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VOL. X1i. MANN1NGA C. WEDNESDAY AUGUST A. VERY SERIOUS CIAR E DUNCAN SAYS GOV. EVANS SAtD SEN ATOR TILLMAN GOT REBATES. The Charge Was NOL Contricleted by the -Governor-M)ixon Rt-fsed a bribe. Judge Earle Makes a SLateneut-A BARinwE., S. C., July 2g.- Coutra ry to all expectations the meeting held here last Monday was a very quiet one. County Chairman G. Dancan Bellinger caled the meeting to order, maig only a few prelimary re marks, indicating thai tme committee was determined to have an orderly meeting.' Heguaranteed, in the name of the commuttee, a respectful hearing to the speakers. 'There had never beeu a meeting hereto disgrace tne county. He referred to the presence of ladies, and thought he- could promise that nothing toshock their modesty in any way should occur. As chairman of the county committee; he would say that ievery speaker would have the f uil limit of his time. He hoped that the people would allow each speaker a re spectful hearing, without interrup tions. GOV.-RVAMSPe'EAE. After Messrs. -Richbourg and Watts. vandidateslor Adjutant gnd Inspector 3 -aiatdha- spoken, (.*ov. Evans was introduced. lie said he felt it was upper7an0y to makea speech inold Barawel. He had never feared to Iook hia people in the eye and give an aecounto rmasstewardship. The fight on him now wagothing new. It was the' same old tight that was brought againtthe urinciples. for which they fought in 189) U was the same old story of Peter's wife "lay sick of a -fever? He depicted the success of those Befdrm principles," even now just inalcated in the platform of the -Duancr~i party. Many who de nounned these priciples a few years ago are now for them. One of hs op ponents had said the Shell manifesto wa lie then; if so it was a lie now, andno one who so considered it can .=upport them now. That manifesto cetiained those principles.- He went on to detail the principles set forth in the manifesto, saymg they were the samethat werenowsupportedthrough mouthe nation. The rarmers had won -<ater -ll. On this platform we Re r~nam - have won sume and again. -Youaemember how your leaders were loaghntohis- ime. At the last con .vinnanteDemocratic party endorsed 'eve. wordtbhat we endorsed ia 1890. Iqdw shall we let all our oppo menta. the pat come in and say they'Will run this movementf ~Ohbls When they come and ask ahisoyu they think you haven't aae enog'to-ea anigger i a wood jglie. (Oeers.) Did you ever hear 1se speafor fre suvert (No.") :Aewe to brahasideour trusted lead era? (~o."YYon are not like those puppiesJasp.. Taibert speaks of, who nave to have their brains beat out to see anything. (Laugmter.) What is d !ee -ttert Mr.eeGrifn- -Sixteen to one. dBsns-Or biust ELivans-What does.it mean? Goffln-More~axes. aa-Great~od, you are the :m-at ignorant'inan I have ever seen. W aspoor deluded felow you are! You ba4 bete'get 'some lessons from the Aince. What are you? (Laugh * M. Gifi~-Izna farmer. I'm not onweotydur broken down aristocrai5. -Evans-You look like it. hi?. Griffin-I ainjeot like you, you ~eone. Governor Evans . went on to sho0w Mr. Griffin "how ignorant" he Hias. Evans told him his not liking IA i would carry Barnwell county by a: thousand mapntfy. Governor Ev anDsthen went on to explain what tree silver meant and to show up the presentmonetary system. ~Mr. Griflin's interruptions ceased and~overnor Evans proceeded tosbow - bat the present condition ol attairs~ axe. Yinaily Governor Elvans made Mr. Griffin say --J ami with you sir in ibis light for silvmer" and tuere were ~1ond cheers and much merniment. - Eans miade the ad mision tell in his -apeech. Hie said the man who thought be could fool the people was a bigger fool than-the peopie. -Governoriivans once more drifted back to the discussion of the financial condition of the country, giving prac tical illustrations. He told the crowd that they knew all about what he was talking of because they had been asng the Alliances. He at somte lengin went on to show how greatly the interests of the south were invoiv td rn-this cause of silyer.. IThe South Carolina farmers were six yearsahead of the farmers of the west and sonthwest who had been dominat ed by polinical hacks like those fellows 190O. The South Carolina onet4 gone to Cicago and sat there in'aon ention, made up of two thirds of silvei men, and seen it go throughi. The man who fought ine larmer mn thiis -;state was fighting his own interests. =Bryan was a man of the people. i ocuinra the Tillman letter, the document Dun can calls Evans' campaign credentials He said that Tiliman had sent him a copy of the letter to prevent any in jusnice being done him. Hie wanted io talk to them, longer, but it was un neceary. Hel asked them for their suffrage and to tell his opponents to "go home and sin no more." He was cheered. MR. DUNCAN BEGLNs. Mr. Duncan was then allowed 43 minutes. He said- he was compara tively a stranger in their midst, lie was sure he would offend no man in the audience. He had never offended an auditor. He only wanted to re view the situation and let his hear'en judge. All he asked was that they lsten to him. He wanted evil op pressed. He would address them oS national issues, but for the unfortu nate entry of General Earle in this race. Ffor otherwise Evans would have dropped out of the race. Het then told of his interview with Sena tor Tillman, claiming that Tiilmar again endorsed him as lis persona friend and had said he would take n< sides. He gave what has already beer published in The State. Tillman hac said to hni: "For God's sake, yoi. boys leave me as much out of it as yoi can." He had told Tillman that h< (Tilimani was repeating Hampton$ mistake in meddling in state politics without knowing the conditions exist ing among the people. ~if Tillman had knowr.. of the agree mnt between Evans ri Rhinci he would not have writtena as he did. . he had known. as an aonorable man he would have had to denounce him. le referred to John Gary Evans as a paragon of excelleutce. and said it was strange that those of theut who knew hiM best in the State house held his rE cord up to inspection. This race he would rua to the end. (Uheers aud counter