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CAMPAIGN DAY AT ANDERSON. ANSISI, WAS TUB FA VOR IT K. Talbort unU Tinnum Looked Horue Aftulu?A Pleasant Time Otherwise. Tho campaign mooting at Anderson was ruthor uneventful, but on the wholo the 8peeche8 had life aud zest in them. Tho crowd numbered eight hundred, and it was representative in character. Chairman II. II. Wutkius made a capable and courteous presiding olllcor, and tho ?rst spoakors were tho candidates for Governor. OAPT. I), c. IIKYWARD was the lirst speaker introduced and was greeted with a warm round of ap plan iv. Ho was BuiToriug with hoarse ness and spoke under great disadvan tage, but was listened to with close at tention. Ho alluded to the fnct that he was comparatively unknown in Ander son County, *? but," ho said, " wo aro i all South Carolinians and South Caro linians aro never strangers," and ho alluded to Anderson County's splendid record in tho cause of Democracy. It was hero that in 1870 tho movement for whito supremacy commenced, and thoro aro men now living who rcmom her that great meeting aud who took pan iu it, and ho deemed it an honor to speak to those men. Ho was glad to see so many ladies present, and said the affairs of tho State wore safe when over the women of tho State took an iulcresl in its political affairs. His tribute to tho ladies was a pretty and graceful one, and ho made many friends and supporters among them. Ho ap. poured as a candidnto for olllco for tho lirst timo in his life and was conduct iug a clean campaign nnd ho was not attacking any of those who were op posing him. Ilia own county had endoiscd him unanimously and with out his own solicitation, and with tho uuanimous endorsement of tho people who know him he comes beforo tho people of the Slato. lie had no great and wordy promises to make, but would eny that if elected the laws of the Slate would be enforc ed. No man can promise any more. There arc no great political issues involved in this campaign. All tho candidates are practically united on all questions and tho greatest question now concerning the people of this State is progress?industrial and com. mercial and agricultural development. The South bus spent too much time iu the past iu discussing abstract political problems, while oth?jr sections of the country have been developing their rosources, and as a result the other sections havo grown rich while tho South has remained poor. Hut there has conic a chango, tho South is look ing after her material welfare, and that is a happy omen. Ho is in favor of the dispensary law and in favor of its enforcement. He thinks it is the beat possible solution of the liquor question. We must havo improved school faci lities in this State. We havo heard a great deal lately about the necessity of an '? open door iu China " for our cot ton goods, but a more vital question concerning us is to have the door of every school house in this State open to every child in tho Slato. Wo need more school houses and better ones, and longer school terms and bettor paid teachers. If thore is one class that the people of the State owo a debt of gratitude to, that class is the teachers, and especially the women teachera. They have labored long and faithfully and so often without proper pay We need moro stringent laws against trusts and monopolies and more rigid enforccmout of the law. Ho was in favor of mors liberal pensions. As for tho soldiers* home he doubled if it would bo practicable, but if the veterans want it they should have it. They are the ones to settle that. He was in favor of a just child labor law, one that would keep the small children out of tho mills and at the same time work no hardships on the mills. The law should bo gradual in ils operations. ('apt. Hoyward inlcrsporsed his speech wilh good anecdotes, and work ed them in at the right time and with telling effect. As be closed he was given liberal applause. CONOKKS?MAN W. J, TAL1IKUT. was next. Ho, too, was glad to see so many ladies present. Ho said ho was no stranger to Anderson people as he had bcou hero many times during tho days of tho Alliance And spoaking of the Alliance ho said that while that order had apparently failed, its prin ciples can never fail because thoy woro right. Many Reformers havo appar ently failed, and yot thoy havo suc ceeded, for tho principles they advo cated havo boon carriod into force and effect by other hands. Tho motto of the Alliance, was " Kqual rights to all nnd special privileges to nono," and that was the principle of Thomas Jef ferson, tho gtcatcst Democrat that evor lived. And tho enforcement of that princi ple will bo our salvation against tho greatest danger that now confronts ue. ?that of trusts and monopolies, the unjust combinations of wealth. We want capital and industries and legiti mate corporations, nut thoy should be made to obey and confoim to the same law that governs private individuals. The re. should bo no special favoritism. Wo need an improved method of as sessing property for taxation so that the bunion should fall equally upon all alike. He was in favor of a child labor law, but tho law should not be an arbitrary aud unjust, one. We need more school houses and heiter onos. Thero hat been an awakened inlerost along this line with in the past few yoars, and he attributed this more than anything else to the toachings of the Alliance. It has been along Hmc coming, but the work of the Alhanco is bearing fruit. He then presented his views on the / subject of negro education. He thinks tho ta^os paid by the white people should go to educate white children, lie does not think white people should he taxed to