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VOL XVII LAURENS, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1902. Na 46
f THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN.
HEAVY ?UNS ARE WROUGHT
INTO ACTION.
The First Eu?Ugcuieut Was Ou
the liuukB of the Cougurce.
The candidates for United States
Senator mot in forensic display at the
theatre in Columbia on tho 17th lust.,
and not moto than five hundred peo
plo out of 25,000 population wore
present duriug tho meeting, which in.
eluded a large number of ladies, many
of them the loa .lore of social life at
the capital, who were occupying tho
boxen, tho parquette, dress circle and
balcony. The theatrical scenery rep*
resented a beautiful grovo, in front of
the grouuds of a picturoequo European
palace, the terraced grounds covered
wilh roses and statuary.
Each speaker was giveu tho closest
attention aud was generously ap
plauded. Mr. Henderson's reference
to the Hooker Washington incident
produced au outburst of applause.
The speakers touched on tho great na
tional issues, ship subsidy, isthmiau en
nui, so-called " expansion," the Phil
ippinen, and so on.
There- wore no striking features of
tho speeches, most of them being very
like those delivered in tho preliminary
campaign last Buouner, save for the
speech of Ex-Governor .lohn Gary
Evans, who told plainly 'viry he was
in the race again, touched up Mr. Lat
imer hy implication, recited his own
political recurd and stated that the
people had taken four j ears to Und
out that he was right wLou he hud
told them that McLaurin was a I; -pub
lican, lie also paid his respects to
Cuba and Cubans iu no complimentary
manner.
Chairman W. II. Gibhes, Jr., called
the meeting to order and thanked tbe
ladies for their attendance. Ho then
warned all present that no disorder
would bo allowed and said,iu introduc
ing the candidates, ho would simply
announce the speaker.a
Mr. l?alimer was the llrat speaker,
and at the outset he threw some bou
quets at Columbia, speaking of her
great progress and the activity iu
buildings, and predicted a greater
progress iu the future. He said that
last summer there was an issue, but
that docs not now exist and all the
aspirants are agreed to what they be
lieve to bo the best policy for the gov
ernment. There are no issues in
volved betweon them and it will bu
purely a matter of personal choice
among voters, and said that he had a
ten years' record in Congress upou
which he would stand or fall. lie de
clared the war iu the Philippine is
lands had been conducted in cruelty
and inhumanity. Our trade with tho
inland:; ouly amounts to $30,000,000
per year, and every other civilized pow
er has the same trading privileges. We
have already spent nearly $600,000,000
on the ielauds, and are spendiug near
ly $60,000,000 yearly on them yet, and
still there are people who believe that
we should stay there and murder the
Filipinos, who ought to be inde
pendent. It is said that we ought to
Christianize the people, but nowhere
in the Bible can be found a sentence
requiring that religion should be
spread by the sword. If we hold the
islands, next we will want to conquer
and finally annex all Asia. Because
we are taking the same steps the Ho
inanB took and eventually he predicted
our downfall would be like theirs. No
Democrat, is more of an expansionist
than himself, but it is not necessary to
own foreign territory in order to ex
tend our commerco. Wo havo treaties
whereby we can havo the privileges
of trade similar to that of other na
tions.
He denouueed the ship subsidy bill.
If $9,000,000 a year is given, it will
go to the rich owners of railroads and
steamship Hues. The masses would
not be benefited one iota. Tho rail
road corporations are the greatest
trusts in the world. They make and
unmake cities and towns and .Slates.
We don't need subsidies to send the
American Hag all over the world fiyiug
from American ships. This can be
done by the repeal of the present ma
rine laws. He favored a tariff for rev
enue only, and would havo a law
whereby all corporations should be
compelled to show their books, so that
the trust problem can be intelligently
handled.
Mr. Henderson followed in a good
speech, and said that all issues should
bb discussed manfully and calmly. In
quite an earnest and eloquent burst he
declared that it was not necessary in
South Carolina in order to he progres
sive to be a Republican. Let us be
progressive, but let ? us not cast aside
the principles of the Democratic party.
He declared that some things had
been settled by the war and some can
never be settled except in the right
way. Slavery has been abolished for
ever in the country and the negro has
his rights, but that will never fit
Booker Washington or any other of
his class to sit down at the same table
with a whito man (applause and
cheers). He said he was sick of the
phrases " Old South " and " New
South." We are proud of the South
and as the union is one and indestruc
tible it must not be forgotten that the
same is true of the States.
He declared that ttusta were the le
gitimate offspring of the Republican
tariff, and in the good old days of the
Democratic tariff such a thing was
never heard of. No one but the most
blatant demagogue would prate against
corporations because they are such,
but when they stifle competition and
oppose the people then it is time that
they should be shorn of their power.
In cloeing, he congratulated Colum
bia on its grand advance within the pa t
five or six years, tie spoke of his fa
mlliarity with Columbia and her trials
and tribulations and referred to his
presence In Columbia in 1876 when
the great Hampton redeemed the
State, ne declared the people of Co
lombia had a sacred trust committed
to them?the remains of the grandest
man of the country, Wade Hampton.
