The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, January 04, 1899, Image 1
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f>F LIQUOB
Wakes a Positi)
it About !t.
HONS IN FUL
ed According
^33 beec^i^rticularly the case
-SWHS^ed into tne state
Vthe law and regula.
and if
Ss&hlcs are liable to get into
illP^rder that the general public can
^.^tstand the rules-governing the conrarg/ies
the instructions have been obPpined
and are given in full, together
I'with amendments agreed upon Wed|
uesday. They are as followss:
F-Lil. Constables appointed under the
[ dispensary law will act onl> under the
I :*? They have the right to exercise
aB the duties and powers conferred
I upon &em fey the dispensary law.
3^' Constables detecting persons openjiy,
or in the act of violating any of the
|l>&>?isions of the dispensary law, may
?arrest and carry the party before a mag
tistrate lor a warrant.
1 4. They are to seize any wagon, cart,
fboat, or any other conveyance, together
-with the horses, mules, or any other
Animals, discovered transporting liquor
gin the-night time.
1 5. They must obtain warrants from
jrnagistrates for the arrest of any persons
who violate the dispensary law,
gjmdsrlcli violations can only be proved
vj^.jritnesses. The warrant must be
-; tsed on an affidavit.
6. They have the right at any time
enuring tee auy or mgutt time, tu cu?,ci
^ tponlots or open places, stores, etc., to
gj aake search forcontraband liquors within
ut a warrant, but should never search
Cj houses or apartments without a
$ ,.arch warrant, issued by a magistrate.
Jh'nder Section 22 of the dispensary law
-1II places can be searched when a com- 1
nuisance is maintained, and an arrpwt
and search warrant should be issued
provided in that section, and such
Jtction. should be taken as is therein
4orescnbed.
led, or is inSrrry^vay to be
State, should be seized.
||^4j8 found in any express office
J'v ^ ^destination, consigned to a
-the contests of
J seized. When
--1-order liquor,
^?ed betnseu
' -SET Persons can
. ....
v?es, and in their
>se the name
I
Jngmadebjl
mtv that soft
Many
State
riied
A 5f
i dist
i
"ik^rSvv- "<3i" -rs ,
-,:-^^^^^^^^mm3':. ;f
| roissioncr. A report of tlieeizure rr
t. tuade to the clerk ia he execui
; office, giving any iaformaon obtai
hat will be needed by ha if appl
I ion is made for the rease of
J goods. All packages mc be plai
i marked, so that they can-e identi?
17. When any team seized
! transporting liquor at nif, oranj
j_# j quors or personal prope is seiz
"* j under search warrant or lerwise,
I constable seizing same sb. have an
j ventoiy and appraisem* made
1 'Jirpe sworn appraisers, -Tiding
n property ;.s worth more X nicy \
lars. The constable willjn pub)
a notice for three weeks iree pul
places, describing the art#, etc.,
requiring any person vclaig then
appear and make claim iin th
the days from the date of these publ
day tion of the notice. If no m is m
ecu_ within thirty day?, theistable
t 0? other officer can Sell the 5. ^iti
0les further advertisement tte higl
(jur" bidder. In giving the ie for
2ess three weeks the conij? she
Ines- s*ate *n same ^ ljrty
claimed within thirty d;jnd fc
filed with the State boarq prop,
will be sold, giving place wit wi]
sold, and when sold. TL for 1
THS6^e paid fromrr0cc
and the balance reSfecT S
.w-?rer-- A
n~ ftTTV>n?>a a
6!"- tr ?? 1
the sum remitted, most be mailed to t
clerk iu the executive office.
18.. Constables may enter any e
press, or other cars, or boats, in t
State, for the purpose of searching 1
contraband liquors, and may exami
the books and way bills of the trai
portation companies. Constables m
use teams or horses in order to purs
and capture teams or persons tranBpo:
ing liquor when they could not succe
otherwise, but should not use teams
drive over the country in search
work. Only when reasonably sure
accomplishing good work may the e
pense of teams be incurred.
19. It is the duty of all she.-if
magistrates and magistrates' constabl
to enforce the dispensary law (see Se
tion 29,) and they are entitled to hi
the value of the contraband liquor th<
seize; but when the State constabl
get them to serve warrants, or mere
to assist them in arrests or search*
they are not entitled to this comm:
sion and it will not be allowed.
20. The proprietor, and his aids ai
assistants, in any establishment whe
liquors are sold contrary to law, m;
be arrested and prosecuted.
21. Constables will study the la
and enforce its various provisions wii
vigo/.
22. Constables will report daily
their immediate superior, who is r
quired to examine the same and forwai
to the executive office.
23. Constables must be courteous i
all. but will refrain from talking ui
necessarily about their official plans at
business to the public. They owe r
apology or explanation to anyone f<
doing their duty.
24. Constables will refrain from nh
use of liquors to excess, on pain of ei
pulsion.
25. When constables get a cas
against violators of the dispensary la
they should see that the witnesses ai
bound over and urge the prompt hea
ing of the case, especially if they a:
w;inesses themselves, so that if tht
-u-e called away the ease will have bee
^sposed of and they will not have i
Return to attend the trial When
can be done, cases should be brougl
within the jurisdiction of the magi
trate and finally disposed of. Attei
- - . i ?r r\-_?n t V?
dAVi\^UUil> uy UUHIIt
bles is
tbeir time. *
It will be well to note Section 13
cut it out and paste it up, as there
very much mo)e trouble from cvas
of this section thtjj all of the oth
combined.
