The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 28, 1896, Image 11
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I BY HVGll WILSON.
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I A COLUMBIA SENSATION."
SEVERAL COUNTY OFFICERS PRE!
SFNTED BY THE GRAND JURY.
They Kind Wliero tlm CmmIi llnsn't Alivay*
Been flight Hint Where Coimhleriibl* J
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LUrCJCHIIiVPn unn .. ... ,
of lutereat to Taxpayer?*
Columbia, S. C., October 22?The
grand jury of this county made a re
port late this afternoon which implicates
seveiai county ollicers with gross
carelessness and actual shortages. The
will nmvn nnite a sumrise al
? r*,. ...... r. , thouen
something sensational was expected.
It covers about fifteen pages
of typewritten matter. It censures
the auditor and treasurer and justice
about the loose manner in which poll
taxes are collected, and comes down
to the ollices of treasurer and auditor,
upon which it sajs: "That in connection
with the auditor and treasurer's
office we have gore back incur investigation
as far as the settlement of
1891-512. We would have carried our
investigation further, but for the total
absence of the vouchers for the foregO'Dg
settlements and for this settlement
of 1891-92. The vouchers are
not on file in the auditor's office.
The former auditor, L. R. Marshall,
can give no reason for or explanation
of their absence; the present auuuor
emphatically states that they were not
" on Ole in the oflice when he took
charge of it. We are, therefore, unable
to report further on these settlements
as regards the cancelled checks,
abatements, nulla bonas, etc. There
is a credit given the treasurer in this
settlement for "Executions in hands of
sheriff amounting to$.S40 70. It appears
that there were no executions in
the sheriff's hands at the time that this
settlement was made. For the settlement
of 3892 93 the rteord is by no
means complete. The cancelled
scliool checks are missing to the
amount of $925 04, and the cancelled
county commissioners' checks to the
amount of about $1,500. That there
a! nnn/tkovc "noriQ1 n 1T1C IO
aiC IXKS UUItl WUV/UVis) j/v?
this settlement on file in the auditor's
office. In the settlement of thisjear
the credit of $840 70 reported in the
hands of the sheriff in the settlement
of 1891 92 was given as a credit. That
in addition to this amount there is a
credit for the taxes of 1892 93, under
the same head. "Taxes delinquent
still in sheriff's bands," to the amount
of $2,50288, makinga total of $.'{,343 01,
which the sheriff wassupposed to have
in his bands in process of collection
by execution. Now as a matter of fact
there passed a receipt from the sheriir
to the treasurer for every execution
held by him just one week before the
settlement was made and that every
one of them was endorsed with the
proper return. That J. S. Campbell
js again given credit for this amount
in the settlement of 1893 91, and the ,
total amount given credit for in this '
settlement under head of "Delinquent
taxes still in sheriff's hands" is $4,
387 02.
Treasurer Campbell submits by way ;
of explanation that in re:erence to the
credit in 1892-03 the Comptroller Gen
eral refused to allow credit to be given
him for certain executions that the (
sherilf returned as uncollectable, hav- (
ing been paid to the fund commis ,
sioner under Act of December 24,1892,
requiring taxes past due and unpaid
for eight months to be paid to the Secretary
of State, as agent of the sinking
fund conamission. We find that executions
so returned for the year 181)2 93
was $978 36. He further submits that
as to the balance of this credit it should ,
have been credited as an abatement.
There is another credit for abatements
on settlement and there is no voucher
on file to cover more than the amount
of those credited as abatements. There
were no executions whatever in the ,
sheiill's hands at the close cf this set- ,
tlement. !
We recommend that J. S Campbell
be allowed credit for those executions
on property upon which the taxes
have been legally collected by the <
sinking fund commission. That he
be required to produce a proper voucher
for the balance of this credit in the
settlement of 1891-92,1S92 93 and 1893
94, and if he be unable to do so he
shall pay to the county treasurer the
amount of same. That this matter be
attended to at once, as it has stood a
part of it for threeyears without investigation
or attention by the proper
officials.
That in the settlement of 1893 94 the
vouchers are missing from the auditor's
otlice for the credit given J. S.
Campbell for "}<bcol checks paid" to
to the amount of $34.1 33.
We respectfully rccommeiid that L.
R. Marshall be called upon to give a
satisfactory explanation to the Court
as to why lie destroyed, permitted to
be destroyed or taken from the auditor's
cilice the cancelled clucks and
other vouchers pertaining to the settle
ments made by him during his term
of ollice with the treasurer. Also as
to why he permitted the delinquent
book to be made up in the tieasurer's
office instead of his own, as the law
requires.
We recommend that J. li. Hopkins,
auditor, be required to furnish satisfactory
proof to the Court that the
cancalled school checks pertinent to
the settlement of 1X9:5 91 amounted to
the credit given Treasurer Campbell
at the time the settlement was made,
and if he be unable to tlo so that he be
called upon to explain to the Court
why they are not now 011 file in his
oflics to the amount of the credit
given.
