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i FHE SUMTES WATCHMAN. Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTH?OK, Established Jone 1S 6 Cosolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21.1901. New Series-Yoi. XXI. So. 3 Clje Mattljnmit at? SontJroH. ; Pu?lis&sd Sray Wednesdays J>BT. ca-. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : $1.50 per anaam-in advance. ?DTESTISEUIKT: One Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion?. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. M-^----^? "IHTMOSO?ITO AND MALARIA. Results of Experiments Made by Dr. Doty on Staten island Shown in a Statement. New York, Aug. 12.-Dr. Aval H. Doty, health officer of this port, who has of late been carrying on a warfare against mosquitoes, beginning his operations on Staten Island, today issued a statement concerning these operations, which have been prosecut? ed with a view to determining defi? nitely, if possible whether the mala? rial " fever parasite is transmitted from one person to another by the female of the anapheles species of mos? quito. Dr. Doty, at the New York quaran? tine laboratory, has been carrying on his investigations for a year past. He first selected a low lying district in which were many stagnant pools and on which were 100 small houses. In? spection showed that ai least 30 per cent of the inhabitants were suffering with acute or chronic forms of malaria. Samples of water from the pools and cisterns, cess pools and barrels dis? closed larvae of the mosquito. Large glass tubes were distributed amone the houses for the purpose of securing some of the mosquitoes which infested the neighborhood and among those collected were found the a na pheles or malarial mosquitoes. In one of the houses a little one 7 years old was found suffering with acute malaria. Dr. Doty was allowed by the mother to secure a drop of blood from the lobe of the ear. An examination was made and the parasite was found. In the meantime some of the anapheles will be dissected to discover if possi? ble the presence of the parasite. Dr. Doty next describes the appara? tus he used in spreading the oil, the latter being forced to the bottom of the pond, from which it rose to the top, bringing with it qurantities of the larvae. Dr. Doty sums up by saying: "The result of this investigation from scien? tific point has been of great interest : first, because it has shown the intimate relation between the mosquito and malarial fever : second because it has revealed to those who have been identified with this investigation the true breeding places of the mosquito, which I am sure are not generally known : third, it has shown that petro? leum oil will surely and promptly destroy mosquito larvae and so far as careful experiments indicate, it is the only agent which can be depended upon for this purpose1'. Millionaires at the Work Bench. Henry Chisholm, college man, social favorite and heir to many mil? lions, upon returning to his home in Cleveland the other day, immediately sought work as a day laborer in the Champion Rivet Works. Young Chis? holm has just completed his academic course of four years at Yale. He is now working at a bench, making rivets at $L75 a day. To the reporter who asked him why he did it he said : "Because I believe there are greater chances of success than are offered in the professions. They are all being crowded more and more each year. I thought my best chance was in mechanics. I believe that in the fu? ture the man who knows thoroughly the operation of a manufacturing plant will have the best opportunity to succeed. ' ' There are many others like young Chisholm and many more who shares his views on this subject. A notable example is young Cornelius Vander? bilt, the disinherited son of the great financier and railroad magnate. This j member of the Vanderbilt family has j given up nearly all of his time to practi ? cal mechanics. He has turned out to be an inventor worthy of the res? pect and admiration of the geniuses of j the engineering world. Some of his j admirers even go so far as to claim that ! his improvements of the locomotive ; engine and the great saving which will ? result therefrom will do more than anything else to maintain the suprem? acy of the Vanderbilt roads, and conse? quently, the great Vanderbilt for? tunes. That the professions are fast becom? ing, if they are not already, over? crowded, is so generally admitted as to be considered an established fact. The growth of technical schools all over j the country is but a natural response ; to the new industrial demands which the country is making upon its young men. In Georgia the work of the Technological School is demonstrating the need of men of mechanical train? ing. The graduates of this institu? tion find no difficulty whatever in ob? taining lucrative employ mint.' * * No wonder, then, that }he sons of millionaires are turning from the office to toe work bench.-^tl anta* News.