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jr v VOLUMK XI. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY. ,11 INK 2!>. ll>no. THE VOTE SEEKERS, ? -? tn The Coulest is Growing More SpiriieO as the Days (io By. CANDIDATES GET BELLIGERENT Ami Propose to Spoil liuli Others' Countenances - ?lie AUetlngs Are aj ? K?lo Well Attended I'lio licnufoit fleeting, lU'aufoit, Special.- As (here ale few luiul voters in litaufort comity, the meeting xvns held :it night, al'ter t'u stores closed. A largo number of iodi s wore present and tie crowd nuuiW)'?'<] '?vov 300. Hrooker and Hcrhani did nut 're up. tapers said McMali.in was an imperii! 1st, In that ho wanu I to appmnl coun ty superintendents and fact; Pies of iho vonnty normals; nls.t Dr.it State sum mer school faculty ire Nurihcrn teach ers. 1. McMahan replied thai there was a movement to take Hcr"i,.n of 'onnty out ot me Station OT thV' i,nl VUfc?.r.avHMu Siiperintondpnt.s now ru'v/.fieo. (Jen. Floyd wan given ?jn!te on ova tion. I. N. 1 Jerry opened (In' railroad i-oin tnisRUmors' debate on schedule time. J. H. Petligrew made himself i-olid 5>y saying no sensible government would think of rem >. in'* I'o:'. Koyal ! dry dock. \V. I). Evans rendT 'd an account, of his stewardship. He had :er\ed six years. A fellow In I lie gallery had ob jected to a marriage because lie wanted the "gal" himself. Th.it was the way with his opponents. Mr. Kthoridge was unwell and mere ly Mated his candidacy. Ool. Wharton referred to Meaufort's record In overcoming large majorities. "Let them move hell if tii'V want, but * don't let (hem nnvo dry rlr?ctr." h? said, in paraphrasing another candi date's joke. 13. P. Evans said thnr H'vnifort's har bor is useless as a point of shipment, as the town is bottled up by the Coast Line. Ho renewed bis charge that \V. 1). Evans had written to l?ucas, presi dent of the Laurens millet hat lie was not responsible to the Legislature but to the people. He had the applause. The gubernatorial candidates then got under headway, chasing blfind tig ers. MeSweeney was well received tin had lived in the neighboring county, had married in Heuuvdl't eounlv and had always stuck by Heaufort in her -trials, llis spooch was about the same 'n\i"r">'lcston. He made an appeal agaii?^. Huh law. Ho would have bad the notorlcp scoundrel Thomas tried and hanged inng ago. and lie decried delays in court in such heinous crimes. He dolled any of his opponents to have one/Single word against his official re cerd. ' Ool. Hoyt told of hi3 record since 38%, through 1800 and down to the ypresent day as a servant of tiie Dem ocratic party, without asking for of fice. He had been one ef those to peti tion for the prohibition election in 1802, which led up to the dispensary ? Ueorge's which had been a prohibition law. He recited an Incident at b't. town, but had a dispensary. A boy 13 years old hail forged his father's name to a request, gotten a bottle of liquor, had taken it to school tyiid had gotten drunk on it. He is IT years old now and a drunkard. This was an instance of the State, debauching its youth. Take away profits and you take away supporters or the dispensary. Mr. Patterson without much prelimi naries began to discuss the Issues In the campaign, lie made the dispen sary the main topic and defended it as he did At Orangeburg. He wanted to know if it were worse for him, vice president of the Pnptist convention, to advocate dispensary than for Ool. Jloyt who had been president to advo cate coalition between prohibition ami ttigli license as be did in an editoilal last fall. He charged MeSweeney with evading the dispensary Issue tonight and covering it up \Vith local matters. Whcn'hesaid thert?.were only four con stables in Charleston some fellow said that was too many (Cheers.) Patter son showed that 20 persons In Koautoit use revenue licenses. This is evidri-ert of-violation of the dispensary 1'IW. Go to the Charleston Hotel and you ? will see a bar room in full blast. glass ?