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rk. V ' x ? The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON AllKIITII.!.!:, < THE CAMPAIGN Wm.~ 1 Hr. FIRST MEETING A VERY EXCITING ONE. 1-by Was lied Hot?He and .IfcLpnrJn Almnut Came to Flows- .HcLsurJu, I-by, F.xartr, Datcsn ?rd Msj HHd 1m tbe R>-ce. The Senatorial aspirant wf-r? scheduled to address 1 hf cprp'e of SumU r ? -t . A ? - e 41.*? 1 1 jworaay, du' on v irrtw ?u i-iem ?.<?u made up their minds to run when U<e meeting was called lo order st 11 o'clock, in the very rocrac, c^ol arct handsome opera house of Sumter, These were Sensior McLaunn. ex Sen a tor Irby and Hon 8, G. May B eld, the latter beinp too unwell tn be pres ent. There were only two speakersMessrs McLaurin and Irby. They occupied only one hour and twenty minutes, but in lh>it short time they succeeded in getting up one cf ti e liveliest rumpuses ever s? en in a n^lit ical campaign in ihisStato. Col Irby was particularly severe on Mr Mc Laurin. accusing him of dishonesty in relation to bis nartv, his peonle and his State. Mr. McLaurin could not sit quiet under the severe lashing of words and the two mm v-hp r.n the point of havirg a public fisticuff cn the stasie when they were prevented by cooler heads. At the very start McLaurin made a very neat reply to Irbv and the crowd fairly went wild over it. They kept kept it up for some time and Col. Irby believed they intended to bowl him down and said so. He was thereafter constancy interrupted by those in the audience. He pet mad and referred to the crowd as "city henchmen" and this infuriated the sudiercft so much more, who howled wcrse tban ever. r> 1_ 1 u:~ u;? ^nairmau iruruy uj uia wuiuroa, calm demeanor and good judgment kept them as quiet as possible, but told Col. Irby that he could eot be re sponsible for the result if he continued to apply such languaee as "bench men" to the people. Th< re were se v eral other stirring incidents ar.d there was not a dull moirent during the meeting. Senator McLaurin bad the crowd with him and bis points were roundly cheered. He discussed issues slmost entirely and in an attractive way, but be made one or two references t >"dis honest politicians sulkiDg"and sarcas tic leferences to the "saviors of ]> mocracy." Col. Irby evidently took this language as reftrrire to himself and from the start to the finish he de yoted his attention to his opponent and laid it on him about as hot ar-d heavy as his mo*t ardent partisan might wish. There were possibly about 350 people in the building, a majority of them from the country. Tne people of the city who were"present deeply regret the howling and interruptions, but congratulate themselves that the noise was made by these not citizens of the city. During breakfast Col. W. A. Neal. Crews' Mark Hanna. walked into the dining room and apprccchidCol. Irby with outstretched l and. Irby de ^ clined to shake hands, saying;: 4,You must excuse me, sir; I don't care to ' kpeak to you, sir." Coionel Nealsaid: ^ "All right," and wheeled about. This was the first incident of the day. Chairman Purdy called the meetiner 4o order a few minutes past 11 o'clock and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Williford. The chairman made a fe w remarks and then presented Senator McLaurin, who was received with great cheering. Before getting to bis speech proper he said he most heartily re echoed the sentiment of the chairman, that the campaign be conducted on a high plane, and if it is not, 1 will not be responsible. No one regrets more than I the death of Senator Earle. I know not a man in South Carolina who does not regret that the career of that noble aca chivalrous gentleman was cut down when it promised so much usefulness to the State. I shall strive to worlhiiy car ry out the high purposes which actu ated him. He spoke of the great good accomplished, by the Reform move ment in instituting primaries, in which there couid be do trades, as all white men could express their honest opinion. He declared he was urider promise to no man, and Wi\s not in a combination of any sort. The prom ises he made on thn flump are the only ones he will make, and he will Cirry them out as he had always done in the past. (Applause ) Ho then entered into a discu.-sion of the tariff question and other political issues. a neat rejoinder. When Chairman Purdv introduced Senator Irby there was slight ap plause, ana when he started otf it ap peared that he would have easy sailing and would be listened to quietly and attentively. But this was a calm be fore an unexpected storm, as the se quel proved. Col. Irby in beginning, jumped right on McL&urin. He said: ''Men of Sumter, I must sympathize with a man who sings his own praises and can talk more about himself than any one can say for him." Just, then the city bell tolled the hour of 12. and continuing, Col. Irby said: "And that bell has just tolled his funeral knell." McLaurin (in his seat:) "Hark from the tomb a doleful sound." This was greeted with laughter and loud cheering. For a minute or more the crowd jelled themselves hoarse for McLaurin. Irby in the mean lime stood facing them. He attempted to tay something, but his voice was drowned in the torrent of cheers for McLaurin. Irby folded his arms ar d calmly waited. His face sho-wtd that he was angry, in that he believfd the crowed was trying to howl him down. Chairman Purdy arose and waved hishandto the audience, and presently they ceased the hurrahs. Col. Irby then coutinue d: 1 lI understand how that is. 1 knew it was all fixed before we came here. Tb:s is the hot bed of Haskellism, Independ enusm ana uonj-ervausn!, anu iuis meeting was fixed to give McLaurin a great send off at tbe start." Senator McLHurin started to inter rupt the speaker, but all he got out was the single woid "Senator." The crowd again cheertu for McLaurin, which lasted but a few seconds, when Col. Irby continued: "You talk of factional and sectional lines, but as&oon as a genuine Reformer and true Democrat conies before you, you try to hold him down. As?o howling done, tnat is all nonsense. I am hereto speak for the.poor and laboring man, and I don't care how I many of Tfu city hencbrr.cn try bow] me down." J During tbf> hubbub, Chairman Pu '.1.. ,?,l fo.r.nw! T r.1 j M \ ai^l'liru t 4, i V CIS *? 