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VOL,)^XI.
BffiNNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. JUjSE 29, 1900.
SOS!
NO. 27
THE CAMPAIGN
Fot United States Senator and
State Offices Opens
AT SAINT GKOHGES.
AM the Candidat?! for Qoverner ?nd thc
Other State Offices with Pew Excep
tions Attend and Address the
People. Senator Tillman
Absent.
The State campaign for lOOO waf
formally opened at St. Georges on
Tuesday of laafc weok.
The meeting wa? oallod to order at
11.20 by County Chairman E J. Don
nls and was opened with prayer by thc
BOT. Mr. Steadman. Chairman Den
nls then outlined the purposes of the
gathering. The people of Dorohestci
County were gathered, ho said, to see
these candidates, who had offerer,
themselves for oflloe, and, seeing their
and hearing them, to pass upon their
fitness for oflloe. Ho rcforred eloquent
ly to those who had mado ?South Gar
ollna great in history and emphas'zed
the neoesiity for tho ?o to whom thr
ballot had buen entrusted to koop well
their trust.
The Hon.
MARTIN F. AN KL,
of Groonvllle, candidato for Governor,
WBS tho tirst speaker Introduced. Mr.
Auacl waa greeted with applause. First
of all he desired to thank tho lucks
for their prcseuce. It argues well for
the oampalgn of 1006 that they should
grace this occasion with their prrseuce
He himself ls not running on his good
looks, howevor, for tn that event he
feels sure some of the others would h
elected over him. Ho wasn't elected
four years ayo, out he came so olo t
to it that ho felt it his duty to again
present himself to tue people for tholr
suffrages. He is proud that he rep
resents the Piedmont and b* *? ry?-;""
of the magnificent vo^'ue received lu
his old Jadloial JiV/Oulb, where ho ia
best known.- i?o has thc endorsement
of hto?pu?ty. It ls only upon higo
"grounds that ho dcBlres election. He
stands for tho great principio of high
?ducation and he Btauds ut qualifiedly
for the great work of tue public
sohools. In the youth of the oouutry
i? imo hot-'* of oho country. There hi
?rged strongly the imp?rtanos of the
common sohools Good reedits another
plank in his platform. This 1B a
matterof greatest interest. We "don't
want suoh roads that we shall have
our religion j jlted out of us before we
get to chm cn." He favors seeking and
accepting aid from tho National Gov
ernment for this purpose. He is op
posed to tho State dispensary and he
la In favor of local oouuty option at
between a county dispensary and pro
hibition. If the county otlloera are
able to take oharge of tho oounty'?
affairs In other matters why are they
not able to take caro of the county's
liquor selling, he asked, ne is empos
eu loone county diutating to ano her
as to what it shall have. Lot tin G >v
ernor appoint the board to take charge
of the selling of liquor and let thc
Goveruor be responsible for them. Pay
them a salary. H. doesn't beliovo lu
commissions. Let them report to
eaoh term of the Circuit Court. Pen
sion the old Confederate soldier ano
let him go to his urave in pecoa.
The Hon.
G. L. 11L.KA8K,
of Newberry, was then introduced to
the audience. He is a candidate for
Govornor. Ho has represented New
berry County In the Legislature sev
eral times, and ls to day tue oounty's
State Senator. Ho oan prove by the
records that throughout IIIB whole
oareer he has been oouslstont in the
positions he has taken. He favors
biennial sessions of tho Legislature,
laws restricting the hours of ?abor, and
liboral appropriations for educa ional
purposes, but is opposed to the higher
?ducation of tho negro. This last
statement evoked applause. He favors
a marriage license system, and thc
economical onforcemon i of thc Govern
ment. He believe? tho dhiponsary sys
tem ls the best solution of the whiskey
question aud ho faveirs tho repeal of
the Brioc law. Recurring to thc ne
gro question, God nover intended that
the uogro should bo anything else
than Hie servant of the white man. If
ho had his way he would wipe out thc
negro college at Orangeburg. If you
have corruption in the State dispen
sary, what would you have if there
were 41 county board?? ile docs not
favor tho Ray sor* Manning bill. One
of his reasons for this ls because one
of the amendments provides that
whenever thc board thinks the dis
pensary ls a nuslanco they have the
right to close it up. That ls not gov
erntd by the people. Thoy say tho dis
pensary la corrupt. All right. Woy
ls it corrupt? ll ls beoause men origi
nally opposed to tho dispensary Uv?
have ot recent years been placed lr
oharge of the system. But there ls nc
corruption In the dispensary. Mr.|W. G
Childs cold him yesterday that since
? the dispensary was voted out lu cor
tain oountles the jug tunic on bli
railroad had more than doubled. Pro
hibition has failed in Newberry, ile
is ready, willing and walting to defend
any attack made on the dispensary
systom. He, too, favors good road?
and good ftobools, Everybody docs
But tho money of tho people le holm,
squandered DOW. TWO more Judi?la
ot roui io have been provided, but stll
they olamor for extra Courts. Ile help
ed to defeat tho appropriation for the
payment of the expenses of these ex
era Courts. If elected he will endcav
or to reduce extra Courts. He favori
a liberal appropriation for Ex-Confed
erato soldiers, and ho wan te? to see li
go to Inonu Lu whe.?? it belongs ant
not to those who do not need lt.
MU. J. K. iinuKSON?,
of Sumter, candidate for Govornor
was the next speaker. He plunged al
onoo luto a discussion of the liquor
question. This is tho loading lbsue
before tho people, because In Involves
nore lu dollars and cunts, and carries
felons? with lt the nine a and lutellecu
ii welfare of thc people. It has boen
o intended that the publlo sonools ls
the proper place to which to apply
this "blood m >oey," because in that
wav the youth of tho land will boedu
eated against drinking This ls a tall
loy, bcoauso the liquor habit ls just
is apt to strike your brightest boy as
our dullest fool. This money ls not
going to the sohools, anyway. Out of
M exnondoo by tho drunkard fur a
Jug of liquor all the proti's, exoept two
cents, go to other sources aud otho
peoplo than tho drunkard's family.