That in the settlement of 180.'? 91 a
credit has been allowed J. S. Campbell,
treasurer, under the head of 4,delinqeuent
taxes: with lfl per cent pen
alty" the sum of $12,952. Thai the delinquent
taxes of this year amounted
only to ?11,080. The explanation of
the Comptroller General, the auditor
and the treasurer, J. S. Campbell, are
lhat previous to the settlement the
treasurer's ollice had been turned over
to Jj. 13. Folk; that L. 1 J. Folk had
given a receipt to J. S. Campbell for
the book containing the list of delinquents,
and lhat he had stated in this
rfceipt that live books showed arecapitulation
of $12,'.>02; that they were
compelled to take this receipt as the
proper voucher for the credit given J.
S. Campbell. Now on this book Ihere
is$l treasurer's cost for execution to
be issued, amounting in the aggregate
to$l,87G which was included in the
recapitulation of $12,9t>2, and for
which no credit should have been al
lowed J. S. Campbell.
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Now it is the decision of this jury
that J. S. Campbell is resoonsibJe to
the county for this sum of $ 1.S7G, and
that J. S. Campbell. .J It. Hopkins,
Comptroller (Joneral James NortoD.
and all others who are required to
witness settlements, and whose names
are appended to the settlement sheels
of 1SH2 91, are equally responsible for
the error, and have been careless in
the administration of their oflicial duty,
inasmuch as they allowed credit
to be given a treasurer in his final settlement
under the head of "delinquent
taxes, with 15 per cent penalty,"
for $1.S0G more than he was entitled
to under this head, and that theyac
cepted a receipt for a book, stating
that the recapitulation of book, given
by the incoming treasurer to the outgoing
treasurer, as the proper voucher
for "delinquent taxes, with 15 per
cent penalty," when they should have
4 ?-?1. w*. " " < ho
taa.ui iia me uiuy pruprr viutuu mw
abstract of the booic for which the re
ceipt passed which should be on file
in the auditor's and Comptroller General's
oilices.
Mr. .). it. Hopkins gives as his excuse
for his seeming: carelessness that
he assumed the duties of his office just
at the time that this book was being
made up. That the book was being
made up in the treasurer's office instead
of the auditor's ollice, and was
just about completed when he inquired
after it; that no abstract was ever filed
with him of said book;" that he was
told that it was customary for this
book to be made up in the treasurer's
office, and that he had not had time
to acquaint himself sufficiently with
the law bearing upon his duties as auditor
and that he has since complied
with the law in regard to this matter
in every particular. This jury considers
this a reasonable excuse.
We recommend that J. S. Campbell
be required to pay to the treasurer of
ltichland Ccunty the sum of $1,870,
the amount of over credit under "taxes
delinueuent, with ir> per cent penal
ty, in the settlement of 189U 91.
We call attention to th? attached
communication from J. S. Campbell:
Since the typewritten part of our report
was made up Treasurer Folk appeared
before us and produced receipts
for poll tax, which he procured
from dill'erent persons whose names
do not appear on the books, the said
receipts having: been signed by ExTreasurer
J. S. Campbell, and coverin?
a period of several consecutive years.
He further alleges that there are numerous
cases like the above, in view
of which we ask for more time in
which to investigate the matter,
through a committee of tbisjury, and
that we be allowed under the next
term of this Court to report upon the
same. We thank your Honor and
the other officers of the Court for courJ--!
A .1 . .1
lesies cxienuuu.
Respectfully submitted.
]j. T. Wilms, Foreman.
Columbia, S. C., October 22, 189G.
Wotho tlian In Cuba.
Chicago, Oct 21.?A San Francisco
special to a local paper says: The Cuban
atrocities are mild compared with
those taking: place in the i'hilippine
Islands, where the Spanish are trying
to suppress a revolt of the natives.
Some indication of affairs have been
learned from Oriental papers. The
most shocking incident of the bloody
reprisals was the treatment of a Spanish
lieutenant and his family. The
Spanish had captured a number of
prisoners and as an object lesson to
the natives disemboweled two and
huntr their bodies on one of the ffates
of the town. The infuriated rebels,
eager for vengeance, gathered a force
ani hurried to the home of a Spanish
lieutenant on the outskirts o' Manilla.
Thev captured the ollicer and his wife
and 12 year old daughter, and then
began a bloody scene of torture. The
most savage instincts of the natives
were aroused. Before the eyes of his
wife and daughter, the lieutenant's
skin was slit all over his body. Then
the torturers crucified him, pinning
him outstretched to a tree wuh their
long knives. They tortured the woman
and girl, giving the fullest play to
their animal instincts and wreaking
disgusting vengeance before the dying
eyes of the husband and father. The
Spanish are doing their best to keep
the news of these atrocities from leaving
the islands, opening and inspect
ing all the mail. They particularly
desired to keep unknown the death of
thirty-eight prisoners in one night in
"the black hole."
Fax ion Up to Date.
The following table, compiled from
information furnished by the Democritic
and Populist national commit
tees, shows ine proportion or electors
on the uational ticket, in states, where
fusion has been ell'ccted:
State. Populist Democratic.
Alabama -1 7
Arkansas .'5 f?
California '! C
Colorado 1
Florida 1
Idaho Illinois
1 20
Iudiana :*i 10
fowa "> 10
Kansas 10
Kentucky ...2 11
Louisiana "? r>
Massachusetts 1 11
Michigan 1 10
Minnesota 1 !>
Missouri .4 ! ">
Montana ........1 2
Nebraska 1 1
New Jersey 1 !?
