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f~" VOL. XV. - THE HOME STRETt II V Ths Race for the Goal Has Now Commenced LAST HALF OF RUN BEGUN. The Compliments cf the Hustings Orators no Doubt Brought Blushes to Lancaster's White Rose. The dividing lino mooting at Lancaster Woduosday was quiet. The audienco was thoroughly undemonstrative and attentive. There was littlo cheering, no noise. When the mootingwas , called to order < -hairman Porter btatcd that if ovory candidato spoko according ( to sohodulo the mooting would continue from 10:30 until 4.30. Mr. .J. P. Dorhaui was not present and sout excuses. Ho was absent on | account of siokness and announced his platform and showed the work of his j office. Mr. Hrookcr started out by say- | itig ho had already saved tho State $50,000 and was in position to save that , much moro. Hon. Floyd spoke but House was absout. Thou oamo tho candidates for rail- y road commissioner. Mr. .J, H. Wharton spoko first. Ho said thcro were , towns discriminated against in rates. Then ho took up the matter of overohargo and wautod agonts authorized to littXJ nv?r?liari>na nr umlrn fr?r v?v.v.? .evu v. "*""v ?..vm-uvv i ?VI | lost artiolcH. Ho said there was no ] senso in tho argument of long and shorts hauls when tho rato on lumber is less from Augusta to Camden than from Luck now. Maj. Barnard IS. JOvaus said froight rates wero higher hero than in auy southern Stato. Ho said there was somothing rotten in Denmark and it was in the railroad commission. The oouunissioners wero liable to arrest when riding ovor the Slate on frco passes. Tho commission is doing nothing for tho people. Mr. T. M. Berry said he was running on his own merits and not on the domorits of anyono. Ho was a prohibitionist and always advocated tcmporanoo. Ho wantod to bo measured as a man and stand on his merits. He saw nothing so bad in ihc present commission. Promises oan bo easily made? and broken. If oleotcd thoro would bo comfortablo stations. Mr. T. K Pettigrow always believed - in tho value of tho railroad oommissioncrship. Railroads are 'combining and tho peoplo must combine through their commissioners. Ho is and always ha9 been a simon-puro farmor, but raised tobaoeo, ootton and truck. Ho promised to be faithful to tho interests of tho people, as heretofore. W. I). May field spoko of tho mill devolopmont and argued that tho surplus ootton ought all be bought in this State and not from Goorgia. Tho rates aro prohibitive. Furnituro factories prosporcd in North Carolina bcoauso of bettor rates. Then ho took up tho manufaoture of tobacco goods nud argued that the local rates wero too high and tho samo applied to tlour mills. Wholesaling must remain small be oauso of tho rates. He believed tho commissioners should not bo paid by tho railroads or provided with passes. Mr. W. D. Evans said tho commission know sonic of tho rates woro too high, but tho thing has to bo o.?rcfnlly 1 dono. Tho Texas commission out all ratos fit) per cent and has boon tied up in tho courts sinoo. Then ho showed wherein recently tho rates have heen reduced on fertilizer, shinglos, wood, ootton, brick, etc. The only way to 1 work was to aot jointly and oontinu- ' ously. Tho two Evansos disputed as to tho 1 North Carolina rate. Tho North Caroolina rato as quoted is all wrong. W. * I). Evans stated. IIo says oleet him and have ono honest ma.. on tho board. 1 sond Mr. W. 1). Evans. "God savo the mark, W. 1). asked to havo his ' charaotor and reputation oomparod if 1 nocd bo. ' B. B. Evans?I'd never oomparc my ' olu raotor with you. vV. 1). Evans?1 have never tried to 1 pass off anything bogus on tho pooplo. 1 If you will look in tho attornoy genor- ' al's roport you will find ho insured 41 < dispensarios in bogus oompanios and 1 tho oompanios wcro not worth a oont. 1 It It le.tmrtu uaid if ur/Mild Kn mall ! to look at tho records in W. 1). Evan's < oounty. i W. 1). Evans wont on to say whon ' ho ran for tho constitutional oonvon- ' tion thoro was intenso opposition to 1 him and a warrant was sworn out against him for fast driving through tho streets ' and drunkonnoss. Ho insisted on bo | ing tried and was acquitted. i B. B. Evans?Oh, that's not it. I mean whoro you ohoatod a man out of ' ? $15,000 and a judgment is reoorded KLw. against you. f Chairman?Time's up. W. I). Evans?Lot me explain. B. B. Evans?That is a personal matter and ho attaoked mo. Mako him sit down. ' * Tho ohairman thon without further ado prosontod Mr. Capers and W. 1). Evans wont to his ohair saying: "I paid that olaim, ovory cent and am poor too." Mr. Capors then wont on to say if olooted ho would not employ Yankoo soldiors to teaoh in tho summor schools. MoMahan is honost but wrong. His ohiof complaint was that MoMahan ignored oounty superintendents and othor Carolina oduoator*. Capers objected to whito toachers boing over oolored normal sohools. MoMahan wanted to explain, but tho timo was up. ( Then oamo tho govornors. 