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fbe ?0?MIe inquirer. - i-- - *? J'. - - ? _ ?,r.?. ~ YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, AIDSUST 3, 1892. ? Representatives of the two Democratic factions held caucuses in Yorkville last Friday and agreed on the delegations to be vote for to represent them in the State nomiting convention. We have been informed as to the personalty of each of the tickets, but poesibly on account of probable changes, are not authorized to make any announcement at present. ? The large cities throughout the North have been suffering terribly from the heat during the past week. In Chicago alone, ninety-five deaths occurred from sunstroke within five days. Ten deaths and twentyseven prostrations areTecorded in Baltimore for Friday, and on the same day there were one hundred and forty-seven prostrations and forty-six deaths In New York. The mereury fell about twenty degrees on Saturday and the heat is now more bearable. ? No voter who neglects to have his name on the Democratic club roll of his precinct, can vote in the primary election. That is the decision of the State executive committee rendered at the meeting held in Columbia on Tuesday of last -week, and though di i?_ in Uia nrflvinns utter. recii) wuuauitivij w vuv ances of Chairman Irby, must be obeyed. Every voter who is not already enrolled, must see to it that his name is on the club rolls at least five days before the primary election. r. }.- !?? I ' t m m ? Governor oilman told The News and Courier correspondent on last Saturday, that there will be 95,000 votes cast in the first primary. Of these he concedes the Sheppard ticket only 24,000. He says there are only six oounties?Richland, Charleston, Farfield, Sumter, - Beaufort and Georgetown?where the Conservatives will average a thousand votes each. The remainder of the counties, he?say?, will give the.Conservatives an average vote of but 600 each. Colonel Orr said in his speech in Yorkville, that Tillman would not carry half the counties, and that he was by* no means certain that he would get a majority. . i i?i j /. ? We congratulate York county on the manner in which the State campaign meeting passed off on last Friday. For good order and respectfhl attention to the speakers, the meeting was head and shoulders ov?r any other meeting that has been held in the State within the past threqyears. This fact speaks volumes for York. It shows that Our people are not afraid of argument and are willing to listen to reason. Convince them of what they think is right and they are not afraid to do it. Hiey listened to Sheppard and they listened to Tillman, and we believe that they weighed the words of both at their full value. Under such conditions, no man who is a Democrat can withold his endorsement from their decision, no matter what it might be. It is silly to talk about the people being fooled or not knowing what they want. If, as the result of the meeting last Friday, a majority of our people come to the conclusion that Sheppard is the man, well and good; and if they decide for Tillman, we cannot see on what grounds their verdict can be questioned. This is democracy and the white people of York are Democrats. VOTERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1890. Here is an interesting table showing the number of white and colored voters in each county in South Carolina. The figures are from the recent census reports, and were given to us by Governor Tillman, who procured them from the census bureau for his own information: Counties. Whites.. Colored. Totals. Abbeville, 3,528 6,131 9,659 Aiken,....;....; 8,141 8,664 6,805 Anderson......... 5,174 8,454 ?,t>zs Barnwell, 3,198 5,656 8,854 Beaufort,.: 749 6,388 7,137 Berkeley,.: 1,875 10,437 12,312 Charleston,.!...: .*. 0,492 8,437 14,929 Chester, '.. 1,975 3,251 5,226 Chesterfield.....;...:/... 2,303 1,386 3,639 Clarenfdtm, 1,561 2,959 4,520 Colleton; . 2,990 5,342 8,338 Darlington, 2,628 3,168 5,796 Edgefield;..;..'...:. 8,876 5,850 9,726 Fairfield, ;.. 1,634 3,833 5,467 Florence,; ...: 2,317 2,538 4,855 Georgetown,... 940 3,258 4,198 Greenville, 5,946 8,180 9,126 Hampton...... 1,572 2,563 4,135 Horry, 2,748 938 3,686 Kershaw,.. 1,821 2,432 4,258 Lancaster, 2,185 1,908 4,099 Laurens, 3,046 3,460 6,506 Lexington,. 2,982 1,650 4,632 Marion,......' 8,071 2.671 5,742 Martboro*,. 2,025 2,076 4,701 Newberry, 2,084 3,374 5,458 Oconee,... 2,823 879 3,702 Orangeburg,..; t 3,440 6,846 9,786 Pickens ; 2,447 753 3,206 Richland, 3,108 5,558 8,666 Spartanburg,..'... 7,325 4,488 11,808 Sumter,.' 2,730 5,895 8,625 Union;.'.....:.. 2,438 2,771 5,209 Winianisburg, 1;960 2,795 4,755 York,.:...:.. 4,051 3,913* 7,964 Totals, 102,657 132,949 285,606 ! ' ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Youmana Speaks to a Large Crowd?Other Natters of Interest. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Rock Hill, August 1.?Colonel Youmans spent last Thursday night at this place, and when pressed by a large crowd for a speech, though very tired, he accepted the invitation ami was Introduced by Senator W. B. Wilson. In his talk ho said the honor of our little State was at stake, and he urged our peoplo to arouse themselves and not stand idly by and see hei disgraced by aunan whose only aspirations scene to be to hold off.ee by dividing our people. A man who has branded the State that gave him birth, as a "hussey." and assailed every prominent public official who has held office since 1876. A man who has assailed your supreme court and denounced your legislature. It rentable." says he, "to be seen if there is life enough in your old land yet to retire this man, who has workeel more disgrace on this State than any twenty of our enemies, to the shades ol private life, as did California her Dennis Kearney. and Massachusetts her Benjamin Butler. The comedy, entitled "Our Boy," presented by a number of young ladies and gentlemen under the auspices of the King's Daughters, was quite a success, every part being sustained tc perfection, and judging from the applause and never ceasing laughter, it was highly enjoyed by the audience. At a recent meeting of the Rock Hill Conservative Democratic club about one hundred and twenty-five names ware, added to the roll. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge of I. O. G, T., at Florence, last week, Rev. E. O. Watson, ol 1 1< 11 rp \f ? U'ntu?n j. litis jjitvjt, rtaa oicvtou \|. v. x. ? ??>? ? thoroughly enthused In behalf of Prohibition, aud the grand lodge has made a good choice in selecting him as its leader. The pastor, Rev. W. A. Pearson, will begin a series of meeting at the Baptist church 011 next Saturday, at 11 o'clock. (iood rains fell here on Sunday and Monday, and the farmers and merchants are wearing brighter faces than they have the past two weeks, Messrs. Julius and Sidney Freidheim art traveling in the West. Claude Irby, a little child of Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Adams, died at the Globe mills 011 Sunday, and was buried at Fishing Creek factory Monday. The following is taken from the Chattanooga Times, and is an account of the work done by Dr. Simpson at the meeting of the Southern Dental association : "Dr. I. Simpson, of Rock Hill.S. C., held a crowd at attention while ht filled a large cavity in a bicuspid with soft gold at the oervical margin, completing the operation by the use of cohesive gold. The cavity extended under the gums. This operation was accomplished successfully without the use of the rubber dam. Th? opperation was a continuance of his work of Wednesday." Mr. J. N. Lewis, Jr., is at honio from New York, where he has been taking a course of instruction in the offices of the Kquitable Life Insurance company. Miss Abbie Haseltine, of Lancaster, is visiting friends at this place. Miss Fannie McFadden, of Chester, and MisBessie Meacham, of Fort Mill, are the guests ol Colonel J. J. Waters. Mrs. James Msdlard is visiting at Shelby, X. C. v. 1 wmuu CORK, = . t ass Our People Listen to Argnment and Reason.. Z . w] THE ISSUES ON THEIR OWN MERIT. ?J * m? One of Largest Campaign Heelings that : Has Been Held in the'State, and ser The Voters of York Give an <iu Impartial Andienoe th< r t re< TO ALL CANDIDATES SEEKING THEIR FAVOR. mt * kii There were between fifteen hundred and Ur 1 two thousand people in Yorkville last Fri- aU( day. This is the best judgment of old ab] i soldiers and others whose experience in es- jec i tiroating crowds entitle their opinion to re- ga spect. Some estimates place the number mf present as low as nine hundred, and others tje go up as high as three thousand ; but both y0 of these estimates are on the extreme. The jn crowd was a thoroughly representative one? th< from all parts of the county?and included 5^ ' formers, professional men and merchants in about the same numerical proportion that thi i the members of their respective vocations < bear to each other in the aggregate in the -pj] , county. Only a small number of ladies ^ Tn nil nnU more than seventv-five. t;i nvivvuv* *M *"**> "*w" " ~ v ? * and most of these were of the town of York- eje 1 ville, very few being from the