat Good d Tilt.
Abbeville, Aug. 8.?Down in a
sbadv hollow under big pines and poplars.
2.500 to 3.0G0. some say 3.500 people
including GOO Georgians lrom Elberton
mostly Tillmanites, generally
nicely Pressed and well behaved, and
many pretty girls, sat and heard the
reverberation of the campaign die
away. Senator Jiutler did not speak
more than live or ten minutes. The
Georgia visitors are said to have bean
ropuiisis. it 13 certain iney were not i
for Butler, or at least theycid not applaud
him.
TILLMAN AND BUTLER.
Chairman Bradley tallied the crowd,
begged that Abbeville's reputation be
preserved and that attention be given
all the speakers. He introduced the
Governor, who advanced and began.
Not a sound was heard. The Governor,
alter a few remarks, observed that he
had more friends in South Carolina
than any man. (Whoops, short, sharp
and loud.)
The Governor enumerated whar. has
been done by Reform that is of value
to the people and State, beginning with
the choking of Coosaw into submission
and going through other things as follows:
Giving the people the
right to see candidates before voting
for them; making Railroad Commissioners
elective by the people direct;
reapportionment of the Scate; primary
elections; rei'unding the State debr.;
building Clemson College and the Woman's
College; collection of railroad
and bank taxes and maeing corporations
obey the law after a hard light;
calling a constitutional convention,
and, last and greatest, the Dispensary
law. The Governor wa3 applauded as
he went through this list and spoke
strongly and forcibly of the various
achievements of the greatest of all
movements.
Whea discussing the scarcity of money
there were many sharp comments
by" the crowd. Tne Governor asked
what is money ?
Voice: "\Ye Haven't seen enougn 01
it to know." (Applause.)
The Governor begin to skin and stew
Cleveland.
Voice: "Jloast the old devil."
(Laughter.)
Tillman: "I'm just getting ready to
give him his medicine." (Applause.)
lie was more than usually bitter on
Cleveland and Congress and repeated
his charges that Congress had been
bought, referring especially to corrupt
and bought up Senators. The Governor's
pet plan of getting the South and
West together, politically, was given a
good deal of attention by him. He incidentally
said that he had seen nobody
against him because he was against the
sub treasury. He declared that there
are hundreds of men mt.be Alliance
who will swallow a court housa or anything
else to get to the Senate. It was
these men who were kicking up all
this row. The politicians had always
been against him and now have knives
up their sleeves fo:" hi n and will con
tinue to keep them up there, but his
strength lay with the common people
and wool-hat boys. (Great cheering.)
lie said the Alliance in Georgia followed
Tom Watson off and was lying
in a ditch with i'sneck broke. (The
boys split the air.) "There are some
men in She State," 3houted toe
Governor, "who want me to get on the
Oeaia platform wi:h all fours Some
of those men wouldswallow anything
to get to the United States Senate."
The Governor spoke on m his usual picturesque
style and the boys kept up
their comments. A young man just
beneath the stand got into ah old time
camp meeting hurrah and yelled histericallv.
When the Governor ended the
usual demonstration occured. It was
loud.
When General Butler was introduced
there was some discourtesy to him as,
"we don'c want to bear you," "go home"
etc. Chairman Bradley asked for quiet
and the fus3 subsided.
Gen. Butler welcomed the Georgians
thanking them for the aid they gave
us in '70. lie spoke of his record and
declared that his happiness did not depend
on his return to Washington, and
he was ready to bow to the will of the
people, if he was retired without the
agency of political rings and cliques.
In closing the General appealed to
the people that whatever their political
differences might ba that the bond
which held old soldiers together would
not be forgotten. Bis voice dropped
low and trembled with emotion and the
last words were, "My fellow countrymen,
I wish you all the choicest blessings
of Gorf." A small cheer followed
interrupts with a whoop for Tillman.
Sheriff Nance arose just as the Senaf"'
unH ronH tho \ llian/?0
IWA T> CiO UtW?iV.iU^ UUU 4VMW fcwv AAIil?UVV
demands, asking the Senatorial candidates
what they had to say about them.
Senator B utler returned and said that
he had given his opinions on the demands
in a letter to Secretary Mitchell.
He thought ali the demands, except two
had good Democracy in them.
Tillman got up and reviewed his position
to these demands, opposing the
sub treasury in his customary words
and manner, lie said he didn't want
any warehouses around to store corn
and cotton in norasystem which would
give the party in power a million men.
The crowd gradually broke after the
two big skyrockets had exploded, but
2,500 remained to see the lour Roman
candles go off.
POPE, KLLERBE, TJNDAL AND EVANS.
