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VOL. XVIII.MNJ~iS . W i)NESAYNAUGS 89.N.4 CG SP AT CIESTER. THE MOST ENTERTA!N NG MEETIlG INA M2NTH Versc!ty at (juesati'zn Fetween' S rait Rd McL'.:!u ard 31<L urin and Evae Ma3 field, Watsan and Cromt. The csmpaizu meeting at C' s'er WedncEdav was quite nive'y. a. far as the senatorial candidates wee c'^ cerned. As for the audience. it d d not seem to entl:se tc.o any exntan it was only ever- row ard tthen that the hearers wcu d aplaui It was during Mr. May :ld's speech ard the re paed chares that Mr. M' Lwuria was a Populi"ste Inri and that he had oiferd to ise - a Popuist manifesto that Mr. May Tidd said th:at he wowed again repat the clarge, now that Congies-:an Strait was pre sent. Strait and McLutin hah jemned up at the samei timxe and Srait said to McLaur?n to make his statemeot. Mr. McLaurin sa:d that in 1892 there were three or four parties favor ing the free coinage cf silver, and that it was his intention, with others, to try and gat all of these fo rces togeth er; that Tillman, Bry. and other leaders attended conferences to try and get the free silverites, the Popa lists the silver Republicaus and silver Democrats together, and that it was those foces he was trying to get con centrated at one of these conferences, ard sn address was issued. and he. Bryan and others signed it, and that he got members of the South Carolina delegation to sign it. At one of these conferences to get all the silver forces together he made a speech and said' that in .South Carolina everything was all right and there was no need in his State fcr a Populist party. What he wanted was to secure the election of Bryan. and in the last cam paign the free silver Republicans, Populists and all worked for Bryan. That was his sole purpose in advisirg any combination of forces or of doing what he did. As for South Carolina, everything the free silver people could want was to be had in the Demccratic organization and that was good encugh for him. Dr. Strait said he had hoped not to be drawn into the matter, but would say that the address Mr. McLaurin spoke of had nothing to do with the address spoken of to him and Talbert. When they were seated together, Mr. McLaurin came up to them and said: "Talbert, I want you and Strait to go in with me in the Populist party. The time is ripe, the current is high and the sea coming in. Mr. McLaurn-Dr. Strait, you cer tainly misunderstand the tenor of what I said. It would be remarkable, indeed, if I were to go up to you and make such a bold statement in such an off-hand way. kr. McLaurin went on to say that he had always talked to Latimer, Ta' bert and Strait along the lines of a union of the south and west as indica ted. He said he had favored to them an amalgation of the silver forces, but he never iroposed a Ponulist party or joining it. He said that Bowden had nursed him like a woman when his wife was also sick, and that while he was recuperating he begged and plead ,with Bow den and had tim to confine his fight to the national electors, al though it was Bowden's intention to run a State ticket, and that it was only by hard work that be had spared the State such a fight as North C'aro lina had experienced- He nad Bo w' den amend his platform and cut out the par looking to a State fight. Dr. Strait said that it occurred to him as strange-at the time that Mc Laurin should have made such a state ment to hims in an off hand manner, especially as he, too. was under the charge of being a Populist and was "blacklisted" for it. Mr. May field then closed by saying that if the other congressmen would not prove the charge he had made, he would withdraw from the race, and ii the other congressmen substantiated' 'what Dr. Strait bad said, then Mc Laurin should withdraw from the race. In the course of Col. Irby's speech he was talking about the chae of McLaurin that the people repudiated Evans for having ben"rammd dowvn their throats," and that McLaurin supported him with all this. Mr. McLaurin said he did not ; thst I he voted for Duncan on the first bal lot and fcr E irle on the second ballot. Evans-Ycu swore to me that y ou would vote for me, and that you did later.I During McLaurin's speech hecx-I plained that while he was in the mountains he received a te:erram from Evans and another from Neal, adking him to support Evans. He ex pected to do so, but when he heard that Tillmnan was going to write s let ter, he advised against it and wrote against it, and if the let;ar bed r come out he vwould have gone to Marlbooro and have worked in a quiet way for Evans. After the letter he vote d for E trle. "Then I have given v ou credit for 'what you did not do," said Evans. "A fter the letter, you promised to vote fa r me." Mr. McLaurin said he did not. Later on Col. Ir by wanted a direct af firmative or negative ansa er from Mr. McLaurin as to whether or not he was in favor of the dispensary or wheth er he would support free raw material in a Demnccratic ad.minis tration, should one be had. McLaurmn refused to answer in a moncsylable, or, as he said, to have the answer put in his mouth, ajnd so there was another tilt as -to whether McLaurin should be permitted to an swer in his own way or not, and Co!. lr Dy refused to have an answer unhs it was yes or nay. Mr. May field. aharged Col. Neal