country. tu, THE SENTIMENT OF THE CROWD. mc A correct estimate of the numerical res strength represented by the respective fac- no flora is even more difficult to arrive at than mi the size of the crowd. It is certain, how- th? ever, that the Sheppardites had a very res- th< , pectable minority. Many of them wore zej badges of white ribbon, on which was print- ph ed the words "Sheppard and Orr; Peace to and Unity." With few exceptions, the Till- he manites wore no badges, and the applause cri for Sheppard and Tillman, during their re- by spective speeches, afforded the most satisfactory opportuity that was presented for a division. Judging from this, with no special al- 041 lowance for strength of lungs or nuperabund- "e ance of enthusiasm, the Tillmanites outnum- fa bered the Sheppardites three to one. There ?j. were no hand primaries on either side. OUR PEOPLE KNOW HOW TC BEHAVE. Exceptionally good order prevailed throughout the day, and the few interrup- sw tions that were offered originated' in the bet very best of spirit, by members of the crowd who desired perfectly legitimate information gn from the speakers. There was very little rin liquor on the grounds, and only a few irre- aic TM-Aosihlfi fools, whose onlv hone of notoriety hir is insulting remarks to those whose attention aa they could not otherwise engage. The fact foi ! is, the behavior of the crowd was so differ- pe, , ent from that of any other that has so far assembled during the canvass, that all of the jjf speakers, on both sides, were more or less re] 1 thrown off* their balance, and none of them for seemed altogether equal to the iqtuation. jia CHAIRMAN BBICE MAKES A GOOD POINT. Ml 1 The meeting was called to order at 11.15 ha o'clock by Mr. J. S. Brice, chairman of the coi ' county Democratic executive committee, ric i who opened the exercises with the following off! remarks, which no doubt had not a little to est , do with securing the respectful hearing that nei was accorded to all the speakers: It 1 Ladies and gentlemen: We have come here aap > to hear these gentlemen speak on issues that he , exist in our State politics. We ore not hereto 0* hear just one, but we are here to hear all of them. . > All are white men; all are candidates; all are 1V , Democrats, and all have a perfect right to be an heard. There are two sides to every question, jg and there are speakers here representing both sides of the questions before us; and as fair and r? square men, I ask you to hear both sides pa- yei tiently and respectfully. And I warn you that ( j if you indulge fn what is known as the "howl- cr: ing down" tactics, no matter to which side you ., 1 may belong, you will weaken your cause and , lose votes. Therefore, I ask yon again to give litt to each of these candidates the benefit of a quiet gtf and respectftil hearing. The gentlemen on the stand will do the speaking and I ask you to do . . the listening. juc The exercises were theu opened with th? prayer by Rev. John A. Porter, and Chair- mo man Brice introduced wb HON. W. P. MURPHY, ' the Conservative candidate for attorney gen- 1 ! eral, as the first speaker. Mr. Murphy was f1" I i-ooeivwl without anv demonstration on eith er side, and was listened to quietly throughout his speech. He commenced : .. ' Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: .. We are here as candidates for your favor. We are here asking nomination at the ( hands of the Democratic party. We are here for the purpose of discussing the political situation and conditions in this State. , We recognize the fact that a public office is a public trust. We recognize that our governmental affairs should be conducted in a manner conducive to the best interests of the c, people. , Two years ago, when Governor Tillman? ., then Captain Tillman?was a candidate for governor of this State, from the mountains j , to the sea, he, and those associated with ar, /.timuMul dof fKic imvarnmbnt. u'tia pnr. I I uiu*} UUOIJOU HUt VUH 6VIV.UU.W. rupt. He said there was incipient rotten| ness in the administration of our affairs, and ^ , that the rights of the people had been disregarded; that owing to the condition of things ? | existing in the State, you were robbed of the ! rewards of your honest toil; that the bene- -, ! fits that you might reasonably have expected a from your labor had not been realized by you. You knew that the conditions in . ! South Carolina were not such as we would | have had them to be. You knew that our 0 < ! people were not as prosperous as they might ! reasonably have hoped for, but you did not P | know the cause. Governor Tillman was the . , chief cause of your trouble here in this ! State. The trouble was not in the conduct 1 of your State government. There were causes of depression that you ^h ; did not fully realize, that made his repre- . J sen tations of corruption more plausible. You ^ . saw the operations of the iniquitous tariff, | causing the rich to grow ric&r and the poor iur , to beoome poorer each day. You saw that 1 ,a your condition was not wb&t it should be, uir | but did not fully appreciate the cause, and co! I and when Governor Tillman represented to I you that he could give you relief, a majority ta< ^ of you believed him and were willing to en- ' . trust him with the government of this State. . You were told that your taxes were higher ' than they should be; you were told that the salaries of public officers were fixed jj? when the purchasing power of money was |3 . greater and that they should be reduced, *3' and Governor Tillman said he would save aa the people of South Carolina $100,000 the Pa first year of his administration. It is not mt f surprising that when you listened to these an , promises, you determined to elect him to 11 office. L [ Now how have these promises been kept? *'? , Not a single office has been abolished; not a salary has beeu reduced, and your taxes 1 paid into the State treasury today arc great| er than they have been under any former ad- "e . ministration. But now, Governor Tillman ar< > said that it was due to the fact that you in ' sent to represent you in the legislative halls au i of the State, "rotten driftwood." You had ur< , a right to expect that so far as he could, he wc > would reduce the number of offices. While [ it is true that he had no power to decrease Pe the number of offices, yet he had the power J16 1 to say that no more should be created, and ^ 1 instead of reducing the number, he actually *hl [ approved bills providing for new offices. I The speaker next went into the railroad and ~c ' bank assessments. He said the total assessment of taxuble property in the State was I [ about $18,000,000 more than it was during Richardson's administration. About half of ^1 this increased assessment is put on the rail- t,l< ; roads, and the other half conies out of the "a pockets of the people. The banks and rani roods resisted this increased assessment on vo the grounds that it was illegal?a violation of an underlying principle of law which provides that no taxes may be levied without ; the consent of the people. Tho people, through their representatives in the legis-, en > lature, fix the tax levies. The legislature | "11 makes its levies on the basis of a certain as- j ^ i sessment, and when the comptroller general | 'ivj 11 undertakes to increase the taxes by raising the j ^ i, assessment on which they were levied, lie as-: ' | sumes to himself the functions of the legisla-1 ^u( 1 ture, which alone has such a right. Your prop-1 j erty is assessed at 1,000 and the levy is say i V11 1 10 mills. If the assessment is raised to 2,000, i j1" J your tax is doubled, and instead of ten, you ! 1 j pay twenty mills. When the railroads j t j fought this unjust precedent, they were de-! ca: ! fending the rights of the people. I f success- er. . ful in the case of the railroads, the adminis- j do . tration would next undertake to increase j rie assessments, and, therefore, taxes of individ- j str uals. The administration claims that as- i on sessments are equal, and, therefore, fair and 1 gri i just. I was told by a responsible gentleman | bu of Marion, where General Ellerbe lives, that j do General Kllerbe's father left an estate which j elii was returned for taxation at #21,000. ThejM; ate was divided up and sold for $40,000, d'when returned for taxation, it was again lessed at its first value. Mr. Murphy then offered an argument ty bank stock should not be assessed at irket value. The stock may be worth $1.25 the $1.00 owing to good management. A v shares will sell at $1.25, but if the lole of the stock is sold and the institution es'into a different management not so caple, the value of the stock falls to par or lybe below. He then spoke of a circular that had been it out to the sherlfft relating to their ties in dealing with real estate on which i taxes had not been paid. The circular piired the sheriff to compel the owner to n'a deed of transfer, and an acknowledge;nt that the property was only held as a id of trust until the taxes should be paid, ider this system, through mistakes of the ditor and treasurer, landowners who were le and willing to pay, would