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ii. VOLUME XI. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY. AIKiUST 3. I'.iik). no. :u>. THE STATE CANVASS Politics Not Quite as lint as the Weather. SENATOR TIM,MAN IS ALONG fOO And Helps the Boys Contribute to th-j Qsycty of Nato.is?Synopsis of ll?o Speeches, Lancaster Meeting Lancaster, fcpei ial.?The met In here was (pilot. 'I ho audicn<\ was thoroughly undemonstrative ;tn.) ?tton tlve. Thoro was little choenug, no noise. Mr. J. p. Doriinm was not present aud eent excuses. He was al>aent ?>n account of sickness and annoumed hU platform and showed the work of his office. ? Mr. ltrooker started out hv r tying )*> had already raved th<? iLuo $*?().0')n arid was In position to .stvo thai uni U more. The pre.-ent tax admini:trat.on faultv and wrou,;. Un charged nothing criminal hut gr .r Tegularltlofl and charged Incompetency in the present ofUcors. Mr. Clyburn sit Id lie made the Oh op ioid settlement in 1M>7 and it was satisfactory. He agreed that In 1898 r,s were .sent to (.'oluni bin. Neither Mr. McMahan~noFSVJi^ Ca pers wore preKcnt. when their nrtme.s wore called. Gen. Floyd made a patriotic speech IIo camo to show how lie had restored tho prestlgo of the adjutant general's oftle. It was now, ho urged, the he.it militia organization the State has had In 25 years. llrooker said the hooks here were in excellent condition. 8upt. McMnhan came in late from Rock Hill and was presented. Ho out lined his experience, as a teacher, thlpker and student, which ho thought qualified lilni for his work and then showo;l how he had workol and was still working for the common schools Then came tho railroad commission ers. W. D. Evnne and J. (}. Ktherodgo were absent. Then cam? the governors. O. Walt Whitman insisted ttint from what others saw the various depart ments are in had shspo and he wanted to remedy things. Disregard of law in South Carolina was amazing and dis graceful, not only as to the dispensary law, but everything che if these speak., era nre to tie believed. The best men at times, be fcarud, took just a littlo too much liquor. A little drunkenness doos not a (feet a man as much as till ing a lie. C)od never made a misfit and there is use for liquor. Col.^f. A. Hoyt said Mr. Whitman had s/ood on every platform that has r"cr been erected. The people of Lan caster were Already eonvertd to pro hibition. The dispensary Is put. for ward as the best solution of the liquor problem. It is a system adopted to a monarchy, but it is not for America. The corncr-stoiic of Democracy is that whatever comes to the people should come from thorn, and he explained how this was not the case. He explained how dispensaries have been forced 011 tho people. The dispensary has its good features, If they were enforced, but they are not enforced, find the good features are trampled In the du-t. In the request boo!-s ' you will find the same signatures and you will find drunkards and minora on the lists. Why should the law be continued when it was admitted that it cannot be en forced in Charleston and its good fea tures are trampled under feet? The dispensaries are the supply depots of tho tigers. The system is rotten to the core and deserves to be taken out of the books. This great dispensary will build up a great political machine and It Is best to break It. up now. He then defended prohibition. lie touched briefly on educational matters and said there was no difference except as to the liquor problem. Roquets were presented Col. Hoyt by the "Women of Lancaster." Mr. Frank B. f.ary thought the flow ers apt for Col. Hoyt's political funeral, lie was not here to villlfy or a huso anyone. He argued that no better plan than the dispensary w?b yet proposed Ho knew this to be a prohibition coun ty, but he would not change h:s views. "All are marching to temperance. Pro hibition will bring tigers. He w,v no apologist for the dispensary as now run. It Is not a system for revenue. He was reliably informed there are 2<>0 tigers in Columbia. * If elccted, Gary said he would enforce the law In Charleston and Columbia. For three months before we got hold of him the constables seized only $1.0n0 worth of liquor, and yet. last month alone they reized that much. Mr. A. Howard Patterson said th? people, not the papers, were the jury. If Gary stood no better chance than Bryan he was sorry for Gary; but he favored Uryan. He stuck to (!ary and bis family all along and ha? gor.e down with the family. Ho announced himself before Gary and had a right to rnn. He then read from the report of Gary's Charleston apecch and empha sised that Mr. Gary would not answer bis questions In Charleston. He devot ed time to Mr. G&>'y and said If you have local option It will be good-byo to dispensary. VHe then took up the dispensary and defended it, afid urged -its advantages Orer prohibition. There was not a blind tiger In Barnwell, andshowed bow crime and drunkenness have de crested. He took up the prohibition piatfonn and defended the dlspenaair as a system, is toe minority never go ing to snkjhlt? Col. Hoyt told yon Boiaiv* ?bssi <*vorlng a coalition, and bis prohibition platform is fuii of pvJ. wSM In favor of prohibitum if a - cmrtd bo enforced, but It won Id. be a farce. He favored the dispensary .aD over the State. Governor HcSwnane/ congratulated - aodience do th* good feeling and fit j oTtno -State and wanted to igjitig. When they charge team beat baa At bttn ane* bailed H bock nt *?