0. Walt , Whitman insisted that from what , others saw the various departments aro , in bad shape and ho wanted to romedy . ) V ?1 hiogrt. Disregard of law in South | 'Hroliua wan amazing and disgraceful, lot only as to tho dispensary law but ivorything pise if thoso speakers aro to >e bclievod. Tho bost uion at times, 10 feared, took just a little too uiuoh iquor. A little druukonncsB docs not itfcol a man a? much as tolling a lio. Jod never made a misfit and thero is iso for liquor. Tho Biblo does uot jondcuin aoyooo for gotting drunk. Col. J. A. Iloyt and Mr. Whitman liad stood ou every platform that has ever beon oreotcd. Tho pooplo of Lancaster were already convortod to prohioition. The disponsary is put forward ?s tho best solution of the liquor problem. It is a systom adapted to a monirchy, hut it is not for America. Tho jornerst.ono of Democracy is that whatever comoH to tho people should come Iroiu them, and he explained how thin was not tho oaso. lio explained how iispensaties have boon forocd on tho peoplo. Tho disponsary has its good features, if tlioy wcro onforocd. Bojuots woro prcsontod Col. Iloyt by tho "Women of Lancaster." Mr. Frank B. Oary thought tho flowers apt for Col. lloyt's political fuuorul. Uo was not here to villify or abuso inyono. lio argued that no better plan Lhan tho dispensary was yet proposed. He knew this to be a prohibition jounty but he would not ohaogo his iriows. All are marching to teiupcranoo. Prohibition will bring tigers. lio was ao apologist for the dispousary as now run. It is not a system for rcvonuo. Ho was rcliibly informod thoro arc 200 tigors in Columbia. Mr. A. Howard Patterson said the people, and not the papors, woro the jury. If Gary stood no bettor ohanoo than Itryan ho was sorry for Gary; but ho favored Bryan. Ho stuck to Gary and his family all along and has gone Jown with the family. Ho announced himself beforo Gary and had a right to run. Ho then read from the report of Gary's Charleston spoooh and om phasizod that Mr. Gary would not answer his questions in Charleston. Ho devoted lime to Mr. Gary and said if you have local option it will be goodby to dispensary. Gov. MoSwooncy said whon they ohargo that the inoumbenthas not boon successful he hurled it baok at them. Tho dispensary is bettor onforood today Lhan ever beforo and ho can provo it by letters from mayors. Charleston is a seaport and it is difficult to onforco tho law there. He had dono his host to cnfnrnn llio law tlmrn Knl hn liait ilniln au well thoro as anyono olso. lie saved iho Stato $10,000 in constables' salaries. Ilo did this as a business matter. Somo of thoso caudidatcs toll you what thoy would do with tho dispensora. Ho asked all to Yiow tho attitudo of tho people towards tho constables. He wanted to say roforonco was mado that constables wero horo howling for him. Thoy woro not horo by his ordors. Ho did not aouutcnanoo their being horo. Thoy havo no business horo, unless thoy havo work hero. Ho was going to investigate tho matter and if any oonstablos havo boon attonding meetings for political purposes thoy would bo romovod and thoy ocrtainly would not bo paid for boing horo. Ho knew tho oonstablos woro not hero in his intorcsts. Thoy woro free men and any constable oould voto for whoever he pleased, but they must attend to their businoss. Ho road a lottor from tho mayor of Newborry in whioh ho said: "Thoro is no violation of tho dispensary law here." Similar letters woro read from tho mayors of Spartanburg, Saluda, Uhcstor, oto. Thoy agreed that tho salo of liquor has dooroased. All oonstablos had instructions to do their duty and if thoy do not ho would romovo them. Tho lieutonant (ovornors came next. Uol. Sloan said ho had to sing fast and ho tung tho praises of Hlair and .Jackson and Sims and .Jonos and then recounted his sorvioos and qualifications. Ho denied that thcro weio 200 tigers in Uolumbia, for his people woro law abiding. Mr. (!olo \j. Itleime urirntl that the prohibition platform demands the sale of liquor for moohanioal and soiontifio purposes. Thoy condemn tho salo and still insist on the sale. All laws aro violated, bo must all laws bo ropcalod, an is arguod. Ho arguod for good froo schools. Favored biennial BOSBioDfl. Mr. Jas. 11. Tillman said ho had tnoro kinpcoplo hero than in any other aounty. IlesaidCol. Sloan's remark about tigers in Columbia had hotter be salted down! Ho jumped on Col. Sloan for fighting tho soparato coaoh law. As to Bleaso and Bohools ho voted to take 1250,000 from tho schools, llo insisted that whon you striko down tho dispensary you lose tho best friond temperance has ovor had. Ho read numerous letters to show that prohibition did not suit. Mr. Knox Livinston sympathized with tho audionoo for its pationoe. llo gave his certificate of oharaotcr, so to speak, by showing that ho had never boon befeated at homo. Ho has always boon consistent in favoring prohibition when tho pooplo wanted it. Mr. Winklor spoke of his sorvioes in tho houso. Ho was emphatically in favor of the disponsary and urged that it had wnrlfflrl wnndAra Hia nnlo was that tho good prohibitiohists and others had not holpod to support and try tho law. Ho wanted better sohool houses, bettor toachors and bottor pay. Ho spoko kindly of the veterans. Mr. James H. Moore, for attorney goneral, said ho was charged with being a formor Charlotte printor. Ho has had his expcrionocs and ho was glad of this experience. Work was nothing to bo ashamed of. Ho was proud of his North Carolina descent and that ho came here for his homo. Ho said that Oon. Bellinger was eithor indifforont to ooming beforo the pooplo or was afraid to faoo him on tho stump; that ho had gotten awfully busy of lato and had gone to Washington on a wild gooso ohase on an alleged suit against the State by the United States in ignoranoe of tho faot that oongress ? a > it p? CONWAY had repealed the aot authoiisiug the I j ( nited Status to sun a Slate. Regrots wero proacnted from Gen. Hclliugor, who was unablo to bo proaont. / ('apt. Jennings for Stato treasutor uiado a olever apoech. Tho meeting tomorrow will bo at Cheator. August Kohn. Immediately after tho meoiiug Mr. 1 W. 1>. Kvana sent this telogram: (J. 8. MoUall, Hcnnottsvillc, 8. (J.: Harney Kvana acouaoa mo of Bwind- 1 1 l n tr Mat Knann 41 ft OIIG An trnat<vA nf 1 I'tmuivav/u y u/jWVi i Kn uuntvy v/? fund please wire mo whothcr this is true or falso. W. 1). Evans. The telegram in roply. Hon, W. 1). Evans, Lancaster, 8. 0.: Telegrams received. Accusation as to defrauding Matlieson falso. C. 8. MoCall. Mr. Evans requests tho publication. 1 Mr. MoCall was the trustee of tho fund ( loaned Col. W. 1). Evans. A. K. ( PROHIBITION IN MAINE. < 1 i The Democrats Call for Enforcement f and Resubmission of the Law. I The platform adopted by tho Maine 1 Democratic Stato Convontiou at its scs- ; sion in Lowiston on Wednosday, .July 11, contains tho following respecting tho Stato prohibitory liquor law and its nonenforcement: "For noarly half a century wo have had a statutory law, prohibiting tho manufacture, sale and use of intoxicating liquors. For uearly half that timo it has boon embodied in tho Stato Constitution. Sinoo it was tirst enacted scores of amendments, each more stringent and tho penalties more sovoro than those preceding it, havo been passod. "For nearly twonty years tho alleged enforcement of tho prohibitory law has boon growing uioro and more lax, until today in nearly every city in tho State and many of tho larger towns, thcro are regularly established bars and saloonH where liquors are sold in open, flagrant violation of tho Constitution and statutory law. Nearly every hotel, many rostaurauts, hundrods of so-called drug stores and unnumbered and soorot saloons and bar rooms in tho oitics sell without restriction, save an occasional seizure and fino for political purposos. "For tho presont shatnoful, disgust ing condition of affairs in relation to tho prohibitory law, tho ltopublioan loaders and their supporters are sololy rcbponsihlo. Today in many parts of tho Stato we aro having all tho ovils of 'froo rum,' and none of tho rcdocming features of a lioonso law. "For years the prohibitory law has been a political foot ball. Its hypocritical cnforccmont has boon used to control tho liquor voto, to inoroase tho in oouio of perjured oflioials and to swell ' tho corruption fund for campaign pur- 1 