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VOL. XXIV- LEXINGTON, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, .ILLY 18, 181)4. NO. 35. THE MANNING MEETING GENERAL RICHBOURG'S FIRST APPEARANCE AS A SPEAKER. The Crowd With Tillman?An Ovation to Secretary Tlndal?Butler Favoia the Formation of Sllvar League*?What the Other Candidates Said. Manning, S. C., July 10.?Notwithstanding tLe rain today the court house was crowded to hear the candidates for State and Senatorial honors. The speeches of all the candidates were regarded eaual to. if not better, than at any previous meeting. The crowd was overwhelmingly for Governor Tillman for Senator to succeed Sutler. General Richbourg made his first campaign speech today. The meeting was presided over by Hon. S. A.Nettles, County Chairman. After prayer by Rev. H. M. Mood the speakers were introduced in the following order: Hon. J. Walter Whitman, General R. N. Richbourg, Hon. W. H. Yeldell, Governor B. R. Tillman, Senator M. C. Butler, Hon. John Gary Evans, Comptroller General W. H. Ellerbe and Secretary of State Tmdal. The first speaker was G. Walt. Whit- j man who denounced the charge in Columbia Journal that he was run out of Clarendon County in 1876 as a damnable lie. Gen R. N. Richbourg was the next speaker. He said he was no politician and appeared on the stump as a candidate because he had been brought forward by Reform papers and prominent , Reformers. He referred to Candidate John Gary Watts by saying that he had never known as a military man such an office as "Assistant Adjutant General," but he supposed that military men <?nnld M-aatft what thev chose. He loved the military, and if elected thought he could make this arm of the service the proudest boast of the State, Representative W. H. Yeldeil of Edgefield spoke in behalf of his candidacy for Railroad Commissioner and said he was unfairly beaten by the Legislature at the last session. Governor Tillman was uproarously applauded as he began to speak. He said he was telling no lie when he said he was glad to seethe people. Yeldeil had said it was chilly, but if he had struck Manning the day he first came here, "Good God, what would he have said about the weather ?" He wanted to go to the Senate because he could do more for the people than any other man. He would go there with a fork and let out some stench. The Democratic party was as rotten as the Republican. We have seen the President, said he, sell out; go back on the Democratic platform; strike down silver; veto the seigniorage bill and now they are tinkering with the tariff bill in Washington to see how little reform they can give jou. If Cleveland is to set the pace of the Democracy in these United vf-otoo T am r>r\ f a Tiomftpraf (An. kJVUVVO X. (im UUU U JL/ViUVV<MV? plause.) Free silver meant simply the restoration of the double standard and ten cents cotton instead of seven cents. These scoundrels know it and they try to befuddle the people and send fellows to Congress like Col. Elliott to vote for Cleveland's policy. The Republicans and Democrats in New York and the New England States are identical as to their tariff views and we have got to align our forces with those of the West and take charge of the Democratic party. If we don't, then we deserve to continue as slaves. We are the slaves of money and with all our boast? about freedom we are the greatest slaves on the earth. They buy and sell our Congressmen like sheep,.. They control elections and they are trying to control this election now and buy your votes for the Senate. I won't say General Butler will be Cleveland's "cuckoo," but I say he has more patronage than anybody and that Cleveland prefers him to me. General Butler was well greeted by the crowd. He warned the people to look out for riDgs, slates and cliques that are looming up. He considered the Alliance the best organization the farmers had ever had, and if it had adhered to the principles which originated it it would have accomplished untold benefits. Lt had made a great mistake by layiDg down an arbitrary, Procrustean rule with which to work out the financial problem. It was legislation uDder the McKlnley bill and subsequent Republican legislation that had brought about the hard times. He thought the tariff bill would be put into operation within three weeks and better times would come when it got well under way. In proportion as silver has been degraded the price of farm commodities has gone down and where silver has been recognized fully sua completely prices nave gone up. He advised that silver leagues be organized, not only in the South and West, but in the Northern and Middle States. If we can't get our own party to come up abreast of the times and give us the relief we are entitled to, he was willing to take relief wherever'we could get it. When any man talks about not votiDg for me 1 want him to put his hand on some act wherein I have been untrue to my duty. He must nna some ocaer excuse ior turning me down. I challenge aDy man to point out where I have neglected any public duty imposed on me by the people of this State, either in war or peace. 1 have not taken up the burden from personal ends; I have done it somelimes carrying my life in my hands, and I have simply tried to do my duty in the Senate. The office belongs to the sovereign people and if I am not elected I shall tbaDk my God for being able to turn that office over to you without one blot or tarnish upon its escutcheon. God grant that all the good that has Vvrvyw* /I ana Kt? T?ofarm rv\ avorv-? orf UCCU UVLC VJJ kau jL^txvia* uiVT^ui^ub may be perpetuated. God grant that every patriotic citizen of every faction may take up "whatever good has been done for the Commonwealth of South Carolina and carry it forward to completion. If Governor Tillman is necessary tor the perpetuation of the Reform movement the best thing you can CIO ior mm ana i'u you is to &eep mm here where he can watch and guard it and send me back. (Laughter and applause.) Keep him at heme where he can watch the antis and prod them with his pitchfork. General Butler had a great deal to say on the line of tariff and silver legislation and he was listened to closely and applauded frequently. lie held that his service in the Senate had made him better qualified than ever torepre* sent South Carolina in Congress. Senator John Gary Evans followed. He spoke of the achievements of .Reform and said some member of the Legislature, who had beea a Confederate soldier, going to Baltimore when ihe bonds were about to be refunded and sayiDg that Tillman ought not to oomo nckroAn I UC ClOOiOLvU iu LUiOt uuuuv be said, bad introduced bills in tne