educate negro children. Let the negroes take the taxes they pay and educate their children and manage their schools as they manage their churches, free from the inter ference of tho white people. He Bays he is a friend of the negro, and wants In in to have all that he is entitled to and no more. Hut, he said, I warn you people in Anderson County to be careful in the selection of your Senator aud Represen tatives in the general assembly. They are to make tho laws whilo the Gover nor oau only enforce thorn. Ho, too, is iu favor of liberal pen sions for Confederate voteraus. He is in favor of a proper and careful on forcemeut of tho dispensary law, and wants it onfotced as rigidly iu ono section of the Stalo as in another. He had a number of friends present aud was sevoral times interrupted with ap plause. COI... JAR. H. TILLMAN was next, and as he came forward a voice in the crowd asked, M Have you still got that sword, Jiinmie?" "Yes, I've still got it," ho ropliod solemnly, " aud 1 had rather keep it than to have Mr. Hoosevolt|proseot it to Booker Washington, his closest friend." This brought foith some laughter. Ho referred to the vote givon him by Anderson County iu his iaco for lieutenant governor, and said he hoped no man who voted for him then would regret it. Ho was ready to ho judged by his record and wanted to be judged by tho record, and not by newspaper attacks. Ho then paid his respects to the othor candidates. Our friend Hey ward gets tho llowers at the campaign meetings. Well, that's all right, for the people always send llowers to their deceased friends, and Hey ward is poli tically dead. As for Ansel, we made it mighty hot for him in the low country, but now that he is in the Piedmont, his home, ho llnds things rather cool. Dr. Timmerman is a pretty good man, but he is president of a bank and the hank needs his sorvices, and we should keep him there. Last and also lcatt, ho said, let's take Col. Talbert. He spouts elegant ly about the trusts, but ho has been in olllce about 24 years aud wants to con tinue to belong to the olllce trust. As for Iiis public record I can't criticise it, for he hasn't got any. About tho only thing he has over done was to in troduce a bill to tax dogs while he was lu the Legislature. Why didu't he do something thou to throttle the trusts? Has ho done anything along that Hue in Congress? " As for his position about giving the negroes the taxes tlioy pay, do you know that we are robbing the negroes of two-thirds of tho taxes they pay?" This brought foith a vigorous protest from Mr. James D. Harris, of Belton, who demanded of Col. Tillmau the proof. Col. Tillman started to explain, and Mr. Harris insisted that Tillman should not make such an assertion without the proof. There wore cheers and counter cheers for Tillman and Harris. Then Tillman aud Talbert got into several spats. Tillmau criticised Tal bert's position on negro education, and Talhcrt insisted that Tillman had stated bis position wrongly. Tillman quoted something from a speech made by Senator Tillman, aud then Talbert jumped up and said that in a spot oh in the North the Senator had said he was opposed to educating the negroes at all. This brought forth a good deal of cheering, to the speaker's discomllture. Then Tillman aud Talbert had some words about Tillman twisting the re cord, and both men talked pretty loudly and made vigorous gestures. There was a good deal of excitement and cheering, and nobody could tell exactly what either one was saying. Chief of Police Dilltngbam came up et this juncture and took a seat on the stand, and peace was restored. Tillman then delincd his positiion ou pensions. He favors liberal pen sions, but is opposed to the soldiers' home as it is but another term for the poor house. He went over the sword incident making pretty much the same statement as has already been printed, and said he had no apt-logics to tiff er for his action in that matter. He re ceived some cheers as he closed. DU. W. ft, TIMM HUMAN was the next speaker. Dr. Timmer man said ho is asking for the olllce solely on his merits and his long rec ord. He had tried to serve the people of the State both in public and in pri vate life, and alluded to his long ser vice to the poople of his community as a practicing physician. A great deal has been said about the necessity for better education. He had proven his faith by his works, for year after year lie had ' employed, teachers at his home and allowed all the poor children in the neighborhood to attend school without a dollar of pny. We aro all agreed on all the public issues?wo all favor better school fa cilities, belter roads, better laws against the trusts, more liberal pen sions. A great deal has been said about the old soldiers. Well, he had the honor to command a company in the eivil war, but he was not asking any favors on that account?he had sim ply discharged his duty. Ho was presiding officer of the State Senate for three terms and had never yot heard a word of complaint while in that olllce. He was State treasurer for two terms and his administration of that office had been acceptable to all the people. He invited inspection of his record in all the positions he had ever held, and on that record aloue he asked for the office of Governor. He was not criticising any of his opponents, but he did assert that by virtue of his long experience he was better qualified for the position of Gov ornor than any of the other candi dates, and they cannot successfully deny it. lie asked for the place for only one term. It is a laudable ambition to be Governor, and he hopes to suocettl, but if defeated will bow to the peo