poses. Through its instrumentality, < tho party in powor hasinlluonced juries, ' corrupted olfioial sworn to cnforco tho ' law; dobauohed voters, dooeived the advocates of tcmporanoc, bctrayod tho oauso which it professed to support, creating a contompt and a disregard for all laws, and has made the good namo of tho State a byword and reproaoh ] whercvor it is known. "Wo maintain that tho Kepublioan party in Maino is under tho practioal control of a ring which has finally boootno tho rum syndicato of tho State, promoting the illegal salo of liquor, protecting tho dealer in tho salo, pocketing a largo rcvonuo from theso transactions, assossing rum Boilers for money with which to control oauouscs, conventions and eleotions, and saddling a hoavy debt upon and loading tho taxpayers with bills, chargos and allegod disbursements toogriovous to bo borno, and by suoh duplicity they aro demoralizing tho youth of our State and educating them to disregard law and order. "Wo bcliovo tho rospcotablo, law- i abiding citizons of tho Stato, irrospootivrt nf narfv fftVftr a nlmnun 'PKnu ? ~" r ? i v* ? v..wm5v1 * "vj do id and that the law shall ho oithor enforced or ropoalod. To that end wo favor resubmission. A gentleman roocntly ourod of dyspepsia gave the following appropriate rendering of Burns' famous blossing: "Home have meat and oan not eat, and somo have nono that want it; but wo have moat and wo oau eat,?Kodol Dyspepsia Cure bo thanked." This preparation will digest what vou oat. It instantly reliovos and radioally ouros in digostion and all stomach disorders. Dr. E. Norton, In Buffalo, N. V., a church is trying got out of paying its organist his salary on tho ground that tho work which ho porformod was dono on Hunday, and that sinoo Sunday labor is oontrary to law the organist cannot enforce payment through the courts. Ono would hato to havo to dopond upon that ohuroh as a guide to heaven. Tho law holds both maker and eiroulator of a oountorfoit oqually guilty. Tho dealer who soils you a dangerous oountorfoit of DoWitt's Witch Ilazol Salve risks your lifo to mako a littlo larger profit. You oan not trust him. DoWitt's is the onlv (rnnuinn and nritn- I - ? ? ' ? / o ? ? ? o~ nal Witch Hazol Salvo, a woll known ouro for pilos and all akin diHoaaes. Sco that your dcalor gives you DoWitt's Salvo. Dr. K. Norton. Miaaionaries Murdered. Two English missionary ladies, Miss Churoh and Miss Soaroll, havo boon mun'orod at Haai Oi, in tho provinoo of Shan Si by Chinoao. Maaaaoros aro also roportod from Tai Yuan and Pao Ting Fu. It has beon domonstratod by oxpori onoo that oonsumption oan be proven t od by tho oarly uso of Ono Minuto Cough Curo. This is tho favorito remedy for ooughH, ooldrt oroup, asthma, ?rippo and all throat and lung troubles. lures quiokly. Dr. E. Norton. i 4-' * " i i vvm | S. C. THURSDAY. A JOES FOR TILLMAN I! fl Vbout What Ho Said in Hi* Bennettivillo Speech. HIS REPLY TO THE CHARGES. rhe Senator States Over His Own Signature What He Really Did Mean in His Speech. lit his Bennottsvillo speech Senator rillntan declared there is in South ,'aroliua "an unholy alliance of preaohtrs and barkeepors, led by Col. lloyt to lefeat the dispensary." The Senator s being savagoly criticised for his ipccoh and cvou tho diguifiod Bishop Duncan is in arms againt tho Senator. In an interview with the (Ireenvillo S'ows tho Bishop said: "It was manifestly false and an outage," said tho bishop, his small, ponorating eyes flashing as ho shook a slonehed fist. "1 always make it a rulo .o nail a lie whenever it comes up, whether it oouios from tho proHidont )f tho United States or a United Statos tonator, or from anyono olsc. It is all ;ho moro shameful that tho statcmont jonies from a United States Senator. "Suppose I were to say, for instance, that tho niorchants of this town wero in oague with the thieves, tho chicken hiovos, to rob tho citizens, dou't you * mpposo thrro would bo a mighty pro- c est? Well, tbcro is juHt as much sonso in tho ono statement as in tho other." t In tho (Jrccnvillo Mothodiflt oonfersnee held in (Jreonvillc last week tho " jommittco on temperance, to whioh was ( referred the Senator's charge, submit- t :od a report to tho oonforenoc, and tho 1 following is a part of that report: { Kosolvod 1st. That wo reaffirm it to 1 bo the duty of tho Churoh to onforeo ' imong its mcmbors tho rule againpt Irinking spirituous liquors except in I 3aso of noocssity. 