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NALI EVERY THURs.AY. on One Dollar a Year i.\Vuhdrafws Iroma the Xri mau~ries. ator Butler has withdrawn '.%cos for the Senato from h tho Domocratic primaries baud his' friends aro going ko tho fight in the Novdmbor on. aoral Butlor's determination mnunced in the following tologram, to D. H. Tomp Secretary of the Stato Doino 3 Executive Committoo, and , yostorday about noon: ,Vashington, D. 0,, Aug. 2-7... horoby withdraw the paper I with you on the 16th or 17th uno, announcing my candi ")7TTER." iou's old Clevelnd and bney Is, old, old, stylo out of date, down at the heal me two's aocrat ts, cry out after the flesh ; Egypt, that, had already ben [ear thleir run11, nmorail ly, social p1olitically anid finianicially. ask why? follow ]m-1 and See. ) no01rsd soctial e(uaity, to extenlt of 4hlvilig whit 1111d ied ellild.len sit o Il tle salile ,'rLcit t samle lessons, inl S1m1 clll sses ai t thu sam: ol to the "allie teneho[r, he he0 t 11. 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There were about three hundred present and the meeting was called to order by Pr.sident V, T. Rowen. tind wais .'peond n it b,~ pcsyeu by T. .1. ok. AUDITOR. The first speaker was J. G. Stone for Auditor. Ho only an nounced his candidacy and denied the runmor that ho had been hired by Auditor Bryant to run in order to injure J. E. Parsons. Mr. Christopher was next, he did likewise, and in order to prove his compentency for the office, distributed some specimens of his pensmanship. S. J. Robinson for the same of fice thought he had the best claims on the people for it, as he had never asked for anything before. J.' E. Parsons was noxt. IlIe would not Say anything because it was of more importance to hear os for the legis delogawm. so. W. 11. Bryant, the present Au ditor, was iioxt- hoard from. Hle approciated the great favor they had bestowed upon him two years ago by electing him Auditor over one (f the best Auditor's in the State. le said he had been chargEd wit.h having oppressed the people in making returnis. This Ie sid was not so as he had 01inlv (ai riiied out tlie instructions ofI thw Compt roller G eneral. Hej muiud he had beei charged with dic. tating to the Boards of Equali zat ion. This he denied. le thought the State Board had rais (d u r assessment too high. TREASURER. 4 C. TII. Martin for 'reasurer said he would he glhd to get the office ] and whatever their will was, wou heid hIiis pleasure. J.. D. Cureton said lie was'a can (idate for County Treasurer. lie said t hat one4 of h )is opponents had I .-aid if he wIs not elected ho w3'ouldI hato to go io the poor house. He though any man with health andl binls cuuld miake a living in this counetriy. If he had a mill, gin, faruu, &e., hie would never offer for ollice. Hie did not plead pov erty, yet lie was very poor. H-e was poor with thirteen children talidi not expect to go to the p~oor house. He had held office f'or four years ar'd defied the man of' either faction to place his fingers on one single act that was not right. He promised that if he was elected to the office for four years lie would nev'er ask them for another in this county. J. S. Murphree next took the stand, and said that ho felt very grateful for the kindness shown him during the campaign. If they would elect him lie would try to manage the office to the satis faction of the people. Hec would highly appreciate it and thanki them for electing him. J. E. Boroughs said he woul not appeal to them for symp1ath> as some of his comipetitors hav< dono, but he come to them upoi his qualfications for the office lie believed they would elect him lie did not believe that he woul, t make a more honest officer thai d the present one, but he though lie could dispatchi the busines dj more rapidly, He had given li Stime andl means to the. Reoforn Smovement. Hei had wvent to thre ,reform conventions and said l they would elect him it would b a re'iinorationi to him. SJ. T. Ygnngblood the presen Treasurer said lie was very gratc -ful for past favors and if the wouldl elect, him this time lie woul retire to private life, lie fel e very humble and grat eful. t G. W. Singleton said he ha< stood upon those crutches befor them before now. ie did no Sbring it on himself, but it was fo I thomn and their childron, H said he had been liberal--tha when lie was School Commnissione lie would take money from hi pocket and buy books for th children. SOIIooL CgMMXSsrONER. T, C. Robinson: He was glad t4 see a large crowd. The friends o other faction had rather ignorei thorn heretofore, but was glad t< .see some of these out to-day. H4 - v h they should nol od now as in '76, and that 'wai "equal rights to all, and spocial privileges to none." He thought that the plots of the