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Mayfields Bomb. FLAT DENIAL AS TO ONE OF ELLERBE'S STATEMENTS. Pickens, July 31.-The court house *$lPickens to-day was well filled by the voters of this county. The audience iras remarkably uudemostrative aod gave all hands , a most respect lui hearing. There were some side {?hots passed between the candidates that relieved the speeches of their sameness. The dispensary provoked a number of digressions and now all of the candidates have had a little to say as to their views on the dispensary. Mr. Mayfield to day used his time to reply to tho invitation of Governor Eilerbe as to proof of his duplicity on themetro politan police matter, and in response to a positive denial was equally positive in sajing that Governor EUerbe was I deliberately when he .denied tell? ing him that' ba proposed using' the machinery of his office against Evans and irby if they rain agaioct McLau rin. lt was such parenthetical remarks /and laps that made to-day's roeetiog lively and interesting. Mr. McLaerio look occasion to-day much more than : usual to reply to statements of bis op? ponents, and so it went all along. But the meeting was interesting. Mr. MoLacrin, who spoke first, laud? ed the roads and climate of Pickens and expressed the view that there was more future for the Piedmont stotiou than any part of the United States. He said be was one of the fi rsi lawyers to embrace Reform principle, and again related that every reform demand was io the platforms and now there was no steed for factional Hoes. k Mr. Mclaurin made decidedly one of his strongest, cleanest vaad clearest speeches made during the camgaign. Mr. Mayfield said he only, ran be? cause he believed bis positions right. M^Laur?n7s friends were the only ones who opposed meetings in every county. Mr. Mayfield said he voted for pro hibition as long as there was such a bill before thc senate. The dispensary is DOW a thing cf corruption and the State sboaid gat oat of the business. If the liqcior business must be done let the counties regulate it. There has been stealing, fraud and wrong heaped on the people and it is time to stop it. He said he bad helped the mountain boys witibout fee and bad never had a chance to do anything xs to internal revenue system. The dispensary matter got warm and Mr. McLaurin had made a statement and Mr. Mayfield went on to the Lati? ner bill and Mr. McLaurin said if there wai no combination against bim why waa the attack against him when he iiaa the only one who attacked the dis* pegsary. Why was this, wheo Gov? ernor Evans, the author of the bill, sat in the hall. Why not attack him. Thia .provoked mach applause and then Mr. Mayfield went on to say Mc? Laurin committed political suicide at Greeo ville, and he weald not attack him further. Mr. McLaurin-Then .that is why you leave Evans alone. ( Again laugh? ter and applause ) ; Mr. MeLaurtn before stated that he did not regard the dispensary as an issue. When others favored the bill he thought it unwise and wheo enacted he believed it should be honorably en acted. When in congress he fought the present internal revenue system and he wanted the States to regulate this matter. None of the others did this He did say at S par tan burg there were some better things about the dis? pensary than he expected and it should not be saddled with all the wroBgs charged. Mr. Mayfield closed with his reply on the metropolitan police matter. He said : Governor Eilierbe has given to the papers a carefully prepared interview ia which he does not ?eoy the charge which I made at Orangeburg in which I charged him with "duplicity*'in deal ing with the metropolitan police, and if he denied it I would prov? it. Here is what he says : "I would like to have the proof of any double deal- | iog on my part in reference to the j metropolitan police or any other public i meetiog.'* I will give proof. Daring the cam- ! paign of 1S96 a caucus was held in ! the city of Charleston. This oaucus j was composed of leaders in thought, activity and journalism in South Caro- j lina The question to be decided was : ? Shall the people of Charleston vote for Senator John R. Harrison or Gen. I Wm. fi Ellerbe for governor ? Mr. Ellerbe had nos written aoy let- ; ters, bat a friend-personal and politi- ? cal-was a member of that caucus, f?e pledged and vouched for Mr Eiier- j he the removal of the metropolitan ; police. He spoke "as one have bavicg i authority. " % That caucus decided to give Mr. El lerbe the support of Charleston because he would remove the metropolitan po ; lice The campaign mc2tiog wa? held I in Charleetoa, and then Gov. Eilerbe said : "I will remove the metropolitan police from the city of Charleston wLeo ?ver I am given assurances that the dispensary law will be enforced.'