Legislature to keep the fetate debt running at 6 per cent. If elected he would pursue tte same policy as Tillman had. The reason the anti newspapers whined and wrote editorials against him being Governor was because he had whipped ail their trained parliamentarians in the Legislature. He had the facts to prove that the Darlington Dispensary troamble was a not gotten up by the whiskey trust to show that Tillman could not rule in South Carolina, and at the proper time he would produce ; them. General Ellerbe was the next speaker. He declared the Farmers movement ought not to be turned into a , lawyers movement. As Comptroller General he paid out annually ?54,000 to lawyers who were officers of the State while he only paid out ?22,000 to all other classes. Lawyers were not competent to represent the interest of farmers as farmers were themselves. Secretary of State Tindal was the last ( speaker. He was handsomely greeted i by his home people. His speech was t full of substantial advice to the farm- . ers, advisiDg them to educate their children above all things. He said < that no rings should be allowed in the { State and hoped that the Dispensary t nnasfinri tnnnlH ho QOTiarftfOli fpdTtl 4 UCO UUU ? UUiU UV. * V politics. As long as the moral forces ; of the State were devided strife would be stirred up. We do need peace, and . so far as we can have it without sacrificing principle we must have it. This was James E. Tindal's day. Nearly every man in the audience was for Clarendon's son for Governor. Nor no man in South Carolina is more beloved in his home county than Mr. Tindal. He has been honored for years 'by tbem and now his thousands of friends and admirers want to see him given the highest honor in the State. If they can bestow this honor on him they will work like beavers to do so.*' Mr. Tindal was given an ovation toI day. AVERY UGLY AFFAIR. xtw Way to Prevent a Witness From Testifying | Columbia, S. C., July 13.? The State yesterday obtained the details of an exceedingly ugly affair which occured I in the upper portion of the State, just ; across the line dividing the counties of Abbeville and Edgefield, in the first i named county, on Friday night last. The affair was the outrageous beating and shoofrng of a negro laborer by a mixed mob of white and colored men wiinous any apparent f^tuse utuer man i that the victim had been summoned to ( give testlmoney in a case against some , negroes, pending in court. He will e probably die from the effects of the treatment he received. The facts of t the case were obtained yesterday from , Cap. E. H. Toungblood, a prominent J and reliable gentleman of Edgefield county, the United States Commission- ( er in that section, on whose pie ie the , victim lived. " : It appears that the nexro, James A. ' Nelson, 13 a quiet, well-behaved labor- i er upon Capt. Youugbiood's place. On Friday night last, some time after midnight, several negroes and white men came to the negroe's house and, s knocking on the door, woke him up. ?, They told him that their wagon had broken down and asked him to come out aDd assist them in repaying it. He v got a torch and went out with them. , When they got to the road the torch 1 was knocked from his hand and about ^ fifty white men and negroes surround- ; edbim. They tied him securely and v started him across the line into Abbe- ? villft fountv. Thev cave no reason for ? the seizure. As the negro was passing J Capt. Youngblood's house he cried out " once, but the mob placed pistols at his head made him keep quiet. They then r dragged him along a distance of about three miles 12&UI the Cedar ^ Creek sectioD, just over the Abbeville , county line, was reached. There they proceeded to whip him in a most brutal maniler, and finally wound up by t shooting him with shotguns in the : right leg and right side, leaving him t there, evidently expecting him to die. The negro managed to secure aid, g however, and got home. Capt. Young- t blood says that the man's body is a mass of cuts, stripes and blisters, n where he was beaten, and that there are numberless bullet holes in his leg t and side. He is in a precarious condi- , tion. ! It seems that in this section of Edge i ^ field county there are a number of y white men and negroes of low class ? who have been violating the revenue laws. Several days before the event x referred to a deputy marshal summon- g ed the negro as a witness in a case J against another negro. The men who t had been dealing in illicit liqi&r sub- j sequently declared that they would c kill any negro who informed on them, , and it is supposed that they took the summoning of this negro as a witness n to mean that he had informed upon t them, and they consequently wanted to rid the community of him. Their idea seemed to be to carry him over , into Abbeville county and let it be thought that highway robbers in that J county had dealt foully with him. The -i negro, however, recognized six men in j thp nartv?fivft whitft artd rma fnlnrpd 1 the latter being the man who was un- -1 der indictment and against whom Nel- 1 sor was to have testified. Such are the facts of the case.?State. Charged With Looting the Dlspansxrj. Timmonsville, July 13?The part- x ies indicated by Trial Justice Atkinson 1 of this place, upon information of W. 1 II. New bold, for depredations commit- x ted upon the Florence dispensary on the night of the 30th of March, are as named below: There are two cases. 1 The first is for house-breaking and 1 malicious mischief, and {involves Lis J Hatchell, Willie J. Abrams, Chas Feck, Ed Cannon, Jno. C. Davis and Gill x Dougless, and the witnesses summoned In this case are J. M. Powers, H. Wil- I liamson and Frooks McCall. The x second is for consDiracv. involving W. B. Rollins. Lis HatcheJ, Willie J. Abrams. Ed Cannon, John 0. Davis, J. S. Beck, Gill Douglass, A. A. Cohen, Ed a McKay, and Julius DeJongb; and the t witnesses relied upon are Geo. Turbe- a ville, J. M. Bowers, B. A. Wilcox, a John Chase, and W. W. Hursey, 7 The preliminary hearing is set for today. Some effort was made by the ac- 1 cused parties to get Trial Justice At- ? kinson to go to Florence, where they g all reside, to take and determine upon 1 the merits of the evidence, but without ( success. It is thought that the course t of the prosecution in hxmg upon this t place for the hearing is influenced by t the fear that the main incriminating s witness, Mr. J. M. Powers would be at i some risk at Florence, where the feeling against him seems to be very bit- i ter.?journal. a Would Fly It. ^ Chicago, July 8.? Mrs. Isaac P. { Hammond, a Southern woman, an- r nounced that she would display from. a window of