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????????????????????????????????i ?-?????????? VOL XVII LAURENS, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1902. Na 46 f THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN. HEAVY ?UNS ARE WROUGHT INTO ACTION. The First Eu?Ugcuieut Was Ou the liuukB of the Cougurce. The candidates for United States Senator mot in forensic display at the theatre in Columbia on tho 17th lust., and not moto than five hundred peo plo out of 25,000 population wore present duriug tho meeting, which in. eluded a large number of ladies, many of them the loa .lore of social life at the capital, who were occupying tho boxen, tho parquette, dress circle and balcony. The theatrical scenery rep* resented a beautiful grovo, in front of the grouuds of a picturoequo European palace, the terraced grounds covered wilh roses and statuary. Each speaker was giveu tho closest attention aud was generously ap plauded. Mr. Henderson's reference to the Hooker Washington incident produced au outburst of applause. The speakers touched on tho great na tional issues, ship subsidy, isthmiau en nui, so-called " expansion," the Phil ippinen, and so on. There- wore no striking features of tho speeches, most of them being very like those delivered in tho preliminary campaign last Buouner, save for the speech of Ex-Governor .lohn Gary Evans, who told plainly 'viry he was in the race again, touched up Mr. Lat imer hy implication, recited his own political recurd and stated that the people had taken four j ears to Und out that he was right wLou he hud told them that McLaurin was a I; -pub lican, lie also paid his respects to Cuba and Cubans iu no complimentary manner. Chairman W. II. Gibhes, Jr., called the meeting to order and thanked tbe ladies for their attendance. Ho then warned all present that no disorder would bo allowed and said,iu introduc ing the candidates, ho would simply announce the speaker.a Mr. l?alimer was the llrat speaker, and at the outset he threw some bou quets at Columbia, speaking of her great progress and the activity iu buildings, and predicted a greater progress iu the future. He said that last summer there was an issue, but that docs not now exist and all the aspirants are agreed to what they be lieve to bo the best policy for the gov ernment. There are no issues in volved betweon them and it will bu purely a matter of personal choice among voters, and said that he had a ten years' record in Congress upou which he would stand or fall. lie de clared the war iu the Philippine is lands had been conducted in cruelty and inhumanity. Our trade with tho inland:; ouly amounts to $30,000,000 per year, and every other civilized pow er has the same trading privileges. We have already spent nearly $600,000,000 on the ielauds, and are spendiug near ly $60,000,000 yearly on them yet, and still there are people who believe that we should stay there and murder the Filipinos, who ought to be inde pendent. It is said that we ought to Christianize the people, but nowhere in the Bible can be found a sentence requiring that religion should be spread by the sword. If we hold the islands, next we will want to conquer and finally annex all Asia. Because we are taking the same steps the Ho inanB took and eventually he predicted our downfall would be like theirs. No Democrat, is more of an expansionist than himself, but it is not necessary to own foreign territory in order to ex tend our commerco. Wo havo treaties whereby we can havo the privileges of trade similar to that of other na tions. He denouueed the ship subsidy bill. If $9,000,000 a year is given, it will go to the rich owners of railroads and steamship Hues. The masses would not be benefited one iota. Tho rail road corporations are the greatest trusts in the world. They make and unmake cities and towns and .Slates. We don't need subsidies to send the American Hag all over the world fiyiug from American ships. This can be done by the repeal of the present ma rine laws. He favored a tariff for rev enue only, and would havo a law whereby all corporations should be compelled to show their books, so that the trust problem can be intelligently handled. Mr. Henderson followed in a good speech, and said that all issues should bb discussed manfully and calmly. In quite an earnest and eloquent burst he declared that it was not necessary in South Carolina in order to he progres sive to be a Republican. Let us be progressive, but let ? us not cast aside the principles of the Democratic party. He declared that some things had been settled by the war and some can never be settled except in the right way. Slavery has been abolished for ever in the country and the negro has his rights, but that will never fit Booker Washington or any other of his class to sit down at the same table with a whito man (applause and cheers). He said he was sick of the phrases " Old South " and " New South." We are proud of the South and as the union is one and indestruc tible it must not be forgotten that the same is true of the States. He declared that ttusta were the le gitimate offspring of the Republican tariff, and in the good old days of the Democratic tariff such a thing was never heard of. No one but the most blatant demagogue would prate against corporations because they are such, but when they stifle competition and oppose the people then it is time that they should be shorn of their power. In cloeing, he congratulated Colum bia on its grand advance within the pa t five or six years, tie spoke of his fa mlliarity with Columbia and her trials and tribulations and referred to his presence In Columbia in 1876 when the great Hampton redeemed the State, ne declared the people of Co lombia had a sacred trust committed to them?the