< .L < - y ^ ?*' ' v / The Press and Banner. ' / a / ~BY HUGII WILSON. * ahiikvjj:, n. c* i rmsp AT rHKSTRR r r r THE MOST ENTERTAINING MEETING t IN A MONTH 1 v VtrHcJtj at OutHttou Iletuern Htralt acd g n:? I.H11 in and .>; hearers wcu'd applaui. s It was duriDg Mr. Ma} field's speech f' and the repeated charges that Mr. Mc- P Luurin was a Populist at heart and v that he had c tfVrcd to issue a Populist a memfesto tn&i air. majueja saia wsi he would again reptat the charge, h dow that Congressman S'rait was pre- n sent. ? Sirait and McLaurin both jumped h up at the s&me time and Strait said to d McLaurin to make his statement. n Mr. McLaurin said that in 1802 t! there wf re three or four parties favor- r ing the free coinage of silver, and that c it vras his intention, with others, to ti try atd get all of these forces togetli a er; that Tillman, Brjau and other T leaders attended confererces to try tl and get the free silverites, the Pcpu p. lists the silver Republicans and silver si ft .Democrats togetner, ana mat u was i< m Ihose foices he was trying to get con t J centraled at one of these conferences, I and an address was issued, acd he, 1 Bryan aud others signed it, and that fc . _ be got members of the South Carolina ti delegation to sign it. At one of these conferences to get all the silver forces j, together he made#a speech and said 0 that in South Carolina everything n was all right and there was no need n in bis State for a Populist party. g; What he wanted was to secure the ^ eleclicn of Br} an, acd in the latt cam n paign the free silver Republicans, n Populists and all worked for Bryan. ] That was his sole purpose in advisirg e any combination of forces or of doiDg what he did. As for South Carolina, everything the freesilver people could n want was to be had in the Democratic s organization and that was good enough c for him. ti Dr. Strait said he had hoped not to c be drawn into the matter, but would j say that the address Mr. McLaurin S( spcke of bad nothing to do with the v address spoken of to him and Talbert. f, When they we*e seated together, Mr. j U/iT ntiwin rtomn lin tft tV?om QnH CftlH _ JLXIV JLJa Ul XU vaiuo WJ/ iv huwwji mm%? wm4mi jj "Talbert, I want you and Strait to go B in with me in the Populist party. The time is ripe, the current is high and e the sea coming in. a Mr. McLaurin?Dr. Strait, you cer- i tainly misunderstand the tenor of p what I said. It would be remarkable, a "indeed, if I were to go up to you and v make such a bold statement in such a an off hand way. i Mr. McLaurin wf>nt cn to say that ji he had always talked to Li timer, Ta!- j bert and Strait along the lires of a s union of tbe south and west as iocica led. He said he had favored to them p an amalgation of the silver force?, but ? J- e r eter pre prsrd a Populist party or (j i ioiniri* it. He said that Bov< den hftd * L nuised him like a wort en when his 0 wife was also sick, a?;d >bat while he 0 w*s rrcup*rating he feg?ed and p'rad s, vi'.bBowdtn at d had Lim to cot fine v his fight to the national electors, al- v though it was Bowden's intention to r run a State ticket, and that it was j only by hard work that be had spaied u the State such a fight as North Uaro- j ]ioa had experienced. He bad Bow % den amend his platform and cut out p the part looking to a State fight. B Dr. Strait said that it occurred to him as strange at the time that Mc t: Laurin should have made such a state v ment to bim in an off hand manner, t especially as he, too. was under the s charge of being a Populist and was a ''blacklisted" for it. h Mr. May field then closed by saying j teat nine omer congressmen wouju not prove the charge he had made, he would withdraw from the race, ar.d if the other congressmen substantiated what Dr. Strait had said, then Mc- , Laurin should withdraw from the rtce. In the course of Col. Irby's speech he was talking about the charee of McLaurin that the people repudiated Evans for having been "rammed down their throats," anu that McLsurin supported him with all this. Mr. McLaurin said he did not; that he voted for Duncan on the first bal lot and fcr Earle on the s-:cond ballot. EvaDS?Ycu swore to me that you would vote for me, atd that you did later. During McLaurin's speech he ex plained that while he was in the mountains he received a te!e?ram from Evans and another from Neal, asking him to support Evans. He ex ^ pected to do so, but when he heard 1 trroc nnir r? 4 r\ trvita o lot. i liittt liiiuiau naogvuig iw nmu u i ter, he advised against it and wrote against it, and if the letter had not cou:e out he would have gone to Marlboioand have worked in a quiet way for Evans. After the letter he voted for Earle. ' Then I have given vou credit for what ycu did not do,'" said Evans. "After I he letter, you promised to vote fer me." Mr. McLaurin said he did not. Later on Col. Irby wanted a direct affirmative or regative answer from Mr. McLaurin as to whether or not he was in favor of the dispensary cr wheth tr he would support free raw material in a Democratic adminis traiion, should one be had. McLaurin rtfused to answer in a monosvlable, or, as he said, to have tbe answer put ia his mouth, and so f there was another tilt as to whether t McLaurin should be permitted to an- c swer in his own way or not, and Col. JrDj refused to have an answer unless it was yes or say. Mr. Maj field charged Col. Neal ] with the parentage oi the query in 1 Tbe State of tcday about supporting: J. c Belton Watson for certain offices, fie I iaid that he did ha*?e a conversation s with Mr. Watsor, but most positively t denied that he cll'ered Mr. "Watson the 1 ft support of Evans, Irby or any one else. t | fie did tell him that he wouid not i K like to see him run for railroad om- ( missifcner, because of his friend Crum, ' and that be htci al?