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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1893. _ - r-? ----- 4> VOL. LVIII. NO. 39. m STATE CAMM Marlboro Sits Down on the Hot-Headed Politicians A MOEE DECENT METHOD Of Conducting the Campaign is Demanded, and the Demand Heeded by all Except Till man, and Even by Him to a Certain Extent. News and Courier. N BENXETTSVILLE, June 27.-It is evident that an earnest effort is making to innoculate the campaign meetings with respectability. The moon which sheds its light upon the course leading to the guberna torial chair is-slightly spattered with gore, and Governor Tillman was pretty sanguinary in his man ner and method to-day, but all things being considered the dis cussion is getting a higher seat in the synagogue of peace, harmony, and respectability. The crowd set the speakers a good example. It numbered about eight hundred and *was composed of the most sterling farmers of Marlboro. A special request was made fora discussion of issues and au omission of per sonalities. A very spicy flavor was still left to a good deal of the de bate, but decorum and for the most part good feeling were the order of the day. The controversy between Senator John Gary Evans and Gen. W. H. Ellerbe is becoming very interest ing. They have been dubbed the "gamecock" and the "swamp fox." respectively, and although they are 20U8ins in blood as well as brethren in political faith, they seem b upon reviving the traditional ! mosTEy whicn rra'8~existed~rjerw the bird and the beast which figtrW in their respective pet names. The regular order of programme was then taken up with the intro duction of SECRETARY OF STATE J. E. TINDAL asa candidate for Governor. ^In 1876, he said, the people of South Carolina had wrested the govern ment from the hands of aliens and spoilsmen. In 1886 was started a movement which resulted in a rev olution four years ago which threw everything into excitement aud up roar. This was the beginning of a new era. There was an old South Carolina, a great South Carolina, it is true, but that ie passed now. The order of things was changed by the war. The imperative duty now was to build up a new and greater South Carolina and build the new structure after new plans and methods. The object of the Reform move ment was to enable them to keep abreast of modern methods. There was only one thing in which the North was in advance of the South. This was in the application of science to trade and agriculture. In everything else the South ex celled. One of the things done by the movement was to tackle cor porate power. This was followted by a history of the Coosaw casa. Another thing which had been done was to take the government out of the hands of the few and place it in the hands of the many. The tendency of the times was to wards rings. They must see toit that they retained the authority which had been thus secured. Having done these things, having placed the government in the hands of the people, whv should we have thie continued bitterness? It can only result from the fact that one get of men are striving to dominate over others. There cannot be two parties in South Carolina. One of the unfortunate results of this bitterness was the animosity which had grown up between country and town people. This was wrong and greatly to be deplored. It had grown out of the practice of taunt ing the country. The farmers and Alliance had not stopped to reason about the matter, but had laid the blame sometimes where it did not belong. The Alliance was given credit for the spread of good feel ing between the North aud Soi and it was owing to the un( standing and good feeling spr by its magic word "brother" t the Democratic party had eucce ed in the last national election. He wanted to waru them agai allowing the Alliance to join t political party. If a party adop every demand of the Alliance t Alliance should be held distil as an organization. A politi' party would always betray 1 trus-t reposed in it. Something li this had been exemplified in t Democratic party recently. It h broken every one of its pledg The only way to secure peace, pi ?.ress, and power was to force poli cal parties to sincerity. He ga a brief sketch of his political sf vices, and pledged himself to tre every man fairly, openly, and ho estly if elected Governor. Mr. Tindal was listened to ve attentively and a hearty dappil of hands followed the close of h Bpeech. JOHN GARY EVANS. Senator Evans, of Aiken, wi the next speaker. After assurauci of the fellowship which he felt f< the people of this section he pr< nouoced a glowing eulogy upc the old Confederate soldiers. Tl anly men who were true Democrat to-day were the men who stoo apon the Ocala platform. An .nan who does not stand upon th Alliance platform was not a tm patriot. If the sub-treasury syf tem was adopted it would ruin th North and mak* the South th richest country in the world. Tb i jountry was too big for any law t mit all of it. Re was inclined t Delieve that Purr should have beei illowed to establish his Westen Republic. He sometimes believe) :hat the best thing for this countr vould be the establishment o ;hree republics in it. So much fo: lational affairs. Reviewing his service In tb) senate and Legislature he said hf relieved thath^countvgQVMtt neut bill would provo of inestima irocluceAa bill to divide the pub Teschows.He aiclso because ,here is a provision in the Cousti ution which makes the doors ol ?very public