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Back at Tillman.
Governor McSweeney Reminds
the Senator that heis Respon-
sible to the People for
His Actions and not
to Him.

SOiuulbla, ouuo y. hoi
McSweenev today made the fol>
lowing reply to Senator Tillman's
letter
Sir: Your letter of June has
been received. | have carefully
noted its contents and the most
charitable view which | can take
of it is that it was written in the
heat of passion and without due
consideration.
| note that you say that have
"transcended' my authority and
that the governor "cunnot compel
member of the United States
senate to hold his commission nod
exercise the functions of that Of
fee if he chooses to surrender it.
My sole purpose in returning
the resignation was to ask you
gentlemen to consider calmly and
thoughtfully the consequences to
the people of what Judged to be
q hasty act, and must confess
that | am somewhat surprised at
the tone of your answer to my re-
quest.
| consider the course which |
took in this matter to he for the
best interests of the people of
South Carolina and am RESPONSE
Y bile to them alone for my action,
and furthermore | still believe
that my couse has met the spprov-
al of majority of the people of
the State, nor do | consider them
"unthinking citizens" hut men
who know and recognize as fully
as any people on earth the rights
, and duties and responsibilities OF
, citizenship and do not need the
services of anyone to tell them
their duty.
Your insinuation that | have
) been "importuned" to "await the
convenience" of any present OF
wouId-be aspirants who 'sare not
, yet just ready for various reasons
to enter the contest brought on sc
unexpectedly" and that for thi.
! reason my action has taken the di
rection it has, is unworthy of th'
: man boldlng the high commission
which has been given you by th'
, people of South Carolina and de
serves notice in this connection.
However, l may say for you
benefit that | alone am responsible
g for my reply and will give accoun
S for the course | have taken to tk'
n people who have honored me AM
e not to any one individual.
@ In this matter | have done wha
. / thought was best calculated tt
). promote the present pr' sperit
Q and contentment of the people O
: nv State and shall continue to d
o regardless of what any one ma
may think of my course.
r. | did not think that Il politics
@ campaign this summer could d
any good. However, had the res
! ignati0ps been unconditional an
unrestricted my action might hav
"a been otherwise.
10 With due respect for your opir
is ion, think | have as high cor
ception of the Office of senator an
:. it's powers Gas you or any ethe
! citizen of this State, and you mus
, have known that the brief inter
view to which you refer meal
7 that l would simply meet the r.
! sponsibility and perform my du'
under the conditions.
W If you still wish to resign yo'
, commission and will send to th
!, Office an unconditional resignatil
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For The Ledger.
VAN WICK ITEMS.

wv" Aoh thSii SioRcS Sotsob A'eo
been injured by the wet cold
weather and some by hail, out As
Il general thing ths stands are
good outside of low lands that
have been ovetfowed by the
freshets. The greater part of this
overflowed lands will be planred in
corn. A few are planting cotton
however, as they say they must
have a money crop. The wet
weather has put farmers several
weeks behind in their work, aud
cotton and upland corn are suffer
ingfor work and in some places the
cotton plant is dying out and corn
is being damaged by bud worms.
The low land corn will have to be
planted over, as the stands have
been ruined by treshets. But
most of these lands are still too
wet to be worked and if it should
rain again will have to be ahan-
doned, which will materially cut
off tho corn supply as our farmers
use the bottom lands for their
corn crops.
