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9nE P)EOPLE' JORA VOL 12.-NO. 33. PlCKENS, S. G., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBERJ8 92 N OLRAYA THE PRESIDENT AT ASHEVILE, N. C. 'TII'C CIIIIF EVEN'I' OF ills TRIP TO THIlR SOUTH. Ten Thoiiisan(1 I'e( ple in Co ur"t 1o1114e Squintre to Hear llit4 Speech iii Froint of Van1ce's iM11tnlenit. 'resident Roosevelt's brief tour in the South included a visit to the Chick atmauga battl( ield and Lookout Moun taiin i Sunday, Sept 7th, and an at tonpance u1)o11 the annual session of the 1irotht rhood of Locomotive Engi neers the next day in Chattanooga, af ter which he beg1ln the journey back to Washington. IIe wis received by lar-e crowds at Ktoxville and other poiuts, mtii( spelt the night at Ilot Springs, N. C. Asheville extended a warm grCeting to hin the next mo1n ing. Fully 10,000 people occupied the court housc square, where the President addressed them from an im provisel stand. The special train ar rived here at 9.30 o'clock. The night was passed at Il ot Springs and the run fioml there to Asheville was unevent- t ful. A short slop was made at Mar slil, the h0otno of Senator Pritchard, where a number of people had assemll bled. The I'iesi(lent thanked then for their reeting. C At Asheville he was met by a recep.. tion committee. Mayor Miller, Sena tor l'ritchard and Congressman Moody were among those who greeted the President, the tie mbers of the con mittee being introduced to the I'resi lent in his car by Senator l'ritchard. Carriages were mo Waiting and, under I the escort of the Z 1b Vance company, Confederate Veterans, carrying battle Ilags, and t.wo companies of State nili tia and the First lIegitient, band, the tt pr"ty started for coirt house squlre. At I;attery I'ark th'e school children were assembled on the lawn and sang "America" as the party passed.| Presi- L (ent Roosevelt stood in his carriage ti bareheaded. The city was elaborately 1) decorated and hundreds of people had tl cone in from the country to greet the N President. When the President Was ti introduced by Chairman McNamee he 1% was etitlluiastically grected. The it President said : Mr. Cha0nlirian, Mr. tudger, and b YOU, lily fellow .\ nericais: It is in- w (iced a pletsure to have the chance of IV saying a word of greeting to you this 1i morning, to speak here ini the midst W of your beautiful country of Western i North Carolina, in this beautiful city in front of the mionumot raised to ci Senator Vance, (applause) .and to be fi addressing people whose forefathers tt have borne a dislinguished part in ci every great military and civic strug- i gle through which this country hals I come. (Applause.) It was not far tn from hiere, as we measure distance in c America, that the Mecklenburg Dec- h1 laration of Independence was formu-- ci lated. (Applause.) The gentlenant n who introluc;d tme spoke of the great ii deeds of the men who in the Revolu- c, tionary war followed Marion and Mc- nt Dowell. My forefathers fought under h1 Marion, (applause,) my forefathers ti fought with t,he Georgia and Southi h Carohna, troops who battled through- n out the dark (lays when Cornwallis fl and the red driagoonsa of Tarleton over- ( ran the Southern States. They were c present at King's Mountain, at the ti Cowpetns, and1( they saw tile final tri- v umph)i when the metn in blue and buflf, a who follo.wed Greene, Wrestedh victory t out of dlefeat, and wvhen at last the r flag of the thiirteeni United Stat,es, t which had bocni the thirteen colonies, I waved without a rival along the coasti and( along t,he foothills of the moun taitns. It has beeni a great atnd peculiar pleoasure to beC greetedi as I was t,oday c by the meni wilo served in the Confled crate army. Yesterday and today Ir tr:avelled through a regioni which sentc its sons, some to wear the blue, somet t,o wear the grey, all to serve withl I eourage and self-devotion tile right, asi it was given to each to see the right. I The.dlay before yesterdlay I went over the battlefields of Chicamauga and Chiat,ttanooga; over that space of terri-] tory which saw for two months one of the gigantic death wrestles of' tile civil< war, tile tetrritoty partly mn Tennessee, partly in my mother's State of Geor-i gia, (applause,) andl I feel t,hat tilei man would 1)0 but, a poor American who did not come from the scenes commemorating the valiant dieeds of those armies a better American than when lhe startedl. Wilie I' was thlere a dlelegation of younig menl fr'om the Slate of Georgia caime to present me a cance cut, from tile battlefield, with t,he names of three Un tion atnd three Con federate genlerais on