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ilk,1 7.---N0. 27. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 29, 897. The Senatorial Campaign. Ar COLUMBIA. A Lively Time but Everybody was i a Good humor- Irby and Mayfiold Itelale Riel,rmt History. The Columbia campaign meeting was about on the sane piano as the preced ing meetings. Messrs. Mayield and Irby did take occasion to reaffirm their charges against Governor Ellerbo with more than their usual vehemence, and Col. Irby let out one more Reform secret by asserting that in 1890 Ellerbe, in the convention, was declared nomin ated comptrollir general when as a matter of fact Stokes, of Colleton, re ceived the nomination by nine votes. This, he said, was known at the time to a gentleman who has since been ex alted,to the bench. Mr. Mayfield made public the slate already made for State officials, so he said, and gave voice to other things of more than general interest. Senator MeL-turin, in addition to his usual tariff speech prcfaeed it with some free silver - arguments. Former Governor Evans stuck to his free trade arguments, Mr. - John T. Puncan appeared in the lists for the flest time. When Mr. Mnytl-ld was introduced, he was received with applause. He said, in reply to the charge as tj unfair noss as to the time limit, that Mr. Mc L:turin's contenlion was unfair, and he ought tc know it. It was wrong to weary the audier , andl Mr. McLaurin .had distribut.:d Lihousands of hiu speeches with his frank, and he has newspapers to give his views publicity. He said that Mr. McLaurin had charged him with being in a combina ion, and the Evening Record had made all kinds of charges age.inst him. The IR cord, he said, was owned and con trollediby Eilerbe, Neal and IMlcLaurin. Mr. MeLaurin had $)500 in stock in the paper, and E.lerbe and Neal each had $150 or more in it, and controlled it. Mr. Koester : "No, sir, they don't control it or me." Mr. McLaurin arose, and said in ex planation, that Mr. Koester was his friend. Mr. K .oster had stood by him and he lost his position on his account, and when he did so and had no position and a wife and child to support, he gave him $500 and he could have done what he want.,I with the $500. He did iot own a cent's worth of stock in the ecord, or any other paper in the state. - Mr. Mayfleld ; - "What about Gov ernor Eilerbe and Col. Neal, the Mark Hanna of the Administration ?" Here some of the crowd called for S MrL-urimn, and Mr. Maytileld said that no one couid brow-beat him, and he would have fair play. He said the R cord had jumped on him, and he could do.o,ne of it himself. - He said that Col. Neal had made a deal to strike down the Chief Justice, and that he believed Governor Ellerbe knew it. He said he only struck when - he was stroek. He had never made any attack on Governor Ellerbe, and spoke of his record when he was attack --ed and charged with being in a com bination. -He was a free citizen, and said what he pleased. He said that he had invited Governor Ellerbe to be there, and it was his fault he was not there. Mr. MuLaurin knew he was going to be in the race. He know this before there even was any talk of other candidates, and it was wrong or unfair to charge him with being in any sort of a combination. He said he was sick and tired of being charged with being in any sort of a combination. Mr. Mayfi, ld then started out on the tariff quebtion, and said, from M-. Mc Laurin's statements one would suppose there were no other Representatives from the State ; that he was the great est Re presentative the State had over had. He heard that this monstrosity the DinglIey bill-was going to be favor ed by Senator Tillman. Mr. McLaurin said he and Tollman agreed, and if so and would vote for the Dingley bill he would be a black-hearted Republican. lie said it was all foolishness to talk of McLaurin not having fair play, when * be had a government frank to send out alis speeches; when he had the Adm in istration behind him; when he had three or more newspapers favoring him when he had his salary and other things at his back. Hie went on to ask whether the peop)le were willing to pull money out of their p)ockets and pay more for rice and lumber. -He said Mc Laurin wanted an increased duty on boxes, sashes, doors, blinds and the like. The vote on the wool question was, he said, unwarranted, and could not be justinied by it being a personal vote. McLaurin Is a high Protection - ist, in theory if not in practice. The farmers were to pay for these duties, and Mr. McLaurin was not represent ing his people in his tariff views. Then McLaurin was in favor of the Trillman dispensary bill. If this bill p asses the State can always have a dispensary law. He wanted the Btate to get out of the liquor business and to get out of the trailic as soon as possible. Mr. May feld gave his views on the liquor question at length. He said what he wanted was full re ports in the daily press. He would not weary the audience by imposing on the time of others, but would cut his speech short. He