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VOL. XXII. PICKENS, S. C., TIURSDAY, JULY 26, 1894. N. 45. A LIVELY MEETING. ELLE RBE AND EVANS GET TING DOWN TO HARD WORK. Governor Tillman Says Ite Gubernalorial Vandidates Need Not Expect assy Hel from Uim-Senator utler MAlkiag a Hard Eight. BARNWELL, S. C., July 17.-News paper correspondents had to hustle for awhile today to keep up with some of the speakars. The reason for this was that new firecrackers were lit and ex ploded. For several weeks, except oc casionally, the press gang has found it monotonous killing time during the speeches. Nearly every man thrashes the same old straw and the reporters know it all by heart. They do not L bother with anything except whatever new matter may have lodged in a can didate's head over night. In other words, it is a good deal like milking a cow. The milk Is the same each time, but there is always a little cream to skim. It is the cream which the pencil shovers look out for. Well, cream was plentiful here today. Rev. J. D. McCroy opened the exer cises with prayer and Chairman Dun. can Bellinger asked for a respectful and attentive hearing for each speaker. The first candidate introduced was Superintendent Mayfield. That speaker told his hearers what has been accom. plished in an educational way in the last few years-naming the building of Clemson Collegae and the erection of the Woman's College, together with the improvements in the public school system. Mr. Mayfileld told of the law passed by the last Legislature permit. ting each school district to levy an ex tra tax to sustain its sohools. The cities and towns, he said, have voted this tax and are giving their children educational advantages. The people in the country have the same law to profit by. They can vote this special tax, % and under the law, each taxpayer can tell the County Treasurer what school lie wants the money to go and can have it sent there. Mr. Mayileld was applauded. G. Walt Whitman, who followed, said he could tell that the audience was composed of true blue Reformers by the "visages of their forefronts" and by the sparkle of their eyes. Ile claim ed that the Reformers have not done their duty by the public schools of the State. This was because the recom mendations of Governor Tillman have not been carried out and the represen tatives of the people have been mis. representatives. He said the public school children get $2.50 a year each and the students of the South Carolina College get over $500 each. "Brother" Whitman declared that Superintend efgt Mayfleld has developed into a won de3rful lover of the South Carolina Col lege. If he was not mistaken Mayfleld had always been against tile college until he (Whitman) began to attack it. Whitman said tLe amount which each student costs at the college is sufficient to pay all a man's expenses to Europe and back and give him sev eral month's schooling. Wnitman scored his opponent a little more so verely than usual. While doing this there were shouts for Mayfleld. General Richbourg spoke third. le said he was a candidate for Adjutant General because the military service in the State is in a bad fix. The speaker said that ha had given his services to his State for thirty-three years. His young friend Watts was not Assistant Adjutant General, as there is no such office in the State. lie was merely a clerk. There seems to be a plan to ask General Riichbourg at each meeting if he was not a candidate on the liaskeil ticket. -The question was again put to him today aund he answered that he was, but tuat his position was defined a few days ago, This explanation which concluded G~eneral Richbourg's speech, was received with applause and several cheers wore given for him. Colonel Watts followed his opponent making a brief speech, ie was given considerable applause. Colonel Watts is developing as a speaker, ie no longer appears ill at e3se, but Is free and easy. Candidate Ycldell spoke for votes for Railroad Comimissioner. lie was asked if he would look out for the Carolina and Midland (Mike Brown's) Road and he promised that he woulo, ie put himself on record as being in favor of separate coaches for the races, lie was also in favor of reducing first class pas .senger fare from 3%4 to 3 cents a mile. le didn't see why railroadsj in this State should charge 3% cents when they .only charge 3i cents in other States, itallroadl Commissioner Sligh next made a dash for votes. The crowd asked him as they asked the other speakers, to be short and sweet, as they didn't want to lhe ar anybody but Till man. Mr. Sligh said he had been in office only one term and didn't believe the people would turin him out now. The present Railroad Commission has made no radical changes in affairs, but will reduce passenger rates if the roads can stand it. Mr. Sligh closed with some humorous remarks. Ellerbe led the procession of the gu. bernatorial races today, lie came on the track in good form and began kicking the trim racer from Aiken at the very .outset. This is said to be one of Ev ana's coanties, but tine Swamp Fox did not mindl tis anld before lhe finished he had made a strong impression andi was frequently and even vorA ferously cheered. Some of those into at first began to qulestion him ceased and cheered many of his manly, open state thients. General Ellerbe requested to be al hewed