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^ VOL LIY, WINNSBORO. S, Cl WEDNESDAY. JULY 4, 1900. NO. 47 . ^ - HOW THEY TALKED were not in sympat. hibition governor cj At Sumter, Manning and Monck's oat a prohibition lej "Trot out a disjx Corner- e<l somebody, and C Walt Whitman, wh ary speech and reti: A TWO WEEKS REST. Gary occasioned telling of his being in Charleston, and i A Short Synopsis of the Speeches blind tigers were fri mm , ernor ought to hai Made at Each of the Above afraid o.': him, too. .. , . _ , stables can enforce Meetings by the s?evera! governor recently i Candidates. j? Char'e8t,?.n fre? then made his custc The meeting at Snmter on Tuesday wa* yarm^ applau week was attended by about 500 peo- wa?QQ erS?n Sp? 6 pie. The Candidates for railroad com- He 8aid he was n( missioner spoke lirst, Col. Wharton but had been sick, leading off. They were followed by Phonographic reproc tie candidates for governor, Patterson wa3 ^ex^ndei openmg. His speech was a modified 0f the governor; Pa rehash of the charges he has been mak- the people had bett< ing against the governor since the cam- legislature who coul paign opened. " tnres or he would ] MoSweeney followed. He character- and drank out of th ized the charges of Patterson as too lit- . co?ct ^or a^^.^a v<>^ were cries of "Give ue kU UO SCllUUDJjr Ui3UU!?cu. a_iv> ug>u ? <;-.? followed the custom of Hagood and ? cn' j^ore wo others in taking the papers. He was ^uart as successful a business man as Mr. rj vV inkier was Patterson and he believed it a good in- ??^e.i 3 vestment Patterson had not said any- spoke under difficn thing about enforcement of the law in freaf-e ma"e a neJ* Barnwell and Bamberg and in Sumter, ^dispensary. It Col. Hoyt followed. He said that Jlm rillmaD' madl Patterson was preaching that the dis- newsPaPer?- He ie pensary is prohibitive, and in the next _ caus?^ they could not breath he says that there are more blind 10 He had tigers than ever before. Patterson has man and he made such grave and serious charges . ,?ewsP.aP that McSweeney ought to bs im- intentionally misre peached, because he re?ds newspapers 6 fn ea ^at and has newspaper men on his staff. anzs * ? make a prop (Laughter.) Col. Hoyt admitted that r? 81&n h*8 plac the dispensary law is better than bar- Marlboro county > . rooms. He had always worked for the pa?,T".?. enforcement of the law, and he could .1k^ngston Sl enforce it better than any of the other enj?yed t?e connden - TTAri IH rvAf h rt TTA fhft candidates. He denied the charge of coalition. Would Patterson reject the f?0;1 \ 7? * an , support of a reputable newspaper? Did ^ P. lieutenant j . McSweeney's appointing two of his Qe, ,1t jD ^r,e,^<luor staff from The State office influence sett|e<* untl* P?' that paper? It is not supporting him. rec"^ He said that from his youth up he had Jndge o. H. Mo opposed high license. Patterson asked ^torney general, sz what about his position last fall? Hoyt loosing for blind t: explained that he had advocated the ^harlestoi^ He cht prohibitionists uniting with other forces ff local officer in th to tear down the dispensary and put it fr.e p^cuinery in n in an election where prohibition would ~ tale its chances. Gen. Bellinger wa G-. Walt Whitman began to fire at a , r* ^immerman a retiring crowd. He said Columbia f1 no row 111 "*elr 1 blind tigers are jealous of Charleston's trej*eur?ropportunities. It is self-demonstrative i>rooker and Derh that the dispensary law is not being en- audien< forced. It is not being enforced in the <Ue(i* dispensaries themselves. He had McMalian and C helped to bring about tbe reform move- other good natured ment and it hadn't done any good, for good impression and taxes are a fourth higher notwithstand- Capt House and ing the dispensary profits. He made cussed the question no oharges, but i? looks "desperately young manshould b suspicious" where all the money goes. Barney Evans sai He said, tne dispensary law was not De- wuu<ui?ivu dag enforced, but if elected lie would brick, probably beca rffflpuorce the law if blood flowed like a gone into the briok ] ^iver. Mr. Berry renewe He was followed by Gary, who made . one of his characteristic speeches. He ni * J^ttigrew refi harped on the blind tigers. He said ^*en(^?n 5? j , jn that Col. Hoy t had never, showa ho* . W- D' W*?1? prohibition could be enforced without a sioners should be ele constabulary; and where was he to ob- a? ,: "e P.?1 j ?* tain the revenue? He advocated hav- of^railroads, ing textile schools wherever practicable . -&?ans repl and having the gate between common ?, ^1S oPPOBeBts an schools and colleges closed. In reply P^^^ry. The re< to a question if the Gary family had on bnek was offered not enjoyed the offices in South Caro- ba^ng.?f fa,ct?rlves Una, against the platform in 1890 fa- Mhendge had be< vored by Ben Tillman, he asked, "Did amved tonight, not they deserve it?"' the bekkeli The candidates for lieutenant-cover- m nor then had their inning. Col. Knox , ? campaign me* Livingston spoke first, He had repre- ? TheooJrt ho? sented a county whicn has been prohi- v c i j- \ bition for 60 years. When the Childs L tk bill a hybrid measure-was introduced McSweeney w he proposed ? substitute a genuine h d b n d y J SttK. Arc location bill. He is still prohibitionist. Mr. iT""41" Winkler said that Gladstone advocated ??cted *1S record , the dispensary system. Cel. Sloan charges and i spoke of some of Sumter's gallant sol- ? review his record diers. Mr. Blaase made a brief speech showing. No gover as it was getting late. Col. Tillman iaw Charleston ui then snoke sentiment for the di Gen Bellinger was not present, but Sweeney spoke with his