It is announced that the rules m
may be changed,at any time but tl
presentult^^is^^.tL*:
of the dispensary law, :
promulgated in the rules to constable
the liquor will be seized and kept, ar
there is no use to bother to ask for i
return. If liquor is ordered in copar
nership, as is prohibited in Rule 13,
may be considered as gone. If a wroi
name is given, as is prohibited, it
another case ot contributing to ti
State treasury, and so ?n.
This is no New Year ultimatu
either, but it is to go into immedia
effect.
Could Not Happei. Here.
Charles
in AVancheste
Va., Tuesday night under moist unusa
conditions. It was the second time t
same couple embarked on .nhe mat:
monial sea as husband andlwife, ai
followed two suits for divorce,! a conv:
don of bigamy and a pardon, and
further complicate the situation the
is another woman in j^p-^hestter w
bsars Swan's name, a*^f^>the\ motL
of his family of grown _.,ufen. ' Swa
eight years ago, after his wife h^d b?
denied a divorce, applied for on^p hi
self and was granted a legal separatic
*hich might, after five years, b,e p<
Fected into a permanent divorce.' .
i j p ? ?j
cneena 01 uve years, mu nuwu^in
ing further proceedings. Swan follow
Mrs. Brown to North Carolina, mjirri
her and brought her to live near lis (
home. After many months his1 ?:
wife prosecuted him and he was fiia
convicted of bigamy and given &.]
years. The governor pardoned hin|t
<iext day and the wedding was tn?
quel. I
Gov. Russell's Surprises, f
A sensation was created in Raleli
N. Wednesday by the an noun
ment that J. M. Mewborne, the Fu$
superintendent of the penitentiary, 'J
resigned and Capt. W. H. Day, a D<
ocratic lawyer, had been named by G
ernor Russell as his successor. )
Mewborne'sresignation takes effect J
1st. Not even the most intimate frie
. of the interested parties knew of
contemplated change in managem<
Capt. Day has accepted the positi
and Wednesday announced that
would fill all the subordinate off
with Democrats. He has already
' pointed R. J. Tillery of Halifax con
as manager of the State farms and
B. Arendell of Raleigh manager of
central prison. Governor Russ<
political friends are severely criticis
him for appointing Democrats to ofi
Only two weeks ago he appointee
^M^-^qocrat as adjutant general of
since then he has made
. . tS?os of directors for several of the
^^^tions I^B?ocratic. .. _
gigS \
% IN A BADlFIX.
ica- . , _ * 4
the A Distressing State o\ h Affairs
illy . _ El
ted. Beaufort CounV Jty.
:ed, CROPS RUINED BY i&TORM!
to At the Request of T'Mrominer
lol- Citizens Governor EHjllerbe
blic Asks for Aid for tt%Q
a to Sufferers. f|
Some time ago Governor Elicit p rc
Iyi4. VT
iadc ceived information or suffering on +]j
! or sea islands of Beaufort county. || l?rcr]
tout information received Wednesday h,
has been apprised that storrusvl haV(
7? ruined the crops ialand and that 1 then
)U . is much distress and suffering inL por
DOj tions of Beaufort county. |
ovi He has decided to ask for conti^^.
Jv tions for the relief of these worthy | anc]
unfortunate people, and those whq, je.
kC,e^ sire to aid them may senatkiir cog,.rotate
butions t0 ^ov* ^er^e or to the glent.lftmen
who apprised the governor nf
Their communication is 5p[X_
To HII. eMi'^e
lerbe, Columbia. \\
?or Dear Sir: In the face of the dire an<?p
ce general distress now depressing and opf*
1S. pressing the people throughout the!*
a township of Bluffton, Yemassee anda
Hilton Head, in Beaufort county, a
ri_ caused by two cyclonic storms within a |
e(j. month ^ each other, the first on the %
28th of August and the second on the \
6? second of October past, we deem it
0? proper to submit _ to the executive a
statement of their present condition
and solicit such assistance a3 the ne^
cessitiesof the case indicate and rees
qnire,c_
Previous to the first cyclone thecr?ps ;
promised an ample, prosperous harvest,
but swept by the tempest and unpreceeg
dented flood the larger portion was dei
stroyed. houses blown down, all the
lg bridges swept away and forests wrecked
[s'_ roads blockaded by fallen trees and
fViA enff/-\rtrr?cVinarn^rl ^ovocto
biig gubllv VV IV fS MVIU^kU I
id tedre
The second storm consummated the :
desolation and the destruction is so pre- 1
dominant and general as to be the rule \
iW and not the exception. s
^ The other townships in the county '
suffered to a limited extent, but the
^ three townships about which we write ?
e_ are entirely wrecked. ]
j The rice and pea crops are destroyed; ,
a one-half corn crop, one-half of it rot- f
to ten, has been gathered and a minimum (
Q_ of storm cotton, valued at scarce one t
l(j cent per pound in the seed, while the ^
potato crop has been almost a failure ,
3r from the flood, fresh and salt water that j
submerged the townships. v
On the Savannah and New rivers in t
r_ Yemassee and Bluffton townships there >
has been planted this year between jj
^ J>,000 and 6,000 acres of rice with thpji
^ fBtanised yield of about 250,||^jp^?r\
els, worth $250,000, and -^fee^^itJnes t
r_ have left only about I2'000^oi-15.000 t
re bushels of damaged rice, while the"rice. ,T
mills themselves, trunksr banks, flats \
!D and boats' have been to a larte extent
L destroyed- . \
W mi . 1 . , , ,) ,
j.ne rice Harvest naa commenced and
l. up to that'time at least 100,000 in cash <.
