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ANSEL WINS.
So Does Lyon and Sullivan by
Good Majorities.
RESULT OF PRIMARY
The Senate Is Sill tor the State Dis
pensary, and the Hons*, While
Closf, Is Thought to Be for
the State Dispensary
Also.
The State Executive Committee did
not tabulate the returns last Thuisday
aa Is usually done, but left It over
to this week. However the cffltfa1
vote la known in all the countiei aDd
^ the following totals are about oorreot:
FOB GOVERNOR
Ansel 46 444
Minning 37,045
M?j)rity 9 399
A1TJRNEY-GESERAL
Lyon 49 986
Rigid tie 34 625
Majority 15,461
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
Sullivan 47 564
36.672
n uu truu.
Majority 10,892
The total ote thus acoounted lor
li 83 489, or 13,000 short of the figures
In the first primary.
The Tote In the first primary was as
follows:
Total Tote cast 96 940.
FOE GOVERNOR.
Ansel 39 156
Manning 23 159.
Blease 16 959
Branson 10,118
Sloan 3 368
MoMahan 2,243
Jones 87;>
Edward 576
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
Lyon 45 272
Youmans 22,975
Rigsdale 28,210
FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
Summersetfc lift 848
Wharton Z4 636
8ellers 8 622
Camler 22 661
Sullivan 24 553
From (big it appears that Mr. Ansel
gained 7108 votes; Mr Manning 13. <
886 Mr. Lvnn gained 4,614 and Mr.
lUgsdale 6 315. Mr. Sullivan gained
23 014 and Mr. Wharton 12,036 Mr. ,
Sullivan nearly doubles the vote htreoeived
in the first primary.
The Senate Is in favor of the State
Dispensary by a small majority, and
those who have kept up with the position
of members elsobed to the House
on the dispensary says that body will ,
be for the State dispensary also. This
will insure the passage of the Rvior
Manning or son e other bill to purify
the dispensary and m&ke it what it
ought to be.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
Ansel. llanniDg.
Abbeville 782 914
Aiken 1,741 1,126
Andereon 4,848 1,092
Bamberj? 519 465
Barnwell 973 672
Beaufort 304 154
Berkeley 511 429
Charleston 2,008 334
Cherokee 1.734 384
Chester 639 477
Chesterfield 830 1,293
669 1,062
^lareuuuu
Colleton 968 '957
Darlington .... 867 7 9
, Dorchester 542 277
Edgefield 744 670
Fairfield 478 423
Florence 562 624
Georgetown 671 339
Greenville 3,375 1,202
Greenwood 1,105 525
Hampton 747 545
Horry 720 1,488
JKerstaaw 570 891
Lancaster 1.187 925
L Laurens 1,052 1,560
Lee 541 946
Lexlng on 1,064 1,645
-Marlon 1,430 1,531
Marlboro 840 956
Newberry 1,279 757
Oconee 1,954 489
'Orang'burg 1,193 1,831
Pickens 2,083 458
Richland 1,456 1,757
Saluda 773 1,054
iSpartanburg 3,757 1,727
;Sumter 441 1,218
Union 1,214 1,181
Williamsburg 1,171 800
York 1,314 1,223
j Totals 47,556 37,089
| yOTE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
RapsLyon.
dale.
Ab"beville .. 811 780
Aiken 1,929 939
Anderson 2,869 1,133
Bamberg 642 341
f Barnwell 1,100 542
Beaufort 420 131
Berkeley 624 316
n 11D
Charleston
Cherokee 1 694 314
Chester 744 471
Chesterfield 1,388 741
Clarendon 759 964
Colleton 948 974
Darlington 891 681
Dorchester .. 541 279
Edgefield 812 611
.[Fairfield 471 436
-Florence 412 775
Georgetown 543 466
Greenville 2,904 1,673
Greenwood 1,101 529
Hampton 667 616
Horry 1,096 1,121
Kershaw 666 797
L .. .
Lancaster 1,255 797
I aurens 974 1,635 I
Lee 766 719 I
Lexington 1 201 1,502
Marion 1 467 1,471
Marlboro 922 873
Newberry 1,442 590 '
Oconee 1,792 643
Orangeburg 1,524 1,478
Pickens 1,604 942
Richland 1,035 1,551
Saluda 1 018 819
Spartanburg : 3,526 1,972
Snmt,#?r 933 711 |
Union 1 292 1,093 I
Williamsburg 1,127 817
York 1,443 1,082
Totals 49,507 34,508 f
VOTE FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
Sulli- Wharvan.
ion.
