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NO. :so. (i?M| II n?| <>w,i' Noilvo CAM DUN. S. ( V; FHIDAV, AlHHisr (i, 180". vFivc Cwrididatos are Stumping the State for Earle's Place. A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECHES, ' Evana dumj?s on Mcl.auvlnM Tnrtfl V lows -- Moloiiirla and Irby tin TllClr Tlecords? MaUold Talks Out . ? I . ; " , , Tho following is h brief summary ol tho Senatorial campaign speeches from day (q {lay, The Spartanburg Mooting. I Al Spartanburg a determined ofibrl xvaa iiuvdo to howl down MoLaurin, but CluviVnuui Wilson quieted tho crowd. ( '?>. tl. May Hold wan tho first speaker. Ho began bv denying that ho was in n combiivo to compass MoLfturin'a defeat. ( vtJo had board, he said, that ho was in thovaoeto advortise himself prepara tory to running for Governor next year. Vhis, ho assured his auditore, was ab solutely false, and bo was doing all he could to secure tho nomination of Sen ator. lie then wont on to express his osteon* for Senator MoLaurin as a man, but opposed hify on his views of na tional questions; lie also explained at longtb bis dis pensary views, and took up tho tariff, and in his speech Haiti Senator Mo Laurin Nvuh a good reformer but not a 'Democrat. i'rby was tho next speaker, and ho worked in, to tho amusement of the crowd, the political daddy feature. lie , further on ia his spooch,mado tho asser tion that Ellorbo; Neal ana Gonzales, if tlmy had their way, would put negro labor in tho cotton mills of tho State. Ho thou followed this statement with a touching word picture of the happy Condition oi^ the mill operatives in the Piedmont', and drew u comparison of what it \fould bo should negro labor be introduced in tho factories. Bpoakfng of his rooord, Col. Irby laid stress on tho fact that ho bad a(wavs opposed bolting. "Tjiero aro going to bo two parties in tJJls i Stuto. a Democratic and a Ko puWican parly, and there is tho leader," pointing to MoLaurin, declared Col. Irby. "He is laying tho egg that will hatch a full-Hedged Republican party." Ho concluded with an appeal to the puoplo to stand by Democracy. Fx-Ciovcrnor Evans led ofF with his tariff for revenue only speech. He as serted that Mo K/aur ill's Republican turiff viowa would never bo accepted bv tho pooplo of this Stato. MoLaurin, ho said, claimed that he and Tillman stood together on tho tariff. Ho said ho didn't bolievo Tillman hold thosamo taritF views, but if lio did ho could not como boforo the people of this Stato and win on that issue alone. Ho then referred to Mr. MoLaurin as a "sapsuekor on a limb" and declared he was the hardest man to pin up On an Issue ho had over encountered, He was continually shifting his viows, ho as sorted. Mr. Evans said ho didn't believe in a tariff. Ho was for free trade with u direct tax to supply tho nccossary reve nue for running tho government. - Mr.- Evans again expressed the hopes that tho factions would cease thoir fight and unite on the Democratic tariff principlo. (Applause.) Senator MoLaurin said ho had boon called a Kepublicun by his oppononts. Ho flung tho epithet baok in their teeth and doclnrcd that he had sorvod tho pooplo aft Attornoy-Goueral, as Con gressman and as United#tftJtca Sonator too faithfully and to~> long for thitnslur against him to bo bolioved. 1Ioo\>'ctI all .that hi was to the people of tho Stato and ho would novor Oo false to thoir in terest. . . Sinco Colonel Irby had brought up tho negro mill labor question, ho said he wanto I to assort moBt positively that ho was ' opposed to negro opera tives in factories. So much was he in favor of employing white labor wherever lie oouldjijrfirtfno Iron ted his farms out to wlTilo tenants at a Joss price than he Vj could get from negroes. * In concluding his spceoh, Senator MoLaurin declared ho was unalterably opposed'to tho direct tax as proposed by Mr. Evans. If a direot tax were im posed, ho said it would bo a danger to the mill operatives, for cheaper pauper labor would be brought in to tako fao . lory. laborers' iilnr.n*. SonatOr McLaurin was appladed whon ho conclndod. \ Tho Cliorolcco Meeting. Chorokee's mooting was hohl At OaA ?oy, Ami About noo hoard tho sonAtoriAl CAndidaten. The mooting m as orderly And ploASAnt. Irby was tho first speakor, And after : exproasing his ploAsnro At heiug prefi ^^^nt^IJfrvproceodied to correct thai por ^rioin'of his Spartanburg speech where lie Said tlmt ho doolarod Gonzales, 101 lorbe land Neal favored negro lAbor in oott^jvinills. UiA ?poech >vah nuKcou. strued, unintentionally.! ho know, by , the reporter, he said. What he did say, he declared, was that in favoring tho " election of . McLaurln/ Gonzales, El '? lerbe a fid Neal were indireolly favoring ? the building up of n Republican party in thle Htato, And that should the Be won, ftfv, MoTiftuvin was going oveV Uio State, ttnid Mr. Evans, crying that a combine had bee^ formed against him. Thin WAa nothing but tho sympathetic net, Mr. ISvatiH averted, for every man i?i tho Vaoo wanted tho oOtce.' Thi? flght was ono of prinoiplo ami one in which conservative* nttrt i-efurmors could unite, "JtyoU vote for tho man who has turned Kia -back on tho ro form movement, you admit t)iat you havo laid aside prinoinlo and given phuty, .to animosity, " said Mr. Evans in appealing to tho eonsorvativon. Senator MoLauriu was tho uoxt speaker and he said tho question of no cro labor in ootton mills was Unjustly dragged into this discussion. 'U had no part in this campaign. For himself ho favored white labor, wherever it could bo employed in preference to negro la bor. Ifo proforrod white tenants to ne gro touants, ami employed them, ho said. Taking up tho tariff bill Senator Mt} Laurin showed what Southern intorosts ho had boon contending for. Ho had a box of mono/.ite mined near hero, ancl explained that tho duty ho and othor Southorn Senators had soenrod on it would raise tho price considerably. Mr. Mayflehi hold the crowd for twonty minutos, with a hurried oxposi, lion of his views on the dispensary and the tariff. In that timo ho could not elucidate as mnoh as ho would havo liked, but while ho spoko ho was liston od to attontivoly and cheered when ho finished. The (ireoiivlllo Meeting. The Senatorial campaign mooting lier? wna quito largo. Tho evidences of favoritism on tho part of some woro marked. At tho outHot it looked aB if Senator MoLaurin was going to have troublo to got an audionco. It wan hardly an attempt to howl down ? cer tainly nothing like tho good old 181)2 , war whoop? -but the exhibition was the | exuberance of Homo of Irby's and b Evan's frionds. Oovevnor Evans was tho firstspcakcr, and he spoke for an hour and wan very cordially received, ifis entire speech wan on the tarifl' issue, jumping on Mo Laurin's views and tho rice, cotton and lumbor schedules specifically. lie said ho was poorer todav than when lie wont into tho Governor's otlloo not withstanding rumors. Soli a tor MoLaurin spoke next, and he Raid any man who misrepresented his position as Mr. Evaus did, wan in Ilia opinion unworthy of confidence. There wan Home attempt at. interruption but it was quieted down. Ho said it took all three of hisopponoiils..to handle him. ? In 1888 ho Advocated primaries and the rule of tho people, and in-'J$5)0-'ho did the same. Ho. believed there was need of a political awakening. MoLaurin went on to say the Colleton plan was started in tho interest of Evans and was fir the purpose of lotting a few thousand voters run thb nomina tion of the Governor. lie said that such things drew the factional lines. MoLaurin rolled up his sleerves and wont to pounding away at tho facts re lative to his viowfl on tho tariff end in sistent that ho was not and ntever had boeen a protectionist, and that his whqlo tight was to havo his State recog nized as an integral part of his country. MrAEvans under his direot ttix plan would reduce tho labor to a pauper labor by his oxcessive tax. lie wanted everyone to understand that tho uecos eary expoufiofl could not bo raised ex cept with incidental protection, llo doubled if tho Dingloy bill would raise enough to run tho government. He related how the bill was prepared and how it Avas rushed through tho House, and his wholo purposo was to make the bill non-sectional. He was the first member to opon up the qnestion of free bagging and tios. Ho said lie would not bo Senator oxcopt upon.tlio eudorsomont of his peoplo in a primary. Ho wont over J the cotton sohedulo at longrth and said in tho House committee every Republican op posed JJacon'e cotton duty amondinent. .'fust as sure as this country remains on the singlo standard and Mencico has a ?ingle basis, Mexico will send short Btaple hero unless there is soino bar rier. He then worifjLto two lumber sohedule. Mr. McLaurin confined liimsolf to further explanation of his vO?tos and was on this topic when admonished that his hour was up. Tho essential point of McLaurin's speech was tlw nan-faction al idea whioh he urged shotud