-g| J_?..x. over bofwie, ami lie can provo 1 f by i?*t tern ft out mayors. CharleHtdn if* a hc?v port and 1' i<* (lull ?ilt to onforoo tho law thore. lie had done his boht to on foroo tho I.<\v thore, but ho had done as wnll there as any one else. He save.I th>? fttate $10,000 in eoni-tablea' salari Mo did this e& u bualno.-s mutter. Some Of these omdldatos tell you what thoy would do with tho (IiKpensorn. He a--k od nil to \ lew tho attitude of tho people towards the o-'h-lahUa. Ho wantrd to say roferenoe wan irtado that constables were hore howling f ir him. They were rot hero by bin orders. He did not couut'.iuunee thoir being here. TUcy have no busluem here, unless thov hav* worn hero. Ho was going to Investi gate the mattor ni?il If any constables havo boon attending meetings for |?<>)it ical purposes they would bo removed and they certainly would not bo paid for being bore. Ho know the consta bles werp not It ere In bis Interests. They vore freo men and any constable could vote for whoever ho pleased, but i hoy must attend to their busiress. (Jov. M( Sweeney then gavo ao ac count of his public services. The lieutenant governors came next, and more of their speeches will be Kiven fjom some other mooting. Col. Sloan said ho had to sing fast tiul be sunn the praises of lUair and Jackson ami Sims and .Tones and then rocomiiDfi yWs vvvTvte*; ?uuliilca tlona, Ho denied that there were 200 tigers in Columbia, for bis people were law abiding. Mr. Colo 1/. Mease urged that the prohibition platform demands the sale of li((u>?' for mechanical and scientific purposes They condemn the silo and still insist on the sale. All laws art; violated, tso must all laws bo repealed, a* la arguml. He argued for good, free schools. Favored biennial sessions. Mr. Jas. 11. Tillman said he had more kinpeoplo here than In any other coun ty. He said Col. Sloan's remark about tigers in Columbia had better be salt ed down. He Jumped on Col. Sloan for fighting the separate coach law. As to Blua?e and schools, he voted to tako $250,000 from the schools. He instated that when you strike down the dispen sary you lofo the best friend temper ance baa ever bad. Ho road numerous letters to ihow that proliobltion did not suit. Mr. Knox Livingston sympathized with the audience for Its patience. Ho gave hla certificate of character, so to speak, by showing that ho had never been defeated at home. He has always been consistent in favoring prohibition when the people wan tod it. Mr. Winkler spoke of Mh services in the house. Ife was emphatically in fa vor of the dispensary and urged that tt had worked wonders. His only regret was that the good prohibitionists and others had not helped to support and try the law. He wanted better school houses, better teachers and bettor pay. He spoke kindly of the veterans. Mr. Janus H. Moore, far attorney general, said lie was charged with be ing a former Charlotte printer. Ho bn3 had his experiences and he was glad of this experience. Work was nothlnn to be ashamed of. Ho was proud of his North Carolina descent and that he came, here for his home. Hegrets were presented from General I>llinger, who was unable to be pres ent. Captain Jennings, for State treasur er, made a clover speech. Chester Speaking. | Chester, Special.? Senator Tillman made a red-hot speerti and put now ginger in the fight, lie was held until the very last, and when he talked. mad4 It lively. Tillman was received with that oid-t'me whoop. Tillman Raid In part: This was his seventh meeting rnd he protested against always being put last. There were some who thought he ought to remain at home. It was not his fault some one else does not want to be Senator. He never frit happy unless he had opposition, and he preferred it. He may be a fool, but? he was never accused of it, and, there fore, he did not try to be a dictator, but felt free to give advice. As long as he was Senator he felt free to talk. All are agreed on national issues and there was no use t<f*alk on such mat ters unless he wanted to sheer around or say some sweet things. He had ecriously regarded his duty. He had1 