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?! , ^ a % >4 ^5-f /%/ ^lk jll I A ^ [f ' vf ? A * A-vw-i a! a ^|i Alt* fL *1 ? ? flU 41*n I <* pm If fftilllrfil Xitllll2s iillli MCillllfL " * VOL. LI. "WINNSBOEO, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1897. NO. 49. "the campaign opens" [ rT HE FIRST MEETING A VERY EXO'T- ! !NG ONE. i ! Iibjr "Was K;d Hot? Se ^cLsnrln AI- ! most Came to Elcws?McLHurla, I' I Eraof, Duccaa and r?Isj field In th?* K?ce. j i The Seratorial aspirants wfr? ?cb <i-1 uieo to aocress me ceopie 01 ouaurr; Monday, but only three of-them had j made up their rr.inds to run when thf i ^ ^ meeting was called to order at 1 i ] o'clock, iu the very roomf, coo] anri j handsome opera ho?;se of Sum tor. j These -were Senator McLsurirv ex Sen r 3tor Irby and Hoc. S. G. JJaySeld, j the latter being too unwell to ce p>es | ent. There were only tvro speakf-rs?! Messrs. McLaurin and Irbj. They j occupied only one hour and t^entj j minutes, but is iliai short time they | succeeded in getting up one of the liveliest rumpuses ever seen in a polit i . ical campaign in this State. Cel. Xrby j ^ -o'as particularly severe on Mr. Mc j Laurin, accusing him o' dishonesty j in relation to his party, bis people and | Ms State. Mr. McL&urin could not j sit quiet under the severe lashing of I -words and the two were on thej point of havitg a public fisticuff ou K the sta^e when they were prevented f by cooler heads. ^ At the very slarr MeLsurin made a; very neat reply to Irby ard the cro^d i fairly went wild over it. They kept j kept it up 'or seme tirce 3sd Col. Irby j l?-p. i ^ tflr- /-<r a < /-> V> r\ XT'! n?rr I ucrj.ovcw wacv* iu?r *. .?..?*?.?- ^ down and said so. He was thereafter j constantly interrupted by those in the j audience. Ke ?Ct mad and referred j to the crowd as "city henchmen" and { this infuriated.Jhe audience so much ! more, "who howkd worse than ever Chairman Purdv by his coolness, his! calm demeanor and good judgment j kept them as quiet as possible, but told Col. Irbj that h? could sot be re i sponsible/or the result if he contin s ued to apply such language as "bench j n"CTitVi? n#?or>Tf? Thfre vcprf ScV ; eral other stirring incidents and there i was act a duii moment during the j meeting. Senator McLsurin had the crowd j with him and his poims were roundly; cheered. He discussed issues almost] entirely and in an attractive way, but | he made one or two references t) ;'dis : honest politicians sulking*'and sarcas ' tjc references to the "saviors ofDs j mc-cracy." Col. Irfcy evidently took | this language as referring to himself j and from the start to the ?nisli he de ; V* ic? r\ * + i">y*yv"vyi A ?"! t 1 and laid it on him about as not and | heavy as his zno&t ardent partisan i might wish. r There were possibly about 350 peo-; pie in the building, a msprity of j them from the c-uclry. Tee peoplej of the ciiy who were present deeply regret the howling and interruptions, j but congratulate themselves that the j noise was made by those not citizens of the city. During breakfast Co 1. W. A. Neal, j Crews' Mark Hsrana, walked-into thr' ^ dining room and approached Col. Irby s with outstretched"'hand. Irby de I ciinea to shake hands, saying: "'You.' I must excuse me. sir; I don't care toj -.peak to j ou, sir." Colonel Neal said: j jjlPl^sfr ''All rignt," and wheeled about. This j l|||^jj^was the first incident of the day. j Chairman Furdy called the meeting \ to order a few minutes past 11 o'clock j and prajer was offered by Rev. Mr. Williford. T :e chairman msce a fe w | remarks and then presented Senator; McLaurin, who was received with I jrreat cheering. Before getting to his j speech proper he said he most heartily ra echoed the sentiment of the cbafr j man, that the campaign be conducted j t-'-t- ? i J T! on a xngn p:ane, ana u is uut, ? j will not be responsible. No one re-j grets more than I the death of Senator | Earle. I knew not a man in South! Carolina who does not regret that the ! career of that noble aad chivalrous] gentleman was cut down when it I promised so much usefulness to th&i Wratp T shall str'v^ to synrlhilv car ! ry out the high purposes wbicn ac'u | aied him. He spok e of the great gooa | accomplished by the Reform move I meet iii instituting primaries, in j which there could be no trades, as ali ( white men could express their honest? opinion. Ke declared he was under) promise to no mat), and was net in a j combination of any sort. The prom j ises he made on the stump are tbej only ones he will make, and he will j carry them out as be had- always done { in the past. (Applause.) He then] entered into a discussion of the tariff! question and other political issues. a seat xejoisder. When Chairman Purdy introduced | Senator Irbv there was slight ap j plause, ana when he started oif it ap pe3red that he would have easy sailing! and would be listened :o quietly and j ^ attentively. But this was a calm be- < * fore an unexpected storm, as the se j quel proved. Col. Irby in. beginning-, j jumped right on McLaurin. He said: O 4^*. T f lllCH Ul OtfliitCi, A with a rran who slogs his own praises srid can talk mors about himself ihaii any one can say fcr hire." Just thes the city bell toiled t&e hour of 12. and continuing, CoJ. Irby said: "And that bell has just toiled his funeral knell." McLaurin (in his seat:} "Hark >em the tomb a doleful sound.'' This was greeted wiih laughter asd loud cheering. For a minute or more the crowd "veiled themselves hearse for [ Ik-Laurin. Irby in the meantime S Mocd facing ihem. He attempted tc L say scmethir.g, 5ut his voice w?.s |p|gj&^ drowned in the torrent of cheers for ilcLaurin. Irby folded his arrcs and calmly waited. His face showed that he was angry, in that he believed the crcwed was trying to howl him down Chahman Purdy arose and waved; his hand to theaudier.ee, and presently j they ctasta the hurrahs. Col. Irby then continued: "I under- j l,rtrrr t n o 1 >c- T 1-nPTC if WSS S ! ' ! ^>auu U.KJ *? w* W ic. A U.UV1T ^? - ? . Sxtd before "we came here. Ta:s is: the hot bed of Haskell ism, IndependeLiisiu ana Conservatism, and ihis I n-.fceliiiff "was fixed to give ilcLuurin a great send cif at the start." Senator cLsurin started to inttr rupt the speaker, but all he get out was thesiasie vrcid rater. * The c.owd again cr.tertd .'or M.eLaurie, -which lasted but a few ssc o-ds, -when Col. Irby continued:) * Y. u ia:k of faciicaai And. s^ctioEal j hues. but assocri asagenuine Reform-1 er and true Democrat comes before you, jou try loiiuidaimdowu. As to Lolling dor-f, liiat is all nonsense. J. am here to sptt-k for the poor and r" Jaborirg mar, and I don't care* how UJLAliy 'Oi v.tj UviiUUiiiw~x j? vu howi me dowa/' Duriog ihe hubbub. Chairman Pur-! dy stepped forward to Senator Iroj a^d said: "Colonel let's unutrsiauc \ ^ one another rjghi away. In ihe pres ! ecce of this digniiied auuitrncc I a^k tbfit yru u'"> not su-h J&?)