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VOL XXIII- REPLY TO TILLMAN. DS. C. 8. OA&DNBR HITS BACK. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA; THURSDAY, AUGUST 2^, 1900. The Greenville Minister Answers Sena tor Tillman’s Speech About Him. - Dr. C. 8. Gardner has given the fol lowing to the press: I am very sorry that imperative en gagements. formed long before Senator Tillman’s announced purpose to reply to my sermon in Greehville, compelled me to be absent on the occasion of his speech there. Some of his remarks call for a reply, which I can make, though not present, as I have a stenographic report of what he said. The Senator refers to me as a man who went into the pulpit to make a po litical speech. That is something which I never did. I preached morality and righteousness, and I propose to continne in that business; and I have no idea of asking Senator Tillman to choose my themes for me or to mark out for me the limits of my ministerial functions. I have a notion that I understand my business a little better than he does Whenever it comes to the point that I cannot lift up my voice as a minister of the Gospel against the liquor traffic, whether engaged in by an individual or by the State, I shall leave tbe.pulpit as unworthy to be a preacher of righteous ness. When politicians lead the State into an “unhdly alliance" with the whis key power, yes, into a business that is manifestly immorahand^degrading there will be found a great host of preachers who have respect enough for their office to condemn it. Of course there will be a host of politicians who will cry them down and malign them for it. But what difference does that make ? When the State legislates upon matters that are specifically moral in their character, matters that Immediately and powerful ly affect the religious welfare of the people, shall the appointed moral and religious teachers of the people suffer their mouths to be padlocked by the politicians '* Hardly. There is freedom of conscience and religion in this coun try yet. I’ll tell you what is the matter with Senator Tillman. As between pro hibition and the dispensary, the preach ers are against the dispensary. If they had preached in favor of his pet liquor traffic, he would never have sneered at them as going into the pulpit to make political speeches They are not ac cepting his didtum in the matter ; that is where the shoe pinches r I agree with Senator Tillman that a political preachet is a very offensive character. He is apt to make a fool of himself; in fact, I do not know of any character that is more utterly silly and foolish than the political preacher, ex cept one. That is a politician who un dertakes to interpret the Bible, as Sena tor Tllman is doing. He says the reachers have set him to studying the ible—well, he needs' to. 1 earnestly recommend that he start to_ Hunday school and join the infant class.''! assure him that he has much to learn, judging from the use he is making of the Bible in his speeches. If there were a twelve- year old boy in my Sunday school who could not beat him in the interpretation and application of the Scriptures, I should feel discouraged about the child. The Senator quolee Paul's advice to Timothy to take a little wine as s msdi P' B id States Senators would go about over the country preaching that .the liquor traffic is a benevolent and moral Institution. But sensible men know yet'that, if pov erty and nakedness are not the end aimed at, they ttrUynly are jhejesults to be anticipated. And every gelAItlie man who advocates the traffic in any form must contemplate that as a-result if not the end sought. And dispensary whiskey makes' men drunk and misera ble and ragged and naked just as well and quickly as any other sort of liquor. □ Nobody denies that there is a proper use of liquor. It is right to use it for medicinal, chemical and mechanical pur poses ; and it is right to sell it for these purposes. That is not the question. Nor is the question before us the use off! wines at our tables in moderation and the sale of it for such purposes Much is made of the fact that Christ made wine for people to drink on one occa sion. But when a man, because Jesus made a light and harmless wine fo| peo ple to drink at a marriage, infen that therefore we are right in selling for a profit mean whiskey for people to drink to the ruin of their bodies and the dam nation of their souls, he had bitter go to school to learn a little logic, or a Tittle common sense. I repeat with renewed emphasis that the sale of whiskey as a beverage is an immoral act; and I declare that' he is either a religious ignoramus or a relig ious imposter wbo tries to bolster up the whiskey traffic with the Bible and cover up the shame and guilt of it under the sacred name of Christ. When a man tells me that the whiskey traffic is a "necessary evil',” I can have some patience with him.. But when a man of infiuence tries to protect this monster evil from attack by hoisting over it the pure banner of Christ, it it time for all who love the Bible and the Savior of men to lift up Ibeir voices in indignant protest against such a