ple's will and loyally help to uphold the hands of him who is elected. Dr. Timmerman made a good impression and wan cheered as he closed. HON. M. F, ANSEL was the last gubernatorial candidate Introduced and as he came forward he received more applause than had been given any of the other candidates. lie, too, was proud to see so many la dies present, and paid thorn the usual compliment. Mr. Ansel said he knew he was at home in Anderson. For twelve years he had boon solicitor here, aud tho poo pie can judge how faithfully aud suc cessfully he has discharged his dutios. If elected Governor he will try to dis charge his duties as faithfully as ho discharged tho duties of solicitor. "You all kuow me, and if you think I'll make a good Governor volo for mo. But if you think ono of tho otbor can didates will bo a bettor Governor why vote for him. But right here I'll tell you a little secret: I'm going to bo the noxi Governor.*' His position in regard to pensions was substantially tho same as that of the other candidates; in fact thoy are agreed on all tho issues. Mr. Ausel said he hardly fell that it was necessary for him to make a speech to Anderson County people, but ho went ahead and mndo ono of the best spoochos of the day. He laid more stross ou the subject of education than nnythiug olso. He favored increasing the appropriations for the common schools lirst, aud ho was also in favor of the higher educa tion?ho was in favor of buildiug up and uot tearing down. But tho com mon schools now need building up aud thoy should bo aided. Tho saddest sight ho over saw is when a man is asked to sign his name to soe him mako his mark. He feels that that man has not had a fair chance. Wo must mako sacrifices, if uecossary, in order to improvo and build up our common schools. He is in favor of the disponsary law and its enforcement, and agreed with the other candidates in regard to tho trusts, and he wanted to see belter roads. Anderson now has better roads than auy couuty iu the State, but there is room for improvement. Wo should have a law providing for the gradual macadamizing of tho public roads, and ho is in favor of making an effort to secure national aid in this matter. We hear a great deal about the couutry being depopulated, about the people loaving the farms. Well, let us build good roads and put good schools in tho country and the peoplo will stay there. We can't do it all in one day, nor iu one year, but iu God's name let us make a beginning aud our children will reap the benefit. Mr. Ausel wouud up by telling bis famous old " Brother Crafford " tale, and it seemed to take just as well as it did in 1888, when Mr. Ansel lirst ran for solicitor. Ho was roundly and repeatedly cheered as he closed. EVANS GIVES THE LIB TO LfATIMEK. Senatorial Courtesy is Not Ob served --Latimer "Cooked lip Evans Afterwards. The Senatorial candidates were at I George's on tho 12lh inst., nnd among < tin three hundrod interested spectators ! iu the court house wore a number of ] ladies, who witucsscd a lively si<at bo- . Uveen Evans and Lalimor. At one < time it looked like there would bo a i light within the bar of the court room, in the pre.ence. of the ladies who oc- < cupied the seals in the "jury box," but 1 a collision'was prevented by Ihe sheriff ' of Colleton Counly, who happened to ' be present and who put a stop to the 1 belligerent proceedings. i Mr. Evans was the first speaker and i in his speech prodded Mr. Latimer in tho same way and on the same matters which had boon brought out at pre vious meetings. Mr. Latimer made about the same refutations aud said that they, meaning the Reformers, had carried Mr. Evans as long as thoy ' could and had dropped him, and made some allusion to Evans being his > "friend," to which Evans replied: ?? You never were my friend. You betrayed me like a dog." Then Mr. Latimer brought up the 816,000 bond deal and said Evans had boon charged with it in the last cam paign, and Evans corrected him by saying that it had only beon rumored, and some reference was made to anony mous circulars in connection with Mr. Duncan's name, but their meaning was not cleared. Mr. Evans added thai bo had denied tho accusation at tbo time, denouncing it as a lie. lie now de nounced it as such and the man who repeats it is a liar. At this point Mr. Latimer appeared to have reached tho point where on durance ceased to be a virtue, honco the enactment of the little tragedy. The meeting proceeded without in cident until after recess, when tho party went to the hotol to get dinner. Mr. Latimer proceeded to Mr. lCvans' room and said: "Mr. Evans, I wish to have a word with you," to which Mr. Evans ropllod: "No, sir, you cannot talk to me," and walked down stairs and went out and dinod with a friend. Thore was no oxclloment, but those who know both of tbe mon think that matters will soon reach a crisis. Both evidently had friends in the audience, and tho other four candidates wore perhaps the most Interested spectators. Chairman M. S. Connor presidod at the meeting, and Hev. P. L. Kirton asked the blessing of God upon the audience and tho speakers. KX-aOVKttNOK KVANfl. Mr. Evans was the first speaker. Ho told why he is in this campaign. If ho had gone in with those who had be trayed him he would now be in tho Senate. When Senator Eaile died he did not go to Governor Kllerbe and , ask to bo appointed to the Senate, al | though he had the bndorsemont of over 40,000 voters. Yet Ellerbe appointed a man who was, and it, a Republican,! and now we all know it. Everybody known that he (Evans) is a Democrat and, therefore, he asks election. Lati mer wants to know what be was doing while