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LIQUOR RAIDS AT BARNWELL. Ministers and Merchants Urge Gram Jury to Act Barnwell, March 20.?Declarin: that present conditions are becoming intolerable, a committee, composed o four ministers and several of tin loaHiriP- hnsinpss mpn of Barnwell called on the grand jury here anc asked that something he do t< suppress the liquor traffic in Barnwel and other towns of the county. A1 though the members of that bod: were of the opinion that it is "up to' the town and county authorities t( take the initiative, aner uie euiuum tee had left, three warrants wen sworn out against alleged whiske: sellers by Mr. M. B. Ha'good, foremai of the grand jury. The warrant! were served by Sheriff J. B. Morris and at O. D. Moore's place of busi ness on Main street, two barrels o: "fire water" were confiscated. A Alonzn Harlev's and E. R. Beasley's against whom the other two warrants were sworn out, nothing was found Aaron Anthony, a negro, was also raided, but no wet goods were founc at his place. The people are waking up the the seriousness of the situation and are manifesting a determination to put a stop to the illegal sale of whiskey, if it be within their power. For a long time they have apparently been in a "don't care?what's the use" state of mind, but the open manner in which some of the alleged tigers have been conducting their business has awakened a desire on their part to suppress them. "Xot Brooding," Says Tillman. Augasta, Ga., March 22.?Senator B. R. Tillman, who is here to-day on his way to his home in Trenton, says he "is not brooding" over Senator Martin's election to the chairmanship of the appropriations committee of the Senate. "I am not unhappy about it," said the Senator. "Perhaps it was a special providence to keep me from killing myself at work for the success of the Woodrow Wilson administration/' "What puzzles me," the Senator said, "is how Martin jumped over my head to become a progressive, and if he was not progressive enough to be made chairman of the caucus, why he should have been made chairman of the appropriations committee. Then, as if to discuss thought, he added, "but I most earnestly desire Wilson's success as President, ? - x* and the realization or tne nopes 01 ? the country than anything for my - self. My name in history is made; my fame is secure. "If anybody thinks the upheaval in politics last November was brought about by the people solely to turn out Republicans and put in office hungry Democrats they are damn badly mistaken. Only when a Democrat is efficient, or can soon become so, should a Republican be turned out to make room for an appointment. "I believe there are enough Democrats to fill the offices, and they ought to have them as soon as we are certain we have the right man for the place, but it is unwise as well as unpatriotic to turn efficient honest Republicans out just to turn green and hungry Democrats in. The first care should be for efficiency of Government, and I hope and believe that will be President Wilson's policy." The Senator says he is going to take a little turn in South Carolina politics before he goes to Washington. "I am holding my nose every time I think of the situation and wishing I was strong enough to get on the stump again and talk to the people about it," he said. Professional Ethice. A well known lawyer whose methods were not any too scrupulous was crossing the ocean on one of the line steamers, and spent much of his time on deck. He was very venturesome, and had been warned several times to keep back from the railing, but paid no attention to the warning, and suddenly fell overboard. An Irish sailor was on the watch, and there was of course great excitement as the sailors' boat was lowered, and an effort was made to rescue the lawyer. It happened that he fell right into the midst of a school of sharks, but for some reason the sharks did not attack him. One shark after another would swim up to him and appear to be very threatening, but would circle about and come back again without attacking him. When finally he was rescued his face was ashen because of his narrow escape and turning to the Irish watchf he said, "That was certainly a very narrow escape, for" said he, "a whole school of sharks surrounded me and looked at me. and I can't understand why they never touched me." "Be Gad sur," replied --- the Irishman, "the sharks had regard for the ethics of the profession."