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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and v at Other Points. ?>Ir. D. F. Hooton left Monday for a\stay at Glenn Springs. ?Mr. C. M. Sandifer, of Tampa, Fla., is visiting friends in the cty. ?Miss Fleda Sheridan, of Greenwood,%is visiting Miss Kate Rentz. y ?Miss Nell Pilcher, of Augusta Ga., is visiting Miss Leonard Folk. ?Mr. Willie Sandifer, of St George, visited Mr. Carl Kirsch this week. ?Mr. W. B. Burns, Jr., of Sumter spent several days with friends here , last week. .?Mr. W. A. Waters, of Charleston, spent last Sunday in the city with friends. f ?Mr. H. H. Stokes returned lasi Sunday afternoon from a stay a1 Glenn Springs. ?Rev. P. K. Rhoad and family, ol , v Antreville, are visiting relatives ii this community. t ?Mr. and Mrs. L. 'M. Glenn, o1 jL Greenville, arrived in the city Mon* day night for a visit to relatives. S v*?Mr. D. H. Counts, of Laurens f spent Tuesday in the city on a visil to his father, Col. T. J. Counts. ?Mr. W. D. Rhoad returned lasl \ Saturday from an extended Western trip. He reports a most delightful time. L * ?Miss Mamie Hill, of Sanford Fla., arrived in the city Wednesdaj /night for an extended visit to relatives in the city. ?Mi*. N. P. Murdaugh, of Florida, arrived in the city Tuesday to visi. relatives. From here he will go to * Glenn Springs. T . ; ?Mr. H. W. Black and daughter Miss Florence, of Walterboro, spenl s'everal days here this and last week with relatives. ?Misses Beaulah and Edyth Folk, formerly of Newberry, but now ol _? Columbia, are the charming guests oJ Miss Alice Smoak. - - i 4?Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brabham and ' children left Tuesday for Allendale Ktt o n + /->T-n r>Ki 1 O whore tVlPV Will RDend UJ aUbVJLUV/UlAV) n uv? v ?x several days with relatives. ?Mrs. E. C. Bruce and daughter, r , Miss Thelma, of Bamberg, are ir town visiting Mrs. W. J. Sandifer.? Walterboro Fress and Standard. fc?* ? /- 7 . .V ' ?Mr. Bissell Beach returned las1 I' Wednesday night from a trip of several days to McColl, Marlboro county; where he went to visit friends. ?Mrs. J. Felder Hunter and children returned home Monday from a stay at Healing Springs and a visit to Mrs. Hunter's parents at Walker. ( y ?Mr. W. D. Shealy and little son - of Wewahitchka, Fla.,< are visiting relatives in the city. Mr. Shealy formerly lived here, and his mans friends are glad to see him again. ?Dr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Hair, anC daughter, Miss Blanche, and son / Belton, with Francis Bamberg and Miss Alma Sandifer returned from their Western trip last Sunday afternoon. They were delighted with the I country gone over. ? ?Col. Jno. F. Folk and Dr. J. J . , Cleckley went down the Edisto last week with the mosquito fleet from ' Orangeburg on their annual cruise Col. Folk and Dr. Cleckley left the party at Givhan's Ferry and came back up the river in the Colonel'? motor boat, having a most delightful f trip both ways. Speeding Engines Wrecked. ? Easley, July 13.?Two engines coupled together met with disaster on the outskirts of town this afternoon at 1:15 o'clock. They were L doubling back to Atlanta at a high rate of speed to move peach trains. g? Fireman Bvrd, of Gainesville, was g terribly scalded. His injuries are H probably fatal. The front engine ran 150 yards K after leaving the rails. .The seconc I engine turned down an embankment when it had gone about 75 yards. The tender of the engine throwr down the embankment crashed dowi on the opposite side of the traci from the engine.- The caboose was * also hurled many feet from the track The conductor, standing on rear plat form, escaped injury. I The flagman, who was sitting or t the inside, was thrown through s | glass window and into a deep ditch \ The cab then fell on top of him, but | being in this ditch he escaped in [ * A negro fireman sustained a painful cut over the eye. The main line of the Southern wil KM be blocked for an hour. The rail: MB were bent almost double and iror fi| r0(*s were twisted in every shape. BB Fireman Byrd has been carried tc p Greenville. The cause of the wreck is supposec si to be spreading rails. The conduc B tor stated that the train was movinj B about 25 miles per hour. Eye-wit nesse stated that they were runnini S at high rate of speed. A wreckinj crew is at the scene. I A TEMPEST OF WRATH. 