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f ' THEV GET SCRAPPY.' Evans and Latimer Stirring L'p Bad j Blood . LIVELY TALK OF AN ENCOUNTER "iJar"and Other Complimentary Epithets Hurled at the Meeting at Peaceful Georges. At n?rlon. , Marion, Special.?The Senatorial j candidates addressed the voters here i Tuesday. But little new argument j was employed, the speeches . being i sbout on lines identical with former j meetings. Evans. Henderson and ! Lattimer had somewhat of a threecornered word war, but this did not amount to anything. The first speaker on the list was the I Hon. D. S. Henderson who said he was | not in the race for the emoluments ! connected with the office but in it with the hope that he may benefit his peo- | pie by being sent to the United States ; senate. He again made the statement ; that he will not voluntarily enter into squabbles with his competitors believ- j ing that the people are tired of cam- : paigns conducted in this manner. He I does not care for an office obtained in that way and is confident that the best j element of the voters will sustain it. j He spoke of the contest in '76 and the constitutional convention which he believes not only gave the people the best constitution the State ever had but at the same time buried factional issues forever. Col. Johnstone doubts that the Phil- ! Ippine islands have ever been made integral part of our possessions, the gov- I eminent at Washington can only enact ! treaties with foreign powers and to the ' constitutional lawyer this act is questionable. The Filipinos can never become a part of us and if admitted to ; our legislative assembles will ever vote with the alien and it is seasonable to Buppose will endeavor to put the negro in the South in control of our State j mor>t Wo frmcrht a war fOF $20.- \ 000.000 and have paid up to this $000.- | 000,000 to make gootj our title and the end is not yet. We are taxed at he rate ' of $2.15 per capita to carry on this crusad of plunder. The cotton manufacturers will, as soon as they can. plant their factories there and work our j Southern cotton into cloth with cheap . Filipino and Chinese labor in compe- j tition with American operatives. It is i not Christianity to go there with a ! rifle in one hand and Bible in the other and try thus to induce these people to follow the beloved Naiarine in direct contradiction with doctrines which he taught when here on earth. Congressman Elliott again disclaimed that he is not the seed man but he gets appropriations for his people and he is proud of it. He gets them, too, without sacrificing principle and his record as a soldier and statesman is well known to all men conversant with public affaire. He has fought the Republican party at every step, (Col. Johnstone interrupted him and said, "Why, colonel, let us get this thing straight.") Col. Elliott?No, sir, you are not the ; man. Mr. Henderson evidently was the j man Col. Elliott was after, but Mr. I Henderson kept a profound silence. Col. Elliott went on and specified exactly in which debates he was en- , gaged with the Republicans, and yet he got large appropriations. Mr. Hemphill again assumed the role of record maker and record breaker but no one this time had anything to ray about the fate or tne man wno, 11 is i said, attempted to ride two horses at the same time. The crowd had been so j large that by request the meeting was transferred from the court house to the court yard, the stand erected for Senator Tillman when he visited Manning just before the last State convention. There in the open air Mr. Hemphill expanded to his hearts content and to the apparent delight of his audience. Ex-Governor Evans told why he is in the race and saw significantly that if he had not been betrayed by his friends that he would now be in the senate. His claims are greater than his competitors, for he was a watchman on the towes and exposed Republicanism wherever he saw it. He thinks Mr. Hemphill has been sitting in Washington for 10 years looking at things in South Carolina through the wrong end of the telescope, and now he comes here and asks that he be sent to the ; senate. Mr. Latimer said in his introduction that these lawyers cannot agree here or at Washington, therefore we farm i *. _ l it TJV ers cave lU iieep mem auaisui. uc said Mr. Evans had gone down into the grave to get something against his record?meaning the Stokes matter? and then repeated what has before been published in refutation of the charges, again flatly denying that he had ever tendered Dr. Stokes an annual free pass over the line. He turned to Evans and said: "You were charged in the McLaurin campaign with taking $15,000." . Mr. Evans?I denied at the time, denouncing it as a lio and you know it was a lie, and now I again denounce it ae such, and you know it. Mr. Latimer said that the majority of the people repudiated Mr. Evans in that election. Mr. Latimer told how he stood by Evans in the Eaxle campaign and* voted against that noble man, Joe Earl for him, "and before God I am now sorry for