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VFig ()L XI2I , W~ L )31fl I \JctLY14 THE CAM1PMGN OPl T HE FIRST MEETING A VERY iX& IN3 ONE. Irby Was t d Hot-He aH d icLrin Al moat Came to 1-1ics- McLauril, I b-. Evanp, Durcan and M% tied in the rice. The Senatorial aspirants r re sched uled to address the reople of Sumter Monday, but onlv tbree of them had made up their minds to run when the meeting was Call, d to order at II o'clcek, in the very room' col an:c handsome opera hoouw of samter. These were Sens or McLaurin. ex Sen ator Irby and Hon. S. G. Mayfie'. the latter being too unwell to be pres ent. There were only two speakers - Mestrs. McLturin and Irby They I occupied only ore hour and twenty minutes, but in that short time they succseded in getting up one of the liveliest rumpuses ever seen in a polit ical campaign in this State. Col. Irby! was prticularly severe on Mr. Mc Laurn, accusing him of dishonesty in relation to his party, his people and his State. Mr. McLaurin could not sit quiet under the severe lashing of words and the two men were on the point of having a public fisticuf or the stage when they were pre vented by cooler heads. At the very start McLaurin made a very neat reply to Irby and the crowd fairly went wild over it. They kept kept it up for some time and Col. Irby betieved they intended to howl him down and said so. He was thereafter cons tandly interrupted by those in the audience. He got mad and referred to the crowd as "city henchmen" and this infuriated the audience so much more, who howled worse than ever Chairman Purdy by his coolness, his calm demeanor and good judgment kept them as quiet as possible, but told Col. Irby that he could not be re sponsible for the result it he contin ued to apply such language as "hench men' to the pecple. Tnere were seo eral other stirring incidents and there was not a dull moment during the meeting. Senator McLaurin had the crowd with him and his points were roundly cheered. He discussed issues almost entirely and in an attractive way, but he made one or two references tj "dis honest politicians sulking" and sarcas tic references to the "saviors of De mccracy." Col. Irby evidently took this language as referring to himself and from the start to the finish he de -voted his attention to his opponent and laid it on him about as hot and heavy as his mo.t ardent partisan might wish. There were possibly about 350 peo ple in the building, a maj )rity of them from the cuntry. The people of the city who were present deeply regret the howling and interruptions, but congratulate themselves that the noise was made by those not citizens of the city. During breakfast Col. W. A. Neal. Crews' Mark Hanna, walked into the dining room and approached Col. Irby with outstretched hand. Irby de c'ined to shake hands, saying: "You must excuse me, sir; I don't care to ipeak to y ou, sir." Colonel Neal said: "All right," and wheeled about. This was the first incident of the day. Chairman Purdy called the meeting to order a few minutes past 11 o'clock and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Williford. The chairman made a fewe remarks and then presented Senator McLaurin, who was received with great cheering. Before getting to his speech proper he said he most heartily riechoed the sentiment of the chair man, that the campaign be conducted on a high plane, and if it is not, I will not be responsible. N3 one re grets more than I the death of Senator Earle. I know not a man in South Uarolina who does not regret that the career of that noble and chivalrous gentleman was cut down when it promised so much irsefulness to the State. I shall strive to worthily car ry out the high purposes wbicai ac'u ated him. He spoke of t be great goox accomplished by the R-tforrm move ment in instituting primaries, in which there could be no trades, as ali white men could express their honest *;nion. He declared he was under "aise to no man, and was not in a bination of any sort. The prom ? he made on the stump are the only ones he wili make, and he wi carry them out as he had always done. in the past. (Applause.) He then entered into a discussion of the tariti question and other political issues. A NEAT RETolNDER. When Chairman Purdy introduced Senator 1rby there was slight ap plause, ana when he started off it ap peared that he would have easy sailng and would be listened to gaietly and attentively. But this was a calm be fore an unexpected storm, as ine se quel proved. Col. Irby in beginnirg, gmnped right on McLaurin. He si: "Men of Sumter, I must sympathi'z 'with a man who sings his own praises and can talk more about hirmself than any one can say for him." Just thnn the city bell toiled the nour of 12. and c:ntinuing, Col. Irby said: "n that bell has just tolled his funeral knell." Mcbaurin (in his seat K 'Hark fecom the tomb a doleful sourA" This was greeted with laughter arnd loud cheering. For a minute' or mzore the crowd y eled themselves boarse for McLaurin. Irby in the meautime stoed facing them. He atteutnpted to say something, Out his t'o:ce wa& drowned in the torrent of ceers for McLaurin. Irby