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~~N, ~ ' " zSEm t VOL LIII WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14, 1899. NO. 44 r* NOT GUILTY! W. R. Crawford Acquitted By a Kershaw Jury. WAS OUT FIFTEEN HOURS. / TheJury Asked Judge Buchanan to Charge Them Again on Certain points of Law. The non-conviction ofW. R. Crawford was due in a great measure to the fact that the prosecution failed to put * in evidence the fatal bullet, which took the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart, Sat rn_ urfiay evening, xeuruax.y wlumbia, S. C. The case was tried at Camden, Crawford having been a change of venue. At 12 o'clock Thursday the jury announced that it had arrived at a verdict. Judge Bunchanan was not in the ^ courthouse at the time, but was sum^ moned immediately. In order to prevent any demonstration in the court room, he ordered the sheriff and his deputies to take stations in different parts of the hall, and to preserve order. Mr. L. L. Block, foreman, arose and announced that the verdict of the jury aroo "rirtt frrnltv." There was no show 0 of excitement. There was no change on the expressionless face of W. R Crawford. The crowd in tie court house was dissolved in s few moments, Crawford .vjpr and his friends hurried to the telegraph offise where they wired to friends in every county that the trial had ended and the accused ex-constable had not been convicted. ~ The jury was out 15 hours. At first, "'"7 so it is reported, and generally accept -- ed in Camden, there were nine ior acquittal and three for conviction. It is ^ stated that, when the jurors went to sleep at midnight, two of those for conviction had given in. Thursday morning at 9 o'clock there was a large crowd ^ mattered around the door of the courthouse awaiting.the arrival of the judge. Ihe opinion of every one present was that when the judge arrived the jury would announce that it had been unable to agree, and a "mistrial" would be ordered. Judge Buchanan arrived at 10 o'clock. The doors of the court house were, thrown open. When the jury had been polled, Foreman Block said they wanted turther information in regard to certain t points in the judge's charge. He asked i the judge to explain the rights of an officer in enforcing the excution of a war^ rant where he is opposed by violence. The jury did not understand the charge of the court on this point. "We wish ^ to find out if Mr. Crawford had the right to search the houeo . .witk-v-rairrrtforce,"" hesaid. ... T t . Solicitor Thurmond rose to object, but was overruled bv the judge, who ( then addressed the jury: I "That involves a mixed question of L law and fact. The court instructed you that an officer could use force in HW reasonable circumstances, to meet force with force; but unless force were necesH sarv he should not exercise any force at I all. Whenever the law gives a man a process and tells him to starch a house, it gives him everything necessary to accomplish that purpose, and if he meets with force, being authorized by law, being a law officer, he may overcome that force using so much force as is necessary to do that. "His first duty is to use gentle means if gentle means will avail, and when gentle means will avail, he cannot use violent means. ' A-Ptor ltd hsps frpnt.lp. means. if this does not suffice to overcome the resistance, he may use such force as is necessary even to the extreme of taking life, because he comes clothed with the ?- warrant af the law. and every citizen must yield to the law. '"When a man obstruct an officer, the officer's auty is to put his hand gently on him, push him out of the way, unless he sees by the use of gentle *- means he will be taken at a disadvantage, or his life will be put in jeopardy then he may resort to harsh means at once. If he must resort to such means, * ' 1_ 1 _ TI71 tHen violence is jusunaoie. uueu a man is authorized by law to do a thing, he has a right to do all things necessary to accomplish that object, and if a person obstructs him he becomes a wrongdoer and if anything happens to him, he will be the* auihor of his own wrong." After elaborating this point, he said: "The officer must go forward using r gentle means if gentle means will do, but if gentle means won't do", it must L_.' be done anyhow, He can overcome r force with force, no matter what the result." He continued that an officer is not responsible for the result if he is prudent and acts with ordinary firmness. "T - ^~ * In A?A (VA IIC Has LiitJ I"JLglIL tu UC bUUC CkLLXA ?,V/ A Vi ward, but he must not do so ruthlessly, and with due care. He concluded by saying that the violence must be commensurate with the resistance. Gentle means must first be used, but not when useless, for the law does not require a man to do a vain thing. The jury retired. It is reported that prior to *bat time but one man had held . p ? tj, ?1?4-~ out lor tc HflUUlUU. XJLC SUUJLUiCl/CU. LU tie construction of the law by Judge Bunchanan, and in half an hour the jury had agreed. A combination of circumstances enrtered into the acquittal of Crawford. y The first axiom of a trial for capital punishment is that the burden of proof must be against the prisoner at the bar. While the State introduced strong evidence, the defense had a greater num LfCl Vi Attorneys from another State who happened into the court room while the arguments were in progress, declared afterwards that they did not know of a case on record where the fatal bullet was not in evidence. The bullet was extracted by Dr. L. B.Owens and put in the keeping of Chief of Police Daly. The attorneys for the prosecution claim that Chief Daly neglected to take it to Camden, and that the attorneys did not attach much importance to it. The defense did not prove that the fatal bullet was fired by Stuart, but by ingenius argument showed, by its absence, that there was "a reasonable doubt'* that Crawford fired