was surprised that Mr. Mc Laurin had been thanking Heaven for the State being free f rom negro domina tion. Hle had understood'Mr. McLaur in had thoug ht of runt ing independent tickets to beat the Constitutional Con ventio n. Mc-Laurln said that this charge was not true. Mr. Mayileld then asked whether he would also deny writ,ing the Populistic p)latform. Mr'. McLaurin : "That Is none of your business.'' This occasioned nauch applause and laughter. Mr. Mayfield then went for Mr. Mc Laurin for writing the Po,p ulistic plat for-m, and said that he had prepared a series of questions to propound to Gov ernor Ellorbo that would have paralyz ed him, lie said he had not said any thing about Governor Ellerbo until he was attacked by McLaurin and the Evening Record, in whieh Governor Elierbo had stock, and which repre sented Governor Elile rbo and Mr. Mc Liurin. He said that no one could at tack him without being hit back, and Mr-. Ellerbe should km ep his pa per, the Record, in cheek, and not lot it attack him. Col. Irby started his speech witi a joke. Unfortunately for him, he said, the people of Columbia had soon him before. He came down hero in 1880 as a member of the house and ever since he had been opposing the political-way of thinking of the people of Columbia. le had opposed 'them honestly and fairly. Col. Irby declared that he had al ways stood by the Reformers, but he had been just to the Conservatives. McLaurin had been false to every fac tion or party he had ever allied himself with. He advised that the Conserva tives had better select a man that had been true to one party or faction. Mc Lauc in's political pathway, ho declar ed, was strewn with the bones of his friends. He tells that he opp>ses the dispensary, but he favors Til man's bill. The Till manbiii would never;have,pass ed the Senate had McLaurin objected. It was a rule of the Senate 'that unani mous consent is necessary for local measures. What was McLaurin's posi tion then on the dispensary ? he asked. With the passage of the Tillman bill the legislature would enact a dispensa ry law for all time to come. "Do I do you that way ?" he asked. "I stand to the farmers that made me.' He was not, he declared, like the little jay-bird governor who forgot his friends. Ellerbe got his start through fraud, he a.serted. In the convention of 1890 Stokes of Colleton beat him for comp troller general by nine votes. There was a judge on tbh bench who knew how it was done, Crews knew how it was done and Neal had been trying to stay his pen, but Urows was too honest a man. Go to the tail of this "State house gang," he said, for Bill Neal has more head than brains, and go to Ellerbe for its head; tie those two ends together and the people had the ring which had for its purpose the perpetuation of cer tain men in oflice. "Vote for me if you please. Crucify me if you will, but I'll be a Reformer and a Democrat still," concluded Col. Irby. (Applause') Mr. John T. Duncan promised not to detain the people long. He was run ning, he said, as a Reformer. His ad hert nce to Reform principles dated back as far as any man's. He was not here to oppose the dispensary. He was in sympathy with ihe administration in its enforeouent of the dispensary law. He favored the Tillman bill. He thought cince the liquor traffic was an evil tbat the State- had better take charge of it. Mr. Duncan declared that Mr. Mn Laurin had never been true to any fac tion or party with which he had been allied. He had heard Mr. McLaurin mentioned as an opponent of rillman in 1900, but he would be nothing but a feather weight. He was for Tillman against any man he had ever heard mentioned for the place. Mr. Duncan then declared that he favored the free coinage of silver and opposed the tariff policy of McLaurin. Mr. Duncan then related abmit his recent fight about the jurisdiction of State and g'ederal courts. He did not, true to his'promise, detain the people long. Hereafter he will be with the campaigners. Former Governor Evans was the last speaker. THE FINAL FIGHT. Exciting Scenes in the House When hkeS TartirBhill is Passed--Bailey anid McMillan Disagree. The final vote on the Dingley tariff bill in the House was taken on Wednes day last. The floor of the House pro sented an animated appearance long before the speaker rapped that body to order. Members stood about in groups and discussed, sometimes in excited tones, the result of the cot.ference agreement on the tariff abill which was to'be presented for final action. The gal eries were comfortably well filled and every member in the city was in his seat when Speaker Reed ascended the rostrum at noon. Most of the conferees on the tariff bill were in their places, their d.>sks piled high with papers and' documents. The blind chaplain in his prayer invoked a blessing on the day's work. "1May the history of the day," ho prayed, "be worthy of this great nxa tion and redound to the good of all its citizens." A fter a few minor matters had been dlispeoed of, Mr. D)ingley aro4e. Hold ing aloft the report and a gre.