fclde d his arnas and calmly waited. His face showed that he was angry, in that he beliendo the crcwe d was trying to howl him down? Chai msan Puroy arose and wave bis baid to the audience, and presentiy they ceased the hurrats. Col. Irby then continue d: "I under star d how that is. I kne w it wasall fixed before we came here. This is the hot bed of Haskellism, Independ .g tim and Conservatism, anid this meeting was fixed to give 31eLaurin a great send off at the start. Senator Miciaurin strted to initer rupt the speaker, but all he gct o-up was the single wer d -Senator. - The ctowd again ciatezed for Me. Laurin, which lasted but a few see ornds, when Ccl. Irby continu'd: *You talk of fact'onal anid -actionai hues, but assoca asa agenuin R-eform er arid trae Demuocra. comes be.. yQou, yu try t hd hi dow. As te xiowling done, tnat :s i nornsente. I am here to spesk lor ti e poor are laoorir~g mar-, anid I don't care no marny of ycu city henchmen try to ho w me down." Ducring ide hubbub, Chairman Par de- steed forward to Senator Irby aLd said: Colonel let's understano one another r:ght away. In the pres e nro thi dannai audience I ae rAn d Gy tt sm eu callin r the.'? ar a:'r o.r. o1 he :'." e: t . r. uitt lk you a t sy '. aj oror e'" PE " - Cli t e ., me " Irer '" 'r I ,e s ', Is or, - ard. T I .e * "c ''r ra t ' i a" y : si. The" . denu bth arm, an d. 1t:r-t r aca your guest, h:e by init.tio aid by right, I hace en a freed oL Samiter covnty. I heloed~ to make one of it~ distinguished citizens Attorne' 'enerah, an.id then helped to make him Judge, and my friends helped to elect him U. S. Senator. On that grco f no other, I shoud be treat .iwith :pect. I you excot to elect MeLaurin by sucih methods the no ahea ui g want you to undersand that I ave I as many friends a hnong tt Cosecrva tives as fle. "W .hen McLourin t hks about what Le did, and insiontes about wnat oth ers didn't dI, I sat here quietly and are him a esocctful hearine-. But oolit:cs is politic; I atn simply a far ner, and exoected to tak to R.form ers. I 1 ave no set, written sohomnoric sp ech, written out turee or four weeks cef ore hand. I hav'e not a note or a memranduim, but I intend to speak my mind at the forty four meerngs Wo be held. I am in this race at he start, and will be in at the icish. Wridn I saw the Refori movement, I helped to father, aboat to b. dis :upted and deroyed as I thought, cather than cppose the w-:shas ofth Leerle. I didn't expect to enter this rsce. I didn't xpec to den in per onalities, but before I led my pledge bven, here comes this honoracle gen Leman with the "scared mad'' on and Ialks about dishonest politicians sulk ng at home. I am not of the si king ~ind. There are no feathers on may ?eg. I'm noShanghai. Ltno man i tand here and tell me that tue peo ole will have a ring streaked, stried nd speckled olitician to represent them in the Senate" ' A voicn: 'Who doyot have refer Irby, turning to McLaurin: "I refer o Mr. McLaria." Continuing he said: "I will have she oppor:eniy to speak tc the people >f the State and not in towns like this where the crowd comes out and tries o bully me. I an an original Refor mer and have sto-da by her principle rom t?-e beginning and will to the end. I quit politics and went to my arm. Tne peop know my .ecora and I am proud of my reccrd. "Let it be understood tnat he has attacked me by speaking of dishonest oliticians sulking at their homes. I give him to understand that he never sculd have been heard of except as a little briefless ten cent lawyer had it not been for Tillman and myself. I'oday in South Carolina there is the foule~t conspIracy against the farmers hat ever existed, and Mcbaurin is the beneficiar'y of it. He has betrayed more friends than any man in the state. He has never bten trus t riend or foe. He was the smar. utiv headed boy whore the ring too;: tip to ruui againit W. D. Evans, bu&] ne was defeated. and when the TillA man wagon came alone ne ju-nped on and even tried to push the driver off He got so full of Tillmanism th~at he :ould not stay in the ranks but went to the Populists. You Conservatives ad hin blarkisted at Wash ington te use he was a Populist He crawl d on his bely, wita his hat ir i and, to Gen. Buie', and asked him .o reinove the blaktist. I1 myself went to Cleveland to defend him, but cund out arterwards that he was a Populist and wrote the platform for Bowden. "It is said that he opposes the Dis ensary. Is he honest? Is he comning >ut like a bold Carolinian~iike a white nn No, he is whistoeriig in your -rs that he is opposed to the thin g, out at the same timne is trying to hay a :aw passed in Congress a hich would dx the dispensary on you for 4CU yers. Isn't that dishonest ' Just here Mr. McLaurin rose from is seat. He was pale with suoressed ecitement. be mached over directly to where Col. Irby was standing. The' crowd was as qsiet as death, the~ si. ~ence was oppressive~ and the suspense was nervousiy exciting. Every boy 'ipected a fignt, for McLarin ' ti -ude seen~ed to indicate that he wou d either demiand an apology or fi t dis right hand was clinched. bu.e .id not draw it back in a belligerent attitude. Facing irby and standingI out a few inches fro.m him hesad "Senator, let's have an undeta:-d ng right here. We have knowd 'e-en other for some time, bu tvyoucaa' ac euse me of dishonesty. You cannot :nsult me tnat way." Col. Irby stood fa cing Mr. M:-L~t in. His counter.auce d:d not castg nor was there a q'airer a.bout his fsee As soon ss McLauria had finished what be Lad to say, Izy r-plied: 'l >ave already sai:t , and I say furthaI hat if you strike me you Vwillb stuc bac." In ecl type- the a"'-rI a the voices of e' c carLO ti- be 's ::ed. Wh~en Col.b had teishe verybOdy thught tLet ine e::p-e: Amo~"ng u-otev'"o cae up to Mr. Mc?