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his family and his appreciation of the public confidence. Comptroller General Derham spoke of his record in office and argueo that he wanted the various counties looked Into and the voters to judge by what they know and find there. He took up the maiter of settlements. Mr. Brooker's collections and reports, he argued, were something j like tnat 01 constaDies miieass, u ?aS constructive. Mr. Brooker has been paid for all he has ever done. The commission directed Mr. Brooker to complete the work in the counties in Sgvyhieh he had worked and not go into new counties; and did not stop him trom the work he is so anxious to ' prosecute. The anonymous circular. ; sent out bv his opponent, charged | county officers wth collusion, and ; when he quoted from the records it was said he used slander and vituperation. In his desperation he speaks of I his war and '76 services, and then he attacks his dead father. The confidence shown him was sufficient evidence of the trust shown him. He did not know what motives prompted his father taking office from the KepuDii caus when he was 8 years old, and his father was the first treasurer, he heard, I to turn over money to Hampton. Mr. Norton W. Brooker said for 23 meetings he spoke of Mr. Derham as i a gentleman, until he attacked him in a slanderous way in the papers. In Yorkville he was excited and spoke of his father's record and afterwards apologized for his heat. So far as he knew Mr. Derham was honest, but he felt he had a right to discuss his rec- ! ord. He did charge Derham with ab- ( solute neglect of duty with material losses to the State. Derham has been In office at Columbia for about seven 1 years and ought to know how to conduct things. The irregularities he charged were realities. He voted to " Koe hoon hloclf Afl Slop [LIS WUIK, lie i kw all along. If Derham be elected no one j will go behind his work. If Derham be elected he indicated that it was his purpose to push the matter through to a Hnish even if impeachment be necessary. Mr. Derham and Mr. Brooker could , not agree as to the comptroller general's right to force refractory sheriffs In collecting executions. Mr. Brooker i :begged pardon for all seeming vio- j letice. but said he was dealing only in facts. John J. McMahan said he had nc ambition to hold office and allow matte's to jog along and do nothing aggressive or active. He intended being aggressive and progressive or quit the ofl.ce. He was not after holding an office for the empty honor without do- ! iug something or trying. He would rather discuss great educational questions than answer the captious critl * * t T _ Me cism or nis opponent. nt- luuusm Capers should run on his merit and not on captious objections and' efforts to arouse prejudice. He did not believe his opponent in his heart believed there was any just complaint in the ^complaints he is making and in that ^came his irritation. Mr. Capers, he : argued, showed a curious sen.iment when he thought he was not as good a southerner, and he keeps up tlaunt- , Jug the red flag. He had the fortune or misfortune of having instructed Mr. j Capers. In Clarendon county out of 1 .-> ? voters Capers got 100 or so voters, he heard, in his race for the ! legislature. Mr. McMahan to-day touched up Mr. Capers with some ginger. Mr. Capers said he would continue to u.u?i,on WQC o (rmfkmnn i bci V tllc&L .Ul ^iauau v* ao QVMV.VM-M| , but the trouble was McMahan was too smart. McMahan was trying to run the whole educational system. McMahan persists in running over every- I tody and everything. Some one said. "We'll have to quit you both: you criticise each other too I much." Mr. Capers said he never attacked McMahan and he was deeply in earnest. The reason he knew no French was because McMahan undertook to teach him. He was telling of his election in Richland. Mr. J. H. Wharton was at home and simply presented the other railroad commisadoners. He asked that the audience be generous and applaud others 'is they did him. amj. Barnard d. Eivniia nam uc ?^ sorry to have to defeat Laurens' candidate but he would do so. He again and again emphasired that the railroad commissioners had done nothing. Gray Court in this county paid a higher local rate than did Augusta. Ca.. on brick. His chief opponent discriminated against the Piedmont in favor of Pee Dee section. The rates on fer- j tiUsers are higher here than in any other State. Two years ago he was defeated by another man who has done nothing except increase rates and then he took up the argument that the commission helped to abolish the second class rates and any honest man can buck the railroads and that would be what he would do. Then he took up the railroad assessments and argued that the board reduced the assessment one-han. They neglect the Interest of the other taxpayers. He corn-plained that W. D. Evans was riding on passes and was liable to a fine of $500. Some one asked B. B. to prove the charge and B. B. said he had admitted using fc hie nnaa