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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1893. _ - r-? ----- 4> VOL. LVIII. NO. 39. THE RALLY IN RICHLAND. TILL.3IANITES AND BUTLER ITES EVENLY DIVIDED. THIS CAUSES A EIVALEY In Shouting That Comes Near Breaking up the Meeting-Till man Was About Howled Down When Butler Came to the Res cue, and Then He Got His Share of Howling-Suddenly Every thing is Quiet, and Then the Regular Order Proceeds. Xews and Courier. COLUMBIA, July 25.-Columbia excelled itself in its campaign meeting to-day. Much more in terest than was expected was shown. The candidates and the people both spread themselves. The num ber of candidates who wanted to speak was greater than at any pre vious meeting, and the attendance very much larger than was expect ed. Everything passed off quietly, with the supposed attempt to cry down Governor Tillman. The au dience of about a thousand seemed to be in very good spirits, which at times was effervescent. It was really not a bad crowd in the sense of being ugly and mean, butit, seemed incliuecLlft tofotfandag gJ^t^r^thespeakers. The audience was perhaps more evenly divided than most of the others have been, and on that ac count the hurrahing was more gen eral. Both sides seemed to want to show that they were in the plu rality, and whenever one side would begin to hurrah the other would attempt to assort its strength. I have no idea that there was a de liberate attempt to howl down Go_y^ ernor Tillman, and it was only through the force of circumstances and the curious combinations of incidents that he could hive^ en tertained such an idea. vAt one time it did look as if the meeting would have to be adjourned on ac count of the inability of Governor Tillman to secure an audience, and the unmistakable announcement of Gen. Butler that he did not in tend to speak unless Governor Till man had the same opportunity. The trouble had a small begin ning; most like'y the jeers from one or two of the drunken men of the audience started it, and then it resolved itself into a vocal test between the friends of Governor Tillman and Gen. Butler. Strange as it might seem even the peace maker on such an occasion had his intentions mistaken, for when Gen. Butler tried to quiet his friends 'Governer Tillman's ad mirers got it into their heads that their hero had been made to retire and that Butler was to speak. They swore and argued that Butler should not speak unless Tillman did so, and all that time Gen. But ler was trying his very best to quiet the crowd and have Governor Till man gi yen a respectful audience. And, by the way, he was not at all averse to talking plainly to the hurrahers, whether they were his political friends or not. But for tunately it all ended in peace, and both of the Senatorial candidates had the opportunity of making legitimate speeches. When Governor Tillman was an nounced to speak it seemed as if this was the signal for an outburst of applause. Finally, just as un ceremoniously as the hurrahing began, it stopped. Chairman Ray said that he desired that everyone have a fair hearing, and that he had no interest in this contest and that anyone that said he did not try to keep order was mistaken, and that if Governor Tillman were not given an opportunity of speak ing that the meeting would have to be adjourned, as he did not intend allowing anyone else speaking if Governor Tillman could not do so. Governor Tillman explained that what he meant was that then was a committee of fifty appointed to receive the speakers, and so far as he could see there was not a sin marshal present to get rid of I drunken disturbers who were < in full force at the meeting. After this Governor Tillman h plain sailing, and in his speech twenty minutes le confined hi self entirely to national politi and did not once touch upon 1 dispensary or State issues, Gen. Butler made one of t most striking and dignified speec es that has been made during t campaign, and although many the sentiments in it have be heretofore announced, it seemed be a combination of all of t good things tbat this distinguic ed orator has said during this cai paign. Perhaps the most significa thing of the day was the annouut ment by Candidate Sampson Po of his intention to go directly in the general primary and pay nof tention whatever to the faction convention. It was altogether u expected on his part and is a mc significant symptom of the dissa isfaction and discord that exie among the "Reformers." It sho\ that a deliberate and concerted a tion