The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 06, 1900, Image 1
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VOL. XV.
M'SWEENEY LEADS. I
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Offic'al Count cf Iho Vote in ^he |
Prima' y.
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THE LUCKY CANDID AT tS.
Names of the Defeated, the Eh>g*
*d and Those Wv o
Will Have to
Run Over
Thebaic !) m oraticj?xoctidv? con.-, j
ii mir mei i riu.iy mum an<l m a UW
hours the otlieia! returns were tahulat
cd, tho rosul s declared, the scoond
primary ordered and nominees for
presidential clcc'ors made. For State
officers there will only have to bo u
hooond raoo for governor, lieutenant
eovcrnor and railroad commissioner
Of tho officers nominated on tho tir>t
iiallot Mr. .Jennings, for Stite tre?vur
cr, is the only man not an incumbent
The total vote lor governor was 5)2,
425). which was hut 5) greater than that
tor lieutenant governor. The total vote
for the other ofliccfi was: Treasurer
5)1,IDS; oomptroller general, 5)1 41M ;
superintendent of education, 5)1 811;
adjutant general, 90,8(11; railroal eo n
missionor, 00 (52 4. There worn IS 7">0
who did not vote for Senator Tillman
The result of the primary was a surprise
to many. It was claimed hy Cut
Hoyt's fritnds that he would h ad in
the raco for govornnr hy several thousand,
hut the result shows that Gov.
MoSwcency was tho favorite. Tho vote
for govornor waB as follows:
M. If MoSwccney 150.05)7
.1 an. A. lloyt 1515 81515
K. If. Gary 12 5)5(5
A. II. Patterson (1,002
O. Walt Whitman 45M
MoSweoncy leads lloyt bv 5 201?
votes. Gary, Patterson and Whuuim
eotnhined did not get. rouoh ov< r I alf
as many voteH as MoSweonoy. Mo
Swoency and lloyt will havo to run
over.
Gov. Mc.Sweenev l&olced a litfln r?v.?v
7,000 votes of going in on the first bal
lot. To got this 7,000 ho has the voti
of Qavy and Patterson, who arc aH for
the dispensary. UivetJol Moyi fifty
per cent, of this voto urd MoSwocncy
would still have a handsomo majority.
I.I KUTXN A NT UOVKBNOK.
There was no choice either for 1 ioutonant-governor.
Tho voto for this
office was as follows:
J, II. Tillman M5 889
O. L. \Vi nk J of 10 00")
John T. Sloan 10 097
Knox Livingston 11 713
(J. L. Mease 9,556
'L ill man and Sloan will have to
make tho rneo over for lieutenant gov
ernor in tho second primary.
STATE THEASUItKit
The race for State treasurer is cote,
Capt Jennings defeating I'r. Tiuitncr
mari by a few thousand vote-1. 'I ho
voto was as follows:
R. II. Jennings Hi 11 1
W. II. Timmerman 11 7.">7
('apt. Jennings having received a
majority wins the nomination.
HA II.KOA l> COM MISSION Kits
The vole lor railroad commissioners
was considerably scattered, all of the
oandidates getting a share of the voto.
Tho result, was as follows:
W. 1). Evans 21 914
J. II. Wharton 115,501
11. 11. Evans 14.61(1
W.D. May field 15,429
J. E Pottigrew 5,014
Thos. N. Ilcrry 11,240
J. O. Ethrodgo 5,912
There was no nomination and Messrs.
W. 1). Evans and .J. II. Wharton will
unvu iu luu uvi i lu inu Hcoonu primary.
INSPECTOR GENERA I,
Thero wan was no raoo lor thia office
at all, Gen. Floyd defeating Bouse by a
largo majority. The voto was as follows:
.1. W. Floyd 7(5 634
Goo. I). Bouse 14,250
It will do seen that Gen. Floyd had
a walk over.
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION
The iaoc for superintendent of education
was a one sided affair, MoMahan
dofeating Capers by nearly two io ono.
iloro is tho vote:
J.J. MoMahan 55,960
Ellison Capers, .)r 36,600
COM PTROM,EIt (IKNER AI,
Tho raoo for comptroller-general was
warm between Dorhanr and Brookor,
but tho formor won by largo majority,
tho vote boing:
J. P. Borham 69.699
N. W. Brookor 21,792
It is gonorally bolioved that Brookor
hurt his raoo by his attack on Derham.
tr THE CONGRESSMAN.
W Tho following is tho result of tho
^ primary in the congressional districts:
Third Distriot.
