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?he ?fltMle inquirer.1 r wRr ^ YORK VILLE, S C.: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1892. ^ ? Afler consuming considerable time in the discussion of a proposition to lend the World's f Columbian Exposition the sum of $5,000,000, { congress finally, on last Friday, * settled the 1 matter by giving it $2,500,000 outright. ? Mr. L. D. Childs, State chairman of the ? Prohibition movement, comes out squarely j in his position. He is a candidate for the 1 legislature, but says that if elected he will } vote for Prohibition regardless of the in- 1 structions he may receive in the "separate box." "Believing, as I do," said he to a re- , porter of the Columbia State, "that the liquor j traffic is the cause of immorality and crime, I 1 cannot consistently, with my own profession 1 as a church member, vote to legalize that ( which causes immorality and crime. My c constituents have the right to retire me to j private life, but they haye not the right to ] make me vote contrary to my conscientious i convictions." 1 ? Mr. S. A. Nettles, of Manning, has withdrawn from the Prohibition fight on the 1 grounds that the Prohibitionists have gone into politics and seek to form a separate party. ( Mr. Nettles is in favor of the separate box < plan, but does not approve of the action of < the Prohibitionists in catechising candidates. ( In his opinion, this will defeat the movement. , No honorable representative, whether op- j posed to Prohibition or not, would ignore ] the sentiment of his people on the question r as expressed in a separate box, but whether or not of importance, the Tillman and < Sheppard question looms up in front above 1 that of Prohibition, and not one out of ' twenty-five Prohibition Tillmanites or Shep- * pardites will vote for a Prohibition candidate belonging to the opposite party. Under the j separate box plan Mr. Nettles thinks the ] Prohibitionists can carry the State, but as a < separate movement he thinks the efforts of ' the Prohibitionists will be farcical. ? In his Yorkville speech, it will be re- 1 membered that Governor Tillman, quoting { from Bourke Cockran, said that Mr. Cleve- j land was the most popular man in the Uni- t ted States except on election day. The 1 News and Courier takes issue with the gov- * ernor, and by the way, the point made by that paper is well taken. "In 1S84," it says j "Mr. Cleveland received 4,911,017 votes, and ? was elected president by 62,683 plurality I over all other candidates in the field. It 1 seems that he was the most popular man in * the United States on election day in 1884. ^ In 1888 Mr. Cleveland received 5,538,233 j votes for president and 98,017 plurality over t the other candidates in the field and was de- i feated. It seems that he was the most pop- J ular man in the United States on election 1 day in 1888. When he was defeated he re- r ceived 627,216 more votes than when he was ( elected. It is not true, therefore, that Mr. t Cleveland 'is popular every other day but t election aay.- < ^ _ ? We have heard lots of talk on the subject of a constitutional convention. Sonne, through ignorance, and others for the purpose of political capital, have made numerous misrepresentations as to the manner in which a convention must be called. The matter should be straightened out at once in order that all may have a clear understanding of the situation, and we know of no better plan than to produce the section of the present constitution relating to the subject. Here it is : "Article xv, section 3. Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the general assembly shall think it necessary to call a convention to revise, amend or change this constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote, at the next election for representatives, for or against a convention ; and if a majority of all the electors voting at said election shall have voted for a convention, the general assembly shall, at their next session, provide by law calling for the same ; and such convention shall consist of a number of members not less than that of the most numerous branch of the general assembly." Against the Sub-Treasury.?The committee on ways and means, through McMillian, says an Associated Tress dispatch, last Friday, made a unanimous report adverse to all the sub-t reasury bills. The report is a long document and discusses all phases of the question in a comprehensive style. It begins by deferring for a time the question of the constitutionality of the bill, and proceeds to state the objections that occur to the committee. They are briefly stated as follows : If there should be a reduction in the value of the goods, after they are stored, below 80 per cent., the government would lose ; if the value increased the government would get none of the profit. The jurisdiction of the federal courts would be increased so us to make them an " A ? A 4a fl*/* nnAnln instrument. ui uj<|iici?iuii iv uiv The bills tends strongly toward centrali- ^ zation, and interferes with individual free- t dom. (ireat fluctuation in currency will follow its enactment. , The operations of the bill would not be t confined to fanners, but the iron man, lum- t ber man and manufacturers, generally, would ^ complain until the government fixed the limit to the possible loss of twenty per cent. * on them, and so on. The government would be usurping the functions of citizens, and attending to every- t body's business but its own. The inauguration of the scheme would be t the speculator's delight; he could carry $470,(XX) worth of wheat with less than $95,000 cash, and pay the government only 1 per 11 cent, interest. ; The great increase in the number of Federul officials would make it almost impossible J to dislodge a corrupt administration. 1 No provision is mado for the redemption J of the many millions to be issued under the bill, and the banks would have power to ! force the destruction of any part of the gov- 1 erment's money. r The bill is class legislation, and it would j be unjust to the day laborer and other toilers. People having a particular ki^d of 1 property to deposit could get money at 1 1 per cent, from the government, and lend it ' at a higher rate to other people. Lastly, it is violative of the constitution Jas is shown by citations from the highest judicial tribunals of the land. MKRK MENTION!' 4 In the Alabama State primary, best week, ^ Kolb, candidate for governor, was defeated j by Jones by about 10,000 majority. It is not generally believed that Kolb will run as an imlnnonilnnt in November. The French ! speaking Canadians are strongly agitating 1 the question of political union with the United States. They are almost unanimously in favor of such a union. Alice s Mitchell, the young woman who murdered ^ Freda Ward, at Memphis, Tenn., under such shocking circumstances last spring, has been declared insane and committed to a lunatic asylum Deaths from cholera at Nijni i j Nprgorod, Russia, are reported as averaging J i eighty a day. A wall pnper trust was j organized in New York last week with a r capital of $200,000,000. The Minnesota i Farmers' Alliance has withdrawn its State I ^ and electoral tickets. The White Star ^ line steamer Teutonic, last Wednesday, made ^ the longest day's run on record, steaming' j r?28 miles in twenty-four hours. ? M. L. Donaldson, of Greenville, presi- [ dent of the State Alliance and present State v Senator from Greenville county, is a candidate for re-election. He will be opposed by John K. Harrison, a Tillmanitc. * m cum mm. informally Opened at Cain's Spring. i DAY OF POLITICS AND PLEASURE The Legislative Candidates Shoot off Their Political Thunder From Cloudless Skies. Lots of Negative Lightning ana H'T LITTLE APPARENT DANGER OF A STORM The big picnic advertised for Cain's spring, ive and a half miles northwest of Yorkvillc, :atne off last Saturday. There were about >00 people, including about an equal number >f ladies and gentlemen, and nearly all of ho county candidates. There was plenty of ;ood things to eat, fine music by the Bethel ind Allison creek bands, lots of speaking, genuine good behavior on the part of every>ody, and, taken altogether, the occasion vas a decided success both socially and poltically. It was expected that the candidates for congress, as well as several of those who are milling for solicitor, would be present. But