'V ai < arid said: ' Colon el let's understai one auoUrr rgh* sway. In the pr< s vuvft of (>iM dignified audience I a th^t yrudo not. us? xueh Janfeurfre." AUhisr-oini. i.h? Chaii man was intr rupwd by some one Ci.l'ing for tl Auditor of the county, who w wanted on businfjs cu.side. Conti uinp\ Mr. Purely said: "We want pive you .1 respectful hearing, hut must ask jou not to say that ar more." Jrby ' Ssv whp.1?'' Purdy: "C?U us henchmen " I Irhy: "Well. I'vessid it. orce, nr JI cJni('t know that I need siv it r.^ain Then the chr f-riru' bfgan airain, nr wh^n it hsd mhsidt-d somewhat, 0'' ilrhy s?id: "lou insulted me first The vj llinj? hf pan acan, and Chai man i urv'y ? A t >u m i way responsible for I hi4? outburst i f.-eiir.?. We wHQt to give you a r sp.'cttul hearing, as-d I liopo befo ynu cnccluc-eilifit ycu will feci son for what you paid arid wiihdaw it " Irby: "I will withdraw the offe sive v rrd when the men who insula ">e apologize for what tbty have den I am your pupf>t, h^re l\v invilatic and by ri?ht, I I'.rvp hem a friend i Sumter coun'y. 1 hfel|*>d to make 01 of its distinguished citiz'ns Attorne flei eral. pr-d then helped to make hi Judgp, and my friends hplped to ele him U S. Senator. Oa that groum if no o'.her, I shoujd be treated with r sweet. If you exuect to elect McLauri by .such methods then go Ahead, bi I want ycu to understand that I ha^ as many friends among ths Cooserv tives as he. ' When McLaurin talks about whi he did, and insinuates about what ot ers didn't do, I sat here quietly ar gave him a resnectful hearing. Bi politics is pol'.uc? I am simpiy a ja mer, and*expected to talk to lfc.fort os. I have to set, written sophomor speech, written out three or four wee! before hand. I have not a note or memorandum, but. I intend to spes ray mind at the forty four meetinj to beheld. Iam iu this race at tl Starr, and will be in at the finish. Whfn I saw the Ik form movemen I helped to father, about to ba di rupted aEd destroyed as I though rather than oppose the wishes of tl people I didn't expect to enter th race. I didn't expect to deal in pe sonalities, but before I filed my pledf even, here comes this honorable gei tleman with the "scared rr.ad" on ar talks about dishonest politicians sul ing at home. I am not of the sulkiu Kind. There are ro feathers on n: leg. I'm no Shanghai. Let noma staid here and tell rne that, the pe pie will have a ring streaked, strip? and ypeckled politician to represtj them in the Senate " A voic:-: ''Who do you have refe ere?" Irby, turning to McLaurin: "I ref< to Air. McLsirin." Continuing he said: "I will hai the opportunity to speak to the peop on*t -nnt in towns likfl th where the crowd comes out and tri to bully me. I am an original IWo raer and have stood by her princip from the beginning and will to tl end. I quit politics and went to m farm. Tne people know my recoi and lam proud of my record. '"Lot it be understood that he h? attacked me bv speakinsr of dishont politicians sulking at t^ieir homts. give him to understand that he nev< would have been heard of except j a little britil?ss ten cent lawyer hs it not been for Tillman and mysel Today in South Carolina there is tl foulest conspiracy against the farmei that ever existed, and McLaurin is M beneficiary of it. He has betrayc more friends than any man in tl State. He has never been true I friend or foe. He was the smar curly headed boy whom the ring toe up to run against W. D. Evans, bi he was defeated, and when the Til m&n wagon came alone Me jumped o and even tried to push the driver of He got so fullo? Tilluianism that 1: could not stay in the r*nks but wei to (he Pnpulists. You Conservativi had hioi blacklisted at Wushingto because he was a Populist. He craw ^d on his bc-liy, wittt his hat in h baDd, to Gen. Bu'le?\ *nd asked hii to remove the bla< k'ist. I myse went to Cleveland to defend him, bi found out afterwards that he was Populist and wrote the platform ft Bowden. "It i9 said (hat ho nppnsrs the Di pensary. Is he honest? Is bo camiu out like a bold Carolinian,like a whi man? No, he is whispeiing in yoi ears that he is opposed 10 the thiuj but at the same time is trying to hai a law passed in Congress which wou fix the dispensary on ycu for 41 years. Isn't that, dishonest?" ^ V? /IMA M M V<5 n T \ i! v* wneA %J Uou iJUIC . iULiJUUlU bis seat, lie was pa.'e wilh suppress* excitement.. He marched over dire ell to where Col. Irby was standing T1 crowd wss as quiet as death, the s leDce was oppressive and the suspsw was nervously exciting-. Ever.vbod expected a fifcht, for McLiurin's all tude seemed to indicate that he wou either demand an apology or figh Bis right hand was clinched, but 1 did not draw it back in a belligerei attitude. Facing )rby and standir but a few inches frem him, he said : "Senator, let's have an understan ing right here. We have known *>a( other