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PUBLL13ED STEHT THURSDAY. . P. OliDrKSOALES, 1 Editobs ahd 0.0. LANG8T0N, j PBoraixroBs. WEDNESDAY AUG. 20, 1892. TERMS: ONE 1"EAR.$1 50 SIX MONTHS._ 75 PEACE REIGN. On Saturday next the candidates for State offices will ?peak in this city to the citizens of ?ad6rson County. The can? didates will be the guests of the citizens of Anderson County. As our guests and as strangers among strangers they are en? titled to tbe most careful treatment and considerate attention from ns. Than the people of Anderson County none more generous and none more hos? pitable can be found. Unless laboring ander severe excitement no rude nor un? becoming thing would be said or'done to any of the candidates next Saturday. We therefore earnestly urge everyone to re? frain from undue excitement, and then we will be sure that when the better na? ture holds sway there will be an absence of that boisterousness and misbehavior at our meeting that have marked other meetings, and have been a, burning shame to those Counties where it happen? ed.. We beg that both factions exercise a spirit of toleration and fairness towards each other and every candidate. Remem? ber ours is a common country and our 'interests are one and inseparable. Each citizen is a patriot to the extent that be seeks to. protect and defend his country ana her interests, and on Saturday the goodnameof our County will be in the keeping of her cifc.zeug. Let them care? fully guard her fair reputation and good name that they may deserve the narre of patriots. . The most satisfactory way to bold the meeting will be to let the candidates do all the speaking. Interruptions with questions or taunt.} or yells are discredit? able end unfair, at d we say let the candi? dates take care of themselves and their side. Any other course may awaken a suspicion that you doubt the ability of your candidates to do so, or that yon are afraid of the influence of a connected speech from the other aide. Tbe candidates are going to get tbe Of? fices. Let them do the work and all of it. Let the. audience q uietly listen and judge between them. Each faction will appoint ten men to act as a committee of order on that day. We hope the dntf.es of this Committee Hrfll be light. However, if the occasion arises,-we call uppaihem to do their duty like men is maintaining tbe peace of the day, and dill upon all good citizens to give thorn their aid and support in the performance of their duties. Attend the Sheppurd and Orr club "meetings in the Court House every Fri? day night. FresidentTribble alwayshas an interestiog program arranged. . ? Russell's Advoetxte appeals for the re? peal of the lien liiw this week. Now, ?will be tell the poor man ;how h~ could get supplies if be didn't ohoose to hire to ;his heigh bprf _ "Who saves his country saves all things, a ad all things' saved will bless him; wlo lets his country die lets all things die, and all thugs dying curse ?;blrn." ' Vole for Sheppard and Orr and .^gainst Till man and Gary. "Greasa tip your throats and get your longa In gaod hollaring order for the 23th. Y Tim above sentence, printed in .italics, is a specimen "gom" clipped . from. Russell's Advocate of this week. ?It is an insult to whomsoever it was .meant to apply. There is not one word in his columns for peace and order on the 13th, however. The Caia:: Grove meeting was appoint? ed by th<: Oaunty Democratic Executive Committee, and ail candidates and citi? zens wen > invited by the Committee to attend it. Idajor Murray, as a citizen and as a candidate for election to the Septem? ber Nominating Convention, had a right to go there to speak, and it was his duty to do so. The meeting was taken pos sessionof by Tollman's followers,'and Maj. Marray came near losing bis life by accepting the Committee's invitation. Remember that when you go to vote. Gov. Tillmanis said to be not ;iltogeth? er in harmony with the Democratic party on the great tariff question. In his Kings treo speech Col. Youmans said that Capt. Tlllman bad said at Barnwell in 1887 "that tariff reduction was not ,?oing to remedy the evils." Here is the Demo? cratic view of the matter as expressed by the celebrated Daniel O'Donnell, of Ire? land, in his fight against the !hi gh tariff 'corn laws in 1842: "But whai: is the meaning of protection? It means an ad? ditional sixpence for each loaf; chat is the Irish of it. If he had not the protection, r the loaf would sell for a shilling, but if be has protection it will sell for one and .sixpence. Protection is the English for sixpence; and what is more, it is the English :for an extorted sixpence. The zeal meaning of protection, therefore, if robbery?robbery of the poor by the rich.''_ .The News and Courier says: "The tenth annual reunion of the rarvivors of Orr's Regimont of Rifles will be heldut Sandy Springs, Anderson County, on August 16 and 17. The survivors of the 2d Rifles, the 4th Regiment, the Hamp? ton Legion, and all Confederate survivors of' Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee and Piokens counties are invited to be pres? ent, and it is expected that a large num? ber of old soldiers will join in this rally of the boys who wore the gray. Orr's Regiment of Rifles took its name from the Hon, James L. Orr, who was author? ized byShe Confederate Government in the Spring of 1861 to raise a regiment of infantry for the service of the Confederate States. The regiment consisted of ten companies and went into a camp of in? struction at Sandy Springs for a time, af? ter which it was ordered to Sullivan's Island, where it remained until April, 1862. The Regiment Was then ordered to Virginia and fought through the war in the Army of Northern Virginia, surren? dering with Lee at Appomattox, a mere handful of men. Orr's Regiment was one of the most gallant commands in the Confederate service and performs*^ prod? igies of valor on many hard-fought fields. For ten years the survivora of the Regiment have been holding reunions and by this means have preserved much of the history of the Regiment. Their ranks are thinning eut rapidly and it! will not be long before they have all passed away forever. The beloved flag under which they fought is folded, but the principles of. constitutional govern? ment for which they west forth to battle are eternal as tbe heavens. We bope that the veterai Riflemen will have a pleas? ant time at the annual reunion this year and that they will make arraElements to come to Charleston .for their next re- > union in April, 1893. Doubtless, many, of the old soldiers fcave not visited tbe, scene of their