?^u^^> <E\', | At this point the Chairman vrss inter- ; ruptcrf by r-cxrc cr.fi calling for the Auditor of the count v. who was ? wanted on busieis cu:sit]<?. Con tin-1 uin?\ Mr. Purely st.id: "vVe '.rani to ! give you a respectful h~arine, but 1 j must ask you hvi to say :aa: any, more" i <-> *...? ? jroy* " chv wriK; r : Piirdy: 'is hmchttn "' Irb.v: "Well. I>rsaid it once, and i I d^r:'t kno^r s)i?t I need say it s^ain."! Tht-o ;be chc-erip-? began apain, and ; when it bad s^bxided somewhat. Col- | Irhy said: """ion ir:suited me Srsl :'j The Tfiiinpr aj?a:n, and Chair- \ - -- - ?# . *'T * -v> n !*, *>, ! JL Ury V . 1 ;n uv/ j "'&7 resronr-ible for ibis outburst of; fee! ice. Vve want to ?ive you are j ?peci'ul hearing, and I nope before I you conclude that you will fee; c^vvy j ''or what >ou said and wiibds*v it " j Irby: "I will withdraw the cifen-i sive word when tbs men who insulted j rae apologize for what they have done. I am your sues:, here by invitation, and by right, I have been a friend of Sumter county. I helped to make one of its distinguished citizens Attorney General, and then helpedto make him Jude-e. and mv friends helpedto eke: hid U S. Senator. On that ground, if no other. I should be treated with respect. Ii you expect to elect McLaurin by such methods then fo ahead, but 1 vrant you to understand that I have a? many friends amor>g tho Conserva lives as he. "When McLaurin talks about what he did, and insinuates about what others didn'tdo, I sat here quietly and gave him a respectful hearing. But politics is politic3 I am simply a far i mer. and expected to t*lk to Kiforrn- j eis. I have no set. written sophomcric | speech, written out three or four weeks ! before hand. I have not a note or a i memorandum, but I intend to speak ] my mind at the forty four meetings j to be held. 1 am in mis race at. m? sta^r, and will be in at the finish. When I saw the Reform movement, I helped to father, about to be dis ruuted and destroyed as I thought, rather than oppose the wishes of the oecple I didn't expect tj enter this race. I didn't expect to deal in per scnalities, but berore I Sled my pledge; r.ven, here comes this honorable gen ; ilem&n with the '"seared mad"' ozi and 1 talks about dishonest politicians sulk j ;es at home. I am not of the sulking j Ti.oro sw -n/y feathars: on mv i* Jeg. I'm no Sbasshai. Let no man j slatid here and tell me that the peo-1 ole will have a ring streaked, striked ; and speckled politician to represent them in the Seriate." A voice: ''Who do you have reference V Irby, turnioar to McLaarin: "I refer j *o Mr. McLarin." Continuing he said: "I will have! the opportunity to speak to the people | of the Suie and not in towns like ibis where the crowd comes out a nd tries :o bully me. I am an original Reformer and have stood by her princiole from the beginning and will to the end. I quit politics and went to my farm. Tne people know my record and I am proud of my record. ''Let it be understood that he has: attacked me by speaking o? dishonest j politicians sulking at their homes. I ! give him to understand that he n^ver j would have been heard of excepi as * a little briefless ten cent lawyer had ] it no: been for Tillman and mvseif. j Today in South Carolina there is ;ae j foulest conspiracy against the farmers j that ever existed, and McLauria is the: beneficiary of it. ^.e has betrayed j more friends than asy man in the J 3:ate. He has never been trus to j friend or ;oe. He was the smart, j c\x?ly beaded boy whom the ric? took ; uo to run szainst W. D. Erans. but j he was defeated, and when the Tiiiman wagon, came alone p.e jumped on and even tried to push the driver off j He got sc full of Tiiimanism that he could not stav in the ranks 'out went to the Populists. You Consei^aftives had bitn blacklisted at Washington btc9use he was a Pooulisi He crawled on his belly, witn his hat in hi? ' hand, to G-sn. Butler, snd asked him i to remove the blacklist. I myself j' .vent to Cleveland to defend him, but t found cat afterwards that he was a \ Populist and wrote the platform for} Bowden. S: ~ . , , , , - iV . T\?_ I "it is said teat ns opposes ms ; censary. Is he honest? Is he coming out like a bold Carolinian,like a white man? Xo, he is whispering in your ears that he is opposed to the thing, : but at the same time is trying to have a iaw passed in Congress which would ?x the dispensary on you for 4C0 years. Isn't that dishonest?" Just here ilr. McLiurin rose from | his seat. He was pale with suppressed j excitement. He marched over directly j ...I - r*. i t_I 4. ::?? TI.1I 10 wnere v_/Oj. xruy was iuv > crowd was as qjiet as death. the si- \ ience was oppressive anci the suspense\ was nervously escitinsr. Ever? body j expected a figat; for McLiurin s slti* j tude seerced to indicate that he would i either demand an apology or Sghs. j Bis right hard was clitched. but he 5 did sot draw it back in a belligerent j TPaM??or IrKxy ?r.<? standicP-J but a few inches from him, be >.&ki: "Senator, lei's have an understanding rig at here. We have know a each otner for some time, hul you Ciu'r a> case me of dishonesty. You cannoi insult aie that way." Col. Irby stood facing ilr. McLaurin. His countenance did not change ^or was there a quiver about his fac~ As soon ss McLaurin bad tiaisued what he bad to say, Irby replied: 4,I cave already said it, and I say further :hi. if you strike me you will be ; struck b:;ck." In cold type tbe ar-g-r in the voices of each cannot bedes-j eribcd. When. Col? Irby hs.d finished j everybody thought that the expeetsd j bio a- would follow, but in the mean | irre, Mr. Aopelt and Chairman Pur- j dv had reached Mr. McLauria before ] Coi- Irby had completed his sentence, j at d they lock aim back io his seat. j Anicag those wso ca^s up to Jdr. j McLauria Ofsides tiicse rneaiiuatd, j ! eras Mr Char.'es Etnaaaeiof Macaicg.; I He insisted on iicLauria silling down land reraarked: "Nobody but a c>wjard would talk that way." Irby: "And nobedy but a coward | sreuid insult a ?u->i last way." I: tht-.'v locked like the would be I pt?C;ieakfr Emanuel Was goic;^ to . ; m the r.;w. anu olbtr ifSiilleiitt?: ! !on the stage hustled him away. | Col. Irty then turned ,to -he orc^u land exclaimed iu stentoriaa ioces: [ * I will conduct my campsiea as I please. I know X*aa ta:k:a? to a tcs iie crowd, bai thai w:Ii cot ur.itr j i :iie. iis icucretitvi n.