Iftliticians and prejudice had boon the causc of the white people dividing. Hc had watched politics very closely this year and (thought Ithe people wore still true to the Iteforni miiwo mont. He said the Antis had show od better politics this year than ever boforo, by not fighting the Reform movement. The Re form movoment had accom plished a great d o a 1 for tho people. The antis had ob structod e v o r y m o v o men t for tho interest and [wolfare of the people. They claimed the money and the brains, and had used them to obstruct the will of the people. He roforred to his record. He was not weak-knood. Ho then went into somo facts concerning the nianagomont of the schools. He was an advocate of free common schools, they woro the bulwarks of our country, and with tho aid of a rudimentary education our people "3 ' Alnvated and benofitod. ! giving them the ,ible. As he was ad headway the red "timo up." J. A. McWhortoi said he would not try to make a speech and com peto with his opponent, who was a lawyer, but if he was elected would give all his time to the office which his competitor could not do, being I lawyei and editor. COUNTY SUPERViSOR. J. R. Ross said he had offered iimself for Supervisor, and if elect >d would be the Supervisor. If 4locted he would be their servant, Lud they should be his people, and vould do his duty by the help of ,ho Lord. 0. P. Field thanked thon tor decting him County Conmission r two years ago. He did not want 1hom to vote for him if they though t 1e would not look well -aftor their nterosts. That ho would car*iy out .ho now law to the best of his abil ty. M. P. Rodgers swid he would not ry to mako a spooec 'but wanted ,hem to pick the ir um thoy thought ihould 1111 tho oflico. Ho had nov er offeredl f or offico hoeforo, but if doected would. try to dischargo the luties of the oilico in the bost way. Matthew hendricks only pro posed to speak of a few things which had been circulated, one of which wvas that he had been brought out by the antis. This ho denied and said he had been solicited by the Reformers to run. It had al so been circulated that hoe was in favor of paying Day & Bowen a claim for extra wvork 01n the Court House. This was also denied. He denied that lie was in favor of tax ing the people to pay the claim. If elected would sign the bonds for the Pickens railroad because ho would want to carry out the .lawv. SUPERVISOn REdISTRATION. J. Alonzo Brown said he was born inside the corporate limits of Pickeous, and a great many poo. plo knew him. He was poor and was competent to fill the office. J. H. Konnamoro said it had been circulated that lie was. at anti, which lie denied. J. T. Looper was absent at 1iile Creek at a Sunday School conven. .tion. I PrOnA-rE JUDGE. 1J. T. Lewis said he had had th< t pleasure of traveling through th< s county with the candidates and s was sorry he could( not vote foi ievery one of them, Hie would nol a mention his politics as he thought~ f they wore well knowni to every o body. lie saidl it had boon talket that liho1( didot want the oflico foi t himself but for another man11 - This was nlot true, because he y could not if lie would, anid woulk .1 not if lie could, lie got off som< t fun at the expense of M. F. Hester who ho (said had become oxcito( I said hie saw snakes, bears, &c., anm a ho did not think a Inan of such I, symptoms should be Probat< r Judge. J. B. Newbory, the present offi t bor; said his record was before the e' people, and thanked thorn for whal 3 they had done for him in, th epast M. F. Hester said ho had boor hearing that ho was going to be their next Judge. LEGISLATURE. rWhen the candidates for Leg islature wore announced more than half the crewd left the house W. W. F. Bright was first and said he was suffering with a brani thing of national poltics or thi Reform movement as tho othori would rehoarso them. Ho was it favor of the Secrotary of Stato 11o tifying the proper oflicers in cael county of the change in any lav immediately upon . its passage H-I,, was in fa I'lr ofl at :1arh- annu al st tement. 1le wa. Il ppoed 14 special acts, granting charters, etc He was in. favor of giving thi grand juries a torm of throe yeari instead of one. Ho was in favo of compolling the book companiie depot atsomo place in each count aIsupply of their books so the peo ple can got thom. He was in favoi and opposed to the Constitutiona: convention, would vote for it, Al betwoon Butler and Tillman h< was for Tillman. He was in favoi of the coinage of silver at the ratic of 16 to 1. Laban Mlauldin, for re-election: -He said, would say but very littk of what the Roformers had done but would discuss the issues of the day. As between Tillman and Butler he would vote for Tillmai for Senator. That Tillman had made the best Governor