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THE LU KY CANC10ATES.
Names of the -fto the E=c:
ed and Th" W -n
WF : H-ve to
Runi Oa.r
The e ' cU rC:n
lours :he d . u: s we-re taru.ar
ed.t e rthe :ecn-1
pres:ceans.;: J eeramad. For St e
I~eers it wC till cny h-ave to ve a
eTo ir lieu
U the " tie. _. tlnate t t ir hr
aet r., for St- te ire ..ur
er. is the : not an ;ritinuwhe
Ti: e tet:, [a r its:'roefr w'as 91 -
429, whi ; ;u r &Cntr hr fl t+t '
or lieute_ a 'en rr.or. Tbe told vi'e
{ r. o: r . ? l s was: Trt + 1 t.
91 19-: comr- .er general, 91,491;
adju.tn C~t .! era t060: trailre 'I i .
ni sier er~ .u 'I4. Tre w re i' TaO
who' did rot v ;e fer Scn:"-r Tibiian
The result of ,h prin. ry was .i sur
prise to ma-y. It vas cli:d oy Col.
Ion''s fri( ni ti:.:t re wuld lad in
the race for g .vernc-r .y several theu
ard, ,at the r'-ulit shows that Guo.
M,Sweceey was the favorite. Tihe vote
for usverter wa as folows:
M. B M1Sweene;..........-I9 097
Jas A . iloy t . . .. . . . ... .. -. - . - :-i- 3:i
F. B Gary....... r y. 5:
A HA'htr-en..... .
'.i. W alt W hit:a u....... ..... 4:
McSweenerty a-i; H ; ,:t h', 5.2t)
V Stes. Gary, ht:ers an i Wi: umi'.
combined d:d not get .ueh vtr 7 a'.
as n'any vote- as ie c'ee. 'i
Sc-eeney and Hoyt will have t,
over.
Gonv. MeSweeney lack'd a T!hl ov~r
7G v.i:O votes of geing in on the irst b -
i)t. To get this 7,t90) he has LAe vote
of Gary and Pattt r-on, who are all for
the dispensary. Give Col Host fifty
per cent cf this vote astd NeSwecnere
would :till lave a handsomie umajority.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
There was no choice either for lieu
tenant-governor. The vote for th&
ff.il- was as follovs:
J. II. Tiliman..............
t;. L. Winkler.... .........1'; !5
John T. Sloan................1I; 1:-7
Knox Livingston........... 14 .3
C. L. Biease.................. :,t;
'Lilhl?an and Sloai voli hav :o
make the race over for licu:cnant gov
ernor in the second primary.
STATE TREASURER
The race for State tre ureor is e'osc.
Capt Jennings deferating r. Tivr
man by a few theusai d .te-. 1 te
vote was as follows:
H. H. Jennings ...... ......-40 444
W. H. Tin:nerman............44 757
I'apt. Jennirs having r"cev: d a
The vote. for.rlro: 0iitmsioners
was consaiderably se ttered, all of the
candidates gttiog r. shaie of the rote.
The res h was as fllows:
W. D. Evans................:21 914
j. H Whartu.......... ot59
3. B. Evans..... ..........14 6tt6
J. E Pettigrew.. ........ ... 5,14
Thos. N. Berry.. .. ...... ... 1-24
J. G. Ethredge.... .........5912
There was no rnomination and )1sers.
W. D.. Evans and J. H. Wharton will
have to run over in the second primary.
INSPECT('R GENERAL.
There was was no race for this office
at all, Gen. F1o3d defeating Rouse by a
large majority. The vote was as fol
lows:
J. W. Finiyd....... ........ 7t (134
Geo. D). Rouse......... ....14 250
It will L'e seen tha:. Gen. Fio1 d had
a walk over.
SUPERI NTEND)ENT 0Y- !2DD'AT10 N
The race forsur-rintadent' educa
tion was a one sided affair, Neilahan
defeating Capers b; nearly twe to one
Here is the vote:
Ji. J. )Mlaban.............5.6
Lison Cap-trs. .Jr .. .. .. .. . . . . U6
COMPTRtOLL:ER GENERtAL
The race for comr~ptroller guieral was
warm between Derham and B3rooker,
but the former won by large mnaj.>rity,
the vote beius:
J. P. Derham....... ........9 99
N. W. Brooker.............21792
It is generally believed that Brooker
hurt his race byp his attack on Derham.
TH E CONGRESS.'.AN
The following is the result of the
primary in the congressional districts:
Third District.
Latimer.....................11 2S3
Wyche.................--- 299
Verner.... .......... ...-----1.321
Fourth District.
Johnson......-..--.. --......11 337
Wilson. -.--. ---
Fifth District.
Finley .
Strait....-.-.-.-..-.-.-.
Nortcn...--.. ...-.--.-- - 1
Scarborouch.. ... ... . .. ... o
Llerbe .. - - ~
Norton am 'cttoog wil ha e te
run overi the seon gr ry
There was L(o cte. a Jhe hirst, see
ond or s(\c1 h irc 'ts ograe
Elliott. Talbeit a d ctoes laying no
The: -o v'.e in the di
W. Hiear Ti -t. .
1)ad eu .
Simn~s.-- -1-'
Brown - -:
F n
Thurnrond -.
Muer . -4?
HleLy. .
S-e.......... 15.111
ena r T: in wa, tot scratched to
to :wv ereat. extent. The tr
S :+'' tlt' antid he received 7:;t.79
Trusts Came to Time.
