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BOTH COT HELP. McCall, of the New York Life, % c Says Parker Never LET ANYTHJNGr PASS. He Also Asserts That His Life Was Made Weary by Democrats Chasing Him For Money. He Says Parker Accepted Contributions when He Was Chairman. Political contributions of the New York Life Insurance company and the connection of' Andrew A. Hamilton of Albany with the alleged politiool activity of the company wore the points around which the hearing before the legislative insurarce investigation in New York turned on Wednesday. President John A. McCall of the New York Life Insurance company was the chief witness and for several < hours he was subjected to a lire of questions by Charles E. Hughes, counsel for the c immittee concerning the money presented for political < pu-poses. i The cUmax was reached when Mr. McCall declared that the soliciting of funds for campaign purposes was not ooutined to tne Republican party in ( the campaign qf 1904 and announced: < "My life was made weary by the i Democratic candidates chafing tne for ] money in that campaign. Some of the very men who today are being Interviewed in the papers and denouncing men who contribute to cam i paigns were crossing my path every ] step 1 took looking for money. One < day?the candidate himself, Parker? * If he would show up his books when he waschairmau of the Democratic < State committee, it would give you i a tit. He ne ver rejected a dollar in i the world. He would take every dol- i lar that was presented to him." I Judge Parker was chairman cf the Democratic State executive committee 1 In 1885. ; Mr. McCall's statement was greeted j with wild cheering, which continued i until a threat was made to clear the room of listeners if the crowd did not restrain itself. i With great care the acoouut of An- < drew A. Hamilton with the company was analyzed by Mr. Hughes who < asked Mi. McCall about every item and made it clear that a search was j being made for political contrlbu- ; tions. ; Mr. McCall stoutly maintained that he had given Mr. Hamilton no money i to be used in inlluencing legislation | at Albany, but the admission was obtained from Mr. McCall that 11am ilton's expenses at Albany were paid from the company's funds and that his accounts were not submitted to audit. It was shown that $235,000 has boon paid to Hamilton witn only a verbal accounting to President McCall ! and that at present Hamilton owes ! the company about $60,000, but Mr. McCall said he felt sure that Hamil- ; ton, whr^jb now in Europe, will repay tills su n upon the company's demand. The $235 000 Mr. McCall said he 1 wa9 sure wou>d be paid by Mr. Ham ilton on demand of the Mew York Life Insurance company. 'If it is not," said Mr. McCall, "I'll be responsible and I'll pay it." Hamilton received for legal services, he said, about $100,000 a year from the New York LU'e Insurance company. He was given charge of work all over the Untied States in tho matter of legislation and taxes and represent ed the New York Life before legislative committees. Taking up the campaign contributions, NVr McCall said that In 1896 he oontri: to the defeat of the silver platform; not to the defeat of the Democratic parly. In other cases of campaign contributions Mr. McOall pref rred to characterize thern as nnntrihnt.lrinN to t.hfl snnunrt, of the gold platform rather 'ban to the Republican national committee. He denied that any contribution# bad been mp.de to either State or municipal campaigns at any time. Ho assumed the entire responsibility. Of the campaign contributions made by Mr. McOall and George W. Perkins for the New Pjrk Life Insur ance company in 1904. Mr. MoCJall said he did not care how many of bis policy holders agreed with his action. He said he consulted no one but Mr. Perkins. "I did It on my own book. I don't Justify the use of campaign funds. 1 justify the use of ibis money for the benefit of the policy holders." Replying to Mr. Hughes, he said: "I honestly believe in this instance it was justified. If you ask me if I approve of campaign contributions, I say no, a thousand times no. "Did you really think that in 1904 the Interests of the policyholders were so seriously endangered that the company ought to contribute?" asked Mr. Hughes. "I did think so when the man who had twloe voted for tiryan was a candidate on a platform framed by a oommlttee that had by a majority of two to one rejected the gold standard." MoOall said: "Their shadows were across mine every move I made." "1 thank God that Bryan and free silver were beaten and that I had a share In their defeat." Applause followed the statement but the demonstration was checked by the chairman, who said he would have the room cleared of spectators If order was not kept In 1802 Mr. McCall said there was no campaign contribution by the New York Life Insurance company, because both parties had gold platforms. No contribution to any