Dr. 1'ope argued strongly fortheconstitutional
convention, and defended
the sub treasury as "the best of the Alliance
demands." lie criticised thereopening
of the dispensaries and declared
if respect for the courts was not
maintained anarchy would ensue. He
attacked the iietorm convention ana
exclaimed, "I believe a great deil of
prejudice had been injected into the
iietorm movement to place certain men
in oHice." He closed with a plea for
harmony and said that the Antis disliked
him as much as they did any of
h:s competitors. lie had fought them
but had never struck below the belt.
As he sat down the shrieKers shrieked
"Evans."
Eilerbe remarked that the campaign
had been pleasant and instructive. He
thought is much of his competitors
now as when he went into the campaign.
lie made his "farmer for Governor"
speech and said that all the lieform
lawyers were for a lawyer Governor.
On this he took a hand primary
and none of the one, two or three
thousand lieform lawyers present
wanted a farmer Governor. Continuing
on this line he aroused a sleepy little
yell, and another when he desired to
come back and meet Gen. Bob Hemphill
on the new county <>uestion. He
favored the new county. He was in
favor of all the Alliance demands and
"I'll stick to them," he shouted, as he
waltzed off the platform to a carriage.
Ellerbe obtained just enough applause
to show that the crowd was not unanimous
against him.
Mr. Tindal referred to a speech he.
made last year and talked in his usual
vein.
''You've got more votes in this county
than you think," said a mar.
" "I doubt that .John." said another.
Col. Tindal declared that when your
own newspapers and leaders begin to
slaDder and abuse each other the unity
of the lleform party is in danger. He
spoke vigorously for party harmony
and magnanimity towards the conquered
Antis."
"Your friend. Mr. Hemphill." he
said, "made the insinuation", a mean
insinuation, that from iry speech at
Hampton he believed that 1 had an
understanding with the Antis. I said
no such thing." Favorable comments
from one portion of the crowd were
several times interjected. Col. Tindal
made his dispensary argument.
Voice?If you are Governor, and 1
believe you will be, will you enforce
the dispensary law?
"I will to the letter," replied the
speaker. (Cheers.) "I believe 1 am the
only man who can entorce it," he said,
"because I can unite more of the moral
forces of the Slate in its support than
any other man." (Cheers.)
"Trot out little John," was the chorus
from the colonels. Mr. Evans
came forward and was welcomed with
twice or three times as much applause
as any other gubernatorial candidate
for Governor, but not nearly equal to
Tillman's.
Evans said this race started out with
four horses.
Voice: "We have 'em yet."
Evans: "No we haven't. I'ope bolted
the track, Tindal sees spooks and Ellerbe
is sprung in the knees." (Laughter.)
He shot a good deal of his ammunition
at Ellerbe for attacking him and
at i'ope and Tindal for trying to do
away with the Reform convention. He
asserted that the Conservatives were
playing 'possum and showed where
they are still alive and scheming to
kill the Reform movement. lie referred
to Haskell's letter of a few days
ago. Senator E^ans said that the peo
pie pay merchants more money than
they do lawyers aod took a hand primary
on it.
Voice: "Now ask all who haven't
paid merchants what they owed to
hold up their hands." (Laughter.)
He charged that the newspapers all
hate hira. The News and Courier
won't even publish his speeches.
The correspondent of it told him
that it does not print what he
sends down. He said that no matter
whether the Conservatives like the
Dispeosajy law or not it is going to be
enforced if it takes the whole State of
South Carolina to do it. (Applause.)
He said if there is any back down on
the Dispensary it is good-bye to Heform.
He said the Darlington war
was premeditated and asserted that
300 nibs were shipped to Darlington
from Charleston on the day before the
constables went to Darlington. This
was a plain evidence of premeditation.
He said, in response to a remark, that
he is going to "step into Tillman's
shoes as sure as tnera is a tioa la neaven."
notwithstanding the newspapers
of both sides have been stabbing him
in the back.
RICBBOURG, WATTS, ETC.
Tne small firecrackers entertained
the people who remained to see their
gyrations. There was a spat between
General liichbourg and Colonel Watts.
A man in the auuieacs asked Cjlonel
Watts if he had always been a Tillmanite.
He answered that in 1890 he voted
for General Bratton for Govemer.
Colonel Watts made the usual charges
against General Richbourg.
Tne latter answered that Colonel
Watts was not at the Executive Manbion
when Governor Tillman was in
danger and asked why did Governor
Tillman relieve Watts of the command
of the troops at the Penitentiary and
put him (Richbourg) in command?
The Governor, be said, had more coniidence
in him because he was an old
soldier.
This ended the speaking,and the campaign
of 1894 passed into history, this
being the last meeting to be held.
