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wVOL. XXIV- LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1894. NO. 33. A CHANGE IN TACTICS. 1 SENATORIAL CANDIDATES PUT BY RAW HIDES AND SALT. Ordrrlf M.?e ln? st Che?t?) Jifld?G>lrg into Nlotiiil Issues?Kileibd aid Evans Spar tor Points-Tfce Crowd Undemonstrative. Chesterfield, S. C\, June 26.?The campaign of education is actually dawning. The meeting ef the second | week opened here today with a decided revolution in the character of the speakers. Wonderful, wonderful to relate, the lambasting was discontinued and the discussion of issues began. For a day, at least, the scorcher and the roaster have been laid aside and the people have been regailed with more edifyiDg and enlightening discussion. The crowd of about 800 persons was well behaved and in thorough good humor, interfering with no one and applauding circumspectly. In truth the meeting was really ideal iD comparison with its predecessors, both in respect to the character of the speeches aDd the orderly, good natured demeanor of the hardy crowd. About one-fifth of the crowd were tar-heelers who came from the Old North State but a few .miles distant, and a few of them were Populists to the core. Governor Tillman made a rather easy going speech,leaving out all harsh references to his opponent, and doing his "blistering" in a very mild way. He went into a lengthy discussion of national questions relating to the condition of the country. He claimed the crowd but refrained from taking a hand primary. He was not applauded at first* but later on he got full measure. The Governor's speech was by no means a happy effort. It was ratbei tame and did not provoke enthusiasm. General Butler likewise dircussed public measures and had nothing salty to say of the Governor. His speech seemed to be effective with the crowd and is regarded as one of the best he has made. He was listened to very attentively. The feature of the meeting was the Drotherly spat between the Marion swamp fox and the Aiken game cock. General Elerbe charzed his brother candidate with tacking himself on to Tillman's coat tail and with yoting against salary reduction. Evans, in reply, demonstrated to a nicety that with nim R-eform was second nature, while Eilerbe's Reform had a revenue flavor about it." There was not a word from the crowd as Governor Tillman began to speak. He revewed his official career,giving as a reason for his second term as Goyernor that he wanted vindication by the people. He felt and knew that he had done his whole duty, though he may have made mistakes. He scored the Democratic party for its treachery, and Cleveland for having betrayed his trust. He pictured the poverty strick en condition or tne farmers ana saia they were euchered oat of their earnings by the same scheming scoundrels in Washington. He went into an explanation of the moDey question, tell ing how England, the creditor of nations, had stricken down silver in order to enhance thevalue of the interest received from other nations. Every man having an income frcm bonds and stocks was opposed to silver. These i fellows had manipulated Congress in regard to the issue of paper money,and < now control the outlet of money, prices ] and products. Silver had shrunk and ; with it the pockets of the people had i shrunk. This country ought not to be payiDg interest. It ought to be issuiDg its own money. The only reason that this could not be done was because onehalf of the country was bamboozled by j tbe newspapers and manipulators to vote tbe other half down, and the money power is always oa top and the I thieves in both parties joined hands to ! keep the people poor and make themselves rich. He told about Judge Si monton and the railroads, and after showing up what an avcfni judge he was, the Governor went ou coiuuit i into Butler for voting for bimonton's i confirmation as circuit judge, saying ; that he wanted to help him for the ! 3aae of his kinsman, Bunch McBee, i whom Judge bimontoD, he said, had i helped out in the railroad case. i General Butler received some cheer- ; iDg and a cry of "God bless the old General!" when he was introduced. Referring to his fight for silver in Congress he said he had received letters from people in the North threat- ' eniDg to blow him up with dynamite, i but that did not stop him. The reason he and the Reform Congressmen, who had been in Washington several years, had not swept out all the abuses that : Tillman spoke about was the same that defeated the South in the war? they did not have enough men. Cleveland had not bought him with patron- 1 age. He bad done his best to induce the party to carry out the financial platform, lie saw no relief as long as Cleveland was President. General Butler 3aid it was bis opinion that the tariff bill would be passed this week and that its passage would bring better times. The trouble with the country did not lie in the insufficiency of the money but in tte inequality of its distribution, and it ail came from the national bankiDg system and Republican legislation. Representative F. P. Taylor asked General Butler what was his vote on *.be anti-option bill. ; The General replied thai he voted for - .A/) Ml ameuumeuo picpaicu uy oeuaturs < George and Cox which would have been effective In breaking up the gambling in futures, and which provided that any man who traded in futures should be put in the penitentiary. The bill that caine from the House was nothing more than a piece of blank paper as far as its effects for good went. He advocated free silver because it would, to that extent, enlarge the currency of the country and make cotton and corn and all the products bring more. The next great political battle that would be fought in this country would, invite aJl men, of all parties for financial relief, and he for one was unwilling to sacrifice the Democratic party in the struggle because one maD, Mr. Cleveland, wa3 not in accord with it. General JButler made an eloquent appeal to the people of the State to get together like brethren instead of tryiDg to throttle each other like cowboys, "i beg and nrav and beseech vou. if it is the last word that escapes my lips, to bury all animosities that have been created. If lean accomplish tne unity of our people I would lay down my robes of office or even my life, without a single regret. It is chiefly for this reason that I am makiDg this canvas." He con eluded by saying that the money power and corporations have such control in the country that a revolution is certain. He will be with the people in that great tight, whether in cflice or out. He begged that animosities and bitterness cease. He begged the people to send to the Senate whoever they i thought best fitted for it, even If it was < Tillman. He made a pretty appeal for i white supremacy above everything else. He thought the best vay to se-j. cure