E FABLISHED) 1865. N_re NVW 130E I? HY* So Co, FRI DAY, SEPTEMBER 9_19.TIEAWE,15OAYAJ DECLINE OF THE PRIMARY VOMPIAIN1 AGAINSr ITS 11ANAU1 M ENT IN VARIOUS PLACES. Co,tonsts aid Protets hatve bern nuitde a issessy OUstanti, w, mind Others aro Relitig Talkel ot-~One or tie Uintrgen us4 ime of Liqitr at tile Primary, mill of tlotsre, Only time Aitmniisitra tilii Party hau tile Oppor Irttilly to Ulm Thims bitsing Iailuece. [Nows and Courier.] Columbia, September 5.-Thoro is much complaint against the man agf-mnent of the p1rinary in various parts of tho Stato. This is better ovidonced by the fact that contests and protests arc being made in very many of tho counties, and others arc 1 being talked of. It has always been an unpopular thing for a candidatO, apparently dofoated, to prote.L Things are getting quite different now, ind fraud meeis to have been creeping into the jrimarios, it may be from the force of habit in the olden times. Tho fact of thi inat ter i-4 11ho pril'ry system ii not holding its popularity, and if there is as mneh complai ning horeafter as there is now, something will have to be done to correct the system, or the old conventition systeim will h1-vo to bo revived. As yet the ofliciul contests have not beein made, and whei.over pos siblo ilhey are being suippressod on account on the belief that tly do nill good, but if the pross is wltclled it will be seen how many of the can. didatos allege improper practices in the primary. The charge as to the use of liquor in the election seems to be per sisted in, with what foundati-in is not known at this end of the line. Hampton was at last heard from today in the following announce mont: he following is the oflicial vote of Hampton County for Stato Candidates. For Governor: Ellerbo 15, Watson 43, Tillman 619, Archer Whitman 40, Schumpert 74, ' onthorstono 113; Lieutenant Gov .1rUor McSweeney 1,355; Secretary f State, Tompkins 344, Cooper 8.18, Bradham 251; Attorney General, - r Bollinger 1,114, Mowor 3-13; Trons urer, Timmerman, 1,449; Conpltroll er General, Dorham 754, Epton (71; Superintendent of Education, May. field 306, Rice 329, Brown 263, Mc Mahan 461; Adjutant Gonoral, Watts 272, Floyd 869, Blythe 1133; Rail road . Comminisioner, Thomas 271, (irris 691, Berry 45, Sligh 108, (Iray 152, Evans 35, Stansell 130; Congress, W. J. Talbert 1,525. To tal vote cast 1,534. The three additional b)ox(s of F?airfax, Sycamore, No. 1, and F'our ilo give Derham 124 votes addi tionial, and to Epton 83 additional votes. OFi'ICIAL voTrE oF THE m~sTATS. At. last the results of tile pr'mlary aire anniouniced. Thle results and figures agree wvithi whait tile News and Courier has givern. Ton~ight th 11 uHb.comilttee,. after careful scrutiny and count annmouncedl tile result to he: For Governor, Ellerbo 30,101; Watson 7,579; Tillman 12, 389, Archer 1,998; Whitman 367; Su3humlport 8,1 77; iFeatherstono 17, 882; Ellorbo andI FeathIerstonoi run over ini second( primalry. Lieutenant G1overnor, M~cSwooeney 77,403. Seetary 6of State, Tompkins 28, 261, Cooper 27,307, Brabhami 21, 498. 'loimpkinls and Cooper 11ake( aL suoro(d race. Attorney General, Bellinger 418, 240, Md6wor 28,596. Bellinger is nominiated. Treasurer, Timlmerman 77,357. ComIptroller General, Derhuami 38, 733, Epton :37,899. Derhamn nlomi niated onl face of the returins, subject to contest, if one is decidled upon. Superintendlent of Education, May.. fid 19,901, Rice 13,621, Brown 20, 31(1, McMahan 23,812. McMahian and( Brown run over. Adjutant Genoral, WVatts .17,58!, Floyd 38,0)85, Illythoe 21,511. Floy d and Blythoe 1 a over. Five hundred and1 four more votos would have put Floyd in on first p)rimnary. RtailIroad Commii ssioner, Th'Iomas 1:3,127, Garris 21,526, Berry 8,667, Shigh 9,298, Gray 6,172, Evans 8, 549, Stansell 8,608. Thomas and G arris run over. The results in the Congressional race are: First distrizt, 3,059, and no report from Berkeley, for Wim. Elliott. Second district Wil. J. Talbert 9,733. THiE YOTE FOR (GOVEli NOB. The othor race in which thero is interest is that of Governor, in which tho vorified figures are given as fol lows: Wat- Till 10llerbe. son. man. Abbeville ............... 914 334 824 Aiken ......... .......... 623 458 796 A nderson .............. 143 (125 567 Barnwell ............... 921 170 448 Ileauifort ......... ....... .51 68 212 lumberg................. (128 77 171 Ierkely.................. 