-a\s looked upon i Mr. Watson as his brother's friend, 1 and he would wager that Mr. Watson i never stated what was credited to him 1 in the paper. < Mr. McLaurin said he did not koow 1 who did the falling and who shed the < irst tears in the truce between Evan: irdlrby. Irby said U was H.V3ES wro cia m< hp first falliopr McLaurin?I think Evans ou?;ht. fc iyve done it. Col Irbv said, in talking of Kvans lomiostiou, that Tilirnan whs sent t<: nuzz'e him, but that he would not b: nuzzled, avd that he told Tillraar hat one March convention was al hat could be had, and there was nc is?> to try another for any one. As foi oilman now lie said he seemed to bt ;ivin? all a fair foot race, and he wa: atisfud, and as for hirrself, ho had 10 political daddy, for he was laid ir h? sun and hatched bv an eegle. Col. Irby repeated the_ charpts lha IcLaunn bad said itat Tinman ou?n i) be impesched during the Darling an rebellion, and that the Refcrtr art^ hr.a pone to hell. McLaurin said hs never said c-nj uch thing; that he had denied it be ore, and that there was no use to re eat a (hire: he had often denied and ?hich be did not believo was Drintec s charged. Governor Evars cave a little inside istory about his gubernatorial ^omi ation. Neal, he slid, wentto EJgtt' eld rs his professed friend and tolc ina that the leaders were against him, rd hp hsd better nor, run for gover cr. Evans said he did not care whc he leaders were for, be was going tc un. Tillman telegraphed for him tc ome to the macsion, acd Tillman aid him the leaders were against hion nd he had better not run. He told 'illman that he was going to run and bat the Ifncers could net stillo th? eople, and he went to Washington tc ee the congressmen and explaia maters to them, all the while determinfd n make the race before the people, Ie said that he first ''busted" the larch convention, ar d that the Colie an plan was not gotten up in his in srest. Mr. McLaurin spoke today and was ustily cheered when he started, ant1 n concluding he dealt with Statf aatters for some time arid devoted auch time to denouncing besusm and aid that the people had repudiated it, t d would do so again, and that Irbv ieed not boast of what b?> had done tc nake certain offices. lie never be ieved the Reform movement dependd upon any one man. In his general discussion he said bat cheap clothes were due to ihf aoney situation, asd not to the Wil on bill. In closing he said that if he ould not get cilice except by trying o blacken the character and Demo racy of others he did not want it, le ran and wanted election for him elf on his rcc iid He justified his ote for the Tillman Latimer bill as or Stated rights, and said he would o so again. He said be always op icsed the Populist party at home and atioDally. Mr. Maj field in addition to his gen rai line today, charged that there was , combination in the interest of Mc jaurie, and that it was made by the iress generally, Tillman and the Statt d ministration. He elaborated this ides rbich will be given later. He especi ]Jy denounced The Record for what thad done acaiDst him, and said thai t was UGder the nmney coutrol of ?eal, Ellerb-3 and McLiurin. His peech was v-ell received. Col. Iiby started out with the pro >csition that In would prove the Re lubiicinism of McLiiuein. The ab ireviated statement ab'iut w hat he said bout the price of goods may have bevc uisleadiug, but what I ebeld was tha! a SCCCU^I or in*' I'ecaw niaieriaj chedule in the Wilson bill cloihes fere cheaper than ttey bad betn and rculd be soon again in jears. As tc t cords, hessii that he was getting IcLaurin's and thou|ht be could show ip with him as to absanieenism. Mc jaurin in going back on free raw ma erial, had gone back on the cardinal irinciples of the party, which he had Lever done. Governor Evans spoki last and to s ired audience. He said he never rent back on his friends, and evec lis enemy, The News and Courier, aid he did not go back on his frendi nd thai they knew what to expect ol iim, which was not the case with Mcjaurin. After going over how he cam( o run for governor, he said that if he ?mil lir?n? 4a tiona na Kanl lau urcu vviuiu^ ua vu ^wu\> UAW in Judge Wallace he could have beer lected attorney general instead ol udge Wallace, but he never went lack on his friends, ftnd McLaurin was lected for supporting Pope and h( Evacs) had gone on HcLaurin's bone or attorney general, and had, it ap leaied, been repaid for his friendship U1 about McLaurin not supporting lim w^s a revelation to him. Mr. Evans stated that the new tari? vould rai^e the price of su^ar front wo to five cents per pound. He sa\t hat McLaurin was hacking pleadin* he baby act by crying combination 3e went over most of his tariff am aw material argument, which wai rery well received hare, and ho wai iearti!v anulaudcd. Death la Cowhide*. Within the last few days fourdeatbi lave occurred amung the Falls Creel annery ellipses, two miles frotr Dubois, Pa , and several others ar< eported very ill. Some time ago th< annery company received the firs nvoice of 100,000 hidds imported fron 3hina. The hides were starlet hrough the process of tanning ani ,he liquors drained into the creek ^ot long afterwards feveral head o :attle running at largo died and up tc ,he present time a score have gone t< ,he bone yard. It