Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Th i .K. r iur I :> vr DM ? * * > '** < K SATURDAY. AIM .1ST 24, 1901. j (ii'H" ti?ill? NVvvs Cartoon. "Iir V irl'v!ll<? Knquirer contain# > f??H*?win<_? in regard to th? oar t-. n |?uMi-h*"l in the Gr?eaYille Ncas nt h>r Sun,lay : 'lu' (innnvill" N?w? is printing in <t> Sun?l:i\ i sum# striking ciil tddiis mi t Iia i i.il i f iiml uitnution - ? I * i>> Sunt to ('urnlina, l>y C A Dmritl, ts- well known cartoonist of 4ti 'tnvilli'. Lsnt Suaduy's car\ o shows a ?!-< *- in theseaator's j?! i .'nt?* stock enclosure. The cen tr ! piciv is a t?i ? troujjh labeled * 1 rv iini>.iii '' ( til of ltii? n-iiiirli f- -it* Iiii ? pigs hit rating greedily I h eo ??t ; he pi^s. sid? t?y aide, are In ded i < ?|Tct i vm1 \ Wilson, Lati it , Johnstone, tv 11iIs at the other e "I another pin, with his tmok in-wed iiml hi? tail curled, iw 111 > I t-il "Hemphill " Nncther little 1 9 pin la In lw?l "Kwiiin iii hurrying ?<> he trough, shouting "Ms too'' > - at or I 111 in h ii, with "I'ass N?. 1 ' ii? lua hat is bringing a lergs Uui kci lit "dispensary swill" to tin- trough, while littls "Grand111:i ' I'll? News and Courier? tit ?l little (joiiz.iltfrt of Tho ibtate, arc :il?o hoi|?ir?ir with the swill husiu?- ?. I he "voter" in represented .-ib a prosperous looking fallow wim huj * pig* c?r not ju?t a* he hues, and who ?uys to Senator 11! man, the owi er of the pigs : I ) ?u*t want any of them; they m .u to have jour brand too pin n." Negro Contractor in Luck. K >t?r Greenville News : I read in the papers of last Saturday where Senator Tilltuan spoke out West condemning the tivgro in moat vicious terms.? TU? refore 1 thought I would write von in regard to what he has done ri<:iithere at Clemson College. I know it to tie a positive fact and liavo proof of it. About the 10th < r l*2th of .Inly 19C1, Tillman, in c<.tnp&ny with a negro contractor 11 **iii C? ltunhia or ( harleston, an i to Clemson College and let inn. have the contract for building iIn* new dormitory at the college an i there were plenty of white in > factors there for the work, iiui thov had no chance to get it a- i iIIman was too much carried a vav with the negro contractor to notice them. I chyi't know whether there is any rebate for Tillman in ihis or not. If any one who don I its this will take the trouble to go to Clemson College he can sec die negre contractor daily overseeing the work and can also he convinced by inquiring of President Hart'/og and dames Hall, or iii!\ of the faculty at Clemson. 1 jo 1 want to show people that it is all nonsense to keep Tillman in oiiico, as this proves that he is two faced and will bite any hook if the ban is large enough. Calhoun, S. C , Aug. 2<>, 1901. ( oloncl Noal I ardoncd. Columbia, S. ('., Aug. 22.-(Jovorner McSwpciict to-da v pardone I Col. W. A. Neal. formerly superintendent of ?lie- State penitentiary, who was convicted of failing to turn over the funds to his successor in office. Col. N'eal waw over $7,000 sliorf in 181)8, hut his hondttmen paid the full aruount and have been repaid by Mr. Neal. He abandoned his appeal to the Su K/.nwi f 'i >ii id 1 ??/ 1 11 n w )ior<ii( Loon | 'I l~ 1111~ \ ami ?mr* iiv v i i/\ v u actually imprisoned. Charlotte (>bserver. Cure Cold In Head. Kern.ott's Chocolate* I,ax alive guinine, cany to take an4 quick to cure cold in head and sore throat, .r i Killed in a Still . .Hollttnd Durham Shot Down in His Brother's Distillery. Special to The State. Spartanburg, Aug. 22.?W. j D. Freeman shot and killed Hoi- ' J land Durham in the cistern room of the government distillery of M. * C. Durham at Landrum this evening. Hollard Durham, a half brother of M. C. Durham, was going out of the distillery taking whiskey and was ordered to stop by Freeman, the jumper. . Along anout 7 p. m. he came | in with a knife open in one hand. ! He seized a vial with another and proceeded to the whiskey barrel. Freeman ordered him to put down i the vial. Ho refused and walked on with the knife open and swearling. Freeman reached for his 38; calibre pistol. He fired once, the ball entering Durham's neck, j killing oim Freeman came here i at once and surroendered late tonight. He had the pistol in his hand at the time. He is in the county jail. Neither of the men was married. P. H. F. Schley and His Counsel. A special to the Haltimore I American says: The first conference of Admiral Schley and his counsel was held this morning at the Skorwham Hotel. There were preseet, be| sides the Admiral, Judge Jere M. Wilson, Attorney General Kay ! ner and Captain I'arkei. At the : close of the meeting, Mr. liayner said: "Our conference was the usual preliminary discussion of the situ- j ation customary whenever the counsel in a cuse meet for the | first time. Admiral Schley explained the history of the events from the day he left Key West until the morning of the battle. | Judge Wilson and myself familiar - ! 