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VOI A) MK VIII. <?o<l iiihI <>ur r\ it i i no i.tuvd CAMD1CN, S. FRIDAY, AlTCi I *ST 27, IS!>7. NO. Slliipii Candidates aro Stumping the State .. . ?,/ for Earle's Place. ^ A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECHES, R?b.v Says Ho Ma do Evans Governor? McLaurin Nut Present on Account of Illness -Evans 'onMlelmurln. ? The following is o luief summary of iho Senatorial 'campaign speoohos from day to day. The Slaill>oro Meeting. The mooting at this nlaco-Mol.am in's homo was attended by about sw poqplo. Evans and li by were tlio only | ' speakers, McLaurin being unabloto ul- i tend, bvit ho was touchingly remombor od by ft number of very handsome bo- | quota for him being sent to tho stand. i Mr. Evans wos-tho lirst spcakor, being | introduced by Chairman W. IX Kvana. Ho began bv saying ',ot luK Ul" tontiou to striko McLaurin except on his puhllo utterances. llo dosirod to conduct t ho, campaign fairly and hon estly, but H4 did not think his mouth (should bo ostoppod whilo one of his op ponents lay siejk in bed. Especially - should ho liovo tho right of speech, as that sick opponent was haviuucircnlais n,nd copies of a Yorkvillo popercoutain ing the supposed speoclx of McLauriu at that place circulated, in speaking in * MoLnurin's obsonco ho was at tho dis advantage of having to read from hiu Speeches and of showing up their nil. a eios. , . . / The question of this campaign is; ( said Mr." Evous. "Will von follow this | 'now evangel, ' who-would lead you into | tlio liepubliean party, or will you c . > ? to tho faith of your fathers?' Hastily , then he ro viewed (he history of the tar iff from 18)2 to tho present. He told ol nuVificat'.on and declared, "I hats what you got for making a straight fight." llo charged that Mr. McL.aurin I had spent two hours in Suiutor in try ing to show tliero could bo no siieu ^ tliiiur as tariff for revonuo only. A com parison was then drawn between Hie Democratic and Republican tar ill de mands. Ttint word "protection in the Hopublicau piatform \fas misleading, ? said Mr. Evans. Wo think of it as the protection of ft ftuhcr fov hi# child or tho protection told of in holy writ. Tho farmer of tho South and West is a free trador if he's not any sense. ?\Yliv V liecauso lie's not no lnanufactur ing interest to protect. It is to his 111 torest to buy his goods as cheap as poa bi A^Vttlo later Mr. Evans declared lio bad to tako TNrol aurin's printed record around with him, for ho would deny everything if tho record was not pulled on him. Ho had succeeded in pinning him down to one thing, and that was his opposion to free raw material. Mc Laurin has declared, ' lI don t bo.iet o in froo raw material." 'llion ho stands with Hav6meyor and Iho sugar trust. Should McLauriu bo elected on his platform of opposition to froo raw ^material he could receive, were lie cor rupt, $1,000, 01)0 for voting to place a duty on sugar/ The peoplo would bo estopped from criticising him, because prior to his election ho had announced that lie oppssed froo raw material. Mr. Evans vijr<u$?usly attacked Mr. ' McLaurin 011 tho cotton, wool and hide pchedules. In conclusion, he declared ... that Mc'Laurin was the- jaok-o-lontern that would lead -Alio peoplo into a ho^ until tho.v wotfld sink beyond liop#$>l extrication. " ' Mr. Evans was applauded. ? ? Col. 1 1 by was introduced as the .un conquerable leader of Reform iu lbllO and 181)2." Ho spoko with more than bis nccftstoniod Hvo and vigor. "I a.n not tho man." ho began, .to strike ft f>iolc or fitllen foo. M He prayed (iod that McLaurin would be restored to , health and vigor in time to meet him 'duco more on tho stump.- I lien, and only until then, would ho assail him. "I had rather bo defeated ten thous and times than to know that 1 had been olectod by stnkiug the sick. (Applouso. ") McLaurin, if poss^to, should return to tho stump, but if lte.cou't return, X fftv ho either ought to Withdraw from this race or sond ? Governor hi lor be. \Vhy Governor . EllcrboV liecauso ho, above all other mop, is rosponsiblo for tho political status of aflairs in this .State, and if he comes I'll take car? of him. 1 , , , "lam as much of a reformer today hs I was in 1 81)0, but 1 am a Demo crat." No ono could impugn his rec ord as a Democrat or a Reformer. Ho told how ho was sacrificed last year; Bpoko of his roiiord and services to the party, and declarod that McLauriu himself raid ho nevot votod wrong. His voto on the Wilson bill and his de feat of tho sllvor compromise, Placing the ratio at U0 to 1, tfGre recounted, lie did not have nild had novel- had a polit ical godfather. , Mr. Evans had at Camden intimated " VhfttTillmau favored his (Evans ) olec Evans denied that ho had. He had only said, ho declared, that he had received a lottor from Tillman paying I10 was "hands off" in this rftCe. but that if iio were elected he would welcome him as t) colleague. Col. Irby paid tho explanation was satisfactory u Ho e onslu d $ d J >y. fla.vina lie liaVrnot inado the speech be would -"have had Senator McLaurin been pres -who would ever act fo{ the best mter esU of tho people. . _ , ' The Itorllngten Meeting. . Thf> meeting al l hi? ttlace was attend ~?