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' Che fairftd& Sots anD Herald & VOL LIV. WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1, 1900. NO. 6 M f ^ * THE HOME STRETlH The Race for the Coal His Now CommencedLAST HALF OF RUN BEGUN. The Compliments cf the Hustings Orators no Doubt Brought Blushes to Lancaster's White Rose. The dividing line meeting at Lan, caster Wednesday was quiet. The audience was thoroughly undemonstrative and attentive. There was little cheering, no noise. When the meeting .was called to order Chairman Porter stated that if every candidate spoke according to schedule the meeting would continue from 10:30 until 4.30. Mr. J. P. Darham was not present y and sent excuses. He was absent on account of sickness and announced his -i-?r>/3 cVionro^ tlifi wnrk of his piAUVXW OUM WMV .. ? office. Mr. Brooker started out by saving he had already saved the State $50,' 000 and was ia position to save that much more. Gen. Fiojd spoke but _ Rouse was absent. Then came the candidates for railroad commissioner. Mr. J. H. Wharton spoke first. He said there were towns discriminated against in rates. Then he took up the matter of overcharge and wanted agents authorized to pay overcharges or make allowances for lost articles. He.- said there was no sense in the argument of long and shorts hauls when the rate on 1 amber is less from Augusta to Camden than from Luoknow. Maj. Barnard B. Evans said freight rates were higher here than in any southern State. He said there was j. something rotten m juenmars auu it was in the railroad commission. The commissioners were liable to arrest when riding over tie State on free passes. The commission is doing nothing for the people. Mr. T. M. Berry said he was running on his own merits and not on the demerits of anyone. He was a prohibitionist and always advocated temperance. He wanted to be measured as a man and stand on his merits. He saw nothing so bad in the present commission. Promises can be easily made? and broken. If elected there would | be comfortable stations. Mr. T. E Pettigrew always believed in the value of the railroad commissionership. Railroads are -combining and the people must combine throngh their commissioners. He is and always has been a simon-pure farmer, but raised tobacco, cotton and truck. He promised to be faithful to the interests of the peeple, as heretofore. W. I). Mayfield spoke of tbe mill development and argued that the surplus cotton ought all be bought in this ^ - fTL _ State and not irom Georgia, s ae raies are prohibitive. Furniture factories prospered in North Carolina beoause of better rates. Then he took up the > manufacture of tobacco goods and argued that the local rates were too high and the same applied to flour mills. Wholesaling must remain small because of the rates. He believed the commissioners should not be paid by the railroads or provided with passes. ASr. W. D. Evans said the comaiis sion knew some of the rates were too high, but tho thing ha3 to be carefully done. The Texas commission cut all rates 50 per cent and has been tied up in the courts since. Then he showed wherein recently the rates have been reduced on fertilizer, Singles, wood, _ cotton, brick, etc. The only way to ' work was to act jointly and continuously. The two Evanses disputed as to tie North Carolina rate. The North Caroolina rate as quoted is all wrong. W. ^ ITa o<*T-a U. iiVaCB siaucu. XJLW UMJ U> V*<. V ? - -, und have one honest man on the board, send Mr. W: D. Evans. ''God save the mark, "W. D. asked to have his character and reputation compared if need be. t B. B. Evans?I'd never compare my character with you. W. D. Evans?I have never tried to pass o2 anything bogus on the people. If you will look in the attorney general's report you will find he insured 41 r dispensaries in bogus companies and the companies were not worth a cent. B. B. Evans said it would be well to look at the records in W. D. Evan's county. W. D. Evans went on to say wfcen he ran for the constitutional convention there was intense opposition to him and a warrant was swoni out against him for fast driviBg through the streets and drunkenness. He insisted on be ing tried and was acquitted. B. B. Erans?Oh, that's not it. I mean where you cheated a man out of - $15,000 and a jadgment is recorded against you. Chairman?Time's up. W. D. E?ans?Let me explain. B. B. Evans?That is a personal matter and he attaoked me. Make him sit down. The chairman then without further * v ado presented Mr. Capers and W. D. Evans went to his chair saying: "I r- paid that claim, every cent and am poor too." Mr. Capers then went on to say if elected he would not employ Yankee soldiers to teach in the summer schools. McMahan is honest but wrong. His ' * tWfc MftMahan ie 's cmei compxaia i n vum? _o ; - nored county superintendents and other Lx^ Carolina educators. Capers objected to white teachers being over colored normal schools. McMahan wanted to explain, but the time was up. Then came the governors. G. Walt Whitman insisted that from what others saw the various^ deparments are " in lad shape and he wanted to remedy things. Disregard of law in South Carolina was amazing and disgraceful, --i ?1_ ^nonsarv law but I 20t {Jmy as tv . everything else if these speakers are to be believed. The best men at tim-s, he feared, took jast a little tco much liquor. A little drunkenness does not affect a man as much as telling a lie. God never made a misfit and there i3 use for liquor. The Bible does not condemn anyone for getting drank. Col. J. A. Hoyt and Mr. Whitman hau stood on every platform that has ever been erected. The people of Lanbaster were already converted to prohiition. The dispensary is put forward a3 the best solution of the liquor problem. It is a system adapted to a monarchy, but it is not for America. -The cornerstone of Democracy is that whatever comes to the people