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VOLUME VIII.
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(.'A.MDION, S. l'.t FIUD.W, .10, 1897.
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NO. 29.
Five Candidates are Stumping the
State for Earle's Place,
A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECHES,
hlcl->aurlu and Evuns Speak on Tnrlrt
Iwmiea? Mnyflold Discusses Dlspeu*
? . eary, ICtcu v^Irby ou Suffrage, ? ?
Tho following is a brief summary of
the Senatorial campaign spoeohoa from
day to day.
Tho Columbia Meeting,
Tho campaign mooting hold hove was
a good naturod alTair and tho 1150 poo
. plo who listened attentively to tho can*
didatoa appflndod them loudly whon
good points woro acorod, { \
This was tho first meeting t)t which
all the five, candidates appeared and tho
voters of Vltiohlan'd hail a oh (moo to
judge of the predilections which the as
eivauts for tho vacant sont in tho
nitod Statoa Senate have been oredit
ed w i 1 1? possessing.
- Senator MoLaurin nnoko first and
made acloar defense of the position he
hold on tho tariff question, Tho crowd
listehod attentively to him and his
speech was frequently punctuatod with
upplauno.
{State Senator May field followed and
vigorously attacked MoLaurin's vote on
tho tariff, llo made a good spuoeh, ai:d
be, too, was. applauded.
Col. lrby lookod joyous and began
Ins s pooch by telling son^o jokos wh eh
kept tho crowd laughing, lie doclared
ho was the milv*",oiigi'nal" paokage in
tho wh^le paok. llo jumped on 131
lorbo, and alluded to him as "tl\o jay
\ bifd (loverhor. "
? ' 'Any man in tho crowd has a bigger
heart and a larger head than our (Jov
ernor," declared Irby, and tho crowd
? langhod 1 1 ca r til y .
irliv said Stokos, of C'ollotou, beat
Elloruo nine votes for Comptroller Oeu
eral, but that Eltorbo was choatod in.
Ho said that ho hud oxnootod Ellorbo
to bo tho last man to combino atrninst
him. Jrby made tho best speeoh of
this campaign and ho was warmly re
ceived.
Duncan made his first appoarauco in
the Senatorial arena, and aftor discUsN
ing tho dispensary, spoko at length of
MoT/aurin's allowed shortcomings to
represent the people in the Senate. Ho
did not rooeive any applause but simply
_ mado liia apeoch . Tho crowd giving
him good attention.
Governor Evans was tho last candi
date to speak and ho had many friends
in tho crowd who loudly npnlaudod
hiiu. Ho jumped at once into tno tarill
question and gavo a lucid and strong
/irgumont from his standpoint. ,, Ho de
clared ho was for Calhoun doctrine and
paid tho pooplo would turn MoLaurin
down on his tariff vote. Eyano was the
last apqakor and held his audienco well.
He intersporHod humorous hits in his
gpeoch in jumping on MeLauHl), and
he amused his hearers. At tho conclu
sion of his speech ho X'Cceivod considor
ublo applauao.
'?""""May Held defended his attack on
. Ellerbe on tho ground that the Evon
intr Record is owned and controlled by
Ellerbe, Neal and MoLaurin, and El
lerbo had hit bim first.
MoLaurin anid ho gave Ivoester &500, .
but had uo stock in tlio paper.
MoLaurin aaid it was nono of May
^old's business if ho wrote the I'opulfdt
platform.
The Orttugcbitrg Mooting.
At tho senatorial campaign mooting
? at Orangeburg there -waft ft Fargo auill
eiico, but not nearly so largo as in tho
previous campaign B? "CHliclVdAle DUiK'
candid not appeal'. The sun streamed
down on tho apoakers, and Senator Mc
Laurin and Col.. Irby abbreviated their
speeches, hecauso thoy could not Htand
the lieat, ami wore feeling unwell.
May Held, who apoko first, paid that
Governor Ellorbo hud doaltdoubly with
the people of Charleston, as to the re
movftl of tho metropolitan polico, and
that ho could prove it if Governor El
lerbo denied the accusation. Mayfiold
said ho was approached to vote against
Chief Justice Molver, and that ho re
fund toA<lo ho, ?whoronpon
lorbo exproHscd surprise.
Irby said that MoLaurin
? ?very party that onmo
wheu defeated would
dusts.
MoLaurin said that ho had heard that
Col. Irb.y had a pair of horses, and had
named one "Treachery," after Gov
ernor Evans, and tho other "Ingrati
tude," aftor Nenator Tillman. MoLau
rin, to show that he and Henator Till
man wore on the samo platform, read a
telegram from Tillman, stating that he
thought he could savo free bagging and
~tios by pairing his vote for $1 tax on
lumber, and he would vote as he paired
MoLaurin. This, MoLaurin said, would
inake his opponents siek.
Evans reiterated his oharge that Mo
Laurin was, to all intents, a Republi
can. t
The Dorchester -Meeting!
Tho Senatorial campaign meeting at
.George's was devoid of s|>eoia) interest
or feature. The candidates are show
ing some. wear on. aooount of the Strain
of ihe campaign, although only fif
teen out of tho forty oounties have been
visited. There were about 200 voters
"nattfae- meeting and they were ?eijr -j
tnuch divided as totherivatoandidates.
