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the lexixgtox dispatch. VOL. XXIV- LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1894. NO. 3(5. A LIVELY MEETING. ELLERBE AND EVANS GETTING DOWN TO HARD WORK. Governor Tillman Says the Gubernatorial ^Candidate.*. Need Not Expert any Help from R!iu? Senator Hatler Making a Hard Fight. Barnwell, S. C., July 17?Newspaper correspondents had to hustle for awhile today to keep up with some of the speakers. The reason for this was that new firecrackers were lit and exploded. For several weeks, except occasionally, the press gang has found it monotonous killing time during the speeches. Nearly every man thrashes the same old straw and the reporters know It all by heart. They do not bother with anything except whatever new matter may have lodged in a candidate's head over night. In other words, it is a good deal like milking a cow. The milk Is the same each time, but there is always a little cream to skim. It is the cream which the pencil shover3 look out for. Well, cream was plentiful here today. liev. J. D. McCroy opened th9 exercises with prayer and Chairman Duncan Bellinger asked for a respectful and attentive hearing for each speaker. The first candidate introduced was Superintendent Mayield. That speaker told his hearers what has been accomplished in an educational way in the last few years?naming the building of Clemson Collegae and the erection of the Woman's College, together with tne improvements in the public school system. Mr. May field told of the law passed by the last Legislature permitting each school district to levy an extra tax to sustain its sohools. The cities and towns, he said, have voted this tax and are giving their children educational advantages. The people in the countr. have the same law to profit by. They can vote this special tax, and under the law, each taxpayer can tell the County Treasurer what school he wants the money to go and can have it sent there. Mr. Mayfield was applauded. G. Walt Whitman, who followed, said he could tell that the audience was composed of true blue Reformers by the "visages of their forefronts" and by the sparkle of their eyes. He claimed that the Reformers have not done their duty by the public schools of the State. This was because the recommendations of Governor Tillman have not been carried out and the representatives of the people have been misrepresentatives. lie said the public school children get $2.50 a year each and the students of the South Carolina College get over $500 each. "Brother" Whitman declared tnat superintendent Mayfield has developed into a wonderful lover of the South Carolina College. If he was not mistaken Mayfield had always been against the college until he (Whitman) began to attack it. Whitman said tte amount which each student costs at the college is sufficient to pay all a man's expenses to Europe and back and give him several month's schooling. Whitman scored his opponent a little more severely than usual. While doing this there were shouts for Mayfield. General Richbourg spoke third. He said he was a candidate for Adjutant General because the military service in the State is in a bad fix. The speaker said that he had given his services to his State for thirty-three years. His young friend Watts was not Assistant Adjutant General, as there is no such office in the State. He was merely a clerk. There seems to be a plan to ask General iticnuourg at eauu iueeuug u. he was not a canaidate on the Haskell ticket. The question was again put to him today and he answered that he was, but tuat his position was deilned a few days ago. This explanation which concluded General Richbourg's speech, was received with applause and several cheers were given for birr. Colcnel Watts followed his opponent making a brief speech. He was given considerable applause. Colonel Watts is developing as a speaker. He no longer appears ill at ease, but is free and easy. Candidate Yeldell spoke for votes for Railroad Commissioner. He was asked if he would look out for the Carolina and Midland (Mike .Brown's) Road and he promised that he would. He put himself on record a3 being in favor of separate coaches for the races. He was also in favor of reducing first class passenger fare from 3>? to 3 cents a mile. He, didn't see why railroads in this State should charge 3>? cents when they only charge 3 cents in other States. ; Railroad Commissioner Sligh next made a dash for votes. The crowd asked him as they asked the other speakers, to be shoit and sweet, as they didn't want to he ar an> body but Tillman. Mr. Sligh said he had been in oilice only one term and didn't believe the peopl~ would turn him out now. The present Railroad Commission has made no radical changes in affairs, but will reduce passenger rates it the roads can stand it. Mr. Sllgh closed with some humorous remarks. [ellef.be's speech. ^Ellerbe led the procession of the gubernatorial races today. He came on the track Id good form and began kicking the trim racer from Aiken at the very outset. This is said to be one of Evans's counties, but the Swamp Fox did not mind this and before he finished he had made a strong impression and was frequently and even vociferously cheered. Some of those who at lirst began to question him ceased and cheered many of his manly, open statements. General Ellerbe requested to be allowed time for a personal explanation. He read from the Laurensville Herald, which, he said, was Evan's organ, something about the treachery of the Shell-McLauria-Ellerbe crowd. After reading this General Ellerbe said: "Fellow citizens, I have lived in South Carolina all my life and 1 was never before charged with treachery. While I am not a lighter no man will dare come to my face and say 1 am a * traitor. I have been a Reformer from the time Tillman made his first speech at Bennettsville until now. I have been his personal, political and social friend. I ask him if he has ever doubtlAcattv tn t.hfl movement. I take .U Uij it that no man who charges another with treachery will do so unless he has the proof. I challenge any man to produce proof that I have been treacherous. I have been misrepresented by Gantt in the Piedmont Headlight. He said that I was in favor of a snap shot convention. I wish to state here, and in the presence of Governor Tillman, that before anything was said about a convention I went to Tillman, as the recognized leader, and asked his advice and his views. He told me he was in favor of an early convention, but afterward changed his mind. "I am charged, fellow citizens, with! having held a Sunday caucus at Spar- i tanburg after the meeting there. Now, ^ the facts are these: Alter the meeting t a few of us remained over in Spartanburg. It was a rainy day and Captain 3 Shell. General McLaurin, Colonel Xeal. myself and others went into the parlors 3 and had a talk. The name of no man t was mentioned there for Governor and 1 the only thing discussed was the Dis- ^ pensarv. Shell and McLaurin, in an- 1 swer to a direct question of Colonel ] Neal's, both said that they would sup- I port and work for Tillman for the United States Senate. The fact is that Captain Shell was in Spartanburg to 1 work up a boom for General McLaurin 1 for Governor. 