(Cheers and applause.l
Col. Oeoige Johnstone made a pa
thetic reference in the opening to a
Confederate soldier boy who came Into
Colombia soon aftor Sherman's van
dals left, and had bean a witness of
that torriblo devastation which had
beon visited upon the city. From that
day he had determined to aid the
stricken inhabitants in regaining their
homes aud property. As time went
on and ho had larger opportunities ho
knew of nothing that he had douo
which was not to the iuterest of Colum
bia. He had voted for tho college,
for the canal and in other matters for
the advancement of this city, and he
rejoiced with her people at the marvel
ous development. Mr. Johnstono was
quite liborally applauded. He thon
proceeded to discuss tho isthmian
canal, which he favored, arguiug that
it would build up the South Atlantic
ports. Tho completion of that canal
would give the control of the Asiatic
trade, for every railroad line from tho
interior would be compelled by com
petition to do bu8iues8 through South
Atlantic ports. Build that canal and we
will not havo to ask for the investment
of Northern capital, for it must como.
Where is Columbia in this matter?
If the canal is built tho Congareo will
become a necessity aud we will havo
capital coming here to invest and aek
to bo allowed to participate in our
prosperity. Tho improvemcut in
river navigation will be bound to fol
low. As to tho ship subsidy, ho op
posed it, on tho grouud that tho sub
sidized ships would still run to the
ports north of us iu order to koop Iho
trade iu that section, aud would thus
still keep us iu financial subservieucv.
Our minium in the Philippines
should ho one of poaco aud liberty and
not of despotism. In concluding ho
sa?d that iu our prosperity now it is
easily aeon that in tho near future this
city will contaiu IC0,0U0 iuhubitants,
with her business incieased a huudred
fold. In tIiis increased prosperity he
would rejoice with her people.
Col. William Hlliott made a vigor
ous npeech, touching his own record,
aud declaring against tho ship subsidy.
He had signed tho pledge and WGiiltl
heartily support the platform of the
party. He complimented the people
of Columbia greatly on the material
progress made in the city. Ho re
ferred to tho fact that he had once iu
a while taken a trip down tho Congaroe
and he was struck with the adaptability
of tho river for uavigation. Ho weut
somewhat into the history of tho at
tempts to inaugurate a boat lino on tho
river and the physical and other ob
structions to successfully carry out tho
the idea. He next took up tho splen
did advantages of the South and of
this State especially. Ho also spoko
of his great interest in the river and
harbor bill and showed what great
benefit it brought to people living in
coast ports and cities on tho rivers.
Water transportation in many instances
is the ouly one available. He declared
that since boyhood he had always done
his duty to his State, iu war and in
peace, and ho had succeeded in riddiug
the coast of negro domination. Look
at the condition of the coast now in
comparison to what it was twenty
years ago.
Mr. Hemphill was tho next speaker,
md humorously referred in tho outsot
to the bouquets thrown at tho ladies,
saying that he thought it was conceded
that the Columbia ladies were the pick
of the Hock of tho country, and that
Col umhin was prosperous, and that tho
only drawback to New York was its
distance from Columbia. Ho treated
the subjects of expansion, retention
of tho Philippines, tariff and trusts in
a most entertaining manner, saying
that followiug the theory underlying
these quest ions if adopted would lead
us away from the time-honored prin
ciples of the Democracy.
Ex-Gov. Evans said that he had
been iu tho campaign for the Senate
against McLaurin and had told tho
people that McLaurin was a Republi
can. They had taken four years to
find out what ho had told them was so.
He had known that he was right. He
hod been a reformer from principle.
THE FIRE OPENED AT SUMTER,
STATE CAMPAIGN STARTS
ON A HIGH PLANE.
Candidates Denounce Commer
cial Democracy ami Favor the
Dispensary.
The initial meeting in the campaign
for State ofllcers was held in the opera
house ut Sumter on the 17th inst.
Chairman J. M. Knight called the
meeting to order and introduced the
speakers, who addressed about 'AOO
people.
Mr. M. Pi Ansel was first intro
duced, and expressed his pleasure at
meeting frionds in Sumter. It was
not the first time, he said, that Sum
ter hud fired tho first gun. There was
something prophetic, ho hoped, in his
making the Urst speech. He hoped this
meant flrst votes here and first in the
race for Governor. Mr. Ansel said he
had been connected with the legislative
and judicial branches of the govern
ment and now desired experience in
the executive department. He would
(?online himself to only a few of the
many interesting issues before the peo
ple, lie had always been in favor of
the primary system.
Mr. Ansel stated that ho would al
ways favor appropriations for the gal
lant old Confederate soldiers. lie re
ferred to tho true dignity of labor, and
was in favor of the best and highest
educational advantages to be givon to
the citizens of our State. Ho is an ad
vocate of education, which makes bet
ter citizens of us all; the burning, im
portant question of the day, a living
question. He would not do a single
thing to any Institution that would pre
vent auy boy or girl from getting an
education. This Is a duty we owe to
the coming generation^ to ourselves
and to our country.
Mr. Ansel then showed our duty in
caring for the brave old soldiers of
the Confederacy at length. He spoke
heartily in favor of good roads, show
ing the real meaning of this all im*
purtant question. He cited instances
ahuwlng how this work could easily be
done on the instalment plan. Good
schools, where children can be taught;
good roads, where we can trot up and
down hill, meant very much.
He was id favor of the dispensary
law, and in favor of enforcing this law.
So with the law regarding trusts?let
laws bo just to all aud let them bo en.
forced. He does not bellovo all the
great nun lived in the past. This u?
the grea'. age, because it is tho reading
ago. If elected, he would discharge
bis duty in the fear of no mau.
Capt. D..C. lleyward was next iu
troduced ^aud was greeted with ap
pluuse. II i camo hero to make friondfr
aud was g ad to soo that he had thorn.