>?. fixtures and everything! Why did not they seize the fixtures? Mr. Onry made a speech along thd usual lines. Col- Hoyt had charged Chat, lie. Clary, had not voted for the Robinson local option bill, lie did not vecall the purport of that bill, but had voted for the Archer bill, which is al most Identical with his platform. Ga ry's applause wras next that of Me Sweeney. The candidates for lieutenant gover nor then took the stump. About 1"? voters and the negro hand were left Tor * them to talk to and It was nearly mid night when Capi- Jennings adjourned the meeting. Dr. Tlmmerman was not here. At Hampton C. It. l> Hafnpton, C. H? Special.?Ciov. Mc Sweenejr w?? not accorded an oyAtlou at his home, but he la enid to have the support of the ?mw*yr H <h* uip and nek between prohtWttan and dlspep ?ary here, jwt MeSweeney persojuJDC in strong. However, tho bulk of O# crowd ww pvMsstly in sympathy 061. Hojrt. Sack- ?f the candidates m rftB*ct*ally listened to, and there were no ?Uxtlln# denouncement*. The ?j Hwtwa^aav fOTceaof ^Swet-B. It THIBK3. A. a Jones, Belli?lift " MrSwroney gnve u cordial weloOm# i<) the candidate* to ihw homes of Hampton Mv> hiade hi> speech, hut f Imply Halted tltem to take him on his W-cord. Ho received a beautiful bas ket of flowers. McMahan opened the programme. Ho nuid that lie hud oppbsed doing n\v;iy with campaign meetings, a$ li would n r.ilt political stagnation. Ho was nut in this office for politics or to hold tin; oft Ice, hut to do good. His op ponent was criticising him captiously. il< had always talked freely V.'i'.iV Capers and had thought h*> was up J holding the policy of the office. ''aners led in the anplauK<! for his im |u?nent. Ho then stated that McMi llan was not practical. McMahan had said that in a heltor-nKelter campaign the county *uperinteltdcnt might la swapped otf. and yet ho himtte-lf is be fore ihe people in a heltor-skoll.o.i cam }>aign. McMahan is a college man, not a teacher of county schools. Ho had children and cau study their na ture, while McMahnn is an old bache lor. Dr. Howes said he could not enter into an oratorical contest With tho Cicero of South Carolina politics, (Jen. Floyd, but he came uh a young man for a young man's office. Col. Floyd replied that young mell had had tl>e office prior to his ad jmlnlfstratflon, and lie had found its af fairs iu confusion, but Uwlny the inllU Hi a is ready to uphold the dignity and peace of South Carolina. It was hi a speech before -the committee on militin, which had induced (hat committee to j favor an increase in the aopropriu'iou from $'1UU,000 to $l,U00,0UU. Mr. I'ettlgrew opened the thro" tie for tlie aspirants for railroad commis sioner. Mr. Ktheredgo had boeii de tained by sickness. I'ettlgrew was en dorsed by his county (Florence). It is to our interest to build up the rail roads, but the people have their rights too. Mr. \V. I). Evans said that he had a conscience clear that he had been faithful to his duty in his term as com? missioncr. The first thing done by his board was to reduce rates on fertilizer. All joint local rates had been reduced 20 per cent. It had required conduc tors to return execss tor ca-->h fares collected whore tickets could not bo ob tained. Wharton said he was no enemy to railroads, but they have lawyers to look after their interests. The people should have representatives. He called attention 'to a number of railroad regulations which work hardships upon thi* people. He had known fer tilizers to be dumped oil the ground with no protection while the car froirv which they came stood empty on (lie side track for three or four days. lie talked about lon^r ; luinb; and short hauls and said that schedules and con nections in s<>riie parts 01 ?.he Stabi were unfair. Harney -Evans said that they had heard flu;'stewardship of a man v.lio had b"pti in office six years. He had reduced the rate on brick, but how' many farmer-*,buy a carload >f brick? Hates en meals, e!c , have not been re duced. He hud not charged W. I). Evans with being i; dishonest man, but the commission h;.d, by mer |i\e las. li. Orr of Greenville, been charged of being subsidize.'.. He read a letter from Col. Orr saving that tlicy wcrd either ignorant or under the control of the laMroads :whom they fear t:i?op pose. Mr. T. N. Horry promised io give palace waiting rooms, coimuodious warehouses, free freights and 1 cent u mllo passenger rates. He then de clared Iris position on the liquor ques tion and befriended prohibition. Col. Jno. T. Sloan "came aoourting" for votes for lieutenant governor. Ho made a strong presentation of his views on Hie liquor question?favoring local option, letting each county man age Its own business. Mr. Blease stated his position on education?liberal but not extravagant with colleges?and he was an advocate of common schools, having voted to appropriate $100,000 .to the common schools, lie was applauded when he said he wanted to see whJte people's money go to educate white children. The county schools should have longer t< mis, so that children in county and town should have equal advantages. 