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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW iS THE .NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THxiN BK FALSE TO ANY MAN. ^ 1 . ' ' "/ . , BY THOMPSON, SMITH & JAYNES. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 25, 1892. VOLUME XLIIL-NO. 34. GEN. LEE'S DARING AND GEN. KERSHAW'S GAL LANTRY. SENECA, S. C., August 15, 1S92. MESSRS EDITORS : I ara made to f>el proud, and I will tell-you why. I have touched a chord thal has vibrated and brought back to me an echo : it thrills me with delight aLd "shook my lx>sooi in its solitude." One heart beats in unison with mine and could not resist the tempta tion to tell me so. The exhileration and ecstasy I feel, and which has been I brought about by this unexpected i encouragment, :ias the same effect that the soul-inspiring music often had on the wearied soldier after a long day's loree march-tired and worn out, feeling that he wanted nothing but rest-when suddenly the band strikes up and the old familiar air is played, of which he never grew tired in hearing : "Let this knapsack he my pillow. And this mantel for my sky: Hasten, comrades, to the battle. I will like a soldier die! "Soon with angels i'll be marching. With bright laurels on my brow; Who will then for her be watching".' Who will care for mother now*.'"' .Tiie scene at once changes to one of joy and merriment ; weariness for gets toils, danger her position, and the thought of tiome and that better land makes the present uncomforta ble surroundings for the moment j pall. A scanty meal is prepared and consumed, such as only a soldier knows how to enjoy ; then soon all is still-nothing hoard save the lone sentry on iii.? round, except when in the presence of the enemy. Who can ever forget that was there thc long force march over the mountains into the Shenandoah: When night came on, all weary and exhausted, the immortal Jackson, with a few vidette pickets and his personal staff, kept the vigil while the infantry slept. During the night, it is said, wheu all was quietas death, i the Adjutant General, no doubt think r mg of the total exhaustion of thc men, on taking a survey of the scent spread out before him, involuntarily exclaimed, "Poor devils !" 'i he/real f leader, thc illustrious Stonewall, immediately rebuke .id said "WVJ> alter m arch night from Gordunsville to ie of action, arrived on tin the critical moment, eeg's Texas and Ker . *ath Carolina brigaVn-O Gen. Lee met the head of the column on the plank road, evidently some what excited, ordered the Texans to form and forward on the right of the ; road, and the Carolinians were ordered j to do likewise on the left. There , wa> no time to use tactics or military manoeuvres to get systematically into line, but the order was to get into position the best way possible, as the enemy was immediately in front driving our army before him in confusion. Gen. Lee, apparently for g'-ttino himself for the moment, pos sibly fearing that ali was lost, under took to ?ead the Texas brigade into the tight. Gen. Greeg ordered him lUl,{Q halt and go to the rear, lie .caused, when a tile of soldiers were ordered toseizethe bridle reins.if h*3 horse'."ind carry him off of the field. It was then that this great military captain, with thc simplicity of a child, the dignity of a man, the cour age ot' a soldier, and with the autho rity of a commander, said : "Gentle men, I know my duty ;, go in there and give them fellows the cold steel They will shoot with you here ali day." Gen. Greeg, answering for thc Texans, said : "If you will go bael we will ; hut you shail not go wi ti: us." With this promise they wem forward. For a moment there wa^ a calm, as though the destroying angel shuddered to behold the might collision and destruction of humai life that was to follow ; but soon th? -.-..ceasing death rattle of musketry the fearful crash of shrapnel and th awful whistling of shell told but to plainly the terribleness of the con llict that was going on. There was no a halt made, however, but they pushe right along, driving before them th enemy pell-mell, head long, Weedin at every j ?ore, over and through th immense forest from which it too the name Wilderness, densely co; ered with young green leaves, a dripping and bespangled with dev "weeping, if aught inanimate ev< weeps, over the un returning brave The right made by the Caroliniai on the left of the road wa3 just as have described the one made on tl right by the Texans, the field office going into the battle> mounted, ri ing up to the very mouths of tl carmot' Gen. Kershaw rode in froi