The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 23, 1899, Image 1
ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1899. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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. COLORED LABOR IN RELATION
TO TEE PROSPERITY OF THE
SOUTHERN FARMER.
The past few years havejbeen noted
for the great amount of| discontent
among all laboring and productive
classes. The agriculturist has complained
much and with good reason,
for he has suffered much. The poor
returns had by him have been sufficient
?* grounds for outcry. He has appealed
^ to legislation for relief, but his cry has
been unheard. The futility of further
appeal is evident to everv one.
The farmer must be his own best
friend. All of the suggested remedies
have been tried and hpve failed. He
is as much the victim of combinations
and trusts today as before he established
the "Grange" or left the old
?...? ? ? a- ? il: 3 T*.
political parues lO U'nu a uum. J.b J0
so because .capital is so much more <
. easily eombmed . thai> labor, and
Specially tcisfbrm of Ial>or which is
so evenly distributed, and can from its i
very nature have nogreat centers. i
These conditions are not temporary but
permanent. The farmer need not hope i
- ever to be able to cope successfully 1
with all the varied forms of combined 1
capital, uot to findTplief fiom them by -1
law. llis only hdjpe for larger profits 1
on the farm lies in his ability to make '
? the farm yield more in proportion for i
what he spends for his product and t
_ then to sell that product in the best e
market he can find. In- other words, i
larger returns from traftame espendi- i
turns will help theilwfcer and this \
alone wilL .Jp" s
The farmer's ^Jxpense account Is 1
principally made up of interest on the *
original investment, fertilizers, farm* c
ing implements and labor. Of these |
the most fixed in price and most varia- f
ble in quality is labor. Some laborers I
are the best investment at high prices< t
*? i ? ?? t
UUWI8 ure S1003) UUHCIOl wicftj/ij w
ployed. c
* -f Labor affects the farm itself. Any ?
farm can be improved or injured by
pom labor or good. The quality of -J
the labor affects the expense of the *
finning implements. Improper use of *
these results in breaking or damaging f
^ them and rendering tliem useless.
Especially is this true of the more J
coetjy labor-saving machines. Also ^
good eare of them when notin use will f
prolong their period of service, while 5
% raskilfm treatment will allow them to /
^ e^esf^up with rust and shorten their
* term verykdecidecily. JJ
* But the most important thing to the
" farmer is the product or the farm. *
labor affects this first in the proger or J
improper preparation of the ground for
the seed"; in the careful ornagl?,
gent planting at the seed or setting bf
. slips ; in the skilful or unskilfui plow- P
ing or hoeing of the growing plant;
in the fnnad.cc wasteful harvesting of- W
; in. the attention &
. -the sale and ' attractive or unattract- ?
% ive way jo which it is prepared for J*
markets Thus at every day of its his- .
tory the product of the farm is influ- u
k enced by the labor employed, and all f
will agree thet it is better for the farm- 11
er to pay a good price' for trained labor "
than a smaller one for a poorer quality. 7
Vhe Southern farmer's labor supply ?
is the colored population. That this u
- ' will be the case for a long time there f
is little reason to doubt That this la- JJ
__ bor at present is very unsatisfactory all jj
farmers testify. To improve thequality
of this labor is a task to which ev- *
ery farmer in-the South should address
himself. ?
* V
How may this be dime ? jj
\ As for that great army of laborers ^
in oar Southern fields already, hardly ti
any answer can be returned. As for h
the future supply of laborers, the n
question is more easily answered, viz: h
give the young colored people a tram- j,
X- iug in agricultnral and indnsaial d
schools, and thus equip them fully to a
do this better class of work. It is a n
good sign that at this time so much fa
attention is being paid to this kind of c
education for colored people. Cogld a
these schools be so multiplied as to in- ^
k dude a much larger, per cent of the fl
colored population in the circle of their 0
* influence, the labor en our farms would i
in two or three years begin to im- p
prove. A school in which a young ^
man is taught how to farm skilfully ; ^
ho w to-produce the most at the small. c
est "outlay; how to utilize everything f
about the place; how to attain as ?
nearly as possible to that ideal of farm- f
iug where all of the varied operations y
complete one great circle where noth- \
ingis lost?a school like this is a fountaindbf
blessing to both the farmer and ^
the laborer of this land. This kind of
school does noLedueaie away from la- g
bor, as bo much of the education given t
w t to the colored man has dene, but edu- s
cates for labor, for any man loves to j
do what he can do well, and what he ^
can command good wages in doing.- . j
The good results of these schools is ]
evident to all who have any knowledge f
?* "Rnt: t.hftv are as vet reach, l
ULL UlbUM -j ? i
^ ing such a small proportion of the ]
colored population that their influence r
is comparatively small. A large in- ,
crease in the number of these schools
would gieatly hasten the result of an
abundant supply of first-class labor for ^
4 the farm.
These schools are the least expen- ,
give of any form of training. They j
can be made in large measure self-sup- ,
porting, since an individual's labor can ,
nearly always be made to defray his
necessary expenses. One competent
superintendent, who can be had for a
. salary, and a medium sfted farm
of goo?l arable land, upon which is a
house roomy enough for a dormitory
for the colored boys with some mess
arrangement, together with necessary
stock and implements would bo a
sufficient equipment for a good training
* -'--I .1 1J _ V ?
SC&OOL XflC ^lUUlii SUUUJU Ul/b UC bW I
well equipped. No expensive prepadon
is necessary. The boys are to
learn to be practical and resourceful,
i It is a good investment of money to
pnt in such work as this. It is a bless,
ing to the laborer. A better quality
of labor would most surely make better
times for the farming interests.
It would improve the farm. It would
Itop the leaks in fanning operations,
at would conserve wealth. It would
v increase the amount of taxable property.
I do not doubt that if legislatures
would invest some of the farmers'
money, which he pays in the way
i'. '
Be -*
ms . . \
of tax68 to the State, in such schools
that they would not ODly confer an im
measurable blessing on the farmers,
but would increase the revenues to the
State by making the farming landf
much more valuable.
The surest basis of prosperity is in
good returns from the farm. The best
way to secure this is in the use of a
better grade of labor.
D. Clay Lilly,
Secretary Colored Evangelization
Presbvterian Church in U. S.