cheers.) fle criticised Judge Earle for enterinug the race after ten meeinugs were over. Evans or himself would teat hiul. Voice--Pretty well put in: E'ans will beat him. Many iten in the clubs at the last primary, Mr. Duncan stated, had said they did not want Evans. That feel ing was well grounded nog. If Till Wan had not curne to E vans' rescue he would be beateu already. (Cheers for Duncan. Taere were a few counter cheers for Evans.) He had always been a fanner, and stood in his fath er's shoes. Ile would show them that in 1890 he had helped to show Tillman around over the State. He had intro duced Tillman in Newberry county. In the house journal they would tind the nomination of Tillman, Norris, Bates and Sligh-our men-for mem bers of the board of agriculture. Ev ans did not vote for a single one of them. Voice-You tried to hold your seat in the house, didn't you? Duncan-Yes, it was long after that, and he said it was a damnanle outrage. He read the record showing Evans voting against the bill to accept the Clemson bequest and to postpone the whole matter. He also referred to Evans' leading issue ia the first campaign for the legislature. Evans nad tailed to carry out his promises. Evans had promised to use his influ ence for a separate coach bill, but he never did anything in that line: he may have used his influence to have it withdrawn. Voice-Old Ben's gone, and Evans is going too. He said that Evans would have them all believe that no good man could give testimony against him. He then took up Colonel Ifaskell's card ard said ETans would jump the track on these charges umaae by the man who had him appointed an attor ney of tne road. YeL he voted with Haskell ou all these things when he first went to the legislature. Evans went out in Aiken and looked at the Reform procession to see if the move ment was large enough for him to join. Yet he tells you about recent converts on the mourner's bench. Voice-Tell us about the commis sions. Duncan- -That is what we are com ing to. He went on and started to read from Evans' statement published in all the papers, when some one asked him what paper he had. He answered that it was The State. Voice-The State? IL can't even print his speech correctly, can itr Mr. Duncan-Why, my friend, are you going to make such an argument as that to try and put the paragon of excellence into the United States sen ate? If Earle waws not in the race, hesaid, they would find one of the cleanest sweeps of this young man (Evans) they had ever seen. If Earle was not in the race Tillman would scarcely have written that letter. He started to quote from Tiullman's letter. Evans-Read all the letter. Mr. Duncan said there were plenty of men in the State who could testify on this bond and dispensary business if they were at all certain as to what the outcome of this race would be. A spectator asked him to tell them how Evans got the money. The ques tioner said he kne w how Duncan got hils money. He repeated his of t made remarks about Evans trying to get control of all the dispensary business. When he told of Governor Evans' earnest desire toget on the board there were a good many cheers for Duncan. Mr. Duncan then caused a sensation. As ne proceeded the men gathered closer around the stand - Col. Mixson, who was concerned in what he was saying, sat near by but said nothing; neither did Governor Evans. Mr. Duncan, after refering to the facts that Commissioner Mixson had given about the dispensary insurance, said that Col. Misason was present. He regrett ed to pull these fellows out a little, but did not waste the opportunity when he had them on the stump. He then made the point blank assertion tnat Mr. Hubbell, the representative of the Mill Creek Distilling company, had offered CoL Mixson a rebate or $562.50J a carload on i00 carloads of rye, which would be a snug total of $56,250. Col Mixson had refused it, and had told Governor Evans of it. The governor had said "You were right Mick." Shortly afterwards the governor had sent for Col. Misson and ordered him to buy whiskey from Mr. Hubbell's concern. Col. Mixson had said to Governor Evans: " -You may have the right to drop my head in the waste basket, but I'll be damned ifI williever buiya gallon of this man's whiskey." C-Hurrah for Mixson.") Voice-Maybe Misson got the re bates. Mr. Dancan said this cry of rebates was the old cry of stop thief. He said that when Col. Mixson had refused to take the rebates offered, and Governor Evans was visited by that official, the governor had said: "By God, 'Mick, I know you are not getting a dollar of tnis money, but you know that Ben Tillman filled his pockets out of it. (Cheers.) Just here, Mr. Duncan was notified~ that his time was nearly up. The state ments he had just made had created considerable stir. One or two cried out, " Give him more time." Mr. Duncan then asked them not tc let their prejudices make them blind. He hoped tnat the hurrah of today would give way to sober reflection to morrow. Governor Evans had saic that they could not vote for Judg Earle, as he was too late in getting oi thle bandwagon. He attributed the I :s of his seat ii the general assembly a E'vans' oppc siion to him, due to e fact that hi had sworn to tight Eva i' bill. Those who knew a bad man best, talk more of him. When thle truth goes horn to intelligent people i itnow thy wil do tneir auty. There were cheers fos Duncan ana Evans. If Evans were elecad, he said, he would give hia his support. Hie would stand by til movement, despita such a man. JUDG E EARLE FIPLAIsS. Judge Earle was then introduced b; Mr. & rum in the temporary absenel of Mr. Bellinger-. A's he stepped to th front of the stand, he made the follow ing statement iau a very deliberat manner: '"Refore 1 begin moy speech, I war to refer to you and through the pre to the people of the State to a matte that transpired tt the last uolitical uetiuz, in the counity of Florence, of which Vou have all heard. It iutitA be cousidered in two aspects. As to the tirst, no one could regret the occur renee iiore than I do. . circuit Judge should obey the law il the second, I have uo apologie.i to iiake, becauet w h#, I te1we a yt-e, I did n-. a'I Imau fot get