Governor. " Great God I" said Twaus, " the idea of his asking such a question and ho at that time in a bomb Sroof drawing $6,000 annual salary." fo Governor of this State had more to contend with than he had during his term in ofllce. Mr. Evans told his au dience sotno of his^ifxperloncos aud characterized Latimer as the " seed fiend," aud expressed sympathy for the State if she should have in Con gress such a man aa this as tho succes sor of John C. Calhoun. Mr. Evans then ruado Iiis usual speech on tariff reform. He paid his compliments to tho Virgiuia-Carolioa Chemical company aud roundly de nounced it as tho most iuiquitous trust in existence. A voice : " That's right, loll it to them. I bavo had to buy from them." We do not ueed corporation attor neys to roprosont us in Congress. If you send them to Washington as soon as they get thero they will be distribut ing passes all over tho South. The Southern Railway owns a majority of tho railroad stock in South Carolina and is a raombor of the Transportation Trust. Mr. Evaus was liberally ap plauded. CONOKKSSMAN T, AT IM EU. Mr. Latimor jumped iuto Mr. Evans at once and went ovor tho pass busi ness aud tho $15,000 fee in tho bond deal. Mr. Evans interrupted him and again donouueed it as a lie, and said that he had so denounced it at the time, and tho man that ropeals it is a liar. Some thing was said about Mr. Duncan, but tho seutenco was not completed. Mr. Latimor said : " Evans insults tho pcoplo by coming around horo and tolling them that they did not know as much as ho does, becauso ho now claims that he foresaw and foretold McLauriuB Republican tendencies. Mr. Latimer told Ins same old story about tho Newberry College appropriation, tho South Carolina Railway laxos, seeds and bulletins. Ho road the Congres sional Record beariug on the $208,000 tax matter, which passed the House and uot tho Senate, and thorofoio never became a law. A voice: " Was not McLnurin a farmer ?" Latimor : " No ? Ho is a lawyer, for ho was tho Attorney Gonoral of tho Stato." Latimor wont on and told why he thought the practical business men of the State will oloct him. He told his goat story aud applied it to Evans, say ing that they carried him as far as they could and now when thoy put him ' down ho comes and attacks his (Lati mer's) record. Mr. Evans : ** You never were my frleud. You botrayed me like a dog I" Mr. I<alitnor: " I am tired of this ; lot us go outside and settlo this matter now." Mr. KvaiiB : " All right, I am roady uow," and they both moved toward each other, but mutual friends inter, fared aud the mattor rested. Another voice: "Mr. Latimer, don't you think you had bettor stay in Con gress (meaning the House of Repre sentatives) and let Henderson go to the Senate ?" - Mr. Latimer paid no attention, but went on, holding the attention of his audience until time was called. HON. 1). S, HENDERSON, Tho " Aiken Demosthenes " was as happy as a schoolboy when his turn name, for he is well known here, and Ins statement that he behoved that the people of this Slate arc tired of cam paigns of slander and abuse was re ceived with rounds of applause. He dated his po ition as local attorney for the Southern Railway in Aiken mil told of his light againBl unlawful combinations in the (ieuoral Assembly. The reat of his allotted time was devo ted to discussing the Democratic doc trine, "a tariff for revonuo only," closing by predicting the disastrous consequences that must accompany tho Republican idea of colonial expansion. It is the duty of Senators to edu cate and instruct the masses of the tho people by able and sensible speech es from the lloor of the Senate cham ber. Hence we need our best men. Thousands in the North are openiug their oyes and realizing that liberty is ilying and the overthrow of the money power is imperative for tho safety cf the nalion. Mr. Henderson received applause and a bouquet. COL. GEORGE .lOHNSTONlC. Col. Johnstono went ovor tho New berry Cojlege matter again and wanted it understood that he did not decry Mr. Lalinror's effort to get the $10, 500, but the country paid him in sal ary $44,000 to get it and ho thought things were now about even. Col. .loh11stone again told the storv of tho $208,000 back tax mattor, which Mr. Latimer claims as one of his "sheaves." He told Mr. Latimor that he had no bitterness in his soul toward him and advised him to havo a like kindly spirit. This Stato does not depend upon theexislenco of these six mon. If all wore doad their names perhaps wculd soon bo forgot ten and others come to the front to tako their places. Ho is tired of strife; wo havo had entirely too much of it in South Carolina. Tho Consti tutional Convention settled this mat tor, " and," said Col. Johnstono, "my life blood shall flow from my body be foro I shall ovor attempt to revive fac tionalism again." lie closed his speech with an exposition of the work ings of tho tariff laws. Co), John stono was well received. . CONGRESSMAN ELMOTT. Col. Wm. Elliott was again on his record today, aud told what ho had done for his peoplo, both in war aud peace. Ho has devoted his whole life to his State and now he asks that ho bo sent to the Senate, where ho would havo a larger field of usofuluess. Col. lOUiott is woll known in this part of the State and has the full confidence of every one. He was well received and liberally applauded. HON. .T. .T. IlKMl'HILL. Mr. Ilemphiirs speech was on broad lines, outlining the Democratic policy of the nation. He spoke of tho pros, pority of the South, but incidentally impressed it upon his hearers that he thought (hit the people could make no mistake in selecting htm out of the I six