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VOL. VI. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1890. NO. 40. THE STATE CONVENTION, THE BODY NOMINATES A FULL TICK ET AND ADJOURNS. A Large Attendance and Much Public In terest-A Protest from the Richland Delegation-The Contests and haw they Were Settled. COImBIA. S. C., September 10.-The State Democratic Convention assem bled to-day in the House of Represen tatives. The assembling was done with a good deal of enthutSiasm, mutu al good will and even good humor. It was generally supposed when all had gathered that every possible element of discord had been eliminated by the agreement of compromise between the two executive committees. The galleries were crowded, there being present among th., spectators a large number of ladies. While the delegates came in and took their seats the splendid Capital Cit Band played sme lively airs and added to the spirit ,.nd animation of the occasion. At five minutes past 12 Chairman Hoyt and Chairman Irby ascended the platform. On Chairman Hoyt's lelt was his secretary, Wilie Jones, and on the right of Chairman Irby his secre tary. G. Duncan Bellinger. After a pause of a few minutes Chairman Hoyt said: "The secretary will read the call under which this Conv.ention assembles." The call was accordinly read. Col. Irby then said: "The Convention will please come to order. You will now hear read the confirmation of the call of the old executive committee." The paper referred to was read by Secretary Bellinger. lmmiiately thereafter Mr. W. D. Evans, ot'Marlboro, said: "I nominate the lion. 11. A. Meetze, of Lexington, as temporary chairman of this Conven tion." The motion being seconded the ques tion was put and Mr. Meetze was elect ed by a very large majority of the Con vention. As he ascended the platform he was loudly cheered. Being introduced to the Convention by Col. Irby, Mr. Meetze said: "Gentlemen of the Convention, I beg to return you my sincere- thanks for his nomination and for your kind ness. The Chair has only to announce that it is now ready to receive all mat ters looking to the permanent organi zation of this body." Judge A. C. Haikell, on behalf of the entire Richland delegation and of mem bers of other delegations concurring, read a protest against the agreement between the two committees. He ask ed leave to have the names of the pro testants attached later during the day. The following is the protest: "We, the undersigned, declare thatunder the constitution of the Democratic party the agreement said to have been made between Mr. Hoyt, the chairman of the State execu tive committee, and Mr. lrby, claiming to be a chairman of a State executive committee, by which Mr. Irby is to participate in the organization of the Convention assembled this day, is irregular, illegal and void, and, if persisted in, affects the legality of the Con vention, and against the same we enter our emphatic and solemn protest." The motion for the acceptance of the protest was seconded by J. D. Blanding, of Sumter. The President: "I would suggest to ;he Convention that before we proceed with this or any other matter a tempo tary secretary be appointed." Accordingly Mr. John T. Duncan, of New berry, and Mr. G. Duncan Bellin ger, of Barnwell, were elected secretary and assistant secretary respectively. Dr. Pope: "As there are several con testing delegations, I move now that a committee on credentials be appointed to consist of one delegate from each county, the member to be suggested by the delegation, except in counties in which there is a protest or a contest." Dr. Pope's motion was put to the house and carried, and in accordance with its terms the following committee on credentials was announced by the president: Abbeville-J T Robertson. Aiken-O C .Jordan. Anderson-W A Neal. Barn well-J B Bates. Beaufort-J L Lopez. SCharleston-Kirby S T'upper. Chester-F J Cunningham. Chestertield-W C McCreighr. EClarendon-S A Nettles. g Colleton-M R Cooper. |2Darlington-J M Waddill. Edgefield-HI H Townes. Florence-E B McWhite. Georgetown-E C Easterling. Greenville-.J W~alter Gray. Hlampton-J H Rluddell. IHorry-T W Daggett. Kershaw-F J Kirkland. Lancaster-ira B Jones. Laurens-T B Crews. Lexington-Hi J Siebels. Marion-J D Montgomery. Marl cro -T N Edens. New. berry-J A Sligh. Oconee-J L Finnell. Orangeburg-W O. 0Tlatumn. P'icke-ns- E S Gritlin. Richlandi-J K Alston. Spartanburg-S T D Lancaster. U.nion.-J C Otts. WVilliamnsburg-lI D llollins. York- LIhomplson Jackson. Dr.11I. M. Smith: -1 move, Mr. Presi dent, that. the protest moved by the Richland deleg~at ion be ref'rred to the committee on credentials." N'xr. Hazard: --That is not the prope-r course, for the protest does not comec withmn the 1,rovince of that committee. I move that the gentleman's motion be laid oin the table." Dr. smith: -1 see no better way, Mr. Chaiman, to . dispose ot the protest than by referringthe protest to the com mittti- e n privileges and election." The President: "There is no such onittee here." Mr. L. N. Zealy: "I would suggest to the Chjair that no motion can ibe enter taiined until after the report of the commxittee on credentials, which com mitt ee dietermines the roll of the Con ventionk." Trhe P'resident: -Your point Is well taken. N r. W. D). Evans: -1 move now that the Convention take a recess until 4 o'clock." Carried. The c-ommittee on credentials then retired to the Agricultural h all, having in hanud three cases of contest, i. e., fromu 5umiter, Fairfield and Berkeley. The Convention reassemled at a quarter past 4 o'clock. Up to that time the commflittee on credentials had been in ..