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Howling at Winnsboro. Rowdyism of the Worst Sort. Most Disgraceful Meeting of the Campaign. ? - Dispensary Officials Leading the Howlers. Columbia Register. The campaign meeting-at Winnsboro on the 4th in<*t. was a disgrace to tho county and tho State. There was more rowdyhm in tho crowd than at auy other mooting up to dato, a cir cumstance deplored by tho orderly, law abidlug olti/.ens of the county without rogard to political faction. Six or oight men not only mado dis gusting spectaolos of themselves by howling at speakers with whose senti ments thoy did not agree, but by their conduct brought odium upon their county and Stato. In justice, It must be said, that the assemblage as e wholo was attentivo and anxious to hear, but a little coterio of half a dozen or more mon not only would not per mit them to listen, but almost precipi tated a light. Tho most charitable thing to say of them is that they wore drunk, for it would bo hard to imagiuo how men in their right minds would create such a disturbance over noth ing. Tho samo speeches were made that have been mado throughout tho State, and which have been listened to quietly and decently olsowhoro ; not a word was uttered to justify the out rageous and riotous conduct of those few mon. When tho chief of police attempted to quiet two of them resist ance was made by their friends to their arrest and it took the combined efforts of Governor ''"vans, Sheriff .Ellison and other poaceablo citizens to quiet them aud prevent a light, though nobody wanted to light them. Thoy soomod beut solqly on ureating a disturbance and they abundantly buo cocded In disgracing themsolvcs aud making the so-called campaign of education a howling farco as far as Fairfleld County is concerned. There were probably 400 people at tho meeting. 'rhu court houso could not hold tUem, so tho candidates spoko from an improvishud platform in tho court house yard iu tho broiling sun. The meeting was opened with prayer by Jtev. Mr. Ferris and Chairman Lyles expressed the hopo that tho meeting would bo a quiet and orderly one. Ho first introduced Governor Evans. Ho said tho olllco of Governor wus tho greatest and most honorable that tho people could bestow upon any man. While tho olllco of United States Senator hud a larger salary it was not a position of greater honor. Ho asked for tho office of United !Stat03 Senator bolleving that he knew tho needs of the people and the farm ers. Eight years ago a manifesto was adopted in South Carolina, which has become tho law of tho ?oraoeratie party. Ho proposed to discuss those I issues and not insinuations that may I be mado. You know all about those insinuations. Ho said he hoped these fellows could prove that ho was to i recelvo auy rebates. He said he would take time to say something about the latest insinuations, which wore that ho wanted to buy from a firm 'that offered bribes. Ho said tho man l(Hubbeli) carno to him and said he ?could supply liquors at from 5 to J? cents less a gallon than the State was paying. Ho told the agent to put his prices in writing. Ho did so and the oilers aro now in tbo drawer in his olllco. Ho said ho told the Commis sioner of tho oiler, and ho was told of an oiler to givo large rebates. Ho did not urge that liquor ho bought from this agont and that was all ho had to say about it. Tho attempt to sneer at me ovon is like a cuttle fish which about to bo cuught jots out a black .scum to hide Itself. 1 defy any man to ishow that I ever got ono cent from tho idlsponsary or any other dopartmont of ithe government that was not justly due me as an otllccr and honest man. But wo are here to show our fitness to represent you in tho national gov ernment. You must not think that because you won a victory in the Stato you have won tho fight. Don't think you can send a man thoro not in sympathy with you. You don't want to tako frozen vipers to your bosom. Self preservation is the first law. of nature aud you farmers must stand together and put men In the national halls of legislation who rep resent your views. Tho opponents of tho farmers de mands cussed us and called us anarch ists. But wo have mado tho Demo cratic party adopt oar platform and our demands are the principles of that party. Everything In this State depends upon tho price of cotton, but it hns boon going down and down. Why is it ? A voioe: "That's what wo want to know." Governor Evans continuing Bald that The supply of money regulated tho prlco. He went on to say that when ho got to Washington ho Rod Bon Tlll man would have throo eyes on tho scoundrels. They aro trying to insin uate that Tillman is against me, but ho said "I know you. What they say goes in one ear and comes out the other." (Ohocrs.) Tho question of freo sllvor simply mean.-, wo want to put more money in circulation, Increase the price of cot ton and otbor products and help you pay your debts. But they say this will run gold out of the country. But Is that gold hero ? ? No. Cleveland toa* to Issue over $200,000,000 worth of Ibond to keep $150,000,000 of gold In the ?country. By that ho took $?.7? out of the pockets of every man, woman and child In the country and docroases the amount of monoy In the hands of the people. Free sllvor moans $0,000,000 a month more. If that Is not onough we can Issue greenbacks. It's mighty easy for these fellows who never mado a freo silver speech beforo tooome in now aud do it slnoo the fight has been won. Governor Evans described tho Chi cago convention and how tho goldbugs had been whipped horse, foot and dra goons. It was tho grandest assem blage he said he over saw.. Tue gold* Ibugs refused to voto?thoso men that called themselves Democrats. It was tho grandest fight evor made for tho farmers of the country. He spoke of tho monoy powor as the most damnable thing in the world. Ho eaid United States judgoB woro a more torrlblo curse than all the enemies of the people put togothor. Ho referred to .1 ml go Slmooton's injunction as to cat raten and said it was most damna abletyra. a man eleoted for lifo tust toll our father's house. We must kick them out liko we did old Cleveland and tho goldbugs from the temple of justice. He closed by predicting a victory for Bryan which would be a victory for tho farmers. The fight must be con tinued in CongrosB and tho peoplo must send men tbore who are in sym* pathy with their demand. You must not for a moment lose sight of your domands. Governor Evans was loudly cheered and