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VOL XVI. ^ ON THE STUMP. ; t Tho Can!Mates for State Offices on < the Hounds. ] THE CROWDS NOT VER\ LARGE. ; In tin; Main ttw HpiMkorN Aiv the Same and tho SjioeehoH 11 ally the Same at all M t'Ol I n The campaign for Stat ' onijors was opened at Sumter on last Tuesday and up to Saturday meeting were held in ()rangeburg, Hamberg, St. Georges and Charleston. T ie in lotin js h iVvj not been very I li vely atten led. as tli 5 fanners are two busy In tli dr crops to give much attention to politics Just at this thn \ The second meeting at Orangeburg ou Wednesday was attended by about ">00 people, wr.icb Is about the largest attendance yet set ured. The following account of the meeting we take from the News and Courier, whose correspondent, Mr. .). 10. Norment, says it was a lickl day for I ley ward, his reception being a genuine Ovation, which seemed to have theclTect of making Col. Talbcrt hot under tlie collar, but lie s<k>ii cooled down. Col. Sloan got, the first pervasive cheers, warmed up to his work, made a line impression, winding up with a colloiiuoy with Mr. Hleasc, who skilfully turned some of his opponent's thunder. Many tilts were lively, but that between Col. Gunter ami Mr. Stevenson was, perhaps, tlie most excit ing episode of the day, being a spirited, rather personal, controversy, more than slightly tinged with acrimony. The audience was thoroughly attentive during the entire day, had much to soy and seemed to enjoy the entire occasion. Til H IION. K. II. OA It Y, candidate for Lieutenant (lovcrnor, was the lirst speaker and was received Willi applause, lie wanted the oillee I honorably. He would say nothing j derogatory to his competitors. Showing another's unworthiness does not j prove fitness of speaker. He referred to the duties of the oilice lie sought j and their similarity to the duties of Speaker, which office he held for six i years. lie opposed the rhillippine war, opposed expansion, was down on trusts and wanted to wipe out factional feelings. Mr. Clary closed amid applause, having made a good speech. The next candidate for the olliee was THE HON. JOHN T. SLOAN. ? Ho referred to a past election when Gary appeared as candidate for Governor and Sloan for Lieutenant Governor. This was going backward and he wanted voters to help him put this! . Gary back. He was proud of Grange-; , burg County, the host county in America -in some respects, lie joined his friend Gary in asking t he audience to be just. Gary made a fine prcsid- j ing officer and it is now time for some- j one else. Division of oillces is a car- j dinal principle of Democracy. As a hoy, he sai l, he joined the Confederate army and later rode with the. red shirts. Now it was time he was rewarded. lie was second in the race last year, and If the winner had been named Jim Jones, instead of Jim Tillman, he would have beaten him. (Laughter and applause.) Col. Sloan made a vigorous speech, being interrupted with resounding cheers and repeated hurrahs. He elTected the lirst real genuine, old-fashioned warming up of his hearers yet seen in this campaign. TIIIC MOM eOt.h-. I. IU.I.VVMK came next and lie began by saying lie would not recount ancient history, but would give bis platform. First, be favored white taxes for white schools, biennial sessions, good roads, building the common school system, schools taught by Southern teachers out of Southern books. lie then assai'ed Mr. Gary's speech, saying he had not defined his position, lie referred to the "A. F. II. Dukes assault" and declared himself in favor of the dispensary. It Is not yet a settled question. Why do they dodge these issues? I localise both once went to defeat on it. lie said he was standing on t he same platform of two years ago. Mr. Bleasomade a good speech and received applause and commendatory remarks from his hearers. Mr. .1. T. Sloan asked for one minute for a question of personal privilege. lie vigorously disclaimed the "dodging" ascribed to him and dcf clared himself in favor of thedispensary. Mr. B lease asked him where he stood last. vonr. Like Gallwnin p Mr Sloan replied, 1 changed my mind. Amid cheers for both candidates and some confusion the episode ended. The legal luminaries next came forward to shed light upon various subjects. THE HON. \V. K. STEVENSON led off here today. He was not personally acquainted here, but was glad to give reasons for ids candidacy, lie "V said: I am challenged by my oppen1 ent to say why Mr. Guntcr should l>e turned out of office, lie wanted the olllco of Attorney General and not the oil Ice held by Mr, Guntor, Mr. Stevenson