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Does This Explain ? Gov. Evans Tells His Story of the Bond Deal at Manning. The race for the U. S. Senatorship has beeo narrowed down to Gov. Jno Gary Evans and Mr. John T. Duncan, of Newberry, chief clerk in the office of Secretary of State. Mr. S. G. May? field, of Barnwell, Col. W. D. Evans, % John L. McLaurin and Judge Joseph K. Earle, who have been considered probable candidates during the last few days all Ssw the track at the last mo? ment and left the field to John Gary Evans, gwbo is regarded as Senator -Tillman's candidate. Mr. R. 0. Purdy carried Judge Earle's pledge to Man? ning with him and filed it, but late in the afternoon, under telegraphic in? structions from Judge Earle the pledge was withdrawn. , Speeches were made by Gen R. N. Sichbourgv John Gary Watts, candi for Inspector General, Lieut. Govri*HRmerman, candidate for State Treasurer, ^Comptroller General Nor? ton, oandidate for re election, Attorney Geeeral Barber, candidate for re-elec? tion, Railroad Commissioner, J 0. Wilboro;G Walt Whitman, W II. Ellerbe and John R. Harrison, candi? date for Governor, M. B. McSweeney and M. R Cooper, candidates for Lieut. Governor, W. D Mayfield and T. C. Robinson, candidates for Supt. of Edu? cation, John S. Wilson, candidate for Solicitor, John L. McLaurin, candi? date for Congress and John Gary Evans and John T. Duncan candidates for the U. S. Senate. TSere was-B?thin?-e?-interest in any ! cf the speeches, save those of John 1 Gary Evans who made his explanation of his connection with thc bond -deal and Duncan's who made a salty attack on Evans and his ring candidacy. Gov. Evans weat into an explanation of the preliminaries of the refunding of the State debt, all of which is famil? iar to those who have read the papers. Io reference to his-personal connection with the deal he spoke as follows : I will not relate here the dastardly attempts made by some of thc news papers of the State and by some of the Charleston bankers and brokers to de? feat the governor and treasurer in their efforts to refund the debt at 4 per cent, under the first acts. Prominent South Carolinians ic New. York who had been* highly honored by the people of this State, one of whom had been governor, are reported to have stated to bankers and brokers of New York that Tillman could not be trusted ; that the credit of the State had been ruined and that they would not touch the bonds. Others stated that the Tillmanites would re? pudiate the debt and for these reasons Governor Tillman and Treasurer Bates were forced to leave New York without a bidder for the bo ads. I, as well as every other honest Reformer, felt a deep interest in the success of Governor Tillman in this undertaking, especially ! as it has been charged by his enemies j that he was incompetent to deal with the question and that in consequence of his failure tho credit of the State would be ruined. I venture to suggest to Governor Tillman the advisability of employing a broke? who was familiar with such transactions and who was not an enemy of his administration. He agreed with me and stated that he had given a New York broker an option on the bonds which would expire in a few days. I do not know a broker in the State who was not then an enemy of the State administration and who would not gladly have seen Governor Tillman failed in his efforts. I had lived in Augusta for several years and knew Mr. Rhind to be a reliable and honest man. I suggested him to Governor Tillman and he asked me to send him to Columbia in case the other broker filled. The New York broker failed to accomplish anything and Mr. Rhind was given a chance. Mr. Rhind suc? ceeded in organizing a syndicate of hankers in Baltimore to take the bonds under the terms prescribed by Gover? nor Tillman and Treasurerr Bates, by virtue of authority conferred upon them as follows (sec. IB, act 1892 :) That the governor and State treasurer are hereby authorized in their discre? to perform all and singular every act necessary to carry out the provisions of the aot aot herein specifically given, and which are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, and in order to have said bonds and stocks promptly placed, the gownor and the State treasurer are hereby authorized to offer and pay a commission to parties, placing said bonds and stocks, and the funds belong? ing to the sinking fund are hereby ap? propriated to pay such commission, if so much be necessary ; provided, how? ever, that they shall have said bonos and stocks placed without