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Mar moci VOL. XXVI .Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives iii Thy I'o^seeMon Happy, or Om Deaths Glorious in Thy Jua* Defence." BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1901 NO 45 CZOLGOSZ DIES. Said He Was Nit Sorry for His Orlm*. DEATH CAME QUICKLY. Within Four Minutes from tho Timo Ho L?ft Coll Ufo Was " Extnncr. . Tho Currant Twico Applied. Leon Fi Czolgoez, rourdorcr of Presi dent William MoKiuloy, pa'd tho pcu alty oxaottd by l?w at twolvo minutes and thirty seconds after sovon o'oloek Tuoaday morning, Ootobor 29, for lue orimo. Ho waa ohookod to death by 1,700 voltB of ilcotrioity. Ho wont to tho oh a ir in cxaotly tho samo manner ts havo tho majority of murderers in this state, showing no particular oign of foar, but in feet doing what but fow of thom havo over done, talking to tho witnossos whilo ho wau bciug strapped to tho ol'iiv. "I kilh d tho prcsidont booauao ho .Was an onomy of good propio, of good working people I am not sorry for tho crime" Theeo wore bia words no tho guards hurried him into tho oh air. A moment later, mumbling through tho hali adj usted faca uti ap?, ho rad: "I am awfully torry 1 eoalu not tte iny father." Czdgosz slept so Bcuudly th*t when Warden Mead wont to oe.ll him Tues day morning shortly bpforo 5 o'olcok, tho guard inoido had to ahuko ?2 zo) gop. z to awakon him. Ho rat upon tb.? eiifjo ?of tho cot and rua'o no reidy to th warden's salutation cf "Good morning." Tho oiison official took from big pooket (ibo death wan ant ard reid it biowly ond diatirotly to tim AHSUBMO, who hardly raided his eyes during tho porfunotoiy ooroiuouy. Just us tho wr.rdtn stepped away from tho ooll Czolgosz called to bim ?nd said: "1 would like to talk with ?fri? superintendent." Thou tho b)o- I ?demoed man rolled over on his oot, ? ?anxious to bloop again. At 5:15, how | ?ovor, tho guard brought him a pair of .dark trousers with tho loft leg filit so as to allow fioo application of tim oleo trooodo, and light grey outing shirt Ho waa told to put tkeao on, which ko ' did, Contrary to tho usual custom he was givon a nov/ pair of shoes. Whoa dressed ho laid dnvu ou bia oot again, and in ibis atticudo Superin tendent Collins found him. " "f want to mako a 'statement before you kill roo," ho enid. "What do you wish to say, Cz)l' goss?" asked Supcrintondont. Collius. "1 want io make it when there aro a lot of peoplo around; want them to hear mo," said tho prisoner. "Woll, you can't," taid tho suporin tondent. "Then I won't talk at all," said Czol gosz. After Supcrintordjnt Collin? left tho guards brought Gzolgoj zs break fast, oonssisting of oolloo, toast, eggB .and bsoou, ana ho ato u with a relish In tho onathVor iOlootrioian .Davis and IFormor Wardon Thayer, of D^nnemora, had arrangod tho chair test, plaoing ??a bank ot twenty-vwo i?oandesconts ?aoross tho arms rad oonncoliug the .olootrodo wiroa at either ond. Tho wit stoBBCS woro ordered souled and thon Warden Mead bricily addressed thom, paying: "You aro hero to witnois tho Ic^al doatn of Loon V, Czolgo&z. 1 desire you to koop jour coats and prcsoivo absoluto silcnoo ru tno doaih ohamhor no mnttor what may transpiro. Thora ?re pionty of guards and prison officials to preservo ordor und to attend to tho proper details." WaidcnMoad gavo tho signal to havo tho prisoner brought in, and at 7:10 Chief Keeper Tumor Bwucg open the big steol door leading to tho o mdemned collB, and as the ?tctl bars ewung aside two guards mai ohed tho prisoner out into tho oonidor, two otb ord following] and tho ohiof keeper walking in Trout Tho guards on ottuor i>ido ol' CgilgfttZ had hold of bis arms no if oiincr to support bim or to kcop bim from making any demonstration* As bo stepped over tho threshold ho stumbled, but thoy hoid lum up and as they urged bim forward lo ward tho oht.ii' he Blum riled again on tho little rubber covered platform upon whioh tho oh&ir rostir. His head creoi, av;d VJ'h his grey fflannol thiit turned hack at the nock, .?ho looked quito boyish. Ho wad in . tonsoly palo nr.d aa ho tide ci (o lin o v j bia bead back und c??r/y i'imsdf cnoi jhiflohin quivered peicipuoly, Au ho vms bei h g tic.-ntd hi looked kt itlio a?bemblcd wunobBCB with quito a iStoady slide and uiiv. "1 killed tho pro&idont beotuije he \was an enemy of good people, ot ibo workii.g i copio." Hi? voice trembled slightly, tuc gained S'.nmglh ?iib OVory word. "i nm not torry for my orimo," ho said loud;, j uti. un tho f uMd* pushed his hi'fcd back on tho ruuhor hoad le^r and drew tho btrap norms his forehead and ohm. As tho pressure on tlio strap tight onod ai d bo ufad tho jrw eli; li ly ho mumbled. '1 am awfully torry 1 o.m.? not ROC my father." lt was exactly 7:11 o'clock winn hi orosscd thc threshold, and eu?