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.TIE ?ST METIS Ili S?ITE ClPIiOS. Candidates For the Various Offices Speak in Suinter. THEY NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE. Gol. Heyward Makes a /ine Impression ?Co]. Tiff man Has Something to Say About His ?ontroversy W?th Editor Gonza?es- -The Other Speakers. The candidates for State offices as sembled yesterday on the stage of the Opera House, where the initial meeting of the campaign was held, at 11 o'clock the hour appointed for the meeting to begin* but the audience gathered slow ly and the meeting was not called to order by County Chairman J. M. Knight until 1L15, at which time there were not over 200 persons in the Opera House, exclusive of the 35 can didates. In calling the meeting to order Chairman Knight announced that the candidates for Governor wouid first address the audi?nee, the "speakers being called on in alphabetical order. The candidates for this officer? ve been limited to 30 minutes each. As thei first speaker, he introduced Hon.. Mar- j tin F. Ansel, of Greenville. ANSEL FOB-GOVERNOR. Mr. Ansel, after expressing his pleasure in addressing for the first time a Sumter eudience, gave a brief outline of his public service?as a member of the Legislature *nd as So licitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit. He said that there were many issues of importance -that he coald discuss, bnt he woujd confine himself to a few only. One of the planks- of the plat form he would advocate would be for the State to take care of the old sol diers. Another wouid be to: advocate the support of and improve the schools of the State, for the " children of the 1 country must be educated. Education is the question, the burning issue, of . the day. ' Having been deprived"of the' privileges and advantages of a college] education, he could fully realize the ne cessity for the%better education of all children, especially those who have to i be content with a common school edu .. cation. He said he was also a friend of good, roads,, and in his opinion the good j roads "movement is a living question of [ the day. It would bera_gooa..idea Jor the national government to turn out some of its great, jreserye, for building I roads. The convicts should be put to. building r?a?ls-^r?nglwut the State. He favors the dispensary and if elect ed will^do his full duty as Governor to enforce it, and in aft ?^^r matters will do his duty,, in,...fee,,fear of noj man. * J| '.? ? CAPT. OT ?:: HEYWARD. "When Capt. D. C. Heyward was in troduced he,was grouted with vigorous handclapping. He said t?b'at; he fiad come to Sumter in the nope f making friends, but he was glad'to find that he . already had some. .He ; was- no stranger in Sumter, it was irne, bat he came today : in a different capacity ; ifi" teiii#CTW!iiiiffiWitfiiii >T7/%< came, as a candidate for Governor of South Carolina. He was making the campaign on his merits, and if he could not be elected on his merits he did not want the office. He would not : make a campaign of slander and vitu peration, for he did not propose to. en deavor to attain office by reflecting upon the characters of the > gentlemen opposed to him. He was heart andsoulin favor of a!. measures that would build up tibe peo-j pie of the Stat?v-ind?istnally - ami mj every other way. The dispensary law he regarded as a settled issue,' and there was no need to discuss it save ' to say that iie regarded it as the .best solution of the liquor eues?on. yet de vised* if properly eiiiorcedVr and" "h? coald as Governor enforce it fearlessly and conscientiously. He declared himself to be a Demo crat, a parttj&nan, and supmfed and Hav^ cleared :h ;ield of general questions for, strictly speaking, they are- n?t^?ssxree iir^a State cam paign, he took up the questions he conceived to be the real issues of the campaign. On the chi^d labor question he de-c| ciaxed his opposition to children work'-, ing in cotton mills. He favored the enactment of a law to regulate child labor in cotton mills that would be of gradual effect in respect to the age of-j children to be permitted to work i the mills. He did not desire the enactment of a drastic law that would cripple at oae blow the. great cotton mill industry. He took strong ground in favor of education by the State. All colleges should be liberally provided for and the common schools should be more liberally supported, so that they can* properly perform the great work they nave to do. He hoped to see South CaroHna lead t!ie Southern States ini having a complete system of public schools. He amplified the argument in favor of good roads, showing'the present neeos and the benefits that would fol low the building of goods roads throughout the Statei ' He had been one of the original good roads advo cates in the State and had made a speech on that subject before the first good roads convention ever held in South