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MA KM I'll ACTUALLY ?W HrfcfcCHKS AS AT UTIIrllt PLACES. Kppa TeUn of Hi* Work In House and i 11 fton Attack* Ul* Kccord?'Vlls of fight for Db4|N*ttHMf>? All of Kpetken Well I levelled by Voters. Mayesvllle, Aug. 6.?The county campaign meeting held bere today wan called tu order shortly before noon by J. W. Thomas, president of the Mayssvllle Democratic club. The moating was held In the auditorium of the graced achool and the hull MM practically Piled with voters. There were a number of voters present from Leo county, showing their interest in Huinter county politics, in which Ihcy once took an active part. Kev. J. \Y. Ouy of the Baptist church led in prayer. Tho first speakers were those onV clals who are aeeklng re-election Without oppoaltlon. They spoke In the the following order: T. K. ltlchard aon. for J ids* of probate; It. K. Wild? er for a idltor. I. C. Wallace, for Tha candidates for coroner spoke next In the following order: 8. W. Raflteld. W. J. Scale. T. M. Jones and D. W. Owana Thaae gentlemen an? nounced their candidacies In a few word*. Mr. Seale apoka of the Im? portance of the office and its duties and Mr. Itallteld referred to his living near Mayeaville for several years and feeling that he was an adopted son of Mevyeawllte. The candidate* for supervisor, Miaai? L. B. White. P. M. ntts, who ss seeking re-election, and W. 8. Thempeon. spoae next Their talks were short, too. Mr. Pitts Hiving his record while in office and the others giving their promises to be fullllled, if elected. 8. L> Cain, candidate for superin? tendent of educallon. spoke next. He {avers rotation in office, spoke of his past experieco while tilling this office; told of his qualifications and the study he had made of rural schools. Mr. Cain waa followed by .Superintendent of Eudcation J. H. Haynsworth. He mentioned the fact that the salary of the office had been incroased several tinsea and that this was a recognition of the good work that araa being done by the office. He euld that Sum* tar county waa the tlrat county in the State to have a Field Day or School Day and that he had helped to in? augurate thla feature. He mentioned the baby ahow that was held in con 4 section with Field Day and told of Its educational advantages. He was, aJao, instrumental in orfanlidng tho trustees' aaaorlatior. which Is doing much good f ?r the trustees. Hon H. D. Kpp?. candidate for the senate, was ne\t introduced. He thanked t H people for tho large vote given him here two yeurs ago when he ran for the house of representatives. He told of the bills ho had Introduc? ed In the legislature, among vhlch were bills to give th. voters of Mnycs vlile school district the right to elect their own trustees, a bill to permit u section of Lee county to re-ontei Humtrr county; a bill amending tho act relating to the superintendent of education's office In this county, iking the term a four year term in - of a two year term, and a bill changed the method of collecting the road and poll taxes in this eoun ? ty. He spoke of his action on the two-cent rate Met declaring that the rallroada were aide to carry all pun eengvra for thU rate. He road sever? al letters ahow ok his position on Bleaaelsm. declaring that he had never voted for H lease. He had voted for an appropriation fsjf the neuro fair as did all of the delegation, and had voted for the rentin? of olllees in the Colon National hank in Columbia for state officials, thus endeavoring to aave the State considerable money. Mr. Kppn aald that porsonally be was a prohibitionist, hut he would not op? pose an act mIIowIiik Die people |g vote on the whiskey question. Me ex? plained his position in regard to the fortner bill, saying it was unneces? sary and an Insult to the people. Senator Clifton followed and said In tho beginning that he bad not in? tended RuyuiK anvthliiK about the rec? ord of his opponent and h ol thought he would conduct he- campaign along educational and Industrial lines, but he had been forced to Pave hH te\f He attacked Mr. Kppaf record in the houae on the Fortner bill and the two-cent rate bill, saying that the two-cent bill was unconstitutional and that the Kortnar bill was necessary to prohibit social equality In some In? stances. Me said that his opponent had defeated the Colon station bill for Sumter, and thai he had caused the .Mavesvllle school district bill to he passed iii the senate. Mr. Clifton dw alt at some length ,,M the dispen? sary question, or bills thai bad been passed and told of his work mi taking an appeal to the sw pro net court along with others eg to the des|*pueur) cice tion of last year. Its had voted both ? gainst the white and colored state fair appropriations a* he did not think they were within tho Juriadlc tlon of the general assembly. 