A few days after the great
freshet, we tried to take stroll
along the Catawba river bottoms
to investigrate the damages but
we had to abandon our undertak-
ing as the mud and water prevent
ed making any progress. Last
Monday the day ives bright and
we thought the mud had dried
sufficiently to make the trip. We
started at the mouth of Twelve
Mile creek and went up the river
a couple of miles and met sur
prise after surprise at the many
changes wrought. We have been
familiar with these bottom lands
for the last twentyf five years, and
the many changes were easily
marked. Some of the most fertile
portions are wastes now. Some
places large furrows and deep ex-
cavations and inland lakes and
ponds take the place of nice
smooth fields and at other places
hills and stretches of white drifted
sands meet the eyes. Acres upon
acres of these fine bottoms are
now wastes, covered with drifted
sands, water and ravines that will
not be fit for cultivation for severa
generations. Along a high ridge,
where the water seldom overflow
ed, the excavations reveal an In
dian burying ground, where human
bones are exposed, and severa
skulls have been picked up, ant
bushels of broken earthen pottery
arrow eads and tomahawks can b'
gathered. This ls about two mile
from the present Catawba lndial
nation reserve, on the opposlt
side of .he Catawba river wher
the lines between the lands of j
l.. Tillman, Sr. and DR.. j. d
Nisbet join. The damages to thes
two farms from washing and fill
ing in with sands amounts t
several thousand dollars.
Miss Blanche Smith and Maste
Crawford of Waxhaw are visitin
their aunt, Mrs M. M. Tillman.
Mrs. f. d. Tillman visite
q friends at Waxhaw last week.
/, Mrs. j. A. Hyatt, Miss Pompi
T,iiman and others took in id
Winthrop commencement thi
week.
Master Herman Yoder is at hom
from Lenoir College, Hickory, n
c., enjoying vacation with his ps
rents.
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The Arm of a Man In Belly of
Big Shark.
Special to The State.

Charleston, June 5. The fish
ing smack Victoria arrived IN
port today with the left arm of a
negro man, which Is thought to
belong to one of the Is men lost
in the squsle at sea last Friday.
The arm was found in the belly
of a tel foot shark, which was
caught this morning by the crew
of the ligbtship stationed about
~ miles below Charleston.
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Hsw Are Yoar KiAaeyss
m Hobbs, SparaSus Pills cure all kidney Ills Sam
pie free Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N Y.
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tiful ceremony, and an appropii-
ate address by an orator who will
be announced later.
OPrIMUS.
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EAucass Your Bowels with Casesrstet
ioc, s6c. II G. O. 6. tan, druggists refund money.
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Yours respectfully,

Senator lillman passed through
the city tonight on bis way to
Winthrop College. He gave out
an interview and said he would
not reply to Gov. McSweeney's s
last letter and reasserted his dem-
ocrahc principles and why he had
to take mis- position.
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OUR GREATEST STAKEHOLDER:
A j Smith Has Handled Millions of
Other Mems Money

When the Olympic Athletic club. Of
Butte. offered $20.6f0 for hgnt between
Jsffries and Rubin, few days ago, Billy
Madden, manager of the Akron giant,
said:
POST $4,000 with 'AI Smith as a guar
/ antee that you mean business.
The managers OF the club agreed to do
so Immediately. They knew Smith only
by reputation. but they were perfectly
willing TO intrUst small fortune with
him without requiring one cent security.
AZ Smith is in MANY ways the most
remarkable and most picturesque sport
ing man Of generation in america. He
has handled sc. CJ0.O09 or 81. Gro eco in stakes
and bets in his day, and everywhere in
this country he is rCga Eded as being as
safe as the Bank Of England
He has never been asked to give q bond
and he has never charged one cent COM
mission. Such implicit reliance has been
betting transaction It was always enough
that Ar Smith held the stakes. He was
as good as a government vaulJ
Al Smith is sixty years of age. He
mas backed ''pGdS' since Dan OLeary.
Eusilists since John L. Sullivan dabbIed
In Wall street. and struck his gait when,
in company with Butch" Thompson. he
opened the famous White Elephant pool
room. at Broadway and Thirteenth street.
nearly twenty years ago. His individual
income from that establishment was Is
timated at not less than 800 co a year
Smiths fadS. ii they can be called fadS
when they are reduced TO the science OF
business, were faro and fighting He
was official referee Of the Coney Island
Athletic club until the Choyuskf-Godfyrv
nght, when he resigned. The sporting
public has the most absolute reliance In
him, whether in matters of Judgment or
Of money, and he has never yet betrayed
a trust.