THE FARMER AND THE TRUST.
The trust is the enemy of the farmer.
He has enough enemies without being
subjected to a new one, and that
the most insidious and relentless of all
??n Ko imnMM) An otwu'nlhirol
T UIVU Villi MV UU^VWvw
life. While every man hi the community
will be injured by the trust, except
the stockholder*^ >they M?t?;
while every class and all professions,
will, to & larger or lesser .degree, pay
tribute to the trusts, the farmer will be
more seriously affected than any other.
Every piece of machinery, every implement,
utensil which the farmer uses
will be in control of the trust. The
trust will manufacture them; will put;
hem on the market; will impose the !
tribute which the consumer must pay. |
The Steel Trust will be the chief cormorant.
We will use it for illustration for
he reason that itis completely organized,
and its deleterious effects are already
being felt Since the organization
of the Steel Trust steel has advanced
in price 100 per cent and is
till advancing. This trust owns the
narket. It is impossible for competiion
to take place. There is no seller
*her than the $200,000,000 Steel Trust
Sveiy man who is engaged in manuacturing
any article which is used by
he farmer must buy his steel which enera
into the making of the article from
he steel Trust. He must pay 100 per
ent* more for it than he did one yea
go. Every steel plant which was in
he UnitedStafces has been swallowed
ip by the Steel Trnah Some of the
ormer plants have b*en closed. Thousnds
of employes h*ve been discharged
nd the trust is enjoying the difference
etween the cost of production a year
go, and the present selling price. If
tiere was five dollars piofit on the proaction
of steel when it was selling at
17 per ton, there is now a profit of $22.
'he cost of producing the ton of steei
as not increased. On the contrary,
; has lessened. It takes no more ore,
r coal, or any other material which
nters into its njoductjpn than it did
efore the trustfg(fti?fctipl. Less la<jr
is us$d to mai$ it Fewer salesich
are enlployed. Actually thejprofits
yfeSteei Trust are three hundred
jt?&L more than they were less than
v8ve months ago. It is the most
paffiigfrAe^ypifeasion ever imposed
The fanner will find ^bat^ wittun a sar,
perhapv much sooner, he will have >
pay to the Steel Trust from thirty to J
>rty per cent more for his agricultural .
nplements than he has done in the :
ast The tax, for such it is, is venal ,
1 the highest degree. There is no !
jlief for the farmer with the repnbcan
party m power. It most be de- (
?ted before justice will come. The
inner should remember also that for
eery bridge which is built, the struc- ,
iral iron used therein will cost one :
undred per cent, more than formerly,
"he Steel Trust is a monster which
ill devour the substance of the farmer. .
The promoters of the trust are now '
t work to form a Hard Wood Trust,
yhen that is accomplished they will
x the price on every stick of timber
ilich the farmer offers for sale. That
rust will be the only purchaser. Then
e will have to pay tribute to the Varish
Trust and to the Paint Trost. Four
undred millions of dollars will be pat
lto a trust to control the wheat pronet.
4t will be done. That organized
nd the price will be fixed for the far
ler on hie wheat The farmer will noi
ave a genferal market lie will be
ompelled to sell to the trust at its figres.
They will form a Wool Trust
Then the dip is sho wn the trust will
iz the price per pound which the farmer
shall receive. The product will
e held by the trust, and sold at its
leasure at a tremendous profit Clothag,
bread, and everything else which
3 necessary for the sustenance and
omfort, will be put into a trust The
armer will have to sell at the price
[xed by the trust ahd he will have to
>uy at the price fixed by the trust. He
rill be robbed in selling, and he will
>e robbed in bnying.
He will be the slave of the trust. He
nil sweat and his bones will ache, but
he profits which arise from the conumption
of what he produces will go
0 the trusts. It is just as easy to form
1 trust on wheat and on wool as it is to
orma Steel Trust. The cormorants
rill not stop until the last drop of blood
s sacked from the agriculturists. They
mow their business. They know what
m easy mark the farmer is, and they
fcnow how qoietly and patiently he
>ears burdens. They will impose them,
rhere will be no use in crying after the
llilk is spilt?Cincinnati Enquirer.
An enterprising Georgia farmer has
t>ecome the pioneer in a new industry
?namely, making syrup out of water,
melons. He cuts the melons in halves,
scoops out the pulp, runs it through a
cider mill, presses out the juice and
then boils it lor twelve hours oyer a
hot fire. Out of 270 melons, worth $5
or $6 at wholesale, he gets thirty gallons
of syrup and markets the product
at 50 cents per gallon. The refuse is
fed to the hogs, cattle and chickens,
and the whole operatiou is very profitable.
* ?According to an official report of the
? * * " - ' v -i. ?1
U altea asawwicuasai general si swckholm,
the govern meat of Sweden owns
and operates 2,284 miles of railway,
the rolling stock of which consists of
502 locomotives, 428 baggage cars, 892
passenger coaches, 3 .lining cars, 45
postal wagons, 6 combined coaches and
baggage, 21 prison vans, 216 fiat cars,
and 12,161 freight cars. The annual
profits during the forty-three years ol
government ownership of the railways
have averaged more than one and onethird'
million dollars in American
money, besides the accumulation of a
fund of $2,282,164 for pensioning employes
retired on account of age or injury,
and a fund of $2,079,219 for the
relief of widows and children of de
ceased employes.
, THE FIRST IMPULSE IN HUMAN
LIFE.
i When persons begin their life work (
J or are thrown upon own resoures and
exertions for a support, the first motive (
i is the making of a living. There must ]
; be enough income from their labor to
keep those who are dependent upon
the labors ami to provide a decent support
for themselves, or thov labor in
vain, or at a loss. It is obliged to be a ?
hard, struggle for day laborers who 8
have no reserved capital to carry them F
over tight places, to pay unexpected 8
doctors bills or funeral charges for those I
who must be buried. If sickness over- ?
takes the only wage earner in the fam- ^
ily, then everything stops at once, except
rents and provision bills and debts. ?