~arn b"'scdus -s ;scind. ,rdrm""d: "N o but a e .s ar I-ould talkz rtha a. 1rb-: "And r'ob."dy but a cowatrd rou~ inslt Lg a th ' 'e' e ~'r'-e tr aim "'0" t a sae hus'e hanara ouir a1 :d ?' : ; ciiz or:s in thep ut t. ul t-::m out. I r o, .n^ n-: d to aw sr o0 1. a Mdm: "Mr. Chema. . Irt _, ^s' r 4cLaurm did i' " . .iong mV s'f resp=ct why go bn 'd d s ".*- eCn ,.Y cnj ma=; bv the c~m 'L: br e' i a. a sort I detope : i"e ee? Does he o witia Re rmr D I er hr of im "m n friens raniors thae Co .lure-k'ter ,t iten so emti for i "Bs heo~ hto y ue er unholy all I'ee wit h Gor ztdes, a c: !.h'i' 1 deter *xr~ed to rle them dodn't o^ but r ev, hate I hnst him out O' A voice: "Y1ou won't get but three." .'is to the Conservatives, I have al Srs treatei then as Demncrats I ,as oppose:: to my brother Reftormers '=ho wanted to rule them out of the nyit y. They have nothing against me. I believe this man is untrue to the Jor labo~ring men of this countr y, od is tryinz to mislead them I shali aevent it if possible Do we find him '.ith Democrats? Who is his political 'ereoue? N. G. Gonzales. who has don'e :ore to injare the (uservative side than any other man in it. He is a man ho :a'vo s protc.ion for ntgro rapists. He star:ed his paver because tie News and Courier wouidn't puo i-h Ciutr artic'es of his agaiust Bin itiman, iad who has said that he .ived only to see Ben Tillman crushed McLaurin knows we had a r v in kaingtou bwcause he wanted to rowd that red headed man from An erson-not Col. N\a-Bovden, in ie counseis of the Dnocratic party. I opposed aid pre rented it, because 3.uden had already run as an elector oa the Weaver ticket. MeLauria 'cused" evrything blue, and ve ever spoke for three or four yctrs. lie can't pool me peopl:. ThJere is too uchi gratitude, too much Derncracy among them to turn down a true 1 a aocrat for a ring streaked, spackled politician like him. Tbe peopie know G nzales. and he von't cmatrol an administration again like he does this one. He has hypno zed our prent Governor and con rols his policy, but he will never do .t again. Col. Irby having concluded, the chairman asked M&r. McIAurin wheth er he rouid have anything in reply. He indicated a desire to reply when an auditor arose and said that if there vas to be a reply, he hoed that Mr. 1cLauriu would be co-::iced to reply - nig to statements made by Col. Irby. le at the same timte espr-ssed the oinion that it was ulnn-cessary ayway to have any rep,.. Mr. McL mrin stepped forward and sail: "I don't want to intrude myself fur ther on the audience. I wisa to say, iowever, thut the statement that I ani in a combination with Gonzales or any body else, is absolutely false." Col. rby rejoined that he would prove it before the camnain closes. Monday night Mr. John T. Dancin iled his plege. Half hour later ex Governor John Gary Evans telegraph ed his nledge to Chairman Tompkins. [hus sdill th~e two who had so much itterns between them during the last campaign meet each other again face to face on the stump. When the hour of 13 o'clozk arrived, t whih the entries closed, C-1airman ompkins had recele'd to more >edes. This, then, makes five can-' field and Duncan. A Olean dwee'p. It has developed that a defalec~tion in the Firt National bank of Dover, Dl., originally estimated at $38 000' il anount to fully $107,U00 which s 7.UYU :nore tian the capital sicck oa te bank. Tae sto.:khMal rs meet athe 14th of Jaiy and will then be gcqined with thie facts. It is ani ouaced that tne atnsconidog payingL .lr, WV;lliam N. BlLs, cid riot ga l-the money, but that several moi, sme high in political :aairs and holcd ng exaltd ice, are imipiicated. It s possiole that they may also learn trat there was a conspir.acy to loot the iastitution in which some of these re pected citizans tok p.r. oingt Tirseh. Captain WV. H, Edwads has receiy da letter fr om Senator Tuman, in cehich he states that he will attend the turk County Alliance campl meeting at Trzan, bunt can be there one uaay n. He wili iye asked to come on hday, Au gust $, if he cannot ne there both asys. Uther mastmguisned men from the stats have signitied their internte:n of attending, notably, ornor Elerix and Conrssnen ts, S'rait and Suanyarne Wilson. Jcges~a Sibley, uf P'ennsyivanlia, de gest free silver advocate of the 6:ssi .one mi~e, has P-o'ised Con ep '~Y...uuare ian ua.. i.. harvs p. sg-:t in centra -a o'~ Risaa-goigwr th'i lro crp ,s R Ue X ,ignet he ravtf teU -'minuatO rt is eer~r- wei-e over a-e s eeni.r m.; ..