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' Che fairftd& Sots anD Herald& VOL LIV. WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1, 1900. NO. 6 Mf ^* THE HOME STRETlHThe Race for the Coal His NowCommencedLASTHALF OF RUN BEGUN.The Compliments cf the HustingsOrators no Doubt BroughtBlushes to Lancaster'sWhite Rose.The dividing line meeting at Lan,caster Wednesday was quiet. The audiencewas thoroughly undemonstrativeand attentive. There was little cheering,no noise. When the meeting .wascalled to order Chairman Porter statedthat if every candidate spoke accordingto schedule the meeting would continuefrom 10:30 until 4.30.Mr. J. P. Darham was not presenty and sent excuses. He was absent onaccount of sickness and announced his-i-?r>/3 cVionro^ tlifi wnrk of hispiAUVXW OUM WMV .. ?office. Mr. Brooker started out by savinghe had already saved the State $50,'000 and was ia position to save thatmuch more. Gen. Fiojd spoke but_ Rouse was absent.Then came the candidates for railroadcommissioner. Mr. J. H. Whartonspoke first. He said there weretowns discriminated against in rates.Then he took up the matter of overchargeand wanted agents authorized topay overcharges or make allowances forlost articles. He.- said there was nosense in the argument of long andshorts hauls when the rate on 1 amberis less from Augusta to Camden thanfrom Luoknow.Maj. Barnard B. Evans said freightrates were higher here than in anysouthern State. He said there wasj. something rotten m juenmars auu itwas in the railroad commission. Thecommissioners were liable to arrestwhen riding over tie State on freepasses. The commission is doingnothing for the people.Mr. T. M. Berry said he was runningon his own merits and not on the demeritsof anyone. He was a prohibitionistand always advocated temperance.He wanted to be measured as aman and stand on his merits. He sawnothing so bad in the present commission.Promises can be easily made?and broken. If elected there would |be comfortable stations.Mr. T. E Pettigrew always believedin the value of the railroad commissionership.Railroads are -combiningand the people must combine thronghtheir commissioners. He is and alwayshas been a simon-pure farmer, butraised tobacco, cotton and truck. Hepromised to be faithful to the interestsof the peeple, as heretofore.W. I). Mayfield spoke of tbe milldevelopment and argued that the surpluscotton ought all be bought in this^ - fTL _State and not irom Georgia, s ae raiesare prohibitive. Furniture factoriesprospered in North Carolina beoause ofbetter rates. Then he took up the> manufacture of tobacco goods and arguedthat the local rates were too highand the same applied to flour mills.Wholesaling must remain small becauseof the rates. He believed thecommissioners should not be paid bythe railroads or provided with passes.ASr. W. D. Evans said the comaiission knew some of the rates were toohigh, but tho thing ha3 to be carefullydone. The Texas commission cut allrates 50 per cent and has been tied upin the courts since. Then he showedwherein recently the rates have beenreduced on fertilizer, Singles, wood,_ cotton, brick, etc. The only way to' work was to act jointly and continuously.The two Evanses disputed as to tieNorth Carolina rate. The North Caroolinarate as quoted is all wrong. W.^ ITa o<*T-aU. iiVaCB siaucu. XJLW UMJ U> V*<. V ? - -,und have one honest man on the board,send Mr. W: D. Evans. ''God savethe mark, "W. D. asked to have hischaracter and reputation compared ifneed be.t B. B. Evans?I'd never compare mycharacter with you.W. D. Evans?I have never tried topass o2 anything bogus on the people.If you will look in the attorney general'sreport you will find he insured 41r dispensaries in bogus companies andthe companies were not worth a cent.B. B. Evans said it would be wellto look at the records in W. D. Evan'scounty.W. D. Evans went on to say wfcenhe ran for the constitutional conventionthere was intense opposition tohim and a warrant was swoni out againsthim for fast driviBg through the streetsand drunkenness. He insisted on being tried and was acquitted.B. B. Erans?Oh, that's not it. Imean where you cheated a man out of- $15,000 and a jadgment is recordedagainst you.Chairman?Time's up.W. D. E?ans?Let me explain.B. B. Evans?That is a personalmatter and he attaoked me. Make himsit down.The chairman then without further* v ado presented Mr. Capers and W. D.Evans went to his chair saying: "Ir- paid that claim, every cent and ampoor too."Mr. Capers then went on to say ifelected he would not employ Yankeesoldiers to teach in the summer schools.McMahan is honest but wrong. His' * tWfc MftMahan ie's cmei compxaia i n vum? _o; - nored county superintendents and otherLx^ Carolina educators. Capers objectedto white teachers being over colorednormal schools. McMahan wanted toexplain, but the time was up.Then came the governors. G. WaltWhitman insisted that from whatothers saw the various^ deparments are" in lad shape and he wanted to remedythings. Disregard of law in SouthCarolina was amazing and disgraceful,--i ?1_ ^nonsarv law but I20t {Jmy as tv .everything else if these speakers are tobe believed. The best men at tim-s,he feared, took jast a little tco muchliquor. A little drunkenness does notaffect a man as much as telling a lie.God never made a misfit and there i3use for liquor. The Bible does notcondemn anyone for getting drank.Col. J. A. Hoyt and Mr. Whitmanhau stood on every platform that hasever been erected. The people of Lanbasterwere already converted to prohiition.The dispensary is put forwarda3 the best solution of the liquor problem.It is a system adapted to a monarchy,but it is not for America. -Thecornerstone of Democracy is that whatevercomes to the people