41c was opposed to local option; had voted against the. bill last legislature because it would have caused an ap roar and 15,000 negro voters would be appealed to as the balance of power. If II is a sin to sell liquor it is a sin to license the sale of it. He is a dispen sary man in tilery and to a modest extent in practice. Ulease wound up with a jok?> which caught.the crowd. Jim Tillman began by saylfig that while he was a stranger some of his relatives were not. Ho delivered a message from "his aged father on his farm in Edgefield." He said "'he has found Mcthusaleh's receipt fey long living: drink plenty of buttermilk, eat no supper and keep out of politics." lie also had a message from< his un cle. who is now opposed by a fellow Jones, "a dry goods drummer';who has lately taken up notions f'?r a side Jine." He had no Confederate war re cord. but he had been colonel of tho First South CCarolinn In the Spanish war, and one of his opponents had given him a modal from tho privates undor him. Winkler explained his position on tho Harris Llthla Issue by saying that a bill was Introduced providing for pure water. Rnd everybody knew* what CWnfoWa wate* is. Hi replied to Tillman that pure water Is an Incen tive t? sobriety. It Is bettor ?ut t?an Is Colombia water witn iiquof lu ju Ho favored the dispensary and had done all be could for it. It Is the bast method yet devissd for restricting Wit of. ttgnor. It4l no new thing, but has been tried successfully In Eutops. However, he Is la favor 4 letting *ac% counte d? a? It plsaesd, and had tirtie tnOoa M not mandatory. Jmt permfts was s?po?t to high thought that lu> was lighting wind in this catnpaigd. Capt. JonniUKS t-poke kindly of !???. Tltnmersan, who wafl absent. Mr. lirookor re now oil his affirmation thai though Mr. Dorham is an honest and honorable man he has disregarded the law and has allowed executions o he on tho hooks year after year. Dor ham's influence had been against him for five years. Urooker declared he ia running for an office whieh ho really does not want, hut he wants to get Into position to continue tho work in which he had been stopped. in Ham well county he ha<t allowed t^e settle ment for 1 SOT stand uu the hooka until 1XU0. Mr. l>i>rham stated that. Brooker at tacks tho sinking fund commission, consisting of ti?e governor, attorney ' general, comptroller general, Staia Treasurer, chairman of finance com mittee of senate and ways and mean* committee of the house. Would he dnro Kay these gentlemen had been dictated to by tho comptroller general? Tho at* tack covers every treasury- and audi tor of the State, and he is the great reformer! Does he want the Job so that ho enu dictate to the sinking fund comfni?ftion V Does he want tho ap. pointtnont of treasurer and auditor. as lie has said on the stump? Ho then Mr J>)>er'K fill uji^k. Jl.> found $i,T.OO In executions wit ore mi\ |800 had been issued. Col. Hoyt was greeted with hand* clapping. He 'tackled Mease, who had told a joke in which a girl had perverted the jo Id en rule so as to allow her sweet lefut to embrace her. Tho colonel mid that not all Scripture could bo perverted. He quoted the vor>? In llahakkuk. which says. "Woe to him who gives his neighbor, strong drinu who puttoth '"ne bottle to his lips." 'Now. pervert that, can you?" Ho then paid his respects to Mr. Pat terson. In regard to his editorial of last win tor in which he had advocated coali tion between opposition to dispensary nc said that he had agreed to it on ac count. of the minority of ill) to 2."> of the prohibitionists in the legislature. He had done so that there might bo a repeal of the dispensary law folblft'cd by prohibition. : lie concluded by appealing for the* liquor question lo bo settled and to be settled this year. Mr. Gary said that when he saw Col. Hoyt getting so many flowers ho was forced to s,iy, "That's right, ladies, bring on the flowers, for wo have buried him." He had buried Col. Hoyt politically. If oloetocl himself he would show the same impartiality which ho had done in the speaker's chair. His friends knew that he had never been a usurer. They know, too, that ho was a true friend of the dis pensary law. He then explained his local option position to lot the sev eral comities vote between the dispen sary and prohibition. A governor hostile to tho dispen sary law could paralyze it by seeing that it is not enforced, and if Coi, Hoyt In* elected, which is impossible, affairs would bo mixed up unless he had a prohibition legislature behind him. He warned the dispensary peo ple that Col. Hoyt was a coalition candidate. Mr. Gary digressed from his aoous? tomod speech. Mr. Patterson was the last speaker. He was received almost silently. His county sdjoins Hampton and he ha3 ftome support here. Ho was to have been next to last speaker, but declined to go Into compact to limit speeches to half an hour and exchanged places with Gary. His opening remarks were identical with those elsowhero. ?