her house a Confederate flag ] on July 4. An angry crowd, learning oi her intentions, gathered in Iront of 1 the place, determined to tear down the J flag if it appeared. Police I/eutenaut Stift called upon Mrs. Hammond and ^ advised her not to hang out the fl ig. Mrs. Hammond had ordered a Confederate flag but it hadn't been sent hom6 by the maker. This was told the crowd, and j it dispersed. She then hung out a j Britisbflag, which a small boy took for j a Confederate banner and promplv toer j down and destroyed. The crowd returned later and decorated the premises ' with the national colors. J' DISPENSARY FIGURPS. SENATOR BUTLER HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUTTHFM At the Campxieu HIfetlr.2 ?r llunnesiUH? A Small Uiowd Ptftaiut?fciOvernor Tillman Sajs He Will T.ook Inlothe Dispensary AFttter, 15cnnp:aus, July 11 ?The campaigners faced the braves of Jierkeley today md repeated once more their oft-told ales before one of those "small but en,husiastic" audiences, as apologetic and iharitable newspaper men sometimes say of theatrical performances where he pate ieceipts scarcely pay board rills. Speeches were made by Stokes, rinrtnl Whitman. TJlerbe?. 10 vars.Jlut er and Tillman. Gen. Ellerbe got vigorous and laid ,he ring business on John Gary with a rowel. He iirst touched up the Sparanburgend olthe State by showing ip Gantt's inconsistency in packing ,hat county for the Aiken man. He nade a cold-blooded charge of double iealing against the sage of the Tiednont Headlight in this wise: "Gantt wrot9 me that his county was :or me. and that it was impossible for lim to carry it for any lawyer. Yet with these misrepresentations and lies ;hey have taken that county from me, ind it's no less than robbery. That is jertalnly evidence of a ring; and I believe that the rank and file of the people will smash it as we smashed the old :ing. One of my friends told me here ;oday that they had already packed :his county for John Gary j&vans. TheBuckley" braves didn't relish :his plain talk worth a copper, and ;hey began to liare up at the intrepid Marion swamp fox. "Who told you that?" asked one of. ;he hosts. "Give us his name," shouted several tf.hprs. But the General kept that to himstlf, laying that he did not believe the Berkley ites could be packed. 'I'm cripple," cried the irrepressible Flair Murray, "and I can't be packed." IVnd as he wtnt on peppering Evans the jumptious boys In front yelled, "Look >ut JohD!" "You look like a Governor ilready." Eilerbe rapped on, declaring that if Svans were elected he would put all lis family in office. He did not think ill the Reform plums belonged to the iarys and Evanses. The Aiken game cock had his gaffs >n today and he sank them deep into Jen. Ellebee. lie spoke with probable ;igni?icance of some men who held salirles sitting in bomb proofs in Colum>ia during the Darlington troubles, vhile he was standing at the Goverlor's back. This was greeted with tremendous tpplause from the Dennis famliy. 'Are you an Alliance man?" shouted Svans at Gen. Eilerbe. The General tried to explain that he laa Deen a memoer, uui u?u tv quiu. Svans waltzed into nim, declaring that here was something rotten in a man vho joined the Alliance and then quit t. lie said that Eilerbe, if elected, ?ould give all his brothers ofliee. lie ipologized for "spankiDg little Willie md putting the darling infant to leep," adding that Ellerbee made it lecessary by whining. Evan3 proceeded to make a very seious charge against the Supreme Jourt for their decision against the lispensary law. A gre.y-haired man on be stand asked if the judges didn't get i little whiskey. "I expect they did get a little through he back door," shouted Evans. "Judgng from their decision I would sav that hey were all drunk, except Tope." Gen. Butler's speech contained a tatement about the expenditures of he dispensary. He said: I have presented extracts from Mr. Craxler's report for the quarter ending lanuary 31, 1894, on a former occasion, >ut the facts have never been grouped is I have them new. If they can be iatisfactorily explained, I would be rery glad to have it done, as I do not ?ish to make an unjust accusation igainst any man. Although Mr. Traxler may be prinarily responsible, and 1 have no realon to doubt his honesty or integrity, Governor Tillman's name is signed to he report and of course he must stand >y it. The following is the statement >f assets and liabilities for the quarter mding January 31,1894: Extract from the Report of the State dispensary, from November 1, 1893, o January 31, 1894. RECAPITULATION. ASSETS. Srov. 1?Stock on hand $ 39,831.43 Machinery, oilice furniture.. 2,589.97 Ymt. due by dispensaries 82.953.50 iev. tax ad'ved distillers.... 10,330 24 3ash in State treasury 7,514.55 i^eb. 1,1894?Stock on hand.. 15,926.00 Ymt. due by dispen'rs others. 101,481.87 8280,347.27 ($260,63416 LIABILITIES. Appropriation S 50,000.00 iills payable Nov. 1 61,027.53 3111s payable Feb. 1 69,982 58 Amount to balance 99,337.16 S280.347.27 Cot&l sales to date 8414,897 14 rotal cash receipts 306,147.11 Jottles brought back and breakage 7,268.16 Amt. due by dispen'rs,others. 101,48187 CORRECTED. liabilities 8280,347.27 Assets 260,634.16 Shortage 8 19,71311 It will be seen that the column of issets when added up does not amount o ?9?M917 07 hut nnlv t.n S260 634 16 md therefore'the accounts do not baltnce, the assets beiDg short- bv 819,1311. Now Governor Tillman says this is a nistake of the printer and that the 519,713.11 is accounted for on the oppo ;ite page as "Cash in the Treasury." Tmust leave the public printer and >overnor Tillman to settle the quesion of mistake,but granting that to be rue I don't see how that helps him, )ecause the column of assests i3 still ihort and does not balance with the labilities. Now 1 make no pretensions to a tnowledge of bookkeeping, but 1 have mbmitted thi3 report to an expert ac:ountant, and here is what he makes >ut of it in two separate statements, )oth of which show a shortage of 87,>14.o5. Terhaps this may be explained. Statement of cash account from July [, 1893, to January 31,1894: i>n. [iec'd from State appra'tionsS 50,000.00 [tec'd from July 1, 1893 to Oct. 31, 1894 100,332.13 [tec'd from Nov. 1, 1893 to Jan. 31,1891 205,814.98 S350.147.ll . Oil. Sxd. acct. to Oct. 31,1893... S 72,500 30 Mdc. acct. to Oct. 31,1893... 70,251 22 Expense acct. to Jan. 31.1894, 58,103 33 Mas. acct. to Jan. 31,1891 127,998 54 $328,919 45 ro be accounted for 27,227.00 ^ Deduct cash in treasury Feb.l 19,713.11 Discrepancy $ 7,514 55 Take items on page 5 reported as i assets and substitute the figures $19,713.11 for $7,514.55, and the following result is obtained: assets. i Stock on h^nd $ 39,831.43 Machinery and furniture 2,589.97 Amt. due by dispensers ?2,95350 Rev. tax advanced 10,336.24 Cash in treasury 19,71311 Stock on hand 15,926 60 Amt due by dispen'rs,others. 