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DALLAS IS CROWDED. , i ha i Over One Hundred Thousand Visitors ,,j, X de in the City to ;|(I Ik HONOR CONFEDERATE HEROES to a< II Ki|{lily Tlitttihiuul Mni SlrcpiiiK In 'In- sa i ?? <"ity ill' IVnlN, i'wt'lvo lliiiiis- sj e ( i ami Hroiikllist m Oiio I'iniv. \ Opening I'xerclseM. j III Dallas, Texas. is crowded with olu m Confederate heroes and their friends, hi It was estimated Tuesday night that i" there was 125,000 visitors in the city. ^ From early morning until late at night the streets were thronged, and (|( it is said over :to.ooo people visited <; the camu of the old veterans 111 tln< s: fair grounds. While thousands of tl visitors did not leave the business sec- ai tion of the city, Camp .lohnston, two ' miles distant, where the opening e.xer* eises were held, was crowded to the limit. Delegation after delegation N from the four corners of t he country j, reported and were assigned to their 11 divisions in the vast city of tents, p The jfreat mess shed, seating 12.00(, <1 was opened at lo o'clock. An army ? of cooks and waiters worked like bea s< vers, while the veterans, with a hun- S| ?er born of a ni^ht in the open, did 't( their best in an able manner to keep '| the cooks busy. DIDN'T WAIT FOll COM M AXDKIt. The convention was compelled to t open with (Jen. Cordon, thccmuman- ' der in chief absent. Hon. John M. Allen, the orator of the day, was not (j present when the convention bewail. Gov. Savers and lion. ( . It. Gerald, s however, appeared at the last moment <> and were vociferouly cheered. Anions a those on the sta^e were Jud^c John s II. Reagan the only surviving mem- I1 ber of the Da vis cabinet; W. L. Oabell; Gen. Stephen I). Lee, a cousin of R. , R. Lee: Gov. Heard, of Louisiana: s Mayor Cupdcvillc of New Orleans: Col. Lee Crandall, who was on "Stone- () wall Jackson's staff; ^liss Lucy Lee v Hill of Chicago, tlm sponsor in chief, t and Miss Virginia Paddock of Port (' Worth, Tex., I he chief maid of honor. v When the convent.ion opened the a veterans, many of them comparing the j bounteous plenty of their breakfasts j with the starvation they were often called upon to endure during the war, i were in hi^h tfood humor. The build- v illtf SiOllt illtf U (Will nnonlo vcw filltwl !l to the topmost row, soon after the convention was called to order by ("Jen. N K. M. Fan Zandt, president of the 's Texas Keunion association. From ^ pillar and post hung hunting and v tlags and pictures of old Confederate i chieftains. The crowds were com- 1 posed not alone of veterans, hut of 1 their sons and wives and daughters. ;| Maids of honor and sponsors, some- - ^ notably those from Louisiana in j brass buttons and Confederate gray. j but the majority in cool white lent v an air of ornamentation to the scene, t Following the opening of the meeting i by (Icn. Van Zandt , Chaplain Young of Texas delivered a touching invocation. (icn. Joseph 1). Sayers, on tiehalf of the State of Texas, then wel- ( corned the visitors to the State, lie ( was followed by Men. 10. Cabell, mayor ( of Dallas, who gave the veterans the . freedom of Ihe city, speaking as fol- ( lows: TIIK WKIX'OMK TO DAI.I.AS. , Hon. Commander and Memtiers of , the United Confederate \rcterans Association: Words possess not the f power to express t he welcome we would extend to you. Within our ' borders dwell the children of your- 1 selves and of your comrades in arms. ' Taught by the glorious examples fur- < nished in your unparalleled record of courage and patriotism, we individually vie with each other in our devotion to your heroic assoeiat ion. Actuated by a love akin to idolatry with one voice we bade you come, and from ' the youngest tot to the aged member of every household feelings of pleasurable anticipation have gone out to < every nook and corner of Dixie land. Since your coming was announced i In our midst t here is not a threshold s here where aught but glad welcome awaits you. Proud of t he historic record bequeathed to us by you our appreciation and devotion to your most noble band by opening our homes, our arms and our hearts for your incoming. We would have vnn (??? ! Ilvit tlinmrh you have many of you traveled far, you are yet very near and in the very midst of the strongest affections of the sunlit land of the south. I beg to assure you that nowhere in the land that challenges the admiration of the would for its devotion to your beloved association can be found hearts more loyally devoted than those whose guests you are today. We are grateful for this opportunity to show our children our unchanged and unchangeable devotion to the heroes whose deeds of valor till the brightest pages of our country's history. Personally it is the proudest day of my life as the represent at ive of our onterprlsliiK city Jn the every. you will understand that we take a holiday to do your bidding. That our most earnest and anxious wish is to act t he welcome of our hearts which is more loving t hat ' our tongue can tell -? ? ?