often be subted to great annoyance and hardship, yyou own property in two townships and ike returns in both. When you go to setwith the treasurer you tell him where u live and take his receipt for your taxes that township, and happen to forget about 3 property in the other. In going over his oks, the treasurer finds that the taxes in 3 other township have not been paid, and j execution issues. Colonel Murphy next spoke of Governor llmau's attacks on the circuit judges and 3 supreme court, and argued that Governor llman's proposition that judges should be cted by the people, instead of the legislate, was wrong, for the reason that it would ike politicians of the judges, and as the lult they would become corrupt. On thing does the liberties of the people so ich depend, said Mr. Murphy, as upon 3 purity of the judiciary, and so long as 3 people value their liberty, they should ilcusly guard this purity. Colonel Mur-j y spoke thirty minutes, aud wasjistened throughout with quiet attention. When sat down there was somo cheering and es of "Hurrah for Tillman." After music the band, Chairman Brice introduced EUGENE B. GARY, ididate for lieutenant governor, as the xt speaker. The announcement of Mr. ? " it - x??i U. t 1 try's name was tne signal ior me urai, uumi applause that occurred. From all parts the crowd there were cheers, and calls Gary. There were also a few hurrahs Sheppard and Orr. Mr. Gary said he was not a "coat tail inger," nor never had been. No man knew tter than he did the power of organizations own as "court house rings." He was the it man in Abbeville county to attack the g, and practically, single handed and me, he had broken it up. He then devoted nself to the arguments of Colonel Murphy, d ridiculed tha^ gentleman for being so >lish as to stand up before the free white ople of South Crrolina and tell them they I not know why they voted for Tillman. i read from the general statutes the law ating to the returning of bank property taxation, and held that the comptroller d strictly followed out the law. Colonel lrphy had said that not a single office d been abolished. The statement was not rrect. The .office of commissioner of agulture had been abolished, and as to the ice of phosphate inspector that had been ablished, it was absolutely necessary, as firly every Anti in the house voted for it. saved to the State, he said,' ten times the lount of the salary. Governor Tillman, said, had notbingtodo with the reduction salaries, but he (Gary) had cast the deciss vote for a bill to that effect in the senate, d had saved it from being killed. There nnt. a mnn in the crowd. he said, who id as much taxes hurt year as he did the ir before. jrovenior TillmapLhad been abused for his ticism of thfr'judges. The governor is } highest officer iia the State, and every ;le whipper-snapper and newspaper in the ite feels at liberty to criticise him as much it wants to, but when it comes to the Iges who render their decisions against 5 law, you must keep your hands off. It ikes all the difference in the world as to lose ox has been gored. Speaking of the charge made by Colonel irphy against General Ellerbe, Mr. Gary d there was nothing in it. Everybody ows, he said, that a large tract of land in e body will not sell for as much as if diyii up into smaller tracts; and then again, ivas bought by the heirs to the estate and iid not matter how much they paid for it, each one got his just proportion. Ireneral Gary then charged that the Convatives were using money and intimidan to get votes, and read a newspaper artiwhich charged that the presidents of jdmont and Pelzer factories were putting 5 thumb screws on the operatives. They re being told that if they did not vote for eppard and Orr they would be turned out. Colonel Orr rose to his feet and said: "I II answer that now. So far as I am con+V101-0 ia nnt nn<? wnrd nf truth in the icle from beginning to end." VIr. Gary?I hope you are correct, but Joshua Ashley, of Anderson, informs me it such is the case at Pelzer. Uolonel Orr?I can't speak for Pelzer of ' own knowledge, but the president told i that it is not true, and I do not believe 5 story. As to Piedmont, the story is se. This emphatic denial from Colonel Orr s greeted with a rousing cheer from the iwd, and it was quite clear that a large maity of those present believed all that Colel Orr said. 'I hope that Colonel Orr is correct," reited Mr. Gary. "Then vote for Sheppard," t in a Sheppard man. But the suggestion I not take. Let me tell you how the Antis have got ne encouragement, continued Mr. Gary, ey have sent out stories over the country it Tillmanites are changing to Sheppard3. I met one man who represented big inges in a section of Abbeville. I asked n how many. "He said "lots of them." sked him to count them. Ho counted le. I asked him to name them, and he aid not name one. Mr. Gary then made a few remarks on i phosphate question. They claim that i State lost $125,000 as the result of the gation. The decrease in. royalty during i litigation was only $52,000. During 3 month of May, the royalties amounted $22,000; in June to $25,000; in July to 5,000; and the estimate for August is B,000. At this rate the royalties will louut to fully $400,000 a year, which will y all losses, and give us over $50,000 "* * l\AAn vnnnS trofl in ire li1uii llt? cycl i'ciuiu uccll ivtuivu iu y one year. Why, a responsible man d me that a syndicate could be formed, lich, for the privileges enjoyed hy the osaw company, would be willing to pay the entire Stale debt, amounting to more ?n $0,000,000. Mr. (Jury gave the principal reason for the clinoof the State bonds, the fact that they j nearing maturity. People who invest such securities want something permanent, d no one wants to buy now when the bonds 3 so soon to be retired. He said the bonds >re now worth 07A. Before concluding, he said that the reason ople hated Ben Tillman so, was because was the biggest man in South Carolina, used to be that they asked you to vote for em because they were named Mr. So and , but Tillman asked you to vote for him cause of what he wanted to do for the ate. Calling attention to the recent ruling of e State Democratic executive committee, r. Gary told all the voters to enroll eir names on the club rolls at least five ys before the primary election, and asred them that otherwise they could not te. In conclusion, Mr. Gary said that you mers have been divided up into "blocks Uva'.' fnr the town dudes. He ridiculed e idea of a "town dude" taking five farmi to the polls, and then went on to say at the Sheppard people would use money an argument. If any of these "blocks of e dudes," he advised, oiler you money, I 1 you what to do. You give them a block five?a block of live fingers square in the :e. Mr. Gary's remarks were well received roughout, and when he sat down, he was erally applauded. After music by the nd, Chairman Briee introduced KX-dOVKKNOlt JOHN C. SHKl'I'AltO, ndididate for governor, as the next speakMr. Shcppard came forward and got wn to business with very few preliminais. There was not a great deal of demonution on his own side, and but little more the other. He said that it afforded him 'itification to meet with the people of York, t his time was limited, and he would get wn to his speech rather than go into an iborate expression of the pleasure he felt. y friends of the other side seem to be very y much alarmed that we would be willing to fa submit our claims to the white voters of this cs State. No man who has lived since the $1 time of Thomas Jefferson, has had a higher is respect for the opinion of our people than : ti I have, and no man has a greater love for j G them than I. Whenever a man votes for R the candidate of his choice, I am always tc willing to concede to him honesty of purpose, ei and the fact that his vote may be recorded ra against me, does not lessen my esteem for hi him in the least. We come to you asking w your suffrage, not because our names are w what they are, but we want to lay before you w the issues and we want you to vote on them tc as you understand them. After you have pi recorded your verdict, no matter what it w may be, no man will accept it more grace- tt fully than I, and not a man among you will rc work harder, or more earnestly, to elect that ticket than I will. Now I do not propose qi to talk any nonsense to you. There has m been enough of that already. I propose to a talk all the sense I can. tc As to this talk of "town dudes" leading di free men of South Carolina to the polls and di voting them in blocks of five, I have never m ami a mnfo Vmnnrnlilp nnricrht find f>nnrn- DI ?"l/" " '"""v J -i?o? -? I geous body of men than I see before me now, Si and I am sure that the man who would at- tl tempt to bribe or intimidate the voters of pi York, would not farewell. You all know ci whether you are for me or against me, and H such talks as that are the veriest nonsense, ta Nobody would dare attempt such a thing in tl South Carolina. If you want to vote for pi me do so, and if you do not think I am worthy of your confidence, don't vote for w me. Nobody would think of offering any H intelligent white