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.
The Interacting Weekly Balletln ot the
State Korean.
For the week ending August Gib the
temerature deviated but little from
the normal, but up to and including
Friday the 3rd, a minimum of 50 having
been reported from S1".. Mattnews
on Sunday; elsewhere the lowest was
but 59, while the highest temperature
for the week,%, was reported from
Greenwood and Spartanburg oa Tursday
the 2ad. The week began and ended
with cloudy weather and gave only
from two to three entirely clear days
in the interior, while along the southern
coast every day was cloudy or partly
cloudy; northward along the coast., in
the vicinity of Gsorgetown, there was
more sunshine, amounting to about the
average.
Tne rainfall for the week was excessive,
Until the 4th, showers were
scattered and although heavy in places
not generally so; in fact some portions
of the State were dry and needing rain,
but during Saturday afternoon heavy
showers occurred in many counties and
by night of that date a general heavy
rain set in, and the rain continued falling
steadily, or with short intervals
through to Alondoy night at which
time the weather still looked threaten
ing. The rainfall over the entire State
during this period varies from two to
live Inches the exact measurement not
being available at this writing. The
effects of this heavy rainfall on ground
already too wet for the l>2st development
of most crop3 cannot be fairly
estimated but will be rellected 'in the
toneof next week's bulletin. Injury is
already apparent due to freshets which
have submerged large tracts of fertile
bottom lands highly cultivated and
covered with most promising fields
of corn and cotton as well as grass for
hay and pasturage, Hillside crops sustained
injury fiom the washing rains.
During the week cotton has fallen off
in condition, or at besf, hal failed to
take the gains it should at this season.
Few correspondents but that reported
excessive shedding of fruit or else growing
to we?d and fruiting too little,
with a decided yellowish color on light
sandy soil that showed an unhealthy
condition of the plant; rust also no'.ed
in manv localities: manv fields laid by
in grass. The falling off in condition is
estimated at from 10 to 40 per cent.
There are portions of the State where
the crop is in the most excellent, condition.
Com continues to do well except on
bottom lands where it is lireing to the
injury of the fodder and possibly to the
ear. Fodder pulling will soon become
general, but the neither Is unfavorable
for curing.
Jltcb nai vest has begun in a smail
way and the entire crop Is heading very
well promising from fa:r to very good
yield.
Tobacco curing ha3 beguD; the crop
is ot very good quality aud ar, least up
to an aveaage in quantity.
A second crop or' strawberries report
pd from Darlington county.
liayinjr begun with large cropj In
sight- out weather unfavorable tor securing
it in good condition. Melons
atill plentiful. Cabbages utting owing
to wet weather,
J. W. Bauer. Director.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. Ttb, 1894.
TEE POLITICAL PROBLEM.
THE RESULT 0F THE GUBERNATORIAL
RACE IN DOUBT.
The Silent Vote an llokoGwa Quantify?A
Prrclcilon an to the Keaalt 1>f Counties?
Mavy Schemes KepOrUd Brewing t? Def??t
Tillman.
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 10.?A few
days ago I said in the Register that the
man who pretends that he knows who
is gomsr to be nominated in the Iteform
pnmarips on [Saturday lor Governor
was afllictfd with soda water on the
brain. I am still of that opinion and
believe that he not only has water on
the bratn but is full of the new cheap
grade dispensary whiskey.
I have been In every county in South
Carolina since the campaign started
and have come in close contact with
the Iieform leaders and voters. I have
watched the drift of things during a
speakiug and have talked with the rank
and .rfe. of the Reformers after the
meetings'were over. I have done everything
possible to try to reach a conclusion
of what will be the result on Sat
urday. The more 1 talk and the harder ;
I try to solve the problem the more
enigmatical it becomes. There are so
many phases to the situation as it now
stands ana so many cojiomations mat
it would take a Richard Croker to figure
affairs out. I have been vain
enough to believe 1 knew something of
politics, but I will now surrender that
vanity and leave some fellow who has
not been out of his county to tell the ;
public after it is all over that "1 told
you so."
