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Thursday 8JNGST*j^^^M'H CAROLINA, LOUIS^^IRISTOW, F.dltor nnd Proprietor. r- ..'J*' A prominent bacteriologist states that scarcely one doc in 10,000 sup posed to be mad in tbe sense that his bite will communicate hydrophobia is really so. A knowledge of this fact will cause a comparative feeling of security, but then a close lookout should be kept against the one dog. Near Briancon, France, is the Alpine Glacier dn Casset, which is now being regularly worked as an ice quarry, the product being shipped by rail to Paris. The ice vein is about one hundred feet wide and twenty-five thick, and it is found that it can be 'worked at a profit, making the first commercial use of the glacier so far known. Bailroads and other highways, iraYvrnvpd maohincrv aud more modern methods of doing business are among the wants of Cuba, and with the onward march of civilization these will doubtless be hers in the near future, observes the Philadelphia Record. Cuba, like other tropical or semitropical countries, is not given to manufacturing; her people would rather sell the products of the soil and mines and buy manufactured goods. The total losses by fire during the past twenty-three years in the United States aggregate $2,454,592,4S1, on which there was insurance to the amount of $1,438.902,44S. At the beginning of the period indicated, that is in 1875, the total annual loss averaged about sixty-five millions. The destruction of property by fire has therefore almost doubled since that aqte. it is naraiy necessary to state that the increase of property during the period, although very great, bears no proportion to the loss. Official tests of the eyesight of Baltimore school children?tests ordinarily used by oculists?to the number of 53,067 show some interesting and suggestive results. More thau 9000 pupils were found to have such defects in these organs as to make school work unsafe, while fifty-three per i. ,.l -1.5 ? CCJUU SJ1 liiC CUlUUCil %> Z.1 V iuuuu avi to be iu the enjoyment of normal vision. Curiously enough, this percentage of defective eyesight steadily decreased with the age of the pupils. The percentage of nornjal vision was found to be as follows: First grade, 35; second, 11; third, 17; fourth, 19; fifth, IS; sixth, IS; seventh, 51; eighth, 5G. No explanation is offered for this improvement in eyesight with a^e and the use of the eyes under school conditions. It was found, however, that many blackboards and maps in the schools were not placed in the proper light, and the report of the oculists recommends yearly examinations hereafter of tho pupils' eyesight; also the adoption of a uniform "system of adjustable seats and desks adapted to the heights of the children. - c-r a* 5 = As far as the imports and exports of merchandise can be compared, the total foreign commerce of the United States for last year shows a remarkable increase. In fact, this year ending with June, has been the banner s year in'American foreign trade, which represents a larger aggregate volume than in any previous similar period of our commercia^ history. Figures show that tho exports of the products and manufactures of the United States represent a total value of $1,200,000,000, while the imports will be but little more than half that sum. This gives a trade balance of nearly $600,. 000,000, or 100 per cent, in our favor for the year. While our imports are less in value than in any year since 1885, our exports are the largest ever recorded. While the greatest gain in nnr omnr+o has naturallv been in the products of our farms, it is very gratifying to know that there lia3 beeu uo falling o9 in tbo foreign demand for American manufactures, which, for the year just ended, constituted twenty-five per cent, of our total export trade. At the same timo there has been a diminution in our purchases from forty-one per cent, of all imports a year ago down to thirty-seven per cent, for the year that terminated yesterday. Oar combined import and export trade, now aggregating$1,800,000,000, piaces us in the second commercial position of the world, we having now passed both Germany and France, and following very close to the United Kingdom. Some women carry the emotional business entirely too far. Hundreds of Thousands er Banks and on 1 ! niuc tuc "dip. ?uiir I MIL NIL UIU 0LJL11 The Spanish Residents of Porto i of Natives. Foreign Policy Negro. Pitiable