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THE - ? -;i V *? V A " . CAMDEN eHRQNieLE. v. J VOLUME ?1. CAM DUN, S. 0., FRIDAY. Al'(<l'sT 21. I'NIO. NO. 'J3. :s3 THROUGH GATES OF PEK1N. Triumphal Entrance of the Allied Forces Into the Celestial Capital. FOREIGNERS FOUND TO Bl: SAFE. Official Confirmation of tlie News of the Capture Recchcd in Washing ton City. . f Washington. I>. Special.?Th* al lied armies have captured and entered I'ekln in the face <?f obstinate resist hiiio and the mouthers of the foreign legation* arc Kate. Official confirma tion of the lull of ?ho Chinese capital j canto lo the I'nited Statos govern. J ment Friday night, In the shape of two [ "YifoSegran.s, one from Admiral Homey putd tho ot her from Consul Fowler, at, *Vhe Fu. The cablegram from Admiral Homo.; came to hand first early in the I evening, foNmved very soon after l>y j that from Consul Fowler, ai d the offi- j rials, realizing the groat public inter- j est In the evouti*. which it was believed j had happened in 1'ekln, at once made theni public. Admiral Remey's dis patch is as follows: ''Taku. Aug 17, 1 a. m. "Ilureau Navigation. Washington: ".fust received a telegram from Tien I'sin, dated 16th, 10 p. m., saying: delivery oflthe ministers with a Ctoi? noao or other eacort. If negotiations wer? attempted t hoy must have failed, as the armyJfrontinue<; on its march and attaoke/ the capital three days after reaching Tung Chow. Ounrrcl.ng Among Tfienisclve*. Ixmdon.'Dy Cable.*; Whatever of in t or out might attach to tho events re ported in tho night dispatches is do Htroyed hy the capture of lVkin. as most of the messages relate to matters preceding the leading up *o the capture of the Chincae cubital*, G-?n..Lin^vitch commander of the Russian troop* in Peehili, reports to St. Petersburg that on August 12 the Chinese in.ended to give hat tie at Che Sin, where were con. centvated ">o hatt<aions of the host Man ehu troops, cotumandeil by Gen. Tung Kuh Sinag, J.nit that losing courage they ret rated hurriedly, not waiting tor an attack to be made. * The eyes or the. .jvdfld. which have been fixed hitherto On I'ekln. are. turn ing to Shanghai,j where an Imbroglio resulting from the jeal' uty and sus picion of the powers will po.-si.ny shortly assume a s<m1ouk aspect. 1 hp gate DIRD'.S-EYE VIEW OF BRITISH LEGATION AT I'EKIN, WUEHE FOREIfiNEIW GAJHEHEl> TO DEFEND THE\It>ELVES AGAINST CHINESE REBELS. 'Pekin was raptured on August 1 r,. For rign legations arc safe. Details follow shortly.' " That from Consul Fowler, giving im portant ?l*?taiIs of (he occurrences at tho time of ih-? <??]?? nr?* of the city, wa.^ pi von out iti th? subjoined ofTirlal ptatcment: "Che Fu, Aug. 17 IfMO. "(Received 7:55 p. in.t "Secretary of State. Washington: "17th. Japanese admiral reports .li lies attacked Pektn. east, 15th. (>l?f*t 1 naf resistance. Evening, Japanese entered the capital with other forces. Immediately surrounded legations', ln matee safe. Japanese lost over 100; Chineae .100. FOWLER." j Previous information, which hn* ] been received here, showed that the al- J lle<l armies took poKftfSHlon of Tung j Chow on the 12th inat. From that j c-lty to Pekin the dintancc iB r.ot very j great, not more than a dozen mile?. It seems evident, therefore, >hat ihe ? armies halted for a time at Tung Chow, probably for the purpose of glv tng the iuen a rest and to prepare for ? s tb? attack on the capital city in force, j after waiting until the rear of the ad- i vancing hoat should arrive at the j front. Possibly also tho delay was the ; result of negotiations inaugurated by I |the Chinese officials, looking to the ? .j Actl ng in G.??rgia. Dornin, \ Special.?An armed niol) numbering .f?0 mon forcibly entered iho jiT.il hero Saturday night and taking Will Cat^r, a negro out. riddled him with bulieU. Ho. tiled inBtantly. Cater was charged with attempted criminal assault, on a white woman. As soon hh Cater was captured ho confessed his crime, and.later wan identified by his victim. Kilted by Lightning. Ashevllle, N. C.. Special.?Peirco K. . Cauve, a clerk in the First National Bank, of Tampa, I'la., while alttlng under an oak tree in front of the Cain House, a fashionable boarding place on Grove street, waa struck by lightnrng Thursday afternoon at 6 o'clork. FIYe doctors were summoned. They found the left aide paralysed and restored cir culation, but not conaclousnes), and Saure died fn nn hour And a ball. The tree waa hot struck, and a man sitting next to Sauve r?c?iv?4 only 4 slight jrtrek. 