*A hjr a* leaei 400. - -Mckmurin- win ab sent, and the only spcakera wereMeaerA. . Iiby and Evano. Mr. Irbj began hit ?pe?ch bjr:debt*ring that it was "an io f?n?n? lie" that waa gointf ?&et*o?m*a fca* be waa running aotely U t waat to rua, now, thai Donaldson and Qvftllft wore/ afraid to taoklo Mol.ourin, and I nonlij nn' my lhind to make thin raccyit' I didn't got hut ono vote, that o? my brother, Dr. irby, of Lnurons. I MI havo nothing to liitlo. .1 dofy th.o world to find so muoh as a lly spook on* mv record. I dpfy t^ny man to .say where I've, deserted ft siritfty principle on whicht was elected. Why, wluViiU other^'recorda are boing attacked in this campaign, is it that mine is nnas nailed ? (Jovornoi- Evans, Honator .\le IjftivHu and Mr. MUyfluld, hoforo ho hoppod out of the pit, all said my io cord.4* unblemished. ...."I'll toll vuu why I didn't run hud year, h'aiio said if I didn't run ho would. If 1 had run McLaurin would have run. The conservatives would havo voted for fiim. The reformers, under the lash of Tillman, would havo voted for Evans, and where my vote would havo come from the l.ord only knows. " After ho had finished .with liis talk about himself, Tillman, jlcLaurin and Evans, ho gavo his hoarors a short ao count of his past record in politics, etc. < Jn conclusion, Col. lrhy asked the suffrage of the people as a Domocrat, "not that 1 am not n reformer, for I'm as good y ono as ovor wore hair, hut 1 am a Democrat." (Applause. )y Mr. Evans in his speech sau\ ho ro counted that certain newspapers had darod him to mako this race. ,Ho had accoptod, and not ono of the 'lio3 and charges against him of last year had boon repeated. Ool. lrhy, in saying that ho (Evans) feared to mako this m o, did himself an injustice. Was ho afraid last year when he oxpected to havo lrhy for an opponont? Thou why should lrhy say ho feared to mako thoraco, when ho again had him for an opponent? Ho believed lrhy spoke without redaction, for 1 1 by was as bravo a man as wore hair. Tlio reformers did not vote for him last vear under the last, of Tillman. ? T"by - "Didn't hu try to drivo thorn to support you?" Evnus- VNo; he did not llo said ho would 'support mo because I represeutod tho principles for which the reform fight was mado. " llo devoted tho remainder of his spoeeh to tho tariff, repealing his tax views, and concludod amid applause. The Mnvion Meeting. Tbo meeting of tho Senatorial onndi dates at this i?oint was attended by about 000, ami tbo sponking taken place nt tbo large tobacco warehouse. Mr. MoLaut'in was absout. Chairman Montgomery iutroducod Mr. Evans as tbo first. speaker, thereupon bo mount ed a dry goods box, and bo hardly started boforo some member of tbo audience mentioned rebatos, and Evans hotly answered : "There's anothor thief and liar. I've foughtono and I suppose I'll .lia veto fig b t another. ' V At this point the/ chairman arose and asked tbo audieiipo to troat the speakers with respect. Evaus said to tbo speaker: "Let him alone. Ho don't bother mo. 1 thought I had*killed all tbo carrion croAVH last year, but it seems not. Let him alone; 1 have to hava something to shoot at; Ihayo killed one cock and imve two sick plies on mv bands, so I bad as well havo ii feather Idg tu the crowd to shoot at. " * For tbo noxt livo minutes Mr. Evans spoke on that "campaign of lies and slanders" of last year and* repeated ' what ho has said about it on tbo pro coding stumps; how he lmd accepted tbo dare to make this race aud not once in it bad his honesty been impugtapi by uowspapers, oto. <? . v ... Getting to-his uigumcnC at last, Mr, Evans said this was tbo most important campaign in fifty years. Wo of tbo Houth hovo always been Democrats be cause that party s lauds for tbo mosses of tbo Houth and West. __JJ stpod. for. the masses boforo and sinco the war bovnuso two of its cardinal doctrines Wer#*'fieo silver" and a "tariff for revenuo only." In 1810 Mr: Calhoun was a Protection ist; strange to say ho and Mr. Webster entertained views that wero not to the interests of their respective sections and J each changed, Mr. Calhoun bccominjjj?'