- a min uto bad claimed, an<! ho Iud juot fin rnhed tho la,t slaloment v/non tho strapping waa oom ploted, and tho guards stepped brok. Warden Mead raised, bia hand and at 7:12:30 BUottjolkn Davis turned the switoh that fbr/;W 1,700 volt* of elec tricity into ( %)lgoia's body. Tho ru b of tho currone throw tho body BO lurd against tho straps that thoy eroaktd porooplibly. Tho hands oiinohed sud denly and the wholo attitudo wau ono of extremo tonscueaa. For forty-fivo aooonds tho full our : rent was kopt on and then slowly the olootrioiau threw tho switoh baok, re ducing tho oirront volt by volt until it waa out oh ontircly. Thon, just as it reached that point ho threw the levor back again for two or threo soo . ondn. *Mho body, whioh collapsed as tho ou?ront was roduood, stlffonod up again . against tho straps. Whon it mn turned cit again, Dr. Mao Dormid stoppod to tho ouair and put his hand over tho heart. Ho ? a iel ho foll no pulsation, but sug gool od that tho ourrout bo turu od on tor a fow sooonda attain. Oaoo moro tho body boouuio rigid. At 7:15 tho ourront was turnod oil for good. Thop&yoioians prosont used ibo stothoioopo and other tost ti to do termino if any lifo remained, and at 7:17 tho wardon raising his hand an nounced: "Uontlomon, tho prisoner is doad." < Tho witnesses filod from tho doath ohaiabor, many of thom visibly affect ed, and tho bedy was talton from tho chair and laid on au oporating table It was buried ooorotly within 48 hours in tho prison yard. Trying to Dofoat Kooster. At a mooting of tho Columbia Col ored Ministeml uuion, hold on Wed nceday, tho following prcamhlo and r?solution? woro planed: "Whereas, au it has boon ohargod and ourrout ly rumored that dcorgo lt. KOCH itv, who has boen appointod col lector of intornal rovonuo for tho dis trict of South Carolina, p^rtioipatod in tho lpnoniog cf a nogro about 18?4, at Custon, L xiugton county, doni?udiog tho first ?hot, abd wier boasting of hav ing lirod tho tirac (Shot, in oonee q. ?cnoj ot (ho orowd uo lcd hnviug oaught up with LI.?J victim, prior to odicio lu pur |idi< ; ano Yvocreas, tho said ohnr^o roiu?ins undented up lo thia time; and Where ai, upon investida ti o a tho said charge bet ma io bj ?uatainod, thoro lure Wo, tho said odored ministers, ns (?atuulod afc Stenhouao han, Columbia, h. C., for tho purpose pf considering toits hoinous mailer and for ibo pul poso of taking aotton, do deolaro our abhorroLOg Of thu dastardly crime ana ind)ghaitil y protest a&ainoi tho i ppoiut rn?, ut o? tho s ?id Ucor&o it. K icstor, ?nu it oouimissien ?Val been issued, plead for na revocation until tho baale : ue.3 boon investigated. J. t? Robley, Chairman, C. P. Nilson, li. j. Kains?y, i Committ' e. j A Prodigal's Tragedy. A tad otory front PsriB io related o? a piodigal* ton named L nuu t Dussnux, Who, niter ton years' absohoo frouj home, returned hom a i*r country io aokuowlodgo hi? misdoings and throw liiiuo?f un parental indulgoaoo. When no arrived homj Thurnday night at bis o.d residence iu tho ituo d'Ary:out, tho young man waa alarmed at oooing sigusof mourning. On entering nu in? uor ioom ho found bia mother bathed in tears Kneeling by tho sido of ft ooifin containing tho body of his father. ''You Htayt'd t.way too long," fcftid his Booettig motlier. '"You bioko your lather's heart ?od Ma griof at your ab omino killed hini. flo uiod Thursday.'' Overcome with sorrow, tho youug man loll upon hid fUhora1 corpno, kissing it irbnuoalty, and thou, rushing from thu room, ho to:zjd a kuiio, and in au aooocs of remorse plungod it into hi? bicdst. Ho waa takeu to tho Hospital do la Chante, witt rc ho lies in a gravo oondition. A Show Wrecked. A dispatch fruin Charlotte nays ono huudroa aaa un of tko ring horses of jLiuiliio lillis' wild west ?now wero oiu.uK.il to death in a railroad wreck near Lexington at ? o dook Tuesday morning. Among tho horses kilted was "Cid .f ap," Coi. Cody'? iavonto oaddlo hor&o. "Cid i'jAglu," tho ?tar ring korao, waB kitlou and hie m?nglod booy foll ou lop ui ono of tho wrookod on ginos. Tuc lu.vm of mules that drew tho Doadivood ooaoh wbre also killed. Ooh Coay spent today at tho aocno cf thu Wreck und ia heart bruk ..n over tho UlaUfthUr, Ho naya ni? lo JU I? *tiO,000. Tho accident iva? coo roiult of a head ond ouilimon boonoon u id.it southbound freight train and tho ancona tKo.iou of tko ii how train, and tva? duo ie a mi? audoraianding of trdors. t?ovoral irai? nnutis were ujurod, but no ono wu? kilicdi Cleveland Started lt. lu speaking of Hoosovclt's dianor wiwi booker. Washington, tue P.uia d?lphiM bulletin guys: Other Presi dent?, numbly Oiovtr Clovoiauo, havo liad uoioiuQ gue? u ut too l'Jxooutivo JXIUUIWOU. Vory iittiu oruiuiom waa iibkl'U wt.cn mr. OicvotaiiU oi.uiiainod U'icu trick Douglass, tho then must conspicuous mun ol too ooloiou lueu m oho Uuiu? ?hfttod. Tho miro IUUL thai Piufji?oiit KuOscVdlt, coming mw oihoo aa ho uid, lavitcd \\ usntngcon io umo WUK him uo sum ty ut tur u.a c.co..on to ti.o lij^?iLt cihjo Mithin tue &iii> cf the AiuerivUu people, hau ?itr.td a louior tiietigueUti ino eounti>, nuu tue rosuitu to iii' m ho ij ooueoiu.d du llk..ly to iLijuio ui? inurostu as a oi?auiu<?co for c..j it.-.put>lioan Pro^iuoutial womina tloh lu lUu-l. From Quo i'otato, An in-.ironing agricultural itom in lepfiiilOt. lu tim iiuiiUun i'imt? from it? losuo bf Cot. 10, 1?U1: "A Mr. Vadhoic td HtcktuzU harm, near PcOie, I<.?'J i ear pian ted ono Jt/oiai.0, Win oh piounoio nun '??it ia numbor, isud there yVbuldj hKvo buou atiil mon, hau nota oo> l?de ono t'l i ho t'j ou <??C?,i tho Puii? ie wa? eut in puce? 'lho X^ruict jirtViug LAVOU ino v>iic<to ol thom, had citom pi ...ted, ythlOQ lie hal noif ouc; up, anu tinda that they haye muuiplioa to tho huuitior o? M,A3U, t.u? viei^i' liiowc. 3ipa , wh.ua ctrtaiuiy i? ? vvr> ^xottt inoiea-jo flem ouo ?ni?io loot lu uve yortis." British LIOS?OS. Wo havo reason to o mjra'u^to our sclvoa that tho Phi lippi no laiantlo KIO not poopled by liotri. ThO late?t (fH< ciftl report show? tho British ca(ju*Uics tn South Africa pinoo tho beginning of tho w?r to bo 548 omooro and 5 823 mon killod in aoiior ; 1,629 offiiors and 23,032 mon wounded, 305 oifiocrs and 8,471 mon otpturod or missing, arid 10,738 deaths from diseaso an,dl,uooi donta-a total of 55,506 dead, ?i?'ndcd aid miasing. Will Never liappon. Wo 6till Roan in vain tho sooiety col umns of tho Northorn papers to where tho ultra fashionable Hopnblioans ivo entertaining the negro on a looially equally basts. It seems as if tho presi dent ie hagging this class of ontortain* mont." > TALKS RIGHT OUT. What a Ctolored Editor Says About That Dinner. AN UNFORTUNATE11 NCI DENT. A Scathing Arraignment cf Many Northern Diviner, Merchants and M anufaclurcre lor tho ir Rank Hypocrisy. Tho following artiolo on tho famous Bookor Washington dinnor is from tho Brooklyn Defondor, whioh is editad by II. 0. 