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VOL . MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, NO. 7. A COOD CROVD ATTEND TO HEAR TH7 CANDDATES. beeey <:cathue.. n? Each <1 - cTvthe eS.n odz dbtth Dm * y I C'* - ocratic State Executive Commitiee Was held ou the EncaImpme('nt ground on Wednesday. The speakers ar rived from Greenrile on the early tilnity train. rc-t~o J oust befole a, i oir lild for ti me.etti'~ proces*e was fo ered bthe Glndl hI d iopof ladies. \ing thine p he nietin to orer comit' (e.w irth Cavrson vteicle i ! in irst .;puakper of the dlay GENFII1 .eullN MUTTON. g aired. a candidate for (overor. i8c0 en, Battons pech was a cltm Y, strinig prebentatiOll of tlla die 1Gm Whieh ae c nidered the eope of South Caim Car o nnd ind ou ce iitdSiites., to be suffering-. Con 11ding fuly the rightr of the duty Of oir pe6c to look after their lcr. Ar hereat'ed his ad cndm that tho g h present the i.u frso wche cosder thepcple lay of the aggressions, a f t 1 e cl au hedigfull th ringhet andtbedts of the people. tolook ft e their loca airs, he etwarne hs s au0ior en theaggresionso he cet -u the people, whchunerh hi r perity. He depreented the hastS O' Lroundless criticism of public ter ants. b eainw' g fr ech a~ farher Iog-a ful iqui in i ii .ouduct. H~ ~e; ewed. t -isor of~ cur people nc th war--tlir > 2etiton frrt to military tVXrvmfe o Radical misrule-and' ~ieisl escuein 1879. Hewa t I Po le lest, accei b G ss Fei len O of our condin te. lo'e sight 1he great troubles groowing out of unt the 6tate ernment serv -luviry to istract the people's at-ten 1. 0() 4 - CC't~i'b jo irmth re-test tlroule-thue nchinations and aggressos th Iadicals controllig the Fedal go rament. He made an earnest aIppeaL or unity-for a solid front against he common enemy-and closed 'by ur-ging upon the young men specially h.e duty and the need of makig a might o principle and for jr'ueilne. COL. JOSEPH U. EARLE Vas next introdauced. He opened by yMg that he was proud of his Staie. his people, and his party-a party I that is the representive of no class hat is not a faction-that is, indeed, the very people themselves. .Grave harges had been made against the State government. Are these true! there an oligarchy? Is there ai tocracy' Is there politica lpro outh Carolina? Where are the -where the rottenness aocut so much has been said! Those y with specifications and with roof. The true test is-has the overnment been faithfully and( onomically administered. If pub expenses are cne cent more than ublic necessities require. those should be reduesa. Has any corruption? Captain said there has been none. barged certain Senators in connection with thel pportionmnent of memx ouss.. If the charge is Tillman should prove got, he should withdraiw l ogize for it. Col. Earle -to say that while he was op d to free tuition in the Universi y, he favored the proper maintenance of that institutionl. He had always favored the agricultural college, but ie was opposed to pulling down eith rthe University or the Citadel. The State should sustain these institu tions, but should especially sustain and improve the common schools. Captain Tillman had once declared a wish to destroy the CitadelAcademy, but was now silent upon that point. He demanded of Captain Tillman to declare himself on this point une quivocally. The railroad commims sioners might properly be elected by the people, but the fact that the pesent commissioners had been chosen otherwise furnished no ground for the charge that they had be en ".amed, so to speak," any more than for the charge that the members of the Legislature had been "bamboo zed" or debauched. There are too many general charges--too few spc eEtions. The p~eople should be slow to condemn their publieservants upon: charges loosely~ made' . The ''zaici a surely has the riht taowed to deman~d proof beftore l'e camy e lle toasweri aictions. '\ e mdhve n arrayinlgof class a e.. We miust rcco'gnize hin-" t-.dePdence of the diFern intr cests of the peopl-. WeX mut pur su* State poc that still suti h State's credit and mnake c. tis.+ fami~xng 0f the State debt at a riue o ite of interest. We must die:d with all questioens in a spirit of fairness andi (calLIness. Col. Earle then re cunted thew circumistan!ces attninlg Ue. etlTt, byx some"* of is frinds, to noinaU~lte hviml for Governor in 1888. He sata that, from lirst to last1. he had Dositi.ely dclined to run. reain ith Governor1 -Richardsonl "'d beeI such tha h Iis atcceptanee of Cltile of * peoni rono" -and he 1ot beflie that the peop~le of h Cari:: w~ out usr suc ~h a :ice ofaynm "It aLy mall en~c-I'r"oken faith with go'; Ru Ueaon--let him ~aise his [one raised. I? than you i appr~o .a.l.- Col. ELe closed( nl ernest apeal for a ealw dis aso L' inipnA1( to*.')- 'n-e sftoy prosperity of thle S~tte as greeted wVit .ou'leCi(rin w"hieb oti~llnuelur till12& i W .\ anin g some1 papers and1( mfemolranlde Sthe' table in front of him. H< menced by expressing himselj -.t meet the people of Spartan bma h . it aileared, the Farm ers' Movement had not seemed to impress., the people strongly. He felt that teli attendance of so many farmers at this season showed that tiere wats afeelingdeep down in their hearts that brought them out-a feel ing that there was something wrong, whic ought to berighted. This has been termed a campaign of edu-3.tion. And so it should be. There should be a free and fair discussion. "They are proAding me on all sides, but I mean to prod back., if I am nothing but a. elodhopper. I am here in re spon-s to duty's call. The people ma" now ose. If I receive the noaiti for Governor, it will be 'he people's choice. If either Gen. Bat ton or Colonel Earle receive it, t v-ill "U 0h choice of the ring. C', !t Tilhuintii went on to say that P . neol.e n ~t.ate had been the slavs of an oliga rchy for a hundred re-ars. 1 those days family and imone. ruled the State. Later, the uc's ove'r the Radicals had brought on a lethargy from which it seemed to ruse th1e people. Captain Till man then discussed the matter of: renrei-ntation in Demoacratic conven tionis, coverig the same ground asin his speachi at Ridgeway. published some Weeks ago. He said one trouble is tLat the State had been governed almost entirely by attorneys,aided by a few :aristocratic farmers.