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I t?o "DO THOU? GREAT LIB?TI'Y, UJ8PIRR OUR aOULS AND M4KB OUR LIVES IN THY? fcs8B8SION HAPPY OR OUR DEATH* GLORIOUS IN THY CAUfcB." - ' ' " --r^rr ' .,,',.?:?":?,:,? , J> ,W, , . I? , " ?I .??J?W,W<ir?.?i,. tl, ?! If |.".,..1,,. VOL,)^XI. BffiNNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. JUjSE 29, 1900. SOS! NO. 27 THE CAMPAIGN Fot United States Senator and State Offices Opens AT SAINT GKOHGES. AM the Candidat?! for Qoverner ?nd thc Other State Offices with Pew Excep tions Attend and Address the People. Senator Tillman Absent. The State campaign for lOOO waf formally opened at St. Georges on Tuesday of laafc weok. The meeting wa? oallod to order at 11.20 by County Chairman E J. Don nls and was opened with prayer by thc BOT. Mr. Steadman. Chairman Den nls then outlined the purposes of the gathering. The people of Dorohestci County were gathered, ho said, to see these candidates, who had offerer, themselves for oflloe, and, seeing their and hearing them, to pass upon their fitness for oflloe. Ho rcforred eloquent ly to those who had mado ?South Gar ollna great in history and emphas'zed the neoesiity for tho ?o to whom thr ballot had buen entrusted to koop well their trust. The Hon. MARTIN F. AN KL, of Groonvllle, candidato for Governor, WBS tho tirst speaker Introduced. Mr. Auacl waa greeted with applause. First of all he desired to thank tho lucks for their prcseuce. It argues well for the oampalgn of 1006 that they should grace this occasion with their prrseuce He himself ls not running on his good looks, howevor, for tn that event he feels sure some of the others would h elected over him. Ho wasn't elected four years ayo, out he came so olo t to it that ho felt it his duty to again present himself to tue people for tholr suffrages. He is proud that he rep resents the Piedmont and b* *? ry?-;"" of the magnificent vo^'ue received lu his old Jadloial JiV/Oulb, where ho ia best known.- i?o has thc endorsement of hto?pu?ty. It ls only upon higo "grounds that ho dcBlres election. He stands for tho great principio of high ?ducation and he Btauds ut qualifiedly for the great work of tue public sohools. In the youth of the oouutry i? imo hot-'* of oho country. There hi ?rged strongly the imp?rtanos of the common sohools Good reedits another plank in his platform. This 1B a matterof greatest interest. We "don't want suoh roads that we shall have our religion j jlted out of us before we get to chm cn." He favors seeking and accepting aid from tho National Gov ernment for this purpose. He is op posed to tho State dispensary and he la In favor of local oouuty option at between a county dispensary and pro hibition. If the county otlloera are able to take oharge of tho oounty'? affairs In other matters why are they not able to take caro of the county's liquor selling, he asked, ne is empos eu loone county diutating to ano her as to what it shall have. Lot tin G >v ernor appoint the board to take charge of the selling of liquor and let thc Goveruor be responsible for them. Pay them a salary. H. doesn't beliovo lu commissions. Let them report to eaoh term of the Circuit Court. Pen sion the old Confederate soldier ano let him go to his urave in pecoa. The Hon. G. L. 11L.KA8K, of Newberry, was then introduced to the audience. He is a candidate for Govornor. Ho has represented New berry County In the Legislature sev eral times, and ls to day tue oounty's State Senator. Ho oan prove by the records that throughout IIIB whole oareer he has been oouslstont in the positions he has taken. He favors biennial sessions of tho Legislature, laws restricting the hours of ?abor, and liboral appropriations for educa ional purposes, but is opposed to the higher ?ducation of tho negro. This last statement evoked applause. He favors a marriage license system, and thc economical onforcemon i of thc Govern ment. He believe? tho dhiponsary sys tem ls the best solution of the whiskey question aud ho faveirs tho repeal of the Brioc law. Recurring to thc ne gro question, God nover intended that the uogro should bo anything else than Hie servant of the white man. If ho had his way he would wipe out thc negro college at Orangeburg. If you have corruption in the State dispen sary, what would you have if there were 41 county board?? ile docs not favor tho Ray sor* Manning bill. One of his reasons for this ls because one of the amendments provides that whenever thc board thinks the dis pensary ls a nuslanco they have the right to close it up. That ls not gov erntd by the people. Thoy say tho dis pensary la corrupt. All right. Woy ls it corrupt? ll ls beoause men origi nally opposed to tho dispensary Uv? have ot recent years been placed lr oharge of the system. But there ls nc corruption In the dispensary. Mr.