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VOL. Ix. - MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 2194N 2 A LIVELY MEETING. tl ELLERBE AND EVANS GETT ING DOWN a b TO HARD WORK. S Governor Tinau Says ibe Gobornatorisl a V1 JLCsndidateSNttd Not Expect ally Help t) from im.Senator Itytler M3 king a P s Bard right. BARN WELL, S. C., July 17.-News paper correspondents had to hustle for L awhile tcday to keep up with some of 9 the speaka-s. The reason for this was f that new firecrackers were lit and ex ploded. For several weeks. except oc- t casionally, the press gang has found it monotonous killing time during the t speeches. Nearly every man thrashes the same old straw and the reporters a know it all by heart. They do not a bother with anything except whatever i new matter may have lodged in a can didate's head over night. In other , w.rds, it is a good deal like milking a t c;w. The milk Is the same each time, b but there is always a little cream to skim. It is the cream which the pencil shovers look out for. Well, cream was v plentiful here today. Rev. J. D. McCroy opened the exer cises with prayer and Chairman Dun- e can Bellinger asked for a respectful b and attentive hearing for each speaker. i The first candidate introduced was r Superintendent Mayleld. That speaker t told his hearers what has been accom- t] plished in an educational way in the 1 a last few years-naming the building of a Clemson Collegae and the erection of the Woman's College, together with the improvements in the public school f system. Mr. Mayfield told of the law I passed by the last Legislature permit- a ting each school district to levy an ex tra tax to sustain its sohools. The cities and towns, he said, have voted this tax and are giving their cbildren educational advantages. The people in the country have the same law to t profit by. They can vote this special tax, b and under the law, each taxpayer can tell the County Treasurer what school he wants the money to go and can have it sent there. Mr. Mayfield was P applauded. G. Walt Whitman, who followed, n said he could tell that the audience was e composed of true blue Reformers by s the "visages of their forefronts" and h by the sparkle of their eyes. He claim ed that the Reformers have not done their duty by the public schools of the ' State. This was because the recom mendations of Governor Tiliman have l not been carried out and the represen tatives of the people have been mis- g representatives. He said the public tJ school children get $2.50 a year each ti and the students of the South Carolina g College get over $500 each. "Brother" b Whitman declared that. Superintend- h ent Mayfield has developed into a won derful lover of the South Carolna Col- d lege. If he was not mistaken Mayfield p had always been against the college f until he (Whitman) began to attack s it. Whitman said tte amount which a each student costs at the college is vi sufficient to pay all a man's expenses tl to Europe and back and give him sev- e eral month's schooling. Whitman ti scored his opponent a little more se verely than usual. While doing this h there were shouts for Mayfield. General Richbourg spoke third. He s said he was a candidate for Adjutant ia General because the military service in si the State is in a bad fix. The speaker 6 said that he had given his services to his State for thirty-three years. His a: young friend Watts was not Assistant Adjutant General, as there is no such p office in the State. He was merely a a: clerk. There seem to bea planto ask b General Richbourg at each meeting if it he was not a canaldate on the Haskell li ticket. The question was -.again put to tl him today and he answered that he G was, but tuat his position was defined tl a few days ago. This explanation b which concluded General Richbourg's g speech, was re ceived w ith applause i'nd several cheers w *e given for him. 1t Colcnel Watte allowed his opponent making a brief speech. He was given ti considerable applause. Colonel Watts n Is developing as a speaker. He no b longer appears ill at ease, but is free tl and easy. , Candidate Yeidell spcke for votes for Railroad Commissioner. lie was asked If he would look out for the Carolina fa and Midland (Mike Brown's) Road and c; he promised that he would. He put lb himself on record as being in favor of a separate coaches for the races. He was , also in favor of reducing first class pas- fa senger fare from 3%4 to 3 cents a mile. tl He didn't se wniy railroads in this State should charge 3%. cents when b they only charge 3 cents in other hi States.; Railroad Comissioner Sligh next t) made a dash for votes. 'The crowd ii asked him as they asked the other r: speakers, to be short and sweet, as they y didn't want to he ir any body but Till- is man. 1 Mr. Sligh said he had bzen in office I only one term and didn't believe the ,J people would turn him out now. The present Railroad Commission has made no radical changes. in affairs, but will I reduce passenger rates if the roads can f, stand it. Mr. Sligh closed with some e humorous remarks.b ~ELLERBE's SPEEC11. ,.Eller be led the procession of the gu- ~ bernatorial races today. Hie came on the 'a track in good form and began kicking S the trim racer from Aiken at the very P outset. This is said to be one of Ev- 9 ans's counit es, but the Swamp Fox did t not mind ihis and before he finished he had made a strong impression and was frequently and even vociferously cheered. Some of those who at first began to question hIm ceased and cheered many of his manly, open state- e ments.0 General Ellerbe requested to be al- 0 lowed time for a personal explanati-n. ...0 read from the Laurensville Herald, e: stic.h, he said, was Evan's organ. something about the treachery of the 11 Shell-McLauriak-Ellerbe crowd. After c< reading this General Ellerbe said: a "Fellow citizens, I have lived in b South Carolina all my life and I was 11 never before charged with treachery. 'I While I am not a fighter no man will h dare come torny face and sayl1am a e traitor. 