should come from them, and he explained how this was not the case. He explained how dispensaries have been forced on the people. The dispensary has its good ^ * ? ' ^ ?wa?a a T\ Ra_ IX ULicjr iicic cuiuivtu. w quets were presented Col. Hoyt by the "Women of Lancaster." Mr. Frank B. Gary thought the flowers apt for Col. Hoyt's political funeral. He was eot here to villify or abuse anyone. He argued that no better plan 1 than the dispensary was yet proposed. He knew this to be a prohibition county but he would not change hi3 views. All are marching to temperance. Prohibition will bring tigers. He was no apologist fortfce dispensary as now ran. It is not a system for reveDue. He was reliably informed there are 200 tigers in Columbia. Mr. A. Howard Patterson said the people, and not the papers, were the jary. If Gary stood no better chance ihan 7an he was sorry for Gary; but he favored Bryan. Ee stuck to Gary and his family all along and has gone down with the family. He announced himself before Gary and had a right to run. He then read from the report of Gary's Charleston speech and em phasized that Mr. Gary would not answer his questions in Charleston. He i i -mi- n a ;t aevoiea xime 10 iur. ?arjr ?uu aa:u yen have local option it will be geodby to dispensary. Gov. McSweeney said when they oharge that the incumbent has not been successful ae hurled it back at them The dispensary is better enforced today than ever before and he can prove it by letters from mayors. Charleston is a seaport and it is difficult to enforce the law there. He had done his best to enforce the law there, but he had done as well there as anyone else. He saved the State $10,000 in constables' salaries He did this as a business matter. Some of these candidates tell you what they would do with the dispensers. He asked all to view the attitude of the people towards the constables. He wanted to say reference was made that constables were here howling for him. They were ' ' > nr. 1:1 not Here oy ms oraers. a.a um uui countenance their being here. They have no business here, unless they have work here. He was going to investigate the matter and if any constables have been attending meetings for political purposes, they would be removed and they certainly would not be paid for being here. He knew the constables were not here in his interests. They were free men and any constable could vote for whoever he pleased, but they must attend to their business. . fie read a letter from the mavor of Newbeiry in which he said: "There is no violation of the dispensary law here." Similar letters were read from tut; may *jia \JL uigj Chester, etc. They agreed that the sale of liqaor has decreased. All constables had iustruction^to do their duty and if they do not he would remove them. The lieutenant governors came next. Col. Sloan said he had to sing fast and he ?UDg the praises of Blair and Jackson and Sims and Jones and then recounted his services and qualifications. He denied that there were 200 tigers in Columbia, for his people were'law abiding. Mr. Cole L. Blease urged th?.t the 1 - ? 3 J_ j.1. pronioition piatiorm aemaaus ; omc of liqqotfor mechanical and scientific purposes. They condemn the sale and stiii insist on the sale. All laws are violated, so must all laws be repealed, as is argued. He argued for good free schools. Favored biennial sessions. Mr. Jas. H. Tillman said he had more kinpeople hcie than in any other county. He said Col. Sloan's remark about tigers in Columbia had better be salted down. He jamped on Col. Sloan frtr fiorTifino- fbo CAnar?>.A nnafih law. As to Blease and schools he voted to take $250,000 from the schools. He insisted that when you strike down the dispensary you lose the best friend temperance has ever had. He read numerous letters to show that prohibition did not suit. Mr. Knox Livioston sympathized with the audience for its patience. He gave his certificate of character, so to speak, by showing that he had never TT 1 _! Deen Defeated at nome. ne nas aiwa>e been consistent in favoring prohibition when the people wanted it. Mr. Winkler spoke of his services in the house. He was emphatically in favor of the dispensary and urged that it had worked wonders. His only regret was that the good prohibitiohists and others had not helped to support and try the law. He wanted better school houses, better teachers and better pay. He spoke kindly of the veterans. Mr. James H. Moore, for attorney general, said he was charged with being a former Charlotte printer. He has had his experiences and he was glad of this experience. "Work was nothing to be ashamed of. He was proud of his North Carolina descent and that he came here for his home. He said that Gen. Bellinger was either indifferent to coming before the people or was afraid to face him on the stump; that he had gotten awfully busy of late and had gone to Washington on a wild goose chase on an alleged suit against the State by the Uaited States in ignorance of the fact that congress had repealed the act authorizing the ^ ^ A A C f/I f A UUltCU UU?lCO vU DUC A Regrets were presented from Gen. Bellinger, who was nnable to be present. Capt. Jennings for State treasurer made a clever speech. The meeting tomorrow will be at Chester. Angust Kohn. Tmmonioffllo effnr flio mOMinc MV. W. D. Evans seat this telegram: C. S. McCall, Bennettsville, S. C.: Barney Evans accuses me of swindling Matheson $15,000. As trustee of fund please wire me whether this is true or false. W. D. Evans. The telegram in reply. Hon, W. D. Evans, Lancaster, S. C.: Telegrams received. Accusation as to defrauding Matheson false. C. S. McCall. Mr. Evans requests the publication. Mr. McCali was the trustee of the fund loaned Col. W. D. Evans. A. K. Missionaries Murdered. Two English missionary ladies, Mi3S Missi SAar^ll have hftftn murdered at Hsai Oi, in the province of Shan Si by Chinese. Massacres are