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4" t' ' ' \ ^ VOL. XV. TO THE PEOPLE. An Address Explaining Why He Resigned His Seat ? ISSUED BY BEN. TILLMAN. Says McLaurin Was Virtually Organizing a Republican Party In this Slate Under Another Name. Senator Tillman furnished tho press mo lonowiDg aaarcBS Tuesday alternoon: To tlio Democratio Voters of tho State. Follow Citizens: An extraordinary and unparalleled situation h?s uucx peotedly amen in tho State, and as I ain manily roopentib'o lor thin, 1 feel that a proper respeot lor you, requires au explanation of my actioun ar.d mo tlVCP. Flovcn yoars ago by a vory largo vote ycu elcoted mo governor of tho State, and two years afterwards 1 was reelected by an overwhelming rnsjcr ity. In 1)4 I was sent as your representative in tho oocgrcts of tho United States, is ono of tho senators from South Carolina. After six year' str vico in that body 1 was last ycrr chosen without opposition to bo niv own euoccBSor, I was sworn in on March 4ih, lsst for tho fix years' term ending in 11)07. Tho ink has hardly become dry upon my oath of clfico and yot I have tendered my rosigLation to tako effect September 15th next. My oolloaguc has also tendered his rcsig nation to* tako (fleet tho Batno date. and thus there will be two vacanoies to bo filled by appointment of tho governor until tho legislature oan olcot cur suooeseors in .January next. 1 doiero to announoo my candidacy to succeed myHolf and shall ask you to vindicato my aotion by jour votes in tho primary, wMch will to ordorcd by tho Siato < Domooratio committeo- This is an < 11 year in politios and but for tho coudi tions which had oomo about my aotiou in prcoipitating a politioal campaign, and primary olco.ioa would bo inex causablo. A brief review of recent po litioal ONcnts will bo necessary to givo that cxaplanatiou My colloaguo, Jno lV. MoLaurin, was elootcd to tho sen ato at a primary held in '97 lo succeed tho lamented Earlc. Ho was olootod as a*L)cmoorat standing upon tho Chioago platform of 189(>. Early in *99 .Senator MoLaurin jarted company with his Domooratio colleagues in tho d senate, and has sinco voted for and advocated everything that tho Kepublioan party now stands for, and has porei6tcntly antagonized his own party in all of his public utlor&noes aud acts. Notwithstanding that a new SStato convention last May laid down tho prinoiples and polioios of tho nartv. and a cw national ooDvontion at Kansas City in .July announced tho principles of Doniccraoy as now understood throughout tho union, your junior senator has aotcd though ho wcro entirely indopondont of tho peoplo who eleoted him and has felt under no obligations to oboy their wishes or do their will as their icpresontativo. When con gross adjourned last Maroh ho and his sympthizois in tho 8ato kogan at onoo an aotivo piopaganda of his now dcotrines, whioh ho olaimed wore Domooratio, but whioh all truo Democrats must know aro only Republican ism in disguiso and very thinly dis guised at that, lie made a speech at, Cbarlotto. April 16.h, in whioh tho Demociatio party is snooted at a ad assailed. IIo made another spceoh at Grccnvillo labt week filling out and developing bis new thcoriob, and took pains to ludioato his perfect accord with Mr, McKinlcy in ail his policies, llo Lad appointments already ar ranged to rnako spcoohos at ajenst thrio other plaoos?Gaffnoy, Jforkvillo and Spartanburg?an4 had' begun an "navao rooleotioD, ftfteon monuis ftil'oro tho regular oampajgn, whioh would ohootc his successor, in tho Democratic primary of 19(^2 would open, it was natural that*theso gon. Demon who proposed to oontcst for his seat should bo unwilling to premature ^ ly announoo their candidacy and tako the field againts him. Ho had tho dis penning ot federal patronago plaocd at his disposal by tho Republican president, and ho had unlimited moti&y furnioVt.id K r? Kin U nrn^Ki !* *> n |1ia? a ? M ? UIOK Sj\A M / U1D A?V|/UMI1VI*U iliiicjn) ui J'lU Kinky Domoorinio followers in South Csiolina and Mb ptirposo wan to go up and down tho State unopj oacd and unanewored to organize hie new political machine, This was the situa tion up to tho Gaffney meeting and 1 was confronted with tho question of . , what was my duty undor tho oiroumL t HtafcOcf;. Kccollcot that 1 am a member W ) of lie national Demooratio oommitteo, r >' as your representative; I was en tfho oommitteo on platform in both of tho last national oonvontidns and helped frame the doolarations of prinoiple and poliov upon whioh wo wont to battle, and 1 was chairman of tho oommitteo on platform in your last State oouven|MM| tiou. mm* llemembor tco that both at Charlotte ^^^^k|^^U<reenvillo, dirtotly andindircctassailed by Mr. MoLauwill understand why I was my oolleague at Gaff BHp8BpK^^SPSK[>on