At the outset I have nd hesitancy in
saying that on the surface theindica- 1
tious are that the Aiken Game Cock is
goiog to be nominated, but there is an 1
undercurrent of sentiment and a silent J
vote which even Tillman, with all his !
astuteness cannot measure. It is this [
not to be estimated undercurrent which :
will cut a big figure Saturday. "Miss j
Alliance," as Senator Evans speaks of 1
the Partners Alliance, is at the bottom
of this and she is worrying the politicians
and the prophets a great deal
more than the public imagines. I have ,
watched the crowd of men after. Governor
Tillman got through beratingthe
sub-treasury to see what would be the
effect of his remarks. I have watched i
his band primaries on this subject and
have seen what might appear to the ]
average person to be the most enthusi- i
astic endorsement of his remarks, but ]
if any man has looked carefully into a t
crowd during one of these votes he I
must have seen a l>irge number or old, |
sedate and intelligent men who took i
no part In the primary and in the hur- i
rahlng which invariably followed. In J
noting this I want it distinctly under- <
stood "that I do not mean to say that
these old men will fight Tillman because
of his views. I believe that they i
love him too well to knife him even '
for the sub-treasury, but they do not '
have the same feeling of love for some I
of the younger politicians, and sub- i
treasury is going to be felt in the gub
ernatorial race if not in the Senatorial. <
These old men are Alliancemen and I
hold Crmly to the suD-treasury, and <
they are the men who CDiiot on election I
days. They are the fathers and uncles I
oi ltioyouug men who do the hurrah- '
ing. but who do not amount to a great J
deal when the time for working arrives. I
Oa Saturday you will see these old i
men turn out and begin to work. They '
will take some of these same shouters i
and vote them just as they please. If i
these old men have settled on any par- 1
ticular man or men to vote for Governor
you can look out for this man or <
? ? Ar* ~ T ,
men 10 auuw up uu oaiuiu<vy. j. aui ?
giving all this to show at least one ]
element of uncertainty in the struggle 1
of- a few days hence.
In my own mind I have Ggured out j
what candidates will get this almost ]
undefined vote, and putting everything ,
together have made up a-table of what <
I candidly believe will be tbe result ]
Saturday. No partis m feeling has <
guided the make up of the table and I !
have not asked suggestions from any- i
body about it. I frankly confess that I
the chances of Secretary of State Tin- i
dal have puaeled me He is not regard- i
ed by tbe public as being in the race, ;
but he will show more strength than I
anybody supposes. If he had the pri- 1
mary for Governor that lie has asked <
for on the stump he would be "in it" to 1
a good extent. Nearly everybody thinks
that the race Is between Ellerbe and 1
Evans. This has a tendency to hurt 1
Tindal, because hundreds of men won't <
care to "throw away their votes," as it i
is called, and will vote for either Ellerbe
or Evans. 1
Here are my figures of the counties i
each of the candidates will carry. The 1
doubtful counties and the counties ?
which will go for Tindal I have put 1
elsewhere. The figures represent the <
number of votes tach county will have <
in the Reform convention: ]
Evans. ? i
Abbeville 12
Aiken 8 i
Barnwell 12 1
Beaufort 12
Edgefield 12 i
Greenville 12 <
Georgetown 12
Laurens 8 i
Lexington (? i
Orangeburg 12
Spartanburg 14
Totals ? i
120 i
Eilerbe.
Anderson 12
Onester 8 ,
Darlington 8 !
Fairfield 8 '
Florence 8 ,
Ilorry (J .
Kersliaw 9
Lancaster <?
Marion 8
Marlboro 8
X ^ ^ VT UC1 I J w
Oconee f?
l'ickens 0 ,
Sumter 12 |
Williamsburg 12
York 1U
Total ?
142
Mr. Tindal will get the following
counties: Clarendon, <5 votes, Chester- .
tield, t) votes.
The doubtful counties are as follows:
Berkeley, 10 votes; Charleston,22 votes;
Colleton, 10 votes; HamptoD, t'? votas;
Union, 8 votes; Tiichlacd, 10 votes; to- <
tol 56 votes. While Charleston is possibly
doubtful it will likely get into the ;
Evans column and go far toward swell- j
iner the vote of the Game Cock. The
chances are that a majority of the ot her
doubtful counties will get into tiie
Ellerbe column. It would not surprise
me to see the Tindal delegates hold the
balance of power in the Slate conven- <
Lion, mere may uut nc luaujr o: mciu,
but after all they may have a picnic of
their own and on a big scale.
Senator Butler offered to bet at Anderson
the other day that Tillman will
not be the next United States Senator.
The offer lie made was $500 to S250.
He made tbis offer to a warm admirer
of Governor TlllmaD, but St was not
taken probably because the man did
not hav6 the money at hand. There are
hundreds of men, however who stand
ready to take all such bets aDd even to
reverse jt by betting two to one on Till\
\
*
man. I do not know what grounds
General Butler has for offering to make
such a bet. It cannot be on supposition
that Tiliman will not get a majority of
the white votes In the State, for he Is
cercaintoget that. I have heard a
number of suspicious things which
make me believe that the opposition to
Tillman is counting on beating him in
some way make public. They may hope
to do this by an independent movement
and by a coalition with the negroes. I
l-iavo e.i^n heard if. hnnstflrt that Till.
man will not be seated if elected to tbe
SeDate; tbat a contest will be brought
and that he will lose his seat by ltepub
lican and Democratic Senators voting
against him. Iam absolutely cetain
tnat a big scheme fcr the defeat of
Tillman outside of the regular channels
has already been planned or is being
planned. It wilfdevelop before many
months.