it. The benefit of any doubt is the right of the prisoner. Another circumstance which probably influenced the jury was the fact that the defense laid considerable stress on the lapse of time between the slappine of Stuart s lace ana tne nnng of the tirst shot. Iu legal parlance this is known as '"cooling time"'?time for the passions to subside, for the mind deranged with anger to return to its normal state. In reply the State endeavored to prove that the interval was of but few seconds duration, and that Crawford's pistol covered Stuart during that time. CONFLAGRATION IN AUGUST!, j Two Hundred ana Fifty Thousand T\-ll 1 T -uonars i.uss. The largest fire in Augusta's history in many years burned over the same district that was swept seven years ago. when the Augusta Chronicle was burned. Several buildings that escaped ; at that time are now smoking ruins. The fire started in the drug store of Davenport & Phinizy, cn Wednesday. A negro was mining a pot of Venus turpentine, which is hard rosin melred and mixed with turpentine. Fire got into the pot and the flames spread so rapidly that employees in the front part of the store barely had time to escape. Smoke issued in dense volumes from tlie back and front of the 2>LUi C. \J W illg tu buc VA.*} yaiuv chemicals in the stock it was seen from the beginning thac it would be fortunate if the fire was confined to this building. The liames made quick headway, and in a short while the following stocks were burned out: Kress & Co., fire and ten-cent store, loss $10,000, insurance, $7,000; Lamkin & Co., groceries, loss $7,000, insurance $5,000; Thomas & Barton, musical instruments, bicycles, furniture, loss $24,000, insurance $24.000; Alexander Drug company, loss $17,000. insurance $17,000; Davenport & Phinizy, loss $21,000. insurance S22.000: Stulb & Co.. liouor dealers, loss $5,000, insuarnce about $3,000; Smythe, china store, loss about $7,000, insurance $7,000; William Sehwight, jeweller, loss very slight, fully covered by insurance. Buildings burned were valued in the aggregate at about $150.000 insurance about $75,000. August Dorr's Sons tailors and furnishers, loss on stock $10,000, fully covered by insurance. Besides these there were a number of smaller losses, as the upper stories of * " * CP the buildings were used as omces, making the total losses in the neighborhood of $250,000. Outrage Eepaid in Kind. A dispatch from San Antonio De Los Banos, Cuba, says that Jose Labregat, a notorious agent of Gen "VYeyler, who outraged defenceless womeri and killed children, arrived there Tuesday. His appearance was the signal for a gather _ing_ol ffiiom neiormeriy persecuted. The excitement continued throughout the'day and Tuesday night. About midnight a crcwd surrounded the houue where he was and begun to threaten him. He attempted to escape, and on meeting the demonstrators emptied his revolver, wounding two persons. The crowd immediately closed in and captured him and he was lynched in the public square. The anxiety following the excitement caused a committee of Spaniards to come to Havana to ask the inA i> _i? u u i cenerence oi vxcu uruu^e. ue wmu not receive them before a late hour of the evening, but he readily offered to ! send a detachment of American soldiers to the town. The committee, which left San Antonio before the lynching, returned to find Labregat dead. Many burglaries have been committed recently in hotels, stores and private houses, and the police believe an organized band of American crooks is atwork. Gen Fitzhugh Lee has sent three , troops of the 7th cavalry to scour the provinces of Havana and Pinar Del Rio, and squads of ten, fifteen and | twenty men wnn provisiuHs j.ur teu days are visiting the small towns at night. Agninaldo's Latest Move. Special dispatches from Manila Thursday say it is reported that Aguinalao has disoked the Filipino congress and has proclaimed himself dictator. The officials in Washington are in doubt ?l9 lu iu uvvimhuk his dictorehip is anima' ;d by a desire to rid himself of his refractory generals, Pilar and Lunar, or whether he aims to consolidate in his o^n hands the power to make term? of peace. It is known from the reports of President Schurman of the American Philippine commission that these two generals own only faint allegiance to Aguinaiao ana tneir attitude towards the peace, negotiations has made them ineffectual, the civilian members on the Filipino side of the Filipno joint commission being overawed by these generals. It is dominated by the military element controlled by these generals.. It is believed here that it Aguinaido can Dena tnese men to his will and assume supreme control he will at once make for peace, being able to secure better terms for himself than he would otherwise. Suicided Before His "Wife. A dispatch from Anderson, S. C., to the Columbia State "Wednesday says: "Mr. J. Claude Dickson committed suicide at his home on North McDuffie street, this city, this morning about 5 o'clock. He had been out part of onrl in nbont 5 o'clock WilC and told his wife he was going to commit suicide, and before she could get up to try to prevent the rash act, he put a pistol to his right temple and fired. Mr. Dickson was a young man of about 24 years of age and had been married about three years. Xo one knows what his troubles were, as he had said nothing to lead to suppose he was going to kill himself. He had been employed as bookkeeper for 0. D. An derson & JLJro., for the last two years and was a quiet and peaceable citizen/' A Pious Scoundrel. Jacob Farley, a farmer ,of Hartville Mo., who bad been a justice of the peace, chairman of the Populist county committee and a minister of the gospel, was Thursday found guilty of complicity in the robbery of the Kansas City and Fort Scott and Memphis train at Ma?omb last January. He was sentenced to twelve years in the penitentiary. HIS LAST DAY. I Touching Scene at the