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WATCHMAN, Ceiesllsated Abi. 8.1881 C|r ?altbmnn ano Soutbron. Every Wedacsdsiy, -pBT? ?mn nwusHiM company SUMTE R, 8. C. ? 110 par annum?t i advance. aOot Squarv mat tnaartlon.$1.00 P*a}i aij tub?quant Insertion.GO Contracts for three months, or mager will he made at reduced rate?. All communications which tub ' nerve private interests will be charted y far as Advertisements. mL (WtLri?t and tributes of respects Pwn be charged far. VOTER* MUST HfeXHhTKK. Opinion by Attorney Geu? sas Act of UM Old Rcgsstru Certiorate* Null and Void Kept Open Longer. Columbia, June tl.?Attorney Gen? eral Lyon. *t the request of Gov. An? s?t? has rendered an important opin? ion on the requirements of the act of a laOt on reenrollment and regtsration (of voters. This act was passed by the general aeeessbly. la accordance with the provision of the constitution, re? quiring new registration every ten yearn, and special appropriations were made for the boards of registration In kpr4er that the books might be kept ^epun a longer time than usual. Mr. Lyon holds that ?ach and every roter who has heretofore registered most reregister and have hls*name entered on the book* In the same manner as If It were entirely new ^eaiatmtlon. There Is a proviso that BeWan registered before lift shaft be entitled to another registration upon pe mentation of their cert iff ;etes from the clerk of court or secretary of state that their names appear upon the recwrde prior to 1>09. On the ftjaaer books opened and kept open dur ^SJ the months July and August abeuld he entered all the names, enrolled during the first Mon each'month of the year 1108. Ja^ qtrtot coaetraoHanl but Mr. Lyon feels that set of lit! should be carried out letter aad the registration books verged of thousands of names of these dead or removed from the State aad that hereafter the boards of reg tatniiton should be required to keep the books clean. This point was made kin Barwell county some months ago rwheu an effort was made to get up a partition to vote out the dispensary. The aaesee of hundreds of voters were enarsted In when they were not entitled to registration. Since then Gov. Ansel has- made It plain to all that the low should he strictly ^enforced The request for this oplnioln came up im a quer/ from a citizen of Dillon Interested In the establishment of a aew county in the upper section of Marion county. It Is therefore of com Oder able Importance as It Is prob Ifable that an election on the petition presented will he ordered within the neat few months. THE PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN. Rew. J. L. Hartry, Superintendent of ? Antl-Saftoon Leagae Makes Two Prom the Dairy Item. June II. Rev. J. L. Harley. superintendent for South Carolina of ?he Antl-Satoon Leegue. delivered two addresses In the Interest of prohibition yesterday? at I o'clock In the afternoon at the Opera House and In the First Baptist church In ? he' evening. The afternoon meeting was not leritcrv attended, owing, perhaps, to the fact that it was held at the same hoar as the Sunday schools. At the night meeting the attendance was large. Mr. Harley outlined the work he Is doing In this Stele In the cause of prohibition and made an appeal for a stretghtout. uncompromising fight for 1 State-wide prohibition. - The British housee of parliament here voted unanimously the erection of a memorial to the lets premier. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman. in West? minster Abbey. As the Abbey Is be? coming overcrowded. Lord Lansdowne pretested in the Lords against giving awny space In it unnecessarily. The Times espressos the opinion that "the Abbey ought to be reserved for those whose national services are Inde? pendent of party and of merely polit? ical appreciation." Luke E. Wright, who succeeded H. Taft, resigned as secretary told" democrat and Confederate veteran. rfMd April, 1*50. 'Be Just ai am STATE CAMPAIGN BEGUN. Calhoun County Voters Hear Usncs St. Matthew*. June 17.?Calhoun County received its baptism of State politics today In the grove that sur? rounds the school house bere, when the first gun In the State campaign was flred by the candidates for State offices. Everything that could contri? bute to the comfort and pleasure of the guests of the "Baby" county had been arranged by a special committee and not a hitch occured In the pro? gramme. The dey was warm and bright, the recently organised Cal? houn baud was on hand discoursing sweet music, a splendid dinner was In our^e of preparation In the school house, and as a result a crowd num? bering about three hundred persons was present. Most of the business houses were closed for tho occasion, which was in every way a most au? spicious one. Those present were Qov. Ansel, Senator Cole L. Blear,e. candidate for Governor; Liuetenant Governor T. G. McLeod. Secretary of State R. M. Mc Cown, State Treasurer Jennings, At? torney General Lyon, Comptroller General Jones, E. C. Elmore, S. Ft. Melllchamp and J. E. Swearlngen, all