opponent Moore spoke. Dr. Tim- TtfcSdidateVfo' merman aad Capt. Jennings discussed , " X 'n?pa-iIitie3 f0r the 0f" Col. Blease followed lice 01 otate treasurer. ,. i Derham and Brooker rocked along as 1 jW1 , ,1S j8', usual. There was no spice in theirs. appiauoea. t?oi. J McMahan was not here and Capers to lh? fields.of Sat? did net speak at length. Hib bmocI) Gen. Floyd and Capt. Rouse spoke, ^ concluded and each was pleasantly received. There was quite an extended collo- Timmerman i quy between Mr. Brooker and Treasur- ^atch given him by er D. E. Keels of Sumter, in which the was lieutenant g 1 offn? cnnip Sfr. Rrnoker's vices as State treasi statements regarding nulla bona taxes ceptable. He had in this county. from hjdgefield coue 1S90 by 300 votes w the manning meeting. ^ & The crowd at this place surpassed all t^e ladies. (Laugh for endurance. The pyrotechnics capt> Jennings sa started at 11 o'clock and lasted nearly ladies to seven hours. There were about 700 in married twice like in the crowd when it was largest, and and ha(j marrjed th when it concluded were at least 200. t^e COuntry. Thej McSweeney led off. He referred to children as he ? his success .as a business man, and said (Laughter.) he had tried to give a business man's Comptroller Gene administration. He believed that he was nnder a $30 0( had done more for the dispensary than duty and how could had been accomplished by any other in 19 particulars as c governor. He had selected his con- The latter had clair ^ stabulary carefully. The men who gins. treasurer of B< gP were making flimsy charges against had irregularities him jest wanted to get into office. 50Q Derham c' McSweeney had been received without dollar of shortage hi demonstration, but was cheered when tie settlement was he recited his stand in the Pons case. ence 0f tiie foreman He denied that he had failed to enforce superintendent of ec the law in Charleston. He did not waa Unfair to claim the credit for finding "Black" pa- a2ainst a man whe per?, but the papers were found on his substantiated in the recommendation. It is absolutely un- was l0U(ily applaude true that he has any connection with Brooker charged I Charleston blind tigers, and they will gin3 and gherifi M< vote for him as a business man. Char- evidence that the b leston will support Ben Tillman, too. #jose(} ana adjusted Col. Hoyt said he had been a bus;- ha(j not charged st ness man twice as iong as ^XcSweency \$*ere irregularities, and never made a failure. He then re- Brooker became 1 viewed the enactment of the dispensary nprham disDuted law. There was mora rowdyism in bar- tha, no settlement rooms than in dispensaries, but bar- t^s coanty to the < rooms were numerous. He had protest- jn 13 months. ed against the enactment of the dispen- Sheriff Morrison 1 sary law, but when it was passed he dence He ?aid t had always urged its enforcement. Pro- place(J in tis j^ds failed to prohibit, or collected as provided by law. Audi- J T T T ? the town council, tor Wiggin3 wanted to know why the! * * by with it. A pro- expert sent here by Biooker had rein do nothing with- ported not a dollar of irregularities. *:slature. There were cries of "Turn on the To b snsary man," shout- light," "Hurrahfor Derha^' and other !oi. Hoyt introduced interruptions, and Brooker concluded o made his custom- amid confusion. red. McMahan made an earnest speech in some laughter by behalf of better common schools sur- WAN taken for Tillmar. ronndedby public spirited communities, in nnnsfinnenoe th? Mr. DeHay asked if the constitution ightened. Tbegov- does not prohibit others than those be- j Will re the blind tigers tween the ages of t> and 21 from receiv j Why, if a few con- ing money for education. - C > the law, has the MoMahan replied that it does not exucreased the force elude others. . four to ten. He Mr. DeHay, a member of the consti>mary speech. Gary tutional convention, claimed that there ded. was such an exemption, and it is un- m, "rom the deck of u lawful for teachers to receive school funds to pay their expenses. by Ca: >t afraid of the sun, MoMahan?Read the constitution, convei He made his same You are mistaken in your construction. York, luction. Capers was not here today. :he contingent fund Gen. Floyd promised his opponent, I at the discretion Dr. Rouse, a commission in the army ryiDS tterson replied that in China or the Philippines. (Laugh- the ic er put men in the ter.) . tratioi d limit his expendi- Dr. Rouse said that Charleston !:as ^meri pay for all he ate been a nonenity for years. He appealed , e fund. lor unaneston to nave a cnance. ne i of h;3 speech there invited them all to Charleston to the confer i him more time," love feast during the exposition. imperi ol,"etc. He spoke The candidates for railroad commis- enng 1 er. sioner were cut down to five minutes ferenc the next speaker, today oa their own motion. Mr Berry r Col. Sloan, who pulled the prohibition throttle, Senator catl0D lties from a cold. Pettigrew shoveled in cheap rate coal, su? speech advocating Mayfield opened exhaust steam vaive, sau is the best form of "W. D. Evans rang the past record bel', - As 1 e a defense of the Mr. Etheridge stopped for hot box, ftrenc iade no protest be- Col. Wharton blew the cow off the ^1S v ; print the speeches track, Barney Evans gave a long blast been a newspaper for the station, and the train pulled up . d xi had yet to see the for an excellent dinner which was CIQD3t ;r man who would served by the ladies in the shape of a ?an?e * ipresent any man. basket picnic. "e. ' if Col. Livingston Col. Hoyt was the first speaker'after to ? ier fight why doesn't dinner. He was listened to attentive- or&ani e as senior from ly. The name of Ben Tillman was P611^1 He was loudly ap- cheered when Col. Hoyt urged the peo- a majc pie of Berkeley to go to the polls in fer.e?c lid if he had never November as suggested by Tillman. 