^.> , j his course j&cLauria La.c btrtu tjuii-; 11v of political dis&oces*j. | Xhe:e were several iai?rrupiiors i :'roui the auciieLce, ^bica i?- d :xlr j ilariec iloise to rise 'rom ?is seac and ! ! protest siraiasi such conduct in LheS I Coi lowing kugua^e addressed 10 the j ! cja:r?r.aa: "I i5>s that you make these j m?n keep quiet &j.u ?i *? ih? s;:-eak-?r a resve.?r:\i- heiiioi*. You cs.u call to \oar aid law-abiding citizens in tbft house, and the? v.-i:i put, Ihem out. I for one am ready to assist you." Co!. Irfcy: %'I thank jou, Mr. Moise " An Auditor: ' Mi'. Chairman. Col. Trby has bought this o?i himself/' Irby: "Xs-, s>ir McLauria did it Gr>r. He ceiled us dishonest poiiticiars, aed if you vote against me for mauitaioing my self respsct, why go on d do so.'' J ' You can jadgfs a man by the c>m- I paxjy he keeps. Whit sort cf company i dees be keep? Dves be go with Re- i formers? Did you e^er hear of him j having any friends among the Cm I s?rv>> sires Dt*:orc ne uihs. :?? < dunk':JeUer s.nd then. apologizes for ii? J "But he has gone in. an unholy alii- j aoce with Gorziles, and then i deter mined to run eves if I dx-n't but three vote?, but I'ii beat him out of bis boots." A voice: ''You won't get but three." "As to the Conservatives, I have always treated them as Democrats I was opposed to my brother Reformers who wanted to rule them out of the party. They h?.ve nothing against me. j I believe this man is us true to the j poor laboring men of this country, j and is trying to mislead them I shall i prevent it if possible D > we find him j with Democrats? Who is bis political cbaperone? X. G. Gor.ziles, who has done more to injure the Conservative si^e than any other man in it. He is a. man who favors pre!* c ion for n.'sro j TT- ~ *- j KArtC MCA J rspis^s. ne jui^ l the News arid Courier wouldn't pub !ish bitter artic'es of his against Bin j Tillman, and who has said that be j lived only to see Bsa Tillman crushed McLaurin jknosvs we hadarjwin Washington because he wanted to crowd that red headed roan from Anderson?not Col. N-a.1?Bo'-vden, in Ltife counsels of the Democratic p^rty. > I opposed and prevented it, because j Bowden had already ran as an elector ; on the Weaver ticket. McLaurin j cussed"' everything blue, and we j never seoke for three or four years, j tie can't fool the people. Tnere is too j m Li SC. gra,liUUE, LuU : ajGcng th^ru to turn down a true D; | mocrat for a ring slreaktd, spackled politician like him. Tbe people know Gonziles, and he ^cn*t control an administration a^ain Mkc he does this one. He h;^s hypnoj'zod our present Governor and controJs his policy, but he will never do \ it auain. Col. Irby having concluded, the ] chairman asked Mr. McLaurin wheth j er be would have anything in reply, i Hz indicated a desire to reply when i an auditor arose and said that if there j was to be a reply, he hoc-ed that Mr. , McLaurin would be coined to repi^ : iug to statements made by Col. Irbj. j Ele at the same time expressed the; opinion thai it was uanrcessary | anv wav tn nare any reply. ] Mr. McLiurin stepped forward and sai 3: "I don't want to intrude myself further on the audience. I wisia to say, however; that tee statement that I am in a combination ^ ith Gonzales or anybody else, is absolutely false." Coi. i Irby rejoined mat he would prove it before tbe campaign closes. Monday sight Mr. John T. Duncan j Sled his piege. Half hour later ex-1 Governor Joan Gary Evans telegraph- j ed his pledge to Chairman Tompkins. Thus will the two who had so much j bitterness between ihem during tiie i last campaign meet each other again race to face on the stumo. When the hour of 12 o'clock arrived, j at wbich the entries closed, Chairman 1 rompkins had received no more piec^c-s. This, then, makes five candidates? Mcl/iurio, Iroj, Erans, Mij??id and Duncan. A Clean Sweep. It ha1: developed that a defalcation ii the First National bank of Dover. \ Dal., originally estimated at $33.000! Tciii amount to /u'lj $107,000 which! is $7,000 triore than the capital sLcci! oi tbe bank Tne stockholders ratet, on ike 14th of July aua will thea be acqa-iaied with the fac'.s. It is an iicuaced tbat ice absconding paying idler, William N. B)?ijs, did not gee all the money. but that several inea, J s^cae high in political affairs and holding exalted office, are implicated. It j is possible that tney may also learn j that there was a conspiracy to loot the j Lasiitution ia which some of these respected cit:'z ins took part. Cocaine to Tirz*h. Ciotain "VV. H. Edwards has receiv-1 ed a letter fiom Senator Tiilrnan, in vhich he states that he -will at lead the York County Alliance camp meeting at Tiizah, bat can be there one day only. He will be asked to come on Friday, August 6. if he cannot be there bctndajs. Other distinguished men iiom the stat-'f have signified | their iatention of attending, notably, I Governor l^iierbe and Congressmen Siokes, Strait and Siaojarae Wilson. Coc~ris$mac Sibley, of Pennsylvania, the great free silver advocate cf the Keystone stale, has pio-xised Congressman Sixv.it tba; he too will come. ?Keck Hill Herald. Crop Sfeilure iu ?t?sn!?. Advices from Si. Petersburg say j rha: the harvest prcspests in central i aud South I-ijissiaare srrowiag -verse j and worse. Continuous rains a-e de j siroying the hay crop?, while the e>:- | ceptionaily poor beet crop Podoiien i rjss practically ruined the sag at' in- j dasiry. The crops is some of the Biitic provinces also have suiferea aeaviiy :ro:n rains, aud a sigai5c.ini :'o p. .- >! th* fr-ivitT of ine situation is the fact liaai. an unusually severe censorship is exercised over ne ws concerning it. Taere is every.iikelih:cd that tne present wiil rye oae of the carkesi Tears in Kussian history. A Death U?!,U^g Cjcloas. Fourteen people are now known to hare been killed in the ojcicus aco cioudbur.t in Minnesota Wedaesda . The storm was general arid it is 1111possiole to estimate the amount of damage with any degree of certainty, rue cyclone, which jras CiDirai nesr Griees wo^d, w&s the worst that ever s;rack Minnesota. K-ports ot w-asn cuts, lioods, and cycloi.es are beicg rccei~td hourly. Ev-rv railroad iu ifoo S<a?e has had souie carnage to tiniracii:; sua rolling stock. Ii is hard to >?? sT\?~/wirv>5 v ho Jrq; hut COBSUifc* leg crop and oilier cumage. it vriii probably exceed fl.vOst GOO. Atlsl'rlObn! G-versor E'.iorb'i has cii;red are ?ard of ->250 for me cap'.are of Uaris ?Lurr:s, alias Uiiris ?n colored, ii! Anderson, wno i* wanted for crioa ins! a-:>au,'i in. itia". c.-.r. xne c ?y council n?d previously olT;rel a sira ii&r amount for bis capture. Lie is d"scr:b'.