Jesters- rion of things sacred and divine. The Senator, it seems, is expecting an apology from me. 1 am sorry to disap point him. Bnt, unfortunately, be dis appointed me first when be made the false charge about an unholy alliance between the preachers and bar-keepers We had a right to expect that, as soon as hia attention was called to the injus tice of the language, he would be manly enough to withdraw it, instead, he has defiantly reasserted it. He has a very sanguine temperament if he expects an apology from me, under these circum- stance^-re*' ■ Who started this unpleasant affair ? So far as 1 know, there was not a preacher in South Caroliaa wbtvhad ut tered one public word in criticism of him, or contemplated doing so, until he gratuitously tljng a wanton insult in their faces. Did he think they lacked the manhood to resent it ' Senator Till man knows that the great majority of the' preachers are standing where they always stood. They htve always been for prohibition and against the whiskey traffic: and they are not deluded into believing that it is no longer the whis key traffic because it baa been christened a “Dispensary" by its prond “god father.” He knows that the word “alli ance," jn its common, popular and pro- ><T meaning, impliea a compact; and he nows that no such relationship now exists or ever has existed belweep THE FIGHT OV THE . i* > BOERS. E siren neigl traffic menu? cine and attributes the language to Solo mon, and draws the inference that be cause an inspired man recommended a little wine to be taken medicinally there fore we ought to perpetuate the State whiskey-neliing establishment of South Carolina. His lack of knowledge of the Bible, displayed in this quoUtion, is dis- graceful. ana his logic in the application of it not leas so.. Jeaus summed up the whole moral law in two great commandments “Thou shall love the Lord thy God. with All thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy glh and with all thy mind ; and thy boor as thyself." Is *thc whiskey obedience to these Command- Some lime ago, I talked with a youpg ffAH gtyUktbcbsbitofdriDk be was forming, and pieaaea wmrtnrn Trr give it ap for bis own' sake, for the sake of-his'father and mother a *fur the sake of the honorable name -he bears. Tears filled his eyes as he told me how it was gaining the mastery over him and' how he knew he was bringing pain and sor-' row upon bis parents and would ulti mately bring ruin upon himself unless be should quit it; and yet he said that, so long as hje.could get it, it was next to imposalble to let it aloie. Now, snp- pose I should sell that young man whis key and put the profits in my pocket. Would I be keeping the commandment to love God with all my soul and strength and mind ? ■> God loves that young man ; is trying to save him ' has sent His Son into the world to save him ffom just such a fate as the whiskey traffic will Dring upon him. Now, in selling him whisgey, would 1 be co operating with God for his salvation or co operating with the devil for bis damnation ? Would I be obeying the commandment to love God with all my power, if I sell him whis- *ey ? Would I be loving my neighbor ? Would I sell liquor to my own boy, if he should contract a taste for it ? Would Senator Tillman sell whiskey to his own boy to drink as a beverage, if he had the craving for it ? Would he desire that anybody should do it? Are we, then, laving our neighbor as ourselves, wben we are selling it to somebody else’s boy or brother or husband who loves it? Why ask’such questions ? Cannot any body see that the whiskey traffic is against the whole moral law as Jesus taught it ? It is directly antagonistic to both the great commandments in which oar Master summed up the whole law. ' The Senator criticises my use of my text. He claims that I left out the part i which makes it harmonize with the dis pensary. Let us see: “That thou m&yest look on their nakedness.” The Senator explains that to mean, “That you may cheat him or bamboozle him when he is drank.” That is not what it means. Bnt suppose it ware. Is not the State of South Carolina doing that very thing? I hold that every man who buys liquor to drink as a beverage is “cheated and bamboozled.” He gives his good money tot that which not only has no valoe, bet does him the greatest harm. If the Bute la going into business, it ought to give valoe received. Bar it doeen’t do ft -in the liqaor business. Bat the real meaning of the expression is this; that drankenneas tends to bring a man to poverty and rags and nakedness. The writer supposes that that mast be the pnrpoee when yon farnish lihuor to a man to get drank on. Habakkak did not live to see the time wben United Free and Kaay Military Methods of the Barghera. , A. G. Robinson in N. Y. Evening Post. 0 Kroonstad, April 30.