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Telegraphic Briefs. June 29 Iron advanced ?1 per ton in Bir? mingham, Ala., yesterday. Yale beat Harvard in the rowing race yesterday by 12 lengths. A negro died in Laurens a few days ago from a fracture of the skull caused by a fall o? four feet. Perley Burritt arrived io Chicago yesterday from Jacksonville, Fla., on a wheel. He left Jacksonville on the morning ot June 13th. A jury has been completed and the trial of Bob Fitzsimmons for killing O'on Riordon in a boxing match be? gun. S Shad Brown and Jim Barnett, col? ored have been arrested in Union for plotting to blow up the house of Jim Robinson with dynamite. Kirk McMoutrie, a fifteen year old boy, employed as a messenger in the State Department, Washington, has been arrested for opening letters and stealing money enclosed by persons wishing passports for foreign coun? tries. Keysville, a small town in Burke county, Ga, was wrecked by a cy? clone yesterday. Prof Bradshaw was fatally injured Cotton advanced 2 to 4 points yes? terday. There was a hanging at Jackson, Ky., yesterday. Joly l. Dr Talbot, of Philadelphia, aged 33 married Mrs. (Jalisca Phelps, of Buf? falo, aged 78. She is worth ?1,500 000. The State Comptroller, of Texas, has accepted ?500 and issued a tax receipt to the managers of the Dallas Athletic Club, which will hold the Corbett Fitz>immoos fight. This amount is prescribed by law as a tax on glove contests The Montgomery Guards, of Spar- j taoburg, *ere called out Saturday to guard tbe jail in which the dispensary j constables were coofioed. J. D. Lewis shot his brotber-io-la:?, Heory Rutlege, in Greenville on Satur? day night, mortally wounding him. Rutledge had deserted bis wife. Judge Ross, of the United States District Court for California, has de? cided against the Government in the suit against the estate of Senator Stan? ford George Nance, colored, was killed by lightning at Ninety-Six on Satur? day. Thirteen employees in the Chicago City Hall have beeo indicted for de? frauding the city of ?100,000. Shreveport, La., has voted ?400 000 to induce two railroads to build into the city. Two delegates to the Epworth League j Convention were arrested in Cattaoooga | on Saturday night on a charge of rob? bing two houses. They disproved the charge aod were dismissed. W. C. Demes, was killed by a base ball striking bim on the bead while en- ; gaged in a scrub game in Philadelphia on Saturday. Miss Minnie Wilkinson committed suicide by shooting herself through the heart during Sunday School in Dr; Hoge's church, Richmond, Va , Roanoke, Ala., was nearly wiped out j by a fire yesterday. Mrs George Higginbotham. of Cedar | Keys, Fla., killed a large catamount j which attacked her children on Satur-| day. She was severely iojcred, bot ? the children escaped. Thomas Gray and wife have been arrested in Ocala, Fla . for the murder of David Sculley at Coburg, Ontario. Go?. Mitchell has signed the extradi? tion papers and the deputy sheriff has started with them for Canada. John Heins aod Harry Landy went to sleep on the Pennsylvania Railroad track near Media, Pa., and were run j over and killed. July 2. Johnson, Sanger and Tyler the bi? cyclists, raced at the Island track, i Toronto, yesterday, and Johnson: won in two straight heats. Sanger second. B. A. Walton, of Houston County, j Ga , died from hydrophobia Sunday ! night. He was treated at the Pas? teur Institute, New York, and dis- j charged as cured. j Every gambling house in Montana closed for good on Sunday night, as j the law against legalized gambling went into effect. Gov. Brown, of Kentucky, has1 withdrawn from the Senatorial lace. ! I The most extensive fire in years \ occurred in Paris yesterday. Doz- j ens of persons were injured. The Peach Carnival was opened in j Macon yesterday, and will continue j three weeks John Simms, who killed his wife I and a boy on last Friday near Char- ' lotte, N. C., bas asked for an imrne- j diate trial so that he can be hanged next Friday, "so as to be near his wife.'7 Minnie Brunson, colored, was kill? ed in Brunson, Hampton county, by a stray bullet while two negro men were shooting at each other. The second unsuccessful attempt to launch the Defender, the America Cup yacht, was made yesterday. HOPKINS VILLE. Ky., July 1.-It was . learned to day that in Trigg Cou?ty. j Saturday night, Frank Colston, al I desperate character, shot and severe ! ly wounded a neighboring fanner I named John Rhodes, after a quarrel Another farmer attempted to assist his friend Rhodes and was killed by Colston. Several hours afterwards Colston went to the house of another farmer in company with a woman and was ordered to leave the premises They refused aud attacked the farmer, who killed them ATLANTA, Ga., July 1.