* in j ne veterans regard you as " an inseparable part of their associa- ,;1 lion and could not satisfactorily hold their reunions without your presence. P i our attendance is a glad manifesto of 11 your appreclut ion of t lie glorious heritage acquired by your fathers through {'? undaunted courage and unblemished Vi patriotism. We l?id you thrice w??I come and ask your cordial part icipat ion '1 in all and everything prepared for this " great occasion. To all other visitors c< coming into our midst to encourage lM and join in t lie glad shouts of lasting t' love and devotion for the aged veter- ,fi ans, who in the morning of their lives, hi furnished to the world 1 lie grandest (v examples of heroic devotion to the ^ principles recorded in the world's Ids- 111 tory, we bid you a cordial welcome. To of ail that make up t his grand asscmbl- '! ago; the people of Dallas, along every 'j' street, from the stores and shops, f'1 from the mansion and the cottage, in ni one voice in all sincerity cries out wel- ' h come and thrice welcome to the liest dt and all we have. ?P A TEXAS WKhCCMK. G. it. Gorald of Waco welcomed the Lc visitors to Texas. He said: ey IP** ?. ? ??** ^ ?... ? lu welcoming the veterans on tie- e If it Uie Confederate veterans ot 11 xas. Nun. O. 15. Gerald of Waco, 1 " Id a tribute to the Confederate sol-|, t?r, lx?th in w.n :i;i I lu peace; coninned liU|ierlalisin and opposed the s I mission of Coutedi rate veterans to y nncs for I nlon soldiers, though he S Id he honored President McKinley p r his expressions upon this suhjeet. 11 Iding that "he thought he voiced j le sentiment of the south when lie id that MeKlnley's deatti was the eatest calamitv this land has known V nee the death of Lincoln." Mr. era Id's welcome to the veterans was i the following words: i i'omrades, Ladies and Visitors: An I d time Greek lias said, " I hi i Id inonu- s out s of imperishable inarhle so coin- n ( morale victories ovei foreign foes, i it only those of decaying wood to 5 rpctuate tlie memories of civil | rife." Perhaps it would have been n tter had this sentiment taken deep i Kit in t his land of ours, hut it has not o uie so, and the organi/.ation of the o rand Army of the Itepuhlie and its | >ns of Vcteians naturally produced I ie Confederate \"et era lis and the Sons i ml Daughters ?>t the Confederacy. I lie men in hlue light their annual a imp tires, tell t he stories of the past, | iid rejoice in the \ iclory won, so, < lie men in gray meet annually lore- > ive the memories of the past, eon- < cilmleto the facts of history: while i hey sing no pest us of victory tlicy I roudh point to a cause that went I own in the gloom of defeat without- < ne st ain of dishonor: and forlhisrea- I >n, I am standing here today in re- > (>onse to the high compliment* paid I ic by this association of welcoming In t ehalf of the Confederate soldiers of I Yxas, not only their old comrades i i'Iio have como to join in the celobra- ( ion of I he lost, hut not forgot ten cause, t ut all ot hers; no mat ter from where ; hey come, or whether they rejoice in ' lie victory of the blue or mourned : vcr the (icl'o'it (if the (?r:iv I wet- i oino you in the name of I he oily of i >;iHas to tlic warm hearts ami lios- j ( itahl.- homes of its noble men and!, plendid women, who are hut typical i f all the generous qualities found i lining t he people of Texas, and I asure you that it is t lie wish of all the icoplc of this most splendid of our oungcit ies, t hat you may, one and all. Ind kindred hearts and congenial ouls, and he utile to recall the day pent wit h us as aiming I he most pleasnl of your lives. In welcoming the Id comrades of our States, with some rlioni for four lone years we shared , he toils of the midnight march, t he angers of the morning light. I can do Dili the assurance that tllO Oonfedcrte soldiers of Texas hot h as citizens ft he State and of 1 he great republic lave not proved false to their record n t he past. To the Sons and Daughters of the 'on fed racy, I extend to you a double reieonic, for you are hone of our hone nd llesli of our flesh, and to your hand 3 com in it ted the task of helping to indicate t lie t rut h of history when wo re gone. And I charge you today, tons and Daughters, that you never row weary of the trust committed to our keeping. Ucinember how long it ook the world to learn for what Wiliam the Silent fought, for what I lorn, Cgmont and thousands of others died, nd I hat t here is surely sleeping in t he voinh of t hue the pen of some other dotcly which will dive through the nusty records of the past as it tells he t rue story of the rise and fall of the lout hern Confederacy, and when it is old it will live einhaimed in story and n song lint 111 lie Knglish language dies. OWN. (K)ltDON AHUIVKS. At 1.15 p. in., Commander-in-Chief lordon arrived. The manner of his mt ranee in^o (he vast, auditorium was Iramatie. (Jen. Van Zandt had anlouuccd that all hope of the presence >t' (icn. Gordon had been abandoned md the meeting had been turned over o Gen. S. 1). Lee, commander of