with the parentage of the ouery in The State of todaiy about supporting J. Bel ton Watson for certain oflices. He said that he aid have a conversation with Mr. Watsor, but most positively denied that he c iered Mr. Watson the support of Evanr, I by orany one else. Be did tell im teat he w ould not like to see him run for railroad caim missioner, becauZse of h's f riend Crum, and that he had always looked upon Mr. Watson as his brother's friend. and he would wager that Mr. Watson never stated what was credited to him in the paper. Mr. McbaurmS said he did not know who did the fuhiig and who shed the first tears in the trace between trans and Irby. . irby said it was Evans who cid tce the first falling McLaurin-I think Evans on~wit to bs ve done it. Cal r. sai in talking of Evans' r e r him. ui that :e not beiji mm~zled, ed that he w' ia T on ! ~rz-. it~. TZ.. Tel Ct ere seKcorivem n i.s ccn id be h a. ,;d :... e s' r )oltCa! dsdy. for . _ w . tas ~ ~ ~ ~ i en and Poh ya al. MLuinhadsn e TMe to i- fore eced1 daingt the DLr ton rebellion, a 1 i H r ;srr -;a aone t;' 'r. cLaurin sat '-' .e s fere, and that tre was o 1hel ' a put a thn e had often drocted ad e did rt t eiire was prin ' ernor Erans ( gave a hl i^ fl.Vj I 1,Q a v"c. t) hier abo&ut hi' uentoilw -r:1 "ea, he said, went toE i and: he had ber U0Ta rm J F"r r Evans said he aid Gc car' who tie Leaers were for, he was going to run. Tillman telegraphed for him t^ oco e to the marsion, and Tillmran told him the leaders were against him and he had better not run. He told Til"man that he was going to rug: and that the leaoers could not stifle tthe reol1e, and he went to Washington to see the congressmen and explain mat ters to them, all the while deternintd to make the race before the nrople. He said that he nrst 'buted" the March conventiou. and that the Colle t-f plan was not grten up in his in lir. McLaurinsocke tcday and was lustily cheered when he started, and on con cluding he dealt with State matters fur some tgne ard Cevoted much time to c'enouncing bcs,ism and said that the people had rep'.diat-d it. and would do so again. and tst Irby need not boast of what be had done to make certain otffces. He never be lieved the Reform movemen: depnd ed upon any one man In his Tgeneral discussion. he said that cheap clothes were due to the money situation, and not to the Wil son bill. In closing he siid that if he could not get cffi'e escept by try ica to blacken the caarac:er an Demo crecy of others he did not want it. He ran and wantd election for him self on his record. He justiied his vote for the Tillman -Lattrmr bil a, for State's rights, and said he would do so sgain. He said be al 'ay s op posed the Populist party at hoLe and rationally. Mr. May field in addition to his gen eral line today, charged that there was a combination in the interest of Mc Laurin, and that it was made by the press generally, Tillman and the State ad ministration. He elaborated this idea which will be given later. He especi ally denounced The Record for what it hsad done against him, and said that it was under the money conirol of Neal, Edlerbe and Meudar- His speech was well received. Col. Irby started out with the pro position that hie wouldoor ze Re-?~ publicanism of McLaurin. Ihe ab breviated statement about what he said about the price of goods may have been misleading, but what he held was th?at on account of the free raw material schedule in the Wilson bil cothes were cheaper than they had bern and, wculd be soon again in years. As to records, he said that he was getting McLaurinL's and thouzht he could show up with him as to an'seataentsm. Mc Laurin in 2oing back on i.ee raw ma terial, had gone back on the card i-al principles of the party, which he had never done. Sovernor Evarns spoke last anad to a! tired audience. He said he never went back on his fr-iends, and even! his enemy, The News and Cuurie r, said he did Dot go back on his friends and that they knew what to expect of him, which was not the case wuh ML Laurin. Af ter goir'g over how he came to r-un for governor, he said that if he had been wilin~g to have gone bark on Juzdge Wallace he could have been elected attorney generai instead cf Judge Wallace, but he never went c.ack on his friends. and McLauria was1 elected for supporting Pope and he (Evans) had gone on Mcbaurin's bend f or attorney general, and had, it ap peared, been repaid for his friendship. All about McLaurin not supporting him was a revelation to him. Mr. Evans stated that tbe new tariff would raise the price of sugar from two to five cents per pound. He sa.d that McLaurin was hacking pleading' the baby act by crying combination. He went over most of his tariff and raw material argument, which was very well received here, and he was heartily applauded. Death in Cowbidee.I Within the last fe w dassfour deaths have occurred among the Fails Creek - tannery employes, two nules fromi Dabois, Pa., and several others are reported very ill. Somec time ago the taunery company received the first invoice of 100,000 hides imiported from China. Tne hides were starrudi throcugh the process of tastingr and the igqaors drained into the creek. Not long after wards several head of cattle running at large died erd u p to the present time ascore have gotne tol the bone yard. It wasdiscovered that