1 BLEASE DELIVERS SPEECH THAT SETS AUDIENCE A-BUZZ. Governor Uses Unsoftened Language in Talk of Social Equality?Prac' tically Challenges Committee. Bamberg, July 13.?With such utterances as have never been heard upon the hustings in South Carolina, according to the declaration of political sages, Gov. Cole L. Blease deliver' ed a speech at the State campaign meeting here to-day that set the town a-buzz. Characterized by unsoftened language in dealing with the negro ' question, a bitter excoriation of his enemies, a denunciation of Thos. B. - Felder and the dispensary investigaf' ing committee now meeting in Augusta, a parctical challenge to any t member of that committee, and per : sonal rererence to ms opponent, Judge Jones, the speech of Gov. I Blease, was, in the opinion of many x who have heard him repeatedly, far beyond any of his former deliver. ances. i Applause Diminished. No less a feature of the meeting to-day than the speech itself was the [ effect it had upon part of the audience. Applause for the governor diminished as he proceeded, and at his retirement there was but scant cheer1 ing. This was made all the more 1 noticeable by the treatment accorded Judge Jones. Facing opposition at the outset and a mild effort to howl r him down, Judge Jones plainly gain* ed in favor and closed amidst heartiest hand-clapping and cheering. Governor Pulls Off Coat. : Following Judge Jon^s, Gov. Blease ' stood upon the steps of the court house, facing the audience of about , 500 gathered in the yard, and launch t ed into a speech that caused many to ; shout with glee and others to turn away. There were a number of ladies who heard the utterances of the gov9 r I ernor. After speaking a few moI ments, he shucked off his coat and for the first time in the campaign a coatless candidate has faced the k voters. . r According to statements from Bamberg citizens the audience to-day contained a large representation from - the Fork section of Orangeburg and 1 quite a number from Colleton. Jno. ' Black was in the city to-day. Mr. Sam J. Nicholls, a prominent young : attorney of Spartanburg was here . also; he joined the campaign party at Barnwell yesterday. Blease's Compliments to Felder. "False as the hinges that swing the gates of hell," was the governor's ' characterization of Thos. B. Felder's charges made in Augusta yesterday. "And the scoundrelly puppy knows it," he added. "I will give any man $1,000 who will put Tom Felder two feet on this r side of of the Savannah river and let me be present. If he is so clean why I does he not come over here?" asked Lrov. Jtuease. I The governor's compliments to the , legislative" investigating committee, . taking the testimony of Thos. B. Felt der and Detective Burns are contained in the following utterance* "Why do you send your legislative committee over to Augusta with old mutton-head Spllivan, who is doing 1 this dirty, nasty, filthy work, trying to find something against me? That committee is composed of the dirtiest and most contemptible men that ever * disgraced a State, not excepting the days of Moses and Chamberlain, your free nigger loving governors." Denounces Legislative Committee. And again: "When you send that committee to Augusta?guttersnipes, pimps, political prostitutes?to take the testimony of a man-^vho is a thief and knows it, and who the attorney general knows is the dirtiest rascal that ever came into this State, who i*- Vim.*? Rut it. hurts ' U UCO 1 I UU1 V , UAV. ^vv 5 the State of South Carolina to have it told that your governor is a thief, s Still another: 'Those dirty skunks I who to-day are trying to hurt my t character, are too cowardly to come into this State where I can face them, i but have gone to that dirty, filth-ridi den State that can't raise nothin' but c pimps and watermelons, and has a i governor who hasn't got sense enough . to be even a watermelon raiser." A Challenge. A challenge to the members of the i investigating committee, with the i promise to apply an epithet that . would make a man fight was uttered t in the folowing: "If any man on that committee will meet me on the streets of Co lumbia Monday, I will tell him something that will make any man fight. 