^ Latimer 11 283
Wyoho 2 996
Vornor 1,321
Fourth Distriot.
T~1 *1 nn"
/oituniMi 11 OiH
Wilson 8,(557
Fifth Distriot.
Finley 7,818
8tra;t 5 215
Sixth District.
Norton 5.315
Hoarborough .5921
.. Kllorbo . ...2,484
? Nortou and Scarborough will havo to
run ovor in the sooond primary.
Thero was no contest in tho first, scoond
or seventh districts Congressmen
Klliott, Talbei t and Stokes having no
opposition.
THE SOLICITORS.
Tho following is tho veto in tho different
judioial oircuits:
First Cirouit.
1? T. llildcbrand 0 252
W. Henry Thomas 3,987
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Second (Jirouit.
i > ?v;? r>:m
Siuiuih 4,902
Third Circuit.
Wi!*on t!,f>22
Fourth Circuit
.! ihrsoi 7.103
!>ro ah 3/104
hVth Circuit
Thurmond 7 0(15
Mulh r 3 t!41
Sixih Circuit.
Ilenry 5 4.r*t>
Mt I 2, (KM
11 o tilth 2 171
Seventh Circuit.
lf),l 11
login h Circuit
U uvh .. .. 8 314
M ipnoy ...... 8,0 la
TIIR St'.N.\T<>It I A I. VOTK
Senator Tillman whs not scratched to
to any verv great extent. The toTi\l
voto was 92,000 and ho received 73,070
of it.
Ti usts Cum* to Time
A dispveii Ir-m New York savs:
Senator M ?tk Hanna recoived news
Thursday that the corporations would
produce sullioiont linanoial at-sistan o
within the next few days to enable the
national committee to pay its bills and
extend its operations. This arrange
ment was made nt a meeting in the
New York liifp Insurance company
building, where tbo the acuator met
representatives 1' the trusts and other
tiuunbial concerns and concluded his
series of talks to them. Then ho oaus
ed it to he announced that ho saw his
way clear to have the oity fomo day
next week, and ho would go out to
Chicago ' to stir things up and disturb
the apathy that appeared to have set
tied on proceedings out there " lie
raid it was not his intention to stay
out west, but ho would uiako short
visits east every time financial or other
conditions made it neocssury. While
Senator Hanna wis quite chipper over
the prospec's of getting liuaneial nid,
ho whs not willing to give out how
much he h d in prospoot. When askol
to tell the public tho amount that
had been promised him ho answered:
* its r.ooouy b business now much
money 1 get,."'
The Cotton CropThe
cotton Statos oonvoution of commissioners
of agriculture at Kaloigh on
I'hursday ifibuod the following as their
statement to the ootton crop of 1POO.
"Haacil upon the reliablo infortuu
tion from all HourooH from each of the
cotton States and teriitorioH, taking in
to consideration tho condition of the
ootton crop, wo arc led to hclieve that
the followii g will bo tho output of the
crop for tho season of IDOt) 01.
Alabama, Hli 1 000 halos; Arkansas,
HOD,000; K.or'da, HO 000; Ooorgia, 1,
025 000; li-d-an Territory 210 000;
Louis;an?, (503.000; Mississippi 843,000;
Missouri, 30 000; North (JorolinA,
405,000; Oklahoma, 100,000; South
Carolina, Hoi 000; rennortsco, 285,000;
Texas, 3 000 000; Virginia, 13,000;
olh. r sources 500, making a total of
0.351 500 hal. s.
"This estimate, however, is subject
to the weather conditions for the
month of September and also killing
frostB later on. This cstimato is given
out as being the opinion of this association."
Two Children Drowned.
A sensational incident occurred at
Karle's bridge, on Soneca river, in Ait
dorson county Sunday. Two children,
aged 11 and 12, respectively, named
Taylor, accompanied by an old negro
woman, went to the river to play on a
large rook that juttod out over tho water.
Tho ohildron lost their balanoo
and foil into tho river. This was tho
narrativo of tho old darkoy at tho coroner's
impiest, though alio added by way
of appendix that, sho had "dived" after
the childrcu. The verdict of tho ooro
nor s jury was that tho children catno
to their death by causes unknown to
tho jury. Tho mother is known as
4,Sis" Taylor, and she lives on the
SharpO place.
Remarkable Railroad.