That 1B all tho salvo his wlfo and
uh I ld ron get to heal their hear'aoues
Ile gave tho drunkard's prayer ano
the prayer of the so-oalled ged oiti
?en, who takes this 1 quor money for
his ohlldren's education. Hiey talk
about putting go< d men in charge ol
tho dlspansary. You can't get a man
who ls a decont man who will take
charge of this dirty slop. This is the
truth. If you doubt it ask any ono of
these good mon who are running on
this platform to go in and dish out
the dirty stuff. Not ono of them wiii
do it The system cannot bo cleansed.
Had you cuolble as big as the moon
in which to boll it, were you to heal
that oruelolo with all the coal stored
In the bowels of tho earth, were you
to glvo to oach of these candidates,
who talk about purging lt, a dipper
with which one might empty Lake
Michigan at a scoop, and to eaoh o'
t he others a sp -on, which would reaoh
from polo to oolo, with which to stir
it, aud then let them stir, while tin
ithers dipped, this process might gc
n for centuries, and at the end th?
resldum of purified matter would not
amount to a thimbleful. Mr. Brun
son referred to no other issn \ but de
voted his whole time to ramping thou?
who fayorod tho salo of liquor in any
mauuer, aud urging tho peoplo tc
rally to its overthrow.
MK AV. A KDWAKDS,
of Salud.?, tiled his pledge as a candi
.late for Governor, but, Judging from
his speeoh to-day he has entered ttlm
<elf lu the wrouK class. Ills eulin
time was devoted to an attack upoi
iihe Southern Hillway, whloh wonk
nave dono credit to tue most ardern
aspirant for the otil ',o of railroad oom
missioner. Mr. Ed wards declaro'.1,
for six years h- ' : J ~?iir'??nductlng
.,,?-'"T-'\ '^.WVlourts against the oon
soiidatlon of the South Carolina am
Georgia extension with the Sou mon
Railway. Ho liuds, so he said, tba
obis oorporaeiou is practically in oui
trol of our Government and that ther
is apparently no way of escape fror
hs abuses. Ho declared that it dis
criminated against tho people of tb i
Sta'.o, oauslng their property to dti
orease in value, and iiuoldcntally th
property or landowners 1? Georgia x
inoreano in value. II : then h. gantorea
from a piper whlo>i he carrltda htsu
ry of his oase already refurjd to, bu
tils twenty minutes wore up before h
was more than fairly started, and 1
never booame apparent j ist what b
was driving at. He wa? grauted a
extension of time in which to expiai
orltlly what he was after, but Just s
he opened hts mouth to speak th
hand began to plav and there the ma<
?er ended, for to-day at least.
Then came
MK. A. C. .IONICS.
of Newberry, who is alsj an aspirai
for G ?bernational honors. Ile ls hei
.?.s the representative of thc homes, 1
the mothers, of the sons, of the cid
uren, wno stand for pure democrat
^nd who oppose corruption and graf
All his life he has stood for that whk
was purifying and uplifting, and he
wllilog to abide by his rc ord. Ile
an enthusiastic supporter of high
education, but lt ls to the denomln
blonal oollrges that the St*Ate ow
.nost. He believes In an eonnmlo
and honest administration of thc Go
.. ruinent. Ho favors a board of arb
'.ration In South Carolina to settle 1
differences between capital an.l labo
Hut the prinolpal thing which h
brought him Into tills oampaign
olio liquor question. Three yearb ai
he published in the newspapers an a
tide calling attenti on to the cone
tlons In the dispensary. He also ur
ed tho passage of a law which wou
allow tile vit og out of the dispensa
its In Oountlcs desiring to take su
action. That suggestion was large
Instrumental lu the passage of t
Bries law. Now he ls ready to go fi
tlier. Personally, ho opposes the S?
of liquor lu any wey, but be ls wini
to allow the pe' pie of each oounty
/ote on tho qu n Aon as to whet!
they shall have a county dispensai
high license or prohibition. Tue Sit
dispensary mu t go. Conditions
Newberry to-day are better than
twenty years. If the prohibition 1
is not absolutely enforced that fact
due to circumstances that whenevt
man is brought up charged with
violation of tho lav/ some lawyer ls
hand ready to appear for him and 1
bim off He has been In the thick
every light against the State dlsp
1 nary and he stands today right wh
1 he always stood.
Mr. Jones was followed by the II
ll. I. MANNING,
of Sumter. Mr. M.inning has for
years represented his cour ty lo
Legislature, hlx years in tho Hoi
and for the last eight years in
i State Senate. He has made mistal
, That he realizes. But lu every qi
t tion upon which he has had to c
his vote he has applied tills test I
is it right? Thin, ls it for the I
; Interests of my State and ouun
. Remembering this, he ls ready
stand by his record. No greater w
i can be done by South Carolinat
to upi ?hld the edulatlonal systen
the Slate, and be ls g'ad to bell
that educational condition io So
i Carolina have Improved, and are
1 proving. Tt e representatives of
i peoplo In the House and in the Sci
no longer light the. appropriations
educational purposes, and whllo
appropriations may at times ap|
larger than ti e revet UC8 of tho 8
j, would seem to warrane, there cai
no doubt that these repr?sent?t
I aro doing what they think will fur
the best Intereses of tho State,
their attitude towa'ds tho subjo
a oause of greatest g rat ideation,
years, In tba II mse and In the Sor
^ (Continued on Fourth l'age.)
Richard Tilgliman, a Rich Presi
dent of Philadelphia, Pa.,
TAKES FATAL DOSE
By Mistake lo thc Dark, sod. Realiz
ing His Mistake, Calls Ills Wile
and Children, But Nothing
Could Save Him. Phones
Friend? Oood B>e.