~ e a evey~ike ia y: yisisHu:-ia- stry aa~ own EL n * hr ee:: a 'ou braomt. inore se a hundre Tesrei- as ger ra' : i 'n :sme~ 1. esveimfet bev ar- nt o Gld een od, an LJJ po eve TI'E EX-GVERNO3 JOINS THE S=NA TO . .- M PARTY. s !:a.- the" Tariff i-rd C1a-rud Ioc Laurln r~ih 1%i1ug a Pretect~mi't- Irby and ?1a) d''d Alto sp:ak-McLau'!nf w l' at Wvalitbho oi'c Tn1ursday wa ;1ty alfei:. Taree of the r 'uld-be -r ee- m on and to tell why ith go;:' peOni cfe-,ltd vot'e fer then. .b a dience :i; not see-:nz t., enthui, a cent. Th po l were i.ccern ed -ith a:.ut tho styid aad. Tie h-uo 'r of Coi. Irby toc rerl and he fu:ehd a relish to ibe substarual '.alts of t.M' t -o airst spa -r.-, ex Go-eernor E&s and Mr. MafLeil. Iusiess kept Mr. Dunc, away, and Senator McLaurin tele graphed that he was too unwell to bF present With .n entirely s'oer - d! good natured audience of about one hundred, there was no oooasion for the speaker. to ?et mad. They made spoeches with pith and point. Mr. Evans wAs firs; introduced by Acting Chairman Howell, He was re ceived wi:h approval and said be wanted to take up at once the new evangel of Senator McLaurin. This new doctrine sought to be thrust upon the people of South Carolina, he said. is a reversal of the policy of the De mocracy of the S-ate which has pre vailed since the enunciation by Cal boun. Our conditions have not chaoged end we are today as much an agricultural People :s ever. Oar pria cipal manufactures are of cotton a:d this needs no protecticn; what we need is absolute free trade; but the Democratic doctrines (if tariff for rev enue only is the easiest manner of su vlyirg finds for the gov-ernment. Ice difference betveen the D mccrst and R.oublican creeds is enily detn ed. The Republican party is owned and controlled by the manufacture-s of the ease, who have grown fat un der the protective system, now sought to be e arafted on us. When a man who today occuples the seat of Cal hoeun in the Stnatc openly declares that the trouble with our pople is that we have lingered and loafed too long around his grave i: is time for patriotic South Carolinians to rise and repudiate him. The frst idea advanced by Mr. Mc I.urin is the imposition of a protect ive duty on Egyptian and Peruvian cotton, and he seeks to gain votes by ;sing as the protector of the pocket books of the people. This fallacy, tr. Evans said, was assily explainea. There is absolutely no competition as to Peruvian atsd 2yptiau cotton ana sea island cotton. T '1c production of sea island cotton has increased from 25.493 in 1SS3 to 105,009 in 1896 97, shn-:wing increase in production in sete of f:,reign importation. Amer can soinners last year took 42.900 bas of sea island cctton against only 11, 674 bales in 1834 It cannot be con tended that Egyptian cotton has sup nlamted sea island cotton. Tne fabrica manufactured from sea island cotton in no -way compete with tnose manu factured from Egy utian or Peruvian cotton. It wii thus be seen that ths position cannot be defended except as Reublio-mn doctrine. This is not onily the voie of McLiu rn in favor of Reott blcaa protectionl Sir. Curt-is, in hms letter to thse Chicago Rcord, says: '-Mr. McL-.rin is a pro a cionist. ~D aring te e st session o Cogress he voted with the Reputi cns on the com::i1to of ways and means." Tae secretary of the Ani cn Protective Assteistion praises m as a recent convert. I.ead of pro tecing the pockets 0' the people of~ Soutn' Carolina this bl~i draws from the peckets 40 per cent. more for goods maufactured fro-n those imported ct ons If this be eq .ality then Mr. Ejaras wanted to be saved iromn it. T* way i which ou Senator l'as en foo is best il atacd from the 'se that McLarin's proposal was re ceived vrith o-pen armIs by the Repub ileaus and witnou: a dissenting vo'.e. L'ae taritt on cotton wss graated. Tae next day the maniu'atrers denand ed compensatory duty on manufac red. produacts and it was grantea. hus the consumer pays an atiditional 20J ner cent. as a bounty to the manu fac~.arer without any return. Mr. MW-aurin tries to tie i~s::~it to Tian, but, as Mr. Evans under stood it, Tiiiman's position was that the entire bill was robbery, wrong in orinciple, and he endeavored to make It as otfensive as possible to the farm ers. Mr. McLaurin, however, defends it as Democratic principle and thus attemno'.s to commit his people to the rciles of the robber tariff barone. Tuma did no' defend it as right, but smpy to show the ou'rage uon the South, and demandeda a bounty. upon. our ex port, whinwoud havebrougnt sone recompense f the ba::dns. We cain se.Aer ope to graaany thig fromn the Repubbec~u party 0r oyidinig D- m-er- t prmciri or a mess of ' -- -. ut Cr~olinn m ut staud by .e Di a-'-tic partv, as from thsUt aiOu-e ca-i rqu 'l r" is be obtained. Mr. Evans sai he wa- de-ated i-st ceron accoun t of - :alca sadrs. esrii tha nowr as a'l ca..didates ~h:ems accoi:: ' th 'e Demou delter Ma -e-d :id he was a itl uia ell a-d wou*-t no' in 'ae 'a-en-C as in ne D41acy r eleat ',s iew esega: C' -es. ad f ras '- n aw, but -o -u -ut :,rmanag':nm ar o e. -. in it butl