citizen of South Carolina a dollar for his vote. w We are all here together in South Caro- w Una, with interests that are identical. The 01 farmer, merchant, lawyer, doctor ant^ninis-, la ter, are in the same boat, and if the fanner vi does not prosper all of us are bound to suf- oi fer. We are governed by the f-ame laws, tj and our interests being the same, the laws that are good for one class are good, for T all. This being the case, I say that any man Y who undertakes to array one class against it another class, or one inclystry against anoth- t( er, is an enemy to the whole. All governed u by the same laws, prosperity for one class is d prosperity for all. gi I am going to say sometbiug about our T platform. Whether you agree with me or t< not I cannot help it, and it is none of my u I business. So let us consider these matters ir upon their merits. r< Governor Sheppard read the platform, and tl when he came to the plank relating to the a school tax, proceeded to discuss the $3.00 ai poll tax. There is no man in South Caroli- y na who believes more in upholding the free aj common schools than I do, he said. I believe t( that the highest hopes of the State rest upon yi the maintenance of these schools, and the I dearest happiness of our people depend upon t< their perfection. But, fellow citizens, they al should be built up on a just" basis." There tl are hundreds of people in York county who al could pay this tax without feeling it, but gi there are also hundreds of good, repectable le white people, who could not pay it at all. ti The only perfect system of taxation is that tl the burden shall fall on all according to their 0 means, and this proposition is unjust because p it makes the burden fall alike on those who si are unable. Then, again, it is doubtful ifsuch a a tax would accomplish the object sought, a It is proposed that in case the tax is not tl paid, the individual failing to pay it shall fl be imprisoned in the county jail for thirty A days, and in this way additional expense c< falls on those who have paid. Is it just, my friends, to say that everybody should be h compelled to pay $3 for the support of the is public schools ? I say that it is not. But if T it is not, the argument is irresistible that it s< is equally just that everybody should bo re- tl quired to pay $3 for the support of the State tl government. Just try this and you would b have a revolution. Wherever the suprem- S acy of the Anglo-Saxon race exists, property a is made to bear the burden of taxation, and a if you should attempt to make the poor man p in this State pay the same tax, in propor- tl I ?! ** ? mnn Hio vnulllt U'nillH Vlf> n UUU, on UIC llku 11 lull, vuv ivuu.v ,, disastrous. Why, fellow citizens, I say that " even tho $1.00 poll tax is wrong in theory p and unjust in practice. p There is another bill which, thanks to the ti "driftwood," did not pas3; but which, if it it had gotten through, would hatfe been the tl cause for more indignation than any piece of legislation that has been enacted since Rad- r< ical times. It was what is known as the R county government bill,'and among its pro- e< visions is a requirement that everybody ti shall pay $1.50 a year to work the public tl roads, or be let out to contractors and re- si quired to work eight days. Is that right? ti There were cries of "Yes. We would p have good roads and we ain't got them now." c< Is there any justice, continued Governor t< Sheppard, in requiring men who could not y pay the $1.50 to work any longer than would y, be required to make it up at a reasonable t< price for their labor ? li "Tell us about the validating act," sung p out a voice from the crowd, referring to the p Three C's railroad and other township bonds tl in the State, made valid by the legislature after they had been declared null and void a by the supreme court. tl I intended to mention that of my own ac- ^ cord, said Governor Sheppard, as soon as g I got to it, as I was aware that my connec- ft tion with the matter was not understood in d this section. I have no apology to make a for anything I did in connection with that d case, because I did nothing that any honora- b ble man would not do. I am a lawyer, and T it is my business to represent my clients in ti all legitimate causes. The other side was u represented by as able and honorable law- b yers as there are in the State; your own t< fellow citizens?Spencer, Finley, McCaw and Wilson. What I submitted in the case si was in print, and is now on record. It was j said that I lobbied the validating act through a the legislature. I never lobbied anything, e or attempted to lobby anything, through h the legislature in my life. There is not h money enough in 8outh Carolina to hire me ri to engage in such work. [Cheers for Shep- $ pard.] . $ There is auother thing that is even more t< important than the school tux, and that is ii | the proposition to call a constitutional convention. If I never come before the people \ of York county again while myJlfcad is hot, t< I will give you a piece of advice and you a can take it or not. That is for you to deter- .'1 mine. Do not send any man to represent ii you in the legislature who is in favorxjf a con- 1< stitutional convention. It is said that such v a convention will cost $100,000; but we ti will say nothing of the expense. Assume f< for the purpose of argument that the con- n vention will cost nothing. This is the 20th ii day of July. Now nlark my prediction. I li say that if this convention is held,, huu- V I dreds of men who vote for delegates to rt v I will have cast the best vote that they will1 h I ever cast in this State. When the constitu- f< | tion provides that no one shall vote unless j he owns so much property, and you do not h | own the property, it will bo too late (for you ti I to consider the wisdom of your vote. Itji.' ! will be too late for you to say that (Jover- J ti I nor Tillman advised it, and I believed i? j he was right. You may vote for a man or J t< i a measure, and if dissatisfied with the re-1 a (suit, you can elect somebody else, or have jg I the measure repealed, but after that conven- j g ! tion suys that you cannot vote unless you > I i have so much property or so much edu- d j cutionul qualification, the only way that you can ever be permitted to east a ballot\ I again is to procure those qualifications.' I When the question came up in the legisla-1 c ture, it was proposed that in case the con- i I stitutioual convention was called, the result' A i of its labors should be submitted to you for i si I ratification or rejection. The proposition d : was rejected. They do not propose to al-; v | low you any say so as to whether you can i> | live under the constitution that they ofi'er. J V And after they get through with their work,'s! j it may be that he who tells you that he has j h j given you a privilege you never hud before? ' o I the privilege of voting for men of your J tl : choice?will have taken away from many of' tl j you the right to vote at all. I)o I approve a . of the constitution as it now stands ? No, I, si do not; but ull changes should be made by s' j amendment. If they want to make any I : change in the qualifications and vote and o | iusert the $3 poll tax, let them submit the a questions to you and let you say whether or h not you want any change. 11 Now, my fellow citizens, they tell you that g we arc the representatives of corporations, j tl ! This is not true. If corporations should i ever combine against the people, I will al-1 li ways be found on tbe side of the people, j t! i battling with all my might for their rights.: 1< . But corporations are not fighting the people. 11 | What we want is more factories ami more i i? industries of all kinds in the State. Take jo the town of Hock Hill, in your county. In 1 q the last ten years, its taxable property has I a increased to $1,500,000. This lessens taxes ip on town and country, and if we had more j 11 ctories it would be better for us. The per ipita circulation iu South Carolina is only 12.49. In Massachusetts it is $32:1. This because of the large number of mauufaciring industries, and if every town in South arolina had as many cotton factories as ock Hill, our per capita would be increased i $200, and everybody would have lucrative nployment. What we need in this State is ore capital and more people, whether they ave capital or not. To insure prosperity e must have both capital and labor. Labor ithout capital is starvation, and capital ithout labor is stagnation. What we want i do is to stand shoulder .to shoulder and ash forward. If capital prospers labor ill prosper, and if the laws of man break le bonds, disaster to both is the inevitable suit. Governor Sheppard next took up the nestion of banks. The more banks the ore money, he said. When there is only limited supply of money, the lender dicitno tiio nrlft? hut. whpn the sunnlv is abun int, other things being equal, the borrower ictates the'price. Then again, the more loney the more property and the more rosperity. Suppose there is $100,000 in the tate today and it takes $100,000 to support le government. Double the amount of