Ho was b >ru uear Sumter. lie do
sired to say to the pcoplo of South
Caroliua that ho was runniug for this
oilico ou his morits. Ho wauted it in
uo other way. Ho has tho kindest
fcohng for each opponont. The pco
jplo demauded a clean, straight cam
paign. Ho was glad that he saw a
united people. Tho common develop
ment of our great and growiug inter
ests was tho task to coutiuuo to com
pletion. From time to time the pco
plo of South Carolina have expressed
themselves upou tho dispensary law.
Ho regarded this as a sotlled fact and
properly coducted as the best solutiou
of the liquor questiou. He compre
hensively aud briefly reviewed the past
industrial problems of tho South, and
those should uow bo discussed. We
of this party should discuss ?tate is
siios. lam a Democrat; iudorso Stuto
and national platforms.
Mr. Hoyward then discussed the
child labor iu factories. He is oppo&od
to children working in factories. Next
session of Legislature should euact
euch a law, gradual in its operatiou, as
to age. Tho Bpoaker navo thoughtful
reasons for this and was not, by any
means, uumiudful of tbo rights aud
iuieiests of tho factory owner or the
operatives.
The most important question boforo
tho people of South (Jaroliua was the
subject of education. He was iu fa
vor of maintaining tho highor oduca
tioual interests, but tho great question
was common and public schools.
Mr. lleyward fhowed ho had becu
ono of the earliest movers in tho sub
ject of good roads aud was still decid
edly iu favor of this great need. It
was, in every ono of its uumorous be
neiiceut aspects-educationally, so
cially, industrially, roligiously?it was
of special importance. Go?d roads
should also bring the people of the
town and country together. A vital
question is draiuage of swamp and
lowlands. IIo referred to tho bill pre
sented to the last Legislature ou this
subject aud showed that this question
meant much to land owners all over
South Carolina. Bi-ennlal sessions of
tho Legislature nut with Mr. lley
ward's endorsement.
Congressman W. Jasper Talbert
followed iu a speech that was largely
devoted to a vigorous deuuuciatiou of
tho trusts. IIo also paid his respects
to "Commercial Democracy," aud
vigorously denounced any man or mcu
who would como among us iu the dis
guise of a Democrat aud preach Re
publicanism and the doctrines fostered
by trusts aud monopolies. He would
havo nothing to say about our junior
Senator for ho is dead politically. He
favored liberal support of tho colleges
and the upbuildiug of common schools.
The tax which whito mcu pay should
go to support white schools and taxes
paid by uegroes should go to support
schools for negroes. The dispensary
law was tho best posbiblo solution of
the liquor question. Ho believed it
should bo euforced in Charleston,
Columbia and Sumter aud nil other
places.
Lieutenant Governor Till man is out
to take tho scalp of Col. Talbert.
Speaking immediately after him, ho
said that Col. Talbert was evideutly a
caudidato for United States Senator,
judging from tho way ho went on
about tho trusts. But ho would like
to know, and so would the peoplo, why
Col. Talbort left tho halls of Cougross,
where he might do some good, and of
his own volition came down hero
seeking the ollico ho expects to get.
Tho greater part of his speech was
devoted to explanations of his ruling
in tho Senate on tho Kiblor bill and
his subsequent exposure by The Stato
newspaper. He charged Editor
Gonzales with puttiug words in his
mouth he never used, and appealed to
the Senate journal as tho only record
of tho matter for his entire vindication,
lie denied haviug ever said that
Spoakor Henderson and Senator Frye
had suatainod his ruling.
Dr. W. H. Timmerman came next,
and said his record and platform are
well known. " 1 am tho Cincinnatus
of this campaign. If I am not entitled
to the high and honorable otlice I seek,
both on my personal character and
official record, then I am not on titled
to your votes." Ho was always a
Democrat. Many whites are entirely
too lukewarm upon the subject of ed
ucation, especially with an educational
clause in the suffrage. Was opposed
to forcing tho dlsponsary law upon auy
people who do not want a dispensary,
unless such is already the case. He
was opposed to trusts and combines.
Favored the reorganization of the su
premo court of the Umtod States and
wanted laws passed to provent such
mouopohoo aud establish a graduated
income tax. Taxation concerns all of
us. Said there was no hopo in the. im
mediate future for a reduction. ' In
terest on State debt must be met with
borrowed funds. Taxes would neces
sarily be increased at next legislative
session.
All of tho candidato8 for Govornor
favor good roads; the liboral support
of colleges; liberal pensions for veter
ans; improvement of public schools;
tho child labor law, and tho mainten
ance of tho dispensary. They condemn
trusts, and all are agreed ou points of
Democratic doctrine.
Thc?Wo.v s Greatest.
Cure for rtaiana A.
- # i ?
Vor all form?, of Malarial potaon
.DgUk? Johntun'? Chili and Pever
Yonk # A taint of Malarial poison'
tf Hi yo-ir blood means misery and
failure. HInod ntedlclnescan'tflur?
Malarial potsonlnR #Vhe antidote
tor it Is JOHNSON'S TONIC.
9?t a bottle to-day.
ktotf 5f Cute If It tint.
HILL, ARP A VERY SICK MAN
The Doctors Give Ulm Mor
phine und He IIa? Fltflll
Dreuin? All Night.
Atlanta Constitution.