'Ar' Smith himself admits that he has
held over S6,CG4. 900 in stakes and bets
Absolute strangers from all parts OF the
country have sent him money By ex-
press. certified checks or other WAYS for
kim to hold. No security was asked
none was given, and yet never a dollar
went astray.
He took plenty of risks. too, for ~
has stood around the ring of the old
LGndon-rule battlefeids with rough
crowds of crooks and thugs who followed
the old bare-knuCkIe fights for the pr
pose Of robbery whETe men would bet all
KINDS or money on first blood firsr
kncck-cown, the number of rounds and
the finish. and he never .p~cnt shy a penny
or the stakes that he held
During presidential and other important
elections "Al'' Smith holds a great deal
OF money from all kinds Of business. pro-
teSsIonal and sporting persons. 1t is h $
experience. however, that election b7ttorg
are wild, mixed crowd who VIII give
a STAKEHOLDER mere bother than the thor
orShbred sport who bets on = FIGHT or a
morse race Smith has never had a law
sHlt over bet or a stake during ell the
years that he has been holding other PEG
pes money.-New York World
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IaTPR0MTFU RACES HELD
Rain Kept Many From KittsonSaIe,
Although Track Was FaSt

me rain yesterday afternoon fell iust
IN tlIle to dampen the ardor of many
- "t 10y SIly nofseTnen VINO were preparing
70 attend the harness horse matinee at
the famous klttsUndaIe nile track. But
sight shower fell at the track and il
was N nne shape when o'clock rolled
around On the infeld the c-icketer5
we're busy bowling ard sw1ttfno while
the hundred or more hose lovers ures-
emf looked at the fast course with pride
MI earring, after due elaboration de-
cided 10 postpone the formal matinee
race programme until next Saturday
ana made those present happy BIZ giving
a lew horse stunts that were most eu-
loEaole- a free-for-all trOt or pace mile
Aedts, TWO IN three, was the bright
feature OF the days events, and Anton
AIiSSen s mighty shffty PAGER, kowasha
skIiully handled by Mike Collins cav
tUred It IN hollow style, both heats from,
Billy Hanm's tnotting mare Bedford
GIL, driven by Gus Pazemann.
The three-year-old colt race for PAGERS
P PfoGgIt forth the sturdy black horse
owner, handling the ribbons and gIIieffna.
nm 70 victory in both heats Johnnie
DoWd mad the ranSy gray horse Bell
Ringer, on his stan, but the best he
e~uld DO IN the first heat was 10 finish
third, as Bell Ringer decided TO do ssv-
eFaI four-step glides in the back
stretch that Hilbert his stately stride
GsGEge smith had his good bay FLY,
DAISY =, II this race. and while she is
not IN racing condition sac rated Dick
Alshton en- mighty lively the first heat,
but was drawn in the second
The wtnd-up was a h1If-LliIe rae. =
tween four speedy -" animals. but
it was captured b. a NJ Kaiser, with
his dimfnCtivc but speedy bag PAGER. re-
Gently purchased by him al Davenport.
Iowa. -
a thrilling event was an inpronDtu
race between pony, hardly larger than
a ST Bernard deg. and a EuckskIn
5rorcho TIE Ia tier won by reason Of
ms pTotTuding eyebrows bat the midget
rrdceu IN mastery fashion by his iii
putian rider. made merry clip the
whole eighth of the mile.
the inproGrptu programme was greatly
enjoyed by those present.
Next Saturday the matinee scheduled
Ter Yesterday VII b. held, provided the
weather is propitious. The events
scheduled are: Free-for-sH trot or pace.
half mile heats, best two IN three; th~ge-
year-old colts, trot or pace nile heats.
best two in three; special hqlf-miIe
heats. best two in three; gentlemen 5
ROAD race hah-Tnile heats. best two in
three; hook as yOI please
II IS probable some additions will be
mace - this programme during the
coming week.