One of tho most rcmurkablo railroads
in tho United Statosis that whioh runs
from Fabyan. at tho foot of Mount
Washington, to tho summit, a distanoo
of 3.38 miles. Th? timo required in
making the ascent in ono and ono half
hours, which is at tho rato of a milo in
twonty-soven minutes. The dosocnt
is mado in the sbuio time. Tho faro is
$4 for the round trip, or at the rato of
(it) cents a milo. No other road in tho
world chargos quito so muoh, and fow
run traits quito so slow a speed.
Ab>ut (1,000 passongers aro carriod annually.
Pile of Human Bones
ltathor a gruosomo and interesting discovery
was rooontly made at Espanita,
Fla. Ono cf tho little boys of tho
household rcoontly caino homo with a
bono whioh ho had found. Upon investigation
a pile of bones and skulls
was discovered a short distance from
tho surfaoo of tho ground. From tho
heap l."? well proscrved skulls wore takon.
It is bolievod that thoy aro tho
bones of sonoo of tho Huguonots, who
wcro masbaorcd somewhoro in that locality
by tho Spaniards. One of tho
skulls was fractured, but tho othors
wero in a good state of preservation.
Suicide of a Lady
Mrs. Annie I)*v Mtmnu > ? ???
, *'W, ' I'lUll?
young aotrops, oomraitted euioido at
Y'aldosta, Ga., Friday morning with
laudanum because of tho failure of an
amatour play "Hibi," which alio had
arranged and presented for tho bonefit
of tho Grady hospital in Atlanta. It
was hor purpose to present tho play
throughout the State, but ill luolt soetr.s
to havo struok to "".ho venture from tho '
first. Mrs. Mayes was from St. Louis,
Mo., where hor fathor is said to bo a
professor or leoturor in one of the leading
colleges.
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CON WAV,
WILL CARRY OIUO.
James Cre? Irran 8av* "T hat Stat?
Will Go for Brynn
FAMOUS CORRESPONDENT
Make a Trur of Hanr a's Stale
and Show* Why tho Peop'fl
Aiv Ag<i!nat th*
Republicans.
James OfotiJnian, tIto famous odrreapondent
writiit^ to tho New York Journal
from O ?i>?, savs B yan will carry
thai State, giving us Ins reasons tbe
following:
B chupo ti e Mryor Jones party favors
Bryan and numbers 1 IMS 721
Breaupe tliotnuts havo forcod skilled
merehanics to work in tbe streets.
Beoaupo the gold Democrats are returning.
Because the Hcpublieans are joining
the reform forces
Mooauee in 1H1M5 (during a financial
scare) the Kepublic.^n plurality wsh
only 1M 197.
Because in 1S92 Cleveland failed to
carry tho State by only 1,072 votq;J.
Because the DoruiatiS uvo earnestly
oppoFod to militarism.
because the Bcpublieans under llandd'h
leadership show alarm.
mavoh .ionkr* i.kttkk
Mr Crcolman says:
Congressman Dcn'z of Columbus,
wrote a letter to Mr. Jono-r ivki'g him
praotically if) doolare him 'If a Democrat.
Thursday the major Fcnr an answer
to Mr Dsn! /. I give a short extract
:
"1 believe that tho result of this coming
election will show, first, that the
lovo of liberty has a firmer and deeper
hold upon tho American hearts; second
that partyism and bossiatn are more unreliable
and unworthy to he trusted
than over before; third, that more freo
men have oast their ballots in the election
of 1900 tban in any other clcoliou
that preceded it in tie history of the*
country.
4i\\ hen 1 say free men I mean rnon
IT liA A n? n I K Aii.i.l nori 1* " ^ ? ' -----
M t.u un u tax IIMM n tn, Willi 'III mil Wl'UI
the label of any parly; for ii is iu tho
hand and upon llu: oonscunoo of that
great, army of uncommitted electors
standing and watching aloof and inoliuing
victory to this side or that, that
tho hope and safety of tho nation
TOStfl.
'My mission (if I havo any) is to
oontributo my mite to the development
of tho freo votois, men who aro not
owned oy anybody, and who rcfuso to
wear tho lal ols or yoke of any party,
or to surrender their allegiance to any
of thoiu. And jou may depend upon
it, candidate or no candidate, I will be
true to this idea
"1 am utterly sick at. heart with tho
ghastly pretence and faroo of tho party
idea. 1 do not doubt your integrity in
tho slightest, Out I must believe that
you seo the thin and hollow mockery
and sham of it all, when you reflect
that you are tho business parinor and
associate of a man who stands at the
head of tho government of this Stato,
and who is tho direct representative of
everything that is evil in our politics,
according to tho utterances of Democratic
orators, as, indeed, tho arehetypo
of Hannaisin itself.