referred again to his record and practice, reaching from highest to lowest Courts of the land, deferred again to ins being associated in work with the present Attorney General. He said that he had done more to double taxable property in his town than any man who had lived there in ten years. Ills public career was then r V biAW'. t t. x m referred to. He again vigorously ahdoi paled Mr. Hunter's speech by saying again he was not running for assistant Attorney General. lie was here interrupted by Mr. lunter, who stated his position briefly Mr. Stevenson then referred to Mr. ii. inter's record, making a correct Ion it the Hat denial of Mr. Hunter. Mr. Stevenson again said assistants, as a rule, should not necessarily be promoted. When he mentioned lighting the trusts he was greeted with hurrahs. Mlt. U. X. OUNTKIl followed and was greeted with cheers, applause and cries of "Hunter." After Introductory remarks defining his position Mr. Hunter turned his guns on the enemy, lie said he was running on his merits and not because of distorted reasons given by his opponent. Stevenson could distort it was all lie could do. In detail lie submitted his record and was Interrupted willi "Hurrah for Hunter!" This debate was full of vim and vigor and the audience, which now crowded the building showed decided interest. Mr. Hunter made a forcible speech and seemed to have the crowd. Mr. Stevenson denied the statement that he received a salarv from the Sea board Air Line. Mr. (iunter retorted that if ho did not. then Stevenson was a bigger fool than he over thought him. Mr. (Junter made the charge that Court at Newberry was adjourned because lawyers would not try railroad cases before Stevenson. Mr. (1 outer furt.1' charged that as Speaker Mr. Stevenson appointed a railroad committee, before which he subsequently appeared as attorney for the Seaboard Air Line. The clash here was vigorous and intensely personal, cries of "(iunter, Stevenson and ginger" mingling with much confusion. Mr. Stevenson denied the charges and Mr. Hunter pressed them with strong reiteration. The scene was lively and earnestness developed to an extent that had more than the ordinary meaning. Mil. .1. T. G A NTT was t he lirst speaker among the candidates for Secretary of State. He had been chief clerk in this otliee and would give his record, which showed abilitity and good work, lie showed that t his iittlci> in Wiv .1 oim?v tvii< I i lm v.. ? v> . .?V,J vnvy expenses of the State (Jovornment. He had studied this question, and had a fee hill introduced, and now receipts last year were $10,500, when before that the receipts were $1,000. lie showed familiarity with needs of the ottlce and his speech received its share of applause. COL. .1. II Alt V KY WILSON, amid appluse, stated that no ono worth from would injure his opponents^ Cheers greeted ids statement that hel wanted no oillce at the price of honor. | It would not take long for him to re- j count his record. He was only a plain i farmer. Vote for the host man an4| if 1 measure up to this, then do yoilfl duty. Ilis college career ended whefl the war began* (Applause.) Laid* down his arms with Hob Lee at Appo-1 mattox. (Cheers.) Then he went home to work, had already tried per- ! ishing and again it was plough or per-1 ish. Col. Wilson wanted votes only because of merit, t.o he decided by the voters. Ilis speech was a manly oifort, pitched on the highest plane ot patriotism and he made an impression worthy of such a speech. COL. J. T. AUSTIN followed on the same lines as his predecessors. Ho was always a Democrat and then as a st ranger here, unfolded an honored record of valuable service. He was in hearty accord with all the urinr.lnlcK tif llm I imnd. cratic party. All issues would be fairly and squarely met and he received some cheers, closing with a request for votes from Orangeburg. the iion. joiin j. m'maiian had to attend a meeting of Winthrop trustees and, as his absence was unavoidable, the chairman read a letter Mr. McMahan had sent. This outlined Mr. McMahan's position, as follows: Hecau.sc of ols belief that the education of the masses was the foundation of tlie welfare of the State, lie had taken an advanced position in educational reform and now stood for these Issues. It would be the pleasure and pride of his life to continue this work if the people so will, deferring to the views of his opponent on "elevating to greater efficiency the county superintendents," he said this matter was in charge of those who may be cleeted to the Legislautre. lie again stated that in the matter of selecting text l>ooks he was not responsible for work done by the State board of education, though he believed this work was well done, and referred to Mr. Itaysor, of the board, who also favored what had been done. Mr. McMahan met the Issues squarely, with sincere regret that lie could not lie present. PHOK. o. II. MAItTIN, candidate for State Superintendent of Education, then addressed the voters of the "magnificent county of Orangeburg." 