it. One of the Union generals, Gen. Boynton, was showing me around the field. Otie of the Confederate generals, Gen. .Joe Wheeler, had been~ my chief in the Spanish war. (Applause.) Yesterday we st,opped- at a little station in Ten nessee and among thlose wilo gathered to greet me wvas an 01(1 fellow who had worn the grey. iec said: ." I was one of Wheeler's boys.'' I said: " so was I."' (Laiughter anid aplause.) It is a good t,hing for ani American .Pre.sident to have the chance to travel through the different, sections of the country, because it is a might,y good thlitug for any American to meet his fellow ;Americains of different parts of tho- country, In ordler that lie may re alize htow trivial are the points of un. likeness and how essential are the points of likeness. (Applause.) A good Amiericain is a good Americhni, and I don't care a snap of my finger whether ho comes from the North or If h, is ia straight and decent man I am for him, if he isn't I am not. (Ap plause.) Oh, my friends, the lesson of brotherhood, the lesson that is taught by such a greeting as 1 aim receiving at this moment, the lesson that is taught whenever you see valiant and true men whQ wore the blue meet val iant and true men who wore the grey and shake hands with then, that lesson applies through all our national life, and it applies just as much in forming a judgment between class and class as between section and section. We never can succeed in making this coun try what it can and shall be imade until we work together, not primarily as Northerners and ,Southerners, East. ,rners and Westerners, not primarily is employee or employer, townsmen ir countrymen, capitalists or wage vorkers, but primarily as American itizens, (applause,) to whom the right f brotherly friondship and comrade hip, with all other decent American itizeiis comes as the first, and greatest f privileges. We need good laws, we ced honest and upright administra ion of the laws, but we need as the uiii(lamental prerequisite for good overnmnent a high average standard I citizent hip in the inen who make he laws and stuaind back of them. Applause.) The best law by itself 'ill not bring good citizenship. A ad law will do incalculable harm, and o greater damnaige can be done to any ommunity than ialadministration, ishonest of unfair administration of tws. A law badly administered can o great harm, and often most harm to lose who at any given i wnient may iink that it is to their interest to have ie law violated or to have it put, upon ic statute books. Bad laws can (o arm. (Good laws :an do a measure of ood, but it is the man behind the law ho will ultimately, by the way in hich he performs his duties determine het her this country is to go up or own. (Applause.) The men here who fought in the n1on army, the men who fought in 1t Confederate army, let thei look ack. What did they care for most in ic men who were their comrades, ho fought on their right hand and icir left hand in time of action? It as not as to the man's antecedents, was not as to whether lie was rich poor, or what his social position had "en; it was to know what he was and hen the time of crisis came if he ould stay. (Laughter and applause.) the need came to go forward you anted to be sure when he moved th:.t c would move in the right direction. You wanted to know that you could unt on his being there as a good .icnd or as a foe to look out for. You anted to have him devoted to his )untry, devoted to his flag, loyal to is regiment, but I don't care how fine is feelings were, if hie ran away, he as no good. (Laughter.) It is so in vil life; for if a citizen is to be worth is salt he needs character, and into laracter many elements enter. If a ian is not docent, then the abler he the more dangerous he is to the )mmunity. In the Revolutionary ar one of the bravest and most bril ant soldiecs during the early years of ic contest was the man who has left is name as a byword of infamy to the ations for all time; the man who )ught with distinguished gallantry in |aadai, the man who led all the Ameri an forces in the great battle at Sara >ga and left his leg oni the field of ictory. T1hat man, with all his cour ge, all his daring, all his superb mihi try genius, turnied because the root, of ighteousness was not in him, sought >betray his comrades for mioniey and( af the name of Benedict Arnold hiss aig forevermore. In civil life the dhanger is iiot so atent, but, it is just as great, if ability i not accompanied by a rightful sense *f accountability to the moral law. LIn dIditioni to honest,y and1 decency you iust have courage. I want to see very one a good man, andi in adldition