| free trader and Mr. Webster a J^ofec-, tiouist. Why should tho- HoutherA farmers bo Democrats? Ijecauso that party had declared for a tariff for rov enue only. Wo thought that issuo had been settled long ago by tbo great lead on*, but horo comes what is called a new evangel, who is trying to lead the pco plo iuto tbo ltepnblican party. Tariff means taxos. Tbo people pay their 8tato taxes to the county treasur urors, but thtfy pay more to tbo United Statos government by what is called the iudiroct System of taxation. Thoy don't pay their taxos to officials, but overy tune thoy buy a coat, a hat, sugar or any, article they pay taxos to the morchants who are tbo tax collec tors for tbo national government. Every farmer in tbo south is ii freo trader If he's got any sent*.- Thoy have to sell 7,000,000 of tbo 0,000,000 bales bf ootton raised, in tho free trade markets of the world. Mr. Evans took up the duty on cot ton. In tho uppor partol the Wtate, he I affirmed, McLuariii said Egyptian cot ton eora.pct.crt with.. American cotton and that the mill in Marlbaro was us ing it. He ofTorcd MoLaurin SI00 a yard for all the cloth mado in Houth Carolina.. of Egyptian J cotton. 8in<* then McLauriu had not mentioned it again but at Bennottsville 'an officor ol tbo mill came to him and said theii factory did not use Egytian cotton that they did havo a fcample but that was Wr^ Kvans ~(oI(V"the use^t6 which | Egyptian and Peruvian cottons were put, aucU as ?naking__cheap . silks, bal Wi: ga?> nrnfor wear and imitation wool blaalefe, declared these good# wero >nly twed inr th? faring *na they therefore had by pay tho to* on the cot Mr. Evans announced that his plat form was to pleeea toriff of the f loh and reiae what additional Before I would go totheSenateaad lick tho foet^of the ric? ^ toliaa? nle'to a?poie for betraying tho Uut tLj p4accd is my keeping. (Ap fpoke next no inisiopi esonUii* it, which if he were Jioi'O ho might c x ptui n to youv fcati?fae \k?n. I therefore cannot discuss hi1' voeArd. I pray t$\at ho may ho able to niw't mo at Horry ant, I on every stump until the end of tins campaign. ?1h KpVaking of Evans dofoaiiog IT lerlV-for governor, in regard to ITIuHjo, ( 'ok >lrb,v said: "I'm Ute-cjjjv that nbat Uim. VH<*pt Tillnuuv from going to iiiin, if yon want ttf 'friiow it. Tillman came to Washington to muzzle mo, hut instead . 'Ti 1 1 m uit catne homo himself flitha muzzle on, I wits hotter to Kvanft than Tillman wuh, J tried to make Kvana governor and L did, hut Til I ill :? it tried to utako lihn United Slftios ^eici'.or la*t yuar and failed, For my sorvioo to him Kvaus gave mo tho Joah ?tah. " On tho HullVago clauxo, Col. Irby ?aid: "I forced thocon-stitutional con votdion though the poor people woio afraid of it. I promised, howovor, thai no whito man should Ito disfranchised." Ilo thou pointed out tho dangers of tho sutVra^o clauso and aflirinod that tho pooplo could not toll how long thevrt . woro going to bo in control of this State. They woro not in control now, ho oven charged, for ( ion/alos was (lov er nor. Tlio II orry M?o(lii!(, About 100 of tho independent voters j of Horry tilled tho oourthouso to boor j the .Senatorial candidates. Col. if by, t iio first speaker,' said it had boon a j lifelong dosiro of his to visit tbo "Inde pendent Republic" of Horry, and ho had often wondordd why that county shouULbo called t ho "Independent lie pubfic," but since driving from Marion thro tig It thocouutry he know why it is thus called. In front pf ov<;ry bouse ho Ba\|' hogs, cowa and ihoro goat it than ho ha/l over rf^en in It iV lifo. Pooplo who raided thotj- own supplies, as those did, oouhl^well /jo nil led independent. After rcllink his honrors a1' ahoijt why they weVo~H?depondunt ho told them that ho wanted their votes, aud all about his past political, roeord. Ho also said ho would not attack MoT. an fin's Record while he was alfecut. Col. irby, in spo:tking of tho sufTrago clause, declared it was a disgraco to tho pooplo of South Carolinu. Ilo spoke with his usual vigor against tho suffrage clause and was applauded when he concluded. INI r. John Gary Evans took issuo with Col. h by on his suffrage talk, and declared that no! a single white man would be disfranchised. (Jetting to his tariff speech, Mr. Evans' paid Mr. McLauiin was a pro tectionist and, had voted for protection