3auve wts a Catholle and his; remains are iu charge uf Fnlljrf Mm - Ion, who notified his home folks. v An Acoustic*. K<hs Tor*. ?A cable dispatch from Kobe, Japan. to.JhfL Rvsnini Journal, sxys: "Jaimu-hts proposed ai pmattttcg listweea^ths-p^wem and .Chi na and Chins baa screwed. Th^terms at the powers^ are thmt the mtntstefs ; ?Hhsr be placed n^r the protection | British landed Ourkas and Bombay I regiments on Friday and France ij hurrying 1.700 Tonkin troops thither) ! some of whom are reported to have ar< rived already. The situation in the valley of tin Yang Ts<? Klang, at \Vu Chang, is He. rlous. Chang Chi Tung's troops mn lined, but the outbreak was quelled. Russia's campaign in Manchusio se<uo?> to be progressing satisfactorily. (Jen. Orloff, chief of ?taff of the Rus sian forcos in China, reports on Aug. 14 that he. attacked the Chinese at Me duchcl on August 12 and subsequently advanced to Yak Shi und captured an abundance of stores. The Chinese mi id to be gathering',* in /oree in tho neighborhood of Kobdo, from which place the Russian and Tartar residents have departed. A Berlin dispatch dated Sunday morning says the German marine bat talions arrived at Tien Tein on Thurs day. Waiting for Report. "Washington. D. C., Special.?The government now fully satisfied by tho advices in hand that the international troops have entered Pekin and that tho legation* are ?h calmly awnitln# detailed statements from its own of ficers on the ground. News Items. The Salmon catch will be short from 50^.000 to 730,000 I'ltRCH thl? .year. New York's Kplsropal Archdiogeue will probably be divided for the eighth timo. The United .South African Breweries Company, founded by Barney Barnato, will erect an Immenae brewery at ('ape Town with American machinery, cost ing $500,000. '? The Japanese Consul in New York ?denies that hi* country will seek a war 1 loan here. ' Aason Ph?lp? Stokes, tho young mil . lion aire paator. is preparing for his j first pastorate in New York. Because ho advised a comrade not to engage in a duel, the Austrian mlll | tary Court of Honor ha&^0fhandeT ! resignation of Captaij*-' Count I>edo? ! chowskl. The tax rate of Boston, Mass., has i been flxed at $14.70, a* agalnat $18.10 laat year. Thla la the largast rate since 1885. I A celluloid collkr worn by Nathan I Clausen, of Hampataad, U caught Are from a cigar.and terribly burned blm I, f -^-New v?nt*? i"upwwm?. Waalkhistofi. D. C.. Spacial ? Th? i population of Greater New York a* in dieted by tie count Joat completed at th? Mtm o?kw. to $.497,2*1 Tfcte fa. i Tiida* t*it pdpalitM of tjM boroughs I ?( Jrpokln, RletoMRd tti Qatwi. Am spprail :#mrnmmm _ 2 2?Jfl SgppES SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS, W . I he liufsslve Meat Continues "Crops Itadly Hunted. The mean temperature for (he Slat" was s? degrees for the week ending s a. in , August iM-tli, amp t he normal for the sptme period is VS degrees. The highest maximum ranged from lofl to 1<?1 every day; the lowest minimum was ti7 at Spartanburg uu tne 13th. The drought wa.s relieved'in spots, nearly every count) reported some rain, hut over hy far the greater por tion of fState the rainfall was Insuf fleei)t Hnd many points had no rain. Where tho rain wa.s followed by bright, sunshine erops were scalded, and in jured instead of hcnefHt.ed. There more eloudiness and light winds