first service to the Confed-i racy since they marched .to the front through <he streets of this city thirty ?ears ago. It would ? revive many sad: ut pleasant memories for the survivor^ to look onoe more upon the places which were familiar to them in the long ago, and their old comrades in arms in Charleston would delight to welcome them here. It would be possible, per? haps, to make the coming of Orr's Rifles the occasion of a great encampment of old Confederate soldiers on Sullivan's Island, mad we hope that steps will be taken at tfee Sandy Springs reunion ^ bring about go Soppy aa event." I TBE TVIEU4.MSTON MEETING. The people of this city have felt great interest In the success of the "Williamston meeting on Monday. On that day a good? ly number of our people boarded the ear? ly morning train faced towards William* ston. At Bel ton they were strongly re? inforced and they landed about 200strong at Williamston. Trowbridge's band accompaniod the excursionists and discoursed excellent music daring the day. The Williamston meeting was a Con? servative meeting and was gotten up by the Conservatives in and around that classic town. These good people are deeply in earnest in their support of the Conservative party, and an elegant barbe? cue dinner was served to their guests and everything else was done for their com? fort that warm-hearted hospitality could suggest. About 2,000 persons were present and they, as Conservatives always do, accord? ed the speakers a most respectful hearing and preserved the best of order through? out the day. Rev. A. C. Stepp, of Honea Path, pre? sided, and Ex-Governor Sheppard, Col. Orr, Solicitor Murphy and Col. Humbert were present and made vigorous and con? vincing speeches. Maj. Murray made a speech in which the crowd was deeply interested, for he told of the occurrence of a few hoars previous which had nearly cost him his life. To obtain an accurate knowledge of this affair, let us go back, a few days to the meeting of the County Democratic Executive Committee of a week ago Monday. Thi I Committee determined to set times and places for eight campaign meetings in the County, and the follow? ing7 sub-Committee was appointed to make the appointments: W. C. Pickens, |..W. A. Neal, T. B. Earle, T. H. Burriss andR. Dugan. \ This Committee set a meeting for Ce? dar Grove on Monday last, and they did so with a fall knowledge of the fact that the Conservatives of the Williamston community had already selected Monday as the day to hold their meeting in Wil? liam ston. Cedar Grove is about 3 or 3} miles west 'of Williamston. In considering the proceedings of Mon? day bear these three facts in mind: That the Conservati ve meeting at Wil? liam ston had been set for Monday before the Executive Committee sei; the County campaign meeting for Cedar Grove. That the Con nty Democratic Executive Committee appointed the meeting at Ce? dar Grove for Monday and invited all candidates to be present, especially, can? didates from this County. That every citizen, regardless of politics or race, has a right to attend every meet? ing provided for by the Democratic Exec? utive Committee. About as many attended the Cedar Grove meeting as were present at the Williamston meeting. Daring the morn? ing J. W. Ashley, J. E. lineal, Secretary of State, A. C. Latimer and J. E. Brea zeale Bpoke at Cedar Grove. At some time daring the morning Maj. E. B. Murray, who is a citizen of this County, a good Democrat, a candidate on the Conservative ticket for election to the September Nominating Convention and a peaceable man, left the William ston meet? ing to go to Cedar Grove that he might meet his fellow-citizens there and perhaps speak to them. He and Mr. J. F. Gosse tt drove there in a buggy. What happened on their arrival is told by eye-witnesses in substance as follows: On coming within 250 yards of the stand at Cedar Grove, several fellows some distance from the speaking follow? ed Messrs. Murray and Gcssett, jeering and yelling at them. The crowd around the stand hearing this rushed towards the I buggy and so blockaded the road that the team was stopped. So much jeering and yelling took place that it was deafening. Seither of the gentlemen in the boggy attempted to say anything and only smil? ed and nodded at friends they recognized around them: Finally, some friend took the bridle of the horse and made a way for them trough the crowd, that they might go nearer the stand. Mr. Gossett, by agreement, remained in the baggy "waiting to see if Mr. Murray would be al? lowed to speak. Mr. Murray alighted and had gone but a few steps and was near some ladies when the crowd around him became a yelling, senseless mob. They seized Mr. Murray and struck him with their fists and punched him with umbrellas and sticks, and forced him violently against a tree, and some say he was jerked to the ground and kicked. After a time he was roughly thrown into the baggy and the peaceable men among them urged Mr. Gossett to drive hastily away. This he tried to do, but the wild mob was loth to give up their prey so soon. Some of them seized the baggy wheels and the back of the baggy and continued to strike and beat their victim. At last the buggy was jerked from them, and was started rapidly towards Willi am ston. Then the mob resorted to stones, and sav? agely hurled rooks at the men in the bug? gy and ran after them and threw at them as long as they could keep iu distance. Fortunately the stones did not take effect, but a number of them hit the buggy and made scars thereon that indicated that they were thrown with a force that would have cleft a man's skull had their aim been accurate. When Messrs. Murray and Qoasett es? caped their tormentors it was found that Mr. Murray had not received any danger? ous wounds from the cowardly ruffians, but he was severely and painfully bruis? ed. It was of this dastardly and cowardly assault upon two peaceable and unarmed citizens by a vicious mob that Mr. Murray spoke on his return to Williamstoaand which excited the crowd there intensely, i While tho people at Williamston were fiercely i tdignant at the treatment of Mr. Murray u "vere advised not to resent it and did ixsjt empt to do so. Besides Messrs. Ashley, Tindal, Lati? mer and Breazeale, already mentaa&ed* Messrs. J. Belton Watson, S. N. Pearman, D. H. Russell, and R. V. Acker, and perhaps some others, all prominent Tillmanites, witnessed the outrage per? petrated against Mr. Murray and did not make .an effort to protect him nor speak a word fox good order and decency, so far as oar inform a#t could tell. They are lead? ers among the IRllmanites and p res urn -J* blyeould have had great influence with fee crowd present. W&y did they hold aloof? Were they indifferent to the fact that a citizen was being sbawoftUly mal? treated in their presence .and- by Ahe*r friends? Did they approve it? Be it said to the lasting credit of many | of .those at the Cedar Grove meeting that they ile? the place immediately after this, occurrence. They did not even stay to est their dinners. They left in disgust at what they had .w-it,??ssed. We believe that muiy others of thcu^resent severe? ly censure the action of -the .