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r VOL. LI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, ^JULY 21, 1897. NO. 50.
' CAMPAIGN WASHING CP. j
^ IRSY CLAIMS TO HAVE D-SCCVERcC ;
* vcEN4"CP. TiLLW-iN j
Bvsas yiakta aa Oa?ls.t:?ht Upon 2IcLsu.
rlns TsrJiT Doctrine? XcLaurln l>?f<act>j
His T&rifT Pc*lt'.ozi-yz?} lied Cut* . K !
Short.
Between three and fcur hundred of j
St the twenty seven hucdrec vo'ers in !
Aiken County catr.e cut to-day to j
illllfra^e&r the Senatorial candidates. The
Ig^sttrt house was comfortably filled. ;
The "old time enthusiasm was missing.
* Messrs. Evans, Irby and McLaurin
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eaca spose iur ah ui y. j
when Mr. ilajneld's time came the j
crowd was so weary and had scattered !
so for dinner that he had the merer ]
and good sense to speak for oniy ten
minutes.
EX GOVERNOR EVANS.
Governor Eva'ns said he re-retted j
that there was so small an audieaee. j
The issues that are nov,- up have no: ]
been publicly discussed for years. i'r. i
McL&urin, he said, had by act repudi- i
- * > -? -rv A--_ ^^ !
a tea me une mocrauc uvumuo ,
platform and was a Republican under \
Democratic cloak. McLaurin's pcli- j
* cy, he urged, would only enrich the!
few and make the cost of things highr
er to the masses. McL.aurin should
come cut like others, he urged, as t.
protection Republican, for is was
wrong: to serve as s Republican in
Democratic livery. Tne Republicans. 1
never gave the Democrats anythicg!
unleas they soJd out or gave ten for I
one. According to the papers, Mc \
Laurin is doir:g everything: in Wash \
U 41-.^..!
msjiou, aiiu ii. wauiu jja^ <
government to Jet the State hare the
130,000 ana bring the others home. !
Kesaid he would say nothing about i
Governor Ei lerbe's taking the endorse l
scent of 40.0C0 voters over the few i
we&zly politicians He never asked !
for the appointment. If McLaurin's |
poll, y is carried out it will ccst the |
farmers 20 per cent, more on necessa-j
ries.
He commented oil a negro paper in j
Washington urging McLaurin's ap j
pointment because of his helping to ]
He then at length. discussed the Pe !
ruvian. and Egyptian cotton schedule? j
and urged that there could be nc pos- I
sible good in it to the farmers, exiept I
to pay more for his socks, and hose |
and clothes in which these coiions are j
used. Only 100 000 bales of long sta *
pie war raised in this country and ;
three-fourths of that in Georgia, anc ?
the idea was to tax the irises to help
a few sea island "negroes" and plant- \
ers. To show thai McLaurin was s I
protectionist he said McLaurin voted j
I or a OW perctii'.. wHA. L'UL VVUW ;
the 55 per cent, tax in the Wilson I
bill, as prcocssd in ccmzciiiee.
As tcTliilin&n's position, he did not \
think it the same as McLaurin's, but if j
it were Tillman was wrong and he]
would tell him so and vote against!
him.
He spoke a locg time on the cotton !j
" schedules and said it gave the North;
the very club it wanted with which to!
rob the South, on the compensatory ?
kv tax on bagging ana ties. It was like \
1|sb&. selling out for a mess of pottage, with :
Southern masses getting nothing. \
''0^ The speech of Mr. Evans was full en;
" the tariff issue. j
COLONEL IRBY.
Colonel Irbv ssid he first came to j
Aiken to see bow the Reform move j
ment would take in this section and i
and sifter his visit told Tillman all w&s ]
safe. He spoke of taking in new \
blood and that Mr. Henderson was the ;
biggest catch since 1S90. t Applause ) ?
Said he wanted to talk as a Reformer.?
Democrat and farmer. Talking of J
his being the daddy of Evans he said \
when Tillman wanted EJlerbe for}
Governor, he had told Evans he ?
should be G-overnor, b?< made Tillman j
quitEllerbe and go to Evans and elect j
him. ne said be had always been cp j
posed by ' ?h e clique'* in Columbia. i
Ma^Seld was tee child of Shell, aiid 3
so an orphan; Dar-can of the devil, j
and McLaurin of G-orzaies.
He said The State misrepresented j
him and alleged thai it was an iajus j
tice and perversion to rave said he \
favored factional strife when he said \
he did not. (This is where the ~ord \
not was printed to read row.) He 5
said The State took advantage of him j
at times. As to his Dispensary view?. |
he said he wanted the system gi^en a j
fair chance. It wj$s far better than jl
open barrooms. ?ie helped make the ?
law and believed the system right yet.
If there were sny rottenness it should
be remedied and if any dishonesty it
should be punished. He would not
change either. He objected to fea-;
tiiwc IDW irvinr'%:r? ?
merit in the Penitentiary for sale of \
liquor.
The campaign had been forced on j
and a horrible schedule arranged by !
Col. Neal and ethers.
Talking on. he said if Tillman had j
taken his adrics hs v,-ould have had a j
-wooden man run against iZcLaurin j
He explained at length vhy he ^id ]
dot run last year and other political 5
< i T-r ' * j _ * ?
acts, nereioiore statf.a. ne precrcteo 5
that there would be a P.epublican s
and Democratic parry in this Slate, i
and in time the sulrrsge p!an would j
ce cursed.
Talking of '.he liefcrm movement, ?
? he said if it had 1:0; been for him Til: t
man would still be seiliiis- butter in \
coperas breeches. The movfmecl. he |
said, aiarteuin the defeat of Gen. Gary >
* ia 1SS0. If Garv br.d lived he would ]
i8S?Ss. -Y> 1 vC-) ov-l 'V-.rrpj
gggggfe iiftVC - -Ui. ^.'V* ^ - r
?8? vronlu have beer; no occasion for the
movement tbsfc vindicated Gary's as- ]
sassinalion. He fcund TiiiT^snT pro-;
posed to him at I>an Torrtokin's house |
io run for Governor anciTiilrr^n re.^c
ilv assented, and he ^as eiccled. He
would only have mace the iiirht :l'
the Democratic par:y.
He said he vronld tell vrhat kind
of a Demc crat he vr-:s and that h? vras
~/vt- +1na. enr>* oe lh? Oimrtf.i> C.~ r..- i
JLX\J J C-LiV OWi V <W fc *-? * V-V . V? MV ? . j
State, -who has acid cav 1 be s
party to the Gonzales parly. He i\
vrent for the Governor's counet ir- ?e,>j
rinaaiidias: and dismiss; privates j
and net i^prinaandin.^ Gta. Watts. I
A reprimand v?&s to rbuse and cu-s i
out, Ellerbe's course was. he ss;d, |
? "*?o?eV> n??.i#sr^rr*r.?t*> ar.il i:r> !
ed.'' (Applause.) If the crmrsot
with Gonzales is carried cut. he sak:
this ffre&i friend of iho people is to
run ihe Sialc aud iu ten ytsrs every
facicry wcuid have negro
bor. Xe<;rc h>bcr was alresoy
used in. Charleston. snd he i.arVvRtifw^
vc-os t?"i hp ijspti ii> Co' :n- !
bia. He vas cpposvo to getting ru-?r ? j
labor ia iniiis, ts this ~as g^ttiosr thgirls
too near regro I^bor, which vr^s
suited to farm layer.
vVhile in the Senate Le only *rade j
two speeches as he sa~ no use for'
r tsik'r-o' 11 * ' ] <vj*"7s for his '
! (2 vhcri } ? fought thv su~8T'
i erUsrcniiai hr* held the ba.'anc- o'|
i--w.fr sr<3 c^LilJ *-!a~ezroitea a 'ort jr c !