0. Ast wood, a oolorod man: Tho Bookor T. Washington inoidont at tho Whito Ilouso, in our judgmout, is ono of tho most unfortunate incide n tn that bau happened in national politioal affairs B?UOO llooonstruotioo. It ia 1 i ko tho premature onfranohiscmont of tho raoo that brought about tho irro proEBiblo ooL?iot, sod tho oarpot-bsg rugimo in tho South that oauaed sec tional animosities, that has coot al most a fb? of blood. Horo worship is a bad thing anyway, and whothor wo try to deify man or idols, oor.il ats aro almost euro to como. This Btorm hon buen coming for nemo limo and wo have been predicting it. Tho writing of thia editorial will ba junt an muon misuudeijtood by tho odored people generally, and rho hypooritioal and mawkitth nowepapcro of tlio North, aa President liocs/velt waa misunder nixed by tho pens?t ional peupla atd newspapers of tho South, Wo will bo abused and traduocd just aa tko Presi dent iu being traduced by raab South ern oriticiam, and as tho South is be ing tracucod and abu?ed by tho newB parora of tho North, and jot wo (dial) bave tho courago to write it. Wo arc loid by our best friends that it will kill our chances for a Federal poaitiou. Well, it may; but tho truth must bc told. Leadoi? aro born and not orentod by mon. Tho odored raoo bas not boon allowed to nicko or orcato their own lcid<rrt; theiio leaders havo always been mace and created by whito ?OO?, ?nd forced upon tho raoo regardless of qualilioatious. Mr. Washington is a gentleman and a eoholar and a great educator along industrial lino:1; but it in propontoromi and ridioulous io try to impreufiB upon tho world that, ho in tho? only and groatofit colored man and gontlcman in tho United States. There aro moro than a thoutaod oolorod mon,-yet.', thousands- hotter oduaoted; just ns gentlemanly, grcator loaders and moro progroesivo in ovory.way than Mr. Washington, both in Otiuroh and Stato, who aro purposoly ignorod and turnod down by tho whito pooplo of tho North every day. President ltiosevolt is a groat Presi dent, with an houoot hoart, with tho purpeso and oourago to do right. Ho had no sinistor mutivo in inviting Mr Washington to dino with him. B/ought into tho Providential chair undor pe oular and extraordinary oonditions, ho was somewhat handicapped and would naturally tock lor light in every oon toivablo oircotion. Tie South pi o sontodtho greatost puzzlo to his icquir ing mind, and ho tries to paoify and oonoiliaio dili'crcnoos down tbcro to tho fa'.ififr.otion of all parties oonoorn od. To do this ho must not bo imposed upon by his whito or oolorod friouds. Tho greatest diplrmaoy is ncocssary to adjust a vtxed quostion not yot sot lied, but whioh was beginning to bo ad justed by hiHOftutioufi measures. Oon aoivativo whito mon wcro hoing appoint ed to obi ci and sootioual barriera woro being toru down. Two oolorod loaders wero called to tho Whito Iloueo, ono a Bishop in tho porson of Bibhop Abra ham Girant, ono of ibo most oautious ana ablest colored leaders of tho raoo in tho country; tho other an oduoator in the person of Prof Booker T. Wash ington, tho estimable and honor od prin cipal of Tuskegee Bishop Grant was fcraoiously recoived, talkoa and idvi?cd with the President, ar.d, liko a oautious prolate an ho in, Ufo and mado a &ood impression, au ho always docs. To H '.mw tho wisdom of thia man wo quote a bit of unwritten history, por napp, biciuao of his modesty, not gon i rally known. Iminediaioty alter ibo Spanish war wo had camm to visit tho Whito ilouso with Bishop Grant. President McKinley, always graci ous, rcodYod him ooulidonciully Mid, taming over tho appointment of Ibo h. bor oommibiiion, of J o ed him a plaoo upon it, Wo insist ed that Binhop Grant noorpt it. lie said to tho President; nc, whilut ho oon aidorod it a great ho..-or, yob it wau not m keeping with hm i;Oaition au ohief panter in his church. Tho Prcsiuont taid lo him: Weil, consult your B.sh op? ann if you all oau decido upon a prontr tuan I will appoint him, They cia noe deoiuo upon a proper man in limo and did tot get tho appointment. Wo print tbs to bhow Bis nop Grant's diplomacy. Now tu Pref. Washington's. ncu-mpiouiaoy. Au oduoator ia cover a politician, or boldom n ?talonnai!* i.!.i.o tiiom out of thoir U ireful avooa tiona and ifcjfcot tin m ii<to politics and they become absoluto failures. Book ' cr T. Washington, bi oftusoof bis great sucooaa b* au indusbrial educator, in our Judgmout li.o groatoiit, in tho na irne, doing moro &oo;i iu his way than any other ono mau to solve a difttou'U quo/ilion, h:..d bien proclaimed a gcd^ auU i Monee, a marvel, a plieromonon, mo only educated oolorcd gentleman in thc United States, when no have uuou out lingera mon his luporior in every way saving only tho linos of industrial education;; ne bas boon flattered and i avered, both by tho whito poof, lt of tho North and thc South, until both ho and tho Proeidont minunderatood tho difficult politioal underlying situation. But Mr. Washington ahould havo been thc wiser of the two. When Pronident lloosevolt invitod Prof. Waihlogton to tho White li juno to canfor with bim ho did tho pioporthing, for whioh we ap plaud