-He denied that he hadover charged the State government with corruption. He then proceeded to discuss at some length the matter of apportion meInt of representatves, and the fail ure of the Legislature to provide for (ensu1s. He reiterated and enlarn i u pon his char-ge of perjury~upon the part of the Senators who defeatedthe reapportionment-not moral perjury -for t-kese are honorble men-but 4heY were "politically perjurers." Captain Tillnan next took up the de pari'ment of agriculture, reading fromu manuscript a carefully prepar ed reply to Col. A. P. Butler's recent ltter upon the sabicet of the inspec ton of iertilizers. [The substance of his rema-irks on this point are given esewhere.-j He expressed the belief t-at the local papers wouid n1ot pub lish is reply, - ihey had nevcr U far- to him. The farmers, he said, -ght to establish a paper of te'ir own, which would do them jus '. C-ptain Tilhnan strougly urged ed the use of the primary in electisI to the County C-=z.entions that were to send elegates to the. nominating body. In conclusion, he made an earnest ap-al for free dis eusion and fair play--pledging him self and those who had put him to the front, to stand by the action of the State Convention. and. if elected, to carry out the reforms he had long urged. He took his seat amid loud cheering. The close of Captain Tillman's speech was the signal for the with d-awal of quite one-third of the au dience. Speeches were next made by Col. Gary. Gen. Pope, Gen. Bonham, Mr. Maylield and Capt. Farley. Lack of ;pace prevents any report that would -appoach a fair presentation of the rema'nrks of any of these gentlemen. Ge n.\ Terncr was suddenly called away- by a telegram. Capt. Bacon w as, pev entLed from attending. by s ckness in his family. A little after :3 o'clock the crowd, then reduced t~o a couple of hundred, dispersed. Good order prevailed throughout. A Reply to Colonel Butler. In thle cour-se of his speech at the opening meeting of the canvass, at Greenville on Tuesday the 10th inst., Capain Tilhman said: In my speech at Anderson I ma-de allusion to the failure of the agricul tural depar-tment to punish frauds in fertilizers, and I charged in sub stance as I charge now: First. That the bureau has made no honest effort to protect the far mers against being swindled by buy ing guano below the guarantee. Second. That it has not enforced the law or its own regulations. Third. That although the law is known to be defective and the pun ishment inadequate, no attempt has been made by the board or commis sioners to have it amended, except that the matter was mentioned in one of the department repoi ts sever al years ago.. Commissioner Butler, in a letter which has been published in the News and Courier and other papers, says:. "I challenge you to point to one in stance where farmers have been de frauded by manufacturers of fertili zers. where such fraud was not pun ished with all the power that the do-| prtmeint had at its command, or that you mlake good yotur charge or I will eheerfully comply as to the 1-s -ount. The commissioner- ac knole~dges that the penalty of con jiscaton imposed by law against all fertlzers that are below the guaran ice cannot be en~forced for- the sufti. eien~t -e- on that when the anralyscs aem the fertilizer is in the ground--out of reach. The distribu 'on of. fer.tiizrs to points of con suspiln''i aot Dcem~nber-, and they :1-o not1 :dl inC ao oud until MIay Slater. )- Duing ie last ten years one and a 1-arter m-illion tons of fertilizers p ~ased the~ quasi-inspec tion of our agrl?icural de-partment and the amnwt paid by the farmers or- this f ar(-ical protetion has been noout M300,000. In his lette C1~.ol. Butler further sys: -I wil say that in may opinion base on olic-i experwiece, the mlan ufctre wo deirtely attempts to efau the farme is the excep ton. an d I flu-ther belieye that in 1-evcs where this has ben- at ~*tepted it has failed of su-cess be eu-e oit the departments supervis Ho. Her is acknowledgement that ateraip.s to defraud have been made. Thr havc ..e bee-n exceptions to the rule of hionesty. Has hie ever- con eated a1 - sinle~L sack? No. Then e eri-ily thet depatmuent super-vi si on hats not cased the failure of evey ttepttod defad. Up to eighteen maonths ago Comn l'P'isione B3uler lhad at is- coninand -a*te checmist emnployed by the y-ear a aL salry ot ~.00, and anialysis * mld0 begi as sooni as samiple-s wserec takenu, say', the middle of January In 188G :5 per cent. of the ammonia ted fer tilizers maayzed were below t h muernte ndr 20 per cent of he acid phosphate wcr' :In 1886 20 per cent of the ammoniated and 9 per cent. of the acids were deficien't, and this is about the average of the last three years. Is it possible to sup pose that none of these deficient brands of fertilizers were ever ana lyzed. or could not have been analyzed and the fraud found out in time, so that an efficient and zealous official could have found an opportunity to seize and sell some of it before all of it was in the ground? N7- reasona ble man in South Carolial 1 - i. Suppose. as Col. Butler clazi,--. that the averages of the