1 have been a Reformer from the time Tillman made his first speech a at Bennettsville until now. I have been his personal, political and social I friend. I ask him if he has ever doubt ed my loyalty to the movement. I take di it that no man who charges another with treachery will do so unless he has a the proof. I challenge any man to b produce prcof that I have been treach erous. I have been misrepresented by v Gantt in the Piedmont Headlight, lie p said that I was in favor of a snap shot r convention. I wish to state here, and r in the presence of Governor Tillman, t that before anythirng was sald about a s convention I went to Tillman, as the b recognized leader, and asked his advice s and his views, lHe told me he was in a favor of an early convention, but after- i ward changed his mind, a "T am charged. fellow citizens, witir b aving held a Sunday caucus at Spar Lnburg after the meeting there. Now, se facts are these: Atter the meeting few of us remained over in Spartan arg. It was a rainy day and Captain bell. General McLaurin, Colonel Neal. ist If and others went into the parlors ad had a talk. The name of no man as mentioned there for Governor and ie only thing discussed was the Dis ensary. Shell and McLaurin, in an wer to a direct question of Colonel ,eal's, both said that they would sup ort and work for Tillman for the inited States Senate. The fact is that aptain Shell was in Spartanburg to rark up a boom for Gmnerai McLAurin )r Governor. "I have been slandered and misrepre Mted on all sides and it bas been said iat I was the candidate of a faction. "Now, fellow citlzns. 1 am going to l'you something I very much dislike. am going to tell you whose candidate am. At a meeting of several Alliance ad Reform leaders, Governor Tillman mong them, they asked me to make ae fight for Governor, Tillman himself >ining in the request. I consented, though I told taem that my health ras bad and that it would be better to ike some other good farmer and put im up. Governor Tillman said that re must have a farmer for Governor y all means." About this time General Ellerbee Pas several times interrupted by a ian asking him: "How about the Conservatives sup orting you?" This question was sev tal times repeated and General Eller e finally answered in this way: "I don't know why they are supp;rt ig me if they are doing so.but I would ther have the good will of a dog than ie bad will. (Cheers.) But I will cay is: If they are supporting me think ig L am a compromise candidate they re badly mistaken. (Loud cheers and pplause.) If I am elected Governor r if I am sent to the sand hills of [arion I will still remain loyal to the eform cause. (Vociferous applause.) will say further that if Evansis nom iated for Governor; if Tindal is nom iated or Pope nominated, I will sup. rt with all my energy the nominee." Theers and applause for the speaker.) This strong reply struck the crowd 3rcibly and there was no further at =mpt to cast an imputation on E&Oer ea. Continuing his personal remarks, eneral Ellerbe said: "There is a dis ositiOn to change the Farmers movc tent into a Lawyer's movement. I d-> ot think they ought to be allowed rerything. All classes and interests iould be represented. The lawyers ave the most now." General Ellerbe roceeded to show that lawyers now raw from the State treasury SU 600 a mar and all the other classes only A,300. He asked if this was just and dir. General Ellerbe next read a para raph from the Laurensville Herald to ie effect that when he (Ellerbe) was at .e Spartanburg meeting he was a reat advocate of the Dispensary law, at since he had been a candidate he ad barely mentioned the Dispensary. General Ellerbe declared that in a ozen counties he has talked the Di ensary, and if I am elected Governor, llow citizens, I will have the Dispen try law enforced to the letter. (Loud pplause.) My record in the fights ith the railroads and the banks shows at when I make up my mind I will try out the law in spite of all ocpposi on." (Applause.) General Ellerbe iollowed this with a )t discussion of the Dispensary, say ig that it is the only solution of the doon. He declared that prohibition impracticable. Toward the close he arted to say that if he was elected ovenor "You will be," said a voice, amid pplause. General Ellerbe had devoted the best art of his time to his personal remarks :d not many minutes were left him, at he talked on national issues, say ig, with loud applause, that if Cleve nd's policy Is continued it will make e rich richer and the poor poorer. eneral Ellerbe wound up by saying it the people had tried one moss ack farmer for Governor and are sing to try another. Voice-" Yes, and we don't want any There was various witty sallies by e crowd. At first some of them were Ltended to annoy General Ellenbee, at he made such a strong speech that ie men who were engaged in this :opped and applauded the speaker. SENATOR EVANS IN REPLY. Of course hot stuff was expected om Senator Evans when his time ame. General Ellerbe had jomped on wyers too hard for the Senator to re tain quIet. The Aiken Game Cock ras warmly welcomed by his many :ends. Barnwell ad joins Aiken and ie Game Cock is popular here. Senator Evans began by saying that e was prepared to answer any fling at lmself or his people. His cousin WVil e says he (Willie) would be elected if aere was not a ring. There is no ring, vans said. except a hands all round ng of the people. It was doing the tm movement no good to be mak ig such charges. Willie has simply st his candy. (Laughter and cheers.) s says he Is going to make me a Triat ustice when he is elected Governor. Voice-"I believe he will do It." Evans-Bat he won't get the ch ance. 'illie has been sucking the public tit r four years and has gotten over 8,000. Now we are trying to choke im off. Evans exclaimed dramatlcally-"I ron't malign any man in the Reform iovement. I have been going over the tate for sears making speeches to tne eople and spending money out of my ocket, and i've never before asked a Willie talks to the Alliance and ad ises them to do such and such things. Lore Alliances have endorsed me for overnor than any other candidate Later in his discussion lEvans charg .I hat Ellerbe was not even a member [ the Alliance and had been turned Ellerbe asked Evarns to allow him to cplain this -md Evans con:sented. Ellerbe said that he was one of the rst members of the Alliance in his yunty. ie was then farming. lHe had Eterwards gone into the muercsntile siness and under the rules of thie Al ance, had to drop his membership. 