-Sheri ff Jones, of Twiggs County, arrested a negro man and two negro women to day as accessories to the murde of VVra Nobles Mrs Nobles and her daughters are still in jail with the negro man and woman who wera ! arrested. Ia6t week. Mrs Nobles! denied having taken an active hand ; in the mnrder. She admits that she paid ten dollars to have it done. Judge Smith has called a special term of Court for July 9 to try the case. CLERMONT, Fla., July 1.-Miss; Bessie Seymour, aged 17, was cruel- j ly whipped by her father yesterday because she refused to renounce her j lover, Mr Wheatley. Last night she fled to her lover's home, and marriage will follow as soon as the j girl recovers from the whipping. NEW YORK, July 1.-The Sun says: j Cotton rose 12 to 14 points and clos ed steady, with sales of 130,900 j bales. Manchester was quiet. Liv i erpool advanced U32d on the spot, j with sales of 12,000 bales. Futures advanced 4 to 5 points and then re acted sightly and closed firm ai a net advance of 3J to 4 points. In New : Orleans futures advanced 12 to 13 points and spot cotton 1-16, with sales of 800 bales. Hera spot prices were raised J cent, 58 bales being sold for spinning. Port receipts 398, against 1,315 this day last week and 1.558 last year. Segundo Alvarez, the mayor of j Havana is io New York. Ile criti- j cises the course of the United States very severely The Hawaiian government is in trouble over the selection of a min? ister to Washington. The War in Cuba. A Passenger Prom Havana Brings News of a Fight. JACKSONVILLE, June 30.- A special to the Times-Union from Tampa, Fla., says: The Mascotte brought a heavy passenger list from Key West this morning, among whom was a number of cigar makers for new factories open? ing here. The list from Havana was light, but among them was a gentle- ! mao who is well posted on Cuban af fairs. He states that Maximo Gomez ! surprised a garrison of 1,500 Spanish at Aita Gracia and had a severe battle with them. He cut their ranks all to pieces, and routed the enemy with heavy losses After he had taken the town he burned it. Col. Borero, one of the Cuban leaders, was killed by his own men, but it is said, by some, acci? dentally. Others say some of the Span? ish soldiers who have deserted their flag and gone over to the Cubans, are responsible for his death. It is as? serted that the Cabaos distrust, and rightfully, these Spanish recruits. Marti was murdered by supposad friends, who had come to the assist? ance of the Cubans, but in fact only came to bribe Olivia to lead the patriotic leader into the death trap cf the Span? iards. Gomez is marching on Havana with 3,000 meo, and asserts that within a short time he will water his horses io Rio De). Almecdaree and command the j port with Cuban forces. Campos has made a demand for 14,- | 000 more troops, aod DOW asserts that i before the rebellion can be quelled j thousands of beads will have to be cut j off. These passengers assert positively ! that the insurrection is spreading aod gathering force everywhere. The Span? iards thought that thc rebellion was crushed when Marti was slain. If such i an idea bad ever occurred to Campos it is now dispelled, and the Spanish gov- I eromcnt is greatly alarmed over the sit- j uation. The Spanish minister at Washington j discredits the dispatches sent from j Tampa and Key Weet. Very likely they dc not have their origin with a Spanish author, but come direct from ; the field of battle, from Cuban sources io many iostaneee, and represent to some degree the Cuban side of the I question. If Mr. DeLorme will come i to this city be can learn the reason why. j After announcing, with a flourish of! trumpets, that the insurrection was of little importance and that it was crush- 1 ed out when Marti was murdered. Martinez Campos made a demand for ; 40.000 more men and equipments to help suppress the same rebellion he had reported aa already crushed out. The American people can read between the ! lines. i The United States government is : taking steps to force the Spanish gov eminent to pay the Mora claim which has been due for several years. The payment has been postponed from year to year by the w^pauish Government ou one pretext or another, until now our government has become tired of wait? ing and will force payment at once. It is said that the United States has taken advantage of the Cuban compli? cation, knowing that with this