was discovered tha .he cattle drank water from the creek Some of the tannery empljjes weri iubscquenily taken sick and four havi lave di d. so far. Investigation re sealed the fact that the hides were in ected with anthrax bacteria. On I] >ie man who has been a Di eted ha ecovered. The disease proves fatal it ive to eight days. Considerabh ilarm exists at Fall Creek over the fa al elf'ects asd possible spread ct thi iisease. Strikers Win yulchly. The strike ac the Atlanta Fultoi Bae and Cotton rail!? which thre? L.400 employes cut Wedmsday le ;t?uae white tiirls refused to bo placet jy ihe side of colored women, came t< m unexpected end. Tr.ursday tht extile union met early in the day [t seemed as if a g?neral strike woul. ihsue, as co one thought ihe author ties of the mill would give hi. I jommittee was appointed lo coatu' with President Jacob E sas, deinaud ng the removal of all negro laborers Unexpectedly to the strikers this wa igretd to and a compromise was mad( jy which the strikers agreed to worl ;xtra hours if necessary. The strik< las caused a b'g llurry among th< working classes of the south. =1 MAYFIELD RETIRES. A r.PAMAT 10 INCIDENT AT THURS > CAY MEETiNG. > ) T!n Arc i. pp'uudec'. Made Ceitala Cliai g" 5 Against McLtturiu Which llould Not b J I'ruvcd - Ki pt Hlo Word. ) T1 ere have been mcelings durin; r this campaign that have been full o 3 personalties, others ihiit ha*? hfoi ' verging on the sensational, but Thurs 1 day's meeting at Yorkville was dram i atic. Governor Kvans made some re ffrenceto it but it was even more in t tensely dramatic than one might sup t pose from the mere statement of tha fact. At times, although the audienc i shnwed its partiality, thf>re was an ah solute quiet and deathlike silliness 11 r the court house wilh its 6C0cr 700 pec pie. First of al!, ia a manly am straightforward way, Mr. May fiel< I admitted the wrong that he had don I Mr. McLaurin by charging him ?;itl trying to org&nize the Populist part" 5 in this State and then to redeem hi . pledge made at Chester Wednesdo1 . formally withdrew from the race. I [ was unexpected. The style, the pre vocation and the consummation, an all so unusual in South Carolina poli tics that it made it all the more start ling and when Mr. Mayfield conclude! he was cheered to tbe echo for th position he bad taken. Then cam Governor Evan?, who threw unusa [ fire, and, as Mr. McLaurin said, "un warranted personal feeling" into hi > discussion. , Mr. Evans spoke longer than usua and so entliustd was he and determine I mat, ne rose on nis upiuss 10empuasiis , what he regarded as the lack of loyal . tv on the part of McLaurin to hi . friends and his false position. Tha ex . oneratiog statement of Mr. Mayfieh and the severe arraignment of Govei , nor Evans had spurred Mr. McLaurii I up to a decided pitch. He had sai< j nothing from his seat and when h< I arose it was plain to see thut he wa I going to make one of the speeches o his life, which be did. He spoke wit! , all the ardor and feeling that he ha< > and at one time during the reading o a lettler from Congressman Bailey jistifying his vote ou the wool scha dule, he gasped for breath and cim I very near reeling over but he mannei , himself and went on with even mor than his wanted vigor and it was bu a minu ver h;a fell to the Ujnr lik< a log, c ietelv exhausted. It wa the worlt of conflicting emotion, exer ticsn and the heat ?.nd it took nitn pljcsrine tablets to enliven the s>lug gish heart. It was, however, nothinj serious and soon after Mr. McLajrii i was lajteu iu uis uuicj, wiioi'-j uo ic cuperated. [ Then Col. Irby, one of tbe centra figures in the play of the day. was; ab . sent. A severe attack of chokra mor j bus had incapacitated him from atten . dacca and he. too, during the after , noon was sufficiently recuperated t< , be out. [ But the incident of the day was th? . withdrawal of Candidate Mayfield Mr. Mayfield had made his oustoman [ speech. attacking tbo tarill' views o ' Mr. McLaurin and insisting that h was not now nor ne\er had been in i combination. When he went on t' say that yesterday and on x)raviou occasions he h id charged MsLiurii with having written thy P>pu ist plat [ form and atlemplinn to rreaoize tha j party in South Carolina. At Spartan bur** he. denit d the caftr^e bat afi.e [ getting what he regtrc'eJ as furthe , evidence, as well as that jesterday o o ;a i. _ 1j :a i 1 ! | ur. DLrau, ne wouiu wuuuraw iruu , the race and i? he proved them Mc , Lauria himself should withdraw. H r said he made the charge? in good fait] aud that he never misrepresen ted an; . one He was now satisfied from wha I he had heard and from coaclusiv I proof shown him by McLaurin, tha he did dicta'e the Populist platforn L and that McLarin did succeed in strik . ing out that portion relating to or t eanization in th:s Slate and to Mr McLauriu more than any one else wa 1 due the credit that thore was no Popu : list fight in Sou.h Carolina- lie he lieved that the statement made by D* 5 Strait was correct as he understood it j but he further believed that Mr, Mc : Laurin was telling the truth. He nov I saw that Mr. McLauriu rather thai s violate personal affairs had declinei | to make anv statement and with con j elusive proof that he now had wa > willing to sav that he had misrepre { sented McLaurin anil to add that h . had worked to prevent the^destructioi of the Democratic party in this State \ He tfcen said that in view of what h ' had stated at Chester and for persona f reasons he would announce his with t drawal as a candidate for the