is to bo made against what now recognized to be the work of combination in the "Reforn ranks. It is liable to grow dai io its strength. Dr. Pope is kno\* and recognized as one of the ori; inal "Reformers" and on that a count is his position all the mo; significant. Hisatti?i^r^^Tn the djsr?g*nsary ]S not at all une TILLMAN ON THE ISSUES. When Governor Tillman hegt his regular speech after all the fun was over he said that he was ce tainly geing to the Senate. P said he could not talk much c national politics, as his time wi very short. He said that there wei blight hepes when Cleveland wei into the White House, but that a the people got was eome apples an rottenness. He said that Cleveland instead of fighting for tariff reforn as he had promised, had calle Congress together to carry out iii corrupt contract with Wall stree He had as his trusted lieutenac John Sherman, who first attack^ silver and ruined the financial syn tem. He went into a discussion of th silver problem and hurriedly gav his idea of the meaning of fre silver and tho demonetization c that coin, and of the effects o plenty of currency and how i would help the farmer and agri cultural classes. The debts o every man in the audience, he ar gued, had been doubled by the fels money system. He went on ti show how fiat money was as goo? for the American people as an; other. He said that he was op posed to national banks because hi believed them unjust, as they wen burning the people's caudle at botl ends. He argued that the South was i land of pauperism on account, o: the false financial system in vogue The Federal Supreme Court, hi said, had time and again d?cid?e that greenbacks were constitutional legal tender, and there was no use to talk about that. Someone asked him about Judge Gary, and he replied that he was 8 candidate for the Senate and would discuss national issues. Then another asked him what he would do when he went to the Senate. "I'm going to do just as I did while Governor-run over such fellows as you," he replied. This provoked a great deal of applause. Governor Tillman went on to ex plain that he wanted some of the money sent to. South Carolina and not all of it held in Wall street. He said that the panic last yeal was the result of a combination and conspiracy. He went on to explain bow in his opinion the "conspiracy" had doue its work. It was thievery and rascality, he insisted, and this seemed to please his friends. Some young fellow on the stand who was cursing most outrageously was caught and taken off by force, and there was no further disturb ance for a while at least. Governor Tillman wanted to say to the people of Columbia that he had lived here for four years at tending to his duties. He had treated the people kindly and courteously, and for some reason the people here hated him wors^ than the devil. Yet he said he had no malice towards anyone and had no hard feeling against the people of Columbia. The people could vote for whoever they pleased, 1 this spirit has driven away people of the county and ot! counties from Columbia. If I lumbia kept up this spirit of i tagonipm, In said, the only reB would be that Columbia would i out. He saw no reason in the wo to keep up this intense feeling a thought it time to stop it. GEN. BUTLER COUNSELS PEACE Gen. Butler begged that wbatei may the opinions of the people they had better laugh than j mad at such meetiugs. Why shoi they be getting at each othe throats, like a lot of cowboys, wh they were a lot of free born Ame can citizens. There was no reas or excuse for all this wraugli and dissension. It makes lit difference who is elected to a pi ticular office, but it does make big difference that the popul goverment is sustained and thin go on quietly and orderly. The was a little blind tiger liquor he] but that was no reason why tl free citizens should not have tJ free expression of opinion and ta without interruption. Someone cried out : "Why dor someone holler?" Gen. Butler r plied that there was nothing mo alarming to him than popular a plause. He said it showed urdi excitement. He knew, of nothir more rnrilntinr tjhfl?Ti-iTpphni ^h^?