GREAT ARMV Of HONEST VOTERS
' In faot, I think that at heart you
must bo non-partisan; that you must
own yourself; and from your uttcrancos
that I havo heard I bcliovo the tinio is
not far distant when you will declare
your own emancipation and join that
groat army of freemen that I havo already
spoken of tho groat body of
farmers, mechanics, merchants, teachers,
laborers, artists and artisans who do
real thinking and the real voting that
has pr< served, and will forovcr preserve,
the liberties of this nation.
"It is hardly necessary for me to say
anything further in regard to my candidacy
for eongroHH. If potitions are
numerously enough signed for iuc to
bo a candidate I shall be one, as I havo
Haia in my printed address, and will do
my utmost for the election of those
candidates who stand most nearly in
liuo with the principles of liberty,
equality and demooraoy, that 1 am well
known to stand for.
Very sincerely,
Hatnuol 1>. Jones.
There is tho opinion of tho man
whose followers will roll up a orushing
voto agftinst llanna aud MoKinlov.
Mark his rofcrenoo to Governor Nash:
uTho direct representative of everything
that is evil in our politics."
So great is tho danger involved in
Mayor Jones' candidacy for congress
that all the Republican newspapers arc
urging tho Democrats to rofuso to indorso
him. Tho Republican leaders
are spending monoy to oloot dolegates
to the Democratic congressional convention
who will rofuso to nominato or
indorso any but a straight Domocratio
oandidato.
II ANN A 18 IN KHAR 01' J0N18.
Mr. llanno. knows that if Mr. Bryan
oarrics Ohio ho will bo the next president
Ho knows that tho candidaoy
ofi ' .yor .Jones, with a Domooratio indd?
/mont, means not only tho sure
eloetion of .Jones, but tho loss of Ohio
to McKir!oy. Tho Hanna machine is
concentrating its efforts in this district.
Kvory Democrat who understands tho
situation is working for tho indorsement
of Jor.es. Mr. Coohran, editor
of tho Toledo Boo, who formerly opposed
tho mayor, is now leading tho
fight fer his indorsement When tho
campaign begins Mayor Jonos will tell
the workingmen of Ohio what he
thinks about the imperial polioy of
MoKinley and his voioo will bo heard
from one end of the stato to the other.
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THEY REJOICED GREATLY.
Celebration of the Re*cue ef tho
Endangered Foreigners.
A dispatch from 1'okin says a medal
will bo struck commemorating ti c siege
of Pikin. It will bear the lcgoml:
"Men, not walls, make ? oity."
In tho grounds of tho llritinh legation,
where a handful'of men withstood
the millions of the (jhinoHO capital tor
56 days, a memorable oelcbration is in
progress in vindication of that
}>i i o ci |?io. aiissxor assembled
about Roll Tower, are singing the <lox
olgoy. Rockets are blazing. S ldi?rs
and civilians of all lnKtionalities aro
fraternizing. Tho Women are applauding
tho sound of tlie cannon that are
smashing the jcUowtoo's of the Forbidden
city.
Tho tired Sikhs are planting their
tort* on tho lawn; and the American
and Russian contmgefctn arc lighting
oampfires along tho wretch of turf extonding
beyond the Tattar wall.
Through the ruins ol'tho foreign settlement
an eager, cosmjft* ditan crowd in i
jostling Indians, Cofcaoks, legation |
ladies, diplomats, Amflricans from tho
Philippines and Kronen disciplinarians
fr in Saigon, who keptunoreotly to the
rear while tho fighting was in progress,
but eaiue conspicuously to the front
when looting began Oaly the .Japanese
who havo larncd tho first place, aro
absent.
Resident foreigners welo >mc the luxury
of walking about and immunity
from bit1 lets. Tho newcomers are anxious
to inspect tho c vldfcdccs of an historic
defenso. Those batrioadoi are, after,
all, tho most wonderful sight in
Pckin. Tho barriers lodging the P.ritish
legation aro a marvel of stone and
brick walls and earthworks. Sandbags
shield every foot of sppeo. Tho tops
of the walls havo niches for tho rifloir.cn
and the buildings, r?t their portim s and
windows, havo armor boxes, bags 1
stuffed with dirt, pillows, too.