gen, erally than during the previous work, except that heavy winds accompanied some of I he thunderstorms Damaging hail fell in Lancaster and Picket)* i ount ies. * I'tir weatiicr was too not, and gen erally too dr> for all growing vegeta tion, and erop reports indicate wide spread deterioration amounting in the ease of young corn, to complete ruina tion of j-iu h that has hut recently las soiled. Karlier planting, not matured, is not tilling wi ll, and the blades and stalks are dried. Th? com crop will be short. Fodder was pulled from early corn and.saved in line condition. The weather conditions were also un favorable to cotton, causing continued idicddlng of haves, forms, ;>nd even young bolls, !in<reheeked all growth. Hirst has decreased. Premature opening is general, and picking has begun in all ?-nctjons. Sea-Mand continues to blight, is dwarfed, and is fruiting poorly. In places late, planted cotton continues to look well, but the prospect rf *'for the pi,(Idle and top crops are poor. River rice is exceptionally promising, i xcrpt at a few points, and harvest which has begun will soon be actively prosecuted. I'pland rice has failed mil, teriall v. Peas of young growth were literally killed, while earlier plantings have been severely injured. Some pea-vines have been cut for hay. Sweet potatoes and cane, pastures and gardens, in short, all minor crops have shared in the general delerioraiion Caused by the unprecedented period prolonged excessive heat, ami drought in places, ! i M:w KNTKRI'RISIiS. Notes That Show How the Stale If ! Progressing The Ninety-Six Teh phone ('onioanv , has been chartered. The capital stuck ' I Ik $.r?00. The ollieera are IC. .M lap - , combe, presidi nt. and R. It. C l ioun I secretary and treasurer. The Duval (Jrocery Compmy. oil Charle-ton. has appli d for a charte ? j Tho capital sio:-k is and 10. C j Duval nnd \V. .). Stolen corporators. | The -ereiary <f state has issued a commission to the I a mo IT ('tinning eo.n j pany, of Camden, which ii to c>n-t:u't and operate a ginnery. The ? a!>itH' } stock is to he $2.,">00. It will be no'.cd | that the company is named in bono.- ol j one of the Seaboard's civil engineers. J The secretary of slate has granted : j charter to the National Heneflt Society ! of South t'arolian, with headquarters j at Charleston. The society is to do an insurance business, with si? k and fun | eraljJeneH: features. The capit-T sto-l* j is lo be ?1.0(tn. x (ilanders In New >erry hast week Mr. JO. A. Fellers, of New- j berry county, reported to the governoi ? the existence ef glanders among stock j in Newberry county. The report ha^ been forwarded to President Ifartzog i of Clcm-on College, with the request that ho send a veteranailan to look into the matter and take proper step! to prevent a spread of tho disease. May be Posponed. Ti e Stale hoard ef edu. a ion is a hr.dulrd to ira r,:, on September 3, to J take further action In regard t-> the i mailer of the adoption of the school i text book'. Owing to the fr.ct that i this date is between primary (flection? | and j st after the llr.st It i<i likely that j the meeting will be pn iponed. sonif later dat**" being h< Deled. Tho wo k j Is Important nnd will require tnosf carfful attention. Tire In Yorkvlllc Vorkvlll*. ?Th:s pine* rnmo near bavin# a disastrous fire Friday niicht. The upper floor of the "Ailickf k building." on the corner of Main and Liberty streets. t* crrrpied on the ?er ond floor by the city council in one room, and by L. tyo;ge Grist In one room as an Insurance offl>o and on?; room as a pool room. About 10.30 p. ^11 fli > Tvfl ~ 'Tfrrnvrrr'l In -a vacant room in the PPfrr-aT the pool room, amonKct a lot of papers and old iub b'sh. When dlacovcred. the wh?le In side of^the Nr^e 'room wa^ able. Fortunately It wa? 