remains of the grandest man of the country, Wade Hampton. (Cheers and applause.l Col. Oeoige Johnstone made a pa thetic reference in the opening to a Confederate soldier boy who came Into Colombia soon aftor Sherman's van dals left, and had bean a witness of that torriblo devastation which had beon visited upon the city. From that day he had determined to aid the stricken inhabitants in regaining their homes aud property. As time went on and ho had larger opportunities ho knew of nothing that he had douo which was not to the iuterest of Colum bia. He had voted for tho college, for the canal and in other matters for the advancement of this city, and he rejoiced with her people at the marvel ous development. Mr. Johnstono was quite liborally applauded. He thon proceeded to discuss tho isthmian canal, which he favored, arguiug that it would build up the South Atlantic ports. Tho completion of that canal would give the control of the Asiatic trade, for every railroad line from tho interior would be compelled by com petition to do bu8iues8 through South Atlantic ports. Build that canal and we will not havo to ask for the investment of Northern capital, for it must como. Where is Columbia in this matter? If the canal is built tho Congareo will become a necessity aud we will havo capital coming here to invest and aek to bo allowed to participate in our prosperity. Tho improvemcut in river navigation will be bound to fol low. As to tho ship subsidy, ho op posed it, on tho grouud that tho sub sidized ships would still run to the ports north of us iu order to koop Iho trade iu that section, aud would thus still keep us iu financial subservieucv. Our minium in the Philippines should ho one of poaco aud liberty and not of despotism. In concluding ho sa?d that iu our prosperity now it is easily aeon that in tho near future this city will contaiu IC0,0U0 iuhubitants, with her business incieased a huudred fold. In tIiis increased prosperity he would rejoice with her people. Col. William Hlliott made a vigor ous npeech, touching his own record, aud declaring against tho ship subsidy. He had signed tho pledge and WGiiltl heartily support the platform of the party. He complimented the people of Columbia greatly on the material progress made in the city. Ho re ferred to tho fact that he had once iu a while taken a trip down tho Congaroe and he was struck with the adaptability of tho river for uavigation. Ho weut somewhat into the history of tho at tempts to inaugurate a boat lino on tho river and the physical and other ob structions to successfully carry out tho the idea. He next took up tho splen did advantages of the South and of this State especially. Ho also spoko of his great interest in the river and harbor bill and showed what great benefit it brought to people living in coast ports and cities on tho rivers. Water transportation in many instances is the ouly one available. He declared that since boyhood he had always done his duty to his State, iu war and in peace, and ho had succeeded in riddiug the coast of negro domination. Look at the condition of the coast now in comparison to what it was twenty years ago. Mr. Hemphill was tho next speaker, md humorously referred in tho outsot to the bouquets thrown at tho ladies, saying that he thought it was conceded that the Columbia ladies were the pick of the Hock of tho country, and that Col umhin was prosperous, and that tho only drawback to New York was its distance from Columbia. Ho treated the subjects of expansion, retention of tho Philippines, tariff and trusts in a most entertaining manner, saying that followiug the theory underlying these quest ions if adopted would lead us away from the time-honored prin ciples of the Democracy. Ex-Gov. Evans said that he had been iu tho campaign for the Senate against McLaurin and had told tho people that McLaurin was a Republi can. They had taken four years to find out what ho had told them was so. He had known that he was right. He hod been a reformer from principle. THE FIRE OPENED AT SUMTER, STATE CAMPAIGN STARTS ON A HIGH PLANE. Candidates Denounce Commer cial Democracy ami Favor the Dispensary. The initial meeting in the campaign for State ofllcers was held in the opera house ut Sumter on the 17th inst. Chairman J. M. Knight called the meeting to order and introduced the speakers, who addressed about 'AOO people. Mr. M. Pi Ansel was first intro duced, and expressed his pleasure at meeting frionds in Sumter. It was not the first time, he said, that Sum ter hud fired tho first gun. There was something prophetic, ho hoped, in his making the Urst speech. He hoped this meant flrst votes here and first in the race for Governor. Mr. Ansel said he had been connected with the legislative and judicial branches of the govern ment and now desired experience in the executive department. He would (?online himself to only a few of the many interesting issues before the peo ple, lie had always been in favor of the primary system. Mr. Ansel stated that ho would al ways favor appropriations for the gal lant old Confederate soldiers. lie re ferred to tho true dignity of labor, and was in favor of the best and highest educational advantages to be givon to the citizens of our State. Ho is an ad vocate of education, which makes bet ter citizens of us all; the burning, im portant question of the day, a living question. He would not do a single thing to any Institution that would pre vent auy boy or girl from getting an education. This Is a duty we owe to the coming generation^ to ourselves and to our country. Mr. Ansel then showed our duty in caring for the brave old soldiers of the Confederacy at length. He spoke heartily in favor of good roads, show ing the real meaning of this all im* purtant question. He cited