'i'he responsibilities of the office were evidence by the attendanccd of the boys liere today. Mr. Martin at once claimed the attention of the crowd, lie was specially interested in the work of this office, also in such Held work as is being done today. He was interested in the practical details of tills work, the work of public schools, to inspire Ixiys and girls to seek an education. Mr. McMahan had two terms and preached against this two years ago. As a teacher lie would excuse Mr. McMahan for carrying out his ideas, but not his abstract, theoretical ideas. Then he assailed tho change of tho mode of election of I county superintendents. This was, lie s a;..,. CON W A \ said, "mean politics." Mr. Martin's! speech was well received and was a good one from his standpoint. Candidates for COMITKOLLKUOKNKKAL came next, Mr. A. \V. Jones coming tirst, who made a brief, but strong business speech, Inequality of property taxation, he said, was a t rying cvjl. His record was shown to l?e that of an cnieient ottleer. Next, appeared Senator W. II. Sharpc, greeted withcullsof "Sharpe." lie came as something new under the sun, a man with no record in the comptroller (Jeneral's oitiee, no sinking fund experience, no pictures sent before him. Senator Sharpe recounted his public career and received applause Mis mention of Judge Dant/.ler evoked ; prolonged cheers, lie tickled his hearers in a pleasant speech and made a most, favorable impression, closing | with prolonged cheers. Mr. <i. L. Walker did not think the oillee required speech-making and time was short., lie did not go into details, hut clearly and forcibly emphasized the duties of the oitiee and his position in the race, lie gave his personal qualifications, which interested and pleased hearers, judging from the reception given him. Mr. N. W. ltrookcr came next and was at once asked if he had "been in the war." I lis reply elicited "Hurrah for you." lie was standing on the same principle of two years ago. Me wanted the investigation of the sinking fund commission continued, lie wanted people to Know what was really going on in this department. Proofs could he given. lie would stand by his record, honest and determined to pursue this worlc in the interest of t he taxpayers or South Carolina. Mr. Ihooker was dead in earnest and asked several questions of his competitors, which, though without results, were Interesting. Candidates for AD.IITANT WKNKUAI. followed, Mr. (Jcorge Douglas house leading. Ilespokeof his position in the race and was well received from the start and his short speech took well. Capt. .1. M 1'atiick next marched to the trout and in cV",r cut stylostatcd his candidacy. Capt Patrick asked to 1)0 remembered when "they were selecting best man for tills ollice" and won cheers. Col. John 1?. Prost came forward and made a strong presentat ion of Ids claims for this ollice. His record was distinctly military from the start and his speech was the right kind of an effort. Mr. I*. 10. Aver was absent again and Col. J. C. Ifoyd was well received. 11lei to ivi reward. iOngineer A. C. Jepson, with nis hand-on the throttle; presented the claims of an hyneSt man and a good engineer for this office. The audience | was quite a "demonst rative one, in a good-natured way, but had to he called to order. Mr. II. J. Kinard came on like an express train and set the wheels turning at once, making full use of his live-minute schedule. Mr. John (i. Mobley came next, making a good speech, that was closely listened to, and received practical evidence of coming results. Conductor J. C. Wilhorn gave an account of what lie had done. He said lie had saved enough for Hon til Carolina to pay his weight in gold twelve times. Evidently lie made, a good impression. Mr. VV. i?....a .... ....... ... ?