A awful tragedy occurred at Phila
delphia about ton days ago.
Knowing that his life was to pay
forfeit In a few hours for his fatal
mistake lu taking poison from a bot
tie In tho medicino ohest instead of
-i'c harmless drug that ho sought in
the dark, Riobard Tllghman, a so
ciety man, olubman, member of tire
Ulty Troop, a descendant of one of
too original Maryland families aud
c'cscly rr lated to the Whelans and
Llpplncotts, made every arr&ngement
.hat pruder.es or sentiment dlotatod
before he died.
Ho llrst bad hop<5 that Ids lifo oould
1)0 saved and wAkicg up lils wife in
their apartments at tho fashionable
Lincoln, No. 1220 L oust street, and
Ola daughter, fifteen yoars old, and
sou thirteen years old and told them
tvhat had happened.
Mrs. Tilg timan, who was Gabriella
0 Pots tad, daughter of tho beautiful
inarolouess do Potstad- Fornarl, at
.me. lime lady-in-walting to Isabella,
Q reen of Spain, and tho children did
everything possible to aid husband
-md father In tho (.ffjrta to savo his
life, but when they found that they j
did not make favorablo progress, Mr.
Tllghman dtreoted them to telephone
for a doctor.
Tho phystolans fought hard to off
set the eff jots of tho poison, but had
to admit that they bad exhausted
their remedies and that Mr. Tllgh
man would have to be prepared for
tiie worst.
He tcok their vsrdiot phllosaplcally
and directed that a telephone message
ire sent to his brother In Bryn Mawr,
summoning him to tho Lincoln.
'"Tell him to Jake an automobile,
so that ho will get here in timo," said
the dying man.
"Send for tho priest, and when it
is all over take my body to the house
of my brother, so that I may bi
buried from Micro."
Mr. Ttlghiuan expressed lils regret
to his wife and children that he
should have mado such a fatal mis
take, <*hon they wero going to sall
from Now York the next day foran
extended tour of the Continent.
Then, after he had told them of
.orno arrangements that must bj
made, ho bad a telephone brought to
hts bedside, and called up many of
nts friends in the olty, to bid them
farewell
The priest came and heard the con
fession of thc dying man, and admin
istered tho last rites of the Churob.
Tllghman then asked hts wife and
elli dren to draw near the bed, and
while the physicians, one of them a
friend from boyhood, withdrew toa
corner of the room, ho made his
touching farewell to the little group
that he loved above all. He told
them not to worry, as H was a fate
from which there coull bo no escape,
ind then he sank baok In his bed.
Still racked with tho pain which he
had endured with such wonderful for
titude, and lu a few minutes was
dead.
Mr. Tllghmr 1 had spout the even
ing at a ?ounion and banquet of tl o
olass of '80, Colverslty uf Pennsylva
nia given at thebCnlvcrslty Club. He
bad boen In the habit of taking tab
lets when troubled with slight attack
of rheumatism, and whon he ret urned
to his apartments shortly after 2
o'clock, darkenod his room and re
t ired, before he remembered that he
should have taken a tablet.
"After extinguishing tho light,"
said Mrs. Tllghman, "ho desired to
bake tho l.thla tablets, an he has been
suffering lately from mnsoular rheu
matism. Two bottles of the sane
size and shape were side hv side, one
containing antiseptic blob lc ride of
mercury tablets and tho other citrate
of llthla, and lu tho dark he chose the
wrong bottle.
"He placed two of tho tablets In u
tumble of water, stirred thom until
they dissolved, thou he took threo or
four swallows before lie noticed tho
error, hy qulokly dripie ng Borne
tepid water, ne produced nauseea and
thought that be brought up tho entlr?.
contents of his stounoh. Very soon,
however, he was se;y.<.d with oramps.
Then ho called mc and explained the
mistake he had made.
"Dr. W J. Hoe, of No. 1210 Locust
street, was Immediately auramoncd,
hut tho antidotes administered and
the washing out of thcHtomaoh failed
to save his lifo, and he died a few
minutes before eight in the morning.
For hix hours tho physicians fought
1 for Tllghman's life. After Dr. Roo
had worked ovor thc olubman for a
while, they deolded to send for Dr.
1 Robert C. LsCoute, who had been a
. lifelong friend of tho olubman. Tuen
; they all went to work together.
Tlie dying mun suggested a number
' of antidotes, all of which were trlod
without giving him any relief.
; The bookings for the European
tour were cancelled hy Lieut. Col
'? Tllghman, a brother of tb? deceased,
1 last evening, and arrangements wore
made, In accordance with Mr. Tllgh
! man's request, to take tho body to
' the brother's houso, whore tho funer
al took placo.
. Mr. Tllghman was born In Phlla
' dclphia at the residence of his pa
* rents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Tllgh
' man, No. 321 South Eleventh street,
' forty-one yoars ago. Ile was edu
r cated In Philadelphia, and was grad
1 uated from tho University of Penn
* sylvania In tho olass of '86. Ho ww
r a mcmbor of the Delta l'ol Fraternity
i and one of the mostlpopular member*;
' of the First City Troop. He enterod
bia father's ohomical laboratory im
mediately after his graduation from
oollego.
Juit eighteen years last month he
married Miss Gabriella DfPotatad,
daughter of the Marshioness Dr Poto
stad-Fornarl, who was Miss-.Chap
man, daughter of Mr. John Chapman,
and granddaughter of the celebrated
Dr. Nathaniel Ghapman, of Phila
delphia.
SENATOR TILLMAN'S FLANS.
Ho Will Fill His PrevlouH liooture
IOnigagciuontB.
Senator Tillman will make no
ohange in the plans already announc
ed by him for tho presont summor on
account of having opposition for re
nomination to tho sonate, Tho faot
that W. W Lumpkin bas announced
utmself a oandidato to sucoeed Sena
tor PH mau as senior senator from
South Carolina will oauBe uo Immedi
ate ohange.