If anyone else was coiicorned I
would not write this sick letter, but it
may benotlt othors who are similarly
all'ccted. I have been a very sick man
and hardly expected to see my uext
birthday, which is today, the loth, but
I have bcuflled through aud am now on
the up-grade. Cue of my far-away
boys wired me to woik on my stomach
and I would got woll. He might as
well havo wired: "Keep ou liviug and
you will keop living on."
No, it wasn't the stomach. It was
higher up where the left ventricle of
tho heart had got walled in and tho
troublo was what tho doctor calls tho
augina pectoris, and my loft arm was
holpless. For two days and nights I
suffered moro of real agony than I ever
8uffored in all my life. Our doctor boy
was hero from Florida, aud know ox
actly what was tho matter, and 1 took
all his medicine, but got little relief,
aud I was wiliiug to dio to got out of
paiu. Finally he gavo mo morphine
iu both arms aud 1 went off to sleep
and rest. Those morphino dreams and
visions aro always a miraclo to me. I
thought that iu his talk about my
trouble ho callod it angelina pectoris,
for 1 don't hoar well now, aud 1 got the
refrain ou my mind, that pretty verse
from Goldsmith's u Hermit:"
Turn, Angeliaa?ovor dear ?
My cbarmor turn to soo,
Thinu own, thine long-lost William horo,
Restored to heavon and theo."
Ever aud anon I could hoar it rain
ing on the tiu roof, but it didn't rain a
drop. All night long I was murmur
ing " Turn, Angelina, ever dear." I
couldu't stop it nor think of anything
else to say, but I wasn't restored?next
day 1 got some better and as 1 hadn't
taken any nourishment for threo or four
days I craved something acid, and like a
foolish boy eat a small piece of huckle
berry pie for supper, which they told
nie uot to do. That sot tho dogs to
barking about midnight aud set me
back just whero I had bocu, and tho
doctor's work all had to bo done over
again. Emetics and hot baths and hot
water bags and more morphine dually
brought relief.
That night after supper tho young
people had the diuing tablo cleared off
and wore playing that pretty little
childish game called ping poug or diug
dong or siug song or lloug Kong, or
some outlandish namo with its tinkling
balls, and so 1 got up another refraiu
aud was murmuring ping pong, ding
dong and dingdmig boll all night. One
of my boys, who is always punning,
told his mother that huckleberry pio
business was simply a case of too much
pie-eaty, and they tried to mak) mo
smile, but they couldn't. I was past
all wit and humor and puns aud jokes.
Rut I am dono with huckleberry pio
aud huckleberry cordial and 11 tickle
berry Finn and any other huckleberry.
Only last Saturday my only brothor
died suddenly of heart failure away
off from homo. His Lime wns not
cut, for he waa nearly twenty years
younger than I am, and now, alas!
I have no brother, aud he was al
ways a good brother to me. Rut ah
most everybody is threatened with
heart failure uow, and so I am looking
out for it, but don't want it to come
along tho Angelina lino. The heart is
tho most wonderful and mystori us
orgun ol our anatomy. It is called the
scat of affoctions, the desires, the emo
tions. The organ of love and hate and
joy, but it is not. It is mentioned in
the Riblo moro thau six hundred times,
and always in connection with our
good or bad traits, but it has nothing
to. do with feeling or emotion or
character. It is nothing but a ileshy,
pulpy organism, a mechanical contri
vance, and has to bo carefully nursed
or it will rebel. It is the engine that
drives the whole anatomical machine
If overworked or overfed with ice or
tobacco or anything else it will work
on faithfully until it can't work any
longer, and thon gets discouraged and
dies suddenly at its post.
The book says that hut little was
known to medical science concerning
the heart until tho eighteenth century,
and that within tho last ilfty years
many books havo been written, and
now no part of the human system is
better understood or moro satisfactorily
treated. The disease called angina
pectoris, is declared to be tho most
dangorous to which it is subject be
cause of its distressing pain and a sense
of impending death. If 1 had road
that while 1 was sufforing 1 should
have surrendered, but the doctor
wouldn't tell mo nor lot me road it.
lie says it is bettor to minify rather
than magnify the apprehensions of his
patients. Rut the young pooplo ought
to bo told, told often and earnestly,
that they can't fool with tho heart. A
boy who smokes cigarottes on tho sly
is storing up trouble Hint will surely
come home and sap his manhood and
shorten his life. This is so well known
now that good men will not employ
boys who smoke. Ono vico calls for
another and a news manager told me
the other day that one of his newsbovs
skipped some of hie patrons every
week so as to havo a paper or two to
sell and get money to buy cigarettes.
Of course ho discharged him.
It Is pleasant entertainment to listen
to a doctor tell his varied experiences
and this one uttered a truth the other
day that ought to provoke aeiious
thought in evory parent's bosom. Ho
says that his greatest foe in tho treat*
ment of dlsoases of children is their
dlaobeoienco, to theii parents aud it is
most gouerally tho mother's fault.
They will do things and eat things
that are forbidden, but she loves the
little dears so much she overlooks their
disobedience and so when they get sick
they will not take tho physician's
medicines without force or a struggle,
and If the doctor is not there to force
it the mother lets the lime pass rather
than hear the screams or cries of the
child. Not half tho parents enforce
obedience from their children. Prompt
and willing obedience should be the
first lession taught a child. Their
happiness depends upon it and so does
the mother's peace.