with tlio Republicans. J 1 o had charged MoLaurin with this and ho didn't deny it. A voii'o: "Didn't McLauiin and Till man vote together on tho Dingley b)l 1?" > Evans: "I'll explain that later, but don't you pooplo try totio MoLaurin to Tillman's coat-tail." Hamo- voice: "We're not. Wo tio Tillman to McLaurin's coat-tail up hero. " Mr. Evans then explained that tho difference between Tillman and MoLau rin was that one votod for protection to tnako it odious aud the other from prin ciple. Mr. Evans said ho was rpot going to discuss tho rice and lumbor schedules, because they didn't amount to much, | although they were wrong in principle. Ho then took up in turn tho sugar, leather and woolen ('schedules. Mr. Evans went into tho details of the tariff as has horotoforo beeh published, and was applauded when ho concluded. [ THIS SENATOtflAI, CONTKST. J No onidlul Announcement of Any Withdrawal. Ml\ B. G. Maj'fiold, although ho has publicly withdrawn from tho Senatorial I race, has notf withdrttwi) his pltftfgo nor has ho4' officially notified Chairman I Tompkins of tho faot. Until this is, done ho is legally a eaudidate of thq j party and can bo votod for, if anybody WftUtu to do it. 1 Howover, there is not much danger of any great rush,.tado this under tho circumstances, and ovon if Mr. Mayfield remains thoro is no doiibt the managers can count his vote onrly enough to get it to Columbia by 8 o'clock the same night. Mr. (J.Walt. Whitman also counts himself in the race, but nobody olne does, but if it will do him any good tho oxecutivo committeo should count his votes. It Mill not take long, nor cost much to do so. Who has paid tho necessary $100 is not known to the chairman, as tho money is sent to tho treasurer. Sen ator MoT /aurin and Col. Irby havo cer tainly Hont in their checks and it is supposed that Governor Evans has also. - Tho Register. TO ALL COUNTIIfiS. Cheeks for Pensioners lfave Ilecn Pent ? Work .Completed . "? Tho clerical. force which has been en gftgod in making up tho annual ponsion rolls and attending to all details incident to tho annual payment of the 8tato pen a united eigh of relief on f tho 20th. Their frying and no people wero ever more happv to ' coT?<6ln~d?Triptece of work. Under 'the new pension Jaw's provisions they have had much to contend with. JLast even ing the ohecks fot each pensioner in every county went forward to tho sev eral clerks of court. Now \he pension rem can gut them by caltingattirecfeTkB* offices. ' The figures given a few days ago bshtrwrngilm status ofihe:pteH?ton fnnd j did not undergo auy change whatever. Ai???tated then the Class B pensioners get $21. 80' each and the Class .0 pen sioners #16.85 each^^ Desired Information. 7 Wlille pfwichtag a Bormonwi thsfw? der wisdom of the OmnJpofcnr,_ a pf^icfief nTusTrated his point^y say. Irk that Ife knows which of im grows test fn the swntlght,- amt which must bare shade. "Yon know you plant naUi in-,Ttm ann<htnf.".hfl,aai<t.*<and Aellolrope and geraniums; but If you Mbuit your fuchsias to grow, you moat [ fcMp tlM fa * shady ado*." A rrer th# ?erne* * an epdfor at least a year, fifteen Thousand People Hear Him in the Interest of the New COUNTY SCHEME OF EDISTO. He Showed (In* Advantages of SfmiU Count lost ? Denounced the Mynia&o mo&t of tho Dlhpi'iiaary. ^ ? ">oti ft toi* I ilmhn addf^BBod an niitliouco of 1,500 peoplo utd^tgenei'son t ho Uth iu tho interest ?\ f Mm now county\ scheme of Kdi&t/p 1 to shoxvod tho nd vnntairos of siurfl countios, and said that if ho livoil Hi t ho proponod territory ho would voto wov the now county, but ho wanted tho/pcoplo to think ovor tho matter and actffor their own host inter est, Ho miiflo a long and forcible speocli in thyintorost of tho dibpousary. Ho ohjjvgod fho present buiud of control with incompetency, aiut^faid that tho oleotion of tho hoard shtuild I >o taken away from tho. Legislature, as it was almost impossible to socuro good mou ho long as .thoiV was so much "lug roll ing" among tho members for thoir friends.^ ^ Ono man wonfh say, vou voto for me, and I will voto for your man; hence t-lio tho iuovitablp result in tho selection of men unlit for tho position. Ho said that whflo Homo of tho members ot tho prosout board were hi{< poriionrtl frionds, and all of them his political friends, ho did not | repose t--> lot that hinder him from tolling tho plain truth in referoneo to thoir, manaxomont of tho dispensary. 