instances ahuwlng how this work could easily be done on the instalment plan. Good schools, where children can be taught; good roads, where we can trot up and down hill, meant very much. He was id favor of the dispensary law, and in favor of enforcing this law. So with the law regarding trusts?let laws bo just to all aud let them bo en. forced. He does not bellovo all the great nun lived in the past. This u? the grea'. age, because it is tho reading ago. If elected, he would discharge bis duty in the fear of no mau. Capt. D..C. lleyward was next iu troduced ^aud was greeted with ap pluuse. II i camo hero to make friondfr aud was g ad to soo that he had thorn. Ho was b >ru uear Sumter. lie do sired to say to the pcoplo of South Caroliua that ho was runniug for this oilico ou his morits. Ho wauted it in uo other way. Ho has tho kindest fcohng for each opponont. The pco jplo demauded a clean, straight cam paign. Ho was glad that he saw a united people. Tho common develop ment of our great and growiug inter ests was tho task to coutiuuo to com pletion. From time to time the pco plo of South Carolina have expressed themselves upou tho dispensary law. Ho regarded this as a sotlled fact and properly coducted as the best solutiou of the liquor questiou. He compre hensively aud briefly reviewed the past industrial problems of tho South, and those should uow bo discussed. We of this party should discuss ?tate is siios. lam a Democrat; iudorso Stuto and national platforms. Mr. Hoyward then discussed the child labor iu factories. He is oppo&od to children working in factories. Next session of Legislature should euact euch a law, gradual in its operatiou, as to age. Tho Bpoaker navo thoughtful reasons for this and was not, by any means, uumiudful of tbo rights aud iuieiests of tho factory owner or the operatives. The most important question boforo tho people of South (Jaroliua was the subject of education. He was iu fa vor of maintaining tho highor oduca tioual interests, but tho great question was common and public schools. Mr. lleyward fhowed ho had becu ono of the earliest movers in tho sub ject of good roads aud was still decid edly iu favor of this great need. It was, in every ono of its uumorous be neiiceut aspects-educationally, so cially, industrially, roligiously?it was of special importance. Go?d roads should also bring the people of the town and country together. A vital question is draiuage of swamp and lowlands. IIo referred to tho bill pre sented to the last Legislature ou this subject aud showed that this question meant much to land owners all over South Carolina. Bi-ennlal sessions of tho Legislature nut with Mr. lley ward's endorsement. Congressman W. Jasper Talbert followed iu a speech that was largely devoted to a vigorous deuuuciatiou of tho trusts. IIo also paid his respects to "Commercial Democracy," aud vigorously denounced any man or mcu who would como among us iu the dis guise of a Democrat aud preach Re publicanism and the doctrines fostered by trusts aud monopolies. He would havo nothing to say about our junior Senator for ho is dead politically. He favored liberal support of tho colleges and the upbuildiug of common schools. The tax which whito mcu pay should go to support white schools and taxes paid by uegroes should go to support schools for negroes. The dispensary law was tho best posbiblo solution of the liquor question. Ho believed it should bo euforced in Charleston, Columbia and Sumter aud nil other places. Lieutenant Governor Till man is out to take tho scalp of Col. Talbert. Speaking immediately after him, ho said that Col. Talbert was evideutly a caudidato for United States Senator, judging from tho way ho went on about tho trusts. But ho would like to know, and so would the peoplo, why Col. Talbort left tho halls of Cougross, where he might do some good, and of his own volition came down hero seeking the ollico ho expects to get. Tho greater part of his speech was devoted to explanations of his ruling in tho Senate on tho Kiblor bill and his subsequent exposure by The Stato newspaper. He charged Editor Gonzales with puttiug words in his mouth he never used, and appealed to the Senate journal as tho only record of tho matter for his entire vindication, lie denied haviug ever said that Spoakor Henderson and Senator Frye had suatainod his ruling. Dr. W. H. Timmerman came next, and said his record and platform are well known. " 1 am tho Cincinnatus of this campaign. If I am not entitled to the high and honorable otlice I seek, both on my personal character and official record, then I am not on titled to your votes." Ho was always a Democrat. Many whites are entirely too lukewarm upon the subject of ed ucation, especially with an educational clause in the suffrage. Was opposed to forcing tho dlsponsary law upon auy people who do not want a dispensary, unless such is already the case. He was opposed to trusts and combines. Favored the reorganization of the su premo court of the Umtod States and wanted laws passed to provent such mouopohoo aud establish a graduated income tax. Taxation concerns all of us. Said there was no hopo in the. im mediate future for a reduction. ' In terest on State debt must be met with borrowed funds. Taxes would neces sarily be increased at next legislative session. All of tho candidato8 for Govornor favor good roads; the liboral support of colleges; liberal pensions for veter ans; improvement of public schools; tho child labor law, and tho mainten ance of tho dispensary. They condemn trusts, and all are agreed ou points of Democratic doctrine. Thc?Wo.v s Greatest. Cure for rtaiana A. - # i ? Vor all form?, of Malarial potaon .DgUk? Johntun'? Chili and Pever Yonk # A taint of Malarial poison' tf Hi yo-ir blood means misery and failure. HInod ntedlclnescan'tflur? Malarial potsonlnR #Vhe antidote tor it Is JOHNSON'S TONIC. 