him. Whoo he invited him to dine at tho White ilouso he did tho gentlemanly thing, the lawful thin*.; but tho most inoxpodiont politioal thing possible. St. Paul, tho great apostle, saidt "All things aro lawful, but all thing* ero not ox ped ion t," Mr. Washington had given to him tho groat oat opportunity of bio lifo; had ho boon a ?tatonman or a politician, had ho been a Bishop Grant, a John-Mo;oor Lang? eton, a Pinohbaok, a P. K Bruoo, a Fred Douglass; a Lynob, a Lyon; a While, a Ohoatham or hundreds of other ablo colored lcadors that wo know: had ho considered tho wolfaroof tho Prosidont or his raoo, ho would havo confidentially said to tho Presi dent: I appreciate this groat honor, but might it not bo misunderstood and darno tho dying prejudices and otnbers of sectional fooling that wo aro trying to extinguish? Had ho dono tbis it would havo beon a triumph in diploma cy and the astuto and quick porooiving Prosidont would havo takon tho hint. But tho groatest harm that may ro 8ult from this impolitic and undiplo matic inoident ia tho abuso of tho Northern prosB and Northern pooplo ol tho South. It is not sinooro nor is it consistent. Tho prejudioo in tho North is moro malignant and spitoful than it is in tho South. Tho South has a oauso and a grievance, the North has no oauso or griovanoo; and yet itu pre judioo is greater in proportion than rt is South. It is a protty htrd thing for a man to bo forced undor ordinary condi tions to accept a man as hf? tonal, in a quartorof a oontury, who had noon his oiavo for two centurion, and tho North reiuscs to do it, outsido of a few epi logo dinnoi'0, whore tho ooiored man was novar hil slave Tho Bov. Hoff man, at Bryn ?Mawr, tho Methodist prcLohcr, who offered tho resolution in ibo preaoher'fl meeting on Monday, commending tho Prcsidont, oroatod a revolution in Bon Mawr, bcoauso a houso bolon^iog to him was rentod to a colored nu nia ter of tho samo persua sion nod uacd ov.-.ry moanu, oooleBiaati eal and legal, until ho WAS rejeotod. Tho young man wno as gentlemanly and ns thoroughly oduca ea ns Mr. Wauh iugten Bishop Potior, our gopd and wm shy prolate, bas many- oolerod pi icing of bio denomination horo in the North, and yet be doo? uot not tho ex atop id by having thom to cdobyato at Holy Trinity nv? othor Kpiucopxl tom p?en Hmo m tho North, or invito thom to sit ?r.d.woiiimntuoly at the LcrdV table to tenon tho South tho lathoihood of God and tho brotherhood of man. liifikop Holly, ot' Hayti, ono of tho m Jtit lcarnod and uohularly uogroos in tho world, who oomca hero periodically, is ignored and ailowod to bo.nl in a ooiorod bcardicg houno in Brooklyn, instead of being tho guo-t during his stay at eomo of tho white parishes. Tho white newspapers, such as tho Phils* dolphia llaoord, tho New Yolk Journal, tho North Amorioan and other papers who ric joule tho journals of tho Suuih, will not employ a ooiorod man upon their staffs or in any othor important plaoo in Un ir offiooD, bo thoy cvcr so ooaipo tent. Tho white busiaoss housos of tho North, tho faotorioS and industrial plants, will not omploy ooiorod mon or women in any of their departments abovo tho menial, and yot they .rail at tho South, whore slavery existed for two hundred y care, for fighting politioal and sooial equality. Tho North is re sponsible for itali; lot it stop its hy pocrisy, givo practical losftous of its good intentions and not bogin at tho White House. If seotional projudioos bo again iLfUm?d and bloodshed bo tho outoomo and Washington is appealed to, thn nogro will bo loft to fight it cut alono and behind the barrioaue ofSsaio rights. Tho Dofondor is tho friend of the Prcsidont and of Bookor T. Wash ington. Wo want to seo tho ono soo oeod and re oleoted to tho Picaidouoy, and tho othor to oontinue his groat work BB an industrial eduoator at fus kogco, aid wo hope that our Sou thorn frionds will not misunderstand tho Probidont and overturn tho good fool ing now apparent, but that thoy will trust to his good judgment and equit able treatment of all tho pooplo aliko. Wo endorso tho temporato sontiniontas cxprossod in the Timos-Democrat, of New Orleans, printod in the Philadel phia ttooord ot Mot d ty last, and hopo now that tho storm has exhausted itaolf ar.d tho era of good fooling bo re-estab liuhod. Tho inoidont was unfortunate and regrottablo. EJitor of tho Defondor, H. 0. 0. Astwood. Election of Officers. At the annual mooting of the Stato Agricultural and Mechanical Sooioty hold in Columbia Thursday night, tho following cfliocrs ff oro oleottd: A H. Whito, of Kc ok Hill, Prosi The vioo prooidonto elootcd aro: A. T. Smytho, firit oongro3sional dist riot, Charleston. It. B. Watron, sooond oongrofl?iorml disiriot, ll:d?o Spring. T. J, Kinatd, third oocgtoBsional dis trie, Ninety Six. J. Wash Watts, fouih oongroosional disiriot, Mouutvillo. J. W. Da uno vat, Ufth oongrossional diririot, Chcstor. B. P. Williamson, sixth oongresiion al disiriot, Darlington. G. A. G?it;?Krd, seventh oongrossion al ms 'riot, Brookland. IOKOU/?VO oommitloo: M. L Don aldftou, Grdonviilo; A. Porter Hankoll, Columbia; T. O. batidora, Hagood; li. P. Hamer, Jr., Humor; J. J5. Wanna makor. Sc. Matteows: J. G. Mobloy, Wionfcboro; C. F. Mooro, Bee notts ville; J. II. Wharton, Wntorloo; D. J?, Elird, L-.xiogtoii; J. W. Dreher, Loes ville; lredcil Jo?os, Book Hill; W. G. Hiueon, Charleston; L. J. Browning, ?edalla; lt. M. Pogues, Choraw. lix ollioto mnjubers: Thomas W. Wood ward; ttookton; J. B. Humbort, Prince ton: Thomas Taylor; Cohiuibi?; JO. ll. Mcivor, Palmotto; ?J F. Drayton, Ac ilor/ioo; IV A. Love, Chester; D. P, Duncan, Columbia; Thoa.