~.i .i- ..i_? ij'/jrw livnin iiu? iii'MiiiKMi I,m; form and gave his speech to an interested, but loquacious audience, lie scored a point against Wilhorn, which brought applause, liberally repeated. Mr. Kvans also paid his respects to Mr. Caughman. Mr. II II Prince closed the speaking in this department by showing that classified rates were hard to understand and lie knew whereof lie spoke. It was now late. Many speeches had been made, the setting summer sun blazed, dinner was being enjoyed by fortunate ones?but the voters and the candidates remained. TIIK GUHKKNATOUIAL CANDIDATK8 now entered the lists and when Mr. I). (J. I ley ward was introduced lie was greeted- with a perfect storm of applause and rattling cheers, with numerous cries of "Hoy ward!" A somewhat restless audience quieted Immediately and listened with the closest attention to the candidate who Is, beyond question, the favorite here. Capt. 1 ley ward is clear and forcible of speech; he knows what to say and lie is popular. He gave his reason for desiring the office by illustration, which again brought clieers. 11 is speech was absolutely fair to his competitors, honorable, alike to all concerned, including the voters. He said that lie fully realized the grave responsibilities of the office and his statement on this subject brought the cheers that so frequently punctuated ills admirable ad iuiuN.1. .nr. iicywuni rencraiea ms I platform In detain and as every Iksuc was squarely met lie was thoughtfully heard bringing appreciative responses, lie showed the high meaning of Democracy and his conclusion, "1 am a Democrat," won hearty recognition. (Japt. Hey ward's speech was well rounded and complete and at its close the audience were wild in their cheers and commendations. "You're right, Governor," and similar exclamations [OONTINUBD ON PAGE i.] r, s. c., tiluksday, GEN. ROBT. E. LEE. What a Boston Man Says About Him and His Cause. ' I HE WAS NOT A TRAITOR SAYS HE I ('liai'lcs l-'rnitclM /YiIhiiin HayN Uciioral Koborl 10. Lot* Will Have a ^louuwieiit lOeeeleil in II is llon(II* l>y tltc(>overiiiiiciit. "Shall Cromwell have a statue?" Such is the quotation with which Mr. Charles Urancis Adams porfuced tlie speech which he delivered Wednesday before the Uhi Beta Kappa society of the University of Chicago. In opening his address Mr. Adams briefly summarried the story of the Ignominies heaped upon the remains of Cromwell on the restoration of Charles II, of the execration in which his memory was held by the I icy a lists for many years hut of the justice that was at last ac- ( corded to Cromwell more than two cent urles after his death, and the fact j t hat a stature, of Cromwell was erected | in the yard of Westminister Hall, whore it now stands. Mr. Adams | ' ! Iii-fi 11 i'i ii'ppi ItW I t n 11 < 11 ii*i? I lio i r i**i r 111 <i 1 I - ' "v K I change of Northern opinion as to tho | character of the Confederate generals | and statcmcn and the motives whicii ( actuated them. Having completed hisexordium, Mr. Adams asked abruptly, "shall llobert 10. Lee have a "stut- t ue'.'" and t hen oll'ered ssmc "reasons | why he should and, "assuredly will, j have one, if not now, then "presently.'' j In proceeding with his argument , Mr. Adams then asked' "was Robert i 10. Lee a "traitor?" and answered his question by saying that Lee, was techj ideally a traitor, Just as "were j George Washington, Oliver (,'romI well, John Hampden and William "of i Orange" Having admitted this | much, Mr. Adams says: ? I tut tliere are, as I have said, traitors and traitors Catalines. Arnolds and Gorgcis, as well as Croinwclls, I llampdens and Wasliingtons. To 1 reach any satisfactory conclusion eon- , eerning a candidate for "everlasting j fame" whether to praise him or to damn him enroll him as saviour, as y martyr, or as criminal it Is, therefore, t nesessary still further to discriminate, l The cause, the motive, the conduct < must he passed in review. Did tur- t pitude anywhere attach to the original ; taking of sides or to subsequent act? i Iis the man a self-seeker? Did low 1 sordid motives impel him? Did he ; to aggrandize himself at his 1 hitry'R cost? Did ho strike with a i wcidal band? ! esc arc gravo questions; and, in ; Base of Lee. their consideration s Is us at the threshold face to face < issues which have perplexed and I Bui the country since the day the i ^ d Slat es been mi> :i < < iii nl.rir Thlou 1 ? "V * "VJ H'\and divide historians now. i Hp^\d;nns t lien entered Into an elab- < mrate discussion of the nature of the i I contest, between the seceding States i i and the General Government, and the i : course and conduct of Gen. Lee and the motives which actuated him. > What we wish to do here is tolndieato 1 ' t lie standpoint from which Mr. Adams ' speaks and to call attention to his con- i elusions after a careful study of Gen. < Leo's career. These conclusions are best indicated by the following ex- < tracts from the closing paragraphs of < his speech: The year 1!)