:cr b?j> vote. When he voted for the1
people he get no creditor se^'spsper)
putt's. I
He said he was sometimes s frail tn I
r:c aocut the hotels as? scire one mightj
get in trouble for sc.j:s? things about
I his farmer-Hire appearance. )
i McLaurin oi-^b; to have been beaten
when he vrrote that aquedunk letter
and he understood that McLxurin and
^ - - * ? J '
v7?x.2sies tnoujcot c? running in siept*:? ;
| dent tickets against the nominees for!
the constitution*! convention. Gen. ;
| Butler had "McLiurin's blacklist re j
moved and he wanted to knew what!
Gen. Butler ^as to get for this, asd j
! he wanted to know where McLaurin j
then stood ?.nd who he now favors, |
snd if he was for Tillman'.? re election.j
as that was an issue and he wanted j
' ItfcLsurin asked now he stood as to j
..Tillman.
senator xclaurix.
j Me. McLaurin said if he -^ere such a j
I remarkable may as to ha a Populist,
j Republican and Democrat, and could
arrange so many deals be vrould not
! thiDk of running for Senator, but
I would aim higher. This vras the first
| time he had ever been saased by a
{corpse, he told in connection ^ithai
joke.
| The talk about his being in a combination
was entirely to throw people
j ax of the scent of the combination
against him. He complimented Irbv's
political shrevrdnc-ss. As to there being J
jv- -t Art-yikt'iofinr1 hf! !
and llr. W. P. Es-arss did as much as j
anyone to elect Mclrer, and as to J
! Irbj's hurrahing about defeating;
crand old mer., iie would remind him
that Ir&y defeated wsde Hampton.
vrhc had dene much for the State. He
voted for Irby as a party man, and his j
only regret was that Irby did not use;
[his ability and brain to ?II the place:
| i;s he had hoped he would. He said \
; Governor Evans had been unfair to j
I him in atiaekin? irm in his own home j
I :,.i ..... . u:.!
\ s.na trying to mass c?.p;:ai uui .
| opposing the 1 jim crow" car bill. A i
I majority of the Democrats defeated\
'the bill, and he opposed it because of j
j certain features in it. His people
I kcew hew he stood asd that there was
| nothing in this sort of tc<k. His peo- j
I pie for generation? were known in his i
; section, and no one before ever tried?
'to irake him appear as^ppo>ed to.I
white men and women. He ^ow and
has always rented his lacds to white \
i tenants, although he could, no doubt, i
get more from colored tenants, but he
HU'Ji UC kUVUn,Ub 4 1J.U. bnu
i vhat his peep's .Before Mm had cone. \
His every veie he contended ^as f
' strict-y on the party platform, and he
jbas neve? bees s protectionist. He*;'
! thought i; robbery to get more ;
11 nan ihe government wanted. He I,
cited the following as ?.n illustration ?'
of his position: Suppose the people:
voted for a graded school system and ;
carried it, and he paid his taxes to jj
: support the system, would there be ;
any sense in bis keeping h:3 children ;'
: awsy from the school because be did i'
not believe in traded schools? Soi1
with ?>>? tariff Thsre vras a Senu oil-11
can House and Senate and President, i'
and none of the Democrats made the '4
bill or had much to ; but should r
j they try to make it as much hoc. sec j'
tiocal as possible, or not* Should I
| they try to equalize the bill or not?;'
! The bill was going to pass; nothings'
I could defeat it, and the question *-as t '
| -^hsther to sit down and let ii go as it \
! ?r&s prepared end presented, or to try f
and ?et something out of it for h;s \'
people by trying to get justice arid ; ceualit?.
II? wanted such things;
equalized. There was re-sr propcsed |;
iny increase ia the price of eating irice,
and the bill does cot raise tbe.?'
price, but six-ply changed tbe ciasdti
cation so as to tax the rice the brew-j1
e.vs bare been using.
As to tbe fallacy of the argument j
used against the cotton tax: Last jear f:
sr-.ori staple cotton ^ras brought to:
New Orleans from Mexico, and more P
*ill corse unless there is a duty. Sen
&:or Bacon, and net he, proposed this!'
tax on cotton. He said be would keep I
up bis JSirht for all time for free bag- j'
ging and ties. j:
As to bis not serding out his first;.>r>~eeh
he sent out 30 000. as manv as '
he could afford, &nd it was prioted in \.
nearly every paper, and he stood by \
it. He was not a protectionist, as he?1
said, bat held that the people of South?'
Carolina had as many rights as any;'
other people. He never remembered jj
sayisg the people lingered and loafed f
too long around Calhoun's grave, but-:
it occurred to him Evans likes to loaf j'
around the grave he was put in last \ [
year. He said he and Tillman stood;
today were Calhoun and Havne stood. >
.Hajr.e assisted in rising a duty on indi<ro.
and held it was in strict con--:
formity with, ail of the principles of 1
the bill. He and Gecrjre D. Tillman j'
also held verj much the same idc.is. *
As 10 voting for the high tariff on j'
wool, that was ia committee, acd had }>
nothing to do with the hill. It. was a;
fight between McMillan aivd Bailey, ]
and he stood by Baile^r, vrho. he said,
?ome were trjisg tore, in a hole, j;
fii-p.d this. regardless >
of his vote, and it?;is a purely side;
Sght. \;
E^ans did r.ot sc?m ;o kaow bow lc |
r^t along without Till tear's coat-taii.:
He thought he was oa it, but uo^|(
Til i ir.; a a sr.js ids vitws are identical
with bis owe. and E-rar.s is still hoid- j
ir^r oa to the coar., but the a^an isside j
of it vros ^cse.
The great objection to 2?ira hs? beenr
that be would not supnet everything *,
--or-.p ^ nt,i ft parted. He would sot.
; have cared if setae cc? had been pyi'
y-r- agai?!>t_ hiss ail^r ike "sq^ed'ank";
levler. He ^roie every v^ord c-" ' ;. t >:
A.ppdt ssd hf.ci co regie's to express;
Tor is. He s:?iu afier ihe prfraarv b* !
; would v?ri:e Evans's epitaph, and :r
i would read: j
H-:?t ;ies a poor she!?, :
Vr CO a. Lit--.: f Wai, ;
To pull him in the bc.at, j
: Anc: ;v"ss:a> t:s .Void,
i Is ie.'r. in the cold.
I A lelter o" re.";ret v. ss read "rem T-I|
Duac&'t &i his inability to Us present.