the cattle drank water from~ the cree. Some of the tarnnery employes arei subsequently taken sick and four have ba-re died so far. Investit~ation re -esled the fact that the hides were in fected with antarax bacteria. Only one man who has been atl.cted hia recovered. The disease proves fatal in five to eight days. Considerable alr exists at Fall Creek over the fa taffe.icts arnd possihie spend otr te disease. Secretary A. Hi. Sce eW Uesd sent diomasto ai s:c salcn-i tiou on the bour bocks whch- ds triuted yearly for ruat purpe. T' ocks that have been chs- byth committee this year are: "na-eci Li~ of Surface," by Prof. Rihar Ey: "With the Poets," by- Arcad'ace Farr; "LArchitcCts of Fe," -ys D.i O. . Martea; "Oar Lord'......, Re\. Dr. Rooertson. A tncusand leaguers wrote on tee examinatious ts year. la~ rroulue Aneinz. A special to the Aie Lierald from unta\-iUk. Ala., tells of the lilingi of* a s3 l :ig f or a n incKOn a:sinest eI a;Ms di. -a asT i. esua, of A-.iy ae . lages .isolvency.Teasoito A r-AMAT:;, isc:: T AT U S CAY MEETING. n i t .- p'aued. ade i t ' cVa L:mis ri -a: :n . ha'h conl T be f::vtd - K. F-. 'S r ous ,i ot.h rs tat have betn 'y -- a ' at Ycr l:vii ie' : dram ie. vrre E sut ae so-mne re nie&e frdm t e :aemn \f tdhe;at C.: . .1t t n'? s.-I "' !N l the au.b:S ' e CO urt I-cuse "_rit. i t c :: .x Firs cf dalyl, 7i:nl pro Mr: i.. McL on b chiraroina po h tiring to cirt nize t ltpuistart ir. this State an-t then to redeem his 'iet e made ad Chester W Tdnesda Gornrill withdre from the race. It was utnexp cted. The style, the pro vrcation and th e co:nsumm-aticn are tienuuul sSuhCroiapl~s thatL i~t ma~de it e^ll the more start lin,, atnd wheo Mr. Maylield co::cluded ie vas cheered to the echo for the poit:o n re unad taken. Then came Goivernor E.223. wn~o threw un:usal ire, and, as Mr. McLaurin <id, ''un warrarned ptrsonal ieeling" iSto his Mr. Er.s sr ke longer than usual ! soe-h ;std was be ud deterlire: tut h ne ro ei his tiptces to :nihsize -: st heo regared as lte lac! of :oral :v on the part of MeLaurin to his friends an-d ti s false position. Tnie ex onerati'g s'iteaent of Mr. Mairie: a.d the severe arraignment of Gover nor Evans had spurreid Mr. McLaurin up to a decided pitch. He had said not:"r fron his se.t and when he arose it vwas iain to see th:-t be was ecing to make one of the soeeches of jis life, which he did. He spoke with all the ardor and feeling that be had and at one time during the read in of a letdler from Congressman Bailey, jtiyicg his vote on the wool sche dule, he gasped for breath and came very near reeling over but he manned himseif and went on with even more than his wanted visor ar.d it was out a minute after he fell to thez 12-: like a lo, compieteIy exhausted. It :as the wcra of condlicting emotion, exer tion and the heat and it took nitro giyceriue tabl:s to enliven the slug gish heart. It was, however, nothing erious and soon after Mr. McLaurin w~as taken to his hotel, where he re cunerated. Tnen Col. Irby, one o the central fizures in the play of the day. was ab sent. A severe attack of cholera mor bus had incapacitated him from atten dance and he. too, during the after noon was sutficiently recuperated to be out. Bat the incident of the day was the Mr. Mayfield had made his oustomary soecc', attacking the tartd views of Mr. McL'aurin and insistieg that he was not now nor never had been in a comi:cation. When he went on to1 say t-tat yesterday and on previo.us occastors lie had charged McLaurin 1 vwith having written the Popuiist piat form and a::empting~ to crganize that panty in Smuth Carolina. At Spartan-I bart he diied the c:harze but after getting wa: he re-gardele asfutr evidence, as weil as that yesterday ofl Dr. Strait, he would withdraw from tie race and if he nroved them Mc Laarin himself shouid withdraw. He said he madec the chariges in gocd faith and that he never misrepresented any one. He was now satisfied from what be had heard and from conclusive proof shown him by McLarin, that! 'he did dietate the Popuuist platform' and that McLirin did succeed in strik ing out that portion relating to orl eaiznion in this S:aie and to M. McLauria more th:an any one ehse was due the credit that tnere was noPp ist iight in Sou.h Carolina. He ce-' lieved that the statement made by D:. Strait was correct as he unders:ood i t,j but Le farther believe-d that Mr. Mc Lauria was telling the truth. He no:; saw that Mr. McLiuria rather tha~a violate personal atfairs had declined to make any statement and with con-I c-usiv-e proof that he no .v hsad was1 wiling to say that he hid miisrepre sented MoLaurin and to add that he nad worked to prevent thedestructica of the Demacc:-atic party in this State. He then said that mn view of what he had stated at Chiester and for personal reasons he would announce his with-i drawal as a candidate for the United States senate. Tnis, Le said, was not i-n the interest of Mr. McLaurin, Mr. Evans or Col. Irby, but because he! thought it was rigat an be seh mreat what ne sid Hsid he hiad not mentioned~ h:s intention of with drawing exc-ept c-omaidntaliy and didj not expect any mue' on of ni as"i was unwarranted. Hl wiuld n-t waive ais hand for or a.a.e any ca?andate for he ditffrAd a'ien - ox :aeal on! so-ne amiers a . se :~ dth r all mn of-"siit- &- d tue, vitna beautuali pe'r-r-'o a'-~s to the~ orig'hter ad tann his udice an t:'e Mr McL aurin, as Mr. 1ay Seld was: wlkin: back u fus se- e iin. ciasped hishand andi thaLk-d nc o v1hat ne had said Mr. 