Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 27, 1894, Image 2
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1894. J
? ? Even Senator Sherman admits that the (
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income lax is u mir uimjusi mwiv ui
revenue; but argues that "it is not wise now,
as there is no necessity for it." In arguing
no necessity, we presume the senator means
that sufficient revenue is already being raised
from other sources; but there is no sense in
that view. The necessity for the income tax
lies in its justice. If sufficient revenue is
being raised from other sources, it is high
time that the burden be somewhat lightened j
elsewhere, and incomes be made to pay their )
just proportion. Under present conditions
in this country, we actually believe the failure
of congress to levy a tax on incomes is a <
violation of the constitution by omission. I
? The Hatch anti-option bill, to prevent I
the trading in the various farm products ]
for future delivery, passed the house last 1
Friday by a vote of ISO to 87. The yeas <
included 93 Democrats, 47 Republicans and ]
10 Populists; aud the nays, G1 Democrats, 1
26 Republicans and no Populists. The bill i
is yet to be considered by the senate. <
Whether or not the bill is a wise one, we 1
confess we are unable to say. In the first i
place, we have an idea that on account of i
the numerous ways by which it can be 1
evaded, its enforcement will be practically s
impossible; but even if enforced, as to 1
whether or not it will benefit producers in 1
whose interest it is intended, is a matter <
that can only be determined by a thorough j
practical test. 1
? In discussing the anti-option bill the
other day, Honest Joe Sibley shifted off on
the money question generally and proceeded <
to blister the back of Harter, the well-known i
Ohio goldbug. Among other things, Mr. (
Sibley said: "Rather than choose between <
the financial vagaries which various Ohio t
people have indulged in, I would take to <
the woods. As between the Arctic contract- i
ing policies of Sherman and Harter, and the <
tropical richness of Coxey's schemes, I pre- y
fer the common sense average temperate ]
zone of finance. The difference between ?
Harter and Coxey seems to be that Coxey 1
came to Washington and was elected to serve t
20 days in jail; while Harter was elected to t
come to Washington to serve two years in s
congress. Which one serves his country t
best God knows; I don't." i
? Like Governor Tillman, just why Sena- r_
ator Butler wants a separate senatorial box ^
introduced at the primaries, we do not quite r
understand. If Governor Tillman enn carry ?
the election of the representatives, it certain- :
ly seems that he can get a majority of votes ^
in the separate box; and as Charleston, Sum- (
ter, Richland, and probably one or two other ;
counties which may be counted for Butler i
can have no influence beyond the instruction ?
of their own representatives, there can be no t
objection in that quarter. Upon the whole, t
we rather think Senator Butler's proposition >
is a good idea and would like to see Governor (
Tillman join in with a request to the ex- j
ecutive committee for its adoption. Under l
the present plan, the main issue iu the legis- t
lative race will be whether the candidate is j
for Butler or Tillman. However enthuastic ?
the candidate may be for either either one ,
of the bigger bugs, it will certainly not g
be very elevating to his pride to ask for votes t
on such an issue. Therefore, it strikes us (
that it would be much better for all concern- {
ed to separate the senatorial from the legis- j
tive race and let every individual ruu on his ?;
own merits. ,
? If the big incomes at the North were the (
result of downright hard work, and the |
business through which they have been ac- j
cumulated had all along been paying their
just proportion of the taxes, we would be
unwilling to assert the justice of an in- t
come tax. But, in our opinion, and the t
opinion is sustained by the facts, nineteen- ?
twentieths of the big fortunes of the North-1 ]
east, are the direct result of an unjust h
system of protection ; and it is only iu the |
fewest number of cases that their owners 1
have ever given value received in their ac- I
cumulation. Though their fortunes may t
have been acquired in accordance with the1 <
law, it is doubtful if they were acquired iu ;.
accordance with the principles of justice, jt
The law being on the side of the owners of i
these big fortunes, of course it is imprnctica- I
ble to dispossess them even of what is not
rightfully theirs; but as they have a great i
deal to protect, and the cost of protecting it i
is considerable, we think that the levy of an
income tax is only just, in order that they
might be made to pay their share. Of course i
there are numerous other good and just j i
reasons for the levy of an income tax, but to I
us this seems sufficient.
? When Governor Tillman first became a
caudidate he called the citadel academy a I,
"dude factory." At the time neither Candl- j |
date Tillman nor the general public knew a
great deal about the institution, and as there |
was a great deal of prejudice against it, the j,
thoughtless slur struck a popular chord.
Later, when as an ex-officio member of the
board of visitor's Governor Tillman visited
the citadel, and, with his usual care, made
a searching examination into its work, he
made a frank, open public confession someIM.n
fliio . t(T niwin tIn? incfitu.
t Li 11J ^ JICVC^ 111IO . a v.ivv v??>*vv? ....
tion a dude factory. I did not know anything
about it then. Now that I have seen
the thoroughness with which it does its
work, and better understand its scope, all
I have to say is that if it is a dude factory,
the dudes it turns out are of the highest
order of South Carolina manhood." From
that day Governor Tillman's opposition to
the citadel ceased, and most thinking people
who understand the situation, agree with
him most cordially. The citadel educates
free, quadrennially, two young men from
each county, who would be unable to even
pay their tuition at Cleinson. The education,
as far as it goes, is most thorough and of the
highest order. In return for their gratui- j
tous education, the graduates are required
to teacli for two years in the public schools of
the State, and in the long run the taxpayers
realize on their investment profits
which more than doubly warrant the comparatively
small outlay that is necessary to
maintain the school.
? Richard Croker, the Tammany boss of
New Vork, has gone to Furope for the bene-!1
fit. r\f his health. It is now ircnerallv coil
ceded that \V. C. I'. Breckinridge, of breach
of promise scandal fame, will never again
represent his Kentucky district in congress. |
For years, Croker has been the political boss
of New York city, and has successfully resisted
the numerous onslaughts of all the
various political machines that have been
orgatiized against him. Breckinridge was;
one of the ablest representatives from the
South, and in brilliant intellect probably |
towers high above any political opponent in
his district. The moral character of both
Breckinridge and Croker is rotten. Among
politicians, this circumstances was of no im- j
portance. Dr. 1'arkhurst, of New York,
attacked the corruption of Croker and Tammany,
and was aided by the women. The
women of the country attacked the morality
of Breckinridge, and were aided by the 1
preachers. As politicians generally, the j
women and preachers don't amount 'to a t
great deal; because, as a rule, they do not t
pay any attention to polities. But when a s
moral question is involved, as in both of the j t
cases just mentioned, and the women and a
preachers become aroused, they will prevail c
against any power on earth that may stand
in their way. \
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? At Colorado Springs, Colo., last Friday c
night, a mob went to the hotel of Adjutant r
Ueneral Tarnsey, of the State national guard, s
Forced him to submission at the muzzles of c
- r\C Mi^nli'bpc tnnh liiin nilt of|
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:o\vn and administered a coat of tar and 3
feathers. The outrage is the result of feel- e
ngs aroused against the adjutant general a
on account of his firm stand at the back of t
Governor "NVaite, during the recent diflicul- c
:ies at Cripple Creek. Governor Waite is
very much excited over the outrage, and has ,a
offered a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and t
conviction of any of the participants. (Jen- j
cral Tarnsey is said to be a man of wonder- j
Ful nerve and courage, and is cordially hated t
oy the opposite political faction in the State, t
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Ex-Postmaster General James has been
Jiscussing Republican presidential possibilities
for 1890. He says that McKinley's name <]
s "Dennis." The connection of his name with 1
the outrageously high protective tarifiTduties, n
has made him so odious that his nomination *
n
would inevitably drive hundreds of thousands j,
of voters into the Democratic and Populist v
parties. Harrison has been so weakened in t
the Northwest by his Eastern financial pol- t
icy, that to give him the nomination would be ^
suicidal. Senator Allison, ofOhio, has been in
training so long as to wear all the freshness ^
off his boom. Tom Reed wants to be pres- j,
ident, but it is not the sentiment of the party 11
that he would fill Cleveland's chair with near I
;o much satisfaction as he does the czar act in 1
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the house of representatives. Taken all in ~
ill, thinks General James, Robert Todd Lin- c
coin, son of the late president, and formerly j,
secretary of war and minister to England, t
will be the most probable, and the strongest, "
candidate for the presidency in 1S9G. d
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? General Clement A. Evans has withIrawn
from the race for the Democratic nomnation
for governor of Georgia, in favor of his c
opponent, Hon. W. Y. Atkinson. The two t
candidates had been canvassing tbe State for C
ibout three months, and two-thirds of the F
counties had elected delegates to the norai- ?
lating convention. Atkinson has a majority ^
)f the delegates elected up to date; but as n
,'et not enough to give him the nomination,
Realizing, however, that success was impos- 0
;ible, Evans, on last Saturday, published a
etter to the Democracy of the State with- .