all the while beckoning with 1 hand,saying,"Comeon,boys; remet ber where you are from," showii that he had confidence in appeals State pride ; and he was not m taken, for fully one-third of thc that went into the battle were kill pr wounded, which proves th-? fai of the soldier in his leader then and his unconquerable determination to defend the honor and glory of his country. Our dead were buried under the folds of the Confederate flag, while that of the enemy's were buried j under a flag of truce. The glory of J that day should never be forgotten j though the fruit it produced was as j that of the dead seashore ashes upon our lips. Gen. Kershaw afterwards lost a leg in the immortal campaign, on the j retreat from Petersburg to Appo j mattox, was taken prisoner and for j j long was numbered among :hc( nobie slain. He recovered, however, j after many mouths of suffering among j his captors, was permitted to return ; to his native State, which he loved . so well and had risked life, fort'me I and sacred honor to defend. Ile is ; now one of our Circuit Judges, is j competent, mentally and physically, j to discharge thc duties, and should be allowed to retain the position, if i tor nothing else, for past services. I fear from what I learn, however, ? that iic is marked for slaughter by 1 the powers that be, not for any dis I qualification, but in order to reward j some little scion of the law for poli tical services-one who has never ; known what patriotism is, or how to appreciate all that is noble or grand i in human nature, or how to feel proud J of his country. If Walter Scott had lived in this day and generation he I would have found in this man, who j ever he may be, the character he had j in mind when he wrote these lines j in the Lay of the Last Minstrel : j "Breathes there a man with soul so dead, ! Who never to himself hath said, ; This is my own, my native land'.'" M. W. COLEMAN'. *..> The Law of Primaries. J SECTIOS 1. That every political primary election held by any politi ; cal party, organization or association . j for the purpose of choosing candi j dates for office or the election of del egates to conventions, shall be pre j ~ . 1 sided over and conducted in the manner prescribed by the rules of . ' thc political party, organization or . jassociation holding such primary ; ; election, by managers selected in the t ; manner prescribed by such rules. t ; Such managers shall, before enteriij ^_--- -T.TTC? cue j" rules of such party, organization or j association. Should one or niOre of \ the managers appointed to hold such ' : ction fail to appear on the day of j ection, the remaining managers shall appoint others in their stead md administer, t?> .thom the oath j herein prescribed. The managers j shall take the oath herein prescribed ; before a notary public or other ofii- . cer authorized to administer oaths; j but if no such officer can be conven-1 ientiy had, the managers may admin- j ister the oath to each other. Such oaths shall, after being subscribed by j the managers, bo filed in the office j of Clerk of Court for the county in j which such election shall be held within rive days after such election. | SK?-. 2. Before any ballots are re-! ? ceived at such election, and inirae- ; diately before opening the polls,such j managers shall open each ballot box | j to be used in such ejection, and ex hibit the same publicly to show that there are no ballots in such box. They shall then close and lock or . seal up such box, except the open ing to receive the ballots, and shall j not again open thc same until the i close of the election. They shall j keep a poll list with thc name of ' each voter voting in such elections, I and shall, before receiving any bal lot administer to the voter an oath that he is duly qualified to vote ac j cording to the rules of the party, and that he has not voted before in such election ; and at the close of the ' ; election they shall proceed publicly ' I to count the votes and declare the ' i result : they shall certify the result ; ! of such election, and transmit such ; j certificate, with thc poil list, ballots, i and all other papers relating to elec j tions, within the time prescribed and L j to the persons designated by the ' rules of the party, organization o? r association holding such election. J SEC '?'