The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, July 12, 1905, Image 3
TILLMAN'S VIEWS
ON DISPENRARY
The Senator An!swers Some Questions
Propounded to fim
MUST BE A GENERAL OVERHAULING
Father of Law Shows His Position anc
Tells cf Sins Which Make People
Ccpose and Fight It.
In an open letter to Francis 'ig
gins. of Newberry, Senator Tillman
comes out squarely against the move
ment against the dispensary and de
clares that the several counties should
not accept prohibition until the Legis
lature has been given a chance to re
form the institution. It is 'as follows:
Trenton, S. C.. July 1. 1905.
Mr. Francis W. Higgins, Newberry,
S. C.
Dear Sr: I have your letter of June
27, propounding certain inquiries in re
gard to the anti-dispensary movement
in Newberry, and to the dispensary
and liquor question in general. and to
my own attitude towards it.
The question you ask relate to the
most important subject now agitating
the minds of the people of the State,
and in o-der to cover the ground at all
satisfactorily it will require me to an
swer at some length and to discu-. the
subject in its various phages. and this
becomes the more necessary as you no
tify me in advance that y~u desire my
answer for publication.
I shall preface what I v rite by lay
ing down certain gener 1 principles
which will be disputed o*ly by those
who are fanatical and iinwilling tc
consider any subject froix any other
standnoint than that of (bigotry and
prejudice. Most men will agree to the
following:
1. All men love stimulants and are
usually slaves to some Cine kind. as
witness the ercng appetith which pre
vails for co t-.e, tea, topacco. beer,
wine. brandy, whiskey. miorphine, qui
nine, cocaine, etc. With. the exception
of some of the drugs mehtioned there
are no injurious effects, immediately
perceptible and none of them intoxi
cate except those containing alcohol.
Alcoholie beverages in /noderation are
no more harmful thali tea or coffee,
probably less so.
2. The abuse of liqtor by men drink
ing to excess has eused as much or
more crime and miselry than any other
one thing. J
3. The proper policing and control
of the liquor traffi c(so as to minimize
its abuses is one ofi the most perplex
ing and troublesomie questions with
which any governm ent has to deal.
Men have never ag eed as to any one
method being best a'nd never will. and
there is a constant agitation of the
subject in some ford going on all the
while in almost evr-y State in the
Union. t
4. Experience sho that some men
will have liquor as beverage and
that no law has ever yet been devised
which will prevent t em obtaining it.
-Wise men are therefoi e content to re
-duce the evils of ligq or selling and
-liquor drinking to the minImum, and
the question at issue in South Caro
lina now as it has be en these fifteen
or twenty '-ears past, is how to do
There i no need for any heat or pas
sion in discussing the subject and we
should div est ourselves of all preju
dices in its consideration. Three poli
cies ha e at one time or another beer
adopted in dealing with the question.
SLicense. "igh or low, prohibition and
the disp"ensary system. Since 1S93 the
last namedl has been the method fol
lowved in this State. but all along there
have been staunch advocates of the
other two systems embracing _withir
their ranks many of the most intellh
Sgent and best people we have. It is.
therefore eminently proper that we
recognize these earnest, honest advo
cates as having just what we claim fox
ourselves, no other purpose than thai
of the nubli-c welfare. And those of ux
who have been the supporters of the
dispensary system must meet them ir
Iargument and show fr-om the experi
eace through which the people of the
State have passed as well as with force
and logic' that the advocates of boti
prohibition and high license are in er
ror.
- You ask. "Have you lost faith in th(
dispensary system and do you considei
it so inherently defective that it cannol
be purged of corruption and made te
serve its original purpose?" I answei
most emphatically, no. I believe tnh
principle of the State control and thE
sale of liquor through bonded officers
to be the best that was ever devised:
a that it comes nearer to the ideal idet
of teac-hing me to use liquor instea<
of abusing it. and throwing around il
safeguards which will be the best foi
the cause of temperance. There is nc
inherent defect in the scheme. and ii
there be corruption and mal-adminis
tration in the enforcing of the dispen
sary law it is directly traceable to the
Legislature and to those who have beer
placed in charge of its -execution. ln the
absence of any positive proof of corrup
tion we rmust awvait with deep interest
the investigation which is now under
way andl urge those in charge of thai
ime-tant work to ear-nest, thorougn
and speedy action. The people believc
there is corruption and a great (deal 0i
it. Very many things go to show thai
this belief has good foundation in fact.
WVe ought to k~now as soon as possibh
just what andl how fa:- meni have beer
guilty ofunlawful behavior.
The suspicion which now hangs ovet
the disuensary like a pall wvill cause
many to hastily vote for itse destruc
tion. who are still or have been strong
believers in the dispensary system as
a means of contr-olling the sale of wvhis
key. So I would say to the gentlemner
who ar-e in charge of the investigathr
that they (can do the people of the St-ate
a great se'rvice by le tting in the lighi
and probing to the bottom. We wan1
to know what is wrong and we cat
then determine how to provide a rem
edy, while the criminal courts will. 0:
ought to providle punishment for the
wrongdoers.