9?t a bottle to-day. ktotf 5f Cute If It tint. HILL, ARP A VERY SICK MAN The Doctors Give Ulm Mor phine und He IIa? Fltflll Dreuin? All Night. Atlanta Constitution. If anyone else was coiicorned I would not write this sick letter, but it may benotlt othors who are similarly all'ccted. I have been a very sick man and hardly expected to see my uext birthday, which is today, the loth, but I have bcuflled through aud am now on the up-grade. Cue of my far-away boys wired me to woik on my stomach and I would got woll. He might as well havo wired: "Keep ou liviug and you will keop living on." No, it wasn't the stomach. It was higher up where the left ventricle of tho heart had got walled in and tho troublo was what tho doctor calls tho augina pectoris, and my loft arm was holpless. For two days and nights I suffered moro of real agony than I ever 8uffored in all my life. Our doctor boy was hero from Florida, aud know ox actly what was tho matter, and 1 took all his medicine, but got little relief, aud I was wiliiug to dio to got out of paiu. Finally he gavo mo morphine iu both arms aud 1 went off to sleep and rest. Those morphino dreams and visions aro always a miraclo to me. I thought that iu his talk about my trouble ho callod it angelina pectoris, for 1 don't hoar well now, aud 1 got the refrain ou my mind, that pretty verse from Goldsmith's u Hermit:" Turn, Angeliaa?ovor dear ? My cbarmor turn to soo, Thinu own, thine long-lost William horo, Restored to heavon and theo." Ever aud anon I could hoar it rain ing on the tiu roof, but it didn't rain a drop. All night long I was murmur ing " Turn, Angelina, ever dear." I couldu't stop it nor think of anything else to say, but I wasn't restored?next day 1 got some better and as 1 hadn't taken any nourishment for threo or four days I craved something acid, and like a foolish boy eat a small piece of huckle berry pie for supper, which they told nie uot to do. That sot tho dogs to barking about midnight aud set me back just whero I had bocu, and tho doctor's work all had to bo done over again. Emetics and hot baths and hot water bags and more morphine dually brought relief. That night after supper tho young people had the diuing tablo cleared off and wore playing that pretty little childish game called ping poug or diug dong or siug song or lloug Kong, or some outlandish namo with its tinkling balls, and so 1 got up another refraiu aud was murmuring ping pong, ding dong and dingdmig boll all night. One of my boys, who is always punning, told his mother that huckleberry pio business was simply a case of too much pie-eaty, and they tried to mak) mo smile, but they couldn't. I was past all wit and humor and puns aud jokes. Rut I am dono with huckleberry pio aud huckleberry cordial and 11 tickle berry Finn and any other huckleberry. Only last Saturday my only brothor died suddenly of heart failure away off from homo. His Lime wns not cut, for he waa nearly twenty years younger than I am, and now, alas! I have no brother, aud he was al ways a good brother to me. Rut ah most everybody is threatened with heart failure uow, and so I am looking out for it, but don't want it to come along tho Angelina lino. The heart is tho most wonderful and mystori us orgun ol our anatomy. It is called the scat of affoctions, the desires, the emo tions. The organ of love and hate and joy, but it is not. It is mentioned in the Riblo moro thau six hundred times, and always in connection with our good or bad traits, but it has nothing to. do with feeling or emotion or character. It is nothing but a ileshy, pulpy organism, a mechanical contri vance, and has to bo carefully nursed or it will rebel. It is the engine that drives the whole anatomical machine If overworked or overfed with ice or tobacco or anything else it will work on faithfully until it can't work any longer, and thon gets discouraged and dies suddenly at its post. The book says that hut little was known to medical science concerning the heart until tho eighteenth century, and that within tho last ilfty years many books havo been written, and now no part of the human system is better understood or moro satisfactorily treated. The disease called angina pectoris, is declared to be tho most dangorous to which it is subject be cause of its distressing pain and a sense of impending death. If 1 had road that while 1 was sufforing 1 should have surrendered, but the doctor wouldn't tell mo nor lot me road it. lie says it is bettor to minify rather than magnify the apprehensions of his patients. Rut the young pooplo ought to bo told, told often and earnestly, that they can't fool with tho heart. A boy who smokes cigarottes on tho sly is storing up trouble Hint will surely come home and sap his manhood and shorten his life. This is so well known now that good men will not employ boys who smoke. Ono vico calls for another and a news manager told me the other day that one of his newsbovs skipped some of hie patrons every week so as to havo a paper or two to sell and get money to buy cigarettes. Of course ho discharged him. It Is pleasant entertainment to listen to a doctor tell his varied experiences and this one uttered a truth the other day that ought to provoke aeiious thought in evory parent's bosom. Ho says that his greatest foe in tho treat* ment of dlsoases of children is their dlaobeoienco, to theii parents aud it is most gouerally tho mother's fault. They will do things and eat things that are forbidden, but she loves the little dears so much she overlooks their disobedience and so when they get sick they will not take tho physician's medicines without force or a struggle, and If the doctor is not there to force