^PSZfr-of ap pl au se soon d 1 out, but truth and merit alwa last. If he'had nothing but th kind of popularity to support bi he would be indeed sorry. He r lated that when he heard Ge Hampton applauded in 1876 fro every fence corner he told him th such a thing would alarm him. 1 said that if the reason and jud; ment of the people did not sustai him he would not want to repr sent the people. By way of personal explanatic he Btated that he was not respous ble for those who had been aj pointed to Federal offices and tho* who had failed to get the patrons^ they expected. He said that i had no more'to do with the'mattc than anyone else. All he could d was to recommend appointment and he had done for the best an that be had used his best judgmei in doing so. He did not think h ought to be condemned for anj thing he had ever done in the wa of securing appointments. J friend who was a deserter on ac count of failing to get an appoint ment he could only regard as friend for revenue. He insisted that there could onl; be two great parries in this conn try, the Democrats and the part; opposed to it. He argued that be cause Cleveland had made mis takes there was no reason to de nounce the Democracy. He sai< that it would never do to estimati a man's worth by his salary. I was not a fair rule, and he hopee he would not be so judged. He hac tried to do his full duty in th< Senate, but he had never allowee the virtue, the honor, or the wel fare of the South to be attackec without resenting it. He.made a very handsome per oration at the close of his speech on the Confederate soldiers, and said that they could he always counted upon to come to the res cue of the State in times of trouble. He spoke for twenty minutes, and in that time was frequently ap plauded,' and at the conclusion of his oration was given a storm of applause. The Congressional candidates came next. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson had to go to Spartan burg to attend Court, and on his account this de viation from the usual programme was made. MR. ELLERBE complimented the "Reformers" of Richlancfon the progress they were making, and said when . he was elected Governor he would stand by them. He had always been a friend of Governor Tillman, and would continue to be as long as he is true to "Reform" and Alliance principles. He wanted it under stood that he was not a hero worshipper. He was for measures above men. Governor Tillman had criticised the resolutions of the Marion Al liance. No man who was a sup porter of the Alliance could take offence at those resolutions. At Winusboro Governor Tillman had tried to spank some of the Re formers. He (Ellerbe) was a bad man for anybody to try to spank. Ho was somewhat of a spanker him self."! am going to criticise Evans," he said, "whether it pleases him or Governor Tillman or anybody, want Governor Tillman to practi what he preaches. I had a goo] notion to spank him and Butle for their behavior ?et some of th ? meetings. Governor Tillman is a candidato for the Senate. Let hir | and Butler run their own campaigT and we will run ourB. When i want an advising attorney I wi? call on the Governor." Mr Ellerbe said he would stanc by the principles of "Reform" anc the Alliance if he had to go home No man should be supported fox office who does not uphold aud support Alliance demands An im portant part of Gen E Herb e's speech wasthe following : "I am in favor of the dispensary) as I have ' announced on nearly every stump, but Governor Till man made a blunder in issuing his\ proclamation reopening the dis pen8arioB on August 1. He should] have waited until the Supremer Court passes npon the 1893 law. It!' was a mistake and the sentiment j; of the people is against it. I a?n ^ willing to work for the law and to enforce it, but I am no dodger and no trimmer, and I am going to ex press my opinion every time, no matter who it suits. I am glad ff that the'Governor has 'madehj self responsible p^-^fm^rTrVr f ?r ^??^yW?PgT The matter vas not submitted to the State board of control. If it had been, I a's a nienaber of the board would have voted against it. I would have always advised him when he asked it." ! . Mr. Ellerbe ended his speech by an exhortation to the members of the Alliance to keep up thgir organization at all hazards. SENATOR JOHN GARY EVANS. followed Comptroller .General Ellerbe. He said that nobody but a blatant demagogue would try to raise the question of the lawyer against the farmer. It was only the ?utter desperation of a defeated* candidate which would do this. Lawyers would be fools, as would*? every other class of people^to oppose the tarm?rs when th ey-furnish' tho means of. livelihood to all other classes. Mr. Evans, of course, rushed to the defence of his boss and attack ed Mr Ellerbe for his criticism of Governor Tillman on the Alliance matter. He said that the Marion resolutions were introduced as a lick at Governor Tillman. Ellerbe himself was opposed *o the sub treasury plan, and told me so in Tillman's presence. Ellerbe : "You are mistaken. I said I was opposed to the sub treasury bill." Evans : "Well, boys, there is no r difference between the plan andr: the bill." [Cheers.] He said that Ellerbe ought to be frank enough to tell the people that he stands on the same plat form with Governor Tillman. 