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IUAIRT K AULL, EDrros. mT . AUILL,Pp o 3r..HOUSEL NEWBERRY. S. C. T,AUGUST 24, 18E2 A s3TIEErT Te correspondent of the Register of thestatement which I made ks gard to a conversation with Gov. and which Col. Yoamaps eat the'meeting atNewberry, as 'a 9eak efusion." hetroth may be-"a weak effusion." i eTbestatemrila true, and I have no bthatGov.'Tillman will ad ad heacts as stated by me. The Sstateneat obliabed on the first page ite Herald and Newsit connection >. ':ithshireortsof4he meeting. I have 'adesire noritention to molest or dis Ai r the -opinion of the 9egiser or its T nt-in regard to this matter. up Col. Youmans to Ma Ishtatement to him. I have -tbe conversation. to several { I . ~ andI supposesomeof them SI-said, and be asked me t+o1rece It to writing, which I did. B reference to the flies of The ferald and News I am now able to seealthe.exact time,as wel as the and the circumstances under - iNh this conversaton xas ad.. It edZrst week in May, 1890. I _nmy way to the North Carolina ,_ sod 3 t T1yro hiops, and Gov. Till asgoing to- Winnsboro to be unt the next-day at the meeting at S dRge g.at which he and Col. You Sanzs poke We boarded the night AtColumbaandtraveledtogether afar as Winnsboro, at which place Tillman and his party got. off. I a think Col. Youmans. was on the same atat thattimeI did not know himi. Ywe talked about a good many and All very plea itly, but not tately. I remember Gov. TilIman -he :didnot approve of boycotting e/ne spPerm thatdid not agree with and that he intended to say some _ Igabout it In his speech the' next - t3 :He thought the people ought to 'bothsides. He knew that 'The sews had opposed m, .-izbe thoag ,t u me for k,sLIadalways been fair. C aann published on the first s ite le. 1 not say that Gov.. .said bedid not believe the bgewasaking, but that was r: the .preNon he left on me+ He ther.asneed of reform and In deto eit there must bea e du order to get the peop e atdy to be aroused, and bae onigbt his plan was the one Ito arotdsethein. ~- ie the statement I made to Col. S Y omna has been~ published I have K'.thOught best to rakethisfurtherstate mejit . ELERT'H. AULL. What do you think of i'? It was bad wasn't 1u? We regret that it terminatasit did and gverejoice that it -was' nots the seene of any blood iriebreaking oifthe platform seemed ragto be providential. Otherwise ~ here Is:no - telling what the result night have beend There were deter minedimen there on-both ides. And ia row had commencedthere is no - 1telng how many lives might have been lest. But -it I-a great pity that the peo -bl people-should so. far rgtthemselves and let their pas sions and-prejudlices run so high that we are unable to shave free and open dis sson It is a. sad commentary. ~ tdoes not appearto the unprejudiced mind that we are moving rapidly to a higher plan. The Herald and News publishes a -l -report ofthe meetng on the first page. We ;take the. reports in the News ,and Courier and the Register. 1They are .both reproduced in~full and appear together and those who were there can judge for themselves which Isthe nearecr e t The -reports take up a good deal of space but we thought best to Igive them both together. We suppose the following is a sample of.the reporting done for the Register. In reporting the meeting in Klettner's -I Hall, last Wednesday night, the Reigis terman speaking of Mr. Benet's speech said: -"He also touched upon the $3 poll tax, and took a hand primary, which resulted in all hands save one being raised In Its favor." How is that for acorrect report? There was only one hand raised against it, but those did not vote at all were at least two-thirds of the crowd present. * But the Register says "all hands save,one" were "raised in its favor." It is a great pity that men who un dertake to report a meeting can't report ) it as itis. Ex-Judge C. P. Townsend, who'has been a Republican, is a candidate be fore the Democratic primary for solici tor of the Fourth Circuit. But then there is just about ais much reason or -- justice in a Republican standing for, election in a Democratic primary as there is for a man who stands on the. Third party platform running for a nomination in a Democratic primary. Mr. Townsend is runningon the Till man ticket,and is a strong advocate of H is Excellency. -- We publish again this week the rules adopted by our County Executive Committee governing the primary. Read them and see where you will have to vote. The mnembers of certain - ~ clubs have to vote at the precincts named. Itis well to bear this in mind. Remember that the polls open at 8 * o'clock in the morning and close at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. If you in tend to vote you must do it