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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09
N 'LAUR|N IS THE WINNER.
Result of the Senatorial Primary
Held August 3lst..
A LIGHT VOTE WAS P0llED.
Evans and Irby Run Far Behind
What They Have to Say as to the
Result.

The Senatorial election held August
G1st was quiet one all over the State.
In no county was there any excitement
so far as the reports received so. There
was no trouble anywhere. Everywhere
the voters quietly went to the polls and
they showed by their votes that they
had their minds pretty we'll made up as
to how they would vote in advance OF
the election. Walt Whit nan did not
astonish anybody by his run. He re-
ceived about 10 votes so far as reported.
In one place they were not counted, Tut
sent to him marked Original pack
ages" In Charleston, while the total
vote cast was not what it has been in
previous elections. it went almost
unanimously to Senator McLaurln:;
Walt Whitman got his biggest vote at
Jonesville, his home; there he received
eight votes.
The greater portion of the votes in
the State has been reported. The re-
turns from missing boxes continue to
come in, and they but served to In
crease MeLaurin' S majority over all and
make his election doubly sure. Most
of the votes yet to be heard from are
thought to be cast in McLaurin's favor.
A careful tabulation of all the figures
received shows that out of 8 total vote
of something over 1901, McLaurln
has received 25, 42s, Evans s,S25 and
Irby 4, 73S. This gives McLaurin q
clear majority of II, s85 voves over all.
The total given above represents to-
tsl vote Of something over SO, 900. mas
much ss the McLaurin actual majority
over all in Beaufort county was used in
the calculation instead of the actual
figures.
The vote is practically complete from
the counties of Abbeville, Aiken, An
derson, Beaufort, Charleston, Chester,
Clarendon, Edgeield, Fairfield, Green
vile, Greenwood, Horny, Lancaster,
Laurens. Marion, Marlboro, Newberry,
Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Sa-
luda, Spartanburg, Sumter and York,
q total OF "a counties. OF these Nc
Laurin gets majority over oil in all but
Aiken, Laurens and Spartanburg,
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lowers have voted without regard to
principles. being actuated more by a
desire, as they termed it, to destroy
factionalism in our local politics. An
inspection of the vote shows that not %
per cent. of the farmers of the State
have voted, and not half of the Demo.
cratic vote Of the State. The cause OF
this vas the disgust on the part of the
reformers with the present State admin
istrstion and its deals and chickering's
with men who have always been their
enemies. Added to this, was Senator
Tillman's advocacy Of McLaurin's tariff
views and his assertion that McLaurln
was with him" and the defeat OF the
one meant the reputation Of the other:
Natui ally, our friends were at sea, and
they remained at home, refusing to vote
against their honest convictions, put at
the same time fearing that an injury
might be done Senator lillman, who has
pissed as q reform leader, but has never
led In q crisis.
ST had expected IN honest and hon
orable fight. but 1 regret to say that
such was not the case. During the last
four days of the campaign, slanderous
circulars were issued to poison the
minds of the people without giving us
q chance to rerly. The sickness OF my
chief opponent, while he lay In bed,
writing manifestos and endorsing cir
culars containing personal attacks on
me. but more of this hereafter.
81 have no regrets to make for the
campaign, and no apologies to offer.
1 shall continue the fight along the
same lines and shall not sulk, but take
my defeat philosophicaliy, as L have
An abiding faith that the people of the
State will yet see the injustice which
has been done the Democratic party by
endorsing 8 man who has rerudiated
the underlying principles OF the party
platform.
Governor Evans left the city in the
afternoon for Aiken, his former home,
where he intends to practice law.
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TILLMAN IN NEW YORK.
He Talks to Patriots Of America at
Albany.