* This atatement was made after the caucus, after the "friend'* had pledged ; Gen. Ellerbe to the removal of the metropolitan police. It was made io the presence of the members that cao eos and face to face with the voters of Charleston eily. It was made for the purpose of get I The people of Charleston voted for E lerbe because of this understands After the primary election and befo i he was inaugurated, Gov. Ellcrbe w: I visited by a cDrrrspondent of The Nev ?and Courier and written up tri gre shape ? know the correspondent, ar be no doubt he told the whole tru'h abm that interview. He gave the repor:< to understand that the metropolitan p< lie? would be removed During the session of the tai legislature Thos. W. Bacot < Charleston had frequent interview with Gov. Eilerbe about the remov; of the metropolitan police, and toi Gov. Eilerbe that Dr. IUerton wa going to introduce a bill to repej the metropolitan act Represent? tive IUerton of Florence county an the representative of Anderso county both talked with Gov. Ellerb and he assured each of tbeoi that h would remove the metropolitan pol ic from Charleston. Those representa Uves believing that the governo meant what he said took no step themselves and prevented any legis lation upon the metropolitan police. Before the adjournment of the leg islature Gov. Ellerb? assured a selec few that he would not re move the metropolitan police unti every member bf the city connel signed an agreement in writing t enforce the dispensary law. At the time Mr Bacot was work ing so zealously for Charleston, Gov Eilerbe promised several persons tba he would exact from the mayor o Charleston an agreement in writing \o be signed by every member of th? council to enforce the dispensar law. This is admitted by Gov. Ellerbi in this interview. But did the gov ernor tell Representative IUerton Ashley or Bacot of this ? No. It wai kept a profound secret from' them I knew nothing of it. I was fightin| the dispensary law. It was knowi only to the favored few and wat carefully guarded Gov. Ellerb< knew that of the 24 aldermen that a least six were political and persona friends of Chief Martin and BOOK others would not sign any paper tc enforce the dispensary law. Before the adjournment of the leg islature Chief Martin knew the term? which would be imposed On Marci % Mayor Smyth was informed bj Gov. Eilerbe that he would take of the metropolitan police matter aftei the adjournment of. the legislature Mat^h 4th Mayor Smyth fixed the 6th for the conference Now matk, Mayor Smyth in thu conference proposed to have thc council pass an ordinance to enforce the dispensary law. This could be done by a majority or at most two thirds vote of the council Bot Gov. Eilerbe said he would not humiliate the people of Charles ton by having them to pass au ordi? nance. Gov. Eilerbe had in advance prepared a type-written agreement and presented it to Mayor Smyth The paper was an innocent look ing affair, and with some'modifica lions Mayor Smyth took it to Charleston for signatures Did Gov. Eilerbe tell Mayor Symth that the paper must be signed by' every one of the aldermen ? No ; Mayor Smyth says be never for a moment thought it was to be signed by all ; if he had he would not have carried it to Charleston The paper waa presented on the 8th for the council to sign it. Of the 24, IT signed, 6 refused to sign, 1 was out of the city, but afterwards signed The paper was sent to Columbia to Gov. Eilerbe as signed! fie refused to remove the metropolitan police be cause all did not sign Did Gov. Eilerbe give the mayor of Charleston the assurance he bad given "the favored few" ? No ! Did Gov Eilerbe tell Mayor Smith that he as late as the 28th of Febru ary had assured a friend that that the metropolitan police would not be re? moved until each of the aldermen signed ? .No I A friend of Chief Martin wrote Gov Eilerbe and said : I have writ? ten to friends in Charleston that you would not remove the metropolitan police until all the aldermen signed it I have no wish to misstate your position, so I wish to know if I am correct.v This letter was written after the adjournment of the legislature on March 4th This letter Gov. Eilerbe answered on March Sib, saying : "You have stated my position cor? rectly, and I will stand by it. "Yours, WM. H. ELLERBE " On March 8 the agreement was presented to the council of Charles? ton for signature, the day this letter was written. There is the proof of your dupli? city, Governor. During the session of the legisla ture, Gov. Eilerbe asked my advice about the removal I told him in substance, If you have promised to remove it you should do it-you should keep your promise I knew nothing of the terms of the removal until the papers published it. I never advised with any one about it nor had anything to do with keep? ing. I helped to pass it, but if I had promised to remove it I would have kept my word. It may be well for the public to know how proud the new gover nor was of this bisN^performance. ''Thefavored few" coalatell, and a -?