-J. Mooro, Moori; T. J. CuunirgUam, Clowney; W. D. fCvans, Uheraw. Col. T. H. Holloway of Peinarla was ro-eleotod seorotary, and Mr. A. Garee well L?. .Motto of Columbia wairo-oloot ed treasurer. Tho ornoo of assistant Boorotary is to bo supplied. Sent Him a 'Possum. The Washington correspondent of tho Gharlotton Post says como South ern "gontlornan" sent to tho Prosidont the othor dav. a 'possum, Tho card of the donor was not,attached, but lt WAS labeled "Booka*. Washington." Tl/o Prosidont ip sai<L to bo' very fond Of 'poisum, and as inp now buiior of' (be Whito Houso, Henry Pmoknoy, is a South Carolina ho'gro, hoia.,familiar with the art of preparing the dish in truo South Carolina etyWMjArli Mid, tho Presidont will havo'it norvcilon bin table at nomo futuro time. 'Tho -Prosi hio ,,Admlror" io. ? ? . . dont. THE FIRE FIEND. . -.V;.. -1 The BUtlnnss Portion of Tinr> montville Laid n Aah?8, W. F, DENNIS ARRESTED. Ho and l?ia Partner, a Man Named 8mlUS Chared With Applying th? Torch to Their Store Tho iown of Timnionbvillo, on tho Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta lUilroa$, botwoeu Suoitor and Flor enoo,Av.?h?vialtod by a most disastrous Ero on las)'Wednesday morning, at four o'olock. finely-five thousand dollars worth of proporty, irjoludiag twonty throe bousos, was dcstroyod. A din p&toh to Tho State says tho town was ?v/ftkcncd Y'7 D t orri tlc (xplosion and bummoncd io wilone tho greatest firo in tho hip'<:y of the p'aoo. Tho ex plosion'Wt.? thii- of ? keg of powder in oho of tho ?mall otoreo in the poslojU io blook, supposed to bo that of Smith Dennis. Tho firo spread rapidly, aided by an oast wind. Soon, tho jewelry houGO of S. 8 Carroll? tho grooory stores ot Hill Bros. and Marion Sim?, woro buming beyond control. By great effprt tho poateffioe ?as savod, but nothiug could prevent tho Uro from oroBbing tho streot and burr.irg thc oarria?o boes?) of J. li Harper, Win jato's barber phop, Htrroli'e grooory and finally taku-g hold of thc bank and Culpepptr'o drug atoro, thereby iusur ing tho .doHtruotion of a solid biiok Piutro cf 10 Blores. There was ??otb ing vmhwhioh tho firo could bo fought and a great ocinpany of oitizjns i-.uf ferod ?he awful ordeal of watching tho business heart of their town burn to tho ground. Whoo tho firo hud bumed to tho hardware house of W?lling and Borr.oitt rt ntoppi d there bointr a alroct j eoroMB whioh it oould not go. J.t way a fearful tootie and brought tears to many eyos. Tho following stores wore burned: 8. S. Carroll, loss $1,200; insurauoo $000. L Anderson IOBS $7,000; inouranoo $2,000. Will Wiugnto, loss $400; insuranoo aothir g W. ll. Lowman, lo3S $600: insurance $1,000. Qua Johnson, los? $500; no in nur anco. Hill Bros., loss $1,400; insuvanoo $900. . ?C.-A Smith, loss $23,000; iasuranoo ll' C. Savoronoc, loss $11,000; insur anoo $4-800. ,.... J7F. Culpopor, loss $2,500; insur ance $1,050. F. M. Sims, loss $1,750; insuranoo $900. MoSivcon building, loss $8,000; in Burauoe $6,000. W?lling & Bonnoitt, loss $10,000; iKsaranco unknown. Sausbury & Lowborn, loss $10, no iut-uraLOJ J. B. H*rpor, loss $1.000; iusuranoo $1.500. Armory Furniture, loss $1,000; in suranoo $400. Pythian hall, IOSB $1,200; inburanoo $975. A. J. Broom, loss $8,000; insuranoo $2,500. Bank building, lo3S $2,000; insur anoo $800. Louis Lyons, loss $2,000; no insur anoo. J D. ltamsoy, loss $1,000; insuranoo $500. Ma?onio Furnituro, loss $750; insur anoo $300. 8mith & Oonnis, loss $3,800; iosuv anoo, $2,300. TbiB ooustiluteo the largOBt portion* of business houses of tho town. At our, time tho largo storo of John Me Swoon was in danger, also D. H. Txax lor, but wcro saved. A SENSATION. A sensation groator than tho firo itself was thc arrest this afternoon of W. F. Dennis of tho firm of Smith & Donnis, who was ohargod with tho burning. As tho i timor to tho elf cot that this waa responsible for tho groat tiro b'gau hut night, lato in tho aftornoon sovoral oitizonB wont to tho houso of thoso mon and on soarobing tho promises found sivoral barr?lo of shoos aud bats and ot hor goods. Smith loft town oarly in the morning for his oountry home, but Dennis was at homo. Ho was indi ?tor ?nt in mannor and had to bo urgod to go to tho barn and asaht tho oitizouuin ihoir soaroh. Ho wantod tho men to await tho return of Smith before soaroh, but thia they rofueod to do. Donnis profcesod. ignorance of tho goods in the barn. Ho was arrested and neut to tfloronoo. A warrant bas boon sont for Smith. Theso partios oamo hore from Clarondon county in tito winter and opened a small storo. They boro good reputations and tho poof lo aro ohookod at the turn things have taken. DM ITU ARRESTED, Alar, do Smith, of tho firm of Dennis Sc Smith, wau arrosted Wednoidfy night at tho homo cf his brother in Clarendon county 25 milos southwo?t of 'limmonsvillo and oarriod Thursday morning to Flot?nos jail to await a pre liminary hoaring on Saturday. Mr. ii.