Col. Irby devoted maefa - tnneto ridi
culing thepreseut ( Jo vernor. ?
Senator MoLaurin said that from
-what he gathered Col. Irby ,W4s not
after the Benatorahip, but was willing
r ttflel his penitent political son havw thai'
ofAee, ana take the o Moe of Governor
I^Meetl-iwer hence; - Ool; Irby
Mid he wanted the Beoatorship and he
#xpeeted to fjj . . . ? ?
i tariff poaitioB was
r ? " ' I
Rflfl&Qorfttifl patty i? tho frieiid of
the masses And holievos in n tariff for
reveniio only. e^plaiupd nt length
what w^ea tarift for ryrenuo only,, ana
fully tho system ofjttolleoting duties,
He said MoLauriii (lodged around ev
ery day on lii? tariff views. Tho Now a
and Courier took up bis (Kvans') views.
They are boginuing to be stung and
Mofcaurln is orying to the News and
Courier and Tho'Sllto, Vllolp mo Cas
sius, or I sink. " /j(
Mayfkld iokted^vfth his audionoo and
finally nalu bo would run tho whole
crowd v to thoir political farms. Ho
was the only roftl farmer In tho race.
Without Arty joktng tile others all hud
had paying ottloos and now he wantod
the job. Ho opposed Tillman's poll
tax and bortt THDnun's votfr in his
county. Ho thought Dorohester ought
to bAve had its county and helped its
representatives, If elected he would
favor aud" work for a ohange in
tho national hanking law. This, he ar
gued. was most important. It would bo
IMOfi before the country could got free
coinage of ^ilver, and that #wfts Why ho
Wfttitod olqff tioity iu issuing bank notes.
Ho Wont ovor bis liquor system at
length. Ho wanted tho eontral dispen
sary and the constabulary wipod out.
As a financial system the dispensary is
a stupendous failure, lie favored tem
perance, himself being a teetotaler, but
if artyono wautod a drink lie could got
The liamberg Mooting.
Tho eampftigu mooting hero was aomo
what moto pomonal than usual. Cf>l.
Irby poured his iiro into Senator Mo
Laurin and gavo his young friontl, oX
Oovornor Evans a fow jobs. Mr. May
field was ft bit moro severe than usuul.
Senator MoLaurlu and Governor
Evans followed each other and deVotod
praotiCally thoir entlro time to tho
tariff discussion, both making Capital
spoeohoB. Col. Irby pulled up Iub
Bleeves and did not joko as muoh tin
usual, and Mr. Mayaeld talked right
plainly out<;iii meeting. Although
there aro but 1,600 votora this
bounty. tb.o fout Ciiildidatea buttled for
ovor four hours to mako tho boat im
pression. Tho nttontion and tho au
dience wore idoal.
Mr. Duncan Hont his regrets at not
being able to bo proBont.
Tho Union Meeting.
The crowd of 400 that the Senatorial
candidates spoko to at Union was the
most undemonstrative that the ?poak
brs httve yet been confronted with.
Everybody was at Union to listen.
They accorded eftoh speaker an atten
tive lioaring, though they did show
more favor to Irby and Evans in tho
Way of apjilauao than to tho othors.
MoLaurin airod Irby's oftloial record
while in Congress at some length, and
tlion blobbd his speccli with an bxpoai
of his tariff views.
May field, after donyiny that ho was
in any oombine against MoLaurin,
turned his attention to tho latter's tarill
policy, and then after dealing with tho
lumber, rice and cotton .fcchedujes as
toted for by MoLaurin, declared tlitli
tho latter was trying to build up these
three industries at the expense of tho
Remainder of the Stato. After tiniohiug
with tho tariff isBUo, ho made very clear
his objections to the dispensary and the
remedy of local options which ho pro
ptfjad, . . .
Irby began by jollying the crowd
with his jokes about political daddies.
He agrtiti assefrtbu that lib lidd ntade
?Evans govornor, and deolarod ho mado
a hotter one than the incumbent, who
was "as weak as oircus lemonade. "
Colonel Irby then answered the at
tack on ilis congressional record;
whioh. ho said, stood either as a monu
ment to his integrity orJifs dishonosty.
HO \Va6 proud Of his rbobird, he do
clarod, and would leave it as a
heritage to his children. Ho ox
plained his 'apparent abBontism
.Oh "the groUltd that many of the
Votes taken wei-e on motions to adjoiiril
and othor motions of no moro im
portance. f On othor motions he re
fraiued^rbni voting in order to Weak
tiie quorum, as othor Domocrats were
doing. He had not absented himself
any oftcnor than~ Senators Hampton
and Butler had. he declared. Ho then
procoeded to attaok MoLaurin's record
and closod amid applause.
Former Governor Evans Was grcoted
With applause. He, too, jokod with the
crowd and in answer to Irby's state
ment that he was lrfiTTofttWL daddy,
said that Trby wVs not doing lite son
right in this o'anjpaign. However, when
he was elected to tho Senate he would
make the "old man" (Irby) his private
secretary. . ^
Mr. Evans thenvyerfy concisly re
viewed tho tariff question from nullifi
cation to the present day and declared
that every Southern farmer should fa
vor free trade. Mr. Evans was ohcored
throughout and at tho end of hiis
speech.