it the mother lets the lime pass rather than hear the screams or cries of the child. Not half tho parents enforce obedience from their children. Prompt and willing obedience should be the first lession taught a child. Their happiness depends upon it and so does the mother's peace. We old* fashioned people have but title patience with a generation that, is trying to roforru tho world with now methods?abolishing tho ways of their forefat:?ers?raising children ou love instead of discipline, and Ulliug all the schools iu ihe laud witli athletic sports and intercollegiato contests. What honor, what manliucss, is thoro in kicking a ball or batting one or wrestl ing or rowing a boat? Theso sports havo gotten to be tho most important part of the curriculum aud till the daily papers with pictures and thrilling re ports of the games. It is all au ''ignis fatuus " that fools tho boys and makes them think they have acquire 1 ou edu cation. When they went to college their parents iiad fond hopes of them ?when they come out that hope is gone, for they are uullt for business or tho duties of life. While 1 was half recovering from tho morphine state I got to runuuating about the value of things and 1 com pared good health und domestic hnppi uess and the love and devotion of wile and children with fame and power and wealth aud ambition, aud the very thought of them sickened me. I wouldn't givo u good shower of raiu just now for Roosevelt und all he has got or over expects to be. Uut 1 love ltoosevclt because ho hates Miles, and I lovo Miles becauao he hates ltoose vclt aud I despise them both?u Turu Angeliuu "?plug pong. And last of all came Satau. They aro for war. They kill a thousand negroes to our one. They make a land desolate and call it peace. They have trampled tho lovo of liberty in the dust and all for lust of power and neaco. A worn.in from Kants is City sends mo a paper wilh a spcoch of a Grand Army of tho Republic orator ou De coration Day, in which lie says that he wishes every Confederate monument was buried in the bottomless oce.'iu and other viudictivo things, aud she wants mo to unswer it. No, it is no use. That Grand Army of the Repub lic is full of just such contemptible creatures and 1 can't unswer them all, it is u standing curse to the peace of the laud. Let tho ball roll on. Turn Angelina?ping pong, ding dong, ding doug bell. 'Wo will survive the wreck of mattor and the crush of worlds. Aud so 1 went off to sleep murmur ing, there is no Grand Army. It is a two for a nickel or four to one concern. If I couldn't light better than that I'd apologize and hide out. Somo of them down hero in Atlanta would like to make friends, but they have never apologized and tho way they do ro ininds me of the old couplet: "I know that you say that you lovo mo, But why did you kick me down stairsy" Ving?pong?ding?dou?Turn, Angelina?wish I was Well enough to work hi my .garden. Rill Am*. In Slavery Days.?The Southern Farm Magazine is at some pains to show that a story current iu the press, illustrative of the fact that Geu. Hamp ton did not know some of his slaves at sight, was applicable to several thou sand men who owned slaves to the number of u hundred and more. The particular incident of the story, that Gen. Hampton once met one of his farm laborers ou tho road nud U3kcd him u who ho belonged to" is familiar to everybody in the South, ns it is localized in every county with a different owner in each case. Some of the fuels which the Magazine men tions iu its article are interesting, however, in a widely different applia tlon. The total while population of the South in 18150, according to tho cen sus, it is noted, was 8,000,700, of which !iH4,8t)4 owned the .'t,'.)&t,t>0(i slaves in tho country, excluding 2 owned in Kansas, 15 in Nobrasku, 20 in Utah and 18 in New Jersey. One man alono owned more than 1,000 slaves and ho was a South Caroliuian. Eighty-eight owners, in nine Slates, had more than MO each, and thirty of tho eighty were South Carolinians. Ono-flflh of nil the sUve holders?or 77,322?owned hut ono slavo euch, and tho greatest number Of these, small holders in oi1c State was in Virginia, which had also the largest proportion of slaves, 4510, 866. The ligurcH jmt given show that all the slaves were owned by less than f> per cent of the white population, and were themselves but half as numerous ns the whito population. In these conditions, seeing that I he slave worked only for his owner, it is evident that the Northern idea that all the white people in the South enjoyed an indolent existence, lying up in the shade all day, and never working, hut depending on the blacks to support them, rests on rathor a slim founda tion.?News and Courier. Jmimiovk tub Hukai. Schools.? Much of tho dark side of lifo on the farms of America is due primarily to isolation. The more constant inter course of man with man in tho towns and cities is largely responsible for the hotter education which prevails in close ly settled communities. Education it self would bo much improved with more frequent social intercourse, for this would stimulate a desire for more knowledge along many lines, yet one cannot help feeling that an intellectual rural community must bo most delight I'n 1, for, undor such circumstances, peo ple will seek one another and social aniouities will prevail. It scorns to me the most far roaching iniluonco that | can be brought to bear upon tho prob loin is an educational influence It must begin with the rural schools, and it must have its full ilower iu a larger I knowlcdgo and a constant companion, ship with good literature. As moans to this Gild tho traveling library, the circulating library, tho magazine aud tho reading clubs are all actively uso- j ful, and thoy must result in a much