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* vol.. XV. A LIVELY MEETING.I Senator Tillman Replies to Dr. j Gardner's Sermon. HOYT REPLIES TO TILLMAN | * And Defends Dr. Gardner's Ser- | mon. Tillman Takes a Hand Primary on the Dispensary. Tho largest and* liveliest meeting of tho campaign was at Greenville on Monday of last week. After tho mooting was called to order, Col. Hoyt was presented, and made a happy speech, giving way to hiH opponents and giving thom his time and a kind word. lie said that ho had lived among these people for twenty years, and that ho felt that all present knew him and his work, lie felt that thorn was no need for him to speak, for all ho might say lie felt would change no votes as bctweon him and other candidates, but ho would like his friends to hoar all tho other oandidates. Then Col. Hoyt paid a compliment to eaoh of his opponents, relating how woll ho knew eaoh of them and bo speaking for oaoh a kind audionco. Then Col. Ilovt startod to walk to his seat and Mr. Gary suggested that ho add: "That they all voto for Hoyt," and Col. Hoyt turned and remarked that tho audicneo should not forgot to voto for him, and this provoked amusement and much applauso for Col. Hoyt. i nr< > ri .\ i ^ i' r. /\ i\ r. i\r?. Mr. Hrookor aud Mr. Durham spoke next and told tlio largo audience what thoy thought of caoh othor, and why thoy thought the pcoplo should vote for them for comptroller-general. Then followed Messrs. Capers and MoM&han who tried to impress the pcoplo why each thought he was better than tho other for superintendent of odueation. Gen. Floyd told tho orowd why he should be elected adjutant general. Mr. House was absent, but sent his regrets. For railroad commissioner Major H. H. FvanH started out by insisting that the Fiedmont section was discriminated against. Augusta and Atlanta had rates which Greenville oould not got. Mr. lhom*s N. Horry romindod tho . ^ audionoo that ho was born here and Tia"d always boon a temperance advocate. Somo ovon^ftfiid ho was too good. J. 1. Pettigrcw spoke of having gone, to tho war with Gree nville boys and his into^ost in those people. IIo went over his qualifications for tho oflioo, W. D. Maylield went into his astomary argumont. Tho outsido wholesalo dealers can all undersell the South Carolina wholesalers bcoauso tho local rates arc against the South Carolina doalors. J. H. Wharton took up freight ratcB aud argued that the roller mills here were disoritninatcd against, and took /^up the matter of connections. f J SENATOR TII-I.MAN was receivod with much applause. Ho said it was six years sinoo ho spoke here, and it was a great pleasure to be hero again and to bo so well received. From tho behavior of the platform thoro must bo something weak in tho party hero. He did not know whether it wa8 prohibition or not. Ho felt the rank and tile hero were true art steel and would voto right. Today for the first time the pro gramme was ohanged and the order of speaking rovorsed. It was charged that ho had boon meddling in affairs and that ho had no right to be hero, and beoause ho had no opposition ho ought to keep awuy or discuss nothing but national issues, flfejb Ho explained the change of proBk gramme and was told he had unlimited time. Before he started ho told why JB ho was hero and why ho had a right to Jk be here. Ho explained he was here in M obedience to party law, and he JM wanted it understood ho would hew to .4^ tho line, and if some tingors and toes are out oil tho fault would not be his. Then he reitorated that had he remained away ho would have been acoused of being too big for his breeohos and having gotten tho swell hoad, and then whon he oamc they turned and told him ho was meddling. It was the samo as of old; ho would be damned if ho did and he damned if he didn't. Ho asked tho orowd to be quiet until ho bottled the hot stuff. Then he took up the spcoial board in this eounty and said tho committco had turned the candidates loose and was letting tho question be sottlod for tho . oounty in a spooial box. It was a bad ulan and was intondod to lot tho candi r dates straddlo and honey fugglc the pcoplo. It is oowardly in the candidates to ask the committee to allow this screen. You will bo fools if you do not have tho candidates line up and say whether they are for