for some tim", but you cau't s cuse me of dishonesty. You cann insult me that wa;." Col. Irby stood facing Mr. McLa rin. His countenance did not c^arij nor was there a quiver about his fac k u^,1 ^ u, auuu cs iui;u?.uriLi uau uuidu< what he had to say, Irby replied: ' have already said it, and I say furUi< that if you strike n;e you will I struck back." In cold type the ang in the voices of e><c>i cannot be lit cribed. When Col* lrby had finish* everybody thought that the expecti blow would follow, but in the raea lime, Mr. Appelt and Chairman Pu dy had reached Mr McLaurin befo Col. lrby had completed his sentenc ai d lhe> took him back to his seatAmong I Lose who came up to M McLaurin fcsidis these mentionfe' wr,s Mr (jharie? Emanuel of Mannin I Ho insisted on McLaurin sitting dovi and remarked: "Nobody butacr ard would talk that W/iy." L by : "A/id nobedy but a cowa , would insult a tu'>t that way." It then locked liko the would peacemaker Emanuel was geiin^ pet in ti e r >w, and other j>entlem< on the staye hustled him away. Col. Irby then turned to the cmv and excJtuintd in stentorian tones: i ''1 will conduct in? campaign a.< i please. I know I'm talking to a nc xile crowd, but that will not det , me." He repeated several times tta ' in his course McLauriu had been gu to ty of political dishonesty. C Ther." were several interruptions ir- from th? audience, wh'ch h-d Mr ty Marion Moise to riso from his seat and T id protest against f.uch conduct in the 's following addressed to tbe 'k ciairman: "I *s'< that you make these men larp qu'et and give tbe speaker H r- n respectful hearing-. You can call to tie y our aid Jaw abiding citizens in tbe as house, and thev will put them nut. J n for one am ready to ass'st you." to Col. lrby: "I thank you. Mr. Moise " I An Auditor: "Mr. Chairman, Col. iy rrby has brought this on himself." \ lrby: '"No, sir- McLaunu did it [I first. He called us dishonest, noliti- s c'ars, and if you vn!e Ps-ainst me for ? id maintaining my self respect, why go on and do so." ^ id ' You can judjro a man by the com- ? I L. . } TTI i 1- pa 11 y UK Kl'CP'i. "'UBiyiiim Uiimniinji v r^oes >?*? keep? Does he go with Reir formers? DM you ever hear of him w ;o having any friends among the Con . i)f sTvaUves before he wrote that "fque- * s dunk"Mtsr and then apologizeo fui it? re "But he has gone in an unholy alii- ? y ance with Oouz^les, aed then 1 deter ~ mined to ran even if I ddn't g?;t but P n- three votes, but I'll b-^at him out of :d bis boots " !' e. A voice: "You won't get but three." >n "As to the Conservatives, I have al- 8' of ways treated them as Deinncrals I . ie was opposed to my brother Reformers A >.y who wanted to rule them out of the c< tj party. They have nothing against me. w ct I believe ihis man is untrue to the e d, poor laboring men of this country, e- and is trying to mislead them I shall . in prevent it if possible Do we find him 19 jt with Democrats? Who is his political a re cheperone? N. G. Got: zales, svho has ^ a done more to injure me uonservauve side than any other man in it. Ho is c at a man who favors protection for negro a: h- rapists. He started his paper because ^ id the News and Courier wouldn't pub nt lish hitter articles of his against Ben S. r- Tillman, ar>d who has said that he n- lived only to see Ken Tillman crushed. 61 ic McLauria knows we had a row in ~ ?s Washiugton because be wanted to a crowd that red headed man from An- a ik derson?not Col. N< al?Borden, in e' the counsels of the Democratic party. a it I opposed and prevented it, because 9 Bowdea had already run as an elector ^ t, on the Weaver ticket. McLaurfm t( s- "cussed" everything blue, and v;e ^ t, never spoke for three or four years. ^ le Ua can't fool the people. There is too H is much gratitude, too much Democracy r amnnir th^m to turn down a true De re mccrat for a ring streaked, spackJed p a politician like him. r* id The people know Gonzrles, and he j k won't control an administration again like he does this one. H?i has hypno- n iy tiz'rd our present Governor and c?n- c< in trols his policy, but he will never do P o ita?isin. ~ :d Col. Irby having- concluded, the ^ at chairman asked Mr. JdcLaurin wheth er he would have any'hin,* in reply, r He indicated a desire to reply when S( an auditor arose and said that if there er was to be a reply, he hooed that Mr. j McLaurin would be cor.Sued to reply - sl re ing to statements made by Col. Irby. s' le He at the same time expressed the Cl is opinion that it was unnecessary ? es anyway to have any reply, r Mr. McLiurin stepped forward and " le said: P le *'1 don't want to intrude myself fur- ? y ther on the audience. I wisn to say, 'r d however, that the statement that I am *' in a combination with Gonzales or any- c is body else, is absolutely false." Col. H st Irbv reioinrd that he would prove it ? I before the campaign closes. 3r Monday night Mr. John T. Duncan ^ is filed his plege. Half hour later ex- ^ id Governor John Gary Evans telegraph- L f. ed his pledge to Chairman Turnskins. j* le Thus will tne two who had so much ~ rs bitterness between, them during the CJ io last campaign meet each other again 11 ;d face to face on the stump. le When the hour of 12 o'clock arrived, a: to at which the entries closed, Chairman t, Tompkins had received no more s >k pledges. This, then, makes five canit didates?McLaurin, Irbj, Evans, May- ,r 1- field and Duncan. ?! n ^ ) Damaged by the H?ll8ton<s. L ,e Mr. 11. L, Campbell relates some b heretofore unpublished fact-j in con- h iS ncc'icn with the torrifie hailstorm ci ,"n which p?ssfd over liis plantation re- li I cently. When the storm cune up ha C js and oitiers tooic reiugo in .1 itnaui u B house, tberoof of which was supposed e< jf to be fairly good. Tho Jiail baat u lt through the coveriug with such force T a that those iuside had lo crawl uader 2i )r the beds. Chickens ?nd otfc.er fowls h were killed right and left, and some young calves were bru;s<?d so severely T that they did not fully r.