Mack of the Coiled States lega'ion is
a work named "Kurt Myers, ' whiolitho
uisrines hold, complotely screening
both sides of tho walls, w'th steps
loading to it. There is a loopiioid har
ricr aorosH tho wall whidli faces a mil- v
ilar Chinese work a few yards away.
a--.1 ii l t ..
y\iiUMicr wan i)nrn JjCgaimu Htrcot III
front of tho Gorman legation; and,
confronting tho enemy's barricades
within thoHO limits, arc yet more walls,
enabling tho foreigners to contract the
an a of defense if prt saod.
Tho tops of tho American And British
buildings worn badiy torn by tho Chinese
shells. The rest of the foreign
settlement was ulmorT dftnonished.
Two thousand eight hundred shells foil
there during the first tim e wcoks of the
bouthordinout, Mil) in one day. Bucket
fu!s of bullets wero gathered in tho
grounds.
Four huudrod and fourteen people
lived in the place through tho greater
part of the siego. Throe hundred and
four marines, assisted bs 85 volunteers,
commanded by tho hlnghsh. Capt.
Boole defended the plaoo. Klovon civilians
were killed and I'd wounded. Fifty-four
marinos and sailors wero killed
and 122 wounded.
* A Slick Rogue.
Tho family of .1. Wood ITancold, a
prosperous farmer near Woodbury N.
.1., had an expericnco with a burglar
that they do not wish rcpeatod, and a
son, Harvey, is beating himse lf for
allowing tho intruder to slip away
from him after having him in his grasp.
Twico before midnight Mr. llannold
got up and quieted his dogs, which
had been harking for an hour. Soon
after 12 o'clock Harvey was aroused
by some one in his room. Thinking
it his brother Chulkley, who somotimes
walks in his sleep, ho asked.
"Chalk, is that you'i" Kcociving no
answer he sat up in bed and s prang
out and took him by the arm. Tho
dogs began to howl ami Harvey Haid
"Bet's go down and sco what is the
matter." "All right," answered tho
man and Harvey led the way down
s'air <.
When tho lower floor was reached
the stranger mado a dash for tho open
door arid escaped. Then tho real situation
dawned on Harvey.
Tho household was aroused and a
lower window was found open, but
nothing was missing.
Our Gold Product
"We commonly give muoh attention
to the exportation and importation of
trifling amounts of gold," says the llaltinioioSun.
"but ignoro the large quantity
of gold which is produced annually
in tho United Statos and which for
tho most part remains with us. 1 n four
years, beginning with 1890, fUTTTInitcd
States produced $1149,44$ <000 of gold.
In tho last fivo yoars wo havo produood
over $.300,000,000of tho yellow metal.
In tho four years beginning with
1800 and ending with 1800 the world's
prodnot of gold was $1,013,491,000;
from 1801 to 1850 it was $787,400,000;
from 1851 to 1809 it was $0,005,631,000."
A Doomed Village
The village of Santa Koy do Tarontaise
in Kastern Franoo soems doomed
to bo ongulfod. The base of tho hill
on whioh it stands is bo.ng eaten away
by tho rapid wators of the Isero. Some
Soino of the houses show oraoVs rivaling
thoso of old dhoshire Northwieh.
Samo Hay thore will bo a "abort, aharp
shook," and Tarontaiso will no longer
exiat.
The Real Cause
Congressman George Henry Whito of
North Carolina, the only colored representative
in Congress has decided ho
will not be a candidate for reelection.
Ho givos various reasons for his determination,
but tho true reason probably
is that there is not enough .voting ignorance
now in tho old "Rlaok District"
to eleot him.
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l'TKMBEIl (i, 15)00.
THAT FULL PINNER PAIL.
Some Rcfiectiomon a Favorito Republican
Argument.
One of our Republican contemporaries
prints a picture of a workman's
dinner pul on every p??o of every issue.
Tliero is an inscription which
says that the pail is full, aud as wo are
not allowed to look inside wo havo to
take the editor's word for it.
"Tho Full Pinner Pail" is the chief
Republican armunout this year. It is
on the ground 'hat a workman is ahlo
to till a tin bucket with cdihlo matter
that the Atnetioan pcoplo nro asked to
oousent to tho transformation of this
republic into an empire.
Well, let us assume for ihe moment
that the ' Full Pinner Pail" is a reality,
ar.d nut a myth. Pot us assume
that the workingman who puts in eight
or ten hours of exhausting labor a day
is roa'ly able under Republican "proRyerity"
to put two or threo sandwiches,
a wedee of pie and a pint of coffoo into
a fin hucket.