Carolina. He favors the drainage of swamps and lowlands. South Carolina is a small State and needs every foot of land that can be brought into- profit able cultivation. He heartily favors biennial sessions of < the Legislature, ! for he sees no necessity for annual ses sions, which are a source of heavy ex pense to the taxpayers. He is opposed to the trusts, and if it shonld be his good fortune to be elected Governor he will be watchful and will do his full duty to protect the interests of the people. He was still discussing the trust question when his time was called. He was given enthusiast! capplause when he closed, and his speech througjiput was punctuated by ap plause Vv. JASPER ALBERT. Congressman W. J. Talbert said, in opening his speech, that he had a text, but as bis friend, Mr. Heyward, had accused him of taking some of his thunder, he was almost ^afraid to begin, for Mr. Heyward had taken exactly the positions he had ontlined at the Donnalds meeting on Satur day, where he had made the first speech. In the ontset, he wonld state his idea of the motives that should actuate any man who aspires to public office. No man shonld offer as a candi date for an office of trust unless he is determined to discharge the duties of ! the office honestly and fearlessly, without bias or hope of reward save in to the consciousness of a duty faithful ly performed and the approbation of the people. He said he hoped not to I see the day that the non-possession j of money would be an embargo upon ? election to office. He has such con fidence in the people of South Carp i lina that he had no hesitation in declaring that he did not believe there was a white man in the State to whom a cnrrupt office-seeker would dare offer money for his vote. He opposes trusts and the exaction of corporate greed, and favors laws to restrict and regulate all corporations. He is friendly to capital and invites it to come amongst us for investment. But capital should be satisfied with the protection of the just laws of our State. We should see that capital is protected in all its rights and we should give it exact justice. As to "Commercial Democracy, " he said he had no respect for the man or men who would come among us in the disguise of a Democrat and preach Re publicanism and the doctrines fostered by the trusts and- "monopolies. Such a man had no more^nght amongst our people than the midnight assassin. He would have nothing to say about ocr junior Senator, for he is dead politically. He discussed the question of the relation of labor and capital and the Horse Creek .-lockout as an outgrowth of this matter. He favors good roads and believes in building them by township taxation, so that the people of each community shall have the right to say how much they shall :pay for building roads. . , j He would not take away a single .brick or stone from any college; in the,State, and favored supporting all of these institutions with liberality, but was especially in favor of the im provement of the common schools. He* wants to see the common schools so improved and developed that every white boy and girl in the State can get a good education without ever going to college. He does not believe in taxing a white man to educate negro children. The tax white men pay. should go to the - support of schools for vanite children and taxes paid by negroes should go . to schools for negroes. ... The dispensary law he sincerely be lieved to be -the best possible, solution of the. liquor'- question." He believed ? in tb^ ?awj' and it should 'be enforced in Charleston,. Columbia and Sumter, and ail other places. ~ He closed with an eloquent tribute to the,, ^old.Confederate soldiers, and declared his undying belief . in the principles "for whlbh tney bought and died. They should be cared for in their old age. ,. - JAMES H. TILLMAS. Lieutenant Governor X H. ' Tillmaa, also a candidate for Governor, said he was amused at the emphasis with wkich all of the distinguished speakers who had preceded -him dwelt upon the .question, oX -good roads.. - He favored ; good roads, as all men do, but was op posed to taxing the people to build them while the people are already over-taxed. From the speech of the other candi date from Edgefield (CoL Talbert) one would form the conclusion that he is a candidate for United States Sen ator, else why dwell so long upon the question of -trusts? But if he is so op posed to trusts, why did he of his own volition leave his seat, in Congress, to which he^faas been elected for ten years without opposition, when by remaining there he could have rend r ?d his people some service against the trusts? ,He is not opposed to office holding, but favors a time limit, for some of the candidates have held office for so long that when they come to die they will in the hereafter come out as candidates for office from force of habit His opponent, CoL T?lrt, ha? bem holding office since before he left sphpot He favors a law to regulate ehild labor in c?