1 lo taid tlioy tdiould all resign and fjivo way to mon who could and would run tho dispensary as tho groat busi ness concerns are run on businosn principles; that the peoplo nood not ox pool tho boat results whore thoro was so much bickerings and disagree ment. Jlo wan in favor of olectiug tho board by the people, and thought that tho Uovoi'nor should have tho power ty. io move a dispenser immediately /that wlioro so great an interest was at fcttfko arbitrary power had to bo oxercisod'by soinooiio or tho interest of tho peoplo would s Hirer; whoro tho reslponfeibilily was divided you ^vould havo no ono to hold to an accountability. llo claimed that tho enforcement of tho law should bo given to tho (Gover nor, as ho has charge of tho conatiibu lary. He paid his respects to .Tudgo Simon ton in very forcible language. Ho said that tho very best lawyers in tho United States Senate told him that Simonton's decision was contrary to law, and for that reason they voted uuaniniousl y for his dispensary bill in tho H*nnto. ' Ho claims that tho bill will pass when C'on gross meets. lie was charged with slandering tho preachers, but all that ho had said about thein was that a ureal many of them in their zeal for prohibition were helping tho devil, saloon keopors and Simonton to choke the dispensary to death Jfe said, that none of tho * preachers could sliow anywhere in tho liiblo whoro whiskey drinking was condemned. Tho Hovj Hiram lingo t took issito with him, and a spicy colloquy was the result. Mr. Bagot: 'The good Hook said that no 'drunkard could enter tho Kingdom.'" . Senator Tillman: "It is -tho abuse not the use of whiskey, that the iiible condonins, and 1 can show you hund reds of passages in the Hiblo where tho uro of whiskey and wino is sustained by Divine authority. " . TJio Senator claims. that tho proaoliorsy And Prohibitionists-tire oontendiii" for ?n ideal wliioln is impossible of fulfill ment. > - '-'flf you cannot get your ideal, doSi^l help (ho saloon keepers to defeat t lib dispousary," said tho Sonator flercoly. Ho took a baud primary oir tho dm ponsary, and over throe-fourths of tho peoplo voted to sustaiu the dispotisary Senator Tillman has certainly lost no ground with the country peoplo. They Kavo him an cnthusiastiorecoption, Someono asked him how about tho tarillaud direct taxe^? He said that" wo were compelled to have protection to raise rovenuo, and that ho was opposed to direct taxes, as direct taxes would havo to be leviod on population, and tho rich man would pay no moro than the poor man. "How do vou stand on the Senatorial race?" asked someone in tho fiodieuco "I decliuo lo answer," sfti^tho Sona tor. "I advised you all year to elect Evans and you would v'not do it, and I can't see how vqu orin expect mo to take s^dos against any of the candi dates, as thoy are all reformers and you must decide for yourselves without an v interference from mo. He closed amio great applause," \V II KAT'8 BIO JUMP. Sensational Advance ot Kvcry Market In tho World, Kxcspt I>arl?. A speciat dated on the 20th from Chi cago Fay a whoat sco'rod a sensational advance today at ovory market in the world with tho exception of Paris. Dnr jng the regular session^ the. Chicago board of trade September wheat gained hi and December On the curb after the regular hours another advance of 8 cent* was made, September selling freely at 00 cents. .. . On. the New York exchange Septem ber wheat for cash reach*fc|1.06}. At the Pittsburg and Minneapolis ex changes wheat reached $1.00; Si. Lonis stso reached thesame prioe, AtSan Francisoo December wheat reached The dlapathea further say that the lyondon market is in sympathy with our*, but tha French market is uura s pon si ve and unaffected, and that the le^ingthe^biBila, and aomebehe^^ ?cssfc* . ^\y. r ? <iOOi? lto \ i > s r < > i % Ulrllt AND. A Uock-Cruslrlu;* iMant ltd unlit ami Wo r It W ill Soon llogln, Uuldand coil nly 1ms }*t>no to work in a Imbues* dike wav to have lis roada macadami/cd ui>l properly constructed. A I a mooting of tho county luuml of coinmUtdouors tho following resolution v\ as pus nt : Kosolvod, That thccounty .supervisor In1, ii ml is hereby ivul lu>r i/.od to begin tho work of macadamizing tho public highways of tins county, using tho rock crushing plant purchnsod by us, ami <pinrryiug; ami crushing tho rook donated l>y Messrs. (loo \Y. Now man ami olhors, ami (luit ho lai further authorized to t ntei into contract with l ail w ay companies for tho transporta t ion of rock to limit' various depots in tho count v, ami thai Iho work shall bo o* | nal ly distributed throughout tho County as far as practicable. Ilosolvod further, That tho super vi?or .