While mentioning the subject of bets
I have found that the odds in the betting
on the gubernatorial race are offered
on Evens, but a good deal of even
money is going up, and Ellerbe's
friends have been getting more confident
every day for the las'; two weeks,.
It has been a jolly crowd which has
gone tbe rounds of the campaign, and
at Abberville Wednesday there was a
gederal handshaking and a lot of sincere
farewells. There has not been an
unpleasant incident in the party from
beginning to end, except that between 1
Butler and Till man at Union, and that
was to have been expec'el sooner or
later. Tbe other candidates have been
brothers, dwelling in peace and harmony.
The candidates have been kind
to the newspaper men and many pleasant
and never-to-be-forgotten acquaintances
have been formed. Bad luck will
be the mistortun ef someof the best and
truest men who went arounJ on '
campaign. The newspaper men would
wish, if it were possible, that every one
of their candidate friends could get an ;
office, but as that cannot be they will
sympathize with those who are left and
congratulate such of the victorious :
fellows as they think are worthy to
liold the positions they have asked for
and have gotteo.
W. W. Price.
THE CONVENTION
[C It Thongt That A Fall State Ticket
WW B?Njm?d.
Columbia, S, C. Aug. 10.?State
polities are getting lively just now.
The dull, heavy and uneventful campaign
speaking is over now, and the
next ten days will witness more real ,
political campaign work than all the ,
three month3 just past. The fact is, j
Lhe real light is just beginning. It is
pretty safe to predict that there Is go- ,
mg to be no end of fun between now ;
and the general election in November, ,
and no one can tell how It is going to .
ind.
There is every indication now that .
E vans, as stated yesterday,is going to
get the Reform convention nomination,
without the slightest trouble, on
Fhursday next. Tnere is every lndicaLion,
too, that the convention is going ,
ihead and nominate a full State ticket
?the ticket quoted yesterday. The
convention is called to make nomina- (
Lions for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor only. And thereby will pro- (
bably hang a very Interesting talk? to
b? develop9d in the next month or two; .
riiere is music in the air. Some ll9form .
leaders were talking yesterday, as Reform
leaders have not been heard to (
calk for many a day in South Caroliaa. ,
rhe dissatisfaction over the attempt to (
make a ring nomination has grown to
much larger dimensions than any one ]
las thought. i
The fact is, there is now every indication
of a dark horse from the AUi- j
ance against Evans, after he is nomi- ,
aated, if the convention exceeds its du- (
Lies, under the call. The dark horse
tvbose name is freelv mentioned, is a (
stronger man than 1'ope, and Pope will ,
probably step aside if he is put up. J
And then again, the Gght from what
can be heard, will go beyond tlie State, ,
Democratic primary and September (
convention and will be fought in the ,
November general election. The State '
is not at liberty to give what informa- I
Lion it has on this matter just yet, but (
it will not be many days perhaps before i
It will be known?that is, if anything j
it all is done. All the ralk that can be ,
ieard indicates that such Is going to be
:be result, but no one hereabouts of
course Is able to tell with positiveness
what will come of it.
There seems to be a good deal of con- ,
fusion among the people about what ,
;he various political gatherings and (
events scheduled for the next month
mean. ,
Tomorrow the Reform faction of j
i,he Democratic party holds its club pri- ,
maries, to elect delegates?either Eller- j
oe, Evans or Tindal men?to the sever- ,
il county conventions of the Reform
'action, which meet on Monday, to j
elect delegates to the State Reform .
convention, which meets on Thursday j
next to make nominations for Gover- j
aor and Lieutenant Governor, for the ,
lleform faction. In the primaries tomorrow,
only members of Reform faction
clubs can vote.
Then, on the 28th inst., the State Da- ,
mocratic primary election, to choose ]
electors to the State Democratic con- J
vent ion in September, will be held. In ;
this election, all members of Democrat- j
ic party, Conservatives and all, can j
vote. September convention electors
for the nominee of the Reform conven
tion, or ior anyoiner candidates running
against his nominee, can be voted ,
for. When the September convention ,
meets, composed of these electors, it
will make the (inal nomination of a
State ticket for the Democratic party of
South Carolina. Then any independent
or Republican State ticket can come
out and oppose the Democratic ticket
In the general election to be held in
November. In this November election
any qualllied voter naving a registration
<-.ertiticate can yote.?State.
lliicjt; '?y H in Kytbrow.