^ob. The Hon. tteorge E. Prince west&> the Cedar Grove meeting soon after the scen^t just described ended. He was met with' scowls and threats and wrxned not to go towards .the stand. The Chairman and others .jutesent begged him not.totdo so as they believed it would precipitate .anoth? er scene of mobism and they copldmot! protect him. He was urged to leave the grounds forthwith, as his presence seem- * ed to work some of the lawless fellows into a fine frenzy and trouble was brew? ing. He consented to leave, and we have good authority for saying he left none too early, and that it was with trouble that the i ruffians present were prevented from stoning him as he was driving off. Of course the loaders of the mob are known. As they have sown so shall they reap. Our citizens returned on the late train Monday evening, and excepting the inci? dent above related enjoyed the day very much, and received new evidence of the great and growing strength of the Con ; servatives in tbe Connty of Anderson. I THE LIEN UW. If the lien law is a bad thing let it alone. If you are in the situation that forces you to give a lien and work your own crop or hire to your neighbor and work his crop, then adopt the alternative that is most congenial to your nature and promises the best results to you. No man can be forced into giving a lien. He can decide for himself whether he will give a lien or hire to his neighbor. Also, whether his liberty and manhood are im? paired more by the one than tbe other. The repeal of the lien law mains that the poor man's opportunities for making a living will be reduced. He will have no choice in tbe matter then. He must hire or starve. What sensible man would knowingly lessen bis opportunities for earning bis daily bread ? By means of tbe lien law many a man has rented a farm and conducted it as in? dependently as if it had been bis own, until be had accumulated enough to buy the farm. Reduce such a man as that to the necessity of hiring as a day hand and you would break his brave heart. A little help In life?a little lift at the beginning?has been tbe foundation of many a fortune, and the lien law is the little lift that has started many a man on the upgrade tein pendence and plenty. If you don't like the lien law have no? thing to do with it. Don't force the shackles of serfdom around your neigh? bors' ankles, however, by repealing it. Let bum continue to be a free man. Governor Tillman is said to favor the repeal of tbe lien law. That is hostility to the poor man, and would keep him poor forever. A DEMOCRAT MOBBED. Of all the disgraceful things that have happened in our unhappy State for tbe last two years it has been left for a sec? tion of Anderson Connty to commit the gravest offence against the peace and good name of South Carolina. The attack on Major Murray at Cedar Grove Church on Monday by a raging mob is without precedent in the annals of onr County. It appears that his life was thirsted for, and that but for his timely escape he would to-day be a corpse and a large number of his fellow-citizens would be stamped with tbe brand cf the murderer. We boast of our freedom of speech, yet we have a Democrat fiercely assaulted by a mob of Democrats, at a meeting ap? pointed by the Connty Democratic Exec? utive Committee for every Democrat in the Connty, and for the one reason that he favors the election of a different set of Democrats favored by the majority at the Cedar Grove' meeting, and dared to say s o. In saying that the Cedar Grove affair is the direct and legitimate outgrowth of Tillman and Tilimanism in the State, we do not intend thereby to relieve the par? ticipants in the affair of one particle of responsibility for their rash deed. The fact is that before Tillman became a po? litical factor in the State peace and unity reigned supreme among onr people. Since his appearance abuse, harsh feel? ings and bad blood have characterized onr political meetings and discussions, and a score or more of times what seem? ed an imminent bitter fratricidal collis? ion and bloodshed was narrowly averted. Tillman is the poisonous thorn in the body politic that has caused it to fester and grow angry until an explosion may take place at any time. Until he is retired into that privacy from which it is to be lamented that he ever emerged, people will continue to hate each other, friends that were, broth? ers that were, with that bitter hatred that is satisfied by nothing less than tbe blood of their opponents. In accusing Tillman for responsibility in tMs matter originally we cannot ex? cuse the local leaders of his cause for a share of the blame. Has their course been one of peace and conciliation and good feeling? Have not their speeches been full of inflammatory accusations and abuse that seemed intended to excite; nd arouse the baser passions of men ? Did a one of them raise a finger or a voice to quell that riot on Monday ? It has always been the case that the poor fellows who do tbe shouting and the voting get nothing for their trouble, while the candidates get the offices and the big salaries. In this case the poor devils who have followed and put inta execution the teachings and instigations of their lead? ers will likely get a term in the penitenti? ary, while the more guilty ones who have stood off and urged them on will go scot free. Every citizen in the State who at heart laments and condemns that disgraceful occurrence and whoswishes to guard against similar ones in the future can set the seal of his condemnation heavily up? on it by refusing to vote for B. R. Tillman on the 30th inst,, and those who seek of? fice with no higher claim for ijt than that they are for him and are like him. * Who can now gainsay the fact that a vote for Sheppard and Orr means a vote for peace and unity and the restoration of brotherly love among neighbors and friends? We may he a little dull of comprehen? sion in these ^'.record-breaking times" of ours, but we have sever understood how the Anderson delegates fio .the May Con? vention, and the same Wade