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ELBERT H. A LL, EDITOr. ELLELIT If. AULI:. ir)i(tJ WM. Y. HOUSEAL, c N EWBER RY. S. C. T. u i"'Y JULY 10. 1 - THE POLITICAL S1TL'ATION. The prelimilnary camlpaignu inl South Carolina which began at (reenville the 10th of June had been carried through seventeen counties up to last Friday. It has been a bitter one and hotly fought. There has been so mnuch cril inatiou and reerimainationl : so muuch personality and abuse, and the people have been so aroused and excited that we fear breaches have been made that it will take a long time to cure them, if they can ever be healed. The preju dices and passions of the people have been so aroused that it is alnost useless to say anything in soberness, or direct a line to their reason. Yet we have great and abiding faith in the conser vative patriotism1 of the people, and we cannot believe that they will be led astray by any man or set of ien on appeals to passion and prejudice. The question in county and State politics has about narrowed down to a question of Tillman and anti-Till man. There can scarcely be a meeting of any kind that this question does not enter. The principles involved, and the cause, have all been sunk and the great question now is the election of a man. The leaders of the Tillman movement seem to desire that the peo ple shall not think much for them selves, but this thing of the election of B. It. Tillman must be carried through with a whoop and a hurrah. We know that the plea is for self-government, and Capt. Tilltuan's explanation and solution of the whole trouble are to be found in those two words "Self-gov ernment." Yet if actions are to be taken as anything, that plea is only a delusion, and a snare-that is so far as this election 'is coice ried. The term "self-government" as used by Capt. Tillman, Ineals, a., we ulndeirstand it, that the people be permitted to have a -voice in the select ion of their oflicers. In other words that we have a pri mary election for State oflicers, or if not that then that dei-ates be elected by primary. But Ne:d erry Cotnty is on record against ihat !h; //car. The actions of the iraders of this movement remind us very much of the a:vice of Maj. ,agstock to Mr. Don bey : "Dombey," said the Major, rap ping him on the ain with his cane, "don't be 'thoughtful. It's a bad habit. Old Joe, sir, would'nt be as tough as you see him, if he had ever encouragred it. You are too great a man, Dombey, to be thoughtful. in your position, sir, you're far above that kind of thing." This movement was started as a great Sreform movement, and when one dares to ask what reform will be inaugurated and wvhat reduction of taxation can be brought about, the answer comes "we don't want to know." The people, or a large portion of them, have been aroused to such a pitch of enthusiasm -. that they are almost insulted if you ask them to think of this thing, and honestly want to know of them wvhat reforms thiT electionu of B3. Ri. Tillmnan can accomplish. We are told that it is a fight against the rings and politicians, the aristocracy and the oligarchy. Now so far as we have been able to see and hear they have never pointed out a single ring or the member of one. They have never named, placed or described, what, who or where thearistocracy and the oligarchy are, and as the Greenville News says when Capt. Tillman and his supporters are brought down to produce facts and figures to support their * charges, statements and insinuations the whole business dwindles into "a shapeless mass of nothing containing nothing." Tuen what is all this fuss about? Simply the election of one mian and some others who are trying to pull in - office with him. Suppose he is elected, wvhat then ? We will all just have to go on wvorking just the same to make our livings and pay our debts, if we can, and our taxes the same as before. The people will not be rid of the p)oliticians, for unless our vision is very much dim med, and we fail to appreciate the mnean. * ing of the term, the politician will be there too. The people miay get left btt the politician never. Tihe whole qutestion niow is the figh t of certain men to get otlice. Their * election will not benielit the pecople any more than the election of any other set of good, hionest and capable men. Then why have all this hurrah, and bitterness and even antagonism to men who do not thuink as sonme people ~-: do. The political situation in South C;aro lina to-day is a eritical one in our opinion. The effect of ties agitation and the tuanner in which it has beeni condtucted has been to estranige former * friends ani eve rieighbors, without cause or reason. WVe have no interest n this;mter except the goo of the - South C aroli na. T[heir wclfare should be held above the advancement or ag granidizemenit of anyp, mn or set or * men. We are no hero wor-hipper and never ex peet to be. Let us sto p and considler t his matte-r just for a little while. It is nice to be on the popular side in your conuniun ity. or your county, but the mutltitude is not always right. What good can you accomplish by falling out with your friend or y-our neighbor, or by trying to pull down anyb ody '. Our wo&rd fr it. i i Capt. Tiliman is e-leted you will have t.he po'litician * there, and. he wSill be wvanting oilee