this supremacy was by a constitutional convention. EVANS AND ELLERBE SPEAK. General Eiierbe was the first gubernatorial speaker. He said he had heard today and had received letters from other counties that friends of Senator Evans are industriously circulating a story that he (Evans) is the choice of Tillman tor Governar and that Tillman is in a quiet way working for Evans. General Eiierbe said: "The Governor has said, in an interview,that he is hands off in this fight and that he has no choice. Here is Governor Tillman ;ask him if any man is his choice. I say that it is unfair to me and my friends to be circulating this story in the hope of winning on it." General Eiierbe proceeded to criticise his friend Evans for his tardiness in geltine in the Reform cause. teliiDg some thiDgs, as at Sumter, highly amusing the audience. General Ellerbe next charged Evans with having voted against the salary reduction in 1892. "That is not so," said Evans. "I will prove it on you," said Elierbe. and he read from the reeords where Senator I*'1st, the Charleston antiSenator, haa moved to indefinitely postpone the salary reduction bill and where Evans had voted with all the anti-Tiilmanite lawyers for postpone-, ment. Elierbe also charged Evans with havinar voted against the farmers college in 1888. General Ellerbee told what his (Ellerbe's) record is on salary reduction, showiDg where he had asked to have one of the clerkship of his office abolished and had always been in favor of all around reduction of salaries. Continuing General EUerbe said: "My friend (Evans) intimates that there has been a State House ring and that Governor Tillman broke that ring. I will ask my friend to specify, to name the men who composed that ring. Senator Irby wrote a letter charging that there wa3 a ring. Fellow countrymen I have never heard anything in the State House for Irby but expressions of pity and sympathy. Irby charged that a caucus of ring Reformers had been held at Wright's Hotel. It is fasle. The caucus, if it can be so called, was at Governor Tillman's house and the Governor was present, (General Ellerbe told who were preseat.) No one was discussed as a candidate ior ijoveraor at that time. I repeat, and I want it distinctly understood, that as far as I know, there is no ring in the State House. I want my friend to specify, and I ask him to do it. I am running on my record and I am not in any ring. My friend ought to do the same thing and not tack himself on Governer Tillman's coat tail. 1 am as good a Reformer as Governor Tillman or any body else, and Governor Tillman can and will tell you so. The speaker was frequently encouraged by remarks from the audience and was at times liberally applauded. He devoted the remainder of the time to telling what had been accomplished by the Reform movement and discussing national issues. He concluded before bis time was up, and a cloud betokened a shower. Senator Evans had been speaking only a few minutes when rtin began falling. The chairman adjourned the ?? ~ ~ * ^ rt o 1 ' mi In LLiKClIiJK tu tuc UUUlb JJUU2C, Ck ixchiL oji;c away, where the speaking was continued. Senator Evans resumed his speech, employing his time in answering the accusation of his friend Ellerbe. He ridiculed Ellerbe in a good natured way, making the crowd laugh. He told jokes on his friend and these almost amused the audience. Senator Evans said he was willing to answer all charges. He did not come in this race to attack fellow Reformers, but had been jumped on and would defend himself. If Ellerbe started out to prove that he (Evans) had not been true to Tillman and Reform, he had a hard and stumpy road to travel. He would not notice everything, because he was not shooting grasshoppers. Ellerbe says he has done lots for Reform, but he has been well paid for it. He is a Reformer, but it looks like he has been one for revenue. Senator Evans says he had been a Reformer since 1886. At that time he wrote an article in the Augusta Chronicle. He read this article. ~ It was a defense of the Reform movement then beginning and the right of farmers to organize for political purposes. The article also defended Tillman, then starting his agitation. In 1888 ne was elected to the Legislature by the farmrfvp A CVrswt nnrl ?'n r? f t*>f aa a/1 cis ui iiiiicu auu new twiuc icxiccccu, each time on the Reform platform. T wo years ago he was seat to the Senate by farmers by a thousand majority. The people had never regarded him as a coat tail swinger. To the charge of havine voted against Tiilman for the Agriculture Board, he said it was an attempt tc shelve Tillman, who had afterward censured hi3 friends for nominating him. lie had vot6d against the agricultural college as charged, because the bill for it carried an appropriation which would have increased the taxes of the people onefourth of a cent. This was not in accordance with the Reform platform and pledges to the people. Later he had fought for Ciemson College because the bill was different. "i am not Tillman s candidate or any body's candidate," declared Evans. 'Any man who accuses me of disloyalty to the Reform cause I will tell him he lies, but nobody is going to do it. What is the matter with Billy (referring to Ellerbe)? Is it that he has got a big fat office and wants another ? It looks I Like he is swinging on Tillman's coat tail. I am no coat tail swinger." Evans told a good, j^ke about a boy who had one potato, but wanted two, and said this is Ellerbe, who has one do tato but wanted two. (Laughter.) He ought not to jump on me be jau3e I want a potato. About the salary reduction vote, he said he cast it because the first bill did not cut salaries equitably. He also said that Jim Norton, Ellerbe's clerk, had gone to him (Evans) and begged that salaries be kept as they were, as he ana other cierxs couian c nve. ne saia Norton had put up a poor mouth. Senator Evans declared that afterward he had voted for a salary reduction bill. He had voted in 1888 to cut the salary of legislators to S4 per day. lie said that every Reform measure has been put in his charge to pull through the Legislature. To hear Ellerbe talk, he 3aid, one would think that Ellerbe had dene everything and that Tillman had not existed or taken part in anything. Senator Evans said he had been a Reformer by inheritance. Ilis uncle, Mart Gary, was a Reformer, and Evans desired to right some of the injustice done Gary. Evans said it looked like Ellerbe was jealous of him because he soes to Tillman's house. He said the liovernor often senas ior mm 10 auvise on matters regarding the Reform movement, because Tillman thinks I have more sense than some people. I hare not if the people know I do love Tillman and have stood by his side in all dangers. During the Darlington trouble he had not slept forty-eight hours. "About thp Stata House ring, all I know," said Evans, "is