1 When Ellerbe adviseB you to join t< the Allianca he is not amemberofu it himself. Why doesn't he join_ it? tl Evans also attacked Ellerbe about criticising the Governor for^ ordering the reopening of dispenok saries. He said tjjat;he Governor^ had not made a mistake, and that js the board of control had nothing . to do with it. Tillnau was bohr11 enough and brave mough to do'01 what he thought wis right. These 1893 law is still a 1/w, and if Till-ag| man did not enforo it he ought to?j be impeached. ;[T>'?n he has been,,,, liable to impeaebnent for three ) months past.-Edof The N. and c* C.] u : Evans ended bi complimenting^ j the people of Colmbia on their^Q good behavior athis meeting. THE SENSATIfi OF THE DAY. ?( was caused by ."t. Sampsom Pope ^ of Newberry, H announced thatr he would not b a candidate forom Governor befor the Reform Condini vention becauf he did not con-iy r sider the plan'ight or just, an(?arj[ would make ti race before the re gular primaryn the last of Augue . Dr Pope tki repeated his wel?h>i known histoj of "Reform," aniounl next condened the reopening cry. the dispens?es. He said: "I aj,^ a law-abidii mau, and I interj , to obev thescisions of the highe * Court "in tb land. The Suprer0? 1 Court bas issed upon the Diwinte peusary it of 1893, and pursuance^ that Governor Ti '<-^1 man had,<e dispensaries cloe ^ under Seion 2 of the Act. It BCOrei left not fthe Governor to mani ekin the di8p8aries. but to the bo* of contr I am opposed to reopenr of the dispensary uni the boa of control sanctions I f avorte law, but I am a pea lovingtizen. "I d't care what faction ; belonO, you have no right lose sit of the Divine instruct to lo'peace. 1 think to reo the (pensaries will be to sim turn?se the floodgates cf dev.'n the people, and blood be pt That decision, stand as loes, will cause men to re thfiicer8 of the law Lnd ti wPe bloodshed. God grant t itll be averted," 'em fi othen white hung] of a ? grassl summ ter til "Di other Ye bite, now. 1 don't A i paper place RATTLESNAKES AS IOOI i HOWARD, OF KENTUCKY EATS THlsM Di PEEFEKENCE TO AN! Other Flesh and Has Eaten Then for Years-Fried Brown. His Favorite Dish? John Henry Howard, of Ken tucky, eats rattlesnakes. He says there is no finer delicacy than a Juicy rattler if well cooked. Mr. Howard, who lives on Spy Run Di eek, near Vanceburg, Ky,, will therefore never go'hungry as long is he retains his cunning in cap ering the reptiles and his recipe for doing them to a delicious )rowu. " Mr. Howard has been eating rat- J ^snakes for about ten years. Pos sibly this accounts for his fine ro- J ?tut appearance and general good Keith, and in a measure tor the fat that he weighs 230 pounds. Tc a World correspondent who ased him to tell how he acquired tis strange liking for rattlesnakes, bsaid: ^One of my uncles told me he hi heard of people eating rattle sikes, so out of curiosity, I thjght I'd try one. The woods iihe section where I live has allers bn full of snakes. The next day ?jr I had been told snakes was gd, I started out on a hunt for a nier. I wasn't long in findin' di I hammered his head off, 1 to him home, skinned him; and rio had him in the fryin' pan. "My- mother and sisters wouldn't ty in the house while I was ^ ~' ot the," thing,"..but J. | ildn't help that. Arter the sar- c it was done, I took him out, put d n on a plate, peppered him over, d shed a little vinegar on him an' " at to work. My stomach kinder ^ o: mped up in protest at the first ^ p, but on the second it quieted g] vn and received the snake with It dent satisfaction. bj The next day I had another sar- 8C it under my belt, and the day ^r ir and so on, until I formed a 01 feet passion for snake fries. ^e ir ain't no food on earth that's m better than a fine, fat, well- bi d rattlesnake. w* Young rabbits is good, squirrel Bw lothsome quails is awful nice, ug chickens is not to be sneezed ?but none of 'em has any chance P. i me if I can git a big, fat we lesnake. The rattler's flesh gre s a good deal like chicken, mt when it is fryin' the odors of foi exactly like young chickens in a. I tell you, you won't never tui v first-class eatin' until ye Parn me, the glories