too, and these fellows who have been mnak ing all the no'ise will have to go on working juta as they did before to make a livingz. The expen'ses of government wil! have to be met and the election of no man can muaterially change them. Now let u. not go wvild over any man, and if a miajority want Tillman let themi have himx, and if a majority want somebody else let theui have him, but let us accord to every nian the right to free speech and the freedom (f opinion in this matter. can::ot afli,rd to divde, but in order to aVOidI this there mtist be less all u -e and orimi nation. "The watehword recall Which gave the Republic her station : 'United we stand---divided we fall.'" GEN. J. S. VERNER'S PLAN OF REFORM We publish on the first page of The Herald and News this week a state imient, or plan of reform, in govern mental atfairs as proposed by ('omp troller-(Generai Verner. He thinks the great trouble in our government is that the present form conveys the idea and impresses, it that no one must render any service with out good pay for the same, and that the government is to be used as a machine to promote the interests of whatever faction, party, or sentiment may be in the ascendency, instead of for the purpose of promoting the protection of life, liberty and property. There is getting to be much truth in this. "To the victors belong the spoils," is sometimes carried very far, and in many cases to reward a success ful party worker, an incompetent man supplants a very efficient official. (en. Verner wants a system of coun ty governments similar to that which obtained here prior to 1868. The pay ment of smaller salaries, and to make the Legislature resp-.nsible for all ex penditure of public money. We do not see just how these suggestions will bring about the evils complained of. Gen. Verner says in South Carolina we have upwards of ten thousand office-holders who receive pay at the rate of from $50 to $4,000 per annum. We simply intended to direct atten tion to Gen. Verner's letter and ask you to read. He makes some sugges tions that may benefit you. Read it. The Alliance Monitor, published al Orangeburg, S. C., has the foliowing sensible and truthful remarks. Oppo sition to Capt. Tillrpan and his lawyei lieutenants does not mean opposition to the farmers and their best interests by long odds: "There are lots of good men, anti Tilliiuan men at that-merchants and doctors and others-who have ex pressed themselves as willing for the farmers to have the offices from Gov ernor down to Coroner. You may twist it, you may take it internally and rub with it externally, or inject it sur r"ptitiously, but.the fact remains tL'at o1,'osition to Tillman does not meau opposition to the farmers or to their in terests. Let us remember this in our discussions, and do not imagine or in siuuate that your friend is opposed tc vour interest~if you be a farmer simply >ecause that friend is opposed to Till The Augusta Chronicle says thal "free speech has not yet been securec in South Carolina." It does look i little that way at times. This f.mil3 fight we are having is being made quit4 bitter, and each side is becoming lesa tolerant of the other. That is one o: the bad features of this whole business. If it continues to get hotter it is going to be very difficult for either side tc accept defeat in that spirit which ih necessary to harmony in the party. There is not going to be any split ir the Democratic party in South Caro lina. The white men of this State can not be divided against good and honesi government. A Tillman Democrat o: an anti-Tillman Democrat, still we are all Democrats and intend to maintair home rule and white supremacy, and this talk of splitting the party is al) bosh. After September we will al) unite to elect the nominee of the Demo cratic party. Let us go to work and have a Democratic primary and stoi: accusing one another of being inde dendents and fight this thing out with ballots in a friendly and manly way. THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE We publish elsewhere a statement fronm Col. Jas. A. Hoyt in defence o: the action of the State Executive Com mittee. It is a manly, straightfor ward statement. We trust every Dem ocrat in 'Newberry will read it and then ask himself if the resolutions passed by our County Convention con demning the committee were fair. Read it for yourself and ponder it carefully and answer the quezstion it your own mind and for yourself. The seventeen counties in which campaign meeting had been held up to last Friday have 148 votes in a con vention. The Tillman party claim 125 of these. No harm in claiming. The County Convention held on 26 Junie favored a primary for the nomi nation of a Congressman from this Dis trict, but opposed a primary for the nomination of a Governor, this year. What is the use of electing delegates to the September Convention until it is learned what the August Convenition will do about the primary? Trhe campaign meetings this week beganx onl Tuesday at Camden. The reports of tl's meeting rather indicate that Tillan will not carry Kershaw. The A ugusta Chronicle's correspondent says he lost ground there during the day. Yesterday the meeting wvas held at Sumter. At the time we wvent to press no news had been received from this meetine. The Tillmnan Executive