The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, December 08, 1892, Image 1
VOL. XXI PICKENS, S. C., TH-URSD)AY, D)ECEMBER~ 8, 1892. NO. 12
A POLITIGAL SENSATION.
MURRAY,THE REPUBLICAN, SEATED
6VER MOISE, THE DEMOCRAT.
The State Board Couistm Neventeen Hun
dred illegal Ballots and Given Murray
the Sent fron tMe Seventh Distret by
Farty Votes.
COLUMRIA, S. C., Nov. 27.-When
tW4 State bottrc of cauvaisers adjourned
last night and its decision in the Moise
Murray conte.-t was made known It
-caused gencial surprise, and c-eatcd one
of"the political sensations of the ) our.
With the stronz, aliost impregnable
case made by Mr. Moise no one c;,uld
see how it was possi,-le for the board to
do otherwise than give him the certificate
of election. "But such is not the case
Murray, the full tlooded ne:ro,
goes to Congress to represent the
Seventh Congressional district of South
Carolina, bein allowed a majority of
forty votes, by the Slate board. Nearly
1,700 of the votes cast for him was
proven to havo becn voted ot, Iallots
three-sixteeutl, ot an inch shorier than
required by law. Gen. Moise will un
doubtedly carra his case to Con -ress.
It is said by certan membeis of the
board that the cectsion was haet d large
ly on the counsiuction of tihe lv w. etc.,
by Attorney (eneral McLaurin, and it
should be said here without any reflec
tion on Mr. M. Laurin, that lie wa not
in the city t.il yesterday, and did not
hear the aikument o* the case. There
are some inside factm in refeience to this
case that will appear later on and which
will.bave an influence in the contest in
Congress.
THE DAY'S PROCEEDINOS.
The large audienc that had attended
tie sessions of the btard during the con
sideration of the cast, was agnin there
to liten to tht. elabk rate arguments of
the attorneys. With a morning sission
cf tvio hours and a half the hearing of
the case was completed, and the contest
then went to tLe board to be decided on
its merits.
GEN. YOUMAN'S ARGUMENT.
The argumnt was resumed at 10
o'clock yestetd ty morning, when Gen.
Le Roy Youn ans in a speech ot one
hour and twent, minutes presented Gen.
Molse's case carly and forcibly. le
laid especial siess upon the fact, that
the election laws (if South Carolina are
"Sui generis." He shoAred th.t even
prior to the p.-sen' electi)n laws the
Legislature an' Supreme Cuur: o1 this
State hale al--ays construed lection
laws more stii. tly than most Fates in
0 the Union. Le cted author ties to
show that tile c leeti ) laws are manda
tory and not di ectorv as was ccitenthd
for by course, for Murrty. Ile then
cited the case ofWat. son vs, Caicol, and
numerous alit' oitis to show Ilat an
election is invalid ".uless the managers
are duly sworn. HI also laid wreas on
the fact that t. Legislature in making
the law inten] d that this oath should
be taken. The oaths must he taken
It, and should be Iiled ;u the office of the
clerk of the C urt of Common Pleas.
This he claim( I settled the lVichland
cases. le for ier showed that at Salt
er's precincts i- Williamsburg and sev
eral predicts li Beiaufort the clear re
quirement of the law, that a space
should be railed or bar ricaded as a voting
booth at each precinct., had been wholly
nealected. That the intent.ion of the
Legislature In making this requirement
was to throw a safe (nard around the
voter and protct hin from initimida
tion. That for this failure the county
boards of canvassers had pIroperly
thrown out the votes at these precincts.
lie said that so far as the size of the
tickets was coucerned the Legislature
made assurance doubly sure by describ
ing the dimensions itself and lurnber ex
pressly declarcg that no othi(r kind
of ticket shoti. d be counted, iIe saidn
lie was willing t o stantd on tiin re'urns o f
the county boni 's, aud insinuatinus that
the returns wect wrong, were ouitageous
charges againsi hligh) Oflicers appoinited
b.y the Gover noi lie concludee by say
ing that he acc. ited i.he p)ropositioni o.
law Jaid down 1' Murray's counsel that
the managera o. election had duele thiri
duty conscienlti(t asly, and( that th~e same
held good in thc case of the commniss ion..
ers who had mo-e reason to beconscien.
tious beine: m:.e bcundlen and b'einrz in
A possessicn of ioor~ Iclisure to consider
their action, no beme, bond up by the
excitement of a: election.
MIJ,1.EI' CF)8ES.
The arguments were closed by "Can
ar' Miller, the ex-4 ongressman. IIe
madte a strong argument for his client,
Murray, an d adledn his case Ia a
-bright manner. Ilis argument, was die
voted almost entirely to the points se'
forth in the varIous appeals, and with
which the pubbec is l'nmiliar. lie emab
0 orated every po:nt, anid madei a blpeech
which many legardedl as being much
better than Gen. L' a's. At the con
clusion of Mille' ' apcnech the boardl ad
journIed to met agaim at 4 o'clock.
THE RESULT l)ECLARED.
The astonialhing result of the St,ate
k-oard's dlibetj '.tion was announced
abcut 9 o'clock after a session of sonic
hours. in a sh. rt time it was the talk
of the chty. '.J he board only gave its
resa( ns for ite vetlin th)rouigh it,s a' crc
tary < flicialy. In a wordl thoard
gave Murray ce ry co,ntest, ho n- ida ex
icept in Richlane 'i ith: a very few~ other
mnsignificant, bo::es. On the lace of tha
returns sent in by the count,y boairde
Murrey bad only 2,500 votes or there
abouta.
