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- -ST _I E 18-5. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1901. TWIE A EK, Y )I T LTIMA N TO I topublicanisI nfand Johnl MicLan- IUMPUDn no I' HOLD ON TO HIS JOB, 1'11NNSVI.VA%N1:1 Di)a:OU.t's 1)1hr. V1ll4 1*ItN:ICT('IONS. Cuorretot Fu Mnd Coul Ment noln-Seont tor Unortni . Write.s Tillstan *.omelhsing In tRegard to MieLauirist avid .JoueH nat1 the Catlc11H. [The State, Juno 7.] "Chairman Jones made a state mont to the caucus to the effect that ho had approached Mr. McLaurin, of South Carolina, and inquired whether it was his wish to partici pate in future in the 1)owocratic caucuses of the senate and Mr. Mc. Laurin had answered that he was not in lilte with the party on political questions and did not dcsiro to take part in its caucusos." The above is an extract from the minutes of the Democratic caucus, or the organization of the Democrats of the United States senate. Sonan tor Tillman has given the extract for publication in connection with a lot ter from Senator E. V. Carmack, of Tennessee, secretary of the caucus, who writes to Senator Tillman: Doar Sir: Some time ago I read an interview or statement of McLau rin it some newspaper in which ho made a qualified denial of the charge that the had refused to take part in the Democrat'c caucus. I was elect ed secretary, and I enclose you an extract from the minutos. Senator Jones had called to see him just be fore the holding of a caucus during the extra session of the sonato to know if he wished to take part. This caucus, you know, related wholly to matters of organization, etc., and did not involve any of the questions on which McLaurin claimed not to be in accord with his party. So that there was no reason why ho should not have attended if ho still claimed to be a Democrat. Senator Tillman has received a letter from Athelston Gaston, of Moadovillo, Pa, a Democratic con grossman, in which he says: "As a Democrat and sincere admirer, I beg of you not to insist upon resigning your seat in the United States son ate. I believe if a contest was waged in your State that a Republican cor ruption fund would be poured into your State that would be appalling in its effects and you might go down before it. See what Hanna has done in Nebraska, in Dakota, in Washing ton, and in other States. Help kill MoLaurin, but stick to your seat, sir, stick to it." When Senator Tillman gave the above letter to the representative of The State he declared emphatically that he believed that the Pennsylva nian's fears were well founded. A McLaurin man asked if there are indications of anything of ite kind. Tillman remarked, with a signicant guesturo, that "circumstantial evi dence is often the most damning kind. In rep)ly to Senator T1~ilman's de claration that ho would find out if Gov. McSweeney had been mnfluenced by any dioker to take the stand hte did, the governor yesterday remarked that he had made up his mind the day after the Gaffney incident, and that hte-had so declared to a confi dential friend. It was officially announced yestor day that Mr. M. R. Cooper would next year be a candidate for gov ernor on thte platform of a rigid en. forcement of the dispensary law. Mr. Cooper was a member of the State board of control before being elected scretary of state. ?JLAYTON TO McLAURtIN. Thme Florence Lawyer who Recquested the Junior senator to DJifferentIate Between Jiepublicanlsmn anad John IL. McLau rinism No(S8urprised by7 tho Sopis ticai Reply. To the Editor of The News and Courier: The following is a copy of a letter sent to Senator McLaurin this day. W. F. Clayton. -~ Florence, 8. C., June 0, 1901. HIon. John L. McLaurie, Bennotts -yvile, S. C.: Your letter W.tempting to reply to .my communication re questing you to diffeAentiate between rinismt has boon received, but as all the dailios havo discussed the merits of your evasion it has left Io noth ing to say. Now John, (I a11 a Iit tle familiar and you will excus0 it from the fact that we onco pulled in the same political harness.) 1 sot i trap for you. I know that you had a good opinion of John McLaurin's abilities, and I presented an impos. sibility and you have bit at the bait and attomped to demonstrate it, and in doing io, John, you have got your icot in deuper, and I was will ing to leavo you iloundering about and under the guns of the Stato and The News and Courior, but a eircum stance has intervened which requires me to answer in part your reply, and in the beginning. 