^cover for si t0 several d.*?ys. While trying to save t! ,r what was 1-ft cf a splendid field of p v wneat next day, the jisndi raked up it more than 20 Iiead rabbits. Tne de- ei l(j slructiveness of the storm, fortunate- it jq Jy, was co&Gned to a comparaliv.-ly a small area of country.?Yorkville Eu p m quirer. T Arresrcrt oil a S ?*lc u? Oharga. ie Dr. W. ?d. Meader, a prominent o ,j. citizen of Union, S. C., wa3 arrested s: '.p here late vVednesday afternoon for - x ' -? - -A * ? ? * '?- ?? 4V?<r* V>r. nrL 11 ly dllCIIl ULin I\J 112 u.(L Uio ija^u I. f. some re* bank buiidint* in b jj February Jast. Tha arrest w*;s a t not a surprise, as it has been expected n ^ for some days. Dr. Header was ac a cused at the time, bat for some reason o ill") case was never pushed. Itnrnedi alelv after the atteinp ;ed burning of y J. the Union hote! the ccuocil oll'ereda ? reward of' $500 for the party who at w c. tempted to burn tbe back building, {j and this arrest of Dr. Meader is the c result. Public opinion is about equal u. ly, divided as to tbe guilt of the aoove u ,e parly.?Columbia State. 0 ?- A Dsutb ot:allu)C Cyclone. V"1 Fourteen people are now known to * have been killed in the cyclone &lU ir n'oudhur t in Minnesota Wednesd.* . ic The storm was geueral and ii is ini- u er possible to estimate the amount of ri ;s' clamu?e with any degree of certainty. 0 The cyclone, which was c ;utrnl near r' GleeuwooU, w?s the worst that ever n n' struck Minnesota. It ports of wash . ir' outs, floods, and cyclones are being " re received hourly. Ev*ry railroad in s! e> the State has had some damage lothe J.1 tracks and rolling slock. It is hard to J" ?" even approximate the loss but consider J1 ing crop and other damage, it will ? probably cxceed $1,000,0U0. a ?n p jy. A IJir ftirlkn. II A general strike of minors of the v\ id Uniu.d Mine Workers of America, t! vveni into ell'ect on July 4, and now u be thrre are more tiian 375.001) miners a in out of cm ploy m nt in the stnte.s of j r. m Pennsylvania Onto, Wisi Virginia, ' e Tttuae^ee, Illinois, Alabama and In- a yd (liana. Tae miners demand higher a>! wage;, and thu nnuo ovvneis show no n ; I inclination to couip'y. Ti.e general g >s understanding js thai the miners are ! r t-r in poor circumstances. financially, and f< at it the strike is a long one, there will i ti il- be a great deal of destitution. j IVANS ENTERS THE RACE. HE EX-GOVERNOR JOINS THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN PARTY. Fe JJiccusHt-i thn Tnriir and Cliargrd Mc Lnurln with Helntj a Protectionist?lrby and Maj fi?i?d Alno Speak?McLanrln was Indlspostd. It is said that the campiipn meeting [ Waltffboro Thursday was a airily affair. TVee of tbe would-b9 cnators were on hand to tell why the [>od people should vote for them, 'he audience did not sreon to enthuse! rortli a cent. The political appeals rere accepied with about the siolid icf% as a lecture on geology might be ea d. The humor of Col. lrby took ell and he furnished a relish to the jbslautial talks of the two first sp9a*rs. ex Governor Evans and Mr. !av6eld. Business keot Mr Duncan way, and Senator McLaurin teleraphed that he was too unwell to bp resent. With an entirely sober and J x J 12 ~ 1 *. ^ UUO Paiur'.iu auuieuc: yt nuuub uiio undred, Ihere was no occasion for le speakers to get mad. They made aeeches with pith and point. Mr. Evans was first introduced by .cting Chairman Howell, He was reiived with approval and said be anted to take up at once the new sraugel of Senator McLaurin. This ew doctrine sought to be thrust upon le people of South Carolina, he said, a reversal of the policy of the Deiccracy of the State which has pre ailed since the enunciation by Cal ouu. Our conditions have not hanged and we are today as much an ?ricultural people as ever. Our priopal manufactures are of cotton and lis needs no protection; what we eed is absolute free trade; but the emocratic doctrines of tariff for revlue only is the easiest manner of xpplying funds for the government. Oe difference between the Democrat nd Republican creeds is easily defini. The Republican party is owned nd controlled by the manufacturers f the east, who have grown fat uner the protective sys'em, now soupht ) be engrafted on us. When a man rho today occupies the seat of Cal oun in the Senate openly declares lat the trouble -with our people is iat we have lingered and loafed too mg around his grave ic is time for atrioticSouth Carolinians: to rise and ;pudiate biui. The first idea advanced by Mr. Mc iaurin is the imposition of a protectee duty on Egyptian and Peruvian stton, aud he seeks to gain vote3 by osing as the protector of the nockev ocks of the people. Th>s fallacy, [r. Evans said, was easily explained, here is absolutely no competition as > Peruvian and Egyptian cotton and ;a island coUon. The production of *a island cotton has increased from 5,493 in 1883 to 105,000 in 1806 97, lowing increase in production in pile of foreign importation. Amerian spinners last year took 42,900 bales f sea island cotton against only 11, 74 baits in 1884. It cannot be con>nded that Egyptian cotton has suplanted sea island cotton. Toe