>. Every such primary elec ! tion shall be* held at the time anc 1 j place, and under the regulations pre L' I scribed by the rules of the party, or I ganizition or association holding th< e same, and the returns shall be mad? 0 j and the result declared as prescribed by such rules, but the returns of th? " j managers with the poll lists shall b< j filed n the office of the Clerk o d the Court for the county in whicl e such election is held within four day ". j after the final declaration of the re ? suit thereof, and shall remain ther e for public inspection. * SEC. 4. Any manager who shall b r- guilty of wilfully violating any of th ll duties devolved upon such positio _ j hereunder shall be guilty of a misde ' j raeanor, and, upon conviction thereo ir shall be punished by fine not to e? ? ceed one hundred dollars or imprii is onment not to exceed six months 1 and any manager who shall be guilt of fraud or corruption in the manag* ment of such election shall be guilt rs of a misdemeanor, and, upon convi d- tion thereof, shall be fined in a su be not to exceed five hundred dollars < lt imprisonment for a term not to e . ' ceed twelve months, or both, in tl 118 discretion of the court. , N" SEC. 5. Any voter who shall swe ag falsely in taking the prescribed oat to or .shall personate another person ai jg_ take the oath in his name, in ord to vote, shall. be guilty of perjui >se and be punished upon conviction f ^ perjurv. , . ith Approved Dec. 22d, A. D. 1888. LEISURE. BY MISS M. E. SINGLETON, OE WEST MINSTER, S. C. [The following essay was read at the reeent Methodist Sunday School Confer ence, held at Rock Spring church, in Oco nec county:] Spare moments are the gold dust of time, the portion of life most fruitful in good or evil. When | gathered up and pressed into use ! important results flow from thence ; when neglected they are gaps through which temptation finds a ready entrance. They are a treasure when rightly used, but a terrible curse ' when abused. There are three obli j g?tions resting upon us in regard to j the use and application of time. There is the duty to ourselves, in : the care of our happiness, our im jprovement and providing for our necessities ; the duty to those depend ant upon ourselves and to society; and, lastly, our accountability to God, i who bestows upon us this valuable ?gift, not without its being accom panied with the greatest inducements I and the strongest and most cogent ? motives to improve it to advantage lin these different respects. It is astonishing what can be done ?in any department of life when once j the will is fired with a determination ! to use the leisure time rightly. Only I take care to gather up your frag j ments of leisure time and employ .them judiciously, and you will find ?time for the accomplishment of : almost any desired purpose. Men ; who have the highest ambition to ; accomplish something of importance jin this life frequently complain of a J lack of leisure ; but the truth is, there j is no condition in which the chances ; of accomplishing great results are ; less than in that of leisure. Life is composed of an elastic material, and wherever a solid piece of business is removed the surrounding atmosphere i of trifles rushes in as certainly as the air into a bottle when you pour out its contents. If you would not have your hours of leisure frittered away i ' \ on trifles you must guard it by bar riers of resolution and precaution as ?strong as are needed for hours of study and business. The value of time is not realized. It is the most precious thing in all the world ; the . _ ._ f . T>T ahd that is always taken away <>efore another is given. The people who, in any commu- ? nity, have done the most for their own and the general good are not the wealthy, leisurely people who have nothing to do, but are almost i uniformly the over-worked class, who seem well nigh swamped with ! cares and are in a paroxysm of i activity from January to December. Persons of this class have learned how to economize time, and, however crowded with business, are always j found capable of doing a little more ; ? and you may rely upon them in their j busiest season with far more assur ance than upon the idle man. Time, like life, can never be recalled. It is the material out of j which all great workers have secured a rich inheritance of thoughts and deeds for their successors. It has j been written, "The hours perish and are laid to our charge." How many of these there are upon the records of the past ! How many hours wasted, worse than wasted, in frivolous con versation, useless employment, hours of which we can give no account and in which we benefited neither our selves nor others! There are few ? such hours in the busiest lives, hut ' they make up the whole sum in the ' lives of many. Many live without I accomplishing any good, squander ; their time away in petty, trifling things, as if the only object in