prohibition or the dispensary. The special box is a fraud and if you do not like it lump it. The question before you is one offeoting you and your progeny for a life time. It is a question to be decided ! upon the merits of the matter. Thero should be no unduo pressure, lie was here also because he had been attacked I and he and his administration had been attaoked and held up to dorision and Col. Hoyt the other day. Here the speaker was interrupted by applause for Tillman.) Tillman then said ho intended only to speak of Col. Hoyt kindly. He would troat him as a high- # toned gentleman, but warned the crowd that the more it hollered that way the less thoy would like it bofoie he got through. He wanted only ti> discuss ~ f m Then Tillman related how the dispensary oamo as ho haa heretofore done. When the Prohibitionists say he cheated theui they know thoy are not telling the cxaot truth. He ropoated why he had no uso for a machine, as ho had the pcoplo back of him He related why ho did not want prohibition and why ho thought it would, bo a failure. Ho wished ho oould loavo ono matter unsaid and ho regrotted that ho oaiuo in oontliot with a distinguished divine; ono who was honored and bolovod, and no doubt proporly so. This diviuo had gono out of his way to mako a politioal sermon. In this speech ho had taken tho liborty of mentioning his (Tillman's) namo. Solf-respoot demanded his coining hero and talking plainly. Then he took up Dr. Gardner's sermon, and read an extract, in which Dr. Gardner held that tho dispensary business was immoral, and ho so arguod. In considering tho argumont Tillman urged that tho first thing was whether this proposition, that tho salo of liquor was immoral, would stand. There is not a scintilla of diiTorenoo whothcr tho State soils through lioonsos or through tho dispensary, but is it an immoral act? Is it a sin to sell or use whiskey? i'heso distinguished gontlomen who havo held a party convention and nominated their man havo as tho basis of their fight that it is sinful to sell liquor as a beverage. Tlioy quoto from an almost obsolcto part of tho Bible and from which he never hoard any other than a prohibition sermon. Ho has as high a regard for tho ministers aa*ny one. Thoy do not uso all of tho text, but quoto it in part, llo then quoted from Proverbs and St. Paul to bIiow that wino drinking was not prohibited. Ho insisted that tho Prohibitionists garbled their text and that thoro was nothing in tho Bible to provont tho uso of whiskoy. Drunkenness is forbiddon. Ho had substituted tho dispensary law for prohibition for tho pooplo's good. Then lie took up anothor cxtraot from l)r. Gardner's sermon, that tho profit feature of tho disponsary mado tho agents of tho State trv to soil an much iiH poHhiblo. Tillman said thoro wore two hides to this quostion. He did not want the people to get too muoh liquor. He wanted the appetites controlled, and then he jumped on the license system. There is as muoh to bo gotton out of liquor as any othor legitimate souroo of taxation. This minister oponly and boldly wants to tako away tho profit, which restrains drunkennoss by not putting so muoh liquor in the consumer's hand. It was fanaticism run mad to havo as muoh whiskoy drunk as now and get nothing out of it, and not restrict it. Jn regard to the ohargc of Dr. Gardner that ho (Tillman) hold tho preachers up to oontompt, ho said verbatim: "llo not only oharges mo with elandor in my uttcrancos, knowing it to bo untrue, but ho goes furthor and doclaros i uttered these words to oxpross oontciupt for certain men for whom I havo oontompt. 1 say it here in tho prcsonoo of thoso many pooplo who listen to Dr. Gardner, that Gardnor owes it to himsolf to provo his oharges by bringing certificates to provo thorn or ho owes an apology. Whon in 1890 and 1892 the preachers charged me with infidolitj' I said then that I am a poor fallen sinner going from tho oradle to tho grave, admitting my weaknesses and trying to forget them, but 1 swear no preacher can say that 1 ovor treated him except with respect. But now is thoro an alliance betwoon tho bar room and preachers, eithor written or orthorwise? (Voico from tho crowd: 'Yes.') Yory well, then, I will voto you on it. All who boliove it is not true hold up their right hand. All who boliovo