of a rattlesnake l JJ T# OF low do yo catch them?" ( Vith a forked stick. You see. M ipturing snakes for the table ^ must be very keorful ter keep j hom bittin' themselves. So 1 ^ a forked stick about five feet . an' when I find my prey, with rj >rt, quick move I fasten the ^ across his neck, about an inch can his head. I then hold him &n? y with my left band and with .. ight I stoop down and cut his . , square off. j rhere do I ^iud most of 'em? - . n bark piles. My part of the try is a great tan-bark coun In a month or so after the is peeled and cordod you'll I rattler or two in every pile. . . do without snakes in the j . *? Oh, no; not much I tiring the summer season I y stores for winter. I catch g j and' across of the sarpents, ' 'em and dry 'em, and prepare ? ir winter, jest the same as ^ 3 would store away their . _ r's bacon. Catch me goin' ^ .y in the winter for the want p p makel Not muchl Fm no * lopper to dance through the er and starve when the win JJ ne comes, d vou ever try eating any Tf snake?" ss; tried a copperhead-one . That done me from then till recej '.t made mr sick. Whew 1 I . j. like terthiuk about that'arf" ecent issue of a Minnesota 1 says thrt a farmer of that raised 1,000 bushels of pop- Blan corn this year and stored it in ? barn. The barn caught fire, th corn began to pop and filled a tei acre field. An old mare in a neigh boring pasture with defective eye sight saw the corn, thought it wai snow, and lay down and froze t< death. The "Beautiful Word" Lady. Good Housekeeping, There is a good English word which formerly had several beauti ful meanings, and which we have nearly lost the use of these latter days-"lady." Its downward course many have been traced for nearly twenty years by newspaper jokes too familiar to bear repetition. We thought we had reached the bottom when, sometime ago, a witness in a divorce case testified of the de fendant that. "She was very much of a lady when she wasn't drunk." But since then even lower depths h?ve been in eyidence. It is such a pity ! I think we should at least bemoan its loss decently and pass some resolutions of condolence. It was such a beautiful word, and we do miss it so. I do remember-not an apothecary but two sisters who, when I was a child, always seemed the per sonification of the word "ladylike' to me. They had gentle, quiet ways of doing things, and low voices. I couldn't then have ex plained why it was but somehow | for years afterward I never heard the word lady with out thinking of i the Mifeses D. One thing that made thein seem j different from other people was that they wore their hair only . waved in front and plain behind, j at a time when it was the fashion j. to have the head look like a last ^ i'ear3 bird's nest in the wind. 2 Let us hope that twentieth cen. ;ury usage will restore my lady to 1er own again. Poisoned by Fly Bites. 'he Portland (Me) Press. -, There are a number sick here, hereBult of fly Ktes. One doctor ias^UT'cas?"^Ii'u'"tliyru are other ases, some of them very bad and angerous. A hackman, while riving a tack in his parlor carpet it'his hand, taking off a bit of ie skin. Soon after a fly lighted Q the exposed spot. He brushed off, but soon found that he ?was rowing sick and went to a doctor, i the meanwhile the hand was idly swollen and the swelling iou extended to the arm, and om there to the shoulder. The te of the fly this season seems to t uncommonly poisonous. Corn only the parties suffering fr<">m tes growing faint, and the spot 1?re the fly injected the poison ells rapidly. SAVANNAH, GA., April 26, '89. Having used three bottles of P. P. for impure blood and general akness, and having derived ?at benefits from tue same, hav ; gained ll pounds in weight in ir weeks, I take great pleasure recommending it to all unfor lates like Yours truly, JOHN MORRIS. FICE OF J. N. McELROYjDrug't. ) )RLANDO, FLA., April 20, '91. \ ssrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ja.: )ear Sirs-I sold three bottles P. P. P., large size yesterday, I one bottle small size to-day. 