Abbeville 1,174 567
Aiken 939 1,935
Anderson 2.977 1,092
Bamberg 365 617
Barnwell 989 654
Beaufort 399 148
Berkeley 405 535
Charleston 1,757 571 b
Cherokee 1.534 562 ,
Chester 661 451 ?
Chesterfield 1,187 938 a
Clarendon 963 760 r
Colleton 1,562 363 L
Darlington 889 682 ^
Dorchester 605 220 b
Edgefield 671 741
Fairfield 571 331
F1 ^rence 570 613 *
Georgetown 429 574 t
Greenville 2,737 1.845
Greenwood 720 787 81
Hamilton 775 5lU rj
Horry 1,606 693 F
Kershaw 479 892
Lancaster 987 1,119 ii
Laurens 619 1,998 t
Lee 787 665 ,
Lexington 732 1,962 a
Marion 1,639 1,302 <>'
Marlboro 1,208 585 It
Newberry 809 1,230 it
Oconee 2,104 332
Orangeburg 1,093 1,087 a
Pickens ; 1,954 665 ti
Richland 917 2,289 "
Saluda 827 1,001 p
Spananburg 2,676 2,834
Sumter 834 807 al
Un on 1,499 887 U
wriiii?m^?r,Y K77 l!
York 1,740 792 b
Totals 45,765 37,522 J
mffiEu TO AfiSEL.
cd
Governor Writes Congratulations to
HitSucocesoiElect. ai
T
Gov. Heyward Thursday sent Mr lf
Ansel the following letter: "Dear 7(
Sir. Ansel: I got back to my cffiae
yesterday srorning, after a brief sum- Q
mer vacation with my family. There ^
*u much to occupy my time, but 1
^ook the first available opportunity to
send you a telegram congratulating P1
you upon the very flattering vote
which giYsS you the nomination for ?
Governor for S uth Carolina. ;e
''This viotory was won over a wor at
thy competitor, and I wish now tc ri<
emphaalzd my oongratulationb upon
in honor whloh is yours and also upon H
cbe manner of its bestowal by the *o
Democrats of South Ca ollna.
"1 am sure that, in the administra
Jon of the duties of your high office, of
you will fully merit the colS aice anc. sb
trust which your friends have reposed in
in ycu, and I again wish to express tc n
you my good wishes for you in the ?r
-Hcnharrtn nt t.hpaA rftsnon?ihle duties. np
Four campaign was conduoted upon ra
&be plane wnioh Is always observed an
imong gentlemen and the people oJ
South Carolina, acoeptlDg the will 01 to
she rutjjrlty always, will, I am sure, of
do so must cheerfully with ytu an
"1 am equally sure that all of our i&
jitizins wtu unite in holding up your
jands In all that you may do for the lot
material advancement of our Sta.t ot
and for the oontlnued uplifting of bei sb
highest interests. Again tending you gi
oay congratulations, believe me, "i
"Faithfully yours,
(Signed) "D. C Hey ward,
i*n I,
ixuvvruuiv pi
30
Ansel to the People. tl(
(Governor-elect Ansel has issued the bo
following address to the people of x
Sooth Carolina: "I am truly grate- "
'ul to the Democratlo voters of Soutb tu
Carolina for the splendid vote I re
ceived throughout the State in the ">c
last primary eleotion and I take thh E
opportunity of thanking them for thl? ro
oaanifehtatlon of their great oonfi ob
denoe. I shall be the Governor of all in
the people and shall bend every eftor1 jb
towards upbuilding and maintaining ic
.he high and honorable posltlo) oc
whioh our State has attained. Tc
this end I pray that God may give fr
me wisdom and strength. I respect it
fully ask that all the people give me w
jheir influence and co-operation 1l x
making my administration one thai *
<ball redound to the b3St Interest of
the entire State. M. F. Ansel." .t
c
Killed Two Hundred.