uy uArihod. A lout' a I at . a triu, and as lo-ig a3 Cod Iets awe live, I never will insult a fellow man, nor will I permit any iau to in suit we without resenting it. > inih for that" ''his was all Judge Eirle said ou the subject. He theu repeated his defense of tue attacks made on his political career which had beti made several times heretofore. Ili had always urged his friends to hold up the gover nor of the State (Tillman) after he had been elected. After dwelling on this for some time, he launched out into a splendid speech on the silver question. It was just such a speech as he deliv ered at Florence before the trouble began on last Friday. It was an able and thoroughly comprehensive argu ment-a powerful speech. ie wished to discuss the tarid but did nct have time. He appealed to then to work together to redeeni the country from the grasp ot the money power. He was loudly cheered. THIC OTHER CANDIDATES. Messrs. G. Duncan Bellinger and C. C. Simrms, caudidates for Solicitor fol lowed. Then came Messrs. Whitman, Ellerbe and Harrison, candidates fur governor. Messrs. McSweeney and Cooper for lieutenant governor made their usual brief speecues. Attorney General Barber and Messrs. t 1binson and MAiy ield forsuperintendent of ed ucation were next on the program me. Congressman Talbart, at lis ofn re qoest, was made the last speeker. A Farmetrs' Figh t. The Sat.e Aliance. at its aunual meeting in Clumbia Lst week, pasted tWe followtag resolutions: Waereas. the umnufactursrs and wholesale dralers in cotton ties have advanced prices of ties about 95 per cent. over last season's while the market price of steel only justifies an advance of ten per cent., thus f urnish ing us with Another evidence that this is a day of trusts and combines against all producers, and whereas suitable wire can be had at a cost of 12 cents per bale against 28 cents a bale for ties, thus effecting a saving of 1G cents per bale on the crop, which amounts to a saving to this State alone of $128,000 on one year's crop, therefore, be it, Resolved, That we ask all Alliance mnen and farmers interested in the bal ing of cotton in this State and the cot ton States to co operate with us in breaking down this new formed trust by placing their orders at once for wire to be used instead of ties in bal ing the present crop of cotton. And your committee further recom mend that our State business agent be requested to at once obtain all infor mation as to the supply and cost of using this wire as a substitute for iron ties and report to all sub alliances, and that our agent also be directed to cor respond with the agencies of the other Southern State. In their tight against this trust the farmers will have the sympathy and co operation of every right thinking man in the State. Tne farmers whipped out the jute trust, and they can whip the cotton tie trust if they will go in and stand shoulder to shoul der. It is a righteous fight and they will win. The strength or Siivrr Those people who imagine that the cause of silver has no following in the North and East are not posted on the trend of current history, but take their views from those who are bound ed by narrow environments, and do not respect the reports from the field at large. Thec following conversation between Senator Smitn, of New Jer sey, and a Ne w York newspaper man shows the strength of silver sentiment in Ne w Jersey: "Is there any silver sentiment in Ne w Jersey 0" " es; much more than is generally supposed. The agricultural element of each party is affected to a consider aole degr-ee by the enthusiasm of the Western farmers for this idea. It will be no easy task to over come this en thusiasm wherever there is a Large agricultural element." " Then you do not foresee a walk over for McKimley ?" "On the contrary, I am cnvinced that if the election was to be held next week Bryan.-would win.- People here in the Ftast do not appreciate the hold the free silver idea has taken upon the masses of the entire West and South. They believe they are right in princi ple, and they wiil be impressed more and more as the campaign progresses by the personality of their candidate." What Senator $mith says of New Jersey, others are saying in other statets of tth' East and North, and des pite the ridicule and abuse heaped on the Uhicago platforma and Democratic nomiinee-s oy [he papers of Ne w York, it. is by no means any impossibility that New york 's electoral votes will go to Bryan in November. If you are disposed to doubt this, read what the Dinoeratic County Chairmen of the State or Ne w York say abo~it the outlook in their respective counties putblishea in this issue Tomn watean speaks. AmrtN'rA, J uly -0. -Tom Watson says in a signed editorial, after, re viewing the St. L-uis convention: --It was this chaotic condition of things which I witnessed with keen anxiety and which caused members of the Georgia delegation to telegraph me to allow my name to be used to restore harmony and saive the party. Upon that express condition I consent ed and the onject was attained. Se wall was deteated,'the Populist fac tions harmonized and the Desmocrats programme checkmated. 'This con dition of things was not of my seek ing. If now the Democratic managem should refuse to make any concession at all it would show that our efforts Stowards unity have all been thro wn away, If they continue to demand that the Populists shall go out of ex istence as a party they will prove to to all the world their object in adopt ing' our platiorm was niot so much to Sget free silver as it was to bury tht Populist party. There are muttermng of me:-ontent all along the ine, and if Mr. Se wall declines to retire for "harmon's sake the rank and file of out party may break way from the leader and refuse to vote bor Mr-. Bryan al " -Therefure my opinion is thl we had better go slow until tne atm7os Sphere clear-. itself a little. -TsonIs E. WATSON." A HORRIBLE ACIDENT. ONE HUNDRf D PEOPLL KILLED AND WOUNDED. Tei rible3 Railroad Acetdent Twov Euf urpiton ra-,1~ Conlde- AU .wful wi aml Sirkening S iht, at the Scenai t fhlA Wreck - I P! M4, l 01'a I ,I"i 50 Aa. ATIANTe ICt N. J.. Jul y 3.