invited by a large numof Chcrokoo oountv I will* The result of thht m well known. Mr. Mo* brought faoe^S^^KMBfl^^Spi^ucHtion of resignation the people whose oonfigjj Ri gbused and whose trust he BHflQHraR^Ped?' He tried ta dodge the oUlrging that I was attempt* and boss the people and QQHMHBHjiHn the raoe with whioh I had HMhB' and was safely eaoonoed in six yoys and had nothing MP SS &9K Sg 4 ? <T " <Tli % to lose, but well afford to lay down a code of moial othios, for another which I was unwilling to follow myself. L saw tho opportunity to preoipitato a battlo at onco rather than wait fifteen months and I offered to resign if ho would, and tho rosult you kflow. I acted from impulbo it is tru?, but 1 have altvaj s acted upon impulse and as a public > man 1 can affirm with tho sacrtdncss of an oath that ell my impulsos have boon fo'srrvo tho best interests of the people a ho havo honored me. I had ovory opportunity to weigh tho oonso tuonocs of tuy action and to cot out of it without disor dit, but 1 felt then and still feel tbat my duty was to foroo thn fighting nr.d rid tho party of all traitors. Tho situation as I understand it, is this. Tho people who arc intor estrd in having two senators at. Wash ingtou to do their will and stand by . their principles will havo an opportunity of being honeetiy aid honorably roprepontcd. This Ins not boon tho case during tho last two years, and as Mr MoIi*urin remains in tho stuato it 1 oould not be tho oaio. As to tho burdens of tho con.est. , Tho citizens cf a given oouuty will loso J but two da>s, to briDg ibout this muoh desired result, ono day to attond tho , campaign mcoting and tho other to go to the p'imary. While I will havo the fatigue and cxpenso of a Stato oauva-e ] which 1 oould easily haze avoided. ThocontcHt bo'ivoon tho Democracy ] and tho n an who seeks to betray it will be fouglit without any looal complication what c-vcr. Voters will not bcinlluenocd in this contest by tho dosiro to elect local favorites and thus Btvappiug will bo prevented. Tho issues ( will bo oloar cut. Tho organization of | the ' 'Hem 111 or<? i a I l),imnnpfinir " ?nntlinr - ) wawwaaw j namo for McKinlcy Demooraoy, will . havo to ho oonsumatod in a much , shorter timo and undor much loss fa ( vorablo oonditoas. Our parly has the ( oppcrtuni'y to rebuko and punish ( troaahery atonoo as warning to those ( who may ho wavoring. Many good men ( will bo i r?. von tod from boooming llo- . publican in faat, though not in Damo , by having tho issues explained boforo ( they have aligned thomeolves undor tho ] nov bauncr. Tho Democratic uniform will bo struok off of those who havo proven unworthy to wear it and thoy will bo made to understand tho difference between honorable and dishonorable di? charges. Civil virtuo. tho sacred re l*tion3 whioh should exist botwocn tho representative and his oonsti'ueuoy. will bo iuoro oloarly undorstcod and all true Domoorats must rejoioo at tho robult. For mysolf and tho sacrifioo 1 havo mado 1 will say nothing. I I prefer to let tho pcoplo of tho Staio consider tho matter for themsolvfs and pass upon my oonduot as thoy may do- | termiuo, whothcr it was right and pro per or r?sh and quixotic. L havo sor vcu incm to tno Dost ot my ability with zoal ami lnbnosty einco I havo boon thoir servant and shall oontinuo to (lo so if thoy oontinuo to honor and trust mo. Whon^l oannot truthfully say that I roproeont tho majority of tho pooplo of South Carolina and voto and ppoak as thoy dcsiro, I beoomo, "as sounding brass and a tinkling oyiubnl." And prefer tho retirement of privato lifo to tho degraded clovation of a high position obtained by deoc.it and hold against the wishes of tho people. I put iny oaso in your hands and will explain and vindicate my oaso more fully in tho ooraing primary canvass. B. It. Tillman. A Horrible Accident. A disratch from IJoioYi to Tho Stato pajs 1?\ Fair L.o, foreman of tho Union Hardwood Manufacturing company was run over by a oar loaded with hiokory logs used by tho firm. Tho aooidott oocurrcd at 0 o'clock and as a result ono of hi^hgsis cut off at tho knee, tho other just abovo and tho right hand is ground into pulp. Ho m??y livo but it is doubted There wore four oars lo/dod on tho sido traok and thoy were trying to ease them down a liitlc. Ho had g me under ono to rcmervo tho scotch when some ono abovo took off the brakes and started tho oars, and in,. trying to get out was tiippcd up. As soon as ik\y^u discovered ho was under tho oar tbo brakes we ro put on tho oar stoppod on his body and it was ncoosu?rv trt unlnuft (tin it J - w VUV vm wv? VI V IV UVUIU bo moved cff. Dr. Y. L. PqoIo w?n im^lodiatuly summoned and did all ho could to rcvivo him. The Privilege Tax. Tho privilcgo tax rooipts this year show that mcro guano w*s wsshod