^ ' ^^Col Cole Blease, the Newberry poli? tician, has recently and suddenly turn? ed over outright to McLaurin. Speak? ing of this acrobatic performnce, the ' Orangeburg Times and Democrat says : "Mr. Blease is only one cf a class, who will espouse any cause that will land them at the pie counter." Sampson the Invisible-He is Not Important. We hold in this office the affidavit ofja seaman formerly attached to a ship commanded by Admiral Sampson. Under oath this man testifies that in a great hurricane which threatened the lives of all the men, Admiral Sampson was invisible-no one saw him until the hurricane was over. . We all know that during the fight at Santiago Admiral Sapmson was again invisible. No one saw him until the fight was over. Then he bobbed up with a tele? gram announcing that he presented a great victory to the nation. Now we are informed by an official statement of the Navy Department that4 ; Admiral Sampson will not ap? pear in person before the Sch ley Court of Inquiry." Again he will be invis? ible. With all deference we ask : "When is Sampson visible? Is he always drinking tea a hundred miles away? Why, in heaven's kind and en? during name, was he ever made an Admiral?" He is invisible while the hurricane rages. He is invisible while the fight is on. He is to remain invisible during the Court of Inquiry which his envy and the libels of his tool, Maclay, forced upon a brave officer and a disgusted public. The lowest form of cowardice is that which decries a brave man and claims a brave man's credit. That is also the commonest form of coward? ice, because it is the safest. Of Sampson we know that his fa? ther was an honest workman who dug ditches for a living. ? We know that his sister was a poor seamstress, who very recently escaped ! a life of toil by marrying. : Couriousiy enough. Admiral Samp? son followed up his usual course. He was absent when his poor sister was married. We know that Sampson, son of a ditch digger and a brother to a poor dressmker, believes that an American gunner is unfit for promotion, that his lack of polish makes it unwise to let him rise above the ranks. So much we know of Admiral Samp? son, and we are free to remark that such a record would disgrace the tombstone of a polecat. It is because of this record, not be? cause of his own importance, that Sampson is a national issue. The absentee fighter, the absentee brother, the officer who insults every American sailor, should not be allow? ed to steal the honors of an honest fighting man. Sampson counts on President Mc? Kinley's friendship to carry through his plot against Schley. But McKinley, whose influence will control the Court of Inquiry, cares more for the opinions of a hundred thousand American citizens than he does for the offended vanity of Samp? son. If a hundred thousand readers will write to President McKinley, respect? fully urging upon him the fact that Schley's court-martial is one disgrace to the Navy, and that Sampson's posi? tion in command is another disgrace, they will render a genuine service to every American sailor and every decent, loyal American officer.-N. Y. Journal. Denmark, Aug. 13.-The Baptist Church was burned last night at 1 o'clock. It is thought to be the work of an incendiary. The church was in : sured for SI, OOO. Possibly when the congregation builds again they will locate the new church in West Den? mark. Denison, Texas, Aug. 13.-Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger train No. 3 southbound, was held up at Caney switch, I. T., at 1:30 a. m. today by . five men. Two miles north of Caney two men crawled over the tender, with pistols in hand, covered the engineer and firemen and commanded them to stop at Caney. The men were joined by three others and a fusilade of shots fired alongside the train thoroughly alarmed the crew and pas? sengers. The passengers were robbed and the express and mail cars rifled, the safes being blown open with dynamite. Five robbers have since been arrested and most of the booty recovered. Two others escaped. Jackkson, 0., Aug. 13.-A bloody race riot has occurred at the Big Rock colored camp grounds. The presence of white persons was resented and when one of the latter got into a fight with a colored man a general row ensued in which nearly a hundred persons engaged. The fight lasted half an hour, when the whites were forced to flee from the grounds. Beer bottles and clubs were the weapons used. More than a dozen persons were seriously hurt. Fall River, Mass., Aug. 1:1-It is announced that the requisite number of spindles, namely, 1,750,000, have been pledged to the agreement of the cotton manufacturers to scale down wages between 14 and 15 per cent., on thc- 3d of September. In face of this ]x sition on the part of the nianufac ti rers. tile Operatives an' forming to r? sist tile cut. Their declaration that tney will not accept a reduction is most positive. New York, Aug. 13.-There was filed in Jersey City today a mortgage for 6150, (XX ?, (KKK I made by the Consoli ' dated Tobacco Company of America j to the Morton Trust Company to secure an issue of 4 per cent, bonds not to exceed 8150,000,000. It bore revenue stamps to the amount of 675, - 000. Consolidated*" Tobacco Company has absorbed the Americaan Tobacco j and the Continental Tobacco Com ^ajiy and subsidiary concerns. Charleston, Aug. 14.-The Atlantic Coast Lumber Company will build a rairioad from Mount Pleasant to Georgetown, it is reported, and ex? tend its lumber plant at Georgetown. A bsd complexi?n generally resolte from nactive liver and bowels. Io all sorb cases, DeWitt's Early Risers trodoce gratifying re lilts J S Hagbsoo k Co SAMPSON AND SGLEY. What the Friends of Each in Washington Say. Washington, Angnst 13.