fabric* lanufactured from sea island cotton l no way compete with those manuictured from Egyptian or Peruvian ottou. It will tbus be seen that this osition cannot be defended except as 'flnuhiiean doctrine. This is n jt only the vote of McLau in in favor of Republican protection Lr. Curtis, in his Jetter to the Chicago iecord, says: ''Mr. McLaurin is a pro ciionist. During the last session of Congress he voted vckh the Reaulli*ns on the committee of ways and leans." The secretary of tbe Araeriin Protective Association praises him s i, recent convert. Instead of pro iciing the pockets of the people of outh Carolina this bill draiv3 from le pockets 40 per cent, more lor goods ia:iufactured from those imported rjtions. If this be equality then Mr. !vjitj.s wanted to be saved from it h ; way iu which our Senator has ea fooled is best illustrated from the icl that McLaurin'.s proposal was re Lived Ailh open arms by the Rjpub CaDS RUU WllQOlU a aissemiri^ vine. he taritf on cotton was granted. The ext day the manufacturers de mandi compensatory duty on :ma.nufacmu produces ami it was granted, huts the consumer pays au additional J f er cent. as a houuty to the manutcturer without any leturn. Mr. McLaurin tries to tie himself to illman, but, as Mr. Erans under ;ocd it, Tillman's position was that le sntirj bill wasrobbiry, wrung in riuoiple, and he c-ndtavor^d to make a* offensive as possible to thy farmrs. Mr. McLaurin, however, defends , as Democratic principle and thus ttempts to commit his people to the rinciples of the robber tariff barons iliman did not defend it as right,but raply to show the ou'.rage upon the outh, and demanded a bounty upou ur exports, which would have brought jrue recompense for the burdens. We can ue er hope to gaiu anyling from tbe Republican party or y trading Democratic principles for mess of pottage. South Carolina lust stand by the Democratic party, s from that alone cau equal rights be oiainea. Mr. Evans said he was defeated last ear ou account of malicious slanders. La said that no.v as all candidates rer? Reformers the voters could 'ilign lauiselves kccorcijtj to the Demorat:.c principles involved. Senator May held said he v/as a little nwell and would not, in the absence { McL:iurin, atuck nis tariff views, nth wbica he did not as^ree. lie aersfore look up the money and dia -i S 'ry issues and urged that, ilia cir jJsti'ja s'aouid he increased by perriling banks 10 i?sue under certain B.stiic:ions, up to, say, 40 p-ir cent. I 1.11.610 C 'puai. i.ufir-j wuuiu u'j iju iai proipi.iif.y, ho .rover, uatil the lonoy issus v. as settled As. to the Dispensary he leitcraled is \iaws expressed in Charles ion, aud Aid thai as to Cou^resj Lie labored :\e kitaie having charge of its own a?iirs, believing in State r.i^nts. He, owcrer, Was alraid lb at ine Siut-i >ispei?sary at Columbia would poiiuit: itti corrupt affairs aud m '.ke u.e p^ole distrustful ol their owa goviu i audibis was uedcsiraul"?. i'tusl ?as without any personal reference to I acse now in cua-go. flic new Ui>':sti ! iti'.D hud giveu coi/unon g:*ou>. di-trj II to c:irny lo^tiihtr oa. Tua old ba:r jorri w is not wa:;te:l, but t^e pros bt JLHSptDSisi'y was also ua'r siraim, ( Tiii i,o wftaltid io t.ea proIiiOiiioJ, iu :art Willi ioc.il oplida. U i.tc-.a^vj-, toko furthtr rasii ic;li-*j;jS o: o?l el rid of tin miULulioa Uroodiu^ corupliua abd oCaaunl. da lavoiuu cite jaiur.-s oi the jaw, bjt uoi, through late management. Tlien came Uulonel Irby, wiio said he came out of the Senate in debt, but was m ve: ttelef a proud of it. He said he had once been a lawjer, and started E bis Keform movement by getting out of that business and goin^to 'armire. He said he would not talk about Mr. \] McLsurin ia bis absence, neither S( would be throw up glass balls toshool n them and bust ihem. 0 He said thai tbe differences between c himself and Tillman h?d been settled c and the breach healed. There have been mutual understandings and the jf hatchet buried, and he said when he buried tbe hatchet it was lost. g He related how he and Tillman be- ^ came estranged and how some un- 0 named mischief maker started the trouble. He said that perhaps he had been j over-sensitive, but he was mad clean a through, but now all was over. He t] c&iW that twn'opnr.a acrn if he hr.d r?&r?d ? to burn the Reformers' house be had helped build he could have gotten t, most of the Conservative votes, not e. because of any love for him, but for sj hatred for others. S) He said the effort had been made in S( Sumter to howl him down by the very e peopie who would two years aeo have p taken him up. He said when tbe lime n CRme he would prove a conspiracy be- tl tween Groi z iles arid "our jaybird Gov- ^ ernor." Tne Governor, he said, p war.tod to build up and head a new party, as the Reform party was not a good enough for him. If this com- b binaton succecded it meant good-bye n to Clemson. X Tho main speech was humorous aid Si pleased the crowd. v THE TARR'FF B'LL PASSED By tho Untied States Senate And Goes p Hack to the Home. v n Br the deciaiva vote of 38 to 28, the g tariff lull was passed in the Senate I shortly before 5 o'clock Wednesday, o The culmination of the long and ardu- ti ous struggle had excited the keenest s< interest, and the floor and galleries of tl the Senate ch.vuber were crowded by those anxious to witness the closing tl scene. Speaker R-ied, (Jhariman u Dinley and many of the members of a the House' of Representatives were in n the rear area, while every seat in the si galleries save those reserved for foreign g representatives was occupied. The early part of the day was spent p on amendments of comparatively v minor imuortance. the debate branch- n ing into financial and anti trust chan- si nels. By 4 oclcck the Senators began ti manifesting their patience by calls of ? ' Vote," and soon thereafter the last h amendment was disposed of and the s final vote began. There were many in- n terruptions as pairs were arraneed, o and then, at 4:45 o'clock, the Vice e President arose and announced the g passage of the bill?yea* 38, nays 28. 