o that 1 want to see him a man. We aust have the manly virtues deeply mbledd(edl as part of our nat,ural charac erist,ics if we are to (10 our work a ight im peace or in wvar. But honesty ndl( courage together are not enough. care not how brave uandf how honest man is, if he was horn foolish you ~an (10 but little with him. (Laughter md' applause.) We need honesty, we iced courage and we need in addition he saving grace of common sense. There is no patent, device by which ,va can make t,his country p)rospoer, and hexo is no patent (device by which we maa make the average citizen a credit o the country; make him hold( higher the standard of good government. The iverage citizen must make himself a worthy citizen of the Republic. The average cit,izen must realize that it, is upon his shoulders that t,he entire goverinent structure rests. We get in t.he habit of speaking of the govern mnt as if it wvere somiethnig apart from us. Now the government is us, we arc",tho government, you and I. (Applause.) And the government, is going to (do well or ill accordingly as we, with sanity, with reslution, wit,h broad character and soundl common sense, make up our minds how the affairs of the government shall be managed. No man can take the bur, (den of government, off the shouldern of a people fitted for self-government No man can make it easy for any 1)00 1p1e to govern themselves. Tihey have got to determine for themselves wha the government shall be, and in th long run the government will repro sent their wishes, their wishes for goo or their wishes for evil, or else the are indifferent to good or.evil. (Aj plause.) And so my pIea to you, m fellow Americans, as to ever country, is, remember that i this country nothing, no law, no lea< eralhip, can possibly take the place < the exercise by the average citizen < the fundamental virtues of goo citizenship, the exercise of the funda iental qualities of honesty, courag and common sense. The President was given three heart cheers as he finished his speech. Car riages then were entered and th party was driven to Biltmore, the homlo of George Vanderbilt. More than a1 hour was spent in inspecting th( grounds. Wh ile in one of the summel houses the President shook hands witl a number of Confederate veterans His train left promptly at 1.30 p. m for Washington. BILL A1P' S ILAST1 1.1'1 '1TT.C I[e Talks Aho:ut the 8rchool l lChil<ren 11111 School Books. Atlanta Constitution. What a commotion. The public schools have opened the winter session, ILundred of children are going to and fro and every family is excited for their own. The books have been luntedl utp, the faces washed and hair brushed. The boys have new suits and the giils new school dresses, and it lools like everything and everybody is working for the children. Mer chants, mecehanics, doctors, lawyers, preachers and farmers seom to be busy In their trades- and professiois, but be hind them all is the welfare and happi ness of their children. We hai e but one scholar now-a sweet grandchild, who has risen to a higher grade and has to strain her young mnd to solve the mazes and mysteries of Latin and algebra; but she will do it. ( )ur schools have good teachers, and with help at home the willing pupil will keep up with the foremost. Yes, help at home. I wish that every child had it. In a grade of thirty or forty pupils it is impossible for the teacher to give more than a few minutes to each one, but I sometines give an hour to our little girl at night. That is what an old grandpa is good for. But it is hard for even me to fall into line with new books and master thon. The first Latin book I read was a simple little one called " IIistoriao Sacra," and the first line was " Deus creavit ecaelam et terrain intra sex dies," " God created the heavens and the earth in six days." I know the whole chapter now, but that book is out of print and I don't know the new ones. Just so with algebra. Old Jeremiali Day is (lead and now there is a new book and new rules, and they are harder to me. How we old men do love to talk over the good old ways of fifty and sixty years ago. Captain Calhoun was telling yester day how old Beman mauled knowledge into the brain through the shanks and posteriors of rebellious boys. I haven't forgotten some of the lickings that good old John Norton gave me, for I was full of mischief. Professor Ronald Johnston is here now on a visit. IIe taught here many years and most all these young married men carry his marks, for lie is a Scotchman and has a Scotchmain's faith in Solomon and the rod. In 1861 he joined the Con federate army, and when the war was over resumed his school and has