|W. G Childs cold him yesterday that since ? the dispensary was voted out lu cor tain oountles the jug tunic on bli railroad had more than doubled. Pro hibition has failed in Newberry, ile is ready, willing and walting to defend any attack made on the dispensary systom. He, too, favors good road? and good ftobools, Everybody docs But tho money of tho people le holm, squandered DOW. TWO more Judi?la ot roui io have been provided, but stll they olamor for extra Courts. Ile help ed to defeat tho appropriation for the payment of the expenses of these ex era Courts. If elected he will endcav or to reduce extra Courts. He favori a liberal appropriation for Ex-Confed erato soldiers, and ho wan te? to see li go to Inonu Lu whe.?? it belongs ant not to those who do not need lt. MU. J. K. iinuKSON?, of Sumter, candidate for Govornor was the next speaker. He plunged al onoo luto a discussion of the liquor question. This is tho loading lbsue before tho people, because In Involves nore lu dollars and cunts, and carries felons? with lt the nine a and lutellecu ii welfare of thc people. It has boen o intended that the publlo sonools ls the proper place to which to apply this "blood m >oey," because in that wav the youth of tho land will boedu eated against drinking This ls a tall loy, bcoauso the liquor habit ls just is apt to strike your brightest boy as our dullest fool. This money ls not going to the sohools, anyway. Out of M exnondoo by tho drunkard fur a Jug of liquor all the proti's, exoept two cents, go to other sources aud otho peoplo than tho drunkard's family. That 1B all tho salvo his wlfo and uh I ld ron get to heal their hear'aoues Ile gave tho drunkard's prayer ano the prayer of the so-oalled ged oiti ?en, who takes this 1 quor money for his ohlldren's education. Hiey talk about putting go< d men in charge ol tho dlspansary. You can't get a man who ls a decont man who will take charge of this dirty slop. This is the truth. If you doubt it ask any ono of these good mon who are running on this platform to go in and dish out the dirty stuff. Not ono of them wiii do it The system cannot bo cleansed. Had you cuolble as big as the moon in which to boll it, were you to heal that oruelolo with all the coal stored In the bowels of tho earth, were you to glvo to oach of these candidates, who talk about purging lt, a dipper with which one might empty Lake Michigan at a scoop, and to eaoh o' t he others a sp -on, which would reaoh from polo to oolo, with which to stir it, aud then let them stir, while tin ithers dipped, this process might gc n for centuries, and at the end th? resldum of purified matter would not amount to a thimbleful. Mr. Brun son referred to no other issn \ but de voted his whole time to ramping thou? who fayorod tho salo of liquor in any mauuer, aud urging tho peoplo tc rally to its overthrow. MK AV. A KDWAKDS, of Salud.?, tiled his pledge as a candi .late for Governor, but, Judging from his speeoh to-day he has entered ttlm <elf lu the wrouK class. Ills eulin time was devoted to an attack upoi iihe Southern Hillway, whloh wonk nave dono credit to tue most ardern aspirant for the otil ',o of railroad oom missioner. Mr. Ed wards declaro'.1, for six years h- ' : J ~?iir'??nductlng .,,?-'"T-'\ '^.WVlourts against the oon soiidatlon of the South Carolina am Georgia extension with the Sou mon Railway. Ho liuds, so he said, tba obis oorporaeiou is practically in oui trol of our Government and that ther is apparently no way of escape fror hs abuses. Ho declared that it dis criminated against tho people of tb i Sta'.o, oauslng their property to dti orease in value, and iiuoldcntally th property or landowners 1? Georgia x inoreano in value. II : then h. gantorea from a piper whlo>i he carrltda htsu ry of his oase already refurjd to, bu tils twenty minutes wore up before h was more than fairly started, and 1 never booame apparent j ist what b was driving at. He wa? grauted a extension of time in which to expiai orltlly what he was after, but Just s he opened hts mouth to speak th hand began to plav and there the ma< ?er ended, for to-day at least. Then came MK. A. C. .IONICS. of Newberry, who is alsj an aspirai for G ?bernational honors. Ile ls hei .?.s the representative of thc homes, 1 the mothers, of the sons, of the cid uren, wno stand for pure democrat ^nd who oppose corruption and graf All his life he has stood for that whk was purifying and uplifting, and he wllilog to abide by his rc ord. Ile an enthusiastic supporter of high education, but lt ls to the denomln blonal oollrges that the St*Ate ow .nost. He believes In an eonnmlo and honest administration of thc Go .. ruinent. Ho favors a board of arb '.ration In South Carolina to settle 1 differences between capital an.l labo Hut the prinolpal thing which h brought him Into tills oampaign olio liquor question. Three yearb ai he published in the newspapers an a tide calling attenti on to the cone tlons In the dispensary. He also ur ed tho passage of a law which wou allow tile vit og out of the dispensa its In Oountlcs desiring to take su action. That suggestion was large Instrumental lu the passage of t Bries law. Now he ls ready to go fi tlier. Personally, ho opposes the S? of liquor lu any wey, but be ls wini to allow the pe' pie of each oounty /ote on tho qu n Aon as to whet! they shall have a county dispensai high license or prohibition. Tue Sit dispensary mu t go. Conditions Newberry to-day are better than twenty years. If the prohibition 1 is not absolutely enforced that fact due to circumstances that whenevt man is brought up charged with violation of tho lav/ some lawyer ls hand ready to appear for him and 1 bim off He has been In the thick every light against the State dlsp 1 nary and he stands today right wh 1 he always stood. Mr. Jones was followed by the II ll. I. MANNING, of Sumter. Mr. M.inning has for years represented his cour ty lo Legislature, hlx years in tho Hoi and for the last eight years in i State Senate. He has made mistal , That he realizes. But lu every qi t tion upon which he has had to c his vote he has applied tills test I is it right? Thin, ls it for the I ; Interests of my State and ouun . Remembering this, he ls ready stand by his record. No greater w i can be done by South Carolinat to upi ?hld the edulatlonal