candidates for the office of superin? tendent of education, Railroad Com? missioner Caughman and Messr\ James Cansler. F. C F*ishburne, J. A. Summersett and H. W. Richardson, all candidates for the poslt'.on now held by Mr. Caughman. Gov. Ansel Introduced. It was about 12 o'clock when the gavel of Chairman Dreher fell and he announced that the first campaign meeting had opened. As the first speaker he presented Gov. Ansel, whose appearance was greeted with a rousing cheer. He spoke extempo? raneously, and as each speaker whs limited to ten minutes his remarks were necessarily brief. He stated that there were no issues of especial Importance before the people In the campaign, but he expressed his views on the liquor question and on the giving his attitude on the liquor ques "My position on the liquor question is what I call restricted local option? that Is, local option as between coun? ty prohibition, and county dispensary. Those counties voting to sell liquor shall be restricted to one dispensary in the county, and that one at the county seat except those counties wherein there is a city of more than 25.000 population, in which counties more than one dispensary may be es? tablished. This Is in accordance with my recommendations to the general assembly as set forth in my annual message of 1908, Is in the Interest of temperance and will minimize the sale of liquor. "With the experience that I have had in the past two years in the pro posed elections that were desired In some counties on the liquor question I am of the opinion that It will be better to enact a law by which a county can vote on the question of voting In the sale of liquor as above restricted instead of voting It out as now provided; that la to make all the counties dry until a majority of the qualified voters of a county vote to sell liquor it: that particular county, an i If a majority of the qualified voters vote to sell that one county dlipensary then be established as nh'vc set forth with the right to vote tho dispensary out at a subsequent election. "In no State can liquor be sold as a matter of right. Permission has to be obtained from the proper authori? ties In the way provided by law, and It seems to me that the better plan In this State would be to provide for voting the sale In rather than ,votlng It out under the restriction above ?el forth. Whatever law, however, th ? general assembly In Its wisdom may enact I shall endeavor to en? force." As to the financial affairs of the Stite the goyernor was In favor, he sa d. of the levying an extra two-mill ta:c for the purpose of bringing the revenues of the State up to the point where It will not be necessary to bor? row three hundred and fifty thousand dollars every year to meet the cur |rent expenses of ihe State, as Is now the case. He also expressed himself as being j heartily In favor of the Improvement of the public highways of the State and pledging himself to do all In his power to this end. He said, further, that he would continue to do, If re I elected, as he has been doing hereto fore, that Is, using his best endeavors for advancing the Interests of the State. That was all he couhl promise, he said, and that was all he could do. Discussed. tlon he said. od Fear not?~ Let ?11 the ends Thou .Mir dTER. S. C . WEDNI Senator Hleii.se. Senator Blease said in part: "Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle- J men, South Carolinians: In obedience to the constitution of the Democratic J party, the party to which my people \ have belonged for generations, and ! to which I belong, to which I belong? ed In 1876 and have ever since be? longed, and for which I followed Hampton, Butler and Gaiv and 1876, when?although but a boy?I rode as a courier in the Red Shirt parades at Newberry and obeyed, along with my people and your people, every call that was made upon us, and now, still answering her commands, I am here, and will at every campaign meeting held for State officers to address my fellow Democrats as a candidate for the office of governor, In obedience tc the constitution of the Democratic party of South Carolina. "I am told that I should not op pore Gov. Ansel, for he is entitled tc a second term. If he is let him show what he has done to merit it." For his platform Senator Blease aald that he favored an honest ad? ministration of all laws, fairly and Impartially, to all citizens alike; en? forcing all laws and obedience to the constitutions of the State and nation; trial by Jury for all persons accused of crime and enforcing the Judgment of the courts as founded on these verdicts; keeping forever separate the three departments of government, but with each endeavoring to uphold and support the other. He stated that he was in favor of bl-ennial sessions of the general as? sembly, liberal appropriations for Confederate veteran?, liberal, but not extravagant, appropriations for State schools, the building up of the free school system so that every white child In the State may get a good common school education, and