Conditi< New York, X. Y., (Special).?IIun dreds of thousands of peopls along th banks of the Hudson, and thousand on all styles of river craft, blende* their shouts in a royal welcome to th returned north of the Atlantic squadroi under command of Rear Admiral Samp son, and as fine an August day a could be desired was nature's tribut to the return of the victors. Fo almost three hours steam whistles o all sizes, steam sirens and small gun along the shores, shrieked and boomet in the effort to display the heartfelt en thusiasm for the home coming of th naval liar OAs -with their battle-scarre< ships. Uy 9 o'clock the big, dull-lookini fighting ships, looming high above tb< HCiuiesoue confusion of smaller craf which had cowo dotvu to get a glimpsi of them, were ready for movement Strung out along their decks, in long regular lines, were the white uniformet jaekies, with here and there a blue coated officer; all strongly contrasts against the sombre, lead-colored armo: of the ships. When tho hour for th< start came, it looked as if it would b( impossible for tho great ships to mak( their way through the perfect jain o the river craft. Vessels of all descrip tious, from the smallest steam lauucl \ ? - ? ADMIRAL SAMPSON". to the great ocean liner, were banked arouud the sauadron. Suddenly thert was a movement on the flagship New York, and the big vessel started forward with a slow, statelj- glide. She was immediately followed by the Iowa, Indiana, Brooklyn, Massachusetts, Oregon and Texas in the order named. It was some time before the vessels I could get into the review formation, but by the time the New York's prow came in the line with Governor's Island, the other ships had formed in a regular line. As tho grim-looking battleships moved up the river the crowds became denser and the enthusiasm more marked. At Riverside Drive, with its steep, grassy slope, the scene was like a vasi amphitheatre. Teas of thousands oJ persons covered the green 6lopo and at j the battleships approached, a might} I cheer arose that reverberated back and forth across the IludsoD. At tut bottom of the slope an observation train crawled lazily along, keeping even with tho ships; above this the vas! sea of humanity, and crowning thi' Lighter With 600 Men on Board Sunk. Tho steam lighter Laura struck a rocL near the steel pier aud sank in ten feet ol water at Santiago recently. At the time of the accident she had on boan GOO men of the Twenty-third Michigan Regiment, who were on their way tc the transport Harvard. No lives weie lost, but an exciting scramble for the shore took place in which many of the men fell in the shallow water. The Carnival of Crime in Arkansas. The carnival of crime inaugurated ir Arkansas several weeks ago, cantinuei -without abatement. At Faragouid, Henry L. Bramlet was asleep in bit bed, when an unknown assassii crept up to his window and shot him. killing him instautly. A cutting af fray, in which two prominent farmers figure, is reported from Carroll county. The men fought with knives aud on< was fatally stabbed. The decomposer body of a well-dressed man was founo near Blackville, in Conway county. The head was severed from the body. Alvin Strong was found near Mouu 1 l'leasant, suffering from a fracturec ! skull, and died without gaining con ! sciousness. At Harrisbnrg two ue j groes fought over a woman and one ii i dead aud the other injured. Bianco Will Not Hand Over Cuba. A cabinet minister who was inter ; viewed by a representative of the As t soeiated i'ress at Madrid, said it wa< | certain that Captain Ceneral I5ianc< I would not hand over Cuba to the Amer 1 icans, since I19 had expressed a desiri not to do so. Congratulations to Dewey and Merritt. President McKinley has cabled t< Admiral Dewey and General Merrit his and the nation's congratulation! * upon their capture of Manila. I IB. of People Along the RivVessels of all Kinds ii immmovation II I IlLIMLllL/UUU Ulllliuii. ?ico Terror Stricken by Depredations Convention. Deeds of a Georgia on of the Spanish Prisoners, - Genoral Grant's tomb, which was to 0 mark the beginning of the return of a the squadron, where a national salute of 21 guns was tired. The tomb, stand- I ' ing high, white and solemn, far above e the waters of the river, looked to be j a built upon a foundation of faces. Just i*t the point of return there was a momentary lull, as if 3 expectant of the climax. Suddenly, e from the sides and turrets