time for a personal explanati~n. lie read from the Laurensville Iherald, w'hi~h. lie said, was Evan's organ, something about the treachery of the Shell-McLauria-Ellerbe crowd. After -reading this General Ellerbe said: "Fellow citIzens, I have lived in South Carolina all my life and I was never before charged with treachery. While I am not a fighter no man will dare come to my face and say I am a traitor. I have been a Reformer from the time Tillman made his flrst speech at Jlennettaville until novw. I have been hIs personal, politioal and social friend. I ask him if he has ever doubt. ed my loyalty to the movement. I take it that no man who charges aniother with treachery will do so unless he has thQ ptoof. I challenge any man to pro ace proof that I have boon treach.' erous. I have been misrepresented 1) Gantt in the Piedmont Headlight. 11 anid that I was In favor of a snap sho couvention. I wish to state here, an, in the presence of Governor Tillimar that before anything was said about; convention I went to Tillman, as th recognized leader and asked his advic and his views. lie told me he was it favor of an early convention, but after ward changed his mind. "I am charged, fellow citizens, witi having held a Sunday caucus at Spar tanburg after the meeting there. No% the facts are these: Attor the meetinj a few of us remained over in Spartan burg. It was a rainy day and Captaii Shell, General McLiurin, Colonel Neal myself and others went into the parlor and had a talk. The name of no mai was mentioned there for"Governor an the only thing discussed was the Dls pensary. Shell and McLaurin, in an swer to a direct question of Colone Neal's, both said that they would sup port and worik for Tillman for th United States Senate. The fact is tha Captain Shell was in Spartanburg t< work up a boom for Gmeral McLaurii for Governor. "I have been slandered and misrepre sented on all sides and it has been sai that I was the candidate of a factior "Now, follow citizens, I am going t tell you something I very much dislik I am going to tell you whose candidat I am. At a meeting of several Allianc and Reform leaders, Governor Tillmai among them, they asked me to mak the light for Governor, Tillman himsel joining in the request. I consented although I told them that my healtl was bad and that it would be better t take some other good farmer and pu him up. Governor Tillman said tha we must have a farmer for Governo by all means." About this time General Ellerbe was several times interrupted by man asking him: "Ihow about the Conservatives su porting you?" This question was sev eral times repeated and General Eller be finally answered in this way: "I don't know why they are supp3rt ing me if they are doing so.but I woul rather have the good will of a dog tha the bad will. (Cheers.) But I will ea this: If they are supporting me thinl ing .1 am a cojnpromise candidate the are badly mistaken. (Loud cheers an applause.) If I am elected Governo or if I am sent to the sand hills c Marion I will still remain loyal to th Reform cause. (Vociferous applause I will say further that if Evans is non mated for Governor; if Tindal is non inated or Pope nominated, I will sul port with all my energy the norinee. (Cheers and applause for the speaker This strong reply struck the crow forcibly and there was no further a tempt to cast an imputation on Ellei be. Continuing his personal remark General Ellerbe said: "rhere is a dit position to change the Farmers movt ment into a Lawyer's movement. I d not think they ought to be allowe everything. All classes and interest should be represented. The lawyer have the most now." General 1lerb proceeded to show that lawyers nov draw from the State treasury $-p1,00 year and all the other classes onl $22,300. lie asked if this was just ani fair. General Ellerhe next read a parai graph from the Jmurensville lerald t the effect that when he (E llerbe) was a the Spartanburg meeting lie was i great advocate of the Dispensary lay but since he had been ia candidate h had barely mentioned the Dispensary. General Ellerbo declared that in dozen counties he has talked the Dis pensary, and if I an elected Governoi fellow citizens, I will have the Disper sary la wv en forced to the letter. (lGoui applause.) My record in the light with the railroads and the banks show that when L make up my mind I. wi carry out the law in spite of all oppos tion." (A.pplause.) General Ellerbe lollowed this with hot discussion of the Dispensary, sa) ing that it is the only solution of th salooe. ie declared that prohibitio is impracticable. Towardl the close hs started to say that if he was electo Governor "You will be," said a voice, ami applause. General Ellerbe had devotedl the bem part of his time to his personal remnark and not many minutes wero left hin but he talked on national issues, say lug, with loud applause, that if Clovt land's policy is continued it will nmak the rich richer and the poor poore General Ellerbe wound uip by sayin that the people had tried one mos back farmer for Governor and at going to try another. Voice-" Yes, and we don't want an lawyer." There was various witty sallies b the crowd. At first some of them wer intended to annoy General Ellerbel but ho made such a strong speech ths the men who were engagedi in thi stopped and applauded the speaker. .SENATORt EVrANs IN ituPL~Y. Of course hot stuff was expecte from Senator Evans when hsis tim came. General Ellerbe had jumped o1 lawyers too hard for the Senator to ri main quiet. Thie Aiken Game Coc was warmly welcomedi by his man: friends. lHarnwvell ad joins Alken an the Game Cock 18 popular here. Senator E vans began by saying tha he was prepared to answer any fling a himself or his peo pie. llis cousin WVi lie says he (Wil lie) wouldl be elected there was not a ring. 