Ad eh frrm New York says:
e :: Lrk Hanna r .eeived new,
t: <y that the corloratiot-s would
t ue 5urli lent fiuancial asis a'. e
w hth e Jext few da-,s to enable the
,-l comaitue to pay its bills ar a
xp. it to ions. T:is arrange
wa, made at a meetir:g in the
.\,w York ijfe Insurance comnpanv
'unlitt z". t'er.ue the the -:nstor met
repsr giives of the trusts and otihr
filancial coneer( - and c included his
,,ries of tk to thema. Then he eu
d it to be atnouuted that he saw his
w: la.-: :ca the city soie day
ext Wted . a::: he wculd go out to
Ci a ''"t 'to ti t gi up and disturb
the aiany tit:; appeared to have set
t 'i ca tr.eCir ' out there." He
said i was not I2's intention to stay
It he wou:d make sbort
v it: eas t::ory time financial or other
con.ditionDs n.ad" it necessary. While
sntor c Hanna w s qaite chipper over
t ,e prC-p et oif getting financial nisi.
h' way r. Ot w> dIlpi. to Live out how
u-I he h Ud in prostect. Wiat n ask
ed to tell the puhtie the anount that
had been promised him he aus ered:
i.; nei's hmin, ss how much
The Cotton Crop.
The cotton States Convention of corm
missioners of agriculture at Raleigh on
Thursday issued the following as their
statement to the cotton crop of 1900:
"Based upon the reliable informa
tion t rn? all .-)urces from eaeh of the
cor on St.ws at.d tertitories, takirg in
to cor.sdera-ion the condition of the
e.:tton crip, we are led to believe that
-he J eoleag vill be the output of ti.e
crc'o fon the se:-,n of 1900 01.
"Alabarwa, 521.000 bales; Arkansas.
109,000: F;orica. 30 000; Georgia, 1,
u?25 000il 1: d:an fertitory 210 0011;
LoT,;isi ana, (i1:i100i0; Mississipit S43,
I)o ): M'ssouri, :M 000; North Coroltma,
4')5.0100: Orlaenoma, 100,000; South
a r iu . r1 000: rernessee. 2:5.000;
!Ttxa-s, :; t6t00.0001; Virginia, 13,000;
oth,-r sources 500, making a total of
y :,31 500 baits.
I s:imate, however, is subject
to the weather conditions for the
inorth of S'ptemnber and also killing
frosts later on. This estimate is given
out as be' iopinion of this associ
Plunged late a Fiery Pit.
A dispat.:k from Raieigh, N C.,
saye: Dr W i itm im. Capeheart of the
sta-e b ard o aietrulture has arrived
there from B:rue county and says the
fire i Hy de county contiCues and is
destroying trees and soil. The sAil is
;peaty rad burns like tinder. One
farm, valu-ed at $10 000, is so burned
acay that it i- :st now worth $100
The fire is burning far underneath the
surface in many places. Dr. Cape
heart is informed that as a farmer was
driving along a highway the fire nndCr
mi1ned soil gave way under hiam and he
and his horste, falline into the fiery pit,
were burned to death. The smeak ix
tenits muany iles at sea and by obseur
in eiht at Oregon inlet has eut
Two Children Drowned.
A sensational incident eeurredi at
Earje's bridge, on Sencea river, in An
derson coundy Sunday. Two children,
aged 11 arnd l2. respectively, named
Taylor, accompanied by an old negro
woman, went to the river to play on a
large roc that jutted out over the wat
e.Techildren lost their balance
and fell into the river. This was the
narrative of the old darkey at the coro
ner's inquest, thoigh she added by way
of appendiix that ::he had "dived ' after
thte children. The verdict of the coro
ner's jury was that the children came
to their death by causes unkrnown to
the jury. The mother is known as
"Sis' Taylor, and she lives on the
Sharpe place.
Remarkable Railroad.
On2e of the most remarkable railroads
in the United States is that nshich runs
fromn Fabyaa. at the foot of Mount
WVashiogeon, to the summit, a distance
of 3.3S miles. Th -time required in
amaking the ascent is one and one half
hours, which is at the rate of a mile in
twenty-seven mitnute:s. The descent
is made in the samte time. The fare is
$4 for the round trip, or at the rate of
13) cents a mile. No other road in the
world charges quite sa much, and few
run trail s quite so slow a speed.
About 6, 000 passengers are cairieu au
nually.
Pile of Human Bones.
Rather agrueso-ne arnd inten~ sting dis
covery was recently made at Espanita,
FHa. One ( f the little boys of the
household recently came home with a
bone which ne had fouund. Upon in
vstigatio-n a pile of bones and skulls
was discovered a short distance fromn
the surface of the ground. Fronm the
heap 15 well preserved skui~s were tak
Ien. It is believed that they are the
bones of some of the Hiucuenots, who
were maaared somewhere int that 10
cality by the Spaniards. Uae of the
nuis as fracturedI, but the others
w re in a good state of preservati- n.
En-.ide of a Lady.
Mrs. Annie Day Mayes, a pretty
young actress, ecummittedi suteriue at
Saldosta, Ga., Friday morning with
audanumi because of the failure of an
amtateur play "Bibi," which lhe had
arranged and prtsented for the benellt
othe Grady hospital in Atlaota. It
w'as her lurpose to present the play
throughout theState, but ill luck seenms
to i are struck to the venture from the
firt Mrs Mayes was from St. Louis,
MIo. where her father is said to be a
professor or lecturer in one of the lead
Killed in a Tornado.