&t mass of of papers, he said, In calm tones : "M r. Speaker, I desire to present the confer ence report on the tariff bill." Salvos of applause from the Republi can side greeted this announcement. The papers wore carried to the clerk's desk. Thbe reading of the formai re port was dispensed with at the request of Mr. Dingley and the statement of the effect of the changes read. Mr. Bailey, the leador of the minor ity, disclaimed before the reading be gan, any responsibility for the state ment, which, he said, the minority has had no opportunity to read. At the conclusion of the reading of the state ment Mr. Dingley took the floor. Be. fore he began his speech ho said he do sired,.if possible, to ente r Into an agree ment with the minority as to the length oif.tIme debate should run. Mr. B3ailecy said.othe minority would like three days, but knowing that such time conlo not be obtained he would be willing to allow the debate to run todlay and to morrow, with provision *for a vote be (ore ad journment tomorrow. Mr. Dingley, in reply, said he was not prepared to agree to Mr. Bailey's prop) ositions When he expressed the hope that a-vote could be reached ted ay the Republicans broke into long and loud applause. "ralk at thIs time is very ox pen sive," said1 Mr. Dingley. "It costs the treasury 8100,000 a day." All efforts to reach an agreement failed. M r. Dingley, with the state ment that he would confer with Mr. Bailey later, opened his speech on t.he ,'onference report. The figures and de tails of the explanation of the changes were very dry, but the house gave him close and earnest attention, lHe took up each schedule, explaining .in detah the changes made, and following, elos ing with the formal statement given out by the committee. Conorpiing the item of cyanide of potassium, he said It had been most unwillingly accorded by the House and only after the most pos itive insistan-'e by the Senat1o -con forces.. Concerning the anugnaricedle . Dingloy road from the official state ment, adding brief comments. By the now arrangement about $2,000,000 in crease of revenue would be realized as the increase had been placed on raw sugars at the point where revenue would be received and at the same time the beet sugar Industry will receive substantial benefit. In conclusion, Mr. Dingly received round after round of applause from his Republican colleagues by predicting as a result of the enactment of this bill a rise of prices and a restoration to pros perity. Mr. Wheeler (Dem.) of Alabama opened the debate for the Democrats, criticising the bill as the most vicious and burdensome ever imposed on the American people. One of the greatest demonstrations of the debate occurred when Mr. Lan ham (Deni.) of Texas, who followed, paid a tribute to W. J. Bryan. Demo crats cheered for several minutes and many of the spectators joined in the demonstration. The bill was further debated by Mr. Ball (Dem.) of Texas, Mr. Fleming (Dem.) of Georgia, Mr. Handy (Dom.) of Delaware, Mr. Kelly (Pop. of North Dakota, Mr. Grosvenor (l.top.) of Ohio. At a o'clock a recess was taken until B p. im, At 8 o'clock when the night session began the galleries were crowded, many ladies being present. Mr. Ding ley stated at the outset that he hoped to secure a vote by 10 o'clock. Mr. Bailey said 40 o'clock was too early, but he thought the vote could be taken by 11. He would not, however, make a definite agreement on the vote. There upon, Mr. Dingley gave notice that he would move the previous question not later than 11 o'clock. In the galleries were many distin guished personages of both isexes. In in the executive gallery sat Secretary of the Navy Long and on the floor at the side of Mr. Hitt, of Illinoi,s sat At torney General McKenna, who was a member of the Ways and Means com mittee in 1890, when the McKinley law was passed. Altogether, it, was a bril liant setting for the close of a memora ble struggle. The Rlepublicans still pursued the tactics they had adopted during the day session. None of them claimed the llio: and the minority were compelled to put forward their speak ers. These continued their assaults on the Republican breastworks, but not a shot was fired in return. Therefore, after Mr. McDowell of Ohio and Mr. Berry of Kentucky, both Democrats, had made brief speeches, Mr. Haily, rne Democratic loader, who had been resorving his speech for the close, took hc 1,ior. He made a carefully pro oared argument dealing more with the general principles involved than with letails. Time and again during the rogress of his remarks the Democrats were aroused by his eloquence to a high )itch of enthusiasm. Mr. Bailey said .n part : "The pretense that the bill under onsideratiou is designed primarily to ncrease the public revenues is a false me on its very face, because if that had been the intention it could have been accomplished without disturbing ill the business interests of the country by general revising of all our tariff luties. Slight changes in the existing law would have sufliced. "While there Is no