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VOL. X. 11ININ ._._,W DN SA ,_-G S A DAY OF SENSUIONS. CANDIDATES- MAKE CHARGES AND COUNTER CHARGES. Lively Crowd at Winnsboro-The Most ByeTAtful Campaign Meiting of !he Seritea-Reformer shake Etch Other Up. WINNSBORO, S. C., 1uly 24.-The most eventful meeting of the campaign was held here today. From the point of view of peace and good order it was a model gatheriu; politically it was not model. The simple and blunt truth is that the Reformers participated in an all-around slugging match,in which nearly all of them became involved be fore it was over. Col. D. P. Duncan started the ball by denouncing Larry Gantt, his traducer, as a "buzzard." Senator Stanyarne Wilson jumped on Colonel Duncan and partially defended Gantt. Evans next went for Ellerte and Ellerbe went for Evans. Governor Tillman undertook to spank the whole crowd, including Tindal,and got into a sharp and salty spat with General Ellerbe. I will not now undertake to give my opinion of the outcome of this spat. I have given it verbatim and the public can form its own conclusion. The question bet ween the Governor and the Swamp Eox is probably settled, as each man succeed ed in getting before the public what he wanted. The speaking was commenced by Yelldell, who was followed by Thomas, both of whom are candidates for Railroad Commissioner. They were followed by Whitman, Mayfield and Keitt, candidates for Superintendent of Education. This is Mr. Keitt's first appearance. Gen. Richbourg was the only candidate on hand for Adjutant and Inspector-Gener?.l, and he went in alone. ,Winnsboro is the first place in the Fourth Congressional District that the campaigners have yet touched and there were three Congressional aspi rants present to talk to the people Wilsen, Duncan and Farley. Johnson, the Conservative, of Laurens, was not on hand. These gentlemen had quite a sparring match. They were followed by the candidates for Governor, the Hon. John Gary Evans being the first introduced. CANDIDATES FOE GOVERNOR. . Senator Evans charged Ellerbe with conducting his campaign on a narrow minded basis. trying to array farmers against lawyers. This was not right and he condemned it. He said Ellerbe takes offence at all that is said about him in some of the Reform papers. He (Evans) had not been paying any atten onto articles against him, but would answeraeemmunication which appear ed In the-Register this morning. The article signed by "Senex." The wordm d. If "Senex" is as old in years as he iin Iniquity he is as old asMethnsalab. Senator Evans then denounced as lies insluations made by "Senex." One of these was that he had forged Governor Tillman's name in sending a telegram to Darlington during the riot there. He had written the telegram on Gov ernor Tillman's order and the Gover nor knew it. The insinuation of "Se nex," was basely false. That was hit ting~below the belt. Another insinna tion was that he is drawing salaries from corporations. "That is another lie. I never drew a dollar from corpo ratons in my life." (Loud applause and cheers.) To the insinuation that he claimed all the credit for refunding the State debt and had done little, Senator Ev ans said he had never claimed all the -credit, but he had done his share. 'I am not claiming false glory. It Is bad grace to be trying to pull me down by lies. You know they are lies. (Ap plause.) I have done more for the Re 1'orm movement and gotten less out of it than any man in South Carolina." Evans next began slugging General Ellerbe and hit right and left, going over all the charges Ellerbe has made against him and defending him self. Senator Evans ended his speech by a discussion of the Dispensary law. His remarks were well-received. Secretary of State Tindal followed, a shower coming up as he was in!.r duced. He said: Why does the Alliance require you to admit Republicans and Populists ad Democrats to the same table ? To teach toleration and remove prejudices? Why? In order that farmers might consider measures and vote for their interest Instead of for their prejudices. This was a basic principle and the whole ritual was founded upon it. Why was it necessary ? Because the prejunices engendered by the war ens bled the Republican party to rule and rob the farmers of the United States. How? The northern farmer-the back bone of the Republican party-wor shipped his heroes and voted only to keep down the "rebels." The Southern farmer worshipped his heroes and voted to keep down the raaicals while the government was run in the inter est of corporations and manufacturers and trusts and the money power. The first thing necessary was to remove this prejudice in order that the farmer might be led by bis reason instead of his prejudices. What is our plain duty as Reform ers? Evidently to conduct this Reform election for Governor so as to let every Reformer feel that he has justice. Al ready the people in almost every coun ty have said that they are afraid the con,,ention will be manipulated. Some say they will not go to the polls, be cause unless he happened to be wth one who has the plurality his vote will not be counted. Suspicion anid jealous. les are already taking root. Now,.] care more for the success. of true re form principles and for the pea~e snd progress of the State than to be Gover nor. The fate and future of.the ReforEr party depends upon the satisfying the rank and tle that the election wi!~ be fair.i Now, how are we to have a fair ex nresion of the will of Reformersi Suppose Fairfield cast 1,600 Reforrr votes and three of the cannidates gel 1,190 votes and thie other get 410. Wit you give the whole delegation to thf candidate who gets only 410 votes an< leave 1,190 Reformers without a voice Would that be the will of the majority' -On the contrary one-fourth of the vot era would dominate three-fourths. have a fair proposition which I believ4 will be satisfastory and avoid all dan ger and encourage every Reformer t4 vote whether he be in a minority a one place or not. Proposition to secure a satisfactorl expression of the Rteformners' choice fo: Governor. section t. of the resolutions publishe< ' by the Reform Executive Commiitte' says: That the Reformers be requested ta express their choice by ballot for Giov ernor and Lieutenant Governor. ani that the chairman of the delegation o the club be required to make a retur1 of said choice to the county conventioj -to be held on the 13th day of Augusl 1894. My proposition does not change thih but perfects it. It is when the Re formers have cast their ballot, let ther be tabulated for each candidate ani taken to the county convention- Ther le the ballots of all the county club be tabulated so as to get the