should comefrom them, and he explained how thiswas not the case. He explained howdispensaries have been forced on thepeople. The dispensary has its good^ * ? ' ^ ?wa?a a T\ Ra_IX ULicjr iicic cuiuivtu. wquets were presented Col. Hoyt by the"Women of Lancaster."Mr. Frank B. Gary thought the flowersapt for Col. Hoyt's political funeral.He was eot here to villify or abuseanyone. He argued that no better plan1 than the dispensary was yet proposed.He knew this to be a prohibitioncounty but he would not change hi3views. All are marching to temperance.Prohibition will bring tigers. He wasno apologist fortfce dispensary as nowran. It is not a system for reveDue.He was reliably informed there are 200tigers in Columbia.Mr. A. Howard Patterson said thepeople, and not the papers, were thejary. If Gary stood no better chanceihan 7an he was sorry for Gary; buthe favored Bryan. Ee stuck to Garyand his family all along and has gonedown with the family. He announcedhimself before Gary and had a rightto run. He then read from the reportof Gary's Charleston speech and emphasized that Mr. Gary would not answerhis questions in Charleston. Hei i -mi- n a ;taevoiea xime 10 iur. ?arjr ?uu aa:uyen have local option it will be geodbyto dispensary.Gov. McSweeney said when theyoharge that the incumbent has not beensuccessful ae hurled it back at themThe dispensary is better enforced todaythan ever before and he can prove it byletters from mayors. Charleston is aseaport and it is difficult to enforce thelaw there. He had done his best to enforcethe law there, but he had done aswell there as anyone else. He savedthe State $10,000 in constables' salariesHe did this as a business matter. Someof these candidates tell you what theywould do with the dispensers. He askedall to view the attitude of the peopletowards the constables. He wanted tosay reference was made that constableswere here howling for him. They were' ' > nr. 1:1not Here oy ms oraers. a.a um uuicountenance their being here. Theyhave no business here, unless they havework here. He was going to investigatethe matter and if any constableshave been attending meetings for politicalpurposes, they would be removedand they certainly would not be paidfor being here. He knew the constableswere not here in his interests. Theywere free men and any constable couldvote for whoever he pleased, but theymust attend to their business.. fie read a letter from the mavor ofNewbeiry in which he said: "There isno violation of the dispensary lawhere." Similar letters were read fromtut; may *jia \JL uigjChester, etc. They agreed that the saleof liqaor has decreased. All constableshad iustruction^to do their duty and ifthey do not he would remove them.The lieutenant governors came next.Col. Sloan said he had to sing fast andhe ?UDg the praises of Blair and Jacksonand Sims and Jones and then recountedhis services and qualifications.He denied that there were 200 tigers inColumbia, for his people were'law abiding.Mr. Cole L. Blease urged th?.t the1 - ? 3 J_ j.1.pronioition piatiorm aemaaus ; omcof liqqotfor mechanical and scientificpurposes. They condemn the sale andstiii insist on the sale. All laws are violated,so must all laws be repealed, asis argued. He argued for good freeschools. Favored biennial sessions.Mr. Jas. H. Tillman said he hadmore kinpeople hcie than in any othercounty. He said Col. Sloan's remarkabout tigers in Columbia had better besalted down. He jamped on Col. Sloanfrtr fiorTifino- fbo CAnar?>.A nnafih law. Asto Blease and schools he voted to take$250,000 from the schools. He insistedthat when you strike down the dispensaryyou lose the best friend temperancehas ever had. He read numerousletters to show that prohibition did notsuit.Mr. Knox Livioston sympathizedwith the audience for its patience. Hegave his certificate of character, so tospeak, by showing that he had neverTT 1 _!Deen Defeated at nome. ne nas aiwa>ebeen consistent in favoring prohibitionwhen the people wanted it.Mr. Winkler spoke of his services inthe house. He was emphatically in favorof the dispensary and urged that ithad worked wonders. His only regretwas that the good prohibitiohists andothers had not helped to support andtry the law. He wanted better schoolhouses, better teachers and better pay.He spoke kindly of the veterans.Mr. James H. Moore, for attorneygeneral, said he was charged with beinga former Charlotte printer. Hehas had his experiences and he was gladof this experience. "Work was nothingto be ashamed of. He was proud of hisNorth Carolina descent and that hecame here for his home.He said that Gen. Bellinger waseither indifferent to coming before thepeople or was afraid to face him on thestump; that he had gotten awfully busyof late and had gone to Washington on awild goose chase on an alleged suitagainst the State by the Uaited Statesin ignorance of the fact that congresshad repealed the act authorizing the^ ^ A A C f/I f AUUltCU UU?lCO vU DUC ARegrets were presented from Gen.Bellinger, who was nnable to be present.Capt. Jennings for State treasurermade a clever speech.The meeting tomorrow will be atChester. Angust Kohn.Tmmonioffllo effnr flio mOMinc MV.W. D. Evans seat this telegram:C. S. McCall, Bennettsville, S. C.:Barney Evans accuses me of swindlingMatheson $15,000. As trustee offund please wire me whether this is trueor false. W. D. Evans.The telegram in reply.Hon, W. D. Evans, Lancaster, S. C.:Telegrams received. Accusation asto defrauding Matheson false.C. S. McCall.Mr. Evans requests the publication.Mr. McCali was the trustee of the fundloaned Col. W. D. Evans. A. K.Missionaries Murdered.Two English missionary ladies, Mi3SMissi SAar^ll have hftftnmurdered at Hsai Oi, in the provinceof Shan Si by Chinese. Massacres