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MAYFIELD RETIRES. A Dramatic Incident at the Yorkvtlie Meeting. Yorkviile, Aug. 12.-There have > been meetings during the campaign j that have been full of personalities, i others that have been verging on the j sensational, but to-day's meeting was j dramatic. Governor Evans made ; some reference to it bul it was even more intensely dramatic than one , might suppose from the mere state ment of the fact. At times, although, the audience . showed its partiality, there was an j absolute quiet and deathlike stillness in the court house with its 600 or 700 people. First of all, in a manly and straightforward way, Mr. May? field admitted the wrong that he had done Mr. McLaurin by charging him with trying to oi^anize the Populist party in this State and then to re? deem his pledge made at Chester " yesterday formally withdrew from the race lt was unexpected The style, the provocation and the con? summation are all so unusual in South Carolina politics that it made it all the more startling and when Mr . " * Mayfield concluded he was cheered to the echo for the position he had taken Then came Governor Evans, who threw unusual fire, and, asv Mr. McLaurin said, "unwarranted person? al feeling" into his discussion. Mr. Evans spoke longer than usual and so enthused was . h? and deter? mined that he rose on his tip-toes to emphasize what he regarded as the tock of loyalty on the part of McLau un to his friends and bis false posi? tion. The exonerating statement of Mr. Mayfield and the severe arraign? ment of Governor Evans had spurred Mr. McLaurin np to a decided pitch. lie had said nothing from his seat and when be arose it was plain io see that be was going make one of th?? speeches of bis life, which be did. He spoke with all the ardor Had feeling that rle had and at one time daring the reading of a letter from Congressman Bailey, justifying his vote on the wool schedule, he gasped for breath and came very near reeling over, but he manned himself and went on with even more than his wonted vigor and it was but a minute after he had finished his speech that he fell to the floor like a j ?/ log, completely exhausted. It was the work of conflicting emotion, ex? ertion and the heat and it took nitro glycerine tablets to enliven the slug- ; #ish heart. It was. however, noth- ? ing serious and soon after Mr. Mc- ? Laarin was taken to his hotel, where he recuperated. Theo Col Irby, one of the central ( figures in the play of the day, was absent A severe attack of cholera j ?3orbus had incapacitated him from ( attendance and be, toe, during the afternoon was sufficiently recuperated \ to be out Bat the incident of the day was : tbe withdrawal of Candidate May field. Mr t Mayfield had made his ! customary speech, attacking the . tariff views of Mr. McLaurin and in stating that he was not now nor never had been in a combination When he went on to say that yester? day and on previous occasions he ; had charged McLau*in with having written the Populist platfoim and at tempting to organize thai party in South Carolina At Spartanburg he denied th? charge but after getting what he regarded as further evidence, as well as that yesterday of Dr , Strait, he would withdraw from the race aud if he proved them McLau ri? himself should withdraw He , said he made the charges in g.od faith and that he never misrepresented any one He was now satisfi d from I what he had hetrd and from con j elusive proof shown him by McLau j rin, that he did dictate the Populist j platform, and that McLaurin did sue ceed in striking ^>ut that portion re ?ating tt> organization in this State and to Mr. McLiurin more than any one else was due the credit that there j was no Populist fight in South Caro j lina He believed that the statement j made by Dr Strait was correct as he j understood it bat he further believed ; tbnt Mr McLaurin was telling the j troth now t?aw that Mr Mc j L-iuria rather than violate personal j affairs had declined to make any Statement and with conclusive proof that he now had he was willing to ! i ssy that he had misrepresented Mc : Laurin and to add that he had work j ed to prevent the destruction of the ! Democratic party in this State He j then said thai in view of what he bad stated at Chester and for person, ! al reasons he would announce his j witdrawal as a candidate for thc United States senate. This, he