Bedside of the Dying Governor. A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Loved Farm Life. A Clean Official Record. Honored for His Honesty by all Who Knew Him. The following pen picture of Gov. Ellerbe's last day on earth will be read with interest. It is taken from the News and Courier: This morning Governor K'lerbe was getting along as well as could be expected. He was holding his own?that w^s all. Dr. Monroe had done about all that could be done by human hands. He was leaving the house to visit an otlier patient near by when he was quickly summoned. Governor Ellerbe had said he was choking. He asked to be raised up, so he could battle with the troublesome and death dealing phlegm or accretion. Those about him, who were everready to do all ihat could be done, gently raised the patient. It was not high enough. He asked to be raised higher. This was done, and finally he asked to be placed upright. This was do^e. Governor Ellerbe tried to cough up the accumulation. He was too weak. He tried again and again, ' I" " * . TV A T 1_ ana ntiaiiy saia tour. Jionroe, who was standing by, doing what was possible: UI am gone," and the plea for help in those eyes was touching. Dr. Monroe gave his patient brandy to give strength by which the accumulation could be thrown off. The brandy was not quick enough in its strength-giving and again Governor Ellerbe said: "I am gone; I am choking." Dr. Monroe got his medicine chest and gave a dose of digitalis, morphine and strychnine as a powerful stimulant. It gave the small strength requisite for the work, and piece by piece the accumulation was worked off, but not without a severe tax on Governor Ellerbe's strength and a severe shock to all, for Dr. Monroe had said the end would, he thought, come by just scch a strangulation or by heart failure, for his heait was already woefully weak. CONSOLED HIS WIFE. The strain was so severe on Mrs. Ellerbe that she began to cry and Govw*i?1. - ^ : _ ~ i JU, ernor njiierue, mrmug tuwinu ua} uuwu his head and asked her not to cry. They all say that never was them a brave heart, nor more devoted wife, than Mrs. Ellerbe?^* After the attack Governor Ellerbe thpy vafa ' Mm, ana ie went to sleep and rested moderately. Once he woke up and asked to have his position changed. It had already become a delicate matter to move him. All under his person were piled pillows and about the hips was medicated cotton in layers, so thin and fraii was his frame. There were thirteeen brothers and sisters in the family, but one, Mrs. Moody, is dead, and today the eleven brothers and sisters were ail at his bedside save one, and she was sick. Then there were many nieces and nephews, who were there to do what little they might, and kinsmen by marriage and blood came in during the day, and so B ? J ' A.T ? ?* -A?A fllQf serious wasxne cuuuiuuu icgaiusu they all remained over. THE GOVERNOR GATE UP. Today for the first time Governor Ellerbe completely gave up and indicated that he awaited the end. He made a hard and desperate fight. Although the day was quite pleasant Governor Ellerbe wanted the windows opened; he wanted air and light, and with all that two or three anxious and devoted hands were fanning fresh air and breath to him. Once in a while he would wake up, look about him and recognize some one, say a word or two about what he wanted, and doze off 2gain into a peaceful slumber. A SKETCH OF GOVERNOR ELLERBE. Private Secretary W. Boyd Evans, who has been intimate with Governor "FHoxka lioc -nrpruTArl an elaborate XiXX&l J-S? V ^ _ sketch of him. It is given in his own words. He writes: Governor William H. Zllerbe, a native of the "Palmetto State," is a direct descendent of Capt. Thomas Ellerby, of Revolutionary fame, who served in Gen. Mario a's brigade. William H. ElLrbe is a great-great-grandson of this distinguished officer. The first of the name to come to America Prf>m TCncland were two brothers? Thomas and John Ellerby. They settled first in Virginia, but in 1737, emigrated to the Pee Dee's and brought a large property with them. Thomas was the first slave holder on upper Pee Dee, he having a large number for that day. The name is still known in England and is spelt "Ellerby." It was changed to its present form by a teacher of Thomas and William, after Thomas Ellerby's death, and i rrr'UJlrv Vio cAnc TTT*XT& VArr V077 T) (rOV VY lillts J-IJLO OVUO ft V/i ^ j 0- _- , . ernor Ellerbe is a great-grandson of William Ellerbe, grandson of John C. Ellerbe, one of the most scholarly men of his day, having graduated with honor at the University of North Carolina, in both the scholastic and law departments in 1823. His father, Capt. William S. Ellerbe, was the oldest son of John G. Ellerbe, and was born in Marion county in 1832. He was one of the largest and most successful planters in this section. Was married in 1S31 to Sarah E., daughter of Major James Haselden, of Marion county, of which union thirteen chilJ c/\na rnnp UICU V> 1SLKZ U\j? UL 1UUI L.VU.; ~ daughters. Capt. William S. Ellerbe died on June 17 18S9. born in 1S62. The present Governor, Milium Haselden Ellerbe, was born a', the c Id VinmAstpad in the histOr. c cou1 ty of Marion on the 7th day ot Apri. , 1S62. Both parents were of EcglisL decent, having emigrated direct from the mother county, and settled m Virginia, thence, between the Pee-Dee nearly a century and a half ago. SV. H. Elierbe received his education from private tutors at the home of his father and later at ''Pine Hill Academy," a neighboring school, taught at that time by the best educators of the county. It was at this academy that he was fitted \ \ y for college by Mr. L. B. Prince, a well known educator. In 1880 he entered Wofford college, at Spartanburg, S. C., which he attended two sessions. He then entered Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn., where he remained until his health failed, and his physi" J L! ^ 1* ATM /V f A V> 1 o Clans auviseu mm iu rewmuumc w uu father's plantation, recommending a life of active outdoor exercise. His father placed him in charge of one of his large plantations, where he worked for a while, but subsequently bought one of his own. In 1S87 he and his younger Vv?