In considering the opportunities for '
making a living, it is astonishing that !j'
the people who must work (or perish) .
do not consider the advantages that agriculture
offers, because it is the only 0
calling where nature works all night 1(
with the growing crops, to aid the man *]
who worgs an amy w iiulhc j 1*1115
for Himself and family. For example, w
take the day laboier with a half dozen
children, from two to twelve years of 1
age. Suppose he is a carpenter and ?
makes $1.50 a day at his calling. That
will bring him in $39 for 26 working P(
days in the month, [supposing that V3
he has a job that never fails, jv
and the cash is always "on tap." *
He can hardly get a house to live in ?
near such work under $6 per month.
His fuel will average $5 per month in
the winter time, if they are warm and 01
comfortable, with a family of eight. If 80
the eight members of the family are Pl
clothed and shod, asthey deserve to be w<
in this land of civilization, he will do
well to come off with another $10 a
month, not counting what they eat and W]
drink, which will consume the rest. If
the carpenter makes "buckle and ton- J*3
gue meet," he does exceedingly well. .
Should the job fail, or the wages get ^
tied up in court, as some time happens,
then the whole thing stops, as before
said. Sr
Take this man, with six children on *
a rented ton, where he supplies noth- tu
ing but his labor. Counting his wife, 00
who can hoe and pick cotton?in a ^
pinch?there are five who can aid in 10
making the crop. The house and fuel w<
are furnished gratis. They can ran two P?
plows, and cultivate 50 acres of land
in com and cotton. If they are will- ,
incr t.n dn go. such a cropper can also J01
"O ? i . a .
manage ten acres in wheat?the land- uc
lord furnishing land, seed, mules and De
implements, for two-thirds as rent, receiying
only half with the corn and cot- *
ton as rent If the ten acres produce *?]
only ten bushels to the acre?the labor- *r
er gets at least 30 bushels to his share, 1111
after threshers are paid?amply enough
to give his family flour bread the year
round. Along with corn and vegetables,
etc., he is well supplied. Twenty- D~
five acres in corn should make at least ?:
10 bushels to the acre if properly cul- ~
tivated, and much more when extra J
pains are taken. The half of this yield
will not only bread his family, but feed 801
a cow and some pigs luxuriously.
These are the essentials of a living, and
not a dollar of expense, except the -1
clothes and the food perhaps in the 4?
first year. Twenty-five acres in cotton 8113
should make at least 12 bales on fair .
acreage land. Allowing one bale for .m
his share of guano bills, there are five
bales that may be his own property, wc
with proper industry, at the end of the 8ai
year: f
Of course a farmer must give the 101
same time in labor?as the carpenter?
to make a parallel comparison. He p
must put in the same hours and do his 80
work as faitlifully; and while the sum- J?1
iner heat is tiying, he can sit by the
fire in wintry storms, while the saw
and plane must go on from January to &F
December?cold or hot, rain or shine?
or be docked for lost time. W(
THE DEADLY CIGARETTE. tic
th
For-some reason lh? warfare against m
-? i? ?II
U2Q Clg&TClMS UL2S8 WCX1 UifiU vuwvuj ov
though the evil is generally admitted a <
to be constantly increasing. We have tn
even heard it, gravely hinted by those gi
who used to assail the habit vigorously N:
that it is not so much of a corse after ti<
all, as we had been led to believe. But to
the physicians still insist that it is th
ruinous to the health of boys, and the bi
bloodshot eyes and pale faces of. young or
smokers, confirm the opinion of the dc
doctors. We have no donbt in the n<
world that the cigarette destroys five
boys where whiskey kills one. One ga
reason for this is that it is unpopular in
for a youth to drink whiskey, but quite sc
the thing for him to smoke a cigarette, pi
Recently we heard an old man implor- e\
ing a young fellow to stop smoking be- e<
cause the deadly effect of the habit was es
plainly written in the boy's face. The pi
old gentleman told the youth that he g<
would gladly get down on his knees in tfc
the street where they were standing d<
and pray the Lord to give him strength h<
to break the habit, if he would allow
him. The boy replied that it was of
no use?the habit had such a hold upon jg
him he could not quit it That was a ^
sad picture. We shall not soon forget ^
the look of pity on the old man's face 01
nor that of hopelessness on the face of ^
the boy as they departed in silence. ^
There is big money in cigarettes, to be Y
sure,?millions have been made by y
thoir sale?but we*know one woman, a a
loving mother, who would give all the s,
millions of a Rockefeller, if she owned a
them, if she only had her dear boy back 0
again. There are large numbers of t]
bright boys who read these columns. We c
long to see them develop mto noble and ^
useful men. You cannot possibly be- n
come a noble or a useful man, my boy, 0
and smoke cigarettes at the same time. a
One ot two things you must surrender v
?your manhood or your cigarette. ^
Which shall it be??Charity and Child- ?
ren. * t
A European syndicate composed of c
French, German and Russian capitalists t
' has been formed, with a capital of c
$20,000,000, to develop the hog' busi- c
! ness in the countries named. Attention e
> will be specially directed toward the \
' country being opened up by the Sib- ]
1 erian railway in Kussia, where climatic, ]
crop and soil conditions are similar to f
. the Poland-Cliina territory of the north- \
} west. The American hog is today \
- without a rival and has rooted his way 4
into nearly every country on earth. (
THANKSGIVING DAY.
'Once more the liberal year laughs out,
O'er richer stores than gems or gold;
)nce more wifh harvest song and shout,
Is Nature's bloodless triumph told.
)ur kindly Mother, rests and sings
Like Ruth, among her garnered sheaves;
ler lap is full of goodly things.
Her brow is brieht with autumn leaves."
"Swifter than a weaver's shuttle"
he busy days and weeks and months
;o by, making the years, that slip by
0 rapidly we scarcely can realize their
lassing. It seems only a little while
ince we were making ready fbr last
ihanks'giving Day, but a whole year
as passed and now the same pleasant
uty is belore us. A retrospect of
he intervening year will show us
mch for which we should feel pro- ,
oundly thankful in this section of the !
ountry. No great calamities of fire, 1
ood and storm liave devastated our
orders nor has any special epidenjpi'f
f disease entered our homes to beiave.