THlE TAIULATION'
iieatort....Moise Murray ScatL'r'i
Berkeley...... 890 1,237 (2
Charleston .... ..25 90
Colleton .... ... .131 ?g
Georgetown.. 07 876h C
Orangeburg..70 318 lf]
Butnter.......1,614 677
Wlliamsburg... 695 784 -
4,055 4.995 42
HUW -TIS ACCOUNTED FOR.
Here is the way the countIig is ac
counted for by the board:
TILE "ILLEGAL'. BALLOTS.
The 510 "illegal" ballots-ballots
proved to be illegal-from Georgetown
and the 1,237 from Berkeley county
were counted in 'or the -reason, so the
secretary says, "that In every case the
precinct managers' returns were straight
and sworn to."
BEAUFORT COUNTY.
In the Beaufort county contest the
returns for both candidates at the pre
cinct of Lady's Island rejected by the
county board were admitted and count.
ed, "because there was no suflicient evi
'ence, etc., to throw them out."
Gray's Hll precinct returns from
Beautfort, which came up to the State
board without being counted and tabu
lated, were admitte(d. Old Pocatahgo
precinct returns, ucti up in the same
way, were also counted. Mitchellville's
precint,. which was rejec'ed by the
county board, was counted in. In the
precinct, (i Grahamville, admitted and
counted by the county board, the re
turns were rejected.
ThLi mado the contested box results
for Beaufot stand as follows:
Moise. Murray.
Lady's 1sland.........0 88
Brick Church (rejected
by both boards)
Gray's Hill........... 3 173
Old Pocataligo....... 1 136
Mitehelviile......... 7 164
Grahamylle (rejected
by State board)
In the precincts of Gardner's, Comer,
Bellinger Iill, (hisholm's Landing, and
Levy's Crcssroads, no polls were opened
aud consequently there Were no votes
to be considered.
RICILAND HAD To 00.
In Richland county the action of the
boat d was sustained and no votes count
ed.
WILLIAMSBURG.
Salter's precinct in Williamsburg,
thrown out by the couaty board on ac
count of 110 ritilins at the polls, was
admitted by the State board Ps shown.
in the general summary.
The above are all the reasons given
so far in the official wa%.-State.
A Modern iueori.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 27.-- Fremont.
Ia., is excited over the mysterious death
of' the fifth wife of William Mayhar.
Mrs. Mayliar (lied suddenly on October
28. She had taken three four-grain cap
sules of quinine for toothache, and in
less than an hour was dead. Rumor
hztd in t,t Mayhar had made away with
several wives and the cor*ner deternin
ed to hold an inquest. :The body of wife
No. 5 was diSlIterred and the stomach
beami and lunis were sent tio the State
chemisLs, which disclosed strychnine
poisoning, and the jury yesterday ren
dered a verdict in accordance with the
facts. Ma. liar is 60 years old ant a na
tive of Ireland. When 21 years old he
niarrieud a coloted woman, who died with
consumption, Mayhar says. In 1868 he
M.arried Mrs. Travis. In two years she
was taken si.k and died. Three months
la'ter Mayliar married Hattie iloon, a
Sidney, Ia., woman. She lived twelve
years. Mayhar moved to Axtelle, Kan
sas and on.a morning wife No. 3 died
while at the breakfast table. After a
lapse of three years Mayliar married
Mrs. Anna Lamb ot Sidney. They
went to Axtelle and there wife No. 4
died of spinal trouble according to May
liar's story. Then Mayhar married
Mrs. Erbee, widow with two small
children. The death of wife No. 5 is
related above.
inging the Riot Hieu.
GAILLdoro[as, OHI0, Nov. 25.-Six
brothers, Williams by name, in a mand
lin condition, boarded a north-bound
Ohio River Railroad traini at Hunt.ing
ton andl at o'ce became obstreperous.
One of ta brothers went'mnto the ladles'
car, used p)rofance language and Ilouri
shed a revolver, threat.ening to kill
everyone in the coach. Conductor
Smith grabb'ed him and pulled him into
the smoikin)g car. The other flye broth
era ruished upon the conductor with
dIrawn pistole an.l knives, aid, the brake
man~ comin:.t to his assitance, a fight, was
precip)itatedl in which both the railroad
men sust.aiied sericous injuries ;from pis
tol and1 kn e wotuds. The "riot bell"
on th~e trn iiwas rung by one of the pas
sengers at:d the train stolped. The
eugmneer and fireman ran t,o t,he rescue,
armedI with clubs, and beat the Williama
brothers alm st into Insensibility and
threw them oil' the train. Several pas
sengers were badly injlured. it is not
ktiown whet,ut any of the Willi ims
boys were killed.
Prain g the Glovernor, -
COLUIInrA, 8. C., Nov. 30.-In his
special messarge to the Gene.al Assem
bly last we ek regarding the opening of
Port Royal hiarbor, Governor Tillmani
sounded a bugle blast for the welfare
of South Cirohnna, and for many of the
sout hern anid Wsstern States as well.
The wisdom of his recoinmendation Is
ad1mitted for anid near, and, if adopted
will result in inestimable benefit to a
large perncentage of our people. That
his tllort in this direction Is apDrecla
tedl is attested by the following tele
gram received yesterday:
KA NSA S CJ'TY, Mo., Nov. 29, 1892.
