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MAKE YOUR CHOICE! Vote the Joint Ticket Straight. By Spliting the Ticket You Will Defeat Good Men, and Per haps Hake the Election of Negroes Possibl e. The following address to ' the Straightout D?mocrate has been is sued. It is Worth a careful reading : To the Straightout Democrats of Sum ter County. The undersigned have been, are, and intend to be Straightouts, believ ing that the time will soon come when the Conservatives, joined by many Reformers, will be organized through out the State upon the. principles we hold, and crush to atoms the Tiilman Irby-Ring. We are not. in anywise responsible for the fusion ticket put out in this couuty, contending as. we j have done for a full Conservative j ticket to go directly to the election,! and believing, as we do, that it could ? J)? -elected by a good, round majority ; ! but even if this were doubtful, it was j the duty of the anti-Ring faction to j stand by their colors and fearlessly make the effort. Still we are environed by political conditions which, though not brought about by us, we must calmly consider and firmly act on, as we shall deem for the best welfare of our beloved State, now trodden in the dust. We are dealing with practical politics? a condition, not a theory. It is truly a momentous crisis, and no man has a right simply to fold his arms and do nothing, but must do the best 1.3 cas under the circumstances forced upon him, however personally dis tasteful. This is his duty, "the sublimest word in the English land," aa0eo Lee called it. Duty done, he will not be responsible for any consequences ; but left nndone, he will be fearfully responsible. Under this general statement, let p? consider these conditions and how to act well ottf part The Conserva tive Convention, under a regular call and with full attendance, by more than a three-fourths vote, decided = upo? an equal division ; unwisely, we think?bat that is not now the question for consideration ; it has been fiually settled against us and we have only to face the result as a bald, J unalterable fact A mass meeting ofj Reformers, under a call for its con \ vention, about one-third of their rep - resentatives, and more than one-third ! of their clubs, unanimously?and we j say wisely from their standpoint, but j tnis is not now- for consideration? j agreed to such equal division. Each ' nominated three oersons, and the six ? ] nominees were confirmed as the fu sion ticket by the two bodies united. Whether a majority of the Conserva tive Convention did or did not wisii to go into the Irby primary, is not now ascertainable, nor for consideration, for the actual fact is that they did not go in, and it makes no practical difference what was their reason or cause. Xow it will not be denied, except by the most bitter partisan, that the six nominees are all honest, intelli gent, reliable citizens. We firmly be lieve that all of them conscientiously have at heart the best interest and welfare of the State, and that no one of them can be lead by the nose by the Ringsters, uor be swayed by the dictates of the Ring, nor will either of them go into the Ring caucus. Now let as look at another picture ?Mr. D. E. Keels and three other Reformers (two having withdrawn) were duly announced as caadidates, in due time nled that most solemn Irby pledge, and were elected unani mously (whether duly or not is a question) in that farcical so-called primary, by the enormous, over whelming vote of 48 ballots put into segar boxes at three doubtful polling places. For all this they are up to the arm pits in whatever there is of the Irby machine in these parts, and cannot, nor would not get out if they could No one, not eveu them selves, will deny that all four are ! rabid, ultra, radical Tillmanites, and ! the more dangerous because consist I I ent. Who will believe that they would, if they could, resist the temp tations and threats of the Ring caucus cus *nd-woalcl not willingly obey all of its beokonings, behests or orders ? They are strict, consistent, earnest party men, who literally pulled the ropes in 1S90 and have been in bar- j ness without wincing or kicking ever since. Now another picture : The negroes I have foolishly nominated two candi-j dates. Why not six ? Why do two Reformers, pledged and nominated by the so-called primary, withdraw j within two days after nomination? can it be for a combine of the four and two? It seems so; and this seeming is confirmed by the rumors that several Keelites have said so. The negroes have appealed in vain to j Straightouts to make some sort of i combine, it is idle to talk about j running