by roe ognized, as thero was no tn.eod for fac tions now. * Mayflold jumped on JtfcLa^irin'B tarift' views and insistou that MoLauritrs ideas could not do this i>oople a/uv good. MoLaurin cannot, complain of boing called, a protectionist, because to agree with them in-part^was to agree in prin-' ciple. MoLaurin olid done moro mis-, chief for tho time irt tho Senate than any man over in that body from" this State. If South Carolina was ready to go In Ropnblieau 1 inert then MoLaurinS* viows are proper. lie then jumpwd on .MoLaurin for do fending the Tillman-Xi*timer bill. Ho related hii anti-dispensary viewB, oto. Col. IrMy road a tofogram from Sen ator Till iJaii denying that he said tho race was fietweeu Evans and MoLaurin." MoLaurin was nothing ; but a poli tician and went with tho pelitioal winder ? Ho said ho was tho friend of the poor and the rich man and /would undeceive his friends. McLam-in's record was higher than his. MoLaurin, he said^ joined every party that carae along. |ili?rbeen_ alleged thai he propoeedto Ar uww mwvm . Strait and Latimer to organize a nepa rfte partv and go Jn with the Populist. Hewpuld get a certificate .to that effect. ? MoLaurin denied this charge. Ittarr^AJlrlfM, I'll get the certifi cate," Speaking to *h<>. comserratir^s. he -aid that MeLa^^b had deceived all fcia frWtida and the oonueryaiivet would irfrmt nail CW,Irkjrweal ot i to iollreirlaVn .Kle ?iawa, and said the poor man was "Tjaton a par trith the convict and black IWlxen bin time waa up he waa urged wfooa. * . ^nld father not ^although aakedeo HU(V vaa criticising hia views, when Hio latter askod that if it was true hn'wa* not in u combination t<> li^lit him, why did ho single hint out from mi attack on hip dispensary views, whon Mr. Kvans, thofathorof tho dispensary llvw, sat nearby., Later Mv, Mayllold utatod he would nay nothing more about .Sen ator Molmuriit, hm no hail committed political suicide at tiroouvijle. Tin* Senator aaid ho supposed Mr. Mayfiold made no montion of Irhy or F.vann, ho tfogardod thein as being ftlso dead. Mr. lOvane said oomo of tho eandi dutoa oritieised tho dispensary because tho law is unpopular hero, hut as for himself ho oonsidorod he had no rogrets for liia advocacy 6P tho law, and still considered it the host solution of tho liquor problem. Mr. Kvans olaimod that 1 matters wore reaching a poouliar state whon Govornor JMlorbo aaid he would use tho machinery of his admiuiatra tion against Irby and Evans if they op posed MoLaurin. As Governor I'd lorbo was absont, Honator MoLaurin denied for him that he over made such a statement. Mr. May Hold said Mr. El lorbo told him so and that if ho tin nied it, ho was guilty of a deliberate falsehood, Kx-Sonator Irby stated that he would prove by Smith Thompson. of Spartan burg, that Senator MoLaurin promised to vote for Butler for Senator against Tillman. Mol<aurin denied thin and said the alleged conference was not about sonatorial matters, but on other questions. Tho Oconee MeotliiR. Tho campaign meeting for t li i? comi ty was hold at Wnlhullu, nud was with out Bpooial inoidont, oxcopt tho spat be tween Senator McEaurin and ( <?1. Irby. Some one asked Moljiuwiii if lie was Govornor would ho favor the mot ro politan polioo. Ho replied that he would not. Col. Irby asked whether ho would romovo tho police from Charleston if Governor, and he mud ho would romovo the police Col. Irliy paid this remark was stubbing Governor Ellerbo. Mr. MoLamiu Haid it was no snob thing; that he would defend Kl lerb'e at all times, and that Ellerbo in teh'dod removing the police from Charleston, but was prevented by a combination of circumstances. Col. Irby said he, only attacked. Gov ornor Ellerbe bocauflo ho had said to May field that he was going to throw the power of his administration against Evans and Irby. Senator Mcljauriu said Govornor Ellerbo had denied this, and had said he would use his power if his administration woro attacked. Co!. Irby condemned tho present BiillVago provisions in thisfStato, and said it dis franchised 1,1100 poor whito mon in Spartanburg county alone. Messrs. MoLaurin and Evans Raid tho present plan was the bent possible solution, and that when Col. irby ap pealed to the poor white men ho was using the argument of tho defhqgoguo, for there were no poor white men who wore disfranchised in South Carolina. All white mon woro oqual and sover eign, as much so as his rich country men. Mr. Ma.yfteld was not present. He spont tho day with his