a had been expended on the production ^
s" of the crop; all of which has been enQ"
gnlfed by the cyclonic flood. \ r
ar The people are disheartened jby theg f*
^^^kti^aroundth^^t^d^jjjMapl ^
" vtf ces and nelds presen ting~a 'dep: ^ cor
> -^\ picture and discouraging prospf^* <F?
th,e ?/ ?e<*8si_ties of Mp. '>(1
\ ineiD 1Q tne iacei while there is ^
m \ ^rk or enterprise offering to eh? XI
\ ^employment. hii
pke\ Addition to this gener-4 calamity Pa
^_J5>,fijy-?amil^ has suffered ant are gtjK di
' g suffering with malarial fever, the sequence
of the flood and espo3i?e. 5 Tl
J 1 The people need subsistence cloth*
ing, medicine and indulgence de
, payment of their taxes. of
They, tht people, have no n>jey cle
and unless the payment of taxes iuxI die
tended for them in Bluffton, Yema'fte file
18 and Hilton Head townships, the lf0 wa
ie that is left by the storms will have tio
be sold and sacrificed, thereby dis
J11 blying them to cultivate a crop the en
^ ^umble opi pion your omcial attenir,
tion and interpi >sition, and we feel conLai
fident if one wi th authority is commishe
sioned to invest igate the matter his reri
port will prove i >f such a character as to
ad render imperati ve, and justify the peo[c
pie ia the appe; ils to the public as well
to as to the State for needed consideration
ire and assistance. \ In the village of Bluffbo
ton many houses were blown down with
ter a numberof theibest dwellings unroofed
.n, and fences prostrated.
en These townships have been laid waste
m- by four terrific cyclones within the past
>n, five years, and the people, while consr
fronting the inevitable and bravely
A.t struggling to surmount their troubles,
ig- feel reluctantly constrained by their
a/3 rvresent. necessitous condition to solicit
ed public aid and assistance.
>ld Respectfully submitted by
rst J- Gr. A erdier,
lly Member elect.
:ee P- Prito.hard, M. D.
ibe P- T. Hardee,
Be- Kobt (Jros'oy,
C. S. Pritchard,
J. S. Padgett,
i \ K. 0. Reynolds,
?**> \ E. Dubois,
'.ce' I W. X. Barnes,
\ Magistrate.
la(^ C. A. Yerdier,
n r\ tr_ j?
\x. u. veraier,
^V" * W. K. 31. Verdier,
Mr* i J. McLeer,
1 0. J. Colcock,
8 Member House of Representatives,
the j ??
?nt i Terrible Avalanche.
on, Part o&Red luock mountain, accordbe
ing tb a (Jspatc^from Airolo, (a village
ices of Switzer^^f du of Ticino) has
ap- fallen'1 intoV^J**-destroying a hotel
mty and severaThe scene of the
F. disaster preP^a -t terrible spectacle,
the the debris avalanche covering a
ill's square mi* lptPe hotel, with eight
iing houses andisf),' other buildings was
ice swept- infc^^reat heap of match wood.
i a A Dew fc?rrm was added by the out
the break of fire^ am^ ruins. Three j
the .dead bodies ^ave been recovered. It j
> in- is estimated ^at damage will reach !
^00? pou6ds'
~f. i WANDEEED AWAY.
The Rev. W. A. Kelly Has Gone Hone
in
Knows Where.
To the Editor of The State:
My husband, the Rev. Wm. Aiken
Kelly, laboring under temporaiy mental
! 1.:? -L - 1 p. ~ -
m/eiTuuua nas ieit me city of Uliarles^
ton and wandering I know not where.
Physically very delicate and a great
sufferer for years, his exceedingly vig- I
orous mind held to the point of vtmost
tension in preparing for conference ex;
animation has suddenly given away.
I Will his many warm friends of the
j State assif' -ne with prayer and effort
A | to recover ..ini? Sorrowfully,
Mrs. Wm. A. K>Uy.
a The Charleston correspondent of The
e State sa3's: "The Kev. Wm. Aiken
2 Kelly, a young minister recently ad
; j uuuea to tiie Aljthodist conference of
- i this State, has been missing for over
a week ana his friends are very anxious
about him. lie has a church in Suml
tor. Ten di *s ago he came to this city
accompanied .?y his wife and child to
spend the Christmas holidays with
"* friends. The iunday before Christmas
: he preached a|i excellent sermon at
Bethel church, i On the following Tuesday
he made in appointment in the ;
morniug to me?t his wife and some 1
friends at a pofjit near the city. He 1
then left the
?^ -?.- ?*?? ii uivu n v nao "
staying and has not been seen since. *
His wife says th?.t he had worked very 1
hard preparing for his examination at 1
the conference of his church and she J
, thinks that his mind gave way under 1
I the strain and that he has wandered
; away. She does not fear foul play bat c
i [she is afraid that he is ill somewhere ^
'^iand unable to communicate w.'th his r
aYriends. Once before, after a perod of *
lAard study, the young minister left t
bl-;ome and was not heard of for four a
dKiys. He came to himself then in Au- a
gtfusta, Ga. The Rev. Mr. Kelley is
at&out 26 years of age. His father was b
toJft- years city assessor of this city aud Q
he Sand his family are widely known and S(
poplular in South Carolina."