us t happened, the congressional candidates lad another engagement at a picnic over in Lancaster county, and for some reason me jandidates for solicitor, with the exception >f M. J. Hough, Esq., were also absent. Some disappointment was expressed in the >eginning of the day at the failure of Messrs. Hemphill and Strait to put in their appearince, but from all indications both of them vere forgotten about before the day was lalf over. The arrangements for dinner were looked ifter by the ladies, and they were looked ifter well. Everybody got as much to eat is they wanted, and all who were present at he previous picnic in which something to ;at was scarce, were willing to concede that ;he day made ample amends for the shortcomings mentioned. About 11 o'clock the crowd, including the adies, congregated around the stand that lad been erected for the speakers, and Mr. \j. L. Smith called the meeting to order. The first speaker introduced was M. J. HOUGH, ESQ., >f Lancaster, a candidate for solicitor. Mr. lough expressed pleasure at finding himself >efore a York county audience. Six or sight years ago he had canvassed the county or congress, and since that time he has re>eatedly enjoyed the hospitality of the peo)le of York and made a great many friends, ie did not have much hopes of being electid to congress, but he had received gratifyng encouragement in the present canvass, ind had every reason to believe that he would >c elected to the solicitorship. This office s not a political one. It is one to which >nly a lawyer can aspire, and the only luestion to be considered is the merit ind qualifications of the aspirant. As to his, it is not out of place for me to say hat I have been engaged in the practice if law for twenty-seven years. During hat time I have had a great deal of expeience in the criminal side of the court, and - - - - !- *?? f I had any mern?any quuuucuuuiis ill?I should be able to fill this office to the >est interest of the people. I have only his promise. If elected to the office, I shall >ring all the energy, all the ability, and all he zeal to the discharge of the duties that vill be incumbeut upon me. I shall fail to irosecute no man because of fear or aflecion, and shall prosecute no man because of mimosity. I shall ever keep in mind the >est interest of South Carolina and the best nterest of this judicial circuit. Mr. Hough went into an interesting explalation of the relation between the State and :itizen, and told his hearers of the countries in which the State is everything and he citizen is nothing, and then elaborated )n the system obtaining in this country vhere the sole object of the law is to proect the well-being of every citizen and the he best interest of the commonwealth. Vway back yonder, 500 years ago, even in Snglnnd, he said, it was the purpose of the State to convict every person accused of :riine, but South Carolina desires to convict 10 man unless she can prove his guilt beyond peradventure. It is ne spirit of the aws to be even more zealous in potecting he innocent than in punishing the guilty. Mr. Hough spoke of his having been in he war. He saw many in the audience who lad been there also. He did not ask their rotes for that reason. Those who had been o the war had only done their duty, and he lad tried to do as much both as a soldier ind as a private citizen. But other things icing equal, he desired the same consideraion that would be given to anyone else. In he section where he was known, he was ure of receiving a large vote, and all that le asked was that those who did not know lim inform themselves as to his qualifications ind then vote as they saw fit. A York man remarked to me the other lay, continued Mr. Hough, "I think it is ibout time for Lancaster county to be entiled to this office anyway.'" "Yes, but you ee Lancaster has two candidates." That is rue, and all that I have to say about that is hat I am running my own machine and hope o be elected. In fact, I'm going to be eleced. Now I have nothing to say against these ither young men. I wish they were here; >ut as they are not, I can't help it. They lad the same opportunity of knowing that . had, and 1 can't deny mysen me opjjuriulity of talking to you because they did not some. But since the war no man has held this ofice more than two terms. The present incum)ent displaced the lamented Gaston after he lad served two terms, and he now has had lis two terms and I want to displace him. These other young men can wait. They are roung men yet and there is plenty of time. Jut as forme, time has already lelt its snows lpon these locks, and if T. wait it will soon >e too late. Twenty-seven years is a long irne. Twenty-seven years more and many >f you will have "passed over the river," I rust in God, "to rest under the shade of the rees." Speaking to the ladies. Mr. Hough said, ifes, you can do me some good. You can't go 0 the polls and vote, and it is not necessary hat you should. You ali have fathers, hus>ands, brothers or swcetliearts. Do what 'ou can to get them to vole for me and I will isk no more. Mr. Hough spoke only about liflcen minites, and was listened to with careful attenion throughout. It was evident that he had luite a number of strong friends in the :rowd. MR. JfNIt'8 W. THOMSON, 1 candidate for the lower house of the legisature, *was introduced as the next speaker, llr. Thomson began his speech with some mat compliments to the ladies, citing authorities to prove that those living 011 the iouthern slope of the Apalachian chain, lold their own for grace, beauty and relinenent against the entire world. This weeing, he said, was one for social pleasure, ather than for the purpose of discussing (olitics, but since good fortune had given lim the opportunity of addressing such an mdience, he could not refrain from talking >n the subject that was uppermost in ins nind. lie deplored the unneeesary bittcrless, vituperation and abuse that had so far diaracterized the present campaign, and said hat under no eireuuistances could he he inluced to engage in it. It was not calculated o do any good. We are here hound togeth:r like one great chain stretching from polo o pole. Our interests an; identical, and hough the good Lord in his wist; providence las ordained that it is best that we should tot all think alike, there is no reason why teoplc should not think ditl'crently, and at he same time act properly. We tire all vorking for the same end ; then let us all put n our best thought, zeal and energy, and vlien we come to si conclusion, let us sill, like ;ood Democrats, abide by the will of the nujority, I am si candidsite for the legislature. If 1 houhl be elected, I shall go to ('olutnhisi and vork for vour best interest sis I see it; and if am <lefeate<l shall go home and do my utno.st to ensure the election of those whom roil have chosen. There was a South Carolinian at my house i few days ago who said that he would rathr see a negro governor of South Carolina han B. It. Tillman. 1 told him that any vhitc man who was a citizen of South Camilla, who would utter such a sentiment, was lot-worthy of his color. Such unreasonable uejudice as that reminded me of the old heore the war couplet, which, if the ladies rill excuse me, I will repeat: "My name is Sam anil I don't cnreadamn; i would rather hen nimcerthan a jxtor white man." That is the way it used to he, hut things are changed now. Before the war South Carolina was governed by the cities of CharI leston and Columbia. They had most of the wealth and intelligence of the State. But ! conditions have changed. The negro has ! moved to the south and the white men have come to the north. The centre of political I power has shifted. Intelligence will rule, and that is what is the matter today. Till-1 man is making a fight to put the power in the hands of those to whom it belongs, and | those from whom he is tuking it away are making a terrible struggle to retain that to which they have no just claim. This is the principal cause of the trouble, and at the outset many of those who are now opposed to him, said that he was right. But the Charleston and Columbia influence has been A? ^ ~ Uimr Lnvn flrmnrt.p.fl IUU II1UUII IU1 UlUllj UllU Uivj HUT v .? . from what they knew was just. Now, fellow citizens, I want to tell you what I propose to do, if elected, in about three words?"the best I can." To many of you I am a stranger, but my people