-ni th ox pl cu ned tho pl ono it on cf tho goods in tho barn by Baviug that thoy bolougod to a party in the oountry, but tho explanation was not satisfactory. It will bo shown at tho hoaring that a very largo park of tho stock oarriod by tho firm had boon loorotly oarriod from tho atore to tho rcsidenoo and storod in tho barn undor hay. DA MAO I NO XVIDENOE. It is thought that there was vory lit tle in tho store when tho building humed. Shoes had boon taken from tho paper boxes and plaood in barr?lo, tho boxes hoing put again on tho sholvos and tho. harrold carried to tho buta, Witnonsoa will swear that the firm was seen paoklng goods in boxes on tho night cf tho firo. Anolhor witness will toatify th nt a member of tho firm Was soen hiding tito goods in tho barn. Billi another witnoas will swear that ho viss awakened hy a horao at full speed doon np, from - tho business geotion of town just boford tho firo alarm booamo goneral and going into tho yard of tho firm's residence. Phoso aro BOUIO of tho voiy damaging itoms of ovidonoo which havo b( oomo public Tho oaso ia vory strong against tho aoouscd. Thov had only recently takon about all tho insuranoo thoy oould eoouro. On Saturday tho hearing will bo had hero and thon ovorything will bo brought' out._ LOOP TURNED EVEN Td OF DA*' Sohloy Says Move mont Was Turning Poiut in Battle With tho oponing of tho Sohloy court ? of inquiry Wodnosdav Admiral Sohloy bogan tho fifth day of his toatimony and tho third day of his oro^n-examina tion, Questioning Sihloy ss to tho oauso ol tho dolay in boginning a ro oonnoissanoo aftor Ocrvora's whoro abouti wcro discovered, tho admiral said two days wero ncooossary to ooal and to bo roady in oaso tho onomy carno out. Tbo'eroBS-examination on tho bat tle of Santiago bogan with tho question as to what WAS tho first moyemont of tho Brooklyn's helm aftor tho enemy's chips wcro sighted coming out. "Wo wero hoading wost by north," ho replied- "At first tho holm was to port." . ''Capt, Cook gavo tho ordor for tho turn?" "Vos." .f "Youregard that turnas very im portant, don't you?" "i thiiik it waa a movevont that do oided tho events of tho day." Tho admiral naid in rospona? to quss tioos that ho Imd not' moutionod tho loop in tho report of tho battlo. lt Wft? an incident of thc battlo which ho had no idea would ever oomo into ooo truvorsy. Capt Cook had given tho cr cor without orders from him, except under his goncral intrudions to oloao in and koop s ) ina whoro about 1,000 yards away, . outside of tho broatlsido to*podo ringo Whoa tho time o&mo for tho turn Capt. Cook's oonooption of tho movement ooinoidod with his own. "Uo you asHumo full responsibility for tho turn?" "Absolutoly, If I did not givo tho order, 1 approved it," ropliod thc ad mirai. "D;d tho Brooklyn aland in and at tempt to sink tho Spanish ilul iu tho ohannot?" "1 started in *t fir?i to help ihn oth er voKO-da ?nd have thom help mo. I felt if wo oould fuop tho Spaniards tho battleships could go ir and sitik thom. I never had any idea they would get away." Continuing, ho sxid: "Wo estnuU odthat tho Brooklyn had gone into within ?mulo or a milo and a half of tho mouth of tho harbor and wao within range of the clio:o battcrios. 11bought for somo twelve to fourteen minutos tho flagship had boon within a rango of loss than 2,000 yards from tho Spanish ships. . Thoy ?ookiid ?very o'uso," ho said. . "When tin Spanish ships su^ooodod in gotting out of tho harbor without ho ing sunk in aaoordanoo with orders, what alternativo was thors but to chaso thom?" Tho admiral said that while several of tho voHcola had failed to J ia in tho ohciBo, loaving tho work aftor tho sink ing of tho Te rosa and Oqao&d j to tho Brooklyn and Orogon, this waa beoauio they ooulu not follow at tho paco sot by tho Spaniards. A Montana Prodigy. A Bpooial from Groat Falla, Mont., ? a yo that a twelve year ola boy namoci Southwiok kidnapped tho aix yoar old Bon of G. W. Ry ay, a wrominont gro oor of that oity ana Bont a noto to tho father domanding $1,500 ransom, threatoniog to ram pieces of glass into tho ohild's eyes and oat his hands off unloss tho demand waa oompliod with. Mr. Ryan notifisd tho polico, who ar rostod young Southwiok shortly aftor tho Ky an boy had arrived at MB fathor's nloro unharmed, having boon roloasod by Southwiok. rio eon fenn jd that ho did it of his own volition and that ho had no ncoomplioca. Ho cxprosBod no ropontanco, and said: "I would havo hit tho old man tor $8,000 if 1 thought ho would havo Btooa for it." Triplo Tragedy. Tho story of a triplo tragedy has roaohod Shrovoport, La , from (hoon wood, Lt., 14 miles from Shrovoport. Tho pauioii implio&ted wero all negroes and wore ourpiojod ou a plantation known aa tho Hoon place, near Green wood. Wash Rawlins outored tho homo of Viotoria Andorson, a nogro woniAD, and found her in tho company of a nogro namod Charley Williams. Ho at onoo oponod tire on Viotoria, killing her iusiantly. Tho weapon was thou turned on Williams, who attempt' cd to osoapo, but failed and waa fatally wounded. Rawlins rushod to tho door, turnod his woapon on himself and pull* od tho trigger, dyiog intuutly. Sorious Piro in Darlington. Darlington had two fires Thursday, tho firat nt tho Darlington oil mill ana tho sooond, whioh ooouired aftor night waa ab tho iroight depot of tho Atlantic JouH Lino. In both instanoos thoro was great tlamago dono, Tbj whole of tho wooden part of tho mid was do th roy od together with a largo lot of ool loo in bales. Tao wind waa from tho i. oi th. Tho gin aud factory togo th or with fcovoral outbuildings wero de stroyed, including tho ellice, though tho books woro renoue d by omployos. CaughtTtho Thiof. ( A Persian actross who had for somo limo boob differing losses of jowolry determined to sot a trap for tho thief. So sho loft a diamond bracolot on hor bureau, rotiring into an adjourning room and began to watoh through the koj bolo. Presently a starling hopped through tho window, soiasd tho braoolot and deposited it ia the ohimney, whore all tho missing jowolry was subsoquont ly found. This was, of course, tho bird's equivalent of a human thief's habit ot putting stolon property up the spoof. Suicido Made ISasy. A Ohioago man hos struck on A now sohomo and proposes to open a shop whore people who want to commit