arealso reported from Tai Yuan and Pao; Ting Fa.GOES FOR TILLMAN ]<1About What He Said in His Ben- !inettsville Speech. !HIS REPLY TO THE CHARGES, iiiThe Senator States Over His Own 1I' Signature What He Really jDid Mean in His iISpeech. ,la his Bennettsville spcech Senator iTillman declared there is in South 1Carolina "an unholy alliance of preachersand barkeepers, led by Col. Hoyt todefeat the dispensary." The Senatoris being savagely criticised for hisspeech and even the dignified Bishop ]Das can is in arms againt the Senator. <In an interview with the GreenvilleNews the Bishop said:"It, was manifestly false and an out- irage," said the bishop, his small, pene- itrating eyes flashing as he shook a 1* * ^ . I..T 1 1 _ ____ t . Iclencnea list. i always mase it a ruieto nail a lie whenever it comes up,whether it comes from the presidentof the United States or a United States 1senator, or from anyone else. It is all !the more shameful that the statementcomes from a United States Senator.Suppose I were to say, for instance, jthat the merchants of this town were inleague with the thieves, the chicken ithieves, to rob the citizens, don't you 1suppose there would be a mighty protest?Well, there is just as much sensein the one statement as in the other." 'In the Greenville Methodist confer- 1ence held in Greenville last week the ,committee on temperance, to which wasreferred the Senator's charge, submit- 1ted a report to the conference, and the 1ia a nov<-. <yp fhat IResolved 1st. That we reaffirm it to 'be the duty of the Church to enforce !among its members the rule against-drinking spirituous liquors exoept incase of necessity.Resolved 2d. We conceive it to bethe duty of a Christian citizen to protectthe State against the demoralizing,home-blighting, crime-breeding, propertydestroying drink abuse by usinghis inflaene to restrict its manufactureand sale to medicinal, sacramental andscientific purposes. ,Resolved 31. We denounce any in- (sinuation that the effort of Christian .* ' 1 'i x J -ministers ana otaer citizens to nu meState of this gigantic evil is a sought or jvoluntary combination with the saloon 'element as a base slander that is itselfan attempt to strengthen the power ofthis most damnable iniquity. 1It. E. Stackhouse, jP. F.Kilgo, ' (R. K. Dagnall.Dr. Obas S Gardner, Pastor of the 1First Baptist Church in Greenville 'preached a sermon Sunday night week Jon prohibition in which he denounced \a? false Senator Tillman's charge that :"the preaohers a"d liquor men are in 1nnhnlv alliance led bv Col. Hovt." 'He said: "Senator Tillman, who made 'the charge, knew it to be false when he .uttered it. The charge cannot be in- :terpreted as anything else but a mean 'and contemptible effort to break the 'force of the almost unanimous advoca- 1cy of prohibition "by the prcachers andserved its author as a good occasion 1also to throw contempt upon a class of }men for which he has in many otherways expressed hi3 contempt." 1SENATOR TILLMAN INT REPLY.Dr. J. 0. Wilson of the Southern IChristian Advocate wrote to SenatorTillman asttng it ne were correctly re- tported and requesting a reply. The re- 1ply is oontained in last week's issue of ]the Advocate. It reads ?s follows: iTrenton, S. C., July 23, 1900. iRev. J. 0. WilsoD, Columbia, S. C. !Dear Sir: I have your letter of July !22d, asking if my speech at Bennetts- Iville was correctly reported. I do notrecollect the exaut words I used at ]Bennettsville, bul; they are in effect ]true as quoted; s,nd inasmuoh as the 1district coaference of the Methodistchurch, under the leadership of Bishop 3Duncan, has taken the matter up, and ]hinhnn in rAnnrfcpd to have "nailed" <my utterance "as a lie," while the re- iport of the committee on temperance i"denounced any insinuation that the <efforts of the Christian ministers and ]other citizens to rid the State of this igigantic evil as a sought or voluntary icombination with the saloon element ias a base slander that is itself an attempt to strengthen the power of thismost damnable iniquity," I will takethe occasion offered by your inquiry to <make an announcement over my own 1signature of what I said and meant atBennettsville. Of course the report 1gave only the barest outlines. 1I have no quarrel with the ministers 1of any church or denomination and ;have no purpose to give offense to any 1of them. 1 have always borne testimonyto the high character and purity 1of purpose characterizing the ministry, 1but I believe they are wrong in fightingthe dispensary law as *hey do, and I <claim the right to say so, acknowleding 'at the same time their right to freedom <of speech and freedom of political ac- <tion on this and every other subject. Imentioned the attitude of the ministers (incidentally as an illustration of the <anomalous political situation. The 1ministers attack the dispensary because 'it does not go far enough, and the high 'license people and the blind tigers, 1* "r 1 ' ' J - -it _ 4C.1J 1 IIwnom l designated as me oiu D&r- keepers,"attack the dispesary because 1it goes too far. They are thus found <fighting side by side in the campaign. *There is only one candidate in the field ^for governor opposed to the dispensary, <Col. Hoyt, and all of those elements *are allied in his support, and the proof <is that Charleston, in the last gubernatorial election, rotea tor Dir. tfeatnerstoneand prohibition when it is notoriousthat the whiskey element in that '<city is predominant and chat the dis- ipensary law is not enforced, m*ioly by 1reason of the lax morals of the grand ijorore who have failed to discharge 1their duty under their oaths. Col. 1Hoyt last winter in his paper, The tMountaineer, u-ged coalition between <the high license people and the