now been teaching over lifty years. IIe is a fit successor to Benman and isham and Touchie, but has gentled down a good (deal, and loves to pet his grand children. I was rum:nating about these 8school books and their cost. it took $4 to buy four~ little books for the new grade and I know it is too muuch, and I re joice to see that a company has beeon formed to p)ublish Southern school books in a Southern city and keep1 our money at home. I rejoice that D)r. .J. Wvilliam Jones has pub)lishieg a school hi'tory of the United States that is ac ceptable to our p)eople. ie is a grand 01(1 gentleman, without fear andl with out reproach, and has (done more tc preserve our goodl name and our re cord than any other mani, 11is lio graphy of .Jefferson D)avis and of Itobert E. Lee should be in every household. Even Treddy, who claimi to 1be a historian, ought to readl that ol Mr. Davis andl rep)ent and retract and1 apologize before he is sci clown as an arch calumniator of a trut p)atriot and a noblo main. T1his remindi me of that brave girl, Laura Tialber Galt, who refused to sing '' Marchin1 Through. Georgia " in the Louisvill< public school. Blessings on her; shi ought to be adopted as the successo to Winnie D)avis, the Daughter of th Confederacy. My good friend, Jo Brown, has written a parody on tha songz, and the last line to every vers is; '' As we went thieving througJ Georgia." I have lost some of my respect fo the city of Louisville as a Southiori city, since that infamous song is al lowed to be .ang in their p)ubli schools. lBnt I am comforted every day wit letters of inquiry ab)out the roster th0 Georgia is going to make, and abou Judge Walter Clark's books andl hos to get them. IHere is a beautiful lettc from lIon. P. T1. Turnley, mayor the city of IIighland Park, Ills, iIe: 81 years 01(d, but does not look it in h handsome photograph. iIe was bor and reared in Tennessee andl gradua edl at WVest Point in 1846. Stonews Jackson was his room mate; Genera D).1i. Jones and William Montgome) Gardner hi8 classmates. That is gc I ting pretty close to us, for D. 1I. Jon' , was our brigadlier (or a while, ai -Gardner was our colonel-. Mr. Tur y ley wants those books, and I wish y' say here that the books must be ordt a 0(1 from M. 0. S3herrill., State librarmn n Ialoigh, N. C. SCud $5 and they wil l- be sent by oxpress, but not prepaid f And here is a letter from G. W >f Nichols, of Jesup, Ga., who also sendi tl his intereeting book, ''A Soldier'i Story of the Lawton Gordon Evani e Brigade." That's right, if we car lind one man in every regiment whc i' will write its history we will soon gel - our roster started on a North Carolina 3 basis. But I am not well and must forheai for this time. 1311.. Aii'. STATE FAIR NCAR AT lIAND InforJution for h'iom WS'ho Want to Malke Exlbit--Heads of'the l)ep1artluentN. Tho Stato, Bopt. 7th. The ;3-Ith annual State Fair will be held in this city the last week in (cto ber, opening Tuesday, the 28th, and closing Friday, the 31st. Iloretoforoe the gates have beea opened on Mo, (lays and Saturdays, but this curm will not be observed this year, and the gates will not be open at night, this experiment having proved unprolitable last year. Several thousand dollars in premiums will be distributed, and all entries will be free of all cost. The entire amount of the premium money will be paid to the winners, no part of the funds being re tained by the society on any pretext whatever. There will also be good races this year under the direction or Col. T. J. Cunningham, of Chester, up wards of $1,500 in purses being offer. ed. The purses are not as heavy as last year, but these amounts may be supplemented in other ways if circum stances justify. There are always at this time of the year a number of horses on the way from the Northern circuits to winter quarters in South Georgia and they find it agreeable to stop over in Columbie and become ac climated before going further South. A number of these fast horses are ex pected here this Fair week. The railroads have offered very good rates to visitors, and have agreed to return exhibits free of freight charges. The Southern Express company will also make no charge upon cratos of poultry, etc., on the return shipment. 