Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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net 4v ~ ~' 1 Q~' '"'~ C'3'iA' "p'J~'tTh~'N ~-N'W '~-* "-N ~ :4 A II Ii _ - r 5ewberrv ernLbinib a' C ~ ESTAII!JISHED 1805. NEWBERRY, S. 0., TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1897. TWiG ~' A WEEK, fl.5() A YEAR LAURIN SPEAKS IFRtOM 1113 SIVR HtOOM III*' ADDRNE8F Ills Position Not Forti--lIlN 1lhyploi. Fror bids limu to Aitpiotn.AWYg Moro Cam i'frhI tIlee linge-eadt wV ht, Tho following a(dress to the voters of the State has booh issued by Snator MoLaurin, whoso physi. cian doelined to permit him to at tempt to speak at th.l last, two meet ings of the campaign as ho desired to (10: Follow Citizens--At Yorkvillo I was stricken with a sudden and sevoro attack of illness. To my great disappointment, I find my solf unablo to mako another speech daring tho present campaign. My record is before you, and by it, I am willing to stand or fall. Dur. ing the canvass I felt that 1 pro ferred to succeed by relying upon' record, rather than by attacks upon the record or charactor, huwovor vulnerablo, of my opponents. Tho attempt b -porvort my record and to charge me with being a protectionist, because I -Ienandod for the south equal rights with other sections, is an insub, to the iniulligence of the voters of Sut,th Carolina. On J une 17th in the senate, whilo discussing the Diagley bill, I inid: "Mr. President, I am not a protco tionist, have never gi.von a voto in support of that principle nor uttered a word in defonse of that doctrine. I look upon the doctrine of pro tection as a potent factor in build ing up and maintaining trusts and monopolies. Certain newspapers in the north instead of answering my arguments against protection, have been pleased to call me a protection ist becauso 1 demanded equality be fore the law." I staid squarely upon the tariff plnk of the Chicago platform, and my votes wore given in defense of the peoplo whom I represent, and to compol the Rtpublican party to place fhe south inon an equal foot ing with the balance of the country. Wo woro convened last March in ox traordinary sossion, and the 1topub licans prosolnted us With the most unfair and sectional tariff bill over framed. Tt had freo binding twine for 1ho nort-hern farmer, and taxed cotton tios and juto bagging for the southern pliatnter. 'Pho northarn proctilets, Wheat., corn, barley and rye woro protected, aid cotton left, to shift for itself; a trust in northern railroad ties and1( white inol at the eipa'e( of A'outhern pinoe and tie m.'lbor. 'lTe classifications in the rico schiedule woere so arranged as to pla1co high duties upon01 the rice used for food, while tihe grades used in mIIannfa fctu ring beer were admitted almost dluty free. in mllannafactured p)roducts, certain graldes mfanufactulred in tihe south were discrinminated algainlst in favor of othler grades inl siiliiar lines mIan ufactured in the north. An analysis of tile coal, iron andl other great ini dostries wvould show how eastern monopolists arranged thlei r intricate schedule for the purpose of plunder ing thle souti. I was 01n tIle ways and meanils committee, and saw from tile begin nieg the bold attemplt of tile Rlepub licani party to liquidate its political obligations by meanlis of a tariff bill wichl shlould levy tribute upon tihe Democratic southl for tihe benefit of B fore the bill left onr committee rOolA it had degenerated into a con test ever schleduIles, while by the timie we were thtroughl hammering it in the senate, it rep)resented no0 fix ci or plarticular economic theory, butt wastt a mixture of thenm all, and on!y a Republican conforeonco com mittee saved it from destruction. Every practical man11 realized fromn the hoginlning that sooner or later tho Diugloy bill would bec'mo a I .wV. it wasl simp)ly a,quIlestion of better or worse. Wh oever might he one0's oiniion on1 thle subject of p)rot.ectionl here woe wvore in extra R4ession considlerintg, not a [Democrat - ic revenuoe bi1lll bt at heipublican measare, whose avowed object was der such circum-96aliees the first duty of a reppdontativs is to Oppose tho papago of such a bill, but in the ehnmitteo and elsewhero, by offer. ing amendments and otherwise, to secure as far as possiblo fair play and justico for the industrie.; of tho section which ho represents. If he fails to do this, doe- :iot he abandon to those believing in protection all the bonofits which arise from the imposition of tariff diu ies? Does lhe not fail to coinponsato neglected in torests for the burden cast upon thom by the policy of protoction? With $500,000,000 to raise annually by custom duties, how can you destroy protection except by equalizing bur den8 and benofits? It is idle to talk of a direct tax; such an idea lives on ly in; the minds of cranks and social istg: The essence of protection lies in t.ho tribute that one class is permit ted to levy upon another, and the 1110111ent that e(uality OXists protOc Lion is gone. It was in line with thought that Sonators Ctinnon and Tillman advocated an export bounty on wheat and cotton to e(Inalize the burdens and benefits of the protect ivo system. I have no harsh criti cism for my colleagues in the house or senato who differed with me. I acted after careful thought ac cording to the dictates of my judg ment, anld I give it, as my doliberate opinion that had all those who were opposed to the Dingloy bill fought it out as intelligently and as porsis tently on the lines indicated, instead of repeating the hackneyed old speechen that have boon made bien nially for the last 50years, the Ding ley bill would have boon defeated or a full moasure of justico socured. Actuated by love for my section, with a full knowledge of the strug gles and trials since the war of the noble men and womon, who by hon est. efforts have tried to repair her broken fortunes and restore the south to her proper status in the com mercial. world, I simply stood up and demanded for my section and my people a full share in the bone fits that should accruo from na tional legislation. Had I the power to frame a tariff bill, it should be simply to raise su1ficiont money to pay the exponses of the government, and the blurdens .uiould be placed as equally as possi. bWe upon all the peoplo of all sections and the incidental protection be given to labor whero it proporly be longs. For aix years by (diligent study I have tried to lit myself for the in telligent dlischlargo of my duties as a representative. I hatve spaired my self iln neither mind nor body, and the only reward I ask is tile "Well done, good and faith ful servant." If it pleases a merciful CGod to r'e store me t.o health tiad the pe'ople to continue mno in the sonate, all that patriotism~ and zeal can inspire will be done for South Carolina. To tIhe peoll of the Sixth dis trict I will say that one of the koonu est dlisap)pointmnts of my politicail life is that after paissing aill thlroulgh the State whoure 1 wvas personatlly uni known, inl sight of honmo miy strength1 failed. Your confidence in me a never wvavered during tall the stormls of the past years and1( your strong hands and( bratve hearts have sus tained me in every emergency. Four times I have 1hold your commission in conlgress, and I cani face my Goed and say that my heoart has ovor' boat true to South Carolina. I put my trust not in scheming oflice-seelkers or mien who make a business of ptolities, but in tile great, linost malssos, who knowv the true from the falso, fhie counter feit from the genuine. W1ith themn I rest my case. A few years ago a p)olitiial cyclone struck our St ate; it hadu t.o colmo in the very nature of things, b)ut its main p)urp)os has been accomplisheod, and there is no noodi or excuse for ftactional feeling in South Carolina. The time hats come wvhen instead of making ourselves noted abroad for the b)it terness of our factional lights, t he p rogress arnd developm ents of our initernat,ional resources should1( adovrt