Under those o mditiona, the oontcnts
of the 4Pull Pinner Pail" may bo worth
15 eents. Mr. .John P. Hookfellor has
an inoome of about $10,000,000 a year.
That is over $1.'10,000 per working day.
Mr. RoohfoUcr s daily income would
till the dinner pails of 000,tMMt workmen.
In other words, Republican
prosperity puts the dinuors of 000.000
workers into one man's modest little
pail.
That is tho Republican idea of good
times. Nino hundred thousand men
happy and gratoful because they can
pit 15 cents worth if dinner apiece
into thoir tin buckets, and one man
whov ahsordfl as much of their earnings
as tlio cost of tho whole 000,000 dinners
put together.
Theio arc Fooros of monopolists like
Mr. Rockfoller, dilfi ringonly in dogroo,
and tIto unearned incomes of 100 of
them ould probably pay for tho dinners
of all the workioKUion in the
United S?aton. If the policy of favor
lIt?U - 1 i y
in*, rui ii uwiivum IMIUMIS (II WCItllll WCTO
altered, (ho workers might havo not
only lull (1 inner pails, hut possibly
soiuo of tho littlo luxuries that Republican
policy considers entirely out of
sptcro. ? New York .Journal.
Plunged Into a Fiery Pit. >
A dispatch frotfi Raleigh, N (J.,
say*: Dr. William It. Uapohoart of the
staio hoard of agticulturo has arrived
there from Rcrtie county and sayH tho
firo i Hyde oouDty continues and is
doBtroj ing troefl and soil. Tho soil is
poa(y and burns like tinder. One
farm, valued at $111,000, is so burned
away that it is not now worth $100.
Tho lire is burning far undornoath tho
surface in many places. Dr. Capohoart
is informed that as a farmor was
driving along a highway tho lire undermined
soil gave way under him and ho
and his horso, falling into tho fiery pit,
were burned to death. Tho smoak extends
many miles at sea and by obscuring
tho light at Oregon inlet has caused
two wiceksin a fortnight.
Hero Is Your Chance.
A prizo of 1,000 francs is offered,
nays the ICIootfioiao, by tbc French Industrial
Association against Accidents
to Laborers, at Paris, for tho most elll
oaoious insulating glovo for electrical
workmen. The gloves must bo strong
enough to resist, not only tho olcclrio
current, but also accidental perforation
by copper wire, cfc , and must, in
addition, be oasy to wear by hands of
any sizo and allow the workmen's lingers
sufficient freedom to execute their
work. Tho competition is international,
and is open until Docemberill, 1 MOO.
Defying Chinese Traditions
Tho State, department makes public
tho following cablegram from .Ministor
Conger, received Thursday morning
through the United States consul, Few
lor, at Cho Foo:
"Che Foo, received August.'10.?Seorotary
ol State, Washington; Thirtieth,
Following dispatch dated yesterday:
More Itussian-Oorman, French and
Italian troops arriving. Imperial pal
111 V_ A 1 * ->
nut! win uo emerea August zv>. Military
promenade of all nationH made
through it, afterward oloaed and guarded.
Prince Ching is oxpeoted in a few
days."
Welcome to All Such.
"Tho Republicans," aaya tho Pittaburg
Post, "aro making a groat ado
over a letter from a favored member of
Proaidcnt Melvinlcy'a Asiatic pay roll,
announcing he will oppose Bryan's election
and support MoKinloy ami imperialism.
This i< tfix Minister to China
Denby. who was later a member of one
of McKinlcy's Philippine commissions,
llo supported MeKiuloy four years
ago." In these circumstances it would
scarcely be eorroot, wo suppose, to oall
Mr. Denby a "oonvort." Ho has boon
in his prcsont company too long for that.
Hanged for Assault
Wm. Black, colored, was hanged at
Bslair, Md., Friday morning. Ho mot
death with considerable calmness although
ho was plainly vory nervous on
bis way to tho aoaffold and has for soveral
days past boon in a stato bordoring
on complete collapse. Black died for
a criminal assautl on Miss -Jessio Bradford,
a l."> year old girl, who lived near
Abcrdcon, thin county. Great precautions
woro taken to avoid a lynohiog,
whioh was feared oven at the last moment.
Death of Col Patrick.
A diapatoh from Anderson says: C'ol.
