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Mm VOL. XXVI "Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence.'> BENNETTSVILLE, S. C<; FRIDAY. JUNE 7, 1901, NO 23 TO THE PEOPLE. /^n Address Explaining Why He Resigned His Seat ISSUED BY BEN. TILLMAN. Baya McLuUrln Was Virtually Organlz ng a Republican Party In this 8fa?e Un der Another Name. 1 > Vii i -, ' ' i Sonator Tillman furnished tho press tho following address Tuesday nf lor noon: To tho Demoerntio Vo'.ers of tho Slato. lrdllow Citi/ma: ' An extraordinury and unparalleled situation hssuutx pootcdly ur it on in tho Stato, and as I nm inanity roBpom iblo for t?lie, I fe ol that a proper resp?.ot ior you, requites an explanation ol my aotions at,d u.o tives. JOiovon years a?o hy a very lavgo voto you eleoitd mo uevernor of tho Stato, and two years uftcrwardn I ?as rodeo!cd I y an ovcTwhohuing major , ity. lu '94 i waa scntss your repre sentative in tho oougro s of thc United Statos is ono of tho ecnalors frc m South Carolina. After six year' sir vico in that body 1 fita laet ye*r oho nen without opposition to ba nw own Buoeossor, I waa sworn in on March 4th, lest for tho fix ye ar?' term end ing in 1907. Tho ink has hardly bc Como dry upon my oath of ofiioo and ( yot I havo t<ndcrt d my rosigr.a iou to , take i??cot September 15.h m x'.. My ! Colloaguo ha? niuo tendered his ricdg nation to take c ff cot tho samo date, and thu? thcio will be two vaoanoios to bo filled by appointment of tho gov ornor until tho legislature oan eleen, our BUOoosBore in January next. 1 dei sro to announoo my candidacy to succeed my self and ?hall ask you to vindicate my aotion by your votes in tho primary, whioh will bo ordered by t ho Staeo Domooratio committee- This is an e IV year in polities and but for Ibo condi tions whioh had oouto about my notion in prooipitating a political campaign, and primary olco?on would b j mox oausablo, A brief review of recent po jitioal oxonia will ho nceoasary to givo that oxaplanation My colleaguo, ?no lt. MoLaurin, was clcotod to tho sen ato at a primary hold in '97 toBuooood tho lamented liarlo. Ho was olootod as a Doinoorat standing upon tho Chi cago platform of 189(i. Early in '99 Sonator MoLaurin j ar tod company with bin Domooratio oollcaguoB in tho sonate, and baB BU co voted for and advooatcd*everything tbat tho llepub-. Hean party now utanda for, and has porsiatontly antagonized his own ratty m all of his publie utterances and aoto. Notwithstanding that a now Stato con vention last May laid down tho prin ciples and polioios of tho party, and a now national convention at Kansas City in July announced tho principien , of Dumooraoy as now undorstood throughout tho union, your Junior son ator has aotod though ho were ontiroly indopondont of the pooplo who oleotod him and bas felt under no obligations to obey thoir wishos or do their will xfiympthizors in tho 3iato bogan at once an activo propaganda of his now acetrine?, whioh ho claimed woro Pomooratio, but whioh all truo D?mo d?t? muBt know aro only Itepublioan ism in disguiso and very thinly dis guised at that. Ho mado a Bpoooh at Charlot to. April 1 (nh, in whioh tho Domooratio party is ancorod at and assailed. Ho made anothor spoooh at Uroonvillo last wcok tilling out and .develop.ng his now theories, and took pains to indioato his perfect aooord with Mr, McKinley in all his policies. Ho had appointments already ar ranged to mako spooohos at aJeast thrto other plaoos-Gaffney, Yorkvillo and Sparlnnburg-arid had begun an aotivo canvass for reduction, flftcon months beforo tho regular oampaign, whioh would ohoobo Ins successor, in tho Domooratio primary of 190? would opon, it wan natural that thoso gon tlomon who proposed to oontost for his Boat Bhould bo unwilling to prematuro jy announoo thoir onndidaoy and take tho field againts him. Ho lind tho din pensing ol federal patronage plaoed at his disposal by tho Republican presi dent, and ho had unlimiitd money fur nished by hm He,mohean ailles, or Mo Kinlay Deiiiooratio iollowors m South Caioiina and bis purpubo was to &o . Hi' and Cowu tho Stato unop, Obi? ano ! uuauBWoied to organism hm new po lit;eal maoliiuo. ibis was tho bitu? tion up tjO ino G?ilncy meeting and 1 I was oonlionted'. uith ibo que ht iou ot wnat wab my 'duty Under tho om* mu tilarme?, ltwcoiltct that 1 am a momba of tho national Diinooratio oommiuco, aa your representative; I un? on mo .?commiitco on platform in both of tho la?t national conventions and hoi].cu framo toe declaration? ol principle and polioy upon whioh wo wont to battle, and I was ohairman of tho oommittoo on platform in your last Stato conven tion. Hom cm bor tc o that both at Charlot to and at Greenville, directly and indirect ly, 1 had been nssailod by Mr. Mobun rm and you will uudoratand why 1 was anxiou? to moot my eolloaguo at Qaff ney, and whon invited by a largo num ber of cuisons ct Chcrokoc oountv I will ingly aoooptcd. Tho ro&ult of that (mooting i? now woll known. . Mr. Mc laurin was unexpectedly brought faoo io faoo with tho question of resignation and appeal to the pcoplo whoso conti ?lonco ho had aimed atd whooo Inuit ho had betrayed. Ho tried to dodgo tho -thrust, hy oharging that I wau attempt 'ing to d?ctalo and boss tho pooplo and Interfere in tho raoo with which I had ?HQ c?noorn and waa safely OBOonood in ?ny seat for six years and had nothing to lono, but well afford to lay down a oodo of moral ethioB, for another whioh 1 Was unwilling to fellow myaolf. I saw tho opportunity to prcoipitate a battlo at onco rathor than wait hf toon month? land I offered to rosiga if ho would, and ino reault you know. I aotod from impuleo it is truo, but 1 havo alway? aoted upon impulao and as a public ?nan X oan affirm with tho saorcdncs? of an oath that all my impulsos havo bqori to sorvo tho beet intercalo of tho pooplo ?ho havo honored mo. I