number of votES cast for Each elegates and elect delegates to the State Convention so as to give each candidate his propor tionate strength or vote in the State Convention, the chairman to tpke the vote with :im to the State Convention. which shal! count the whole vote cast for each candidate. By this means the party will be fully satisaiea and no dis satisfaction will result. The audience expected hot stuff from Ellerbe when he got up ard they got some warm material. General Ellerbe said that he and Evans had been spar ring. So far they had not hit below the belt, but the newspapers friendly to Evans had hit him (Ellerbe) below the belt in a most foni manner. Larry Gantt was ong of these men. Gantt had deliberately slandered and misrep resented him and had scattered the Headlight broadcast to injure him. In view of all the false charges against him he thought that Tillman ought to say to the people that he (Ellerbe) is no traitor. General Ellerbe then went on to say that he did not desire to bring out cer tain things but was forced to it. Ile repeated mo3t positively that Governor Tillman had solicited him (Ellerbe) to make the race for Governor and had told him (Ellerbe) that he would not have to scramble for the place. Col. W. A. X eal was present when Governor Tillman told him that and he would prove it by Neal. The people, General Ellerbe said, want a farmer and not a lawyer for Governor. Furthermore, Ellerbe said, after Governor Tillman had told him (Ellerbe) what he did, the Governor telegraphed to Evans to come to Columbia and advised Evans to get out of the race. The Governor and others knew that he (Ellerbe) had not wanted the ollice of Governor and had been solicted to make the race, General Eilerbe said that it was re ported everywhere that orders have gone out from headquarters that Evans must be Governor. He (Ellerbe) pro posed to show that no such orders have gone out. "Governor Tillman," General Elierbe declared, "is an honorable man and would not induce me in this race and then go back on me. le has fought the lawyers all his life and why should he be supporting one now?" General Ellerbe next scored Evans for what he considers the Game Cock's faults and mistakes of the past. Evans, he said, had promised not to sulk it beaten for Governor, but Evans had sulked when defeated for Speaker of the Rouse by Irby. He had sulked with Tillman as late as 1891 and had abused the Governor then. General Ellerbe made a strong appeal to the farmers not to let lawyers get possession of this movement. If they did it meant good-bye to the move ment, If the farmers have any ambi bition for their SODS they must not al low the movement turned over to glib tongued lawyers. What encourage ment would it be to a farmer boy when he wanted to seek office to know that the lawyers own everything? Evans, he said, has not discussed the Alliance demands on a single 3tump ard has talked as all lawyers do. THE BIG GUNS. Senator Butler was in a humorous strain today and kept his audience laughing from beginning to end. He said that the sports of the day remind ed him of a line of poetry. "Oh, liberty, how many crimes are commltted in thy name?" A little transposition would make it read: "Oh, Reform, how much humbuggery is committed in thy name?" General Butler defended the Democratic party and asked why the whole party should be condemned and spit upon and villified because one man has not sustained his pledges ? In acting as they are the Democrats are simply paving the way to the success of the Republican party. General But er said the Reform movement is get ting sick and the best thing It can do is to keep Marse Ben in this State to get it Well and return him (Butler) to the Senate. General Butler advised the Conserva tives to elect delegates from their clubs to the Reform County Convention and in that way offer to take part in the primaries. They ought to want to take part as good citizens- lie did not be lieve, however, the Reformers would let them in. Genaral Butler received some solid cheers. He was not once interrupt ed. His discussion of national issues was brief and was on the same line with what has been published before in my correspondence. Toere is a complete change in General Butlers tactics since the Edgelield meeting. He jokes and makes humorous per sonal remarks to men he knows in the audiences Governor Tillman was then introduc ed and began by saying that he felt like spanking the Reformers who are quarreling among themselves. lie be leved he would just spank the "whole biing of them." Instead of their tell ing what they intend to do if elected Governor they go around quarreling with each other. Evans, ho said, claims all the credit for retandiwg the State debt. Evans did nothing but bringa sbam suit in court. ie (Tillman) and Bates did the work. Ellerue talked like he had dqne all the lighting against the railroads and the banks when it has since been found out that another man originated the plan1 against tl'e banks and roads. Tindal, he saidi, is going around get ting off some double-twisted, back ac tion schemes f~r a primary instead of the plan now adopted by the Reform ers. The Governor acknowledged that it would be better to have a direct vote, but that ,vould bring up the old question between the up-country and te low country about the negro. I f the equilibrium between the low country and the up' country is to be preserved the system as adopted must stand. The Conservatives, he said want to come in and pick out and elect a man who will surrender all we have fought for. Just here there was <ne shout for Ellerbe and one for Evans. Tillman told the shouters to shut tip and then went on to say: "Now, I will touch on the coat tai] business. P'eople are trying to make out that I am trying to play double. You who know me know that I nevex played double in my life and that I never will." (Applause.) "The sum and substance of this whole thing," he said, 'is that in January Ellerbe and Neal came into my oflice. There was r great cry for a farmer for Governor. Ellerbe was talaing about the mattel and 1 asked him who he thoughit would be a good man. IHe named several and I told him the people wouldn't have them. Then I asked him why he didn't run. He said he'didn't want the place. and I asked him what he was making all the fuss about. A bout the samI time it was reported that I was it favor of Evans for Governor. Eller be askea me if I wasn't pledged to Evana !and I told him no. 1 furtner told him that it made no difference what class man was from; that the peo ple wanted and would have a man with the backbone and nerve t( ,carry out the laws. "I say here anc now that Ellerbe is a good and tri iman with