Hampton Bpoke of as a "so-called Democratic Con? vention," and offended these same gen? tlemen thereby, can satisfactory explain that ttxey didn't vote down a resolution in that Convention condemning the for? mation of a tt&d party in this State, and those promulgating /bird party litera? ture. Mr. Belton WatsoB, Mr. Russell, Mr. Boleman, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Brea zeale, Mr. Parker and Mr. .Gaines were delegates to that Convention and are now candidates fyr Democratic votes. It is common to ask delegates questions. Ask ithese gentlemen about &bat third party resolution and its history and t&ejr atti? tude as members of the majority towards * ? . Snake Ceofeed mtU CnW>age. Lexington, Kt., Angaai fr*/. H. Molntire's family of four and the colored cook, of Buena Vista, ate cabbage for dinner and died shortly afterwards. Upon investigation, it was found that a poisonous snake had been cooked with I .tho^bbage. j&tfiffS the Farmers. EtoET Sco^r -K^AS, August 7.?The Goodlacd Rain Company organized last winter to make rain after (top well-known plan commenced operations tOrd&y under contract with the f&roers of Bourbon; County to cause a fall of rain of over half; an inch over five hundred square miles,; the compensation belog $1,000. Opera? tions commenced this morning. A cloud gathered in the southwest and commenced moving in.is direction. At midnight a copious rain was /ailing. Skeptical peo Ele.say the natural co?$tfona would have rought the rain anyway and that tbe farmers.raigbt have saved their|1,$0C. m 0 Masked robbers held up a.passen-i ger train near.Collis, Cal., broke open the' express car by the use of a dynamite' bomb, robbed tbe safe, and escaped. Tho' express messenger had two ribs broken! and the engine was disabled by the ex plosion. i Explains Itself. Anderson, S. C, Aug. 5, 1892. Mr. M. M. Lander?Dear Sir : I here? with return your manuscript as directed. I could not admit it to our columns with due regard for my own self-respect when you denounce my father and brother in the manner you have. Whatever their political sins, which I do not deny and which I greatly regret, they are my kins? men, and I would merit the contempt of all right-thinking people if I allowed de? nunciations'of them to appear in a paper edited by myself. Jn regard to myself allow me to say that I never allowed the School Commissioner's office to be used as a night rendezvous for negroes. It was done without my knowledge or con? sent, and I promptly put a stop to it when informed of it by my friends. As to the Reform Signal being gratuitously distributed by myself I desire to say that I never heard of that before, and it is false. I remember to have received some copies of it through the mails, and I also remember that tbey were as promptly used as waste paper. I am yours, <fec., d. H.- Russell. The State of South Carolina, ) * Anderson County. j Personally came before me W. L. Bolt I who, on oath, says that the Reform Signal was repeatedly sent to his house from the home of D. H. Russell, until notice was given that if another copy was sent it would be burnt. W. L. Bolt. Sworn to and subscribed before me 8th August, 1892. W. F. Cox, J. P. A. C. Editor Peoples Advocate: Your "Shot below the Belt" and Mr. T. H. Russell's "Politics run Mad" are very plausible productions to those of your readers ignorant of the facts. A martyr ?be his cause what It may?is always an object of sympathetic pity, and the con? demnation of all well-meaning men is the just due to him who fans to flame the fagots. While you pose, however, mid the cir? cling wreaths of smoke, and while Mr. T. H. R. re-inters the political bones of '82, allow me to disabuse your mind of the impression that I selected the marble and hewed the pedestal upon which you now so gracefully attitudinise. Who fired those fagots? Not I, and if the shot took effect below the belt, don't censure me after your taunting challenge to fire at will. Your old sore was opened at your own invitation. Your nlrb at the an ties is responsible for it. ? A month ago I reported the Cleveland meeting at Williamston. Commenting upon it, you inject a fling at the anties, whereas there was not a syllable of State politics in either the meeting or the leport. The logical inference from your attempt to belittle a Cleveland demonstration was that the policy of yon i paper was hostile to the Democratic Presidential nominee. Until then I had never questioned your democraoy, but inquiry, instituted by your fling, elicited the fact that your columns were open to the "notorious scalawag who presides in the' Anderson P. O." Hence the opening of one side of the old sore. The other side was opened by your con? temptuous quotation points around my report of Mr. Prince's speech. But for that your father's political ashes would have been left untouched. They were disinterred to testify in the case of quo? tation points vs. "chaste eloquence," yourself preferring the indictment. As touching your father, I have doe respect for bis advanced age, but for his Kilties and his "politics run mad" I ve none. The latter is a sham. For Instance, in its conclusion he says he would not "reply in the same strain," dtc., yet in his opening paragraph he characterizes me as a hyena, an ash raker, a State disgraoer, et cetera ad nau? seam. His second paragraph is undemo? cratic, and appears with little grace in your so-called Democratic paper. It is on out and out ayowal that the "revolu? tion"?Tlllmanism, I infer?is the direct product of Green buck is in, which, if at all, is but one step removed from the rottenest Republicanism. His fourth paragraph is false to the core. He leaves the Advocated readers to infer that my report said that "resort was had to personal abuse and vitupera? tion," and that the '82 campaign was "diluted with personal spleen." The re Eort Btands?ft speaks for itself, and ranis that as false. His third para? graph, about "moral right to be let alone" and "enforced seclusion" is the refine? ment of hypooracy. Everybody knows his "seclusion" is "enforced" by Harri? son's failure to give him the Greenville P. O. Yet he has the gall to call himself a "true, old-fashioned Jeffersonian Dem? ocrat!" Come down from off your pe? destal, Mr. T. H. R. The martyr busi? ness has its disadvantages, particularly during these warm dog days.' As for yourself: I was aware that you r card came out after your defeat. I am also aware that it was the neatest stroke of policy you ever made, putting upon record, as it did, your chiefest claim for votes before your defeat. I am free to re-assert that