Imwin<r frnm the race and urtrinsr his friends .
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o at once transfer their allegiance to Atkin- ^
ion. His letter was clearly in the interest n
>f good feeling in the party, and his action, J
is well as the sentiments expressed under )
he circumstances, were most commendable. 11
There is also quite a lesson in the incident,
vhich may be studied with profit by the c
lewspapers. Every big daily in Georgia, d
ind a large majority of the county weeklies, h
vere for Evans. From day to day and 11
veek to week, they blistered Atkinson until
>utsiders were ready to believe that he j
vould be a dishonor even to the chain gang. v
'sow, since Evans has withdrawn, they are a
ill taking it back and booming Atkinson as o
he model Georgia statesman of the genera- ^
ion. The lesson to the press is this: *'
Newspapers should be printed in the interest ^
if the people?and not individuals; and po- (j
itical issues should he made up of measures;
lot men. All the people want is facts; not I
nere opinion or whitewash. (Jive them the ' j.
acts and they will arrive at opinions themselves.
Indeed, under the circumstances, c
,ve are glad to see the press receive just
such a rebuke as has been administered at 11
he hands of the people of Georgia. The Jj
Georgia editors were interfering with a mater
that was none of their business, and got j a
ust what they deserved; the worst of it. (
They cannot even claim that their course s
,vas a matter of principle. If they should
ittempt to do so, they would be at a loss to c
jxplain why they have transferred their al- '
egiance to Atkinson. j v
BUTLER AND TILLMAN. b
The race between Butler and Tilman for j b
.lie United States senate is the all absorbing ; t
opie up to the present time. In one re-j
ipect at least, the race is peculiar. No itn-;
tortant issues are introduced. It is clearly j
i question of men ; not measures. j 3
Butler claims, and his claim is sustained 3
>y the record, that he has always stood up I for
and advocated most of the demands of l1
;he Farmers' Alliance, and was the champion *
of many of the demands even before the j \
Alliance was heard of. Further, he protests ' (
that if the people turn him out of the senate, >
it will only be because he did his duty?what 11
they wanted him to do. ; %
Tillman's claims to election to the senate a
ure not based on any alleged shortcomings
on the part of Senator Butler. He thinks
he should be sent to the senate as a reward 1
for services already rendered, and promises,
if elected, to continue to work as faithfully
in the future as in the past.
Among the charges that Tillman makes s
against Butler, arc failure to take the stump c
against the Haskell movement of 18tK); fail- ^
lire to oppose in the senate the confirmation 1
of Judge Simonton's appointment as I'nited 1
States judge ; loss of elbow touch with the;
people by reason of long residence in Wash- s
ington ; the use of a corruption fund raised , s
somewhere for the purpose of keeping Till- t
man out of the senate.
Butler charges Tillman with having ere- *
ated the dispensary as a corrupt machine in- j
tended to promote his chances for the senate; j)
with mat-administration of affairs generally,!
and especially with spending too much moil- i
ey in necessary and unnecessary litigation;
with unwarranted general abuse of anything J
and everything : with corruption, cowardice,
blackguardism: failure to go to the war, ,
etc. | \
The charges and countercharges seem to *
be about as well sustained on the one side 1
as the other: hut probably on neither side.
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sufficiently to change a single one of the
others', votes. The canvass has merely partaken
of the nature of a political circus, and I
its character will probably not be changed 1
during its continuance. Tillman will probably
be elected. In fact we have no doubt of j
it. It will be because he has the most (
friends. That is the only reason why Butler I
will be defeated. Of course there is a wonderful
difference in the men. Both have
their merits and demerits; hut under all the
circumstances, in our opinion, it will make
practically no difference whatever to South
Carolina which goes to the senate.
PRESIDENT CAR NOT ASSASSINATED.
Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, president of
France, was assassinated at Lyons, last Sunday
night, by a young Italian named Cesare
(iiovanni Santo.
President Carnof was visiting Lyons on i
account of an international exhibition there.
At o'clock on Sunday night, he started
to the theatre to attend a gala performance
in honor of his presence in the city. The
streets were lined with enthusiastic crowds, >
and as his landau proceeded slowly along, a
man suddenly darted from the sidewalk, _
and mounting the step of the vehicle, struck
the president in the abdomen with a dagger.!
The man was preparing to strike again, out i
was knocked down by M. Kivand, perfect of i
Lyons, who was sitting just behind the pies- >
ident. After he was stabbed, President Car- j
not sank haek nneonseious in the landau.
As soon as the populace realized the fact (
that the awful deed was committed, they f
raised the cry of death to the assassin. |;
fhousands of people crowded after the |
oung Italian, and the police had a long and
lesperate light to keep the fellow from being
orn to pieces. At length, a body of eniras-1 iers,
with drawn swords, forced their way to } "
he centre of the mob, and forming a cordon
ironnd the policemen, moved oil to a place j
>f safety with the prisoner. j i
When it became known that the assassin
vas an Italian, the mob raised the cry of i
'out with all foreigners!" The cafes of sev-1
ral Italians were destroyed and there wasa:
ush for the Italian consulate, that was only It
topped by the intervention of a large body '
if troops. | v
President Carnot died at 12.4") o'cloek on j j?
iloiulav morning. At last accounts, terrilic j c
xcitemcnt prevailed throughout France, but f(
is the government has taken control of all L,
he telegraph lines, but little news could be j e
ibtaincd. " j tl
The assassin is about 20 or 2~> years of v
ige. .lie refuses to say why he committed e
he deed, until brought before the tribunal of ]
ustice. He is supposed, however, to be an h,
Anarchist, and there is no reason to doubt s
hat his crime is the work of that organiza- n
ion. a
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MERE MENTION.
Chevis Collins, a Cleveland county, X. C., t(
listiller and drunkard, wandered away from c
lis home near Grover, on the 23rd instant, I 0
md was afterward found dead in the woods, j e
t is thought that he died of delirium tre- L
ens. Vice-President Stephenson has L<
ssued certificates in the cases of the various t
vitnesses who refused to answer the quesions
of the sugar trust investigating commit-!
ee, and the recalcitrant witnesses are to be !
riminally prosecuted. The New York |a
lanks have decided to come to the relief of v
he treasury department in the matter of v
;old exportations, and replace whatever y
;old may be exported. Just what this ^
neans is rather difficult to arrive at. '}
failures during the past week were 214 in
he United States against 273 last year, and P
Tt in Canada, against 14 last year. P
2rastus Winan. of New York, confidential
lerk to K. (J. Dun, was convicted of forgery *
a the second degree last week and sen-; ^
enced to the penitentiary for live years.!"
A lawyer named Wright got into a !
ifficulty with a merchant named Dent, in j
'rawford county, Ga., last Thursday. They i P
jught with a knife and pitchfork, and both | v
rere fatally wounded. Three men and v
boy were burned to death in an Alabama |
oal mine last Wednesday by a fire supposed j
o have been started by strikers. The j
'alifornia Republicans have inserted in their i Si
latform a plank calling for the free coinage ; ^
f silver at the ratio of 10 to 1. The|v
'hicago board of trade has passed a resolu-'
ion endorsing the Cotton States and Inter-1 c
ational exposition to be held in Atlanta. ?
