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Greenwood Meeiin; Irby and McLaurin Have a Tilt on Free Raw Material fe . A Good Natured Crowd, Greenwood, Aug. 5.-It was a very p mach delayed, a large and a bit lively campaign meeting that was held here to-day. To begin with, the speaking : did not begin until 2 o'clock, bat the ?" throng seemed to be hungry for cam ; paign oratory and waited and listen . ed until nightfall The speakers' stand collaspsed early in the pro ? gramme, but that made no material, difference Col. Irby to day was ! even more vigorous than usual, and j ?': paid his respects to Governor El-j lerne in brief There was a lively time for a few minutes'when Col. Irby asked Mr. McLaurin to answer a question, and insisted, on ayes orno answer, and Mr. McLaurin was equal }y as positive in answering the qnes ? iion bis own way or not at all. This. Col. Irby urged, was dodging, which was denied by Mr. McLaurin, and there was a tilt as to whether there should be any answer or not to this and another question Col. Irby ' wanted an unequivocal affirmative or negative anster. and Mr. McLaurin demanded the right to an? swer in his own way. It ended in ~ Mr &cLaorio not recognizing the subsequent questions,, and Col. Irby! declining interruption for the answers Mr. McLaurin insisted his right to give if any reply be given There were appeals for fair play, and Col Irby's retort was that h? took his medicine like a game cock and Mc j Laurin was mad? which McLaurin; vigorously denied. Chairman Magill introduced ex Governor Evans, who said he did not create Greenwood county, but was born in th is county and he looked upon his own people. He had no , animosity against those who fought bim fairly- He referred to the last campaign and that he was even charg ed with dishonesty, bat bis people knew him. He also dared to make this race and was here to make the \ fight for this State He said he 'would not discuss State issues, al? though be could not not be frighten on them. s He tock up the tariff question without delay and said that Bryan had repudiated McLaurin"s position He favored a direct tax, as this was the only way to let the people ? know what was being spent, (Inder a direct tax Rhode Island would pay 16 times the taxes of South Carolina, while as it if?, the farmer pays the expeusea McLiurin would plead the baby act if be were right he need not plead t persecution He said he would I . prove that McLaorin belonged to the j .Republican ranks B Ycice-Don't get scared, Mc? Laurin. ( Applause ) About this time the rear end of the j ^platform caved in and Evans said ih?k j McLaurin was too heavy a load for j acy Democratic platform ?o cany j X Applause ) With a wreck of a stand, j the speaking went merrily aloDg on j the tai iff schedule. If he is wrong and Tillman's wrong, j i?we will lick them both, said Evans I Are you going to elect him because j . Tillman does something ? Voice-We be!:ive in Tillman III ?van9 went crt io say thai Mc ; Laurin's cotton tax would dimply cost | tbs farmer 20 per cent. The Allen ! staple was not not raised, because I more could be made on short staple cotton If McLaurin were kept in ? congress much longer, the people | would have to ?0 around with flaps j on themselves The audience applauded mucth at Evans's defense of Calhoun w?;aiV??t I the "new evangel.'" In talking i.f the negro Republican paper endors ing McLaurin, he called it "nigger" i because he could not #et out cf his I raising a:ul meant no disrespect. The I southern farmer had nothing to pro- j tect and^it was all rot to get them j to favor il^in any way He jumped j on McLinnu? wool, lumber and bag ; ging voiep, and some of the crowd said, "Put it to 'pm " Somebody trot into a row on the fringe of the crowd, and there was ? an ?rrest ?hat provoked excitement j He said he was delighted with the j reception he had received, and knew j he could count on the good people j of Greenwood county. He wa? well received Senator McLaurin turned Iiby'sj broncho joke to his own use and eaid i that was the kind of pony the people wanted. He said be could reply to j every statement made by Governor i Evans He bas argued the tariff bill j as if the Democrats framed it Evans has pui himself in the ranks of Hen- j ry George, Mary