tho 1 _ It lirettuimrs are ill ailianOO With tliom, cither written or not, hold up their right hand. Ono more word and I am done. 1 am sorry 1 had to bring this matter out hero, but I always boliovo in going to a man's house, going to his teeth, faoo to faoo, when 1 have a sontroveray to sottle, and therefore at other plaoca I have had very littlo to say about it 1 am sorry he is not hore, but when ho oomos back his friends will tell hiin what 1 have said, and lot him write an apology and publish it. I believe he is a man of oharaoter and an honorablo man, and that ho will do it. "An effort is now being made by somo preaohors to talk polities, and not religion, from tho pulpit. You have striven to get rid of religion taking ohargo of jour politics, and should be careful to keep politics and roligion separate. Tho effort is made to rally you around the denominational flags, but it would bo woll to watoh out for that. "You are asked to vote for roligion, for f riendship, and all that, but he implored all to vote for prinoiple." FOR GOVERNOR. Thon the Gubernatorial candidates wcro called for. Governor MoSjroeney spoke first. He argued that the dispensary law oan bo improved upon, but prohibition will bo a failure. Prohibition should be regardod from a business standpoint. He felt that it would be a serious mistako to go to prohibition now. Tho only trouble complained of was that tho grand juries do not bring in true bills. Ho empbatioally denied that*ho was in any deal or agreement with any one', but was onforoing tho dispensary law The law is new better enforoed than in'tho last two or three years. In referenoe to Mr. Patterson's nhanrn iVi* . V?n ^- r Dw UVIUI UIUWIOU u*r DXtures soized, ho read a copy of an order dated in Jano, inHtructing oonstabloB to seize fixtures. The oonstables had verbel as well as wiitton instructions to seize liquor, beer and fixtures. Ho believed the people would agree that his has beon a business administration. There was no ttiinoing matters in his offiee or with the oonstables. He rend the letters from the mayors to ehow that the law was being enforced. He spoke of his administration and M CONWy thanked tho voters, aud wanted to bo judged on his reoord. Ho was prosontod with a handsome bouquet of flowers. COI,. IIOYT said ho would not havo spoken except for what Sonator Tillman had said. Tillman had said thoso who had sot up this separato box plan wcro political cowards. Ho had nothing to do with it and tho plan, as ho understood, oamo from a disponsary advocate. Tho poopie knew what was best for themselves. Tho committeo had this right and it ill booamo Tillman as a United States Senator to oomo horo and abuso what tho Dcuioorats of this county see fit to do. Ho for ono never questioned Tillman's right to bo horo, Out ho had as muoli right to bo horo and advoeato prohibition, which ho had done all tho days of his life. Another thing ho had not said that Tillman wanted tho disponsary as a political machine. It is a political machine, and has loon usod in this very campaign as a political maohino and will oontinuo to bo used as a political maohino. IS or did ho cvor say Tillman ohoatcd thorn out of prohibition. Then ho wont ovor tho too familiar story of tho origin of tho dispensary. Thoro was no moro dclightod than ho that Tillman wis studying tho Biblo. Ho thought Tillman had not yet read all of the ohaptors quoted. The pro'aohors wore attackod first iu his Bonnottsvillo speech and ho had no doubt Tillman regrottod that spoooh. The barkoopors of today are tho disponHors; thoy say tho blind tigors aro iho barkoopors, but tho blind tigors got their liquor from tho dispensarios. Thon he oxpalinod what woro callod tho "ox blind tigers." Ho insisted that thoro was no alliance botweou tho prcaohors and saloon men. Ho spoke beautifully of Dr. Gardner and his standing for all that was moral and high, and ho felt that tho pcoplo would rohuko Tillman and show that Charlos S. Gardner was not to bo traduced and maligned. No one oould prove an immoral oombiuation on tho part of l)r. Gardner. Then bo discussed tho right of tho Stato to soli liquor and insisted that it was wrong and sinful. Mil. FRANK U. OAKY, said tho main question was that of liquor and he wanted it understood that ho stood flatly for the disponsary. If