101,48187 $272,832 72 s Liabilities on page 5 $280,347.27 t Assets as above 272,832.72 E Discrepancy $ 7 514 55 If there had been reported in the c State treasury as on hand February 1, r 1S94, $27,222.66 the account would have t balanced. Governor Tillman admits that he ex- 1 ceeded the appropriation of $50,000 00 a made by the Legislature. The follow- e iDg statement taken from the report c 8hows the amount of that excess: Merchandise purchased from May 22,1893, to July 7, '94.$ 93,321.43 State appropriation 50,000.00 Excess S 48,321.43 In the above purchases the amount paid during the abova period for bottles, flasks, kegs, corks, sealing wax and packing cases is not included. Fifteen thousand dollars would be a low estimate for these items, which would make the expenditures over $63000 in excess of the State appropriation. Now I would like to know where he gets the authority to disregard our fundamental doctrines of our form of government, that no executive officer can spend one dollar of public money, except that which has been allowed by the legislature, the representatives of the people. Sec. 18, of the dispensary act makes the appropriation $50,000, if so much be necessary, and not a dollar more aDd by all rules of the administration Governor Tillman was restricted to that amount,and he could not exceed it without a usurpation of authority. iSection 2 does not avail him, because the expenditure of S48.000 or $63,000 was made before he had sold a gallon of liquor. How can he justify his action, which is palpably in violation of fha ftfinoHfnHnn anH lorra n" t.hft uuu vv/uguivuvtuu uuu v vuv *?/w>?w If he can exceed the appropriation by 1 848,000 he may by a million of dollars, 1 so you can readily see where such loose 1 administration will lead. There is one c other phase of Its administration which I cannot quite understand. A 1 friend has handed me a commission J given by Governor Tillman to R. V. J Gantt, of Lexington county. It is [ dated the 8:h of January, 1894, and 8 appoints him a special constable under 1 the dispensary act. How many of these J special constables have been thus com- 1 missioned we do not know. Governor 8 Tillman alone can inform us, If he will. In transmitting his commission to Mr. 8 Gantt, Mr. D. A. Tompkins, private c secretary to the Governor, writes the 8 following letter: 1 State of South Carolina 8 Executive Chamber. v Columbia, S. C., Jan. 8,1894. 3 It. V. Gantt, Esq , Irmo, S. C.: 8 Dear Sir?Governor Tillman directs 1 me to send you the enclose commission ? of a State constable and to say you will 1 receive as pay 825 for each conviction ? of a white man and 810 tor each con- jj viction of a negro you secure, and 82 for each seizure. lie has no room on c the regular for you, but may call on you some time. Very respectfully, c D. A. Tompkins. J Private Secretary. J It will be observed that Mr. Gantt is J offered 325 for the conviction of a ? white man and only 310 for the convic- E tion of a negro. Why this discrimina- d tion against a white man, I confess I cannot comprehend. Perhaps that also a may be explained. All these facts re- 8 late to the administration of the dis- I pensary law and do net touch the mer- ^ its of the law itself. They are legitimate subjects of inquiry. Governor <1 Tillman has made a fair proposition to E pay the expenses of experts to exam- J ine the dispensary accounts out of his contingent fund. " I do not object to E that, but it seems to me that it is im- 8 posing an extra ,and unnecessary ex- a pense upon the taxpayers of the State 1 as these matters ought to be explained J] by those charged with the administra- E tion of the law. This, I believe, is the 1 usual custom where public funds are J entrusted to public officers. * The last speaker was Governor TillmaD, and his introduction was greeted * by long and ringing cheers. The Gov- a nor said that one of the plesantest of the J campaign meetings in 1892 had been at tbis place, and while the crowd was ' small it was because of the sparse * white population and the long distances people had come to get here. But E those you left at home are just as true Reformers and just as determined to * vote for me a3 ever. (Applause) Ke L alluded to an iDcident of the last can- 8 vass when Colonel l'oumans had claimin? he was a better farmer than he was e and could split more rails, and pointing J1 to one of the old farmers present, he ~ said: "You told him the people Intend- c ed to make a fence around the Gover- 11 nor's office of brand new rails and keep Tillman in there till he got as fat as a t muffied-jawed pig. (Laughter and ap- ' ? 1 ^\ ftniH fKn /lAtrnrwAi" T I pictuae ; jl v>u scr, oaiu iuc ?u>ciuu 1, jl am growing fatter and have gained 1 some llesb, but if you want those muf- E lies to come you will have to send me to Washington In Senator Butler's 3 place. t Voices: "We'll do it.". (Laughter and t applause.) ? Butler says he has plowed more than E I have and is as good a farmer, and as 1 he ha3 had his place eighteen years, I 3 think you had better let him go to his ? farm and plow awhile and let me go to b Washington in his stead. 0 Replying to Gen. Butler's dispensary questions the Governor contented him- fself with offering to have an exammation made into the whole business and 0 if anything wrong was found to sue r Traxler on his bond. As to exceeding the appropriation, he said he simply E bought on credit. He had told the J whiskey makers he would see that they E got either the money or the whiskey 8 back. As to offering $25 reward for a e white blind tiger man. and only $10 for <1 a negro, he said: "The white man 0 deserved just that much more 1 punishment, and 1 just discriminated, for I can make the E rewards what I please." If the Supreme v Court had let him alone he wouid have had Charleston dry, because he had seen t Mayor Ficken and informed him that if he did net enforce the law he would d call the Legislature together in three r weeks and put the city under metropoli- ^ tan police and Ficken had gone home 9 and gotten things straight. The meet- c ing then broke up. Date up a Sinai) lortane. g Montgomery, Ala., July 12.?In ( digging a mess of patatoes from his c truck patch, J. P. Keausu, a LeKalb 1 county farmer, found a small fortune, r I Instead of turning over with his spade 1 I a handful of potatoes, he turned up t S3000 in gold and silver. The dates t on the pieces indicated the treasure