-sion. It had first taken up the Berke-ley conitest, anid, after hearing the evidtence, includong the testimony of Capt. P'orcher Smith, decided to se-at the Mtan lan d telegationi. The chief grounid of oblj-ctioni to the Porcher Smith tielegation was that it was elect ed by a Con vention w~hich was -'illegal and ~:?nc(PnStit ttional." Ilhe commit tee tl-enI went to werk on the contest from sumter. caldt Wi:eni the Conventionwal aledt order Dr. Pone moved that a committee of ire e le'ppomlted~ by the Chair to wait Lon ithe committee on credentials and inquire at what time it would be ready to renort. Carried. The president appointed on that con mittee i)r. Pope, of Newberry; V. I Evans, of Marlboro, and Capt. .1. I Weber, of Charleston. Mr. J. B. Greer of Marlboro, was subsequently substi tuted for _Mr. Evans, who at the tim had other engagements. On the return of Dr. Pope he state< that the committee would not be abl to report until 9 P. M. The Conver tion, therefore, on motion, took a reces until that hour. The Niaht Session. A tremendous throng was present ii the galleries to-night when the Con ventionreassembled at 9 o'clock. A ver: great proportion of the unollicial audi ence was ladies. The committee on credentials report ed to the Convention at 10.30 1'. M. a follows : In the case of the Berkeley contes we unanimously report in favor of th< Stauland delegation. In the case of the Fairfield delega tion there were three reports, the ma jority report being in favor of the Till I mah delegates. The minority repor1 was submitted by Capt. Kirby S. Tup per, in favor of the Anti-Tillman dele gates. A third report was that neittei delegation be seated. The chairman of the committee mov ed the adoption of the majority report Capt. Kirby S. Tupper moved thal the minority report be adopted anc that fifteen minutes be allowed for dis ','ssion. A delegate from Union moved thai the whole debate be limited to fivt minutes. Mr. J. Ancrum Simons moved that fifteen minutes be allowed to each side for the discussion of each of the threE reports. After this half a dozen other motions were made and there was so much con fusion in the hall tha %was moved and carried that the hali be cleared of all persons except delegates. It was found impossible to clear the house. After much discussion pro and con a motion was then made that the minor itv report recommending that neithei delegation be seated be adopted. Mr. Pope moved to lay that motion on the table. Mfr. Tupper raised the point that the Convention was not organized and no rules of procedure had been adopted. The Chair ruled the point well taken. Col. Irby suggested that the vote be taken by acclanation. This was done and the motion to lay on the table was carried. Mr. Tupper then raised another point that under the motion just carried the question was settled, and that both delegations were ousted. (Applause and cheers and indescribable confusion in which Col. Irby made himself heard, moving that the Convedtion recede from business for half an hour that the hall might be cleared.] Carried. The delegates began then to leave the ball slowly, during which there were subdued cries of "Hurrah for old man Meetze !" The status of the Convention then was that the roll of uncontested dele gates was not called and there was no organization whatever. This point was made by Mr. J. Ancrun Simons before the clearing of the hall. At half-past 12 o'clock the Conven tion reassembled and Col. Irby took the floor and moved that W. J. Talbert be elected permanent president. This was carried with a whoop. Col. Irby then moved that the temporary secretaries be made permanent and that the rules of the House o. Representatives be adopted, and that all non-delegates be excluded, with the exception of the ladies, all of which were carried. Judge Haskell then made a speech in which he held that none of the matters before the 'iporary organization were before the r resent body. Carried. Col. Irby then called up the report of the committee on credentials in the Fairtield contest matter. Chairman Jones, of 'the committee, moved that the majority report be adopted. Mr. Tupper called for a yea and nay vote. While the roll was being called the prefident said : "Gentlemen, Mr. Mack Robinson refuses to leave the hall when ordered so to do by the sergeant-at arms." Cries of "Puat him out !" "Put him out !" and Judge Ilaskell, when Mr. Robinson was about to leave, took him by the arm and escorted him out. The roll call was resumed and the majority report was adopted by a vote of 196 to 89. On motion of Col. Irby the unseated delegates were invited to seats on the door. The Fairfield delegation refused the courtesy, and headed by Major Thos. W. Woodward, they marched out of the hall with a red shirt as a flag raised on a Fairfield standard. This incident was ar plauded vociferously. The Sumter case was next taken up. The majority report, signed by seven teen members, reconmmended that neith er of the delegat ions be seated. 0. C. Jordan p~resen~ted a minority report re cotimenidng that the R. D. Lee (Anti Tilman) delegation be seated. R. M. Smith, of Spartanburg, moved he- adoption of the minority report. On mation of Col. Irby fifteen miuntes was allow-d each side for debate. Before the debate commenced Col. Irb'y asked the Sumter delegation if it would agree to the adoption of the ma jority report and go home and reorgan ize the county. This was not agreed to. and II. R. Thomas. of Sumitor, who argzued the legalit y of the Tilman delegation on the ground that they had been elected under the new conistitution, and accord ig to the resolution of the August Convenition, providing that the election be held by the con yention plan. 0. C. Jordan, of Aike-n, a Tillmauite, made the argumnent in favor of the mi nority report. IIe said that prior to the election of the delegates it was be ond question there was but one coun ty chairman, and that was Gaillard. When the delegates came to Sumter the Tillman delegates refused to enter the Gullard Convention, which was the place to vindicate themselves and show that they were in the majority. The Tillman (lelegates had made amis take, and that it was not the business of thiis Convention to correct. ie ap pealed to the Convention to do what was right although the heaven fall. [A pplause.] The minority report was lost by a vote of 160 to 1~33. The Sumter delega tion left the hall. Among the Tillman leaders who voted ave were Irby, Ira B. Jones, 0. C. .Jordan and A. C. Lati mer. The vote was then taken on the adop tion of the RI. D). Lee report, seatmng the Anti-Tillman delegation. Which wasL voted dlown. The Nominationis. R. C. Watts ultfered the following resolution. Resolved, 'That this Convention proceed to the nomination of State officers in the following order: Governor, Lieutenant Governor. Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer. Comptroller Gen~ eral, Superintendent of Education and Ad jutant and Inspector General, and that nominations shall be made from the floor without speeches. Adopted. Col. J. L. N. Irby nominated for Governor Benjamin Ryan Tillman, of Tiiliman's nomination was seconded by Dr. Pope. .A notion was then made that nomi - nations be closcd, which was carried. Judge llaskell protested against pro ceedings in this respect. as the Fairflield and Sumter delegations had been oust ed and left the hall. a It was moved that the nomination be by acclamation. Objection was I made and the roll was called, the vote being by counties, which resulted yeas - 269, nays 40. Charleston, Beaufort, Georgetown and Richland voted no. The nomination of Tillman was then put to the house. 