'early in the nl^ht and the Are department rcjponded promptly and ?son had the Are extln rgulahcd. \ Body oJ Benjamin Wofford. Spartanburg. Special.?At the reun ion of the "Wofford Mfmorta! associa tion held at Tabernacle church on Au gxifct 10. It was decided to take tone action in tegard to the moving cf the body of Benjamin Wofford, decaaed, the fenrdef of Wofford College, from tie cemetery of that church to Wofford -campus, to bo re-iaierred, Tbl? wiilttf u a under consideration for earoe t'ma pMt, and meet* general favor and I probation. Aa the case ttanda ty Dotr tirks the content of Mr B. L. Alias, a nephew oOha late Re*, Be* izr+if&r: i m~~ ? ----- NEARLY FIGHT Bro.Acr and Dcrham Ciet Belligerent. ?- - ? "MF." PLAINLY SPOKEN BV DI RIIAM Circular Is^u.'d By Brookcr the Imme diate Cjune of the DffUulty Trou ble Occurred fit the lidgctield fleet fng?rrlends Prevented An hnmuu ter- Brookcr'* Circular Bore a Ma sonic limb! em. lidgefleld A\e.?t n? A'mo it a I glit. Kdirctichl. Special. There whs nn n tlU?' ?Jit'...htii'ii.in .(.hLa Ci;ii?iL edlU'U _i lioiial campaign. The. campaigners wc.e on historic grounds and the meet ing was held on the public s juure. rherc was no twtual clash but the par ti ipants no doubt felt very much like it iind would no doubt now feel very iiiiu Ii better lind tiny been allowed t>> embrace caeh o'h r and scrap it out |.\>r diiys and days the question bus I ecu whether Derham an 1 Hooker have fought it out. They lu.ve not yet done >o luujhcy talked it out and the un rfualillro ?'lie" was pas-ed. There was a little tcmpe.-t and everyone thought there would have to be an eivotml r but the approximation will no doubt answer as it ought. Kveryono who I hi been vending the accounts Unowft that there has been friction between Mr. D.'rham and Mr. Bronker and that they have been throwing reeks at each other in eac\ other's estimation. Mr. Derham in fists that Brookcr starte 1 the mill slinging by dragging hi> father and his reputation into the Content and Mr Hooker clnimR thnt Mr. Dcrham started the raekfd ,|>y publishing a *a I'd in which he stioke of his '?pocketing" s'nking funds ami overdrawing his ac c,tints. So they have been going from stump to stump. At a previous meet ing tluy assumed a fighting posture and here it took half a dozen on the stand to stop a genuine eneouuWT. At Aiken Mr. Bro'oker said ho won 1.1 no longer indulge in personalities and call things unlet, lie had nothing t<" apologize for but regretted having paid anything uncalled-for but would no! admit faying anything uncalled. At Aiken it was a pVnssnt eross-flrc but here it broke looaJ? in good style. After the Aiken meeting Mr. Derhani wati handed a copy of a circular letlcr which he supposed hnd been given gen eral circulation. Mr. Derhani was the tirst speaker and when he got up he was Hembling all over and be had the olfending circular folded in his hand. Mr. Derhani in starting out In his speech s:iid ho wished first, to say something about himself and then told that he was born in IRfil aJid how be was elected county superintendent. State Senator, member of the constitu tional convention and to other places, continuously since 1SSS. This wv.s to show the confidence of his poiple in him and then lie related the story of his father, being a one-armed man and coming here from Ireland and turning ov< r his funds to Hampton and that be was not responsible for bis father, hut had himself always been a Demo crat. Then opening tlie folded circular he said Mr. Brookcr had promised not to indulge in pcsonalitics yet here was -i circular that had been handed him. In the corner of the circular was the Ma sonic emblem, by what authority he did not know. He did n ;t care to read\ the whole circular, as lie w.<s too inu ll^ wrought up, but just wanted to read' this one paragraph, and then re'id the following from the circular: Masonic Kmblem in corner. To Democratic Voters. Norton W. Brookcr. Candi date for Comptroller General. Two paragraphs omit c 1. ' ? * ? * * * Who is this man .1. 