Thos. N". Berry was asked whether h* rode on a pass. He said he dkl not He said he would strictly obey the law as to the use of passes and not drink Ifree liquor and see double tracks. He wanted the solid vote of l^aurens on the second race. J. E. Pettigrew said he was not here ?ote huntinr because he did not want to divert a vote from Col. Wharton and | he regretted having Col. Wharton as ' i s opponent. He said two Laurens, citizens had Dromised to work for him ' at any time and he wished to release rheni and let them work for Wharton.' He spoke of the work of the commission board, that the truckers' association had tried in vain to get lower 1 rates on truck to the up-country in ; this county. He was fighting nobodv and nobody was fighting him and h? j was running entirely on his record. W. D. Evans said the audience has Just been told the voters have been blind for ten years and they have been told that the speaker was the hcnest and upright man was the one to be elected. The rate from Gray Court on brick is now SO cents, before April it was As to the charge that he worked for the Pee Dee section?the rate to his heme, Kollocks. was the only station to which there was no reducMr?n in ratps The trouble with B. B. Evans was that he heard of someone who had a bottle of liquor on some ; private car and that bottle was what B. B. was running after. He was pay- I ing his way on this campaign and paid to come here and the conductor told him B. B. asked him the number of W. D. Evans' pass. The fertilizer rate to Kaurens had been reduced. The I^aurer.s mill could now buy cotton to the county and then he took up the other rates that been reduced. B. B. said he never m:Ve a charge that had been denied. W. D. asked if that man could not be kept quiet. B. B.?Keep to facts. W. D.?I let you go on wlthou. interruptions and this sort of ining is kept up most of the time. The fertilizers were manufactured here and the trust has been organized ? -i ic nnminp hpre be- ' auu invyi r "iuu\. j i*j ?0 ? cause the rajes and candidates here are favorable to their investing money here. Mr. W. D. Mayfleld. for railroad commissioner, outlined his policy and put i in some licks against the railroads paying the salaries of the railroad j commissioners. He said the commis- | slon takes refuge behind the Interstate commerce commission, but other i States got lower rates and somebody j has gotten lower rates, in some way. j He wanted the small industres en- j couraged by lower local ratee. Iron works and such enterprises are handi- ! capped by rates; so with canning factories. The meeting was then adjourned for dinner. At the afternoon session A. Howard Patterson first took up the advantages of the dispensary and then took up Col. Hoyt and jumped on him for his "coalition" platform. Col. Hoyt, ! lie argued, was trying to cut loose from Gonzales. Then he argued that men vote on principle and Hoyt's election meant good-bye dispensary. Then he took up McSweeney s administration of the dispensary and the alleged non- ; enforcement in Charleston and Colum- , bia. He dared McSweeney to tear | down the barfixtures, because if he did he would lose all the votes In Charleston. Then he jumped McSweeney for . not indictng the custom house off!- : cials. The dispensary law cannot be judged when in the hands of one who is not the friend of the law. Then he took u.p Gary, just as to the brothers j holding office, tis Charleston speech i and Gary's veteran record in the house. Governor McSweeney wanted the people to weigh argument and see whether a single reason was given for his defeat. The people could see for themselves what there was in the talk | of the general non-enforcement of the dispensary law. It Is not true he | would remove any constable who did not do hiis duty. For years the custom house had been used as a stora room and he mapped out the plan of i campaign and secured Tillman's cooperation, and he cited what has been done. He could not go around and watch every constable. In this connection he read letters to 9how him the law is being enforced and his instructions carried out. He took up the letters from the mayors to show that the law is being enforced and received three baskets o? flowers. Col. Jaa. A. Hoyt spoke touchingly of having been brought to Laurens on a stretcher after having been wounded and dLsabled. He spoke of having gotten his first, prohibition views from O'Neal and-his father In 1-a.urens, how he has ever since been for prohibition. Then he took his opposition to the dispensary and insisted that the State had no right to engage in the business. The trouble In Charleston, as related to him, was that the constables toox what was in sight. G. Walt'B boat came in and he has again attached himself to the campaign. Mr. Whitman gave the audience a regular vaudeville show. He wanted a hand primary on all who d# not drink, and only a few voted. Pome one cried. "You hold op your hand,'* and Whitman said: "Oh, I drink." The law was not enforced in or out of the dispensary. He insisted