1 want you to un dorstand that what is said is politi cal and intended in no ways porison al, so you must consider it when tho blush mounts your cheek. You have undertaken to Republicanizo South Carolins, and you realizo that Democracy is of tallismanic origin in South Carolina, hence you ondeavor to preach and perpetuate yonr Re publican doctrine under the namo of Democracy. Now, John, I sorved in the war, as your Republican party styles it, "the war of rebellion," but, if we were rebels so wore G eorge Washing ton and thoso who followed him, and a3 a cons:quonce of my experience I will state that we never countenanced traitors in the camp. We fought those who faced us and gave to them if captured the conditions of civilized warfare, but a spy in the camp met death without further parley. You say that the Republican party has gotten on the Democratic platform, andIfron that fact you have taken a seat in their band wagon; the driver of that band wagon is Willie McKinley and the brakeman is Mark Hanna and, John, if you will stick to the wagon they may give you some aid in way of Federal appointments and money. With this explanation, John, I come to the point that you and your followers should not be allGwed to participate in a Democratic primary, which views I expressed in the Kings tree County Record, and which is the circumstance alluded to. I think, from my knowlege of the people of South Carolina, that } our running in a Democratic primary is merely a matter of diversion, and if it was the only issue I would not oppose it, but as to your supporters we have a right to know who they are so that when they 1)01 up for oflice as Democrats we can single them out and relegate them to the rear. Hence, John, as a Democrat, I opposed your running in the primary. As for you, John, I feel no uneasi ness. You kno,v it has been charged against you that in your short career you have executed the feat of boxing the political compass, and your sup port of the Republican party is no surprise to those of your friends who have watched your course. There fore, I repeat, that if you were the only factor in the equation we would not care whlere you ran, for defeat stares you in the face under any and all circumstances, but in after times some of your supporters may get into a pos[ on to do the State harm un der the false impression that they are Democrats. You have done the State some ser vice. Elected as an 'alliance man, you for a time advocated the princi ples of the alliance, but when you went to Washington and, saw the grand entertainments of the corpora tions and the trusts, and compared them to the humble cabins of the farmer, you got a disgust for rural life and lost no time in getting en Mark Hanna's band wagon. Now, John, stay there, but don't try to ride two horse&s, the people's horse and the trust horse; 'yen can't do it and you will be thrown. But, as we said, you once were with the humble people before you beheld the splendors of wealth, as exhibited at the Capital, and for your past his tory thme voters of South Carolinm('are going to bestow upon you the title of D. D., that is to -say, dead duck. Yours truly, W. F. Clavenn. It I1 I 111U 1UUIiIUDDi BOARD OF TRUSTEES. i)(?I I .1i'O '.TANT "/fI, K IN A 51it,iCT ::9 ION. Four M11m.1 1 s 1 1 hiN Vai olim-- In Order t1ra iv. I1 .rnm -..r} c'iu, lItl - WVill ('1911 1"' f i It:atno 0 stk *a '1 1. 111 51 ritl(1tor . Rtock flill, Jn1- 7.-The board of trustees of\ Winthrop college ad journod if(er a day of hard work. Several iattors of importaneo wore settled. It was decided to begin the next school year on October 9. This is three weeks litter than the begin ing of th termn just ending. '1'ho session will bo i1s long a1s the ono just closed and will therefore closo about June 25. This is not a permanent chango but is for the year, hnd is made neces!ary by the imperative need for tho now dormitory. It is hoped that this will be completod before that time, but no chances can b0 taken on a matter of such impor tance. Any temporary arrangements for 200 new pupils is out of the qlues tion. The dormitory must be com ploted before work of the term be gins. The board decided to purchase and put into operation a complete can ning outfit. This is with a view of canning fruit for use in the winter. The outlook for a crop of fruit at. the college farm is very tine and advan