-A good deal of interest has been aroused by an interview with Senator Burton of Kansas published here in which he says that the work of the court of inquiry in the Schley case will be wasted so far as the general public is concerned, for the reason that the popular verdict has already been ren? dered in favor of Admiral Schley, and that no matter what official action may be taken by the court and the Navy Department it will have no par? ticular effect. The part of his interview -which roused most discussion was his decla? ration that if the engagement had proved disastrous to the American squadron Schley would have been blamed for the outcome, and that, in view of the fact that it proved a success, he ought to receive the credit. This is denied positively by the friends of Admiral Sampson, who as? sert that in that case, their chief would have come forward with charac? teristic magnainmity and taken the entire blame on his own shoulders. One of them says: "If the United States fleet had been vanquished through lack of tact, strategy, train? ing or general incompetency of man? agement, the commanding officer would have been held responsible. The man who prepared the American ships for the affray was Sampson. He gave the immediate training to the officers and men for the battle and it was he who superintended the arrange? ment of the ships and provided for the maneuvers as soon as the Spanish ves? sels should appear at the mouth of the harbor in their expected effort to es? cape. "When the first Spanish vessel showed its nose out of the harbor, fol? lowed by its sister ships, the com? manding officer of each American craft knew from his orders given by Samp? son exactly how to meet the situation and each man proceeded at once to place those orders in execution. It was all a question of preparation for the event which had previously been outlined by Sampson. The orders of the commanding officer stood promul? gated and they only remained to be obeyed. "Again, if this engagement had been lost to our forces while Admiral Sampson was away, there can be no doubt in the minds of people who rea? son with the facts that Sampson would ? have been held blamable for the de ! feat. Thongh the Department might not have so regarded the matter, a i great many persons would no doubt nape*said: "Well, Sampson was away. He ought to have been on the spot. If he had been there to command, in? stead of being ten miles - away, we would have now. He is to blame." It is a hard argument to answer. Admiral Sampson would have been in a very embarrassing situation, all due to a fortuitous circumstance which prevented his actual presence at the time of the battle. "Can it be gainsaid that Admiral Sampson would have been generally blamed under the circumstances. I think not. Everything, therefore, points to the emptiness of the conten? tion that had the battle been lost Ad? miral Schley would have been held re? sponsible. He would, in my opinion, have emerged from the catastrophe without the bulk of responsibility resting upon his shoulders." Far otherwise do the friends of Schley look upon the matter. One of them says : ' ' All of this talk about Sampson giving the orders and dispos? ing the fleet with a view to the fight that must come sooner or later is the veriest nonsense. Of course, he crave the orders, but what wonderful skill was there in devising them. The Cuban coast there is as straight as the side of the room, and the har? bor resembles a mouse hole leading out of the middle of it. What other disposition was possible than a circle of ships around its mouth with orders to attack if the Spanish came out? If the Spanish ships had escaped, would not the Sampson men have said: "Sampson planned the blockade ad? mirably, but his necessary absence on the New York threw the execution of these plans on Schley, who bungled them, as he had previously done when in charge of the flying squadron in front of Cienfuegos and ?santiago.' Who can doubt for a moment that they would. ASSESSMENT OF FACTORIES. Market Value of Stock the Basis for Taxation. .Columbia, Aug. H.- Th*' State hoard <>f equalization of the property of the textile factories, fertilizer plants and j cotton oil mills, which met in Colum I bia under the new act on Wednesday, j continued its work today, and in the i afternoon took a recess until Sept. 3. ' Til'- board before adjourning thorough1 ly mapped out its work and in th?' in? terim every effort will be made to se? cure accurate returns from the con ! cerns affected. The board showed re I peatedly its disposition to do every I thing in a spirit of fairness and jus ; tice. The committee reported recom S mending the market value of the stock of cotton mills as the basis of assess? ment, and in this complied with the request of the majority of the mill ! men who appeared before the body j the preceding day. r- J^L^^anrin's statements about Till manjare true, we need a political re? formatory school, and should sentence McLaurin and Tillman to a term of years. Colonel Neal, former superin? tendent of the penitentiary, is a good manager, and he also might make a good student. They could operate a brickyard and make furniture and re? call bygone days.