?- ce
| Sixty Thousand Gone. hi
Aldispatch from San Antonio, Texas,
says |the office of the Wells Fargo Ex- .
press! Company at that place is out a 111
monely package containing $60,000. H,1
The n^oney was sent there from
ton. lit arrived Wednesday morning
in?l wajU given to C. A. Beeler, the
Wells-.Fargo money clerk to hand over. wa
Beeler fetarted for the depot and was
seen enroute. Four hours after his.deaarture
this wagon was found five miles tlc
.vest of \tbe city in a thicket, the horse tr5
ilmost mead fr >m the effects of hard .
iriving. \ Inquiry developed the fact tl0
-hat no delivery had been made. There ter
;vas no qvideace of a straggle in the ac'
.'icinity ot\ wh-ire tne vehicle was found.
LJeeler lias,, been in the employ of the re?.
;ompauy for niue years and enjoyed ^
.lie coutideaceof all. He spent several ?
,ears onthefruntier as a cowboy. His
f- stoutlj assert that he is the vie- .
^_yfToul phy and his wife also in- mis
^nes to this belief. Supt. Taft, of P??
he express company is here investiga * ?
ing. He ad'uits that the loss will E*ut
each the sujustated while rumor near- (
y doubles theamount. C7-i
17 not
An Ijjiportant Decision. ^8*
The Charleston correspondent of the
State say$J>ra Benet Wednesday an- gp C
louueed fiisl csion on the motions for q^g
that one fem
uore jurors were
5" in the intent and meaning ot the rep!R
istitution. On the constitutional blem 1
istion his honor decided that^ a wiH.
ualified elector." and a qualified ju- the pe
, must be a "registered voter. iCan pi
lis was favorable to the movers. But j raise i
s honor decided, secondly, that ail | theyi
rties had due notice and witn proper
ligence could have ascertained before
ai whether jurors were qualified,
ie objection^should have been ridded
fore trial. i^nd, thirdly, his honor w*}a
cided that thefre was not a sufficiency dowrr*
evidence in ^he certificate of the mornj
;rk of the csurt that the juror's name Lee c
^ not1, appear on the registration rolls Quba
:(i wi^nim to prove that the juror too g0
8 not? registered voUr. The mo- Cuba
11 for new trial was refused. the p
^^riefnag^rman"were playing on the" ^
ice off the north shore of Wells Island, ,
in the Sc. Lawrence River, when it
Krnkft and thev all fell in and wata <
drowned. A fourth child, who was on uE
shore, ran to the house and notified her
mother. Mrs. Hagerman rushed to the tc
scene and in her endeavors to rescue the 0f
children broke through the ice, and she p]j
too, was drowned. A man who was attracted
to the scene of the accident dove rej
into the water and brought up Dne of the
children, but as the man was trying to nc
climb out on the ice the child slipped sjg
from his grasp and perished. The family
consisted of Charles Hagerman, his an
wife and nine children. Hagerman, gtJ
who had been in Canada, arrived home
an hour after the drowning to take co
Christmas with his family. He went
to the river alone and recovered the g0
four bodies. y
They Speak out.
The following resolution, offered by Wi
Comrade Beasley, formerly of North st'
Carolina, was unanimously passed at a ca
meeting of the Confederate Veteran
Camp of New Yo k: ^
Resolved, That the^ Confederate Yet- ^
eran Camy of New York condemns in ^
unmeasured terms the efforts of Sena- gj
tor Butler of North Carolina (who is
not a Confederate veteran) to debauch g(
the manhood of the South by seeking to tj
obtain pensions for ex-Confederate soldiers
from the United States, and that Sj
any s-imilar effort by any Southern s]
member of Congress will be abhorrent w
to the camp and meet with unqualified
condemnation. : d
An Experts Opinion. s<
Mr. Alfred B. Sheppterson, the cot- ^
ton expert, says hi his (December edi- f
tion of "Cotton Facts":- "Uespite tne
opinions of a few Southern baDk cash- tiers,
a class whose occiapation usually r'
keeps thfm in their offices at routine
work all day. I am certalin that the concensus
of opinion among cotton factors 5
and planters?the people who ?are best 3
informed on the matter?would be that c
cents per pound for middling cotton 1
in interior Southern markets would be <3
more than a cent andj>*Valf per pound ^
below the average ccjy/of production.' j
&S ' -
"BRYAN SPEAKS OUT
He Opposes a Big Standing Arrr
and Vassal Colonies.
IS STILL FOR FREE SILVER,
ButThinksfortheTime that Issu
is Overshadowed by Issues
Raised by the Spanish
War.
Col. W. J. Bryan returned tn T.?r>
coin, Neb., his home, one day last weel
and was tendered a reception at th<
Oliver Theatre by the Woman's Bime
tallic League. The house was crowdec
and Col, Bryan received an ovation
He was introduced by Governor Hoi
comb, who formally welcomed him
home and complimented him for his
patriotism in enlisting in the army.
After thanking his neighbors foi
their coraial welcome and complimenting
the members of his regiment and
Col. Vifquain, in whose charge he left
them, he justified his resignation as
follows: "I had five months of peaee
in the army and resigned in order to
take part in a fight. I am as much interested
in the people of the United
States as I am in the people of Cuba,
md unless I am mistaken in judging
ye arc called upon to meet more imjortant
problems in the United States
ust now than will confront our army
n Cuba.