1 "1 have been slandered and misrepre- i sented on all sides and it bas been said that 1 was the candidate of a faction. 1 "Now, fellow citizens, I am going to ( tell jou something I very much dislike. I am going to tell you whose candidate 1 I am. At a meeting of several Alliance and Iteform leaders, Governor Tillman ( among them, they asked me to make ( the fight for Governor, Tillman himself c joining in the request. 1 consented, s T ffhnm fof" mTT hoolfh CUIUUU^U I tUiU tucm bu(tu aajij uvuavu. was bad and that it would be better to take some other good farmer and put him up. Governor Tillman said that we must have a farmer for Governor by all means." About this time General Ellerbee was several times interrupted by a man asking him: "How about the Conservatives supporting you?" This question was several times repeated and General Ellerbe finally answered in this way: "1 don't know why they are supporting me if they are doing so.but 1 would rather have the good wiil of a dog than the bad will. (Cheers.) But I will eay this: If they are supporting me thinking I am a compromise candidate they are badly mistaken. (Loud cheers and applause.) If I am elected Governor or if I am sent to the sand hills of Marion I will still remain loya! to the Reform cause. (Tociferous applause.) I will say further that if Evans is nominated for Governor; if Tindal is nominated or Pope nominated, I will support with all my energy the nominee." (Cheers and applause for the speaker.) This strong reply struck the crowd forcibly and there was no further attempt to cast an imputation on Ellerbe. Continuing his personal remarks, General Ellerbe said: "There is a disposition to change the Farmers movement into a Lawyer's movement. 1 do not think they ought to be allowed everything. All classes and interests | should be represented. The lawyers . have the most now." General Ellerbe J proceeded to show that lawyers now * draw from the State treasury ?54,600 a year and all the other classes only : $22,300. He asked if this was just and ; fair. ? General Ellerbe next read a para- a graph from the Eaurensville Herald to v the effect that when he (Ellerbe) was at a the Spartanburg meeting he was a c great advocate of the Dispensary law, ^ but since he had been a candidate he 0 had barely mentioned the Dispensary. General Ellerbe declared that in a ? dozen counties he has talked the Dis- s pensary, and if I am elected Governor, 0 fellow citizens, I will have the Dispensary law enforced to the letter. (Loud i applause.) My record in the lights (, with the railroads and the banks shows that when I make up my mind 1 will carry out the law in spite of all opposi c tion." (Applause.) i General Ellerbe l olio wed this with a e hot discussion of tho Dispensary, say- j ing that it is the only solution of the s salooD; He declared that prohibition ^ is impracticable. Toward the close he /' started to say that if he was elected " Governor tl "You will be," said a voice, amid x applause. General Ellerbe had devoted the best s; part of his time to his personal remarks c ~TTArn lofr Kim i. auu uui luauy xuiuut.cs yvwd icio miu, j; but he talked on national issues, say- 0 ing, with loud applause, that if Cleveland's policy is continued it will make j; the rich richer and the poor poorer. a General Ellerbe wound up by saying t| that the people had tried one moss j back farmer for Governor and are c going to try another. 'j Voice?"Yes, and we don't want any ^ lawyer." d There was various witty sallies by p the crowd. At first some of them were p intended to annoy General Ellerbee, p but he made such a strong speech that s, the men who were engaged in this stopped and applauded the speaker. (j SENATOR EVANS IN REPLY. ? Of course hot stuff was expected f from Senator Evans when his time h came. General Ellerbe had jumped on n lawyers too hard for the Senator to re- n main quiet. The Aiken Game Cock fi was warmly welcomed by his many n frieDds. Barnwell adjoins Aiken and n the Game Cock is popular here. " Senator Evans began by saying tnat n he was prepared to answer any liing at v himself or his people, iiis cousin Willie says he (Willie) would be elected if i there was not a ring. There is no ring, Evans said, except a hands all round r; ring of the people, it was doing the o ltetcrm movement no good to be mak- e - ~ \X7 illiA K no olmnlrr lUg 3UCLL cua.i'gcs. >y in ic uao oiui^ij ij lost his candy. (Laughter and cheers.) Hs says he is going to make me a Trial n Justice when he is elected Governor, v Voice?"I believe he will do it." g Evans?But he won't get the chance. Willie has been sucking the public tit (] for four years and has gotten over $8,000. Now we are trying to choke v him off. d Evans exclaimed dramatically?"I a won't malign any man in the Reform tl movement. I have been going over the ti State for years making speeches to the a people and spending money out of my a pocket, and I've never before asked a n thing. h Willie talks to the Alliance and ad- n vises them to do such and such things. More Alliances have endorsed me for 3 Governor than any other candidate* 0 Later in bis discussion Evans charg- 1 ed that Ellerbe was not even a member d of the Alliance and had been turned 1 out. Ellerbe asked Evans to allow him to t explain this and Evans consented. h Ellerbe said ttiat he was one of the v first members of the Alliance in his v county. lie was then farming. He had 3 afterwards gone into the mercantile 11 business and under the rules of the Alliance, had to drop his membership. The Alliance, however, had endorsed t his business and he had saved the farm 5 ers 850,000 a year. I When this explanation was mane v.v- s ans turned and said: 1 "You see, fellow citizens, he quit the o Alliance to Make money out of it." 1< Voice ?"You want to make some too s don't you V" 1" The audience laughed heartily at this a Kai.a *?TArA ra in Afln/i fnr PJIpt. n i<3UU tuci C rvcic uiiu^icu V/i uc ....... . be and Evans. * v Senator Evans said that before he t would get up here and appeal to the prejudices of the people and try to ar- b ray class against class I would quit the race for (Jovernor. 