North Carolina .5 (I
North Dakota.. .'J ?
Ohio r> ]?
Oregon 1
Pennsylvania 1 28
South Dakota 2 2
Utah ....1 2
Washington 2 2
West Virginia 2 1
Wisconsin .'{ 9
Wyoming 2 1
Kansas Democrats pledged to vote
for Watson, if it is seen lie has most
votes in electoral college.
Tragedy in h Courtroom.
Racramknto, (Jal., Oct. 21. In the
lobby of the police court this morning
James L-?we shot andfataliy wounded
Addie Schilling and then blewhis own
brains out. The woman was reported
to have been intimate with Lowe and
was to have been a witness against
nun m a vagrancy case, jjwwe
the son of State Senator Lowe of San
Jose. When ho shot the Schilling
woman she had in her hand threatening
letters written her by Lowe who
was suspected of arson.
KuhIoii In Ohio.
Columkus, ()., Oct. 23.?Wm. F.
Barr, l'residential elector for the
Twelfth Ohio District of the People's
party ticket, has withdrawn his name.
This secures perfect fusion of Democrats
and l'opulists on the Bryan ticket
in Ohio.
IHHH
BRYAN TO NEWSBOYS.
A PLEASING FEATURE OF HIS SUNDAY
IN DETROIT.
He TillkH to the YoungHterrt at NeivKhoy'ti
null, Where Hut Few A'lf itors Were 1'rrnent?IIIh
Speech In Full. (
Detroit, Oct. is ?The rule established
by Wm. J. Brvan to avoid any
public utterances on Sunday was broken
tonight when he spoke briellly to
a crowd of newsboys at the newsboys' '
hall. He did it to oblige his friend ]
and supporter, Col. I. G. Butler, pres- '
ident of the Newsboys' association. 1
At Mr. Bryan's request the a Hair .
was kept very quiet and outside of the
little venders a few visitors only were
present This was his speech: '
"Boys, I did not come to make a '
speech tonight, because this is the day
that i rest, and I have felt tho need of 1
having a day of rest more recently \
41-trtv* uWonkofAKQ lillf T /'QmD hoPQIlCP
I never like to decline an invitation to
present at any place where an endeav- '
or is being made to do good. And I 5
dont know of any work which is better 1
than that work which is done for boys. 1
Wo were all boys once?and some of |
us not so very long ago?and when I 1
see boys I am reminded of what one ]
of our Presidents, I think it was Gar- ]
field, said that you could not tell what -1
possibilities were buttoned up under
the vest of a boy.
"We are not ourselves responsible I
for the surroundings of youth. We 1
are born into this world and the sur- (
roundings meet us and to a certain ex- 1
ient they effect us. But beyond that *
we have much to do with shaping *
our own course. What we amount to k
in this world, depends upon the ideas *
which we have. Some one has said 1
that a person who aims at the stars 1
will shoot higher, which simply
means thai those who have the high- ^
est ideas will accomplish most. A
meeting of this kind where they 1
teach vou natriotism. where they teach 1
you regard for each other, respect for I
each other's rights, necessarily ele- J
vates your ideas, gives you broader
views of life, and those views will '
help you to accomplish more. Now, 1
in this country in which we live, boys t
are more blessed than in any other J
country on earih, because the boy in
this country has everything open to t
him. A boy in this country may ac- 1
complish more than he can in any I
other country. There are times when a i
human life, or many human lives will 1
depend upon the action of one person; ?
there are times when the welfare of
the community will depend on one t
person; there are times when the wel- 2
fare of the nation will depend upon *
one person, and when you remember ?
How lniiuentiai one person may oe- <
come in the destinies of the nation,
how useful he may be to his fellows,
to society, you can see that if a kind
word or act should be the cause of
getting that boy started right, leading
him up to take advantage of his opportunities
what results may follow,
i 4'I want you to remember that no
good overcomes to boys or men from doing
wrong and that rightalways pays.
I know it is hard always to believe, but
if you take the broad view of life and
its possibilities you will find that it
always pays to do what you b?lieve is
right. It is always necessary that
you should try to lind out what
right is, and the education which you
receive in the schools enables you to
4 ~ ?n/]A?an^An/1 4 m ?0 QY1/1
5CC tilings ttUU. uuucidbauu kUiii^a, auu
then the desire to do the best thing 1
leads you to take advantage of the <
QDDortunities that are offered to you. *
Heel interested in you boys "who are
starting out so young to make a living.
Some of us, instead of having to depend
on our own exertions were car
ried forward by others. I am not
sure that you who begin this life of
independence and of necessary activi
ty so early, have an advantage over
us who did not; but whether you had
the advantage or not, if you improve
every opportunity that comes, and let
your motto be 'Treat every one as you
should have that person treat you,'
and to make the best opportunity of
everything that comes in your reach f
and do nothing that your conscience
will condemn you for when you get to (
be old men, you will be able to look and 1
be grateful to Colonel Butler and to (
these who are associated with him in *
this effort, to give you higher ideas J
and to give you words of encourage- I
ment in the year of your youth; and *
unless 1 am mistaken, the older you '
grow me deeper win oe your iceuug
of gratitude towards those who gave j
you this kindly assistance when you '
were boys. '
4,I want you to remember this also: j
That you are not the only ones who J
are benefitted by thsse things, because
the Creator has so arranged the things 1
of this world that when we try to help
others, we help ourselves. Those who ?