it," added Mr. Latimer.: Mr. Latimer said that he is a comparative stranger her^ but in Anderson the people know him well and have al- i ways supported him for congress. He j told of his junketing trips to the South, bringing northerners with him to let them see the South as it is, and if the ( voters in South Carolina do not think him honest, why vote against him for the senate. He does not believe in cussing Yankees. There is neither sense nor business in it. At Sumter. Sumter, Special.?The senatorial and | congressional meeting was held here : ttr. V>r\ rtnoro Hnneo Tltn i >VUUUtTfcuaj III lite U|'vi (a uuiiov. A | sight candidates had an audience at no time numbering more than 17a voters j at' the "Game Cock county." The meeting was devoid of a single incident and everybody was glad when the mandate of the Si3te executive ! committee was complied with. The small attendance disheartened | the candidates and some of them did i not utilize the allotted 30 minutes j granted each speaker. The speeches were practically the same or variations of the originals prepared to annihilate "Commercial Demperacy," but as no advocate of the new doctrine is in the campaign their shot ind shell was wasted on the desert air. Those who heard the candidates for the senate were impressed with the ability and fitness of the majority of them to represent the State in the senate, and one man expressed it: "I wish that I could vote for them all." At Orangeburg. Orangeburg, Special.?Th.e meeting here was rather lively. The Senatorial candidates warmed up somewhat. A pretty three-cornered word scrap occurred, in which Messrs. Evans, Latimer and Johnstone were the participants. A lot of charges were hinted at and others openly made. Evans charged Latimer with using free passes ^nd getting them for others in defiance of State laws. Also of voting to give away $3,000,000 worth of franchises in Washington. Latimer charged Evans wjth taking $15,000 in a bond deal. Tlie speech of Col. Johnstone was spicy. The meeting on the whole wa3 on the old order of South Carolina campaigns. At Bamberg. Bamberg, Special.?The senatorial and congressional meeting was held here Friday in the court house in the presence of about 200 people. Nine papers of "tanglefoot" were spread before the voters and no stone was unturned to persuaut the voters to light on their respective papers. Each paper had spread thereon a mixture of expansion, ship subsidy, trusts, tariff reform, work in congress and State "legislative work, intermingled with honeyed phrases to catch the unsuspecting voter. The same old speeches greeted the listeners, and aroused about the customary enthusiasm. At Georges. Georges, Special.?The senatorial and j congressional candidates' meeting was ! held here in the court nouse saiuruay i in the presence of about 300 people. The morning session was not without incident. Messrs. Evans and Latimer were at it again and at one time it looked like it would be a fight within the nar of the court rom, but the sheriff of Colleton (an adjoining county) put a stop to the matter. It came about in this way: Mr. Evans was the first speaker and in his speech prodded Mr. Lattimer in the same way and on the same matters which had been brought out at previous meetings. Mr. Latimer made about the same refutations and said that they (meaning the Reformers) ! " '?I * ** i n o os lnnc as tllPV I ilUU L'KIilCU -Ml. 1_?<11.J s ? . could and had dropped Evans, and he also made some allusion to Evans being his "friend," to which Evans replied: "You never were my friend; you betrayed me like a dog." Then Latimer brought up the S15.000 bond deal and said Evans had been charged with it in the last camapien and Evans corrected him by saying that it had only been rumored and some reference was made to an anonymous circular in connection with Mr. Duncan's name but their meaning waa not cleared. Mr. Evans added that he had denied the accusation at the vim*; denounced it as a lie; Jie now denounces it as such and the man who repeats it is a liar. At this point Mr. Latimer appeared as if he had reached the point where endurance ceased to be a virtue, hence the enactment of the little tragedy. The meeting proceeded without in- ! cident until after recess when the party went to the hotel to get dinner. Mr. Latimer walked into the hotel | and proceeded to .Nir. Evans room ana said: "Mr. Evans. I wish to have a word with you," to which Mr. Evans replied, "No, sir, you cannot talk to me," and walked down stairs ' and wen* out and dined with a friend. There was exclteipc-nt, but those who ' know both of tlie fnen think that matters will soon reach a crisis. Both evidently had friends in the audience and the other four candidates were perhaps the most interested spectators. The meeting was called to order at 11:15 a. m. by the county chairman, Mr. M. S. Connor, and at his request the Rev. P. L. Kirton of the Methodist church asked God's blessing upon the meeting. There was a good deal of life and snay throughout the meeting. In fact it was the livest bout held yet by the sues discussed were the regular ones. THE STATE CAMPAIGN At Greenville. Greenville, Special?The meeting of the candidates r the various State offices held here Wednesday was one of the best. The audience was large and representative, the interest was good and each candidate received a share ol applause. The speeches were th usual ones with slight loc.