between these hours. Sheppard electors will carry Newber .iy County if all the Sheppard men will just go to the polls and vote. There is no doubt about that. The polls open at 8 o'clock and close at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Remem S WHO IS EPONSIBLE All sorts of reports have been told about the Newberry meeting. The effort Is to put the blame for the dis turbance somewhere. Gov. Tillman's friends glibly say Col. Youmans is re sponsible. Some put the blame on I Gov. Tillman. While others yet say it f was caused by both, and others still i say Edgefield caused it, and then it is i tried to be shouldered upon Col. D. A. i Dickert. ! Now, lets see what are the facts. There is no use-to rush to conclusions t without tlie proof, and without looking I at both sides. Col. Youmans was making his speech t and he had said that Gov. Tillman had t written to peim and others to join the < movement; he stated the charges made 7 by him (Gov.Tillman) against the ad ministration were for the purpose of I attracting the attention of the people. Col. Youmans then turned to Gov. Tillman and said, according to the Register, "I call upon you now, Gov ernor Tillman, to publicly admit or e deny the charge." Any thing discowmteo' n that? Any t thing in that to precipitate a row or cause a disturbance? What was Gov. Tillman's reply? Did le admit or deny the charge? W?s it as courteous or as polite as, the E request. Here it is. We quote/again froni the Register: ".That man has asked the same question before, and I answered at Horry and several other N places, that I would not descend to the ' level of a blackguard and notie' him." I Now youare a reasonable man, what t do you think of that reply? Lay aside a your piejudice and look at the facts. fI Gov. Tillman does not. say he has al- p ready answered the question, but he- a intimates that Col.Youmans is a black- a gard because he asks him a polite ques- 'I tion. Is that the way for one gentle- t man to treat another'in joint debate? a No, .-the truth of the matter is, Gov. '1 Tillman knew he would have to admit o whatCoL. Youmans said as true, or if d he denied it he would be- saying what b was dot true. .si At this replythe crowd rushed upon ii the stand. But they say that Col. Dickert's coming up to Col. Youmaps ti caused the rush-upon the stand. Is it tl not true that when Col. Dickert came v upon the stand that a number of Gov. C Tilan's friends had already crowded 1 around him? Was not one Mr. Gus u White, a County Commissioner from a standing by his aide ready f< ana waitin man R when Col. Dickert reached Col. Youmans? And about this time the stand fell. Are not these the facts in the case?. tl Then who is to blame? Let us look at C facts in the case. Let us not put blame m until we are sure we are putting it where it rightly belongs. If. the spectators had not interfered if herewould- have been no trouble. The it fact isthat both factiosrushed to the l stand as fast as they could and ibout ~ he sam aie All of-us deplore the sud d0n. ending fthe meeting, but no doubt it is well j ended assuddelyasit did. - .A FBEE BALLOT. a Thereis. a good deal of talk now of a drawing the lines." Well, the "lfead- a rs" nay be able towhip some of the d weaker ones into line, buts The Herald ti nd News believes, as it has believed t for a long time, and in fact all-the a) time, that the voters of Newberg d ounty are truly, "free white and T~ wenty-one," and will vote as they please. - They may vote for Tiliman electors, i nd a goo( many of them wil, but t< they will not vote for every fellow who It umps up and proclaims his allegiance C o Tillman, and who is trying to swing si o the Tillman coat- tail. When, it ti omes to county offices The Herald g< and News believes that the people of n ewberry County will vote for,the be best men, whether they proclaim their ri llegiance.to this man or the other. To jh follow blindly., the dictation of the al leaders" would be to make the pri- p, ary a dead letterg What is the use n to havia 'primary If a few men are to la ictate to the voter how he shall vote. of ow' can a man call himself a free white man if he is to be told how. he must vote, and when that instruction ha n many cases may be contrary to his ' judgment. Call that freedom? Call j: that a liberation from "rings" and i "caucuses"? al The object of the primary is to get ti the will of the people. Are you getting is that.will, when men' vote contrary to se their judgment simply -because the ci 6andidate is advocating some oth.er pl man? Talk about voting for measures. Wht measures? What we need to vote for is men-manly men-comn- 01 >tent men-men of character-men ti who can be relied upon-men in whose fi honesty and integrity we have confi- al dence-and then you will get meas- ti me, but withouit the right kind of " men you will never get the-right kind n neaures. The Herald and News is advocating I no man in the county contest. All we C want is a free ballot and a fair count, C and the right to the voter to cast his i allot as his best judgment may dic- G tate without interference. 