The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, August 25, 1897, Image 1

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Slor-cUy L nishi and Jitt.'e ones who 'vou-d he SkL^ skipping ar_-d pisvisg fir "rem tbeir ilal&sfrf doorsteps eot clios: to r.he arms of other and fall.er for fear of kidnap lf|l||?^ pers. like the t^o who stole Johnny IConway from his hnrr.-j, No. Pi* Cojory street. (Jhief Mesd. of tlia Ueteet i~e force, told the Journal correspondent that he expected to hare scrse rta^s in <>"? !ru!r'qr.r.ir.c nasa *-.?orf> morning. I' :<* iearxrd -.ha',: the police have cJe*s to the identity of the kid i;a p eers find believe that the lad is sti?i ia Albany or y\^&v the c;ty. Chief Mead said he believed the kidnapper? vrere mtn -sre" acquainted rriih the! Conway family, and knevr that John-! ny's father, Michael Conway, a fm-j gal, sober man, hac mossy encash in! the bank to pay the 010 ransom that; L tbey have asked for the safe return of I I the chi^d. & Conway is a railroad mac, gr?y :r>' W- the service of the Central Hudson. ! The gossips s?.y Oonway was true to i the company la the great strik? of' lSSt> auc the lesser cue i? 1S90. Des- j pe>ate men were the strikers of these j yearo. Murder atd tr^in wrsckinjrj _ were deeds charged against several of j them, who were especially bitter to j v?2rd the raiircad and its employes | r who were faithful. Feuds between the; strikers and the 1'company men" last j to this day. Men who were strikers j occasionally return from their snforc- j ed exile and each return brisks Iron- j bie. Old railroad men attribute the | kidnapping to the desire cf some of i the defeated strikers for revenge, with i the possibility of ransom money add ! ed, for the Central Hudson "black-! Jilted''the leaders of the strikers ardj they casnot obtain vrork upon rail-j roads at any place -^hen recognized,! To this Con way says: "I didn't kro^ that I had an enemy j i *r> vrrvrv^ " TTts her! & assent arid the neighbors who case io | * effort ihe bereaved ores save sor-j rowful acquiescence. Crowds gather- j ed about ihe corners adjacent to the Conway hems all day. eager to hear f the barest rumors of the stolen lad. | A man; v, daring little chap, they sii j said he was, and, notwithstanding his | ?? age, more than likely to run along with any strasger who spoke to him! pleasantly. Threats of lynching were heard from; the mouths of men, wno thought of ! their own children. Organized parties j of searchers scoured the wooded hi'ls j rn>?h r.'r Alhn.^t- fr.r thers bands : of tramps are wgni to make their 5 carsps pending their journeying on-! ward, tne piace being quite desolate! asd sale from police inspection, but: L near to the railroads. t. Only ore fcieaiu of hope came to the | narents during tie day. Michael Dei-1 K. t lard, a Democratic politician and city \ l|t contractor, told of seeing two men go- j lowing southward on North Pearl street,; ||^g|^4w5 blocks from the Conway heme, i shortly after 9 o'clock Monday mor-{ ning. A smaU boy. whom he thought; might have been Johrsnle Conway, | was between the men. The lad had| given a hand to each. Doiiard can?; only say that one man was well dress-* ed and the other was in working? mi.:- j ? : i c.vjl^cs. J.ma ^ v ju> jixa.ru. ^ :s corroborative of the testimony of* neighbors of the Coavrsjs, ^ho tell of \ two msn who lounged'about Colony! street on Sunday night near the Con-1 wslj hov.se. They stopped at the stoop i of No. 103 Colony street and asked | where the Conw&vs li-red. Be:rg told, jj the two turned in a diueren: direction .1 . and loafed in the shadow of a high; % building. The universal encitemeni* || in the neighborhood caused the neighbcrs to rack their memories, srd to \ cay me \jgways ^ere ;oia ana in- ^ 1 formed the police. g One o: the men -ras t&Ii. not stout,' ana urgain:~. He ** ore dark clothes i and had a brcsd livid scar diagonal]y; ac;oss his cheek. The other one Trass short and stout, and ^ore clothes of 5 light color. One neighbor says ihisj man ?7as extraordioarily veil dressed? and carried myself like a gentleman.; On these clevr? the police are work-? in?. The alarm h?s b*?n sent broad- ? cast anu co-operation is expected from \ the poiicG of ail sections of the State.? it -was learned iloncay night that? tUa Troy policc had i?_iformation that \ two men accompanied bj a small bey 3 answering generally to t he description t of Johnny Ccnvrav had been seen in \ a moior ear anor.? a ecrapany of Ger- 5 maiis. who were fcour-d 10 a saer-^er- ] fest ia Vv'attrvilst, ii'-e relies from j A; ban j. Although the police still main lain; that the J ad and his abductor? are in \ cr near Albativ, it i? kr<o%va that cx-1 traordinsry etrorts have beer, ruade to j * xci:e theenergiss of the police ats pi aces distant from Albaur. Mrs. Conway told ths o carnal cor- a rest>ordeiit all ihe kae?7 of the abcuc 5 lien o! her boy. H-r eyes vrere red j ^vith. weeping, and :he c-rftTrn e:-:pres- ? s:on of her cnrucly face tc-id of the J thirty six hours of suffering she hsdj eruur-d. Ker rugged husband. >carcs- \ iy less s If acted, steed by and begged; her to bear up. "We'll get good news 3 jk soon," he pieadec, with a half scb, \ hard tc repress/1 l|||lp?^ '"Johnny ??ent out Xonday raor-5 ||||||||^ nic<r.v she s&ia, sobs breaking: her.: words. "That was a: 9 o'clock. Then, \ at half ps.st ten when I thought he? vras play las: vruh the other children. S a boy left a letter for rry husband. I \ 1 didn't lake notice of Tho boy, bu: ] nov7, oh, ho~ I visl I had. My bus-1 bard is train dispatcher at "West A!-j b?.ny, ai.d ofier. ? ,:$ Je-iers from XT'enl * bo to i:ske a day oil; but this ? was a cii- letter, and I woke roy hus-j bar.d up.*' : 1 "He jumped, to his feci ^ hen be ? rep-n lbs lettc". 'Johnny's been kid > be exclaimed. I ?uess I fein j ted. When I got better retd the horrible I?Uer. *^re are re e.i'ncst i^ild, but finally. i'te? Hit seiglilvrs came * in, all made a search, but couldn't j l| h?ar anything of Johnny. My sistersav-T him iasL He came to her stoop \ || at 3 :oJ and then <rent c:: to play. j b That's the )r?s; vre sat." o' cur darling.'* 1 After the neighbors had listened ic \ fre story of the heart bro&cu mother.? tbey begun to discuss the horrors of { ft the kidnar.pis? of Charley Il:-ss. i jjjjpfk These Jons comforters started the' pglg mother's tears sire.;b. Ofcariey liosss'? wsPsS?' 