(J5 will look upon its ; causes, its incidents and its men with I different eyes from those with which j we see them now eyes wholly different i from those with which we saw them I forty years ago. They for we by I that time will have rejoined the gen- i eration to which we belonged will 1 recognize the somewhat essential fact, l Indubitably true, that all the honest ( conviction, all the loyalty, all the pa- c triotic devotion and self-sacrifice were ( not then, any more than all the cour- 1 age, on the victor's side. True! the i moral right, the spirit of nationality, J the sacred cause of humanity even, t were on our side; those among opposed, t and who in the end went down, were men not less sincere, not less devoted, not less truly patriotic according to their lights than he who among us was lirst in all those qualities. Men , tnhnm <* ...v.l I.. - - <n vviii'ui ii >T<in <11111 in u cause 01 pride | and eonlidcncc to say '"They, too, were countrymen!" . Typical ot those men most typical ( was Lee. 11e represented, individ- | uall/ed, all that was highest and hest j in the Southern mind and the Con fed- \ crate cause the loyalty to State, the , keen sense of honor and personal obli- J gation, the slightly archaic, the almost patriarciial, love of dependent, .....I lw ? I t <viiti iiuiiiu. /\s i nave more | than once suit), he was a Virginian of | tiic Virginians. He represents a type , which isgono hardly less extinct than . that of the great English noblemen of , the feudal times, or the ideal head of the Scotch clan of a later period; hut. just so long as men admire courage, devotion, patriotism, the high sense of duty and personal honor all, in a > word, which go to make up what we 1 know as character just so long will ' that tyjM! of man he held In affection- 1 ate, reverential memory. It is all a question of time; the time ' is, probably, not quite yet. The ! >wounds of the great war are not altogether healed, Its personal memories 1 are still fresh, its passions not wholly allayed. It would, huffed, be a won- : der If-they were, lint 1 am as convinced as an uitnilrtmined man can l>c 1 of anything future that, when such time does come, a justice not done now will be done to those descendants of Washington, of Jefferson, of ltutlcdge irralt , .JUNE 2<>, UK >2. md of Leo, who stood t?pjxto us In l succeeding generation. Tlmt the tut tonal spirit Is now supreme and the tut ion cemented I hold to be Unqucstunable. That property In man has anishcd from the civilized world Is lue to our civil war. The two are vorth the great price then paid for hem. Itut wrong as lie may tiave jcen, and as be was proved by events it these, respects, the Confederate had tiaiiy great and generous qualities; he tlso was brave, chivalrous, self-sacrlicing, sincere and patriotic. So I o ik forward with contlcfe nceCto the itne when they, too, wilf\v\s represent d In our national pantiieon. Then he query will be answered here, as he query in regard to Cromwell's stat ic put tjo years ago has recently boon inswered in England. The bronze dllgy of ltobort 10. Lee, mounted on tls charger and with the insignia of tis Confederate rank, will front Its pedestal in the nation's Capitol look icross the 1'otnmiic at Ills old home at Arlington, even as that of Cromwell lonilnutcs the yard of Westminister upon which Itis skull once looked down. When that time comos Lee's monument will itc educational it will typify the historical appreciation of all that goes to make up the loftiest typo >f character, military and civic, exemplified in an opponent, once dreadMi, hut ever respected; and, above all, it will symbolize and commemorate that loyal acceptance of the oonselucnces of defeat, and the patient lipbuilding of a people under new conditions by constitutional means, which I Itold to be the greatest educational lesson America has yet taught to a mee sceptical but now silenced world. Some of Mr. Adams's conclusions ire from a Southern standpoint not leyond criticism, but 11is treatment of lis real subject, the position which lie Confederates will occupy In l/story s so aosolutcly fair and judical* Jiat .ve refrain from any adverse comment. News and Courier. A Hud Hlory. A special to The State from Sinoaks, n Colleton county, on k'rlday last gave Jiis information: "The liody of an mknown white man was found by iome negroes in a secluded spot near his place Tuesday evening late, lie lad been dead for some t ime and, was lot recognizable, having been very >adly distigurcd by buzzards, and it vas by means of these that lie. was omul. Magistrate Wilson w^J^>liied and on yVednesday hold i inpiest. It was learned from hie testimony