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4A4 eOL X1 VOL XLIII. NO. 51. .NEWBERRY.'S. 0. FRIDAY. JUNE 22. t90P)oWO AWE.S 5 Ef LYON AND RAGSDALE. Lyon Says he Will Withdraw if Rags dale Will-Only .Spice of Second Meeting. A. H. Seats in State. Charleston, June 30.-About 400 people attended the meeting in Hi bernian hall today and lisened patient ly to the speeches of the candidates. There was very little enthusiasm and once only was there anything like a sensation. After Mr. Ragsdale had made his speech, in which he said that the office of attorney general' belong ed to General Youmatns if, the record was taken, according, to an editorial -in the Charleston Evening Post, in which 'it was stated that the office should go to Mr. Lyon. \Vhen Mr. Lyon's turn came, he promptly of fered to retire if Mr. Ragsdale would do the same,,and leave the office to Gen. Youmans. There was a whole lot of enthusi asm right.in the midst of both of the speeches and many of those present were in doubt as to exactly what was said. Both Mr. Ragsdale and Mr. Lyon were asked for statements af terwards and they were furnished as follows: Mr. Lyon's Statement. Mr. Lyon said: ''Having gathered from Mr. llagsdale's speech, part, of w1hich I heard with much difficulty and parts of which I did not catch at all, that his entering the race for at torney general was caused by the fact that I frst entered as the opponent of Mr. Youmans, wlhich he did not think quite proper. I suggested that I did not wish to force him to do any thing which he thought improper and proposed that I would withdraw from the race, if he would do likewise and let Mr. Youmans have the office with out opposition. I wouId not say that I caught the exact idea Mr. Ragsdale intended to express, however. My proposition was based upon the imi pression mnade uipon mec. Mr. Ragsdale's Statement. Mr . Ragedale, after thle mneeting gav%e out the followin.g statement: '' quoted the Charleston Evening Post lwhich stated that Lyon deserved the office of attorney reneral for services rendered to the state and I said, if you will turn back to the day, when the young men of South Carolina went forth to do battle for their coun try, if you will recall the services peiforme(d in Halmpton's splendid campaign for white supremacy in the '70's, and the work then (lone by Gen. L. F. Youianls and coipalre it -withi tle work that Mr. Lyonl or ily self has perfor.ed or ever will do, then yon must a lree ihat to Youmnanls and to neither of us, must, the office be given, if it is to be as a reward for services performlled. But I take it that a man's integrity and a man's ability shall be the standard by which he should be Judged and the demo (rats of South Carolina should go to the polls with duc (determinationl to select that man in the race who will most ablysdischiarge the duties that must devolve on the next attorney general. Whether or not a mnan has been for the invetsigating committee, whether lie be for or against the dis pensary, any lawyer of ordinar:y in. tegri ty if elected' attorney general must standl for punnishiment of gr.aft and must stand for enforcement of lawv as 'his (duties under the statutesi may ars.Tereal friends of the stelin an noman can try harder than I will-to bring the guilty to the bar of justice, to remove graft and ly poeuetoewhom the governor of South Carolinii may think should -.be made. to answver in criminal courts.''