happier social relation in country neighborhoods, and a higher moial standard as well. . CASTOR! A For Infents and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the OtgnatBTO of IN HISTORIC HIBERNIAN HALL* CIIAKEKSTON ?KEUTS STATU CANDIDATES. The Chief Feature Wae Till? iiisiii'h Severe Attuek Upon Tal bert -(.Jury aud Blease Have a Spat. The Stale campaign meetings at Or angeburg, Bamberg and George's were dovoid of uny special interest, but the candidates began to warm up when they reached Charleston, where there are several thousaud votors who hold registration cortilkales and are ready to hear tho pleas of thoir friends from tho country. The meeting was hold in the historic hall of tho Hiberniaus, where eloquence is wont to tlow, and for live hours on Saturday an audience of several hundred t weltered in tho heat, begiuniug at G o'clock iu the af ternoon and endiug after 10 o'clock at uight. The speakers were often inter ruptcd, but wero williug to answer questions, and all were given apprecia tive um)lau8c. Tho feature of the gathering was the manner in which Lieutenant Gov ernor Tillman administered a dose un , to Congicssnian Talbeit. Tillmau, with bkillcd sarcasm and strong arraign ment, held up Talbert's olllcc-holding record, giving lacts and ligures from a transcript which he held in his hand. It was a telling piece of work, most effectively accomplished and was heard with the greatest attention. Dr. (ioorgo Douglas House received a most complimentary reception by his friend;* in the audience, but Col. .lohn 1). Frost, at the conclusion of his speech, was culled again, amid long ap plause, to the front, where be made graceful acknowledgment of such a re ception. Among the small army of candidates for the otlico of railroad commissioner Mr. Hugh II. Prince captured tho crowd, though Messrs J. G. Mobloy and \V. Boyd Evans both had good re ceptions. Mr. Prince made a good speech, boldly attacking the commis sion, saying tho statute laws govern ing tlm body was violated every day and adding that the penalties for theso violations, if collected, would pay nn uually the salaries of every commis sioner. Tho speechos of most of tho candidates, while on the same general lines, had some differences, modifica tions and additions peculiar to the en vironment. Chairman Thaycr presented Mr. O. B. Marlin as the first speaker, candi date for State Superintendent of Educa tion." Mr. Martin began throwing boquel8 at Charleston, 11 groat metro polis of South Carolina," which was kept up by each candidate. Mr. Martin gavo his reasons for desiriug the olliee and was applauded wheu he paid tribute to McMahan's zeal and work and also when he said it was time for a change. To a question by Mr. McMahan, " Do you not know from Prof. Cook, of the State board of education, that adoption of text books was made without my kuowledgo?" Mr. Martin replied that ho *? did not know how my friend or Mr. Cook volod, but ho would not liavo votctl for such wholesale adoption." To the further question from Mr. Mc Mahan, 14 Do you not know that the Governor, iu entire disregard of my wishes, appointed this State board?" Mr. Martin replied affirmatively. Mr. .\T a i i.m was heard with in forest and closed with applause. Mr. .lohn .1. McMahan was next in troduced and was greeted with hearty applause. Mr. McMahan began by saying nice things about Chailcston, to whose claims he had never been in different. He would uot discuss issues, but principles nnd purposes of cduca tional work. Educated thought and sentiment, he said, made character, manhood and womanhood. Education, the foundation of all that makes a State great, grand and glorious. He would rather improve the education of the people than anything else. There are two classes of citizens, ho said, one who only thinks of what is popular?a drag upon public improvement and progress. His first aud only put pose is to try to do something for my State." He said he had faith in tho people, trust in their breadth and progressive ucss. 4< Our public school system was inaugurated under carpet-baggers in IStiS, not by tho best men of our State. Now is the time to look for improve ment, to see necessary changes, to I honestly try to make the ofllce belter." He closed in the midst of a sentence, with his full share of applause. Candidates for ofllce of Comptroller General came next, Mr. N. VV. Brooker opening. He made pretty much his samt) earnest speech, charging gross irregularities iu this otlice, and said he would *iml tho race beforo intentionally hurting anyone's feelings. Mr. A. VV. Jones showed the im portance of this work, its details ox fending into every department of ex ocutivo work. Senator VV. II. Sharpc mado a taking speech. lie was uot in anyway con nected with the otlice now, although he soon expected to be and would ad minister such laws ns wore enacted by the Legislature. Mr. 5, L. Walker, a modest sponkor, but forcible iu sincority of utterance and knowledge of his subject gave a recital of the business affairs of a busi ness office. Had not, as somo, master ed tho machinery of this all important office, but was yet a student in tho tax department of South Carolina. (Ap plause.) Dr. Tirrmcrinan, enndidalo for Gov ernor, came next and wub applauded. Dr. Timmerman made Ins speech as has beou previously reported, clearly defining his positions on all issues. He gave his record, a long and honored one, was asked a question or so, gave straightforward replies aud closed amid cheers. Mr. M. F. Ansel was next introduced and was greeted with cheers. Mr. Ancel is a clear and interesting speaker and was well recoived. He gave his message from the Piedmont?" Ansel for Governor "?defined his pint form, as has been published, took well with tho crowd, as