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y i" ' V" tetf ? "W '* 'V* U" o>K l-wEKKLY L A N v; A JS ? K K S. . A I'll 1st > 5 i?><,t? 5 Senatorial Candidates At Lancaster Hemphill Received Must Ap pltiuso'Evuns Made Reference Again to Latimer's Career in Public Life. Sptcial to Tbe State. Lancaster, An* 19.?The senatorial meeting was held here today on the court house square in tno presence of about 300 people, the Ubiiul 10 per cont. of the voters of each county. There was do special demonstration in behalf of any candidate although perhaps Mr. Hemphill received the greatest amount of applause. The meeting at times seemed to drag and interest was only aroused when some unfoitunaU candidate got the cruel jab of his opponent. Nothing especially new was developed and the speeches in the 111 liu wore the kamo as delivered in other counties. This afternoou Messrs Finley. Wilson, Strait and Floyd addressed the crowd, presenting their claims for . eoogress. The meeting was called to order by County Cbairtrtpn II. E. Coffee, at whose request pra>er wus offered by the Rev. J. H. Hold ridge of the Baptist chi/ch. hknderson's congratulation. The first speaker, Hon 1). S. Henderson, congratulated the good people of Lancaster that this was the home of 44Hickory Jackson," the mention of whose name called fojth applause. Mi. Henderson recalled the fact that 31 years ago he was invited hero to deliver a Sunday school address. He stated lus peace and harmonv olatform ami utely catered upon the discussion of national commercial expansion. * He declared that the Cuban war was just and right, but wo should have stopped the war in the Philippines as soon as Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. Tne Philippine question is not settled and the new senator must vote upon this momentous question for final adjustment.The pioducts of the Philippines come in direct competition with these of the south hence the north insists on their retention, It will be no more disgrace to pull down the flag in the Orient than in Cuba and in Mexico. In all his action, Mr. Henderson declared, he has always been carefully looking after the minor details of business and will see to it that the material interests of his people do not suffer. Our senators must look beyond the present %rfd not bo pulled into inaction by the ox< tension of a few petty appiopriation. He is glad that Bryan u/il 1 miah 1 * ? ..... ..v../ |hnu uiiusuii lurwuru ior renominalion. We need new loaders to bring us victory. He has nover deserted his State and has always labored in her behalf. HKMPHII.Ij has iiuruahs. Hon. J. J. Hemphill suid the tirst speech that he had ever mado outside of his native county was here in Lancaster. It is well that the creator put the river between the two counties for otherwise the people ure bo inseparably connected, especially in politics, that they would never know Iho difference. They always vote for the same man. AVoice?Wo will do it again. < lirt. \ir. Hemphill ?Ah,siuy friend, your head is level. This section is becoming one of the greatest manufacturing centres in the south and gnve nil prais duo tho men who developed r it. South Carolina is only exceeded by Massachufetts in the consumption of the number of bales of cotton. Mr. Hemphill then made his nsnal argument C!> concerning the transfer of wealth 55 g fiom tli^j south to the north by the1 I?I operation of tho tariff laws, but 8. _H with candor said the great cause of nonadvancement with tho ag riculturisl is the system and working of tho lien law, or time systems, and as ho tersely expressed a ~1 " - A I "Lives of some men do re- / % | mind us. Wo can live on western swine And departing leave behind us. Delits unpaid a good long t iiiif* '' lie denounced the^lepublicun pa1claiming that every man who earns a d dlar bus the right ; i to spend it. A senator should he; "?" like a minister embodying the j 1" 1 1 highest moral and intellectual 1 1 J sentiments of the community in which he lives South Carolina | can contribute a man who can be I a leader among tbe senators of the nation. She hus done this in the" past and can do it again. lie is not .opposed to the seed business, but proini ed to attend to this - * department of his duties if elect -* ed. He promised to devote his energies to hey ping down the tux- led es as characterized his 10 years tenure in congress. If taxes keep on increasing there is no telling where the thing will end. The "g , south has always furnished sol- I" diers that have called forth the admiration of the woi Id. As l(? ct many of our Hotif.h?rn hr??