The dispensary law has bcen undei
fire in the courts and on the hustings
ever since the system was inaugurated
There has been only one general ece
tion in the State. the last in which il
was not an issue. It won victory aftei
victory for it was the main issue in the
election of 1894. in the eliection for th(
constitutional convention in 188-5. ane
in the State electiorns of 18963. 18i8, 190]
and 1{2. Those candidates for publi<
office who carried its banners were al
ways victorious.
IWhat thenm has cause i the presen
upheaval? Why are petitions circulat
ing in a dozen or more counties ask
inc :co- an election to vote it out unde:
Sthe Erice law, and that too in -ouxn
ties which, in the past its known ad
ities? Have the people any greater
faith in prohibition than they have had
all these past years? I do not think
so. Are the advocates of high license
any strcnger than they have been? I
do not hinl: so. I am bolnd' to beiieve
that the existing dissatisfaction and
desire to destroy the dispensary comes
from the well-night universal belief
of the people that there is corruption
in its administration and because the
last Legislature failed to take any ac
tion other than that to appoint a com
mittee to investigate. There were
charges. with how much truth they
were made I dont know. that the dis
pensary influence in the Legislature
was paramount. Anyhow, the friends
of the iispensary and its enemies
joined forces at the last session to pre
vent any action, and nothing was done.
and unless public opinion shall drive
the Legislature at its next session to
some reform action which will purify
the atmosphere there is no possible
doubt that all elements of opposition
to the dispensary. aided by many of
its old friends. will combine in the
next election and kill the system. I
do not hesitate to tell you frankly that
if it has become, and is to remain a
corrupt political machine as is charged.
I cannot defend it and will not do so.
but will join the ranks of those who
seek to kill it. I believe it can be re
organized and purged of corruption.
with safegurads thrown around it to
prevent the recurrence of the present
unfortunate and disgraceful condition
of affairs. I canno: now go at length
into the details and give reasons. but
I will state briefly the causes as I see
them which have produced the present
situation.
The purchase of liquor by any board
ex-officio or otherwise. should be stop
ped. The original scheme which was
hastily -otten up made the Governor.
attoroey general and the comptroller
general ex-officio the State Board of
Control. This was changed very soon
after I left the Governor's office and
the Legislature assumed control by the
election of the board: and in no in
stance since has my advice and opinion
had any weight in shaping its manage
ment though I have tried to prevent
some things being (lone and have urged
others without success. It stands to
reason that men who have to depend
upon the suffrage of the whole people
to get high c-iice are or ought to be of a
higher type with better characters and
in every way better fitted for reaspon
sible positions involving the handling
of public money than those who with
petty salaries are elected by the Legms
lature. Politics always enters into a
legislative election. People who vote
for Governor vote for him because
of other qualifications than that he
would make a good dispensary direc
tor, and for this very reason the Gov
I ernor is the best possible man to place
in such a responsible position. But
the law is fatally defective in regard
to the purchase of whiskey in not
specifically defining in the most minut2
and binding manner just what kinds
of liquor shall be bought and how it
shall be bought without leaving it to
the discretion of any board. Every
detail should be worked out and then
the law would execute itself as far as
that feature is concerned. The board
would then need only to supervise the
conduct of State and county dispen
saries, the same as the asylum and
penitentiary are run.
Now as regards the proposed elec
tion to vote out the dispensary. If tne
dispe:Cary is to be voted out it should
and must be voted out of the State. not
out by individual courjies. Of course I
recognize the deep seated love ot our
people for local self government and I
would not compel any county to retain
the dispensary or have one established
therein if a majority of the citizens
want prohibition with its acknowleged
failure to prohibit. But judging simply
by the facts in the numerous elections
that have been held on the subject I
beieve that a large majority of the
people of the State are as strong be
lievers in the dispensary system as i
am: and that they are only casting
about now for a method of relieving
themselves of the corrupt machine
which is said to be in charge in Colum
bia. Many States in the Union have
had corruption in their State govern
mets and their State treasurers have
defaulted-have sometimes stolen hun
dreds of thousands of dollars--but no
man has ever thought of abolishing
the machinery of taxation because of
this. We have got to deal withl liquor
in some form and provide for its le
gitimate sale or we know it will find
illegitimate sale.
Shall we have high licer.se? I say
No. That gives the monopoly to the
wealthy man as against the poor man
and w e know from experience with
ar-rooms that it will be impossible to
gie any man the right to fill his store
w~ith liquor to sell and then have him
compy with the constitutional reguire
ments and not sell it at night and not
hae it drunk on the premises. If the
dispensary is abolished I will stump
the State for prohibition rather than
see high license. I have said this and
it is the reason probably that the story
is going the rounds about my stumping
for prohibition. But before we have
Iprohibition or high license either I ex
pect if my health continues good, to
give a very earnest discussion to the
subject of how to reform -the dispen
sary instead of destroying it and to
shot. ing the true inwardness of the
present movement.
LeL us suppose that the present cam
paign against the dispensary by county
elections, shall progress victoriously as
it has thus far and that the majority
of the counties in the State vote it out.