Johu B Patrick, a prominent oduoator
of that oity, died this morning at '? :'?()
o'clock of apoplexy. He was apparently
in good health, and up to tho day of
his death actively engaged in work oonnocted
with Patrick Military iostituto,
of which he was fouodor and head.
His death is a loss to tho oomuiuuity,
to tho educational interests of tho Stato
and to his ohuroh. He loavos i widow,
two sons and thrco daughtors.
DROUGHT DOEi DAMAGE
Tho Hot Wave of August Plays
Havoc With Crops
Tho Qroinvillo Nous says "the
sweltering and intense hot ppoll of the
month of August has played havoc
with tho crops, not only in this section
but in almost every section in tho
South. Tho cotton crop is tho most *]
seriously damaged and planters are beginning
to ft el blue over t ho situation.
"Tho ootton crop, which is always
tho largest orop in this State, will, it is
thought by prominent farmers, full far
below tho general yield and tbero are
many large planters who do not even
expect to make half a crop. Tho oon- f|
dition of tho crops in Oeorgi i is just as ^
serious as in this State.
"Tho cotton lioidH in Orccnvillo and
other neighboring counties present h I
parched appearance buoauso of tho
drought, ami tho young bolls have he
gun to fall olT. In a general soaking
rain should fall within tho next fow
days it is not believed that tho ootton o
crop would he benefitted, as tho great t
damago has already boon done." j,
"Not only the ootton crop but other
crops arc showing bad efloots from tho 1
drought. Tho sweet potaloo vines '
have oomtnenood to 1 >ok sickly and
dried up, and unless there is a fall of
rain very soon this crop will bo serious- fj
!y damaged throughout tho State. A
good heavy rain within tho next fow '
days would tiring out the potato crop i
wonderfully, for August ami September s
aro the months that the potato crop
does the host if the seosons are good. t
" Tho corn crop has been seriously t
damaged also by tho lack of rain. Tho t
ears of corn aro small and tho grains i
aro not full grown. In somo sections
of this county tho upland corn crop has t
boon totally destroyed. Tho bottom- c
land corn, howovor, in many sootions i
i u in n Wi?rt? oa/\/1 it "
1.1 ? i? 11 1 J f,UUU UUU'llllUlli
4lTo nouio extent tt>o drought has in- t
tcrforcd with the working >! tho roads.
The ground is so hard and dry that tho t:
road ovcrscors find it a difficult task to f
do anything with tlio roads. Tho fol 1
lowing letter from Columbia was received
at tho cotton exchange oflioo !
hero ycster<lay: 1
"1 cannot too fully iniproflfl on you n
the tearful disaster that has overtaken I
our crop. In many fields Oil many ?
stalks every boll is open even to tiiG
little ones. Am certain that all South
Carolina southeast of Coluipbia will t
make 20 to 20 per cent less than last I <
year, ovon with abundance of rain from <
now en. Tho portion north of us with I
rains and late fro it may mako 10 to 20 <
per cent over last year, hut as a whole *
tho State will ho short of last yoar."
A Suspicious Coincidence.
A little study of tho passenger lists
of steamships hound for Kuropo will ;
disclose a pcouliar phenomenon. It
will be found that statesmen (t. o.)
Congressmen) who were conspicuous in
their advoeaoy of tho shipping subsidy
hill, sometimes oalled the Hanna- I'ayno
bill, have almost without exooption i
taken a trip to Kuropo this summer
Hut it will furthor he notod that with
equal uniformity tlioy havo chosen to 1
travol by tho "American Lino" boats. ;
Theso, it will ho roraotnhorcd, aro the
ones controlled by the International : i
Navigation Company, of which Mr. j
Utisooni is tho head, and which was 11
(or is) to get about $2,(MM),0(H) a year (
out of tho proposod legislation. Of <
course, no one believes that a freo trip i
to tho l'aris Exposition would warp the
judgment of tho eminent statesmen
who have urged tho passago of thiH
legislation and tho facts above noted
are interesting only as a coincidence.
In India, the land of famine, thousands
die because they cannot obtain
lood. In America, tho land of plenty
many suffer and die because they cannot
digest the food they eat. Kodol
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1'3w|#?3|'bii? v>ui? wnai you cai.
It instantly relievos and r.vtioally
cures all stomach troubles.
Dr 10 Norton.
Killed in a Tornado
In a tornado whioh passed over the
village of Wapolla, Man., Angus Mo
Donald, a fartnor living two miles from
town and biH two childron were killed
and Mrs. McDonald seriously injured.