the law is better onforcod now than over, thon tho law is not what is claimed for it. McSwooncy said ho would send oonstablos whorovcr askod for and in roply to this ho read an affidavit from M. B. Soruggs, of Chcrokoo County, in whioh ho stated that he had repoatodly askod for a constable for his sootion, that tho pooplo had oonviotod two blind tigers, but tho Govornor had not oompliod with tho rcquosts for oonstablcs, but had said ho would sond ono after thoolcction, and this looked, Mr Gary thought, as an offering to tho tigers in Chorokco. Then ho explained his position as to tho prohibition option. Ho regarded prohibition as a fareo, but wanted those Mho wished it to havo it. Ho disousscd tho school question and his record in tho legislature. MR A. HOWARD PATTERSON roviowed tho dispensary from its inception to tho prosont time, showing that it did away with tho bad features of tho bar room systom and had doorcasod drunkennoss. Ho said that tho prohibition platform is not prohibition. Ho disoussod Col. Hoyt and his plaiform thoroughly. lie said that Govornor MoSweonoy had not onforoed tho disponsary law. THE SORUOOS COMPLAINT. Governor MoSweonoy roquosts that this statomont rolativo to tho Soruggs affidavit be published: Scruggs wroto Govornor MoSweonoy requosting him to appoint Sorugg's oonstablo as a dispensary constable, as the magistrate's oonstablo rooeivod only $10, and ho wants him to mako more. Clork Harris wroto to Soruggs that in oaso a constable was nooded to writo to Chiof J. It. Fant and rcquost a dotail, and it would bo sont. Sorugg* was romindod that as magistrato ho and his oonstablo should help onfotoo the disponsary law, and all the extra pay ho oould allow was half tho seizures. la reply to a socond lotter Clerk Harris wroto that Governor McSwocnoy would probably not bo ablo to take up the application mado for the magistrate's constable's appointment until after tho oleotion. Tho idea being that Governor MoSwconoy was too busy now to wade through tho many applications on hand. Govornor MoSwoenoy would like to have the entiro oorrespondonoo printed to show that Scruggs wanted his oonstablo givon a spooial job to work in a particular territory, for whioh ho was already paid to work and enforoe tho law. a. k. Has a Bad Name. Li Hung Chang seoms to be up against it. Our ministers are unwilling to aooept his proffered osoort to Tientsin, and the cantankerous Chinese want to behead him as a foroign sympathizer. Nobody is willing to trust old Li. He has a bad namo. The quicker yr ur stop a oough or cold the less danger thero will be of fatal lung troublo. Oae Minuto Cough Curo is tho only harmless remody that gives immediate results. You will like it. Dr. JO. Norton. ' Good for Swifc. Swift ?fc Co., tho groat moat paokors of Chioago, have issuod an order that no oigarette smoker is to be employed k? tk.ii. T.?4 * U ~ ' ?--L Mjr iiuqii vuuipnu/i 14UV iUU gUUU WUIIl go on. In India, the land of famine, thousands die boeause they cannot obtain food. In America, the land of plenty many suffer and die beoau9e they cannot digest the food they oat. Kodol Dyspepsia Oure digests what you eat. It instantly relievos and radically oures all stomach troubles. Dr. K. Norton. 'I ivvy VV. S. C., THURSDAY, A GOOD SPEECH On the Ono Oreat Need of Soulh Carolina BY MR. W D. MAYFIELD, Who Is a Candidate for Railroad Commissioner. He Gives Us Food for Thought The following speech of the Hon. W. 1>. Mayfield, who is aoandidato for railroad oommissiouor, on (ho froight rato in South Carolina id woll woith reading: The Railroad Commission is composed of thrco mombora who are now oleoted by tho pcoplo. Thoro cannot bo I08H, but may bo more than throo tnombors. Kaoh member of this commission holds his oflioo for six years. As now arranged, one member has to bo oleoted overy two yoars. Thero is now ono vacancy on this board and you havo sovon candidates boforo you asking you for your support for this offico. Two years ago thoro was ono vacancy and you had boforo you eight candidates for it, and tho man you oloctcd then wont in for six yoars. Tho man you oloot now will hold for six years. Two years honco thoro will bo another vaoanoy and the man oloctod will hold for six years, unlosstho law is ohnnged. Tho salary of eaoh mombor of tho 0 immission is $1,1)00 per aunum and is paii by tho railroads. The pcoplo oloot tho commissioners, ono overy two years, but tho railroads pay their salaries, furnish thorn with au ufiicc, their stationary, stamps, l'uol and lights, pay (heir clerk, nnil irivn Hir> tnninhnru un/l tho olcrk a past* over all roads, to bo used whoa oa official busiaoss. , Tnis is wrong. Tlio State should have a troo and independent board to look after its interest. The law should ho ohanged ; tho salaries should bo paid by the State; tho torui of offico should bo mado two yoars, and theso officers, like all other State ollicors, should bo mado to oomo before the people cvory two years and give an aooount of their stewardship. 1 sound the noto of warning and urgo tho pcoplo to uiako it an issue in tho oounty campaign and to demand of tho candidates for the houso and senate to ohango this law. When this ia?dono, you will havo a board frco and indopondent of all obligations to tho railroads to look aftor tho interests of tlio pooplo of tho Stato. The ory goes up from ovory quarter demauding protoo tion from trusts and corporations. Tho oorporato railroad interest in this Stutc is already immense and it is high time tho pcoplo were protootcd against unlawful encroachments upon their rights. It will bo too Into to look the stahlo door whon tho horso is gono. 4,No man can Bcrvo two mastors; for cither ho will lovo the one and hate tho othor; or olso ho will hold to tho one and despiso tho othor." 11 ndor tho laws of this Stato tho Kailroad Commission havo full oontrol of tho railroads in this Stato, subject to tho right of appeal to the oourts. Notwithstanding this faot, what aro tho ondition of affairs in this Stato? Why, wo havo the highost freight rato of any Stato in the South, exoept Florida. This is not right. Thore is no good roason why South Carolina should not havo as good freight rates as North Carolina and Georgia. Until wo g \ tho best of ratos allowed on all ho?"s/ oultural, agricultural and manufaot^sput products and all oommorcial arA 1/1 wo oannot hopo to oompete suooc V ly with tho pcoplo of othor more-nd AW nato Statos. U0F> Wo havo a variety and grot ,!'( Vt * rJ ?<> r.t \A i. v- 'I rj v,. ?,??**/? .u of/ it cannot bo manufactured in,)t (l s,/turo, vohioloB and farming anq busfnical implements and plaood on tf/Amarket because your freight rato will not allow equal competition with other States. North Carolina ovon can sell your morehants cheaper than a factory in your Stato eould soil thorn because of the highness of tho looal rates in this Sta'e. Is this right? Groat quantities of tohaeoo is now being grown in this Stato and wo should bo able to manufacture it here, but wo cannot compete with North Carolina and Virginia in freight ratos aqd a tobacco faotory in this State would likely provo a poor investment, if not a failure. Is this right? Our soil is well adaptod to truck farming and fruit growing and to a limited oztont our people have enterod thoso fields; but these industries must of necessity romain small comparatively so long as other Statos havo hotter rates than we have. Cars are loaded with truok and fruit in Georgia and shippod north, through South Carolina, at a loss rato than our pooplo have to pay. Is this right? On- pooplo are now growing wheat in oertain sections and flour mills are boing built, but these mills oannot compete with mills in Georgia in selling to our own morehants booauso of tho highness of our looal rates on flour. Is a a.: !-LiO LIUN rigllll Our ootton mills should ho able to buy the ootton raised in this State and lap it down as ohcap as thoy oan buy and ship ootton from Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, but tho looal rates in this State are suoh that tjiey eannot buy in oortain seotions of the State and thoy are forced to go outside of the State for a large part of the cotton they need over that raised in the mill section. Is this right? Our manufacturing interests should be diversified as muoh as possible. We should not limit ourselves to tho manufaoturing of oqtton. We have taken the lead in tho manufacturing of ootton. If we aro to hold our lead our mills must be able to buy our ootton, or in futuio new mills will go where ) '' \ i - / 3!ml , AUGUST 10, 1000. they oan got cotton ohoapost. .lust as we took