It is true the summer was hot j
ad dry and we were without many j
Dmforts that usually we enjoy in the
ay of fruits and vegetables ; yet this <
as useful for it learned us on how *
ttle variety we could live well. For \
ir staple products the prices are bet- j
r; so for this blessing and for the ex- j
iriences that made us wiser and more r
trifty, then too for protection from f
mger, we should especially remember t
Le coming Thanksgiving Day. Let i
i observe it in the spirit by services in
ir churches and glad reunions in our j>mes.
Some of these homes, in vari- J
is sections of our country mourn for J
Idier boys in the far away Philip- j
ne Islands. For some purpose, that e
e cannot undeistand, God has per- f
itted this war to be, but out of it no *
tubt some good will eventually come ; J
ith unquestioning faith we live and
rit until the end shall be. From an J
ichange we give to our readers a g
autiful selection, "The Home Comg
Time I
Among the things that should make A
is Thanksgiving season one of special I
atitude is the fact (hat 1899 has been a
wonderful year of home-coming?a fi
ne in which not only individuals, but k
mmunities and even nations liave b
emed to turn more or less earnestly a
better phases of life. It has been a *
>nderful year for the return to nobler a
rposes, truer views and higher lines e
thought on all vital moral questions.
lis last, is a genuine coming home, 0
r the natural resting place for the ?
art of man is on eternal rfektepus- u
ss and truth. The home of the 81
ye is the heart of God, and it is oniy d
ten perverted and wandering and ti
rued aside from its Father's house
it it can revel in opinions or deeds *
it are not lor tne gooa 01 numamiy. ?In
this turning of men's hearts to- g
ud a new sense of national obiiga- ?
n and honor, in the growing recog- w
ion of new and nobler standards u
business integrity, in the recognition si
our need of a purified social life, in n
a changed sentiment as to moral and ^
igious duty, we see abundant rea- ?!
i for unlimited thanksgiving and
fee. N
We do not forget the old story. We g
ow how the Thanksgiving proclama- a
n reads, and how it has read ever a
ice in childhood we saw the old pas- ti
: unfold the important-looking sheet *
the pulpit, and wondered if it could ?
quite right for him to have such a ?
>rliily looking "hand-bill" in the 0
sred place. - i
We are to be thankful now as then fi
r the sun and the rain and the har- C
sts; for the peace, prosperity and S
snty of the land ; for a Constitution J
d a Government that have their "
Nidations in justice ; for institutions t
at ought to hold us back from every d
reatening ruin and wreck; for our j
eatness in our own sight and in the u
;ht of the other nations of the 1
>rld. ?
But we must not forget that except b
they lead to the individual or na- r
>nal development of character, all ?
ese fail of the blessing they were ^
eant to be. Prosperity that fosters
If-indulgence and indolence becomes *
:urse. Wealth that encourages ex- t
ivagance or tempts to vice is not a i<
ft Siat "calls for loudest praise," 8
ational gi eatness that stimulates na- ?
>nal greed is not a thing over which '
rejoice. The seeming good is but
e outward shell of the real good. If 8
-oken, it yields no reality of greatness g
prosperity or worth, then it is but a c
>ubtful blessing at best, and calls for f
> devout thanksgiving. 1
Tin*, for realitv. for true value, for 1
kin in Tightness of living and think- *
g, for the home-coming of vagrant c
>uls, for the home-coming of deluded
irposes and wandering thoughts, for z
rery gain to man, woman or child in
lucaLion, in temperance, and in honity
or truth, for every step of true 1
ogress, in the nation's life, for every J
>od word said or good work done in
te year that is past, thanksgivings too 1
iep to be uttered should thrill the J
aart of every lover of his kind. s
Give Them a Little College 1
xperience.?It is the duty of every 1
inner to send the boys and girls oft j
> school somewhere before they start ,
at in life, if it isn't anything more ,
lan a term at the agricultural college, <
iking in what is usually known as the i
rinter course. A great many valuable '
lings can be picked up by the wide- ;
wake boy or girl in the three months ;
pent in taking this course at the State
gricultural college. Even if the boy J
r girl has been raised on a farm where ,
hings are done in good shape, they
an pick up many items that will help
hem along in after life. If there is
lOthing more gained, the enlarging of
ne's circle of acquaintances is worth
11 it costs. But we are apt to become
rrapt up in our own conceit when we
10 not get out and see how the rest of
he world moves along, and for a young
nan to start out in life in a rut augurs
11 success. We know of a good many
tases where young men have taken
his winter course in agriculture and
tome home very enthusiastic in their
sailing, going to work with renewed
mergy that soon set them on their
:eet, thus paving the way to success in
ife. If a farmer will only encourage
lis children to make an extra effort to
jecure the means necessary to carry
ihem through a winter term at college
ihey can and will do it in some way or
3ther, and they'll always be glad they !
lid it.?Farmers' Guide.
FURIOUS FIGHT IN MARION.
HAS EL DEN SHOT NEAR HIS HOME,
The Dispensary Row in Columbia
Causes Bloody Battle at SellersFour
Men Wounded in the Affray.
On Tuesday afternoon Nov. 14, a
a short while before dark, the streets
of Sellers, a small town in Marion
County, became the scene of a serious
and probably fatal shooting affray.
Mr. John C. Sellers, a prominent and
highly respected citizen of the town,
was seriously wounded- and taken to
the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Maxey
Watson ; Mr. Ben Sellers was wounded
in the abdomen, Dr. Henry Edwards
had a load of bird shot in his chest and
J. Dudley Haselden, member of the
State board of control, had a 38-calibre
pistol ball in his leg.
The affair seems to be the culmination
uf~a letter supposed to have been
written by Mr. Ben Sellers to a newspaper
some weeks since, accusing Mr.
ETaselden of dispensing liquors from
Pis home, near Sellers.
Monday morning Mr. Ben Sellers re- 1
jeived a message from Mr. Haselden 1
iskiug him to come over to his gin,
vhich is located about a mile from 1
tellers, near the Haselden homestead, 1
.he message saying that he wanted !
iir. Sellers to settle with him for a J
lumber of bales of cotton which he had 1
ginned for him some weeks since, and 1
o remove his cotton seed which was 1
a the way.