G. Walton Whitman, a would-bo
Senator, desired to speak along with
ttte other candidates, but ho had not
oomplied with tho rules, and therefore
he was not entitled to speak. But after
the regulars had finished ho introduced
himself and proceeded to harangue tne
people so long as they would listen.
CAPT. AIJHOrT'S ttfiPOBt
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Shows Ooo?l Itcsults of Jcttylng*
I>r?(lglng -and Snagging*
Captain Frederick V, Abbott, in
charge of rlvbr andf harbor improve-*..
ments in North. and_South Carolina,
has submitted )>is annual report to tho
^WaF Peparrineht; The work al the
Charleston harbor darinji/rthe ymi year
hen ronwitted in ^tjjMwgT A*ul the
strengthening of the river end of the
north jetty, which Will preserve tho
government reservation from erasiou.
Two surveys made during the yoar
showed the deepening of . the entrance
was continuing in w r?ty Batisfactorrr
manner. A steamer drawing twenty -
two feet and four inches croeeed the
t?r twit .aulainn, while the neatest
draft crossing tha bar before tho jetties
were built was nineteen feet, , and this
wnai* high tide. The Amount ex pend
eJ JMipg tbe jrsi
an available balance of The
commercial Statist*? JP**^^.ahow
ChorJ^^^riBg 184W 'amounted to
?,l*7,47??kms, of the valae of fTV.p.',, -
ittpi
His Discussion In Comnilttoo on. Mis
Dispensary Bill.
JOLLIED BY SPEAKER REED,
"Courts flaVo Mopped" Bald Till
mum "Only thoJLust frlop Courts,"
Ktuuarked Hopdi
4
*\T. H. it,," in a sp&cial froia Wash
ington to tlio Stale, lu(s iliin to fifty o t
tho hearing before the committee on
ruloa on Senator Tillman's dispensary
bill;
Senator Tillman argued that the ef
foot of tho dioisiomt of tho Utiitod
Staton dourts ttas to render il impoa*
sible for any State to onaot a law which
in anj* way j'interforod with freo com
merce botw\^n tho Stotes on the sub
jeet of liquoi\ Ho rotletfod tho decis
ions, and read freely from tho report
whioh (10 hud presented to the Senato
from tho committee on ooinmeroo upoh
the bill, lie argued the "police
power" had boon by those dooiuions
reduced to practically nothing. That
no State could go further than Maine
and Kannfto, which ftllowod aalon only
for medicinal and meohanioal purposoa,
though, he said, Maine haa, in riola
tiou of law, aomo four saloons.
Hpoaker Reed remarked: "Well,
those ? you know, are for strangors. "
Senator Tillman continued that it
had foquirod some 30 odd acta to form
tho Maine law an it no-* Btnuds. Thai
South Carolina had been for tho past
four years trying to perfect ita law,
adapting it to tho decisions of tho Su
proino Court, and when sho thought
aho hud at I ant auocoeded, Judge
Simoutob caiuo in and pntnlj'/od tho
whole businoHs. That it was a police
law, aa judged by ita ofloots, for drunk
enness and consumption of liquor had
been by it redttoed one- half. . flut tho
Supremo Court had docided that in law
it wbh not an exercise of the police
powor. That the court had Mopped
from one aide to tho other and tho last
flop knocked tho law ondwiso.
Spertkot- Heed here interjected, aotto
voiUo: "Well, you know, wo must ho
bound by tho last 'flop. ' "
Tillman continued that it was neces
sary to pass tho bill if any State is to be
pormittod to coutrol tho whiskey evil
along tho Cotton burg idea,' and that
tho sentiment was growing all 9Vor-tho
countty ; thut that Was the nearest ap
proach that could be made to prohibi
tion.
J I is argumout laatod 40 friinuios. Tho
Speaker was throwing bricks at him. in
a pleasant way, all through it, and it
was soon ovident that ho was against
giving the bill tho right of way in tho
llousO. ? t?
Mr. .J. P. K. Bryan followed with an
argument of 30 minntes. He took tho
position thc*t this Union is a commer
cial union, and that tho paRsageof such
a bill as Senator Tillman's would be de
structive, pro tanto, of such union, and
unconstitutional. He quoted tho decis
ion of tho Slipromo Court* in Bowman
vs. Railway, afflrmod in Scott ts. Don
ald, that "What does not belong to
commerce belongs lo the police powor,
and what does belong to com
merce ^'dooB not belong to tho po
lice power," which, ho claimed,
was the key of the controversy. That
tho courts had decided that South Car
olina was engaged iti a monopoly which
wa? dofttrftctivo of conimorce, and that
tho dispensary littt Was therefore ille
gal. -This bill was designed to perpet
uate that illegal monopoly. The jjcoplo
of tho State did not wish the instituion,
and chiefly Oti account of its admiuis-'
tratiou by Cor. IOvans, thoy repudiated
that gentleman at the senatorial elec
tion last yOrtt- by 4,000 majority. That
Congress should flot fasten upon tho
pooplo a condition of affairs they did
not wish, and from whioh tho decisions
of tho courts had praotically freed
them. lie stated that the people-he
lioved the system was rooking i^ith disj
honesty, in rebates, shortages, veto.
Ho asked the committee to stay -its
hand.