Committee held a meeting ini Columbia on Monday tight. It was a secret meeting, and nothing was given out for publication, although it seems to have gotten in the newspapers that the object of the meet ing was to hear reports from the various county as to the progress of the move mient, which, according to these reports, is mioving on smoothly. They claim 260 delegates, and give the "antis" fW in the Conventian. It wvas the sense of those present that the same delegates be elected to the August and September Conventions; that a newv State Exceutive Committee be elected at the August Convention; that there is no need to have a primary this year-as they could carry the Con van tion. All this is only newspaper report of what was done, as the comnditttee acted with closed doors. J. A. Sligh and W. D. Hardy, of Newberry, were present. (i. W. Shell, of Tauns,n presided. An'I;T THE I'1IM.1t:Y. .\t (=reenvillc at the opening of th e eamphaign, June 1ll, la!, (':tpt. P,. Bi. Tillman said in his speech "I beg these gentlemen to join in with me and demand a primary ele tion to elect delegates to the State ('on vention. not to vote directly for (ov ernor. That would be anl injustice to ourl- brothers. Down in Beautfort they are overrun with negroes. (:ry: 'lauin the niggers.' Yes, but curses don't get rid of them. Berkeley, Colleton and Georgetown are in the saie condition. It would be wrong to take advantage of these unfortunate counties. You ought to vote for delegates to the State Convention because it would be fair. There are anti-Tillman men in every county, and they ought to have a vote. (Cry: 'They are few and scattering.') Fair play and decency requires that this should be done. We want all can didates to have fair play and a free ight. If they can whip us, let thei do it." At Spartanhurg lie said: "Now, I want to say a word about primary. I beg and plead that the question as to who shall govern South Carolina shall be left to her white citi zens. I beg these gentlemen here wim are candidates for Governor to joii im with me in making an etlort to g-t tLi for the people. If I am not the choice of the people I do not want to be Gov ernor. Let every white man have the opportunity of ~making his selection and casting his vote for his choice. I know we will be all right after Sep tember: but for the sake of harmony in the party, let us have a free vote and a fair count." He has made virtually the same utter ance on every platform so far in the campaign, and at this writing seve i teen counties have been visited. Al Union he refused to sign on agreenenl not to accept the nomination except by primary. At Lancaster on last Friday he and Gen. Earle and Gen Bratton all agreed not to accept n>mination at the Convention whiel ii called to meet in August. His followers in Newberry are op posed to the primary plan fhis ycar but want it in 1S92. Whether or not the Executive Con mittee acted wisely in not ordering convention earlier to deside this mat ter, we do not propose to discuss now If it is self-government that ('apt. Till man really wauts, as he continuousl3 proclaims-if it is the principle he i: contending for-why say we will no1 have it now when the opportunity ii given. It is a very strange way to tigh for a principle. We believe that a general primar) election, in which every man can hav< the opportunity to walk up and exer cise his right to vote for the man of hii choice, is the only way to naintait unity and harmony within the Derno cratic ranks. Believing that, we thiul a great mistake will be made not to ac cept this plan ? hieli has the endorse ment of all the candidates for Gov ernor. In this way you can obtain tin will of the people. They can then ex press it deliberately and freely, and ti suit themselves, and there can be n< charge of rings or any other subterfugi to cheat the expression of that will, am when it is once exp)reessed the minorit' will submit without murmuring, fo they will recognize it as the suprem< law. And the people will very likel' do what is right. But to say we will not have a pri mary now because a convention wa: not called sooner to determine tha question, and there is no other objec tion urged, is not in accord with thi action of manly men. If the primiar' plan is a principle we are fighting for le us have it whether the State Executiv< Committee sympathize with the Till man movement or not. What sense i there in refusing it nowv simply becausi it was not given, or a conventiom ordered for it, earlier. We have never accused Capt. Till man er his supporters of being inde pendents. We believe they are goot Democrats. But ther'e can be no ques tion that there has been much bitter ness engendered by this campaign, an< both factions are to blame to some ex tent. The best way to preserve harmon2 in the Democratic ranks is to refer this whole matter to a primary. The voc of the people expressed in this way wil be accepted as final. There is necessit' for the white people of South Carolin: to stand together. We must not, w< cannot, afford to divide, and there wil be no split in the Democracy, for tna result of that would be fraught with fearful consequences to the State. Trhen let Newberry join with Capt Tillman and instruct her delegates t< the August Convention to vote for: primary election. The GI reen vi lie