reasonable doubt s to what the Ropublican leaders of he House expected and intended to do, heir purpose has been, at least par ially, defeated by the amendments of ,he Senate. I do not mean to imply ,has the dominant party in the Senate s entitled to any credit for playing at roes purposes with their friends in the Youse ; for the Senate appears to have tmended the House bill not so much 3ecause they were opposed to the ob ect which the House had in view as secause they seemed to think that the Elouse's zeal had out-run its judgment, and that instead of yielding a surplus, wvhich would enable the present ad min setration to collect and retire the green backs, its bill would have resulted in a leficiency. "Have the industries of the United statos suffer-ed under the present law from foreign competition ? It is only necessary for us to examine the treas utry reports to findl our answer. As re markable as it may appear after all bhat our Republican friends have said, the treasury reports show that instead f foreIgn comp)etition increasing under the present law, it has actually do nreased as compared with the McKin Icy law. "Another more practical but less p)otent reason why .the Republican p)arty cannot unde rtake in earnest to suppress these hurtful.combinations of uapltal is that its vast and complicated scheme of taxation fd,r p)rivate pur poses is maintained by;the active and linancial support of those who have personal and business connections wIth these trusts ; and as you r'ely upon tha~ votes, the inlluence and the campaign subscriptions of 'trusts, It is unr-eason sble to suppose that you will deny them a participation in the profits of a sys bem wihich they have helped to fasten upon0 the country. We have aut)icient and abundant proof of this fac,t1 in the pending bill, which gives to the sugar trust a pure gratuity which experts ostimate at no less th)an $1,000,000 an nually. " I am not willIng to charge in -this high place that the Repubhllcan party has sold its intellect and conscience to the sugar trust and I prefer to believe that it has been driven by the logldof its position to the assistance of a m nop)oly that has grown so bold under I , special privileges that it scandalizes Congress and defies the power of the courts. Blut, sir, the RepublIcan p)arty mnust con fuss that it has sold itself to the sugar' trust or it must admit that protection cannot deny its benefits to muonopolieos." M r. Blailey reviewed the sugar sched ule at length and scored the sugar trust, addlinig : "' My deliberate judg mont is that the sugar trust possesses power over you not because it buys your lndividaal votes, but because it is a p)art of your system arnd as it helps to supp)ort your systemx, your system is comnpolled to help support it ; andl It is certain that trusts will continue to in crease in numbecr and power as long as you contime your policy of p)rotection. ." I am aware, sir, that there are some who prtetend to believe that an utterance like this is not in harmony with the p)latfor'm of our last national convention ; but there is noth ing in the langagea of that platform or in the nir. cumstances attending its adoption to warrant that opinion. " I am opposed to Republican pro tection, because it discriminates be tween American citizeps, giving to the one who sells an unjust advantage over the one who buys ; and I am opposed to this modern theory of free raw ma terials, because it discriminates be tween American citizens, giving tho one who buys an unjust advantage over the one who sells. " I do not plead for special privileges for the farmers ; I only plead in do; fense of the Democratic party for hav ing said that in dealings with this question it will keep its pledge that none shall enjoy a special favor nor shall any suffer a special burden ; but that all shall stand equal before the law. To establish and maintain the equal rights of men was the great mis sion to which its founders dedicated the Democratic party a hundred years ago, and to which we reconsoerated it last year' If we adhere steadfastly and faithfully to this, the most vital of all our principles, the American peo pl will reward our fidelity with their confidence and we can reward their confidence by perpetuating forever and forevermore this, the greatest, the freest and the best government that over rose to animate the hopes or to test the sacrifices of mankind." Toward the close of his remarks, the effect of Mr. Bailey's speech was great ly marred by the dilliculty he expe rienced in speaking. His voice became very hoarse and he was obliged to drink frequently of lemonade to clear his throat. Just before the close of Mr. liley's remarks the most sensa tional incident of the debate occurred. He had been assailing the doctrine of free raw materials as a comparative innovation in the Domocratiu creed. In order to demonstrate that it was a product of Clevelandism, he sent to the clerk's desk and had road an ex tract from a newspaper commenting on the fact that in the F.irty-ninth Con gross Senator