*Vrv T l?.nTTrin *R11ATKA U1UIULCI, tJLIC JULUJLU fj . juuiiAii jwuviww graduate of Wofford oollege, member of the legislature, and also a member of the South Carolina Constitutional Convention ? began merchandising on their plantation, where they ran a successful business until 1889, when W. EL Ellerbe sold out his interest to his brother and became a member of the firm of Holiday, Ellerbe & Co., where he continued until November, 1890. During his business career he also conducted his plantation?each year pur/- Kacinor nfMitinnal land?and was Uni formly successful. He is now one of the largest landowners in the eastern part of our State, *owning part of his father's magnificent plantations, with the additional ones purchased. GOVERNOR ELLERBE A HOME LOVER. Wm. H. Ellerbe was married in June 18S7, to >liss Henrietta, daughter of Hemy S. Rogers of Marlboro, S. C. Of this unioD five sons and one daughter have been born. He is a member of the Methodist church. His family -life is one of the happiesu, he is devoted to his home, he loves and cherishes all within it. and is loved by them with a strong affection. His ideas of manhood j are exalted, but he does not except him- i self, and at all times tried to live up to his ideal. Every one knows him as a brave and honest man. Every position of responsibility to which he has been called has been filled with ability and distinction. At the heffiniiinsr of the reform move meat in 1SS6 Wm. H, Ellerbe allied himself with it, and in 1887 he joined the Alliance, but was suspended from membership during the same year when he engaged in merchandise. In 1890 he was nominated, without solicitation for the position of comptroller general of the State, and was elected without an active canvass. He is the youngest man eyer ejected to a state omce in South Carolina. He took a conservative position during the campaign, and was voted for by both factions. His administrntion of the office of comptroller general was vigorous, able and entirely satisfactory, being above that of older officials. This office was filled by him without fear or favor. His only desire was to do his duty. In 1894 he was a candidate for governor?defeated he bowed gracefully to the will of the people, withdrew from the busy whirl of political life, and retired to the seclusion ofjns farm, where he re-. -'ma in.ec} '} u'rc t iTo3""re5Ig5e3^? neither seeking political favor nor troubling with the formation of political rings. In the same vear there was an effort made by some of our people to reconcile factional differences and to inspire a feeling of peace and unity. Following this was another effort in 1895 on the part of prominent reformers and conservatives to unite the whole people and elect representative men to the constituttonal convention. As a result of these pacific efforts a feeling of peace and unity prevailed in tfee State and in the constitutional convention. Without this feeling, and its consequent concert of aotion, it is doubtful whether the constitutional convention ever would have been called, and when it assembled, whether the suffrage, liquor and other important questions ever could have been so wisely and successfully settled. Besides, the whole people, without regard to faction, were represented in the convention, and all of them are irrevocably committed to every provision of the new constitution, ? A A A TMAnTT UiUUy Ui WU1UUI LiiC 1X1U.U J avmv i ments of the reform party. In 1896 this was the political status in the State. As Governor Ellerbe favored a liberal policy he was nominated for governor, carrying every county in the State, except one?the home county of orift of his comDetitors. It was known that he had been a zealous reformer but that he felt the time had come when factional lines were unnecessary, and that the strife and bitterness which characterized politics should be modified. It was supposed that he could represent both factions and could administer the State government in the interest a ad to the advantage of the whole people. In his canvass he proclaimed his determination to know no faction, and, if elected to rule the whole people. At the election, he was chosen by a large majority of the voters which demonstrated that the people, irrespective of past factional differences, iad supported him. After his inauguration he determined to put his pledge into action and to bring the whole people of the State in accord and political affiliation. No one can form any adequate conception of the difficulties and embarassment which surrounded him. His position was a trying one, beseiged by office seekers, j confronted by new conditions growing out of new constitutional provisions, continually thwarted and painfully annoyed in his efforts to aid in the execution of the dispensary law; being called upon to fill an unprecedentedly large number of vacancies in important offices, and having the responsibility cast upon him by the war of appointing military officers and organizing regiments?these, and ethers, are the official cares and difficulties with which he had to contend. 