In a tornado which passed over the
village of Wavpella, Mau . ngus Mc
Do)nald, a farnter living two miles from
town and his two children were killed
and Mrs. McDonald seriously injured.
The McDonalds attempted to take re
fuge in the cellar, but before they .could
reachi it the tornaco lifted them and
the house high in the airl aybid
ira in Wapella wy bmni d
James Crcom an :ss Thar State
Wil Gt. fc r rn
FAMOUS CORRESPON DENT
Make a Tcur of Hanna's State
and Shws Wry the Peo
ple Ar:t Against the
Republcans.
!Jaines C ecla:.n. the fan.uc corres
poudect wrri:ingt to th. New Yrk Jour
nal from O-:.i. says B-y'tn vill carry
that State, giving as his reasons the
foiiowirg:
Besuse the Mayor Jorc' pa-ty fa
vors Bryan and vumhers Itt 721.
Because the tru-ts have foroedi :killed
merchanies to work in the streets.
Becausc the goild Democrats are re
ture::ng
Because the lp t&blican are joining
the reor:u forces
Bcai.se in l:at; (inring a ti-ancial
seate) the Reputlican p:uality was
only 4S 497.
Because in S',2 ( 'vi a^i failcd to
ca-rv the S:ate :- rly 1,u72 votes.
BHeauce the ';rans at earuestly
opooed to ii'a' im.
HB'eeu"e the ep:ubicars under Han
na's leadership show alarrm
Mr. Cree'rn n3s:
Congres uan E;z., of G mbus,
wrote a letr m 'r .i r. ? .- L him
practicaly ' t o d ae ,M eli a Demo
erat. Thhur eav the ma. r ' an an
swer to Mr. Lentz. I give a tiort ex
tract:
"I believe that the result of this com
ire clection wiil show, first, that the
love of liberty has a firmer and deeper
hold upon the American hearts; second
that partyism and bas itm are more uu
reliable and unworthy to be trusted
than ever hefore: third, that more free
men have east their hallots in the elec
tion of 19011 than in any other election
that preceded it in the history of the
country.
"When I say free men I mean men
who own themselves, who do not wear
the label of any pai;: for it is in the
hand and upon the cnscience of that
great army of uncommitted electors
standing and watching aloof and in
clining victory to this side or that that
the hope and safety of the nation
rests.
"My mission (if I have any) is to
contribute my mite to the development
of the free voters, men who are not
owned try anybody, and who refuse to
wear the labels or yoke of any party,
or to surrender their allegiance to any
of them. And you may deptnd upon
it, candidate or no candidate, I will be
true to this idea
"I am utterly siek at heart with the
ghastly pretence and farce of the party
idea. 1 d, not 'Scubt yt.ur integrity in
the slightst. net I nut hc:ieve that
you see the thin and hollow mockery
and sham of it all, when you redect
that you are the business partner and
associate of a muan who stands at the
head of the governnt of this State,
and who is the diec representative of
eve ryrting that is evil in our p'olities,
acrding to theo utterances of Demo
ratie orators, as, indecd, the ar ehety pe
of Hlannaism itself.
GtREAT ARMY OF HONEST VoTERS
In fact, 1 think that at heart you
must be non-partisan: that you must
own yourself: and from your utterances
that I have beard [ believe the time is
not far distant when yotu will declare
your own emanciration and join that
reat army of freemen that I have al
ready spoken of-the .preat body of
farmets, mehanies, merchants, teach
ers. Waborers, artists and artisans who do
real thinking and the real voting that
has preserved, and will forever pr: serve.
the liberties of this nation.
"It is hardly necessary for mec to say
anything further in regard to my candi
dacy for congress. If pctitions are
numerously ein:uzhl sikned for me to
be a cand idate 1 Thall be one, as I have
said in my printed address. and will do
my utmost for the eleetion of those
candidates vwho stand most nearly in
line wtith the principles of liberty,
equality and demeeracy, that I am well
known to stand for.
Gry sincerely.
Samuel D. Jones.
There is the opinion of the man
whose f olloaers will roli up a crushing
vote again-,t Hantna and McKinley.
31ark his reference to Governor Nash:
"The direct repreaenta tive of' evecry
thing that is evil in our polities."
So great is the danger involved in
Mayor Jones' candidacy for congress
that all the depublican newspap~ers are
uring the Democrats to refuse to in
dorse~ him. The Republican leaders
are spending money to elect delegates
to the I)hmocraticecongeressional con
vetion who will ref'u-e to natuinate or
idorme any but a straight Deweeratie
candidate.
HIANNx Is IN nEAR o[ JON .
Mr. llaa kniows that if' Mr. Bryan
carries Ohio he v~i! be the next prcri
dent lie knows ther the candidacy
of Mayor Jos, with a D mweera:ie in
doreme1'nt, means net only th ure
eleeiun of Jones, but thet i*o- of! Uio
to McKinley. The fiaaa uahie is
Every Democrat. who unders and h
situation ii y~oikn or thev- in~'orse
ment of Jones Mr. Cch'an, editor
of the Toledo Hee. who formerly o
posed the may.or. is .ow h-:'iing the
inht for hi indorsemt.lT W\hen the
eS.J.ai.n beics Mayvor Joner will tell
the workinom" cf Ohii whaLt ie
thi'ks about the inperIa! F~l.. oi
Mchinl.. and his voice wijl uc h ard
from one end of the state to the o' her.
Welcome to All Such.