South Ca rolina. over had, and was for him first, last and all the time. He referred to Clemsonl collogo as be ing a child of the Reform movo mont, He referred to the Coosaw companies and claimed that the winning of the suit -was worth thousands of dollars to the State. The railroad tax matter likewise showed wisdom and was of untold bonefit to the people. In spito of the antis the Stato debt had boon rofunded at 44 por cont. He said that the reason taxes had not been reduced, was on account of the great ston last yoar, the great in jury to tho .Phosphlato companies an(d the damages to Clemson col lege. He thought that 801110 of tho salarios wore low enough, but there wero others yet that could be reduced more, notably the State oflicos. lo had introducod the bills to allish the offico of Jury Conuniissioner, to cut tho salary of Auditor throco hundrod dollars and to cut the fees of the Wlork of Court twonty por cent. The currency had hoon1 so contracted that he thought the salarios of the offices should be made to fit thoi money. You have tried thle dispensary law, andl he thughit that if there had niot boon1 so muchl prejudice against it, it would be tile best solution of tile whiiskeyj pro blen, Let us re-enact tile dispen sary withi proper amendments, so as to make it constitutional, which would be the best way to manage the whiskey husiness. Ho was in favor of a constitutional convou tion, but was not in favor of a pro perty or educationali qualification or to strike out tile two mill school tax. B3. J. Johnston said that it had been rumored that lhe had called the Executivo committee to fix i: things wvhiich was not true, b~ut h< called thdum'together in order t< resign as Chairman. IHo workoi to change the road law whleni ir the legislature, whlich made som< work twelve days onl tile road ani allowed others to pa~y a comnputa tioni tax of two dollars. Ho wa in favor of a constitutional con venltion. Hie was opposed to th State hiring convicts out to labo: in competition to free labor, bu was in favor of convicts working thle puiblic roads. Hie attribute< to the antis a lack of knowledg< anld undl~erstandmlg of tile princi 1)l0s of Reform, is why they 01) posed them, Hio asserted that Gov Tilhnani wa1~ the host Governior th< State ever had, and1( the p)eop)1 OW od him a debt of gratitude whici they couldl nover pay. The me ni iod 1m101 of the country hated hin: because lie had' his face toward th<i White House~ at Washington, and that before long hie would bo0 it the Prosidenit's chair. That he would then take capital by th throat and aillow thle people to ruleo, The country is in such al coindit ion that the patriotismt of tihe people were needed. Uio predictodl that u~nless the G3overnment chlangodl its policy soon1, the 1peopl1 wvould bo forcosi into, a bloody revolution. If any one voted for him with the hope or expe~ation of hlis voting for somne one else for Senator, be sides Tillman, they would lean uponl a broken stick. Fred Williams could not as his competitors, tell them what hoe had done because lhe had never had( oflice. The first visible effect of unrest was -in 1978. Ho was in favor of a. ne cntiutn+ be provision as to education changed so as to let the white people edu cate their children with their own funds, and the colored the same. Tho State that is best governed is the one that is least governed. Havo fewer laws, and better laws. Redueol the homestead law down I to the houtehold goods and then wo will got rid of paying out so much for recording leans and imortgagos. Let us say we can mako a better constitution than the negroos and carpet-baggers or quit crying while supremacy. Let us sot the old State colleges free, turn them loose and throw our arms around the bright children of Reform, Clemson and the In dustrial school at Rock Hill. The dispensary law is the only solution of the whiskey problem. He was in favor of the profit feature of the dispensary law being put into the free school funds. When the Reformers took charge of the State there was great danger of its fall ing through, but now she had passed the danger line and was safe. He plead for unity of the white people. The United States is financially sick. Capitol has concentrated in the hands of a few. Women and children are crying for bread, and armies of idle people marching all through the land. What is the cause? It was caused by the iniquitous financial system of the government. It was not over pro duction nor because we did not la bor enough. The people of, the United States. had done more in the last hundred years than the whole of Europe had done in twen ty centuries. He was in favor of the government doing away with tho middle class and loaning mon oy to tho people direct and at a low rato of interest. He would not