had ?rv?ry opportunity to woigh tho oonso quonoos of my aotion and to get out of H without diflorodit, but I felt thon and still fool that my duty was to foroo tho fighting and rid tho party pf all traitors. Tho situation as I uudorstand it, is this. Tho pooplo who aro inter ested in having two senators at Wash ington to do their will and stand by their principles will havo an opportu nity of being honoslly aid honorably represented. This has not boon tho caco during tho last two years, and as Mr MoLaurin remains in tho scnato it could not bo tho caro. Aa to tho burdons of tho con.cst. Tho citizens of a given county will loso but two dajB, to bring about this muoh desired roault, ono day to attond tho campaign mcoting and tho other to go to thc primary. While I will have tho fattguo and cxponso of a Stato oanva>s which I oould oaeily havo avoided. Tho oontca^ bolwoon tho Domooraoy and tho nan-who eceko to betray it will bo fought without any looal com plication what ever. Votora will not boi? fluenoed in th's contest by tho do airo to cleot koal favori:es nod thua swapping will bo prevented. Tho ia>.u?B will no olear out. Tho organization of thc ''Commvo'al Bomooraoy," another nftino lor McK /dry B-.moornoy, will ; havo to ho oouf.umalod in a much aborter tinto and undv-r muoh loa? fa vornblo eonditOnn. Our p^riy has tho Oppcr??uity to rcbuko and puni'h ucaibcr.v at once SH ss arning to those who may bo wavering. Many ?rood men will Ibo pfuVOntod from bi coming Re* publievn in fa?t, though not in naino by having thc itsuos explained boforo they have aligned thoimoivos undor tho now banner. Tho Domooratio uniform will bc Hliuok off ol tl 0,0 who have prov? n unworthy lo wear it and they will bo made to undcrstacd th? dtllcr onco hutwenn ho nor able aud dishonor able di- charges. Civil virtue, tho sa cred relations whioh should oxist bo two; n tho representativo and his oim i imo noy. will bo moro dearly under stood and all Imo Bxmoorats must rc j'.MO'i at tho rcBult. Formyaolf and tho saorifioo 1 have madel will nay nothing I prefer to lot tho people of tho Stato consider tho n atter for thomaclvea and pasa upon my conduct aa thoy may do termino, whether it was right and pro per or rtah and quixotic. I havo aor vo.d them to tho cost of my ability with zeal mid hoiiesty ninoo I havo boen their servant and shall oontinuo to do so if thoy oontinuo to honor and trust mo. When I cannot truthfully say that I represent tho muj>rity of tho pooplo of South Carolina and voto iud spoak aB thoy desiro, I beoomo, "aa sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." And prefer tho rotiremont of privato lifo to tho dogtaded olevation of a high poai tion obtained by deceit and held against the wishes of tho pooplo. I put my oaso in your hands and will explain and vin dicate my oaao moro fully in tho coming primary canvass. 13. lt. Tillman. NO FAR BIER'S DREAM. Mr. Bauer Tells How tho Rain Affected Crops Lost Week Tho raina laat wook woro hoavy. Thoro is no diaoounting that faot. Thoro were many evidenoca. But boro comos Mr. Bauer, tho looal weather bureau direotor, who piloaon t^o agony with dreadful statistics. Mr. Bauor Bays in his weokly rop?rt: - i jOxoonaivo raina ovor tho cativo Stato obaraojorized tho beginning of tho I wr"*k, atfcB* ?jil rains provailod at its | close.- *.tf? f0T tll0 - weok ranged from Lo.. & >;, n0M]y t<m inohoB, tho formor in tho ??oj??$??v?j .-..^ oountios and the latter in Spartanburg a.id Y?rk conn tien, with an avorago rainfall of 4.68 -inohos for tho State. Bottoms woro floodod and tho oropB that woro on thom wore dostroyod; hillatdos and torraood landa woro badly damagod, orodod and gullied, and tho young ootton and oom waahod up. Tho Broad and Qrcat Poo Boo ltivors in plaooa roso higher than for many years. But asido from tho phyaioal injury to landa and oropa by tho exoossivG rains, tho moisture waa nccdod, and all oropa woro greatly benefited. Hail, ooourod at many points, but only in portionn of Abbovillo, lCdgcfiold, Saluda, Sum tor and YViiliamburg oountios did it serioualy dam ago oropa. Tho ground waa too wotto plow during tho groator part of tho wook, and liolda aro bloom ing grassy. Cotton ia now quito gonorally up to good atands, and chopping out ia boing prosooutod wherever thia work has not been finished, but oultivation is nccdod. Tho rains oauscd a marked improve ment whoro tho stands woro not de stroyed, and poor atanda aro now con fined to carly ootton that WAS not re plumed. In Coonee aiauds aro dyini;. ??.a bland oottou look? be tier, but bligu has appo.wed on it. Corri nu uplands J.as ;& healthy oolor, is greying, and Manen, aro fairly good, but practically till oouom land o-rn \>as destroyed n;.d must bo replanted. Bud worms aro doing dam tige in plao?a. Tobacco 1OGK:I well iu a low localities only, and its genera) oondttion ia poor. Mero it; hoing net out, aa thu ground in now in good oondition for growth. Tho acrcago ol Juno rioo will bo ro duood, owing to tho high water oovor ing landB that would havo boon aown to rice; oilier wiso tho orop haa improvod. Wheat oontinuoa very proinining, cx oopt that rust has dov<.loped in Now bciry, Ooonoo and Union oountica; aoino wheat will t?oon bo ripo onough lo harvest. Oat,? woro bonofitod by tho raina, but much bottom land oats was totally dostroytd, and somo of rank growth wau lodgod. Cats aro fast ripen ing, and sorno havo alroady boen har vostod. Spring sown oats aro poor. Minor oror*, truck, paaturos, fruita, gardens and horries woro all groatly benefited by tho rains, and although lato look prorating, exoopt molona, whioh ave poor. Apples and poaohoa aro dropping, arri proupeotivo yielda aro thereby groatlyrcduocd. All orops now ncod lunahino ftpd oultivation. Wants to Down Tillman. A dispatoh from Washington says Senator MoL&urin in ??poaking with friotds thoro with rcforotoo to