"The Re~pdtiieans." says the. Pitt
burg Post. "are nmaking a great ado
over a letter from a favo r mme of
President NecKinley's Asiatie pay roll,
announcing heu will oppose Bryan's clee
tion and auppor:. McKinle and imiperi
alismn. This is 3x-Minister to China
Den by. who was later a membenr of one
of 3bcKinley's Philippine commissions.
He supportcd McKinley four years
an"in these eireumistanees it wou'd
scarcely be correct, we suppo~e. to call
Mr. D~enby a "convert. lHe has been
THEY REJOICED GREITLY.
Celebration of the Rescue rf the
Endangered Foreigners.
A di-patch from l'ei ;. :ay .
will be struck comE iu orat i rL e. . '
of Pekin. It will bear the lem.d:
"3Ien, not walls, make a city.
In the grounds of the British lega
tion, where a handful of men with-tvud
the millions of the Chinese carial for
5ti days, a memorable celeration is in
progress in vindication cf that
principle. M iaries am mai
a.out B"ll Tower, are singing t' dx
(:l.oy. Rockets are blaz'ing. Sdier.
ani civilians of all naion0arltie
fratcrnizing. The women arc ap'ud
ine tho sound of the cannon t hat ar.
snia-inlg the yellow roo's of ti.: r
bi;iien city.
The tired Sikhs arc plantin: their
tents on the lain; and the A a:
and Russian contirents areti]h:
canpfires alorg the stretch of ur ex
tending beyond the Tartar wall.
Through the ruins of the foreign >et
tlement an eager, co-mopolitan eroea is
Osteing Indias, r o. acks, cemation
ladies, diplomats, Americans f t-m the
Philippines and French dilciphnariais
fr :m Saigon, who kept disreetly t tren
rear while the fighting was in Irore~ss
but came con ieucu1(sly to t e frent
when looting began On! the J.I u
who have tarred the first p ace. arc
absent.
{e:idr.t for;iv'crs wec omen the in
ury r.f walking about ar i iuli;y
from bullets. The newcomers arr- ax
ious to inspect the evidences of an his
toric defense. These barricades are. ti
ter. all, t he most wonderful sic1 t t i
Pekin. The barriers hedging t1he Bit
ish legation are a marvel of stoe:t and
brick walls and earthworks. Saud be
shield every foot of space. The top=
of the walls have niches for the riticuen
and the buildings, at their portic.s and
windows, have armor boxes, bags
stuffed with dirt, pillows, too.
Back of the United States lg:atien is
awork named "Fort Myers," which the
marines held. completely s-'reening
both sides of the walls, with steps
leading to it. There is a loophli bar
rier across the wall which faces a situ
ilar Chinese work a few yards away.
Another wall bars Legation street in
front of the German legation: and,
confronting the enemy's barricades
within those limits, are yet more walls,
enabling the foreigners to contract the
area of defense if pressed.
The tops of the American and British
buildings were badly torn by the Chi
nese shells. The rest of the foreign
settlbment was almost denonisbed.
Two thousand eight hundred shells fell
there during the first three weeks of the
bombcrdment, 400 in one day. Bucket
fuls of bullets were gathered in the
grounds.
Four hundred and fourteen people
lived in the place through the greater
part of the siege. Three hundred and
four marines, assisted by S-> volunteers,
commanded by the EngLish. Cipt.
Poole defended the place. :Elever. civil
ians were killed and 1:t wounded. Fif
ty-four marines and tail br were kilid
and 12' wounded.
A Slick Rogue.
The family of Ji. Wood Hanra.d. a
prosperous farmer near Woodbury N.
J., had an experiece with a burglar
that they do not WI' rc -::Me ', :mdu a
son, IHarvey, is ierating hinalfd bor
alowing the intruder to slip away
from him after having him in his grasp.
Twice before midnight Mr. Hannld
got up and quieted his dogs, which
had been tiarking for an hour. Soon
after 12 o'clock Harvey was aroused
by sotue one in I is rotlm. Thinkin~g
it his brother Chalkley, who see
times walks in his sleep, he asked.
"Chalk, is that you?" Receiving no
answer he sat up in bed and s prang
out and took him by the arm. The
dogs began to howl an-1 Harvey sai
"Let's go down and see what is the
matter." "All right," answercd the
nuan and Harvey led the way down
Whenrs the lower floor was reached
the stranger made a dash for the open
door and escaped. Then the real sit
uation dawned on H arvey.
The household was aroused and a
lower window was found open, but
nothing was missing.
Our Gold Product
"We commonly give much attention
to the exp~rtation and importation of
trifling amounts of gold." says the Ba]
ti e Sun, "but ignore the largec quan
tity of goli which is produced nnu
ally in the United States and which for
the most part remains with us. In four
years, beginning with 18%L the United
States produced -' 7414 00i0 of gal.
In the last five v.rs we havec prde
ed over $300,00u0u t he yelloo mc t -
a. [n the four 'ears herinnirgi h
1896 and ending with .19 ewrd
proatuet of gol was 1i1.0l 4: 4'-l100
from 1S(01 to 1il0 it was $-7 I 40
from 1S51 to ?1' a i ws~ - 5 2.1,
11).