said. wa3 not in the interest of Mr Mc? Laurin. Mr. Evans or Col. Irby, but because he thought it was right and because he meant what he said. Ile said he had not mentioned bis inten- ; tion of withdrawing except confi j dentially and did not expect any, mention of it as it was unwarranted He would not waive bis hand for or against any candidate for he differed : with all of them on some matters at issue and they were all men of abili? ty, and then, with a beautiful perora tion as to the brighter day that was ahead for South Carolina and thank- j ing his audience and the people for the attention shown him, he with- j drew from the field with n^^i ap? plause, wk^ was walking back to bis seat, him, clasped his hand and thai: him for what he had said. Mr. Mayfield, in his speech j Chester, said : "McLaurin cries out that then a combination against him. I against him because he is wrong the tariff, on the bill which pen the dispensary to fixed on this S and because he is not a Democ If he calls this opposition to hin combination, what has he to say of combination in his favor ? The ci bination in his favor is a strange indeed It is composed of the pi of the State, in a large measure, i Ben. Tillman. Think of it, gen men, the newspapers and Ben 1 man fighting together to secure JS Laurie's election. What is the r son for this strange combinatic The newspapers think McLaurin \ fight Tillau in 1900 when it con his time to stand for re election s Tillman thinks his political salvat; in 1900 lies in the election of A Laurie. Tillman believes that if i: Laurie is elected on bis tariff vie* that then the people can't and wo fight him in 1900, as he and McLau voted together on the tariff. Thc who wish McLaurin to be elected Tillman's aid forget the fact that th are helping Ben Tillman for his eic tion in 1900. But the gratest reas why Tillman wants McLaurin elect is because McLaurin is pledged 1 his vote already to help Tillman pa as amendment through congre which will permit the dispensary be continued in South Carolina f years to come. Tillman knows fi weil that if he can get this amen meut through congress that then tl courts cannot interfere with the di pensary law and he will have it fix* on bis people for years to come ? knows full well that th amendment will set at naugl every decision rendered by tl courts and that then his p< institution will have full swing N power can interfere with it. Til man knows McLaurin will vote for and work with him to get this am?ne meut through congreea, for he bot voted and worked for it last sessiot and during this campaign McLauri has said that he was in favor of pas: ing the amendment. Ben. Tiilma knows that if both the senators ?d not favor the amendment, it being local measure cannot pass, and h knows that if I am elected to th senate instead of McLaurin he cai never pass it. But Tillman is play ing a shrewd hand to keep his dis pensary as au issue for 1900 If th* dispensary goes down Tillman wil be withoot a Stale-issue. If ali fae lions want to play into Tillman's han< let them vote for McLaurin's election If they want to keep the dispensary on our people, let them vote for Mc Laurin. It rests with the people o the State to say by their votes wbeth er or not they will vote for nc Laurin and thereby perpetual** the dispensary. "To pull McLaurin through Till man comes into this campaign foi McLsurin will help him to get hie biil through congress Though Till man promised keeping his hands o fl in this election, he has not doue so. But by entering this campaign and throwing his weight against me, an? tagonizes my position. I notice Till? man say8 be will resign his position to run for governor next year before he will see the dispensary go down. I take up the cballange and dare him to enter to uphold the dispensary. Now, I am against the dispensary. I am entered against it and will nev er stop fighting'Until the State goes out ot the liquor business. Tillman will never dare to run for governor on the dispensary issue. Either Till mai; or his representative will be beaten by the votes of the people. Next year this fight will be made with all the power that can be brought to bear." Tuen, after the band had played its installment, Gov. Evans took the floor and said that the audience had just witnessed the dramatic retire tnent of his good friend Mayfield, but that he was satisfied that bc would pick his flint and try it again. A public chace was. he said, a public trust, and if Mayfield had any con elusive proof that cleared McLaurin of the charge of Populism that it be? longed to the public. The people ; were the masters and entitled to this information Ile said it made no dif terence to him what Mayfield thought, for Strait was an honorable man and so was Latimer and Talbert, and they would all repeat the charge.