thought it over, and feeling his obli gations, he felt it carried with it some responsibility to assist In throwing light. Did you not teach me to use this tongue and to use it vigorously? Tlld you Ih1?c1 that tongue "for nationa^ use only7" tf m>, s?v so. If_you say soi I will obey. If not otherwise advised lie was going to talk right out on the liquor question. The people woro free to do as they pleased and he -wanted thm to do'so. It is charged that but for Till man there would now bo pro hibition. He said he worked for the dispensary law. The prohibition vote cost was nothing like a general vote, and over .10.000 did not vote at all. Aj to the dispensary being A great politU cal machine. When it came In he nad Just been re-elected and he nee?d ho machine. He advised the dlspei^ary becauso he did not believe prohibition could be enforced. He did this-'lo save the State from degradation and being hypocrites ? under prohibition/ -Xhe people have voted on/this ques tion almost solely on State/offices, anil the legislature in four-elections, and but for him IT Would'have been put In the constitution without any huts or Ifa. Ho did this because the supreme court decision was pending. He wrote the clause, and whenever his tongue grew forked be wanted to be kicked ont The candidates for the various State offices spoke about in their aocus- , tamed view. There wea nothing new or Sensational In /the developments hero. The crowd was a food sized and,.orderly"one, and the sentiment. seemed pretty r5Trt7^4*-*4*A uo among the several candidates. Senator Till man's speech-was the leading feature of the programme. iasaber* Meets*, ?o. B|sslsl. Bsillui Till ws* agate the fsaters oc pslgn meeting. He replied to Hog* as b the f atertersae*^ of . ?? ?>? Tho meeting was Opened with prayer. Quit. Floyd spoko first. Superinten dent Me Malum explained- why ho em ployed tVof. Patterson, of tho Chicago Institute, to touch art. Hfi wits qua li fted und ho saw nothing lit tho fact that he was a Northern soldier. Ho ex plained why he and others Insisted on having white teachers at th* head of colored Institutions. This id Mr. Me Mahah's home county and ho Is popu lar hero. Mr. KUteon Capers lauded McMfthan personally, hut attacked his admlnln t rat Ion, which ho felt would not ho supported. He Jumped on his conduct of the summer school because of al leged overriding of county authori ties. . . v The railroad commissioners caino next. Mr. J. II. Wharton avoided his jokes and talked about discriminations, rates, stops and tho 11 ko. Darnard 11. Evans said ratc<3 wero hlghor hero than elsewhere because of indlffernco or subsidizing. Nltnrod Horry wanted the candidates measured by the standard of buaineJa ability. Integrity and sobriety and cited Ills claims. J. B. Pettigrew wanted his character closely scruti nized and judged by bin work and standing at homo. He would uot uroniiso things ho could not Accom plish. w. I). Mayfleld wanted spoclal atten-v tlon given to the development of manu facturing enterprises, lie was opposed to the commissioners being paid by tho roads. W. I). Bvans said there were six men jumping on one and he could not answer them and make his speech in ten minutes. When ho went on the board tJiere wan not a wholesale gro cer in Columbia; there are now five. It was "fu>y to make char gen. Frank II. Curv went over with vigor the arguments heretofore made, lie devoted a bit moro time than usual to show that prohibition was not practi cal. Ho said that the whiskey people and tho high llconso are going to -sup port Col. Hoyt because they expect to crush the life out of the dispensary. He warned thp Prohibitionists when UlQy voted for prohibk.on they would not Ret, it. Ho was hero mainly be cause the dispensary was not now cn forced. Tho lax condition of .affairs In (Charleston and Columbia wiih the reason ho was running. A. Howard Patterson took up tho charge that Gary tried to straddle on tho dispensary fti Charleston and Georgetown. He again road extracts from tho reports of the Charleston and Georgetown meetings and said that Charleston wants tho license system and that cold water would kili th? Charlcfltonians. Tho Georgetown pa* per placed Gary In favor of local op tion directly, ho charged. He went over his usual figures as to Maine, and South Carolina. Then ho jumped on tho PrOhibtion platform, written by Col. Hoyl. Ho said that high license men wcro advocating prohibition, in which thoy did not believe. Ho paid his respects to the six hundred tigers alleged to be in Charleston and tho two hundred in Columbia. Tho new point in Governor Me Sweeney'B speech was his reply to Gary's charge that tho constables havo been made to work harder since tho f-ampaign begun. He said: The seizu res for March were 444 1-4 gallons of whiskey