We old* fashioned people have but
title patience with a generation that, is
trying to roforru tho world with now
methods?abolishing tho ways of their
forefat:?ers?raising children ou love
instead of discipline, and Ulliug all the
schools iu ihe laud witli athletic sports
and intercollegiato contests. What
honor, what manliucss, is thoro in
kicking a ball or batting one or wrestl
ing or rowing a boat? Theso sports
havo gotten to be tho most important
part of the curriculum aud till the daily
papers with pictures and thrilling re
ports of the games. It is all au ''ignis
fatuus " that fools tho boys and makes
them think they have acquire 1 ou edu
cation. When they went to college
their parents iiad fond hopes of them
?when they come out that hope is
gone, for they are uullt for business or
tho duties of life.
While 1 was half recovering from
tho morphine state I got to runuuating
about the value of things and 1 com
pared good health und domestic hnppi
uess and the love and devotion of wile
and children with fame and power and
wealth aud ambition, aud the very
thought of them sickened me. I
wouldn't givo u good shower of raiu
just now for Roosevelt und all he has
got or over expects to be. Uut 1 love
ltoosevclt because ho hates Miles, and
I lovo Miles becauao he hates ltoose
vclt aud I despise them both?u Turu
Angeliuu "?plug pong. And last of
all came Satau. They aro for war.
They kill a thousand negroes to our
one. They make a land desolate and
call it peace. They have trampled tho
lovo of liberty in the dust and all for
lust of power and neaco.
A worn.in from Kants is City sends
mo a paper wilh a spcoch of a Grand
Army of tho Republic orator ou De
coration Day, in which lie says that he
wishes every Confederate monument
was buried in the bottomless oce.'iu
and other viudictivo things, aud she
wants mo to unswer it. No, it is no
use. That Grand Army of the Repub
lic is full of just such contemptible
creatures and 1 can't unswer them all,
it is u standing curse to the peace of
the laud. Let tho ball roll on. Turn
Angelina?ping pong, ding dong, ding
doug bell. 'Wo will survive the wreck
of mattor and the crush of worlds.
Aud so 1 went off to sleep murmur
ing, there is no Grand Army. It is a
two for a nickel or four to one concern.
If I couldn't light better than that I'd
apologize and hide out. Somo of them
down hero in Atlanta would like to
make friends, but they have never
apologized and tho way they do ro
ininds me of the old couplet:
"I know that you say that you lovo mo,
But why did you kick me down stairsy"
Ving?pong?ding?dou?Turn,
Angelina?wish I was Well enough to
work hi my .garden. Rill Am*.
In Slavery Days.?The Southern
Farm Magazine is at some pains to
show that a story current iu the press,
illustrative of the fact that Geu. Hamp
ton did not know some of his slaves at
sight, was applicable to several thou
sand men who owned slaves to the
number of u hundred and more. The
particular incident of the story, that
Gen. Hampton once met one of
his farm laborers ou tho road nud
U3kcd him u who ho belonged to"
is familiar to everybody in the South,
ns it is localized in every county with
a different owner in each case. Some
of the fuels which the Magazine men
tions iu its article are interesting,
however, in a widely different applia
tlon.
The total while population of the
South in 18150, according to tho cen
sus, it is noted, was 8,000,700, of which
!iH4,8t)4 owned the .'t,'.)&t,t>0(i slaves in
tho country, excluding 2 owned in
Kansas, 15 in Nobrasku, 20 in Utah
and 18 in New Jersey. One man alono
owned more than 1,000 slaves and ho
was a South Caroliuian. Eighty-eight
owners, in nine Slates, had more than
MO each, and thirty of tho eighty were
South Carolinians. Ono-flflh of nil
the sUve holders?or 77,322?owned
hut ono slavo euch, and tho greatest
number Of these, small holders in oi1c
State was in Virginia, which had also
the largest proportion of slaves, 4510,
866.
The ligurcH jmt given show that all
the slaves were owned by less than f>
per cent of the white population, and
were themselves but half as numerous
ns the whito population.
In these conditions, seeing that I he
slave worked only for his owner, it is
evident that the Northern idea that all
the white people in the South enjoyed
an indolent existence, lying up in the
shade all day, and never working, hut
depending on the blacks to support
them, rests on rathor a slim founda
tion.?News and Courier.
Jmimiovk tub Hukai. Schools.?
Much of tho dark side of lifo on the
farms of America is due primarily to
isolation. The more constant inter
course of man with man in tho towns
and cities is largely responsible for the
hotter education which prevails in close
ly settled communities. Education it
self would bo much improved with
more frequent social intercourse, for
this would stimulate a desire for more
knowledge along many lines, yet one
cannot help feeling that an intellectual
rural community must bo most delight
I'n 1, for, undor such circumstances, peo
ple will seek one another and social
aniouities will prevail. It scorns to me
the most far roaching iniluonco that |
can be brought to bear upon tho prob
loin is an educational influence It
must begin with the rural schools, and
it must have its full ilower iu a larger I
knowlcdgo and a constant companion,
ship with good literature. As moans
to this Gild tho traveling library, the
circulating library, tho magazine aud
tho reading clubs are all actively uso- j
ful, and thoy must result in a much
happier social relation in country
neighborhoods, and a higher moial
standard as well. .
CASTOR! A
For Infents and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
OtgnatBTO of
IN HISTORIC HIBERNIAN HALL*
CIIAKEKSTON ?KEUTS STATU
CANDIDATES.
The Chief Feature Wae Till?
iiisiii'h Severe Attuek Upon Tal
bert -(.Jury aud Blease Have a
Spat.