also reported from Tai Yuan and Pao ; Ting Fa. GOES FOR TILLMAN ] < 1 About What He Said in His Ben- ! i nettsville Speech. ! HIS REPLY TO THE CHARGES, i i i The Senator States Over His Own 1 I ' Signature What He Really j Did Mean in His i I Speech. , la his Bennettsville spcech Senator i Tillman declared there is in South 1 Carolina "an unholy alliance of preachers and barkeepers, led by Col. Hoyt to defeat the dispensary." The Senator is being savagely criticised for his speech and even the dignified Bishop ] Das can is in arms againt the Senator. < In an interview with the Greenville News the Bishop said: "It, was manifestly false and an out- i rage," said the bishop, his small, pene- i trating eyes flashing as he shook a 1 * * ^ . I..T 1 1 _ ____ t . I clencnea list. i always mase it a ruie to nail a lie whenever it comes up, whether it comes from the president of the United States or a United States 1 senator, or from anyone else. It is all ! the more shameful that the statement comes from a United States Senator. Suppose I were to say, for instance, j that the merchants of this town were in league with the thieves, the chicken i thieves, to rob the citizens, don't you 1 suppose there would be a mighty protest? Well, there is just as much sense in the one statement as in the other." ' In the Greenville Methodist confer- 1 ence held in Greenville last week the , committee on temperance, to which was referred the Senator's charge, submit- 1 ted a report to the conference, and the 1 ia a nov<-. <yp fhat I Resolved 1st. That we reaffirm it to ' be the duty of the Church to enforce ! among its members the rule against -drinking spirituous liquors exoept in case of necessity. Resolved 2d. We conceive it to be the duty of a Christian citizen to protect the State against the demoralizing, home-blighting, crime-breeding, property destroying drink abuse by using his inflaene to restrict its manufacture and sale to medicinal, sacramental and scientific purposes. , Resolved 31. We denounce any in- ( sinuation that the effort of Christian . * ' 1 'i x J - ministers ana otaer citizens to nu me State of this gigantic evil is a sought or j voluntary combination with the saloon ' element as a base slander that is itself an attempt to strengthen the power of this most damnable iniquity. 1 It. E. Stackhouse, j P. F.Kilgo, ' ( R. K. Dagnall. Dr. Obas S Gardner, Pastor of the 1 First Baptist Church in Greenville ' preached a sermon Sunday night week J on prohibition in which he denounced \ a? false Senator Tillman's charge that : "the preaohers a"d liquor men are in 1 nnhnlv alliance led bv Col. Hovt." ' He said: "Senator Tillman, who made ' the charge, knew it to be false when he . uttered it. The charge cannot be in- : terpreted as anything else but a mean ' and contemptible effort to break the ' force of the almost unanimous advoca- 1 cy of prohibition "by the prcachers and served its author as a good occasion 1 also to throw contempt upon a class of } men for which he has in many other ways expressed hi3 contempt." 1 SENATOR TILLMAN INT REPLY. Dr. J. 0. Wilson of the Southern I Christian Advocate wrote to Senator Tillman asttng it ne were correctly re- t ported and requesting a reply. The re- 1 ply is oontained in last week's issue of ] the Advocate. It reads ?s follows: i Trenton, S. C., July 23, 1900. i Rev. J. 0. WilsoD, Columbia, S. C. ! Dear Sir: I have your letter of July ! 22d, asking if my speech at Bennetts- I ville was correctly reported. I do not recollect the exaut words I used at ] Bennettsville, bul; they are in effect ] true as quoted; s,nd inasmuoh as the 1 district coaference of the Methodist church, under the leadership of Bishop 3 Duncan, has taken the matter up, and ] hinhnn in rAnnrfcpd to have "nailed" < my utterance "as a lie," while the re- i port of the committee on temperance i "denounced any insinuation that the < efforts of the Christian ministers and ] other citizens to rid the State of this i gigantic evil as a sought or voluntary i combination with the saloon element i as a base slander that is itself an at tempt to strengthen the power of this most damnable iniquity," I will take the occasion offered by your inquiry to < make an announcement over my own 1 signature of what I said and meant at Bennettsville. Of course the report 1 gave only the barest outlines. 1 I have no quarrel with the ministers 1 of any church or denomination and ; have no purpose to give offense to any 1 of them. 1 have always borne testimony to the high character and purity 1 of purpose characterizing the ministry, 1 but I believe they are wrong in fighting the dispensary law as *hey do, and I < claim the right to say so, acknowleding ' at the same time their right to freedom < of speech and freedom of political ac- < tion on this and every other subject. I mentioned the attitude of the ministers ( incidentally as an illustration of the < anomalous political situation. The 1 ministers attack the dispensary because ' it does not go far enough, and the high ' license people and the blind tigers, 1 * "r 1 ' ' J - -it _ 4C.1J 1 II wnom l designated as me oiu D&r- keepers," attack the dispesary because 1 it goes too far. They are thus found < fighting side by side in the campaign. * There is only one candidate in the field ^ for governor opposed to the dispensary, < Col. Hoyt, and all of those elements * are allied in his support, and the proof < is that Charleston, in the last guberna torial election, rotea tor Dir. tfeatnerstone and prohibition when it is notorious that the whiskey element in that '< city is predominant and chat the dis- i pensary law is not enforced, m*ioly by 1 reason of the lax morals of the grand i jorore who have failed to discharge 1 their duty under their oaths. Col. 1 Hoyt last winter in his paper, The t Mountaineer, u-ged coalition between < the high license people and the prohi- \ bitionists in the general assembly in 1 order to repe&l the dispensary law. t Col. Hoyt seeks the governor's office, 1 and of course wants votes. I am op- 1 posed to his election solely on the these < grounds, and called attention to the 1 slements supporting him. There may be no open "alliance," and technically [may have been in error in asserting it, but I think it permissable to declare ill the supporters of any one candidate "allies" and if the Methodist ministers trho have accused me of "slander" will show that thev do not intend to work to the same end as the bar-keepers for the overthrow of the dispensary, I will then consider the propriety of an apol- 1 ogy. Until snch proof is given I shall stand by my gnns. If the Methodist bishop chooses to call me a liar, and the church temperance committee feels constrained to denounce my opinion of existing eonditions as "slander," the , people of South Carolina will judge be- , tween us. If they can stand it I can. I . long ago learned? "Evil is wrought- from want of thought, . . '< As well as want of heart." 3 When g^od men find themselves in j bad company, they usually pause to ] consider how they got there and , whether they are not in fault to some ] extent. < There is no concealment about it and ] the editor of The State, who is the j spokesman of the license element, ha3 , announced his position clearly and , openly. The denial by the preachers j that the combination is "sought" cuts ( o Ti __J il.l _11 T do ngure. ic exists, anu tnat m an x < assorted, and to my mind it is "unholy" i and must make every good man feel ] uncomfortable. i If the dispensary is overthrown every : practica' man knows that saloons will , be re-established in less than five j years. I would deplo-e such a result j is a great loss to society and know i many preachers are of the same opinion. ] I shall yet hope to see all good men of j af all classes united to make the dis- ( pensary the success it can become I 1 believe prohibition is a Trojan horse i by which the saloocs seek to aga;n en- ] ter the State. The whiskey men believe \ the same thiiig. I am against the \ 3aloons and all of their friends wheth- j sr they be good m?n who are blind, fa- j aatics, or scheming politicians. , y ours truly, B. E, Tillman. WEATHER AND CROPS. Weekly Bulletin Issued by Section Director Bauer. The following is the weekly bulletin 1 [>? the condition of the weather and arops of the State issued last week by j Direotor Bauer of the South Carolina ] section of the United States weather j oureau's weather and crop service: j The week ending 8 a. m., July 23d, ( jfas nearly three degrees warmer than { usual, and had a maximum of 102 de- , grees at Batcsburg, and a minimum of 36 at Greenville. There were light, widely scattered showers during the entire week, heaviest in the central counties. By far the greater portion of the State had no rain, md severe drought conditions prevail in places. The need of rain is general, md nearly all crops failed, or are beginning to suffer for lack of moisture, especially old corn that is maturing. The dry weather was favorable for laying by, and ridding fields of grass md weeds, so that crops are being laid by in generally clean condition, although grassy fields are still common. Old corn failed materially, except on j moist lands, wnere it snows slignt im- < provement. On sandy lands it is firing. , doling corn continues to look well and j retains its color, but is not growing, j ind will soon fail unless moisture is j supplied. Bottom land corn has made } little recovery since the June freshest. y Cotton improves slowly, except on ( 3ana? lands, where it is shedding leaves and squares and is turning yellow. Cotton is generally small and late, although fields are now clean and fruiting normally, but the crop is spotted ind its average condition remains poor. Sea island cotton is doing poorly owing to drought, blight and shedding. Tobacco is ripening fast, and curing made rapid progress, being now over b.alf finished. The hot weather in jured tobacco to some extent. The prospect for a large forage crop ia anriA oonor??allx7 fioM n*>?a wllirtll look very promising. Minor cropB gen- j jrally, as well as pastures and gardens, ire failing rapidly, and stand in urgent need of rain. The apple and melon j jrops continue poor, while peaches and , pears are plentiful, but the peaohes ^ ire rotting badly. Grapes are ripening. A general rain would materially ( improve the crop prospects. A Determined Mob. Seldom has there been such grave ^ letermination on the part of the mob 1 r\rrrrnA ?aoiafnTi/>a AW f V? a n01*f A? JL DUWU UU^^U lWDiOUCIUVW VU UJL&V ? sheriff as that displayed at Huntarille, Ala,, last week. A mob of one thousand men went to the jail to take * negro rapist and lynch him. The Sheriff and his deputies fired upon the iynohers, wounding some of them., rhis did not deter them. The sheriff appealed to the governor, and the military were ordered out, but too late. 1 rhe mob received tar and feathers and ] vil ViiTrir?<"r /r/tff^rk infft fV*n . ln?