have been paying taxes here for over one hundred years, and I have never had any other interest except that which is also the interest of the people of this section. This, however, is not defining my position. As to that, I will say that I am right here before you and I ask any one to ask whatever question he may see fit, and I will answer it without equivocation. I am decided in my views and not afraid to express them to anybody anywhere. Here Mr. Thompson produced a paper which he explained was published in an effort to deceive the ignorant in regard to the $3 poll tax. The paper, he said, was a deception and a fraud. He did not know who published it, but any man who would publish and circulate such a paper as that for the purpose of deceiving the ignorant, "should be ashamed to look any honest white South Carolinian in the face." [Cheers.] We all know, he continued, that the constitution of South Carolina fixes the poll tax at $1, and every man among you knows that there has not been an amendment to the constitution since 1876 that was not voted on by the people. J. C. WILBORN, KSQ., a candidate for the house of representatives, was introduced as the next speaker. Mr. Wilborn said mat tne peopie are now engaged in a contest involving the maintenance of tho blessings bequeathed to us by our forefathers?the right to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience and to think and vote as we see fit. On the one side it is the homes and firesides of the people, and on the other the hydra-headed monster striving for supremacy, and the question is which shall rule. The two great issues that have so far been sprung are the $3 poll tax and the question of calling a constitutional convention. I will talk about these, tlimsy as they are, not because I think you are ignorant of them, but because that is about all that the other side has found to talk about. If elected to the legislature, I will be in favor of a constitutional covention. It will cost money, but everything that is good costs money. When we swear to support the constitution we swear to support that for which we have no respect. Who made it ? Our people did not do it. It was framed by those who neither knew or cared for our interests, and after getting into power we have patched it until it will hold no more patches, and the only thing that is left for us to do is to throw the old thing away and get a new one. I presume you know how a constitutional convention is brought about. First, twothirds of the legislature have to vote to submit the question to the people, and then a majority of the people have to vote in favor of calling the convention, and then the next legislature must pass a bill ordering that it he called. Why am I opposed to the present constitution ? For various reasons. I haven't got time to discuss thei all now. One provision requires that white and colored children shall go to the same schools. It is not enforced, but it is there and should be done away with. Another provision gives Charleston county two senators, and Charleston county has no more right to two senators than any other county. That should also be changed. Yes, I am in favor of a constitutional convention. There is nothing new in that. It has been the declared purposes of your representatives for years to get one. Now, another question. If I am elected to the legislature, will I vote for the $3 poll 9 V/-> T will nnt ntwl T'll full Vfltl wllV. LMJV i iWj A ??* * MW, - -- J y One reason is I couldn't vote for it if I wanted to. The fundamental law of the land forbids it. Can Governor Tillman do it? No. Before it can he incorporated in the constitution it must be voted on and ratified by you. If you want it, take it; but nobody can put it on you without your consent. (Jovernor Tillman said at Yorkville that it was only a recommendation ; that he had studied the question thoroughly and this was the best he could do. Then he told the other side to "put up or shut up." Did they do it? No. In effect they told you to go home and plow on, wear your old clothes and let your children grow up in ignorance. Riches you cannot give them, character you can, and the love of God you can instill in their hearts ; but education you cannot give them because it has not been given to you. You .ill Irnnw flint tlm white TlCOnle DUV foUT fifths of the taxes and only get one half of the school money. You also know how much Northern money has done to provide education for the negro; in fact, so much that when it comes to higher education the negro lias even more advantages than the whites. We must educate our children or let the negroes outstrip them. Look at this grand old oak here and you will notice that the burden of the limbs is 011 one side. Take a tree standing alone and note its symmetrical appearance. It has the light all around it. If we would prosper, as we should, we must have the light of education all around us, and while I say I will never vote for the $3 poll tax, I am in favor of doing what we can to educate our children. In conclusion, Mr. Wilborn said that the question involved in the light between the two governors was, is the people to govern or not. Two years ago you fought and won, i but you have just commenced the fight and I should never turn back. Once in the wars of Napoleon, the French ! troops were sorely pressed and Marshal Ncy ordered a drummer hoy to heat a retreat. The hoy refused. The marshal grew angry and stormed and threatened. With tears in his eyes the hoy said : "I can't. I was never learned to heat a retreat." Ney gathered inspiration from the courage of the boy, and not knowing what else to do, said : "Well, heat a charge then." Instantly the little drummer obeyed this order, and heat with such spirit that his drum was heard in all parts of the field. The disheartened men i rallied around their old leader again and * *?- ' ? ?M <!...? ?1... rtisncd 1111<> mi' iray. i jiujs it wjw una um-, i famous battle of Austerlitz was won. No. fellow citizens, we must not know how to beat a retreat. Now that we have the victory won we must press forward. Mil. W. N. KI.DKIt was the next speaker. JI< was glad, he said, to meet the people again after the labors and trials of another season. However, like ex-Uovcrnor Shcppard, his throat was sore, and lie could not talk much. My record for ' the past two years is before you, and I am | not ashamed of it. 1 was elected to the leg! islaturc on the He-form platform and I still stand where I stood two years ago. The { leading issues in the present campaign it I seems arc the.*:', poll tax, and t he question of calling a constitutional convention. Two j years ago I voted for the hill railing for Unconstitutional convention, and I favor it now. As to the poll tax, you need not he afraid of it, as it has to be submitted to the people. Two years ago we failed to get I a two-thirds vote to call the constitutional 1 convention, and even if we had, the ipiestion | would have had to be submitted to the people, lie had voted for a bill, he said, for the rc| duclion of salaries. It had passed the house, but likemauv other important measures, was I killed in the senate. He also gave the history j of the railroad bill, which, he said, after pass! ing the bouse, was loaded down with amend! meats until it was worthless. In conclusion, | Mr. Klder spoke of his connection with the ; Alliance. I never attempted to make a public speech in my life, he said, until about four years ago, when I was put forth by the j Alliance. I am no public speaker, and it is , not necessary that a member of the legislature should be. Most of the work is done I in the committee rooms, lie was a member j of two of the most important committees of the house?the committee on agriculture and the committee on education. If sent I back to the legislature, lie would continue I to do as he had done?work for the best inj tcrest of his county and State. CKNKH.M. K. M. I.AW, j a candidate for the house of representatives, was introduced as the next speaker. I shall occupy your time very briefly today, but by way of introduction to the remarks I have to make, I want to say that the evils that the people of South Carolina have suffered havenot been due to the government of South I Carolina. We know that these evils arc national in their character, and they can [ only be altered by altering your representaI tion in the congress of