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ton, Harvey Mcouiston. F. @. Becker.
L. II. Waidner.
Doubles-Baker and Locket. Waidner
and Snow. Hill and Partner. McQuiston
brothers.
st. Paul
SingIes-A H. Stemm. L. T. Jamme.
Charles > Bfxby. Thayer Bass. Edward
Clapp. W. H Frbes. w " s. Finch
Doubles-A. H. Stemm and L. T.
Janme, Edward Clapp and Thayer Bass.
minneapolis
SinEles-CIaire Wyman. Trafford n.
jayne, Charles Hale Norman NewhaIl.
z. RGlph. Phil r. Brooks L. r. Evans.
+. Newton. Alex Casweu F. y. North
rup. L. H. Northrup. Ralph Gillette.
James Lawrence Jr. Ward c. Burton,
Guy Wymau. Allen Brooks. Sumner Nc
Knight and George K. Bslden.
Doubles-Belden and Hale. Wyman
and Lawrence, -RoIph and NewhalL New
ton and Allen Brooks, CasWeII and Bur
ten, Evans and Phil R. Brooks
Coler Campbell and J. D. Med. Camp
DELL. OF Huron, D. will represent
south Dakota in singles and doubles.
Word has been received from H
Belden, present holder of the Northwest
ern championship who IS now in South
Dakota that it is unlikely that he viii
be able to attend the tourney to defend
his title.
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SAMPSON SAYS SOMETHING.
Doesn't Want to Criticise sehley or
His Stntements

BOSTON. Mass, July 27-AdIafraI
Sampson was questioned by correspond
eEt, who said: You have been CRITICS.
cd for weakening your fleet at Santiago
4 lyy sending the bal 9eship Massachusetts
to Guantanamo for coal. Some of your
critics say that you should have been
court martialcd for not keeping your en-
tire force en- the blockade line, and coal
ing from GOLFERS.
This weakening Of the line was an M
avo'dahle feature Of the blockade Al
/ though we did do considerable coating
from Golfers on the bIOckadfng line we
found Il impossible to keep a sufficient
supply on board Of all the vessels by
this method. It must be remembered that
the vessels were constantly under way and
had to keep steam in enough of their boil
erS to be ready TO move at good speed
at immediate notice. This involved the
cXpendirg Of ccaI faster than il could be
put on board by c1aling IN the Jpen.'
The message which YOU sent TO the
ravy department Immediately after the
battle, and which read: The feet under
my comma nd offers the nation Fourth
I OF July present. etc.-that message, as
you know, has caused much criticism
Was taat written by you, or at your
diStaIiOn2"
''No.the message was written by
member Of my staff. l don't clearly reeoi-
lSct which. | approved tfie message, how
ever. But at the time. much more ire
me than Tho consideration of
| the language in which the state
mont was co1ehod. If I had dictated it
| should have expressed the facts diff
ferently; Anyway, II is most trivial
! ND tlel- -
AS to the blockade SchIey had insti-
| tuted, did it meet your approval of what
a blockade should be-
Now you are touching upon the subject
/ which l do nor want to discuss I will
! say, however. that the blockade which
! / established upon my arrived essentially
I differed from that which Admiral Schley
! had instituted. I would rather not say
/ anything more on that subject
The admiral described the precautions
! of his own blockade saying that none
of these things were done previously
Il did not wish 70 criticiSe Schiey or
any Of his statements. I will reneat now
what ! said before that the Brooklyn did
excellent work in the battle To the hest
OF my recollection I never criticised the
Brooklyn except for her initial movement
which, in my opinion. took her too far
to the southwark This, in my opinion
was an error of Judgment I 40 not
wish 10 say anything on that subject
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last February he had never been astride
a race-Ho-se's back
Cochran. who was born in ST. Louis. in
herits his great ability to ride race
horses from his father. Mr.. Cochran had
a farm just outside Of ST. Louis. He
noticed that Harry was always astride OF
the horses on the slightest excuse, and
he took him the st. Louis track In Feb
ruary. 1900. and taught Harry how to
ride. From the first. horse ard rider seem-
ed to be drawn together.