As was anncunoed somctimo ago
Senat or Tillman will attend tho po
litloal rally In Greenville c maty on
July 7th. That will be immediately
after his returu from Patterson
Springs, 111., where bo ls scheduled to
spoak on July 4ch. It is probable
that ho would cancel tho Illinois en
gagement and cuter at onoa into tho
South Carolina campaign-that is
upon thc adj. urumcut of cougrcsi
out for the fact that be made a con
tract Bomctlmc ago with the Illinois
propio to appear beforo them on "the
day named.
After the Greenville oouuty meet
lng, Senator Tillman .viii bo actively
with the South Carolina campaigners
for a month or until the end of the
first work in August. After that
date ho will bo out of the state nearly
all the summer and fall lecturing In
different parts of the United States.
During the month that bo ia with
the campaigners he will make every
opportunity count. Hd bas wanted
au opportunity to discuss Issues both
state and national for a long time,
and was beginning to think that bc
would not have his wish granted this
year, when the announcement of Mr.
Lumpkln's candidacy readied Wash
ington.
There Is genuine regret on the part
of Senator Tillman that bo was un
able to attend Thursday's ctoopalgu
meeting at Charleston. There are
many things that ho hoped to have
tho opportunity of telling the Charlea
ton voters at that meeting, and it
is a soro disappointment to him
that ids duties hero are such that he
was uablc to leave Washington.
BLIND TIQjrJK WHISKEY
Ia Charged WHO Making A Man Bo-I
como a UifEMttlBt,
v Vom
? AdolphttM l.if>\rf,oi, ' rAii'J: jjftnVg
Smith, a young white man from near
Ihllon, was arrested in Portsmouth,
Va., Monday and lodged in Marion
Jill ITriday, oharged with bigamy and
forgery.
Ile was Interviewed In j ill Friday
afternoon, and did not douy either of
the charges against him, laying the
blame on blind tiger liquor, purohascd
in Dillon. Ile ls a young man appar
ently 30 years of age a nativo of Marl
boro oouuty. When quite a young
man, married In 1805, to Miss Emma
Norton, living near Little Rock. Ho
.as lived with her, he says perfectly
a&ppy and contented. They hav
three children two girls and ono boy
aged from two to seven years.
For several years Ingram has b- e;
employed by tho Singer Sewing Ma
dune co.'pa ny and lt Is said that
while with that compauy ho met Miss
Alma Smith a daughter of T. C.
.Smith of Hamer. M IKS Smith was the
telephone operator at H.\mer. He was
Introduced to the young girl as one J.
If?. Smith, and while under the lr,Hu
f?iiC3 of whiskey on the 8 b of last
June he and the young 14 year old
jllrl drovo over to Dillon from Hamer
and were married by U v. J. A. WU
aon- That after he sobered up lie was
orazod with remorse of his crime and
had been drinking hard since then.
He ls also charged with forcory,
having passed a worthless check with
tho namo of his wife's unolc J. A.
N irton signed to lt, and calling for
$50 Tile prisoner says he has no re
o.dleotlon of thc forgery he having
been drunk at tho time. The warrant
for his arrest was Issued by Magistrate
Foro of 1) lion who lixed his hail at
?2.500 Thia it is likely ho wiil be uu
aoie to furnish.
Told fiHr to Pray.
The Herald says Andrew Drum
mond, a negro maa, wa.? brought to
Sp&rtanburg recently hy Doputv Sher
iff W. J. White and lo !ga.1 In tho
jail ohargod with having killod Ber
tha Dean, a colo.rd woman, at R li
ville. Thc Dj&n woman waa shot b
Drummon on last Thursday night and
died Friday morning. Drummond
claimed that thc shooting was acci
dental, but tho woman before ?ho died
made a statement to tho contrary.
She stated that there liad been some
trouble between her and Drummond,
and that on Thursday night tho ne
gro came Into her room and told her
to say her prayers for he was going u
kill lier. This she did and the man
shot her. It was generally thought In
tho R ildville section that the woman
had been accidentally shot.
A i ?. 11 j -. < ? Wim U JliirlvaiiOO.
That feminine contraption tho peek
a-hoo waist, described as a number of
large holen Imperfectly .surrounded by
small threads, is ono of the most del
ectable articles of wearing apparel
ever devisad by tho dressmakers, lt
has probably tangled moro men Into
the tolls of matrimony than thc Della
Fox ourl, tho Marcel wave, or any of
the other weapons with which Un
gentle sex ls wont to arm ltsolf when
on Conqlliist bent.
Fourteen Inolieu or itali?
A special from Athens, Ga., says
during the hailstorm In Clark and
Goonoo counties groat damago was
done. In some places the hail foll to
a level of 14 Inches. Pine trees for
miles were stripped of their foliage.
In Clark county the storm was about
i a milo wldo and seven mites long, in
' Coonee lt wa? two miles wide and 10
i miles long. Corn, cotton and othoi
1 orops In tho path of tho storm were
totally destroyed.
AIPICY TIME
?4
ll -
At thy ?Charleston and Colleton
Campaign Meetings.
LTOS AND RAGSD4LE
Both Offer to Withdraw and Leave the
Field to Qeo. Youmaas. Ragsdale
Charges Lyon With Running Be
cause (len. Youarang Could
Not Attend Meetings.
Eighteen candidates told the
?torlos of their lives and their hopes
in Hibernian hall at Charleston on
Wednesday night- The crowd varied
from about 300 males at the opening
co half that many towards tho close
i)f the meeting.
Conspicuous in a front seat was
Vincent Chlcoo, kuown as the un
crowned blind tiger king of Charles
ton, who interrupted several of the
speakers with questions relative to
the dispensary. It was a sweltering !
uight, but Chicco gave away fans on
which were printed tho pictures of
himself and Tillman, labeled ' Chicco
and Tillman, tho two determined."