1*? Muhl It was not necessary for him to state his position on the question of It lease Ism. After Senator Clifton's speech, the meeting adjourned for dinner, re? assembling at I o'clock to hear the candidates for the house speak. J. C. lhmbar spoke first. He used most of his time explaining a system of rural credits and Its benedts. He favored fish protection and a ware? house system. He told of his form? er experience in the house from Marlboro county. Dr. Oeo. W. Dick, t ' next speaker, told several good Jokes, as usual, but gave a strong talk on his work on the ways and means committee and the sinking fend commission, lie told of the reduction on State Insurance that had been made. He paid a high trib? ute to Winthrop college. A. K. Sanders told of his past ex? perience In the house and of his work on the penitentiary directorate. He thanked the voters for handsome votes here In the past. R. B. Belser spoke of the im? portant measures which he had in? troduced and many of which had passed, including the bill for ca le tick eradication, the bill to tax water power franchises, the redrafting of the cotton warehouse bill, and the bill Increasing the road funds. He ex? plained the sale of the asylum prop? erty in Columbia. He told of his work in the Sumter Chamber of Commerce. D. D. Molse. the last speaker, an? nounced his candlducy and told who he was. He spoke of his work in the county. He instituted the movement for a tobacco wurchouse in Sumter and had tried to help the farmers. Ho favored a simple form of land registration and believed in helping the rural schools. He did not favor I any further appropriations that would Increase taxation in Sumter county. He had no political record, but was willing for all to view his private record. The meeting was very orderly and pleasant and all of the candidates were applauded to some extent. Sen? ator Clifton was applauded several times during his speech and Messrs. Sanders and Dick seemed to be in favor with most of the crowd. MAItLDOHO MEN CALL CONFER? ENCE. Planter* Would Have South Carolina Act Promptly to Protect Cotton Crop. Bcnncttsville, Aug. 7.?A mass meeting of farmers and business men of Marlboro county was hold in the court house hero this afternoon. Tho object of tho meeting was to discuss the present situation which confronts tho farmers and business men. The meeting was addressed by Senator K. I). Smith, who spoke earlier in the day at the senatorial campaign meet? ing; C. P. Hodges of Brownsville, Dr. Stack house of Dillon, D. S. McLuvrin of McColl and others. After the speeches a resolution v/as unanimously adopted resolving that K. J. Watson, commissioner of ugri ctiture, be asked to call a meeting ef ihe business men of South Carolina and farmers to meet at Columbia on Saturday, August 15, at 11 o'clock to devise ways and means of hand? ling the cotton crop, and that Mr. Watson also call a meeting in each county in the Stato on Wednesday, August 12, and that the men attend? ing that meeting appoint as many delegates to the Stato convention as the county has townships. It Is hoped that these delegates will meet with the legislature. provided that it Is called together. A motion was also i made and carried that a committee of eight citizens, one repi esontIng each township be appointed to wait on the governor and request that a special session of the legislature be called for Saturday, August If, and request that they pass at once a State warehouse act. It was the sense of the meeting that a State warehouse act would solve the cotton problem for South Carolina. The Chamber of Commerce has nominated the follow? ing delegates to attend the Southern Cotton congress at Washington. Au? gust 1-1 *: H. U McColl. W. C. Adams, C p Hodges, llrow nsville; ('. >'. t'hainn. i . K. Kxum, K. W. Kvans and John I.. McLatlftlt, lire Destroys Hum. Fire on Tuesday of Mat week de? stroyed the haral and contents of Mr. Jessie OHItfl, last across tho line in Lee county, a valuable mule and all of his feed were also destroyed. The lire originated from a bolt of lightn? ing. We do not know whether Mr. Cillis carried insurance or not.? Camden t'hronhle. Bees Kill Horse. Florence, Aug. S. A horse belong ing to .1. Royd Stanley. a fartnei goaf the city, was stung to death yc.