IN three months he was riding in races.
His first winner was Nandora at ST.
Louis. She was at big odds. At Kin
lCch park he rode fourteen winners and
broke the track record for six furlOEss
ON hummer in I:l2-the fastest time that
horse ever ran the distance in his life.
II was at the Lakeside track Chicago,
that he startled the racing community.
He rode there just ten days. During
eleven seconds and nine third horses.
This ecdpses any record made by Tod
Sloan as a youth.
At the New Orleans meeting last WIN
ter yourg Cochran earned a great Eepu-
tation for honesty. ability. tenacity and
courage. He ro5e ninety-nille days dur
ing the winter and never failed to keen
an engagement He rode in 4a races.
Out of this number So were returned win
ners, 50 second and Is third-the best rec
ord of the meeting among the jockeys.
He won the big event of the meeting, the
Derby, by clever riding.
That astute horseman, J. J. McCaferty.
soon noticed COchrau's cleverness in the
saddle and he engaged him for this sea-
son at a salary said TO pc $4,000. Me-
CaneTty discovered and taught the ReiR
brothers how 10 ride, and he says that
Cochran is superior to either Lester or
John.
Harry Cochran is a tai but exceedingly
Iight-bUiIt boy for his age and very mus
cuia-- Ee has long, thin legs that grip
tie withers OF horse tightly. and arms
and wrists that prevent a horse from
the horse that he cannot control. He has
never had a fan in a race yet. He VIII
take desperate chances and send his
horse through a small opening. His faith
CT trains him like a prize fighter
Besides the $1,000 retaining fee that
Mr.. Whitney will pay him next year
Cochran will receive SO additional for
winning and so for losing mounts. He
will ride for other owners during the
season, which will bring his income up
70 $55,C00.-New YORK World.
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SHOT A NEGRO FIREMAN
FOUNDRY SUPERINTENDENT FOUND
GUILTY OF aIANsLAUGHTEu

CHICAGO, July FLAMES Beaman, su-
perintendent Of a casting company 5
works at West Pullman. who XII led VIII
liam Singleton. coio-ed fireman, was
found guilty of msns,Gughter ~ q jury
in Judge Tuley's court today.
Beaman, with his eyes Unframed from
the anxious night he spent awaiting Z e
agreement OF the jury. sat way down n
his chair as the jury fileI in. The
jury fixed punishm Mt at imprisonment
in the pententiary.
Beaman sat lack in lis chair cres-fal-
len, staring at the clerk. His son, James
Jr. who was discharged yesterday by
Judge Tuley, having been jointly in
dicted for the same crime with his 4ther,
leaned over from his seat behind his
father and fell on the neck Of his con-
victed parent. There he sobbed.
The nine-year-oId daughter Of Mr.
Beaman sObbsd Mrs Beamaa sat
speeches.. but the abs nee Of tears on.y
made her grief the more apparent. But
the lawyers. TO whom this scene was
one Of usual occurrence, broke in Upon
the family grief by making mCtiCn Tor
a new trial Next Saturday was set
for the hearing Of the arguments.
According TO the statutes Beaman mus
be imprisoned in the penttent airy for a
term of from one year 70 life. Whether
he be set at liberty at the end Of one
year or not Will be determined by the
board of pardOEs.
william Singleton who was murdered
was colored Creman. Beaman ami he
lad some alteration in connection with
heat, and Be&Insn w Mt to his home, a
mile distant. and returned armed with
d shotgun and accOmpane ed by his son,
who carried a revolver. The evid e
showed that father ami son chased tie
negro around the 10 Ter room and that
both fired several shots. Eelman Sr
cmpticd the barrel Of as gun in the
body of the negro. while the son fired
at the ground At this test:m9n my the
jury was instructed to find the toy net
guilty.