' H'C :h? ni-etin^.
fr r:.\T p. may
! Mr. Jrld ss tWT?r.f vrps
| ihi-i he vvcU'-is].^A< fcr.~r>.]7 i:
[ mes. Ee s&m rt-csi eisph&ticaL'y he
| vsas in 110 coiiidics'l^u. a. c; vv&$ ran
| tii'cs on hi? o^.'a hook, if: sicca t:r
irue Democraticdrciricts ?i: 1
I ar.d coDieque.-'tly did ce: :?]icve M; ..
| ilcLauriu's po^'-i^u ccrreo?. Anv :
! pks3s0nr.gr, no trailer uedcr vrha". c .-:
| cuie. he LeJd was v?o.-.?. A:;;-' in ;
! c-?ui2 in uriccs v>.< ? soecies
i he< }, aud lual Mr. hi-.
i.-:*o vie*> itd "r> To i-i'js.'ite j?rics.$
i $*~j& no one had 5 rig hi -v
I .'c-^isIatG favors. As to the Mexlr&r
i ccUc-ii. it ausouo:d to nciLws. The 1
[ Liverpool market axes the prices
As to the Dispensary, it vras a rational
issue. As to the Lst'i.-ner bill,
ne opposed it. He did not believe tbe
State should go into Ihe liquor fcusir
ess There are i>:?.ny good feaiurt-s j
* - ' } r+ r~T ^,,r I
o JV U 1, L.i- j to.-1, .
State had vo business in the business. J
He explained his uosiiio-j as to ?i~;
ing- the Slate prohibition vrith Iccal
option, u7}d?? proper restrictions for
.he ssie o? liquor.
Arevz+Q a Drc&ufal Crirse.
rT"r- - r>: : ** ? A 1 1%!. I
liiS K/IkCiliLlttci W'uJiuc.'V.ai ut |
buna's special from Florence, Aia.,
ssys: Near West Point. Tenn . Tmes j
Jay afternoon, 1,'iss Kene Williams j
T,.*as found brutally murdered in the j
vroocs nfar her home. Thursday af'ernoon
Anthony Williams, her murderer
and ravisher. was captured near
Fruition, and Thursday n:ght exniated
his crim9 in tthe streets of West
Point in the presence of 500 p&cnJe
Williams "was riddled vriih bullets and |
his body burned to ashes. Before a |
shot vras fired the negro was knocked
? ' j v rm !
down ana stamped 10 aeaia. men
the crowd fell back, and those who
bad pisto;? fired volley after vciley at
bid/ The crowd then gathered wood,
and bniidisg a ire over him, watched
the ghastly scene as tbe body of the
murderer was burned to ashes. For
two days and sights 500 men, armed
and determined, had scoured the
country for miles Several times :
poshes were within shooting: distance
of hi73, but he eicapeci. rte was cap j
turtd 16 Lniles of the scene of
his crime. A man named Clark, to I
wnom he applied for tobacco, held him J
fo** the crowd. Williams was first J
traced to Iron City, where he traded j
the youug lady's belt to a negro wo-!
man for a sight's lodging. He was
later s?en at Pruition and several shots
were fired. All trace of him was lost
until Tcursaav afterscoo, when the
searchers cp.me upon him three miles
south o: Pruition. He had been ia
- I
the weeds without food over two cays
and runningmost of the time, so that
he was exhausted. The crowd quick- ,
ly took him back to the seme of his
crime, tisd hid to the same tree ts
which lie had tied his victim. and
then gave him a torturing death. The;,
mob was composed of most, subsian- (
iu! me>i. The victim was shortly to},
hfeve b^en married to a young man it .
N?shvi:ie. Her intended husband j'
CAtne down fr^m Nashville Thursday,
*nd was at West Point to meet the
crowd of avengers and assist tuem.
The young lady left her home early?,
Tuescisy morning to pick berries. j
When she did not return for dinner <
her friends went in search cf her. j
She vras found dead, and tied to a j
s&\ding with a s:rap around her neck.
Que of her eves bad teen gougfd out,
and in her tightly clutched fcamcis ,
were leaves ?nd grass. A.'.i around
ihe grcu^d showed rhat a terrible;
s-rug2 .e hf.d tsken place. Whet; the j
seg! o was captured bis arrss aid face :
v/erc- i.erribly*5cr?.-.ched j*nd torn.
Bcciety fehocted.
Dr. 0. E. Cad raider, the head of j
one of i'hilacelpnus o;ccsi ana most j
sselusive far/iilies ?r&s carried Thurs-J
day afternoon in Si. Paul's Episcopal j
Cnurch to Bridget Maxy By ac, his for-;:
aier house maid. The marriage caused ;:
auite a sersaticn in society circle? in j.
:nis city. The bride came to this coun-11
rry five years ago from Tipuerary. Ire-1 <
land, and three years laier entered the ;
doctor's employ as house maid. The |<
doctor took more than an employer's j
interest in the fair Irish giri, ana fin- j;
ally proposed marriage. The young j
iady accepted, andaftrr vaiaiy en-(;
:l?avorin<? 10 have ihs Roman Citho i
':c Church, of which ~;ie was a mem- :
i?er, wsive all restrictions. Miss Ryan
?ave uo her religion:. and jrnaect Si.
Paal?]2p:"scopalChurch, cf which il-j
doctor is a vestryman.
D;\ Osd raider is a descendant of ;
the famous John Cad raider, the emv
^ho arrived in America in (
1835, a Cadwa'der whose cceneaicsry is :
r-plete with, fame ard exaiusiveness, ;
? A. iV>OC.?l. .
vrr-CteC llCa^UiCu *
skin, wnich contains the carries of;,
Lord ard Lidy Erskine, General John.; <
Cadxalcer of Kevoluiionary fame, the i
Weish Csd ^aiders, who fought <
?2?.ia>t Sftlladia under Coeur DT/eon, h
Dr. Thomas Cad raider, who withj;
Franklin, founded libraries and was I;
prominent in early Philadelphia.
The old CadTralcer mansion at |;
~ * * <* 1- ? ? c i
fc'ourta ana spruce streets js unc ui i <
'.he most interesting houses in Phila- j
delcuia, from a social historic point of ;
riew. Oil paintings of the earlier .
O&dwaldcrs, by Stuart and Peale, Dr. j'
Ihoisas Cadwaider. in the revolution-j;
?.ry garb of a general, and lovely ?ro '<
men of the family tree adorn the por-1
trait gallery. "The Rape of Europe" <
han^-s on ibe west vrali. This oicture, |
? * * ? T.-rc?avkVi "N: ov>lori n \
HJUliU 11a ilLAU.UU VJ .
shortly after he was proclaimed Kin^ ,
3f Spain by Bona part has a worlawicls
reputation. Many other art
pkces o?. lesser value adorn the walls. ,
Tire bride comes oi -c-or but respac- ;
iable Irish parent. She is 21 jears of ,
whiie be? distinguished husband
iiiS passed 50.
A SThite ? iendA
roost horrible sod disgusting crime .
':<*$ come to ii^ht in GrJassy Mountain.
inHTshifi ftrpenviila Count v. Wed
n^sday Greet Chandler, a while man,
IS j?nrs old, was carried to Grsenvilie
aid lodged in js.il. He is charged
w:ta assaulting tr.c threa-year o3d
daughter of Petsir Sudduth, the crime
Cn;:g cot,milled witbia & short dis
tax:Co of vrhe^e the father vras plowing.