-? made yesterday and, moreover, "That man" approach? ed him and for more than an hour tried to urge him (Evans) to join in the Populist party with him About this time there was consid erable applause for Mr McLaurin, also for Evans, and ? few hisses Evans quickly took it up and said j that nobody could scare him and that ! he could talk all the better against j such people. Ile went on say that Mayfield had no right to put Strait in J a false light unless he produced the j proof. Mayfield said he believed what I Strait had said. Then Evans jumped at him and wanted to know how hecouid believe McLaurin and also Strait. Mayfield said that the whole point was that McLaurin had worked against and suceeded in preventing a Pupulist organization for South Caro- < lina. Evans said that McLaurin threw Bowden ont into ihe stream to s.?e 1 how he could swim in the Pop sea, and when Bowden was swal ed up McLaurin let go of his POD heresies. Gov. Evans then v on to say that he ran against bosses for governor and that the leton plan was advocated by Ko? and others who opposed him. it the outset, be said that Till wai made to send down a letter which he repudiated the March con tion, and that McLaurin weut all way to Spartanburg to enter the r and after he came to Spar burg and saw how the wind was b! ing he returned to Washington wrote that denunciatory against . a ci Tillman While bs koifed n never knifed bim or any other man tbe back, and if I had sold my . against Wallace I could bava been torrey general, for it was offered to firsc, but I never go back on my frie He repeated that he went on j Laurie's official hood and was still it. Theo he went on.to speak of ] Laurin's voting for Duncan and Ea and said that not only had McLau told him that he was going to vote him bot that Ellerbe bad assured I thal McLaurin was for EvaDs, a moreover, be had consulted with t as one of his political friends. Edenfield, wheo twitted, McLaurin s that he had tried to help Evans out c bole, and yesterday he bad said that had voted against him, which was al complete surprise to him. After spe, ing of political friendship Gov. Ev* went to the tariff and free raw mater question, which he vigorously argu< and when talking about, the wool seht ale bc said that God would have keep the people warm with the etert 3un if thar son were returned to t senate, which excited much laugh: and applause. He said that Tilimai bide would not cover the Republic body of McLiurfin. He rrad frc Bry an's free raw material speech ai said that hs would bate mightily to g jut of the rac?, for he had McLaur beaten, but he would make the t?an proposition on free raw material-tb [f i? was not good Democracy he wou withdraw from tue r-t.ee. He sa that the only thoig that M Laurio had ever done was t) p Dore taxes or: the people's back, ari ifte * bis hour bad expired be asked f? i little more time in which to expo; McLaurin'* tariff views, and at >.t cos ? c;f his speech there was applaust Els wa* told to pi on by the crowd, bt K&s quite exhausted. A letter announcing the candidacy ? jr. Walt Whitman was read When Mr McLaurin got up thsi was decided applause. When Mr. M< uiurtn said that of all tb .ecord breaking camgaigos thi 738 the most remarkable ; tba ie aad tried to avoid peosonalitiefi jut for some reason he seemed to b tingled ont to be braded as Populist an Republican. As a matter of fact ever Liefe rm congressman in 1892 was elect idoi the Ojala platform, which wa idopted as thc State platform, and tba was io substance the Populist platform md why he should now be Mngied ou 0 be branded as a Populist he did no tuow. He was pledged a,ud did w iri rpr six long years to combine every ic luence ro theare free silver, ?nd if h< vas more prominent in this work it wai )ot his fault. From the first momeo ie saw that the only hope was ina com )ioai:iou of free silver forcer, and hi worked to that end As to bis record 1 ceded ao vindication, and he baa )een far enough in this campaign tc iee that he