By a census just completed, the city j ^
f Chattanooga, Tennessee, shows a popula- v
ion of 4(i,353, a decrease of3,42G since 1S92. j f1
The national convention of the Amer- j11
. an Railway union has refused to amend its {1
onstitution so as to admit Negroes to tnemership.
The boiler of an SO ton "
lountain climber, on the Marietta and
?*orth Georgia railroad, exploded last (
Wednesday, killing the fireman and fatully w
ljuring a brakeman. Fourteen people "
-seven men and seven women?committed
uicide in New York last Wednesday. Thc[c
auso, in most cases, was either financial |Si
ifficultics or domestic troubles. Both j a
ouses of congress adjourned last Monday i v
l honor of President Carnot, who was asasinated
on Sunday night. The steam V
ug J. 1). Nieol, went down in New York *'
arbor, last Sunday. About fifty people "
fere drowned. China and Japan are jl
bout to get into a war over the ownership "
f Corea.-- - The Dutchess of York gave
irth to an heir prospective of the British j p:
hrone last Sunday. A woman named *
Irs. Haliday, convicted in Monticello, New v
"ork, of murder, has l)een sentenced to
eatli in I he electric chair.
HOCK HILL ilAlTEMNUS. it
li
Imitation Shooting Scrape?riKli'ruroiiiid Stream (j
Discovered?l'vrsonal Mention,
onespoiuleiicc of The York ville Enquirer. I jj
Rock Hill, June 25.?An exciting shoot- \ p
ig affair occurred on the plantation of Mrs. (j
'owau, about two miles from here, last
"uesday. A number of Negroes were quar- v
cling among themselves. Messrs. W. N. f(
nd R. H. Cowan went to stop the fuss. j\
)ne of the Negroes answered with a pistol a
hot and another threw an axe. The Cowan a
rothers returned the fire, when the fusiladc 0
eased. It developed that a Negro child was ^
hot in the leg, and John (fist, a Negro crop- (j
er was painfully, though not dangerously, p
rounded in the head. 1 ^
C^uite a bold, underground stream has L.
ecu discovered near the Industrial school i f(
uildiiiir. The water is very cool and is said
o be almost "chemically pure." ' h
The city council has been doing some t,
ood work 011 Johnson street recently. The j y
inprovement is easily noticeable. j f,
Mr. 10(1 Reed is home from Charlotte.
Ir. George White is able to be up again. I j,
-Iiss Willie Hell Reid is at Rich burg. Miss j,
Ceilson, who has charge of the music de-1 s,
lartment in the graded school, has returned i ^
o her home in Mississippi. Miss lOidic M
itrauss, of Maysville, is the guest of Mrs. h,
i. 1'reidheim. 31 iss Carrie and Master} j.
Jeorge Harmon, are at Richburg. Mr. and j (j
Irs. J. R. Johnson have gone to Blowing L
tock. Miss Annie l'ride is visiting in Green-1IX
illc. Rev. V. I. Masters has returned from ,]
visit to Greenville and Anderson. if,
1MITS FK03I TlfiTllAKK CORNER.
'Im? l-'irsl Season Siaeo the 11th of May -lVr- j *
sonal Mention?Work at I.oekhart Shoals. |
orres|)oiutenee of the Vorkvillc Kininirer.
Cotton, June ?We had a nice little ^
ain yesterday ; about the best we have had
ince the lltli of May. The prospects for a '
:rop in The Corner at this time are very i ^
doomy. Even with favorable seasons from *
iow 011, the yield of upland corn will not lie |
norc than half of an average. Cotton is not
loing well anywhere.
Rev. J. B. Swan 11 preached at Cabal 1
chool house yesterday to quite a respectable
ized congregation, drawn from York, ('lies- '
er and Cnion counties.
Miss Jerusha Mitchell, of White Oak, is
caching a private school at Cotton. i
Miss Mary Osborne, who has been teach-j
ng at Clinton, and Miss Eunice Robbs, who }j
las been teaching at Clifton, are at home, j
Mr. John Jamieson, of Gaflhey City, is visting
his father and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCarlev had the sad ;
nisfortunc, on Tuesday, the loth, to lose 1'
heir little son Church, ng< d about (i inonths.! ^
A nninher of statements have been made J.
luring the past few weeks to the elfeet that
vork had eoinineneed at l.ockhart Shoals. ^
*o far. this has been a mistake. Work was ij
lot eommeneed until last Monday, when a j
bree of N"> hands began operations under the
aiperintendcney of Mr. Curry. Yaw j
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Tut: l'l.aisi'k in China.?Over lit),()()()pco- 0
lie have died in Canton. China, during the s
?ast two months, and the death rate in :1
Hung Kong has begun to ligure up some- i'
hing like 1,000 a day. This terrible mor- i c
ality is the result of a plague, resembling in 11
haraeter that whieh decimated the city of *
London in 1 (>(!">. 111
The doctors have ;i theory that the J1
ilague is entirely due to tilth and eating
ats. Canton is one of the. lilthiesl cities in *
lie world. All its sewers are more or less!
ipen. They are inhabited by millions of 1
ats, whieh are esteemed by the Cantonese s
is a most substantial article of food. Since j'
April there has been an unbroken drought. J
In the absence of their usual natural washng
out, the tilth in the sewers began to ^
iccuinulate and develop the most horrible j'
onus of filthy life. As tlie first evidence of '
his came hundreds of thousands of dying ^
ats, crawling out in different parts of the j
ity. There is no doubt that the disease '
,vas coininunicated to the people through
ailing the rats, because up to date not a,
single non rat-eating Kuropean has died of!'1
1... ,.1........ Tin. milv lw,mi 111 ? 11 ttciinil itlfi I V
,UV- * I.V, W.I.J . V|
cople have for relief, is in the breaking of 0
lie drought. They expert that when the 11
vater washes away the tilth, the poison will *1
lisappear.
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l\ill?*?l l>y I.iiclilninn. I t
?' On Monday afternoon of last week, a ' v
>rief thunder storm passed over the l'ranch- li
,'ille neighborhood. Mrs. Fannie Metts, ii
vile ofCieorgc Metts, a well-to-do farmer liv-; f
ng about a mile from town, was struck by | v
ightning and instantly killed. She was o
rossing the yard when stricken down, the fi
urrcnt horning her hair and blackening her; I
ace. The lady was about -lo years of age, '1
mil leaves a large family of children. I v
THI1 mTBJAMPAIGN.
Wliat the Candidates Have Beei
Saying During the Week.
"f" i"TPii . m'T f rivn v ID/U MIHT
iiii.iwr niiim til ; ih i i/i i i tin .tiiMi.nrj.il
'illmnii Still in the Goad for the Kciiatcnm
the Knee for Governor Apparently
llrlworn Mvans anil Kllerbo.
ondonsrd fnttnl In* Haily puprrs.
"There will lie bloodshed before it is ove
nth." That is a very common opinion tha
5 being expressed with regard to the Stall
ampaign now in progress. During the firs
Dttr meetings, it seemed as ifthere was somi
round for such a conclusion. Now, how
ver, it is pretty clear that there will bi
lOthing of the kind. At least if there is, i
rill not be on account of anything that cith
r Butler or Tillman may say to each other
loth understand the matter thoroughly am
aok upon it merely as a war of words. In
lead of resenting as personal insults tin
lany hard insinuations that are being flunj
bout, both are disposed to quietly await thei:
pportunities, and upon occasion each hurl:
ack at the other charges and epithets in
ended to make things even. People in tin
rowd may get excited over the statement!
f the office-seekers on the stand, and tin
xcitement may result in a big row it
f'hich innocent blood may be shed ; but ii
his, it is not likely that the candidates 01
he stand will play any prominent part.