better salaries for teachers, but Is opposed to the higher education of the negro race and of the taxes paid by white people going to other than white sohools. He was in favor of a strict enforcement of the vagrancy laws, and wants a law requiring a certifi? cate or the registration of, the mar? riages in the clerk of court's office. He Is opposed to the present meth? od of securing immigration, favors amending the Hen law, a flat rdilroad passenger rate of 2 1-2 cents, but op? poses the rules now In force as to the use of mileage books and the charg? ing of 15 cents excess for failure to purchase tickets. He was opposed, he said, to the bill introduced In the Senate at the last session making the present rules the law of this State, and of this he pointedly said: From whence did the bill come, and who recommended its passage after a conference "had with the pres? ident and other representatives of the Southern Railway," When the bill came to the Senate I fought it and I am now opposed to its provisions. Senator Blease declared himself a.* favoring county local option since the elimination of the State dispen? sary. Should there be a license sys? tem he would favor the most rigorous enforcement of the laws regulating the sale of whiskey In this manner. He is absolutely opposed to the old bar room system, he declared, and would under no circumstances sign a bill to reinstate that system. If the general assembly were to pass a pro? hibition bill, he said, he would sign and enforce It, but he Is opposed to the passage of a general prohibition law allowing the voting In of dispen? saries, as he does not believe that those counties that now have dispen? saries and are satisfied with them should be put to the trouble and ex? pense of another election. The speaker said that he favored a lib? eral policy. The speaker said he was In favor of running the government of the State on a liberal basis, but not an extravagant one, "as is now being done," he added parenthetically. He would have the tax levy made as low as possible. As to the fitness for the position to which he aspires Senator Ulease pointed to his record In public and private life, and Invited personal In? quiries as to his reputation. -/ CLARK THE FAVORITE. Likely to Succeed William* as the Minority Leader. Washington, June 20.?Democrats here are Interested in the question of who will succeed John Sharp Wil? liams a* minority leader in the house. Though Representative DeArmond has been Mr. Williams' chief rival, " m % 1 another Missourlan, Champ Clark, ia more popular with most of the mem ! hers, nnd he Is considered as most likely to win the honor. I is t at be thy Country'*, Thy God's am iSDAY. JUNE 24, 19( SEN. HUMAN ENJOYING TRIP. SERMS TO BE IMPROVING IX HEALTH IX EVERY WAY. Appetite is Good, He Sleeps Well and Is In Fine Spirits?The Senator Tells of the Interesting sights He . . Has Seen Since Landing at Gibral? tar, the Beautiful Flowers and Still More Beautiful Women. Columbia, June 22.?The corres? pondent of the News and Courier has just received from Dr. Babcock the following letter: "Gibraltar, June 8, 190S. "My Dear Mr. Kohn: I forward herewith an account dictated by Sen? ator Tillman of his trip since we landed. It practically amounts to a diary. I will add that the senator seems to me to be improving in health in every way; appetite Is good, sleep excellent and in fine spirit.*. Mrs.! Tillman, too, is standing the hard work of travel very well. "I have had no personal letters since I left Boston, and don't expect I to get any until I reach Rome, in about two weeks. "We met this morning on the streets Melton and Earle, who have Just returned from a similar trip to ours. Both are well. "Sincerely, "J. W. Babcock." Senator Tillman's account of his trip follows: "The two weeks which have elaps? ed since our landing at Gibraltar have been spent in rather strenuous fash? ion. The long rest on the boat had brought such improvement that the morning after we reached Gibraltar and found a good steamer about to start for Tangier, 40 miles southward, on the West African coast in Morocco, we yielded to the suggestion of two Columbia friends, Messrs. Melton and Earle, who had Just come in on the German Lloyd steamer, and put off for Tangier without seeing Gibraltar at all, reaching it about 4 p. m. Af? ter resting at the hotel a saunter of an hour and a half through the nar? row, filthy streets, from r.even to 1*2 feet wide and all crooked, gave us all the idea of Mohammedan and Moorish life and civilization that we wanted, and there was no difference of opinion about returning to Gibral? tar next day. "After taking a view of Gibraltar, through which we drove with the American consul, Mr. Richard Sprague, and whose courtesy was much appreciated, we crossed over to Algeciras, Spain, on the opposite side of the bay, where we spent two nights and a daj^resting and enjoying the magnificent view of the famous Rock of Gibraltar, and the most gor? geous display of flowers that it has ever been our good fortune to