on her hands Spain will not dare to refuse the demand of this government, when a refusal would mean another row on her j hands, and a row much more serious than the Cuban insurrection. Dargan in Edgefield. A MOB PREVENTS HIM FROM SPEAKING. Co!. John J Dargan, who went to Edge field last Wednesday to deliver a speech on the Constitutional Convention and suffrage ques? tions, returned Thursday. He was waited on b. a committee ?nd informed that he should not speak in Edgefield, and was in? sulted on the streets. The report of the occurrence sent out from Edgefield is given elsewhere. The following interview has been given to the papers by Col. Dargao : Colonel Dargan, we see by the dispatcher in the d&ily papers of this morning that you had a pretty rough time in Edgefield yester? day, tell us something more about it? "I reached Edgefield on Tuesday night. Early Wednesday morning I weat to the office of Clerk of Court to see ii 1 could get the use of the Court House, Col. Bacon going j with nie to introduce me to the Clerk. The deputy clerk informed me that the Clerk was not in and would not be in duriog the day, and io his absence I could not get the Court House. I then went to the Chronicle office where I had some acquaintances, and from there endeavored to obtain a ball, where I could speak. From the window I saw the people coming io from various directions. After about a half hour a committee with Sheriff Outz at the head appeared, the Sheriff doing the talking. After introducing himself as Sheriff, he 2?id : 'We have been fentas a committee from another body to inform you that you cannot speak in Edgefield County to-day or any other time. We don't like your views and don't intend that you shall express them in this county I replied, "Well gentlemen, I am sorry that you take that poaition, I bad boped when I j saw you coming that you would announce that you bad arranged for a meeting and a debate, as you know I have invited a reply and will cheerfully grant two minutes to one to any opponent. Another member of the committee prompt? ly spoke, and said : 'No debate on the Degro question in Edgefield County, that's a settled question here. We have get the negro down and by G-d we are going to keep him down. I said : Well gentlemen, I am very 3orry, j and hope you will reconsider and have the j discussion. Every man on the committee j then expressed himself, in effect, that I should not speak. There are enough of us hereto stop you if you try it. They started down j the steps, but after consultation, turned, the Sheriff sayiog : 'We demand to know if you j arp going to attempt to speak ' I replied : I certainly will, if as many as half-dozen persons will express a willingness to hear rae. His reply was, 'we will stop you no matter what it cost*.' I auswered : I will speak no matter what j it costs, if I can find a few men willing to ! bear me. The committee then left. A few maules after their departure three men came up, one at a time, and began to ply rae with questions in regard to my views on the 'nigger question.' While they were talkioe, another body of about fifteen persons entered the room and announced that they bad come to look at me and see what kind of a looking thing I was, anyhow. One of them said, 'you consented to make an address in Charleston with all the oegroes shot out, we dare you to let us shut you up with us in the Court House here.' I replied : I will agree to let you briog into the Court House only white people, and then lock the door, provided you will give me one hour of quiet attention aod you may have the rest of the time. They accepted thi3 proposition with de meostrations of delight aod began to retire i to get the Cc>urt House, when one of them ; said, 'I go into no such d-d agreement, uo- . less you promise not to s?y a word for the d-d negro.' I said I will pledge myself to speak what I j think in regard to the question I am discuss inp and will enter into no other agreemet. Thereupon the committee informed me that if I would go into the Court House, I would have to retract the speeches I bad made at Charleston and other places, or 1 would never come aut.' I told them I would go into the Court House or any other place, but I would never retract anything I had ever said on this sub? ject until I was convinced that what I bad said was untrue." After much talk and a multitude of Tile oaths one fellow said: 'We might as well make short work of this matter and began to ' apply to me personal epithets saying 'if you have a pistol you can use it.' I told them I was not armed. 