1 i/.eJ ourselves with the data, (Japt : Parker explaining to us the telsI grams and much other material } which he has gathered during his ; investigation of the records at the ; department. It is, of course, impossible for eie to make any' statement regarding our line of action." There will be another meeting |of counsel next Monday, followed i by a third meeting on Wednesday . | jThen there will be an interval, j |during which time Mr. Hayjier j will prepare the brief of the case. It is prebnhle that he will do this while spending a week at CJapon ! Springs. When that is completed lije will return to Washington. It is Mr. Iiayner's intention to remove to the capital with Mrs. j Ray nor, and to remain here until , the court of inquiry has complete I its session. IDI.K RUMOR AFLOAT. There was an idle rumor this' morning that the ceurt would be j removed to Newport, instead of being held at ?Vashington, as re- j quested by Admiral Schley in his ' lot fee t/i Slo/H Atoi'ir f / >nr* in **; W w?k I? VV 1 itl V .Clt J III TV BILII he demanded the court of inquiry. Them is no reason to believe that this rumor has any foundation. | Such a plan would meet the warm approval of the kittle clique that seeks to avoid the full flood of 1 publicity which the friends of Admiral Schley are determined 'shall be thrown on the entire naval histery of the West Indian campaign. Chopped Up His Wife's Ifody. ^ ; 'Jackson, Miss., Aug. 42l.? ! George Gordon, negro, killed his wife with an axe today near Raymond, Miss. He chopped the hody into an unrecognizable mess. Gordon escaped. A sheriff's pesse is in pursuit. Colored Bishop; at a Hotel (! I White American Guests Protest, j i But tb? Proprietor Makes no Distinction. London, Aug 20.?The Afro-1 American delegate* to the International Ecumenical Council, which la to meet in Wesley's chapel, in Cit" road, London, 1 next month, are already arriving | Their advent is causing unexpected j difficulty at one of the big hotels in the West end, where a large number of Americans ate staying. Til A lot teat* u in i)7iwl hw t ho on A uu iuvi vi f nuio/ivvi "j iuv nunouncement that some 200 coloredmen were coining, formally pretested to the proprietor, assuring him that such a tiling wound not he permitted in the Unite \ States, and demanding that the colored people he accommodated in a separate part ot the hotel. The proprietor declined to interfere, with the result that some of the Americans are already arranging to leave. IY> a representative of the Associated Press he said tonight: ? "I' could not think ef offering an insult to snch men as Bishop Berrick of New York; Bishop Janaer of Philadelphia; Bishop Gaines of Atlanta, and Bishop Arnett. I told the Americana that when the Indian princes were here no one objected to meet them, and don't propose to make any distinction at the expense of Africans.? Bv Cable to The American. Mysterious Catastrophe at Blacks burg. Special to The State. Gaffney, Aug. 20. ? A teVrible tragedy was enacted at Cherokee Falls yesterday, by which Ed. Walker, Bud Lipscomb and King Lindsay, all negroes, lost their lires. Tbev were working in a rock quarry opened by a Mr For tune for the Cherokee Falls Manufacturing company and were drilling a bide in the solid granite when u terrific explosion occurred, causing their death. The cause of the explosion is unaccounted for. The jury charao teri/.ed it as '4of some unknown substance." Coroner Vincent ma le a rigid examination into the case. No one is blamed. D. A. T. Capt. Joseph Wheeler, Jr. Washington, August 21.?The president today commissioned Joseph Wheeler, Jr., son o* Gen. Joseph Wheeler, to he captain in the artillery corp?. Mountain Excursion Kates. Commencing on Friday, Aug. 10th, and Saturday, August 17th, and continuing on successive Fridays and Saturdays until October 5th, the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Kail road company will sell week end tickets from all stations, Camden to Yorkville, in elusive, to Blackhu'g and Shelby, at $1 50, to Rutherfordton $1.75, to Marion $2.00, tickets good returning until *he following Mon day. Also on and after the above named date and 'continuing until October 5th, will sell round trip tickets to above named p ints good to return within ten days after date of sale at one first-class fare for the round trip. This will afford an opportunity for every one desiring to spend their vacation in tlio mountains during the bot weather, to do so at small cost. Ample hotel and boarding accommodations can be secured at all of these points. They are ideal summer resorts and noted for the beauty of the scenery and health giving properties of the natural mineral waters. The climate is cool and delightful and the country is entirely free from mosquitoes. Any further information with regard to hotel and boarding accommodations may he had by applying to the undersigned. E. H. Shaw, general passenger agent, Blacksburg, 8. C. Senator Tillman as a Democrat. Quotations from H i* t'ainpaien Speeches ?