that they wanted a March convehtion. That looked like ring rule. They wanted candidates nominated in March without ever appearing before the people. I told them that if they didn't let the people hear them they would all be kicked out - of office. Governor Tillman endorsed our views. Tiler be was in favor of that March convention. I made Tiliman put his foot on it." Senator I Ivans said the ant is hattd him awful hard. At Sumter one of them said: "If you will left us vote in the primarv we will beat Evans and elect you, E ller be." Senator Evans declared, but not egotistically that if he j had not assisted in refunding the State debt, it would never have been refunded. lie had epent his money m doing this and had never asked the State to pay back a nickle of it. lie not only spent money, but time. , He had defended the conststutionality of the bonds before the Supreme , Court and made no charge for if. After the debt had been refunded, Ellerbe . had the cheek to want the oonds sent . to his home in Marion, so he could . sign them. It would have cost the . State S300 to send and get the bonds back from Ellerbe's home. Senator Finlev and I)r. Strait, Cdd- I. gressional candidate?, followed the other?, speaking on the same line as at , other meetings. Secretary of State , Tindal and G. Walt Whitman arrived just in time to address a small number who had remained in the court house. . It was then after three o'clock. The campaign party went from here to ( Cheraw this afternoon and will go to ' Eennettsville tonight. i A Trula H?>ld Up. j Savannah, Ga.. June 26.?Train No. 6, of the Savannah, Florida and West- j ern Fail way from Thomasville, due to j arrive here at 7 o'clock this morning, , was held up one mile this side of IIo- j mervilie, 126 miles Southwest of Sa ; vannah, this morning at 1:50 by six \ masked white men. The 3afe in the j express car was robbed of its contents, i SI,222 in cash. Two of the men board- j ed the train at Ilomerville, concealing ? themselves behind the tender. As t soon as it was started they climed over ( the tender, covered the engineer and t fireman with pistols and told Engineer t Jenkins to stop when ordered. About ; a mile from Homerville the order was t given and the train brought to a stand- t still. Then four other similarly masked t white men joined the party and while c ! the two kenr: the engineer covered thev i proceeded to get into the express ear. I \ Conductor Farris came out with a train t hand to investigate the cause for stop- j ping, but did not stand on ceremony $ when ordered to return to his car. ^ While two of the men kept watch, the i other two ordered Express ivlessenger j Calder to open the door. He refused a and was then told he had better get out t [ of the car. He heard one of the men ( | lighting a fuse and before he could ] reach the corner, a dynamite cartridge t exploded, breaking the door from its f fastenings and completely stunning t the messenger. When he came to he t was looking into the barrel of a pistol g and was ordered to throw up his hands, s He did not hesitate long and when s told to open the safe he did so, taking r the packages out as ordered. The rob- t ber, there was only one in the car, t gathered up the money m his arm and g went to join his associates. They got a on the engine, made the fireman un- s couple it from the cars and then com- e pelled both engineer and fireman to v leave it. They took the engine, ran up j to a point in the woods near Argyle, p eleven miles from the scene of the rob- e Dery, wneretney reit me eogme auu i g took to the woods. As scon "as they a left, word was sent to the officials here, who ordered a freight to bring up the g gassenger coaches to their engine. Ex- l Sheriff Hurst of Thomas county, one of | the most daring officers in the State, at a the head of a possee, reached the scene a about four hours later and with a pack c ot hounds, from McRae's convict v camp, started in pursuit of the robbers, ^ who were thought to have gone off in a the direction of Okeilnokee Swamp. ^ The officials believe the posse has the r right trail and that the robbers will be g captured. t t Back at J jhn Gary Kvans. g Colmbia, S. C., J une 29.?Mr. Jam'es t Norton, chief clerk in the office of Com- a ptroller General and candidate for that a office, yesterday gave the press the fol- c lowing self-explanatory card: v I see n. reported m tne papers luuay that Senator John Gary Evans said at n Chesterfield yesterday that I approach- a him with poor mouth a3 to my salary, i Mr. Evans is entirely mistaken if he b made such statement. What I aid do o was to call his and other members of ii the general assembly's attention to the p udjust and apparently spiteful disc- im- ii inations in the Senate salary bill o? h 1892.1 mentioned the special diserim- a ination against the ofli3e of Comptroll- e er General. This bill lixed his salary u as 81,900 and current expenses at SI,- b 350. This was to all intents and pur t poses an addition of the office; the real e purpose of the same was to give the p office S2,700 when up to Gen. Ellerbe's s term it took S 1.200. This same Senate t: bill gave the Stale Treasurer's oflice$4,- b 200 when it had before received $-4,500 and left the salary of treasurer at $2,- ^ 100. The treasurer did not have any ^ more force thau he absolutely needed, 0 and the work in the Comptroller v General's oliiee exceeds that of the E State Treasurer. y The force in the Comptroller Gen- ^ eralVotlice has been made $3,400 or J $800 less each year than it took under t the former administration, or a saving ji of $3,200 for the four years. This j( has been saved notwithstanding j, the extra work imposed by t.he v bank and railroad litigation. Un- 3 der the circumstances I did y think the Senate bill unfair, unjust, and damaging to the public service as [ represented by the Comptroller Gener- t al's otlice aod 1 felt.coming.as I under- c stood the bill did, from a Senator who ^ was a director and a lawer fir cne of 'j these railroads lighting the administra- f tion, that it was spiteful to Uie extent ^ cf its application to the oflice of the 3 Comptroller General. There were other f gross inequalities in the bill which I e mentioned even to the ways and means committee of the House. The audit- t or and trea3urerer of Charleston coun- e ty receive salaries larger than the 8 Comptroller General and the State y Treasurer. These ollbials get twice s what the same officials of Spartanburg ^ ^ s* ^ * ?^ ?-?