have tried to help you,those who have ,
tried to do you good, find that they
themsel ves are benefitted by the opera- '
tion. While they are trying to make y
your lives happier, theirown lives are j
made happier. If I can leave this ]
idea with you, I think that it may be i
of use to you. That the highest good 1
that can come to you is from doing 1
something for others and you will (
lind among your playmates that the '
boy who does most for the boys around 1
him is the boy who is liked best and
is the boy who enjoys himself most.'
lur. ihi iur.i. jji_yau uucuucu or.ivices
at the Westminster Presbyterian '
church this morning in company with I
Col. l.G. Jiutler, lion. J. It. Whiting, (
candidate for the lieutenant governorship
on the fusion ticket; Mrs. Whit
ingaud John W. Tomlinson of Ala- '
bam a. ltov. Dr. Patterson preached (
a sermon about hard times, basing it 1
on a statement showing that the home 1
missionary society of the Presbyterian '
church was from three to six months 1
behind in the payment of salaries to <
its workers. No direct allusion to po
litieal subjects were made.
In the evening Mr. and Mrs. IJryan,
Mr. and Mrs. Whiting, Miss Whiting,
Mr. Tomlinson and I). J. Camnau
went from the Cadillac House, where |
they were Mr. Campau's guest, to
dine at the residence of Mr. George '
Moore.
A 4 11 /v'/.lrtnlr v\rt *r no I i HQ/1 AM
XVL U U U1UUIV lliu pal bj lOlliuu v/11 ,
board tliespecial car Idles, which will
leave at 1 a. m. for Dayton, O., where
the candidate is scheduled to spoalt to- (
morrow night.
CnllapHO of ? Cliurcli.
Washington, Oct. 22. -The roof I
iiiil uiollo rtf
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Methodist Church on Capitol Hill fell .
in today, burying in the ruins Samuel !
Brown, Win. Johnson, A. W. Danger <
field and Abraham Lee, all negroes. '
The men were taken out alive, but <
some of them were seriously injured 1
internally. The church was damaged 1
by the recent storm and the men were <
engaged in making repairs. I
WILL CARRY THE WEST.
Henry George 8ay? Iiryan la Certain to be
Elected.
Early in September Henry George
was requested by the New York Jour- (
nal to make a tour of the so called
doubtful States and to give to the pub
lie the result of his observations of the
political conditions prevailing there.
Before his reply was received the news j
came from Maine of the increased Re- *
publican^majority at the State election J
Lhere. Then loJiowea mr. ueorges
answer, as follows:
Chicago, September 15.
Editor New York Journal:
In my opinion, confirmed by Maine,
the result is foregone. I believe, therefore,
that a convinced free silver man
would be better to make proposed trip
for Journal than I, as candor is somelimes
uselessly painful to friends.
Will go ahead if you wish and do my
best to give exact truth as I see it, but
both my feeling and judgment are
igainst this. Would prefer to save my
Lime and your money by not beginning.
Could stop until tomorrow's
committee meeting for your private
information if you wish, though do
not think I could learn anything not.
public; otherwise would start back,
advise me Victoris Hotel.
Henry George.
In reply to this a message was telegraphed
to Mr. George, requesting
aim to stay for a short time and des;ribe
the situation as he saw it?that
T 1 <1,. rtn
<uc uuuruai wauica iud uubu* vu j
October 5 Mr. George, having then j
;pent three weeks in the doubtful
States, was requested to telegraph for
he information of the editor of the
Journal his opinion of the probabili,ies.
In reply he sent the following:
Cleveland, 0., Oct. 15.
Editor New York Journal:
My belief is that Bryan will be elec,ed.
This is my carefully formed private
as well as public opinion. I congratulate
Journal on the good prosjects.
IIenrv.Georcje.
Last week Henry George came back
rom the West after spending five
weeks out there and wrote the Journal
,he following letter:
Editor New York Journal:
I came back to New York over more ]
,han a third of the continent to recris- t
,er my vote and to hear Governor Alt- <
*eld make in Cooper Union the speech i
n which he set forth what, in my ]
nind, is the most important of the is- <
?ues in this campaign. j
The question that greets me from j
.he lips of every friend I have ever ]
ret met, and the question repeated in )
ill I havo as yet had opportunity to j
jlance at in the pile of lelters I found
iwaiting me is: 'lWhat do you really
,hink will be the outcome of the elec- ,
,ion?" Let me answer questioners and
:orrespondents, one and all, through j
he medium of the Journal. My Derlonal
opinion dill'ers from that which J
las already been expressed in the let- J
,ers that have recently been telegraph- J
id by me to the Journal from the '
3laces where they have been written ,
>nly in this: I am somewhat more
lonlident than my letters to the Jour- ;
lal have shown, that Bryan will carry ,
he States that have been considered
loublful in the Central West, and 1
will be elected to the presidency. ,
I have no ability to see into the future,
and am liable to all the mistakes
)f judgment that beset man born of ,
woman, but this is my opinion as to j
what will be, formed after five weeks ;
)f as diligent, cautious and dispassionite
ell'ort as I am capable of to discovjr
the trend and strength of the tides
)f political opinion now running in
hat part of the country.
