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m berrp 151' e. NY es. ESAILISHIED 1805.-_ NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1897. T WICE A WE EK. 21.50 A YVE Afl A QUIET CHRISTENING. OF N,;w AND INNOCENT COUNTY O D>OICNIESTEM-.-NO O)ITA11.4 Si VAI LED .. To Dis tho AsmembIl,ed 100-1- rhy Thloku r ..aurilu Will Lend the Itepublicim Pairty. [Spocial to The State.] Saint Georgo, July 12. -The baby county of Dorchester bohaved itsolf beautifully today. Thoro ws III average audienco and absolutely the beat of feeling. Thi speakers, with such amiable and attentive auditora, could hardly have urokon the har moniousnoss of things by saying rude things about each other. There were no now or astounding chargos or allegations today. All passed as so rono as it was familiar to tho candi datos. The candidates today, as far as practicable, remodelled their spochos. The same old charges about Republicanism and the tar were mado. The audience was liberaTand gon C170s< ors, tlhqy ap Penrod to bo badly divided but the primary will show more about that than did today's mootiVg. Col. Irby spko first, and said ho did dot holievo McLaurin had any political party. 'T'he .omllocratic party and the Reform party were, he said, synonymous. ie said lie wias running politics in his own wily, when asked about what he was go ing to do. Said he had no personal feelings against any of the candi dates. The Conservatives two years ago woluld have vot.ed for him as a Demoorat and should today be with him. Ho said franldy that a free silver Conserva.ivo could have won this race. Ho said he could prove that Gonzales, in his want of sense, had kept a Consgqgative out of the senate. He preferred an able Con sorvative to a straddler. Hondorson and Johnstone were told not to make the race by Gonzal os. Mr. Gon zles uns an able man, but has not -10 cents worth of common sense, and made the Conservatives koop out for "available" candi(datos. Tho Conservatives ought to rise up and not allow Gonzalps to boss t hem. Col. Irby said MceLaurin wrote the Populist platform. lie said Mc Laurin lead the Forty movement, which was a lot of traitors who tried to deliver the Roforin movomont t.o the onomies. Tillman and Evans got scarod, but he never frightened of politicians. He called the bluff and won, for the pnopln-the Pn formoers. Irb'y said he had to sweat like a race horse, and1 then only h-id a bit of his speech printed, b)ut said lie was opposed by a gang in Columbia --was not a "ring" because it had not sense enough. Ellerbo-- our governor-God save the mark! was the head. Ellerbo, wvho woald have boon on his farm, where he ought to b,e, had 1)0 not beeni cheated in as comptrollor general, and Chair man Parlor knows it. Ellerbo huas gone in with Gonzales, first to elect McLaurin nd then to np)t.ur.o the the Stato machinery and then tell you poor p)lowbhoys to go on lowing. Then there is thant followv liill Neah, who hats been suck ing the public teat so l'ong that lhe wvants to hold it. El lerbe h~ad deOsertod- the farmors to go in ,with Gonzales, wvho didl not even vote for or support him last year. Joe was for HarihTson theon. Gor - os, who hats mere sense thari eit hj, was for Duncan last year, an(1 lhe va s running this~ year and why v-as lie not supporting D)uncan this time? 1He went into the reasons whly lhe retirod fromu p)olitics, anti( saidi that theo wvouldl soon be a Republican party andl McLaurin wvould head it. When Col. Irby's time was up[ he was asked to go on, but lhe p)referrotd not to do so. A t.elorgram was read announcing that. Mr. D)uncan could not 1)0 pres ent on account of the sickness of his wife. Governor Evanis started out, by saying that lie had seen that the upw county had a fair chance anid ebngratulated the peopleo on their success. o-campaign, ho urged, wai ,Aserious and especially to t armit r j, and ho used this term 0041n0 this was an agricultural Stato. Io was making the light that has boon mado for 50 yoarn and his contention was for Democracy against the now ovangel. Tho Dem ocratic party is the friend of the masses and believes in a tariff for r0voluo only. .Ho explained at length what was a tariff for revenue only and fully the system of collect ing duties. Ilo said McLaurin dodged around overy:day on his tariff views. The News and Courier took up his (Eva.s') views this morning. They are beginning to bo strung and and McLaurin is crying to the