'ayvicld, iu hs speech at C(J -MLaa ce s out th-at the.-e is .i-'-'-t nibecaus-e he is w-ro'~ o the tari f . u te - a hch p Cm ' n dissns~v t 1: E e ou aun tlL anu ecae neis o..aDeo t.I 'he e'>s ;Upomntohuacm te .Itu Us emo7Cd of.....p..ess o io, Wha is tz:ean for iis standtfrgreato r:eo wni a Tillon rm tI se. rin eceted is case McL n is pl'edgd b his -t t l Tilman pass an " ta ^""^ttil ^,- '.h cargr^'iess wh'ich to be con - din t Csrolrfor rears to :. ii.ant. n -ow full c ell that C: nc~ gt tise;irrn 1^d .:nt t:hrougid re the Courts cann:t Ierrre r!: ?ih disper: ;ryf La ar hre W r :at- it exedi (n hri '-.'ior d n:s to ce"r~. fe krno'n ^ full well en t as ia athnaugh s*t d; io -redr b ' the cour's r: tat edenL his t~st instutiof il re ..Av n e c:i No n .er can intea k .t h i:. T silr an k o v Tce-'' rill eiou,t for itard work wih hi:n cget this am endpent through con n ress, .or h both votd and 'worked for ii het .and dtrine this cm'iDn n L urin has aid that he ,,S~ in frr MCoTrf passIntr the ariend r-e t. itk, Tilman :t nee Cs that if 'ol t& tre tatdo ay bay the cr pas1 r:? Qand the ... ps thatiI :m ele c.d to toe aerate instead of '>rul, M cLaurin never oas it. ai Tilb~nso is playvir,,; a shrand hand to keep his di pe::sry as an issue for 10-00. If the dispensary goes down Tillman will he without a State issue. If all factions wart to play into Tillman's Land let them vote for McnLourin's election. if down t a keep the dispensary on our people, let them v ote for McL iurin. It rests rith the people of the State to say by their votes hether or not they w i l vote Tor McL aria and ther eby perpetuste othe dispesary. "To ul itcLaurin throgh Tiinn ecmies into this campi gn for McL u ri wil. hNex him to ht his ll thrugh cobress. Thouohh Tilltesn oromised keep;i , his niands off ini this Flectien, he hs not done so. But by enterina th.tis carnpaig;n arnd throwing hislenh aint me. antagonzes my pos itin. 1 notice illaman sa s he il rbign his position to run for gov ernor next year before he will see the dist usary go down. I take up the challenge and dare him to enter to up hold the dispensary. Now, I am against the dispernsary. I am entered saaisist it and will never stop fighting until the State goes out of the liquor business. Tillman will rnever dare to rat for governor on the dispensary issue. Eli he-r Tillman or his repres=_n tative will be beaten by the votes of the people. Next wear this fiht wil be made with all the power that can be brought to bear." Then, after the band had played its installment, Gov. Erans took the floor and said thte audience had just witnessed the dramatic retirement of e good friend Maydayeld, but that he was satised that he woud pick his flunt and try i,. again. A tublc oTfice was, he said, a public trust, and ifMavtied had any conclusive proof at cleared McLaurin of the chare of Populism tha t ibelonged to the public. The people were the mastars and entitled to this information. He said it made no difference to him what rit t hought, for Strait was an henrable man and so was Ltier Ms :blr sand they i)LEd hat reat the charges made yrsterday, and. mnoreover, kThat man" approached him and for more than an hour tried to ure him dvans) to join ln the populist party with hin. About this time there was consider able oulausi for Mr. McLiuriu. also vaos, and a few hisses Evans quickly ook itunansai thawt nond oul scae him rand thait he oul tal a the abet aetb oser andntsc pol.H oeten to ose thi Matedhdn rightad to ndit n a lettigh in whish he ruldrodc the prof.n Stion had atid. ui en i rTcen Erna-pd asrh aeto himrtan wuand oanw how he iuld walev M;houin and alsroe Stoait. nto nwas that deiunia ore against ean uced ian. preven ha kPifed mit neorganiio hir Sor ayolina. Banden ott the stred f a t sold moy e could swi inltce P opulds sea. an whoen Bgedea, wotas otllar-u Mc to ia irt, ter go ofhiaPpuks hern sw. G--~a eor Evans th~ en went oay that h~ rtan boant the basi o gven e nd haet to Cslea pa wa. adsvcag fby DKane and At the outse, eaid to.onha TlMa wa a sendh- dwas getoint whic he repudate the Mawrchd con vet, and that Mt-cL aurin went all racad aifter *~ he cam Io Spartan b~urnd saiw mow te ad was~d day e ad san. Wraie hed vnied1 voe ainst mwc Waace coldphae been~i anrney geeral fr). itwans offe eto e tirrit, auta Ifee r go ackon ou~Mc~Oaria'h o-ciaroud andue wa still o it. Tne h'aen on~ to pa E>.rit u, an said thaat noi only ha M Ltria ol im inat e was ginto vo fr eei-a batt itEnro had as f .i-.:d. A U, Eied.ld wa* LI :i bel Ev. ans o.uiit on hole,' an yeLte day -e a sad inat4 had voe o th taitiaudfre a traateri:. psrtidIu w.ih hoe viosly-?? arge sed o be taingle abot the brand. ed s st ar.d Reoubiican. As a ratter cf f ct ever y Reforr coneress tr an in 182 was elected on the Ocala tform, which was adcpted as the f:ste platforrn, and that was in sub seic" the Pep:list platform, and why he l ok nov b eii'gPld out lto e bra'.ded t s a aPpu he dd no, knrow. He was pi dgd 'nd did work for six long : Ls tr conoine every influence to seer tliree s:kver, and i he was mnore rO;:nisent in this wcrk it was not his fi:t. From the first moment he saw !h it the: only hope was in a combinea in of the free silver forces, and he worktd to that ead. As to his record itneded no vindication, and he had been f "r encugh in this campaign to see that he would be elec:ed by a big matsjority. 