into tho Boa by tho May froshot than in any previous year sinoo tho Sta*o has been <xaotingjhis royalty for tho inspootion of fertilizers. This tax is 2f> cents a toD, avowedly to pay ftr tho ohcmicoal examination of tho fertilizers to protect tho farmers from adultoratcd fertilizers, liy this means is accumulated a turn which very nearly pays tho running expenses of Clomson oollogo whero tho etuff is analyzed. Tho total amount rooeivod from this souroo sinoo tho. first of tho year is $77,528 43, against $75,214 for tho wholo of last yoar and $85,497 for 1898. The recoipts for tho romaindor, of the year will bo small, yot tho figures show that tho sales this yoai will bo noarly 10,000 tons in oxooss of last year. Committed for Arson. A dispatoh to Tho State from Florence says 11 H. Wilkoswas bound over to oourt Wodnesday ovoning oharged with arson. Tho preliminary oooupiod tho orilino day. Carl Morgan was tho rffain witneis and was tho only witness called. Muoh olthe ovideneo was sensational and may implioatp others in both the attempt and burning of tho Chase buildipg. Tho oaso exoited intense interest, tho oonrt room being filled during tbo hearihg boforo Magistrate Lloyd. J. P. MoNeil oonduotod tho proseoutioif and Sbipp. Spears and liagadale the defense. Tho evidenoe i brought out was strong. IS"' y*\ \ A-7 .. . V , * v v CONWA" M LAURIN'S. REPLY. Statements Made Neceesary by Tlllmans Charges. HE CHARGES FALSEHOODS Against the Senior S-mat-' r. Appeal to the People to Help Relegate Bun to FarmA Special to tho Stato from Honncttsvillo Thurodav tives Senator Mo Laurin's roply to Senator Tillman's addross to tho pooplo of tho State for publication. To My Follow Citizons: Tho address of Souator Tillman to you rondorcd it necessary tliat I should aay eomothing in explanation of my motives and aotions. I sinoeuly regret that you aro to bo subjootod to tho espouse and excitement of a senatorial primary this yoar, but 1 feel that I am not responsible. Had it not boon for Senator Tillman's intrusion upon tho Uaftncy mooting thcro would have been no neoossity for it. A joint debato was prooipitatod by him contrary to my wishes and of tho gentlomeu who invitod mo. Ho foreod himself upon tho meeting by his own admission. No other houorablo course was left to 1110 but to accept his proposition or lay mysolf open to tho charge of coward ioo. It is too lato now to consider whether it was wiso or unwiso and tho people must judgo botweon us. 1 lesiro to announco my candidacy in opposition to tho senior sonator for the uncxpirod long term, and will disouss with him in a fair and roputablc manner tho national issuos of the day, ind loavo it to you to ju? go who oan tho moro "honestly and houor&bly" rcprosont you in tho United States jonato. In 18S)7 I was clcotcd to tho aenato as a Democrat and 1 am still a Democrat In everything I havo naid at.d ilnn< I havo Ladtho good of my pooplo at i heart, to them 1 am ready to rooder au aooount of my stewardship, but uot to ( tho senior senator; porhaps in this lies < my chief sin. , j In my rcoomt sp6ooh at Uroonvillo 1 i gavo tho people tho reason for my oiVi i oial action sinoo lH'.t'.l It is useless for 1 mo to roitorato wuat I said in that ' spooch, as it has been extennivoly pub 1 liahod and 1 presume gonorally read. < Wore it not for ohargos mado in tho 1 addross of tho senior senator, it would bo unnecessary for mo to say more. But 1 cannot allow him to assail mo and my Doraooraoy without saying something fu my vindication. lie ' ohargos that, aftor tho adjournment of i oongross in Maroh last, with tho aid of my frionds, I ooinraonocd in tho State an aotivo propaganda of my new i dootrinos, "which aro olaimed to be Democratic but aro nothing but Republicanism in disguiso." Ho arro gatos to himsolf tno powor to dooido for ' tho pooplo as to tho rightoousncs of my oourso and viows, and is not will- 1 ing for thorn to hoar and judjo for ' thcmsolvos. His indecent intrusion upon thoGaffney mooting illustrates I his methods of "bossism" aod his do- < siro to "rule or ruin." Aftor my ro- j tarn homo in April last I reooived in- 1 vitations from oitizons of Greenvillo, York, Chorokoo, Nowborry and Spar 1 tanburg oountioa to addross tho pooplo on tho national i*su* s of the day. As tl.oir public sorvant, 1 could uot disre 1 gard their imperativo oalls, aud 1 ao 1 ooptod tho invitations. Had 1 not dono ro, my'political opponent would havo 1 oharged that L oould not moot mj con- 1 Btituonts faoo<to faoo -and explain my 1 political aotion. It was not my pur 1 poso in loacpting theso invitations to inauRuato my campaign for rooleotion i moro than a yoar in advanoo of tho i primary, but to attempt to enlighten tho pooplo and remove falso impres 1 sions produosd upon tho publio mind i by tho sonior sonator and his syrapa 1 thizors. I had boon povsistontly ma liguod and misreprosontod and tho only i moans afforded mo for my vindication 1 was to got tho ear of tho people. This 1 l_ Al-i l w?a my uuiy oojooi in making spooohoa whero I was invited to go, and had it i not been for thoso invitations 1 should have romained hilont. 