was presented with a bouquet when ho concluded. Judge Eurle was introduced and was received with cheers and counter cheers for Evans, Tho Judgo said that ho appoared to discuss Issues dispassionately and with out feeling. They should bo discussed with intolligenoe and not for hurrahs from tho boys. Ho said that he ap peared before the peoplo of Kairfiold in 1800. He said then that the remedy for the evils which tho people suffered was not to bo fouud in the State gov ernments, but the relief must como from Congress. If there is any hope for tho country it must como from the Democratic party. A voice : " You got that black oyo, yet?" Judge Earlo : "You can't give me one, sir. I como hero to discuss Ibsuos with gentlemon. My romarks are ad dressed to gontlomon." Tho young man who made tho re mark was most effectually squelched and kopt quiet from that on and novor opened his mouth again to choor friend or foe. Judge Early said ho had nevor apol ogized for anything he had said that was right. Ho said in 1890 that the Shell manifesto was false as far as cor ruption In the State government was concerned. He Bald so now. He went on to show what had beeu done during his incumboncy of tho Attorney Gen eral's oillce. No matter what tho Reform party hus done, he had as much pride in it us any South Carolinian, but tho remody must come from the natioual legisla tion. In tho first plnco there should bo an Income tax, bo that men owning enormous fortunes should pay taxes in accordance with their weaith. Another ovil from which we Buffer is the protective tariff. He then went Into a discussion of the monetary ques tion. Ho said ho would explain what 10 to 1 was. A voico: , "Wo don't waut to hear you." Judge Earlo : " This is a free coun try, and if you don't want to listen you have a perfect right to go off and not listen." (Hurrah for Earlo.) Quiet was restored, and tho two or three 1 men who had been creating most of tho interruptions kept quiet for awhile. Chairman Lyles oxerted a wholosomo inllueneo by goin# among them and 1 insisting that tho spcakor should bo j 1 heard without interruption. After an interesting discussion of tho question Judgo Earlo concluded, and got off tho < stand. Mr. John Stevenson, county dispcu ?or, asked Judgo Earlo to go back as he wanted to ask him a quostlon. Tho Judge wont back. I Mr. Stevenson: "Why didu't you irrant S. T. Howie bond in Greenville I Groonvillo when he killed a blind tiger iealorV" Judge Earlo : " Because tho rcc-! ' Drds were such that bond ought not to i have been granted." Mr. Stevenson: "Do you know I Luther Trammel ? " Judgo Earlo : "Yes." I Mr. Stevenson: "Didn't ho say to Mr. Moonoy, your pa.-tner, that" ho I i wouid give 4500 to see that scoundrel i 1 hung ? " Judge Earie: "Not. that I know of." Mr. StoVenson : "Don't you know Trammel is a notorious character ? " i Judge Earle: "1 do not. I will simply say I did my duty in this caso, us I always have done." Mr. Stevenson : "Don't you know i he was acquitted ? " Judgo Earlo: "I'm glad of it, be cause I want no good mau convicted, I but f want to say from tho facts set | forth in tho papers presented to mo , bail could not be granted." There were oheers for Earlo, and Governor Evans' friends responded with cheors for him. Mr. Duncan was tho next speaker. Ho said that he wished he could dis cuss national issues alone, but the acts of public otllcials are open to criticism. He then spoko of his early work for tho Reform movement. Some one asked that something bo said aoout Tillman and Mr. Duncad paid him the usual compliment. He made roforonco to lawyers getting all the good things of ollico when ho was interrupted by some one asking whether ho was not a lawyer. Mr. Duncan mudo reply that bo had studied law to keep up with tho boys. Ho was interrupted by remarks inappropriate to tho occasion, when someone asked: "Who's paying your expenses in this campaign ?" Duncan: "I'm paying thorn my self." He said that Evans was responsible for the low plane tho campaign had boon conducted on. This brought forth groat choering for Evans, and it looked as If Duncan would bo howlod down, and as a matter of fact, ho was bofqro he concluded. Hwtcontinucd by saying that ho had tho peoplo of tho Stato with him not withstanding Evans went around with a body-guard. Scvoral In tho crowd began to yell for Evans, and asked who was Evans's body-guard. Groat disorder followed, and It was some time boforo Mr. Dun can could resume. Ho said that if he had boon Governor for two yoars ho did not believe it would bo necessary for him to got his hoolors to howl for him. He hud told Newbold that ho was going to give Evans tho devil for carrying him about with him. A voico : " Wo aro no heelers. You are one yourself." The man who said thifl jumpod on tho stand and shook his fist at Mr. Duncan, though It was ovident he meant nothing by that. Mr. Duncan said that even tho body guard, Mr. Newbold, had not gotten mad at him. Mr. Nowbold wa9 at tho meeting, by tho way, having come down from Chostor on bis b'.ko, and was a spectator, taking no part in the fracas. He said that ho hsd gone to a cer tain Dleponsor to get a eortain docu ment, and found that Newbold had gotten it. Govornor Evans (angrily): " Didn't 11 give it to you, sir ?V Duncan : " No. sir, you did not." Tho crowd began to yoll for Evans, and Dispenser Stevenson, with ilushod face, and shaking his hand at Duncan, said : " I am a personal friend to your Srothor,'but you must not jump on fovoinor Evans." This was whore all the trouble began. The half dozen men who had been making most of tho row seemed to get more boisterous and yelled as if their throats would break. Mr. Duncan continued to try to speak, but in so much hubbub and dis order It was impossible to make any connected romarks. Mr. Duncan said that ho could toll a great many things, If Governor Evans would just let tho crowd llston. A voice.: " Put It to 'em ; they don't o* the truth." ! Mr. I hmr.wi continuing was hoard to say above the roar of yells that ho ! could tell enough to bury Governor j Kvans forever. Voices : " No, you can't." I The crowd was not listening at all at Mr. Duncan. They were yelling or making remarks or laughing at each : others alleged jokes. Two young men fin:ii the start of the meeting bad been most boisterous in their demonstra tions and frequently interrupted tho speakers. Tbey mado themselves obnoxious to all of those who wanted to hear as woll as to tho speakers. Chairman Lyles had frequently