The campaigners were given a royal
...imo during tho day by oiuolal
Oharleston, led by Cnalrman Daniel
L. Mit kier, and what they wanted
they did not have to ask for-it was
all there.
Much interest was added to the
meeting by tho arrival of Senator
Haysdale, candidate for the ellice of
attorney general, who was not present
at the opeuing of the oampaign at St
George Tuesday, as lt has been ex
peoted that he would vigorously op
pose Mr. Lyon's views on tho so-oali
ed "burning issue." Tue result ol
their lirst encounter is stated below
Each had only Ave minutes lu which
to present his side, which accounts
for tho lack of more detail.
Mr. J. Willard Rigsdale, of Flor
noe, made his drat specoh as a can
didato for the office of attorney gen
ital. Ho opened by remarking that
when ho determined to make the race
ho hid done so under the belief that
the chico belonged to no man, that
no o?', was entitled to olalm it to the
exolu.'jon of others who sought it
Ho m? accordingly surprised to note
lu tl o charleston Post that Mr. Lyon
deserted the o?loo.
m^'" himself ho would say that
' -'?V?JMQQi exoeptln
so ...a as the people? might ?lact cb
give * to him after weighing him lo
the balance?. Hut, said he, if lt
mustibe said that any one desorveb
the cfn:o, I tell you to look at the dis
t nguished setvloos rendered to South
Carolina by Lu Illy Youmans, and
every patriot must feel that if thc
ellice belongs to any one of us it be
longs to Youmans. (Applause.)
Hut 1 take it that lt is due to no
one. The tinco of attorney genera.
is not a political one Whether or
not a oandldato stands for tho dis
pensary should not determine thc
question. Tho ellice requires oertuii
uties un eleot bini attorney general
ie teds you ho whl prosecute lb
grafters if you el ot him attorney
gtiioral he tous you no moro thai
what he is in duty b und to do. 1
utaud here as one wno oeais toe right
from the supremo court of Sjuih
Cartllna, as a young lawyer, and
pledge mysolf to pioucoute any viola
tor of law who comes undor my pur
view.
I ask for no sentiment in this race.
All 1 have a right tj expect from you
ls a fair deal, and a fair deal is to taki
Into consideration the integrity of
the .candid ates and their ability. In
the past you have undorsod me and 1
have tried to merit that endorsement.
I am a staunen supporter of thu
dispensary, bcoause 1 bolle ve it ls tilt
best solution. 1 ara unoompum s
ingly opposed to grafters. Whatever
are my views as tJ too dispensary, no
aut of raine wlllovor be done tnat wil
seek to protect a mau who robs thu
state and appeals to mo as a support
er of the dispensary under tho belief
that 1 would nelp him
I stand for tho purification of the
dispensary and for pure eleotions. 1
have, favored tue lu ventlgatiou of the
dispensary and 1 hold that it was tue
oommitte'8 duty to complete Hs
work and report it to tho legislature
e-nat appointed lt. It is now too
early to judge Ita work, and simply
because m/ opponent has been pro
minent in the investigation as a mem
ber of that committee ls nj reason
why you should vote for him. The
sole qualification for you to apply is
nts general titness.
Cnalrman Slnkier read a letter from
Attorney General Youmans announc
ing lils candidacy, in wnloh ho told
how hlB duties lnterforrod with ills
participation in tue campaign at pres
eut, believing that he ought to attend
to them rather than look after his
own Interest in canvassing for votes.
Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, the other nan
dldate for attorney genera), followed.
Ho said lie would make a serious prop
osition to his friond, Mr. lUgsdalo.
li ne enterad tile ruco against Gene
ral Youmuns ucc&use 1 did so 1 will
make tum an cit.ir. I do no." care to
trenoh upon tho privilege of this old
soldier who stood witii Hampton in
thoso dark days of ?South Carolina's
troubles. I mako tho proposition to
him that, if lie thinks it is improper
for us to enter this campaign against
General Youmans, we now graoo
fully withdraw.
Tnere waB quite a buzz of interests
at this. Mr. Lyon looked around to
wards Mr. lUgsdalo, who rapidly oamc
to tho front and askod the chairman
if lie could iirst ask Mr. Lyon a ques
tion and then reply. Chairman Sulk
ier said that lt would bo taken out ol
Mr. Lyon's ilvo minutes if he did so,
and it was agreed that Mr. Lyoi
should proceed with his specoh.
Said ho, Justa? our fathers yean
ago prooiaimeu and obtained for Ul
tho right ot looal self govorhmont, ]
now oom-, to lift my volco for tba
doarest right. I do not think the dis
penaary bas accorded you that right
I
j
Ib has been forced on you Improperly.
When the people soe that lt ls corrupt
and roblen to the core, as 1 tell you lt
is, they will wipe lt out.
It is oorrupt. However our commit
tee may bo Blurred, we have breached
bhe walls and given you a glimpse of
che rottenness within, and lb is up to
you bo drive oub bhe grafters. Our
committee oannot proseoute. We have
practically finished our work. 1 ba?e
a formal repurt to present, but the
rest ls very libbie.
My candidacy resolves itself into
one thing: Will you uphold the ban
ner that I have raised and assist me
In my fight against graf b or will yuu
leb them oome out with their forcett
and trample you In the dust?
The Walterboro meeting un Thurs
day was absolutely devoid of any spec
ial features txjopt a continuance ot
tho Lyon Ragsdale dispute about gob
bing out ot tue race, bub as yet noth
lug has como of lb. In nts speeoh Mr
Lyon did nob refer to the matter of
withdrawing, bub balklug about the
corruption of the dispensary and sala
lie ought to bo oleoted so as he could
proBcouto the rasoals that had beeu
run dowu by the investigation.