6 fliere was no demonstration, but a ? few scattered hand claps were given as the crowds dispersed. The vote in t< detail follows: p Yeas?Allison, B iker, Burrows, Car ? ter, Clark, Cullom. Davis, Deboe, El kins, Fairbanks, Forager, Gallinger, t Hale, Hanoa, ,, Hawley, Jones of h Nevada, Lod^e, McBride, McEnery p McMillan, Mantle, Mason, Morriil, t Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Piatt of t Connecticut, Piatt of New York, n UUUAUAW/1 PnAnfAw n 1QTT flAaroll /> x ru^Jiai'u, x luwbvif awj, mw?*mu| v/ Shoup, Spocner, Warren, Wellington, v Wptiuore and Wilson?38. ti Najs?Bacon, Bite B;rry, Caffery, ti Cannon, Chilton, Clay, Cockrell, v Faulkner, Gray, Hirris of Kansas, d Jones of Arkansas. Kinney, Lindsay, c Mai lory, Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Mor pan, Pasco, Pettus, Rawlins. Roach, Turner, Turpie, Vest, Walihall and White?28. ? The following pairs were announced. k The first nsmecl would have voted for * the bill aud the la?t named against it: ? AJdrich and Murphy; Chandler and ? McLaurin; Frye actl Gorman; Gear f and Smith; Hansbrougti and Daniel; H"ar and Harris of Tennessee; Thurs * Ion and Tillman; Wolcott and George. I] An analysis of the fiual vote shows ? that the affimative was cast by 35 Re- 11 publicans, 2 SilverR-publicans, Jones 11 of Nevada and Mantle, and one Demo ^ <>**1 trttAl. 38, The nepa 7 ??? j , ? ? - - r tive vo'e was cast by 25 Democrats, * two Populists, Harris of Kansas and r Turner, and 1 Silver Republican, Can P aon;iotal, 23. a Eijrbt Republicans were paired for a rhe bill and eignt Democrats against it. The Senators preseut and not voting were: Populists, 5, viz: Alien, ? Butler, Ueitfeld, Kyis and S'.ewart; ^ Silver Republicans, 2, viz: Teller and r Pettigrow. g Wh3t Tillman Sajs. " In answer to the question, what he G thought of the Sjuth Carolina sena'o- v rial contest Senator Tillman recently a said he did not know anything about v it. He remarked, however, lhat Irby e and McLauriu had for a long time P entertained a strong personal anti- a pathy to each other. This anti- f" pathy be explained dated to the 1! time, five years ago, when both men ? were in Washington At that time Irbv was Senator and McLuurin a 1 representative in Congress. Dilfer- 0 tnces arose between tnem which have never been repaired. The Senator had no opinion to offer aa to the out- j come of t He race. Blake Hume U?i>py. V This is an injunction that will be b heeded by all wiio look to the promo- tj tion of thy pleasures of others. A i happy homo is indeed the happiest of e places. Oae source of hippines3 in J the hoT.o circle is good music. A J sure sjurce of oa music is a good e piano?such as may be hud from il. y A. Mi!ono, Columbia, 3. C. Ksad '' what Lie has to 3ly iu hi3 new adver- d tiseixnut. l - . . v TJio French Flood*. n Advicos from the sooth of Franc* shovV tbal the destruction by ikd lljuds there w as greater than wven earlier re pons indicated. TLie losses ^rti esti- tl mated at 2;J(),u0(),00U francs in the ag- a gr<rgattf. Hardly a villsg?? has escaped a dimage, aud tno number of persons si drowned is fully 300. c Carcles3n-;s i:i girlhood causei the j sreatwi sollV.riovj at.d unhappitiess in ? afi*rr li Llui'i irregularities and a veslc.iejs'-s i*) frirls should be looked a; alifi* ;jrump:iy aDd treatment given at o,c> Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- S) 4 ?ii 5)-o.uotes regularity of all fttni nit);- functions, maks's strength and t~ bi-'ds up a sturdy health with winch r ;o meet t tie trials to orm. TheFi7. i'ilo Prescription is mt a universal I'iiaacea. It is good for but out' thing, li, is directed solely at one s?it of or * gaiis. t Dr. l'iercs's Common Sena? Medical o Advi^er, ?.10U8 pa^a medic-il work, ii piufusely iilustrat-jd, wili sent free c on reo*jipt 21 oae cent, stamps to covtr il postage only. Address, World's Dis- s< peusary MudicAl Association, Buffalo, y In. Y. a ' ^-1.. REDUCE FAT SALARIES>r. Stokes In V)rail Karnest and Receives PhtDy KDCouraglDg letters. 1 A special Washington dispatch to be Columbia Register says: Reprejntative Stokea' bill toreouco go\em- a lent expenses by reducing salaries to orrespond with the inoresseci pur basing power of money is attracting onsiderable attention. When thereoresentative of TheReer iter mentioned this fact to Dr. Stokes t hat gentleman appeared to be much c ratified, and entered into an interest- C tig explanation of the object and scope r f the bill. Heaaid: i "The beneficiaries of the national p 'reasury naturally view my bill with hostile eye, but the people who pay n ae taxes ioto the Treasusy view it a rith a favoring eye. ' ti "I have had a large number of let- o irs commending my bill in the strong- v st terms. Oae, who, by the way, E igns himself a McKinley Republican, G bits the party that incorporatss my o 2beme in its platform in 1900 will t< lect the President. Among the ap- iroviDg letters that have come to me ii one has given me more gratification n ban one from a wide awake Farmers 1 illiance in New Jersey, urgiog me to resrs the bill. s "The comments of the press, as far t s I nave observed, have been favor*- c le to the purposes of the bill; but i iany seem doubtful of its passage. 