/?r 1 JXLj OUU, UHTAUg gwwu AUVV VUW *V Tl V* jorridor of the jail, piled them on the jasement floor and fired them. The work I )f smoking oat the inmates was began ] rhe sheriff retreated with his prisoner 3 :o a point fartherest removed from the s jdoriferous pile. He swore that he 1 should die with his prisoner. The ] ;hief of police forced his way to where i :he sheriff was and exhorted him to I leave the building. The sheriff was ] then half suffocated. The official had i securely locked his prisoner in a strong jell. The police chief seized the i sheriff and dragged him unconscious i :rom the building. The mob took hold \ jf the prisoner and earned him from < :he jail and hanged and shot him to 1 ieathi Paid Him to Wait A farmer in (Jlay county, Iowa, lias i i bin containing about 800 bushels of vheat. About a month ago he pro- < posed to market the grain, but on go- \ ng to the bin he discovered that a hen r lad established her nest on the wheat, { vas setting there, and that to remove \ ;he grain would "break her up." He 1 iecided not to disturb her, but wait 3 mtil she came forth with the chicks. < [n the meantime the price of wheat ( advanced until the farmer discovered < le had gained over $100 by allowing the ien to sit it cut. s SPEAKS AT CHESTER filiman Makes a Red Hot Dispensary Speech. nDiTiniRPa MIS CRITICS. ' He Refers to the Recent Attacks of Bishop Duncan and Dr. Gardner on HimAt the oampaign meeting at Chester rhursday Senator Tillman made a redtiot speech and put new ginger in the ight. He was held until the very last, md when he talked, made it lively, rillman was received, with that old time whoop. To start at the end, Tillman said: This was his seventh meeting and he protested against always being put i--x mi 1. _ xi Li last, j-jaere were some wao tuougut uu ( Dught to remain at home. It was not . his fault some one else does not want J to be senator. He never felt happy un- , [ess he had opposition, and he preferred it. He may be a fool, but he was j never acoused of it, and, therefore, he 3id not try to be a dictator, but felt free to give advice. As long as he was 3enator he felt free to talk. All are agreed on national issues and there was no use to talk on such matters unless he wanted to sheer around or say , some sweet things. He had seriously < regarded his duty. He had thought it ' Dver, and feeling his obligations, he . felt it carried with it some responsi- ( bility to assist in throwing light. Did ?ou not teach me to use this tongue ' Hid to use it vigorously? Uid you label that tongue "for national use ( jbIj?" if so, say ao. If you say so I ( will obey. If not otherwise advised he i was going to talk right out on the ' liquor qaestion. The people were free ! to do as they pleased and he wanted them to do so. It is charged that but , for Tillman there would now be pro- j hibition. He said he worked for the ] lispensary law. The prohibition vote < :ast was nothing like a general vote, ind over 30,000 did not vote at all.- As to the dispensary being a great political machine. When it came in he had i just been reelected and he needed no ( machine. He advised the dispensary because he did nst believe prohibition : jould be enforced. He did this to save j :he State from degradation and being ( hypocrites under prohibition. , The people have voted on this ques- j ;ion almost solely on State offices, and ( ;he legislature in four elections, and ( 3ut for him it would have been put in j ;he constitution without any buts or : fs, He did this because the supreme j iourt decision was pending. H8 wrote ;he clause, and whenever his tongue j jrew forked he wanted to be kicked out. r The minority is asking you to give . i i . 1 1 * lp your broa-given rignis ana assing rou to give up without a contest. If pou are not careful you will be back ybere you where eight years ago. The State holds $400,000 worth of iquor, and that liquor will fritter away >r be lost. If you want it that way it s your right. Dispensary men he lears are going to vote for the prohibi;ion candidates. Men should stand for principles and stand by them. Stand >y your principles! If it is going to be a matter of religion and good-fellowship, then you had setter go back to the convention sys.em. Your committees are going to ruin Via nrimflrv hv tratrcrimr th? aneakflrs , ?J Q-no?o. "Mr I md limiting the speakers. He said the ( eporters were generally fair. Men ( nust not vote for personal preferences j )ut on principles, bnt you have such a , ight and do as you please, and he vould not complain. The people have governed South Carolina and the only ffay is to allow free time and take off ;he bridle. I There have been accusations of in- f ?grity and no time for the charges or lenials. He wanted to serve notice | .hat he was going to speak first some- 1 arhere. This gagging of speakers will till the nrimarv. Better have fewer . speakers. What use is there, for instance, for eight candidates for comnissioner. They can show nothing in . :en minutes, absolutely nothing. You , lo not want a man who can merely tell I jokes, but these men can tell nothing in that time. It was an outrage to limit the gover- , aors to 30 minutes. They are all the \ same. They should all have more time, i uut some of them do not want more time. Every man should hare all the i ;ime he wants. It was funny to see , jronzales, an open, avowed license man, ' .1 # A1- 1 L? now we organ 01 me prosiDiuon party. Be said Gronzales fought openly and bravely, although he sometimes .does not tell the truth. It was old and stale this thing about the liquor men and preachers being on she same line. He never said there was m agreement between the preachers ind barkeepers. But much is now being made out of it, although he had repeated it 25 times. He piotured the ministers in white fighting the dispensary and then another arm? in irhite aprons all fighting the same dih- ; pensary, and Col. Hoyt certainly was : iccepting all these votes. i Now the sole question is whether these armies are fighting the same dis- i pensary. Now Bishop Dancan said I"] lied when I said the prohibitionists i rod liquor men were aLied under Col. 1 Soyt. That was severe language and ; ae once used such language, but he did ] aot do so now in the senate, but left i :hat to Bishop Dancan. (Applause.) < Bishop Duncan would feel sorry for ivhat he said of him. < Then he took up the temperance com- < nittee and its declaration, which "de- i lounced any insinuation that the ef- 1 Port of Christian ministers and other jitizens to rid this State of this gigan- < ic evil is a sought or voluntary oom- 1 Dination with the salooon element as a 1 aase slander. That is itself an at- s :empt