1 I won't call him a mother-born, but 3 a self-made. There never was a dir1 tier set^of lies published on any man. You can't send a challenge in South > Carolina, but if any member of that committee will meet me and tell me 1 he believes what T. B. Felder says, - you won't need any duelling law, and I Charlie Smith will be your governor." Personal Attacks on Jones. I In addition to the attacks upon I Judge Jones's record, all of which have heretofore been mentioned, Gov. 31ease made numerous personal. 1 referencs to-day which have not been ; 1 uttered at any previous meeting. 1 The governor asked where were 1 Jones's people in days of 1861-65, ] when the war was raging? Not im- ] mediately answering his own ques- < tion some one asked "where?" < "Oh, I better not tell you; he's got ) mixed blood in him and I can't get < him to admit it," replied the gover- 1 nor. In 1876, he said that Jones and 1 his crowd were where Moses was, ^>in the bull-rushes, and we couldn't pull 'em out." < The "Nigger" Talk. < In the course of his remarks on so- i cial equality Gov. Blease said: "You ] people who want social equality vote 1 for Jones. You men who have nigger I children holler for Jones. You who 1 have a nigger wife in your back yard i holler for Jones." i "If I Should Die To-Night." 1 "If I should die to-night Jones 1 wouldn't be governor. John T. Duncan would be your governor. John T. 1 Duncan is a cleaner man than Jones," 1 said the speaker. At this point some J one yelled for Duncan. 1 "I'd just as lief you'd holler for Duncan," commented the governor, "because I don't believe you've got a nigger wife." ] Denouncing Judge Jones for com- i ing here some time ago and in a < speech attacking him, Gov. Blease ; said: ''He comes here like a coward : with his mixed blood and strikes me i behind my back." < As to Judge Jones's entry into the i governor's race, he said: "Jones got so mad that he went home and made : his wife get him his biggest razor, : shaved the feathers off his legs and j jumped in the ring." < Abney and Judge Jones. J ' "Ben Abney has been dragged into 1 this campaign," said Gov. Blease. "Now I'll tell you about Ben. He's 1 worth a million and a half dollars; i he was chief counsel for the Southern Railway, but he's been promoted. I am satisfied that Jones's friends 1 are trying to get * that place for 1 Jones." And then the governor told of Col. Abney's shrewdness in hiring Judge Jones's son, Charles D. Jones, especially in the Southern merger 1 case, so that if the case were lost and appeal taken to the supreme court, of which Judge Jones was < chief justice, Abney would have "a 1 megaphone to Judge Jones's ear." Some Sizzlers. Some disconnected remarks of the governor are as follows: "I made the supreme court stick their heads between their legs and sneak home." . 1 "Jones tried to force social equality on the white women of South Carolina." "It was the voice of God in the primary election two years ago." "Any man who says I ever had a free pass is a dirty liar." "Col. Bamberg is one colonel^ on my staff that I have never seen full ' yet." As to Judge Moore. 4<A pet judge who don't know any 1 more about law than a bo-shoat knows about a psalm book"?referring to Judge Ernest Moore. < The Olar Lynching. 1 Regarding the Olar lynching in 1 iAT?+Ro q orr\ flov lillS UUUUl) SUUiC uiuutua u(,u, i > Blease said: "What did you do? You did like men, defended your community, and three black scoundrels were put under ground." And as to social equality he said: "What do you care about the constitution' what do you care about law; this is a white man's country, and the white men will rule, and I am here to back you up." Gov. Blease said that he was surprised that Judge Jones admitted having been bamboozled by Bunch McBee with a free pass, and that if he could be bought with a free pass / Great Votii Commencing next Moi and continuing for sixty test will be conducted a -men will be awarded a go] ladies a gold chain and lot Eith each cash purchase irchase of $1.00 will ent your coupons with ea iur favorite. Votes gi\ ase of any article in th hibition at our store, id help them to win. 5AMBERGI J. B. OWEN! : f s le could be bought with money. Thi vas in reply to Judge Jones's stat ment to the audience: "Yes, I had :re pass in 1890; it was given to me [ used it in behalf of the State, bu [ used it before there was a la^ igainst it. Blease used his and boasi 3d of it, after there was a law pre tiibiting members of the legislatur iccepting passes. I'll admit that cvas one of the men bamboozled b Bunch McBee in those early days. Blease Makes a Solemn Oath. Gov. Blease again