1 Hcsolvod 2d. Wo conceive it to bo I :ho duty of a Christian citizen to pro- 1 :oet tho Stato against tho demoralizing, ' lomo blighting, critno-brccding, prop- ' irty destroying drink abuso by lining ( liis iuflueno to rontriot its manufaoturo I and vale to modioinal, sacramental and 1 loicntitio purpoHCH. I ltosolvcd 31. Wo donounce any in- < initiation that tbo effort of Christian 1 ministers and othor oitizons to rid tbo * Stato of this gigantio ovil is a sought or * voluntary oonbination with tho saloon 1 ilcuicnt as a baso slander that is itself in attempt to strengthen tho power of liis most damnablo iniquity. 11. K. Staokhouso, P. F. Kilgo, 11. 11. l.)ag nail. 1 I)r. Chas 8 Oardnor, Pastor of tho Kirat llaptist Church in Oroonvillo preached a scruiou Sunday night week in prohibition in which ho donounccd n lalso Sonato) Tillman's ohargo that ( "tho preachers a*& liquor men aro in unholy allianoo led by Col. lloyt." ' Ho said: "Senator Tillman, who mado tho ohargo, know it to bo falso when ho ' uttered it. Tho ohargo cannot bo in- ' torpreted as anything olso but a moan and oontouiptiblo offort to break tho 1 Torco of tho almost unanimous advooa 1 ay of prohibition by tho preachers and I served its author as a good ocoasion ( also to throw oontompt upon a olass of men for which ho has in many othor 1 ways expressed his oontompt." 1 8KNATOR TILLMAN IN IIKI'I.Y. 1 Dr. J. O. WilHon of tho Southern Christian Advooatc wroto to Senator Tillman asking if ho woro correctly roportod and requesting a roplv. Tho ro- | ply is oontainod in last week's issuo of tho Advooato. It reads as follows: Treuton, 8. 0.. July 23, 1900* Rev. .J. (). Wilson, Columbia, S. 0. l)oar Sir: I havo your lottor of .July J 22d, asking if my spcooh at Bonnottsvillo was oorrcotly roportcd. 1 do not reoollcot tho oxaot words I usod at Ronnettsvillo, hut thoy aro in effoot truo as quoted; and inasmuch as tho , district oonforonoo of tho Mothodist church, under tho leadership of Bishop Duncan, has taken tho mattor up, and tho bishop is roported to havo "nailed" my uttoranco "as a lie," whilo tho ro- ( port of tho oommitteo on tcmporanoo "denounced any insinuation that tho efforts of the Christian ministers and other oitizens to rid tho State of this gigantio evil as a sought or voluntary combination with tho saloon olemont as a baso slandor that is itsolf an at , tompt to strongthon tho powor of this most damnable iniquity," I will tako tho oooasion offered by your inquiry to make an announcement ovor rnv own signature of what 1 said and moant at Bonnottsvillo. Of oourso tho report gave only the barest outlines, I have no quarrel with tho ministers of any ehuroh or denomination and hare no purpose to givo offonso to any of them, i have always homo testimony to the high oharaoter and purity of purpose oharaoteming tho ministry, but I boliovo thoy are wron '.a fighting the dispensary law as thoy do, and I claim tho right to say so, aoknowloding at tho samo timo their right to freedom of speech and freodom of political action on this and ovory other subject. I mentionod tho attitudo of tho ministers inoidontally as an illustration of tho anomalous politioal situation. The ministers attaok the dispensary beoauso it does not go far enough, and the high lioense pooplo and tho blind tigers, whom I designated as tho "old barkeepers," attaok the dispesary beoause it goes too far. They are thus found fighting side by sido in the campaign. There is only ono oandidato in tho field for governor opposed to the dispensary, Oo<. Hovt, and all of those olemonts i are allied in his support, and the proof - I w : s UUUST 2, 19(H). s that Charleston, in the last guberna or i *1 nlootion v.itml for Mr li'nat Voir. tono and prohibition whon it is notoious that the whiskey element in that lity is predominant aud that tho dis>onsary law is not enforood, mainly by oason of tho lax morals of tho grand urors who havo failod to disohargo heir duty under thoir oaths. Col. loyt last winter in his paper, Tho dountainoor, u'god coalition botwoon ho high lioonso pcoplo and tho prohidtionists in tho general assembly in rdor to ropoal tbe disponsary law. Jol. lloyt seeks tho governor's otlloe, md of oourso wants votes. 