'he Alliance, however, had endorsed s business and he had saved the farm rs $50,000 a year. When this explanation was made Ev as turned and said: "You see, fellow citizens, he quit t he lance to make money out of it." Voce-"You want to make some too on't you?" The audience laughed heartily at this nd there were mingled cries for Eller e and Evans. enator Evans said that before he rould get up here and appeal to the rejiudices of the people and try to ar ay class against class I would quit the ace for Governor. I would not at ampt to put the Reform movement on ach a narrow minded b::sis. It is in ad taste for any man to try and get up uch a feeling. It is absurd to talk bout shutting a man out because he Snot a farmer. Any man can be loy I to the Reform cause no matter what Isarofesion or calling. You are fight ing for neasures and not men. You will vote for the man who will do you the most good. Voice-" We are going to vote for you." As to Ellerb's charge that the I1: yers are eating all the Dap, Evans said that the Legislature had not elected a lawyer to a position except when one was needed. Evans proceeded to tell his "tater" story on Ellerbe and said Ellerbe is now trying to get tne w ile bank of potatoes. Voice-1'l bet he w ill get a tnter." Evans asserted that no class of r en have been truer to the Reform move ment than the lawyers who belong to i!. I have no apologies to make because I am a lawyer. Evanssaid that Ellrhe had sho~vu bad taste in jumping on him at the Charleston meeting. Ellerbe: "Oh, I just touched you up lightly." Evans told of the insults showered on him at the Charleston meeting and of how he had acted. The audience cheered him lustily, and one man shouted: "You ought to have had same of us wool hats down there to clean out that d-n gang." Evans said that it ill-becomes any man to try to show thathe (Evans) had not been loyal to the Reform move inent. Voice: "You will be Governor." Evans said he had been drawn into this personal controversy against his will. The pple do not want it and dc not care a soap about it. Thay want to hear measures discussed. Senator Evans conciuded with a warm and strong talk on the Dispers4 ry, in line with what he has said else where. Commenting on the constable feature Evans said these oilicars were called "Tillman spies." Voice: "They will be Evans spies next," (Cheers.) Evans: "Yes and we are going to have them." (Applause.) The crowd was universally for the Dispensary, and backed Evans up in every way. Secretary Tindal's speech was not out of the ordinary. It was a conservative talk. full of good advice. One thing can be said of Mr. Tindal: Ile never leaves an audience without making friends. Mr. Tindal entreated his friends not to depart from Reform principles. lie said that he had rather seo the people united than to be Gov ernor. Ileadvised the fai mers to hold on to their organization, the Alliance. TILLMAN SPEAKS. T wo thirds of the crowd did not want to hear anybody except Tillman. and when he was introduced a perfect wirlwlnd of cheers and appl" on the air. The shower threatened to distribute itself the day got itself in shape a the Governor got ready and a 'race between them to would get there first. The sh and the Governor finished wit coming down hard. The Gov bareheaded and an umbrella over him. Somebody yelled to the Go give Bntler bricks. The Gov swered thas he had made B of throwing bricks. Governor Tillman said that began he would have to touc questions raised by Evans an Voice: "Evani will be Gov The Governor said he was - cate position. lie was som the position of a man with t each one claiming to be the ri He was glad that he possessed strong friends as Evans an but neither could say that h (Tillman's) candidate for "You have got your eyes op the Governor, "and af ter the you can decide between them The Governor continued: says that I was in favor of convention. He is mistaken. favor of a convention, but no of an early convention." The Governor told why hi favor of a convention. He an effort was made last we that convention off but it h It would not have been righ changed front in the tace of t The Governor said that he ing to do with tbe caucus decided on the convention an present at it. "I will exoner be," said the Governor, "fr present at any caucuses In so far as I know." "As to bringing out a can Governor, I will simply a Since last fall there has been for a farmer for Governor. have claimed that this is a el ment. When Ellerbe menti matter to me, I asked him to farmers who were proposeaf nor. He named several. I none of them would do. Why don't you run ?' Hie health was bad. I told him i would bold hands off." Voice: ''I am going to Evans." Tilimara: " Well, if you are right, but don't say he is my or that Ellerbe is mine. Vote ever you think Is '.he best ma be satisfied with either." Tilman guyed Butler abo name (Uncles) for the Refor was no w claiming kin wit get their votes." Voice: "We are TIillman'. (Laughter.) The Governor then procee who the antis were. The dressed in silks andI satins b and had discriminated again their nephews. These nep finally kicked against the antis were dividing out th and rebelled. Now the poor no silks and are in a bad humorous story of the Gov met with shouts of applause. The G3 vernor did not forg something about Butler. I on Butler for spendme~ las Allendale-".hat neet.." as t nor calls it--instead of c Barn well. During the last ten minut Governor's speech it had be hard. The crowdt, however, which had stood in the rain would have stood there until shred was left on a man to man steak. EUTI.E! sPEA Ks. Senator Butler was intro the water falling in torrent Mixson held an umbrella I understand that the6 Se some pretty janicy things Tilman it the rain had1 not off. I expect that he will loose at Aiken to-day. Buti speak over two or three minates. e ierrig to Tillmnan's story of the Uncles and Antis, he said that Tiliman does not want peace. l e cannot live in clear water but has to keep the stream mady to exist. iDuter was occasionally interopted by loud cheers for Tillman. The campaign party left here this afternoon for Aiken, to morrow's place of eeting. Some of the campaigners will stop at Allendale until to-morrow. General Richbourg went to D~enmark to spend the night with his friend Ro well, editor of the Denmark Times. Mr. Rowell is the lirst Reform editor who nominated General Richbourg for Ajutant Geaneral. W. WV. l'nie' DISPENSARIES COMING. GOVERNOR TILLMAN'S EMPHATIC STATEMENT CONCERNlviT H EM. They W l b Opened on Angust First ThA Attendance Quite Lsrge-enatoi Butler Interrupted by Cheers for Gover :or Tillman. Ai KEN, J uly 18.