1Ie was nomi nated by a vote of 269 to 40-the same counties v< ting against him. E. B. Gary was nominated by ac clamation for Lieutenant Governor. Y. J. Pope was nominated by 11. A. Meet ze for Attorney General, and he was elected by acclamation. Gen. Stackhouse nominated .J. E. indal as Secretary of State; J. 11. Walker nominated J. Q. Marshall. who was defeated by a vote of 269 to 40. Dr. W. C. T. Bates, of Orangeburg, was nominated for State Treasurer, and was elected by acclamation. Dr. Williams. of Colleton, nominated Bienij. Stokes, of Colleton, for Coinptrol. ler. The following were also nomi nated: W. B. Rice of Barnwell, W. 11. Ellerbe of Marion and Edmund Bacon of Spartanburg. The result of the vote for Cointrol ler General was: Stokes 113, E.llerbe 108, Rice 3, Bacon 19, Verner 1. The total vote cast was 279, necessary to a choice 140. There was no election. On the changing of some votes Mr. Bratton, of Georgetown, changed his vote from McGintey to Ellerbe. During the vote for Comptroller General Col. Irby named the following as a committee to escort the nominated candidates into the hall: J.L. M. Irbv, Laurens; T. W. Stanland, Berkeley: W. N. Marchant, Aiken; W. C. McCreight, Chesterfield; W. D. Evans, Marlboro; 1. A. Meetze, Lexington; John G. Evans, Aiken; A. E. Padgett, Edge field; G. L. Buist, Charleston. On the second ballot for Comptroller Generol the names of Bacon, Rice and Verner were withdrawn, leaving Stokes and Ellerbe in the field. The voting was by counties. The result was: Stokes 110, Ellerbe 144. Ellerbe was nominated. The following were the nominations for Superintendent of Education: W. D. Mayfield, of Greenville, J. II. Rice, of Abbeville, D. A. Townsend, of Union. The result of the ballot was: Rice 49, Mayfeld 152, Townsend 88. Mayfield was nominaled. The last nomination was for Adju-; tant and Inspector General, the nomi nees being Hugh L. Farley and Mil ledge L. Bonham. Farley was nomi nated by a rising vote. The Platform. The following platform was then adopted: First. The Democratic party of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, hereby reallirms the platform and prin ciples of the National and State Dern ocratic party. particularly favoring the free ind unlimited coinage of silver, the increase of the currency and the repeal of the internal revenue system. We denounce the McKinley tariff bill as unjust to the producers of raw material and the consumers of the country; and especially do we condemn the unnecessary and burdensome in crease in the tax on cotton ties and tin commodities so largely used by the poorer portion of our people. The passage of this bill by Congress will encourage trusts, combines and mon opolies, evils which have so long op pressed the people. We denounce the Lodge force bill as I iniquitous, emanating from minds I whose nefarious purpose is to establish the supremacy of ignorance over in telligence in the Southern State, there by engendering race antagonism and sectional animosity. We condemn the action of Speak-er Reed and his followers as tyrannical and a flagrant degradation of a position intended only for the true patriot and Second. We demand the enactmen of laws that will remove the burdens of the people, relieve the existing ag ricultural depression and do full and ample justice to the farmers and labor ers of our country. Third. We demand the abolition of national banks, and that legal tendler treasury notes be issued in suflicient volume to do the busines of the coun try on a cash system, and that all money Issued by the Government shall be legal tender in payment of all debts, both public and private. Fourth. We demand that Congress pass such laws as shall effectually pe vent the dealing in futures of all agri cultural productions, prescribing such stringent methods or procedure in trials as shall secure prompt convic-1 tion. I Fifth. We demand that Congress shall provide for the taxation or in comes of individuals and the surplus of corporations, thereby equalizing the burdens upon the poorer classes. Sixth. We demand that our State Legislature shall abolish the board of agriculture; that the privilege tax on fertilizers and every thing appertaining to agriculture, or mechanics, or indus trial education, including the agricul tural stations, be placed in charge of the trustees of the Clemson Agricul tural College, andl up)on saiid trustees shall devolve all duties now performed by the present boatrd of agriculture, e x cept the control of the State phosphate interests. Seventh. We demand that the South Carolina College at Columbia shall be liberally supported as the classical and literary department of the South Caro-~ lina University. Eighth. We demand that the school districts in the various counties of the State shall be as nearly as practicable square, and of an area sufficient to allow one white and one colored free school separate and distinct in each district, and that tihe school trustees be elected by tihe people.. Ninth. We demand rigid economy in1 public expenditures, the abolition of useless officers. reduction of salaries and fees of all officers. State and coun ty to conform to the increased pur chasing power of money and the de creased ability of the people to pay taxes. That public oflicers be paid in proportion to their labor and responsi bility. Tenth. We demand that the railroad commission shall be given all the po0w er needed to protect the rights and in terests of the people, without injuring' the railroads, and that the commission ers be elected by the people, Eleventh. We demand that there shall be a sur-rey of the State's phios pha'te beds, and their classitication into three grades, and that a commission comnposed of tihe Governor, Comptroller General and Attorney General shall control and direct the mining under riaid rules, each river or phosphate district being leased at public auction for a term of three y'ears, after the cmilssion has 1xed a minimumn roy alty according to tile value as shuown by the survey. 1Tweifth. We demand that a conti tutionial convention be called to give? us an organic law framed by our ow;n peole. ~We believe the present law~ a standing menace to our civilization and to our educational institutions, and that we cannot obtain any greait relief from our bundensomne taxes till + thi isd, nd we have lost faith in the power toamend the present con stitultion sothat it vilI answer the re quirements. Thirteenth. We rely upon the sense of justice and enlightened self-interest of our fellow citizens to enforce these demands, and we call upon and invite every citizen who has the interest of his State at heart to assist us in enforc ing these needed reforms. We con demn any attempt, either by word, deed or by unholy allinnee with the enemy to disrupt the Democratic party of this State. White supremacy is the bil wark of our civilization and can only be secured by Democratic unity. The convention then adjourned sine die. FOILED FIENDS. Train Wreckers Destroy Property but Cost no Lives. ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 8.-The flendish work of reckless devils in human habili ments found vent about midnight last Thursday nizht in a successful attempt at train wrecking on the New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road. about ..our miles South of Greenbush. Luckily only about one half of the at tempted wrecking was successful and no loss of life or serious injuries result ed. The second section of the Montre al sleeper out of New York, due here at 11:30, consisting of an engine and eight sleeping cars filled with men, women and chlldreii, was derailed. but, barring a shaking up of the passengers and the bruising of half a dozen or so nothing more serious than the wreck ing of the train resulted. The news of the wreck was brought here by Conduc tor McAiliffe and Mex Leclerc. corres pondent of the Paris Journal, who walked all the way. A relief train was at once dispatched to thg scene, carrying Superintendent BisseH, Chief of Police Willard, three physicians and a repre sentative of the the Associeted Press. Upon arriving at the scene of the wreck the first thought was of giving proper attention to the injured passengers. The escape of a large number trom death was miraculous. The train, which was twenty-five minutes late when it was wrecked, was runining at the rate of thirty miles an hour. When the engine struck the obstruction on the track it was lifted upwards and the whole train was thrown from the track. The forward part of the engine was sus pended in the air it looked as though it might fall in the ditch at any moment. The engineer and firemen both stuck to their posts. The first sleeping car contained 22 passengers. It slid down the embank ment and came to a stand still on its side. None of the passengers in this car were injured except by being bruised.. The second coach fared worse than any of the others, turning a com plete somersault and landing in the ditch bottom side up. In this car there was only one passenger, Mrs. Jenkins, >f Brooklyn, the conductor and porter. Mrs. Jenkins was at first thought to be seriously injured, but it was afterwards found that she was more frightened han hurt. The third car was thrown iirectly across the ditch at right angles with the track and was at first taken or a bridge spanning the abyss. There vere about eight passengers in this oach, making in all about 31 passen ers who were so fortunately saved rom instant death. The other five eepers did not leave the road bed, but ere lying obliquely across the north iound track. The fourth car was sus >ended ir the air over the ditch, held in >osition by its only coupling and the esistau e offered by the other three ars. SMOKY MOUNTAINS. tr'nge Phzeomena that Startle North Carolina. As~vILLE, N. C., Sept. 10.-Reports eceived here from a number of reliable ~itizens in the neighborhood of Bee ree creek, a tributary of the SewanneeI iver, twelve miles east of this city, tate that for the third time since the harleston earthquake, smoke has for ome days been regularly emitted in ~onsiderable volume from the seven ountain peaks of the Blue Ridge ~hain. The peake have come to be designa ed "Thie seven smoking mountains." The occurrence has excited the region n which the smoke is visible, and many f the people are alarmed. J1. W. Boone, a highly responsible citi en of Bee Tree creek neighborhood, has iven The Citizen of this place an ac ~ount of his observation of the phenomn ~nal columns of smoke. He says: For he past two weeks each morning about oclock vast columns of black smoke, *ising to the height of about three hun red feet, have issued from Watch Knob, ocky Knob and live other Blue Ridge ountain peaks, which are visible from ee Tree creek. Some of the people of he neighborhood visited tile mountains nd found that tile smoke, as it issued *roin the peaks, had a strong sulphuric dor. These peaks were first' ebserved to be moking in October of tu~e year of the harleston earthlquake. That year the moking lasted two weeks. It then eased until last year, when, for three eeks, beginning in September, the eks were again in a state of activity. his year the phienlomenla have lasted wo weeks and have been witnessed by iore than 500) people. An effort is being made to have Pro essor C. D. Smith. geologist of Macon ounty, and Gen. TI. L. Clingman in ~estigate the matter as many of the peo e have become so alarmed that they ;ay they will leave the neighborhood. Destruction of a Jute Factory. NEW YORtK. September 3.-Fire broke )ut in the jute bagging factory of Peter oung in the wvall about the market uilding, in W\ashington avenue, near he navy yard, Brooklyn, at noon1. oungs'factory was entirely destroyed. he fire then spread to the kindling ood factory of Ihendrick P'ieletke, imn ediately adjoining. The wholesale rocery store of lUlahn Bros. on the other ie of the jute bagging foctory, then ;ook iire. D)lahn Bros. carried a stock of ~roceries valued at $150.000,. all of which, ~ithi the liuilding. was totally dlistroyed. hle total loss by the lire will be about 500.000; partialy insured. Poltles Too Much for an Editor. Rom-:. G a..Se pt.5.-Thie political comn lication ill tile 7th Congressional (is ~rit tof Georgia resulted to-dlay in the -esinat ion of Johnil Temle~l Graves as -ditor of the Tribune of Rome. Graves elt that his allegiance was due to the regular Democratic organlization, which s about to nominate Everett for Con ress, and the majority ot the Tribune's irectors and stockholders and of tile ~-itizens of Rome favor F-elton, just nom nated by a mass15 meeting. They Blew Up a Saloon. Kox{oMo. Ind., Sept. 3.