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0 A THE PEE'8 JOURNAL T. 0. ROBINSON, Ennon. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. Subscription One Dollar a Year EIorOet at tle post Office at Pickens a econd-CIas8 uattbr. We surrenler our space this week to the report of the Convention, be lieving it would be of more interest to our readers just at this time. OPPOSED TO A FULL TICKET. Senate of the Reforni Convention Yeitevday. Delegates Do W1hat They Came For. John Gary Erans Nomi-natecd for Governor and W. H. Timmeirmin for Lieutenaitt Govern or-The Al liance Demands Unanimously En dorsed- Speeches from Erane, ernnan, and Ellerbe. Er dy in Lore for the Komincc a Regular Lorc 'cast All ,. tnd. COMBnA, S. c. August, 17th. It was ft m10o(el convention lwhich mnet. yesterday at noon iii the hal I flie House of Represeittatives. ".,,ifyling to the mers throughout v that the col v'l ... lonious and that. before the husiless was filishled there was a1 reguliar1 love fEas1t of tA wN 1.ne(y were heaitenl, will fall1 into liie and Senator Eviins will receive a big majority at the regu lar Democratic prilary and iln the general election in Novem her. Loig bwfore 12 o'clock the dele gates to the convention welided their way% to the St ate Hloust. They imealldred through the loh ando talked ked. ha1g of the .A hoolt ar tiolls of til ntty wvere ('led onl to abhove the l's. InU thlis It collilIv al ANIZATioN. IIIIIer .. A. ult iolu to 0ur es past 12 len nomina01 y' of Charles chairman. stecondeld by faltreis, andio mily cheered J speaiker's manship Mr. Ue c'ould not aniks for the mn. Charles reciated that regarded this onial by the .remnaindler of the State of the wvork done by the Charleston Re 'formers. The speech was a brief one, Mr. Whaley saying he was so hoarse he could not speak long. The nomination of a temporary Secretary wias the next thing in order. R. L. Guinter 'of Aiken was nominated andl elected without op position. Seeing tihe need of an assistant .Secretary .the conlvenitioni elected Col. F. M. Mixson of this city to that position. The roll of delegates was call'ed for and were handed into Secreta ry Gunter. NO COMNITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. Chairman Whialey asked wheth eiit would be necessaryf for the appointmnent of a committee on credentials. A motion was made that as r.there wore 1no contests tile appoint ~Kment of a committee on credenti p 1be dispensed with. THE PnuANNT ORGANIZATION. Chairman (Whaley announced K ~:)~a~th M~ontion was ready for1 ~iep manbggnistio hPowers digOar]Qtp m~ov Uandr4 xOhester s t "ngs than Mr. Whaley shiifd be chosen. An Irish iember opposed "the swapping of horses." M. R. Cooper of Co'lleton, orig inator of the Colleton plan, was nominated for permanent chair man and was unanimously elect ed. Mr. Cooper was escorted to the chair and on taking it briefly said: "In be-half of Colleton county and the orginators of the Colleton plan, I thank you for the honor which you have confer red on me." The temporary secretaries were made the secretaries of the perma nent organization. It. was moved and the moti.n was carried that the rules o House of Representativ..s v this convention. Mr. James of Supr-i that all resolutions l- ,:.id.r-1 by the conventinii as vYr'd with out being rifered to a commite on riesolutions. This motion was carried. ir. James ininediately offered the following iesolution : TO VOTE ON TIIE DIsPENHARY: liesolved, 7,hat1 Wtvhelhirman1111 of, the Sltte Reformi Fact ion Comt mitteo b. inst.ruct.ed to request tie Deimocratic Sta te Cent ra I Conimmittee to( place ai extra box ILt eacl polling IlaIev in tle Deml to be held he purpouso) iblic a fair of opinion >f the State sv. In said the lDispen siry pilan aIis a solution of the whiiskey problem to votei "lyias," 111a(1 tosi W1o oj))Ose the ne111 to vote "no." A inotion was at olce imiade to Lae 1h re)solutions, but, this was Vitd(11rawi to allow discussioll. ,'h4. discussil which enisued was uterosting. Mr. James told why he had in Lroduced the resolitioi. Larry Ganitt of Spartanhurg was In favor of the rsohltioni with an unen1dmei(nt providing for three iep)lratte boxes-one for prolhibi tion, one for the Dispensary