To Governo,r T'llmnan. Columbia,8S. C.
Kansas City anid the great WVest
sends its congratulations for yotr
efforts to open the harbor ('f Port
Royal, thre natural outlet for the
South and WVest.
[Signed] SA3iUEL M. JAILtvIs.
Yo,ur cheock or Your 1.1re.
IlA M iLToN, Nov. 25.-News reached
henre at noon to.day that, Orra Norhiis,
nge( d 10 oh Sharoii Ile, last evenmng held
up D)r. J. W. Cornell at his residlence,
covcred hrim w it.h a shotgun and caused
him to sign a check in his (Vorhils) favor
- or $500) on the First National Bank of
this city. Vorhis next went to Grover
Biown, oh Sharonville, andh covering him
wit,h his gun made him write a check for
$1,000. Th(u lie went to Undertaker
Vorhis and demanded that he write a
check for a similar amount, b)ut, the lat
ter talked him out ol' it. Vorhis, the
robbeCr, theu went t o D)r. Smither's o'f
(lee and demonded a check for $1,000
utader the ;,hreat o1' (heath. At this
point a constnble arrested him. Some
Shiaronville residents are charitable
enough to believe thatVorhis is crazy.
a.
TMIRTY-FIVE NEW JUDGES.
A Bill lutroduced in the House to Estab.
118h County Courts.
CoLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 26.- The bil
introduced by Representative Shuman
of Greenville, to establish a new systen
of government in his county is the nuc
lens from which a general State measir4
will be brought Into life. Since the an
nouncem-nt was made that this bil
would be introcuced legislators fron:
other counties express 1,he desire t(
incorporate their counties in the enact
ment until the list Inclueds Greenvilh
Lexington, Richland, Spartanburg and a
number of other counties.
Thu the question of the general
county government bill was introduced
and found numerous advocates.
There will be a meeting in the citj
next Saturday-a caucus of the advo
eates of this measure-which will discusi
and promulgate a bill to bn advocated
A rough draft of the popular measuri
has been drawn up which doubtless in,
eludes features of the bill they wil
adopt.
The main provisions of this messur
is as follows:
"Be it enacted that ,herw shall bi
established county courts which will b4
organized by the judge thereof as soo
as possible after his election.
"That county courts shall have exclu
sive jurisdiction in all criminal offensc
except murder, manslaughter, rape
arson, grand larceny where value o
property exceeds $200, and of'ences o
a like grade.
"That they shall have jurisdiction it
all civil acion and proceedings of whict
irial justices now have jurisdiction. Thi
bill then goes on to provide that the pro
cedure and rules of the court shall bf
similar to those of the circuit court, ant
cases can be appealed to these courts
The court meets on the first Monday o
alternate months. and a panel of thirti
jurors are to be summoned to try thl
cases. The grand jury of the county ii
required to attend its sessions and shal
pass upon all indictments.
"Cases are to be tried by a jury of sil
men, the defendant to be allowed tw4
peremptory challenges. The count,
court judge shall receive a salary o
$1,000, and be appointed by the governo
upon such recommendation as he ma,
see it. I1is term of offlice will bu unt
the next general election. A count;
solicitor for this court shall be electei
by the people and be a lawyer admittei
to practice by the supre no court. Thi
attorney will receive a salary of $501
and hold oflice for tour years."
The effect of this bill it passed woul,
be to superoede to such an extent th
trial justices that they would have littl
more power than a notary public. Ther
is a general sentiment apparent In th
legislature to do somethinn looking to
unilorm system of county governmeni
and this bill may be a Ilw at last.
The SevOntA District.
The decision of the Board of Stat
Canvassers In the matter of the Cot
gressional election in the Seventh Di
trict was a great surprise to both I)en
ocrats and Republicans, and will not b
endorsed by the white people of th
territory affected by the decision. 'lb
returns as sent up to the State Boar
gave Gen. Moise a large majority, an
u.nder the circumstances It would hav
been better to have awarded him ith
certificate. The fact that the Stat
Board is composed entirely of men wh
belong to a different faction of th,
Democratio party from that to whicl
Gen. Moise belongs will make man,
think that the decision was brougli
about by political prejudice. We d<
not believe this ourself, but there ar
many who do, and nhothinig cai convinc
them to the contrary. According t
our lights, we think Moise should hay
been given the certificate, and the Stat
Board sniould have so decIded. The
should not.have gone behind what th
County Uoard had done, as they wer
right on the ground and had no doub
fully investigated all the facts befor
they rendered their delision, while th
State Board only had some of the tact
before them. It seems to uts that th
State Board went a little out of it
way to unseat a D)emocrat and seat;
Rtepublican from the Seventh Congresi
Tonal D)istrict.
A Lout noyv.
WVAsHINGTON, iNov. 30.-The inte:
vention of' the Interior Department ha
been asked to aid in the recovery of
boy supposed to be stolen by Indlim
Governor Fifer of Illinois writes te
Secretary Noble, stating that on th
21st of November, Earl lRay Merle:
the four-year old son of Jf. G. Morle:
of Newcastlu, Colorado, strayed tror
a camip on itifle Creek, thirty mile
from Newcastle, and has not sine
been seeni or heard of. The suppositio
is that the boy has been taken by Soutt
erni Ute .tldians, who have straye
away from their reservation. Secreti
ry Noble has directed all Indian agent
in that region of the country to us
every effort to fInd young Morley.