the Army of the Tennessee. Gen. Lee was-in the midst of bis ipeeeh when a number of voices and a damping of feet were heard from the rear of the hall. The roar grew to Ihunderous proportions and above it ill could be heard the magic word, "Gordon." At that name the veterans rose to their feet. "1 will speak no more," said Gen. Lee when the commander had ascended t > the platform. "Our beloved commander can say to you words that will please you more than those of any other man." "It was no fault of mine," said Gen. Gordon, when the applause had subsided. "that I was twenty hours late. Maybe you b(>ys can remember a time when 1 was not late." GKN. GORDON'S SI'ICKCll. Gen. Gordon's speech was as follows: Governor, Mr. Mayor, Gentlemen of Commit too and my follow count rymen ofToaas: How shall 1 tell you what wo t hink of Texas, of her great hearted people, her broad pra ires and still broader hospitality? I but poorly express the thought of these veterans when I /j that whet her we look at her goograjr eally, historically or sent imentally/10 as is about t he bigest t hing weevefj a < She can raise eat t le enough on heme I minis to rmnisu all the canned bc<on a t he armies of Uuclc Sam, .John in t. and I he German empire, and still / jn j fertile lands enough left, if plf'.... in the (leeck staple, to j more hales of cotton than are pro hy America and Egypt combined, planted in urr?i?? ?voijs, to feed c man. woman and child in the nni? With such a territory almost c, to that of the original lit States \\ l lirow olf the yoke of bondage ?>n in;in-u irceaom jLmm 1'\*xr.i-i 'III )' i,r>" A' v'MllCj would Vi bother seven-year war lu defen? Jccts !iis inherited republic, its lla^ Nich iwsand its regulated liberties. [ in the few moments in whiolr50 woliv riety permits me to speak, I dapold foi ust myself to make more thai liefest allusion to Texas hist<( in not survey even t lie eon lines o? ist Held, made so rich and so ins) V the great deeds of her nmrthil , if hi Igo me jus! long enough uywTSSc iat from her hirth, through all >st lv experiences as a st rugglin., iblic, and through subsequent Ounces t ie sons of Texas, wlieneversunnirj1' | urcU ? t he sacrifice, have poured out l'J ,|,'e (Kid freely on liberties' altars. pi ihc Ie ollad ana San Jacinto from Df ista and Scrro Gordo, from (J !",;0tbrc. auga's hills and the shivered K o rough i the Hound Tops at Get tysburg, ? c!:i leehargeof her cowtioys and :lers up tlie wire girdle steeps op'yi?i< ElgO, from every battle Held emorahle by A merican valor 1 V ", , ."i'r ie thrilling answer of Texas t ">K""d.y ?i tin's call. No wonder she hi,,'''1 "r'4 ired her neigebors beyond tl " rande with such wholesome r?$$?$?25 r her progess. No wonder tb me Star Is so da/./.ling to M0''1 / es. You know that the j v! si/ft. / 1.. Jeliy ^ >(.indard O'l Company ilU * IKIIC. | ' he vcry.l ?' U laim they cdttld stand tin fairly well gainst the whole of the Culled States t it wolf not for Texas. Hut not only Is Texas great historic* llv and great In her geographical exlanse, not she cuti do more in a small { pace than any other country in the rorld. As proof, I point you to little Ipindle Top where a few acres can1 our out of the greasy t hroats of boil- 1 ug. t iinndcring gushers oil enough to . ight every htunlet in tlie land, and at he same time if government experiuent s are successful, enough oil to kill II the mosuultoes from the Jersey ho re to t lie .Mexican holder. Again Texas lias t he higgest cit ies of heirsi/.e in all I he universe. Shall I llustrateby naming one? The Ihrob>iug heart of every veteran in this ascuddy lias already answered wit h the lame of Dallas beautiful Dallas, linking now in her loving embrace more leople from the out side than she has population inside. And who arc those lien whom she so tenderly and so lovngly embraces? Win thisoutpouring i iu-r people? Is some l'tinco Henry, if some potentate or Kingly lineage tausing in her streets? There are no 'rince Henry's here no brot hers, nor >t her kin ol the great kaiser. Hut : lie re are men lie re. who I oyour I houglit ire greater t ban princes, grander t ban attentates. Here arc men of I he pur st and most royal lineage men in v I lose veins runs i lie Idood of t lie founlers of tliis mighty republic whose nission it is to light up for struggling liunanity the highway to freedom, lerc are t he veterans of tlie proudest >f armies hoary wit li age and ennobled i.v sacrifice, who by their own individual heroism in t lie bloodiest of wars, ty their self-control anil selfreliance lirough t lie long crucifixion which Mowed, have won t lie admiral ion of till neu who honor manhood and love liltTty. In a word, you, my fellow cotinrymen of Texasjltclieve, tind you have i right to believe that every soldier who bravely fought in I he Con fed rale irniy and remained loyal lo its memories, as wed as loyal to the republic, is i prince in his own right and by his twn achievement. You believe, tind you have rigid lo believe, that every ^ray cap t hat ever shell erod t he