Will the question be settled? By no
means. The alliance of prohibitionists,
high license people andi blind tigers
which is now waging successful war
w~il h ave to continue the war .between
theseles after the dispensary is de
funt. Sensible mcr will not lend their
aid to an crusade which only gives us
"(ousion worse confounded"~ and pro
dces a chaotic condition w.:th no com
n~enation.
Lnder the decision of the United
Staes Supreme Court. prohibition and
no other State regulation ('an prevent
liquor from being shipped in by ex
press for personal use of individuals.
and the jug country traffic from Wil
mington to Charlotte. Atlanta. Augus
to and Savannah will be immense un
der prohibition, and the money which
now goes into the dispensary for the
use of the towns and counties of the
State and the school fund will be sent
out of the State to enrich the dealers
and distillers of other States. Stills
will be run in every swamp and wag
ons will peddle lirluor all over the
country. The only fight worth enlist
ing in South Carolina is between rro
hibition as rigidly enforced as it can
be and the dispensary as honestly en
forced as it ought to be. High license
is not to be thought of for a moment.
Yet the prohibitionists say they prefer
the dispensary to license and the
license people say they prefer prohi
bion to the dispensary while the
bli tiers want prohibition becatise
they know it means free liruor.
Th -eetions rnow beir.: held in the
coutes to vote the disp.?nsary o".t
ar ~e ver different to the Demnocratic
p"iary eleitions which will settle the
I e otin finnily. In the first place the
vote in these counties where elections
have been held agains: the dispensary
as ben. ,-ry small ae omared with
the regular :ote. It requires a certfin
(ate of regis-:ration to vote at such an
election while in the primary the club
rolls of the Denioratii eiubs govern.
Then men au- indifferent as they wer'
in the rOhibit:1le1ion in i2 when
only sixy thousand it of ninety-two
th ou.saiid voted ai that !;ox. There
are projably ty thi tum:in or more
good Demoeiats in the State who fnom
one cause or another are not able to
vote in the elections held tn(.er the
Brice act. That law was sh'revdly
drawn and for the express purpose of
killing the d:spensary I have heen tol-l.
These thi:'ty thousand will determine
the question in the future as they have
in the past because they will elect the
Legislature and the State officers in
the State Democratic primary in spite
of any combination such as is now giv
ing us prohibition by a negative pro
cess. Voting out the dispensary not
because the people want prohibition
but giving us prohibition because some
people want free liquor, some people
prefer to buy illicit liquor and a return
to the old barroom system. while many
people will do anything to kill the dis
pensary with the hope of profiting by
its destruction.
I would advise every advocate of
the dispensary who i; in doubt to vote
against putting the dispensary out of
his county until we see what the report
of the investigating committee is and
then whether or'not the Legislature at
its next session will purge the corrup
tion out of the dispensary system, and
put safeguarl. aroun.1 it for the future.
I say unhesitatingly it can be done
successfully. The dispensary system has
shown its strength in prst elections
because people thought it was honstly
administered. All tha: is neessarv is to
have them un(-rstand1 as they will un
derstand by !06 that th must hill
the law in or'r to ge: ril of the cor
ruption and they will make short work
of it. It must be made clean. o. it must
go. At presnt the ciampaia to vote
it out counly by cointy culy )rings
about contusion, encourages blind ti
gers and causes the counties and State
to lose money. and settles nothing. and
it is impossible to settle the question
in this way. I repeat it can only be
settled at the general Democratic pri
alary when all the people have heard
all sides and have made up their minds
intelligently.
I desire -o add in conclusion that
practically [ am a prohibitionist De
cause I very rarely drink any liquor
of any kind. If I believed that prohibi
tion could be enforced. understanding
as I do mos: thoroughly the great evil
attending the abuse of liquor I would
be a prohibitionist but knowing from
the most searching investigation and
from The oficial record of the United
States government that in Maine and
Kansas where prohibition prevails that
there has been a most dismal failure to
enforce the lay I prefer to the dispen
sary as the lesser evil. and as I have
often said in the past I believe that
State control comes nearer to the ideal
management of this troublesome ques
tion than any other.
I have no personal interest in view
and am only actuated by a sense of
public duty in taking the position I
have occupied in the past and which
I shall cont:.nue to cceupy.
I have always be'ieved in the rule
of the majority. But I want it to be
the majority of all the Democrats in
the State. 5. R. TILLMAN.
PROMIINENT PEOPLE.
3rarvk Twain smokes constantly when
wrtiting.
31odjeska hopes to sell her ranch in
California
Josef Hofimann, the great pianist, is
a clever electrician.
.Admiral Togo receives a salary of
$3000 for commanding the Japanese
Nay
IChancellor von Buelowv has had
sh~doweredl upon him p~riecely rank by
the Kaiser.
31 De Tleaiss'. former F:ench MIinister
of 1Forei ii Affairs, is nowv in his fifty
thlird year'.