Tins was not my nrst opinion?on 1
he contrary, it at first seemed to me ?
,hat McKinley, not Bryan, would car- ]
y the Central West; but it is the ma- (
ured conviction with which I came
jack to New York. And that the tide <
s daily setting more strongly towara
3ryan, I am convinced.
Henry George.
Sa<l End of a Defaulter.
Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 21?W.
D. Rambusch, the defaulting banker
)f Juneau, Wis., shot himself in the
ight temple during the night in this
:ity, dying instantly. His body was
ound sitting on a bench in the nationil
cemetry eary this morning, still
'rasping the pistol with which the
suicide was committed. He arrived
lere a week ago and registered at the
lotel as C. T. Anderson, and since
hen lie has been visiting the batt'elelds
in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. ]
iVbout $100 was found on his person,
friends from Juneau have telegraphed
'or the body to be forwarded there,
rhe following note was found in his
pocket: i
"My name is W. T. Rambusch, of
Funeau, Dodge county, Wisconsin. ]
Wire L>r. W. E. Hallock, Juneau, "
Wis., also Forde Rambusch. of Ram
ausch ?Sc Petit, art decorators, Broadway,
New York, and Captain II. A.
Bagger, 195 Ninth street, Brooklyn,
Y., to come here and identify me
n order that my poor wife may get
iiy life insurance. Bury me here,
lot in Wisconsin. I have money
jnough to piy all expenses. Hope
find people will pardon me for the
.rouble 1 make them.
(Signed) "W. T. Rambusch."
Bambusch had no baggage when he
arrived here save a small hand satch- ;
*1. Bambusch was one of the most
prominent men in Wisconsin in
church, state and financial alVairs. He
was president of the Citizens'Bank in
Juneau and held the implicit confi- 1
' ? rr? i.fi _ fsv...
tience Ol every person. u.a icn ? icw
Jays ago and it was then ascertained
that ho was a defaulter in the sum of i
$2n0,U00. The nows of the defalcation
created the biggest sensation in Wisconsin
ever sprung in financial circles. 1
Mince tliat time officers have been on
the search for the speculative banker
but could find no definite traceof him. ,
8111) Playing the Kool.
Atlanta, Oct. 20. ?The Populist :
State executive committee met today
to act on any reply which the Democratic
executive committee might
make. Tho Democrats authorized a
reply, but did not prepare it today.
Tonight the Populists met again. Tom
Watson, II. W. Reed and George F.
Washburn were with the committee, j
Some wanted to fuse with the Repub
licans. Others urged that the Popu- 1
list electoral ticket in this State be 1
laken down and the party followers <
be left free to vote as they pleased, i
Mr. Watson opposed fusion with tho ;
Republicans, declaring he would rath- <
sr iose an arm than see it. Messrs. 1
Reed and Washburn have been threat- j
sning on tne outside tnat ttie ropu- i
lists would fuse with the Republicans f
unless the Democrats made great con- i
sessions to them. The meeting may 1
last all night. i
S'-JI" i .. . . Ill ..?* ? I._ I
THREE OF A KIND. ""
I
PETITIONS FOR ELECTIONS FOR
MORE NEW COUNTIES.
Q
Oreenwood, Dorchester and Calhoan the
E
Names of the Proponed New Comers ii
Some F acta an to Their Composition. a
a
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 21.?The rush b
to secure new counties lias commenced 1
in dead earnest. Yesterday petitions s
for the ordering of elections to estab- t!
lish three new counties came all in p
">n? liimn A1 rpadv twn fllections Q
have been ordered for the new coun- S
iies of Salem and Limestone. The J
three now asking for elections are to o
be known as Calboun, Dorchester and t<
greenwood, respectively. The first o
ind last named are new county
ichemes which have been urged be- li
tore succeeding general assemblies tl
;ime and again. It looks at last as if tr
,hose who have been working for them tl
ire to be successful in their efforts. P
Governor Evans is still absent from st
,he city and consequently none of ir
,hese petitions have yet been granted, b
rhe papers appear to be complete, ts
lowever, and no doubt the elections n:
ivill be ordered immediately upon the b
eturn of the chief executive. All the ci
sapers were filed in the governor's of- n
ice yesterday. ti
calhoun's territory. S
The new county of Calhoun expects 1J
,0 have 410.89 square miles or terriio- e
ind the county line will not run near- II
ir tnan 8} miles of Orangeburg court tl
louse. The county proposes to take o
ibout $1,GOO,000 of the taxable proper- if
y of the present Orangeburg county, a:
eaving over $2,000,000; and $124,905 o
rom Lexington, leaving in the old p
:ounty $2,669,885. In the portions of it
Drangeburg proposed to be d is mem- tl
jered 500 of the 900 qualified voters si
lave signed the petition /or the order- V
ng of the election. . Seventy-five per "
;ent. of the 126 voters in the portion iz
)f Lexington county proposed to be v
:ut off have signed the petitions. ir
The new county will include the if
.ownships of Pine Grove, Caw Caw, c<
Lyon and Amelia townships of Or- a1
ingeburg county, and Sandy Run and d
Dart of Bull Swamp townships in
Lexington county. Orangeburg will 1!
lave 931 square miles and L3xington e:
519 square miles left when the new
jounty is formed. The dividing line tl
jvill run near Elloree and Jamison, tl
eaving these two places in the old P
jounty. Those who are pushing the fi
scheme are Messrs Julius Jacobson, J. n
Banks and J. B. McLaughlin, com- s<
cnor>ial Thev n
JUOXUg buv Uwv... --WW??. ^ ^
lave been working for the establish- s?
nent of this county for a long time. ft
FACTS ABOUT GREENWOOD. h
Greenwood county will take the fol- u
lowing population f"-om old counties:
From Abbeville, 10,082, from Edge- J1
leld, G,153. The new county will y
aave 433 square miles. The value of f(
,he taxable property to be taken from n
he old counties is as follows given by a
?wnships: ..