head tf a faithful Confederate private, is a nobler crown than I bat worn by any potentate on earth. Hut I am trespassing and must close wit li t he affectionate greetings of those soldiers to this great Stale and gloriouscity. Our hilt s arc olT to I???t h, and so long as life lasts we will hold you in loving embrace. Thousandsof people lined t lie streels during the afternoon and wereappreeiallve witnesses of the arrival of Musfupha Hen Seliin, the kaliph, <1 iroot from llagdad. The Kaliph is king of an organization whieli annually resales Dallas withasort. of mardi gras. "Ills unutterable exalt edness" with his subjects garbed with all the splendor that tinsel can give, was brought into tin' reunion to lend a streak of oriental splendor on the occasion of the delivering of the key of the city to Cotnmander-in-Chlef (Jordon. The Kaliph and his ^or^eous subjects, followed by carriages containing Den. (Jordon and distinguished members of the roiled Confederate Veterans, (Jov. Heard of Louisiana and (Jov. Savers of Texas, by bands and inillt iatuen and trumpeters, proceeded through the streets to the otliclal reviewing st and near the postotlice. Here Mayor Cabell, in a grot est pie ly sober speech deferentially presented an immense gilded key to "bis majesty." The Kaliph. said to be a Texan of long and honorable standing, by means of an interpreter, in turn handed the key to (Jen. (Jordon, thus giving that veteran the suzerainty of the city. Dor The <'0111 pie\ion. The complexion always suiters from biliousness or const ipat ion I 'nless I lie bowels are kept open the impurities from the body appear in the form of unsightly eruptions Do Wit t *s Lit 1,1c Karly IJisers keep tlie liver and bowels in healthy condition and remove the cause of such troubles (' K 11 none r \lbany, Cia., say: "I look I)rWill's Little Early Risers for biliousness They were just what I needed I am feeling better now than in years." Never if ripe or distress Sate through and gentle The very best pills. Dr. E. Norton. WoathorThat itiiiN. Nebraska is having a variety ol weather. There was a drop of .">( degrees throughout the State on W ed nesday and then a bh/./ard set. in and reporrts from the extreme northwest j em part of Nebraska and lite ItlaelHills telll of'a heavy fall of snow, 1.' inches at Custer, and nearly two feel at, Spcarlish. Trains are slightly de layed. more, however, from the ftiriou! wind than t he snow. tady I >e n lists. Two lady dentists received theii diplomas from the Atlanta Denta College Monday night, and when thej t ?" i. I i\( News has been received of nl |! y Turks and Kurds of three h. j| Ihristians at Diaheckir, Kurd p t band of roving arincnians re jy C ppeared near the town. Tb 10 horlties sent Abraham I'aeha, | lead of the Kurdish regulars h them. The regulars pur I is some distance, r H i<hr 1 | ^0(1 for 100 lbs. 00 Cents. fl| ' :\(r V, 5onls'! IB ? - ? uents. | ikzjri1*? , for sale by 15. T. flyman, j ?-- -? olas anil C. S. Causoy. HBHHIi crcil daily at H a. in. No; 13 ' t'as'1, inyoui W. If! HOWELL. ' It Hala cliangl rnlcroi night. bockbii FllRFi ?%I ESS i\",r:tyncn/*m robv: -harnessI g& :,k- \ \ ^ 9 " "?i te XV fJitw I I Fev?na: f,e \l/ \\\1 I eral b|lN ^ I Ih)btfr'u ^le'scvcntb ITTlkbMfi ^ a LIVELY meeting. [t ONTIM KI) FKOM I'AOK 1.] private farm at the exp"tise of the State? l"?. liy what riyf I it in law or moral:* clkl you get the authority at Stale expense to get woodi eoaI and vegetables? hi. I>id you not eoutinueto receive products from I he penitent iary at your home in Trenton as late as 18(.)7, not even paying t lie express charges? 17. Did you not denounce your prodeoessors in othccand charge "rottenness" because of alleged pilfering from the penitentiary? I*. Was not a commit tee sent to investigate the dispensary 11 ansact ions refused the right to examine the Iwoks, and did not I lie members of t he t rust refuse to be subjected to an exauiinat ion on oat h? It*. Was not your dealings wit h t Intrust ?|itest ioned, and did you ever demand of the I rust that they permit an investigation of your transactions? 2u. I >id you not on t lie Inist ings create the impression upon the minds of the people thiit I lie cause of t heir oppressed condition was largely due to corporate greed, and t bat the State of New Jersey wasan incubator for fraudulent corporal ions? 21. Are you not a member and a director in a New Jer soy chartered corporal ion? 22. Did you not -denounce the interference of a I nitcd States senator wit h j our campaigns? 2J. Is it not against the law for you to use a free pass,express or telegraph j frank, and do you use them? 21. Did you not, as governor of t he State and, as such, chairman of the boa rd of directors of t he Stat e pen it entiary, instruct the I took keeper of t luit institution not to charge anything on i lie books to \ou or to open an account against you? CO IM ICS or ("KIITIKK ATKS. Senator Appelt then reap t lie following. with tlie si;itement that they were cert ilied copies of t be originals: I hereby cert ify that during the year 118H7 or lwi8, w hile acting in the cajyaclty of yartl policeman for South it 'arolina penitent iary, at the request of Col. Neal I shipped by express t wice each week during the summer, vegetables to 15. It. Tillman,Trenton. S. (J.; that i paid out of my private funds t he express charges for each shipment.] amount ing t o about t went v dollars, t be money not being refunded by Tillman. Col. Neal" paid me In person the entire I \ it' ?i II .. . > > . ii. rvmuicy. Columbia, S. (()c|. 