5:33 100 215 Charleston ............ 226 (1 148 Cherokeo ............... (157 21 206 Chester...... ........... 743 31 96 Chesterfield ........... 846 96 101 Clarendon .............. 809 9.1 107 Colleton ......... .... .. 718 132 695 Darlington ............ 652 56 174 I)orehester...... 511 34 126 -,dgeficld ............... 208 310 575 Farfield ............... . 479 198 211 Florence ................. 731 284 255 Georgetown ........... 133 8 94 GYreenvilke .............. 120:3 127 1 02 Greenwood ............ 375 2.10 3.58 Hampton .............. 558 43 6M9 I1ovry .................... 252 634 39k K3rshaw .......... ... 753 121 246 Lalneaster ........ ..... 003 i1 253 Lakivens ................. 1015 7:3 179 Lee .. ...................... (;22 39 100 f,exliCtol .............. 901 259 273 M arion .................. 15 5 117 270 MI u-1hor ............... 852 154 .0 Newberry............... 647 1019 58 Oeone .................. 666 68 590 t3a.geb g............ 1579 280 160 Pickens ........... .... 715 94 425 Richland ............... 671 529 151 Saluda .................. 200 872 NUo Spartanburg ........... 1513 91 153 Suiter .................. ( 41 79 194 U nion .................... 727 124 12 Williamsburg ........ 854 93 300 Y ork . .................. 1178 1:34 222 Camp Lee..... ......... 377 75 36 Cam11p Cuba Libre... 50 56 3.-0 Heavy Battery......0 6 Totals .................30101 7579 12:389 Schum- Feather pert. $Stolle. Alhbbeville.... ............ :129 A iken .. ......................... ::35 A n derson ................... 27 1581 13arnwell ....................120 280 Belaufort .................... 12 28 Bam berg ............ ..33 2:30 Herkeley..................... 47 225 Charleston ................ 29 .15 Cherokee ................. .. :7 490 Chester ............... .......76 Chesterluld................. 27 286 Clarendon .................. 29 313 Colleton .................. ..104 21 Darlington ..... ...... ....181 455 Dorche ster ................. 78 358 Ildgeneld ................231 1Fair1ield.................74:5 Florene..... ....... ..S23 Georget,own............598 Oreen iiille............28. O reen wood ............714 H amtipton ................741: IIorry ........,.........1 Kershaw ................1 0 Lancast.oi...............21 11 Laturen8 ................1:2 81 L~e ................. .....3::3 Lexington . ............. 2:8 M arion ............ .....17 Marlboro................1 31 Newberry.............. 127 Oceonee ........1..4 Or'angebur'g............18 77 Plekons ..,~.......1:3...3 Richland ..............14 0 Salud a...................202: Sumiter.................. I UJnion............ .....2 8 Williamnsbur'g...........1 4 York .............. ....18.12 Camp Lee ...............181 Camp uba pwet..9 21tne 8127 15882 A rehe1,219280 Whltna1i,:128 Mr Jlii . 33r. 23k0 to )0alowd o4oo ovr 225rtu andpaer i M. 929n' b 45l Gra7t49. Mr.Neso ased 3~ h57loedt lok ftr hevo 27t Cap 86oi beal f r... . 29ero 3r13ed Aftr ablatngth reu 4s1he ~vredelaeda~in8cte abo55 wi i tefoloi u 78sou io 358'r byMr Sanan, 26l1)Ii 317 ha thereul o te 'lc74n -) (35 dard n he 45 o th23tu 6s taulte, ub59t.t 84i roetO cones tatni~ h 8l6 1195inth tie )rsCi)el 7y6h 442sduto andruls 74th pa1y Thefel co115to wil or 4n con4te2ts. Penls5io fll 2ane for t9 third candidate for auditor to run in Marion County, the "eroild declin,. ing to run -again. Tho vtpimiteo after formally dechiring tho rehilt ats indicated ndjournmd. DEII..l Ms 1.Li.CTED. The News anid Courier has all along contended that Mr. Dorham has been Olected Comptrollor Gum oral. Yesterday this correspondent was in Charleston, and the stutetumit %Nas made that it looked like Epton's election. This was incorrect, as the News and Courior's tables havo been correct all along, and the table on the Comuptrollor's race, published . iiturday, has betn verified this morning with that of the State comn mittee and is entirely correct, and, as has boon insisted upon all along, shows Mr. Dorham-s election by 'a close but safe vote. The mistaken impression was gotten by a. hurried glance ovr the oflicialtabilos on file with the State conunittoo. As this is tihe closest and most exciting race the verifi%d figures are given: COMNPTHOLLER GENI-RA L. Derham. Epton. Abbeville ........ .......... 1074 951 A iken .................. .... 1132 1070 Anderson ................... 