"Some of these problems were under
liscussion before hostilities began.
)thers have been thrust upon us as a
esult of the war. Let me improve
his, my first opportunity, to assure you
hat my zeal for the reforms advocated
few months ago has not in the least
bated. 4'Vital
questions cannot be killed or
urned and we were dealing with vital
uestions when the call to arms refunded
throughout the land.
'"The American people have not acjpted
the gold standard as final. It
is wougnt more in justice in our couny
during the last twenty-five years
ian Spain has wrought in ali her coloes,
and opposition to it \rill prow
itil the gold and silver coinage of the
mstitution is fully restored. The
ists which now flourish in defiance of
ws are more merciless than "Weyler
is and the new trust?the paper money :
ist?which is seeking to obtain con- i
>1 of all the paper money in the na- 1
>n, is a greater menace to the coun- <
r'8 welfare than any foreign foe.
"There are, however, two new quesns
whrich demand immediate attention,
because congress is asked to .
i upon them at once.
'The presdent reccommends that the
ular army be permanently increased
100,000 men. This question must
mnf a? ^ "
uiv? uun LIUO &JLX*
Liking up the subject of imperialism ?
. Bryan said that the president has a]
interpreted the sentiment of the ^
pie. They are opposed to giving ^
Philippine Islands back to Spain, ?
they have not as yet declared in a
>r of embarking upon a colonial poli- r
So great a charge, he said, could j j
be undertaken without more inves- j!
tion and deliberation than the pco- i j
had yet given to the subject. j
be principal part of Mr. Bryan's : g|
h was devoted to the Philippine i
tion. In this connection he re- [ 0i
id to President McKinley's inquiry: ft 1,
1|?nd i^Declfiiis^*W(B8ffi(^atioiial r^
Jrjlt *as made for the peon>le, not E1
?)ple for the flag. When the Am- j~
J.lople want the flag raised they J
jzQ'r when they want it hauljed down sf
|%aul it down. The flag wjis raised j~
in Canadian soil during the, war of
2. and it was hauled down when ta
,ce was restored. The flag was r,
nted upon Chapultepec during the /
r with Mexico, and it wi Laukd tv
ftvar was ove. The p
ir. ounce that General
flag hauigfldown in ^
because il^iteijaised );
flag wiPS^igfin 0
e^^^anaary, 3ut J
Suobwn as soon is a. 11
^ established, ^ho
People the right to aJ
-in the Philippines,
a stable gcvjern- r<
UU IS cautuusutu ?i ii II
;iOur flag staD3j?La? indissolpble
lion of indestruqrji States. Erery j!
ite is rcpreseotelfL*,?fr *nd evf tt
rritory sees in thtp \i1?n,a s^r h
hope that willK^L ^r?n! * 1-3 V1
ice in the consC? ' *,Whati 18 *
sre in the flag to ? ,e z? .or li
lect the aspiratioS colonies
dch too good J*f> ?
t good enougn to ^ **"
iterhood of States opiM-. j P
"Shall we keep and n
lend our Sa*? 1 add aDe" 1
ir?the bold star, gr?~ 'ndlc ? d
at we have entered? ^eer ^
nqnest? Or shall ?? w,tb,e a
w, whieh in 1896?.'S!,^ ?] E
Id and greed, and M and ?
s rings, to suggest aW? * ?f ? J n
nment with i"sehe.??Pol,'a ?? ?
r shall we adorn ourTJ^j m-1 ^ si
Wj composed of a m?d? ?J P^r w
ars, representing rcm^a 1Do]SQ1 " t(
,nt dependencies? @1, . , , d
"No, a thousand timcl||sieJ 0 ^ . et
jwn the stars and atriJg?d substi- Qj
ite the flag of an indep^i^rePu'?"c b
lan to surrender the f|vVnes ^ d
ve gloTy to 'Old Grlory.?|4 ^as d
n c .ii ii. . wSrithaf. arA i
*g 01 our iacners m me
jne; it is the flag of a conn- tj
y today, let it be the flagKp na*ioH t(
1 the years that are tBL"^* Its
;ripes of red tell of the bMi%\^was
aed to purchase liberty;
hite proclaim the pure w
orn purposes of a govenw .^f%h a)
erived its just powers froK^ri0^- a1
2nt of the governed.
bat flag is to float, not ove wglpHr jj,
ration of comisonwealths?|^^r 0j
;he land of the free and _j
he brave,' and to that missw j(
emain 'forever true, foreve^l^l'^j p]
A Sad Hunt, *i|ifc? ^
A dispatch from Florence > ^
itate says James WilloughbyS;. _ ^
Ir. T. C. Willoughby of this?. identally
shot and killed
irother, Rueben, while huntirlay
afternoon. The affli^^jjfc he
entire sympathy oy
7' ^
P NEW PRODUCT OF COEN.
-
Ground Stalks Make a Superior Forag
iy
for Stock.
The Baltimore Suq says the new con
products, upon which investigation:
have been conducted at the Maiylanc
Agricultural Experiment station to de
0 termine its value as a stock food, has
been given much consideration by the
farming community of the State; in
fact, many States have taken up the
subject and arc conducting experiments
io ascertain its relative feeding value.