Lease, Simpson and i . the other single-taxers, and would j tear loose from the Democratic party. ; The people are already standing all ; the direct tax they can, for it falls on the lands and mules and other vis ible property. In Delaware they have a single tax they are trying to ; get rid of. The Federal tax imposed under the bayonet is a sample. The I banker and bondholder escape almost entirely. By the last census Mrs. Lease and Governor Evans would im? pose on every farm of $1,000 a tax ! of $111, in addition to present taxes. This is neither probable or possible. ? He answered the Calhoun charge and ! said be always defended Calhoun. But he was not unmindful of the new j '- ?? - + n Sn 'Koro i ?' not changed since Calhoun's c ! He forgets entirely that slave i j has been swept away and th have changad greatly He went to free raw materials and he stood on the Democratic platf which was against discriminatio any sort. Irby asked if Calhoun did change to free trade, and MeLa said he did not, and the crowd * to hurrahing fer Mclaurin and Ir friends broke in. McLaurin said he had the rec but did net have to go to "nigg papers or Republicans. McLa contended that Calhoun dech against free raw materia!, just as did. McLaurin tied Evans to M Lease so that some one hurrahed Alary Ellen. He explained the progress of tariff, and stated that all the opp tion to his house position came f northern Republicans. He claii that the 20 per cent, duty on cot was entirely fair-certainly as D ocratic as a higher duty on wheal the Wilson bilk A duty of 20 cent on cotton could have done harm and much good against fore cotton. To day he fully expiai: the use of American and foreign < ton and wools. If America is for Americans who is it for ? (i plaose ) Mr. Evans talks ab English clothes and hardly a n here wears a foreign coat or 1 The hope for our country is to 1 at home. The time was over to t about helping "you wool-bat boi and the like. Voice-Didn't you say about t Reform party, during the Darling! riot, it was going to bell and \ were not going with it ? Mr. McLanrin said with such pi pie the whole country would there. The Reform party, he sa was all right It was .going to i load its useless baggage and vi safe. It bad given the primary the people and stood for t pie and their rights ; but was no time to talk about Refor (Applause.) He went ou to ta about the lumber schedule after sn young man said he could expia Evans' statement and was invited to do Gov Evans explaiued wh he said and then the speech we merrily along Mr. Mayfield gave Mr. McLaur five minutes of his ?time. Then M McLaurin went on to the rice sehe nie and argued that no foreign crae: ed rice was used here except f beer making He said he was gli to see Tillman take such a manly ar honest position yesterday. They ?toe together and voted together on a tariff matters ; as Tillman said. He thanked the audience for i warm and enthusiastic reception, an promised to always worthily repn sent these people Col. Irby said he would have t speak brifiy because of the late hoi; and threatening weather. He, how ever, wanted lo catch up with the ?ia: who always attacked the strongei man He said he was fighting th world, the flesh and the devil. E lerbe, Neal aud Nie. Gonzales ii first denied running as a loose hors or in combination with Evans or any one He " was against the who! gang The only combination wa against him The tariff was onl; used to m ratify you Gov EMerbe he said, had prostituted his office am true Democracy when he kept th metropolitan police in Charleston The policy is unwise and unjust, fo Charleston . should be treated a Greenwood-that was LVmocracy There can be no true Democrat without local self government. These people wanted ? new party and picked up McLaurin, who hat been untrue to his parly, to lead Why Gonzales had Sllerbe decide OJ McLauriu's appointment before poo Eirle was cold in his grave Thii wa? indecent haste lt looked lik< thin Reform movement and true De mucracy would have no spokesman but he took up the cudgel. Ile th^i went on to say why he wa? sacrificer, last year He was now the onlj Democrat running The Conserva lives were Democrats, but erred ii judgmeut He was proud of his rec ord, for it was without blemish. (A laugh ) Irby-You