1 I llavo we reaohed the point whcro a , number of privato oitizens oannot in vite one of their roproaonlativcB to 1 address them, without.inoluding the Hcfbior sonator or first obtaining his ' permission? Tho oonior Benator, it Bocms, willed that I should not be hoard at that time and determined that i should wait for his bidding to go, boforo tho pcoplo. Tho senator also ohargos that 1 am a Republican and was organizing a llopublioan party here. If Jio bolioved this ohargo, why did he oonsont to run with mo in a Uomooratio primary? I denounoe tho ohargs as an infamous falsohood and tho sonior sonator knows, what ho says is untiuo. In his rooklessncss, tho sonior senator further charges that the dispensing of tho publio "patronago has boon placed at my disposal ancL^un- i limited money" is furnishod mo by tho i Republicans to aid in Iho sohemo of ' the organization of a new party. I 1 donounoo this as a malicious falsohood. ? In - my Greonvillo spoeoh 1 explained i why I had botm. oonsultcd about tho i foderal patronage and at Giffnoy I de*v i nounoed, in his presenoe, both of these < oharges as wilfulty false and ye^ ho I roiteratos them in his address. His purposo in repoating what ho knows to be slanders must be evident to all. The senior sonator undertakes in his ' address to throw tho wholo responsi- 1 bility of the present 'situation in the < Stato upon me. After defining' my 1 Domooraoy and branding me as a I m J v V ? jp y r itftt 1 Y S. C. THURSDAY, Jl Iraitor to tho party, bo meokly says that ho and his Pamoeraoy wero asjailed by mo, and it was inoumbont ipoo him to orush me and my intluonoo u this State. Tho eonior sonator has indcrtaken a horeulcan task, for "truth crushed to earth will riso again." Tho icnator forgets that ho insidiously and maliciously an ailed uio last tuuimor, wbon I was unablo to dofend myself, ind after my Charlotto shoeoh, in au interv off, made fnlso audi slanderous jharges ayainst mo. 1 did in my Char oite and Groenviilo spooohos oriiioizo (lis Populistio Democracy, and I lavo nothing to retraot Uo impugus tho motives of othbrs, 1 ut when a reply is made 1 o orics cut that ho has boon attacked in nn unjustifiably manner. Tho p?oplo shall judge ef our Domooraoy ind not tho senior senator. It is cvi ien!. that tho sonior senator foars that he oani o. dofoat mo on a fair field with no favors. El so why is ho assailing me in his address and threatening to put nut other candidate:? What was said nn tho stand at (JafTuoy and thooorrospondcueo botweon us will oonvinoo my fair-minded man that our resignation was with tho understanding thfct ihc rarno was to ho betwoon us only and tho campaign was not to tako plaoo until the Ml. Tho senior Senator said on tho stand that ho would unite with nio in a lo.tor to Gov. McSwc:noy requesting him to withhold aotion urtil a decision by tho primary. Thoiddress is character iatioal of tho man and his political methods Hois addiotcd to makiDg r.okloBH ayd falaochargos ag?.iuNt othors whioh ho never substantiates. An honost man is always ohary in charging others with dishonosty. Tho thief often orio -"Stop thief." Ho is an ambitious boss and habitual disturber of tho political pcaoo and harmony of South Uarolina Last suaiinor, for tho sako of pcaoo ho was givon no opposition, ind as soon as tho doors woro closed ?nd all ontrics barrod, ho mado a slauilcrous attack upon tho Uiblo and tho ministry of this Stato. Follow Citizens thoro will never bo anjthiug liko unity or quiotudo among our pooplo until he is relegated to rvivato life. His incendiary appeals to?olass hatrod aud prejudice, suohas ho mado at Gaffney to Lho factory oporativos, and his dictatorial spirit and utterances, will koop up iissoclions, divisions and disoord in the Stato. With tho aid of tho pooplo I will make a heroic oflort during this VV1 un.uk UUWU UUMHltJUi with its train of political evils and 1 invito all good oitizons to assist 1110 to inaugurato an ora of froo thought, froo jpecoh and independence of action on tho part of the pooplo of South (Jaro-. lioa. Tho senior Sonator, in tho quiotudo of a farinor's lifo in Klgoliold county, oould bo viowod as a pitchforkIrs-j pigmy aDd a blossing to lho Stato. (Signod) John Lowndes MoLaurin. Brutality in Anderson. A uispatoh from Anderson to The Stato says a most shocking oaso of human brutality has ooino to light in tho Andersou cotton mill villago, this oily. 11. lirown Buntss is a young whito man. Two