In the process of the extraction of the
. pith, the blades and husk, are first rej
moved and the stalks are cut up in
a small pieces. After the extraction of
. the pith from the stalk the balance is
1 ground up into meal, which in general
, appearance resembles coarse bran. This
. ground material is termed the "new
t corn product." The new corn product
j contains eleven pounds per hundred
more digestible matter and two pounds
per hundred more digestible protein
. than the whole fodder shredded. During
the past few years much has been
done in the way of testing methods for
preparing corn fodder for feeding, with
most of the results in favor of some
method of shredding the stalk. Shredding
possesses many points which makes
it superior to the ordinary or old way
_ j? - ' * * - "
oi cutting todder, the principal one of
which is that the shredded fodder i3 almost
wholly eaten by animals. It is
found that the corn product contains
within one pound as much total digestible
matter as wheat bran, but less than
one third as much digestible protein;
consequently the nutritive ratio is
wider. It was further observed that
animals fed with a fattening radon with
the new corn product base made more
gain in live weight and upon less feed
than wif-V> ? " '
...>u at jai.tciJiLig ration 01 t?l6
same grain and com blades. The keeping
qualities of the new corn product ,
are as good as linseed meal, cotton seed i
meal or wheat bran, and rations made <
up with this material can be fed with
less labor and less waste of feed than
when hay and fodder are fed separately, (
as ordinarily practiced. The naval de- g
partment of the United States govern- a
ment has conducted extensive experi- c
ments with corn pith for use in vessels, $
and the results have been so satisfac- c
tory that it has been adopted and speci- p
fied for use in the construction of all p
new vessels. Its ability-t^o absorb great f
quantities of water quickly and thus tl
swell very rapidly so as to close a hole ?
before water can enter a vessel is the g,
ihief advantage in its favor. ai
I0TJR MTJEDEES Iff A DAY. ' {*
C(
omen and Wine Cause Three of tlie ki
Four Murders. 7'
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Henry Perry, a well known citizen of
Ulanta, was shot and almost instantly
illed Wednesday in ajhouse on Madison
treeet, by John A. Milam. The men
ad a desperate light for a revolver, jd
hich Milam finally secured Florence
dvin-'ston, who lived in the place, eneavored
to separate the men. but faili.
She afterward told-the authorities
lat she did the killing, and presented to
pistol as the weapon used, but ail the fo:
tiambers were filled. A passer-by a.
mght Perry as he fell and heard him T1
ly he had been killed by Milam. th
Mike Day, 17 years old, a cripple, gr
lot amUjQStantly/kiiled Frank Fleury m<
i.nooR-. Day" "says he discharged the an
\J_-- _ i 7 _ L* TT 171 j.'.
eapuu wituuut luoaaug. jaarry jxeu- ut
T, a brother of the dead boy, says Pay tic
ointed the pistol directly at the child, th
[e declares that Day and his brother ha
ad quarreled several days ago, but Day mi
lys he was friendly with little Fleury. of
. year ago Day shot Jack Jones, a boy th
is own age, bat the wound was not fa- tic
il. * re:
Levi Patterson shot and killed Tom ze
ustcr, who was intoxicated and trying ac
> pick a quarrel. ca
Special Officer A. J. Ca vender of the of
ukon bag and cotton mills, was shot th
ad .perhaps fatally wounde<T by Jesse So
'wen, an employe of the cotton mills,
'wen's relatives were celebrating du
hristmas rather hilarously and Caven- in
er went to arrest Owen, who fired on cr<
im. co
T1 e police, in the past 48 hours, have ab
rrested nearly 200 persons on different salarges,
which is believed to break the mj
:cord here. " gr<
The saloons were closed as usual at lai
[) o'clock Saturday night, and were not in'
pened today by special order of th
tayor Collier. Nearly every person rei
iken in by the police had a bottle on a 1
is person, and as a result the large be
ault at Central station is well filled sc]
ith a varied assortment of bottles and tri
quors. mi
tei
Major David Hemphill. an
The Knoxville Sentinel of Tuesday pr
rinted the following relative to the de- tic
lise of Major Hemphill, formerly chief
uaitermaster on Gen. Bates' staff, who 0f
ied in that city on Monday night: co
Injor David Hemphill died last night gL
fc T . OA Af + V?A ^tTTIC-IATl V? AOr.T fill
L ^ . >V U UiUtiv ai uiTigivu uucjL'j.iai^
[is serious iltaess was of short duration
!ut little over a week ago he was a faliliar
figure upon the streets and ciralating
among the many friends made jjj
:nce he came to Kiioxville. His p'ans en
ere that at the hour his life went out, gt
) be speeding homeward for the holi- jg
ays. His home-going has been delay- eu
1 and when his body reaches his pla?e art
f birth in South Carolina it will be
at to be consigned i the grave. His jn
eath resulted from a complication of mj
iseases. All that could be done by gt(
le army surgeons and physicians of fei
lis city to save his life was resorted tj1<
), without avail. g^,
A Drunken Brate.
he
Mrs. Winnie Heamey, aged 28 years ge
as found badly burned Wednesday Qp
; her home iD the tenement Duiiaing
; 102 Detroit street, Cleveland, Ohio.
!er bed was partly burned. She now '
es in St. John's hospital at the point to
: death. The cause of the fire was pir
ven by the woman and her husband, dei
DScph Hearney, a laborer, as the ex- ore
.osion of a lamp. At an early hour so.
lis morning, however, the police ob- pei
,ined from the 9-year-old daughter of for
le couple the statement that Hearney lie
^e home intoxicated and because his de;
^would not get out of bed and cook t?~
"Hss^al, soaked some rags in coal J.--"'
and threw them
placed 'Her/
AN ABSCONDER ARRESTED.
e Former Prominent Georgia Mercham
is Held in California.