and 119 1-2 dozen bottles of fjeer; 120 gallons of boor in kegs; one team confiscated. Of this tho United States government seized 114 1-2 gal lons. In April tho seizures wore 7(K*? gallons of whiskey; 122 bottles of boor, 190 gallons of beer in kegs; three stills i-onflscated. Of this tho United. States government seized 206 1-2 gallons. In May the seizures were 394 gallons of whiskey;- 242 dozen bottles of beer; G40 gallons of beer in kegs; one team fonfiscntod. . Two confiscated this pionth. The United States government (took 97 1-4 gallons of the whiskey seized. In June the seizures were 448 gallons of beer in kegs; one team con pscated; two stills confiscated. Tho United States government took of thte 96 1-2 gallons of whiskey. The average pumbor of gallons seized for ench of tho four months was 512. So It appears lliat June Is a little below the average. The only instructions given tho con Stablo aro to do their duty and these (Instructions they have had during the time I have been governor. He never would build himself up on trying to pull down others. Governor Mc Sweeney did not, spesk as long as usual, but covered the ground. Col. James A. Hoyt *aid he was not responsible for the good things said of him. but he was delighted at these expressions. Ho did not pose as be ing better or holier than others, but ho would allow no reflections to bo made as to him. He warned tho peo ple to send members of tho Houso ^ho would bring tho situation back to 92 when the voters stood for prohibi tion. Until there Is a fair and square election on the liquor question It will continue to come up. Too much power to establish dispensaries, ho said Is given to county boards. He wanted the dispensary wiped out and prohibi tion put on the books. The dispen sary Jia^ good features, but they aro not enforced. The dispensary Is used for everything and would supply the tigers In order to increase"* tho sale of liquor. G. Walt Whitman kept the crowd In a good hnmor by arguing that what tho people wanted was temperanco and pot "prohibition. The chief objection to drinlclng to excess. The dis pensary has been shamed in the house of Its friends. The beet regulation he now thinks Is to license Individuals and "corporations to tell liquor under the constitutional regulations. The meeting adjourned tor dinner. ', After dinner Col. Knox Livingston spoke of the express telegraph bill. *+-had.passed fathered. He iKwnpHmfntnif Seujfe? Wiiwlilg, - of this coonty, and then discussed his own work. * ?Col. James H. Tlllmaa Joked abort Col. UrlipUA and his platforms. Ho gyfd to reiterate that bo tboog^t all - * ~--fci oigbt to boelooed. Ho voto for appropriations for eolkco. Ho favored tbe disport Mr. Winkler was glad to hear of tho now railroad between Kershaw and Fairfield. He said bin record wai> clear In votihg for increased pensions <'o|. John Sloan spoke of the distin guished sons of Fairfield and IiIh re cord. The people of the different couti tjofi should have what they want as to liquor. Ho knew the people could bo counted on rtnd that would Ih> the only settlement. Mr. Colo f<. Blease argued that the preachers should talk for temperance, but keep out of politics. The whole light of (he Prohibitionists now was to kill the dispensary and that would bring high license. Senator Hrlee Insisted on varying the programme and preaonted Senator Tillman and asked for three hearty cheers, which were given. As soon ns he was prevented some one said: "(Jet mad. I'ncle Hen, ami give It to 'em." Ilo thanked the audience and said bo was embarrassed by the existing con ditions. A campaign had hcen ordered and lie waa expected to be present. If he did not attend his enemies would says he had the swell head and that sort of thing, and when he did come somo said he tried to play boss and dictate, and it was the same old thing, 'he would be damned if he did and be damned if he did not. Ilo owed tho people a duty. He said: "You are iWUehtv .Drone to go to sleep and if I can keep your eye* vt vt? .sey jLulv. The News and Courier and the State say I should keep out of the fight. I am not here contending as to men. It is my duty to point out wherein and why certain advocated policies ought not to prevail, and 1 am present In de fi'Tlce of my administration. 1 am charged with defeating prohibition when it was voted for. Must I remain silent tinder all sort of charges and sermons? 