-Edgefield Adver? tiser. Meston Takes the Alternative. - A Law Alleged to be Aimed at the Blind Tigers. Special to The State. Charleston, Aug. 13.-City coun? cil passed an ordinance to-day practi? cally re-enacting the dispensary act and providing for the trial and punish? ment of the violators in the recorder's court. The bill was passed unani? mously and at the meeting in Septem? ber the act will be ratified and it will then be in order for the police depart? ment to take an active part in the en? forcement of the law. In order to facilitate matters, the rules of council were suspended and the bill rushed through to its third reading. There was a hard and bit? ter fight made on the motion to sus? pend the rules, but the motion pre? vailed by a vote of 20 to 4 and the bill was passed. The minority saw little use to oppose the bill further and on the final vote they held their peace. Alderman Rhett introduced the bill. He made a few remarks in doing so, emphasizing the point that the pass? age of the ordinance would prove false the slanderous report to the effect that the city council is in active sympathy with the liquor dealers. He favored the enforcement of the dispen? sary law because it is the law and it is the duty of Charleston to enforce it, although he is opposed to the prin? ciple of it and does not believe that the illicit traffic can be entirely sup? pressed in a community like Charles? ton. It was further explained that it is proposed to make the dispensers themselves toe the scratch. The penalty provided is 825 to $100 fine or 30 days in jail. Mayor Smythe read his report in re? gard to his appearance before the State board of control recently and of the requirements laid down by the board. The opinion of the corpora? tion counsel that the proposed ordi? nance is legal was appended. Mayor Smythe expressed his own opinion that the act would be legal and should be enforced. Mayor Smythe assured council that he will enforce the new law to the letter. Alderman Roddy took exception to Alderman Rhett's statement and wanted to know if he should under? stand the alderman to say that he was violating his oath as an alder? man. Mr. Rhett replied that it was entirely a matter with the alderman's conscience and the episode ended with this. Crop Condition. Washington, Aug. 13.-The weather bureau weekly summary of the crop condition is as follows : The week ending August 12 has been one of very favorable temperature conditions in the districts east of the Rocky Mountains with beneficial rains over large part of the drought area. Drought, however, continues in the Ohio valley and in portions of Ten nesssee and the upper lake region, while excessive rains have caused de? structive freshets in the Carolinas and prove injurious in portions of Georgia Florida andfAlabama. Late corn has experienced material improvement in the States of the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and in Kentucky and Tennessee and with favorable temperature in September the yield in the Missouri will be larger than indicated by previous reports. In Ohio, Indiana and in central and southern Illinois the condition of the crop has furhter deteriorated, espe? cially in southwestern Ohio. In the middle Atlantic coast districts corn has made excellent progress. Further improvement in the condi? tion of cotton is generally reported from the central ano: eastern portions of the cotton belt, although rust and shedding are more or less indicated, especially in Georgia, Florida, and portions of Alabama, where too much rain has fallen in localities. Over much of the western part of the cot? ton belt and in portions of the central districts cotton is suffering for rain, and in the drought region of Texas is failing rapidly. Picking is in general progress in Texas, except . in the northern counties. In the middle Atlantic States and New England tobacco has made fa? vorable progress, except in portions of Maryland, where the crop on low lands has been injured by too much rain. In Kentucky and in portions of Tennessee the crop is greatly improv? ed, but in southwestern Ohio it has been seriously damaged by drought. Highway Robbery in New York. Glen Falls, X. i\, Aug. 14.-News was received tonight that the Blue Mountin stage was held up by a mask? ed robber about noon today at North river. The scene of the hold-up can nut be reached by telegraph or tele? phone tonight from this point but the following facts regarding the robbery have been received. The stage which was stopped con? nects with a train which reached North Crrek. Warren county, a station cn tilt' Adirondack and Hudson railroad at lu o'clock a. ni. When it left the station today it contained seven men and on*,' woman besides a quantity of express ana mail matter for Blue Mountain lake. When the stage was one and a half miles north of Dunlap's hotel at North river a masked robber suddenly ap? peared. His first move was to shoot one of the horses. He then ordered the passengers to hold up their hands and alight. Six of the men im mediatley took to the woods the re? maining man staying with his wife, who was relieved of $20 but the robber failed to find a larger sum in another pocket. The highwayman then proceeded to rifle the mail bags and plunder the the express packages, taking every? thing of value. After he had done his work he disappeared into the woods and searching parties up to dark have been unable to find any trace of THE BIG STEEL STRIKE. Number of Strikers Increased, but Trust Opens More Mills. Pittsburg, Aug. 14.