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"established 1855. 7 YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1902. ]STO. 67.
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By SIR WALT
Copyright, 1900, by Sir Walter Beasant.
CHAPTER VI.
AN ABDUCTION.
was the custom with
]W| some of the high fliers.
or the bucks, as they
? were called, when the
card room was closed
t0 g0 0ff t0Sether t0 0
tavern, there to finish
the night drinking,
singing, gambling and rioting the
whole night through and long after
daylight. Truly the town of Lynn witnessed
more profligacy and wickedness
during this summer than all its long
and ancient history had witnessed or
could relate.
The assembly was held twice a week,
on Thursday and on Friday. It was on
Thursday night that a certain statement
was made in a drunken conversation
which might have awakened suspicion
of some dark design bad It been
recorded. A small company of the said
----- r?-? 1 I
high tilers, among wnom were v^oiouei <
Lanyon and a young man named Tom *
Rising, marched off to the tavern most
frequented by them after the closing of
the rooms and called for punch, cards <
and candles. Tben they sat down to
play, with the ungodly and profane 1
discourse which they affected. They <
played and drank, the young man
drinking fast and hard, the colonel. 1
after his custom, keeping his bead 1
cool. 1
Tom Rising's estates lay near Swaff- 1
ham. He was well known as the best '
and most fearless rider in the whole
county, ne was the keenest sports- 1
man. He knew where to find fox, 1
hare, badger, ferret, stoat or weasel. <
He knew where to put up a pheasant 1
or a covey of partridges. He could play 4
at all manly sports. He was a wild,fear- f
less, reckless, deboshed young fellow, 4
whom everybody loved and everybody 1
feared, always ready with a blow or an '
oath, afraid of nothing If he set his (
heart upon anything. You shall see '
that he set his heart upon one thing 4
and failed. Tom lost heavily and drank '
deep. ' f
"1 will play till I have stripped every 1
man ntnoug you to the very bones," he '1
said "Why do I say this? Because, 1
gentlemen.after tomorrow night I shall
be the richest man In the county. 4
D'you hear? The richest man In the 1
county. You don't know how? Very 4
well. Do you think I'm going to tell 4
you? Ho, no: \\ nen you near uie
news. you'll say 'twas only Tom?only 1
Tom [Using-had the courage to ven- r
lure and to win." c
"He means the hazard table," said f
the colonel.
"No. not the hazard table," Tom
went on. "Oh. 1 know the table and
the woman who keeps the bank and
pretends to weep when you lose. I
know about her. I've heard talk about
her. What Is ItV Don't remember.
Tell you tomorrow."
"He should stop talking." said the
colonel. "We must not listen to his
wanderings."
"Richest man in the county." he repeated.
"Colonel. I like your company.
You lay down your money tike
a man. In a week, colonel. I'll have
It all. There shan't be a guinea left
among you all. Richest man In county
make- guineas?fly." His head sank
down again. He was once more
speechless.
His friends looked from one to the
other. What did Tom Rising mean?
"CJentlemen." said the colonel, "he
KnAn HelnUnt* fr\r* mone Hare Ha
uao UCCU Ul luaiu^ tvi UJUUJ v?Mtf w. uv
hns some kind of a tit upon him.
After a sleep he will be better. Just
now he dreams of riches. I have
known men in such a condition to see
animals and think that they are hunted
by rats and clawed by devils."
Again Tom lifted his head and babbled
confusedly.
"The richest man?the richest manin
the whole county. After tomorrow
night?not tonight?after tomorrow
night. I have found out a short way
to fortune. The richest man In the
county."
So they left him sleeping in his
chair, with his head on the table
aiuoug the glasses and the spilt punch.
The next was the night of the assembliug,
and Molly was present.
After dancing with his lordship, who
then offered his hand to a lady of the
county, she stood up with Tom Rising,
who was by this time as sober as could
be expected after such a night. He, in
the hearing of everybody, loaded her
with compl.ments of the common kind,
such as would suit a milkmaid, but
were not proper for a modest woman
to hear. To these, however, Molly returned
no reply and dauced as if she
heard them not. She then rejoined
Lady Annstasia and with her retired to
the cardrooui, whither many of the
young men followed her. She stood
beside her ladyship and obliged the
young men by choosing cards for them, 1
which they lost or won. Tom Rising '
followed her and stood beside her with {
flushed face and trembling hands. It '
was remarked afterward that he seem- :
ed to assume the care of her. He kept '
gazing upon Molly with Gerce and rav- <
enous looks like a wolf who hungers 1
after his prey and lives to wait for it. <
lie played the while, however, and lost i
during the evening, I believe, some 1
hundreds of pounds, but for reasons 1
which you will presently hear he never i
paid that money. t
^ Molly next had a second dance with I
his lordship. After It had been flnished i
he offered her the refreshment of wine ?
BY
ER BEZANT,
or chocolate, but she declined, sayln
that the captain now would be wishin
ber to go home and that her chal
would be waiting.
