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l * . I, t * .? K. ? Th * s M K ' I SATURDAY, OOTODER 12, 1901. | n Col. Wilie Jones last night ex pleased himself as delighted at the manner in which the people of the I State have received his suggestion 1 that W>ulo Hampton should tie elected to the United States Sen- J ate. He stated that he had reeeiv- ' I ed many letters from over the State and had heard a great many ^ leading men express themselves, and in every instance the suggestion hud been received favorably. i Regardless of former parti alignments the people hml shown an eagerness to do honor to General ^ i Hampton. He had not heard from Gen. Hampton directly, but had heurd indirectly that if the ( people so willed, tlieold war horse would go hack into harness?Ttie State, loth instant. , George Johnstone for Hampton. I The State. t The tirat response from a candidate for the senate to the nomina. ' tion of Wade Hampton as the I successor of John L. McLaurin reached The State last eveeing, 1 and is as fallows: 1 To ihe Editor of The kitate. 1 Dour Sir: Having seen the 1 suggestion of the Sta'.e chairman .n your paper this morning in regard to the approaching vacancy 1 in the United States senate, I desire to sav that my purpose in ^ attending the meetings to which 1 1 i have been invited was primarily to do what 1 could to keep good 1 meu from being led out of the 1 Hwmecratic party, and to forever bury factional discard in this 1 State. Now, if both can be ac ' compliiihed by the unanimous con- ' soot to return Gen. Hampton to 1 his seat in the stna'o, 1 will cheer- ( fully lay aside any ambition that ! | ....... I ... L 1 .. lill I < i iina? tiuvu iiiKi lit nil mill posi tion in furtherance of ull these 1 good ends. Very truly, George .Johnstone. Newberry. S. C., Oet. 7, 1001. 1 "" V Latimer Indignant at the Wilie Jones Proposition. Special to Greenville News. 1 t Washington, Oct. 8.? Latimer (i is here and is most indignant at n the Wilie Jones proposition. He will not say so, hut he fears ^ treachery at Tillman's hands. He says it is all right for Jones, who has a $5,000 job, but for the ^ others its quite another question. There is no doubt as to the fol- ^ lowing being fact*: ^ It seems that two years ago j Tillman in conference with Latimer and others, decided that Mc- . Luurin must be beaten. Tillman ^ told Latimer he was the nan, to which Latimer demurred, but finally consented if Tillman would back him. Then Tillman promised ot do so. Late in the game, some time after the Gaffney meeting Jones ^ comes int<? the race. Knowing the close intimacy between .Jones II and Tillman, Latimer cornered m him, and finally Tillman told tl Latimer that if Jones ran he n? would have to be hands off. Till- |?l man will never back Jones. Ht i,; knows too much about various sc and stir dry checks. Now to settle the row between Jonev and bt Latimer the Hampton incident ;s ?v arranged with those who have ri most influence with (ion* !! Hampton. That puts the whale (' bosineHs out of the game. le 1'ny f?r your paper and B ; g you'll enjoy reading it more. I G Fcathoastcne Calls for Hampton. joved by the Veteran* and the Sons <?f Veterans. He Endorses the .tones Plan. r? the Editor of The State : t 1 have read with a great deal of pleasure Col. Jones' suggestion, and your able editorial endorsing he sums in yesterday's State, and I desire to most heartily approve them both, und urge the acceptance of the suggestion. The people of South Carolina jwe to Wade Hampton a deht which they should not he alow to pay. True, we hare honored him * great deal in the past, hut, no tlouht, the old veteran recollects awl ftels very keenly his defeat of \ few years ago? and 1 can imaginp nothing m*re graceful than for the people of the State to rise en masse and lot. iho grand old man know that he still occupies a big place in their hearts. And I believe that they will do if given the opportunity. In fact, 1 believe that they will, with a little mcouragement. make the opportunity. I believe that if wade Hampton will onlv signify his willingness to accept the position the people will elect him no matter who may oppose him. I believe that our people stand ready to again take up the cry of "Hampton and Democracy," and make the sumo ticfht 1 0*511 mi Kiruii^iy pressed tout ho ^ ill make the race no matter who c ,nH- a liiiher. one of the ewis of the ( arolina foot hall team broke his j or today in a practice game here, j oajb^'orxA. t ton the The Kind You Haw Always BeogM ; 11 " f* uivu hjvj 111 auc in '70. It noes without saying that the men who followed Hampton in the 'GO's love him, and are ready to Follow him again, hut as a son of the Confederacy I want to say that I believe that we love him as much is the old veterans and that wo | ire ready to fellow him to victory. Why not let the people of the State throw aside factionalism and 1 prejudice and demand the election >f Wade Hampton to the Senate ? Suiely we could not better honor I mrselves thun by honoring the rrand old man, who has done his hity when