Mr. Sellers went over to Mr. Hasel- i
len'a at an early hour Tuesday morn- '
ng and the business between the two
gentlemen was quickly settled, after J
rhich Mr. Haselden accused Mr. Sel- 1
ers of being the author of the above j
nentioned article. Mr. Sellers em- 1
ihatically denied the charge, and some 1
tot words followed, each gentleman '
busing the other. At this juncture J
ir. Haselden drew his pistol, hut made J
io effort to use it. Mr. Sellers was un- ?
rmed and said that was no place to
ettle the matter.
Atthis scene were present, besides J
dr. J. Dudley Haselden, his father,
ir. J. G. Haselden; his brother, Mr. *
u M. Haselden; Dr. Henry Edwards J
nd Aubrey Evans. *
That morning shortly after the dlf- j
culty at Mr. Haselden's gin house, 1
ir. Haselden, in company with his
rother, L. M. Haselden, Dr. Edwards
? - ? s m ?
nd Au Drey juvans, Qrove in w otmenj,
rhere they stopped for a short while
nd engaged is conversation with sev- *
ral citizens, and left, it is supposed,
)r Marion. Nothing more was Been
f Mr. Haselden and the gentlemen acompanying
him nntil a short nhile
efore dark, when they drove in from i
sward Marion, both buggies stopping
ide by side on the south end of the
epot, directly over the railroad r
racks. x ?
At this moment Mr. Ben Sellers* *
rho bad up to that time been in the 1
ostoffice, walked out on the platform,
nd as soon as he appeared he was :
red at from the buggy containing Mr. 1
[aselden and Mr* Evans. 'The ball, *
rhich was fired from a 38-calibre pis- .
si, struck Mr. Sellers squarely in the ,
bomach and deflected upward. The J
eztshot fired struck Mr. Sellers in ~
be left hand, entering between the ?
scond and third fingers, breaking the a
dumb and coming out. c
Immediately after the second shot. J
Ir. Sellers pulled his pistol and opened
re upon the occupants of that buggy. 1
Lt this moment the two buggies sep- '
rated, one going a short distance up 1
ho railroad track and the rear one to 1
he left, a short distance below. The J
econd buggy contained Messrs. Hasel- 1
en and Evans. When the buggy v
ame to a standstill Mr. Haselden got 8
ut and walked towards a dwelling 1
louse some distance from the platform, 8
rom which point he fired several shots. c
)wing to the fact that Mr. John C.
Oilers came 2upon the scene at this j
aoment, it is not known upon whom 1
fr. Haselden's shots took effect. *
When Mr. Sellers rushed out upon J
he platform to the aid of his son, he j
row his pistol and opened-fire upon \
Ivans, who was then the only occupant (
1 the buggy. The other buggy at that ,
Ime contained Dr. Edwards, who was J
with a rifle. He wheeled his 8
orse back across the railroad and the
ifls fell out on the track and was. not
icked up until Mr. Haselden's hands
ame back for it, about 20 minutes
iter.
Mr. John C. Sellers was wounded
rith a 44-calibre?apparently a rifle
tall, which passed under the J eft Clarice
and came out behind the right
houlder, and was cut out under the
pinal column. The third ball entered
he left forearm and came out about
our inches abov&the point of entrance.
The negro who witnessed the whole
hooting sail ?lr. Luther M. Haselden
:ot out of Dr. Edwards' buggy as they
Irove up and got on the south platorm
of the depot. From that side a
mllet hole appears in a pane of glass,
anging down towards the inner office,
md was found on the floor of the inner
tfflce, after having gone through the
loor.
The prominence of all concerned
nakes the affair very deplorable.
The following are signed statements
rom Mr. J. Dudley Haselden and Mr.
lohn C. Sellers:
Mr. J. Dudley Haselden said : "Yesterday
morning Mr. Ben Sellers and
nyself had some talk about the letters.
[ told him I did not hold him responsible
for the letters for I did not believe
that he wrote them; I told him I heard
that he had been making reference to
them and to my home, and that I could
cot and would not allow. I then asked
tiim if he had made such reference,
that it was hard to believe it, and he
did not deny it. I told him he would
cither have to affirm or deny; it resulted
in my striking him, afterwards
we apoligized to each other, shook
hands and then transacted our business.
As he was leaving, I said I suppose
we 8hall meet as friends or how.
He suggested that we meet without
Bpeaking. I suggested that he seemed
dissatisfied and that it would ba best
to settle it. I told him I would giv&
him satisfaction any way he wished it,
hn tn pat a friend to represent him.
He said, oh no, after reflection, I am
not satisfied. I will give you ample
notice. The notice I got was while
passing the depot in my buggy he
rushed out pistoi in hand and opened
fire on me, hitting me in the leg as I
jumped to the ground. I returned the
fire promptly and general firing began.
Mr. Ben Sellers returned to the waiting
room, and Mr. John C. Sellers ran
out and then guns were fired from the
waiting room, only John C. Sellers and
his son Ben showed themselves at all.
Mr. John C. Sellers taking refuge
behind the mail crane we exchanged
several shots. I think Mr. Sellers
was well armed as he fired at least ten
times." (Signed)
J.y Dudley Haselden. 1
Upon being interviewed, Mr. John
C. Sellers said: The first intimation
of any trouble was after my son returned
from Mr. Haselden's gin and
told me how outrageously he had been
treated by the mob at Haselden'e, after I
having been invited there on a matter 1
of business by Mr. .T. Dudley Haselden. '
Just after my son informed me of the ]
trouble, they drove up in buggies, 1
Messrs. J. Dudley*ani Luther M. Has- 1
elden in one buggy, and Mr. Aubrey
Evans and Dr. Edwards in another 1
! buggy. Mr. J. ?). Haselden, the father f
of Messrs. J. Dudley and Luther M. s
Haselden, in a buggy behind the others, 1
As Dudley and Luther reached the I
railroad track, Luther jumped down
and shifted his pistol from one pocket I
to another. Dudley put his in the foot r
of the buggy. Luther went to the north c
side of the depot as if looking for some t
one. Dudley got out and went on the g
nnrvnsUu oMa nt V> a flnrtf tftlflnff hlfl D
vpj^uoi WO OIUO U1 IfUW uvpv>) VMM ?D ? W pistol
with him. Evidently not finding f
who they were looking for they drove ii
towards Marion. h
" I expected trouble that evening b
and we prepared ourselves for it. The
mob returned about dark, coming by ti
way of Ben Sellers' which was about E
half a mile away from the traveled a
route from Marion, and when they p
reached the depot they stopped both ii
buggies. Luther Haselden jumped out q
and ran up the steps on the south side tl
of the depot, My son Ben was in the tl
front of the office door on the west side" ?