1 S. LaFayette Almand, a Georgia
i merchant, who is charged with abscondl
ing with some forty ir fifty thousand
dollars, was arrested in Tulare, Cal.,
i last Sunday morning and Monday night
t City Detective Hewitt of Atlanta. Ga,,
started for California after the absconder.
Almand was a merchant in this state
with headquarters at Con vers, Ga., and
did a large business. He had the confidence
of the business men of thp
and almost unlimited credit. He appeared
to be flourishing when, about
three weeks ago, he suddenty disappeared,
and when those who had trusted
him examined his affairs they claimed
he had carried with him several thousand
dollars which he ought to have
turned over to them.
Just how many were victimized cannot
be said, as all of them decide to
keep quiet and try to catch Almand.
Nor can the exact amount of the money
alleged to have been taken be named, as
even the victims do not know, but it is
estimated that the amount will be between
$40,000 and $30,000.
Almand is a young nan, not more
than 30 years of age, and well connected
throughout the State. He is married,
and his family has been residing
in Conyers. Last Saturday the sheriff
of Rockdale county went to Atlanta
anrl com * "
?~ wc.r ouuic ui luc parties interested
in the capture of Alniand. He said lie
had received information which led him
to believe Almand was in a town called
Lures, Cal. No such town could be
found, and it was then discovered that
Lures was meant for Tulare.
A private call was made on Chief of t
Police Manly, and he was informed '
that Almand was in Tulare, Cal. Sun- ,
day morning a telegram was sent to i
that town and Monday a reply was re- j
leived stating that Aimand was under ,
irrest. ,
A special to the Constitution from +
Covington says: It develoDS that the
ihortage of S. L. Almand, who left here
i few days ago, will reach a sum variously
estimated at between $15,000 and f
140,000. It is said that his heaviest
reditcrs are the Marietta Guano comiany,
Atlanta; Baldwin Fertilizer com- _
any, Port Royal, S. C.; the Southern J*
'acific Guano company, Atlanta; and
tie Gate City Oil company, Atlanta,
[e was manager here of the Gate City ^
innery. He dealt heavily in cotton n
ad cotton seed. He is said to owe \
irmers all over this and adjoining ^
ranties for cotton seed.
His plan was to give each man a due
ill on the Gate City Oil company's,'^
anks, telling them that the company
ould deposit the money in the bank ^
ire in a short time and redeem the .
xe bills. ^ ^
NEGEOES; ISSUE AN ADDRESS. w
tc
)t of Talk About the Suffrage, Lynch j?
Law and Education. w;
m
A Negro council was held in "Wash- TJ
J 1- --J
u several uaja last wee*, auu juac uc- tu
re adjournment Friday night adopted
long address to'the American people. m<
le address congratulates the council ini
at the Negro race everywhere has at
own stronger and stronger in all ele- mi
snts of Christian morality, of thrift so]
d intelligence. Considerable atten- pe
>n is devoted to the political condi- th<
)ns of the Negroes in the South and be
e a'ddress says that since 1868 there ha
,s been a steady and persistent deter- lat
ination to eliminate them in poliiies jec
those States. "We are not opposed,"
e address adds, "to legitimate restric- th<
>n of the suffrage, but we insist that Cu
3trictions shall apply alike to all citi- ph
ns of all States. We are willing to sol
cept an educational or property quali- pr<
tion, or both. We insfst that neither pk
these was intended or is conserved by ne<
e new constitutions of Mississippi, Br
uth Carolina or Louisiana." ins
The address calls on congress to re- an
ce the representation of those States '
that body. The address says the in- da;
jase of mob and lyoch law has be- th<
me a source of reproach at home and cit
road and regrets that the president a&
sv fit to treat with sileDce this vital
itter in his recent message to con2ss.
It speaks of the separate car qu
x as unjust and appressive. In the 0f
terest of humanity it requests that atll
e penal institutions of the South be ir>s
formed. The suggestion is made that ^e(
sart of the public domain of the South
devoted to the maintenance of j,u
bools of higher learning and indus- sj3
al training, and for a more effective ma
iintenance of the public school sys3:
of those States for each race, share re{
d share alike. The opinion is ex- cei
essed that a more general distribu- ^.
in of the Negroes throughout the foai
ates of the Union and new territories so]
the republic, in order to reduce the es<
ngested population of the Southern aD)
ates would do much to simplify the
;e problem. pr(
A Family Feud.
Another chapter in the Sherman fain- j
' feud in McMinn county Ga., was sai
acted Wednesday and as a result Th
ewart, a druggist of Decatur, Teun., toV
lying at the point ot deatn wun a th(
nshot wouad in his abdomen. Stew- to
; was driving with Pete Sherman, a na;
smber of one of the families involved he;
the feud. At a point about eight th<
les from the city they came upon boi
?ve Sheiman, on the other side of the cai
id. Accounts differ as to who fired an<
2 first shot. Stewart received two vol
)ts, one in the leg and the other in th<
i abdomen from the effects of which th<
will die. Sherman was not hurt, to
? 3 1. 7 <i
! went to Atnens ana gave nimseu me
, baj
Will Have to Fight Both- S?(
The outlook now is that we will have
fight both the Cubans and the Filiios.
"We will fight the former in or- "ai
to make them free and the latter in
er to prevent them from becoming
This is the programme of t^e im- ,;J
rialists, and it is truly a lovdy one ^
the eontemp 1 ^
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' LOOKING SERioMM
Row Brewing Between Amerdjl ||
cans and Cubans in Havana.