and wherever called ipon, and who still has the cour- j ige in his old age to stand up for lemocracy in the face of greut emptation. I truat that the people of the Hate will not consider it imntndist in me to state that I have been irged by friends to make the race ?r the United States Senate, and hat I have had the matter under onsideration. True, I have not [ ttended the meetings and have lot been as prominently before he public in connection therewith s some of the ether gentlemen, nit I desire to state that I most eartily approve Col Jones' ingestion, and that i am more tfcan r illing for our people to cast their allots unanimously for Wade larnpton. C C Featherstone. P. S. Is General Hampton willig to put hinnelf in the hands of 1 is friends, and make the race { i Laurens, S. C , Oct. 8, 1001. ohn J. Hemphill Declines to Dis cuss the Hampton Incident. pecial to Granville News. Columbia, Oct. 9.?John J. ^ lemphill is here today. He has ( 0 statement to make relative to < ! ? ie Hampton suggestion and does , j r>t care to discuss the matter at ( 1 for publication. He says Lat- ' i ner and the News and Courier j ittle it any way. j It is stated that Hampton has j Bad Wreck on the Seaboard. , Two Deaths Result?Others Hurt. Eighteen Care Followed, the Two Locomotiv#8 Being Piled Up in a Groat Ma?s of Debris. Special to Charlotte Observer Monroe, Oct 7.?An extra freight train, carrjfioi about 50 1 I cars, behind two engines, was' wrecked about three miles east of here on the Seahoard Air Line at noon today, Engineer Dicke-t, | of Raleigh, is under a threat mass f cara and it is supposed that he is dead. Walter Mitchell, a colored brakeman, will die; a braae man named Richardson is also badly hurt, and Jake Smith, a fireman, is injured, though not a seriously. It is supposed that the wre?k was caused hy the large engines spreading the rails. The fireman on P^ngineer Dickert's engine jumped and escaped. He walked to Monroe and brought the news of the wreck. Engineer Maxwell, who was running the second engine, crawled j, out of the rubbish uninjured ex cept for a slight scar on his face and he at once began work with the others in removing the debris, g His firemen, a negro, was h'urt, though not seriously. ^ Where tno engines left the ^ tiack there is an embankment about 15 feet high. The front engine toppled over to the right j side of this and the other is lving s! across the track almost directly e opposite it and the cars are piled on top <<f and behind these and on each side of the track. The wreeko age is piled lip 15 or 20 feet and on the very top of the highest fortress is the floor of a demolishcar, with the trucks up. Thirtytwo of the 50 car* were left stand0( ing on the track uninjured. The ^ wrecking train arrived about 5 . o o'clock and *he track is now being ? rapidly cleared. It will be late to nierrow, however, before trains^ can go through. The engines are S( a complete wreck, the boilers be, , . a ing stripped of everything. The train was running at full speed t( and had on a full head of steam ei preparing to pull up the grade be tween Richardson creek and MonA roe. IV THE 1IODV RECOVERED. at Monroe, Oct 8.?The body of t| Claude Diekert, the engineer who f< was killed in the wreck near here C( yesterday, was found about 9 o'clock last ni??ht. He was in his cab and near his post, with one hand upraised towards the thtortle, the other stretched downward ^ and outward as if grasping for support. With the exception of a bruise on his face there were no ^ marks on his body and no bones broken. His death was cuused ti hv escaping steam. He was about at 32 years old and unmarried. His V< father lives near Columbia, S. C., 'I' and his body was taken there for w burial this morning. a Walter Mitchell, the colored w brakeman, died this normng. The z? others are getting along ver < well pi and it ia believed that only these oi two deaths will result. 1 ? ' m c< Col. Wilie Jones announced a w few days ago that he would not be to i candidate for the position of U. >. Senator. He has withdrawn !rom the race and calls upon the ither candidates to do so also and ender the place to (Jen. Wade ^ Hampton. Thio would lie a very C( leautiful compliment to the old re lero, but he is now 83 years of *>( " iL ige, his days of activity have passul nnil it iu ilmiKdnl if n 'V,. ?V .V, MWU.rv.tll II IIO ? UMIU I icept the place if it were tender!<1 him. He has said that he has permanently retired from politics, lie is full of honors already and fa he position could bring hira eothng hilt treuble now.?Hock Hill q derald. dr - Announ 1UIAMSRespectfully announce to the I TORES are now open, aiul invi Immense ifoil Fres Dry Goods, N< lioes, Groc thing lo iSa Wo arc too busy to quote pr nd we feel sure you will be plea e respectfully solicit WILLIAMS , Value el Gotten Seed. 