fathor in Groonville county. . , i? THByCROI'8 IN TIIK STATE. Iloport of Director Bauer on tlie Oon? dition of South .JOaroUna's Crops. In his weekly bulletin Director Bauer saya: ' Tho genoral ofrpp outlook is particu larly fine in Laurens, portiqiUjof Qjr angob^irg, Andereon, Greenwood, Sa luda, Chesterfield, Greenville, Sumter and York counties, and poor nowhere. Old. corn is practically all laycd by in fair condition, with general improve-, ment noted. Somo has put on now tas sels and is shooting new ears sinoe the rainy woathor set in. ? Upland cotton is generally a full crop. Eato corn, while not yot made, continues in very promising condition. Corn firod badly in Berkeley county. Fodder pulling has begun in the oast orn counties, but is not yet goneral. Corn is tfcoding rain in portions of Horry and Spartanburg, Itfciirly all correspondents, report cot ton having mado rai^id growth, in places growing too much to weed, and generally continuing to put on fruit; some fields are already well onough fruited to mako an average crop. Thoro are, howeyer, localities whoro, on ao eount of oxcossivo rains, the plant haB deteriorated. Such reports woro re ceived from., Aiken, Berkoley, Barn well, Hampton, Chester, Bamberg. Kershaw, Kuuitor, Darlington, Dor ohoster, Fuiullold and Jtiohland, but generally includo portions of those counties only. Excessive shodding of Bquares and bolls is as yot confined to Edgofiold, JJerkoloy, Aikou, Fairfield, Florencoand Eoxin'gton, although some shodding noted in many other counties. Eice aro loss numerous than last week, also fewer reports of rust and honey dow were received. In a few limited localities ^ this orop stands in need of rain. Eaying by is largely under way and flnishpu whore the ground was dry enough to plough, the frequent heavy rains having hin d rod and delayed this work. Sea island cotton continues to thrive. The pea orop is doing well gonerally, having attained good stands! In the western counties a large acreage was planted. In places where it is too wet thoro is an excessive shodding of leaves noted. ?""" Tobaooo ettring is progressing rapid ly and favorably. In" Marion apd Horry half the orop has been gathered. The quality of the leaf is superior, ex cept in upper Darlington. The orop is being marketed in place*. ~ Rioe has improved with the season *nd is doing very well* except upland, which ia places ia rathe): poor. More rain would benefit ?io? in the George* iown district. Turnip and rutabaga sowing la well under whv. Sugar cane was greatly improved by r!y varieties, tral they rot m they , . . .? . ... ^ iigagtjyg.f r 1 but ijiij "cheSw&eeUeet is WUBamatnrrg. ^ Monument to a Horoic Woman Unveiled at Edgefield, FIRST BALE OF NEW COTTON. A Ilorrllilo (\i'Jme?? Dying Assertion Hill o*l Out --Senator Moyilvld Uo sigus- Will Invito Tillman. Tho Slate's F,dgeileld correspondent says tho first monuniont orootod in tho United Stolon, and wo boliove, oxcept to .loan of Arc, the only one in tho world to co.imnomorata the deeds of hproiaw do no by a woman in war wan unveiled over tho grave of Ijuoinda Morn (Aunt Cindy, as tho aoldiora of MeUowau'a brigade called hoi) al Chestnut IJill, Saluda county, on Sat nrday tho 24th of .T nly, Onpt. Geo. R i.ake wan flrai apoakor and told in graphic stylo how ahofollowod her hus band in thin brigade throughout the war, braving privations and ministering to tho wounded soldiers as only a worn an Can do. (..'apt. Luke was tho origi nator and moving spirit in erecting thia monument to ihis heroine of .the host Cause, ai)d he no doubt felt proud and gratified as he saw tbift marble shaft uncovered to toll tho comiug gen erations of the devotions of a woman to tho eauKc for whioh tho flower of tho Southern States sacrificed their livon. (?apt. J iake is untiring in his otforta to aidtheol<l votorans who are now silent ly but rapidly "passing over tho rivor. " ? At Columbia II. "13. Owens, ono of thfcr best linotyne oporators, and Sunday foreman ot Tho State, mot with a fear ful nccidont in tho migifto room, ana re sult of which ho dfon. Jlo was slipping a pump bolt on, wlion his foot flow from under him ami he foil head first into tho five foot fly wheel of tho. engine. Ilia arm rttid head wont through, and fcore crushed botw'oou tho irom work and the spokes, stopping tho ongine. Follow employees had tooack the wheel to rolouso lijm. One of tho vertebrae ill his nock was dislocated, and ho was otherwise badly injured/' Ho remained conscious, atiango to say, almost to tin* time of bin dentil. Ilia remains wore taken to Rook Hill for interment. ? At Greenville, It. F. G. HoltEclaw, a dispensor, has boon convicted of giving his chock (is dispenser for ?700 to an election fund. Ho waschargodou three counts, first, tho ?cmbez/ilomont of 81, HSJO; second, overdrawing his salary, 8i;H>; third, giving achock as dinponsor for $700 to tho election fund. His at torneys have made a motion for a now trial aud in urrost judgment'. In c?