'he P. P. P. cured my wife of umatism winter before last. It ie back on her the past winter I a half bottle, $1.00 size, re red her again, and she has not I a symptom since. sold a bottle of P. P. P. to a nd of mine, one of his turkeys, mall one, took sick, and his 3 gave it a teaspoonful, that in the evening, and the little Dw turned over like he was dead, the next morning was up hol ing and well. Yours respectfully, . J. N. MCELROY. WANNAH, GA., March 17, '91. srs. Lippman Bros., Savannah', a.: ear Sirs-I have suffered from imatism fora longtime, and not find a cure until I found '. P., which completely cured Yours truly, ELIZA P. JONES, 16 Orange St., Savannah, Ga. would delight you to view and >w the beautiful lines of ess which Ramsey & Bland, ived this week. Magnificent e word. i elegant line of furniture al on hand and for sale at >m figures at Ramsey & d'8. e v a A ti g Y ?i ol et y< cc tl er sc ea ou ar co tic pu no all inf Th ne lik br? a n lin mi coi fini bar tur pro seb ing ? cou its Coi] act or t reft the mot to t tiro N our thes com on and mat ties in tl ther Tall m ak corni Cc M] appe Folk Dem false met i mont such of M senti CORRESPONDENCE [For the ADVERTISER. A New Law Proposed by Whicl the State, Not the Counties, is to Build ail the Bridges, Work the Roads, etc. Greenwood County Will Not Be. MR. EDITOR: In your issue ol the 25th inst, a communication signed "Less Taxes" complains and justly too, that Greenwood ic working to slice off a portion o? the grand old county of Edgefield to form a new county. While we would dislike to see old Edgefield dismembered yet it is not Chris tianity nor brotherly love to deny others privileges and conveniences that we would demand were we placed in similar circumstances; nor can there be much love or sym pathy evinced by taking that which will be the smallest expense and leaving the burden on the bal ance of the old county. But there is a solution of the problem, and one that should at once be demanded of the prospeet ive law-makers, and one too that the State could not find any possi ble objection. It is this, in a nut shell, lhat the State build and keep in repair all bridge?, ferries, and public highways. It should be done through the supervisor as now, but the burden should be borne by the State and not by the 3eveial counties as now.. Why? 1st. Bridges, ferries, and public highways are not for the private ise of the counties that build ;hem, but are free to all. 2nd. Many of the counties are io gutted with streams that are mpas8able without bridges; and o build and keep in repair for the mblic, requires a heavier taxation nan the more favored section. 3rd. To have the State bear the xpense of building and repairing rould simply equalize taxation nd would carry out one of the Jliance demands, "Equal rights 3 all and special privileges to one." ' - -Our-coimtics are all too large,, ad to remove the only plausible bstruction, that of bridges, ferries, ;c, would cause the St*1 te in a few jars to have thrice the number of >unties that she now has, and in ie end would make taxation light , build up more aud better hools and churches, lessen the :pense of criminals by meting it justice more swiftly. There e many other reasons why the unties should be smaller if taxa >n was levied by the State for the rposes named, but this article is t intended to enumerate them , but to get it before the think l people of the county and State, e objection to the formation of w counties would then banish e gossamer before a gentle >eze. Any section that wanted ew county of not less than a lited area of, say 400 square les, and not reducing any other inty below the minimum would 1 no objections and feel no em rassment to go to the Legisla e to have it set apart to them, vided they would tax them 76B to erect their public build s, court-house, jail, etc. Edgefield is one of the largest nties of the State, and many of citizens are so far from the irt House that in order to trans any business will require two hree days to make the trip and im. Jurors are forced to serve State and county from the re ,e corners at an actual expense hemselves, besides the loss of e from their business at home, ow, in conclusion, I will ask prospective law-makers to give ie suggestions their earnest sideration anddiscuBE the issue the stump before the people, when the law is enacted we can :e out of Edgefield four coun cornering each cn the pump ae Edgefield park, and name a respectively Butler, Tillman, )ert, and Timmerman, and e of Edgefield town a graiid merdai city. WYATT H. SEIGLER. ?ld Spring, S. C., July 26. [For the ADVERTISER. Not In lt. R EDITOR. In your last issue ars an endorsment of W. H. for the Senate by Johnston ocratic Club No. 2. This is a claim, as the club has never 3ince its organization some ,hs ago. and has taken no action. If done by a friend r. Folk, it only reflects his own menta. That kind of tactics is ! c c t t I 0 0 B I n P R P w al 81 VI fe C U( fi] R at ni pl or N< co wi go th? th? Ai] Pr? en thi of 1 