1707 21:33 Harn welI .................... 1206 568 Bamberg................... 740 346 Berkeley .................... 593 436 Heaufort...................... 100 113 Charleston ....... .......... 1213 171; Cherokee .................... 840 911 Chester ....................... 576 898 Chesterfild ................ 615 814 Clarendon .................. :17 1000 Colleton ..................... 568 977 Darlington.................. 900 601 Dorellster............. 500 (iil1 Iid gre ield ..... ......... 443 996 Fairield ..................... 616 722 Florence .............. ...... 1158 372 Georgetown ................ 242 142 Greenville ......... .....91692 2121 Greenwood ................. 621 896 Hampton .............. ..754 71 Horry ........................ 1.4 3 217 K ershaw ............. 789 63 Lancaster .................. 1371 534 Laui rens . .. ................ 1164 1454 Lee ......... ............ 672 575 Lexington ............. 939 1326 Marion .................. 1695 792 Marlboro .................... 9 02 588 Newberry.................... 1071 795 Oconee ...................... 7 ) 1273 Orangehurg................. 1847 1067 Pickens ..................... 916 821 R ichland .................... 1-125 807 Saluda ....................... 904 812 Spartanburg ............... 797 4040 Sumter ....................... 892 465 U nion.........:................ 489 121:1 William.sburg ............894 621 York .......................... 1063 1(:)1 Camp Lee.................... 367 187 Cuba Libre.. .............. 104 277 Heavy Battery............ 6 1 U 387331 3789W JIEAUFORlT's voTE1.. The figuros used on one occasion from Boimufort were the best obtain able, and wi-ro not correct. They did not come from Capt. White, and( after that 1no figures woero used for Beaufort. Today Capt. WVhite sent the oiiial figures. Official count gives Ellerbe 51l, WVatson 08, Till man 212, Archer IZ, Whitman 1. Sebumpert 12, Fonthorstono 28, Mc. Swoeoney 422, Trompkinus 213, Coopom 137, Bradham 04, Brllinger 350~ Mowver 70, Timmrerman 4122, Dorhan 306, Epton 1131, Mayflield 140, Ric< 47, Brown 84, McMahan 147, Watt 14(1, Floyd 1 39, Bly the 1 36, Thomnat 69, Gjarris 127, Sligh 20, Berry I Gray 17, Evans 35, Staunsell 78. 'The News and Courier, with iti clever corps of correspondents throughout tile State, has sulcceedeo( in keeping the record1 entirely cor rooct andi announcing who was going into each of tile races. It must however, be saidl that some few o the correspondents did ,niot app,en to appreciate the importance of i.acl of the counties being heard from and thereby caused the - missin1 links thlat p)rovented1 an earlier comn pleto rep)ort. It is hloped1 they wvil come uip to thle seratch onl the socon< primary. Lat.i- .John mer stone 1Iogg Abbe3ville..........1190 400 21 Newberry.........912 988 : A nd erson ... ......2529) 753 7: Oconce .............1217 834 lI Plckens ............ 914 11(1 8: Greenwood........879) 508 l Seco,nd regIment... 19 22 Totals ...........7an :1no1 221 FOURTi1 DISTRICT Wil- Donald- John. Sion L4on s01n G reen v ille .............1892 401 1701 iaulenls................. 852 1ii 11121 Union .................. 987 45 (144 1a, i-filed .............. 6 85 51 (109 Hicbland ............. 1608 141 213 Spartaunhurg .........25914 91 2187 Sewond S. U........... 32 21 14 Totls ......... .....8650 872 709 FI.'lTl DISTRICT. 3arber Strait, Finley Cherokee . .......... 430 174 890 York .................... 255 195 2282 Chest,er ................. 963 191 67 Cheste-filid ......... 132 250 90 L ic sLt .............. 352 10211 36( Ker.,haw .............. 593 368 37(1 Secomd rgt........... 1N 3 Totals ...............2741 2210 4072 Pollock Henry Konnedy Cherokee ........ .... 233 2(1 19 York .................... 13 110 13 chesto. ................. i 297 13 Cjesterfeldl......... . 467 9 553 La ast,e.............. . 81 97 40 KLrshaw .............. 80 16 37 Second regt...... 1 2 1 Totals ............... 881 795 (176 SIXTll DISTIUT. Norton Mllerhe Clarendon ........ ......... 525 706 Darlington........................ (11 881 Marlboro ......................... 735 677 M arion ....... .....................1291 1191 Florence ......... .......... 784 758 Horry ........................... ..985 722 W illiamsburg .................. 337 391 Second regt,.................. ... 138 25 Totals ...........................5410 5:15:1 SFVENT1I DISTRICT. Brant,ley Stokes Lexington ......................... 