-d as a mulatto ab:.u* IT or IS jesrs oid, 5ve /eel nvi inziies bigk and vfeigbs about 130 pounds. : '"T'a vrt pvr^r,r>0 fT'in i> * rt p M V A i\ N K M r1, K S , H Si rw A ?. V. : f iL^; LJ*.1 J*. xJJL%O ^.X i THE EX-GGV?RNCR JOINS THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN PARTY. [ He I>!?coyK?"? Tht; T>?r.'i5' jwntl Cl!Hrj;?r<l >Icj Lnurir with Beiflj; ? I'roWCJloJslst-lrby ! unci 35?j fle'd Alio Speak?McLaarm wr.<j ! Icd^pwd. [ It i=s said tfc&t :.he c?.r^pai?n meeting j HI vv&iieronro ou i;;uiiuay a jclaiotj arl'cir. Taree of the <rouid-be [ Senators *vereon nncd to tell -by the [ jroou people should vote for them. I The audience did net seen to enthuse I ^7orth a cent. Tbe political appeal?, i were accepted with about the stohd | fice? as 2 lecture on geology raisht be j heard. The humor of Col. L-by took ! veil and he furnished a relish to the ! substantial talks oT the two airst sp"&[ kers. ex Governor E^aris ar?d Mr. j MayCeld. Business kept Mr. Duncan j away, and Senator McLaurin telegraphed that ha was ico unwell to b?. | present. With za entirely sober and ! | good nature-d a-.idieuce or aoour. one | hundr<:<i, there was do occasion. for | | the speakers toget mad. They made! i speeches with pith and point. Mr. Emails wss tirsc introduced by j Acting Chairman Howell, K? was re-1 ceived with approval and said he! wanted ".o take up at once the r.ew j evangel of Senator McL&urin. This I new doctrine scught to be thrust upon i the people of South Carolina, he said, j i? a reversal or the policy of the De j mocracv of the; S^ate which has pre j vaiied since the enunciation by Gal j boun. Oar conditions have notj chacged and ws are today as much an i Q.'-vi/'iiif.iMi ma -.nlp q-s pw!- _ Dtir nrin-' cip:il manufactures are of cotton and j th'.s needs no protection; what we i n^ed is absolute f>ee trade; but- thei Datnccraiic doctrines rf tariff for rev- j enue only is lbs easiest manner of j ! supplying funds for the goverum-nt. ! ice difference between the D^nocratj aau Rdpub'ican creeds is easily dodo-1 ed. The Hi publican party is owned *ud controlled by the manufacturers i of the east, whs ha-Te ?rown fat, under the protective system, now sought to be e^raftsd on us. When a man who todav occupies the seat of Ca! ! noun ia the Senate openly declares! that the trouble vrith our people is] chat v7e hsve lingered and loafed tcoj : long around his grave v. is tims for) patriotic South Carolinians to rise and ] | repudiate him. ; Tr?e Hrst idea advanced by Mr. Mc Laurin is the i reposition of a proteci: ive duty on Egyptian and Peruvian ' cotton, and he seess to gain votes by ! posing as the protector of the pocketbooks of the people. Th:s fallacy, Mr. Evans ssid, ^vas easily explained. : There is absolutely po competition as 'o Peruvian and Egyptian cotton and ; sea island cofion. The production of sea island cotton has increased from ' 25 493 in 1SS3 to 105,000 in 189J 97. , showing increase in p red action in spite of foreign importation. Ameri* < * - /\^r\ 1_ ? S j can spinners last year loci sa.-es,' j of sea island ccfcton a^ainsi oaly 11, ! 674 bales in iSSi. Ic cannot be eon-! i tended taat E^yntiaa cotton has sup \ planted sea is/ana cotton. Tne fabrics j manufactured from sea island cotton ; ; in no r.?.y compel? wiih. theso roaou J factured from Egyptian or Peruvian cotton. It wiii thus be seen that this j position cannot be defended except as | Republican doctrine. This is not only the vote of McLiu | rin in favor of Republican protection j Mr. Curtis, in his JeUer to the Ccica^o! Record, savs: '"Mr. McLJ.urinisa pro u c'.ionist. D uriag iDe last session of Consrress he voted wi:h the Republi cans on tbe committee of Trays and j rritans." The secretary cf the Ameri.; can Protective Association praises him j ; as a recent convert. Xnsleacl of pro j lectin^ tbe pockets of the people of j South Carolina this bill draws from i the pockets 40 per cam. more for goods [manufactured. from thoss imported j cottons. If this be cq xalitj then Jlr. j Evans wanted to be saved from it. | The way in which oar 3:-nator has' b.-.en fooL-d is best illustrated from the I i fact that McLaurin's proposal was re j j ceived with open arms by the Repub- j jlicacs and without a dissenting vote, i "oua +.->?;<4" on xvAs ffr.ii'itfid. 'Pile J- -Lie Lauu Ui.J. w - , next day the manufacturers o'enand- j ed compensatory duty on inanafac-i turea product and it was granted, j Thus the consumer pays an additionali 20 per cent, as a boun-y to the manu-j j facturer without any return. Mr. McLaurin tries to tie himself to ! Tilircs.n, but, as Mr. Evans underj stood :.t, Tilimans position was that the entire bill was robbery, wrong in principle, and he endeavored to make it as offensive as possible to the farm- j ers. Mr. McLauric, however, defends i it as I>*mocratic principle and thus I attempts to commit his people to the! principles of the robber tariiT barons. 1 Xiliman did not defend it as right, but' simply to show the outrage uoon the or>r? fifrnand-a a bauntv upon j our exports, which would have brought some recompense for the burdens. We can ne er hope to gain anything froaa tbr> Republican party or | by trs.di-ig D moer.-tic principles for a, mess of rf->u5h Carolina oiu-it stand by t:,c D moeratic party, us from thai alone cua equal rigiits be obtained. ilr. Ev-arss said he was defeated last year ou account of malicious slanders. Se said thai now as ail candidates were JLisformers the voters could aii^n themselves accorciag to ine Demo/?ra*m nrincioles involved. Senator ."'lay field said he was a little unweiiasd would not, in the absence o; ilcLiurm, attack his tanll' vie as. >7:tn which ho d:d not ?gree. lie ! therefore took up the money and dis | pensxr? issues and u^ged thai the cir j eolation should be increased by per? mnlibg tanks to issue under certain 5 restrictions, up to. say, -VJ per cent. I of their c?pital. There would bene I real prosperity, hove^er, until tne t money issue was settled. | As to tne Dispensary he reiterated | uis views expressed m Ghariesi.cn, auo | said that as to Congress he /averse! I - he State having charge of its own j fairs, believing in dtii? rights- lie, . owtver, was afraic that tn^ State Disperisxry at Ooiuoib:^ wouid poUuie v.ad corrupt Atfdirs a.