King Leopold of Beligium is d~e
scr'ibed Is being a mian of extraordi
Thelx Siamese iminiter. Phyva Akharnj
Varadhm aa has f'alle a'i victim11 to the
fats'inatIions of the .ane of polo.
.inn IKuhelikc. the violinist. recentiy
achievedl a greater success~ in Itaiy
thani any artist since Pagannini's time.
Tolstoi is in nou seuse a popular wri
te-:. yet his wvorks have? a wider circu
lat ion than I any liv-ing writer, it is saitd.
IPrin-e Eitel. the Kaiser's second son,
is said to be simit tenl with the charms
of Pr: incess Eva of Battenbui g, accord
ina to c ourt gossips.
Amboassador Whlitalaw Reid has
given .300 for the endowm.vnent of a bed
f~o' A ' mr in ailors in the Union
.lu .tive Brewer'. of tile I'nited States
'Sureme C (ourt. said recently: "Japan.
it would seemn. hats made the Goddess
of Libert h :er hiired girl.''
Alfonso NIII. is sid to have in
I:er'ted i; he:o's Ciemarkably steady
eye an l sur'' hand. acnd is no'w nc
conun'od one of. the best shots in Spain.
3;:-. .Toauin (':asacus. the new
.mAsado:' 'f M.exi-o to the United
y~ates wil ariv in this co)untry ini
.::u:t with his wife and sae chil
uren.
GIRAFFE OF RARE SPECIES.
Valuable Acquisition to London Zeo
th yon iaf ofd a rr spec ies
tefrto:. its kind ever brought to
Europe. was recently laniled at PIy
mouth from the West African m.:tl
seamer Akabo. The animal. which- i
the pr'operty of Capt. Phillipts, th
British resident at Katagum. Norc
e:-n Nigeria. is fourteen months i.
stands nine feet high. and is said to
be worth $5.000O. It is being taker to
the London Zoological Gar'deris. The
iraffe is a enriositv becauise of the
character of its horns ard the sihape
of the spots on its skin. Capt. Phi!
lips captured his prize in a region
where some of the natives bad never
before seen a white man. Great (ira
cuty was experienced in getting the
animal down to the coast for ship
ment to England. I: had to be walked
the first ~Th miles to Zungeru. Then.
for the next l-le miles the poor crt.a
tre had to stand in a narrow canoe.
on which it was conveyed to the
Niger. Placed upon a small steamer
it was next carried to Eurkttu. a dis
tance of about LOu0) miles from the
starting point of rte journey. A spe
eialyconstruictcd box was placed on
the liner for the animal's accommo
dation. andh several times duiring the
sea voyage it was taken out on deck
for exercise. The animal, which has
been named the "Amelia." bore her
trying experience remark-ablv wel.
IThe Russian fleet has at last leara
ed the difference between real Japa
nese torpedo boats and Dogger Bank
I trawlers, s s ee York Tribune.
PALMETTO AFFA1Rl
Occurrences of interest in Varicu:
Parts of the State.
Geneal Cotton Market.
Middlint
Galveston. firm ................ 10 7-1
New Orleans. firm ............ 10 11-,
Savannah. quiet ............ 10 1-'
Norfolk, steady ............... 10 3-1
Baltimore. nominal ............ 11.0(
New York. quiet ...............11.1(
Boston, quiet ............. .. - 11.1(
Philadelphia. steady .......... 11.3:
houston, steady .............. 10 3
Augusta. firm ................ 10 54
Memphis, firm .............. 10 11-1(
St. Louis. firm ............... 10 3-4
Louisville, firm ............. 10 3-4
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid
to wagons:
Strie: good middling ........ 10 5-16
Good middling .............. 10 1
Strict middling .............. 10 1-4
Middling ..................... 10 1-4
Tinges ...............8 1-2 to 9 3-4
Stains ................ 7 1-2 to 9.0U
Died After a Quarrel.
Lucknow. Special.-Mr. W. J. Rollins
died instantly Thursday at 12 o'clock,
death resulting from heart failure. It
seems that the cause was from a dis
pute between he and Dr. L. h. Peebles,
magistrate. while working on a ditch
in the street. Some of the citizens
agreed to clean the ditch ard Rollins
was overseeing the work. Peebles de
cided he wou'd help and secured a hoe
and worked with the rest of the crowd.
Some time. about an hour before they
uit, Peebles made a suggestion as to
how he thought the ditch should be
lug and asked Rollins to hand him
the shovel. which Rollins did. Peebles
showing Rollins his idea of how the
ditch should be dug. Rollins said that
he would not have it that way, and
that it should be finished as started.
Peebles got offended at Rollins for the
manner in which he spoke and left
without further words. About 12:00
>'clock Rollins started for a bucket of
water at a well at which he and all
ase out of, and was obliged to pass Pee
bles house. Peebles was on his porch
tnd Rollins stopped and told Peebles
ne had come to tell him about the ditch
and commenced to exulain himself. in
the way he spoke to Peebles. Peebles,
being mad already. ordered him to get
away from his place. Rollins was
tanding on the sidewalk, talking to
Peebles. Then Rollins went to the
well talking back to Peebles. but did
not curse, while Peebles used strong
language to him. When at the well
but a few minutes Rollins fell and died
istantly. Rollins leaves a wife and
many friends to survive him.