9pln1^ oe of Marlboro he He made a hurried speech as he wanted face to aspire to to catch the special train. None of his , 4-T honorable place as opponents would go before the women ~e governor. He did j in opposition to prohibition. He con-1 question would be gratulated the State on the amity and ua^ iD )ple vote on it di- concord and said that even Walt Whit- ^as r< man has let up on Ben Tillman. ?eis ai ore, candidate for Walt Whitman was received with ??e* lid that the police cheers. He advocated the dispensary, discuss igers is a joke in amusing and entertaining the crowd. * irged that the high- He renewed his statement that the ? " e State will net set beer dispensary at the Jsle of Palms is lotion to stop the open on Sunday. * Gary was received with an ovation, league ,s not here today. His speech was more aggressive neffv nd Capt. Jennings than any yet. He tackled "My clear rj? candidacy for State Appelt" for charging that too many *? Garys are holding office, and the crowd "chun am discussed finan- yelled its appreciation. The crowd ?n<iors 5e became all mud- seemed solid for G-ary. irom a Patterson adjourned the crowd to apers jollied each the yard of the court house, where he ly. Each made a occupied a wagon. He made his usual ' votes. effort. He was almost silently received Gen. Floyd dis- an<i there were yells for Gary all P1 whetier or not a through his speech. states n adinfcant seneral. This winds up the first quarter of f:_ 7, d that the railroad the campaign. Eleven oounties have LU.U>^' luoed the rate on been visited. The next date is George;nse Bill Neal bad town, Jnly 10, giving the candidates a business. S00<* rest. ? erjc^ d his advocacy of Q00d Clerks are Wanted- Smith . .. . . The United States civil service com- Tennef erred to his visit to migsjon announces that on July 24-25, W. A. ce organizer. # 1900, an examination will be held in H. Cro thought commis- severai 0f the largest cities of the Uni- ing, "V cted every twoyears ^e(j states for the position of steno- Osbori tate funds instead grapkjc an^ statistical clerk. This Codma . , , , examination will consist of the follow- Harkii led to the charges ing subjects: Stenography, typewrit- B. Wii d indulged in som9 (practical tests,) cataloguing, of Ch luccion of the rate special statistical literature, practical cinnati on account of the statistical methods. Age limit 20 phia. . , , years or over. From the eligibles re- The sn home sick, bat 8u}ting from this examination certifica- discasi tion will be made to the position of tional sy meeting. stenographic and statistical clerk, divi- so n, j tion of statistics, department of agri- pr w use at Monck^s Cor- 2H?.ture' at. a salai7 of $90? Pfr an?um' or plac use at MoncK s yor rj^jg examin3tion is open to all citizens Thei ise was crowded, a ^ jjQited States who comply with to the ^asSsHeht8applause r^ements and ^sire to eater pligMr i?as sngnt appiau the service. All such persons are in- erai0f as presented. He t apply and applicants will be ieasrae Columbia and was eIanlinedi7raded and certified with en- '"P* rsaid? tlMt he ei- tire imparuality and wholly without le- hour3 , ' ? * r , gard to any consideration save their ;ect ability as shown by the grade they at lo tain in the examination. Jferson who tj,e te. and give him a a ^eg^.Q to compete should at once apply t0 ty8' nor can enforce the fc0 a* Upited^tates civil service com- hT arJlnatrv UJ Mn mission, Washington, D. C., forapplica- ma^e t spensarylaw Mo- tion for^s 304 and 375, which should more spin ay. properiy executed anu promptly filed y ? Q ai 'PP. with the commission. Applicants L he L e5uaniflSinV should indicate in their applications ma^e } L BIea*e made a the plaoes where they desire to be ex- ?? Col Tillman was ?mlned-. Arrangements will be made takcn to examine them at the nearest pracfcic- w0 Dr; SW?SSS ^ coaS l was a poem. Col. lve* a?4 J3 the list for this of- Hanna and Eoosevelt. which Perhaps the most acute critic of the exhibited the gold resent Republican convention is the www the senators when Boston correspondent of the Springfield Democ governor. His ser- Republican. He does not take much spoke irer had been as ac- stock in Roosevelt, but sternly declares admin: headed the ticket that he is "coming out of the wretched oliviti* ity for the house in wrangle shorn of those peacock plumes suppoi hen he really was of self-will and swelling independence, ^Qtil s e was popular with which were a good part of his commen- was r< ter.) dation to the American voter. To know w^? w lid he was popular your own mind and stick to it is one ?( o. Had not been sure passport to confidence; the double- ses Dr. Timmerman, minded man, unstable in all his ways, e prettiest girl in loses ground everywhere as soon as his advoca r have 14 not 40 weakness is recognized. One reason b.e said at Bamberg, why Hanna stands well with the con- McKii vention is that he says what he wants, ceived ral Derham said he *ith brutal frankness. This will prob- "W: )0 bond to do his ably cost his party the vote of Ohio some ( he violate the law this ynar?but it strengthens him in a rest iharged by Brooker? mass of wire-pullers who mostly have would aed that Dr. Wig- bo mind of their own, except to get Ed^ >rkeley county, had what they can for themselves, and their the ex aggregating nearly pecuniary backers." spoke laimed that not a ?. "TL id been found, and A Foolish Girl- try arc made in the pres- ^tta Wilbanks, about 