plenty of back bone and ner vi Ibut he is not the only one in the Re eform ranks who las it." s General illerbe had been sitting wit! his eyes steadily fixed on the Governor while this explanation was being made. Ile arose, called the Governor and said: "Didn't 1 tell you at Beaufort that I intended to refer to this if this thing kept up, and didn't you, by silence, agree to it?" The Governor did not dispute this. Then General Ellerbe said: "Didn't you tell me, in the presence of Colonel Neal, that I wouldn't have to scramble for the place, and that you would take Evans out ot the race?" Tillman answered: "Yes, I said I would get him out it I could, but he wouldn't come out. 1 am not his keep er and could not take him out. Isn't that so?" Ellerbe-'Yes, if you say so." The 'lovernor said he had never in dicated any preference for either man. Turning quickly to Ellerbe Tillman asked: "Why do you undertake to sy I brought you out?" Ellerbe quickly-"Decause joa did." Tillman-"I did not." Ellerbe-"You did." Lond cheering for Ellerbe and Till man broke out, it being difficult to tell which had the best of it. There were some cheers for Evans. County Chairman Ketchin stepped forward and the noise ceased. The Governor turned around without another word and resumed his speech by saying he wonld now spank Butler some. He chunked the Senator briskly for a few minutes and next turned his heavy guns on Cleveland, referring to the President at the beginning as that black hearted old scoundrel. (Loud cheers.) Senator Gorman had just come to the conclusion that the thieves are beginning to fall out and expose each other's rotteness. (Applause.) "I say we are Democrats, but I do not say that we can possibly hold on much longer that name the way things are going on. I have got this to say: Rather than be trampled on and tied hand and foot by the gold power 1 will seek the first opportunity of uniting the South and West. I will go whether you go with me or not. (Tremendous cheering.) Shouts-" We will go with you." "We are held down," the Governor said, "and our noses put to the grind stone. I would give tive thousand dol lars today to be in that Senate to tell that old scoundrel and the Senate what I think of them. (Loud applause.) The Governor said that yesterday he had issued a proclamation ieopening the dispensaries until the Supreme Court decidesthe 1893 law or the Leg islature changes it. le reviewed his action in closing the dispensarles after the decision of the court, and the whole business from beginning to end. In reopening the dispensaries he is simply obeying the will of the people. He then took a hand primary in the audience on the question of whether they want the present state of affairs or the dispensary. Not a hand was raised for prohibition, and a large nnm ber went up to back up the dispensary. The Governor said he didn't believe in allowing the whiskey men to boss thi-ngs any longer. le was going to give them a chance to dispose of the rot they have on hand before he put the screws on them. Some newspapers, the Governor said, are predicting blood shed. They are simply encouraging violation of the law. Governor Tillman said he noticed that an Alliance of this State had adopted a resolution that it would not support any man for office who is not in full accord with the Osala demands. The Governor said: "It is well known that I do not en dorse all the Alliance demands. If the Alliance wants to hurt itself and R% form, it can prosecute that course. I believe that there are enough Alliance men who believe in my honesty to sup port me." (Applause.) The Governor concluded by warning his friends to send none but rock rib bed Tillmanites to the Legislature. He said Wall street and the whiskey trust will turn loose barrels of money when the Legislature meets to beat him (Till man) for the Senate. The applause was spontaneous and lots of Douquets were sent the Gover nor.-Regi ter. Weather Report. COLUMBIA, S. C., July 23.-The fol lowving is Director Buer's report for the week-ending July 22, 1891: The past week will take rank as one of the best growing ones of the season, athough there was a dificiency in both temperature and sunshIne. 0 wing to more than the usual amount of cloud iness, the daily range of temperature wasless than ordinary oin account of lower maxima and consequently the mean temperatures averaged from 1 to 3 degrees a day below the normal. The raintall was general over the State and in many places excessive and damaging to field crops especially on bottom lands which were overiowed, notably in Aib berville and irnwell counties; in An derson, and to a less extent in some few other counties, hillside corn was badly washed. Some fIelds of cotton as well as corn, are becoming very grassy which threatens irnjury to those crops; but little could be done to clear the grass as the ground was generally to wet to plow, in fact some correspondents think it will be neces. sary to lay by the former crop in the grass; corn is beyond mujury from the grass. Aside from the damage by surface water noted above, cotton and peas are the only crops impaired by the suplus rainfall, but as yet to no very great ex tent. So called rust is noted on cotton from four courales, while others report the plant turningt yellow on sandy soil; growing too mnch to weed and fruitini, too little on richer ls.nd, a~nd shedding of squares more common than is usual. The crop has n~ot yet been damaged seriously and in many counties not at all, but would he much improved every where by more sunshine. its general condition is above the average of a numbler of years past. Corn countinues to make rapid im rovement and that of earliest planting is made and assures a big yield and that later planting will soon be Ueyond in juryexcept from violent wind storms. The yield of corn promises to be the largest for many years. Sweet potatoes growing too much to vine, but like all other crops their con dition is excellent and in some counties the acreage the largest ever planted. Rice continues to do well and promises a good yield. Tobacco doing well. Sorghumgrowinlg finely. Large quanti ties of turnip seed being pianted undei very favarable conditions. Grass foi pasturage abundant. Melons plentiful and heavy shipments being made. Gar, dens continue to make wonderful im provement. Little mention is made of fruit, probably because there is i'le fruit to speak of: Charleston county reports second fig crop very large. Tfh tollowinimg places reported twc (2) inches or more, of rainfall for the week: Cheraw, 2.19; liardeville, .A1 Kingstree, 3.09: Saints George, 2 39; St Matthews, 1.58; Allendale, 2.70; Black ville, 239; Charleston, 2.98; St. Stephem 4.10; Loopers, 3 35; Longsho?, 2.0 Lake City, 2.90; Health Sprinas, 5.00 Conway, 3.09; Unesterfld, 3.29; George town, 2.87; Statesbsurg, 2.20; St. GeorgE (L.A. Hi.), 4 50; Greenville, 3.58; Lib erty 3.41: Trial. 