systen the Slate, and be ls g'ad to bell that educational condition io So i Carolina have Improved, and are 1 proving. Tt e representatives of i peoplo In the House and in the Sci no longer light the. appropriations educational purposes, and whllo appropriations may at times ap| larger than ti e revet UC8 of tho 8 j, would seem to warrane, there cai no doubt that these repr?sent?t I aro doing what they think will fur the best Intereses of tho State, their attitude towa'ds tho subjo a oause of greatest g rat ideation, years, In tba II mse and In the Sor ^ (Continued on Fourth l'age.) Richard Tilgliman, a Rich Presi dent of Philadelphia, Pa., TAKES FATAL DOSE By Mistake lo thc Dark, sod. Realiz ing His Mistake, Calls Ills Wile and Children, But Nothing Could Save Him. Phones Friend? Oood B>e. A awful tragedy occurred at Phila delphia about ton days ago. Knowing that his life was to pay forfeit In a few hours for his fatal mistake lu taking poison from a bot tie In tho medicino ohest instead of -i'c harmless drug that ho sought in the dark, Riobard Tllghman, a so ciety man, olubman, member of tire Ulty Troop, a descendant of one of too original Maryland families aud c'cscly rr lated to the Whelans and Llpplncotts, made every arr&ngement .hat pruder.es or sentiment dlotatod before he died. Ho llrst bad hop<5 that Ids lifo oould 1)0 saved and wAkicg up lils wife in their apartments at tho fashionable Lincoln, No. 1220 L oust street, and Ola daughter, fifteen yoars old, and sou thirteen years old and told them tvhat had happened. Mrs. Tilg timan, who was Gabriella 0 Pots tad, daughter of tho beautiful inarolouess do Potstad- Fornarl, at .me. lime lady-in-walting to Isabella, Q reen of Spain, and tho children did everything possible to aid husband -md father In tho (.ffjrta to savo his life, but when they found that they j did not make favorablo progress, Mr. Tllghman dtreoted them to telephone for a doctor. Tho phystolans fought hard to off set the eff jots of tho poison, but had to admit that they bad exhausted their remedies and that Mr. Tllgh man would have to be prepared for tiie worst. He tcok their vsrdiot phllosaplcally and directed that a telephone message ire sent to his brother In Bryn Mawr, summoning him to tho Lincoln. '"Tell him to Jake an automobile, so that ho will get here in timo," said the dying man. "Send for tho priest, and when it is all over take my body to the house of my brother, so that I may bi buried from Micro." Mr. Ttlghiuan expressed lils regret to his wife and children that he should have mado such a fatal mis take, <*hon they wero going to sall from Now York the next day foran extended tour of the Continent. Then, after he had told them of .orno arrangements that must bj made, ho bad a telephone brought to hts bedside, and called up many of nts friends in the olty, to bid them farewell The priest came and heard the con fession of thc dying man, and admin istered tho last rites of the Churob. Tllghman then asked hts wife and elli dren to draw near the bed, and while the physicians, one of them a friend from boyhood, withdrew toa corner of the room, ho made his touching farewell to the little group that he loved above all. He told them not to worry, as H was a fate from which there coull bo no escape, ind then he sank baok In his bed. Still racked with tho pain which he had endured with such wonderful for titude, and lu a few minutes was dead. Mr. Tllghmr 1 had spout the even ing at a ?ounion and banquet of tl o olass of '80, Colverslty uf Pennsylva nia given at thebCnlvcrslty Club. He bad boen In the habit of taking tab lets when troubled with slight attack of rheumatism, and whon he ret urned to his apartments shortly after 2 o'clock, darkenod his room and re t ired, before he remembered that he should have taken a tablet. "After extinguishing tho light," said Mrs. Tllghman, "ho desired to bake tho l.thla tablets, an he has been suffering lately from mnsoular rheu matism. Two bottles of the sane size and shape were side hv side, one containing antiseptic blob lc ride of mercury tablets and tho other citrate of llthla, and lu tho dark he chose the wrong bottle. "He placed two of tho tablets In u tumble of water, stirred thom until they dissolved, thou he took threo or four swallows before lie noticed tho error, hy qulokly dripie ng Borne tepid water, ne produced nauseea and thought that be brought up tho entlr?. contents of his stounoh. Very soon, however, he was se;y.<.d with oramps. Then ho called mc and explained the mistake he had made. "Dr. W J. Hoe, of No. 1210 Locust street, was Immediately auramoncd, hut tho antidotes administered and the washing out of thcHtomaoh failed to save his lifo, and he died a few minutes before eight in the morning. For hix hours tho physicians fought 1 for Tllghman's life. After Dr. Roo had worked ovor thc olubman for a while, they deolded to send for Dr. 1 Robert C. LsCoute, who had been a . lifelong friend of tho olubman. Tuen ; they all went to work together. Tlie dying mun suggested a number ' of antidotes, all of which were trlod without giving him any relief. ; The bookings for the European tour were cancelled hy Lieut. Col '? Tllghman, a brother of tb? deceased, 1 last evening, and arrangements wore made, In accordance with Mr. Tllgh ! man's request, to take tho body to ' the brother's houso, whore tho funer al took placo. . Mr. Tllghman was born In Phlla ' dclphia at the residence of his pa * rents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Tllgh ' man, No. 321 South Eleventh