New says. "The establishmnut of the primuar) is mrore important than defeat or sue ce.sfor any one man. If it is good t< elect us a Governor two years hence il is good to elect one now. No man wh<t is afraid to trust his cbanices to the peo pie in fair and( open vote and to abidt the will of the majority ought to be elected. No mant who uses the ma chinery of the party because lie hiappem to have it in his favor can claim to bt a reformer or a sincere friendl to the pleople. No mian who refuses to takt his own miediciue and leaves it foi somebody else to take two years from now ought to be t.rusted.. No man whc goes squarely back on his own prinici ples, platform and doctrine ought to bc elected Governor of this State. A man whIo) will deceive the p)eople in onl( thing will deceive theni in others. It is the opportunity of Captain TJill man and his friends to prove their sin eerity. .If they wan t real self~ govern menit, the rule of the people, let thenm unite wit h the other side for a primary in 1S90. Then let us have a fair, square, vote Of tile plel so that everybody4 ballot will be cast anid honestly cotuted anld then there will lbe no0 opp)ortunity for kicking or boiltinig or talk of rin.~ rule and all D)emocrats can comie to gether like brothers for tile ticket as nominated. Quit abusing the Executive (Com mit tee and stand by the primary !" Thlie aniti-Tillman men wvill hol a convention or conference in Colunmi to-night. Everybody fronm all parts of the State is invited to attend. -REP'U1BLICANs5 AT W11K. They WVin Ph,ce a Ticket in the Field. il [Special to tile Rlegister.] CAna:RLS-roN, .July 5--Thiere was a~ mercurial collapse here this afternloon, brought- about by a bail and rain storm. Ellery 31. Brayton was in tin- city to-day working his henchmen for the Seventh Congressionmal District. HE denies having any intention of run ning for Governor. He says the Republicans are watching closely time progress of the Tilman fight in the State and would be sure and make the most of the fric tion1 between the Denmocrats.. The party, he thought, would place a ticket in the field if Tilhnuan was nominated for Governor. TIRED OF SLANDEII. (hairuman luoyt .Ana"erh for tie Earcu tive Committee as to the Call for the August Convention. [(Greenville News.] t;REENV L Li' S. C., July 7, is.--To the Editor of the I)ail\- New.- The statement his been made by Mr. B. 1. Tillman, candidate f'r ('overnor <of this State, that in response to his speech at tid geway early in May, the State Execeut ie ('ommittee had refused to order a primary eiletion. I was not aware that lie assumed the authority of political dictator, but it would seem that lie has been discharging the duties of this position, according to his own confession. The State Executive Com miittee has steadily pursued a consistent and tenable course from the beginnin. of this remarkable campaign, and this course has been strictly within the lines of its prescribed duties, as they are found in the written constitution of the Democratic party. That it has not escaped censure from eithe?ffaction is an observation which need not he pro ven, but it has turned neither to the right nor the left in its purpose to maintain tiie unity and integrity of-the party. Mr. Tillman has quoted fre queniitly from an interview, in which I said that the demands of the March Convention were "utterly impracticable and unattainable" in this campaign, so far as reapportionment and the election of delegates by primary were concerned. He is endeavoring to iiake capital for himself by assailing tile position as sumied by inc on the 19th day of April, and now claims that the August Con vention will reapportion the delegates and order a prilary election. My state ment was based upon the facts of the case, and related solely to the duties and powers of the State Executive Committee under the present constitu tion. His prediction is yet to be veri tied, and it may:or may not be fultilled. My declaration was made in good faith, because there was a general acquies cence in the proposition to delay the nominating convention, in which Mr. Tillman and his executive committee fully concurred, as I have the written evidence to show. Now, if the State Executive Committee had ordered an early State Convention, under the circumstances existing at the time of the Ridgeway meeting, can any one doubt that nominations would have been made at that (late, thus cutting off all opportunity for a preliminary campaign. It might have been wise to avoid the heat and the rancor of this preliminary campaign, but Mr. Tillman is mainly responsible for the tone and the temper of the meetings, and not the State Executive Committee, whose du ties were plain and imperative. It is fair to conclude, then, that the demands for reapportionment and the election of delegates by a general primi ary were "utterly impracticable and un attainable," unless a State Convention .was called into existence. Did the State Executive Committee retrace its steps when the August Convention was called? Not at all, and it is in order to show that Mr. Tillman initiated the . movement which led to the prelimi nary convention. If there is any one to blame for this state of things, he is - the author of the suggestion itself. At the opening meeting in Greenville and