the United States. I don't wan't to use I too much, continued General Law, but I desire to say that I was the master of the first grange organized in York county, and that I organized the State grange of Alabama. For years I have advocated all principles that arc laid down in the Ocala platform, except a modification of the sub-treasury. Now only a few words in regard to the issues that are before us. Before this campaign is over there will he a great deal of dodging and a good deal of hedging. I do not propose to dodge, and I am not going to hedge. I have my opinions and I am going to let them out. If I do not go in on principle I don't want to go in at all. Now as to this $3 poll tax. In the first place, as has already been said, before it can be imposed there must be a change in the constitution. I will say, however, that I am opposed to the tax and will not vote for it. We do not collect the $1 poll tax, and of course it would be just that much harder to collect the $3. But that is not the question. The imposition of suuh a tax would be an injustice to our people. It would rest uneouallv?lightly on those who are able to pay it and a heavy burden on those who are not. Then again, it would be unjust because there are a great many people who cannot afford to send their people to school all the year. There are some who require the services of their children to cultivate their crops and to help them do other work that could not be done otherwise, and it would be wrong to tax these people for that from which they can derive no benefit. But then the $3 poll tax can only be imposed in two ways. The first by a constitutional convention, and the second by changing the constitution. If it is done by an amendment, it must be submitted to the people who will say whether or not they want it. The question of a constitutional convention is a very difficult one, about the wisdom of which I am exceedingly doubtful. Our present constitution is not what we desire. Framed as it was by Radical negroes and carpet-bagers, and pinned to us by Federal bayonets, I must say that I feel degraded in living under it, and would gladly trample the dirty rag in the dust. But it is a question as to whether now is the time for such a step, and we should proceed, if we proceed at all, with the utmost caution. Candidly, I say that, in the divided condition of our people, it may be exceedingly dangerous to tampe:.* with the fundamental law of the land. You have heard about an educational or property qualification for voting. There is not a man within the sound of my voice who would be willing for anything of the kind. It would be taking a step backward, and a disgrace to the civilization of our time to take away from any American citizen the right to vote after he has once exercised that privilege. However, if the people want a constitutional convention, I say let them vote on it, ' ' 1 il 1..4 41,^ no matter wnat 11 costs, aim men iei mv work of the convention he submitted hack to them for ratification. Now I propose to pursue a perfectly independent course. I propose to stand on principle. The platform of the two factions are the same, and when it conies to the personality of the two tickets I am out. Whether Governor Tillman or Governor Shcppard sits as the chief magistrate, I propose, if elected, to go as the representative of the people of York county ; and if they find me false, then let them cast me into outer darkness. General Law concluded his short talk with 1111 anecdote of a Confederate colonel who was very found of playing "old sledge." When the colonel could get 110 one else to play with him, he called in his negro, Sam. One night the two were playing. Sam had a jack and the colonel knowing it, was trying to catch it. The colonel led for the jack time and again, but it failed appear. The game was concluded and still 110 jack. "Sain, you trifling rascal, you had that jack and you know it!" said the colonel. "No, sir, I swar I didn't boss," declared Sam, and 110 jack was found. Another officer who had overheard the conversation had reason to believe that Sam was lying, and pressed him to the wall. "Well I'll tell you boss," he admitted, "but you must not say anything about it. I had that jack and I chawed him up and swallowed him." Applying the moral, General Law said he hoped all the other candidates would tote fair and not tear up and swallow the jack. When General Law concluded, the meeting was adjourned for dinner, and after a recess of about three-quarters of un hour, the speaking commenced again, when Chairman Smith introduced MR. W. B. I.OVK, a candidate for the legislature. Mr. Love spoke very briefly. It was the first time that he had ever appeared before the people to ask for their suffrage, lie said. My calling has ever been that of a farmer, and I shall not attempt to be an orator. As has already been stated, it is not necessary for a legislator to be a speaker, but it is necessary for him to possess such qualifications as will make him an honest, faithful representative of the people. The most of the legislation is done in the committee rooms and, if elected, I shall endeavor to secure such legislation as is suited to the interests of my constituents. I [ will not attempt to make a political speech, i but as there are others here who are more j anxious to address you, I will give place to them. MR. It. M. CAUItOLI., a candidate for the house of representatives, | was the next speaker. lie congratulated his audience on the fine appearance it presented, I and said that as a candiate lie felt like Hill j Arp when he first went to courting. Hej felt like he was in love with all the women . in America, and I feel like as if I love all; mankind. It is a pretty good feeling for a j ! man to have, too, since I have come to think i I about it, and I don't know but what it would . i be very well to feel that way all the time. j Preliminary to other remarks, Mr. Carroll j | had a few words to say about the benefit and | j improvement of society in general, and then ; got down to the business before him. We are here before you asking that you send us | to Columbia to make good, wholesome laws, i The old blue back speller says it takes wise men to make good laws, and it might have j gone 011 to say that it takes wise voters to i select good representatives. Therefore, you ! should be careful to inform yourselves on i i the needs of the hour in order that you may j ; make the better selection. You should read j the papers in our county and in South Caro- ' Una. Head the papers. 1 congratulate you | that you have a fair and impartial press, and I if you are not already informed, I am sure I that when the day of election comes you will In' 1 boroiiidilv able to east vour ballot ilitel-! ligently. As to my position, I will say that I am an j administration man, and when I say it, it is j | with a consciousness that there is nothing l<? j be ashamed of. When I say that I am an administration man, it is not to get your votes, | 1ml because I voted for the present adminis-j ] (ration in lS'.M). I <lo not mean that I ami necessarily in favor of everything that Till- j man says. They have no Tillman in North j Carolina or < Jcorgia. Vet the same unrest exists in those States as exists in this. II is j nothing less than a determination by the | people that they shall have true Denioera-1 ey?a government for ami by the people. When Coventor Tillman says so and so, i that is just his opinion. It does not follow j that we have got to do it just because he | says so. Let us think about it, reason over it. I and come to the conclusion which we think j best. If we pass a law and he does not , | think it right, he can veto it ; and if two-: | thirds of the legislature still think they are j j right, they can pass it over his veto. One I depart men t acts as a cheek on the other, and there is not much danger of our going i i bad wrong. I I have been told that it is the object of j this administration to give the election of ; the judges to the people. I am not prepared i just now to say whether or not that is best ; I I but anyway, it is I democracy, j Mr. Carroll also said that lie did not care! to give bis opinion oil the i|Uestion of a [constitutional convention. The matter had not been sullieicntly discussed, and he was : not yet prepared to express himself. So far as the road law is concerned, he thought that, if properly enforced, it is preti ty good as it is, and lit? sees no place in j | which it can be changed for the better. As to the other questions, he was not fully prepared to express himself. He had just decided to be u candidate, and had not thought over all the issues as carefully as he would like to do. However, he would meet the voters again during this canvass, and would define his position clearly on every issue. At the conclusion of Mr. Carroll's remarks, he was greeted with liberal applause. 