tho lead in manufacturing cotIon so will souio southern state tako tho lead in knitting mills, furniture faotorios, brooiu faotorics, soap factories, buggy and wagon faotorios, rope, glass and shoe factories, A a. Why not this stato bo tho loador in all of those. Certain it is she Oftnnnt unlnau ulm li? given tho bout of freight ratos. Other States scouro good rates and why oannot this State got thorn? Wholosalo houses of all kinds should bo encouraged in this Stato by giving thorn ratos which will onablo them to ootupoto with wholosalo housos located in othor southern statos. It is a well known faot that our wholosalo houses aro not on an equal footing with housos looated in Augusta, Atlanta, Savannah, Kiohmond, hynohburg and Wilmington. This is not right and it should bo rcgulatod. Charleston, 1'ort Koyal and Georgetown should bo mado import and oxport oitics instoad of boing "bottled up" by rates which prevont thom from oompoting for tho trade with Savannah, Wilmington and Norfolk, and Columbia and tho othor inland oitios of the State which hnvo the railroad facilities to onti'lo thom to it should bo givon ratos whiohwill put thom on a footing with tho inland wholosulo cities of other States. Whon this isdono, our mor chants will trado with tho wholesalers of our stato and largo wholosalo businesses will bo scon iu sovoral sootions of the Stato. liut until a rato is obtained wo must ooutinuo to wait and struggle against odds in tho wholosalo bv-isincss, and allow wholcsalo housos outside of our Stato to enjoy tho benofits of tho trado of our morohauts and to cap tho Stato of that part of lur wealth whioh should be ocnteralizcd in largo wholosalo houses looated in this Stato. Give South Carolina a chance to dovolopo materially and commercially. Opon up hor doors to greater development and moro oxtonsivo prosperity by giving hor a freight rato which will oommand capital and onoourago her pooplo to rcnnwmt >ni) ? ? - V, M>?va gk A VUVUl VllV/l vn? 1 IIU wealth of tho State rosta io tho riohno88 and varioty of hor soil, the abundance and variety of h?r timber, tbo magnificence of hor wator power and tho Halubrioty of her olimato. Hor Boil is capable of untold dovolopmont and ia Huitcd to every varioty of orop and the yield ia moaaurcd by the cultivation; hIic nocda only tho purse of tho capitaliat and tho hand of skill to mako hor blossom 3H tho rose and yield a rioh roturn to labor. From hor timber can bo tnado tho boat of vohicloa, furnituro and wooden implements and alio awaits tho ooming of tho manufaoturor. llor water yot unused ia suflioiont to turn half tho spindloa in the I'nitod Statoa, or more, and daily runs undisturbed for tho lack of dovolopmont. Givo her ratos which allow hcrgfown and manufactured produota to be markoted, and her wholesale morohants to oompctc, on lorma equal to tho tonus of any state and a prosperity unknown to our people will orown hor with a wreath of silver and gold; her cotton mills will multiply and tho oliok of tho loom and tho hum of tho apindlo will bo hoard in ovory sootion; numorous maoufaoturios of ovory kind will spring up aa if by magio to eonvort hor timbor and tho produota of hor soil into useful and profitable artiolcs of trade; tho unemployod will bo given employment and new citizens become his noighbor; in ovory way matorial woalth will bo added to tho Stato and plenty, poaoe and oontontmont Mill bo tho portion of our pcoplo. A Call to Organize. Tho following address was issued tonight: To tho Democrats of tho llnitod States: Tho Demooratio party and its friends must meet tho forces of corruption and intimidation in politics this yoar by thorough organization. A Democratic club or sooioty should bo organized in ovory city, town, village and prooinot in tho United Statos. Democrats and all who are in sympathy with tho prinoiplcs sot forth in tho Kansas City platform aro oarnostly urged to join tho Demooiatio olubs, and whon nono exists to assist in organizing thorn. Thia work in uniting tho foroos of law and liberty into ono groat systematized civic army should bo carried on simultaneously in ovory part of tho country, and without delay. Tho frionds of tho govornmont, aooording to the hithorto unohallongcd American theory of political equality everywhere under our flag, oannot afford to bo less