would be elected by a big liajoriry. (Much applause ) He said ie was sick and tired of having to make ixplaoatioos, for everybody knew that be f?as not a protectionist, that be was not i Republican, that he had been elected our times to congress, that he had been ?lecicd attorney g?nerai, and there was JO use to drag him down to get his sal-, iry . Thc people not were going to elect ?omebody else ou charges against bim. IL? chen went on to explain his tariff 7?ew ; aud his po/ujon agaiost free raw Datenal as heretofore, and on reading a etfroru Congressman Bailey, in which it ?vas ?;uted tba: tney both voted for a reducion on wool. Mr. McLaurin had :o pause for a minute or two lo gain strength with 'which to go )n Mr. McLiUrin said tbat Evans ajay sneer about bis licking the f?et of :be Yankee nation and voting for Texas wool, but South Carolina had to re? member that this was not the time to build walis around this State, but that men with big, braod ideas had to come to the front. Hs said be saw uo reason to lug in this Populist business. Dr. Strait jumped up and said : "Do you deny it?" Some of the erowd cried to bim to sit down ; that it was none of his busit.ess Dr. Strait said tbat he was afraid of nobody and Mr. McLaurin in? vited him to say whatever be wanted to, and went on to say thai he had no re? collection whatever of having told Siran what he was" credited with j sajit-g, and then Mr McLaurin asked | Strait to repeat exr-c?ly what ho had : said at Chester, wbieh Dr. Strait did, whico was tbat McLaurin had told Strait and TV.bcrt that the time was ripe io join the Populist party and ao on Mr. McLaurin said ?hct ho had ! neveir thought of organ;zing a Popa- ' list party and again related how be, ! Sibley, Tillman, Bryan and others bad : worked to g-.;t the free silver Populists, Republicans and Democrats to unite ; forces. Evans and others seemed to forget that last year they wen- crying 1G te 1 or bust, and be wondered if this ?as true Democracy according to their present notions. Dr Strait wanted t<> know whether McLiurin charged him with saying anything abDut these matters and Mc-,1 Laurin said be never heard Strait say j aoything about aojthiug. McLaurin went on to say that it j seemed bad ecough for bim to have ! three opponents constantly jumping on ! him, and now for a congregaran to fol- \ low him around in bis district was mest ur.charitable. He would promise that . when the party arrived in his district they would be treated with absolute cordiality. Mr. McLaurin said that he supposed the conversation referred to was about the time of the Willard Hail coofer- ; ence Dr. Strait said tb at ir. was cot. ', Dr. Strait said that hf was not at that i conference. McLaurin-Bat I was. (Ap ? clause.) ! McLaurin went on to say that at thc i Willard Hall conference Senator Stew- ? art jumped on him and be there told him that them was absolutely co place in South Carolina fora Populist party and that he would have none; and thar the Democracy answered every purpo.-e for him. Weat he thought the people wanted was a live, active, intelligent and energetic represen1 Te. and they would put the haod affliction oo-a ooneoity who acted as a stumbling block. (Much applause.) Mr May field had to day done a noble and chival? rous act (much applause) and he had set an example of honor, truth and fairness which he hoped others would imitate wheu they became convinced of the error of their way. He theo related at length what he bad said about the Pop? ulist platform, his personal relationship to Bowden, and bow he refused, al? though permitted to do so, to say aoy? tbing aboot this matter untii he wa* goaded so at Chester that he could no longer restrain himself He said that he had been burr, aod that ic seemed to him that, some of the other candi? dates looked upon him a; a wi!d beast whom they could goad and bully and nag with one qaeetion afrer another, and thought they might show that he had the blackest heart of any maa, be did not see how that wifiiid make them fit to fill his place. AN to the Populists, he never belonged to that party, but be bad re.-pect tor rbom for they mash? a fi?bt for conviction, although ?bey knew they would io?