1'. Derlm m who would now try to drag mc down an 1 ask tn he continued in the highest of Jl e of tho Stat?? The people who have l.e.-n dceelvrd and defrauded by him have just right to know. He was arm in nrm vith the n?**ro ?gainH the white. pn.:plc In the dark days. As a matter of rcord fsee State treasurer s office) Ills father. I. H. Derhani. not a native of South Carolina happen', d here and wis appointed treasurer of Horry er.unty by Rohi. K. Scot.', gov ern r, Jan. 7th. and served under Scott, Moses and Chamberlain until kicked out by Governor Hampton Ir ix7i;. Throe paragraphs omitted. ? ? * ? * * (Signed) Norton W. Rrooker. Aftor tending th^ pnr.igr.iph quoted Mr. Durham turned on Mr. HrooVcr, Hitting roar hy. P.nrl oriel out: "It. H a Blander; it Ik a lie; I my ,lt is a IK-." Mr. tlrookrr, who was afttUif? near by. Jumped up. stepping forw/rd and said "K<\vr. sir." He nnid nothing more, hut tho rvidr-nrcs wore ho wap miking f>r Mr. Dfrh?in, hut as he took one *t<?i? forward 8^n.<f6r Tillman eau>h hi r en onn xhoulder and Mr. Wharton on tie other and pressed him down. A dozen min rwhed upaariM ntand and Chairman Ralntford toll eve:yone to he qu!ft and at down. Four or rtvo out iu the o.rowd erled for "Ocrbam," trtd 'Go It, Dcrham," "Let blm light it out." and the like... _ Senator Sbcppird wag to.; nr?i io ?p<ak and he said that It was alwaya characteristic cf Edjefleld people to fhow fair play and he "hoped such would be the cane now and he bctc<d everyone to alt dow<i -?nd thton. Then Mr. Darham w?: on vo nay hitt heart was t to full to spou* and then he broke down and bffietc *Tjr abd Urn tii< fe ted down l?l? cha?ki. Tnrn'nT anhnl he aald ha thankwd Ood ha had aefer dealt la iw* and Wib as thla man. He wtfntad/to ten and the pajfrnKUie BW* he bee* a fMWMwpi?aa> <f tt? sad. woal fee tovk Mat f-hook I), ill.:mi s hind a! what If. ha ] aid Of t?> I, .store Iti ; fooling or h at t for lie v.,is -tut iit i \ o iainl sluvv-.-j his f?? ? ? Ii111*' Mr H ook? r w >s th.ii pro-MUllcd-and topping up to tlx (;11>| ? was as qu < t and eolhvtcd ;t- :i man cat) hp. H" f:n>i lie was ciIm and de'lber.-to. bit ho ti. o.l not h. v .? said tli.it. and then ho entered into !i!-> usual iiM-uiin'iil, 111 |[ IU rhaiu luul :U? nHc.l hun.-.lf from h 3 o'licc 1 . ii.id i\.Mt c. that t ho ta\ |>v ?*K ~ I lu (!ii" bout tin'* Stale ia m my in Mam s we.c in :i mo s. that ho h .1 1 ? t !';>? ?! i o .? I v I f h tn t a.. an.\ on.- . ? in ^p.s c H i-, hi ; .-\ ?? ; ;> r "'I. I-1 ill); I. ,.'c ? (V s till II he wont Oil to ;-a\ ho mAor co til ed a ttkht, (hut lu. was not a In-lit;, r nnt man. hut (hit h.> would ri^'n if luvcKsary jind never lau f:otn trouble, '?in ho wan'f.l it under! t ol for on e Hlid lor all time that ho wa ml to ho intimidaiod l>\ .Mr iieiham or an> ouu olso. On t wont> ono id,ni ls ho said thai ho had oal'o.l Mr. Dorhani a gentle mull. an.I k.i it'trtid.-il Iiiin hut l>.r-' ham Iti.il I'Uldli li.-d a card nh nil lilin which ho donunii'-i d as a stand, r In Heat caul lij.- Wi^s c h^rumJ . with "nock cling" $sr?. u; and ov. i dr:p\ ing his ac count 'I'll'? was not ft: no ami at tiioonvW,. ho tlonoiim o.i the car,I tin.) those statement* as .sland,?>rs ami falsm and this wan, ho urg. d tho Marling pi Int of tho trouble. Mad Porhntn n t published this \ih slander In- wou'd no\or had said anything ab nit hi ii As to tho circular, it wn > propand un d'r tho ho it of tho camp li-n hn> af.< i I h i n k I ng a ho a ( ( hr mat lei lie had Willi drawn (lie clr. til ir and not gi\.-n ,t < in ulation. Mr. Itrookor said ho had nothing lo a| oligize for, hut was son.\ if ho hnd hurt any line's feelings. II.- in.-istcd th.il ho had confined hit.is- If to the i" cords. if Horham was not Kitistlvd I't him Sty so h. re or elsewhero and ho would try and s it I fy him. 11<> .'