?L. A. B. SUSPECT RUSHEI) TO JAIL. 1 Identified by White Woman He is Accused of Assaulting. y Jacksonville, Fla., Mar. 23.?Mose I Shepard, a young Tallahassee negro, 5 . ... f was rushed to Jacksonville on a late a train last night and lodged in the Duval County jail for safe keeping j Shepard, who is the son of the janitor 5 at the State Capitol, is accused oi I having committed a criminal assault upon a prominent young white wo.. man on the Capitol grounds Friday . night. He was arrested late Satur5 day afternoon, positively identified by his alleged victim, and Sheriff 3 Houston immediately rushed him tc . Jacksonville for safekeeping. Shep1 ard denies any knowledge of the , crime. 5 ' Keply to Colonel JHckert. C A. W. Todd, J. T. Crews, M. C. t IWelch and J. G. Long, Sr., members , of the board of commissioners of the > Confederate soldiers' home, Wednes. day issued a signed statement to the ) people of South Carolina, saying that I when D. A. Dickert of Newberry, the fifth member of the board of c-ommis* sioners, gave out a newspaper inters view Tuesday, in which he intimated. ! among other things, that there was "grafting" going on at the Soldiers' ? home, he "was in such a condition that we hold him wholly irresponsi! ble for his action or statement," to quote the statement, ! "He was drunk, plain drunk," said A. W. Todd, Wednesday morning. 1 The statement follows: To the People of South Carolina: As members of the board of commissioners of the Confederate Infirmary of the state, we resent most pos' itively the statement published this day in the Columbia State newspaper in reference to the meeting of the board the ISth instant. We want to state that Col. Dickert was in such a condition that we hold him wholly irresponsible for his action or statement. A Record reporter was called to room 220 at.the Imperial hotel Wednesday morning and given the above statement. Present in the room were J. G. Long, Sr., A. W. Todd, Major H. W. Richardson, Dr. F. W. P. Butler, Charles H. Highley, an auditorlater M. C. Welsh, a member of the board of commissioners, came in and affixed his signature to the statement printed above. J. T. Crews, another member of the board of commissioners, was telegraphed to in Laurens, and ! he authorized the signature of his name to the statement. A. W. Todd said Wednesday morning: "The board met at the Confederate home for the purpose of reorganizing. Col. Dickert nominated Capt. .Long lor lempuicuv cuau ilia 11 and J. T. Crews for secretary. I then moved that the management of the home stand as it is until the books could be audited and that the auditor's report be made at the April meeting of the board. Col. Dickert charged that we had framed up to retain "grafters" in office and he objected to keeping the present officers; he said he wanted new officers. "After the meeting had ended Mrs. Mixson, the matron, came in the room. Col. Dickert was mad and said: 'I'll whip the whole d?n bunch.' He also said that Mrs. Mixon had put herself in a man's place and that he 'would beat her too'. Mrs. Mixson wanted to resign her position and we had to beg her to remain." Several who were present at the hotel Wednesday morning said that Col. Dickert wanted the position of commandant to be given to a Mr. Wicker of Newberry and that at the meeting of the board on March 4 Col. Dickert suggested Mr. Wicker for commandant at a salary of $110 per month. The minutes of the meeting show that the motion was put and lost. It was stated that Mr. Wicker was in Columbia with Col. Dickert yesterday. Major H. W. Richardson, superintendent of the Confederate home, said Wednesday morning: "When Col Dickert intimated that there was 'grafting' at the home I demanded a complete auditing of the books, and we have employed Mr. Charles H. Highley to do the work." Replying to the statement accredited to Col. Dickert, that he was not present at the board meeting when Major Richardson and Dr. F. W. P. Butler "claimed they were elected," Major Richardson said that Col. Dickert has been on the board for two years and has never attended but three meetings. Effort was made Wednesday to get into communication with Col.Dickert, but at 1 o'clock he could not be found. He left the Jerome hotel early this morning, presumably to go to his home in Newberry. Col. Dickert