>f Other Years. i Some Nuts for t'?e PuWlie to Crack * To the Iv'itor of 1 tie State: In ttif course of his conmienta on Senator MoLaurirTs letter replying to the resolutions of the State Democratic wxecutivr com- i mittee, Senator lilt nan quoted Lord Ha<-ou its aayiug: "Liars ought to have "nod memories " lie also waid in his speech at ('lies ler : "ir mere lint* i>*en one man who has been loyul to the orguni ; zed Deiuecrncy, it w*h himself and any unm who sa\s- he hn? been disloyal lies, and know*, it " L*t Mr. Tillman's record apeak for itself. At the Marlboro meet- ^ ing in '1)4 he said : 44 We stool by the Democratic party when you and 1 and even half the while people of the Stste had a third party nerve up wur hacks as big a* a man's finger." At the Hftrry meeting in '\)4 the governor said to g*t more money he was 44wilU ing tf? join the west in anything." At the Anderson meeting in '94 the governor asserted that it Tom Watson aud other Southern leaders will fight right aud use judgment the whole South will le ready to go to the west in a body in a short time." At the Pickens meeting in '94 he answered questions about leading the Democratic party by saying he was ready to l..?a .. I- - " o I- - i?i? mm simjb mm uv MW "'NgUl 111 the we st". (Unfortunately for the Democratic party the light failed.) At the(xrecntille meeting in '94 Got. Tillman took a hand primary on the following questioa : "All yeu who are willing te follow me into a condition with the West and to tight for more money, no matter what the name of the party, hold up your hand*." ? These quotation* are taken frem Got. Tillman'* public addreitee a* published in hi* own organ. In a letter to Thomas F. Byron dated .January 8th, 1895, Senator Tillman suid : "I see no hope of relief or of saving our institution* unless the farmer* of the South quit roting the Democratic ticket and the farmers of the West quit Toting the Republican ticket. * * A new party Dame seems necessary." At Wichita, Kansas, <?ec Topeka State Journal, April 17, 189(1) Sei ator Till Man said : "And you Democrat* who say yeu have always voted with the party and will continue to vote with it, God have mercy on your imbecility.? " * * If we cannot be Demo- , < rats straight let us be Lincoln Republicans. J ^pledge myself ? - -.<1 " auaigiiL hi rimer iiCKei. Id the lust State Democratic' convention, addressing that body i Senator Tillman said : "When any stealing is going on, I want ; my part of the beef." Respectfully submitted to the public and especially to the present State Democratic' executive ' committee. I Pro Bono Publico. I JL sensation has been caused in Sumter by the arrest of Wm. (1. I vey, editor of The Freeman, by the sheriff of Elberton, Ga. I vey formerly edited u paper in Fiberton, but left there suddenly. He whi indicted for the illicit sale of liquor, and the Georgia officers say, baffled the police for months. Ilia whereabouts were unknewn until he again came into prominence recently by attacking McLaurin. Circuit Judge O. W. Buchanan, no* sunnorted hv n 'J I Ivey'a paper for congi-oaa, gave cash bail for the prisoner. The One Day Cord Cure. ForcoUla and aorc throat use Kermoti's Choco J late* laiatlrt Quinine. Easily taken aa candy and qaickly r re. r ' ' I : * V TO s . V IISCU ( HII.D F'om FiMjrht ul disfigurement Mi*. Nannie (Jule^or, of La (iruige, li;i , applied Buckler's Arniuii S???ve to groat sores on her bend und fnee, and writes its quirk rurr exceeded nil her hopes. It works wou'ler* in Sores, Bruises, Skin Kruptions, Cuts, limn*, Scalds and Piles. 25c Cure guaranteed bv Crawford Pros., urul .1 F Macirey & Co. ' !? o Lancaster I he Lancaster Graded Scbotil (Town mid Fuetorv) will open on Mon?ia\, Stptendier 16th, 1901, at 9 o'clock a ni. Pupils must not huy text books until furnished with lists t>y their teachers. For pupils not belonging to this special school district, the following tuition fees will be charged per month, payable in advance:! Frin?ar\ tirade*, $1.00; lnte? mediate, $1 50; High School, $2.00. (. ? a uutcs of this school are admitted to the Freshman class of all colleges in the Statv, without examination The teachers * ill meet at the school house Sept. 13th, at 10 o'clock a. til B F. Miller, Ch drmari B'd Trustees. Chas. T Connors, Sec and Ti es. Aujr 12, 1901. Into. UNIVERSITY. OF Ny?TH CA?0LI?A. THE IIEAI) Oi'tlio state's Educational System Academic 1 >epart moot, haw. Medicine, Pharmacy Ivuh?