-There were victories on both sides of the great steel strike today, but they furnish no direct line on the ultimate result of the conflict. The strikers succeeded in finally forcing the Nationaal Tube works a"t McKeesport, probably 'the largest in? dividual plant in the United States Steel corporation, to close down. On the other hand the steel corporation re? opened the big Painter mill in this city and also resumed operations with non-union men at the Crescent plant of the American Tin Plate company at Cleveland. Two mills were on at the Painter plant, although one of them broke down during the day, and according to the statement of the officials half the mills in the Crescent plant were moving. The forces at both the plants named are to be increased and the managers claim they will soon have them ?work? ing in full. They make the fifth and sixth plants which the steel corpora? tion has succeeded^ in starting with non-union men, the others being Wellsville, Hyde Park, Clark ? Lind? say, and McCutcheon. There was a great labor demonstra? ron at Wheeling today and President Shaffer made a stirring appeal to his followers to fight on. In an interview before he spoke he said that if the western lodges *did not heed the final appeal of Assistant Secretary M. F. Tighe and come out they would be ex? pelled from the Amalgamated associa? tion and their offers of financial assis? tance spurned. There were few other developments of importance during the day. Local? ly the strike seems to drag and inter? est to flag. Large numbers of strikers have gone away either for recreation or to work and there has been scarce? ly any excitement and no disorder. McKeesport and Wheeling are stirred up but there has been no violence at either place. CASE OF COL NEAL. The governor has received numerous letters from prominent citizens of the state asking him to pardon Colonel Neal. The ground taken by these gen? tlemen is that Colonel Neal was really convicted on a technical point of law. The governor said tody he had receiv? ed no formal petition, but had receiv? ed letters from state officials and circuit court judges asking him to act. As these wrere personal letters, he could not act. But when a formal petition is sent in he will atke proper ction. Columbi Record. FROM THE WIRES. Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 14.- Early this morinng fire broke out at Chip lev, Fla., a railway station, and de? stroyed property worth $100,000. The fire "was of an incendiary origin, and makes the third that has visited that town within the past 60 days . The citizens will offer a large reward for the apprehension of the incendiaries who are supposed to be negroes. There is considerable excitement. London, Aug. 14.- The Daily Mail reviving speculation as to the date of Lord Kitchener's return from South Africa and as to his successor, says it understands ?hat he will return to England about the middle of next month. Lieut. Gen. Lyttleton assuming the chief command. London, Aug. 14.- The house of lords took an unusual step this morn? ing in suspending the sessional order with the object of passing on to its second reading the bill granting spe? cial powers to build a pier and other works at Barehaven, in Bantry bay, Ireland. This is in connection with the proposed fast steamship line from Barehaven to the United States, by which it is hoped the voyage will be accomplished in four and one-half days. The bill has already passed the house of commons. Asheville, Aug. 14.-It has been raining in this section almost inces? santly for three days and nights, all streams are swollen and rising, and a repetition of the recent floods is im? minent. There was a wreck on the Spartanburg road at Saluda Moun? tain today. The engines and cars plunged into a washout. Fortunately Engineer Sullivan was running cau? tiously and escaped with his life, but sustained painful injuries. All trains are tied up tonight, but it is said that the trains will be running to Knox? ville tomorrow. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 14.-It is an? nounced here today that Isidore Ray? nor, attorney general fur Maryland, has been retained as <.;>. of the attor? neys for Rear Admiral Schley in his coming hearing before the court of in? quiry. Mr. Raynor received a letter from Admiral Schley on Sunday in which he was asked to act- as one of tilt- counsel in tb.?- case anti at once ac? cepted thf commission. Cleveland, Aug. 14.-Five men were burned to death, four were drowned, three and possibly four, were suffo? cated and several injured as the result of a fire which destroyed a temporary waterworks crib, two miles otf the Cleveland harbor early today. Greenville, N. C., Aug. 14.-News reached here today of a double murder near Gardner's cross roads, in the southern section of this county. Wm. Gardner and Mack Dixon, both white, quarreled over some small matter. Gardner drew a pistol and shot three balls into Dixon's abdomen. Then Dixon knocked Gardner down, took the pistol from him and shot the two remaining balls into Gardner's body. Both men died in a short while. The piles that annoy yon so will be quick ly and permaneatly healed if jon nee L>eWiu'8 wited Hazel SA!ve Beware of worthless counterfeits. J Si Hagbson k Co. Judge Tafe Attacked. Manila, Aug. 13.