A number of wiicesses have tesfn-n
nf.no^iaie arul
OlH'.W, i- .IW j/ajwiviwwj &.'i
agree ihai the child bud been as- j
ssui^d, a.;jd the child's itsiimony pins j
' ur cri<r.e on Chand'er. There vrasj
la^ense exciterrtent in t!:e mountains, |
3rd Sirs. Suddulh. orc-bablv saved the I
]if- of lb4? Kccus^d. as her husband i
started with his gun to kill hiru on |
but was dissuaded yy his wife.
ILs prisoner was brought Lhrough the
..< -v- ?-,? who, xt-1'p !
hoi oil his trail.?Register.
L-'?jr<r.r:.'-:ir5 Shortages
T'h2 folio arc the dispensary j
shores e?s that have c-rc.'.rred froia !
3^c'r> 1.1S95, 10 Dec. A, 1896:
A. F D:X30 $ 933 84!
J. Ci'i'W:; Wo:
O K~a.cs l.T-'O TO;
G\ j<'.- jj/.V-JTs!"!! ti?4 71 j
H. A. Dicktrt 2r>6 is61
G. Yarn 04 tit- j
A D McDonald 2:U CI |
i.'. Ol.vkson ?t> i
VV\ H. Barron 4$ 40 j
T A. Sc^u 4 92f> 2$!
V-r?c-e 252 02 j
Ir.. P. X HollzCiMvr.. l,o' l 34'
v K Vv'eiii' 379 31!
' - Gj>stoi?...? 3'.<7 40 j
FVr.'-.aTI _ _ 7-i
i. o J. I.-I
J . jLj. 1 i3.ll. ?*%? ??*??????<?? 5b ;
Total $12,702 S21
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~ CLEMSON COLLEGE.
THE TRUSTEES MAKE ANSWER TO
RECENT STRICTURES.
The Conclusions of the State Board of
jReaizn aro uio
ture hcc] Causes of Slckceg*.
Corceruirig the report of tie State
Board of Health in regard to the f?ver
at Ciemsoc. OoIJejre, the Board of
Trustec-s makes the following state*
merit:
4 Th? "Rnaro <->f Trustees o' Clemson
College, mindful of the important
trust in their charge, f?*el called on tc
make a statement for the information
of the people of the State in regard to
the recent sickness at^the college and
its causes. .J
4,W3 have r?ad tire report of the
State B?ard of Health, and hive also
bad under consideration the report of
the college surgeon, Dr. Rnlfeam. In
addition tc the light thus thrown on
the subject, we have made a pcraonsl
examination of the college buildings
and the surrounding grounds, aad tt
are net. satisfied at a)I &s to the nature
of the fever which has pro vailed or as
to its cause.
"We have great respect for the scientific
ability and learning of the
State Board of Health, but we are
bound to question their conclusions,
from the f*ct that eminent physician?
in the neighboring caunties nave o'e-;
clared the fever at the collegc to be!
molisriftl ?Ti/j nni tvnhcid in its na i
ture;and there is erave doubt whether j
more than four cases of typhoid fever j
have been at ihe co!Ie.cre this year.
''Tee cursory and imperfect exami- j
nation made by the State Board of ]
Health is shown by the fact that two j
palpable errors are made ia their re- j
port. The dairy, which they place
under the V.u as a probsbie cause of
disease.was not built on a pcr.a which
ir*d been filled in, and there is not a
sin<rJe privy on the "surrounding'i
hills" above the dairv. The water;
from the only pri?y in the neighbor- j
hood reaches the ravine below the;
dairy. Then the statement is made. \
f>ivoo times, that the water i
siorets should be outside the barracks!
2.ri<i not inside, and should be *'de
tsched,: from tfc.em. la fact, the vra I
terclcseis were removed from the!
building more than, two years ago,anci j
they are r>o^ detached, vviih. an open j
current of air passing- between. They j
are reached by a latticed gajl*ry Hf-;
le-rin feci long, and there i.s no pessi- j
bilily o: se?.:er gas getiing into the:
bui.'d-ns;. ;
'"But we ar^ not disposed Lo criticise j
fV?^? S'.it-i Rrsard of Health, and "?'ili i
carry o-tt all cf their rtcosnrenda- !
iloss th-it are possible, and leave no I
rone upturned to i.llsy ail cause of :
doubt as to t.ne proper sanitation of j
the colJege buildings and grounds. {
"We ;=ave sever liad an\ trouble'
colore, ar-d xe atiiic?psii? uooe in the i
future other than. ttre usuiil climatic j
and unavoidable disease cf the coun-;
try. i
" '*1 1- - -* 1 "l !
**i?e vacation vriu 03 cnangcu, a.iiu
Inste&d of oeinij in the winter will be
ii! summer, the scholastic v-v.r begin
ain? hereafter on the second Wedses
day in September aod closing the second
Thursday in June. i
"Every suggested or possible cause;
of fe^er will be removed acd the I
huildicg thoroughly disinfected and j
nit in o-nr>H n>(ifr. i
"We do not hesitate to give asiur-- j
?.nc2s that the college wiii be guarded j
against a recurrence of the :rout>le, ii" j
it be possible." i
Chairman Tab?r Replies.
To the Editor of The SUle:
In the latter part of Jane, the committee
of the State board of health
?rere instructed to investigate the
3ause and type of fever at Ciemson,
2nd to report the results to the gover |
nor. This was done and the report of j
the committee was published throughout
the State. The Register of the 10th ;
sf July contains a statement by the j
trustees of C'lemson, in which tbey i
criticise the report of the committee.:
ind while denying certain statements;
made by them, they atiirm additionally,
that the examination of Clemson
by the commit; ee had been "very cur
sory ana imperfect/' Against profes-j
?ional gentlemen, sent upon an im- j
portant mission by the highest author \
ity of the State, these charges are \
jrave. and cannot pass unchallenged. i
The committee were content to deter- ]
mine the type of the fever, ana by re- j
cfuest, to make whatever suggestions j
Lhey thought best. They blamed no
one, even by insinuation, and -.^ere;
very glad to be the means, if possible, j
of relieving the officials of Ciemson I
of unpleasant embarrassment. It is to!
be greatly regretted therefore, that the j
trustees failed to appreciate the deli- j
S?te position of the committee, and!
have forced them into print in self- j
defence. The trustees claim that the i
L ' ? ~ ' I
CUI"5Urjr" HUU i.Lij.y3i;it;v^i? cAatLij.iiai.ivii -,
mace by the State board cf health isi
shewn by the fact that t^o pslpabJei
errors are made in their report. Tbej
dairy whicH \h?y place under the ban,
as c- probable ra;^e o' disease, was not!
built on a poiid which had bsen filledj
in."
In reply we beg to stats, upon au !
thority, that the present site of the!
dairy had been a bathing: poiid mad* j
by the Caihcuns atd had be^n filled ;
in wita earth and then uauerarainea.
Oar informant even pointed out I
where the daai stood. There could j
have been no motive for one deeply
interested in tbe welfare of Ciemsou
to have in Tented this statement. the I
truth of wMch ve had neitbeir iccli
nation, nor the right to {j;esiioa. Xu
feet ihe statement is apparent)y conUrmeil
by tbe character of ice soli anti
ilojsurroundir.jis.
Tne trustees \r> lurtner cieniat cr our
repor:., asseri; that there "is .col a sin<>is
piivy on. the surrot?r-dir?? bii.b
above-tit" dairy/1 w- w.-re informed
lhs-i ihe hills v?ere orf?-n used for us
sanitary purposes iu placs c* the water
c.'^sets. This 7-e fouad in be true.