and OneP for liclnse. He was sittistled that the vast majority (of the whitue people of Sout~h Carolinla were ini favor of tihe Dispensary. (cheers.) said t hat, in Novemb~er theli pe'op wol I vote onu thie question3 of enliniug ai conIstitti.onal convenl mlet wouI ld settile thle D ispensary ques1tionI. lHe mioved to tale tie resoluition1. M r. Duncan opposed the resolu tion as unnecessary. Inl this county bothI factions end~orsedl tihe Dispens'iry. Th'ie peopjle could not get posted iln time and the vote would be light, which wouldi give thle oth~er side a chance to say tile ple(0li were not ini fav'or of the law, Re renewed thle nlo tion to table and it, was carried. ALLIANCE DEMANDS ENI)ORSED The Hon. W. D. Evans of Marl boro introduced the proamiblo and resolutions emnbodyinlg the Alli ancoo demands: Mr. Jamnes mlovod to ameno~d Mr. Evan's resolu tionis by speci fyinig thlat the free an~d unliiited coinlage of silver domands should1( be at the ratio of 16 to 1. Carried. Mr. Evans statedl that the reso lutionls 110 had ilt roduiced omlbodi ed the platform up~on whlich tihe Democratic p)art~y h~ad gone to vic tory in 1892, and( upon whiichl tile candidates had gone throughl the campaign, and lie thlought it but just that they should( go into thle election up~On the platform on1 which they had canvassed tile State. A resolution to consider the8 platform by selections was tabled. Mr. Appelt raised tile poinlt that tile resolutionls were out of order as the conlvention hlad mot to make nlomfinations. What ruling the chair made was lost in the hlubbub which en sued. A motion to strike out tile sub treasury section of the resolutions was promptly and almost unani mously tabled. The. resolutions were then adopted as a whole with but two or three dissenting votes. It was moved that discussion of tll motions before this convention de limited to five minutes. Passed. sQUABIBLE OVER NOMINATIONs,. Professor Colcock, 'of Chadles BOn,-ovd .that the e toina~~tiong for a1Unt Governc *~ ~ ~stehant, ,,i J-~4, iona resolution that a whole State ticket be nominated in block - Sheriff Mocrady, - of Laurens, placed for a full discussion on the question. His county had come hero uninstructed on the qunstion of nominating a full. ticket. He wanted to do what was host for the Reform moveinoot. WANTED ItVANS BADLY. A Beaufort man jumbpod up and nominatod John Gary Evans. Ho was out of order and no attention was paid to him. Mr.- Donaldson, of Goorgetown, said that this convention was hero for a specific purpose. That pur pose was the nommation of a GC-:.vru'r and Lieutenant Gover zrt. After that had beei dono et the wisdom of the body decide as to whether to mako other nom iations. No extraneous matters should bo injoeted. MARCHANT AGAINST INSTRUcTIoNs. Captain Steadman, of A iken, arose and said that Professor Mar chant had gono contrary to the in struction s from his county, which woro that no full ticket be nomii natod. Four or fivo poopl woro on the floor at the samo timo trying to obtain recogniition anid the chair man had a hard time. Ito finally recogn izod Profossor Marchant. who had arose to a question of personal privilege. Professor Marchant indignantly denied that he was actiig against instructions. onEAT DEAL OF CONFUSION. The con fusion at this point was )ositivoly sickening. Wh ilo overy ')ody else was trying to get to say iomething the gentleman who had >oforo prematurely noininatod lvans rushod up the aislo and %gain performed the samo feat. Chairman Cooper rocognized a iolegato to make a motion to lay :M the tablo the substituto of Pro Fessor Marchant to nominato a RIIl ticket. The motion to lay ona the table was pqssod almost unalii meosly. The question then recurrod to the original motion of Professor Colcock to nominate a Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Pa(OTERT FROM COUNTIES. To add to the con fusion Sonator W. 1U. Evans, of Marlb~oro, arose and handed to the clerk to ho0 read theresolu tion s paisse'd by~f isounmty olplosing nominations of any kind dient. A memb.Ier from Marion arose to suppjort the resoluition from Marl boro. Captain Steadman got up) and moved to receive the resol utions from Marlboro -as in formation, Carriod. At