taken, that it was the body of i man giving Ids name as Henry Hears ind who had said he was from Columbia, S. C. He was passing himself as i preacher, and from conversation held with him, It was evident that his .11 ind was unbalanced. Dr. J. M. Strickland held the post mortem eximlnution, hut could tlnd nothing to >how that he had met with a violent leath. The finding of the jury was Lliat became to Ills death from causes unknown to the jury, but that their i?elieI was that Iiis death was from natural causes, as there was no evilenee of foul play. The community is very much wrought up over the ghastly iiud, and an effort will be made to find out more of this man." The State says Sunday "all mystery uirronding the matter was dissipated when the grief-stricken mother of the victim was seen. She lives here in the mill district. Henry Hears was reared in Hollow Creek township in Lexington county. He was 85 years of age. He was first married about eight or nine years ago, and lost his wife and child. Then he married again ind some time ago his second wife loft 111 in and went to the bad. She Is now iomcwhere In this city. Her conduct inbalanccd the young man's mind and lie became intensely religious. He went to preaching and preached here for a while. About four weeks ago he left lore announcing his intention to walk hrough the .State preaching from loor t<? door. This was what he was loing in Colleton county when death iamc and ended his pitiable career, lie was always a Christian and a sober, ndustrious man, standing well with ill who knew him." It is supposed Jiat the unfortunate man was menally unbalanced. (iivc tl?o l-'actH. Mr. Charles M. Hudson, a correspondent of the Associated Press, alleges what Gen. Gomez was paid $25,000 to <eep Ids bushwhackers quiet during 1800 and 1000, so as to insure the liepublican national campaign auainst embarrassments which mi^ht. Ix; troublesome, if not fatal. The Washington Pont adds; "There seems to txs no doubt that Gen. Gomez has Ixicn paid large sums of money. We have reason to believe that between May 2K, 1 HIM), and Feburary 2Ii, 10U0, he received $ 19.000. How much he has nan since we have no means of knowing. What harm can it do to tell the country why he was paid those sums ind to explain the consideration upon which they wore awarded?" I-'aIIh In Trestle. A portion of a mixed train on the ^outh Carolina and Georgia Kx.entlon railroad fell through an approach to the bridge over Broad river Thursday ifternoon, killing one man and Injuring over a dozen passengers. Aisnit the time the rear coach was on the Dpan just above the river Engineer Albert felt the trestle giving way and [>pencd the throttle, sent. the train across the bridge saving all of itexcept the rear coach and three l>ox cars. The coach fell precipitately 50 feet on the brink of the river swollen by the recent rains and was caught by the stone pier supporting the bridge which saved the passengers from a watery grave. i. J FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. (Sketch of Col. Joint T. Sloan >>1 Klcli laml County. (CommunlciitcO.] Col. John T. Sloan of Columbi; vvlioso candidacy for the position o Lieutenant-Governor has boon dul; announced, was born at 1'cndleton, S C., in lS4t>, and received his educat ioi at the academy of that place. W het only 17 years old ho left school to Joit the Confederate army. As a privab in Company A, 7th South Carolln; Cavalry, he served lirst on our coas but ohielly In Virginia where he tool part in the battles of Cold liarlK) llecond Kiddle's Shop, Malvern Ilill Kasset t M ill and Samaria < 'hurch. am in t ho many entfatfoment saround Kieli inond -surren'lerinK with Lee's arm; at Appomattox. As COUfict fot" On M. \\ . Gary, he bore the last orde carried in the army of Northern Yir Hilda ap older to a captain of art it lory to open lire on the enemy. In 1K00 Col. Sloan entered the t'ni vorsity of South Carolina, and uflet wards took with credit several dipln in as in the aeademic department Gradual in^ wit h distinction from t) n law school in ixi;s i,.. , ,...i...... i ..i } |t?? i \ m <11 win * for the active practice of liis chosei profession. Temporarily forced t<> en gage In some Imshiass promising inline dlato returns, he accepted a posit iot on t he stall' of t he (Charleston t 'ourler In that eonneotion lie r<>|x?rt<mI tlx proceedings of the Legislature, am was expo Hod from the hulls of tiia Imdy for his aggressive and elfoetiv exposures of the frauds and infainie of the radical crew then domhiutim Sont h t Carolina. Knt crinjr upon t lie aetlve pract ice o Ills profession, Col. Sloan