7. 1901. 1 hereby (.tiI if.v t hat as manager of I,ho State farm l shipped B. II. Tillman, Tronlon, S. ('., eighty bushels of oats on t ho :i(i <t i> of < ictober, l*9t>, no part of which I' is over been paid to inc. W. T. Met J ill. This I day of < ictober, 1901. Columbia, S. C., ()ct. 7, 1901. Col. \Y. A. Ncal, Cohnnhia. S. C. Dear Sir: lleplying to your inquiry as to the history of t lie ten tons of cotton seed meal shipped to Senator I?. It. Tillman, we beg to advise that on February nth. I Si >7, we shipped, on your oilier, ;h superintendent of the penitentiary, to It. It. Tillman, Trenton, S. C., ten tons of meal, charging same to t lie penitentiary at the price at which we sold it to you, viz: $IK.7f> per ton f. o. b. Cohnnhia. We prepaid freight amount ing to $15.00, making a total charge of $202.50 Th is account was not paid unt il.I line 2<il h, 1S99, when we received check from Senator Tillman for $180. As Senator Tillman wrote us that he had been in the habit of getting meal at $18.">o per ton, we agreed to cancel his account on rccoipt of check for $185. We received only $l*o, but marked the Recount paid in order to to get it oil' our hook. Yours very truly, A. >1. Wit hers, Asst. Mgr. Southern Cotton Oil Co., (Ydumhia 1 >ist ricl. I hereby cert ify t hat during t he year 1894 and 1S95 while I was superintendent of t lie Sout h Carolina penitent iary, the inst il ut ion furnished II. It. Tiil man, governor of t he State and chairman of t lie hyard of directors of the penitentiary I he following goods, \e.: Mules, wagons, tools guano, seed and i.inui KHMiiiiviiit' ten 10 i weivo acres <>i land near the city of Columbia, sai<I land was plant cd in oats. After the oats was harvested the land was sowed in peas and the crop mowed for hay. All t he crop was delivered in the Warn at t lie governor's mansion. The penitentiary also furnished Gov. Tillman during the two years wood, coal ? and vegetables and many other artl cles no part of which was ever paid for. I I have recently learned from the book. keeper of the penitentiary during t hose t wo years t hat (Jov. Tillman instructed him not to charge anything to ' him which might he furnished to him by the penitentiary. \V. A. Neal. October (J, tool.' Anderson, S. C., Dec. 11, 11)01. I hereby certify that 1 was lK>okkeeper of t he State penitentiary from ahout the let h of .lanttary, lMtK), until 1 the end of Col. W. A. Ncal's adminls1 t rat ion t hereof except aliout two weeks f in .lanuarg, 1803.* The penitentiary furnished mules, tools, seed and eom^ inercial fertilizers and labor for about / twelve acres of land for Gov. Tillman s during t ho years 181)3-04, and also fur. nished from t ime to time wood, coal, | \egetallies, and one car of brick, which shipped to Trenton, and other irt ides for which payment was never nade in whole or in part during my onnect ion wit.h t he inst it ution, of my 1a now ledge. I was instructed by Gov. Tillman not to open account with him on the kooks. K. C. Burris. Appe.lt also produced a paper showing that the whiskey trust had allowed rebates of from live to ten cents 6 per gallon, lie took his seat amid _ hurrahs for himself and for Tillman. P SKNATOU TILLMAN'S DKKKNCH. Vj Tillman's reply and defense consumed about three hours and only r "shreds and patches" of it. can be r stated here, lie was only an humble senator from Washington, lie had > never roll as large as some persons s and hoped to God he would never feel 41s small assume persons will. (Haughty ter.) You would not hang a dog 011 > what this man has brought much less 1 convict mo. (Applause.) He asked > who sent these pit.ifill at tacks on his I character to Appelt. Tillman declared that there had never been a more pitiful petering 0111 of a great hurrah than in this ex, hlhition of Appelt's. "Yesterday," said he, "while riding on the train I " saw a remarkable incident. Going by a negro cabin I noticed a black cur dog going full tilt to catch the engine. Of course it did not catch It because | it did not try, but 1 want to ask you | what would have happened if It bad I caught the engine. (Laughter.) It docs seem to me that McLaurin's I henchman is very much In the condi'1 of that black cur. He has gone about this dirty business in a way that Indicates that he was afraid, but that - - - ? - - li" ?1:ifc?r| not stop until the postoffice :il M inning had beenrtlltd. "i want to make this inuu a \va*n itni. If there Is anything rotten In tun* if. will com" our in htm anil not when his hairs begin to grow gray. For o4 years I have had a clean record for personal and civic virtue and there is no honest man who is not already satlstied with that record. I ' am going to make Appeltism a by- j word and a hissing as long as there Is t any record of it in this State." The - senator took up Appelt's questions ' categorically: answering the lirst he v said that he was the father of tIre primary In South Carolina. s 2. Cnder the party pledge we have a man who signed It, wlio lias voted t with the Ivcpubllcuns in congress since a 1 POO, whose vote against Hryan, and fc whose every action stamps him as a v Republican. 