—Before pro- eeedldg tohii? X* m ° nt on T th ®“ U J: tary processes of the Boerl;’'? . essay a brief and homely Idea of the field of operations. Upon an assump tion that Cape Town is located at Ney Orleans, Pretoria would take the pjabe of Washington, D. C. Comparisons of this kind cannot be absolutely accur ate, but LfeAve sought to make them approximately correct in both distance and direction. Bloemfontein, Lord Roberts’- present position, wouTd be thrown Into thd vicinity of Charlotte* N. C., with Kimberly placed near Asheville, and Ladysmith a short dls tapee off shore in the neighborhood of Cape Hatterae. Mafeking would be not far west of Parkersburg, W. Va., and the Orange river, the border line between the Free State and Cape Col ony, would run along the southern bor der of North Carolina, westward past Chattanooga, toward Memphis. As the territory south of the Orange river is now little if at all disturbed by wit, though not a little disturbed by partisan feeling, a transfer of the scale of comparison may be made, asd dar- risburg, Pa., be taken as the location of Bloemfontein. That would nut Pre toria at about Rutland, Vt., Kimberly somewhere a llute 10 the easrof Pitts burg, Mafeking out in the middle of Lake Ontario, and Ladysmith some where eff Montauk Point. Kroonstad would be not far from the border line of New York and Pennsylvania, and the Vaal river not far frbm Albany. Run a railroad from Atlanta to Lynch- burg, Va., (representing De Aar Junc tion, and men turn it northward to a little east of PllWburv, and beyond through Rochester, N. Y., into Canada. Run a croes country line from Lynch burg to Richmond (representing Naau- pdrl.l to tap two lines coming up from the Atlantic ocean to tbe south and southeast (Port Elizabeth and Ksst Ixindon); and from Richmond run northward through Harrisburg (Bloem fontein,) to Rutland (Pretoria); run a line from Jo miles south of Rutland (wbleb would be Jobaeneeburg,) pest Montauk Point (LadyamUb.) 1 miles or stNnto the ocean, to Durban, and a general idea will be obtained of the relative location o( cities and railway systems In South Africa. At present, with the exception of tbe siege of Mafeking, such fighting as there is is wholly within and around tbe borders of the Orange Free Stale. This may even be said of the Natal front, where, for nearly two moalht, tbe contending forces have done ilttie more than to sit around among the bills asd scowl at each other.* Tbe centre of such activity as there is upon the western border Is at Fourteen Streams, &0 miles north of Kimberley. There', I-ord Methuen is making unsuc cessful efforts to break the Boer line along the Vaal river. Tba centre of the most important activity, though as yet it has been western prairie, dotted here and there with tbe rude homes of tbe settlers. Maps give names of towns, but very few, Indeed of such places are more than hamlets. They S- Agsiu, tbe Senslor I o' I ■ preachers and “bar keepers . ftre ^ e , en TillkCM| m40y of ^ dt-t lares tfist some , »ervs only to indicate, lopo- promtnent hill or pot my business to speak for the preach-1'^®’ or •° ,ne , ‘ >r ‘ Uble in lh * ers of South (. srolina as a body. But I j from these rude homes there St*: f sr* better *t h\n Mr TttWd^. , and I ssy that this charge also is ab*o a lirgeTTrel but th^In" .; luteiy There Wtruth in it. In ^It^n. are m*ucT the s^me Thi their nunisterlal CAP»‘ it), they are Lav- pe ^ comparison of area gives a ready 1 ing nothing to do with politics except in of density of population I I The Free Slate has a white settlement | of about o r ),U0t), or about It! to tbe morals and religion. If a preacher can not preach morality and religion, what can he preach? Perkapsytbc Senator would not grieve if they should quit al together. At any rate, it would be to the advantage fit his whiskey traffic. in proof of certain things IsauT rwiIT7 the day after he produces certificates of proof that some preachers are making au effort to take charge of the politics of the Slate—giving the names of the preachers so doing, with the proof of the charge. . Abundant proof of what I said is to be found in the speeches which be lias made in this campaign. It is true that assertions of bis respect for preach ers are sandwiched in (between the most contemptuous expressions concerning them, in which be pretty nearly exhausts pis copious vocabulary in this line. But it II a matter of no importance* Wbo cares whether be feels contempt for the preachers or not ? Certainly hot .the preachers. If be respects them, very welj. If be does not respect them, equally well. But 1 would like for the people to give a moment's attention to the Senator'k remark that “prohibition is no longer a moral question.” If this foolish remark means anything, it means that it was once a moral question, but has ceased to be so. When did this question lose its moral character, and why ? I spp- pose his idea is that it was a moral ques tion before it began to be discussed upon tbe hustings. Befoffe that, it was a question of right and wrong ; now it is not a question of right and wrong Great is politica ! The moment a moral question is brought into the arena of politics, it loses its moral quality and moral bearings . It is my deliW&te opinion that a man wbo can^seriously set forth a proposition HRe thkf, would —well, I hesitate to draw the inevitable conclusion. Common sense teaches that if it was a question of right and wrong seven or tea years ago, it is a question of