made his so: 3mn oath that he had never receive i dishonest dollar; that he was nc ishamed of a single act, public g private, all of which he was willin to be held up to the gaze of the put lie. Of course, he admitted, he ha been a boy, and had done a goo many things that all boys and me io, but he was willing for the peop] Df his State to review his whole re< 3rd. There was but scant cheering whe the governor concluded, althoug numbers of his friends crowded aboi bim. His retirement from the speal srs' stand was in great contrast t his nnnnnoni's Vh|,VUV4*V V. Judge Jones Again Harassed. Judge Jones again to-day had u] hill work in making himself heari although there was not so concerte or strong an effort to howl him dow as at Barnwell yesterday. There wei repeated cheers for Blease during h speech, and at various times Counl Chairman H. C. Folk rapped for o der and appealed for a fair hearini Possibly the nlost effective argi ment to-day was Judge Jones's d< fence of his votes on the Jim Cro law. It seemed that the people wan ed to hear his explanation, and I gave it in more vigorous languag and succinct form than previous! He was loudly cheered when he d clared: "Nobody but an ignorant < prejudiced man would entertain tt thought that I favored social equal \ ty." He believed in the separatic of the two races, would have ha such a separation in the 70's, but was not practicable then, just as it not practicable, even now, for stre< railways to provide separate cars f< the whites and blacks. On Mease's Appeal to Veterans. Judge Jones scored well on h charge that Blease was attemptii to get the vote of the Confederal veterans by pretending that he vote for Wad? Hampton as against J. 1 M. Irby. His accusation that Go Bltase was twice* a deserter elicite loud applause. "I have too much love for n State, for the glory of her traditioi than, to want a crooked man, a di honest man, a grafter in the gove nor's office,", was among Judf Jones's significant utterances. , During his speech Judge Jones ws Interrupted by constant calls f< Blease; and impatience for the a; pearance of his opponent was e pressed in the frequent remark: "H time's out." Nevertheless there w; a generous round of applause whe Judge Jones left the stand. For Attorney General. Mr. Barnard B. Evans, first spea: er for attorney general, made pract cally his set speech, dealing with tl disposition of the dispensary mom by the two commissioners, chargir a considerable discrepancy in the r ports of the two. He did not refi with directness to Atorney Gener Lyon, nor did he mention the troub yesterday. Mr. Evans received ge: erpus applause. A message from Mr. Thomas 1 Peeples was read, stating that he hi been obliged to go to Augusta th morning for an operation of the ey a coal cinder having caused him co siderable trouble. Earle Attacks Lyon. Senator J. R. Earle, after devotii much of his time to disclaiming ai 1 ng Contest iday morning, July 22nd, days, a great voting cont our store. The young Id seal ring and the young :ket. Votes trill be given of 5 cents and up, and a itle you to 100 votes. Ask ch purchase and vote for TTT-i+Vl flfrflw aqoIi mir. I 'en YViin cvcijr i/cwu j^ux e store. See the gifts on Vote for your favorites 'HARMACY 3, Proprietor. ^ s intention of exposing the bad records ai of officers or office-seekers, hi? una willingness to tear down, launched ; into the most vigorous speech he has it yet delivered. He dealtalmost whol- = v ly with the matter brought out by t- Mr. B. B. Evans two years ago, in ~~ )- reference to Mr. Lyon's expense ac- ol e counts while traveling on business I for the State. Mr. Earle thought the p; y attorney general had been extrava- oi " gant with the State's money and had P( always believed it wrong for him to charge up laundry accounts. This, d Mr. Earle characterized as "making v< a washer-woman of the State of g >r South Carolina." And in referring S1 g to shaves and shines, he said that ic )? "there must have been a considerable " d area to shave and shine." Mr. Earle d d criticised Mr. Lyon for not forcing b n Anderson, Felder, Rountree and n le Wilson to turn over to him all the > evidence gathered in the graft investigations, which according to the = n contract wih them, read by Mr. Earle, h and the complaint of the winding-up = it commission, had not been done. Mr. ^ ?. marie rnougnx; iqis ieruciuus &uimai q, ;o (Mr. Lyon) would