Congressman Elliott followed m n
Abort argument, re-enforcing tho state
ments of Mr. Bryan, and giving some
iucideutH of tbe oppression of the law
nu<l the illegal actsyof its ofllcerB.
Congressman* Latimer followed. lie
argued tha? the qiiostion affected every
.State in the Uniom and tbat Mr. .Bryan
and Mr. Elliott should not try to reduce
it to a question <Jf South Carolina poli
tics, uponwbioh, locally, there wore two
sides. He said that the elTeot of .tho
decisions was that there must now be
either total prohibition or high license
? no middle ground. That the dis
pensary in South Carolina had ocoupied
iliat middI?ffronnd;and the courts hav
ing decided that it had not done so
legally, this bill was for tho purpose of
enabling snob system or systems like it
to legally exist," by wiping out the
-question of polioe-powor-entirely, which
was tho only thing tbat stood iri tho
way. Ho resented some of the state
ments made by Col. Elliott. Horo he
and Congressman Elliot exohanged
?eome remarks of * rather personal na
ture whioh did not throw any light on
tbedisoassion. .
? ? Senator Tillmenjolosed. -,fi? re
marks were in t?$ij to Mr. Bryan'a ,
reference* to the administration of the
-dispensary, ? -Ife- eieied- tbaVtbere)
were no shortage* or bicker iugs
iraonjfrt officers while he was Gover
nor. ana tho-e things, cr the charges
of them, had arisen sinoe fefo became
Henator. He denied thai the dispensary
hid weakened to tie hold upon the ,
people of the Stete. That its great re-.'
sistanoe and unpopularity wae' in the*
city of Ch4rlfceton, whtehwaa the
home of recession, end thai city had
seceded arainei this law ee H did in
*^5?rS5S*iySe?-' entire iSSSl? '
the people were as mneh.
He'
local wd
given to
- -r-qp*?
tlioir carr?etne?a.
Honatot Tillman rbplifcd, In good it?- j
litre, thai i>erh tip* ho should nut nrv\viS
said it, but he had made tho statement
iu the Senate dud at A banquet* And ho
never said anything behind ? mrtn'o '
back ho would not say bo for o his iu( * J
jM r. Hoed pleasantly replied; Yen, but ?
tome things are bettor if not said."
WICUKLY CltOl' IKHjIjKTIN.
Injury to Corn by High W luils? ('ottou
(?? Holding It 4 Pratt.
'JClio weekly crop bulletin) ending {
July 20th, i Si?7, says: The week tVllri
rory wet, the ground has boon Nhor
oiigiilir soaked deafly everywhere. The
rainfall ftveraglul over tv*o Inchon for
the woek, with rimo'unts varj'i f(g front
oni to five inchos. While the j <?*? i it fn'f I
In Home aeotiouH wi\h excessive, with
minor damage to low Innd orojm by
standing water liud o^orflowi/ig streams,
and Home injury to corn by liigfi winds,
the seasons on the whole have boon
very beneficial, unci crops liavo nmdo
excellent progress. Cot-ton is holding
Its fruit very Well} tobacco end corn
have improved. Hwo'et potatoes toe
very fine and digging has commenced ,?
riee in heading nicely. Fair weather,
with more suushiue, is now needed. >>
J'jAsit.Un Diaxuior, -'-The reports of
correspondents iu the eastern district
are very favorable. Showers occurred
throughout the weok, and the ground
is thoroughly soaked. Home excessive
rains occurred, washing land, and
there was too much rain for low lands,
but the damage is. insignificant. The
temperature was about normal, with
.less than the usual amount of sunshine,
Crops aro doing very well indeed. Cot
ton improved rapidly; continues to
bloom nicely, and though not as largo
as last year, will have more I>oI1h; it in
holding its fruit well as yet: some
fields are gottin^ grassy. Corn planted
iu May on low lands ia verj' promising.
The rains came too late for a good deal
of corn which was damaged by previ
ous drought. Tobacco good; cutting
and ouring progressing finely, with
fair results. More poas wore planted
for forage and renovating land than
usual. Digging sweet potatoes' for
market begun; corn fine. Gardens
improving. ,,?$>
Cknthatj District. -? Showers occurred
on almost ovory day this week; ground
too^ wet to plow iu many sections and
farm work is hindered. Low lands aro
standing in wator, with some damago
to crops. .Local heavy rains and wind
storms did Borne damage, chiefly by
beating down corn iu Guilford county
(Greensboro), Wako county (Aubuirt
and Kaloigh), Warren county (ICinbro),
Franklin county '\JLLA\irel), Person
county (Bethel ilfll), and low lands
have boon flooded, ospocially in ltioh
mond county; but the aggregate injury
to cropB is not great, and is fully
balauoed by tho improvement?
in crops throughout tho district. Cot
ton is growing fast; holding fruit well;
laying l>y interrupted by wet weather
and some fields becoming grassy, Up
land corn made oxcellout growth; too
much water for low lands. Tobanoo has
improved; leaf Hue; nioro than two
thirds toppod; cutting and oumig'pro
greeBing slowly; crop will bojehort 011
account of diminished aoreaurfy Mead
ows and pastures fiuo. PrepantW I an (J
for cloter and turnips, and so&iirtg
turips begun. "
NVkhthhn Distkiot. ? Tho rainfall
was abundant and general this week,
followedtlio latter jwrt by fair weather.