He Taks to Patriots of America at
Albany. 4
At Albany, n. Y, Aug. 9Oth, Senator
BENJAMIN R. Tillman, speaking at q
gathering of the Patriots of America,
dwelt caustically upon State politics.
Some of the remarks were as follows:
Notwithstanding the fact that the
two political machines in this State
went back on Bryan, the Republicans
fighting him with all the money they
could command, and the Democracy
stabbing him in the back, there were
SOL, 200 Democrats who stood up and
said by their votes We want Mr.. Bryan,
and where there are half million OF
Democrats and loyal men who love
their liberty, l cannot consider 1t an
enemy's country, and therefore l come
here to encourage you who flung your
banners to the breeze to continue your
agitation and fight for your liberty,
which you will gain in the year 1900. *
Your government is not American;
it is not democratic or republican. IL
is English. For the last twelve or
fifteen years you have had first one
boss and then another, and you have
no more voice in your political affairs
than if you were babies. You had
your democratic boss, who constructed
his machine, and it was the most per-
feet one ever known in American poll
tics, but he weighed it down SO much
that the plank flew up and on the other
end came up another boss, Thomas @.
Platt."
The senator discussed the money
question at some length, and said:
"There is where we split, and great
many democrats went off Some OF
them climbed up in q roosting place.
This allusion to Senator Hill created
loud laughter and applause.
"You all know that some years ago
it was said that if you did not come
down to the Harlem Bridge with 45, 600
majority, New York city would swamp
you. You always had Republican
majority north of the Harlem river.
Last year you had q majority for
BRYAN in Troy, but New York city and
Brooklyn got down and wallowed IN
the Mckinley tariff Tammany may,
be rotten, but she stands by her colort
and goes down with them, and the
great heart of New York city is throb-
bing with determination to say to its
corrupt leaders, Whitney and others,
Get you gone; you are not Democrats.
We will vote the Chicago platform Of
die. You cannot afford to go back into
the vallow."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

Sorsof the gentlemen who are SO
busly engaged in inventing bullet
proof armor viii have to so to Siam
and uaks investigations. An English
1s6ap4per, in 4an article on the
zlamess Army, says: 'In one re-
speeeahe Siamese Armyis superior to
any stEsrs and thatsis in its elephant
corps. Eight hundred Of these ami
mails, aHinh are stronger though
smaller than those, of India, are organ
izsd into . special corps, commanded
by retr ed Angie- Indian officer, and
thar heads, ,trunkasnd other vulner-
sble parts are protected against bu-
lets hy India-rubber armor. THE
sxmor requires looking into.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

The New England Homestead OBJ
serves: Hew certain city papers poked
fun at New Hampshire's granger
.legislature," whex it appessed that
ffsrmers composed she large majority
of that body. But low some 81 these
journals are honest enough to give it
III need Of praise. Why? Because
E.was the only Legislature in the East
that prscticed real ecapomy. As g re-
snk of which the Sts&e now has a
handsome surplus, which is being need
30 take up its bOuds and will also make
substantial reduction an the Stste
tax next year. And where is the eifi~
nm or interest in the Gsanite State
that hes suffered by Legislative econ
omy? you can't find theH. unless il
be few. surplus officials whs are out
Of a job. The public weHats is at
tended to gust as well. some thiak bet
Tar. than when the State was spas ding
. heap mozs money. We are old
fashioned ensugh to believe that any
of our middle States would experience
equally as faNosable results by redas-
ing the number and pay Of officials and
Topping of oil ,gs nner of really un-
necessary expense. The cost of the
public service is toe much in almost
every department-aud.' his is one of
the main obstacles to enlightened
socialism.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

a correspondent sends a letter to
the San Francisco Chronicle, all the
way from Las Cruces, New Mexico, il
which he offers a reward of ten dollars
in gold to anyone who will point to a
positive passage in the Bible showing
that woman will be subjected TO pun
Shment after death. He says that
'tman causes woman to be what she is,
and he alone must Pay the penalty"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

Frank NJ. Chapman, of the Museum
Of Natural History, compiled list of
the birds which he saw on the hats of
women recently in New York City,
during two afternoons. Forty species
we're represented. In all he saw 173
wild birds, or parts of them on hats.
OF these birds, at least thirty-twe
varieties are protected by law during
al or . major portion of the year. A
Boston'conrt has just decided that it
IL unlawful tnwear feathers of bird
that is protected by law, and similar
lsw exists In New York State.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09
Irby Feels Outraged.