< terday In a lot on Darsjutl sheet The horse Id his restlessness kicked over two hives of hoes and the enraged In? seetl swarmed over him and HteraflS stung him to death before he could bo rescued. CANDIDATES COR ADJtTANT til-] mo HAL CLASH AT YOHK V1LLE. Irhy Attacks Manning:?Manning De? nies Mm Churgc and Proceeds to Clay Uk'iiM'lMU. Yorkvllle, Aug. G.?A list light be? tween M. C. Willis and his opponent. W. W, Moore, Adjutant General, fea-| tared the meeting here today, work? ing the crowd up to u wild pitch of excitement. Mr, Willis was suying that Gen. Moore had been criticising him and! the Yorkvillc company, und said his1 people knew he was u truthful man.! "If there la one thing I have hand-1 I ed down to my children it is a rcpu-j tution for ?tainlese integrity, und uny mun who intimates otherwise tolls j a falsehood as black as any which ?manatee from the pits of hell," he atntcd. I Adjt. Gen. Moore rose from his scut, walked up to Capt. Willis and said, "Do you refer to me?" On dipt. Willis saying, "Yes," Gen. Moore struck him, the blow falling on Cant Willis' ear. Capt. Willis hit back, the lick landing on Gen. Moore'* face. More blows follow? ed but Chairman McDow and police rushed in, and assisted by several of the crowd, which had rushed on tho stand, separated ths combatants. Dy this time the crowd which packed the stund frantically gave ad? vice, some of Mr. Willis' partisans de? manding thut Gen. Moore bo removed from the stand. The chief of police was standing hy the adjutant gen? eral while friends surrounded Capt. Wills. Yielding to the requests of Chairman McDow tho people left the stand, and quiet being restored Cupt. Willis concluded his speech. He told the people they could now de? cide for themselves who was telling the truth, getting an ovation und Mowers when ho concluded. It looked for a whilo as if the crowd was not going to let Gen. Moore gpSSwi, for the cries of the Willis followers kept up a dill Capt. Willis asked his people to accord Gen. Moore a hearing and Chair? man McDow pleaded for quiet. The people yiel led and quieted down and Adjt. Gen. Moore began his speech The adjutant general said he regret? ted the occurrence and apologized to the crowd, but said, "Never so long as I live will I allow an insult like that to go unresented," saying there wus not a man in the crowd with any backbone but who would have done as he did. He said Capt. Wrillis hai' started tho trouble by his criticism at Marlon of the manner in which he had gotten his endorsement from the National Guards, and said that Capt. Willis had precipitated tho whole trouble He said Capt. Willis had come to Yorkvllle, where he was surrounded by ull his friends, to do "The idea of a number of men jumping on one mun," he exclaimed. "I will take any number slngle bunded," he told the crowd, which again began showing their resent? ment by jeering remarks, but Mr. Mel'ow admonished Gen. Moore and the Hurry passed. Gen. Moore took up the rest of his tin* with a tie fence of his administration. The light between tho candidates for ad? jutant general, who were among the earlier speakers, drew people like a lodcBtone and nearly a thousand men were gathered around the stand. John ( . CllnkacalOg opened the speaking for governor today, plead? ing for I eace and less factionalism. Mentioning the lawlessness in Char? leston, .Mr. Cllnkacalea said he told the "Win 1 tigers to their teeth that l win change the conditions in Char? leston or I Will exhaust the resources of the Slats," if elected governor, and that the "tigers no longer blind," howled when he told them he would put Stripes on them if he becomes governor* He then launched into an argument for a State-wide compul? sory sducatlon law. Robert a. Hooper's plea for the people to vote for their State was ap? plauded. Mr. Cooper made a ringing speec h for enforcement of the law, asking "Why a man with a political pull should he allowed to run a blind tiger in Columbia or a race trae'rf RambUni machine In Charleston, when If you tried it >'OU would be put on the chain gang." Jle was 'heered and given fruit when he con eluded. a collection Of $ 1S. r?was taken for the hall storm sufferers. in his speech today W. C, Irby paid some attention to Itlchard I. Manning. " Mr. Manning," he said, "has insinuated several limes thai If elected governor I would give the State a disgraceful administration, i not onl> challenge him to show from my ten years' record In the legisla? ture where I have ever voted against die interest and welfare ?>r the peo? ple, but I wish to ask him a question which may Ihrow light on bis attaek, .Mi. Manning, 1 am Informed, put chased ;? large farm of about sUt) I ploughs between Kline und I'lmcrs. this. -... ...?= - ,-..-?