Palmetto Items.
Columbia, Special.-Dispensary In
;pector C. L. Brown is looking for
1.500 he lost, or was robbed of be
ween here and Charleston. where he
went recently to look after Dispenser
3. S. Matthews. who was behind in
ecounts to this amount and who
cquared himself with the State dis
ensary people by turning ever this
;um in cash to Mr. Brown, who gave
is receipt. Mr. Brown did not dis
over his loss till he reached Colum
ia. He reported to Commissioner
Fatum that he had lost the money.
jut just how, he was at a loss to dis
2over. The law as to suing on an mn
tpectors bond seems to be defective
and there was some rub here. but
cmmissioner Tatuma insisted that the
3tate should not be made to lose and
SIr. Brown saw the force of the ar
;ument and made up the amount and
aid it over to the State dispensary.
3rown has been suspended. He says
e lid not drink on his way here
nd des not see how any one could
uave taken the money from his per
Columbia. Special. - Long-distance
phone messages from Florence and
3rlington confirm the rumors current
ire of the failure of two big concerns
itthe latter place. The one is the Inde
endent Cotton Oil Company, capital
zed at $1,000,000, and operating talf a
tzen branch plants in Hartsville. Tim
ansville, in Williarasburg county, and
lThewhere, and the other- is the Darling
on Trust Company. which has author
zd capital of $200,000. of wvhich $120.
00 has been paid ir.. TheO trust concern
onducted a bank int Dnrlington, whose
oors were closed.
Negro Fcund Dead.
Florence, Special.-About S o'clock
hhursday morning a negro man was
ound dead on the railroad near the old
obacco factory here. How he came
oo his death is a mystery. It was
hought at first that he came to his
leath by being rua over by a train,
>u the bruises on his body are not
ufficiet to show that. Still some
:hink he did. He was identified as
Eank Henderson, and his home is
aaid to be at Hendersonville. N. C.. but
t has been here and in this section
i the State for several months. F~or
he past few days h~e has been working
at the poor farm as a painter.
gro Killed a1t Celebration.
Florence, Specia .--At a big negro
oorth of July pi~nic at Mars Bluff.
taut six miles from here, a difficulty
arose between two negroes. Sam Wind
ham and Crockett Davis. and as a re
;lt. Sam Windham is (lead and Crock
'I Davis is shot through the thigh.
The trouble arose cver a negro womvan.
30th negroes were drinking. Sc-:eral
ago men were mixed up in the af
air. hut none got into trouble except.
hee two mentioned.
Bucket Shop For Union.
Union Special.--It is understood
haa in all probability another bucket
hop will be opened in Union this fall.
Last week the Western Union Tele
raph company had a lineman here t:>
oo into conditions. He said it wt.s
>roable that there would be a mar
:e wire established just for cotton
>isiness the wire to come from Spar
anbui to Union. thence to Carlisle.
Witmir and Clinton. The work of
-onsutin will likely begn soon.
A Child Burned to Death.
Eloree Special-Last MIonday night
about 11 o'clock one of the tenant
houss on Mr7. P. L. Cannon's place
near Vance was destroyed by fire. The
ocupants. Jennie Owens and her twa
:hildren were asleep when the fire
was isov:ed. The mother escaped
mdd one of the children perished in
:he flames while the other was badly
mreed. The origin of the fire and
full articulars c-mnot be learned.
Croner Rickenbaker of Orangeburg
has been notified and is on his way
to the scene of thecident.
SENATOR -1LLMAN SPEAKS
iTha "lns Declare3 That if Co'rup
tien is Not Extradicated He Will
"turp the State to Kill the System.
Crn~viio.S.C.. S-:ccial.-T he Soth
Carolina Legislattre has got to reor
anize the dispensary and ra,,e it de
cent. delares Sen2:or B. R. Tillm: n.
:r. says he, "I'll stump the State to
kill it." Outside of that, which re:nark
he had made in effect bforo. there
were no startling revelations or sen
sational utterances in the senam-r's
speech at Grecnville. Many of the
crowd who had come from afar were
somewhat disappointed that thre sen
ator refused to "cuss" for publication.
and that his pitchfork lay so placidly
and peacefully up against the door of
the crib of mildewed forage which he
might have turned over. However. the
crowd had already got wind of a let
ter he had writter. on the dispensary
and that was prononnied sufiliiently
warm for a fourth of July spe:h, so
they were in a sense appeased.
The speech itself was a calrn. dispaq
sionate. impersonal. wholly good h
mored and most un-Tillmanic perfcrn
ance. suppose:lly deal:ng with the cot
ton situation. but realiy dealing with
nothing. The crowd laughed with him
and enjoyed his fascinating presence.
but very few seemed to think he was
making a speech. Occasionally so;me
fellow in the crowd would try to get
up a little enthusiasm by yelling.
"That's right. Ben: give 'em hell," at
which everybody, including Tillman,
would laugh. .