the renunciation was made under "campaign pressure." You claim to be a Democrat and pose as a political martyr. Per contra /?You hold your columns open to "Shanks/' a God-defying Republican, and to Wm. Hess, who is no Democrat, measured even in your own half bushel. You do not deny that your brother, W. W. R., con? tributes to your sheet. I have not known you to deny that you allowed that broth? er and a crowd of negro Republicans to use your Commissioner's office as anight time rendezvous, nor that you furthered the gratuitous distribution of the Reform Signal. Yon give space to the exultant \ assertion that Tillmanlsm is the direct and logical outcome of Greenbackism. Yet yours is honest Democracy. God save the mark I Who fired those fagots ? Whose "fine Italian hand" traced those delicate lines of anguish upon the mar? tyr's resigned brow ? Holy Btnoke \ Where Is Uriah Heap ? But enough of the "shot" and the "mad politics." In this rejoinder no attempt has been made to beg the question nor to play upon words. Unadorned English has been used without appeal to "apt alliteration's artful aid." What has been Bald is prompted by a desire to see the polities of Anders011 County placed upon the plane of Rivalry, independence, common decency and democracy, as op? posed to hypocracy, compromise ##4 du? plicity?prompted by an abiding con? tempt for the littleness and d is ingenu? ousness displayed In your wilful perver? sion of an event in National politics Into capital to be used against the Conserva? tive cause. Who fired those fagots ? M. M. Lakder. Against #ie ?^-Treasury. Washington* Aug- V-?he Committee on Ways and Means through McMillan today made a unanimous report adverse to all sub-treasury bills, The report ia a long document and discusses sli pha? ses of the question in a comprehensive style. It begins by deferring for a time the question of the constitutionality of the bill, and proceeds to state the object? ions that occur to the committee. They are briefly s&ted as follows: If there should be 0 reduction in the value of goods, after they ar,e stored, be? low 80 per cent, the government would lose; If the value increased the go verm ment would get none of the profit. The jurisdiction of the Federal Courts would be Increased so as to make them an instrosaafifc pf oppression to the peo? ple. The bill tends strongiy u^^rdp centrali? zation, and interferes with ln&v?dnal freedom. Great 'fluctuation in corrsnoy will follow its enactment. ' The operations of the bill would nqt be confined to farmers, but the iron man, lumber man and; manufacturers, gener? ally, would complain until the govern? ment fixed the limit to the possible loss of twenty per cent, on them and ao pp. The government would bo usurping the functions of citizens, and attending .to everybody's business'hutItsb^vn. Toe iuwgy$#on. of ,tho scheme would bo tns spacu L&ior'i .delight ? he could car? ry 8470,000 worth tfwttm ?vy'jLth jLegs jh'a? 895,000 cash, and tftf ff^Wffffliftat 1 per cent interest. The great increase in the number Of Federal officials would make it almost impossible to dislodge a corrupt admin? istration. No provision is made for the redemp? tion of the many millions to be issued under the bill, and the banks would have po'w.er^o /force the destruction of any part of the government's money. The Wiri8r'cJaa3 legislation, and it would be unjust to the^ay laborer and other toilers. People having a partiovh>r kind of property to deposit c??ld' get1 money at 1 per cent, from the govern? ment, and lend it at a higher rate to oth? er persona. La8tly, it is violatlve of the Constitution, as Is shown by citations from the highest judicial tribunals in the' land. ? The.throne ,pf an Egyptian Queen who flourished 4,(100 years 13..C. ip still in existence, and is supposed to be1 the old? est chair in the world. It is of ebony.' so hardened by ago as to appear as if carved from black marble. Ready to Fight. Special to Augusta Chronicle: Columbia, S. C, Aug. 4.?The most exciting meeting of the State campaign oc? curred today at Union. There came dan? gerously noar being a personal difficulty on the stand botweeu Uov. Tillman and Col. Orr, the Conservative candidate for Lieutenant Governor, which would have resulted in a riot. In bis speech Gov. Tillman asked Col. Orr for his authority for saying that a preacher had said that he [Tillman] bad flaunted his profanity in public. Col. Orr explained that be did not divulge private conversations, and added that Tillman knew the statement was true as he could ascertain by appealing to the preachers in general. The Gov? ernor said, that sometimes an oath slip? ped out but that it had done so only on one occasion during the campaign. He appealed to the ladies present to signify if in their opinion they considered him as a blackguard, but of course there was no response from them. The Governor then said that Col. Orr or any other man who Bald he flaunted bis profanity in public lied. Col. Orr advanced to the Governor and catching him by tbe arm wheeled him around and asked him if ho was trying to raise a personal difficulty. Governor Tillman replied that he was not, and Orr shook his linger in his face aud told him ho could not intimate that be (Orr) lied without having it thrown in his (Tlllman's) teeth. He told him further that Tillman had boasted of be? ing "God Almighty's gentleman." The Governor replied bo he had, and Orr re? plied "he did not do himself credit when he made you." He again caught hold of tbe Governor and asked bim if he meant to intimate that he was a liar. The Governor said that if Orr did not origi? nate tbe statement his remark did not ap? ply to him. By this time the crowd had become a raging mob. People climbed up on the stand, men pulled off their coats, swore like troopers and gathered around the two men. It looked for all the world as if blood was to be shed. Col. Orr stood to the rack and told Tillman he had repeatedly used curse words on the stand. The Governor said be had not done it but once and he would leave it to ex-Governor Sheppard, who, however, had nothing to say. The excitement by thl3 time was in? tense. Col. Orr again caught hold of Governor Tillman, who bad turned his head toward the crowd in front and' told him if he wanted a fight he conld get it. Tbe Governor said he did not, and Col. Orr /went back to his seat, remarking that Tillman must let bim alone. The Governor turned to the crowd and Bald] no living man could bulldoze him. After great dimulty the crowd was quieted. Dr. P. A. W?hlte. The following memorial was adopted by the Anderson County Medical