$; Spok; at Haruwcll. Barnwell, Special.?The first sensa tion here Was the announcement of the withdrawal of A. C. Jones, candi date for United States Senate. Walt Whitman showed up here. This was the largest attended and most repre sentative gathering of the campaign. The opera house was packed. Tho day was cloudy and farmers came in to town. There were^opite a number of ladles present. The crowd, estimated at a thousand, remained orderly through -the day. Walt Whitman resumed the role a* clown. I'n'ttArson spoke wi*h nmo spirit than at l!a.mpton and other re cent meetings, hivt it. is evident that he will not have a walkover here. Mr. W. I). Mayllrhl ina?!e I.In debut. H e had been detained by business en-, gagementa from joining tne caninai/nv at former meetings. He wanted to fight the cause of tho people against tho attorneys of the railroads. If tho IntVB are insufficient a commission should be elected which would sug gest proper legislation. It has fcicn the boast that Houth Carolina would bo the manufacturing State of the Un ion. This ean never be so long as rates on.commodities are high. Those who Aspire to bo fc~?t mate on the ship of State were next presented. Mr. Blease referred the voters to *he . legislators from Barnwell and otherpr with whom he had been associated. Ho had In 1888 taken tho position that *bltu people's money should go to Edu cate white children. '"It is wrortk to make a ^htte man pay'taxes to educate a free nigger-.when ho can hardly pay taxes." \ ^^ Mr. Winkler began by referring to Che taterest in matters political ex hibited by the ladies. Whenever ladles are present candidates will not indulge la abuse for South Carolina gentlemen respect ladles. His position~on the dis pensary had been consistent, He nad aiw?/a supported it, set, money ouklhg scheme, but be4ttMfr prohibi tion could not fiucceed aid 1ife*U?pen sarjr uuuiJ galalw**? ***** t tkiuor. - Col.-Jim TWmeo eeemed <? he the favorite Itt this race. Htt opponent* had been accustomed to boaat of their services; two for six years ta lefts Iain( ss? for efehtmil In. the jutu ate. If h? had *>eea la etthee body that kmc and had doae nothing ha mild not ha hoaadv ofhla wwrfl. Ha ha^ of the crime of tin aa?? ?f fctigfiK ar nr *?*!% -/* Col. Sloan said that \voul?^>i> th< next lieutenant governor if he coild j-et votes enough. He h??l luvn H s, u alor for eight years ami had voluntar ily retired because he was tired of it \\'wi now ho had a longing 'o gel back to (thl associations. lie favor.-,1 local option as true Democracy. "Yon am lit tler ftl>lo to control li in yonr conn tli'H than centrally. I>i Tintmermau rejoined the cam palmt and ,lisfiis.se,I with ('apt .len flings their relatlvO qualifications. Mr. .1 IV Oerhwm was next present j ed. lie lnade a few preliminary pas-| 8fH and then got <1nwn to business. 1 booker had said lhai If elected ho would pnt incompetent auditors an^ t rcr.sul<"i'H out of olTiee. I lici t; is no warrant of law which gives the comp troller general this authority. MrOoker had charged at Hampton that the set tlement for lS97 In llarnwell had m?t been made until 1 The records dis prove this fact. Br >okev claimed a shortage of $1,000 in Berkeley county. An expert going behind hlnesahl there was no: a cent of shortage. Ibooker charged that the record in Barnwell was not closed until lSi>i). 1( it was made ia Ootohei, lsiis. wbcto was the money? When lie <;rtme to Barnwell to visit the soveMil counties, j. ii.nr Dui'jiUiii lijJil Jlnl i'iJIHii ~7re itt cxn'.iiine the hooks and system )!" bookkeeping. Had he done so there .