1 am op>osed to hisolootion sololy on tho theso ;rounds, and oallod attention to tho ilomonts supporting him. There may >o no open "alliance," and technically may havo been in orror in assorting t, but I think it pcrmissahlo to declare ill tho supporters of any ono candidate 'allies" and if the Mothodist ministers vho have accused mo of "slander" will how that thoy do uot intond to work o the same end as tho bar-keopors for ho overthrow of the disponsary, I will hon consider tho proprioty of an apol>gy. Until suoh proof is givon I shall tand by my guns. If tho Mothodist >ishop chooses to call mo a liar, and ho church temperance committee fools lonstraincd to denouneo my opinion of ixisting conditions as "slandor," tho )OOplo of South Carolina will judgo boween us. If they can stand it I can. 1 ong ago learned? 'FiVil is wrought from want of thought, \h dm Ufinl nf linnrl " When good mon fio<l thouisolvoa in )ad company, they usually pause to lonaider how they got thoro and vhother thoy aro not in fault to aomo ixtcnt. Thoro is no oonocalment about it and ho editor of Tho 8tato, who ia tho ipokoBinan of tho lioonHO clouiont, has innouneod hia position olearly and >ponly. The denial by tho prcaohcra hat the combination ia "sought" outa 10 figure. It oxiata, and that ia all 1 isaerted, and to my mind it ia "unholy" ind must mako ovory good man foci inoomfortablo. If tho dispensary is overthrown every iraotical man knows that saloons will jo ro-established in loss than fivo fears. I would dcploro such a result is a great loss to sooioty and know uany preachers aro of the samo opinion. [ shall yot hope to soo all good mon of )f all classes united to mako the dispensary tho success it can beoomo. L poliove prohibition is a Trojan horso py which tho saloons sock to aga'n oner tho State. Tho whiskey mou boliovo ho samo thing. I am against tho laloons and all of thoir frionds whothir they bo good men who aro blind, l'alatics, or schooling politicians. Yours truly, B. It Tillman. WEATHER AND CROPS. Weokly Bulletin Issued by Section Director Bauer. Tho following is tho weokly bulletin of tho oondition of tho woathor and props of tho Stato issued last wook by Director Bauor of tho South Carolina motion of tho United Statos wcathor bureau's woathor aud crop sorvioo: Tho week onding 8 a. m., July 23d, was nearly throe dogrees warmer than usual, and had a maximum of 102 do<rcos at Batosburg, and a minimum of l>G at Groonvillo. Thero woro light, widoly scattered showors during tho entiro week, heaviest in the central oountios. By far the greater portion of tho Stato had no rain, and sovore drought conditions provail in places. Tho noed of rain is gonoral, and nearly all^rops failed, or aro bo pinning to suffor for lack of moisture, especially old corn that is maturing. Tho dry woathor was favorablo for laying by, and ridding Holds of grant) and wcodH, ho that oropfl aro boing laid by in generally oloan condition, although granny fields aro still common. Old corn failod materially, except on moist lands, whoro it shows slight im provoraont. On sandy lands it in tiring. Young corn continues to look woll and rotains its color, but is not growing, and will soon fail unless moisturo is suppliod. Bottom land corn has mado little reoovory since tho Juno froshost. Cotton improves slowly, oxoopt on sandy lands, whero it is shoddiDg loaves and s<|uaros and is turning yollow. Cotton is gonorally small and lato, although Holds aro now olcan and fruiting normally, but tho orop is spotted and its avorago condition romains poor. 3oa island ootton is doing poorly owing to drought, blight and shedding. Tobaooo is riponing fast, and curing mado rapid progress, boing now over half finished. Tho hot woathor injured tobaooo to somo oxtcnt. The prospoot for a largo forago orop is good, cspooially of fiold peas, whioh look vory promising. Minor oroDS gon orally, as well an pastures and gardons, are failing rapidly, and stand in urgont noed of rain. Tho applo and molon crops continue poor, wliile poaohes and poara are plontiful, but tho poachos aro rotting badly. Qrapes are riponing. A gonoral rain would materially iniprovo tho crop prospects. For the Usual Crime. A nogro was lynohed near Knox* villo, Ga., Wednesday night and his body riddled with bullets by a mob. Ho had attempted to assault a fourteen year old girl, and had been arrested. Ho was takon from the officers of tho law by tho lynohors. To be Sent from PekinTho Chincso Minister at Washington reocived a dispatch Wednesday morning from Sheng. tho dirootor of railroadsand telographs at Shanghai, stating that tho foreign ministers are IQ bo sent from Pekin to Tien Tain und It pc oort. to lts< paritl.