^1 changes. At Abbeville. Abbeville. Special.?The candidates for State offices met here for discussion Thiirsdav, The attendance was laret and great courtesy was shown ever) member of the party.' The speeches which were practically the same as at the other points, were attentively listened to. The applause was we'll divided among the aspirants. At Anderson. Anderson, Special?The meeting Fri day had somewhat more life and zes than has been the case for some days An Edgefield zephyr enlivened the dul routine considerably. Cel. Tillman wai assailing Col. Talbert's white ta: scheme vigorously, the latter inter rupting a point made by saying he "di( not know the remedy and wanted t< know." "You should inform yoursel then," said Tillman, sarcastically. " want you to understand, sir," said Tal bert, rising and vehemently gesticula ting as he advanced toward Tillman "that I never want information fron such a source as you are." Col. Till man lazily, but sarcastically, retorted "I thank God Almighty that He en dowed me with enough brain not t< seek information from ?rucb ignor ance." More tlfan some acerbity, min gled with hot words and angry gesticu lations that followed, members of thi audience shouting for Tillman and Tal bert, Tillman having tho majority Chairman Watkins endeav<)red ti quiet things, but was quietly stoppe< by Tillman. Chief of police also pu in an oar, somewhat effectually witl the audience. During this colloquy, referring t< Senator Tillman's position, Col. Tal bert ?aid he did not caro what Senatoi Tillman thought or did?he woul< think for himself. The crowd numbered about 800, in eluding many ladies, and the honori of the day go to Candidate Ansel ii this home section. It was a represen tative gathering and it was Ansol'i crowd; Tillman and Hey ward neck ant neck for second place, Tillman leading Col. Tillman was peremptorily callet down several tim?s during his speech questioners persistent, afr/ays getting warm replies. Cansler of Tirzah via: simply made to speak longer by re peated cheers from the crowd. Callet down by the chairman, he wondered "What right, in the name of God, hav yoi^to knock me down, when the peo pie call me?" Talked longer and bow ing to speaker?"now hand you bad your sceptre." A distinct feature of the day wa the "home reception," given Captati Patrick. His badges, gotten up b] friends, were worn by the entire towi and were at a premium. Serious Floods In Kansas. Manhattan, Kan., Special.?The flooi situation in the valleys of the Blue am Kaw rivers is becoming more seriou: and many families have been forced ti leave their homes for higher groum The Blue Is a raging torrent, 21 fee deep and still rising. It is ruling ove the Union Pacific tracks several fee deep for a distance of two miles, tak ing a short cut to the Kaw river, jus east of Manhattan. The body of a dea< man floated past here on the Kaw. I could not be caught. Gaynor and Greene Again. Washington, Special.?The papers ii the case of Gaynor and Greene, ii which tho department of justice seek! the aid of the State department t< secure the extradition of the mei named have reached the state depart ment. They have been referred to a re viewing authority and when Secretary Hay is in possession of all the essen tiai points in the application he wil proceed to consider the case. It is no cer&in when the application will b presented. Building an Artistic Home. "The House that Jack and Jil Built," the title of an illustrated story the first section of which appears in th< August Delineator, will appeal to hopi' lovers everywhere. So cleverly has thi author told the various steps in thi raising of this roof tree, that the read er enters thoroughly into the spirit o it. and almost feels that he will havi some right and title to the same whe: finished. Unlike the usual house plan and descriptions, the smallest detail: are here presented, from the first rocl laid to the last decorative touch inside Volcano Again Active. St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, B; Cable.?On Wednesday there were three loud detonations fj-om the Soufrien volcano on the island of St. Vincent between 8 and 9 o'clock at night. Advices from Barthods s3v that loud detonations were heard there Wednesday night from a westerly direction. There was a fresh eruptloh of Mont Pelce Frfday morning. Hot Weather Cookery. Croquettes and patties form an im portant division in the class of dishes known as entrees, and the list is nearly Interminable. An excellent article 01 this subject in the August Delineatoi will prove useful to housewives in it' general instruction? and its tested re cipes. In addition will be found a var iety of cold