street, ' forty-one yoars ago. Ile was edu r cated In Philadelphia, and was grad 1 uated from tho University of Penn * sylvania In tho olass of '86. Ho ww r a mcmbor of the Delta l'ol Fraternity i and one of the mostlpopular member*; ' of the First City Troop. He enterod bia father's ohomical laboratory im mediately after his graduation from oollego. Juit eighteen years last month he married Miss Gabriella DfPotatad, daughter of the Marshioness Dr Poto stad-Fornarl, who was Miss-.Chap man, daughter of Mr. John Chapman, and granddaughter of the celebrated Dr. Nathaniel Ghapman, of Phila delphia. SENATOR TILLMAN'S FLANS. Ho Will Fill His PrevlouH liooture IOnigagciuontB. Senator Tillman will make no ohange in the plans already announc ed by him for tho presont summor on account of having opposition for re nomination to tho sonate, Tho faot that W. W Lumpkin bas announced utmself a oandidato to sucoeed Sena tor PH mau as senior senator from South Carolina will oauBe uo Immedi ate ohange. As was anncunoed somctimo ago Senat or Tillman will attend tho po litloal rally In Greenville c maty on July 7th. That will be immediately after his returu from Patterson Springs, 111., where bo ls scheduled to spoak on July 4ch. It is probable that ho would cancel tho Illinois en gagement and cuter at onoa into tho South Carolina campaign-that is upon thc adj. urumcut of cougrcsi out for the fact that be made a con tract Bomctlmc ago with the Illinois propio to appear beforo them on "the day named. After the Greenville oouuty meet lng, Senator Tillman .viii bo actively with the South Carolina campaigners for a month or until the end of the first work in August. After that date ho will bo out of the state nearly all the summer and fall lecturing In different parts of the United States. During the month that bo ia with the campaigners he will make every opportunity count. Hd bas wanted au opportunity to discuss Issues both state and national for a long time, and was beginning to think that bc would not have his wish granted this year, when the announcement of Mr. Lumpkln's candidacy readied Wash ington. There Is genuine regret on the part of Senator Tillman that bo was un able to attend Thursday's ctoopalgu meeting at Charleston. There are many things that ho hoped to have tho opportunity of telling the Charlea ton voters at that meeting, and it is a soro disappointment to him that ids duties hero are such that he was uablc to leave Washington. BLIND TIQjrJK WHISKEY Ia Charged WHO Making A Man Bo-I como a UifEMttlBt, v Vom ? AdolphttM l.if>\rf,oi, ' rAii'J: jjftnVg Smith, a young white man from near Ihllon, was arrested in Portsmouth, Va., Monday and lodged in Marion Jill ITriday, oharged with bigamy and forgery. Ile was Interviewed In j ill Friday afternoon, and did not douy either of the charges against him, laying the blame on blind tiger liquor, purohascd in Dillon. Ile ls a young man appar ently 30 years of age a nativo of Marl boro oouuty. When quite a young man, married In 1805, to Miss Emma Norton, living near Little Rock. Ho .as lived with her, he says perfectly a&ppy and contented. They hav three children two girls and ono boy aged from two to seven years. For several years Ingram has b- e; employed by tho Singer Sewing Ma dune co.'pa ny and lt Is said that while with that compauy ho met Miss Alma Smith a daughter of T. C. .Smith of Hamer. M IKS Smith was the telephone operator at H.\mer. He was Introduced to the young girl as one J. If?. Smith, and while under the lr,Hu f?iiC3 of whiskey on the 8 b of last June he and the young 14 year old jllrl drovo over to Dillon from Hamer and were married by U v. J. A. WU aon- That after he sobered up lie was orazod with remorse of his crime and had been drinking hard since then. He ls also charged with forcory, having passed a worthless check with tho namo of his wife's unolc J. A. N irton signed to lt, and calling for $50 Tile prisoner says he has no re o.dleotlon of thc forgery he having been drunk at tho time. The warrant for his arrest was Issued by Magistrate Foro of 1) lion who lixed his hail at ?2.500 Thia it is likely ho wiil be uu aoie to furnish. Told fiHr to Pray. The Herald says Andrew Drum mond, a negro maa, wa.? brought to Sp&rtanburg recently hy Doputv Sher iff W. J. White and lo !ga.1 In tho jail ohargod with having killod Ber tha Dean, a colo.rd woman, at R li ville. Thc Dj&n woman waa shot b Drummon on last Thursday night and died Friday morning. Drummond claimed that thc shooting was acci dental, but tho woman before ?ho died made a statement to tho contrary. She stated that there liad been some trouble between her and Drummond, and that on Thursday night tho ne gro came Into her room and told her to say her prayers for he was going u kill lier. This she did and the man shot her. It was generally thought In tho R ildville section that the woman had been accidentally shot. A i ?. 