Norkbtown, I'd., Aug. 0.?Frank
Supple tfas the victim of an agonizing
accident near Merlon Station list evening.
He Is the of Mark Supple, and was
standing upon a box feeding cows. In
making a spring to jump from his
perch, his head struck an iron hook
used l'or holding the lantern. The
sharp point of the hook passd under his
right eyelid aud c ime out above the
pvebrow, suspending him from the
ground.
The torn and bleediog flash was
strong enough io hold, but he almost
fainted from the dreadful torture.
Seizing abeam above his head, young
Supple pulled his body up so that the
hook slipped from the wound.
KtOtln MllwituUao.
Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 9.?One
hundred police otlicprs, under command
of Police Oflicer Johnson, who had
been sent to the public square on the
corner of E'ghth avenue and Milwaukee
street at 8 o'clock tonight to prevent
a mass meeting of citizens pro
bcztbiug agaiiisu uuu piav/iug \jjl Oluqh ^VA
patients in the ho3pitil located In that
vicinity, were attacked by a mob numbering
4,000 men, with stones, bricks
and clubs, and the the result is a list of
twenty liye wounded officers and citizen?,
and eleven arrests. Officer Albert
Nied.ies had his skull crushed and
will probably die. He is the most seriously
hurt. -
KOLB ME^NS TO FIGHT.
HI* R'cent Defeat Denonncrd as Wtoeb
rnds Kobb?r7,
Birmingham, Ala., Auar. 9.?The
conference of Kolb leaders which con
vened yesterday liaisbed tneir labors
today. They have been consuming on
the situation ail discussing a plan of
action. The following address to the
people was given out this afternoon as
the result of their labors:
To the people of Alabama: The
campaign committee of the Jeifarsonian
Democracy and the People's pirty
of Alabama have been instructed by a
conference of our State candidates, the
leading supporters of that ticket and
the State Executive Committee to promulgate
the following:
The election returns as reported by
the Associated Press and supporters of
the ticket headed by Colonel Oate?
s'iow a repetition of the election frauds
ol 1892 with less pretext and absolutely
without the least semblance of jasti
fica ion, in order to overcome legitimate
majorities for our ticket in fortyone
white counties. The false and
fraudulent majorities aggregate 24,107
from fifteen black belt counties. In
10Afl Unlf oAtinHao
AOtTu OUC3O 3(IU1C7 UlA^H wuuuica uau i
aggregated majorities of 28,669. In addition
to this frauds have been perpetrated
in white counties of not less than
15,000 With the consummation of
these has been alsa brought forth four
or five fraudulent elections of Senators
and eleven or twelve fraudulent elections
of Representatives in the General
Assembly. This outrageous action,
intensified by the impudence and effrontery
with which it has been taken,
displays a disregard of public sentiment
in such a brazen faced manner
that it seems to have been intended to
add insult to injury.
The 1 under which the election ef
1892 was h^ld, which was devised to assure
the prevention of fraud with ease
facility and safety, has been amended
by the Sayre law, the purpose of which
to assure the perpetration of greater
wereto disfranchise illiterate voters and
frauds in the black belt counties. This
has been demonstrated by the election
just held, and was known and intended
by the usurper who exercises the functions
of Governor and was illustrated
by his remark when he signed that bill.
A contest law was promised to allay
and prevent a popular uprising in 1892
to be broken in the most shameful
manner, and the perfidy and treachery
displayed was afterwards boasted of as
a fine piece of legerdemain. We admonish
our people not to accept prom?
(ses nor pledges from those who have
proven themselves recreant to
every requirement of law, to
every demand of honor and to every
r\Y> nf A TPhOTT /"i ??m/"in G t T" Af.Pfl
CAAUOIUU UL UUUJ* xuw;
that they are enemies to liberty and republican
institutions.
In the face of the fact that only a
few months ago the proposition to submit
the election to a State primary was
made, In which only white voters
should participate, which was afterwards
so amended as to meet the supposed
wishes of Oate's followers by
eliminating white Republicans, which
they declined to accept upon a specious
excuse that was an after thought and
very puerile, combined with the fact
that only 42.000 rotes were polled la
the Siate primary that brought, out the
full strength of that party, they now
claim, urge and insist upon the most
extravagant and rediculo'us figures as
correct and true.