'There is no rini Evans said, except a hands all roun ring of the people. It was (doing L.h Reform movement no good to be mal ing such charges. Wilite has simpl lost his candy. (Laughter and cheers ie says he is going to make me a Trim Justice when he Is elected Governoi Voice--"I believe he Will do It." Evans-But he won't get the c'hancs Willie has been sucking the pub~lic ti for four years and has gotten eve $.,000. Now we are trying to chok him off. Evans ex.3laimed drama~tically won't malign any man in the Reform movement. I hatve been going over th State for years making speeches to th people and spending money out of im pocket, and i've never before asked thing. Willie talks to the Alliance and at vises them to do such and such things More Alliances have endorsed me Ic Governor than any other oandidate. Later in his discussion Eyans chars ed that Ellerbe was not even It membe of the Alliance and had been) turnet out. Ellerbe aslked Evans to alloi (m~t explain thlsand Evans connente. Ellerbe said that he wan one of t he a first members of the Alliance in his t county. Ile was then farming. Ile had I afterwards gone into the mercaititlle , business and under the r'les of the Al t liance, had to drop hi4 membership. 3 The Alliance, however, had endorsed i his business and lie had saved the farm i ers $50,000 a year. When this explanation was made Ev ans turned and said: I "You see, fellow citizens, he quit the - Alliance to make money out, of it." Voice-"You want to make some too i don't you ?" The audience laughed heartily at, t his i and there were mingled cries for Eller , be and Evans. 3 Senator Evans said that before lie i would get upl here and appeal to the I prejudices of the people and try to ar. - ray class against class I would quit the race for Governor. I would not at I tempt to put the Reform movement on - such a narrow minded basis. It is in 3 bad taste for any man to try and get up t such a feeling. It is absurd to talk ) about shutting a man out because he 1 is not a farmer. Any man can be loy al to the Reform cause no matter what his profession or calling. You are ilht I Ing for measures and not men. You will vote for the man who will do you the most good. Voice-"We are going to vote for 3 you." 3 As to Ellerbe's charge that the law. i yers are eating all the pap, Evans said 3 that the Legislature had not elected a f lawyer to a position except when one , was needed. Evans proceeded to tell 1 his "tater" story on Ellerbe and said ) Ellerbe Is now trying to get the wkiole t bank of potatoes. t Voice-"I'll bet lie will get a tater." r Evans asserted that no class of men have been truer to the Reform move 3 ment than the lawyers who belong to ir. % I have no apologies to make because I am a lawyer. Evans said that Ellerbe had suo un - bad taste in jumping on him at the Charleston meeting. Ellerbe: "Oh, I just touched you up lightly." I Evans told of the insults showered 1 on him at the Charleston meeting and F of how he had acted. The audience cheered him lustily, and one man y shouted: I "You ought to have had some of us r wool hats down there to clean out that f d-n gang." e Evans said that it ill-becomes any .) man to try to show that he (E vans) had - not been loyal to the Reform move L- ent. - Voice: "You will be Governor." Evans said he had been drawn into ) this personal controversy against his d will. The poople do not want it and do not care a snap about it. They want to hear measures discussed. Senator Evans concluded with a warm and strong talk on the Dispensa ry, in line with what lie has said else. where. Commenting on the constable feature Evans said these ollicers were called "Tilinan spies." Voice: "They will be Evans spies 3 next," (Cheers.) E vans: "Yes ald we are going to have them." (Applause.) The crowd was universally for the Dispensary, and backed Evans up in every way. Secretary Tindal's speech was not out. oi dhe ordinary. It Was a conservative talk, full of good advice. One thing can be said of Mr. Tindal: I I.e never leaves aun audience without making friends. Mr. 'Tindal entreated * his friends nl to depart, from ltoform principles. Ile said that lie had rather sea tile people united than t.o be Gov ernor. I leadvised the fai mehrs to hold on to their organization, the Alliance. 'TILLMAN SPEA-i. Tl wo thirds of thme crowvd dlid not want to hcar anybody except ilu :an, andl when lhe was Introduced a perfect whlirl wlndl of cheers and applause burst on the air. Thel( shmower which had threatened to distribute itsel [ earlier in the day got itself in shape about time tile Governor got ready andi there wvas e a race between them to see whlichl would get thero ist. TIhe shower won and tile Governor linished with the rain coming down hard. 