L. HT s.i be ld ece oc aa la~er adstari d of tm d: 1; inr. o fi .m' He midis:- nM o k aboutMr t bust then 1' said it : .e dit ercnces between h ji c: - i;r tm i %id nI e''!ed ed the br-c Sbd Taehv heL 7u2t iude di-s arnd the Iarerburird. .i re said whtn e baidthe ictet :it :;s h -. t E: rmt d im7 e and Ti mn be e.i. etnalt d l 'd ho 5s :i ui ' asmad mscht~fwass'a:edhetrou lie s . i:d that :"rapy he had }cee ocmniie e was adclean rough, bu was %;'.r. He i.that t-otear-- ?o0 if le had cared to b-r ithe I' rmrn house te biad hCelpe-d build he cou. have gotter most of tihet Cot:ser'ative vote, not :ecas or any love for hia. but for he tred fo-r ozt e-? ET s:.d the r-;?,rt had been n de it "-te to3 howl hi d by the verv p7ep co we.M t-co tears ag have taken him' up. He_-Ld ivhen the Lime came he would drove a ccnsra'cy be tween Got ules and "our ja;: oird Gov erno." The G.>vernor, he said, wanted to build up ;nd 1w.i a new narty, as the Reform party vas not gcod enough for hi m. Ii this C >m binaton succeeded it mxeant g". -ie io Clensou. The main speech was hiumorous and please Lie crod. THE TARR FF 8'LL PASSED By the United States Senate and (es Back to the Hsuse. B; th.e decisive vote of 33 o 23, the tariff bill was passed in the henate suortiy before 5 o'clock Wedneslay. The cl'nination of the long and arda ous struggle had x.:ited the keenest inter't, and the tif r and galleries of the Senate chrauber were cr.awdod by t:ose anxious to witness the closing scene. Speaker Red, (hariman Di'l-y and many of tue members of the House of Representatives were in the rear area, while every seat in the aileries save those reserved for foreign ecreeent,.tives was occupied. 'e ea: iv part of the day was spent on ameudments of conparativeiy minor importance, the denate branc ig iato financial and anti trust chan nes. By 4 o'clock the Senators began manifesting their patience by calls of Vote," and soon thereafter the last amendment was disposed of and the anal vote began. There wore many in terruptions as pairs were arrauged, and then, at 4:45 o'clock, the Vice Paident arose aad arnounced the assage of the bill-yea: 38, nays 2S. There was n^o demonstration, but a few scattered hand claps were given as the ccowds dispersed. The vote in detail follows: Yeas-Allison, Baker, Burrows, Cr. ter, Clark, Culiom. Davis, D:boe, El eins. Fairbanks, Forager, Gallinger, 3k Hanna, .i Hawley. Jones of Neva-da, Lydge, McBride, McEnery Mtcl'illan, Mantle, 31ason, Morrill, Nelson, Penrcse, P-rkins, Platt of Connectie-;t, P.oatt o Ne Yrk, Pritchard, Proc;or, Qasy, Sewall, Shoup, Spooner. W&rrei, ,Weliington, Wtoore and Wilson-3S. Nays - Bacon, Bate Berry, Caffery, Cannon, Chilun, Ca':, Cockrell, Faliner, Gray, Hanis of Kansas, Jones of Arkansas, Kenntey, Lindsay, Malory, Martiu, Mills, Mitchel Mor ~an, Pasco, Pettus, Rawlins. RoCac'1 I'aer, Turpie, Ye-t, Walthall and White-28. The fo?lawng~ pairs were announce d. The trst named would iaye voted for te bill and the last named agaiust it: Aldri::h and Mairphy; Chandier and MLaurin; Fr ye antd Gorman; Gear. ad- Smnith; Ha~nsbrougn and Daniel; Haar and Harrs o. Tenesee; Thurs~ ton and Tiiran; Wolcott and George.I An analysis ot the iinal vote shovs that the ailirntiv'e was cast by 3~> Re put'cans, 2 Siier R pabheasr, Jones of Nevada and Manue. and one Demo cat, McE .-ry ; tooa, :3i Tee nea tive vote w~as cast by 25 Daen~.rats, to Phpu.is's, Hasrris ot x Kass aa Trraind i Sav-r Rpucticau, Can non; total, 2i. Eight Repuolictns were paired fo the bili andi eight Democrats against it. The denators preseut and not vat ig were: P'oulists, 5, vir,: Allea Btler, Hsitfeld, Kyle and S er'art; eilver Republicans, 2, viz: Teiler and Damage:1 by that H ai Stones. Mr. R.C L Ca.mpbell relates some hertofore unpuibhsfed fac.s in con necton witn the temriic haailstor m ehch p'uaed over his plantation re cntly W ~hen the storm came up lhe n tes took refuge in a tenant haase, thte roof of which was supposed :o be firliy goodx. The nait beat thr-ough the covering wiLt suc-h forcs dat~ those inside mlad to crawvl useir wee ki:o ig. an-d left, and sonie cuing ca..ves were iutsedm so severcly Lat Laer did not nujv rYoeve for seveal ~days. Wh Lile trying t s'0 '-av was 1~-it ch a' spai i-id o-f rethan & '-ad -.bb . Ine d * r?cicew-sS of the- siLorm. fortanate-I v, wa conu to a comf parativSy n.-i area of cout ry.-Yrkille En Ar:- ,ted oua ,N .r T1 -ha Dr. W. . Meeder, a proYLn.cct e sa .edne ca f o uexpectead - a a~ eras a ed currmu- a -- - the bark b-iliu ra'' ' - n t &iiew ch -a Jee oe r ui..i.iee:ao udt no cpi-:ion. c0 ofr ?m- to the~ out 'c-mi of the etm SICKNESS AT CLEMSON. 