- -A railroad a:cident, horrible its it: dt tails atid sickeuing in its resuits, oc curred thiseveninrjust outside of this City. and1 as; a result ab it one hun dIred persans are either killed or in jured. Tae Reading Railroad express, which left Philadelphia at 5:40 o'clock for Atlantic City, crashed into a Penn sylvania Railroad excursion train at the second signal tower about four miles out from here. The Pennsylvania train was returning to Bridgeton with a party of excursionists from that place, Millville and neighbori ng towns. It was loaded with passeng es, and a rough estimate of the killed and injured at a late hour places the number at one hundred. It is hoped that this is an exaggera tion, but the number is undoubtedly more than fifty. At the second signal to -ver the tracks of the two roads dia gonally cross. The Reading train was gived the signal, but it either failed to wotrk or the speed of the express was too great to stop. It caught the ex-ursion train broadside and ploughed through, literally cleaving it in twain. The engine of the RAding train was shattered to pieces. Every car was jammed to its fullest capacity. As soon as the news reached Atlan tic City the utm->st consternatiou pre vailed, but the authorities were equal to the etnergency. Relief trains were dispatched to the scene loaded with cots and several surgeons. As quick as the bodies were recovered they were carried into the local hospitals and un dertaker shops. A general fire alarm was sounded, and the department promptly responded and aided in the heartrending work of digging for the victims. Fear grew into despair and horror as the vigoroas work of the relief gangs revealed the awful ex tent of the disaster. The first Reading relief train bore into ihis city twenty-seven mangled corpses, men, women and children. The next train not an hour later-car ried tifty maimed and wounded, and two of these died soon after reaching the city. Train after train plied to the scene of the wreck and toiled back with its ghastly load. Tae Sanitarium which does duty as the city hospital quickly found its capacity overtaxed. Meanwhile others of the dead and in j ured were being carried to the pri vate hospital at Ocean and Pacile avenues. Edward Farr, engineer on the Read - ing, was killed outright as was another road man who rode on the engine with him. This man, whose name has not yet been learned, saw the collision coming and leaped from the cab an instant before the crash. Ahnos, at the same instant the engine cut iLs way through and caught him directly in its path. His body and that of learr were found under a heap of debris. but the engineer lay in what remained of the cab and his right hand still clasped the throttle. He had been faithful unto death and met it at his post. The fireman on the train had leaped a few seconds before and es caped with trifling injiiies. Samuel Thorn, baggagemaaster on the Reading train, is among the dead. James M. Bateman, a Bridgeton undertaker, is known to be killed. He was in the third car and his hat was found lying among the mass of broken timber. Richard Trenchard, a Bridgeton ma chiists, arid his wife, are both dead. As time progressed it seems almost a certainty that fully fifty persons were killed. Conductor Kelly, of the Penn sylvania train had both legs and arms broken and was internally in jured. Albert J. Mosebach of Phila delphia was on the Reading train and escaped unhurt.. The excursion train was made up of ifteen cars, the foremiostof which was a baggage car. This and the next t wo coaches caugh t the full force of the crash and were easily demon lished. What remained of the third car was tumbled into a ditch at the roadside. The responsibility for the accident cannot now be lixed. Charles C. Rynick of Bridgeton, who was in the excursion party, was in one of the rear cars. Hie escaped with severe bruises, and so far as his- agitation would permit told the story of his ex perience. "When we saw that a col lision was unavoidable,,' he said, 'the scene in our cai- was territie. Women fainted and men rushed in mad panic for the door. E it it came alnost be fore we knew it. The third car was cut right in t wo and the lower portion of it lifted bodily from the track and tumbled over. Every car was crowd ed and it is horrible to think of the numbers who must be lying under those ruins. The roof of one of the cars fell in as a inass and every body in that car- was buried under it. It simply dropped in on the people. I knew of many of those aboard, bat I will hope for the best. I kuoa posi tively of two in our car who were kill ed. 'They were Mr. and Mlrs. Frank Bell of Bridgeton. Tneir- daughter was in another car further bacir and was not hurt. I don't kno w who is to blame. When we were about two miles out fromt Atlantic City we came to a stop out in the meadows and stayed there for several minutes but I do not kno w whby. I thin k there must have been fully eighty or a hundred killed. The only person with me was my six-year-old sou and he was not hurt, thank God." An Associated Press reporter was on one of the hrst rehief trains sent out by the Pennsylvania railroad and he was the first newspaper representative on the scene- The train was in charge of a number of railroad otficials and Prosecutor Perry of Atlantic City. It drew up in the aarkness a fe w fe-et this side of the fatal point. The scene wads wildly picturesqute; canopied by a starlit sky with a biood redI moon aliost at the full, shining in the far back ground and the brili iant maze of lights glimmering from the city beyoiid, -the gaiety ol which was suddenly eclipsed by the most aw ful catastropne in its history. Stag gering in and out of ditches and stumn> nng over masses of broken timbers, with only a few fitful lanterns to help their straining eyes, the i-escue gang set bravely to workL' A're.: and rtov els were plied with the greatest vigor --and almost at every half dozen strokes a mangled form was brought up and laid tenderly on the waiuing palets. It was a. gigantic and sickening task, and the strongest of men turned aside fain from a renalation of the work of the spades. A heap of blood stained timbers turned aside by one of the rescuers brought to sight a