THE OCCASION.
Upon the advice of President Karvie
Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Asso
ciation, the Fourth of July was cele
brated in Greenville by a grand rally of
farmers. A telegram was read by Mr.
G. H. Mahon. mayor of Greenvilie.
from Theodore H. Price. giving it as his
bilief that in view of an expected crop
of not much over 10.000.00 bales, cot
ton "will immediately Eo to 12 cents
a pound and stay there." This. together
with the rise in the past few days. was
srfficient to insure the good humor of
the crowd and an enthusiastic atten
tion to anything which was meant to
"whoop them up" or "pat them on
the back."
About 2.000 people heard the speeches
out in a grove. down in a hollow, away
off in the woods, where you could get
only by walking a mile from the fur
thest end of the car line or paying
the traditional quarter for har-k fare.
Yet people went. even a goodly number
hesidas those who heard the speeches,
for barbecues. picnics. horse races. base
ball. were among the festivities of the
Fourth. The Piedmont fair g-rounds
was the place. The speaking began at
about 1 o'clock and lasted till 3: 10.
At the close Mr. R. Mays Cleveland
presided over the meeting. After a
brief speech stating the object of the
meeting he introduced Senator Tillman.
Next followed 11r. E. D. Smith. after
these two regular speeches. Mr. C. H.
Mahon. mayor of the city. addressed
the crowd a few mnutes. Then fol
lowed Mr. J. T. Johnston. Member of
Congress from that district. Then. af
ter a little impromptu collection for the I
association from which about a hat full
of niekles was realized, the meeting
broke un.
SENATOR TILLMAN'S SPEECH.
Senator Tillman, after a few pleas
antries about the crowd, the occasion <
and the weather. and after declaring
that this was not the time or the place
foi' him to make political utterances.
starter in to talk to the fai'mers as
farmers. "We are not here as citizens
of the United States, but as farmers."
he said. He spoke first of the Southe:'n
Cotton Associationl and said that while
he was willing to concede that it had
done some good in helping on an agita
tion. he did not think it could rightfully
claim all the credit for the present r-.s
in the price of cetton. He said: "Tomr.
Smith. Bill JTohnston, John Williams.
and the others saw something was
wrong, so they joined the cotton asso
c'iation and went to resolving and 'e
olving, and resoluting and resolting.
but 01(1 King Grass was the man who I
camae along and choked the cotten ou:.,
That's what raised the price." Then
he added, amidst the hilarity. "So Prov
idence takes care of its own."
Senator Tillman ambled on. appar
ently somewhat at a loss what to talk
about. Some one suggested corn. "I've
got the best co:'n crop in South Caro
lina: I don't (are who he is."
"You ain't seed mine. Is you?" cried
a tall, hearty-looking man in broad
brimmed straw hat. The Senator
laughed, so did the crowd. "No. I
haven't seen yours." he said.
"Well, you come up to Chick Springs
and lemme show you some sho nuff
corn as is corn," said the man.
Even if the speaker had had a set
speech to make. he could not havee
made it in that crowd, for some one
wasconstantly trying to side-track him
into politics or something in which he
might have occasion for his pitchfork.
He did finally touch just a little upon
the dispensary and his "former friend,
John L. Mcbaurin." though very little
about the latter, saying, with a laugh.
"De mortuis nil nisi bonum." He said
MLaurin was dead, even if he did 1
manage to get his mag: speeches these
days in the newspapers.
But speaking of the present move
rxnt and politics, he compared it with I
te former farmers' movement in Southt
Carolina. "These newspaper men." her
said. "think they smell fire whenever'
the farmers begin to organize." Thee
: owd laughed boisterously when heo
explained the dlifference betwveen the
two movements. saying "that other
movementS years ago w~as Quiet differ
ent. We openly declared then that wve
were going into the swim. and we went
in. They said we would get into oeep
va: r. We did get into deep) water.
and wve drowvne:i mere politicians than
Iany fellows that ever went a-fishing."
T HE DISPENSARF~.
Abou t the dispensary Senator Till
a said the time and place to settle
anv issu'es on that score would he the
et Democratic primary. The Les
latre. he said, had been tampering
" ith the dispensary. and he indicated
vey clearly that he thought somebody
-a' got it into somewhat of a mess.
fo. speaking cf it. he said. "We've
ot to clean this thing. If necessary put
it in a pot and scald it. If we (cant
10 that. I say kill it." He made it
very clear that wvhen the next election
comes around and the people are elect
ing another Legislature to clean the
dispensary. he would be on hand. "I'll
e a candidate." he said. "unless my
health fails. I'll meet the men who
manage the dispensary face to face, as
I've always done." He said, too, that
he would do this in the same old way.
saying. "I have always called a spade
a spade and a thief a thief, and I I
haven't gct a forked tongue or been 1
lulled completely to sleep up there in
Washington." Then he dleclared again:
"The Legislature has to re-organize it1
and malke it decent or I'll stump the
State to kill it. They've got to make it
clean or they've got to let it go. That's
my nnsition."