'atftful storv is in cv,--t mn'slh. Srjmp. ' |wr be iievs li&t the recent pubiiciuion of* ihe stories ci ihe unsucc; ssful sewrc-h j Scribal lad have suggested this kid-; navpisg for :e~er;?S or: Co^tut. | This is the threatening letter that ;tbe unknown be.7 delivered tc Mrs. j Conway. The letters cspital-'zeci are ! the ones underscored by ih#> "ri'^r. j Au-usr 4\-~r-nr , - .f\- . I.. '. i | .'4, ..j ?' : hecr. kidnapped, i waeu 70;: receive ch:; ; word he 'Till be a safe distance from AiViiiy, S and where he could not he fwunii in a hun dred y-:&rs. Vour fthiM will he returned to | y-n in payment of THREE TilOL'SANL" L- 'L? LARS PRoVIL'EU you pay the I mc.a? y TG-i'AV ind strictly obey THE i-'iL[ LO'^vlXG D?RSCXX-jXS: put the mcney 1 u i ; package and send it hy * man yon can dc: ner.d on to ;be iasc goinj: up the hill A r'EY { r'EEY SOL'Ti* OF THE TIMVKOAIV FISST j 10 h;, GATE. Ju?t viz the rend on tiiL? luue j there is ? troo with -i \ - trunk, havn us : i man T>nt the naoka^v or. the ^outh si ! of ! the treo r.rvi AT ONCE COME AV'AY AND | COME -JACK. TO YOUR HOi'SE. j v?'e. rhf m; tivv left at this ?poi r?: ?X! ACT'.Y *:lo '/CLOCK 7U-XLv*HT. See j that no one is ?i;L the man }ou scad. u:ui i rhu.t no one f;:".vw h:n:. "r yoa ~'"1 NEVER | LOOK ON YOUR LITTLE L'oY A OA IN. if | vc: sav ? WORD ?>'r THIS TO ANY CNF j Ol'TSJ L>E OF YOUH FAMILY a:?itkc > AN 7on sen 1 wirh the rnouoy, or if you i:ik-> uny sier-s to r>riu? litv the A'fj'ENTiOX OF Til F POLICE YOl- WILL NEVER SEE YOl'Il. CHILD AOAIN. For. auy one kaovrs of it. we \?lI not take tiie risk of revuraing : him, but vi'.i leave hlru TO HIS FATE. j 1:' you obey our instructions IN EVERY RESPECT you vrili r<*eo:ve ?.ori V.'HIfiN i TWO HOURS afior thv n;-acr Las ha-m left: where you can go in get your ?afc ar.d sound. v'c imt? wen ?.fter thu- thine for n LONG TIME. WE KNOW OUli D"nNESS, and can hear.ill thv police ir? Aiaer:?r?. We are after ino MONEY. and if you do what vou ure TOLL NO H ARM Y> ILL COM E TO YOUR LITTLE L'.'V. ttaiif yon fail : > do what vo tell you or do anything we tell r.ot to do. you will NEVER LOOK ??N VOL*it j CHILL AGAIN. AS SURE AS Til HUE IS A ! GOO IN HEAVEN. Wo KONW VOL* HAVE j MONEY IN THE BANK, r.nd that the bank j closes at 2 o'clock, and we MUST hare it j TO-NIGHT, so GUI IT IN TIME. Don't tell | them why you uraw it out. You can say i yeu are buying property if you wish, for j j this must be BETWEEN YOU AND US if J [you want vour boy back alive. ! I EEMEMBE11 the case of CIIARLEY ROSS, \ | of Philadelphia. Hi? Father DIL> NOT I>0 j | as iiii was iui-l1. out urea: ;o ;r.e ponce,; 1 and then spent nve liines as ranch as he ' | could have cot him back for. bus never sav?! i his little boy TO THE DA V OF HIS Dt: A.TII. ' A WORD TO THE WISEMAN IS ENOUGH, j NOW UNDERSTAND US PLAINLY. Got. | the money from bank IN TIME. Don't j opec your lips to any cue and send :he! imouev by a trusty rr.an to the ol&ee "we sav jat 3:15. a i'UAUTExI PAST EIGHT TO-1 i NIGHT. He to BE SURE THAT NO i |ONE SEES RIM PUT THE PACKAGE; irrrVRR m tV-rp :? no r?rssihle dinner of ! | anyone ELSE GETTING IT. Then within j two hours you shall h;;ve word from us j where your hoy is. ! Every move you m-the be known to | us, and if you attempt ANY CRU.OKED ] : WORK with us SAY GOOD DYE TO YOUR i : BOY and look o>'t for YOURSELF, for ?e i 'will meet YOU AGAIN V.TiEN YOU LEAST \ j EXPECT IT. Do as we tell you and r-U will be well and wo will a*ai straight with you ! If you make the LEAST CROOKED MOVE.' vou will REGRET IT TO THE D AT 0? YOUR ] DEATH. : If you want '.o have your little boy back SA!-"E and SOUND keep vour 1 iclosed >ind i do EXACTLY AS YOU ARE TOLD. If you \ fail 10 o'r-jy directions yov. "wi:: Lvre use i child less. Yours truly. 5 The C.ut.ua' or r:;:-. G.vn.;. \ The Setter was written. evidently j with a stub pen, ut>on four pa^-es of naper such as is ussd, by ten00: chi; ? dren for writing cxereises. I: is c: z j size between the ordinary nott;psper j and foolscap. The wriiing is in a bus! s ness like hanci, and evidently thai of a person of more than ordinary istelliger-ce. I Conway took this letter to the po lice, disregarding its warnings, and frantically sought for his missing hoy. ? A general alarm was sent cut, and j ?con policemen and detectives were j scouring all parts of the city and the? adjacent country in search of the child i or "its abductors. j ilr. Conwsv was directed to follow J ins insiruuviuziis ia.^ir suu jpiu^c ? a dummy package behind the tree on = the Troy road. Chief Detective Mead, s with Detectives Nolan, McOann and. 1 S areecey, boarded a Broadway oir and ; 77ent as far as iheteligate, where they; left the car and singly wzat within a ? short distance of the tree designated, j and at the hour for the money tc be j Jelt and for two hours aftervaru :hey ? matched and waited, but in vain. The rain came do^rn in torrents, jj and ilte secreted ciDesrsvreredrenched ; tc the skin ?rhcn they returned to Fo-1 TTo.adft5J3srtfis nr.r haris? seen ft > ma:., the 7rarj kidnappers ovidentlyf havirg- matched the spot as clc-ztly as \ did the police. All night icjc-g the \ father and mother of the missing boy j; sat up waiting for some tidings of ib -ir < child, but soue came. Intends excitement created! about the Gonvraj residence this; after-j noon, vrhert a short, stout man. Yr&ikcu [ "? ?l~o ^ v>.-> ^ o rva. ; W'J wv w. *. v :-r?.rd vroulc be paid far ihs return of the- child- A neighbor shouted ;cr ihs police. Ti\a oiliccrs responded 5 aad pulled from the hou^e ft sli^aiiy j istczic^tsd mas, "do Uke.i to i the Third Procinc: Staiior House. A * crowd folios-;:: tbo pci'.ce ard :h<dr \ prisoner. end shouts v.s-it up: "II-: 5 ousrht to be lynched !*' * j At the station ;hc ;eiio~. Irc-Tjbilr.^ - t ? 1 ^ " - > ~ C WHS tear. aec;area iusxi r-e aau aees ^ drinking & vi, hcarine- in ?. saloon c- { the kidnapping, wanted 10 DiFerfci-si services for ihe search if he: ~ouid be J paid. He ".7?s questioned b/ deice-j lives, and is was i'ouud he ^as Loon- ] ardDix, a painter, residing at No. S n Chapel street. Dix bad been out of; work. lie wanted to set some money 5 'or searching :or the child. His story \ ;?,? <?.5 ?~.,J I he TTiis released. STOLEN BY Mi5 UNCLE. I The Bey vTftP i'o;T!u ?ii>d lif^tored to Jiis ' y.^rf 7i"?~ i < Early Wednesday mc^nir.^ n oiuc \ rra? secured ih?.t a relative cl" Conway ? 03c some connection vr;;.*- me kiansp- < pins: an-- ? "* investigation of the char- j acterand reputations? Hardy strength- { e:;id the be-ie' that Ip t!ia Con^-v*. c-ild "rcas bs restored i? would bo : througn information e:ren n? ibis rei- \ : stive. Siovrlc but surely i chain oM eviderco was made him and | o-"'y Tii!?Nc>.v rr*rvf:?i^ ;r ,??