woIan's arm. It had been wrenched ott, almost by the: roots, and nothing remained but a dripping stump, even the hand being gone. It had been clad i1 a dainty white liieni glove, the :lteve of which clung to it. Not live non utes later a chance bow from a pick revealed a still more ghastly remnant, a human heart that only a few hour; before had been throbbing with life and love. One woman whose body was recov ered still held in her lead hands a plate b'aring a picture of Atlantic City. It was unbroken. Scattered about the ground near the wreck were m ny pieces of clothing which had been torn from the bodies of the vic tinis-hats. dainty parasols,. fans and glove.. Just as one of the relief trains reach ed the Pennsylvania depot with its terrible load one man who lay in a corner horribly injured regained his senses for a inomient, and clasping his hainds to his head cried in a heartrend ing agony: "Who did this My God, where are my wife and chil dren I" A late report satys that fourteen of the injured h ive sinci died at the Sanitarium. Superintendent I. N. Sweigard of the Pailadelphia and RPadmng Company places the number of dead at thirty-seven and the injur ed at about the same number. H1e sent a telegram to Pihiladelphia this eveuing wnich said: "There were thirty seven persons killed, as foliovs: Twelve wonen, twenty-oue men. two boys and two eirls. About the same nu mber injaured." Just where Mr. S-.veigard got his in formation cannot be learned, as it will be impossible to give the correct nurn ber, or even an approximate estimate of the dead until the debris is removed. This will consume several hours. Work is still progressing, and .he res curers will remain at work ut til the last body is taken from the wreikage. Seventeea un id-:ntified w-men, four men and a female chill, all dead, were brought to -the excursion .iouse after tidnight. Fireman Keliey of the Redding train was fatally injured. It is said that the Reading signal was displayed and that the whistle of the the train was sounded. The Reading has the right of way at the crossing. The excursion train bare tive tribes of the order of Red men, the Bridgeton, the Niagara, the fowa, the Anwanetah and the Gohansick, with their wives and children. The ringinv of the tre bells gave the Atlaatic Ctty ptrblic the first inti mation they received of the disaster. The utmost excitemeat prevailed. Tne board-walk was deserted and the crowds that surged about the two railroad stations rendered the streets in those sections almost imprisible. Mrs. Etward Farr, wife of the Reading engineer who was killed, when informed of her husband's trag i2 end, threw un her hands with a frantic shriek anad fell dead at the feet of her informant. The Earliest on Record. The Columbia Staite says:- The cot ton crop is an unusually e rly one as shown by the shipment of live new bales of cotton from Richland county a few days ago. Comparison with 1894 shows this crop to be eighteen days in advance, for that year the first bale was marketed on August 15th ; in 1895 the first bale was marieted on August 20th. It in signiacant that while in the previous two years but one bale was marketed, this year five bales came from the same locality, and that locality not usually the one where picking tirst begins. First blooms and open balls were reported from the lower portion of the State this year, so it is safe to infer that picking will soon become general in portions of the State. In a few sec tions reports indicate the plant has stopped growing, but that does not necessarily mean a short crop. The season has exhibited "cotton weather" since planting time, and cotton has developed quickly and made excellent growth and fruited heavily, so that this early maturity is likely to make it possible for' every boll that "puts on" to come to open and be gathered before a frost comes. Should cotton bring a remunerative price farmers will be more prosperous this year than for many years past, and will have little reason to care whether "free silver" or "sound money" wans in No vember. Ou r Desperate Finances . The Nea York banks, which are in Ithe same golden boat with the Adnin istration, have announced, it appears, that they will come to tne relief of the Treasury and by contributions of gold from their private stocks maintain the gold reserve at it~s safety mark of $t100,. 000,00. T1nis is very ontiging on the part of the banks, which, of course, byI their action of voluntarily c:omilng to the Admmnistration's assistancs are opening an account for value expected. As is clearly pointed. out by tae Ne w Orleans Times-Democrat there wouild~ be no trouble in the least, howNever, in maintaining tue $I00.000,000U treas ury reserve, if only the Adomstra tion were to allow itself t.he privilege ien to it by the law- of paying tne Overnment's debts im coia (gold and silver) and not in gold alone, it is that quixotismi of the Administration vhich gives it all the worry it hasF about the gold reserve; and as the Ad ministration has nobody and nothing but itself to blame for the frequent re serve trouble, the Ad ministration's dificulty does not call for mu~ich pub lie sympathy. stunstro'ke ins Tenutee CL~ARKS5VlILE, Tenn.. J uly :M. - Twenty-three heat victims were re ported in t his vicinity yesterday. 'The mercury regtistered 100 degrees. A farmhand, name un nownl, fell dead near Kennedy. Garret Roach, a wealthy you southern 1[entucky plater, was overcome in his tooacco ield and is in a critical condition. Sixteen wvorkcmenI on a watermain in this city wvere prostrated . Three work men on the electric street railway and to street rading hands were also overcoma. 1t wa-; the hottest day in 10) year:; A Terriblet Aaimnent. h:.uXVlLLE, Tenn., July u terrible fatallity occurred at Lake Ot toee, a summer resort fix-e miles from this city thi: afternoon. A sunday school pienie was in progress and the Irecently built a-hutes" were doiAng a good buisines::. As oar of the boats came dowvn the chute having aboard thirteen small children a row boat crossed its path as it struck the Water and four occupants of the row boat wer killed. A PROCLAMATION. The Ne-ut.A.Ity cai cuncernin Cuiba W1l be Enforced. WA-INGTON, July 30.