Society at its meeting on Monday, August 8th: Your committee beg leave to report: Again has this Society been called upon to moum the death of another of its active, working members. Dr. P. A. Wilhite was one of the oldest and most prominent members. He was born and raised in Geor? gia and was about 70 years old at the time of bis death. He moved to Anderson in the year 1852 or thereabouts, opened a drug store and also'entered upon the practice of medicine, both of which callings he kept up to the time of bis death; gaining reputation as a physician and accumulating property. He was well known and highly esteemed all over this aud in adjoining counties for bis professional attainments and universal? ly courteous demeaner that won friends for him wherever he went. He was a member of the State Medical Association and a member of the Executive Committee of tbe State Board of Health, having been elected and commissioned upon the formation of the board and left only one member on the board who bore a com? mission of like date. He took a deep interest in any and everything that looked to the advaucement of tbe profession that he was engaged in for nearly 40 years of his life. As a citizen few if any stood higher in tbe. estimation of his fellonr-cltizeda?true to his country's good, true to his church, true to everything that was upright and honest, a devoted father, a kind and affec? tionate husband, and a true friend. Resolved, That in the death of Dr. P. A. Wilhite this Society has lost a warm sup? porter and one of its most esteemed and useful members. Resolved, That we, as members of tbe Anderson County Medical Society, in com? mon with our fellow-citizens, lament tbe loss of our esteemed friend and brother, and extend our sympathy to his bereaved family. Resolved, That a blank page in our min? ute book be inscribed to bis memory, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to hia family and furnished our county papers for publication. All of which is respectfully submitted. [Signed.] C. V, Barnes, W. H. Nardin, A.G.Cook. Committee, Anderson, 8. C, August 8,1892. The Record's the Thing. The Columbia Register says, "tbejpoll tax must be settled by a direct vote of the people,'' No. if Tillman and bis coat-tail swingers get Ip, On the Uth of last December Tillman's pet scheme of a new Constitution came up in the House. Mr. Abney of Rich land (Conservative) offered the following proviso: "Provided, however, that no Constitu? tion formed, or which may be formed, by such convention, shall be binding or go into effect until it shall have been sub? mitted to the people of tbe State for rati? fication, and shall have been ratified by the votes of a majority of the qualified voters of tho State voting upon such question." This was voted down by Governor Till? man's friends. Here are their names; Speaker Jones, Alderman, Blease, Bow-* en, Bowden, Breazeale, Brlce, Browning, Buist, Carpenter, Carwile, Chandler, Connor, Cox, Dukes, J. E. DuPro, Earle, Elder, Evans, Flnley, Folk, Fox, Fuller, F. B. Gary, T. A. Graham, Gregory, Hardy, Hart, Harvey, Holman, Jeffries, Klnard, McCall, MoFaddin, Molntyre, McWhite, Moseley, Nerton, Patterson, Rast, Riley, Rowland, Kussel, Scott, JDanklin, Stack house, Stan land, Tavlor, odd,' T?wnes, Traylor, Wolfe; Wood? ward, YeldeU,Youmansf Zimmerman. In the Senate a similar proviso, offered by Senator Smythe, of Charleston, (Con? servative) was voted down, 25 to 11. We have not this vote in detail. Now, how can the ?3 poll tax be settled by a "direct vote of the people" when Tillman's friends won't allow the new Constitution providing for it to go to the Bfyodj JJlof at a Baptist Pic nie. yLCK?gpn??, Mjsp." "August 6.?Yester day'the County Suriday ?obbol ponyen ??aofBapt4?tshehl'a picnic''at Chapel UUl, mJdway between Bolton and Ray? mond, A difficulty over tbe r}d|ngofa flying machine resulted in a riot, in which forty or fifty pistol shots were fired. One man was killed and two women seriously wounded. A little girl received a slight flesh wound. Oue of the principals was arrested. A Miser's Suicide. DaiTQjjr, Ohio, August 4.?Frederick Kayser, an &ged, eccentric and wealthy miser, hanged himself yesterday, as a result of a quarrel with bis daughter. Kayser, though worth over a quarter of million dollars, dressed in rags and looked and acted like a distressed mendi? cant. For th a past twenty years bis daily avocation has been the collection of gar? bage and slops, which he fed stock on his i farm, His pnlv daughter, cultivated girl, endeavored to Induce her father to clean p and discontinue hfa slop' gathering, i his so incensed the bid man that betook BUfe; ' -' . 1 ? Ex-Congressman "Phil" B. Thomp-! son, jr., of Kentucky, was at the Hoff-1 man House ja New York on Monday, d'lti an Interview with a reporter for j e Times said; ' 'vThere'ia notfoubt that r. Harrison earnestly insists upon tbe I enactment of is jforce .biHf and )f iff were a i Ia/,y h? would go to the last extreme in ch/bveing & His .concentrated' bate of the South, 4mpfy fiscal it' is Demo? cratic, has no pwaup) since #p mad days of reconstruction, and this dosnit? tho fact that he owes his renominatlon to the boot-licking scalawags he has ap? pointed to office there. The time has passed for such narrow partisanship, and tbe conservative forces of the whole coun? try are anxious to repudiate it." The First Step. perhaps you are run down, can't eat, cafnt sleep, can't think, can't do anything ?to your satisfaction, tou yon wonder what ails you. You'should'heed me warning, you are taking the first step Snto Nervous I Prostration. You need a Nerve Tonic and II in Electric Bitters you will find the exact ] remedy for restoring your nervous Bystemi tofitsnormal, healthy condition. Snrpris-I ing results follow the use of this great Nerve! Tonic and Alterative. Yqur appetite re? turns, good digestion is restored, and the Li,ver and Kidneys resume healthy action. Try a battle. Price 50o. at Hill Bros, Drugstore. , ? James A. Broch, a resident of Berk? ley, Norfolk connty, Va., was killed by his wife last week while asleep in the bed. She fired a bullet through his brain, killing him almost instantly. She has been arrested. A Little Girl's Experience In A Light? house. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Trescott are keepers of the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand Beach, Mich., and are blessed with a daughter, four years old. Last April she was taken down with Measles, followed with a dread? ful Coueh and turning into a Fever. Doc? tors at home and at Detroit treated her, but in' vain, she grew worse rapidly, until she was a mere "handful of bones.'' Then she tried Dr. King's New Discovery and after the use of two and a half bottles, was com? pletely cured. They say Dr. King's New Discovery is worth its weight in gold, yet Sou may get a trial bottle free at Hill Bros. imgBtore. LAND FOB SALE. IOFFER for sale the following Tracts of Land belonging to the Estate of Thomas Dickson, deceased: The Majors Tract, in Garvin Township, containing 412 acres, on Three-and-Twenty Mile Creek, bounded by lands of R. F. Simeon, deceased, J. B. Douthlt, Wm. Smith and others. Dwelling-house, out? buildings and two tenant houses, 125 acres in good state of cultivation, 125 acres woodland, 50 acres good meadow land, the balance in old-field pine. The above Tract is admirably adapted for a stock farm, hav? ing four bold branches running through it. I will sell the whole or divide to suit pur? chasers. Also, one Tract near Sandy Springs, in Pendleton Township, containing 1301, ly? ing on West Bide of the Blue Ridge Rail? road, opposite Sandy Springs Camp? ground, bounded by lands of Mrs. M. E. Milan, J. C. Watklns and others. Lies well and is all in oak forest. Also, one Tract, known as the Gaston Tract, in Garvin Township, containing 235 acres, on Three-and-Twenty Creek, bound? ed by lands of Col. T. J. Bickens, M. C. Dickson and Nick Ligon. 75 acres in cnl tivation, 20 acres good bottom, 40 acres of woodland, balance pine forest. Also, one Tract, known as the Major Miller Tract, in Pendleton Township, con? taining 127 acres, on Three-and-Twenty Mile Creek, bounded by lands of Pendle? ton Manufacturing Co., Nick Ligon, Gas ton Tract and Dr. Brown Tract. Lies welL Also, one Tract, known as the Dr. Brown Tract, in Pendleton Township, containing 182 acres, bounded by the Mai. Miller Tract, Gaston Tract, Ephraim Buchanan and M. C. Dickson?20 acres in cultivation, tbe balance In oak and pine forest The last three Tracts are all together, and will be sold as a whole or divided to suit purchasers, These Lands are offered at private sale. Terms reaaonable. For further Informa? tion apply to M. C. DICKSON, Executor Est. Thomas Dickson, deceased, Pendleton, S. C. 1 Aug 10, 1892 j 6_4__ HOUSE FOR SALE. f riHE undersigned offers for sale or rent JL her House and Lot on McDuffle St. The Lot contains two acres, and will be divided to suit purchasers. The House contains six rooms and kitchen and ser? vants' room. For other information, terms, etc, apply to MRS. E. C. JORDAN. Aug 3,1892_6_ SHOES and HATS. COME AND SEE my Fifty Cents and Seventy-five Cents Shoes for Women and Girls. Men's Hats lower than you ever bought them in Anderson. Many other things in merchandise lower than you can buy them elsewhere. Give me a call before they are all gone. BEST TEA, of my own blending. Drink Iced Tea and keep cool. A. B. TOWERS, _No. 48 Pablic Square. FOR SALE. TITRS. Emaline Vandiver's Homestead, ixl, the late residence of Aaron Vandi ver, deceased, four and one-half miles Southeast of Anderson, containing two hundred and eighty-four acres?fifty acres fine bottom. Good residence. To.be di? vided to suit purchasers. Apply to JAS? PER N. VAND1VER at his residence for particulars. July 27, 1892_4 2m INSURANCE! IAM prepared to issue Al Policies on first olass Gin risks, Cotton, and all other kinds of Country and City property, in the best of Insurance Companies, and shall be glad to furnish rates or any other information concerning the Insurance bus? iness. Call on or address J. H. Von HASSELN, Anderson, S. C. July 20,1892 3_3m BURSTS' TURNIP SEED. CROP 1892. HOW READY. A. N, T0DD & CO. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Conservative Seiegates. The following gentlemen have hcen selected to represent tlio Anderson Conservatives in the Sep tombor Nominating Convention, subject to the Deraocratiu,' Primary Election: E. B. Mu rray, A. II. McG eo, J. M. Cox, H. E. Vandlver, J. W. Clement, Dr. J. G-. Duckworth, G. W. Sullivan, Wo, Bailey, W. H. Rodgers. P. B. Allen, W. P. Cook. V. C. Sheare r. For Congross. The friends of Hon. GEORGE JOHNSTONS hereby announce him as a candidate for re-elec? tion to Congress from the Third District, subject to the Democratic primary. For Clerk of Court We are authorized to announce Col. B. B. A. ROBINSON as a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. He proposes to record deeds and mort? gages for 75 cents; indexing 10 cents. Ministen 01 .he Gospel, widows and orphans, and maimed Confederate soldiers, free. I hereby respectfully announce myself as a can? didate for the office of Clerk of Court for Ander? son County, S. C, subject to the Democratic Primary. M. P. TRIBBLE. For Auditor. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for the office of Auditor of Anderson County, aub | ject to the Democratic Primary. B. F. WILSON. For the Legislature. W. P. WEIGHT is respectfully announced as a candidate for the House of Representatives, sub? ject to the Democratic Primary Election. The many friends of JOHN C GANTT, of Fork Township, hereby announce him as a candidate for the Honse of Representatives from this Coun? ty, subject to the Democratic primary election. The frionda of GEORGE E. PRINCE, Esq., pre? sent his name as a candidate for the Legislature, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary Election._ For Coroner, The friends of MILLEDGE B. JACKSON re? spectfully announce hin as a candidate for Coro? ner, subject to the action of Democratic Primary Election._ For Solicitor. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina; subject to the action of the Democratic Party in the Primary Election in August next. M. F. ansel: For Countj Commissioners. W. P. SNELGBOVE, ot Fork Township, la presented to the voters of Anderson County as a suitable person for the o^ce of County Commis? sioner, subject to the Democratic primary. The frlenda of 8AMDEL 0. JACKSON respect? fully announce him as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the action of the Demo? cratic Primary. Mr. Jackson is a thoroughly practical young mm, and would manage the County affairs in a practical way. We are authorized to announce Capt. B. C. MARTIN as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Commissioner, subject to the tlon of the Democratic Primary. For School Commissioner. The friends of COLUMBUS WARDLAW re? spectfully announce him as a candidate for re? election to the office of School Commissioner, subject to the Democratic primaries. Mr. Ward law has made a most zealous and efficient officer, as the condition of our public school system will