From Abbeville? 11
Minety Six township .$ 487,705 ?'
Greenwood 1,479,480 11
White Hall 213.575 n
Four-fifths of Cokesbury.,.. 295,328 a
l^ess than one-half of Smithville
175,000 b
ij?ss than one half of Indiau
Hill 150,000 0
From Edgefield? ?
Ealf of Hiblertownship.... 115,585 f<
"" ??nq can
jooper townsnip...... wu^uu
3ray township............. 250,140 0
Total $3,467,393 v
DORCHESTER COUNTY. $
Dorchester wants to take the follow- t<
ng townships from Colleton county: u
Summerville, Dorchester, part of Col- c
ins north of public road. Burns, Corn, o
Gingham, George and Koger.
There will be taken from Berkeley U
:ounty the section thus described: v
From the intersection of the county ti
ine between Colleton and Berkeley "V
with the Four Hole creek, a straight g
ine to a point upon Saw Mill branch
)ne mile northeast of the South Carolina
and Georgia railroad; thence
ilong said branch to the Colleton p
ine and tbence back to the starting o
point along the line of division be- c
iween Colleton and Berkeley counties, o
The property to be taken is as fol- ii
lows: ~ i
From Berkeley? fc
Part of Summervilletownship.$381,155 c
Partof Brownsville township.. 21,045 t:
tn either Summerville or Burns- tl
ville townships 10,000 a
liailroad property not includ- s
(d above 32,000 t
Toal $144,800 f
This leaves $2,747,525 of taxable g
property in Berkeley county. p
The rest of the statement is as fol- n
lows: a
Value all property in Colle- 1
ton $4,380,512 t<
Value all property in section t
tobecutoll' .. 1,532,656 c
? I
Leaving in Colleton....??$2,853,856 s
Value all property in Berke- e
ley $3,192,325 c
Value all properly in section a
to be cut oil'. 414.800 t
Leaving in Berkeley..... .$2,7-17,525 k
Value of taxable property in _ r
the proposed county ,$1,977,150 c
Population?Total for Colleton....
...'10,293 c
Population of area to bo cut oil*. 11,052 i
Leaving 29,211 1
Total population Berkeley county
before act ihrowinggpartto t
(Charleston. 51,110 \
Df area to becut oil' 1,318 c
a
Leaving in Berkeley 52,792 t
Total population of proposal F
eounty..... .^.12,370 t
Distance to Walterboro, nearest (
county seat. 13 miles. 1
Area of new county Krom
Colleton .....510.81 ^
hYoin Berkeley........ .... 10.77 s
5
Total ? 551.58 ?
?State. (
t
A Terrible Killing.
Lamar, S. C , Oct. 21.?Brooks McIvensie
was shot dead in the public
'oaa near Aieou, uarimgioii county,
by Charlie Hatfield last night. Th?y 1
were both young white men, and had 1
jeen chums, Brooks, followed by his 1
log, meeting Charlio, said in a joking f
way: "Look out; I'll sot my dog on f
pou." The latter spoke roughly; the c
sther replied iniiill'erently. Charlie t
,hen drew his pistol and lired, killing t
Mclvensie instantly. Bending over the c
jody of the murdered man, llatiield c
laid: "Hang, or no hang, I've killed f
/ou;" so testify two witnesses pre-sent, r
tlatlield has not yet been caught,, but I
s supposed not to be far away. 'i
NO FUSION IN CEORGIA.
'opullats do N'ot Regard Bewail a Factor
In the Contest.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 20.?The Demoratic
executive committee of Georgia
aet here today for the purpose of takng
action concerning the party prim
ry for the nomination of four Associte
Justices of the Supreme Court to
? elected at a special election on the
8th of December under the new contitutional
amandment, and also for
be purpose of considering Ponulist
reposition published Jast week re
arding a fusion electoral ticket. A',
tate Convention to nominate four
ustices was called to meet in Atlanta
n the 18th of November, each county
) choose its delegates on the 14th day
f November.