News and Courier and the State, "Help me, qaisius, or I sink." Od'tho coast McLaurin says ho is pr4flocting long staple cotton, in the i country it is Allen staple and now t it short staple he wants to protect. All cotton has fallen iti price to what it was: Ie otored $100 at yard for every yard of goods made out of Egyptian cotton sold for 200 por cont more than short, staple cotton. If McLarin's mill used foreign cotton it was to fool the people and may be in the badges Mr. McLaurin had at Sumter. He elaborated on the cot ton duty on the lines heretofore pur sued. Ho explained the uses of the differmnt kinds of cotton. Mr. Evans said he had hoard of no Democratic complaint when cotton was put on the free list. Postmaster General Gary said he was going to bait the sort of Democrats as Mr. MeLaurin and they are patting him on the back. Hto said he did not know how the no gro oditor in Washington know that MeLaurin voted with Wigg against the Jim Crow bill. When Evans was attacking M Laurin for voting for high wool du ties Melaurin said ho voted for a ro duction on wool in committee. Evans said the record was against him. When AMeLaurin was in the house he never voted for any reductions and it was not until the News and Courier asked him under which flag he stood, protection or not, that McLaurin voted against any thing in the Ding ley bill. It is not liko %outh Caro lina to swallow anything because it can't, be helped. You can't hack this peoplo and he did not approvo the giving up policy or aceopting the bost olfTored liko McLaurin, tho News and Courier and the State. Ie attacked MlcLauirin's lumber views, lie 'mid ho wvould never go back on Calhoun's vieows for condi tionms woere the si'mo. Mr. Evans wvas lustily appllauded1. Mr. McLaurin said he could not see howv abuse o f Col. Neal and Gov ernor Ellerbo had anything to do with this light. IHe said that he coulid comipletely smash tho argu mont of Governor Evans, who had misreprosented, misqunoted or m isun dcrstoo-l the whole mat ter. Hoe was attacked as beomg a R.epublican, and Senator Tillmnan voted wvith him on overy qfuestion and is even reported( as thinking di going further, yet no one attcked "'man. lie was op p)osed to the L'm a. y h)ill and1 always hats boonm and is nowv pairoed wit.h Chanidler ngainst t.ho bill. If his cot.ton duty was in the inth ro'st of the New En~mglander it. was strange that the R?epubl icans struck it out. The Roplulicans knocked out everything he and Tillmian dlid, and1( that dloos not 'ook like lhe was wvorking with the Ro pmublicans. Hie has booen at.tondinig to his (duties and not making after dinner sp)eeches. T1hoe tax on eotton if it did raise the price of cottonm it would raise a revenue and that wvould keep a duty oflf of othier things. lhut the for cign cotton dIoes conmo into (compoli tioni with the upland long stale cottons.-Allanm and1 Pooelor. The cotton schedule in the Ding icy bill was tihe same as it was in the Wilson bill, for wvhich Irby and all voted. lie again explained thme lumber schedule as completely covered at Orangeburg. Hob said it was noth ingr but buncombo and domnagogory to say that his trying to put a tax oni white pine was going to raise the price of local lumber. He said lie was under the domination of no men or newspapers. He worked against the Dingley bill hofore the News and Courier wrote the editorial referred to by Evan.s. He antod and thought for himself. He was satisfied in making his appeals to the people. He said he showed Evans whoro he voted for a hqrizontal reduction on wool and Mr. Evans had not corrected the statement lie has boon making from day to day, that lie was for a high duty on wool. God gave Irby a line presence and brain, but lie only used it about once in six years. Ho found that lie never voted for any dutios on rico. Mr. McLaurin got quite facetious today and had Col. Irby and his audience in quite a fit of laughter. Col. Irby said lie did not aim to say he did not want the office. Mr. Mc Laurin said it looked to him like Irby was not after the offico, but that Evans was moro tractable and more penitent, and that Irby wias going to run for governor. Col. Irby said he wanted the sonatorship ainid was going to got it. Mr. McLaurin said if lie could preparo a revenue billo would tax the luxuries, but, to tax tea and coffee so that they could not be used by the poor was not his idea. On diamonds and laces the duties are