Un:.te< j States senate. This, he said, was no , in the interest of Mr. McLaurin, Mr ) Evans or Col. Irby, but because h j thought it was right and because h 5 meaut what he said. Ha said he ha< 3 not mentioned his intention of witfc drawing escapt confidentially and di< not expect any mention of it as it wa unwarranted. He would not waiv 3 his hand for or against any candii.at z for he dilFered with all of them oi i soma matters at issua and they wer 3 all men of ability, and tnen, with > beautiful peroration as to the brightc t day that was ahead for South Carolin x and thanking his audience and th 1 people for the attention shown him j he withdrew from the field with muc] . applause. f Mr. McLaurin, as Mr. Mayfield wa > walking bac^ to his seat, met him > clasped his hand and thanked bin fo what he had said. Mr. Mayfield, i-: hisspcech at Ches 5 ter, said: a ' McLaurin cries out thai there is j . combination agiiust him. I an against him because he is wrong oi j the tarill',on tho bill which permits th i dispensary to bj fixed on this Slai j and because he is not a Democrat. I i hu calls this opposition to him a com biuation, whut has be to sav of th 3 combination ia his favor? Tlucom bination iu his favor is a strange om indeed.' It is composed of the press o i." - i r>~. t'lt^ OluitT, 111 cl i/icrtaun;, ai;u uci i Tillman. Think of it, gentlemen, th 7 i.ewspapers acd lion Tillman tightinj together to secured M'jLuurin's tli*c 1 lioa. What is the reasoi for thi j strange combination? The news pa s perstnink McLuurin will li^ht Till . mau iu l'J'JO when it comes his time t 1 stacd for re-tltcticn ?rd Tillmai thinks his political salvation in 190 i lie> in the election of McLaurin. TilJ t man believes that if McLiurin is elec ted on his tariff viiws, thai then th . people can't and won't tight him ii 5 l'JOO, as he and McLaurm voted tc a aether on the tariff. Tho.se who wisl c McLaurin to be elected by Ti,lman' 5 aid foreet the fact that tncv are help 3 ing Ben Tillman for his election ii 19U0. But the greatest reason wh; Tillman wants McLiurin elected is ( because McLaurin isjpledged by his i | vole aireaay to ne.p munan pats an i i- amendment thresh congress which 1 [ will n^rn.it tKc dispensary to be con- i j tinned in ScuMi Carolina for jears to s I HHman knows full well that 1 8 j if he can get this^amendment through 1 e j co igress lhat then t ie courts cannot 1 interfere with the dispensary law and ) he will have it fixed cn his peopla fcr : * years to come. He knows full well s f that amendment will set at naught I ! every decision rendered by the courts 1 i- and that then his pet institution will I . have full swing- No power can inter 1 fore with it. Tillman kno^s McLau 1 [. rin will vole for it and work with him i to get this amendment through con I t press, for he both voted and worked s e for it last session, and during this i campaign McLaurin has said that he 1 x was in favor of passing the amend t ment. Ben Tillman knows that if 1 j both the senators do not favor the t i amendment, it being a local measure i o cannot pass, and he knows that if I f a am elected to the senate instead of y McLiurin he can never pass it. But s Tillman is playing a shrewd hand to 7 keepbisdispensary as an issue for 1900. t If the dispensary gees down Tillman will be without a State issue. If all 0 factions want to play into Tillman's [. band let them vole for McLaurin's election. If ihey want to keep the j dispensary on our people, 1st them e vote for McLiurin. It rests with the e people of tfce State to &ay by their 1 votes whether or not they will vote i. for McLaurin and thereby perpetuate s the dispensary. "To pull McLaurin through Tillman 1 comes into this campaign /or McLaud riu will help him to get his bill 9 through congress. Though Tillman promised keeping his hands off ia this _ Via Viiio nnt. rirm** so. Rut bv entering this campaign and throwing j i his weight against me, antagonizes my i .. position. 1 notice Tillman sajs he < a will resign his position to run for gov I ] ernor next year before he will see the : 3 dispensary go down. I take up the I s challenge and dare him to enter to up i f hold the dispensary. Now, I am < h against the dispensary. I am entered r) against it and will never stop fighting f until the State goes out of the liquor I business. Tillman will never darts to | run for governor on the dispensary I 0 issue. Euhfr Tillmanor his represen i j tative will be beaten by the voles of e the people. Next year this fh?hc wil: i t be made with all the power that can i a be brought to bear." I s Tnen, after the band had played its i installment, Gov. E/ans took the 9 iloor and said that the audience had < . just witnessed the dramatic retirement | r of his good friend MayfieJd, but that 1 1 he was satisfied that, he would pick j ,. his flint and try u again. A public : office was, he said, a public tru>t, aud i ] if Mayfield had auy conclusive proof I l that cleared McLaurin of the charge of Populism tha.t it belonged to tie ] . public. The people were the masters i .. and entitled to this information. He j j said it made no dilFerence to him what j Mayfield thought, for Strait was an q honorable man and so was Latimer s and Talbert, and they would all re- I j peat the charges made yesterday, and, < f moreover, "That man" approached I e him and lor more tnun an hour tried i a to urge him (Evam) to join in the | 3 Populist party with him. i s About this timu there was consider! able applause Jor Mr. McLaurin, also i for Evaaa, and a few hirsts E/ans j