'liere will be some changes in the ollicials of the Fair this year. The Fair is operated by the State Agricul tural and Mechanical society, of which Maj. A. II. White, of Rock Hill, is presidont, succeeding Col. W. 1). Evans, of Cheraw. Col. Thos. W. Holloway continues as the secretary of the society, and the Fair would not be a fair without his wise counsel and judgnient. Mr. A. W. Love, of Ches. te.r, his beon the general superinten dent for four years, but he resigned and Mr. 1). F. ELfird, of Lexington, has succceded him. Mr. Elird has for six years been a member of the Gen eral Assembly and is a successful far mer and business man. The vice presidents are Augustine T. Smythe, of Charleston ; 1t. B. Wat son, of Ridge Spring ; T. J. Kinard, of Ninety-Six ; J. Wash. Watts, of Laurens; J. W. Dunovant. of Chester; It. F. Williamson, of Darlington, and G. A. Guignard, of Coiumbia--one for oach Congressional disti ict. The executive committeemen are M. L. Donaldson, of Greenville ; &. Porter TIaskell, of Columbia ; T. 0. Sanders, of IIagood ; RI. P. 1IIamer, Jr., of IIa mer ; J. E. Wannamaker, of St. Mat thews ; J. G. Mobley, of Winnsboro; Ircdoll ,Jones, of Rtock Ilill ; W. G. IIinson, of Charleston ;L. J1. Brown ing, of Sedalia ; Ri. M. Pegues, of Cheraw ; C. F. Moore, of Ilennetts villo ; J. 11. Wharton, of Waterloo, D). F. 1Eflrd, of Lexington ; J1. F. Dre her, of Leesville. Ex-otlicio mnembers :Thos. WV. Woodward, ofgRLockton ; J. .11 lum bert, of Princet.on ; Thios. Taylor, of Columbia ; E. RL. Mciver, of P'almet, t,o ; B. F. Crayton, of Anderson ; 11. A. Love, of Chester ; D1. P. Duncan, of Columbia ; Thos. .J. Moore, of Moore ; TI.. .J. Cunningham, of Clow ney ; WV. D). Evans, of Chieraw. .Mr. A. Gamewell L4amotte, of Co. lumubia, is treasurer, and Col. T. J. Lamotte is the assistant secretary. Col. Holloway will receive entries unti. the 22nd of Octobor. h is ofhice will be at P'omaria unt,il the 1st of Oc t.ober when he wall come to Colunmbia andl direct the work of placing the en tries. P'remiaum lists showing the ar ticles on which cash p)rizes, medals and diplomias will be given, may be had.,upon ap)plication to Col. Holloway or Col. Lamotto. The Fair is dhividled into several de.. 3partmenits undler the man~agemuent of t, the following gentlemen :Field crop), a Col. M. L. Donaldson ;stock depart. mont-subdivided as fellows - thor. a oughbred, J. H. Wharton ; gradoe cat tle, Mr. A. Porter ianell ; horses r mules, etc., Col. WV. D). Evans and Mr, i RI. P. IIamor ; sheep and goats, Capt Iredell Jones ; swine, Ilon. .Jno. C e Mobley ; poultry, lion. L. J. Brown. ing and Mr. Gleo. L. DeMinn ; house hold department, Mr. J. WV. Dreher t manufacturers' dlepartmient, Col, 11 t B. Watson ; mechanical department, y Mr. J. WV. D)unovant ; agricultura r implements anid vehicles, Mr. C. F f Moore ; . chemicals, cements, oils s paints, minerals, otc., Mr. RL. M. Pe s gues ; fruit andI floral dlepartment n Col. B. F..Crayton ; needle and fanc; L- work department, Mr. T. J. Kinard 11 line art dlepartment, Mr. G. A. Guis is nardl. TIhe sup)erinitendlent of each d< .y patmn is also a member of the exci t. utive committee. d1 .Judge Gage, of Chester, while supe e- intending work on thes guttcring to his house, slipped on the ladder at r- fell, breakmng his left arm just boeo a~, the shoulder. l 1Il4 Ail' IS NOW) VERYSICK Hlis Great Age Leaves Little Hope for IIIs Recovery. A tianta iosetitution, Siept. Jtli. 'The many friends of Major Charles 11. Smith, of Cartersville, the G;eorgia sage whos+ fame has been spread the country over through his writing under his pseudolynm, Iill Arp, will be pain ed to learn that lie is critically ill at his home in Cartersville. For some mouths he has been In feeble health, amid during the last few days lis had several attacks from heart trouble. Yesterday he suffered a very !ul at tack, and while his family and physi cians hope for his recovery, still he may (tie at any nunute. Major Smith is now 8O years of age. l1c hold an unique )ositionl along the literary men of the South, and pei hips has a larger circle of readers thani any man in the Southern States engaged im regular work. Few men in Georgia are as well ac (uiintod with the early history of tho State as Major Smith. lie is regarded as an authority on it! ante bellum affairs, and very often in his writings discusses present problems in the light of his experiences inl the years before the war between the Mates. For many years Major Smith has contributed to The Sunday Constitu tion, ills letters have always been one of the features of the paper, and there are numbers of the people all over Georgia and throughout the entire South who await tho coming of the paper with interest, hirely on acount of the fact that it is to contain '' Bill Arp's" letter. These letters have not only been road by the subscribers to The Sunday Constitutionl, but have been reproduced in the weekly edition and copied reg ularly by a nlumber of the leading dailies of the South, as well ats by i great many local weeklies. Through