>< )v? ? lifcvrd that Blake ?rai his ecu-panicr \ in the crime. Blake vras :*c;:na and i liken i& 'TheArg'js alien w:i;- Hrcdy s.t 4 o'clock Thursday i^crsir,?. He-i was inairee-y accused of kno^i-cwhere the child was. oni i r'eenij ' ui'ron:^ ard apparently ciiencied &i J such r. sa^gesiion. lie was pressed { close]y asci nc-~er -.-i^en an oppor'.ur.i-; iv -.o consider or to fix a s.iaisinem by | u:cft i)0 coum lurow a is accusers cju t the track. ic ~as iooc ceen Vr.yi lhr?~t.s "^ould I I not bricg&boa; ihe c.- results and ] ; pcrsuusks-i was brought lc tear on { : iii22. }! * ^"as oilereU m 10 3 | tell s^'Ulns hs *n? -v sbo-.i v ihehiu-? nappir.^-, .ond ilnally i: vras made sc large that ne confessed Tae iddnappin^ &ni sciu be would take a ps-r'-y -o saovr where the chiid vrss. U the | sicrv vT/iich it is aik-ged Hardj told ?v> &? <-?? v^iv.c, VriioVtspd doors j Thursday mo-ruin* is true. thoUoawuv | j child narrowly ^scaped the supposed ? i rate of Charley Ross. j ; Whe.^ the quarry became hot Blake i j -jtr^cd thii as the boy vrou.ld bstray j -.heru they had better rid them ^ives j : of hirti. Hardy was z trific tirsid and I ) a?ksd for anoiber day. it <v? iin*0:y ! 3 2 1 :e hour Wedsesda? ! | night they vrc-ud take tha bjy fro si ; the oJd cch^hiOuse where tbey h&d; ! him :ock?d ur> :md \?ouid either drown i | Mm or drop him ficm s railroad t.-'aiii. i The imger cf susi-ieion pointed at ibe men and a cav^/ul ~aieh on their movements by ths police and the reporters j;ave them no opportunity. Hardy evidently kept Blake informed 1 ! ot ths game, for when ibe Astociiced I ) Press reporter Wednesday afternoon ' < interviewed Mr. Cenw^y &s to his idea J [c-f relatives being mixe<i un in the | j e.v?e. Hardy ;e>: ihe house :-r.u met | ! K&k? at a hotei. Blske then disap- \ ; peared and "as not found until -i | | o'clock Thursday morning. In the ( j meantime be h&d, it L? beiitved, vis;*- > ' rr > V c hov. | When tbs police arrcsieu | | Thursday rzoi'aiTiZ they took hi a: to I ; the tiiird prc-ciaa* station house. but a*, j I a qurst frc-tr; tiis chief of pslicc, { S brought aic io he^quiriers. ?ih-ic \ | the "w&s.'jn v?as rv?:.y the ?qu>id of J | police Usti ?r*at diiHcait/ is .'orein.;: | their TV ay tc it, au<i i'jc- rupD irnpsdeU } | th? passage oTiho horses and threat- i | -r:id to pull Hardy to pieces. An ox- ? I tra iquid of police was required to ; l v;uvi- # The story of the recovery of the boy 1 is an exciting one, those in charge g: j the atfair speeding threa hours in j dense woods ai-d fearing ep.ch mc- 5 | rr.er.t a pistol bail. "When Biake was [ induced to sho w the place where the ; boy vras, a cleve? scheme was arranged. A police clerk named Matthew Greagan put on old clothes and drove I the wagon as a hired man. Detective j Keilly was his assistant, arid Police j Commissioner Phelanand John Far-5 reA. cour.sel for ibz Argus, sat with j Blake. When they had driven, out: j several miles, Blake called a halt at >d j said he would rind the bo y. n* dis! appeared in ths woods, followed by Mr. 1 Phelan and Mr. Farreli. Tney were j s-cse about an bcur, and wnen tbsy | rsu ~ned said they had seen the child ! guo. led by a masked man. ilr. Pae-; j iaa though: it vju-d be a serious af! fair. Blake demanded the reward of ! $2..'>00 before he would get the chiid j out, a'd then there was a icn? pariey, i Grea^an, as driver, offering to_go io \ : the A.r?us oiUco and get i:. While this par'ey ^ras at its height, G-reasan i sprang from the ^a?on, and foilovred | by Reiily, pistols ia hand, rushed into ! i the place. Qresg&n called upon Beii ly to cover him and then grasped the ! child and ran for the vragoa. Farrell ; tired rcvcral shots. Ihe men finding j' ! thit they Trere beates, retreated ana; ? ~n~:AK*t; i LZ-" i. roiwucii uivvv i5 : down the road to the city. District Attorney #'jr in^ame sad : Mayor Xhacher had Hardy under exaroination for almosi; two hours Thursday, ana a: lie end of the time the; district a:lcrnoy said: !'Hardy h*sj; practically told everything. but X can-t .cot ^i^e it out now. There were at) least two other -oeoole in the aiTair ' ' - ?u' i anU i. twixc/c v\ c w:,i k*i.. < The penalty for the oSferise is 20 years1 j imprisonment." ? The child was ueen &: his home) Thursday at noon after he had been * quieted down, and shewed little signs of his outing except inseci; bites about the face. Kis pockets were niied with candy, and he said that he had slept in a nice soft bed. As nearly s.s can be learned from the child's prattle, he was picked up by BlaLce on Pearl street ; and driven to an oid school aouse. } He V7?s kept there until Wednesday, *! vbsn they went funher in the woods, \ 3.S the boy says ''for a dvive." He sajs 5. that cuiy ony man s -with him at \ iii? Utne of the driving, but he saw \ ] some c'.hers a beat Lithe weeds. Itjjwas intended :c arraign Hardy in po- j' hee couit Thursday alter noon, tui at?; the hour tnere ^as such a threaten-^ icg crov?d in the buil?iinjr and about, |' it lhat the- po-ice postponed the Lear- {: isg. * ;; Instrncttoa? Is3rif-<1. The board of control harisg- granted s1 several beer privileges in the state ]' has also sen: out to the dispensers ap- ?, pointed the foiio^inj instructions: 1st. Bond of $3,00'), payable to?; state board of control; contract and], agreement, properly executed, sent |: " */-. /\fTi.-.a : -> Nt-s Q " i w-V Ai.-. V'w- K^?- ; 0. j 2d. Beer dispenses vrlll order * ! $ beer through XLs o'Uce of tbo state \ board el control a: Columbia, 8. CM j giving ".ho names of parties from ~hcm i' they ic purchase. Bser dispensers are ai'o^ed to j] .iSii to customers at prices to be fixed | by themselves, en ~rhich they sh?Ui; pay to the- state bos?:*! of control ? ?J royalty of $1.50 pur aj&k; 35 ce?\te per [ 4 cask; 15 cents per Jcsaa ia bottles. \ ^ uic ixA L-vi ^l > j*. o* : each bas ..vis-:- been issued and se-n c-*.t s 10 laa rrc-syeouv-; beer dispensers. * \ The contract and a^reeDiest requires 5 l?>;r dispensers net to sell lo drank-: ards or minors asd 10 geceraay oi> ?' serve the rules ar:d regulation of lbs ? dispensary la-.T. ;; I?rcp.j L'ii-id lis r?sw STerS. J Mr?. E. H. Ed wards, 45 je&rs old, a \ \ resident of Granitsvilio. S. C., one of j{ the vo:nen merchants *>ho -isiccd?: Ke?r York, dropped dead in front of ?. the Fifth Avians hotel Friday aiier- ]' socr. Her fc.ii alarmed people on 5 the street $nd iu & Moment -ho sbor- 5 ougbfsre vr&s crowded vri& am excit-?-' cd rai-s cf humanitj. A pcilcen^n j ^is;rnoned an ambulance from the ;; X?C7 York hospital, .-.c-d when the?1 surgeon. -cxaKi'iieu LL-i vrocsan aid \' nrocou::eed her &:??, ho r^rroved tr s *; body 10 lbs Vfesi Thirtieth street su-j Livli iUiIhtV Y'l.'efC -v IiO.