-Jessie Ault's aloon at Greentown, ten miles distant, was destroyed by dynamite at 2 oelock this morning. The entire front was lona out and the contents totally reked. The Greenutown people have ought the location of a saloon in their own for years. anld the fact that Ault ucceeded 'withlout trouble in getting a icense exasperated them and they deter amie to blow him upm THE NEXT GOVE NOR. 1A PEN PICTURE OF THE RECORI NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRACY. His Early Life and School Days-Alway a Staunch Democrt, and Ready an Wiling at all Times to Serve is Far ty. Benjamin Ilyan Tillinan, the nomi nee of the "Farmers' Movement" party for Governor of South Carolina, wa, born In Edgefield County on the 11t of August 1847. His place of birtl was at the Tillman homestead. Chester which is but a part of the family estates. which cover about 10,000 acres This homestead has been in the posses. sion of the family. for more than on( hundred a'nd twenty years. The Till maus came to America with Lord Bal timore, and settled first in Maryland The inme was probably. at that early date. sp~elled Tilhgman, as the well. known general of that name belongs tc the family which caie over with Lord Baltimore. The settlement in South Carolina oi the ancestors of the subject of thi sketch was made on Horse Creek Edgeiled County. Capt. Ben Tillnan't father was named Benjamin Rvar Tillman. His colonial ancestors. Ryan and Tillmans, were Whigs and diC good service in open and guerilla war fare against the Tories and other fol lowers of Lord Cornwallis. They suf fered persecution and retaliated in kind, as was the custom in the guerilla warfare of those days. On one tract of the Tillman lands is a place known as Shelving Rock, which was often the refuge of the Tillnians and Ryans and other Whig families. At anothe: place is an historic tree. on which a Tory paid the penalty of his crimes. At a third place is the Murder Field, so called from the fact that in that an ancestor of Capt. Tillman, a Ryan, was inurdered by two of his slaves. Capt. Tillman now owns about 1,800 acres of the original tract and lives at his own homestead, called "High View," near Ropers Station, on the Charlotte, Cel unbia an#d Augusta Railroad. Cal... .illman obtained his elemen tary education at the old field school of G-orge Golphin, at which school Sena tor Butler and Mart Gary were prE: pared for college. le left school i, 1864 and soon thereafter was prostrat ed by a severe attack of fever by whichn he lost his left eye. This adliction made the young Tillman an invali:d for two years. When le recovered he applied himself to reading and "read everything he could lay his hands on" His chief delight was in poetry and novels. In poetry his taste was for the British classics. Milton, Pope, Dryden and .Scott; in noveis he had all the standard works, including Scott, Bul wer, Dickens and Thackeray. The li bary at his home, at High View con tains a number of the best books of this period and the period of the others just named. Considering that the bent of his mind has been in the direction of poetry and romance, it is somewhat re markable that his life work should have been mapped out as one devoted to political and economic reform. This is all the more remarkable as Capt. Tillman has not read any of the works on political economy or literature re lated to that subject. le paid a great deal of attention, however, to the cou dition of the State, its finances, needs, etc. as he saw them discussed in tile newspapers. in 1867-68 Capt. Tillman lived in Florida, and on his return to South Carolina in 1868 married Miss Sallie A. Starke, of Elbert County, Ga. Miss Starke, although living in Georgia, was of the South Carolina '.family of the Starkes who reside in Fairfield County. On returning tco South Carolina 1-e de voted himself exclusively to farming, the study of agriculture and general reading. When the revolution of 1876 was being brought about Capt. Tillman took an active prart in the organization of the Democracy of his section of Edgelield, and subsequently participat ed .in some of the most perilous under takings on behalf of the redemption of the State. As early, however, as 1874, he was actively engaged in figbting for whlite supremacy, and was on hand in the Ned Tennant riots of that year. [Under Capt. A. P. Butler, as a member ot the Edgefieldl Ilussars, he took pe.rt in the Ihamburg riot, the history of which is familiar to the county. Again, at the time of the Ellenton riot, he went down from his township with a company to the rescue, but on reach ing Rouse's Bridge he found that the iliculty had been settled by the Unit ed States troops. The company which he commanded then was armed and equ ip pedl at private expense. Capt. Tillman followed the fortunes of the Democracy up to the doors of the State House in 1876. at the time of the formation of the Wallace House. [t was he who took the message to [Iampton inviting him to attend the onference of the Straightout party on the night~before the State Ihouse was in rested1 by Federal troops. ie was one of the six or seven thousand who stood in front of the Capitol protesting with John C. Sheppard against the high handed exclusion of the Laurens and Edgefield delegations. It was at this period, rather than any other, in which he laid the foundation for his personal popularity in his county. ie was next eard of as a delegate to the State Con vention of 1882, in which he voted for Gen. Bratton :'or Governor. In 1885 he made his first speech at Bennettsville, he never before having :appeard before an audience, and this was the beginning of the career which led to his nomination for Governor to .day. It is true, however, that althoulgh the Bennettsville speech was his first on general political principles, he had held the position of chairman of Edge feld County in the most troubled period of its history, and had doubtless adldressed the conventions when occa sion requnired. After his well-known letter of re tirement from politics, which was brought about by his temporary failure at Bennettsville, he kept up by means of letters in The News and Courier the agitation for an Agricultural College and other reforms in favor of the farm ers. The part which he took in the Farmers' Convention of 1887 is of too recent a (late to need comm ient in de tail in this brief sketch, nor is it neces' sary to repeat the history of the fam ous March Convention of 1890, when Capt. 1illmnan was put for ward ams the repre sentative of the farming Interests of the State. No subject lhas ever been more fuily discussed in publlc than Capt. Tillman and his speeches andl writings within the past f'ur years, and the dilscussion has given him a wide reputation all over the I'nited States. Capt. Tilmoan is about live feet ten inches in height, and dresses usually in the plain but substantial garb of~ the well-to-do Carolhna farmer. H~is fai lv consists of a wife and live children -three daughters and two sons. ie is considererda very sucessinl farmer. his prosperity boing due to an undivid ed attention to business, which has only been broken by the