sui* oido oan do it mooly and without much trouble. All thoy havo to do is to go in, Uko it soat in an olootrio chair, touoh tho.button whoa they (tro' roady and tho apparatus doon the rest. It is not statod what ho proposes to oh?rgo for tho aooommodntfott. BOERS STILL FIGHTING. They Iofliot Another Diiaster to Brltith Armo. A dispatch from London Haye Lard Kitohomr has r.portod lo tho war of fioo a disastor to tho British nour Bothol, oastora Transvaal, in whioh two guns wero lout, several ofhcors killed or woundod, and 54 mon woro killod and 160 wounded. Tho following is the text of Lord Kitohoncr's di?pal oh datod Protoria, Nov. li "I havo just hoard of a ii overo at tn ok mado on tho roar guard of Col. Ben son's column when about 20 railos northwest ot Bothol noar Brokenlaagto during a thick mist. "Tho o '-ron gt h of tho ono my is re ported to havo boon 1,000. Tnoy rushed two guns with tho roar guard, but it is unoortain whotber they wore ablo to movo them. .'I foar our casualties woro hoavy. Gol. Benson was woundod, but not BO voroly. A rolioving column will roach him this morning." Lalor, Lard Kitohonor tolographod' a a follows; "Col. Barter, who marched from thc constabulary lino ye s ord ?y? roached Benson's ooluron cany thiB morning (lerida}) unopposed. Ho reports that Col. Bonson diod cf his wounds. "Tho other casualties aro tho follow ing; "Killod-Col E. Guinno?s, Major F. P. Murray, Uapts. M. W. Lindsay and V. T. Thorold, Liouts. E. V. I Brooke and lt E Shepcord, anet Second L'o'ut. A. J. Ou'iett, Diod o( his wcmdi-Capt, E/ro Loyd." Lord Kitohenor thon gives tho names of 13 oinur ethoora who word- wounded, most of thom eoveroly, and announces that 64 non oommituuoncd officers and men wero killod and 100 wounded, add ing that four of tho latter luv o si neu died of their wounds. The dinpatoh then says: . *l asiuaio that tho guns havo boon rooovorcd and tho enemy has with drawn, but 1 havo no further dotails. "1 docply regret tho loss of Col. Bon son and tho oiliocra and mon who foll with bim. in Benson tho sorvioo loses a most gul ! nu t and oapablo oflioer who invariably lod his column with marked ?tt???orl hud j nil peineni. "Tho lighting was at vory clot e quar ters and maintained wil? great deter mination by bath oidos. Too onomy sulforcd heavily, but I havo not yet roooived a vcliablo OBiimato. "Tho Boors rothed oast." Gotting Better. Thoro is groat interest m tl)o condi tion of Tom Hill, tho Greer's depjt agent, and it is a oauao of rejoicing that he is likoly to rooovor. Ho is a bravo man and his. nervo is noodod in tho world. This is a timo when 'tho peoplo will koop one oyo on tho corpo rations in whoso behalf Mr. Hill wont right into tho jaws of death. It will bo said it is nono of tho people's busi ness but thoy arc decidedly of the opinion that the railroad and oxpress oompanios ought to troat him hand somely, and in tho oaso of tho railroad thoro is ronron to hope ho will bo taken caro of. Tho moral off oot of tho dcod is worth a lot, asido from what was saved. As is usually tho oaso, Tom Hill don't look like a hero. Ho is ono of thoso small, wiry mon whoso worth is nevor known until a groat test comos, ono of tho prosaio looking giants cf ro maneo. Tho Banner City of Anarchists. Bpring Yalloy, 111., is the banner anarchist oity of tho United States. With a population of 7,1)00, ic oas 500 people wno aro anaiotnsis. That moans coat ono out of every 14 of its popula tion is an anaroh?t, or botwoon 7 and 8 per cont. No city io tho United Statos can show nnything liko this pro portion of tho foliowors of tho rod dig, nnd it is doubtful if any oity in tho world oan. It is quito true that thoro ato othor Amorioan oitios that contain more anarchists that Spring Yalloy. Ohioago, for instanoo, has 8,01)0, ac cording to Capt. Sohuottlor, who has tho most acourato knowledge of this subjoot of any man on tho polioo force. Pittsburg is ?another anarohist eon tro, and has 1,500 donn ?nt Ozalgo&zjs. Paterson, N. J., is gouorally rogarded as a veritable hotbed of auarohy, and with a good OAUSO. Yet Patterson has only 2,000 anarchists. Postoffice Bobbed. On Tuesday .night lato, tho postomao at lluthorfordton. N. C., Was broken into and tho safo blown to pieced. Tho robbors and oaf j crackers scoured an amount of money, sovoral ohooks and notes and a lot o'' stamps. Thoro is not tho slightoat duo a? to who tho during burglars wero. IDutraaoo was effected by breaking down tho back door. Tho postofftoo ia Italherfordton is a frame building, oooupiod for no othor purpose and no one Bleeps in it. Tho safo explosion WAS ovidontly tho work of artists in that lino. Mr. J. t?. MoHaniol is postmaster at Buthorford ton. Nono Too High. Tho Pittsburg Pispatoh finds that tho investigation has boon fully jmti fiod by results. It Bays: ''Thoro oannot but be a feeling of satisfaction that tho oourt of inquiry has boon bold. High ly as his oountrymon havo hold tho v?o tor cf Santiago tho testimony shows that tho ostini ito was nono too high. If it orrod it was up JU tho lo-isor bide Foot PI have boon brought forward that might havo novcr booomo publio know ledge." _f Stftto Exhibits. J' Wo aro requested to annonnoo that no shipmonts to tho o?porintondent of tho State exhibit in tho State building at tho exposition at Charleston bo mado without notifying tho suporin tondont. Otherwise they will ho charged full freight ratos. Notify Superintendent A. W* Love, Ohoster, S. C., and ho will send shipping direc tions and frank. Eaton Up by tho Knomy. A spooial dispntoh from Antwor says' that a detachment bf black troop recently sont by tho Congo aufchoritio to quell a rovolt at Balinghi, In Kansai, was OApturfcd and that tho soldiers wore murdered, roasted And eaten. A RACE WAR. Whites and Bleck? In Battle for Halt an He ur. '?