* - - M baa i Eilerbe boasted of his rapid acquisi ! tion of political wisdom. "Didn't I play the metropolitan ! boys, Johnny ?" "Yes, Billy,yoa played 'em." j Mr. Mayfield was applauded at the ! conclusion of his speech. Mr. May j field explained that he was only ! speaking of McLaurin politically and j had tue highest regard for bim per? sonally Col Irby was decidely hoarse and started out to knock two campaign lies on the head First lie, the Tillman interview, and second that he and Evans were running in pairs and that I Evaus was to get the senatorship. ! As a fact McLaurin is not going to ! be a good third, the race was now ! between Evans and himself Lie j knew he was going to have a fair deal. Instead of his running as a loose horse Evans was running as i his colt He said he came out in response to & general cali and only to see that th*e Reform Democratic ban? ner should not trail in the dust. It is four lawyers and a bummer against one. Mr Evans said some candidates jumped on the dispensary because they thought it unpopular hers :. that was not his style but he wanted to sa* he was not ashamed of his dis pensary position and had no regrets. The dispensary he regarded as the best solution ever offered, especially the poor men. He believed prohibi? tion a farce on the record it has. If liquor has to be regu lated then it should be controlled by the government. If hiskey be free it would be a ruination instead of a blessing This question, how ever, was ior settlement next year and not now. but he was not apolo? gizing for what he had done. Mr. Evans was talking about com? binations and said that Mr. Eilerbe had said if he and Irby ran against McLaurin he would throw the force of his administration against Evans and Irby. Mr. McLaurin said Ellerbe was not here to .answer for himself; he would say Governor Eilerbe denied | this statement to him. Mr Mayfield-He did say so in substance to me and he knows it and his denial is absolutely false. Governor Evans-It is a question of veracity, then. Then Mr. Evans went on to say if Eilerbe had said he would use bis administration against him it would be the act of an ingrate for but for him Ei? lerbe would likely not be governor. Moreover the people were not being j led or under any dictator and they are net wearing any collars - - ? I mmn Brief But Pointed WHAT GOV. ELLERBE I SAYS ABOUT MAY FIELD'S PROOFS. Wheo seen yesterday Gov. Eilerbe ! expressed himself in a very brief but emphatic manner io regard to the at- j tempt made by Senatorial "Candidarc ? Mayfield ar Pickens to present the ! '.proof*' of his charge that the govern-! cr had been guilty of double dealio? j ?in the'matter of the Charleston metro- j politan police The governor, in I speaking of the matterr, did not mince j words or stop to hunt for any particular I language in which to express himself. : ; He seems to be much disgusted with ; Mr. Mayfield'* effort to prove bim a ? ; double-dealer. i When asked about the matter Gov. j Eilerbe promptly made this response : "Without the slightest provocation j on my part. Mr. Mayfield bas preferred I charges agaioct me without being able j to prove them. His statements are ; false. A gentleman is at a disadvan? tage when he engages in a controversy i with such a man. I cannot afford to j notice bim further." j The governor concluded that he ; thought it useless to say more. Gov Eilerbe was asked also about J ; the announcement io the' last Usue of j ! The Piedmont Headlight that he had j j re appointed Eichelberger on the con ! stabulary force and the intimations that ? he wai? using the constabulary force to I aid MeLaurio. Fie stated that ir. wa? ? true that Eichelberger had been re-ap- j i painted by him recently As to the ; I intimations, he said he cared to have j I nothing to say ; he dce3 not propose to ! be drawn io to thc senatorial ?^ht ar?d will not notice the iutimatious made. Sympathy for Strikers - ' Pittsburg, July 31.