--The Presi dent has issied a proclamation, bear ing date July '7th, again command ing citi/an-; it)o observe neutrality to WardsI Cba. Thie proclamation refers to the origin~al proc-laIation of June 12, 1S95, lmIPand1ing In ob-ervance of the neutrality laws in respect to the Cuban insurrection, and igives notice that all violations will be vigorously prosecuted. The President cites the decision of the Supreme Court in the Wiborz case, construing the statute relative to military expedition, con spiracies, and the extension of aid by furnishing transportation, in order that citizens may not be misled as to the meaning of the neutrality laws. The proclamatior. in full is as fol lows: By the President of the United States of America. A proclamation. Whereas, by a proclamation dated the 12th day of June, A. D. 1S95, at tention was called to the serious civil disturbances accompanied by armed res istance to the established govern ment prevailing in the Island of Cuba, and citizens of the United States and all other persons were admonished to abstain from taking part in such dis turbances in contravention of the neu trality laws of the United States; and whereas, said civil disturbances and armed resiptance to the authority of Spain, a power with which the United States are on terms of peace and ami ty, continue to prevail in said Island of Cuba; and whereas, since the date of said proclamation said neutrality laws of the United States have been the subject of authoritative exposition by the judicial tribunal of last resort, and it has thus been declared that any combination of persons organiztd in the United States for the purpose of proceeding to and making war upon a foreign country with which the United States are at peace and provided with arms to be used for such purpose con stitutes a "military expedition- or en terprise" within the meaning of said neutrality laws, and that the provid inr or preparing of the means for such "military expedition or enterprise" which is expressly prohibited by said laws, includes furnishing or aiding in transportation for such "military ex pedition or enterprise;" and whereas, by express enactment, if two or more persons consnire to commit an offense against the United Stats any act of one conspirator to effect he object of such conspiracy renders all the con spirators liable to fine and imprison ment; and whereas, there is reason t(, believe that citizens of the United States, and others within their juris diction, fail to apprehend the mean ing and operation of the neutrality laws of the United States as authori tatively interpreted as aforesaid and may be misled into participation in trasactions which are violations of said laws and will render them liable to the severe penalties provided for such violations. Now, therefore, that the laws above referred to as judicially construed may be duly executed, that the inter national obligations of 'the U nited States may be fully satistlied and that their citizens and all others within their jurisdiction, being seasonably apprised of their legal duty in the premises, may abstain from disobedi ence to the laws of the United States and thereby escape the forfeitures and penalties legally consequent thereon: I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby solemnly warn all citizens of the United States. and all others within their jurisdic tions against violations of said laws interpreted as herein before explained, and give notice that all such viola tions will be vigorously prosecuted. And I do hereby invoke th-e co opera tion of all good citizens in the enforce ment of said laws and in the detection and apprehension of any offenders against the same, and do hereby eni join upon all the executive officers of the United Stsates the utmost diligence in preventing, prosecuting, and pun ishing any infracttons thereof. In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States io be affixed. Done at trne city of Washington, this twenty-seventti day ol July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and of the independence cf .the United States the one hundred and twenty-first. CGnovEr CLEXELAND. By the President: R-ICHIARD OL.NEY, Secretary of State. Murderaed Hist Famui~y. A UsTI, Tex., a uly 31).- -- W. .E. Bra mnemoer of one of the best famn ilies of the city, murder-ed his wife and two children, aged 3 anid 4 years, late Friday niight, and placed the dead bodies in a cistern. The crime was discovered this morning. Burt's resit dece adjoined the business portion of the city, and a foul stench led to an investigation. Hie left the city Sat urday night after commaitting the ter ril-: deed, and' warned several of the neigh bor3 not to drink the water, as it was polluted by a dead cat. Tue wife was asleep. Hie bound her in a blan ket, and dropped her struggling body into the eistern. Both children had their brains knocked out. A reward of $3tJI has; been olferedi for Bur-ts ap prehension. Silver Wi swteit W Asmsa'rGoN, July :;i.-The Demno -:ratic congressional campaign com mittee has issued as a campaign docu ment a map showing all the States of the Union, with the electoral vote of each. The letter press explanatory of the map claims tuat free silver will carry all the States south and west of Pennsylvania, with a total of 330 elec toral votes. New England. New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. with 117 electoral votes, are claimed as doubtful States. A Miurderer Keouei SAlas .'Rc, N. O., Jly :''. -AtLCw cord to-day Andrew Hlaris, a ia- Uen ry Forest, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for attempting murder. While on trial he was re cognized as Andrew Harris, the mur derer of Herbert Leroy, a wealthy far ner of Anson County. Harris Lilled Leroy three years ago and fled. Ujjtii to-day he had not been heard of sinec committing the crime. Fatany shot. GyRINcimaELD, Mo., July 21. masked men robbed the f iiiuo- CYi tral station at Walk-er's, a :.ations b)C Itween this city and (Clinton, at 10 o'clock last night. Agent Campbell wa shot and probably fatally wound ed by the robbers IMFORTANTTO ALL VOTERS. A, to the Time for Olosinizr Reghistritiou