manufac turers exceeded those guaraitecs ..68 per ton: whtt satisfaction was it to a farmer who bought and paid for tie deficient brands, to know that some one more fortunate had got a brand above the guaraitee. and was being beneited at his exnw-' That he had. paid for what he 1r:3d not received, and that though the farmers paid $30,000 a year for in specting fertilizers, the inspection was a fraud, his guano a franul, :Vd no punishment meted out to the rogue, except to print his name In italics in a report which not one far mer in fifty ever saw or heard Only 1,500 of these italicized repo of analysis were printed in 1880,9 and I doubt if more than twenty men in Greenville ever saw one. By the way, this system of punishing a rogue by putting his brand of guano in italics ought to be patented. Of course, it is well known that the brand may be changed next season and the italics rubbed out. It is no torious that manufacturers wil Aill sacks branded in a dozen different ways from the same pile. But tile chemist can catch the thief and itali cise him again, So, why should we farmers complain? A.h, my countrymen, it is tL: s fatal laxity, this conniving at crim this dethronement of law, this p :'itical leprosy th t permeates our .itire ,governmental fabric and is summned up in one word. "neglect of duty, that is destroyi-g our very civilization t self. We punish guano frauds with talies We punish lynch law, which is the res1ult of this laxity, with italies we nunish murderers, who have money, with new trials and italies. and the people are sich nigh unto death of such government, and they are determined to Iake a ehange. The law governing the sale ofttii lizers provides that any ow sciigi guano without branding the sack giving analysis and manufacturer's name shall pay a fine of 10 for each package: that the man who delivers or receives such package. railroad gent or other person, is similarly liable. Any fertilizer sold not com ing up to the guarantee is liable to confiscation. The injustice or weak ness of the law is that it is severe on . dealer failing to brand the sack, but if a man puW sand in a bran'ded ack and is caught it can only be confiscated. This has never yet been done. It is only italicized. As proof of his charge that the commisioner or his agents had on several occasions knowingly and1 ilfully refused to enforce its own regulations. Capt Tilhnan read let ters, which canme from a very reputable farmer. In reference to the charge that comn-I missioner Butler had done nothing to have t he defects in the fertilizer law amended Capt. Tillmnan said: Col. .Buler has heldhis office since 1879 and has drawn 829,000 in salary and has spent in the agricultural bu reau during that time. 8300,000. He has been one of the most influential men in the State and the ring which we arc fighting has stood by him through thick and thin. He and his political associates had influence enough to defeat the bill I prepared by order of the Farmers' Association in 1886, recoganizing the Board of Agriculture. He was doubtless con sulted by Col. Youmans in preparing the substitute which was passed in 1887 in lieu of my bill and which is now in force. He know of this de fect in the law, although he and hisi friends had things all their own way. The provision in my bill punishing fraud in fertilizers by fine and im prisonment was left out in the You mans substitute. He and his friends had influence enough to elect the present board and to re-elet them,and it stands to reason that if they want ed to pass a law to give protection to the farmers it could have been done, but the agricultural bureau was in close alliance with the Uni versity and the Citadel. The three had paoled their strength to defeat everything the common farmier want ed and to continue to control the State. The anomaly was presented of an ariculturalidepartment being assailed by the country people and defended by the cities. The agricultural bu reau has never since this agitation began, save in one single instance, lacked the solid support of Ch'arles ton and Columbia, and the political trust composed largely of merchants, mnfacturers and lawyers.anmd a few aristocratie agriculturists as their al lies. I was ask~ed by a gentleman in the audience at Anderson where the money spent by the agricult aral de partment wet and I answered. -I[ do not kniow," and told the simple truth. I know where Col. Buntler's report said it went, but I had not seen it paid out, so I told him to ask Col. Butler. Col. T, J. Moore, of Spartanburg, a member of the board of agriculture, has come forward and claims that this was a charge of cor ruption and extravagance. I fail to see ho0w or why. Gentlemen are not usually so very "techy" about their honesuy, and this double exhi bition about the money spent is curi ous to say the least. It is on a par with the iterated and reiterated charges that I have accusedathe State oflicers of corruption, and my confes sion that there was none. All this hullaboo about corruption can have but one meaning. The pur~pose is to create the impression that I made such charges and canniot prove them! Now, all I ask is that the News and Courier. Register, or some other scrap boo0k keceper will put this charge home and~ show wheno and where I have charge'd corruptionl asgainst the State oitieers. It is timo t:. show up or shut up. I have made charges enough and I am ready to prove them without these cnule-fih cloud ing the issues and ti ying to fool the people by accusing me of saying things I never said. Col. Moore gave the itemized ex penditures of the agricultural (epart ment for 1889, and I will give themi for the nine months of 1880 to show how this thing has grown. Capt. Tilhian