Some minor damage was dono by heavy
tains washing land and filling bottoms.
In genera), correspondents report fine
growing weiither and oxcollent progress
iu the growth of crops. Corn growing
rapidly; looks well; nearly All
laid by; tho crop is hotter In wost
portion' thafi in other portions of the
State. Tobaeeo orop/ small, but doing
well. Cotton could not do better.
' Wlioat threshing continuos in extreme
west, hvt will soon be over everywhere.
Htubb&iand is being turned for another
wheat crop, and field peas still boinfif
planted. Grapes are riponing; good
orop. Other fruit ror^Chort.
statu viiikmkws "Association.
A Plan of InlcrrHt to Volunteer Fire
Deport ifieuts.* ? "
At Greenville on tlie 2let a meeting
of tho ofllcere of the volunteer tiro de
partment wo.1 hold at tho city hall for
tho purpose of issuing a cal I to tho vol
unteer companion of the Htate, to meet
in tho abovo city in August and form a
State Firemen's Association.
Such an organization as 53 proposed
to ho formed Iiuh been talked of ofton
Jioroloforo. Similar ones are in opera
tion in North Carolina, Virginia, Geor
gia and other adjacent States. Their
object in to promote the relations of
firemen and hold annual tournamonto
and conventions, tho dues of the va
rious member* to bo used in making up
purses.
IVttas decided to send out a call to
tbft'ohiefn of ail the department* in the
Slate and to overy volunteer company,
asking each ohief and a representative
frpm each, company to meet. in Green
ville during the reunion of the Confed
erate Veterans in August, when the
matter will be discussed and the asso
ciation Pldbftbly formed. This time
was chosen on account of- the low rates
that may be had for railway transpor
tation. ThQ.-date of tho meeting will
be annonticcd later, bnt it wilt be about
tho 24th or 25th of August. ../The Jocal.
ilremen wilt ontertaiu the delegates
who come in-rewpouae to tho?atb ?
FOR AiAt SOViVXKKS.
Gen. Walker Issues Another General
. Order to the Confederate Veterans.
Y The following general order has been
Issued by the South Carolina Division,
United Confederate Veterans:
"CHAKr-KHfo*, 8. C., Joly 18, 18?7r
* General Orders No,- 86: - Notice bee
been given these headquarters and in
aooordance with the constitution it igf
TWW/W ?? ' Will VW wrwM ^ "T"
eohetitvtiott eo m to iaoooporete
kOllSL
wtt&aa. <*"?}?' <m?. tv ir
{KKIP IB TdfiSil
A Lower Rato far folotframs, 15
Conts For Ton Words.
HERETOFORE IT HAS BEEN 25c.
I his DccIhIoii Will Ho?lonl>t ?<ll v llo
Applauded by tho of '1 ho
Tho ( 'harlotto (.Sf. (J.) Oh*?tver fift.Vfl
tho tttato Katlioad ('omuUHBion dt its
liwdtliiu lit Kouutl Knob Uooided to >o
OUiio <lm railroads of tho Btsto t ?.? pay
(in hnS'ieased fax, nml tho telegraph
companion to KOtld fo^wintfert at ft ro,f
duood rato.
Tho Comuiiusion inoroasod tho valuu- ?
tion of railroad pfropsrty in North Caro
lina $8,000,000 over tho awftoYW^d valuu
tion in 180(1, and tho railroad com
l union will thovoforo bo required to pay
luxiui <Mi a ^loatlv increased roturn.
lu it matter of cheaper t olograph i*or
vice the ooinminRtou placed the rato for
a message of ton word.i' or Iohd at 15
oviits. Tho rato has heretofore boon *5
COM Is. i
Tho railroad commission in vory rare- '
ful to bo junt and fair in 1 1 h dooisioiiM.
j It haainado tho moat painntakiiiL' in
i voHligation in thepo auhjeeta ami \va
' havo no donbt thul these t wo dcoinions
[ woro justified by tho findinga of llio
! commission, and thoy will undouhtod
1 v bo applauded by tho poople of tho
Mate.
ritnvii.vun and pkosimciuty.
lie Si'os It In tho Dinglcy Hill for 1 1? o
I ml us tries of t ho Son l li.
(Special to llio Cbarlotto (N. U.) Ob
server. J
Senator I'ritohard looks through his
political spectacles and boos nothing
but prosperity in tho Dinglcy tnritif bill.
Ho is satiullod Unit its provisions will
redound to tlio interest of llio Southorn
j>ooplo. 11 ore is tho way^io figures it
out: '
"Now Unit tUo tariff bill is about to ho
enacted into law," sayB tho Senator, "I
fool sure Unit. Uio country will experi
ence a general rovivul of businoHs in
ovory branch of industry, llnmintuk
ublo evideuoos of prosperity aro to bo
soon 011 every hand and while I. have
not succeeded in ovory instance in so
curing what, i believe to bo adoquato
protection for certain industries of the
South, in the main, I have gotten what
our people havo demanded. It is an
admitted fact that, the South ban no
cured a creator dogroo of protection for
hor industrioB in tlio present law than
has been accorded to uh in any tariff
measure heretofore enacted. Tako, for
instance, the lumber industry in North
Carolina and othor Southern Status
?which was almost destroyed by tho
operation of tho Wilson law.