that prohibition or dispensary could be enforced and McSweeney had been forced by the campaign to enforce tne law, and if Barney Evans is not lying, your railroad commission is rotten from bottom to top. If you believe Brooker yo- r tax department is rotten, ana so it is with tho oher department, and all the other candidates, except Hoyt and Gary were dead. Gary wants to kill the law by disintegration. He wa? the first man who introduced th< Garyoeracy with the Evans attachment. Frank 3. Gary said Patterson per sistently tried to misrepresent him. He waded into his Charleston speeches and went for Patterson's attacks H 11(1 ll was suuu aiiri 1111a mat iu^ scrap occurred which broke tip thing*. I The candidates for lieutenant governor. Tillman, Knox Livingston, i Cole L. Blease and C. L. Winkler, j spoko but they had an up hill job of it trying lo hold the patience of the large audience. Finally Senator Tillman got befv?e the audience and when he did every j body wanted the crowd to sit down. j He spoke of so many ladies ' eivg: present, as on previous occasions tt- j women were rot present. He w-.s n<? altogether on his mettle as he had : o opposition. TOOK UP THC PREACHERS and said sorre of thrm were in mighty bad company. Hp left it to the cro*5 | as to whether or not there was th? combination between tne saloon meti ' and the preachers. He wanted *.z know why the preachers were so angrv now. He used to say "It was the 1 >t dog that howls." To-day a preacher said. "Suppose we did, what then?* Why, he acknowledged the whole eve "The State," which is now the prohibition organ, in times past ha:, done s.'.? it could to have the people violate the dispensary law. Chairman Pet Smith had some fun by telling Tillman his time was up. Tillman did not believe it in the in- j terest of the State to have prohibition, because he felt it could never be enforced. and be a farce and would mean the return of bars. The men who I should he watched are the members of the legMature more than the gov ernors. Lino up all the candidates. CHINESE WAR NOTES. Korean advices report the killing of eighty Russians at An Tong by Boxers. The Austrian war ships Kaiseriu Elizabeth and Aspern have sailed for I China. A second Japanese division Is mobilizing at Tokio, ready to embark for China. Placards posted in Canton call upon the Chinese to slaughter the officers J auu lortrigueip. Secretary of State Hay. at Washington. says the (Government favors immediate action in China. The Japanese (Government is ready ! to mobilize three additional divisions for service in China if required. Russia is reported to have borrowed S.Ki.OOO.ddO from the Imperial Bank of Russia since the outbreak in China. The French Consul at Shanghai reports that live French missionaries have been killed in Southern Manchuria. The water ship Arethusa, now at , League Island, will take to rninn a large supply of surgical supplies for naval use. The transport Logan, en route to San Francisco from Manila, has seventy-one refugees from China on her passenger list. The New South Wales Assembly has adopted a resolution to send a military force to China to act with the British Imperial troops. Colonel Charles I<\ Rol>e. who sue ceeds Colonel Liscum in command of the Ninth Infantry, has been ordered to Taku from Manila. Korea officially denies that the Box- j er movement has extended to Korea, or that any Chinese Boxers have crossed the Korean frontier. A British officer who was in Lady smith and is now in China says the shelling by the Chinese at Tien-Tsin was more accurate and severe than , the bombardment by the Boers. PROMINENT PEOPLE. The Prince of Wales has been made a member of the Loyal College of Surgeons. Samuel W. Tronibley. dean of the Massachusetts House of Kcnresenta tives, is seventy-eight years old. Former Mayor Josiah Quincy, of | Boston, will hereafter reside in London, retaining American citizenship. ' The Czar and Czarina received the Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage at the j Peterhoff Palace in St. Petersburg. 1 President Ixjubet of France, accord- ! Ing to rumor, will pay a visit to St. Petersburg. Russia, early in the fail. ; The Pope has written a Latin hymn in memory of all the martyrs who have (lied iu advancing the civilization of the world. Judge William A. Holt, of Kentucky, , who has been appointed Chief Justice of Porto Rico, is one of the best known lawyers in his State. * Prince Sheng, the Chinese director of telegraphs, is said to be one of the best telegraphic experts in the East and has had a long, practical experience. The new provost marshal of Manila, Brigadier-General Bell, began his career as a soldier in 1802 as a lieutenant of the Eighty-sixth Ohio Volun ters. Henrik Ibsen intends, should his health permit,to pay a visit in September to Orkney and Shetland, where several relatives of his are reported to reside. Former Governor William Marvin, of Florida, now a resident of New York State, has sent his portrait to Tallahassee, where it is now displayed In