ise us to the world as the land Wo should staminp out what is lit tie, petty and mean, and send repro sontatives abroad whose intelligence, patriotism and independence of char acttr commands respect and conli doceo, and fittingly present us to the world as a broad minded, culti. vated and progresaivo people. I ha:tve fallon far short of this ideal but T havo tho consciousness of knowing t,at I havo done the best that I could. Thanking my friends for the kind sympathy expressed during my illness in the hundreds of letters and tolograms which I have received, and praising God for again restoring me to my family and my people, I am, Yours, etc., JOHN L. McLAURIN. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. CHI EF IIA H It BOUNCED. novernor Ellerbe D)iiulssed Him From the Servive-Th, Itensons Not (ien-All Ilutis of Rumors its to the Na ture of the Charges Preferred Agailst the ex-Chief. [Register, 27th.] "For reasons satisfactory to my self, Chief Stato Constable Bahr has been permanently dismissed from the constabulary force," was the an nouncement, Governor Ellorbe greet ed the representatives of tihe press with yesterdav morning. The chief oxecutive had just concluded giving Mr. Bahr a hearing in tho premises, a conference having been held, all the parties concerned being in at tendance. When asked what wero the spocific charges preferred against the ox-chief, Governor Ellerbe de clined to givo thom, saying that the reasons acuating him were suffi ciont. The action on the part of the gov ornor had boon anticipated, perhaps, by the reading public. It is known that. (overnor Ellerbo a few days ago teiporarily dismissed Air. Bahr from the constabulary and ordered an invostigation to determine wheth or the suspension should be made poirmlanent. There have been all sorts of r-u mors hinting as to the charges pro ferroed against Bahr, and several have gone so far as to say that the chief had sold out to the wvhiskey dealers. Again, it is rumored that it was alleged that Constable Bahr failed to attend strictly to tihe duties of his posit ion and in many instances didl inot (10 what the dispensary lawv reqJuiros of a chief constable. Th'le Register does not state these as facts, as thin governor declines to state thle charges, and( Ox Chief Blahr was v'ery reticent about the entire miatter yesterday. After thie hearing was over, Bahr waulkeOd airoundl ( the state house build1 ing and( chiattedi pleasantly wvith those lhe mot. lie wvas seen soon after the announcement of his dismissal had been made by the governor to alRog ister- hejportor, and asked if lie had any thing to sauy. lie seemed amused and said that the governor no doubt would give all the facts. Hie was then told that he had booen permiianently (1ism issed fromt ser vice, and. at this information lie soemed su rpriised. S nrprisedl apJ pairenitly be)cauls() the (end( camoe so gnick. Mr. Bahr did say, however, that lhe wvould have somnethin[g to say for p)ublication very soon. lHe want - 0(1 the newspapoers to first publish tho.g1licial pairt of the proceedmngs. Governor Ellerbo was asked con cor-ning the successor of Bahr, but lio announced that for awhile no suc cessor would he appointed. All of the constables who have been uinder the supervision of. Blahir will make their repiorts direct to the governor. Th le chief executive says the matter of a successor to Bahr will probably be considered late. IRBY TELLS A TRUTH %DMTI SECURING TM11 IAN'S NOAI1 NATION 1Y FRAUD in March Conventlon-11rougat Tiltun"u Back Into the Pit After lit) Wat liarked and Had "Qut." [Special to the State.] Manir.ing, Aug. 27.