then read the table furnished by Col.MIoore in a letter to the News and Courier and re-pub lished in this paper,showing a total exnenditure by the agricultural de partment of 835129.1 L.He then con .nued: The demand is made that we make this a camp::igni of (dueattion. So I wvill pla s(hoohm:m1Ster a little further in this in'atr of expenditures in th aricultural d(epartment. Her' arc some uuions eh which whoever will or (auI' May aIsWer1. F1r. It i's seen that i 12.162 hiav( benpaidI for layr'fees. Why did rot the Attrney General and Solicitors, who are State officers wIth big s-aai'. proseute those s:uits and save thLat iloncv? Second. Judgment, with costs' for 876.87-9 was obtained against the Pacific Guano Company when that company failed. which was probably a ruse to get some legal advantage. Its property was attached under judg muent and then a compronise was made by which the coipiany paid $51,248 and costs. The amount turned into the State treasury was $31.396 and the department kept 612.162 to pay the lawyers, making a total of 843,559. This is $7.690 less than the amount receivd. I want to ask, Why was this Imatter coipro mised at all. and where did the 7, 690 go? Did anybody get any money for coinpoi using? Third. In 1889 the cost of the ex perimental stations. including chem its, l:boratory and sundries, wfas $9,986. The State annually reeries from the United States 15,000 known as the Hatch fund, to run an experimental station. I can ilUd no account of how that money is spent or where it goes, either in Col. But ler's report or in that of the Univer sity trustees. Are we spending ,25, 000 a year on these stations? Has the station a cheiwst or chemiuss both paid by the year? Do they receive additional pay fol analyzing rii zers! Have we( uplications of ofice, duplications of stlary, and no work in return therefor? Is not somebody aking a good thing out of the spend ing of this agricultural uind! Fourth. The expenditures of the agricultural department. including the appropriation for the State Agri cilturl Society. amount to S432.927, as set forth in Col. Moore's exhibit. In the Comptroller General's report for the same fiscal year the agricul tural department. is charged with 31,169, not including the appropria tion for the Agricultural Society. On page 1S3, of the same report, the State Treasurer charges the agricul tural department with $33,669, and does not include the $2,500 appro priation to the Agricaltural Society. So we find these State officers. I men tion their names with fear and tremb ing, making this sort of a showing about thc same matter of public ex penditure in official records. The treasurer charges the bureau with $5742 more thana it acknowledges to have spent, over $2,500 more than the Comptroller says it spent. The Comptroller charges it with 83,242 more than it acknowledges to have spent. and yet all the books of these officers tally. They would not do so if any charges were made. Had these olicers made mistakes, or is there something rotten in Denmark. Has the bureau spent more than it ac couits for? If the agricultural de partment's accounts are correct, how will the Comptroller and Treasurer straighten their own? Col. Moore was particular to mention vouchers, although the b)ureau, prior to 1887, spent over 8200.000 without ever showing a single voucher. Is the desperate. and unscrupulous warfare urged against me made lest a thor ough overhauling of the State Gov ernment might show something wrong somewhere? Every good far mer clears up his premises once a year, and especially his barn. There may be no rats in our State House and consequently no rat's nests, but whether there are or not, a general overhauling and sweeping out can (10 no harm; and while you may think that I am actuated by selflsh motives, I hope wc will have it, whether I boss the .iob or n~ot. Capt. Tillman closed his remarks by paying attention to Editor Wil liams, of the Greenville New's, whom he characterized as one of the bravest and truest men vwho ever breathed the breath of life. He sat down amid storms of applause and cries of "Go oni" 'Give us some more:? "Don't stopyet!" The Lanrens Meeting. WFrom the Greca yUle News.) The scene of the meeting was a most pleasant one. The dense shade' of the boughs of the decnse'ly grown oakis oil'ed a most pleasing shade to the multitude which gathered there within fifteen minutes after Capt{ain Tillmnan's carriage reached the ground. In the interim which folowed the ar; ival there ihe more (inthunsiastie admirers of~ the F"armers' Candidate precssed in toward t'ao sand, and lhe appaared as a hero be ing ci:owned with laurels. Congr'atta 1 tions were poured up~on him from every side, and young men and boys, tho down upon whose cheeks had as yet failed to ma~ke itself perceptible, and old men01 bearinig the weafher beaten visages which long years had printed upon them. closed in to grasp the hand of Captain Tilhuan and con gratulate him. Meanwhile shout after shout of. "Hurrah for Tillmnan." arose from the lips of the throng. The crowd was variously estimated from 2,000 to 4,000 people. In my iudgemenit there were fully' 2,500 people in the assemblage. When Captain Shell arose to open the meeting it was only alter succes sive. efforts that he succeeded in calm ing the excitement sufficntly by to al low him to anrnounce that the meeting would be opened with prayer. The Re'v. John Pitts, who was called fromx the audience to ope~n the meeting. had to conmnence byv sayig that hie would be pleased to comply with Captain Shell's request provided le had absoluto quiet. Another ad necessary, but hardly had the divine closed his lips after asking the bless iug of Heavenl upon thomeetingwhen