>a ??u o VMU be induced to do so are sent to o the Philippines who are sacrificing their lives in an inhuman war of conquest against a peopler 1TCW whose only oilense has been that they ask to bo let alone in the enjoyment of the land and homes which their fathers gave them - p centuries ago. He believes in the ^ principles of his party and is willing to die for them. 1< Col. Hemphill closed amid applause and was the receipent of a handsome bouquet. ELLIOTT 8 rUBLIC SERVICES. 30 Hon. Wm. Elliott said no higher tribute can be paid a man than to say he has served his peoplo faithfully 14 years in congress. An opponent had challenged him CG111 to show what his rocordhad been. It is not pleasant to talk about one's self, but ucder the circumstances he liud to tell bow he had devoted his whole life to the scr- f^y^l TIV.O U1 II19 ^cupiu. IXO [OKI Willi ininutene-p all the battles iu which he was engaged during the civil war. From the start to the finish he was never absent except from wounds or sickness. In 1884 ho "Vi| was chosen by the people of his district to loud them in the fight against negro supremacy in the tjllOl black district. Devotion to duty in the lower part if tlio State ex- trail plains why he has not had the ? honor of knowing the people in the upper section of the State. SftCl He told of his contests and his leadership against the jute baggiug trust. He told of his work | for the material advancement of ^ I 0 South Carolina and the apprqprU I I ations secured by him for the ac- ** complishment of this work. He *f WE 1 : | aye Bargains U the Time In livery l ine ere Are a Few [HAT ARE "HUMMERS." * I IIIHN r a-r-t.<z DOO yards striped and cheekDimities, worth 12 1-2 cts ' 8 ' *-. -i-. ,i* )(>() yards Ginghams, worth s, now 4 cts. t or 10 pieces Grenadette, est tiling for ladies unlined is, former price 25 cts, now its. I 1 pieces Point' de. Bruxelles, tier price 30 cts, now 23. pieces Scotch Lawns, fast >rs, cheap at 5 cts, now 3 1-2 ts. SHOES r . SHOES! Te also have a lot of shoes t we have thrown onourbari counter and are selling at a 1UW, spoke with pleasure of tlm pros- I poet of Charleston being tho chos- a en port for tho shipment of cot- 11 ton manufactured goods and the g rejuvenation <>t tho eity of w Georgetown. Ho spoke of the 1 tremendous strides made by the t Stuto in the building of cotton It mills and the superb advantages p enjoyed by this State for tho fos- si tering of this industry. It is an tl imploded idea that the people .n must not enjoy tho money in the I'nited States treasury. It is ours and if wc don't got our share , it will go to other sections. lie . , t( promised to get every dollar possible lor tho upbuilding of this j State. There is neither quarrel* ^ ing nor bickering among the Democrats in Washington and the prospect of a national victory was never brighter. ? n I.AT1MHIl LOOKS HACK. ^ C< ngrc-sman Latimer started s hack m iIn? days of the ea>ly OO's o ii-h,... . L 1 ~~ ? J .. ..v.. - -1 j.ti limn- anu ouiei s ivime c into view. ' He too was on Ins \ recoid today mikI told often years fi in congross, rural deliveries, scads, i bulletins and appropriations for a his constituents were ali recount* j. ed. Results is what the people li want and no flowery speeches. \ i lie Mclvinley tarifl" bill passed d over Mr. Hemphill's protest while a lie was congress, yet Hemphill v says that lie helped to keep taxes <1 down. This hill was a most in- r iquitousRepublican measure. Mr. e Latimer to'd his goat story again i today, applying it to Mr Hemp- U hill's absence from the State, t The story It'll flat with a Lancas- c tor audience He claims that f he has never been anything hut a I Democrat Rsformers were in c absolute power in the State and n he had no necessity to go into 'he ti Populist party as was charged just a utter his election. Now it is ti charged that he is following in o o McLaurin's footsteps and will ultimately land in the Republican ? party, lie has never voted or acted in concert with the Republicans and