candidates to be sent to the Senate. He thinks tho people should give Messrs. Latimer and Elliott a rest after all thoy have done for thoir country, or retain them in the House of Ropre s mtatives. Mr. Hpmphlll spoke of his work in Congress ten yours ago and the work In doubtful Slates during the na tional campaigns. He closed his speech with his favor ite theme?colonirl expansion?with a Hille personal expansion on his own account, ending with his favorilo mother4n?law joke. This ended the Senatorial meeting. IN TUB PIEDMONT SECTION. Arc Cotton Mills in u Com munity Of Real Heueilt to Farmers? Mr. T. Larry Gault, of Inmau, S. C, writes as follows on thiB interest ing subject to the Atlanta Journal: I have received several letlors from my old friends In Georgia asking mo if tho building of a cotton mill in a com munily was roally beuolicial to neigh boring farmors. 1 must reply to this question with two directly opposing answers : "Yes," M No." Iloro aro tho benollts that land own ers and an agricultural class derive from the ostablishmont of a cotton factory in thoir midst: The prices of surrouudiug laud, for au area of some three or four miles, is considerably in creased, its value boing certainly doubled, aud iu some inslnuco tbrib bled and quadrupled. This is attri butable to tho fact that a mill popula tiou are non-producors of agricultural products and the farmor tiuds a ready market for not only every stick of wood ho cuts, but all mauuer of vegetables and surplus crops, much of which would otherwise go to wuslo. Again, those mills furnish remunerative em ployment to the families of many far mers. I kuow in Sparlanburg County of a uumbor of laud owners who be came involved in debt and being un able to pay out with thoir cotton money rented thoir farms, moved thoir entire family to a cotton mill and were thus able to eavo enough money to lift tho mortgagos. And just hero let me stale that while in some Slates and sections cotlon mill people aro " looked down upon," it is not so in this Piedmont section of South Carolina. Many highly respect ed and prominent families work in cot ion mills, and they hold thoir heads as high as any one. Taken as a clasu, ibo cotlon mill operatives of Hub sec tion in deportment, dress, morality und gonoral bearing aud character will rank with the bost agricultural or vil lage communities. Hut the building of a cotton null iu an agricultural community has also its drawbacks lo a land owner, hut these do not overbalance thoir benefits. In the first place, a cotton mill naturally creates a scarcity of labor on the farm nnd tends to advance Ihe wages of Held hands. Again, laborers within hearing of a factory whistle during the long sum mer days, insist on rogulatiug their work hours by tho mill oporatives, which is a serious loss to farmers at Ihe busiest season of the year. It is also a mistake about these mills pay ing farmers a bolter price for their cotton. On the other hand, I notico that the nurkols of Athens, Kiberlon And other interior Georgia towns aro several points higher than our nulls pay for cotton dolivored at their ware houses. Hut all things considered, it is un deniably boncllcial to auy agricultural community to have a cotlon mill estab lished in its midst. I know ot more than one fanner in this county, living near a null, who, on Christmas, make it a rule to invest every spare dollar thoy eavo from ihe sale of cotton, nnd start the new year with empty purses. They then sell, during the yeareuough svnod, vegetable*, and other products from their farms lo pay all expense for making tho next crop. Sparlanburg is ono of the most pro gressive counties in the South. Our farmors produce aboul 50,000 bales of cotton a year and our local mills con sume more than three times that num ber. We have now in this county aboul 30 cotton nulls, md now ones arc being constantly built. 1 presume that four fifths or more, of the capital invested comes irom tho North. With tho ex ccption of one or two small factories, every mill built in our county has proven a success, nnd a profitablo in vest incut. Tho result is that when a new enterprise is projected, there is no troublo to raise all the outsido money necessary to slarl it up. Without intending any reflection upon my agricultural friends in Geor gia, I must assort thai, as a gonoral thing, tho furmors of this and other upper countles in South Carolina arc somewhat, leading thorn in progross and en lei pnsc. This is attributable to tho fact that tho land holdings in Georgia are generally too large, and your people must dopend mainly on tho negro for labor. In Sparlanburg County 1 can drive you for miles and miles over certain roads and where you And ono man owning over ono hundred acres I will show you Ihreo or four whose land holdings range from 40 to (50 acres. In comparison with middle Goorgia, there are very few negroes in this county north of the Southoru railway. Thoso amall farms aro owned and worked exclusively by white people, aud it would surpiisu a Georgian to see how nicely a man supports his family from a forty or fifty aero farm. It is a rare thing to see a Hold thrown out, and washes and gullies are disap pearing ovory yoar. I -ami is growing tOO valuable to let ii go to waste, and In any desirable community a farm, with oven the crudest improvements, readily soils for from $l/> to $:t0 per acre. If there is an aero of land around Ionian that can bo bought, as Iowas ton dollar*, 1 do not'koow whero it is. The land here too is naturally thin, similar to the soil in Gwinnelt, Hall and other Piedmont Georgia coun ties. And another noticeable fact is that land owners here