*o tho eourt donios/the motion an appeal will betaken to(tho Supremo Court. Tho first bnlo of the now crop of cot ton for thin year was shipped to 1*'. W. Wngonor & Co. , . Charleston, from Al lendalo. It waspiokod on Col. L. \V. Youmau's plnco. This is unusually early for the first bnlo of now cotton to trot in, ho those who know say. Now tho now ci:pp of cotton in this State will begin to reach tho markot rapidly no doubt. Reports from all over tho State indicate that the crop is well ad-, vunced in every direction. Mrs. A, W. Oakley, wifo ai tho treas urer of Aiken county, committed sui cido by-tttkiuK strychnine. Attbocoro ner's inquest two letters written by t )io deceased, just boforo her death, were ruled out; neither was her dying asser tion ' admitted This was: ."My life has been ruined for two years, and 1 cunnot deceivo my darling husband any longor. " ? -??? Mr. J. R. Stephenson. a well-known resident of the Indian Town section of Lancaster county, has been arrested and put in jail at Lancaster, charged with ravishing his own daughter. Ho applied for bail before Justice .Jones at Lancaster and ho wub releasod on a $M, '>00 bond, f'ilis trial will tuke place nt the October torm of the court! ? --??? " The reconify commissioned 6h?etef tiold county' fniy association proposes l?> give its first fair at Oh or aw early in tho fall. Tho mariagoment proposes to do everything possiblo to secure the atten dance of a big crowd. Among other' feat ures of tho fair they propose to hate Senator ben Tillman make a big opoOcn during tho week. ? -,r--e*? ? - Horn's Creek Church is tho oldest in Kdgofiold county, having been estab lished in ITdJ?, oiglit years before' tho declaration of independence. Hig Stovon'e Crook Church was organized in l??H. These wore the only two ohurohes in tho torritory now known as Edgefield county until after the revolu tionary S^ar. Tho Hon. H. O. Mayfield has sent to the President of the Benat* hiATesigna tion ok State Senator from Barnwell county, to tako efl'eot on the 1ft day of ? January noxt, ii amp ton Onaffllan Albert E. Hertz;-* well known phos phate contractor. -i^iden**|ljtr#tflcd himself noar Hee a Ferry. Hertz was cleaning a pistol when It went off,' the hjdl entering bis eye, and caused al most instant death. Much mystery and excitement pre vails in Pjekeftfl county d??r* rook near Glassy Mountain, wnioh by some nn Itnown can so exploded with several loud 'report* a few days ego, The causa is a mystery and still unknown. rr ??[ . ?? fame of farmers of tho ft tat* are somewhat fitirrsd np by the diafovern ofibc Means^gnus, ji ts a very de-^ strnotTVe thlnglo farms. It T? anppoee* to have com* thrtmgh grain that woe planted thie f** ^ ' I | ,IKWH IN I'ALMHTINH. ' ScIioiiio for an liKlvpciulciit Htato lt? Kavorod lly H?l?re\v?i A cablegram from London hh.va tho 1 roproHontativos of tho Baron Hir?oh charities seem totnko very seriously tho i ! schema of Dr. Thoodovo 1 1 or t /I, of j I Vienna, for tho formation of an inilo- | j pendent Jewish ttlato in I'uloatino. It j is said that tho Hebrews are organizing in all parts of tho world. Tho Doctor intends llrst to Bond an imploring expedition t <?? thoroughly overhaul tho land from ond to ond, and tooHtahlish telephones, tolograph and oil i or modorn indent itlo convonioncoft hoforo opening tho territory to gonornl i}olt lemon t. sTo obtain sovjlfciguty OVOV I'alostine, ho "6aya, will iWoasy, an tho Turks will bo Khul to lot^nt go. Ilo points to Ilia decoration to tho Turkish government an evidence that he thinks mwornbly of Ion scheme. If Turkey should rotuso to give I'alostino up, ho says thy Otto man ompiro will disintegrate, and thon a Jewish company can obtnlr 1'aloB tino whon tho powers divide np Turkisk territory,* If it | >ro vo8 imposBiblo to got 1'alos tino ho will tnrn to Argentina. To ?*?