tage is to be taken of this success. The effort will be made also to raise much of the poultry used by the col lege boarding department, and at the same time this industry will be made the subject of instruction. It was decided to make an exhibit at the South Carolina and West Indian ex position provided the State comnis sion would extend aid. The following instructors were elected for the coming year: Profes sor of natural science. Mr. T. 0. Mabry, of Oxford, Miss., in place of Dr. Cleveland Abb., Jr., who goes to Germany to continue his studies; assistant in mathematics, Miss Fan nio Watkins, of Laurens; assistant in Latin, Miss Anne Lichtonwanga, of Knoxville, Tenn.; assistant in drawing, Miss Cornelia Stevens, of Philadolphia; assistant in English, Miss Bulah McMillan, of Charleston; assistant in physical culture, Miss Olive P,lle, of the Boston normal school of gymnastics. Miss Callott, who was for some years the head of the department of sewing, dressmak ing and millinery, and who has been at home 'during the past year, was elected to her old position. Several positions are yet to be filled-instruc tors in vocal music, in elocution and reading, in mathematics, and the resident physician. A change of some importance was uniade in the arrangement of the year's work. Heretofore the year has been divided into three terms of equal length. H-oroafter there will be two terms only. This will require some read justment of the course of study and will make it necessary to hold only two examinations instead of three during the year. The executive committee reported that the contracts for completing the dormitory had been signed. Trhe session of the board was a laborious but satisfactory one. LEXKNOTONG TRtEAsURCER SUED FPor Amount of Claims Paid by a Colum b)la Hanfk-Why They ICick, [Special to The State.) Lexington, June 7.--The June term of court will be convened here on Monday with Judge Ernest Gary presiding. It is not probable that there will be over two days work for, the jury. There are two cases of great in terest to come up, in which manda mus proceedings are returnable. The first, is Loan and Exchange bank of South Carolina agamnst Frank WV. Shealy, treasurer of Lexington coun ty, brought by Mr. Allen J. Green of Columbia, and asking the court to require the treasurer to pay this bank $2,011.25, the aggregated amount of school claims held by it. It appears that these claims were issued by the trustees of certain dis tricts of the county during Decem Everything r know when we s. things for you, it get your share o so much smoke you better go. I tire line of Dress Now is your time Look before you Look Before Y 100 Pieces Shirting Calicoos the pri 100 Pieces 30 inch Percale, tho prico 50 Pieces Table Oil ClotI .ho price 50 Pieces Colored Organdies, the pr 50 Pieces Colored Organdies, the pri 100 White Bed Spreads, the prico is 1 100 White Bed Spreads, the prico is 100 White Bed Spreads, the price is 100 Dozen Cotton Towels, two for 5c 100 Dozen Cotton Towels, the price i 100 Dozen Cotton Towels, the price i Half Price Embro A big shipment just opened for this F 100 Pieces Fine Embroidery worth 0 for only Sc. Another lot of about two hundred pi your choice only 12.c. A big lot of Fine Laces worth 10 and 100 Dozen Ladies Under Vests, 'c. ' 100 Dozen Ladies Under Vests, lOc. Shoes and Oxfords ! Every Shoo and Slipper in the house at a big reduction. Nowv is your time to buy a pair of Shoes or Slip pers for a little money. All shapes, all kinds-lace, cloth top, or button; not a pair worth loss than $1.50, most of them worth $2; but I am go ing to sell you them for only $1.25 a pair. Don.'t compiero them with other stores $1.25 kind, because my '75c. and 90c. ones will match the other fellow's $1.25 kind. Cofme to tlle Clleap| Mimnau ber, 1898, in payment for "Evans Arithmetical ch'arts," one W. WV. Tutwiler being agent. The other case is styled Jiames A. Bonnet vs. Fmnk WV. Shoealy, county treasurer, and1 sets up clamzns to the amount of $412.50, in which Messrs. Sheppard Bros. and Allen J. Greoon appear for the plaintiff. About a year ago the school trus tes of the county held public meet ing here and emp)loyed W. 11. Sharpe, Esti., to represent them in the matter of thoe claims, because of general dlissatisfaction with the charts and the manner in which they were sold, and the promises made by the agents !A securing the sig. natures to these warrants. The treasurer has employed Messrs Ehird & Dreher, and it is understool that he will ask teantnoneya gannea t Half Wedn Thuirs< and a Friday educed for this g .y bargains what is now. We opei f these great half Lhere is bound to 3ead our quotatic Goods and Fine to buy a fine Dre leap. My warnin ou Buy I bj e is -t. worth tic. 1I ' is U c. worth 10c. ico is -1c. worth 1We. co is 8c. worth 12.. 