0 C:.MMiT TEE OF STATE BOARD OF HEA'.TH INVESTIGATES. S.nitaryFrcantins In Certain Particular' Negi-c'ed--Tby Icommend Certain Ai:erati-ns ana Change-Think Vaca Mon Should be Had in Summer and Not Wintc r The committee of the State Board of lHalth made their reporc to Governor E!]ee e as to the causes of the sickness :at(Cl njson College, which is publish ed h rer'ith: T His E celletcy. Governor Eillrbe. Dw.r Governor: Your committee has the honor to report that in obedi ence to cur Exceliency's instructions ne ted ClemEon Agricultural Col les ard investigated the cause and carzczr of the prevailing sickness at that point and not hing remains but to render to you officially the results of o-r =xanination. Uopn our arrival at Clemson on Tuesday, the 27th of June, we were waited upon by President Craighead and the faculty, who expreed much gratilication a.tour arrival and an earn sot desire to give us all posiible aid in solving the serious problem by which they -ere confronted and which had excited painful apprehension through out the State. It may not be inele gant to refer to the extremely pictur esque appearance of Clemson Callege, crowning the gracefully undulating hills and standing an enduring monu ment to its founder, with silent and irretirtable eloquence in behalf of gen arations to come, who, sheltered in its beneficient arms, shall learn the lessons of stalwart, enlightened citizenship upon which our government must rely for neaceful. prosperous and happy parpetuity. In advanoe of making one tour of snitary inspection, we visited the ho; pital, in which there were a few pa itints, probably a dozn, some conva leacing and others quite ill. We re gretted the absence of Dr. Redfern, nimself sick, probably with the pre vailing fever, and we found Dr. Har din in cheerful and efficient discharge of the duties of resident physician. We were informed that approximate ly between seventy and eighty cases of sicknesss had occurred among the students within a few weeks, necessi tating the disbanding of the college. Of that number of fever cases not more than thirteen were of prolonged d aration and that several had died. The fever was thought to be "malarial" but there were two cases in hospitai concerning which there was some doubt but might be typhoid fever. As to the causes of this fever various theories were entertained. One theory was that the students had bathed in the river near where the sewerage emptied. Another theory was that a number of students had worked in the low swamp lands, rich in alluvial deposits, and had inhaled the noxious exhalatioins from stag nant water, thy cutlo of which had been recently checked by a darn. A third theory was that a large percent aze of the students had come from their homes in malarial sections of the State and that the latent material in Them had developed by a higher lati rude, by an excessive amount of work and the severe military discipline of in:n institution. Tnat tnese causes had gadually devital z 3d the students, rendering them easy orey to sickness The disproof of the first theory was that some of the sick students dis cihimed ever havingr been in the river. The second theory could nct hold be cuse the sickness was not entirely conined to~ the students who had worked in the swamp land, and in re py to the third theory it may be said th-at the sick students represented all sectious of the State. In the presence of so many cn fliting opinions entertained by gen iemnen of intelligence, discrimination and observation. your committee pro eeded to make a systematic and vii orous examination of every place and every thing which might possibly sug :et a clue to ithe solution of the prob lem in question. Your Excellency will recaiu the physical appearancs of Cemson, i:s hills and valley s, and the relative distances and positions of the various buildings. Taking the collwe building as a centre, it will be oser ved that the watershed of the hill unon which it stands causes a part of tie storm to fion nortn to the river, wst to the barracks and south and est through a gradually developed valley, round and about the datry and into the ravine which is the natu ral vent of most of the water of acja cent hIlls upon the east, north and sou thern .ides. On the northern edge of the ravine, in the valley, is located the dairy, a butilding probauly afty f.t square. The site upon whicn it sands~ hiad been a small pond which had~ been Mied in with deiris of varia b- charaicter, organic anid iniorganic, and had beea practically drained. B twen the dairy and the abrupt hills nrth there is a smnall space in which two springs rise. The laiger spring a sd to become muddy af ter a ramn. a- d ac-con'.in'iy it had been er~closea w1 m'rielt on jatee sides. Tue small er sprig4 beside the door of the dairy in incluied in a casing of impervicus uLterial aoout two feet in length by L'ne foot in width. This spring some :ux 13 milky arnd used exclusively in ursring the products of the dairy. The dy of our arrival it rained heavily, and the next morniung we traced the trm water fron the adjacent laills oer and ar-oun-. the imprfeccn strcted stormn dic ', be~sid the prnz and umon the~ lted alea o c lot( uy aapri s o h *hn-s~iw ttn o e bi mu'st be w 4ae by ac re c rra ae into the vall y adt thencC Y~ u committee in contnuance of te* duty exauinled the barracks in coistuctioni, in ventationu and in it S\stemn of se-werage. Mioisture is 'I a! ise tia eiene in the~ p cess 3 .) .e 2 yeiu n r.ngercu ;: in. the- sanitarian -adopts the rut elt tuasfrecum drcn r e ofcuada:~ .iour'~ . az n yoeing thentuae -o 'nr a o ad t' reien th.