-hall oonliiitio to use tho chain gang aeooiding to tho present plan on til tho county lino is reached, ami that tho macadamizing shall ho prosecuted independent ly of that plan. Hosolved further, That this hoard do memorialize Uio (tonoral Assembly, asking il to grant permission toiiuarry rock in thoStato lands for Iho purpose of macadamizing tho roads of this county. Tho oount\ has hot gone into tho work without a >1110 consideration of I he cost, v Tho company which got the. contract for Iho niiudiiiiorv ih tho dates Iron Company, of Chicago. Tliov secured tho order l<>r a portable Btono p UJdier, willi an elevator and hcrocn, mounted on steel trucks and wheels Tho machine -vill havo a capacity of from t i?n to fourteen Ions per hour when run wilh a twelve horse power on;: inc. Tho elevator is cigh icon feel 1 1 i 1 1 This company also received an order foi a I 'J d i or no power engine, with one hundred feel of belting, ami also for a JU Ion reversible horse roller. Tho on tiro out lit cost $1, <i'!0, and is guaranteed tociush any and all kiuda of rock that are ollored. It is estimated that the j avorago coat for macadamizing is 70 cents pyj ton, and tho commissioners figured I hat il would cost Hichlaml coiin - ly t hut sum. The commissioner?! were anxious t < ? 1 make arrangements for hauling tho rock to convenient places for uuo in the crusher. Tlmy will find out the best terms tho railroads will oiler, and will oll'or I he railroads that tho roads lead ing nj> to tho respective stations, to which rates aro wanted, will ho niucadn mi zed. A propOBition was roeeivod from Mr. (Soorge Newman, in which he oilers, if Iho road from the oily to his place, two and a hall niilo.i from hero, is macadam i/.od, ho will furnish Iho rock free of charge, provided tho county hires his teams to do Iho hauling at cf 1 . f>l) pir day. The export engineer v ho has boon figuring on tho mutter says that a tun foot wide road, with a kix foot depth, exclusive of excavations, will bo put down al a cost of leu cents per ton, or $ilA0 per mile. Tin* intent ion is to star! tho work fts soon as possible at Smith's Blanch, and to work back to ( 'olumbie, and to use froo labor entirely, and lo use the convict labor r.x at present on the loads of tho connty. Tho county now has funds enough with which to construct about ten miles of road. It ia tho intention of the counly aulliorilicK keep an i,tomizod list of expenses connected witp macada mizing of tho ronds of tho county, itiehland county, liko a groat many others, is admirably adapted for tho construction of macadam roads, as i' has n plentiful supply of griiuito. With tho macadam work whioh shall be done and the attention of tho chain gang, ?'this county ought to havo prize roads. JjAflOIt LKADKKS TO MISKT, If Tliey Accomplish Tbc.lr Objcc^ u General Htrllto Will bo. li>aiiRiii-atc<l. A special from Columbus, ()., of tho 20th, says tho "National Kxecutivo J3onrd of tho United Mine Workers adjourned today, after having issued a eall for a conforonco of organized labor to bo hold in f->t. Itouis 011 AugustJJOth. U'ho^ board rejected tho proponitiou^m tho Pittsburg oporutord for a ffonfcrenco to arbitrate the wago dispute! in that dis trict, claiming that such action would be prejudicial to the iutorbsta of tho minors at lorga, Tho board is ready tt? consider overtures for tho arbitration of tho issues of tho great strike only when tho:?o overtures co.no from all the operators in tho competitive di^ tnict, which includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia and Pennsyl vania. Tho-success or failuro of tho strike hangs upon tho Ht. Louis conference, the call for which has boon orfdorsod by Hamuel Oompors, president of tho American Federation of Labor, and J. It. Hovoreign, general master workman of the Knights dt Labor. Thoy main tain that tho tight now hoing waged by tho miners is 0110 of common inter est to organized labor - throughout tho country. At the Ht. Louis conferonco all laboivoiganizations will be asked to join issues with the minora. The fail ure tosecure a general >n West Virginia haavgreAtTy interfered with. , the prospect b .of. hucccbs, as tho coal supplied from that and the few iso lated districts is mooting the lifhiteddo* marid. The only hope of cutting off this supply ap|>eat*fl to lie in tho refusal of organized labor in tho ordinary channels of trafHc' and hmrinww to bun dle or use thifc coal. If the object of tho St. Louis conforonco is accomplished, the strike. will be extended to near ly. every . branch of labor in tho coun try. - ----- mm* - ? M *y P?y K Small IMvKfonft. The Tennes{*eeCentenn*al Expoai tion may be Able to return aubscrip lion* and pay a small dividend, ?xbibitiona wilt bo ??nl to Pwii it 1 poor ...... ...