zealous or less aotivo than tho advocates of an Amorioan oolonial ompire supportod by riff os. No patriotio oitizen can ignore the attacks which are being mado upon tho very foundations of our prosont irroproaohablo form of government. This year every oitizen should be a politician. Clubs and sooieties should at once oommunioato with tho seoretary of the National Assooiatiou of Democratic olubs, 1370Hroadway, New York, so that the united memberiihin miv work systematically in defonse of tho ropublic as the fathers made it. All Domooratio committees, State and looal, are roquoatod to aid the National Assooiation of Domooratio clubs in this work. W. J. Dryan, Adlai K. Stevenson, * James K. Jonos, Oh'm. National J>em. Com. Wm. 11. Ilearst, Pres. National Ass'n Dem, Clubs. Millions will be spent in politics this year. Wo oan't koep the oampaign going without money any more than we oan keep tho body vigorous without food. Dyspeptics used to starvo themselvos. Now Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and allows yoo to eat all the good food you want. It r>dioally cures stomaoh troubles. *Dr. K. Norton. V Ti m PR0PHET9 ELECTING BRYAN. What Experts Say of the Coming Presidential Election. Tho iuon who figure and make cati mates on olootious aro not idle. Though the oatupaign it) yet in its infi noy and the lines have not boon drawn with suilioicnt clearness for positivo estimates of tho result to bo made, thoro is no lack of figuring, nor is there any lack of thoso who predict I>emocratio hucccrs. Congressman MoCullooh, of the lrir?t Arkansas district, has heon doing hoido Domooratio figuring. 11o counts for Hryan in tho oleotoral college, in addition to thostatos lie carried four yoara ago, Kentucky, 12 votos; Maryland, H; West Virginia, (> Indiana, lf? Miohi gan, 11, and Minnosota. !) a total ohango of <?4 from the MoKinlcy to tho Hryan column, of Id moro than aro needed. A oitizon of Ohio who had tho distinction of winning a prize of $15 offorod by tho Voungstown, <)., Vindica tor for tho closest guoss to the voto of tho atato of Ohio in 180(1, and who mipscd tho actual rosult only S votes, now oomcs forward with the following prodiotioo: i boliovo Hryan is absolutely suro of all the doctoral votos received in 181)0, vix 170. To this can bo added with a certainty Kentucky Hi, Maryland H, total '21, making sure without further dotails, 107. MoKiuloy's roasonably cortain olootora do not inoludo moro than 125, viz; Maino, 0; Now Hampshire, I Vermont, 4; Massachusetts, 15 Khodo Island, I; Connecticut, 0; Honnsylvania, 22; Wisconsin, 12; Now .Jersey, 10; Michigan, 14; Minnesota, ! California, 1), which suui up tho 125 given above. "The statos considered doubtful of which Hryan is suro of at loast ouothird of the electors and has an oqual show of one-half giving him a majority in any ovont are Wost Virginia, (5; \r M. ? in- i . iiurtii I'.uom, .j. Illinois, Zl\ Indiana, If); Delaware, 8; Iowa, lit; Now York, 80; Ohio, 28, making 128 olcotoral votes classed as doubtful, 27 of whioh arc all that aro ncocssary to plaoo ltryan in the presidential chair."?Augusta Chronicle. Leaped to Instant Doath. Wash Turner, an unsophisticated young farmer with his wifo and twoyear-old baby, jumped from a wost bound Houthorn railway passon&or train at MoKall, Ala., Thursday morning, and was killod. lie throw his wifo and ohild from tho train and thoy worn seriously injurod. Mrs. Tumor will probably dio. Tho train had whistled for MoKall and Tumor immediately jumped from his neat and hurried his wifo and baby to tho door. Two or throo passengers tried to stip him, but ho brushed them asido. Ilo cvidontly was not used to travoling and did not approoiatothe dangor of jumping off. Mrs. Tumor's leg was broken and tho child's arm brokon It is statod that Tumor had novor boon on a train beforo. Li Hung Chang in DespairA dispatch from Washington says an important dispatoh has been rocoivcd in diplomatic quarters, forwarded from tho foroign ofliocs of ono of tho powers taking part in tho intornational movement and giving with muoh dotail conversation by Li Hung Chang in whioh ho exprossod his despair over tho condition of tho Cliinosc government in his fears that tho anti-foroign element had gainod oomploto asoendonoy at Pekin. The oonvorsation was with tho consul