The luise in Cotton.
LONDON, Nov. 30.-The Times in It
financial ar ticle publishes a statemen
from what is deemed a trustworth
source, intended to show that the prei
ent rise in cotton is without a prec<
dent, except (durinig the A merican civi
war, and IDat the movement ls whtoll
speculative. Mirdle-men, it says, ar
buying ras fast as they can, in the teot
of bad btate of trade and the strike
Lancashire, and in the anuence of an
proof of a dinminutlon in prices. Th
article continues: "A private cabl
says that the crops in Texas are muc1
larger than Is generally thought, th
total visib)le supply of cotton bein
scarcely 100,000 bales under the yield o
1891."
An Electric Wonder.
CIJrCA60, Nov. 24.-Jockey Kuhni
was caught stirring uip Little Creti
with an electric battery at Reoby thi
afternoon as t he horses came to thi
post for the third race. The attentioe
of the judges being attracted by iih
unusual activity of the horse when h
came in contact with Kuhne's heeli
the jockey was searched and under hi
jacket was found a broad belt with car
tridge-shaped attachment, each o
whbich contained an electric cell wit)
wires running to the spurs. Nothinj
could bie done with Kuhne uinder thi
rules, but the judges immediatel:
mended the regulations so as to covel
the case.
,1 WILL IT PROHIBIT?
1 H E ONLY WAY TO FIND OUY IS Ti
TRY IT.
No Intoxtcntts to be Sold E-xat pt for Mcti
ittal, M1echanicial, Scientilc aind sae:s
metntai urpouei, and then to be Sol
by a State Comnwinsionor.
COLUMBIA,S. C., Nov. 30.-Althoug
there are a score or more of prohib:
tion measures introduced, or waitin
to be introduced,in the General Assemx
bly. There Is more interest centerinj
around the "Childs bill" than all of th
rest of them put together, and this i
due to the fact that Mr. Childs is th
leader of the Prohibition party of th
State, and although not now a meinbe
of tke Legislature, he is supposed t
direct the Prohibition forces iii tha
i body, and if any bill goes through a
all, it is generally believed that it wi
be the one prepared by the man wh
has given the most careful study to th
question.
Some days ago a ri solution was iii
troduced by Mr. Hill to refer all prohi
bition bills to a special co1nmit tee o
thirteen. On motion of Mr. Ashlei
the committee was enlaiged to on
from eacl countty.
A synopsis of the hill follows. I
has had some minor amendments intei
- polated since it was first prepartd b
5 Mr. Childs and his committee, and sec
tion 3 providing for the appoLintmeu
f of a 1llquor commission has ben en
f larged so an to provide for the manne
in which the connuisslon shall iipor
I liquors, and the penalties for importu
I tions that are una.tthorized, or tha
have not the proper certilcates on th
package or packages in wh.ich it is con
tained.
It Is, as Mr, Childs has intended, al
irocclad bill, as will be seen by a pert
s: of its numerous sections,
PROVISIONS OF TilE BILL.
f Section 1 provides that the mnanufat
ture, sale, gilt, barter, or exchange, o
3 the keeping or offering for sale, gill
i barter, trade, or exchange, as a bevel
age, within this State, ol any liqtior,
or any compound or mixtures thereol
shall be inisdemeanor, punishable by ;
line of from $20 to 31,000 and imprit
onment iu the county jail for from on
month to one year for each offense; an
for the second and every successive of
fense the party shall be gul y of a fel
ony and be put in the penitentiary to
V from one year to two years.
Section 3 provides that within te
1 days after the approval of the act, wit
a the advice and consent of the Senato
D the Governor shall appoint a conimh
sioner, known by hii to be a% total it
i stainer, who shall purchase all intox
e cants for lawful sale, and turnii-i th
e same to the permit holder to be sfld U
them for mne licinal, mechan!cal, sciei
tilic and sacramenal purpos-., smu
commniissioner to hold ollice for t%
a years. Full proviion is made for bo.i
Li cost of liquor, resignation, etc.
Section 4 provides that the Gover.m
shall notify the county coiunissionel
of the name and place of l,u.sin si 4
the comlmissioneis.
Section 5 provides that if any pern
holder shall purchase liquor from an
other person than the commissioner, (
1 shall adulterate the liquors, he sha
e forfeit to the country from $20 to -1L
e and costs.
Section 6 provides that the commhi
soner shall k--ep a record of iames, i1
e quors and prices and report the qam
1 to the Governor every October to b
0 by the latter, laid before the Legisii
3 ture.
1 Sect,ion 7 provides that all permit
I shall be procured from the county com
7 mic-ioners at any meeting and shal
t continue in force one year. Person
applying for renewvals must show t
the satisfaction of the county commit
Ssioners that they have during the pr&
ceeding year complied with p)rovision
of the act. Parties may appear an
Sresist the same.
Section 8 prov ides that notice of ai:
Splication for permit must be publishie
once a week for three weeks, the lasi
of which shall be from tent to twent
days before the meetIng.
e Section 9i providt s tli.at application
s for permits shall be swoini to) and prt
B vides that t,he applicants shall slim
a that they are not addicted 1,o the us
Sof intoxicants, etc.