asked them to keep quiet bub bis efforts amounted to nothing. They created so much disorder that Chief of Polico Gilbert tried to make them stop. He couldn't do anything with them and then attempted to arref t them. Dispenser Stovonson, who was ptand ing by tho two men, told the chief that this was a public meeting and thnt no onu should bo arrested. Tho ohlof naturally resented suoh iuterferonco with his duties and stai ted to take the raou off. Mr. Stevenson attempted to prevent him and thou the crowd rushod in to keep the two men from being Curried on*. Mr. Stevonton was quite excited and several of bis friends stood by him, swearing that he should bo protected. Tho policeman was lu tho meantime pushed back and the crowd Boomed to grow more desperate. Curses were hurled at tho policeman and at tho town people, tho chairman bo far forgettlig himself as to jump on tho stand and say that "the country pooplo had boon Imposed upon long enough by the town people and that horoaftor the moetings woulc be hold in tho country." This but added fuol to tho llamcs and the crowd grew more an;; ry and seemed to bo in a mood to tear Bomobody or anything to pioces. Governor Evans was sitting in tho crowd but ho got up Immediately when the row commenced and did all in his power to stop it. Ho finally mouotou tho stand and called upon tho people tu keep quiet. Shorilf Ellison and citizens well known to tho people did tho same thing and after a few minutes comparative quiet was restored. Wolle every body soemcd to bo mad thero was no light for thoro was nobody to light but tho Chief of Police and he hud in the mcantimo been ordered not to arrest the men by the mayor, it is said, who did ho in order to prevent trouble. Thero was intense excitement during it all but luckily nothing serious re sulted, because, as bus been said, there was nobody to fight although it must bo admitted that tho whole thing was one of tho most disgraceful events of tlio campaign hardly excepting tho ex hibition at Florence. Although no pistols were drawn, many of the crowd skipped in anticipation of shooting during tho fracas. Mr. Duncan continued his speech while great disorder prevailed. Only ' a word or two or a sentence or two could be heard. Mr. Duncan stated that he had said ' to Tillman that if his election meant tho disruption of the Reform move ment ho would quit. 1 Cries: "You wouldn't. You are no j good." Mr. Duncan wont on to try to speak, 1 but it was a futilo effort. Ho was con- ' stautly interrupted by howls and yells aikI nothiug he could say was connected. J Ho said if Evans wasn't afraid of being shown up ho would get the people to 1 listen. Though Mr. Duncan was not listened to ho persevered amid olios, ' "Cot down," "Time's up," etc. Ho 1 said all ho wanted was tlio people to lisleu to him and they could voto for I Evans if tbey wanted. 1 Voices : " Wo'll do that all right." ' Mr. Whitman was yelled down be- 1 foro ho uttered a word. After about ' two minutes of pandemonium a man in ' tbo audience charged Mr. Whitman ? with having been guilty of an act, tho 1 details of which aro unlit for publica- 1 tion. Mr. Whitman, with great indigna tion, pronounced the statement an In- 1 famous lie. Ho said: "You aro an infamous liar, sir, and if you wore worth a shuck I would inako you 1 answer for it in the courts." A voico: "Did you ever livo in Winnsboro ?" Whitman : " Yes. and I mado a ! vicarious sacrifice of myself, and I'm 1 making it now for you." 1 Mr. Whitman, finally getting half a hearing, proceeded with his speech. Ho made his usual remarks .thorn, Tillman and papsuckers, which wero met with cheors for Tillman and Ellcrbo. Mr. Whitman said that tho crowd was packed with Dispensary constables to howl him down. A voico: " Hoys, will you stand that V" Other voices : "No, wo won't, that ain't so." Mr. Whitman had very little chance to say anything, bo constantly was ho interrupted, but ho said ho would stay thoro until Novomber, but what ho was heard. He wasn't listened to, howover, and ho said that the peoplo above Columbia wero trying to choko him off, but that meant choking the Hoform movement, Py their action, he Haid, tboy wero doing for thom solves that which would result In a political Vesuvius. Mr. Whitman said a groat many other things, but few peoplo hoard them for the domonstrativo part of the crowd kept up their yolling. Mr. Whitman, although be usually keeps up Iub speech notwithstanding howl ling down, had finally to quit and satiufy himself with the distribution of his tracts among the crowd. Senator Harrison was introduced, accompanied by cries for Ellerbe and yells : " He's no good." Mr. Harrison, In opening, said he behoved thero woro those in tho audience who wautod to hear and If thoro wero thoso who didn't, they ought to go off or keop quiet. He said he was running on his own responsibility, and needed no con stablo to dofond him. Whon it oamo to that, then freo Democratic govern ment in South Carolina was at an ond. Mr. Harrison was much Interrupted at first, but aftor ho had procoedod awhile ho got a respectful hoarlng. When he went to talk about tho Dis pensary, he was interrupted by volcos saying : " We don't want to hear it." Nbvortholess Mr. Harrison wont on to discuss his Dispensary scheine. Ho said ho didn't .know whethor the Dls pon8ary had anything to do with tho ruci?8 just now, but It looked very much like. It. A voico: " It waon't tho Dlspon sary." Ho said ho oxpoctod to bo tho next Govornor. which was answered by cries for Ellorbe. Mr. Harrison said that there wore other people bosidos those who In terrupted him who would havo some thing to say about that on August 25. -A noted sharper, wishing to in gratitato himself with a Colorgvman, said: "Parson, I should like to hoar you preach moro than loan toll you." "Well," responded the clergyman, "if you had have boon whore you ought to mo last Sunday, you would hevo " "Where wa? that?" asked jr. "In the county jail," was f "THE BLACK EAGLE OF NEBRASKA; AN IOWA DKMOCHAT ON BUY AN. The Fight of the People Against the Millionaire Speculators of the Bast, Columbia' State. Dr. 13. F. Duckett, of Greenwood, has received the following letter from Mr. G. W. Scott, a prominent attorney of Davenport, la., In reply to ono writ ton him recently, asking him to state his position in relation to tho presiden tial campaign : Davenport, la., July 30, 1890. Dr. B. F. Duckett, Greenwood, S. C. : , Dear Sir?Your welcome letter came' to hand several days ago, and