-. At the time he purchased said farm there were many white families that had lived on it for many years, and were an addition to the church, and ulso to the schools, etc. 1 ask Mr. Manning if he did not put these white citizens off and put negro tenants In their places when ho bought these lands, also if this did not demoralize! and ruin conditions for the Carmen of that community? When I havo spoken about these conditions from the stump have* 1 not been hitting I i him, not knowing at the lime that 1 was?" Richard I. Manning said he denied the question asted by Mr. Irby about1 tho plantation, and if any such condi-l i I 11Ions ever occurred on the Barnwell plantation, which was owned in partj I by him, they were unknow n to him* and he denied absolutely the ques-| j tlons of Mr, irby, saying they could j I have been prompted only by strong,! bitter prejudice and a desire to poison 'the minds of the people against ; him. Ho said he was glad of sup-i I port of as many bankers as he could get, but said he was making tho race on his own initiative. Mr. Manning again flayed Blease ism and urged the audience to "wipe 'out the disgrucc of his administra? tion," getting cheers. "I have worked for biennial ses? sions of the legislature," said John G. Richarde, "1 assert to you that statement which held that 1 dodged the issue of the enforcement of law at the Charleston meeting is one of many misstatements that have been j circulated about me. *i stund for a strict enforcement of i the law, with fairness to all our peo? ple and without partisanship to any. I believe, however, that Justice should be ? tempered with mercy." Mr. Richarde went on to say that he had never intentionally appealed to passion. "If you don't wish to forfeit What Tillman and the Re? form movement stood for; if you want masses and not classes, It Is time you re waking from slum? ber," said Mr. Richards. "I have no hatred in my heart for the negro," said Mr. Richards, as he told of his being fundamentally op? posed to compulsory education. He scored the "newspaper oligarchy," saying that it had tried to abolish the county-to-county campaign and was instrumental in the adoption of the primary rules. "It is not a question of the label on the box, bu the contents in the box," said Charles Carroll Siniius as he spoke of the issue of Bleaseism. "I come to ask you whether you are going to enlist under the banner of bankers or corporations or under tho banners of the people,'' stated Mr. Simms as an introduction to his at? tack on Mr. Manning on the grounds of injecting factionalism. "1 am going to do all I can," stated Mr. Simms, "to elect Blease Senator." "Now if you elect John G. Rich? ards as a Blease man for governor it Will be a misfortune. Mr. Simms continued his attack on Mr. Richards for having so many po? litical friends who aro enemies of Governor Blease. "Mr. Blease has not taken Mr. Richards as his candidate for gover? nor as has been widely circulated. Mr. Blease has stated it on the stump, and 1 have heard it from his own mouth that he has set out no guber? natorial candidate," said Mr. Simms in conclusion. Charles A. Smith said that he bas? ed his appeal for suffrage on no ap? peal to passion, prejudice, or most of all, factionalism. "1 ask Mr. Manning and Mr. Coop? er," he suld, "whether if elected they will stand on the side of the corporate Interests or on the side of the mass? es." Mr. Smith then Went oil to discuss prohibition, Which is now "engaging the attention of the government." He said that local option was an advance over the old dispensary system. He upheld that the State should not get revenue from the sale of liquor, which is the main reason tor the disregard for law. Mendel L. Smith said, "You know that If I go into the office of gover? nor 1 shall go in with no strings tied to me." He then argued in favor of a local option compulsory school at? tendance law, saying that a State? wide law would increase the taxes. Mr. Smith paid a tribute to the work of the State board of health, saying that he would advocate a more liberal support of its work. II?' called attention to the med of good roads in the movement of the crops. Mr. Smith went on to state his po? sition in regard to the use of the pardoning power and won applause. "Unless you look carefully tu your rights," stated Lowiides J. Brown? ing, "the coming Democratic primary will be the last hold 111 tills State." This was in preamble to his attack on the elimination conferences and an explanation of his opposition to those several schemes. Mr, Browing then outlined hin platform of constructive legislation ami enforcement of law. He spoke of the necessity of having more small! farmers who own their homes and farms. ^ ? CHARGES BLEA8E WITH WILFUL DISTORTION OF