-The feature of to' days' campaign meeting were Gover nor Tillman's declaration that the dis pensaries will be reopened on the first of August and the attempt to how] down General Butler. The Governor' announcement that he would reoper the dispensaries was in reply to a ques tion from some one in the crowd. There was an effort on the part of v few to howi down Senator Butler, bul it did not work. One thousand white men surrounded the stand to hear the speaking. The stand was erected im mediately in front of the Parx Avenue llotel, near the depot of the South Carolina Road, and the speaking be gan at 11 o'clock sharp, County Chair man John T. Gaston presiding. The broad piazzas of the hotel were filled with ladies. The attendance of the fair sex was larger than at any pre vious meeting, and the ladies showed a lively interest in the proceedings. There were Butlerite and TillmanitE ladies. While they could not shout like the opposite sex they clapped their hands and made a noise with theit dainty feet whenever they felt that they were called upon to do so. The arrangements for the meeting were satisfactory. A rope ran around the stand and policemen and special officers stood within the riopes to keep the crowd back. I believe that Senator Evans receiyed a more joyous welcome from 'his friends than Governor Till man, and that is saying a good deal. It is not saying, however, that there has been any falling off in the love and re spect of Alien county people for the Governor. The very voices of the peo ple told louder than words that Till man's hold on the masses has not re laxed one iota. CouLty Chairman Gaston has the happy faculty of saving something nice about every speaker In introducing him. In doing this he does not make discriminations, and It could :ot be told from his words who were his favorites for the different offices. The first speaker was Mr. J. W. Wil born of Yorkville, a candidate for rail road commissioner. His was a three minutes speecb,in which he announced was a sturd Refo or and people y Yel ts and was as as any sfied at t. He former false to re call in he had arling it was he gen fellows Senator battles. d for on the waved Butler een re Indulge t do so. If Till dy he lllman) Tillman ntinued ed calm ngon. Id: I do by that og that enewed named m with and told wearing and act in the arose to ~nythlig d meet uld give propose and will aid But ygrew iet was ssion of pted by y hand eSenate o. I will bought e, and can or Butler ly. Hie and lie alil the believe officers Fedetral ver stir in the had first n efore put the it over urtenay Butler ,1prom fier the did not ad been aor was ith one would tor. Hie kept i-ni of the y else ill not et." E. ~pp~u~e as smp yeafening when Governor Tillman was Intro iuced. Chairman Gaston said that like Cincinnatus of old Tillman had been called from the plow handles. lie also said that Tillman w~is the Andrew Jackson of this age. It was a regular love feast for the Governor. Senator Butler, when he conclded, was applauded by a bevy of beauiful women. lie lifted his hat In recognition. No hand-cleppinlg by la. dies was given Tillman but the men shouted tnemselves hoarse for him. Governor Tillman barely referred to Butler at lirst and talked on financial legislation, borrowing a silver dollar rom a ma n onlusrate some of his points. The Governor talked iluentiy and clearly on financial a ff airs. One of his admirers told him that he would settle things when he got to be President. Tillman: "I am afraid it will be a long time before I get near that but I am going to the Senate. (Applause and cheers.) Governor Tillman followed his talk on silver by a discussion of his plan for issuing greenback money and chunked Cleveland occasionally, to the delight of his audience. He said that an arti ficial panic was.brought about last sum mer when the scoundrels were getting ready to demoneotiz- silver. The Governor spoke of "Cleveland and his minority or traitors." and asked who wants to go into another Dernocra tic convention to be imposed on by the scoundrels who are manipulating the party? He said the party has gone to pieces and the Repnblicans and Popu - lists will sweer everything this fall. Referring w the charge that he had insulted the people of Charleston before he was howled down, the Governor said it was false and repeatetd what he had said. Voice:"You can't get aay serse into the heads of those people in Charles ton." Tillman: "Well, wait until I get the constables after tnem. (Laughter.) I f the constables can't do a'iythiog I will send Watt's militiadown." (Laughter.) The Governor said it was not the good people of Charlest"n who lard howled hin down, but it was the Can tinis and the Nottes. The Governor said he would have to be a little salty with Butler. The San ator had intimated several times that he (VTillman) was a coward because he had not jumped on Simonton in Charleston. When he wanted to talk about Simonton in Charleston the com mittee would not allow him. It was said in 1890 that he (rillman) would not go to Orangeburg and say thit Judge Iziar was a perjarer, but lie had done so. The Governor said it was about time that Butler was bringing the proaf that he (tillman) could not be found during the Hamburg riot. lie was