was evidenced 'by the applause ho won. Capt. D. C. Heyward arose amid a storm of cheers aud applause and made one of his best speeches, was enthu Biasticnlly cheered, received some tlow ors and made way for Col. W. .). Tal? j bert, tho next Bpeakor. Col. Talbert was well received and he made a good speech, which was frequently applaud ed. Col. Talbert addrosscd hiniBclf vigorously to the discussion of questions incident to tho occasion aud was ap plauded wheu he stated ho was iu favor of the dispensary law and would try to enforce it iu Charleston should he bo olected Governor. Col. Tulbort had some sparring with one or two individ uals in the nudieuce, who were asking i questions. Ouo especially iusisted upon j kuowiug if he was " in favor of letting j the mill presidents have entire charge of educating our children." Tho authcuco was still large when Lieutenant Governor Tillman began his speech. With brief preliminaries concerning his other opponents Tillmnn wont for Talbert and his long record as an olllce-holdcr. In the first place he considered him dead now, su fur us this nice was concerned. Talbert, ho said, had held ollieeevor since he could remember. He again assailed him for not bciug on duty at vVashington, whoro, though much needed, South Carolina now lias only one Congress ninn?.lohnson?on duty. lie is draw ing $6,000 annually to look after the iuleiests of his constituents and here he is looking after his own, he said. About the enly time he over shows up iu Washington is on pay day, ho added. Heading from a transcript which he had just received Col. Till man cited Congressman Tnlbert's rec ord as follows : ?? In tho 63d Congress, iufroduced six bills ; none reported ; none passed. The ? l lb Congress, two sessions, live bills iutruducoc' ; none reported; none passed. The ??lh Con gress, three sessions, four bills Intro ducee ; none reported ; none passed. Iu the 60th Congress lie did manage to got in a small bill .to pay a deputy col lector of iulornal revenue. Possibly it was in view of the fact that bethought he was of no value in Washington that Col. Talbert now indulged this vacation at home. Col. Talbert talked of favor ing an appropriation for your Exposi tion. He did, but unfortunately every speech he makes generally kills a bill. Ask your committee who went to Co lumbia what 1 did ns Lieutenant Gov ernor. I aided them in sccuriug $50, 000 and with ethers did valuable work for your grand Exposition iu Edgefield. A bill is now pending iu Washington for ?100,000 for the relief of your Ex position dellcit, and where is my dis tinguished friend, Col. Talbert? To night 1 am the ring mnsicr of the circus, but the star performer who just preceded me surpassed Johnnie Lowlow in his palmiest days." Col. Tillman referred to his services in tho Horse Creek Valloy labor troubles; answered a question regarding his work on the hi I pulling vestibules on street cars and ho closed a tine effort, splendidly put, amid applause. Immediately at the conclusion ol Col. Tillman's speech Congressman Talbert stepped forward for a reply. Col. Tillman staled that he had no ob jection to a reply at tho proper time, but objected to this regular thing of Tnlbert's making another speech iu re ply when his time was up. The audi ence was leaving and amid some con fusion Col. Talbert continued a state ment, saying ho had been ou duly leu years, and had never been absent, ex cept when he or some member of his family was Bick, lie further statod that he was paired, which was equiva lent to a veto, aud mentioned several bills he said he had passed. lie add ed that he did not object to having his record ventilated, and was willing to be judged by it. Col. John T. Sloan made a good speech and paid a high tribute to Charleston, where he said the Hist impulses to patriotism had bcun stirred in his heart when Ihe first gun of tho war was tired. Col. .Sloan told of his war record and his record in the Leg islature, where he had always been a firm friend of Charleston, which had given him over 2,000 votes in the last election, and he felt sure would do even belter for him this time. In re ply to questions propounded Col .Sloan said that ho believed in the right of eery one to organize and he thought that a child labor bill should be passed to prohibit the employment of children under twelvo years of age. Mr. Cole L. Blouse was the next speaker. lie did not wait for any questions to be asked him, but declared at once that he was in favor of a child labor bill, of biennial sessions of the Legislature and of the laboring classes organizing to protect themselves from tho oppression of trusts and corpora tions. Iu regard to the schools Mr. Hlcase said that he believed iu the white man's taxes being devoted to the education of whito children. He fnvorcd the dispensary law as it stands today nnd if he was Governor he would onforco the law in Charleston as well an in the country. Mr. llleaso at this point got into a wordy combat with Mr. (Jury. Mr. Blouse haying* called on Mr. Gary to defiuQ his position on tho dispensary question, Mr. Gary said that as each county got tho profit from its own dis pensary snlos thcro whs no reason why any county should havo a dispensary if it <lid not want it. " If you don't want a dispensary in Charleston," said Mr. Gary, "you oughtn't to have it." There was great applause from tho au dience at tliis, and Mr. Bleaco then declared that it was tho Ural time Mr. Gary had venfurod to dcclaro himself on the subject. Mr. Gary, in roply, said that Mr. Mease had formerly told him lie was in favor of local option, but now ho had changed his tuno. Mr. Bleaso denied this outright, and thcro was considerable sparring for a time between the two, until Chairman Th.iyer finally