1uch appliuse 11H said he was sick and tired of having, to mke explanations, for everybody knew tint be was rnot a protectionist, t hat he was not a R publican, t;.at he been elected four times to con ss, that he had been elected attor ney general, and there was no use to rag hi downa to get his salary. The pNople were not going to elect some-' body else on charges against him. He then went on to explain his tar iff view and his position against free raw material as heretofore, and on' reading a letter from Congressman Bailey, in which it was stated that they bota voted for a reduction on wool, Mr. McLaurin had to pause for a moment or two to gain strength wita which to go on. Mr. McLaurin said that Evans may sneer about his I iicking the feet of tne Yankee nation atnd voting for Texas wool, but South Carolina had to remember tnat this was not tte timne to build walls around this State, but that mei r1th big, broad ideas had to come to t e front. Hs :yid be ra no re: a.n to lug in this i';ustuuiiess. Dr. Strait jsmpedt u;; ad sa:d: --Do you deny it: ' Sui of the cro vd cered to hem to sit down; that it was none of his business. Dr. Strait said that he was afraid of no body and Mr. McLatrin invited him to say whatever he wanted to, and went on to say that he had no recollection whatever of having told Strait with what he was credited with saying, and then Mr. McLaurin asked Strait to re peat exactly what he had said at Ches ter, whicn Dr. Strait did, which was that McLauria had told Strait and Talbert that the time was ripe to jAn the Populist party and so on. Mr. McLaurin said tnat he had never thouaht of organizing a Populist par ty and again related how he, Sitley, Tillman, Bryan and others had work ed to get the free silver Populists, Re publicans and Democrats to unite forces. Evans and others seemed to forget that last year they were crying 16 to 1 or bust, and he wondered if tnis was true Democracy according to their present notions. Dr. Strait wanted to know - hether McLaurin charged him with saying anything about these matters and Mc Laurin said he never heard Strait say anything about anything. McLauria went on to say that it seemed bad enough for him to have three oppo e is constautly jumping on him, and now for a congressman to folio w him around in his district was most uncharitable. He would promise that when tue party arrived in his district they would be treated with absoluto cordiality, Mr. McLau rin said that he supposed the conver sation referred to was about the time of the Willard Hall conference. D r.j Strait said that it was not. Dr. Stratf said that he was not at that conference. McLaurin-But I was. (Xpplause.)j McLaurin went on to say that at th Willard Ealt conference Senator Ste art jumped on him arnd he there tol him that there was absolutely no place in Soath Carolina for a Populist par tv and that he would have none; and that the Democracy answered every purpose for him. What he thought tae people wanted was a live, active, itelligent and energetic repersenta tive, and they would put the hand of tlthction on a nonemity who acted as, a bist ting bicck. (Maoch applauso.) M4r. Miaytietd had toduy done a nobles and cntvalrous act (enach applause) and fle had set an eramnple of honor, rath and r iress which he hopeti otners would imitate ,vhen they be came cnymeed of the error of their way. He then related at length what he had said about the Populist plat form, his personal relatnonship to Bowden, and Low he refused, al though permitted to do so, to say any-i ting about this matter until. ne was goaded so at Chester that he could nol onger restrain himself. He said triat he nad been hurt, and that it seemedl to himn that some of the other candi dates looked upon him as a wild beast whom they could goad and tully and nag with one question after another, and though they might sho w that he1 had the bleckest heart of any man, he did not see how that would make them at to fill his place. As to the Popu lists, he never belonged to that narty, b-ut tie had respect for them for they mrade a tight for conviction, albhouzih the..y knew they would Iese. Hie said 'r. May deid camne to his room last nizat aind told him at he s tt truth tiring in ins face when he made hisi statement, an~d t.aat ihe must tell himn o, and that he would always have re s.ec for ~ uh an >onor&ble msau. He~ *-id that whenever he fei:, any ill fee! iug, to.'rarJ any one ne :ried to pluckI :t out of nis heart, anti thae he bore no~ Il or p Lrsn! ellsig to Erans when~ Gov. Evans-A~nd I never shaoved you any. McLurn-Nat untii today, a::dI Mr. McLaucin closed byv apiingfl his peita i' the- last senatoril race. -w: r th ets otidt os.H "a)so~: r '- is in ' --e n sid at i ha se.da his Cregth bu:a' ae-a n \ad no5 in.eret in I~ ig.. r . J n-iuri close ambid inie o ar p Li paer hese fon c'.nesary to give him ,1 - c.ajd be e:peld otter, la wrin Ma dc as waa shot and instantur killd and Watson miortally WEATHER AND CROPS, THE CONDITION OF THE STATE'S FARMING INTERESTS. The General Outlook-Weekly Bulletin of the Weather Eurean