AT CHESTER.
The crowd at Chester was composed o
bout "i00 people, including quite a nutnbei
, ho came from other counties by rail. Somt
ery bitter things were said during the day
lit there was but little real excitement
'he Chester people generally kept quiet
ml what noise there was at all, was made
)r the most part, by outsiders who are sup
osed to have been on hand for that special
u r pose.
Governor Tillman was the first speaker
le went over about the same ground as al
'orkville, and was received with a greal
eal of enthusiasm. Among other things
e said that he was going to take with hitr
d Washington a pitchfork with which tc
rod Cleveland; Cleveland, he said, did nol
,'ant him to be elected, and for that reasor
as doing everything in his power to securt
lie election of Butleiv
Governor Tillman was followed by Sena
3i- Butler. Senator Butler started out bj
trying that at Yorkville, on the day before
fovernor Tillman had insinuated that then
as a Wall street corruption fund intendec
3 buy the senatorship. "I say in reply,'
ontinued Senator Butler, "that he, or anj
ther man who says so, is an infamous liar.'
'lie effect produced by these burning word;
as surprising, in that there was no (lis
urbance whatever. Governor Tillman sal
nmovable, and the crowd kept perfectlj
uiet. Continuing, General Butler said
Governor Tillman may go to the senate
lit he shall not go there slandering me.'
alter, Senator Butler said that at Yorkville
lovernor Tillman insulted Bunch McBee'i
rife in referring to her alleged threat t(
;ave her husband on account of Tillmai
aving slept in his private car. Next, Gen
rnl Butler referred to the dispensary, am
lid the published reports showed a diserep
ney of $19,000. He wanted to know
diether or not any of this money had stuck
3 the hands of Governor Tillman, to be usee
i buying his way to the senate. In conclu
on, he claimed to have ploughed twenty
arrows to the governor's one, and tliei
gain pressed his proposition for a separate
ox at the primaries.
The various other candidates made speech
son about the same line as at Yorkville
'here were no special incidents connected
ith them, however, worthy of mention.
AT LANTASTIC!!.
In view of General Butler's bitter charges
nd insinuations at Chester on Wednesday
; was expected that there would be some
vely times at Lancaster on Monday. The
ay, sure enough, was a very exciting one
lit though Governor Tillman sent back te
iutler, as bad, or even worse, than Senatoi
lutler had thrown at him, there was ih
isturbance.
At Lancaster, the order of the speaking
as the same as at Yorkville, the candidate;
31- the various State officers speaking first
ls usual, however, the crowd paid but little
ttcntion to the State candidates. Butlei
nd Tillman were clearly the main centei
f interest, and it was more especially foi
ticm that the crowd awaited. The l'rohibi
on chairman complained to John Garj
Ivans that none of the various oflicials were
ryingto enforce the dispensary law. "Then,'
aid Evans, "these officials are guilty of inal
>asance in office, and I believe that if yot
nil the attention of Governor Tillman to it
e will fearlessly chop oil' the head of tin
rial justice, as he has always done, audi
ou swear out a warrant, I will push the cast
ce of charge."
Dr. Strait made a speech in which In
itterly attacked Butler for refusing to giv<
im a certificate of Democracy. As there
ult of some of the doctor's expressions, Ton
cott, an old army scout from Fdgefield
rho is traveling around with Butler, wantet
3 know if Dr. Strait intended to call Scnatoi
hitler a scoundrel. Butler made Scott si
own, and Strait, said that nobody but i
oward and sneak would try to make troubh
t such a place, where there was so mucl
anger of spilling innocent blood. Jle of
jrcd, however, that if Scott wanted a difli
nlty, he would go with him to the woods
there the matter could be settled bctweei
hemselves.
Senator Finley made a quiet, dispassion
te speech, in which he said emphatically tha
ie did not endorse the blacklisting of Dr
it rait. lie stated his platform as already
tated at Yorkvilleaiul Chester, and review
(1 his course in the senate, as a Farmers
Iovement man who voted for every plan!
f the platform ; but who refused to vote fo
lany of the pet schemes that had been intro
need and pushed through merely to promoti
he political interests of certain individuals
Ie paid his respects at length to pensions, am
tated that it was high time that the peopl
fthc South were beginning the fight t<
rin. To do this it is necessary to send rep
esentatives who, in the first place, under
tood the situation, and who in the secom
ilucc, are best capable of making a winninj
iglit.
<.xi.it.llutli.r tf.u rn/inivml vvilll heai'tl
ppluusc. He started out by saying lie di<
ot feel a stranger in Lancaster, for the rea
on that many people of that section hat
ode with hiui through the war. Then, afte
number of personal allusions to himself, hi
eferred to Dr. Strait and .John (iary Evan;
s Tillman's lieutenants, who were under in
tructions to do what they could to.stall him
\> say the least of Strait's actions, he sail
hat at Lancaster it was a violation of bos
dtality, and as for John (iary Evans, Sena
tor Duller said bis course was an indieatioi
f monumental cheek. Then Senator Butlc
tated that he did not intend to permit ant
sponsions on his private character, and re
icated his charges, or questions, with refer
nee to the alleged shortage in the account
f the dispensary. He also charged tha
here bad been numerous unnecessary ex
tenses for litigation during (Jovernor Till
nan's term of otliee, and referred particular
y to the phosphate matter and the. agrictil
ural hall case.
In reply, (Jovernor Tillman commence!
>y saying that he had nothing to say in an
wer to the indignities heaped upon him hi
ienator Duller at Chester. These indigui
ies, he said, were fouler and blacker than
lad been heaped against any man. "Am
oil took "em," interrupted Yaney Sherrard
. South Carolina drummer. "Yes I tool
inn," replied the governor, "because I an
jovernor of the State and cannot all'ord t<
irecipitate a row at a public gathering am
lave our people murder each other liki
logs: but you cowardly hound, if you desin
o meet me out in the woods near here, I wil
ccommodatc you with all that you inaj
rant to take." This caused eonsiderabh
onfusion. Sherrard made some remarl
hat the reporters failed to hear, and finally
[tiiet was restored.
Continuing, (Jovernor Tillman said : "Sen
tor Hut lor pretends that I made an iinputa
ion on his character. The alleged instil
ras at Hock Hill, when 1 said that S00 met
ind been hauled there to hurrah for him. I
ndicalod that somebody had a corruptioi
liikI for distribution : but whether or not i
ras him I did not know. There is cvidenci
f such a fund, and as to who is responsibh
ir it, I leave to Senator Butler to explain
lenceforth I shall call liiui 'Coxey Butler.'J
' 4 ns* 'I ? - - 1 * 1
nt'ii * lovcrnor J 111111:111 uiriiuu arouiui am
rent 011 to say : "We Kilgeficlil men havi
I too much pride to talk l>y bullyrags. I
thought until yesterday, when the general
; disgraced himself by calling the governor si'
| coward and a braggart, and a thief by indii
rection, that he, too, had too much State
pride for such. I was mistaken ; for he outdoes
in muendoes, if such a thing is possible.!
I said I had a bitter tongue, and he said he
had one as bitter: but when he put it out it
' | only stank from the foul words.
| John Dunnovaut, of Chester, tried to get
1; 011 the stand for some reason, just after the j
{governor had referred to the howling crowd (
j at Chester as "puppies." The crowd, liowevj
er, went for him, and after a considerable lit-1
tie scullle he was finally taken away.
Hunch McHcc was on the stand, probably j
on account of the statement of (Jeneral Hut-1
1 I rPi 11 ?n n tt ll.wl '
; id (it v ut'ou l 111(41 lilMVlilWi i iiiiiuiii hum ,
t: insulted Mrs. McBee at Yorkville. Govern-;
2 or Tillman repeated what lie had said, and
. j turning to Mr. McBee, asked if it contained
Janything offensive. In reply, McBee said:
"I want you to understand one thing, (Jov|
ernor Tillman, and that is, you've got to
'.keep Mrs. McBee's name out of this cam-!