SOUTA CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Conditions Fcr Pst Week as Given
Out by the Department.
The section director for the South
Carolina secticn of the Department of
Agriculture issue the follcwing bulle
tin: The week endin: Monday. July
:,rd. had nearly a normal mean tem
perature. it having been very high at
the beginning of the week, with a mnx
irnumi of !9 degrees at Blackville on
June 27th. and was comparativrly ecol
during the middle of the week with a
minimim of l1 at Allendale on June
29th. There was more than an aver
age amount of cloudiness. The winds
were mostly easterly and drying.
Copious rains fell in the Savannah
valley counties and along the southern
coast: excessive rains in the extreme
western and northwestern counties.
The co-operative observer at Walhalla
reported over thirteen inches for the
week. Scattered showers, generally
!ight occurred in the central, eastern
nd northeastern counties, where the
drought has only been partially re
ieved. Lands were washed and bot
om lands 11coded in Oconee, Pickens
nd parts of Greenville. Anderson and
Barnwell counties; in all other sections
he rainfall was wholly beneficial.
Cothon improved in general appear
ince, although it has not attained
ormal size except in a few scattered
ocalities. The cotton crop is uneven
nd irregular in size, growth and fruit
ige, though it is blooming normally
>ver practically the whole State. There
ire fewer complaints of deterioration,
ice and shedding than last week. In
:he dry sections, some plants are
)looming to the top. Sea island cotton
:ontinues small, though generally
ealthy.
There is little, if any improvement,
n the early planted corn, which con
inues unpromising; later plantings
iave improved in color and growth,
ut are still being seriously injured by
hinch bugs in places.
Wheat threshing is under way and
he yields are very poor. Rice is do
ng well. Tobacco is being cured; the
rop is poor and shows the bad effects
f drought. Peas are being sown ex
ensively. . Pastures and gardens are
arched, except -yhere the recent rains
ave partially revived them. Water
nelons are being marketed. Sweet po
:ota slips are being set out since the
-ains .and where set out earlier are do
ng well. The general crop outlook
s more promisIng than heretofore, but
s still poor where a moisture is defi
ient. which includes about half the
tate.
J. W. BAUER, Section Director.
Slayer of Seven Women Escapes
Amneri:-us. Ga., Specia.-The whole
ale shooting and killing of seven ne
~ro women here at the hands of War
-en Hicks, a black desperado, still
~raes the greatest excitement in the
ieighborhood of the tragedy.
The county is appalled at the horri
>le decd. The county commissioners
net and requested Governor Terrell to
ifer a reward for the murderer's cap
ure, the commissioners making such
m offer on behalf of the county.
-icks was chased ten hours by offi
ers, but is still at large.
Ship Yards Strike Spreads.
St. Petersburg. By Cable.-The strike
f the Nevsky shipyard, which began
onday. became general Tuesday
norning. Between 5.000 and 6.000
trikers held a meeting in the court
ard of the works. Speeches detail
ng the men's grievances wvere deliver
d and subsequently the men attempted
o form a procession. Thereupon the
tuthorities requisitioned 800 Cossacks,
vho dispersed the men by the free use
if their whips. There is marked ex
itement in labor circles. Leaflets are
eing cast broadcast detailing the re
:ets events at Lodz and Odessa.
Telegraphic Briefs.
President Roosevelt is at Cambridge,
articipating in the jubilee of his class
tt Harvard.
The Yaqui Indians. the Apaches of
4exico, are on a. raiding tour in the
ountry along the San Miguel river, and
iave killed at least 12 ranchers, be
ides several women and children.
T. A. Deveny was, at Fairmont,
twarded judgment for $40,000 in his
ase againdt James D. Cook.
Preside tt Benjamin Ide Wheeler. of
he University of California. speaking
t the Darmouth College commence
nent, expressed a poor opinion of the
ealthy class in isolation from hu
nani ty.
Leading members of the New York
>ar are more or less in sympathy with
he views of Secretary Taft on the ad
ninisration of criminal law.
John F. Wallace, who resigned as
hief engineer of the Panama canal and
member of the commission, has ac
epted a 'p60.000 position with a New
ork corporation.
Graemie Stewart, several times a
and idate for 3Mayor of Chicago on the
epublican ticket and prominent in tle~
msiness life of the Western city, is
Lead.
Party Moves Onward.
Washington. Special.-Wm. H. Taft,
ecrtary of War. accompanied by a
jistinguished party. including mom
ers of both houses of Congress. armyf
ificials, the daughter of the President.
iss Alice Roosevelt. and others. be
an their journey to the Philippine Is
ands at 5:30 o'clcck Friday after
oon. The party embarked in two
pecial cars en the regular train over
ie Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
Odds and Ends.
The man who does not fear failure
eldom has to face it.
Never is happiness more clear than
then founded on clean-heartedness.
A nice thing about marrying money
everybody envies you so much more
an you do yourself.