a Straightout ticket or j scratch off the three Reformers and put on three Straightouts. If such ticket could be elected it would be j a "consummation devoutly to be wished"?but it cannot be. The re sult would probably be to elect three of the rabid Keelites in place of the three moderate Reformers on the fusion ticket, which would be actual ly giving the Ring caucus six votes on the floor of the Convention Another, and the last picture? The Straightouts have and control from a fourth to one-third of the j Conservative vote, probably about I the same number the Reformers will bring to the fusion ticket. The two factions, considered as a j whole, are about equally divided? not a hundred votes difference. If we withhold our votes from the Re formers, or vote three ' Straight outs, in their places, the negro votes toh ich Mr. Keels may procure may elect thiee of hie ticket in place of Messrs. Nash, Stackhouse and Mc Kagen. And the negroes will be left out, as even the Keelites- will fool. ! them by scratching- their names if we give the Fusion Reformers our votes, ? they will neutralize the. negro votes fot the four Keelites and j defeat them. A practical common j Sense view has n&rrowed the issue to ? the election of three rabid Ring Re formers or three reliable, moderate j Reformers. Can there be any doubt j as to the choice ? Certainly not It j will be a crying evil, nay, a political j crime against the State, to aid either ' j directly or indirectly any one ol the j Keels Brothers' ticket, and we should not take any such responsibility. I Our duty, as we see it, is plain ; to vote and give hearty support to the I fusion ticket, and we urge all ; Straightouts so to do. j J. D Blandino, E. C. Haynsworth, E. I. Reardon, W. O Cain, II. D TlNDALL, H. W Cuttino, F. M. Dwight, J. C. Singleton, W. J. Rees, J. R. Phillips, W. E Dics, J. E. Gaillard, W. J. Pringle, R. C. Blani>!.v<;, J. M. Bro<;do.v, T. Brunson On Sunday afternoon between five j and six o'clock Spartanburg county I was visited by a severe wind and rain storm accompanied by thunder 1 and lightning. At Fairmount, four ! miles from the city, Miss Jaiiie Fowler, and her biother William, : were 3truck by lightning and instant ly killed. Two other members of ! the Fowler family were also struck, ! and their recovery is hardly possible. The Fowler house, in which were at least a dozen people, was shattered completely, and those who were not killed were knocked prostrate on the flour. An old negro woman living near Glenn Springs was struck and ? killed outright. Winston Under Arms. Negroes Riot in North Caro lina. A Company Returning the Fire of Riotous Negroes Demonstrate Their Inability to Hit a House?The Town Un der Arms. Winston, N. C, Aug. 12 ?A riot between whites aod blacks, which came near terminating seriously, occurred here last night. The trouble origina ted over a report given out at about 9 o'clock at all tbe colored churches to the effect that a crowd- of whites were going to lynch Arthur Tutrle, who is being tried here for the murder of Po liceman Vick ers last May. The ne groes, to tbe number of 300, marched to the jaii, where they remained for several hours. They went armed with pistols and guns. Mayor Gray address ed tbe negroes, assuring them that there wa9 no danger of lynching and begging them to disperse. Sheriff Mc Artbur aud two Winston lawyers also urged the band to go away, telling ; them there was no occasioo for their conduct. Judge Brown, who is holding \ court, notified the negro?s that they were violating tbe law ; that Tuttle was getting a fair trial, and that be would be responsible for his protection. ; The negroes told bis honor they would disperse if tbe sheriff would place i twenty officers on guard around the jail. This wag done, but many of the mob j refused to leave. Sheriff McArthur, in response to or-1 ders from Judge Brown, called out the Forsytbe Riflemeu and a number of; deputies. His honor also instructed tbe j sheriff to arrest all negroe? who re- ? fused to disperse. The mob then be- j gan firing on the whites, several offi- j cers being struck with small bird shot, ! but none were hurt seriously. About 150 shots were fired by the riflemen and negroes, but uo one was killed. Tbe j negroes broke and ran when the mili-! tia began shooting. Fourteen of the rioters are in jail - Upon the assembling of court Judge Brown summond tbe grand jury be- ! fore him aud instructed tbem to in vestigata who was responsible for last j night's riot and see that they were punished. Winston's city fathers to-day instruct ed Mayor Gray to order a Gatling guo from Charlotte and ask the authorities