2.42; McCormack, 3.73 Central 2.9 Eloe 2.15;- Santnc, 2.11 A GOOD MEETING, A LARGE AND GOOD NATURED CROWD HEAR THE SPEAKERS. G avernor Tillman Talks on the Alliance i)emuande-Senhtor Evans a Prime Fa v et o and Makes Hitt Best Speech of the C 4mp10l1 D. a OIlANGERUR(), S. C., July 2G.-The campaign party can draw rain better than a circus or a term of the Court of General Sessions. It has rained an nearly every meeting place except Co lumbia and Charleston since the be ginning of the campaign. Tne failure to include Columbia and Charleston will have to be explained by the elements but it rained hard enough and long enough here today to make up for its failure in not having carried out the programme in those cities. An inexpli cable thing is that nobody run from these rain. Everybody who has an um brella hoists it and everybody who hasn't an umbrella crawls under that of his neghbor. The water drips from the umbrellas and falls on shoulders and backs. In a packed crowd like that here hardly a drop of water gets to the ground. It sticks to human clay. Again despite all the umbrellas nearly everybody gets thoroughly wet. Besides the rain today there was heavy thunder accompanied by vivid lightning. The speaking had to be stopped two or three times. The speakers fared tolerably well under the canvas covering of the stand. Some water got through to them but not enough to hurt. The crowd was the largest since that at the Carleston meeting and was prob ably lar-ter than that at the Darlington meeting, which held the belt up to the time Cnarleston was reached. At least 2.000 people were here. Considering the large number the showing made by Sen ator Butler wassueprisingly small. He did not appear to have over fifteen or twenty friends in the big audience. Of course the Governor was the man all had come to hear and see. Senatn' John Gary Evansiwas a prime favor ite and increased the high opinion held of him by his hearers by making one of the best speeches which has ever been heard from his lips. So far as cheers applause and flowers are concerned he ot all a man could ask or desire. All the speeches except Evans and Tillman's were repetitions of those else where or a jumble of what have pie viously' been given to the public through the newspapers. A few good natured and somewhat noisy fellows annoyed some of the candidates who are not used to that kind of business. Governor Tillman announced to the Alliance in terms which cannot be mis taken that he will not swallow a word of what he has said in the past, but at the same time he said he wanted it understoad that he is not making a fight on the Alliance and that he does not want the Alliance to knuckle to him. He pointed out what would be the re sult of a fight on him by the Alliance There must have been hundreds of Al liancemen in the audience. If there were it looked like the Governor captured them, as not the slightest opposition was manifested to what he said. He even carried his paints by hand prima ries. In the best humored manner posible the Governor spanked General Ellerbe for opposing him in the reopening of the Dispensaries and said that the State Baard of Control has nothing to do with it. Throughout the meeting, which open ed at 10 o'clock and closed at 3, there were intermittent rain showers, and so furious w ar they at time that they threatened to drown out the whole business. The people of 0Orangeburg showed great hospitallity to the cam palgn party and took good care of them. The following reception committee did the honors: Dr. 0- R. Lowman, John H. Dukee, W. L. Glaze, R. H. Riley, S. P. Fox worth, N. N. Hayden, J. W. Stokes, W. O.Tatum, W.K. Crook, L. S. Can nor, H. H. Brunson, A. F. Fairey, W. V. uler, C. G. Dantzler, R. M. Claffy, J. W. H1. Dukes, S. Dibble, M. 0. Dant zer, A. A. Dantzler, J. F. North, L. A. Carson, F. J. D. Felder, R. ii. Tarrant, J- L. Rast, W. F.Ott, J. it. Brooker. Cbairman Oscar R. Lowman held the meeting down in good shape. Mr. J. W. Fairey, of the Orangeburg Hotel, was unusually accommodating to the visitors. After a most beautiful and eloquent prayer by the Rev. Thomas Raysor of the St. Matthewg' section, State treasurer Bates was introduced by Chairman 0. Rt. Lowman. This was the Doctor's first appearance in the campaign, and being on his native heath he did not attempt to make a speech. ie declared that he'had endeavored to manage the State's finances so as to command the respect of everybody irre spective of faction. "rihe cat and the kit" as Messrs. Mayfield and Keitt are dubbed by the other candidate for sup erintendent of education, were the next t wo performere. They played an edu cationai tune in low major, after which Whitman rushed to the footlights and sang a song of Ihell Gate, a pocketful of blat. Today he constructed a fear ful and wonderfol allegory in which Governor Tillman was a patriarch with a big redl apple in his hand in the shape of tihe. Governorship. Elierbe and Evans were represented as climbing af ter the pippin on Alliance and dispen sary ladders. Tindal was standing ready to pick up the pieces after the tall and Pope had skipped off to the People's Inn to eat his apple.g. Whitemsn declared he was ready to grab a pulm, and a wiseacre shouted that he could have a pumpkin. 'Thev accuse me of telling false hood," cried Roaring Walt, "and I wish I had time to retail them to you." Voice-Wholesale 'em. The four candidates for railraod com missioner came next, but did not re verse the propositIon that there is nothing new under the sun, or the rain either. Gen Gray corrected the published reports of his speech in Co lumbia as to his being a graduate of the South Carolmna College. Wofford was his alma mater. Mr. Y eldell had a lively seance wi th the crowd. Ihis facial beatuy took their eyes and a photograher took a snap shot at him. Mr. Wilborn and Mr. Thomas were also guyed and jollied by the enlivened auditors until they felt as if they had been through the treadmill. "Shoot the dude" was one ot the many cries that were showered on Col. John Gary Watts, who told his tadle for the Ad jutant Generalship. Gen. Richbourg's speech contained thestatenent that he voted against the Sheppared delegates in the primary of Dr. J. I'. Minus showed up again to day In thle race with Watts and Rich bourg. le delivered an inaudible "plain talk." GOVERlNORS GET TO WORK. *The crowd began to get more quiet when the small fry was disposed or, but shot a good deal of fun at General Eller be, who was the first Gabernatorial -candidate. There was some cheeuing for him, mingled with a volley of rons. in hurraanor Ev Gans. TheSwamti Fox was told that he "wasn't in it," and that Evans was the man. He was asked how he stood with the Alliance. He said the resolutions passed by the Alliance of his country a few days ago endorsing him were sui cient evidence of how he stands with the Alliance. General Ellerbe rehashed and refuted the slanders which have been circulat ed against him. IHe pledged himself to abide the result of the Reform conven tion. The farmers, General Ellerue said, are for him and the politicians for Evans. If the farmers will turn out and vote be (Ellerbe) is sure to be elected. Voice: "Oh, come oi." General E;lerbe emphatically advised members of the Alliance not to vote for any candidate who does not stand squarely on the Alliance platform. All the evils now amiicting the people must be corrected. by the Alliance or they never will be corrected. For this reason the Alliance must stick and stick close ly and not be turned from its objects and aims by anybody. Rain shut Gen eral Ellerbe off before his time was up. Senator John Gary Evans was enthu stastically greeted by the audience. Evans said he had been truer to the Alliance than Ellerbe and had made more speeches for it than the Marion man. The Senator made a red hot speech on farm and &liiance questions and was often applauded. Senator Evans sitId the Reformers of South Carolina showed their wisdom two years ago in condemning Cleveland as a tool of Wall street. 'L'hat wisdom has been acknowledged by the very men who saia we* were fools. (Great ap plause ) Senator Evans declared that South Carolina will have the next Vice lresi dent of this. country in Ben Tilliaan. (Tremendous applause.) The South and the West must unite in 1896. It will be necessary to nominate a Western man for President, With a Western man at the head of'the ticket and Tillman for the second place the people will sweep the country. Senator Evans charged that Eilerbe had not been in favor of the Dispensary until he said popular sentiment was that way. E'llerbe, he saw, had criti cised Governor Tillman in his Celum bia speech for issring the proclamation reopening the dispensaries the 1st of August. Tillman was right and he would prove it. le then took a hand primary, asking all who were against reopening on Angust 1st to hold up their hands. Very few hands were raised. Then Senator Evans put the question "All who favor opening the dispensa ses August 1st, hold up your hands." Hundreds of hands were quickly shot into the air and there was deafening applause. "Vindicated," shouted Senator Evans and there was thunderous applause. Senator Evans said Ellerbe thought the Dispensary not perfect. If E Ilerbe is made Governor he will tinker with that law until he ruins it. Voice: "Well, he w2! never be Gov. ernor." Senator Evans made a maguifieent speech in behalf of the Dispensary and appeared to be unanimously backed by the audience. Dr 'ampson Pope was the third woulaM e Governor to talk. Ile talked oa national ieUnes and the importance of more mone-r. Ile favored every de mand of the Alliance. Dr. Pope reiterated his opinion tbat Governor Tillman had made a mistake in ordering a reopening of the dispen saries on August 1st, and again pre dicted bloodshed. The Governor should not undertake to adopt this course without putting the matter before the State Board of Control which is the le gal body to take action. Dr. Pope produced a stir in the crowd oy declaring that he is a candidate f r Governor before the regular Demo cratic primary and not before the Re form convention. Some men shonted to him to sit down; that they had heard enongh from him, but he declined to sit down until he got ready. He said he alwa expressed his opinion fearlessly and openly and was doing so now when he said the Co'lleton plan convention was not fair and right. Ihe crowd showed its disapproval of Dr. Pope's utterances In several ways. Secretary of State Tindal's quiet speech excited no opposition and he was not interrupted. .lie talked on the moral side of the Dispensary question. Mr. Tindal said he had never had a sefsh thought in politics and he was not standing here electioneering. THEY YELLED WHOA. Senator Butler was introduced as an old war horse. Some of the crowd yelled: "Whoa!" but some applause was given him. Senator Butler made a capital speech full of good humor and bright sayings. Tilman, Senator Butler said, wants to be President. It was a historical f-act that no Senator had ever been elected President. If Tillman goes to the Sen ate, therefore, he won't get to be P'resi dent. Senator Butler was once slightly in terrupted by cheers for Tillman and m. timated that howling down had started Tis stopped the cheering and the Sen ator proceeded. discussi ng natlanal matters. THlE HERCULES OF R~EFORtM. Chairman Lowmnan put Governor Tilman forward as the Herrules of RI form. Orangeburg, said the Governox is one of the banner counties of Reform T~llman said the question of being President had never entered his head. The only chance of any Senator to evs.t be President. however, was in him, (Tillman) as he was a record smashe~r. (Great laughter and applause.) There were only two thingsi of irn portance in Goverrior Tillman's speech -his answer to the resolution of the Marion Ceunty Alliance and his ans wer to the criticism of General Ellerbe on the reopening of the dispensaries. The Governor said tha; there was no ~se to be quarrelinlg over the subtreas ury question, and that to inject it Into national .olitics simply amounted to trying to cook a rabbit before it is caught. The subtreasury is nothing but a plan for distributing the money of the country, but the money must be gotten before it can be distributed. "I know what all this means," he said. '"some men in South Carolina have had daggers up their sleeves for me since 1891 so that thy could step for ward and get some higher place than they had. They want to pull me down in your affections. "Look at the Marion Alliance that passed those resolutions the other day. They propose either to make me eat my words or run in another man. They can ruhn ini a hundred if they want tc but I will never eat my words. I am neither a moral nor a physical coward if you believe I am capa ble of leading you, you have got to make some ot these people take back seats. Now I will test this right here. All _of .you who are in favor of forcing this issue by having a man who will swallow the Ocala platform hold up your hands-" There was absolutely no response tc this, but when the Governor put the question of waiting to cook the rabbil until it is caught hundreds of handt were raised. The