1 :i. Of course 1 Irclievc in free action j1 within tlic limits of the party. At ,, GalTnoy I tried, as a member of the Democratic executive committee, to \ expose McLaurin's treachery, and I since then they have been hunting for I rebates and potatoes. Ob, pshaw! i' ' is a waste of good soap to shave an jass. I feel disgusted that 1 have had ' to travel all the way from Washington to come here to wash off the dirt ^ and tilth and manure that this man o lias been spouting. r I. 'I'lic senator said that by "pre- v tending friends" Appelt meant that ^ the people of Clarendon were not ?' manly enough to vote according to j1 their convictions, but that they received their orders from Tillman. He had not been in Clarendon for eight, j years and did not personally know 2o i men in Hie county. It is a good s thing for me that I came here to c wake you up from your lethargy and * keep some people from making asses ' of t liemselvcs. We have omit ted that part of Sena- t tor Tillman's speech in which lie t nlnn.U.I f..- ?lw 'I iiiuiiulm hm i m: nuinuii toy ui i lie niaie 1 Democracy and diseased State polities in this issue, but it will lie published in our next issue. :i lie bad not come to attack Mohanrin. lie could easily bit him between j the eyes in Washington, lie was wait- ' iiiK on 1 be committee on privileges ' and elect ions to report that resolution * calling 011 ldin to produce the proof of ^ bis charges against McLaurin. They j dared not bring in the resolution be- \ cause lie could prove every solitary | tiling be bad said. McLaurin bad > called biin a liar and be punched bis i nose. If there was any man who ' thought that in so doing be bad dis- 7 graced tlie State let him bold up his ^ band. c To this there was no response and t be senotor replied that if lie bad not r puncbcd McLaurin be would have been called a coward, lie was ready I to make a special dispensation in be- 1 half of this Judas in order to give 1 iiin relief or t lie opportunity to goolT and hung himself. He was ready to \ propose that the State convention j pass a special resolution allowing Me- t Laurin to take or not take the pledge i just as be saw tit. lie demanded of i the convention a revision of the con- ^ stilution that would guaid against ' traitors in disguise. W1IIKKKY KK1IATK CIIAIU1KS. i Then Senator Tillman took up fully 1 the whiskey rebate matter and said ( when he took hold of the dispensary failure was predicted. It was a simple business matter. He had $50,000 ap- \ preprinted on which to start a busi- , ness that has since urown to over two ; millions. Twenty thousand dollars | was used to equip Agricultural Hall I and buy machinery and supplies: that I left $.'10,000 to buy stock, and it would 1 have bought practically nothing. f These blessed papers fought the (lis- | pensary and they and the dealers warned t he whiskey people not to sell us, audit was only through the confidence t of George Iiubbell, of the Mill Creek I Distilling Company, that the State i could get its supplies on credit, lie 5 insisted t hat the State get pure liquor, and no concoctions, and full . measure. He wanted as good liquor as \ could be gotten for the price and mixed a barrel of cologne spirits with a barrel of two-stamp liquor, i )neof these grades bore no rebates, as he remcm- i be rod, and the two were mixed and averaged up about *1 :i*> and was the ( best kind of liquor. The State gave . no note or other evidence of debt, and ( he thought it fair for this credit and the averaging of prices that the ; State waive its rebate. It got none and that has been known all along. There was no use to get rebates; what was wanttcd was the liquor and as i cheap as possible. What hurt him was that this ehargc was not openly made, like a brave man would have ; made it. NO UKIIATK WAS KXl'KCTKD. No rebate was expected. He kept a close watch on the Mill Creek Company and it always dealt faircly with him and the State. Without this credit t.lu^ dispensary would have perished for lack of supplies. The j only reason they charge that rebates were gotten was because a dishonest man could have gotten them. They '< thereby confess, he supposed, that j they would have taken them. After winding upon the tirst re- 1 bate question he said: "Do you want, all these question answered?" Appelt: "1 don't think it necessary." Senator Tillman: "So even you sire satisfiedV" THK l'KNITKNTIAKY MATTBlt. Senator Tillman then took up the