Section 10 provides that, applicant
shall give bond ini the jieliei sum c
$1,000 fo; truly observimnit tne liqut
laws and paying lines ior violatin
Sthem, arid will niot sell liquors at
Scharge exceeding thirty per cent of tL
cost. Full provisin is madle ior ti.
Ssuit cit the bond.
SSectioni i1 provides that all applica
tions shall be signe d by ole-th ird<
'the tree-hold votet s of the to v.n, cit,y
ward, and they shall certily in varior
Sstrigent requrements.
e P'rovision is mazde for arguiment an
Sprocediure at mieetinmgs obt ihe couwlt
.board. The forma of app)lication
given. Permits shall be deemed trui
.as a matt,er of con idlence and maly [.
s revoked at any m.ime. 'l'hie aipplicari
e shall paty all cos5ts of prtset.in~g h:
case to the boaird. A fee of $1 shalli
taxed f or t,he hllng of the pet,ition an
$1 for entering the ordeir 01 the count
s commnisiners approving t he bond, an
L, witnesses shall be entit,led to imle'a
y and per diem as in other cases in Lr
,- Court of Common Pleas.
3. Full provisioni is made for the inat
1l ner in whIch liq uor shall be ransapor
y ed from the State commissioners
e the permit holder.
it Before delivering any intoxicatin
at liquors to r.ny porson a rt quest nmum
y be presented to the permit holder, gis
e ing date, antd ite age andi residenace
B the signer, for whom the liquor is ri
t quired, quantity and kind om 1liquio
a and( for what use it is des9ired, anid thie
i neither the applicant nor the perso
f for whose use it, is re'quirted hiab)itall
uses intoxicantta i a beverage. TJh
permit holder tmay refause the rt queic
unless lhe personally knows the appl
B cant arid that, he is telling the t ruth.
B Requests for liquor shali be mad
a upon blanks furnished by the count
s auditor. The permit holder shall mask
2 returns thereto to the nue'tor unidt
e penalty for failure to compl y. P 1ermi
B holders shall make returns of all liquor
, to the auditor.
a A permit holder may not emplo
- more than two clerks to sell liquori.
f Licensed druggists and manuf'actr
i rers of proprietary medicines are at
[ thorized to purchat e or permit holder
m liquors f or thte p.irpose of compounc
loig med icines that cannot be used as
r beverage-. They shall make return
tor.
All liquor flnes shall bo paid into the
county treasury-one-half to be used
iv prosecution for violation of the li- 0
quor law.
Applicants who make false state.
ments in their requests for liquor shall
be fined from $100 to 8500 and costs, be
and be iuprisoned from one month to .
- six months.
L Fa!,e oaths made by permit-holders th
shall be punishable as perjury. th
Provision is made to prevent all so
cial clubs from dispensing liquors. All 1
places where liquors are sold in viola. fri
tion of this act shall be deemed pulic dr
nuisances, and certain ofilcers are di- ev
rectcd to abate them and pablicly seize pc
f all bar room paraphernalia and bring
the offenders to trial. The Attorney ha
General or any citizen may maintain w,
action in the name of the State to C
r abate the same. Full provision is a
made for all legal steps in this direc
tion. P
Any trial justice, solicitor, etc., who
shall fail to do his duty in the premises 3
I shall forfeit $100. [i
No person shall knowingly bring in.
to the State any liquors in violation of Iu
the provisions of this act under penal- to
ty of $50 and costs and imprison- et
mu-nt for one year. In default of pay- t1i
men, lie shall suffer an additional of
punishment of one year. is
'The prohibition light is getting to he w
t really interesting atLd complicated. To. ol
day the indications, so far as I can see, t
aie that the whole matter will be referr- d
ed hack to the people, and' have the le
t voteis decide, with the issue lairly and tc
squaiely before them. This morning
r Speaker Jones announced the follow
r ing coni mittee to take charge of all bills of
and resolutions that might be presented "I
in any way bearing oin the prohibition
problem. tI
ALbeville-R. E. Hill. n
Aiken-F. P. Voodward. cc
Anderson-J. B. Watson. to
iarnwell--ll. 11. Crum. cc
leaufort-F. T. Iardee. cc
lerkeley--W. M. Breeland. i1
Charleston-D. A. J. Sullivan.
~ Chester-IP. L. Harden. a
Chesterlield-M. J. Hlough. r
Clarendon-E. A. Tindal. r
Colleton-C. W. Garris. to
Darlington. -J. S. Dullose. th
Edgefield-W. 11. Yeldell. In
Fairfield1-W. J. Johnson. of
Florence-B. 13. McWhite. er
(Georgetown-U. L. Ellis. m
Greenville-li. F. Perry. pt
S I lampton-W. 1I. Mauldin. U
r lorry-J. Al.Stalvey. Li
Kershaw-M. I. Bruce.
Lancaster-J. N. Estridgo. MI
L aurens-A. J. Smith. n:
Lexingtun-1). J. Knotts. e
Marion-L. B. Rogers. It
Marlboro-1l. M. Stackhouse.
New berry-J. T. Duncan. 1
Oconce-J. L. Smith. ni
e Orangeburg-J. II. Felder.
P l'ickens-C. I1. Carpenter.
L lichland-W. B. Lowrance. 01
d Spartariburg--C. A. Barry. l
0 Suiiter--J. F. Kelly.
Union,J. It. Jetfri(.s.
rWilliamnslurg--J. II. Blackwell.