On the h.ii above, f ed -o the acrLh
of -.he dairy, and at ihe .'oot of the An
wi-hin three e-- four feel cf the sprias.
-ve foucd abundant cxcrcruCn:iti-v-i->
ir:ar er.
T&is condition of tbir.g-? vras real'?
~orso than a privy on ihe it:.. 1 top. Orthe
opposile iuli, at the liotei, ihorc.
vre two privies?one at. T.:-e
w;}icli was visited by uiy.self and Dr
itr.'i i hA f.i r.^r M. t. vf* hclsl. t :c
alined oy Dr. Eras*. Scm?~hal
icutieas erlv from ;hs dairy is a
dweuicg, wij?r?. we wtre informed,
ijjtrr* vrfts ax; auditions*! privy. .
But tT:crr than ail ihcxe, arid howerer
incredible, we 'ou^ci a series
(pri^v:) locaied withi& the dsiry, lu
or 12 feet from the railk and buito.-,
and the room ia which the privy tss
placed wits filled with' offensive gass.s.
Furthermore. frona the ground vrith- [
out the buildinei^ioxious g&ss^s ?rere
escaping.. either Jrom the pips of the
i privy or frcoi 'the se^er, vrbich,
jstrsEge to s^v, ruiis vrilhin tvro or
tnree feet oi toe dairy.
We q'iote. again from the trustees,
i "l. ^ *t??" .ul. a^
; vvjLiO' CoJL.L- LLLcL* oLI Jo UlttUC
j three separate times that the water
j clod's should be outside of the bari
racks, and not inside, ar-d should be
[detached from them. I.n fact the water
closets were removed from the;
bullcicfs more than two years ago.1' j
Br substituting "but" for "and" as
was intended, the sentence will be
changed to a simple stiirmatiim that
crater cloeots should not be within the
main buildings. The report of the j
committee was hastily prepared and j
* 11 *+rr-i K'TT Tv?x?ftc.vj o niirrKo*' !
; j cv uutuv-i vi
typographical errors appear. The sec
end lime the statement is made ''that
water closets should be detached from
[dwellings," has reference plainly and
!unequivocally to private dwellings,
'and the third time the statement is
i used to press the fact that water clos|
ets should be detached from buildings,
f There is, therefore, no ground for the
| trustees to assume that the committee
| failed to recognizc that the water c-os!
ets -ore detached from the barracks
by a latticed gallery 15 feet long. The j
trustees might have visited Clemson ;
for a. game of '-'blind mac's bi> if," bat
not ?/-i:h the committee.
Hitherto the committee conSned
themselves to reporting the sanitary
defects of Ciemson. What shall ihey
|say bf ils management? Shall
I speak of the diet, pronounced icade
; out!* for students whose physical aod j
1 msnicl .-.nwi-rc iivi toreri rw flVi P.X- !
Ihausling curriculum and bv the ?.eve-!
jrity of military discipline? That the!
students are required, vrhen the cUj'si
! work is ended. 10 be shut up la their
rooms from an hnur after sunset until
j bectime, to svelte*- iu a building little
superior, ia sanitary arrangements, to
the Libby "prison in liicamcnd? Shall
; we tell the public how the students
have been crowded like criminals,
four in a room, barely iar^e enough j
tD afford breathing ipsce for two?
Shall we t';ii them that a deep ditch,
?iiuetcuu;u'5ku caucw, noj <
iLieslioualij? arrested in its How aad
iubjc-cied to the decomposing action
| of intease *-'.?Iar heat, ?xd taai the stu
|cents were sept working in the low!
lards Lcside it, day by clay, unuer the
j beaming uco&ciuy sun?a menses to
! their Jivc-i {
j Snail we tell that the milch ccvrs
; ere driven daily ibrough this poisoned
water, . c/ which they perhaps
drank, art: which must have spissbed
: upon their udders?ia either insi&nce,
i eat/affb to aiTcct the milk injuriously.
| Shedi we tell that the forest inter
- * - t . _ t.
verir.n Dc! vcen mis psstnerous cii;cn j
:&cd i'-z burrocks, the o&ly protection j
! for the stiud'-nt.-s against the inrush of j
poisonous tillxvia, was rickiesiiy de- j
sirojcci?
| A 2d that an ofScia'l testified, of his
o&n ptrsosal experience, that the
iricki eie invaded by a "horrible
I fhrr.ir nf if! All this ripht uu-1
j?e? our ?os;.s, at vJismsos, which asides
to'C^he brightest jewel in the
I educational crc~n of South Carolina.
Spsik not of tjphoia /ever at Cieai'son.
It cannot acd must not be! Bst i
jtef the horrib.e inscription over the)
: gates o hades th-in that of epidemic j
1 typhoid fever at Ciemsoa!
| Guard the secret?aad Jet fathers j
: and mothers co^:eT and after wearj i
idt,ys sr-,d nljrhts of ceaseless vigils arjd |
I with, bleed is j: hearts, carry b*clc to!
l^eir homes caei? own dear dead,
f High: we not write upon the walls i
- - '"v M fl
ol Uierr.soa tuat tae "Ussa" ciignc-j
r^nco is oiled on the ''Pclicir' of itn- j
becilitj ?* Charies R. Tater, M. D., |
Chair. Com. Stale Board of Health. I
Fort Motie. July 13, 1897.
TliJmam'rf Bill Passes.
The Tillman bill, "licGitiEg the ef-1
feet cf regulations of commerce be-!
itwe<?n the Stales,"' passed, the senate)
i Thursday without opcosiiioa or!
question. At "the first blush" it was j
tiacyght the bill had some remote coil j
nection vrith the dispensary law in;
South Carolina, but v^itb. this impres !
sion removed there was no opposition I
; 10 the bill. Oae senator, in ezplana- {
tion of the matter, said to The State: j
"The bill is meaningless, so far as it j
applies^ 10 dispensary conditions in 5
South Carolina, and in its general apj
plication it is tantamount to a statu|
tory declaration thattlie Bill of Rights
i is a part of the Constitution of the
United States. In the exercise of its
police powers every State has the
| power to control ins liquor traffic
I .vithin the State, but there is nothing '
| in the bill thai; remotely suggests thai j
the existing dispens.~ry law m South!
j Carolina is a police regulation. With I
j "the understanding that it has no pos j
j sible reference to local exigencies in:
! Si -f t'nohiil wac allowed to !
I ps^s."
! Senator 7ii:m?n looks at it differ-1
jeaily, at:d if private vie^s had "tyien. j
| expressed in the senate the defeat of
jibe bill .vould bare been certain, but j
'apart from a marked personaltriutnph |
on the part of tbe senator, so irapor ;
iasce whatever is attached to the p^s-1
sa?e of the biiJ. Immediately after j
i the action of the senate Senator Tiil i
i man saw speaker u-i-ea, aua ur^ea j
| the r?port of a rule that would, brin? f
jj the bill before 1 be bouse. Mr. Rscd j
! promised to icck into the matter at |
jouce. j
; Is reply to Senator Irbys campaign ;
I stateuoery: thai the ps.s&j?;e of the L-iti-1
mer bill would perpetuate the dispenIsary
system io. tha Stale indefinitely,
IJrpreoeatafive Latimer said: '"T.:e
bill simpiy leaves the deposition of
;he liquor t>ailice question in Ui2
nands of the people, u> revoke or per
pf-iuite iL rv piaasc by legislative
?cLion.v?Ibe S;a*e.