. pnign." "Very well," replied Governor
1 j Tillman ; "hut I have something to say to
. you," and then the governor proceeded to j
j! lay it on to McHee for hauling the "Coxey'
i itos" to Rock Hill. (Jovernor Tillman then j
' j explained the discrepancy in the dispensa- j
r ry figures and attributed the apparent short-'
3 age of $19,000 to an error of the printers, j
-1 proving his statement by reference to the j
; j same book from which General Butler had
3; quoted. Upon the conclusion of his speech, |
j Governor Tillman took a hand primary.!
i j The result was about the same as at York- j
i ville; two-thirds of the audience voting for
i Tillman and the remainder not voting.
AT CAMDKX.
The meeting at Camden on Friday was
fj more orderly than either of those at Chester
: or Lancaster. Mr. Finlcy was the first speak-,
i j er. He showed the evils and injustie ofi
, i national legislation in fixing upon the conn- ]
. | try a tariff tax in the interest of only "> per j
, cent, of the people, and made a point against i
, I)r. Strait for admitting that he and the!
- other South Carolina congressmen remained
1 away from the house on Friday nights in or- i
der to break a quorum, leaving only Talbert J
. on guard. If I should goto congress, said
t Mr. Finley, I would be there on Friday nights
t the same as at all other times, and would con-;
, stantly raise my voice in protest against the
i granting of any more of the 000,000 applica-j
) tions for pensions still on file,
t Congressman Strait said that he did not
i yield an inch to the legalized band of robbers
i who stand at Washington with whips in their
hands. It is a very big man, he said, who !
- can get a dozen listeners on the floor of the
r house, and as to introducing bills, it is only {
I unph ?? tlip committees mav esneciftllv favor
> j v
> that are ever reported. He said lie would not
1 [get up to speak and let Tom Reed swallow
' him whole and then throw him out 011 a'
r hoard to dry. The only way to defeat bad ;
' legislation, he said, was to break a quorum, j
3 Governor Tillman was the next speaker.'
- He consumed only about fifteen minutes, j
t Among other things, he said he was perfectly
' willing to conduct the campaign upon the I
: high plane of public issues. He was willing,1
, however, to meet General Butler in anyway !
' the senator desired. He urged the ]>eople ;
, not to vote for any man for the legislature j
3 unless* he was almost willing to swear that!
) he would vote for Tillman for the senate, and,!
1 in conclusion, said, "I now turn you over to I
- j the tender mercies of General Coxey Butler, j
1 who is a good speaker and an eloquent man,!
- who wants to be re-elected."
' General Butler denied responsibility for
: the personalities, saying that he would never |
1 have gone into anything of the kind had not j
- Governor Tillman set the pace. He inr
dulged in personalities concerning myself, j
I said Senator Butler, which I denounced j
i as untrue and which I still say were false.
Continuing, Gen. Butler said : "He calls me j
rCoxey Butler.' I have been called a great!
. I many hard names. The Radicals used to i
II call me 'Hamburg Butlerbut let me say to '
. Governor Tillman that my adherents came 1
j from among my own countrymen, and that I 1
; | don't send to Texas and make the taxpayers
( pay SlnO a month to guard me. I think
. that with all propriety we might call the
> governor 'Newbold' Tillman. Gen. Butler
: said that Tillman's talk about being assassi)
nated was all bosh. He also said that he
was not at all satisfied with the governor's
> explanation of the dispensary shortage, and
said that according to the figures of an cxr
pert hook-keeper, the shortage was not less
1 than *100,000. Before he concluded, somebody
wanted General Butler to take a hand
? primary ; hut he refused, stating that he did
r not intend to follow the methods that were
i- formerly used by the Radicals and Negroes.
The candidates for State oflices spoke last.
. j Nothing new, however, was developed in !
j any of their speeches.
; AT sr.MTKII.
The meeting at Sumter on Saturday was |
j attended by about 1,000 people, including j
about 200 Negroes, and passed oil' quietly 1
with the exception of one exciting little in- j
f cident caused by another fool wanting to
j fight Tillman.
The candidates for the lesser State offices ;
2 j spoke first. John (Jury Kvans led thegul>-|
. I nrtinfm-inl candidates, and was received with
. I much applause, lie accused Kllerbe of
i being threatened with political leprosy, in
,; that lie was becoming a chronic oHiec-seckcr.
1 This sally caused considerable laughter,
r1 Secretary Tindall was the next speaker,
t j lie made his usual mild, conservative, welli'
worded speech, urging harmony among the
3 white people of the State,
j! General Kllerbe pounced down on his)
: friend and cousin, Kvans, with both feet, j
.! Those who live in glass houses, said Kllerbe, >
y must not throw stones. Kvans has held ofi
lice for two years longer than I, and on the
i basis of his argument, lie could not even
. I vote for Governor Tillman for the senate,
t! Kvans, he continued, had voted against Till;
man in 1SSS for membership on the board of
agriculture. This was three years after
. Tillman commenced his work of reform, and
' it was a long time even after that before
c! Kvans saw which way the cat was going to
r Ijump, and came down oil' the fence. Some.
body in the crowd, said, "If you will give
i? [ us Keformers a chance to vote in the primai
ry, we will beat Kvans sure.'' In reply, Kl1
j lerbe said: "I want it distinctfully undere
i stood that I am not a compromise candidate. |
} I have been on the Kcform platform from the
. beginning, and there I propose to remain."
Cal Caughman and Dr. Stokes made
lj speeches in support of their candidacy for
r ( congress. Congressman I/.lar was not present,
but announced his candidacy by letter,
i. Senator I*ntier preceded Governor Till|
man, and commenced speaking at about 2
. I o'clock. He said this was his sixth speech i
1 during the week, and the effort was telling
r ' on his voice ; therefore, he would be brief.
2 His speech throughout was an argument for
s peace and harmony. He did not see why
. anybody should be excited over what he and i
Tillman bad to say to each other. Kaeli day,
1 whichever had the reply, severely larruped
. the other, and that was all there was in it.
. I He was listened to respectfully and greeted
! ' with frequent bursts of applause.
1.1 When (iovenor Tillman's turn came, lie
1 * .... I
. j laid 11 oil 10 miner wun uuu.-muu
. repeating Sutler's diaries and insults one by i
. one, and in each case denying or answering
(J in kind. Wesley Villeneiivc, a fanner, began
( asking the governor about the free pass, asv.
j lum cows, etc. Tillman asked Villeneuvc if
. he was drunk. Villeneuvc invited Tdhnan to
. | come down and light him. Tillman replied
. ! that he did not care to keep .'5,001) people
waiting, while he went out to have a discus-1
] | sion with a single fool. Villeneuvc made a
rush for the stand, and was promptly seized
. by the crowd and carried away. The govern.
said that Newbold, the Texas detective,
j was at Rock Hill merely as a spectator, hav],
ing never before seen a South Carolina campaign
meeting. He was engaged in working
: | up a dispensary robbery ease at Chester, and !
j found the trip to Rock Hill convenient. At!
, the conclusion of his speech. Tillman took
1 - several hand primaries to test the sentiment
3 of the crowd in regard to the various charges
2 j made by Senator Rutler. In each case, Till- j
I man was sustained by a majority of the
. ' crowd, the Butleritcs refusing to vote.
L.' Sumter county has heretofore been
c against Tillman by a slight majority, and
: there is no reason to believe that there has
been any change. It is said, however, that
. the Conservatives are not disposed to take j
. j any interest in the candidacy of Senator'
( Rutler, and whether Tillman or Rutler rcp}
| resentatives will be elected, cannot be prci
dieted with any degree of certainty.
,1 I'll KSTKK Kl KI.D.
t Yesterday's meeting was held at Chester3
field court house. We had arrangements to .
j get the news by telegraph in case there were .