right and wrong to”day. ■ C. 8. Gabbnlk. Richmond, Va., Aug. 11, 1900. —Beatrice Harraden, it is said, wields a saw and plane with as much skill as her pen. White living.on a ranch in California for her health’s sake, she became quite expert as a carpenter, helping upon occasions to build a fence. She set out, with her own bands, a small orchard--and at tended to tbe grafting and pruning. It was also her proud boast that she could harness a horse as well as any cowboy. ■ ], ^ —The daughter of the famous Com mandant Genera) Louis Botha, of the Boer army, is now at a school In North London and has. been there for toae time past. She-Is youag and exceeding ly pretty. tquare mile. New York Slate has aoout t>,000.UUO, or FJO to the square mile. New York State algae has today some 30 times the combine white popti- iloe 01 tbe Free Slate sad the little two-sevenths of that of tbs South African republics. This suggests some Interesting semi-military speculations. Assume tbe entrance into New York State, at Troy, of an armed and equip ped English force of 00,000 or 00,000 men, equivalent to Lord Roberts’ main body. Assume aaotber Eagilsfi columu, Buller's 30,000, to be represented by minor though not insiguificantengage- ments and skirmishes, is in the vicinity of Lord Robert’s advanced line, at Bloemfontein. In its area, the Free State Is not far from that of the State of New York. Through that territory, from southwest to northt ast, its great est length, there runs a single-track railway of Jhree feet six inches guage. For the rest picture a force say 30,000 more, to be run upon the southern bor der. How long would it take them to occupy Syracuse, or capture the State? Assume, again, that tbe same territory- was to-be defended by tbe American ar my, on its peace footing, practically tbe numerical equivalent of the Boer fight ing force, and a speculation is open con cerning that outcome. The Boers have prolonged this fight for seven months against England’s 7 to 1. Their success is undoubtedly due to their metbod of fighting and their skill In the use of their weapons.' In previous letters I have sought to indi cate the appearance of the Boer sold iers (‘4), and their life in camp and on the march. Their fighting is like the rest of it. A Field Cornet said to me recently that the Boer soldier did what he was told to .do, discounted by his pwn idea of what be thought ought to befdo°9- There are no ‘‘serried col umns ” in tbe Boer army, eltherbn the march or on the field. Tbe Vecht Commandant, the Hoofd Commandant, tbe Commandant or tbe Field Cornet, whoever b»y bej)f tbe highest rank in the fielff, after a free and general dis cussion with those wholtappen to be In his neighborhood, may determine upon some particular point as the best posi tion to be occupied for the immediate purpose. The detail of occupation ils very much an individual affair. The horses are hobbled and turned out to grs/.e under the concealment of some hill or groups of hill, if that be a possi bility of the terrain. Then Piet and Hans and Cornelie and Jaoobus and Hendrix and all the rest of then) hunt each for what he thinks to be the best point from which he can shoot and kill some Englishmen. A rock, an Inequal ity of tbe ground, a hastily scooped hollow, anything which will make a bit of oover, hides sBoer in asklrmieh. Dug trenches may be added to natural cover for a prolonged engagement. The Boer does not fire his gun for tbe sake of hearing it go off. He does not fire in volleys at the word of com mand. The prescribed military order to “ aim ” is little else than an order for tbe men of a particular command to elevate their pieces to a generally vt level, and to discharge prescript... - . , •‘Arr ” Mr. Boer them when ordered UKUM! e.w^Ln; ’ S auges his distance with an accuracy eveloped by practice In deer and bird shooting with a rlfie. He raises or lowers his sight and takes aim in ma thematical and methodical fashion. He Is not celebrating an historical event by making a noise. He Is shoot ing. at a target, and he shoots to hit. Perhaps the firihg is proloneed and Mr. Boer gets tlfbd. His gun gets hot or his shoulder gets a little tender from the concussion of tbe butt. He ceases firing, lights his pipe, and smokes and rests a while. In a certain way it la all very amusing, but somehow the re sults hnveshown ffivery striking effect iveness. To this system of field opera tions is due a considerable measure of tbe unvarying British overestimate of the force of the opponents. One might almost as well essay the oouatlng of a nest of taorneta. In many engagements, notably those among the hills in Natal, many of the English troops never even saw a Boer. In Durban I met wounded men from Splon Kop, Elaandslaagte and other fields, who told me that they bad never laid eyes on a Boer. Tbe number engaged Is estimated by tbe damage which results. The Boer stalks bis Englishman as be stalks his blesbok or his springbok* The Natal Mercury of April 18th estimates the Boer force on tbe Natal border .at 20,000 men. Wben It becomes possible to quote figures without tbe risk of compllcat- mg military oooditiona, the