~ IS, / ii h;Ti ^ the 7 citaii'o cic-tLicg **3.5 1 cheeks lo ascoua; of $108 vrars' - , . ? :euns. s.120 >.-? > itr cvw; $ ?>? r-surrs* ticket UOLfic. ! IVicCanrsR it> Ur'^T. Sf-nstor KeLaurin's friends ?rc silil [; ^nsicuslj irquiring each day :'or ii;- ?: forrc&tion as io his co-diiion. It is E1 now cos-tidesllr horx-d it-*.*. h*j bs { rvb;.si / sttsuU least or of I ttic caa^pa*^^ meetings before lhe~ |. c-';:r:e :c an enu. is ?ircn a: disv-aic- to iL~ press asscct- ? i ation, rrtkh was ?<~c2ired from B?iS-}; r. sits? I"? Friday nftovaoon: : i-rt^nsLor ilcLaurin. is convfcificioj: j; T:r; fcvorabiy. No jjr'.pt-.zi is left j: exccti ::v? y. rriiruui^u . xvtiich "i.; .;;!! j' >TVC:X. t ' 4'J. X. J sit?in*?, M. D." :? WEATHER AND CROPS. TKE CONDITION Or THE STATE'S | FARMING INTERESTS. i i The General Outiock?W&cKly Iiaiieiir. o? j ! the Weather Barear. IcsuM Tne^ds? by j I Dlrrotor P'^upr. j The loliowiDg is ihe weekly bulletin ! of T.he onn Jition of ?he weather &nd ! o!v:-r>s c-f ihe istaie issued last week b7 3'^!-? 0bssrvor Bauer: T.^JI^ILVTUIIE. The temrsrn.ture aurin^ ;he v/ceJc kept Ti:hiu ectnp?.rt.tively E&r-I row ran^e, the maximum generally i ranged between ST and 9i ?ith an extreme maxiTuru cf IC2 on the lata a.t| Beaufort. The m'ninium ranreuabout j ?" R;i:iou?h the lowest "a? 52 cn the lA:h ?it Liberty. The average for tne tvt-ok was 75, v/hik the normal for the iame period is approximately 72. It \"4 5 d'.eide^jy cooler ever the exIre me \?fti?srn norlion r>? the State thin in ii)c central rcu eastern portion?. rainfall. The rainfall for the wttk was ;~cn- [ really in the form of showers whoro I ar-5'fell, for quite lar^e areas in ihcj e x i re m e ester ? ,' tLc central and the | souvSern couotits vrere TvuhiAit rain ; Ihr: entire week, <>r at kuru until late j ;?aLurday, the I-ith. A tew correspondents staged that rain was needed, while generaCy ihe ground bad pieaiy of t::oistare. In | addition to the showers ci' Saturday ; ?rti rV^Mt'y.v.- sfjf-rm-ni'; ;'l4ih :ir.d l^tL; ! a general rail set i:: earl? Monday n:cr;ii:?? sc ibui th* rainfall uetici^ncy, wftere it exisUd, hu^; been, fully A few reports of excessive rain were! received. Twenty-two weekly meas-1 uremenis of less thar. one inch were j received, o from I to 2 inches, ao.d2> of over 2 inches. The arerage of these j 30 measurements is 0.70, while the j > - -1 - - -1 - i - 1 - 1 9 normal icr me pas; weejc ls x. w. ; A severe hail and vi'ind storm occur- j red is. Lower Hampton on the evening j of the 14th, accompanied by heavy | rain and ioiuriEg lieid crops seriously over a limited area. The winds of the week were generally light-The sunshine varied greatly overs dnzerent sections, the estimated per! ceniage of the possible rasged from 201 to 50 with an average of CO, which is j somewhat below a normal amount for \ this season. This deficiency in sun ! shine was aooarentlv favorable en( fie ld crop a. CROPS. Tnere is a great diversity in the tone J of the reports for the v?eek, the corres- j pendents being about equally divided] in calling the ^eek a favorable or an j unfavorable one. As a general rule' the best reports come from the western j portions of the Stato, where injpiaces \ ' las crooa ara magaiiiceTit." worms \ hsve appeared ia many of the eastern; cg unties in large numbers., and from: meagre descriptions furnished, it is | supposed to be the Army worm. They; have destroyed much grass for hay in Williamsburg, Kershaw, Berkeley, 1 Colleton and Beaufort counties, and * in places have attacked corn," rice and j sction. Their increase in numbers! durins the week alarmingly rap- * id. They have also made their ap-1 pearance in a number of other conn- 3 lies,but as yet in no threatening force. | Corn varies in condition with local- J ity and soil and the culture it received, t but that portion of the crop already j made is very nearly if not quite up to ^ ^ T ie? 1 1 revr , rXU ? Ci ai^C. -L-fcALv? xJ. l~> >ul?J.x - rv-jr j promising and will be greatly im- j proved by the recant rains. Fodder! pulling is making rapid progress over S Lhe eastern counties, 'where it is near- j ing completion, and extending grad-j uaily -westward, where the crop is: mucn later this year than usual. Chinch bugs continue to damage >Drn in Chester. Fodder was saved in ?ood condition. Cotton was not uniformly aCiiCied by the last w.vek'3 weather: many re-; rwf.o * r^&snnablp irnr5rov9 cieat, and fuiij m many no to dsterio-j ration, due, chkliy to escesssivo shed - 3 ling of squares and seme boils., sornef rotting; of boils, while on sandy lands 5 Lhe plan: is rapidly d-iu^ and con?3- J susnt-y has quit putting on fruit. J iiusi also has developed over larger >rea.s v/ith. ?reat(:st injury noted in\ Sumter, vv'iliiamsburg. Clarendon and j Chester, although no: confined to ? those counties. The nrcp is best in the j vrcsteru couaties, and Marlboro, hl&r- *; ion and the northeastern counties | generail]'. j< Too much '"weed" with too little\ "rui: is a common complaint, but cot J: ion gene-ally is heavily fruited. \ lacking is ss yet confined to the?' 3iore easterly counties. aJthough the? -ariy varieties arc opening in the cen-ji .rai and western counties. Picking; ^ ? * * wj;! so: 33 gcser&x :or some urns ws :Ou\c. Ar<. increase in size of bol'sj noted, since ra.iss of previous ~oek.: Art insect is puncturing the boils and! ruiaiag them in K dgeiield. More or; i&?3 shedding is reported :'r<jn; ?. rc&-) joriiy or the counties. |: Sr."i IsiaTiy cotton ira proves! snU:< sh&kUcs l&z than last v?eek. Toh&cco curiae Liakirt? rapj.i pco-; rrcis. Some phiutcrs have linked, j worms aurnsgisg i&i-i plains. Peas are doing we'll. Cutting >c?.- \ vine hzy has begin; in Barnwell. Itics is ripening rapidly, and where! lot injured by caterpillars is in prom- 5 sing condition. 3 Tarui? sowing continues nnd be:ter! stands have been attained from Lhe s iater seeding?. A large acreage wiiJ ] do planted. i Sorghum grinding and boiling has ]' begun in some see Liens. Sweet potatoes daingwdi generally,) except in portions of Spartanburg, ana\ sr.d v?:ii be a large crop. 8:ucpernong grapes ripening. Figs i : J* 1 < _ ? ~ * 1 -? a J r 17C Aifjiaas aouauuas. i.:;u > ;; ?:crd quality in the western court ties. L-jOonte pear trees lulictdnsj fruit iu ChesteriicidPastures atiord c.w-ellent grazing', ! [- the gard^-v truck districts ground { is b^ir-g prf-pa^d for iVii vegcubics. { ?.n?5ira> 3ta?i Oorns OiJ'. ?, Th-. fo'io-vin^ ordinance has been 5 passed by the city orjtnci; of A liar-u: 5 "Be i: crdaiccd, That it shall beibej I.^T. nr Thj. r.r.