roperty, and the burden of support is de eased one-half, In the State of New [ampshire, the banks pay $650,000 a year ixes, and if we just had enough banks in lis State, the tax levies would be reduced in roportion. Here Mr. Sheppard was told that his time as up, and he brought his speech to a close. [e was warmly applauded by his supporters, j GOVERNOR TILLMAN as introduced as the next speaker, and hen he arose he was received with the uly real ovation of the day. The cheering ated perhaps half a minute and was of such Dlume as to leave no doubt that the governr still had the sympathy of a large raajorif of the crowd. Before commencing his speech, Governor illman remarked that the Tillmanites of ork could do something that the Tillmanes of Edgefield would not do, and that was > sit down while the ladies were standing p. About a hundred people, sitting imraeiately opposite the governor, got up to ive about seventy-five ladies their seats, he ladies indicated thut they did not care > sit down. ."Well, the ladies are standing p from choice," apologized Governor Tilllan. "I beg the pardon of the men." He jferred to his previous visit to York, and len went on to say : Two years ago I was candidate for governor. You voted forme ad you elected me. Now lam here to ask ou to do the same old thing?to elect me gain. [Voices: That's what we are going > do.] You kicked up a big fuss here two ears ago, gentlemen ; but they riled you, and don't blame you. You couldn't be expected > stand everything. Well, they fought me II over the State two years ago, and now icy are trying it again, but not in such an blc manner as Earle did. They haven't ot the brains. They are now trying to ;ad you off by the use of all kinds of sophis y. They have suddenly found out that ley are special friends of the poor man. ', how they love him ! [Laughter.] Shepard says he loves you better than any man nee Thomas Jefferson. Yes, you farmers re like Burke Cochran said of Cleveland t Chicago. For 3G4 days in the year he is le most popular man in the United States, [e is popular every day but election day. .nd you, O, how they love you when they Dine to ask you for your votes. It is something new in South Carolina to ave candidiates for governor discuss the sues on which they expect your suffrage, 'hat much has been gained, and you owe it alely to the Farmers' movement. What is !ie benefit of such discussion? It informs ie people, and it is the only way they can e informed. Thousands of them all over outh Carolina do not take any newspapers, nd thousands of them which do, cannot fford to believe what they read, the newsapers print so many lies. Now, what are ie issues in this canvass? [Voices: That is hat we want to hear]. The first issue is, Are you going to vote for Tillman or Shepard?" [Voices: Tillman, Tillman, Shepard.] The next is, do we want to be con"olled by corporations, or do we want equaly before the law ? [Voices : Equality before ae law.] Now let us talk about broken plpdges, sduction of taxes, and abolition of usejss offices. They tell you that I have faili to carry out the pledges I made to you ivo years ago. If I have, is has been arough no fault of mine. In my first raesage to the legislature I ijiade recomendaons looking to the carrying out of every ledge that I made, and bills were introdued in every case, but the legislature refused tl,?m T? a uriannVi of. T.fllirens. I told J JIBW bllCUI. 111 u uv j ou the simple truth as to why the pledges rerenot carried out. You sent "driftwood" ) the legislature, and when they got to Coimbia and commenced to breath that atmoshere down there, they forgot all about their ledges to you and voted against the reforms hat you had elected them to support. Now they say that we have not abolished single office. This is not true. The first hing we did with the South Carolina college, ras to put it back under the old form of overnment, and in doing so we abolished fteen useless professorships. I'lie change id not injure the efficiency of the college at 11. President Woodrow told me the other ay that it is now in better shape, and capale of doing better work, than it did before, 'hen the office of commissioner of agriculjre has been abolished and its duties reloved to Clemson college, where they may e discharged in a manner more profitable 5 the State. They say we have not reduced taxes. I ay we have. There has been a reduction of of a mill in the levy. We have been enbled to do this by hunting up the tax dodgrs, and making those pay who have not eretofore paid their just proportion. We ave raised the assessment of this Three C's ailroad across here. They returned it at o KAn ? mild and hnv? it mortgaged for UjUUU U lUiiv t7 w 25,000, and when we raised the assessment 3 about half what it cost, they are fightlg the assessment in the courts. He spoke of the railroad commission bill. rou ride on the Air Line railroad, he said, 0 the Georgia line, at cents a mile, and fter you cross the line you only have to pay . That is because we have no railroad law 1 this State. A bill was passed at the last jgislature to give us such a law, but itproided that the commissioners be elected by he legislature, and I vetoed it. The platjnn gave you the right to elect the comlissioners, and the legislature was not willlg to vest you with that right. The legisiture is not lit to elect anybody to anything. Vhen the legislators get to Columbia, after a I'bile tliey begin to believe that what they ' ear on the streets is public opinion, and ,>rget all about the people they represent. Now, what do these men promise ? [Voice: Ivcrything]. Have you heard anything iingible? Ain't it all abuse of me? That i about all, except they say that if you put (iem back in ollice they will behave themelvos better than they did before. [Laugher.] We have found out that we have got s much brains as these lawyers and we've ot about as much tongue. I believe I have ot the best hung tongue in South Carolina, t continues to wag all over the State, and oes not make my throat sure like Sheppard's. Now I have told you what they promise, will tell you what we promise. One thing want is a railroad bill providing that the ommissioncrs he elected by the people, and will die fighting for it unless 1 get it. ibout the county government hill. You aid, two years ago, that you wanted a ifTerent system of county government and oted for a constitutional amendment abol-1 ihirur the nftiee of countv commissioners, j n Vrhat I advocated was this: Let every town-1 hip in the State elect three men. Let them ave charge of the assessment of property, i f the free schools, and of the working of lie roads. Let these township boards elect liree men to compose u county board, j ml let the county hoards exercise a general | upervision over all the work of the townhip boards. Von may he more fortunate in the matter i f county commissioners in York than we| re, but my observation is that the. system ! a very bad one. One reason is, they do ot get enough pay, and cannot afford to 1 ive its much of their time as the business of I lie county requires. When it comes down to working the pub-J c roads, that is a knotty question. As to his county government bill killed in the last igislature. I am not responsible for it. I! ever even read it, and all I know about it ; what I have gathered from the discussion n the subject. One provision of the bill re-! uired that the roads he let out by contract, ml every man in the State was required to I ay $1.">0 or work eight days on the roads nder a contractor. Now they talk about the injustice to the poor man to make him r work eight days because he can't pay $1.50. Well, the present law requires that you work twelve days ; and talk about it anyway you want to, the nigger and the poor white man have to work the roads anyway. The rich man generally gets out by sending some boy under age, or a negro who is exempt, and even if he don't come at all, the overseer is usually afraid to report him on account of his influence. But if there is any infamous lazy negro, or infamous lazy white man, who is too triflng to get up this $1.504 he ought to be made to work eight days. But that ain't the point. The poor man works the roads, but whose wagon is it that cuts them up? Its not the poor man's, is it? Its the rich man's wagon ! Voice from the crowd?Ain't you in favor of an educational or property qualification to vote ? Governor Tillman?Oh ! I'll come to that and don't you forget it. One of the planks in the platform two years ago, continued Governor Tillman, pledged us to call a constitutional convention. Our constitution was framed by scalawags, carpet-baggers and negroes, and was pinned t.n us with Federal havonets. Mr. SheDDard, who says he loves you better than any man since Thomas Jefferson, wants you to patch I the dirty rag. We want to throw it away 1 and have a new constitution adapted to our i needs, framed by South Carolinians for South < Carolina. One reason why I want a Qonsti- i tutional convention, is to give you the right ; to elect your judges. Mr. Murphy has been 1 saying that to put the election of the judges < in the hands of