these different agencies Major Smith reached nearly every home in the South, and there are few indeod to which he has not been extended a warm welcome. There has possibly never beeni a writer who has succeeded so well in getting close to the hearts of his readers as has Major Smith. The teiniler sentiments and homely philo sophy of the Georgia sage, as well as his unswerving loyalty to the cause of the Coun federacy, have caused hlm to be loved wherever his writings have been iead. Major Smitl h as not confined his euergies to newspaper work, but hats also won wide fame as an author and a lecturer. lie has a litge per sonal acqiuaintance in almost every section of Georgia, and the iews of his illness will bring sadness to minly homes. '') CI OSS Ti lICI, 1; RIl)GEC. A Railroal from A tllerNOn to the' 'enntessee Coal Miies. Anderson D)aily Mail. For some tin past there have been persistoIt rumors to the offect that the Southern railway i nteids to build a new line over the Blue Ridge moun tains from the Tennessee coal lields, using the survey of the o1(1 lue ltidge road. The building of t,be new naval dry) (lock, and the many new manufac turing plant.s that are springing up ill this p)art, of the Stat,e will cause a largely mncreasedl consumption of coalI, ando it is arguedl that the Sout,hern needs a now and short,er outlet for the coal mines which it ownis in Tennessee. T1he railway ollicials have niever made any pub)lic announcement, of their in tent,ions, but the frequency and per. siatency wit,h which the rumor of the building of t,he new line Is circulated leados many pteoplo to belieyc t.hat there may be something in it,. The Manufac turers'lLecord of t,his week contains t,he following: " Applicat,ion has boon madle for a charter for the Teinnessee, Georgia andl South Carolina Jlailroadl company to build a line from Walhialla, S. C., to Charleston, Tenni. The mcorporators are Win. JI. F'rink, .J. WV. Lasure and George liancroft,, of Chicago,111l.; Mer rill Skinner, of lIlue Iidge, Ga.; C. G lBaughi, WV. V. JBrownlee, WV. L. hlun t,cr and1( A. F. Christopher, of Mineral illuff, Ga.; \V. D). Smith, of Morgan t,oni, Ga., amnd .J. A. iut,t,, of JIlams vil lo, Ga." Messrs. Frinik, Sk inner and Jiaugh have published a notice in a local pa por~ of their initention t,o apply to the secret,ary of State for au chart,cr to build a railroad from the city of Ander son to the Georgia line, going in the dhirectioni of Itabun Gap and passing through Ceint,rvihll and Fork t,own 51h1p) ini this county. Absolutely nothiing is known in Anderson of the p)arties or their intentions, and1 it is understood that t,he notice was sent toe the paper through t,he mails. liut it costs several hundred dfollarr to get a charter for a railroad in t,his State, amid it, does not seem prob)able that anybody would bie willing t.o put up the money for securing the chari,er unless there was very good p)rosp(ecti of the road being built. Further in. fornmationi is awaitedl here with a greal deal of int.crest. A railroad over th( mountains has been the dream of An doeen people, and of theo people of thu ontire Stat,e for that, matter, for fift) .years. In a Louisiana village the questior of license or prohibit,ion was dlecidled hj e- a single voter, who cast a solitary bal >f lot at the 1)0118. No othleu citizen ha< dt taken the pains to comply with the w peculiar requirements of the suffrag law. GOVERNOR I). C. HEYWARJ The People of iN IIom ne Cot ty 1n11ifemt Their Joy at ii Succems. The citizens of Colloton Coun made the first detiionistration in hon<( of Capt. 1). C. Hleyward since he w chosen in the primary for Governoi and gathered in large numbers at h: home in Valtorboro to tender hit their congratulations and oxpress thei pleasure at his being elevated to th high otlico with which his follow-ciLi zeus of the State have honored him i such a comp)limuentar'y manner. Th mas8 meeting was not only largely at tended by residents of Colletont, bul thero wats a contingont, from the coun ties f (13ih.;.ut;., L.amuuton, 1)ochster and (harleston. A .Iocial to the -INnn ,!o, ('(mrie r 5ayH: Al-ijor 31. P'. howell was clueted mI li'ste'r of cereml onies uid ini a few in truductory remuarks preacented CaptL. 