-?s\Y*r\ Ar 11 if f-1 o m r\ru a. a LIU UU LIU LUVIO VI um r work. Respectfully, r James Norton. t s Terrific Cyclone. j St. Fai l, Minn., June 28.?Meagre s reports from Southwestern Minnesota c indicate that a terrific cyclone passed c through tnat section this morning. At i Sleepy Eye, four people were killed and at YV 1UQ0W tWO. YiiCcib uauuttiio was i also done at Renville, Coilegeville and c Aberdeen, S. J). St. John's Universi- i ty at Coliegevile was struck at 8:30 p. m. The industrial school was totally i wrecked together with the carpenter 1 shop, bakery, barn, slaughter house, t laundry and store and shoe shop. Oyer t live inches of water fell in an hour at ? Aberdeen. Great damage was done j from the washing out of crops. The i cyclone struck Renville at a few min- ? utes before G o'clock, wrecking every- ' thing in its path. Timbers ol a house ; fell upon Mrs. Charles ilackrnan break i ing her thigh and crushing her head. ( The JiUthem Church, high school build- I ing and the residence ot Frank Herding \ and Charles I lack man were demol- t , ished. i A QUIET MEETING. ~ PEACE REIGNS BETWEEN THE SENATORIAL CANDIDATES. The Campaign Gathering at Bsncetrsvllle TJmlall. EiWbe Kvinscnd OtherCanMnke Speeches Representing Their Claims. Bennettsville, S. C., June 27.?The : tinpaigD is just humming along quietly now as a summer sinh. The Governor prtntiniiBa to orori <"!lev Aland'* "nld fat ribs" with his pitchfork and G. W. Whitman is stili blowing up Hell Liates by the gross without touching [he South Carolina College, but all [races of blood have disappeared from [he Senatorial moon. A majority of [he meeting favored Tillman. Kepreeentative Whitman was the irst speaker. lie jerked the bell cord of the welkin and rung it for all it was worth. lie put on his political diving jell and blew up Hell Gate again. He leelared that in order to find out a nan's politics these days one had to 'revert to genealogy anil the records." lie had several other Hell Gates in the shape of the corporations and the monjy power to blow up but did not have [ime to fix the dynamite. He thought t was time to rotate Mayfield out of :he State House and rotate him in. Secretary of State Tindai spoke next, lie said that one South Carolina had passed away and that the reform movement was making a new one and readi.'ntinn t-Via o^nial linoa on a nfHT JUOlAUg IUO OUUCtl iiuvu via m uv it The agricultural college had been es;ablished to enable the boys to apply icience to their work. The South was ifty years ahead of the North except n one respect?the North has more skilled artisans. The reform movenent had taught the railroads and the jorporations that they could not dictate to the State. It had reduced the inerest on the State debt from 6 to 4 yt Chis govesnment has been taken out of he hands of the few. thus preventing hem from rehabilitating it on ante)ellum lines. If the people wanted to jontinne to progress and properly adust the affairs of government they nust watch and not let another ring )6 formed. A government of the whole >eople would eventually result in a joyernmont of the best people. There vas no reason for strife to continue to nar the peace and progress of the State. :t could result only from the mere deire of one set of men to dominate over he other. He hoped Tillmanite and Conservative would remember this, fhe conllict between the towns and he cities was deplorable. This came rom a misconception of the Alliance >y the town people who would not open heir eyes to see the object of that rreat organization. Mr. Tindal ketched the history oi the Ailiance, howing that it was through it that the lation was awakened to its interests; hat it overturned the Republican paro and placed the Democrats in power: md that it stopped the sugar bounty md the giving of land to railroads. Intead of saying "damn the Alliance" ivery farmer should join it. He varned the people not to allow the Aliance to commit itself to any political >arty. If elected .Governor he would ndeavor to administer the affairs of ;cvernment in equity and justice to all .like. Senator John Gary Evans was the econd Gubernatorial batsman. He >aid a beautiful tribute to the Conederate soldier, especially to the veter iDS 01 toe ree uee. jjiscusing nauonai .ffairs, he said that the only real Democrats in the South to-day are those ?ho stand on the Ocala platform. He leclared that he believed the Sub-Tre.sury plan, if adopted into law, would [estroy the Yankee nation. It would uake tbe South the most prosperous ection of the United States, and would ransfer the financial fountain head of he country to the South. No law, he aid, could be passeu which would not lenefit one serction at the expense of mother. The country is too big. He idvised the Allance not to surrender me of its demands or principles. It ?ill win in the end. Senator Evans spoke next of his conlection with tbe Reform movement ,nd of some of the bills which he had ntroduced and seen become law. He elieved bis county government bill lit! Ui l lie kfifauca cyci pooacu auu wan b would mike splendid roads for ttie ieopIe. It had been commented upon t every part of the country. He said e introduced a bill to establish separ,te public schools for white and colord children. It had been defeated by ciembers from Charleston and Columbia. He said the article published in he Columbia State that he had opposd the two-mill tax was false. The eople, he said, should vote for a contitutional convention. This convenion would change the arrngement for ublic schools. Teaching on the Dispensary law, enator Evans said the Supreme Court ad tried to become the Legislature f the State. To prove that the law ras constitutional, he said the whiskey aen of Charleston had employed lawers to get their advice on the law ncl were told that it was sound and onstitutional. Every circuit judge in he State except one had decided that t was constitutional. He quoted decisons of the Supreme Court showing its nconsistency in whiskey cases. Ten ears ago it decided that the right to ell whiskey was not inalienable. This ear it had decided just the opposite. Senator Evans ahly defended the )ispensary law. He showed how much hat decreased drunkness and how uuch good it had done. The people vant the law and are going to have it. l he speaker attacked prohibition as a arce. lie told a good joke on Bennett.s'iile when it had prohibition and howed that liquor had been more dentiful then than now. Hs was librally applauded when he iini9hed. General Ellerbe then took the bat in he gubernatorial game and he knock iQ some not grounders ana several saycrapers at the Aiken game coc?. ,Vhen he repeated his statement made it Chesterfield that Evans had said here was a ring in the State House, he Senator got up an denied he had nade any such statement, that what he lad said was that he was ready to mash rings. Ellerbe replied he was jlad that Evans had the manliness to ay that h$ had been misrepresented, is he belonged to the State House srowd, and if there were any charges ibout a ring there he wanted names. Evans?I did not say there was no ing there, and von can tell that part >f it for yourself. What I say is that I lever siid there was a ring there. Ellerbe again banged away a: Evans or not supporting Tillman until he )egan to itch for ofiice. He declared hat the Aiken candidate represented ,he new issue, "the death-bed repentLnceboys." He read from the House ournal showing that Evans had voted vith Haskell and Jirawley and other mti lawyers against Clemson College, 'and yet he gets up here, puts on his jail's and swears he will stick them in mybody who attacks a Reformer. Laughter.) Why, bless his soul, he ought us for live years until we whip>ed him in." He wanted it distinctly mderstood that he had been a Reformer since 188'> when Ben Tillman first shot off his gun here in Bennettsville He was no compromise candidate- II talked some about the condition of th country and said that the South am West must come together and elect; President. He showed how he ha< raised the assessment of the corporatioi and tried to make them pay prop? taxes as well as the farmers. (len. Butler was received with an plause. Speaking of the mangnificen crops and nice homes cf Marlbon county that he had seen while ridinj here from Cheraw, he said there ough1 to be no calamity howlers here, am that the people should b* happy am thankful. He thought and prophesiet that times would shorily be bette throughout the country. The eipital ists in the North said there was ?2 per capita, while we did not have $2 i head. He told of how a bank m hi! county could not lend $150 because l did not have the money. The trouble about the national banks was that they contracted or en larged the currency to suit themselves These banks reduced their circulatior to a minimum,and he had voted in Con gress to allow them to isssue an amour/ of currency equal to their deposit ic bonds, instead of niDe-tenths as now in nrriiir that- tha nimi 1 afian nf inrmoi be increased. Answering Governoi Tillman's charge that Wall street hac raised a fund t?> have him re-elected he said that Wall street had no liking for him, and that it had threatended tc blow him up for standing for the peo pie in Congress. When Tillman wanted to funa the State debt he went to Wal street. In regard to his voting for Judge Si monton's confirmation he asked whj had Gorverncr Tillman not sent some protest to Washington against it. Th< Governor's mouth ought to be clcsec on tbat score. Judge Simonton was at honest, upright man whom he hac known for forty years and he could noi get up in the Senate and vote against him just because Governor Tillman die not like him. The Alliance and the Reform party were just getting on hi; platform, as he had advocated free sil ver for fifteen years. In the face of previous experience the people had re-elected Cleveliand, They knew at the time he would vetc a free coinage bill or anything thai would help the South, It was the pol liticaa8 who had opposed Cleveland. Gen. Butler said that if he had anything tu do with the Democrat party ic the future he intended to read the riot act and tell the people that they ought to have a candidate from the West. He had in mind a mail from that section who was with us completely on all oui great questions. The Southern farmers were the smartest people in the world. They made cotton at nine cents per pound, sold it at seven and still lived. But they could not live long at this. They must have relief. The General said that chairman of the meeting had reminded him before the speaking that the people wanted to hear issues discussed. This was what he wanted. He never heard a speech but that he learned something and he always tried to tell others what he knew. He deprecated bitterness and hoped to see the people all together. Governor Tillman was received with shouts and cries of "tell it," "weare glad to see you again." He recalled the fact that ho had begun his attack on the "oligarchy,"right here in Bennettsville nine years ago. He did not wait to catch the popular side. He just took his stand and somehow the boys came right along and ranged themselves around him. He was going to be the advance guard sent by the peonlft to takfi t.he government from the plutocracy. He was not responsible for the bitterness that had passed between him and Dutler. He just pitched back two rocks for one. He wanted peace, but he was not going to be dictated to by a minority. If those who had fought him so bitterly and were ready to join the church and would quit calling him a devil, he was ready to open the doors. (Voice: They want office.) Yes, tDat's what is the matter with them. Let them take back seats and come in on probation and show they ain't for revenue and office and maybe we will promote them some time. I do not hate these men who hate me so. I feel sorry for them. They are benighted and have read the News and Courier so that they think I am a devil. [Laughter ] He would talk to the people as a plain farmer and a statesman, whicn latter he claim?d to be, as he had rightly Interpreted the will of the people and had done their wishes. The Republicans and Hamiltoniaos and the Antis were at heart Republicans. They were no more Democrats than he was a negro. ' Cleveland is not honest today, or else he is the mo3t damnable traitor that has ever held that seat," shouted the Governor amid applause. Cleveland and his so called Democratic Congress were responsible for the poverty stricken condition of the country. Jingiand naa onoea vjongress Lnruugu Wall street. Before they weat to Washington and booght the nomination of Cleveland. They also bought Harrison's nomination. Tbey were happy and made the people pay the piper, no matter which one got elected. Th9 Governor said that the .News and Courier and other subsidized newspapers that were bossed and owned whiQed about an "honest dollar." They made silver dishonest by legislation. The governor argued for greenbacks and asked why did the capital ists want the promise of the government on a bond and yet reject it on a note. He wanted Uncle Sam to destroy national banks and mal o gold, sil ver and paper receivable for all dues and go ahead and turn on a stream of greenbacks that would irrigate this country. Of course the opposition would say this was the rankest heresy, but he did not care. The sub-treasury was simply an educational doctrine used eilicaciously to show the farmers that they had been imposed upon and to show the iniquity of the national banking system; and it has served its purpose- The Oovernor said that at Spartanburg when he had his famous debate with lien Terrell before the Alliance, and behind closed doors, he had satisfied his audience that it was Souih Carolina's part to mase their light in the Democratic party and so he let the sub-treasury alone because he did not want to light his brethien. When the State convention met last year the feeling was not to send any delegates to Chicago, or if they did to instruct them to leave if Cleveland was nominated. In a caucus be spoke against this and showed the