bis record is clear. lie '( has been and will remain true to s c; his people. y EVANS GIVES HIS REASONS. b Ex-Gov. Evans again told why ^ uc is in tins race anil although ^ stung all over tlio State he never a jumped over the fenco and had never been drawing a $5,000 salary. Ho had jumped on Latimer for basing his claim to this office simply on the fact that he is s a farmer, lie had fooled these v peoplo long enough and they will t be fooled no longer. "McLaurin n stood upon this stand and swore n he was a Democrat and swooned 1 when 1 told him ho was a liepub- i lican. Ho started just as Lati- t mer is doing and we all know i where ho is today." This is your 1 "business man in congress. This t policy of piling up a big surplus in the treasury and contenting the) J south with a few miserable little t appropriations if continued will ( bankrupt the country. The north- i ern manufacturer reaps all that benefit of the tariff law t and the southern cotton farmers pay the greater pait of the J! national taxes. You pay the taxes on everything you get?and l ii ? * uon i you no tooled. lie guyed 1 Latimer about sending out 40,000 ] copies of bis speech on the ship t subsidy bill, which was never de- 1 livered in congress. The bill j i passed the senate but is buried j< in the committee room of the I house and has never been reported t . and therefore is not dobatahlo yet. < KBTAbl,?H|?D1862 'his speech has been published nil seut broadcast over the land. 'You can't fool the people with u ilded jackass and call hitn a zebra rhenever begets up to speak, le always gives himself away." Ivans ihtn discussed the pension uv and denounced tho Philipino policy claiming that we bould get our monev back and lion turn them loose. OIISTONK DEAI.S WITH T11K I'KESENT. Col Ceorge Johnstone was the ist speaker. He did not come 3 speak of the past but tho needs nd opportunities of tho present. Ie had no claims to present like hose of his predecessors. Those ?en have all been tried, yet the unions iv.-tmg on the people are till unroli ved. Rotation in otliro > the pivj or method. Let ot'.eis ave a chance, sa;d ( ol. Johntone. No |mi. 1. bab !< < a i hatigo the t:n... uia, i ut oui* oines ln.ro t.n adopts it ai.?l lei * ou that a 1 he ! . _ ? ?.u i a iiw seed and t.u 1 it s i ut s ools ami pumpkin s d. * Wo iu no! Ih-iv to !>? ' o l!le put id ?kt-o liken from ti M.ks thai can e I i*iiu>111 fr? in iiii? i'oi-k Mores in Yashiiiglnii hi 1 r? cents u hun? red. We mo he c f-?r u hi,In r ml "lander |iur |se n r the relfure ol the nilio < l~ .i optoy. Oil!' 1-adoi-> li vc ?.? i I|li:i Iiding for U"i year.- n one an dens it. Falun i m * Iter; n r iekct - have bi en I un I ?dl jinn it. Wo huvu b iad taeiotm!l>in in ilii< Sla'o iwd thruv ur.-ed b he who vr ul 1 rex *c t or I i > own ai-grandi/.'iie-nt. ' Jul. t)i lil) (tin in C I cIllMnll disUSsiil tu operations of .he IniilV a uu i ,er?-Miiii! iitid iiihtrui-tixu imnner, die ar n_* ilmt '.lie ti lists re the ofisptit g > i the lm ill', lie old of his own record. F P. Ccopcr. IUATTKUS A 1.1. KECORDS Twice in hospital, F. A. Guljtlge, Verbena, Ala., paid a vast urn to doctors to cure a severe use of piles, causing 24 tumors. Vhen ull failed, Bucklen's Arnica alve soon cured him. Subdues oflammation, conquers Aches, ills Tains. Best salvo in the rorld. 25c at J. F. Mackey Co's nd Crawford Bros.' drug stores. Arson And Muider. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 19.?A ensation was created here today vhen evidence developed to show hat a fatality presumed to be an iccident, is a double crime, arson ind murder. Two weeks ago the lome of W. M. Duly, a prornilent fanner of Crab Orchard own ship, was destroyed by fire unl Duly himself perished in the lames. The fire was attributed o an accident. Today the negroes, Lester Miller, Will Hilton and Will Simpson were arrested and jailed >n suspicion of being implicated n the crime. The neirrocs were brought hart* c_? n? ind locked up. ?60,000 Fire In Winston-Salera. Winston-Salem, Aug. 19.? Inre, which started in this city at 10:30 o'clock to-night, consumed ,ho Vaughn building, a large hrec-story structure at the coricr of Fifth and Trade street, and 'nused a loss of $00,000. The lames were (irst noticed in the .bird story of the buildiDg. The uigin of the lire is unknown.