'ixed by Farmers of Marion ii Mass Meeting?The Resolutions. pecial to The State. Marion, Oct. 7.? \t a meetin; f ihe fanners of Marion counti ><*ay the following resolution rere adopted: Whereas from reliable report lie cotton crop is unprecedented h hort, and there being an incroas d demand for cotton seed, and Whereas the pri^e and terms o xchange tixed bv the cotton see< il trust are below th* rpMl v?i.n f cotton seed, therefor* he it Resolved, That it is the judglent of the farmers of Murior euntr in units meeting that th< Bed are worth for manuring tr lie farmers 25 cents per bushel r fejbon'd he exchanged for mea n f basis of 100 bushel-* of seer >r y.ne ton of meal, ami we urg? hfc furthers of this county net tr all or exchange at less than tin hove prices, and we ask lh< iirnest cworperation of every cot in grower in the State to thii nd. A committee consisting of W l. Brown, B. F. Davis and L I. Haselden was appointed tr e<piaint the farmers of the State i rough the pulilic press of th< >regoing action and to urge theii oojperation. W. A. Brown, i, B. F. Davis, L. M. Haselden. < lana of Committee ? Edgefield'! Roads. peciAl to The State. Edgefield, Oct. 8.?The execu* ve committee of the Good Road >uociation met in the court house ester/lay with Chairman W. .J. albert presiding. The meeting as busness-like and quiet. After full discussion on the matter it ud decided to put before the citiins of the county the following Ian: To have a commutation tax f II 50 and to assess the people mill tax for road purposes. Of turse this mass meeting, we hope, ill formulate some definite plan > work on. Colonizing .lews in Mexiso. Mexice City, Oct. 8. ? Dr. von lowitz says he has arranged for donizing 05,000 dews in this public and claims to have night a mil I i< n acres o? land in e state ef Sonera where the of i-lak..... ? J" ' an iiciinn lUIWIIJ Will Hf SU1Dihe?l. Twentieth Century Medicine. Cascarets Candy Cathartic are as r ahead of ancient pill poisons and ]U)d physic as the electric light of e tallow candle. Genuine stamped , C. C. 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( Fertilizers make thrngsgrow. That's just what Scott's Emul, sion docs. It makes children grow in flesh, grow in strength, grow rich blood, grow in mind, grow happy. That's what we make it for. T , i Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOW NR. Ctwm.Mv 400 Pearl St., N. Y. $oc an<l #1.00; all druggists. Pay your subscription to the Ledger, ease. I \ \ ' S : Local ^attars M ias Alma Duncan, of Heath Springs, in visiting bar ceusin, Mrs Maqly Croxton. 000 Mrs. L. B. Cautban, Kershaw, visited her siatar, Mrs. J. 14 Cauthep, this week. * ++ For Rent ! A two-horse farm an Mc|lwain place, 5 miles South f town. 4 raom and 2 room houses on farm, also barns, stables, to. I will lease for two years or rent for next year. App'y to tieo. F. Ferguson, Elgin. S. C. r Mr. (t. F. Ferguson, of Elgin, had his first mess of partridges this season on last Tuesday. A Utto covey flew against his house and three of them were killed, T A they struck the house with such force. F. 11. Massev of this place has * heen drawn on the petit jury tor the U. S. court to serve for the term which convenes on the third Monday in August. V ' Mrs. E. C. Ford, of Riverton is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. B. ParDue. The opening at Winthrop college found 460 pupils ready for work. <V7? For low pricesconsult the Heath B & M. Co's advertisement in this issue. They are offering some splendid bargains. Head and be convinced of this fact $c?r yourself. Letters advertised for the week ending Oct. 12, 1901: Mrs. G. W. Ghant, Miss Mary Stevens, Miss Lucill Price, Ola Bishop, Mr. Martin Beckham, Mr. Harry E. Reid, Mr. R. H. Pay den, l?r. J. T, Holemon, Mr. James Col lins. Mr. S. L Lernnl (2) care W. G. Green. Iter. H. H. Wells. Belle Nance, P. M. Lancaster, S. C. A tenant house on Mr. W. McD. Brown's plantation in Cedar Creek township, occupied by Tom Nelson, colored, was destroyed by tire last Tuesday. Tom and bis family were in the field picking cotton at the time and they ddn't know how the fire originated but suppose its origin was accidental. They saved all their effects except the stove. Items From Rock Hill Herald. Mrs. N. C. Moore, of Lancaster, is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Lindsay. Mrs. .1. S Start* Vtiiu <???"> uuo ^;wuc ill Lancaster to spend a while with Mrs. Jennie Green. M iss Minnie Massey, of Belmont, S. C., is vipiting relatives in Lancaster county. Mr. J. C. Lee went to Heath Springs last Saturday, on insurance business. Mr. Jim Hunter, Lancaster's efficient deputy sheiiff, was in the city last Saturday. Little Dunlap, son of Mr. W? J. Itoddey, is quite sick at his home on Oakland Avenue. Mr. R. D. Robinson, of Edgemoor, while on his way home last Friday was thrown from his buggy when near the Spence place by a colored bicycle rider colliding with the buggy in which he was riding, causing his mule to jump and at* * * wujpi. id run. tie was not hurt in body seriously, but was considerably wounded in feelings by the impudence of the negro. Mr. K. Brandt has so'd out here and the whole family will moV? to Athens, Ga. Mr. Brandt will go Nov. 1st and the family will go a month or two later.? Chester Lantern.