Governor said t'hat ever sinet his letter on the Alliance demands the little lice newspapers in the State have bee trying to m-ake it appear that the Alliance Is being forced to submit to his (Tillman's) wisfies on these sub jects. They knew that this was not so yet they kept it up for the purpcse of causing ill feeling between him and the Alliance The Governor continued: "I am not afraid of any straight Alliance candi date. It they want to trot out a sub treasury dark horse and if he will meet me I will run him to death or I am a nigger." (Loud applause.) If the Al liance, through its leaders, undertakes to put. that yardstick on, you, the peo ple, will resent it. It simply means that I can't be elected. It means di visions in the Alliance and division in the Reform movement, and between those two divisions our enemies will enter In and destroy us." "I am not going to light the Alliance. I ain't built that way. I claim to rep - resent its true principles. But for me you would today have the third party in South Carolina and your Alliance would be beaten and disheartened as it is in the other Southern Statea." The Governor warned his audience that if sub-treasury Alllance candi dates for the Legislature are put in the Geld the IIaskellites and the Conserva tives will vote for them simply because they hate him (Tillman) and declared that if they wanted him to go to-the Senate they must ask each candidate if he was going to vote for Tillman. The Governor said that the extreme Alli ance haters, in case Alliance tickets are put in the field, will be found vot ing for this ultra sub-treasury plan. The amalgamation of the Alliance and the Haskellites would be like' that of the prohibitionists and the whiskey people, children of light and darkness uniting to serve the devil. The Governor declared that a half million dollars will be spent by Wall street and the whiskey people to pre vent him going to the Senate. if a chance is offered. 'iouching on reopening of the Dispen sary, the Governor said that he had been rapped on head by two of the candidates for Governor be cause of his action. He was tender with his boys and would reprimand them as a kind and considerate father. He said: "Ellerbe misconceives the en tire scope and purpose of his powers as a member of the Board of Control if he thinks that I have to consult him concerning the opening of the Dispen saries. His duty is to help control the Dispensary while it is running. He has nothing to do with enforcing the law. That is my duty as Governor. Now Ellerbe says that L ought to wait until the Supreme Court passes upon the Act of 1893. Well, I would like to know it I did not revive it and put it to work again when would the Supreme Court get hold of 'it, and how ?" Ellerbe: "You could do just as you did in the bond case." Tillman: "The court is not in session and will not meet until November." Ellerbe: "Dont you think, Governor, that they would meet if you asked them?" "Tillman: "I don't know." The Governor said that Elerbe said that he (Ellerbe) had not been consulted about the reopening. Ellerbe (interrupting, with a smile on his face): "No, . I didn't. Tell the truth. I just wanted to put the re sponsibility where it belonged and I said that you did not call the Board to gether." Governor: "ThankGod, you have a Governor who is willing to assume the the whole responsibility. I could have gotten out of this business if I . had wanted to play the politician, but we owe a debt for the whiskey we have on hand of eighty thousand, because we bought it on credit, and wa want to pay it. I am not going to sit still while blind tigers are running everywhere and let this condition of affairs go on. There was so much applause at these last remarks that the Governor said he had a gooa mine to open the Dispen saries to-day. (Tremendous applause.) The Governor ssld that if everybody else had the right to sell whiskey he thought the Governor also had the right. The Supreme Court, he said, marched up Main street, In Columbia, every day right past a dozen saloons, and did not issue injunctions against them, "but, boys, I am going to- make these fellows ship their red eye out of the State in a hurry." (Vociferous ap plause.). The Register, said the Governor, "holds up its hands and sees spooks and devils and dead men and smells blood. It says that it was unwise In me opening the Dispensary at this time. I believe Ellerbe put 'em up to It,' with a laugh. Ellerbe: "Vrell us, Governor, why you closed the Dispensary." The Governor said that he had done it because If he had kept open an in jneltionl would have been gotten out and the Dispensary closed. The Gov ernor told what he had done to keep the court from getting at the law and how ne had done it. h~llerbe: "Didn't Buchanan advise you the same as I did not to reopen th( Dispensary ?" Tillman: "No, but he is a little weak keened just ie you are. IIe wanted to wait until after the primaries be cause he was afraid the reopenina would hurt me, but it won't hurt me 1 am doing my duty. The people wil. not go back on me. They never have and they never will." (Great cheering. IBy request the Governor took a hanc primary on the Dispensary and thE crowd was with him unamiously. Bj request lhe also took one as betweer Buler and himself. lie got all anc liutler got no votes. \When the Governor got ready to stol speaking the crowd begged him to go on and promised to spend the nigh1 with him if necessary. The campaign party left here tonight and will go straight through to New berry, wfiere the next meeting will be held to-morrow. The week will end al Jaurens on Saturday. A .Noonday Lynching. NEw IRERr, .July 23.--A lyuchins with unusual features took place 21 midday tcoday in this city and the vic tim wa Vance McClue, a negro host r, who on Saturday attempted to as sault a younu lady, the daughter of his emloyer. Bstween 12 and I o'clock while the police jury/ was in session, and there wh'ere many peCople around thi cuit house a'd jil, a number of met entered the sh6xhZ83 otlice and brok4 openf a lock cund took the jailer's keys They then wralketi over to the juli yari an-, entering the jail bumding irn suct umbers as not, to attract attention, took Vaince from the steel cage anc haugz him iui the hallway from the up s~tair3 raillme. In the meantime, the iai gte had been fastened on the maide an< the alarm having: been given, the cour1 oiiers were unable to gain admittance The lice alarm was rung to summot Sherill Gade, who was at his home, an< he came no to the jail on horseback with out even a saddle, Being refused ad mittance, he threw his weIght agains the ;.ate and on entering was surroundet by the mob, shoved I out again and