Inned Tuesday by Dirccor Bauer. The following is the weekly billetin of the condition of the weather and crp3 t State issued Tuesday by State e Esuer: T'IPERATUIE. The first of the week was hot and sultry, with desic::ating winds, but on the Gth there began a decided fall in te-nperature with generally cloudy and rainy weather for the remainder of the week. The mean temperature for the week averaged over one degree per day above the usual,the weekly mean hav ing been 81 while the normal for the same period is approximately 79.5. The normal temperature from now on will decrease at the rate of about one de;ree per week for the remainder of the month. The maximum tempera ture for the past week was 100 report ed from Beaufort on the 6th; the mis mum was 58 reported from Florence on the 7th. PRECIPITATION. There were scattered showers on the 2d accompanied by high winds and some bail in the eastern portions, and on the 0:h a general rain set in which covered the State frcm U.:ogee to the sea, g'nerala light over the western cou-1ies ard heavy over the central and southeastern counties. This rain w-ashed some lands badly in Barnwell, Saluda and Newberry. Nineteen places reported measurements for the week of less than an inch. 14 of from one to two inches; and 17 cf over two inches. the average of all measure ments being 1.56 while the normal for the week is about 1 46. The rain of the latter portion of the week was generally Leeded, and as it was followed by cloudy, cool weather wijl prove highly beneficial. The greatest amount reported was 4 23 at Charleston. There were several winds, notably on the 2.1 at Charleston and on the 6th at various points in the northwest ern counties, the latter blowing down corn, breaking fruit trees, etc. Hail fell on the 6th in Greenville, Saluda and Laurens; 2d in Barnwell; 1st in Newberry doing but little irjury and that confined principally to cot ton. The weather during the greater por tion of the Y.eek was nearly or quite clear and generally cloudy on the last two days, the average per centage of sunshine for the week was about 79, which is considerably above the nor mal. CROPS. The greater portion of the week was hot and dry, and cro.s over the east era portions of the State lost condition very fast, but the general rain of the 6:h came opportunely and greatly re vived all failing vegetation and al though the weather becane unusually cool, the temperature began to rise again before any damage resulted. Young corn had begun to fall rap idly, but aside from the slight check in its hererofore rapid growth its con dition was not materially impaired. Some leaves were sunburned and dam aged as fodder. Fodder pulling is making rapid progress. Corn is ap parently filling out quite well, al though there are a number of reports of thme ears beiug smaller than usual. The first of the week was too hot and dry for cotton which lost candi tion, due to excessive shedding of leaves, squares, and in a few instances. of young boils. The plant turned yel-1 low and appeared to be dying. The greatest injury occurring in Hampton, Drchester. Colleton, Berkeley, po r tions of Williamsburg, Orangeburg and Sumter counties, but reports of like deterioration came from the east ern portion of the State generaliy and frorn many aections of the western norton. Premature opening was also report ed, but this was Jargely checked byj the timely ruins and cooler, cloud y weather. ~Picking has begun activelyf in the extremne eastern counties, out! will no.t be general over the State forj soe timex to come. In Eligefield county black spots have apneared onI the bolls, having the appearac of rot, and atrecting the liat and seeds The disease is nesv to the region, andi is not yet very prevalent. Ther-e are manyv reports of excessive -weed" without a corresponding pro portion of fruit. while small cotton is generally heavily fruited. The Jully crop is fully up to an av erage ove-ra large portion of the State and in York, Anderson and portions' of other western counties better than for many years. Taking the entire State, the present conditi' '. accordiig to special reports. c~lmlPres favorably.7 witr the crop of recent years at the samc datL. Tobacc> cutticg andi curing is pro greaiag favorzal acdisnarn cmpletion. Worrms rre dietrosing~ yung, tobacco in places. Ric hs hading and esthes: 1s ri ea in very fast; harvesting~ wil bei ' u te p~resent week. Ric am t'ens its average high condi1nn eet over imited. areas. Tae late ra was very beecial to upland ric. P-s are )o rrin ver'y well, at though injured in places by the recent~ no weather.~ Peavine hay promises a eavy crop. Tu raips-eding continues and is fa rard by the prese at moitt condiizn of nae around. irly so en turnips~ di not co ne up t. a ood staar's. S vceet* smtoes are doing exceeding C~aaiir s of grapces roztng con inu'es. 