A GCioocI
| The ivro la: ;: c-r^sercoir- ic fh-j Fish
kill wrucii supplier waier
to lo .-/iis of I-i-.i.:t '.vuv- auci Fish|
ki-i, N Y.. tur^i indr v/s'K&t 2
i o'clock Vv.?d- --yji m".ruir;^, &;;d the I
| .VA.VC ihal ~'c.s swept iLrous-o ]
{!.' ?; Dacbsss v:i! ?> , cousins ruin aud j
j Five i.odief? Hve b-'-cn Liken j
{~rji- :bo ;ef; in ike vraice of i
iths fijed, ibt-re ?:'5 kr;o-v. lobe
! --"o sod proMbiv ilrrce mere .'.yinj*
| the p-i-td ur* d--br;5; whicii is
|.iii iuji: rc-is ?.i as oi terse iu;us2i.
On^K >r!t?5 to Llva.
I o 4 bp. i.V-h r?f \T.irch Tl-^t LtI'S
I cviorfd. coa.EQitrtd rv^e oa iii?. person!
1 of a Miss J?.c~ Wulard near Whit-j
j i:i N;-wberry c .anty. He was j
! ca??urcd, bui subsequently escaped, i
b.-f sa> r :;a-.nurcu ani la-? be?*a'con-!
niicd :;t i^.-ccr-'. III? triilcr.cae off j
iPiUrsdav, the j-zdge aT?ppoistia?^ K i
H V-"e!ca to de'ecd biai, ^rbicti be j
: A u ' ? U-,r it * ?r?.]v?:.it tt-op I
5 '-iV*. uwiv, >;ufc V r. ; J. ?. V*JL.*n j , j
j Lyiei v?as seair-aceu to hang on. thej
cf August.
6 i
THE STATE'S VIEWS |
I
OF THE MEANING OF THE TERM"ORIGINAL
PACKAGE."
The l/qcor Situation?VFhat the Attorney
General and Governor Say?Original
Package X>?al6r Arrested.
The State authorities do not seem to
have any further doubt as to what the
esact meaning of the term "original
package"; is in view of the reference to
the agreement of counsel on both sides ,
to the definition of the term rosde <
by Judge Simontoa in bis last deci- 1
sion, and are confident thai the propo- ;
zitions in regard to the term made by !
the attorney general in his argument :
will stand the test. But all the same '
there is a great deal of speculation ;
r.r.icn? those who are contemplating i
openiog original package stores. They .
b&d expected Judge Simontcn to fully <
defi ne the term.
Bat no doubt the court will scon
hare an opportunity to make the mat- <
Ler clear in so many words. Yester- '
day morning a citizen of Checter, acting
as agent for parties residing out- ,
aide the State, opened an original !
package, store in that town. He
opened up at 7 o'clock; by 8.30 the :
Stale oiEcers had seized his stock and
etcred it in the county dispensary and :
the proprietor was ia a magistrates of- <
fice 10 answer to the charge of violat- 1
ing the dispensary law. This case will '<
bring the matter up aqaarely before :
the court, no doubt, for the proprietor
got bis liquor in bottles in cases, broke
ihe ci:<-5 and begun the sale cf individual
bctilfcs.
Tne situation 13 quite interesting just |.
novr as :o the liquor traffic in ihis |
State. Judge Simonton's decision has j
1st down the bars for competition for jj
the dispensary. The State intends to *
tike on appeal at once to the United j<
Slates supreme court. It is hard to-;
tell what vrill be the fate of the dispen-1
sxrv durinz the interim. If the appeal;
is taken no matter how the case is ad- j'
vanced upon the docket a decision ji
can haidlv be expected before nextj
spring.
Monday morning Attorney General j
Barber returned tc the city. He was \
iere^ted with. the question: "What is i<
an original package now?" |;
The reply was: "Judge Simonton}'
has not said in this case what he con- ji
sidered an originalpack*ge, butheh^sj
said that at the hearing it appeared j
;nat there was no difference of opinion \ <
between counsel as to what constituted j1
?.n original package. From this I in j:
fer' thai if his honor entertains views I
as to vrfcat constitutes an original j 1
package different fror.- these submitted j i
by counsel on both aides he tvould ;:
ha?e &Kid so in his opinion. la this !<
conn'ction ycu might publish the pro->
poritions announced by myself in my {
argument of the case and conceded by j
Mr. Nathans, the counsel for the pe-1
tiiioner." j:
Ti^se"are the propositions as stated ;
by Attorney General Barber in his ar- j
gurncnt: j
"What is an original package*j
From.ail the cases we announce the|
fcilo^irg proposition:
*'L Any package containing five t ^
gallons or more, when imported by a i
manufacturer or rectifier and whole-i;
ssJe dealer, to be an original package, j;
within the meaning of law, must bear j,
the stamps and brands required by the j'
revenue laws of the United States. j,
Ii. Any package containing less 11
than five gallons put up by a manufac- j
turer or rectifier ana wholesale dealer j;
is an original package, without stamps j
?.nn snln-Rf? as it is exactlv the i
condition in which it is imported. j'
IIE. When liquors are put up in bot-S'
ilasacd a number of bottles are packed!
in a box or case, the box or case is the 1
ordinal package.
IV. If bottles* are shipped in carsj1
packed in straw or otherwise, each j
boitls cannot be considered an origi- \
asd package and sold as such."
It is thus seen that the policy of the ]
Stole will be to even deny the right to '
jet original packages of liquor in
stamped Harks shipped within the 1
State in c&rlcad lots packed in straw. '
Continuing, the attorney general j
said that the State authorities had decided
to immediately take an appeal ;
to the supreme court of the United;
Siates from the last decision of Judge
Simonton He remarked that he 1
would use his every endeavor to have
the case advanced upon "the docket and !
jet a decision at the earliest possible j
moment, .tie wouia nave me case:
heard at the November term of the];
court and try to secure an early aecis- 1
ion. The November term of the court ?
continues from November through to j
the following spring, so it is seen that J'
there is no telling when the case will j;
be gotten up for argument. It will j
certainly be several months before j'
any dccrse can be obtained from the;;
supreme court of the United States]
and in the interim Judge Simon ton's j
decision is the law of the land. Orig- j:
inal paokrge stores c-m be operated as j:
long as they are run in conformity ]
*?ith what was laid down in the decis-'
ion, ana in accordance with the State's i
Interpretation of the meaningof the!;
term "original package." The latter, ||
however, if decided adverse to the;;
Siaie by Judge Simonton, will be but!
saori-lived as a restriction, and it looks \
very much at this, moment as if the is-1
cue will be decided without delay.