getting near his home now where his part in the Hamburg riot is known and it was time Butler was springing his trap. Tillman, in talking about Simonton said that Simonton had sucked State's rights with his mothei's milk and had been the first man to plant a dagger in the State's breast. Sinonton had been appointed because he was the tool of Cuamberlain and Wall street. TIlin:-u poked hot shot into Simonton. Speaking of the talk about peace and unity. Tillman said the Conservatives hated him because the Reformers sup ported him. They do not want peace and unity and if they keep up as they are the Reformers will have to clear out the road as they have before. Governor Tillmad said that the Ds. pensary will reopen about the 1st of August. The Governor took a hand primary on the Dispensary and it was unanimous for that system of control ling the liquor traffic. The Governor turned toward the hotel piazz i for the vote against the Dispensary and sever al ladies raise' their hands. The hand primary to decide between himself and Butler for the Senate was almost unanimous for Tillman, and thunderous applause followed. THE GAME COCK'S COUNTY. Aiken people love the bright and brainy young candidate of theirs for Governor, and gave him an ovation which would flatter a man of many years of political ambition satisfied. if possible the applause for him was more voluminous than for Tillman. As Chairman Gaston arose to introduce im the applause was so loud and pro longed that the chairwan could not proceed for several minutes. The Q'ame Cock was hailed with t:e mendous applause and was cheered and applauded throughout his speecb. He said he was proud to address the Game ocks of Aiken. The reception which ad been given him affected him more than he could tell. Some people say that i~here is no gratitude, but he was grateful to the people of Aiken for the onors they have conferred on him. If e should ever be ungrateful he would want to be lynched. Senator Evans said if lie was any jdge Aiken would have the next Gav ernor. (Loud cheers ) Aiken, he declared, would do her d uty no matter who was nominated for G v ernor and would not sulk. (Applause.) Senator Evans said tbat their ene mies call Tillman the big devil and him the little devil. (Laughter-) He was sorry to see several women voting In favor of the Dispensary. ie appealed to the women of Aiken to say that curing the time the D'spensary law was in effect the streets of Aiken were free of drunkards. Any women could walk the streets then and feel that she was safe, but she couldn't do so under the saloon system. If' left to a vote he knew the women of Aiken would vote for the Dispensary. Senator Evans procseded to talk on the Dispensary, maintaining the poSi tion he has all along taken, that no better law can be passed. Besides the great applause whicb en. sued when Senator Evans sat down two little girls walked on the stand and presented him with beautlful bouquets. Senator Evans promised his admirers to get married as soon as this can viss is over. Secretary of State Tindal fnio'ed the Game Cock. tIe told why the ite form movement had been organed and what were its objects. lie gave the usual advice to the farmers about keeping up their organiz ition and made one of the plain, practical talks which characterize him. Mr. Tindal said he would enforce the Dispensary if elected G ovrnor. ELLERBE'S B1IEF TALLK. General Ellerbe was introd read at 3i o'clock and spoke brielv. Th'e M\arioni Swamp Fox said lie regre-ttedi that he had to bring the people of Aiken bad news. It was that Aiken would not have the next Governor. Marion County would have that hono'r. (Laughter.) General Elierbe said that Aiken's Game Cock has lost somle of his fea thers recently and has been fighting something like a dung hill. ie toldl how he had been blistering his Cousin ,Jon and how .John had not been blis-. tering him in return, ltke a Game Cock ought to. 11is humorous remarks about Evans Rere greeted with iighter and some applause. Wh it he said wais in the best of humor and a number of the game cocks were heard to remark: "I declare I would vote for him if Evans was not running." Ellerbe said ttiat as Evaus is goiing to carry so few counties he (did not begradge him Aiken. It was right that Aiken should v.ote for him. Ellerbe invited ali the people to visit him in the Executive Mansiont at Columbia. General Ellerbe was forced to another personal explanation to day. Ie read an article from the Aiken times; heade'd "An Infamous Shame." 'ihis article charged that the Conservatives tried to induce the Reform Executive Commit tee last week to call oil thme Refomi con ventIon. It charged that Ellerbe, Tin dal and l'ope had endorsed this scheme by signing a petition to call the con vention oil He had never signed any such pettio a he wanted the editors of the paper to tell where they got their .mform-ation. General Ellerbe said that a number of papers friendly to Evans have been slandering him (Ellerbe). He did not think this method of warfare just or fair. At 7 o'clock this afternoon the cam. paigners left for Edgefield and will spend the night tire. Two thousand people are excepted to be at the meet iog at old Edgeftield to morrow. STATE CAOP CONDITIONS. T- IW ekiy ianerin -t th., stite nurphr.. COLUM A, S. C.. Joly 18.