Mr. Ragsdalo spoke next, savs that
he Cid not put himself as the o..ly mau
lu South Carolina who could properly
lill tho cilice cf attorney general. Ho
was not tue only mau who could do
vlae plans to bring about honesty in
administration. Referring tatheofiloo
lie said if nor vicua entitled any man
to it LeRoy F. Youmaus should have
it, but a mau, generally, ought not to
bo given cfllje beoauso ot what ho
has oono, but beoause of his character
und ability. Ho had not entorcd thc
raoe to defeat Youmaus. He withheld
als pledge until ho saw that Lyon
would ruu. ?s to withdrawing he said
Lyon had entared the contest against
Mr. Youmans because he believed him
physically incapable of making the
oauvass and thus expected to run
without opposition. Ho had no desire
to oppose Coi. Youmaus and would
JO willing to withdraw without any
dtrlng to his withdrawal and allow
Colonel Youmaus to bo eieoted with
out opposition. Ho would do this If
Lyon will. This waa received with
applause by tho audience. Before Mr.
Lyon could reply, time waa called upon
Mr. Ragsdale and a recesas waa taken
tor einnor.
Don ol' Xiiurdorers,
Wear Ruttl, a Switzerland village
in tho Zuerloh Ooerland, the p illee
uave made highly sensational dlscov
ery. For a long time a remote farm
nouse was ocoupledby a family named
Cberholzor, constating of two brotherb
ind a elster. A few days ago, thc
authorities fouud cause to search the
nouse. An Immense quanity of stolen
goods was found, but worse things
wero discovered later. A wall exe!tea
suspision owlug to lt peoullsr shape and
wheo an opening waa made a rough cot
du was found with a female skeleton,
olotues still aduering to lt. Its Ident
ity baa uot yet buen establiBued, bui
ouab some awful crimes nave beau
oummitced lu tuo house appears bo bc
now practically certain.
Puckere Hard Ult.
Otliolal statistics compiled by the
department of coin me roe a. nd la hoi
dnow how the agitatlou against the
pac nerti has aatnaged foreign trade,
lu January, before the rcvelatiou li.
Tue Jungle" had gained wine pub
iiciiy, thc exportatiou of canned beel
snowed au Increase of twu minion
pounds ovor the previous year. Foo
.uary s.iOAoJ a faning uff ut '? OOO.uou
J o, u i, M.kic J suo >von ?ioy poi oem
d.oteas: wltu a lons to packers 01
??uo.ouu. A ru snows a ulerease o.
JV<ai Marou of ?JO.UO? pouo?s. May
jiiow?d a similar ueo.oaoe. Tho tx
poriaiion of liesa ocef lu April ant.
May biiowed a .MUMU, cit ore a e.
OltillA Beulet?.
China Tuursday signed a treaty ac
ceding cumplo satisfaction to France
tor tho maftsaoro of six Frenoh Jesuit
mibslon&tries at Nai o.iaug, Kiang
Province. In February last. Cuma
pays 9200,000 indemnity to tho mis
sion aud $40J,00U Indemnity to the
deoeased ni lesionarles' fannies, build.-,
a memorial hospital and punishes th.
ringleaders of the rioting. lu addi
tion iios ti io m. u, niinor.-,, willoh the
people of NauCiiang demanded, wilt
not be grunted to tue Chinese mag?n
trates whese suicide was tho signal
for thc outoreak. Fronon gunboats
tn thu vloinity of Nanchang will be
withdrawn.
Foll From ? Window.
At Wasulngbon ou Wednesday, 20th
instant, Clarence M. York, private
secroiary tj Cnlef Justioo Fuller, of
thc supremo court of tho United
States jumped or tell from a window
at Garliieid hospital and received in
Julies from whioh ho shortly after
.?.ard died. No one saw him v/hen he
.vent through tho widow. Mr. York
was about 40 yeare of age and bad
held bis position with Ctiief Justice
Fuller for many years, ne was sent
to the ho? pi tal for treatment for u
slight Injury.
llobbod by Bandits.
A special from Hillas, Ga., say?
Mrs. Sallie Golden, postmaster at that
plaoo, was knocked down and robbed
there Thursday. A masked man
entered tho c ill JO with a knife in hand
and told her if sho screamed he
would kill her, Attempting to escape
?he was knocked down by two oiows
on tho bead, thrown Into a olosct and
the robber then took the money in
tho ( lil :e and escaped. There io no
clue Lu tho robberr
Killed by * F?ll.~
i At Charleston on Wednesday, 20th
Initiant Mr. Samuel Webb, a lineman
, of tho Consolidated Raliway compa
ny, wa? killed through tho falling ol
a guy stub on which ho was descend
i lng. The bottom part of the pole
was rotten and tho lineman's spurt
, were fast in the polo, making lb tm
, possible for him to avoid falling with
tho polo.
j tiot I)AIII*KOB.
I O. S. Jones has been awarded t50C
i damages against the Bank of Foun
tain Inn beoauso the bank turned
i down bis oheck when ho had amnlp
? money on doposlb in the bank to pay
I tho cheek. Tho bank's defense was
t that it held up payment until the
. party holding the check oonld be
. identified. An appoal will be taken.
A N?W PARADISE.
PLIOASUIUO TOUivlSCa FLOCK TO
W IOS TIO UN NO lt I'll O A HOIiI NA.
Southern B ailway Beveals " The land
of the t.ky ' and "Jhe Sap
phire Country."
The Washington Post nay H the day
has passed when the tide of travel for
pleasure or health or to eaoape from
fie heat of the summer months flows
northward. Imagination for a long
time lured tourists In that direction
in the belief that toward fiat point '
of the oompass, aud that alone could
comfort bo found in summer or rest
attained by thone wearied by prolong
ed application to business oaros.