yearB ago ho married a pretty young woman and they havo a lino healthy boy, 7 months of ago. Mrs. Burriss supports tho family by her work in tho ootton mill, Burriss says ho is not in good hnalth, and stays at homo and is tho nurso. Tho ohild roomed to irritato tho unnatural fathor. frequently ho pinohod tho holploss infant to stop its orying and moro than odco thrust it roughly in tho kitohon eafo, whero tho baby sobbod until exhausted by its orying. The poor mother's heart was torn by this brutal Iroatmcnt of hortohild, but was poworless to provent cruelty of tho husband. Last weok tho climax oamo. Tho baby cried longer and louder than usual ono evening and tinaliy tho infuriatod lather bluiehcd tho ohild brutally by the arm, and throw tho orying boy up on tho floor. Tho poor mothor lifted tho baby from tho floor and discovered lllflt I tin Irttt fin 1HBU W ?W? V vt & m r? ?u Miuauu UUllfJUU iho ehouidt r and olbow. Whou ho saw what ho had dono, fright took possession of hitn and ho profossod dcop remorse. The effiir was roportod to iho polioo and tho (Jhiof arrcncod Bur riHH upon a otiargo of disorderly oonduot, but was roloasod on bond. Tho mayor is undooidod as to what disposition to inako of tho caio. Ho will hithor try tho oaso in tho mayor's oourt or turn JJurriss over to tho sheriff. Tho affair has oroatod a groat doal of talk and tho opinion scorns to prevail that Burris out td brf handled in tho superior oourt ou a ohargo of assault and batttry'of a high and aggrovatod naturo. Tho oaso was to bo hoard today but Burriss sint a doctor's ocrtifioato that he was not able to bo prcsont. Ho may rcooivo a ooat of tar and foathors yot. Thirty-oue Found Dead. A UfiURrfl.inn xt8*nanu?d ?f Uipmin?. ? k -? I) a Hi, London, on Thursday by tho disoovcry of 111 bodiea of infants in a ooilar bonoath an undortakor's establishment. Tho bodios were in various stages of decomposition and huddled togothor in soap boxes. The establishment was oonduotod by a widow who Kriday was ohargod with oausing tho infants' deaths. Tho prisoner was remanded. A Case of Malice. Glason & (Jo's jowelry atoio on l&Tilr street Now Yor>i was wreokod by-dfna- mito Wednesday morning, and the wholo front of the store was blown in by tho oxplosion of a nitro-glyoorino oartridgo. Tho polioo say tho explosion was a oloar oaso of malioe. Glo^ son & Co. had some troublo with their neighbors reoontly whioh would indioate in the opinion of the polico, that tho plaoo was blown up for revenge. Hanged by a Mob. A dispatoh irom Birmingham, Ala., lays Frank ll'eoveq, a negro, was hangea by i mob Thurs4ay afternoon between Seorgiana and Dunham, two small Tillages in Butler oounty. The negro a?laulted Miss Ada MoMilllo^ LJ N K 0, 1901. GOVERNOR REFUSES I To Accept the Resignations of Senator TUIrr an and McLaurln. CAMPAIGN NOT DESIRABLE. He Says it They She uld R ?s'go Unconditionally Hi Would Appoint Their tiuccossors Imrr.ed ately Tho following in takoufroui the State of Saturday Gov. McSwccney h&i returned tho resignations of tho senators This action oreatcd as much of a sensation as tho Gaffncy episode itsolf. There wcro a number of letters awaiting tho governor's arrival ftom Chickamauga, and ovcry ouo which touched upon tho scnatonal luntputi bcitvcd him to take somo notion to provout aoampaiga thin suminor. Tho governor statod that ho J is hnuscif opposed to a campaign in an off yoar. To a representative of Tho Stato ho said: Thoso gentlemen, I hoo by tho nowspapors aro unablo to agrco upon tho torms of the resignation. Ono i wants a campaign in August and tho othor considers that tho canvass o?n- i not bo hold boforo tho 15th of September. Tho peoplo of tho Stato have ap- i poalcd to uio to roturn tho resignations, i and I havo done so. If thoy want to resign tho effioos, lot thorn say so and mako tho resignations effootivo im- 1 mediately. 1 would appoint their 1 suooofsors in loss than two minutes and 1 a half." Tho governor stated that all sort of i proposition had toon mado, but ho I thought this tho host oourso. llo had i boon approaohed to tondor his rosigua- j tiou as govornor in order to booomo senator himself and to lot Lieut. Gov. .Jus. 11. Tillman booomo govornor, and ho had also boon urged to aoocpt tho rosignation, tho vaonroios to bo supplied upon tho result of tho Democratic primary. TIIK LETT Ell. Following is tho governor's letter, a oopy of whioh was sent to caoh senator: Gentlemen: Your lottor toudoring ( your rosignation as United States sonators from South Carolina was ro- ' ooivod on tho ovo of my doparturo to i Chiokamauga to tako part in tho oeromonios inoidont to tho unvoiling of tho monumont whioh South Carolina has junt uruuiou 10 ner oravo and noroio Holdiors who loHt thoir livos in dofona# of a prinoiplc on thin hiatorio