Penitentiary matters, and In brief lie i said that the sworn statements in the 1 Stevenson Penitentiary report answered every charge. The Penitentiary i investigating committee had tlve of , his bitterest political opponents and they found nothing against him. He i presented the full report In the Mixson investigation and showed that it was not there charged that he ever got any rebates. Last session, at his suggestion, a resolution was offered looking to an Investigation, but it failed. As to the refusal of the Mill Creek Company in showing its books lie knew nothing, lie was not surprised if it was so, because the company had been shabbily treated after it had sold the dispensary when it had nothing. lie explained that he had always paid every bill he ever made at the Penitentiary or otherwise. HIS OIL STOCK. As to holding stock in the Sabine Oil and Marketing Company, he had a kiA I The World's Greatest : For nil form* of fover tako JOhNSON'HC : I tluuea bettor tbnn qululno mid does tu a nil I do In 10 days. It's splendid euros ?ro lu 11 I uiade by uutuluo. ^ COSTS 50 CliNTS I 'Ight to do so. The insinuation w.is hat lie bought it withmonei lie stole. \ friend of his. Mr. Loekwood. from Ynnsylvania, went to Beaumont ayd vrote him that he had a good thing, iini thinking liiut lie had been in tiy Si >il business all his life he might make g oniet Idng, heaeeepted M r. Loekwood'* ITer and sent liini $1,200 for a twiny-foiiith interest. Loekwood was .11 oil man and had always fought the standard Oil Company. lie always vould gumhle a lit t ie. never at 1 aids or aces, and this was a pure speeulat ion. ,nd he was afraid t lie Texas oil "braze \ lad made him lose$1.200. lie had lost noney In cotton futures and was not v.. shamed to tell it. Congress has not li- '. ng to do with a Texas oil company. 1 *, Vfter he went in the company made 1 i 111 a director and organized in New crsey, that was all. lie had nothing o do with Texas oil company, except 0 lose money or possibly make some. 1 to t hen t(>ok up t he dead-head frank tamp on the telegram and explained . hat the law did not prevent its use 11 illt.side of t he State, and that lie iot to bo bought with three dollars y vorth of telegraph courtosics. Kver\ Senator and ('ongrcsstnan received such .courtesy. At li 1st ho thought the ict did riot apply to Federal oHl.'ers, >ut was shown that it did by Mr. Ap>elt. He read a letter dated April 21,J.rom j , dr. Burris In which he said ""1 U??ve . 10 recollect ion of Senator Tillman |*ronally ordering me not to open anae-! onnt against nini, and if I have so tatod In the clrtlucate given toCol. ; s'eal I did not mean tosav positively , hut he had so ordered me. M y recolect ion is thai I received such inst.melons tlirough Col. Neal and supposed hat he had been so directed by Hoy. Pillman." 1IK IS STII.L IN DKI1T. a He t hen took up the editorials and iiiswered t he int imat ion thai he was 1 rich man. lie was to-day, he said, >oorer than when he went to Washingoil. lie did own about 2,oimi acres of and ill Kdirefield and < t een wood :md n * ? omc ho got in Klorida in 181M5, but ? ,11 of his land except his home place lie B nheriled or got before lie went into nihlic life. Meowed $<>.<mmi when in j lie Governor'sollioeand paid oil about 1 in If of it, but since lie had been in J A'ashington lie had spent a pood deal J 11 living and otherwise and had * ost in coi ton fnt nres and he was about it),000 or $10,000 in dehu to-day and lie B piessed lie would die in debt. He said ft ie was a simple sinner and not one to W ry or hurrah. Mr. Appelt said he never charged j E Tillman with stealing. Then he explained about his son. 15. ? {. Tillman. .I r. being his private sec- * etary: told how lie selected hint and P hat he was in Washington studying ^ aw. Not only was Mr. Appelt not ! _* lat islled w it h dragging in t he men. hut \ ie dragged in his daughter, lie ex-1"" dained how she went to a house part y | n ICri, Pa. Ills daughter taught music n Georgia for eight months and made ihout $2oo and with this money she vent to Hutfalo and stopped oil'at Lri 0 visit friends, and yet Appelt had to ,\ 1 rag her into the matter. . Inclosing, he said that if the people 1 roted for A i pelt under t he circiunstan es it would lie a virtual condemnat ion i, )f himself (Tillman.) KDITOlt A I'i'KI.T IN KKl'I.Y. Kditor Appelt said he felt very much 'ratified at his "light castigation." rillinan had made a masterly argument and, as lie had said time and l( igain, he was going to stand by the ~ >arty. lie had never received a dollar from McLaurin and every speech ie published of McLaurin was legit i- . naie. Only to-day he had replied to, Mr. Sims and asked him to publish nilmau's speech on the out sides t hat lie used. As for himself lie had no t aim of j lJepublieanism and his whole light was to keep the I lemocrat ie pa rty as it now Is. McLaurin, he felt, would have too j much pride to run as a grat ulty. 11o's ' i white mati and a good man and t here : is no use to nihil in. lie would only vote for McLaurin as a Democrat. As ? newspaper man he used (lie columns if his paper as he thought fairly and published matter sent to him. lie Iried never to he unfair. As to t he Penitent iary report, he had ~ never read the report of the commit- i lee. 