"Owing to remoteness from tho dis
tributing poiuts and tho difforonco in
the cost of labor in Canada and the
United States it was absolutely impossi
Tile for the Southorn lumbormon to
successfully compote with bis Canadian
competitor. So long as tlfe Wilson law
remained on tbe statuto book it was fol
ly for tho oitizous of our State to at
tempt to dispose of their lumber. The
present law provides a two dollar rate |
of duty on lumber, which will afford a
market for the lumber of tho North Cdr-:
oliua farmer, and will onsure the invest
ment' of thousands of dollars in tho
lunibor industry of our Stato.
i 'A ruin of duty has boon socurod on
rice which ~iB entirely flatlsfaotory to
the rice planters of the South. Tins is
another industry which has been lan*
; guishiug undor tho operation of the
i Wilson tariff.
"A duty of six conts per pound is
placod on monas&Ho, which will cnnblo
the fftrnieps'of North and South Caro
lina to/i^alize..ihousands of dollars in
tho dovejfopinont of the industry.
"The [bill provides Tor a most satis
factory rato on wool, thereby offer
ing an imlucemoirt to the people of
tho sheep growing sections. Many
localities in North Carolina are woil
adapted to sheep growing and tho
provisions in tho present law
make it possiblo for our farmers
, to now engago in this business
with tho assuranco that they will b&
ablo to dorive a good profit. Kaolin
is accordod a sufficient rato of duty'to
enable the oWueis of koalin mines to '
dovoiop the /industry, securing tho in
vestment o/ thousands of dcVllars as
well as the employment of our citizens
at remunerative wages. Mica and all
other minerals, as well as tho agricul
tural products of the South, are af
fordod ojrood rate of protection.
?"fn addition to tho fact that we are
to have a general revival- of manufac
turing throughout tho country tho
agricultural reports toll of unusual
crop* ever^irhere. "
CHANGES IN POSVSIASTKKM.
Tho Number About tlie'.Samo As In
the Last Administration.
The number of changoa mado in
presidential postofHces botwoen March
4 an<LJuly 7, according to the official
figures of the Postoffioe Djipmrtment,
w a?k JIG. For the simllarperiod tho
ehangee during the loot administration
?ww 429. Of the number under the
pT?wnm?tm?-thff ohangerttWoffloea
?wtrrt* based on resignations, - 180 on ex
piraiions of the commissions of in
cumbents, on removals, to by
reason of the office being raised to the
presidential class, and 15 on deaths of
tho postmasters. Included in the. total
are 78 amis in which changes were due
to regpatts of postoffice inspectors.
DHife Like RttJtlV?VTlRAnc?v
? A Providence, It. Lt Special says
President E, V. Andrews*- ot Uxown
University, has sent a IjtUr to the fac
ulty r eeitfamg- h is offioe. The letter was
in responss to a communication iwnt to
Mtot AldtMli bj the oommitu*
sppointed to tte hiiliii tm d fellows,
wfoeilhe foi wIUJMii to aooount
fee his silver nMeranese.
rriesv.
Bar. Peter Hafenaan, tbe oldest
CatholU gieat I* 4W Cni U*
dimd ?? RSJ K. Y.-JTsifce^BUn^
mmAskil ' tttwifc" mfWmSSEF*
YV"--* ? J >r V* * ' t -
tfiititftrfe..: - ? ??> - * . -11
V1IK IIO.MK OI> IIIM* NYK.
Nuniutor < ? 1 1 1 Ml' Mountain ( ltU ? I u
I In* litiml iff tUo Miy.
Asheville, N. ('. ? ?lul,v 3*1 (Special
CWrflftptfndonee. ) Not many miles
/fftjpft t f i Im pi?C!> lived Bilf & ye ales',
POO? WifllAtVI, the ptiOplO ayout here
Knew him vMl and fh?y hava nujuy
stories which they < <?H of him
and many which the huvnorlet In h in
ooriurnnidmn throughout this j?i?
Moresque region would toll in them.
It wh'h Nye who gave the meuioudda
account of hoW H \\ a>* that Yandei ?
hilt happened to net tin i?? ^his rare uml
rarifhm section of tho South.
"George Kiul mo worked thccomtdnn,
tlon, " ho said. "Wo have taHlew of
?he same line, often a dark hrown. I 'm
long t'U |^rt?y matter : ho has (ho long
grt>on. \Ve pltnhed oill' touts side hy
aide this proves the proalnexs of men,
I'to 8 ay nothing of tho country round
shout. "
Hut \yo has passed, end thorn J* n?
mohdf.'ittut nave a cottage far up thd
river. YandofhUt remaineth, and liko
old llornee, he linn oreotyd a monnmoit
more enduring than luass. since the
visit of .Mnkinley, when ho refused to
enter the eStrt*o unless un invital ion u a?
extended to the <\vri,*?M?ond?'ntM aocom
pauying him, nowspapvr uuin have
rather risen in thn estimation of Hard
ing, the Burly Knglish nul>-mauagt<r,
and more extomlud nourl esir* are hlum n
them,
Hut Biltmore in oftly an a<voi>sory foa
turo of this luxurious .seft.ion, II vii|i?
resents the ar 'tillcial, and lool.iug at it
in thin contrasts! light with tint limit
lesn wealth of nature spread out in its
grandest forms, thescono makes a study
which is Interesting and nut soon to he
forgotten.