J'bo McDonalds attempted to tako refuge
in the collar, but heforo they could
reach it tho tornado lifted them and
the house high in tho air. Many buildings
in Wapella wero badly damagod.
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AN ADDRESS
fo the People of the State from
McSwaonay.
HIS PLATFORM RESTATED.
rhe Governor Thanks His Friends
for Supporting Him. Asks
Their Votes in Second
Primary.
Following the receipt of tho returns
roin tho first primary oloction, Gov.
lcSwooney Thursday issued tho foliwing
address:
'o tho Pooplo of South Carolina:
Fully appreciating tiro largo voto
rhioh 1 received in tho primary on
'uesday as a strong endorsement of
11 y administration, 1 desire to expross
o my friends my sincere aoknowledgcncnt
for the support given. The battlo
s to he fought over again botween Col.
loyt, tho prohibition candidate, and
ysolt' on Teosday, Sept. 11.
Tho voto on Tuesday showed that tho
cntiuiont ot tho State is against prolibilion
by statutory enactment, and
n favor of tho dispensary as tho best
olut'on of tho lienor quostion.
Whilo fully prrsuadod that this is
ruo, ye? I do not rest my. olaimH onirely
on the liquor question, beoauso
here are other issues of as far roaohng
importance.
I hsvo felt it my privilege, as well as
ny duty, to ask my fellow citizens to
tndorso my administration by giving
no a full term, and 1 liavo restod my
ilaims on the record of my administraion.
It has been my oarncHt endeavor to
lischargo tlie duties of tho oftioo faith*
ally anil impartially anil to follow do
cad but that of duty.
My cflortM havo boon to givo tho poodo
a business administration, froo
rom politics, bcoauflo thi? is peculiarly
i businoss ago. In how far suoooss
ms crowned my ctfortH tho quostion is
lubmittod to tho businoss men of tho
3tato.
'i hero has boon good fooling among
ill the pooplo of tho Stato and 1 havo
jontributod what I ooulu I? oxHuitivo
to that ond. 'I'horo in no roadou ^
for our pooplo to bo dividod into hostile :
oamprt, for nuoh a oourno would rotard
tho matorial development and progroas
of the Stato.
The ohargo that tho dispensary law
hart not boon enforced has boon met and
answered fully by me on ovcry stump
in South Carolina. It is bettor on1'orccd
than since it has boon on tho
statute hooks, and it has boon onforocd
with fewer eonHtables, with loss oxponso
and without friction orbloodshod.
It should bo romombcrcd that tho
ohargo of non-cnforecuiont oomca largely
from those who oppoHe tho law and
want to soo it overthrown, and who aro
no moro in favor of prohibition than
tho dirtponsary, but aro ondoavoring to
us<? prohibition with which to kill tho
dirtponsary.
I am deeply grateful for tho hoartv
mipport given mo by tho pooplo of tho
nntiro Stato; and, as to Charloston, my
desire is that tho pooplo of that city
shall fool that thoy aro an important
part of tho commonwealth, and Charleston
being tho metropolis of tho Stato,
her eiti/.ons should bo in buninoss and
commercial touch with every section of
South Carolina. I foci that tho support
given mo in Charloston and Columbia is
tho support of burtinoss mon and thoso
who endorse a business administration
and aro tired of otornal biokcrings and
snarlings and captious fault findings.
Tho educational issuo has boon ovor.11
it - * * "
eiiruowcu oy that ol liquor, and it is
well to nay that my rooord for tho common
schools and tho Stato colleges
has always been poHitivo and for thoir
hearty support, f may nay, incidentally
and modesty], that I am no reoont
convert to tho support of tho higher
educational interests of tho Stato, but
stood there when thoy needed friends
in tho senato and houso of lopresontatives.
I havo made no deals but have held
myself frco to follow tho path of duty
and rather than have my hands tied by
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mPARilM;
a! Change in Marketing Methods i
Apilied to Sewing Machines. ?
ml plan under which you can obti-iu
ui.d better value in the purchase of
nous "White" Sewing Machine \\kun F
offered. tr
ogue and dct died particulars. How ?
L-ha.;? of n hi;;li-grade sewing machine J
wc can offer, either direct from 4
hoii/'d o.;e it . This an oppor- 0
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I K 81 ft Regulates the Bowel*. s
1 B 111 / & Strengthens the Child.
am Makes Teething Easy,
iwders) ? % TFFTHINA Relieves the Bowel
. _ , . Troubles of Children ol
at Druggists, any age.
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