Reformers the unwisdom of such a Ho thon aranprl that. Hip's WUIOW. V r> could not afford to risk the election ot Harrison by dividing the national Democracy. The convention put the Ocala platform in the State Democratic plattorm. He did not agree with them and told them so, but that was their right, and by putting it there the Third party was kept down in South Carolina, while, said he, you and I and two-thirds of the people had a nerve of Third partyism up our backs . as Dig as your uugei. In other States the Alliance kicked out of the party and had ruined itseli 1 in doing so. South Carolina remainec >. in the Democracy and was an example e to the other States which are now ree gretting that they had not followed i our course. We are likely to have them a follow our lead if we lead wisely and I well, but we must not fritter our a forces by dividing on small issues. We r mu3t not load down our platform with such impractical schemes as are on the i Popuiistic platform. If we make the t tight in the South and West on the } question of the government issuing all * the paper money and taking it away t from the corporations and making 1 gold, silver, and paper interchangeable i we will win. The tariff is a side issue i and ao is governmental control of the r railroads. We must leave all these - questions out of it and consecrate all i our strength on the light for the peoi pie's money. Speeches were made by ? several candidates for State oflices. NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE. i 1 Germ tn FaulilarH Refused Feriuln*l'>n JO Visit Augusta. 1 Columbia, S. C.. June 29? At a spe* cial meeting hell on J une 18 the Gert man Fusiliers of Charleston decided to 1 accept the invitation of the German Guards of Augdsta to participate with 1 them in their celebration of "German j Day," or "Deutsche Tag," ( June 27) 1 that city. ? The company, having decided to go to > Augusta, Capt. Schacte wrote to Co} lumbia for permission for his command : ' to leave the State. [ The following self explanatory corre1 spondence then ensued between him- ; self and Assistant Adjutant General 1 Watts* l Charleston. June 18,1994. i Gen. II.L. Farley, Adjutant and In- 1 ? spector General State of South Caroli- j 1 na?General: I have the honor tore ' i quest you to grant me permission to | I vi3it Augusta, Ga., with my company, t j the German Fusiliers, on the 27th day i. I nf Tnno IftOl J H \J k. 'J UUU) i Very respectfully, ( j Henry Sciiacte, ! J Captain German Fusiliers. ' Respectfully forwarded approved. J T. A. Huguenin, ' i Brigadier General. Columbia, June 25,1894. ( > Captain Henry Schacte, Charleston, S. ] i C.: Dear Sir:?Your letter to General Farley asking permission to leave the ' State armed and equipped has been re- ] delved and was referred to the Com- I i mander-io-chief, and I am instructed ; by him to say to you that as your com- 1 ; mand is under charges he cannot grant ' > your request. 1 i Very respectfuly, ] J. Gary Watts, Assistant Adjutant and Inspector 1 s General. r Upon the receipt of the letter of the * , Adjutant and Inspector General refus- ' ; ing the desired permission the tele- 1 r graphic correspondence below passed \ between Capt. Renkl, of the Augusta i German Guards, aod Captain schacnte: ! ; Charleston, Jane 25,1894. Capt. A. J. Ilenkl, Augusta, Ga.: 1 > Having been unable to procure 1 1 the permission of the Commander-inchief to leave the State we regret that ? i we cenaot be with you. i Henry Schachte, t Captain German Fusiliera. ? Augusta, Ga., June 25, 1894 i i Capt. Henry Schachte, Charleston, S. 1 , C.: Ship uniforms and come anyhow; * have plenty of gnns. Answer. j A. J. Renkl. Charleston, June26,1894. ^ Capt. A. J. Renkl, Augusta, Ga.: i Thanks for your telegram. Would * gladly do so, but under the circum- 1 i stances impossible. c Henry Schachte. t \ After sending the above telegram 1 Captain Schachte wrote to Captain J Renkl the following letter with which c the correspondence closed: Charleston, June 26,1894. t Capt. A. J. itenkl, German Guards, c Augusta, Ga?Dear Captain- I write * on behalf of the German Fusiliers te ? say that we regret sincerely our inabil- t ity to participate with you in your an- 1 niversary celebration. As explained to you by telegraph our application for permission to leave the State was refused by the Com Dander in-chief. i We send our greeting to the German c Guards of Augusta, and wish them i continued prosperity ia the years to t come. ^ t r 1 1.. _ ,1 ? i ? ? ? _ ^ 1 nA.i.n \ ery limy uuu smcriciy jumo, Henhy Schaciite. Kad t the McFail Cass. W. li. McFail's peculiar and, by this time, famous case has at last beea deiluitely decided and he will have to go to the penitentiary to serve out the seven years sentence for manslaughter imposed upon him something over two years ago. McFaii has been as free as a bird for two years owiDg to the mo3t peculiar combination of legal circumstances ever known in the State. About four years ago McFall got into a diiliculty with the town marshal of Midway, in Barnwell county, which resulted in his shooting and killing the marshal. He was arrested, tried and convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years. Ail appeal was lateu iu uie f State Supreme Court and McFall got , out on bond. In the course of lime j the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal because McFail's attorneys had , not had the briefs printed etc, in ac- J cordance with the rules of the court. ? The remittituer was sent down on t June 10,1892. After this McFail's ap- [ pareutly giving up all hope of keeping ^ out of the State prison surrendered , himseif to his bondholders, went to the ( peniteatiary and offered to deliver him- < self up to the authorities. They refused to take him, the commitment papers having not been reoeived. Mr. Williams applied to the United States t : Supreme Court for a writ of error, al- ( legmg that his client was being de- r prived of justice by the Stats Court be ( cause he was too poor to have a brief { of his case printpd. The writ was 5 granted and McFail went home l lie has been there unmolested for the past two years. Some time ago the case was called in the United States Supreme Court and the State moved to have the case dismissed. The mandate of the court dismissed the case with costs and penalties. The court dismisses it upon the ground that the petitioner failed to have his cause filed and docketed, as is required by the 1 rules of the court. It appears that Mr. Williams having moved to ^another section of the country either forgot or 1 neglected the case, and in consequence McFaii will he obliged to go to prison : at ODce, the remittuer or tne estate | court- having already gone clown. I Tlrtd of Living. ( i Charleston, June 28.?J. Henry ' , Ilackerman, a young white man, com- i mitted suicide live miles from here to- i day. He