\ A ~ 1 THE STATE ALLIANCE Decides to Continue the Exchange After Long Discussion The Stato Allianoo mot in Columbia on Wednesday ovening, the following dolcgatcs being j>resont: Abbcvillo??). K. Itlako. Andorson?J. It. Douthit. Kdgoftold?W. H. Timruorman. Florence?A. C. Stowart. llorry .Jan. A. Lowis. Korshaw?J. A. MahafToy. LanoaHter?.1. F. Nosbit. Lexington .lanioH It. Addy. Nowborry?W. It. CouutH. Uoonco?J. It. Fiokott. Orangoburg S. C. Kennedy. Hiobland?It. C. Dui'ro. Union ). U. Kilos. York?J. F. Asho. (Iroonwood .). L. lluehlnv. After tho presidents address a rccoss was taken to allow tho board of trustees of tho Htato oxolnngo to continue its disoussion over tho $18,000 and try to doterinino what wan boat to bo dono with it. At about 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning tho tight over tho exchange and ita funds ended. It had waged warmly all tho evening. (Jol. Duncan and Mr. Koitt both made vigorous Hpoeohes. A throo fourths vote was roquirod in order to withdraw tho capital stock from the oxohango. Whon the proposition to withdraw tho money and roturn it to ilH original subscribers was finally brought to a voto, about $8,000 worth of tho stock voted for it, and the othor $10,000 voted against. Thus it was determined to continuo tho ex ohango, which has been suspondod for about ono year. As to tho details of tho management, they will bo dooided upon later by tho board of directors. At I o'olook Thursday morning the board of directors of tho State Alliance cxohango wan olootod as follows: From tho Stato-at- l<argo?.J. 11, Asho, York, and Mr. Illako, Abbovillo, First District?T. S. Drowning. Scoond I>i?triot ? VV. II. Timnior man. Third District?.Jos. L. Koitt. Fourth District?A. (J. Lvlcs. Fifth District?S. T. MoKoown. Sixth District?(Jharlos Crossland. Sovonth District?D. F. KPird. Tho allianoo then rosuniod its scs sions, roolooting its prosont ollicors? Senator Alexander, prcsidont, and Mr .). W\ ltoid, scorotary and treasurer. Mr. Koitt's term as exooutivo committocinan having expired and ho hav iog opposition, an clootion was noocssi tatcd. Mr. Ncsbit of lianoaster wai chosen to succcod him. Tho ollicors of tho board of dirootorf of tho Stato Alliance oxohango wen thon olcctcd as follows: President?A. C. Lylos. Vioo Prcsidont?J. L. Koitt. Scorotary?Dr. W. II. Timmorman. Troasuror?Uharlos (Jrossland. Tho allianoo elcotod O. P. Qoodwii of Lauronn dolcgato to tho national al lianoo, which i meets in Washington I). (J., in Fobruary, 11101, installed tin officers and then adjourned sino dio ai about 1:40 o'olook Friday morning. A n.A i 1 9lW 1 n. istnermiueu iuoo. Seldom lias there boon Huch grav dctormination on tho part of tho mol or suoh dogged rosistanco on tho parto a Hhcriff an that displayed at Hunts villo, Ala,, last week. A mob of on thousand men went to tho jail to tak a negro rapist and lynoh him. Th Shoriff and his deputies fired upon th lyuohers, wounding some of thom This did not dotor them. Tho shoril appealed to tho governor, and tho mili tary woro ordored out, but too late Tho uiob rccoived tar and foathors am oil, and having gotten into tho lowo oorridor of tho jail, pilod thom on th oascmont floor and tirod thom. Tho wor! of smoking out tho inmates was bogui Tho sheriff retreated with his prisono to a point farthcrost romovod from th odoriferous pile. He sworo that h would die with his prisoner. Th chief of polico forood his way to whor tho sheriff was and oxhorted hiui t leavo tho building. Tho sheriff wa then half sutlooatod. Tho ollioial ha sccuroly looked his prisoner in a stron ooll. The polico ohiof soizod th sheriff and draggod him unoonsoiou from tho building. Tho mob took hoi of tho prisonor and carried him froi tho jail and hanged and shot him t A 1L UUHV11* b'or burns, injuries, pilos and ski disoftsos uso OoWitt's Witoh 11 8alvo. It is tho original, Counterfoil may bo offorod. Ujo only DoWitt's. l)r. E. Norton. i {err (| rver befor J Write for our ek'gant II T cai i we can pavo *. t>u rowpoy in tho j) 0 ana me c. v ten of paymo $ factory or through < r ri/alar i <r tnnit v yo-.i cannot iPoo' to pasn. ^ V Um niam;f?ctiirci.