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M ' s w..? ? CANVASS IS OPENER Gov. McSweeney -Briefly Outlines His Platform. % win Mik'F RACE ON HIS RECORD. He Reviews His Administration. Frank B. Gary's Pledge Also Filed. Mr. Brockor for Comptroller. All who have been expected to ehter the race for governor are now?offieially candidates, each having, filed, his pledge. Some days ago Messrs. Patterson and Whitman filed their pledges." Tuesday Govern, r McSwoeirey and Mr. " Frank B. Gary filed theig pledges and. got in the race. The first meeting of the campaign was held at Orangeburg Thursday and all the candidates were 0:1 hand. I'p to Tuesday night the orfly-other ? .? ??? *?? o^va tin.-n fumtirl above to .auuiuatt a ^ vuvov ?. ? . - . Sle their pledges with Col7 Jones were S\ W. Brookerfor comptroller general ind P. G. Hildebrand and Julias E. Boggs. each for solicitor, ... . In view of the fact that .Col. Hoyt. md Mr. Gary h^ve given the press the platforms upon which they will make the race for governor, .upon filing his . .' pledge Governor McSweeney gave the press the following outline of the platform upon which he would ask the suffrage of the people in the coming pri? tnary: "In entering the campaign a? a can didate for the nomination of governor I expect to stand on my record in the administration of the office during the time I ?ave held it. Upon that record I om trninrr hpfnrp thp nponle'aild 3_sk . Svu,? . their endorsement. If an administration has been successful the custom . has been to endorse it by a re-election, ind I invito the closest scrutiny.of the administration. and if it has net been { successful and business-like and nonpolitical. then 1 do not expect to ask tbe people to endorse it; but if it' has j aeea business-like and free from blun- , lers: if the affairs of the State have Deen administered by me as chief executive in a wise and judicious manner : md in such a way as to emphasize the fact that I have endeavored to be the I fovernor of all the people and have tarried out my promise that I had no political enemies to punish and no political friends to reward; if factional differences have been wiped out and ! the people have been brought, together; if there has been progress -and prosperity in the State under my administration: if the law has been en'orced and peace and good order have prevailed throughout the State; if these things are and have been, then 1 feel that 1 have a right and it is my / duty to ask my fellow citizens to en. dorse my administration by giving me the nomination in the approaching primary. And I believe that the sense I o fjustiee which characterizes tne people of South Carolina will give the endorsement I seek. I stand ready to meet any criticism of the administration and I desire only to be judged by the record. Much has been done during the past year to restore good feeling among our people and to bring all factions together and to get all the people in harmony and working together for the progress and development and upbuilding of the State. "The State has gone forward more rapidly in the past year in material de. velopment than in several years preceding. and every day wealth is peeking investment in our borders and new enterprises are going up in all portions of the State. The people" are happy and prosperous. Business conditio'ns are good. The administration has the confidence of the business men and all of the State officers are working in accord for the achievement and development of South Carolina. "The management of the State hospital for the insane is excellent and economical. "The affairs of the penitentiary are in excellent condition, and the superintendent and board of directors have managed the institution with good business judgment. "Cnder the reorganization cf the dispensary the management has been good and entirely satisfactory. The board of directors and commissioners are working in harmony. "The chief plank in my platform"is that I have honestly and faithfully tried to do the right as I have saw it. and to conduct the affairs of my office on business principles and free e?, nmi to rocoenize in coun 11 Will " w tv affui'"s the rich' of local self-governmen ~ N?i her have I assumed 4,0 discharge the duties of any other department cf the government, but have referred all matters pertaining to th? different departments to which they properly belonged. "As to my position on those matters upon which there is difference of opinion I refer to my annual message to the legislature. "The education of the people is the >. bulwark of our form of government. ^ An educated yeomanry is worth more to the perpetuation of our'government than large standing armie3 or great navies. I favor the hearty and liberal support of our common schools for it is only in these that the great majority of our children can eb educated. I am also in favor of sustaining our institutions- of higher learning?not extravagantly anil yet not niggardly. The policy ofjthe State in this matter is settled, and it would not be wise now . 