- five S' lio arship-*. Krec tul- | i ion in te ii'h- is Mini ministers' sons. 1, . .n? for i e needy 2.">7 Students 43 Instructors ; N*-w li-irmitnries. Wm.f Works, ^entrmI Heslii g By-t* m $120 000 spent in improvements iu j 1900 slid 1901 : FmII t?* ni i'i-ifitii Sen' 9. ?901 Ad? *1 i rt-K, F P YENABLE, Pros , * lispei Hill, N. C. , j I Trespass Notice. i All persons are hereby warned not to trespass on the estate lands of A. .1. Kibler, deceased, in Lancaster County, known as the "Mcllwiiin place," near Dry Creek, or the "Kibler place" two mile- south of town adjoining the Welsh Mill tract, by cutting either fire wood or timber on said places or by hauling, removing or disposing of any wood or timber cut on said places or either of them. The law will be enforced against any and all persons disregarding this notice. Nothing herein is intended to prevent tenants on the place cutting and hatding the necessary firewood for home use J. II. Kitzpatrick, Agent. July lhOl. BARGAINS IN I BUGGIES AND WAGONS We ate now selling for $55. BUGGIES 'hat we have been selling at $60: and Buggies heretofore sold at $55. we are now selling at $50. So come and get you a nice, new BUGGY while they are CHEAP. Wc are selling the Nissen round and square "hound wagons, also the Owensboro wagon at surprisingly low prices. We keep on hand some gofid HOKSKS?some as fine animals as you will find anywhere. If you want a horse that will suit you in every particular, doo-'t buy until you see our STOCK. We also run a first-class livery, and can give you as good teams as can be had in town. Yours to serve, CLYBURN HEATH MULE CO. fST' Subscribe to Thb Ledox % Local Matters. MM?Mi Brine in your country produce, Butter, Eggs And Chickens, espe* ciall). J B Mackoreli. % Miss Eta Shute of Monroe, N. C., it'the guest of Miss Cornelia JLilllVtb. - M isaes Pearl and Ruby Johnson, of Ridgeway, are visiting at their uncle's, Mr. E. E. Cloud's. Miss Lou Mackey, of Heath Springs, is visiting at her brother's, Mr John T. Meckey's. M rs. J. M. Riddle is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. J. Mackorell, at Yorkrille. ?#9 The increase in value of property in Georgia this year is more than $22,000,000. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John j R. Blakeney, Aug. 21, 1901 ? a I son. <V7? A protracted meeting is in progress at Zioa Methodist church I lilu weal* I lia iuiot/\v ic KaSn<v I I IllO ?? ?V/K. % uv pooi?/i lO */V 111^ 1 assisted by Rev. Mart T. Steele I of North Carolina. $17.35 was realized from the ice-cream supper at the Unity parsonage Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Culp lost their little babe, a son, aged I about 16 months, yesterday morn| ing. The remains were interred at Douglas church yesterday nf, ternoen. j Our marble man, A.I MoNinch, is making a tombstone for Mrs. | Susanna Harris, who was born Sept. 18,1793, and died April 16, 1900, aged 106 years, 6 months and 28 days. She was the oldest | woman to die .in this county with, in our recollection. Our former young townsaoan, ,1. M. Hough, Esq., is announced as a candidate for the vacancy in , the legislature in Chi st-rtii Id county. His many friends in Lancaster county wish him success and many will wish they could step across the river and drop in a ballot for him. ! ** ! Hon. Thomtfs E. Miller, Presi I J i / V: . 'V oent ei me stale colored college, addressed a large audience in the court house Wednesday night in the interest of the Charleston exi position. H'w aim is to have as ' tine an exhibit of products of neI gre farmers at the exposition as | possible. His talk was interest ing throughout. c/O .lane Crockett, an old colored woman in town, was suddenly stricken with paralysis while at preaching at the colored Baptist church last Wednesday night. She was taken to a house near the cWurch and moved to her home the next morning. The window Hash are now being put in the new A. M. E. Zion church building ct this place. They are of stained glass and are very handsome. The Ziomtes should feel very proud of their new church which is a credit to their liberality and is in keeping with the improvement in the town. Letters advertised for the week ending August 24, 1901. Miss El verse Wallace, Mr. Willian Duncan, Ur. Buchanan, Mr. W. W. Boatman, Mrs. V. S. Harrison, Mr. Saul Goar, Mr. Robert Jest, Mr. Daniel Rob, Mr. Henry Ferace, Mr. J. T. Rice, Mr. H. G. DeBoy. Belle Nance, P. M. Lancaster. S. C.