. any important or sensational developments.!
' j As our correspondent has not been heard
1 from, we presume that the day pasted oil'
31 about like the others.
s
LOCAL AFFAIRS. |y
1XDKX TO MOW AnVKIlTISKMKNTS.
S
Louis Uotli?Will furnish meals during thesunimer
term ofeourt at the usual price. *
If. A. D. Neely?Anuouueemeut as a eandi- 0
date for recommendation for nppniutmeut .
as county treasurer. '
W. II. McCorkle?Wants to he re-elected as u
judge of Probate for York county.
Sain M. Orist?Tells you of the merits of the "
Monarch bicycle. c
I.owry A Starr?Have received a fresh supply of
turnip seeds of dillerent varieties, which v
they oiler to sell in any quantity desired. 1
T. M. Dohson A Co.?Don't want you to forget
that this is gala week, and that they are [
wiu-1 iiij^ miuun in. |?i i\
Kennedy Bros. ?fc Barron?Are otlering straw u
hats at cut prices. Tliey also call your at- !
tcntion to their whitediiek, ln<lies''corsets, 0
the host quality of tea, tinware, etc. g
Ionian Brothers?Want to sell you some clothes I ?
which are new anil not out of style. Straw 11
hats of ililVerent styles at cut prices, and u
wish you to specially examine their line .
of light weight coats and vests. I 11
Ferguson Brothers?Have fresh confectionery, I
lemons, oranges, bananas and Magnolia
hams, and claim to he headquarters for i v
the best corn meal, freshly ground from o
York county-raised corn. ,
W. 11. Met'orkle, Probate Judge?(lives notice
that \V. B. Carroll has applied for letters i]
of administration on the estate of J. A. .
Carroll, deceased.
Mallard Brothers?Have tallow for side, and say j
that their restaurant will he supplied with .
the best eatables the market alfords during
court week. a
THK FIRST COTTON BROOMS. c
The first cotton blooms of the season are ;'
coming in. Since Monday Thk Knqi'IKKR|^
has received the following: ' ^
Two plucked from the fields of Mr. L. It.'
Williams, on the 21st. One plucked from r
the fields of Mr. W. L. Plexico, on the 25th. *
One plucked from the fields of Mr. W. K. 1
Good, on the 25th. One plucked from the '
fields of Mr. W. P. Wurlick, on the 23d.
The first bloom last year was sent in by Mr. 1
W. K. Good, having been plucked from the i c
field on the 23d of June. One plucked from Sl
the fields of Joseph 51. Whitesides on the j'
23d. One plucked from the fields of A. 11.
Croshv on the 23d. 1
1.1
'IIIII'V IV t VT Iffl
linn v? ;i.i i ix ni\/i j ui'. | ^
At a meeting of citizens held in the town | c
hall of Fort Mill, last Saturday, the follow-1 c
ing preamble and resolutions were adopted :' 'j
Whereas wo have noticed with much regret j
and sorrow that the two candidates for United j'
States senatorial honors are now conducting the li
canvass in a personal, hitter and caustic manner, j
which is calculated to do great harm to South |
Carolina, and benefitting neither candidate;
therefore, he it ^
Resolved, 1st. That such being the ease, we | a
think it would lie wise to discontinue the joint
canvass so far as the United States senators are j fconcerned.
By so doing it would prevent dis- j c
sensions among neighbors and friends, and !
would he adding to the general welfare of all1 c
concerned and perhaps prevent bloodshed. i r
2d. That a copy of these resolutions he sent to j
the chairman of the State Democratic commit- (
too, asking him to use ins influence in having j
the same carried out at once, and that a copy he
sent to Coventor Tillman and one he sent to s
General Butler, and also to The State and Regis- ]
tor, with a request to publish.
J. H. TiroRxwyi.T., Chairman. ^
Sami'ki. K. Wiiitk, Secretary. j,
IlAMSHUIl'S WILMINGTON" EXCURSION. *
Captain W. II. Rumseur, the prince of 1
excursionists, is advertising a delightful trip ^
to Wilmington, N. C., frotn July 24th to I July
27th, over the Carolina Central, Three
C's, and Chester it Lenoir railroads. The 1
starling point will he Marion, X. C., but ar- *
rangements have also hecn made to draw ,
the excursionists from all points along the |1
Three C's and Chester & Lenoir. From | 1
points itlong the Chester it Lenoir, excur-1'
sionists will take the regular northbound 1
passenger train on tho 24th, and strike the ?
Wilmington train at Lincolnton. The round 1
trip rates will he $0.20 from Chester, $5.40 '
from Yorkville, and $4.05 from (Sastonia. (
Blacksburg people will leave at 8 a. in., j
over the Three C's by way of Shelby, and 1
pay $4.45 for (he round trip. The train ""
from Lenoir will leave at 5.80 a. m., and get (
to Lincolnton at 10.10 a. m. In all eases ]
Domiioiiii irimrantm connections. 1
Vi.jri..!.. v,... ?.
The excursion will no doubt be a most de- 1
lightful one, and the fact that Captain Rain- '
seur is in charge, will insure its success. (
i
COLONEL A. COWARD. 3
Among the most honored guests of York- f
ville this week is her former citizen, Colonel
Asbury Coward. Colonel Coward labored in 1
this town for morothan 35 years. His work 1
was the noblest in which man has ever en- t
gaged?the instruction of the youth of the I
land in the practical affairs of life, and the t
development of the highest order of pure t
Christian citizenship. Of the many hundreds 1
of young men brought up under his instruc- 1
tion, dozens of them, now well on to middle 1
age, are scattered in every quarter of the <
State. Estimating their success and promi- 1
nence in life, as is entirely proper, 011 the 1
basis of Colonel Coward's training, it is safe t
to say that not another individual now living
has exercised a more powerful influence ! i
for good on the highest citizenship of South i
Carolina. Colonel Coward's influence for I
good in Yorkville cannot be elfaccd even by 1
the ravages of time. Therefore, all of our I
people appreciate him as an earnest, able, 1 f
and patriotic Christian gentlemen, and al- M
though we have not been authorized to ten-if
I
der him the freedom of the town in a gold ! t
box, there is every assurance that it goes out J1
to him, wrapped in the tendercst love that <
springs from every heart.
THEY'LL MAKE A CROP. L
Mr. Hugh (J. Brown, of Filbert, was in I
Yorkville last Monday, and on inquiry he |
gave us some very gratifying news from the i,
long belt of territory northeast of Yorkville, j
that suffered so severely from the big hail- L
storm on the 23rd of May. !,
It will lie remembered that nearly all the (
crops along a lien irom iwo 10 unc-c nmco. j
wide and extending irom the residence of I
Major T. I'. Whitesides, nearly to Catawba
river, were almost totally destroyed. The
devastated territory included probably between
1.">00 and 2,000 acres of cotton, all of
which was ruined. With few exceptions
the unlucky farmers replanted their cotton
immediately : but owing to the lateness of
the season there has been considerable
doubt as to whether they could hope to
make a crop.
"All the replanted corn I have seen,"
says Mr. l'.rown, "looks line. The hailstorm
left a good season in the ground, and as the
seed were put in right oil'next day, the cotton
came right up. We had another rain in
our section on Monday of last week. The
new crop has been chopped out to a line
stand, it does not look like it is more thani
ten days behind the old crop, and if we get j
good seasons from now on, the outlook is
that we will make as much, or almost as;
much, cotton as if there had been no storm."
TWO 1*111 MA IIIHS.
Probably it is not generally understood,)
hut it is said there are to he two primary
elections this year. One, a kind of wheel
within a wheel affair, to be held on August
14 ; and the other, under the auspices of the j
reeular Democratic committee, is to be held
on August l'S. !'