of the r battleships there was a vivd Hash; folf jowing this a tremendous roar announc3 ing the first gun of the national salute. Tl,? ""into /Mirlofl nrid tumbled | down towards the water and up into B ! the air until the ships had been hidden, j ; hut the roar coming again and agaiu seemed to rock the waters themselves. , It was an imposing spectacle as the big | battleships boomed a salute to the nat tion?as the warships saluted the final resting place of General Grant and tho guns that sounded the knell of Admiral Cervera's ships at Santiago boomed a J reverential obeisance to the dead hero. The salute ended, the return of the I squadron along the line of review was r i begun. It was a repetiton of the ens I thusiastic scenes on the way up the g river. The parade of the ships from the time it passed the battery on its way up f the river to the time it re-passed on its wor onnlinrnKA ntf Tnmnkinsville. IS. 1 I., occupied just two hours and thirty. hve minutes. Spaniards Terror-Stricken. A war of retaliation against the Spanish residents of the Island of Porto Kico within tho American lines is threatened. The natives burned the town of Cofa, seven miles from Ponce recently. Tho Spanish residents tied. Throughout the surrounding country the Spaniards are terror-stricken aud are appealiug to tho Americans for protection. The shops kept by Spaniards at Pouce which were opened after the signing of the peace protocol, have been closed again through fear of the rioters. Editions of two papers which hysterically demanded vengeauee uud tho expulsion of all Spanish-born residents were suppressed by tho military authorities, who are doiug all in their power to allay tho fears of the Spanish inhabitants. The natives who are fomenting tho trouble ure of tho lowest I class ana many 01 mem arc cruuiuuia. j Over 23 of the riugleaders in the disr turbances have been arrested. i All in a Pitiful Condition. The condition of the Spanish prisoners at Sautiago, wLo were recently , sent back to Spain on the hospital blup. Alicanto, was so pitiful as to bringtcars ' to the eyes of men not readily moved I to tears, A Spanish oflieer refering to II the camp just outside of Santiago, j said: "It was not a camp out there, it | was a graveyard. Let ween and dOO ! | weut into the hospital daily. Hospital? 71 was not a hospital?there were I no medicines, thc.e \?eio uu uttendj nuts. Forty are dying every day and : the trenches are full of the dead. Wo < | liave saved you many a $20 for passage | money to Spain. That camp l^as been j nearer hell than anything else in tho : | war. The are 9,000 out there yet, only i ; a thousand came in to day, but they :. will not last ioug. Dyaenterj*?camp t j dysentery we call it, aud it is worse . than the plague?is curving them off." j \ Freight wrecKca. The through freight going north over r! the Southern was wrecked m (iastoniu, 1 I X. C. The engine, tender and two or 5 three box cars passed over a point in I the track whore piping had been plant( ed to allow the water to pass when j i this portion of the road gave way and ! a large number of the remaining cars i were piled one upon the other and ! smashed into a mass of timber and debris. Three persons were injured. neprlc of a Georiria Neero. I The most fiendish crime in the hisi tory of Sumter county, or the whole j State of Georgia, was committed ot i Friendship, miles west of Macon, recently. Mrs. James McGarrah and i her son James Boone, were murdered by a negro m an with an ax, while they ) were in their beds. After this double | murder the fiend outraged a negro i ! woman, tied her to a tree in the woods | anil mutiluted her in a shocking man! ner. She died also, but not until she II had told the murderer's name. The i i murdered people were discovered by . j John Boone, a son of the murdered . ! woman, and a crowd at ouco started 4' after the fiend, tie was caught and j promptly lynchc-d. ThlfJv.flnf* n,->Mhc rin n Pnnvirf "thin Tho Berliner Post says that during a recent voyage of the Siberian convict ' ship Angara, from Tieum, Sibera, to } Tomsk, capital of the government of 3 the same name, on the Tom, western ' I Sibera, :'l out of fiOl) prisoners died from suffocation and overcrowding. Celebrated Spanish Painter Dead, t The death is announced at Madrid s of T>on Ederico Madrazo, the celebrat| ?d bpaann psintsr, in his b4th year. \ SOUTHERN FERTILIZER COMPANY SOLD. Purchased .bv the Virginia and Carolina Chemical Co.. of Richmond, Va. The purchase by the Virginia and Carolina Chemical company of the Southern Fertilizer company, at Charleston, is now an accomplished fact. Its interests in Charleston are very large and include the Berkeley Chemical company, the Wando Fertilizer company, the Stone Phosphate works and the Wappoo mills, the last named having been acquired at the recent 6ole j? -.111 i .