there to furnish a man to operate it Tbe mayor, chief of police and sheriff were also instructed to make all ueces sary arrangements for tbe protection of tbe city to-night and to procure all arms and ammunition needed. j a gatling gcn goes. j Charlottb, Aug. 12.?A Gatling gun under a detachment of men left here this evening for Winston. So far as is known bere ata late hour to-night, all is quiet there. Tbe sheriff believes that the trouble is under control. A large force of special policemen has been sworn in for tbe nigbt. It is re ported that 3,000 negroes are massed near the town to-night, but the report is doubtless sensational. Diabolical Crimes of a Band of Indians. After a Desperate Fight the Out laws Captured by Marshals and Indiao Police. W?uoN?r, t. T., Aug. 11 ?With the exception of one, the gang of In-, dians. who have committed a series of diabolical crimes since July 30 in tbe territory were captured near Okomuigee last Thursday after a desperate fight, and started for the Fort Smith (Ark.) Jail to avoid bein<; lynched. News has been received here that a mob of Mus kogee citizens has gpne across the I country to Forr- Gibson to intercept : tbe Missouri Pacific train carrying : the fiends and their captors, for the I purpose of dealing out summary jus tice The gang?which began its heinous operations by murdering Deputy United "fates Marshal John Garratt at Okotnulgee and escaping to the hills : of the Creek Nation?wae led by Rufos : Buck, an Indian His followers were Samuel Sampson, Meorna July, Bud Lucky, alias Lucky Davis, Albert Stake and Levy Davis. The day after murdering Garratt the gang met a white man and his daughter in a wa gon. Covering the men with their guus>, the Indians took the girl from the wagon and each assaulted her with in sight of her father. Their next victims were Ben Calla ban and a negro boy. whom the gang met on the road. They murdered the boy and beat Callaban so that they believed him to be dead, when they left the scene, after robbing tbe man of money, boots and saddle. At the couoty stores of West and J Norr burg, at Orket, the murderers and robbers held up the owners and took away everything they could carry. Next in their path of crime tbey met two white women aod a girl 14 years old. All were repeatedly assaulted by the fiends, who added another murder to their list. The girPs feet aud hands were tied, and the unfortunate crea ture was assaulted until life was ex tinct. By this time, the country in the vi cinity of these crimes bad become aroused. Federal and Indian posses, including the Creek Light Horse Guards, in command of Capt. Edward j Harry and Deputy Marshals Jesse ! Jones, M. D. Irwio, Samuel Hayes and ] other determined officers, started at ' first to capture or kill the murderers of Garr%tt, that beiog the first crime j beard of. Thursday afternoon the pur i euers came up with the gang twelve ! miles of Okomulgee aod divided, ooe ! half goiog to a place of ambush, into I which the other party drove tbe gang j from the summit of a hill. A fight ! with rifles and revolvers followed, in , which Capt Harry fell from hie horse, I a bullet grazing bis head, and three horses were killed. Five of the gang were captured alive and tbe sixth, Lucky Davis, escaped. In the posses ! sion of the murderers were 1,000 rounds j of ammunition and a great quantity of ; stolen property. They were taken to j Okomulgee, where a m?b of citizens, j bent oo lyncbing tbem, surrounded the j I officers, but the officers escaped with ; 1 their prisoners to Muskogee Another ! mob with revolvers and rifles awaited ; their arrival, but again the posse cheated tbe mob of its prey by getting sufficient warning to land the gang in i jail This was last night and the town was kept in an uproar all night by the j attempt to lynch the Indians and the efforts of the business men to prevent mob violence. The mob was finally quieted long enough to allow of a third escape of the posse and prisoners ? od a train for Fort Smith. Christians in China. Measures For Their Protection Belief In Heathen Promises. Washington, Aug 12.?Appre hension at the State and Navy De partments over the safety of Ameri- I can missionaries in China has been greatly allayed through the receipt of ? several dispatches containing reassu ring information, leading to the be lief among those officially concerned, that the native outbreakes against the 1 foreigners have ceased, for the pres ? ent, at least. Minister Denby has secured a promise of redress for out- | rages in the past, and future protec tion of American missioaries ; and Rear Admiral Carpenter, command- ; i ing the United