'The Governor was bareheaded andl an umbrella wias held( over him. Somebody yelled to the Governor to t gIve Batler bricks. Tlhe ( overnlor an s wered thas lhe had1 made Iuitle'r tired of throwing brIcks. Governor Till man said that before he lbegan he would have to touch on se Squestions raised by Evans and Ellerbe. Voice: "Etvans will be Governor." The Governor said( hO was ini a del[ cato position, lie was somewhat in the p)ositionl of a man with two wives, each one claiming to be the right wife. ie was glad thathle possessed two such strong friends as Evans and Elilerbe, but neither could say that he was his (Tlillmnan's) candid ate for (|overnor. 'You have got your eyes open," said the Governor, "andl after they go roumnd Syou can decide between them." The Governor continued: "Ellerhe says that I was in favor of an early convention, ie is mistaken. I was in d favor of a convention, b~ut nt in favor s of an early convention." 1 The Governor told why lie was in -favor of a convention, lie said that < an effort was made last week to put that convention off but it had failed. I It would not have been right to have changed fronit in the tace of time enemy. t The Governor said that lie hlad nothi t lng to do with the caucus which had -decided on the convention and was not f present at it. "I will exoner~ate Ilier , be," said tile Governor, "from being El present at any caucuses in Columbia e3 50 far as I know." -"As to bringIng out a candidate for y (hlvernor, I will simply state this: ) Since last fall there has been a demand il for a farmer for Governor. I never .have claimedl that this is a class move ment. WVhen Elilerbe mentioned this .matter to moe, I askedi imi to nameui the t farmers whoe were proposeA for Gover r nor. lie nam sd several. I toldl hIm e none of themi would do. I asked: " Why don'c, you ruin ?' ile saidl his I health~ was bad. I tol'i him if lie ran I a would hold hands~l oif." e Voice: "I am going to vote for 3 Evans." V Tillman : ''Well, i C you are it is all a right, but don't sa lie is my candidate or that Ellerbe is mine. V'ote for which e ver you think is '.he best! man~u. I will -. ho sitisfied with either.' r Ti.illman guyed liutler about, his~ new name (Uncles) for the Rceformers. i~e Iwas now claiming kin wvitm thm to V get their votes." Voice: "We are ill~mani's uncles." '(Laughter.) f-The Governor then proceeded to tell lswho thn antis we..Teanihd dressed in silks and satins before 1890 and had discriminated against some of their nephews. These nephews had finally kicked against the way their antis were dividing out the property and rebelled. Now the poor antis have no silks and are in a bad fix. This humorous story of the Governor was met with shouts of applause. The Governor did not forget to say something about Butler. lie jumped on llutler for spending last night at Allendale-"that nest," as the Gover nor calls it-instead of coming to Barnwell. During the last ton minutes of the Governor's speech it had been raining hard. The crowd, however, like those which had stood in the rain elsewhere, would have stood there until not a dry shred was left on a man to hear Till man steak. IUTLER SPEAKS. Senator Butler was introduced with the water falling in torrents. Colonel Mixson held an umbrella over him. I understand that the Senator had some pretty junicy things to say to Tillman if the rain had not shut him off. I expect that he will turn them loose at Aiken to-day. Butler did not speak over two or three minutes. Re ferriug to Tillman's story of the Uncles and Antis, he said that Tillman does not want peace. Ile cannot live in clear water but has to keep the stream mudy to exist. Butler was occasionally interupted by loud cheers for Tillman. The campaign party left here this afternoon for Aiken, to-morrow's place of imeeting. Some of the campaigners will stop at Allendale until to-n*orrow. General Richbourg went to Denmark to spend the night with his friend Ro well, editor of the Denmark Times. Mr. Ruwell is the first Reform editor who nominated General Richbourg for Adjutant General. W. W. PiuE NO AGREEMENT POSSIBLE. The Iloune Will Inslat-Wiat Different Leaders lave to Say. WASHINGITON, July 18.-The Demo cratic conferees on the tariff bill held a brief session today, and adjourned before 12 o'clock. They wade another effort to reach an agreement, but it proved ineffectual. The meeting ad journed with the understanding that a f ull conference of the committee, to be gin at 2 o'clock, would report a dis agreement. The report will be made to. the House, but probably not before to morrow. The Republican members will make no opposition to this course. The conferees met again at 2 o'clock. Within a very few minutes afterwards Voorhees announced that it was appa rent that the two houses were unable to agree, and it had been decided to report a general disagreement. The Senate Republicans stood up for the Senate bill, as did the Democrats, while the House held out for their bill; and it was formally decided that the dis agreement should be reported to their respective houses. Before this was done Wilson, chair man or the committee on ways and means, stated that if they could get to gether on coal, iron ore and sugar, he believed they could fix up an agree ment that would be satisfactory to both housed. No proposition looking to this end was made, and the action al ready indicated was taken. The whole thing was over in a very few minutes. Wilson stated after the conference that ho would make