be returned by the tl voters to private life. There was a strong applause at the conclusion of J Mr. Earle's speech, the most spirited e * and earnest that he has yet deliver- a ed- c: n Lyon's Effective Reply. o ,e Attorney General Lyon had some r ia strong admirers present, for they c ,y gave him a good hand when he was J r_ introduced. One of Mr. Lyon's first s; g remarks was: "I am sorry Mr. Earfe i x_ is getting in the Barney Evans class, B_ because his name is Earle and he AArnflo nf on hrtnnrahlo fa mil v in- - ^ WUXV0 Vi. UU UVUVAMMAV j._ South Carolina. I appeal to him that e he do not take up these things that ^ re B. B. Evans told from one end of the a y State to the other two years ago to P poison the minds of the people P r against me. He is too high-toned a _ man to do that; he canot afford to put himself .in the Barney Evans ? in cla88*" \r ld Mr. Lyon ridiculed the suggestion D (Continued on Page 8.) d CANDIDATES* CARDS. = ] )r FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. d ======================== C I hereby announce myself a can- r didate for the United States Senate, s 18 subject to the rules of the Democratig ic party. Your support and influence = te will be appreciated. N. B. DIAL, Laurens, S. C. = L FOR CONGRESS. ~ * v. ? o I hereby announce my candidacy r for re-election as Representative of the Second District in the United States Congress, pledging myself to is abide by the result of the Democratic c a_ primary. JAMES F. BYRNES. J r* Ambitious to represent the people i je of the Second District in Congress, I = respectfully offer my candidacy in the approaching primary for your = consideration, agreeing to support )r the nominees of the party. d p- HARRY D. CALHOUN, I x_ Barnwell, S. C.< r is FOR SOLICITOR. as m I hereby announce myself as a d candidate for Solicitor of the second I JnHiniol nf Smith Parnlinn n JUU1V1U1 Vll VUlb WWX" ? ? and pledge myself to abide the result p of the Democratic primary. On account of the fact of having to hold '" four terms of cour^ during the ie months of June and July, it will be 1 *y impossible for me to make a thor- 1 lg ough canvass of the circuit, but I 1 trust that doing my duty, will ap- " " peal to the voters as much as the Br popular mode of electioneering. T al R. L. GUNTER. J 16 FOR STATE SENATE, a- ? " I hereby announce myself as a can- ^ U didate for re-election to the State { ' Senate, subject to the rules and regu- f lations of the Democratic primary. , is J. B. BLACK. \ ' Conveying to the citizen taxpayers Q" of Bamberg county my appreciation = of the confidence shown in me by re-. I peatedly electing me to the responsible position of County Treasurer, = lg and believing that I can be of greater iy service to you, I am retiring from ,c3 = that position and hereby announce s myself a candidate for State Sena- i tor from Bamberg county, to which V position, if elected, I pledge you my u best efforts in the protection of your J 111 interests and the UDbuildine of our county and State, and I hereby pledge r myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary and support the = nominees thereof. JOHN F. FOLK. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ========== a I respectfully announce myself as I ,a candidate for the House of Repre- t sentativee for Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of = the Democratic primary. } B. W. MILEY. = I am a candidate for the "House of d Representatives from Bamberg coun B ty, and will abide the result of,the u Democratic primary. I i F F. CARROLL. E ? . - _ 9 Grateful to the voters for their support two years ago, I hereby announce myself a candidate for re- c election as a member of the House of p Representatives from Bamberg Coun- o ty, subject to result of the Democrat- p ic primary. J. AQUILLA HUNTER. = I hereby announce my candidacy = for the House of Representatives. I will abide the result of the Democrat- n ic primary and support the nominees t thereof. 