people who mate such estimates are going to be treated to what is xnown as aa “eye-opener.” From the south, upon the east and upon tbe west, a three-column move ment seeks to close In upon this great ly outnumbered but plucky little fight- | Ing force. Thus far tbalr succees la ; resistance has been remarkable. In the main it has been a process of resla- I lance. Attack by tbe Boers has been comparatively Infrequent. Now and , then Tommy has charged a trench, but it has always been at frightful ! oust. Roberts, with 40,000, rounded up i Croaje, with bis A,000 and Kagiaad re joiced in a glorious victory. Buller’s 30,OLD relieved White’s besieged IU.0UO, at Ladysmith. Agalost how many Boers ' 1 doubt if there has beea, at ' any time since the war began, so large a number of Boers as 12.000 00 the Natal border, and at tbe time of Bul ler's relief of White, a very heavy draft had been made from the Natal army for me support of the forces la ms , Free State. As clearly as I^oan make out, it was the confusion caused hy me readjustment of an unsyatemallzed force which left an opening through which Bully, entered to Ladysmith. 1 It was a fluke rather than a military I or strategic success, j It la reported here that Roberts has publicly criticised Warrea for his action at Splon Kop. From a strictly military standpoiat, the criticism may be jultitied. But, in justice to Warren, some allowance must be made for me nature of the warfare agalast which he had to contend. Scouts could no more effectively locate Boar foroes than one oould locate mosquitoes oa a - Jersey meadow. They were there but I their location at one hour was do oer laibly of their location at the next hour. Nor do 1 think that, la the face j of his experience since his Arrival at Bloemfontein, seen criticism comes with special gpace from his lordship. There is n somewhat formidable list of little reverses wbleb nave marked his operations since March 13tb, and some of them occurred within a very law roilesof his own tent. Sannahspost, Riddertburg, DeweUdorp and Thaba BROOK KR The r onteln. His lordship appease to have made teo little allowance for those Boer methods with which be Is now perhaps somewhat better acquainted. He has perhaps learned how easy it it to “blunder ” wben one it up against such a mobile, intangible, evasive proposi tion as this collection of undisciplined, farmer-sharpshooters. He would learn something more if be oould spend a day on tbe Boer firing line, and see men, with a cool stolidity that puxzles an outsider, stop firing, simply of tbeir own volition, and leave tbeir posts while they make a cup of coffee or smoke a pipe. Tbe American soldier, notably tbe volunteer, is disposed to do bis work at a fever beat. He is impatient for the word of pommand. He wants to rush and yell and shoot. Tbe German marches and fires with the formality of an automatic machine operated by tbe commanding officers. Tommy is somewhere between the two. But If one would see pure, unadulterated coolness, stolidity and Indifference In battle, he must get on a Boer firing line. —It Is significant that physicans who have been examining tbe eyes of pupils of one of . the public schools of New Jersey have found that out of 351 chil dren examined only 69 had perfect sight. Tbe parents of the children whose vlslop is at all imperfect will be compelied-<o get glasses for the little ones. As this New Jersey school con tains just aa average gathering of children, there is surely a lesson here for school boards and parent* every where. _ ^ ' —The New York Frees says: “Moon light bathing at Narrangansett Pier, girls in Brant Rock, (Mass,) going to the postoffice in bathing costumes, Larchmont women wearing duck trousers, Chicago women attending church without hats,' people eating “hot corn” where the butter Is put on with a paint brush, ail these one can believe, but think of ‘Sockless’ Jerry Simpson yelling himself red In the face for shirt waists for men!'’ —One of. the most confirmed expan sionist* In the country la Conrad Urlch, of Myersdale, Pa., a 13 year old boy, who, though little more that four feet tall, already weigh* 170 pound* and 1* dally adding to his avoirdupois In spite of all effort* to restrain hi* growth. Ten ppunds * month is about bis aver age increase. ET Lie St Passed and a Fight Nar rowly Averted. The following la from August Kolm’s aooounCof the campaign meeting nt Edgefield bn Tbtffisdny : „ Everyone who has been rending tbe accounts knows that there has been friction between Mr. Derham and Mr. ^2. *"H that tba*— v *“* HrookoY.. May 7th, Ifton throwing rocks nt eno*. u,uo> to «eoh other’s estimation. ^ Mr. Derham In sists that Brooker started the mud- slinglng by dragging his father and his reputation IntoAhe contest and Mr.' Brooker claims that Mr. Derham started the racket by publishing a card la which he spoke of his " pocketing” •Inking funds and overdrawing his ac count*. So they have beea going from stump to stump. At a previous meet ing they assumed a fighting posture and today it took half a dozen on the stand to stop a genuine encounter. Yesterday at Aiken Mr. Brooker •aid he would no