the people, would make pol- < iticians of them. Why they are politicians now. They all know which side of their I bread is buttered. I know of a case argued i before one of the judges in September, in vol- I ving the right to an estate belonging to an ] old lady eighty years old. The judge is 1 waiting until the old lady dies before reuder- i ing his decision. The property will go to a i rich man who is an influential politician, and < the judge does not want to offend him. ] Make politicians! Can't you tell an honest man when you see one ? Can't you tell with ] what ability a lawyer manages a case in the i court house and how he stands among his < people ? You are more fit to elect them than the legislature, and, besides, its Democracy. , I believe in democracy. I sucked it with my , mother's milk, and it is dyed in the wool. , Goveruor Tillman then read an editorial , from the Greenville News, predicting the , possible consequences if the present agita- J tion should continue. The article stated | that if 25,000 white men with brainB and , money should go into the Republican party, , they would control the negro vote. In order to do so they would have to make conces- J sions. The negro would be given power ] again, and the history of the State from '68 to '76 would be repeated. As men write, ' said the governor, so they think; and he charged that the Sheppard-Haskell element i were thinking of going to the Republican . party. They were bent on rule or ruin, and j were determined that if you don't let them ( ride, they will cut the hamstrings of the ( horse. , As to the constitutional convention. What am I to gain by disfranchising those who are supporting me? They had a constitutional convention in Mississippi, and, as the result, the negro vote is practically disfranchised. : Surely we have as much brain and patriotism as they have in Mississippi, and surely J we can trust our representatives to go to Columbia and make a constitution that we can ail live under. I am not afraid of a consti- J tutional convention, and if any of you are afraid to vote for me on that platform, why don't you do it. Voice?I don't want any man who is in , favor of an educational or property qualifica- ; tion. Governor Tillman?Well, don't vote for , him ; but how how are going to keep the negroes from ruling us? Isn't it better to disfranchise a few white voters than to allow the negroes to get control of the government again ? Voice?We have kept them from getting control ever since 1876, and I don't see how , they are going to get control now. Governor Tillman, very sharply?Yes, but " you never had the "wealth and intelligence" ( of the State fighting for the negro vote before. , [uneers ior Human.j Governor Tillman spoke of the vindictive- , ness of the Antis in towns against the Till- i manites, and charged that T. C. Gower, a , large property holder of Greenville, and the , father of public schools in that city, had ( been defeated for school trustee with a negro, by Sheppard and Orr votes solely because he is a Tillmauite. He spoke of the free school system of the State as a humbug. He said the negroes in the State pay one-eighth of the school tax and get two-thirds of the benefit. Let them i pay the $3 poll tax and they will pay onehalf of the expense and get as much benefit as they pay for. If we are going to educate by law, let us go about it or quit. I have looked into the matter, and the system I recommend is the best I can do. If these gentlemen can do any better, let them out with it. Put up or shut up. The governor then spoke of the criticism he had been subjected to because he had the audacity to speak of the judges. He criticised the judges because he was convinced that they acted from partisan motives. If it is such an offense to speak sharply of a judge, . what is it that gives them the right to treat the chief executive, the highest officer in the State, as a penitentiary convict ? He next spoke of the township bonds case. After the bonds had been declared invalid by the supreme court, did Sheppard go into court about it ? Not a bit of it. He went to Columbia and staid there three weeks. He disclaims having been *a lobbyist. Anyhnw. with the heln of John C. Haskell, he got the legislature to pass an act validating the bonds after the supreme court had declared them invalid, and saddled a debt of about two millious of dollars on the people. Oh, yes; he loves you ! After the legislature passed the validating act, the supreme court said it was right. If that was not unconstitutional, I do not know the meaning of the Latin words ex post facto. They had already said that the bonds were illegal, and then went right back on their own decision and violated the constitution to make them valid. Voice?Would you have undertaken the case for the fee ? Governor Tillman?I thank God that I am not a lawyer. [Laughter.] Voice?But if you were a lawyer? Governor Tillman?If I were a lawyer, I would not have undertaken the case if they had offered me half of it. The Dibble crowd, the governor continued, have been trying to swing Shcppard aud Orr to Cleveland's coat tails. After Cleveland was 'nominated, they held a meeting and issued a manifesto containing all manner of, almsc against me and trying to make it up-! pear that Shoppard and Orr were the nominees of the Democratic party. If Cleveland depended upon Sheppunl and Orr in this; State to carry him to victory, he would nev- j erget there. But we will vote for Cleveland. | If we do not, we stultify ourselves. The | Third party cannot possildy accomplish any-1 thing this year, and any vote that we cast; for it'is a vote for Harrison, or tends to carry j the election into the house of representatives, where Cleveland will be elected. So if we want to save our self respect and our vote, we must vote for Cleveland. Some of them said you voted for me two years ago and did not know why. After telling you that you have not got sense enough to know your own mind, they are ask;...r i./mi f<i vntn for tIiimm. ? #=. J *" - Now, continued the governor, let me tell you something. Let us kill out the race of1 fence straddlers in South Carolina. Make; all cumlidates, from coroner up, come out and announce their principles, and if they don't do it, don't vote for them. Let us bury fence straddlers in South Carolina so deepl that they will have to scratch out in China if they scratch out at nil. Governor Tillman spoke for not quite one | hour, ami when he took his scat was cntliu siastieally cheered, lie shortly afterward left the stand to go to the hotel, and the lar ger portion of the crowd, which had been lis tening to the speeches for four hours, left the grounds. nu.oNKi. .r.VMKs i.. our, candidate for lieutenant governor, was in-1 traduced as the next speaker. With very ! few introductory remarks, Colonel Orr, waded into an attack on Governor Tillman.; He said that we should decide all matters of, politics by calm cool reason and not by i prejudice. Governor Tillman is governor of South Carolina by reason of his election j two years ago. If lie had announced his J aspirations to the governorship six years j ago, when he commenced his agitation, he; would never have been elected to that high j position. He told you that there were wrongs j to be righted and said that he would have to office. After he got the ear of the people, 11 If le came out for office and was elected, and ljj VI n order to get the office, he has stirred up trife and bitterness that it will take years o efface. Colonel Orr deuied the charge Bet hat the Conservatives would go into the Republican party; said that Tillman had pur>osely misconstrued the Greenville News's iditorial, and charged that the whole thing jyjy vas an attempt on the part'of the governor o prejudice the people. Speaking of the de- _ eat of T. C. Gower for school trustee, in i,ar8 Greenville, he said that he did not think rillmani'sm had anything to do with it. Gower, he said, is prominent in local politics, md has made a great many enemies. At a tradii ''-? *? -A1??1 ?J '? ? 1 ? riAivaii'a An. f\f Yi IllIBiy UIMJJ1UOU HCI1UUI U1CCUU?, wwnvi o vm -- imies were in the majority, and they took ;his mean may of getting their revenge. tjje & I don't want you to vote for Tillman on partii lis promises, but would have you to try him W. E )y his record. Colonel Orr then took up br?t{( .he governor's record and made the same and joints against it that have already been join? published. Speaking of the $3 poll tax, he th?,? emarked that the governor bad quit taking way \ i hand primary on it, for the reason that he ingly found the people were not willing to vote the i nrif 00011 .or it. natio He next took up the property qualifies- word iion matter. Governor Tillman says you fresh will have the right to vote on it. I do lot believe it. In the last legislature the Opposition sought to amend the bill calling the i for a constitutional convention so as to give num pou the right to reject or ratify the work of the convention, and those who were in favor exer, )f the convention voted the amendment open lown. They are not willing to trust you. Colonel Orr denied Mr. Gary's statement ;hat the State bonds were worth 97J. They that* ire worth only what they will sell for on *11 tt the market, and since Tillman came into power they have declined from 104 to 94. j,ja B [f the administration had pursued a conserv- sions itive course, like Georgia and North Caroli- M")' aa, such as was calculated to inspire confi- Qar0 ience, we could have refunded our bonds at of B? par. Valu In conclusion, Colonel Orr said, that the ei?? population of Piedmont was 3,000, of which tjj6 ( 300 were voters, and he was sure that he der i would not lose fifty votes at that place. wid t&uu . GEN. HUGH L. FARLEY, seen candidate for adjutant and inspector-gener- w^.el al, followed Colonel Orr. He defended Till- ?j?