( iu. T>:~i, ? i.ii ; uuuer bduieuiout ui luu i iuauov uuture. It is understood that the Virginia Chemical company will build a wharf on the Ashley river at the Wappoo mills from which to handle its mined rock. The company has leased or purchased extensive beds in St. Andrews parish and has contracted with a mining company fbr its output of rock. A large iron steamer is under construction for the com pan}' to ply between Charleston and Norfolk. Rock mined in South Carolina not used in manufacture here, will be taken to the [ factories of the company farther north, j and from the various plants orders will be tilled as most convenient to ansportatiou facilities and rates. _ - ? To Grind Corn, Husk and Cob. A Hampton county man has invented a will nrrin/1 tha /?nrn hllflt and cob together or separately. The present old-fashioned corn mill imparts a heart of from 85 to GO degrees to the meal in the grinding, which deprives the meal of much of its nourishing substance. The rew invention grinds the meal cold, thereby avoiding this loss of substance. The cob contains from 23 to 33 per cent of potash, and the finely ground bran also assists in making the bread very light. Certain leading physicians, who have seen samples of the meal ground by this new mill and tested it, sava that it far excels the meal ground by the old mill. Clemson's Faculty At the meeting of the board of trustees durinsr the week of the Farmers' Instiaute. several important additions were medo to the faculty. Mr. B. B. Robertson was elected assistant chemist, in place of Mr. John Thompson, who resigned. Mr. S. M. Martin was elected teacher in the sub-collegiate department. Mr. Wm. H. Boehm, of St. Louis, was elected profesor of mechanics and head of mechanical department, in place of Cheif Engineer Worthington, who was recalled for active service in the navy at the beginning of the war. A professor of veterinary science will be elected in the near future, and will be present for duty at the opening of college, on the 14tb of September. Making Many Improvements. Extensive improvements are being made over the line of the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway. Between Yemassee and Wlialey*, on the Port Royal division, there is being done a great deal of tilling in over the marshes. The work is a tremendous undertaking. On the old Augusta and Knoxvilio division heavier steel ruils are being put down. West of Greenwood there will be placed forty miles of 70-pound steel rails. Prom time to time these improvements, or "betterments," will be made all over the route. Pistols and Shotguns. A crowd of negro gamblers in the woods near Patosburg recently got into a dispute over some money won during the game. . Pistols and shotguns were brought into play. A regular fusilade followed, but the men behind the guns were otl'in their aim. Only one negro was wounded, and he received a few shot in the hand. The entire outfit was bagged. ???-? #-- ? Factory Girls Fight. There was a big sensation in the bagging factory at Charleston recently by a free-for-all tight between a number of the young women employes. The tight was an uneven one, as there were three girls against one, and according to reports, the scrap would have resulted seriously, if friauds of both parties had not interfered. Will It Go to the Courts. The fight between the Southern Express company and the railroad commission over the stamp tax mattor it seems is to be prolonged, judging from ? C .. 1 -u 1 11 ? iuo lunc ui t\ icuci itrcci>cu rcccuujr from Traffic Manager Loop, of the express company. <?