life j were to kill time, .as if the earth j were not a place for probation, but i our abiding residence. We do nol value time as we should, bul let man} golden hours pass by unimproved ; We loiter during the day time o life, and ere we know it the nigh draws near "when no man can work.' Oh, hours misspent and wasted How we wish we could live then over again ! It requires no small degree o effort to resolutely employ one' time so as to allow none of it to g i to waste. There are a thousand cause ; tending to the loss of time, and an one who imagines that they woul do great things if they only had leis ure are mistaken. They can fin time if they only set about doing i Complain not, then, of your wai of leisure. Rather thank God thi you are not cursed with leisure, for curse it is in nine cases out of tei What if, to achieve some good woi which you have deeply at heart, ye can never command an entire mont a week, or even ? day ? Shall yo therefore, bid it an eternal adieu ai fold your arms in de#pair? Tl thought should t^nly the more keen spur you on to do what you can this swiftly passing life of you: Endeavor to compass its solution' gathering up the broken fragmei of your time, rendered more precio by their brevity. It has been written that "he who toys with time trifles with a frozen serpent, which afterwards turns upon the hand which indulged the sport and inflicts a deadly wound." There are many persons who sadly realize this in their own lives. When age, with ils frosts of years, has come, their reflections cannot be otherwise than of the saddest kind, as they ponder over wasted time, the hours they spent in a worse than foolish manner. Death often touches with a terri ble emphasis the value of time. But alas ! The lesson comes too late. It is for the living wisely to consider tlie end of their existence, to reflect on the possibilities of life, to resolve to waste no time in idleness, but to be up and doing in a manner befit ? ting one who lives here a life pre paratory simply to another and bet ter existence. Prohibition. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? [Lancaster Enterprise.] ? The question now in our minds is, j ; If there is to be a continuance of the . sale of liquors that intoxicate in the j ; State of South Carolina, then who j is responsible for that sale? If the J [ men of our land are still to bc de- j : bauched and made drunkards ; if the i boys are to be snared in bar-rooms- | j "trap-doors of hell ;" if tho wives. ; ; mothers and daughters of our land ? j are to be slain by heart anguish ; if1 j the children are to be raised in homes i where comforts give way lo curses, ! and drunkenness takes the place of ! happiness, then who is to answer at , the bar of God for this continuance ? I answer, every man, woman and ! child that can talk, and picad and 'pray! The question is to 1>; settled j at our State primary election as to j whether we will have prohibition ? j not. The man who can and docs ig j cast a ballot for prohibition, or wi. ; helps elect a legislator who favors j the license of whiskey selling, is td I that extent guilty bi aiding am., j abetting in this drunkard making ? Thc woman who can and does u( i influence some man to vote ver p/ ; hibition, is thereby making hei/ j responsible. f \ This is a.fiirbbc- ?tahh is <? \.^..jlt ts possible--an (uisy po$*t- r bH'ay-for va to lai.ve l>r>'1r:bU>on in \ : oi"- fair State by nex* -nary if\ we krill do our duty. Baty we must j not sleep over our opportunities, we must all do our duty. ^ Aa Interesting Tabb'. The Yorkville Enquirer prints thc j following table of the voting poj u- j Iation of South Carolina in 1800 by1 counties and race, furnished to-it by Gov. Tillman, who procured it from the census oflice "for bis own infor mation :" Counties. Whites. Colored Totals. Abbeville.. T\ ::..->2S 6,131 9,650 Aiken. 3,141 3,664 6,805 Anderson. 5,174 3,454 8,628 Barnwell. 3,1'.'S 5,656 S.??54 I Beaufort. 74'.' 6,388 7437 ?Berkeley. 1,S73 10.4:17 12.:;i2 ?Charleston_ 6,492 8,4:17 14.iel? ? Chester. 1,973 '1,2.71 5,226 j Chesterfield. . 2,:}o:J 1,336 3,629 i Clarendon. 1,561 2,595 4,520 ; Colleton. 2,996 5,342 S,33S ' Darlington_ 2,628 3,168 5,7!?! ? ridgefield. 3?876 5,S50 '.?.72?! ?Fairfield. L''-'"4 3,83:3 5,407 j Florence. 2.:117 2,53$ 4,855 ?Georgetown... '.?40 -''.25* 4,198 Greenville._ 5,946 3,180 9,126 Hampton. 1,572 2,563 4,135 Ilorry. . 2.74s 938 3,686 Kershaw. 1,821 2.432 4.25:1 i Lancaster. 2,185 1,908 4,093 [Laurens. :;.04(j 3,461 1 6,506 'Lexington. 2j9$2 1,650 4.0:12 Marion. 3,071 2,671 ">,742 Marlboro. 2,025 2.076 4,701 Newberry. ... 