1 think not." Then Senator Tillman explained the Prohibition vote of 18H2 and how thto dispensary law was enacted. If a ma jority hud votoA ior prohibition ho woh.ld never.have etood against it. Ho certainly needed no machine now, as charged, us no one would even run against him. He spoke as lie did be cause lie had convictions and he simp ly spoke against prolilbtlon because it is no good. Ho never was told ho waa to be gagged a&er he got to Washing ton, and especially after he was under llro and attack. His enemies did hot give him credit for any honcety or pa triotism such as they claim for thein selves. They havo used bad words and snt-ered about me. Tho ministers are good men, but they are wrong up here. (Pointing to his head) They had no right to nttack him and ho would say nothing harsh or rudo about them. If he werO a aelf-seeklng poli tician aud wanted to look out for him self and not the people, ho would go around and talk sweet and not talk as he did. This abnso was enough to make him" mad, but ho would not get mad. Ho would he a coward if ho did not talk out, and was only sorry ho could not get where some people havo already been bamboozled. Ho knew nrohlbitlon could only be a farce and that was why he wanted,tho dispen sary. He did not want to make liars, because he knew tho ileople would have their liquor. lie was a common sense man and always acted ns ho thought. He differed with his minis terial friends, or enemies, as they pre fer, about th'ero being anything wrong in selling liquor or the Bible opposed its sale as a sin. Ho went over his conclusions as tho best method of .teaching tho people to use liquor mod erately. Tho dispensary was then de fended at night. Tho tree boars good fruit, and the Prohibitionists are with their axes and aro trying to cut down the fino dispensary tree. Who is on tho other side hacking? The high license pe.ople. tho saloon keepers. Then he argued that {Jeorge I). Till man, Schunipert and Foatherstone failed two years ugo and now all theso wero In lino flighting tno dispensary. . Senator Tillman next discussed tho evil of personal gain in any other than tin1 dispensary system. He said his nose was red but ho hail never drunk a barrel jn All Ills fifty-three years. As to himself, he did not care, but he had sons and neighbors' sons and wanted them saved. The Prohibitionists haVo half a loaf now, and It is good and sweet, but they want all or none. Then he alluded to the free liquor and prohibition period, while the law was suffering from the interregnum. That Wits^|u<ii prohibition as will come. He wanted to know why ministers would not recognize men as they were s-nd not hs they ought to be. There was something In lbs Bible against good men consorting with bad men. He supposed they wanted to crucify him. This is a free country and yet tho ministers set-in to be after him. One of them denounced him as a liar; a Bishop. Think of that, a Bishop, and simply for expressing nn opinion. The only question is whether what he said was true, aid that was the saloon peo ple and Prohibitionists wero allied In this fight. He then spoke of the dan ger pf_ go'ng baek on the dispensary Vnd jwhat has been gained by years of Wo?k. The primary system, he said, was going to break down, under the time limit and the poor attendant at tho meeting*. The people were put ting themselves In control of the news paper.* again. They were his friends. He warned the people for no good to himself but possible Injury. He dis claimed any purpose of offending the mlnlffteri^, He bad no quarrel with the mlnl^teHT recognized their high tone and purposes, but he would talk out regardIrjui of the ministers. Neither Mr. Bellinger or Mr. Moore were present. Capt. Jennings Intro duced Dr. Tim merman, his opponent The erowd had badly scattered. Dr. Timuertnan Mid he expected no TOtc* here, thathe came to say ho would bt the next Treasurer. He explained that lie Wm. not a bloated banker or weal reported. Ho delicately ra ' in the Go?C|d. erttenmr Cape. JFfnntape aai4 Dr. Tlmsnerma feaUnc M*- Ha to whlatllag to lM? up his eourage. Mr. PwMaiart mi?U Mr~ Brook uptholtot tm TOBACCO IN SOl:111 CAROLINA, NV hat I he red Mas Done for t)ui' Sec tion of the Slate. Mr, ?\' I, Wlllet writes as follows Co the Augusta Chronicle: I was anxious to iix>k Into (hat por-( Hon of South Carolina that has in tho l>aat several years gone into lohftfro glowing and has tlioroliy prospered ho greatly. I was glad therefore to Mop ? day at I)a?'liiigtoii, s. with my friends, Mr. kml Mm. c. \v. Hewitt, who own one ?:f the lined honu'H in th;a thriving town of 4,.r?00 couls. Dar lington hells now a.OOO.UftO pounds of tohac.c leaf. Tlmmonsville over 1,000, 00ft pounds ami Florence equally a-* much. This leaf sells for from ti to 7 f?nts per pound to 2S and to cents. I his Aiftcrcuce in price obtaining prin cipally from difference* in soil ami curing of leaf The proportl u Is this* It'll (l"> acres In tobiteco is the equiv alent of |no acres in cotton returning say J.in an aero and the tobacco $",o to $lf?0. The tohneco Industry ha< b. ought a large numher of toha.