1 ; *, v , , - . ' y 0 _________________ cripple or fn^i-.r^'them* by withholding nibre than, is necessary. *ft>r their' propel* and odequate. niaiptsoa-nce.. "In my m&sa'gV' I recommended a small appropriation to ra.ike search for the Black report, which was necessary to establish the ojf- tl*? State fjty:::n t the general government. 'I his* p *V: a resulf or this fecomrnendation and the'annrCDriaiion which was made, ,has been t'o?:?id and iorwar Ud to Scnat r Tfilmau. end ir is 'hoped tftatwi; will supply ; juftsin - Itiilt nut cos.-ary to > ^Mbti>>i the < lai?u of the enable .die Suj? ?.-? ,nr zr.r r:ain: or the genera) cove-'.nX dent a*, ih.-f\bo' Vr- anil also bav| icon y^r^bki balance to our.credit. "A*- to the tli.-pensary. my "positioi )n th?s nt'.-Tftn iVwoll known/ In \ .uronlr.r whirl) 1 issued- in August c( ast *ea'f to toe magistrates -I stateij b<betie?ed' that the diSpensarj tys eni. if i^operly and wisely enforced "vat? t Me 'best solution of the liquor question. yet.devfced. I took the same portion in ,my message to the legislate hind I liavd'had no occasion to thange my views on this subjeet. Much of thv bp'poSnfcn that formerly exl'stul to' thd dispensary system -has now Deeri '< hanged "into Us hearty $.upporC ind.fvep.onany of those who still op?ose it are willing to give it further trial and have ceased'their active op?csition. "I also issued last year a circular letter to toe mayors and intendants of ihc towns and .cities of the State asking their co-operation in the enforcement cf the. law. They with one accord promised their hearty co-operauon. and I believe the records' will bear me out in.the statement that the law has -been- better enforced ' (Turing .he past year than ever before since it was put on the statute books. . "I reiltfoed the constabulary force tml in the. selection of constables have endeavored to secure men of character mil standing, and I am glad to say :hat in the enforcement of the law .here has been no conflict between.the ronstables and citizens. The constahilary force is now considerably smaller than it was \vhen I came into the )ffice, and I believe I can truthfully tay without making invidious comparisons. much more efficient. "In the city of Charleston, by wise ?nd discreet management, we were enibled to show that the I'nited States rfficets were using the custom house r.s a storage for blind tiger whiskies and without conflict between the State and national authorities, and a3 a result of the investigation in this ca^e' the most notorious Republican in the State was removed from office and another, and I hope better man, put in his place. ' "Of course there are Still violations i of the law. but whenever it h^s come to my knowledge that the law 'was being violated and the illicit sale of whiskey was being engaged in, in any community. 1 have promptly sent officers thprn with instructions to stop the il licit sales. "I know there are-good and true men* and Democrats Who are honestly and sincerely advocating prohibition, but I am fully convinced that prohibitory laws will not promote temperance. \hc object sought by these people; but on the contray. if a prohibitory law was enacted, blind tigers aayl tin* ?.i? or whiskey would increase and there would be no machinery and no revenue . with which to put a stop to it. For this reason many of those who are in favor of the open bar room and the sale of whiskey are .advocating prohibition.and even those who are in favor of the licen.-e system advocate prohibition because they are convinced in their own minds that prohibition will a .failure, and if they can by these means repeal the dispensary law they feel rthat they will then be in a positio to secure what thc> want?tbe sale of whiskey under the license system. I do not believe that i would be wis? cr good judgment at this time to have the State tehn up by a change of system for the handling of the liquor quest'on, and fcr that reason, if for no other, it would be-better to let the disposaly fystem stand. If the honest and 'Jucere advocates of temperance wou^d plop and consider I am sure they would reach the conclusion that the dispensary svsrem. properly managed and enforced, is a better temperance measure than prohibition would be. "In addition to this it is not the province of the governor to enact laws, but simply to see that those placed on the statute books by the legislative department are enforced, and the election: of a prohibition governor would not mean necessarily the enactment of a proniujivij i?? "I will attend all of the campaign meetings where they do not interfere with my official duties." The Evil Work of the Humorist An enterprising Philadelphia restaurant proprietor hung out a large ldacfcboard sign the other day with the following announcement: "You can't beat our fifteen cent dinners." This sign proved to be a good drawing card until a young man of humorous turn of mind came along. The latter, seeing the sign, stopped, and. after scrutinizing it closely, smiled one of those smiles which bode 110 one any good. He waited until none of the employes were watching, and. taking out his handkerchief, he erased the letter "b" from the word "beat." The transformation was complete, and it was r->t until a crowd had collected that the proprietor of the restaurant discovered why there was a larger crowd outside than inside. Most men have their wits sharpened an the grindstone of adversity, f '' . \ .1 v. .. * . * > PREPARING FORWAR The Chinese Entrenching -Outside of . \ .v " * *.