-J.,.? ? >. u R?ll?ti liMtMd ofl>oltMt. /trA \ , iMlr At DBIMX 'COflBIJ t ft. J tUffl O lipml Md 4?amNM of. hi# ?ftrtbo. money ?be bad Jh tb* *??-'? - - ' ' T; *<? t IU<K.AI> t.OKH Ul?. Mioi l Crop of \\ liont Hoporfcil I" roiu South Dakota, A special f i out M innunpolift, Minn , of the /.id, kuvs tho Northwest's wheat ) iohl v\ ill fall short of first estimates. \oitlt I'akota wit! not 1 1 1 it K o an it vol ago crop, I ho crop is spotted in many sections and the yield will not ho Ilea 1 1 y 1-6 largo us lots been expected. This will hinloiihtoiliy cahse a further ii.se in wheat In Now York aftol' aid?i;ht rise on tho 2fld wheat wont otV three and a quarter cents on realizing and thou quickly 10 covered tins4 and gain ml eight more. News cornea from abroad of a further riso thorn. Conflicting reports of crop conditions in tho Wont are having much to do w itli tho market. 'Tho at rung for oign doinand continues. A I'aria cahlogram says agitation throughout Franco for tho abolition of ho grain duties continues. 1'opnlar oxcitemont ovor tho question is groat - At Tare'/., Kodez, Cetlo and Marseilles tho price of flour rose on tho 'Jlst. Tho increase in price reached ll) centimes a *imk in Marseillea. A further increase iti "expected. liolianco now placcd upon arrivals of \\ heat from Ihienos Avreaand New Yol k foi improvement in tno situation. On the O.'ird in New York wheat opened stroj.itf. Corn led wheat in ac tivity, am^i advanced a cent and a half. 1 11 Chicago w heat is active at about last Satui day's prices. With tho riso of wlieal in Now York tho price of bread has been raised by putting Jess llour hi tho loaves and milking I hem smaller. Tho bakers have decided to take this step in many :listruts. It means an incroaso of &!(), ()()() a day in the amount paid for bread in Mew York. ?*i ? 'iSriA?' ?v IN A riOAHI' I 1/ I'l.KillT, \V iicfiil AIiiisi'n iii I lie (mmm'kIii I'on *, v let Camps. Special Commissioner IMiil C. I who was appointed hyljov. A'kinson last spring (o investigate the rendition :>f the county misdemeanor convict camps of tho State, liaj lilo<1 his report at the ( lovernor's otlieo. lOpitoini/ed, the report iH hh follows: Robbing con viols of their time al lowances for good behavior; forcing conA'ictH to work from fourteen to twenty hours a ilny; providing them no clothes, no kIiooh, no hods, no heal iu winter, no ventilation <f single rooms iii summer. in which throoscoro con viols sloop in chains, giving them rot ion food ; allowing I hem to die when sick fqr -jla<'l< cf niedical uttendanee; outofyjirig the women; heating todoath of old moil too feeble to work; cheating tho .Stato. Tho report givei names, dates and places, and in the trnthfnl account of the Special Commissioner's trip to tho ciinlps. The twenty Jive county camps inspected contain 1,111? convicts, of which three are white women, 101 aro white males. ?."? are colored I.omalosand J)8S aro colored males, ^ I'LanmmT'kok 1HD.S. Hepul>l leans W til Malic a St rong Klglit In 1 lie Congressional (elections. Plans aro being shaped already in a general way by the Republicans ofli eially connected with the national con grcssional campnign committco to con duct oigani/.ed parly work to procodo tho congressional olcctionsof intw. I n some of I lie congressional districts work will bo begun even earlier than the icgnlar congressional campaign. 1 1 is the purpose of the Republicans to push tho tight all along tho lino and speakers will bo put into every doubtful district. I/lillTUKltr IN COUHT. Promises to be the Most Sensational Trial Since file Croniii Case. , At Chicago the trial of <#Vdolph liUot gert, the rausago inanufacturor, for thoniurdor of his wife begaij on the S&rd. It promises to be the most sen sational trial since tho notorious Cro 11 ill cane. It is charged that Luotgort, aftej \mnrdoiing his wife, ground up tjio pody and burned tho I) pjusf to conceal 4|ie murder. J { Killed ills Wife. ? J JR. Rieh, a you u g wliito man, shot and killed his wife at the home of her mother in Knat Nashville, Tumi. lie then killed his broth'cr-in law. Thon he left the house, and while in the yard* shot himself twice, indicting wounds from which ho is very likely to die. Tho pistol used was of -IV calibre. Rich a short tin\o ago tiled a bill for_ divorce against his wife, alleging infl-' dolity. Ho was arrostou charged with kidnappiug of the children, and it is supposed tho arrest' enraged him and induced him to go to the house of his mother-in-law. NEWS ITEMS, Tlio Federal Court at Nashville, Tonn. , decides in In vol' of t ho railroads against tin* ticket soul i>ers. Tito smallpox nt Hirminghnm, A In., is con lined to tho negroes and ia under control. Chief of I'olico Connolly, of Atlanta, ( !a , la dead. ?