said yesterday that he had resigned as a member of the board of commissioners and that the " - -/vrvl V?ir. governor naa rerusea 10 aacyt mo resignation. The governor is out of the city Wednesday and his stenographer said he did not know whether or not Col. Dickert's resignation had been accepted.?Columbia Evening Record, 19th. "HOT TIME" IN UNION. ? Member of Legislature Acting as ; Constable for Governor. There was quite a stir in Union I Saturday night, near midnight, and j ? in Poverty Flat. C. D. Fortner, a j . member of the legislature from Spar- i tanburg and a man named Forbes i . have been operating in Union as de-1 tectives for Governor Blease. Fortner came to Union Tuesday | . and gave his name to Chief of Po-1 lice Evans as "Smith," representing; . the Virginia Life Ins. Co. He asked i [ Chief Evans questions about George I ; Fowler. Jr., and the breaking in the; , U. & G. S. depot. Chief Evans soon | . found that "Smith" was operating . under an assumed name. Forbes j claimed to be acting as detective in j the Coleman and Edge murder cases, j On Saturday night Fortner was | acting badly in the Flat. The! trouble commenced at PurcelUs alley; Forbes was rolling on the alley. Fort- j ner was holding his coat. Fortner I was pursing so that Mr. Purcell had ! to call him down. -Mr. Painter also called him down. He' continued cursing until a poP'ceman was sent for. When he found out that a policeman had been sent for he said he would search Will Estes' place that night; that Estes had liquor stored there and he was going to get it; that Estes had made his'threats and he was going to show him what he could do. He went out and met Policeman J. B. May; told him he was going to search Will Estes' place and to come I <i go with him. He was talking in a j loud tone of voice: "I'm going to! ~ ~ v. nlono r\ r1 nilt IV V) nl O J &Cdl Uil l lie pi<j.v_e wi j/ ui, >.uv .. town under martial law." He came i1 to police headquarters and met M. J M. Stroud; deputized Stroud to goi^ with him and raid Estes. When! Stroud refused to go, stating he 1 could not leave, then he tried to .1 force Stroud to go, Stroud knocked j j him down. He then tried to deputize !! Policeman Hix, the latter refusing to 11 go without orders from Chief. "Where can I get him?" i' "Over the telephone," he was told. I, 1 j Chief's telephone rang just as hej^ got home. Fortner phoned Chief j ^ Evans: "I am Fortner, chief State defective." Said he wanted to raid!/] 1 some places in town; that he had ; found a lot of liquor there, and he 1 wnntod tn raid them. "How long have you been in Un- * ion?" asked Chief Evans. ^ "One week," was the reply. "You are the man I met at the de- ^ pot; then why did .you not make yourself known before?" He answered, "For reasons best known to myself. Governor sent me. I wanjt you to come and assist in these raids." Chief Evans found him at Will Estes' ulace with Sheriff Fant. A large | crowd had gathered. This was 11:30 Saturday night. Forbes was standing at the foot of the steps. Chief Evans called Fortner down and told him he would have to cease cursing, and acked .to be shown his commission. Pulled out one, 1913, signed by Governor Blease. Chief Evans asked him what he wanted. He said he wanted to go in that building Chief Evans said: "I could not break down any door without a warrant." He then asked for a state warrant. c Forbes and Chief Evans went to , Magistrate Puckett and got out a warrant. In their absence Will Estes came and said he had no ob1 * i *r. jection to tne snenn or v,mei mvituo searching, but did object to having Fortner, "a d? rascal and spy" searching his place. Fant said: "I have already searched." They went through again. Xo whiskey was found. In the mean time Estes was arrested by the sheriff and put under $200 cash bond. On Sunday before this same building was searched, but nothing except a few empty bottles was found. Fortner came out after the search. He then searched Purcell's place without any warrant; said he did not have one. Purcell called Sergeant Wood and told him to search tne j place, but that he did not want this fellow Fortner to search. That he ' had been kicking up a racket all night. Purcell swore out a warrant for disorderly conduct against Fortner. No one appeared against Stroud. The detectives left Sunday for Chester. 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