> Palmetto Notes. The city of Chester has the honor of having two companies in the Volunteer army?one in the First ami one in the Second. The neople about Duncan's, Spartanburg county, are organizing a joint stock company to put up a cotton seed oil mill and other machinery. They luine to he reailr to ernslj tli? a dor! or this crop. The capital stock is $30,000. There is a scarcity of houses for rent in Edgefield1, and from the present outlook the population of Edgnfield will double itself in the near future. The Columbia Daughters of the Revolution recently sent to Camp Lee ^00 soft pillows, ihe products of their own work, to be distributed among the different commands. Three white boys and one negro boy have been arrested at Greenville, charged with trying to wreck a train on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad near Maudlin. Mrs. Annie Abbott was arrested at Columbia recently, charged with abducting a 0-year old girl, and bound over for trial in the sum of $'.>09 for hor appearance at tho general sessions of court in October. TFe up train on the Columbia end Greenville division of the Southern was derailed near Greenville but no one was seriously hurt. The members of the Labor Day Association of Florence have been actively at work for the past few week3 perfecting their plans for a grand andjjlorioua celebration of Labor Day this year. The cannery at 1'ros.perity has been running on full time since the season opened. Peaches came in abundantly, but few tomatoes have been handled us yet. The latter crop will be almost a failure this season. SIM WITH OPS Hi A Practical Farmer Who Had Gain<ed Experience by CONTACT WITH THE WORLD. Two Busted Life Insurance Agents, Two Busted Farmers, One Old Political Preacher, and One Old Lawyer. WAT.SALLA MEETIN'O. Tho railroad commission candidates had a lively discussion, which came near ending iu a row. There was a hot time, and the crowd clambered upon the platform where the row was raging and forced the contestants to sit down. Air. Whitman made some practical remarks couched j in the vigorous phraseology of his fertile, spakling imagery, (iovernor Ellerbe referring tot'ol. CIeorgoTillman's criticism of the dispensary, declaradho was not responsible for its enactment. "Everybody kuows Ben Tillman is, fiud surely he would not sey that he did it to corrupt tho morals ot the people. I favor the dispensary law as the best solutiou. (Applause, and a cry of "That's weak.") "You waut prohibi! tion to reduce drunkenucss, and I claim that tho dispensary will reduce it more than prohibition will. I would favor prohibition if it could be enforced. Ministers of all denominations united in advising me that the dispensary had decreased drunkenness per cent. The ministers do not point to Maine and Kansas and Iowa because they know prohibition there proved a miserable failure." Col. Tillman's speech evoked applause aud laughter, mingled with an occasional prohibitionist protest "Talk about liberty," he said, "you have two dispensaries here that were forced upon you. God would not have allowed Noah to plant a vineyard if he had not intended for him to use wine in reason. Notwithstanding the oceans of whiskey, beer and wine, the world has gone on for centuries improving in every way." He signed the Clemson report stating that in one short day ho could not investigate that institution. Julian Mitcholl wrote it and stuck in somo high-falutiu words that didn't mean anything, and at tho time he signed it he had live communications to the press iD his pocket denouncing the management of the institution, and Gov. Kllerbe read them on the train that day, and yet he didn't tell you so, and they were published in tho next three or four weeks. Col. Schumpert said he was for sustaining the educational institutions and im proving xne common scnoois. i^oi. Watson pleaded Tor a school house and a church in reach of every citizen. Mr.Featherstone spoke with vigor. For fourteen years he had been making prohibition speeches and his views had not changed one iota. He had said that he had taken a drink of whiskey as a beverage, but he was none the loss qualified to talk prohibition, lie had seen the evils of whiskey and for years had not touched it. Col. Mower referred to the fact that he was a prohibitionist and his opponent a supporter of the dispensary. Mr. Bellinger injected some spice into his repty. He stated ! that thousands of copies of Mower's home paper had been circulated in this section ami tiiat in any article therein Mower lauded himself as a lawyer. | Speeches were also made by Candidates ' Derham, Fpton, Berry, Hligh, Gray, i Stansell, Tompkins, Cooper, Bradham, I VVoH? Vlnv/1 llli'thA ltir>A MftTrfittM McMnhan and Brown. AVDERSON MEETIXO. Tbe meeting was a largo one, about nine iiuudred persons attending. All the speakers were heard attentively. Gov. Ellerbe began by naming Beri Tillman as tho author of the dispensary law, and delaring that his brother, Col. George Tillman, had stated that it was originated to corrupt the morals of the people. 