the report to the Iouse tomorrow morning. D)uring the formal discussion in the committee r'OOml he was asked by Sen ator Jones how mong the House would probably keep the bill, whereupon WVil son replied that lie thought the con ferees would be instructed to insist upon the House bill, and the confereem would be sent back within two hours. The same qluestion was then put to Senat~or J1ones, and he said that the act ion of the Senate would depend upon the action of the Ilouse. If the House insisted upon heaping coals of fire on the heads of the Senate conferees and assailmng thiem it would be very likely that the Senate, when the bIll came back, would in like manner dlebate the bill. It is believed, however, that the bill will be again in confererce by Sat urdlay at the latest. Although the report shows a general disagreement on all items this is not technically correct, for the reason that agreements have been made in many iteme, but it was deemed best not to include them until a conclusion had hoen reached on the whole bill. Wilson says the report of the conferees will be a verbal one and will simply state that the conference committe- of the two houses has failed to reach an agree ment. The committee on rules will probably meet tomorrow and report a special order limiting the time during which the debate upon the report may continue. Speaker Crisp could not say today how long the debate on the conference repoert tomorrow wouldl be permitedl to continue in the house but it is un dlerstood that it will be limited to two hours, one hour on each side. Wilson will occupy a part if not all the time set apart for the D~emocrats. if he is physicaly able to speak, and Reed and Burrows will probably be spokesmen for the Republicans. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, after an ineffectual meeting of the D~emocratic tariff conferees this morning, drove stighlt to thes White House and had over an hour's conference with Preis dent Cleveland. it ls said he reported to the P'resident that all movements looking to concession by the Senate to the ilouse conferees had been blocked b~y the iniluence of Senator German of Maryland, representing a groop of so called conservative Senators. It is also saidi that Senator .Jones informed the President that tils announcement wouldl probably be made to thle House tomorrow, on the part of the House conferees, it being the Intention of the H ouse conferees to let the country know where the responsibility for f all ure to agree rested. TJhie House conferees had consulta tion thIs afternoon with Speaker Crisp before going to the full conference and theuy came away convinced that they were p~ursuing the right course in in sisting on the essential features of the Hiouse bill. Wilson, if lisa health en ables him to stand the strain, will make a report to the House tomorrow when the tariff bill' comes back from the con ferencef( DISPENSARIES COMING. GOVERNOR TILLMAN'S EMPHATIC STATEMENT CONCERNING T HEM. They Wlil b) 01ISIC41 oil Atiit.t Is, irht The Atthsteoe Matto.,Jarn-Monat0 itter I tte rvii litact by Olscerom Iar ooveir r or Tinlanau AIKEN, July 18.--The feature of to days' campaign meeting were Gover nor Tillman's declaration that the dis pensaries will be reopened on the firsi of August and the attempt to how down General Butler. The Governor'i announcement that he would reoper the dispensaries was in reply to i quesi tion from some one in the crowd. There was an effort on the part of r few to howl down Senator Butler, bit it did not work. One thousand whit( men surrounded the stand to hear thi speaking. The stand was erected im mediately in front of the Park Avenum Hotel, near the depot of the Soutt Carolina Road, and the speaking be gan at 11 o'clock sharp, County Chair man John T. Gaston presiding. Tit broad piazzas of the hotel were fillet with ladies. The attendance of th fair sex was larger than at any pre. vious meeting, and the ladies showed E lively interest In the proceedings There were Butlerite and Tillmaniti ladies. While they could not shou like the opposite sex they clapped thei hands and made a noise with thei dainty feet whenever they felt that they were called upon to do so. The arrangements for the niceting were satisfactory. A rope ran around the stand and policemen and specia ollicers stood within the ropes to kee; the crowd back. I believe that Sena' o; Evans receiyed a more joyous welcomi from his friends than Governor Till man, and that is saving a good deal. I is not saying, however, that there har been any falling off in the love and re spect of Aicen county people for thi Governor. The very voices of the peo pie told louder than words that Till man's hold on the masses has not re laxed one iota. Ooinity Chairmar Gaston has the happy faculty of savin something nice about every speaker i introducing him. In doing this he doe not make discriminations, and it coil not be told from his words who wet his favorites for the different ollices. The first speaker was Mr. J. W. Wi born of Yorkville, a candidate for rat road commissioner. Ilis was a thre( minutes speech,tn which he announce that he was a sturdy Reformer an that he would look out for the peop if elected. lie was followed by Ye dell, Whitman, Mayileid, Watts -r Richbourg, who said in 1800 he was F much in favor of the movement as at man, but he had