Defyag' Chine. Traditions. I
The St.ite deplt ; en: m'nesc' ;.be
the following eCiceramn fr.ua inu
Cong.:r. rcive T hurairi
thro'uih the lr~ited tat.e. Cnsu, I~w
Ir, at (she FIo
"Che F :, received Auni:N -Ae
r'tary of S:ate. Wahinen:inri ,
li' illoiving dit-i'atch da\ d y t*ra'
M~ore lRussian German, 1-r'c a. s
,alian troops arriinC. :..ri....~ -:
ae willn be etLred Auguat Mui
tar-v promenace of al nat' - nl-i
triiun it,. afrward closed. ami~ ,u.d
A Doomed Village
The vniiS of t F Iyd s
a-e in E .Jtera Fra-nce Am G
on whief: it stas is be nea eat"en aiy
y the rapid waters ofteier.&m
s'n a thereC Will tie * -surtsarp
shoek.' atd Torentaise wil o one
exist.
The Reail Can:;e.
Congressm~an George Henry White of
N:rth Carolina, the only colored rep
resnttive in Congress has decided he
will not be a candidate for relcetion.
He gives various reasons for his deter
mination, but the true reason p~robably
Iis that there is not enough voting ig
norance iow in thoG Old "Black 1Di.trit"
Ito elect him.
Cymrs Kat He Wil be Nom -
IN THE SECOND PRIMARY.
Ha Makes Attack on Governor
Mczwse-r.v. Rebshirg the
OM Cherges of the
Ca npaign.
uo':u'. se;.. lst.--Col. James. A.
Hoyt. the pribition candidate for
eeverior, ha. been in the city for a day
or -o and tfore leaving for his home in
Grcr-ilile dav he was asked if he had
a thing to -ay for t.ublieation in view
Stho secuod race fr governor. lie
made thi maten~ent in reply:
"Ye, I desire to express my cordial
aid Icany appreciation of the flatter
irg supart rccu:vcd in the first pri
mary. which h n. !t my expectata
tious =o far s m own vote is concern
ed. nd i- fuly as hrsgc a per centage as
euild have be'e reaon:aivy counted
ui n. The ca s :ieaiLst me in the cam
paign cre dDiLcit to -verconie ana the
nset rmae in thl !aet few weeks was al
1r ee--"adnt'ed in the primaries of
ti.s -a for no Stoe was left un
turned th6 :.u' operate to my dis
acvvt:g.. I wa, c,pellcd to meet
the on4ughts of the athcr candidates
flor (,vernor, and in addition to parry
U. ti ru=ts of Sniter Tilinan. fhe
outcome of the concentratcd attack upon
uy pc.ition in the cotitest niav be left
to eorjj. ciure, but it is a-surdely grati
f3 ing teat so :arse a proportion of my
fello eitizens or their on free will
and accord esst their ballots and threw
the weight of their infimenee against
politicai bosstsm in South Carolina. It
we~: to be v:eil uuderstood that my
ewetion stands for thorough independ
ence of action in the executive office,
without the dictation and manipulation
Of any mar, and without the controlling
biss of factional intcrents.
"The time has coma for the asser
tion of manhood and of personal choice
in the selection of a chief magistrate,
and while my vo:c largely represents a
positive conviction as to the manage
ment of the iiqu:,r question in South
Carolina. the prohibition Democrats are
also in sympathy with that sentiment
which resents the domination of politi
cal leaders, who would suppress individ
uality and make the bulk of the voters
su~ateient to the will of a few men.
Only in certain localities in this State
can machine politics prevail, and we
have a striking instance now that ex
tremes can be made to meet. The Dis
pensary Law has been fought with
rancor and persistence in the city of
Charleston until qui:e recently. So
long as there was any real attempt at
the enforcement of the law, the opposi
tion in Charleston was positive and
undeni::ble, r ked by the power of the
political niachine wdich h1l4 sway
for so many years. Governor Mc
eeney's admini-irdtion has changed
this aspect of affairs, not as a measure
of "ptace and unit}," but as a realiza
ion t- t both ekmnents can find more
~atisfaction in pursuing a different line
0' poli y. The L~jrd tigers are practi
lin umolested, while the dispensaries
iurs fro the unceasirg patronage
i the tiger:. The increased consump
ton of liuor thus sold by the dispen
arie enhances the revenue of the city
and county, which receive 90 pcr cent
f t'ne dispensary pronits. In return
for this happy state of attairs more
than 70 per cent. of Charleston's vote
has gone to Governor McSweeney, who
is the beneficiary in this instance, and
will remain in politicai favor so long as
he creates no disturbarnce of the present
stuation.
"South Carolina furnishes the humi
listing spectacle of a chief magistrate
receiving political support by reason
of the non-enforcement of one of its
most import ant laws. His connivance
at open and general violation of this
law has been constantly rebuked on
the hustings by M1essrs. Gary and VOt
terson, and he has been challenged
tieand ag-ain :~iring the campaign to
issun instractions to the constables to
matke raids upon the places where
liquor is opcaly -and ilegally sold, au
thorizing them to seize fixtures and con
fiscate a piie-. Governor 31eSweeney's
rsponse has been to read instructions
issued to constables in June, 1899,
which instructions have been notori
ously disraerided and to make the
plea~:hat catbes miust furnish bonds
in asizina tixtures which he seemed to
reard al a hardshp. The State has
reac~cd lowebb hen its oficeials can
not be p'rovidedl with the necessary
baking a -y oct a very ordinary
provniin of the law. it is a pitiable
co 's~a on the part of the Gover
ner. bu nt more so than his frequent
adisin in the campaign that the
d sp-nsary law cannot be enforced in
Ch arlec-ton, while ini almost the same
res a e has.~ asarted roundly thiat the
awv was better enfocrced under his ad
mini-tration thian at any ti-ne since it
h . bp n onhe stat ite books. The
;.eople can tak-e thir choice of thcee
a clrtos while the are considering
th ckti. r ris in arleston.