Chairman Morton accepted the res
gnation of James Hazen Hydeetad
gnation of James W. Alexander as
'resident and of James Hazen Hyde
L first vice-president of the Equit
MUTINY NOW OVER
Ihe Last Act In Tragedy of Russian
Rebel Warship
BLOOD-STAINED SdIP IS OCCUPIED
Russian |Admiral Arrives With His
Fleet and Takes Over the Posses
sion of the Kniaz Potemkine From
the Rounmanian Authorities.
Kustenji, Roumania, By Cable.-Ad
miral Kruger boarded and took pos
session of the Russian battleship
Kniaz Potemkine, King Charles of
Roumania having sent instructions to
the commander of the Roum-nian
squadron that the vessel be delivered
to the Russian authorities without
raising difficulties.
The torpedo boat which accompan
ied the Kniaz Potemkine, however,
eft for Odessa without surendering,
declaring that she had not mutinied,
but that the Kniaz Potemkine had
Corced her to follow.
Admiral Kruger arrived with his
squadron Sunday morning,. and after
exchanging the 'customary salutes, in
timated that he- had come to arrange
for the transfer of the Kniaz Potem
ine. Admiral Kolinsky, commander
>f the Roumanian squadron, boarded
the- Russian battleship Tchesme and
informed Admiral Kruger that King
Charles had ordered him to- turn the
vessel over to the Russian admiral.
The Phrmalities of the transfer were
complete this afternoon, and Admiral
Kruger- boarded the Kniaz Potemkine.
The press. representative inspected
the Kniaz. Potemkine after the with
drawal of the Roumanian guard. De
spite the efforts of the Roumanians to
get things- in ship-shape, everything
aboard the battleship was still in a
state of wildest disorder. The officers'
abins were stripped of everything of
any value, and blood stains were ev
rywhere. There was sufficient am
nunition aboard the Kniaz Potemkine
o have enabled the mutineers to
nake a desperate resistance.
It is said that during the last few
lays the vessel was navigated by two
ngineers and an officer with revolvers
t their heads.
All of the sailors wished to surren
ter with the exception of Matuschen
ko, the leader of the mutiny, who re
sisted for some time, and wanted to
>low up the ship.
Seven officers were prisoners aboard
.he Kniaz Potemkine. They were in
pitiable condition from ill treatment.
rhey declare that Matuschenko him
elf killed ten officers of the battle
hip.
All the papers and books belonging
o the vessel were. destroyed.
It appears that the decision to sur
ender the Kniaz Potemkine was made
vhen it became evident that no other
essels would join in the mutiny. h~
rew of the battleship seemed to be
maware of the surrender of the
eorgi Pobiedonosetz and expected
that she also was: coming to Kustenlji -
o capitulate to Roumania.
Twenty married sailors from the
C~niaz Potemkine have applied to the
ussian consul here to be sent back
o Russia.
The crew of torpedo boat No. 26
~vere given half an hour in which to
urrender or leave port. .
A considerable number of the crew
f the Kniaz Potemkine surrendergd
o the Russian squadron, alleging that
hey had acted under compulsion.
The coal supply of the mutinous batt
:leship was nearly exhausted, ba.t
;here was plenty of food on board.
A Russian priest, after the transfer,
eld a service of purification on board
the Kniaz Potemkine, sprinkling the
vessel and her flags with holy water.
Admiral Kruger's squadron, which
,rought a crew for the Kniaz Potemu
ine, sailed with her for Russia.
Race Riot in N'ew York.
New York, Special-Two persons
'ere- shot, one probably fatally, in a
ight between mobs of whites and ne
roes in West Sixteenth street Sun
lay. The trouble began when Henry
art, a colored man,. was attacked in
he street by a number of white boys,
rho accused him of interfering with a
:al game. I;Iart fled, pursued by a
nob of whites hurling stones, bricks
nd other missles, and reached the
enement house where he lived. After
rming himself with a revolver, Hart
an down stairs and began firing into
he crowd, one of the shots striking
[ames Hunter in the side.
Eight Blown to Atoms.
Harrisburg, Pa., Special. -Eight
nen were blown to pieces and twa
~thers were injured by the premature
~xplosion of a big blast of rock pow
ler on the Pennsylvania Railroad im
provement near the Cumberland at
.3 o'clock Sunday morning. The ac
~ident occurred directly across the
Susquehanna river from the scene ol
the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck on
ay 11, in which 23 persons were
Ailed and many othess injured.
Two to Be Hanged.
The State supreme court passed oa.
the case of Fletcher Byrd and Palmet
hriswell and the action of the lowet
ourt was sustained. This means that
the case will be remanded to the
ower court in order that sentence of
leath may again be passed upon the
rgroes, charged with the murder of
Magistrate Cox near Fountain Inn last
-ear. The magistrate tried to stor
the negroes. who had illicit whiskey
n their buggy, and they fired upon
im with fatal results.
Cleveland Not to Retire.
New York, Special.--In relation to a
eport that Grover Cleveland ws con
templating retiring from the trustee
ship of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, Mr. Cleveland authorizes the
following statement: "Nothinlg has
ccurred thus far to dissatisfy' me mn
the least and the idea of retiring from
the trusteeship has never entered mK