'I'lie Times published 1 hat it had * certain evidence and it has produced it. It. has not lied on anyone. The Times said it had cert iticates and it offered t hem. IS ever in his life had lie heard such an adroit diet at ion that lie should he left at home. Personally lie eared lit- [ I le for otllee. lie only wished to serve his people and if they wished others it 11 was well and good with him. 1 le asked all to put it to t heir hearts I t nd always remcnitier that he was at 1 all tinics true to his people, hiseonn- ' try and his St ate. (Applaiise.) TILLMAN "NOT GUILTY." Senator Tillman then had his hand 1 primary. At first there was some confusion about the question,evident- ? lv over the word "accusation," hut on n the final vote two hands were raised e to indicate that they believed him * guilty, hut when he asked for the vote n 011 "not guilty" of Appelt's insinua- % tions t here was a general hurrah and hundreds of hands went up to joyfully acclaim that they thought him "not guilty." It was a regular old-time Tillman hand primary and one tiiat %. gave him the joy of olden times. Thus the meet ing ended. Practically Starving. | "After using a few bottles of Kodol t Dyspepsia Cure my wife received per- c feet and permanent relief from a severe and chronic case of stomach trouble," says .I II Holly, real estate, Insurance and loan agent. of Macomb, III. "liefore using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure she could not eat an ordinary meal with- ? out intense suffering She is now en- i tlrely cured Several physicians and I mani) remedies had failed to give re- J lief. You don't have to diet, Mat any good food you want, but don't $ overload the stomach. Kodol Dvs- | pepsia Cure will always digest it for ] you. Dr. E. Norton. Application was made last week to the secretary of State for a charter for the Imperial ltaking Powder company of Charleston, with a capital stock of $20,000. The Incorporators arc all Charleston men. pnTTTETlIEAi Physician and Surgeon, ( Conway, 8. 0 Office in Spivoy Building R. B. Scarborough, Conway, 8 0, ATTORNEY AT LAW. - - - - ?' Fever Medicine. 1 HILL AND FKVHR TONIC. It Is 100 I liKlo day what slow gulnlno cnniiot H ffKlugcontrast totbo feeble euros F IT CURFS. Wiimi gto i ami Ccriway Haiircad. So.d hbonnd. No. '.'7. Dally except J I Hill \. ii- ui\ had: ourne 7 l ? ' f Vai'elldoh K 10 Mi. Tui or 8 2o J .oris 8 55 Sal iron I ? 10 i!:i\ horo 0 20 Privet Is 0 20 . . AdYian o 20 am r i 'oiiwuN Jo (K) am N'orl hbonnd. No. OS. 1 );iily except today. v C 'onw ay 10 20 am ' Adrian lo 29 am Privet ts 10'12 am Hay I to ro lo 40 am Kanford 10 45 am ' I.oris II 05am ' Ml. Tal?or 11 20 am ' < -la tendon 11 .'11 am r. i hadboui no 11 50 am Southbound. No. t?7. Dally except , IM'tiSWv v t Miadbonrne 11 10 am ' ('lareiidon 12 in pin ' M i. Tabor 12 10 pin ' 1.01 is ' 12 55 pin ' Sanfoid 1 05 pin . ' Hayboro I 11 pm ' Privetts 121 pin ' Adrian I to pm r Conway 1 lo pm Nort libound. No. 20. 1 ally except inday. v ('onway 2 20 pm ' Adiian 2 55 pm I *ri\ et i s ' ;i on pm Hayboro 2 15 pm ' San ford 2 25 pm " Dorb* 2 45 j in ' Mt. 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John.joii'- (.hill end Pevrr wn'3 fonJc. A taint of Mdlurinl polboi. W3 liiijt lr your Monti meansbiiaery ami xjug 'aiiure. Blood luedicttieH< an'tcur. |H Malaria potsonini; The antldotrMS ii,r !tA* ?OHNSON S tonic j-oi * oottle !o-d*y || ?&?ht int ?hieii. j lonway & Sea Shore Railroad Daily Km em rtimua?. !n *ff c. .S )>i 2. li'O! j}j t'hhiuu ?N . 1 > ('< i? ??> 8 ( 0 firn i?!?? '*!? ?- Island H 3' nni itrivo Myit neath 8 45 am Iib.'iii d.?No. 14 ia<?v'H Mjilio lic**t i 6 30 pin ivsvi.1 I iii? IH'II! >1 5 45 pm ii'i'O on ?y In j in l?. ' . McNii I ()?' . MhiimdO'. U' \ha?IA'* LI N H sl Ea ME AH ?The * * w |1 it.e wiiiirf ?i Tori' ray every VI >nd.*y m>d W,.(n. mlny ui< Tiling >? (toiiruetowii hi 1 o e. onu n oc^inii nil ir? urin<-1 mil' ?t> > ?td ?? .!? |?cr wharf I <loorvelnwr> every rn> -<1x3 end Frid y aorpinv fi?i ?\ i. ??%t < 7 ?? < ? k, tomhiug i til iiiit>rii p>|ii|i(' l? 1 MeNniU. Mfi. I A*i aini <'< * vnv, s u. John *. Heniy, V (o.tre. ! *n SI' l\o^TcTPr ('mi\vny l*xigi?, No. Wo. Kuiidito <> ^ytlda# will riifot reiiuUrlv ) (- first and lord rimrsday nights ?>l wicii month until it) nrwise ordered. I > A.M I VKN < tlHll. I'fllit. I (). S|'|VK\ K it * VI H\ I at It '?? r\D AAO \J Cured in 30 lo GO days. DliUr D I T?? ttoy^nglmcnt Would ho glad to have names of all differing with dropsy. <>. 10. COLdlM DHOI'SY MIOIMCIN10 CO.,3123 Lowndes Building, Atlanta, Ga. U. KKEl) 8TALVEY, \ttorney and ? ounselor At Law CONWAY S G vjf kick n h, iv.?\ H ^ I)r. II. H. BURROUGHS, I.OIUS J (! Jails pionip ly answered night or day. LI. LI. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor ?i Uuw, Conway, S. C.