and I was in the office writing. With- d'
out a word being spoken, Aubrey Ev- si
ans fired at Ben and struck him on the J<
left hand and immediately Dudley fired 11
at him, striking him in the breast. As ti
soon as possible Ben pulled his pistol
and began firing and emptied his revol- bi
per at the crowd. I theu ran out and
as I passed through the door I was shot Cf
through the left forearm, I think by al
Luther Haselden, through the window, bi
[ ran down the steps, firing at Dudley zc
tnd Aubrey Evans, who were both run- tt
aing and firing back. About then Ben el
ired at Henry Edwards, with his shot tt
jun, but after exchanging a few shots k<
vith him he whipped up his horse and
'an off. I was shot in the back by either fa
Luther or Dudley Haselden, while 01
ibooting at Henry Edwards.
" Dudley Haselden ran through a h<
louse and yard and took refuge in a er
legro's privy; Aubrey Evans jumped in
n a window of a lady's house; Luther
laselden went under the platform on tt
ill-fours and left the depot running ?
ike a buck. It is currently reported
hat the crowd had coats of mail manu- tt
actured and had them on. le
ten ?-J \ Tatiw O CPTT pdo m
VOigueu; oKJO-it v< wniimnw. ?
THE HASELDEN STORY.
3?pt. Haselden Alleges That Several
Men Were Concealed in Depot
Building and That Sellers Opened D
Hostilities.
'o the Editor of The State: M
In response to request of newspaper
eporters, and as answer to misrepre- T
entations made. I regretfully make
his statement as to the recent unforunate
affair at Sellers. jr
At the outset, let me say that t in- M
end to give the facts as they exist. ^
iy friends over the State, and the *
rublio generally may depend upon it. d<
On the morning of 14th lost. Mr. ?
benjamin Sellers and my brother Dud
ey became involved in a personal <Lif- *r
Icultj. The cause was thought to
lave been settled, at least temporarily, B
ts Mr. Ben Sellers promised to give re
lotice, in case he wished to carry the. *
natter further. About half hour after "
his, and upon our starting for Marion, w
advised that we had better be on the .
watch as we passed the depot?and so
)r. H. A. Edwards took a rifle to use "
n case of a shotgun attack. As we P'
approached the depot 1 got from the *
mggy, so as best to meet attack. Not- H
withstanding the fact that Mr. Sellers n
md his son Ben were there and saw a]
is, there was no fighting, because no P1
attack was made upon us, and we went ai
in our way to Marion.
Upon our return from Marion over A
;he usual route (not by the borne of *
dr. Benjamin Sellers,) and just before v
1 J*"** mn mut. a. fi>lond I rl
WG gUfc W lilic UOpuv^ no iuw m
vho informed us that the depot was *j
illed with armed men awaiting to at- ^
ack us as we went our way by the f30
lepot to our home. *
Inasmuch as I believed my brother ?
Oudley to be the object of the proposed
ittack, I thought that if we could get fi!
llm safely by, the attack might be
rvoided. Consequently, I advised that {J
L>r. Edwards and I should go ahead b
ind slow up our horse just at the depot, 01
thereupon Dudley and Evans were to ?
Irive rapidly by and thus by confusing .
hem avoid if possible the intended at* "
tack. As we approached the depot I
?w two men peeping through the ^
window that looka out upon the roa? '
we were traveling and evidently locat- ~
Ing Dudley. As we slowed our horse, u
Dudley's buggy went rapidly by to our
left. Just at this time Mr. Benjamin
Sellers rushed from the depot with his j}1
pistol upraised, and I stepped from my 11
now slowly moving buggy upon the
railroad track, faced him with pistol *
Ln hand. He leveled his pistol in my A
direction and we both fired. Almost *
simultaneously Mr. J. C. Sellers rushed
from the depot, and from within a
Bhotgun was fired. Mr. J. C. Sellers
Bred at me, the bullet glancing my
right side. J returned his fire with &
twoBhots, one of which was while h.
was squatting behind the mail crane ?
shooting some one at right angles. *
Just at this time I was attracted by a
the horse of Dr. Edwards come rush* ri
ing back with him in the buggy. A ii
gun was fired by some one concealed S
in the office full into his face ; where* n
upon I rushed up the steps and fired tl
through the window at the figures of d
three men in the office. I then jumped p
from the platform and turned in time b
to exchange fire with some one who b
had come around the corner- of the i
t onannftfi mv onlv remaining l
wllAWW# Jk ^ r>
ball at him, and it failing fire I went e
under the depot. I did not have an- g
other cartridge, and so made my way s
under the depot to its northern end ;
got up and walked quietly, so as not to
attract attention, until I crossed the
railroad, after which I went as fast as !
possible to join my friends, *11 of. J
whom I believed to be seriously wounded
if not killed. J
The backs of our buggies, shot all to !
pieces by gun* in the hands of parties
concealed in a room, tell their own e
tale.
Luther M. Haselden. i
Sellers, Nov. 16, '99. J
'
SELLER'S SIDE OF THE FIGHT. \
Father and Son Protest That They !
Were on the Defensive?The State- !
merits Are Very Conflicting.
To the Editor of The State: ,
The telegram from Sellers signed J. t
N. W., published in The State of today, <
written by the Haseldens, so far as it <
relates to our concealing ourselves in j
the office at the railroad station and j
opening fire upon the Haselden party, is j
an infamous and infernal lie. We were
not expecting J. D. Haselden and his (
bushwhackers at all, as they had passed
in the morning, going to Marion, from :
whence, it was expected, they would
go to Columbia, where Haselden had ,
that morning informed Ben Sellers '
v
* '
that he had six men to kilh Their return
to Sellers was an entire surprise.
The Haselden party while at Marion
procured breastplates and returned by
ihe house of Ben Sellers, apparently
lunting him.
They drove up to depot and stopped.