see, hedges of geraniums five feet high, I white daisy bushes of even larger size, with other flowers too numerous I to mention. These are in the garden I or park surrounding the swell Eng-1 lish hotel, the Reina Christina, and I though It was the first of June we I had to sleep under blankets, which I .has been necessary throughout ourj trip in Southern Spain. Friday we I went to Ronda, an old Moorish for-1 tress, In the midst of the mountains, I with a most magnificent view. Part I of the Journey upwards was through I the cork-woods. Most of the way the I fields are filled with olive trees, wheat I and barley occupying occasional I stretches. The wheat in most in-1 (stances was very good, some of it ex- I I ceedingly fine. After a night at Ronda I I and a walk through the old Moorish! I town to the cathedral we started fori I Granada Sunday morning and although j the Spaniards are perhaps the most I devout people in Europe, there was no evidence that the people remem-1 J bered the commandment, as they I were at work everywhere in the I fields. "We spent two whole days inj Granada and then left for Seville, tak-1 I Ing nearly all day for the journey, J though the distance is less than 200 j miles. I will not attempt any de-1 I scriptions, but will only say that we j wert- not disappointed In the Alham bra, though our expectations had i been raised very high by what we had read, and in Seville there was a repe? tition of this experience. The cathe? dral, with its numerous masterpieces of painting, and the Moorish palace j must be seen to be appreciated and then seen again and again, while the I little chapel in I?a Carldad Hospital i will undoubtedly linger a Joy forever I in our memories. Here we found the I only evidences in Spain of prosperity and modern city life, and undoubted? ly, for we aRreed on this point, our Columbia friends joining in the ver? dict, that the Sevilllan women as a whole are the handsomest we have ever seen or expect to see. a Truths." TUE TRUJ 38. Stew Seri< "Friday evening we went to Corodo va, famous for its Roman bridge built by Augustus Caesar and for the Moorish mosque, considered by ex parti as the most wonderful atchi- i tectural triumph of the Moors, who conquered Spain in the 8th century. The Spaniards marred in many ways the diginty and strength of this won? derful building, but again I must not I undertake descriptions. "We got back to Gibraltar last night, June 7, well fagged out and it is just a month since we left Trenton, without having had any news from home or seen an American newspa? per. I have stood the strain much better than I would have thought pos? sible and attribute it to an entire change of view and the absence of anything to excite, and the admirable sleeping that the conditions have brought about. 'Letters from home this morn? ing tell us of hot parched conditions in South Carolina, and one wonders at the marvellous Spanish climate that compels blankets in June, where oranges flourish and hot house plants grow In the yards." It will be good news to Senator Tillman's friends in South Carolina and elsewhere to know that his health is showing such marked im? provement and that he is enjoying his stay in Europe as much as he antki ' pated doing. August Kohn. SIMMER AT WISACKY. The Young Folks Wlio Are at Home for tlie Vacation Arc Enjoying Tliemselves. Wisacky, June 24.?An occasion most enjoyable to those participating was a summer sociable given by Mrs. W. B. McLeod, of this place, on Wednesday night last. Only those of the young people of the community who were unavoidably detained were absent, and they only ought to re? gret. Rev. Mr. W. H. McMeans, of Co? lumbia, has accepted the call to the puiplt of Mt. Zlon church. He preach? ed his first regular sermon on Sunday, and made a very favorable impres? sion on the people. Mt. Zlon has been without a pastor for some two years, the pulpit, in the meantime, having been filled by Dr. W. J. McKoy and numerous others. The St. Luke Sunday school will have an all day picnic at Cooper's Mill on Friday, the 27th instant. A large crowd is expected, and those at? tending are promised the pleasure of hearing at least one good speaker. The statistics of the South Carolina College and University show, I think, that Wisacky has been represented at that Institution ofr the past 25 years. Nor are $ve ever ashamed of our rep? resentatives there. We note with pleasure the stand taken by Mr. Rob? ert M. Cooper, Jr., during the session just closed. He has been identified with almost everything of progress around the old university. He re? turns next session as manager of the baseball team, though not being a member of the team. Mr. \V. A. Green made his usual pilgrimage to Sumter last Friday ar ternoon, returning Sunday morning. Wonder why he goes over so often? Miss Annie Bell DuRant leaves Thursday for Nashville. Tenn.. where she will spend the summer with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Scott. She will study vocal and Instrumental music while in the city. News has just been received of the death of Mr. Kenneth McCaskill. The community has lost another of Its oldest men.