owing to sickness In my family, 1 have not fouud tlmo until now to answer. In roply to your Inquiry If I am support ing "tho nominee of the Chicago con vention, I beer to remind you that I was a Democrat boforo tho convention and am a Democrat now. Tho platform reads liko tho Declaration of Inde pendence and brings tho Democratic party back to the anciont moorings established by Jefferson. Next to tho truths of rovealod reli gion l believe in tho Democracy pro mulgated by tho Chicago convention. Thirty odu years ago at my mother's knee I learned my first lessons In po litical faith. I was taught to have contitlenco in tho masses and in the wisdom of tho Democratic party. There I loatned that tho American voter was neither a swindlor, a repudiator nor an anarchist. Siuco then a now gen eration of votors have come into tho arena of Amorican politics and thoy havo been taught to believe thot abuse is not argument, nor villiflcation a substitute of education. Fvery four years there is a contest between tsvo opposing forces in this nation for mastery. It is tho old Struggle of the ideas between Hamil ton and JetTerson It will ho bo in this campaign. Every citizen bus a right to ally himself on either side. You can not control him by abuse. Every voter will bo guided by his own judg ment, aud the dictates of his own con science. That right was reserved to him by tho framers of his government. American manhood is pledged for the , preservation of that right. Before the cry of anarchy tho American voter ! will not cower as a shoop before the shambles. Under our form of government evory man has a right to his own opinion. That right and privilege has boon vouchsafed him upon a hundred battle fields of the republic. It is tho ancient prerogative bequeathed him by the ' founders of American independence. It has come down to us on the stream af time, sanctioned by a long unbroken line of Democratic statesman. It wus won amidst the smoke of belching ?ann<>ii and volleys of musketry when ( titlod aristocracy died amidst tho throes of revolution. Under the stars ' ind stripes every man is tho judge of f Iiis own political action. He is the ; keeper of his own conscience. No man , ian abridgo that right. Upon that , prinolplo the Democrats In this cam- ^ uaign will recognize that tho opposi tion have rights that wo will in duty . )0 bound to respect. Wo will demand j ihe same concession. y God Almighty hates a political cow- , ?rd. The American people despise a , political trimmer, a buffoon, a mug- ^ ffUtnp and a dude. They hate " a lag- , rard in peace and a dastard in war*" | Jur bolting Democratic brethren have ^ jrrod and their power to injure the ] iauso of Bryan and tho people is pass- | 3d. They are so powerless that a j iollln of cobwebs will hold them in j November. You scratch the skin of u | bolting Democrat and you will lind He- j publican blood beneath. 1 do not know ^ whether you breed any such Democrats | in South Carolina or not, but we have ;v few of them in this Stato who have ] usually boon Democrats because it wus | to their interests to profess to bo Dom- | jcrats. Tho people are going to do the vo- j ting at this election aud not some one , for them us in tho past. The people t supported Washington when ho ( scourged the British lion from our j mores. They gave us a Ferry on Lake Erie, a Miller at Lundy's Lane and a j Jackson when by an unauthorized pur- j .?ha-e ho overturned precedent and , gave us the Louisiana territory. They rallied to tho support of our leaders when they snatched Texas and tho rfrcut Southwest from tho clutcho? of Moxico and made tho Amorican Hag the symbol of our power from ocean to ocean. They gave tho govornmont a ' Lincoln, tho railspllttcr, a Grant from ' tho tanyards of Galona, and a Stephen A. Douglae from tho prairies of Illi nois. And now when a great wrong is ' to bo righted and tho govornmont restored to tho people, a native son of that old commonwealth comes to tho ' front, William J. Bryan, tho Black Ea^'lo of Nebraska. Twlco havo the Amorican pcoplo repudiated McKinloyism and driven tho despoilors of tho masses to the jungles of political dospair. Thoy havo seen tho protected barons of Wall street once again marshalling their forces to plunder and pillage tho American people. Thoy havo hoard tho chosen agents of subsidy under tho leailer.-hip of Mark Manna, frying the fat from tho protected manufucturors preparatory to a final campaign against tho producing clusses. Tho great Democratic party of this nation, voic ing tho hopes aud uspirations of tho people, has turned onco again to the common pcoplo for a leader. That party has not turned a deaf ear to tho cry and neods of tho pcoplo in this year of grace, 1896. It has not yet beon hypnotized and lulled to sleep in tho lap of John Sherman. It robots against being Shermanlzod at the ratio of 10 to 1. Tho Democratic party will never dio or surrender as long as there is a free govornment upon tho face of tho earth or tho hope of securing ono. Long before tho Chicago convention convoned it had soon the Huths gloan ings In the Holds and had hoard tho mourning voico of Itachol in tho lund. It has turned again to the people, and Its leaders havo quit courting over grown wealth, corporations and monop olies and onco more espoused the causo of liberty and humanity. It has selected a groat leador?a commoner from the masses, and the Idos of Novorabar will bring to our standard boaror a well earned and merited victory. Thoro is but ono 1 party of tho peoplo In this country, and that Is tho Dpmooratlo party?ono party of tho constitution?ono party of local solf govornment?ono party of personal liberty?one party of the Re public?and that is the party whose bold declarations of principles at Chi cago has driven tho spooulators in hu man misery all over this country into a wild frenzy for foar their nefarious buslnoss will be scoured out of exis tence. . The hand writing Is on tho wall ovo in Iowa, and this Stato will wheel in thd Domwratlo column. The Uopu llcan party can not win. For HO voa it ilms beon drifting sway from th ooiunon peoplo until today the Amor oa\ ropubllo Is threatened wit'.