Ben Sellers was standing on platform,
ind his father, J. C. Sellers, was inlide,
writing. Without a word, Aubrey
?vans fired from the buggy, hitting
Ben Sellers in left hand, and J. D. Hasilden
immediately fired, also hitting
Ben Sellers, the ball entering, striking
ib, passed around, without going into
ayity. Ben Sellers returned fire, but
>eing disabled before, could not do
freat execution. Thinking his son
aortally wounded, J. C. Sellers took
rom office pistol rushed out and fired
nto crowd. Haselden, finding it too
iot, took refuge behind small building,
taving been hit in calf of leg.
When too hot, Haselden ran into and
hrough private dwelling of Mrs.
Irown and took refuge in Jheprivy of
negro family. .Ben j$el lyijg ntjfciliited
istol and emptied 16a2m^^lfro shot
no H. A. Edwards, who reft the scene
uickly. L. M. Haselden in the meanme
had slipped to window andvhred
n*.#,,'-./**. 1* of Ran fialloM V?J~. fc AAA>tier I
kJlV/UgU It CSV l^VU WWAAVk W] WWW www , ,0
len Sellers with gun. ran to side of
spot, went under same, crawling, as
iown by signs there now, near foil
ingth of depot to northern end, and
ke a wild buck left the scene of akh; t
on.
J. C. Sellers is wounded by a 44-calire
ride.
Haselden has convicts. A. State offiir,
with a rifle belonging to the State,
ded by State guard and Haselden's
ishwbackers, try to assassinate citi>ns
of the State. If the six men
ireatened in Columbia will shoot Hasden
in legs there is no danger to
lem. Haselden will run like a turWe
cannot lie with Haselden, but in
ir, manly, open way, we can defend
irselves, our homes and our honor.
Aubrey Evans ran into a private :
)me, through a window, and fright- j
ed family to an extent of a probable- j
dictmcnt.
The Haselden party had to go Out of
teir way some distance?half J&mile
to go by home of Ben Sellers. Jff
Their scheme is best repre&eirati by
leir cowardly treatment of ?g||Serrs
at the house of J. D. Haselfleiraat
orning, after being sent for 9 Hasden.
Respectfully,
J. C. Sellers,
Ben B, Sellers. ;
Sellers, 8. C.. Not. 15 *1890. A
en ibs startdra$?e battle, i
!r. J. Aubrey Evawoa the Sellers J
and Haselden Fig htg^His Story Oon? >
umamma
wnw miu ? ! , Wn
) the Editor of The
Oa the morning in j
>mpsny with Hon. L.
- Haselden and Drffifeartofttf went
i Marion, and on ouwlwurn home we
ere informed that *
ipot armed men aw^tl^ioJpH^b j
kpidly, keeping th^etgaighfc road j
om Marion to Seller^ J2udid not, as
&s been stated, drive by the home of
enjamin Sellers. We decided before <
caching the depot that J. D. Haselden
as the man they wanted, and we
Longht if we conld get him by there j
ould be no trouble. ;
I was riding with J. D. Haselden,
>ing the driving, and as we neared i
ie depot I guided our horse to left to "1
188 the front-.buggy, whose occupants J .j
ere Dr. Edwards and Capk ??. M. <
aBelden. As we were crossing the 1
dlroad track, I looked backwards j
3d saw Mr. Ben Sellers on the depot i
latform, with a pistol ifc his hand, ;
ad Mr. John Sellers rushing out of ;
spot door. I told Dudley to look out. i
t this moment pistol shots were fired
i Dudley was getting out of buggy.
Te were then about 25 feet across the ;
dlroad track. I halted my horse end
irned in buggy and began firing at
[r. John C. Sellers, who was firing in
iy direction from behind.a mail crane,
positively did not shoot at Mr. Ben
sllers, and several shots were fired
afore I fired at all. I saw shotguns
red both from the door and window
I the depot office. After firing my
tst cartridge, I dropped .down in the
Qggy and, looking around saw some
ae pointing shot gun through almost
loeed door of the depot office, asking.
Where is Aubrey?" After party
rft depot door I got out of buggy ana
alked across to house of Mr. Brown,
wking for Dudley, who had gone in
lat direction after emptying his pls>1.
Not finding him, 1 returned* to
ie buggy and drove off down the
3ad, where 1 was joined by Mr. L. M.
Caselden. The ouggy in which I was
ow bears the marks of six bullet
oles.
While I regret the unfortunate
ffair, it was unavoidable on our part.
-8 for my part, I had nothing against
ny of the gentlemen involved.
J.A.^Evans.
Sellers, S. C., Nov. 17.
?The London Dally Mail says if an '
erial machine was capable of travelig
at any rate up to 1,000 miles an
oar, a traveler in it, starting westward
from London at a speed of 600
liles an hour, would arrest the progess
of time. If he started at 10 a. m.
; would always be to him 10 a. m.
hould he find his unending day mootonous,
he could reverse nis direc[on
and get a quick succession of short
ays and nights of some six hours' duation,
but he could regulate the length
y the speed of his machine. Suppose
e traveled from London one night at
0 o'clock, westward, at a speed of
,000 miles per hour. He would soon
xperience the sensation of seeing the
un rising in the west, where it had
et a short time before.
?Mr. O. C. King, of Meridian, Miss.,
rho is commissioner from the State of
dississippi to the Paris exposition in
900, has arranged there for what
iromises to be a great novelty in the
ray of an exhibit from that State. He
ias made arrangements with a party
rho has secured at the right season
>00,000 selected full grown cotton bolls,
rhich will be sold at the Paris expos!ion
by original cotton field darkies as
louvenirs of the American exhibit,
Dhese will be the first cotton bolls ever
shipped abroad, and they will be eagery
sought after by people who have
ised quantities of American cotton,
3ut who have never seen it in its natural
form.
?The most curious palace in the
vorld is the Alhambra, in Spain. It
vas originally a fortress, so great in
extent as to be capable of holding
10,000 men. It was begun in 1248 and
finished in 1314. It contains numerous
halls and courts, all decorated in the
highest style of Moorish art.
?The Mormon church proposes to
srect a large temple in Louisville, Ky.
it will be used not only as a place of
worship, but also as the central point
from which missionaries will be sent to
various cities and towns in Kentucky
and contiguous States.