The Stale campaign meetings at Or
angeburg, Bamberg and George's were
dovoid of uny special interest, but the
candidates began to warm up when
they reached Charleston, where there
are several thousaud votors who hold
registration cortilkales and are ready
to hear tho pleas of thoir friends from
tho country. The meeting was hold
in the historic hall of tho Hiberniaus,
where eloquence is wont to tlow, and
for live hours on Saturday an audience
of several hundred t weltered in tho
heat, begiuniug at G o'clock iu the af
ternoon and endiug after 10 o'clock at
uight. The speakers were often inter
ruptcd, but wero williug to answer
questions, and all were given apprecia
tive um)lau8c.
Tho feature of the gathering was
the manner in which Lieutenant Gov
ernor Tillman administered a dose un
, to Congicssnian Talbeit. Tillmau,
with bkillcd sarcasm and strong arraign
ment, held up Talbert's olllcc-holding
record, giving lacts and ligures from a
transcript which he held in his hand.
It was a telling piece of work, most
effectively accomplished and was heard
with the greatest attention.
Dr. (ioorgo Douglas House received
a most complimentary reception by his
friend;* in the audience, but Col. .lohn
1). Frost, at the conclusion of his
speech, was culled again, amid long ap
plause, to the front, where be made
graceful acknowledgment of such a re
ception.
Among the small army of candidates
for the otlico of railroad commissioner
Mr. Hugh II. Prince captured tho
crowd, though Messrs J. G. Mobloy
and \V. Boyd Evans both had good re
ceptions. Mr. Prince made a good
speech, boldly attacking the commis
sion, saying tho statute laws govern
ing tlm body was violated every day
and adding that the penalties for theso
violations, if collected, would pay nn
uually the salaries of every commis
sioner. Tho speechos of most of tho
candidates, while on the same general
lines, had some differences, modifica
tions and additions peculiar to the en
vironment.
Chairman Thaycr presented Mr. O.
B. Marlin as the first speaker, candi
date for State Superintendent of Educa
tion." Mr. Martin began throwing
boquel8 at Charleston, 11 groat metro
polis of South Carolina," which was
kept up by each candidate. Mr. Martin
gavo his reasons for desiriug the olliee
and was applauded wheu he paid tribute
to McMahan's zeal and work and also
when he said it was time for a change.
To a question by Mr. McMahan, " Do
you not know from Prof. Cook, of the
State board of education, that adoption
of text books was made without my
kuowledgo?" Mr. Martin replied that
ho *? did not know how my friend or
Mr. Cook volod, but ho would not liavo
votctl for such wholesale adoption."
To the further question from Mr. Mc
Mahan, 14 Do you not know that the
Governor, iu entire disregard of my
wishes, appointed this State board?"
Mr. Martin replied affirmatively. Mr.
.\T a i i.m was heard with in forest and
closed with applause.
Mr. .lohn .1. McMahan was next in
troduced and was greeted with hearty
applause. Mr. McMahan began by
saying nice things about Chailcston,
to whose claims he had never been in
different. He would uot discuss issues,
but principles nnd purposes of cduca
tional work. Educated thought and
sentiment, he said, made character,
manhood and womanhood. Education,
the foundation of all that makes a
State great, grand and glorious. He
would rather improve the education of
the people than anything else. There
are two classes of citizens, ho said, one
who only thinks of what is popular?a
drag upon public improvement and
progress. His first aud only put pose
is to try to do something for my State."
He said he had faith in tho people,
trust in their breadth and progressive
ucss. 4< Our public school system was
inaugurated under carpet-baggers in
IStiS, not by tho best men of our State.
Now is the time to look for improve
ment, to see necessary changes, to
I honestly try to make the ofllce belter."
He closed in the midst of a sentence,
with his full share of applause.
Candidates for ofllce of Comptroller
General came next, Mr. N. VV. Brooker
opening. He made pretty much his
samt) earnest speech, charging gross
irregularities iu this otlice, and said he
would *iml tho race beforo intentionally
hurting anyone's feelings.
Mr. A. VV. Jones showed the im
portance of this work, its details ox
fending into every department of ex
ocutivo work.
Senator VV. II. Sharpc mado a taking
speech. lie was uot in anyway con
nected with the otlice now, although
he soon expected to be and would ad
minister such laws ns wore enacted by
the Legislature.
Mr. 5, L. Walker, a modest sponkor,
but forcible iu sincority of utterance
and knowledge of his subject gave a
recital of the business affairs of a busi
ness office. Had not, as somo, master
ed tho machinery of this all important
office, but was yet a student in tho tax
department of South Carolina. (Ap
plause.)
Dr. Tirrmcrinan, enndidalo for Gov
ernor, came next and wub applauded.
Dr. Timmerman made Ins speech as
has beou previously reported, clearly
defining his positions on all issues. He
gave his record, a long and honored
one, was asked a question or so, gave
straightforward replies aud closed amid
cheers.
Mr. M. F. Ansel was next introduced
and was greeted with cheers. Mr.
Ancel is a clear and interesting speaker
and was well recoived. He gave his
message from the Piedmont?" Ansel
for Governor "?defined his pint form,
as has been published, took well with
tho crowd, as was evidenced 'by the
applause ho won.