ats high as they can be, and have stood for a long time and woro in the Vil son bill. He stood with the Bryan Democracy on every foot. He stood for it, not for office, but because lie thought it right. Mr. McLaurin was cheered at the conclusion of his connected speech. Mr. Mayfield jokod with his tired audience and finally said he would run the whole crowd to their politi cal farins. He wias the only real farmer in the race. Without any joking, the others all had paying offices and now lie wanted the job. le opposed Tilbman's $3 poll tax, and boat Tilian's vote in his coun ty. He thought Dorchostor ought to have had its county and helped its representatives. If elected lie would favor and work for a change in the national banking law, this lie argued was most important. It would be 1902 before the country could get free coinage of silver, and that was why he wanted elasticity in issuing bank notes. He wont over his liquor system at length. He wanted the central dis ponsary and the constabulary wiped out. As a financial system the dis pensaiy is a stupeondous failuro. HoI . favored temperance, himself beinig a teetotlar, but if anyone wanited a drink he could get it. McLaurin, he said, made a p)lausi blo sp)eechi and was about the only man who ould defend such a course as lie hais in Washington. Ho said ldr'. McLaurin's vote on wool in committee wvas not conscientious, and he says so; the vote to make a 83 por cent. reduction was, lie inti mated, for campaign purposes, know ing he had a primary on hand. Tfhe danger with McLau ri n's tariff views was that those benefited would like it too well and the system would spread1. It was innocent enough to start with, butt it wouIld suirely spread1. Tho11 tax on lumber will only make thoe imill men rich. Mr. McLaurin's idea is wvrong and not representative of his peoplo. lie conld tell of some good things McLaurin had (10n1, but of many more not in thoe interest of his peopl)o. Talking about domagogory, lie said it looked very much like Mc Laurin voted for effect when lie favomred a rodnetion ini the dunty on wool, after having favored an in crease in committee. Mr. Mayfield said he would do his full duty to the people as ho has al wvays donoe, anid closed his brief speech with app)lauso. TLomnorrow thme candidates speak at Bambo)rg. 10,000 lbs. Dry Hildes. Highest cash price paid f.or thenm. f&t 2m. 8nUMr.m nunos A SWEEPING ORDER, sIMONTON ISUECS AN INJUNTIT ON AUAINST ALL COMERtS. llow to the DiMpetmsary-Ulief lahr tindl All thO VonHtalCs ainjohikei lFron. In. terfering Withl Meetze-Original 1ouse still Doohg a good Hus ilepo -interview With Col. Nelson. [Rogister, 23.] Judge Simonton yesterday issuod one of the most swooping rostrain ing orders against the dispensary law that has yet boon issued since that law wont into effect. The order "rostrains Bahr, chief State con stablo, and all acting under him, and. all porsons acting as constables by virtue of appointment by the Governor, and all porsons acting as constables under any alleged au thority contained in the dispensary law of South Carolina, from intor foring with Moetzo" in the conduct of his "original," packago establish mo16nt.. Soon after Mr. Meotze had boon arrestod for violating the dispon sary law several days ago, it will be recalled that Col. P. H1. Nelson, who has boon retainod to make the light., appeared before Judge Simon ton for a temporary injunction ro straining Constables Moorehead, Koon and Bishop from interfering with Mr. Meotze. This order was roturnablo on August Oth, at. which time the test case was to be heard and the question as to what an "original" package of whiskey, ac cording to a previous d,cision, was to be determined. After this injunctiou, Mootze's store was reoponed, and the salo of "original" packages of whiskey wont on. Govornor Ellerbo was in formed of the fuct that Mr. Moetzo was continuing the sale of whiskey, and after a consultation with Attor ney Gonoral Barbor, it was dotor mined that another warrant b is sued and b served by other con stables than those named in Simon ton's temporary order. It was also decided by the State authoritios that in addition to the rearrest of 'Mr. MeOtzO, that his stock of goods be seized. Col. Nelson was informed of this expectant move by the Gov ernor, and he called upon Governor Ellorbo and Gonoral Barbor. Mr. Nolson was told that he had been correctly informed. A sweeping in junction was then