-.o mike tne people u:slru.:t;'ut o' th?ir o<?a govc-ru meet, SRU'hi$ was ucdosiraoie. This s vas without aey personal reference to ciiose uo -v in. cl<irge. lae aew oj~jsi; :utioii hf.tl given eoaia-oc ground for ail u come ioge;btr 02. Tue ci'i bar room was col waUvecs. but t:.e ores em Dispenserr was mso :?srics:r&ble, j.a he wanted to see prchioiucu, to siitr;. with Jocii optioa. if necessary. fariher res-.rictio-j-s of ss.'v, bui gel rid of an iasiiiatioa uresdiu* or ruption aud scandal. He favored the :'c;:i)r?s of las law. but ro* inrju-^a j J:ate management. I Tnen came Uoioaei Irby, who saiii I he carce cut cf the Sec ate in debt, but ! v?a-> nevertheless proud of it. He said ! he had once beeu a. iawjer, and it&rted | h'"s tie form movement by gelling cut,! icf thai b-?siii?s? andgoiugto farcins:. ; He r.aid he wcul'i not talk aboui Mr. ! j&cijRUrill iti Xilsj absence, vernier : would he throup frJass Dilis to shoot j libera and bust them. j He said tbat tbe differences between i hires'1 ? aai Tillman hwl been settled and the breach heated. There have been mutual understandings and the j hatchet buried, and he said when be ! buried the hatchet it cv^s lost. He related hew be and Tiilmas bs- j |c?.t7i?;- tranced and bo*7 some uaj aarc:*d mischief maker started ihetrou] ble. Ho said that perhaps he h*d been !/-irr^T-.eortcifit-A h:U hfS> 375< mti.i r*.!f>An through, but now &11 W3s over. He said thai two-rears a^o if he hid eared to burn the Reformers house he had helped bu:!ci he could have gotten most of the Conservative vote?, not because of acy love for him, but for hatred for oihe^ He said the el'ort had been made in j Sumter to hci Inm-down by tLe very i p^->pie who world two years apo have | taken. him up He said whun the tirce ! ctme .he would prove a conspiracy be- ! I tween (J-oi z*ies cno "cur jtybjrtHjrorjernor." The Gjrarror, he said, | vranted to build up snd. hoad a new i party, as the Reform party not [good et'OJgh for him. I?" thii com ! t-inaton succeeded it aie.mt go ji-b>e | to Clemsom ! Tbe main spfeca was humorous and ; j pleased the crowd. THE TAP.R Ff BILL PASSED | o/ LliT^ Olftl* D ?uu yvi. Jiack to the ?vu*e. I>v the decisive vote of 33 'o 23, the j tariff bill was passed in the innate j shortly before 5 o'clock Wednesday, j Tee-culmination of the long and arduous single had ?xoited the keenest j interest, and the II ;or and galleries of j the Senate chamber were crowdcd by j tito.se anxious to witness the closing I sc-?ce. Speaker Reed, (Jhariman Diatey and rniay of liie members of the House of Representatives were in. the r^ar area, while every seat in the ga- leries save those reserved for foreign i-epre^eatatives was occupied. The eariv part of the day was spent f ;on amendments of comparatively minor importance, the debate branch Sing into hoancial and ant; trust channels. By 4 o'clock the Senators began manifesting their patience by calls of ' Vole," and soon thereafter the last \ amendment was disused of and the iinai vote began. There were many in- j; jterruptioas as pairs were arraueed, | and then, a* 4 An o'clock, the Vice iPresident arcs* and announced the] | passage of the bill?yea* 38, navs 2S. | j I'oere was no demonstration, but a j | 't-w scattered .band claps v^ere given j j as ihe cro^cia cibpfcrsea. ine voie iq ? [detail follows: [ Yeas? Allison, Bik?r, Burrows, Car j Iter, Oiark, (Juliom, Davis, Deboe, El ? jkios, Fairbanks, Forager, G-alliager, j I Eaie, Hanna, ,4 Ha^iey, Jones of |Nevada, Lodge, McBride, McEnerv i McMillan, Mantle, Mason, Morrill, Nelson, Penrose, Pcrkiss, Piatt of Connecticut, Piatt of Ne.v York, PrU<t-?nrd. Proctor, Qjav. Sewall, j; t3houp, Spooner. Warren, Wellington, { ' , - - 1 TTT.M CO * t ' vvfcujDore acu ?oo. Nays?Bacon, Bate Berry, Caifery, Can-ion, Chilton, Clay, Oockreli, JFaulkaer, Graj, Harris of Kansas, ; Jones of Arkansas. Kenney. Lindsay, Mai lory. Martin, Miiis, Mitchell. Mor jgan, Pasco, Pet*.us, liiwlins. Roach, Turner, Turpie, Vest, Walthall and ! White?2S. j The foiio^ricjr pairs were announced. The tirst r>.s.med would have voted for ' ihe bill and the 3a-i named against it: i lAldrioh and Murnhy; Chandler and ] 1 - - - ?- k ? i lieMurm; i? rye ar-a u-ormac; *aear j *.ud Smith; Hunsbrough and D.iaie]; | Hoar and Harris oj_Tennessee; Thurs ] ion and Tillman; Wclcott and G-eor^e. j An analysis oi the finai vote shows j that the affi amative was east by 35 Re- j publicans, 2 Silver Eipubiicans, Jones j of Nevada and Aiantie. and one Demo j ic^ar. McE :ery; total, 33. Tae aega j ! tive vyte was cast by 25 Democrats, > two Populisms, Harris of Kansas and] Turner, and 1 Silver Itepuoiican, Can- j non; tola], 23. ^ 1 j Eight Republicans were paired for j the bill and eight Democrats against i it. The Senators present and not vot- | lag were: Populists, 5, viz: Allen. Butler. Heiifelc, Kyle and S:e^art; Si iver Republicans, 2, viz: Teller aud Pcitigrew. Daniized by th? Hail Stones. | Mr. R. L Cimpbeil relates some i heretofore unpublished facta in confneciion with the -terrific hailstorm i which passed over his plantation recently. When the storm,camc up he and others took refuge in a tenant house, tbe roof of which was supposed E co be fairly good. The hall beat j through tbe covering with such force | tii&t those inside had to crawl under j the beds. Chickens'sni other fowls s | were killed ri^ht and left, and" some j ? >briliwi Sft SP.trPffiiV 5 ..w~ ? ? , < that tney did not fuily recover for i j several days. While try is 2 to save ! I what was left of a spkudid field of j iwnedt next day, the Lands raked up] I more than 2u ceau rabbits. The de- j Sstructiveness of the storai, fortunate-J i fv, was col fined to a corn parativ."?]y 3 {small area of country.?Yurkviiie Ea > ;quirer. j : Arrested od a S ^riou^ Oii?rg"*? I ; Dr. W. M. Me?.d?r, ft prcrair.ent S citizen of Udicn, S. (J.. wa3 sr.ested ) lie re law Wednesday a'taruoim for s*uempt!3ff to b ui tee iiana* j j 5-;me r,e -v back bu'dafng in j \ February Jast Tue arrest ^ras j not a surprise, us it Iia.s b;sn expected \ :'or some days. D.\ Mcader was ac cuseU nt the time. bjt for some reason ih? ease was ntr.r pushed. Immeai aitly ?fter the utte-mpted buruiago' ] i&e Uei!/o bote. tbe council offeree5 a j re Tare of ?500 ise tie party who atjttm jicd to burn the bank build j a?, (and tij'.s sr.-est of Dr. ileader is the I rests it. pjodtf opiuioais about equal| i7, divided as to the guilt of the aoore j parry.?'Joiumbia State. Sim?. j In acs*er to the question, wh?t ii" j ] thoucm of tfa^ Sra':h Carolina seaa'.o- j 1 rial costc-st senator Tiliaa&n recemiy | j said h", dia not know any tiling about j | -t. He remarked.' however, that IfCy i | and iicLduria had for a long: time j s entertained a sirens: personal ami- j l.patoy tc each, other. This ami j - : 1 > ti.a sZ.l-.j.y ua uarcu , L'j mv: lime, nv2 years ago, when. "both, mes j ~?re in Washington- At that ticne | Irby was Senator and ;?IcLv.irm a! representative in Congress.