'Yoo|make out you are a brave man, resent these insults if you darel" Col. Dargan eaid : "I cannot go into the details, for the crowd became so boisterous, and ladies beioer in bearing they were order? ed out of the office. Tb.-?y would nm leave, so I went out and they followed me down on the street As toon aa I got on the street I com? menced to speak, tbereupoo they rushed around me saying, 'He is trying to make that d-d speech now.' Threats of vilest character were uttered and the crowd grew so boisterous that 1 could not hear my own j voice. ? stopped trying to speak and begged the crowd to give me room to breathe. Push- j ing through them I walked down the street | towards the hotel followed by a mob of two j hundred, bowling, yelling and cursing. As I turned the corner they said, 'He's ! running, catch him, lets ride him on a rail, j let's tar and feather him.' Seeing them ' pursuing me, I stopped and they swarmed : around me like a band of Comanche Indians. : 'Won't you resent any of these insults ?' they said. I replied: "No." Then a man : with a kmdly face said : 'Haven't you got a wife a?d eeveral daughters?' I replied : ; I have" They then applied to them the' vilest epithets known to man, while one fellow stood by and hissed in my ear : 'Re- ' sent it if you dare, and I will cut your d-d I heart out.' Another invited me to a hand to hand conflict to settle the matter, the crowd cheer- i ing him. Sooo after, a friend reached my side, and ' told me T had only a few minutes to get lunch, and reach the train. I thereupon pushed out from among them and went to the depot. They shouted t? me, "We'll see j you again, honey.tl At the-depot a crowd of the same stock gathered at tbe car window at which I was ! i sitting, while aoother crowd mounted the j , platform. . A lady came into the car a- took a seat directly in front of 1 I -roved to be j 1 the mother of Rev. OL .ie. The Rev.1, Jno. Lake, who was with uer, then went to . the crowd and begged them not to have a disturbance there while a lady was in the ' car. His entreaties were effective and most ! of the gang left." ' j .'Colonel, do you thiik your life was in ^..mg^r ?" Ii" replied : ''I believe if I had lifted my hand xi resent any insult i would have been 1 murdered, it was perfectly apparent thnt their object was to provoke me to strike the 1 firstblow. At the depot IT '.vas evidently their purpose to strike tbe t<low themselves." "Did any one advise you of your danger?" ' Ves, several times persons warned me to leave the streets as Soon a3 possible, or there would be bloodshed, and I was also advised to leave Edgefield under cover of night by a M country road." i "Colonel dill you expect to leuve Edgefield j unhurt?" "I had no hope Hint I would ever leave the town without receiving bodily injury." ' Do you think the attempt to mob you was premeditated ?" "Evidently, it was a preconcerted, cold- ! blooded deliberate affair from first to last, : and the honor they seemed to covet was that 1 should die in Tillman's county." "Every friendly word that WAS spoken to me brought down upon the persons speaking, denunciations of the vilest character* The town seemed tobe absolutely helpless io the grasp of the racb. No friendly hand > was raised in my defense because to do so j would have resulted ir. violence and blood- j shed." -, i ? Wedgefield Letter. WEOGEFILD, July 2, 1895. fbe game of ball between Wedgefield and Brickbats will come off here on Thursday p. m., instant. Miss Phoebe Troublefield has returned from Clifford Female Seminary, Union, S. C., j where she graduted some day9 since. Mies Troublefield graduated with honor and de? livered thr class history. Messrs. Alonzo Burroughs and Geo. Dew planted seven acres of tobacco this year and it ?9 looking particularly fine. Mr. Bur- ! roughs has charge of it and told your cor- j respondent a few days ago that he expected J fourteen barns of tobacco, and would com- j menee curing in about ten days or two j weeks. This wa3 somewhat a venture with them, but so far they are very much pleased. Some days ago a detective, accompanied by Mr. Albert Weeks from Sumter, was here nod searched several houses for stolen goods, alleging that said goods were stolen from a car; but no trace3 whatever were found. On yesterday, about one mile above Wedge? field, in a very thick piece of woods wa3 found a broken mackerel keg, and mackerel I were fonnd scattered about on the ground j Report has it that a car WHS 3Uppospd to have I been broken into at Sumter, and the goods were dumped out at Cane Savannah, Wedge? field and Eastover Misses Carrie and Helen