- omeran powers of the soil. by draica;'e a nd In ;he sPcond plaCe tr te L; .-m suires muct be lres:ted 1, fr al securit y. e i e e -r: cellers as usially cor .'ctd dom constitute a barie t: e ".se;ne o' air from t v"son. ar. c'ally so in bu;ns whic tire t ed artikLi. 1y, iu wih ce t superadded a sueid '.rce cye by; the asce: ng rarted _ Whi it is impossible to revent the serann of ground air, it c-;n by suitable dei ces be diverted into other and 1es hurtful chanre&, and its dar-grus influence ini-iz d. The foundation wall and the base ment flooricoc of 1le :'mIire b.aidind should rest upon a r' d o; impervi^um material, and should have ; entila ing chamber under the esire surface of the cellar floor separat- d f ern the basement by an intervening paveme'. The chamber should be connectd x i. h a chimney flue to corry off the air which rises in autumn, winter and spring. During the summer when the ground air sinks a current of fresh air hurries downward and rises to the heated surface outaide of the building. Your committee failed to find that thee ordinary sanitary requirements for protection against ground air and moisture had been met in the con struction of the dairy and the bar racks. In the matter of ventilatiocn, there is no adequate arrangement the barracks to get rid of the stagnant air charged with carbonic acid gas which must abound to an injurious extent in such an unscientifically con structed building with its hundreds of inmate In addition the waterdosets are improperly lhcated and should not be within the main buildings, for the piping for the disposal of excretion is liable to be deranged by the gradual sabsidence of the buildiLg, and by other causes, which may loosen the ijoints and allow the escape of sever gas. Assuming the number of in mates of the barracks to be 300, thie iggregate amount of said excreta for twelve months would nrobably be seven tons and about 12,000 ga llous of urine. To secure the continous and rapid removal of this excreta and to orevent pollution of air and soil by their ten porary detention, is an interesting problem in sanitary science. To ac complish this purpose the se vers must be perfectly tight throughout, so that whatever enters may pass to the out lEt without leakage. The movement throughout the sewver must be conu uous from head to ou'let without has: ing to putrify. Besides the sewer must be perfectly ventilated so that accumulated gasses may not form and force themselves through the traps to the dwellings. Adequa;e means must be provided for inspec:irk and flus ing the sewers. The size and for-n of which must be perfecty asdjied to its 11bshing apoliances, that ie usual dry weather fl)w may be made to keep it free from stilt and o:ar.J d posits. The following conclusias have been reached by your commnit:ee: First. That while it is not in coba ble that there has been some malarial fever at Ciemson, it is unquestionable that the prevailing fever is ty paoid. second. That the open privies have been the prime cause of infecti .. ani we vii, with suspicion the pro:uc.s of the uairy, of the mnufa ure e: which spring water at tat prace is asrd. There are several recomendations jyour committee would resp-ecill make. Discontinue the open prmeis absolutely, and by as'.stemo ob r have all the excreta from the~ va. iu ~residences be conducte3 to ter-r Meanrime enforce what is~ kowna he "dry system" weich consists ia the admixture of dri-d earth or coa ~aes with the excremen ia sucin quantiti-s for absorbing and r ducing it to an inodorouns and Mtrmi s forn Lhe mater~i mu.st be perectly dry and applied immediately ad i ai cient quantity to cover the exereti.ns and to remnove all di~~y of tbe m terial. The water close. aniool bU tahe from the liouse a'nd torugh rentilation insured.arnd shud 'fr q zently inspected and kept il malc working order. The dairy should be removed from ~its oresent site, and cnstructed z obedence to sanitary lawvs, and per haps it would be better to disconrinrc irs overations and avoid the~ pasibii ty of its posing as a factor in the pas session of diseases. Assuming that the barracks wil 1 be continued as a home for the studenas, the best recmmendati m we ein unas ito underdr'ein the narroc area b betwen the eas side .of the buildit and the high embankment, the 1atter to be faced with granite. An impr:>ged system of ventilation should be intro ducedi such as is use d in many instit tions North-for instance atJon Hookins University-by whi perfec veniation is obtained and regulAted at will. The most modein stem et sewerage should be used atLd to pre veut the possibility of contamination of the building by rnox'ou 'ga'se, th tvater closets should be deaho ' the building. The distant ena of 1h sewer at t.he edgec of Lhe river shul bsoarr2nge d~ as toesCme :Ub~er gec by rier water. andt p-0 '. i Otlic a We reco m dfrhe rmd stand pioni of sanitation) -a. aato Ivoor~I conite ar 3 ira i K.e blt.? ~ 'the :. :ae s a wia d iiu').iLs ofeU aina es n th caleg. Th en ufr& expeienc 't scm;aid~ 'aevluiad wi faaeve ad hoa rigi rowned is fn!!7 ., WPAHER AND CROPS. T CcNDITON CF THE STATE'S FARMING