Tn thA *vtf-sniirr;e the discenssrv is!
running along smoothly and those in }
charge co not s-.ern to be worried about j
the situation, ilonday Commissioner
Varce's employees were going ahead !
ouUir.-^ up the usual amount of liquor j
and :h* shipments to county aispensa-j
.ie3 v?sre ?oing onss if nothing had j
joccurred.
| Durirg the day Chief Constable j
Bahr vras here and remained ia con-]
Isu;m.tior>. with Governor Eilerbs for;
i about two hours. What the confer- j
j ence "c-*3.s a'wut no one seems to know, j
' Mr. Bah? would have nothing to say j
; J or DUD'.icnuoD.
j When Governor ELlerbe w*s seen
; h? vcas, as ca the preceding day, very
| reticent about the situation. He said,
i however:
"I am not joiner to give up ibe fight
| by any means. I intend to push it'
j through to the end and I believe that
jm intend Jud;re c-imonton's decision
I -^iii bs overruled by the supreme
court. The dispensary will run on
just as it has been going. I don't
ibink tkat the board of control wU|
m^ke ar-y changes in its policy." He;
asked ii' he did not think there
! wouia have to os a reduction in the
i prices of liquors The reply was that
| he did not suppose there would 02 any }
i reduction whatever, but of course he j
! ciuid not tell what would be done un j
j der new circumstances as they arose, j
? * u.. f
i'ne man arresi^a in "onesier Jioa- j
| cay was Charles Wbitus. lie was ar j
j rested by State Detective Newbola and j
Constable Hood and cave h?.rd for]
his appearance. Ne^bold, Governor)
Ellerbe says, vas acting mseernisTrjc-j
tions. So the policy of the Stale ir. i
regard to such crijinal packages as!
Mr. Whitus offered for sale ?as been J
revealed. |
AN UNUSU * L ACCIDENT
By >fhich a Lady Pas??>i>ser ^Cas Fatally |
I
iDjured.
One of the saddest accidents, and at!
the same time one of the most uausu- i
al, that has happened in many years. I
occurred on the bra:ich line of the \
Georgia road running from Barnett i
to Washington. Train No. 43, which j
leaves Barnett at 12.05 p m. and ar-1
rives in Washington at 1, was approaching
Fickjin when a piece of
iron piping about three inces iu diam- j
5ter ana thirty five feet locg, which j
had been fastened to the walking beard j
on top of a freight car immediately m j
front of the passenger coach dropped j
to the ground. Striking against aij 1
embankment it rebounded, crashing
through the coach window, strikng
Mrs. Dempsey D. Colley, c-n the head
just below the eyes. Sne fell back
senseless with all the front of her head
torn off and the blood and brains ooz
lag from the hole.
Mr. McCord, of Louisville, Ky ,
and another drummer, were the osly
other passengers on the car. Mr. McCord
was sitting j ast behind her and j
caught her as she feil back. He s&ys j
it was the most shcckir-g sight he ever!
beheld. Her head was ail torn open!
~ ? J * r^r% Ir A v-?.> ^ f /kCiM 1
&X1U UiC auu oiaco vi mc
covered with her blood and brains.
The iron pipe came through the car
like a bullet and went cut ihe other
side without stopping-, I? it had been
hurled from a cannon it could have
come with no greater velocity or done
more damage. The piping ws^ shipped
by the Atlanta Supply company
and consigned to ilollasd & Co.
When the train reached 'washington
her father, Oapt. W\ G. Cade w*s
there to meet her, but friends prevented
him from seeing tier in the terrible
mangled condition she was in.
Scores of anxious friends and relatives
were onjhe scene in a few mo
ment. Drs. Hili and Simpson were
summoned and she vj&3 placed in an
ambulance and carried to her home.
Ihey pronounced her injo) j as fatal
and say she cannot live through the!
oieht.
Dr. Ford, special physician, for the j
Georgia railroad, went up cn a special 1
train at 3 o'clock in response to a tele-j
?ram, but he could do her no go<vd. j
As Miss Daisy Cade she ??as one of j
the most popular young ladies Wash- \
ington ever produced, and hf? mar-j
riage last October to Mr. D. D. Coliey, \
Df Ne~ Orleans, ras q;iiie a happy I
and brilliant one. He was telegrapher;
LUr IJLUiiirUitt'-ClJ 0.t irZi. wr.T, b G.:?yA
wiii reach there totncro* night.
A spf cial tc-The Chronicle late last
eight says tios; M:S, Coiiey clod
ibout half p^si -4 in the arterncos
without regaining :consciou5nc=s.?
Augusta Carotids.
1? :
A. Call.
Mr. Chas H. Cxrirs^. chairman o' j
the executive committee of the South j
C-arolina Sunday School Convention, j
asks us to nublish the nolic-i beio~ in \
reference to the convention which j
vc-ill be held at Camden, b. C., August J
24-26, 1S97: \
The nro^ram of the 20th Annua!)
State Sunday School Convention is:
now beiog prepared and -will be published
in a few days. It is expected
that some prominent Sunc&v School
?7ork?:rs from other States will oe present,
and a practical, helpful meeting
is anticipated.
Let do aciivc Sari day School work
sr, whether officer, teacher, c-r paster, ]
who sincerely desires to improve him- j
self or his school, miss this occasion.!
The good people of Camden are rs.uk-j
ing preparations for royally entertain- \
ing the convention. Erery county is ]
urged to send a full delegation, and 1
all who expect to attend will please]
notify Mr. C. W. Birchmore, Oacc-I
den, S. C., as soon as possible, ite-l
ducea rates on t&e raiircads will be 1
promulgated from junctional points!
in the State in ample time. County j
statistical secretaries are r;quested to
perfect their statistical reports o- the
number of officers and teachers, of
scholars, and of the amounts ccntrib
iited by the schools in their respective
counties, and forward the same to
Prof. R. 0. Sams, Statistical Secretary,
at G&fcney, S. C. County trs&su :
rers vrUl also forward to the State \
Convention Treasurer, Rev. W. I. j
Herbert, Florence, 3. C., dues onf
v-, rri'.a -I
UjLCUgVS, C'.U. jLJLIG ici ;
Gents will please see that their respct-1
ire county conventions ar* arranged \
for, a suitable program prepared and j
assist in every possible way to make;
it a success. Also let vVj county vie - S
presidents prepare and for .vara ?o the:
undersigned (or present it in person I
at ihe convention) a full report of the |
organized Sunday School vrork ini
their respective counties.
' 'Organization1' will be one of the
principal topics for discussion at the
nipproaching meeting. May the Holy
Spirit guide in alJ Jhe preparations
and in the deliberations of the con
4
V f'-iliUU. J.- iiiwcu'.au^.
Chas. EL Carlisle, Ohrax Ex. Com.,
Spartanburg, S. C.
SemsksolG X>olt!??.
During a thunder storm, a colt of
lightning cut scoie eueer c&pers Wednesday
at the suburban home of Mr.
A. R. Lo2ie, two miles east of Chsr- j
lotte. Mrs. Logiewas in the house j
witn the children ?i:d Mr. Lo^le vra-s j
in the barn entertaining a fsrm=:ri
friend who had dropnt-j in for shelter
from the storm. AU at r?r>c?, a';mo.?t I
everybody on ihe place was kuocked I
I inn dW1/>V a 1a'i !