Hooki. CoLUiIMA, . C., July v 30. It has been thiouit all along that there woild be only threa more days upon whieh the reaistr'atiou books could b'e Lept open foe the registration of vot ers in this state- the tirst Mondays e eti vel y in August, September aid t )tober. Ia vie w of the very small n umber )f voters registered this would have Proven a ser'ious imatter. The law has been carafully examined in regard to the matter, and below is given a statement from the assistant attorney general which shows that the law allows several more days than has been supposed, and that in case the books are not opened on the days in dicated the whole registration might be invalid. Here is Assistant Attorney Gerieral Tov. osend's statement: "The question is asked by one of the boards of registration whether the books of registration shall be opened in the month of October. On Novem ber 3 tie general election will be held, and the registration law requires the books to be close.i 30 days befere the election. The first Monday in Octo ber will be the fifth day of the month, and there will not be 30 days between that day and the general election. "The Constitution provides: 'For the first registration to be provided for under this Constitution the books shall be kept open for at le:st six con steutive weeks. and thereafter from time to time at least one week in each imonhll up to 30 days next preceding thl- first election to be he.ld under this Constitution.' "Section 7 of the registration act provides: "The registration books shall be opened in each county on the first Monaay in April, 1896, and kept open for six consecutive weeks from that time at the court house They shall be opened also at tlv court house on the first Mondays in June. July, August and September, 1896, and kept open continuously for one week in each of said months, and in the month of October, in the same year, up to 30 days next preceding the elec tion, and the same shall be closed be fore the general election of 189V. "It is a mandatory provision of the Constitution that the books shall be closed '0 days befdre the general elec tion i- 1896. This act carries out this provision. It also carries out the provision of the Constitution, that the books, after they have at first been kept open six weeks contiinuously, shall be opened from time to time at least one week in each month until 30 days before the general election. It provides that in June, July, August and September they shall be kept oen one week, commencing on .the first Mondays, but that in October they shall be kept open until 30 days before the election, without requiring them to be opened on the first Monday in that month. The manifest purpose of the act was to provide for the very controversy which will happen in 189G, and to comply with the mandate of the Constitution to have, the books opened in the month of October. . "The boards of registration must open the registration books on the 1st day of October, 1896, and keep them open until 30 days before the general election in 1896." The Cotton Tie Truat. 'The price of cotton ties has been in creased from 65 cents to $t.30 a bundle -an advance of 100 per cent, in one year. In the meantime, there has been no advance in the price of labor or of material to justify the enormous increase in the price of ties. In dis cussing the matter the Augusta Chron icle very truly says "as to the trust or combination that has increased the price of cotton ties 100 per cent., no language would be too strong to voice the indignant protest of the h41pless victims of what appears to be an in excusable extortion. In a time of un exampled depression among Southern farmers, it does appear to be nothing short of an outrage to increase the price of cotton ties from 635 cents to $1.30 a bundle. The increased price has been carefully ke pt a secret by the manipulators of the trust until a time when it is too late for the farmers to make arrangements to secure ties from other sources. It is the Republican party that has fostered trusts and vic ious combinations of capital in this country, to the detriment of the mass es, and this new cotton tie trust comes at a very opportune time to impress this fact upon the minds of Southern farmers. When the farmers of the South purchase their cotton ties and have to pay twice as much for them as they are worth, and when they sell their cotton and receive for it only half as much as it is worth, let them remember~ that it is the Rtepublican gold standard that they have to thank Ior this outrageous condition of things, and then let them vote for Bryan and Se wall and the free coinage of silver." Thre Hot Wearther. Cmmw~Ao, July :10.- -Seven pr'ostra tions from extreme heat occurred here yesterday. Reports by telegraph from the principal cities and townsof the west'and south report unusually hot weather. St. Louis reports :34 prostra-. tions, many of whom will probably die. Tbi.-ty-six horses fell-dead in the streets and scores of dogs wvere driven mad. The thermometer registered 98. The sutfering is increased by humidi ty in the atmosphere. Two deaths are reported at ~Louisville, with the thermometer at 98, breaking the great hot weather record of 15 years ago. At Quincy, ills., it was 100 in the shade and many are prostrated. None serious. SNew all Wmii Nut Resign. liArH, Me., July 30.-Mr. Artuhur 3ewall, Democratic nominee for Vice President, was interviewed as to the story that he intended to resign in favor of Mr. Tom Watson. He said: 'A'y man who for a moment enter tamrs such an idea is not worthy of an answeir. I do not know whetner Mr. Bryan will retain a place on thec Pop ulist ticket. He will comle to Fath with Mrs. Bryan directly after the notitica tion' which wiil take piwc in New York. Tnev will make their head quarters: att uin o': while in M aine. *s*q. c-a., Juiy 30.-The temn peratuttre was higher here today than it rat: bgeu in years. Several prostra tnou-: were reported, six of wnomn were emr ployes of the Columbus Iron works. The plo wdepartment of tnatintitution was shut down this afternoon in conse Squence of the intense heat, and will trot resume operations until the wea ther moderates. rjhe mercury stood at 99 in the shade thronahh-It thie day. HIASKELL HITS BACK. HE DENOUNCES GOVERNOR EVANS AND MAKES STATEMENTS. Says Governor Evane % as Made a Railrod Director to Buy Him Oir--Touches on Bond and Iniurance Matters. COLUmINIA, S. (I., July 29.