-aid ho thought ho and Herham were aboUi oven as ho had at Yorkvillo denounced tho newspaper <aid of Dethaai and if Dorhnin whs sat Is lied it was nil right. Mi4. Pro iknr'B time was I hen up and no finther time lo say anything more Mr. Derhnm said nothing furthoi and after the speaking he soon after wards had loft the stand. There was nothing f irtlor said or done about the mat .or and th ? ho.ie K and the appearances are that the sto ni has blown over. Mr. Derhnni seems to have said ahoul nil he wanted and Mr. Hrookec said things are about even and units. The HpoechtR <?f Iho other candidates wore of tho customary variety, and failed to create auv oxeilement." fleeting at Saluda. Xiluda. Spee'al.- Sa 1 uda, may he in lite hackwood--. hut she had puhaps the best campaign n.e.ding of them all. The propoit'on of those nlt.-ndli g I.> tlio actual voters (irtainly ha> ml bo(>n greater. It was a demons ration of the kern <e ire of the p-ople lo meet together. Men, women and .hi dr< n were all there. Mothers, with Italics, c one and m* n brought the r familie.v. Crop; hn\o bec-n laid !?? and the people are hopeful as to the pro. p.ct?. Iho attendance <if wo nen wa the largest at any the mectlnf.H. Messrs. Capers and MeMahan cam first, but they naitl nothing especially new. In the rallrotul commission class Mr. ICtheredge appeared after two w rkh illness, and said ho was in tho ra ??> lo the finish and regretted hI > abscise at prevloiiH meeting-'. M? 8-ts. Merry, PrHligcw. Mayflo'd, W barton and the two I'vans s mad" pretty much their UB ial nine lies. M ". Mavfleld denied that l:o ua< a candl 'late for college poshieiit and W. I>. I-.vans said Neal asked hint to v. lo. for Mavlii Id. 'i ho Kvanses crossed their u.-tnal tire a bait the iiiHurame pop. I s and the board iieing subsi.l zed or Ig nored. Barnard s.tid lie would reply to (.arris, and Mr. Poke Perry and Mr. Ward fcaid thoy hr.d btx*ii |>,i|d lo.-iKt>s hv H. B, Rvona. Capt. Geo. I). Hon e ma le a brief speech. Mr. 1-rank 13. Gary wont for prohibi tion and insisted in knowing how Hoyt would enforce prohibition, lie m .do a vigorous dispensary argunieit and wanted to slick to that rather than (iy to unknown evils. |[ft said he had en tered the raee at the .soil itation or many inembe-s of the (ieneral A^hoiu bly. Then lie di>eisaed tho (J.ii yacra-y charge of Patterson, and insi-tod tint his oppt-neni could find nothing apaiind him <>x. cpl bis name. A. Howard PattcRon <-anip in n-x Ho spoke of the advantages of the dis pensary system, and said that (he bor der prohibition counties were emtrib itting to North Carolina by pur. Irnitig their liquor there. Home oiled for (Ja y and then he attacked Gary abnut bix family of ofilee-holder^. He said all the dally paper-5 werr fighting him par t Icularly. (Severn* r MoSwconcy s?nt a Irlo^ran) of lfgretn that ho fould n t be p os en|. 'y ( ('ol. Hn^'t Afvolcil bin tinio to ?b?> liquor question and IntflMcd that pro hibitum -, what the piopli wantc I. Hp mapper out how 5io would on fan e prolilbltlon. In answer to Gary lie said lie would not use a Stalo coiiH'ab. uiary, ?? he <tut not !>'*Ilov** In extrane ous ipfluercv; thoro -was no rood fo. tbere oiit-Me{infl;ienccs. Governor Me Sweeney ran *Vo nothing mueb with tlis constabulary fo^ee. Wherever the law Ik enforced it in with lo.'al author.ty and not S ale. author!.y. He would en force prohibition through the sheriff?, tho magistrates and their deputies. If the dispensary remained he would de light in enforcing the prohibition fea tures. G. Walt Whitman spoke until he got red all over. The < rowd chesrrd him, and langbrd at hts- Tctttiet?ra? and whooped things along. The came the JJeutcnant Governors, John B. Sloan, Knox Livingston, James H. Tillman and Co!? L. Blea??j spoke. Oapt. Jennings made a brief talk. Mr. Brooker spoke of his work and wliat h{ wanted to do if electel and took up one of bit charges. He re sorvod two and x^alf minute* to re ply to ujr per so umties If they should occur, u he would ityt H?|| jjttlifiin nrtker. Derhsm mM he had his a*y at fleld about persona! matters and IMre was no BMd to repeat, bat he <oal?t* wo U nns?17. He sivflj f Pmrv*?