#' Pekin. .> < . . < _ -v ; <.? ** , *+ .? unit r 11/r niTTir TnrnnpirAr.BO WILLUIVE D.'\I ILC IU rUI\ClUtlLfV3. J - t V They Have Their Guns Trained I>n' The. America Mission and. Briif^h ' Legation. - Lottdon, By Cable.?-The Chinese ar?r: entrenching outside of Pekin {o op- .' pqs^the advance cf the international column. A dLspatch from Tien-Tsia,* / dated Tuesday, .June 12, says: "I leafru that the Chinese have guns traiped on. the American mission-and* the'British legation. Two thousand^ Russian caviirlry infantry, with* artillery", have, landed, at Taku." The Shanghai correspondents report that United States Minister Conger, by courier, asks for 2,000 " United States troops. The question of provisioning the relief force is already difficult, and it is predicted at Shanghai that it wjii' become acute. The leading members of the Reform party, representing 15 out"of 18 provinces,.arc at Shanghai. A dispatch to The Daily Mail, dated Tuesdav( Bays they are sending a petition to the'United States, Great 'Britain and Japan, praying those powers to take Joint a'ction against anyk attempt on the part of the other powers to partition the empire, and the^ imploro the powers thus addressed tores-', cue the Emperor. A -dispatch %from St.. Petersburg says that*the ships of the Russian Pacific squadron on the active list; as weir as those at Vladivstock, 1 have been ordered to proceed, with, all haste, to Chinese waters. The Foreign' Office confirms the report cf an engagement between'troops ' 1 of the international column and' the Boxers, on Monday. It says.that about 35 Chinese were killed. British Summer Quarters Burned. Washington, D. C., Special.?Offioial dispatches received in diplomatic quar- t. ters in Washington shew that the rioting at Pekin has reached an acute stage, with the rioters directing a number of assaults against members of : the different foreign legations there.; One of these dispatches states that the ; secretary of the Belgian legation was attacked two successive times on Mon| day, and escaped, after being maltreated by the mob. On the same day two officials orthe Britisli'legation, servihg as student internreters. were attacked by" a large crowd of roughs. The young Englishmen held tthe attacking party baak for a time, but. when the mob ( threatened to qlose in on them they drew revolvers, .and by a show of force, made their retreat without bodily inI jury. j About the same time the British summer quarters, 14 miles from Pekiu,.. were burned down. These quarters were quite extensive and 'had just been completed. They belonged to the Britj ish government and net to Sir Claude : MacDoimld, the British minister at Pe, kin, which gives added significance to j the depredation. . The killing of the chancellor of tthe Japanese legation at Pekin, Suglyania Akira, is not referred to in the official dispatches received here, but full credit is given to this report by the Japanese officials, who are personally ac-"' quainted with Mr. Akira, and with many of - the circumstances detailed. The killing of a member of the diplomat body and the foregoing assaults upon the officials of foreign countries are regarded as presenting the most serious pihase of the situation that has thus far accurred. Democrats in Charge. Frankfort, Ky., Special.?In the Court of Appeals an order was entered sustaining in part the motion of Attorney General Breckinfldge in the minor State contests and discharging the supesedeas bonds of the Republican State officials; so far ha they relate to possesion of the State offices and build, ings. The effect of this is to put the Democratic State officials in possession of the offices and buildings at once. Schley Not a Candidate. Snorml ?The Times runauci]/uiu, - says editorially: "The name of Rear Admiral Schley has been repeatedly suggested as in the list from whicb the Democrats would like to choose their candidate for President or Vice President, but all who know the views of Rear Admiral Schley uniformly declared that such use of his name was not only unwarranted, but against bis own distinctly expressed wishes and purposes. He was specially careful before gong to sea in command of the South Atlantic squadron to declare to his fi*iends that under ip circumstances would he ccasent to become a political candidate. f ^ 4 .