~ j
Cedar tree in frost of Mr. Lories r?si \
deisee. ar>d wreathes-?aboutits house]
vr^re able io make an ]
some curious results found The
tree ttas split open sad set bj :
the Jightnitfg, and tao tqpirr&s asd I
tt70 i? ;irrels &rd six sja?rrov.'s thxi:
had iheir homes in the tret *'e.e k::ied. i
The bolt entered the ground .-it
foot of ihe life, ran ur^der the s:-> :
w emerged at ?h* steps of the s're-ut;
oorth, entered -he house uh'Jt tr-c ;
frost doer, res ad e a z:.- za;r c^ur.-i
through two rcezss, tb-.-ii vrf-nt ou* a :
^indOT made for a burn It hit Mr.
Logie *ed th^ farioe.-*, and Ine .-u-wr,.
not having & clear kv.a of u;e siiua.-'
x! ? ? .c ?- - - - * f k, A ?f* rro . r* n .
UCH-, uyuu u:- ^
thrcateaiDgi? uuop. h:s cost: *":-v"ri.ai;
did you Li', ri^e for! he-7sdltd \>j]
kao^. c has:;.' *. '
lion and sacod Mnss?-:f. Mrs. Lo??.e
and the chi?'it*sa knocked /.- >:? :
iheir 'eet and stuuaed ?nc ii tr.ii some
tirce before their r-rcc-vsrj. Ttie 02 iy
oanjage dose me sh-iteriuj? of 5
valuable collection of old cb.i3.vt m one
of the rooms of the house.
ENFORCING THE LAW~
THE STATE'S PCSlTiON REGARDING
THE LIQUOR TRAFEIC.
Every Xhvt/uI Means Will bo Xlesorted to
to Suppress tlic Original Package Establishments-Tho
Dispensary BasJnesa.
An origiual package store in Florence
was raided and the contents confiscated
Tuesday by the constables.
This was the second closure of the
kind since Judge Simonton's decision
ana indicates a determination on the
nart r.f the State to- close ut) these
r~-?? ? -?? ? ?- ? ? i
pl&ces on the least violation, of the law
as laid aown^by Judge Simonton. In
this particular case it appears that the
dealer was closed up on a mere technicality.
He was regularly an agent
of a foreign firm, but it appears that
his half pint measures were* not half
pints according to the dispensary measurement
and be was arrested. He
was selling in what he called half
pints, but because they were not up to
the usual dispensary measurement the
dealer was arrested for violating the
law. From this it is seen that the
State is going to take advantage of
every possible loophole and make it
as troublesome as rKjasible to everj
original package dealer.
The Governor stated Tuesday that
he would certainly order seized all liquors
found in any place where the
original package had been broken,and
by original package he said he meant
the box or other covering in which
tbe bottles came. He said that he certainly
oid not intend that liquor
should bs brought into the State and
sold unless in original packages
by that term he means that a certain
quantity in a bottle cannot be taken ,
on/3 onl/~f Tr?
yufc Vi C* yJCk\*AUU JViU. *4* VWIAV*
words the Governor holds that each
boUle of liquor must ba shipped into
the State separately in order to con- *
stitute an original package. Heroes
further than tbat and says that if^bottles
are shipped by the car load packed
in si?? c ost or paper or any otfeer
packing that it must be sold that wax
else the original package is broken. If
this idea is carried out then the origisal
package people are not going to
have acy picnic and the dispensary
will have* little serious opposition.
Thus it will be seen that every possiole
technicality will be taken, advantage
of by the Stare in order to upacid
the monopoly oi the business. It
is even held that the order of Judge
3imoni.cn in the case of Moore is only
a temporary injunction, that being all
that was asked for in the complaint
and that, therefore, the State has another
chance cf having the whole
r.hin^ reopened before Judge Simonron
with Uie consequent delay which
a 1-rajs abends the settlement of any
case." It is likely that such a point
vviii be taken advantage of for it
vvouife be a foolish waste of time and
mcney, out iike a drowning man eve>-j
straw is being grabbed at by the
Sjtat-CWhile
the original package establishments
are sure to decrease the proa:.s
o? Vi? <iisv,easary, yet the figures
show thai the* decrease has not been
? j. 1
so serious as yet, ana. tnem a*
a criterion the dispensary officials are
kciinea to believe that tiie business is
sot to be seriously interfered with.
For instance it is pointed out that the
business has not only not decreased
sizes the first decision of Judge Simomen,
but has actually been greater.
Taking t'ae month of June the showing
is that for the month in 1897,
7.034 crates cf liquor were shipped out
ss against S,635 for the same month in
18S6. being a difference in favor of
tie present month of 349 cases.
Ic the matter of beer the shipments
were 333 ana 353, a difference in favor
of the momh for this year of 20
oarrels. Taking the first eleven days
of the present month the showing is a
shipment of 3.601 cases of liquor for
1696, as against 3,661 for the same period
in 1S97, being an increase of six
ty-three cases. For the eleven days of
the month in 1896 the beer sales were
202 barrels as against 218 for the same
time in 13S7, an increase of sixteen
oarrsls.
Th%S3 figures are taken by the officials
to be evidence of the fact that
the nric-inal nicka^e business is not
going to seriously hurt the dispensary.
The comparison for the year 1897 is
for a period when the constables were
ec joined, and when in Charleston
particularly, the original package
s-tcrts were in active operation. Talcing
this as a criterion the officials are
of the opinion that the dispensary
will be able to hold its own. Upcn
these rigures they base the opinion
tnat me decision is not going to materially
injure the dispensary. However
the evident intention of the S'-ate
to take advantage of every point, no
matter how technical and far-reaching
it may be, shows that the State
does not welcome the competition and
that it will do ail it can tc break it up.
?Register.
Closed Up.
After four clays1 business the original
package house of James E. Payne,
of Greenville, S. C., was closed Thursday
by dispensary constables. Payn8
rer-resents James JVL Pfeiffer & Co, of
Cincinnati, The constables have been
working ou this case since the opening
of the store, tryin? to catch Payne on
a technicality,"going sc far as to measure
his boUies. Constable Harmon
registered irem Newberry and took
charge of the case. In his effort to
convict Payne he bought liquor and
attempted to drink on the premises,
but, tras noticed by the proprietor and
oresred to leave the establishment.
Tie su-icific charge against Payne is
tnat he violated :ne original package
decisioa by liquor otherwise
i?isn in tb* c.ise in which it was
shipped, P-yue and his partner,
1 -v Wiliit'iis-, vers arrested and
iisre b )nd- i." :hsi sum of $200 each
: tor &pc :ar.-.tjrtd ?1 a preliminary exI?e
Pfsilfer firm propose
>j fiir.il iSiv ca?e in ;he United States
Cvurt. hid some intimation
of -re rai'i a..d removed the bulk of
f-.is slock before the raid of the constables.
Fatal /*oci<lent.
A s--^cial to One Sraie from Piean-.yut,
d. C., says that B. E Brook
o i;re. a reek m sr\ at that place, was
ku;ed Tues ?y ar:crnoja. The decf.^sc.l
-.v.-is a: work on the shoals beiL-;
d-:22 and ia running back to
.scape juduen flow cf water he ran
'a-.-vi'': si siof rock. loosening some
: a ad om we;- h:ai{ iseavly a ton fell
?: vj. hits p; ni'sg him 10 the ground.
II:s ccaupaoions vrent at once So his
r-i-eu- uin a very start ii:ne he was
r^fc--sed a:cd carried to his ht?me.
Mv/jin-). assLitiuee as at oace ?uramcned
bat was of no avail, as- he
brsasned his last ia less than an hour.