1 'o all such doubting Thomases let me 1 ay that I am in de^d earnest. If they 2 nil stop blowing hot and cold in the f ime breath, and lend a cheerful hand a ae bill will pass. If they will ope a e aeir columns and invite public ex ression, the way will open. If ali c rho sjmpathiz-j sincerely with the f urposes of the bill will speak out, I uarantee that Congress will hear. 1 f, as has been suggested by more than a ne, all sympathizers will sign peti- t ons to Congress for the passage of c 3019 suc^i bill, they will get what c aey petition for. i: ' If the Farmers Alliances all over ie land were as wide awake as that I i iNew jersey, ana wouia speaicoui, v s promptly and as strongly, there i? f o reason why the needed reform e aould not be had in the next Con- c ress. h 'There is absolute justice in t&e roposition. The general range of t alues, as showa by the Aldrica re t ort, have declined 331-3 per cent, c ince the current scale of comp:nsa- e ion to the beneficiaries of taxa'.ion q rere fixed. The compensation itself p as in the meantime increased, aa t hown by figures heretofore given out, i early 30 per cent. Thirty-three and ae third per cent, plus 30 per cent, c quals 63 13 per cent.?a total diver- c ence within the periods compared of (_ 31 3 per cent, in favor of the tax-eat- e rs and against the taxpayers. t xne question ior an {.airiouc men ^ d consider is, How long will the tax- c layers endure this state of affairs? s low long ought they to endure it? ( "There is absolutely no reason why a he beneficiaries of taxation should be i ledged about in a financial boom j iroof. There is every reason why t hey should share the weal or woe of he people. All other lines of busi- g iesj regulate compensation by finan- j ial conditions. Why should those c ?ho n>ake and break financial condiions be exempt?" Surely any scheme e bat bases on absolute j istica *nd , rould save more than sixty million q ollars a year to the Treasury shouid c hallenge serious consideration. At His Ol J irade. ' Sidney Liscelles alias "Lord Beres- ? ard" ol Georgia, a sirewd swindler * nown throughout the country, who fas recently pardoned out of the itate penitentiary and immediately stablished himself in business at ^tzgerald, the Grand Army colony s a Georgia, is again a defaulter and a ugitive from justice. Lascelles inera- 1 iated himself with the people of Fnz c erald and quickly iwcame one of iis lost popular citizens. Hei married &e daugnter of the wealthiest man in * own, and iast Friday he left for Saannah and has not Oc'en seen since, g Varrants have been issued for his ar- f est for cheating and swindling. His eculations from citizens of Fitzgerald d nd nou-resideat wholesale houses c mount to about $10,000. D?nlea Irby'n Statement. ^ At the Monck's Corner meeting Sen- f lor McLaurin denied t nat he had ever u - -i A uu any agreement ur uuiuereuue wuu a lonzales as cbarged by Irby. He a aid Eiitor Ball's support of Irby was c nore to ba repudiated than his by v bnzales. Gonzales is a staunch ad- r ocate oJ silver while Ball is such an rdent gold bug that he did not c ote for Bryan. McLaurin thank d d Irby for pitching the cam s >aign on a higher plane and e ccepted the guage put down today p la said that his defeat on the tariff a >sue meant himself as well as Till- v nan, who agreed with him, and so t ar as his being opposed. to Tillman , bat Tillman would have to paddle his g iwn canos as he had to do. a Burned la their OoctAge. A special fromPmeville, Kv., sajs: * lugh Joeson and family of live, who ive 15 milts northeast of this place, | ?ere burned to death Tuesday night, t teing unable to escape from their cot ^ age, which was tired over their heads. , 'he dead are: Hugh Joeson, the fath- j r, Mary Joeson, bis wife; Fanny ^ oeson, a daughter, 14 years old; John oeson, a son, 10 years old; a daught- * r, 8 ytars old; Maggie, a daughter, 6 , ears oid. The raniuius of ail six were auud in the debris. The tire was un- , oubiedly of incendiary origin, and tie B.ill county officers are taking c ieps to discover the guilty party or ? ttiMes. T Pp/in V^llnKo In Rnaala. ii Advices from St. Petersburg say 3 hat the harvest prospects in c211lr.il ud South Russia are growing worse nd worse. Continuous rains are de Iroying the bay crop*, wuile the ex - e eptionally poor be?t crop l'odolien * as practically ruined tiie su^ai' in- ll uslry. The crops in soma of the ' iltic provinces aloO have suffered * eavily from rains, and a significmt s ign of the gravity of tne situation is Jj tts) fact that an unusually s-vyre ceu v>rahip is exercised over news concern- 11 it. - L'acre is eve.-y Jikellh ind tiat s e present wiii be one of the darkest ? 11 :? u \ jara Hi xvuviiau uiatu<7. Additional Howard. y Governor Eilerbe has cll'-jred a rerard of $2">0 lor the capture of Chris larris, alias Chris Harris ?u. colored, 1 Anderson, who is waited for critn S lal assault in that city. The city t ouncil hud previously otfere'l u siai- 1 lar amount for hi-3 capture. H? is d^- t) cribed as a mulatto ab jut, 17 or 18 : o Cirsoid, five feet live inches hign'a nd weighs about 130 pounds. } b \ ?3 11 WEATHER AND CROPS. HE CONDITION OF THE STATE'S ' FARMING INTERE8T. . 