a deafening and prolonged and pro miscuous cheer of "H-urah for Till man! hurrah for Shell! hurrah for Irb.'" came from the crowd, and Captain Shell again arose and asked the people in the name of the love they had for him to keep quiet and Chairman Shell then introduced General John Bratton as an old Ro man and an old soldier and a dis tinguished citizen. General Brat ton rose and was greeted with a ragged cheer of "-Hurrahi for Till When uniet-was partially restored, General Bratton commenced his re niarks. -He said he had received many personal kindnesses from the people of Laurens, but he saw that heI-hd poor comfort politically. He would speak to them with feelings of kindness and feelings of common inteorests but that he was awaro that the minds of many of his hearers were already made up. Here General Bratton was again greeted with cheers of "Hurrah for Tillian" and- Captain Shell had again to admonish the audience in God's name to give the speaker their attention. When General Bratton had reached that part of his speech when he warned the people of danger, a voice in the audience called out. "It's on your side of the fence,General." Gen eral Bratton replied "No. I don't say it from personal motives." Then there was a bustle and de monstration for Captain Tillman for full two minutes. when that gentle man advanced to the front and asked the audience if they wanted it said that General Bratton was not heard at the meeting. If such was said it would do more to defeat him else where than any report which could go from Lhe meeting. Ge iernl Bratton then pursued his remarks in zomparative quiet. and warned the people against any politi cal "combineries" and said he was sure the reason for any-dissatisfaction was based on the maladministration 8f the Federal govermuent and not from neglect or incficiency on the part of the State oflicers. When he l-as uttering his closing words the old sdier was greeted wvith the cheer. "Hurrah im Tillrman,' and a voice in the crowd called out. -Down with General Bratton." while an other added, "We've had enough of you. General Bratton spoke with great difficulty for the reason that the wind was blowing strongly and his voice generally weak was not strong enough to be heard over the rustling of the leaves and the steady murmur of voices in the crowd. Captain Shell then presented Cap tain T11nan, the- great commoner, the able agitator, the old guard Dem ocrat from :Edgefield When Captain Tillman advanced the steady cheering which had kept up all the morning was multiplied into an ovation. The audience al most as one man rose to their feet and yelled till it seemed their voioes would give way under the srain. When they had surfeited themselves with this kind of demonstration Cap tain Tillman commenced speaking. He said he was glad to return to Laurens. Four years ago it was his pleasure to address the people of Laurens9 from the same spot. It was not necessary for him to say he was glad to be there again. If he did not love those people he would be the veriest ingrate. They had stood by him from the incipicney of the fight. (Voice: "And they will die by you.") If he w~as elected Governor great redit would be to themn and their leader, Captain Shell. He was afraid to poke any more "Tillmaania" into them: they miight -bust." The movement was b)orn in Edgefield and he was the "daddy" of it. The people of Laurens took the baby when a weakling and nursed it till now he thought it was weaned. He would tell them what made them holler. In the first instance he was a candidate and stood before the people to announce the principles on whiche stood. Here Captain Tillman was inter rupted by another ovation on the part of the crowd and he had to warn them that he coun't speak if they kept up the hollowing. "Shut up! Put the cork in," he said, and then he was able to proceed. Five years ago he stood and fought along a line where few dared to fol low and much of the time he fought alone. The masses had now been aroused and come to his assistance. Captain Tillman then proceeded, and made a speech of about thirty five minutes, during which time he was frequently interrupted by the continued ebullition of enthusiasm among the audience. At one time about fiftee~n rows of seats just in front of the stand fell and there ws a general stir. The spc-aker remark ed that lie had poked enough Till manism into the occupants of the seats to break them down. The speech touched upon the same general points as the Greenville and Spartanburg speeches. and the speaker closed amidst deafening ap plause. When Captain Tihaan finished his speech a storm cloud which seemed to threaten camne nearer and a heavy rain seemed imminent. Captain Shell announced that the other speakers would be heard at the court house. The crowd did not think it was going to rain and waited. There was a pause of some minutes in the pro ceedings.which was taken advantage of for the holding of an impromptu informal reception by the candidates on the platform. Many old soldiers shook Gen. Bratton's haf warmly and many personal friends of Colonel Earle and the other gentlemen had a few moments conversation with them, but Captain Tillinan was ap proached by scores who introduced themselves and then left the plat form. He also received two elegant bouquets from ladies in the audi nce. Nothing but a genuine rainstorm which camne up carried ihe crowd to the ourt house. Most of the candi dates found places in carriages, but Captain Tillnman, who was one of the last left behind, was taken in a top bugyand1 was drawn in it by his ena thusiastic friends to the public square. After a lull of about half an hour, consumed in getting the crowd to gether again, Colonel