\ouhl have Inen no trouble wi a tho tooks. He referred with sadness to he late Mr. Free, county treasurer, llo tad Id written charges against |)er lum and he read two of them. They ire extraordinary Hhsenee from the of. i,,.. h;s family reaming in Horry, and rr? gularities in Richland. He would .iildlsh those charges and challenge lerham 'to settle them before eompc eot lawyors. Mr. Kilison Capers. Jr.. then bespoke lis claims for the office of State super intendent of education. His opponent. ? ho was absent, was tm) theoretical. l?o, Capers, had taught. In the counUy schools, not colleges. Mr. MeMabah was not present. Walt. Whitman's appearance was re ceived an a jyke. He jumped on Me Sweeney And lloyt for their liquor, vlrwr.. He llid no' outlive -his policy. except ho favors dispensary. Daring his speech there were cries of "Patter Son " Walt shoirtrd. "V'wi had lt,?t??'r holler for him. that's all the votes he'll get." Somebody asked who setit him down he-re. He"*repliod: I he people of the Piedmont belt, who have tho brains and the votes, which can't be said of you." Voice? Where's your wheel? Walt?There isn't room enough in your head to hold a wheel. Continuing he said that he was in the race to help Col. lloyt. along. "(!arv ain't in it." Patterson whs greeted with aomo cheering. McSweenoy began by saving that at Hampton lu? had made no speech ex cept to welcome the candidates. lie had assailed nobody there. At St. (icorge's he h.i<l read a statement fion* W. W. Harris that the dispensary law is being enforced. He read a lettei from a 'inagjstrate in (Jreenvillc show ing violations of the dispensary law had decreased !?? per cent. He is being attacked for liti'e things. Mr. Clary s:\id he would make but a ten minutes' speech. While Col. lloyt and Patterson were wasting time dis cussing fermented and uufernient< d ?wine, he would discuss the nietho.l of rnanaging the sale of wine to-day. He devoted himself to the coalition be tween prohibition and high llcnnse. Col. lloyt said that Gary was making a mistake running for office this year, lie bad been an attache of the legis lature 16 years and Is tho logical can didate for lieutenant governor. Cary might be in somebody else's way. but not in his. Senator Tillman's presence had help ed hold the crowd. His speech lacked the old-time lire, for, dynamite needs a jar to tire it off. He spoke of na tional affairs about In the same man ner as be did ait Orangeburg, lie kept bunds ofT in the political circus and said he would assign the ringmas ter's whip to Walt Whitman. ' llf was glad to see that the crowd was not drunk as it had been in som* of the monl;ey-aml-parrot times of yore. "Talk about prohibition, you know you love liquor and you are go ing to have it. You love liquor just like you do Ihe girls, and you will have it." At linmheiR. Ham berg. .,?< ?. .< wccncy fired 111> hero and m utu ; very spirited speech. Iff luis been rocking along easily. delaying Patterson's charges day after day. and tiie mmn old charges were renewed until the governor s Irish asserted itself. This county Is said :n be frfr McSweonoy, although It adjoin;, the I home county of Col. A. Howard Pau^rson. There were a number o? Patterson men from Marnwell in the .Audience. In fact he "had the crowd." The candidates acquitted themselves} In about their usual style. There was ft spirited tilt between Jim Tillman and Dleaso on Jhe question of veracity. McSweeney resented the (aiiKtttul re petition of Patterson's charges. Walt Whitman made spoilt for the crowd, and Ben Tiilmnll laughed at the candidates for making campaign pledges. i On the whole the ' mooting was a satisfactory om> for tho audience and the candidate*. Abbevltls's Carnival. Abbeville, Special.?At a citizen's aieetfuB~7ii?rccin!8lttco appointed to tako charge of jho finances 01 the carnival reported that more than the txquirfcri at&ount of money had been that tfie Oea board road bad ?eat atrcnlara throughout all tho ?ur _ try ih> rr?i v?l whflt will tak? place on the Wth. great ocmloi for Abbeville and thou sands of ytsltors are expected to vlalt tka.cUx and anj?r tbe hospitality ?bit* wU4 be eaUnded them. L Na aaa I* mmIIM ?ut tO*r LETTER ID THE COINTY CHAIRMEN. AUld-SIIng nx; Not to lie ludi: e cd In liy Candidates The State executive committee, through ii?? officers, is trying to keep (ho county execuiivo committee in tho ?straight and narrow path during tho present State, district, circuit ami county campaigns Tho particular at tention of the county chairman has Wen called by circular to the anti miukslingiuK resolution of the State committee, which the officers say alum Id bo read ;it the opening of each meeting. Here is the circular referred t<>: To . Countv Chairman. Hear Sir: Ity di ru t ion of the chair* man of tl.e Stale Democratic executive committee your attention itailed ti? Kite following