Capt. D. C. Heyward arose amid a
storm of cheers aud applause and made
one of his best speeches, was enthu
Biasticnlly cheered, received some tlow
ors and made way for Col. W. .). Tal?
j bert, tho next Bpeakor. Col. Talbert
was well received and he made a good
speech, which was frequently applaud
ed. Col. Talbert addrosscd hiniBclf
vigorously to the discussion of questions
incident to tho occasion aud was ap
plauded wheu he stated ho was iu favor
of the dispensary law and would try to
enforce it iu Charleston should he bo
olected Governor. Col. Tulbort had
some sparring with one or two individ
uals in the nudieuce, who were asking i
questions. Ouo especially iusisted upon j
kuowiug if he was " in favor of letting j
the mill presidents have entire charge
of educating our children."
Tho authcuco was still large when
Lieutenant Governor Tillman began
his speech. With brief preliminaries
concerning his other opponents Tillmnn
wont for Talbert and his long record as
an olllce-holdcr. In the first place he
considered him dead now, su fur us
this nice was concerned. Talbert, ho
said, had held ollieeevor since he could
remember. He again assailed him for
not bciug on duty at vVashington,
whoro, though much needed, South
Carolina now lias only one Congress
ninn?.lohnson?on duty. lie is draw
ing $6,000 annually to look after the
iuleiests of his constituents and here
he is looking after his own, he said.
About the enly time he over shows
up iu Washington is on pay day, ho
added. Heading from a transcript
which he had just received Col. Till
man cited Congressman Tnlbert's rec
ord as follows : ?? In tho 63d Congress,
iufroduced six bills ; none reported ;
none passed. The ? l lb Congress, two
sessions, live bills iutruducoc' ; none
reported; none passed. The ??lh Con
gress, three sessions, four bills Intro
ducee ; none reported ; none passed.
Iu the 60th Congress lie did manage to
got in a small bill .to pay a deputy col
lector of iulornal revenue. Possibly it
was in view of the fact that bethought
he was of no value in Washington that
Col. Talbert now indulged this vacation
at home. Col. Talbert talked of favor
ing an appropriation for your Exposi
tion. He did, but unfortunately every
speech he makes generally kills a bill.
Ask your committee who went to Co
lumbia what 1 did ns Lieutenant Gov
ernor. I aided them in sccuriug $50,
000 and with ethers did valuable work
for your grand Exposition iu Edgefield.
A bill is now pending iu Washington
for ?100,000 for the relief of your Ex
position dellcit, and where is my dis
tinguished friend, Col. Talbert? To
night 1 am the ring mnsicr of the
circus, but the star performer who just
preceded me surpassed Johnnie Lowlow
in his palmiest days." Col. Tillman
referred to his services in tho Horse
Creek Valloy labor troubles; answered
a question regarding his work on the
hi I pulling vestibules on street cars
and ho closed a tine effort, splendidly
put, amid applause.
Immediately at the conclusion ol
Col. Tillman's speech Congressman
Talbert stepped forward for a reply.
Col. Tillman staled that he had no ob
jection to a reply at tho proper time,
but objected to this regular thing of
Tnlbert's making another speech iu re
ply when his time was up. The audi
ence was leaving and amid some con
fusion Col. Talbert continued a state
ment, saying ho had been ou duly leu
years, and had never been absent, ex
cept when he or some member of his
family was Bick, lie further statod
that he was paired, which was equiva
lent to a veto, aud mentioned several
bills he said he had passed. lie add
ed that he did not object to having his
record ventilated, and was willing to
be judged by it.
Col. John T. Sloan made a good
speech and paid a high tribute to
Charleston, where he said the Hist
impulses to patriotism had bcun stirred
in his heart when Ihe first gun of tho
war was tired. Col. .Sloan told of his
war record and his record in the Leg
islature, where he had always been a
firm friend of Charleston, which had
given him over 2,000 votes in the last
election, and he felt sure would do
even belter for him this time. In re
ply to questions propounded Col .Sloan
said that ho believed in the right of
eery one to organize and he thought
that a child labor bill should be passed
to prohibit the employment of children
under twelvo years of age.
Mr. Cole L. Blouse was the next
speaker. lie did not wait for any
questions to be asked him, but declared
at once that he was in favor of a child
labor bill, of biennial sessions of the
Legislature and of the laboring classes
organizing to protect themselves from
tho oppression of trusts and corpora
tions. Iu regard to the schools Mr.
Hlcase said that he believed iu the
white man's taxes being devoted to
the education of whito children. He
fnvorcd the dispensary law as it stands
today nnd if he was Governor he
would onforco the law in Charleston
as well an in the country.
Mr. llleaso at this point got into a
wordy combat with Mr. (Jury. Mr.
Blouse haying* called on Mr. Gary to
defiuQ his position on tho dispensary
question, Mr. Gary said that as each
county got tho profit from its own dis
pensary snlos thcro whs no reason why
any county should havo a dispensary if
it <lid not want it. " If you don't want
a dispensary in Charleston," said Mr.
Gary, "you oughtn't to have it."
There was great applause from tho au
dience at tliis, and Mr. Bleaco then
declared that it was tho Ural time Mr.
Gary had venfurod to dcclaro himself
on the subject. Mr. Gary, in roply,
said that Mr. Mease had formerly told
him lie was in favor of local option,
but now ho had changed his tuno.
Mr. Bleaso denied this outright, and
thcro was considerable sparring for a
time between the two, until Chairman
Th.iyer finally succeeded in getting
thorn to take thoir scats and lot the
speeches proceed.
Mr. Gunter made a good short speech.