paying a commission if practicable. It was agreed that the interest should com? mence to run from the first of Janu? ary, 1893. The reason for this is set forth in the message from Governor Tillman to the general assembly. Mr. Rhind bad a contraot with the bond syndicate whereby he was to be paid 1 J-per cent, as commission for his la? bors. After the bonds had been paid for and Rhind's commission was due, some members of the syndicate thought Rqind was getting too much under his contract with them and refused to allow tbs commission paid. I was employed by Mr. Rhind to proceed to Baltimore to take legal steps to collect his com? mission. I did so and associated with aie Maj. R. M. Venable. The case has been tried in the lower court and a judgment bas been reodercd in favor of Mr\ Rhind. An appeal has been j takeo and will uc^bc heard for sevei j months As stared by Mr llhind j his testimooy, the amount of my 1 has cot beet) agreed upon When was elected goveruor I retired from t management of the case and turned over 4o Maj Venable and Mr Bat ger and they have examined me as witness, as well as Governor Tillm; and others. My testimony as weil Governor Tillman's is a matter of re ord in the court and I have the reco here for for your inspection. ? have uever cooceaied anything to my connection with this matter ai shall not attempt to do so. 1, as go eroor of South Carolina, cannot aff-v ? to notice every anonymous sribbler io newspaper,-nor every cowardly cur th barks at me, but as a candidate for tl senate, however, ? deem it just to y? as well as to myself, to give to you tl facts of this matter. The attempt h been made to create the impression tb Governor Tillman and Treasurer Bate who conducted the sale of said bond and I, who assisted them as far as could, have been paid a considerate by Mr. Rhind, or by the syndicate wh took thc bonds, for allowing them I pay for the bonds we were so anxiot to get rid of. This came, I am infora ed, from the pen of one A. B Wi liauis. whose letters were published i the New York Times, but not over h own signature. Mr. Williams is we known to you as the late editor of th Greenville News, and any reference t him is onnecsssary. The substance < bis insinuations, which have been put lished in full in the State papers, is t the effect that the Richmond broke told them (the syndicate) he uodei stood, presumably from Mr. Rhine that the bull of the sum was to be di vided among parties in South Carolin who had political influence. The New York broker, who was i close association with Mr. Rhind an whose opportunities fer knGwledg were best of all, repled "that thc would better not investigate that; that i was"to go the people who would bette not be known." This statement i based substantially upon the testimon of T. E Hambleton, a member of tb syndicate which purchased the bond and the mao who is" trying to keep fron paying Mr. Rhind's commission. Th Richmond broker referred to is Majo John Skelton Williams. On page 201 of his sworn testimony in said case h says: ,,That Coldeu Rhind never in formed him as to who his associate were and that he could not have inform ed any person as to who they were, a he did not know himself." The Nev York broker referred to is R A. Lin caster, who, on page 227 of his swort testimony, referring to Mr. Rhiod said substantially "that he did not knov who the parties in South Carolina wen to whpm Mr. Rhiod expectod tc mak< I the payment; that ho had never giver j bim the names of either the lawyers o any one else employed by him as to wh< was to have the amount be was to re ceive.'* R. C. Davidson, president of th< Trust company and manager of the syn dicate, says substantially io bis testi mooy, page 259: "At one of th' meetings, I cannot remember the date T. E. Hambleton asked Mr. Lancastoi in my presence for information as t( whom the 1 1-2 per cent, comm issie: was to be paid, and whether any of tb< money was for political purposes or in flaence. Mr Lancaster's reply wai that the whole 1 1-2 per cent, commis sion was to be paid to Mr. Rhind anc that if any portion of it did cot go tc him (Mr. Rhind) he did cot knov? where it went.