coi ma coi I3t e in < to \ 189 age 1 low I sug ven of. deli to wh( noE offi< roai 1 con the issi the Ii Ref. calli clul nth is c 13th Tl whei cont? farm nece, As i prep; alon| befoi A each, most reprehensive and will deceive no one, and will do his friend's cause harm. J. W. HARDY. To the Reformers of Edgefield County. The following address issued by authority of the State Reform Ex ecutive Committee explains itself: To the Reform Votes of South Car olina: The State Reform Executive Committee met in the city of Co lumbia on the 10th day of July,' 1894 in obedience to the call of the chairman, alL counties being re presented except the counties of Lexington and Beafort. It was found necessary to chan ge the date of the club meetings and county and State conventions, ane also to make other changes and requrements, all of which will ap pear in the resolutions incorporar en herein, and stand in lieu of the resolutions as adopted by the com mittee on the 4th day of April 1894. The following are the resolu I tions : 1. That a convention for the sug gestion of candidates far Governor, and Lieutenant Governor be held in Columbio, S. C., on the 16th day of August, 1S94, at 12 o'clock m. 2. That said convention be com posed of delegates elected by con ventions to be held in each countv on Monday, the 13th day of August 1894, each county to be entitled to double as many delegates as it has, representatives in both houses of the General Assembly. 3. That ;ounty conventions aforesaid be composed of delegates elected by various Reform clubs in the county, each club to send one delegate at large and one delegate for every tweuty-five members or majorty fraction thereof. In those counties where there are no listinct Reform clubs the Reform nembers of each club shall be cal ed by the executiqe Reform com nitteemantomeet at the usual )lace of meeting and elect;/del igates as aforesaid to the county ?pnvention :Provided, "That in the sities of Charleston and Columbia he number of Reform clubs, and lolling precincts shall be left to he discrtiop of the committeeman ' f said counties. For the purpose f said election the clubs, afore aid shall be called to meet on the - 1thi day, of Au?uskl894-.. yU-.ench l?^tinjg-?'Ome'rhber shall ; partici ate except such as voted for the deform delegates ia the August rimary of 1892, and all others ho will pledge themselves to bide by and support the ticket lggested by the State Reform con ?ntion of 1894. 4. That all Reform candidates >r State offices including Railroad ommissioners shall publicly an Dunce their candidacy and shall .e with the chairman of the State eform committee a pledge to )ide by and to support the nomi ?es of said convention. That said edge phall be filed as aforesaid on before the 25th dav of July, 1S94. ) vote for any candidate shall ?be unted in the State convention io has not complied with the forc ing requirment. 5. That the Reformers attending 3 various club meetings called by 3 committee on the 11th day of igust. 1894, be requested to ex ?ss.their chioce by ballot for Gov ?or and Lieutenant Governor of s State, and that the chairman the delegation of the club to the mty convention be required to ,ke return of said choice to the mty convention to be held on h day of August, 1894. !. That in holding the elections ?ach Reform clubs provided for ;ake place on the ll th of August, 4, each club is to provide man rs for holding said election, 'he committee adopted the tol ing resolution: tesolved, that this committee gest to the county Reform con tions to beheld on the loth day Vngust, 1S94, when they elect agates to the State convention, also instruct said delegates ?ther or not to vote for the ainating of a full set of State :ers including the office of Rail i Commissioners, 'his committee take pleasure in lmending to the consideration people of the State the address led bp the special committee on 4th of April, 1894. J. THOMAS AUSTIN, J. M. GLEDX, J. R. EARLE,' H. A. DEAL-, J. C. OTTS, LOUIS ArrEi.T, i accordance with above thc Drmers of Edgefield county are ed to meet at their respective ? precincts on Saturday, Aug. i, and the County Convention ailed to meet on Monday, Aug. i, at ll o'clock A. M. J. M. GAINES, Committeeman. lis is the season of the year i the farmers' mind stubbornly smplates the purchase of ing imptement8, and other ssities in the hardware line, ?sual Ramsey & Bland have ared to meet every demand I that line. Visit their 3toro :e buying in your supplies. big lot of Collar Pads at 35 i at Ramsey & Bland's.