Mills, then a mombor of the House, Mr. McMillan, of Tennes see, and two other Democratic mem bers of the ways and means committee had voted against free wool. Mr. Mc Millan jumped to his foctand demanded to know whether It was charged that he had voted against fr-e wool. "William E. Morrison told mo so with his own lips," replied Mr. Bailey, facing Mr. McMillan, whose face flushed. " Not only that, but he said both you and Senator Mills voted against. sone reductions in the metal schedule." "Since the gentleman has soon fit to attack my record and to misrepresent me," began Mr. McMillan, but Mr. Bailey quickly disclaimed any purpose of attacking him. "I desire to com mend your action then," said he. The disclaimer being accepted, Mr. McMil lan hotly asked in turn why Mr. Hailey had voted in the ways and means com mittee against the woolen schedule of the present law when it was offered as a substitute for the high rates in the pending measure. A wave of applause ran over the Domocratic side at this question, but it was drowned in the perfect storm of approval that greeted Mr. Bailey's reply that never as long as he was in Congress would he vote for 50 per cent. duties on woolen goods and no duties on raw wool. The Ie publicans and the gallories joined in this demonstration. " How could the gentleman from Tennessee," he continued when the ap plause had subsided, "vote for free wool In the face of the Chicago plat form, which he helped to defend." "The Chicago platform did not take the hack track on the principleof tariff for revenue only," replied Mr. McMil Ian. " I'll prove that it did," cried Mr. Bailey. "is Mr. Robertson. of Louis iana, in the house '?" he asked, looking about him. But Mr. Itobertson was not present and Mr. Bailey proceeded to argue that the Chicago platform did return to the old D)emocratic theory. Hie Raid that. the Democratic organ iza tion sought to rescue the p arty from those who were wrecking it. When the party was making new recruits the wreckers had deserted it." Moreover, Mr. MeMillan in turn, delved into M r. Bailey's past and pocinted out occasions when the Lone Star statesman had voted for free coal, free Iron ore, free barbed wire, free sugar, and even free wool in the l"ifty Second Congress. Mr. McMillan's comments up)on the inconsistency of Mr. Halley' tree wool vote caused much merriment. In con clusion he appealed to the Democr-acy to go into the battle again with its banners bearing the old mottoes. Mr. Baley got the floor after Mr. McMillan finished, long enough to say that when he cast the votes referred to by Mr. McM illan the endorsed doctrine of his party was free raw material and as a loyal D)emocrat he suppor-ted it,. p)latform declarations. HIe now held a commission from the 1)cmocracy to op) p)0s0 that doctrine and he should do so. It was now after ii o'clock. Mr. P'ayne and Mr. Dingh y, su.ccessively, took the floor for sonic closing rem arks. Trusts, he said, could not be eradicated by epithets. The way to break down the trusts, said he, is to establish a beet sugar factory In every Congres sional district in the country and miake competition. TIhat is the way to ellp) the wings of the trust. (Loud and long Itopublican applause.) Mr. Payne had a good deal of fun at the expecnse of the Democratic leadlers who were raving over their orthodoxy, their views were diametrically 01) posed, but each had the authority of a .Democratic platform. When Mr. Payne took his seat, Goy rrnor Dingley arose amid a storm of t'heers and demanded the previous guestion on the adoption of the ~oni bonce rep)ort. M r. Johnson (Rep.), of l2ndiana, tried toask Mr. Dingley a question while th~e question was being put. Several tijnes he called "Mr. Speaker," but wps not recognized. The demand was siistained by a viva voce vote and the vote on the adoption of the report fol lowed by yeas and nays. Ooapiderable excitement occurred while,the vote was being taken. When the speaker announced the vote, 185 ayes, 118~ noes, the Itepublicans broke Into 1.oWd cheers. -V&etables should always be put in cold a.tor half an hour before using them; it1will .*reshen them uip wonder fully. THE DEAD TOWNS IN OCONEE COUNTY, HIISTO1tIC1 PLAOFCS OF INTI' ltEST. Tunnel 11111 on Stump House Moun tain was Once a Thriving, Busy TIown. Anderson I ntelligenver. Oconeu has more dead towns to the sqjuare miles probably than any County in the State-not merely towns that have quit growing, or that are in the collapse that follows an exploded boom, but defunct, obliterated, forgotten. P'ickens County has two such, Port George or Keowoe, and l'ickunsville, and Anderson Cunt,y one, Anderson vil4c, where the beautiful mountain streams with their beautiful Indian names-the Seneca and the Tugaloo rush into each other's embrace. It cannot-, of course, be twisted into any discredit of Oconee that the sites of these dead towns of another ago and of other conditions are within her bor dors, for Walhalla, Vostminstc,. Sen eca and Newry are gemts that bespangle her background of