*' Mr. Hambleton evidently knew I Governor Tillman and believed that il j would not be safe for bim to intimate i that any coe could influence him ot that he could be bought. Here if what he swears: "Q. Tillman states that you com? plained of having made so little because of Mr. Rhind's commission? "A. I never mentioned Rhiod pr Rhind's commission from the fact that I had been put on my guard by Lan? caster and Williams in referring to this thing that certain amount of money, this money on this $2,000,OOO of bonds was to be paid to Mr. Rhind and would not do for me to investigate it; that I knew enough about politics to underl stand that certain people bad a pul and intimated to me that that was go? ing to parties, the powers to be, and for that reason I was particularly cau? tious not to mention such a thing to Tillman, less it might cause him to fly up. "Let me go a little further. I spoke about the expenses iocurred in this thing and that somebody was drawing j a commission. I recollect saying that very well, and he (Tillman) said we bad ao business paying commissions to anybody; that if we were dealing direct with him there was LO need to pay commission to anybody, and that we j were nothiog but a set of fools (using ! that language) if we wanted to pay out ? money to somebody else. Rhind's ! name was not mentioned. This does not sound like a man who was getting part of Rhind's profit It j will be seen that this quarrel arose among members of the syndicate, who claim that Mr. Lancaster, who was a partner in the deal should not receive i a certain part of Mr. Rhind's commis ! sions,but should divide with his brethren. I Io order to show that Lancaster bad ! deceived them and thus gel a good j standing in court, some of them had j sworn that Lancaster told thom he was j to get nothing but his traveling expen I ses and the rest went to politicians. I What waa the necessity for buying i politicians? There was no legislation j needed; there was no influene to be used j or necessary; they were dealing with j Governor Tillman and Treasurer Baten, who, alone, under the acts nf rhe j j h>gi-!a:ure a&ov?> referred t->. had the anthony to dispose of the bonds aud who, as wa> publicly known, had been ! unable to do &o if there is any man J in South Carolina who had a pull on Ben Tillman I do nor, know him He i does hi? own thinking and pulling aud bis iutegriry and honesty is too well known to require any conj ment. Governor Evans then real Mr j Rhind'.- testimony in full Below arc ? given some extract*-: 1 Q Weil did you succeed in form- ; ing rb it syndicate in Buding pur- i chasers for the whole i-sue on those j term^? ? "A. We did not. At this june- j I ture, the exact date I cannot give j from memory, someone introduced a bill into the South Carolina legisla? ture authorizing the extension of the 6 per cent. Brown consols for four years at 6 per cent., which was evi? dently done by some one unfriendly to the administration of South Caro? lina, and that had the effect of throw? ing those people off entirely-many of them. They said that they could i not negotiate for a 4 12 per cent. I bond, when the btate was con- ? 8?dering the extension ot its bonds at 6 per cent., and when I say 'they say,' understand me, ? do not mean any person ; I am giving you the general view of what I gathered at the time. Mr. French was ill and not active in getting up the syndicate as a well man might have been.'' In another place Mr. Rhind speaks of the commission which he was to get, saying he started out to work for a commission of 1 1-2 per cent. Mr. Rhind on the re direct exami? nation by Mr. Venablo tells of the ?1,000 fee he promised to pay Major Gary of Augusta, Ga., and says: ' Q Now, you have said also that I you agreed to pay Mr John Gary | Evans a fee. What was the amount j of that fee ? ' A. It has never been settled ; it j is like yours and Mr. Baetjer's ; it is ? subject to an agreement.'" ' Q. What was tho fee for ; ser? vices as an attorney ? 'A. Services as an attorney; he ha9 been working with me ? from the start on this thing, and he has given me point after point in regard to the law, and I have consulted him # as a resident of South Carolina and as a practicin attorney there. I have consulted loth of these gentlemen, and he has come on to Baltimore here in this case, I don't know how many times ; half a dozen times, several times, at last, in this matter, and until he was nominated and elect? ed governor he was my active ad? viser in the case. '.6RD-Q, And you owe him a fee for his services, but the amount is not settled ? "A. The amcunt is in abeyance. "?RD-Q. Have you agreed or un? dertaken to pay any other persons for their services in connection with this matter ? "A No person whatsoever except the ?1,000 that I have stated, paya? ble to to 'he Bank of Charleston u ! Governor Evans concluded what he had to say on the subject thus : "As to my connection with the cases in our supreme court I have