-With the ox :0ption of a declaration by Col. Irby :bat he cheated in the March con vention of 1890 to secure the nomi ation of Tillmnan, the candidates nado their usual speeches without variations. The crowd numbered 300. Mr. Evans at the outset of his ipooch repeated much that he said yesterday about the dishonorable varfaro that was being waged against liiim. lie compare the sending out >f circulars to tumblebug tactics, id taking up a circular entitled 'Evans's Evil Record Unrolled," he iastily read the subheads and denied he allegations until be came to the 10n1d deal charge. Ie had, he do -lared, explained last year in this ery court house his connection with .ho rofunding of the State debt. His -4xplanation satisfied the people thon, md after he had finished, Mr. Me Laurin came to him and said ho 3howed conclusively that his trans ctions in the matter had been hon >rable. "My Dear Appolt" had said that ie would not get 100 votes in Clairen on, but Appolt doesn't carry the votes of this county in his pocket. Re made several other allusions to "My Doar Appelt," which were re received with yells and btrrahs for Appelt. Some one in tho.andionco asked Mr. Evans if the constables re turned to their homes last year and worked for him under his orders. Mr. Evanq--How do you know they worked for me? "Of my own knowledge," was the reply. Mr. Evans then said if tho consta blos worked for him it was without orders from him. Ho never dealt with the constables, but gave his orders to the chief constables, who wore alone responsible to him. lie compared his relations to the consta bles to that of a general of an army. Ho was not responsible for what the constables did, but the chiefs were. Col. Irby said he was delighted to be present, for lie wanted to soo "My Darling Appolt," whom lie had not seen since hi ran away from Charleston. Col. Irby then announced that lhe wvould not attack Mr. McLaurin's record in his absence; doiodec he was running as a "loose horse" to elect Evans; told his "stud colt" joke; gave his reasons for not running last year, anid deniounced the camn palign bureau in Columbia for thme circulars whichi it was seninmg out. lie exp)lained how lhe made Evans governor, anid saidi he was the daddy and granddladdy of all the politi cian)s, big anid little, in the Slate ex cept Tilhnan, buIt hot hatcheid him. ''The truth of this whole matter is,'' said1 Col . 1rby, ''that Tillmanan I11( joined teouns ini 1886, afteor his aigi - tat ion ini I885, for thme pur mpose, fi rst, to establish an agricultural college in South Carolina. As I r,emmbor, the eounrities of Clamrondlon, Marlboro, Marion, Newborry, (Chestor and Lau rens respiondedi to the call from lCdgo field. Somneof the repiresentativesifrom these counties even Ilunkod, andl on the quesCt ion of college or no college we wvere in glo riously defeated. "Tilhnman bectmi disgusted and attempted to organize the farmers of lie Stalt e, threw up 1 I the spongo, wrote a long letter to the people of the State expressinug hiis contempt, and( retiredi to his home among the hills of old 10dgetield. I dlidn't sur rondoer, however, land kop)t uip thet fight in thme legislature along the( lilnes of reformi ini the adlmministration of the State government. The col loge seIme(d to) be hopelessly gone; but Glod came to thle rescue by put ting it into the heart of Mr. Clem son to make his bequest. A fresli hold( was takcer, the fight was re neowed amnd the college established. RuM Tillmnn wna out vo1nntril~ out. To i ot him back I originated thOe March convention idea a year before the convention was hold and gave him the nomination on a silvor ,waiter. On the question of nomina tion or no nomination in that con vontion we were defeated by one voto. I cheated the question of nomination in, which saved Tillman, who was to be the nominee. The end justified the means, because per sons opposed to nominations had not boon invited to that convention and they had no right to control its do liberations. "Tillman is the last man in the world to raise his hand against me, for up to last year I had been a bet ter friend and closer to him evenl thain a brother. Without ino h would have boon on his plantation today, an humble farmor and a bus tod politician. He says hie's hands off in this fight. God grant it! I ask noi man to be my political god father, if I can't make the light. with