school house open tc ?very child, white or colored, in ,he State. A Northern school ;eacher could come down here and ;lose every school door in the State :o the white children of South karolina. He strongly advocated i constitutional convention. Then he took up the dispensary law. They were all familiar with with it. It had been declared un constitutional by the Supreme Court, the highest tribunal in the State. He knew the Court was made lo pass up jn laws, but he did aot know that it had the right tc mact them. The legislative au thority was not vested in it. He did not mean to criticise the bench harshly. A committee of the ablest lawyers in the State, in Charleston, had declared the law constitutional. Every circuit judge in the State, except one, had confirmed that opinion. The Supreme Court had decided it was an inalienable right to sell whiskey. He cited other decisions of the Court lo show that it was illegal. He quoted figures in plenty to show the decrease in drunkenness under the dispensary law. It was a good law and they were going to have it. You can't legislate sobriety in an old soak. When they took up the subject they had found the State of South Carolina almost in delirium tre mens. If they had been allowed to do it they would have reformed the people. In closing he pledged himself to the "Reform" party, whether elected or not. He was always ready to jump on anyone who attacked the "Reform" party and stick his gaffs in him to the hilt. This sentiment brought out hearty applause. GEN ELLERBE next took up the word. He waB evidenily out for blood again. He did not seem to be satisfied with his little tilt with Evans on the previous day. He began by remark ing that Evans had said that there was a State House ring, Evans, interrupting: "Mr Ellerbe, I never did anything of the kind." Ellerbe: "Why don't you get up and deny it then?" Evans, rising: "I warned the farmers against allowing a ring to be formed. I did not say that there was a ring." Continuing the speaker said he was glad his friend had the man hood to deny it. He then took his charge that Evans had vo against Tillman. They nil ki that one of the first strugg made by Tillman was for agricultural college. Yet his fri?; had voted against him. Evans: "Yes, and I'd do again." Ellerbe; "Yes, boys, he woi do it again." [Cheers] Ellerbe went on : But boys, y ought to see how he loves the G< enr>r now. Every week he ru to the mansion, he rushes in a throws his arms about his ne and says: "Oh, Governor, how do love you." [Cheers and laug ter.] He had no charges to ma which he could not prove. ] never did thal kind of thin Evans was here representing t new issue in South Carolina po tics. Evans's love of Tillman w a death bed repentance. [Chee and laughter.] He was not su< a friend of Tillman when the t?o ernor needed friends. He did n think the "Reformers wanted ar death bed business in their [Cheers.] He then read a record i the vote cast by Evans against tl Agricultural College. He said Evans had talked great deal about defending tl "Reform" party. He ought I know something about the bus ness, for he (Evans) had fougr the Reformers for five years, ha done so until Ben Tillman too him up and spanked him a while Continuing the speaker said the Evans had tal ked about his recore Evans : "You haven't got any. Ellerbe : "I'd rather have non than one like yours." [Loud cheer laughter. J" Gen Ellerbe then consumed th rest of his time in discusin, finance and in a description of hi fight with the banks and railroads At one lime he created laughter b? getting some figures badly mixed but on the whole he made a strong 3peech from his standpoint. It wai i conservative talk, and it tool fvell with the people. He? was ihnered heartily when he con ?*LUJ??VV*?, ..... . ? . IWSL^T!- r SENATOR BUTLER. It was nearl/ 2 o'clock when the turn of the Senatorial caudidateE jame. It was Senator Butler's time to speak first. He was greeted ?vith a fairly general round o? hand-clapping. After speaking o? the beauty and fertility of Marlboro County, he predicted that times were going to improve. After some other general talk the Bpeaker took up the discussion of the monetary question. He advo cated free silver, asserted that he had fought for it with might and main.-The cause of complaint which he had against the national banking system, or rather the true weakness of the national banks, arose from the power of the banks to expand or contract their currency at will. Turning to another subject Gen Butler said that Mr Ellerbe was right when he (Ellerbe) said that the public officer who discharged the auties cf his office with fidelty, honesty and impartiality had done everything that could te expected of him. About this time it looked like rain and everything was being hurried up as much as possible. Gen Butler said he was not going to speak long. He had been Senator for eighteen years. His record was before the people. He had tried to do his duty. If anything could be fou^d in his official life which should be criticised it should be made public. If Governor Till man could make any charg?s against him he should make them. Up to the present time he had made none that needed a refuta tion. But he would speak of them. Governor Tillman had said that a'corruption fund was being raised in Wall street and by the millionai res co buy votes with and to reelect Butler. Wallstreet liked him no more thar it liked Tillman. In fact he expected it liked Tillman the