to strengthen the power of this < most damnable iniquity." He said if these ministers wished to i iccuse him of issuing a slander it was i well and .good. It would not hurt him. 1 Phe people saw and knew what was t joing on and what the conditions act- < lally were, and he reiterated that the i liquor naon and prohibitionists were al- i ied, and whether this was accident or < ;onceit he cared not, as he only spoke ] )f conditions. He quoted the definition )f "alliance." Then he took Dr. Gardner's sermon ind said he would reply to the charges :heremade when he got to Greenville md said he left to the audience if he aad wilfully misrepresented anyone. Be meant no reflection on the minis;ers. He believed they were mistaken. Se believed they were wrong and perhaps fanatical. These men have left iheir pulpits and gone into politics and nade themselves liable to criticism. Tmnititarfl havfl come down to liscuss politios and those who come iown put themselves on a plane with )ther politicians and he was going to ^lk ont and if they do not like it they jould lump it. The Ten Commandnents have nothing against selling liquor and the Bible makes liquor selling permissible. No man can go farther than he as to the evils of liquor jelling, but he as much as any minister wanted to curtail the sale. When pou go home think well whether you srant to spew out all the good thing of reform. He would have no complaint js to what is done. He asked all to ivatch the legislators. Senator Tillman received a great 3pa1 nf ann1an?ifi and whooned UD the iispensary. He will at attend the meetings at Winnsboro, Yorkville, 9-aifney, Spartanburg, Union, Greenville, Pickens, Walhalla, Anderson, Edgefield, Saluda, Lexington, and Columbia. McKIULEY'S EEPLY ro the Chinese Appeal for Restoration of Peace and Order. The following correspondence between the president of the United States and the emperor of Uhina has been made public by the state department. Translation of- a cablegram received by Minister Wu on July 20, 1900, from the Tao Tai of Shanghai iated July 19, 1900. Having received a telegram from &ov. Yuan (of Shan Tung) dated 231 lay of this moon (July 19th), who, having received from the privy council at Pekin, a dispatch embodying an imperial letter to the president of the United States has instructed me to transmit it to your excellency. The imperial message is respecttully transmitted as follows: rhe Emperor of Cbina to His Excellency the President of the United oii-i... n Li oiaies. vxreeuug. China has long maintained friendly relations with the United States and is ieeply conscious that the object of the United States is international commerce. Neither country entertains the least suspicion or distrust toward the jther. Recent-outbreaks of mutual antipathy between the people and Christian missions caused the foreign powers to view with suspicion the position )f the imperial government as favorable to the people and prejudicial to the missions, with the result that the Taku forts were attacked and captured. Consequently there has been clashing of 'orces with calamitous consequences, rhe situation here become more and nore serious and critical. We have |OSt received a iciezrapmu msmjnai from our envoy Wu Ting Fang, and it ;s hizhly gratifying to us to learn that ;he United States government, having n view the friendly relations between ;he two countries, has taken a deep in:erest in the present situation. Now Jhina, driven by the irresistible course )f events, has unfortunately incurred yell nigh universal indignation, For settling the present difficulty, China places special reliance in the United 3tates. We address this message to ?our excellency in all sincerity and jandidness with the hope that your ex :ellency will devise measures and take .he initiative in briDgiDg about a consert of the powers for the restoration )f order and peace. The favor of * tind reply is earnestly requested a: d iwaited with the greatest anxiety. Kwang Hsu. Twenty-sixth moon, 23d day. (July 19, 1900 ) It is therefore my duty to transmit ;he above with the request that jour jxcellency, in respectful obedience of imperial wishes, will deliver the same jo its high destination and favor me with a reply; Yu Lien Yuen, Taotai of Shanghai, rwenty-sixth year, 6th moon, 23d day. (July 19, 1900 ) This cablegram was at once communicated to the president at Canton, and the following is his reply: rhe President of the United States to the Emperor of China. Greeting: I have received your majesty's message of the 19ih of July and am glad to know that your majesty recognizes the fact that the government and people of the United States desire of China nothing but what is just and equitable. The purpose for which we landed troops in China was the rescue ef our legation from grave danger and . . Oil 1? J _ i tiie protection 01 tae uvea property of Americans who were sojourning in Ch:.na in the enjoyment of rights guaranteed them by treaty and international law. The same purposes are publicly declared by all the powers which have landed military forces in your majesty's empire. I am to infer from your majesty's letter that the malefactors who have disturbed the peace of China who have murdered the minister of Germany, and a member of the Japanese legation, iin<l who now hold beseiged in Pekin thoi2 foreign diplomatists who still survive, have not only not received any tavor or encouragement iruuj your i majesty but are actually in rebellion igainst the imperial authority. If this be the case, I most solemnly urge upon your majesty's government to give public assurance whether the foreign ministers are alive, and, if so, in what conlition. To put the diplomatic representatives jf the powers in immediate and free jommunication with their respective governments and to remove all danger :o their lives and liberty. T* nlap.p. tfcp imperial authorities of 3hina in