> Tlio city council of Atlanta, Oft,, ha? ndopted tin ordinance routining women, ,to remove their huts in theatres. Norfolk, Va., th'flt bale of now cotton was received on tlio '-Wd, front Clio, S. ('., ami \? ?xs consigned to WaI>. IU*un~ treo ?V Co. It was graded h t rift mid dling and wold a t 0 cents. Tito Comptroller of tho Currency haa appointed Virgil S. Eusk looeivjsr'of tho First National UnnU of Anhevilltj, N. C. Chief of Police Cojyiolly, ot Atlanta, in (Intnl. Original package agencies aro spring ing no all over South Carolina, The oonne.il of Koaiioko, Va. , has abolished "nickol in tho slot" machines in t hut city. Senator McLam-in isinnch bolter, but is still nnnhlo to outer tlio canvass in .South ( Carolina. Tho oreotion of a twonty-ton cotton rood oil mill will ho commenced al Eu vonia, (la., at onco. Win. Hurvoy Alton, a you UK whitn man out of work in Itiohmoud, Va. , attempted to eomniit suicide. Tito North Carolina {-jtnto convention of tho Veterinary Medical Association will ho hold at Charlotto Sept. 7lh and Mh. Tho amall-po.x in liirminuhnm, 1 u. , has thins far hoon confined ontirely to llio negro quarter, and thoro havo hoon few deaths. It is said that botwoon forty and fifty students of Georgia University will spend tlio Hummer in Cuba fight* iiif; for the insurgents. A I 1 lendorsonvillo/ N . C. , Mr?. Eon F. Hood shoots and badly woundo hor husband, atul then kill# herself. Jeal ousy waa tho amity. \ CharlcH Coopor.'an official of tho .To sifth Morris bank, of Montgomery, Ala , wn? shoekod by a livo oleetrio wire, which resulted, in his doqtth, ? ? All tho prisoners, including Mur derer Kdwin Brown, havo escaped from tho Kitoh comity jail at llnrrisvillo, W. Va. (iofl^al Bradley T. Johnson ia out in a lottor opposing tho movomont to havo tho Grand Army of the Uopublio moot in lhchmond, Va., in 1800. Mra. E. II. Edwards, a woman mer chant of Granitevillo, B, O. , dropped dead in front of tho.Eifth Avonne llotol New York. Tho heaving as to tho qnostion of fraud iu tliecaso ot tlio North Carolina railroad boforo Special blaster Kerr Craig has been postponod until Sept. 7 th. Nearly all tho Honnd Money Demo cratic leaders of Virginia announce that they will not support Tyler for Gov ernor. If a Bound Money Democrat i? not nominated lator thoy will tako no pur t in tho election. Estimates placo tho tobacco crop of Florida this year an tho largest in thft history of tlio State; 'It will bo worth. KOYorat'- hundrod ; thousand "ilDttfnr?r~ Much ot'tho planting wasoxperimontal; but no rup6rt of fniluro has yet como in. . A rnimoroualy big nod petitioi^lma boon addreBHod to Govomor MoLaurin, of Mississippi, asking him to appoint' lion. Patrick Honuy, of vickspurg, a nil vor Democrat, to tlio vacancy in tho Senate, oaiiBod by tho death ,of Senator George, All About tho North. jTkrco thousand cloakmakora and 1,500 coatmukors iu Now York are on a strike. A "spot cash club" 1ms boon organ ized at Valparaiso, I n?l. , for a crusade against tho oredit systom of doing bus incss. A crusade against, the coloring of im itation fcuttor is about to bo started at Chicjujo. Tho filinois Republican Club, mi Washington, disgustod with Moivifi loy's patronage policy, will disband. Ono hundred candidates for naval cadetship will report /of examination at Annapolis on September 1r At Eaglo liivor, Wis., fire destroyed tho Gerry Liunbor Company's yard, with J 0, 000, 000l fft?t of lumber. Loss, ?100,000; some fnfturanco. At Codar Rapids, la., the Republican State convention nominated for Gov ernor Hon. J/. M. Shaw, of Crawford county. ' K A freight train oh tho Lalte Krio and Western Railroad crashcd Ih'to a passen gor train at Lima, O. , wounding thirty excursionists. . Tho boiler of a saw mill opposite Mound City. HhvinKentTOjky, expttHt" ed, killing the owner, Ca"pt. Hawkins, of Kowanee,^JJfc, and slightly injuring I(Ll?r?Qnsy ^ The National convention of the T. <*. r. U. opened on the night of IhelSlH 4t IndiatWolia,. Jad.TwitU4,QQay opU> Hams, of Atratfui, Ga. , on ' 'The Bible, the Word of God. " o ?lU<f#lt?aeoas. The gOW!TBMlV5TTifS*l ita postage stamps made la 4_. -- -- r ; - pensions \p tte .. . iTh* coast snrvey will P?tflW? in ? '?^gUL5Sit KegV- ..