this to say : I was sent for by Gov? ernor Tillman to come to Columbia j after the contracts had been signed j for the sale of the bonds. Ile related ? that hair-splitting lawyers had raised j a point against the constitutionality j of this act, and the syndicate would I not take the bonds unless they were decided constitutional by the supreme court. I then brought an action in my own name against Till? man and Bates, enjoining them from ? entering into the contract with the i syndicate. The case was heard by the supreme court, the attorney gen eral representing the State. The supreme court decided the act to be j constitutional. Governor Tillman re j fused to pay rae a fee upon the i ground that he had no money for that purpose, but I insisted that he at least pay my expenses. This he did by giving me a check for ?50 out of his contingent fund. After the syndicate had purchased the bonds lawyers in New York raised another point against their validity which is reported in the case ot Robertson vs Tillman and Bates. I was tele graphed to by Mr. Davidson, presi : dent of the syndicate, to meet their attorney, Mr. Steele, in Columbia. I did so. He desired me to assist him in bringing the matter before the ! supreme court. I prepared the I papers and assisted him, and for this service the syndicate p.aid me ?100. -'.This is my connection with the entire mattor. No fair-minded person in South Carolina will assert that I have been gnilty of wrong-doing in accepting a fee for my services. "Now let us 6ee what Governor I Tillman and Treasurer Bates have j saved the State by this so-called bond j deal. In 1892, while this matter was | pending, Mr. John C. Haskell had! introduced into the house of repre-1 sentatives a joint resolution extend j ing the time for the payment of the ! I bonds for a period of four years at the rate of <i per cent, per annum. , He stated in advocacy of the r?solu- ! tion that by reason of the stringency i of money and the lack of confidence : in Tillman's administration, it would j be impossible to refund the debt at j any rate. If his suggestion had i been adopted the sum of $78,580 per annum would have been levied upon the taxpayers of this State, or r a total in four years ot $316,300. This would have been ?197,195 inore than Tillman and Bates paid fur the redemption of the entire indebted? ness The old debt was drawing in? terest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, or in round numbers $315, 000 per annum. As refunded by Tillman it draws 4 1 2 per cent, per annum, or $236,250 in round num? bers, a saving to the taxpayers of $78,750 per annum, more thau.enough to pay the salaries of the governot and treasurer for over 15 years At the end of 20 years the State has the option of refunding the entire debt at a lower rate of interest, or of continuing it at the same rate for 20 years longer. At the expiration of 20 years the Tillman bond deal will have saved the taxpayers $1,575, 000, or nearly one-third of the entire debt. At the expiration of 40 years the taxpayers will have saved $3,150 000 in interest alone, more than enough to buy the entire county of Clarendon at its assessed valuation for taxation . Under this act a sinking fund has been provided for which it sets apart ?75,000 per an? num out of the phosphate royalty. The State now has over $150,000 drawing interest at 4 1-2 per cent, which is being compounded. At the end of 20 years this fund will amount to at least ?1,600,000, and we will retire that much of the State debt, leaving a balance of ?3,600,00jD to be refunded. At the expiration of 40 years the entire debt will have beeen paid. "Who is prepared to censure us for this great work for the people? 1 stand here before the people of South Carolina and state that he who intimates or insinuates that I have ever received a dollar improperly of the people's money ?9 a slanderer and a malicious falsfier of the sworn testimony of this case." - Ill 1- OO- -.J" I III - Shiloh Letter. SHILOH, S. C., June 20, 189*5. Qiise interesting games of base ball were played here to-day between Motts' 1st and 2d nines and Shiloh's 1st and 2d nines. The game between the 2d nines stood 25 to 19, in favor of Motts' and the game between the 1st nines stood 19 to 0 in favor of Shiloh. The Shiloh boys were in fine trim for the contest and did excellent playing. The Motts' Bridge boys behaved like gentlemen and made a good impression. They took their defeat like brave men, and arranged for a game on their ground next Saturday, with the Shiloh boys. Dr. T. R. McElveen, since