1 would not at- a tempt to put the Iteform movement on o such a narrow minded basis. It is in v bad taste for any man to try and get up ( such a feeling. It Is absurd to talk l about shutting a man out because he v is not a farmer. Any man can be loy- A a) to the Keform cause no matter what v his profession or calling. You are light- I % ng for measures and not. men. Von ivill vote lor the man who will do you ,he most good. Voice?'We arc going to vote for $ 'Oil." As to Eilerbe's charge that the lawyers are eating all the pap, Evans said bat the Legislature had not elected a Ti awyer to a position except when one vas needed. Evans proceeded to tell lis "tater" story 011 Kllerbe and said Bllerbe is now trying to got the whole )ank of potatoes. Voice?"Ell bet he will get a tater." Evans asserted that no class of men lave been truer to the Reform move- d; nent than the lawyers who belong to ir. n< [ have no apologies to make because I p( tm a lawyer. Kvans said that Kllerbe had shown 01 >ad taste in jumping on him at the d< Jharleston meeting. ai Ellerbe: "Oh, I just touched you up t, ightly." J! Evans told of the insults showered >n him at the Charleston meeting and f. )f how he had acted. The audience iheered him lustily, and one man ^ ihouted: g' "You ought to have had some of us ^ vool hats down there to clean out that n 1?ngang.". c Evans said that it ill-becomes any nan to try to show that he ( EvaDs) had ^ lot been ioyal to the Reform move- . cent. ? Voice: "You will be Governor." fg Evans said he had been drawn into v: bis personal controversy against bis n will. The people do not want it and dc x lot care a snap about it. They want ia ,0 hear measures discussed. li Senator Evans concluded with a hi varm and strong talk on the Dispensa- d; y, In line with what he has said else- tl adhere. Commenting on the constable .'eature Evan3 said these officers were w called "Tillman spies." tt Voice: "They will be Evans spies o! iexfc," (Cheers.) tt Evans: "Ve3 and we are going to e lave them." (Applause.) fr The crowd was universally for the m Dispensary, and backed Evans up in i3 ivery way. b( Secretary Tindal's speech was not out S{ )f the ordinary. It was a conservative g alk, full of good advice. One thing p] :an be said of Mr. Tindal: He never m eaves an audience without making Tiends. Mr. Tindal entreated his g riends not to depart from lteform gc irinciples. He said that he had rather in :ee the people united than to be Gov- Di TDor. Head vised the fai mers to hold n< >n to their organization, the Alliance, hi TILLMAN SPEAKS. Twn thirds of the crowd did not want 0 hear anybody except Tillman, and rc rlien he was introduced a perfect vhirlwlnd of cheers and applause burst >n the air. The shower which had hreatened to distribute itself earlier in ^ he day got itself in sbape about time he Governor got ready and there was ^ 1 race between them to see which m Fould get there iirst. The shower won m ind the Governor finished with the rain so oming down hard. The Governor was ?areheaded and an umbrella was held "J ver him. Somebody yelled to the Governor to SP ;ive .Butler bricks. The Governor anwered thas he had made Butler tired te f throwing bricks. t0 Governor Tillman said that before he a8 egan he would have to touch on some er [uestions raised by Evans and Ellerbe. c0 \roice: "Evans will be Governor." The Governor said he was in a deli ate position, lie was somevviiui. in he position of a man with two wives, j;, aeh one claiming to be the tight wife, -pj ie was glad that he possessed two such pj trong friends as Evans and Ellerbe, p{; ut neither could say that lie was his th Tillman's) candidate for Governor. be You have got your eyes open," said qu he Governor, "and after they go round ja on cud decide between tliem." rfi The Governor continued: "Ellerbe m; ays that 1 was in favor of an early /p. onvention. lie is mistaken. 1 was in ca avor of a convention, but not in favor f an early convention." be The Governor told whv he was in f0 avor of a convention. He said that an n effort was made last week to put \\ hat convention off but it had failed. I10 t would not have been right to have ut hanged front in the face of the enemy, th .'he Governor said that he had nothig to do with the caucus which had Ch ecided on the convention and was not resent at it. "I will exonerate Eller- <? e," said the Governor, "from being be resent at any caucuses in Columbia hi o far as 1 know." th "As to bringing out a candidate for jn] lovernor, i will simply state this: ince last fall there has been a demand cr, or a farmer for Governor. 1 never qi; ave claimed that this is a class movelent. When Ellerbe mentioned this pe latter to me, I asked him to name the hi armers who were proposed for Gover- th or.* He named several, i told him to one of them would do. 1 ?sked: st; Why don't you run? ' He said his jeI ealth was bad. I told him if he ran I rould hold hands off." Yoice: 4T am going to vote for a Ivans." an Tillman: "Well, if you are it is all ( ight, but don't say he is my candidate na r that Ellerbe i3 mine. Vote lor which- a ; ver you think is the best man. 1 will e satisfied with either." oa Tillman guyed Butler about his new 3S ame (Uncles) for the Reformers, lie ras now claiming kin with them to n0 et their votes." th Voice: "We are Tillman's uncles." (;( Laughter.) ev The Governor then proceeded to tell Sp riio the antis were. The antis had sa ressed in silks and satins before 1890 on nd had discriminated against some of 0fj heir nephews. These nephews had jn nally kicked against the way their 0f ntis were dividing out the property (jc ? J /V >*> f h/i *\AAW nnfio llOT'O LIU reueiltu. l-UO tiuui auuo u?ys o silks and are in a bad lix. This Uj umorous story of the Governor was w< net with shouts of applause. in The Governor did not forget to say he omething about Butler. He jumped de n Butler for spending last night at to" Glendale?"that nest," as the Goverlor calls it?instead of coming to st Jam well. ta During the last ten minutes of the iS( Governor's speech it had been raining bp iard. The crowd, however, like those clr yhich had stood in the rain elsewhere, fould have stood there until not a dry ke