necessities of his recent canvass of the State. ) All the lines of his face indicate de termination and independence of spirit and action, and this impression is heightened by the firm set of his lips and a very direct and continuous gaze when in conversation. To the casual observer Capt. Tillman appears to be very ascetic in habit and - decidedly of an unsociable nature. On the countrary he is at times ac cessible, and while he is capable of the most bitter and uncival scarcasm and denunciation, that is not one of his methods of argument which is most generally exercised. All of his argu ments on the campaign were very re markable for being upon facts actual or alleged. His favorite method in the campaign was the bold assertion of statements from which lie drew the conclusions which became the real points at issue in the struggle. It was the exception when he was ever char ged with misquoting a public record. His constructions and deductions were always the sole causes of attack both on the stump and in the newspapers. It has been conceded that Capt. Tillman made a fearless, if at times reckless fight, and was ccngratulated on the close of the campaigi by his opponents for his endurance and pluck. The more notable of his facultles in debate are his aptness in repartee or rejoinder, and his power of self-con trol. During the heat of debate in the campaign there were, nevertheless, sev eral lamentable failures of his efforts at self-control, a special instance being the Dargan incident during his Ander son speech. The amende honorable, which was subsequently made to Dar gan, was the subject of compliment in nearly all of the papers in the State. In the house of his frieris Capt. Tillman is a type of the sociable Caro lina farmer. Although not communi cative, he is always courteous to vis itors and strangers, and he seldom talks politics uinless the subject is broached. In this way he has succeeded in retain ing the friendship of many who are opposed to him in policy and principle. The measures which he will advise, aside from those to which he has coin mitted himself on the stump, in all probability will not be known until the meeting of the Legislature. The compromise of the two commit tees has been the cause of great and unexpected reaction in favor of the nominee for Governor. The union of the conflicting wings has produced a very patent softening of the asperities be tween Capt. Tillman and his hitherto bitterest enemies, of whom there are nevertheless some who aver that present or future reconciliation is absolutely impossible. apt. Tillman is credited with being sincerely pleased with the reunion of the Democratic party, and it is stated that he will assist in every way possi ble towards a perfect reconciliation. This, in fact, appears to be the policy of the Tillman wing, as was evidenced by the action of Col. Irby in throwing no abstacles in the way of the compro mise between the factions. The policy of the Anti-Tillman wing in great part is to accept the new Governor with all possible grace and let the future take care of itself. The State already knows what kind of a friend or foe Capt. Tillman can be, and he has been so much in the glare of criticism that all that now remains to be criticised or commended is his policy while filling the otlice of Governor of South Caro lina.-News and Courier. Tiiman Won't Talk 'much. AIKEN, S. C., Sept. 3.-J. L. King, a bright young newspaper man of Aiekn, has bearded the farmers' favorite, Capt. B. R. Tillman. in his den, and made a very iuteresting visit. H~e went to Ropers, the home of the next Governor of South Carolina in company with a rep resentativeof an Augusta paper,and was met at the gate of the Tillman residence by its owner. Capain Tillman refused to talk politics, as it might embarrass him in his inaugural address should he be elected. in that address, however, he will discuss all matters affecting the interests of the State freely. He spoke kindly of Colonel Earle, and says Earle shook hands with him at Walterboro, with "Well, Captain, I am glad to say we have ended this tedious campaign as friends." He thought the canvass used up General Bratton. Said he stirred up General Earle at times by calling him "pet" names, and couldn't blame him for getting on his dignity at times. lie would have shown the same spirit had he been in Earle's shoes. The reported "still hunt" of Lecturer Tralbert for the seat of his brother George was referred to, and Captain Tillman pronounced Talbert's chagre of pejury because his broteher, while an Allismece man, would not advocate the subtreasury scheme, as being all bosh and nonsense; that the oath taken on entering the Alliance did not bind a member to support that or any other bill. lIe thought the opposition to h'is brother would not amount to anything. Siberian Horrors. SAN FRlANCIsco, Sept. 10.-Barkentine Catherine Sudden has arrived at Port Townsend from Siberia. Iher command er, Captain .John Thomas, has sent to this city a description of the Russian exile system as witnessed by him. lIe de scribes the brutal scene he witnessed on Laghien Island, a famous Russian exile prison. A large party of exiles of all ages, heavily manacled, were being taken to the island. A fewv old men whose strenth nave out fell from ex haustion. 'Ihe Y~rutal driver, acting under orders from his superior, shot the unfortunate men and removed their chains. No mercy or discrimination were shown. Wives saw their husbands killed before their eyes; mothers saw their daughters outraged and insulted. The exiles were driven like cattle. a heavy wvhip being used to urge them oil. The urison cells were filthy, and the treatmient barbarous Riddled with Bullets. NAsHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 10.-A race war has broken out in the sixteenth dis trict of MIadison county. Negroes, for some time, have been cutting the wire fences around J. R. Young's pasture, and Young threatened them. About two weeks ago four or live negroes drew their guns on him. Young had them ar rested, and they were placed under bond. A mob of nearly fifty negroes, at a late hour in the night, went to Young's, and fired forty or fifty shots imto is house. Believing that they had killed the family, they began shooting the hogs and cattle. Fortunately none of the shots hit Young or his family. Young has secured a posse of friends, and if they have any further trouble, are going to exterminate the negroes from the community. Held upa stagre. SAN FRtANCISCO, September 9.