be?t of the two. When the Gover nor had to fund the State debt he went straight to Wall street to ac oomplish it. On the contrary he had been receiving threatening letters from Wall street telling him what the would te do to him if he did not leave off his fight for sil ver. Governor Tillman had further charged that he had brought Beven or eight hundred people to the meeting at ROCK Hill. Pie failed to see the worng in it, and still he would say that he had nothing whatever to do with the presence of theso people there. Some of them were from one county ond soi were from another. They all hac right lo be there, and the railroa had a right to bring* them on fi passes if the railroads saw fit to i so. He had nothing to do with : lie had nothing to do with corpoi tions, nor they with him. Another charge made again him was that he had not vot< against the confirmation of Jud] Simonton. He had known Judi Simonton for forty years and 1 had never known anything again his public or private honor. E wanted to know, if Governor Til man thought Judge Simonton'so] pointment so monstrous, why was that he had never proteste against his confirmation. He fe one had never seen such a protes Tillman had charged that h (Butler) had been in office so lon that he was out of sysmpathy wit the people. The fact that he ha been, elected three times UE animou8ly did not show that th people thought he was out o sympathy with them. Could Gov ernor Tillman point to one act o his which showed he was out o sympathy with the people? It had been insinuated that h< had drawn an enormous salary. Ti this he would simply say that thi people of South Carolina paid i little over $84 on his salaro pe annum, while they paid Governo: Tillman $4,000. He had done batt!? for free silver before the "Reform' party and Alliance were everhearc of. They were all now getting or his platform, and he was ready to welcome them. He wanted to pre dict that the next great struggle would be on this fine. It would settle who was to rule, lhe masses or the money power. The last fow years had witnessed a remarkable political spectacle in this country. In 1884 the Demo crats had elected Cleveland Presi dent. At the end of his term he had gotton his party in such a fix that the Republicans elected their ticket easHy^.^ Thfij^LJk^^rn sleeted Harrison. - When his., term ?vaBup he bad wound, nis party jup iountry. What did they do? They ?vent straight ahead and re-elected Cleveland. He was directly op posed to them on the money ques tion, and they knew it; and still they elected him. It was a most remarkable occurrence. He. did ?ot believe Cleveland was dis honest. The President was gov srned by his New York environ ments. If he had anything to do with the Democratic party in future he intended to read the Riot Act. Cleveland, Hill, and the rest of them were tarred with the same stick. He now had in his mind a Western man whom he considered the right man to lead the party. As for talking about a coalition between the South and West that was what many of them had been working for for years. It was one thing to talk,another to act. In the schemes it must not be forgotten that the West was iu favor of pensions, and that system was one of the greatest burdens the South had to bear. He had been told that the people of Marlboro wanted the candidates to discuss the issues and not fly off on personalities. That conformed exactly to his ideas. He never heard a public speech without learning some thing from it. He complimented Col Thomas's speech. It was true that there had been a little spirit shown between two of the Guber natorial candidates, (Evans and Ellerbe,) but that there was no real bitterness. It was a lawyers' quarrel. He closed with a power ful appeal for party .unity in the State. GOVERNOR TILLMAN was the last speaker. As a ma jority of the people present had come to hear him particularty the crowd had held togeher very well. Exerybody appeared to be on the tiptoe of expectation and to know as if by intuition that the Governor was to whoop things up. He seemed to be in good trim and went to work very differently from the manner he had employed on the preceding day. When he had been introduced a rousing cheer was given him. The crowd encouraged him with words of approbation all the way through. He said he had been to Benuetsville so often and know the people so well that he begun to feel almost like he was at home when there. A voice : ',We are all glad to see you." Governor Tillman continued: He knew jit had been said '.hat ho had been converted and gotton religion in their court house. [Cheers.] He knew, he had received the in spiration there which had given him strenghth to fight the oligarchy. [Cheers.] They had sent him to discuss with Richard son long years ago. They had come near beating Richarson without having any candidate in the field [laughter and applause.] in 1890 Earle had taken him by the throat and had proposed to lay him out. They : saw how he succeeded. [Laughter. In 1892 Sheppard tried his hand at it and did no better/ [Laughter.] He now came before,them wanting to be elected Senator and be would go to Wash ington^ Her?:there was a good deal of laughter, talking, and cheering from the crowd. Such expressions as ''That is right!" ?