t quickly took it up and said that nobody < . could scare him and that be could talk 1 r all the better against such people. He i r went on to say that May held had no { right to put Sirait in a false light uaj less ho could produce the proof. i. Mayfield said he Delitvsd what i p, Strait had said. I a Then E/ans jumped at him aud i 7 wanted to know how he could believe 1 t McLaurin and also Strait. ' e Mayfield said that the whole point I t was that McLaurin had workedagainst 1 a and succeeded in preventing a Popu i 1131 urgitzif/. iuuu lur quuiu uaiuuua. Evans said that McLiunn threw < . Bowden out into the stream to see how i s he could swim in tE.e Populiiit sea, and when Bowden was swallowed up i i- McLaurin Jet go of his Populist here- 1 sies. Governor Evans then went on ' to say that he ran against the bosses < : for governor and that the Colleton < v plan was advocated by Koester and 3 others who opposed him. i At the outset, he said that Tillman | i* was made to send down a letter in J s which he repudiated the March con- ' i vention, and that McLiurin went all ' e the way to Spartanburg to enter the I a race, atd after he came to Spartan- J i. burg and saw how tbe wind was I e blowing he returned to Washington I il and wrote that denunciatory against < i- "Me and Tillman.'' While he_ knifed i me I never knifed him or any other ) it man in the back, and if I had sold my i vote against Wallace I could have J Q tin an Qlln!?nPW Bflnpfftl fni* it OTAS nlfrir- I 0 cd to me first, but I never go back on I 1 my friend. He repeated that he went i i- on McLaurin's oif cial bond and was I d still on it. Then ho went on to speas i s of McLauriu's voting for Duncan and I e Earle, and isaid that not only had Mc- ! 0 Laurin told hini that he was going to i a vote for him but tbat Elierbe had as ! e sured him that McLaurin was for s a Evans, and, moreover, he had con- i r suited with him as one of his political i a friends. At Edgefield, when twitted s e McLaurin said tJiat he had tried to i i, help Evans out of a hole, and yester- i ti day he had said that he had voted i against him, which was all a complete I s surprise to him. After speaking of . political friendship Gov. Evans went ; r to the taritr and free raw material question which he vigorously argued, j 1 and whfn talking about the wooJ schedule he said taat God would have ] i to keep the people warm with the ? ii cieriim auu u iu?i avu wcio > c lo the sent.le, which excited much 1 0 laughter and applause He said that i e Tillman's hide would act cover the Kc- ? f uubJicau bj'iy of MtLituriu. lie read < i- from Bryan's free raw material speech j e and said that he would. hat* mightily ( - togej out of the race for he had Mc- | 3 Laurin beaten, but he would make ? f the same proposition on free raw ma- | 11 terial?that if it was not sood Douicc ( e nicy he would withdraw from the j ? ri.ce. lie said that tha only thing ( : that McLiurin had ever done was to r s put more taxes oa the people's back, t 1 niter his hour had expired he asked f for a lir.tl? mora time in which to ex t 31 pose McLiurin's tariff view, and at 1 tijthe close of his speech ihero was ?p t U ply.Ua? He was told to go on by the j ! I crowd, but was quite exhausted. c : A JeUer announcing the canauiacy e of (i. Walt Whitman was read, a Whon Mr. McLaurin grit up there i- wis decidtd applause. When Mr. 1 i McLaurin said that of all the record- J s breaking campaigns this was the most 1 > remarkable; that he had tried to avoid c a personalities, but for some reason he i Y seemed to be singled out to be brand \ id as Populist and Republican. As a natter of fact every Reform conpressnan in 1392 was elected on the Ocala alatform, which was adopted aa the state platform, and that was in subitance the Populist platform, and why le should now bo singled out ,o Le branded as a Populist ae did not know. He was 3ledged and did work /or six long pears to comoine every influence to secure free silver, and if he was more orominent in this work it was not his ?ault. From tha first moment he saw Viat tlio n IT7 hnna arac in fi rniYlhillfl ""? ""'j ? ? ? iion of the free silver forces, and lie worked to that end. As to his record, t needed no vindication, and be had >een far enough in this campaign to iee that be would ba elected by a big najority. (Much applausej He said 10 was sick and tired of having o make explanations, for everybody cnew that be was not a protectionist, hat he was not a Republican, that he lad been elected four times to congress, that he had been elected attor ley general, and there was no use to irag him down to get his salary. The leople were not going to elect somejody else on charges against hiuj. H.9 then went on to explain lh lur ff view and his position against free aw material as heretofore, and on eading a letter from Congressman Bailey, in which it was stated that ,hey botn voted for a reduction on svooJ, Mr. McLaurin had to pause for i moment or two to gain strength ivith which to go on. Mr. McLaurin iaid that Evans may sneer about his licking the feet of the Yankee nation ind voting for Texas wool, but South Carolina had to remember lhat this was not the time to build walls around this State, but that men with big, broad ideas had to come to the froat. He said he saw no reason to lug in this Populist business. Dr. Strait jumped ap and said: "Do you deny it?" Some A the crowd cried to him to sit down; that it was none of his business. Dr. Strait said that he was afraid of nobody and Mr. McLaurin invited him to say whatever he wanted