A correspondent Of The State at
Laurens, in an interview with lrby.
quotes him as follows: Il Eaye nothing
to say except that Tillman, pretending
to be hands of, has sneaklngly come
into the State and knitted me to the fat.
1 made Tillman what he Is today. 1
never asked his support; | did not e1-
pect it; l gave him credit for being
truthful when he said he was hands of.
When he attacked me in his interview
l called him down by kilograms. In
his answers he lied like dog. but l
was estopped. 1 made this fight to
protect the poor people of this State
against the ravages of the North. l
expected Tillman would help because
the poor people in the State made us
what we are. AS to MeLaurin, I have
nothing to say. As to Tillman, I put
him upon notice that when we meet he
may expect trouble. All that ask is
that he give the rattlesnakes notice be-
fore he attacks. Furthe: than this, L
have nothing to say"
A correspondent of the State in an in
terview with McLaurin, at his home in
Marlboro, reports him as follows on the
result, etc.:
"Whst about the election ?"
"Well, it is not as large vote as u.s.
ual, but attribute much Of that to the su-
preme confidence of my friends that I
was bound to win any way. am not sur
prised at the result, for up to the time
of my illness there was hardly an au-
dience that we addressed where it was
not clearly apparent that l had ma
jority. Nj erection, SO far as am con-
cerned is the elimination OF four years
of work upol the lines Of peace and
unity Ever since / wrote the Appelt
letter and inaugurated what is known
as the Forty movement have been
looked upon as peculiarly representa-
tive upon the Reform side of the same
ideas and principles flat Earle didupo
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
The Condition of the States Farming
Interests.

The Condition of the States Farming
Interests.
The following weekly statement OF
the crop conditions has been served by
Director Bauer:
The reports on cotton are with few
exceptions unfavorable to the crop and
note deterioration in condition in ev-
cry county except York, Sptrtanburg,
Oconee, and portions of Marion, Ches-
ter, Sumter, Laurens, Anderson, Abbe-
vile and Greenwood, where on heavy
soils the plant continues to grow and
hold the fruit it puts on. Over the re-
mainder of the State, generally. there
is excess shedding of squares and young
bolls, and on light sandy soils the
plant is apparently dying rapidly and
is done fruiting. Black rust is prevalent
acd in places, entire fields are affected.
Worms also did some damage, especial
ly in Kershaw.
The prospects for top crop are poor.
although over considerable areas, as
already noted, q, top-crop is making.
Cotton opened rapidly during the
week and over the eastern and central
counties picking, ginning and market
ing the crop has fairly begun and will
become general over the State during
the week. A few correspondents stated
that the lint is of high grade, and q
few reported some damage to open cot
ton by the rains Of the previous week.
Sea Island cotton is not materially
injured and seemingly does not share
in the general deterioration OF upland
cotton. The first bales of Sea Island
cotton, for the season of 1897 was re-.
ceivsd at Charleston on the 25th OF
August.
Corn is maturing rapidly and is al
about made. It's condition and proba-
BILE yield varies greatly both as to early
and late corn. but generally late corn
is very fine, and early corn by no
means poor crop.
Worms are damaging corn in Beau
fort.
Fodder pulling was general during
the week and was favored by the
weather. This work is about completed
in the most easterly counties and well
advanced elsewhere.
Much complaint Is made OF peas
shedding their leaves, but peas are ON
the whole doing well. A heavy crop of
pea-vine hay is being cut.
Rice is maturing and ripening rapid
ly and harvesting is we'll under way.
Rice on the whole is fine crop, except
that it was damaged in Colleton by cat
erpillars and that upland rice is gener-
ally not up to an average.
Tobacco curing is finished.
Turnip sowing still continues, and In
places good stands have been secured
while in others, notably Pickens, some
fields will have to be re-sown.
A heavy crop of meadow hay is being
cut and curing favored by the weather.
Cane and sorghum grinding contin-
nes and a good quality of molasses is
being made.
Sweet potatoes seem to be dong well
and in places early varieties are being
dug with unsatisfactory yields while
other fields are yielding exceedingly
we'll
Scuppernong grapes are ripening.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09
Ggeenrille and Newberry may give th.