-The Chronicle's Auburn, Cal., special says: "The Georgetown stage was stopped yesterday near Greenwood while on its way to Auburn by a masked high wayman and robbed. lIe secured the Wells-Fargo express box but it is not know how much the box contained. One of the passengers namied Thomas Stavens borrowed a gun and started after the robber within a few minutes of the robbery, but with what result is not yet known" HARD ON SHELL. Ills EfYorts to Help Joe Crews Put Ilis Fellow Citizens in Prison. The Greenville News published the following: The following conmunica tion is given to the public as a matter of some interest and importance in this canvass. The name of the writer accompanied it and will, of course, be furnished on demand: L AUrEN\s, C. I., S. C., Sept. 5, 1890. To the Editor of the Daily News. In the year 1872. in the dark days of Rad icalism, when it looked as though we would be swept from the bosom of the earth by carpet-baggers, scalawags and free negroes, backed by Northern troops, McDougle in connand of the White Horse Cavalry, wheels on Lau rens, and without giving her citizens time for reflection, hurled about seven ty-five of her best citizens into the dis honored walls at Laurens Court House. In a few days they were carried to Co lumbia to be jailed as a band of Kuklux, Joseph Crews having the warrants issued for the prisoners. Joseph Crews, knowing that the prisoners would at tempt to impeach his character, pre pared himself against it. A document was handed to me on yesterday by a gentleman of this place, which reads thus: L AURENs, C. II., S. C., April 16, 1872. "We the undersigned, citizens of Laurens County, State of South Caro lina, have been acquainted with Joseph Crews for many years, and kno w noth ing derogatory to his characrer. Be fore and during the war his social position was good. G. W. Shell and seventeen other signers. Some of the seventeen signers say that Shell told them that he was get ting up the petition for the benefit of the Laurensville prisoners. When G. W. Shell was going around getting up signatures to the petition it was presented to such men as Sam R. Todd, Billie Mills, Dr. Simpson, Gen. R. P. Todd and others who refused to sign it. If such a document -.,-as furnished to Joseph Crews at the hands of G. W. Shell he does not deserve to be the Congressman of the 4th Congressional district. Fourteen or fifteen of the prisoners were transferred from the Columbia jail to the jail in Charleston. Joseph Crews had selected that number out of the senenty-five to be hung, the balance to go to Albany for life. A dark cloud at that time overshadowed Laarens County and I never can for get the unhappy sight of tears rolling down the faces of mothers and daugh ters in our town and county on account of our best citizens being lodged in jail for their political principles. Joseph Crews takes the petition to Washington, and through the influence of that petition with the President he was furnished guns and ammunition, which were shipped to this State for the purpose of destroying the men, women and children of South Carolina. One word to the farmers of the 4th Congressional district: Don't vote for a man who has affiliated with the Rad ical party in any way during the Radi cal reign in South Carolina. Don't vote for a man who is in favor of the sub-treasury bill-a 'bill for dema gogues to run into office on, a bill if it should pass, would bring woe and misery on the people of South Caro lina. Farmer Laurens County. MADNESS IN RELIGION. Reinarkable Powers of a Woman Evanae liat. Sr. Loris, MIo., Sept. 4.--For two months MIrs. Maria B. Woou -orth, the famous female evangelist. hao been coli ducting a revival in a big tent, capable of sheltering nearly 9,000 people. For the past two weeks these meetings have increased in interest and excite mnent until they have become sensation al in the extreme. MIrs. Woodworthi was assisted by several praying and singing lieutenants, but she is the central figure and does the exhorting. During the past week it has been a nightly scene to see from fifty to two hundred and fifty men, women and chil lren strecthed prone upon their backs on the ground or on the big platform, wvrith ing in religious frenzy, or in a dead stu por from exhauston, while a thousand mere excited individuals danced, shout ad, cried, sang and swung their arms in the air. J)r. Wellington Adams and Dr. Theo Iore Diller, investigators and authorities >n insanity and neurology, both of whom aave spent much time andl study on the mbject of hypnotism, have made an in restigation, and after viewing the scenes, iuestioning 31r. Woodworthi closely, id examining her victims, unhesita tingly say that she is simply an insane woman of great hypnotic power; that I :he trances into which she throws her imitors is simply hypnosis. They declare she is doing great harm :o thousands, is creating evils for which I :here can be no cure, and that the State hould put a stop to the hideous exhibi- I tion and lock the woman up. When the doctors qunestioned the lady he gave a history of her life, telling in Ietail the most marvelous visions She :laimed to have conversed with God, Ahrist and the Trinity, and the devil many times; in fact, to be at the present I :ime on famillar terms with all of them. I he also said she has seen both heaven 1 md hell. and told what they looked like. She is thie same woman who created so nuch excitement all over the country vhile in Oakland, California, by prophe- 1 ~ying great earthquakes and tidal wvaves i hat would destroy nearly all the great I ities, w hich never came to pass. She I ~ertainly possesses marvelous power' >ver thousanids wvho hear her nightly. 'Yesterday afternoon 15.000 people ~athered on the river front to witness iaptism services conducted by her. Over 100 persons were dipped, and the scenes were of the wildest and most sensation : character. A Sensational Case. CIIARLE.STON, S. C., Sept. 10.-An ther corpse trust case simular to that of the celebrated Bond case was brought to ight here to-day in the arrest of M1ax [ehorn, an ex-agent of the Ihome Friendly Insurance Society of Balti more. Gellhorn was discharged from the IHome Friendly aiid took ':he agen u-y of the Globe of Baltimore. Recently suspicion attached to (ellhorn of irreg ularities while lie wvas with the IHome Friendly society. Mr. B. L. Talley, the vice presideiit of the society, came to de city to work the matter up. i~e soon found that the suspicions were cor rect and that Gellhorn had been guilty o someh seriouIs crimes. I Gielliiorn, the agrent of the IHome Friendlly company, had deliberately I1 cheated and drauded the company by means of frauduleuit claims anid forged medical certificate. Ih had collected quite an amount of moneyv. Charlotte A. Wyle s Ihad been reporte-d dead and thle mnoney coletdl Oin her policy by this man. 3Mr. Tally investi gated thme case and fouind that if (liar lotte was a corpse she was a mighty lively one. Several othler alleged corpses were unearthed. The amount thus collected was not known. Geclihorn was takeni before a justice to-day aiid agreed to refund the stolen money and leave the city.