Cain, of Privateer, are visiting their aunt Mrs. Peter Mellett. Mrs. J. J. Conyers of Sumter is on a visit to her father, Capt J. H. DuPont. The ladie3 of the Presbyterian Church still serve delightful ice cream at the school house every Friday, p ra. from 5.30 till seven o'clock. Mrs. F. M. Dwight and children left this a. m. for Winosboro, where they go to visit relatives. Mrs. W. J. McLeod and little daughter are on a visit to Mrs Nora McCutchan near Sum? ter. We had two good showers on last Sunday and another light ooe to-day ; but oat patch lands are still dry and hard. Corn and cotton seem to be growing nicely wherever they have been properly cultivated. - i i - Fulton Letter. FULTON. S. C., July 2 1895. After a drought of about three weeks, which has thrown corn very much back, we are again having a little rain,-the continu? ation of which will yet promise a fair yield. Crops generally are well worked, especi? ally cotton, which, for its chances-there having been very little commercial manures used,-looks well. Fruit is plentiful-in fact, your correspondent never saw as large crop of peaches plums and apples. Water melono seem to be later this year than usual, but we are in hopes that the crop will equal if cot be greater than last year. Fish frys and pic nics are the orders of the day. There is to be a pic nie at Week's Mill on tbe 4th, at which a mo3t pleasant tim? is anticipated. Quarterly Conference, presided over by Rev. W. C. Power, was held at St. James last Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. R. C. Richardson, Sr., P. H. Broughton, Herry Richardson, J :., and T. P. Broughton were among other passeagers from Pinewood to yoor city yesterday even? ing. Mr. .Henry Stack, of Pinewood, is build? ing quite a large store preparatory for the fall trade. S. 3. W. G. Privateer Personal}. PRITATEER TOWNSHIP, July 1, 1894. During his receot sojourn in S amter, Mr. Shirley Hughson paid a visit to our com? munity, where he is well known and where, for a while, be attended school when a child. It was here that his honored grandfather, the Rev. W. E. Hughson, spent tte declining years of bia life, be was pastor of Bethel Church,Jaod as mentioned in a former letter was buried in the burial ground of this church. Although ayouog man, Mr. Shirley Hughson has gained a reputation in the liter? ary world of which any one could well be proud. His edition of the best letters of the famous poet, Percy B. Shelley, elicited praise from such a standard publication as the "Review of Reviews" and his monograph on the Carolina pirates ?hows H comprehensive grasp ot' the subject, and it is a vrork giving much information about a part of our State history concerning which very little was koown. Miss Mattie Goldsmith, of Greenville, who is visiting in the township, bas visited io Mexico, ana yesterday, by tbe request of the President, she made a talk to the Children's Missionary Society of Bethel. She told them About Mexico and 9howed them Mexican curi? osities. Her talk was much appreciated by the little ones. j Mr. Hiott has gone on a visit to Anderson I County, he carried with him his two young- j -?st eons, Masters Harry and Whirset Hiott. Two of our young hunters recently captur- j ;d ' - raccoons one morning. Mr. Drane Tindal attended the Baptist j Union meeting at Summerton. He was a ? delegate from the Providence Church. Mr. Hiott will preach at the New Bethel . Saptis' Church (colored) next Sunday night. The Brickbat nine will cross bats with the j SVedgefield nine on the historic fourth. McD. F. Buten by a Snake. Brooks Wilder, colored, of Wedgefield, x-as bittvn by a rattlesnake pilot yesterday j norning. The bite is not thought to be fatal. 11 Y. M. C. A. j Annual Report of the General Sec? retary. To the Officers and Members of the i'. M. C. A. BRETHREN:-Prevented by sickness to pre? sent ?t your last annual meeting, my third' annual report, and as our next meeting will not be held till some time oext moath, I now communicate same to the ever and obliging "press," where you can peruse it at your leisure. We have been in existence three vears, and ought to feel thankful that, since our organi? zation, none of our members have died. Our rooms have been kept open every Dight the year around, and the few newspa- i pers that we have been able to put on Sie ' hare been well read. In the winter season 1 our room? have always been kept warm and comfortable, therefore enticing visitors to j spend their leisure time with us. Bv keeping on hand a good supply of sta? tionery and writing material, our members and others