.. These 'statemeAnts practically settl ed 'tihe matter and it iso'safe to say * that there will be no resignations arnd * that hereaftep Oeneral Youm4ng will *not be discussed as the .balf right.ful candidate, *The statemeants made by Mr. Lyon an~d by Mr. Ragsdale created about and the Charleston peooplo listened patiently to the platforms as already published. True, Vincent Chicco.dis tributed some faces with a picture of himself and,Senator Tillman printed thereon and asked some of the candi dates soio questions, but he was not made much of-and he was given little encouragement. Attorney General. The candidates for attorney general came next. Mr. J. W. Ragsdale was the first. lie first read an editorial from the Charleston Post endorsing Mr. Lyon for the place. He said if the office belonged to any one by rights it belonged to Mr. LeRoy F. Youmans (Applause). But it was in the gift of the people and lie asked as much support as any one and would promise to liroseente any grafter. He was opposed to any grafter and while a supporter of the. dispensary he would never support or protect. a man who robbed the state. He thought the investigating committee should have finished its work before a candi date was brought out. The sole test. was whether the applicant from the committee was fit 6r not. Chairman Sinkler then read a let ter from Hon. LeRoy F. Youmans an nouncing his candidacy for attorney g'eneral and regretting that lie could not be present on account of the dii ties of his office, to which he was ap pointed,after the death of U. X. Gun ter, Jr. His record during his life was open. The letter was applauded. Chairman Sinkler then introduced Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, who was receiv ed with cheers. Mr. Lyon said lie Nit called upon to ask Mr. Ragsdale if lie had entered the race because he had1 entered. If Mr. Ragsdale thought that, the two young men in the race were in the way of Gen. Youmans lie would be willing to get out. Mr. Ragsdale : "Canl I inter rupt?'' Mr. Lyon: ''Will the time lie tak en out. Mr. Chairman?'' Mr. Sinkler: ''Youl are only al lowed five minutes, Mr. Lyon.'' Mr. Lyon: ''Then I will take it all. I want to say that we, the members of the committee, have reached the center of corruptionl. It is up1 to the people of South Carolina to stand by its. I promise if elected to prosecute all g-rafters and to carry out my duty as I see it.'' Mr. Lyon was constantly interrupt ed with applause and when he prom ised to go after the grafters, lie wasi told ''That's rig-ht.'' EXPERIENCE OF ATHLETE AT OLYMPIC GAMES. Mariin J. Sheridan, the famous dis cus thrower and one of the vietoriouis 'American athletes who recently re turned to New York from Athens hearing. trophies of the Olympie. gam es, told a New York reporter that lie got some new notions about princes anld things of that kind while lie was at Athens. He found the four stal wart soins of King George fine fellows and thinks they are wasting their, time stanyinmg over there and plaiying thme rusty game of royalty. - Crown- Prince Constantine is a fine chap,'' saidl Sheridan, ''and so ar'e the other three-George, Nicholas anad Andros. ..I saw more of Prince Geor'ge than I did of thie others, and .I can vouieh for him in aity game. He- is a typical gvood fellow, and one can't help but like him. One day wvhiile I was practicing at throwing the discus lie came up behind me anid kept his eye on my work' for some time before I wtas atyare of .his presence. . ''I was thi'owing the discus right toward a little stream-a sort of Greek edition of the Shannon it must be--Ad fallintg short of it by about fifteen feet. Just then I felt a tap on my ishoulder and tirned ar'ound to find( it camne from Pr'ince George. '' 'I'll throw you into the river if you don't fir'e that weight intto it the next thriow,' said the prince., Hie looked' as if he might be able to make good his threat, too, for lie stands six ,feet .four inches . and weighs 240 pounds. In the buff. I couldn't let even a prince-get the better of me in a word contest, and so I rep)lied: ''Well, prince, if I stoo(l as much chance of throwing this discus in the river as youi do of pitching me in, then I would surely win.' ''The prince laughed and thought it was.a great joke. 