>e. fie ??atd Mr. Mayfield came to bis mom lw night and told bim that be saw troth shining j io bis face when be made bis aratetneot, j statement and that he must- re? i j bim so, and that be would ai ways have respect for such an honora bl man He said that whenever he felt any iii feeling roward any ceo he tried to pluck it out of his heart, and that ho [??ore no ill or personal feeling to Evans when he wrote thar letter. Gov. E?a28-And I never showed you aoy. McLaurin-Not until to day, and I am very sorry to say JO Mr. McLaurin closed by explaining bis position io the last senatorial race, mid said that he influenced no ont one way or rhe other or tried to do so He had spoken over his ti*ne and said that be bad exceeded uis strength, but said that he was not appealing for sympathy, but that be appealed for fair play against the interference of congressmen who had no interest in this fight. Mr McLaurin closed amid much applause. AH he went to his table to gather op his papers he rested for a few moments to gain strength, and when going out to the fresh air, fell, completely overcome by the strain. Friends gathered arouod and did what they could, and Dr. White found it necessary to give bioi two tab? lets of nitro-glycerine, after which be rapidly recuperated. He was raken to the boro] as soon as possible and pot to bed, where he did as well as could be expectf d. Why take Johnson9s Chill & Fever Tonic? Because it cures the most stubborn case of Fever in ONE DA Y Teller on Money Question. D-Hiver. Col. Aus 13r^-Senator ! Teller arrived here to-day. Io an in? terview he expressed himsels as strong? ly ooDosed to a combination of the sil? ver Republicans with McKinley this fall. On the money question, he said: *It is the purpose, undoubtedly, of this administration to retire the greenbacks and the treasury notes and perfect, a system by which the National bands will be authorized io issue all paper money. Their next n.ovo will be to retire silver and theo bank notes will not be legal tender, what will be the result? The administration will have succeded in making gold the only mon? ey by which debts can be paid. All debts will have to be paid io the yellow metal.'' State of Ohio, City of To'edo, > gg Lucas Coo my. j Frank J Cheney rankes oath that he ?a the senior partner of \h? fira. of F. J. Cheney ? j Co., doing business in ihe City of Toledo, County und Sra'e aforesaid, und that said firm will pay th? sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLARS for eich and every case of Catarrh thai cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Cn'iirrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY, Sworn to before me ;ind 3nrsivif>ed in mv prerer.ee, this 6th day ot Deceinoer, A. D. ?S95 , . A W. GLEASON, (SEAL ' Notary Public. Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the ?wood and mucous sur-; faces of the pystetn. Send for testimonials, ! free. F. J. CH FX EV & CO , Toledo, 0. ! j?0Er*Sold by Druggists, 75c. Wiifng paper i5 cents a pound at H. G. Osteeo & Co s. Veterans Mourn McGowan. Adit. Gen. Holmes Issues a General Order Announcing the Death of the " Ty'pical South Carolina Citizen o*d Soldier, a Hero of Tico Wars:1 Headquarters So. Ca. Division, United Confederate Vetrans, Charleston, S. C., August ll. General Orders No. 32 : With profound regret, and a sense of irreparable loss, the death of Gen. Samuel McGowan is announced to the comrades of the division This typical South Carolina citizen and soldier, a heio of two wars, passed from the scene of his earthly war? fare, to the greeting of his loved comrades of the Southern Cotafede racy, at 8 35 a m , Monday, August 9, at his home :n Abbeville. S C. Thus three of the leaders in war of South Carolina Confederate soldiers, who cheered us at the first conven? tion of the camps of the division in Columbia, S C , November 12 and 13, 1895, will not take part with us at our third reunion in Greenville, August 25 and 26, and their absence will be felt. Gens. Kennedy, Mc Kissick and McGowan have crossed the pontoon, and stand upon the farther shore of the river Death, to cheer us when we must break step and march over. Gen. McGowan, as citizen and sol dier, as legal adviser aud sound jur? ist, made his mark high up ni the Tem? ple of Fame aud ii: stands out ciean char, without blemish or flaw, an and example for those younger South Carolinians who would emulate like virtues as citizens As a soldier Gen McGowan was a big man, in its best sense, beg of body, big of brain and bigger of heart. He was a strong, clear minded, tender, warm hearted men, of great magnetism, and