>'' 77 ?'?>',"? , . V>"i''1 ? &.?*J "~ A TRAOSO OTORY OF BLOOD. . /1: i4Oo You Want Any Mort? And tho Am war Comos From ./.><. th? Blacks "No." Ocvoral Killed A ope dal to tire Now O don vi H Pica yune from Ball Town, La,, says that tho raoo war bot w'oon tho blaoks and whites whioh stavtodat a nogro camp mooting at Duncan Ohapol. Sunday forms a story of blood uucquallod ia tho history of tho Poarl rivor valley. Ono whito man io doacl another is dying with a bullot hole through his stomaoho, and a third white man is badly injured. Nine uogroos wero killed in tho bloody affray ; fivo moo, throo women and ono small ohild. A dc /.cn or por haps moro negroes osoapod to tho woods and swamis with wounds that aro be liovo I to bo certain doath in tho brush away from medical oaro. Tho dead, whito: Josoph S ord, son of Willis Seal, aged 32 roisdonoo at Varando, La. Woundod, whito: Olar cuco Thomis Elliott, pg sd 26, fattally woundod now dying, resido woo Varan do La. Edward Thompson, 15, shot through thigh and flosby portion of tho hg, ruaidonoo, Varando. Dear?, color ed; Hov. Alexander Connolly 50, pas tor Duncan Chapel, Mary Davis, 30, bia daughter; Croar Lott, 46; Julia P?terV, Lotto daughter, 24; Mellon - Polers, hor ohild, 4; Amy Tony, 75, mother-in-law of Crear Lott; Lewis Dueoau, 18, son of Helon Duncan, liv ing in Pophrviilo: Thomts Parker, 24; Kid Bjvorly, 18, a tarpon ti no worker from Georgia. No ono JO i bio to estimato tho nula bor of woufidod negroes who escaped tho carnage bohitd tho ohuroh. They <^ ioattored in all directions.. Homo are T, known to havo boon shot, bat thoy havo not boon found. Tho ootfliot raged for an hour. Thoso nt B diatanoo say tho firing sounded liko a battlo botweon troops. To tho otmp meeting negroes had ooruo from 200 miloo, all up and down tho valloy. Elder? Scophcn Duncan, of New Orleans for whom tho chapoleas " named, wan present. . .. On lat>t Thursday the mooting open ed with i eve ral hundred nogroos en camped around tho church, in tents and in rudely oonstruotod shantios. O a tho day previous to tho camp meeting, whoa the nogro, Hill Morris, had boon burnod at tho stako near Bait Town for an assault on Mrs. J. J. Ball, publio fooling was at a high pitchv Under thoso conditions tho nogroos gaterod at Live Oak. Thoro was trou blo ovor a lioonso and Croar Lott's tent booamo tho oontre of contention. Somo troublo ooourred Saturday ovoning, but thoro was no bloodshed. It oame up again Sunday afternoon when Consta ble Boon and a posse rodo up to Lott's tent with a warrant. Lott carno out and ts reported to havo shouted with an oath: "Ooo nogro has been burnod. but a whito mau will bo next." Wado Walkor, one of tho constable's posso, WAS struok ovor tho' hoad with a Winchester, and thon tho slaughter bogan. Tho blaoks flod from tho frail . woodon ohurob, for it was no sholtor from tho rain or bullets. Lott retirod into his tont, shooting and fighting. John Soal rooeivod his death wound. Proaoher Connolly WAS shot while standing in his yard. His daughtor foll I just inside tho houso. Tho othor no groos around Lott's place kept up a steady rain of I. allots. Lott's old mother-in-law, his two daughtors and tho little boy foll in n hoap i rmi .to tho sholtor, Sophio Lott savod her life by concealing herself bo hind tho stove. Thon sho osoapod and tho mon did not harm her. Thoyworo af tor Crear Lott. Ho was barrioadod and tho next move was to Uro tho plaoo, which they did. Whoa tho fire roaohod him from undor oovor ho appeared in the doorway and twonty nillo balls went orashing through him. Ho foll ia a hoap, hoad foremost on tho ground. Parker and Beverly, both blaoks foll with him. Por twenty-four hours it looked AS if a gonoval uprising would wipe out the . biaok raoo in Washington parish. Over 1,000 ?muid mon yostorday woro at tho (?eolio of tho battlo. Tho nogroos who wore loft in a hoap..' where thoy had died, woro piled into thoir unmarked gravea, dug near the oharrod remains of Lott's tout houso. f boro WAS no oororoo ny. Tho minis tor and his daughtor lilied ono of tho holes, tho woman and a ohild the othor, tho mon a third. At tho samo timo pro minent oiiizono hold a oonforonoo, whioh was attondod by Sheriif Sim mons, and a mossago WAR sent to tho nogroos: "Ho you want any more? ' "No," oamo tho reply. This had u quioting .offcot and the nogroos left tho. country. It is boliovod thoro will bo no furthor trouble '.I'lfSmash Kvorythingt" Tho Gorman press is disouesing in livoly fashion tho following uttovanoo attributed to Emporor William: "If no oommoroial troatios aro nego tiated, I shall ? mash everything to piooos." In an address at a mooting of tho Ploct Sooloty in Hanover, Capt, von Woltluim. of Gorman Navy, is ropro soutod to havo said; "ftorunny'a intorosts in thc ftvo ro publios of Central Amorioa, in viow of American ooinpoiiUon, eau only bo maintained whoo WO Imvo a Hoot strong onough to say to tho Americans 'Monds Off.'" Toil doolrtx'ation was recoiv?d with stormy applause Tho .pap?isgoner ally ignore it, and tho Freisinnige /oi tung obsorvos: "jChcrb is a spooiosof political mis? ohiof-mi>king wbioh. whi.lo not uuioh ablo undor tho Ponai Code* is hono the loss calculated to CAUSO appr?hension.' IA Poaor, : ghat's Bookor Washington going to <lo with tho nogro m?Ohaaics bo is training, Thoy would bo shot down if thoy wont to PormoylvAuia, Ohio or 111 * I iuois to find employ moat, Thc ?eooordi* show this,