11 j -. < ? Wim U JliirlvaiiOO. That feminine contraption tho peek a-hoo waist, described as a number of large holen Imperfectly .surrounded by small threads, is ono of the most del ectable articles of wearing apparel ever devisad by tho dressmakers, lt has probably tangled moro men Into the tolls of matrimony than thc Della Fox ourl, tho Marcel wave, or any of the other weapons with which Un gentle sex ls wont to arm ltsolf when on Conqlliist bent. Fourteen Inolieu or itali? A special from Athens, Ga., says during the hailstorm In Clark and Goonoo counties groat damago was done. In some places the hail foll to a level of 14 Inches. Pine trees for miles were stripped of their foliage. In Clark county the storm was about i a milo wldo and seven mites long, in ' Coonee lt wa? two miles wide and 10 i miles long. Corn, cotton and othoi 1 orops In tho path of tho storm were totally destroyed. AIPICY TIME ?4 ll - At thy ?Charleston and Colleton Campaign Meetings. LTOS AND RAGSD4LE Both Offer to Withdraw and Leave the Field to Qeo. Youmaas. Ragsdale Charges Lyon With Running Be cause (len. Youarang Could Not Attend Meetings. Eighteen candidates told the ?torlos of their lives and their hopes in Hibernian hall at Charleston on Wednesday night- The crowd varied from about 300 males at the opening co half that many towards tho close i)f the meeting. Conspicuous in a front seat was Vincent Chlcoo, kuown as the un crowned blind tiger king of Charles ton, who interrupted several of the speakers with questions relative to the dispensary. It was a sweltering ! uight, but Chicco gave away fans on which were printed tho pictures of himself and Tillman, labeled ' Chicco and Tillman, tho two determined." The campaigners were given a royal ...imo during tho day by oiuolal Oharleston, led by Cnalrman Daniel L. Mit kier, and what they wanted they did not have to ask for-it was all there. Much interest was added to the meeting by tho arrival of Senator Haysdale, candidate for the ellice of attorney general, who was not present at the opeuing of the oampaign at St George Tuesday, as lt has been ex peoted that he would vigorously op pose Mr. Lyon's views on tho so-oali ed "burning issue." Tue result ol their lirst encounter is stated below Each had only Ave minutes lu which to present his side, which accounts for tho lack of more detail. Mr. J. Willard Rigsdale, of Flor noe, made his drat specoh as a can didato for the office of attorney gen ital. Ho opened by remarking that when ho determined to make the race ho hid done so under the belief that the chico belonged to no man, that no o?', was entitled to olalm it to the exolu.'jon of others who sought it Ho m? accordingly surprised to note lu tl o charleston Post that Mr. Lyon deserted the o?loo. m^'" himself ho would say that ' -'?V?JMQQi exoeptln so ...a as the people? might ?lact cb give * to him after weighing him lo the balance?. Hut, said he, if lt mustibe said that any one desorveb the cfn:o, I tell you to look at the dis t nguished setvloos rendered to South Carolina by Lu Illy Youmans, and every patriot must feel that if thc ellice belongs to any one of us it be longs to Youmans. (Applause.) Hut 1 take it that lt is due to no one. The tinco of attorney genera. is not a political one Whether or not a oandldato stands for tho dis pensary should not determine thc question. Tho ellice requires oertuii uties un eleot bini attorney general ie teds you ho whl prosecute lb grafters if you el ot him attorney gtiioral he tous you no moro thai what he is in duty b und to do. 1 utaud here as one wno oeais toe right from the supremo court of Sjuih Cartllna, as a young lawyer, and pledge mysolf to pioucoute any viola tor of law who comes undor my pur view. I ask for no sentiment in this race. All 1 have a right tj expect from you ls a fair deal, and a fair deal is to taki Into consideration the integrity of the .candid ates and their ability. In the past you have undorsod me and 1 have tried to merit that endorsement. I am a staunen supporter of thu dispensary, bcoause 1 bolle ve it ls tilt best solution. 1 ara unoompum s ingly opposed to grafters. Whatever are my views as tJ too dispensary, no aut of raine wlllovor be done tnat wil seek to protect a mau who robs thu state and appeals to mo as a support er of the dispensary under tho belief that 1 would nelp him I stand for tho purification of the dispensary and for pure eleotions. 1 have, favored tue lu ventlgatiou of the dispensary and 1 hold that it was tue oommitte'8 duty to complete Hs work and report it to tho legislature e-nat appointed lt. It is now too early to judge Ita work, and simply because m/ opponent has been pro minent in the investigation as a mem ber of that committee ls nj reason why you should vote for him. The sole qualification for you to apply is nts general titness. Cnalrman Slnkier read a letter from Attorney General Youmans announc ing lils candidacy, in wnloh ho told how hlB duties lnterforrod with ills participation in tue campaign at pres eut, believing that he ought to attend to them rather than look after his own Interest in canvassing for votes. Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, the other nan dldate for attorney genera), followed. Ho said lie would make a serious prop osition to his friond, Mr. lUgsdalo. li ne enterad tile ruco against Gene ral Youmuns ucc&use 1 did so 1 will make tum an cit.ir. I do no." care to trenoh upon tho privilege of this old soldier who stood witii Hampton in thoso dark days of ?South Carolina's troubles. I mako tho proposition to him that, if lie thinks it is improper for us to enter this campaign against General Youmans, we now graoo fully withdraw. Tnere waB quite a buzz of interests at this. Mr. Lyon looked around to wards Mr. lUgsdalo, who rapidly oamc to tho front and askod the chairman if lie could iirst ask Mr. Lyon a ques tion and then reply. Chairman Sulk ier said that lt would bo taken out ol Mr. Lyon's ilvo minutes if he did so, and it was agreed that Mr. Lyoi should proceed with his specoh. Said ho, Justa? our fathers yean ago prooiaimeu and obtained for Ul tho right ot looal self govorhmont, ] now oom-, to lift my volco for tba doarest