1S61-65 EXCEPTED. No other governor for half a century has occupied such a trying poeition. It was a continual and intolerable strain upon his mental and physical constitution. The number of applicants for dnrine his administration have been legion. Friends of all these applicants urged their appointment, and in this way much of his time was occupied. And when they were made, friends of the disappointed aspirants seized upon every pretext to form opposition. He never at any time shrunk from these responsibilities. In all of his official acts and under all adverse circumstances he discharged his duty faithfully. In honesty of heart and judgment he endeavored to do right, regardless of the consequence. He was elected Governor for a seconp term over a most formidable opposition. His victory was one to be prond of, opposed by a combination of some minis- ters and liquor men, bv bis personal enemies, disgruntled politicians, dis - J -jr. i j l sausueu umce-aeeiieia auu suic utauo of both reform and conservative factions. Governor Ellerbe regarded the war against Spain as a just war and believed that it will profit this country in many ways. He said that it will lead to the introduction of American civilization in the West Indies and will dismiss from } this continent the cruel ferocity of a past age and a decayed nation. It has shown our people everywhere that no nno nf A marina is more Datriot ic than another, and has brought a balm to ancient wounds in the general expression and general action of a deep seated and fervent patriotism. This ? war has revealed the United States in ] their true light, and never was the good ( feeling of the people more transparent, and its prestige among the nations was ( never so high. He said: "It will be worth the costing to broaden the views of the people. Believing it would ele- ' vate the patriotism, cement the good ( will, stimulate the commerce, manurac tures and agriculture of the whole peo- j pie, he says it will bring new questions j which must be coolly and carefully ' considered; that it might entail bur- 1 dens, but all in all the war will profit ' this nation in all directions of its ad- 1 vanced civilization. But care must be ; taken to suppress its tendencies toward J great standing armies, toward arbitrary : power and extravagent expenditures. The people will see to it that this is 1 regulated. He felt that America's keen sword was not drawn for aggran- ' disement, but for humanity. j AT GREAT WINTHKOP. s i Brilliant- Closing of South Carolina's i < - "Woman's College. j Wednesday was commencement day y at Winthrop! Two thousand were pres- $ ent to witness the 59 graduates receive their diplomas. The chapel was pack- 1 ed to its utmost capacity and hundreds ; were in the hallways and parlors unable < to get near the doors. < Seated on the right oi tne rostrum ( was the graduation class, clad in their immaculate ^hite uniforms, while on the left could "be seen the familiar ^ faces of the faculty aad the board of 3 trustees. - v . ~ The Cecilia chorus, consisting of 75 ; j under tie directorship of Pi of. W. &. j Brown, occupied ^.position near the 1 | front. President Johnson is justly i proud of the senior class, for they are ; the first to'go forth from this institut tion who have completed the full four ; I years'coarse. ' - ' I T" 'I * - - - -"II ' 1 J YV miarop college iS no lunger au ca! periment,.but an established reality, and if^very citizen of South Carolina 1 witness what has aucHs^Derng done foi ^ the elevation and uplifting of our fair ^ young women their-hearts would swell ^ with pride. There is no period in life more invit- j ing and bouyant than when the chimes ( nf mnsic calls the sweet girl gradates to the arena of their tri- (' umpha and bids them ponr out the har- J monies of their grateful hearts for tie j beneficence which unselfish tutelage j has showered upon thoir young lives. ( Sweet womanhood in its "blush and ( bloom" of youth steps upon the tapis to < be greeted and cheered by the echoes of J man's most responsive impulse, and providence looks on in smiling appro- j val because the climax of his creative j power was realized when the woman j was made to cheer and comfert the man. Living as we lo under the protection nf on crnv^rnmPT)t. where VA OU VUil^,uvvuv? QV v* ? ? ? j ^ the principles of religion, liberty and 1 law are recognized, we ought to con- j gratulate ourselves at the great strides ^ of educational advancement which exists on every hand and which portend , in the future a better apportionment J between the sexes of the avenues and 1 opportunities of employment aad en- j terprise for the promotion of the comfort and happiness of the race. Fireworks Blown Up. Thirty-sis buildings comprising almost the entire plant of the Xordlinger Charlton Fireworks company at Granitcville, Richmond borough, New York were blown up Thursday afternoon and the entire fireworks plant practically . ffiped out of existence. Although the \ C ? ? ?X??11 ^IVA Arr%l/\OTAn loar lires Wiliyjj. lUHUWCU luc gAjjiuoiuu At?u V ed for several hours, the wreck was ^ complete within a few minutes. Xo lives were lost, and but three persons e were injured, two of them seriously, j The operators in the various buildings rushed out into the yards, the flying j rockets, many of them of the greatest ^ power, made it almost as dangerous for the employers to be out of the build- , - ? ~4 /v +Viam A a rushed lugs aa i>v ug tu iuvm. w?v ^ out explosion followed explosion as the j buildings flew into the air. After a t score of explosions three heavy ones that shook the ground for miles, oceurr- ^ ed. These were the three store houses in which supplies for the Fourth of t July were being held. Loss, about $40,000. \ Fond of Obscene Literature. Edward Gould, a white man, aged 45 ^ years, was given a year in jail at Nor- \ folk, Va., Tuesday, for sending obscene g and blackmailing circulars to parties by c express. It is said that he recently g sent one each to President McKinley and Secretary Alger, and attempted to J blackmail a prominent lawyer of Norfolk. I Gould was sent to King's County, (N. . Y.,) penitentiary two years from the J United States court at Richmond a few years ago for using the mails for the same purpose Kidnappers Indicted. Mr. and Mrs. Barrow, accused of kidnapping little Marion Clark, waived examination before Justice of the Peace, Herbert at G-arnerville, Rockland