*M ^ '' 11 , j' it ? crutini/,rd and action trtkon oil i ha i record. J S.nator I'illinan said, correctly, that ill is wa.> tin* largest meeting ht> had attended and the hottevt day he had si en. It was l>i> flrtt appearance hero and it was too 1hi( to talk 1 >n?- Ho w.s not lighting the pro ichfcrs,tint thoy talk t<> iho people as 1??> f?*ll. Ho thon were lighting him became ho dared to told w I y ho participated in tho cam paign and weir over pretty in ch the! ratn?? lino of argument a-t heretofore lie mi id ho was going to meddle a m>od dial ic-ius' ho was not going to allow any one to mUnptesent and inalgn htm and hi: t My by taking the a In so Tillman s< emod C> ho In a good I nmor and bantered the crowd as to 111>\s whiskey would ho not under pro l ibit ion. ai'd the o owil lau ;hcd and liuvi'ahed for Tillnnn. If yon vote fo prohibition this year y ii will ha o free liquor, lose nil revenue and have a ro l urn to the old Inr system Thru lie (I.Miied that the Htlile declared it a s n t?? drink liquor. He went for the com pbiiniig preachers hi d so hi they never pro died against tiger.*. Ho said In v us rot good mi nfch to join a church . Y>A Vssvo.^S VVV\ vv<?*. Sn * 'w* ? ^ v >kid all l'lMhlhitloni is to ?'u>w ttn.i , bus and el out a d zen \oted for p "O hiHt.cn. He said a xro.it many won'd not \ oto m those pinnule-, but when ii , ,uue to iho dlanena.iry vote ti c nd< w? in up of old. the vast ina i r ty voting ami cheering for rill man .md tin' dispensary. A\ecting at I'nteAburjr. Iiai. !-l> irg. >p 'dal. The me< ftng loir wa?> f? it m elons oxeopt for tin sliaip <out roversy bet worn Governor ? Sweeney and Mr. l'*j'ftnk It. Garv. i '.o\ cm nor McSwceiioy spoke lirst and in I lie in iisi* of h s ;? pro h said that I ho ouly thing ill; t w. s bio-ght up ng.itnst him was the alleged lion onfore mon* ot iIh- dspo'ihtiry l.w, and he dared and defb'd any one to tiring up any chaigc to show denledl in of dntv on ht-i part or whore Ik* lnd don" rtiy tliiiivl that lie should not have done. Mr. ('; ry followed immediately after ward and said that he would take up ti e c hallenge and that ho allogrrt that Uovrir.or M.Swttetny hail not been dn iiiK what ho shouid In C diimblii. 'rnen lie went on to say that hero was Governor Mr-Sweeney boasting of doing as much r.s eould b? iloni and while tn Columbia ho had boon told thuV. there had not be en a constable in Columbia in tline weeks and that no r iii!s had h en made in Columbia ill w\cKs and that It was stated that nn constable had been In Coin ml 1i in works except tn pass through, although It was notoi Ions there w ere blind tl in Coin nbiiv Then Mr. Gary want on to s.iy he understood the constables were oil w.orking for McSweoniy. Governor MeSweeliey arise and aid; ?'.Mi. Gary. that stntcm-n' is not oor r< el. ' Mr. (!ary went on to say that lie had jodtive information that Ills Abate ments wei^jrlfrr 'I.N^ V (Jovei'jiliV 'McSweeiicy said that th? statement * were r.ot i fti ie t and de manded the pioo'' Mr, Gary *-I can give yon the proof. Gov. IkicSweeiiej? I demand the proof. Mr. Gary?CjI. John T. Gaston told mo pi Cov. MeSwerney- I say there is not ore word of truth in the statement. Mr Gary -Mr, W. .t. .Shelton tohl nio soiiiho. Cov. McSweeiiey- It i* not ro. not a word i f it. Mr. (Jary then went on to a-k if thiups were to be allowed to run riot in Columbia in thli way and if 11m coi'Htnb'es as h? had been Informed, worn to t>e sent off to do work for Gov t mor McSwoeney. When Mr. Gary had e n lud**<l hi< spfo'h Oovernor M<Sweeney arose and naid to Mr. Caiv he hoped lie under Htood what he had to say. wh|ch was that any inforn aMon that he had sent (onstablos <?ft' Ir> work for him wai un true and tJiat wh c. or sa d t o told a deliberate lie. Mr. Oarv asked Governor McSweenty If lie was going to Columbia on the sf ternoon train, and ho nai?l that he was, whereupon Mr. Gary said thit lie would bring the parties face to fH<:e and said thai he made the statements upon the authority named. Mr. W. J. Shelton is a former ro dent i f t'nion county and has been on the constabulary foice. Col. John T/ Gaston Is a former rfaldent of Aiken county and w,ia ?it one timA suporin tendent of the Htate dispensary. 