>n for on this point a congress will bo hold ut Mastic on tho L'lltli. The Doctor says there in no doubt Hint thin con?rosH will be tho redeemer of the Hebrews. Thero is no intention to follow socialistic linos, lie proposes a limited monarchy like that of (Ireat Ih'itain. The capital of the .Jewish company is j to ho $2r?o,00{>,0(>0. NO SKl/l'KKS TO IllO MADI5. | Tin* Order Ahout Coupons or Articles Alliii'lii'il to Sinoldiig Tnl'in'Ofi, Cigarettes, Iv I *?. , Modllicil, A modification of the rocout oiroulav of instruct innn to collectors of internal rnvonuo has boon made. Those in? J*! ructions declare that all packages of smoking tobacco, tine cut, chewing to bacco, or oiirarpttos, containing articles prohibited by section in of tlio now tavill* not, or having such 'articles at tached- or connected therewith, or ad vertising any promise or ,, oiler or gift, reward or prize, eontral'V to the pro visions of the new act, aro subject to mm/, (ire. The new order directs that all viola tions of this section of the act be re ported to the ( 'oininissionor of Internal Hevenue, but no seizure shall bo made without specific instructions from him. Homo question has arisen as to the pow er of tho department in the promises. The contention is made that Congress has no power to tlx by law rogulatldns governing the packing of articles sub ject to internal revenue, unless in sonie way tho power or convenience of the government ih thoeolloction ii allocted ; ulso that this provision is in restraint ot trade, and interferes with legitimate business. Until the department has determined the unostion no seizures will he made under this provision of H40 law. HACK WAR IN TEXAS, Two Negroes Hilled and u Number of Others Shot at a Stone <Juury. A squad of nogfVms who had been forking on the Kansas City, Houston and (Jalvoston railroad, near West Lake, 1m., were recently transforrod to the stone quary near Thornbook, Texas. Whiten of the neighborhood objected to tho negroes being employod in the quarry una a pitched battle oc curred, between the whitesund negrods. Two of the negroesi wore t mortally wounded, and several others wcro less potiously shot. Knivo:ft guns and pis tola wcro used in the mo|oo. ^TKOUS K It-MAKKKS ST It I It K. V 'I'liryo Thousand Walk Out In NetV York. In New York threo thousand trouaor mnkers have struck to enforce the in crcaso of piece-work prices, so as to mi able thorn to earn ifhout $10 weekly each. Tho week's ?tfork in fifty-nine hours. Nearly all the sinkers are mem born of rants-Makers' Union No. I. Since last fall tho prices for making trousers havo boon reduced so that tho operators who work steadily evol'y day make only about- h week They | r-lrdin that they cannot support thorn-1 selvos and families on this pittance. It Al) CltOI* NKWS. \Tlio Kniuuis C/orn Crop Wasted l?y Hot Wind ?7*Not Over Haifa Crop. A special 1?o UioTopoka (Kans. ) Capi tol from evory corn producing county in tho Stato show that this yoar's Kan sas crop of corn will not bo over ftO por. cent, of last yoar's. Hot winds have withered tho product in tho southern half of the Stato, and few fields will avorago over fifteen bushels to thoacro^ In the southern portion, o^opt in tho far e?st, there will bo no corn. In the northern belt, north of tho Kansas riyor, though ncoding rain, corn has jiot shown the least sign 01 drought, and will mako a full. crop if relief comos within a weok. No^ hot'' winds liave blown thore, . ro vu 11T irA ciiuRrn. Tlte Pmtor Raid It Was n Church of +jtnrn. ? ? " Thore was almost a riot in the Mem-v oriftl Methodist Protestant Church at Camden, N. J. , caused by Pastor Pet titt declaring that, "there are limit) this churchy and the whole commn ctfty is a set of liars," to which Trustee Mor sn took exception, rising to protest, not her tm*tco started to ptll Morg?a out, and Morgan showed light. The prompt interference of others prevented a Serious riot. : ?. v ... ?t , . 1 1 1 1' rofSlovts Property* telegram fronv PJorenoe, *'???* ?<> Mwmfaclaring feKAjftjUOkfe jneMHMW MMtimi - ^ ^ ?? y ^ ^ ? -f* * y ?? .-r a ? - - - - -? 4ft -.'"Tr1 1 Ropros'entativo Nn^roos Tulk to the Governor. THEY SAY THEY ARE OPPOSED To Crime Much So asy ho Wlillo t*eo~ jtlo AW?Tlio? Mto <hn Authority of Tillman. ? On July SO, in Columbia, n mnns meeting of (ho colored representatives \fft? hold protesting against lynching, ami on tho following d ay waited on tho Governor at his oflico and presented him a paper, which they wore instruct ed to hand to him. 