Practically without warning a side id
of the mountain rising above the town Qi
ship of Kirawell broke way, and In a
sea of seml-llqulda mul, sand and ,'e
a^noa Bwunt down on the townshir ni
and overwhelmed and obliterated It >]
Some 255 persons have been burled ta
alive. Fifty-five bodies hare already *
been recovered from the mire whlc!" it
's about six feet deep. Iu addition si
to the lives lost oountleBS head of oat i
tie perished and the orops were de- %
stroyed. tl
Fatal Accident. ^
Two men were killed in a head-on b
oollision between a freight train and a 0]
work train, three miles north of At- t<
talla, Ala., on the Alabama Central
division of tbe L uibVUle and Naab e
ville railroad. The dead are: Engineer e:
D. H. Clemens and Fireman Chas. a
Griffin, both of Annlston. The oauie tl
of the oollision is not known here, a
CANT FIND HIM
rhe Mysterious Disappearance
of a French Parish Priest. A
Li^AN HUNGRY HYENA
las Been Unloosed to Smell Oat the
Body of tbe Priest Who is Thought
to Have Been Ma dered,
Robbed aad
Burled.
Nave; in modern times h b r myserlous
cliff ppearanoe exjitad r & er
atsreat tha tha. cf tbeAbre Delr
e, ears of the little parish of
Jhatenay, near E?amja , France. It
i assumed that a foal nurderhas
e-n committed.
11 the paraphnalla of detective
rcrk, all the midnight sleuthing, all
k>a ImanlniHv* nmnnlno t.hat. mtrlr.
d the unravelment of muider nays tales
In the wcrkscf G&borlau, Sue and
Idgar Allen Foe have b en exhausted
1 connection with this affair, and the
loderc crime hu ten have now hit
pon a device beside which the methi.
suggested by those famous author
;les n crime pale Into tameness and
islgnificanoe?
A live hy?na of the desert?an anl*
lal expert In bunting for all dead
lings?has been employed to Had tLe
rlest's body.
The dlsapp aranoe of She Abbe Dalrue
was e rtalnly a < astonishing afilr.
Be rode out of hi* parish on a
loyole Into the night and never cane
ick. He left hardly a trao* of anyling
that ooald point to the oause of
Is disappearance
The Abbe was an extremely popular
ian In his parish. He et j )yed a good
loome. He was in exedient health
:.d spirits. He had Just been planng
a visit to his mother in Paris,
here was no dlsooverable reason wl y
i should have committed suicide or
)luntarlly run away.
He had, however, 725 frsncs in
oney on his person when he disap
wired, and the most obvious course is
i suppose that he was murdered for
le sake of this money.
Whatever be the truth, It Is at
esent wrapped In mystery.
The Abbe Delarue left the town of
iampes at about 8 o'clock In the
enlng, riding his bioycle He was
turning to his parish. At five minxes
past nine he was seen rapidly
ilng along the road by a locksmith
ring at the farm of Longuptoise.
a *>? ftiwm hv . nfl or two oihar oar
as just before this time, but ne\er
:ain.
Af&er his disappearance the polios
E jampes, a sleepy couatry town,
owed great negligence in investigatg
the oase. Tbts fact, togeiher with
any other rematktble circumstances
cused the attention of the ParlsiaD
iwspapera and they began to invest:
,te with extraordinary enthusiasm
id ingenuity.
Trie Matin was the first newspaper
begin operations. Two member
itB staff went to the spot and spent
oney lavishly la emplo. log looa'
archers.
ftnnntrs whnrn thA A hhfl w&h
at is marked by Borne remarkable
lysioal formations. It contains mary
ponds of great extent and also
eat beds of loose sand known u
lab! teres."
Both tbe ponds and the sand beds
ould offer a very favorable hiding
ace for a dead body. Tbe sand
iuld be turnei over by band until a
)le s; ffi Mently deep bad bsen made
i bnry a body, aod then tbe bole
iuld be filled In by tbe same means
id smoothed over so that It would h.
:tremely difficult to deteot any dls
irbano^ of tbe surface.
On the other hand, there are the
mds. Tne lorgest Is known as tbe
ang des c oullneaux. It 1b surunded
by rieds that grow to twio
is height or a man, and n the orim
al oould have oarrled the boaj
jrouKh there without breaking: them
>wn extensively he might have dii
>ied of it very effectively.
Tne Matlo offereJ a reward of 1,000
wo-; for Its discovery and also en
iged a foroe of sixty beaters at da)
ages to searoh the country for the
>dy. The first discovery they made
as the broad brimmed hat of the
rlest, which was found in a field off
le roadside, torn and soaked wltb
ud
Then the Pa trie of Paris entered
ito the oontest with a Hindu fakii
imed Eavah. This man is skilled
i all tbe mysterious esoberio learning
: tne urient. ne is repu&ea oo posi88
the gifts of Becoad sight and prohecy.