\ th cotntnuno. The product of its legisla tion is throe millions of American popple tramping over this country for the want of a chance to earn an honest living. That great walking army is a reminder that Republicanism, has gone to seed. High protection and a gold standard are twin brothers of Republi can Infamy. For 23 years tho people havo begged tho Republicans for re lief. They beg no longer. They turn ed toward St. Louis in June and they wero answered by oho single gold standard and McKinloyism. The peo ple havo accepted the ultimatum aud they will answer It In November at tho ballot box by pinioning those Si mcse twins of destruction on a moun tain sido of dofeat, there to wither, die and rot away forever. There is no doubt of our success. Tho Republicans are preaching about sta bility of a ourrency system! They struck down our circulating medium in '73 and since then have created an army of millionaires, and filled the country from ocean to ocean with tramps and poor people. And now thoy proclaim themselves the conser vators of iv sound currency, the cham pions of oppressed labor aud the guar dian of tho nation's honor. Thoy have gone on from bad to worse, until the cry of tho bread less child and the ap poais of tho famishing wife and mother have fired tho best blood of Amorican manhood. Tho peoplo no longer cringingly supplicate tho Republican party for justice. Thoy defy its power. They aro standing up in tho sublime majesty of their manhood and are demanding a roturn to tho polley of tho Democratic party on silver. Thoy havo crossed tho Rubicon of their despair and are marching on to tho White House under tho leadership of that great statesman from tho corn holds of Nebraska. When David B, Hill answered your Sonator Tillman last May in the Unit ed states Senate ho said: "We will go to tho great council in Chicago, make a platform and nominato, and tho minute tho convention adjourns every loyal Domocrat will swing into line. 1 have confidence In tho party in which I was born. 1 inherited my Democracy from my father and my grand father, and 1 am willing to live in that party still." Those words of party wisdom will ring from every rostrum in the Union, and tho result will be a now and regenerated Democracy trium phantly marching to victory in No vember. Wishing you and your family aro well, I remain, as over, yours truly, Gi:o. W. Scott. Till-; COTTON TIB QUESTION. The Wire Ties are Working Satis factorily?A Novel View of the Fight Against tho Trust. The Columbia Register says that 3ol. D. P. Duncan, manager of the State Alliance Exchange, has received some lamples of the wire ties, whose use he tdvooates In order to defeat tho trust which has advanced the price of tho ild style ties about 10U per cent, since :he last cotton season. Col. Duucan immediately purchased % bale of now crop cotton from D. Craw ford ?Sc Sons, cotton factors. Its weight vas 643 pounds. The sample wire tios ivcro substituted for the Hat iron ties rvith which tho bale was bound, six of mem being put around it. At lirst it was intended to havo two wire ties run lengthwise around tho bale, in addition bo the other six, as of late there has aeon some complaint that tho heads of sales frequently burst open, but cotton factors advised against any innovation ill the stylo of binding tho bales for the present, claiming it would be bet ter to make tho test of wire ties with bales bound exactly as those on which hit iron ties are used. Tho wire ties wore easily handled, [t is said they were put around the bale as quickly or more so than tho ilat iron tios can bo. This is an im portant point. Cotton factors here wero very much pleased with tho wiro ties and said they saw no reason why bales bound with them should not be jonsidored us good a delivery as bales bound witli the Ilat iron ties. The bale was shipped to J. B. E. Sloan & Sons, COttOO factors, of Char leston, to be put on uxbibitiou at tho Cotton Exchange. Colonel Duncan does not know exact ly what the wiro tics will cost. He knows tho price of tho wiro in rolls, but cut, looped and put in bundles it will cost a little more, Black wire in rolls of 130 pounds costs from M.75 to 82 por hundred pounds. No. 10 wiro will bo used for cotton tie8. Six ties of this will weigh four pounds and will cost over 3 cents por pound, or 12 cents to the hale. The hoop ties weigh 11-2 pounds each and, at present prices, costabout f> conts each, or 30 cents for tho six used on a bale of cotton. A gentleman who takes an intorest In the light against tho Tie Trust says it is purely a fight /or a sentiment. Tho wiro ties for a balo of cotton costs 12 cents, whilo the flat iron or hoop tics cost 30 conts. At lirst it appears that the advantage is wholly In favor of tho wiro ties. "Hut," baid he, "it should not bo forgotten that the ties on a bale sells as cottou. Unless tho weight of tho bagging and tics on a balo of cotton exceeds twonty-livo pounds, it is paid for just tho samo as cotton. Now hero is a plain mathe matical demonstration?the wiro ties on a balo weigh four pounds, and at 7 conts a pound for cotton, tho farmer will got 28 conts for them; on the other hnnd, tho Ilat iron Ucb on a bale weigh nine pounds, aud at 7 cents a pound for cotton, tho (armor will got 03 cents for thorn. Now, tho wiro ties cost 12 cents a balo and sell for 28 cents, whilo tho hoop ties 6ost 30 cents a bale and sell for 03 conts. On the wire ties the farmer makes a profit of lb cents a balo whilo on tho hoop ties ho makes a profit of 33 cents. It looks to a man up a treo as if, oven at tho advanced price It will pay the farmors to continue tho u80 of tho hoop ties. But they don't lo?k ut it that way. I remomber that when tho farmers made tholr fight against the Jute Trust, just such an argument as I havo roado now was mt do thon in favor of the uso of jute bagging, oven at the advanced price. I bit, the farmers said that was not, the fI'd at, that tho Jute Trust had arbitrari y advanced tho prico of iuto bagging and they wore willing to dose money in order to mako tho Juto Trust reduce the prico of bagging to a lovol commen surate with the cost of producing it. I judge that tho farmers will take the samo view of tho light against tho Cot ton Tie Trust and will fight it until it takes off its unjust and arbltary advance of J.00 por oont In tho prico of hoop ties. If tho farmers succoed, the ties on a balo of cotton will only cost about 18 cents and sell for 63 cents. Tho profit Is worth flghtlng for." ?A new uso has boon discovered for bops, namely tho curing of baoon. It is found that a sprinkling of hops in tho brine when bacon and hams are put In'plnklu acid greatly to the flavor of both, and enables them tOibo kopt an Indefinite porlod. ABOUT THE REBATES ON WH1SKEA. COMMISSIONER MIXSON MAKES AN EMPHATIC STATEMENT. Ho Answers the Cord of