tho ro signation of himsolf and tionator Till man, ho oxprossoj the oon&dont boliof that Tillman would bo destroyed. On tho Buggoation boing mado that tho poo plo of South Carolina might resont thoir resignation by Bonding two now mon in thoir plaocs, ho ia quoted an Haying that ho would not regrot his awnS-otireraont from tho sonato if by tho fla>,rifioo o' tho two y ea ra roinaining of his\j,rm ho oould finally.dispoBo of Tillman?, jiifl gonoral expression was ono ofgroal<nn. fidonoo and satisfaction in tho situ, tion. \ M'LAURIN'S REPLY. Statements Made Nccflsaatv by Tlllman8 Chargea. HE CHARGES FALSEHOODS Against th? Senior Senator. Ap pen! to th? People to Help Relegate Bun. to Farm? A Spooled to tho Stato from Bounolts villo Thursday givos Senator Mo Lauriu's reply to Senator Tillman's ad drees to tho pooplo of tho Stato for pub liuation. To My Follow (Jitizons: Tho address of Sonaior Tillinun to you rendered it necessary tbat I t. h oui ci cay r.omoth ug in explanation bf my motivos and aotion*. I & i noeud y regret that you aro to be ft?bjootod to trie ox pons? and excitement of a senatorial primary tbio year, hut I foci Univ- i am not responsible. Had it not Ix'on lor Senator Tillman's intrusion upon tho Gaffney mooting thore would h.YO boou no mocssity fer it. A joint debato wau irooipitatod by him oontrary to my wishos and of tho gentlemen who in vited mo. Ho foroad himself upon tho mooting by bis own admission. Nb other bonorablo oourao was left to mo but to accept his proposition or lay myself open to tho ohargo of ooivard ioo. It is too lato now to oonsidor whothor it was wiso or unwise and tho pcoplo must judgo between us. I desiro to anuounoo my oaudidaoy iu opposition to tho Beni or senator for tho uacxpirod longterm, and will dis cuss with him in a fair and reputable manner tho national ?BHUOS of tho day and loavo it to you to ju' go who can tho moro "honestly and honorably" rcproBont you in tho United States eonato. In 1897 1 was olcolod to tho scnato ns a Democrat and I am still a Domoorat In ovcrything I have said and done I havo had thc good of my pooplo at heart, to them I am ready to rondev au aooouut of my stewardship, but not to tho Bonior son alor; porhf.ps in this lies my chief oin. In my rroeut spocoh at Greenville I gavotho pooplo thu roason for my cfh oial aotion sinoo 1809. lt is uscloss for mo to roitcrato what I said in that spoooh, as it has been cxtoDsivoly pub lished and 1 presume gonorally read. Woro it not for ohargos unido in tho addross of the sonior acnator, it wouia bo unnecessary for mo to say moro. But I oannot allow him to assail mo and my Domocraoy without saying somothing ia my vindication. Ho ohargoB that, after thc adjournment of congress in March last, with tho aid of my frionds, I oommonocd in tho Stato an aotivo propaganda of my now dootrinos, "which aro olai:ne.d to bo Democratic but aro nothing but Re publicanism in disguise" Ho arro gatos to himsolf tho power to dooido for tho pooplo as to tho rightoousnois of my oourso and visws, and is not will ing, for thom tf hoar and jud go for themselves. PSjt\indooont intrusion upon tho Gfl^ ^o\acoting illustratos bin v. - lUod.l 01 uotiotom" and Kia do sire to "rujo or ruin." Aftor my re turn homo in April last I roooivod in vitations from oitizons of Groonvillo, York, Ohorokoo, Nowborry and Spar tanburg oountios to address tho pooplo on tho national issues of tho day. As thoir publio sorvant, I could not disre gard thoir imperative oalls, and I ao coptod tho invitations. Had I not done so, my politioal opponent would havo charged that I oould not moot my con stituents faoo to faoo and oxplain my politioal aotion. lt was not my pur poso in aoaopting thoso invitations to inauguato my eampaigu for rooleotion moro than a your in advanoc of tho primary, but to attempt to onlighton tho pooplo and romovo falso impres sions produood upon tho publio mind by tho sonior senator and his sympa thizers. I had boon persistently mn lignod and misrepresented and tho only moans afforded mo for my vindioation was to got tho oar of tho pooplo. This was my only objoot in milking spooohes whoro I was invited to go, and hod it not boon for those invitations 1 should have remained silont. Havo wo roaohod tho point whero a number of piivato oitizons cannot in vito ono ol their roiuomntaiivcs to addross them, without including tho bi niur tonaior or lirut obtaining his pei mission? Tho hinior sedater, i: neilin, willed that 1 should not bo ? heard at tliat limo and dei ermined I h a v. 1 Should wait for his bidding to go, boforo tho p-ople. Tho senator nco olmrges that 1 am a llopubliban and wau organizing a Hopublioan party hero, if ho bolievod thia ohargo, why did ho consent to run with moin a Domooratio primary? I denounco tho ohargs ns an infamous falsehood and tho senior sonator knows what ho sayd is unttuo. In his recklessness, tho sonior sonator further ohargos that tho disponsing of tho publio patronngo has been placed at my disposal and "un limited money" is furnished mo by tho ltopublioans to aid in tho soborn? of tho organization of a now party. I drnounoo this as a malioious falsohood. In my Grocnvillo spocoh I explained why I had boon oonsultcd about tho f?deral patronago n?d at Gaffney I do nounocd, in bia ptcsonoo, both of theso ohargos as wilfully falso and yot ho reiterates thom in his addross. His I purpoBo in ropoating what ho known to bo slandors munt bo ovidont to all. Tho sonior sonator undortakos in his address to throw tho wholo responsi bility of tho prosobt situation in tho Stalo upon mo. Aftor defining my Domooraoy and branding mo as a traitor to tho party, ho mcokly says that ho and his Domooraoy woro as sailed by mo, and it was inoumbont upon him to orush me and my iniluonoo in this Stato. Tho senior sonator has undortaken a herculean task, for "truth crushed to earth will