So his lordship led her to the dooi
where Indeed her chair was waitinj
but no captain, and, bowing low, b
banded her in and shut the door, an
be returned to the assembly, and Mo
y's chair was immediately lifted u
ind borne rapidly away, she sittin
llotie. thinking of the evening and c
onr rrmn t trlnmnh cnonontlnrr no
JV.I ^IV Ul II IULUJ/11, OUOp\,VllU{j UV V T
ind thinking of no danger.
A minute later the captain came t
:he door. There he saw Molly's chali
nen waiting with her chair. He look
id about him. Where was Molly? H
returned to the assembly; the girl wa
lot there. He looked into the cardrooir
lis lordship was standing at the table
ooking on. "My lord." said the car
:ain In confusion, "where Is my ward?
"Miss Molly? Why, captain. I pu
ler Into her chair five minutes ag<
She is gone."
"Her chair?" The captain turned pale
'Her chair is now at the door with he
ihairmen."
"What <!- llry is forward?" crie
Lord Fylingdale. "Come with me
raptuln. Come with me."
The chair into which Molly steppei
without suspicion and without evei
ooking for the captain, who shoul*
iave walked beside her. stood, as
inve said before, at the entrance of tb
ong room. Outside the trees wer
lung with colored lamps: the plac
ivas as bright as In the sunshine o
loon. One would think that nothiu;
?ouId he done In such a place whlc!
vould not be observed. There is. how
?ver. one thing which is never ot
served-it is the personal appearanc
>f servants. No one regards the boat
nan of the ferr.v or the driver of th
nickney eoacb or the postboy or th
hairmnn. The chair, then, stood witl
ts door open opposite to the entranc
>f the loug room. The chairmen stoos
etlred. a little in the shade, but no
so far off as to need calliug, whet
>ord F.vlingdale handed in the lady
i'liis done, he stood, hat in hand
towing. The chairmen stepped u]
iriskly. seized the poles and marchet
>ff with the quick step of those wh<
iave a light burden to carry. No on
tbservod the faces of the chairmen
>r indeed thought of looking at them
io one remarked the fact that Ton
Using walked out of the long room dl
ectly afterward and followed th
hair. Within Molly sat, unsuspecting
xcited by the triumphs of the evening
fhe chair passed through the garden
tnd its gates, lustead of turnlug to th
ight. which would lead into Hayman'
ane. the chairmen turned to the lef
tnd so through the town gate aud be
ond the wall aud into the open fields
i el .uouy onservea nouimg. i iuiui
ihe fell asleep. When sbe came to bei
;elf. sbe looked out of tbe window. Oi
lie right and on tbe left of ber wer
>pen fields.
It was a clear evening. Toward th
middle of May there Is no black dark
less, but only a dimmer outline, wit!
leeper shadows. Molly, who knew tb
ountry around Lynn perfectly well
inderstood at once that sbe bad beei
a tried outside tbe town: tbat she wa
10 longer on tbe highroad, but on on
if tbe cross tracks-one cannot cal
beni roads-which connect tbe vi!
ages, .so that tbere was very littl
jhance of meeting any passengers o
vehicles. And by tbe stars sbe sav
:bat they were carrying ber In a north
?rly direction, perhaps to South Wool
ten.
She perceived, therefore, that soro
levil.-y was going on. Now sbe wa
not a girl who would try to help bei
self in such a deserted and lonely spo
by shrieking, nor did she see that an,
c:ood purpose would be served by call
lug to tbe chairmen to let ber out. Sli
sat up. therefore, her heart beating i
little faster than usual, and considers
what she should do.
Molly, though not a woman of fash
Ion. understood by this time her value
^specially In the eyes of the adventui
?r. and she also understood quite cleai
}y at this moment tbat she bad bee
carried away without the knowledge o
tier guardian and tbat tbe Intention o
tbe n lid net ion was nothing more or les
than a forced marriage and tbe acqu
sition of ber fortune. "Jack." she tol
me afterward. "I confess that 1 di
wish. Just for a little, that you migli
be coming along tlie road with a trust;
flub, but then 1 re-membered that
was uo puny threadpaper of a wornai
but as strong as most men, and I too
fourage. Weapon I had none except i
steel bodkin, gilt, stuck In my hair?;
small thing, but it might serve If an;
man ventured too near, and I thoughl
josides, that there would be a hue am
fry and that the country round wouli
be scoured In all directions. The;
would most certainly grow tired o
carrying me about In a chair; the;
tnu.-t stop somewhere and put me int
some place or other. 1 thought alsi
that I could easily manage to keep of
juo man or perhaps two and that 1
would be very unlikely that more thai
)iie would attempt to force me int*
marriage, l'erhaps I might escapo
[Vrliaps I might barricade myself. Pot
laps my bodkin might help me to savi
myself. I would willingly stab a mai
;o the heart with it. Perhaps I migli
lick up something?a griddle would bi
i weapon handy for braining a man, o
even a frying pan would do. What
f ~
?
f
ever happened. Jack, I was resolved
^ that nothing, not even fear of murder,
^ should make me marry the man who
j had carried me off."