soon at tainci a prominent position at tlie l?ar. II was elected solicitor of the (Centra National Hank in iss^. and continue! ilt that relation until 1901, when th hank was bought hy the Loan and K\ Change Hank, lie was one of t lie (Vn t ral's directors for 21 years, lie serve! aseity attorney of Columbia for oir term. As president or attorney of dil fcrent building utid loan assoeiatioti lie has done much for the tiphtiildini of that city, lie was prominent ii t lie organizat ion of t lie ('olumhia Kler trie Street Railway, Light and I'owe Company an enterprise t hat litis con trtbutea greatly to Columbia's ad vanceineni, to t iie conveniences of he citizens. and to the taxable proper!. of the State, in the gener^1 move incut which lias, in Columbia alone added millions to the taxable proper!; of South Carolina, (Col. Sloan lias eon stant ly, heartily joined. In 187i, (Col. Sloan was elected, a an avowed and recognized lieuioerat toaseat in the House of Represent a lives. In that laxly, joining wit It mci likeWm. II. Wallace, Jos. W. Hum well, Win. L. Trenliolm and others he did Ills full part to stay the progres' of the corruption and waste that wen verily threatening the State wit I ruin. Hp was more than once callc< to act us Speaker, and in that eapacit; by his clear rulings on the side Of til] right, lie helped to defeat scheme! each of which involve some robbery o the people's money. in UHMXJol. Sloan was elected to tlx State Senate from Kichland county in that iMjdy he served eight years tlie^, of his own desire, retiring. II was regarded as one of the most Indus trious, intelligent and useful member of the upper branch of t he < ieneral As semhly. He took part in all the inon important debates and always com manded close attention, lie sci'VCl on the committees on the .ludiciary 011 military, on enrolled acts, on rules and on railroads and Internal improve ments and was chairman of the las mentioned. Col. Sloan served In t he const I tut Ion al convention of 181)5, and was rcoog nized as one of the most useful mem hers of that body itself compariiij handsomely with any assemblage ii the history of South Carolina. Col. Sloan is a man of large Informa tion, derived from the actual experl cnccs of a busy life, and supplemented by reading and travel the latter in ciuding a tour of Kngland, Ireland am Scotland, and extending to German and many other portions of the cent nent. lie is a ready speaker, good i debate and quick at repart.ee. Ili long experience in the Senate familial ized him not only with tlx* rules < that laxly hut with parliamcntar usage in general. Col. Sloan Is a South Curoliniai proud of South Carolina, and in th liigh oltlce to which lie aspires he woul aim to preserve and perpetuate al that every lover of his State lionoi and I'l'VOrovt in III'!' liiwtoi-t' The (ircon Myed Monster. Andrew Dless, of Peoria, HI., c\\ the throat of his girl bride Tluirsda morning, and killed himself by swa lowing earlwlic acid. The girl saj Delss threatened to kill her r niunlx of times. She said he was so jealot that he would not leave her alone t attend to Ids business. She awoke <1 2 o'clock and found the razor lyin between her and Helss, who wji awake. When Mrs. Delss' han grasped the weapon It was also seize by the husband, who wrenched it froi her hand, cut her, and thendrank tl 1 acid. The bride is badly wounded. I?ewey Warned, Admiral Dewey, It is announcer will command the big fleet of Amer can war ships which will assemb next winter in West Indian water The ships are to be put through Jiim such inanaeuvres as they would mal in actual warfare. The lialtlmoi 1 Sun thoughtfully and kindly wart him not to make a loop, or turnln movement, as he did at Manih Loops, it says, arc not permitted I the navy now. A Dondly Stroke. William Coleman, Henry Conwel George lira teller and Hratcher's brotl ' er were killed by lightening whi picking potatoes early Thursday mori ing ot Coleman,s farm, twelve mlh southwest of Sherman Texas. Tl bodies all fell in a pile and nearl every t>one In them was broken. Tl clothing was nearly all burned froi the bodies. CLMANKI) THEM How I lie Negro is Treated in a Republican State. i I A NEG RO SCHOOL BROKEN UP i lly Mol) of Wlilir People. Tlio N<'K?'o TciicIici'm Attuekeil \ [? ami Driven Out of I I tlio Town. ( i The Atlanta .Inurtial says those who ; 1 really imagine, or pretend to Ijclleve, that the Northern ahd Weston Sti o. \ are a paradise for the negro, while thy South gives hiin no chanco to enjoy . his constitutional right to life, llt>crty and the pursuit of happiness, must blind their eyes to frequent occurrcn ees which show bettor than Hepubllcan party platforms and bloody shirt j, speeches, how the negro Is really rc3 garde I and treated in t hose Kcctlons 1 where love for htm Is most exurbetunt. ly professed. i They sh add lie Interested, for In. stance, in the accounts given hy till' nnis uewsnaners of the r.w>?