my own hols, I am not lit to be senator." Colonel Irby closed with an appeal for the factions to got togethor and save the Democratic party in this State. Both he and Evans woro .ap phtuded. Chairman Bradhain announced that he had boon requested to road the address of Sonator McLaurin to the voters of the Stato, which was published in today's newspapers. On account of being too unwoll to do Ao, ho asked Mr. Appolt to read it. Mr. Appolt complied, and onl con cluding the address was applauded. An exceptionally handsono aind artistically arranged basket of ciriys anthomums, roses and forns was sont to the chairman, with the re quest that he, on behalf of the la dies of Clarendon, turn thom over to Mr. Appelt to be forwarded to Sona tor McLaurin. Ti Norton-Ellorbo episode of yesterday was adjusted by each mak ing explanations and the lIttor road ing the telograms from the Marion bank presidents published today. Two Jutges-A Punch Dowl-A Iloimted Judge William Carter, of Sheboy gall, and Judge Caswell Marks, of 1epin, were both natives of the same town. .1n boyhood they had janinied the same cat's head into the same milk pitcelrl, stolen peaches fromi samle tree. got trouneed by same farmers, and were otherwise intimate frviends-after wards Chums at, college, where t,leir prianks gave imuch trouble. Later on oth entered the same law ofice. Sonu years later they part.ed and becameiv eminuent In their separate adopted States. Last year they met, for the fIrst time sinc their parting years be fore, and brewed a conviv ial drink in honor of the event. About midnight, full of affection and punch, they retired to the same bd. Now this bed was something wonder ful, both in size and construction, be Ing a huge affair, standing in the mild die of an extremely large room, and was so constructed that in cleaning the room ropes were used in raising it, bodily, out of the servant's way. As it. was a very cool night the two legal Iu miinailes plaedo their clothing upon01 the foot ofsthe bed. Now b)th t,hese eminent 1men3 had1 nepiheCws who st,ood but, litt,le in awe of their august, koinsmen, and1( were, miorec over*, chips from the same block. When satislied both were' asleep four' of these nephews t,ered the r'oom and1( quiet,ly ralsed t,he bed nearly to the ceiling, locked the (do0r onl outside, and then selves retiredl for t,he nig'ht,. At, 3 o'clock a. mu. .Judlgo Carter' awoke with that speces of tir st, which usually comies after' dr ink ig Kentucky ph)iil, and Is knlown as "'hot, copper's."' Leapinmg lightly out of bed to get a drink of water, lhe wenit whirmlinig down, alighting with a thmump) on all--fours, which, fiIfty year's previous, the J1udge would not 'have noticedl. There was a long ando painful pause as the J1udge gradlually collected his scattered senses and1( rose to his feet., thienu pormed up-i ward through t,he (darknmeu. ando called: "'Caswclhl!" (No reply.) "Oh, (Cas well!'' (Movement above. ) ''Say, (Caz!"' .Judge Caswell was now awake, and listeni ng in wonder to ii hi rothier whose position lie couldl not account for. "'I've fallen t,b rough a tra) dloor,'' yelled the aff righmted J1udge. "G( et up, Caz, and l ight the lamiip.'' "Wherec are- you'?'' queried J1udge Marks saying wvhich hie fr-amed the opini1 on that hiis honorable brother- was drtiuk. "D Iown here; fell throughi a trapl door. D)on't iget, out .1 may side0 of the. b)ed." "'All righit,."' A mnd J1udge Mar'ks slipp ed out On hlis sidle of the bedh to r'enderi aidh to thme friend or his boyhood days. Wit,h at crash thamt was aistonlishi ng to bot,h, Judi(ge Marks landed below, nar r'owly escaped breaking his niek, and bot,h were now thoroughly convinced that they must have been- very drunnk when going t.o bed. The nep5helws had1( remiioved every chali' fr'omn the room and( closedl the blinds on ouitside ' windioow. The darkness, toget,her with the strange ness of their condiitlion, cauisedl both t.o miove'( ar'ounid but little, and nearlIy fr'o zen to death, at