S ate or municipal campaign funds had been made Oy the New York Life Insur anco company siuee his connection with the company, said Mr. McCall. ABSOLUTELY FALSE SAYS PA UK Kit Judge Alton B. Parker, 1> mooratlc candidate for president in 1004, gave the Assortat< d Press a statement concerning President McCall's testimony relative to the soliciting of funds from the New York Ufa Insurance company by D -mocrats In 1004. The statement follows: "My attention has been called to certain testimony said to have been given by Mr. John A. McCvll while a witness bef( re,the insurance investi gallon committee In reply to Mr Hughes' question whether he thought mm, in i?u4 &ne interests or trie policyholders were so seri usly endangered that the company ought to contribute ' It Is evident that Mr. McCall was laboring under great excitement In making his reply, for It is vary incoherent. But if his answer is Intended to convoy tho impression that in the campaign of 11)04, I. either directly or Indirectly, solicited from him or his corporation or any other corporation, any money or valuable thing, his statement is absolutely false. On the contrary, I repeat now what I said brfore the clpcidon, that I expressly not 1 ti d and directed the chairman of the executive committee of the national committee that no money should be received from corporations." MCCALL CllAWFISHKS. John A. McCJall, prendent of the New York Life Insurance company, referring to his testimony before the legislative ommittee. in relations to contributions to the Democratic party laid Wednesday: "The meaning I intended to convey when 1 mentioned Judge Parker was this: Judge Parker when a cmdidate for the presidency last year, did not personally ask me for campaign funds, Out friends of his did sn rpnoatprllv 4,Judgo Parker, as chairman of the States Democratic committee several /ears ago, did, however, accept prof fered contributions to the campaign fund." NAME IIIM SAYS SHKEIIAN. William F. atieehan's attention was sailed to the testimony of Mr. Mo3all and he sale: 4'1 was chKl man of the executive . omrnitieeof the Democratic national committee last year. There was not a single man connected with the Democratic national campaign that inlicited a dollar from Mr. McCall. If any such person made any such iolicltation Mr. McUall siiould name him." gets ten years. for Putting Snake's Heads and Reptiles in a Well. A dispatch from Laurens to The State says Wednesday In the oourt of general sessions John Miller, a young negro farm hand, was convicted of administering poison with intent to kill and was given a sentence of ten years in the State prison. The indictment under which Miller was tried charged Wash Carwile and Miller with attempting to poison an entire family, consisting of Mr. E W. Ferguson, | who resides near Clinton, his wife, j mother, and aunt and some of the colored servants and hands employed on the place, by placing in the well, from which every one oil the premises uied water, a bag containing a snake's head, a frog, a lizz&rd and a quantity of stuff said to have bi'eu a composition cf match heads auci other tilings of a poisonous character. The fact that Mr. Ferguson and other members of the family became very ill about the samo time led to an investigation which revealed the prosonce of the horrible mixture In the drinking water. Carwilo and Miller were suspected of the deed. Miller was promptly arrested but Garwilees ciped a; d has not been apprehended yet. Moth negroes and their families quit tisirg the water on Sunday before the Fergusons were made sick on Tuesday. It was brought out in the trial Wednesday that the negroes were close friends and during the year had given Mr. Ferguson considerable trouble, complaining that they were not being treated right and that they would even up things when their time was out. Oa the 12th of Jul' their oontract being out, they w:. paid cff. Three days later tho > ,< was found In the well. It was bolical deed and judge Metiuilm said In passing sentence on Mille cnat the ten year limit was too light. William R. Rickey, acting solicitor, conduoted prosecution with signal tact and ability. The Right Hpirir. The Marion Star, which favors the dispensary system, deprecates any at tempt to mullify the result of the election, and calls upon dispensaryites to aid in carrying out the new order of affairs. This is the proper spirit, for nothing can be gained by attempting to foroe any particular thing upon the people through technicalities of the law, or endeavoring to retard or hinder the majority in carrying out iU wishes. CHARGE PROVED By the Confessions of Geo, W. Perkins and J. A. McCall. v what pabrer says. All the Bis; Corporations Contributed Money to the Republican Campaign Fund Last Year, and the Men U/L^ .IS .1 VI CI 1 J 1. - TT IIU UIU II OIIUUIU oe Punished. Former Chief Judge Alton II. Parker, last year the Demi oratlc candidate for President