the same time D1r. Byrd, o1 fFlorenco, handed upI resolutiom, rom his county in line with those from Marlboro. Tho p)oint was madio that all this wais out of ordoer and~ that the mo.. tioni of Profossor' Coleock wvas still before the Houso.. Chairman Coopor ruled that the p~oint was well taken and that eve thming else was out of order. SAln) IT wAs (oAo LAw. Dr. Byrd arose and in strong lan. guage said that he did not p~ropose t~o let anybody gag him from doing his dluty. lie caine instructed by his county anid p~roposed to carry out his instructionis. Now was the time for protosts to ho made if they were over miado. General dissatisfaction was ex pressed that protests wero to be shut off, despite the ruling of the chairman. Sonator Brice of Fairfield, in saf.rong language, denounced what he alleged was the apparent d1ispo sition to shut off a full and free expression of the people. Hoe said ho was opposed to any niominationis whatever and wanted to enter his solemn protost against that course Mr. Shuman of Greenville, again made the point that all the talk was out of ordor and the chairman once more sustained the p~oint. Mr. Garris of Colloton, prama turoly nominated H~on. John Gary Evans for Governor. Louis Appelt of Charleston stat ed that nominations wore not in order, that Mr. iBrice had the floor and had suspended speech for -a moment t~o allow a question to b~e aiskod him when Mr Garris made his- nomination. Mr. cdoper a .od that ho huad sustained ' 'an's point of ~. lBrico out .k, - - . . . f the made stated that his motion had never been carried and that he thought Mr. brice's discussion of it was pOrfeotly relevant. He af firmed his belief that Mr. Brice was really entitled to the floor. Mr. Brice was given the floor to proceed vitih his protost against the nomination of candidates for Governor aln(d Lieutenant Gover nor. Mr. Donialdson of Georgetown asked Mr. Bric6 if it was not true tlat nine-tenths of tie counties of the State had instructed their delegationls to vote for nomliia tions, and further asked whatwas was the use of opposing nomina tions wnliii a majority of the d'ele gates were so instructed that they had to discretioi on the subject. A STRONG SPEECH. Mr. Brice said the convention was a1 sovereign body and could do as it pleased. In his county not. more thani oie-third of the Re form voters had taken part in the Reform club meetings. Halt an( think. I am here in the interest Of peace and f t'he Reforii party of Sou th Caroliuna. We are tired of division and strifhe. We had a golden oppo(rtitiity to heal the brcaeaces and sh uIld itive taken it up. Tlere hi:1s en A silent pro test agist a-. :1t tndtids to keep tip divin:Vi fif' whiieli sliould nioIt he desiregardd. There is 11ia1tger ahlead. SoMe one made a remark vhich Itade Ir. Brice arise again and 4ay that wlile hire was opposed to niominitations, ie and his delegation would vote for the ionijation of Johni i Gary Evans. Mr. Duncan *of Newberry said t he oniveittioi 1 ad,(1 got ton into a jutble out of which it could easi ly get by colsideratiotn of the call for the contiventioni, wliicl provid (d for th le nomination of Gover notr and Lieutenant Governor. After t hat was'(lone it, would ho tim' enough to decide whether (It -ri mil ittal ions should he made. A til'T WITI THE eHAIR. Mr. Colonek agaii assorted that ht is mlot ion had not boon carriod. Tht e lci rttan ruled that it had. Mr. Jordan stated that it had not. Tjhoe chairman ruled Mr. Jordan out of olrder. Mr..*Jordan stid that as a (ol1.. gato from Aikc'n, whoe l ivedl the gontloman w homn it was coniceded was the favotitce of the convention for Governor, hte felt authorized to state that lie wvould wish every question which all'eceod his notmi nation to be0 open~tly, fairly and1( squarely discussedl oni the floor. It hias alreadly booni charged that there was ai dlisposition ini the coni vontitoni to gag gentlemuen whoc favor other candlidates. H ore was the place for them to speak as to whether11 nioin'aitionis for' Governor and1 I ioutentant G.overnor should ho made. Scme were chiargedl by their coutiis with the (duty of 01). pocsinlg such..no.iiniat ions and1( they woutld be recreant to their trust if thiey dlid