>nt ?! <...? I .... Hid11 ol a negro school near kltlorado, 1 In t hat Slat*-. All or Hirst* accounts agree that there was no provocation for t he hrucl treatment which was visited upon the teachers and pupils I of this school by a white mob eomposI I'd of white Illinois citizens. The c Normal and Industrial School for Ni J groes, upon which the outrage was ' visited, is conducted on the lines of 1 the practical education that is given to negroes at Tuskegeo and in other I Southern schools, which are dealing e most successfully with the problem of - negro education. s The lOldorado inst itute seems t-o tie K a model of its kind, and no complaint 1 has ever Im-cii lodged against it. Hut v it is a negro school and that was . enough to lire the fury of t he whiteoitl[. Zeus of Illinois in its vicinity. On the i eve of the commencement exercises v they organized a inoli and established ' a reign of terror for t he negro teachers < and pupils of this institution. These v were driven from tile neighlxirhooo, the school buildings were attacked and s badly injured and the crops which were belli# cultivated l>y tlie negro - students were destroyed. i Nothing of this kind has ever hap pencil in the South. Negroes who > had perpetrated revolting crimes in s this section have provoked mob vloc icnce, hut no negro scIhkiI has ever j been attacked by a mob in any part of the South. The Chicago Tribune, the ,, leading Itepuhlican newspaper or the s NVest denounces the Kldorado outsagu f as "a disgrace to Illinois'' and calls upon (lovernor Yates to go to tlie i limits of his power in tlie ellort to bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice. The Tribune says that ne' groes have sometimes received severe H treatment iti the South, especially during the ku-klux clays, hut there has D never heou in tills section an Instance - of breaking up of negro schools and I the driving away of their teachers, or * the destruction of their crops. Tlie Tribune adds: "The Southern people appreciate the importance of a practical eduoa_ lion for tlie colored people. They - have a high opinion of the work car ried on at Tuskcgec. It won Id I>c 1mkr possible to raise a mob to break It up 11 or break up any sehool like it. It Is reserved for an Illinois mob to endeavor to prevent the education of black I men in a way calculated to make them . i useful to themselves and to the comI ; munity. v I "If an outrage like that at Eldorado i- Is allowed to go unpunished it will be II apparent that there arc some sections 8 of Illinois where the negro, honestly )t~ J trying to better his condition, is exposv | ed to worse treatment than if lie were domiciled in any of the States south of i, the Ohio." This is an honest admission that <1 there obtains in Illinois, a virulent 1 feeling against the negro which is not s found in the south and which the people of this section regard with disgust and indignation. If a school in the South which wss doing good work for y the practical education of negro youths |. along lines that will help them to tiers come useful citizens should be attack.r ed, terrorized and plundered by a mob is of white men what a howl would go A) up in the North! Hut most of the newspapers of the North which are continually read Ink' lectures to the peoLS pie of the South alxiut their duty to d the negro have very little to say In (1 condemnation of the Kldorado mob ^ and its despicable work. The Chicago ie Tribune is an exception, and It inks the candor to confess that such an ottragc would be impossible in tlds section. i- \ Big lteward. Governor Aycock of North Carolina s* lias offered rewards aggregating $J0,000 for the arrest and conviction of ce unknown persons who, on the night ro of June II, took the two Gillespie ls lx)ys young negroes from the jail at K Salisbury and lynched them. There ' were about 76 men in the party and 1,1 the governor oiTers a reward of $400 for each of them. It Is asserted that new evidence discovered in Salisbury j shows the younger boy to have been j' Innocent of the murder charged. le ( r Iv? Given LohI. 3S The coining mill of the Cambria ic Powder company plant at Seward, Pa. ly blew up Thursday afternoon, killing le three men and injuring tlve others, in one of whom has since died. Two others are fatally hurt. *