Earle and the other candidates came into the court room. Colonel Earle was presented to the audience by Captain Shell with a glowing tribute to his -valor and hon or. He appealed to the audience to givethe speaker arespectfulhearing if for no other reason tha~n that he was his own personal friend. Colonel Earle made his speech but was interrupted so frequently that it seemed almost to the last that he would have great difficulty in get tingahearing at all. Captain Shell did his duty in making frequent appeals in behalf of the speaker, but scarce ly had the sound of his voice died out each time than the cries of "hurrah for Tillman!" would come up from the audience and continue till it seemed that the spirit of the people was almost beyond endrrance. Nev ertheless the spirit of the speaker was not to be denominated and he had his hearing. In that part of his rcmarks which deprecated the arraying of class against class, Colonel Earl3 read the circular recently issued by Captain Shell to the leading friends of Cap tain Tilhnan and already alluded to editorially in the columns of the Greenville Neis'. He characterized it as worse thn any warning ever made to Democrats against the Rad icals during their days of power and plunder. No one had ever said then that the liberties, homes and lives of the white citizens of the State were endangered. This seemed to be the most telling part of the eloquent speaker's effort. It was the one hit which the audience seemed to appreciate. but as soon as it was being discussed a voice raised a cry of "-Hurrah for Shell!" and was joined in a cheer by a part of the crowd. Colonel Earle was questioned as to the assessment of taxes for railrocad property. He answered the ques tion willingly and said that he was on~ of the four members of the State Board of Equalization. They had that matter i.hand. After due con sideration of it, a majority of the members of the board had voted against raisin.- the assessment. He1 had voted to increase it. The other members of the board had said that the assessmer.t was already in pro portion to that of other property in the State. The railroads paid be tween one-eighth and one-seventh of all the taxes in the State but they were not in his opinion taxed at their true value. In reply to the question of taxation of banks he said he first saw the communication of Auditor ,Jones, of Ablteville, a short time ago He called the attention of Comptrol ler General Verner. and that oMee informed him that all the counties had not complied with the opinion of the law given by him as Attorney General to the effect that the sur plus of banks was taxable as well as the capital. The fault had been with the boards of equlization in the counties. They were responsible and not the other officers. The pres ent law gave no appeal from their decision. He thought there was need of a more inusitorial system of assessment than they had now. [Speeches were then made by Col. Y. J. Pope, Ccl. E. B. Gary. Adja tant General Bonham and Col. H. L. Farley.]I Nearly eveiry true Tillman disciple at the meeting today wore a ribbon badge on which was printed a cut of Captain Tilhuan and the legend "Tillman and Reform." They sol like hot cakes and several ribbon counters were exhausted before the demand wvas supplied by the Herald job office. The Meeting at Newberry. (Special to the Greenvillo Nows.) NEwBERPtY, JIune 1:.-The campaign meeting has conic and gone. The candidates came on t'he Laurens train this morning, arriving at nine o'clock. A special escort with mounted mar shals met the train. Carriages were in waiting 'or the speakers and all were marched to the Newberry Ho tel, preceded by tihe Newberry Cor net Band. After breakfast the line of march was formed and all went to Jones' grove, where the speaking was held. General Bratton. Colonel Ear'le, Cap tain Tillman, General Pope, Colonel Gary. Captain Farley, Mr. Mayfield and General Bonhamn were here. : General Bratton was the first| speaker. He said he had entered| upon the campaign to discuss issues| of the day cahnly and dispassionate-I ly. He favored a primary eletiov for delegates to the State Conven tion. He did not propose to trim to anybody's lines. It was time to stop and pause. There should be no clatss against class, To secure the good of any, it was necessary to se cure the good of all. Talk about ex penses of the government, if we take out </ accotumt the debt we inherit. the expense of the goverr'ment was not fifty cents per capita. General B~rat too was sufl'ering with a cough and, made a short speech. He wais con stantly interrupted with applause and hurrahs for Tillmnan. General Earle was the next speak er. He. oo0, was greeted with hur rahs for Tillmnan, andl could scarcely go on with his speech. He said there was a great cry for free speech, but they seemed determined not to have it. He paid a complinent to gentle men of South Carolina wiho had serv ed her in war andl peace, and said they were peers of any. He begged the crowd to hear him. but they con tinued to hurrah for Tilhaan. He favored Clemson College, the Citadel and the University. In regard to the perjury of legislators who voted against apportionment, he said Cap taini Tilhnu ti'ied to draw a distiue tion between political perjury and perjury. but right is right, and wrong is wrong. al there is no distinction. Salaries can be r'educed if the people want it. But under the law the sala ry cf the Governor cannot be rcdu ced during his ter'm of ouilce and he proposed to Tillmnan, if elected. to rive .'500 oi' the salary to education. i? rTillman wounld ag'ree to do the same. Tilhu'an refused. He favored primarv election. He referred to Shell's~ circular published in The