warned at the point of a pistol to keel quiet- being informed also that all th oter prisoners wvere safe. The mol dispersed quietly and the negro we found] dead with a placard on his breast teng the reaon why. A RUSSIAN ADVENTURER Who One TIme Lived in Barkeley C -unty Near Holly Hill. Several years ago, says the N ews and Courier the good ship Richard III ar rived in Charleston harbor from St. Pe tersburg to take a cargo of cotton. The Richard III was one of the last full rigged ships that used to come to this port. On this particular trip she had on board a young Russian of high birth and prepossessing manners, but without a dollar or a friend in the world-cast off. desolate and alone. Col. William' L. Trenholm, after wards comptr-oller of the currency un der Mr.Cleveland's first administration was then Russian ~consular agent at port, and the'captain being exercised in his mind about this young man. went to him and told him this boy of about 19 years of age was on board of his ship, that he was the son of anobleman high in the seivice of the Czar who, on toe eve of his (.eparture, had brought him aboard of his ship given him just the bare passage money, and begged him to take him to America and then turn him adrift. The captain said that he became in terested in and afterwards touched by the forlorn tilight of the young noble, who was a brilliant talker and of most charming manners, and determined to see what he could do for him, and so had brought him to Col. Trenhuim and begged that lie would do whatever ne could for him. Col. Trenholm was very much pleased with the young man. who was singu larly prepossessing, as said above, and called himself Michelson and said that the reason for his being sent off by his father was that his father had slapped his sister's face and that he had struck him for so doing. Col. Trenholm introduced him to his friend, Major Julien Mitchell, who, up on examination, found that he could read Gr ek and Latin with ease and could speak all of the great modern languages with fluency. At tigures. too, he was a veritable prodigy. Oae could take a pencil and wite on a piece of paper. calling it out to him as it was written, such a sum as this: 7,872 multiplied by 6,368 and before the man with paper and pencil would have the sum fi2ished he would have calculated it.mentally. Major Mitchell and Mr. Smith, his partner, were so pleased with the young man that they took him into their of flce as a clerk. He remained some Lime giving absolute satisfaction and win ning his way into the good graces of all with whom he came into contact. At the boarding house at which he lodged the landlady and all the boarders especially those of the weaker sex, were his ardent admirers and enthusiastic friends. After Michielson had been in the of fice some time Messrs. Mitchell & Smith were apprised of the fact that their firm name had been forged on several occasions to checks. The forg eries were easily traced to young Mich elson. His employers did not prose cute him, but he did not receive such mereV at the hands of the manage ment of the Germania Bank. He was tried and sent to the penitentiary for eighteen months. Even in the Penitentiary his unusual gists stood him in good stead. He made a most favorable impression on all with whom he came in contact and was soon made the bookkeeper ef that instita tion.By his uniform goodcondue the les sened his time of imprisonment and was soon free to roam at will. Whether he really experienced a temporary change of heart, or whether he was merely adding sacrilegious hypocrisy to his other crimes of ingratitude and dishonesty is not known. At all events he became a Cambellite minister and achieved considerable popularity in the extreme upper portions of the State In his ghostly capacity. After a while he was married to a very excellent young country girl,withi whom he seemed to live happily for some time but after about a years time he suddenly disappeared and was not heard of from that day until about* four years ago, a letter was received in Charleston from a Charleston lady in Florida who had known of Michelson when In Charleston saying that he was then married to a very pretty and charming young woman of excellent parentage, asking if he ought not to be exposed. The gentleman here to whom the let ter was addressed thought that as the mischief was done and the girl already married to him, and as he seemed to be leading a quiet and respectable life, and as he hoped that having sown so much wild oats, that he might have gotten through and really turned over a new leaf, it would he wisest to do nothing in the matter at all, and ac cordingly nothing was done and he dropped out of the minds of the peo ple here entirely until the special from Jacksonville about him in the News and Courier yesterday recalled him to their minds. in Florida he seems to have risen to considerable prominence in Madison county, as he represented that constit uency in the State Legislature last ses sion. The story of his downfall in Florida is curious. He telegraphed from Thomasville, Ga., to a stableman in Quitman, orderidg a carriage and pair of horses to take a gentleman over to Madison, signing the name of RI. C. McIntosh, without that gentleman's knowledge. He went to Quitman, it is reported, made use of the team, and when asked for the charges said that Mr. McIntosh was responsible for them. For this he was arrestod for forgery. _________ A Bloody Fight. SHREvEPORT, La., July 21.-News has been received here of a tragedy at Ivory, a settlement in Arkansas, just beyond the Louisiana line, an which a preacher, the Rev. J. S. Plait, and two members of his congregation were slain, and several others seriously wound.ed. The parties ha-I met in a secludedl place to settle a dispute concerning the author ship of a slanderous report that was in circulation and the fight was the result. A rumor got abroad in the community af fectin the character of a young lady. It was alleged that the Rev. Platt started the story, but he in turn accused a mem ber of his congregation named lPerdue. The men were about to come tog~ether in battle, .but friends intervened and it was decided tbat the principals, with Itheir friends should meet down the river and decide the matter without trouble. There were present Platt, Felix Goulet, Dan Perdue, two men name Disdale, two men named Deiee and G. G. Stusrt. father-in law oi the Rev. Platt. After Isome tr-ee had been devoted to argument, al the parties reached for their weapons. There were Winchesters, revolvers and shot guns. Platt, the only man un Iarmed, jumped .into the river, where he was killed with a Winchester ball. S~u -art, his relative, was shot in the back and leg, and was knocked into mnsensi Ibility. Oae of the Disdales was shot in Ithe abdomen. Others of the two factions received injuries. The congregation of Plat's church is aroused over the affair, and an effort may be made to drive Per Idue out of the community, in the which case a war of extermination will he en tredi upon by both sides. MYSTERIOUSLY RFSTORED A SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEECH AND .E QUA.LLY SU JDEN RECOVERY. LIttle Tda Ureek, of Vinel.od. N. J., Was Dra~med for th- Grave, but She WaS SAved, VINELAND,N. J.,aJuly 20.