-You will get there!" "we are going to s< nd you!" rwere heard from various quarters. The speaker went on : He knew he would be but a small part of the Senate, but he was going to stand uj> for the people's rights. He was'igoing to keep on the out look fotfraud and corruption and he was going to bounce them when they wef? found. He was going to take tl^e old oligarchy by the throat. >yHe was going to be in the vauguam of the fight for the peo ple. He ?new it had been said that wi lie coulq.,not discuss questions on their m?iits, that his stock in trade was rocl?throwing and bitterness. He saidee knew he had discussed , ihe issue's' at Rock Hill. He had not started the throwing of rocks. But whin the opposition had started it|he pitched back one to their twit LAPP'au8e0 He had ; been slandered more than Chamberlain had ever been, and i be did riot care that (snapping his fingers)-/for it. ("Cheers.] You beard a??|jgreat deal now about peace arid harmony. That was ilL'rigl^j&&T^^l peace and ^ ; um??n f ? C? '^^hiB^^i^ ? oack seat for a while. " After their ! Faith had been tested they might . be promoted. 1 A voice : "The trouble is all want 1 anice as soon as they get in." ] Tillmau : "That's just it. They wanted it before ^hej got out, and that is thy they are so mad now." ? Continuing he said he did not hate these people who had slander ed him so. He was sorry for them. Just here the speaker said some thing about the people giving him a hint if he talked too long. This called for the assurrance from an enthusiastic youth that he would listen till midnight if the Governor would talk that long. Gov. Till man said he was going to discuss the. issus. He believed he could no it intelligently. He had some sense. He had studied these ques tions. Yes, he would euen claim to be a statesman. A statesman wrs one who could interpret the will of the people into law. He believed ,. he had done this, [Cheers.] A voice: "We are goin to send you to the Senate." Tillman: -Oh, I know that." [Cheers.] Governor Tillman then gave a sketch of political parties in the? United States, bringing them down to the election of Cleveland in 1884. Ho (Cleveland) might have been honest then, but he was not honest now.[Applause] Cleve land was either not honest now, or else he was the most damnable traitor this country had ever seen. [Cheers.] The speaker then launched out into a definition of money. Money was something you could buy things with. Anything stamped by the Government and with the Gevernment's promise to pay was money. Who had silver been stricken down-that same sil ver which had made good money ever since the days of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? He would tell them. He then entered into quite an extended history, the gist ,of which was that the Eng lish Government was the credi tor nation of the world. The moneyed men of Lombard street had crossed over and bought the Congress of the United States through Wall street. The money changers of Lombard and Wall streets had bought the nominations of Cleveland and Harrison [Ap plause.] Lifting up his voice and displaying a silver dollar he shouted that it was called a CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. CORRESPONDENCE [For the ADVERTISER. Happy Day at Parksville-The Closing Exercises of the Hi sh School-Dr. Kilpatrick's Sermon and Gov. Shep pard's Address. MR. EDITOR: We have just closed a prosperous session of our school, The commencement came off last Monday and Monday ni?;ht. The pennon was preached to a large audience on Sunday by W. H. Kilpatrick, D. D., of Geor gia. His subject was "Learn of me," words of the great teacher, Jesus. This sermon was very fine indeed, practical, olear, deep, and impressive a great feaet to the soul and a stimulant to the intel lect. The exerciees opened Monday at 9 A. M., and at ll :30 the literary address was delivered by Gov. J. C. Sheppard. He made an excellent speech, it was deep, broad, clear, and practical. It was well received and very highly complimented by all who heard it. We were fortu nate in gettiug the Governor for this service, for we needed the stimulant which his speech was calculated to give. The exercises in the afternoon and at night were exceedingly in teresting. The writer ihinks that he has never seen them excelled anywhere. The hall was densely packed at night in spite of the fact that there was au admission fee charged at the door. We have secured the same teach er, Miss Willie Hudson, for an other year, with Miss Emmie Kil patrick, who has just graduated at Lagrange, Ga., as music teacher, Miss Birdie Rospess declining to return. ' We propose to open the next ses sion, a graded school, in Septem ber. Respectfully, G. W. BUSSE Y. June 27 1894. [For the ADVERTISER/ .Another Ticket Proposed. ioj^?stQdJin T'the last-issue - of the ADVERTISER by "Four X" prompts me in a spirit of equal rights to all md special privileges to none to nominate the following : For Senator : EUGENE B. GARY. For Governor: JOHN GARY EVANS. For Lieut. Governor : JOHN GARY WATTS. For Secretary State : D. H. TOMPKINS, Their Uncle. For State Treasurer : GEORGE EVANS. For Comptroller General : FRANK B. GARY. For Superintendent Education : BARNARD B. EVANS. For Attorney General : ERNEST GARY. Adjutant and Inspector General : SOME ONE OF THE FAMILY YET TO BE FOUND WHO DOESN'T WANT AN OFFICE. It is true that Eugene Gary has been elected Justice of the Supreme Court ; that John Gary Evans is State Senator; that John Gary Watts is Assistant Adjutant Gen eral ; that D. H. Tompkins is the Governor's private secretary ; that George Evans succeeded his broth er John as attorney for the Caro