must have been buried about the com- r raencement of the civil war. li A STORMY MEETING, [ THE CROWD IN CHARLESTON JZF.RS f n AND HOWLS AT THE SPEAKERS. it ?hey O-i for Tillman and Tillman Uoti ^ for Them--Tapper and Er i?4 U"C Info ( a Spit?Stun? 1) ssra?'efu 1 Sron.'M En- ^ S acted. Charleston, S. C, July 12?The neetlng here ton'ght a a very tormy one, and indicated very plainly s hat Charleston has no use for Cover- e lor Tilltnan, who, in turn showed that lis love for Charleston had not; in- c xeased to any alarming degree. The v neeting was in front of the City Hall, he speaking being done from the por- p ico of that building. There were in ill about four thousand persons pres- s mt, and during the meeting a continu- b ius hubbub was kept up. About half- P >ast 7 o'clock County Chairman J. M. i' vinloch introduced C. Walt Whitman S is the first speaker. He was told byhe crowd that he was a chestnut, and S jave him a lot of pet names. Repre- v entative Yeldel), of Edgefield, was the p econd speaker, and ran the gauntlet of (nsults and jokes, and was followed by s; Dr. Timmerman, candidate for Lieu- v enant Governor. The good natured S loctor didn't have a picnic, but the h ;rowd thought it did. They compared f lis face to all the things in this world tl md the next. Up to this time, however, there had v ieen no confusion and little excite- i> nent. It commenced when Governor 0 Tillman was introduced. His intro- 3 luction was the signal for a rumpus f' md an uproar. It was like Haunting b i red rag in a bull's face. The Gover- a ior's few friends cheered for him un h il hoarse, but hundreds hissed him, e: lundreds howled at him and jeered ri heir disapprobation of his appearance, h Chairman Kinloch made an appeal b or order but it was as ineffectual as if p le had been talking to the moon. v After waiting a good while Gover- tl lor Tillman began by saying it was t he fifth time he had spoken to the t? >eople of Charleston and each time P iad tried to beat 3ome common sense n nto their heads. This was followed by coufuslon v vorse than confounded. Above the d iproar and the hisses Governor Tillnan's voice raDg out that one time c vhile here a drum had beat and the a irowd had run away like cowards. 1 A running fire of questions was kept v ip at the Governor. He told the :rowd that he knew they didn't like s ?im and he didn't care a snap of his s; inger for their love. Charleston, he a aid, was cut off from the balance of o he State in progress and sympathy and o :ould go to the devil in its own way, v )ut that it should not take the State A 1 X L. I? U \ UOUg WILLI it. Another boisterous uproar ensued md the crowd howled like co yotes. Of lourse, the Governor couldn't make a peech and didn't try. The gang yelled ii or something about the Dispensary 8 md the Governor gave them all they e canted on this subject. Amid min- o [led groans and hisses and jeers he aid the Legislature had passed the 1 Mspensary law and by all that was [ood and holy he intended to enforce it. a ie said the law was coming back. He a: cas going to enforceitand thecrowd ould not help themselves. This bold P lefiance was met by curses and every ti onceivable noise. si The Governor took a hand primary o in the Dispensary and there were some it rotes each way, about evenly divided, lut the vast maj ority did not vote. The Jovernor next took a primary as to the y ' * L nn *>A*- Atrnr tenatorsuip auu tuo vuiw, uvu vr^?. ifteen in number, were about evenly ti livlded. Another uproar and storm of yeils n ,nd hisses ensued when the Governor w aid he was going to enforce the Dis- " ensary law by metropolitan police, p The confusion was intensiiled. When the Governor replied to the I [uestion of a man about the Darlingon war by saying: "I gues3 you are o me of the militia that perjured itself iy not going to Darlington." Cover- t( ior Tillman said a drum could be h tarted and would scare all the fools .way. (ViGlent uproar,) Above the n loise Governor Tillman was heard ask- g og how it was going to sound when d he News and Courier had to announce c; hat Tillman had been howled down in Charleston where the people boasted of T heir chivalry and courtesy. I The crowd continued its howling and w he Governor said he would give them ii , parting shot. The parting shot was e: he announcement that "we are going tl o have the Dispensary whether you b rant it or not and in spite of you, and tl am going to enforce it." The crowd had disgraced itself and " "orfo nnt.hinar nfr Governor Tillman. a Gen. Butler was next introduced. "I ti pould say," said he, "if I didn't know he Governor so well, that he has had ii ome of his aispensaiy whiskey." v At this juncture the first stampede v nsued. It was caused by a police- e Qan's collaring a man in the crowd, v n an instant all was confusion. The o rowd swarmed everywhere and jelled h ike madmen. b Gen. Butler said he had stood where d he shots fell thick and fast, and there I vere not enough mcn in Charleston to n Tighten him. He was going to talk to c he people if he had to remain till mid- n tight. x d "I have never been able to under- n tand Go/emor Tillman's intense ha- tl red of the people of Charleston or the litterness of his resentment against the ity. So long as it is personal, no great iarm can come of it, but when he uses ^ he great powers of his office, which he si hould exercise impartially and justly, a ooppress, harry and Id jure Charleston, f ie commits an unpardonable and griev- b us wrong. "About the only offense of which a lharleston appears to have been guilty ^ 3 a determination to protect her rights if local self-government and her own , Ights and interests. She may also have ieen guilty of the unforgiveable sin of !c ienying to Governor Tillman the quali- 0 y of moral, social and political infallidlity, and taking him down from the ublimated heights where his disinter- St sted followers had placed him and re- tt fairing him to live and have his being rl in the same plane with ordinary mor- t\ als. fC Gen. JButler bantered Tillman for not r{ - ~'L-' u /\r> "I norrie Jsimnntnn <r Qaj&lUK Uis aicacck vu v u^nav ^ enere ir.s friends and neighbors were. jr "I am ready to do it, now," shouted ^ he Governor from his seat. Gen. 15utier replied that .the old eol- l; tiers in the crowd knew what that *' neant. When Tillman had a chance a. o fire his gun he didn't shoot, lie had ^ poken and then he had gone under a :over. b Demagogues, blatant and unpatriot- rr c, have created prej udice in the interior tl igainst Charleston. 