* . ' * '.* f ' ?* ?r." ' . : G ATHER ING. A f PliiuPi LPHIL. . -1* '* "* 4 * 0b* * f ^ The. Advance Guard of Republican, ' ' Delegates Pouring In. . Philadelphia, Special.?This .city is^ rapidly taking on' a national convention aspect. Qufte a large ftumb'er of national committeemen and delegates arrived Tuesday and the hotels arekUe-< gtpning to fill"'up. Prominent among th& national committc'enlen now on the ground are Ambassador. Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, and Johji'W. Yejkes-,* &ff Kentucky. Nearly all, the othermembers of the'national committee are ejected , Wednesday morffing to attend the meeting of the jcOmmittee,' which is called for no.on. Chairman IRuina is due at 1 o'clock p. m. The blfl question of representation in Re publican conventions which ' agitated the national committee at'itS'meet'ng' in-Washington last December, js more .I than likely-to come to the f^ont afthe rSmmittee meeting. The rbsollkioh of Ilenry C. Payne, of. Wisconsin, pre-* , sented at last winter's meeting, and which was withdrawn before- it was put to a vof\ will again ' be 'pressed/ * but not by its author. The strongest supporters of thes, Payne measure come from New England. This resolution provides for four delegates at large from each State and an additional delegate fcr every 10,000 Republican vofes or majority fraction thereof, based on tfia fnr lost nrpsidential election. Tbe Rhode Island delegation ! % has prepared a substitute for the Payne.resolution and will present it in place of that resolution, if they find th^ sentiment in favor of the latter, is not strong enough to' put it through the oonjmittee. It is claimed that the substitute will mee't all the objections- . of a majority of the national' committeemen. ' ' * . ' Gpyernment Crop Repo/t. . .. Washington, *D. C., SpeciaJ.?The Weather Bureau's weekly summary of the crop conditions: says:, bUns in the Central and Easjt' Gulf States, , including portions'"' o( Kentucky and Tennessee,, have .retarded cultivation and In somesections caused . injury .to crops. The high average temperatures, with- generally sufficient moisture in the great corn Stales of. fiio fontrai vnilfivs have been decided . " ? VJ * * # " ly favorable to corn, 'which nas^made. tapid growth, altfnpugh "needing. culti- J vation in some sections. In^Mary?,. Jand, Virginia ancl portions of North Carolina and Texas corn is needing rain, while it has suffered fnem ^xcesi. , sive rains' in the Central Gujf Spates. . The' winter wheat harvest is tfbw in progress in Virginia and will begin in Iventucky this week: Except "some lodging in Kentucky and -Teiii&sSee the reports generally indicate-thic4he croD has madfe satisfactory4- advance- ( riient during thg week. f- r. ' . As a result of the light raiijs in.Tex- . as. much of the State receiving no precipitation, cultivation has "been vigorously pushed and there- has been a decided improvement in the condition of cdttbn. Several days of fair weather a/e still needed, however, to put the crop in a proper state of cultivation in some parts of'Texas. While therp,is a general complaint of lice in cotton over the central and eastern portions of the cotton belt, the crop has made substantial progress, although quite generally in need of cultivation. The least favorable reports are received from Louisiana, where cotton hasmade but slow, growth and is turning yellcw. i ... Pig Storm in Mississippi. Bay St. Louis. Miss., Special.?The storm which has prevailed for the paot oa hour* continues With unabated fury, causing some uneasiness. Several schooners have been blown ashore together with a number of smaller craft. The Jlectrjc lights are out and the town is in darkness. The Train Dispatches. Atlanta, Special.?The first session of the 13th annual meeting of the Train Dispatchers' Association of America was held 'here Tuesday. One hundred dispatchers from all parts of the country and representing many systems of railroads were present. C. S. Evans, assistant general superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railway presided ar.d presented the speakers." The RofUndTa. ' riio rotunda of the capitol at Washington is ninty-six feet in diameter and ISO .feet high. It is a circular hall'tn the centre of the building,.and contains eight large historical paintings. The, great dome overarches it. Trie Rotunda is also a nana1 applied to a public inclosure and favorite resort in Dublin, Ireland. What One Woman Thinks. * "Do you believe in the theory that women should proposeV" _ "Oh. I don't know! I think if they should, love-making might be greatly improved."?Brooklyn Life. i .*- - . * r w - t r ? . ' : ': **>+' ^ . .=, . . -.v * r ' * -. ?*4 ?- >. . ...rf T?-*r , SOUTHCX|ifUPiiCjO??,? . * ' \ t' * : ' r r 4 /. v **>?