Iu the lirst primary none but those who *
*
are anil always have been in sympathy with j i
the March eouvenlion of ISSN), will he allow- (
ed to vote. Its object is to decide upon car- t
didates for governor and lieutenant-governor,
to he put up against whatever candidate may A
he brought out by Conservative opposition, j'
In the second primary will he nominated
candidates for congress, the legislature, the j
various county ollieers, and delegates will c
he elected to the State convention called to 11
nominate State ollieers. In this primary, all,c
who claim to he Democrats and promise to i .
support the nominees, will be allowed to .
vote. j
As the Conservatives have put up no can- is
didates, and will nut he allowed to choose 11
between those that have come forward from *
among the Reformers, there is reason 10 ue- >
lieve that they will take hut little interest |
even in the regular primary of August 28. i,
The various enndidutes for governor arc I i:
heginning to realize that each has friends f
among the Conservatives, and on account of s
this are no doubt becoming rather shaky as
to whether the close primary business is ex- 11
aclly the right thing. Mr. Tindal has not e
et signified his purpose to abide by the!
peeial primary : and in a card, Dr. I'ope
uggests that it would be a wise thing for
he Reform executive committee to order it
II. What will be the outcome of the matter
t is of course impossible to predict: but as
inder the circumstances there is clearly a
lavor of unfairness about it, and if serious
duplications should arise, no one need be
erv ureal Iv surprised.
to i:\ti:ktai\ thi:
According to tlie programme of entertainiicnt
pro pa rial l?v t he citizens' commit tee,
n yesterday afternoon there was a match
nine of baseball. The weather was so imivorablc,
however, that the playing was
inintcresling Last night there was a grand
all in Illation's hall.
The main feature of today's entertainment
rill he the historical address on the battle i
f King's Mountain, by Rev. Dr. Lathan, of
)ue West. If the weather permits, the ad-1
Iress will lie delivered from the stand in
)'Leary's grove, recently used by the cani?aign
speakers; and otherwise, in the court'
muse. The hour set for the delivery of the ;
iddress is 12 o'clock. In the afternoon,
lommeneing at 4.JI0 o'clock, the cadets will j
uive a competitive drill for the company 1
ladge, and an individual drill for the
Tongue medal.
If the weather permits, mule and bicycle I
aces will take place tomorrow morning at
0 o'clock. A game of baseball is slated for j
he afternoon, and a musical entertainment I
or the evening.
Friday, the 29th, is commencement day
iroper. The exercises will begin in the'
ourt house at 10.:>0 o'clock a. in. Tbeannuil
address will be delivered by (Jen. John 1).
Ccnuedy, of Camden. There will he adIresses
by members of the graduating class,
ind diplomas will be conferred by General
ohnson Hagood, chairman of the board of j
isitors. At night, in the court house, Gen-j
ral John It. Gordon will deliver his lecture!
in the "Last Days of the Confederacy."'
The lecture will commence at 8.SO o'clock |
>. m. and an admission fee of fifty cents will'
?e charged at the door.
THE CITADEL CADETS.
The corps .of citadel cadets is now comfortibly
quartered on the Baptist High school J
;reen. The tents of the battalion are of
ourse pitched in regular military style, and !
om prise six rows, facing either side of three j
tarallel company streets. The colonel's
[uarters, a tall pavilion tent, faces the cenral
street, and the quarters of the various
itafT officers are arranged 011 either side,
lospital, guard, commissary ami other tents'
ill go to add to appearances and make the j
ippointments of the camp complete. The
itrictest military regulations obtain within
he guard lines surrounding the section in
vhich the tents are located, and the studentioldiers
seem to enjoy the rough and turn>le
of the situation with a .zest naturally
diaractcristic of their healthy, vigorous
,'oung manhood.
Leaving Vorkville early Wednesday mornng,
the cadets marched to Bethany church,'
vhere they went into camp and remained
ill night. Next morning they resumed the
narch to the "Battleground," and spentjabout
hree hours in strolling about that historic
,'icinity. On the return they encountered a
crrific rain storm. Every man was drenchid
to the skin, and as they trudged along
lie rough, muddy road, the water came along j
n torrents, often high above their ankles. To '
;ay the least of it, the predicament was un:omfortable;
but despite all this, the boys
cept themselves in the best of spirits, laughng,
singing, joking and pulling for camp.
Vrrived at Bethany, Lieutenant Jenkins
cept everybody busily at work until the cooks
ouhl prepare a sufficient quantity of strong
iofl'ee, and, remarkable to relate, none of the
,'oung soldiers sustained any bad effects
rom their severe march or thorough wetting.
Around the campfire at Bethany, the boys
nade merry until a late hour. They held a
egular campaign meeting and ran one of
heir number for State coroner, and another
"or battalion fool. Then growing tired of
.his they called upon Colonel Coward for
he story of King's Mountain. The colonel
esponded in a magnificent address, in which
le recited the glorious deeds of valor which
lad immortalized that historic Held, and
concluded with an earnest appeal to the
joys to forever emulate the patriotic spirit
villi which their heroic Revolutionary fullers
were imbued.
Marly Friday morning the hoys broke camp
it Bethany and set out for Yorkville, reading
here at about 10 o'clock. They at once
legan the work of pitching their tents, and,
iftcr dinner, a number of them, completely
agged out, threw themselves on the grass
bra nap. Most of the others, however, notwithstanding
their long and trying tramp,
slipped into their dress uniforms and began
,o take in the town. There is no doubt
ibout the fact that the battalion is composed
>f an unusually game set.
WK1.COMK TO YORKYII.I.K.
Soon after breakfast Saturday morning,
i large number of ladies and gentlemen repaired
to the Baptist High School green, to
jive the corps of cadets a cordial welcome to
Yorkville. About half-past nine the bat;alion,
in full dress uniform, was formed
jefore the parade ground, and W. B. McCaw,
Fsq., advancing a few paces in front of
the assembled citizens, delivered the following
eloquent address:
Ladies and Gentlemen and Members of
die Corps of the South Carolina Military
Academy : To the entire corps of cadets of
this historic institution of learning, YorkI'illc
and her fathers, mothers, sisters, sons, j
ixtend hearty greeting and a warm welfoine
to our homes. We desire you to feel
that the latch-strings hang on the outside!
jf every home in this community to each
mil every member of the corps, and that the
privilege of the town is extended our guests,
whom we delight to honor. We appreci- J
ite deeply the compliment your gallant and
iceomplished superintendent has extended
is in selecting Yorkville as the site of your
iniiual encampment for 1SP-I, and congratilate
him and ourselves that your tents are
itched on irrouuds where he consecrated
lie splendid talents of his youth and full
dgorotis manhood to the education of the
. ouiig men of South Carolina. [Applause].)
I congratulate you, gentlemen of the mil-1
tary corps of the South Carolina Military I
icadeiny, that Providence has east your
inesin pleasant places, and that you are the;
eeipients of the heneiits of the ripe expcri nce
acquired by your superintendent in
hose walls there?the monument of his own
ueelion to his zeal and earnestness in the
ause of education?and also of his self-mas-,
cry and control, the fruit of four years of
iacritiee of self for principle upon the tented
ield, in front of belching batteries and i
olumits of serried arms, which, by fate, has
icon transferred from our midst, to our loss!
nid your profit: from his private barracks
o a larger field, the Citadel of South Caro-j
ina, where (Jod grant that the good work I
hat he and his predecessors have inaugnraed
may long be perpetuated. [Applause]. |
Citadel! There is a sense of security in the
cry name, a glamour and a glory about it.
n ancient parlance, the term meant a for-1
ress, a fastness, a place of safety, where the;
aliant warrior was safe from the assaults of
he foe. Once within the charmed portals
d'tlie citadel of the ancients, the javelin, the I
lart, the broadsword, the arquebus and the
iutapult, and every engine of destruction
mown to ancient warfare, was powerless to
lislodge or harm. In modern acceptation of
he term, in contemplation of the miraculous
ulvance in the invention of engines of detraction,
with which the art of defense has
lot kept equal pace, there can be 110 such 1
hing as a citadel of absolute physical safety j
rom assault and battery of the dogs of modrn
warfare: but in this citadel of yours,
rhose history is glory, there is another arnor
in constant course of construction that
i liir IHOI'C pUlCUl 111 lis jn wjn_. nv.-.
rem harm than con vexed plates of hardest'
teel.