'When I missed the water a faw. feet lhe, gnabbA hol adf me, and for a moment it looked as if Martin Sheridan was going to get a royal ducking, but he let me off be cause lie said I looked too delicate. le asked ie to throw the.discus my best once just to please him, and I tossed it 156 feet. In the Olympian contest 1 wonl the troplhy with a throw of 138 feet, 2 inches. "The only thing that worried ine in Oreece was the food we had to eat. This thing of a strong mah living on funny things wrapped uj> in grape leaves and no certificate of good char acter with them is not to the liking of Martin Sheridan. The minute I got aboard the Republic I sailed into the feed department and ordered some real American food. I think I went through the regulation order of things about five times before I got over the attack of hunger froln which I had been suffering.' When Sheridan was disqualified in the Greek style of throwing the dis eus lie appealed to Prince George, but the prince said that his style was not according to the rules of the contest. ''Well, I can beat that Greek. or any other Greek on the map,'' growl ed the Irishman. ''More power to ,you,'' replied the prince, with a laugh. SPARTANBURG PAVING CASE. Heard Before Justice Pope-Case Postponed-Alleged Asphalt Trust is Back of Injunotion. The begilning of the hearing of tile iljncilictionl Pr.oceeding of W. B. Dil filglhai, of Spartanburg. against the city coellleil of tlat city and the Southieril Bitulitlithie company w%vas had in chambers oil Tuesday before Clief 'Justiee V)ope at Newberry. Messrs. Sanders and John Gary Evans for the petitioner read his bill and petition, ill which it was set forth that the contract for the paving of the stireels of Spartanburg lad been lim lawfully jiven to the defendant com pally; that there was no advertise m1ellt for bids ill any paper in Soutlh Carolina; 1lin if (lie petitioner had known Ihat hids were desired lie wol1d have s fight tle contract; that a wrn0112 has been done to him indi vidually and ( the tilaxpayers of the eity in imakin.r the award. Messrs. Wilson and Simpson. attorneys for tle defendants, read tlei! answer, in wilieh tle strongest allegatioll is that Dillinghal is only a stool pigeon; that the asphalt trust is tile real party Sthie sifli , and is here pursuing its usual tacties of seeking to injure a rival vo"lman yN by which it has beel un11derlbid. Of course this allegatifi is mieillously denlied by Dillingham,. wilo avers tint lie i' personally inter ested and bringing tile suit for him After hearing the bill and petition a11(d the answer thereto, together with nulmerous afid(avits, Chief .Justice Pope saidj ''Since hearing the state ments that. have beenl made under oath, I am inmpressed with tile gravi ty of thue quest ions whichl are raised and1( of their serious import to all coin eernedl. If I hear the argument today andl decide the matter, whatev'er the decisin may0 b)e, the side against whichl judgiment is given will doubt less take an ap)peal to the full court. In tihe meanwhile t here will be delay and( a great pullic work will be stopp ed. I helieve thlat it is to the interest of all that the qulestion at issue lie dec eided as speedily as possible. I there fore wish to mlake a suggestion. I will hear y'ourl arguments and decide tile rjnest ion at this time, if you wish mec to (10 so, but in view of the fact that in a very short time the sup)remfe 'ourt' will meet, I think, in special session inaohrmte,Ithink that this iase will be more quickly adjusted if y'ou b)rinlg your argument at that. time to the wvhole court." Counsel consent ing, an order was passed1 adjourning the hlearinlg until IJune 29, at which time Chief Justice P'ope will hlear thle argument and give his (decision, if it cannot be arranged to bringt it to the attention of thle full aourt within the next mlonlth or two. Mayor John F. Floyd i\nd City F.n ineer Fred L. Bryant of Spartaln murg were at the hearing Tuesday af nennoon. SUMMER SCHOOL, HARTSVILLE A Delightful Place and Heathful- I The Rate From New berry. '1l Pee IDee sunmler school is be ing