In regard to fusion with the Popusts
the committee refused to accept
le Populist ultimatum, which delatided
that the full electoral vote o'
le State be cast for Watson for Vice
resident, but offering to withdraw
iven of the Populist electors, retainlg
six to run with seven to be named
y the Democrats. This action was 1
iken by the Populist executive comlittee
last night, their communication 1
eing formally delivered to the Demoratic
committee today. The commnication
declares that an inferen- 1
al contract exists as the result of the
t. Louis Convention by which the 1
'opu lists were to support Bryan in the
rent of the withdrawal of Mr. Sawall (
t then proceeds to express the belief
lat it is the intention of the leaders
f the Democratic party to defeat, and,
possible, to humiliatg Mr. Watson,
ad attacks the Democratic partv
f the State. It then makes the fusion
reposition above outlined, qualifying
with the express understanding that
le thirteen electors so agreed upon,
lall cast their vote for Bryan and
Watson, and concludes by resolving,
that our central committee is authored
and empowered to withdraw if adisable,
our remaining electors or reistate
those that are now withdrawn,
the Democratic parly does not acjde
to the foregoing just and reasonble
proposition within five days from
ate."
The communication was dated the
3th instant, the Populists' ultimatum
xpirine today.
The matter was fully considered by
le Democratic committee, and it was
le unanimous agreement that the
opulists were seeking to prevent a
jsion, and that they would listen to
o reasonable terms, though the conjnsus
of opinion amon? the members
resent was that if the Populists thernjlves
had not locked the doors against
ision the committee would cheerfully
aye negotiated for a settlement. The
Itimnfiim nf thfi PoDiilists. however.
sfusing to consider Mr.Sewallas a
ictor iii the contest, settled the matjr,
and the following resolution, ofjred
by Mr. Clark Ilowell, of the
ational committee, was unanimously
d opted:
Whereas, the Populist State execuve
committee hasa proposition which
ompletel.y ignores fusion by eliminat1
g the candidate of the Democratic
ominee of Vice President, Mr. SewII,
and has cut off the Democratic
ommittee from further consideration
y Oxing an arbitrary limit which exires
today giving this committee no
pportunity for consideration of a
lovement for proper fusion: Thereore
Be it resolved, That the chairman
f the Democratic State executive comlittee
appoint a committee of five, of
rhich he shall be the chairman, to
roperly present to the public the atitude
of this committee in its refusal
3 accept the unreasonable and unjust
ltimatum of the Populist committee,
lothed as it is in offensive and unbeoming
language.
At midnight the executive commit
J ? ink AAmmiffoa
2t3 argreeu tu appuiuia ouu-wmmiubw
rith plenary powers to continue negoiations
with the Democrats. Mr.
Vatson's letter of acceptance may be
iven out by himself on Thursday.
Dispensary Cases.
Washington, Oct. 22.?The Sureme
Court to-day heard argument in
ne of the South Carolina Dispensary
ases. The cases before the court grew
ut of the seizure of liquors imported
ato the State last December by James
)onald, he claiming them to be for
lis own use and consumption. It
ame up on an appeal from an injuncion
grunted by Judge Simonton of
he United States Circuit Court. DonId
had brought suit against four con
tables for an injunction to,' prevent
hem from seizing wines, liquors, etc.,
mported by him in the future
or his own use. The injunction was
ranted, and the State authorities aptealed
to the Supreme Court. AttorLey
General Barber of South Carolina
ppealed for the State and J. P. Iv.
Jryan represented Donald. The later
argued that the law was unconstiutional
because it forbade commer
ial intercouse between tne states ana
tecause it denied to the product of
ome States a police inspection providd
for liquors from other States. lie
on tended that if this principle were
idmitted the State could exclude from
ise by her citizens all products of
?ther States. Attorney General Barter
argued that the State had the
ight to exercise her police powers in
>rder to give her citizens pure liquors.
Te said tnat 90 per cent, of the liquors
:onsumed in South Carolina were
nanufacturad in other States. In connection
with his defense of the law,
le cited statistics to show that the efect
of this "police msasure" had been
o reduced drunkness in the State r>o
ier cent, and the consumption of li[uor
r>7 per cent. Both Mr. Bryan
md Attorney General Barber agreed
o the coupling of this case with ex>arte
Snyder, which is on its way to
I- _ n... Hirk ( !?'iv*lliI.
ne Dupreme v<oun num mu
/Ourl, being a decision declaring the
he Act of the last South Carolina
..egislature, modifying the orignal
dispensary law, to be, like it, unconititutional.
Attorney General Barber
laid that the State was exceedingly
tnxious for a linal adjudication of the
juestion and stood ready to agree to
invthing with that end in view.
( one Wlwre He ItelongN,
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 22.?A bomb
ihell was exploded in political circles
lore today by the making public of a
etterfrom Dr. W. 11. Felton, 1'opuist
elector, withdrawing his name
rom the ticket and pledging his supx>rt
to McKinley. Dr. Felton was at
>ne time member of Congress from
he Seventh District and has long been
conspicuous in Georgia politics. His
:ourse is construed >>y many as imli ating
that there will be a general deletion
toMcKinley from the Populist
anks in (ieorgia on account of the
reatmenlof the Populist tale Comnittee.
-J?!' r-n / .
IN OLD KENTUCKY." Vj
MR. JOHNSON, OF SPARTANBURG, TO
THE BLUE GRASS FARMERS.
Great Oatpourlogs of the People Greet
Hlin?Goblbug Democrats and Hanna
Republicans Working In Accord to Elect
MrKlnley.
Franklin, Ky., Oct. 16.?It wasar
1 A Til* 4
rangeu ior me 10 so into Illinois next
Wednesday, but the Kentucky campaign
committee wired the National
committee to let me remain in this
state a week longer. The National
committee instructed me to speak in
Kentucky until next Saturday night.