County, and were committed to the county iail to await the action of the grand J ?? _ jary which meets in October. All ef- c forts of the New York county authori- * ties to obtain possession of the prison- 1 ers have failed thus far. 1 c iligo is Not Dead. r A London dispatch says: Princess Chimay, formerly Clara Ward, of De- t troit, telegraphs from Cairo that Jansel i Rigo, the Gypsy, with whom she I eloped, and later married, is not dead, i VTT11 1 ry Poirn C UUL IS TT vi* AH MILES B.M'SWEENEY \ Charleston Boy in the Executive Mansion. FIRST IN MANY YEARS. *ii- -A /-vi ^ m?Tr rvridL (lid uiu nay rcnuns Said of the New Governor While Talking About Him. The sketch below of our new Goverior is taken from The Xews and Courier )f last Monday: For the first time in many years a Charleston man, born and raised, is jrovemor of South Carolina. Of course, Hampton County claims the distinction jf furnishing the present Chief Execu iTTo nftlid St-af-A f<vr it wit<3 wVnlo n rpsi ient of that place that Governor McBweeney was raised to the Lieutenant jroyernorship. Still the new Governor R-as born in this city, and spent a numaer of the years that will comprise the irst half of his life in Charleston. Not i few of the present residents of Charleston remember the Governor as a small boy, playing around the old West Point Mill?a famous play ground for :he youngsters of twenty or twenty five fears ago. At that time the embryo Governor was not different from the other Tcritli -cp^inm Ti? TilaVAf} S9VP that, ae went about amusements with a quiet iud silent determination that got all :he boyish pleasure that was abroad, md at the same time attracted very lit;le attention. *'Miles," as he was then jailed, was a good swimmer, a fair jumper and could hold his own in a foot race with any of the other boys who irere not fleet footed to a marked decree. It was this same unobtrusive determination displayed while acquiring the arowess that bovs covet, which has fin illy succeeded in placing Governor McSweeney in the Executive Chair of the State of South Carolina. "When it :ame time for Miles McSweeney to earn i living he followed the footsteps of several of the older members of his 'amily and entered the printing busiless as an apprentice. In the old jrintiDg offices of that day?not so long ! ? t-- U ? TT, n(_ igu lie UCgttU UCVli. XUL cixv> VIice of the Gazette "Print" McSweeney yas considered a fast and correct compositor. In his own quiet way he had worked hard at his cases during his apprenticeship and had kept both eyes md ears open for any informatian that might assist him in the future. Few people outside a newspaper office understand the splendid liberal education ;hat an intelHeent printer secures at aia eases. The editor of nisaTs paper ivould be surprised with the intelligence ;hat the compossitors use in dissecting ;he editorial page on which he has labored so diligently. The printer's Dusiness is to put in type the history if each day's doings throughout the eWorld, as well as the learned discussion on these doings by the best brains )f the day. Naturally the compositor Decomes a thinker and reader, a comaination that is always sure to amount :o something if it ever comes in contact with opportunity. Governor Mc Sweeney was of a careful, thoughtful ;ur& of mind as a printer, and for this reason acquired an education that colleges cannot furnish, but merely lay a foundation for, because -the education tie secured from the stare was practical md useful in itself, and not simply as i stepping stone to further knowledge. Besides having the quality of learning surely and fast, Mr. McSweeney ras ambitions. and his old friends sav ae never entertained the idea of con;inuing ii the service of other people luring his whole life. He saved money md always said that when he acquired ihe information he thought necessary :hat he would go into one of the smal? ? ^ f\ T*\ A Aolrtkliolt O Ml UitlCS UJL tuc UUILC auu. coutuiiau a paper of his own. How well carried )ut this intention is now a matter of listory, for the Hampton -Guardian, .VI. B. McSweeney, owner and proprie;or, stands foremost among the weekies of South Carelina. It is larger . ihan most others, contains a great deal )f well selected reading matter, and ;he editarials are stong and never abu-' live. A newspaper man can read the sLamwton liuardian and tell wnere tne iditor received his early training. The ypographical make-up of the paper ndicates the neatness and thorough lolidity that is now only found in Charleston, among the larger cities, fhere is nothing flashy or shody about hft Guardian, but it is an excellent veekly paper. The growth of the Guardian uoder Editor McSweeney is strong evidence >f his business qualifications and his knowledge of what a newspaper must be ,o succeed. He has worked year after" ?ear until, from a small "4x6," as the )ld folks say, it has become a journal )f which a city much larger than Hampon might be proud. A glance at its idvertising columns shows that the aerchants of two States appreciate its isefulness. In Augusta'the merchants mow "Mac." as thev call him. Quite as veil as the people of Charleston in a msiness way. He makes monthly pilgrimages to the Georgia city, and, revives a hearty welcom and business upport on each trip. 1 It was as editor of the Guardian hat Governor McSweeney first gained )rominence in State politics. When i he Reform Movement first started he oined it and threw the influence of his < >aper to the success of that cause, j lis editorials during the campaigns i rhich have ensued since the inception if the movement were always strong : or his chosen side, but they were al- ; fays free from vituperation. He ar- ' ;ued points without dealing in violence ] ?or this reason Governor McSweeney o-dav is on more cordial terms with he Conservatives than most Ex-I\eforners. While ardent in the advocacy ?f his beliefs, he never allowed politics o interfere with his friendships. He .