News, and asked if a more incendi m' utanc e was ever~ sent out. A PROMISINC OUTLOOK. The Department of Agrienlture's Reportzs Indicate the Best Condition of Crops for Many Years. The condition of the growing crops in South Carolina, as indicated by the reports made to the Deoartment of Agriculture, is by far the best shown at this season for at least ten years past. The average condition of the cotton crop is better by 27 per cent. than at this time last year, and the increase of average previously reported is confirmed. The following has been compiled from the reports of two hundred and forty special crop correspondents of the Department of Agriculture in every part of the State: COTTON. With but few exceptions perfect stands of cotton are reported through out the State. The estimate made a month ago that the acreage would be four per cent. greater than last year has been confirmed by the present report and the figures remain un changed. A few correspondents re port excessive rains and in the ex treme southwestern part of the State the rainfall has been insufficient, but upon the whole the rains have been general and evidenly distributed. The plant is healthy. vigorous and well advanced, blossoms having been re ported in the lower counties severall days ago. The con(lition as com pared t an average crop is: for upper Carolina 102: for middle Carolina 105, and for lower Carolina 101. The average for the entire State is 103 against 76 at the same time last year CORN. The area in corn has been ineressed one per cent. over last year. Excel lent stands are reported an(d the crop is clean and growing finely. Twenty six per cent. of the crop has been planted on bottom land. The con dition is: for upper Carolina, bottom land 90, upland 100: for midle Caro lina, bottom land 82, upland 99, and for lower Carolina. bottom land 95, upland 91. The average for the State is 89 for bottom land and 97 for up land. The condition at the same time last year was 8 1. WHEAT AND OATs. The wheat harvest, just about com pleted, shows the-crop to be a very short one. the yiel.i being reporte(d at but 65 per cent. o an average crop. The weather for the past few weeks has been very favorable for the spring oat crop, and the oat yield is reported at 78 per cent. of an average crop. against 6 for the same time last year. RICE. The rice crop, while needing rain in some sections, is in better condi tion than at the same time last year. the condition being reported at -3 against 89 for 1889. - ~ O'Toot ~ -- The acreage in both sweet and Irish potatoes is about the same as in 1889. The condition compared to an average is: Sweet potatoes 100. against 80 last year: Irish potatoes 97. against 73 last year. SUGAR CANE AND SORGHUM. The condition of sugar cane is re ported at 98 against 87 last year: sorghum at 95 against 89 last year. RIT. The peschi crop will be almost an entire failu-e in many sections of the State. and the indications are that the crop for the entire State will not be more than 25 per cent. of an aver age yield. Apples and pears are much more promising. The berry rop is abundant. Graprs promise well and vegetable gardens generally re in fine condition. sUPDPLIEs PUIICIIAsED. As indicated by last month's report, there is a large decrease in the amount of farm supplies purchas:'d this season. The percentages are: For upper Carolina, 69 per cent,: middle Carolina, 82 per cent., and lower Carolina per cent. of last year's purchases. The average decrease for the State is 19 per cent. FERTILIZERS. Of the 156,000 tons of commercial fertilizers consumed during the season of 1889-90, 45 per cent. were ammo niated, :36 per cent. were acid phos phates and 18 per cent. were kainits and chemicals. Twenty-eight per cent. of all fertilizers purchased were used for composting. One-fourth less kainit was used than last year. Doing a Good Work. In the year closing March 1. 1890, the American Sunday-school Union organized 1,685 new Sunday-schools in thirty-one States and Territories, in places hitherto destitute of religious privileges. In addition to this they gave aid to needy schools in 1.852 in stances: besides aiding schools pre viously reported in 4,461 cases. Ninety churches of diflerent denomn inations have been organized from these schools during the year. These missionaries have also made 42,222 visits to families, in addition to is tributing a large amount of religious literature, besides 5,779 Bibles and. 9.337 Testaments. The Weak Spot inL Tilden's Will. It has been a matter of remark that so good a lawyer as Samuel J. Tilden was lacking inl ability to con struct his own last will and testa ment so that it.ovouldstand inc antest able. The sage of Gramerey Park designed to create a splendid public library for New York, and left the bulk of his fortune to trustees as an endowment. The fatal weakness of the plan, however, according to the New Yoi'k courts, is that the will gives so much discretion to the trus tees that the trust clauses are held to b~e void for wvant of definiteness. The contest is not yet over, but the contestants have scored a triumph twice at least. and the prospect is good for their final success in the courts of last resort, whither the ase has gone. Another Tragerly at Ashley Junet ion. (nnuss1oN, S. C., June 10.