The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-14

unity and peroration to the Confeder-
ate soldier. Tears fell from his eyes
and his voice shook with emotion as he
talked to the grizzly old men in front
OF him. His last words were: 81 wish
you all Gods choicest blessings" !"
"Good-bye, Butler, you are gone" and
such expressions were heard as Cen
eral Butler started off the stand.
Sheriff Nance arose just as the Sem
ator was departing and read the Alli-
ance demands, asking the Senatorial
candidates what they had to say about
them. Senator Butler returned and
said that he had given his opinions on
the demands In q letter to Secretary
Mitchell. He thought all the demands,
except two, had good Democracy in
them.
Tillman got up and reviewed his po-
s1tion ON these demands, opposing the
sub-treasury in his customary words
and manner. The crowd gradually
broke after the two big skyrockets had
exploded, but 2, 500 remained to see the
four Roman candles go off.
DR.. Pope was touched off first, firing
blue light in the shape of full sup
port of the Alliance demands, followed
by q lot of red lights loaded with Dis
pensary vicws and ideas on the Reform
convention. DR.. Pope said that the
Conservatives do not love him any bet
ter than Reformers who are opposing
his views.
The candle named Ellerbe didn't run
long as its owner also wanted to catch
! a train. The fuse was turued toward
the Aiken piece of fireworks and scat
tered bits of farmers fire on the law
yer magazine.
General Ellerbe laid down the pro-
position that every Reform lawyer is
for Evans and asked all lawyers in the
audience in favor of farmer for Gov
ernor to hold up his hand. Not a hand
raised and Ellerbe declared that all
these lawyers are leagued together to
back lawyer and turn the Farmers
Movement into a lawyers movement.
! This point of Ellerbe's speech was cheer
ed by good part of the crowd. Ellerbe
announced that he was heartily in favor
OF all the Alliance demands. The Clar-
endon candle didn't soar all through
the air and make big noise, but the
people watched it with great deal of
attention and admired the solid chunks
OF fire which came from it. Mr.. Tindal
took positive stand on the Alliance
demands and said that until bctter de-
mands are adopted the people must
stand by those now formulated. Mr..
Tindal was told by several men that
he has more friends in Abbeville than
he thinks. Mr.. Tindal charged Editor
Bob Hemphill of this place of making
mean insinuations about him. Mr..
Tindal took the position that every
law-abiding man should uphold Gov
ernor Tillman in reopening the Dis
pensary.
The Aiken Roman candle delighted
the crowd immensely and they yelled
nearly every time the pretty fragments
of fire shot up and exploded. Evans
said this race started out with four
horses.
Voice: "We have 'em vet"
Evans: No we haven't. Pope
bolted the track, Tindal sees spooks
and Ellerbe is sprung in the knees"
(Laughter.) He shot good deal of
his ammunition at Ellerbe for attack
ing him and at POpo and Tindal for
convention. He asserted that the Con-
servatives were playing 'possum and
showed where they are still alive and
scheming to kill the Reform movement.
He referred to Haskell's letter of a
few days ago. Senator Evans said
that the people pay merchants more
money than they do lawyers and took
a hand primary on it.
Voice: "Now ask all who haven't
paid merchants what they owed to
hold up their hands" (Laughter.)
He charged that the newspapers all
hate him. The News and Courier
won't even publish his speeches. The
correspondent. of it told him that it
does not print what he ends down.
he said that no matter W lether the
Conservatives like the Dispensary law
or not it is going to be enforced if it
takes the whole State of South Caro-
lima to do it. (Applause.)
He said if there is any back down on
the Dispensary it is goodbye to Re-
form. He said the Darlington war was
premediated and asserted that 300 rifles
were shipped to Darlington from Char
lesion on the day before the constables
went to Darlington. This was plain
evidence of generalization. He said,
in response to a remark, that he is go
ing to ".step into Tillman's shoes as
sure as there is God in heaven" not
withstanding the newspapers of both
sides have been stabbing him in the
back.
The small firecrackers entertained
the people who remained to see their
gyrations. There was q spat between
General Richbourg and Colonel Watts.
a man in the audienue asked Colonel
Watts If he had always been Till
mantle. He answered that in 1890 he
voted for General Bratton for Cover
nor. Colonel Watts made the usual
charges against General Richbourg.
The latter answered that Colonel
Watts was not at the Executive Man
sion when Governor Tillman was in
danger and asked why did Governor
Tillman relieve Watts of the command
OF the troops at the Penitentiary and
put him (Richbourg) in command
The Governor, he said, had moro con-
fidence in him because he was an old
soldier.
DEATH OF Mrs. CARROLL.-Mrs,
Eliza a. Carroll, the widow OF the late