resolution passed at the last lucfWn *. of that hotly, and you Are earnestly requested to see that it is enforced to the heat of your ability; "Whereas there is good feeling among till DemocratM in the State to day; and whereas it is divdrable that ?the campaign, Iteing a content, among PemoeraiB. siiaii m- oi-nnimw *? > hi?li plane, therefore be jt Itcsolvcd, That the State Democratic executive conuniMee suggest, to tho county chairman of each county of tho State the- advisability of requiring the candidates not to indulge in personal abuse, bus. <o confine themselves to a discussion of the Issues; and that any candidate who persists i:i refusing ac j quiescence to this suggestion be not i allowed to speak." As there seems to be some, confusion | in reference to the assessment of the ; eountii* b>' Ihe State I )cmocra.tlc ex ; ecu live committee, 1 beg to call your attention to the fact that the candl I dates for the general assembly are not | assessed by the Sta.to committee. The counties are assessed on the | basts *? n*t., the representation which ; each county has: that is. $10 for sena j tor and ?f> for each member of tho j house. The oaths of theso candidates, I as all othor county candidates, will, of course, be tiled with tho county chair : man. Respectfully, V. X. ai'NTKK, .111.. Secretary. Tho State commitlot? hag also issued the following circular to the several county chairmen: Dear Sir: Tho rules of llio Demo cratic party of this State require that tin* numes of candidates fou congress and for the office of solicitor in pri mary elections shall bo put on tho county primary tickets. The duty of arranging and having printed these county primary tickets is left to tho county chairman. In order that there may he no mistake na to what names shall go on this ticket, I give you tho following list of candidateH for con gress and for the oPTico of solicitor in t he approaching primary who have filed their pledges and are duly quali fied as such candidates: for concihfss. First. Congressional District?Wil liam Kiliott. Second Congressional District?W.J. Talhert. Third Congressional District?A. C. Latimer, IC. IS. Verncr. C. T. Wychc. Foir'.'h Congressional District?Sian yarne Wilson. J. T. JolinBton. l'ifth Congressional District?T. J. Strait. 1>. IC. Fin ley. Sixth Congressional District?Jamc* Norton, H. H. Scarborough, J. E. 101 AIerbc. Seventh Congressional District?J. Win. Stokes. FOll SOLICITOR. For Solicitor, First Judicial Circuit? 1'. T. Hlldebra.nd. W. II. Thomas. II. 11. Matthews. For Solictor, Second Judicial Cir cuit?J. 10. Davis, C. C. Simtns. For Solicitor. Third Judloial <*ir- J cult?S. Wilson. For Solicitor, Fourth Jiidici.il Cir- ! cult?J. M. Johnson. Cleorge \V. | Hrown, For Solictor, Fifth Judicial Circuit | ? J William Thurmond, J. A. M uller. For Solicitor, Sixth Judicial Circuit ?J. K. Henry, Thomas F. McDow, W. | C Hough. For Solicitor, "Seventh Judloial Cir-. cult?Thomas S. Scare.. For Solicitor, Kighth Judicial Cir cuit ~J. K. Hoggs. J- A. Mooney. In conn-Mrs whferc it has been deuld ed to nominate masters nnd nvigis -trajtes in the primary, the names of camlidate* for those offices piuot bo jnil 90 th)e county tickets by tho county^ cJialrniun. The unincs of tho candidates for master mnitt be on all ?the tickets, and the names of the can didates for magistrate must, be on the ticket according to location, to be arranged by the county committee. The State coxnmltteo will furnish you without cost all the tlckcts you may need for tho Stato officers and United States qfhator. Please' let mo know RiL onco how many of these you will need f\r your county. Youm truly. W1LIE JONES. Chairman State Democratic Ex. Com. U. X. Gual*?, Jr., Secrotary. Cbsaleiton Exposition. Charleston. SpeciaL?-The great pro*. Ject of thwSouth Carolina Inter-Stats and Western Indian Exposition may bs said to have bssa positively and JS* fortes! or tie company si a meet lag 01 tW Stock bolder* at the German subscribers <0 USS" SggTBgSUag ' ?#ga SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS. Weather Conditions Have H.'Cii Him favorable the Post Week. The week ending S a. hi. .Itrne i!fuh, averaged about tl degrees per day cooler than usual, with minimum tem peratures ran^hiK between And 72, aiul ni;lvlmu.n temperatures between 70 ami !