SOME STARTLING RUMORS.} .
Reported That Gen. Menocai's
TrOODS Have Onno M/m-a
I1IV1 %
Taken to the Field. Intense
Excitement Pujg^^^
A dispatch from Havana sayi/ li
ling rumors were flying,around t1 ^pSpffl
Thursday night and are given'/
by excited crowds thronging tl^ . ;apj
It was reported that Gen.
Menocal and his Cuban force^wiffijLv^^
Paya had been asked to take the oathV jSpjjl
of allegiance to the United States and \j?\ ^
had refused.
The news that Cuban soldiers had re- _j$
fnce/^ fft *-A^- ir
..Uwu IM UiAC WC UitLlLUl aiiegiance was >&jB
cheered by the crowd and mounted-in- %
surgents scattered through the totfn, . J
telling the people in the street that ,r
Gen. Menocal had withdrawn his troops from
Le Paya and taken to the field." .J|
, This story, regardless of its truth or J|1
falsity, is chiefly worthy of serious attention
because of the easrftmAs* trifcV 'A&M
which it was received by the crowds ' ^J||
who insisted upon its truth. They jtti- ":|f
tified Gen. MenocaTs reported sensa- : jj|
tional action. The situation grows out; |1|
of the refusal of Gen, Brooke's permit ;|||
for the participation of Cuban troops .
in the exercises on evacuation day. Tie >js|
feeling is intense. The
United States flag was torn down,
Prom manv houses in i??"?
? .uvuvivnct vudixwte '? .jijBB
;onight. Upper class Cubaas sent ca- - |9
jlegrams without number to President.
VIcKinley today begging him to inter- "
fere. Cablegrams have been sent
>roadcast over the United States asking .>
or public meetings and appealing te :jj8
he common sense and justice of the 'J|
American people. "M
The Cuban leaders here are doing ev- ||1
rything possible to prevent an out- ,;||g
urst, but say that if Gen. Brooke's Wjk
ommand is carried out not only will
hey be helpless, but they will think 4 :||l
'hatever happens to have been caused *|||
y what they consider.the arbitrary and 3?s|
njust action of the United States.
Judge Advocate Charles Gould of the ^||
TTIPrican rtftmnniooiA" ? 1.1 - J t? *
?w.*w.u wiimiicowu^ iu rresiant
McKinley that there is intense .K:;jg
aeasiness in the situation here and ad- * ;jj||
ising that the Cubans be permitted to ;
irticipate in the evacuation ceremonies.
The more excitable or die population
' Habana's lower districts are beght. |||
;ng to hoot the American soldieM^^^^J|
he higher class Cubans are
lagrined and disappointedji^J SI
lairs have taken. Th^gfl ||f
to say or
ha^e
insy&dtM
2 tfV i. X1LC
to-camp at La Paya and Mariana?
ith the understanding that they w?r? v
arching to Habana for evacuation day.
ley bought new uniforms in honor of
e occasion.
The streets cf Habana have beem
)st lavishly decorated. The people
tended to meet the insurgent soldiere
the outskirts and escort them with
isic and cheeriDg to the Prado. The
[diers are the popular ideal of the
ople of Habana. The entrance of
3 Cuban soldiers into Habana has u
en the dream of the people of the unppy
island for 50 years. During the
e war Habana has ever been the obstive
point.
Now Spain has been driven out, but
2 Cuban soldier must not enter. The
bans compromised on the original
lus two days ago. It was said tie
diers might enter on the second
>ximo. Five days of rejoicing was
mnn/7 A /VP H Ol^ono <?
buu^u.. xuc UA uai/auo jsxcu*- .
d a great feast for the soldiers. Gen.
ooke, who is supposed to act under
itructions frcm Washington, said thi
angement could not be carried out.
Ihe developments of the next few
ps may mean peace or war between
} United States and Cuba. Habana izens
say they beg not to be driven
ay from the United States.
THERE WILL BE PEACE. f
A. dispatch from Havana says the
ban patriotic committee, consisting
150 leading Cubans, lawyers, doctors
I business men, at a meeting which
ted until 4 o'clock Friday morning.
jided to yield without reservation to
} wishes of Gen. Brooke and Gen. till
dlow in the matter .of postponing the
. ua^'s ueieuiaiiuu auu u<w iippiuvcu <1
nifesto to the Cuban population of
ibana, on the lines of cen. Ludlow's
)ly on the subject of the proposed
ebrations, quoting some portions of
ind paraphrasing others. The On- -Si
a citizens of Habana and the Cuban
diers outside the city are intensely
sited, but the patriotic committee
i the military chicfs of the Cubans - '. -jA
nk they can quiet this feeling and
>vent violent incidents. "::M
' >^38
Embarked at CharlestonNearly
3.000 United States troops
led from Charleston to Cuba Friday.
e transports Minnewaska and Mani>a
went out on the morning tide and %
; Ward line steamer Saratoga went
sea later in the day. On the first
tried ship there were Gen. Bates, his
idquarters, the brigade hospital and ^ ^
i sixth regimont of Ohio volunteers
and for Cienfuegos; the Manitoba
Tied Gen. Sanger, his headquarters
i the twelfth regiment of New York
lunteers, while the human cargo of
i Saratoga, consisted of 450 men of
i first regular infantry. In addition
the troops each vessel carried an iffi