right. I do not think the dis penaary bas accorded you that right I j Ib has been forced on you Improperly. When the people soe that lt ls corrupt and roblen to the core, as 1 tell you lt is, they will wipe lt out. It is oorrupt. However our commit tee may bo Blurred, we have breached bhe walls and given you a glimpse of che rottenness within, and lb is up to you bo drive oub bhe grafters. Our committee oannot proseoute. We have practically finished our work. 1 ba?e a formal repurt to present, but the rest ls very libbie. My candidacy resolves itself into one thing: Will you uphold the ban ner that I have raised and assist me In my fight against graf b or will yuu leb them oome out with their forcett and trample you In the dust? The Walterboro meeting un Thurs day was absolutely devoid of any spec ial features txjopt a continuance ot tho Lyon Ragsdale dispute about gob bing out ot tue race, bub as yet noth lug has como of lb. In nts speeoh Mr Lyon did nob refer to the matter of withdrawing, bub balklug about the corruption of the dispensary and sala lie ought to bo oleoted so as he could proBcouto the rasoals that had beeu run dowu by the investigation. Mr. Ragsdalo spoke next, savs that he Cid not put himself as the o..ly mau lu South Carolina who could properly lill tho cilice cf attorney general. Ho was not tue only mau who could do vlae plans to bring about honesty in administration. Referring tatheofiloo lie said if nor vicua entitled any man to it LeRoy F. Youmaus should have it, but a mau, generally, ought not to bo given cfllje beoauso ot what ho has oono, but beoause of his character und ability. Ho had not entorcd thc raoe to defeat Youmaus. He withheld als pledge until ho saw that Lyon would ruu. ?s to withdrawing he said Lyon had entared the contest against Mr. Youmans because he believed him physically incapable of making the oauvass and thus expected to run without opposition. Ho had no desire to oppose Coi. Youmaus and would JO willing to withdraw without any dtrlng to his withdrawal and allow Colonel Youmaus to bo eieoted with out opposition. Ho would do this If Lyon will. This waa received with applause by tho audience. Before Mr. Lyon could reply, time waa called upon Mr. Ragsdale and a recesas waa taken tor einnor. Don ol' Xiiurdorers, Wear Ruttl, a Switzerland village in tho Zuerloh Ooerland, the p illee uave made highly sensational dlscov ery. For a long time a remote farm nouse was ocoupledby a family named Cberholzor, constating of two brotherb ind a elster. A few days ago, thc authorities fouud cause to search the nouse. An Immense quanity of stolen goods was found, but worse things wero discovered later. A wall exe!tea suspision owlug to lt peoullsr shape and wheo an opening waa made a rough cot du was found with a female skeleton, olotues still aduering to lt. Its Ident ity baa uot yet buen establiBued, bui ouab some awful crimes nave beau oummitced lu tuo house appears bo bc now practically certain. Puckere Hard Ult. Otliolal statistics compiled by the department of coin me roe a. nd la hoi dnow how the agitatlou against the pac nerti has aatnaged foreign trade, lu January, before the rcvelatiou li. Tue Jungle" had gained wine pub iiciiy, thc exportatiou of canned beel snowed au Increase of twu minion pounds ovor the previous year. Foo .uary s.iOAoJ a faning uff ut '? OOO.uou J o, u i, M.kic J suo >von ?ioy poi oem d.oteas: wltu a lons to packers 01 ??uo.ouu. A ru snows a ulerease o. JV<ai Marou of ?JO.UO? pouo?s. May jiiow?d a similar ueo.oaoe. Tho tx poriaiion of liesa ocef lu April ant. May biiowed a .MUMU, cit ore a e. OltillA Beulet?. China Tuursday signed a treaty ac ceding cumplo satisfaction to France tor tho maftsaoro of six Frenoh Jesuit mibslon&tries at Nai o.iaug, Kiang Province. In February last. Cuma pays 9200,000 indemnity to tho mis sion aud $40J,00U Indemnity to the deoeased ni lesionarles' fannies, build.-, a memorial hospital and punishes th. ringleaders of the rioting. lu addi tion iios ti io m. u, niinor.-,, willoh the people of NauCiiang demanded, wilt not be grunted to tue Chinese mag?n trates whese suicide was tho signal for thc outoreak. Fronon gunboats tn thu vloinity of Nanchang will be withdrawn. Foll From ? Window. At Wasulngbon ou Wednesday, 20th instant, Clarence M. York, private secroiary tj Cnlef Justioo Fuller, of thc supremo court of tho United States jumped or tell from a window at Garliieid hospital and received in Julies from whioh ho shortly after .?.ard died. No one saw him v/hen he .vent through tho widow. Mr. York was about 40 yeare of age and bad held bis position with Ctiief Justice Fuller for many years, ne was sent to the ho? pi tal for treatment for u slight Injury. llobbod by Bandits. A special from Hillas, Ga., say? Mrs. Sallie Golden, postmaster at that plaoo, was knocked down and robbed there Thursday. A masked man entered tho c ill JO with a knife in hand and told her if sho screamed he would kill her, Attempting to escape ?he was knocked down by two oiows on tho bead, thrown Into a olosct and the robber then took the money in tho ( lil :e and escaped. There io no clue Lu tho robberr Killed by * F?ll.