- Drif'rr i eace^ arose oel^veen ihem wnich-have ! never been, repairs;. Ine Senator! ;iiau no opinion to cli'er a* to tire out- i jcome of the race. J SKKS?SS_ATCLEMSON. committee cf state board of health investigates. Sanitary Prrcautiocs In Orrain Particulars >feKl?cted?Thc-v TiscornmeEd Certain Alser&tl- c8 sea Charges?Thialc Vacation should be Had in Summer and Not Winter. The committee of the State Board of Health made tbeir repcrc to Governor Eilerbe as to the causes of the sickness arCiemson Coilege, ^hich is published herewith: To His Excellercy, Governor Eilerbe. Dear Governor: Your committee has the honor to report that in obecii er.ce to jour Excellency"a instructions riaitccl Clemson Agricultural College and investigated the cause and character of the prevailing sickness at that point and nothing; remains but to reader to you officially the results of our examination. Upon our arrival at Clemson on' Tuesday, the 27th of June,-we werej waited upon by President Craighead! and the faculty, who expressed much ] gratification atour arrival and an earn- j act desire to give us all possible aid in< solving the serious problem by which] they were confronted and which had i vxoittd painful apprehension through-1 out the State. It may not be inele ?a:;t to refer to the extremely pictur-1 ?aue appearance of Clemson College,; crowning the gracefully undulatiag i bills and standing an enduring monu-1 ment to its founder, with silent and j irrreiatable eloquence in behalf of gen- j erations to come, who, sheltered in its; baneficient arms, shall learn the lessons; of #stalw;art, enlightened, citizenship upon which our government mus*- rely j for peaceful, prcsp^rous and happy! perpetuity. . - j Tr> orltTorco m" malrincr nnfi toiirrtf! sanitary inspection, we visited the bos- j pital,;.in which, there were a few pa tients, probably a dcz^n. some conva-1 !e*cing and others quite iil. We re ] gretted- the absence of Dr. Kedfern, j himself sick, probably with thenre-j vailing fever, acd we found Dr. Har-j din in cheerful and efficient diicharge j of- t-he duties of resident physician, j _We were infGrmed that approximate- j Iv between seventy and eighty cases] of sicknesss had occurred among the j students within a few weeks, necessi- \ latin? the disbanding of ths coilege. j Of that number of fever cases notj rrsere than thirteen were of prolonged ] duration and that several had died, j The fever was thought to be4 'malariar \ but there were two cases in hospital 4-U^v.^ cuiiceru;uj?~ wuiuu i;:cic <->?u jvljc j doubt but might be typhoid fever. As to the causes cf this fever j various theories were emertained. j One theory was that the students had j bath?.d in the river near where the] se=ver2$e emptied. Another theory; was that a number of students hadj worked in the low swamp lands, rich! in alluvial deposits, and had inhaled j the noxious exhalations from stag-! nant water, the outflow of which had | been recently checked by a cam. Aj third theory was that a large percent j aare cf the students had come fromi their homes in malarial sections of thei State^and that the latent material Ja them had developed by a higher lati- ] tude, by an excsssive amount of work i and the severe military discipline of i the institution. That these causes had j gradually devital'z-:d the students,! rer. during them easy prey to sickness. ] The disproof of the first theory was] that some of the sick students dis- i claimed ever having been in the river.: The second theory could not hold be-1 cause the sickness was not entirely condaed to the siudents who had j worked in the swamp land, and in re- j ply to the third theory it may be said j that the sick students represented aU j sections of the State. In the presence. of so many con- j Siding opinions eniertaiced by gen-j tlemeu of intelligence, discrimination 1 ana.observation, your committee pro ! ceeded to make a systematic and vigorous examination of every place and.J everything which, might possibly sug j sest a clue to the solution of the prob- j lein in question. Your Excellency recall the. physical appearancs of I Ctemson, its hills and vallejs, and: the relative distances and positions of the various buildings. Taking thej college building as a centre, it will be j observed that the watershed of the hill; upon which it stands causes a part of i the storm to flow north to the river, j west to the barracks and south and i east through a gradually developed! valley, round and about the dairy! and into the ravine which is the natu" /s ( vwtA/sf ? 4V> A rr Af / i.5_ I Itu VCiil ui UUUOU sJL LjUC VI HVjft - l cent hills upon the east, north and | southern >ides. On the northern edge j of the ravine, in the valley, is located i the dairy, a building probably fifty i feet square. The site upon which it! stands had been a small pond whichj had been Slled in with debris of varia- J ble character, organic and inorganic, | and had been practically ciraiaed. Be-j :ween the dairy and the abrupt hills1 n*rth there is a small space in which ;wo springs rise. The larger spring iiroic tn hommp after a rain. and accordingly it had been enclosed with brick on three sides. The smaller spring beside the deer of the dairy is induced in a casing of impervious materia.! about two feet in length by one foot in width. This spring some ;imes is milky and used exclusively in pxring the products of the dairy. The day of our arrival it rained heavily, and the next morning we traced tiae siorm water from the adjacent hills over and around the imperfectly constructed storm di'c'i, beside the spring and upon the limited area occupied by 1 t'oQ C\ r1 tka ci'sy.roiir.flincr over which the storm water fi ).vs are J open privies" to which no social atteni lion had been given and the contents J of v?hich must be washed bj each re earring rain into the valley and tner.Cc into tne raviGe. Your committee in continuance of their dity examined the barracks which they found defective in location, in construction, in ventilation and in [ its system oi sewerage, inoisture :s laa essential eiemeaun the process of organic decomposition in the soil by \ -iiica mysterious and dangerous pro ducU are evolved, beat and a moderate | supply o? air oeing n??esssiry to ttiis i process. In the conduction of a iGweiJiner the sanitarian adopis the most efficient means for excluding dam on ess from lae foundation, vrails fed from the basement lioor?, for pro ttc'.ing ihi sc:[ from impurities and to render it dryer Dy under ground drainage and by opening the outdo*. To prevent the pollution of tne ground air is of pressing importance and it is to i>2 accomplished. by removing the I source of contamination; by fac-iLitat I mg the natural process of purification ! and by relieving the overtaxed po vers : of the soil, by drainage and aeration. | En ihe second ?Iac? nretectlr*3 rueaI sures mus-t be r?sor*ed so for addition!al security. Be it r?rr:err-bered that j cellars xs usually constructed do not constitute a barrier to the escape oi air from the sub-soil, and this is especially so in buildings which are beared artificially, in which case there is superadded a suction force cr??ted by the ascending rariSed air. While it is impossible 10 prevent the aerations of ground air, it can by suitable devices be diverted into other and less hurtful chant:?.'