the executive chamber. He is ninety-two years old. The I)uc d'Aeos. Spanish Minister at Washington, who sharply refused an invitation to the Dewey celebration at Chicago, has accepted an invitation to the G. A. R. encampment to be held in Chicago. VETERANS REUNION. A They Were Elegantly Entertained at Greenwood. FEATURES OF THE OCCAKON. heroes of the Lost Cause Gsther and Have a Gjod Time?rieet Next in Columbia. Greenwood, Special.?The veterans' convention was opened Wednesday morning in the court house. Senator C. A. Waller presented the Rev. J. S. Jordan of Phoenix, who opened the meeting with a most appropriate appeal to the God of Battles. Then came a very interesting address of welcome on behalf of the town of Greenwood ! by Mayor DuPre. who paid high trib- i ute to the soldiers of the Confederacy and extended the survivors a warm welcome on behalf of this thriving little city. Mr. David Aiken, commander of Camp James M. Perrin. Sons of Veterans, welcomed the visitors in the name of his organization and Senator Waller in behalf of Camp D. Wyatt : Aiken, U. C. V. Gen. C. Irvine Walker, the Btate commander, then responded for the veterans in one of the happiest speeches he has ever made on any occasion. I After these preliminary exercises there was read the annual memorial tribute to the comrades who have died since the last feunlon and to the women of the Confederacy. CHEERS FOR HAMPTON. A telegram was read from Wade Hampton, expressing his regret at being unable .to come. The mention of ' the name of Hampton set the old sol- | dders wild and they cheered to the , echo. On motion, It was ordered that | a response be sent to Gen. Hampton ; telling him that he still occupies the first place in the hearts of his com- j rades. A letter was read from Cape. George | Lake, now living in Louisville, ex- j pressing his regrets and a suitable re- 1 spoase was ordered sent to Capt. Lake who is a prime favorite wli- his comrades. Next came the roll call of camps, a duty performed by Col. Jas. G. Holmes, division adjutant, in his usual graceful style. Dir. B. H, Teague presented the report of the committee on the Confederate abbey, which showed that the I offer of Charles Broadwav Rouss has been met and the $100,000 for the ab- j bey is now available. On motion of Col. Iredell Jones, a committee of three was ordered appointed to memorialize the legislature for the creation of the office of com- j mLsttoner of pensions. A committee of the same number ' was appodnted to report on the subject of text books, and just at this point Hon. o. L. >"chumpert or isewDerry j made a ringing speech In support of the plea for fair histories. After this the convention adjourned and the veterans wandered off in search of something to eat. The hotels here are small, and moat of the viai- j tors were quartered at private homes. I The houses and stores are decorated ! with flags and bunting, but northern ! extremists could not take exception to the decorations, for the Star Spangled j Banner and the red, white and blue I are a great deal more In evidence than | the Stars and Bars and the red, white i and Blue. THE SONS OF VETERANS. At 4 o'clock 'in the afternoon the convention of Sons of Veterans met dn the court house, where a large crowd of ladles and veterans had gathered with the Sons. The commander of the local camp?Camp James M. Perrln?Mr. David Aiken, called the assembly to order, and after prayer by Rev. R. G. McLees Mr. Aiken introduced Mr. F. B. G<rier of Camp Perrln. who extended a welcome on behalf of his camp. Mr. Grier'^ speech was eloquent and patriotic, and he was frequently interrupted by applause. He lauded the Confederate soldier and his deeds and aroused the emotions of his hearers to a pitch. At the conclusion of Mr. Oner's speech Mr. Aiken introduced Mr. i rancls H. Weeton, division commander of the Sone of Veterans for South Carolina, who responded very gracefully to the words of welcome and went on to make an earnest, soli/, argument for the truthful perpetuation of history. At the conclusion of Mr. Western's speech Gen. M. L. Bonham was called for and responded in one of his happy little talks, full of fervent patriotism. There were then calls or Mr. Geo. E. Prince, who responded very neatly, touching upon the matter of partisan histories, which is the question most prominently before both the veterans and the Sons. At night the sponsors were presented to the veterans at the court house, the Sons acting as escort. It la estimated that there were at least 8,000 or 10,000 visitors 'In town Wednesday, besides many from the surrounding country. Over 1,000 veterans were registered, and It 1s therefore likely that there were more tha* 1,200 here. There are the same number of Sons, though not all are connected with the organization. The number of sponsors was estimated at from 300 to BOO, the flower of South Carolina womanhood. THE PENSION REPORT. The report of the committee on pen f ________ 3 - ^ sions, presented by Col. Iredell Jones, is as follows: Your