< s what the politicians call a "good' i nixer,'* and can advocate strongly with- i mt making mortal enemies of his oppo- 1 lents. The people of Charleston are pleased o find one of themselves in the Guberlatorial chair after j*ears. Governor i HcSweeney will without doubt, receive nany sincere congratulations from his 1 >ld friends in this city, and also from i those who are of the opinion tnat a conservative Reformer is in the State Executive office. A SKETCH OF TIIE GOVERNOR. The following carefully prepared 1 sketch will be of interest to the many friends of Governor McSweeney just at this time: The Hon. jM. B. McSweeney, the subject of this sketch, can truly be referred to as a self-made man. He was left fatherless at the age of 4 years his father djingof yellow fever in Charleston. 'Yonng McSweeney's struggles for a livelihood began before he reached Ms 10 th year. He sold newspapers and clerked in a book store. While clerk1 ^ ? J.J :_Vi. ?T 1 J ing He ausuueu a uiguu suuuui, *uu uceame very fond of reading and writes* * i While in the book store he met Mr. Augustine Ford, a member of a company that had j ust begun the publicati )n of a paper known as the Gazette. This was in 1867. McSweeney afterwards worked for Burke & Ford, job printers. From there he went to Edward Perry's, where he completed his apprenticeship as a job printer. At this time "Washington and Lee University, of Lexington, Va., : had offered-a scholarship to the Char- 1 leston Typographical Union, which was to be awarded to the most deserving of the youifg men then employed in Charleston printing offices. By a majority of votes of members of the Union young 1 McSweeney was chosen and the scholarship given to him. On account of the lack of means he found that he could not pay for his board and clothing, and was obliged, after spending part of a session, to give up his desire fo: a collegiate education. Like all good typos at tnat time, ne was a Hnion printer, and served Columbia Typographical Union as corresponding secretary and aferwards as president. He was among the first to sign the roll for reorganization of the Pheonix Hook and Ladder Company, and served as secretary of the company for a number of vears. McSweeney's record as a Democrat is 1 well known, and he did faithful work i for the party in 1S76. McSweeney moved to Ninety-Six, in Abbeville County, and commenced the : publication of the Xinety-Six G-uardi- : an. This was his first business ven XIA o Aonifo] AP or/1 I tUJL^? uau M> VA yvv; uuu purchased a second-hand press and outfit for $500, paying $55 cash as first payment. But he had energy and was a good workman and gave the people a newsy paper, lived economically, and in the course of a year he paid every dollar that he owed. On the 22d of August, 1879, the first issue of the Hampton County Guardian appeared, and it has been published ever since by Mr. McSweeney. The rpaper has been-well managed and is- -i looked upon today as one of the best iif " the Slate?Mr. ?as- - ever- : been foremost in everything calculated 1 to help his town and county. He is regarded as one of 'the best '< business men in his section, ana has ' been successful in every undertaking. ' His progressive spirit is seen in differ- ; ent parts of Hampton, and he has de- i veloped and improved every lot pur- 1 chased by him in that town. He has shown his confidence in ! Hampton county and her people by in- '< vesting every dollar he has made in his ] county. i The school house in Hampton was ] built by money loaned to the town by a J few citizens. The resolution was offer- 1 ed by Mr. McSweeney at a public meeting and it was unanimously agreed to. As inten lent of the town he afterwards saw every dollar of indebtedness paid. He served for five terms and then declined re-election. Mr. McSweeney also took a prominent J part in building the Methodist and Bap- ] tist churches. He not only contribut- 1 ed liberally, but solicited subscriptions 1 in Augusta and Charleston. ] McSweeney has always been promi- . nent in politics and has been twice ! honored as a delegate to the National ' Democratic convention. I At the first St. Louis convention in < 1888 he voted for Cleveland and Thur- . man, and at the Convention in July, ] 1896 he voted for Bryan and Sewell. ] He served the Democracy of his i county for ten years as county chairman 1 declining in 1S94, when he was elected to the Legislature. FFi? lias alwavstakftn jrreat interest in the military of his State, and was on ] the staff of Gen. Stokes and Gen. Moore < with the. rank of major and lieutenant < colonel, and is now on the Governor's j staff, with the rank of colonel. During : the last two sessio ns of the Legislature - he was chairman of the committee on ( military. j I'lr. McSweeney takes a keen interest ( in all educational matters, and is a < trustee of the South Carolina College and a member of the board of vislors \ of the Citadel. ] He is a member of the Orders of ] Knights of Honor and the Knights of | Pythias, and has been honored by both | organizations. I Mr. McSweeney is a member of the State Democratic executive committee, and has been for a number of years. He was for eight years president of the ^ South Carolina Press Association. ^ Mr. McSweeney was married on the 12th day of July, 1SS6, to luiss Mattie j Miles Porcher, and their nnion has been blessed with six children. , The Aitgeia nan. The plan of ex Governor Altgeld co j fight the trusts is to have the govern- ] ment go into business as a trust. A government trust would, he argues, be able to swallow all the others. Competition would be out of the question, [n fact, there would be a central de- 'c spotism, bestriding the narrow world 1 like a colossus, whilst (with apologies to j Shakespeare) petty men would walk under its huge legs and peep about to ? ind themselves