2,084 3,374 5,45S Oeonee..*. 2,823 S79 3,702 Orangeburg ... :1.440 6,346 9.780 Bickens. 2.447 753 3,200 Richland. 3,108 5,558 8,666 Spartanburg... 6,325 4,483 ll,80S Sumter. 2,730 5,895 8,625 Union. 2,43S 2,771 5,208 Williamburg... 1,900 2.795 4,755 York. 4,051 3,913 7,964 Totals.. .102,057 132,940 235,60t From the beginning of the season to date, it is stated, over 500 carload ? of peaches have been shipped fron Georgia to Northern and Easterr markets. The average price bai been about $1,500 per carload, o: over ?7?0,000 for the crop. Larg? shipments of grapes are being mad? from between Macon and Griih'n Our farmers in Carolina should not these figures and facts. We shouh be able to grow grapes for marke somewhere between Augusta an? Georgetown, Greenville and Beau fort, as well as our neighbors bet wee Macon and Griffin. Why, then, don' we also make "large shipments" c them, instead of small shipments And another point. It will be note that Georgia peaches sell for ?1,5C per carload. That beats waterme ons at $100 per carload, and we ca grow as fine peaches in South Can lina'. a? can be grown in Georgia ( anywhere eKe. We have seen son this year which were grown in -ai near Cnarleston and that could n be excelled. Why not make a cn of them ?-Neuss and Courier. HOW POOLBALLS ARE MADE. Pres.ied from a Gun Cotton Mixture, Cat in ? Lathe ?nd Dyed. "Celluloid bas altogether superseded ivory as material for poolballs," said a manufacturer. "A set of sixteen cellu loid balls will outwear three or four sets of ivory and they cost only twenty-five dollars, whereas you cannot buy six teen good ivory balls for less than $115. The condition of the atmosphere which causes the ivory balls to shrink and swell and crack just as if they were made of wood has no effect upon cellu loid. "Of course you know that celluloid is a mixture of gun cotton and camphor. Naturally it would be yellow, but zinc white is put in to make it white. After the ingredients have been pioperly mingled with the aid of steam heat the celluloid is pressed into blocks, which are a little bigger than the balls that are to be made. In order to render them as hard as jiossible the material is subjected to a pressure of 300 tons on each ball. Next the blocks, are turned in a lathe to perfect spheres of precisely the diameter required by means of knives which work automatically and cannot cut beyond a certain distance from the center of each ball. "When this has been done the perfect spheres of celluloid are ready to be dyed in various colors. For this purpose they are dipped and allowed to remain for some time in pots containing the dyes, those parts which are not desired to be colored being protected by means of lit tle cups of brass ingeniously fastened upon tlie balls. In the plain balls of red, blue, green, purple and yellow only the round spot where the number is to go needs to be covered, but in the treat ment of the striped balls the matter is not so easy. After they have been fished out of the pots the dyed balls are put on a lathe and made to revolve rapidly, while fine sandpaper is delicately ap plied so as to smooth their surfaces. , Then a keen knife, manipulated by hand, removes from them the thinnest i conceivable shaving all over, which : does not take off the color, because the j dyes penetrate to a little depth. Finally i sandpaper is again applied and the balls j ar? ready for the last process to which I they must be subjected. "This last process is the varnishing, j They are placed for this purpose in little j wire cups, which come into contact with I them at as few points as possible, anil a j transparent lacquer is bestowed upon I them by hand with a brush. As soo" .><> ? they are drv they are ready to be it is * when the fan night comes . the fence cd out for intra-.".. _carly dawn, setting up a loud cawing at the sight of any stranger approaching. A valuable diamond earring belonging to one of the j daughters was missed from the dress- j ing case the other day while the crow was perched on the window sill. Search was made everywhere for the missing piece of jewelry without success, and the finding of it was given up as one of the impossibilities. A few days since the crow was fol lowed into a corner of the yard filled with empty boxes, and tn one of them, hidden away from sight, was found a perfect bric-a-brac shop, a number of bright silver and copper ceins, a filigree comb, several lustrous tortoise hair or naments, a lot of bits of broken col ored glass, and a stock of shining but tons of endless variety, and the dia mond earring. The character of the crow has berm considerably lowered in the estimation of the family since the discovery.