-A strange and remarkable recovery from a mys terious and unfathomable malady has lately been the experience of little Ida Brecir, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Breck, of this city. The physicians are puzzled and frankly admit their inabil ity to diagnose the terrible disease, or whatever it.might be called,which held the child in its Iron grasp for two years. Kiany theories are advanced to ac count for the child's inability to use her vocal orgaas,one being that a tooth had lodged in some channel leading to the throat. Another is that the girl's thc:ax had been ruptured and incapac itated from performing its proper functions. But no one will say posi tively what deprived little Ida of her powers of articulation. The girl her self says: "Something saapped and I couldn't make the words." Mr. Breck is a manufacturer of un fermented wine, and lives in Landis avenue. About two years ago Ida, who was then but 5 years of age, was eating green apples in the yard, and In bit ing into a particularly hard one one of her teeth was torn from the roots. Whether she swallowed it, whether it lodged in some cavity, as m-my sup pose, or whether it fell on the ground is not known. The child, frightened at the pain and at the blood which flowed from her mouth, ran into the house and threw herself sobbing on a lounge. She re fused to answer questions or to tell her troubles, and the anxious 'Inquires of her startled parents only elicited sighs and Inarticulate sounds. SHE APPEARED TO BE DEAD. The next day she was still silent., and also refused to partake of any food. Her parents were alarmed and physi cians and specialists were called, but they could do nothing for her relief and her condition became steadily worse. As the time wore on she became weak and emaciated, and her death seemed only a question of a few weeks at least. After a month of panful watching the attending physicins pronounied the child dead and took their departure. The little form was costumed with a shroud, and the grief stricken parents made preparations for the funeral. But happily the child was saved from the horrible fate of being buried alive. Signs of life were discovered in the inanimate form, and the mourners crowded around in a fever of excite ment. The seemingly dead child sat up, rubbed her eyes, opened them and stared wonderingly at the faces around her. With her fingers she made sigs indiative of her desire for something to eat. From that moMt she began to re-, gain her former hlaith and spirits lowly it is true, but surely, and In the course of twelve or thirteen months had completely recovered. Bdibhough her health came back the use Of-er vocal organs did not, and she was st as mate as a sphinx. All her wants and necessities were expressed by signs. Matters went on in this man ner for a year, during which time the child never uttered a coherent sound. HER VOICE STRANGELY RESTORED. A few days ago a strange and re markable change came to pass. Ida was playing with a knife or some sharp instrument and managed to cut one of her finger so that it bled. Either the sight or the smell of the blood had a strange effect upon the child. She seemed surprised at something and was happy. That same night she startled her older sister, with whom she slept, by speaking her name slowly and distinct ly. She also pronounced several ether words plainly, and seemed pleased at accomplishing the heretofore impossi ble feat. '"he older girl, startled at hearing human sounds from lips so long silent, arcused th~e hougehold, and an eager andl wondering group gathered about the little one, endeavoring to persuade her to speak to them; but the child frihtened, probably, at the excitement she had caused, and at the strange and wcnderful feat she had -performed, re mained silent. Nothing could Induce her to utter a word, and the father and mother an instant before in an ecstacy of delight at what they thought a mi raculsus intervention of Providence, were bowed down with grief, thinking that their eldest daughter must have been dreaming. The next day, however, the novelty of hearing her own voIce naving worn off, Ida again assayed to talk and suc ceeded admirably. Nor was she fright ened at the interest she arousedd The cutting of her anger seemed to be the turning point in thle history of the case and from this time on her Improve ment was rapid. She has entirely re covered her power of speech and Is a very happy child in consequence. Last Wedneaday she celeb-ated her seventh birthday with a parts and entertained .er guests In royal at. le, laughing and h atting as happily and freely as any f them. She has always been a ner vous child, but very healthy and ex tremely bright for one of her years. The case has caused much interest among medical men and those who are acuainted with the circumstances. A Sensation. WA~no'rON, July 25.-A special from Birmingbam, Ala., says that John Collins, a gardener, residing in the out skirts of Cunningham, thought he heard thieves in his garden early this morning, and with his daughter, Mag gie, I6 years old, arose and went out to investigate. Th~ closing of the door awoke Mrs. Col mne, who aroused her son, Willie, telling him burglars were trying to get in. Tlhe boy got a Win chester andgoing out,mistoolt his father and sister for burglars In the dark ness and shot them both. The father was killed instantly and the girl will die. War RHas Been Declared. LONON, July 26.-War has been de clared between Japan and China. The Japanese have seized the King of Corea and hold him prisoner. Eleven Chinese steamers are on their way to Corea. Most of the troops aboard them are coolies armed with bows and arrows. Some Chinese steamers which have ar rived at Corea have been prevented by Japanese from landing troops. It is reported that the Japanese artillery sank several of them. Death and Destruction. TEXARKANA, Ark., July 23.-The southbound passenger train from D.al las, over thie Texas and Pacific railroad, due here at 7:15 p. in., was wrecked near Queen City, today, shortly bofore G o'clock, and it 1s reported that seven people were killed as a result of the ac ent