States naval forces in j China, has taken action looking to the ! relief of the anxiety in the Chinese j seaports by providing adequate j means of suppressing any further out- j breakea Several cablegrams relative i to the situation were received to day ! by Acting Secretary Adee, of tbe State Departmnt, and Acting Secre- ' tary McAdoo, of the Navy Depart meat. Commander Newell, of the j cruiser Detroit, cabled fion Foo Chow i I to-day on his way to the latter place, j j the nearest port to the scene of the j late outrages at Kucheng and its j j vicinity. Admiral Carpenter also j : cabled that he sailed to-day from Na gasaki for Chee Foo. The guuboat Machias, one of the smallest vessels j in the navjT, weich, by reason of her I lesser draught, can do better service i in these waters than the greater ; Baltimore, is not at Chee Foo, and | will probably go elsewhere on the j . Baltimore's ?rival. The other ves sels of the Atlantic station are distri buted in this way : The Yor.ktown ! at Shanghai, the Concord at Chemul po. Corea, the Petrel at Yokahama and the Monocacy at Port Arthur. The State Department has received a' reply ?rom Minister Denby to the in . structious cabled him on the 7th inst. ' relative lo the reported looting of j American missionary property at Yungfuh, near Foo Chow Mr. Denby says he urgently represented , : the facts to the Tsung-Li-Yamen, or : to the board of foreign affairs on the \0th, and obtained instant promise of protection and redress Yungfuh is believed by the officers of the State Department to be the same asSungfuh, Fuypak and Inghok, mentioned in the press telegrams, the variations iti the name being doubt less due to erroneous transmission j over the trans-Siberian cable, in -the course of which many transcriptions and repetitions are necessary. The department has again to day cabled Admiral Carpenter regarding matters in China, advising him to keep in close and constant communi cation with Minister Denby. Mississippi Murderers. Sentiment Strongly Against tb.3 the Slayer of R. T. Dinkins. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 12 ?The at tention of all Mississippians is now di rected on Brandon, the little town 12 : miles east of here, where oo Thursday J last, Senator Daboey Marshall and ; three other Vicksburgers shot and , killed R T. Dinkius. There is but i one sentiment about tbe matter here or ( at Brandon and the impression is that ' the grand jury now io sessioo. will in dict the four murderers in short order. The men who used the guns to such purpose are evidently impressed with ; the idea that they are in serious trouble ' aod that it is going to take some big talk to get themselves out of prison. They have, therefore, employed the finest legat talent in the Stare, among ; others being Hon. A. J. McLaurin, Democratic nominee for Governor ; Congressman Tom Catchiogs, Major L \V. Magruder, aoc M Daboey, of Vicksburg, and Judge Sol. Calhoun. of Jackson, to defend them. The pros ecution has as yet only engaged one lawyer, Hon. j L McCaskill, of Bran don, to assist the district attorney, hut will engage others, so that the trial is destined to be the hottest kind of a con test of legal force*. The Richiami Political Out look is Reversed. The Election Commissioners Re scind Their Action Giving Representation to Republi cans on the Boards of Election Managers. Wheo the announcement was made that tbe Richland county commission ers of election had given the Republi cans representation upou the boards of managers of election in this county, there was great surprise and it did not take long for it to be seen that this action was the part of a scheme to re taliate upon the people of Richland for not voting in the primary election. The thing was plain on its face, aud it was j funny to see the agreement caudidates realize that it meant that a Republican delegation wouid represent Richland j in the convention if the members of j the dominaut element remained away from the polls io tbe general elec tion. But the indignation of the members of the agreement ticket and their friends was two strong to allow the action of the board to stand. Several ! of tbe nominees of the agreement | ticket who were away from the city, came in yesterday, and it was whis pered around tbat all the members of, tbe ticket bad agreed that if the ac tion of the board was uot rescinded, then they would all withdraw from the ticket as caoditates. And so, presto, change, some magic wand waved ever tbe eyes of tbe commissioners ; tbey ! could not withstand tbe pressure, and, . behold tbe wheel has made another ! revolution, presenting the picture in directly