hred was left on a man to hear Till nan steak. of BUTLEIl SrEAKS. be Senator Butler was introduced with th he water falling in torrents. Colonel th ,fixson held an umbrella over him. H< understand that the Senator had sei ome pretty juuicy things to say to oilman If the rain had not shut him do ft. 1 expect that he will turn them Dose at Aiken to-day. Butler did not peak over two or three minutes. Reorrinn-f-.n Tillman's stnrv nf t.hfi I 'neles wl nd Antis, he said that Tillman does du iOt want peace. He cannot live in clear Ci rater but has to keep the stream mndy ca o exist. sa Butler was occasionally interupted -la y loud cheers for Tillman. The campaign party left here this G< fternoon for Aiken, to morrow's place co f meeting. Some ol tho campaigners be rill stop at Allendale until to-morrow, rei leneral Richbourg went to Denmark di< o spend the night with his friend Ho- sh fell, editor of the Denmark Times. < Ir. Itowell is the lirst Reform editor Bi rho nominated General Richbourg lor le| Ldjutant General. \V. W. I'uu;k* fr< DISPENSARIES COMING. OVERNOR TILLMAN'S EMPHATIC STATEMENT CONCERNING THEM. Iicy Will Opened on August First? Th? Attendance <?ulte Large?Senator Kntl?-r Interrupt Ad by Cheers tar Governor Tillman. Aiken, July 18.?The feature of toiys' campaign meeting were Gover3r Tillman's declaration that the dls-1 ?nsaries will be reopened on the first j l August and the attempt to howl iwn General Butler. The Governor's mouncement that he would reopen ie dispensaries was in reply to a queson from some one in the crowd. There was an effort on the part of a sw to howl down Senator Butler, but1 did not work. One thousand white! len surrounded the stand to hear the >eaking. The stand was erected imlediately in front of the ParK Avenue ^otel, near the depot of the South arolina Koad, and the speaking beau at II o'dock sharp, County Chair tan .John t. uaston presiuiug. xue road piaizas of the hotel were filled ith ladles. The attendance of the lir sex was larger than at any prelous meeting, and the ladles showed a vely interest in the proceedings, here were Rutlerite and Tillmanite dies. While they could not shout ke the opposite sex they clapped their ands and made a noise with their ainty feet whenever they felt that ley were called upon to do so. The arrangements for the meeting ere satisfactory. A rope ran around le stand and policemen and special Iicers stood within the ropes to keep le crowd back. I believe that Senator vans receiyed a more joyous welcome om his friends than Governor Tillian, and that is saying a good deal. It not saying, however, that there has ?en any falling off in the love and reject of Aiken county people for the overnor. The very voices of the peoe told louder than words that Tilllan's hold on the masses has not rexed one iota. County Chairman aston has the happy faculty of saving imething nice about every speaker in itroducing him. In doing this he does ot make discriminations, and it could Dt be told from his words who were ,s favorites for the different offices. The first speaker was Mr. J. W. Wil>rn of Yorkville, a candidate for railtad commissioner. His was a threeinutes speech,m which he announced iat he was a sturdy Reformer and iat he would look out for the people elected. He was followed by Yelall, Whitman, Mayfield, Watts and ichbourg, who said in 18VU he was as ucb ia favor of the movement as any &d, but he had been dissatisfied at me counties being ruled out. He iclared he was a better Reformer an Watts. He denounced as false e rumors that he had hesitated to reiond to Governor Tillman's call in e Darlington trouble and that he had legraphed to the mayor of Darlingn before going to know if it was ;reeable for him to come. The genal was listened to closely and at the nclusion ot his speech some fellows lied out for Watts. tiie hero of war. Chairman Gaston introduced Senator itler as the hero of many battles. ie men in the audience yelled for llman and the pretty women on the azza clapped their hands and waved eir fans for Butler. Senator Butler gan by saying that he had been relested by the chairman not to indulge personalities and would not do so. llman would follow him, but if Tillan indulged in personalities today he utler) would see that he (Tillman) ught bricks the next time. A tremendous hurrah for Tillman gan at this point and was continued r some time. Butler remained calm d cool while this was going on. hen it partially ceased, he said: I do it propose to be howled down by that tie crowd. 1 saw this morning that ey were preparing to ao tnis. This was greeted with renewed eers for Till man. Butler next pointed to a man named )oc" Kennedy and charged him with ing a leader of the crowd and told m rie was a fine man to be wearing e badge of a committeeman and actg as he was. There was some commotion in the owd, and Chairman Gaston arose to leil affairs. Butler said if anybody had anything rsonal against him they could meet m after his speech and he would give em satisfaction. "I do not propose be bulldozed by anybody and will ly here all night or speak," said ButA mixture of shouts followed. A man named Cope Courteny grew little obstreperous, but quiet was ally restored. General Butler began a discussion of tional issues but was interrupted by man who asked: "(lonopol irnn'f nftil qhnlfA mV hand VJUUV/l U) J nvu \J JVM. k>uv<^ w ?? J ? ?. ? ? the square and say that the Senate owned by Wall street?" General Butler answered: "No. I will it, because Wall street has not bought e Senate. It doesn't own me, and )d knows no man or street can or er will own me." General Butler oke tragically and eloquently. He id that he wouldn't siander and lie , the United States Senate for alll the ices in the world. lie didn't believe the wholesale slander of the ofticers the government and of the Federal >urts. Butler said that he would never stir ) strife for every position in the 3rld. He said that Tillman had first suited the people of Charleston before i was howled down. He had put the vil in the crowd and turned it over him (Butler) to handle. The irrepressible Tope Courtenay lot off his lip systematically. Butler Iked to him good naturedly and promtn taka a irinir with him after the eaking. Coartenay said he did not ink, but Butler told him he had been lelline: around where liquor was pt. (Laughter.) Butler offered to bet a hat with one his Tillman friends that he would the next 11 nlted States Senator. He ought Tillman ought to be kept In e State to remain In charge of the iform