riso again." Tho sonator forgots that ho insidiously and maliciously as*ailodmo lagt Bummer, whon I was uhablo to dofoud mvsolf, and aftor my Oharlotto shocob, in an interview, mado falso and slanderous oharges against mo. I did in my Ohar lotto and Groonvillo spooohes oritioizo his Populiutio Domooraoy, and I have nothing to rot root. Ho impugns tho I motivos of othhra, but whon a roply is mado bo orios out that ho has boon at* taokod in an unjustifiable mannor, Tho pcoplo shall judgo of our Domooraoy and nob tho senior ?on a tor. It is evi dent that tho souior senator fears that ho cannot dofoat mo on a fair flold with no favors. IClso why is ho assailing mo in his addross and threatening to put out o thor oandidatos? What was said on tho etaud at Gaffney and tho oor roepondonoo botweon us will oonviuoo any fair-minded man that our roslgna- I tion was with tho understanding that tho raoo wai to bo botweon us only end tho campaign was not to tako plaoo until tho fall. Tho sonior Senator said on tho stand that bo would unito with mo in a loi ter to dov. MoSwoonoy requesting bim to withhold Rotiou until a dooision by tho primary. ThoiddrrFS is oharaotcr iatioul of tho man and his political method*. Ho is nddioUd to makiDg reckless and false ohargos og?ost othors which ho never substantiates. An hon est man is always ohary in ohargiog others willi dishonosty. Tho . thiot' often orioi' 'Step thief." Ho is an ambi tious boss and habitual oiMurbor ot tho polit ioil peace and harmony of South Carolina. L<ut summer, for th? ftjtko bf p< eeo ho was g.von no opposition^ and as soon as tho door.* wore olo.vjd and ell o? t r ies band, ho toado a slan derous a'ltaok upon tho Biblo ana ibo ministry or' this State. Fellow Citi zens theio will never bo aujthing liko u.-iii.y or quietude among our popple until he i?relegated to rrivalelifo. His i noeud tar/ appeals to class hatred and prt j '-io io?, fiUohaH ho made at Galtncy tc tho fAOtory operatives, aud his diotato rial spirit and uttcranoes, will keep up dif.i'eneionH, dividions and disoord ii] tho Siato. With tho aid of tho people 1 ?viii maka a heroic effort during thu oampaigu to break down "bossism' wltti ito Jr sin of polities! evUs ?od ] invito all good oitizons to assist mo tc inaugurate an ora of freo thought, fro< spceoh and independooos of aotion on tho part of tho people of South Caro liba, Tho n.onior Senator, in tho quiot ?do of a farmor's lifo in RJacfioh county, bauld bo viowod asa pitchfork les; pigmy and a blcasiug t J tho St ato (Signed) John lowndes MoLaurin. Brutality in Anderson. A aispatoh from Andorson to Th Stato says a most shocking caso of hu man brutality has ootno to light in th Anderson ootton mill villago, this city lt. Brown Burrias is a young whit man. Two years ago bo marriod protty young woman and they havo fine hoalthy boy, 7 months of ago. Mri lSurrisB support.* tho family by Lc work in tho ootton mill. Burriss Bay ho is not in good health, and stays a homo and is tho nurse. Tho ohil fjomod to irritato tho unnatural fathoi Frequently ho pinohed tho helpless ir fant to stop its orying and moro tba onoo thrust it roughly in tho kitcho fcafo, whoro tho baby sobbod until o: haustcd by ita orying. Tho po< moihor's heart waa torn by thia bruti treatment of horjohild, but wan powo losa to provont cruelty of tho huBbani Last wock tho olimax carno. Tho bal oncd longer and loudor than usual or evening and finally tho infuriate father olutohod tho child brutally 1 tho arm, and throw tho orying boy u on tho floor. Tho poor ' mother lift? tho baby from tho floor and di soo von that tho loft arm was broken bctwec tho shouldor and olbow. When 1 saw what ho had dono, fright took po B?B8i\ J. oS him and Lo piofoDBod > I ' romorso. Tho affair v/au roportod tho polioo and the Ohiof arrested Bu risa upon a ohargo of disorderly oo duct, but was roloasod on bond. TJ mayor is undooidod as to what disp Bition to make of tho caso. Ho w oit h cr try tho oaso in tho mayor's eon or turn BurriBS over to tho shoriff. T affair has orcatod a groat doal of ta ?nd tho opinion acorns to provail th Burris out to bo handlea in tho supo or oourt on a ohargo of assault and bi tory of a high and aggrovalod uatui Tho oaso was to bo hoard today but Bi risB sent a dootor's oertifioato that was not ablo to bo presont. Ho m rccoivo a ooat of tar and foathors yot Backs McLaurin. A dispatch to tho Charlotto Obsorv Bays two hundrod and fifty oitizons Sonnottsvillo, Sonator. MoLaurii homo, marohod to tho sonator's ro donee, called him from his bod ond t object of tho visit was announoodby W. Bouohicr, Ese],, in aboautil speech. The sonator stood on hie frc puroh and in pathotio and patrio strains,of cloquenoe spoke of his i bounded appreciation of this ovidoi of mo endorsement of his homo pcop I ho ii ? o alor said ho wa? m tho fi* co stay, aod that tbcro wen signe one ging by Tillman, but that bo tended to l.oid bim to tho a. reemo I ho Bihator raid ihat ho only wanl Ti li m ut ia titia raoo, and that ho woi t.ivo tlio people a oloin, dcoont, hij urned oftiop:?ign, or, if Tillman pi'ofe od, ho oould throwas muoh mud rn T mun wanted, Sonator MoLaurin s ?hut tho senate was too mull for b< Tillman and bimsolf, and that hu wa cd tu moot Souator Tillman in ov< county in South Carolina. Suoh ir f.s Capt. P Ti. Breedon, C. 10. Kxtj H. W. Carroll and many suoh promin buSlnesn men lod tho orowd. Bonnol ville will bo almost solid for MoLaur and tho oitizons, through Mr. Bouohi plcdgod Sonator MoLautin thoir s port._ Shall Bo a Heh No Moro. Tho caglo will horoaftor bo tho mo and oinblom of tho Wonian Suffragii Alioo Stono Blaokwoli, of Bust daughlor of tho woman's rights loac Luoy Stono, in an address to her ans atos in Chicago Thursday during a ooption to dolcgatcs on routo to Min npolis, said: "Horoaftor tho Amori woman must ooaso lo bo a hon wi; oould do no bottor than oaoklo soratoh. Sho must ooaso to bo a n nightingale that oan only food young and warblo, Sho must bo oaglo mothor and hor slogan must 'Woo botido tho malo ohiokon ha which swoop upon hor offspring.' " A Case of Malice. Ul Anon & Co's jo wolry stoic on IS st root Now York, was wrookod by d mito Wednesday morning, and wholo front of tho ?toro was blowi by tho oxplosion of a nitro-glyoc oartiidgo. Tho polioo say tho ox sion was a clear caao of malice G Bon & Co. had some troublo with t noignbors rooontly whioh would i cato in tho opinion of tho polioo, tho plaoo was blown up fer rovengo GOVERNOR REFUSES To Aceopt tho Hani znailon? of Senator T'llman and rVlcLautln. CAMPAIQN NOT DESIRABLE. Ht> Says lt They Should Resign Unconditionally Mit Would Ap point Their Suecos sor s Immodiatalv Tho following in takonfroin tko Stato of Saturday. Gov.