committee, consisting of W. D. Starling. J. D. Wilder, J. W. Floyd, ireueu Jones, names a. noyi, w. u. Knox, R. H. Jennings, Wm. Jeffries, Charles Inglesby, W. E. James, E. H. Gasque and J. F. Entzminger, ap- ?? pointed by the South Carolina division United Confederate Veterans' Assooiation, held at Chester in July, 1899, to Jrepare and submit to the general assmply of South Carolina a bill to amend and revise all.the laws on the subject of pensions for disabled Confederate soldiers and sailors and their widows, beg leave to submit the following report: "In obedience to the call of tilt chairman, the committee held Its meeting to consider all matters relating to amendments and changes in the pension laws of South Carolina in December, 1899, at Columbia. At that meeting a quorum was present and after full consideration and discussion the following general features were recommended to be incorporated into th# pension laws of the State, viz; 1. Repeal the provision of the pen sion laws providing for township 2. Elect in each township one exConfederate solder, not an applicant for pensions, to represent said township in the formation of the county pension boards. 3. Election annually of three exConfederates, not applicants for pensions, by the South Carolina division LT. C. V. association to serve as members of the State board of pensions. 4. Give to the State board the right to approve or disapprove the recommendations of the county boards, but withdraw the right of the State board to grant a pension, unless the applicant is regularly approved by the county board. 5. Requiring that each applicant for pensions shall have been a resident of the State of South Carolina for the period of two years prior to the date of hfe application. 6. That all laws on the subject of pensions shall be comprehended and embraced in one act, for the better understanding and enforcement of the laws. a e K/\?a in nrnn/iro 1 tVai*0 f Ko 1UC CIWTC7, IU gcucioi, n XJI uuv change* whrfch your committee recommended to be made, and we are pleased to report that all the suggestlons above set forth have Docn adopted in the law parsed at the recent session of the general assembly. Your committee did not deem it proper to Invade the prerogatives of the general assembly by entering too minutely or extensively Into the matter of suggesting a law. We only called attention to such changes as in our opinion were vital to the proper administration of the law. The bill which your committee introduced, which practically has now been incorporated into the laws of the State, may not oe peneci, dui in me juugmeui 01 your committee a fair trial will show an improvement on the old laws on the subject of pensions, and will prove more favorable to our needy comrades, from being more impartial in Its administration and more exacting in its duties. The practical carrying out of the work of your committee, after a general outcome was adopted, was entrusted to a sub-committee composed of J. D. Starling, J. W. Floyd and Iredell Jones. This sub-committee gave to the duties assigned their earnest and intelligent attention, and their work is approved, with thanks for their services. There was a general gentlment among the members Oi me legislature to acquiesce in the sugges-' tlons of your committee, and mere were several memoers in eacn nouse to whom your committee feel indebted for a special interest in the measure. We have deemed it unnecessary, however. to call particular attention to their anmes, as the individuals have been sufficiently designated through the public journals of the State, and in the official records of the general assembly. But we cannot refrain from calling to your notice the eminent services of the late Hon. H. C. Patton, the talented member frov. Richmond, who wrote the present law at the request of the sub-committee and assisted in its passage as one of me last acts or ais Drier dui oruuani career. All of which 1a respectfully sub4 mitted. W. D. STARLING. "Chairman Committee." The committee on school books appointed to-day which will report tomorrow consists of Col. Asbury Coward. Col. Wade Hampton Manning and Maj. J. L. White. The flag of the Third South Carolina regiment, tattered and torn, is here in the custody of Camp Garnngton of Laurens. Commander T. B. Crews. Col. Todd was its last bearer. It was never captured. The flag of the Palmetto Sharpshooters, representing the upper coun ties of South arolina. This flag wag rarried through the Seven Days" fight. ;he battle of FYazier's farm, the second battle of Manassas, at Antietam, and was shot through at Boonesburg. It sas surrendered at Appomattox and brought home. It is now in the custody of the camp at Walhalla. The next meeting will be held in Co'nmhfa that eitv havine been selected )y a large majority. All preset w?re oud in their praises of Greenwood's boundless hospitality in entertaining :he gathering of the old soldiers, reprejentatives of a lost, but cheriahe# . rauM. The Uganda Railway already has a h-nzth of over 300 miles g ' P'v '