blue. Besides these placop of interest- Oco neu Station, an Indian trading post in tho long ago, Tunnel Hill, that sprung into life when the builders of the great Blue it dge Railroad set down to bore through Stump House Mountain, and old Pickens, that gave up the ghost with the dismemberment of old Pick ens District---O.;oneo is historic in that her soil holds the ashes of Colonel ian Cleveland, Gen. Andrew i'ickens and Horseshoe Robinson, heroes ail, of the Revolution. As one stands for the first time on the summit of Tunnel Hill and peerr'n to the vawning mouth of thedismantled shaft or turns to gaze upon the iin monse pilo of fragmentary granite ly ing around, one cannot repress the ludi crous idea that at bome rotu, period of its existence Stump House Mountain had relieved itso.f of an attack of geo logieal nausea, a ) to speak, by a vomit ing fit. The opfprcsiveness of the picture of perfect desolation that marks the scene to-day Is Intensified by the relIc t oa that for a time a tide of busy life surged over the mountain, whilst through its depths was being pushed the most stu purdous engineering feat of the tino. FIorty-fuur years ago the solitude of the ages hitherto unbroken was rudely dis turbed, and for six years the old moun tain groaned and trembled in the inex orable grasp of science, and then al most as suddenly the priiaoval still ness resumed its sway arnd the coon, : the catamount' and the bear roamed again over thei! old haunts. It will surprise many at tle present day, especially those who go there for the first time, to know thaton the sum mit of Tunnel lll where but one house now stands, and it constructed of the remains of several 'others, was once a busy town of fifteen hundred people, in cluding five hundre.d laborers who work ed in and around the tunnel. The town had a hotel. boarding houses, a school, a church (Catholic) and the usual coin plemt nt of barrooms. There were sev eral stores. The contractors ran a store and Mr. Wesley Pitchford, whose son, Mr. C. W. Pitchford, is now one of the leading merchants of Walhalla, sold goods there, as did others. One of the drinking saloons stood within a few yards of the shaft (No. 2) and was run by San Piranceseo i'tzarro Sancho, an Italian, who, just on the eve of the war, murdered Thomas liar rison, of OWonoo, on the stone pave ment in front of the old hotel at 'en dleton. Sancho's father and younger brother, B-,nato, went to Tunnel liill direct from Italy. The big rock fill at the eastern mouth of the tunnel was put there by the old man, ,who, day after day, carted stone ft-om tihe tunnel with his little mule. TIhe old fellow never leam-ned a word of Fdaglish, so that the lmp)rocations heaped upon his little mule were couched in sulphurous Italian, w hich made no dliffeece with the mule. When the war- came on hlenato fought valiantly for thu South. T1he laborers were nearly all Irish and Catholics, and camne mostlIyftrotm the Nott. When the wor-k was susp)endecd itn tihe latter part of 18519 for lack of an appirop)rIa tion byV the State, for- the great road was a State entcrp)rise, most of the men went back Nort,h, and it Is altogether pr-obable that many of them fount1 their way into tne Union armies and met in tile shock of battle many of the men whom they knew and wit,n whom they wom-ked at, Tunnel 11111. One of those whoam st,ayed Sout,h wisl.Pietchor, an 10nglishabtn, w ho hlad the dist,inction of being the smnallest muan in the Second S. C. I t lbs8. Tiicre were several contr-actors dutr ing tihe progrcss of the work, Anson liangs & Co., [11 Humird, Hitchcock & Co)., and one othier, all Norther-n men, of course. No one knows exactly how tw'uih money was ex pended on the work, but I attm assured by one0 wilo was In a' posItiont to make a fair- estitmato that, it was at, least, otnumillion dollars. Thelu tunnel is one alnd one- fouth miles long, and the e-ntiro distance is through solid tock. The westen exit is sIxt,y feet, higher than the eastern, which Is to say, thte grade thrtonghl the tunnel Is fot,y-clght feet to tihe mile. Thlere are) lour- shafts, numbered from cast, to west, and the greatest, depth, t,wo hutndrecd and forty feet,, is near shaft, number two. Somic sixt,een hun dred litnear feet is utlIaished, which shows thlat p)ractIcally L,reo-fourths oIf tile work was comtptlotd. But, forty live feet hetweon shaft,s nutmbc-s one and1( two is urnlinIshed, andl the rest is between numibers three and four. I"tomi four to western tmout,h is comp)letedl. I htave buocn told by a reliablo man who wotked thoere that at shaft, number four a mule was let, down to draw atone to foot, of shaft, and that a year lat,er that same tulic walked out into day lighlt at we.,tern ouetrance ap)parent,iy none the worse for his long subtorr-a nean itu,prisonnment. The company made thleir ownl blast,ing powder (of pot ash arid tbe charcoal of poplar, chest nut and willow. Some vestigos of tile piowder house, locat,ed near easter-n en trance and also near the beaut,iful Issa queniah F1alis, are yet to be seen. Near this sput a young man, a stranig er, who had taken a sub-contract, was murdet-ed one night by some1 of tihe toughs about the pllace in the belief that, he had lots of money. The story goes thlat they got, no money and that there was none thlat knew his name, an i he was buried wmacre he Wm8 mnsu.. TOOI Tihat is, we are too buls Low Prices keep us busy. The Racket Store is thi ways buy what you waut ch we mean what we say. Our compeitors call us acknowledge the charge and of this county to say whletl< Store has been a benefit to t as goods as the best. Bought at Low Prices, and our customers rejoice u Racket Store is doing for ti Asking that one and all to " Underbuy and Underse Yours in dea< NEW YORK R 1esecy, S. C. P. S.