TACTS. targe Audience Hoars Senatorial Candidate* at BennettMvHIe?Blease Heads Statement in Answer to Smith Circular?Jennings and in?i loek Excoriate Governor's Record, While Smith Tells of Work for Col ton Growers. Bennettavllle, Aug. 7.?Marlboro county voters here today were treated to another caustic campaign meeting. In tho opening speech Guv. Hlease charged W. P. Pollock with voting to kill a separate coach bill when a member of the State legislature sack In 1S!)S. This Mr. Pollock branded as a wilful distortion of tho ofiicial record and In retaliation opened a ' volley of Invective that has scarcely been equaled in the campaign. Marlboro county Is the home of J. I*. Glbeon, of mixed Republican ticket fan e, and there had been much spec? ulation as to what form the rumored resentment would take here today i when the "calico backed" ballot was Haunted by the Ctiemw candidate in pointing out the chief executive's! j "tainted" appointments. Mr. Pollok eliminated no unpleas? ant references. On the contrary, he ; inveighed against the governor's rec 1 ord as on no other occasion since the campaign opened.. In anticipation, the governor came to the rescue of Col. Gibson, who, It i I was pointed out, had been sent to the legislature three terms by Marlboro county voters and had been appoint? ed magistrate by Gov. Ansel. There were approximately 2,000 persons at the meeting, which was ' held out in tho open In the court house square, D. 1>. McColl, county j chairman, presiding. The Rev. G. C. I Morse wide the opening prayer. The governor was the llrst speaker today and devoted most of his time to the reading of an answer to the Smith circular issued "for the purpose of 'keeping the record straight, and cor? recting some mis-statements," which is In rebuttal Lo the governor's St. Mat j thew's speech, which has also been j circularized and distributed freely over South Carolina. The governor's I statement dealt with four main sub? jects. In tho main it wan a duplica? tion of charges made In practically Ievery one of the 33 counties visited and are: That Senator B. D. Smith was a J member of the Haakell convention; that Senator Smith voted to pay i $2,000 to the family of a lynched j negro; that the junior senat' r voted 'against separate coaches when a j member of the legislature 1*J years jago, and that Senator Smith is not j the author of the Smith-Lever agri I cultural extension bill, the credit for which Senator Smith has never asked. The governor said that he did not consider it a promotion to be elected to the senate after being governor of South Carolina. He had held the high? est otllce In the gift of the people, he said. Again today the chief executive warned his followers to stay at the i ballot box August 25 to watch the I manager who calls out the names, and the one who registers the count, I lest he lose the nomination through j dishonesty. j At the conclusion of his speech j the governor received two boxes of ! flowers. The name of J. P. Gibson j was read out as being among those I who sent one of the bundles. , L, D. Jennings began by saying that though the record of BS. D. Smith were as black as the goveror hao painted it "it would still shine as the noonday sun in comparison with the damnable record of Cole L. Hlease." In answer to the governor's exhi? bition of the negro college catalogue, with the mixed picture, the mayor of Sumter reminded tho Marlboro voters that these white people were from the North, and that the condi? tion had existed when the governor way a member of the legislature, and that he had never attempted to do anything to prevent it. When discussing the pardon record i of the governor, Mr. Jennings charg? ed that U. A. Rlchey had been turned loose on a false and forged certificate and that his sickness had been feigned as that of C. W. More in tho federal prison in Atlanta. The speaker drew much applause as he held up the chief executive as "the pretended protector of the virginity of women." In supporting this char? acterisation, he cited the seduction of the 14-year-old adopted daughter of Rlchey, the trial of Dr. Kleanora It. Saumlers and the Kmerson case In Anderson county, where the father was killed when trying to protect his daughter. The mayor of Rumtor wild that it could no! be exported "i Iho govcrnm to keep his pari? pledge as he bad vlolAcd it in numerous instances In appointing Hlease men to otttee when the majority vole bad been for sn imtl-ndmtnistration man. The suditoi ami tho treasurer of Georgetown a'ere designated us illustrations. Mr. Jciuiuib? offered to withdraw from the race and to pay $500 to any man who would point to a single