* There are found scattered about the
byroads of the country many small
iuns for the accommodation of persons
jj of the baser sort.
It was before such a wayside Inn
0 that the chairmen stopped. Molly knew
it very well. It was at a place called
^ Rlkley's Spring. The name of the
k house was the Traveler's Rest, and it
stood just two miles and a half from
Lynn and one mile or so from the vll4'
lage of South Wootten. It was a small
"* 1 ? ? 111 It/yKfA/l at +Vin
^ UOUSt?v ^lUULIIJ CLliU 111 ll^uccu ttb tub
? best. There was a door in the middle,
j The diamond panes of the windows
' were mostly broken in their leaden
frames; the woodwork was decaying;
s the upper floor, projecting, darkened
the lower rooms. In the dim twilight,
when the chair stopped, the house lookd
ed a dark and noisome place, fit only
5 for cutthroats and murderers.
The poles were withdrawn and the
^ door thrown open. Molly, looking out,
saw before her, hat in hand, her late
^ partner, the young fellow they called
j Tom Rising.
"Oh," she cried, "is it possible? I
e thought I was in the bands of some
e highwayman. Is this your doing, sir?
f I was told that you were a gentleman."
? He bowed low and began a little
u speech which be had prepared in readIness.
"Madam, you will confess that you
e are yourself alone to blame. Fired with
._ the sight of so much loveliness, what
e wonder if 1 aspired to possess myself
e of these charms? Sure, a Laplander
jj himself would be warmed even in his
e frozen region by such"?
j "Sir. what nonsense is this? What
t do you mean?"
u "I mean, madam, that your lovely
face and figure should be sufficient exl"
cuse not only in the eyes of the world,
p but in your own eyes, for an action
j such as this. The violence of the pas0
sion which"?
"Sir. will vou order your fellows to
e "
take me hack?"
! "No. madam; I will not."
Q' "Then, sir, will you tell me what you
l_ propose to do?"
e "I intend to marry you."
"Against my consent?"
" "I have you in my power. I shall,
g however, ask your consent. If you
e grant it. we shall enter upon married j
8 life as a pair of lovers should. If you
refuse, I shall be the master, but you
j. will be the wife."
, Molly laughed. "You think that I
^ am afraid? Very well, sir. Ifyouper..
sist,. you shall have a lesson In lovea
making that will cost your life."
e "Everything is fair in love. Come,
madam, you will please to get out of
e the chair."
"What a villain Is this!" said Molly,
h "He is In love with my fortune, and ho
e pretends it is my person. He thinks
[t to steal my fortune when he runs away
u with me. You are a highwayman, Mr.
s Rising, a common thief and a common
e robber. You shall be hanged outside
II Norwich castle."
I- Tom Rising swore a great oath, calle
Ing. in his blasphemous way. upon the
r Lord to Inflict dire pains and penalties
v upon him if he should resign the lovely
i- object of his affection now In his possession.
You have hoard that he had
the reputation of a reckless daredevil
e who stuck at nothing, was daunted by
s nothing and was like a bulldog for his
- tenacity.
it "Understand, madam," he concluded
y this declaration, "1 am resolved to ]
1- marry you?resolved. Bear that in
e mind."
a "And 1, sir, am resolved that I will
d not marry you?resolved. Bear that
in mind."
i- "Never yet did I resolve upon any\
thlug but I had it. No; never yet."
"Mr. Rising, you think you have me
- In your power. You shall see. Once
n more I ask you, as a gentleman, to
f send me back. Remember, I have many
f friends. The whole town, high and
s low, will be presently out after me,
I- scouring the country In every direcd
tiou."
d "In an hour you will be at Wootten.
it The parson hath promised to await us
y there. You shall be my wife within
1 one short hour."
i, "You waste words, sir."
k "You will have to alight, madam,
a The post chaise is here to carry us to
a Wootten, where the parson waits to
7 marry us. Iu an hour, I say, you shall
t, be my wife." :
i TO BE CONTINUED.
i ^
y
f The Olher Talent.
y A church society near Boston gave
o an entertainment for tlie benefit of one
o of the numerous charities, ami at the
f end of the evening one of the geutlet
men in charge was paying several peoa
pie for their services in connection
0 with the affair.
i. Finally he approached the boy who
- had blown the orgau and said, "Well,
e Willie, bow much do we owe you for
1 your work this evening?"
t The boy looked at him in genuine sure
prise. "Why. Mr. W," said he, "don't
r the rest of the talent give their serv..
tees?"
AFTER THE TOM. s
P?