- McSwoonoy has returned tho rcaignationfi of tho sonatorj. Thia ao tion oroatod as ,muoh of a aouaation aa tho Gaffney opiaodo itsolf. Thoro woro a number of lottora awaiting tho gover nor's arrival from Ohiokamauga, and overy ooo whioh louohed upon tho fronatorial lumiiua begged him to take boroo aoiiou to prevent a campaign thia I su m mer* Tho governor stated that ho ia himself oppotcd to a campaign in an <. If ycr.r. To a representativo of Tho Stato li o said: Theso gontlnmon, I BOO by tho newspaper's aro unablo to sgrco unon tho tormo of tho ro?ignaUon. Ono wanto a campaign in August and tho othor oonoidors thot tho oanvaoa cvn not bo hold boforo tho 15th of Septem ber. The peoplo of tho Stato have ap pealed to mo to rot urn tho roaignationa, and I havo dono so. If thoy want to roaign tho oflioos, let them say BO aod make tho resignations offootivo im mediately, I would appoint their auoootaora in lora than two minutos and a half." Tho gOvornor stated that ali aorc of proposition had boou mado, but ho ihought thia tho host oourao. Ho had boon approached to tondor his roaigoa tion ns governor in ordor to hooomo senator himself and to let Liout. Gov. Jas. II. Tillman boootuo govornor, and ho had also huon urged to aoocpt tho roaignatipu, thovaonnoioa to bo supplied upon tho rcBult of tho Dcmooratio pri mary. ' THE LETTER. Following ia tho governor's letter, a oopy of vyhioh waa sont to caoh aona tor: I Gontlotnon: Your lottor tondering your resignation as United StatoB aonatora lroni South Carolina was ro ooivod on'tl.0 ovo of my departuro to Ohioknmuiga to take part in tho ooro monioo incident to tho unvoiling of tho monument whioh South Carolina has just oroolbd to hor bravo and heroic soldiora ihd lost their livoa in dofonoo of a prirniplo on this historio battlo Hold. H noo my delay in aoknowiodg ingit, I rospiatfully roturn your roeigna tionB th?\ jj?u may havo moro timo for eorious i omudomtion of tho oft'oota upon tbofoooplo of thia Stato of this notion on your part. Tho oomiuiaaiou whioh yoi, hold ia tho highest compli ment audjtoatimonial whioh tho people of this Srj.to oan pay to ono of its oiti zens; lula possible that you have taken thij a top hastilv in tho hoat of dobato* n?d without duo roil cot ion of the oonHfquonoes to tho pooplo who have BO Banally honorod you. It was inly last yoar that our roo .lilP'^W and.tu^mpJlJn-.J ?iv >*n|)?ig? "?^ in anothor year wt ,,.Xbo.iu tho mi^st of furihor politioal olvife. Tho pooplo are entitled" to one ''/oar of poaoe and freodom and from politioal battles and hi t tor u o nw. Tho indications aro that a oampaign Buohas would bo prooipitatod by vaoan oiosiuthAAo twooxaltod positiona would bo a voryaprimonious ono and personal ratfor tina a disouBsion of isauoa, aud from suoha oanvaBU our pooplo ahould ho sparodfln faot it would bo calamity to tho ?f M to bo torn asundor by a hoatod/' f.vass in this "oft" yon*" in poli ties. Vv bro oan bo no possiblo good to oomo ol' ii. Tho popio of tho Stato aro gotting togothor iud working for tho advance ment anr unbuilding of tho material prosperity of tho commonwealth, and I should roo'ot anything that would re tard this jrogroBB. ItiB.nufe.my purpoao in thua writing to provo % tho fu HOB t and frooat dis OUBBW' f all publio questions and tho oduoatiop of the peopio along all politi cal linoel Oa tho ountrary, I hoartily favor that and boliovo it o?u bo beat no oomplisljod without tho bittornoBB and thu personalities whioh would bo in separably from a campaign during tho ooming^Uramor. Under our party ruloa a cnoipitfgu wtll bo noonary within a litt lo OHIO than a year, and ampio timo oan ijo.l vi fer a tull discussion of thc is?uoaij}?f? buforo tho pooplo. Hol?Wg those viowtj and looking to the intercut ot tho pooplo of thia Stato -th?ir peaoo, prosperity and happinoaa -I respijotiully dochno to acoopt your resignations and bog to roturn thom he ro w ith. I havo tho honor to bo, oto. THE SENATORS NOTIFIED Of Governor's Refuaal to Accept tho H? Bi? nation* a Tendered Him. A ojjooial to tho Stato from Honnotts ville aaya: Thoro was gonoral aalisfao don expressed horo Friday afternoon whon,'.lie nowa of Gov. MoSwconoy' notion was roooivod. Your oorroflpondont iramodiatoly viai tod Senator MoLiurin at hia.roaidoncc and tho following ia his atatomont: "Tho unoxpootod notion of Gov. Mo S cooney loavos mo oomplotoly at aoa I waa roluoWintly forood into tho fight but Whon I saw thoinculting ?omark of Sonator Tillman,.'if MoLaurin i^, afraid io moot mo,' oto j I mado up my mind, if possiblo, to break off ovory prong of that old pitohfork and woar him out with tho handlo bofore I was through. "Tho contemplation of my resigna tion io no now thing with me. I vaiuo my .honor and intogrity asa man far moro: than I do a scat in tho United Ht atow Bon nt o. I wishod to rosign last wintor whon I was BO oruelly assaiiod for tho taunts and snoors that met my o??oitfl to bono fit South Carolina nearly drove mo distraotod. [will withdraw my resignation