have been enabled to do their cor? respondence at our room.9. Six business meetings have been held du? ring the year, and four committee meetings outside of the Religious Committee. (There is here room for improvement). From October 1st to May 15tb a nigiu school was in progress, and many nights we have had as many as 20 boys in attendance. We have held 49 religious meetings for men only, with an average attendance of 40, and three meetiog9 for ladies and men, with a total attendance of about 500. Two public meetings have been held at some of our churches, both beiog conducted oy members of the Association. ? We have observed the "Week of Prayer," having services every night during the week. We have for the last few months furnished the "Poor House" of the county with reli? gious services every Sunday afternoon. Though our work, to the eyes of a good many, may seem imperceptible, still they must admit that we have done some good, which vra3 left undone before we came into exist? ence. We have reached certain young men, while ; some have not been. There ?3 a class of j young mee who neither regard God nor the devil: they have around them a barrier of . morality, and unless we put a concentrated and united effort d ::ing the coming year, to Show them the absurd state of security in j which they profess themselves to be. they j w'll, I am afraid, be lost beyond redemption, j Whenever asked, our hall has been let j (free of charge) to any city and county or- j ganizations to hold their annual meetiogs, j &c., ??nd even our chairs have been taken once from our hall, and without our knowl- j edge; all of which shows that we bave been j useful in many ways. Webster's does not contain, in all bis ! wealth of words of approbation and praise, enough with which to commend to your con sideration the work done for the Association j by the Ladies' Auxiliary. It has beeu my i pleasure to meet with them at every one of their meetings, and I can truiy say that their devotion for the welfare of the Association and the salvation of our young men is not lacking by any of the members who composed this little band of self-denying, consecrated young ladies. It is a pity that our members have not upheld them as they ought to dur? ing the past year. In conclusion, let me return thanks to the ministers of the city, who, by their presence and help, have encouraged us in every phase of our work. And to all the press of the city for their ever readiness to give us notices free of charge. And now I commend you to our Master, who has blessed us in the past and who will continue to do so if we remain faithful, con? secrated workers of His. Don't look back? ward, but press forward and onward, spread your work whenever and wherever you cao, and make your religious influence felt abroad. Yours in the work, GEO. MAXOTTE, Gen. Sec'y. - -a? ? The Dime Reading. The Dime Reading at the residence of Mr. C. E. Stubos on last Friday evening was attended by about fifty per? sons, all of whom enjoyed the occasion. The feature of the entertainment was the reading of a historical paper ny Rev. J. W. Daniel. It was historical in character and io Mr. Daniel's best style. His word pictures of life io South Carolina in aote-beilum days gave a new insight into the most glorious period of the State's history to many of his bearers. The music, both vocal and instrumental, was select and thoroughly enjoyed, as were the recitations. The vocal solo by Miss Sallie Lou Arnold was a gem of its kiod. The programme was as follows : Instrumental Duet-Misses Arnold aod Stubbs. Recitation-Miss Edna Hugbson. Instrumental Solo-Miss Pauline Sanders. Reading-Rev. -J. W. Daniel. Recitation-Miss Olive Hoyt. Instrumental Solo-Miss ??arab Durant. Vocal Solo-Miss Arnold. Nervous Prostration Cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Prolonged derangement of the nervous system not only affects the brain and men? tal powers, but develops disease in some of the vital organs. The most dangerous of these indirect results is when the heart is affected. This was the case of the Rev. N. F. Surface, Fawn River, Mich., who writes under date of Feb. 14,1895: "Fourteen years ago I had a slight stroke of paralysis. Overwork brought on nervous prostration. I was exceedingly nervous and the exertion of public speaking caused heart palpitation that threatened my life. I used two bottles of Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure for my heart trouble, and two of Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine for ray nervous- ' ness and feel better than I ever expected to j feel again. I can speak for hours without tiring or having my heart Hatter as it for? merly did, arid ? l ave you to thank that I am alive today." j On sale 1 y ail druggists. Dr. Miles' Rook ? on Heart and Nervous Disorders FREE by ( mail. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health. s For sale by Dr. A J China. Sumter, S. C. ?iiM.i wini? mn mi?miwul mu?<? wu -III?mi-?????????rn Choice writing? Paper tea cents per A 3or. at S. G. Osteen & Co's. . i How Tliey Are Divided. Tillman Repudiates His Agreement and There Will Be No Division in Edgefield. Special to Tbe State. EDGEFIELD, July 1.-The county "peace and unity" convention was held in the county court house here to-day and the gathering was a most representative one. The events of the session were exciting and of the keenest interest to the people of the entire State. Tilman presented in detail his new policy as to the con? stitutional convention, and there was an exciting running debate between the Senator and ex-Governor Shep? pard in which it appeared that the latter got the best of the Senator. Again, Lieutenant Governor Timmer man threw aside all party cloaks and carne squarely out for peace and har? mony, calling Tillman down and call? ing him a liar in chaste but forcible language. There was a strong sentiment for an equal division and for a while it looked as if Tillman's advice was going to be disregarded by the men of his own county. In fact, the viva voce vole was such that the chair? man could not decide aud had to call the roll, showing a vote of 94 to 52 against the equal division plan. A resolution was adopted sustain? ing the course towards Dargan, but there was a manifest disinclination to consider it. Dr. Timmerman presided and A. E. Padgett acted as secretary of the convention. LANCASTER, July 1.-The county convention called for the purpose of determining whether or not to re? commend to the voters of the county a division of delegates to the con? stitutional convention, decided, by a vote of 68 to 5, to recommend no division. A Conservative offered a resolution to the effect that the coun? ty send two Reformers and one Con? servative, but a substitute prepared by Speaker Jones and offered by Constable Elliott, putting all candi? dates into the Irby primary, was adopted by the above vote. HAMPTON, July 1.-The county Democratic executive committee met to-day. After considerable diecus 'sion, on motion of Col. McSweeney, resolutions giving both factions rep? resentation were adopted by a vote of 13 to 3. The three dissenting votes were from Conservatives. Hampton county has a large majority of Reformers, but will vote in the primary for two Reformers and one Conservative to go to the Constitu? tional convention. Xo tickets other? wise written or printed will be count ed. It is believed that the commit tee's action will be approved by every club in the county. Equal Division in Marion. Special to the New9 and Courier MARION, July 1 -A County Con? vention of the Democrats of Marion County was held in the Court House to-day. Every township sent up a delegation and for the most part the half and half divisiou between the two factions was observed iu the selection of township delegations. County Chairman J. D. Montgomery called the convention to order and Samuel Evans and h. ll Smith were elected secretaries. The same gen? tlemen were made the permanent officers of the convention. The con? vention then decided by a vote of 56 to 92 against the primary plan of making nominations of delegates to the constitutional convention. The delegates then went into an election for four delegates to the constitu? tional convention, two Reformers and two Conservatives It was then determined to elect the delegates by a two-thirds vote of the delegates pre? sent J. D. Montgomery and J. E. Ellerbe were then nominated as the representatives of the Reform faction tion of Marion County, \V. J Mont? gomery and E B. Berry were then elected as the Conservative dele? gates. Last June Dick Crawford brought his twelve-montbs-old child. surfetiog from in fantic diarrhoea, tome It ha? been weaned at four months old and had always been sickly. I gave it tbe usual treatment in such cases but without benefit. The child kept growing thinner until it weighed but little more than when bom. or perbapt. vn puiinds. I ;ben started the father to giving Changer Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Before one bottle of the 25 cent size had been used a marked improvement was seen and its continued used cured thechild. 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