GpeenTille and Newberry may give the
opposition q slightmaiority. McLaurin
has in fact carried nearly t'very county
in the State, certainly 8! o. S3 out ef
The 40, no matter what the outstanding
vote may be. Irby has carried Laurens
county BY small majority, and Evans
has carried his home county by a ma
jority OF 279.
The following table shows to the
reader exactly what has been reported
in the way of returns from the election.
The Beaufort majority is reported Off
eially. The other naalorities given are
estimated by capable men ID the coun-
ties. The table gives the information
in oomprehensive form:
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

The greater city of New York will be
The strongest Lutheran city in the
world, for there will be thirty-four
churches, 1894 communicates, and
church property valued at more than
q, ,OO0,0 900. There are also an or
phanage, three hospitals, six immi-
grant missions, two homes for the
aged, and, q deaconess home. There
viii be preaching in the greater city
IN eight different languages-German,
English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish,
Finnish, Liyonian and Slavonian.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

Mosquitoes in New Jersey must
reckon with the scientist, and not with
the summer visitor in future. State
Geologist Smock has been making an
Investigation and is satisfied that this,
the only bird indigenous to New Jer-
sey, may be exterminated at cost of
q, 500, 900. He declines to make
public the plan by which he hopes to
nd the visitor of the pest.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09
READY TO FEED EUROPE.
Three States Will Produce 12O, 600,
900 Bushels Of Wheat.

A st. Paul, Mimi, dispatch says
Capt II. W. Donaldson. farmer, has
spent the last fifty days in the wheat
fields of Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, and makes the following esti-
mate of the crops:
Minnesota, 100000 acres, average
yield 12 bushels, total 81, 600, 900; North
Dakota, 1000, 900 acres, average yield
II bushels, total A, 600, 900; South Da.
kota, 9, $50, 900 acres, average yield 8
bushels, total %, 600, 600 bushels. Grand
total for three States, 120, 900, 600 bush
els.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

Lightlove-At last, dear Sophia, We
are alone, and can tell you that I
10 Sophia-Oh, please, no-Mr.
Lightlove, don't tell me here. Light
love-Why not? There are no witness
es Sophia-That's Just it.-Chips.
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ELECTION RESULT DECLARED.
McLaurin's Majority Over Both Can
didates Is 12.792.

A Columbia Is. C.) special OF the Sd
says: McLaurin's majority over Evans
and Irby should be l2, 792. The official
vote was declared tonight, but Chero-
kee, Beaufort, Colleton and Union
failed to send in their returns. As
there was no question as to the result
it was declared without these counties.
Cherokee's returns came in later. The
vote as made up with the newspaper
count as to the four missing counties,
stood: McLaurin 90, S26. McLanrin's
majority over both Irby and Evans
12, 792, Evpns 1875, Irby 5, 159. For
Congress in the Sixth District, john
son s,s56. Norton 1858, Eilerbe q
23S.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09
Ants.

Ants are supposed to talk. To test
the matter a scientist killed one. The
eye witnesses Of the murder fastened
away and laid their heads together
with every ant they met, the result be-
ing that the latter Immediately turned
back aud fed.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

In the Sixth district with everything
reported complete and official, tho total
vote cast is 1876. Johnson leads the
race with Norton second. It is now
certain that johnson and Norton will
make the second race. The vote is as
follows:
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

Governor Ellerbe says: "On the
1st Of October shall withdraw all the
consts bles from the towns and cities of
the State, but few of the constables
will be retained in the country to sup
press the blind tigers there but the sup
port and cooperation of the municipal
authorities will be asked in the enforce
ment of the dispensary law in the towns
and cities"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

After an absence of several days in
Washington in the interest of the South
Carolina naval reserve, Adjutant- Cen
eral Watts returned to Columbia much
encouraged by his interview with Sec.
reta:y of the Navy Long. His visit had
two objects, the first Of which was to
obtain q supply of uniforms for the re-
serves; the second to get q practice ship
sent to Charleston without the inciden-
tai expense of towage having to be paid
by the State. 1t was beyond the power
of the Secretary to grant the request
for Uniforms and he did not give much
encouragement Is to the chip. Though
on the first glance General Watts in
terview with Secretary long was barren
of immediate results, he feels confident
that he presented the cause Of the South
Carolina reserves in such q way that it
will work to the reserves future advan-
tage
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