if Gov. MoSwoonoy has requootod it, booauso I approoiato tho patriotic motivos that inspiro him and am willing to unito with him in shield ing tho pooplo of this Stato from strifo andPlttornoBS. "I had boon rr joioing nt tho coming, opportunity to viudioato mysolf. I in loud to H peak on nu oh invitations aa I did at Gaff noy when possible, and I will not consent to any intorforonoo by Sonator Tillman or anybody olao. I dosiro, whoro tho pooplo wish it, to speak and ronder an nooount of my stewardship. Tho pooplo have a right to this and it is but just to mo. After making my spocoh at Nowboxry I will take Mrs. MoLaurin north for treat ment and will not ni ak o any moro ar rangements to spoak until aftor wo re turn. I hopo now I will bo lot alono and tboro will bo no furthor nowspapor notorioty as it is nausoating to mo." WHAT TILLMAN SAYS. A spooial to Tho Stato from Tronton, eays: Sonator Tillman would have nothing to Bay in tho oarly evening in rognrd to tho governor's notion, but lato Friday night, in rcBponao to nuuiorous inquiros ho issuod tho following state ment: "Havo rcooivod no lotter from Gov. MoSwooncy and thoroforo do not know upon what grounds or by whit au thority ho aots. His powor ?B purely ministerial and his declination to aa' oppt can hayo no effect from a legal standpoint. Hulosa I am mistakon th govornor'rj funotioo in iuoh oases it simply to notify tho prosidont of th? fonito on ono hand and' thc State logid Ut uro on tho other that vacanoy ex jats. Ho oan advise withdrawal or resignation, but nothing moro. '.'?. lt Til'iinn." MLcVUKIN'OBJECrS Saya His Health Will Not Permit Bummer Canvano. Senator MoLaurin, asicdioatcd in an interview published in Tho Stato, pro tests against a canvass of tho Stato Auguit. Ho han writtou to Col. Wilio Jor.ua, oh?irmvn, asking that tho Stato excoutivo oommittoo arrango for tho campaign to bo held at somo other timo. In his lottor to CV. Jonos, Mr. Mo Laurin staten that ho wants tho iasuo otwoon himself and Tillman, Ho aya: Doar Col. Jonoa: 1 noto in today's paper that you speak of tho campaign between myself and Sonator Tillman beginning about August 1st. This is ontiroly out of tho question BO far aa I ara oonoorncd. I mado it point to dato tho resignation Soptombor 15th, be cause I know that it was absolutely impossible for mo to canvass tho State until the woathor beoamo ooolcr. I ro signed in good faith to submit the quoBtion to tho voters of South Caro lina. I want fair troatmont and an opportunity to present my oaso to the pooplo. Sonator Tillman intruded him sell into this fight. I am ready to fight to a finish, but want no "draw" or "fouling." My suggestion would bo. aB congross dooa not moot until I)?oembor 4th, that tho oommittoo request Gov. MoSwoenoy to withold notion until tho rosult of tho primary io announoed, and thon appoint tho man receiving tho highoBt numbor of votos. Lot tho logialaturo olcot my Bueoossor aB it is only for a short timo, pr lot you gooro mon who dosiro to oontest arrango your canvass ontiroly apart from mino and Tillman's. I would also suggost that you.per mit ho and I to arrango tho sohodulo for our meettings. It is my dosiro to oonduot a olean, dooont oanvaBs, freo from^pofh?nalitio^Jf. pQsmiit?erl M da so j but I nm ro tidy to take what comos. I wish it distinctly understood, hov/ over, that I eannot outer tain tho idea of canvassing in August, and that ono man at a time is all I oaro to fight. I had onough of tho four to ono business in 1897. I appoal to you as man and ohairman of the party for fair play. Tho roason I aug^ost withholding ac tion on our resignation until aftor tho primary is that thoro aro many post oifioos and othor mattera of interest to tho Stato, among whioh 1 might men tion thc Charleston exposition, whioh domand tho attontion of a sonator. To tako away from tho Stato this protection for ovon six wooka may oauso troublo. I do not oaro personally, however, what is dono about this, butthink it my duty to monti on it. Yours rc spcot fully, Jonn L, MoLaurin. COL JONES' ANSWER, Col. Wilio JonoB, ohairman of tho Stato Democratic Exeoutivo committee, yesterday addressed tbe following to Sonator MoLaurin in reply to tho latter's protest against a oanvass of tho Stato in tho month of August: Dear-Sir: Upon my roturn homo Wed nesday from Chiokamauga I road your open lottor addressed to mo in 'Iho Evening Hooord, and I will now answer it. 1 simply stated that 1 thought that, tho oanvass would oommonoo in Au gust nexo bcoauso at that timo tho oropB are laid by aud tho farmors rm at lei sure, and tho mcrohants havo littli to do, and I thought that it was tho boat timo for tho pooplo to hoar public apoak ing. lt has alway boon ouatomary ainoo wo havo had tho primarios to h*ve tho oanvasB during August. This ia a mat tor ontiroly for tho oommittoo to dooido. I really havo no authority to do anything in this mattor except toonil tho oommit too togothor. This 1 will do in a short timo. Y ou oan rest assurred of ono thing, and that is that tho Stato Domooratio Kxooutivo ounmittoo will bo absolutely fair in all that it has to do. 1 havo novor boen assooiatod in my lifo with a body of mon who desired to act moro fairly, and did not fairer, than this oommittoo has always done. It is oom ponod of somo of tho best men of our Stato, and thoy will givo ovorbody ab soluto justioo. Tho Privilege Tax. . \ Tho privilogo tax rooipts this yoar show that moro guano was washed into tho soa by tho May froshot than in any previous yoar nineo tho Stato hau boon exacting this royalty for tho in spootion of fortilizur?. This tax is 25 oentii a ton, avowedly to pay for tho ohemiooal examination of tho fortilizors to protoot tho farinoru from adulterated fortilizors. By this moans is aooumulat od a sum whioh vory noarly pays tho running oxponsos of Clemson oollogo whoro tho stuff is analyzed. Tho