-Philadelphia Press. Journalism Under Difficulties An opposition editor's life in Alaska is apparently not a happy one, and the la test journals from that region make us wonder what sort of a government they have out there anyway. A late issue of the Juneau City Mining Record flatly acknowledged the truth of a contem porary's taunt that it did not dare to pub lish certain things, and explains thus: This to a certain extent is true, for the simple reason that for publishing certain facts threats have been made by a government officer of throwing om newspaper outfit into the bay. Such proceedings are not pleasant to contem plate when all we have in the world is invested in the outfit. Then, again, when we publish anything which does not set tle well on the stomachs of some officials we are arrested for libel and dragged 180 miles from our home and business at great expense, and placed under bonds to await the action of a grand jury to ex onerate us. If we had sufficient mean? to employ counsel and i>ay our fare tc Sitka every month or six weeks manj facts would be published which througr. our poverty we cannot afford to publish, Glycerin Instead of Sugar. As an instance of the value of glycerii given internally I may mention the em ployment of glycerin by diabetic pa tients to render more palatable difieren articles of diet ordinarily flavored witl sugar, which they of course are inter dieted from taking. This may appea a matter of little moment, but it reall; is not so. The necessary omission of al saccharine substances from the diet o persons suffering from diabetes make it important to endeavor to relieve ther from the feeling of monotony and dh like for food engendered by the rigi exclusion of all articles containing st gar.-Hygiene. The Mud Hen. I recently made acquaintance with th mud hen, of the grebe family. I ha met her before, but had never had oj port unity to study her, and knowledf of her habits is exceedingly interestinj Here, under the trees on a little lagnna bank, I have watched for hours as si has been swimming, diving, splashin; darting, fluttering and spattering foa from her lifted wings and^ huddling b young up on the bank to eat grass in tl sum She has no beauty, but those til canary cole: ed mud chickens, tipp* with soft down, are rather pretty.-Si Diego Cor. Christian Union. The Nova Scotia Baptists have not c church where fermented wine is used communion. THE STATE GAIPAIHN Itt I - ING AT WALHALLA OVER TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE PRESENT. GOOD ORDER PREVAILED. The campaign meeting was held at Walhalla on Thursday last. The re ported speeches of Gov. Tillman, Col. Benet and Mr. Farley a *e taken from the lie;jisttr. The reported speeches of Gol. Sheppard, Col. Orri and Mr. Youmans are taken from the Neics and Courier. The speeches i of Col. Johnstone and Mr. Latimer have not yet heen reported. The meeting was presided over by County Chairman Burns, and was opened with prayer by Rev. li. W. Seymour. HON. W. C. r.EXKT opened. Ile charged the antis with creating bitterness between the two factions. Ile defended every mem ber of the present administration from the assaults of the anus, and showed that it was untrue that their fight was merely against Tillman. A shrewd banker told him the other day that it was absurd to say that the fight was against Tillman only. I It looked to him like a shrewd scheme of capitalists to run down thc prices of the bonds so that 'hey could buy them up at a great profit. Such is the opinion of a long-headed banker j who is Tillman's friend. I Orr has said that the ladies j against Tillman. At the - Laurens county therr ladies present, every one . . ...i^c x niluan ma. x u< . :ugs at Greenville and Pick- \ ens were Liodels of good orde r, and he believ all the up-country meet ings would bc ouch, because the peo ple of this section believed in free speech and the right to criticise pub- ; lie officers. At Orangeburg, which i is one of the strongest Tillman coun- j ties in the State, Mr. Sheppard was not allowed to open his mouth. Mr. Benet arose and asked leave to say that he referred to meetings which he had attended. Col. Orr, to the audience : Mr. Benet is a new-comer. Ile is the last man that has caught hold of the coat-tails. [Applause for Orr.] At ; Lexington, a Tillman stronghold, he j had heard more profanity and disor ; der than he had ever seen before in such a crowd, and all of it was di rected against the Conservatives. The good people of Lexington were not responsible for this, hut thc leader of the disturbance