Al
Senatorial Candidates Ad- f,;
dress Voters of York. %
is
COMMERCIALISM IS STILL AN ISSUE.
th
Large Orderly Meeting Listens to tr
tr
Speeches by Messrs. Johnstone, m
Henderson, Hemphill, Elliott, Lat- w
w
imer and Evans?What the Can- to
didates Said and How They Were
Received. ? pi
Judging from the size and personnel
3f the crowd that was in attendance at g?
the meeting in the court house last Sat- th
jrday, it is evident that there is no lack
3f interest in the senatorial candidates t0
.,'hn ore nnw ranvassine: the state, or
There were people here from all parts
if the county, and they Included lead- jn
ing citizens from almost every neigh- sa
borhood, and while the attendance was th
hardly as large as on the meeting of
the state campaigners last month, the m
:ourt house was comfortably filled dur- th
ing the whole morning. The total num- |jh
ber of people present was hardly less cr
than 500. There were more ladles out th
in Saturday than at the previous meet- ?P
ing. From first to last as many as thlrty
or forty were present, and it is quite vc
irobable that the character of the meet- m
Ing, which could otherwise have been ^
SG
nore or less spicy, was modified by 80
their presence. In the audience there to
ivere perhaps a dozen Chester men who a'
:ame up on account of their favorite
candidate, Mr. Hemphill; but who made 0f
io demonstration beyond joining from lii
time to time in the applause. ^
As compared with previous meetings yc
if a like character, the occasion was T1
juite tame throughout. None of the in
- It!
speakers attempted to inject any en- ?
thusiasm, and whether they could have f]!j
lone so if they had tried is doubtful, m
3ecause the audience was not in aji enIhusiastic
mood. To "a more marked ^
legree than has been observable under ]ei
similar circumstances for several years, di
it seemed determined to put each canlidate
squarely on his merits, and
ivhile there was a feeling of kindness T1
ind respect toward all, there was no Pr
special partiality toward any. Colonel ^
3eorge Johnstone, usually a most elo- es
luent speaker, did not appear to ad- th
vantage either in matter or delivery. Wl
Mis friends were quick to mark the fact -p]
md he evidently realized it himself, de
The speech of Mr. Henderson was also Pr
i disappointment, and he failed signally
:o get any appreciable grip on the au- et
lience. Mr. Hemphill was the first hi
speaker to aVaJien interest. Although
nany in the audience had heard his ca
speech last summer and since, his or
lokes and anecdotes are still good and th
:hey took as well as usual. He provok- ^
?d applause several times and frequent jce
jursts of laughter. Neither Colonel El- be
iott or Mr. Latimer are to be consider- as
\V<
;d as good stump speakers; but the ^
speeches of both took well with the au- bi
lience. They devoted themselves to in
jusiness?"Commercialism" it is called
,vhen used in connection with McLau- fr
in?and the audience was evidently w<
mpressed by both of them. Mr. Lati
tier's speech was particularly siriKing. m
There was but little else in it but bus- lis
ness?what Latimer has done and is w
L-apable of doing from start to finish?
ind he undoubtedly made votes. With th
lis throat in bad condition, ex-Gover- ad
tor Evans spoke under difficulties; but
lis speech was characterized by in- m
:ense earnestness and a more thorough in
knowledge of the subjects he attempted jn
:o discuss than any of the other candi- y<
lates. He arraigned Latimer and El- Wl
iott as exponents of McLaurinism, and to
irgued that there was practically no
liffcrence between the doctrines taught ti(
ly them and the doctrines taught re
>y McLaurin. He attempted no jokes: al
aut got close attention throughout his ?j
speech and several times provoked ap- fo
ilause. th
The meeting was called to order at 1"
10.30 by J. S. Brice, Esq., who explained p]
:hat its object was to afford candidates nc
for United States senator an opportu- |?c
litiy to address the Democratic voters rj)
if York county. He announced the or- ag
ler of speaking, asked careful attention ar
:o the speakers, and introduced Rev.