succeeded in getting thorn to take thoir scats and lot the speeches proceed. Mr. Gunter made a good short speech. He said that ho had boon assistant to ihe Attorney General for four years and was thoroughly familiar with the duties of tho olllcc. Tho tirao had come, ho said, for Charleston to assert its, if again in tho political field of tho OABTOTIIA. Bmti the j*VH Kind You Haw Always Bought sinte ami ho would always do all ho could to assist her cause. Mr. W. T\ Stevenson uiado a tolliug speech. He referred to his six years' record in the Legislature aud said that ho had boon a friend of Charleston when she needed frieuds. Ho had been associated with ovory industrial enterprise in his native towu Rod with tho building of the Seaboard Air Taue from Chostor to Columbia, nud he hoped Charleston would also soon possess a competing lino in the Sea board Air J?ne to assist hor. As r laboriug man himself he believed i lahor organizing to protect itself, au ho had always voted for child labor bil in tho Legislature. Mr. Gantt, a candidate for Secretary of State, said thore had boou no inud slinging in that raee. The candidates wero old friends aud it was only a question of ability. He had served three years as assistant to the Secretary of State and had accomplished many reforms in the preservation and pro tection of the State records, and had prepared the splendid exhibit at tho Exposition. The United States owed South Carolina $2,000,000, ho said; tho records wore thore to substautiato it, and ho promised if elected to sco that something was dono in the matter. Col. J. II. Wilson, u tho war horte of tho House of Representatives," made a good speech. Ho said that the records of the Legislature proved that he was a friend of Charleston. Ho had voted and worked for tho Exposition and ho admired the pluck and enter prise of the men nchind it. He had carried Mr. Ganlt's bill through the House in relation to the Secretary of State's ollice. He had the unanimous endorsement of tho voters of Sumtor and Loo Counties. Ho hod no diploma, but ho had left college to enter the army, aud had followed the llag from Port Sumtor to Appomattox, and had always served his Stato without the hope or expection of reward. Col J. T. Austin was the last speak er. He s? id that Charleston had a glorious heritage and no city had pro duced so many great men as Charleston bad done. IIo favored all laws that were for tho betterment of South Caro lina. Re had served ton years in the Legislature, was a member of tho Constitutional Convention and felt he was the man for tho place. Immense quantities of grauite are being shipped from quarries about Co lumbia to Fernandina, Pia., tor gov ernment jetties. Chester is going to build another school house, the present one built in 1802at a cost of ?12,000 being insuffi cient for the accommodation of tho children. The commencement exercises of tho South Carolina Miltary Academy will take place in Charleston, Juno 'AO. Thirty-seven cadets are in the graduat ing class. Reginald H, Griffith, a former pro fessor of Kurman University, has beon elected instructor of English iu the University of Texas over more than 50 competitors. Extensive forest lires raged for about a wcok in tho neighborhood of Little Mountain, Newberry County. Tho fire was left in the woods by somo berry pickers. The Slate hospital for the lusano if in great need of more room to accom modate its patients. The board of re gents la trying to make some arrange menls to meet tho necessity. Sumter is arranging for a big lire men's tournament on tho 25th and 20th of this month. Many prizes aro offered to contestants and reduced rates granted on all railroads. I Gen. I.eroy P. Youmans will be in charge of the attorney general's olllco until September 1 while Attoruer Gen I eral Bellinger and Assistant Attorney General Gunter are conducting their respective campaigns. The comptroller general is now send ing out checks to the beneficiaries of the artificial limb fund provided by the Goncral Assembly for ono-armod and one.lcgged Confederate veterans. Each of the beneficiaries gets ?22.08. Theodore Kohn, a prominent mer chant of Orangeburg and father of August Kohn, the well known news paper correspondent, died at his home on Monday night. Mr. Kohn was (?2 years old and leaves a widowand seven children. At the instance of Congressmen Johnson, Talhcrt and Latimcr the United States government has sont two surveyors from the agricultural department to investigate soil condi tions in Abbeville, Anderson, Green wood and Laurcns counties. Mrs. Julia Ancrunt Davidson, a granddaughter of Colonol William Washington, first cousin of George Washington, died at her home iu Chi cago, last Tuesday, aged 87 yoars. She was in Charleston when Iiafayotte was entertained thore in 1857. Tho Kdgelicld County Democratic executive commiltco has decided to allow tho county dispenser to bo votod for in tho primary olection. This ac tion is contrary to tho instructions of tho State convention, but is Said to bo approved by tho groat majority of Kdgefield people. Thirty-three young women wore j graduated from Winthrop last week ( and received thoir diplomas from C. A. Woods, of Marion, a trusteo of tho college. Twenty-one others wero given ccrtilicato8 for having completed some of the industrial course?*. Tho en rolment for tho past year reached 459. The State board of equalization of railroad property has fixed tho valua tion of all railways for next year. The actual increase on valuation of ten ines .amounts in round numbers to a half million dollars. Throe now lines wore also assessed amounting to ' 1, 500 in the aggregate. Tho valuations of all other roads were left the same as last year. OABTOniA. Bmn th? lhfl Kind You Haw Always Signatur?