^r,rir-+r-r fir nthw i osi33ii5 :r. c urare of each ami every ] jpr?& house or t'c;??.rcs iu the ci:y of I :\tian;a to . 'jsiro iadi?f The at'snd I ;;cr'cra-;ir,c-;s u. such the-or opera I l?ou*cs lo re.-2.CT?. i&eir hsts before :he I 5t?.:nr.i~.g oI tnu ke<p - hem oif dar- j [ng ihe p^riormancc-. Thai such pro- j pri^L-jr. lessee cr olher person i~ charge j an c-jvr^ house or theatre v:ho? shall vk-iais the prtc-viiaj section of i 0TJi\HS,7100 UpOH CGnviC*10H ; b-e iiac-vi. in. the recorder's court not ex j f o^- - l~? oriz v hthch t iio. * -v 5 ?. -? .'.w.-1 * r *. n> to* vT" Tt i; c*\j S? l ^ .. Uk.. .Jf O. ii STRONGLY EXPRESSED. CoL TUiaaan lias c-oznethifig to Say sad ficrt. * * Viwo.t< a Tv/* nl' The following special from Saluda Courthouse was published by the State ' on Thursday. 4iL:eut. Ooi. James H. Tillman is , here attend is ? court. He Tvas asked ; this morning if he bad anything to siy in reply to ibe dispatch which e.ppcared in yesterday's Scale relative to the medal he presented at the Orangebur? encampment. He replied: *'I am very busy and have besn for several weeks at Edgeiieid and this place in the- discharge of my professional duties. i havy no lime to waste :n noticing inch a man as ycuna HolTm&ii, nor would I do so weie I so: convinced that he is trie miserable tool of some oce else. So far as Hon wan hircself is concerned, he has placed himself Lvyord the pile of a genticrua.i arid is beneath. the dignity ci' a dog. I olr'ersd a medal for the best driiied ican in any regiment; I neve-- designated what kind o 1 medal it should be in my circular to the difn-ren!. companies. Although I ordered oi the jeweler, Mr. Fox at Edgefield, :?goid-niedai, which >7a*j iost ic-. the maij, snd a second wa^ ordered iron: another house in New York dj telegraph. The ''atre- was sent to or rather Capt. >1. ii- iloss, by my ci&rk as soon as it arrived. As for ilic statementrut :ho ined^l senl v.-as bra:*, steel sr-d nickle-piate, tho man. who says >o is simply a nickieplated liar. If it is not genuine then I nave brer, badly swindled, whica I know is riot the case. j:: it is money, tni:> Je?.% licii'ir.aa, wanss I viil gladly seed iiim whatever he thinks se ceserves. ' "Another thins:, while I am discussing this matter. I waas to sav that ;he statement made by General Watts in reference to the court of inquiry is untrue. It was upon my sole request to those who signed the protest that same was withdrawn. Anything to the contrary is not the truth. I also have a letter in my pocket from General Richbcurg, who commands the brigade, siting that Ool. ClaHy has never been lawfully elected. But I am done v?it'a the matter for all time to come."" G2!7. WATTS' REPLY. A copy of the above was published in a contemporary yesterday and Q-sr. Watts icok occasion to reply to so much of it as applies to himself. lie said: "Qui cf justice to Maj. Clafi'y I give the following communication from Gen. Richbourg: "Columbia. S. C., July 26,1897. Ger. J. Gary Watts, Adjutant and In sector General, State of South Carolina. "General?I herewith report that an election was ordered to be held on July 23d for the position of colonel of the First regiment S. C. V. T., j which resulted in the election cr'Ma-j jor li. il. Ola try of Fort Jaotte. "The vote being as follows: R.. IiL. Clatty?????-o 14/ J. H. ?iilman?.??~, 124; n tj Jw- . I Vll ?! !# ?? ? w , "You wIJl therefore please issue a; commission to Major R. M. ClaHy as | colonel First regiment infantry, South | Carolina Vclualeer Troops. "By order K. N. Biceeourg, ' Brig. Gen., 2nd Brigade, 8. C. V. T. "Official: "Charles Nevrham, "Mf.ior and Adjutant General" j "Before issuing tuo commission to j Maj. ClaiFy. Maj. Ne^ham consulted j the assistant attorney general, and he I scave it as his legal opinion that a ma- j jority vote was not necessary and that j Col. Cisil'y should be commissioned j on a plurality vote. "As to Uoi. Till man's statement j that I made an untrue statement as to j the count I do not think that worthy j of notice, fcr I feel that the people are j capable of judging of the veracity of j the two."' STICKS TO FREE SILVER. Senator Stfsrart X>en*ca ? 3*p>rt About! Elciself. United Slates Senator William 2?. ?tevrart, of Nevada, telegraphs the) Constitution that the statement attrib- \ utcd him in newspaper dispatches, J thai he had advised his friends in the; west to drop the silver issue on lbs i -vcund of the return of prosperity or on ac v other ground, "is absolutely > and unqualifiedly false.'' "The fact that there are abundant crops in this country ana famine else- i 7:here, -which gives temporary relief, jj z >".'? VTO sV.nnVi r!<"?+ c.oplr : permanent relief by ths only possible; means in our power, vrhicri is the ramoaetizatioij of silver/5 say* Mr. j Bifida:*. "The efPoris of the eoidj press to rssks the country believe that j SUi'iUdlV. lici.-J Jis-OJU is.iic u;:vC 4 c? vrbea:, and not short crop?, in scery country, is :u keeping vrith i Lheir raise fclaterncr.'s ? i;h regard to] ray position. '7:he io - ]>ric#? of siire? s produced by e.vciudinfr it from the 5 miurs, aod particularly the recent da sline produced by disionetlzaiiou iaj J:'.par;, narks the rise is jjoid <x~id \ shows the robbery and injustice of j L-~.nuiiin^ the money c*' the v^orid to j the commodity .eoki. Whsn they j point to cheap silver as the iosult of I Lheir conspiracy tc point to dear gold ] as the result of their rascality. The; people ?ill not believe that the gold-j ites control the seasons and givs the 3 United States ^ood crops and cause j amine elsewhere. They know it isj tbe work of Providence, and overj v^bich the goidites have nc control.! Their impudence in demanding credit ? for ii is in keeping with their entire system of deception by which they jxre sneIavir.g the nam an race. ';Novr ia the tirr.e ic Sghi for silver.) The tempor&ry relief z-hich Frovi > deiice has granted should inspire; the manhood of the Ameri- \ wn tn swtimer.?3 at \ the ballot box. It removes some oil the creuses of poverty s-d starvation j which voters made in 1S9S. when they ] oubifiiU'jd to intimidation or yielded J to bribery and voted for their own | 2nsis.7er.1snt. The only darker is i that the small measure of rci:? i *vh:eh j the rise of whrni has given will net; bs suineient to fne the voters o; the United States from coercion and bribery, but it ought to aid the cause of silver by restoring to some extent the n* !na t~.'