*co raisers into this county; and land that the years ago was of only nominal value today brings ready a tie at greatly enhanced value?, Mr. Ilewitt told nio of one for example, had been cot ton farming for sixteen bankrtipt who in four years had under lobarco raising now owned the pi u-c having paid out nearly $7,00'>. These people have found, too, that the host tohacco lands aie I lie light, worn out cotton lanjjgj^ 'Ihe season for tohitcco growth is much less than cotton. Tohacco plant ed, say in Ajwil, is already coming to market. July ami August, in place of boiiiK dead months, are live bu-inem months in Darlington. From July to December are tohacco market months. The care of the tobiceo plant Is a mat ter of f;r? to 7r? days. Now compare this time with th'? s x or seven months needed for cotton! 'I o grow tobacco at a profit requires more brain than to grow cotton. It requires, too, experience. It requires, too, a certain outfit that costs some money to Ihe" grower. Then enough must he grown In a county to warrant the putting up of warehouses?costing each about $.r?,OU0?in the nearby town. The drying houses to bo put up on the plantation are of log* and mud. The town warehouse is a wooden long one story affair with big windows in the roof. The acreage of tobacco is so small? 10 to 10ft of cotton?that tho cotton acreage of a county need not be largely decreased because of tobacco growing. I obacco might, be largely the surplus crop. The railroads running o it. of Darlington have about as much cotton* as ever and yet now aritleri to this have 5,000,000 pounds of tobacco leaf. I l>> 4ie,ve it would be ft gootlMdoa for the various railroads out of Augusta, to look into this tohac.'O business. The opening of this new culture in a new county must/ come, I feel, largely through the railroads. Primary soil experiments ^just he made, a few to bacco cullurlsts imported, farmers' co operation secured, etc. The railroads can do this; and If the experiment suc ceeds they will be repaid 100 fold. The Atlantic <'oast l>ine a few years ago abandoned the u:e of wood on Its en gines between Wilmington and Wilson, NT. C,. and substituted coal. To keep these poor piney woods chop para from starvation - almost?the railroads look ed up strawberry culture for them. The road inaugurated the business success fully. The poor wood sellois are today far better off than ever and the road hauled this past season 900 cars of strawberries (a new sjjeclrvs of freight to them) out of the territory. The advent of tolmeco In and about Darlington has raised the county. I might say. almost out of poverty into aflluence. All lines of business are good. After looking over the town? full of $8,000 and $10,000 residences and all well kept ? I mid to Friend Hewitt that I did not believe there was a poor man in the town. II* told me that in one day he had countcd 100 country wagons ju town. The advent of tobacco in the county had done for the wealth of the county just what the artesian wells have done for its health. This used to be a verv unhealthy district. Chills and fever came with each summer and fall. Tho artesian well has banished this. Dar lington has nine or ten well*---all over flowing wells. Their depth is about 325 feet. The water Is quite cold and has Just enough of sulphur and mag nesia In It to he of constant medicinal help to alt low country dwellers. The town has a good wator .system from one of the wells. The last well bored by the town only cost f 100?an amount that many an up-country well coats. Those of us who live outside or lb" artesian well district know nothing comparatively of the value of these wells to a town and county. Darlington Is famous for her live oak.s. known as "Darlington Oaks" They are found only in and about the town and arc different In typr? from the coast live oak. They are as large as our lower Broad street oaks, but are more *prea\llng. [ ,,m familiar with coast Jive oak forests, but Darlington surpasses them all. The me is an evergreen and this tree is a thing of beauty all the ycrtr. T>nrlin*ton U distant from the coast about the same number of mllei aa is Augusta and has the fame latitude. I am col!vlnc?d that Augusta could add thc<ie oaks ff she -would try to hfr tree system. I have arranged It so that the city or any of her citizens can get this next fall a supply of these Darlington oaks for experimental planting?If they so wish It. Notes. At the Adjutant General's office hn? been received the statement of the preliminary allotment of the million dollar appropriation made by Congress at Ita lest action for the brnftlt and equipment of the militia of the several ?uiw *nd - Territories oT the Union. Ill apportionment of oniy $500,333 is ?Bade at tKI? time. Why the other |BW,flflO Is held back la not forth In the etrrutar and Is consequently unknown. When thla Mount la allotted South Ciroftaa'a <<IU will fre about 1)0.000 aa was expected. STILL HOLDING OUT. I'ekin Ministers Wore Certainly Safe On July 22, RIIASSl'KINfi NIWS ?,\Ct MORI:. It is Now ll.lieved f lint tile I orelRncr.H hi the Chinese Capital WIJLbe R??cucJ 'l'o Test the Sncorllv ofCliinovc VV?ahiiiKt??n, !