W. G. Neville, who invoked divine
ilessings in an appopriate prayer. di
Col. (ieow JoluiHtone, ^
3f Newberry, was introduced as the th
irst speaker. He said it was with no Ct
tnusual pleasure that he found himself re
n the presence of the people of York, hr
for although he had only been to this yc
ilace once before in a lifetime, he had do
arried away a pleasureable recollec- th
:ion that he hoped he had left. He had in
leen familiar from youth, however, co
kvith all the names of York. His an- ve
testers were from this section, and he of
believed lie had more blood relatives th
lero than any other candidate in the re
ace. lie did not propose to beguile w<
:he people with attempted oratory; but to
ivnnlil sneak of the creat duties and re- vi
sponsibilities that now confront the be
people. Said the United States was p]
:he leading nation of the world, and
its responsibility to liberty and civilisation
is immeasurable. Referred to Of
the thirty-seven years that have passed co
md gone since the war and what we th
is an agricultural people have contrib- th
ited to the wealth, progress and luxury er
if the world with the thirty-seven st
crops that have been raised in that pe- in
riod. We have produced in these thir- ar
ty-seven years 333,000,000 bales of cotton ni
is our contribution to the wealth of ju
mankind in this crop alone. The value th
jf this cotton in dollars and cents has at
been not less than $9,990,000,000, which th
imount we southern people have added bi
Lo the wealth of mankind in that time, w;
rhis is twice the value of the entire at
circulating medium of the universe, ca
md where is it? It was once yours and la
you have it not. If you would .attempt ui
to put this sum back here where it was Sr
produced, we would be quadruple the hi
wealthiest people on earth; but could hi
you accomplish this were you to try it? si]
Mo, you would suck the universe dry pi
its currency. If you would take all th
the money there is in the world you a
would have only about $!>,000,000,000, wi
ind you would have to credit the world tr
for nearly five billion more. I use these ti'
startling figures to show how you have oj;
produced enough since the war to bank- in
rupt the universe. I have been told tr
that I should not discuss questions like pc
this before a mixed audience; but I be- 15'
:ve that if such were the case it would
ove that popular government is a
ilure. I do not say that you are pau;rs;
but you are the paupers of this
meriean continent. North of Mason
id Dixon's line we see prosnerity the
ce of which the world has never seen
ifore, and south of it we see depreson
and toil and suffering. Now why
this? God has never placed upon
ly people a burden from which he did
>t give them the power to escape. On
is proposition, he went into an illusation
of the tariff, using as an illusation
the case of two stores fifty
lies apart. On the road to one there
as a toll gate and on the other there
as none. In one case you have to pay
11 and the other none. One man
iarges a legitimate profit, the other
larges this profit and adds toll. Exained
how finally you had to pay the
.me price at the no toll gate store as
the toll gate store, and how the toll
ite man was barely able to live, while
ie no toll gate man got rich on the
ofits he was able to charge because of
a Wnmnorfi/1 ^nn/IIHnn nf hla nnmnptl
1C uailipcicu VVtiumwil v*. ??iu vvi>i|/??.
r. This illustration he applied to the
>eration of the protective tariff wall
ected by the Republican party as beireen
the north and south. Followg
with another illustration along the
me line, he said that the people of
e south are paying a tax of 100 per
nt. on everything they buy, and conquently
a man whose family expenses
ay have been $200 a year for the past
irty-seven years, is just $3,700 poorer
an he would have been had It not
>en for this tariff. The tariff has disiminated
against the south, and since
e Democratic party has been divided
rainst itself on this question for the
ist forty years, it ought now to be
ear that its policy is to cease firing
illeys into its own ranks, and to send
en to Washington who will devote
eir undivided efforts to the work of
curing fair play for the people of the
uth. When you get down to the hoton
of things you will find that there
e but two fundamental policies of
(vernment. One is a government built
) from the foundation on the consent
the governed, with every department
nited in its powers in order that the
)erties of the people may be preserv[.
That is the great principle which
mr ancestors and mine advocated,
ne other system of government is one
which the governing force Imposes
3 will upon the people for its own purges
and regardless of the desire of
e people. [Here on account of nuerous
interruption caused by people
ming into the courthouse, Colonel
hnstone said: "I am at least perrming
the agreeable function of coining
an audience for my fellow candates."
Laughter and applause],
le great Democratic party was
unded on the doctrine of equal rights
all and special privileges to none.
-.a PannKHna n nartv la founded On the
inclple of taking from the many for
e benefit of the few. The Republican
irty is the party of cherished interts
and fostered enterprise. To restore
is government to original principles
e must dethrone the Republican party
id we cannot do it in any other way.
nere are those who tell us we cannot
'throne the Republican party. Supise
the God-man, when he appeared
i earth and promulgated those docines
that are the foundation of socly?for
you can test the correctness of
s principles by tne result among his
llowers. Suppose he had suggested
e policy of stagnation?that nothing
n be done, where would we be? It is
ily by an aggressive policy that anying
good can be accomplished. Sup>se
the minister of God would sit down
id suggest that there is no use to
tep up the struggle, where would you
>? Take another Illustration. In 1876,
i long as we merely resolved that
s had grievances and took no action,
is state continued to reel beneath the
irden of nearly $30,000,000 of bonded
debtedness. The battle was won from
e time the signal of action was raised
om Caesar's Head and answered back
om Charleston harbor. Since the war!
e have had only two issues?tariff.
id imperialism. The great fight has;
>en against the toll gates of comerce.
Told how toll gates were estab- |
ihed before the harbor of New York
hile there is none before the harbor!
London. These are the two greatest
ties in the world, and are rivals for
e trade of the world. London has the
Ivantage because there is no toll gate
ir to admission. Politics is a serious
islness?practical business?not sentient".