1). K. FINLEY, Esq., candidate for the State senate, was introduced as the next speaker. Mr. Finley was received with a rousing cheer, the most enthusiastic of the day. After speaking of the pleasures and benefits to be derived from such assemblies as he was addressing, Mr. Finley entered into the task of giving an account of his stewardship during the past two years and into a discussion of the issues of the day. I made few promises, he said, but 1 toiu you of some things that I thought would relieve you of some of the burdens of taxation that you have been bearing. I told you that the interest on the State debt is now $383,000 a year at 6 per cent., and until we can get that reduced by refunding at a lower rate of interest and a reduction of salaries, there could be very little reduction in the taxes. The State debt matures next July, when we will get the interest reduced to 4 per cent. If we succeed, and I believe we will, we will then pay just $120,000 a year less taxes than we are now paying. An outrageous slander has been circulated against the recent legislature which I feel called upon to correct. It has been said that taxes have not been reduced. I am the chairman of the ways and means committee of the house. This is the committee that has the consideration of all bills for the appropriation of money and fixes the tax levies. Therefore, I am thoroughly conversant with these matters, and jus chairman of the committee I say to you, and I say it without the fear of contradiction, that the taxes have been reduced ; and not only that, the expenses of the State government have been reduced. Under the previous administration the State tax levy was 5J mills. At the first session of the recent legislature we reduced it to 4^ mills, and at the lust session we reduced it to 4?; in all, making a reduction of } of a mill. I defy any man in this crowd who pays taxes on property, to say that his taxes, exclusive of railroad taxes, are not less this year than they were uuder the Kichardson administration. Of course, when I say this I do not refer to township bond taxes, because, for them the present legislature is not responsible. For the benefit of the incredulous who will not take the trouble to inform themselves, I have some papers here in my pocket. I have taken these figures from the books of the county treasurer, and have selected townships that are not now paying the Three C's railroad tax. Take the cases of Mrs. Isabella Anderson and L. T. Byers, in Broad River township. <)n 502 acres, valued at $3,200 in 1889-90, they paid $36. On the same land, same value, in 1890-91, they paid $33.60?a difference of $2.40 in favor of the present administration. Here is another case ; that of Mr. A. S. Wallace, in Bullock's Creek township. In 1889-90, 0111,235 acres, valued at $5,500, he paid $61.93; and last year, on the same land, same value, he paid $57.75?a difference in favor of last year of $4.18. And my friends I can go 011 and give you hundreds of just such illustrations. The tax hooks are full of them, and still they have the clfrontery to tell you that there has been no reduction of taxes. Now take York county. Under Richardson's administration for the year 1889-90, the State taxes levied and collected, amounten to $31,146.21, and for the year 1890-91, under Tillman, they amounted to $28,765.33; a difference in favor of Tillman of $2,380.88. Mr. Fin ley then gave the total expenses of the administration during Richardson's last term and the first term of Tillman, bringing Tillman out $267,125.93 ahead in the matter of economy. Yes, Mr. Finley said, we have reduced taxes all over the State, and particularly in York county. It is argued that the amount of property on which the levies are assessed is greater. This is true only to a limited extent. The taxes on lands are just the same now that they were then. The taxes on railroads and other property has been increased, but it is only right that they should be. The people of Cherokee, Rroad River, York, Ebcne/.er and Catawba townships, voted nearly $4,000 a mile to build the Three C's railroad, and R. A. Johnson swore that $23,000 a mile was expended in its construction. Yet they actually returned the road at $3,500 a mile?$500 a mile less than our people donated to it. Of course the assessment should be raised, and if the same state of affairs exists all over the State, it should be raised everywhere. However, I give it as my opinion as a lawyer that the increased taxes will never he collected. I don't think the State board of equalization had the authority to raise the assessment. This has been my opinion all along, and at the last session of the legislature, I introduced and got it through the house, a bill providing for a State board of assessors. If the bill had passed, there would have been no doubt of the right of the State to fix the assessments on the railroads. However, it died in the senate, and for the present that is the end of it. Now let me say that I do not believe in imposing on the railroads, but I believe they should be made to pay their just proportion of taxes the same as anybody else. Mr. Finley spoke of the re-organization of the South Carolina college; said that he had saved the county not less than $54,600 by the introduction of a hill that provided for the county commissioners borrowing money in order to meet their part of the contract in the township bond compromise; also, that he had fought the McLaurin county government hill because he considered it impractical and calculated to increase taxation. Referring to the $3 poll tax and the proposed qualification for voting, Mr. Finley said that neither question entered into the campaign. It was nothing hut political claptrap to muddle the ignorant. Neither the voting qualification or the poll tax call be interfered with except by a vote of the people, and even then, by no possibility before the general election of 1894. Relbre concluding he touched on quite a number of other points, but our space will not admit of a more extended synopsis. Messrs. Cansler, Edwards and Rarron, candidates for school commissioner, each made short addresses, and about 4 o'clock the crowd broke up. ? The Atlanta Constitution says the report to he submitted by the secretary of the State Alliance at the coming annual meeting in tiainesville, August 17, will show a large decrease in the number of Farmers' Alliance men in Georgia. The secretary fixes the decrease within the past year at 12,000. Twelve ('utility Alliances have been dropped from the books entirely. They were dropped for failure to pay their dues. The members had lost interest in the organization and neglected to pay the sum of 2") cents ijiiarterly to keep their names on the list. In nearly every Sub-Alliance members have dropped out for some cause or other. Many Alliance men have transferred their allegiance from the Alliance to the Third party. In a great many instances Democratic Alliance men have left the organization because they were outnumbered bv their brethren and they feared the Alii ance would lie made a Third parly machine. The constitution of the Alliance will not allow the Alliance to take a partisan stand in polities, and to escape this many Alliance men have organized into Third parly clubs. As a result the members gave up their whole attention to the club. A year ago'the Alliance was strung in (ieorgia. The annual meeting was held here in August and it was the largest the Alliance ever held. -?The first session of the 52nd congress adjourned sine die last Friday night at II o'clock. During the afternoon session of the senate, Senator Allison stated in general terms tlie appropriations as compared with the lirst term of the f?lst congress. The appropriations of that session were in round numbers $1(1:5,000,000, and those of the present session $507,0( 10,000, showing an increase at this session of $ I 