longer Indulge in reonalltles and call things quits, had nothing to apologize for but a retted having said anything un- led-for but would not admit saying anything unfounded. Yesterday It was a pleasant cross fire but to-day It broke loose in good style. After ths Alkea masting Mr. Derham was handed a ropy of a cir cular letter which he supposed had been given general circulation. Mr. Derham was the first speaker and when he got up he was trembling all ■ever and he had tbe offending circular folded la his band. Mr. Dsrham la starting out la his speech said he wished to say something about himself and then told that he was bora la 1861 and bow hs was sleeted county super intendent, State senator, member of the constitutional convention and to other places, oontlaaouslv slooe 1888. This was to show the confidence of bis people In blai aad then be related the story of his father, belag a one-armed man and coming bare from Ireland aad turning ovar his funds to Hamp ton and that he was not responsible for his fathsr, but had blmaalf always been a Democrat. Than opening the folded circular, ha •aid Mr. Brooker bad promised not to Indulge In personal 1 ties yet here was • circular that had beea handed him. la tbe corner of the circular was the Masonic emblem, hr what aathority be did boY'know. He did not care to reed the whole circular, as hs we* too much wrought up but just wanted to read this one paragraph, aad then read the following from the circular; Masonic I To DansooralM Voters. Emblem j Norton W. Brooker, Caadl- In corner 1 data fur Compiru. er General. < Two paragraphs omitted. • e e • • a • Who Is this man J. P. Dsrham who would now try to drag ms dows and •sksd to bs continued la the highest office of the State ? The people who have bean deceived aad defrauded by him have just right to know. Hs was arm la arm with the negro agalast the white people la the dark days. As a matter of record (see State treasurer’s office) his father, J. H. Der ham, aol a native of South Carolina, happened hare aad was appointed treasurer of Horry ocuaty by Robt. K. Soott, governor, Jan. 7th, 1869, aad served under Soott, Moees and Cham berlain until kicked out by Governor Hampton In 1876. Three paragraphs omitted. (Signed) Norton W. Brooker. -After reading the paragraph quoted Mr. Derham turned on Mr. Brooker, sitting near by, aad orlad out : ” It la a slander ; it is a Ua; I say It is a Ua. Mr. Brooker, wbo was sluing aaar by, jumped up, staj^plng forward and said " Now, sir.” He said nothing more, but the evidence# were he was making for Mr. Derham, but as hs took one — ouaon TUT V nranrur" him oa oos shoulder and Mr. Wharton on the other and preassd him down. A dozen men rushed up 00 ths stand and Chairman Rainsford told everyone to he quiet and sit down. Four or five out In the crowd cried for u Derham,” and “ Go It, Derham,’’ “ Let him fight Rout,” and the like. Senator Sheppard was ths first to •peak and he said that It was always characteristic of Edgefield people to ■how fair play and he hoped snoh would be the case now and he begged everyone to pit down and listen. Then Mr. Derham went on to say his heart was too full to speak and tben he broke down and began to cry and tears trickled down his cheeks. Turning around he said he thhnked God he had never dealt In such stench and filth as this man. Hs wanted to tell these people and tbe people of. the State he had been a faithful servant of tha peo ple and would slander no one and then he took his seat. Many went up and •hook Derham’s hand at what he had ■aid or to restore bis feelings and heart, for he was still nervous and •bowed his feellqg. Mr. Brooker was then presented and stepping up to the table was as quiet and collected as a man can be. He said he was calm and deliberate, but he need not have said that and then he entered into his usual argu ment, that Derham had absented him self from his office beyqnd excuse, that the tax booics throughout the State, In many Instances, were in a mess; that he had been stopped, more by Derham than anyone elae in prosecut ing his expert work in collecting back taxes and then he went on to say he never courted a fight; that he was not a belligerent man, but that he would fight If necessary and never ran from trouble, but he wanted It understood once and for all time that he was not to be intimidated by Mr. Dsrham or anyone else. Mr.'W. D. Evans and Mr. J. H, Wharton had a good naturod cross-fire abont Mr. Wharton’s services as a member of the board oLdlrectors of tha penitentiary, under tha Naal ad tration. Mr. Evans alleged ‘ ton was not more Ukely . as a commissioner than a* a peniten tiary director and Mr. Wharton said there was no record, proof nor was UA fact that ha had evar mismanaged the institution nor had ho mads any mis takes aad Mr. Evans had no right to make charges without such a report, as no report or proof waa evar the tloM while ha was a director of the uirouturaui hoe 1 Neal admlnls- fed that Whar- tobeasuooees penitentiary daring Col. Neal's term of office. . „ After Mr. Brooker's speech Cnpt. Rjuse of Charleston made a pretty lit tle talk. Gen.,Floyd seat regrets