-A number of"j ; coal operators who congregated at j : the Monongahela House during the j day expressed themselves very io rei- i biy ot? the strike .situation. They I were all in favor of the strikers and ] i say they hope the mitlers will win j Tliey were strong in their denuncia- I tion of Sheriff Lowrey for issuing I j the proclamation ordering the strikers at. the New York and Cleveland mines to retire to their homes. John Blyth, tiie veteran coal operator. I said : ''I am more heartily in sym : pathy with tito miners in this strug gie th an I have been in any strike they ever inaugurated 1 hope they j will win. The proclamation of thc sheriff waR an outrage and I do not ! believe can force the miners to leave \ the ground they are now occupying j j with the permission of the owuers j I do not think he has any right to in \ terfere " Strikers are hopeful today. No material change has occurred. The Issue is Made. Wbat Mr. Tillman Said cf Mr. Irby. Tc the Editor cf The State. I notice in the press dispatch of Friday night last a denial of an in? terview with Senator Tillman that ap? peared in last Monday's issue of the Charlotte News Having been away from Charlotte for nearly a week and not being in a position to seethe daily papers, I was unware that the interview had been questioned until I reached home to? day. The facts in the case are these and Senator Tillman cannot truthfully deny any portion of them I board? ed the Columbia-bound train in Char? lotte last Sunday morning and at once recognized Senator Tillman sitting on the rear seat in one of the sleepeis. ? went over to where he was sitting soon after the train left Charlotte Having repeatedly interviewed him before I thought, of course, he re? cognized me and that, too, as a news? paper man I questioned Senator Tillman closely on the present sena? torial campaign My object was to, if possible, draw him out and get' some expression of preference for ? one of the several candidates now j before the people of your State for senatorial honors. Senator Tillman spoke kindly of both Mclaurin and Evans, and when, in the course of the conversation, Irby's name was mentioned, he said : "Irby reminds me of a mau that has been buried for six months and has just scratched out " Continuing, he said that Irby's con? duct while in Washington was so flagrantly immoral that it was just out of the queston for him to be elected to the office to which he as? pires While Senator Tillman lias de- j nounced the interview as a fake, 1 ? am satisfied if he will just think for j one moment he will acknowledge i the truthfulness of the entire article. If he persists in his d?maud I will feel called upon to produce abundant evidence, to prove the accuracy of my statement C. A MATIHSWS, Staff Charlotte News Charlotte, N C., Aug 1. On the Black List. No Mistake as to Webster's Programme. Special to The State. Washington, Aag. 1.-It is It. E. Williams aod not Crook who 19 on Webster's slate for the Newberry post office. Crook is slated for St. George V Levy (white) may be substituted for Edwards at Walterboro. The dis? position of this office has been left to Shaker and he has recommended Levy. With these changes the list sent The State is substantially correct. There may be other changes hereafter. An effort is being made to indnce Mr. Cunningham to pull out of the contest for the marshaiship and accept the post mastership at Charleston. If it is sue- ! ccssful. Dr. Crum will be appointed collector of customs af. Cbarlestoo E. J. Dickerson of Aiken confirms The State's information as to bis ap? pointment as postmaster at Aiken. He is here representing B P. Chatfield in the Chatfield-Ta'.bert contested election j case. ? Chatfield seems to realize that he is j making a forlorn fight for Col Talbert's J seat and with the shrewdness of the ? average Connecticut citizen, who takes | al! the chances, bas applied for the col lectorsbip of customs at Charleston, j He was introduced at the White House ? by Senator Hawley of Connecticut. J The President heard his request about ! thc collectorship and expressed great, i interest in Cbatfield's election cootest. ! It -'closed the incident'' for the time j J. B. fl. j Latest From Alaska. -- I Seattle. Wash., Aug. 1.-The; steamer Alki arrived ir: port this j morning. She brought 400 pas- j sengers from Juneau,, Sitka and Fort j Wrangle. Ker cargo was light. Her officers report having left a j large colony at Dyea, all the mern- ! bers of which were in the best of| health and spirits. The steamer ; brought no information from lite in ; terior. Juneau is fast becoming de- j populated. Stocks of goods have \ been so reduced by the purchases of j those leaving for up the Yukon that : it wouid be difficult to secure an out- | Ht - .II - >? - o .?? ? -cimm i Aiken July 31.-Little Inez Tur? ner, the eight-year old daughther of! Mr. F. P. Turner, the master spinner j of Gran?teville factory, died here last night at a late hour from the ef? fects of a burn she received from an overturned Limp She was on a visit to lier grandfather, Mr W. Mundy. The body was taken to Graniteviiie (his afternoon for interment This was a horrible affair and much sym? pathy is felt for the parents ami grand parents JOHNSTON'S ' CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever \ _In One Day. j Where There is War. Fighting ia Progress in Many Places. Tampa, Fla., Aug 1.