'i'here was nothing further said about the mnftfr during or after the mooting, hut there likely will be. The railroad co:nni!*?.ii.jner.? t?poUn fitst and pretAjnicl their claims to the oflke for wlirh they are a-?plr(intb. .\te ski's. Berry. I'ett igrew. Mayfleid. Wharton and Harnard It. Kvans fpokc luring the morning ami W. I). Kvans (;>nie in alter dinner. The other candid<t?'K m ide their us ual ::ncechcs. Mj ibofojy of Pilots. Th#? <;r?*<*ks Mini Itomanx of anelrnt times are ii>>t flu* only people who have curious iny'lioIoKleal Morles about the oripin of- flowers, say# Meehail'rt Monthly. Nejindiiinvlau literature Iibouuds with those pretty trite*. Even our Indians;iiii(I their say, in like umn l?er nlH>ut these tilings. Among some of tlic Canadian aboriRine\ pines and cedars (?jlgln?te<l-Nfrom Mrohg- men w \y< were planrea by their fort Jn the pt.uind, and' branches grew out from tliW hodle^ In response to wishes to live forerKr. It Is singular that simi lar >CorIen"6bont fhe origin of ever greens have prevailed A*rooug ? orient man lu many isolated nolnta^-IM "tree of life" In Babylonian history was undoubtedly the cedar of Ubtfr nu and the Deodar cedar, a dote rt TurtoB &f Lebanon -cedar, n tx "tree of life" of the ancient Hin doo*. r*\* ^ ? -w - - 191 * A Nobi IV ~ A Noble Sort-trvLaw "Tl|e Jewels wtiteti my daogbterrr (tlTM fqfo ter husband as a wtWM prvftt-nt ceet- no less than one thsw?ni doHefltf ?p^ ymi know h an ftdirty V CHINESE WAR NOTES. TVince Timn. t!io rohel leader, Is not ? member of (ho imperial dan. lhissinn-s tighting around Tasl Chow are reported to have killed 3000 Chi nese. 1 "r" Secretary T.ong believes the Chinese troubles will work themselves out am* Icahly. The exportation of arms or atmnu it it ion io China was prohibited by England. " ? I i i* nntored tUat when China !? re organized her capital will be moved to fcthanghal. . An unconfirmed report in Paris said that 7<mm> Christians had boen massa cred east of Pekln. The Americans captured the Chinese position jit Yang-Tsun so quickly a Itussian battery shelled them by nils take. , . J it !>;? 11 has made an answer to Chi nese peace overtures substantially Identical lo 'he answer of the United States. A Port Arthur (China) dispatch an nounces that the women and children liavo 'tiecii "oftn mYly noYfttott "IO ^tWlV dial place. A high otlleial in Washington unid China would be compelled to pas' us a heavy indemnity, and that wo would nor accept territory. j China opened Pckin lo communica tion with ihc outside world by start* iiiK a courier service connecting with the telegraph at Tsinan. England noiltied China that the members of Its (iovemment will be held personally responsible for the welfare of the foreign Ministers. It was stated in Hcrlin that the Mui* press 1 low ager had declared her Inten tion to transfer her court to another city if the allies reached Pekln. Professor Cryer, a former employe of the Chinese (loverhment, said In San Plain isco that this lighting lias aroused the Chinese national" spirit us nothing else has done For years. Double Daily Service. Between Hew Urk, Tampa, Atlanta, Hew Orleans and Points South and Vest. IN KFFKOT JIJNK ?fd, 19QO. . SOUTHWARD. Daily Daily._ _ No. 31 No. 27 Lv Now YorU.Penn. It.lt. 1 00 pm 12 16 am Lv, Philadelphia, '? . 8 29 pm 7 20 am Lv. Baltimore. " " 6 60 pm 9 >4 am Lv. Washington, " " 7 00 pm 1065 am Lv, Richmond, H. A . L. 10 40 pm 2 8ft pm Lv. Petersburg, " " 11 36 pm 8 >0 pm Lv. Rldgeway Jet. " 2 25 am 6 17 pm Lv. liondorson, " 2 63 am 8 40 pm I,v. Raleigh, " 4 Off am 7 60 pm JjV. Boutheru riues. 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