1). C. Ile,ywaord. As Capt. lleyward( ad. vanaced there was such an liloutburst, of apphause that he must have felt that tle m'aloment was the proudest in his life. ('apt. Iicyward addressed those be 1"olc him as "( my friends,'' which simple expreaslol brought forth n newed applauso. Capt. Iieyward al ludei to the pride he felt in receivin; in Ite lirs;t prinmry :u per cent and in tht" :.oid r per cii of the vote of his horne counliy, andli that lie wouli cherish the endorsement of Colleton Cou.nly 1s the inost precimus heritago for hait childron and his clildren's children. Thi' eiiorsemient by) the( peOopaCle wi knew hima hest was sullicient answer to the slainderous chargties made against him in Llt Hecontd prilau y. I,ike a stone' wall it stands In refutlation of, any shnnders which had been usoed against, hin. lie referred to the ttis Linguihed honor of being;; the Chief Algstrate of 1a State which we South Caroo1inians believe to be the granIcst State in the Union, the State of the IliuLledges, the Mbtlletons and of the 1'inckneyai, of Aa1ion, antld of Sunter, of Calhoun, Aicl)ullio, anutd of llaynre, of 13hrraaril E. Blce, Mart (ary, t'. Mald Eagle of EdgetlilI, and oI \Vado H1ampton, whose Iune will ever be at household word in South Carolina. IIe did not feel warrantedi alt his time in outlning his political policies, 38 t.hese rluest.lons wouli be taken up at the proper time, and he treated soraerly, amd wit it ( regard to the great issues involved, and wilthi an eye single to the best interest of the Sinae. I amd so pleased that the prejudice between town and country is passing away. The State can never be the great State winch it was (Ieslt.nel to be until the lopie of the cities aind the people of the country work together m11 the up hrfLinig and upbuildulg of their Statte. Then and o1,t until then will South Car"olina p)ro per, prosper agrlcultural ly and prosper industrially. Then will we see the mechanics and laborers, the manufatcturers and( merchants re ali"re the great beneits of a united purpose and a common effort. If I can ai(1 the atccomplishlent of this great (nd thenill my election will not have failed in the purpose which I have destimed for it. I stand for the gre-at comnlua schools oft our State. Our Commonwealth dos not under take to clothe or feed the children of the State, lIut it dloes undiertake t,( educalte thiemi. I1lence thISe cducatioi: of our childr'en is a funIctionl of thu 811a10 GAovrnmlent, and1( 1 bclicyo it t( b)c tile duily of t,bose who 1hold higt oflice ill South Carelhna to be0 leaIderI in the greait movement to bettor t educational facilitios of tile youth of t,he State. Standl(ing a1s 1 do for the common11 80110018, 1 am1i, nOver'theless, a1 believer, and1( a firmi (one, inl higher edIucatLion and1 proud~ of our educational inst,itultions of higher learning, and1( sha11 ll vocate their liberal support, b)y the SLtate. I amfl ill favor of lib)erl penslionsM for the needy 0old Confederate soldiera, anid feel sure' that the younger genleraltionI of mhy f ollow South Caro tliins will nlever be forgetful of the faIct, 03' allow 011e of those who fought nobly for 11i8 State iln t,he times of hlei soret, needi go downi to his last reBting1 pla1ce without thtat, care and1( comifor which his past services ent,itled him t< receive at the hiand~s of a puatriotic peo pIle. I am oppose5d to trusts, to al those great, illegal comina)i13tions o caitaIill gott.cn upi for thle pulrpose o iifling comlpetitionl, and when that i done by forcing dlownl the prices of al the peCople have to nell and( oIf forcim~ upi tihe 1)1ics (If all they have to buy 151am mlinful of the fact, that the (ov ernor's dutly is not t,o make lawn; it ii his~ dut,y to enforce thiosei laws whIici lie Iilnds upjon tile statute books, am~ in myl effort,s to dlischlargo my (i alonig this line I belieye I will hav t,he enldorsement and s up)port, of Lh peole of Southl Carolhna. We are law-abiding pelei, andl whether at lasi is (dstantefuli or niot we believe Lha thle law shouldl b)e enlforced unt,il rc peledCI by those who~ made the'lawI (Jilr legislat,ive dlepartment, anud eo I OpeatI, mIy friendIs, thatr the laii whViIchi find1( inl operationl will have in si,rongest, effort, iln t.heir proper enforci I believe in home11 rule, it Is prinIciple which is dlear to every fri Sout,h Carolinian and to every tri American citizen. While it shall 1 miy purpose to recognize the recoi mcindations of t,he several county do! gations in matters pertainmng to t interest of their respectivo countiot give fair notice of my doterminati to examine into the character; rept Lion and fitness of those who are;: - commended to me for appoint,mci and if I find that the best Interest 6Ihe common welfare will not be bi ' I servedl by making such an appointrne I will not feel called non to aCOnan '- the wishes of the delegation. It must be remembered that the responsibility - for all appointments and acts rests I finally upon the Governor and delega tions should, therefore, be careful that their choice falls upon only such as r can creditably reflect upon the one rwho makes the appointment. Elected as I have been by the peo ple of the State, irrespective of sec 8 tions and of factions, it shall be my 1 constant aim -and purpose to be the r Governor of the whole people, and I shall know no selfish interest, but en deaver to shape all my acts and efforts to the honor and credit, to the upbuild iug and uplifting of our entire State. Unhampered by political pledges and without political enemies to punish, I will fool free to exert my abilities into channels which will redound to the bast wel fare of all that pertains to the interest of the State. 