?, and its dangerous influence minimized. The foundation walls and the basement flooring of the entire building should rest upon a bed of impervious material, and should hare a ventilat ing chamber under the entire surface of the cellar floor separate d from the basement by an intervening pavement. i'necnamcyerssouic: oeconneciea wizn a chimney Hue tc cirry oil the ground air which rises in autumn, winter and spring. During the summer when ihe ground air sinks a current of fresh air hurries downward and rises to the heated surface outaide of the building. Your committee failed to Snd that theae ordinary sanitary requirements for protection against ground air and moisture had been met in the con struction of the dairy and the bar racits. In the matter of ventilation, there is no adequate arrangement in the barracks to get rid of the stagnant j air charged with carbonic acid gas j ! which must abound to an injurious ! | extent m such an uEscieati ileal iy con - j jstrucied building with its hundreds of I | inmates In addition the waif-rclosets j I are improperly located and should not i bs within the main buildings, for th j piping for the disposal of excretion is i liable to be deranged cy the gradual j subiidesce o? the building, aad by other cause?, which may loosen the joints and allow the escape of sewer j gas. Assuming the number of in- j I mates of tec barracks to be 300, the j aggregate amount of said excreta :-*r; I twelve months would probably be] seven tons and about 12 GOO gallons of ] I urine. To secure the continous and ripid! | removal of this excreta and to prevent j pollution of air and soil by their teas j ip^rary detention, is an interesting j | problem in sanitary science. To ac- j ;Compliah this purpose the sewers must j ! be perfectly tight throughout, so that \ | whatever enters may pass to the out-1 j 1c t without leakage. The movement; ! throughout the sewer must be coatin-! uous from head to on ".let without halt- j jing to putrify. Besides the sewer i ;must be perfectly ventilated so that; j accumulated passes may not form and j ; force themselves through the traps to j ! the dwellings. Adequ ate meacs must | | be pr jvidcd for icsprc-ia* and flashing the sewers. The s;z-3 asd form of ! which mu>t be perfectly adjusted to 'its flashing appliances, thai 5Le us'ia! ! 3 A.I a A? - i I ury weaia?r iijw nxxy y: m-x-ir; wi ! keep it free from stilt and o:ganic de- j posits. The following conclusions! have been reached by year committee: i First. That while it is not improbable that there has been some malarial ] ; fsver at Ciemson, it is an questionable j ! that the prevailing fever is typhoid, j j Second. That the open privies have j j been the prime c-use of infection, and j j we vie?7"with suspicion the products! ! of the dairy, of the manufacture of I which spring water at that place is i used. | There are several recommendations wti ? 1 <-3 f !i ^ 1 rr ! make. Discontinue the open privies j I absolutely, and by a sjs'iem of se^srsj ' have all the txcr^ta from the various r> iences be conducted to the river.! ; ii.eant.ime enforce what is known as j | (lis "dry system" -w-.ich consists io < ! tne admixture of dried earth or coal j | ashes with the excrement in sufficient j | quantities for absorbing and reducing lit to an inodorous and narml?ss form. I ! The material must be perfectly dry j ! and applied immediately and in sutfi- j : cient quantity to cover the excretions i laud to remove all fluidity of the 21a i terial Ths water closet should b s de- j |tached from the house and thorough | ventilation insured,and saouid '02 fre-1 quemly inspected and kept in perfect | j working order. Tae dairy should be removed from j | its present site, and constructed in i |obedience to sanitary la^s, and per-] haps it would be better to discontinue j its operations and avoid the possibili- j I ty of its posing as a factor in the pos-1 | session of diseases. Assuming that the barracks -Trill be j j continued as a home for the students, ] i the best recommendation we c*n make | [is to Uwderdrain the narrow area be j ! between the east side of the building! [and the high embankment, the latter' i to be faced with granite. An improved i system of ventilation should be iatro 1 jduced such as is used in many iastitu-j |lions North?for instance at Johns: ' T7 i TTAvci f r? V>TT TTT TlP V ! Z?fc O VUi?;0 v u; VViCXWf ? 1/J ?? ^V4*VW? ; ventilation is obtained and regulated at will. Tne most modem system cf sewerage should be used asd to pre vent the possibility of contamination of the building by noxious gases, the water closets should be attached from the building. Tne disUnt esd of the sewer at the edge of the river should be so arrang'd as to escase sub-aer gence by river watsr and protect, it .. rrrk-jf array. i n tprs-fprvs veil H VVUCtVVVVi. i:s office. We recommend further from the standpiont of sanitation thac vacation be given in the summer mouths, aid your committee are inp-essed *?vkb the belief that 11 cia be doae without conflicting with the ag-icuteural features of edacatioa at Ciemsja. and j would subserve the highest interest I of the professors, the students, and {the college. The recent unfortuav.e ] experience of sickness and death a' JOiemsoa has awakened tse soirit of jcri:bism agaics:tiie institution on the ground of unhealthruiness, Trhich it may not be wise to ignore. In conclusion your co'-croiilee might have discussed the laws regulating the * volution and exren iia of typhoid fever and ho w originaiiog in s >ii ;-i:;d air pollution it gives ris- to epidemics. They lruht also nave civd ahanJan: parallel cases ccrroborauv j or the go sition they have Lakes in chi; rcp:rt. but the7 do not think thesr ^rouiu ier.d sddiUjnai empaa::s to th- plain f ^c ? ? ? V-v^r } at Ciemsja and the i ape** v j u-jc -s pity o? prevervirii its rccar- =. '? s j have the honor :o be very r- >. c'.fulj!j, Charles R. Tuo^r. M