Asheville, j?int at thlf> hOOKon, becomes
tho summer i^irl of the mountain fii itm.
Sho gets on a oool shirt-waist, wilh a
jaunty Bailor hat and bedecks herself in
the refreshing uroouory of tho season.
She looks delightfully cool, and there
in jin nir of comfort nild nerono satiHfuo
tion in bur manner tliat she ran defy
ilio blistering li out t>hioh wilts her
rivals and hd i j il k thorn indoors. Instead
of retreating from Uio sun, A oho villi)
gets out and glories in i t m glare, for it
is tempered l?y a still' breevio whioli
comes down from the cnnvn ol moun
tain^ around ; she goes a golling, ri^'s
up in wheeling costume for a spin, irotu
into tennis paraphernalia, or starts out
on a jannt up (lit) river for a try at
mountain trout.
J lift now Afdievillo ia on the verge
of tho summer season For the next
three moiitha il 1 i 1 heaguyplscq i*ay
in a summer way, for the town ;j?
atwayH lively and wears tho air of
prosperity thfcughont . iho ? hole your.
The popular idea of \tdmvillo is orrono*
unit. I had pictured the plac-o as a
Hinall mountain city, wilh two or throo
big ho tola near by and Kiltmoro and
Kd MoKissick in the rear mound. In
stead, horo in 0110 of the most metro
politan towns hi appearance in the
KoutU. 'J he people have full enjoy
ment of life. I lie butiiiii'ss part of the
city in in the - bottom of a hiu;h basin
scooped out anion;." thejmountaius and
el iced in two by the /Swaiinauoa and
Fronch H Mad, dleio ar > mile of paved
strootn, put down, by the way, by the
lato (Jeuoral I'ieree Al. H. Voting, who
secured tho oijntruct some years before
lie accepted bin foreign appointment.
From those radiate driveways which
Btretah in all directions and penetrate
tho oriciroling hills and luflights, reach
ing for into the mountains. It is on
ill in riiiiigo of ittformodialo hills that the
| residences ami fesotls have been built
and on every protrudilhg knob there is
some majestic hotel oV house which
gives A good olVoct lo tho ueneral scene.
The ?Southern Kail way has made a
recent change in schedules, which puts
in traintj from all (.odious at most con"
voniont hours.
Tho Macon people are taking advan
tage of a train which leaves that city
at J. 10 p. m. and gets to this place at
!>. 4r> a. in. The same train 'leaves Ash
oville at p. in. and arrives in Atlanta
at 0. 10 a, m., and in Macon at b. 15
o'olook.
Arrangements for transportation lio
tweon Charleston, Savannah mid Co
lumbia are equally convenient. The
train loavin?lioro at 8.20 it. in. go Is to
Charleston at 8 p. in.
Drawing room cars have boon put on
between Jacksonville, Savannah, Ash
evillo and Cincinnati. The train loav
iug hero at Jl. Of) p. m. arrives in Savan
nali at fl a. ni. and at Jacksonville at
0. 10 a. in, " "Loaviiig Savannah at 11. lift
p. m. and Jacksonville at 7, the trip is
made to Ashevillo hy 2. 4ft o'clock in
the afternoon.
Drawing room cars have been placed
on between New York, Philadelphia,
Chattanooga, Baltimore, Washington,
Salisbury and Nashvillo. .
Leaving Ashevillo at :i. .'{0 p. in. the
trip Is mado to Chattanooga by 11.85
p. m. ; arriving at Nashvillo at?0.40
a. m. /'
Leaving Ashovilio at 2. 2*> p. in. the
trip is mado to "Washington at 0.42 a.
in., to Baltimore at 8 a. in., Philadel
phia, 12.43 p. m., and Now York at
12. ft2 p. in. ' % ?
Trains lft and 10 carry through Pull
man drawing cars between Norfolk.
Kaloik'h, Greensboro, Chattanooga ana
Nashvillo. leaving Ashovilio ret 1.17
m., Chattanooga i/? reached at
7.4 0 a. iu^ and rsi<illliP^r''ot l:3? p. m.
Loavit/g Ashovilio i\i 2.4 I a. m., tho
trip is made to Croensboro by 8. iio/
Norfolk at ft. 2ft p. in. ? /
Trains JJ, ft and between Ashucille
and Morristown, msko connections
with train* to and froui MamphidT Now
Orleans and tho.$outm. . J Jotiblo/ daily
train# r<U> on Murphy brai/oh l>e>
twaen Ashvillo and Iity^on City]
This change in train** give exkollont
connection from Asheyille with all
point*. Three trains come in during tho
day from the West, and three leave in
tbaaam* direction; three com? in and
depart from the South, and there are
tvo. out and in frem tho Host. and
Jut now Asbeville is filling n^r.
Crowds are oomjng in from all sec
tt?4 n Riclit To*
Offlco ltatcn to th* ?*.
or! ' llirsswmriag Uk?A?JJw.
gtepogrmfrgr-Hg'i rot ? rfgfci tft
COTTON IS Fill fit
Tho Weather Bureau Says That Con
ditions Aro Favorable Generally.