battlo hold. Honoo my doiav in aoknowlodgI rcapcotfully 1 vour rosiguationa that you may\ >ro timo for aorioua oonsidorntiotv tho offoots , upon tho pooplo of thb. ju..o of tfiia aotion on your part. Tho commission , whioh you hold is tho highest ooniplimont and testimonial which tho pooplo of thia 8tato can pay to one of its oili < zona. It ia possiblo that you havo takon this atop hastily in tho hoat of < dobato and without duo rcflootion of , tho oonsoquonocs to tho people who havo ao signally honorod you. ' It waa only last year that our people had tho excitement and turmoil in- 1 oident to a campaign and in another yoar wo will bo in tho midst of furthor politioal strife. Tho pooplo aro ontitlod to ono yoar of po-oo and freedom \ and from politioal battloaand bitterness. Tho indications aro that a campaign auohas would bo precipitate! by vaoanoioain those twoexaltod politiona would bo a vory acrimonious one and personal rat tor than a dtaouasion of issues, and , from such a canvass our pooplo should ( bo spared, in faot it would bo calamity to tho Stato to bo torn aaundor by a , hoatod oanvass in this "off year" in poli* tioa. Thoro oan be no possiblo good to ( oomo of it. Tho people of tho 8tato aro gotting together and working for the advanoomont and unbuilding of tho material prosperity of tho commonwealth, and 1 should rogrot anything that would rotard this progress. It is not my purpoao in thus writing to provont tho fullest and frocst disoussion of all publio questions and tho OdUOation of the neonln *lr>nir *11 nnliti- l r - - ji o ?rv,y 0&I linos. Oj tho contrary, I heartily ' favor that and holiovo it can bo best ac- ' oomplishod without tho bittorooBS and tho personalities which would bo in- ' soparablo from a campaign during tho ( ooiuing summor. Under our party rulos ' a campaign will bo nocssary within a i littlo moro than a yoar, and amplo time 1 can bo had for a full disoussion of tho 1 is-mos now boforo tho pooplo. llolcing those viows and looking to tho intorost of tho pooplo of this State ?their pcaoo, prosperity and happinoss ?I respectfully dooliuo to aocopt your 1 resignations and beg to roturn thorn 1 herewith. 1 have th% honor to bo, eto. THE SENATORS NOTIFIED * 1 Of Governor's Refusal to Accept the | ^Resignation's Tendered Him. "A-spooial to tho State from Honnetts- i ville says: Thero was general satisfao- i tion oxpresscd here Friday* afternoon when tho news of Gov. MoSwoenoy's Motion was rooeivod. Your oorrospondont immediately visited Senator MoLturin at bis residonoo and the following-is bis statement: "Tho unexpected action of Gov. MoSweenoy leaves me oompletely at sea. I was reluotantly foroed into the fight but when I saw the insulting remarks of Senator Tillman, 4If MoLaurin is afraid to meet me,' oto , I made up my ! mind, if possible, to break off ovw*? prong> of ",J " % . w * ' him out with tho handlo bcforo 1 was through. , "Tho contemplation of my rosignation is no now thing with mo. I value tny honor ami integrity as a man far inoro than I do a neat in tho I oitod StatcB Senate. I wiihod to>o?ign last ' wint?r when I was bo oruolly assailod for tho taunts and nnoors that met my ifforts to bom tit South Carolina n^aily irovo mo distracted. 1 will withdraw my resignation if (Jov. MoSvon y has i requested it, hccauso \ appreciate tho n patriotio motivos that inspire him and u am willing to unito with him in shield H ingtho people of' this State from strife 1 and bitterness. f "1 had boon rejoicing at, the coming J opportunity to viudieato myself. I in 0 toed to speak on suoh invitations ai I < did at (i *ff noy when possible, and I f will not consent to any interference bv < Senator Tilltuan or anybody ol-.o. I c dosiro, whero tho people with it, to c sptak and rondcr an aooount of my \ stewardship The pooplo have a right t to this and it is but just to me. After i making my spoeoh at Nowborxy 1 will take Mrs. Mcliaurin north for trra I tnent and will not utako any inoro ar * rangoments to speak until after wo to ' turn. I hopo now I wiil bo lot alone J1 and there will bo no further nowi?papor notorioty as it is nausoating to mo." i? WHAT TIM,MAN HA Vd Jk? * A apooial to Tho HtnCu frgtu iCrpntoft, ^ saya: Souator Tilhrtffp Lrfrcuiu ^havo \ Dotbingto say in tho dlrfy'fyVoniiig in , regard to tho govornor'a action, but lato i Friday night, in rcaponao to nuuaoroua t inqutroB ho iBauod tho following (itato- I mont: $ j. 1 "llavo roooivod no lottcr from (lovl 1 MoSwcono/ and thorcforo do no^.