He can peer Into the future,
3d his vision passes through mater1
o> j ^ots. Bavah ran through the
oods and over the sand beds, plokig
up plc068 of earth and leaves and
nelllng them. On the seoond da;
Is Intuition led him Into a wood tff
hollow unfrequented road leading tt
tie Chateau de Vatooy.
Here he made the first Important
lsoovery of the searoh?the p.lest't
lcycle. It Is generally assumed tha
tie murderer bad hidden It there af
sr killing him.
At abouG tnia time many newspap
rs appeared on the soene with ocouii
iperts, among them being the MagUb
lIvIs, Madame Flaubert), who, although
of Freoeh birth, hai spent
i&nj years absoiblng the mysteries
of the Orient, and Professor Devas.
Then the Matin thought of an abso
lu ely novel, if rather grewsome,
method of bunting down the oorpse.
k It decidad to employ a hyena In the .
' setr>h, and arranged with the famous '
lion tamer P z)n to obtain the use of
lis largest and ugliest hyena, named
Carlos. This animal tt the most repulsive
and disgusting in existence.
. He lives excluslvelj upon carrion ar d
the dead body of a man has for him a
greater attraotlon than any other
, kind of food. The hyena Uvea in holes ^
and caves during the day time ard
only hunts his food by night. He
then utters bloodourdling shrieks and
fiendish laughter, whloh when heard
In the desert amid scenes of the wilde't
description call up In the lmtglrs
tlon of the traveler the forms of spec
tr&l ghouls, searohlng for their unnat
oral feasts. ,
The hyena Is of hideous appearance 1
He has a coat of dirty yellow, marked a
with spots and usually covered wltb i
sores due to rubbing against rooks and >]
spattered with remnants of his dis
gustlng food. He stands very hlorb
at the sbouiders and his head hangs "
aown nil Dis nose vouooes iue grbuaa n
He always slinks along sideways with a
til% head near the ground and never b
comes straight toward any man or
animal. All these peculiarities give r
him ao Indescribably moan, sneakiug 1;
and cowardly appearance. b
Tue hyena Is famished with non* e
retractile claws of suoh tremendous o
scratching power that he can dig down a
into the deepest grave and rob It of s
Its oocupant. In oountrles where hy- li
enas abouod only the heaviest rooks
will protect the bodies of the dead b
from their dutches. It was for this s<
reason that ancient Egyptian and oth- H
er Oriental kings were burled In rock b
tombs. b
The hyena also has teeth and jaws I
of fimh strength that he can bite ti
through the bones of the largest anl <*
mals. His physical powers would ti
make him a dangerous foe, if he pos p
-.esssd the least cou-age, but he has ii
not the spirit to attack any living
animal. He only wars with the dead o:
Carlos, the great hyena was brought ti
to the place where the Abbe's bloyole tt
?as found. The grewsomt work be- h
gan at midnight. Carlos will only 1
work at night. As soon m day breaks o:
oe fal.s Into & state of torpor In which cl
he appears to bare neither sight nor &;
scent. He was brought to the soene ei
in a condition of sem'-Btarvailon in p
order to ma e him keen for the hunt, g
From the first It was evident that g
the search would be a long and tedi- h
oas one. Oarlos appeared dazed and fi
d isinolined to dig. This was beoause e<
she ollmate and surroundings were so n
d ?T rent from those of his native Af- n
rioan wilds. But gradually bis in- w
stinots began to assert themselves, w
The pangs of hunger drove him to h
bunt for food. Restlessly aDd furtlvely
be ran over the ground con ai
stantly sniffing It in his searoh for
dead things. From time to time he ai
dug up he body of a field m mse or tt
some other small animal, suon as one 01
may find In civilized Eorope. He de
roured the carron, but It did nothing N
toward satisfying his ravenous appe- a<
cite. tt
At night the peasants of the ooun w
Cry were wakened by the long, melan T
choly bowls and blood-curdling shrieks vr
and hysterloal fiendish laughter of the tt
hyena as be roamed through the li<
*00da in searoh of the dead. They <>\
shuddered with horror and bolted ?.i
their doors, some fearing the attaok oi
of the wild beast about whloh they
- -J mam on novofl
ubu UCAIU, iUU uituqio) luvi9 duj^uiovi
clous, thl Jtiag that it was the spirit
of the dead man wailing (or vengeance 8*
The hyena^a ghoulish work was hln- Oi
dered by the faot that he oould not be u
left to seek a natural lair by day, but 6r
had to be followed by a trainer and bi
caught every morning and returned to sfc
hts oage. si
On the third night Carlos sbowd ti
signs of extreme excitement. He ut- si
faered many loud peals of unusually tt
fiendish laughter and ran straight to so
a spot where he began to dig Into the oc
earth with tremendous fury. His fx
trainer felt sure that be had at last
round the body and this Impression in
was ooLfirmed when, after digging of
:own some three feet, a quantity of ct
oones was unearthed. A sickening O
odor, of de> aylng fl ?h filled the air. w
Carlos burled his nose In the oar vl
rlon. After he had devoured a few w
mouthful* he was with great difficulty tl
dragged away from his meal, for it Is ec
dangeious to oheat even this coward- w
ly beast of his food. ef
The trainer and the amateur detec <10
elves gathered over the body, but a tt
very basty examination showed it to m
be that of a cow- probably one that b<
-iad died of disease and been burled pi
oy a farmer there as the easiest way it
of dispcilog of it.
