The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 26, 1902, Image 1
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siiSATiOML DEI DEMENT
Editor DeCainp Calls Col. Jim
Tillman a Falsitier It The
GaSTuey Meeting
' c?l. TilFman, l.Cnn frovo Vou
Are u Linr T)vet Your Own
mgnniurtt : ^.Jt'ftnuenionium
Reigned During the Incident.
No Tllo?s Passed.
Special to The State.
Gaffnay, July 23. ? An orderly
meeting jf about 500 .voters and
tomo ladies ended in disorder here
today, involving the most sensational
incident of the campaign.
N At the close of his speech Col.
Tillman stated that he found it
necess'ary to notice an editorial in
the Gftffney Liedgtr published
some weeks ago v v
. TIK LKDOF.a'B CHAIIOH.
This editorial charged Col. Tillman
with 4,being a gambler, u
liar and a druQkard." Col. Tillman
was reading the article, stop
ninar for viornrmiu nml c?i? /???? in
characterization on its contents.
The article stated that County
Chairman T. B. Butler and Messrs.
McCaw and Sarratt could
substantiate what was said.
Turning to Mr. Bntler Col. Tillman
disked to hear from hiiy.
Replying Col. Butler said: "I
know absolutely nothing about
the statement and the ni**n ivho
wrote it did so without my itn
thority."
oecAMi* was tijkkk.
Col. Tillman was proceeding in
vigorous ami sarcastic churuclei?
i/.ation of the srtiole \nhen Kditer
Decamp 01 The Ledger stepped
upon tho stage nnd . Lancing di
rectly to Col. Tillman, whom lie
L faced, said: "I am ihe niun who
wrote the editorial and am icspon ible
for it." Turning to Col.
Butler, Mr. DoCainp said:
4'Have you not been drinking
with Col. Tillman in Columbia."
"Not more, than with you,"
replied Mr. Butlor. (Cheers.)
The crowd was veiy noisy and
vehement now and the ladies left
precipitately, tho scene being
stormy and threatening. Cheers
for Tillman and some for DeCamp;
various cries and suggestions
to boih and general movement
among the audience. The chairroan*
a gavel and other noises \\pro
hoard .Mr. DeCamp'. stood his
ground resolutely and again ex.
pressed witt^ determination bis
authorship a" responsibility."
A TERRIFIC COMMOTION.
m 4 Then you are the author of
niueth;og of which you should
be ashamed," said Col Tillffian.
Mr. DeCamp's cool reply made a
terrific commotion when he said:
"Col. Tillman, I can prove you a
liar over your own signature/'
Col. Tillman requested him to do
o and Mr. DeCamp went to his
office for the proof. In the mean
time Mi. Caughuian whq had been
absent, Neied to speak but no oue
heard. '
Dec A Ml' 11RINO* PROOF.
Col. Tillman was proceeding
* with his speech when Mr. Do.Crt.np
returned, producing the
two letters helowT, be stated again
that he couid prove Col. Tiil^mn
a falsifier and ?*ead the letter.*
vybi'ch werOvjn reply to bil!ff"~sent
from time to time regarding ad
\crti-ing account which ho had
, n< I bet n able to collect. Follutfi;.g
is a t rbatiiu ropy of tuo
; Idler*:
Fdgctiold, dun. 3, 11)02.
j Mr. lv II. DeCamp, Kditor Grit
and Steel, GaiFney, S. (J.:
I 1 have received several letters
from von, inclosing bill for ud|
vertising in Gnt uml Sloel I beg
to sa\ that I think if \oh.will ro?
fer to your books you will find
that all these lulls I made with
Grit and Steel were promptly
paid and in advance.
Yours truly,
(Signed) .las. H. Tillman.
Replying to another bill from
Mr. DoCamp, came*the following
letter.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 12, 1902.
Mr. E. H. DeCamp, Business
Manager Grit ami Stoel, Gaff-I
ncy, S. C.:
'While 1 am satisfied that 1
iiuyw airwuuy paid tno tn+1 whfch
you sent to Mr. Sberbard, I hand
you under this cover ray check
for #4 in payment of same.
Kindly acknowledge receipt.
Your# truly,
Jap. H. Tillman.
"KKIW 1IK WAS LYING."