>3 degrees Tho lowest. tem peratures prevailed during tho llrst luilf 01 tbr week. Tho average rainfall for "the wool* was 2.S5 Inohc*, ranging from less thai 1 inch to t! Inches. Tho heaviest rains occurred in the west central aud in tin* southeastern counties, whoro lands were badly washed, and crops on many bottom lands were Hooded and destroyed. The rains injured cot ton, some corn, melons, and wheat in tho shock, causing sprouting over tho western and uonih central counties, but were cither highly beneficial or not harmful elsewhere, and they improved rice, tobacco gardens and pastures, and minor crops generally Over a largo portion of tho SI.tie cultivation was impracticable, except on from 1 to II TUYN'^V V>">1 vxsvvywryv\-v-^ ; grassy, and all field crops .-fund In need of cultivation.- Tbeso conditions wero at their worst in the western half of the St tie, while over the northeastern counties.there has h?on no harmful ex cess (^rainfall, and crops of all kinds aro very promising. Sunshine was de ficient Over the entire State. Coin is generally doing well, bul some is turning yellow and is firing, while on bottom lands, in the western portions, much was destroyed by flood ing. Karly corn is being laid by. Thero was general deterioration in the condition of cotton in nhe western counties, and in tho upper IJdisto valley, where some has not been chop ped to stands, and fields are foul with grass and weeds, and where it he crop hns received very little ?mlUva.lion. Klsewhere cotton Is growing rapidly, and early cotton is blooming, lace aro still provident and in placcs have broken stands. There are more or less complaint of grassy fields from all sec tions, and cotton is in urgent need of dry, hot weather to permit cultivation and for ifs normal development. Tobacco has Improved. Cutting and curing is in progress bu! Is not general. Worms are numerous in Williams burg county. Wheat that has not b?&n housed or thrashed is beginning to sprout in tho shock. Thrashing making slow pro gress. J^ato oats have been harvested. Weather unfavorable on melons. Uico, sweet potato?, gardens and minor crops are doibg well. Fruit Is rotting as It ripens, l'cas continue to be sown on stubble lands, and planted with corn. Killed on the'Frain. McCormlck, Special.?Quito a serious shooting affray occurred on the excur sion train returning from Augusta to Verdorey Saturday night, Just north of Parksvllle. There wjis an unruly negro, full of cheap whiskey, who be gan giving trouble immediately after leaving Augusta. After breaking out nearly every window in the car, shoot ing his pistol and raising Cain and be ing quieted down by the train crew several times. he Anally threatened to shoot one Wilson, the porter, on tho train, 'lite white flagman, Mr. Win gard of Augusta, in attempting to take his pistol from him, was shot through ?the hand. Tho negro then r/ycceedcd in turning his pistol on the porter, who grappled with him, knocking the pistol up. In the melee the negro was shot through the l>rea?t~lhrce times. liD fell at the flr.vt shot and dleu In a few minutes. Palmetto Panellings. The county Democratic executive committee of Newberry decided to have the county dispenser and board of control nominated by primary elec tion. A charter was Issued Saturday to tho Standard Huilding and I/Oan Associa tion. of Chnrlrtflon, Capital stock $150, 000. Officers: II. (J. Rhctt, president; H. M. . I asters, vice president; T. T. Hyde, secretary and treasurer; W. IL Thomas, solicitor; 11. (J. Khett. It. M. Masters, F. II. McMaster, J. P. I)o Veaux, J. Alwyn Ball, G. ii. Bun, directors. Gov. McSweency Jias appointed the members of the Plate" board of Home opathic mcdical examiners, provided for by the general assembly at Its l?3t session. Tho appbintees are as fol lows: I)r. 11, H. Thurma.:i, Cheraw; Dr. J. A. Whitman, Charleston; Dr. (Jeorge Morgan HuthIi, Columbia. The commissions will be forwarded to these gentlemen at once. A. commission for a charter has be*u issued to tho Cltltens' Hmi. of Honea Path, Anderson County. Corporators: J. A. Hroefc. C. K. Harper, Kiliron A. 8myth, James L. Orr. Kzeklol Harris. J. W. Brock, I,. A. Brock. P. W. Sulli van, J. V. Kay and M. MtGce. Capital stock, 925,000. Turkey Miui Psy Up. Constantinople, 1y Cable.?Lloyd C. Griscom. United S, ^a chpOl fairee, presented aTH5*vtf jjgr: government, Itfatittoff diate reply to the l.ottcu lit Htc?~ tar w' indemnity la loeMW of AraetlM WANT 100,000 MEN. '? #?? ? Demand For a Vast Foreign Army in Cliina. ? ....a,-,...-,..... . . ?i ?K> .?. ?? ?? -?