daybreak they dizscov ec'ed their bed and( mna&ged to ('1imb1 Into it anid got warmn enough to talk t,he miatterovr T1hie nephews kept, ver'y tuiet regard ing their share of the scrape, andti It is needhless to say bot,h judges solemnly p)ledgedh each other niever to spea1k of that. night's experience, nor should I mient,lon it hut, for the faict that bo0th 1have become such rad ical and uinriea sonable t'3hepeance ad vocates that 0one Or two of tihe nephlews are quiet,ly gi v HE'S FIGHTING MAD FCVANS MAY 1011) LM. LUIN 1El'ON sI1L1A AND H1AVI Irby aim 111to twove>ni 1etVvIHO Ot UrOtLi1ra IK mued Froam Co'luet lilureau of In formamitii-4ry Attackm II-Alerbe. (Special to the Stato.) Kingstree, Aug. 20.-Tho moot ing today aftor that, of yestorday wats liko a inlm atiter a storm. Tho two spoakers oxhauisted their supply of invueives at Georgotown but had on hand a fow now ones for today's uigoting. They woro listened to by about 200 mon who woro quito un domonstrative. Both speakers woro mildly applaulded whle they con cluded. Col. J. L. M. Irby bogain. This camlipiign is linparal lolied in the his tory of the Stato for taking under hiided Idvaiilnigo and for dirty (ricks of dirty henchien. I cannot speak of Mr. Mc 11ri1's record while 1ho is oil a i hd of sickness for fear of doing him anll injustict, but I can speak of the inlfaious light that is being 1111do against mllo. Col. Irby here volomently denied the report. thit, le was ru'lliming ats I "looso 1101Ho" to elect Ivanls. Tlley Ivo e('stiblished a i lying birea over t here inl Columibia. T .ey atro smiening cirelairs ill over tho Stato an( they ire lying about, as thiek as sinowflakos. Andl to 11(1(1 to the infamy of the act, tho circulars aro not signed by anyoo. 'hey aro anonymous and there is no on whom I an hol rv-ponRibiv. ti addition to being lios, the circulars are written by it iack of Cowalirds. Tho men at tho htm1(a of that. buroau in (olumlbia lIe I liars and cowards. 'Hero's one of the little darlings," and Colono. irby took from his pocket at circular coniinilg roimlarks ho and Governor IEvant woro said to 1a1vO m1.ade Ioit each othler last year. After reading it Colonel Irby toro it np and deiied that I(, had Over sid any of the things Ittributed to him. He thu wenl t ovvr much of his speoech of yestordiay con1cerning tho Murphy loanl, 11111. failed to bring out anyt.hing nomw. His record a1s at Dolocrat and his oppo'iition to bolts woro 1'-poited. Io tol.l ho. ho madtIle l.vaiis gover nor an 11d Iumzzlld Illfim to carry out. the schmm. Bill Neml, Over there iii (Joltiaitt, cato oi to Wash ingtonl with Tilhman to help1 muzzlo himn. Bill Nol, wlho hasn't )10 conts worzt h of sense, waIs try ing to dabble inl pol itics thon as lie is 1iow. I imders01tand1 thatt lCilerhoe has1 madoel ano1the1r deal wit hi Charleston to remlovo the mnetrop oliitn poico( if the vole of that. city is cast for Ale Luin. It has comoi to aL pretty pass5 when the peoplo of Chiarleston have to surrender thieiru franchise to get tho right of self. governmnt. I hop)O to G ou some one0 will maitke the governior carry out. his coritrauct t his bibne.. Evants ought. nellver to put the mietropolitanuu police on that graind old1 city. No la1w should b)e pas1od( for one part11 of the St.ato unless it. wasI1 made0 to apjply to mall. Th'Ie leg for Laut~rons or any1 other towni as woll as for Charleston. Somte other way for (enforcinlg the dispeiissry laiw in C~harlestomi shioult( have boosuu (d Colonel Irby conicluided by wVarn ing the voters of the bogiaers of tho sufflralge clauise. Mrfi. John (Gary Evans oponed0( his speech1 with som10)e lonsantries about11 Colonel Irb'hy heing his pol1it ical dady' aind thlen passed00 on to a defense of the suf'fraige clanse. ".liut,'" aid1 110, ''1 do joinl hiin ini 0110 thing and1 thait is the wauy tis campi ~aign is bom1 ug run. Follow eitizetns, you1 kniow the lowy callmpa)ign moer. But the neowspapers have held upj inl their abus1e8 this year and1( inl stead( have