^ton mills. %' Se has' srway? &v?red~ liberal pen ? sion for old soldiers, and believes that every needy old soldier should be pro vided for, but does not favor . a sol diers' home. THE STATE VS. TILLMAN. He said that he would now discuss, for the last time, he hoped, a matter that all would find more interesting. He would now devote some time to his Cuban subject. He reviewed the ease of N. G. Gonzales and The State (newspaper) vs. James H. Tillman, Lieutenant Governor, in the matter of the now notorious ruling, by the said Tillman, while President of the Sen ate, that a motion to indefinitely post pone was not debatable, and the con troversy^ growing out of it Mr. Till man said that he appealed to the record, and read from the Senate jour nal the statement he bad spread on the journal as a matter of personal privi lege. The editor of The State in his attack had placed words in his (Till man's) mouth that he had never utter ed, and, instead of going to the rec ord, had appealed to his own paper, and his four column review yesterday of The State's exhibits, taken from The State, was merely a renewal of the attack previously made. He was willing to be judged by the record, and the Senate journal should be placed in the balances and weighed against the exhibits taken from The State. He had been charged with falsifying the record and making false statements concerning the opinion of Speaker Henderson of the United States House of Representatives and President pro tern. Frye of the United State Senate. He had never stated that these gentlemen had sustained his ruling, and the Senate journal would show that he had made no such state ment. A PERSONAL MATTER. It lias been asserted in this connec tion that he had treated the Senators with discourtesy. In answer to this charge he would call upon members of the Senate present and let them say whether or not he had treated them with discourtesy. He called on Sena tor Caughman, of Saluda, and Sena tor Sharp?, of Lexington, both of whom said he had not. He then call ed on Senator Manning, who replied : "You never treated me, personally, ?mm?????-?????^ ^wnwwi I with discourtesy,"?with emphasis on "personally." Returning to The State and Gon zales matter, he said that he now came to a matter that was filled w;th sad memories of personal sorrow and bereavements. Reading a report of ? the Donnalds meeting in the News and Courier, he found the statement that his father, the late Col. George D. Tillman, never had a more loyal and devoted friend than this same Editor Gonzales! In reply to this he had .only to say that Gonzales had ofttimes protested his friendship to Col. Till man, but he (the speaker) firmly believ ed that Gonzales always had an object in view. Gonzales had supported Col. Tillman in his last race for Congress against Col. Tidbert, and for this he (the speaker) had written Gonzales a letter, thanking him for his support. But he believed that Gonzales was always at heart false and his friend ship for Col. George D. Tillman was never more than a pretense. If it were possible for the spirits of the de parted dead to return to earth, he could imagine the expression of proud scorn and contempt that would be on his honored father's face while he repudiated the false claims of loyal friendship now put forward by this man. CoL Tillman was heard with the most intense interest and the closest attention was gii ven him throughout his speech. In closing,, he pledged himself, if elected ^Governor, to discharge the duties of th? office faithfully and fear lessly, and would by no act do any thing dishonorable or discreditable to his State, his people, his God or him self. DR. TIMMERMAN. Dr. W. H. Timmerman, former Lieutenant Governor, former State Treasurer and now a candidate for Governor, was next introduced, and about one-half of the audience left the house. Their departure was not in tended as a mark of disrespect, but showed lack of interest in what the speaker might say and that the time for dinner had come. Dr. Timmerman's speech was devoid of interest,, and was mainly filled with apologies for his deficiencies as an orator. He reviewed his career and record as an office-holder and asserted that by reason of this experience he is better "qualified than any of h is oppo nents to discharge the duties, of the office of Governor. He favors good roads, the support of State colleges, the public schools and all educational institutions. He favored a law to regulate child labor in mills, because the State Convention had declared it self on that measure ; but he would go a step further than his opponents, for if the bill becomes a law and for bids a poor widow woman to hire out her children, and thus deprive her of her only means of support, the State should provide for the support of that widow. This conclnded the speaking, of the candidates for Governor. OTHER SPEAKERS. When the candidates for Govrenor concluded their speeches the audience was tired, and quite a number left before., the lesseer lights had their innings. Mr. Cloe L. Blesae. of Newberry,. who had once before appeared as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, spoke for five minutes and gave the reasons that seemed to him to be suffi cient to convince the voters that he was the "properest" man for th? place. M? Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, made a ? straightforward" talk - and referred to his . record as Speaker of the House of Representatives as a proof of his qualification for the office. Col. John T. Sloan, of Richland, mede a regular Fourth of July spread eagle oration, and if it were possible to crowd into a five-minutes talk more complimentary allusions to Sumter and her people from the earliest times to the present day Coi. Sloan would hare been the man to do it. Mr. U. X. Gunter, Jr., of Spartan burg,. Assistant Attorney .G?rerai, and Mri W. F. Stevenson, of Ch^erfield, Speaker of the House of Rep.'e^enta tivee for two yeam, were the candi dates lor Attorney General. Mr. Gunter asked for the office as ? reward for hie services in the position he now holds. He told what he had done, emphasizing the value of his work in connection with the school chart litigation, resulting in the saving of thousands of dollars to the taxpay ers; in the Virginia-Carolina anti trust case and in other matters of ?ke importance. He asked lor the endorse ment of the people, because he felt he was worthy of it and entitled to pro motion. He impressed his hearers that he has a high conception of his own value as a public officer and wish ed to be taken at this valuation on election day. STEVENSON IS SARCASTIC. Mr. Stevenson jumped on his oppo nent and ridicnled his pretensions in a merciless but at the same time an amusing and telling manner. He said he had never before heard of an assist ant offiec-holder claiming the right to succeed his chief and objecting to any opposition to his office-holding ambi tion. "Mr Gunter talks about the effort to take away his job, but I tell you he has no job that I want, If I am elected, as 1 expect to be,JMr. Gun ter may continue to hold the job he now has. " As to the school chart mat ter, he would say he was not accustom ed to advertise himself by publishing the opinions he wrote, hence the peo ple did not know that he was the first man to take the school chart swindle into court, but the records would show that as attorney for Chesterfield County he had gone into court and had obtained an injunction against the payment of these fraudulent claims three months before Mr. Gunter wrote and published the opinion of which he now boasted, which opinion merely followed the line of the argument he made when he instituted the proceed ings in court. Throughout his speech Mr. Stevenson was vigorous, forcible and sarcastic, and the telling hits made on the vulnerable and weak points of his opponent's speech were seen, appreciated and enjoyed by the audience. He made a decided impres sion, and it was generally remarked that his speech was one of the best of be day and did not. have the ear-marks of commonplace monotony so charac teristic of a majority of the appeals for votes made by those seeking any of the other of the minor offices in the State House. State Treasurer R. H. Jennings, who has no opposition for re-election, merely announced his candidacy and thanked the people of Sumter for the support given him two years ago. The candidates for Secretary of State were Col. J. T. Austin, of Geenville, J. T. Gantt, of Columbia, and Col. J'. Harvey Wilson, who spoke briefly. Col. Wilson said that he had no speech to make to his own people, who know his merits and his faults. He had only to thank them for their unvary ing kindness and to say to them that should ho be defeated the defeat would be robbed of bitterness by the endorse ment of his home people ; that victory without their endorsement would be robbed of all its sweetness. The other candidates who spoke were A. B. Martin, of Greenville, and John J. McMahan, of Columbia, for Superintendent of Education; N. W. Brooker, of Columbia, A. W. Jones, of Abbeville, W. H. Sharpe, of Lexington, and G. L. Walker, of Greenville, who want to be Comptrol ler General; Col. John C. Boyd, of Greenville, CoL J. D. Frost, Col. John M. Patrick, of Anderson, and Mr. George D. Rouse, of Charleston, aspirants for the Audjutant General ship; Messrs. James Cansler, B. L. Caughman, W. Boyd Evans, A. C. Jepson, H. J. Kinard, John G. Mobley, H. H. Prince and J. C. Wil born, candidates for Railroad Commis sioner. The meeting closed at 4.25, after a continuous performance of more than five hours. At the end there were less than a hundred persons in the house, candidates included. Early Cotton Bloom. Mr. T. M. Bradley, of