1 predict that ti Jovernor Tillman will go into the c ,'ountry and tell the farmers that Char- ^ eston howled him down and try to j nake political capital out of it, (Voices: Chat's it,) when he himself provoked it >y insulting you almost with his lirst a ireath. (Cheers for Butbr.) u When he talks about the Charleston iDg he forgets that this State and the P lewspapers are ringing with charges T hat there was a ring lathe fundiog of he State debt. This riled the Governor, and comiDg T? orward, he said: "You give me three Qinutes and I will say the last word of t right here." .> Confusion cofounded ensued and the t Governor went back to his seat. Gen. Rutler then read a brief of all be transactions in the funding of the tate debt. The foregoing statement th uggest the following inquiries: 1. How ranch of the appropriation of . '8,000 was expended in the funding J ransactioo, and for what? 2 How much of the funds of the r: inking fund commission was expend d. and for what? 3. Who received the .3124,101,65? .J; 4 If paid to Mr. Rhlnd and his asso- r: iates as appears to be the fact who 'j( If ro 1113 ?33UU1<H,C3 5. Whom did Mr. Ithind represent, j; nd to whom was he to look for com- ' ensation. jY( 0. What was Mr. lihind's liDancial ' tanding? Was it such as to justify ti( is employment in so grave and im- , ortant a financial transaction involvig so much to the taxpayers of the fh tate? ln It is claimed that the funding of the I tate debt was a great achievement in iew of the existence of a distressing anic. I would not rob anybody of the T( redit properly due them, but I must ay that in my opinion the conditions rere not. favorable for funding the tate debt. It was true theLeglaisture . ad armed the commission with the ullest powers. The entire property of _? lie people of the State was mortgaged o seeure the debt. Millions of dollars c. ?ere locked up awaiting inves.ments th i good interest bearing securities. d, rovernoaent bonds were drawing only per cent, interest, Georgia had re- DI landed her debt at 3 per cent, and our % onds ought to have been fl )ated at par nd at the highest 4 per cent. If they ad been lloated at that rate of inter- _ st without cost to the State you can f, eadily calculate a saving there would bi ave been during the life time of the jc onds, theirty vears, I believe. One-half er cent, on 55,250,000 for thirty years c0 rouldhave saved a good round sum to ve he taxpayers. I am credibly informed w hat some of your leading banks here pa Dok S2,000,000 of the bonds and paid m ar for them, which is a pretty good ?. sdication of their value. . Gen. Butler was heartily applauded rhen he declared that he had never aj Oae anything to divide the people. ej( Secretary of State Tindall was the ext speaker. He was well received nd made a good speech. After Mr. * 'indal came John Gary Evan3. He ras greeted with cheers and hisses. w r J r> nolrl k A /It/ln'h rvA f kn coffin JL.1.C oaiu lie uiuu u iiiiuu tuc iouvxg' pi nake hi3ses, but it was a humiliating cl pectacle. He cherished no malice gainst them and when in the Govern- ^ r's chair he would pardon every one J, f them because they did not know ?hat they were doing. All the blind 0f lies had congregated here under St. k, licheal's. C1 Voice?"How much do you weigh rhen you are fat?" cc Mr. Kirby Tupper asked Mr. Evans ej : it was true that he had been paid ca 1,000 for protecting the palmetto brewry and that he had gotten a royalty n the sale of the beer. V( "No, it's a lie," replied Evans; and A 'uDcer called for three cheers for him. m Evans also said it was an infernal lie, bout bis having gotten ?15,000 for asisting in refoundiDg the State bonds. He declared that the Charleston peo- f0 le would not support their own lnsti- cc atione, but invested their money outide of the State. That was not patri- ct tic and the young men ought to stamp tp out. ? Voice?"Shut up." "1 am here to say what I believe and sa ou have got to swallow it." lg Voice?"Tell us about the Black dis- h# irict." w Evans?Your own Congressman told ?c le that It was easier to carry it this 8 ray than if it had been left as'lf it was ej( What'e his name?" asked Kirby Tuper. A "William H. Brawley," replied m Ivans. "It's a lie," shouted Tupper over and jn ver again. Evans replied that if Tupper wanted ) call him a lie to come at him when *0 e was on me siauu. jg Tupper bounded forward and was laking for the stand when he was rabbed by a policeman and a half ozsn friends and rushed back into the 0^ rowd. (,0 Evans continued. ' You know me. 'upper, and I koow you, and you know co will slap your face so damn quick you ^ 'on't know it. If that man wanted to 8U glit, let him come to me somewhere ^ Ise. It is fashionable to call men liars lese days when they are on the stand, utiti3 no evidence of anything but ne coward." Evans thanked the crowd for their kind attention," whereupon there was sort of '-hell-broke-loose-in-Georgia" ime. Comptroller Ellerbe got some rousig cheers as he was introduced. He m /anted those who thought his record m' /as all right to vote for him for Gov- T ruor, and those who did not could nto fnr his nnnsin John Gar v. (Cries ?' f"0:>, no!") Evans had pitched into im at Bonnean's where he thought he ^ ad a lot of friends, but played the unghill today in not repeating it here, ~le then cracked some jokes at Johnie's expense, getting cheers from the M rowd. His remarks about Cleveland ot being in sympathy with the pro- ? ucing classes of the South and West ** ?>irh from a score of hroata. Y Jc M* j ?r Murray Drowaed. io! Anderson, July 7.?M*j. E. B. SI: lurray was drowned this afternoon in a mad pond in front of his house. He jr nd Ms daughter, Felicia. Miss Mary k 'reer, aod Miss Helen Sloan were in Y athin.q. Af.er being in about an hour laj. Mjrray carried a boat out near the at addle of the p nd for one of the young idi(:3 to dive irom. She uived and warn ashore, While standing on shore is party noticed Mr. Murray struggling G1 i the water at some distance irom the C< >at. His daughter asked it she must dii 3:Tae to h m. He shock his head. She th if n went to biro, along with Miss Preer. frc [aj :r Murray caught hold of each of H< )e yaiog ladies and wou'd have pulled ha iem under but that they caught hold of to le beat. Thev called for help, but be let ire anv assistance arrived Major Mur- wi ly sank in water about teu feet deep, he 'be uews spread very rapidly anu a m ir-'e crowd soon gathered, found the of ody and after several efforts broueht tin up, and carried it to the shore. Drs. co [arris, Wilhite and Freison were soon he t work exerting every (flbrt to resus- Lb iale him, but after workiug more thao ab n hour they found no signs ofiife. The ra ody was in the water about twenty Sa linutes. It is thought by the doctors he iat be was attacked by cramp or ver- sa go. Tne death of Major Murray causes c;. reat sorrow uud gloom here. He was wl ne of the leading men of the State and wi id dene much hard work for them. He bu as for a number of years Ripresentative M rx: Sicator from this county and always C< )ok an active part in those bodies. He wi pas ia his forty second year. Further hi arliculars cannot be obtained tonight, wi 'he funeral will take place Monday: th L/JNVtN I IUN WILL Be MBI.U le aleetluR of the Reform Kx?oi lv? Committee. Columbia, S. C? July 11.?'flie State eform Executive Committee met yesrday at noon in the Senate Chamber, lalrman Sligh presiding, with full tendance. The entire business transacted by e committee is comprised ia the resotions adopted almost unanimously f the committee and given herewith. The point upon which there was ost serious deliberation was th.