movement, as nobody else emed capable of handling it. Voice: ''.John Clary Evans will not | > that." Butlej: "lie isn't Governor yet." greeted vvitli applause. The applause was simply deafening :ien Governor Tillman was Introiced. Chairman Gaston said that like ncinnatus of old Tillman had been lied from the plow handles. He also id that Tillman wjs the Andrew ckson of this age. It was a regular love feast for the ivernor. Senator Butler, when he ncltided, was applauded by a bevy or 1 autiful women. lie lifted his hat in > cognition. No hand-clepping by lass was given Tillman but the men outed themselves hoar9e for him. (Jovernor Tillman barely referred to < itler at lirst and tallied on ilnancial fislatioLi, borrowing a silver dollar mi a man to illustrate some of his ^ points. The Governor talked iluently of and clearly on financial a Hairs. * in One of his admirers told him that he would settle things when he got to ot be President. si; Tillman: "I am afraid it wiil he a t.h long time before I get near that bat J fa am going to the Senate. (Applause and cheers.) p;i Governor Tillman followed his talk sp on silver by a discussion of his plan for pe issuing greenback money and chunked in Cleveland occasionally, to the delight of his audience, lie said that an artificial panic was brought about last sum mer when the scoundrels were getting ready todemoneoti/.* silver. The Governor spoke of "Cleveland and his minority or traitors," and asked who wants to go into another Democratic convention to be imposed on by the io scoundrels who are manipulating the co party? He said the party has gone to in ? 1 - ? ? ? ^ A I)/\?\V?K1 i/\rtr% A n n.l I ( )' pieces HLIU LUC IVTjyuuiltauo <tuu I v-r i lists will sweef everything this f-ill. Referring to the charge that he had m insulted the peopieof Charleston before 8 i he was howled dowD, the Governor said 7 i it was false and repealed what he had said. at Voice: "You can't get any sense into 10 the heads of those people in Charles- pe tonpc Tillman: "Well, wait until J get the -j~j constables after them. (Laughter.) If T1 I the constables can't do anything I will re |send Watt's militiadown." (Laughter.) m The Governor said it was not the an (good people of Charleston who had th howled him down, but it was the Can- ra tinis and the Nottes. w< The Governor said he would have to ra be a little salty with Butler. The Sen- ex ator had intimated several times it that he (Tillman) was a coward because lo he had not jumped on Simonton in st Charleston. When he wanted to talk Ft about Simonton In Charleston the com- i'i mittee would not allow him. It was ha said in 1890 that he (Tillman) would cr< not go to Orangeburg and say that Judge Izlar was a perjurer, but he had in: done so. ca The Governor said it was about time tic that Butler was bringing the proof that ed he (Tillman) could not oe found during er the Hamburg riot. He was getting ve near his home now where his part in th the Hamburg not Is known and it was su time Butler was springing his trap. so Tillman, in talking about Simonton we said that ISimonton had sucked State's po rights with his mother's milk aad had rai been tbe tlrst man to piani a uagger m uy the State's breast. Sinonton had been so appointed because he was the tool of wi Chamberlain and Wall street. Tillman co poked hot shot into Simonton. in Speaking of the talk about peace and as unity, Tillman said the Conservatives so hated him because the Reformers sup- wi ported him. They do not want peace sh and unity and if they keep up as they pi; are the Reformers will have to clear co] out the road as they have before. inj Governor Tillmad said that the Dls- ins pensary will reopen about the 1st of th; August. The Governor took a hand of primary on the Dispensary and it was an unanimous for that system of control- wi liQg the liquor tralllc. The Governor ad turned toward the hotel piazza for the on vote against the Dispensary and sever- rej al ladies raised their hands. tin Thejiand primary to decide between be himself and Butler for the Senate was lat almost unanimous for Tillman, and by thunderous applause followed. is THE GAMECOCK'S COUNTY. bll __.i frc Aiken people love me origin uhu brainy young candidate of theirs for un Governor, and gave him an ovation which would flatter a man of many years of political ambition satisfied. If fj!;' possible the applause for him was more . voluminous than for Tillman. As j~, Chairman Gaston arose to introduce , him the applause was so loud and proionged that the chairman could not ? ? proceed for several minutes. The Game Cock was hailed witli tre- . mendous applause aud was cheered and h ; applauded throughout his speech, lie Pej said he was proud to address the Game ,a' Cocks of Aiken. The reception which J had been given him affected hirn more than he could tell. Some people say ?f that "here is no gratitude, but he was 71* grateful to the people of Aiken for the j?,e. honors they have conferred on lilm. if ?al he should ever be ungrateful he would C0>J want to be lynched. k Senator Evans said if lie was any 7?' judge Aiken would have the next Gov- . ernor. (Loud cheers.) *'s Aiken, he declared, would do her duty no matter who was nominated for Gov- , ernor and would not sulk. (Applau3e.) ? Senator Evans said that their ene- ?' mies call Tillman the big devil and him ^ u the little devil. (Laughter*) He was sorry to see several women voting in A\ favor of the Dispensary. He appealed to the women of Aiken to say that 7a during the time the Dispensary law ^ was in effect tne streets or AiKen were . free of drunkards. Any women could walk the streets then and feel that she was safe, but she couldn't do so under the saloon system. If left to a" , vote he knew the women of Aiken f' would vote for the Dispensary. Vj., Senator Evans proceeded to talk on ir' the Dispensary, maintaining the posttion he has all along taken, that no ,7*' better law can be passed. Besides the great applause which ensued when Senator Evans sat down two F/r little girls walked on the stand and presented him with beautiful bouquets. Senator Evans promised his admirers {V to get married as soon as this canvass I ' is over. ,v Secretary of State Tindal followed if:t the Game Cock. Lie told why the Re- Fr* fnrm movement had been organised J and what were its objects. lie'gave "F the usual advice to the farmers about ?! keeping up their organization and made !