dishes for Summer, and s useful article on the possibilities o: aprffcots, and two illustrated pages o a temptingly cool dinner fqr hot weath m k SERIOUS HOLD UP i . ; Railroad Passengers Relieved of Al [ Their Valuables ' EXCITING WESTERN TRAIN R0BBER1 11 " Safes Blown Open and a Car Parti] Demolished ? A Statement Fron the Officials. t # Salida, Co!.. Special?The west-bouni Denver & Rio Grande narrow gang passenger train was neld up by fou masked men at 8:50 o'clock Monda I morning near Chester. Col., a moun ; tainous locality at the foot of the west ern slope of the Marshall Pass. Th engineer was compelled, at the poin of a revolver, to stop the train b masked men who climbed over th tender. Two safes in the express ca were blown open. The passenger were compelled to alight from the car and line up alongside the tracks in th canyon, where they were relieved of a their money and valuables. Ther were many tourists and it is presume that the losses were heavy. The bandit mounted horses and disappeared in th ravines that lead into Marshall Pas The sheriff at Salida and sheriffs of ac joining counties and a dozen posses ar in pursuit. 3 Denver, Col., Special.?General Mar 1 ager Herbert, of the IJenver & fti t Grande, made the following report < i the train robbery: "The train wa held up by four masked men at a poir d known as Mill Switch, two miles ea: - of Chester, at 8:50 a. m? today. Tha r blew open two safes in the baggage ca 1 and demolished the sides and roof < the car. The express company advis< . that no money was lost, the car ws 3 not molested. All the passengers wet a ordered to go to the rear cf the trai . and get out on the ground. After usin 3 three charges of dynamite the robbe! j succeeded in opening the safes an took the contents. Tney then wer j back to the passengers and relieve them of their jewelry. Many of tb I passengers threw their money, jeweli ' and transportation into the grass an ' rocks. An engine and coach will t ' returned to the scene with the passei J gers in order that* they may recov< ' their property. e "One' of the robbers addressed a r< * mark to the engineer who did not ui * derstand, and before he could ask hii k fr\ ranoif hie fomarb tha rnhhor ofrrnr him a blow with a Winchester rifl s breaking the stock of the gun. Tt i engineer will be able to handle his ei 7 gine through to the terminal, but h i bead is badly swollen. No pa-ssengei or trainmen were hurt. The passengei has beSn instructed to go to the seen Sheriffs of the county in which the rol bery occurred and in the surroundic 3 counties have been notified. 3 (Signed) "R. F. ROCKWELL, s "Superintendent." 3 The train is the most important trai j operated on the narrow gauge line, ca rying passengers from Gunnison, Lat 1 City, Telluride, Ouray, and other moui r tain towns in the Western slope. t : Killing of the Natives. t Washington, special.?The incon j ing Philippine mail brings the, fu t printed record of the proceedings < the court-martial cases of Major 1 W. T. Walled and Lieutenant John I A. Day, of the Marine Corps, growin 1 out cf the killing of some nativ j bearers in Samar. The record show 3 that Major Waller was acquitted c 5 the charge of murder, but that Gei j eral Chaffee, declaring that "ther has been a miscarriage of justice i this case," disapproved the findin , and acquittal, with the exception tha \ while Waller should not have bee "j found guilty of murder, the coui ( should have Included a lesser o fense. General Chaffee's endorsement i very strong, and he declares that wit the exception of two who desertei no overt acts were committed by th 1 natives, who, on the contrary, "ser , to their death, continued to th,e las e to carry the arms and ammunition c e the men after they were no longe e able to bear them, and to render i 5 their impassive way such services a " deepens the conviction that, withou 1 their assistance, many 01 tne' nu s rines, who now- survive would als 1 have perished." 3 Newsy Notes. L Secretary Root left Oyster Bay Mor day for New York. The Texas Democratic State conver tion meets at Galveston Monday. The citizens of Norfolk Monday nigl: presented a sword to Major Lyttleto W. T. Waller. Senator Spooner was in consultatio with President Roosevelt and Seen tary Root in regard to the title to th Panama Canal Company's property. The Baltimore candy manufacturer will not enter the candy combine whic a party of New York capitalists ha proposed to form, with a capital of $9, 000.000. I The Pekin correspondent of Th Daily Mail telegraphs his paper tha Sir Liang Chen Tung, whose appoint ment as Chinese minister at Washing - ton has been announced has been nam 3 ed also as minister to Spain and Peri r The President has invited Genera 1 Leonard Wood to visit him at Saga r more Hill early in August. Genera 3 Wood is mentioned as a probable men - ber of the isthmian canal commissio - to have general charge of the cana i construction. f The coronation bazar, the largest ev f er held, took place in London. London understands that the corona tlon is to