are generally clear of debt, and make thoir farms self sustaining. Like unto other sections, <? we have tho poor always with us"; CASTOR! A For Infants and Children. The iM You Have Always Bought Beava the eaea*t*sT*of but, as a geuural rule, our farmers arc ' will-to-do aud prosperous. Many of thorn have a bank accouut or have uo trouble to borrow monoy when they ueed it. A leadiug merchaut of this county recently told mo that he know the financial condition of ovory farruor wilhin eight mileB of his store, aud with the exception of a few young men who had not as yet (iuished paying for their farms, there was not a mortgago recorded agaiust a single farmer. - Thoro are not bettor or moro intelli gent farmers iu the South than Geor gia can boast, but what your State most needs to roach that high stage of development sho so richly merits is for your large land-owners to carve up their plantations into small farms ami sell them off on easy terms to iudus trious white men. This policy would greatly increase the value of the ro maiuiug land, and add both to the wealth and population of your Stale. Iu Spartauburg County land readily routs for one-third of all the crops pro duced, aud desirable low grounds being one-half. I havo sovernl farms rcntod exclusively to white tenants, und do not sland responsible even for the guano that goos under tho crops. My routers koep up terraces and the lands improved, and thoy can buy all tho supplies thoy need on thoir own ac count. One of Ihem, who runs a one horse crop, hassoveral hundred dollars loaned out at interesl. In my next letter I will tell The Journal roadcrs how oasy it is for any town or community to secure a cotton mill, if thoy will only go to work with tho proper energy and in the right way. SPECIAL, ANNOUNCEMENT. Competitive Examination for Two Navul CudetH from thiH State. Senator Tillman has asked the pub lication of tho following announce ment of interest to young men of South Carolina : Tho recent naval appropriation bill authorized the appointment of two midshipmen at largo, for each Slate; to he selected by its two Senators. The navy department, by arrauge mout with the civil service commis sion, will have examined young men, ilosignatcd by Senators, on the llth at August at either Greenville, Colum bia or Charleston. This saves the ex l<cnso of travel to Annapolis for the ?ntranee examination heretofore held there. The examination papers arc prepared by the academic hoard at An napolis, so there will be no oxamina. lion on entrance to the academy ex cept a physical one. In order to make sure that there shall he no vacancy, each Senator is authorized to designate six young men, mo as principal and the others as first, second, third, fourth and fifth alter nates. If the principal fails the others Lake his place by succession, in their order. In order to afford an oppor tunity for the best talent in our State Lo win Ibis prize, I have decided to liavo a competitive examination held in the State house at Columbia on Mon* lay, July 2rt, beginning at 9 o'clock a. m., to select a principle and live al ternates. Those solceted will appear before the examiners of the civil scr vico commissioners on the 1 lib of Au gust, after having been nominated by me to the navy department. No one will be permitted to enter the exami nation who is not physically sound, as It would only cause a waste of lime. No <(u<lcnl, who has been expelled from college and nouo but bona lido while residents of the Stato need apply. All applicants for examinati m will report promptly to the board of exami ners to ho appointed hereafter and an nounced through the papers at the hour and place designated. Tho hoard will proparo tho examination papers and band them out thai day. The scopo of tho examination is as follows: Heading, writing, spelling, irithmeiie, geography, English gram mar, U. S. history t world's history, al gebra through quadratic equations, and piano geometry (live books ol Chau venol's Geoinol'.y, or an equivalent). Tho ago limits aro from IG to 20 years. For the information of candidates the following is quoted from tho regu lalioi.s: "A sound body aud constitution, suitable preparation, good natural ca pacity, an aptitude, for study, industri ous habile, perseverance, an obedient and orderly disposition, and a correct moral deportment, aro tsuch essential qualifications that candidates knowing their deficiencies in any of these re Bpccls should not, as many do, subject i.homeolvea and their friends to the chances of future mortification and dis appointment by accepting appointments at the naval academy and entering on a career which they cannot successfully pursue." This examination will bo at my per sonal exponse, and the six highest can didates will then bo examined before the examinors of the civil service com missioners. The examination will be absolutely in the bauds of tho examiners I solocl, but previous good conduct at school, charactor and good habits will no doubt have weight with them in mak ing thoir selection, as well as common sense and manliness. Mental ability is not the only tent to be applied. Tho names of the six highest com petitors will be sent by me to tho navy department immediately after the ex amination, not later than tho first of August, and that department will is sue pencil s to appear bofore tho exam iners of tho civil service commission on tho llth of August, at one of tho threo cities herein bofore specified. All tho papers will be forwarded to Annapolis by tho civil service com mission examinors and tho highest suc cebsful competitor will receive the ap pointment to onler tho naval academy at the