to, and went jn to say that he had no recollection whatever of having told Strait with what he was credited with saying, and then Mr. McLaurin asked Strait to le peat exactly what he had said at Chtw ter, wnich Dr. Strait did, which was ;hat McLaurin had told Strait and raibert lhat the time was ripe tojjin the Populist parly and so on. Mr. JlcLiurin said mat he had never hou^bt of organizing a Populiat par y aLd again related how he, Sibley, L'illmat), Bryan and others had work)d to get the free silver Populists, Republicans and Democrats to unite rorces. Evang and others seemed to rwnrA f fViaf- laat vpui* 1 h?tT \H (jWK hU.MW J WMfc flV*W w. j LG to 1 or bust, and ho wondered if ,nis was true Democracy according to ;heir present notions. Dr. Strait wanted to know w hether McLiurin charged him with saying mythiag about these matters and McLaurin said he never beard Strait say inything about anything. McLaurin went on to say that it seemed bad enough for nim to have .hree opponents constantly jumping )n him, and now for a congressman ;o folio whim around in his district ivas most uncharitable. He would promise that when tbe party arrived n his district tbey would be treated with absolute cordiality, Mr. McLaurin said that he supposed the conversation referred to was about the time the Willard Hall conference. Dr. Strait said that it was not. Dr. Strait said that he was not at thai conference. McLiurin?But I was. (Applause.) McLaurin went on to say tbat at the Willard Ball conference Senator Stewirt jumped on him ai*d he there told him that tbere was absolutely no place in South Carolina for a Populist parly and that he would have none; and tnai me i^emocracy answertu every purpose for him. What he thought the people wanted was a live, active, intelligent and energetic repersentati^e, and they would put the hand of a miction on a noaemity who acted as i stumbling block. (Much applaus?.) ilr. Maytield had today dona a noble ind chivalrous act (much applause) ind he bad set an .example of honor, [rath and fairr?es*s which he hoped others would imitate when they became convinced of the error of their way. He then related at length what be had said about the Populist platform, his personal relationship to Bowden, and how he refused, although permitted to do so, to say anything about this matter untii he was goaded so at Chester that he could no longer restrain himself. He said that tie had been hurt, and that it seemed to him that some of the other candidates looked upon him as a wild beast svhom they could goad and bully and aag with one question after another, ind though they might show that he had the blackost heart of any mau, he lid not see how that would make them Eit to fill his place. As to the Popu1? /-? iliof n-ifin I IS is, n tj never uciuu^tu w *****. but he hau respect for thein for ihey made a fight for conviction, although chey knew they would lose. He said Mr. Mayfield came to his rcom last, aight and told him that he saw truth ihining in his face when he made his statement, and that he must tell him >o, and that he would always have respect for such an honorable man. lie iaid that whenever he felt any ill feeling toward any one he tried to pluck it out of his heart, and that he bore no .11 or personal feeling to Evans when ae wrote that letter. Gov. Evans?And I never showed you any. McLaurin?Not until today, and I un very sorry to say so. Mr. M;iLaurin closed by explaining bis position in the last senatorial race, ?Ua iwfi iianr>n nno nno litu OitiU tuut UU xuuugiivuvi uu vuu Viftw way or the other or tried to do so. He iad spoken over bis time and said ,hat be had exceeded bis strength, but j .aid that he was cot appealing fci sympathy but that he appealed for fair slay against the interference of congressmen who had no interest in this light. Mr. McLmrin closed amid nuch applau-io. As he went to his .able to gather up his papers ha rested 'or a fe v moments to gain strength, ind when going out to the fresh air, 'ell, completely overcome by the itrain. Friends gathered around and lid what they could, and Dr. White 'ound it necessary to give him two ablets of nitro gljcerino, after which io rapidly recuperated. H9 was taken o the hotel as soon as possible and rjr to bed, where he did as well as 1 :ju!d be expte'ed. Typical Texan Tragedy. At Forest Home, two miles east of iilfrore, a dillkulty occurred between foe Hicks on tha one side and J. II. kleadows and Major Watson ou the ither, in whicn Meadows was shot and nstantly killed and Watson mortally rounded. Hicis is at large. THE GREENVILLE REUNION. A Grrral Ordrr lssanl-411 Arrangein -Dts Gln-r. Brlow is given a copy cf a general order whioh has just been issued by Gen. Walker in regard to the coming annual reunion of the Confederate veterans in Greenville. It will be of special interest to the veterans all over the State: General Orders No. 31. I. The warm hearted and hospitable people of Greenville are making every arrangement for the comfort and en i tertainment of the veterans of the division, and for the success of their annual reunion, Aug. 25, 1897. II. Camps-are earnestly urged to send as large delegatiocs as possib'e. The low rate of fare, one cent, per mile for the round trp will enable thousands from all pirts of the State to attend tnis, which bids fair to be the grandest reunion of old Confederates ever held this State. III. The convention will convene promptly at 10 a. m.. Au*. 