I will go into Illinois on Monday 26th
instant.
In this great contest my movements
are of small moment. What is the
outlook?
After writing you from West Virginia
I made two other speeches in
that State. My belief is that Bryan
will carry it by a good majority. I
- 4...a4 A ok Inn/1 ortrl
came 1I1U JYUUI.UUJljr au aomauu wiu
made my first speech at Grayson, the
county seat of Carter county. Carter
is a strong Republican county, but our
people have tne promise of two hundred
Republican votes for Bryan and
will lose thirty gold men. In all the
county districts the Democrats will
make large gains. The gains will
come from silver Republicans, Populists
and men who have not heretofore
voted. For instance there are three
brothers in this county who have not
voted in twelve years. They are redhot
Bryan men and will vote and
work for him. Our people are confident
of carrying this State for Bryan
by thirty thousand. I ao not know. :
While the Democrats will gain enormously
in the county, it must be re- '
membered that the losses will be considerable
in Louisville, Lexington,
Covington, Richmond and other
towns. The Louisville Courier-Journal,
The Louisville Times, The Louisville
Post and many more heretofore
Democratic papers are fighting Bryan
savagely. These papers are as anxious
for McKinley's success as The
Mai] and Express of New York, but as
they still dub themselves Democratic
they can do us more harm than they
Dossiblv could do if they were Repub
lican. Any news unfavorable to Bryan
is published under flaming headlines,
all reports favorable to Bryan
are suppressed.
I heard Bailey of Texas make a
great speech in Lexington last Thuraday
night. The papers Friday morning
did not report one sentence nor
give a synopsis of the speech; but reported
the fact that Bailey spoke to a
full house. In the same issue in let- J*
ters larger than your enterprising advertisers
use it was announced that
Bourke Cockian and John G. Carlisle
would make Democratic (?) speeches
in this state. On Friday 1 had a joint
debate with a gold man at Lawrenceburg
and on Saturday* morning The
Courier Journal reported the debate,
complimented the other fellow and
did not say one word about my part of
it. I merely mention this toshow you
how extremely bitter the contest is
here and how these papers suppress reports.
I care nothing about the failure
to report my part of the debate,
because I left the happiest crowd of
Democrats you ever saw, many of
them accompanied me to the depot.
The Democrats in this State have
more to contend with than outsiders
can well imagine. John G. Carlisle,
Buckner, Lindsay and Breckinbridge
have all been honored by the Democracy
of Kentucky. They are all able
men and each has a personal
following. I made two speeches
in Hart county, the home of Buckner.
His vote in that county is estimated at
from 30 to'100. Breckinbridge will
be supported for Congress by the Republicans
in the 7th district. The gold
Democrats and the Republicans are as
amiable and loving as you please, i
think if some of our gold friends down
South knew that the gold men in this
section were working in complete harmony
with the Republicans, they
would pause to ask themselves how
the Democracy will be any more pre- i
served by turning the country over to - Jk
McKinlev and the trusts than to Bry-^^^H
an and his followers. When the gold^H^B
Democrats speak here their audience^^^^H
are composed almost exclusively
Republicans. The Republicans talk
about Clevelad and Carlisle and that
crowd as statesmen and patriots. Are
Palmer, Buckner, Carlisle, Cleveland
and that crowd fighting McKinlev
and Republicanism? Are the Republicans
lighting the gold Democrats?
They are both fighting Bryan. The
bolters (calling themselves the only
pure Democrats) and the Republicans
are working to one common end and
that is to defeat Bryan in the interest J
of the money power. The unholy alii- 1
ance will fail. The people will render 1
their verdict on November 3rd in these
words: We find for the American ]
people; we find that men, not money,
shall rule this country; we find for
W. J. Bryan and bimetallism.
J. T. Johnson,
in Spartanburg Herald.
Look Oat for Fraud.
Washington,Oct. 23.-Senator Butler,
as chairman of the Populist national
committee, has issused a circular
in which he claims to have infor- '
mation that it is the intention of the I
Republican managers to attempt to >
control the approaching election by
the use of money, and urging the
friends of Bryan to be on their guard
against all efforts at either purchase, j
coercion or intimidation of voters. J
"My advice to the supporters of Bry- -H
an," he says, "is to keep every eye
open to these games. Let them place
cool, game men on guard at every precinct,
sharp enough to expose these
schemes and to use the best and most
P 1
legitimate metlious 10 irusiraic bUOUl,
I believe that the penitentiaries will
be the proper place for all scoundrels
who try to prevent an honest election.
Coercion,intimidation and every other J
un-American means has been used so M
far, but it will become a more serious M
matter to make the ballot box itself
the scene of rottenness and fraud."
Atrocities In Armenia.
Constantinople, Oct. 22.?News
received here from Eastern Anatolia
said that widespread fears exist of a rn
newal of the massacres. In the mid
die of September Kurds from the ^
Kharput district overran the vilayet
of Sivas and destroyed and looted six i
Armenian villages, killing a numoor
of the inhabitants. The village of
1 'inguian had 200 houses burnt>a and
Go of its inhabitants were massacred.
It is further stated that a number of
women commiuou suiv-iuo ujr juiu|?.-?
into the Euphrates in order to escape H|
the brutality of the Kurds.
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