Y ork-W. J;. Love. c
Mr. Jo(nes, while acting without partial
ity or discrimination, has appointed a t(
c-amnittee that is about as favorably 8
disposed towards the liquor interests
r as any that could have been selected.
Those known to have very pronounced T
I views in the matter, so far as could be n
0 learned, are not on the committee. Sev- fe
eral of the committeemen from counties ti
that voted for prohibition have told me cc
that they wanted "to dodge the issue" at
and would try and have the matter re- 13
ferred back to the people for a special li,
election.-News and Courier.
- Statistical Report. el
CIIARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 1.--The fol- o1
lowing is the statistical and financial
report c*f the Mlethodist Episcopal le
Church South, as read before the An- ac
nual Conference at its late session in EC
Charleston: b
STATrIsTJCAL RIEPORT.r t1
N uber of members..........09,103 1
Local preachers.... .... ........152
Infant baptisms ........ ...... .2,138 bi
Adult baptisms........ .......1,705 h
Nutmber of Sunday Schools. 705 ul
'Oflcers andi teachers.. .... .. .. .4,946 Ui
P lupils ....... .. .... .... .. ..... 39,452
N umber church buildings. ...... 699
Value church buildings.....$.838,313
v P"arsonages.....................156
...Va...u..........................224,887 t
Expended on churches and lpar
. oniages................... 50,927
rValue ol other church property 149,947
r FINANCIAL. iPli'RT.
Pag patrs........ ....107,615 3
Presiding elders.......... 14,649 w
Bishops................... 1,949 em
(Con l erence claimants.... ..7537 mr
F"oretgn missions.. ........ 11,047 Li
D omest ic issions.... ....9,362 0j
Church extension ..... 2,816 lI
l'ublication of Imntes.. . 458u
d (ther objects.... ....... .18,703 m
liy Sunoay schools for mis- i
mlisionls..................1 ,921 ro
For Sitndamy school litera. hi
Iture'.................. 7,149 C0
iMath, of Rev. Dr. Scott.
S WAMHIN(mTJoN, Nov. 30.-Rev, John at
'e W. Scott, I). D)., the lather-in-law of m
ii Prt-sidenit I [arrison, died at 4:10 this
y af ternoon. D)r. Scott was born Janu- ci
dI ary 22, 18(00, in lieaver county, Pa. UJp- 'i
e on roach ing manhood lhe beciMme a min- 81
C ister of the P'resbyterian Church, and it
iilledi se'veral puipits acceptably, but in
I- ai lew years his voice failed and he was
t-ioi cid toI gi ve uip nis vocation. .During C
t) the time' Gen. I larrison was a United
States Senator, Dr. Scott was appoint- bc
R ed to a clerkship ini the Pension 0Of1lce,
L andi he hel this position until his son- ni
- in-law became Presidient. He resigned
1 then, arid moved to the Wnite House, g,
'- where he had since residh I. Funeral di
r, serv'iceis wili be hold in the East roomF
L of thi White llouse Thursday after-.
Ii noon1 at :3 o'clock, TJhe funeral party g.
y wiii leave this city 'Thursday evenmng gi
c fot Washington IPa., where the body at
twill be (enterred iriday morning. ,1'
Cut to D)eath,. at
e Am w1'N I NIA M, Al i., Nov. 28.-Race nu
y troubles have,b)roxen out, at Wlutesburg s
13 animn laborers en an cxt,ension of the
r Nashvxille, Chattanooga andi St. Louis
a Raflroad. A gang of drunken negroes
" last nilht, set upotn one of the contrac
tors, u white imo, and1( were beating him, ha
'when .James Wood, another contractor, Lih
.iterfered. The negroes turned upon tb
.Woods arnd cut, him to death with knives. m
a Several others white men had to flee for Tr
.their lives. A posse of oflcers went to es
a the scenec and arrePi.ed four negroes, who at
s are in j til at Hunt,syllle. Furt,her trou- m
h lu is leared. ih
HARRISON WAS HOODOOED.
me Solemn Reflections Upon the Cause
of the Recent tepublican Rout.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-There wil
some lively scenes in Congress thii
ater The session will ouly last unti
3 4th of March, but in three month
t De-nocrats can have considerabi
ort at the expense of their Itepubl ica
ends. Members of both houses ar
opping into Washington 1>y almos
ery train, and there is a revival o
htical gossip in this vicinity.
For several months past Washinatol
a been like a tomb, so far as politic
is concerned. Occasionally a stra
)ngressman passed through this cit
his way to participate in the cam
.ign, but the donestic amiction of th
'esident and hii family appoared t
ppress all political enthusiasm of'
1ional character.
Democrats come back o Vi-Rhin-to
it of enthusiasm over their recent vic
ry, and well supplied with liope art
couragement for the future. Some <
em have diflerent ideas as to the polik
the party on various issues, but. ther
a general disposition to bow to th
ill of the majority. I am info"tmed 1
i of the recognized leaders of the part
at soon after tie inaugura .ion of l'res
int-elect Cleveland a conference of di
aders in the two houses of Cun,? rci
gether with the Prn3;dent awd h
ibinet, will be held to map out a lin
policy to be followed il the 53d Col
09s.