>+n-<r I "ily correspondence -*ith people in; ever/ section of ;he country is very j expensive, and it informs me that the; pecpip are thoroughly alive and the j importance of the stiver question is] training svery day. The rise i~ the* price of silver v-riii slimaitle rather; than retard ths irresistabie movement j in favor of returning is the coinage j ia Oi U22 02'uij^s o? lis rcpuoiic. \ (Signtd) ''^Viilbtn M. S:.cv?art.'' ? T\r rnc nrnfT* v ih nib kv&L iv t- h i i. | | BUT Vi'LAURiN TCO UNWELL TO AP-j I j , I So Was Xt' cv mbcre<i- oOO .People Attendj e?i the Campaign Meeiisj: Evans and Irl>y th'.> Ooly apeakere. Still confined to his bed from the nhvsical collapse which he sulfsrad at Yovrtvil;.-. Senator McLaurin ras again \\ ednesd?.y to face hi" opponeri!< on the s'umr< in his horns county of Mar;boro. The sbsent senator was toucnirri- remembered by a i number of very 'handsome boquets for him bcisent to tV.e stand. The cro^d "7 hi oh assembled numbered about S00. They listened quietly and as quietly left when the speaking wss over. i Chairman W. D. Ecans presided. | He introduced former "tovemor Evans | | as "a youn-j and ??Jlani son. of South: l Carol in?, -one- "ho is not unknown to j | you " | } Mr. Enir.s expressed nls gratiilca-1 | Uou that so many were present, and ! I took i; to indicate tuAtlhe people j | were awakening to the rtiai issue of! I tills caro pai<?n. He uid not belie ve that | j animosity of county pr'de would cause ; j the voters to forget thai Democrats I ' ^rir^'n^s wuw. i( T* r?P': r.Ot. i j bis intention cu strike McLaarin ex I cept on his public utterances* He do j j sired 10 conduct the campaign! > fair:j and honestly, but ba did not j | think his mouth should be esicv-pud ? ! vrhileone of his opponejjts i:;y sick in I f bod, Bsr^ciaiiy shouid he have the I right oi speech, as that sick opponent j ras having oircuJars and ccpi-js of a | Yorkviile paper containing tbe sup! posed speech of ftr. McLsurin at that < 1 place. In speaking in McLairin'sj > absence he was at the disadvantage of; j having to read from his speeches and ? of showing up their fallacies. \ The question of this campaign is, j said Mr. Evans, llWiIi you follow | this'new evangel,' who would lead | | you into the Republican party, orj j wili you cling to the faith of your father's" Hastily then he reviewed the history of the tariff from from 1832 to 1 the present. He told of nullification I < and declared, "That's what you got j for making a straight nghi.'" He | charged thai Mr. McLaurin had spent i j two hours in Sumter in trying to j | show there could be no such thing as f tari?T for rvssua oniv. A comparison j | was then drawn between the Demo-j 5 cratie and Republican tar if! demands. That word "protection" in the Repub- j1 liean platform was misleading, said 1 Mr. Evans. \v e think of it as the pro \ tecticu o? a father for his child, or the j protection told of in hoiy writ. ! The farmer of the south and west is j1 j a free-trader if he's got any sense.) iWhy i Because he's get no manufac-1 luring interest to protect;. X: is to his s interest to buy his goods as cheap as j | possible. : | A little later Mr. Evans declared he : had to take McLauria's printed record around with him, for he would deny everything if the record was not pulled on him. He had succeeded in pin- 1 nirg: him down to -.one thing, and 1 that was hie opposition to free rav material. McLaurin has declared. : ''I den't believe in free ratt material.* : Then he stands with Havemeyer and : i ---<-" x QVirtiiln "W/?T,a?ivin > ! be elected on his platform of opposi-j,' tion to free raw material he could re- s jceive, were he corrupt, SI, 000,000 for ! ' j voting to place a duty on sugar. The j \ j psople would be estopped from crlti- 1 i cising him, because prior to his elec- ] tion he had announced that he oppcs- 1 j ed free raw material. i Mr- R-rflncj viornrnnslv attacked Mr. - McLaurin on the cotton, wool and ] hide schedules. In conclusion, he de- ; clared that McLaurin was the jack-o- ] lantern that would lead the people ' into a bo? until the y would sink be- ! yond hope of extrication. Mr. Evans was applauded. Co 1. Irby was introduced as the "unconquerable leader of Reform in 1S90 and 1892." Ho spoke with more s than his accustomed Gre and vigor. 1 "I am rot the man," he becun, isto\\ I strike a sick or fallen foe." He pray- \ I ed G-cd that McLaurin would be re- \ i stored to health and vigor in time to , i it..- ?. +\.r> ; j IlitJUl/ Uiiii 'JH'JC luuic v.'? OI.UU.J/, j | Then, and oe3j until then, would he j j i assail him. 1 ? I "I bad rather be defeated ten thcus- j j ' and times than to kaow that I had j} i been elected by striking the sick.vjj | (Aoplause). ' ' McLaurin, it possible, ebcuid re- j j Iturn to the stums, but if he can': re- j ^ turn, I say he either cjght to with-!| ciro77 fmrn this rase or send Governor f; Ellerbe. Why Governor Siierbe i j \ Because ho a bo-re ai! other meis, is re-j \ sponsible for the political status o' af- j * fairs is this State* and if he corres I'll j take caro of him. 11 "I am as much ol s. Befcrioor ;oJay ?; a& I <*&s is ISW. but I am a Demo- i c crat." No one could iraDusn hisjx record ss a Democrat or a i-teicrmer.: I Ue told ho~ he ^as sacrificed last 5 j year; spoke of bis record aud services}to the Dartv. and declared tsat ile- |s Lauria himself said he never voted;} vyrong. I?is rote oa iho Wilson bill ] * and his di-feat of the silver corn pro- t inise, placing the^ ratio ai 20 to i, : ?rers.recounted, no did not have and < had never bad a political godfather. c ilr. Evans had ai Garden intiinat c cd that Tillrnan favored his (Evan's) election. Mr. Evans denied that he had. H?j had only said, he declared, that he |s had recei '7ed a letter from Tillman j 1 saying no vras "hands oir," in this ( race. ~ but that if he -were elected?r he Tvould vreicome;him as a colleague, j t Col. Irby seid the explanation vrasp cs-isfr^rirv. Hft fionrdudsd bv sav 31 iug he had not insde the sp-:ocb he would have >nade had Senator Me Laurin be-en present. If elected, he ^ said, the people would hare Itc Unit.- s ed States senators who woulu ever act * for the best interests of the people. ri-3:11:7 aati ?Isr<ier. a. c&bie received in Boston from Bi' 0= Ajres sajs thst Capt.J W. vV.iiiinftn imd Mate VTilii&m Hansbu:<;h r.r the schooner Olive Pecker, vbich SfUirxi fro set that wn on June 27, hid been murdered By the crew, i The principal owners oi the ves^ei are { J. P. Elliott & Co., of Boston. -who; also sent out the bar&entiue Herbert! Fuller, on which Cipt. Nash. and his \ wife and Kate Cambers: were murder-1 * cd. The message coalsunisg ihe in-! formation was from a barking firm in I Buenos Ajres and gave only the bare 1 ? facts cf the double mufder, together c with the statement that the vessel tt&s i afterwards burned, but that the crs?r } escaped &.nd landed at Bahif.. The owners hope they are in the custody : of the United States consul tnere, ^ho jc Tronic naturally assume change of the i I shipwrecked inen. : - AN ECCENTRIC OLD MAN. 1 i I H<-, Went to Y?.