communication with the re.ief expedition bo that cooperation may oe secured between them for tbe liberition of the legations, the protection )f foreigners and the restoration of order. If these objects are accomplished it s the belief of this government that 10 obstacles will be found to exist on narfc nf thfi nnwArs tn an amicable settlement of ill the questions arising jut. of the recent troubles and the Tiendly good offices of this government irill, with the assent of the other pow;rs, be cheerfully placed at your najesty's disposition for that purpose. Win. McKinley. July 23, 1900. By the president. John Hay, Secretary of State. THE STATE ALLIANCE Decides to Continue the Exchange After Long DiscussionThe State Alliance met in Columbia on Wednesday evening, the -SaU^ging delegates being present: Abbeville?J. R. Blake. Anderson?J. B. ITouthit. Edgefield?W. H. Timmerman. Florence?A. C> Stewart. Horry?Jas. A. Lewis. Kershaw?J. A. JVIahaffey. Lancaster?J. F. Nesbit Lexington?James B. Addy. Newberry?W. B. Counts. Oconee?J. B. Pickett Orangeburg?S. C. Kennedy. i Kichland?B. C. DaPre. Union?J. C. Liles. 1 York?J. F. Ashe. c Greenwood?J. L, Hughley. t After the presidents address a recess i was taken to allow the board of trustees of the State exchange to continue its ( discussion over the $18,000 and try to i determine what was best to be done \ fxnfTi if , At about 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning the fight over the exchange \ and its funds ended. It had waged i waimly all the evening. Col. Dancan * and Mr. Keitt both made vigorous i speeches. A three fourths vote was re- < quired in order to withdraw the capital 1 stock from the exchange. When the ] nrnnnsition to withdraw the money and < ~ * return it to its original subscribers was finally brought to a vote, about $8,000 worth of the stock voted for it, and the other $10,000 voted against. Thus it was determined to continue the exchange, which has been suspended for about one year. As to the details of the management, they will be decided upon later by the board of directors. At 1 o'clock Thursday morning the board of directors of the State Alliance exchange was elected as follows: From the State-at-Large?J. R. Ashe, York, and Mr. Blake, Abbeville. First District?T. S. Browning. Second District?W. H. Timmerman. Third District?Jos. L. Keitt. Fourth District?A. C. Lyles. Fifth District?S. T. McKeown. Sixth District?Charles Crossland. Seventh District?D. F, Efird. i The alliance then resumed its ses- 1 sions, reelecting its present officers? ^ Senator Alexander, president, and Mr. I J. W. Eeid, secretary and treasurer. t Mr. Keitt's term as executive com- x mitteeman having expired and he hav- ing opposition, an election was necessitated. Mr. Ncsbit of Lancaster was ] chosen to succeed him. The officers of the board of directors of the State Alliance exchange were j then elected as follows: President?A. C. Lyles. ~S7Inn Pmai^Ant .T Ti Secretary?Dr. W. H. Timmerman. Treasurer?Charles Crossland.' 1 The alliance elected 0. P. Groodwin } of Laurens delegate to the national al- a liance, winch j^meets in Washington, . D. C.,in February, 3901, installed the officers and. then adjourned sine die at ( about 1:40 o'clock Friday morning. c PROHIBITION Iff MA DTE. f ? The Democrats Call for Enforcement ( and Eesubmiasion of the Law. . 1 The platform adopted by the Maine A Democratic State Convention at its session in Lewiston on .Wednesday, Jnly 11, contains the following respecting the State prohibitory liqnor law and its nonenforcement: ' "For nearly half a century we have had a statutory law, prohibiting the manufacture, sale and use of intoxicating liquors. For nearly half that time it has been embodied in the State Constitution. Since it was first enacted scores of amendments, each more stringent and the penalties more severe than those preceding it, have been passed. "For nearly twenty years the alleged enforcement of the prohibitory law has been growing more and more lax, until today in nearly every city in the State and many of the larger towns, there are regularly established bars and saloons where liqaors arc sold in open,' flagrant violation of the Constitution and statutory law. Nearly every hotel, many ' restaurants, hundreds of so-called drug stores and unnumbered and secret saloons and bar rooms in the cities sell i without restriction, save an occasional j seizure and fine for political purposes. "For the present shameful, disgust- } ing condition of af airs in relation to i the prohibitory law, the Republican leaders and their supporters are solely ( responsible. Today in many parts of / the State we are having all the evils of } 'free rum,' and none of the redeeming j features of a license law. "For years the prohibitory law has , been a political foot ball. Its hypocriti- j oal enforcement has been used to control the liquor vote, to increase the income of perjured officials and to swell the corruption fund for campaign purposes. Through its instrumentality, J the party in power has influenced juries, i corrupted official sworn to enforce the 1 law; debauched voters, deceived the ad- i vocates of temperance, betrayed the 1 cause which it professed to support, ? creating a contempt and a disregard for i all laws, and has made the good name ( of the State a byword and reproach \ wherever it is known. 