-The fol lowing is the weexly bulletin of the condition of the weather and the crops in the State, issued yesterday by State Obser ver J. W. B.uer: The temperature for the week was much below the normai, ranging from 8 degref s per day on the coast to G and 7 in central and w-stern portions. The minimum temperature fell to 64 at Charleston on the morning of the loth, which was the lowest July tem perature since 1832. The lowest re ported from any point in the btate was 53 at Holland's store, on the same date. The average per centage of lifty places reporting sunshine was 73, about nor mal; having been cloudy on Monday and Tuesday and clear or partly clou'y the remainder of the week. The total rainfall was les3 than for the previous week, but 6n Monday and Tuesday rain was almost general over the State excent in the nortnwest counties where it was light or wanting, and the fol lowlig counties in whole or in part, stoad in need of rain: York, Chester, Fair fied, Union. Spartanburg and Pickens. The southeastern counties had an exetsc ot rion, impliring field crons somewhat except possibly corn. Cotton is doing only fairly well. Dur ing the past week the wet weather has caused rust to develop in various por tions of the State, and lice have attack ed the plant in other. The cool weath - er of the middle of the week has been very unfavorable, but it is thought that the plant. is too far advanced to have sustained any structural change, and so far the only apparent effect the cool weather has had is the "honey due" re ported from a1 uumber of widely sepa rated points. This crop is being laid by as fast as the ground permits, and some danger is noted from plowing while the ground was too wet. Its condition is reported particularly line in Clarendon county, and it is fruiting as heavily as desirable everywhere. Some shedding noted in lacalities where rainfall was excessive and sun shine deficient, in which localites the plant has also taken on a yellowish color. Cotton has not, generally speak ing, held the improvement made dar ing the first week in July. Grass threatens the crop, but the latter part of the week was favorable for plowing and a few more days of dry weather will be sufficient to clear the fields. No adverse reports whatever were received on the corn crop, and its condition is reported such that if the remainder of the season is an average one, there will be a full crop made, taking early and late planting together. It is being laid by as fast as the weather permits. It is worthy of note that one thousand bushels of oats were shipped north from Cheraw sucn shipments being un'sual. The rains have had a very benefcial effdct on rice, which is re ported particularly fine in Georgetown county, and very fair in other places. The danger from low water has passed as the rivers in the rice regions are nearly full. Tobacco is doing well, as also is sor ghum, which is heading. Gardens have made great improvement in clay soil, but little in light sandy soil. Greenville county reports cabbage heading nicely,while a species of worm as attacked th3 plant in Elgefield :ounty. Meloas ripening now are small and of inferior quality, but the vines are igorous and the late crop premises better. A few peas still being sown; rabbits destroying peas in Abbeville county. Sweet potatoes growing well; the fa vorable weather came too late to have much effect an Irish potatoes. There was a washing rain in Aiken county, and some hail in Orangeburg county, oit:- very little or no damage. A :omprehensive summary of the weath r crop condition for the week ending Sunday can be brielly stated thus: 1h was cool with nearly normal duration f sunshine; an excsss of rain along the coast and lowe:- Savannah river valley, sheding oil all to a deficiency in the northwest portions of the State. All crops show an improvement save otton which barely holds the gain made during the previous week. T.-ickedi the O:t Man. MaCUN, Ga. .July 19.-.J. M. Bank ston, of Tunnell 1111l, was arrested in Macon today by one of the oflicials of the State lunatic asylum and carried back to the asylum this afternoon. ankston was carried to the asylum yesterday by his father. .Just before reaching the asylum 1Bankston asked his father to let him see the writ of lunacy. Without suspecting anything wrong the elder lBankston gave his son the wr-it and did not thibk to take it from him till the asylum was reached. When the l ather and son were ushered into the presence of the otliclal who was to receive thenm the son walked boldly for ward and presenting the offi cial witli the writ, told him with tears in his eyes that it was his painful duty to leave his lather incarcerated in a lu natic asylum but that the old man had become hopelessly insane and it had become necessary. TIhe elder Ba~nkston was so astonished at his son's action that he could hardly real-ze what was bing done, bumt recovered himself suf iciently to vehemently deny that he was insane andl tried to explain the sit ation to the oiliciais. This made the oilicials think that his case was a bad one aind after he had been searched and his money arnd papers given to his son he was turned over to the attendants. The son earnestly requested the olfcials to take good care of nis father and de parted, arriving in M1acon last night, in some manner the oilicials learned of the trick that had been played on them and today one of them came to Mlacon and captured linkston and took him back. Bankstonm who (toes not appear to be crazy took gre:dt pleashure in tell ing the j ike on the old man. T w in ',ue Jmi. \ Dorra, G.,. Ju ly lae-Late at night a negro named E I Giraves was d' .movered escaping from tbe house of Mr. l'enny well Folsom. who lives near Asley station, ie had assaulted the 14 year old laughter. A posse was formed to pursne the negro. A bailiff amed Lucus, and Will McKenniss aughit the negro and got him safely in piJ here. The people of the south western section of the country are mad at being cheated out of a lynching. Roonr FOnn, Ga., July 19 -A negro Alex Roberts, attempted to assault the ittle 14 year old d tughter of Mr. Tom Willams, above Sylvania. She was going home from church with her little broher, 7 years old, when the negro ame upon them. Assistance reached them prcmptiy. The villain confessed nd is nmow ijil. T--P-IF1G F XPLOSION IN CHICAGO. A co1iaon Explidet--Thrte M*en KXtnled and S-veral Yrdared. CHICAGO, July 1G.