total amount received from this uouroo sinoo tho first of tho yoar io $77,528,43, against $75,214 for tho wholo of last yoar and $65,497 "for 1898, Thc ro ooiptfl for tho romaindor, ot tho yoar. will bo small, yet tho flguros show that tho naloo this yoar will bo noarly 10, 000 tons in OXOOBB of last yoar. THE VETERANS IN OKEY. Convention Called to Order With a Historio Gavel. * Tuesday of la?t wook was a gala day in Memphis. On ovory hand woro aged veterano, many from ovory Stato in tho South. Tho oity was profusoly ' doooratod and bannors and flags, flying from ono ond of tho oity to tho other. Thoro woro thousands of Oonfodorato : votorans posent. Thouaauds moro aro arriving by ovory train and soou tho oity will bo filled with votorans niA visitors. Gonortl Goorgo W. Cordoo, of Mom phis, Tuesday morning oallod to order tho annual oonvontion of tho United Confederate veterans with a gavol macho from a trco whioh shadod tho iavorito scat of Jcfforaon DAVIS nt Beauvoir, Misa. Tho Rov. J. William Jones, of Hiohmond, Va., offered a touohing prayer, whilo tho votorans stood baro ticadcd. General Gordon thon introduo cd Govornor MoMillinn, of Tonncsaoo. Governor McMillan gavo a most hoar.y wcloomo to tho visitora. Hs oonirdimontod tho mon of tho South on their glorious ri cord in tho war and deplored tho fact that BO many had passed away. Mayor Williams of Mom phis wu i next introduced, ile ex tended to tho vinitoia a mrst cordial wcleome. Mayor Williams' addrcsa of wolo nuo was in part aa follows: "Mr. Ch ai rm in andOoufedorato Vot oraos: "Ju*t forty years ago, you loft your pcaoeful homos nnd wont out to aubrnit to tho arbitrament of tho sword grea? constitutional quostiona, whioh statesmanship had boon unable to post poco or dooidc. Imbued with tho docp cmviotion that you woro in tho right, you fought with a ocurago and horoism I whioh has boon cquallod in no country and in no ago. For four long years you mnrohed and fought over hill and volley ?nd field, loaving your blood and your oomradoB strewn behind you, till overwhelmed by numbera tho Siara and Bars went down in glorious defeat. "Whon tho dust of battle had clear ed away and tho oauso for which you fought dios and your hornea your ranks dooimatod, your fields doBolatod, your boluvcd aouth turnod and shattered by tho soourgo of war, but with tiuo ho roism you Bot your hand to tho work of reoonatruotion. You gat bored to gothor your familioa, you robuilt your homos, you cloanod tho rust from your axe and plow and began again tho de velopment and oultivation of your na tivo land. "Veterans, it is fitting that you should rounito in tho oity of Momphis. Tho mon of Memphis fought and diod on tho fields of Shiloh and Franklin and Murphroesboro and Ohiokamauga and w li ero vor tho fight waa hot and tho work hard. It is fitting that you should mcot in Momphia, booauso horo waa tho homo of that groat soldier and cavalry man VJ hose daring doods and daring in war havo won tho admiration of mili tary critica in Europo and in Amor?os -Nathan Bodford Forrest." Tho most intorosting address of tho day was mado by tho famous Southorn votoran and orator Gonoral John B. Gordon. Genoral Gordon said in part: "Govornor, Mr. Mayor, Bishop Gailor 1 and lloprosontativos of Momphis: For tho third timo-itTs my duty and < high privilogoo toroBpondto Tonnoa- 1 BOC'B wcloomo to tho United (Jonfod- 1 orato. Votorans, For tho third limo ? sinoo our, organisation this 1 to??oB;-^?u-Tt?aW??.aV^ mortal remnants of South's matohlons armies, first, sho woloomcd us at Chat-' tanooga, thon at Nashville, now at Mom phis, and what pl eco could bo moro Ut tod for suoh a gathering than thia oity, by tho groat rivor whioh was onco tho highway for ironclads, whoso waters wore ohurnod by torpodoos in a seething cauldron and whoso bluffs woro ramparts of dofonao for a strug gling pooplo. 4'Four thousand years ago tho anoi o'nt Memphis, built upon tho banks of tho Nilo, was tho homo of tho Gods, tho scat of Eastorn loaming and wor ship tho proudest motropoli? of tho Groat Egyptian delta. In this Momphis is no ancient soat of eooptorod mon archs, but it was for a long timo tho homo of Jotter so a Davis, who, ovon in his deepest humiliation and wooful ex porionoo towered in moral grandeur to far noble s tal uro than tho Egyptian modes or Persian monarchs or Grook or Roman invader ever attainod in all then- glitter of royal equipago and ephemeral glory. Hero in this Momphis no Alcxandor tho Groat ovor woishipped in lifo or laid in stato when dead, but hero liv od hero fought, hero died and hero re-its tho honored ashes ot' Nathan Bodford Forrest tho equal in nativo untutored gcaious of tho groatcst cavalrymen of any ago. "Wo aro glad theroforo to moot in Momphis. lt is appropriato booauso of its praphioal position and by tho stoad fast ad ho ron eu of its people to tho im mortal memories of tho past, it is in tho vory heart of tho lost but forever loved Confodoraoy. It is appropriato beoauso it is built upon tho bank of tho groat rivor whioh binds together with im liquid links tho distant seo tiona of our groat oommon country, for thia oity of Memphis is ono of tho fountain-beads of that ot roam of Amor man brotherhood and unity whioh flows with evor inoroasing volume through all liborty loving Amorioan hoarta."