Mr, Georg'* 11 Miiin il, a Representative of the Mill Creek Distillery. Columbia Register. A short card from George Ilnbholl, secretary of tho Mill Creek Diatilery Compauy, has beon published, in which ho concludes as follows : "If Commis sioner Mixson uays I evor offered him, directly or indirectly, a dollar in any shape whatover ho states what is ab solutely fal o." Colonel Mixson has giveu out a reply, in which ho says : I havo been drawn into this vory re luctantly and had hoped that tho mat ter had blown over aud I would uot be required to say anything, but as a man who is jealous of his honor and ono who is not afraid to resent an insult, I am forced to make the following statement of facts : I have beon connected with the dis pensary since tho first conception of tho scheme and was in charge under Sena tor Tillmau's direotion when the build ing was being put in fix for bottling, Mr. Traxler, then tho commissioner, being at his homo in TimmonsviUe, quite ill with typhoid fever. After Mr. Traxlor's recovery and return, I was retained in tho cupacity of super intendent, which posltiou 1 held until Mr. Traxler resigned, and I was hon ored with tho appointment. During my term as superintendent I naturally discovered that tho bulk of tho whiskies bottled by us was pur chased from Mill Creek through Mr. George Hubboll, who was frequently down here. 1 also discovered that iu making these purchases Mr. Hubboll, or Mill Creek, I should say, was re quiring and being paid an intorcst on them aftor ."50 days, each 30 days call ing for more or bigger interest. On being appointed commissioner in January, J<S05, and being in possession of these facts of intorost-bearing ac counts, and not intonding relieving Mr. Traxler till February 1st, I commenc ed to look around and see if I could not do something bettor lor the Stato and save, at least, tho thousands and thous ands of dollars being paid in interest to Mill Creek. About January 20, some ten days or perhaps more before I took charge, Mr. Hubnell showed up and was anxious to ascertain if I in tended to continue the trade with him. My reply was, "That depends." Ho asked, "Depends on what'." I re plied, " On you; I want tho sumo whis- i kies or better at tho same price or less with 5 per cent, off as discount or re bate." He soemed to be utterly dumb- 1 founded and exclaimed : "Do you want i the earth? " 1 replied, "No, but this I i want, and this I intend to havo." He i then wentou to say that my proposition i was one that ho nor no ono else could . entertain and wanted to know if 1 had calculated the 5 por cent. off. lie inquir- j oil when I would be in tho market for i purchases, and upon being told that it | would take several days after February j 1st to make the transfer, he asked me j again for the purchases, if i should ? need anything before he returned in ; February. 1 told him, "Only on my j terms." , On assuming the duties, Fob. 1, I \ very soon discovered that 1 needed | some Bourbcn whiskies and wired him: . "Same whiskey, samo price, 5 olT ; j tond me X and XX Bourbon." I re- ] ccived a wire in reply : "Will ship at , once." A fow days after this I received ? a letter saying . " Your telegram or- | dering Bourbon roolevcd, and knowing , from its being a wire that you were iu t need, we hasten to make shipment, j but we cannot givo you the terms, \'o." I immediately wired him : "Order , cars back ; won't received them only J on my terms." In a few hours I re- , ccived a wire : " Cars too far advanced , to order back ; receive them on your terms." In due course the cars ar rived and woro received. Bili for same came in with 6 per cent, oil" and was paid. I do not recollect when nor how often Mr. Hubboll cume to see me in the few I months that followed before tho fol lowing occurred : He asked mo to take him into the sample, room and show him the XXX ryo that I was purchasing. I did so, und whilo in there alone, he and 1, he offered mo his XXX rye at tho same prico he had formerly sold it to tiio Dispensary with the interest on, for tho samo price per gallon, 10 por cent, discount; and, if my memory serves mo correctly, he made the following calculation there and then : Cost $2.25 por gal.; 10 per cent, off, makes 22 1-2 conts per gal.; 50 gallons to a barrel makes $11.25 and 50 barrels to a car make; $51)2. I said, " Will you put this discount on the invoices und let it show up regularly ?" Ho replied that he could not do so ; that bo was a mem ber of the trust, but for mo to pay tho invoices at the regular prico of $2.25 per gallon and ho would return me the 10 per cent oil in cash. This I refused to do and no purchase has been made from him by mo. These are the facts in tho case aud includes all I have said as to Mr. Hub bell's offer to mo. If bo says any part of it is untrue ho is a liar. F. M. Mixson. WEEKLY CHOI* m i,i,i ,n Hot Weather Has a Hurt EffCOt on the Crops in this Hinte. Mr. J. W. Bauer, of Columbia, in charge of the weather bureau, has is sued the following bulletin to cover tho week ending Saturday, August 1st : The heat during tho week under re view was oxcossive. with thirteen re portsout of 40 of maxima temperatures of 100 (>!? above on one or more days. Tho rainfall came in light, scattered showers, not confined to any portion of the Stato, nor covering any con sfdorable portion of it. The excessive heat and want of rain were vory unfavorable for most crops, and in tho prinolpal ones thoro was a decided falling off In con dition. Tho early corn crop ripenod very fast and fodder from such is strip ped and saved in lino condition. Later corn is'inaturing rapidly and is being stripped sooner than would ordinarily bo tho case as the leaves woro drying on tho stalk. While thoro woro somo reports of corn boing adversely affect od by the heat, yet tho groator mini bor of correspondents report no notice* able injury, but express tho fear that tho grain will show tho effects of husk ing. All corn Is so far advanced that one general rain, or well distributed showers, would insuro a full c 'Op Twonty-thrce counties report OOtton falling undor the adverse weather which provalled ; eight report either an improvement in condition or no de terioration, and in the remaining five the conditions are variable, donondlng on locality, soil and rainfall. The favorable reports ootue from the wes tern portion of tho Stato, with the exception of Collcton. The ohlef ef fects of the heat and dryno-s wer shedding of squares and half-grow i bolls, some rust, cheeking of gfcwt ????