BRYAN ANALYZES THE VOTE.
The Result of the Recent Elections
Is a Rebuke to McKinley?Democratic
Gains in Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania and Republican
Losses in New York and Hew
Jersey.
Mr. William J. Bryan has given to
the press an extended statement, in
which he sums up the results of the
election in the different States.
In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania,
where the Democrats reaffirmed the
Chicago platform, he finds that the/
have made gains, while in New York
and New Jersey the Republican vote
shows a falling off. Maryland, he declares,
is now safely Democratic. _On
tne Kentucky election ne uyi: " T&e
result in Kentucky does not give any
encouragement to the Republicans.
The latest returns show that the contest
between Mr. Goebel and Mr.
Taylor is very dose. The Democrats
claim the election of Goebel and >
entire State ticket by small pluralities.
The Legislature is safely Democratic
In both branches and the election of
Blackburn to succeed Lindsay is assure!.
No one who has watched the
contest will doubt that with the Democrats
united on national issues, Kentucky
can be relied upon for a majority
of 20,000 or 30,000." "
Ohio is summed up as follows;
"What consolation can Republicans
draw from the Ohio election? Mr.
Hanna secured the nomination of his
candidate for Governor upon a platform
endorsing the Republican administration,
and while the returns Indicate
that Nash has a plurality of about 50,000
over McLean, McLean and Jones
together have a majority of something
like 50,000 over the Republican candidate.
aV
JJlcLean, ratfhipon a platform empljMcaU&endpr&ig
the Chicago plattaga
and toadeoming the trusts, milita^
rism apd-Imperialism, and he made a r
gallant fight againstgreat odds. Ohio <
Lb the home of Mr. Hanna, chairman of
the Republican national oommiUee.
Postmasters all over the Union were
urged to contribute' money to save
Ohio. Mr. Hanna took the' stomp
himself and called upon Republicans
to support the tioket and endorse thd
policies of the Administration. Ana J
yet, inspite"of all that conld be done,
mr. nannav own ooumy was carried
by Mr. Jones and the Itepublican party,
which had a majority of nearly ?$,0QQ
in 1896, is now overwhelm*! hya
majority approximating 50,000. The
Jones vote is Anti-Republican. Mr.
Jones himself has made an open fight
against Mr. Hanna and his methods;
and the Republican party has turned^
It batteries against Mr. Jones and his
followers.*
Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas repelts
are passed over with brief paragraphs
as not of leading importance.
On Nebraska be says: "The Ne-<
braska'campaign was fought on national
issues and the Fusion candidate a.
for Judge received about 14,000 this
feear as against:-3,000 for th3 Fusion-- v.
candidate for Judge lal897., ftmllfrhty
Secretary of War Metkiejohn came
from Washington to plead with the
voters to upheld the rresidentfe pollcies.
Senators Thurston and Hayward
were on the stomp warning the
people not to repudiate the President.
Senator* Fairbanks and other prominent
Republicans from outside the
State lent their influence, but not withstanding
the efforts brought/forth hy
the Republicans the^ Fusion forces
gained a signal victory. Their
didate, Jndge Holcomb, carried five of
the Congressional districts out of the
six and . lost the remainlng^disSriet .
[the 1st) hj only a thousand. The
Fuslonlsts made a net gain of throe
District Judges and a large gain in
county officers."
Mr. Bryan continues: " Taken ash- "
whole the election returns from all th* .
States give encouragement to those
who . hope for the overthrow of the
Republican party in 1900. It is evident
that there who relieve in the Chicago
platform in 1896 still believe in it. It
isatsb evident that the hostility to the
Chicago platform among those wno opposed
it is not as pronounced as it was
in 1896. It is apparent also that there
is a growing hostility to the monopolies
which have grown up under a
Republican Administration. It ii safe
to say that the American people would
by a large majority pronounce against
the attempt to raise the standing army
trt 1CA OCA onH ft fa Ann&llv that <*( "
upon a distinct vote upon (he issue ft
lftrge majority of the people would
pronounce against an imperialistic
policy which would develop here ft
colonial system after the pattern of *
European Governments
"If the rebuke administered to (he.
Republicans at the polls had beer
more severe the prospect of remedial
legislation at the hands at the Republicans
would be brighter. While
it was sufficient to indicate that the
people are not satisfied With the Republican
policies it may not have beer
sufficient to stay the coarse of the
Republican party toward plutocracy
and toward the European ideas of government
built on force rather wan
upon the oonsent of the governed?a
government relying for safety upon a Urge
standing army vnthsr tun upon
a citizen soldierr."
j, , mm
<?-.' ,? - -/fSsST*
?A short time ago Gov. McSweeney,
upon reports made to htm, summarily
dismissed from the oonstabnlaiy focoe
James Altom, of Greenville, upon the
charge of drunkenness. .Yesterday Mr.
Altom arrived in the city. He oame
armed with affidavits from a number of
responsible citizens and one from the
man who preferred the original ehatge,
in which the man stated that he amy
possibly have been mistaken and that
Mr. Altom might have been sick and : not
intoxicated. The affidavits satisfied
the Governor that the ohargea
were without foundation, and he lot- , immediately
reinstated Mr. Altom as a
member of the constabulary force.
?Hundreds of army offioers' wives
have been thrown into deep distress
by the War Department's order refusing
them tr&nsportetlon on the government
vessels to Manila, and tearful
remonstrances are being received daily
against what they term an infringment
on their freedom. The government
can not prevent the ladies from joining
their husbands if they pay their
own transportation, but few can afford t,
the cost of a journey, which Is even
more expensive now thffw usually,
owing to tne reaneea numoer or mips
plying between this country tad the
Chinese and East Indian waters.
?Cecil Rhodes, the South African
diamond king, has made the prediction
that the United States will ultimately
exercise sovereignty over the whole of
So&th America, including Mexico sad
Central America. VicePresideaftJCart* ~ <
seal, of Mexico, replies to the prophecy 1
of Rhodes by saying that so far as his
country is concerned it has proven its
competency to govern itself, and an
moon as says that Mexico will main- .
tain its sovereignty. 5
*