put11 two) gutter snipos0 in1 chatrge of a bu reau in C~obunbflhia. And I say here nnless Mr. McI Lu rin 01)01ly an publ 111)1icly deniouncer this~ bu1reau1 I will hold( him pers1on alily respionsile0. Irby has111 shown you ono of these circlarsl and11( tii mnorninrg I got 'oe giving miy 8111) nnse1 ronrh nn,11 nnuttinag word1s ii my mouth that I never said, I got a letter from a man in Greenville. saying Bill Neal had offered him monoy to distribute these circulare. Where did he got the money? What business did ho have to mix up in this light? Instead of being the superintendent of a penitentiary he should bo dressed in stripes and put to work as a convict. Irby (sotto voice): "I endorse all that." Last year while I was governor I had to sond Neal to the Keeley in. stituto because lie became incapable. of attending to his busineas. Irby: Did he got a diploma? Evans: I don't know, but it would bo the best recommendation he could havo. Ml the papers of the 3tato are siipporting Mr. McLauriii, but not satisfied with that soein of his friends have reortett to this gutter snipo practico of sending out ciren lars to stab Irby and mysolf in the back. After this denunciation of the bi reau, Mr. Evans took up the tariff and said all farmers should be free tralers for the reason that they sold their products in free trade mark ets, but could only buy their goods in protection markets. Farmers should also favor free raw material, bcaus the manufacturer could iake his goods cheaper and the farmers could, therefore buy thom cheapor. -Mr. Evans concluded with his ar gument on the tariff. He was ap plauded. CONOREHSiONAL HOW. Aftor the sonatorial candidates concluded indl before the mooting was dismissod. NTr. J. E. Ellerbe, candidato for congress, arose and said in justico to himself he desired to make a statomont. While in Cam don, he said, to address a Statd6un day School convention, lie rqegoived-a tolegrami from a friend in Manning telling him that Ooneral Norton was saying things about him. He came to Manning and learned that it was boing told onl hilin that last year he specutiated in cotton future and lost all his property; that he bQrrowe4 mioney from the banks at Narion mid secured them with mortgages on 100 bales of cotton, but. that he sobO this Cotton, and to koop the banks from imicting him friends hind como to his aid. To refuto this he tele graphed to the prosidents of the banks mind received the following answers: "No truth in thie charge. Your dlealings with bark have all been hionormiilo and saitisfacton y. WV. J. MOWroiOMERIY, "President." "1 know nothing of the charges to which you refer Your transactions with Bannk of Marion always have boon honor-able. C. A. Woon'.s" A fter readlinag these t elegrams, Mi. Ellerbe sa1id people in glass houses should not throw stones. lie felt tOempjted1 to reply to thieso ininf uations and charges, but restrain ed himself, as lhe had thus far con ducted his campaign oni a high plane and did not wish to stoop to auny thing low necar the end. lie felt lie could b)e elected without resor'ting to such mloanls anid lie would niot. Note --In his remarks, Mr. Ellerbe dIid iiot say that (Gen. Norton was the muan who was circulating these rep)orts. lie used the expression "one of his opponents." To your correspondent ho said (Gen. Norton waLs thne man to whom he referred. As (1on. Norton and Mr. Ellerbe will bo(th be at Manning tomorrow it is probable that mocre will com of the matter. U. B. S. lCEA1) Vi11V MUiii KIKEi FIlHT. sonat er Mel.,au ini Pust. Ex-oo,vernor Ervann oni NoItico--ThatI He4 I i Rep,nalbleb for Anmytinlg Offonn,aive to Mr. Evans. CJolumbia, S. 0., August 28.-Set. ator McLaurin today sent the fol lowing self -explanatory card to honad quiarters for dissemination: "I am resposible for anything in the~ campjaign that is offensive to Mr. Evans, and he noed not put himself to the trouble to make any inquiries, b)ut may proceed, when he sees fit, to hold me responsible." (Signed. Jom L. M4LAUInu.