his return to this place from Augusta, is practicing day and night, and has scarcely any rest. Dr. Tom, as he is familiarly called, is a most popular physician in this section, and the people tn general have implicit confidence io his skill and ability to do full justice by them. Crops in this section are looking well and io fine condition. We hear a good deal of complaint of cotton lice. The Irish potato crop is a failure. Tob?ceo is improving rapidly, and looks well in many places. Occasional. PRIVATEER PERSONALS. PRIVATEER, TOWNSHIP, S. C., June 22, '96. Considering that Bethel is a country church it certainly has a good Sunday School, over 100 pupils are on the roll and the average attendance is good. It is a very creditable Sunday School to our communty Messrs, Matt Ramsey and Whitfield Wells ?;re the superintendent and assistant superintendent and Mr. Rolin Kolb i3 clerk, A large and pleasant community pic nie took place at Cain's mill on Friday. Owing to the rain that afternoon the proposed match game betweeu the Privateer and Jordan nines did not come off. After the meeting ai the Amusement Club at the Bethel parsonage next Friday night, the Club will take a vacation for a while. We hear a good deal about watermelons in the township and we learn that Mr. Newton Barwick carried over a hundred to Sumter last Saturday. Mr. John Baker has quite a pretty watermelon patch. Mr. Burgess Jenkins's sister, Mrs. Hall, from Florida, was expected on Saturday. Hr. Russel Ramsey, of Richland, is visiting his father's family. Last month we received a work of great interest-"The Ninth Annual Report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey"-over 300 pages of which are de? voted to the great earthquake of ten years ago. In this account is Mr. Carl McKinley's admirable sketch of the Charleston earth? quake, which we alluded to in a former letter. Among the other matter about the earth? quake published in this geological report are reports of earthquake observations from a number of States, among which is the brief account of the earthquake in this township, which was written by Mr. E. W. Dabbs and published in the News and Courier. It is a matter of interest to us to know that the na? tional government has pnblished, in tx stand? ard work, an account of a noted event in the history of our township. There are unquestionably people living in this townsship who are descended from aman with whom George Washington lodged. In 1771 this eminent Revolutionary hero, who was then falling the Presidential chair trav? eled in our State and he has left an interest? ing dinry about his trip. Writing of his journey from Camden to Charlotte, he says that he "iodged at James Ingram's," whose house he left at 4 o'clock in the morning. This Ingram, according to the diary from which we have just quoted, lived 26 miles from Camden. Mr. John N. Ingram, of this township, who was horn and taised near the Hanging Rock hattie ground, informs us that his grandfather was James Ingram, who was a magistrate ?md lived about 24 miles above Camden, on the m ?in road from Camden to Churlottee. We think that it is very evident that this was the same mac of whom (Jen. Washington speaks. Mr. Willie Ingram ha3 a nice tobacco j patch, which covers something over an acre. ? It is well worked aod raake3 a neat appear ! ance. An interesting little girl of this township I is Salina OsteeD, daughter of Mr. J. B. j Osteen. Before marriage, her mother, who j was Miss Fannie Pack, was well known RS ; the blind lady musician Salina will be j seven years old next August, and although , she is not able to walk on account of lame j ness and can scarcely reach the organ keys, ! she can play that grand old him, "Jesus, j Lover of My Soul." She has been taught to I play recently and has practiced but very lit ! 'le. She kindly played for us a few days ago and not only does she play naturally, but she plays very well. For one of her years, Salina has a remarkably bright face. Speaking of this little one we may mention the fact that both of her grandfathers were j Confederate soldiers-ber paternal grand ! father, Mr. David Osteen, was a member of I Co. H., 5 S. C. Cavalry and her maternal j grandfather, Mr. Joe Pack, was killed at the j second battle of Manassas. Ia a recent ''catalogue of old, rare, and curious books, comprising early American history, genealogy, travels, etc.," we see mention made of the following work "A genealogical history of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp family and its branches in America. By