mis? representation of fact In the charge? preferred against the chief executive. There were many calls to continue when the speaker's time had been consumed. Mr. Pollock's reputation had pre? ceded him. and this candidate got a rousing welcome when introduced. After reminding the Marlboro vot? er* that his mother had been bovn in Marlboro county 8? years ago, the speaker said that he had no political machine and did not desire any. He wanted to appeal to the reason and Intelligence of the voter and not com? pel the people to \ote for him through the potency of a political machine. The governor had boasted, he sail, that he had tho greatest organiza? tion ever built up In South Carolina. This candidate too &aid that *he governor could not be depended upon to k? ep his party pledge and cited In support various appointments when anti-administration men had been elected In the primary. "If he did it once, heil do it again," Mr. Pollock shouted with emphasis, and then added, "for the miserable leopard never changes its spots. ' The speaker warmed to a pitch of eloquence w hen he answered the chief executive as to the separate coach vote. lie had written the bill, he said, which was adopted practically word for word, after the bill provid? ing only separate apartments in the same coach had been voted down. "That man," he continued, "who j tells a half truth and conceals the j balance is worse than the man who tells a full lie." The governor, he added, had been in the legislature for years and years, and he dared the chief executive to point to a single separate coach bill he had introduced or to an instance when he had opened his mouth to further the cause. When the legislature was struggling to get an act of this nature through, Mr. Pollock said, the governor was the representative of the C. N. A L*. railway, and basking in the influence of Hen Abney, general counsel for the Southern road, and now living in the governor's home. The pardon record came in for an? other grilling arraignment. In con? cluding this part of his speech, Mr. Pollock said that the governor had got beyond the common place stage of a "mixed breed," and was "a four to one," In that he had pardoned more than yOO negroes and only 800 white. Two new cases In the pardon record were recited by this speaker. The crowd ha,d followed every word the speaker had uttered, and there whs much insistanee that he contin? ue when he had finished. When introduced Senator Smith said he would not insult the intel? ligence of the audience by replying to the "garbled statements" they had heard in the morning. From his ear? liest entry into public life, until the present time, he said, there was not a single act of his which needed an apology. He had come before the peo? ple on the platform of seeing to it that the agricultural interests of the South had proper consideration. He had kept the faith, he said, and urged that the record be searched. His time ho explained, would be given over to a discussion of the Issues which should be dear to every farm? er's heart. The war situation consumed much of the speakers' time. The plan which the senator will urge when he gets to Washington Sunday night is that the machine for the full operation of the new banking and currency law be completed with dispatch. When this 1 is done, it will be possible for farmers J to hold their crops, as they can then demand that money bo issued on cot? ton as collateral. Provision has been made for such transactions In sectlort j 13 of the currency law. which was j written by Seantor Smtih. If this law can not be put Into op? eration before cotton is being thrown on the market. Senator Smith will urge that one-half of the billion dol? lars of emergency money to be tsnWSd at once shall be sent directly to the South, to be distributed so that farm* en may receive the necessary und? without Unnecessary delay and incon? venience. . ? The charge will be made, the speak? er concluded. that he is going to Washington only to play politics This will be done, he said. to paralyze the confidence of the people. He would stay ui? there, he explained, and wage the Hghl for a rehabilitation of the market if nc##ssary, though it 1eo pardixed his lliances of reelection. If his resignation would restore the mar? ket, he concluded, he would k1v?j it that minute, which remark brought forth great applause* The meeting tomorrow will be at I >wi llngton. 1W Mrs. Heuuetl. The Columbia Record says: A most attractive entertainment of the week was a euchre party on Mon? day, given by Mrs J. .1 Watson st her residence on Blanding street In honor of her sister, Mis. It. \Y Ben? nett of Sumter.