|b man, of course. What Governor Tillman whi wants, and what we want, he said, is prog- Wav ress. When Governor Tillman began this agitation, he had no idea of seeking office, your but he had to put somebody in the lead, and inter tried to get Sheppard to do it. 8heppard they refused, and then the people called on him. [f he had refhsed at such a time to lead a been movement that he did so much to originate, the I be would have been a coward and worthy of your contempt. General Farley told several anecdotes, that During the fence law agitation,'he said, he thee was editing a newspaper in Spartanburg. The majority of the people were opposed to ture, it. He advocated it, and a good many of his pre* subscribers got mad at him. One of them wo.^ ordered his paper stopped, and he found out that the man was miffed about the paper's throi position on the stock law. .He tried to con- battl vince the subscriber by argument. "That's what's the matter now," said the subscriber, chri "You have done convinced me that the law ago, is right, and I did not want to be convinced. J>ecaj T want you to stop my paper." That is what makes these people so mad at Tillman. He been has convinced them that his platform is the r right and they are trying to push him off so they can get on it themselves. byte Statesmanship is foresight. These fellows he sa have plenty of hindsight that leads them to fl?hi ask you to give them another chance on the prpmise that they will do better than they Men did before. ther General Farley spoke only about ten min- '??S| utes, but made a number of goods points that tji0] took favorably with the crowd. unat Colonel Youmans, General McLaurin and Jj??r Mr. W. W. Dixon were also present, but as the time had expired and the crowd was hiTv pretty well scattered, none of them spoke. tion. After a continuous session of five hours, we* Chairman Brice declared the meeting ad- 8upj journed. God The crowd left the grounds quietly and blea orderly, and after spending an hour or more attending to business, political and other- qUOt wise, in Yorkville, dispersed to the various of it sections of the county from which it came. "l, < The Tillmanites are satisfied with the resuits of the day. The Sheppardites say they old are, and such being the case, York county is miss certainly entitled to the congratulations of her neighbors. confl ? * won ABOUT PEOPLE. than Mr. and Brooks Inman are visiting in reap Union- SB Judge Witberspoon and Miss Lessie, are at Glenn Springs. Miss Georgia Melton, of Chester, is visiting Miss Annie Watson. Mrs. Maggie Camp and children are at Cleveland Springs. Miss Kate Douglass, of Fairfield, is visiting Mr. W. B. Moore's family. Mr. M. Strauss returned home last Friday from a short visit to Staunton, Ya. Mrs. Rufus Knox and children of Blacksburg, are visiting relatives in Yorkville. The Rev. Mr. Stackhouse and wife returned on Saturday from a visit to Greenwood. Miss Ferrie Carroll, of Bullock's Creek, is visiting friends and relatives here. Mrs. Joseph K. Alston, of Columbia, is in Yorkville, visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Wallace Dawkins and little daughter, of Columbia, are the guests of Mrs. Ernest ^ Beard. re]>o Miss Lizzie Anthony, of Latimer's Fash- Jane ion Bazaar, left Monday for her home in year Maryland. e_ Mr. W. C. Owen and family left last week for Charlotte, where they will make their Rev, home in the future. ' to R u?.. i?. u nf TJnipatnnfl Female r. 1VCV. iv. n. v,. ^ Institute filled the pulpit of the Baptist fron church last Sunday night. bref Mrs. Emily Wright and her little grand daughter, and Mr. Herbert Wright, of Clo- this ver, are at Judge Witherspoon's. eith< Miss Julia Prescott, of Barnwell, and Miss out Jessie Sanders, of Chester, are visiting in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs. J. F. Oates. {hro BLACKSBURU BIDUET. ^ of a The Hot Wave?Irish Potatoes?Ancient Rel- Har lcs?Democratic Club. Correspondence of .the Yorkville Enquirer. f\,jn Klacksbuko, August 2.?The force of the hot fact wave has been broken for the present, at least, ried by the refreshing and cooling showers of rain then we have had for the past three days. Vege- tent etati<>ii has brightened up. The early corn will life < be enabled to mature well, and the prospect for bon a fairly good cotton crop is encouraging. hoiu The Irish potatoo crop has been unusually infli large In this section, and the yield to the amount prea planted, has been very good. If our people can na. only be successful in saving the potatoes, they I I will very largely take the place of corn and lirst wheat for food. misi Mr. 1). ('line, of our town, possesses a rolic of Silli which he is proud. It is a powder Mask made in 11 of a gourd, nicely polished. It belonged to Mr. sem ('line's grandfather and is oyer one hundred cens years old, in tl The Indian pipe, which I mentioned as having case been found by Mr. M. V. Moss, last spring, was turn shown to me by Mr. Moss a few days ago. It is pooj twice the size of an ordinary pipe, is made of over pipe day, and lias rude representations of snakes he 1 and birds upon it. Stat A Cleveland and Stevenson audShoppard and Lap Orr club was organized here on Thursday last, toda Mr. H. J. (Sold, was elected president; N. W. nam Hardin, 1st vice-president; J. S. Mint/.,2nd vice that president; and M. L. Hughes, 3rd vice president, six and ('. P. Itolierts, secretary and treasurer, strai Over a hundred members have lieen enrolled, mon unit iniicii enthusiasm was manifested in the or- Ti gunizution. w. a. tinu -- Panl CARD FROM REV. J. E. McMANAWAY. ? J?|r( lllltii He says tliere is a Controversy Between Rev. thou J. I.. Barley and Himself. Kditoh ok Thk YUKKVII.lk enol'irkr I priv wish to state that tlio earil from Rev. Jolm L. who Hurley in your issue of July 13th, is untrue from herr beginning to end. He says there luw been no baol controversy between him and myself, and can mat furnish the proof. I ask him for the proof. He Mai says F have accused him of proselyting members will of other denominations, hut that it is utterly false, dcai I have accused him of this and am aide to prove all tl it. I do make the assertion again that he has 1<\ proselyted ; ifoot directly, indirectly. I brought poii other charges charges against Mr. llarley which our he denied,but as it happened I was able to prove, stor J. e. McManaway. diet Fort Mill, July25. of d ? The State Alliance met in Columbia last r'Hc Thursday and elected the following officers to serve during the ensuing term: Presi- Lot dent?M. L. Donaldson, Greenville; Viec ?>frt President?W. 1). Kvaus, Marlboro ; Seereta-' :V ry?J. W. Reid, Spartanburg; Treasurer? { F. P. Taylor, Chesterfield ; Chaplain?Rev. i that James Douglas, Fairfield; Steward?E. 11. will Tyler, Aiken; Door Keeper?J. W. Keune-1 dy, Aiken; Assistant Door Keeper?A. R. j' |{( Walter, Horry ; Sergeant at Arms?J. K. | ttm, Jaruigan, Marion ; State Lecturer?John It. j >n Jefleries, Union. Kxecutive Committee?T.! thc< P. Mitchell, S. T. I). Lancaster, K. W. Wal-j ""1 ters. Judiciary Committee-^-W. N. Klder, 'y"Jj D. K. Xorris and J. L. Keitt. shot \ nam f hist. hesda Bids Them a Glorious Farewell. . 8. R. HOPE AHD REV. W. B. WHITE e Humbert of People Turn Out to do Honor to the Oocation. eady rich in her fall share of the many ions that go to make religious history ork County so glorious, Bethesda church ast Sunday honored with the crowning Joy r century and a quarter's existence. It was ccasion of the church's farewell to two dene missionaries?Rev. S. K. Hope and Rev. I. White. The day may be described as a of holiday Sabbath?the triumphant celean of a great work for the Master completed, every member of the large congregation d in the exercises with an interest that made ccasion singularly impressive. ** ,"J1? 