tbe opposite light. Has there ' ever been such a lightning political change iu South Carolina before? Last night the election commission- j ers met again, and Mr. McCoy, who < was absent from tbe first meetiog, was j present. After the meeting, it was I said that "owing to the pressure brought to bear on the board/' it bav- ! ing beeu the only one in the State ! granting representation to the Repub licans, tbe action whereby Republicans : had been given representation, bad j been been rescinded.? The State. No Desire for a Negro Repub lic--What They Want is Home Rule Under Spanish Protec tion. Quarantine, L I , August 12.? The Ward Line steamer Seneca, from Mexican aud Cuban ports, arrived ! early this morning at quarantine. One of the Havana passengers, in j speaking of affairs at that place, says j that on August 7, the day before the : Seneca sailed. Capt. Gen. Martinez j Campos called together all of the volunteer organizations and demanded the transfer to the regular armv of one hundred men from each camp. General indignation prevails among these organizatinS; but the order will be enforced. The insurrection is more widespread than the peuple of Havana are allowed to believe, aud Campos will not last long. He was caugut in a bad trap at Bayarao. and ' but for 'the impulsive action of the Cuban general, Maceo, who precipi-: tated his attack, Campos would cer-Jj taiuly have been captured. The in- ? eurgents win in every light. In the; past four months the Span isti forces have lost by disease, drunkenness. and killed in battle fully 15,000 men. : No reports are allowed to be circu lated concerning the losses in battle, . but the authorities admit that in this period 10,000 have died from disease or excessive indulgence in food or drink. Thirty thousand insurgents are known to be in the iield, over-running the country and making their camps in mountain fastnesses, from which they sally to strike a blow and return to camp, depending on their rapid movements to disconcert the enemy. They have been asked by sympa thizeis of the revolution, of whom there ate about 3,000 in the city and suburbs of Havana, why they do not capture and occupy Santiago or some ! other important city. This they claim they could do, but their plans as to the future would not ? permit. That is to say. a large majority of the inhabi tants of Cuba are negroes, and inde pendence would mean negro govern ment. If independence could be secured with the establishment of a protectorate under the United States, : or some other strong Government, | then the question would soon be set- j tied Failing in this the general de sire is to secure home rule from the mother cuntry. The capture of an important seacoast town would be fol lowed by the recognition of their rights as belligerents. Until some definite plan can be settled the guer illa warfare will be continued. A large majority of the peoyle are hop ing for concession from Spain in preference to independdnce, as the feasibility of a republic without negro domimation would be difficult to obtain A Good Appetite nod refreshing sleep At this sen so indiente a condition o? t'o?iiy health. These a;v given by Hoodrs Sarsapa rille. It makes pure blood undgood health follows. Bloodshed at Blacksburg. Blacksburg, Aog. 11.?Last night at 9 o'clock Logan Gibson shot Rufus Hardio io the stomach with a pistoi and cut and stabbed him in the back several times with a knife. The difficulty oc curred at tbe electric light house near where Gibson lives. Hardiu did net make any resistence as the pistol shot wound completely prostrated tiim, and he is now io a very critical condition. The cau*e of the trag<?<:y was too much intimacy on the paie of Hardio with Gibson's wife. Tu? latter and a negro wtre the only witnesses to tbe dreadful act. The sworn statement of Hardio is that he was in the building for the purpose of meetiog a negro whom he had sent for >ome wbi>key, but Gibson found biai and his wife to gether alone. Gibsou has not been ar rested yet ?The State. Ayer's "WAS THE ONLY Sarsaparilla ADMITTED AT THE * Miffs Fair. CET The Best. BAD TIMES : Well, we should say so. Those clocks and watches are too badly out of fix to be of any use. They've lost their time entirely You'll lose your time too. if yourre unprovided with good .! clocks and watches. We have a full supply of both, all accu rate time keepers and in perfect order. Better watches than ours are not manufactured. They run so well that they're always right. So are our clocks. Whatever the price of any watch we carrv. it's the best of its kind and a full value. 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