^?m???????? and pr?Mniituro openlug of Immature bolls. On light, sandy soil tho injury is most marked, and Is reported to bo ! quHc serious. Open bolls uro noted from all portions of the State aud pick ing has begun iu a small wuy in the more southern counties. On July 28th and 20th live bales of now cottou were marketed, boing tho first of the season. In 1 vi I the lirst bale was marketed on August 15, In 1805 on August 20. The early date this year fairly repres ents tho time the present season is in advance of an average season, istii having boon about tho average. Tobacco is not doing well in certain sections find fairly well in others. Curing continues and was favored by the weather. Lowland rlco continues to make satisfactory growth aud is heading. Upland rlco, of which less is cultivat ed, barely held its previous condition. Sweet potatoes on tho whole con tinue to thrive, although many adverse reports are rccoWcd. New potatoes are largo enough for table use. Gardens are becoming parched again, but tho weather wus very favor able for coast trucking interests. Cabbages aro being destroyed In Char leston County by a worm now to the locality. Cane of all kinds is reported grow ing very well, and to be in excellent condition. McLAURIN AROUSED THE PEOPLE. HIS DEBATE WITH A UOL.1) AD VOCATE IN OHIO. Ho Enlightens the Masses on Free Silver?An Enthusiastic Itcceptioii to On ly Headed Johnnie. lion. John L. McLaurin has returned from Franklin, Ohio, where ho went to debate tho money question with Mr. Horr, tho leading gold advocate of the Northwestern country. That Mr. Mc Laurin fared well in his debate with the famed fcold lighter can be seen from the following taken from the Cincin nati Enquirer: Hon. John L. McLaurin, of Bcnnetts villo, S. C, member of Congress, mem ber of tho ways and means committee and ex-Attorney Goneral of his State, was at tho Gibson yesterday, returning from tho great debate be held with Hon. Koswell G. Horr, of Michigan, the gold bug champion, at Franklin, War ren County, Ohio. Speaking of tho great controversy he said : "I was most agreeably surprised at the recep- , tion I received and tho number of silver , people present to greet me with enthu- ( slasm. 1 bad expected to encounter an iceberg, but ou the contrary, 1 found a , multitude of my wuy of thinking, j Thoro were (1,000 people present and 1 , could tell by the applause and cheers | that I received that 1 had fuily half , the assemblage with me. Wo made livo speeches, und during one of mine j some one raised a picture of Bryan in tho audience and thousands stood up , und cheered and it was fully ten min- | utes before 1 could proceed. It wus a | [*rand meeting of the people, and after it was over Mr. Horr suddenly departed , in a carriage and I could not leave for vn hour, the crowd gathering thick ' iind fast about mo to shake my hand Etnd 1 will pledge you my word that my 1 right arm is so sore from hearty shakes \ that I can hardly lift it to-day. All 1 this I attribute to tho cause 1 advocate ! Mid the straightforward way in which I presented it. Mr. Horr got mad when I pinned the shortcomings of his party 1 :lown to facts. I quoted them from . Senator Shei man's strong silver speech made in 18G?, when he was a poor man, * itnd contrasted that with his utter- 1 ttnees since be has grown to be a mil- ' lionairo and lives in a mar hie palace. "1 told them that those marble walls 1 uould not shutout from bis cars tho murmurs ol disapproval and discontent ! occasioned by bis linaneial policy. 1 showed them from statistics bow In ; their district in 1880 tho number of . tenant farmers was 21 percent.; in 1800 1 it had increased to 38 per cent., and 4U 1 por cent, of tho farms under mortgage. ( Prices of products were falling all t he . time, it taking more and moro wheat and corn to get a dollar, and it is only 1 a question of time when 15 per cent, of the citizenship will own all of tho rich I Miami valley. 1 read them something ( from tho records of the Ohio legisla- ' ture, ii joint resolution adopted when General Grosvenor, now a gold advo- 1 cate, was speaker of the houso of rep- ! rosentatives?something they hud for- ' gotten, it is history, and bore it is : "Joint resolution relative to the re storation of the silver dollar to its for- ' mer rank as lawful money : "Kesolvcd by the general assembly of the State of Ohio, That common ' honesty to the taxpayer, tho letter and ' spirit of the contract under which the 1 great body of indebtedness was as- 1 sumnd by the United States, and true linaneial wisdom, each and all demand tho restoration of the silver dollar to its former rank as lawful mouey. "Adopted April 21. 1?77." "I read them from James G. Blaine's speeches in 1877 and 1HH0, extracts which 1 would likotosee printed every 1 day. Here is what .Mr. Blainu said in the Senate in 1SS0 on the money ques tion : "On the much-vexed and long-moot ed question as to bimetallic and mono metallic standards, my own views, are sulllcicntly indicated in tho remarks 1 havo made. 1 believe the struggle now going on in this country and in other countries for a single gold standard would, if successful, produce wide spread disaster in and throughout tho Commercial worlds. The destruction of silver as money, anil establishing gold as the sole unit of value must have a ruinous 0fleet >>n ail forms of proper ty except thOSO investments which yield a fixed return in money. Those would be enormously enhanced in value and would gain a disproportionate and unfair nd/antago over ovory other spe cies of property. If, as tho most reli able Statistics affirm, theo are nearly $7,000,000,000of coin or bullion in the. world, very equally divided bOtWOt II gold and silver, it is Impossible to strike silver out. of existence as momy without results that will prove disas trous to millions and utterly disastrous to tens of thousands. "I boliovo gold and silver coin to be the money of the Constitution : indeed the money of the American people, an terior to iho Constitution, which the great organic law recognized as quite independent of its own existence. No power was conferred on Congress to declare either metal should not be money. Congress has, therefore, in my judgment, no power to demonetize cither. If, therefore, silver has boen demonetized, 1 am in favor of romone tizing it. If its coinage has been pro hibited, I am in favor of ordering it to bo resumed. I am in favor of having It enlarged.' ??I told thom that I was glad to'know that there was ono great daily papor North of the Ohio river that had the j courage and honesty to stand by the ] people in this great suprome struggle, tho Cincinnati Enquirer, and ' thoy cheered mo to the echo." Mr. Toasdale, an enthusiastic yoiftak J Democratic stlvor ma i and a kJl?