The lawyers fer the def nse int-od-c d
evidence show ng that the d ad man rad
served a term in Southern peaiteE-
tiary.
II a new trial Is denied Be3mau the
case viii be taken % TIE supr- me court
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GoIf I'D On,rentsin-

CHICAGO. July 2T-Fifty men started
in the play for the Onwentsia and Lake
Forest cups on the links Of the OnwentsiA
club this afternoon. OF the tlirty-three
that completed the play William Hola-
bird Jr., OF the Glenview Golf club. had
the best score, a total of f64 William
Waller. OF the Onwentsia club. was sec
Ond. with the score of 169. Among the
men entered who qualified it was agreed
that the game should be for both cups
Holabird therefore won them both. His
score and that of Waller was as follows:
Holabird-Out, 81; in 39-SI, out, H. in
42-SS-le4
Waller-Out, 80; in, SIS: out. ~; in.
42-2-l69
In the driving contest Chandler Egan.
of the Onweutsia club was the victor Is
score being 50 points. His longest drive
was 2dS yards. The longest drive OF the
contest was made by Walton 3. Smith
227 yards.
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TENNIS AT MINNETONKA.
northwestern Tournaments: Opens at
DeePhaVen Tomorrow

Weather permitting, the Northwestern
tennis tournament, which opens at Deep
haven Lake Minn5tOnka, tomorrow aft
ernOOn promises to be one OF the most
successful held at the AIinnetonka courts
for years.
Most of the lawn tennis enthusiasts in
with several noted players just fresh
from the KenwoOd courts of Chicago,
will be present Some Of the Chicagoans
arrived yesterday. and it is expected that
all viii be here by this afternoon. Most
OF them will be guests Of the Mime tonka
Ice Yacht club, under whose auspices
the tournament will be held this year.
OF late years tennis has not occupied
tn,I place in the West that it formerly
held, and the arrar cement committee
under the Craftsmanship Of Ward G. Bur-
ton. has completed arrangements fo-
what promises to create the enthusiasm
in the game which is now so great in the
East.
The programme for the week is as fol-
lows:
Play of the Northwestern cha mpionship
will commence at 2:30 O'Clock Monday
afternoon. Play will be resumed each
morning thereafter at 1879 and again az
at 2:30 in the afternoon. The play Mon
day. Tuesday and Wednesday viii be in
singles. The doubles will hold the courts
Thursday. Friday and Saturday.
The entries are:
Chicago
Singles-CharIes Baker. S. II. Locket.
A. c. Snow, f. w. Hill P. D. AIcQuls-
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to I, third. Time. Ley. Beseda. Tom
Ninn and Charley Moore also ran
Third race. mile and one-sixteenfh sell
ng-HeIeH Paxton, q. H. Morris. To /
won; ResseIes. 10l, Sullivan, to i. sec,
ord; Dasmar, 1e4. Dominick, to 2 third
Time, 1:51lz. Baird. Emily Cream George
Arab. Gnsetto. The Bonman 6,fUs SIi
and kreWer also ran
Fourth race, one mile and one-eiqhtb
M1onadnock handicap--Cambrian liz T.
Hnight, 10 TO won; Advance Guard 1876
J. Woods, to 1, second; I,otIisvilIe 90
] T. Woods. = to l. third. Time. f:54zS
John BTight. The Conqueror II Her
nando, Gicairi. Fayunius, Robert Wad-
dell and Jiminez also ran.
7 Fifth 1-n, race six furiengs-Tle Pride, los.
Robertson, TO 2, second; Magic d. 1ss.
WIS, 103, Sullivan, p to s. third Time
I:1412 Pirate Queen and Sortie also ran
Sixth race, mile and one-sixtee1tb Ell ell
i4n stcSdG1 ,G g. sGg4TFmley to s. won;
Gawaine, 90. Otis. TO / third Tirna'
1;i94. Granadilla. Whitfield. Hermencia'
Harry Preston and Chauncey Fisher also