Experience, made possible by the
development of the South by the
Southern Hallway, bas shown that in
tho p 11 u:o que portions of North a d
South Carolina, Virginia, Qeorgla,
Tennessee, and other States of the
Southern oountry, nature bas provid
ed the ideal conditions that tend to
make a summer vacation healthful,
restful and thoroughly satisfying. .
Ono naturally thinks of the Sjuth
j as a winter resort, but the Southern
ll di way has made it possible foi
thousands of persons to know that in
Western North Carolina the olimate
ls perfeot the year round, and that in
midsummer that region ls Ideal.
Whether lt be the hunter, the ang
1er, or tho Idler, tho broad plateau,
tho foothills, and the mountain sldeb
and tops of the picturesque Blue
Ridge open day after day new Heidi
for sport and new scenes of rest or
reoreatlon. .10/cry desirable spot ol
Ibis broad plateau, 2 OOO feet above
the sea, Is aooesslblo by the Southern
Railway, whoso summer schedule ha>
ticen arranged to meet the part?cula:
requirements of summer travel aud
especially of those who are limited tc
week end trips.
Tho grandeur of the Ecsnery alont
the line of this road ls seen at its best
lu ''The Land of the Sky" and the
"Beautiful Sapphire- Country," the
very names themselves Hiving some
.lint of the remarkable beauties un
!oldcd to the visitor,
Asheville is the oenter of ''Tin
Laud of tho Sky," and radiating
rom it may bo found Hit Springs,
Waynesvlllo, Kaywood White Sulphur
Springs, Hendersonville, Brovatd
litltmore, Lake Tokaway, and, s
ihort distance farther on to the south
vest, "the Beautiful Sapphire Coun
o.y."
lt is to the enterprise of the South
ern Railway that these now famcui
icctlons of the South owe their popu
larlty. They are easily roaohed bj
palatial through express trains from
New York City, aft arding every oom*
fort and luxury during the Southon
Journey. Connections carefully srrang
ed likewise make them aooesslblo fron,
ill points lu the South and Weat, li
is at Salsbury, N C., that the tourist
.'rom the North gains hin Hist glimpse
>f the beautiful country. From that
polut until tho train reaches the sum
nit of the Bluo Ridge, the route ls
through a diotrlot of ounstaml.
changing and exquisite scenery.
The Sapphire oountry has been oom
pared, and not Inaptly, to the fa
famed English lake dlstriot, but tin
lake region of the South ls on a moo
grandor soale. Its mountain peak
o-^er well Into the clouds and 1
u.fli are tw'ce the height of those i
IO wland. Its catari.c-8 and mou
am st rea ->s oom?, piuugl g o. v.
??elr rooky bods from far greater di
jiuces tuan the E gi sn streams. 1
0 te region of tue "Land of tue Sk
nore than eighty mountain p ak
tower over 5 OOO feet, and twent. .
coreo of ttum are higher than ?vi un.
Washington, toe giant of the Whit
Mountains. No longer do the moun
tain resorts of Naw Hampshire, Ne'
York and Vermont hi ld sway, tu)
>tnce tue erection of the splendid h< .
tels and innumerable hostelries cl
more modest pretensions in this sec
clou, those seeking health, rest, re
creation and ohange have found in
this glorious mountain and lake re
gion ell mato, 802uery and oomfort
?ind what more can one want
Tncre was Issued from the pres
only yesterday an artlstlo bruohur?
by the Southern Rally way telling ah
about this country. It oontalns tim
tables, desoriptlvo matter, tho names
of resorts, the prices charged, and
tells how to got thore. It ls a com
plcte. Index to a perfeot vAoatlon
oountry, and after reading it no on?
need be in doubt as to where to spenr
bis vacation, how muoh lt will cos
and how to reach lt_
BIIAIAN ?ro toDofUh,
For the Hf tb time within a year thc
whites residing tn the vlolnity of th<
Miller shaft at Portage, PA , and the
n groes ompljycd there have olasheo
..ho latest, outbreak ocourlng Thurs
diy, when John Alexander, e
mgro, was beaten to death in front c f
the Partage Ilotol. He and thret
companions bad been drinking at the
b ir of the hotel, and while there an
alleged to have mado remarks tha*
angered Walter Price, the birtendor,
n.nd four of his companions. The
men followed the ncgr JCS to the pave
mont and there attacked them. Alix
ander was pursued to tho telephone
ellice, whoro he foll and was tloally
kicked into ino msclousticss. He died
nu tow minutes. Joseph Smith, Walter
Price, Harry Orof and Shorty Cole,
all whites, wore arrested for oauslnt?
the negro's death. Two whites anc
three negroes havo been killed then
in raoo riots reoently.
To llolp Cotton Uro\v?ra
Although both ropuolloan and
democratic state committees have
frowned upon lt, tho length of a shirl
ls to be an Issuo in tho Kansas cam
paign this year. A farm paper is
1 1 adlng a movement to organize far
1 mers into unions. Tue argument ad
vancod Is that if every shirt was madf
' ono inch longer the added cloth would
oonsumo the entiro surplus of cotton.
Farmers aro urged to organ!/.) and
stand for tills demand. Ryan and
i Crummer, chalrmon, respectively, of
tho domooratio and republioan state
I committees, deolaro that if this
i remedy werorcversod to equalize mat
tera in oaso of an extreme shortage in
, tho ootton orop, it might bee imo very
i embarrassing. "I think tho farmers
i should go slow on this proposition,"
said Chairman Byan,
WHO THEY ARE.
Names of the Candidates for the
Different Offices.
TILLMAN OPPOSED
By W. W. Lumokin for United States
Sedater. Ail Sorts of Whiskey
Platforms In the Gubernatorial
Race. Pull List of Candi
dates for all Places.
A t noon on Monday State Chairman
Wilie Jones olosed tho list ot entries
for tho State Oimpaign, which opened
at St. Gaorges on Tuesday. There
were six eleventh bc ur entrlcB, one of
these being Capt. W. W. Lumpklus,
)f Columbia, oommerotal ag-:nt cf the
Georgia Railroad, who entered to op*
pose Senator B. lt Tillman for the
United States Senate.