1,/ Q 3Me. worth 90c. J0c. worth $1.25. 01.25, worth $1.7. s 5c. worth Sc. i 10c. worth 15c. idery Sale. ale. S and .10c., your choice acos worth 1i, 10! and 20e. .121c., your choico 5c. 6, woh1c. l q woth1e5c.h rY l to aid asart of the money is State Terule was isued by Judlgo Gary and is returnablo before him hero Wednesday. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. 'The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Rignaturo of RicLAURtIN'S3 PIROPOSAf NOT TAKEh SERtIOU8LY. Tillmnan Thinks It Too Puerile to Notice and it in Not fado D)irect. [Special to The Stato.], R ock HIill, Juno .--Senator Till man wnn nnt to ha soon toayn unti Price S lay, reat sale! Don't it means, and if v i wide our doors ; price offerings. be fire. Where th >ns and compare r Silks at ACTUAI ss or Silk Waist fc g is look before yi Umbrellars at. ' F td 2.h 00 IParasols jnst, oponed, Oi 2,> 1arasols just opolotl, tht 4I 10 Parasols just, oponold, the la IG Parasols just op onod, ilh SMilliner; Every 1 [at and l'lower in prico. I don't intentd to can over, they joust go this soos< Now is your timo to buy a ni ? \/ comes gets lirsH pick. StClothin 1)0 'Mons' Suits to beclosed buy a Suit of Clothes lyour opportunity. " tal 0( Boys Knoo Suits for thif le llt) Boys Knoo Suits for thi 1 00 Boys Knoo Suits for t,hif IOt) Boys Knoo Suits for thH - SI) >)ozn Boys KnoO I'ants 2 .)ozon Boys Knoo Pants y or Not, Mae WELCOME! __ Mim the Winthrop b)oard adljoulrned for dlinnor at 2 o'clock. lie did not sooni inclined to notice the intorview with Senautor McL[aurin, appearing in Thle Stato of this morning. Hoe considolrs the staInd wvhich M cLautirin1 takes to b)e so puerile ats to be 1b0 neath notice andI feols that it would not be dignified in him to reply to it at all. After talking on otho*r Hub joes and1 evidently meditating upon this, he again stated that after think ing it over lie did not feol that he had any answer at all to make to it. T1he interview, he says, conmes in too roundabout a way to take as a chal lenge and he considoers that the ac tion taken at Glaffuny covered thoe whole situation. There he met his opponent's quibbles as to the form of the paper sent to the governor I and gave what he nonsidriemd an min H'S ie? de a miss it! You ie ever had good md invite you to Where there is e best goods are )rices. Our en - FIRST COST! )r a little money. Du buy ! parasols at Half Price. p prico is -W0., worth Oc. prico is 75., worth $1. prico is )Sc., worth $1.25. prico is $1.25, worth $1.75. " I Millinery I our Iilliiiory Dopartment at half -y a dollars worth of thoso goods mr lot thom bring what they may. co l la for a little money. First g I Clothing ! out at hal1f prico. If you want to or an odd pair of Ptanrts. Now is Ssal1 7) C., wo"rlh ,$1. i 8sa1o SI, worth SI.35. I salo $ l.00, worth $2. Sslo $2, wort Ii $2.,)0. for this stlo 2'20!., worth .lOc. for this satl0 -ic., worth 75c. Shoes and Ofordso& 200) Pairs Child rons Shippors, 2, rog ulaur 75c. kind, now 50c. 200) Pairs Chuidrons Slippors, 9.1 12, rogular $1.25 kind, now (ISo. 300) Pairs Mons' low cut Shoes to go on salo at $1.25, worth $1.75. 301) P1rs. MonIs line Shoos aLldat cost. 300) Prs. Lad ion Fine Slippers at only (I5c., worth $1. D)on't be0 sto[pped b)y the 'wayside! I"or Shioos, come to hondqjuarters. Yoiirslf at Hlome, naugh's! qualified resignation. At Gaffney he forced McLanurin to "jump over board" with him believmng that lhe "could make land and that McLaurin could not."' 'It seems," said he, "that. McSwooney has thrown him a rope and hauled him in, though the matter seems to have boon arranged by mutual friends, and while I do not moan to charge Gov. McSweeney with sinister motives, he has beon unduly influenced and has transcend ed his authority." When asked if he thought there was a possibility of the junior sena tor taking the initiative in this mat.. ter and Bending in bis resignation first Senator Tillman hooted at the. idIea, saying that afterbhaving turned tail and run before, that would be boy's play In MoLaurin.,