A et se.J has been said. in the
campg aout ne u;port which
wuld be given mc by the Liquor inter
~,an e pblie wdl recall a famous
declaanenat Hnne'tsvi'.e that-th
preachrs an th whsky men were in2
an uth'liane, ed by Col. Hos t."
W\hat are e f ac.t-? The di:-pensaries
consti~ute the e if liquo'r inters' in
outhI. larolina. anc t"ur support eer
:ily diti riot cou e to mie. No) one
ea::psece u C ess or a dispensaty
consan v.L voed -rwrked for ume.
ne tderdelle.,in hemountain
'math we.vre e.:ri' aeuenst tue, and
it is frel asered t..at their liquor
wt' used in behalf of Governor Mc
ez ceney. Tibe blind t ic rs in Columbia
a.d Ch.rleston are said to have been
unanmous for te Governor, and so far
aI kneow not a man who is dealing in
liquer. eid er legaly or otherwise, cast
is ballot in my favor. What became
of the "unholy allianece" The fusion
of liquor interests has been obvious to
any man who has watched the progress
o events. aod :he "round-up" of Sen
aor Tillman has been so far satisfac
tory to the contracting parties, what
ever may be the final verdict upon this
new alignment.
ernor has uinch a say .1t th. u
new features of hi adminrrairn.
All of us are quite feulli:.r with t
olaim on his part, but it d'es not s'ee
to dawn upon him that other men have
business qualificationrs as well as hiu
self, and his appeal for support on this
ground is hardly applicable just now.
nThe era of good feeling in the State
is not attributable to the present ad
ministration. It was begun some years
ago, and in alarge measure the people
were acquiescing in the submerging of
factional differences, but the recent
campaign has witnessed adroit and fre
quent allusions to the past, which were
iatended to revive contentions and
bickerings so as to divide the forces in
to hostile camps. Governor NeSween
ey has been the legatee of such work,
whether or not he approves of it, and
no doubt he enjoy the results of ru::h
appeals to fraltioual spirit in the see
ond primary, if they can be made ef
fective.
WHERE HE WAS SCRATCHED.
Table of those Who Scratched Tillman
by Counties
It will be interesting to figure out
what proportion did the ':cratehine in
each county." Senator Tillman's
promise. which was questioncd, that he
would not accept the cfiee of Senator if
he were not voted for by a majority of
the totalvote east was entirely safe and
everyone who knew anything about the
affairs of the State ought to have known
this, but some actually seem to think
that with no opposition a considerable
portion of the voters were going to cut
him and make his election doubtful
under his promise. A comparison of
the votes for Governor and for Senator
show s the following number of "Till
man scratchers" in each county:
Abbeville .................... 43:3
A iken................... .... 447
Anderson..... ...... 994
Bamberg ................... 100
Barnwell.................. 267
Beaufort..................i1S
Berkley................... So
Charleston...............
Cherokee.................. 19
Chester ................
Chesterfield................. 79
Clarandon................. 245
Colleton............ ...... 164
Darlington................. 442
Dorchester.............. 34
Edgeeld.................. 3
Fairfield............. . ...... 16
Frence.................... 44
Georgetown................... 111
Greenville................ 1,95
Greenwood................... 44
Hampton .................. 122
Horry................... 4
Kershaw.................. 479
Lancaster..................48
Laurens..................... 644
L xingto .... ................ 404
Marion ................... 64
Larl boro.... .............. 357
Newberry...... .............. 476
Oconee.................
Orangeburg ................... 709
Pic ens .................... 344
Nichla d ...................111
Saluda.................... 379
Spartanburg ............ ..... 1 876
Sum ter....................... 34
UnioN .. ..................400
Williamsbug............... 252
York................. ...... 579
Total ..................18,213
The counties that scratched Tillm~an
most gave Col. Hoyt his biggest vote.
Take for instance Anderson. Col.
Hoyt carried that county by a clear
majority and it will be noticed that
Tiliman was badly scratched there.
Greenville is another county that gave
Col. Hoyt a majority and scratched
Tillman badly. In Richiland and
Spartanburg counties Col. Hoyt ran
weil, and they scratched Tillman.
Charleston on the other hand went for
MSweeney but scratched Tillman very
little.
THAT FULL DINNER PAIL.
Some Rr e eetions on a Favorite Repub
lhcan Argument.
)r.e ofi our Republican contemporar
ies prints a picture of a workman's
dinner psi on cvery page of every is
ue. There is an inscription which
says that the pail is full, and as we are
not allowed to look inside we have to
take the editor's word for it.
"The Full Dinner Pail" is the chief
Republican argument this year. It is
on the cround that a workman is able
to fill -. tin bucket with edible matter
that the American pcople are asked to
co-:ecnt to the transformation of this
rpublic into an empire.
\Xll, let us assume for the moment
that the "Full Dinrner Pail" is a reali
ty, ar.d not a :nyth. Let us assume
that the workingman who puts in eight
or ten hours of exhausting labor a day
is really able under Republican "pros
perity" to put two or three sandwiches,
a wedge of pie and a pint of coffee into
a tin bucket.
Under those conditions, the contents
of the 'Full Dinner Pail" may be worth
15 cents. Mr Jlohn D. Reckfeller has
an income of about $40J,0t30,000O a year.
That is over $1:30,000) per working day.