25 at the hall in Beattie's building, corner of Main and Washington streets. IV. The headquarters of Lhe division will be in the same building. All veterans are requested to register there before the meeting of the convention, and secure their badges entitling ihem to fceits and other privileges of the rpn ninn. V. Committees of the home camp3 will meet veterans on the in coming trains as well as at the depot, and give all information and assistance in secur iDg lodging, etc. Camp3 will please advise Gov. WL Mauldin, chairman, of the number and jiames of delegates in order that tiiey may bs u?signed quarters on their arrival. It will greatly facilitate the work of the local committee and the comfort of the delegates, if this is attended to. VI. Sponsors of the various camps authorized in general order No. 29 will please report on arrival to Col. James A. Hoy t: Each camp is earn estly urged to have a sponsor. Camps will please carry tbeir camp flags or banners, a3 tbey may be needed by the sponsors. VII. During the reunion, at a time to ba fixed hereafter there will be a re union of the old South Carolina commands of the Confederate army by brigades bringing together comrades lroni the various commauas. VIII. It is hoped that all counties having three or more camps not yet organized into regiments, will do so, and report to these headquarters before the reunion. The m*jor general commanding urges this formation of regi . ments, and of many neighborhood camps, as the surest way of bringing all of the veterans of the division into camps and of keeping up their interest in our worthy organization, and its laudable objects. IX. Camp3 in arrears for their dues to the division for the years 1895-96 and 1896-97, either or both, will please send their delegations prepared to pay their dues of 5 cents per annum per comrade. By command of Maj or General 0. Irvine Walker. James G. Holmes, Adjutant General, Chief of Steff. THIS SETTLES IT. A D. cretal Order and an Ir)auction Iggned by eimonton. There no longer seem3 to b? the sniuow oi a aouocas 10 wnai juage Simonton meant by his construction of the meaning of the term "original package." He Tuesday issued a decre tal order in the case of Gackenhcimer & Sons, which settles the issue as to whether his definition included liquors shipped in carload lots. The facts were in this case that the shippers de livered the bottles to the railroad com pany?each marked but not wrapped? and they were packed in the car in sawdust by the railroad company and delivered to the agent in Florence. When the opinion was filed there at once arose considerable doubt as to whether Judge Simonton's definition covered sush a shipment. Tuesday the attorneys in the case appeared be fore Judge Simonton in Greenville and he issued the following order, which shows'very clearly all that he intended to convey in his definition of the meaning of the term: United States of America, District of South Carolina. In the Circuit Court. In Equity. Fourth Circuit. S. Guckenheimer, A. S. Guckenheimer and M. S. Guckenheimer, co-part ners trading as S. Guckenheimer & Sons, complainants, against W. W. Sellers, F. M. Davis, et. al., defendants. Decretal Order. Tnis cause came on to be heard on the bill, the rule to show cause and the return thereto. Hearing the same, and the argument of the counsel thereon, and after due consideration thereof, and it having bean alleged in the bill and shown at the hearing by affidavit that each of the bottles of liq ior mentioned in the papers was shipped and delivered to the common carrier, singly, sealed and marked, or in packages of two or mare bottles securely fastened together and marked, and transported in a car of the carrier and under control of the carrier, and so received from the carrier a nd offered for sale in the State of South Carolina in the same form and condition in which it was shipped, and so each bottle or package of two or mora bottles as aforesaid was4and,is an original rrri 1 Vi i n ennnft OP/1 TT1PO Hi HO* laU&agO TYlbUiu WAV avvj/w MMW of the opinion tiled in this case dated Aug. Oth, 1897? It is ordered, adjudged and decreed, That a temporary injunction do issue as prayed for in the bill, to remain in fuli force and effect, until the final hearing of this cause and the Jurlher order of the court. Charles H. Simonton, Circuit Judge. Sempls ul GiOTHl* J us .Ice. A special to the Constitution from Jetl'ersonville, Ga., says Orady Reynolds charged with the murder of M. C.Hunt, merchant of JeH'.asonviJie, [ was Wednesday convicted of murder I in the first degree. He and his co conspirator, Bud Brooks was sentenced Thursday, and both men were hung Thursday on the same day from the s>ame scalfjld. Tne trial of the men was one of the quickest on record aud the prompt verdicts from the juries met with general approbation. Preacher Commit* Suic tU. V -TT T.O moc Vattt a Hautict. minis I ter, eominiited suicide in Sheffield, Ala, by hanging himself. Ha was found by his wife before life was extinct, but died in a few minutes. Yates was from Detroit, Michigan, and had been in Shetlield a year. It is said he was at outs with the mem bers of the Baptist church there. He was 65 years old. 1 A MERITED FATE. 1 MISS KITTIE HENDERSON'S ASSAILANT HANGED BY A MOB. tue uiacu isznie'a viciim winiiuou u? Proceedings? Hove He Was Captured 1 rc in the Officers Who Were Eadeavorlag to Spirit Him A way. .