On the following night the hunt w
vlth the hyena was resumed, but ao
wlvhout result. Night after night It bt
was kept up systematically. It has tt
now been continued f jr over a week, ui
The trainer Pez >n and other persons tt
who are familiar with the habits of fit
hyenas declare posltlvel that no dead m
body within a distance of a mile can a'
escape his wonderful scent. He Is be at
ing led over the whole oountry within &i
n4tn& nf tan miles of the spot where n(
the bioyclet was founi, and If the hi
priest lias murdered la this region It
ts not conceivable how his body can
jgo&pe disoorery. The hyena's scent
*111 enable him to dhoover the re- w
mains, whether they ba burled in an ol
open field or la the oellar of a house, ne
or In any other part of a building. rl
Every time tbe hyenas blood ourd- B
ling shrieks and fiendish laughter A
rend the night air with unusual vlo- Vt
lence, the listeners believe that he has a
it last found the objeot of his dread bi
ful quest, of
V ^
i i
RAN AMUCK.
Lawless Negroes Create a Roi
and One Is Killed.
FINALLY CAPTUftEP.
{ Party of Negroes Start Oat An
Attack a White Mao and His
Wife la Their Home
Without Any
Cause.
A dispatch from Anderson to Th
fews and Courier tells a strange tal
Dous tne ooings or some crazy o
runken negroes (n Anderson County
?he trouble took plaoe Tbursda;
tight and as a result of It one negr
i dead and three others were lodgei
q jail. Two of then haVe been rj
,mined 'or lunacy and will probab);
e sent to the Asy una.
They are undouotfdly erased wit]
ellglous freczy. They talk Lrrat'oral
f and Imagine they are Idol breakers
avlng destroyed mucb valuable prop
rty In their houses, such as piotures
alrrora, oloeks, and musical lnstru
aentfl. Oje of those in Jill is quit
3ilonsly wounded, having three bul
3ts In his body.
The dead negro Is said to have
een a nagroof promlner a and wortl
nveral thousand dollars. Mr. anc
Irs. Jas. Ling, who were attaoY*
y the negrues, are both quite badlj
urt, having been assailed wltli rooks
>r. Tripp, who was shot In tbe oap
are of the negroes, Is seriousl]
rounded, but will reoover. It is sale
bat tie was shot by one of his owi
arty by mistake. He was woundec
1 the breast.
The negroes, it seems, started ou
n a regular rampage, and first at
loked a house ooeupled by their owi
ice. Thev struok terror to thi
earts of tbe Inmates and they led
'he negroes proceeded to tbe boo*
f Mr. L^ng, wbo li a prominent
itizeoof that section,and assailed Mr
nd Mrs. Long with rook, and wound
i them badly. As soon as the re
orts of the outrage went out a orowc
athered to begin a hunt for tbe ne
roe .. They were surrounded In i
ouse and after several shots were
red by both sides they ware oaptur
i. It was In this skirmish with tb<
Qgroes that Dr. Tripp and 6h<
egroes were wounded. The on<
ho died was named Rsed and h<
as badly shot up. The two whc
ave been examined for lunacy an
William and Esey Anderson, unole
ad nephew.
Deputy Scott, who made the
rrests of the negroes, reports that
le house in whloh the men were
iptured was a complete wreck so fax
i the furnishings were ooncerned.
early every artlole of household
lornment was broken into pieces,
le negioes claiming that such thlnga
ere idols and should be destroyed,
hey claim that there must be a re
)lution among the people and that
ley must change thetr manner ol
ring. It is plainly a case of rel'gi
18 r&QBbioium u?rnuu wj an tug
[Cent and Is something out of the
dlnary In this State.