dishonorable graves. j T/vnrn TntoH-tr TieotrnTPf? T The market town of Ottensheim, A.ustria. about five miles west of Linz, )n the Daube. has been totally destroyed by fire. Four women perished c n the flames and a number of people i ^ere injured. e I Shot Himself. j J. C. Dickson, a young married man, d shot himself in his home in Anderson r Wednesday morning. He was a book- t weeper. Xo cause is assigned for the c ict. i' NEW STATE KEU1ME. * Gov. McSweeney Assumes the Duties of His Office. HE ISSUES AN ADDRESS. He Has No Enemies to Punish and No Friends to Reward, and Will be Guided by a Strict Regard for Duty. Governor McSweeney returned to Columbia from Hampton Monday afternoon. He has taken up quarters at the Hotel Jerome, until he moves his * family to the executive mansion. Monday night the Governor issued the following address: To the People of South Carolina: In the providence of Almighty God l:_ tt" 17 rrr:n: rr trm ins TI xiiioiiii xi. xuucrisc, late Governor of South Carolina, lias passed to his reward. I regret the sad event which makes it necessary for me to assume the duties of Governor of . . South Carolina. The constitution, however, is mandatory. I have taken the oath of office and assume formal control of the Executive department to-day. I have thought it proper to /I TTTAW/? ^ A A A A T\1 A f Vi A AUUlCdO <* WUiU. UJLLC pcvjjic VI vug State. I realize fully the responsibility of the position, I shall endeavor to be faithful and conscientious in the discharge of the duties which shall be mine. In the wisdom which devised our system of government, three distinct departments were made, the legislative, the executive, the judicial, to make the laws, to execute the laws, to interpret the laws. Under our Constitution these are to "be forever separate and distinct from each other," and no person exercising the duties of the one shall assume to discharge the duties of the other. It is a wise provision. My duty mainly is to see that the laws as placed on the statute books by the legislative department are enforced. This I shall attempt to do faithfully and impartially, and without fear or favor, following onlv where duty points. In doing S3, however, I ask and shall expect the hearty co-operation of every officer in South Carolina, whether he holds a State office, a county office or an office under a municipality. Not only so, but I ask the ^ hearty support and encouragement of \ . -*v every citizen of South Carolina in the . . <? x. _*i? 1 i_ 3 _ x-L emorcement or raw ana la pae prwuiufcion and advancement and progress of our own Commonwealth. 2 realize the > impotency of any officer, ihowev^r iaith- . * ful he may be, who'doeg no^ltaye tills. / j* support ' We are on the eve of a^great iiidiistri-' 3I advaiioe-r^iii manufacture, education, commerce and agriculture?and I stand, ready to contribute my part as cityam and officer of this forward i^Jmrial Diovement, and to do anything in my my powor for the vrdaare of my people. I have no political punishments to inflict an^feo political rewards to pay. It shal^be my aim and steadEast purpose ty'give the people of the State a stn^fy business administration md toj^e'the Governor of all the peo pie. yl'o this end 1 seek their sympathy, their counsel and their prayers, praying myself that peace and happiness and prosperity may come to every home in South Carolina. Yours respectfully, M. B. McSweeney, Governor of South Carolina. Curing Consuption. At the meetine of the American Medical Association Wednesday at Coiumbus, Ohio, a sensational report was presented on the cure of consumption Qy Francisque Crotte, of Paris. Mr. Drotte has cured more than 1,000 apparently hopeless consumption cases. j Be now offers to treat gratis 500 consumptives from the different States in the Union. He comes to America with the highest credentials from the most eminent physicians and the press in Europe. The treatment consists of inhalation of formaldehyde vapor, transported directly through the tissues by the aid of light tension static electricity. A Deal in Columbia. The Columbia Electric Light and Railway Company was sold Thursday to i syndicate, represented by Mr. P. H, aadsden, of Charleston. It develops ;hat Mr. Gadsden has had control of a ^ najority of the stock for some time, md called upon the local holders to _ jome^in on the deal. This they unanimously decided to do, and the sale was jonsummated. The price paid was ?257,000, and the stockholders get ibout fifty cents on the dollar, which ;Lev consider the best offer that has Deec made them. Negotiations have Deen in progress for some time looking :o the sale of the road to other people, Dut none of them amounted to anything. Volunteers' Extra Pay. Gov. McSweeney, when asked last veek if any change would be made in ;he matter of collecting the volunteers' 0 - it T1_ 3 i :J pay irom tae reaerai guvermneut, d?au ie proposed to let all existing arrangements made by his predecessor stand, rhis means that Judge C. P. Townsend and Mr. W. Boyd Evans, who were placed in charge of the matter by Gov. Elierbe, will conclude the work they lave begun. Non-Union Men Bun Out. A number of non-union glass blowers irrived at Bridgetown, N. J., Thursday light from Strandsburg to work in the Cumberland glass company's works. The train was met by a large number of itrikers and many blows were exchang;d. The non unionists were finally )revailed on to leave town, the strikers )aying their fare back to Strandsburg. Committed Suicide. ' George Sturzenbegger, undertaker ?f Jersey City, suicided Friday mornng, after making every preparation, ven choosing his coffin and filling out tis own death certificate. He shot -?? ^ ?"LIT- A nrtffln qti/1 Limseu wune i>iug m wmu . .? iicd almost instantly. He had quareled with his wife shortly before he ook his life. He had buried many suiides and often said that when he died t would be by his own hand.