It might please the Iepublicans to se
c Democracy split into t (k,ztu o
ore tactions in the early a .a,-,es of th
ming Administration, but they are ai
be disappointed it the advice an
unsl of the Presidcnt-elect and 0h
olheaded men of the party prevaih
stead of the Repuhicans stayin.
ake nights trying to hatch up )som
heme to disrup L the Vicloriolis D1emo
cy, they should devote their bicst effort
harmonizing the many icti-ms i
cir own badly demoralized pil ty. Po
stance, Whitlaw teid says the delea
his party was due to socialisie tent
cies among the pet)ple. IlIe occupie
ore then half a column in his own pi
r to elaborated that idea. The othc
3ed, the Ex-Czar, up the downiall <
e Itepulican pa-ty in two worde
Sfinneapolis Convention." The bi
an from Maine probably omes cnear<
e truth than the distioguishc
litor of the Tribune. Several of tht
epublican Congresminen, who are bei
r the winter, freely admit their part
ade a mistake in renominating Ilari
in.
Here is the way some of themu pile
the unfortunate man now occup.yw
te White I1ouse: "lie weakened t1
arty when he took Steve Elkins it li
abinet. Elkins betrayed Blaine m
iduced,the Presiden. to believe that I
Duld wheel W est Virginia into the it
ublican column. His next bluuder w
> take J. W. Foster. a man without
late and without, a vote, and place hii
the highest chair at. the Cabinet bnblI
here were a number of distinguishc
embers of the party who wotild hav
It highly honored to receive ati ftvit
)n to wear the shoes which Bliain
st off. That act cost Harrison thouQ
ids of votes in the Northwest, wher
laine is still the idol of Itepublica
irty. Then John Wanamaker was
tavy load to carry: lie (lid not hav
lough influence at home to carry hi
vn precinct for his friend, Bill Leeds
racy also cost the Administration, it
ast 15,000 votes in lBrooklyn. NobI
id Miller were handicaps too hteav
r Harrisou to carry. The only menii
irs of the Cabinet, wh >did niot weake
le part,y were l{usuk and CJhamrlic Fo5
Such expressions are out, of date nioi
it t,hey simply sho0w the feeling amon
ading Rtepuiblicans. None of tem ar'
spiosed to go very dheely into predit
ans as to the future of their irty. Joui
ifore Mr. Blaine was fakenm ill anu a
Itpt, was madi(e to get his views o
at subject,, but hte resptetmilIy dleclitie
venture fito the ])ismal Swamip
eculation .- News amid C' ourwr.
SaCATT'LE, WVashinigton, No v. 2 1.
ciws fromi the lood in3tlhe dist antt Skj
aniseriver shows the <himage4 to h
'ormcous, and that the netxt fresht
ay cause thteriver to take a iiew couirs<
ercby dest,oryimg t,be buslitess portio)
the town of Sultan. A faminte is likt
to occur among the railroad camnps
tless some means is dlevisedl of gettin
pplies. A start,llim story of sftarvatio
nong the miners inj the mnounutaiti
ached here yesterdaty. The freshef
mofledf them in, and ont accoutf of thec
:haustedl condlitionl, hiavieg beeni lift
turs without, food, they were unabhl
get, to the transp)ort, and ob)tain a nme'
ppl'y of food. Only two of the lift
iners who started for the Sinohomis
mnp four (lays ago reiichted theie. T1h
hers drop)ped along the routa fror
cers exhaustion andt watnt of food, an
is feared they have preishied.
P'rovlientlily 8aved.
LAKEwOol>, N. .J., Nov. 24.-Mr
evelandl had a most irutnilous eN
pe from being dashed down an eni
nkment while out riding~ tuils afte.
>0on. The horses attached to the cau
Hsge which contalited Mrs. Clevelan,
re. F. P. Freeman, JTr., and the Me
s. Freeman, became frig~ht,cned an
ished away at b -<k-neck speed. M
reeman, Sr., wi'e held the reins, guit
I the enraged animals over a narro
*ad and by a deep chasm, aitd final]
icceeded in pulling them up befoi
iy injury was done to the oecuipanit
lie party was thoroughly frightene
id immediately returned to the Pre'
an cottage, where Mrs. Cleveland:
opping. Mrs. Cleveland ttade ver
ght of' the occurrence later in thte da
hen she became calm.
Rise in Price,
AUaU8TA, Ga., Nov. 25.-AIl th:
rge cotton mills located here advance
e price oh their brown goods owing i
e heavy demand for them and t1
arked a'dvance in the price of cottot
ie advance in the goods has not, hov
'er, up) to this time been equal to tI
vance in cotton, and the mills are d
anding full prices for new cotracts I
ey haveaol aia e scso, ha..,
GARY ELECTED JUDGE.
a NEAL ELECTED SUPERINTENDENT OF
THE PENITENTIARY.
5 Four Directors of the Penitentiary Eleted
-- Governor Till man Gets After the Fort
Ioya and Augusta Railroad with a
Ishav p Stick.
Co m AJIA, S. C., Nov. 28.-Mr.
L Earnest Gary had a w ilk-over jesber
I day for election as Judge ot the fifth cir
cit to succeed Judge Kershaw. In jont
assembly he was elacted by the Legisla
ture by a vote of 121 to 21 cast (or W.
v 1). Trantham, of Kershaw.
When thc concurrent resolution to
hold the election was brought up for
consideration in the House yesterday,
Mr. Brice, of Chester, moved that it be
Spo.stpined, raising the point that a
Jude's salary could not be reduced
%vhile he was in oflice, and that if a
y judge was elected then he would draw
e the liresenL salary for the whole of his
C tei i, whereas there were bills before the
Y Legislature to reduce salaries and that
if on e oi theni were pa sed it might pro
ducm a %-omIIplicaLlon.