may hiss, but yoe will still be a goes?. He .said he was down here to kee j McLaurin and a few dtf-gruntied peo pie from destroying the Reform parry. He asked McLaurin if be would oppose free raw aaterial if Bryan ot some ether Democrat were eleoted and there was a Democratic congress Mr. McLaurin said be would stand on the Democratic platform, just as he now did. Irbv-He won't answer yes or no McLaurio-You can't put. the an: swer io my mouth. I will stand CD tiie platform Irby-Ht;'a dodging. McLiurin-No, I am cot. There was much hurrahing McLau rio and Irby both had the floor Mc? Laurin said be would answer the ques? tion in his own way and Irby said he wanted no dodging but an answer, yes or no McLaurin-You've got no right to ask a question and answer it. Irby-I'li take care of that. (Much hurrahing ) Irby-He won't answer. McLaurin-You won't let me. Here there was applause and cries of "Give him fair play." irby-I'll prove he only wants i\f?\ na Trrci rt rit Kim in a K'NIO and ?rill sonn scnoke the fox out. The bas: !)-ii:eipie of true Democracy was fre<? j raw material, free silver, free sugar ! and the like and he would vote for it n : inaner what, others did. ? Col. Irby asked McLaurin how he ; stood on the dispensary. I McLaurin said he would refuse to an? swer the question unless ailowed to un j so io bis own way. He said nc : thought such tactics unfair and he I would not do so. ! Irby-You can't catch me. He's ! getting mad. McLaurin said be was not mad. I Irby-Why, he looks like four devils j are standing out on his face. McLaurin-Tben they are the reflec ? tioo quadrupled from your face. (Much j applause.) j Irby-- Wheoever you've got a man j mad you've got him. . Mr. McLaurin was asking to be j heard. Col. Irby said he never kicked ; but took his medicine like a game cock and would not allow interruptions in his time. Mr. McLaurin sat down. Then Col. Irby pouoded away on ! Mr McLaurin and ? aid that McLiurin was strutting about Washington about the time of the Darlington rebellion and talking abont the Beform party going to hell and impeaching the gov? ernor. He was against the governor theo but is now trying to swing on his coattail and was even getting through like a calf to get at the teats. After a while be went for Governor Ellerbe and said he was as weak as circus lemonade, made ont of poke- berries and spring water, (laughter.) Neal, be said, was leaving bis work running around the State on poiiicts and now they talk of a deal io Charleston to re? move the metropolitan police McLau? rin all of a sudden way up in the Pied? mont talks of removing thc police, wheo be never said so before. If there were a deal he would tell the people ail about it some day. He bas been de? nouncing the metropolitan police all along. It was no new thing for him. Ellerbe, he said, was prostituting his ofice to injure hi?i and was discharg? ing constables who would not work for McLaurin. One of his friends OD the fcrce who refused to walk the streets for McLaurin was dismissed. Col. Irby was quite vigorous to-day and bad friends io the audience. Mr Mayfield said be would not speak 10 minutes on account of the late boor. He said be bad just heard that the new county acts were to be attacked, but he would say they were all solid and good He s?id he had received a letter from ! Mr. Vance and would ?ay he thought Mr. Vance a good ar.d honest man, but system was wrong sn ? could not and should not j-tand. It the was now a stupeo('bu> failure. He briefly outlined his tariff views after which the meeting was closed. Johnson's Chill and Fe? ver Tonic is a ONE~DAY Cure.' It cures the most stubborn case of Fever in 24 Hours* Thurmond on Trial. State's Testimony Same as at | Inquest. Self Defense tno j Piea. Special to The St* fe. Eagefield. Aug. o -The trial pf! Solicitor J. Wm. Thurmond ror the { killing of Wi!! Harri.? on the 21?t of Marth ?ast. wai? begun today. About1 an boor was consumed in selecting the \ jury, wf.ich is composed of the' best i ? men !o the county. Teu witnesses were examined in be- \ half of thc State, and 14 on behalf of ? j the defense. The following lawyers will speak in j j the morning : Genera! Butler and j Attorney General Barber will I speak for the State, and G W. Croft, j J C. Sheppard, N G. Evans and J H. 1 Tillman will speak for thc defense j In the moroining one witness, a j drummer from Richmond. v?ho has j failed to arrive to-day, wi!] be cxam I iced cn behalf of the State. The State developed nothing new j from the testimooy taken at the io j quest, which bas already been publish? ed The plea of the defendant is self ; defense, and all tbe evidence is * io j that line. Solicitor Thurmond has beeo acquit j ted of the murder of Chas Harris. The j jury returned a verdict of not guilty I after beiog out only forty minutes. Terrific Explosion. Chicago, Aug. 5.