|pB<?w ' upon what grounds or by what authority ho ftots. Ilia power is purely | ministerial and hia doolination to aq? < oopt oan havo no effoot from a logal | standpoint, IInlcaa I am miatakon tho ] govoruor'a function in puoh oaaoa ia < simply to notify tho proaident of tho eonato on ono hand and tho Stato logiuj* laturo on tho othor that vaoanoy ox- ' iata. Ho oan adviso withdrawal or roaignation, but nothing more. 4,H. K. Tillman," 4,L havo boon Buffering from Dyapepaia for tho pant twouty yvara and havo boon unablo aftor trying all proparationa and pliyaioiana to got any roliof. Aftor taking ono bottlo of Kodol l)yspopaia (Juro I found roliof aud am now in bettor health than 1 havo boon for twonty yearn. I oan not praiso Kodol Dyspopaia Curo too highly." Thus writoa Mra. (J. W. Hoborts, North Uroek, Ark. Dr. E. Norton. Kept Tabs on 11 imsolf. A -L. 1 l.?*. xi ui?u wnu mis juhi uiou ai vicuna ; iu bin 7Ud year was porhaps the most axaot porson of whom thoro is rcoord. From his 27th yoar ho kept aoaurat3 * account of all ho bought and what ho 1 paid for it. A fow days biforo his c loath ho mado up his book to show 1 just what eating, drinking and wear- } ing olothos had oost him during tho ' forty six yc^vh. In this poriod ho woro c out oighty-fivo pairs of trousers and 7 f 0 joats and vests for which ho paid $3,8 )00. Ho had bouglit 208 shirts and "K)t? J iollars, valuod at $800. His omnibus ' faros woro $210. In tho twonty soven v poarH of his oonvivial lifo ho oonsumcd a 28,7.86 glasses of boor. Ho gavo up I Irinking in his 54th yoar, but oontinu- 1 ?d to smoko constantly, ovon during lis last sioknes', raising tho numbor of lis oigars to 628,7W, or an avorago of 18,667 a yoar. Of tho wholo numbor lomo 43,500 woro givon to hitn; ho nought tho rost for $12,500, or about 2 * scuts oaoh. Both totals and prico sug- fl ;ost that thoso woro not ordinary 1 /Vmorioan oigars. Mr. W. J. Baxtorof North Brook, N n J., says he sufforod with piles for fif c con yoars. Ho triod many remodies I vith no results until ho uso DoWitt's r Witoh Ha/.ol Salvo and that quiokly ' surcd him. Dr. K. Norton. J Wants to Down Tillman. I A dispatch from Washington says ' Senator MoLmrin in spoaking with frionds thoro with roforonoo to tho ro- ' agnation of himself and Senator Till- , man, ho oxprossos the oonfidont boliof t .bat Tillman would bo dostroyod. Oo i iho suggostion being mado that tho poo- j plo of South Carolina m'ght resent their ronignation by Bonding two now m^n in Lhoir plaoos, ho is quoted *8 saying Inat 1 ho would not regrot his own retirement 1 Prom tlio sonato if by tho saorifioo of t tho t wo years romaining of his term ho | aould finally disposo of Tillman. ,ilis general expression was one of groat oon- ( tidonco and satisfaotion in the. situa- j lion. ? I DeWitt's Littlo llisers soaroh tho 1 romotost parts of tho bowols and romovo tho impurities spoodily with no discomfort. Thoy aro famous for thoir , cflioaoy. Kisy to tako, novo gripo. < Dr. E. Norton. i Shall Bo a Hdn No More. ' Tho eaglo will horoaftcr ho tho modol , and omblem of the Woman Suffragists. Alioo Stone Blaokwell, of Boston, daughtor of the woman's rights loador, < Luoy Stone, in an address to her associates in Chioago Thursday during a reeoption to dolcgates on route to Minneapolis, said: "Hereafter tho Amorioan j woman must oease to bo a hen whioh i oould do no bettor than oaoklo and i soratoh. Sho must oease to bo a more I nightingale, that oan only food her ; young and warble. 8ho must bo tho i eagle mothor and hor slogan must bo 1 'Woo betido tho malo ohiokon hawks j whioh swoop upon her offspring.' " n Skin affections will readily disappear by using DeWitt's Witoh Hazel Salvo. Look out for oounterfeits. If you get ' Do Witt's yo|i will geUUwl witt I ' i> - * * 0 v T*-. NO. 45 ' THE HOME OOLD CUBE. in Ingenious Treatment by whir Drunkards are Being Cured Dailj in Bpite ot Themselvesio Noxious Doses No Wakening theNorvos. A Pleasant and Posi~~ tive Cure for the Liquor HabitIt is ikw generally known and understo? hat Drunkenness is a disev-e aud not weak less. A body tilled with poison, and nerves ompletcly nha tered by periodical or con- , taut imo of intoxio^iiug liquors, yetjtiireH na ' .utiiiote oa) ahlo of neutralumg and eradicate ng this poison, and destroying the craving or intoxicants, ijullororn may now cure hcmstlves at homo without publicity or loes f lime from i usinoss by this wonderful 'liOMKGOLD HE" which has beon perocted after many years of close study ami r-a moot of inebriated. The faith nil use according to direhtious of this wonderful discovery is positively guaranteed to cure the no d obstinate oaeo, no matter how hard a I ik6r. (hir records'show the marvelous ran* formation of thousands of Drunkards bto nolies, industrious and upright men. Wl\ EH CURE YOUR HUSBANDS! OH ID>KE.N CORE YOUti FATHER*!!! Thisremnly is in no sense a'nostrum but is a speolfhy - ?i-- - ii- i.. ? i i_ ? .i_ ui i'ii? uini iau Dili) , 'in11 is ou DAIIUMUj U?