Mr. DeCamp maintained that
Col. Tillman knew he owed the account
when he denied it and he also
insisted that the conteuts ef the
two letters revealed this fact. Mr.
f)tC?mp further remarked.a* he
tinishod reading the loiters that
Cnj. Tillman had never paid the
hill and knuw that he was lying
wl.cn ho wrote the letter. Col.
jilifauo asked Mfr. DeCamp fo
hand him the lotters. Mr. DeCamp
roi'used't<\ do so. Col. Till-1
man insisted. Mr. DeCump again
refusing, saying they were hi*
property. Col. Tillman said he
only wantc 1 to read them, and
Mr. DeCamp handed them to him, !
standing: by Col. Tillman while he |
roud. Alter reading Col. Tillman
said: . .
can't RKMKMBElt HIS omits.
' 'If 1 only hud one mutter on
my mind ut once 1 would hnvo
known, but after consulting my
books and tiuding the error, 1
sent him the money du? him."
Mr. DeCamp then wanted to
know if it took six letters to find
out one mistuke in a set of books.
There was much noise and excitement
in the audience, much cheering,
some hissing. Not a majority
of the audience by any means
were cheering. Most of the noise
seemed to be in favor of Tillman,
but Mr. DeCamp, who firmly and
aggressively stood his ground,
was by no means without friends
and supporters Finally Chairman
Butler regarding that Col.
Tillman's time limit li^l expired,
adjourned the meeting.
A VIC D A WOMANS IJFK
To have given up would have
meant death for Mrs. Lois Cragg,
of Dorchester, Mass, For years
she had endured untold misery
from a severe long trouble* and
obstinate cough. "Often," she
writes, "1 could scarcely breathe
, junk sometime could not speak. All
doctors and remedies failed t:ll I
used Dr. King's Now Discovery
for Consumption and Was completely
cured." SutFcrors from
Coughs, Colds, Throat and Lung
Trouble uood this grand remedy,
for it never disappoints. Cure is
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jj; uii i 11II l ?'' < 1 im Vyl'UWIUI'll UI'OH. ,
. un<l I. K. Mac key Ac Co. Price
50c and $1.00. Trial bottle
' fi op. .
I CuacatoTonr lt.>wcli Willi iHUcnreti.
Cnndy Ontlinrtle. euro consti , <??Ion forever
iUf,5?o. If (j. j. C.fU.druggUtsrofundtnouOk.
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Have Bargains
All I lie Time
In 1 very Line
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HereIAre a Few
THAT |R| "HUMMERS."
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1000 yafdls striped and checked
Bimitws, mortis 12 1-2 cts
now 8 cts.
lOO'O yards Ginghams, worth
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(? cts, now 4 cts.
8 or 10 pieces Grenadctte,
newest thing- for ladies iinliiied
f
skirts, former price 25 cts, now
"1
lo ias.
10 pieces Point do Bruxelles,
[former price 30 cts, now 23.
30 pieces Scotch Lawns, fast
colors, cheap at 5 cts, now 3,1-2
cents.
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SHOES!
SHOES!
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We also have a lot of shoes
that we have thrown on otfr bargain
counter and arc selling' at a
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sacrifice.
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j Camden at the M*rcy of Flames.!
N? I a Drop of Water \\ itli Which l
It) Fight. Henrt r?f City Now
in Ashes. Started from lver
obcuo Lamp. S
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The State, 22nd lust. n
The pretty little city of Camden N
is at tho mercy of tlames. A tire ?
started there last night at about
10:30 o'clock from the explosion
d
of a keros-ono lamp. All the prin
cipal places of business in tho
heart of tho city have been destroyed,
and tl\c loss is ligurod at ?
more than $100,000. Tho city ?
was ahsolutolv at tlm mni'cu
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flames us tho power hous?* which ^
furnished power for pumps sup- ^
plying water tanks was burned ^
some time ago and there was not
a drop of water to lie had.
The first news of tho tiro reach
i ed here about 11 o'clock, when ^
Chief May of the Columbia Fire
department was usked for aid, hoing
told tho circumstances. Of
course ordinary engines could he ~
. of no value, hut there was urgent
need of chemical apparatus, dynamite,
hooks and ladders, etc. ^
Chief May acted quickly and by
12:30 a. m. a special was mado up
in tho Seaboard yard. Aboard
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were tho big two-horse chemical '
h
engine of the Olympia department,
chemical tiro extinguishers, plenty
of ladders and rope hooks. Chief r'
May and aoinc of his I est men, '
accompanied by a representative,
of TU> State, went on the special.