16 years old, ent ad of the grand jury, shot and killed herself in the office of ferenc lucatioit and others. tte Gainesville, Ga., telephone ex- should bring sach charges change Wednesday. Two balls from a 0f sn they cannot be 38-caliber pistol penetrated her body, ! courts. (Derham casing death in a few moments. Miss iieve t id.) Wilbanks was a daughter of Mrs. Laura can be uhat Treasurer Wig- Wilbanks, of Greenville, S. C. She win d< jrrison would give ^as ^ve<^ *n Gainesville about 2 year tion a ooks had not be a witil ter grandfather, J. C. Sisk. Be- five 'nj for 10 years. He *ore shooting herself she wrote a letter the co Lortages, but there t0 ^er. cousin, Miss Etta Sisk, of At- p0ses lanta, in which she stated that she was voters leated, and he and Respondent and was grieving after McKii warmly. He said "Will," to whom the latter must con- convei had been made in* vey ker l?ve< She stated in the letter Cess." jomptroller general a)so that before it reached its destina-. tion she would be cold in death. The 0f the svas called into evi- "Will" refeired to is a young man in wa9 a hat all executions Atlanta jail on the charge of mur- ernor had been returned ^er. same < 2 T? P T V rn\fr,T?17QQ independent vote throughout\ )XjI\! I vvIiuAJjLU try. He favored the adoptioi Schurz's resolution calling for congress. e Held This Month to De- Some of the speakers sugge a oommittee be sent to the Ka termins Their Action. convention to request the com resolutions to adopt a concilia form in reference to the mon T FV nPPPATFO firtn ar> + Vmc? xuVia innru Kinjey in 1896 could consci support Bryan this year. Endorse Wm. J. Bryan After discussion on this poi decided not to send the comm ertain if Free Silver several of those present at th< enee said that they would al is Not Made a Dis- Democratic national cenventic the necessity of making a plat tinct Issue- on widch all could unite. . ? , ,. . , , , It was said after the meel : following resolution introduced even should the Chicag0 plat rl Schurz at the auti-imperiabtio affirmed the anti-imperialis ation which met last week in isew stand on the platform plank w was unanimously adopted: make all the difference in the .solved, That to the end of car- them between McKinley and B ' , /- ' e in favor of the latter candidate into effeot our condemnation of Many short speeches were r operialist policy of the admiiiis- many questions were asked a i, the executive committee of the best method for aousing the ican anti-imperialist league be in- ?.at vot?r? ^ *39ue un<^er 0 , x . ? . , tion. The opinion was genera ed to issue a call for a general the various leagues, the silve ence or convention of the anti- the many patriotic clubs scatt< ialists for the purpose of consid- the country should be asked to the plan of campaign, suoh con- the movement. . _ , . e * The last speaker was Kepre e to meet at such time aftex che Fleming of Qeorgia) wto end( al Democratic convention, and resolution which had been pi h place as may be decided upon ^he meeting by Mr. Schurz an< 1 committee. passed unanimously. the result of this resolution, a con- ^he conference adjourned a e will be held in Chicago early ipg thia aotion and the oom] reek, when a date will be fixed which the Schurz resolution ' Liberty congress, which will be referred promptly met in t a Chicago, Indianapolis or Cin- room t0 ^ farther action, i, the place to be chosen at the mi -11 111 A T% 1 "LI . ,:me. rne congress win proDaoiy a. xtemarKaDie uperauc d about the first of August and At Rio Janeirio, Bazil, re: all be invited all the independent operations have been perforate zations which are opposed to im- salia and Maria, two sisters, ^ sm. World reporters interviewed born joined together. The si >rity of those present at the con- doing well. Their case resem e Thursday and the consensus of of the famous Siamese twins, 1 n was that Bryan would be en- ern surgery will give them life. Rosalia and Maria, the t lything to beat McKinley," was Brazilian children who, but fc ittle-cry of the American anti- terposition of modem sciene alist league in conference Thurs- have had to live joined to eac i the Plaza hotel. The league were about 10 years old. T. jpresented by its leading mem- rents last winter determined id the meeting was an executive the aid of surgeons, and to t Three methods of action were took the twins to the Hospital sed. They were: cordia, Rio Janeirio, where tl 'he endorsement of Bryan. put in the care of Dr. Alvara l league ticket on a league plat- The two were joined in manne to the Siamese twins, only st ly throwing the infiaence of the closely. Use of the X-ray d in favor of congressional nomi- the faot that the seventh ri Qown to be anti-imperialists. united by a solid osseous fo price would be too much to pay. and that there was but one live feat imperialism," said Carl two. It was not difficult to ? ; in the conference. His hearers flesh and bone, but, when it ed the sentiment. They came dividing the liver, Dr. Rpmos 11 parts of the country and were ed. Nevertheless, there ha Republicans and Democrats cases where part of a diseased ted for McKinley in 1896. Among been removed, so the physician rere: couraged to make the attem] Jov. George S. Boutwell of Bos- first part of the operation w esident of the lea'gue; ex-United pi eted early in the winter, ^ Senator John B. Henderson of ribs were cut apart. The shoe iri, at present living in Washing- great to the patients that it wa: Dagressman William H. Fleming necessary to wait for a time bef sorgia; Horace White of New pleting the separation. Edward Atkinson of Boston; . ??? ??, i -r rt p -n... 3 A rrflotan in Ptf CkTrr V Arl a li. uorser 