Mr. Rockfeller's daily income would
fill the dinner pails of 900.in;0 work
men. In other words, Republica.n
prosperity puts the dinners of 900,000'
workers into one man's modest littbk
pail.
That is the Republican idea of good
times. Nine hurndred thousand men
happy and grateful because they can
ut 15 cents worth of dinner apiece
into their tin buckets, and one man
whio absords as nmuch of their earni~e
as the cos: of the whole 900l.000 di
nrs pur. together.
Tfhere arc aeores 'of monopolies like~
Mr. Rockfeller. differing only in degree.
and '1he uarned incomes of 100 o'
themi emuld probably pay for the~ din
urs of all the workiagmen in the
Uitd Sates. If the policy of favor
in nc ocentrations of wealth were
a~lterd. the workers might have not
nly full dinner pails, but possibly
ome of the little luxuries that Repub
ican policy considers entirely out of
their sprere.-New York Jiournal.
Lamb Stealing Eagles.
Two large eagles have been giving
the farmers of Port Jervis N. Y., much
trouble of late. They have carried
away young lambs and a valuable hound
pup, and miothers are now in a state of
terror lest the eagles next turn their
DROUGHT DOE3 DAMa4GE
The Hot Wave of August Plays
Havoc With Crops
Tie Greenvillc News says "the
swciterir" and lu e hot spell of the
suth of August has played havoc
with the crops. not only in this section
but .in almost every section in the
Suuth. The cotton crop is the most
seriously damaged and planters are be
ginning to feel blue over the situation.
"The cotton crop, which is always
the largest crop in this State, will, it is
thought by prominent farmers, fall far
below the general yield and there are
many large planters who do not even
expect to make half a crop. The con
dition of the crops in Georgia is just as
serious as in this State.
"The cotton fields in Greenville and
other neighboring counties present a
parched appearanee because of the
drought and the young bolls have be
gun to fall off. In a general soaking
rain should fall within the next few
days it is not believed that the cotton
crop would be benefitted, as the great
damage has already been done."
"Not only the cotton crop but other
crops are showing bad effects from the
drought. The sweet potatoe yines
have commenced to look sickly and
dried up, and unless there is a fall of
ruin very soon this crop will be serious
ly damaged throughout the State. A
good heavy rain within the next few
days would bring out the potato crop
wonderfully, for August and September
are the months that the potato crop
does the best if the seasons are good.
"The corn crop has been seriously
damaged also by the lack of rain. The
ears of corn are small and the grains
are not full grown. In some sections
of this county the upland corn crop has
been totally destroyed. The bottom
laud corn, however, in many sections
is in a very good condition.
"To some extent the drought has in
terfered with the working of the roads.
The ground is so bard and dry that the
road overseers find it a difficult task to
do anything with the roads. The fol
lowing letter from Columbia was re
ceived at the cotton exchange office
here yesterday:
"I cannot too fully impress on you
the fearful disaster that has overtaken
our crop. In many fields on many
stalks every boll is open even to the
little ones. Am certain that all South
Carolina southeast of Columbia will
make 20 to 30 per cent less than last
year, even with abundance of rain from
now on. The portion north of us with
rains and late frost may make 10 to 20
per cent over last year, but as a whole
the State will be short of last year."
A "Yankee" Trick.
Senator Vest has a story he some
times tell to illustrate Arkansas char
acter of the Bourbon mossback type.
According to the narrative the Sena
tor, in the days following the Civil
War, when he practiced law, had oc
casion to drive across one of the ,oun
ties of Arkansas to keep a legal engage:
ment. He thinks it was in the north
east part 11 the State, just below the
Missouri uine. The journey went very
well until the Senator came upon a
group of natives in the road. Across
the roadway a tall tree had fallen
squarely. There was no way to get
around and lay out a new road after the
usual plan of dealing with such an ob
struction in that country. The tree
had to be meved. Neighbors had come
from all around in response to the sum
mons of the road overseer. They had
strung their teams out and had tried
two or three pulls without any result
beyond breaking a couple of trace
chains. They had stopped to deliberate
on the next step. The Senator l oked
at the tree and at the helpless crowd of
Aikansas natives, and then said:
"Why don't you cut the tree in two
at Lhe middle anid haul the ends out of
the way \
There was a moment of silence, bro
ken suddenly by one of the crowd, who
reached for his gun and exclaimed:
"Yankee, by. gum!"
Too Common to Notice.
Anti-negro riots are becoming so
frequent in New York city that they
seema no longer to attract much atten
tion. The third within three weeks
occurred Sunday when a negro danger
ously shot a white messenger boy. The
New York Press says there were several
dangerous outbreaks against the ne
groes, but the police were equal to the
occasion and no serious harm was done.
These frequent occurrences will hardly
account fur the claim made in some
uarters that the results would be the
syme if the (ifender were an italian, a
G reek or a Chinaman.
Here Is Your Chance.
A prize of 1.000 franes is offered,
says the Electrician, by the French In
dustrial Association against Accidents
to Laborers, at Paris, for the most eff
acious insulatirng glove for electrical
workmen. The gloves must be strong
encugh to resist, not only the electric
current, but also accidental perfora
tion~ by copper wire, etc , and must, in
addition. be ea-sy to wear by hands of
any sizo and alovs the workmen's fin
eers sufficient freedom to execute their
:ork. The compettion is internation
al. and is open until Deccember 31, 19)0.