prepared by Mr. Nelson and forwarded at once to Judge Simonton, who wired the fror as followvs yesterday: Flat Rock, July 22. P. H. Nelson, Esqj., Columbia, S. C. Orders signed and mailed. CIan hear cases on 27th. C. H:. Simonton. Whoin seen soon1 after the receip)t of the above telegram yesterday, Mr. Nelson had the following to say: "I got the original restraining orders against those three constablos, (Moorehead, K(oon and Bishop) on ly, thinking, that after- Judge Si monton had boon made failiar with all the facts as to Mr. Moetzo's sales, the Govei-nor and the at.torney general would pay suflicient r-espect to his order as not to have Mr. Mootze arrestedl, or to interfere wvith him until the final heiong. But after having the orders served, I was informed that the Gover-nor and the attorney gen oral i ntended to app)oinlt other constables than those enjoineod; have Mr. M9etzo rearreusted, and his p)laco closed upl. After getting thant information, I wvent to soo the Governor and( the attorney general, and (lid so6 them, and told theom that J1udge Simonto. was fully awaeu- of all the facts as to howv Mr-. Mo'otzo was miaking the sales, and they still expr-essed the determination to have him stopped, I, thereupon, notified .Judge Simon ton of what they had told me, and sent hiim an ordler requestirng himii to sign it, enjoining Bahr, chief State constable, and all acting under him., and all persons acting as constables by virtue of ap)poinltment by the Governor, and all persons acting as constables undeir any alleged au thorit.v contained in the dispnary.. law of South Carolina, from intor foring with Mr. Mootzo. "I roquestod J udge Simonton that if ho grantod tho ordor to mail it to tho clerk of court with directions to sorve it at once. I, this morn ing, notified Governor Ellorbo of the receipt of this tologram as I had no desiro to havo any of his constables ruled for contempt of court." Mr. Nelson further stated that, he had already boon asked to have the argument of the Moozo caso tako placo bofore Judge Simonton at Flat Rook on Tuosday noxt. While ho had not announced his in tontion of havIng the hearing take place on that day, ho had practical ly decidod to do so. The fact that Judge Simonton had issued a restraining order on joining all constables fronm intOrfOr. ing with Mr. Mootzo in solling his "original" packages of whiskey wis recoived by tho auti-dispolnsary peo plo in Columbia as delightful news. Many oxpressod the opinion that thisi ordor, ats Well am tho first re straining order, would ho mado 1)or inanlont. In fict., a goutleman who stands high in dispelNsary circles said ho sup)osed Attorney Gveneral Barbor would cope well with his advorsary inl the coming test caseo boforo Judge Simniontonl, still io vx poctedl the Stato to lose the light.. Mr. Mootzo opened his storn the samo timo yesterday morning as tho city dispensaries, and his sales during tho (lay notted a neat sum. A largo number of "original" packugos wero received yosterday by Mir. Meotze, his agoney being established with Messrs. 1. 'ragr and colnpany of Cincinnati, O'hi.. Mr. Metvzo is also the agent of Pfeifer and com pany of Cincinnati. 'The whiskey recoived yesterday eatlio neatly packed in a wooden box, each bottle containing a spal and labelled with I. Tragor and company's namite on it and "WN. 3. Movatzo, agent." "'Sil vor King," "Canada Club," "Old Col oiy Ryo," "ttacbrayors," and other standard brands of whiskies caie along with tho ordor, and Mr. Motzo says he will continno to sell Tragor and companly's standard brands. Besides "original" packages of whis kcios, Mr. Mootzo continues to soll cool boor by the bottlo. Col. Nelson said yost.orday that if he won the tost caso now ponding beforo Jadgo Simonton, a case would bo brought, involving tho (u1estion as to whether oe could have shipped to him a barrel of whiskey anid then bottle the st.nff' on his own promtises. This was initi mtatedl some( t.imo sinice, but it hand never booen authoritatively stated. Mr. Nelson says heo conltoeid(s that, aI cit izen haus the samoe right to bottle the whtiskey as the State, andi( that he initend(s to test tho matt.er very thoroughly. iAlIiSia TAJ&.I. Last night Attorney General l3ar bor was soon1 in reference to the latest restrain ig order issued by Judge Simiontont,and whoa askedtlvwhat, he thought about the imat ter, (Gon oral Barber said t hat then order was not such ant unusual