1 ^ In tho is muies uau uiuuu sumo uiopoin?ivi<i> of decoration*?few and umple, but exceed' appropriate. On the wall of the recess in ear of the pulpit, in floral letters, was the nand of the Saviour: "Go ye and teach all nsand underneath the sentence, the one . "Farewell." Flowers, beautiful and reing to the sight, were arranged on either of the pulpit, where they would be admired 1 beholders. ere werepresent about 600 people, including regular Bethesda congregation, and a large ber of visitors from the surrounding vicinity, church was large enough to accommodate resent, and all being comfortably seated, the oises commenced at 11 o'clock a. m., being ed with the doxology by the congregation, the invocation of Divine. blessings by the ?r, Rev. B. P. Reid. The exercises were exely interesting throughout, but so lengthy our spaoe will not admit of a ftill report of te addresses. e first address was delivered by Rev. W. G. te. pastor of the chnrch.at Lowrysville, and luoject was the "Motive of/Foreign Mis." He was followed by Rev. W. M7Anderof Rock Hill, in an interesting comparison ie civil and religious conditions In Sdtith Una and Japan, and Rev. D. S. McAllster, !thel, delivered a magnificent essay on "The e of a Soul.". . v. Dr. Thornwell, of Fort Mill, then delivthe farewell addreSa to Rev. W. B. White, ioctor spoke of previous touching and tenscenes he had .witnessed at Bethesda, and the occasion today was the most touching tender of them all. The first time he haa Wm. Breckinridge White, he 'said, Was i he came to Fort Mill as a school boy. He d upon the boys to suggest a hymn, and deed how surprised they all were whop ybung te asked for hymn 296?"Over'the Ocean e"?and with what feeling hevaang it. It became a favorite hymn among the people will T Vio/I honnini in lira with RIT u1k tfluu a uuv? ??v?|wvm? ? ig friend on the subject of missions, and bis ise interest in the'subject stirred me up nntil call me a fanatic on missions. I wish I bad chances, continued the doctor, turning to White. I have often wished that it had my high privilege to go as a missionary to leathen, and even now, as I stand here and rou farewell, I wish it was my high honor * with yon. 0 doctor spoke of the very slow progress Christians had .been making in carrying out ommand of Christ. It has Been nearly 1000 b since tbe disciples were told to go into all vorld and preach the gospel to every creaand yet in all this time it has only been ched to less than one-fourth of the whole d; and against this compare the wonderful ness with which Mordecai the Jew sent theil tidings of the proclamation of Ahaauerus lghout all the provinces of the empire. The e of New Orleans was fought fifteen days the treaty of Ghent, and all those lives were on account of the tardiness of the new* st proclaimed peace nineteen hundred years and millions nave since that time perished use they have not heard the news. Put your 1 on your pulse?1,2,3,4. At every pulse four sonls in heaven or hell. You nave told of the value of a human soul. Ohl ; esponsibility that is upon us for those that 08t! The doctor then spoke of the progress issioh work in South Carolina, Bethel presry and York county, which latter division, id, had sent out seven missionaries to foreign b since 1832. The doctor assured the young ionary that like the disciples of Paul, when let him over the walls of Damascus, bis ds at home, with the help of God, would hold ope for hiin while he was working in bis gn field. en came the time to say farewell. Dr. mwell was too full for utterance, and was >le to put his thoughts in words. He called i Mr. white's lather to tell his son good-bye. white bearded old patriarch came forward grasped the hand of liis son. He spoke, but i-ords were not intelligible to the congregaBoth were crying and there were few (Try *' in the congregation. There were not tears rief. The emotions only born with the emest Joy. "Good-bye, my son, and may 's blessings rest upon you, is your fathers fing. Farewell. We will meet again up ler." Then the old man, in a tremulous e, took comfort from the assurance, which ho cd: "We shall be like him?repeat the rest of Willie," and the son finished: the sentence, ause we shall see him as he is." "Now, tell mother good bye, my son." Then came arewell with Mr. White's mother, and the couple shook hands with both the young lionaries. iv. Mr. White was to makQ a response to Dr. rnwell's farewell, but every member of the rregation could see there was no time for is, and Mr. White probably felt it stronger , the rest. He said that he had prepared his onse, but he could not make it then. He iressed his emotion sufficiently to recite the wing: The love of Christ doth me constrain, The Spirit bids me go Far to extend Christ's kingdom here, And spread it tor below. May Thy good spirit be my guide wherever I may be, To spread the gospel for and wide, I cross o'er land and see. My country and my parents dear, I know I love them well; But for the sake of Jesus' name I bid them all forewell. Mv early youth and riper age I will devote to thee; Ajxxir ottering I can give to mm inuv uitru jui inc. * I think I urn n fuvored one Thut God Iiuh chosen me To preach IiIm gospel In foreign lands, His ambassador to be. When I my destination gain, Thegospel for to preacn. May Thy good spirit guide Thy word, The heathen heart to reach. ic above poem, it has been explained to the rter, was composed for the occasion by Mrs. ) Cork, aged SO years, and for the past six s an invalid. Sue wrote it for Mr. White n he told her of his intention of going to 1a. *" the conclusion of Mr. White's recitation, , B. P. Reid addressed the church's farewell ev. S. R. Hope as follows: lis a great day in our church history. Wo flad to see so many here to rejoice with us l our sister churches. We welcome you, my heren, to this our home, and pray God's ring upon you. One hundred and twentyo years have passed since the organization of church, and during this time ten ministers, it born or reared within its fold, have gone to preach the everlasting gospel of Jesus. Y have not been ordinary men. By their piety, r learning and their consecration, they have, ugh the grace of God, made their influence 3 felt from Virginia across our Southern land ie West. You know some things that they 3 done. There hangs a tablet to the'memory beloved pastor of this church, Rev.-John 8. ris. Many of you were here when, he died, you know the zeal, consecration and ability :n characterized his life. With devout thank ess and unfeigned Joy, we today recall the that the man who buried his ancestry, marbis parents, baptized them in in&ncy, led ii into the communion of the church, and af ard trained him as college president for his of influence and power here?that man was t here; lirst worshipped God in this very *e, and went out from here to position and lence as a preacher of the gospel, and to the lidencv of Davidson college In North Caroli I refer to the great Dr. Samuel Williamson, was about to refer to Brother Hopo ax the one of these ministers to otter himself for don work, but I find that lie is not. ('. J. man wax ls?rn live miles east of this church <28, graduated at Oglethorpe in 1852, and the iuary in 1855, aud immediately upon his lilure, set out to lie a missionary to the Indians 10 far West. lie devoloped a futal lung dis, however, just as he reachod Ills ttolu, and ed his footsteps to Alabama to die among his ile. Even this privilege wax denied. Death ^ ' tixik him on his way, m Texas, in J858, and lies htiricd among strangers in that far ott' p. God forbade nini, as he did the noble nicy, the work he chose, but I i-all upon you y, my brother, that you do not forget the e nor the noble self-sacriilce which inspired man who ilrst worshipped here, and thirtyyears ago was buried a stranger among igors for the word of God and for the testily of Jesus. irning to Rev. Mr. Hope, the speaker coned : And now, my college mate, my com- 1 ion in seminary lite, my friend of years, let assure you that the enureh in which you u bom, rejoices today in your noble doterhiiDii to carry the glad light of salvation to e wandering in the darkness of heathenism, idiall follow you with our sympathy ami our rerx, and I pray for you a long life, and the ilegeof pointing many to the Ixunb of God ' takcth away the sin of the world. We are ; to hid you farewell, but if <??m! brings you (to us again, it makes us sad to think how ly of us will not be here to bid you welcome, ly of those into whose faces you look today nave crossed the llood una followed one to you into the presence of the Judge of he earth. ? )r your ?romfort and your protection, wo it von ti> **( )ur (11k1. our helu in aires oast. hope in ycHRt to come, our shelter Tron'i the my blast and tho etornal homo." For your rand your onsolation amid the thousands iseoumgeinents which must aoooiupany your k, we lieg to remind you that if iti tlie sunkingdom of Japan, (iod enables you to make blessed Son of Righteousness rise over tho iway of one benighted soul, these years will hat joy whieh carries heaven into transports ipturo over one sinner that rcpenteth. nd now may the love of Jesus, tho spirit of sacrifice which inspired his life, the interest prayers of those who love you, nerve you to degree of energy and enthusiasm, which , by the grace of Hod, make you a pillar of ugth f< >r gospel influence, and a tower of ght to wandering men on the foreign shore. i?v. S. It. Mope, rcsjiondcd t<> Rev. Mr. Reid's well as follows: jere is a peculiar sacrednoss connected with hureh of one's childhood and youth, i'leasand holy memories connected with this old rch come crowding into my mind today, will pardon me, 1 am sure, if I spend the t time which I shall occupy in speaking to