1ntering upon my duties with such fooling, I shall endeavor to do full justice to all classes of our people, re gardless of their race or condition, and in this particular shall accept as my guiding thought the last words of that poorless soldier and statesman, Wade llanpton, "God bless all my people, black and white." Capt. Heyward spoke at length of the effective support accorded him by the noble women of the State and paid a glowing tribute to their purity and the self-sacrificing service Which they had time and again rendered their be loved State. In closing he again referred to the 4ipreciated support given him by the peopie of his county and for the many evidences of kindnesses which time and again they have bestowed upon him. "I will part with you temporarily in January next, if nothing unforeseen occurs," said Capt. IIeyward, " and in so doing my last and fondest thought will be expreased in the words of that dear old hyntn, ' God be with you till we meet again.' '' IouId and deafening applause ensued us Capt. lIeyward resumed his seat and many bouquets were passed to the platforni and were carefully handed to AIrs. Hleyward, who occupied a seat antung the speakers. Throughout Coat. lleyward's address, which was eloqiuenliy delivered, the closest pos siblo attention was given to his every word and he was frequently interrupt ed by shouts of applause, approval and continued applause. Many of his sentences were particularly well round ed and quotations were timely and to the point and gave a linish to the very cloquent address which he delivered. Capt. Ileyward fully sustained the re putation which he has borne as one of the best public speakers in the State. TOTAI. VOT1; OF THI1 STATE. lleywar<l llaH Teui Thousan( Majority anl Lntiner Nearly l'Cigliteen Tlisanud. The following is the vote by counties for Senator and Governor, and a sum mary of the vote for each candidate : Lati- Hey- Tal I:vans mer ward bor% Abbeville.... (80 1506 819 1401 Alken........ 17.1 1517 1200 2044 Anderson .... 896 :111 2369 1756 Bamberg..... 365 797 708 457 Barnwell,.... 924 993 730 1174 B3eaufort..435 2261 597 72 Berkeley ... 5:35 038 727 4:39 Charlesto.. 1512 21)31 3914 550 Chrokee 840 1511 l30a 977 Chester .....738 800 9:38 651 Chestorfieid.. 307 1381 625 1121 CIh -ondon. ... 011) 10660 1034 707 Colloton..1258 978 2192 58 D)arlington . 55 1117 1104 494 Dorchester... 482 722 882 324 10dIgofloId .... 053 884 424 1126 1"airflold...517 748 544 733 l"lorence...(61 1158 1095 7160 Georgetown.. :310 308 561 119 Greonville. ... 2235 2274 2444 2104 Groonweood... 549 1293 781 1153 1lamapton..50 770 848 584 ilorry........6 1304 1382 577 Kershaw . ... 533 921) 558 911 Lancaster . .. 780 989 857 1020 baurons... 924 1902 1143 1784 Lo... .......715 (108 628 755 Lexington....71 1728 1043 1551 Marion...1124 1848 966 1550 Marlboro..34 1044 911 496 Newb3rry....543 1582 1219 053 Oconooe.......12 2135 20(10 -086 Orangburg... 1521 1601 1765 1405 l'lckens. .... 7120 1796 1949) 585 lUchland . . .. 1540 1588 1584 1674 Saluda .......80 1240 413 1438 Sumtor .......33 889 892 327 Spartanburg.. 4031 2828 4261 2635 Union....... 157 1103 911 1872 WillIamsburg 884 943 1117 695 York.... ....158 1363 1293 1270 Total. ...36371 53890 50830 40494 F'OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Gary...... ....42,737 Sloan... ......48,024 90,701 5,278 3 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. 3 Gantt.........47,312 i Wilson. .. .. .. ,69 90,98.1 3,043 t FOR COMPTROLLERL GiEERAL, t Jones...... .4,8 - - Walker-....44,78. 90,758 1,012 , 1.A DJUTA NT AiUD INSPECTOR .ENERA L. I Boyd.. .. .. . ...41,44 '5 tirost. .. . .... ..49,422 90,067 7,878 y FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. -. Oaughman.,000 IEvans.. ..... . ..39,756 00,816 11.804 a CONURESSy.-.SECOND IJSTR,ICT. ic Bellinger...,847 Croft...........5,971 11,818 . 124 eCONGRtlSS-TidIRD DISTRIT-Yr )e Aiken.........8,772 n-' Smith.......6,56 15,729 .1,810 CASTOR IA For Infanta atnd Wildreji, t Ders t0he $.|%[ ig