---Still remember t will get a I11Ce carriage this derod. If I ever go there again I shall hunt his grave. The story is well au thentiented. Another murdor was committed one Sunday near shaft number two. Smith, a laborer from Georgia, gave ollonso to some Irishmen, who beat hiin to death. A number of arrests were made anJ thero was a big trial at old 1'ickons, but no convictions. Several men were acecidentally killed at all the shafts except number one. Two wore killed at shaft number two. A man named K-slloy, from I.,turuns, who the day before had been on a spree, lost his footi ng on the ti m bers at the inouth of the shaft, whore it was his nusiness to attend the bucket as it ap peared loaded with stone, and in ft,lI Ing le struck Collins, an Irishman, who was con ng up on the bucket, and both wore hurled to death. Kelley's wife had but a few moments before brought her husband his dinner, and when she hoard of ils death she rushed frantlcal ly to the shaft and was with dilliculty restrained from jtimping down. At number three, two were killed by a cave. (c ie of these was a Ilughes, of Oconce. ( ia another occasion a man Wts scalded to death by the hoisting engine at. that shaft and several hadly injured. At nuinber four, three lost their lives. One, it young Irishman, in trying to jump Into the bucket as it was started down it six in the morn- t Ing, missed and fell headlong, his body 1 tinlally lcdging aiaui ; the titers of the shaft near the bottom. As he fell one of his shoes, which were of a peen. ilar kind, was wrenched from hiis foot and dropped at the feet of the workmnei below, and these, hearing tie conuio tion just overhead and recognizing the shoe, knew who was killed. MI r. E. I) t"ostur, of Itichland, Oconee, tlenI a youth of sixteen, was employed In the tunnel, and was standing within three f'ict of where the shoe fe11 ; another was killed by a drill hammer falling from the bucket upon his head. A GJermoan, whloIi business wias to go around every two hours and fill the miners' lamps, was on his way t,o mlouth of shaft nlumbler four to go diowni and liii lamps, whein in some way umnac count,ed for the materials in the box ini which he carried themi explloded andl killed him. The men worked day and night, Sundlay excepted, hy shift,s, dl vided into three reliefs of eight hiour. each. it Is a ilty that it road whiiich p)rom ised so much fur the state in general and Charleston In plarticular shoula0 hlave 'fai led of coimplietlon, thle mre' p)articularly 8 ice it, was so near Ii nish ed. TIhe work was stoppehId in 1859t for want, (If funds, bht, it, would no dioi ht, have been renewedl had not, the war caino 0on 50 sooin. An ClTIrt, wats mtadoe a few years after the war to set the en terprise ont foot, again, but It, failed, owing, no doubt,, to the fact, that, the state was In tbe hands of pliunderers i)lharig the last, wIniter of thie war UCapt. 'T. IH. ltussell, at tbe hoad of a compiJanIy (of sxteon-year-(olds, was sta binned at, Tunnoll 1l1i1, and the yotuth ftul soldiers dlividetd t,ime between lish ring dosert,ers ouat of the mnotritaitII fast riusses andit t,hrowing rocks into the yaw ning shafts. The boys soon1 Incu r red the hostility of thtose mon3( In whose15 )reasts pattriotlifm was at, .a heavy dlis. suuinit,, and rumrr of ten asconded( t,hi. bills that the dust rt.ers woremroving on Whomi in a body1. 000o night, whlen t,be mouotntain was w rappiedl in sno(w and the boys in slumber, the Capt,ain doeeldied to test, the me tt,l of his yeaa ling boldi lers. Acting undier sieret instructions, the plicket datshied in from the po(st, a mrile away and pounding the boys' qjurters with, 'Git, tip, boys, the debert,ers Is a-ceorln,' "' boon had the lit,tle earmpJ in an uproar (If conrftusion. Somiie of the' boys got int,o their breeches hack side foremost, anti Jiohn- Za,ehiary, a nephew of the Cap;tain, bunckhnrg on thme pano lIly oIf war as he ran, ruished to head q tarters "'to see what,i rineo Tomn was going toI do about it." They were soon under arms and imovi ng steadily toward the plicket po(st, the point, where t,he Clay toni road branches oIlf. J ust before reatched this t,ne commtiand was deploy ed and halted, and a reconnoitering party, one of whom was In the secret,, J Iim licarden, of oiconee, I believe, sent,. for wardl. I 'resenri by the plarty return ed, but to tbe expectant soldiers with bated breath and dilated eyes their Io,tfalls in the snow made them an in numieirable host, and the little fellowb pulled back their musket hammuers and ixed for business. The olilers could hardly restrain them from tiring. Ot course, the reconnoissanee disclosed a falsoi alarm and the boys were marched back to camp, and by morning were normal and wor t.hrowi.g ..