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT
It seems that the religious frenzy
ory published by The News and
sorter and oopled above is all a hoax,
i the following account of the
ouble, whioh was sent the Spartanlrg
Journal from Greenville, will
tow. Toe dispatch from Greenville
>ys as the result of a clash betweer
ro officers and avout ten men on one
de and a score or more of negroes or
Le other side, near Piedmont, Andern
County, late Thursday afternoon,
le negro is deid and several othei
trsons, white and blaok, are Injured.
The dispatch says Thursday morng
a warrant was lssu.d for the arrest
Bill Henderson, a negro, on th<
targe (f attempting to assault Mrs.
. M. Long, a well known farmer's
iffi. The rffloers left at onoe for the
olnity of Piedmont, where the man
anted was reported to be at the
me. Before arriving there they learnI
that the negroes in that vicinity
ere preparing to put up a fight in a?
fjrt to prev&nt the arrest of Hander
n. The iffloers sought to s1 re gthec
ielr foroe by the addition of a dczsc
en whom tbey enlisted In that neigh>rhood.
Mrs. Long aocooopaaled Chi
irty for the purpose of Identifying
te negro.
When the party arrived at the house
here it was reported that Hendern
was staying they found the place
irrlcaded and the armed negroes on
le outside. After discussing the slfr
tfcion the officers decided to storm
le improvised fortress. Then the
ing began and oontinued for flfteer
inutes- When the smoke cleared
pray the result was found to be a?
)ove stated. The negro was final!)
rested and lodged in j\ll. There wat
) excitement or threats to lynot
im.
Found In Eut Kiyeir.
The body of Henry K. Wampole, a
ealthy Fiilladeiphla manufacture ol
lemloals, who had been missing
ivoral days, was found in the East
ver at New York Thursday nlgbt.
q undoubtedly committed suiolde.
trusted employee of the firm ol
Wampole & Go., In Canada was short
large sum of money and Wampole
rooded over the matteer until he beimtlfiHUie,
APPLE CIDER J itf
RECEIVES A JOLT IN THE STATE
OF MAINE.
N 1
80 called Prohibi ion ii a Farce a'd
People Want It Pone iway
With.
The apple older ' j vg" of Main* has (
received a severe j >lt, Bays the Washington
correspondent ot the Charleston
Post. Prominent Mai e people io
d Washington unhesitatingly express s
the belief tbat prohibition in that
State is praotlcally doomed and that
auother two years will see a governor
and legislature eleoted who will resubmit
the question of prohibition to
the people, whioh means, it is deolar
f oAmatklno loaa Int/ITlMMnff
OU, uu?| DVIUWUUII w
e >h&n apple older will gefc an opportu 0
r ilty to be ua d P
The comparatively small majority o
y rrceivod Monday by Governor Oobt g
and the B publican nomlneea for tbe g
House of Bipresentatlves It asserted
^ by many Maine people In Washington 7
to be really a defeat for the B' publl %
7 oaroln that S'ate, 'nasiruob as the ?
oc - j rlty has born i< duced below any r
a known in tbe Pine Tree State for i
forty years or more And tbe result v
, was brought about by a strictly local ti<
tight on prohibition, the .Bjpublleans |j
, standing "pat" for prohibition, the Q
- Democrats making a fight along tbe (
e line to have the question of doing oi
- M " rmi + Yy nvAhlhiMnn errein tnKmit.. ?
ikwmj wiuu (fivuivinvu attwwt*- p
ted to the people. The capture of i
; practically all the prlnoipal Milnt ?
3 oltlea and towns by Democratic city j
\ tffisers means, it Is declared, that bi
1 prohibition will be Ignored mora that si
i ever. w(
' 'The trouble, ' said a leading Maine a
. ffloe-bolder in Washington, Is that r<
1 prohibition in Maine has grown to be y
1 a roaring faroe. The ludicrous spec
} bade is presented of the Maine firmer vi
J oeing allowed to nil his hard eider 5
without restraint and beer being abut c
t out. When It is remembered that 7
- nard older oontatna o?er 6 per oent of M
i alcohol, bear only about 3 per oent th< ia
j humor of it Is quickly suown. There u
. are twloe as many ''jags" In a galloi V
) of older as Id an equal amount of beer. ?
t The Maine farmer la , the man whe x.
is holding prohibition In that Stat< a
now. But for the freedom to sell c) *
der he would vote against the present ?