^gj On Sunday Bab Brachett, on his way to Ivy township from Asheyille, ^ met pretty Kitty Henderson, a daughter of a well to do and respectable farmer living near Weaverville, eight miles north of Asheville. He choked her into ius^nsibility, outraged her person and left her unconscious. In a fa .v hours bands of men were looking or a negro auswering the meagre description Miss Henderson was able to oi^fl in mnmflnts nf cmw.imiflnAfi*. but it was not till Tuesday that he was found 30 miles away at the home of a negro preacher, in bed. He made no resistance and confessed he was the man wanted. He was at once taken to the home of his victim and the young lady reaffirmed positively that he was the man. The crowd outside had by this time learned of the negro's identification and loud cries were raised against him. Deputy McDonald stated to the crowd that the negro would be taken _ to Asheville. "I will pledge myself that the commissioners will call court the first of next week for his trial," said the officer, and with his captured negro stepped out of the house. t As the negro stepped from the door, Miss Henderson aDpeared on the step and exclaimed: "I prayed in my helplessness that God would spaie my life j and send friends to avenge me and now they have come to help me. You 3 may hang him or burn him," and she fell back into her mother's arms, half unconscious. 1 Cries arose, 4'Hang him", "Burn jjj him." ^jj Deputy Reynolds broke into the din with the remark: "Men, if you bang him, you are all known and will be tried for murder." "That's all right," replied the madHancrl r*v*nnrH urill fair A AANI ftf UVUV.V4 VkVITUf n V TTA&Jl MMUw V?-w w that." Bat there was a waver of hesitation when Walter Vandiver, a prominent citizen of Weaverville, rose is his stirrups and with a few ringingwords asked the men to save the fair name of the county from such a crime. In the hesitation of the moment the negro was thrown on a horse back of the deputy and the 300 men of, the ; neighborhood falling behind, the officer and prisoner came into Asneville, \ where, through a crowd numbering perhap3 1,000, he was taken to the county jiiL On the way in the negro acknowledged that he was Miss Henderson's assailant. The mob broke into the jail and commenced to batter down tne steel doors that led to the cells. The doom soon yielded and it was then discovered that Brackett had been spirited a way by the officers. All the other prison* : ers in the jail were liberated. Pursuit of the officers was at once commenced and a crowd caught up with them at 11 -x_ lerren siauuu, uu iuc ouuiuoru rauway, 18 miles east of Asheville, early this morning. Brackett was taken from his protectors, but the mob could not agree as to the disposition of him. Some wished to hang him there, but the stronger party decided to take himx back to the vicinity of his crime. It was 4:35 a.m., when the party started out afoot, leading the negro, now : nearly exhausted and seemingly Only half conscious, though he had not been \ ill treated. Breakfast was had with a farmer, the negro having his shwe, and then the walk of some twelve miles was resumed. The route was through a deep ravine, between towering mountains. At noon Hemphill schoolhous9 was reached, and there the party was informed that the A9heville militia had been called out and were on their way to meet the mob. After consultation, Miss Kittie Henderson, the negzo'a victim, was s ant for, four and a half miles away, that she might see herw assailant hanged. When she arriyed. toe negro was strung up so quietly that half the hangers on who had gathered from the country round did not know that it had been done. No shots were fired, and the mob dispersed after a half hour, leaving the body hanging. At no time was it possible for the militia to haxe interfered. This is the third lynching iu Buncomba county in twelve years. Ellerbe Takes a Hand. Gov. Ellerbd has taken a hand in the original package matter, and it is likely tttat his action will precipitate another hearing in the United States court looking to a direct decision upon the carload Idt question, despite the fact that it is generally conceded that the order in the Guckenheimer case will settle the matter definitely and finally. It was ascertained Tuesday that the attorneys interested in the saverai casts heard together recently have asked Jud^e Simonton to prepare separate orders in each case. ' Gen. Berber was iu Greenville Tuesday in the agricultural hall case hearing, and it is thought that he will arrange to have the orders issued without further delay. Tuesday Guckenheimer a representative was in (Jo on rtt.io.ina! lumuia arraugiug i,j w.?6??? package stc^re here; he considers that his company has won its case under Judge Simonton's recent decision. Tuesday morning the governor received the following dispatch signed by Chief Fant: "M. Friest & Co. of Savannah have shipped a carload of liquor in bottles, bulk and packed in siraw, billed as follows: '08 quarts, 698 pints, 650 ha1? pints, 600 battles of beer,' consigned to themselves as agents. Please advise." Gov. Ellerbs wired Chief Fant that if the attempt was made to sell any of the stall; by the bot'.le seizs it forth witb. Fire in E IgeliMtL The fire fiend has again visited old Edgefield. The alarm of fire was given Wednesday, morning about 2 o'clock, when it was found that the He tl'man building, a large two-story brick structure, containing two storea_ and the up stairs portion being u?ed as a boarding house, situated on the east side of the pi'olic square, was on fire. The builcin^ was occupied by Mr. II. E Crim. It was completely destroyed. Iasurance said to be $2,000; loss estimated at $3,000. The property was ownod by Mrs. W. T. Hi U'nan of Charleston. Mr. Crirn was insured in the sum of $300. The loss is probably $350. A