eone, for Simaoit ton had issued simtilar restraining ordlers mi previous cases. Holi said lho had fortified the position of the State in regatrd to the conttenttion of what an original package is, and thiat lie could ntot, und(erstand( how the court, in the face of such stirong aul thoritics as those lie wouldl cite, cani contsistontly decide againist til., Stautf.. When the attoirney general w&as told thatt it 'was the aivowed puirpose of his opp)onents to test the qiiest ion as to a citizen's right to have shipped to him a barrel or whiskey and1( then bottle the stuffT aifter its arrival ini the State, he laughed and seemed to tinmk such a test case wvoul be ex treomely ludricrous. General Barber says5 he is perfect. ly willing for all the presetit cases to he hoard on July 27, the date ini timnatedl in Judge Simoniton's telo grain to Mr. Nelsont. .Judtging from Circuit Jiud~ges Watts and Buchanan's charges, re conitly dlivore(d, the State intends to let the constables go ahead uand act if no restraing ordlers had1( been is 81nn(1 by .J mlen SiIonant On ARP ON INFIDELS. mAwrO,v atMAN IEADS WIIAT THIEY witrolT IN NIEW VORIK l'AlICIEP. Tiley Shock is Feig-llispa ak of tho AloMel le' of Nature and Saym liE, "hosO miioderi agnostics, skeptics, atheists and itifidols aro having a lively time inl the Now York papers. The columns are opon to thom and it keops our Christian and God-fear ing people busy in replying to thoir assaults upon the Biblo and Chris tianity. No two of them seom to havo the samo faith or to bo fighting under the samo gonoral, but, they are all ongaged in storming the citadol, some on one sido and some on another and with difforont weapons of warfaro. They are pull-downers inst Oad of build-uppers. Ono set assaults the miracles anldo seei to have a special spito at Jonalh and the whIdo. Another set denounceo Jophthah for sacrificing his daugh tor andl(] donounco God for pormit ting it. They aro opually indignant against. David for having Josiah slain aid against. Simuel for ordor ing Saul to slay the woenivil and chilteon and cattlo of the Amal okit es. They declaro that. all theso stories IIre fakes or, if true, that God is a brito for allowing such out r'ages. Sono bolievo ill the Now Tosta mn11tC, but not il the olu, whilo others ridiculo the miriculous con COpt.iol of the virgin Mary and pro. 110111, ( it i wolfll's trick t1 hido hor s.aro. Some wrio fromi a meidical Standpoint. and aissert, that m11ani, is by 110 m11ans a perfect creation physically, but, could ho imuproved Oil inl m1any particulars -Cor. instiaine, the calf of tho log should have boon inl front and thero should have bon one oyo inl the baek of the head and the ol 0W joint1 should have had a back action, so that a mlanl could scratch his back and a womlian button her dress or faston her skirt mnoro con veiiently. They declaro that a por fect m shoul bo built to run liko a horso anild swim lik a fish anIld fly liko a bird. Shlacespolro they say, wis only indillgiig ill a little tafTy when he wrotm "what a pieco of work is man. Howi noblo in reason; how infinito in faculties; ill form and moving,r how oxpress and atd mirible; in aceion how like an an gel; in approhlonsion how like a god!" Somne of these wvriters talk about saoredl and1 divine things wvit h the imost shocking conitempi1t a111ndinti munate t,hat. nobody but cowvard1s and1 lunatics believe in them. They woul make Voltaire and1( Tonm Payne ashaimed of t.homsolvos. Now, if a man has doubts ab)out the miracles or their divinmity of Christ and1 is really seeking after the truth and oxpresses0 himself in language that shows respect for the faith of his fellow men, it is all right; but wo are too helpless to be vaini or con ceiteod. If I knowv where I cimie from or who,re I was going or whlat would be my future state, or if I could prolong my existence or could foresee thme calamiition of life and( p)ro veoit them, I could afford to strut aronund and p)lay Sir Ormele. But I feel my helplessness more and1( mere every day13, and1( like a child in t.roii ble I wanit to go to imy father. Whether there be a God or not, atll the goodl peop)le I have ever known or roadi about b)elieved there is, and it is dlisrespect to them to take His nameii( iln vatin. Addison says that Sir Rtobert Boyle, who was t,he g reatest natu ral ist tha t England ever p)roduicedI, hand the rmost pro found veneration for the Su premoe Beinig anid never