of the United States, in au Interview at Ewpus, N. Y., receutly, referred to the charges made by him in the Presidential cam paign last fall, that corporation funds were being used in aid of the It^publi can campaign. To a correspondent of the Associated Press who called at Rosemount, Judge Parker's home, and asked hioi if he had anything to say In relation to the statement made by Vice-President George W. Perkins, of the N :w York Life Insurance Company, before the Legislature cornmi tte investigating the insurance business, to the effect that President John A. MtCall, of that company, had caused a contribution of about $50,000 to be made last year to the Republican national campaign fund, Ju -go Parker said: 44Yes, 1 believe 1 ought to say, now that there is no political excitement to distract the public attention, that oho president of the New York Life was not the only such contributor. The ollicers of other great life insurance Companies,such as the Equitable and the Mutual, also contributed from the policy holders' fund for the campaign purposes last year. The u derlyiug principals which divide the great mass of the people into par ties have no effect upon such men. Their one inquiry is, will the party organization in its hour of triumph remember our generosity and respond to our demands? Of course, the organization does remember, for it ex pects a similar contribution next lime And the expectation is not in vain. Last year was not the tirst time. Such contributions had been ma ie before in national, Stato and municipal elections. "Tne olli :ers responsible for these raids upon the treasuries of corporations have received their reward in unfettered management of different insurance corporations; in unembarrassd raids upon the public through trusts?condemned by both common liUfl liiui' In i-u/noal A W.VMVV4W Tf ) IU 1V/I U.1U1 LU ^ULlinil criminally the ollloers of railroad and other corporations violating the laws; and in statutory permission to manu facture corporations and to levy tribute on the people. "There can be no hope of checking the unlawful aggressions of officers of great corporations so long as they may thus form a quasi-partisanship with the organization of the dominant po litical party. Fjr in the hour when the administrative official seeks to punish the offender, he is reminded by the head of the organization of the magnitude of the contributions of the corporation. 'There is, however, something worse, if possible, than the escape of such offenders from justice. It Is the I irruHu 1 Hnmr*ru 11'?'i ? i..^ n.?? ? .. uu^Mvtuiiuuuiuu ui Ywui;in i?uu the a ailing of the public consience by t\!e etTorts to make these vast sums of money procure the ballot they were Intend d to procure, corruptly aid otherwise. "What has been prove! In the cese of the New Yoik Life will undoubtedly be proved in the other cases. The facts exist and honest and able i eounst 1 backed by an honest committee will undoubtedly bring them out for the public good. "Were there an investigation of railr< ad, manufacturing and oilier corporations it would be fcuad that these corporation otlicers who put their hands into the treasury and took out moneys belonging t,o widows and orphans to help secure a partisan triumph. "That their acts were unlawful and their purposes corrupt goes withrut saying. They intended to have toe money used, as it was, in corruptling the electorate. Mr. PAtkirm makes the point that Mr. John A. MfcCall, the president of the New York Life, Is a Democrat. Apparently he would have the public assume that when Mr. McCall unlawfully and wrongfully contributed these fundi?the company's share probably as a member of the underwriting syndicate?It was evidence of political virtu 5, rather than misconduct. "The truth about It Is, and I say It without feeling, but emphatically, that men like McCall have no political convictions that stand In the way of their personal advantage. Such men desire the triumph of that party whloh will better serve their personal financial Interests and will?for contributions, past, present and future? continue to protect these Interests by lenient legislation and by pretense at execution of law whloh shall be tenderly blind to all their offenses. That party they espouse in the court room, and contribute to It of the moneys they hold In trust, and occasionally a little of their own. > "It Is not my purpose to claim that the Democratic party, subjeoted to the temptations whiob have overcome the other party during the last four years, would have acted differently* Mere party advantage should not be sought from the disclosures made In this Investigation llut the facts should be diligently sought, that the people may beo^ me so aroused that they will insist upon legislation making it a criminal offence for oltioers to contribute corporate funds for political funds for polltcal purposes and depriving the apparently successful