- Mr. McCaskill has al? ways been a man of more or less prominence in his community. well beloved by all. He will undoubtedly be missed. There survives him only his one son. Rev. K. McCaskill. of the Presbyterian University. This section already see* the good results of a good rain yesterday morning. Corn, which Is splendid, had just begun to suffer for rain. Let us hope for another good "season" In a few days. "The suggestion that Mr. Taft will conduct a 'porch campaign* after the McKinley plan of 1X96. is said to be impracticable because Taft has no front porch."?News and Observer. But he has got a pretty good-sized bay-window.?Wilmington Star. Ben and Lee Stogner charged with killing J. B. Sims were found not guilty by a Lancaster county Jury. S. H. Harmon, aged 2S years, son of 3. M. Harmon, editor of the Lex? ington Dispatch. Is dead at his home. E SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM ^8?Vol. XXVII. \o47 WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN. Summary of Conditions in South Carolina Made by Section Director Bauer. Columbia, June 24.?Section Direc? tor Bauer yesterday issued his weekly bulletin on weather conditions in South Carolina. The bulletin includes observers' reports from every section of the State. His summary is as fol? lows: "The fore part of the week was cool, the latter portion was very hot, with frequent and widely scattered showers, but poorly distributedwain fall. The sunshine was normal, or below, with varying percentages of cloudiness in different portions of the State. "The mean temperature was about one degree hejow the normal in all parts of the State. The daily maxi? mum temperatures were generally In the eighties during the first four days* and in the nineties during the re? mainder of the week. The minimum temperatures wer?* generally fayora ble. The weekly extremes were 97 degrees at Florence on the 19th and 55 degrees at Spartanburg on the 116th. I "The precipitation was light, and generally below the normal over the? greater portion, especially along the coast, except in Beaufort county, and in the Broad and Wateree, and Ca tawba river valleys, where droughty conditions exist in places. Over the larger portion of the western division, and locally in the southeastern coun? ties, heavy rainfall accompanied thunderstorms. A few places report? ed light hail. "The following special rainfall re? ports were received by telegraph and include the measurements taken at 9 a. m. of June 22, namely: Pelxer 0.84 of an Inch; Chappels 1.96 inches; Blairs 0.96 of an inch; Catawba 1.12* inches; Camden 0 44 of an inch; Fer? guson 1.46 inches (six days,; Allen dale no rain; Batesburg 0.02 of an inch; Blackville 0.52 of an inch; Charleston 0.10 of an inch; Cheraw 0.76 of an inch; Florence 0.28. of ar? inch; Greenville 0.94 of an inch^ Greenwood 2.04 Inches; Kingstrec 0.28 of an inch; St. George l.lf inches; St. Matthews 0.50 of an inch; Spartanburg 0.04 of an inch; Yem asee 2.12 inches;. Charlotte, N. C.? 0.70 of an Inch; Wilmington, N. C.? 0.10 of an inch; Savannah, Ga? l.OO inch; Augusta, Ga., 020 of an inch. BASEBALL AT HAGOOD. The Wedgeneld Team Wins an Ex? citing Game-?Score 1 to <F. $ * Hagood, June 17.?In one of the"* prettiest games ever seen ort the lo? cal diamond, the strong Hagood team went down to defeat before Wedge- * field yesterday afternoon to the tune" of one to nothing. Chandler for Wedgeneld and Oz burne Sanders for Hagood pitched in big league style. Sanders is a youngster and when he gets a little heavier he is going to make a crackerjack. This is the first game he has pitched for the regular* team, but he did himself credit. The result came as a surprise to every? body, as heretofore Hagood has al? ways defeated Wedgefield. , The feature of the game was root? ing for both sids. Hagood has a strong team trflst year, and would like to hear from teams in the State, who will pay ex? penses. The following is the line up fcr Hagood's team: Peyton Moore, catcher; Osburne Sanders, pitcher; Walter Le Xolr, 1st base; Crawford Sanders, 2d base; Frank Sanders, 3d base (captain); Boggan Trippet, short stop; Robert Atkinson, right field; Eugene James, center field; Robert Moore, left field. Scorer?Stoney Sanders. Umpire?Mr. A. K. Sanders. ???????? The city council ?>f Manning has? passed an ordinance levying a special license tax on all business and pro? fessional men except preachers. Charles Honey, a farmer ?f Ridge way, was attacked by a mad dog. He knocked the dog down with a chair and then killed it with a gun. William Galloway, driver cf the street sprinkler in Greenville, was? thrown from his seat In a runaway and one of his legs was broken. The sprinkling cart was smashed. Fletcher Henderson, colored has* been arrested in Columbia on the* charge of raising a 40 cent check to The Masons of St. George have? laid the cornerstone of a Masonic temple which is being erected at a cost of $7,000.