held at Iartsville on June 12th. to July 10 t h1. Hartsville is situated on the Atlantic Coast Line in the nortlhwestern part of Darlington county on a plateaut overlooking Black Creek, a pure tr'eam of water free from malaria. It is an ideal place for a summer sch1I, having a population of nearly two thousand inhabitants who are noted for their culture and refine ment. The citiziens are .taking a great inl terest in this sehool and have put forth every effort to make -visitors' sojourn with them lpleasant as well as profitable. The large lake near the town fur- i nislies much ipleasm-e and recreation in the way of boating, fishing and I bathing. Tennis courts, baseball and erquet grounds. Many miles of (e light fuil driveways radiate fromi Hartsville. The Welch Neck High school has I offered its entire plant free of ex- t penlse, consisting of two large coi fortable and well equipped dormitor ies, school building an(d all necessary paraphernalia for carryiing on such a I school. The (ormitories are furnish- I ed with hot and col(d water and can i easily accommodate 200 people. Rates from Newberry, $4.44; from 1 Prosperity, $4.25. Hunter's Narrow Escape. t Toward the end of the summer of 1850 William Cotton Oswell was on I an elephant hunt in-Africa and near- I ly lost his life. Inl his biography his o1 deseription of tle a(venture is given. An elephant was close to him. There was no time to wait. to see if tle hunter was to get a shot. Thie beast was on tle move and the (Ist I flew from h1is side as tihe heavy ball I sirlick him. Sceaming anlgrily, lie tlrne( t full front inl te direction of tle tree 1I bY which I stood,I motionless. For a miomenti we eonfrontled one ainotiher 1 :11i Nhen flue rumiblinig note of alarm< 111uttered by hlis collipalnionls deci(el I him on joining them. I regained the pati an( rode along the line of tlheir I retreat, which, as shown by the yield- 1 imx bush, was parallel to*it. A ftcr < a time the thorns lhinned out an( T caught sight of the woided (!Iel)llat I holding a course of his own a little to the left of Iiis fellows: an(Id when I ie entered Ilhe tropieal forest beymn(d I was in his walie and very s(Joon voll- I lielled to follow where lie broke a 1 wa;y. ''A little extra noise from i the putr- i siers caused the pulisIed to stop- and while clinging like (flipin to the horse and peering at the broad stern of the (ehase, I saw him suddenly put1 his head where his tail ought to have I heen. The trunk was tightly coiled. Forward flapped the- luge ears, upr wenit the tail and down lie came'hike a gigantic bat. ten feet across. '' Pinned above and on each side, hy dismounting T could hope neither to escape nor1 kill my oppenent. I herefore lugged my unfortunate ani umaml round and urged himn along. Tlhe elephant thundered straight thtlrough obistacles whlich we wVere oliged1 to go( s round1 and in fifty yards we werer fast. in a thick bush and lie within a fifteen feet of us. ''As a last chance I trvied to get i' off, but in rolling round in my saddle s my' sp)ur galled th~e pony's flank, and (i I he elephant screaming over him aut t thue same moment lie made ai convnl sive effort and freed himself. That (eposited me in a sitting position lt immiiediately ini fron1t of thle uplifted forefoot of the charging bull.v ''So near was it that I mechanical- 1: ly opened my knees to allow him to puit it down, and throwing myself back erossed1 my hands uponl my chest anud obstinately pu ffed myself (out wvith the idea of Itrying to resist the giant,. tread. I sa'w the burly brute from ehest to tail as lie p)assed direetly (oer me lengthiways, oiie foot.t betwecen my kniees anid onie fourteen I iinches beyond any head and nuot a1 graze I Five tons at least,. r ''Out of "all narrow escapes this is / 'S WHY TOM MILLER QUIT. )rangeburg Paper Gives Justification For His Course-Trustees Woid Not Sustain His Discipline. Very little halts so far been publish 'd