Hanged for Assault
m. Black, colored, was hanged at
B lair. 14. Friday morning. He met
dath with considerable calmness al
though he- was plainly very nervous on
his- way to thre seaffold and has for sev
eal dy pa-t been in a state bordering
a., . eclpse. Black died fojr
a e~mr:j assautl on 31ss Jessie Brad
f:d, a~ 15 ye ar old girl, who lived near
A rdeeu. this county. Great precau
tions were taken to avoid a lynching,
which was fearcd even at the last mo
ment.
Death of Col. Patrnck.
A dispatch im ii .\ rdleo n n-: Col
John B3. Patri.:k, a Ir, .un sdueatrr
of that city, a . '3 m - g at
o'clock of apopiexy. Iie was ap parent
ly in good health, an~d up to the a:ay of
his death actively eng'ae-d in work con
nected with Patrick 3ilitary ns!tute,
of which he was founder and head.
His death is a loss to the community.
to the educatioCs inte~ss of the State
and to his church. He leaves a widow,
o sons and three daughters
AN ADDRESS
To the- Pecple of the State from
McSweeney.
HIS PLATFORM RESTATED.
The Governor Thanks His Friends
for Supporting Him. Asks
Their Votes in Sec
cnd Primary.
Following the:receipt of the returns
from the first primary election, Gov.
McSweeney Thursday issued the fol
lowing address:
To the People of South Carolina:
Fully appreciating the largo vote
which I received in the primary on
Tuesday as a strong endorsement of
my administration, I desire to express
to my friends my sincere acknowledge
ment for the support given. The battle
is to be fought over again between Col.
Hoyt, the prohibition candidate, and
yself on Tuesiay, Sept. 11.
The vote on Tuesday showed that the
sentiment of the State is against pro
hibition by statutory enactment, and
in favor of the dispensary as the best
solution of the liquor question.
While fully persuaded that this is
true, yet I do not rest my claims en
tirely on the liquor question, because
there are other issues of as far reach
ing importance.
I have felt it my privilege, as well as
my duty, to ask my fellow citizens to
endorse my administration by giving
me a fall term, and I have rested my
claims on the record of my administra
tion.
It has been my earnest endeavor to
discharge the duties of the office faith
fully and impartially and to follow no
lead but that of duty.
My efforts have been to give the peo
ple a business administration, free
from politics, because this is peculiarly
a business age. In how far success
has crowned my efforts the question is
submitted to the business men of the
State.
There has been good feeling among
all the people of the State and I have
contributed what I could as chief ex
ecutive to that end. There is no reason
for our people to be divided into hostile
camps, for such a course would retard
the material development and progress
of the State.
The charge that the dispensary law
has not been enforced has been met and
answered fully by me on every stump
in South Carolina. It is better en
forced than since it has been on the
statute books, and it has been enforced
with fewer constables, with less ex
pense and without friction or bloodshed.
It should be remembered that the
charge of non-enforcement comes large
ly from those who oppose the law and
want to see it overthrown, and who are
no more in favor of prohibition than
the dispensary, but are endeavoring to
use prohibition with which to kill the
dispensary.
I am deeply grateful for the hearty
support given me by the people of the
entire State; and, as to Charleston, my
desire is that the people of that city
shall feel that they are an important
part of the commonwealth, and Char
leston being the metropolis of the State,
her citizens should be in business and
commercial touch with every section of
South Carolina. I feel that the support
given me in Charleston and Columbia is
the support of business men and those
who endorse a business administration
and are tired of eternal bickerings and
en arlings and captious fault-findings.
The educational issue has been over
shadowed by that of liquor, and it is
well to say that my record for the com
mon schools and the State colleges
has always been positive and for their
hearty support. I may say, incident
ally and modestyl, that I am no recent
convert to the support of the higher
educational interests of the State, but
stood there when they needed friends
in the senate and house of representa
tives.
I have made no deals but have held
myself free to follow the path of duty
and rather than have my hands tied by
deals and combinations, I should pre
fer defeat.
In making appointments it has been
my endeavor to select men of character
and efficiency. Believing in local self
government in all local matters, the
counsel and advice of the senators and
representatives from each county have
been sought.
I believe the people, recognizing the
justice and fairness of giving my ad
ministration the endorsement I seek,
will give me a handsome majority on
the 11th of Septembor.
My friends should not become over
confident, however, because there is al
ways danger in over confidence. If they
turn out and vote, success is assured,
and aside from my personal interests,
it is of the utmost importance that
there be a free and full ballot in the
secotd primary. M. B. McSweeney.
A Suspicious Coincidence.
A little study of the passenger lists
of steamships bound for Europe will
disclose a peculiar phenomenon. It
will be found that statesmen (i. e.)
Congressmen) who were conspicuous in
their advocacy of the shipping subsidy
bill, sometimes cedled the Hanna-Payne
bill, have almost without exception
taken a trip to Europe this summer.
But it will further be noted that with
equal uniformity they have chosen to
travel by the " Anmerican Line" boats.
These, it will be remembered, are the
ones controlled by the international
Navigation Comp~any, of which Mr.
Griseom is the head, and which was
(or is) to get about $9,000,000 a year
out of the proposed legislation. Of
course, no one believes that a free trip
wu the Paris Exposition would warp the
jainent of the eminent statesmen
who have urged the passage of this
'iilation and the facts above noted
ac interesting only as a coincidence.
Nothing Strange
Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, who is in a
luatic asylum, has been renominated
for Congress by a convention of his
party and the papers are commenting
on it as if it was something to be wont
dered at. Mu.ch worse lunatics than
Mr. Boutelle have been nominated for