prohi- \bitionists in the general assembly in 1order to repe&l the dispensary law. tCol. Hoyt seeks the governor's office, 1and of course wants votes. I am op- 1posed to his election solely on the these <grounds, and called attention to the 1slements supporting him. There maybe no open "alliance," and technically[may have been in error in assertingit, but I think it permissable to declareill the supporters of any one candidate"allies" and if the Methodist ministerstrho have accused me of "slander" willshow that thev do not intend to workto the same end as the bar-keepers forthe overthrow of the dispensary, I willthen consider the propriety of an apol- 1ogy. Until snch proof is given I shallstand by my gnns. If the Methodistbishop chooses to call me a liar, andthe church temperance committee feelsconstrained to denounce my opinion ofexisting eonditions as "slander," the ,people of South Carolina will judge be- ,tween us. If they can stand it I can. I .long ago learned?"Evil is wrought- from want ofthought, . . '<As well as want of heart." 3When g^od men find themselves in jbad company, they usually pause to ]consider how they got there and ,whether they are not in fault to some ]extent. <There is no concealment about it and ]the editor of The State, who is the jspokesman of the license element, ha3 ,announced his position clearly and ,openly. The denial by the preachers jthat the combination is "sought" cuts (o Ti __J il.l _11 Tdo ngure. ic exists, anu tnat m an x <assorted, and to my mind it is "unholy" iand must make every good man feel ]uncomfortable. iIf the dispensary is overthrown every :practica' man knows that saloons will ,be re-established in less than five jyears. I would deplo-e such a result jis a great loss to society and know imany preachers are of the same opinion. ]I shall yet hope to see all good men of jaf all classes united to make the dis- (pensary the success it can become I 1believe prohibition is a Trojan horse iby which the saloocs seek to aga;n en- ]ter the State. The whiskey men believe \the same thiiig. I am against the \3aloons and all of their friends wheth- jsr they be good m?n who are blind, fa- jaatics, or scheming politicians. ,y ours truly,B. E, Tillman.WEATHER AND CROPS.Weekly Bulletin Issued by SectionDirector Bauer.The following is the weekly bulletin 1[>? the condition of the weather andarops of the State issued last week by jDireotor Bauer of the South Carolina ]section of the United States weather joureau's weather and crop service: jThe week ending 8 a. m., July 23d, (jfas nearly three degrees warmer than {usual, and had a maximum of 102 de- ,grees at Batcsburg, and a minimum of36 at Greenville.There were light, widely scatteredshowers during the entire week, heaviestin the central counties. By far thegreater portion of the State had no rain,md severe drought conditions prevailin places. The need of rain is general,md nearly all crops failed, or are beginningto suffer for lack of moisture,especially old corn that is maturing.The dry weather was favorable forlaying by, and ridding fields of grassmd weeds, so that crops are being laidby in generally clean condition, althoughgrassy fields are still common.Old corn failed materially, except on jmoist lands, wnere it snows slignt im- <provement. On sandy lands it is firing. ,doling corn continues to look well and jretains its color, but is not growing, jind will soon fail unless moisture is jsupplied. Bottom land corn has made }little recovery since the June freshest. yCotton improves slowly, except on (3ana? lands, where it is sheddingleaves and squares and is turning yellow.Cotton is generally small and late,although fields are now clean and fruitingnormally, but the crop is spottedind its average condition remains poor.Sea island cotton is doing poorly owingto drought, blight and shedding.Tobacco is ripening fast, and curingmade rapid progress, being now overb.alf finished. The hot weather in juredtobacco to some extent.The prospect for a large forage cropia anriA oonor??allx7 fioM n*>?a wllirtlllook very promising. Minor cropB gen- jjrally, as well as pastures and gardens,ire failing rapidly, and stand in urgentneed of rain. The apple and melon jjrops continue poor, while peaches and ,pears are plentiful, but the peaohes ^ire rotting badly. Grapes are ripening.A general rain would materially (improve the crop prospects.A Determined Mob.Seldom has there been such grave ^letermination on the part of the mob 1r\rrrrnA ?aoiafnTi/>a AW f V? a n01*f A?JL DUWU UU^^U lWDiOUCIUVW VU UJL&V? sheriff as that displayed at Huntarille,Ala,, last week. A mob of onethousand men went to the jail to take* negro rapist and lynch him. TheSheriff and his deputies fired upon theiynohers, wounding some of them.,rhis did not deter them. The sheriffappealed to the governor, and the militarywere ordered out, but too late. 1rhe mob received tar and feathers and ]vil ViiTrir?<"r /r/tff^rk infft fV*n . ln?/?r 1JXLj OUU, UHTAUg gwwu AUVV VUW *V Tl V*jorridor of the jail, piled them on thejasement floor and fired them. The work I)f smoking oat the inmates was began ]rhe sheriff retreated with his prisoner 3:o a point fartherest removed from the sjdoriferous pile. He swore that he 1should die with his prisoner. The ];hief of police forced his way to where i:he sheriff was and exhorted him to Ileave the building. The sheriff was ]then half suffocated. The official had isecurely locked his prisoner in a strongjell. The police chief seized the isheriff and dragged him unconscious i:rom the building. The mob took hold \jf the prisoner and earned him from <:he jail and hanged and shot him to 1ieathiPaid Him to WaitA farmer in (Jlay county, Iowa, lias ii bin containing about 800 bushels ofvheat. About a month ago he pro- <posed to market the grain, but on go- \ng to the bin he discovered that a hen rlad established her nest on the wheat, {vas setting there, and that to remove \;he grain would "break her up." He 1iecided not to disturb her, but wait 3mtil she came forth with the chicks. <[n the meantime the price of wheat (advanced until the farmer discovered <le had gained over $100 by allowing theien to sit it cut. sSPEAKS AT CHESTERfiliman Makes a Red Hot DispensarySpeech.nDiTiniRPa MIS CRITICS. 