Braun, Sumter County, sends $he Watchman and Southron a cotton bloom under date of June 14, which, he says, is the first he has noticed in his cotton this season. This, he says,2makes cotton in that section two weeks earlier than it was last year?the first bloom in his field in 1901 having been on June 28. Crops generally are reported in good condition. ? . Rising Rivers. Under date of June 16, 10:20 a. m., the weather forecast official at Charles ton issued the following bulletin: 4'The streams at Camden and Che raw will rise 16 feet to 20 feet during the next 48 hours. The Congaree, at Columbia, will rise 15 feet to 20 feet additional during the next 48 hours." Band Concert This Evening. Don't forget that this evening the band will expect you on the Green, where you can enjoy yourself and see your little" ones do likewise. The music will be first-class and the re freshments will be refreshing. Come out and spend the evening with the boys ; you will enjoy yourself. For the Tournament. The Charleston Hose Reel team is hard at practice for the tournament which will take place at Sumter June 25 and 26. The team is being trained by Capt. - T. B. Cplcolough, i for whom much of the credit for the recent vic tories are due. The boys are hopeful of capturing a number of the prizes.-? Charleston Evening Post. ? ????? The Gibson Craze. We .have had the "ping-pong" shirt-, waist and cravat, but there has arisen a decidedly new craze in the "Gibson cravat and waist." The style has net yet been introduced in Sumter, but it is coming,, surely, and is said to be so thoroughly , fetching that it bids fair to be quite the rage. Any white material is employed and upon the ends of the cravat and down the front and on the cuffs of .the shirt waists are "Gibson" heads done , in indellib?e ink. Compression of Cotton. __ The Board of Railroad Commi sson er, in their regular weekly meeting at Columbia on Friday, received a com plaint from llarby & Co., of Sumter, protesting against the amount allowed by the roads to compresses for the compression of cotton. The commis sion was assured that this reduction in compression was the result of bids on the p?rt of the various companies to do this work. Upon the result of this information the decision of the board was postponed. Representative Lever's Work. Congressman Lever has been notified by wire that the postoffice department has, upon his recommendation, decided to establish the free carrier system ? in the town of Sumter, to take effect on September 1. Mr. Lever says that some six or seven rural routes for Lexington have been favorably report ed. As soon as these are established the department will again take up the matter of rural routes in Orange burg and Sumter counties. Large Cotton. Three stalks of cotton were left at this office Saturday by Ben Jones, who farms on Mrs. Tuomey's Bell Mill place. The tallest measues 34 inches and the shortest 23 inches from the first roots at top of ground to the end of stalk. Each has 20 forms, the most developed of which are beginning to show the bloom. He says he has 50 to 60 acres like the samples brought. Conductor W. J. Hall Hurt. Conductor W. J. Hall, of the Northwestern Railroad, while on the way to Camden last Thursday night on tho mixed freight and passenger train, met with an accident that narrowly missedhaving a fatal ending. He was on top of the train just be fore it reached Rembert's station, when his head was caught by a tele graph wire. He was knocked down and dragged on the top of the -car for some dis tance and narrowly escaped being dragged off. His ear was badly cut by the wire and his face and head_ were considerably bruised. He lost bis lan tern and cap, but ho considers that he was fotunate in escaping with his life. Demagogues govern some communi ties and demijohns [rule others. SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. Railroad Rates to Triennial Convention at Denver, June 26--July 2. South ern Railwav announces rate of one fare for the round trip, plus 82 from all points in this territory .to Denver. Tickets will be sold June 21,-/22 and 23, with final limit leaving Denver July 31, with privilege of ex tension to August 31. Parties taking this trip have an excellent opportunity of visiting the Grand Canyon, Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, Yellow stone Park, Salt Lake City and other points in the West, as reduced rates will be made for these side trips. Dr. W. E. Pelham, of Newberry, State chairman, will be in charge of the South Carolina delegation, going via_ Southern Railway to St. Louis, at which point immediate connections will l>e made for Denver. For further information apply to W. E. McGee, . P. A., Augusta, Ga., R. L. Seay, P. & . A., Columbia, S. C, or R. W. Hunt, D. P. A., Charleston, S. C. June 16?6t. RAZORS IN THE AIR. Preston Jackson Seriously Cut in a Family Fight. Preston Jackson, a