_ Committed for Arson. A dispatoh to Tho Stato from Flor onoo says R. II. Wilkoq was bound over to court Wodnoaday ovoning charged with arson. Tho preliminary oooupiod tho ontiro day. Carl Morgan was tho main witness and was tho only witness oallod.' Muoh of tho ovidonoo was son national and may implioato othors in both tho attompt and burning of tho Ghaso building, Tho oaso oxoitod in tonao intoroat, tho oourt room boing filled during tho hearing boforo Magia trato Lloyd. J. P. MoNoil oonduotod tbo prosecution and Shiprn Spoars and Ragedalo tho dofonao. Tho ovidonoo brought out waa strong._ Thirty-one Found Dead. A eonsation was oauBed at Binning ham, London, on Thursday by tho dis cove ry of 31 bo di o s of infants in collar bonoath an undortakor's estab lishmont. Tho bodies woro in Various stagos of decomposition and huddled togother in ?oap boxos. The establish mont was oonduotod by a widow Friday was Oharged with eaus??g infants' deaths. The prisoner was re mandod, WHAT TILLMAN SAYS Of MoLaurin's Open Letter to Col. Willa Jones. TERMS IT "SUCH INSOLENCE" Bays Me and Mc Lam In Have No More to Do W th the Senatorahlp Than If They Were Dead. \V hilo in Columbia Wodnoadey dona* tor Tillman gavo out an intorviow in ro gud to Senator MoLaurin'B protest against a oampaign in tho month of August. Ho Bjdd: "I havo, read Sonator Mo Lwrin's lottor *o Ool. Wilio Jones, onairman of the Stato Domooratio tx- - ooutivo oommittoo, and it is simply in oumprahonsiblo to mo that Senator Mc* J J .mr m should display suoh insolonoe. ' J Lo appears to consider tho sonator ship as being his privato property in stead of a groat trust put into his bauds by tho pooplo for a spooial pur p; no. Ho undortakos to impose oondi tions or mnko suggestions and rcquosts thot arc ot a purely personal oharnotor, intondud to eorvo bis oonvoniouoo. Tho pooplo to whom tho oflioos belong aro absolutely ignored as thoy havo boon by him for two years or moro. "lt, is woll understood that thors is only ono soasen of the year whou our pooplo havo ButVidiont loisure for poli* tics, and thoroforo it has boon tho cus tom to^havo tho oanvass begin quito o arl y in tho mun m or, tho olootion hold and mattors Bottled boforo tho busy cotton pioking season bogins. Mr. MoLaurin ?fOuld have r.?l this ohangod. Tho pooplo must bo put to tho troublo of attending their alf airs to suit him. - "From my'standpoint tho two va oanoios whioh will exist oausod by our resignation, aro tho same as though both of us had died. "Our resignations havo been tender ed and tho two vaoanoies aro to bo filled by tho pooplo at thair oonvonionco and as they soo pr?por. "Mr. MoL varia bo aa tod at Greenville that hia health is oxoollont and that he ia ready for tho fray. Thoro has boon only ono little pabsago at arms, yot ho pleads for a winter oampaign as tho fatigues of summer work are too groat for him. "It is not, of oourso, for mo to say what should bo dono or to make aug* SOBtions. I proomptorily deolinod to o BO at Gaffney and do not propose to do this now. The Domooratio oommit too will aot, whon it moots, for tho best intorost of tho party and for tho oonvo* nionoo of tho pooplo and whatovor will bo done in ordering tho oampaign will bo satisfactory to mo." Tho sonator then took up Mr. MoLaur in's intimation to Ooh Jonos that tho raoo should booonfinod to himsolf and Tillman. TL M httor was disploasod* Bvidently, .VJo said: ."That is 'fcnothor idoa whioh illus trates Mr. MoLaurin'B oonooptiou of his own powor and greatboss and his ?iow of tho offioo as a porflonal posaos- -, don. I OQKRidor that my resignation* Outfl ; mo oil a lovel.tbi\v<*--? ?Tff tenant}. I havo no rights m regiVf?: to tho sonatorships until tho pooplo ahall give tliom to mo. Any man who ohoosos has a por foot right to ontor tho race for oithor torm, and I.shall wel come as many antagonists as Bee fit to oontond for tho placo, I havo volun tarily yaoatod." wj . Thai was about all that ?onatojf Till- . man had intondod to say, and ho turn- .* ad to Uol, Wilie Jonos, who had oalied, and aokod if thoro was anything in Mr. MoLaurin's lottor whioh had not boon touched upon. Ool. Jones sug gested that Mr. MoLaurin had pro posed, in tho matter of a vacancy in tho short torm, for tho legislature tb oloot. Tillman jumpod up impatiently and oxolaimed, "What right has ho to ask any favors of tho Domooratio par ty whioh he has betrayed and doflort od?" When askod what he thought of tho failuro to tho logislature to oritioiso MoLaurin's conduot, Tillman replied that ho oould soo how tho legislature would naturally avoid suoh notion aa unnecessary. That io of tho past, and '. of no oonsequono now. S-A now situa tion has boon brought about by a stroko oj lightning." Ho then ronowod his assortions that whon ho wont to Gaffnoy ho had no intention of precipitating ouch an issuo. "But I saw that this maa would bo going over tho Stato doing untold in jury. Ho would go up and down tho Stato with his patronago bag and a crowd of vonal fellows at his heels would bo grabbing atovory opportunity. Ho would bring about and organization whioh might attraot a campaign fand and would got o fow thousand fellows into troublo. Whon ho taunted mo. it flaahod across nie how I could put an ond to this, or as I told soraobody to day, I saw whoro I oould got him in to a boat and throw him out. I may got thrown out too-I am not moon struck." Tillman then spoko of an inoidont at tho Gaff coy mooting. ? "I watohod tho orowd. I got my optio on it, as they say. MoLaurin never got muoh ap * plauso oxoopt from tho follows ho had brought over from Laurons and Spar? tanburg. Bat ho made ono pitiful ap poal. That I bullied him. That I had troatod him brutally in coming when I know his sonsitive nature It was tho most oloquent thing in MoLaurin's wholo spooeh, and was received with., gonoral applauao, tho oaly time he did got any. And then ho turned right around and doolarod that I was a hoo torlng, bullying domogoguo. yob thoro was ono man who was not afraid of mo Oh it was pitiful. Ono minuto crying to thom to pull mo off, the next boast ing of his atronj^kh/^^ Bank Dynamited, Tho Mcohanioa' Banking oompany'a branoh bank at Bradnor, Ohio, was blown up by dynamito Wodnosday morning by burglars. Tho safe was de molished, tho building wreoked and tho whole towri arouaod by tho explosion, but before any ono oould got to the Boono tho burglats had fled with $10, OOO in oash.