other places, Mr. Tillman urged his opponents, General Bratton and Colo nel Earle, to unite with him in asking the State Executive Committee to order a State Convention for the pur pose of securing a general p)rimary'. On the 1uth dlay of June, nine days after thle prelimiinary camp)aign opened, I received a message from Colonel JToseph H. -Earle, through the Hon. W. L. MIauldin, to the efTeet that Messrs. TIill man, Bratton and Earle hail agreed to ask the Executive Conimittee to order a State Convention for the sole and ex -clusive purpose of changing the consti tution so as to provide for a primary election of delegates to the Nominating Convention already called for the 1uith of September, and that the agreement between them was that neither wvould accept a nomination for Governor if the convention thus called would under take ta nominate a ticket. Within an hour after message was received, the call was issued for the State Executive Committee to meet in Columbia on the :th of June to consider this pro position. Coloiiel Earle caine to Grecen ville the dav' after the call was issued. and I said t'o him that it wvould be wvell to put the agreement in writing, as the basis of action for the Executiv'e Comn -mittee. He asked mue to dlraw~ up such an agreement, anid I declined to do so on the ground the proposition wvas to be submitted to the Executive Committee, and as its chairman I would insist that the agreement be placed in our hands without any dictation on our part. It was their proposition to hold another State Convention, and it was our duty to consider it. Colonel Earle admitted the propriety of this course, and tile next day at Union submitted a written agreement to Mr. Tillmnan, which lie refused to sign, and gave as a r'eatson that "there was a tr'ick in it." These are the facts relating to the call for the August Convention. Ordi narily, it would be regarded as ungra ciotis and discourteous to criticise any onie for doing that which you had re quested to be done, but the rare facility with which Mr. Tilman jumps from one conclusion to the opp)osite side of the question, as has been abundantly demonstrated in the camnpaigin, will account for his assertions upon the State Executive Committee since the call was issued for the August Conven tion.lHe and his followers are welcome to the distinction enjoyedi by unjust and unfair accusations aga'inist the Com mittee, but let me say that the action taken by tihe Committee was unani mous, wvhich includes Col. Eugene 13. Gary, of Abbeville, the candidate for Lietenant Governor on the Tilliman ticket. and JTudge M. J1. Hlough, of Lancaster, who is also understood to fvor Tillmani for Governor. rhese getlemen were present when the reso lution was adopted which called the August Convention, and they en tered no protest against the actiomi of the Committee. Now, in all fairness and candor, let me urge that the serious questionis in volved in the result of the August Con vention be considered with the careful scrutiny which t heir inmpor'tance dec mads.~ After the refusal to sign the agreement at Union, it is doub,tftul whet her the Executive Commnittee wouhti have ordered a preliminary Coir vention, except that it was con vinced of the overwhelming necessity for meca sures which would miake the nonmina tionl in Seotember' acceptable to all fac tions of thie partv. The Commiittee were unanimous on this point, andl after full iscussions it wa~s agreed to suibmit the questioni involved into the hands of the people', whose deiiionl would be ac cepted as final by every one. The Ex ecutive (Coninnittee was powerhess to orer the election of deleg.ates by pri mary, the counties weire taking action in advance of the time suggested, antd the calling of a State Convention was the only resource to obtain a finial arbitrament at the ballot box, which would end the pendinig contest to the satisfaction of all. This is the true and only reason for the decision reached by the'State Execut ive Commit tee, and all statements andl insinuations that they were influenced by sinister and design ing motives are absoluitely and unqua lifiedly false, whether these declara tions are made by candidates of high or lowv degree, or puit forth by self appointed censors in control of partisain newspapers. The threatened dlecap)itation of the Executive Committee need not excite any wonder and it is certain that not a member will shed any tears when his term of service. expires, wvhether in August or September. Under the niost trying circumstances, we have sought to discharge delicate and impor tant duties without fear, favor or parti ay, and whle i i the only Execn tive Conunittee that has ever been siniilarly situated, it may be fairly i:lairned that it is impsrtial. The su preme purpose in view has been the unity and the perpetuity of the Demo cratic party in South Carolina, and when the passions and prejudices ofthe hour are gone forever, it will he seen that the conservatisii and impartiality of the Exteutive Commiittee have been instrinent:il in presers ini the organi zation whose" niaintenance and supre ini:te. are vitaillv i,nl>ortailt to til white prolle of Soutii ('arolina. \rV resec Iful ly, .1>M-s A. 1Ic vT. The tuplea:sant 1'redicament of the De mtocratic State Executive Committee. To the Editor of