01 lumnesoia; rrea- u"vbw?u *** ?vw <* v*V. G-ookin of Chicago; Edwin B. The New York World of of Chicago; William P. Trent of oontained the following in w jsee; M. N. Forney of New York; central figure is one of Columbi Croffut of Washington; Ernest prominent citizens and bus^ne sby? E. W. Urdway, J. K. Pauld- "A long distance telephone William Potts and Thomas N. from Union, S. C., to Deputj le of New York; Col. Charles R. Terry caused the arrest at t ,n of Massachusetts; David J. dorf-Astoria Monday of Wil is, Jr., of Massachusetts; George Smith Whaley, a wealthy cotl Id of Milwaukee; David M. Lord owner of the south. Mr. Smi icago; Charles B. Wilby Cin- ley's arrest was in a suit for i, and Henry Budd of Philadel- damages brought by William Henry W. Wendt, of the Buffa object of the conference was to company. They charge th 3 the question of holding a na- Smith-Whaley libeled their 1 liberty congress or conference, caused them to lose a contrac le question was to decide wheth- they had for putting in ventili ould be better to support Biyan paratus for^the Buffalo Cotton :e a national ticket in the field. union, s. lney say nis in re was a difference of opinion as the matter was due to a desire policy to be pursued in aocom- t!ie contract go to the Sturtevai ig the defeat of McKinley. Sev- r?al9b""ness: Sflt\ the speakers believed that the pnt op $5,000 oashbail and ret should adopt its own platform Waldorff-Astoria. lake its own ticket. For four Death Claimed Ei? Brie there was disenssion on this sub- A di h from Charlotte Each speaker was listened to at- t0 the AtlanU J0Iln,^ says M 0y, bat Carl Schnrz s speech was Bs arten BM<!ker'a death ?note of the conference. It was e,08ed exceedingly sad i Mged that the anti-imperialists hshe was^marriXwlS hAir nnwer ffllfc hv hrildmir a oon- ~ ^ ? "7 "iT" Z1 ~V ~~iT? XTucKer jlz. days ago. rrej a at which all men of all parties ^ been made fof an elaborj e opposed to imperialism could ding) bufc a hw dayg before P?inted time for the cerem< bride was ***** 111 app * ftJminiBfpatinn &nd the marriage was perform* L wnnld h? twn ?^1 bedside b? ReV" Dr' Marks' 8 ce would be two high to save the AtlaTltfl 'She wag neve, abll y from the entangling alliances j i .. , 6 .j . ; up, and after much suneni mconstitutional methods into ttt-j?/>0j0 ? rpu. it has been plunged. Wednesday The marriage Sehnrz warmly contended that !?yed beoatue of Mr. Drucker g shouldbe done nntil after the tfe Buocessfully established in bus istration for its imperialistic pro* Chance for Some Girl, is, and while he did not mention Tbe gchool 0f Industrial ting Bryan, his advice to wait Technical Design for Women iter the Kansas City convention york cityi of which Mrs. Flore igarded as* friendly to the man abethCory is president, the le: :n /..r.Mafa ... i, . , . ' hi L/c ciio i/cmuuiowt uaouiuato. stitution tor teacnmg women i jhuw was applauded as he took gelf-sustaining by means of mi it. Edward L. Corser, represent- gjg^g for silks, dress goods, 3 silver or Lincoln Republicans, oil oloth8j wall paperSi etc., h ted the endorsement of Bryan as ^e governor to appoint son st weapon with which to defeat WOman from this State to a be lley. His reamrks were well re- scholarship in the school. S , especially when be said: be at kast 18 years of age, v illiam J. Bryan may taste bad to pay tuition, of good intellig )f you gentlemen, but he would desirous of becoming self-su] lasier on your stomachs than Gov. McSweenay would like William McKinley." applications for the scholarsh rin Burritt Smith, chairman of next session begins on Octob^ ecutive committee of the league, ?. _ ;? : next. He Baid: A Vain Appeal. ie independent voters of the coun- The six great viceroys of CI i united in opposition to the pres- ing through the Chinese min ministration. There is some dif- newed their efforta to have e among us as to what course troops kept out of China until I be pursued to make the defeat Chang reaches Pekin. ^JLhe McKinley effective. was a formal document sisnie< ie leaders of this movement be- six viceroys, including Li Hub 1? a. 1? - T?--- am fPk n or?otttai* r\f fha TTnifi?r^ Licit XI a UB31S IUJL UiiiLCU dUUUU JLJUv* nugnv4 v* v ~*w%? reached the independent vote ment was the same as that tc ;cide the next presidential eleo- mal request of Minister is it has decided the last four or ameunted to deolinution. itionalelections. The purpose of T 77 n , . nvention such as Mr. Schurz pro- Another Cadteship. is to unite the anti-imperialistic Senator McLaurin iu a tele against the re-electioD o? Mr. The State says: "I have just aley, I am confident that such a notification from the secretary ition would be followed by sue- to nominate a cadet for West or before the 10th day of July. Gov. Boutwell, who was secretary be in Columbia on July 3d for treasury under President Grant, pose af making a selection am United States senator and gov- applicants to meet me the of Massachusetts, spoke to the doubt a number of application jffect, urging united action of the addressed the senator at Colun IIEN TSIN ENTERED THE a hberfcy The Hot Att sted that By the Allied Forces and the FornsayCity . . mittee on eigners Rescued. 161Dtere tory plat- delphia Time iey ques- oan paper, th >rteu Wc- RIVALRY FOR FlRST TIME. ministration'! entiousl? n Every true The American and British Troops storJ ?* tte f uttee, but at the gates c 5 confer- Went in Neck and Neck, and rage, not ttend the a - a>n to urge Other Details of are. ei 1*. ? form up- - vasion and fig the Battle. tegrity of the ting that the great po^ ;form be Dispatch from London says the com- ? \ . l-a r\noUn Vktn rra A a r\( 9 QHH m on Tirhn ^ ^ IH1I11 bd vvvuu 1/^Agavkv v*. ?jww "**v *?