beginning of the next session. In the event the midshipman thus ap pointed fails on physical examination or at the first annual examination, 1 will give tho place to the next highest coin pet 11 or on the list. 11. It. Tillman. OAHTOniA. HE SHOT HIS WAY TO FREEDOM FUGITIVE BAFFLES HIS PURSUERS. He Has Killed Six Officers and Matle H1h Encupe Five Tillies. Tho notorious Harry Tracy, tho con vict fugitive from Oregon, who has kdicd six men aud wounded several othors since dune 9j is being hotly pursued by won and dogs in the coun try,southeast of Seattle, Washington, and may be slain or captured within a few hours. His pursuers, who have with them two line bloodhounds, are only a short distance behind him. Tracy made- another extraordinary cseapo from one of the posses after him on Tuesday afternoon. Word was received at tho sheriff's ollice that Tracy had boon at tho house of a Mrs. (ierald, near Trenton, for live hours. Fifty armed men at once hastened to tho scone. When they reached the place they scattered and look positions so they could waleh the house lo the heat advantage. The peculiar notions of Mrs. Gerald convinced Ihctn thai Tracy was still in the house. On the arrival of ShenlT (Judihco the posse closed in on the house, only lo learn from Mrs. Gerald that Tracy had given them the slip. I lo had lefl the house by u rear dour ten minutes previous, while the posse were taking up their positions lo watch tho place, hid for a few minutes in some of the hushes, and then quietly slipped away through the woods toward Palmer. The wonderful nerve of the convict was never more fully exemplified than iu this instance. In the hack yard of the Gerald home was found Anderson, llio man whom Tracy had kept a prisoner from the time he left Port Madison, tied to a tree. Tracy had tied Anderson to the tree while the posse were in full view of the house before making his escape. The blood hounds were let loose on his trail and are reported to bo only a few minutes behind him Fully a thousand armed men are now engaged in the pursuit, including a pos.se which has taken the Irani for Palmer to intercept Tracy in his Might toward Cedar mountain. Some tune between Saturday night and Monday night Tracy came to Seattle. The Johnson boat, in which he left. Fort Madison, accompanied by the man Anderson on Saturday night, was found with a chain attached lo il thrown over a boom of logs at the wharf at Newoll's mill, South Seattle. A little after 2 o'clock the 17-year old boh of Itanchor (ierald arrived at the shcrilV's ollice with a gold aud a silver watch, saying that Tracy had ar rived at his father's house at 10:30 o'clock that morning, and after eating a hearty meal had sent him to a neigh bor's house wilh the two watches with instructions to try to sell them. Tracy Bald if he "were given away" he would kill the whole family, the boy included. The hoy, knowing that il was Tracy, concluded lo bring the watches to the sheriff's ollice, hoping that the des perado would remain there until a searching party could arrive. The watches answer the description of those slolcn from the .lohnsons. Young (ierald described Tracy ac curately, and the otlicers think that he is trying to make the Palmer cut oil' by the Cedar mountain road. The lirst posao look a trolley car for Kcnlon. At that place a locomotive was in readiness lo convey the man hunters up the Columbia and Fuget Sound railroad lo the immediate neigh borhood of the (ierald house. The second posse started for llcnlon an hour later with bloodhounds. A dispatch from Seattle on Wednes day, says: Harry Tracy, the fugitive convict outlaw, bus for the fourth time since his arrival at Meadow Point, escaped from the otlicers. Tracy was definitely located in the home of ('buries (}oriel, one mile north of Itenlon, at 2 o'clock yesterday after noon. At 4:40 o'clock Deputy Sheriff Cook arrived with a part of the posse and advanced up the track towards Gorrel's home. Tracy stood in the rear of Urn prem ises aud overheard a conversation between one of the women inmates of the house and two young men from llcnlon and then the convict plunged iuto the brush and was lost lo view. When Tracy disappeared from the Gorrell's home, the blood hounds were hastily brought up from the roai and turned loose on the hot scent. Doth dogs struck the trail down the stream following it for n quarter of a mile an I crossing the Irack, only to double back and swim the river. Half way between Cedar river nnd Burroughs' boat house, both dogs ran into cayenne pepper sprinkled into Ihe outlaw's retreating footsteps. Their nostrils wore filled wilh the liery sub Stance and fully ten minutes were lost in relieving the dogs so Unit th"y could again use their powers ofseent. Pressed to desperation, Tracy headed due north and plunged into tho outskirts of tho lako whore he finally sucecded in casting the scent, it was dark and tho guards returned lo ltenton with Ihe dogs. Seattle, Washn., duly 0.?The pursuit of Harry Tracy appears lobe temporarily suspended, Sheriff Oudihco has called in tho guards from the soc hem suburbs, leaving only a silf iieie.nl number for a careful patrol. It is believed that Cudlheo expects the convict, if ho ro-appcars at all, to show up in another part of the country. The posso that started .from llenton with tho bloodhounds this morning re turned this afternoon aftor a fruitless search. Sinco early this morning tho posse has beon scouring Iho country between Honton and Hlack llivor Junction. A largo territory has boon sen tried, and it is belioved that Tracy is hiding in the denso woods of this district. Guards have boon stationed at overy road