526 1805 Orangeburg.............. ........ 882 2169 Sum ter ............................. 531 919 Collet,on ....................... ... 121) 977 1ichland........................... 78 107 Berkeley.............. 238 781 Dorchoster ........ . ..... ..... 415 700 Second S. C....................... 34 89 Lee . .............................. 51 8 795 Toa...................... 951 8 4-2 4TAnVING INilA11TANrs OVA CU1HA TO 11E, SU11L1ED. Pri-pidont or(t. ra All F"o-A 14d tin Free of Duty and Mitrilbuted When We Take Chuarr. Washington, Septomber 6.-The President today issued the follow ing: Executivo Mansion, Sept. 6th, 1808. By virtue of the authority vested in me as commander-in chief of the army and navy of the United States of Amorica, I do hereby order and direct that upon the occupation and po.session of any ports and places in the island of .0uba by the forces of the United States, L f, cattle and other food supplies, intended for the relhef of the starving inhabitants of the island, may be admitted free of duty, subject to the discretion of the commanding oflicer of the United States forces at the port of entry, who is hereby charged with the re sponsibility for the gratuitous dis taibution of said food supplies to the starving inhabitants of the island. (Signed) Wi. MeKINLEY. iterary N..t..u. TWENTY SToRIIES AnOUT MARK TWAIN. Mark Twvain is the next famout person to he "aniecdotalized'' by The~ Ladies's Home Journal, and the hu.i morist's closest friends have sent tc the magazine for its next niumber some t.wenty 0(1( stories about him, none of which have ever been p)rint. ed. They are, (f course, of the droll sort, but not more fnnny than th( "sap-shot" pictures of Mark whicl: his friends have also loaned thli magazine. These, too, have noevei WHEN THYWRITE. THEl PlIIEsIDENT. rheStateDpat nthsgv for publication its "Royal letters' addressed to the President of th< United States by Napoleon I, Qeer Victoria, t he Prince of Wales, Nape leon III, and Emperor William I o Germiany. Napoleon annIounices snel events as his marriage to Mari Lonuise; the birt h of h is son, the Kinj of Rome; his retuni to the throne o France from Elbs ; Victoria fin nlounces her accessioni to the thron 8 of England ini 18:36; her marriage t 5 Prince Albert ; the birth of the Princ :3 of Wales; the death of the Prninc 0 Consort; aind t.he famous letter thanklI 8 ing P'resident McK(inley for his con 0 gratullations on her D)iamnond Juibile (1 will also be given. The whole do] 8 lection, im fac simile, wvill be preseni ,' ed in the October nlumbler of th "HE SPECIFIES," 1tATiittTiNP TV.iM Oi f.iQU(l IN '#ItV CAMP NIA1N. Anwer4 Eh-Tirbmnomss md i e.a attaci I'lai-t4 of the Alleged UFo @.f Whigkey andi me. malm to C: ave 1t IN Iiel 14 t set, es its ve i la.. t! -To the Editor of The Orl-envillt, News:I In ly inlterview whic e vitimo out in the daily papers last Sturdity morning, I m111ado eli charge that whiiskey wi shipped to certain pointli inl the Stato dtiring the cam. paign by houses from which t.ho dis pensary buys liquor. In yosterday's papliis Governor Ellerbo calls onl mne to speify. It must bo borno itt mind that I mado no chargo against unty particu. lar candidato, or candidates. I wiis discussing the dispeniary system, and undortaking to show how it had boon and alwakys would bo ulsod ats it political machine. As proof of this I mado the abovo charge. I first. mado tho chargo in ity appech at Aikon, on August 22nd, inl presence of oNernor E,11orbo inid the other candidates. At, that timo the charge was not denied, nor the proof demandod. But now tho gov ornor wants mo to speify, which I will proceed to do. Ist. A box of whiisky was shliipped to Laurons, S. C., by express oi Au gust 4th, 1898. On the day of the camlipilign limeting it wils used and handed out to such parties ats wore thirsty and belonged to the fnithfil. It camo from a house in Philadel. phia, from which the dispensiry buys iq u-ir. The box weighed -15 pounds. Arothem , woigliph 60 pounds, was also received from th- same source the same day, but was shipp ed to a different party. It is not necessiry that, I should give the nitimes of the partius to whom it X%s shipped, for I have nto desire to injuro thieso partios in ite leatst. 2d. At Spartanburg on the day of the campaign meeting at that place I discovered that a