> O, Spociil lUmht has given away to a feeling akin to ?-t;v talnty that tin- legatiuiKMs* at Pekin and tin1 gallant in n ines who mauagid to ictii li tlu Chinese capital Just in the nick of time, were not only alive on .Inly '2l\ hut in all probability are still allv*' and likely to icmain no until re leased from their state of Hlegc. The olllclals licit- feci certain that the at tack hy the ("hint so on the legation* will not ho renewed. They are con vinced (hat the counsels of the vleeroya In the great wonthom and central pro vim ?h aint tin* advtcc ??f LI Hung Chang have had effect and that who t;-"".'- in uowcr In l'okln, whclh?r ICmperor, Knipro.sB, ClVlng, \vvkv;, -iv Tuns, now has been made to n?e the necoKsity for tlie preservation of the legal Ions. Reliable News nt l.a^t. Adjutant General Corbin Tuesday received a dispatch from Lieutenant Colonel Coolldge, commanding t lio Ninth Infantry nt Tien-Twin. It eamo t?y the way of Che Fu and is as fol lows: "Tien-Tsln, July 27.- The following letter of lieutenant Colonel Shiha, mil itary attache at the legation of I'ekln, dated July 2U, arrived Tien-Tain July 2!> at 1? o'clock in the evening: Pekln, July 22. Evening. ? We are all awaiting Impatiently arrival of re enforcing army. When are you com ing? All legations have boon block aded wince 13th lust month and since i the 20th we have been attacked con ( tinually night and day by the Chinese soldiers from more than ten encamp ments. lly a supreme effort we are still defending. Wo are daily await ing with the greatest anxiety arrival of reenforcing army and if you cannot ?^ach here in less than a week's time it is probable, that we will be unable to hold out any longer. Emperor and Empress Dowager appear to bo Btill at. Pekln, Were our re-enforcofi&frnt to arrive very probably they would lleo to Wan Shoshan. Killed and wound ed up to date?eight killed, one cap tain of infantry and an ambassador's attache; seven seriously wounded, the first secrotary of the legation being one of 20 slightly wounded. The num ber of Europeans killed is CO in all.' "COOI-IDG E." Conger Heard l-rom. "Washington, D. C.f Special.?The War Department Tuesday evening re ceived two cablegrams from China. The first read: "Tlen-Tfiln, July 27.?Mews<igo Just received from Conger siyu since Kith, by agreement, no firing; have provls i(#is several weeks, little ammunition, all safe, well. 1 (Daggett) hear report that allied for es toon advance. Prac tically no looting by Americans; no unnecessary killings Indiana arrived on 2<ith. Oredr McCann, Gladen. both Aliens, MitcheUrlJryce join regiment here. > f >y ' / ? / "DAGGETT." \. The second cablegram read: "Tlen TsTn.'Jyly lift.---Flintshire arrived 27th. Two hundred and fifty-seven of the Ninth Infantry sick. One hundred doctors and hospital corps men and 20 signal men needed. Cnavoldahle de lay unloading transports. Foreign troops arriving. "DAGGETT." Ordered to Kill the Russlins. St. Petereburg, Ily Cable.?Official reports have been received here that the Chinese again bombarded lilago vestchen.sk, capital of the Amur gov ernment, nn July 28 and July 28. Tho Russian guns replied ? and re-onforcc menta were then approaching. On July 28 a steamer arrived at lai Cha Su, towing three boats from Harbin, with 1.500 refugees, Including 120 sick and wounded. Brevities. The postofflce "t Mount Holly. N. C., wan broken Into Tuesday morning at 1:30 o'clock, 11??? ?af6 blown open and $(100 in en.sh. $*00 lu stamps and a number ofchecks ^Wnd olher papers amounting to several hundred dollars stolen. Most of the money had been left in the. postofflce by citizens of the town for saff. keeping. H. If,. Batte. aged G5, an Inaurnnro solicitor, who was shot by the negrt# desperado In New Orleans, Friday, has since died, making a total of seven white men killed by the negro. John Clark Ilidpath, the historian, died In tho Presbyieriaif Hospital in New York from a complication of dls* eases Four vWag Ladies Drowned. Ocean City, N. J., Special.?Four young women, resident* of Philadel phia, met a tragic fate here In tho aurf Tuesday about oOon, and their hostess, Mrs. Mehann, of the same city, who was bathing with then, was rescued by a lifeguard In an imeoeecloes atafl. The drowned are: guli an* Virginia Lowe, aged )8 and 20 years, fespec ttreljr. daughters ef Dr. Clieait Lowe; Jennie gnd Birdie Lonedala, act* ft aad U jears reepefttirely, daeghtera of SOUTH CAROLINA CKOI'S. woUoii I* beginning to Open In a Num ber of Counties. Columbia,8. 