* Past.Week Favorable for Cultjvatl<p(? . . ,v and Harvesting. ' r . . ?, .. ... , Fav.orable- temperature" prevailed during the week'ending' 8'a.' m.r June ' ? - '* - / - # ?l# 11th. The average Hot the wees- waa . about normal, with., .unusually higher. ,r" , pr lower temperatures. There was^. . ,rqin over.the whole'State, heaviest in Qconee and Pickens countfee; With" a ' * maximum fall,cf 5.C?. inphes at WaM 't-i-*' * lrdlla.' Soatterp^.localitie^', in othec--?j;? portions of tlfe' State, had' fron\ 3 t? ... # , , over 4 . inches. Washing rains oc- . . curred throughout -^he i Savannah val-' ' 3esy, also in'Colleton-and Chesterfield.-- ' >* counties. The'rain ..all was. generally,,-; A sufficient-and beneficial,' but more'raij* ? ' .. . . is needed in the'Vtf'ateree river basin. The-rains interfered with farm 'workf 1' over the northwestern AoounjMes whet# ju ' * r fields are becoming'.grassy. There are../- ' < few complaints of grasey fields in otfier sections." ftail fell In Barnwelleotfnty,'doing slight damage. " ' ' "" '* The week's- weather was fao-prahlaC > on all crops,.and a marked improvement is noted over'the ' entire* State. There was a lack of sunshine during 'Z *"' the wedk". ' , ?. .* . v '.Corn continues small, ..but is healthy-..,- ~ andJs now growing fast Some,has ... been laid by. Worms are' le& froubie^- ^ some, and" better'bottrfm Idfld stands" have been secured. - t ' ? '. >** ... Cotton is. now doing well. It i? un-.., .-'j/, . dersized foe-the season, and some is * - .? , not up, and "in tbfe northwestern counties 'hopping to stands is mpti .finished*/ * '/ dnd the* crop needs, cultivation. Some.,"*: spptions renort the prevalence or lice* . y The crop now needs sunshine* and hot 'weather.- It is fruiting" well :In the southeastern counties. *.". *** ',w% '* "* " ^ Wheat harvest pearly. finished, ex- v eept In the northwest portion jv^ere^ .... -<*, $ it has just begun. The'indications &re Xor. tjle heet- yield Inhyeanr.-' '* * Oata harvest welt' underw4y. The ' 1 ' ' oonditiorfs are" variably, and Che crop ^ rather below the' averagjj. v _ . * , , -t ; Tobacco worms continue trouble- * some, otherwise this crop, is doing well, but shows- the effects of -th? previous '' cool," dry weather. , f < ? Rice .planting 4s finished, except in y , -/ .the. Georgetown disfrtats 'where rain . end high tides delayed the' wor}s. Alel-. . ; if ons-.are very pramtsfng. ' . * ''* Jt1, Reaches, plums and apples.are-rippr?* ' " >' ? irig, the latter are very scarcp. Minor . -i-.,. field-crops,; and .gardens are dcrfng nicely.- The * whole crop o-uuook. 13 very prorhising: jr+r. ^fe>' " * " Appointments No Good. , > l , r , Columbia, Special?All of the county boards of control g# the" Sfhte appear " ' *'* ? to be. absolutely wi.thout legal author-? -*J ity. Attorney Gerfer^l Bellinger held- ' **, that the Stdte zoard of'control has no ,y ?.v^ authority to' commission'the memrers'^f . _i 1 .--X J *j? .* ' of the county boards or control auu r-r that the commissions from that bojly/^. /L are without effect. Commissions i^usf,; & be obtained from the'Governor, as are * : all other appointments of. State or <*' " r county officers. The question has been , v decided in connection with the Bamberg case, of which mention has been ' * made. This decision is that all com- # . missions to members of the county boards sent put by the.State board are ' i not worth the paper they are written om A'Terrlble Accident ? Florence, Special.?A Timmonsvill? mother was a few days ago the uncon scious cause .of an- accident which resulted in the terrible death of her little child. The mother, Mrs. P. R. Bowen, was cleaning a pot with boiling water. Her ^ork' done, she turned to throw the water quickly out of the window. In the meantime the little child had clambered upon the window sill, and it was into its smiling little face that the boiling water dashed. The little one suffered Intense agony and yesterday succumbed to the accident Mrs. . v Bowen i3 heartbroken. News Hems. State Chairman Jones has received the following additional pledges; C. T. Wyche, for Congress, from the 3d district; Jame* H, .Tillman, for Lieutenant Governor; T. J. Strait, for Congress, from the 5th district; E. E. Verner, for Congress, from the 3d dls. trict; J. H. Wharton, for rai>"-^ lmmissioper. Prof. J. R. Blake, formerly chairman of the faculty of Davidson College, and one of the most noted educators of the South died at his home in Greenwood Friday night from complications following ail attack of gr/ij. ' H"e had been sinking Tor several'days and' his death was not uneipected. The interment was in Greenwood ee?etery at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. HLs wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Maxwell, of Pend.'eton, survives him. They had no children. The boiler in Okas. F, Reed's saw mill which is located five miles west of Ftfe Lake, Mich., exploded early Saturday morning, killing three men and injuring ten others.