Whole sections of country are
fluenced by material interests just as
dividuals are. The interests of the
boring and consuming classes of New
liUU LililL lilt' nil ILC >? iiivii r.ously
divided the people had there
ien laid upon the altar of peace. [Apause].
lion. D. S. lIeu<Icr?oti,
f Aiken, was the next speaker. He
mmenced by suggesting that since
e audience had been collected through
e industry and eloquence of his venable
friend, Colonel George Johnone,
he would proceed with the busess
at hand. Told of his candidacy
id how a friend hud advised him that
orning "to give 'em some hot stuff;
mp on his fellow-candidates and give
e newspapers something to talk
>out." If he could not be elected to
e United States senate without backting
or abusing anybody he did not
ant to go to the United States senate
all. The best way he knows for a
ndidate to advertise his fitness is to
y before the people his views. He
d not desire to preach to the people of
>uth Carolina and the south that all
>pe is gone forever. He would say,
nvever, that they have stood more
nee the civil war than any other peoe
ever stood before, and the fact that
ey still prosper, shows what Kina 01
people they are. Since the civil war
e have been suffering from an indusial
war, and you want a representare
to fight for you against Republican
pression. The Republicans have two
iquitous policies?one is their indusial
policy and the other their foreign
ilicy. Here we have the spectacle of
0,000 soldiers in the Philippines, try
ing to take away from these people the \
land that God gave them. Do you want <
that war to go on? I do not hesitate ]
to say that since we went into that bus- l
Iness against the declaration of inde- ]
pendence, so soon as the Filipinos can <
be brought to peace, and they can be i
brought to peace as soon as we promise* t
them independence, we should give <
them Independence and ask them for a <
coaling station, which will be all we 1
need. Told of a cartoon he had seen in <
the magazines representing the muses ,
singing the song of peace. Among the '
participants were Russia, Austria, i
France and Germany, with England \
just sneaking ur from the Boer war. A 1
poor little Filipino was attempting to <
participate, and Uncle Sam was strlk- !
ing him down, while the singing mas- i
ter was saying "Shame on you, sir!" <
Having sent our representatives to the I
peace conference at The Hague, it is i
a shame on us that we are engaged in |
this unnecessary war to deprive a
weaker people of. their Independence.
Tt was all right to enter Into a war
with Spain for the freedom of Cuba; i
but when we fight for commercialism In
the Philippines we dishonor the principles
on which our government is established.
He said he was In favor of
admitting Cuba into the union whenever
she desired to enter. Said he stood
second to no man in holding that a
representative in the senate should be
a practical man. answer your letters
and attend to your business; but he
should never deviate from the fundamental
principles of Democracy. We
will never be free in this country so
long as the Republican party is in
power, no matter what may be our
temporary prosperity. Prom 1850 to
1860, when the Democratic party was
in power and your representatives honthe
treasury and building up our waste
country, you never heard of a trust,
ship subsidy bill or protective tariff.
But since the close of the war the protective
tariff has bred trusts and combines
that feed upon the labor and industry
of this country. Said he does
not object to river and harbor appropriations;
but is not in favor of looting
the treasury and building up our waste
places with the plunder, and if you
want a man to do that do not vote for
Henderson. He does not pretend to be
a John C. Calhoun. Robert Y. Hayne
or George McDuffle. Few states have
raised such men and we do not know
that South Carolina will raise such <
again. Has no record in congress to '
point to; but was born within the state 1
and has remained here to face every is- <
sue. His record in the legislature ana
constitutional convention is there to
speak for itself, and he was willing to
leave the question of his personal character
with his home people. Within ten
days the voters would have to decide
between the candidates, it elected, he
would be grateful, and if defeated he
would continue faithful to the grand
old Democratic party. [Applause].
Hon. John J. Hemphill,
The next speaker, was greeted with applause.
He was glad again to look into
the face of a York county audience, and
especially to look Into the face of the
ladies, the beautiful daughters of the
Piedmont, where the future growth and
development of this state was to be
realized. He said that the reason he
and his competitors were here was to
let the people determine who should be
put on the inside and who should be
left on the outside. Said he was a
practical man, who had made every
dollar he had ever possessed by his own
efforts. He thought South Carolina
needed representation in the United
States senate that would restore the
state to its former prestige. He did
not think we need only a man to get
appropriations from the treasury, but a
man who would honor the character of
our men and the virtue of our women.
It is true that Calhoun, Hayne and
McDuffle are dead: but the state has
not yet sunk so low that it has no men
who are capable of representing it.
Unless we get away from the idea that
the dollar is the only thing a senator
should look after, we will never get
back to the influence and prestige once
*--,J 1 ?TnW Vinw Soilth
ark and New England are Identical
1th yours, and these people are ready
join forces with you to sweep the
epubllcan party from power. Colonel
hnstone next took up the trust ques>n,
and invited his hearers to consider
suiting conditions in the event that
1 of the cotton manufacturing plants
the country should unite into a sine
combination. Then they would pay
r cotton only what they chose, and
e price they would demand for their
oducts would be limited only by their
rn cupidity and the ability of the peoe
to pay. He explained that he was
>t taxing legitimate enterprise. Lair
and capital are necessary to any inistry.
They must be locked and mar?d
with identical interest. But it is
rainst monopoly that I am inveighing,
id if no other voice is raised mine will
ill be heard. Colonel Johnstone's
Tie was up before the conclusion of
s speech, and after apologizing for his
sjointed remarks, he said a few words
behalf of his candidacy for the
nited States senate. He was aware
at he did not have the capacity of a
llhoun, Hayne or a McDuffie; but he
membered that the lireat Jehovah
is raised up few giants among us. If
iu should give him the place he would
the best he could to serve them with
e help of Cod. He told of his service
the war, in the legislature and in
ngress, and in the constitutional conntion,
and said he knew the burdens
the people because ne nau ourne
ese burdens himself. Said that as the
suit of the constitutional convention.