was Cal. Caughman, one of Gov. Tillman's appointees. Col. Orr explained how he opposed Haskell's movement in 1390 and supported Tillman after his nomination. Ile had gone into the March convention because he believed that there would be organized oppo sition to Tillman and it was bettei that a ticket should be put out early, the issues joined before the people and the whole matter settled withir the party. He was in favor of i primary, but in the March conven tion had put aside his personal view.? and preferences and did not favor ? demand for a primary because th? May convention did not have th< power to grant it, and its refusal t< do so would in his opinion h av caused a split. His action wa prompted by a desire for pr?rty har mony and the crushing out of inde pendents. But Tillman's action o the primary would not allow hir to criticise the Conservatives, on thi point. The present makeshift of primary was but one point remove from the old system that L;id pr< vailed. He spoke of Mr. Benet i having been an office-seeker fe r som time. Benet : Name the offices. Orr: Congress, President of tl South Carolina College, Speaker > the House of Rrpresentatives ar half a dozen others. [Applause.] Benet : My friends, the antis, wit out consulting me, put me up ai knocked me down again. Orr : And the people did the sar thing when yon ran for Congress, th knocked you down. [Laughter.] Col. Orr referred txrthe Nichols rumor a? rot. " True South Care nians would not depreciate their o' property. A. B. Williams hj indeed, supported Tillman until and not the people's interest. The speaker discussed with his recognized ability the poll tax, the commutation tax and suffrage qualification, showed that the Clemson College owed less I to Tillman and his administration i than to his opponents, protesting against class government and reconi mended a recognition of everybody's; rights. A voice : Give us an instance where j Tillman has slandered the State. Orr : South Carolina's Democracy has always been unquestioned, and Gov. Tillman slandered the State! when he said the State could not bs carried for thc Democratic nominees. [Applause.] GOV. TILLMAN was introduced as the "Great Com moner of South Carolina.'" Ile made a new and vigorous intro duction that aroused the enthusiasm of the crowd. He showed that the otliers represented the principles of Adams, while he represented the principles of Jefferson. I Col. Orr wants one boss at the j ! court house to manage all the affairs j of county. Is that a Democratic i j idea? Township commissioners could j j much better manage thc schools, ; ' roads and the assessment of property ; than by anv other officers. He made a strong argument favor-1 j ing the ?3 poll tax. He was (/over- j nor of the whole State and made ? recommendations for the benefit of ; the whole State, and did not pander t to the white people of the Piedmont section like Col. Orr, by saying that ;the increase would not benefit them, jr ' that on irom tue stanu at Lex*: srtca to Orra chance to speak, and v;rr, instead of being thankful, abused him for it. Ile showed why Clemson College was not open, and said, hi reply to a! question from Orr, that he was in favor of giving what is necessary to '. open it. , He showed that judges had been guilty of favoritism in behalf of cor- ' poratinns. EX-GOV. SHEPPARD arose to speak. There were loud! : cries for Tillman and gn at confusion. I ~ Gov. Tillman told Iiis followers to hush or leave; their conduct was not j for the decency and good name of i the county. A voice : Lot's go home. . Tillman : I did not ask you to leave. I had rather von would stav ! * and hear Sheppard, but I Lad rather you would leave than to disgrace . yourselves. Gov. Sheppard said he would not ' have spoken if sc much rot had not been forced down their throats and sainl dusted in their eves. Ile had j never witnessed more nniair and un , just attempts to excite prejudice ; against thc- Conservative ticket. . Benet says they ure honorable men , i and true Democrats. Tillman says ; they belong to a rule or ruin party. i j will appeal to the negro, and claim i j that the white people don't have . j sense enough to govern themselves. j Tillman had been nominated by t, black-hearted and deep-dyed Ke 1 j publicans. Among his supporters ii; 2 ' Richland were men who had voted j j against Elliott, the Democratic nomi' e ! nee for Congress. Tillman hac 8j spoken of A. B. Williams T\v< ?