J At 2:30 o'clock tie morrieg c
a 'ph. e imssagc from Camden
' from . vmher of The Slate stall",
who wont over on the special,
tl
t i 'hil the special had run a
Uiilc a minute gait to Camden, but
the *Tn ices of the tir^mcn and
their apparatus were not needed ^
when they arrived. TTiev were
reloading at 2 o'clock to start
home. The fire had been gotten !
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under control at Villepigue'e on 11
the one end and the hank on the
other.
The loss was estimated at 5100,
nnii 'el... *?1_
v\/\/. i iiu 111 u Aim u:u ill
by*8 store from the explosion of n ?
kerosene lamp. The citizens had ^
fought the tire with buckets of R(
i water. The best business block iu 1
the town was destroyed. In nd- e'
dition to the Appleby store the
following places were burned: 0
W. II. Zemp, shoes. <>
S. L. Zeuip, dru gs. m
( Jenkins Bros., bicycles. m
i S. E. Matthis, shoes.
Win. Goisonheimer, furniture. w
J. C. Man, two buildings, one
unoccupied, the other occupied by M
the owner in a hardware and gen- I
oral merchandise business. In this t!
building were the postotlico c
and English Bros', barber ahop. "
The mails and contents of the post- b
I oflice were saved.
I I Very little was saved from the
I other places named. w ?
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The plate glass windows of ttie a
stores across the street were all
j
' ruined by the intense licet.
The tiro was under control at
2:30 o'clock and no further dan- t
i?f!r tvfie nnitrolmn/lixl Tlir? SJlaln'u I
^'representative said that the tire c
was still burning, hut there was e
absolutely no danger of a further ?'
spread. , t
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CANDY CATHARTIC .
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v-^- 1T7BE1.' > 31 tivi j
Geouirv ; hmoed C. C. C. Never s<?l?l In bull;
Beware of (he dealer who tries to sell j
"something just as good." I ,
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CBTAJULHHIED 1862
A Poisoned Family.
wo Dead and Three Others ure
in a Critical Condition.
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peeiul to The State.
Society Hill, July 22. ? Tuesday
iglit the family of Cornelius \leLen/.ie,
colored, was taken seri>
uslv ill from theoH'ects of ooi?nn
dministered in sumo mysterious
tanner. At this writing two are
end, father and ono son, while
nee others are lying at the point
f death. How the poison was
iven is not known, yet it is most
enorally believed that it was put
i water, from wljich they drank,
y some neighbors with whom
ley have been at odds tor some
me. As yet no arrest have been
nide.
Homicide at a Colored Church.
pecial to The State.
Greenville, July 22.?The
leedy Fork Baptist church,colord,
was the scene of a killing Sunay
in which Jos. Burton was
ntully wounded by a pistol shot
t the hands of .Joe Thompson,
oth colored. The church is
hoot 11 miles south of the city,
nil it is said that the religious
erviees are always attended by
irge crowds, while venders of
(pior arc on the outskirts of the
rounds, and the boo/.e flows"
uitc freely.
it is also alleged that white men
re engaged in this traffic at the
hnroll, and it is so notorious
iiat the preacher on tie occasion
ot long ago gave a word-of
on o
ant ion to the liquor sellers, saying
lint the constables might pounce
own upon them at any time.
ompetitive Examination for Annapolis.
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Senator McLaurin has sent tho
>1 lowing letter to members of
le Richland board of education
hicli applies to uft pther county
onids:
''Dear Sirs: Racent legislation
ivcs to South Carolina two ad*
itional midshipmen in the naval
cudemy, to bo selected on merit,
request tho county boards of
ducation of each county to armgo
for and hold competitive
xaminations at the court house
n ,I uly .">0 and 31 in accordance
dth the 'nil instructions which
riil be sent out.
"A central board at Columbia
oil bo appointed by me, and
rhich will prepare and send the
uostions to the county boards,
die county boards will forward
ho papers of all applicants to the
cntrul board. The central board
nil pass on the papers and report
ri vtw>
4'I a#k" your co operation in
;iving notice and hoUling this oxmination,
and if * 011 cannot act.
ppoint a substitute.
44Vor^ respectfully,
4'John L. McLam in."
. SenatorMcLaurm will announce
lie appointment of the central
>oard in a few days. The courso
>t naval cadets is six years, in:Iudin<j
two years of sea service
md tlie ago limit is from fifteen
o twenty. The pay is $?>00 per
inniini.
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[ liia nipnnturo is on every box of the ponuioc
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablet he
roniotly that ?,ure? u ir> one ?l*jr
No roorp&tno or cidomfn D>>
(tIim: All PmrfT "Duo COTVfv/ClflBw