? are a united people, and gave thanks
^ aU"* ofolfo ti'hloh hiirl n f'P
;omest he had ever seen. That Is the
case with protection. There are various
kinds of taxes; but the protective tariff
tax was the rankest in the whole
list. He took up the ship subsidy prt>pssftion,
and said lie thought that the
man who earns the money is the man
to spend it. Agreed with the darkey
ivho said "the man who chewed hash
should swallow it." Could not see why
the government shcwld take the money
sf the people and give it to Mr. Morgan,
Mr. Griscum or anybody else.
That is the Republican idea of government
generally, and the people should
3end their best representatives to
Washington to fight such injustice. In
conclusion, illustrated his antipathy to
Republicans generally with the Joke
ibout the man who, being asked whether
he wanted the body of his motherin-law
embalmed, cremated or buried,
replied: "Embalm, cremate and bury."
[Laughter and applause].
Hon. William Elliott,
Was next introduced and began his
speech with some complimentary remarks
to the ladies. He said he was
the candidate who had been represented
by certain of his competitors as having
been a member of congress for fourteen
years, and cited that fact as evidence
of the confidence his people have
In him. He told of his efforts on his
return from the war to restore his ruined
home, and how, at the call of his
party in 1876, he helped to rescue the
state from Negro domination, and did
more for South Carolina than any other
man of his time except the dead
Hampton. Then, not because he wanted
to go, but because his people
desired him to, he went to congress.
He it was. he said, who first suggested
to the farmers the idea of boycotting
the jute bagging trust, and then prefacing
his remarks with the statement
that the people out of office are all criticising
those who are in office, proceeded
to review, in part, the work he had
done for his district. Upon entering
congress he found that his Negro predecessor
had done nothing for the improvement
of the rivers" and harbors of
his district, and he at once begaa to address
himself to this work. Rivers and
harbors are absolutely necessary to the
transaction of the business of the seacoast,
and as they cannot be put in condition
by private enterprise, he can
certainly think of no other recourse
than to the government which is Itself
vitally interested in improvements of
this nature. He described at length the
condition of the streams in the lower
part of the state and told how they had
been improved and the transportation
Interests had been developed. He said
that although he had secured the expenditure
of $5,000,000 on river and harbor
improvements, he had never secured
a dollar that was not necessary.
One of the gentlerpen who had preceded
him had said that it was very well to
Improve the condition of the rivers and
harbors; but there is something else to
be considered?the character of our men
and the virtue of our women. What
has the government at Washington to
do with these? He thought that the
1 ??? .1?
men itnu women ui mc duuiu nuum
look after these things as they had been
doing. Spoke of the industrial development
of the state, and the fact that the
mills are consuming more than threefourths
of the cotton raised in the state.
Said America has the cheapest and best
labor on the face of the earth, and the
best paid. The average value of the
annual output of the American workman
"is $1,900; of the EJnglish workman,
J900, and the German, $500. Ours is the
best because it is the most intelligent.
Compared the conditions in this county
with the conditions in Europe and pictured
the progress and prosperity that
are sural y to be ours. Said that the
tariff war has been going on always;
that Democrats are fighting all the time
to Improve conditions; but opportunity
for improvement comes only once in
awhile and what are we to do in the
meantime if we do not devote ourselves
to the development of our varied Industrial
interests? Gave an explanation of
the manner in which taxes go into the
treasury. He denied that our people
pay as much taxes in proportion as the
people of the north. He said that unless
a man uses foreign goods he does
not pay taxes into the treasury. We
pay tax on sugar and that is about all.
The people who pay the tariff taxes are
the people who cannot be content with
American goods. The only other taxes
we pay the national government are
such as are paid by those who use
whisky, beer or tobacco. It amounts
to practically nothing as compared with
the amounts paid by other wealthier
slasses, and, therefore, when I get an
appropriation for a good purpose, while
Fou get all the benefit, you only have to
pay a small part of the expense. Said
If he went to the senate, he would do
what he could to secure the Appala?hain
park forest preserve for the pro
? ?u 1 (n
tection oi our agricultural iuuub, a?u
conclusion, to illustrate his efficiency
is a senator compared with his efficiency
as a member of the house, said he
would be like the hound which had
been split from end to end and healed
up with half a nose to the tail and half
i tail to the nose. He would run both
ways and bark at both ends at the same
time. [Applause],
Hon. Anbury C. Latimer,
Was glad to have this opportunity to
come to York county to talk to the people.
He was at a disadvantage in coming
last, because the subjects usually
Jiscussed had been gone over. One of
the speakers told of the $10,000,000,000
produced by the people of the south, but
lid not explain what had become of it.
rou might speculate until doomsday on
the question without being any wiser.