11 "We maintain that the Republican ? party in Maine is under the practical *1 control of a ring which has finally be- I come the rum syndicate cf the State, 1 promoting the illegal sale of liquor, 1 protecting the dealer in the sale, pocketing a large revenue from these transactions, assessing rum sellers for money with which to control caucuses, conventions and elections, and saddling a * heavy debt upon and loading the tax- . payers with bills, charges and alleged 1 disbursements too grievous to be borne, * an/1 OTIA}I ^nnlimtv iliAV arp Hpmnr- ' alizing the youth of our State and edu- j catiDg them to disregard law and order. J "We believe the respectable, law abiding citizens of the State, irrespective of party, favor a change. They demand thai the law shall be either enforced or repealed. To that end we favor resubmission. ^ For the Usual Crime. v A neero was lynched near Knox- 1 ville, G-a., Wednesday night and his \ body riddled with bullets by a mob. He i bad attempted to assault a fourteen year a old girl, and had been arrested. He i was taken from the officers of the law ] by the lynchers. . i WAR OR PEACE? || rhat Is the Question Being Discussed Now. _ - -mm . H ttff?S3^CWNESE NEWS. rhe Pigtails Supposed tofe?<23tting Ready for a Gigantic | War on all the Powers. News from Washington uyf Admiral "C<?"mTvff10 1 nfffl. mvm r. H <V?HW4, |il?u yuuuvm/ UJ ?UO lavy department Thursday, made the , %v| iireet statement that the imperial au:horities were iu sympathy with the Boxers, though he added that the govirnment was afterward paralysed and ncapable of controlling the situation. rhia was the first official declaration ;o reach our government contradictory )f the Chinese representations that the imperial government had steadfastly ind from the first opposed the Boxer movement, and our government ia bonnd , U :o accept the word of its own officer intil that is overcome by irrefragable proof. The exchanges that are "in sonstant progress between the powers ire tending more and more to east suspicion upon the genuineness of the many communications that have come :rom Pekin through Chinese governmental sourees. The imperial ediet promulgated by Viceroy Tak. at Can 1 1-i.L - J? 1K-* 1--'-^ sua, ua3 xsib a uissgreesDie impression. Despite the Chinese minister's view to she contrary, this edict is looked upon is suspiciously like ft preliminary to * formal declaration of war, and as only >ne step toward securing time to move Chinese forces into better position for iefense against the internationalists. In the Yang Tse region active preparations for war are in progress, not for var against the foreign powers. Junk oads of Chinese soldiers and Boxers iiaguised as Coolies are arriving there" laily. The arsenal is fall of arms and supplies are constantly coming in. The . Nan King and Wu Chang gamsons are )eing constantly reenforaed and the viceroys admit that they cannot much onger withstand the pressure brought o bear by Sheng and Li Hung Chang ipon them to join the forees of Prince mwnSQ AEOTJHD TIE! T3IH. Japanese Aided. by Sritih. cad Jta* sians Capture an Arsenal, A dispatch from Tien Tain dated Jaly 3, which has jost been received si Washington, says after fighting all day . force of 2,000 Japanese, supported by Jritisfr OTd-fixBsiansp eaptur^^ the Chinese fortified arsenal two miles east if the city, making a night attack. The oreigners charged under a very fatly ire from the arsenal, following the /hinamen and killing 400 of then. rhe foreign loss was heavy, bat it i? tot reported. The Chinese bombarded the foreign ity of Tientsin heavily, for three days * ,nd killed some British sailors on a ng today, besides several Frenchman. rhrt fnraionoTO ?M -MW IUW UIVOHUHQ 1W?TJ ;uns from the fleet, among them bang four 12-pounders and four 4-iach ;uns and will attempt to loeate and tilenee the Chinese gu ns. An explosion of dynamite killed 20 ilussians. Two, battalions of the Ninth. United States infantry and 300 narines from the cruiser Brooklyn disimbarked and started for Tientsin tv lay on lighters. As they went up the ;|9 'oreign ships cheered them heartily. Refugees of all nationalities wm be aken to Japan by the transport Logan. Che Japanese were the heores of the jattle. Their fighting wi? remarkably jrave and was praised by all their ooleagues. When some of the foreign of ieers counseled retreat last night, the ?p| Japanese general said: "When my men move it will be for* ' yard." This morning they charged the jreaafces in the wall made by the artilI 5Ji ? - ' mm- - ery ana iougnc nana to nana in tne itreets. Their oondaet after the fight if as equally good as they refrained from .ooting while some of the European sol* iiers were having an oigie. Dead Chinamen cover the walls and streets )f Tientsin. Fifty guns were eapbued. rhe place was full of monitions of war. Many fires have been started and most >f the city will probably be burned. rhe Chinese are retreating toward Pe cm. Six Handred Massacred- . The Hongkong correspondent of the London Daily Express wires as follows :;:|?sl mder Fridays date: "An Italian priest las j est arrived herefrom Son Sien Fa, 7 .'Oii u southern Haan, where the Italian rishop and threp priests have been mas* sacred after revolting torture. This :00k place on July 4. Six hundred jonverts were massacred after the -jf. ^ fomen had been subjected to hideous jrutalities. Six other priests fled to ~.k .he hilis, where they were probably :illed. The priest who escaped had a jerilious journey to Honkong. He lid in a coffin on board a river boat for -7 days. ' ..73 Having a Run; One of the most conspicuous adver- ~ isements in a-negro paper published in Washington is Hartonia, decoction that s guaranteed not only to straighten out mnof cfnT-lVirt^n lrir?V-n ti?n l>-* * ? uv uvu> limt) UlU W rieach the dark skin white, not in spots >ut all over, and make the user smell ike a basket of fresh cat roses in May ime. It is having a ran. The coent dlier is put Tip in powder form. \ . : . --M Five Were Drowned- M News eomes from the eastern part of California of the drowning of five per10ns in Wiley's Lake Wednesday. It . ^ ?as an exceedingly hot day and Mrs. 3ryon fi. Wiley's little party of five rere in Darning, xney went oat to a aft, which suddenly began to wobble md some of the bathers fell into he water. The others made ft des-< >erate attempt to rescue their companons and in so doing perished.