-The story telegraphed from Habana last week i about ao attack by insurgents on the ? suburbs of that city is confirmed by j passenger who lefc Habana oo the Plant line steamer Mascott yesterday and arriving here to night Among the number was Senor Calbajer, a wea!"hy Spaniard and bis wife and daughter, who are now to be reckoned ncnoDg tbe refugees who have fled froaa Habana. The attack referred to was made on the little village of Marnanao, about 10 miles southwest of the city, aod the terminus of the antiquated and dilapidated Marnanao railroad. The trip to Marnanao used to be a favorite one with American tourists in Cuba, as it gave tourists an idea of the tropical luxuriance of the islands and intro? duced them to some large pineapple groves, beside being in convenient reach to one of the most desirable of the large sugar plantations. Senor Calbajer '"s an eye witness of the raid on Marna??. .>. He says that the attack ws.s led by Baidqmero, A Costa, Juan del Gado and Hernandez The insurgent chiefs left 500 of their troops outside of the town and carried in 300 to the attack. They were well armed with dynamite rapid-fire guns and met with but slight resistance. The engagement was short and desperate. Forty nine Spaniards were killed and 120 wound? ed ; two Cubans were killed and 40 wounded. The inhabitants of the town fled for their lives, leaving the insur? gents in complete possession. They saeked the place and secured ?40,000 in gold, besides a large quautity nf supplies that they could not carry away Other passengers tell about the same story of the affair Senor Caibajer says that thc wildest terror reigns io Habana and that the well to-do inhab? itants are leaving aa fast as local laws will permit. --at?- - -?--.- - -<???? Delay of a Peace Settlement in Greece. London, Aug. 2.-The Marquis of Salisbury, replying in the bouse of lords to day to the Liberal leader, the Earl of Kimberley, who questioned the government as to the state of the peace negotiations between Greece and Tur? key, outlined the status of the powers' exchanges of views, occasionally re? ferring to them in sarcastic tones. The premier said it was DO wonder that the patience of many people was sorely tried by the delay. The complexity and multiplicity of the negotiations, he added, caused delay on account of their leDgth. Lord Salisbury explained that the peace the powers were trying to arrange was no ordinary agreement between a conqueror and a conquered country The territory conquered by the Turk? ish army was ooe assigned to Greece by international arrangement and there? fore the powers' voice in regard to its disposal was recognized in demanding security against incursions such as tho?? which brought about the present war and for that purpose a rectification of the frontier ou a strategic base wa3 a reasonable demand. It was also rea sonable to hold that the Greek commu? nities should not be placed under Turk? ish role. The premier further asserted that ber majesty's ministers believed those questions had been settled and that Turkey bad accepted the frontier line traced by the military attaches of the embassies of the powers, though the premier shared Lord Kimberley's doubts. Speaking of the indemnity to be paid to Turkey by Greece, the premier said : "There comes ia the mysterious and j difficult question of the German bond-! holders. We do not think that an* j internatiooal duty lies on Europe to | provide for their payments, though I j admit they have been long unpaid " Lord Salisbury further said : "The credit of Greece in the Euro- j pean market will for a long time bs ex- j ceedingly small and some form of con- j trol of Greek sources of revenue is in- j evitable. [ cannot say that negotia- j lions in tuai direction have advanced : very far and I must admit- that tue ! qeetion may be a source of very eon siderabie delay." With reference to Crete, L"!rd Salis , bury said there wa? no use for the ; powers to attempt to arrange a form of; government until the moro important j controversy had been adjusted. The present attitude of Crete seemed to be : favorable to an agreement, so far as the Christians were concerned, but the two creeds were no nearer than they bad l-icen for many centuries. "The only solution," bo said, "seems to bc to dig a ditch across the ? land, with thc Christians on one side and the Moslems on tho other. Our car oesc object is to arrange what bas been promised, taking care to be just to beth sections We du not incline tu admit merely because the Mussulmans are itt the minority that their