-? lil(i EORCE NEEDED TO TAKE PEKIN. '????" ? ? The Chinese Boast1,11 Army (i 400 000 Hen Seyinorc Probably a Hos tage !;or Good Terms. Clio Km, by Cable.?Tho foreigners everywhere are urging flic lmmodlat? concentration ot an army of 100,00(* men, or at leant 50,000 men, f??r tho vanco on I'ekln. Mony poisons famiV iar with the Chinese character think, tho foreign ministers and Vice Admir al Soypiour aro hold rih hostages for good terms ?>f pevt lenient. They also believe that the whole Chinese nrjny la Joining in (ho movement under tli*> leadership of Tung Fuli Slang, wty? crushed tjio Mohammedan rebellion! Recently ho was nominally degraded for tlu1 purpo.-o of organizing an antl for?dgn uprUing qalotly. It Is Cfltlniat od that (10,000 .soldlers, well armed, but poorly (11.'elplinod, nra t.cwth of I'trkiu aT>n Yirr?-\ svn. \ rrti ; boast tlt.it they havo 100,000 aoldlers. Admiral Seymour's foree carried a week's rations and the men had nu av-' erago of ir>() rounds of ammunition. The Russian eonduct at Taku, accord ing to the other officers, inflamed the nativoH. The Russians aro reported to have been MhootiiiK the Chinese indis criminately and driving away the peace ltd Chinese who would havo procured transportation and provisions, and of looting tho town. A groat naval dem onstration at all tho treaty porta 'is also said to ho desirable in ordor to lifc,, Hue nte the wavering Chinese mer chants who are friendly to foreigners. The masses are becoming excited at tho reports of their countrymen's auc eosses against tho powers. Merohant nieii hero ro|>ort that tho Bbxers are (IrllllitK in the streets of Now Chwang. and that when tho officials inspected the soldiers with tho view of suppress ing thr Hoxorrt; ihey found the sold torn had sold their ritlca and equipments to tho Boxers. The military school at Moukden i* reported to have been destroyed.?-TWk British eoiiKul at Foo Chow is asking; for warships. Tho arrival,of the ish first class cruiser Torrlble and two Japanese cruisers reliovod the strained relations. An outbreak was reportod last night, the sailors slept on .thqir jinns and tho foreigners prepared to Take refuge on the ship3. * Commander Taussig, of tho York-' town, requested tho eommandor of tho fort to cease his diplomatic nM^ioeuv re? with oannon and notiflod l4f?n that If Chinese troops were sent t.o the city ostensibly to repress the Boxers, Amer icans would be landed. There are about 150 American and British missionaries at Che Fu. 'r are -short of money and elothes, ' left their stations hastily. JlJnitod States Consul John ship" Is'expeoted'tfl firing fifty .th aries and French priests ff'jje> mouth of tho Yellow river, / they aro flocking from tho 1 The eommandor of the Chlneso,r' Hoi Hal, at Chen Chow, ofTerel Fowlor to go the rolle^of the miso. nrles at Yang Che. Kitmn. if assured Qt protection. It is reported tfiat tho Russians are moving 30,000 men to* , wards Now Chwang. rk / lit yT Gathering at Kansas City. Knnsas City, Special.?The first arri-' vala*for tho Democratic national con vention, came in Tuesday. They were John J. Fitzgerald, a delegate from Kings county. N.*Y., and Jacob Run=__ pert, Jr., of New Yorlr city, an attar? wite at large. Doth aro quoted as say ing they do not prvfrr tho fre^nrtlVer plank in. tho /)emoc*iUi^0iayftjrii!kr Tfysro aro bo mtyny issues more ffmpor* ykcro ta?Vf," said Mr/lRupport, "tha^I think frc(V>?ttrerjXM;d not be rike rationed at all. The party in the will not stand for free sliver." /Sterling Price. ? of Paris, - wrl*t^d here Tuesday and began arrangements for opening headquarters for < Congressman Win. ? Suiter, of New Yorl t? "who is expeotcd on Friday or Satur dhy. Incidentally. Mr. Price started a Vboom for the New Yorker for Vic? Psffpddent. ^ Leo Not Afraid fil Fever. Havann, by Cable.?Tlta yellow fever situation at Quema&os Vhowsmuch.' improvement. There have only been four deaths, two of which Were Ameri cans. including Major (FranJt H. Ed? inunds. inspector oil the of Gen eral FUshtigh I?ee, -who lied Jum It General JjCo refuses to leave Ills head quarters, though ho has /given permis sion to his staff, if they\ desire, to do eo. Collision on the Seaboard. Elbcrrton, Oa ..SpeclaljpA/ liead-ead collision on the Seaboard Air Ldne oc curred at Oglesby, six miles from here Tuesday afternoon. A work train rau Into a north-bound freight, oa the main line, at the station walting^fss ? the work train to take the siding: Sfr? -' glneer Neal was badlr tnjmsj by. steam. He remained wedged I*. tween tie Two engines 1 before he ooold W ot oot Osa i was almost totsU&wretiL were delayed two "hottrs.