* 'itjcil ami prepared that it in thoroughly soubie nud pleaiant to taste, no thut it oan be pvtfh iu a oup of tea or cofloo without the uioWledge of the person taking it, ThouIfthatt of Drunkards have cured themselves vith this pricelcat remedy, Ami as many uorc have been cured aod made temperato nen by having the CURE" administered >y loving friends and relatives without their (tiowledgo iu coll eo or tea, and believe today hat UtM tinned drinking of their own rcoafljT DO NOT WAIT. Do not be deIwd^ny apparent and misleading "improve oent," Drive out the disease ai onoe and for all tiino. The "HOME GOLD CURE" is told at the extremely low price of One Dollar, thus plncin withing the roaoh of everybody a treatmont more effectual than others msting $26 to <>60. Full directions accompany each pokage. Special advioe by skilled physicians when requested without extra diargc. Sent prepaid to any part of the ivorld on receipt of One* Dollar, Address [Jbpt EDWIN 1). GILES & COMPANV, JiWO and 2'142 Market Street, I'hiladelpnia, All correrpondenco strictly confidential. Hacks McLaurin. A dispatch to thoCharlotto Obaorvor lays two hundrod and fifty oitizons of lionncttsvillo, Sonator MoLaurin's lonio, tuarohod to tho senator's resilonoo, called him from his bod and tho ibjootof tho visit was announcod by T. iV. liouohicr, Esq., in a boautiful ipoooh. Tho sonator stood on his front porch and in pathotio and patriotic (trains of cloquonoo spoko of his unbounded appreciation.of this ovidonoo >f tho ondorsomont of his homo people. 1'ho sonator said ho was in tho fight o stay, and that thoro woro signs of lodging by Tillman, but that ho 'nonded to hold him to tho agreement. . ' ?' I'ho senator said that ho only wanted rillman in this raoo, and that ho would Dvo tho peoplo a oloan, dooont, highonod campaign, or, if Tillman proferr>d, ho oould throw as muoh mud as Tillnan wanted. Sonator MoLaurin said hat tho sonato was too small for both I'tllman and himsolf, and that ho wantid to moot Senator Tillman in evory lounty iu South Carolina.* Suoh mon s Capt. P L. Hreodon, 0. E. Eznm, I. W. Carroll and many suoh nroihinont lusinoHH mon led tho orowd. Bennottsillo will bo almost solid for MoLaurin, mil tho citizens, through Mr. Bouohior, ilcdgod Senator McLauiin their sup>ort. A WORTHY BUCCE880R. Something New Under the Sun. All Doctors have tried to cure CATARRH >y tho uho of powders, acid gases, inhalers >nd drugs in paste form. Their powders dry ip tho inucuous nienibranos oausing them to rack open and bleed. The powerful aoids iscd in tho inhalers have entirely eaten away ho same membranes that their makers have timed to cure, while pastes and ointments launot reach the disease. An old and experienced practioner who has for many years nade a close study and specialty of the treatuenl of CATAKHli, has at last perfeoted a ["realmout which when faithfully used, not uily Relieves at onoe, hut permanently oures JATAKIUI, bv removing tho cause, stopping he discharge^ and curing all inflammation. It is the only semedy known to science that ic'ually reaches the alllicted parts. This wonderful remedy is known as "8NUFFLE8 ho GUARANTEED CATARRH CURE ? and [s sold at the extremely loW prios of One> Dollar, each package containing internal and sxternal medicine sultioientfor a full month's TOAtmcnt and everything neoessary to its >erfect use. "8MUFFLES" is the only perfect CATARRH LIU RE over made and is now reoogli/.ed as the only safe and positive pure for hat annoying and disgusting disease. It juroi all intlamation quickly and permanenty and is also wonderfully quiok to relieve* I AY FEVER or COLD in the HEAD. CATARRH whon neglected often leads to 20N8UML'TION? "8NUFFLE8" will vsave ,rou if you uscit at once. It is no ordinary remedv. hllbn nOrnnl?t? Irnklmiinl aklnk n positively guaranteed to oure CATARRH In kny form or stage if used according to the lireotions which accompany each package. * Den't delay, but send for it at once, and write full particulars as to your oondition, iml you will receive speoial advioe from the liscoverer of this wonderful remedy regarding your case without cost to you beyond the regular price_or ^'SNUFFLES" the "GUAR AN lfcBI' UATAKKll LUKE." . Hent prepaid to any address in the United States or Canada on receipt of One Dollar. Address Dept EDWIN B. UILE8 It COMPA NY, 2330 and 2332 Market Street, Philadelphia. Following England's Footsteps, Tho Wostmistor Oazotto, in disoussing American supremo court decisions, lays: "Tho relation of America to Europo and tho world is pr$foundl:f*modi? Sod by this now departure. Colonies mean a navy, a navy means naval business and ooaling stations and naval basis.aro insecure unless backed up by possessions'. This is logic. Imperialism may load the Americans as far as Uhas led us." You are muoh more liable to disoaee, when your llv*? ?* 1 * 1 WILMINGTON, N. C.