-Four lives were J . lbe>( and 51 firemen and several of hers to- j ! jured io an explosion wniob took place j J this evening during a fire in the North- ! 1 western gra'.u elevator at Cook and I ; West Water Greets. Three of the dead are firemen, the body of another fireman is thought to be buried in the I ] ruins of the elevator, ar.d one man, un- : I identified, was blown into thc Chicago ; : river. From the force with whi?h thc ! explosion swept, the .?pot on which he ; wa& standing, it lg certain that he must have been instantly killed Either tfce bursting of a holler or the explosion pf mill oust caused the havoc. ; The three firemen who were killed by ! the falling walis of the elevator were : . Jacob J. '"chuer, John J . Coogan and I Jacob S Strainer. f?. Jumps on Preachers. Tillman Says They Are in League Wita ?evil. Special io T/ e Stale. Keck Bill, Aug. 0' -?:: immense crowd braved ?he rain to greet. Till iran a*t Tirzah tc-day The ?rst speaker was Col. D'Arcy P Duncan, whose ex? position cf thc aluauctf principles vra listened to intently. Senator TU 1 mari and Governor EUer be arrived at 10 o'clock and were loud? ly cheered Mr Ti: ?mau began tu speak soon after-?ard with h ii -accus tomcd fire and vigor. He stated in the beginiicg that his first political speech was made near ibis spot ll years a?/o. He theo began an elaborate defense or the dispensary law He fathered ail responsibility for the law ; he nursed it and held it up, had stood by ir, de? fended it against ali the attacks in the courts, in toe Darlington war, and is now standing by it in the senate. If j hard work and faithful effort can have icfiueoce, bis bill (recently defeated in the house) will yet pass congress. He jumped on the preachers vigor? ously for opposing the law because, as j they say, it is a shame for thc ?tate to J be selling whiskey. They stand along? side the barkeepers iu their opposition The devil is at one end oi the rope and the preachers are at the other, trying to choke tbe law to death. They have j allied tbem^ves with Gonzales, Hemp j hill, Simonton and the devil. There was stealing io the dispensary j because of the divided responsibility, ' but there wa? also dishonesty in other business enterprises. He then defended Governor Elierbe, who was au honest man and truthful, and has not gone to* ?ymg at thin late day. In regard to the metropolitan police, Senator Tillman said two liavs after the ! Legislature met io January be had a j friendly interview with Governor Eilsr be and advis-ed him not to remove the police unless every member of the Charleston city council would sign an agreetueot to t*ee tbe law euroreea The governor said he would nut, and be did not think he had turned out to be a liar and a hypocrite. In reply ro a question from W H. Lawrence of L?ureos, he said that he and Mr McLaurin had voted alike cu tariff issues. He explained his bluff j io regard to voting wwb the Repubii- | cans Governor Ellerbe was then intro | duced, and after vindicating him>elf in > regard to the metropolitan police, be j denied the charges against him io re- j gard to a combine to elect McLaurin. j He would be a candidate fur rc election and would then refute the charges against bim Here there was a little pleasantry be? tween himself and Tillman Tillman had siaied in Abbeville that he prefer? red to remain in tbe senate, but. if Gon? zales was to run the State, he would come home and be rlected governor. Mr. Eilerbe stated fhat there might be **a statesman out of a job," for he would himself stand for re election Congressman Strait, then sprung a sensation by denouncing a report io Thursday's Columbia Record, saying that he bad attacked McLaurin and Tillman on the tariff question in trie interests of Evans and Irby. He had not attacked them, and his speech could not be so construed. He sic:piy declared his views. After dinner Congressman Stokes ? ;u:d Mr. Sligh spoke JOHNS ON*'S j CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever j In One Day. i -tim - Killed on R. R. Track j Near Kingstree. j Special to The Stnt*?. Kingstree/Aug. 6.