'me nmig 'riil smij b. XA-'le are not uniform over u -i. SomeC late peaches are a :ae' dadn ailed rapidly. Hsy is aI '.'"v crop' grineraiiy. $sgar caei lookng vry pomisng.Peanuts~ mio rs uee esdring the: Mtother and Dau;;;her. Mrs. Tolr ni'e l2-year-old aghe wee ru over Cnd kiled oaj a tratl at Re dpig, N. C., byth 'ra froma Fai erle The mn ther ncting to~ reu e- rl h nto fragmets, pehp aLftebd droppng through the cr-ossues mi3 th-e etrem below THE GREENVILLE EJN!CN. A G neral Od. r imaa: .r. moft s G imr . Below is ;iven a copy f a (-r eral order w'h'ch hs j;st btan issud Gen. Walker iu rem , t te cr- e i aDnuai reucio:Gn of e C(nf- d ra'" veterans in Gree vci: e. E e il e k special interest to the ve'.e ar s si! ove r the State: General Orders No. 3i. I. The v:arm hearted atd hcspitable people of Greenville are making e-rery arrange-er-t 'or the comfort and en tertainment cf the veterans of the dlivi sion. and for the success of their an nua1 reunion. Aug. 25, 1697. II. Camps are Earnestly urged to send as lsrge delegatiocs as possib e. The low: rate of fare, one cent. per mile for the round trp will enable thct'sand^ frcm all parts of the Sae to a!! d :nix, which bids fair to be the grunst reunion of old Con fed-rates ever i.-ed this State. III. The convention will c -nvene promp:.ly at 10 a. m.. Aa. 25 at tze hall in Beattie's building, corner of Maii ar.i Washington streets. 1V. The headtquarters of the division will be in the same building. Ali veterans are requested to register there before the meeting of the convention. and secure their badges entitling them to Leats and other privileges .of the reunion. V. Committees of the home camps j will meet veterans on the in coming I trains as well as at the depot, and .oive all information and assistance in secur ing lodging, etc. Camps will please advise Gov. W L Mauldin, chairman. of the number and names of delegat es inorder that they may be assigned q,:arters on their arrival. It will greatly facilitate the work of the kcd , committee and the com'ort of the ! delates. if this is attended to. VI. Sponsors of the various camps autnorized in general order No. 231 will please report on arr iv l to Co.. James A. Hoyt. Each camp is earnt estly urged to have a sponsor. Camps will please carry their camp flags or I banners, as they may be needed by the 1 spomsors. VLI. During the reunion, at a time i to be fixed hereafter there will be a re union of the old South Carolina com mands of the Confederate army by brigades bringing together comrades I tro-n the various commanas. VIII. It is hoped that all counties having three or more camps not yet organ'zed itto regiments, will do so, and report to these headquarters before the reunion. The majr general com manting urges this formation of re;'i ments, and of many neighb orhr::i1 camps, as the surest -ay of bringin6 all of the veterans of the division into camps and of keeping up their inter-st in cur worthy crganiziaio, and its laun.le obj:cts. IX Camips in arrears for their dues to :i:? division for the years 1895-96; and 189$-97, either or both, will please send th-ir delegaions prepared to pey their dues of 5 cants per annum per comrade. By command of Major General C. rvine W aler. James G. H'moe, Adjutant General, Chief of $tff. THIS SETTLES IT. A D :c:etas Order and an Irj action Issued I by Simonton. There no longer seems to be the shadow of a doubt as to what Judge Simonton meant by his construztion of the meaning ot the term "original1 nackage." He Tuesday issued a decre tal orotr in the case of Guckenheile& & Sons, which settles the issue as to wheinher his definition included liquors shipped in carload bits. Tse facts! were in this case that the shippers de-! livered the bottles to the railroad corn pany-each marked but not wrapped-i and they were packed in the car in sawdust by the railroad company and delivered to the agent in Fiorence. When the opinion was filed there at| once arose considerable doubt as tojI whether Judge Simonton's definitiou! cvered such a shipmenst. Taeay the attorney s in the c:.se apoeared be fore Judge Simsonton in Greenville I and he issued the following order, which sho ws very clearly all that he; inte:ided to envey in his deinition of the meaning of the term: Uai:ed Scales of America, Dlstrict oa o South Carolina. In tae Circuit | Court. In Egqaity. Fou:-th Circuit.'j S. G-ackenheimer, A. S. Guckenheim-; er ad M. S. Guckenheimner, co-part-j ners trading as S. G-uckenheimaer & Sons, complainants, against W. W. Srilers, F. M. Davis, er.. al , defend-I ants. Decretal Order. This cause came on to be heard on1i the bill, the rule to show cause and the return thereto. Hearing the sa~ne, and the argument of the coun~sel there so, and af ter due consider"o there-6 of, and it having been alleged in the' il ar d shown at the hearing by ati*i avit that each of the bottles of ligqaos mentioned in the papers was shipped and delivered to the common carrier, ingly, sealed and marked, or in packages of two or more bottles se :uely fastened tocgetec and niars~d, ard transpor:cd in a cair of the curfir, Uad u der control of thLerira:.j so received i-cmn the carie aL 'd off ur s~e la the S e of Saut C aro in he sam'e form and condui' ia whi.h it was sipped, and >e1 n le o package of two or m:eb~h 3 aL.aresaid ws .and .is a n o .iad .aaaewthin~f th cope an eaid~ >f tae opinion Siled in this c'tse da~-u I;irderd adjudged and d"red th..a nporary l'janccion doinu: aao this c.aus at th.Cs xd r of the court. A s a::cialto t : CA .i o' ad. . be i.n -h er was 65 years old.8 A MERITED FATE. MS3S KITTiE HENDERSON'S ASSAIL ANT H A.NGED BY A MOB. Th,, c i3:ate's Victim Witnessed the Pr' crttri -HFow He Was Captured fr< ri *ic O5iccr3 w:ho Were Endeavoring to SphlIt Him Away. Oa Sanday Bob Brachett, on