'T did not say any such thing,'' quoth Cnclo George, tartly. "I said it wus gotten up to control elections and fbr the politicians to divide the spoils." "Oh, well," said the governor, "that's the same thing, that would lead to corruption." Col. George Tillman stood for more liberty and less taxation. Liberty was invaded by the metropolitan police, by the whiskey constables, by the executive appointment of township officers instead of by election. The people had managers of election that they didn't want rammed down their throats. There ought to bo township government in South Carolina as is tho case everywhere except iu the South, where the necro has been the bueagoo. The con stitution, however, had removed this, and, besides, the Spanish war had caused a fraternilization between the North and the South. Col. Schumpert declared that he would not have an office b}' running down his opponent, but called attention to the significance of six candidates running against Gov. Ellerbe when he bad had only one term and had been elected by such a large majority. Uol. Watson ridiculed severely what he termed the 6o-called prohibition movement, and bitterly asked if a strict temperance man like himself was to be cast aside by temperance people for a raw recruit in the cause. He dared to say that a large majority of the prohibitionists were those who called the State officers spies and tried to kill them, wiiile they would buy whiskey from wagons and never inform. The prohibition candidate, Mr. Featherstone, was received with flowers and cheering. He was glad to sound the prohibition tocsin in a county where so mauv noble men had fought all their lives for the cause. It was time for the profession Christians of South Carolina to call a halt. Watson boasted of preaching temperance for -10 years, bat had been voting for the sale of liquor. Mr. Archer said he represented the bone aud sinew of tue laud, aud was severe in his denunciation of the educational policy of the State. While Mr. Archer secured strict attention during his remarks, there was silence . 1 At, IVfcitmon ,1a. wnea no cuucuiucu. .'ii. ?? u...u?u vivi clared thatEllerbo was not in the race, Mark Hauna to tho contrary, notwithstanding. He hiuiseif would get 40,000 votes, and declared sincerity was a part of his nature. Watson did not have any backbone, and his criticism of Ellerbe was simply the pot calling the kettle black. "We are cursed with too many hypo = 1 crites of that kind," said he. Mr. Bellinger protested against his opponents factional support in view of the pledge uf non-factional candidacy, public or private, required by the rules of the [>arty. Mr. Mower said he appeared is a man who always dealt fairly and openly with the Democrats. The other qieakers were Tom[ kins. Cooper, Bradham, Dcrliam, Eptou, Floyd, Blytke, Evans, Gary, Garris, Stansell, Thomas, Sligh, Berry, McMahan, \\ atts ana Mnyneia. ABBEVILLE MEETING. The campaign meeting at Abbeville was perhaps the most harmonious, for its size, of any yet held, fully boO people being present and every section oT^K ihe county being well represented. Tillman, Schumpert, Watson, Featherstoue, Archer, Whitman and Ellerbe, candidates for Uoveruor, speaking in the order named, were present. Each one made their usual presentation of the various issues. All the candidates fot other .State ollices were present and given their usual five minutes. Several cf the candidates paid glowing tributes to Abbeville's history and eloquently spoke of her honored and lamented heroes, who upon the field and in the forum had won fame for their State and county. GREENWOOD MEETING. There were about 500 persons present, forming a jolly, good-naturea crowd that distributed its applause all around. Mr. Epton, for comptroller general, declared he had the solid backing of Spartanburg couuty, where 1 - 1 1 - 3 __ J / .1 * ue nau ueea irieu cna luuaa bausmutory. Comptroller General Derham wanted to continue in office because he believed he was competent. Section did not qualify or disqualify for filling office. Waj. Evans said he had been thrown with the business world enough to feel the needs of the people and to know how to correct the freight discriminations. Mr. Garris came as a plain, practical