negro, who lives on Mr. W. A. Bow^nan's place, seven miles from this city, was brought to town Saturday morning in a badly carved up condition. His left arm was terribly cut in five places, the flesh being laid open almost to the bone. There were also several wounds on the right arm, but these cuts were not as deep as those on the other arm. Preston's wife did the carving with a razor and the condition of Preston's arm was positive proof of her skill as a manipulator of a razor. Preston did puot state the cause of the family jar that led up to the cutting. In reply to questions he merely said, "My own wife did it. ' ' _ BEAUTIFY THE CITY! Let Sumter Be Gaily Decorated for the Firemen's Tournament. The Firemen's Tournament will be held within less than two weeks, and if any effort is to be made to decorate the, business section of the city in honor of the occasion 'preparations to that end should be under way. There are probably not enough flags and bunting in town to properly decorate one store, and if those who expect to decorate their stores and residences put off until the last day the purchase of material they will be disappointed. The merchants will have to order flags and bunting if there is a demand for decorating material, and there is now none too much time in which to order and get there in time. It would be well to have the town decorated, for it will create a favor able impression on the many visitors and contribute mach toward the ? suc cess of the tournament. The business men .have put a good deal of money into the tounament already, and while it may seem, at firs? glance, to be a small matter whether or not the city is decorated, the little things often count most,, and if the crowds that are expected come, it would be a pity to fail to make a good impression. Every one can afford to spend a little on decorations, and the d?corations should be put up. RAILROAD RACKET. C?pt.' S. G. Gilbert, for more than 30 years a popular conductor on the old South Carolina and Georiga road, has retired from railroad work and is now in the insurance business in Charleston. Mr. D. J. Justice, for a number of years connected with the mechanical department of the Atlantic Coast Line, but more recently with the Seaboard Air Line, now has a ? good position with the Louisville and Nashville road. The watermelon crop throughout the melon section along the Southern railway between Columbia and Savan nah is reported to be iin fine condition and a heavy one. The Jmovement of Florida melons has already begun. In the next ten days the movement of Georiga and South Carolina melons will begin in earnest WSM The latest method in political strategy is to have a number of heel ers to keep in the hand-shaking process and to tell the people why the other fellow should not be elected. Experience that is given away is sel dom appreciated. When the day breaks some men are too lazy to make use of the pieces. The American Bell Telephone Com pany construction corps is camped at the old C, S. & N. depot and head quarters will be maintained here for sometime while the construction of the long distance lines are being pushed northward. There are a large number of men employed on the work and at present there are between 'fifty and a hundred in the city. The line was built from Augusta to this point, fol lowing the M. & A. R. R. from Den mark. Leaving the city, the line fol lows the W., C. & A. track to a point near the brick yard, where it turns al most at right angles and strikes the Moses road at the bend, near the old fair grounds. A CARD. To the Democratic Voters of Sumter * County: Finding that personal interests de mand it, I take this method of an nouncing my withdrawal from the race for County Teasurer in the ensuing Democratic primary elections. In making the above announcement, I cannot refrain from expressing to the people of Sumter County the deep sense of gratitude I feel for the con tinued confidence bestowed on me dur ing the eight years I will have served them at the expiration of my term. In return, it has been my earnest desire and honest endeavor to show my appreciation of the honors bestowed in a practical way by a faithful dis charge of the official duties and responsibilities imposed, and my keen est desire to retire from this office with the good will and esteem of the good people of Snmter County. H. L. Scarborongh. THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN. Some Features of the Meeting Held in Columbia. The initial meeting of the Senator ial campaign in Columbia was charac teized by good feeling all aronnd and the occasion was not marred by a dis agreeable feature. A notable feature was the presence of many ladies, who applauded the speakers liberally. The speeches all dealt with the lead ing national issues, following the line of those delivered last summer. John Gary Evans's speech touched up McLaurin, and was the real