6 They say pow the lines must be drawn because there was no meeting at Newberry. Ridiculous idea.. It is only an excuse. So far as we could see there was no candidate who had any hand in the disturbance and they are In no way responsible for it. The white white men of Newberry are not in any one's breeches pockets and unless we are badly fooled will vote as they please, and do not need any one to fi d up tickets and slates for them to vote. Talk about liberty. Talk about the ' rule of the people. . Talk about a free i baallot. Where do all these things ~ ome in when you are told you have h got to vote for certain men because they are on a certain "side," whether you want -to or not. That is freedom with a vengeance. Are you going to obey? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ In the next issue of The Herald and v~ News we expect to give the result of I the election in Newberry County for 'J all the offices to be filled. a The one or two "former Republicans" who were in the March convention of p 1890 have not returned to the fold, but o are still in the Republican camp. Let s us stick to the record. t REEE'S THE AFFIDAVIT. It will be remembered by those w ittended the meeting at Kiettne Rail last Wednesday night that He Dole. I.. Blease asked Gov. Tillman 8tate whether or not he had used t anguage attributed to him wh peakingof the factory people. MrBles ntimated that be supposed, howevi t was untrue, as it was published ir zewspaper. Gov. Tillman said it w iot true, as he considered the facto >eople as good as himself or any bo4 >lse, though he could not remember i ie had said. The Herald and News does not pi end to say whether the statement rue or not, but here is the stateme if four men under their solemn oath L'he factory men of Newberry hea: vhat Gov. Tillman said. They cc ow-judge for themselves. G&ANTEVILLE, S. U., August 18. [o the Editor of The State: Plea rint the following affidavit: We, the undersigned, do solemn wear that B. R. Tillman (now Go rnor) did say that he had "rather lamn sight deal with the negro el nent in Edgefieid than the damn fa ory element of Aiken." JOHN M. HIGHTOWER, ]. W. SHAW, JOHN A. CRAWFORD, T. M. GLOVER, Sworn to before me this 18th day ugust, 1892. J. W. STA\SFIELD, N. P. The campaign meeting at Newber ras an eye opener. Lots of peop rere surprised to see so inany She ard men present. And they were ni own dudes either, but they came froi 11 parts of the county. Good, sturd irmers were there,. men who wai eace and harmony, and men who a ick and tired of this bitterness an trife and .this everlasting turmoi 'hey have awakened to the fact thg be quickest and surest way to rid ove elves of it, is to get rid of the cans 'hey realize that nothing has come of f the "movement," but bitterness an ivision, and that they have pot bee enefited by it, and our people ai tirred up almost as bad as they wei 1 the days of secession. A movement that is born of villificA on and abuse must thrive upon it. J tis movement has not been one < illification and abuse and wholesa barges without proof, then we adm re do not know what those tern iean. It is time for the people to sto nd think and reason on these thing >r as sure as you fling reason- to tb rinds you drive headlong and rapidl Bu fu er wer rou bepa ien at the meeting last Thursday an ere are just lots more in Newberr ounty who were not there, but the ill be at the polls net Tuesday. The Herald and News has never of cted to any private, whether he b r TillmJm or against him, having a e wants to say. All that we hav sked is that he put his say in courteot nad respectful language, and we accor Needle" this week three columns fc is say. The Herald and News ha ever said that it was "egregiously" c rediculoisly" or "insanely wrong" fc cay man_to say what -he wanted o ny side, or for any ~Iade, and we hav ever heard any body say so. "Ne4 le" must be drawing on his imagini on. We have been pleading all th me for free speech, freedom of opinio cad freedom of ballot without "lin rawing" or interference of any kinc he record will sustain us. The Herald and News does not be eve the Edgefield men came over her >break up the meeting last Thursday is nearer .to them than Edgefiel .H., and they came t1o hear th >eaking. We are always glad to se em. Some of them, like some othe mod men we know, will take "one to any" sometimes, and in consequenc come a little obstreperous, b'ut as_ de