-This afternoon a caisson belon-zin~g to a Hotchk!ss 2un of the Second ArtIlery exploded at Far. tieth street and Grand Bouilevard, a resi -enice district. The flovmiiq are the casualties: Joseph Galler. frricr, Troop B , S-venti Cavairv, head bo';ou o ff; Cannaoeer Donovan, Battery F., Sc ond Artillery, FLor R'ley, Kan.. killeF; Jeremiah D)yle. cannoneer. Battery F., P Second Artillery, Fort Riley, Kan., kill&: Herbert Andrea, trumpeter, Troop B , Seventh Cavalry, fataliy wounded, taken to Mercy Hospital. n. e inred: Serieant King, Sergeant Ler, c Private O'onuell, Pcivate St.oiz, Pri- b v-ite Eake, Private Unqutiart, 911 oft B> ttery F., Second Artilley, For. Riley, t Kun 'Sveral other soldiers were made d deaf by the explosion. it A lady in a house of Frank Devil, 8 at the corner of Grand B)ulevard and u Fortit'; street, was struck with a pro jectile and badly wounded. She was taken to a hospital. Seven horses were 9 killed and three wounded. The battery was making a practice march down a Grad B-nlevard when the explosion oc curred. t There is no exolanation of Lhe explo- P sion except conjectural. The caiston had jus!.rattled across the Like S:ore Road track on Fortieth street when the A exlosiou occurred inside the caisson A sendio a hadit of projectiles in all direc A tions. Every pane of glass witn two 1 blocks was broken. It ia conj ctured that the jolLiog 9ver the railr ad tracks ignited a fuse or some loose p.)wder set- C tieg (,r t'l the shells in the rox. C The troops le fr Brighton 1'ark for a C long marel around the cilty to exercise C the horses. They were in command of 1) Captain Dodd of troop F., Tnird Cav F alary, an1d consisted of tro.,p F., Third F Cavalry, torty men, troop E , S:xtb G Cavalry, Lieutenant Tate forty men; G platoon of Battery F., Second Artti!e- B ry, two suns, Lieutenant Gayle, twen- 1 ty-three men; troop B., Seventh Cav- L i L airy, Captain Varnum, forty men- L The men marcbedin this order. Every- L thing went smoothly and there were X no incidents until the column march- N ing onth on Grand boulevard was just . crossing O.kwood boulevard then a terrific explosion occurred. The men on the -caisson supposed to be D)nnovan F and Doyle, were literally blown to pie. s ces and others were thrown many feet S by the violence of the concussion. Four 3 of the horses drawiag the caisson fell in their tracks, shot through and horrioly mangled, while three others were blown fifty feet ahead against the trees on the boulevard. The caisson was blown to atoms, not a piece of it larger than a man's hand being found. The boulevard A A looked like a battlefieled. B There was a quick series of explo- B sions atter the first report and schrap. B nel shot rained like hail among the trecs C on the boulevard and pierced th- sur- C C Tounding buildings. The concussion broke every window in the houses for D blocks around. The walls and roofs of E the dwellings showed the terrific effect F of the missiles. Unexploded shells of F the rear chests of the caisson are strewn G over the ground. With the explosion G came great confusion of troops and for a jB moment the men and offiers seemed jK powerless to move. To this was added L the fright of the occupants of the sur- L ondinghouses w'0 ran screaming from7L heir dwellings only to be s'ckened by y he sight in the street. - N A still alarm cf fire had been turnsd (1 n and the fire department arrived with C he stock yard patrol wagon. Tne wagon as sent back to the station and it re- S urned with twenty-five men under com- s and of Lieutenant Morrissey. He Uj hen telephoned to Hyde Park for rein- E forcements and soon Captain Dollard Y rrived witb twenty-five more men. Later Inspector Hunt and Fitzpatrick ad ILeutenant Bcntield arrived. It was. sore little time before the two dead ~ artillery men c ruid be found. Oae of them Ca angled beyond recogmitlen, but sup- FJ osed to be Doyle, had been blown over Si board sign twenty flye~ feet high and C was fannd in a vacant lot behind it. One B leg and an arm were gone. The other man, supposed to be Donovan, had been c trown abunt 300 feet diagonally to the right and was round in a vacant lot near he Lake Shiore tracks. Joseph Gaylor was found near where he was struck. fc Great damage was wrouzht by the ex- TI plosion to neighboring property. Win- ti ows in most of the surrounding houses cc were broken. The damage to residences c< ad park property in the neighborhood a: s estimated at about $10,000. ol Cholera Rhages. ST. PETERSBURG, July 15.--The ~ holera continues to spread with alarm- ~ ing rapidity throughout the city. Yes- tc erday 218 fresh cases and 69 deaths se were reported. From July 8 to today cl oon 875 cases and 294 deaths have tl een reported. The exceptional meas- tl ares in the periods of such an epidemic be are enforcedi rigidly. The prefect has y rdered that all wine shops be closed on v Sunday and holiday. The city is pla- c: arded with instructions as to the best tl nrans of preventing and treating chol- ~ era. All factories, theatres and railways e< a~re under orders to take special precan- of ions against the spread of the disease. ii testau:ant keepers have been directed y the municipal authorities toi 'hstribute eie wat~er among the poor withonut barge, Several publie hbiligs In t.he L city and in the subucha are to be usedi as holera hospitals. Today the Matrop >11 tan, asaisted by the chief elergy, prayedl 0 ~ublicly in 5'.. 1siac's~ Cathedral that the pro ress of the epidemic he stayed. el [undreds of cholera casses are reported p ~om the provinces, where the ;,ecent w e of deathis is exceptionally higi.h- a: Cat to Death, DAIL L As, TCex, July 19.-11. P~. Bairnes a: the boss weaver of the South D~allas u Cotton mills, entered the odfice of Sap. h erintendent A. II. Nickless, anid with a li lone bladed knife assaulted him,iritlict- in ng deep wounds under and over the a: left arm, in the left side. in the left groin and then driving the blade into g< the heart, severing the lo ser lobe of 1B that organ. Mr. Nickless staggered to the door, fell on the steps and died tt in a few minutes, without speaking. About the time Barnes got thro~ugh ti with the superintendent, .John W. g< Nickless, son of the superintendent, st nd engineer of the mills, eutered the Se otlice, when Barnes assaulted him with 31 the same murderous instrument, 1n11iet- bl og-.number of deep wounds, two of tc which reached the lungs. Barnes came se out of the light badly usedl up himself. hi le was arrested and lockeid up. Super intndent Nickless had discharged at Barnes and the latter immediately as- st saulted him. Nicaless was originally ts from Boston, but lived a number of el years.ln Atlanta. Barnes came from tc Columbus, Ga., where his father and T S IT EVANS OR ELLERBE HERE.'S NOTHING SO POWERFUL AS FIGt'RES-EXCEPT FACTS. '-w th Pollower ofthe Would b, Gav Ornors Count'-Nases-CbarlAsro Claimed bY Three Candidates.