Within its historic portals, while your:
ninds are being instructed in military seincc,
the exact sciences, and other depart- j
menls of useful knowledge tlmt make 11 }> the
complement of a finished education, you are,
bv the healthy discipline to which your
minds and bodies are subjected, taught the
greatest lesson in life, the mastery and control
of self: and when to this discipline of
mind and hotly is added the blessed evironments
of an enlightened Christianity, accentuated
by the fervent prayers of absent
mothers that the minds of their soldier hoys
may receive the light of superioi learning
and knowledge in the fear and admonition of
(Jod, you are verily, each one of you,
sheathed in the armor of Christian knighthood,
and will issue forth from your alma
mater with the principles of the Christian
soldier ami gentleman, so deeply instilled,
anil your armor so tightly girded about you,
that in the battle of life in which you are
destined soon to heroine* prominent actors,
you will occupy the vantage ground of a
sound and cultured mind, a sound body and
a soul undeliled. That is the armor of defence
that in your citadel is being constantly
woven.
And should, in the providence of (toil,
within your day and generation, your country
become involved in war and summon
her sons to arms, you will then fully realize
that 011 the field of mortal combat between
contending armies, as in the daily avocation
of your respective lives, that the four years
of training you have received within the
walls of the citadel made you masters of
yourselves, and in doing so made you equal
to any emergency in which fate may place
you.
There is perhaps no member of this corps
who is not familiar with the history of the
Citadel academy; but the story of success
never grows threadbare from repetition.
Even at the risk of giving you a thrice told
tale, I must briefly review the history of the ^
institution of which you stand today, living
exponents of its culture and training.
Prior to the 20th day of December, 1841,
there was a citadel and magazine at Charles
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hia, where all the military stores, arms ami
ammunition of the State were stored, and a
guard was provided for the same at an annual
expense of ahout $24,000 to the State.
Hence the legislature, in its wisdom, saw lit to
convert the citadel and arsenal into military
schools for the instruction of military
science and other useful branches of knowledge,
the students of which, when admitted,
were formed into a military corps (just
as you are today) and were substituted for
the old guard ; the State thereby acquiring
two institutions of higher learning for the
mere cost of what had formerly been expended
for merely guarding the military
stores-, arms and ammunition of the State.
From 1841 to 1861, the institution enjoyed
20 years of unparalleled success. Then the
tocsin of civil war was sounded, and graduates
of the citadel were among the first
to tender their services to the State. The
record the academy had made in peace was
surpassed by that in the war. Some of the
most meritorious officers in the Confederate
army were on the roll of its graduates,
among them the knightly and chivalric
Jenkins, [Applause.] the bosom friend and
partner of your superintendent, to whose
early triumphs in their chosen field of educators
of youth, Yorkville is indebted for
the King's Mountain Military school, that
stately pile before us, which, from 18.15
until the election of Colonel Coward to
the superintendence' of the South Carolina
Military academy, was the crowning
glory of this community. [Applause.]
Yes, verily Micah Jenkins, who before
the manly down was full upon his lips,
had earned and grandly wore the stars of
a brigadier general, and laid down his heroic
life a sacrifice to his country's call at the
carnage of the Wilderness before he had at!
tained the age of.'10 years, was a graduate of
the citadel, as were a number of others who
who fell in the strife, or have since crossed
the river and are at rest. Of the living alumj
ni of the citadel, actors in that great drama,
stretching over four years from 1861-65, delicacy
forbids me to more than mention that
a few years since Yorkville enjoyed the distinction
of having as residents within her corporate
limits, three of as accomplished officers
as were developed by the "Lost Cause,"
measured by their respective rank?Colonel
Asbury Coward, Major James F. Hart and
General E. M. Law. The record these gentlemen
made in that mighty struggle belongs to
history, and when the prodigies of valor of
that time are impartially recorded, each one *
nf tinm will hp iippnrdcd his nroner niche in
the temple of fame. [Applause.]
Such was the citadel and its fruits as first
organized. Closed during the war, after
an interregnum of nearly 20 years, it was
reopened in 1S82, and by statute made a part
of the university system of South Carolina.
During the 12 years of its renewed life, a
noble work has been going on, and many
young men of nerve, pluck and brains, but
who were without means, have received the
blessings of a finished education ; and many
of them have already rellected credit upon
their alma mater, themselves, and the com,
monwealth that nurtured them. To gaze
; upon the present corps of cadets, is to be
[satisfied with what has been done, and to
accept the present as pregnant with hope
! for the brilliant futiire in store for the
| academy. And now, young gentlemen, as
I in the outset I extended to you the privi|
leges of this old town unreservedly, I do so
[again with emphasis, with a single reservai
tion. Every thing we have during your
stay among us is yours, except our girls,
! [Laughter and hand clapping] and you will
have to win them by showing yourselves as
expert strategists in love as you are accomplished
in arms. [Applause]. Knowing
that you are eager to break down this single
reservation, I hid you God speed in your
efforts, and again bid you thrice welcome to
this community. [Great applause in which
the cadets, citizens and ladies all joined
heartily].
T11K WELCOME ACCEPTED.
The hearty applause provoked by Mr.
[ McCaw's remarks, suddenly died away in a
i solemn hush, and all eyes became fixed on
Colonel Coward, who was slowly advancing
to the front. To attempt to describe the
incident would be treading on sacred ground.
Only those who were present can fully appreciate
the feeling that thrilled the audience.
.Some allusions of Mr. McCaw had
produced strong emotions, and notwithstand
ing a heroic ellort to control nis ieeungs,
Colonel Coward was visibly affected, lie
spoke as follows:
Mr. McCaw, Ladies and Gentlemen of
Yorkville: It falls- upon me, and I presume
with propriety, to respond to the cor.
dial welcome you have just given this corps.
Every one of these young men expects it of
me, and if I could only express what each
one of them feels in his heart, your warm
welcome would he answered with due appreciation.
[Applause.] This much I can
say : I have had my hands on these hoys?
many of them for four years?and my eyes
upon all of them, even when they were not
aware of it ; and I can assure you that, in
my opinion, there is not one of them who is
not fully able to take care of himself in
the chances of winning your young ladies.
[Laughter and applause.] And knowing them
as 1 do, I-can also assure you, that in opening
your doors to these young men, you
welcome gentlemen who not only will appreciate,
but who are entirely worthy of the
hospitality that you so generously oiler.
[Applause from the citizens.]
This cordial welcome reminds me of a
similar occasion in your community many _
years ago. It was in May, 1854, that the
corps of cadets marched through your town.
There are a few standing here who can well
recall it: but most of those I see around me
were either unborn or in their infancy. One
to whom you have so tenderly alluded was
present with me on that occasion. [Here
there was a noticeable breaking in the
colonel's voice]. Scarcely a year had elapsed
after our visit, he continued, when the reeol- ?
lection of the impression made upon the
minds of that corps by the hospitality of
your people, and the beauty and local advantages
of your town, found result in the
determination of two of them to consecrate
limit* lifati'Atl* 1 t\f Hinort t ii-n
iiivii iiiuniM a v/11 nun .^11171, \M i n ?
young men, but one survives. Need I say
that it is lie whose faltering words are unable
to give even broken expression to the senti- c
ments that come thronging through his
mind, as he now attempts to thank you for
your welcome.
It was here that all the bright hopes of
youth began to bud and blossom. It was
here that we began our first earnest labors
for the education of the youth of the State.
It was here that we first tasted the sweet /
joys of domestic life. Here much of itssadness
was endured. How earnest or how
fruitful was that work, it is not for me to
say. The estimate has been committed to "*
the accounting of Him, who, searching all
hearts with that same watchful supervision