'I ho mass-mooting grow ont of the Laurens lynching. ( lovornor Kllorbo received tho com mittoo in his private oflico and listened patiently to tho loading of tho paper. | Thon ho took occasion to express to those present his views in regard to lynch law. Tho conunittoo consisted of tho Itov. K. W. Hay I or. O. |\ lloltitoH, II. 10. Lindsay ami 10. "? Thompson. Lindsay road tho pa pel" to the Govornor. It wan as followm To Ilia Kxvolltmct/, tho Governor of South Carolina:. Ah Ohiof lOxooutivo of our Govern montwo roplize most forcibly you a; o in position to render lunch relief to a much abiiHod portion of our citizenship, and in consequence of tho uoutiuuod roigu of uiob violonco wo arc forced to oall upouyou lo exercise all law within your power to suppress this growing evil. That tho colored citizens ,ai o chiolly tho viotiiUH of those outrageous practices cannot- hodoniod. ThohaJutof lynching negroes for tho usual crlnitWias led to taking of lifo by mobs for small offences, such as potty larceny, fight ing, shooting, insulting, etc. Wo would not have yon believe thai we do not discountenance all crime, for there aro thousands among us who are just as sincere in suppoii of law and order as ayy citizen. Wo foi over eon* demnmobs in a civilized country, with established courts and laws. We look upon the matter as did your prodocos uur, tho Hon. li. K. Tillman, who said in his inaugural addn'ss in IM'.M) (hat he did not soothe use of inob.i when tho tho judges aro white, tho jurors white, sheriffs white and jailers white; there was no earthly chance lor a negro who. was guilty to escape. Wofolt much pleased ?t I he ofibrl put forth by tho members of t!io Const it u tional Convention in passing tho auti lynch law. \\ o thought tho ellV'C'.s would have buyn to prevont tho recur ronco of such aftta, but, to our sad sur prise, we have witnessed a reckless dis regard of these laws l?y mobs. We fool that you aro In a position lo crown your administration with lasting impres sions, and we appeal Jo you. in the name of humanity, justice and the sa orod laws of our State, and in the naiho of tho six or seven hundred thousand colored citizens of ?>ur State, to uphold tho law and suppress IliO lawless acts or the mobs. We commend your act in making an effort to remove tho victim, Gray, from Laurens to the State penitentiary, and regret veiy much Unit, your efforts. wore not successful, btit^wo hope that yon will make kunG strong effort to over take the lynchers and vindicate the law. Wo also hope that if the negro. Chris Harm, -is ever taken you -wilt afford stilllcionUproteetiou to secure him from violonco. We fool that this appeal is but a legitimate'' and lawful way of bringing to your iiltoiition tu8 did trosRod condition of nogro oitizons of tho State, with tho hepo that tho evils may bo checked and the disastrous coh-, sequences of the continuance of such practices averted. Trusting that_vou will do all in your power to correct tho oxisting ovils, wo will over pray, oto. ? , ' After tho paper had been road Gov ernor Kllorbo told the conunittoo of tho step3 ho had takon tho latter part of las; woolc. to provont Chris Harris, in case tho mau arrested at Monnettsvillo proved to bo that individual, from get ting into the hands of tho lynchers Then he said that ho was very much oppposad to lynoh law, jtpid, ho added, "as long as 1 am Govornor f am going to do all that T can to suppress it. J am going to do overything possible to put a stop to lynching. " The chairman of tho committoo thon thanked the Govornor for tho hoaring accordcd tho committoo, ami added that ho would have tho Governor to understand that they woro as much op posed to the usual crime for which lynching was resorted to aft any raco of pooplo upon tho face of tho- oArth. but, said ho, "wo havo a law, and ,, kty^hat law the mon who ara^tfutlty of such orimos should die. Wo, as law abiding citizons and leaders, havo ad vised our people not to resort to any other means than those offered by the law, and to appeal to tho Governors of the ueveral Btatos to see that that those laws are oarried out. " , Swept A wrt'v In ft Siiddon Flood. -At lV*tUbUrg,8{?ul*>n oonttty, Nf Y., aoloudbtirftt flooded the villdjfoanfl canned demage to the araonut'of $10/ OOd! JlrTcIges ancT BuTTdfugs Were wiuu r ed away in I arge nnipbers, and muj people were imperiled. -r-x .4 ? *- i t : WH4o 8tart Before Sprfak, 'I he offie* in LoqJob fca* warned intended go/d Mekerttkajl p RSt. Kiqndgef. nlArt^tilHir^ a, iu?Lh#ea?H?xviejh^?edt^^?? Fatuun*. It w. l^Uf*ed, wi*j|Von ?ree. *4jw^ . jMtl| JOHN P. I.OVE1 I. OK AT). I'lmmlcf of 1>'aiH(iiih (Xinip.iiiy Muo iMt 111 1 1 m to rariifyrtl^.