they are clever fellows and w ope they will come back again. W 'glad the Edgefield boys had an or artunity to see how many Sheppar aen there are in Newberry. But the: at Thursday they did not see the hal 'them. Come again. The trouble with "Needle" is the e confounds the Haskell movemen ith the Sheppard people. There ar tat lots of Sheppard men who fough ieHaskell movement just as hard a ay of the most ardent and enthusias c Tillman men. The Sheppard ticke not an Independent ticket in an; nse, but is composed of good Demc at and will abide the result of th rimary. Everybody will be wanting to figur a the State Convention whentthe re rns begin to come in and'possibly be ire, so we give herewith the countie ad the number of delegates each is er tied to in the State Convention. I ill be very easy now to figure you tan in by a safe majority. Abbeville 12, Anderson 12, Aiken arwell 12, Beaufort 10, Berkeley 1. harleston 18, Chester 8, Chesterfield( larendon 8, Colleton 10, Darlington |dgefeld, 3$, ffairfield 8, Florence Morgetown 6, Greenville 12, Hampto: ,Horry 6, Kershaw 6, Lancaster 4 ,aurens 8, Lexington 6, Marion [arlboro 8, Newberry 8, Oconee 4 rangeburg 12, Pickens 6, Richland 14 partanburg 14, Sumter 12, Union iilliamsburg 8, York 10. Total 320. Let every man go to the polls an ote for the men of his choice. The present administration went i ower promising reforms. The preser impaign is now ended and the bul en of the administration in this can aign has been to explain to the peep rhy those promises wvere not kep 'here is one good thing about it: r ew promises have been made. The ave learned by experience. Senator Irby says that he thinks ti ote in the prnmary will be aboi ),000 and of this he grants the Shej ard ticket 35,000. That ought to t nouraging to the Sheppard me then it is remembered that Senat( rby is an ardent supporter of Go' 'illman. That is very nearly ha] nd it is the estimate of Senator Irby The Herald and News hopes tt rimary next Tuesday will be a qui ne and free from any disturbance. ould be so. There is no reason for be otherwise. THE CAMPAIGN OVER. ho The State campaign has closed. For r's several weeks the candidates have n. gone through the heat and spoken to to the people when the people would hear. be No one regrets that it is over and n every one must feel proud that there se has been no serious results at any of ar, the meetings. Passion has r.an high a at many of the meetings and in many as places the discharge of one shot would ry have caused the loss of many lives. ly It is a great pity that the debates could til not have been placed on a higher plane. If Gov. Tillman had followed the e-' dignified example set him by Gov. is Sheppard there would, not have been at near as many sores to heal nor near so .- much bitterness. d Even his enemies must admit that Ln Governor Sheppard has pitched his public discussions .on a high platte - and that he has at all times treated his se opponents in debate with the utmost courtesy. In many cases it seemed to . be wasted, but it is the proper way in a which to conduct a campaign. 3- Gov. Tillman has not at all times observed the amenities of debate as he should, and more especially on account of the position he occepies, should he have set the example. On the con trary, he has lost his temper and said many things that no doubt in his cooler moments, when the heat of bat tle is over, he will wish many times y were unsaid. le It will not be many days more be p- fore the people will say by their votes >t which man they will choose. n The speaking closed last Saturday at y Laurens. Many persons thought it there would be trouble, but fortunately *e everything passed away without d serious trouble. Gov. Tillman is said 1. to have indirectly warned Col. You Lt mans not to go to Laurens, but he was r- there and seems to have met with 3. quite an ovation, though he did -not it speak. People instinctively admire a d brave and a cool man in the, face of n danger, whether they are friendly to e him or not. e The meeting at -Laurens was by no means a Tillman glorification, though - he had a majority of the crowd. Some :f who were present say it was pretty >f equally divided, but all the newspaper e- reports say the numbers were in favor t of Tillman. a Gov. Sheppard closed the speaking p a;nd the campaign of 1892 was at an ;, end. It will be a memorable campaign e in the annals of history-memorable, y not for the good it-Ms done, but for the strife and bieruess it has engen dered .s d y "Needle" gives us three, columns ,of y politics this week, and its on the Till man side. Read it. e Publfc Land Question. [1 NeuwBERx, S. C., Aug. 18, 1892. e Hon. J. E. Tindal, Secretary of State, Co shlmbia, S. C. Dear Sir: After giving all due