~ i At Charleston on Wednesday, 20th Initiant Mr. Samuel Webb, a lineman , of tho Consolidated Raliway compa ny, wa? killed through tho falling ol a guy stub on which ho was descend i lng. The bottom part of the pole was rotten and tho lineman's spurt , were fast in the polo, making lb tm , possible for him to avoid falling with tho polo. j tiot I)AIII*KOB. I O. S. Jones has been awarded t50C i damages against the Bank of Foun tain Inn beoauso the bank turned i down bis oheck when ho had amnlp ? money on doposlb in the bank to pay I tho cheek. Tho bank's defense was t that it held up payment until the . party holding the check oonld be . identified. An appoal will be taken. A N?W PARADISE. PLIOASUIUO TOUivlSCa FLOCK TO W IOS TIO UN NO lt I'll O A HOIiI NA. Southern B ailway Beveals " The land of the t.ky ' and "Jhe Sap phire Country." The Washington Post nay H the day has passed when the tide of travel for pleasure or health or to eaoape from fie heat of the summer months flows northward. Imagination for a long time lured tourists In that direction in the belief that toward fiat point ' of the oompass, aud that alone could comfort bo found in summer or rest attained by thone wearied by prolong ed application to business oaros. Experience, made possible by the development of the South by the Southern Hallway, bas shown that in tho p 11 u:o que portions of North a d South Carolina, Virginia, Qeorgla, Tennessee, and other States of the Southern oountry, nature bas provid ed the ideal conditions that tend to make a summer vacation healthful, restful and thoroughly satisfying. . Ono naturally thinks of the Sjuth j as a winter resort, but the Southern ll di way has made it possible foi thousands of persons to know that in Western North Carolina the olimate ls perfeot the year round, and that in midsummer that region ls Ideal. Whether lt be the hunter, the ang 1er, or tho Idler, tho broad plateau, tho foothills, and the mountain sldeb and tops of the picturesque Blue Ridge open day after day new Heidi for sport and new scenes of rest or reoreatlon. .10/cry desirable spot ol Ibis broad plateau, 2 OOO feet above the sea, Is aooesslblo by the Southern Railway, whoso summer schedule ha> ticen arranged to meet the part?cula: requirements of summer travel aud especially of those who are limited tc week end trips. Tho grandeur of the Ecsnery alont the line of this road ls seen at its best lu ''The Land of the Sky" and the "Beautiful Sapphire- Country," the very names themselves Hiving some .lint of the remarkable beauties un !oldcd to the visitor, Asheville is the oenter of ''Tin Laud of tho Sky," and radiating rom it may bo found Hit Springs, Waynesvlllo, Kaywood White Sulphur Springs, Hendersonville, Brovatd litltmore, Lake Tokaway, and, s ihort distance farther on to the south vest, "the Beautiful Sapphire Coun o.y." lt is to the enterprise of the South ern Railway that these now famcui icctlons of the South owe their popu larlty. They are easily roaohed bj palatial through express trains from New York City, aft arding every oom* fort and luxury during the Southon Journey. Connections carefully srrang ed likewise make them aooesslblo fron, ill points lu the South and Weat, li is at Salsbury, N C., that the tourist .'rom the North gains hin Hist glimpse >f the beautiful country. From that polut until tho train reaches the sum nit of the Bluo Ridge, the route ls through a diotrlot of ounstaml. changing and exquisite scenery. The Sapphire oountry has been oom pared, and not Inaptly, to the fa famed English lake dlstriot, but tin lake region of the South ls on a moo grandor soale. Its mountain peak o-^er well Into the clouds and 1 u.fli are tw'ce the height of those i IO wland. Its catari.c-8 and mou am st rea ->s oom?, piuugl g o. v. ??elr rooky bods from far greater di jiuces tuan the E gi sn streams. 1 0 te region of tue "Land of tue Sk nore than eighty mountain p ak tower over 5 OOO feet, and twent. . coreo of ttum are higher than ?vi un. Washington, toe giant of the Whit Mountains. No longer do the moun tain resorts of Naw Hampshire, Ne' York and Vermont hi ld sway, tu) >tnce tue erection of the splendid h< . tels and innumerable hostelries cl more modest pretensions in this sec clou, those seeking health, rest, re creation and ohange have found in this glorious mountain and lake re gion ell mato, 802uery and oomfort ?ind what more can one want Tncre was Issued from the pres only yesterday an artlstlo bruohur? by the Southern Rally way telling ah about this country. It oontalns tim tables, desoriptlvo matter, tho names of resorts, the prices charged, and tells how to got thore. It ls a com plcte. Index to a perfeot vAoatlon oountry, and after reading it no on? need be in doubt as to where to spenr bis vacation, how muoh lt will cos and how to reach lt_ BIIAIAN ?ro toDofUh, For the Hf tb time within a year thc whites residing tn the vlolnity of th< Miller shaft at Portage, PA , and the n groes ompljycd there have olasheo ..ho latest, outbreak ocourlng Thurs diy, when John Alexander, e mgro, was beaten to death in front c f the Partage Ilotol. He and thret companions bad been drinking at the b ir of the hotel, and while there an alleged to have mado remarks tha* angered Walter Price, the birtendor, n.nd four of his companions. The men followed the ncgr JCS to the pave mont and there attacked them. Alix ander was pursued to tho telephone ellice, whoro he foll and was tloally kicked into ino msclousticss. He died nu tow minutes. Joseph Smith, Walter Price, Harry Orof and Shorty Cole, all whites, wore arrested for oauslnt? the negro's death. Two whites anc three negroes havo been killed then in raoo riots reoently. To llolp Cotton Uro\v?ra Although both ropuolloan and democratic state committees have frowned upon lt, tho length of a shirl ls to be an Issuo in tho Kansas cam paign this year. A farm paper is 1 1 adlng a movement to organize far 1 mers into unions. Tue argument ad vancod Is that if every shirt was madf ' ono inch longer the added cloth would oonsumo the entiro surplus of cotton. Farmers aro urged to organ!