candidates of their otVois. "Efforts in that direction have been making in different States since November last, and particularly In this State. But the Republican organization would not consent to it, so the Legislature defeated the bills. And the organization never will consent until an an used public sentiment shall threaten legislators with political oblivion who fail to enact effective laws upon the subject. " tLIOHT DETERIORATION. Cotton Condition Not as Ciood as a Work Ago. Section Director Hauer weekly crop report says the mean temperature for the week ending Monday, September 18Lh, was tl'ghtly below normal, due to very cdoI weather early in the week and warm at its close. The extremes of temperature were a mixlmum of (J(> degrees at Hlackvllle on the 12th, aud a minimum of 57 degrees at Cheraw on the 15th. There was slightly less than the normal amount of bright sunshine over the southern aud east em counttes and about normal amount in the central and western counties. There were numerous showers over the eastern and southern counties, and very little rain, in many plac s none ?over the western ones. ExorsMve rainfall occurred in Florence ar.d 1) .r lington counties, in the la ter there were 8 inches recorded m 24 hours. Lands were washed, streams 11 oded and bridges carried away, aud crops were seriously damaged on uplands as well as low lands. Generally the week's precipitation was needed and proved benetloial. Over the western and northern counties the ground is very dry aud late crops are sulTorlng for moisture. Streams ai d wells are becoming low, and it is too dry for fall plowing and for Heeding oats. Frequent showers interrupted farm work along the coast and to a lesser degree in a few interior southern counties, while the weather wnw f/vr continuous work over the greater portion of the state. There was a slight deterioration in the condition of ootton due, mainly, to premature opening earned by rust and drought. On sandy lands the crop is nearly all open and most of it pick ed wiille over the state generally id is opening fast. Growth and fruiting have stopped, but this is immaterial, as what fruitage would be taken on after this time would not mature. Cater pillars have appeared In Berkeley county on cotton, which is the only report of damage of injects this week. Late corn Is In need of rain. There is a slight deterioration of minor crops due to want of moisture,over the western parts and a slight improvement in the eastern portions. Fall truck has improved, and recently planted seeds are germinating well. Itlce harvest made good progress. Much hay and other forage was saved in prime condition. LONG LOST COMftllSblON ltoturned to the (valiant Holdior Who Ijohi It In Battle. A dispatch from Patterson, N. J , says a commission as captain of the Twenty-tifth N' ~ Jersey volunteers which was los.. b. Capt. Archibald uraham on the field of Fredericksburg, Va., wa. vunedto Gapt. Graham's widow We ,uay by Cnlef Justice Walter Clark of the supreme court of North Carolina. Judge Ciatk found the commission after the battle was over. lie sent It to the State ad I Jutant general's (tllse hi Trenton and i asked that It he forwarded to the own er. lie accompanied It with a letter saying that ho nad Intended to return It many years ago but had mislaid and forgotten it. He wrote: "This coromis'don was found where only a brave man could have carried it?beneath the plunging tire of the Washington artill' ry on Marc's Heights, just behind us and the even more wasting fire of our iLf'.ntry Hue behind the stcne wall at the foot of the heights. We broke sevtn successive lines of battle to pieces at that point, for nature had made the posh lion impugnable. I was then but 14 years < f age, but I remember woll that ray astonishment at the recklessness of sending brave men on such a hope less mission was only exceeded by my admiration of the steadiness and gallantry of the men who endeavored to execute It. "I do not know to what bridge the Twenty-fifth New Jersey belonged and hence do not know In which of these charges Capt Graham shared, but 1 was particularly struck with that made by Thomas Meagher's Irish brigade, wLiune line oauio up aiOQOHl tO ttie muz zles of our guns. We recognized that line by the green flag with the sunburnt on It an well as by Its reck lets daring. My most respectable compliments to Mrs. Oraham and to her son, who, as I see is a member of the profession to whioh I have the honor to belong." Found Dead, A negreas, Rachael Burkett, was found dead near her home at Johnston. Coroner's inquest rendered a verdict that death resulted from a broken neok, oaused by unknown per oni. THE TRUTH AT LAST. The Big Corporations Put Up the Boodle For the llopuhlloan Party to Ituy Up tFio Bast l'ilcotton. What tfio PtchIdent Ought to Do. T in testimony of Mr. Perkins of the New York Life Insurance Company that $50,000 of the policyholders' money was