* Th<* vonoiu'?lo J din I*. I4m.ll, found. r id Iho iinort <v.?jnj!??y Ik^imi h.-j (iIh n:im?\ n i(ihh? puny known nil ovor (W* world,, tutu just dt?>?i ftl Ills *itioniflf hoot?\ <Viittt)<n (iity. Mus?, 1 1 <> HiifTitr^d ti pin rt'ytM shooft fee. 01 thiol) It ( liopod lot ? \ uni>v)iu w dilU )'5- ( oov.uf, InH ? vigorous oon>Ul{,uvlf?n whs not it mntoh titt (b? en<)ii>H<ditn<?nl.'? of ftdvnno hi; ve/trs. John l'rlniw } .ovcll \* n9 Imni in l\?ist UrMotroo oil July V'.!, 1820, -?ui<l wh? (horoforo In htn. ?fli.i? .yw, iu> wm nit lnatimeo of a rolling plono gutli-' oilny nil fiji* JjJjj I RftYOfftJ tr niton imforo fim?ilv fitting (Town lo Kun.'imlthliiK. Hi widely lin ln)<Hino ono ?>l thoinom n\|)0rt and llnUhod worknVon in tln> \\v>rld. Ho H pprnntloi'il Idni^nlf to A. II. I'aif Intnks, a Hoston giinstnlth, who In ^>10 yava TH* LATM JOH? P. LOVEMii Mr. LovoU ft hftlf Interest In tlio bUBlimsfl.' Mr. FntrbiuikH tiled the following yi?nr. 3Ir. bovoll took nnothor partner, but in 1841 bought out the Intter. llo later add?d , sport - tlig*ip>t>d(? of all detforlpltoiiHto Mb Btook.nnd l li? oompany haa ntoiully grown to Us present i '.uim moth proportions, Mr. r.ovell Bvicu<t93 fnlly weathered ovory panto, nevor fnliod and never wab sued. As his eons became of ago to outer IjuhIiiohB they wero titfcon into tho ? Arm. Mr. Lovoll won connected with numborloss boo re t and charitable orgitnlxntionfl. Ho vr?a tho drat mnn to buy a tiokot on Iho Hoi^th Hhoro (lntor tho Old Colony) railroad/when It woh built, auif had boon a oouttnCoufl tiokot hohlor ovor since. Ho hn# long buoii tho only H'ii v l y ( ? r of the original tlcknt holdouu Mr. Lovell,at tho completion of hit* 60 yoifnr in buBlm'88, tfaa glvon ft golden lumlnosit jubtloo anniversary wkloh wan ono of the notable ov?uitH, of Bast Weyinontlf* whoro ho lius lived for ino.ro than half n oentury. Mr. Lovell ieavoff n widow and n vv> hoiib, throo of whom oro npembors qf the company. ALAHKA'8 (H)F^> FllfiLDS. Tho Government Montla'' an /f.xpert . to Make mi Examination. Samuel G. Wunham, of tho Federal Bureau of Labor, at Washing ton, loft on July Hist for tho gold bolt of Alaska, whero bo will make an inves tigation and report jn time for tho pro i'eotod spring ralgratfonsr" -Mr. ? lijjn lara is well equipped for the work, hav" ihr spent much time in the miniug camps of the West* and for elevoti yeai-a ho ha# been one of a corps of experts of the Labor liureau, engaged in the in voHtigatiou of speoial . promblems. lie has been instructed by Commission - or of Labor Wright to make a oritical inquiry into the. opportunities for bnsi neHH, for investment of capital, em pipy ? ment of labor, wagod, cost of living, climate, best means of reaching tho , gold llelda, and kindred .eubje.cta,.. lixi. .. will go direct to Han Francisco and will Bail from there Augusi Oth, taking tho Juneau overland rontgK and reaching the Klondike about thfiuiddlo 6f Hep tdhiKe>r"ire ^fir*??t<nrt!r^vlimr nird"~ "oarly spring ana^i^ otpoc tod to - nend material for a. /spooial Y&port, which," it ishoped, will * bepublitthod ' about jMaroh. . ? ? J , 4 ' A BanKQufts Ilmiinpsiir:? The First NaUOnal bank of,;Ashe~ vUle, Ni 0, , ba^oloficd it# doora owi^ To ibe " Inability 7<{q~ooI1ooT, awp4he stringency of the tfittfn, apd-^vill go into tolantary' liquidation; - Tho last statement, made, pn May ^^b.y.slunycd . loans and discounts amoiuiting to &i08, ? 207.04; Overdrafts $10,023. 2<lj deposits #?6,850.85;capital ^stock; 3100,000; nur~# plus $20,000. The three other bank ? in/ tho city are doing bufeihesn as unuay 4 No run has been: attempted, an<t^iU?TO is no excitement. " Flanagan Found Guilty. At Decatur, Ga.j iJdwin^lettagai* was found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Nancy Allen and Misa Ruth Slack on the evening of the 81st of last Pccem- - ber, and immediately sentenced by Judge Candler (o be hanged Wed non day, August 35th. \ , New# Notes. ? The nextannual prison congress will meet in Austin, Tex. , <)ctobcr . l(J-20. On aooonnt of ike itoppago.of tho coinage of silver, thirty-two men havo been- discharged from the San Fraucisco mint, > / There ia a morem?ni on foot iu Chnr leston, 8. O., to erect a wonumept tr? Major Robert Anderson, of Fort> 8nm- . ter fame. ? ^ ? James P. Law, of South (1a5r6linai> has been reinstated in- the Supervising Architect** office as ehler of ^th* tech" nlcal division^ at WasMttirt^^ 1, _ T * ?r>