\t as whether the August convention ouid be called off;this question, hover, was favored bv only three raemirs of the committee, Messrs. Kirfcnd, Glenn and Earle, Mr. Kirkland one speaking in hehalf of the general imary. There was a most patient lariDg accorded this small minority uumtsuu iiuu cumumite piaceu ielf in possession of all the arguents, pro and con, before taking acm.The only change from the original an is that the convention is called to ke place two days later in order that e eanvasss may be completed, there' giving every candidate an opportuty to address voters in every county. The following is the address and res utions: d the Reform Voters of South Carolina: At a meeting of the State Reform :ecutive committee held this day the iders'gned members thereof were del:ated to prepare a statement of the oceedings of the said committee that e Reform voters throughout the ate may act uniformly in expressing eir choice of the candidates for the fferent State oflices, which will be ibject to the action of the Democratic imary to be held on the 28th day of ugust, 1894. The following are the resolutions: Firs'". That a convention for the sug stinn of candidates for (rovernor and leutenant Governor be held In Columa, S. C., on the 16.h day of August, 94, at 12 o'clock m. Second. That said convention be imposed of delegates elected by conditions to be held in each county on onday, the 13th day of August, 1891, tch county to be entitled to double as any delegates as it has representaves in both houses of the General ssembly. Third. That the county conventions oresaid be composed of delegates ected by the various Reform clubs in. ,e county, each club to send one dele ite-awarge ana one aeiegaie ior rery twenty-five members or majority action thereof. In those counties here there are no distinct Reform ubs the Reform members of each ub shall be called by the executive eforra committeeman to meet at the lual place of meeting and elect deletes as aforesaid to the county con ;n?on: xroviueu mai, iu me ciuks ! Charleston and Columbia the num;r of Reform clubs and polling prenets shall be left to the discretion of ie members of the State executive immittee. For the purpose of said ection the clubs aforesaid shall be illed to meet on the 11th day of Au1st, 1894. At such meeting no mem>r shall participate except such as )te<l for the Reform delegates in che ugust primary of 1892 and all others ho* will pledge themselves to abide i and support the ticket suggested by e State Reform convention of 1894. Fourth. That all Reform candidates r State offices, including railroad immlssioners,8hall publicly announce eir candidacy, anu 3hall fne with the lairman of the State Reform c'ommite a pledge to abide by and to sup>rt the nominees of said convention, hat said pledge shall be filed as afore id on or before the 25th day of July, 94. No vote for any candidate shall > counted in the State convention ho has not complied with the fore)ing requirement. Fifth. That in holding the primary ectlons in each Reform club provided rto take place on the i 1th day of ugust, 1834, each club is to provide anagers for holdiDgsaid election. The committee adopted the folio wg resolution: Resolved, That this committee sug:st to the county Reform conventions be held on the 13tb day of August, 94, when they elect delegates to the ate convention, to also instruct said ilegates whether or not to vote for e nominating of a fuil set of State licers, including the office of railroad mmissioners. This committee take pleasure in mmending to the consideration of e people of the State the address ised by the special committee on the h of April, 1894. J. Thomas Austin, j. M. glenn, J. R. Earle, H. A. Deal, J. C. Otts, Lours Appelt, Special Committee. The following is a list of the comitteemen in attendance upon the Beting ; Abbeville, I. H. McCalla; Aiken, J. Gaston; Anderson, J. M. Glenn; irnwell, A. H. Patterson; Berkeley, ?-? -?? J /"II 1 ITT PiKW 15. Morrison; v-narieauuu, yy. vjiuuco haley; Chester, T. J. Cunningham; lesteriield, E. N. Redfearn; Colleton, E. Parler; Clarendon, Louis Appelt; arlington, E. L. Gray; Edgefield, J. . Gaines; Fairfield, J. W. Lyles; Florce, J. S. McCall; Greenville, J. T. ustin; Georgetown, J. H. Datyens; ampton, \V. H. Mauldln; Horry, J. . Stalvey; Kershaw, T. J. Kirkland; mcaster, E. P. Lingle; Laurens, J. A. ines; Marlboro, J. P. Breeden; Maru, J. M. Rodgers; Newberry, J. A. igb; Ooonee, J. 11. Earle; Orangeburg, VV. Stokes; Piakens, W. T. Bowen; ichland, H. A. Deal; Spartanbuig, T. Gintt; Sumter, H. 11. Thomas; nion, J. C. Otts; Williamsburg, Wm. >oper; York, J. C. Wilborn. The committee adjourned last night 11 o'clock. A Fatal Fall, Savannah, Ga., July 8.?Supt. J. lascock Mays of the Southern Express imnanv, with headquarters in Atlanta, ?d today at the Savannah Hospital from e effects of the shock recieved by a fall )in a third story window of the Tvbec ; 3tel last night about 9:30. Mr. Mtvs d just entered his room and was about i retire. He wa3 aittmg in the window ming backward in his chair. The sill is very close to the tloor and in raising lost his balance and fell out. Mr. 1 ?ys, was bruised on almost every part his body. He fell on his right leg and e bone was shattered at the knee by ntact with the plank walk on which , fell. He received several gashea on e head end face and was badly braised out the forehead and eyes. He was tional !ast night when brought to vannah and it was at that time that had a good chance for recovery. He nk rapidly tbli mcroing and was unnscious some hours before his death aich occurred at 10 o'cIock. The oody is taken to Atianta tonight and will 'oe iried there Tuesday morning. Mr. ay8 started with the {Southern Kxpress )mpany as messenger and worked U:s ay up to division superintendent. lie is been with the company 28 years and as regarded as one of the best men m e service. HAKIJ TO rliKASK. ME M8ER3 OF THE REFORM PARTY OlFFcR AS TO A POLICY. The Kv-ius M.