0.,HpecUl?During tho week ending 8 n, m., July !?)th, tho temperature averaged neatly normal. Tho Hint i>art of tho ek was hotter than usual, tho latter part sllghtl cool er. with a weekly tango between " maximum of 104 at Hatosburg and a minimum of Go at Greenville. K tin foil Nomewhero In tho ??tr* on cvi'iy day of the week, and few localI tlcs hut what had heno'iolal amounts. The State uvcrago wan 1.50 Inches, and the local amounts runted from merely sprinkh to between t atvl 5 ino.hoa, the hitter in portions of Kershaw ami Orangeburg counties. Tito aovcro dorpght ban not been thoroughly re* lieveil in tho southeastern e?unities ami over small areas elsewhero. I>amaging hall storms occ.urrod In Marion ami Cherokee countiea: high winds blew down corn and fruit trees in a number of countiofl^ Farm work made favorable progress, ami crops are nearly nil laid by In fairly good condition, with tho c o:> proHpei Uj brighter and more encourng itiK tlian during the nafct two months. Ohl corn wiik too nearly matured to he mucli t>tao;Y?v\N*s\"vrr*v'a rains,^ except in spots, and will not make a full crop. Young corn Is unite promis ing. Over a large portion of the Stale, with however numerous exceptions i*i the eastern count lea, cotton Improved materially and now looks promising, hul conipnratively few sections report the crop heavily fruited. Most, of tho reports Indicate that the plants ar^p uu tb't.sized and late, but frttlHti^rformul ly, while some that they are not fruit ing as they should at this .season. There are a few complaints of rust an.l premature opening, more of shedding, and some of grasay fields, although ' cotton l? generally laid hy clean. In , tho western ooun'tles, cultivation con tinues. In places cotton Is blooming to the top. Sea Island Is atlll suffering from drought blight. Tobacco is ripening nicely, with cut ting and curing mnkutft favorable pro gress, and nearln,?" completion In sec tions. The ylald and prices tiro In tho main satisfactory. Kice is doing nicely*, and so far la a fine crop In the principal rlc? growing regions, but upland rice Is ioor. Haying continue* In the Charleston district, where a heavy ftgat cutting has been housed iu excellent condition, but later cutting promise poorly. Pas tures aro fine In the central and west ern counties, reaches nro dropping, many are wormy, and some rot rfS they ripen. Grapes aro healthy ntid plenti ful In Pickens and Oconee counties, elsewhere there Is much rotting. Cano, f.weot potatoes and gardens failed, but ?will be revived by the rains. In gen eral, minor crops aro promising. Th; Father and Son Drowned. Wllllamston, Spcclal.?About 11 o'clock Sunday morning John Kr* James, a section boss In Pelzer mill , No. 4. and his son Frank, five years of age, wero taking a boat ride atyove tho dam at Pelzer when the little 'son lefst his balance-and fell headlong Into tfco water. The father sprang from tho boat to rescue his Bon and succeeded in catching him, but being unable to raise him from the water, which at . that point was very deep, they both went down together for the last time. A few hours later Mr. James' body was found, and In Its embrace waa^biL. llfelesSS form of fthe the little for whom the father had lost his okn l!fe. News Items, '* Newberry's latest enterprise; th#-~ handle and shuttle factory, is rapidly ncarlng completion, and the manage ment expects to have it in running order In a few weeks. The Ivoan Savings Bank, Y/rfrkvhle, S. C? closed its doors Saturday mom-y lng. the result of the inability of Sutro cotton mills to meet obligation^. The eolion mljls owes the bank twenty\_ one thousand dollars, which,is more - than two-thirds the capital stock of the mill. The bank has not failed entirely, but mis simply suspended payinSBtr ? The Boer nanu s are bad -enough., huf these Chinese names are enough to? drive one to drink. Newberry, Special.?Just a week ago George Sanders, a 16-yexr-Old negro boy, was brought to town accused ot assaulting a little yhite girl with in tent to rape, Friday he began a 10-year sentence at hard labor In the peniten-T tlary. If such cases were always asT swiftly dealt with lynchings would not, be so frequent. The secretary of. State has Issued commission to the RosenaliryKulltlut--^ mills of Rosemary, in /Barnwell county," which secures the right also.to mlU rice and corn and do a geenral meres#? tile business. The capltalfttock Is to be $30,000. The corporators are ?.?W.a Green, Jr., and H. K. Anderson, both of Williston. .. r* ? * * The South Carolina agrlcaltttcat e*' ^ periment station at Cleuwm College haa completed Its report of snatytes Ot:~ comnierclal.fortlUsers for this s?son.. Three hnndred and thirty oflfcrtal pies have been collected and during the pm'fmt. the Bank of Due fife* lo?