The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-30
Y OF THE. AGRICULTURAL GROUNDS

{ Il the Thirty-fOurth Infantry. The dis
( tinguiShed honor now paid him is the re
suit of gailantry OF July %, 1900. He was
n The mountains with his company, and
was suddenly cut Off from the major part
of the command with a fe.= men He
/ took command IN a moment, and exc
cuted the only possible IOaneUveT which
would avail anything. being surrounded
. by insurgents. He got some more men
/ together, and took charge OF the com
+ pany. the officers having been killed.
/ With tweuty-fOur men b. fought d way
up the mountain IN a CALLING fire. and
succeeded ii making numerous captures.
! Later ia the day he and his men killed
/ an insurgent general, auC several other
( officers At the end Of The enga cement
/ Williams had a dozen effective men He
was Complimeuted by officers in large
/ numbers, and his exploit is ranked as
one CT the best OF the. var
a South Carolina empIoTe Of the Gov
/ eminent who has just returned from the
State says that the people down there
are having one of the hottest campaigns
! in the history Of the State Several
/ Government employees viii be in the
State at the time o. the primary cleo
+ lions, and the colony here viii watch
: the GudlI Win Keen interest ne pTi-
mary held by the Democratic party IS
/ the real election, and the interest in
/ the various races is as keen as in q gen.
eraI election in douhutI State. Sena-
I tors, Representatives. State and county
/ officers, and States attorneys are select
I ed in this manner.
/ The State campaign IS going on now.
( This is a veTitable travelling debating
/ society, and the campaign party IS di-
yided into two parts-one being the can
didates for Senator and Representatives.
and the other the candidates for State
/ offices. They speak Al every. county seat
and at stations along the road, and the
/ crowds are large and representative.
The campaign occupies two months Of
every election year
Probably the ablest as well as largest
array OF men who have ever gone out
! hunting votes in the State are now In
/ the race for Senator MCLaurin's seat.
! and the campaign IS one OF the highest
! interest. The six candidates are all men
/ OF marked ability, and they are running
a forensic attraction OF the finest kind.
/ Two OF them-MessrsL Elliott and Latf-
mer-are Representatives, and two
( Messrs- tombstone and HemphIII-are
/ ex-COngTessmen, while the other two
/ have long been prominent, one as gov
member of the Legislature.
/ A rice planter, young man named
/ Hayward, seems to be the leading can
! didate for governor. but he is being
abundantly entertained By the four
other men who want thu Job.
! Mr.. c. F. Mullen. OF the Government
/ Printing Office, is one Of the manY men
/ in that big institution who have been
in the volunteer military service. He
was member Of the Tltirtieth Mime
/ sofa Regiment, which, after spending
q few months IN camps in this conn
4 Try, was sent 70 the Philippines, where
I II vas in service Two wars. The regi-
I ment made good record and was in
( several Of the hot and exciting Skin
( mlshes in the insurgent provinces. Mr.
I Mullen was in several lights and was
/ often on the firing line. but never
wounded.
/ Mr.. Mullen IS native OF Minnesota
/ and vas for fifteen years member of
/ the national guard Of that State. be
/ longing at different times TO three 7egi-
ments. lie is member of the District
/ National Guard and was in the recent
encampmcnt AT LeesbUrg-
M Raymond a Pearson. assistant
chief Of the dairying division Of the
bureau Of animal industry. IS IN charge
Of the work in the absence Of the chief.
Mr.. Henry e Alvord. The force o.. this
branch OF the Agricultural Department
IS small but effective, ard since its es-
Enlistment the division aas done much
to promote dairy interests. Mr.. Pear
son is n able young man who was an
pointed from Pennsylvania He is well
up on the statistics Of the business.
and Is student Of the various
branches.
Mr. Andrew T. Huntington. OF Massa-
Chusetts. a clerk in the Treasury De-
partment. heads the list CT recent pro-
motions. He IS in a high position il the
Office Of the Secretary.
Mr. Thomas T Gray, OF Iowa. a clerk
in the Pension Office. has been promoted.
Mr. Gray came in a sfew years ago and
has worked up TO a high position. The
Iowa people are hustieTE in public life
I as in business, and the colony in Wash
( ington has many strenuous members.
d. Arthur ~ Harrington. chief Of
the inspection division Of the Bureau
! Of Animal Industry. IS OF on q vaca-
ton journey. He is this week IN Dutch
ess county. y. Y.