not4 do so. It beOing itpsiqtodl that the con vention had tidt passed upon Mr. CIolcock's resolution that resolui t ion was putt again, the vote being by countties. It wats as follows: Ayes-A nderson, 12: Abbeville, 12; Aikeni, 8; Jlarnwoll, 13; Berko loy,j 14 ; Charleston, 18 ; .Clar ond~on, 8; Colleton, 10; Green. v'ille, 12; Ilampton, 6; Now berry, 8 ; Lauirons, 8; Korshtaw, 6 ; Or anigoburg, 12; .Oconoo, (1; Spartan burg, 141; Richland, 10 ; Pickens, 6; York, 10; Uion, 8; Chester, 8 ; Be'aufort, 10; Loxington, 6; Edgohield, 12 ; Lancaster, 6 ; Sum ter, 12; Darlington, 8; George town, 6; Williamisburg, 8; total, Nays-'--Fairfiold, 8; Hloriry, 6; Ilorence, 8; Marion, 8; Marl boro, 8; total, 38. On motiotn of Mr. Buist, N. HI. Stansollwas ap) )1 pited1 Sorgean t-at arms, and the convenition was readly for tnominations. SENAT'oR EvANs NOMINAT1'~l. O. C. .Jordant, oif A ikon, said: Mr. Chairtman and( gentlemon of the cotvention. It gives me great pleasure to presotnt to the body one of A iken's-dsons for t he hiigh and exalted p)Osition of Governor of South (enro0lina. I desiro not to eulogize him, but simpJly to pre sent him as hto is--a mail, in Ovory seotso a man, a whole man, a por fect mani, dlescolede from a noble ancestry. On October 15, 1868, when the cloudls of wvar weore lower img over this country there was born in old A bboyillo a blackl'yed boy as the son of Gen. N. G. baptism he received the name o John Gary Evans. He was reared along those hills and receivoe his early training in the cokesbur; conference School. When ho gres a little older he was sent to schoo at Schenectady, N. Y. In his firs year at the college he was electe< president of his class, an' honoi which had never before boon con. forrod upon any Southern boy After leaving college he studied law in the office of his uncle, Major W. T. Gary, in Augusta. In 1886, he finished his law course and cast his lot with his own people, South carolinian, in Aiken, just across the Savannah from Augusta. In 1888, after a residence in Aiken of less than eightoon months, he was overwhelmingly elected to a seat on the floor of the House. When the Reform movement was inaugu ratod lie cast his lot with it and has stood by it as firmly and as honestly as any man in South car olina. In 1892, the people of Aiken sent him to the other end of this building because they re. cognized in him a young man who was among the noblest in the land. He had served them well there. The people of South Carolina have recognized his manhood and abili ty, and havo called on you to raise him to the high and exalted station of chief Executive of South caro lina. It is useless to speak of his glorious ancestry; the favorite nephew of Gen. Martin W. Gary, he inherits all his grand qualities. Many delegates on behalf of thoir c o u ni t i e a seconded Mr. Evlans's nomination. GEN. ELLERBE NOMINATED. Senator W. D. Evans said: There are here as truo and tried Reformors as any in South Caro lina and I am not one of those who have in me anything but a fooling of pride at what the Re formners do when they act. In obodience to the small minority voto cast in the clubs. I place in nomuination the name of a man who is as true and tried as the dis tinguished gentlemon who will be South Carolina's next Governor. (Applause.) I nominate W. H. Ellorbo. I will not go into past records. The gentloman (Mr Jordan) has located Aiken a being just this side of Augusta I will locate Mlarion as being jus1 this side of the hamlet of Mullins ( Laughter.) TINDAJL NOMINATED. E. N. Redfoarn of chosterfiolc in a brief spoEoch nlomfinated Se. cretar~y of State Tindal. One ei the cl arendon dlolgation soconded the nomination and loldged clar. (odon county to thme successfu cand~idate. (Applause.) Every county for Evans ani every county for Ellorbo, secondoc the nominations of their favorite Thle usual motion that nomma tions close was passed and the con. vontioni proceeded to vote. Ai the name of each county was called tho chairman of the dologa tion announced the vote of his county. The vote for the candi. dlates stood as follows: EVANS w~INs EASILY. For Evans-Abbevillo, 18; Ai. ken, 8; Anderson, 12; Barnwell, 12; Beaufort, 10; Barkeloy, 14; charleston, 