^ one of th8 plain, practical talks which characterize him. Mr. Tindal said he would enforce the Dispensary if elected z*z Governor. ?e< ELLERBES BRIEF TALK. , General Ellerbe was introduced at J ^ei o'clock and spoke briefly. The Marion Swamp Fox said he regretted that he had to bring the people of Aiken bad ua news. It was that Aiken would not ^ have the next Governor. Marion on, ?ounty would have that honor. hjg (Laughter.) he General Ellerbe said that Aiken's Game Cock has lost some of his feathers recently and has been fighting pai something like a dung hill. He told g01 how he had been blistering his Cousin John and how John had not been blis- an( tering him in return, like a Game Cock an, ought to. Ills humorous remarks about ^ac F.vans vere greeted with laughter and to* some applause. What he said was in nv. the be3t of humor and a number of the game cocks were heard to remark: ''I declare I would vote for him if Evans \ was not running." nig on l"" ?^ f ^? I^rrono io ff jMierue aitiu umo ?.-) ntou.1 JO c, jj.Jt, wio to carry so few counties fie did Mr not begrudge him Aiken. It was An right that Aiken should vote for it him. Ellerbe invited all the people for to visit him in the Executive Mansion nai at Columbia. cat General Ellerbe was forced to another in personal explanation to day. He read we,1 an article from the Aiken times headed at I "An Infamous Shame." This article i charged that the Conservatives tried to Ah induce the Keform Executive Commit- litt tee last week to call oil the ilefom con- \V: vention. It charged that Ellerbe, Tin- goi dal and i'ope had endorsed this scheme bro by signing a petition to call the con- car vention off He had never sigDed any the such petition and he wanted rfieeditors an< the paper to tell where they got their formation. General Ellerbe said that a number papers friendly to Evans have been andering him (Ellerbe). lie did not ink this method of warfare just or ir. At 7 o'clock this afternoon the camlimners left for Edgefield and will end the night there. Two thousand ople are excepted to be at the meetg at old Edgefield to morrow. STAT>: C~<OP CONDITIONS. W'.eUly Uniterm ?>f tha State Hur.-an. Th? W?Kth?r. Columbia, S. C.. July 18.?The fol wing is tfie weekly bulletin of the indition of the weather and the crops the State, issued yesterday by State bserverJ. W.Bauer: The temperature for the week wa3 uch below the normai, ranging from degrees per day on the coast to (> and in central and western portions. The minimum temperature fell to 04 Charleston on the morning of the tb, which was the lowest July temirature since 1832. The lowest rented from any point in the state was at Holland's 3tore, on the same date, le average per centage of fifty places porting sunshine was 711, about noral; having been cloudy on Monday id Tuesday and clear or partly cloudy e remainder of the week. Tbe total infail was less than for the previous eek, but on Monday and Tuesday in was almost general over the State cept in the nortuwest counties where was light or wanting, and the folwing counties in whole or in part, md in need of rain: York, Chester, airfield. Union. Spartanburg and ckens. The southeastern counties d an excess ot raiD, impairing Geld ops somewhat except possibly corn. Cotton is doing only fairly well. Durg the past week the wet weather has "used rust to develop ia various por)ns of the State, and lice have attackthe plaut in other. The cool weathof the middle of the week has been ry unfavorable, but it is thought that e plant, is too far advanced to have stainea any structural change, and far the only apparent effect the cool jatherhas had is the "honey due" rerted from a number of widely sepated points. This crop is being laid as fast as tbe ground permits, and me danger is noted from plowing nle the ground was too wet. Its dition is reported particularly fine Clarendon county, and it i3 fruiting heavily as desirable everywhere, me shedding noted in lacalities iere rainfall was excessive and sunine deGcient, in which localites the int has also taken on a yellowish lor. Cotton has not, generally speakg, held the improvement made durg the first week in July. Grass reatens the crop, but the latter part the week was favorable for plowiDg d a few more days of dry weather 11 be sufficient to clear the" fields. No verse reports whatever were received the corn crop, and its condition Is ported such that if the remainder of ? season is an .average one, there will a full crop made, taking early and e planting together. It is being laid as fast as the weather permits. It worthy of note that one thousand shel3 of oat3 were shipped north >m Cheraw sncn shipments being usual. The rains have had a very nelicial effect on rice, which is rerted particularly line in Georgetown untv, and very fair in other places. i9daDger from low water has passed the rivers in the rice regions are arly full. rooacco is doing well, as also is sorum, wldch is heading. Gardens have ide great improvement in clay soil, t little in light sandy soil, ireenville county reports cabbage iding nieely.while a species of worm i attacked t.ha plant in Edgefield inty. ^eloas ripening now are small and inferior quality, but the vines are :orous and the late crop promises :ter. A few peas still being sown; jbits destroying peas in Abbeville inty. >weet potatoes growing well; the farable weather came too late to have ich effect on Irish potatoes. There s a washing rain in Aiken county, i some hail in Orangeburg county, ing very little or no damage. A nprehensive summary of the weathcrop condition for tho week ending ndav can be brieliy stated thus: It ,s cool with nearly normal duration sunshine; an excess of rain along ; coast and lower .Savannah river lley, sheding oil all to a deficiency the northwest portions of the State. 