the News and Cou rier: The executive Criritittee at its last iiteeting was betu een two scorching fires. Because it did what neither side expected the opposing flaines are making a desperate ellort to singe its locks. Intemperate, hasty and unwise criticism is rampant. It hurts people who keep their feelings too close to the skin. I want every member of the committee who feels bad about the abuse from the opposing factions to put himself in a good humor and look the field over. If any member of the comiiittee gets mad at what is said without taking time to consider the source, then he ought to be criticised for his foliy. Each member should hold his temper and his tongue. There has been too much tongue in both factions of the party all the time, and too niany exhibitions of temper. The committee did right to call the August Convention. Those who say it was not right simply mean it was not what they wanted. The Anti-Tillinan mini do not think the committee did right in calling a Convention for Au gust. They say further, that the coin mittee has gone along in a conservative, easy way without once protesting against irregular methods; that South Carolina has been defanied, the I)emo cratic party abused and the otficers of the State unjustly maligned, and yet the comniittee preserves a dignified silence. Tle Tillman men say the committee is corposed of a set of political trick sters, and it will leave no stone un turned to cheat them out of their man for Governor. O What is the source of these two criti cisms? They come from the leaders in the two factions, the extremists, the lire-eaters, the wire-workers. Descend from the hilltops of political ambition and place-seeking down among the sober thinking people, and you will hear none of this. Their heads are level. The heads of the politicians are ca reened. The Constitution is the chart for the committee. It has no other guide. It needs no other light. It had no right to denounce the March gathering. There is not a line in the law that would warrant it. Under the law it has as much right to oppose Earle as to endorse Tillman. The law says "direct the policy of the party"-the united, whole party,not any faction in it--direct the policy of the party, not to condeni or approve the policy of its partisanm and place-seekers. The committee hat done its duty without fear of, or favor, or aflection to any man or set of men. A county executive committee would not think of taking sides in a county prirary. No iore would the State executive committee do such a thing in the State. Dr. Pope, of Newberry, and a few other demagogues and office seekers say the conunittee is partisan. H-e does not know what lie is talkina about. He cannot separate selfish in' dividual opinion from otticial duty. The only Tillman man present when the primary convention was agreed ul>ion heartily favored it. It is the medi cine the Trillman side have been clamor. ing for. They hoped to have the opportunity to abuse the comnmittee for not giving it to thenm, but they are left on that. T1he committee placed the responsibility where it belongs, with the Convention. It can provide for or repudliate the primary and be responsi ble for the conse(juences. Newberry talks about turning out the present committee, as if it collected its per (iem and mileage from the State treasury. Of course, the conmmittee expects to be pitched out the wvindow, but rurost of themr will be raked out 01 the political rubbish wvhen the R~adicals are. to fight in 18I2, or at any othem tinme. But there is only one meeinber of the committee seelking an ottice. Thle rest are contented with their present perquisites, the short-sigh ted criticismt of opposing factions, with whose busi ness the committee has not seen proper to nmeddle. Too mantIy men are trying to be lawyers without reading law, and trying to be p)reachiers without having p)racticed good precepts. Let the boyt read the Constitution. Jcuts E. Bocas. Pickens, July 1. Two Bloys Killed by ILiahtuiing. (From the Sunday News.] KINOsTICEE, July 5.--At Salter's, south of Black River, about six miles from here, during the storm of thit afternoon, Louis Gourdin, white, a sori of Capt. .John K. Gourdin, and a colored boy named Moses Cordes, were out hunting. They took refuge from the rair undle a cedar, which wats struck by lighitning and both boys were instantly killed. Louis was about It) years old and at proinrising lad. His materna] grandfather, the late D)r. W. S. Boyd, wais one of the miost p)roninnent nmen o1 Williamsburg. TIhis is the third death from thuis appalling cause that has recently oc curred in this v icinity. All the victims we re boy. Baby One Solid Sore Tride Everythin;r withiout~ Heief. No Best Ni;gkt or Day.~ (:ured4 by (utic-ura Remuedles. 31 baby, weni two, mionthis ol, had a br:ikinig out with what thre docitor calledl tirzmai~. Hecr head armas, feet, atnd haunds wet e eacti one solid sore. I triedl everything, but neiltier thIe dotctors nror anythinzg else did her any\ good. We couill get nto rest day or uighit with her. In my extremit y I triedi the CUTi' c,:Xx It*:yMEllS. but I contfess I had nro faith it tm foir t ti adever seen threm tried. 