Tue Columbia li cord says among
rhe entries Mmday was that of J.
Fraser Lyon, of Abbeville, chief dis
pensary Investigator, who is out for
attorney general. Fivo minutes af?:er
els pledge oame that of ex Senator J.
W. Ragsdale, of Florence, a dLpen-.&ry
candidate for tho same plaoe. This
third oandldato for the plaoe ls the
Inoumbeut, LeRoy F. Youmans, of
Columbia, appointed by Governor
Heyward to succoed tho late U. X.
! Gunter. Mr. Youmans was attorney
i general undor Governor Hampton, and
ls over seventy years old.
The last pledge to come in, Just five
mtuutes before closing time, was that
if A. Crane Jones, prohibition can
didate for governor, from Newboriy.
Another autl dispensary candidate to
die bis pied go today waa Charlo A.
?ml li, of Timmousvllle, a looal op
bionlst oandidate for lieutenant gov
irnor.
The other gubernatorial eutries are
M. F. Ansel, county dispensary advo
cate, of Greenville; Senator Cole L.
Mease of Newberry, stato dispensary
is lt stands; Joel E. Brunson, of Sum
Ger, straight prohibition; W. A. 101
vard8, prohibition, of Wards; H. I.
Planning, of Sumter, c. ^lonsary re
formed; J . J. MoMahau, of. Columbia
dspensary reformed; Lieutenant Gov
ernor John T. Sloan, for the state
lispensary.
The dispensary candidate for lieu
tenant governor is Senator Thomas
G. MoLeod, ot Lie oounty, on same
J aiu-rm as Mitnuing. Thu cnmplo':o
lat of entrlea follows:
United States Senator-B. ft. Till
nan. E Igetleld, and W. W. Lumpklu,
f Columbia.
Congress--Firat district, George S.
begare, of Charleston; Second da
rlot, J. O. Patterson, o? Barnwell; G.
L. Toole, of Alkeu, an? B i l r B.
clair, of Salud*; Third dlstno', Wyatt
kiken, of Abbeville, and J. E Beggs,
if Piokens; Fourth diatirio^, W. C.
I Irby, Jr., of Laurens, J T. Johnson,
f Spartanburg, and G. FI. Mam>n, of
Irceuvilie; Fifth distriot, D E. Fin
.y, of Yjrkville, T. J. S i ,t.,< f Lm
ins, and W P. Pdlook of Cluster;
itxtb dis*riot, J E E e b o? Sel"
dj S v .utu dtstriov, A. F. Lever, of
u xtngfR n.
Gjvornor-M. F. Ans.d, C. L.
t ease, J E Brunsen, W. A. Ed
wards, R 1. Manning, J J. MoYla*
an Joliu T. Sioan, A. (J. Jjnes.
Lieutenant Govornor- Phon as G.
Vi Liod and diaries A. Smith.
S ?oretary of Stale-R M MoG? vn,
f Foresee; J. li. M ir rm m, of B;rko
<y. L. M. Biglnli of Oolu nbla, and
vi. P. Trltiole, of Anderem.
Attorney Gjucral-J Fras r Lyon,
fohn W. Ragadale and L. F. You
nans.
O jmptnller Ganeral-A. W. Jones,
.f Abueville; G. L. Walk:r of Green
1116.
State Treasurer-R. H. Jennings,
.1 Fairfield
Adjutant GcrenV-J. C. Bovd, of
Groenvdlc; L. W. Haskell, of Cilum
na.
Railroad Commissioner - James
Jansler, of Tirzah; John 0. Sellers, of
Sellers; J. M Sulliv.vu of Anderea;
J. A Summerset, of Golumou, aad
John H, Wtiartou, of Liureos.
S'.ate Superintendent? of Kluc.tlon
- O R M min, of Greenville.
HACJC KO lt ATTOUNKY GISNBRAL.
Tue raca for aotoraoy general will
io next lu interest to that for g >ver
lor. Mr. Lyon loft yesterday afternoon
ilaoiog hts chick an I pied .o in the
lands of a friend, w o fl.ed it. with
diairman Jones Monday Itss than
tali an hour before tho list wa i c.os
ul. Five minutes latera friend flied
Mr. Rigsdales pledge vlth his o na
In a lotter to lila friend Mr. lUgsdaie
said that ho would not opp. so Mr.
Youmans, but If any other m in en
tered tho race to Hie hin pledge. Ho
iskod his friand to wait to tho list
and bc particular not toeutor him un
teas other opposition developed to Mr.
Youmf.ns.
? 0. A. SMITH WON'T HUM.
O .io of thc pledges tiled at tho last
nlriuto was that of C. A. S ntth, of
Timmonsyll'e, for lieutenant gover
nor. Mr. Smith's pledge was fi.e l for
.dm by a friend, who stated this
iftcrnoon that af tor reach! lg theolty
r.oday at norn Mr. Smith Dad deolded
t at lie could not enter Mm race. Ho
had been solicited to go in t' o cam
paign as an anti dispensaryotudidato,
bub thought lt would ba u twiss for
lim to make ti" face on that line.
What IN N WO?
Tho State says an Interesting com
ment upon what ls "news" is gtvon in
tho roports of ihi death of tho raoe
horao Sysonby. Toe Now Y >rk pa
pers gavo tho "story" front-pigo po
dtlon and miro than a o ?lu on in ovih
was devoted to the subj ^ct It must
nave been a man of national r puta
tlon that could havo command d t' o
?>*mo nest tlon and i quat > moo. All of
whloh goes to show that these rinys
there la suoh a thing as ' f im.i" am mi?
beasts as wei I as a m. m g mon, and vomn
boast aro more famous than most men
oan ever hope to be.