monit ionod the niaise of God without ai pause50--a1 visiblo st.op in his discourso. No well-brodl imani is ever profane or speaks the niamol of God irreverently. I cannot undlerstand ho0w moedical mon who have studied the aniatomy of thio human body-this compl1ex and( wvon dor ful machineo--should ever be skep tical about God's oxnltonce. If I knew how miy will, which is immlua terial, controls my musclos, wvhich are material, and make me extend my hand or my foot or close imy eyes aind opon my mouth, Ii might, boast of a little knowledge; but a it is, the raising of my arm or the writing with this pon is a greator miracle than Jonah living three days in the whale's belly. Every seed that gor minatos and makes a flower is a miraclo.to mo. Sometimes I wonder if 1 had a glass that. would magnify a million times could I see the om bryo oak in a little acorn; could I soo tho orange troo in the seed of the fruit. All naturo is full of miracles. Winding up the canos in front of my veranda are madoka vinos3 that climb one other way and hiop vines that climb the other way mnd jasmino vinos that climb both ways. Every plant has its own laws, and they aro unchangeable. Just, so with the hoasts and birds and insects, and I alost envy them in their happy ignorance of death and a future state. Hundreds of katylidt aro singing in the grove whilo I write. The males are mak mg music for their uninsical matP. They will sing on and bo happy for throo months and dio. The form and structuro of their little body is a miracl, for the utmost, ingonuity of 1mani could not make one. The two little drumis thit overy eicoda carries for sounding boards ind tho tiny frots on their wings that scrapo each other with iniconcoivaclo rapidit, mako a musical note that can ho heard half a milo on a still amnd quiet night. And then their sonso of hearing is so wonderfully acuto! F'or what child has not tiptoed to the treo and touchied it ever so gently and closod the orchestra. Dr. Holhes calls the katydi(s "this testy little dogmatist," for they never tiro of saying "katy did" and "kat-y didIn't." But. about this improvod man and woman t1hat thoso skepties would imake if they could. Somietiies a 1man does fall over a wheelbarrow in the night, and bruise his sliis, and I remomber well how many hard licks wo boys got whlion wO played skinny at the old, schoolhouse on top of the hill, but the soros got Well and no bonos woro broko.- If the calf was in fronit ie o)ruise would be as had and it would mako la's pants bag at the calf instead of the knoo, and a wc man's calf when riding a bike would look awful! About that third eye in the back of tho head, it would very much interfere with our sleeping position anmd give noe room for a wo mann's back hai r arnd utterly p)aralyzo her devotionis ini chuiirch. If we are to have a third eye the optical norv os andl muscles shmould1 be so arrang ()d that wvhen the two( iln front are 0oen the 0110 in time rear shiould be shut, and vice versa. But this third eye would of course necessitate a larger corebellum to hold the machinery, and1( that, would give at man the big hmeadl. As to a double jointed elbow for scratching pun poses, I've nmo particular objections, thbough on a pinch a mani cani (d0 like Sidney Smith's pigs: He can rub up againmsfi post or the edge of a (doon andl get relief. As to that Manichmausen business of sunuinig and siw imnminig anmd flying, it, is folly to dliscuss. Manm hats no need of such pwors, anid if he~ hind four legs like a horse and fins like a fish and wings like a bird he wouldn't 1)0 a man, but a sort of q1uadruplex ampijhiblous aerolie, too smart for this world and not good enough fur the next. (Good gracions! what a world of no(w theories about mani and the creon tion theso modern thinkers have got up.' 'They canr't fool thmo old folks, but I foar they do domahlraliz/e some of thle younmg. Younig man, stop and1( thmink hefore you desoit tihe faith of the fathers. It is safe to say that such great and1( good men as Calvin and1( Luther arnd Kniox and( Wesley and( Whitliild and1( Sir Isaac Newton and1( Addison and1( Pop)o and hundreds of others who livedl and (lied in thme faith wcre not mistaken. WVait mintil1 these agnostics and skeptics all agree on a religion that will give comifort in adversity and peaice in tmehonor and article of death. No, doii't wvait, for they have lhad t imoe enough andI offeredl riotJiing BILrL Amin.