considier Sation to the explanations you made to-day r in an extended and pleasant interview, in 8 regard to the sale of State land as referred rto inmysarticle ofAugust 10, Ican only rnay that your explanation that th. land r sold was land that had been granted in a the past, but was now abandoned land, e cannot be satisfactory, for the following reasons: -If this land was abandoned land, in the Sadvertisement of sale it should have been e advertised under the name of the original a grantee-or the last owner as it appeared eupon the tax books; whereas it is adver etised as unknown lands-surrounded by -. unknown lands4om two sides. Again, if Mrs Morrison, as he admitted before the Sinking Fund Commission, had, as surveyor, made no actual survey of the land, but had finished out his p1at e in his office by rnnngm an imaginary line .between certain poinfs that.he supposes a to be established, I cannotssee that the agent of the Sinking Fund Commisin e ad any sufficient and reliable data upon e which to say these lands were abandoned r fands liable to be sold for taxes, and to a put them up and sell them for taxes. For such careless surveying, advertising and' selling will never satisfy the people of the a State that lands thus surveyed and sold e have sufficient identification aboht them a to show whether they are delinquent lands liable to be sold for taxes, or are vacant lands that properly belong to the State Iand should only be sold as State lands. i Finding this condition of affairs exist f ing in the cases ofthleland sales whichlI have examined, I can only repeat what I have said, that all these sales of land should be stopped 'until the State, by ad t ditional legislative enactments, shall prop t erly direct how its land department shall e be managed for the best interest of the t And as regar#s the letters in my posses s sion, copies of which I read you to-day, - with the remark that I was willing that, t privately, you should have all the inform ation in regard to this matter in my poe i session, but that I had forborne to pub -lish these letters because I wanted this e matter looked into upon its merits and not have any personal controversy inject ed into it at this time. But as, after hear ing them read, you requested copies so e that the whole matter might be thorough ly investigated, I now send you copies of said letters, asking that the whole matter be so thoroughly investigated as will lay s the blame where it belongs. - Yours respectfully, . t JAMEs MoiNTosa. r . [Copy 177 Meeting street (5 doors south of Mar ket street), directly on line City Rail ~way. Mrs. H. M. Baker, Proprietress. CHAELRsToN, S. C., June 4, 1891. ,Capt. John L. Inglis, Ocala, Fla. Dear Sir: I am from Gainesville. Fla., Sspend~ing a short time. here. I can get thiousands of acres of the finest timber lands in this State near water transporta , ion.forl15to 25ctsper acre. The State are not offering these lands, and there is only ono way to get them. And State officers will have to have part of the profits, and Sothers to be taken care of. You get your money back anid one-third of the profits, and the rest to be divided among others. Just think of 20,000 acres for $4,000. You can have 80,000 acres if desired. A big pile of money can be made with a n little money. Yours respty, t (Signed) AL3ZRT L. Rxca. You can address me at this hotel. NATIONA aosN, e 177 Meeting street (5 doors south of Mar Sket street) directly on line City Rail o way. Mrs. H. M. Baker, Proprietress. CHARLEsToN, S. C., July 21, 1891. . S. W. Teague, Esq., Ocala, Fla. Dear Sir: There are thousands of acres of State lands with good timber on them e in this State for sale. There was 10,000 t acres of them sold in Clarendon County Son last saleday at20 ts.an cre. eNow you can have these lands at that eprice and have the deeds made out in your n own name upon the following conditions: r You to get your money back first and in Stereet and the balance to be dividedin 'three parts, you to get one-third, we one 'third and State officers the other. If you desire it you can have 35,000 seres more at the same price on next sale e day, for we know how to chill the sale t and keep other parties from buying. Just think of it, 10,000 acres for $2,000. [t A big pile of money can be made with aj it little money. Yours respty, (Sed) Amer~ L. Brcu. The Newberry Bank and the Tilmaunt To the Editor of The Herald ai News: I am informed that one of o candidates for Legislatie honors the Tillman ticket makes our Newber National Bank the special object of I attack in his rounds through tJ county. There are perhaps good re song why this particular candidal from motives of personal delicac should refrain from making these a tacks. However, of that I do not pr pose to speak. Not having heard th candidate's arguments I cannot nude take to answer them very specificall But I am informed that they are baa on the assumed undervaluation of tl bank-stock and other property, for a sessment of taxes, which Messrs. 