feature of the^ meeting. He referred to his own political record, tossed some stones in the direction v of Mr. Latimer, and went for Cuba and the Cubans. Speeches were made, in the order named, by Congressman Latimer, D. S. Henderson, George Johnstone, Con ressman Elliott, former Congressman ohn J. Hemphill, ex-Governor John Gary Evans, Congressman Lever and his opponent, J. B. McLaughlin," of St. Matthews. Augusta's Gretnsi Green. Augusta, June 17.?Hamburg, the Gretna Green of Augusta, is doing a rushing businses again. Licenses are required for marriages in this State and where there are runaway and hurry-up nnptial affairs they are usually pulled off with the aid of a back and a trip across the Savannah. Last Sunday there were four runaway knots tied by the judge and yesterday the total was increased by two more. Sudden Death in Chicago. Chicago, June 16.?Genio M. Lamr bertson, one of the leading lawyers of Lincoln, Neb., died early Sunday morning at the Palmer House of heart disease. Mr. Lambertson came to Chicago on Saturday and in the af ternoon witnessed the Chicago-North wesern University base ball game at Marshall Field, and in the evening attended a banquet at the University of Chicago, and responded to a toast. In company with his*wife he returned to the hotel and retired shortly before midnight, and when Mrs. Lambert-, son arose Sunday morning she discov ered her husband was dead.. Under President Harrison he was assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Decorate! Decorate! Mr. LeRoy Mitteldorf er, represent ing the firm of Mitteldorfer & Son, decorators, of Eichmond, Va., was in Sumter Monday. His brother, Mr. M. Mitteldorfer, will be here to morrow, and those who desire to have their places of business or residences decorated, in the highest style, of the art f?r the forthcoming firemen's tournament would do well to see Mr. Mitteldorfer. He can be found at the Hotel Sumter. He has already closed several contracts for decora tions. THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAftOUNJL Current Events in the Palmetto State Laconically Recorded. ?"-wiit>'i -? '?' ? - - ?Flat cars on the transportation systems in' Chesetrfield county are very scarce. -Box cars are easily obtained, but there seems to be a scarcity in the stock of flat cars. Much lumber is now in the lumber yards in the county, waiting for cars to remove it. ?The North Augusta hotel structure over on Hamburg heights is getting along splendidly. The roof is now on the west wing. The east wing is above the second story. All foundations are in.. Over one hundred ' hands are daily at work on the building. It wilf be thrown open to guests on or before Jan. 1, 1903. ?Fifty thousand dollars.: additional will be raised for the endowment of Furman university. Half. ' of it is already in sight and Presi dent Montague will at once begin the canvass for the other half. ?At a meeting of the eity taxpayr ers of Georgetown, a tax of two mills was voted for school puposos for the scholastic year 1902-03. ?The capital stock of the company which will build a hotel in Abbeville has reached the sum of $16,000. and it will be increased to $20,000. A charter will be secured at once. ?The construction of the new sys tem of waterworks in Charleston means the expenditure of more than a million dollars next year in Charles ton. The sytem will cost something above $800,000 and as soon as the work starts the government will begin the construction of the naval station and dry docks. The sum of $657,300 has been appropriated for the preliminary work, which will begin at once. , ?The Adjutant General has sent forward the requisitions on South Car lina's quota of uniforms and equip ments, available from the federal gov ernment to July 1. ?Though the talk about the proba ble resignation of Senator McLaurin is apparently dying out. the Governor is still receiving letters of advocacy of certain men who would like to suc ceed him. 1 ?The candidates for governor, the United States senate and congress spoke at Dounalds, Saturday. It was a pleasant gathering of about 1,500 people, representing the counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens and Greenviile. Senator Hen derson and John Gary Evans were not present. ?Edmund H. Deas, the Republican State chairman, has gone to Washing ton. In view of the fact that the president has "turned down" McLau rin and Capers, it is believed the "organization" will be recognized. It is said the Republicans are sanguine as to favorable future developments. ?The deficit of the Charleston Ex position Companv will amount to about $450,000, the bulk of the loss falling upon Capt. F. W. Wagener, the president, whose loss is estimated at 8150,000. ?Smallpox, which a few weeks ago was feared might become epidemic in Camden, has been completely stamped out. Not a single new case has been reported and all the old ones are about well.