<*. Therefore, n \ con . me ion i iiiuieec >viry. if L%. cart f 'lrr '-rest liberal terina. WMIi t ^WlivTSciiiNE COi For Sale by Spivoy Mercantile I JRF*r(V m DR. Mil WfS^'1 EET | (Teething messes | x 0 sir. no 1 only 25 ca ( <> v# NO. 1. ; WAR OR PEACE? That Is the Question Being Discussed Now. I LATEST CHINESE NEWS. The Pigtails Supposed to be Qetting Ready for a Qigantic War on all tho Powers. News from Washington Hays Admiral Kcmpft's lottor, given publioity by tho navy department Thursday, made the direct statomcnt (hat tho imperial authorities were in sympathy with tho Boxors, though ho addod that tho government was aftorward paralyaod and inoapablo of controlling tho situation. This was tho first official declaration to reach our government contradiotory , of tho Chincso representations that tho [ imperial govcrntuont had steadfastly and from tho first opposed tho Boxor movement, and our government is bound to aooopt tho word of its own oftioor until that is ovoroomo bv irrefragable i proof. Tho oxohangos that aro in constant progress botwoon tho powors i nro tending more and moro to oast susi pioion upon tho gonuinonoss of tho i many communications that h&vo oorno from l'okin through (Ihinose govornmontal sources. Tho imporial edict promulgated by Viceroy Tak, at Clan ton, has loft a diRagroeablo impression, i Doepito tho Chineso ministor's viow to tho contrary, this odiot is looked upon i as suspiciously liko a preliminary to a > formal declaration of war, and as only ono step toward soouring timo to move , Chinese forcos into bottor position for dofonso against tho internationalists. In tho Vang Tho region active prop . aratious for war aro in progross, not for war against the foroign powers. Junk loads of Chinoso soldiors and Boxers disguised as Coolios aro arriving thore daily. '1 ho arsenal is full of arms and supplies aro constantly ooming in. Tho Nan King and Wu Chang garrisons aro - being constantly roenforocd and tho - viceroys admit that they cannot muoh . longer withstand tho prossuro brought to boar by Hhong and Li Ilung Chang upon them to join tho foroes of I'rinoo - Ttian. i Aftor many intricate cxporimouts, scientists havo discovered mothods for i obtaining all the natural digostantsf 3 Thcso liavo been combined in tho proportion found in tho human body and united with substances that build up tho digestivo organs, making a compound called Kodol Dyspopsia Cure. It digosts what you oat and allows all i dyspoptics to cat plonty of nourishing - food while tho stomach troublos aro be, ing radically ourod by tho modioinal 3 agonts it contains. It is ploasant to t take and will givo quick relief. l)r. K. Norton. The Peaceful Philippines. o A dispatch from Manila says at Orob quiota, in northorn Mindanao, two solf diors ontorod a native storo for the puri poses of buying food. Whilo there o ono of them was killed by a bolo and o hia head Hovorod from his body. Tho o othorosoapod and gavo tho alarm. A o company of the Kortioth infantry sta. tionod at Cagayan, ropairod to Orof quiota and killod 89 nativos, 30 of them - being in a singlo house. Subsequently i. tho gunboat Callao, commanded by il Lieut, (Joorgo B. Bradshaw, sholled r Oroquiota, burning tho warehouse, o Ono of tho orow was killod. a Ono Minuto Cough Curo is tho only r harmloss romody that produces imme o diato results. Try it. o Dr. K. Norton. o 0 Having a Run. 0 Ono of tho most oonspiouous advor'j tiscraonts in a?nogro paper published in Washington is Ilartonia, dcooction that ^ is guarantood not only to straighton out 0 tho most stubborn kinky hair, but to 1 blcaoh tho dark skin whito, not in spots but all ovor, and mako tho usor smell 11 liko a basket of frosh out roses in May 0 time. It is having a run. Tho soent killer is put up in powdor form. n si DoWitt's Little Karly llisors are :s famous littlo pill for livor and bowel troublos. Never gripe. Dr. K. Norton. t A a A " ? ? ?- ? cwimtTUttl lical Chango in Marketing Methods 5 s Applied to Sewing Machines. # glnnl plan under which you can obtain 4 ns Hint Setter value in the purchr.se of ^ famous 4'White" Sewing Machine thau w o offered. ? Lalogue and detailed particulars. How ^ urchase of u high-grade sewing machine 4 nt we can offer, either direct frotu ^ f.utljorized agents. This is km opj*>r r'ca know the "White," you know TH tailed description ofUie machine and ? you h.ivc an old machine to exchange J Write to-day. Address in full. J \m\, (Dcp't A.) Cleveland, Olio. 5 Co., Conway, 8. C. IFFETT'S A Allays irritation. Aids OlgestloB, Ulll A Regulate* the Bowels, I III IB ?K. TKILI II111 M Makes Teething Easy. Powders) JLJLTEETttlNA Relieves the Bowel , ? , , Troubles of Children oI nts at Druggists, any aoc. ? .J. MOFFKTT, M. D^ ST. LOUIS.