*wv- - ? , 'iicli will the investment of Tien Tsin and pushed w .c ~as un world to on ^ kej Admiral Seymour has prob- prla usurPa ,nranani ably saved him. The latest steamer nade and arriving at Chefoo from Taku brought . 111 ,s to the this message, dated Tien Tsin, Monday, ml?. ? 80 indepnd- June 25: are invading TrtLtaU "The Russian general in command of ten?e 0 e ei r forces, the relief force had decided, in view of ' afe.. ( jred over Saturday's heavy fighting and march- 0 .er C1 ze< 0 join in ing} that one day's rest for the troops y8*10118 ?? was essential and that the advance other countrii sentative should not be resumed until today, mob fury in t jrsed the Meanwhile came Admiral Seymour's Humbert, En it before heliograph that his position was des- v-.:fipr rani;. 1 it was perate and that he could only hold out two days. The relief started at dawn defend or to fter tak- Monday." would have aiittee to Saturday's fighting began at day- landed, and had been break. The allied forces opened with murder, but ;he same several of the Terrible's 4-7 naval guns, no more righi Bix field guns and numerous machine than Queen _ guns, <Jbe firing being at long range, soldiers to St , ,, They continued to advance steadily, the live3 are imp< mark able artillery replying. The guns it were nece d on xlo- ^ aUies were m0re skillfully China the prt rho were taxied and put the guns of the Chinese doit. Weca out of aotion one by one, the Chinese part in the pj Dies tnat retreating about noon. no business t. jut mod- There was keen rivalry among the her troopa an* separate representatives of the various nations as vent Russia f: ,wo little ^ which WOuld enter Tien Tsin first, advantage, a: r 'f; an<i the Americans and British went in Washington i e, would jjggjj an(j neck. The Russians stormed suit of some ?_?5' the arsenal, thereby sustaining the ment. Thisi t losses. Several thousand Japa- worse still isi h t d nese ^ave ^aku *or Tien Tsin, and the president en altogether 13,000 Japanese have land- outrageous us jrcoa- The international troops now ag- indefensible i ley were nearly 20,008, and Japan is pro- archy and is t r similar send 20,000 more. With Russia or the simi ar g^tish, American and other troops nogreater offe i or? ordered to go, probably 60,000 will be government G eveloped avajja^ie ^ a month. ' - and Charles I ~L Jj?re _ The Tong Shan refugees and tho for No matter1 Vfrt th' sig11 engineers' at Chefoo estimate the tives may be, J ;fe Chinese troops now in the field as 25,000 rogatives of T* troops at Lu Tai, 25,000 at Shang flai quickly or too came to -^ran< 15 000 driven off from Tien Tsin he can overric l and 150,000 at Pekin. The dispatch re- any pretense ceived by the foreign office stating that called sharpl; Utt? the foreign legations were requested to president can l was en- jeave pejQn ^thin a specified time is troops into an; interpreted in some unoffioial quarters us in war, j\ af eo?~ as tantamount to, giving the ministers the liberties c y tne their passports and to declaration of the way for ti x. was so war^ ^ Qj1jna does nothing like ernment. Le 3 deemed 0^er countries, the official opinion is warning. Th ore com- tiiere is nothing to do but to wait soldier slain i the course of events and to see what the and the Ame: ministers themselves say when they a reckoning Tuesday are rescued. every unlawfi hich the AU the students at the foreign hospi- act. The lasl ia's most talsin Canton are leaving. Women mis- leaded editor! )S9 men- sionaries *re returning from the West ter type, sho :nes=a2e r*ver P?rfcs-' There was a slight dis- very auch in r g^enf turbance at Wo Chou Tuesday while the y,0 Wal. women were embarking. The crowd Vi?ain Ham B shouted, "Kill the foreign devils." A ^f810 on mill dispatch from Tsin Tan says that the khang th-Wha- Potest3111 mission, at Weih Sein was a member of $10 000 turned down by rebels Monday night saw the murd< F. and .... ... n, - the London j In ffrtrM A special dispatch from Chefoo says: . . at Mr. "The fight of the allied forces against missionary at iirm and the combined Boxers and Chinese lowing accoui >t which soldiers barring the road to Tien Tsin friend: "On t itingap- opened at day break. One hundred and moon tte j mills at ?ffc7 Americans were among the 2,000 orosged the ril terest in international troops. The ^ Chinese two missionar to have soon broke Tinder neavy sneiimg ana th Chinege Us, their ?d then the arsenal s attacked and attacked him -Whaley the guns were gradually silenced. The , /70rds< Th', ;urned to figjt was practically over at noon. the boat and The German consul at Chefoo con- _jv s:d i films the contents of the messege from him and cha le. Vice Admirl Seymour which reached flinnarv , N. 0., Tien Tsin Monday saying he was then thmX' is. Rosa eight miles eastward of that city, terrirecently bly harassed, could only hold out h, incident, another two days and had 63 men killed r fifteen and oyer 200 wounded and adds that heads hewn . Aaron the admiral asked for the dispatch of a v.j t,.a_ j. jarations relief column of 2,000 men. This :nto tv ite wed- column left Tien Tsin during the morn- " , the ap- ingofJune 25 under Russian com- wenton their >ny, the mand. " sndicitis, ' ~ ~ rra 3d at her Catching at Straws, m rabbi of i The Spartanburg Herald says: "It y?nDS a to get I onlv eoes to show the few mistakes <lrop, a farm ag, died Governor McSweeney has really made, Ala., preventwas de- when such things as the appointment Sunday. Ai not feel- of August Kohn to be a trustee in the i , * v 3 for his South Carolina College is held up by ^ ' became his enemies in the campaign. There ^am> was iness. is not a man in the State better quali- rain was comi fied, or one who would in all respects young women be likely to make a better trustee than vert, saw th; Art and Kohn. We doubt very much if above it and } ^ere *8 another man who has done as it. Knowing nee Eliz- much for the college in the past five be along, th ading in- years." The Herald is not supporting drenchingdov o become qov# McSweeney, but it believes in and ran dowi iking de- fajr play. - nearest statio carpets, men of the c as asked Great Hail Storm. was put out, ie young A specialfrom Denver, Idaho, gives ter several h( snenoiary account 0f a destructive hail storm &e damaj 5He must wMch visited that section of Idaho. Birmingham naDle Wheat fields and orchards were destroy- gers several h ence ana , . pporting. small pigs and chickens were to hare **"ed by the hail stones. The hail was ITilL ip. The g^ded by a heavy wind storm, r 1st. -Horses were knocked down. The dam- A special d ag? and fruit crops is esti- The State sai mated at l?0,000. Reports from other Friday nieht una, act- points indicate much damage to grain. ^ Estridge ^foreign Yellow FeverLi Eung The yellow fever situation at Quema- year-old Tan request dos Cuba, shows muoh improvement, stanflv tilled i by the There have only been four deaths, two was JeeS ~ An,fln'Mnfl innlndin* J, igunang. *?*"?*? ?? o i?u?* s govern- Major Frank H. Edmunds, acting in- lives but no h i the for- spector general of the staff of General tcrtaiaed. T Wu and Fitzhugh Lee. He died June 10th. family were General Lee refuses to leare his head- house was bad quarters, though he has given permis- the windows 1 sion to his staff, if they desire to do so. received Where He Belongs. Kor of war Ex-President Cleveland was visited at _ It is report Point on Buzzards Bay by a reporter of the Bos- increasing he , I will ton Post, but declined to be interviewed, in Korea, it the pur- He said: "You realy mustn't 6xpect land contracl i request me to talk on politics. I am out of all site for a coal re." No that "sort of thing now". In our quarters, as B i will be opinion, the public is thoroughly will- price to the ibia. ing for him to stay out, claims against CASE OF CHDf A. XflE CR()pS g ;ack of an Imperialist on McKialey- Weekly Bulletin laaued by Secstiag to read ia the Phila- tion Director Bauer* - ? t> vir s, an imperialist xieputm- ? is hot attack on the ad- HQW THg CR0P3 ARE DOING 3 Chinese policy: American will read the slaughter of our marines Review of the Situation and >?Pekin whh indignation 0utlook Throughout-, against the Chinese who g their country from in- the State of Cotton ;hting to maintian the in- A iir seil from spoilation by af,w WVI"* rers of Europe, but against The following is the weekly bulletin straticn at Washington of the condition of the weather and lawfully, by an act of im- crops o' the State issued last week by tion, sent American troops Director Bauer of the South* Carolina )n a foreign country. The section of the United States weather opposing with all their bureau's weather and^crop service: ldiers of the powers who The week ending 8 a. m.,*JoM 25th, their country on the pre- averaged about 5 degrees pe?4|r^ler ading their citizens from a than usual, with minimum tebs^cratures ting just what we or any ranging between 55 and 72, aim^naxi i nation would do. At mum temperatures between 70 ana vo \ the lives of citizens of degrees, The lowest temperatures pre08 have been sacrificed to vailed during the first half of the week. his country, but had King The average rainfall for the week was aperor Francis Joseph or 2.S5 inches, ranging from less tkan one am sent an army hew to inoh t0,3? 2?he?-. ^eheavieat j . , .. . occurred in the west central and in the protect his sublets we southeastern .counties, where lands were killed every man that he badly washed, and crops on many bofcit would not have been torn lands were flooded and destroyed. righteous war. We have The rains injured cotton, some 'corn, ; to send troops to China melons, and wheat in the shock?causVictoria has to send her ing sprouting?over the western and i. Louis if Englishmen's south central counties, but were either jriled in riots there: but if highly beneficial or not harmful else* ssary to declare war on where, and they improved rice, _ toisident has no authority to bacco, gardens and pastures, and minor LTI ViaVA 9.71^ Will llfl.VP Tin A?Ana i*A?iA?n11t9 HtTA* a Iamta T\AvflAn ** ? *w ?^ sjLV^O ^uuau/? vru a ?/v*.?*va? . irtition of China. We have of the State cultivation was impractibere. England has sent cable, except or* from one to three days, d warships there to pre- consequently fields are becoming grassy, rom getting too great an and all field crops stand in need of culnd the administration at tivation. These conditions were at their ^ z a helping England in pur- worst in the western half of the State, actual or implied agree- while over the northeastern counties is humiliating enough, but there has been no harmful excess, of the fact that in doing this rainfall and crops of all kinds are very* *9 has committed an act of promising. Sunshine was deficient over urpation which would be the entire State. ? in a constitutional mon- Corn is doing well, but some is turnworthy only of the czar of ing yellow and is firing, while on botshah of Persia. For no torn lands, in the western portions, mse against constitutional much was destroyed by flooding* Early rpftTtrp. TFT. Inst an smnTTfl fa 1?id kv ? "" O" ? ?