tied a bar of iron around his < waist and went out into the river, j s where he shot himself. It was his evi I dent intention to have fallen into the ] l river after shooting himself. He left , i the following note on the table in his ) room: I i Dear Mother and leather:?I am tired 1 of living and so I will make an end of i my life. So I mean to die and bury i myself. It is useless to try and iind my body, for you will never lind it. ' I This is ahout til I have to sav out of < I ray mouth while I live. Your truly I and beloved son, J. II. IIackerman. i HARV3 BATTERY REUNION. A L^rge Crowd and <*ood Sp?fche? at tlx Celebration. Midway, S. C., June 28.?Wednes day morning', June 27ch, dawned with a slight cloud overlooking the horizon and looked as if the day would be a very rainy and ill looking one, but soon afterwards the clouds vanished and the day put forth its golden sunshine and proved to be a veiy line day. At 1U o'clock a, ra. near one thousand people lined the beautiful pavements of the little city of Bamburg, S. 0 , and one hour later between three and live hundred more put in their appearance, the occasion being the Reunion or Hart's Battery. The First Georgia Regiment Brass Bond, of Savannah, composed of 13 pieces was there in good style an 1 gave elegant music. At 10:30 o'clock the band struck up a familiar piece and marched to the place designated for the speaking, followad by possibly a thousand persons. The speeches took place under large oaks which made a kind ot park and also a very pretty place. At 11 o'clock all seemed anxious to hear the orator?, were called to order by Chairman VV. G. Smith, who announced that Ilev. J. VV. Elkins would lead us in prayer. Mr. Elkins arose and made a noble and earnest prayer lasting about fifteen minutes. Chairman Smith then made a short address and in conclusion introduced one of South Carolina's noble, distinguished, and patriotic gentlemen, Mdj. James F. Ilart. The Major arose from his seat casting a glance at the immense crowd and then a look at Bam berg's fair damsels with great admiration, standing there upon the rostrum looking like a brave veteran who with his comrades went through the terrible hard sti uggie Qghting for their country during the late war, gave the crowd a smiling bow and spoke for about half an hour. He was greatly applauded all through his speech and was loudly cheered at the conclusion. Major Smith next introduced a son [)f one of the survivors, a li year old lad, Mr. R. A. Sherfesse of Rock Hill, rhe young orator came forward and with a pleising smile quivering about bis lips rang out through the crowd his youthful yoice. Ills effort was grand, lie spoke near twenty-five minutes and at the conclusion, the fair damsels same on the stand and presented the young orator with exquisite and beautiful bouquets of flowers. He was also loudly cheered by the crowd and deserves great praise for his utterances. Col. Robert Aldrich of Barnwell. S. D. was the next to come forward. His oright intelligent physiogomy being familiar took in the smiles and admiration of everybody, for they knew that t was not often that they hear such an orator as the Colonel. His speech was eloquent and was very interesting ;o all present. He spoke fifty minutes md was loudly applauded. At the conclusion of Colonel Aldrich's jpeech, the band struck up "Dixie" and ; ~ r tt t~) ~ l. ;ne remaining survivors or nan s x>at;ery, IT In number, jumped from their leats and yelled hurrah, hurrah! waivng their hands and hats, for the Confederacy and Hart's Battery. The old amiliar time seemed to have brought jack recollections of the yearsof '61 to 65. The survivors who were present y ere as follows: Maj. James F. Hart, Gen. F. M. 13amier, Louis Skerfese D. H. Sally, Wiliam Pnillips, Jeff Harvey, W. M. Feller, Joseph Gillard, E. 13. Guess, Por,er Pearson, Henry Kennedy, John D. Livingstone, Charles Sherfese. Joseph ffurdock, D. P. Sojourner, 3. H. Trulal, A. V. Eaves, J. H. Walker. Chairman Smith at 1 o'clock directed he crowd to the well-filled tables of satables near the fitting schooll buildng where every body went, and after i hearty repast seemea exceedingly iappy. Every body had a nice time and vent home praising God.?Columbia Fournal. ''ihjs World Is Glosrny.'' Bennettsville, June 28.?Mr. II. kV. Wingate, a merchant of this town jommitted suicid9 this morning about lalf past nine o'clock by cutting his ihroat with a razor. lie had been unveil for a few days and was despoadmt on account of money stringency, tie spent a sleepless night, and early ;his morning called on druggist Dougas and purchased a two ounce bottle )f laudanum, stating that he wanted t for his wife. He went to his store md was seen there until 9 o'clock. Soon ifterwards he was discovered, through i window, under tne counter in a puui )f blood, with an open razor near him, md the empty laudanum bottle on the ;ounter. The door was locked with ;he key on the inside, in the lock. Coroner Sampson was atones notified. \n entrance was effected. Mr. Win?ate was found to be dead. A ury was empaneled and several witlesses examined. An unfinished letter Jated June 28, was found on the dead nan's person, which read as follows: "Dear Delia: This world is gloomy md my troubles are crushing me and you and the children. It is be3t for me ,o leave this world." His wife's name is Deila. The sup josition is that he drank the laudanum, md that drug not taking effect as soon is he desired he determined to use his azor. The verdict was that he came to lis death by a razor wound at his own lands. Mr. Wingate was about 40 years of age and leaves a wife and five :hi!dren. He married a niece of Judge J. P. Townsend.?State. Forty Thousand Strikers. Chicago, June 28.?It was estimated cday at the headquarters of theAmeri:an Railway Union that fully 40,000 nen are now out on a strike on account )f the refusal of the Pullman Company ;o settle the differences with its employees in the shops- By tomorrow night learly double that number will have )een ordered out, and the strikers wiil nclude Qot only members of the union L'm'nnto nf f ohnp lirnthprhnnri ;uo uui^ulo vjl ?jc+wi , v nen and other orgaDizition can in any vay affect the interests of the roads -vhich have decided to stand by Pullnan. It was given out at headquarters ;oday that to-morrow morning the diferent railroads out of Chicago handling Pullman cars would be suiliciently irlppled to warrant the removal of the )aae of operations of the officers of he American Railway Uaion from Chicago to St. Louis. Passed the House. Washington, June 22.?At 4:45 j'clock this afternoon the anti-option oill passed the House by a vote anincnced to be veas 150. navs 87, present md not voting 1. This result wa3reach;d after two hours consideration cilhe intendments to the bill, under the live ninute rule and au hour's speach by Hatch, the author of the bill su uming Dp the arguments in its favor. The bill, as lioallv passed, wa3 the Dill that came from the committee rn igriculture, with the single addition of [lour to the list of articles which may not be traded in. Tbe vote in favor of the bill is summaPzed as follews: Democrats, 93, Rspublicaus 47, Populists 10. Ihose who voted agaiust it; Democrats ill Rennnllran 20. A TERRIBLE DISASTER. TWENTY FIV? MEN DROWNED BY THE SINKING OF A BOAT. i i A Tu* Ov -r-crowded with Member* of a FjpMng Ciub Founder* oil Atlantic , Hifclilteds ?The S earner Algonquin and T? j Tui;i t?th Kescu*. I i New York, Jane 24.?The tu? Jaw. s D. Nichols, owned by Woi. Reeves, of ! 