What is the affinity between chewing
gum and bicycling? If count We're
taken it would be shown that seven
out OF ten bicyclists chew gum while
on their wheels. Does it give risor to
the muscles of the legs, or does II pre-
vent thirst? Here are questions for
the scientist
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

The Spartanburg farmers haye an
idea that the cotton crop is
failing every day. A large per
cent of the acreage is affected with
q sort of rust or blight. When that
strikes field growth ceases and the
opening begins at once. An
inspection of the crop between
Spartanburg and Union along the
line of railroad one hundred
pounds of lint cotton to the acre
will b., a pretty fair average this year.
1t is now too late for fruit to come and
mature even if it should ral..-News
and Courier.
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Laurin and feel no i'll will to those who
did not
.If any bitterness has been engen-
dered in this compaign, We hope 1t will
be obliterated and that We all may
loin hands to work for the good of the
State.
State Chairman Tompkins had nc
doubt as to the result of the election,
feeling Convinced that McLaurin would
go in on tle first ballot by a hand
some majority.
Governor Ellerbe has been very nat
urally very much pleased at the result,
and is particularly gratifed that his
home county should have given Sena-
tor McLaurin such fine majority over
both his opponents.
Evans Scores Tillman.
The Columbia Register of the End,
says Ex-Governor Evans was in Column
bia yesterday and he appeared to be In
good spirits. He didn't look as though
he had lost any sleep over the result OF
the recent primary election, and when
asked as TO an expression of opinion
about the general result, he said:
II entered this race reluctantly after
being assured by my friends that the
chances for winning were remote, but
decided, after hearing Mr.. McLaurin's 8
speech at Sumter, and upon the def
ance of my enemies, to make a fight,
not on any factional or sectional lines,
but upon the platform of the Demo
cratic party, and to fight for those
principals which have always been
dear to every South Carolinian, and
upon which alone rests our prosperity.
1 have been much gratifed by the
manner in which my speeches have
been received throughout the State,
and l have received the commenda.
tia tsiioa of many of my bitterest political
enemies.
1.-The great majority of the people OF
South Carolina believe in the principles
advocated by me and are opposed to the
attitude of both Tillman and McLaurln
in the United States Senate. Under the
lash of the conservative press, their fol-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

Doesn't it make you sad when you
think of the poor|' why, no, not
particularly. 1t makes me mad.
though. when 1 think of the rich"
Indianapolis Journal. ]
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It is said that the filibustering steam
er Laurada may be sold at auction.
Here's a chance for Weyler to strike 4
blow for Spain by bidding her in.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

The Columbia Register says DR..
Manly, of Greenville, has moved to An
derson and will teach in the Patrick
Military Institute and preach at Belton
and Seneca.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

An extensive farmer and stock raiser
in the upper part of the State has writ
ten to Secretary Holloway, of the Fair
Association, proposing to contribute $40
towards purse to be determined upon
for trotting race during fair week by
two-year-old colts, South Carolina rails
ed. The writer suggests to Secretary
Holloway that the amount of the purse
can be determined by the contributions
made by those who may wish to enter
the contest. Secretary Holloway asks
that notice be sent to him at once by
those desiring to contribute and the
amount they feel disposed to give.
Stalls for horses and cattle are being
secured
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

The Columbia Register hegan on the
9Th tho publication Of 81 en-dsy paper
instead of si&-day l-per, as it has
heretofore been.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

The counties marked with q single
asterisk are reported complete. All the
other are official.
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II the decision OF Judge Simonton on
the original package question gives to
dealers the same right of sale as the
State enjoys, does it not also subject
them to other conditions under which
the States business is conducted, viz:
the divisions of the profits with the
county and city where the dispensary
is located. If SO, why cannot the town
or city where original package establish
ments are opened require dealers to
conduct business in the same manner,
keep q record Of all sales, and the
names sofpurchasers, and also account
for the same part of profits that would
be paid by the State on q like amount
of sales?-Sumter Times.