'He Refers to the Recent Attacksof Bishop Duncan andDr. Gardner on HimAtthe oampaign meeting at Chesterrhursday Senator Tillman made a redtiotspeech and put new ginger in theight. He was held until the very last,md when he talked, made it lively,rillman was received, with that oldtime whoop. To start at the end, Tillmansaid:This was his seventh meeting and heprotested against always being puti--x mi 1. _ xi Lilast, j-jaere were some wao tuougut uu (Dught to remain at home. It was not .his fault some one else does not want Jto be senator. He never felt happy un- ,[ess he had opposition, and he preferredit. He may be a fool, but he was jnever acoused of it, and, therefore, he3id not try to be a dictator, but feltfree to give advice. As long as he was3enator he felt free to talk. All areagreed on national issues and therewas no use to talk on such matters unlesshe wanted to sheer around or say ,some sweet things. He had seriously <regarded his duty. He had thought it 'Dver, and feeling his obligations, he .felt it carried with it some responsi- (bility to assist in throwing light. Did?ou not teach me to use this tongue 'Hid to use it vigorously? Uid youlabel that tongue "for national use (jbIj?" if so, say ao. If you say so I (will obey. If not otherwise advised he iwas going to talk right out on the 'liquor qaestion. The people were free !to do as they pleased and he wanted themto do so. It is charged that but ,for Tillman there would now be pro- jhibition. He said he worked for the ]lispensary law. The prohibition vote <:ast was nothing like a general vote,ind over 30,000 did not vote at all.- Asto the dispensary being a great politicalmachine. When it came in he had ijust been reelected and he needed no (machine. He advised the dispensary becausehe did nst believe prohibition :jould be enforced. He did this to save j:he State from degradation and being (hypocrites under prohibition. ,The people have voted on this ques- j;ion almost solely on State offices, and (;he legislature in four elections, and (3ut for him it would have been put in j;he constitution without any buts or :fs, He did this because the supreme jiourt decision was pending. H8 wrote;he clause, and whenever his tongue jjrew forked he wanted to be kicked out. rThe minority is asking you to give .i i . 1 1 *lp your broa-given rignis ana assingrou to give up without a contest. Ifpou are not careful you will be backybere you where eight years ago.The State holds $400,000 worth ofiquor, and that liquor will fritter away>r be lost. If you want it that way its your right. Dispensary men helears are going to vote for the prohibi;ioncandidates. Men should stand forprinciples and stand by them. Stand>y your principles!If it is going to be a matter of religionand good-fellowship, then you hadsetter go back to the convention sys.em.Your committees are going to ruinVia nrimflrv hv tratrcrimr th? aneakflrs ,?J Q-no?o. "Mr Imd limiting the speakers. He said the (eporters were generally fair. Men (nust not vote for personal preferences j)ut on principles, bnt you have such a ,ight and do as you please, and hevould not complain. The people havegoverned South Carolina and the onlyffay is to allow free time and take off;he bridle. IThere have been accusations of in- f?grity and no time for the charges orlenials. He wanted to serve notice |.hat he was going to speak first some- 1arhere. This gagging of speakers willtill the nrimarv. Better have fewer .speakers. What use is there, for instance,for eight candidates for comnissioner.They can show nothing in .:en minutes, absolutely nothing. You ,lo not want a man who can merely tell Ijokes, but these men can tell nothingin that time.It was an outrage to limit the gover- ,aors to 30 minutes. They are all the \same. They should all have more time, iuut some of them do not want moretime. Every man should hare all the i;ime he wants. It was funny to see ,jronzales, an open, avowed license man, '.1 # A1- 1 L?now we organ 01 me prosiDiuon party.Be said Gronzales fought openly andbravely, although he sometimes .doesnot tell the truth.It was old and stale this thing aboutthe liquor men and preachers being onshe same line. He never said there wasm agreement between the preachersind barkeepers. But much is now beingmade out of it, although he hadrepeated it 25 times. He piotured theministers in white fighting the dispensaryand then another arm? inirhite aprons all fighting the same dih- ;pensary, and Col. Hoyt certainly was :iccepting all these votes. iNow the sole question is whetherthese armies are fighting the same dis- ipensary. Now Bishop Dancan said I"]lied when I said the prohibitionists irod liquor men were aLied under Col. 1Soyt. That was severe language and ;ae once used such language, but he did ]aot do so now in the senate, but left i:hat to Bishop Dancan. (Applause.) <Bishop Duncan would feel sorry forivhat he said of him. <Then he took up the temperance com- <nittee and its declaration, which "de- ilounced any insinuation that the ef- 1Port of Christian ministers and otherjitizens to rid this State of this gigan- <ic evil is a sought or voluntary oom- 1Dination with the salooon element as a 1aase slander. That