aad was absent becaase of sickness of a child. ^ % Col. Jamas H. Tillman presented Col. John T. Sloan who spoke briefly. He paid tribute to Mart Gary and th pie of Edg ~ xz- i-aa, 1 S»"fiv* 1 6fy upP'- To S* , r!' iocMaMn did not care to say much as his opponent was absent con ducting nn examination In Oolumbin. McMahan outlined his work’and why ha was anxious to carry out his well- developed programme nod purposes, Maj. B. B. Evans said according to custom he would not apeak today but present his opponents. He tben In turn leasantly presented Thos. N. Berry, . E. Pettigrew, W. D. Mayfield, w. D. Evans and J. H. Wharton. Tha only feature of the railroad discussion was Mr. Evans' query shoot Mr. Whni ton’s'membership of the Neal board of directors and 'Mr. Wharton’s spirited reply that nothing wrong was charged for the time he was on tbs board, and then Mr. Evans’ retort that he had let Mr. Neal run things his own way. Barnard B. Evans received a large bouquet of (lowers. G. Walt Whitman made a couple of futile efforts to have hand primaries. Incidentially In his attack on the gov ernor hs qftjd that tbs governor might ns wall not be In Columbia, and than be held that tbe raoe was between Hoyt nod Tillman. Then Whitman got on his funny cldthas and jolllad things along as well ■■ he oould. Mr. Frank B. Gary said that tha cam paign liar and emissaries were out and were tolling that he was opposed to the dispensary, aad that this is false. The lax enforcement of the law will la time .bring abont tha repeal of the law. Mr. Gary said he never fired nn a flag of trace. There was no agreement as to tha facts la tha Cbarlsstoa Inci dent and ha simply wasted to Impress this. Hs did act Intend saying any thing more about ths Char las ton affair. There had already beea a difficulty about the matter aad ha had shaken hands, and It was understood they oould not agree as to tha matter. He thought tbe incident cloeed, but yee- terday Mr. Pettoreoa mentioned the matter aad gave his version of It. It was not his intention to repeat ths mat ter, JmK simply wanted to say he aad Mr. Pattereoe did not agree 00 the facta aad that he wanted this understood In advance and that wee all. He than resumed the regular tread of his arge- menl. Gov. MeSwaeasy, he insisted, had ao claims oa tba office aad had ao higher claim than nay oae elae. Th* only things MoSweeaey pointed to with pride In his record were the refeeal to C rdon Poes aad appelating a factory y as a page- Had be pardoned Poos hs ought to have bees hereed Is effigy, and as to tha appointment It was not as much as hs bad does, aad agalast these was tha t.tel aea enforcemeat of tha dispensary law. After Goasales aad others had ransacked the records they oould fled noth I eg against hiss except that he was a Gary. Mr. A. Howard Pattereoe said Mr. Gary had sot discussed the real las nee, but anticipated what h* had to say. He thee took up the old soldiers aad said Gary bad missed bis opportuelt; aad had not presented a bill la hla years’ experience to help the veterans. Than ha took ap tba veterans. Than he took up the Gary matter aad wast ed to know who b«t he defended his first ooesla In. the oonveetloe against tha attack oa Gonzales. He said it was too much power to put la ths heads of the Garys. He alluded kf the Charleston matter several times lines the Laurens effalr. He disagreed aad the audience la to he tbe judge. All he said was that Mr. Gary did not answer him la Charleston, and that was tba place for Gary to show his colors. He w. -B Hs asvsr changed front. He commented on not seeing a drunken man hare aad very little throughout the State. He then jumped on tbe prohibition E latform, which was not for real probi- Itlon. He took up the “coalition” editorial about which so much has al ready* beau said. The laet section of bis speech was devoted to rasping Gov. McSweency for appointing newspei men and hu administration of tha pensary. Gov. McSweency spoke of the fight for George D. Tillman for Congress and then wanted all to consider what charges and proof had been offered to •how that his opponents were better qualified. He then took np the Chartee- ton situation and said nobody oonld do more than he did. The man who says he was In any combination with liquor men or neglected his duty told a false hood. There have been no scandals since he wae In (ffloe. He believed he was right and as long as he did he was going right ahead. He knew be was as good a business plan as any of his opponents and bad proven it. HI was not going to be forced to appoint addi tional constables and hs was not going to be dictated to,. He went over his record and insisted that he wanted to be elected entirely on his record. He rapped prohibition. He said bis bad been B business, non-factlonal adminis tration throughout. Col. Jar. A. Hoyt spoke of his many friends here and spoke of the many on his back and how difficult it was for him to reply to so many. He then vig orously defended prohibition la Maine and elsewhere and declared that the people in Maine are satisfied. County prohibition has been made a success. He then emphatically denied that his campaign hid any purpose of ever re turning to the license system and that it was all' intended to befuddle and bamboozle the public to say that prohi bition would aver lead to free liquor or license. He insisted that the prohibi tionists bed in no election been in a minority but that prohibition would certainly win this time. ^ There was bnt little excuse for Till- men being here, but if he had any views he could have presented them and not reiterated the arugment. But ha heard after every meeting that Till- man’s interference had turned votes to him and dona him good. He believed Edgefield would reseat this latarfar- •ace la a family quarrel; that Is jrhat Tillman said of Hassptoa. 