~.ks ... usy! y to write very much. Our P place where you can al cap. When we say cheap, by cheap names, and we leave it-to the good people " ,r the New York Racket hem or not. Our goods are so let our competitors weep t the good the New York i,e people of this county. remember that our motto is II," we are earnest, ACKET STORES CLY1)E & NAl.l.Y, Proprietors. he Surry of'er. Some one fall FR E E I into the tunnel again. One of the sur v;vors relatcd this lucid+ nt to me rc cently, and added, "We'd 've shot once anyhow." When I queried do murely if he did not think they would have shot twice, at least, ho replied, with a catch-on glance, 'Yes ; once at the deserters and once for camp." W. A. 1)ICKSON. TIL1LMAN FAILS. Hi, )ispensary Bill Will not Cooi 'up Belire Congress at ThIs Bession. A special from Washington to the . olu(rbia Stato of Wed nesday says that )y the decisive vote of 4 to 2, aftor,a two rours' hearing the committee on rules 'ofusod to report a rule for the consid 3ration of the Tillman liquor bill at ,his session. '1'he information suggest )d a different result and the action uas a disappointment to Senator Till nun. The arguments in support of the pplicatlon for the rule were presented by Senator Tillman and Itolrosentattve L',tiner. It was not disguised that the )bject of the bill was to circumvent the * 3imouton decilion and perpetuato the 'xisting dispensary e3 stem in the State I.tepresontativo Latimer, however, dis laimed any purpose of that sort and rgued that the general principle of he bill was sound, in gIvlng to every state the exclusive control of the liquor ,rallic. If the proposed logislation uuant the porpetuation of the dispon ,ary system he would not, ho said, sup port the bill. In opposition, it3presentatlve Elliott assalled othe dispensary law, exposed its abuses, assorted that it was a dis grace to the State and charged that it Nas shamefully perverted and prosti tuted in the Interest if certain politi cians in the State. L4atimer resented this criticism as an imputation on the Reoform p)arty and on him personally. and retorted that if halt he had hourd about Gol. Elliott,'s contest for a seat in Congress wore true lie was in no posi tion to dIisparalge other p)00pl1. Col. Elliott indignantly denounced datimer's statement as an unwarranted and1 unmanly p)ersonal reflection. Trhis was the only unpjleasant incident. Mr. J. 1'. Konnedy B3ryan, a promi nlont Charleston lawyer, concluded tl.e. argument in opposi5tion to the rule. Thue disputants had hardly cleared the speaker's room when on llalley's miotion to rep)ort, the rule, the vote was taken with the result indicated. lBailey andl McMillin vot,ed in the ahllrmatlve. Itopresentativyes wailson and Strait were present but took no part in the discussion. Senator Tiliman sho'wed keen disappointment and seemed to;bo. at, tihe end of his wits as to the next Congressman Wilson Ia diseussing tbo dispensary situation made to fol lowing very Important statement : The two latest dlecisions of Judge Simnonton, have given the death blow to the dis pensary. it, will boentiroly powerless,. 11e says, to colpe wit,h liqunor establish ments which pay no lIcense and which. lnavo practically unlimited powerh of salo. They will, beyond q.uestion, un di(rsell the dlispIensary, which can only Lperate at, a very heavy expense, as. shown by it,s history. TIhe State hoard of control, he suggests ~should exhaust the stock on hand by t,ho next, meeting of the general assom bly and reduce ex penses so as to entail.. as little loss -as p)ossible. The next legis lature, lhe thinks, will have to either unact total prohibition or a high license system with the restrict,ions prescribed. in the Constitut,ion. if the latter i8. Idopted. the State will realize more revenue than it has recently done un der the enleebled and beset oondition, 1 of the dispensary. The discord and dliv isions which have been existing amongst the people because of. its ad ministration and enforcement will die appear ansl perhaps a satisfactory and tion in the State wlU have been finally coached. lie stated that he was satiaF lied that congress is not going to inten. / fcrc, and to his mind the only logice result of athe situation is as abov0 stated. --It is reported that ex-President Cleveland will in November be form ally tendered the of110e of president of the University of Virginia. Hereto- ~ fore the chairman of the faculty has . been at the head of the UiJaversity. --A Boston millionaire, who recently died, made provision that his wif& should receive each year exactly het, own waegh in np,.e gon