'il man and'Ellerbe have been harping c so much. This question has been, i is well. known, unanimously decide by our highest tribunal in favor of th bank; and with any one but an u: reasoning Tillmanite one would thin this ought to settle the matter, at lea: until our laws have been changec But as it does not do so, let us agai state briefly the merits of the questlot As I had occasion to show in Tb Herald and News two weeks ago, ot State constitution, Art. ix, Sec. 1, rE quires "a uniform and equal rate of a sessment and taxation.". It nowher requires that property shall be assesse at its full value. On the contrary ii language is so clear and explicit that i would seem impossible for the nab ased mind to arrive at any other cot lusion than that the assessment of part of the property at itsfull value, a the Tillmanies are endeavoring to d in the case ofhur corporations-banki railroads, &.-while private propert; is not so assessed, must necessarily b unconstitutional.- I repeat, then,. uni formity and equality of assessment i what is required, not full value. An I may add, this is not only the consti tutional requirement, but is also ac cording to the principles of abstrac justice; for what could be more u6jua than to tax one class of property a half its value and another at its ful value? Let us see, then, if it be true that tb Bank df Newberry is not assessed at at least, as high a rate as private prop erty, especially the property -of th farmer. Gov.-Tillman, in his inaugu ral in 1890, says: "We know that th property of the Stata is worth at leas double what it is now assessed .at.' Comptroller General Ellerbe, in hi report to the Legislature in Novembe last, said: "This Legislature, in m; judgment, should orderare-assessmen of real estate in South Carolina, as it I known that the average assessmen upon this class of taxable property i not much above 50 per cent. of its res value." Here are two authorities thei that Tillmanites will hardly gainsay that the lands of our farmers are no assessed above half their real value Then, as we have seen, according t our State Constitution, the property c our banks and other corporation should only be assessed at the'sam, rate. Not only does abstract justice but also the clear and unmistakable lan guage of our State Constitation requir this. Why, then, all this halloo-ballo about our banks and other corporation, not being assessed at their full value? Let us next examine and see if tho Bank of Newberry is not asessed a fully as high a rate as Messrs. Tillmai and Ellerbe say other property is, fo I freely. admit that it should be. It capital stock amounts to $150,060. 01 account of its excellent managemen during the long series of years, and it acumulation of a large surplus an4 umdivided profits, this stock to-da; ommands.a iremium of 60 to 65 pe ent.-that is $100 stock is worth $16 o $165 in money. The real marke alue, then, of the $150,000 stock is sa; 240,000. To this add $1(0,000 of res and personal property, making $250,00 n all. Now If the estimnate of Messra illman and Ellerbe as to the assess nen~o? other property be correct, i ank should be assessed at just hal this amount, or $125,000. .Bat thi mount given by the President and ac epted bythe County Board of Equal ation is$160,000 or $35,000 too high ac ording to these magnates of the Till nanaction. But we are told this at umulated surplus and undivided profts escapes taxation. Not so b; any means. It is on account of thi surplus and profits that the stocl stands so..high as it does, so that It value is included in the stock. Tak way this surplus and profit, and thi stock would not stand even at par. One other point I may notice briefi; s directly pertinent, In this matte1 Who-is to decide as to whether or noc property is uniformly and equally as essed. Is this to be done by th ounty Boards of Equalization, spe ially designated by law to do thi work and who are supposed to .be fa nilar withi the value of property and the rate of as,'essment in their respect v counties? Or is it to be done b; desrs. Tillman and Ellerbe in Colum bia, to-whom the law gives no such an thority, and who, from the very natura of the case, could not be so familia with, values in the various counties It is this point that has been decidec so emphatically in favor of the ban] by our Supreme Court.. Other points I might make in favo of our Newberry Bank, and agains the unjust . attacks of our Tillmnanit friends. But I will close by calling at tention to my statement of two week ago, that this bank loans to our farm ea every year about $375,000; and b; again asking them how in the name c ommon sense they could expect to b able to procure the means to run thel farms and support' their wives ani bhildren, if this bank were abolishet or crippled, as Tillman and his "coat tail swingers"-these pretended friend nt the farmers-are trying so hard ta do. Let farmers think of this, and 01 election day vote f.