He said that ho had boon assistant to
ihe Attorney General for four years
and was thoroughly familiar with the
duties of tho olllcc. Tho tirao had
come, ho said, for Charleston to assert
its, if again in tho political field of tho
OABTOTIIA.
Bmti the j*VH Kind You Haw Always Bought
sinte ami ho would always do all ho
could to assist her cause.
Mr. W. T\ Stevenson uiado a tolliug
speech. He referred to his six years'
record in the Legislature aud said that
ho had boon a friend of Charleston
when she needed frieuds. Ho had
been associated with ovory industrial
enterprise in his native towu Rod with
tho building of the Seaboard Air Taue
from Chostor to Columbia, nud he
hoped Charleston would also soon
possess a competing lino in the Sea
board Air J?ne to assist hor. As r
laboriug man himself he believed i
lahor organizing to protect itself, au
ho had always voted for child labor bil
in tho Legislature.
Mr. Gantt, a candidate for Secretary
of State, said thore had boou no inud
slinging in that raee. The candidates
wero old friends aud it was only a
question of ability. He had served
three years as assistant to the Secretary
of State and had accomplished many
reforms in the preservation and pro
tection of the State records, and had
prepared the splendid exhibit at tho
Exposition. The United States owed
South Carolina $2,000,000, ho said;
tho records wore thore to substautiato
it, and ho promised if elected to sco
that something was dono in the matter.
Col. J. II. Wilson, u tho war horte
of tho House of Representatives,"
made a good speech. Ho said that the
records of the Legislature proved that
he was a friend of Charleston. Ho had
voted and worked for tho Exposition
and ho admired the pluck and enter
prise of the men nchind it. He had
carried Mr. Ganlt's bill through the
House in relation to the Secretary of
State's ollice. He had the unanimous
endorsement of tho voters of Sumtor
and Loo Counties. Ho hod no diploma,
but ho had left college to enter the
army, aud had followed the llag from
Port Sumtor to Appomattox, and had
always served his Stato without the
hope or expection of reward.
Col J. T. Austin was the last speak
er. He s? id that Charleston had a
glorious heritage and no city had pro
duced so many great men as Charleston
bad done. IIo favored all laws that
were for tho betterment of South Caro
lina. Re had served ton years in the
Legislature, was a member of tho
Constitutional Convention and felt
he was the man for tho place.
Immense quantities of grauite are
being shipped from quarries about Co
lumbia to Fernandina, Pia., tor gov
ernment jetties.
Chester is going to build another
school house, the present one built in
1802at a cost of ?12,000 being insuffi
cient for the accommodation of tho
children.
The commencement exercises of tho
South Carolina Miltary Academy will
take place in Charleston, Juno 'AO.
Thirty-seven cadets are in the graduat
ing class.
Reginald H, Griffith, a former pro
fessor of Kurman University, has beon
elected instructor of English iu the
University of Texas over more than 50
competitors.
Extensive forest lires raged for about
a wcok in tho neighborhood of Little
Mountain, Newberry County. Tho
fire was left in the woods by somo
berry pickers.
The Slate hospital for the lusano if
in great need of more room to accom
modate its patients. The board of re
gents la trying to make some arrange
menls to meet tho necessity.
Sumter is arranging for a big lire
men's tournament on tho 25th and 20th
of this month. Many prizes aro
offered to contestants and reduced
rates granted on all railroads.
I Gen. I.eroy P. Youmans will be in
charge of the attorney general's olllco
until September 1 while Attoruer Gen
I eral Bellinger and Assistant Attorney
General Gunter are conducting their
respective campaigns.
The comptroller general is now send
ing out checks to the beneficiaries of
the artificial limb fund provided by
the Goncral Assembly for ono-armod
and one.lcgged Confederate veterans.
Each of the beneficiaries gets ?22.08.
Theodore Kohn, a prominent mer
chant of Orangeburg and father of
August Kohn, the well known news
paper correspondent, died at his home
on Monday night. Mr. Kohn was (?2
years old and leaves a widowand seven
children.
At the instance of Congressmen
Johnson, Talhcrt and Latimcr the
United States government has sont
two surveyors from the agricultural
department to investigate soil condi
tions in Abbeville, Anderson, Green
wood and Laurcns counties.
Mrs. Julia Ancrunt Davidson, a
granddaughter of Colonol William
Washington, first cousin of George
Washington, died at her home iu Chi
cago, last Tuesday, aged 87 yoars.
She was in Charleston when Iiafayotte
was entertained thore in 1857.
Tho Kdgelicld County Democratic
executive commiltco has decided to
allow tho county dispenser to bo votod
for in tho primary olection. This ac
tion is contrary to tho instructions of
tho State convention, but is Said to bo
approved by tho groat majority of
Kdgefield people.
Thirty-three young women wore
j graduated from Winthrop last week
( and received thoir diplomas from C.
A. Woods, of Marion, a trusteo of tho
college. Twenty-one others wero
given ccrtilicato8 for having completed
some of the industrial course?*. Tho en
rolment for tho past year reached 459.
The State board of equalization of
railroad property has fixed tho valua
tion of all railways for next year. The
actual increase on valuation of ten
ines .amounts in round numbers to
a half million dollars. Throe now lines
wore also assessed amounting to ' 1,
500 in the aggregate. Tho valuations
of all other roads were left the same as
last year.
OABTOniA.
Bmn th? lhfl Kind You Haw Always
Signatur?

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