*>u JublUnt, [bat th<j Ellarba Men Hia??Some 8Tonfc Talk Indulged la?The A!ll*ne i ani the S-?natoil*l Fijf hr. Columbia, S. C, July 12.?The action of the Reform executive committee at its recent meeting in refusing to call'oiT the State Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor is not giving general satisfaction as the articles published below will amply prove. me iouowing is cnppaa irom me negister of today: A prominent out of town Reformer talking on the political situation yesterday and referring incidentally to the action of the Reform committee in making only a partial change in the plan for a Reform primary, said that a growing discontent was manifest among the farmers at the prominence a certain influence within the faction was taking in the management of affairs. The farmer's interests, he said were being relegated to the rear by this iniluence, and iawyers and wirepullers have assumed the entire control and conduct of things. A few men who have gained power and place by their association with the Reform movement are now seeking to subvert the interests of the people to the furtherance of their own political aggrandizement. The band that manipulates the caucus and the club is becoming bolder and bolder and throws it in the face of the farmer that there is no man in their own ranks capable of filling the duties of high positson3 and responsibility. "Are we," he said, "to be set back where we stood before 1890 by the very men who have been but the recipients of our favor? The people of South Carolina in 1890 set the seal of their condemnation od ring and caucus government and those men will reckon without their host when th'ey undertake to leave the farmer unconsulted in the choice of a leader and to foist upon them any man that a clique of lawyers, editors, officeholders and wire pullers may cnoose to select." The views of this gentlemen were somewhat pronounced and the emphatic nature of nis leaves no doubt that he meant what he said. He was not alone in these sentiments or expressions and others who were in the city yesterday, and the day before, talked In the same strain. On the other hand, there were many who seemed to take the opposite view of the case and in their conversation tue wisdom of the committee in making no material change was heartily approved of. The choice of the majority of the Reformers, they say, will give entire satisfaction to all except a few disappointed office seeks and the ranks of Reform wiil be as solid as ever when the time comes to support the nominee. It is useless to disguise the fact, however, that a considerable amount of uneasiness exists among many of the Reformers as to the outcome and time alone will provj whether the views of the lirst party quoted are correct or not. The State, of this city, says in Its is? sue of this date: The action of the State Reform committee has caused quite a little stir in political circles. Tne Evens men are very jubilant and don't hesitate to express their delight at the victory they have gained. The Ellerbe men, oa the other hand, while they keep a stiff upoer Md seem to be pretty blue. The Ellerbe men openly charge that Governor Tillman had his hand in the pie and assisted in carrying the Evans scheme through. The Alliancemen say too, that if Governor Tillman wishes to risk his own chances by taking Evan* on to his coat-tails and imposing a lawyer upon the of for Governor, he can go ahead. Many think that the Alliance is a dead cock in the pit, but the Alliance 3 ume 13 UUrniug, tucjr oa;. All kinds of harsh talk is hurled at State Chairman Sligh. Some of the Etlerbe men says that he is responsible for the action of the committee. They say that there is no doubt that the committee is composed of a majority of Ellerbe men, who, under other circumstances, would certainly have called the convention off. They say that Chairman Sligh got in his fine work by calling the committee together and not telling any of the members before they came wnat they were to do. They came here and had previously been instructed to carry out the Colleton idea by their counties. The change was .sprung upon them and nearly all voted against the change on the ground that their counties bad given them no instructions contrary to those originally received. T<Urt PlIn^Kaa man aav hAtrOTAr t.hftfc .LUC iiUClUOU Ul'.u uu;. iivnv.v., he has no fear of the consequences, even now. Thev say that the ccnnties ' in which the Evans machine has been organized and may be regarded safe for Evans are not' more than seven or eight and that Ellerbe will have an ^ equal showing with him in the organization of all the other counties. Tope and Tindal are generally regarded as out of the race now. But there is going to be a meeting over at Aiken on the 26th of this month which may change the political outlook somewhat. Some of the Alliancemen seem to be very much disgusted with fjnvprnor Tillman as an Allanceman. The meeting referred to is to be the annual meeting of the State Farmer's Alliance. It is said that the meeting is going to be the most eventful ana interesting one that this body has ever ^ held. The statement is made that the * fnt/inHo f.-? natifl rpqnlntinns IX. 1 i I d Li C 1 1^/UUkJ V\J ?/wvww vw.??v.v.v urging all Alliancemen In the State, and farmers who are not members of the Alliance, to support men for the Leglsl iture in their respective counties who stand tiat-footed for all the AI11- . n?na. ard nhliaate themselves aUOC UtlU'.?UUW Q to vote for such a man for the United States Senate. If this be done, the Alliancemen cannot of course vote for ~ either Tillman or Butler men for the Legislature and that third candidate who has been so much talked of m , the last week or two may make his appearance. It remains to he seen therefore whether Governor Tillman Is really bigger than the Alliance or not. The above summary of the pelitical manoeuvres dow goiag on is based entirely upon talk heard in political circles yesterday. {Attempt, At KoD&ery. Savannah, Ga., July 7.?This morning tcree men appeared at the el* Gee of the Southern Express Company at 4 o'clock and pretended that they wanted to send a package. The clerk told them they were too soon. The strangers drew their pistols and fired. The clerk returned the fire. The men ran up Whilaker street and escaped. Later in the day three dynamite fuses were found in the suburbs ot the city left by three men answering the description of the early morning marauder?.