about the resignation of Thos. E. Iller a1s plresidenlt of the State Col >red college at Oranigeburg, a1 posi ion lie has held from the foundation if that, institution. The Times and )emoerat, published at Orangeburg Vlere the college is located, lst week iad the following article about the natter: President Thos. E. Miller, of the Olored state college located in this ity, has resigned his position. Ever inee tile college was established sev ral years ago lie has been at its head, id his ianlageient of the institution ias been conservative and wise. Ii act so well has lie managed matters mt there that there has never beenl lie least. friction het ween any of the itizens of this city. The resignation vas caused by a question of discipline n moral grounds. 1i involved two of lie female teachers, Louise B. Ford iam anl Lillian Mack, and several of he students, mal and female. From riat we ean learn these stiudents had lai)destine meetinigs in tle boys' dor nitory, where they indulged ill im nral practices (if the worst kind. I accidenti a criminating letter fell lo the hands of tihe t wo Ieacevs 1 1(1, and belore slillnit ting the niitter to President Miller theV eras 4d the name of ole of tlie gil1s nam I. because she happened to be a riend of the two teachers named. President Miller found this out and o protect the good iame of the insti utiol, ovelr whielh he presided and weserve its usefulness ie had to act, mid act vigorously. This lie promptly lid by suspending the iilmmoral stu lents and r;econimnelid ing to tile board if trustees tile dismissal of tlie INwo Pachers, Lillian Mack an] Louisa 11. 'oldhamiii. Wien tle Irustees I me inl Ilinlillia a short f ilie ao I hey suis .1ine(l 1 residlenit I iller, bit, stiallige v eiln.ugl, declilied to dismiss lie Iwo vclieiS, 1bI re-elected ihem an11d sis ) i4i4el Illtim ema 1 oie iollill. anid cil-mled the action of l iller ill ex m it' ll- Ilie illl prial s ildeillis. It vems Ill us 1lhai1 if' tle board of 1lius ecs sustaIlined Aliller, as they ceri inl y did do, theY 'should have carried mt Ilis recolimelIlditions., ill Ilie mat (ir of1 tite two offeidinig telcers, as me is responsible not oilly for tle dis ipliine of the institition over which e presides as well as keepinl.ig it de emit alll respectlle inl Ill e e'yes of lle pveople of1 11is. v'olmillllity nild of he stlate. The ia llage'imellt of,t his ist ili l ion R of vilal iirl)(11ani1Ice lnl colice'l to h people of 111l clsses inl this city. Viile tie i while people do nlot use it o educate tlir children, they lhave a rentI itereisl ini it as onme of thle pill ie inst itunt ions ofi thle cit v. Under a eenk and vais(illatinig mnanagemenit, it aightI become a stench ini thle iiostrils f thle public. It takes a strong hand ke Ithat exercised by Miller to keelp lie moral su1rrouitidings of t he inist i ut ion wha It they should be. It is inot ni easy ma11tter to prop)erly manage lie nmber of colored boys and girls hat at tend this inst itution, and whmen .man11 is toiiiil whlo enni doi it lhe biould be held on to. Un mder ai weak 12niagemieniIt th is 11 inittiolln woud non degenermate intlo a veritable chlar al house of the worst kind of vice nd( iiimmoriality, and1( woul become mich a mena ce to thle best ilntecrests (of hiis cit y t hatI it woumld have to be wi d out . WVe therefCore beg the trmus ['es to go slow in this matter, and be i)re nlecep)ting Miller's resigiiat ion to e sure that they hav'e some one to ake. his place who will manage it as 'ell ini tull respwcts s hle has. The est. interests (IC this city dlemandl his conisi-deration at thle hands of thle oar'd. A man 's wvorst eniemy is often to (' found directly under his own hat. lie onily oneC that remained with me a recollection for any time. One ears oIf niight-mares. Well, for a ionth orI miore I had night-elephlants. ~outh. 