pledged and $48,702.50 paid into the campaign fund of the Republican party last year, to be employed in promoting the election of Mr. Roosevelt, has stirred up many stories of campaign contributions by the great corporate interests. A. dis patcli to The Chicago Record Herald from Washington says that it Is very freely statod at the capital now that the meat packers of Chicago, mem ( hers of the beef trust, which Com mis- ( sioner Gar lit 11 has sle.ee declared to 1 he a poor, bu flaring organ zitlon, un justly accused by the public of extortion, paid $100,000 to Mr. Roosevelt's 1 campaign purse. According to the correspondent's statement the con- ' tributlon of the packers was tirst put ' at $50,000, the same as the amount ' asked of tlio New York Life, but it was afterwards raised to $100,000. The correspondent continues with 1 tills Interesting information: { After the packing companies had 1 contributed,representat ons were made 1 to the brewers and whiskey Interests ' that It would be to their benefit to ! give large sums, and the money was forthcoming. During the campaign ' the agents of the department of com ' merce and labor were at work invest! gating the alT virs of f he packers. rl he original mm contributed by the pack 1 ers was about what they normally giro ! to a campaign fund, and the later con- 1 trlbutlon doubled It. It is stated that 1 Secretary Corlelyou knew nothing of the source of the oimpaln contrlbu 1 tions. "Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer ( of the national committee, and his 1 assistant, C. II. Duell, were the only ' men who knew absolutely where all * campaign contributions came from," ( said a politician today. "In the West 1 Charles G. Dawes collected the funds. 8 lie introduced many men whose con- 1 tributlons were wanted to Mr. Cortelyou at luncheons which were arranged 1 for the purpose. Mr. Cortelyou soli- 1 cited no contributions from these m< n, 1 but merely talked over the campaign ^ with them." In commenting on the above tlie 1 Charleston Evening Post says: "Presl- t dent LtoosevtIt denounced Judge l'ar- 1 kcr most fiercely because he dared to AAnHamn f Knon /?< ' - # ~ ~ ~ 1 vuu>ivtuu ui'-toc vuiicbi.iuu3 ui uimiey 1 Lorn the corporations and to draw ?hc t inevitable conclusion that thev were 1 made with expectation of favors from t the administration and therefore, with 1 implication of such by the agents of I Mr. Roosevelt, who had not been re- < pudlated by that virtuous gentleman, s Now we know that the New York i Life gave a large sum of money and s also tliat it was given in just the way l Judge Parker said last October that < such contributions were made. Here * are Judge Parker's words: ''Shall the ' creations of government?many of which pursue illegal methods?control i our elections, control them by moneys 1 belonging to their stockholders? { moneys not given in the open and < charged upon ttie books as money paid for politic tl purposes, but hidden ' away by false bookkeeping?" The * item of the New York Life's contribu- ' tion was so entered on the books that ' even the treasurer of the company, 1 who drew the check for the amount, ? did not know what was its purpose 1 and it became necessary to call the 1 highest executive clllcers of the com- 1 panv to i xplain it. "L it isn't Mr. Roosevelt to stir up 1 his spirit at this juncture and de 1 nounce somobodj V lie cin't denounce Judgo Pe:k r again because the truth of his charges Is established. Hut he 1 might denounce Mr. Bliss for riot tell ' ing him of the embarrassing obliga tions he had contracted. Except tha' lie may never have consulted Mr. Bliss aoout the matter d uring the campaign, It being agreed in|advance that all assurances of clean campaign Ing snould come to the President from Mr. Cortelyou, who, himself, should have nothing to do with anything that was not clean. But one thing Mr. Roosevelt might do, namely, to Instruct Mr. Cortelyou to publish now the whole list of campaign contributions made to the Republican fund last year and specifically declare himself free of any obligation to those ooainoutors, whatever engagements bis agents may have made wheu they secured the money. Mr. Rjosevelt liken to do senHational things. Here's a chance for him." A UtioMtiy Kind, At Boston, Mass., the p 1 Ice were called up to investigate the death of a woman whose dlsmerr bored body, wrapped la white oil cloth, was found in a green leath r suit case in the w&te, near the W nthrop Yacht Club house, early Thursday night. There were no mark** by which the remains could be identified. It is though the woman was the vlotim of a careless operation. The intestines had teen removed. The body had evidently been dismembered by a sharp knife, The cuts were ole&n and no bones were broken. Gomes Illicit. Claude A. Swanson, democratic nominee for governor of Virginia, has tiled a statement showing that It cost htm nearly $10,000 or two years