The conditions in this State ha7e
reached a climax. There is no doubt
that the State ticket headed bp Captain
E. F. Kolb has baen elected. The alternative
is presented of submission to
wrong, insult and robbery or to assert
the sovereign power before which
thrones totter, scepters fall and oatragee
of tyrants cease. That alternative
must meet a response from manhood
or silent submission from those unworthy
of citizenship. A proud and
chivalrous people worthy of freedom
cannot shirk the responsibilities the
situation enforces. A distinguished
patriot has asserted that the man who
will not fight for his liberty is unworthy
of freedom. We do not advise
fighting or lawlessness of any kind, but
the crisis has arisen that the sovereign
Dower shall assert itself to compell unworthy
servants of its will to submit to
Its nower and recognize it? authority.
Your committee recognizes that it
has been entrusted with certain duties
and that its powers are circumscribed;
and it feels authorized only in going to
the extent of advising and urging those
whom it represents to exercise the
power invested in them and to hold
meetings on Thursday, the 23d of August,
at the respective court houses, if
not otherwise specified to act upon tnis
great crisis and to Insist that manhood
patriotism arid love of liberty which
has always evoked prompt and decisive
action from them shall find expression
In their course, that will be creditable
to their revolutionary sires and furnish
a precedent in our history to which all
will ever revert with pride and satisfaction.
At the same time and place, we would
urge the organization of law and order
leagues to uphold the supremacy of that
greatest of all law and power?the sove
reign will or a iree peopie. upon me
adjournment o? these meetings, reports
of the proceedings should be furnished
immediately to W. II. Skaggs, chairman,
Birmingham, Ala.
(Signed)?W. H. Skaggs, Chairman
Central Campaign Committee; A. T,
Goodwin, Chairman Jeffersonian Executive
Committee; John VV. Pitts, Chairman
Peopl's Party Executive Committee.
Went Back on Him.
Montgomery, Ala., Au?. 7.? Nearly
every County turns up with a heavy
loss for Kolb as compared with his
vote Qf 1892. For instance, Madison
County in 1892 went for Kolb by 298;
official returnes give it to Oites by 1,443,
a change of over 1,700 votes. Lawrence,
another Tennessee Valley
County, goes for Kolb by only 1,250, as
against 2,135 before. Limestons goes
for Kolb by only 153, as against 1,623
in 1892. Tallapoosa goes for Kolb by
only COO, as against 2,449 in 1892. In
Cherokee bis majority falls 300. Crenshaw
went for Kolb 775 in 1892. This
year it is very close. Sumter goes for
Oites by over 2,500; Damocrai-ic gain
of over one thousand; and Macon goes
for Oites by 800, a Democratic gain of
over 1,500. Henry Oatea' o<vn County
went for Kolb in 1892 by over 1,500;
tbis year over 500 for Gates, Harbour,
official Democratic majority insreased.
The smaller Counties go the same way
in less degree. Oates' majority will be
closed to 40,000. No one places it under
25,000. Legislative returns indicate
safe Democratic majority, even with*
mif. .Taff>rerun's dAlacation of six.
though the prospects are that .Jefferson
has gone Democratic.
A Mao Trap.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 7.?DeVitt
McDowell, a prominent business man
and his wife were imprisoned in thetc
folding bed Sunday night, caused by its
accidentally closing up. /They were extricated
with diftlcult^/after being in
their perilous positioner several hours.
McDowell died yes^rday from the injuries
received ancMiiswife is seriously
hurt. S *
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wno WILL BE GOVERNOR?
HOW THINGS STANO AT THE CLOSE
OF THE FIGHT.
Accordlrg t ) the Columbia Register ud
Governor Tl!]m*n the Kac? for
nor la Nip and Tack Between Emu and
x-ueroe.
Columbia, S. C., An*. 5.?-The
Roister of today prints the following
from its campaign correspondent, Mr.
W. W. Price, who has followed the
speakers all over the State:
The people are trying to figure cut
who is to be the next Governor, or
rather who is to be the Reform nominee
for that place. This now perplexing
question will be answered in a lew days
by the people of tbe State. There are.
going to be some surprises, la a prediction
t make
Well, the fact and the straight fact
is this: The man who says he know*
who is going to be the Rslotm ?omine*
bassoda water on tbe brain and ' neafcexamioation.
Governor Tillman agrees
with me. I spent Friday night with him
at Clemson College, and in conversation
with several persons he said the race ia
one with as much doubt in it as -he ever
knew. He declared that nobody knows
who will be the winning man. He even
went so far as" to say that there is a quiet
vote in the Reform ranks which cannot
be cusssed at and that the weight ot it
will be felt. This is the vote which the
friends of Elierbe and Tindal claim.