/.) and stand for tills demand. Ryan and i Crummer, chalrmon, respectively, of tho domooratio and republioan state I committees, deolaro that if this i remedy werorcversod to equalize mat tera in oaso of an extreme shortage in , tho ootton orop, it might bee imo very i embarrassing. "I think tho farmers i should go slow on this proposition," said Chairman Byan, WHO THEY ARE. Names of the Candidates for the Different Offices. TILLMAN OPPOSED By W. W. Lumokin for United States Sedater. Ail Sorts of Whiskey Platforms In the Gubernatorial Race. Pull List of Candi dates for all Places. A t noon on Monday State Chairman Wilie Jones olosed tho list ot entries for tho State Oimpaign, which opened at St. Gaorges on Tuesday. There were six eleventh bc ur entrlcB, one of these being Capt. W. W. Lumpklus, )f Columbia, oommerotal ag-:nt cf the Georgia Railroad, who entered to op* pose Senator B. lt Tillman for the United States Senate. Tue Columbia li cord says among rhe entries Mmday was that of J. Fraser Lyon, of Abbeville, chief dis pensary Investigator, who is out for attorney general. Fivo minutes af?:er els pledge oame that of ex Senator J. W. Ragsdale, of Florence, a dLpen-.&ry candidate for tho same plaoe. This third oandldato for the plaoe ls the Inoumbeut, LeRoy F. Youmans, of Columbia, appointed by Governor Heyward to succoed tho late U. X. ! Gunter. Mr. Youmans was attorney i general undor Governor Hampton, and ls over seventy years old. The last pledge to come in, Just five mtuutes before closing time, was that if A. Crane Jones, prohibition can didate for governor, from Newboriy. Another autl dispensary candidate to die bis pied go today waa Charlo A. ?ml li, of Timmousvllle, a looal op bionlst oandidate for lieutenant gov irnor. The other gubernatorial eutries are M. F. Ansel, county dispensary advo cate, of Greenville; Senator Cole L. Mease of Newberry, stato dispensary is lt stands; Joel E. Brunson, of Sum Ger, straight prohibition; W. A. 101 vard8, prohibition, of Wards; H. I. Planning, of Sumter, c. ^lonsary re formed; J . J. MoMahau, of. Columbia dspensary reformed; Lieutenant Gov ernor John T. Sloan, for the state lispensary. The dispensary candidate for lieu tenant governor is Senator Thomas G. MoLeod, ot Lie oounty, on same J aiu-rm as Mitnuing. Thu cnmplo':o lat of entrlea follows: United States Senator-B. ft. Till nan. E Igetleld, and W. W. Lumpklu, f Columbia. Congress--Firat district, George S. begare, of Charleston; Second da rlot, J. O. Patterson, o? Barnwell; G. L. Toole, of Alkeu, an? B i l r B. clair, of Salud*; Third dlstno', Wyatt kiken, of Abbeville, and J. E Beggs, if Piokens; Fourth diatirio^, W. C. I Irby, Jr., of Laurens, J T. Johnson, f Spartanburg, and G. FI. Mam>n, of Irceuvilie; Fifth distriot, D E. Fin .y, of Yjrkville, T. J. S i ,t.,< f Lm ins, and W P. Pdlook of Cluster; itxtb dis*riot, J E E e b o? Sel" dj S v .utu dtstriov, A. F. Lever, of u xtngfR n. Gjvornor-M. F. Ans.d, C. L. t ease, J E Brunsen, W. A. Ed wards, R 1. Manning, J J. MoYla* an Joliu T. Sioan, A. (J. Jjnes. Lieutenant Govornor- Phon as G. Vi Liod and diaries A. Smith. S ?oretary of Stale-R M MoG? vn, f Foresee; J. li. M ir rm m, of B;rko <y. L. M. Biglnli of Oolu nbla, and vi. P. Trltiole, of Anderem. Attorney Gjucral-J Fras r Lyon, fohn W. Ragadale and L. F. You nans. O jmptnller Ganeral-A. W. Jones, .f Abueville; G. L. Walk:r of Green 1116. State Treasurer-R. H. Jennings, .1 Fairfield Adjutant GcrenV-J. C. Bovd, of Groenvdlc; L. W. Haskell, of Cilum na. Railroad Commissioner - James Jansler, of Tirzah; John 0. Sellers, of Sellers; J. M Sulliv.vu of Anderea; J. A Summerset, of Golumou, aad John H, Wtiartou, of Liureos. S'.ate Superintendent? of Kluc.tlon - O R M min, of Greenville. HACJC KO lt ATTOUNKY GISNBRAL. Tue raca for aotoraoy general will io next lu interest to that for g >ver lor. Mr. Lyon loft yesterday afternoon ilaoiog hts chick an I pied .o in the lands of a friend, w o fl.ed it. with diairman Jones Monday Itss than tali an hour before tho list wa i c.os ul. Five minutes latera friend flied Mr. Rigsdales pledge vlth his o na In a lotter to lila friend Mr. lUgsdaie said that ho would not opp. so Mr. Youmans, but If any other m in en tered tho race to Hie hin pledge. Ho iskod his friand to wait to tho list and bc particular not toeutor him un teas other opposition developed to Mr. Youmf.ns. ? 0. A. SMITH WON'T HUM. O .io of thc pledges tiled at tho last nlriuto was that of C. A. S ntth, of Timmonsyll'e, for lieutenant gover nor. Mr. Smith's pledge was fi.e l for .dm by a friend, who stated this iftcrnoon that af tor reach! lg theolty r.oday at norn Mr. Smith Dad deolded t at lie could not enter Mm race. Ho had been solicited to go in t' o cam paign as an anti dispensaryotudidato, bub thought lt would ba u twiss for lim to make ti" face on that line. What IN N WO? Tho State says an Interesting com ment upon what ls "news" is gtvon in tho roports of ihi death of tho raoe horao Sysonby. Toe Now Y >rk pa pers gavo tho "story" front-pigo po dtlon and miro than a o ?lu on in ovih was devoted to the subj ^ct It must nave been a man of national r puta tlon that could havo command d t' o ?>*mo nest tlon and i quat > moo. All of whloh goes to show that these rinys there la suoh a thing as ' f im.i" am mi? beasts as wei I as a m. m g mon, and vomn boast aro more famous than most men oan ever hope to be.