verify. For Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Sheriff of Anderson County, rabject to the Demo? cratic Primary Election. NELSON It. GREEN. Coal and Wood Dealer! I DESIRE to inform the publio that I am in the COAL and WOOD bu?nens. Gat my prices before buying elsewhere. J. P. CATLETT. Aug 3, 1892_5_ ASSIGNEE'S SALE. THE stock of Clothing, Shoes, &c., as? signed by A. Q. Means, Jr., for the benefit of his Creditors, is hereby offered for sale. Those desiring to bid on same will please do so in wnting under wafer on or before the 18th. instant. TermB of | sale cash. We reserve the right to reject any and all bids. GEO. E. PRINCE, Assignee. E. P. COCHRAN, Agent of Creditors. Aug. 3, 1892 , 6 8 Notice to Contractors, Office of County Commissioners, Anderson, S, C, August 2,1892. WE will let to the lowest bidder on Wednesday, August 10th, at 11 a, m? theBnilding of a Bridge over Gene rostee, at Broylea' Mill, Savannah Town? ship. Also, on Tuesday, August 10th, Build? ing of a Bridge, near Nowell, in Brushy Creek Township, at 11 a. m. Also, on Friday, 19tb, Building of a Bridge over Big Beaverdam, near G. W. Maret's, Fork Township, at 11 a. m. Also, on Saturday, 27th. Building of a Bridge over Broadmonth Creek, in Honea Path Township, at 11 a. m. W. T. McGlLL, Cbm'n., B. 0. MARTIN, R. E. PARKER. Board Co. Com. Anderson Co,, 8. C. Per E. W. LONG, Clerk. Aug 3,1892 5_3 JOHN H. AND E. L. CLARKE H AVE FORMED A PARTNERSHIP IN THE MERCHANT TAILORING BUSINESS, UNDER the Firm name of JOHN H. CLARKE <fc 3R0? and respectfully ask the patronage of the general pubjic. We have secured the services of Mr. CLINE. who learned his trade in Germany, and is a fine workman. He has worked in several large cities in this country. Mr. BAYLI3 R. CLARKE la also with us. He, too, is a first-class cutter and workman. We have long suffered for the want such workmen, but heretofore our business would not warrant our obtaining such; so now all we ask is to give us a trial, and you will be sure to be satisfied both in style, fit and work, and at much lower prices than you would pay in larger cities. We keep some nice Piece Goods on hand, and a full line of Samples from the North and West for you to select from. Altering, Cleaning and Repairing neatly and prompt? ly done at reasonable prices. Wo are very anxious to do a good business this Fall and Winter, and shall spare no effort or expense to do so. Very respectfully, _JOHH H. CLARKE & BROTHER. MACHINERY! To our Friends and Patrons: BELOW we give a list of some of the Machinery on hand in our Warehouse here, which were bought in Carload lots for Cash, and that we will sell cheap in order to re? duce our Stock, Every piece of Machinery sold by us is fully guaranteed, and we defy competition in the matter of prices : Six 12 H. P. Centre Crank Engines, new. Two 15 H. P. Centre Crank Engines, new. Two 20 H. P. Centre Crank Engines, new. One 25 H. P. Centre Crank Engines, new. One 30 H. P. Centre Crank Engine, new. One 40 H. P. Centre Crank Engine, new. Two 12 H. P. Locomotive Boilers on Skids. Three 15 H. P. Locomotiv?'Bollers on Skidd. Qnp 20 H. P. Locomotive Boilers on Skids. Ope Ja ft. P. Return Tubular Boiler, now, Two 15 H. P. Retpi p Tubular Boilera, new, Two 20 H. P, Return Tubular ^oilers; new, One 25 H. p. Return Tubular Bolleraj new. One 30 H. P. Return Tubular Boiler,*new.' One 35 H; P. Return Th balar Boiler, new. Oue 40 H. P. Return Tubular Roller, n*v*. One 15 H. P. Economic Boiler, new. All of the ahcye Me complete with fixtures, and of the latest improved patterns. Call and get'our pricos'befora the atopk is' broken. The following is a'list' of second? hand Engines and Boilers'. Tftes?^a Ujfyt??gbjy pjpg and, tos'ed, aqd. in first-cjaas ! order. We wiir sail'any of them cjieap: Two 6 H. P. Side .Crank Engines on whpeia. j f One 6 H. P. Centre Crank Engine on wheoLs. I Qm $ H. P. Centre Crank Engine, with 30 H- P. Boiler, Wo o1?o nava g bij'etopk of new and second-hand Gins, Feeders and Condensers, and it will pay you to come ap oupm and examine them, We are celling a great many of the Thomas Suction Elevators this year, Brory Ginnery ought to have one, The names of some parties who are uslne this Elevator are given below: J. J. Sitton, Pon dleton, S. C ; C. E. Harper, Honea Path, 8. C.; Peker M'fg. Co., Pelzer, 8. C.; E. R. Horton, Lowndesville, S. C.; Connor A Hodges, Hodges, S. O.; Newberry Oil and Fertilizer Co., Newberry, 8. C.; Bailey & Jackson, Iva, S. 0.; Sharp ?fc Ledbetter, Townville, S. C.; Prosperity Gin & M'fg. Co., Prosperity, S. C.; J. L. McGte * Co., Broadway, S. C.; Belton Oil & Fertilizer Co-, Belton, 8. C. Write to any of these par? ties and find out about the system and how thsy like it. We want the people of Anderson and adjoining Counties to understand that we are selling cny kind of Machinery that is made, and we propose to make the prices and goods perfectly saUofcoton. All v/e ask is a trial. . ? J ? , Remember, .wesjell a Throe-Ton Cpa'p-for $25.00; delivered at your nearest railroad station. ' ', ? ? a -.? I - i ?'?' ' Call and see us. Look at our Gtocir. Got our prices, ana give us your ora^c, which will be appreciated by ., ,., \ Xom*?to^Jr.-.l '' > ? ? SULLIVAN HARDWARE CQ, ELBEBTON, GA. ANDERSON, S. C. \ We have just received the Handsomest line of GENTS' AND BOYS' STRAW HATS! South of Baltimore, and can undersell any house in the City. Also, a line of Ladies1 and Misses' OXFORD TIES. ALL WINTER GOODS MUST GO, REGARDLESS OF PRICE. Yours, anxious to please, O. B. YanWyok, The Shoe and Hat Dealer. DRY GOODS, , NOTIONS, CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, BACON, MOLASSES, FLOUR, ' SUGAR, COFFEE, -AND ? BUGGIES AND WAGONS, GO XO IN order to reduce our Stock of Baggies we have greatly REDUCED PRICES, and are now offering liberal terms. "Oar Special Pet" is the ''Tyson & Jouca Baggies." The best in the market. Call and see them. We are also agents for the McCormick Havcsiing Machine Co'a. Cclebrs'ed STEEL MOWEBS, to which we invite your attention.' Yours truly, SYLVESTER BLEGKLEY COMPANY. This is the Time of the year that Housekeepers find it hard to get what they want, but if they will call at D. S. MAXWELL * SON'S, IVO. ? CHIQUOLA PLACE, They will Find Anything they may Want I ThEIR Stock ia complete in CANNED GOODS, DRIED FRUIT0., und, in fact, EVERYTHING in the line of GROOBBIBS. 25,000 Cabbage PlantsTt^t%v%S^^ soon be ready. DON'T FAIL TO VISIT I I fill k pealers in STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS aad CONFECTIONERIES, is* We are selling Goods CHEAP, and will treat you right. Give us a call. Yours truly, / E. W. BROWN & SONS.