-A pamphlet ; scattered broadcast yesterday con j tained an < attack upon the United j States Philippine commisson. It was ? signed by the Centro Catholic. Ail the members of that body indignantly deny having any connection with the publication. The leaders say that nobody was more disgusted at such a publication than themselves. They believe the pamphlet was issued by a local paper in an endeavor to create a sensation, as the paper was publish? ed simultaneously with the issue of the pamphlet. The latter was nominally in favor of the church calling on the people to rise in their might against Judge Taft the civil governor, and ' ' The rest of the ' ' reckety brawlers running the govern? ment of the United States," and saying "They have declared war against God." Prominent Catholics are awaiting Gov. Taft's retnrn in order to repu? diate in behalf of the church the sentiments contained in the pamphlet. An insurgent captain and 18 men be longing to Malvar's forces surren? dered yesterday.4 Charleston, Aug. 14.-Sergt. Bendt, one of the party of police officers who had the desperate encounter last week with the negroes suspected of killing the chief of police of Shelby, N. C., had a narrow escape again today. He and Sergt. Haley came upon John Bellinger, a notorious negro character, who is wanted in Colleton county* The negro opened fire, with a 44 calibre pistol, on the officers. Sergt. Bendt returned the fire, putting two balls in the negro. Bellinger was sent to the city hospital. He will probably recover. STRIKERS MAKE GAIN. 3.000 Men Added to, the Roil of Striken-Joliet Mills Shut Down. Joliet, Illinois, Aug. 15.-The four lodges of the Amalgamated association employes of the Illinois Steel company at the Joliet mills, by unanimions vote decided tonight to obey the strike or? der of President Shaffer. The confer? ence was in session from 3 o'clock this afternoon until 9 o'clock tonight be? fore the decision was reached. The steel mills were closed at noon to enable the members of the associa? tion to attend the meeting which was called by M. F. Tighe, national assis? tant secretary, after his arrival here this morning. He was accompanied by Vice President Davis of the fourth district. Both men presented the side? of the association to the local members. It was argued that in order to secure the organization of the non-union workers in the east, it was essential that the western men would have to join the strike move? ment. Mr. Tighe also appealed to the fealty of the men to the association ; he urged them to be men and stand to their union. His remarks were re? ceived with enthusiasm and presaged the vote that followed. This action will close the entire steel plant here, throwing out of em? ployment nearly 3,000 men. Fires will be drawn to-night. Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 15.-Once more three are efforts afoot to settle the srtike waged against the Uni? ted States Steel corporation by the Amalgamated association of Iron, Steel and Tin workers, but their success is problematical. Neither side will admit that there has been a single step toward bringing about a rapprochement or that there is any prospect of an ex? change of peace proposals. Tillman and McLaurin. Yesterday we published interviews from Senators Tillman and McLaurin on the senatorial prospects in that State, in the former of which Senator Tillman declared that McLaurin would be defeated, in the latter of which Mc? Laurin declared that he would win. Not much importance is to be attach? ed to either of these claims in ad? vance, for neither would be likely to admit weakness before the decisive time come. But Mr. Tillman makes a remark? able and rather significant admission when he says if the primaries were held now McLaurin would not get more than S,000 cr 10,COO out of the 95,000 votes in the State, and that it would not be possible for him to get more than 15.000 or 20.000 votes in the primary a year hence. As we see it, while this would mean defeat for McLaurin, it is an admission that the new party which .McLaurin is working for is gaining strength, and so rapidly as to be only a cpuosrion of time.and a little time, too, when it will control the State. If in ene year it can count on 15.000 or 20,000 votes, be? fore the next Presidential election it will be master of South Carolina?. Ii j this were the case the defeat of Mc j Laurin would be a very small matter in comparison. If defeated McLaurin will in all probability work all the harder to build up his new party, and i-f he gains in the meantime, as Senator Tillman admits he will, he will have the more earnest support from Wash intgon, for the leaders there will be encouraged by the practical results at? tained. We think Senator Tillman ad? mits too much, at least enough to give the movers for the new. party much aid and comfort.- Wilmintgon" Star. Aiken, Aug. 16.-James R. Jordan, ex-city treasurer of Aiken, is short in his financial accounts with the city in the sum of $2,215.40. The muni? cipal authorities of the city were con? fronted with this startling disclosure Thursday of this week. The amount of the deficit is fully covered by in? demnity bond.