'a . J. WESLEY CRUM, JR. fj FOR CLERK OF COURT. ^ With thanks to the voters for their j support in the past, I respectfully p ' *:-K. "'.v- , * -.V' tmounce myself a candidate for relection as Clerk of Court of Bamerg county, subject to the result of le Democratic primarv. C. B. FREE. ? ? ' FOR SHERIFF. Having been solicited by a number C friends, I have decided to offer for heriff of Bamberg county, and herey announce myself as a candidate, ledging myself to abide the result f the Democratic primary ana supDrt the nominees of the partv. J. FELDER HUNTER. Grateful to my friends for their &ry liberal support some years ago, announce my candidacy for the ofce of Sheriff of Bamberg county, lbject to the result of the Democrati primary. S. G. RAY. ,. I hereby announce myself a candiate for the office of Sheriff of Bamerg county, subject to the rules and ggulations of the Democratic prilary, and pledge myself to support le nominees thereof. J. H. LANCASTER. _______________ < ' - - f,+, y'\ FOR COUNTY TREASURER. ' . . I hereby announce myself as a can- I: idate for Treasurer of Bamberg ounty, and pledge myself to abide > tie result of the Democratic primary nd support the nominees. I will apreciate the support of the voters and '358 romise you my best service, if elect- . ' d. GEO. Al JENNINGS. I respectfully announce myself a andidate for the office of Treasurer - 'y?fl f Bamberg county subject to the ules and regulations of the Demo-. -."Vj ratic primary,, pledging myself to ,bide the fdsult and support the . ominees of the ^arty. If elected I hall perform the duties of the office ^ o the best of my ability. JACOB H. A. CARTER. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. I hereby announce^ niyself a candi- -Jt ate for the office of Supervisor of lamberg county, subject to the rules nd regulations of the Democratic rimary, and pledge myself to suport the nominees -thereof. E. C. BRUCE. yg| I respectfully announce myself a andidate for the office of County. jggj [nnorvisnr aiihiont tn mlf>9 and egulations of the Democratic priaary. . If elected I promise to give ay entire time, and best talent to the rork. Respectfully, G. BROOK KINARD. . : 3 I hereby announce myself as a caniidate for Supervisor of Bamberg / Jounty, pledging myself to abide the . esult of the Democratic primary and upport the nominees of the party. W. PRESTON MCMILLAN. FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE. I hereby announce my candidacy or re-election as Judge of Probate f Bamberg county, subject to the esult of the Democratic primary. G. P. HARMON. v | I respectfully announce myself a andidate for the office of Judge of >robate of Bamberg county, subject 0 the result of the Democratic pri- w cary. H. WHILDEN WALKER. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I hereby announce myself as a can[idate for County Commissioner of / Q lamberg county, and will abide the esult of the Democratic primary. W. PRESTON SANDIFER. I hereby announce myself a candilate for County Commissioner 6f Jamberg county, subject to the rules ,nd regulations of the Democratic irimary. W. BARNEY SMOAK. I am a candidate for County Comnisisoner of Bamberg county, subject o tbe result of the Democratic pri- ^ nary. J. J. ZEIGl?ER. I hereby announce myself as a can- | lidate for County Commissioner of Bamberg county, and will abide the esult of the Democratic primary. ' H. W. CHITTY. With thanks to the voffers for heir support in the past, I respect-' ully announce myself as a candidate or re-election to the office of County , Commissioner for Bamberg county. will abide the result of the primary. G. W. FOLK. ^OR COTTON WEIGHER AT BAMBERG. / . I respectfully announce my candilacy for Cotton Weigher at Bamberg, ubject to the result of the Democratc primary. G. L. KINARD. I hereby announce myself as a .can- yd. lidate for cotton weigher at Bam- ? >erg, pledging myself to abide the ' esult of the Democratic primary. G. A. RICE. ========^^ FOR COTTON WEIGHER AT EHRHARDT. I respectfully announce mysen as . candidate for Cotton Weigher at Shrhardt, subject to the result of he Democratic primary. W. D. SEASE. X)R MAGISTRATE AT EHRHAftDT = I hereby announce myself a candilate for re-election to the office of Magistrate at Ehrh^iffit pledging ayself to abide the result of the )emocratic primary and support the lominees thereof. J. C. COPLAND. I respectfully announce myself a andidate for Magistrate at Ehrhardt, ledging myself to abide the result f the Democratic primary and suport the nominees thereof. J. H. KINARD. . FOR MAGISTRATE AT OLAK I am a candidate for re-election as oagistrate at Olar, and will abide he result of the Democratic primary nd support the nominees. O. J. C. LAIN. I hereby announce myself as a canidate for magistrate at Olar, subect to the result of the Democratic irimary. JEFP GUNNELLS.