1 crops show an improvement save iton which barely holds the gain ide during the previous week. Tricked the Old Mac. VIA0ON, Ga. July 15.?J. M. Bankin, of Tunnell Hill, was arrested in icon today by one of the ollicials of 3 State lunatic asylum and carried ck to the asylum this afternoon, nkston was carried to the asylum 3terday by hl3 father. Just before iching the asylum Bankston asked i father to let him see the writ of lacy. Without suspecting anything ong the elder Bankston gave his son 3 wrii ana aia iiol iuilik. iu iak.e.ic >m him till the asylum was reached, hen the lather and son were ushered ;o the presence of the otliclal who ,s to receive them the son walked Idly forward and presenting the oflitl with the writ, told him with tears his eyes that it was his painful duty leave his father incarcerated in a lutic asylum hut that the old man had ;ome hopelessly insane and it had some necessary. The elder llankston ,s so astonished at his son's action at he could hardly reali/,9 what was ing done, but recovered himself sufiently to vehemently deny that he ,3 insane and tried to explain the sittion to the ofiicials. This made the cials think that his case was a bad e and after he had been searched and money and papers given to his son - * 1 *. ~ ~ I was lurneu uvei uu iuc aucwuauua. e son earnestly requested the offcials take good care of nis father and de'ted, arriving in Macon last nighf, in ne manner the ollicials learned of i trick that had been played on them i today one of tnem came to Macon 1 captured bmkston and took him }k. ilackston who does not appear be crazy took great pleasure in tell; the joke on the old man. Two In One I><*v. /at.do.vta, G<t, July 10.?bate at ;ht a negro named K1 Graves was covered escaping from the house of . benny well Folsom, who lives near sley station. He had assaulted the . year oia aaugnier. a posse was meil to pursue the negro. A bailiff ! ned '.uicus, and Will McKenniss ? ight the negro and got him safely < jai) here. The people of the south- i 3teru sec tion of the country are mad ! being cheated out of a lynching. to<:Kr Foi:i>, Ga., July lit?A negro < -x Huberts, attempted to assault the le 1 i year old daughter of Mr. Tom i lliaras, above Sylvania. She was ng liome from church with her little s ither. 7 years old, when the negro ] ne upon them. Assistance reached ; m promptly. The villain confessed i I >snow in jail. 1 TERRIFIC FXPLOSION IN CHICAGOA OHaon Kxplodea-Three M-u Killed aud Several Ii jared. Chicago, July 1G,?This afternoon a caisson belon^m* to a Ifotclikiss cuo of the Secoud Arlllerv exploited at Fortieth street and Brand Boulevard, a residence district. The I'.blowing are the casualties: Joseph Caller, farrier, Troop B., Seventh Cavalry, Read blovn oil; Cannoneer Donovan, Battery F., Second Artillery, Fort ltdey, Kan., killed; Jeremiah Doyle, cannoneer. Battery F., Second Artillery, Fort lltley, Kau.. killed: Herbert Andres, trumpeter, Troop B., Seventh Cavalry, fatally wounded, taken to Mtrcv Hospital. Injured: Serjeant Kin?, Serjeant L;ner, Private O'Sonuell, Private Siolz, Private Fake, Private Unqutiart, all of Battery F? Second Artilley, Fort lliley, Km. Several other soldiers were made de^t t>y trie explosion. A lady in a house of Frank Devil, at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Fortieth street, was struck with a pro jectile and bully wounded. She was taken to a hospital. Seven horses were j killed and three wounded. The battery wa3 making a practice march down Grnd Boulevard when the explosion occurred. There is no explanation of the explo. sion except conjectural. The caisson had just rattled across the Like Shore Road track on Fortieth street when the explosion occurred inside the caisson sending a haill of projectiles in all directions. Fvery paue of glass withm two blocks was broken. It is conjectured that the joLiDgover the railroad tracks ignited a fuse or some loose powder setting (If all the shells in the tox. The troops left- Brighton Park for a long march around the city to exercise the horses. They were in command of Captain Dodd of troop F., Tnird Cavalary, and consisted ot troop F., Third Cavalry, tortv men, troop E , Sixth Cavalry, L'eutenant Tate forty men; platoon of Battery F? Second Artillery, two gun3, Lieutenant Gayle, twenty-three men; troop B., Seventh Cavalry, Captain Varnum, forty men. k ? *? tviAtfnViA^ (Mo rvr*/]?r V rra>* JLL1G LL1CLL UiaiU^U m bu;o v/i.v*v>i . juivijthing went smoothly and there were no incidents until the column marc'amg South on Grand boulevard was just crossing Oakwood boulevard then a terrific explosion occurred. The men on the caisson supposed to be Donnovan aud Doyle, were literally blown to pieces and others were thrown many feet by the violence ot the concussion. Four of the horses drawiug the caisson fell In their tracks, shot through and horribly mangled, while three others were blown fifty feet ahead against the trees on the boulevard. The caissou was blown to atoms, not a piece of it larger than a man's hand being found. The boulevard looked like a battlefieled. There was a quick series ot explosions after the first report and schrapDel shot rained like hail among the trees on the boulevard and pierced the surrounding buildings. The concussion broke every window in the houses for blocks arouud. The walls and roofs of fh? HarAllinorR showed the terrific effect of the missile?. Ucexploded shells of the rear chests of the caisson are strewn over the ground. With the explosion came great confusion of troop3 and for a moment the men and officers seemed powerless to move. To this was added the fright of the occupants of the surrounding houses who ranscreaming from their dwellings only to be sickened by the sight in the street. A atill alarm of fire had been turned in and the fire department arrived with the stock yard patrol wagon. The wagon was 3ent back to the station and it returned with twenty-five men UDder command of Lieutenant Morrissey. lie then telephoned to Ilyde Park for reinforcements and soon Captain Dollard arrived with twenty-five more men. Later Inspector Hunt and FItzpatrick and Lieutenant Bcnfield arrived. It was some little time before the two dead artillery men c">u\d be found. One of them mangled beyond recognition, but supposed to be Doyle, had been blown over " oirvn t OJ?n 1 \7. fl V A fAAt. hiah Uflfl a UjaLU Dl^n b'TVU WJ *-? ? V# ?v.vv was found in a vacant lot behind it. One leg and an arm were gone. The other man, supposed to be Douovau, had been thrown about 300 feet diagouaily to the righr and was found in a vacant lot near the Lake Shore tracks. Joseph Gaylor was found near where he was struck. Great damage wa3 wrought by the explosion to neighboring property. Windows in most of the surrounding houses were broken. The damage to residences and park property in the neighborhood is estimated at about $10,000. Cholera Kages. St. Petersburg, July 15.?The cholera continues to spread with alarming rapiditv throughout the city. Yesterday 218 fre3h cases and CO deaths were reported. From July 8 to today noon 875 cases and 294 deaths have been reported. The exceptional measures in the periods of such an epidemic are enforced rigidly. The prefect has ordered that aU wine shop3 be closed on Sunday and holiday. The city is placarded with instructions as to the best means of