S Mr. Joidan, of Aiken, moyed to table
the motion. Carried.
E C'TIN( A JUDGE.
'The two floues met at 1 o'clock.
Senator Tinmerman nominated Mr.
Ga -y. He spoke or him as one who
it ond high among his cliosen profession;
e one who had always been loyal and de
e votcd to the Democracy of the State,
and one who would wear the judicial
criimne worthily and with honor to him.
self and satisfaction to the State.
'lhe nomination was seconded by
Messrs. Wi:son, Magill, Ashley, Watts,
e linson, .loroau, Skinner, Perry, Maul
~din lluohies. Evans and others.
s Senator Magill nominated Mr. Tran
1 ham, of Kershaw.
According to Ihe requirements of the
statute a secret ballot was taken, the
menimiabers4 depositing their ballots in a
ShaLt. The reault was as given above and
Mr. (;arv was declared elected.
1 T11H-E NE-W .JUDG E.
Mr. Gary will take his seat next June
and will hold his lirst court at Camden.
r Ile was born in Cokesbury, Abbe
d ville county, in January 1857. He Is
0 the second son of' Dr. F. F. Gary and
e hiii mother's maiden name is Caroline
Y Blackman.
Mr. Gary was educated at the Cokes
bury Conference School. IIe did not
receiVe a colle,_,iate education. In early
iianihood he w(ent to Augusta, intend
10 Itg to enter business there. This,how
ever, proved di4tastefil to him, and he
i went to Ed-_eficid and entered the law
IU oliec of hi.s uncle, Gen. M. W. Gary.
Ile was admitted to the practice of law
1 under. a special act of the Legislature,
a not having completed his course before
h he was twenty-one years of age.
Alter his admittance to the bar he
wis taken in.o partnership by his uncle
e and became the junior member of the
firm of Gary & Gary. Upon the death
c of Gen. Gary he became the senior part
ner of the firm of Gary & Evans, which
e firm is said to enjoy the largest practice
Sof 'any firmi in Edgelield oountj. Mr.
* Gary was three times elected to the Leg
islature. The records of the Supreme
s Court show that he has been engaged
in sonic very imiportant cases. le has -.-'
t been very successful both as a criminal
a and eqluity lawyer, iIe is a simgle man.
V SUi'1U1NTiENDEN'T 01" THIE PENITEN
Tr'AlIY.
M.Br'azcale. of Anderson, noinat
ed Mr. W. A. Neal for superintendent
of the penitentiary. Ile said that An
der'son county b>oasted that It had given
tie taigest maiority for the present Ad
nAnl iistraitioni. Much of this success was
due to Mr. Neal whose quick percep
tion andI sound judgment was seen and
felt in the mnaagement of the campaign.
T'he numbher 01 persons who seconded
the noination of' Mr. Neal was almost
eniouigh to 1elect him.
Mr'. W, D). Evains no'ninated Mr. Eu
eone , Jarnigan, of' Marion. He said
thait muchI of the success of the institu
. th.n was duei to the common sense, good
.indenent and1( great energy of Capt.
t .iUai'iL ni. The nomination was second
ed b,v Mr'. Von Koluiitz and others.
Senator Mauldin nominated Mr. J.
I;. Ilniter, of Barnwell. This wa
ti'ei(code by Mr'. Suddath and others.
*Senator A bbott nominated Capt. D).
l'. Keels, of Sumter, as a person of high
siaIbility, polished and afltble and of un
s upeachiable integrity. The nomina
ri'n 01was secondoed by Senat>r Bigham.
y Mr. Blease seconded the nomination
of' Mr. Neal as one who had been en
v dewed by the Almighty with special fa
culties thnt eminently fitted him for the
posit.ion of' sup)erintendent. o1 the pent
a tentiary.
' Tlhe vote resulted: Neal, 94; Jarni
' man 36; Iunter, 5; Keels, 8. Mr. Neal
waos accordlingly declared elected.
i) i:iaCToim 01F TH'iE PENITENTrARY.
Tie following were the nominees for
': directors of the p)enitentiary, together
.with the vote that theoy received: T. J.
.Cunningham of' Chester, 103; J. W..
-Lyles of F"airtield, 79; R. T. Riggins of
I, York, 73; J[. M. Hlumbert of Colleton,
1- 62; lt. 13. Tarr'ant of Orangeburg, 40;
dI Henr'y Oliver of Charleston, 33.
r. The first three were declared elected,
and Mr. O. N. Alderman was elected
Sto seive out the a nexpired term of Dir
yector Tyler, resigned.
A MESSAGIE FRiOM (OOV. TILLMAN.
A imcssage was read in both houses of
the LegiVature yesterday from the Gov
ernior in reference to the Port Royal
y Railroad, which lhe said was now con
y rolled b)y a corporation that was hos
tile to l'or, lloyal and the State of
Sout,h Carolina, and asking the Legisla-.
ture to remedly the evil by appropriate
Slegislation.
~o T H E SA ME rule that applies in tax
e ing baink stock should apply in taxing
i. a mule, cow, or anythin es. There
r. is iio justice in taxinag bank stock con
e siderably over its par value when all
3. other classes of property in the'State
is ,Is only taxed at about two-thirds its