1 lawa. The olty and town people of i
Maine have demonstrated the^r strong ]
l animosity to the oontinuatlon of pro- -y
i hlbltion." i
Prohibition has bad a precarious ex- j
) tstenoa In Maine for 60 years, but up 3
i 10 a very tew years ago nobody kiokeC ji
i much against it beoaus9 It was st .(
) openly violated that any sort of drink* K
) could be obtained almost anywhere *
i Then Governor i obb cam* into cffl.*. j
> He danounoed prohibition as a roar
lng faroe, but said ha Intended to en *
i foroe the law against whiskey sellin, ,t
; in every oounty and oity In the State hi
i He did so with vengeanoe, making It x
difficult to get something to drink ex- iC
oept hard older, the " j igs" from wbic. &
inoreased at a tremeiiuoua rate Publio
opinion became arr uaed. Governor
i Cobb was a candidate fur re-eleotlon, k
with the dlstlnot understanding that
he would oontlnue his polioy. While p]
- Milne gives evidenoe of trying to get
' rid of her prohibition laws, afUr 60 ft
years trial, a reform wave has struck Q
: other States. vi
i
SENATOR TILLMaH SATISFIED
m
t
^ Saji a Majority ol the legislature Is
for Dispensary. 1
at
Senator B. R. Tillman was in Co- ft
lumbla for a short while Wednesday
, on his way from Tranton to Charlotte, ^
' ... Dl
N. C , where be was to deliver in aa- w
dress to the Chautauqua Wednesday tt
night. While there he seat for Rome 'tf
newspaper men and was interviewed. 1
"The senator talked freely, and
while at the oatset giving the impres
slon that he considered the dispensary *
forces in the light of victor rather
than vanquished, he displayed con pi
siderable feeling before the interview m
ended. "
"If my opponents are satisfied," de ^
clared be, "with the results of the tr
primaries Wednesday, I certainly am. ft
I didn't get a cbanoe to vote in the
first primary, but I voted Wednesday, w
i and while the gentlemen for whom I se
i oast my vote were defeated, that fact wl
neither surprises nor disturbs me. au
i "Che governor cannot make the tb
: laws, nor oan he repeal those already *1
on the statute books. The dispensary ev
) will have, according to the lnforma- r,r
tlon 1 bate reoelved, a safe working or
> majority In bcth the house and senate he
something like ten or more. My light
was on tbe legislature and for this co
> easlon I say I have won my fight.
i "Tne prohibitionists, blind tigers,
local optlonlsts and high lloense ad- *
I Tooates made common oxuie against U)
i the dispensary, knowing that Its de'
feat would enable them to oarry out
i their nefarious schemes, but this un- J"
i holy alliance did not accomplish Its :*
desires.
'1 We will clean out the dispensary, """
set It upon its feet, strengthen It and F?
then we will see how well Ansel en- , }
' forces the law. So far from being hurt th
' about being e crashed," he declared,
i "I am gratified to kaow that despite
what the newspaper* have been saying 1
about the matter, 1 have been soraici? ool
ed this time Just 4,000 times less than w
i I was last. go
i "I hope our new governor will do t*
his own thinking and not give heed to Tt
the Golumula ring." | ID
NECROLYNOHED
[a Williamsburg C, iwty for ta
Attempt to Assauft
' JrlM
m A YOUNtt MATBOS.
'.1
4- J*gSS
, ? j ?u ; ,
be Attempted to Shoot Her AsaaBaatT,'4.^
but the Pistol Palled to Work,
and the Plead Tbea Raa
Away, Bat Waa
Caofhf.
Another lynching for tttoauijM . rig
utrsge ooourred near Indiantown * M
'reabyterlan Ohurch, In t TfAMtfrjlr
ursr Oounty, about fifteen totfea traaa %
liogatree, Saturday ?? i)^ 8e|t
James Burgees Jr., whftwa* Ihe
lotiuQ, a bright mulatto wgrn, la
llesed to hate made an attempt m \M
'rlday before to overpower and ?oV - 3
?ge Mrs. Mary Wilson, of Mr.