-The mangled j remains of two mulatto men were j found upon the track of the North-1 eastern railroad about three miles above here this morning From let? ters and papers found upon their per? son their names were Willie Gibbes of Hartsville, S. C., and Tom Trimble of Staunton, Va. They seem to have been traveling together. They were well dressed and had no appearance of being beggars or tramps The body of Tom Trimble was literally torn to pieces and different parts of the body were picked up for miles aiong the track. One arm was so entwined around some part of the engine on No 23 that it was carried ? to Charleston, a distance of 67 miles, before it was discovered by the engi? neer in charge. Willie Gibbes seems to have got only one lick on the back of his head He was lying on his face with hie head turned towards Florence This would indicate that be had been struck by a train going north. Some ! few seem to think they may have ! been murdered and put on the track j to conceal it, but the general opinion j is that they had gone to sleep on the track and woko up in another world and from all the surrounding circum? stances the jury of inquest will, no doubl, find a verdict in accordance with these facts. Later-The coroner's jury held an inquest and found that these men came to their death "by their own carelessness in going to sleep on the railroad track." IMPROVEMENT NOTED. Business Seems to Be Pick? ing Up Generally. ^ New York, Aug G - 2 G. Dan & Co."s Weekly Review of Trade to? morrow wiil say : Four years ugo, Aug 5, 1893 the first Dun's reviews was issued, with failures in that month amounting to over $60,000,000, while in the month just closed failures have been only $7.117,727, thy smaiiest in any month since 1892 The statement of failures by das* es of business for .July and for 46 months shows that in manufacturing: iailures have been smaller than in any other month of the entire period, in trading smaller than in an3' other month except one, and in many branches of manufacture, smaller than in most months of which records exist The pessimists who pro nounced reports of gain fictitious and misrepresenting have grown weary of their dismals and begin to see the dawn of better days Last month was the first for four years of which the volume of business re? ported by clearing houses was larger than in the same month of 1892. and the telegraphic dispaches from all parts of the country given this week show gratifying improvement. This is probably due to a large yield of wheat, and good prices, though the crop is probably not as large nor are prices thus far as high as in 1892. but of cotton the price is higher and "the yield probably larger than in that year. Other farm products are realizing good prices and the possible decrease in yield of corn may help the enor? mous surplus brought over from last vear L:quidatioi> of a powerful combination in wheat broke and wheat advanced 3 cents on Tuesday, a gain of 1 1 2 cetits for the week. It is the wrong season to expect much from iudustrie6, and yet there has been material increase in the number of hands employed in the iron manu? facture because of the satisfactory adjustment of wages of numerous es tablishm?nts which have been wait? ing, while the coal rainers's ?.trikes seem each day mote likely to end in a permanent settlement beneficial to both parties Meanwhile the de? mand for most finished products is steadily increasing, the feature this week being large pipe coi.'racts for Russian oil fields, Sumatra and Ger many. The sales of wool, as comparative returns by months show, bear little relation to the actual consumption in manufacture, but heavy liquidation since the new tariff bill was ei:acted gives the impression that some deal? ers are no longer confident of a speedy advance Nevertheless prices have risen duiing the past few weeks near? ly 1 cent per pound. Manufactur?is