-rk VFitti i WstUJ. A nan frhri srs'fl H?? Trot Thnr c j i Kussiv, 86 years of age. cf ilontgom-! er^, A Is . enterM the American Ex-1 chat??* National br-^k i~ I\ewYer?~! Wednesday afternoon tc d^pesi. scto i bonds. He Tras rerj feeble. 8 ad vith ] roT. cling hands searched through. Irs j leader wallet urA bis poekrets for j somo COU-3CE';. He oon-d r-r.i Sndi thee?, r<t:d tso bark cou.A not do; luai'oess vriih tbo old 21?-^. H? I sittiBg on ih^ s'er> ca i:;e bmken-i Ir5.ja.-e when $ pclicsm&a of -hcl^osd- i way squad saw him. 'i he office? no ! ticcd that tbe old man was tired cut,! so he questioned him, and f:o?;iy I took him to the Cid Slip season ho use, ; where tee sergem ordered lire c&oar | to search him. The wallet diselos.-ds *773 Li mooey, a return :iche~. to! Montgomery, Ala., a check on brexel I & Co., Philadelphia, for ?11,000 and j ax: er-velope containing -?3 ccuposs { clipped from some Oonds which were found in the cid man's tall boots, j There v;ere eleven $1,000 bonds of j the city of Savannah, four ?i.C0 bcrds> of the same ard a certificate for one' hundred shares of New York Central? fph?. /%?!/>=? 11* j JL a1: uuiwi . ; Hussey to the Central station police i court, where The old man told Mf-gis-; trate Cornell that he arrived in >~ev"' York Is.st sight sad had stopped m a-i boarding house in Wutor street. He < couJu not remember the number. He}' said he bad a relative in Brooklyn, named Mitchell. There ^as nc. chares j to be made against Mr. Hussey, so the j magistrate ordered the policeman Loj cake him to noiice headquarters, where i ii'i . - . i . _ _ T l " _ _ 1 _ sreps ccuia oe is.i:en 10 una nxs reis- i tires. ; A dispatch from Montgomery says j ilr. Eusssey is one of the oldest citi- > zens of Montgomery, having lived: there half a century. He owns valu- j able real estate throughout the Slate \ it was not known he bad so \ much personal property. He has? always been regarded as miser-? Iv priri /?r?saA'j nnnriv. He? is a shoemaker by trade, but gave up work many years ago. He is an old bachelor and lives alone. He stands well in the community and is 1 respected for his correct dealings in : business. Counterfeit Bends. There were presented to the treasury f; department Tuesday for redemption' two $1,000 7 30 notes oi the issue of | June 15, 18G5. The persons making \ i/iie preaeiiuuitui ws;s uuiii^sz , of Louisville, Ky. Upon examination * the notes were found to be counter-1, feits, being a part of a very large is ? sue of counterfeit notes which ap-r peared in tbe principal bond markets in 1S65 and 1867. The imitation of . tbe genuine is so complete that many ' of the principal dealers in United! States securities purchased them free-1; iy and only discovered that they had been victimized when the notes were j thrown out by the authorities at Washington. The loss to bankers and dealers through this counterfeit amounted probably to several hun- , dred thousand dollars. The only ] marked differeace between the origi-5* 1 '1 - - - a * - ' J- J5 1 . i-1- _ 2 ' aa i ana ine counxeneii :s icunc. in ise; red seal, the points surrounding the \, seal in the genuine being broader, j] mere clearly defined and not so long. 3, Ihere is also a slight difference in the * signature of Gen. Spinner, who was j the treasurer of the United States at \, the time of the issue of the original j j totes. In the genuine thers is also a j striiil spot just below the bar between j the baskets of the balance which the? Sgure America holds suspended. At j j the secret service office it; is said that j' the plate from which these notes j =vere printed was captu-ed November ?c 2\. if.',7. from William E. Broekwav. L crho is no?; serving; a tern of 10 ysarc : in the Trenton, N. J., penitentiary for \\ icunierfeiting $500 goia certificates.?= The Ohio Csmpai|T5? jj * The approsching campaign in Ohio 2 J rids fair "to rival in dramatic interest \ \ ;he nresidenthi carcpaign of 1S2-J: and} "or the next iarr mouths rhe eyes of the nuntry -Trill be riveted upon the Sjcc ^ ;ye State. The Republican arsveryj] nuch alarmed over :he situation.*1 they realize that, if the State goes:, democratic this fail, the eSect of such ] i change will be seriously :eit notj^ jnly upon the present adminisiration, -1 jut'&lso upon the political status ol lie' :cuntrv at iar?e. In order to nrevent \1 his apprehended revulsion of senti-j sent it is given cut on good authcriry j hat the sum of $2,000,000 t?1II beez-j. >ended by the Ohio Republicans on 5* ,he State campaign this year. Sena- f' or Mark Kanna is virtually in coin-1 < nandof the forces, and since the re'ention of his seat in the U cited States \ rl^nate depends upon the charactcr of js he legislature to be elected this fail, jc t is likely that he Trill manage the s 2 ampaign with consummate shrewd- jt icssj The opening gun will be nredjs :.bont the 1st 01 September. and from 12 iia: tims on the State vriil bs literally \; )7C?run vrith campaign orators. luj; pits of the vigorous eiTort which the j1 republican party is jnaking to retain \ I )cssessicn of the State, there is ^coc ^ cascn to believe that Ohio will at 5 ^ east greatly reduce her ite publican 5' aajcrliy, and it may elect a Dense-js ratic governor ana State legislature. 2} Stranger things have happened. I t Death Kate Among >".;?T3?3. ; * The publication of the mortuary \ t tatisiics for the past month of a num- 51 >er of the leading tov^ns of North r 3aroiiaa reveals a remarkable death c ate among negroes, as compared wicb. f he whites. In Bileigh, for instance, f -- "U ' * ? - ? ?rt * VM AVA ? kti-C<N V J _ LiiCi'C UPv l,VV't' iklVLV VV-LLiwlO -iiail ; )lacks, during the month of July ; here v.-ere two and a half time? as nan v deaths of negroes as of whites. .a \%riiimin^tcn, where there is only & mail excess of black pcpulaiicn,there \ t -ere fourteen deaths of whites ardjl >f negroes thirty eight, or nearly |j xirty yiits. .Licivsj., v. j; here sr.; considerably more wh:l : h han negroes, the negroes dying nurc- -!' ;erjd more than two to one. the ratio; ? tccordiag to race population being j: nu Jn greater. Other tcvrns sho^r a j c l iiue record. The unusual mortality { t itsong negroes is noi. due to sr. j opi- i r lemic disease, and certainly is nc'cji: 11 J.l. J ? .ue 10 exposure, or ;3ck oi au?n>u-; . nent; as has in some few L-oiatsd ic-js tances been the case in winter. t . Tramp Ljxc"ae<L An uaknown tramp was Jjnchcd by ' i crowd ct' ixifvriated ffviTiiers Thurs- js lay ir.oruius? near ilankeirr.. 