When the Democrats were in power
they put a tariff law on the statute
pooks. Every man in this audience is
jpposed to this policy. You have been
noting against it for fifty years, and
you have done all you could and exsect
to keep on trying, but because I
say you can do nothing, they say I am
advocating a morphine policy. If we
were in Indiana, where there was some
chance to make Democratic converts,
there would be excuse for argument.
Elere every man within the sound of
ny voice knows practically as much
ibout the question as I do. There is no
jse wasting talk on a subject like this.
The question is what can we do to relieve
our condition today? They tell
you that free rural delivery and the distribution
of seeds increases your taxes,
rnd I deny it. Do you want a man to
jo to congress and speak the sentiment
)f the people of the state and get nothing
for you? What is the sentiment of
the people? Is it to participate in the
benefits of the government or not?
With this, he proceded to give an ilustration
of a county in which the
wn halves were taxed alike. One side
isked for money to build school houses
ind roads and spent its money that
ivay. The other half refuses to take
money from the treasury because it
tvould increases taxes, and what would
oe the result? The half that availed
Itself of the common taxes would become
rich and prosperous, while the
Dther would remain at a standstill.
Latimer is a practical man. He believes
that when there is anything gong
it is right to get his share. His
ompetitors had referred to Calhoun,
Hayne and McDuflle, deploring the fact
that they were dead. Each paused after
mentioning these names as if to
rive you time to catch on to the fact
:hat probably you would see In them a
successor. Some of these gentlemen
lave been in congress; but do you remember
of any speeches than any of
:hem have made which have come re?
(Continued on Seeond Page).
aj!
nciu uy i'ut aiavc. j. w*v* ..v ?
Carolina had developed her manufac- ,
turing interests 252 per cent, in the last ]
ten years, and how the south leads the ,
country in industrial progress. He ,
claimed that the agricultural people ?
were not reaping a fair share of the ,
benefits of the government. Told how
the agricultural people from 1850 to
1S60, under Democratic rule, increased j
their property 100 per cent. Then from '
1860 to 1870, under Republican rule, they |
increased only 40 per cent., and the |
next ten years there was only 9 per ,
cent, increase. Agreed with Mr. John- (
stone that taxation should be limited i
to the requirements of the government j
'economically administrered.' Said this j
country needs not more lands but more ,
people to make valuable what land we ,
already have. Told how the United <
States was bounded on the north by the ,
aurora borealis and on the south by the (
day of judgment. [Laughter]. Told of ,
the undesirability of the Philippines, <
where they had to feed the hens on |
cracked ice to keep them from laying L
hard boiled eggs. Told also of the mur- L
der, rapine and arson in connection I with
the conquest of the Philippines, <
and the $300,000,000 it has cost us since
Dewey's battle in Manila bay. We ,
have no more claims on these islands
than I have on your plantation. Some (
people claim that the Almighty sent us j
there. I have noticed that when people '
want to do a wrong thing they fre- (
quently claim Divine guidance. Refer- 1
red to General Smith's "kill and burn" 1
order and said that if we ever own these J
islands it will not be because of purchase:
but because we will have anni- j
hilated a people who only ask to be
permitted to enjoy security of life in j
the pursuit of liberty and happiness. 1
He thought we should give these peo- 1
pie liberty and establish a free govern- 1
ment for them, after which we should
'' J * v_ ~ onma a W51V. I
pun auwn mc im^ uuu wi.>v ???.
There was no wrong in this. We had *
pulled the flag down from Mexico and {
again from Cuba, both times with hon- '
or. I say that if we can get our money <
out of the Philippines, we should come j
away and let them alone and attend to '
our own business. I have had some ex- 1
perience in congress, and the greatest 1
wrong that has been perpetrated J
against the people of this country, is
the wringing of taxes from them to be 1
wasted in various ways in order to keep j
up this protective tariff about which '
Colonel Johnstone and Mr. Henderson '
have told you. He said a Republican 1
up north was born wicked and grew *
worse every day. He thought maybe
the Yankees might make money out of
the Philippines. A Yankee can get a j
salary of $10 a month, spend $12, and
save $25; but a southern man could not ]
do that. Said the people of York and '
Chester were descendants of the same 1
Scotch-Irish stock and very much the ''
same in everything, especially in keep- 1
ing the ten commandments, and al- 1
most everything else they could get '
their hands on. [Laughter]. Said that
Judge Smith, of York, was the only '
spnator who had ever been elected from '
South Carolina north of Columbia, and !
that was more than 70 years ago. The
speaker was asking for the place only !
on his merits: he had made no trade 1
with any candidate for this or any oth- j
er office. The office belongs to the people.
Whether they vote for him or
against him he will always stand by
the Democratic party: but I will tell J
you that if you vote against me you
will make the greatest mistake of your !
life. [Laughter]. Next took up a discussion
of the tariff, told an anecdote
of the Negro who ate axle grease for
cheese. Thought that the crackers
were good but the cheese was the ran