with all most charitable to his fellow roan, and most sympathetic with the suffering. Gen. McGowan was a worker through life, and died at a ripe old age from wear, not from rust, haying worthily rilled the many of fices entrusted to him by his fellow citizens, and never proving recreant to any tjust We of the South Caro? lina Divistoii must mourn his loss, bur. glory in the tried and approved, high toned reputation he leaves as a Confederate Veteran and South Caro? linian By commmand of Major Gen. C Irvine Walker. James G. Holmes, Adjutant General, Chief of Staff. --? ? . . rn? - Johnson's ChJI? and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. Lynching at Asheville N. C. Asheville, N. C , Aug. ll,-Bob Bracket!, tbe negro assailant of Miss Kittie Henderson, was lynched this afternoon As announced in an Asso ciaftd Press dispatch last night, a mob broke iotn rbe jail at this place nod commenced tc? batter down the steel doors that led to the cells The dO'TS yielded and it wts then discovered tba* Brack ett had beeu spirited away by tbe officers. All the other prisoners in the jail were iiberareo. Pursuit of the of? ficers was ai Gf:c? commenced and a crowd caught up with them at Terrell station, cu ibe Southern railway. 18 miles east of Asheville, farly thir morn? ing Bracken \?a? taken from his pro? tectors, but the ?v b c??ld nor agree s? to the disposiiii):. i>{ bim. Some wish? ed to hatig hiu) 'hi-rt-. but tbe stronger party decided to take bim back to tbe vicinity of bis crime It was 4-35 when the party started nut afoot, leading the negro; now near? ly exhausted and seemingly m.ly half conscious, though ne bau not Peen ill treated Breakfast was ha'i with a j farmer, the negro havir.g h's !?hsrt\ i and tbeu the waik of soi:je 12 miles j was resumed. Tbe rou'e was through a j deep ravine, between towering moun? tains. At noon Hemphili schoolhouse was reached, and there the party was informed that the Ashe? ville militia bad been caiied our, and were on their way to meet the mob. A frer consideration. Miss Kittie Henderson, the negro's victim, was j i-euf for, four and a balf miles away, ! that she might see her assailant hauged When she ai rived the negro was strung up so quietly that half ?he hangers-on who nad gathered from the county round, did not know that it had been done. No shots were fir ed and the j mob dispersed after a hair" hour. leaviLg the body hao?iog. At no time was it possible for the military to have inter- | lered. This is the thin! lynching io Buncombe county in 12 years. Take JOHNSON'S j CHILL & FEVER j TONICS niii Bitten by a Spider Blood Poisoned and Body Covered bv Sores rn* Other Remedies Failed but Hood's Sarsaparilla Cured. "Whatever ihe nature of the poison or humor in the blood. Hood's Sarsa? parilla, as the one true blood purifier, effects a cure. Read this letter: "Eight years ago my little adopted daughter, then two years old, was bitten on the back by a spider. We felt almost sure she would die. She suffered terrible agony, and vre doctored her by every means vre ccu!ri think of without a cure. She was cove:;.;- vrllh sores from head to foot. Then her ears discharged, and blindness was the next thing. We were not able to continte paying docfor's bills. One day a lady asked me why I did not try Hood's Sarsaparilla. She said, When you buy a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla you may rely upon a cure. We acted upon this suggestion, and began giving her Hood's Sarsaparilla. The little girl is now cured and she is getting plump, sleeps well and has a good appetite, and she can see to put Hood's Rainy Day Puz? zle together and even thread a fine needle. A great many people and a number of phy? sicians know about this case and they know that our little girl is like another child. She is now taking her tenth bottle' of Hood's Sarsaparilla." MES. MATTIE V. STEINER, 716 Milton Av., San Diego, Cal. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Best - the One True Blood Purifier. Ben? sure to get Hood's and only Hood's. Hnnrl'c Pille easyto take, easy to bay, 11UUU 2> rills easy to operate. 25c. Glenn Springs Water will care Dyspepsia For sale ar Dr. A. J. Caina'd. -THE Suinter Institute Sumter, S. O. The thirtieth collegiate year begins September ninth, 1897. For catalogue-address MRS. L. A. BROWNE, or Miss E. E. COOPER. 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