is itself an at- s:empt to strengthen the power of this <most damnable iniquity."He said if these ministers wished to iiccuse him of issuing a slander it was iwell and .good. It would not hurt him. 1Phe people saw and knew what was tjoing on and what the conditions act- <lally were, and he reiterated that the iliquor naon and prohibitionists were al- iied, and whether this was accident or <;onceit he cared not, as he only spoke ])f conditions. He quoted the definition)f "alliance."Then he took Dr. Gardner's sermonind said he would reply to the charges:heremade when he got to Greenvillemd said he left to the audience if heaad wilfully misrepresented anyone.Be meant no reflection on the minis;ers.He believed they were mistaken.Se believed they were wrong and perhapsfanatical. These men have leftiheir pulpits and gone into politics andnade themselves liable to criticism.Tmnititarfl havfl come down toliscuss politios and those who comeiown put themselves on a plane with)ther politicians and he was going to^lk ont and if they do not like it theyjould lump it. The Ten Commandnentshave nothing against sellingliquor and the Bible makes liquor sellingpermissible. No man can go fartherthan he as to the evils of liquorjelling, but he as much as any ministerwanted to curtail the sale. Whenpou go home think well whether yousrant to spew out all the good thing ofreform. He would have no complaintjs to what is done. He asked all toivatch the legislators.Senator Tillman received a great3pa1 nf ann1an?ifi and whooned UD theiispensary. He will at attend themeetings at Winnsboro, Yorkville,9-aifney, Spartanburg, Union, Greenville,Pickens, Walhalla, Anderson,Edgefield, Saluda, Lexington, and Columbia.McKIULEY'S EEPLYro the Chinese Appeal for Restorationof Peace and Order.The following correspondence betweenthe president of the UnitedStates and the emperor of Uhina hasbeen made public by the state department.Translation of- a cablegram receivedby Minister Wu on July 20,1900, from the Tao Tai of Shanghaiiated July 19, 1900.Having received a telegram from&ov. Yuan (of Shan Tung) dated 231lay of this moon (July 19th), who,having received from the privy councilat Pekin, a dispatch embodying an imperialletter to the president of theUnited States has instructed me totransmit it to your excellency. Theimperial message is respecttully transmittedas follows:rhe Emperor of Cbina to His Excellencythe President of the Unitedoii-i... n Lioiaies. vxreeuug.China has long maintained friendlyrelations with the United States and isieeply conscious that the object of theUnited States is international commerce.Neither country entertains theleast suspicion or distrust toward thejther. Recent-outbreaks of mutual antipathybetween the people and Christianmissions caused the foreign powersto view with suspicion the position)f the imperial government as favorableto the people and prejudicial to themissions, with the result that the Takuforts were attacked and captured. Consequentlythere has been clashing of'orces with calamitous consequences,rhe situation here become more andnore serious and critical. We have|OSt received a iciezrapmu msmjnaifrom our envoy Wu Ting Fang, and it;s hizhly gratifying to us to learn that;he United States government, havingn view the friendly relations between;he two countries, has taken a deep in:erestin the present situation. NowJhina, driven by the irresistible course)f events, has unfortunately incurredyell nigh universal indignation, Forsettling the present difficulty, Chinaplaces special reliance in the United3tates. We address this message to?our excellency in all sincerity andjandidness with the hope that your ex:ellency will devise measures and take.he initiative in briDgiDg about a consertof the powers for the restoration)f order and peace. The favor of *tind reply is earnestly requested a: diwaited with the greatest anxiety.Kwang Hsu.Twenty-sixth moon, 23d day.(July 19, 1900 )It is therefore my duty to transmit;he above with the request that jourjxcellency, in respectful obedience ofimperial wishes, will deliver the samejo its high destination and favor mewith a reply; Yu Lien Yuen,Taotai of Shanghai,rwenty-sixth year, 6th moon, 23d day.(July 19, 1900 )This cablegram was at once communicatedto the president at Canton,and the following is his reply:rhe President of the United States tothe Emperor of China. Greeting:I have received your majesty's messageof the 19ih of July and am gladto know that your majesty recognizesthe fact that the government and peopleof the United States desire ofChina nothing but what is just andequitable. The purpose for which welanded troops in China was the rescueef our legation from grave danger and. . Oil 1? J _ itiie protection 01 tae uvea propertyof Americans who were sojourning inCh:.na in the enjoyment of rights guaranteedthem by treaty and internationallaw. The same purposes are publiclydeclared by all the powers which havelanded military forces in your majesty'sempire.I am to infer from your majesty'sletter that the malefactors who havedisturbed the peace of China who havemurdered the minister of Germany,and a member of the Japanese legation,iin<l who now hold beseiged in Pekinthoi2 foreign diplomatists who still survive,have not only not received anytavor or encouragement iruuj your imajesty but are actually in rebellionigainst the imperial authority. If thisbe the case, I most solemnly urge uponyour majesty's government to give publicassurance whether the foreign ministersare alive, and, if so, in what conlition.To put the diplomatic representativesjf the powers in immediate and freejommunication with their respectivegovernments and to remove all danger:o their lives and liberty.T* nlap.p. tfcp imperial