been dissatisfied some counties being ruled out. 11 declared he 'was a better .teforn than Watts. Ie denounced as fahs the rumors that he had hesitated to re spond to Governor Tillman's call i the Darlington trouble and that he ha telegraphed to the mayor of' Darling ton before going to know if it wit agreeable for him to como. The gen eral was listened to closely and at tho conclusion of his speech nme fellow yelled out for Watts. T11 I I lElt I K W VA I. Chairman (aston introdneed Senat.o Butler as the hero of miany hatt.le1 The men in the audiwce yelled Io Tillman and the pretty women on it piazza clapped their hands and wave< their fans for Butler. Senator lutitle began by saying that he h il been re quested by the chairman riot to indiug in personalities and would tiot, do so Tlllman would folio w him, but if Ti'll man indlged in personialities today It (lButler) would see that he (T'illmnan caught bricks the next time. A trcmendous hurrah for Tiillmnal began at this point atnd was conitintue for some time. liutler remnaitned cain and cool while thIs was going or WVhien It partially ceased, hte said: I d not propose to be howled dlowni by th:1 little crowd. 1 saw this morning tha they were pre[parintg to do this." Th'lis was greeted with renewei cheers for Tlill mant. liutler next pointed to a lnan niime "Doc" Kennedy andi charged hitm wit, b~einlg a leader of the crowd and tol him lie was a flne man to be weain the badge of a cotmmiitteetman ant nel ing as he was. There was some1 !ommliotionl in tht crowd, andl Chtairmean Gal~ston aros 0.01 quell affairs. Butler said if any boly hadl anythini p ersonal against himi they could met him after his speech and he woil giv them satisfaction. "I do ntot propos to be b~ulldozed by anybody attd wi stay here all nIght or speak," said lhi ler. A mixture of shouts followed. A man named P'op) Courltenly gre a little obstreperous, butt quiet w: finally restored. General Butler began a dliscusslini national issues but was interrupted i a man who asked: "General, won't you shiake my han on the equare and1( say that the Soenal is owned b~y Wall street?" General Butler answeredI: "No, I wi not, becautse Wall street has ntot b~ougl the Senate. It dloesn't owvn me, ain God knows no man or street carn c ever will own mec." '.1eneral Ibutl' spoke tragically arnd eloquienitly. II saidl that lie wouldn't slander anfd II on the United States Senate for aill t~h offices in the world. He do(idn't believ ini the wholesale slander of theo ofileer of the govern ment andt of thte Fedler; Courts. Butler said that heo would tnever stl uip strife for every pos9itioni in Lh woril. ie said thtat T'illmatn had iirc insulted the people of Chuarleston be'for he was htowled down, lie had pit ith devil In the crowd andl tut~rned it ove to him (Blutler) to handle. The irrepressible P'ofe (Courtena shot off his lip systematically. Butle talked to him good naturedly ansi prorr ised to take a :lnk with him after Lh speaking. Courtenay said lie did tnc drink, butt Butler told him lie hadit bec smelling ar'oundl where liquor01 wi kept. (fAughter,) Butler offered to hot :, hat with on of his Tillman friends that he woid be the next U~nited States Senator, 11 thought Tillmtan ought t~o be kept i thle State to remain in charge of' L1 Iteform movement, asn nobody cm seemed capable or handling tt. Voice: ",John Gary Evans will mt do that." Butie.i: "lie istn't Governor yet." (lRiEEIC WIThf APP'L A Udt. The upplanse wan simnnly dann, when Governor Tillman was Intro -duced. Chairman Gaston said that lik( Cincinnatus of old Tillman had beeu called from the plow handles. ITe also said that Tillman wro' the Andrew .Jackson of this age. It was a regilar love feast for the Governor. Senator Butler, when he concldh d, was appliided by a bevy of beautiful wonir. Ie lifted his hat in recognition. No hand-clipping by a dies was given Tillman but the men shouted themselves hoarse for him. Governor Tilliman barely referred to Butler at lirst and talked on flnancial legislation, borrowing a silver dollar from a inan to illustrate soie of his points. The Governor talked fluently and clearly on financial affairs. One of his admirers told him that he would settle things when he got to be President. Tillman: "I am afraid it will be a long time before 1 get near that . but I am going to the Senate. (Applause and cheers.) Governor Tillman followed his talk on silve-r by a discussion of lits plan for iauing greenback money and chunked Cleveland occasionally, to the delight of his audience. lie said that an arti ficial panic was brought about last sum mer when the scoundrels were getting ready to demnioneotize silver. The Governor spoke of "Cleveland and his minority or traitors," and asked who wants to go Into another Democra tic convention to be imposed on by the scoundrels who are manipulating the party ? Ile said the party has gone to pieces and the Rtepublicans and Popui lists will swee- everything this fall. Referring to the charge that he had insulted the people of Charleston before he was howled down, the Governor said it was l'alse and repeated what lie had said. Voice: " Y ou can't get any sense into the heads of those people in Charles ton." Tillnan: "Well, wait until 1 get the constables after them. (Laughter.) if the constables can't do anything I will send Watt's