voto for Tillman if any one else could be found who stood flat footed upon the diamonds of the farmors, and he did not consider Tillman stood for the measures that the people advocated. Time up. W. T. O'Dell said that after be ing preached to for about three hours he would make his sermon short. He would not worry their patience. He introduced the bill for the building of the new Court House. He sulported the county government bill, the dispensary bill and others which, he thought of interest and benefit to the peo ple. He thought every thing had boon so thoroughly discussed that it was unnecessary for him to say anything more. From Praters~ Creek. The old1 folks singing associa tion met with Praters Creek church, Sunday August, 26th. From the novelty of the offer or some other cause, this Association attracts a larger audience than almost any other enterprise. The singing was represented from the mountains to the railroad, and all seemed to ho captivated by its enchantmens. To say the exer cise were fine, fails to give any description. It was truly heart-. stirring, soul-stirring, and some times the emotion was so great that it reached the climax of tear producing. The old folks acquit ted themselves very creditably, Easter-anthem, Cannon, Solos, Duets, &c., music rendered with utan discrepency. A portion of the day was allowed the young folks and the music they rendered was sublimely grand. Professors J. C. Garrett and E. M. Bolding conducted teservices. The As sociation cannot express thanks to Prosessor John D. Edens, the organist of the association, for his untirinmg efforts which has ad vanced the interest andl promoted the success of the Association; and1 to thme Misses Tompkins and Boling who p~rosided so graceful ly at the organ. From the mag lianimity and~ hospitality of these people, t he A ssociation was pleased to acknowledge the Praters people never do things by halves. The A sesciation adjourned to met with Oolenoy church, the 2nSI Sunday in September, at 9 a. nm., and at Enon church, the 3rd Sunday, September, 9 a. in., and the saidl churches havmng tendered invitations to the Association. By order of Association, J. M. PORTERn, President. E. J. PRI~cE, Secretary. NOTrICE.--All land owners are hereby notified to take out (luring the month of August all obstacles in the strnamA r.mn,.n. t,......i JAt WOFFORD OllEGE, 0N OPARTANBURG, 8. c. S LAU Gi -0 SMITH & B' Will offer for Thirty days the foil Suits at a terrible Lot 1, 37 Suits, 34 to 42, at $12.60. N< sold for less than $16.50 and many of thi Lot 2, 12 Suits, 34 to 42, at $10. This This wo believe G3reatest S Ever made in Clothing in Greenvillo. T brics and made by the beat tailors that c ish. A few minutes spont in exaninatio: means a sale. W Come and see thom Yours truly, S7nith Main and Washin May 24, 1894. 0-alvanize Sheet Mieta We carry at all times, a stock of diff COPPER, GALVANIZED and PLAIN &c., and are prepared to do all kinde REPAIRING, from putting a bottom out and out elaborate articles and ves Our prices are always as low as cai good work. Don't have work of this or Galvanized Iron until you come to i GIL Opposite Man When you want a COOKING STOVI ELMO, and LIBERTY, and come to se MANHOOD RES F osaen Pikns .C. byin .n KOI Of pK Dr ve.Phzcktn S pe Phax, o ~ a w~ltem Su tat no MinwEapir.on:rany siR Supoe wre Iet illmanC. b and K NISE' I ~Phm rand Phuiate xo FOTCHE theS To We hve jst rceivd taat rh Suppos and GEtRUilIN-and aII I food AND days wlee wl beayts.u aPATHES. tg We are just now getting in a lot of NEW FURNIT URE. Also,Beds, Mattrasses,Chairs, Bed 'Springs, Trunks and Sachels.Api 27 Call and See us, and tell all the good Pholks to some. Yours, - FEEE PRESIDENT. TWO FULL COURSES. >ssary expenses for one year 111111dred and Fifty Dollars. >r Cataloguo address, -T. A. GAMEWELL, See-retary afani IT~ER I3: l\*VT CGrM+ E. RISTOW owing lots of Fine Frook sacrifice:: )no of this lot has ever been >m at $20 and $25. lot was sold from $15 to $16.50 is the aerifice hE Goods are of the finest fa. uit goods perfect in fit and fin. a of these numbors we think I Bristow. gton Streets, Greenville, S. C. d Iron L .AlTDXI A Work. erent sizes and 'weights of SIIEET IRON, ZINC, TIN of Sheet Metal Work and in a Coffee Pot to making sels in the above metals. i be made consistent with kind done, nor buy Copper ;eo us. FEATH-DURHAM CO, sion House, Greenville, S.C. remember the IRON KIN G e thoem. May 5. YbOREDvis o.E ru greed yu 75 cetsiv foa opir o SBOES on'tmp iear haf ana be aire of 'u. ref the but e Sold yatrl 10Er. ell.nfro Meialoo g aranteemtis. yU out Depar tet inrStr ir Trad ORECOOM Cutoer hls og to s d air and odor e ee leave s. regi nood, bsli ethrI 12, 1894i. *egaate hs asE coPe. WOareork, Custor ape r, sdal u o:ANs UINe l0eEN us.