31 'he General Outlook?weekly Bulletin of the Weather Bureau Issued Last Week by Director Bauer. The following weekly bulletin of be condition of the weather and crops if the State issued last week bv State )bserver Bauer of the weather bueau, will be read wilh special interest a view of the severe hot spell of the i;?st week. The week was a very hot one with naximum temperature of 100, or bove, reported from every portion of he Siata except the northwestern and n the immediate coast. The higheat ras 104 reported at Beaufort and lodges on July 3-d, the lowest 67 at Greenville on June 29. The average f 51 places reporting weekly mean sinperature is 85 5 while the normal 3 approximatly 80, the excess averagngg 5 5 degrees per day. Twentyine places reported temperatures of 00 or above. The rainfall came in scattered g holers, though quite general, during he first of the week, but its benefiial effects were largely negative bv he extreme heat which followed. ?wenty six measurements of less than icc'i were received, 18 of from 1 to i. and 6 of over 2 with a maximum all of 3 25 at Govan. The mean of 11 measurements was 0.98 while the tormal is about 1 29. The sunshine averaged 80 per cent. >f the possible, the estimates ranging rem 55 to 100. nflRf.rnr.Hvfl wind nfcnrmn nrv?urrf*l in fork near Leslie, Sumter, Berkeley ad Aikeu couatiei. Hail damaged obacco in Florence, and injuring or a and cotton in Clarendon, Dor* hester, Pickens and Aiken. Wash* g rains in Greenwood and Laurens. Although the week was exceedingly lot and in places dry, yet on the rhole correspond eats pronounce it a arorable one for the farmer, with nany exceptions, principally on acount of lack of rain, and extreme teat. The greatest need of rain exists in be upper Savannah valley, the exreme northwestern and northeastern ounties, and in scattered sections lse where, but since reports closed [uite heavy rains have fallen over onions of the State, but whether he rains covered those portions most n naoH nf it ianr?f Lrnnam Cotton is oloomine over the entire Itate and although the stalk and weed ontinue small, is fruiting heavily. Cotton was damaged by hail in Clarndon, Dorchester and Aiken coun- , iea, while from Berkely there are retorts of too much rain. Complaints if shedding, and that the plant has topped growing, were received from iad of grasy condition of fields from Barnwell, Fairfield. Bsrkeley, York, Jamberg, Hampton, Florence, rtew>erry, Chester and Clarendon. Howiver, favorable reports preponderate ;reatly those to the contrary, ties sland cotton continues in splendid :ondition, growing and fruiting well. Early tobacco is being cut and our>d but its quality is not good as the ater planting promises to be. Hail lamaged this crop slightly in Florence. Rice is growing well generally alhough the fields are quite grassy, and :aterpillars continue troublesome in " ? ' ? i - n . _ J. J Usees, but tne neiasare Demg nooaeu. S?veet potato slips are still being set iut and the crop is doing well gener* JJy. Melons are ripening and beii^; hipped but the crop is a small one in creage, yield and generally in size of he melons. Only a few report this rop up to an avrerage. Peas are doing well with generally ood stands. Are still being sown for ora^e. Cane is tasseling. Army worms in rass in Charleston county. Gardens ailing. Special reports on the present conlitijn aiid prooabie yield of early orn wera rtciived, and indicate a uore promising outlook than hereto* ore, but the final results are as yet lependent on the weather for the next ew weeks. The stalks are smaller than istiai, ana are tassemng iow out. nave i healthy color generally. The stands re irregular due to poor germination if some seed and to the ravages of 7orms, the wet spring and poor prepaation of land. Cora is earing heavily and in ex. eptional cases the crop is made. Con[ition of corn not uniform, even in oms neighborhoods. Uplands more -> ven than bottom lands. Taking >resent condition as the basis of probible yield, and with "good com veather" until tne crop begins to maure which will be within the next six veeks, correspondents' reports may be ;rouped into three divisions the first, ind amounting to 45 per cent of the eports estimate condition up to a full iverage, 35 per cent, a fair crop, but lot up to the average condition and 30 jer cent, a poor crop. In York, Cheser and Lancaster, chinch bugs on 'blackjack1' lands destroyed whole ields and damaged others materially. Jorn planted late in May and during r une looks very promising but is not ar enough advanced 10 estimate ua j >robableyield, which will depend on m sreather from now on especially on M he raiufall. This late crop forms a m ons durable proportion of the total or the Sate. n Mr. W. f. B. Littlejohn of Boiling B Ipriugs offers the following suggesion: "I wouJd suggest that when ;rapc-s are rotting, cut off the foliage ud let in the sun, it will generally' top rotting." Eaten by Sharks. Details which have just been receird of ttie foundering of the Indian pilriin steamer riultau, 100 miles east of he Island of Socotra, the first news of -Thich was brought to Colombo by the _ 'eEinsuiar and Oriental company's iourncf Valpt.ffl n?i .Turirt 1K lasf Khnw hat tue lirst boat lowered from the -1 lultan was smasaed to pieces and all ? U> oceupauts were t*ateu by sharks in m lght ot those remaiaiag on board the tamer afid o! tuose oa board the M <Taieua. Twenty others who wereHH Kscued sucjum jcd to their injuries H rhile on th'o way to Colombo. H Hany Vlcdmii of the Heat. MB The deaths from excessive heat out~"^ Vest has been territic. Ia Uaicago 1 uere were x-io u?a,cu;s uu u uiy o, ana a tuo pist tea days over 50U people :iV3 uac^uuib.'d to the terrible rays f ihw S.U11 Trie recDrd in Cincinnati no other Western cities is almast as g ad. 1 1