of ttio power receiving tho dispatoh and as ho is an intimate, friond of long standing with Karl Li tho latter spoko unreservedly of tho do* plorablo condition of affairs among his own peoplo. Ho Withdraws Wednesday Stato Chairman Jones received from Mr. J. II. Moore of Charleston nandidnte fnr Aoni">?? Geuoral, a lottor of withdrawal from tho raoe. In his lottor Mr. Mooro statos that ho withdraws for roaaons over whioh ho has no control, ono boing that ho finds it impoasiblo to got his oppouont to moot him upon tho stump. Ilo say, in otfeot, it is duo to tho numbor of frionds throughout tho Stato who havo given him onoouragoinont to apologizo to thorn for tho disappointment caused thom by his withdrawal. I Write for our elegant H-T cata we can aave yoti money in the pu< and the cuay terms of paymen ^ \ji uinnjyii uur regular ai W tuuity you cannot afford to pass. Y< f Ita manufacturers. Therefore, ti <l< JC construe ion 1* uunecessary. If y 5 a. can o7fcr most hirers! terms. tWHITE SEWINC MACHINE COMF For Sale by Spivey Meroautile C< wHra*-fP? m DR- maf vara IEETI )&gP W?i!t./ JL (T?lhlns P Costs on!v 25 cent II It A 1.1.. * NO. 3. ANOTHER BATTLE In Which the Americans Suffer Serious Loss. CASUALTIES OF SIXTY. The Town of Yang Tsun was Captured and Will be ma uma VI iriO Allies. A dispatch from Washington sa)i tlio oapturo of Yang Tsun, tho final objective point of the international forces was the supremo news of importanoo received Thursday on tho Chinoso situation. Tho lirst word of this oapturo, effected last Monday, oamo in a brief dispatoh to tho signal office at tho war department f/om Col. Sorivon, tho signal officer atChofoo, saying: Chofoo, Aug. 0.? Yang Tsun eapj turod today. Wiro up. Need own transportation. All well. Horivon. Half an hour after this mossago a cablegram oamo from (ion. Chaffoe. giving additional dotails of tho capture and showing that it had boon at tho oost of about 60 casualties among tho American troops. Con. Chaffoo's dispatch is as follows: Yang Tsun, Aug. fi. Y ang Tsun oooupiod today. Wounded Second Lieut. Frank H. Long, Ninth infantry, modcrato; casualties about HO moil. Ninth United States infantry: Fourteenth (Jnitod States infantry ana lUttcry F, Fifth I J. 8. artillery. Nearly all from Fourtoonth infantry. Names Wtor. Many mon prostrated, heat and fAtiguo. Chaffco. A JAPANESE REPORT. Hardly less important was a dispatoh from Con. Torauohi, second in oommand on tho Japanoso staff, sont to tho war office of Japan, and transmitted to tho legation horo, stating that ho international army would total 50,000 mon on Aug. 15. at which time tho real advanco on Fokin would begin. Con. lorauohi's dispatch stated that on tho 4th, when it was forwarded, the advance had not yot begun. This was at first incomprohonsiblo, in view of the fact that fighting has actually occurred. Hut tho lator statomont that tho international force would total 50,000 on the 15th appears to mako clearQen. Terauohi's moaning and to reoonoilo it with Gon. Chaffoo's dispatches. Tho presont movoniont of some 18,000 men doubtloss is viewed in tho light of a rcocnnaissanco in forco, tho main movement of the army of 50,000 to follow on the 15th. This makos oloar tho moaning of Gen. Chaffoo's dispatch that Vang Tsun was tho objootive point. Tho war dopartmont horo has been oonsidorably puzzled ovor this I statement of an objective point, far I short of Pokin. It would appear, howover, from Gen, Torauohi's dispatch that tho first foroo of 16,000 men having oponed up communications to Yang Tsun, brought forward supplioB and established this advanoo base, tho way would thon bo olear for the advanoo of tho largor force on tho 15th. The capture of Vang Tsun is therefore an important stratogio branch of tho fast maturing military plans. Tho place is about 18 miles beyond Tien Tsin and little less than quarter of tho way to Pokin. Asido from tho military developments of tho day tho diplomatic aspoot of the orisis was mado more oloar by the publioation of tho demand mado by the United Statos on tho imporial government of China and transmitted to Minister Wu last evomng. Chineso aro dangerous enemies, for thoy aro troaohorom. That's why all conuntorfcits of DeWitts Witoh Hazel Halve aro dangerous. 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