i;., James H. M. IX. j - C. A. i-ixse, il. 0. The rr^cn 2f!cotfs. - - - . Y"? _ j Advices from a .ai-i Oi rrar.cc I show tea: Thec'-stru-nion cj ihs U ;-ods there was greater than evr-r. earlier* reports indicated. The icss?s ar^ esimated at 2- )0,UijO.000 francs in :ce a<rgr^^ate. iiurdly a village has escaped damage, aud tae number of peracas 'dro.vaed is fully 300. i WEATHER AND CROPS* . I . | THE CONDITION OF THE STATE'S FARMING INTERESTi _ j Xbft General Outlook?Weekly Bulletin of | ino weatuer aureau jussuea i.asr vv eeK | by I>ir?ctor Bauer. t The following: weekly bulletin of 1C6COS dition of the weather and crops of tse Siate issued last week by State Observer Biuer of the weather bureau, will be read with special interest i in view of the severe hot spell of the | past. week. j" The we?k was2"very hot one with i maximum temperature of 100, or ! above, reported from every portion of j the State except the northwesteri and ] on the immediate coast. The highest ! was 104 reoorted at Beaufort and Hodges on July 3.-d, the lowest 67 at Greenville 09 Jane 29. The average of 51 places reporting weekly mean temperature is 85 5 while the normal is approxiccatly 80, the excfiss averagings: 5-5 degrees per day. Twentynine places reported tern peratures of ! 100 or abo^e. I The rainfall cime in scattered [ showers, though quite general, during 1 the first of the week, but its beneficial effects were largely negative by the extreme heat wh'ch followed. } Twenty-six measurements of less than j 1 isch were received, 18 of from 1 to 2 and 6 of over 2 *vith a maximum I * - n - r o ^ L mu ^ ^ lau o; o 42 ai u-jvati. xuo mcctu vi all measurements was 0.98 while the normal is about 1 29. The sunshine averaged 80 per cent, of the possible, the estimates ranging from 55 to 100. Destructive wind storms occurred in York near Leslie, Sumter, Berkeley and Aiken counties. Hail damaged tobacco in Florence, and injuring r.y~i A /?/*%f+rkn in file v*?>r> A r\yy [WiU.tl.au W"WU ~ ? j Chester, Pickens and Aiken. Wash ingrains in Greenwood and Laurens. | Although the week was exceedingly i iiot and in oiacss dry, yet on the ! whole correspondents pronounce it a favorable one for the farmer, with many exceptions, principally on account of lack of rain, and extreme heat. | The greatest need of rain exists in ! the upper Savannah valley, the exi treme northwestern and northeastern | counties, and in scattered sections elsewhere, but since reports closed 1 - - - 1 T1 -.i. jqaue neavy rams lutve Jtauoa uvcr j portions of the State, but whether * the rains covered those portions most in ne^d of it, is not knownCotton is olooming over the entire St^te and although the stalk and weed continue small, is fruiting heavily. Cotton was datnaged by hail in Clarendou. Dorchester and Aiken coun I ties, while from Berkely tiiere are re! ports of 100 much rain. Complaints [ox shedding, and that the plant has (stopped growing, -were received from ! Clarendon, Orangeborgand Edgefield, jandcfgrasy condition of fields from j Barnwell, Fairfield, Berkeley, York, IfUmberjc, Hampton, Florence, j berry. Chester and Clarendon. Howi ever. favorable reports preponderate (greatly tacsa to the contrary. Sea I island cotton continues in splendid 'condition, growing and fruiting welL j Eiriy tobacco is being cut and cur I ed but its quality is not good as me hater planting promises to be. Hail ; damaged this crop slightly inFlori ence. | Eiee is growing well generally al[ though the fields are quite grassy, and jCdterpiiiars continue troublesome in j piscss, but Lhe fields are being flooded. !* S *eet potato slips are still bsing set ' oat and tae crop is doing well gener [ally. ; Melons are ripening and being shipped bat the crop is a small one in acreage, yield and generally in size of ; the melons. Only a few report this j crop up to an average. ! Peas are doing well with generally | good stands. Are still being sown for j forage. L . Cine is tasseling. Army worms in 1grass in Charleston county Gardens felling, d "1 /.AM _ ! OpSCISi reuyns VU one pfcocuk VVUjdilion aad probable yield of early j corn were received, aad indicate a | mere prornisiag outlook than heretoi fore, bat the tinal results are as yet I depenaeat on the weather for the next few weeks. The stalks are smaller than usual, and are tasseliin^ low but have d healthy color generally. The stands are irregular due to poor germination of some seed aad to the ravages of worms, the wet spring and poor prepaI notT/^n of !onr! Corn is earing heavily and in ex. ceptional cases tie crop is made. Condition of corn not uniform, even in jsoaie neighborhoods. Uplands more jeven than bottom lands. Taking | present condition as the basis of probjasie .yield, aad with "good corn I iveaiher' unlit the crop begins to ma | lure wnich wiil be within the next six j weeks, correspondents' reports may be grouped into three divisions the first, t and amounting to 45 per cent of the S reporis estimate condition up to a full ! average, 35 per cent, a fair crop, but ! not up to the average condition and 20 1 psr cent, a poor crop. In York, Chesi ter and Lancaster, chinch bugs on ! "blackjack" lands destroyed whole ) 5? Ids a:ri damaged others materially, j Corn pianUi late in ilay and during IJune looks very promising but is not .'f^r enough advanced to estimate its j probableyield, -which will depend on I weather from now on especially on ] the rainfall. This late crop forms a Icons durable proportion of the total lor the Suite. Mr. vV. !. B. Littlejoha of Boiling - : ~ ?- 4-U^v I ly-v .TTJ rt *71 ><yp|5 il Uilwii lilw VT ** "*#"""' tion: "I would suggest tha; wJaeu jgraprs are rotting, cat ol? the foliage jand it: ia the sua, it will generally {slop rotiiug/' j K*ten by sharks. j D-.-taiLs yrbich have jast been reeeir; ed of tie /ouaderi&g of the Indian. pilI ^rioi steamer duiiaa. 1G0 miles east of r , J .ro ' 4.U.. G_,. ' Lil? Ui OcKJUir**, Liic IXiOIi ul^wo ui | -v'nisn w:is brought to Colombo by the Peiiicsuiar ana Oriental company's sieger Vaietia, o& Juae 15 last,show in a: the ?rst boat lowered from the iuJtan was smashed to pieces ana all ts occupants were eaien by sharks in >:g^t oi tucse remaining on board the steamer aad of those on board the Yaictta. Twenty others who were rescued succumbed to their injuries wla;e on the way to Coiombo. Mp.sy Vic;!sn o' the Hsat. i The -j^aiuS froji excessive heat out e:-.i ::as been terrific. Iq Caicagc | tru.. i '.rere 125 deaths ca July 5, and ia tu r pas: tcu Ja%s ever 500 people havi ;cja:iibid 10 ihe terrible rays ; of the sua. Tno rec:rd ia Cincinnati aud other Wes;ern cities is aimastas J b.d.