A GOOD REPORT OF CROPS.
? ^
t'orn Huh Inued to Make ttupbt
(irwwth?Ofnorrtl Oiillook KttP To
l>ueoo 1a lOiKUMirii^liiK.
'I'ho U. s. Wouthor Bureau, iil it?
fcpoi t of crop condition" for tho week
ending if ul y i}i\, Htiy h : The week hftH
been very favorable to ugrioultnral in
teroHtu on tho Pucifto eoatd, andgonor
ally in the Ktatoa of tho Central Valleys,
i'.astOulf, Month and Middle Atlantic
rnuHtff. I" Now Knglaud, Now York,,
tliO lied liivor of tho North and other
portions of tho Ohio Valley.,
there lms been too much rain,,
while drought prevails over the groator
pui t of Texas and in portions of Arkan
sas, Missouri and Kansas. In tho last
named Wtato, hot winds Imve proved
injurious. Kxeossivo rains havo caused
doiuage to grurti inuhook in portions of
(lie Middle Atlantic Htfttes, and ttovorw
and dttmngiu^1 local storms ooohjrod in
portions of Now Kngland, New York '
and Now Jorsey.
Corn lias continued to make rapid'
growth in tho Ntivton of tho Central Vat- .
leys, Lake region, New Knglaud and
Middle Atlantic conat. In Iowa, the
eftrJy croj* corn has reached the earing
Htago, and there is ample moifituro for
proHont neoda. In Nebraska it contin
ue* late and ia generally in excellent
condition. In central and southern
Kannun corn has hcon seriously injured'
hy hot winds and drought, butoYor the*
remainder of the State it in in good con
dition. Drought in also causing serious
injury to latocoru in Toxaa and portions
of I'lOtiiBiuutt. . ' t"
Cotton haw generally made favqrablo"
progress, and is fruiting avoII over tho
northern, central and oaatern portioua
of the cotton belt, although Home coin-./
plaints of rust and shedding are ro
eoived from portious of the .oastem
Kection. Jn southern Texas drought it*
causing holla to opou rapidly, uoma
prematurely, and the plant# have stop
ped growing; but ovor northern Toxaa,
except Homo shedding, tho or^ is grow
ing and fruiting well.
Spring wheat hijy> been injured by ex
cessive raina in /northern Dakota, ex
copt in lowlnnda( and in Mouth J)i>kota,.
the outlook i?j. promising. In Wusli
ington and Or^ron the crop ia now
Hearing inaturltj' in oxcollent condi
tion.
JOxeopt in Koutucky find portions of
Tonncaaeo, where - thio tiUQV continued
in good condition, tho ^ou^ral t outloplc
for tobaoco ia encouraging. The or, op
has nuutninod damage by cut iu
Ohio. . v. -
. ? , , . - %1X
j>J'KINIjKY?8 DMl*AltTUItifi.
liolmvoH Washington to Ho /Vbnont
Until In Hoptmnher.
I'rosidont MoKinley aud party letyX
Washington at noon Wednesday forLstt!o
Uhntriplain. It in the President's inten -
tion to remain atl>ake Champion until!
August 2<ird, when ho will go to the*
(hand Army of the Republic encamp--'
mont at liuttalo. From Buffalo he wiU^il
go to Ohio, where he has promised to
iittond tlio ro-union of his old rogi-.
intuit and uIro to be prosent at the wed
ding of the daughter of ex^President
Hayes, ouSeptoinberii. .. .UulentL iherA
uhould bo an urgent demand, forhifli.
presouoe in Washington lie will return:^
to Huft'alb anjl thero go aboard Senator
1 lamia's yacht, for a fow days cruise otr "
tho lakes. During the -L'rosideni'a abc t~
Bunco from Washington, all olecuiiVft
business will be dono hero.
A CONSUL COMMITTJS SUIOIDU.
1 >l?l Not Wait for Ills Sucoesfior to Uo
llovo Him of tho OfHno.
United States Minister .Maker hat*
cabled the State Department at Wash
ington that United States , Consul
Mtwchmeyer, of San Salvador, has
committed suicido. Mr. Baker Hays
that ho win.' appoint a vice:?>tHriil~to ~
tnko oliarure of the oftloe. Munehmoyor
was appointed frtHp West Virginia in
1805. first to tho -yico cdnsulake at
Ac-ajutlar. and later ahd-in the same
year, to San Sal vador, to All tl^o vat
canoy caused by tho death of his father. ?
A fow days ago Mr. -Jenkins, of
Nebraska, was nominated for the place
hold by Munohmeyer.
THKY Alt? AT OI)l)S.
Hanna and McKlnley Are Out for
tho First Time.
A Washington dispatch says: For
tho first time since the inauguration,
IVonidont MoKinley and Sonator Mark
Hanna dtYe at variance, Heuator Hwtma
is ejiraged because thtf President in
serted on sending his currpncy message
/u> Congress agfcinstthe instructions of
Sonator ffanno, who vouched tho ihfor- .
mation that it would be of no avail and
would thus cast a stigma updn the Iter
for inactivity in currency reform* jrhhsh
the message plainly poiuted oufy wae,,
V w? I . ... I Trr '"jrjTi IjQjg
? i) hat VinM' *
Mayor McOoirn, of
m been challenged to fisrhi a dtjel by