>r their real friends not for false ones. CivIs. To the - Democratic Voters of Newberr County. The State Democratic Executiv ommittee has made arrangements a as to determine the strength of prohibi tion in the State. This committee ha's instructed th several County Executive Committee ' have a box at each voting precinct i which are to be deposited the ballots c those in favor of the prohibition of th iquor traffic, and the ballots of thos opposed to the prohibition of this tra Our candidates for the Senate an' House of Representatives have pledge themselves to abide by the result c this box. If thecounty goes in favc of prohibition they will not only vot for State prohibition in the Legislaturi but will work for it also. It is the duty then of every prohibi tion'st not only to vote for 'prohibitiot but to use every effort to carry it in th ounty. No one can refrain from vo: ing and do justice to himself. We would be glad to have a full po of theatiprohibition vote also. Le those who are in favor of lheense say sc so that our representatives may knol the will of the people.. Printed tickets for prohibitionists wil be sent out with the ballot boxei Should any one be unable to find printed ticket, he can write a tick' using the words, "For Prohibition. 'hose opposed can write, "No Prohib If the prohibition voters will only d their duty, they will carry the count by a large majority. ArTHUE KISLEE, Chairman Prohibition Ex. Corn. A Card-TO the Publie. I cannot attend any more campaig meetings for the reason that I am es pected (it is likewise my desire), to a: tend a protracted meeting at m church, which is now in progress. have fully expressed myself on th stump and have attended all the mee ings up to this week. Respectfully, .4o. W. ScoTr. e. THE WAR IN TENNESSEE. ur Miners Attack the Stockade at Oiver )f Springs-Capture er the Guards and the ry Militia Reiaforceimeats. 1i ie NASHVILLE, TENN., August 16.-An a- attack of the mob of miners on the e" stockades at Oliver Springs occurred Y, this morning. Twoguards were fatally ,t' injured and eight miners were shot. o'- The miners were finally repulsed. is Oliver Springs is a little mining town r- in Anderson County. It is on the V Walden's Ridge road. The defenser 'd consist of a blockhouse and about forty ie guards. About breakfast time the s- miners came to the stocade. They 1- demanded the surrender of the place. n "Come take us, and be God d-d 1" was is the answer sent by Superintendent d Farris. Fire was at once opened. * Seven hundred miners on one side i glanced down the barrels of their k weapons, and streaks of flanie leaped t from the muzzles as the leaden mes -" sengers sped toward the blockhouse. n The guards manfully answered, and -. the sharp cracks of the rifles struck e terror to the hearts of the assailants. r A flag of truce was raised. Capt. Ferris - respected it, and called to the leader to come and talk with him. Both sides e rested on their arms while the wounded 1i were removed. 8 * * * * * * t In the meanwhile the Governor was i- notified, and he ordered Col. Woolford of the Third Infantry to collect his men a and call for volunteers. At Knoxville m two companies of infantry will join the i the people in the neighborhood are V. all in sympathy with,the peace dis B turbers. Troops are now marching from Harriman to Oliver Springs. s It is said that Governor Buchanan i will go to Coal Creek to-night, and will then declare the lease systeca void, on he ground that it is illegal. A SHAMEFUL SUBBENDER. t CHATTANOOGA, TENN., August 17. The most conflicting and sensational rumors have been coming from the Anderson County district all day and it required some discrimination to :select the reliable or authentic from wild statements. The morning's news . crystallized into the statement that the stockade at Oliver Springs had been reinforced by twenty-eight Knoxville militiamen under command of Major Chandler. Later in the forenoon it r was certain that the stockade had been captured, alodg with the guards and soldiers who were holding it, but not , until the arnval of the two hundred t convicts in Knoxville at 3 p. m. was , the shameful story of the surrender i known. The camp doctor, whose office was not in the stockade but in the village, went into the stockade and told the warden in charge that it wps