- "T?" W&u W WAUg MMU WJ . his head. There was'general deterioration in the ffhat Mr. MoKinley's mo- condition of ? cotton in the western his usurpation of the pre- counties and in the upper Edisto valley, i congress cannot be too where some has not been ohopped to 4 strongly condemned. If stands, and fields *are foul with grass r ie the constitution under and weeds, and where the crop has rewhatever without being ceived very little cultivation. Else7 to account, any other where cotton is growing rapidly, and do the same and send early ootton is blooming. Lice are still 7 foreign country, involved prevalent, and in places have broken 1st or unjust, overriding stands. There is more or iess'complaint >f the people and paving of grassy fields from all sections, and te overthrow of our gov- ootton is in urgent need of dry, hot * t Mr. McKinley take weather to permit cultivation ana for e blood of every American its normal development. n China is on his head. Tobacoe has improved. Cutting and ican nation will demand curing is in progress, but is not gen from him for this and eral. Worms are numerous in Williamsnl and unconstitutional burg county. k sentence of this double- Wheat that has not been housed or _ 1 1.1 .1 1 i 1 . - .1 ai la pnntea in Diact xei- tnresnea is oeginnmg to sprout in tne wing that The Times is shook. Thrftahing makingwiny prryam earnest. Late oats have been harvested. Weather unfavorable on melons. Rioe, sweet pon&ries Butchered- tatoes, gardens and minor crops are do, . ? ,, . ingwell. Fruit is rotting as it ripens. ;hai Mercury says that peaa continue to be sown on stubble the Boxers' society who lands and planted with corn. jr of Rev. Mr. Ellis, of - mission, and of a Chinese Serious Result of & Joke. Kung Tsun, gave the fol- The Columbia State says tfWednee? at of the tragedy to a day a practical joke proved to be prac& he 12 th day of the fourth cal to the extent of seriousness. A Boxers, numbering 57, young man who smokes a pipe a great 7qt Tsz Tsun and met the deaj was the victim, and a ?n*11 boy ies in a boat. They knew wbom he has been carrying on a asaChnstura>Ldatonce BerisaofprMtioal jokes bronghTabout wonKdmghm mth their the ttonb]e. The ^ m o tbey dragged htm onto. ht the boy napping tie preoedin* tied him to a Iree at the ^ Wednesday about noon the lad men Willis was aea witn saw ^ young man's pipe on a desk. o, another Chinese mis- He filled the bowl wi th powder tad pat found. His toea sad Bome tobaeoo oa top, pattiag the pipe bound together aad he bMkwhere hehad fouadiL thiakiag > a tree near where the when matci1 wu applied the powdug up. The arms from ^er WOTj^ merely shoot up out of the nJ8 *~fre t?fi,their bowl and frighten the smoker. After* * off the bodle; short time the yoaag man had oeoamboWelled they were oast 8ion ^ 00 the ^ g, Mk . The chape! of the aus- pipe) of Mme. 0a hi. way down nolished and the crowd ^ staa he wae packing the content* way* tighter with his finger, patting more tobacco in. Soon after reaching the roines Indeed. street he struck a match and lit the daughters of Isaac Leden- pipe. He puffed a fewtimes and there er of Lafayette Coanty, geaaine explofdoa. Afterwards ed a wreck ia that ooaaty SJ4 4 plece of tie conl4>vf?u5!. . " 3 The young man was in a pitiable fix. . . i excursion train from Hi a nose and one side of his face and [iss., bound for Birming- one eye were torn and badly powder ie' in a short time. The burned. He was at once taken to a ng down in torrents. The dootor where his wounds were dressed. ' -r?a;AnA r ? -ni He will have to remain in his room fo U hJ ^ weeks, and it is said may lose one eye." - av VUW TTOWfcU **WVM e yere rapidly undermining , that the train would soon - ladia'i Starving Million* ey left the hq^se in the Louis Llopseh^ proprietor of the rnpour,without;timbrellas, Christian Herald of New York, after ? 1 the track a mile to the spending a week in Paris on his way n and informed the track- home from India, sailed for New York ulvert. A danger sifcaal from Plymouth Wednesday on board the train stopped, and af- the Hamburg-American line steamer rars of hard work repair- Pennsylvania. In an interview provide the train proceeded to our to his departure Mr. Klopech said delivering its 600 passen- the mortality during the wet season in ours late. India was just commencing and must assume stupendous proportions outad by Lighting'. numbering the total of the deaths during the past six months from all cauaee. ispatch from Lancaster to Unless 20,000,000 blankets are qniokly 78 during a thunderstorm provided, the monsoon, India's greatthe residence of Mi. John eat blessing, mil prove appallingly du- .. ?TAflfAl*n n( I astrous and, Mr. Klopsch also said the **?%%&???? wm exceed 2,000,000. He p had retired and his 14- farther asserted that 90 per cent the ghter, Miss Maggie, in- ?attle in thenchestfarming districts . An older daughter who k perished. Mr. Klopsch u in a separate bed in the thoroughly satisfied with the methods as also struck. She still in the distribution of the ope for herrecovery is en- Amencan relief. One of his last acta he other members of the ^dla *** to buy 100,000 blankets severely shocked. The *or t"e sufferers. ly damage, every glass in ' Tm, , . being broken. ItfMhid ** Murder. Word has been received that John pa Gettins? Mad. Hendricks, white, was killed by Sam U6ttmS Smith, colored, at King's Ford, Fl*., oa ed in Seoul that there is Monday. Smith committed the crime utility toward Christians with an axe, almost severin^endricks' is said, repudiates the head from his body. Tn# Negro at ; which gave to Russia a once took to the woods, with a sheriffs depot and a naval head- posse after him. He was captured .ussia wished to apply the late the same night, but a mob took the amount of the pending prisoner from the officers and shot him t Korea. to death.