,uiber Wilson, son of tbe late Julian
Wilson, who was muidend'it Qoc#- a
r'm iMra (n ' WlllltmihnM rinnak* 9
ist winter, and for *h1eh orifettfajpr***.
egroes came very nearly beiag lybflhi,
but who were parmilt&'ik wjpl
rial and have sinoe paid the deaIII
enalty on the gallows at Kiogitpfa.
'he attempted outrage waa oommffr*
i within three mllea of
Ider WllTon waa murdered, mad ettk
ala orlme and attempted lynohlag
Dill freih In his mind, Borgw* |l>
jmpted to oommit an outrage opM
white woman and baa taken fcbe
)pe route to the other world to jolm 1
tie murderers.
The atory of the attempted outrage
n given the corresponded! of fba
Fews and Courier by ooa of ttwjMt
dowq ciuzena ua puouo mes pi
7lllitnr>sburtr County It u follows: [r.
Jul.an Wilson, hut band of tha
.dy above mentioned, had Bu;rf?i
ad mother negro hauling eotfcmto
tr. D. N. Ervin's ginnery on Ti-Mip
lornlng. Mr. Wilton went to Dm
in with the t^at load of eotton aid
tnt the two men back with the
agon lor more ootton. When tto
agon left Wilton's boon Borfiai
id not go with it, bnt slipped andtr
house. After the w*$oa hid '
Ben gout tome time Mr?. Wilton
sard a noise und%r the hoop aBi,
pun Investigation, found (ft to kl
urfless. She at once ordtsnS hfw V
it and he went off, at the thought,
i the ginnery. Mrt. Wilson $bm,
cured a pistol and started to Mi |o B
neighboi 'i house, as the heitelf was m
one. .' >?
As she patted down the lane oft IM W
ay. Burgess 1s said to have stepped I
it f om ft fence corner ftnd stopped , |
sr, ftt the sxme time making Imp
ict proposals to her. She begaa lo JB
ream, and the negro Attempted |0
y hands upon her, whereupon .mil.
rtlson drew her molTer juBd. llmpted
to shoot Burgess, bat, being
hvou8 ftnd frightened to suflh ft ?
eat extent she oould nol get the
stol to fire. Burgess then made ids
cape and was not seen agftta by bat.
phen Mr. Wilson returned ha, was
[formed of the attempted oataga
id an efl rt vu made to 2nd Bar
am, du wi&iiuub itui. |
Saturday morning two white Wi 1
sot to a negro boose In tba sasee J
irrltory, and found-J&uj&e* hM^^p|
, He wai take oot aboq? "MBay
li carried down to a pond nearby
id shot to death and left there,
'ho the white men were la not
iown, bnt It was in the tpotd 6ay>
jbt and there were no meats used.
urges was a bright mul*MO end
&a about 19 years old. The^Bfws pf
ie lynobing It seems was kajpt quiet
ltll Satuidiy, when the eCory obined
circulation In that ssetioB.'
Nfjfro Woman MuderM,
The dead brdy of Rebecca Dvtght,
colored woman llTing near Lone
iar, was found on the Atlantic Ooa*t
ine railroad between the former
ace and Ores ton, Saturday alfbt,
sek ago, by two oolored men, who
art willing along the railroad. Tilt
igroos, being f-lghtened fag the sight
a lifeless f >rm lying aorofla lb#
aok, did nub attempt la aunt ft
am the track, and before 11* alam
is glyen the northbound train rti
er the body. Tbe woman had ft
vere gash In the head and the skull
is broken in several plaeea. The
ppoflitlon in tbab she was killed aot
nown across the tr?ok. As to who
lied her there is as yet no pod life
idenoe, but George D wight, har
isband, is said to have bean vary
uel to her and to have threatened
r life several times.
WU1 be Tried, i
Sheriff M. M. Limehouse, af Dor*
ester county, indioted for nu t-Mr
oe in offloe because he allowed a
iall party of mer, too lnalgalflaaBl
be oalled a mob, to lyneh 4 aegra
d on aooount of his alleged oswairfl
> in allowing the notorious Bill Bai*
r to escape, will not be tried at a
eclal term ib wai the program.. Soltor
Hlldebrand 'phoned the Oem?
r Wednesday adr.slng that the trial
held at the regular term openlnc
ie in October because he oould give
e case better attention then.
Seven Men Killt<l?
The death lift resulting from the
lllslon of two freight trains on the
estern and Atlantic road near BlagId,
Ga., Welncsday morning b*?
een 2 and 3jo'olook numbaxa uveal
le entire ore*s of both trains wets
led,