INTEREST. G.ral Ou'look-Weekly Bullotin of 1M zather nlaueau Issued Last Week by D1roceor tiner. T: f0!1Ning weekiy bulletin of the c "dtio n of the weather and crops o' e te issned last week by State Obrcer Bauer of the weather bu : , i be read wit h special interest in view of the severe hot spell of the The rek was a very hot one with maximu W tererature of 100, or a b7e, reported fromn every portion of the Sate excXt the northwestern and on the immaediate cast. The highest was 104 reoorted at Beaufort and Hodzas on July 3-d, the lowest 67 at Gr iiie on Jane 29. The average of 51 places reporting weekly mean temoerature is 85 5 while the normal is approximatly 80, the exess averag ing. 5.5 degrees per day. Twenty nine places reported temperatures of 100 or above. The rainfall came in scattered showers, though quite general, during the first of the week, but its benefi cial effects were largely negative by the extreme hest which followed. - Twenty-six measurements of less than 1 ine were received, 18 of from 1 to 2 and 6 of over 2 with a maximum fai o 3 25 a; Govan. The mean of all measurements was 0.98 while the normal is about 1 29. The sunshine average' 80 per cent. of the possible, the estimates ranging from 55 to 100. Destructive wind storms occurred in York near Leslie, Sumter, Berkeley and _ ..ea counties. Hail damaged tobac:o in Fiorerc , and injuring cjra and cotton in Clarendon, Dor chester, Pickens and Aiken. Wash ing rains in Greenwood and Laurens. Although the week was exceedingly hot and in places dry, yet on the waoe correspondents pronounce it a favorable one for the farmer, with many exceptions, principally on ac count of lack of rain, and extreme heat. The greatest need of rain exists in the upper Savannah valley, the ex tra me northwestern and northeastern counties, and in scattered sections elsewhere, but since reports closed qaite heavy rains have fallen over portions of the State, but whether the rains covered those portions most in need of it, is not known. Cotton is oloomino over the entire State and although tie stalk and weed continue small, is fruiting heavily. Gotton was damaged by hail in Clar ndon, Dorchester and Aiken coun ties, w niie from Berkely there are re ports of too much rain. Complaints of shedding, and that the plant has stopped gro .ving, were received from Clareadon, O:angeborg and Edgefield, and of grasy condition of fields from Barn well, Fairfield. Berkeley, York, Bamber, Hampton, Florence, Lew. oerry, Chester and Clarendon. How ever, farocaole reports preponderate .re-tly thcse to the contrary. Sea coton continues in splendid cndition, growing and fruiting well. ri&Ly tooacca is being cut and car c: bat its cuality is not good as the -aer pianuaug promises to be. Hail denaged this crop slightly in Flor Ie is ro wing well generally al :'roi~a tr' ields aire quite grassy, and et erpillars continue troublesome in y ac--, AZ tae tields are being fboded. S .ne potato slips 'are still bding set Ot anu ..ne crop is doing well gener Melons are ripening and being shipped bc tue crop is a small one in -tag ield and generally in size of tae el a Only a few report this cron u ti. a'.n average. ea doing well with generally -oo ...>ds. Are still being sown for .: s aljiV1. Army worms in gras la Carleso county. Gardens r.calr prts on the present con didas anc: prooatble yield of early corn wer rec aired, and indicate a m.ore promisg outlook than hereto ore. bat the~ anal results are as yet dejenaet on the weather for the next f s.The staiks are smaller than us* .an are tasselling 1low but have - aaclogeray.The stands of sonic seed and to the ravages of orstewet spring and poor prepa rai lland. Corn isearing heavily and in ex. ceAtional cases tne crop i~ made. Con dmon.i of corn not uniform, even in sone neigaocrhaoods. Uplands more eveu? tan bottom lands. Taking uresent condition as the basis of prob role yieldJ, and with "good corn weather" uatii tne crop begins to ma ture wuica viill be within the next six~ weeks, correspondents' reports may be gros -e into three divisions the first, ad amon'ting~ to 45 per cent. of the r-pr~ e .lante condition up to a full 2ca,: >pr cent, a fair crop, but m~t up :a eaerage condition and 20 pe e . poor crop. In York, Ches i reL easter, chinch bugs on - bacj .s"lands destroyed whole ils aniidaaged others materially. Cr planued late in May and during J e icon~ very promising but is not fa og advanced to estimate its poba ble tield, wnich will depend on we artr~ now on especially on hria ll. Tnis late crop forms a e z daaie prp~rtion of the total 10: the ' 3 1i. 3 .B Latlej ihn of Boiling -- u est tha; when orthe foliage c w ai generally i eh have jlst been receiv adering of the Indian pil n rur Sultan. 100 miles east of nd of oora, the firsr. ne ws of a a rought to Coliombo by the aw aOu ran :ntat company's e e akts, oa Jaue 15 last,show e riocat lwere-d from the a a sms ae. to pieces and all S-e ae by sharks in e emi'mgtU on ooard the nos on board the '-t others wno were T *'d a heir injuries e tieat. s v. heat out e.In (icag., s aJi:y 5, and a me terrible rays cadiu Cincinna'.i