--Au gomta Chronicle. BOUGHT FOR REED. BAREFACED CORRUPTION IN THE TOWN OF WELLS. The Open Manner in Which Ballots Were Paid for There by the Treasurer of the Boodle Funds-The Way they ,Carry Elections up North. WELLS, Me., Sept. 9.-In the Port land dispatch of yesterday the Times correspondent referred to the ',wn of Wells as one in which money was used to buy votes for Reed. Investigation here to-day has furnished abundant confirmation of the statement made yesterday. Indeed, it is shown from the investigation that not in the his tory of the town can there be found a match to what was witnessed here yes terday in the line of bribery, and probably no such open bribery was ever seen in any town in the country as oc curred here in furtherance of Thomas B. Reed's candidacy for the Fifty-sec ond Congress. The Republicans were well equipped with money and were prepared to take, at $10 each, as many votes as should be offered. They could undoubtedly have paid more than $10 if it had been ne eessary for them to do it, but it was not, for the Democrats were very weak inancially. In former years the Wells Republicans have divided their corru tion fund, committing it in portions to a number of vote buyers, each buyer being placed upon his honor to use money exclusively for the purchase of otes. But every year some one or more of the vote buyers has betrayed is trust and has "knocked down" part >f the whole of that committed to him. rwo men were accused of embezzling Republican boodle in 1888, and against >ne of them the serious charge was irought that a check for $150, which ie had received in a quasi-direct course rom Reed himself, he had appropriat d exclusively to his own use. It was, therefore, determined that his year the corruption fund should be andled by a responsible person, by a nan of "honor," by one who would not livert a cent of it from the use for which it had been provided; in a word, >y one who would hold the corruption fund as sacred as he would hold the unds of the church of which he is an ntluential, devout and highly esteemed nember. The Hon. Barak Maxwell, the rich st man in Wells, a man whose check s as good as a goverment note, a per on leoked up to by the ordinary Wells nan as a superior being-he it was vho was chosen to handle the Repub ican corruption fund. He accepted he office of boodler in chief profound y sensible of what was expected of lim, and he performed the duties of he office with great faithfulnesss and mactness. And the beauty of the whole matter is, that he is not depend mt upon what lie can say for himself :o prove that he did his work well, .for i hundred persons saw him at work. Lie did not do his business in a stable ior behind a fence nor in an ante-rom, ior did he make an3 attempt at all to ide what he was doing. The voting was taking place in the rown Hall, a room about 40x80 feet, aving no dark corners or recesses. Upon a bench placed against the side f this room, Ex-Senator Maxwell-for -ehas been a member of the Maine enate-seated himself. Then he put ais right hand down into his trousers socket and pulled out a great bunch of ills, fives and tens. Next he took a >lank book out pf his coat pocket and a >encil from outhis waistcoat. He was iow ready for business. There were two men charged with he duty of making contracts. Wil iama Wells was one of these and George. ietchell wvas the other. Wells has held ositions of emolument under the gov ~rnment, and only last summer served t census enumerator in this town. Jetchell is at present the postmaster at Aells depot. These two men made the rades, buying as cheaply as possible, >ut only in rare instances getting any >etter arrangement than that of $10 a rote. Having closed a contract with a vo er, the buyer would escort the man to be moderators's desk and see that he - mit a Reed ticket into the balilotbox. 'hen he would convey the man into the >resence of ex-Senator Maxwell, the >ooder in chief, and give a verbal or ier. The ex-Senator would immediate y, and In a thoroughly businesslike nannler, hand the man who had voted he Reed ticket the amount of money aled for and enter up the disburse nent in his blank book. During a por ion of the day the boodler In chief was rery busy. It is estimated by people who know he town of WVells well that there are Lt least 100 out of the 600 voters who tre venal, and if this Is not an overes imate and if the Republicans captured he bulk of the venal votes, as a mat er of course ex-Senator Maxwell's dis ursements must have run close up to 1,00. It is not probable that there vas a quarter of the amout of vote suyng for Reed in the town of Wells hat occurred in many other towns of he district, but, unfortunately for Mr. leed, the treasurer of the Wells corrup ion fund made an imprudent exposure f the Reed plan of carrying elections. Republican Losing Ground. WIIITE RIVER JUNcTIoN, Vt., Sept. i.-Thc verified returns from all of the 43 towns in the State show a total of33, |18 for Pane. 19.214 for Brigham, and ..216; for ian and others. These turns from 243 towns make Page's >lurality 14,104 and his majority 12,888. 'he same towns in 1888 gave Dilhing aiam 4,877. Shurtlef :19.046, Zelly and tl others 1,340, making Dillingham's najority 27,f382, and showing a fall nez off in the Republican majority of 14, 0~4. The Senate will be made up of went-nine Republicans and one*Demo rat. ~According to the returns received irc the House will jand 177 Republl ans, 58 Democrats and 2 Farmers's cague. Left Court to Die. CINCINNATI, Sept. 4.-E. F. Noyes udge of the Superior court of Cincin iti. fell dead shortly after 11 o'clock o-day at the court house. lHe had been m the bench and heard an injunction ase, but as he was too unwell to pro -eed fathetr lie left the bench and was >n his way to a street car wvhen, at the *murt house he suddenly fell backward md died instantly. The cause is sup >sed1 to be apoplexy. nan Ofr Wvith Another's Bride. FiNL AY, Ohio, Sept. 2.-The young vife of 0.'B. Turner. a photographer, as eloped with Charles Sinclair, who Joarded at the same place. Turner and as wife were married on last Wednes lay lie has followed the couple to J.Xudo vowing vengence.