-The fol lcwing communication was published in last Sunday's State: To the Editor of The State: I have today seen your paper of the 23d and 24th; in the first there is a report of the campaign meeting at Cheraw, in which Mr. John Gary Ev ans is reported as saying- "John Has kell says the Evans boys howled fHampton down, but he knew it was a lie." For several years I have avoid ed expressing in public my opinion of the humiliating events that have oc curred in our old State, culminating in the the deep disgrace which out this vile little demagogue in the Govern or's chair. ie has gone out of his way to make a wanton attack on me and seeks to make political capital out of it- I don't believe that the people of our State. if they knew him, would support him for any position and I be lieve that many who disagree with me in politics, will not hesitate to believe anything that I say and this induces me to take notice of what I would otherwise treat with utter contempt that I feel for this person. First, as to his charge, when he pre tends to quote me. he knows that he willrully lies. General Hampton went to Aiken, not as.a candidate, but as an invited guest. A few of the au dience treated him with great rude ness; no man, who knew anything of of the facts, doubted that Evans en douraged them in this conduct. He has denied is then and doubtless, if it serves his purpose, will lie about it again. I never spoke of the Evans boys, for I did not suppose that he had any followers, even among those who insulted General Hampton. And now a word to his career. I was a nember of the legislature when he first came there tad was counsel for the Richmond and Danville road. I heard of him as a lawyer of rather low standing at the Aiken bar. From conversations I had with him I came to the conclusion that he wanted to be employed by the railroQ4. .Soon after my professional connection with clear ing the titles of coal and iron property in Virginia and. North Carolina took up so much of my time that I resigned as counsel for the Ricnmond an3d Dan ville railroad, I was consulted by the officers as to who to retain,'and among others, advised them to employ in some capacity Mr. John Gary Evans, as I warned them he would give tron ble if not bought. Very soon he was put on as a director of one of the branch roads in Carolina. Within a few days of his appointment, his brother from Edgefield and his uncle from Georgia, appeared for the first time in the general assembly as sitor neys for the Danville railroad. They did the same at the ensuine seem' until Mr. John Gary Evans wu. dropped from the board. NoW I challenge himto write to tne party who employed him and see if he will say that the appointment of brother and uncle was not made to secure his influence against hostile legislation. Don't let him just deny it; of course he will be ready to lie out of it.. He knows who empoyed him.; let him ask that man in writing. As to the. bond matter, Mr. R~hind stated to i.he syndicate that of the large commissions which he retained, the bulk had to go to parties whose inffuence was needed in the South Carolina general assembly. If he dares to do it, et him ask Dr. Bates to answer the categorical question as to who got the money. If he dares to do it, let him have the checks for pay ment produced and see- who endorsed them. Any man who will act dishon estly will lie to protect himself. Don't let him stand on Tillman's letter until Tillman has cleared his own skirts of participation in the job. He uias never dared to ieny that since he became governor the State and dispensary insurance has been taken, from reliable agents and given to his brother immediately after his coming to Columbia as an insurance agent. It won't do for hirn to say that this was done by his subordinates; no sensible man will be deceived by such a statement as that for one instant, No one will doubt why all bonds of keepers of dispensaries were suddenly required to be executed by surety com panies, who were represented by the same brother or why his blanks were enclosed in official envelopes for exe cution. I see it is said there was $4,00 in it for the family. It is im possible to legally conyict any party when they have the records in their own bands and will not Jet them be seen but by partisan friends. But for thiis I feel confident in the whiskey rebates, fees in the phosphate business as well as the bonds and insurance matters, we would find a very rotten state of affairs, but unless Scuth Caro linians are much lower than I imag ine, they will nev'er select as their representative in the senate of the United States a man, who to numer - ous charges of dishonesty and corrup tion, answers: "Istandonthe criminal plea o1 not guilty; you must prove it," And now Mr. Editor, I have done with this dirty little puppy, with his pockets tilled with bribe's money. He has gone out of his way to insult me and I denounce him as a dishonest demagogue. .With this I am done with him unless he gets in my way, when I will kick him out as I would any other little cur that snaps at me. John C-.laskell. Washington county,_Virginia. Fatal Boiler Explosion. TRAVE.sE Or~, Mich., July 30 The boiler in Sullivan's big shingle mill burst at 5o'clock yesterday after noon. The engine room, boilers and .ngines were completely ruined and the mill badly shattered. Engineer Walter Scott was badly mangled .and scalded, and lived but two hours. Ten other employees were more or less se riously scalded and bruised. Popa Offered Half. RALEIGH, N. C., July 30.-The Dem ocratic executive committee after a protracted session to-night passed, at i o'clocki this morning, a resolution offering to the Populists a fair divi sion of the electors on the Bryan elec toral ticket. Destructive Haulstorm. DA~VmLLE, Va., July 80.-A very destructive bail storm passed over the Eastern part of- this (Pittsylvania) county this .afternoon,. doing fearful dA ma2na t' the corn an d tobaco copnn