lina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad; that Frank Gary is a member of the Legislature; that Ernest Gary has been placed upon the Circuit Bench. But notwith standing all this, we believe that if the proper influence is brought to bear upon them by Gov. Till man, they will conclude to 6erve the people, for they are all patriots. The only trouble that confronts us in the above ticket is to find one of the family suitable to fill the office of Adjutant and Inspector Gen eral, according to the qualification stated. Let some reader suggest somebody. FAIR PLAY. Trashy Medicines. Many such flood the market. Botanic Blood Balm is a con scientiously compounded medicine the result of forty years practice by an eminent phybieian. It is the best blood purifier ever offered to the public, and is guaranteed to cure if given a fair trial. Try it for all Bkin and blood diseases, in cluding catarrh and rheumatism in its worst form. One bottle of it contains more curative and buil ding-up virtue than a dozen of any other kind. Try "The Old Relia ble."- See advertisement else where A SERPENTS SUICIDE. A Rattlesnake, Exasperate Strikes His Fangs Into His Own Body. Forest and Stream. Ara venomous serpents suscep tible to their own poison? In other words, what would be the result if one of them should happen to bite himself-would it kill him? Indeed, it would.. I remember seeing that very thing happen once, when I was in the northern part of Wyoming, north of the Rattlesnake Range of mountains. We had been making a survey for a wagon road from Rawlins, a town on the Union Pacific Railroad, northward to Fort McKinney, and had.finished the work and were returning and had reached the place I have des cribed. The region Beemed to be wholly given over to the occupancy of prairie doge, burrowning owls, and rattlesnakes. I never saw so many snakes anywhere except in the swamps of Louisiama during an oveiflow. You could see them crawling about in all directions, and they were constantly spring ing their rattles in the grass under foot and frightening our horses, for you know a horee fears these creatures quite as much as a man does. In riding along I happengd see a particularly large rattler, sunning himself on a spot of bare ground, and tried to ride up near enough to strike him with my quirt. But my horse was afraid, and I could not make him ap proach the snake. I did not blame bim very much, either, for the old j Crotalus threw himself into a coil, raised his head, sounded his rattle, i?% as soofi' aim with my'shl aver to one of the wagons, and got from the driver his long four-in hand whip, and with this I returned to the snake. I forhim about where I had left him, and when he saw me he tried to run away. They are sluggish creatures, however, and cannot go very fast. I had a fancy to tease him a j little, and I swung the whip so that the end of the lash in falling would tap him gentl you the nose. As soon as he felt it, he snapped back like a watchspring into a coil sounded his war note, and .turned his head quickly from side to side to discover his enemy, his forked | tongue darting incessantly from his mouth. I was some twenty or thirty feet away, keeping perfectly quiet, and he did not .appear to notice me at j all. I fancy their range of vision must be very ehort. After a few minutes he lowered his ugly head to the ground and prepared to glide away in another direction. I let him get fairly started, then I tap ped him as before, and again he coiled to strike. This was repeated a number of | times. The snake always started away in a new direction, only to meet that uncomfortable and ex asperating little tap. After each stroke he would prepare to fight and would look in vain for his assailant ; and with each encoun ter his anger seemed to increase. At last, having tried unsuccess fully every avenue of escape he became beside himself with rage. His rattle buzzed incessantly. He raised his head nearly half his length above the ground and swayed from side to side. His eyes glittered like jewels, aud his forked tongue flashed from his mouth like miniature lightning. His head be came broad and flat, and his whole body seemed to swell with venom. Suddenly, in an access of fury, he turned his head, and with the full force of a swinging blow of his neck, like the down stroke of a sabre, he drove his fangs into his own body. He kept his hold and did not withdraw his fangs. His body writhed and twisted for an instant, and his muscles contracted violently once or twice. Then his head sank down the fire faded from his eyes his coils relaxed, and he was dead. I was astonished. 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Cures dyspepsia, chronic female complaints and broken down constitu tion and loss of man hood. P. P. P. The best blood purifier of thc age. Has made more permanent cures than all other blood remedies. An old-time Jeffersonian Democrat, who has retired from politics altogether, says that ho wants the campaign meetings closed in all the counties except Edgefield, and that the State ex ecutive committee ought to cancel all the present appointments, so as" to arrange for holding a meeting in every towuship of Edgefield County. Then let the Reform voters of that county hold a primary, and which ever candidate gets the majoriiy let the people of the State acquiesce in the result. It would save lots of trouble and shun a great deal of profanity, ex cept in Edgefield.-Greenville Mountaineer.