1,000,000. The principal increases were in the appropriations for pensions and for the post olliee department. Of the immense sum of $507,000,000, appropriated at the present session, said Senator (Jorinaii, $00,000,000 had become necessary because of the legislation of the 51st congress, for which the Democratic party had no responsibility : $20,000,000 of the $00,000,000 had come from pensions alone. The appropriations at the next session would he at least $20,000,000 more than at the present session, and he doubted very much if it would he possible to have the appropriations at the next sesioti reduced much below $500,000,000. LOCAL AFFAIRS. a nu INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. madi W. II. McCorkle, Judge of Probate?Citation? . Joseph F. Wallace, Applicant?Mary Cath- a* )'c erino Crier, deceased. Wile W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Fore- _ closure Sale. -9 y< J. A. I. Cassedy, B. S., Principal?Have You a child Daughter to Educate ? James A. Withers?Candidate for Trial Justice of Fort Mill Township. Wanted?Apply at Thk Enqujrkr oflice. Ef IJ. E. Finley, President?Let Everybody Enroll, in or J. S. Brice, Chairman?The Primary Candidates?County Campaign Appointments? ly al Congressional and Judicial. T? Hog. M. Crist? Look Here. M. A H. C. Strauss?We are Still Selling. Yor R. J. Herndon?Behold the Array ! Wm. C. Latimer?Summer Clothing at Winter u' Ul' Prices. o'clo S. M. A L. Ceo. Crist, Agents?Reliable Fire ?vnn Insurance. , i r WILL GO TO ATLANTA. Stac Prof. W. W. Lewis, who for the past two even years has so acceptably filled the position Sunt of superintendent of the Yorkville Graded dayschools, lias tendered his resignation to the Pi board of trustees. Prof. Lewis goes to At- pasb lanta, Ga., where he has been elected com- miss mandant of cadets in the Georgia Military Serv academy. He will he followed to his new m. home by the best wishes of all our people. Ai C. G PROHIBITIONISTS AT WORK. gerv The prohibitionists are going to try to get ^ , in some solid work in this county before the 0f present campaign closes. It is their purpose pra. - ? . -/ xr__i_ . to see to it timt it tne voters 01 i or*, leuium 0icj( ignorant of the issue that tliey have raised, 0>cj( it shall not be their fault. To this end they have appointed a big mass meeting to be held in Yorkville on Tuesday evening, August 16th. We are requested to announce Fro1 that some of the strongest speakers in the ^ State will be present. ^ COLORED PICNIC. h*V< Usually when the colored people have a Uni< picnic, there is a row. The negroes in the hav< vicinity of Yorkville are an exception. They whe had a big picnic about two miles west of Aug town last Saturday. Green Simril, a very ^01 respectable colored farmer, was chairman, .V and although there were three or four cout hundred men and women present, we are in- deci formed that there wasn't a single disturbance throughout the day. A half dozen or more T! speeches were made on agricultural, social was and educational topics. There was plenty out to eat with "basket fulls" left over. The w'1': question of politics was not referred to at all, and the colored people generally arc so jn sj well pleased with the good order that pre- to t vailed that they desire "it to be mentioned IX } in the paper." ' d*dc . Lau CAIN'S SPRING. (3idi i Few people think of Cain's spring now-aJ days except on the occasion of some big picnic. est ! But in other days it was different. Before c0i( the war, its water was famous throughout ecul the State, and every summer brought large som numbers of visitors. Some stopped in York- 8"cj ville and would drive out every day, and others would take up quarters in a half doz- *erv en cottages that Mr. Cain erected for their and accommodation. Of late years, however, these cottages have disappeard and the tide o of summer visitors has changed to the water- ly ii ing places at which they can find big hotels Mat and other accommodations. But when it and comes to the curative properties of the water, a ^ Cain's spring is just where it always was. tjon Reliable experts say that the spring has no he ' equal within fifty miles. sch( , on. rn AIJOUT PEOPLE. . A Miss Mamie Love, of Gnstonia, is visiting tlon friends in Yorkville. II. A. Crowcll, Esq., of Ali>emarle, N. C\, is ai'1(j visiting in Yorkville. as f Mrs. J. O. Walker and children are visit- L ing relatives at Ebenezer. Till Miss Bessie Wharey, of Mooresville, N. C., is visiting Miss Claude Moore. a re Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McDonald, of Char- Orr lotto, were in Yorkville last week. prci Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thomas, of Blacks- One burg, were in Yorvillc last Thursday. cmtl Mr. and Mrs. I). W. Hicks, of Henrietta, N. C., are vising relatives in Yorkville. rj Mrs. J. It. Lindsay and children, of Greenshoro, N. C., are visiting in Yorkville. 0 * * * 1 - TTI11 1? Miss Hattie Mcrauucn, 01 jvock nm, nun i'?v. been spending a few days in Yorkville, the ,nal guest of Mrs. I). E. Fin ley. Rev. I)r. Englisli returned home last week after a month's vacation and occupied his reSj pulpit on Sunday morning. (J Mr. E. It. McElwee, who is engaged in the T life insurance business at Greensboro, N. C., 19 n 7 7 rr is visiting his father's family at this place. Mr. Joseph W. Colcock left for his home, j. Clnrksville, Texas, last Wednesday, after q' a visit of several weeks in Yorkville. vig< Mr. (leo. II. O'Lcary left last Wednesday sayi for a visit to his sister, Mrs. J. E. Crosslcy, at Abbeville, LaFayette county, Miss. *r?' nils Mrs. Joseph Pritchard and children, of q. Hampton, is in Yorkville visiting the family (j of her father, Rev. John A. Porter. t witl On Monday we received a call from Mr. I s? j John It. 1'atrick, of White Oak, S. C\, who J'011 j is on a visit to relatives and friends in this ; county. (J j C. E. Spencer, Esq., has been seriously ill wj,( | for several days past. At present, however, rais ! his physicians have reason to believe that kno j his condition is gradually improving. 1,191 LOCAL LACONICS. an 1 ? An interesting protracted meeting is be- q. ing conducted at Union churcb this week by jjuj the pastor, Rev. R. O. Patrick. '? ? In our report of the farewell to the mis- stai j sionaries at Retbesda, through inadvertanee, The I it was stated that Mrs. J. II. Wilson presided j?7'1, I at the organ. We should have said Mrs. C. j S. Wilson. an,l I ? A delayed postal card from Fort Mill announces that a barn belonging to Mrs. 0 I Frank Massey, of that place, was struck by 'I j lightning on July .'10, and burned, together *a' | with three mules, one horse and a yearling j calf. The loss was about !? 1,000 q? The competitive examination for the if li < 'onversc college scholarship, for this county, one I was held in the court house by School Com- G ! missioner ('aiisler. on Tuesday of last ,a^ week. There were four compelitors. and ",l the successful one was Miss Sialic Allison, of j(>1. j Yorkville. '1' ? Rev. R. E. Stacklmu.se. editor of "Prohi- alio j ... I hition Points," on the fourth page of this is- j on l | sue, requests us to correct an error in the ^ ! fourth paragraph. He intended to say Au- L |j I gust instead of November. The prohibition- j,' lists are good Democrats and, this year, at (.Xei least, do not proprose to carry the issue be- j of tl yoml the August primary. ? Remember that if you are not enrolled, say| I t L.ii ! you cannot vote. So says the State eoiisti-1 ! tutioii of the Democratic party, ami the L,,,, I Stale constitution of the Democratic party ! ;i |, I is hacked up hy statute law. So every voter 1 * I>i I should see to it that his name is placed on! " I the eluh rolls of his precinct at least live.,,or days lie lore the primary. ! . . r , . I j --The attention ol the Democrat voters in ^ York township is especially called to the; v,.r advertisement of D. K. Finley, chairman ol'j I'co the eluh, in another column. So far only -'til her ' out of lillO Democratic voters in the town- Y 1 ship have been enrolled,and Mr. Finley calls' a meeting for next Saturday with a view to j ^ ,SJ ; enrolling the remainder. ? The Spartanburg correspondent of the j(| | (ircenville News says that Senator \V. 15. (,'all i Wilson is making arrangements to locate in J cap; ; Spartanburg this fall. Though we have no Stei | authority upon which to deny the report, we t'10 i are sure that we mildly express the senti-|s I ... i coin | mcnts o| a great many people hi \ ork conn-1 s.)