-Joe Kelly was shot md killed yesterday at Ashley Junctioni by A. M. Watson, both colored. Kelly was killed at the same spot .vhere a mian was shot by a mysterious regro two weeks, ago. The murdrer~ escaped. Tis is the second fatal shooting aftair ini addition to a fatal train wreck and a murderous assault at the Junction, all within two uneeks COLORED MEN WITH FORTUNES. Southern Ne;;-roe Who are Worth Big Fractions of a Minlson. It will probably be surprising to know that in Galveston there is a colored man who is worth over S350, 000. His name is Sylvester, and he has a fine mansion in the moet desir able residence portion of the city. And, what will most surprise Phila delphia, his wife employs none but white servants. How did Sylvester get rich! Well.he got a start in pol itics, then ran a saloon and gambling house for colored people for r6 few years. then went into real estute and speculatod. He is sln-eol and d 6uc eessful. One of the most suceessful and wealthiest reil utse meninHous ton is a colored man. His name is Milton Sterrett. He owns a fine res idence, surrounded by immense grounds, all terraced ofi and planted in the finest flowers and shrubbery, and keeps a landscape gardner to at tend it. He was a waiter on the boats between Galveston and Hous ton before and all during tire war, and made everything he has in real estate deals during the past twenty years. He owns several large plan tations and is worth at least -400, 000. Then take Senator C. N. Burton, of Fort Bend county. When the war closed and he was freed he lived on a plantation belonging to his mis tress, whose husband and two sous were killed. leaving her alone in the world. She had given him a good elementary education: Lie was sihrewd. By attention to busiuess he s1oon ac quired a good farm. In a few years he axded to it. and boug it in the plantation formerly ownedLi by his mistress. and had two ether arge ones on the Brazosin ten years more. His mistress being reLinced to pover ty, he undertook to ere for her. He said when he was ieted to the State Senate that he owed allhe was to 1 kindness. and that he felt it his du to care for her. And he senh her back to her native .:.--irginia and regularly renits td h'r-and has done so for fifteen years-150 every month. He is porpular with "hits and blacks, Demnoerat and TRe licans. and studied %a;v so ta he could depend on himself mage his immimense ' auon and ranch interests. Seutor tBur n i W~' woth over $500>0. Then Henry 3i31k the gr .it sheep and cattle ranchm'an of Tom Green and P-cos counties. is worth nearly a half million. o a:mde it all inl less than lilteen y. Ar these men S:th:rn ..- Ys every one of the:n. E3 he larges plant - owiner and the lav est farm-land taxpayer in th- ric coun of Lamar was a light-cole ed nil to named Harvey. He d few weeks ago and left a wido . who wll be able to pull throughi, probabl a her husband h-ft four larpla-a t:Tons. a ne :4 zE farm, .some ciy prope-rty ini Pari:. ami *'. big bank account. Bjesids this ilf her snu;g lIll.h1nsuranae on ( 1 lf- for $18.000.* Farneri (*)nni G'. . A'rL . GA. La .Junl 12 The Lhubernatorial cont - 'r wich promised to be a bi ttzinud ard light, has simmuered down. TE~ Jo.sses, who have hitherto so comn rltelv controlled the destinies of the state. have been brushed off the~ cene so efl'ectuially that they are ot even thought of. and the new armers' parLy hias assumed full po+ ession of affairs. The old politreal guard was great y pleased when it learned that Col L. F. Livingston. President of the tate Farmers' Alliance of Georgia, was going to antagonize the candidacy -f President W. J. Northen of the State Agricultural Society for Gov n-nor. The fact tnat the loaders of the two agricultural bodies shouldbe d'val candidates gave rise to the hope that they would slaughter each other ma thus allow sonme city lawyer to become Governor. In this emergen- *~ ey a number of representative far miers met in this city and called upon the rival candidates to pool their is sues for the good of the cause. Both gentlemen agreed to this, and Colo nel Northern was designated as the man to keep in the race for Gover nor. As a reward to Colonel Livingston for gettingout of the way lhe will be supported as candidate for Congress from the Fifth Congressional Dis ticet, now represented by J, D. Stew art, a hayseed statesman. who is now iling his third term. Stewart an nounced himself against tihe sub Treasury bill, and thus paved the way for the candidacy of Colonel Livingston, who claims to be the fa ther of the measure. The ease with which the farmers met in private council and arranged the deal, and the'fear which overspreadis the regu lar politicians, shows how completely the farmers have taken control of the State. There will be an Alliance candidate for Congress in every dis trtet in the State. A Notable Weddhag. CnR~LrSTos, S. (2.. June 11.-All the society in Charleslon was at Trini tyM. E. Church to-night to witness the marriage of Miss~ Mattie Williams and Mr. W. P. Carrington. The bride is a daughter of George W. Williams, one of the leading bankers of Char leston, and a sister of Mrs. Pat Cal houn, of Atlanta and New York. The groom is the son of Mr. William Car rington. one of the leading jewelers of this city. A reception, attended by the elite of the city, was given at the palatial residence of the bride's father near thle battery. It isi said that among the handsome an~d valu able bridal presents was a ch:ek from the bride's father for 8100.000. A Fatal Accidenrt. Two little daughters of Mr. Perry Holland. who lives in Brioadway ' Township. met with a panful acci dent last Monday. The chikdren weree playing with a kerosene oil can, when in some way it caught fire, and they were seriously burned. Our infor mant sta.ted that the iittle sufferers were still alive Tuesday afternoon, but it was thought that they would hardly recover froin the accident. The little girls are tWins. annd about four or five years of age. Just before going to press we learned that one of the little girls had died, its death having occurred early Wednesday monng.Aerson Intelligencr.