in the section. It is believed thai lie Will soon mako his appearanco al somo house and demand food, as he is known t> bo without supplies. Tho rumor OABTOniA. Bean tho The Kind You Have Always Bought that Merrill has joined Ids murderous comrade cannot be substantiated. No one knows I he exact where abouts of tho desperado. A Salem penitentiary guard who is with tho party at Renten, is certain thai Merrill and Traoy are once more together* Three suspicious looking individuals hayo hoeu captured at Ronton, It is ihought that tiiey may ho throe of. the four men who met Tracy at 13lack Kivcr bridge Monday night and walked through Uentou in the convict's com pany. At the jail they gave their names as Andy Noilson, Tom Maddon and Phil Ritchie. The first two say they arc loggers and the third says ho is an iron bridge builder. Their Blate mcnUs are con Hiding. A dill i search is being made for the fou alleged accomplice, who is tbouglu t I bo hanging around Renton or utay have joined the convict. Rumors uro rife that the fourth man is none other than Merrill, but this is generally dis credited. SkATTI.H, Wash., .Inly 10. Tracy, Iho outlaw, has to all intent I ami pur poses disappeared from the lace. of. I In; earth. All that the auLhorilioa can tlo is to wait until hooutCi'8 another homo or holds some one up. Humors of I' wildest description concerning the convict's whereabouts are dying around OD ft!! Hides. Public interest in the Kenten es capade show no sign of decreasing. In. the excitement following Tracy's flight through one of the woods, one im portant item was overlooked, lie told Miss May linker at the Greuucll's home that his real name was Harry Sevvge, and that Tracy was his cifhli nal nom de. phunc. Whether the mur derer was speaking the truth is a mat ter of speculation. In connection with the lleuton fiasco, Tracy's story is questioned by a larj?e number of people. Many incidents support this theory, Anderson's state ment concerning tho murdcror's four friends whom he nu t alter he landed in Seattle is conclusive. No doubt now remains that Tracy is receiving assistance. With this outside help Tracy's en iranee to the (JrennclPs home becomes oxplauablo. He was not hungry, Noth ing that ho did or said at fh?i house could excuse his careless i tact, tho only Hung he did 1 .tothe women was to wash *: Again, the fact thai . ft .d ran go boy down town to si I! i lobes and buy revolvers, looks qui .. In addi tion to the watches, Tiw gave tho young man $0, every cenl ho had in. bis possession, and v hi n ho tool, his departure the whole mailer, hoy and watches had evidently passed from his mind. Secretary Wilson, ol '.ho loparlmcut of agriculture, in unadwicBB before tho American Association ol Farmers' In stitute Workers in Washington, urgod the need of ft U0W system of education. The training of farmers should bogiu in tho primary schools. Socrclary Wilson said 44 our aysleui of oducation m ibis country is old-fashioned. It. was imported from tho other side of the water and is much like Lho systems from which it sprang, Colleges wore originally organized to educate preach ers. Wc do educate doctors, lawyers and dentists now, lull none of nur schools furnish farmers the education they need. We have agricultural schools, hut they teach nearly every thing but agriculture. Il is almost, im possible to Und instructors who havo knowledge of animal husbandry, plants and soils. Consequently the depart ment of agriculture is compelled to educate its own specialists at.d li ? J(i(i young men and women who learning the things relating to RgriCUl ? lure which are not taught iu any schools of the country." A writer in Forest ami Stream lei Is US of the met hods the tlirtlsll adopts in teaching his little, ones to sing. 44 Find," he says, 44 a family of wood thrushes and can.fully note whftt lakes place. The old male thrush will sing tho swoot songs in loud, clear, llute like notes once, and then slop to listen while the young buds try to initial*; tin. song. Some will utter one ucv, some two. Some will utter n coarse note, ot hers a sharp note. After awhile they seem to forgot their lessons and drop out one by one. When all aro Silent the old thrush tunes up agniu, and the young thrushes repeal, thoir efforts, ftnd so it g068 on for hours. The young birds do not acquire the lull song the first year; so ine lossous are repeated the following spring, I take, many visitors into the woods to en joy the first thrushes' singing school, and all are convinced that the song <d' the wood thrush is a mailer of education pure ami simple." An Kss.w <>n jiii ISfHToit. A little boy was requested to write an essay, the other day, and "Tho News paper" was his subject. Here is iho result: " I don't know how news papers came to the world. The Lord hain't got nothin' to say'bout thorn, and lho editor ain't in the lltblo. 1 think the. editor is one of the missing links you hour about, 11 into the brush until aftc , and then slopped out and up, and has boon here ever iio never dies. I never taw a I one, and never heard of one ikod. Our paper is a mighty - 'un. The editor goes wilhoti clothes nil j winter, don't wea no BOX, and paw hain't paid his subscription in live years." A former Candida q iv- Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina has brought suit for ?IIft,000 against the Seaboard Air Line 11 ail road for an "egging" which ho rccolvcd at the hands of some small hoys while he wns wailing at a station to lake a train. It appears thai the plaintiff was much given to publh Bpcakiug, and had on tho day in quostlou made a speech 111 the town in which the egg episode 00? I eurrcd.