'To tmy great rptlrise, itn onei week's titme aifter herjiingit t oli. us lhe T(rIRA liEMEDItJEs, the soreds were well, but I citinrued to use the ltEsiit.vENT for ai little while, and now site is as fat a baidy as5 you would like to see, anid as sound as a dollar. I believe myW b)aby wuld have been dead if I had not tried IrTt rt:a Rt:x,:tmes. I write this so that every tmoithetr withi a bab like mine can feel con tilenit that there is a mediine that will ietre tIhe woirst eczema, arnd that tredicinre is the CUTrertna. Itt-:xirn:-. 31Rs. UETrTI E BIRlK NER, Lockhart, Texas. I write to indoirse the wontder-ful qualities of yourr CerrA Rt-MEmISs itn curing all skinr diseases. Tihe CUT7ICI7RA BIEMEiIEs are usni here by every onie, anid give entire sartis fa ct iont. 31 iss A. M. TTT7ART, Winntsboro.s5. . Cuticura Remedies. Every hiumotr of t ihe skin and scalp of in fancy anid elhildhtood, whether torturing. dis tigring, itchling, burning, scaly, crusted. pimply.orii blotchy, with loss oif hair, andi every imphurity of the blood, whether simiple, srfultous, or heredlitary, Is speedily, perma netly, antd e-conromtica-lly cured by ihe CCTt ertA !sEm.i ES. coni)t5stting of CUTIU A, the reatt Skini Cure, Cr TierxA SoAP, ain exituisite Skin Puritier anid Ihutifier, antd Cl'TtrernA Ri sovi-NNT, the new Blood Purtlier, and greatest of Humrtor Rtetmedies. wheni thec best pysicianis anid alt tither remredies fril. Par erts, save your ehi ldren yeairs of miedical adt phiysic:.l sutreirig. Hegin uow. Stil eve-rywhrer. Price, CUTrna, MA., I' rrr.:n: i,i; .N:, CasicAb CitoioA- I .5 Bstoni. *, send. for "Htow to cutre Inkin Diseases.' ii pages, 50i inuisti arat sad100s testimonials PM P.j,Es, blaick-hea ds. iihapped andi( oily skin plrevenited by cicerxx so.il FREE FROM RHEUMATISM In, one muinute the Cutten ra Ant i-Pain Pla-ster relieves rheutrnatism, s.ciaitrc hip, kidney, chest. ar d muscular painrs and weaiknesses. The tirst a'id only iustaueous pain-killing piaster. / A Furrio, Negro K iileeI. PosIP.RY, .luy '. -SIr. Ilan Charles, who Iives in Edetiold County, twelve miles Southeast of this plare. killed a negro uian nanie-d \hijor I,:trro" this niorining. It seems that N1r. ('harles w"ent in the horse lot wher. thie ne"gr) W:a' ratcliing the hor-fo ti :I to work :i:il told Major to fix the r"roll:r so i hat it would not hurt the hOorse's ,hoildler, when the negro told him to mind hils ownit-bisiness, that he would :tte'ndt to his. Charles told the nogro that it. was his business to look after his stock. Major hecanie oflended at this, aile made at Mr. Charles with a pitchfork, the tine grazing the breast of Mr. Charles, who, considerin., his own life in jeopardy. shot the negro, killing himo instantly. Mr. 4Ch arles ha:s gonie to iEdgetield Court House to surrender. Congressional Convention 1"o1tiponed. [Special to The Register.] BELToN, S. C., .11ul 5.-The Con gressional Convention, which was called to meet here to-day, to consider whether the nonination of Congress man from this (Third) District, should be by convention or primary, was postponed until the :1st inst. The Abbeville delegates were instructed to vote for the primary plan. The First Bale. [Special to Charleston World.] MACON, July 5.-The first bale of Georgia new crop cotton was received at Albany to-day. It was brought in by Martin Davis, a negro tenant on the famous Primus Jones plantation in Baker county. It weighed :,(' pounds and was sold at auction for 15c. The purchasers. immediately shipped the bale to New York. Columbia's 16,aOO. COLUMLIA, S. C., July 7.-The popu lation of Columbia in 1.is) was 10,800. The census just taken shows 16,800. Cure Your Corns by Using Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint for Corns, Bunions and Warts, it is great. Nominations. For Congress-Third District. WV;T C. BENET, OF ABBEVILLE, Y. is hereby announced as a can didate for Congress from the Third Congressional District, subject to the action of the Democratic party. For the House of Representatives WE NEED SAFE, ('ONSERVA4 tive men in the State Legislature, I therefore nominate Capt. H. H. Folk as a suitable person to represent New berry County in the next House of Representatives subject to the action of the Democratic primary. . COSEVATIVE DE.:MOenAT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HER 11 ALl) AND NEWS: We need wise, sale, conservative and experienced Leg islators. We know of no one who better meets these demands at present than Geo. S. Mower, and we therefore present his name for the House of Rep resentatives, subject to the Democratic primary. D'EMoCRATIC VOTERS. COLE. L. BLEASE IS HEREBY announced as a candidate for the Legislature, and will abide the result of tho primary election. For County Treasurer. C~ F. BOYD IS R ESPECTF UL LY k. announced as a candidate for County Trreasurer, subject to the pri mary of the Democratic party. C OL. A. H. WHEE LER IS HERE by announced as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Treasdrer, subject to the Democratic Primary election. K NOWING TH E COMPETENCY and integrity of Albert F. Riser we hereby nominate hiim for County Treasurer, subject to the primary elec tion.MMANY VOTERS. For County Auditor. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MY Lself as a candidate for the office of (ounty Auditor, and pledge myself to abide the result of the primary elec tion. T. (3. WILLIAMS. W C. CROMER Is HEREBY V. announced as a candidate for the office of County Auditor, subject to the action of the Democratic primary election. For School Commissioner. XR. ARTHUR KIBLER ISI IVL hereby announced as a candidate for re-election to the otfice of School Commissioner and pledged to abide the result of the Primary Election. For County Cotnmissioner. - SBORNE WELLS IS HEREBY '1nominated f'r re-election to the office of County Commissioner, subject to the result of the Democratic Primary electioy. J OHN J. KINARD IS HEREBY announced as a candidate for the oftice of County Conunissioner, subject to thbe primary election. TENKINS H. SMITH IS HERE ~.by announced as a candidate for re-election to the oflice of County Com missioner, subject to the D)emocratic p)rimary election. MIJR. J. C. PERRtY IS HEREBY announced as a candidate for re election to the oflice oft County Comn missioner ot Newberry County. New Advertisements. NOTICE. CorxUMr.A, S. C., July 21, 18.yi THEREGULARlANNUALMEET ing of the stockhdolders of tIhe Co lumbia, New berry and( inurens Rail road onmpany will be hield at the Presi (ent's ollice in Columbia, S. C., on Tuesday, .huy 221. 1 890, act 12 o'clock m ( J. IREDEfLL SeLcretary.~ COLUMBIA, S. C., Is tIhe largest Hotel in the city, and has, during the past year, been thoroughly ren ovated, remodedl and reIi ttedl with all modern imT]provemnen ts. 6ENTRALLY LOGATED, and off'ers inducements for the accrom-1 modation of its p)atrons. Hasi spaious5, light and airy Saimple lloomis on lirst floor. Hot and Cold( Baths, E!evator, ke. Cuisine under supervision (of Mrs. E. E. Post, late of Lookout Point Ho tel. Lookout Mountain, Tenn. The proprietor hopes by strict atteni tion to the wants of his patrons to nmerit a share of patronage. F. W.SEEGERlS, E.EF. POST, Proprietor. Manager. WINTHROP TRAINING SCHOCL. THI-OROUGHl NORIMAL IN- I struction and pract ice ini best nmeth odis of teaching. Open to girls over 18S years oldI. Sess-ioni begins September. 23. Graduaites seeure good positionms. Each county is given two scholarships: one by the State worth $1-50 and one by the school worth $10. Address . D. B. JOHNSON, Sup't., Columbia, S. C. HOT WVEATHJ WHY SUFFER FR( WHEN YOU HAVE SUCE OF THE ABOVE SMITH & TO SUPPLY YOUR' The n>w LIave nn <legant line of ) :ats fm lv.ts and ai be'utiful lot of )f all colors and qualities. KANGAROO, CALF AND I [oth high and low cut fron the best M mdu Children's Oxford Ties and Slii: Trades and prices. A BIC LOT OF MEN' In Gauze, Balbriggan and Nainsook, a ihirts, the most comufortable article kn We have them in extiuisite patterns an BIG BiRG1MS IN REGULAR IL0 FROM NON Thanking you for your liberal patri :o merit the same for the future, We remain, yol SMITH & Th.e "'2N"..iE\A7.t:SE AIN STREET. NEWBERRY, S. C. CLOTHING! C 0 0 NEXT THIRT 1 Z ALL CLO' S-REDU( 4 -40 TO 2O1 FORC BLALOCK & The DYER& HUG -AKNoWLEE To H)1E)1 1T HE ORGANSj -IN TE( WOR LD. Particularly Low Are Offered thi Every Orga3 SOLID EXCLl IN SOUTHl CAR~ ZEO. S. MOWER,! ATTORKEY AT LAW, 1 WiLL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS. O\ NEWBERtRY, S. (. and( W"Omiee in P. O. Building .... AS. K P. G3SSANS. W.H. H UNT, JR - GOGGIANS & HUNT, I ITTORNEYS AT LAIW, 2 NEWBERRY, S. C. Omeie on Law Range. < AinY H. IlLEASE. C fL. . ULE AS4E. I r T( U BLELISB&BLBIISB, Attorneys at'.Law, Newberry and Pro.sperity, S. C. ee-Rooms 5 and U over the store w iith & Wearn. G. G. SA LE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ii.Il ITIL L PRA CTIC in ialli1 the Courts ftt of the State and of the Uniited tates for the District of South Caro Ofiee in MollohIon Row, oppo.site the ourt house, Newberry, S. C. TWIN BED SPRINGSr ~T $3 PER SETT'. A LIITED reT t supply of the celebrated Twin Bed Y prings on hand and for l&e by RGOODS! )M THE HEAT [ AN ASSORTMENT GOODS AT VEARN WANTS FROM. rap lYEte, Sicilian and Alpaca Cassimere and Worsted Pants ,OOIVAN SHOES, anufacturers. Ladies', Misses' pers in black and colors of all 5 UNDER WEAR n( last but not least, Neglige own for the Summer Weather. dl designs from 50c. to &2.75 ~'II Rt1 'ND STRAWV IATS V ON. nage in the past and hoping irs truly, WEARN, Y CLOTH-ITE:S LOTHING! 1 IE1E 'Y DAYS 0 O HIN 'ER CENT ESH. o GR EEN.E GRADES. I HES ORGANS Prices s Month. 1 Guaranteed. ErsvELY OLINA BxY TITER. A CARD. INDLY THANKING 3lY PAT runs for past favors, I solicit a e of their patronage by sending me. rs which I can fill at short notice small profits. and remain as ever, Yours R~espectfullv, E D L'A RD SCHOLTZ, 161 lulton A~ ve,As.toria, N. Y. LMAN GETS THAR I 80 l>IES J L. R1 sLL 12Ns lbO -k' (oh:t i~ a > r '-t ; 3h>s, runp en for-acts.: onSe lb. Knituing lotton for king S.> -: (eked II inespun t e -: l -'.e - 10e; good 50c, anid splen S(od, ><rcr~ Se, lrdSate, tion. Iowns for ca.s. J. S. RUSSELL. ICE Of fINL SETTLIlEET AND CALL. FOR CREDITORS. Li CREDITORs OF DOCK Tribble are hereby nsotified to ren to me their claims~ properly sworn v .July 19th, 1890m, ais I will mnake a I settlemten:t uipon said estate oni 21, 1st0, and inunhleiately there r :5 pply for at discharge. .JOH N 3. K IN.\RD, Admn'r of D)ock Tlribble. RE, CYCLONES AND TIOlNADOES. ~E WOULD RESPECTFULLY inform the public that we are pre 1d to insure property against loss by , Cyclones-and Tornadoes. - our p)atronalge is solicited. BURTON & WILSON, Agents.