*? ? manufacturer of Frank 11 n, waft boa^ (,'i ploased and improssod with Col. Mo Laurin's speech that he came on to this city with him aud persuaded him to return latjr in the campaign and make more speeches in Ohio. Ho says it was tho greatest triumph he ever witnessed on the hustings, and that Horr, ang ered und haillod In tho debate, turned to abuso the South, which his oppo nent ridiculed and denounced as a dodging of the issue and a want of argument. Col. McLaurin camo hero from North Carolina, and in roply to a query us to how that State would go, he said : "You may go to sleep with tho assur ance that the Tar Heel Stato Is safo for Bryan by 25,000. There is no doubt about it whatever." "How alsjut your Stato, South Caro lina J>" "Oh.it is all ono way thoro; you hear nothing but silver. Bryan's ma jority will run 50,000 to 00,000 easy. Unless there is a complete change in public sentiment Bryan will swoop tho country. Watson wou't bo In tho way." THE CHANCES AT CIJOMSON. Provision Made for u Hummer Vaca tion?The Agricultural Department is Increased. Tho board of visitors of Clomson Col lege made un inspection last week, and submitted the following report to tho board of trustees : To the Board of Trustees of tho Cletn s.m Agricultural Collogo of South Carolina. Wo tho undersigned members of the board of visitors instituting inquiry into tho working condition of the col lcgo would suggest to your board tho changes which may bo necessary for its improvement. 1. The two grand divisions of tho soils aud climates of tho State, are divided by a lino drawn from Augusta to Columbiu, tlienco to Cumden and Chcraw. Thero is now only ono agri cultural experiment station for tho whole Stato, viz : At Clcmson, and In order that all tho peoplo of tho Stato should receive tho betielit of tho fund granted by the United States wo would recommond that if practicable another agricultural experiment station bo established south of tho abovo lino under the charge and supervision of the college. 1. We would suggest that some con stunt and prcgnaui experiment bo made by tho experiment station in crops and plants and the result there of be brought to tho notice of tho farm ers by bulletins. 3. That at some period of each year it short paotioablo course of lectures in agriculture be. given at eacli county seat to the farmers of the county upon the plan commonly known as university extension lectures. 4. That the military feature be strict ly.limited to what is necessary for pro per discipline and tactics in order that more time aud attention he given to the purposes for which the college was founded. 5. That the college be supplied and equipped with the best electric appa ratus and especial attention be given to a complete and thorough course in tho science of electricity. The ?mormons increase of all manufactur ing industries in the State and the necessity of motive powor furnished by electricity require that we should nave the best electrical as well as mc }b an leal experts to supply our needs. 0. In order to avoid the expense of fuel for creating motive power for the jbllcgo we would urge the necessity if tit once making arrangomonts to generate lluctrici ty by water und transmit the power to the college necessary to run its machinery. 7. That tho library of the college be ?laced in the building by itself away from tue noise of its present location md avoiding the risk of loss by tire. 8. That the road to Cherry's cross u>r be made on a better grade and not e suitable for an entrance to tho college. 9. That the telegraph station at Cal qoud be connected at onco with the jollege by telephone. 10. That tho bath room In the hos pital be better fitted up und an ad litioual batli tub on rollers bo furnish ed. 11. That the term of tho collogo should be nine months beginning with the lirst of October and ending on tho 10th of June giving three mouths vacation during the hot months, thus saving the health of tho students und tho expense of travel caused by the present system of holidays. 12. That nine affirmative votes in the board of trustees should bo necos atiry to elect or remove a professor AUd such votes shall be required to appropriate money in any case. 13. That such manual labor, farm work, work in tho experiment station, bo done by tho students as is consistent with the proper intellectual training required by an agricultural and me chanical college. 14. That in order to properly carry out the intention of the article of tho laws requiring a " rigid examination " by the board of visitors ami u report to tho board of trustees at its annual meeting more time should be allowed the board. The board of visiters aro charged with the duty of visiting the college tho last Wednesday in August the same day as wo aro informed the board of trustees hold their annual meeting to which we are to report. It is impossible to mako ovon a proper inquiry into the working con dition of an institution of such magni tude and doing such a large and splen did wotk and conferlng suoh inostitqa- . hie benefits on our people in the .? harJ time of only ono day. ^ Itospectfully submitted, c. I). Tillraan, ohalrman ; J. B. Wat son. B. I'. Miller, Julian Mitchell, Jas. .M. Moss. Atiest: Jas. M. Moss, Secretary. At the meeting Of the trustees the lirst matter considered wus that of promoting Mr. V. S. ?hlvor, assistant instructor in the chemieal department and increasing his salary, which was agreed to. Tho vacation matter was then taken up, and it was finally decided to limit the term to nine months instead of 10 as heretofore provided, tho sessions to last from October 1 to Juno 30, in ac cordance witii tho board of visitors' suggestion. It was decided also to erect an electric laboratory ; and to Strengthon the agricultural depart ment by tho election of two assistant instructors. ?Thoy were getting ready to go to a social gathering in Dallas, when Colonel Verger said asldo to his wife: "What makes you scowl so everlast ingly. Can't yon smilo and look pleas ant, like Mrs. Gaily.-"' "You forgot that she is a widow," replied Mrs. Yergor. ?What is this Women talk so mUOh "It is being able pillars without all over, lontal poiso that diout nowaday