salary, to , secure the nomination, all of whioh was for legitimate expenses $1,600 of this was for the assessment. I AWFIESTORY Of a Murderous Attack Made on J. I). Hawkins by OTHER WRITE MEV. The Victim of the Murderous Attack. Who Was Left for Dead, Revives and Tells How he Was Laid on the Rail Road Track to be Run Over. The Columbia State of lsst W :doeslay says Sheriff Jeuuiugs of Pickens bounty arrived In Columbia on Tues1ay of last week with a warrant for John Ilenderstn aud Tom Vaughn, who was in jail there charged with t.ho murdjrous assault upon J. D, Hawkins near Calhoun more than two weeks a^o. The Sheriff ?ot the insniers aud returned to Pickens with tihem on Wednesday. The Stale says Ilerdjrson and Vaughn aro the two tmn who were irresh (1 in the weave room of the Dlympla cotton mill by Deputy ShcritTi Knox and Cathoart last Thursday iftcrnoon, September 1 I as the result if tolephono communication from Sheriff Ullreath of Greenville. It was not known at that time whether Uio crime was committed in JrrcnviJe or Pickens county and the nday In removing the msn from tlie Lt.ciiland jail lias been due to the fact bhat it was necessary to watt until Hawkins had sufficiently regained his louse to tell a coherent story of the ;ffort to tiko his life. lie lias now improved sufficiently lo do tills and reiterates what he stat;d at a former interval of consctousiess, that Henderson and Vaughn are die men who attacked him and placed lis almost helpless aid senseless body >11 the track of the Southern railway :o be crushed by an oncoming train, io as to conceal the crluio that bad leen committed. Slier.ff Jennings stated that from die. information now at hand it stems dial Hawkins, who resides at the drandon mill in Greeuvllle, was on Saturday afternoon, September 2, ibout to take a train for Mauley, where re Intended to attend a meeting of ,he C) id Mellows lodge, and he iiad on lis pe'son $100 belonging to the order, riiii money he showed to 8everal men vlth whom he was associating that afternoon and a plot to rob him was evdeotly determined upon by them. Af;er attempting several ruses to get llm to a point where the robbery could 19 committed without fear of discov;ry, dually one of them told Hawkins i scandalous story concerning his famly and when Hawkins indignantly relented the falsehood he was told that f he would KO with them the men jcu d carry him to the man who had raid it and would furnish proof of its iruth. It Is supposed tltat that night they got in an empty freight car of a passing freight train and rode as far as Jalhoun, where they got oil and startid on foot toward the Seneca river. When about half way to the river and near a saw mill, Hawkins' companions attacked him with heavy scantlings, rtrlking several terrltlc blows on the a tad and one on his left arm, which oroke It between the wrist and tho dlbow. He was also given a jab In his aack with the splintered eiid of a broken scantling, which made a frightful wound. The blows on the wounded mau'd head had rcnriored him almost unconscious but not entirely so, as the assailants supposed. Hawkins, bleeding arid unable to raise his hand to help himself, heard them discuss the best way to dispose of his b >dy. It was agreed by them to throw his body In the trout o* river and gath rii:g t up they started toward tho : vei ' ink, but when about half way Lht-y s?w tne watchman of the br'dgo approaching with his lighted lantern. Although he soon disappeared this caused them to change their plan and it was theu agreed to place the body on the railroad track to be mangled uader the wheels of the next train. This was done and the would be mur? derers quickly disappeared in the darkness. Hawkins, dimly reahzlog that certain death awaited him u-iles* he could crawl from the track, made a supreme etlort and managed to drag his body to the outside of the track and roll down the embankment, lo will be remembered that his groans wore heard by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Chapman, who were passing on their way to church the next morning, and trie nail dead man was found and cared for at their home. Henderson and Vaughn were Been at the jail Tuesday ar d asked for a statement but tbey vigorously denied any knowledge of or conneotion with tbe affair. Tbey said tbat tbey were in the company of Hawkins in Greenville during tbe day but tbat tbey did not see blm at night, as they were both at the Magnolia cafe and later at a lawn party at tbe residence of Mr. Wbltesides. Tuey claim 10 be able to produce proof of this aiibl. | Hawkins' statement is conclusive proof tbat tbe assault occurred in Pickens county and the entire matter Is now In tbe bands of Sheriff Jennings. Will H?ng. t Commander Johnson, a white man, has been oonvicted of the murder of Rev. H. D. Grainger in Horry County and sentenced to bang the second Friday In Deoember. Ani appeal will probably be taken. ~ .* * * ? mtm