-1 years airo Webster's Dictionary couh j not furnish words to express the Co n ! lurabia Register's hatred for Till a ' mar., and Larry Gantt, its presen s ! editor, before he came to Columbi: a j termed Tillman the Judas Iseario of the Farmers' Alliance. Tillman interrupting: Is Mclvc as good a Democrat as Benet Sheppard : Mciver is the oniy ma i on our ticket that voted against th Democratic nominee. Ile has r< peuted and been asked to com back by Irby's committee, and i the language Mr. Benet uses to d< fend Tillman on the question of pr< fanity there is more joy among tl angels over one sinner that repen than over ninety-nine that need i repentance. [Applause.] Tillman says- the Conservati' ticket is made up of bankers ai lawyers. They have one banker ai A'n ad, he iii-1 three lawyers. The Tillman tick has one banker and font lawyers. 1 man in the Legislature mice 18 has done as much to promote t roans, of Barnwell. Mr. Sheppard asserted that the people would starve to dealii before they would obtain relief from the sub-treasury and free coinage, and that capital must be encouraged and industries built up. Voice: Tell us something we don't know. Sheppard : If I tell you anything I will tell you Something you don't know. [Applause.] Some one asked him about his chances of election. Sheppard said Tillman was scared pretty nigh out of his boots now. He always tried to put his best foot forward. A voice: You promise us starva tion. Sheppard : I think that is what you have been living on four or five years. [Applause.] Thc speaker said that he, in his message to the Legislature in ISSG, had recommended the abolition of the constitutional pro vision forcounty commissioners and advocated three property assessors per township. Tillman was behind him in many of his recommendations for county gov ernment. (lov. Sheppard made an argument against a constitutional convention. Voice : Bring out your horus. Sheppard : If yoe hi\d cu & pair I would identify you just a lillie quicker. [Laughter.] The speaker showed how a three dollar poll tax would be put upon the people by a convention. Gov. Till man asked him to explain how it could be done without the consent of or.rd said the constitu ment of capita!, frage that would ....^.e piace among white men in Oconee county if Till man's property qualification should be adopted. If it is adopted, -aid he to an interrupter, this young man will nev*- vote for Tillman or any one else. Sheppard resumed his seat amidst great applause. Gov. Tillman arose and asked all who were going to vole for Sheppard to hold up their hands. Sheppard motioned his supporters not to do so and remarked that they would show their sentiments on August 30. Tillman asked those who were going to vote for him to hold up their hands. response was liberal, bul : less than half the hands were upraised. j Gen. Farley arose to speak and noise greeted him. There were cries in tiie audience that Sheppard had not been given a respectful hearing ' and Farley should receive the samo treatment. Gol. Sheppard asked his support ers to be quiet, and very good atten ' lion was given Gen. Farley, who i spoke half an hour and told not a 1 single joke. COL. VOUMAXS. , was the next and last speaker. Loud veils were given by the Tillman men, and appeals for order were made by the chairman and Mr. Benet and a gray-haired old gentleman named <iiles, who was a sergeant in the . army with Voumans. Col. Voumans proceeded with his address and made some heavy hits j a inst the Reform Governor, which 1 were interrupted by Tillman yells in 1 an attempt to drown his argument. . j Col. Voumans said he knew the physic j was bad to take and the pills would i grip?- a little, but would do great good. The county chairman asked 1 the Tillmanites to keep order. "he Sheppard men, said he, have given the speakers on your side a respectful hearing, and you ought to g?ve them the same treatment. Sergt. Giles urged his friends to 1 j be quiet. Col. Youmans is against jus, but he is a gallant man. I was ?r in the war with him. Col. Voumans had not proceeded j far when he was forced to suspend. n j Mr. Benet advanced to the front e j and began : If you are friends of - j Gov. Tillman you owe it-[Yells for ' Tillman.] Benet : You owe it to Tillman to hear Col. Youmans. But the ring stoutly refused to hear, and Col. Youmans said he ie I hoped Mr. Benet was convinced as ts j to who did the howling down. Till man was responsible for all such ex hibitions of mob disorder as that be fore him, and he hoped that the State would get rid of Tillman and his evils. Col. Youmans made some excel lent points, but the howling down was so frequent that he did -not oc cupy all his time. The/oeeting was adjourned and the" candidates for Congress addressed the audience. io s