D. K. Cassel." We hardly suppose there is any thing is this work about the Privateer Kolbs, but as this name is not a common one and it is the name borne by one of the fami? lies of this township, the title of the work is of some interest. Last year, v/ith two horses, Mr. Talley Ingram made eight bales of cotton ('.nd ac? cording to his estimate) 700 bushels of corn without any commercial fertilizers. Ke has sold about two hundred bushels of this corn. The following statement will be of interest j in connection with the recent agitation in regard to.the erection of a monument, by Congre s to the memory of Gen. Thomas i j Sumter, in Carolina's pretty little city which i bears his distinguished name, hanging cn the wal ls of a parlor in tb 13 township is a cabinet size likeness of this brave Involution ? ary officer ia his old age, it is a photographic j copy of an oil painting in Charleston which was panted by Harvey Mitchell in 1832 and was a copy of the one ordered by Congress, which latter painting was aiso deneby Mitch? ell and which is, we presume, still banging in the rotunda of the Capital at Washing? ton. Sometime back Mr. W. J. Ardis, of Man? chester township, expressed the wish that at least the Sumter County portion of his old company, Culpepper's Bttery might have a reunion. We were recently talked v.ith a former officer ot this company who expressed the same wish that Mr. Ardi3 did about a reunion of the Sumter portion. McD F. On to Richmond. At a meeting of Camp R. H. Anderson Confederate Veterans Association, of Sumter, S. C., held to-day, the following delegates aod alternates were elected to represent the camp at Richmond : Delegates-P. Moses, J. H. Terry, H. C. Moses, J. Harvey Wilson, P. P. Gaillard. Alternates-H. J. McLaurin, J. C. Parnell, J. M. McElveec, J. D. Blanding, H. Harby, D. J. Auld. On motion, P. Mose3, chairman of delega? tion was authorized, to fill anv vacancies in either delegates or alternates, and also to make collections to raise the balance neces? sary to pay dues of camp. On motion, the commandant and adjutant were authorized to draw check for amount of funds in bank in favor of P. Moses, chair? man of delegation. Delegates and other "urvivors going to Richmond will leave here on Monday morn? ing next at 6.55. Y. M. C. A The meeting of the V. M C. A. on Sunday last was not very largely attended, but the members president seemed intent 00 improving theorder. Four members were received into fel? lowship. This :s a good sign, and indicate? some growth and increased interest. The committee appointed to look for a young man to act as Secretary made a report, and the Association instructed them to invite Mr. Jno. B Towill, of Batesburg, to visit Sumter, in order that a full and free confer encs may be held, looking to his accepting the work. Mr. Towill is a teacher, and has been for some time engaged in Y. M. C. A. work with Mr. Jno. Lake. He is recommended both by Mr. Lake and Mr. W. M. Lewi'3. As soon as he notifies the committee of the date of bis visit, mention will be made of it in the papers, and all the members of tbe Associa? tion will be called together to meet bim. We learn that Sunday, July 5, basneen suggested as the time for him to come. Tired people are tired because they have exhausted their strength. The ooly way for them to get strong is to eat proper food, food, after dige:tion is made easy with Shaker Digestive Cordial. But eating is not all. Strength comes from People who get too tired die. Life is streugtb. Food is the maker of strength. 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EACH COUNTY of this State is entitled to as many scholarships in the Winthrop College at Rock Hill as it has representative? in the House of Representatives. These scholarships will be awarder: upon a competitive examination to be held at the County Court House on July 30th ct 9 a. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age and must have a good knowl? edge of the common school branches. The expeoses of attendance do not exceed SS 50 a month for board, furnished room, beat, light and washing. Fer further information and a catalogue, address PRESIDENT, D. B. JOHNSON, June 3-4. Rock Hill, S. C. BEAUTY HATH CHARMS and all the charms which beau? ty likes best to don are shown in our grand display of fash? ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels 'like these would en? hance the charms of the most fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such brilliant aids to her beauty. 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