(>. 1 ty when we say we hope it is not true. 'Pill ? We have received a copy of the Mcridcn Hen Daily Republican, announcing the death of tinu Mr. W. F. Scott, of Mcridcn, Conn. The j wt'r | news will be received with sincere regret in j I Yorkvillc. Mr Scott spent severel weeks in 1 j j this place last summer as the guest of Mr.! bur'j | (leorge 'J'. Schorh. While here he met quite j unti mber of people, and being a thorough ieraan with pleasant, quiet manners, Mat j quite a number of friends. For several's past he has been connected with the corn ox & White Organ company. He was Mc jars of age and leaves a widow and two er h ren. be v . T CHURCH NOTICES. Betl )iscopal?Lay services next Sunday at P'ac ) a. m., and Sunday-school immediate- ^et,' i entl Iter ward. trran gres iptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. kvili.k?Services next Sunday at 10.30 nest , and 8.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 9.30 evei ck a. m. Prayer meeting tomorrow ? ingat 8.30. Mi* inity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. E. khouse, pastor. Prayer-meeting this ^ ing at 8.30 o'clock. Services next wjtj lay at 10.30 a. m., and 8.30 p. m. Sun- teat school at 5 o'clock p. m. 1 ' ? rn T> n n esuyienan?xvev. x. xv. uue..D.., .... or. Monthly concert of prayer for Per ioiiH tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock, ices next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. Co" Sunday school at 3 o'clock p. tn. wociate Reformed Presbyterian?ltev. J. reja alloway, pastor. Tirzah?Communion j,on ices next Sunday at 11.30 a. m. The pas- J' vill be assisted by Rev. J. M. Garrison, S. ( ling's Mountain, N. C. Yorkville? ^ fer-mecting tomorrow evening at 8.30 ick. Services Sunday evening at 8.30 >ck. Sunday-school at 4.30 p. m. Ce(j tha THE STATE CAMPAIGN. V pici n County to County the Opposing Factions Continue to Fight. wj]] he State campaigners are now on the e stretch. Since leaving Yorkville, they j held meetings at Chester, Winnsboro, jn, Spartanburg and Greenville. They j six more appointments yet to make, Kei n the campaign will close at Laurens on rest ust 20th. Then ten days will be given plai rder to allow things to quiet down a lit- law and on August 30th, the question as to ga\ jty faction is to be entrusted with the nar rol of the State goverment, will be ? ded by the voters of the State. exe at winnshoro. a r< he meeting at Winnsboro on Tuesday, very similar to most of the others, with- in 1 any specially distinguishing features, sau i the exception, probably, that the ShepI people had a slight majority. Both "'a' s, however, as usual, claim "everything au^ ght," and it will remain for the primary ell exactly how matters stand. Major aa ' Llmoalf na n /ton. A.&1 I. iUWI19CUU ailllUUUWU llliuovil ua vuu ite for attorney general to succeed Mc- ^hi rin, who has withdrawn to become a can- aU(^ ite for congress in the Sixth district. speaking was about the same old thing ^U] 1 few new developments of special interWhile General Farley was speaking, il >nel Youmans asked him if a poll tax ex- "?. ion had not been issued against him at e time. General Farley admitted that ^al 1 had been the case, and went on to ex- ? n that he had paid his taxes and the ^1 surer had failed to collect the poll. Af- "ro mrd, the treasurer issued an execution a he refused to pay the tax. a&? AT UNION. jjl n Thursday, the Tillmanitcs were large- wj(j i the majority. Speeches were made by ratl ffield, Orr, Tillman, Sheppard, Youmans jt ? W. C. Benet, who announced himself as nidate for attorney general. jjr illman denied that he favored the aboli- jjr of the two mills school tax, but said that ve^ was in favor of it, and as much more iol tax as the voters were willing to put he only incident worthy of especial men- ^ occurred during Governor Tillman's geg, ich. All of the papers give accounts of cai] >ut, in our judgment, that of The News jja Courier is the most satisfactory. It is t^e ollows: j8 , i the course of his, remarks Governor fay man referred to Colonel Orr and the for rges that the latter had made against him. tj0] read from the Press and Banner of July 20 ^aj] port of Orr's speech at Abbeville, in which rep was quoted as saying: "Nearly all the js f ichers and ladies are opposed to him. fQr i preacher said to me : 'I am no politi- jn { i, but I will not support any man who jm? nts his profanity in public and boasts of not going to church.'" f,ce urning to Colonel Orr, Governor Tillman ut ed?What is the name of your preacher? (j0{ rr, arisiug?I do not care to bring the wjj icher's name into this discussion, but you ? appeal to preachers and anybody else 3 and they will no doubt sustain the truth he statement. bol ?" ril-- -1 ?I liniu , 1111)1111) II lie (IOCS llOlf^lVC till; liaiut HI. 10 j y(ijlonsible for the statement. cov ?rr?Yes, I am. ]j|H ill man?I do curse .sometimes, but there _ ot one drop of the hypocrite in my blood, gte he governor appealed to ladies in the au- wo ice to say if he had said anything to of- jy( 1 them. No response. ent 'illman, turning to Orr, and with great waj >r?Any preacher or anybody else that ttS | s I boasted about not going to church lies, jt u ?rr, advancing to the front, but with exne coolness?Governor, are you trying to wo c a personal with difficulty me ? rut, 'illman?I am not. dis] ?rr?You cannot intimate that I have lied _ liout having it thrown back in your teeth, \ye id you boasted of your immorality, and am have asserted on the stand that you are Ugfl I Almighty's gentleman. vie 'illman?I am God Almighty'sgentleman. gre ?rr?Then he did not do himself credit wji ;n he made you. If you undertake to j^jv e a personal difficulty you can do it. You ser iw as well as I do that you cannot throw ills in my face without getting them back. ces 'illman?You have come here and made wp assertion? is ?rr?I didn't make that assertion. ent 'illman?Then you are not called a liar, _ the man that made the assertion is. raj] 'lie speakers confronted each other on the c0] id and the crowd displayed excitement. jf0 ! governor's countenance was pale and wjj 11, that of Colonel Orr was perfectly calm,' Has full of determination. Remarks and re- jall s followed each other in rapid succession am the excitement deepened. tin 'illman?You arc not called a liar. drc ?rr?Do you intimate that I 11111 a liar ? illman?I intimate that the man who said i ,jUj t? an< 'rr?Said what ? I said that you had re- tioi tedly cursed 011 the stand. U11( illman?I leave it to Governor Sheppard c0, < ever beard me curse 011 the stand but nfp i!, uiul that was at Florence. i j{u rr?Do you deny that you said you had j tioi icr go to hell with one set of men than to | wjj veil with another ? If it is your intention | _ nake a personal diflieiilty out of this mat-j js I want to know it. j,|,. illman ?I don't want to fight, hut I don't w any man to come here and repeat a lie : ,ne ll('- {en rr?I have never repeated a lie oil you,! s(a, if you say that 1 have repeated a lie you al? <>"?' , tioi ceding was running pretty high and the wj, ted parties clambered upon the railing lie stand. the overnor Tillman ended the suspense hv 1 wa, ng: When lie says that lie did not say it jjjr. . settles it?that ends it. tlm riends of the debaters succeeded in arrest-1 ft.u the discussion and affairs were resinning, nill lighter aspect when a voice shouted : i |,ol m't let him bulhlo/.e you, governor." VhIhkIv knows better than Orr that he ' u.?. nobody else ran bulldoze me," was thejjn | y. The governor thru proceeded to llirjsat ^deration of oilier matters. i Col] t one time during the debate, it looked ; liuieli like there would lie bloodshed. | pie erowrled toward t In; stand and a mini-' , of pistols are said to have been drawn jJJ. icople in t lie crowd. j jj AT SI'AltTAXlit'lttS. , the partanburg is another pretty evenly divi- 1. ! eoiinty that is claimed by both sides, del last Saturday, the Conservatives were out blo large numbers, about .*'?">(i coming from bei liiey ('ity in a body. They all wore white hoi i bearing the words: Cleveland and wa ,'eiison, Sbeppard and Orr.'' Altogether ed crowd numbered about ;?,"?