authorities of3hina in communication with the re.iefexpedition bo that cooperation mayoe secured between them for tbe liberitionof the legations, the protection)f foreigners and the restoration of order.If these objects are accomplished its the belief of this government that10 obstacles will be found to exist onnarfc nf thfi nnwArs tn an amicablesettlement of ill the questions arisingjut. of the recent troubles and theTiendly good offices of this governmentirill, with the assent of the other pow;rs,be cheerfully placed at yournajesty's disposition for that purpose.Win. McKinley.July 23, 1900.By the president.John Hay, Secretary of State.THE STATE ALLIANCEDecides to Continue the ExchangeAfter Long DiscussionTheState Alliance met in Columbiaon Wednesday evening, the -SaU^gingdelegates being present:Abbeville?J. R. Blake.Anderson?J. B. ITouthit.Edgefield?W. H. Timmerman.Florence?A. C> Stewart.Horry?Jas. A. Lewis.Kershaw?J. A. JVIahaffey.Lancaster?J. F. NesbitLexington?James B. Addy.Newberry?W. B. Counts.Oconee?J. B. PickettOrangeburg?S. C. Kennedy. iKichland?B. C. DaPre.Union?J. C. Liles. 1York?J. F. Ashe. cGreenwood?J. L, Hughley. tAfter the presidents address a recess iwas taken to allow the board of trusteesof the State exchange to continue its (discussion over the $18,000 and try to idetermine what was best to be done \fxnfTi if ,At about 12:30 o'clock Thursdaymorning the fight over the exchange \and its funds ended. It had waged iwaimly all the evening. Col. Dancan *and Mr. Keitt both made vigorous ispeeches. A three fourths vote was re- <quired in order to withdraw the capital 1stock from the exchange. When the ]nrnnnsition to withdraw the money and <~ * returnit to its original subscribers wasfinally brought to a vote, about $8,000worth of the stock voted for it, and theother $10,000 voted against. Thus itwas determined to continue the exchange,which has been suspended forabout one year. As to the details ofthe management, they will be decidedupon later by the board of directors.At 1 o'clock Thursday morning theboard of directors of the State Allianceexchange was elected as follows:From the State-at-Large?J. R.Ashe, York, and Mr. Blake, Abbeville.First District?T. S. Browning.Second District?W. H. Timmerman.Third District?Jos. L. Keitt.Fourth District?A. C. Lyles.Fifth District?S. T. McKeown.Sixth District?Charles Crossland.Seventh District?D. F, Efird. iThe alliance then resumed its ses- 1sions, reelecting its present officers? ^Senator Alexander, president, and Mr. IJ. W. Eeid, secretary and treasurer. tMr. Keitt's term as executive com- xmitteeman having expired and he hav- ingopposition, an election was necessitated.Mr. Ncsbit of Lancaster was ]chosen to succeed him.The officers of the board of directorsof the State Alliance exchange were jthen elected as follows:President?A. C. Lyles.~S7Inn Pmai^Ant .T TiSecretary?Dr. W. H. Timmerman.Treasurer?Charles Crossland.' 1The alliance elected 0. P. Groodwin }of Laurens delegate to the national al- aliance, winch j^meets in Washington, .D. C.,in February, 3901, installed theofficers and. then adjourned sine die at (about 1:40 o'clock Friday morning. cPROHIBITION Iff MA DTE. f?The Democrats Call for Enforcement (and Eesubmiasion of the Law. . 1The platform adopted by the Maine ADemocratic State Convention at its sessionin Lewiston on .Wednesday, Jnly11, contains the following respectingthe State prohibitory liqnor law and itsnonenforcement: '"For nearly half a century we havehad a statutory law, prohibiting themanufacture, sale and use of intoxicatingliquors. For nearly half that timeit has been embodied in the State Constitution.Since it was first enactedscores of amendments, each morestringent and the penalties more severethan those preceding it, have beenpassed."For nearly twenty years the allegedenforcement of the prohibitory law hasbeen growing more and more lax, untiltoday in nearly every city in the Stateand many of the larger towns, there areregularly established bars and saloonswhere liqaors arc sold in open,' flagrantviolation of the Constitution and statutorylaw. Nearly every hotel, many 'restaurants, hundreds of so-called drugstores and unnumbered and secret saloonsand bar rooms in the cities sell iwithout restriction, save an occasional jseizure and fine for political purposes."For the present shameful, disgust- }ing condition of af airs in relation to ithe prohibitory law, the Republicanleaders and their supporters are solely (responsible. Today in many parts of /the State we are having all the evils of }'free rum,' and none of the redeeming jfeatures of a license law."For years the prohibitory law has ,been a political foot ball. Its hypocriti- joal enforcement has been used to controlthe liquor vote, to increase the incomeof perjured officials and to swellthe corruption fund for campaign purposes.Through its instrumentality, Jthe party in power has influenced juries, icorrupted official sworn to enforce the 1law; debauched voters, deceived the ad- ivocates of temperance, betrayed the 1cause which it professed to support, ?creating a contempt and a disregard for iall laws, and has made the good name (of the State a byword and reproach \wherever it is known. 