18; colleton, 10; Dar. lington, 8; Edgofiold, 12; Fair. field, 8; Georgetown, 6; Green. ville, 12; Hampton, 6; Kershaw 6; Lancaster, 6; Laurons, 8; Lox. imgton, 6; Newhberry, 8; Oconee 6; Orangoburg, 12; Richland, 10 Spartan burg, 14; Sumter, 12 Union, 8; 'Williamsburg, 8; York 10; total, 262. For Ellerbe-chester, 8; Flor once, 8; Hlorry, 6; Marion, 8 Marlboro, 8; Pickons, 6; total 44. For Tindal-chesterfiold, 6; clarondon, 8; total, 14. MADE UNANIMOUS. S o soon asthe vote was an nounced J. E. Ellorbe of Mari on, a brother of General Ellerbe, arose and amid a good deal of enthusiasm, moved that the nomination of John Gary Evans be made unanimous. The mo tion was seconded by W. D). Evans in behalf of Marlboro; by Dr. Byrd in behalf of Fior en1cC ; h~y Mr. Redcfearni in be half of chesterfield, and by the nmmbers of every delegation which had opposed Senator Evans. It was declared that the vote to make the nomination unani mious be taken by everybody rising. This was done and as the body of 820 men r'ose to their feet there was a wild outburst of applause and a waving of hats for the Aiken man. Senator Evans was duly de clared to be the nominee of the convention. TIMMERM~AN NOMINATED. On motion of Senator W. D. Ev ans the rule of the convention were sspenmded1 and Dr. Tmmmer inan of Edgefield was nominate for Lieutenant Governor by ac 31aimnation. - manclaulm1 ini nunexat.1 f WOFFORD COLL[GE, 51'AWauURG, B. 0. SL.A.UG 0-03 SMITH & Will offer for Thirty days the Suits at a terr Lot 1, 87 Suits, 34 to 42, at $12.60. sold for less than $16.50 and many o Lot 2, 12 Suits, 34 to 42, at $10. This we bel Greatest Ever made in Clothing in Greenvillk brics and made by the best tailors tl ish. A few minutes spent in exani, means a sale. E ' Come and see t Yours truly, S77i Main and W May 24, 1894. Galvani2 Sheet Mel We carry at all times, a stock of COPPER, GALVANIZED and PL. &c., and are prepared to do all k REPAIRING, from putting a bott, out and out elaborate articles and Our prices are always as low as good work. Don't have work of t or Galvanized Iron until you come Opposite When you want a COOKING S'I ELMO, and LIBERTY, and come1 MAN HOOD POR THE.PHOLKS. Suppos we le Tin and so our rspecs to urpTRI bo PATHE PHLS Weppoaveust Teceived ad e BFtleH andus aENE--tanda food AND days thse we peayt nPATFOR. We are just now getting in a lot of NEW FURNITURE. Also,Bed8, Mattrasses,Chairs, Bed Springs, Trunks and Sachels. {fE' Call and See us, and tell all the good Phoiks to come. Yours,F W. T. McFALL.m August 1st. 1894. eel JAS. H. CARLISLE, LL., D., PRESIDENT. TWO FULL COURSES. Necessary oxpenses for ono year One Hlundred and Fifty Dollars. For Cataloguo address, J. A. GAMEWELL, Secretary of Faculty. BRISTOW following lots of Fine Frock ble sacrifice:: None of this lot has ever been f thon at $20 and $25. rhis lot was sold from $15 to $16.50 iove is tho. Sadrifice The Goods are of the finest.fa. iat cut goods perfect in fit and fin lation - of those numbers we thihk hom. iih gr- -BrPistow. ashington Streets, Greenville; S. C :ed Iron bal Worke different sizes and weights of &IN SHEET IRON, ZINb, TIN, inds of Sheet Metal Work and mn in a Coffee Pot to makinn. vessels in the above net, i can be made consisten his kind done, nor buy to see us. GILREATH-DURHAM COS Mansion House, Greenville, . OVE lrmember the IRON KING, bo see them. May 5. LwV t~Tis oder rep )a. diaaos.,tic as we% ak Meoror, Loba of r ie, Lost Mr a ood, li ui~l l aulsus o 11ly Consunption or Isantita .o be ai cc .to c.r"or reti th es * do V'S DR UJG8TORE1.(IEasley Station.) IT 1S POOR ECONOMY o pay 75 cents for a pair of SHOES hat won't wvear' half as lons a pair O uris for $1.00. 'There is nloting but solid Leather In ny S'110E we sell, We guarantee this. (e Have the L.ARGEST STOCK EVE[R SHOW~N IN PICK(EN8. Every other D~epartuient in our Store Just as complete. We are working r your Trade. New C'ustomiers comle to us duily attd le good ones neover leave us, Yours, -Iag ood, Bruce april 12, 1894.- -- . : L EE P. OR R, Phiotographer, Amn nowv ready to do all kinds of work n 'line. Instanneouas process and4 finish in latest antalltost pular stylesat low ,prices possfibm for frst-class work, Fn 28, 1894. 10