take place August 9. C-- \.tfy Iwi-rfxR nif UCTTA TDADC t r AJj.TlL I IU WRVr J I A Hot and Dry Week?Corn Suffer? |j ing For Rain. The temperature for the week ending Monday, July 14. averaged nearlynormal, with a weekly mean cf about i 81 degrees. The highest maximum was 10S degrees at Stalvey cn the 6th, the lowest minimum 66 degrees at Liberty on the 12th. The sunshine averaged n nearly normal, with' generally cloudy weather prevailing during the closing: winds accompanied thunderstorms in days of the week. Destructive, high d Fiekens, Newberry, Abbeville, Chester e and Chesterfield counties, that damaged r corn and cotton over small areas. y Scattered light showers occurred on the 7-Sth, and during the remainder of e the week at some point, or points, each day, with heavy rains over the south* eastern portions on the 12th, that broke ? the severe drought which prevailed in s that portion of the State. Other points s in the northern, central and western * counties also had heavy rams over limited areas. The greatest amount for j the week was 4.99 inches at Chemw. s Although drought conditions have been e greatly relieved, nevertheless there remains large areas where the rainfall ." was insufficient, and where crops continue to need rain. These areas are i- not confined to any particular section o of the State, but occur in almost every county. IS ^ The effects of last week's excessive ,t heat and dryness are rflected in this ' week's reports, but in places where coir pious rains fell there already nas been jj a partial recovery, except where the ;s crops were ruined. ks corn was severely injured oy last e week's weather, and some fields of eld n and very young corn were ruined, esg peci2lly over the eastern portions of g the State, but where not too near mail turity, it has improved recently and it again looks promising, although the d exceedingly bright prospects of a few ie weeks ago have been permanently in- ./ y jured. Early corn has all been laid by ,d in good condition, while late bottom >e land and stubble corn are growing i- nicely. Cotton received a severe set-back, but is slowly recovering, except on sandy soils where the plants are shed* ding leaves and squares, and have bem gun to rust, and are blooming to the top. Hail damaged cotto nin sections e' ter counties. Boll worms have 16 appeared in Anderson. In general, cotton is blooming freely and * fruiting heavily, although the plants are undersized as a rule. Sea-island ? cotton was greatly benefitted by the j_" heavy rains along the coast " Tobacco was injured by the heat and drought, and it is too nearly matured to be benefitted by the weather now prevailing. Cutting and curing made n rapid progress, and the crop is bein^ r. marketed. :e Rica shared in the genera' deteriorai_ tion, and has also become infested with caterpillars in Colleton and Georgetown counties. Peas look well. Many sweet potato slips recently transplanted, died from the effects of the heat, and slips for repianCing are ex^ cceding scarce. r. Riot In Orangeburg. Z Orangeburg. Special.?An incipient c riot participated in by whites and nes groes in which knives were freely if used, held a portion of the main l- street of the city last night between e 10 and 11 o'clock and as a result n there is one dead negro today and s? several nthers are under treatment it for wounds. n It i3 not an easy matter to get at t the primary facts what caused the f- row and by whom particularly it was started. It is supposed, however, to Is have originated in a difficulty bell tween strange white men ^nd a ne1, gro, the former being the aggressors, e who are here under Foreman Haynes it of the Atlanta construction depart>t ment of the Bell Telephone company f stringing cables for flhe local extr change. n It is freely charged that the same :s parties have on several occasions it heretofore raised disturbance with i- negroes on the streets without the o slightest cause. And it may be added that the negroes were at no time the I aggressors nor did they give any I cause for the attack last night. This is the eviaence 01 muse wuu saw mc most^of the row. t_ Isaac Smith, the man who died from wounds received is said not to lt have been a participant in the row, n but was peacefully and quietly walking the streets when he received his n death wound. It is also charged that some o? the e locai white people were abettors of the strangers in last night's disgraceful affair. 3 h (1 How Young Kinard Met His Death. Newberry, Special.?The coroner'3 e Jury on the case of the death of Butit ler Kinard met for the third time Saturday afternoon. At this meeting facts were developed which have reu mainedl a mystery up to this time, il The verdict of the Jury was "that the said J. Butler Kinftrd came to his d death by the handsiof Elijah Edwards i- with Viola Edwards, Isaiah Sanders, n Manus Ruff and Tom Gary accesd sories." Edwards is 19 years old and was - raised by Kinard. All of the others implicated in the murder lived on the - place and have been arrested. Edwards> has fled.