111. TneiJ ramp as^ulU'U a vromsa and beat 51 :er in a terrible marner. He then S r led, but farmers. aitr*by ihe wo- I r.an's cries, vere soon in rursui'c ?nd! c jar.tured the trsnrp after s? Jzcrt cj.-se. j > I2 'TG.5 immediately s?rus? tc vt* j? iearcs; me, ~ |i THE FIGHT RENEWED. THE P3CHIBITI0NJSTS TAKE 7HE Fi ELD AGAIN. *7St Again** Liquors?Circulars and Petition" TJaisg Sect All Over ttie State?An Address to Foilcv: Soos. The State prohibition executive compiitt.se has set to work with a view of bavin*: such pressure brought to bear upon the ^ereral assembly at its session next winter tbat the body will hr- ~r s^ricusiy consider the passing ci p.n absolute prohibition law. Ice prohibitionists are convinced that now is the time for them to make icfct? xncy nave never oeen saiisned since the people of the State expressed themselves in favor of absolute brohibitioD at the ballot box and got instead of a prohibition act tht dispensary livr. xhe State Prohibition executive commit nee has commenced work in a very earnest manner. It is composed of Capt. L. D. Childr. chairman; T. J. Lailotte, secretary; R M. Adam, C. D. Stanley, J. K. Branson, F. EL Hyatt and the Revs. J. L. Sifiy and J.~G\ Dale. Same days &20 the com miliee opened its campaign by sending to ali parts of the State copies of the circular letter and blank petition jriren belcvr. Mr. LaMotte Thursday stated thai the committee had sent out up to date not less than 2,000 copies of cne letter and the petition, ana in a few days a strong address will be issued. Here is a copy of the latter: Deas Sir: The executive committee, after a careful survey of the conditions existing in our State, regard it a favorable oppportunity to urge the claims of prohibition to the attention of our people. The existing system, - J J: i. ~ ..A ^ ?~u ^ issug^raiea m mreci oppusmou wj me expressed will of tie majority, having utterly failed to meet the expectations of its friends, and proven successful as a promoter of lawlessness, fraud and crime, has sealed its own doom, and the next legislature will be called upnn to deal with the problemIt seems to us that it is our duty to make immediate and earnest effort to concentrate what we believe to be the sentiment of a large majority of our psopJe. It is evident to us that the friends of the liquor tramc are taking the most active and aggressive measures to sre-occupv the field thrown open by the recent dispensary administration and the decisions with reference thereto, and if we are tQ hope for any improvement in the conditions which ^ ^ confront us, we must be up and doingin the cause which we believe to b3 the cause of right and of God. We have therefore -determined to send out petitions to be signed by the voters of ever} precinct who favor our views, asking the general assembly for such legislation as is needed to prevent the terrible evils foreshadowed by the continuance of the sale of Liquor for beverage purposes. We would suggest that wherever it is possible to do so^ public meetings '"U * y) W/t M/Wtfl/T />Y> 4 O . SlxVLLLU UC V/ALLCU C.UVU^JCJ MU VMV subject of temperance and prohibitions ; :nade by the best speakers available. Yyt0 confidently ask your active personal co-operation in securing names /) these petitions. Please send a list dx such friends as will assist in the vTCvk o? securicg additional signature?. Please find enclosed a return envel3pe for communication with its secretary. Respectfully, L. D. Childs, Chairman. Thomas J. Lallotte, Secretary. The heading of the petition reads as "CI1OT7S: "PETITION. "The undersigned, voters of , soutii Carolina, believing that the icntinuance of the sale of alcoholic iqucrs as a beverage within this State, indie? the sanction of its laws, is the source of the pauperism, misery and ;rime which exists, a positive hind ance to all material and industrial prosperity, s.nd a foe to morality and eiigioc, would respectfully petition .he rrenersl assembly at its next ses:ion to sr-act such legislation as will >ro>.-bit the manufacture and sale of r-ioxie^ting liquors as a beverage." Tae prohibitionists believe that they is the same majority of the people it their back as when the vote was aken en ihe subject and they propose o make an earnest fight from first to ast. SEsk* IsstUsg from the Ground. n the neighborhood of Sandy Bottom, ra., over what is reported to be a vol:ano. The farmer on whose place the ruption is in progress, has set a force if hands at work digging around the po: with a view of ascertaining the auses of the str ange appearance. The rater is about 25 feet square, and in Lve places blue smoke can be seen isuing from the ground. The ground ibout the crater has sunk about 10 rches below the level. It is said to >o sinking gradually and the crater s g*owing larger. Some of the reports come from a thoroughly reliable ource, and that there is some cauie or them is evident As to the nature )f the disturbances, it is impossible to itate positively. ilany people have risited the spot and it is said the opsnngs have frequently been sounded to he depth of 10 feet. The inside is eputed to be Use a bed of ashes and he smoke is blue. The negroes in hat quarter arc very superstitions :ver it and some believe judgment lay is at hand. Frequent rains have ailed tc extinguish the subterranean ires. The volume of smoke coming i? from the ground is reputed to be ncreasirg daily. Piracy on the Sigh Seas. Information ha3 just been received ,o the effect that the Italian bark i'iduci:.. Captain Razeto, from Pasca 1- T.._? < f ~r,?a Lrll o UiiC *2, AUi .uicticgAixto, v?oo pcken ~2 August 15 in lat 36.04 and aunrLed having been "boarded on Auras' 15, abreast of Caps Eaba by fourteen pirates, who Srec. into the crew, ansacked ide vessel, stole the pipers, charts, instruments,, provisions and he clothing of the crew, cat the run ing gear and carried on the captain, ;oatswain and a seaman. The Fiaucia 7as supplied, with provisions and instruments by a passing vessel and was &us enabled to proceed. Cannot Find Judkia?. ? ? ^ -r _ _ A report from Consul general ;iaies that he can Sad no trace of tehn R Judkins, acititizen of Ohio, rbostt relatives asked the state departner.-t to s?3 if acj trace of him could a: found, stating that he t?as a physi i '.n of Biaacnester, that State, and a-: 10 Cuba in !o32. Consul Genera? Lea vtiil continue to prosecute his iiqsirier.