militiadown." (Laughter.) The Governor said it was not the good people of Charleston who had howled him (own, but it was the Can tinis and the N ottes. The Governor said he would have tc be a little salty with Butler. The Sen. ator had intimated several time, that he ('illman) was a coward becausi he had not jumped on Simonton it e Charleston. \Vhen he wanted to tall about Simonton in Charleston the comn mittee would not allow him. It wa said in 1890 that he (I'illman) wouli not go to Orangeburg and say that JTudge Izlar was a perjurer, but lie ha I done so. e The Governor said it was about tim< that Matler was bringing the proof tha d he (L'illiman) could not ne found durin 1 the Hamburg riot,. le was getting y near his home niow where his part i Lt the 1am burg riot i. known and it wa e time Butler wias springing hi3 trap. r Tillman, in talking about Simontoi 0 said that Simonton had sucked State' rights with his mother's milk and hat been the first man to plant a (Jagger it the State's breast,. S .nonton had beer appointed because he was the tool of Chiambnherlain and Wall street. Till mau poked hot shot into Simonton. Speaking of tihe talk about peace and a unity, Tillman said the Conservative hated hiim because the leformerti sup ported himi. 'hey do not want peac and initv and if they keep tip as the5 are lhe IitMformers will have to clear out he road as they have before. (overnor Tillmad said that, the Dis. ponsary will reopen about the 1st of August.. The Governior took a hand primary on tihe I)lspensary and it was tnaninious for that system of control ling tihe litinor trailic. The Governor -turnied twatiiai the hotel piazz.a for thet 3 vote against, the i)ispenmsary and sever ) ai ladies raised i~heirm hands. Th'ie hand pirimtary to deocide between a himiself andi liutler for the Senate was I almiost, unianimoums for 'l'iltma n, and I thunderous applause followed. -iTitt: (lA M iC: (COCK's CtllNTPY. > Aiken people love the bright ant t brainiy young candlidate of theirs foi t, Governior, and gave him an ovatiot wvhichm wouald il atter a mani of many I years of political ambition satisiled. If possiblie the applause for him was more I voltiumis t.han for Timan. Ac a Chairman Gaston arose to introduct I him ihIle applausce was so loud andi pro ( longed Ithat, the chairman coitth no1 proceetd for several mtinutes. Tlhe (Mmate Cock was hailedi with tre. ci mndoums applause and was cheered ant 3) applaudm~e( throughout his speech. 11I calid he wa~s proud to address the Gami 4 Cockcs of Aiken. TIhme reception which t, had been given him affected him mort e than he could tell. Some people sa: e that there is nio gratitude, but lie was ii gratefutl to thie people of Aiken for the honors they have conferred on him. 1I lie should ever bo ungrateful lie wouk want to be lynched. V Seinator Evans said if he was any 5 jtudge Al ken would hiave the nmext G ov erliotr. (i aoudi cheers ) it A ikeni, lie declaredi, woulId do her dumt) y no matter wiho wais nloinatedt for Gov ernor and would not, sualk. (Applause. d Senat or E~vans saidi tbat their one. e mnies call illmtan the big deovil and him thie lit~te tdevil. (L~aumghter-) lie wac 11 sorr-y to see several women voting it it layor of the Dispensary, lie appealed dI to tlih womiein of Aiken to say that r dturing thie time the Dispensary law r was in effiiect the streets of Aikon wern e free oi driunkartds. Any women couk e walk the streets thein and feel that slhe a was safe, but shte couldn't do a e under thie sialooni system. If left to a S vote lie knew thie women of Aiken lwouldt vote for the Dispensary. Senator IEvanis proceededl to talk or r thie llspeiisary, imaintaliing the post e tion hie has all along taken,, that n< t hetter law can be passed. i hi-sides the great appl~iause which en S sued whteti Senator E~vans sat thowin twe r lIttle girls walked on the stand an< presenited him with beautiful bouquetr y Senator E~vans promised his admireri r to get, married as 500on as this canvas -is over. S Secretary of State Tindal followei t the Game Cock, lie told why the RL form movement had been organiz,. a and what were its objects, ie gav tihe usual advice to the farmers abot e keeping up their organiz ation and mad I one of the plain, practical talks whic e chat acterizeu him. Mr. Tindal said 1 ri would enforce the IlsPensairy if elec e Govsrnor. e EGYRnLiIC's BiLlI~CF TALK. General Ellerbe was introduced at it o'clock and spoke briefly, The Maric Swamp Fox said lie regretted that had to bring the people of Aiken ba news. It was that Aiken would ni gr have the ne- Govm..or. M.r. County would have that honor. (Laughter.) General Elierbe said that, Aiken'a Game Cock has lost some of his fea. thers recently and has been fighting something like a dung hill. He told how he had been blistering his Cousin John and how John had not been bits. tering him in return, like a G(ame Cock ought to. ils humorous remarks about Evans #ere greeted with laughter and some applause. What lie said was in the best of humor and a number of the game cocks were heard to remark: "1 declare I would vote for him if Evans was not running." Ellerbe said that as Evans is goirc to carry so few counties he did not begrudge him Aiken. It was right that Aiken should vote for him. Ellerbe invited all the people to visit him in the Executive Mansion at Columbia. General