preventing and treating cholera. All factories, theatres and railways are under orders to take special precautions against the spread of the disease. Itsstauiant keepers have been directed by the municipal authorities to distribute beiled water among the poor without charge, Several public buildiug3 !n the city and m the suburb? are to be used as cholera hospitals. Today the Metropolitan, asaisted by the chief clergy, prayed publicly iu St. Isaac's Cathedral that the pro ress of the epidemic be stayed. Hundreds of cholera easses are reported from the provinces, where the peicent age of deaths is exceptionally high. Cat to Ue*tb, Dallas, Tex, July 19.?iI. P. Dames the boss weaver of the Soutn Dallas Cotton mills, entered the office of Superintendent A. II. Xickless, and with a Ions bladed knife assaulted him, indicting deep wounds under and over the left arm, in the left side, in the left groin and then driving the blade into the heart, severing the lower lobe of that organ. Mr. Xickless staggered to the door, fell on the steps and died in a few minutes, without speaking. A.DOU& me time uarnes got mrougn with the superintendent, John W. j Nickless, son of the superintendent, : and engineer of the mills, entered the : oilice, when LJarnes assaulted him with the same murderous instrument, indicting a number of deep wounds, two of which reached the lungs. Barnes cams i Dut of the light badly used up himself. ! He was arrested and locked up. Superintendent Nickless had discharged ; Harne3 and the latter immediately as- s vaulted him. NicRiess was originally i from Boston, but lived a number of i ^earsjln Atlanta. Barnes came from 1 Dolumbus, (fa., where hJs father and orotbers reside. ; IS IF EVANS ORELLERBE? THC RE'S NOTHING SO POWERFUL AS FIGURES?EXCEPT FACTS. H ?w tli" Followers of'lie Would bs Qa?ornorii ConinNosee?Charleston Claimed by Three Candidates?Ellerbe Claims the Farmar'a Soppirt. I Columbia, July 14.?'The political L'.ams in S )utfi (JaroMna has progressed at.out far enough for the score card to be watched. Iu politics there is no reliable way to ascertain exactly how the game stands uatil the olhcial score is announced. It an outsider virere to attempt to calculate on the probabilities and possibilities of the Gubernatorial carap&'gn he would, perhaps, miss it. The best thing to do, then, is to have the candidates themselves or their political friends air their views. I have had the recognized admirers of the leading candidates make up the scores. It is somewhat noteworthy that iu very many mstancea the count agrees and maay of the counties ar j conceded by the respective, "factions." It will be noted that both sides are willing enough to claim everything in sight. But here are the counts and the "tab" shows pretty much how the political thermometer stand just at this juncture. an evans count. Evans. Ellerbe. Tindal. Abbeville 12 Aiken 8 | Anderson 12 Barnwell 12 Beaufort 10 Berkeley 14 | Charleston 13 Chester 8 [Chesterfield G Clarendon ... 8" Colleton 10 Darlington 8 Edgefield 12 Florence ... 8 Fairfield 8 Georgetown G Greenville 12 Hampton 6 Horry G Kershaw 6 Lancaster 6 Laurens 8 Lexington G Marion 8 Marlboro 8 Newberry 8 Oconee G Orangeburg 12 Pickens G Richland 10 Spartanburg 14 Sumter ... 12 Union 3 Williamsburg ... 8 York 10 Totals 182 102 36 A CAUTIOUS ELLERBB SCORE. Ellerbe. Evans. D'btful. Abbeville 12 Aiken 8 Anderson 12 Barnwell 12 Beaufort 10 Berkeley ... 14 Charleston ... 18 Chester 8 Chesterfield 6 Colleton 10 Darlington 8 Edgefield ... 12 Fairfield 8 Florence 8 Georgetown 6 Greenville ... 12 Hampton 6 Horry 6 Kershaw 6 T.nnnoofflr ft ... w mmm Laurens 8 l.?exington ... 6 Marion s Marlboro 8. Newberry 8 Oconee 0 Orangeburg 12 Pickens 6 Richland 10 Spartanburg 14 Sumter 12 Union 8 Williamsburg 8 York 10 Totals 158 92 G2 The county oi Clarendon with 8 votes in the Ellerbe count is given to Tindal. THE WAY THE TINDALITE3 COUNT. Chesterfield 8 Florence 8 Sumter 12 Charleston .. 18 Berkeley .. 14 Williamsburg : 8 Marlboro 8 Clarendon 8 Total 84 It all ol the counties claimed showwd 90 for Evans the young friend of Governor Tillman will have no trouble in getting the Reform nomination. The Ellerbe counters on the"other hand preface their count by saying that they only couat ouch votes as they are absolutely certain ot and that they are 3urc to secure a majority ot the delegates. Charleston aud Berkeley counties, it will be seen, go into the Convention with thirty-two votes, one-tenth of the total, and their votes are being hand somely played for. The Evans people claim that since the Charleston meeting that there is no longer any doubt that the county will go for him. The Ellerbe folks claim that about the only worker Evans has in Charleston is W. Gibbes Whaley, and that he will hnd that he no nn Af r\r\ xi?T7 ItaA AAltnf rr n a o IT Af cauui/u tauj uio a uidjunuj v/* the Keformers perfer either Ellerbs or Tindal, and just here it might be remarked that the Ellerbe managers expect all of the Tindal and Pope votes, after the first few ballots. Did Not Blain? Him. New Fork, July 20?While Mrs. Libbeta Chumaske, who lives at 43 Havemeyer street, Williamsburg, was home alone yesterday afternoon. William Huntzlnger, a barber, 21 years old, tried to kiss her. She ordered him out of the house, when he begged her to elope with him. lie told her that his parents, who lived in Switzerland, were wealthy, and that they could go there and be happy. For a second time the woman ordered him out, but he refused to go Her screams, brought neighbors, who, after clubbing Huntzinger, held him until a policeman was summoned, and he was taken to the Bedford avenue police station and locked up. Last evening a man called with a big bundle and asked to see Huntzinger. "YVIia qpj vftn QnH mho! lio.rj crtn n uv ui c jvsu, auu nuuu unvu j wu got in that bundle?" asked Sergeant Burford. Churaaske hesitated a moment, and then replied: "Why, Sergeant, Vm Mrs Cnumaske'e husband and 1 have here something good to eat for Mr. Iluntzinger. lie is such a nice, good man and you know Sergeant, he didn't mean any harm. My wife is so beautiful that I don't blame the man for trying to make love to her. lT!ease let me give this to him, us i feel certain he didn't know what he was doing." Nergeant Burford took the bundle and opened it. It contained a beef steak, potatoes, string heanp, cake and two cups of coffee. Iluntzinger was -1 ited over it and asked the doorman to extend his thanks to Chumaske. l'he latter got back the empty basket and went home.