's Companion. THE STATE CAMPAIGN OPENS AT ST. GEORGE NO EXCITING INPIDENTS AT FIRST MEETING Candidates Declare Positions on Is sues-Very Little Ginger and Plenty of Platitudes. Williaim l nks in Staie. St. George, June 19.-Platitudes. Nothing less than that characterizes tle liijority of the speeches made here today inl thle opening meet.ing of the state democratie campaign. 'rlie was one speech of force, ei colnplssed il a short space of flve Iinules, during which Mr. J. Fraser L.vol dellounceed tihe dispensary anild wAlis ieered by tle crowd in this, n dispelsary clIounty. There was anoth er explression or applulise wheln Sena tor Blease declained agvainst the high er edlucntion of the negro. Before arriving at St. George the camimgn party met aid organized. Tn this organiization, the programme was made ipl. The eandidates for governor were t1) speak first and can didates for the Unite,d Stales senate last. In this wvay Mr. W. WV. I'lumllp kin enime late inl the afterilooln whle he was tiredi and tile crowd was tired aid I' made no efforli to manke a specl. h'le erowd 11mde a decided (fl1i at lirst In prevent him from spelakin. bit Ilvtere wis more of good 11iiunreI Inillery 1han of ma1liev inl Ilhe aittemlpt aind whenl it wals seenl that Ar. limpkin Ileeept(d tile ''howlilg down'" inl good Inture. lie was given an audience. There Ayias one old chap whlIo kept elierinig for Tillman, but M'r. L'umpkin ''1sassed hack'' and af U-ir Ihe ll mevetin.g he hun111ted up this old eomraile of Ile Cmnfedeiate I army and I hey becnme friends. - Thlv position lif, he eight eildidates for governliolr on the liquior question are nihoiul as diver.eid ats IllE four points of lie empaiss. Mr. Mniining 111d Mr. MMahn hm11 believe inl it re fne1(ld dispensisarY; Mr. Ansel ini vonlyl tN dispensaris.es Selitlor Blease c( nn11ii ls Ile institillio Ins it is; Mr. Joel l.". 111n111son f,41r pr ihiilionl; MiNr. A. C.Jlles nm-revs wit Ml . I Bruilsoll, bout pmoIp Ilinl.- ihe Inirival EEf Ilie itme for plolihilionl he is willin_ to put up withl Ile B-ice law, by vot(ig th( dis 04nsiny lult ul ( nty after (.oullnty and1 destroying th state 1mehline. Mr. W. A. Ildwards of Snlida did 110 gelt to4 ollellh nI tIc liqlor issue, hul i'he is in f1volr of Ihe ysor-Maning hill. Mr. ldwards is a IIIIInI with .1 mission ---t(, W1,nis Io flaI the souer11 rail road wit hi suh,ilion. 11fe has pe. in m a suit II-ailist IHlI cor411-porltion for merging co mpoling lines iunder its "Wnl mana14.g jemenl. IHveclaimls tHaII tho fr"anchise.of ,Ile I--onlihern road in hseproperties shImld revert 4) fihe stinte Elf Smit ' (a rolina. A Quiet Crowd. Theri'e wee' abuth t -400 present1 Ito day. 1 principal ly Itl ies a It lie morniing sE'ssion. In Itic' a ft ernoon there was a larnger' p)roporionu of vter s. The ('rowil was (lnd('rly. Not mnehi'l initer est walS maifeslited'c andi the cr'owdc seemed'u i umcelled by c'riousityV nm'or 11han11) otherwisE. Tis ni.e't ig was mrecly the iniit itl how, but if the re maiiilerii of thle (nmJiujlniu is Ill 1be like thi s. thll mee'ct ings wtill be insanle and14 I le sy'stm ofii (Enm'i pa igning wilt be0 provtedl a farc'e. Thei re arme eigh t enn dltiles tflr govtenori andic eac(h hats but tvw'nmy inuiiiles ini whlich to expriess huis views on pllit ient and ecoonmical Tlhe precsid inrg dtli('er of' the( meetinrg was Hennl Ior Decnnis, who netedc for Senialir llivenis and( made an oenR'inlg andmc closinig speech. A fter' the meet ing, Mrfi. 10. 1). SithIi, thle ('of f on man, was inv'ited fto spenmk andiu he (Ire'd hig buiuches of giun co,ttoinc to thle and( i(3n'e and1( ('lthused0( t hem as lie al ways Thre Speaking Begins. 'Thei me(et inrg wa'ls o)pened( w'ithI prafy e'r by' Rev. Mr. Steedmrani who miade 2an earniiest a ppeal for priov'idlence to guiche thi'' campaign sEE that t here shal be K no violence, no lack of rea son1.. TooC first speaker wAIS Mr. M. F. Ain ie of Greenville, who thanked the pec 1)1e ot South Cairolina for' the fine voli) whih lie received fou.. year