It's all muddled. I have now been in
ever? ccunty in the State except three,
but the nearer I get to the end of my
campaign work tha more muddled I become
on th'3 q xestion of the next Governor,
Oae day I think it 'S going to
be Elierbe and the next I think Evans
is the winner. I do not believe there
will be twenty votes diflerence between
them m the Reform convention. It may
turn out that Secretary of State Tindal'e
friends will hold the balance of power in '
me couveuuuu.
Goveroner Tillman made a statement
in his speech at Pickens which was understood
by some to have indirect reference
to General Ellerbe. He vu
talking about the efforts being made to
change the C ^lleton plant convention to
a piimarv and said that the friends of
"beaten" candidates were responsible
for all trouble. In view of the impression
nearly every where that the Governor
is a friend to Senator Evans, it is
not to ba wondered that the remark was
taksn as a slap at General Ellerbe, I
remarke-! to the Governor at Clemsoa
College that his words had a peculiar
sou ad or significance. He said that he
had no reference to General Ellerbe, and
then proceeded to eaiogiz? ?;uert)8 u
one ot the best and strongest men m the
Reform ranks. He warmly complimented
the Marion Swamp Fox on his
Spartanburg speech. The Governor up
to now has not seemed to appreciate that
the conditions are such at this time that
almost anything he may say which is
not definite and explicit will be likely to more
than one construction. The situation
is delicate and I am satisfied the
Governor is chafing under it. :
Since the Union row Governor Till- \ ;
man and Ssnator Burler have let each
other severely alone. They were getting
pretty "chummy" before that exciting
little incident. They med to ride together
in carriages and would joke each
other on trains and everywhere. They
? *- *-- *? ?? Uam A*
yui. to U3 as (fUiUK OS DUUWl mm w
cay with each other as tiro-year-old*.
Now they avoid each other and to hear
one ot them speak yoa would not think
he kaew the name of his rival. I beard
in Greenville that they refused to ride to
thespeaking place in the same carriage
together. This may have baen a
rumor. At any rate it is not probable
that they will reter to each other on the
stump again this campaign.
Interesting to Stockmen.
Colonel Thos. W. HoUoway furnisher?,
the following interesting information
to raisers of live stock In the State: ?
At the meeting of the State Agrlcul- '
tural and Mechanical Society of Sooth
Carolina, at Rock Hill, August 2d,
Messrs. E. R. Mclver, R. A. Love and
W. G. Hinson were appointed a committee
to consider and to report upon
the feasibility and advisability ot having
sales of stock during Fair Week,
made the following report, which was
adopted:
"The committee to whom was referred
the resolution to institute auction
ctalpq nf livn stnrtlr at the ftnnnftl State
Fair, and to suggest a plan for regulating
same, beg leave to report tnat
they have carefully considered the
same and make the following report,
viz: " ^
"1st. The committee think it entirely
feasible to have such sales and suggest
that the Secretary be instructed
to have prepared for general distribution
as long before the beginning of
the Fair as possible a catalogue of all
animals to be sold with their pedigree
registration numbers, and such other
information as shall be furnished by
owners of said animals, concerning
such animals as may be offered for
sale.
M2d. That no by-bidding wiu he allowed,
but the owner will be allowed
to fix a price below which 110 bid will.
bs considered.
"33. All entries must be made on or
before November 1st, 1894.
"4 th. That a payment of 25 per cent
of purchase money shall be made by
such purchaser of an animal as soon
as the animal is knocked down to him,
and the balance shall be paid within
twenty-four hours of close of sale; but -? _ (
the animal shall be at the risk of the
purchaser immediately after his bid Is
accepted and sale completed.
"5:h. That the sale shall take place
in the horse arena, beginning at 2
o'clock p. m. on Thursday, November
15th, 1894*
"155b. That in order to compensate
the Society for advertising the sale,
paying the auctioneer and other expense?,
no animal shall be entered in
said catalogue for sale before the ownor
r.iM to the Secretary of the Society
the sum of S1.00 for each horse and 50
cents for 6 very other anlmaL and
there shall also be paid to tbe Society
by the owner of the animal a commission
of 2 1-2 per cent, upon all moneys
received for sales."
Stock raisers throughout the State
are hereby Informed that as soon as
blanks can be gotton ready 1 will most
glady furnish the blanks to all applicants'.
Already 1 have information of three
horses to be sold incompliance with the
foregoing report of the committee.
Stock can be shown at the Fair as
well as sold.
Fell FlveSto*le?.
New York, Aug. 3.?Mary Hasea
lives a3 339 East S&venty fourth street.
Sue is 22 years old. While watering
plants she leaned too far oat of the window
and &he and the plants and pots
tumbled down five stones to the street.
She was taken to the Presbyterian hospital
internally injured, but will proba*
i bly get well.
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