0e thought la 1800 Tillman was right as to Hamp ton aad he now believed wrong. He knew plenty whs wei prohibition lets or bar men who going to vole lor him. He kern Tillman oonld not gat a majority conference so that ho oonld I He thought THloum had bsWor gospel of tho dispensary'.' la tbe vote oonld bo had w fereaoe, as this Is a gvm Tillman 1 received l dates for were C. L. Wt Knox Livingston, 1 his pnrltloa. , Etllsoa Gapers, Jr., tlon and refrained fr his opponent’s views and ■Imaiy'vWfih ed to present himself. Dr. Timmerman presented Oapt. Jennings, who spoke one high pleas. Senator Tlllmaa wae received very- qutetly aad said for six hours tho sali ence had listened. The dates spoke of their wanted to review the and spoke of his 1 •aid hs thought ho had 1 ties than In Edgefield, his home endorsement else. Constant nbsenos most a stranger in his new faces were too bis to know them. Ha tha logic and necessity of _ tenting these dampelga meeHaj was discussing principles and favorites aad was not dlsertmlaeltag among msn. Col. Hoyt paid ha would hues ad- vised him not to say anything, as It got him la hot water. Ha was bora la Sol water aad twenty-five times he had iw- pentad tbe very words which had made so many rear np aad paw about. Me had no purpose of rowing with tha ministers for he knew they woirit al ways have ths last word. When a maa gets to chooslag aad ritklag weeds ha Is getting reedy to orite. Aad thee Tlllmaa “unholy alliance’’ mad aad said he would end. Ho bet he would be Methodist cbarch to preacher. Th aad his rellgon. Then Ths Stats sad It’s favorlag •till balagthe prohiF ‘ ‘ I ths all! ‘ii - m piisd late license aad they* W#, ’anted to Dr. Card- Itself proving Then hi the Bible If they the prohlbllice gddress la scalawag adminlslretioa 00 made. Than Uoa of tbe d! aed gave change and why he had not 1 tha ’'bribe* to koop qaiot. If ha ■tablag Hoyt Totes every day why do« Then ear’s sersaoe to aa aad oosamealed oa it. oa tha Rev. Mr. cal sermon* aad then he reasons for doleg “his datp people, aad why ttlfishases dictated his keeping quiet. The dispensary law only support of all deoeat people to stake It the beet law ever passed Edgefield tried prohlbltloa aad what did yon have bet eevea drag stores with ton steading la ths doors with peaoll aad tablet and every one with a baUf- ache, aad more drlaklag then ever before, aad tha town aaxloos to slop •Its dry regime. Ha met ministers svsry day who feted him prohibition was ad were behind him aad He thee defended the a Biblical ateadpetal aad urged waa a practical prohlbitloalet. In discussing tha question at ago soma one asked ted on IV Thun ho jumped Mr. Rloberdeoat S»Ull aad then he took nn his doleg “his dety* la the besaldal had beea drank two or I knocked oat of the box. withdraw those words •ace to tha matter. Ha Dames aad referred to candidate and was vs mads use of the sxf pnrpoee la wouadlag 1 Admitting that the 1 enforced it would do no _ prohlbltloa. Tho people ell can be taught to obey the lam sad Charieeton can be taught she to In South Carolina. He pictured the mark of the dispensary In Edgfiiald and ■peeking ever an hour ha rutered and excused himself for delaying the crowd which listened patiently, qaletly, and Mr. indifferently. Flowers Solicitor Thurman an spoke as candidates for Congressman Talbert spoke briefly. Roosevelt Will Gampajon.- _ cording to Parry 8. Month, of tho Re publican national nommlttee. the cam paign tour planned far Governor Roose velt will breek all rooorda in 1 of presidential — l> p» < y t - Labor Day, whan Governor will make hia lint Mg speech of ths campaign in Chicago, nattl September, Governor Roosevelt will spend kto time west of tha Mississippi river. All of the month of Ootober wOl bo oeonpi- led In hard oampaigalng la the States of Illinois, / Indiana, IfIchlgan and Ohio, with tho sxeepttoo of n tew days In West Virginia, which the Rapobu- express carrying. Two or throe end of Ootober will be spent ip York and that small period will be all tbe east will sea of Roosevtlt daring the campaign. h tha RspabQ- high hopes of m days nt tha ■pant In Naw For 96 yearn Dr. J. Newton! has so sooosssfuUy treated ohroi esthaihs is acknowledged today te 1 at the bead of his profsasisti in this Has. His exclusive method of tiestmsnt lor Varicocele and Stricture, wtthent toe aid of knife or cautery curee In » »sr ssmt, of all cesee. In the treatment ortoojop ef Vital Foroea. Nervous roMonwg, - yv*