11"We maintain that the Republican ?party in Maine is under the practical *1control of a ring which has finally be- Icome the rum syndicate cf the State, 1promoting the illegal sale of liquor, 1protecting the dealer in the sale, pocketinga large revenue from these transactions,assessing rum sellers for moneywith which to control caucuses, conventionsand elections, and saddling a *heavy debt upon and loading the tax- .payers with bills, charges and alleged 1disbursements too grievous to be borne, *an/1 OTIA}I ^nnlimtv iliAV arp Hpmnr- 'alizing the youth of our State and edu- jcatiDg them to disregard law and order. J"We believe the respectable, lawabiding citizens of the State, irrespectiveof party, favor a change. Theydemand thai the law shall be either enforcedor repealed. To that end wefavor resubmission. ^For the Usual Crime. vA neero was lynched near Knox- 1ville, G-a., Wednesday night and his \body riddled with bullets by a mob. He ibad attempted to assault a fourteen year aold girl, and had been arrested. He iwas taken from the officers of the law ]by the lynchers. . iWAR OR PEACE? ||rhat Is the Question Being DiscussedNow._ - -mm. Httff?S3^CWNESE NEWS.rhe Pigtails Supposed tofe?<23ttingReady for a Gigantic |War on all thePowers.News from Washington uyf Admiral"C<?"mTvff10 1 nfffl. mvmr. H <V?HW4, |il?u yuuuvm/ UJ ?UOlavy department Thursday, made the , %v|iireet statement that the imperial au:horitieswere iu sympathy with theBoxers, though he added that the govirnmentwas afterward paralysed andncapable of controlling the situation.rhia was the first official declaration;o reach our government contradictory)f the Chinese representations that theimperial government had steadfastlyind from the first opposed the Boxermovement, and our government ia bonnd, U:o accept the word of its own officerintil that is overcome by irrefragableproof. The exchanges that are "insonstant progress between the powersire tending more and more to east suspicionupon the genuineness of themany communications that have come:rom Pekin through Chinese governmentalsourees. The imperial edietpromulgated by Viceroy Tak. at Can1 1-i.L - J? 1K-* 1--'-^sua, ua3 xsib a uissgreesDie impression.Despite the Chinese minister's view toshe contrary, this edict is looked uponis suspiciously like ft preliminary to *formal declaration of war, and as only>ne step toward securing time to moveChinese forces into better position foriefense against the internationalists.In the Yang Tse region active preparationsfor war are in progress, not forvar against the foreign powers. Junkoads of Chinese soldiers and Boxersiiaguised as Coolies are arriving there"laily. The arsenal is fall of arms andsupplies are constantly coming in. The .Nan King and Wu Chang gamsons are)eing constantly reenforaed and theviceroys admit that they cannot muchonger withstand the pressure broughto bear by Sheng and Li Hung Changipon them to join the forees of PrincemwnSQ AEOTJHD TIE! T3IH.Japanese Aided. by Sritih. cad Jta*sians Capture an Arsenal,A dispatch from Tien Tain dated Jaly3, which has jost been received siWashington, says after fighting all day. force of 2,000 Japanese, supported byJritisfr OTd-fixBsiansp eaptur^^ theChinese fortified arsenal two miles eastif the city, making a night attack. Theoreigners charged under a very fatlyire from the arsenal, following the/hinamen and killing 400 of then.rhe foreign loss was heavy, bat it i?tot reported.The Chinese bombarded the foreignity of Tientsin heavily, for three days *,nd killed some British sailors on ang today, besides several Frenchman.rhrt fnraionoTO ?M-MW IUW UIVOHUHQ 1W?TJ;uns from the fleet, among them bangfour 12-pounders and four 4-iach;uns and will attempt to loeate andtilenee the Chinese gu ns.An explosion of dynamite killed 20ilussians. Two, battalions of theNinth. United States infantry and 300narines from the cruiser Brooklyn disimbarkedand started for Tientsin tvlay on lighters. As they went up the ;|9'oreign ships cheered them heartily.Refugees of all nationalities wm beaken to Japan by the transport Logan.Che Japanese were the heores of thejattle. Their fighting wi? remarkablyjrave and was praised by all their ooleagues.When some of the foreign of ieerscounseled retreat last night, the ?p|Japanese general said:"When my men move it will be for* 'yard."This morning they charged thejreaafces in the wall made by the artilI5Ji ? - ' mm- -ery ana iougnc nana to nana in tneitreets. Their oondaet after the fightif as equally good as they refrained from.ooting while some of the European sol*iiers were having an oigie. DeadChinamen cover the walls and streets)f Tientsin. Fifty guns were eapbued.rhe place was full of monitions of war.Many fires have been started and most>f the city will probably be burned.rhe Chinese are retreating toward Pecm.Six Handred Massacred- .The Hongkong correspondent of theLondon Daily Express wires as follows :;:|?slmder Fridays date: "An Italian priestlas j est arrived herefrom Son Sien Fa, 7 .'Oiiu southern Haan, where the Italianrishop and threp priests have been mas*sacred after revolting torture. This:00k place on July 4. Six hundredjonverts were massacred after the -jf. ^fomen had been subjected to hideousjrutalities. Six other priests fled to ~.k.he hilis, where they were probably:illed. The priest who escaped had ajerilious journey to Honkong. Helid in a coffin on board a river boat for-7 days. ' ..73Having a Run;One of the most conspicuous adver- ~isements in a-negro paper published inWashington is Hartonia, decoction thats guaranteed not only to straighten outmnof cfnT-lVirt^n lrir?V-n ti?n l>-* * ?uv uvu> limt) UlU Wrieach the dark skin white, not in spots>ut all over, and make the user smellike a basket of fresh cat roses in Mayime. It is having a ran. The coentdlier is put Tip in powder form. \ .: . --MFive Were Drowned- MNews eomes from the eastern part ofCalifornia of the drowning of five per10nsin Wiley's Lake Wednesday. It . ^?as an exceedingly hot day and Mrs.3ryon fi. Wiley's little party of fiverere in Darning, xney went oat to aaft, which suddenly began to wobblemd some of the bathers fell intohe water. The others made ft des-<>erate attempt to rescue their companonsand in so doing perished.