-E41.rbe Claizm the F~'me'd Sapprt. COLUMBIA, JMly 14.-The p3litical ama in Smuth Caro'ina has vrogressed I;out far enou-lh for the score card to be ratchied. In pohtics there is no reliable ray to ascerLain exactly 'ow the game tands until te otli-nal score is announc d. It an outsider were to attedipt to alculate on the probabilities and possi. ilities of the Gubernatorial campaitn e would, perhaps, miss it. The beat )ing to do, then, is to have the candi ates themselves or their politicil friends rtheirviews. I have had the recognizat Imirer.s of the leadincsiaididates make p the scores. It is somewhat note 'orthy tiat in very many instances the ount agrees and many of the counties r % conceded by the respective "fact - >ns." It will be noted that both sides re willing enough to claim everything si~ht. Bat hera are the counts and ae -tab" sho-va pretty much how the olitical thermometer stand jast at this inctura. AN EVANS COUNT. Evans. Ellerbe. Tindal. .bbeville......... .... 12 ... iken ................... S .nderson.............. ... . 12 arnwell .............. 12 ... eaufort................ 10 ... erkeley................ 14 ... harleston............. 18 .. hester................. ... 8 hesterfield........... ... 6 larendon ............. ... ... olleton............. 10 'arlington............. 8 ... dgefield.......... 12 ... lorence................ ... ... airfield. -.........8...... ... eorgetown.......... 6 ... reenville .......... 12 ... ampton............... 6 ... orry.......... ......... ... 6 :ershaw.............. ... 6 ancaster,............. ... 6 aurens ....... .... 8 ... exington... - 6 ... [arion ................ ... 8 [arlboro.........-...... ... 8 ewberry.............. 8 conee .................. 6 rangeburg-........... 12 ickens................. ... 6 ichland................ ... 10 partanbnrg.......... 14 ... amter....--- - ... 12 nion.................. ... 8 Tillamsburg......... ... ... ork ..... ... ..-.. 10 Totals............... 182 102 36 A CAUTIOUS ELLERBE SCORE. Ellerbe. Evans. D'btful. .bbeville............... ... iken ....... . -.8......... ... nderson.. . 12 arnwell............... ... 2 eaufort................ ... 10 erkeley................ ... ... 14 hai leston..... . ... ... 18 hes -........ ......... 8 ... ... esterfield........... 6 lleton .-.............. ... 10 arlington............. 8 ... ... dgefield............... ... ... 12 airfield--................ 8 ... lorenca..... 8 ... ... eorgetowL . ... ... reenville ............ ... .. 12 ampton-........-........ 6 . orry ................... ... ... ershaw................ 6 ancaster6............... iurens................. ... 8 ... xington.. . ... 6 arion-............-- .. .. arlboro-........... 8 .. ... ewberry........... 8 .. .. sonee-............. 6 -- .. raogeburg....... ... 12 . ickeis............. 6 .. .. ichlar~d ..........10 .. .. >artainrg.........-... 14 .. imter...............12 .. .. nicn................ 8 .- -- 'illiamsbnrg-....8 ..S. ork-................ 10 .. .. Totals............158 92 62 The county of Clarendon with 8 votes thae Ellerbe count is given to Tindal THE WAY THE TINDALITES COUNT. iester field....................- -.... 8 orence.....-............................. 8 unter...................................12 harleston..........................1 erkeley ......................... ...~14 rlhamsburg............................ 8 :arlboro-.................................8 laren don -..........................8 Total................................84 If all of the cou ties claimed showed 90 mr Evans the young friend of Governor illman will have no trouble m getting ie Rsform nomination. The Eierbs >nnters on tbe other band preface their :uot by saying that they only count ich votes as they are absolutely certain :and that they are snrc to secu-e a tsjority oi the delegates. Charleston and Berkeley counties, it ill be seen, go into the Convention ith thirty-two votes. one-tenth of the >al, and their votes are being hand mely played for. The Evans people aim that since the Char-leston meeting tat there is no longer any doubt that ie county wlll go for him. The Ellen Sfolks claim that about the only worker vans has in Charleston is W. Gibbes rhaley, and that he will had that he innot carry the county, as a majority of e Reformers perfer either Ellerba or indal, and just here it might be remark I that the Ellerbs managers expect all the Tindal and Pope votes, after the -t tew ballots. Dici Not Biame Him. NEW .ORK, July 20.-While Mrs. ibbeta Cnumaske, who lives at Hlavemeyer street, Williaburg, as home alone yesterday afternoon. illiam Hluntzinger, a barber, 21 years d, tried to kiss her. She ordered him it of the house, when he begged her to ope with him. He told her that hIs trents, who lived in Swit zerland, were calthy, and that they could go there id be happy. For asecond time the wo a. ordered him out, but he refused to > ier screams, brought neighbors, who, ter clubbing Hluntzinger, held him tiI a policeman was summoned, and Swas taigen to the Bedford avenue po e station and lucked up. Last even g a man called with a big bundle and iked to see Hluntzinger. "Who are you, and what have you >t in that bundle?" asked Sergeant urford. Chumiaske hesitated a moment, and ten replied: "Why, Sergeant, IVm Mrs Chamaske's isbandi and I have here something iod to eat for Mr. Huntzinger. He is ten a nice, good man and you know ~rgeant, he didn't mean any harm. y~ wife is so beautiful that I don't ame the man for trying to make love her. Please let me give this to him, I feel certain he didn't know what Swas doing." bergeant Burford took the bundle id op-ned It. It contained a heef tak, potatoes, string beans, cake and vo cups of coffee. Huntzinger was ated over it and asked the doorman S-xtend his thanks to Chumaske he latter got back the empty basket il WOnt home.