()(), who eon- Wi ited about as disorderly a mob as has yet in ^legated at any of the meetings. The bet ikcrs were ^'tititmiiis. lionet, Sbeppard. ted man, Orr. May Meld, Murphy and Farley, rici el and Tillman were subjected to eon- tin toils interruptions, but the other speakers me e accorded fairly respectful hearings, fro ging from the eonllieting statements of en; various newspapers reporting the meet- ye: we are led to conclude that Spartan-' gru ^'s exact status will lie a matter of doubt Ink il after the August primary. ( Wi MeCOXNELLSVILLE MATTERS. cli Game of Baseball?Personal and Other Matters. ?pondenceof the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Connellsville, August 8.?The weathasbeen unusually warm and a rain would ery acceptable. he Lowrysville baseball nine played the lesda nine last Friday evening near this e, and the .game stood 30 to 23 in favor lesda. Both sides played well and were msiastic over the game. There were a it many spectators. he Tennis club gave a pienic hist Wedlay afternoon on the tennis grounds, and ry one seemed to enjoy it. lias Rallic Withers, of Chester, visited 3 Janie McConnell last week. [r. Miriam Love has been quite sick with hoid malarial fever. chool will begin ou the 22nd of August i Mr. Robinson and Miss Foster as :hers. NEWPORT 'MWST~ sonal Notes?A Picnic at Tirzah Church Next Tuesday. espoiidencc of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. iEWPORT, August 8.?Miss Josie E. Black, Chester, has been visiting friends and lives in this vicinity. Hhe returned le last week. [r. W. W. Miller is visiting at Pacolet, r? " m ...i? j 1..? 1 ire. ?. n. livyivi) uuu^uici uuu ovu, icied on Wednesday from an extended t to relatives in Lancaster, 8. C. liss Minnie Isom, of Newport, goes to lar Grove to take charge of the school at t place. ^e are all anticipating a grand time at a lie at Tirzah church on Tuesday, August ' i. The public is invited and every body I be expected to bring baskets, t. a. c. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. A negro has been appointed postmaster 2beraw. Greenville News: Deputy Marshal R. H. inedy went to Blacksburg Friday and ared H. L. Holland, a merchant of that ie, charged with violation of post office s. Mr. Holland was brought here and e bond for his appearance at a prelimiy examination to be held on Monday. At a meeting of the Greenville county cutive committee, held on Monday last, ^solution was adopted fixing the size of tickets to be used in the primary election that county at 3x9} inches, all of the ic kind of paper, and providing that ry name shall be written on the ballot in ck ink or black lead pencil. A ballot of r other description not to be counted. Fifteeu of the railroads in South Caroliare in the hands of receivers, to wit: The leville and Spartanburg; Atlanta and irlotte Air Line; Columbia, Knoxville 1 Wcsteru ; Three C's; Charleston, Sumaud Northern ; Charlotte, Columbia and gusta; Cheraw and Chester; Chester and loir; Columbia and Greenville; Laurens road; Port Royal and Augusta; Port pal and Western Carolina railway ; Sparburg, Union and Columbia, and South olina railway. Greenville News: On Friday, C. G. ike, who lives in Cleveland township, ught to the city the rattles and button of ig rattlesnake, killed by him a short time >. The snake was four feet seven and a f inches long, and had thirty-three rattles I a button. Its trail was about six inches le. According to the supposition that a tlesnake has to be four years old before ? ?Ullo/I Kv Hfr lOSSeSSCS 11 ruillC, bliu ouaivc ruivu uj tke was about thirty-seven years old. . Drake will keep the rattles and button. . Drake's attention was attracted to the eran by the peculiar actions of a cow ich seemed to be under the mysterious uence the rattler's eye is supposed to isess. The recently published schedule of assements fixed upon the Charleston county ididates is giving considerable trouble, ny of the Democrats of the county think i assessments are too high, and if there is no other way of reducing them, are in > or of raising a part of the necessary funds campaign expenses by private subscripts. Then again, the assessments do not [ equally on the respective candidates. A resentative, with only about $150 a year, :alled upon to pay $200, and the candidates sheriff, an office that pays $10,000 a year Charleston, are only assessed at $500. It i been suggested that inasmuch as it does i make much difference who fills the of! of sheriff, the best thing to do will be to ; the office up to the highest bidder. It is not seem very likely that the assessments 1 he reduced. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Dispatches from Texas report that the 1 worm is doing great damage in a uumof the counties in that State. In Sulado mty, it is said one farmer offered to sell crop on a one-hundred-acre farm for $1. * H. C. Frick, chairman of the Carnegie el and Iron company, who was badly unded by Bergman, the anarchist, recentlias returned to his regular work almost irely recovered from his injuries. Ho s confined to his room just twenty days the result of bis wounds. He announces is his fixed purpose to continue his fight linst organized labor until all the union rkmen employed in the various mills opeed by the Carnegie company, have been nliwpil hv non-union men. It was stated some time ago that Tom itson, of the Tenth Georgia district, had louuced his intention to take the field linst Speaker Crisp, this summer, with a w to preventing the hitter's return to conss. But it now seems that Mr. Watson 1 have his hands full in his own district. 'ingstou is to return to congress without ious opposition, and he lias written to ick, Watson's opponent, ottering his serviagainst the Third party man. Black 1 accept Livingston's oiler of help, and it likely that the two will make it lively nigh for Mr. Watson at home. ^ Young lams, the young Pennsylvania ^ itiaman, is arranging to get even with 1 loncl Streater for his inhuman conduct at mcstend. It will be remembered that en the news of Bergman's attempted assiiiation of Frick reached Homestead, ns proposed three cheers for Bergman, I Streater had lams hung up by the imbs, shaved oil' one side of his head, and ivc him out of camp. lams has had eater arrested and the latter has been rered to give $2,.r)00 bond for his appcar:e. Oflicers of the Amalgamated Associan have sworn out warrants against Frick 1 others connected with the Carnegie npany, charging them with murder to set the charge against Hugh O'Donnell, igh Boss and other Almagamated Associan men. The outcome of the proceedings 1 be interesting. - Congressman Tom Watson, of Georgia, ? in trouble. It is on account of the Peo\s party campaign book, of which he is : author. In the book he makes a statelit which, in effect, charges that thedrunkmcmbcrs of congress have reeled and ggercd through the aisles of the house, 1 drunken speakers debating grave linesis, have been heard to ask "Mr. Speaker, ere am I at." The publication of these irges aroused great indignation among all members of the body, and a committee % s appointed about ten days ago to invesitc the matter. The committee reports t while the charges may be true as to a ' members, they are altogether mi warded and libelous as applied to the whole ise. There was serious talk of expelling itson on account of his utterances, but it s feared that such action would put him 4 [lie line of a martyr, and the committee islied itself by expressing its unqualified idemnation of his charges. ikatii ofCaitajx I. X. With Kits.?A teliini received by Mr. 1.1.. Withers, the eashof the Farmers' and Mechanics' Ihuik of s city, yesterday afternoon, conveyed him sad intelligence that his father, Captain _ \. Withers, had died at his home in Fair- ^ d, at Wiiuislmro, at .'5 p. m. Itwasqiiitea w to Mr. Withers, although his father had 'ii ill lor about a year, lie went to Wimis o on the evening train. Captain Withers s one of Winnshoro's most highly respect citizens. If?? was a brother of Judge tilers, both natives of York. He served the war until lie was wounded and then nine an enrolling ollicor. lie was edueaI at the South Carolina college, lie mari] a Fail liehl huly. a .Miss Caldwell. After war, lie until 1X"<!. he was engaged in rchaiidising. He was county auditor m IS77 to 1SSS. Since then he has been piged in insurance, lie was about sixty irs of age. and leaves a wife and several ^ iwii children. The funeral services will c jilacc at the Presbyterian church at iinsboro today.?The State, Friday.