Ellerbe was forced to another personal explanation to-day. He read :n article from the Aiken times headed "An Infamous Shame " This article charged that the Conservatives tried to induce the Reform Executive Commit. tee last week to call off the Refom con vention. It charged that Ellerbe, Tin dal and Pope had endorsed this scheme by signkng a petition to call the con vention off He had never signed any such petition and he wanted the editors of the paper to tell where they got their information. General Ellerbe said that a number of papers friendly to Evans have been slandering him (Ellerbe). Ile did not think this method of warfare just or fair. At 7 o'clock this afternoon the cam paigners leit for Edgefleld and will spend the night there. Two thousand people are excepted to be at the meet ing at old Edgefleld to-morrow. STATE CROP CONDITIONS. The W% okly Buletin of the StaLe Bureau. The Wiather, COLUMBIA, S.C., July 18.-The fol lowing is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and the crops in the State, issued yesterday by State Observer J. W.Bauer: 3 The temperature for the week was a much below the normal, ranging from 8 degrees per day on the coast to 6 and 7 in central and wpatern portions. The minimum temperature fell to 64 3 at Charleston on the morning of the 1OLb, which was the lowest July tem perature since 1832. The lowest re ported from any point in the btate was 55 at Holland's store, on the same date. The average per centage of fifty places reporting sunshine was 73, about nor mal; having been cloudy on Monday C and Tuesday and clear or partly cloudy r the remainder of the week. Tbe total s rainfall was less than for the previous week, but on Monday and Tuesday r lain was almost general over the State except in the north west counties where it was light or wanting, and the fol lowing counties in whole or in part, at imd in need of rain: York, Chester, lbairfield, Union, Spartanburg and Pickens. The southeastern counties had an excess ot rain, impairing field crops somewhat except possibly corn. Cotton is doing only fairly well. Dur ing the past week the wet weather has caused rust to develop in various por tions of the State. and lice have attack ed the plant in other. The cool weath - er of the middle of the week has been very unfavorable, but It is thought that the plant. is too far advanced to have sustaine any structural change, and so far the only apparent effect the cool weather has had is the "honey due" re ported from a number of widely sepa rated ploints. This crop is being laid by as fast as the ground permits, and some danger is nioted from plowing while the ground was too wet. its condition is reported particularly line in Ciarendon county, and it is fruiting as heavily as desirable everywhere. Some shedding noted in lacalIties where rainfall was excessive and suln sline deficient, In which localites the plant has also taken on a yellowish color. Cotton has not, generally speak. Ing, held thle improvement made dur ing the first week In July. Grass threatens the crop, but the latter part of the week was favorable for plowing and a f'ew more days of dry weather will be sufficient to clear the fields. No adlverse reports whlatever were received on the corn crop, andl its condition Is reported such that If' the remainder of the season is an average one, there will be a full1 crop made, taking early and late planting together. it is being laid by as fast as the weather permits. It is worthy of note that one thousand bushels of oats were shipped north from (Cheraw such shipments being un-mual. The rains have had a very berneilcial effect on rice, which is re portedl pairticuilarly ine in Georgetown county, and very fair In other places. 'Thie dlanger from low water has passed as thme rivers in the rice regions aire nlearly full. 'Tobacco is doing well, as also is sor ghum, which is heading. Gardena have made great improvement in clay soil, but little in light sandy soil. Greenville county reports cabbage heading nicly,while a species of worm lhae attacked tha plant in Edgefleld county. Melons ripening now are small and of inferior quality, but the vines are vigorous and the late crop promises better. A few peas still being sown; rabbits destroying peas in Abbeville county. Sweet potatoes growing well; the fa vorable weather came too late to have much effect an Irish potaitoes. 'There was a washing rain in Aiken county, Sand some hail in Orangeburg county, doing very little or no damage. A comprehensive summary of the weathi er crop condition for the week ending Sunday can be briefly stated thus: it was cool with nearly normal duration a of sunshine; an excess of rain alon~g the coast and lower Savannah river Svalley, aheding off all to a deficiency in the northwest portions of the State. All crops ' show an improvement save Scotton which barely holds the gin it indedring the previous week. Le 'flown to Att an.. h PO~MUH Eag., July 1.-A ter e rible accident, resultinag in the death of d seven men, occurred here this morning. A Trinity house boat, having a crew .of seven train wreckers on board, were :i engaged in blowing up the wreck of n Yatch Rlsalta, in Salent, as the wreck re was dangerous to navigation, in some id aninmer, whichl will never be known, a )t dynamite cartridge exploded,and killed a seven men, andl shattering the boat.