87th srreet, this ciiv, tounderoi off the Atlantic Highlands shortly before 1 > o'clock this afternoon. The Ntchc-ls had 1 on board a party of excursionists numbering sixty-eight persons and also cars ried a crew of live men. As near a3 can be lea-ned al this 1 wriliog forty eight persons were rescued 1 by the steamer Algonquin, of the Clyde 1 I/ne, and thetu ;s Governor Wallace B. Fliat and It, J. Morgan. This leaves f t * enty-five persons unaccounted for and | these have probably been drowned. The names cf the victims have not all been learned yet, and it will probably be ser, eral days before a complete list ol the dead can be gathered. The tu* Nichols wa3 chartered by an asscc ation kaowa as tbe Herring Fishing Club, whose headquarters are at No 55 1st avenue, this city. Tne tug, with the party on board, left the toot of 5th s'.rcct, East Itiver, at 7 30 o'clock this morning. She stopped at Pier 3 on her way to the lishiog banks oQ' Seabright, N. J., whore several more persons were taken on board, making sixty-eight in ^ ail. The fishing wa3 indiflarent and the weather threatening, and the tug started homeward. Stories difi'er ^s to what happened on board the tug. According to one chapter of the nearrative the fishermen, to avoid getting wet, moved around on the dry side of the vessel, that is. the side where the waves did not strike with much force. It is claimed by some that this action on the part of the passengers resulted in the foundering of the tug. With the increased weight on ODe side she toppled over and the water ran into her to such aa extent ibat it wa3 thereafter impossible to navigate her. See struggled for a short distance and then, as the water continued to roll into her, she sank further aud further into the 3wells aud went down. By others it is claimed that the shifting of the passengers had nothing to do with the accident. These allege that the tug wa3 an old and rotten affair; that she was terribly over cro vded and consequently top-heavy, and that when she got into the heavy sea she simply went over. She blew her whistle and attracted attention on board of the steamer Algonquin, which wa3 a mile away. The Al- \ gonqum lowered a life boat, but the tug sank before either the life boat or the tugs named came up. As she shank out of sight the top of the wheel bouse, 'fd together with a ratt and a life boat, re- ^ mained ll Dating on the water. To every particlj of wreckage clung one or more of the drownmg throng. The life raft was the most sought tor aad those who were so fortunate as to make it were saved. The tug's life boat was found afloat, but full of water. In it was the body of , a W?"Anrn a A mo?? f onrrlorf tin !n fiflhirKJ I a UlV^TlitVi UiUU 1/au^iV/u tu uwu ? lines. Toe water was so rough that 1 the Algonquin made no attempt to pick up her life boat, but gave it a line and towed it astern until quarantine was reached. Why Ho Killed H|m. Lyons, June 26.?Santo, the assassin ^ of President Carnot, was again J brought up this morning for examina- ^ tion before Examining Magistrate Eenoist.When theexaminating magistrate asked Santo whether he had a personal grievance against President Camot, he replied: "No, but he was a tyrant, and I killed him for that reason." "How did you stab him?'' asked the magistrate. "1 pushed aside the horses and carianoier and advanced to the carriage. I had a dagger concealed in my sleeve. I only had to raise my hand. I aimed at the stomach and brought my arm down sharply, shouting "Long live anarchy."'rne crowd rushed upon me and laid me nro3trate. I was beat mer cilessly." ' Is the president dead?"asked Santo.. As the magistrate made no reply, the prisoner took it for granted that his victim was dead. He smiled aad raising his hand, imitated the act of stabbing the President with undisguised glee. The examination lasted four hours. A Ls?<ly Killed. . f Florence, S. C., June 27.?-A horrible accident occurred here at li o'clock today, in which Mrs. Fannie Xachmaa lost her life and Mrs. Helena VVelsh received -d horrible scalp wound. Mrs. Welsh, a widow lady and a cripple, was out shopping today driving a horse and buggy. While on Darlington street the horse took fright aad ran down Irby street. While crossing the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta tracks Mrs. Welsh was thrown out, falling on her head and receiving a gash from the forehead to the back of her head about - ? r? SiX incnes in lengin. ivira. ucisu may recover from her injuries. The horse continued his mad run till it reached the electric light pole in front of the court house. Here the buggy was smashei into smithereens and Mrs. Xachman was thrown about thirty feet, falling on her head. She was knocked senseless, the concussion being so great that she died in about Ave minutes. No one knows the cause of the horse running. It is indeed a sad affair and hasjDeeu the topic of conversation all day. Oatlawj at Yemaasee. Yexassee, S. C., June 26.?Yesterday afternoon three negroes were caught breaking into the freight cars of the Charleston and Savannah Railway near Central Junction, and were ' ? ? in. * ionowea oy .oram hlhuc, wuu is cmployed by the road. He followed them to YemaS9ee, but before they reached there they had committed another offense. They had robbed another negro right in the sight of the Yemassee depot, and took ail the money he had, also shooting him and badly bruising him. A posse was at once organized and they captured the ollenders at Coosawhatchee, having to shoot two of them and injuring them slightly. They were taken to Hampton County jail today. Operator Commins took a very active part in their capture. A Sad De*th. Ciiaiilotte, N. C, June 26.?John Logan Jamison, Jr., assistant overseer on the Thompson orphanage farm near Charlotte, was killed by lightning this attemoon under a poplar tree, under which he and his mule, with which he had been plowing, took shelter. La3t Wednesday young Jamison was married to pretty Ruth Brown, one of the ward of theTompsDon orphanage. After a motherless and fatherless childhood, Ruth had at last found happiness in marriage to a manly husbaad, but now, after live days of wedding life the unfortunate woman is a widow. J