folly to resist the miners, who numbered eight f teen hundred, and were prepared to at tack and capture he stockade. This brought about nference between the miners' lea erseand the warden, resulting in the twenty-eight soldiers and eighteen guards surrendering to the miners without firinga shot. The miners at once took possession, kan the convicts out to the railroad, loaded them on a train with their guards, and started them to Knoxville. The miners have gone in the direc r tion of Coal Creek, where they will be joined by several hundred more, and an attack on the military there may occur gt any moment, and if it does there will be a bloody reception for Sthem. rThe State is thoroughl aroused, and r men of all classes are raytoj.oin the ) law and order pry to aid te military t in restoring orer even at the cost of a few lives. ISheriff Holloway, of Knox County, )has called for five hundred citizens of Knoxville to go to the relief of the soldiers at Coal Creek. This is under authority of shi order to that effect from Governor Buckhanan. Petitions Shave Been wired to the Governor ask .ing him to call on the General Govern . ment for aid. An additional detach .ment of troops from thirty-five to .fifty, will leave here to-night to rein force the companies of the 3d reglment now In the field. All account agree that the mob of miners Is marching to BCoal Creek and wil.l attack thestok ado. Major Chandler made his escape Sfrom Oliver Springs and reported to e Cot. Woolford at>Harriman. SThe leaders of Monday's mob that destroyed the stockade at Inman will Sresist arrest. A promtnent miner says .that the men wanted will fight to-the Slas.t and will not be taken. The deputy Ssheriff, with twelve men, attempted to Smake a capture to-day, but was forcedI to return for more men. He says he Swill have the leaders, backed as he is by Judge Moon. SThe sheriffof thiscounty is In receipt . of the following order: , Sheriff of Hamilton County : You .are ordered to summon five hundred . men as a posse and proceed at once to , Coal Creek, .where .an armed mob ex r ists, and aid in dispering the same. The posse will be armed byyjou as best you can, or as usual in such cases. JOiN P. BUCHANAN, Governor. r FITNESS THE TEST FOR OFFCE. B Why George Johnstone Shoa1d be Sent - Back to Congrees. [ From the Greenville Democrat, Till man Organ.I BIt. was our pleasure to attend the r cam aign meeting at Pickens last Wnesday, and .in addition to the i candidates for State officers we heard . the discussion between the Congres B ulonal candidates, the Hon. George SJohnstone,.of Newberry, the present incumbent, and Mr. A. C. Latimer, of Anderson. At least 90 per cent of the crowd were for Mr. Johnstone. This is as it should be. r While Mr. Latimer is a very clever gent.leman and would make a good e representative in the State Legislature 1 he lacks the ability, the culture and - experience to make an efficient Con gressman. There is no way to coin e pare the two men except to contrast s them. Mr. Latimer is no speaker, 1 while Mr. Johnstone is one of the most f powerful debaters on the continent. e Mr. Latimer was never a member of e any legislative assembly, while Mr. - Johnstone served eight years in the General Assembly of this State and one term in Congress ! Mr. Latimer I lacks the capacity to cope with such f men as Tom Reed, Bill McKinley, and r other robber tariff and force bill advo e cates, while Mr. Johnstone can van , quish them in debate. So there is no reason why Mr. Latimer should .dis place Mr. Johnstone, unless it might , be claimed that be is a Farmers' Move e ment man, but there is nothing in that, since it is well known that Mr. Johnstone is standing on that platform [ with both feet. t The people of the old 3d district, , comprising as it does the birthplace of V John C. Calhoun, Judge Whitner, Governor Brown, Governor Perry and I divers other illustrious men, are one of -the most intelligent, cultured and re a fined in the State. And they are not t going to act so unwisely asto refuse to return the Hon. George Johnstone to -Congress, and put in his stead a man wbo is so manifestly incompetent for 0 the place. DEATEiS. Mrs. Jane Gliliam, wife of Jno. W. Gifliam, died on the 21st instant, at her home near the Enoree. SMrs. Georgie Norris, youngest daugh ter of Mr. Thos. V. Wicker, died at her .home in Walhalla on the 18th inst. e She died of typhoid fever, in the 32nd i year of her age, and leaves a husband e and t,hree small children. ;-Mr. J. Griff Williams died Sunday night, the 21st instant, at his home in Mountville, Laurens County, aged 86 years. - h.............. for infants Ireoom.editssump.ar.toaarre..,ipti tn.wntome." . A. Ac,K D., mSo. 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