farmer who had gained experience by contact with the business world. He had dug his education from the ground, and when ho left college 1 he returned to the farm. l)r. Slighwas humorous in touching up Commissioner Thomas. He hoped he would be spared the unpleasant duty of preaching Thomas's funeral, because he couldn't say anything good of the dead, and would have to stand with his lips sealed. Commissioner Thomas as- V > sorted that there was no surer way for the railroads interests of South Carolina to strike a stump than to entrust them to his green opponents. In that case the locomotive would be propelled by two busted life insurance agents, two basted farmers, one old political preacher, and one old lawyer. Gen. Gray began by calling attention to Thomas's excessive modesty. Thomas's statements of relief and saving money for the people were not sustained by his record, to prove which he read an extract from the minutes. Mr. Stansell said he was not born under a speaking planet, but when it came to work he would know what to do for the people. Mr. iserry recognized the railroad commission a strictly business affair. He would go home rather than abuso his opponents. Gen. Watte declared he wanted no dirty and insignificant flings from one of his opponents, who was going around introducing himself as Ellerbe's candidate. He . was no combination candidate himself. Col. Floyd declared he . stood, on his own merits. He had been preserved physically and mentally, and other things being equal, ho thought this office was one that should be kept for a Confederate soldier. Maj Blythe had no criticisms to make concerning his opponents. For the last twelve years military matters had been las chief study and his practical as well as theoretical experience combined to make him of service to the militia. Mr. Featherstone cited Maine as an example that prohibition was practicable and expedient, one of the governors saying prohibition in Maine had decrease the sale of liquor 510 per cent Col. Watson had never faltered as a champion of temperance. His life bad been dedicated to temperance for fifty years. Col. Schumpert 6aid that the liquor question is the ail absorbing question in this State. He stated the three plaus: License, prohibition and the dispensary aud discassed them, and showed where local option was the best solution, (i. Walt Whitman accused the other candidates of jumping on his platform uud told the people they must get rid of papsuckers, and in iiio upiuiuu iuw i/'V/ov ?? aj 11 to vote for G. Walt Wbiiman. Senator E. L. Archer said ho knew Tillman was humbugging tho people when he was advocating tho building of Clemson College, and that he told them so then. Col. Tillman spoke pleasantly of the people and county of Greenwood and the friends of his childhood. He repeated his platform to reduce taxes, enlarge liberties and to do something that would rebound to the good of all the people. Gov. Ellerbe was indisposed and left on the early train for Columbia before his turu to speak came. The other speakers were: Tompkins, Cooper, Bradham, Bellinger. Mower, Mayheld, Itice, Brown and McMahan. A CORRECTION. Mr. McMahan Shews the Necessity fo Education. Mr. McMahan, at the Pickens meeting, spoke in part as foliows: Yon hear it "equal ritrhts to all, special privileges to none," and again, "eternal vigilance is the price oi' liberty." With these sayings pat on your lips can you be indifferent to the education of your children? 'Ihere is no equality without intelligence. Who can be visrilunt of his liberties without eilucatiou? To maintain one's rights one must bo able to know tbera. Ho that trusts to another's thinking at once owns a mas ter. The ignorant have ever beeu the dopes of the cunning. (ioverumeut' and laws have been shaped by tho educated few to preserve to themselves special advantages to the detriment of the uneducated many. The &lave9 and serfs and subjects of other days and other lands have but paid tho penalt^y*" of their ignorance. 1 he revolutions v that have marked the steps of nations iu civilization and liberty have ever been the fruit of ideas and thoughts spread among the people. Intelligence is the lamp of progress, it is the lire '<-.1 I ?L ~ liKopfT biltftb UUIU9 Ujiuu tuo uuaio i/i And yet there are men calliujr themselves freemen who aro willing thuc their children shall be born and reured in the thraldom of ignorance. -4'4 ?- - .V ^ ; i