his way to I''v township from Asheville, met pretty Kitty Henderson, a daugh ter of a vwell to do and respectable far mer living near Weaverville, eight mites norta of Asheville. He choked her into irsensibility, outraged her person and left her unconscious. In a feT hours bands of men were lookine 'or a negro answering the meagre de seriotion "Miss Enderson was able to give in moments of consciousness, but it was not till Tuesday that he was our d 30 miles away at the home of a negro preacher, in bed. He made no resistance and confessed he was the man wanted. He was at once taken to the home of his victim and the young lady reaffirmed positively that he was the man. The crowd outside had by this time learned of the negro's identification and loud cries were raised against him. Deputy McDon:d stated to the crowd that the negro would be taken to Asheville. "I will pledge myself that the commissioners will call court the first of next week for his trial," said the officer, and with his captured negro stepped out of the house. As the negro stepped from the door, Miss Henderson aopeared on the step and exclaimed: "I prayed in my help :essness that God would spare my life aid send friends to avenge me and now they have come to help me. You may hang him or burn him," and she fell bad into her mother's arms, half unconscious. Cries arose, "Hang him", "Burn him." Deputy Reynolds broke into the din with the remark: "Men, if you hang him, you are all known and will be tried for murder." "That's all right," replied the mad. dened crowd, "we will take care of that." Bat there was a waver of hesi tation when Walter Vandiver, a pro minent citizen of Weaverville, rose in his stirrups and with a few ringing words asked the men to save the fair na'ne of the county from such a crime. In the hesitation of the moment the negro was thrown on a horse back of the deputy and the 300 men of the neighbornood falling behina, the offi cer and prisoner came into Asheville, where, tarough a crowd numbering perhaps 1.000, he was taken to the county jaiL Oa the way in the negro acknowedged that he was Miss Hen derson's assailant. The mob broke into the jail and commenced to batter down the steel doors that led to the cells. The doors s ,on yielded and it was then discovered that Brackett had been spirited away by the officers. All the other prison ers in the jail were liberated. Parzuit c the cffl ers was at once commenced and a crowd caught up with them at Terrell station, on the Southern'rail way, IS miles east of Asheville, early this morning. Brackett was taken from his pro tectors, but the mob could not agree as to the disposition of him. Some wished to hang him there, but the stronger party decided to take him back to the vicinity of his crime. It was 4:35 a. mn., when the party started cut afoot, leading the negro, now nearly exhausted and seemingly only half cmnscious, though he had not been ill treated. Breakfast was had wit~h a fa rmer, the negro having his share, a-td tnen the walk of some twelve miles was resumed. The route was through a deep ravine, bet ween tower ing mountains. At noon Hemphill schoolhouse was reached, and there the party was in formed that the Asheville militia had been called out and were on their way to meet the mob. After consultation, Miss Ktaie Henderson, the negro's vicim, was s.:nt for, four and a half miles away, that she might see hei assailant hanged. When she arriyed tre negro was strung up so quietly that half the hangers on who had gathered from the country round did not knoa that i: had been done. No shots were hred, andi the mob dispersed af ter a hal aio::r, leaving the body At no ta~ne was it possible for the militia to haxe interfered. This is the L~hird lynching in Buncombe county in t welve years. Enierba Takes a Hank Gov. Ellerbe has taken a hand in the original package matter, and it is ji tly thaat his action will precipitate aother hearing in the United States oourt looking to a direct dezision upon the carload lot question, despite the act that it is generally conceded that the order in the Gackenheimer case will settle the matter definitely and aally. It was ascertained Tuesday th' the atto-rneys interested in the vereai ctV:s heard together recently nave asked Judze Simonton to pre 'rc r p vate orders in each case. e ro:- was ini Greenville Tues hv in 're agricultural hall c ase hear .a-d it is thought that he will ar e~gt have the orders issued with au f Arth~er delay. Tuesday Gucken bhm'sa representative was in Co iumbia arrangingt> open an original pcae st-ore here: he considers that is ca~ucay has won its case under Jud' dimnonton's recent decision. ..usdymrning the governor re tiV d -e following dispatch signed v Chie-f F:n C C de uao iuri bottles, o i raw, billed as s,3 pints, 650 - is of beer,' con e .vs as agents. Please ro wi red Chief Fant that pt as ade to sell any of t-e bot 'e seize it forth T er~ M~s -ai-' visited old d.Tx lra of fire was y, -orning about 2 c-a:. wa found that the n ulig a large two-story - atue contai::ing two stores u'-sars potion being used 3 d inouse, situated on the o-ewe y i sqare, was on 1 a~ie asoccupied by C '-u I was cmpletely iaurace said to be ' r ated a' $3,00. The ope v asownced by Mrs. W. C.1 an o Charics:on. Mr. m ainsured in the sum of $300. ra t's is prhably $350.