are buying bul little, though they are rapidly increasing the output and are abie tn report an advance of 10 per cent, in prices with rapidly in? creasing orders. The temporary cur? tailment of output by cotton mills continues., but does not yet bring im? proved prices for produc?s, although the demand is generally gaining. Failures for thc week have been 237 iii t4:e United States against 240 last year and 20 in Canada against 32 last year. Profitable Dairying. When more milk is wanted, if your herd is- Urge, n.ett piok out the heaviest milkers, begih and feed them upawe'i mixed ration ; gradua!!? increase the amour.r to nor less than eight pounds of ground teed a' .?;??. and most of them would profitably .-c-.nrj twelve pon ods: When yen have reached the maximum amount., wei?h the food each one ot the chosen cows is ea{iog and calculate the cost of it P;K that liown in your book ; then weijh her day's yield of milk and calculate ruc value oi it S abstract the ier-ser amount from the greater and se:? on which side ol' the account, debit or credit, .-he stands and bow much. This test should be put to eve?y cow in the herd Write in chalk in iront of each cow bow much she i> ti rr'?-, ?ve at each feed so the man wi. i make n<> mistake. Increase or decrease the amount fed to each cow until the balance struck between feed and milk yield indicates the greatest profit. This is the way to keep account with your cows and the ooly way to kuow just where you tstand. Estimate the amount of hay she eats up cleao in a day, and charge her with it, also her share of oost of attendance With a large herd, a bright boy cao do this at modest cost for his services, and it will be an education for him of the greatest value, beside? being worth many times its co*t to the owner. The difference berween wise and unwise managemeos of a dairy herd is absolutely indicated by tho proportion of unprofitable cows in the herd, and figures alone will correctly draw this linc of demarkaiion Quinine and other fe? ver medicines take from S to 10 days to cure fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DAY. mi ' .... i ? i.... fc'": w -ll? Hy i'll ors tions. painful 1;oils, annoying pim? ples and oilier affections, which ap? pear -<> generally at titi.season, make thc'use of that grand Spring Medi? cine. Hood's Sarsaparilla, a necessity. ri?!' accumulated impurities rn the blood causo very different symptoms with some people. Thc kidneys, liver and bowels uro overmatched i:>. their efforts to relieve the clogged system. Dizzy headaches, bilious attacks, failure of appetite, coated tongue, lame back, indigestion anil that tired feeling are some result?. From the same cause may also come scrofula, neuralgia, sciatica or rheu? matism. All these troubles and more may prop? erly be called " Spring Humors,7* and just as there is one cause, a cure is found in just one remedy, and that is Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the impure blood, enriches blood which is weak and thin, vitalizes blood which lacks vitality. Thus it reaches every part of the human system. For your Spring Medicine - to pre? vent or cure Spring Humors, take Sarsaparilla One True Blood Purifier. Get only Hood's. rp r^'ii an? the only pills to take n?OU'S PillS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. -TBE Sumter institute, Sumter. S. C. The thirtieth collegiate year begins September ninth, 1897. For catalogue-address MRS. L. A. BROWNE, or Miss E. E. COOPER, ^ Principals. Juir2I- 3m. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. COLUMBIA. S C. Session begins Septem* e? 2Sih. Classical, j Literary, Scientific. Normai ?nd Law Courses. ! with Djp!omns Sr-ecinl courses, with Cer ! tificavs Bonrd SS si mom h. Tota! ceces 1 sary expenses for the rear (exclusive of rr?v<illi-};( c:o:h:r>?r. ?nd bodes), fren SHS to S1?3. Woturn nrinjitt/djo nil C'?*SSP$. For further icft'rrDH.ion, address 'he Presi? dent, F. G. WOODWARD' ' July 14. Soo coi i 00LLE0E, I M im Seit 9,1897. Ten Pro tenors and Assistants. Four SetectiSc L*.bo:?tories. Three Courses for d?cret;*. Classical. Mathematical. Literary. S'.'ientiic. Siblic.il. Terms reasconble. Serd fora catalogue J. 8, SHEARER, Jun? 23. President. 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