interests are te ne neglected.'' L >rd Salisbury ?aid ho fully a^rc^i with L^rd Kimberley that Crete was iu a dangerous position. Thc cl? ement of danger, however, did not , arise, be iosisted, because the island ; was mixed up in the affairs of the I Ottoman empire, but rather from the j terrible division among the creeds, a division which might yet require a pow? er greater than all the sovereiDgs of Europe to banish it. Will investigate The Outrage in Spartanburg Ey Constables. It looks as if the State dispensan' constables who committed the acts complained of in The Stace yesterday in Spartanburg on Saturdy night last are going to have 6ome trouble about their reckless behavior on that oc? casion Governor Eilerbe intends to go to the very bottom of the matter. The Spartanburg Herald published an account of the doings of the con? stables which it took pains to state had been most carefully made. It than addressed a very strong open letter to the governor in which at? tention was called to the fact that two of the leading constables in the matter were two men who have been convicted of manslaughter and are now out on bond pending appeals. When Governor Eilerbe was asked about the matter yesterday he stated that he intended to order immediately a complete and thorough investiga? tion of all the facts charged and if they proved to be as stated in The Herald he proposed to take action in. the matter at the earliest possible moment Governor Eilerbe went cn to say that so far as he knew Eichelberger had no business in Spartanburg No one had ordered him' to go there. He had been reinstated on the force recently in order to let him complete certain cases he had been working upon in Laurens county. Eichelber? ger was supposed fco be in Laurens county when the trouble occurred in which he seems to have figured as the star actor.-The State. A Whitecap Killed. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 2 -A Huntsville, Ala., special to The Ban? ner says : A band of moonshiners attempted to enter the house of Frank Simmons afc Conrad, 20 miles north of this city, early Sunday morning and the leader, Dudley Johnson, was killed., The despe? radoes broke the door from its fasten? ings aod when Johnson appeared Simmons fired. The leader stepped backward and after firing several shots into the house the party re? tired. This morning Simmons' young con found Johnson dead in the woods a short distance from the house. The bullet severed the jugular vein and ranged downward, comiug out be? tween his shoulders. Simmons learned that a mob of moonshiners was forming and fled to the woods until he can secure the protection of the law. The coroner's jory held Simmons justifiable The moonshiners, who were afraid Sim? mons would testify against them, dressed in whitecappers7 uniforms aud wept to kill him. When found John son wore a mask. Sheriff Fulgham bas gone to the scene of the trouble and will accord Simmons the protec? tion of the law. Nineteen Men Became Insane New York. Aug 3 -At a meeting of the Brooklyn board ot charities and corrections to day, resolutions were adopted allowing prisoners in the Kings county penitentiary to per? form work for the city department of parks without any remuneration, provided that the convicted did not come into competition with free la? bor. The insanity of 19 prisoners of the penitentiary and the inability of the prison officials to provide work for the convicts caused the passage of ?uese ?esolutions Last week the last of the 19 men who have been declared insane at the penitentiary was taken to the Washington insane asylum To day another man is under surveillance. He has been put to work in the 6tone shed. It is hoped by this action of the charities board the enforced idle? ness and resultant insanity will be done awav with Washington, Au jr. li -The State department has finally closed .-mother international incident by paving over to Couot Vinci, the Italian charge d'affaires here, thc- sum ot" $6.000. as tndemniry for the d<?ing to death by a mob, ot :hr<>.> Itaiias subjects. The men were Loreczo S^iardino, Salvatore Areno -and Guiseppe Yenturella, and they were were taken out of jsii at Hahnvj'ile, La., abou^ a year ago and lynched Tom Sharkey nr.? Peter Maher will S?rht i? San Francisco for a purse of 320.000 instil s.lf the sickness in the world. It jested food too long tn the bowels ; biliousness, torpid liv:'", indi? gent i ' taste, coated : vu- ?e. sick headache, in? somnia, etc. Hood's Pills cureconstipation and all its results, easily and thoroughly. "25c. AH druggists. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass. TLe only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. 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