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ISSUED SIXl-WSEHL^ l. m. grist & sous, Publishers, j % ^amilii lleu-spayer: 4or promotion of (he political, Social, Agricultural, and Commercial Interests of the jpeogle. {TERM9sIN'o,L2K0^PTVE/I^Nc4DTv8ANCE' established 1855. YORKVILLE. S. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1901. NO. 70. ' ' - ~ - " " ' ? ? -1 s -? ?u I MPni Tlhfi oil. BEYOND CONTROL. NOT LIKEO By Frederick Van A.utlior of "Tlie Urotlierliooi of a 81r Copyright, 1901, by Frederic Van Renss CHAPTER V. craig Thompson's wisdom. rpTlRAIC THOMPSON did wish I I to go. The fact was un luupjl precedented in the experience ityMn thJit others bad kuown of him, byt It was true, and when at the close of the second day they arrived at the ranch Lisle remembered with surprise that he had never knowu his father to be so companionable with a stranger before, but In this case he bad appeared to find much that was congenial lu their tastes. It Is possible that his owu Intense love for Lisle permitted him more readily to appreciate the good qualities of another who also loved bim. It may be that he Intuitively foresaw the time when Lisle would need a friend and that be discovered in Thompson the man whom he would select for that position. Thompson's ranch adjoined Maxwell's. although 30 miles separated the buildings which the respective owners called home. In that laud of magnificent distances such an interval of space was trivial, but Richard Maxwell had always Isolated himself from his neighbors lu a way that utterly repulsed friendly advances, so that be was knowu more as a ranch owner than as a man, but now be volunteered every outward demonstration that he desired to create more friendly relations with his nearest ueigbbor. During the Journey to the ranch Llsle's father permitted It to be understood that be preferred that no reference should be made to the lasso duel. He seemed to have blotted it out of his memory as utterly as though it had not occurred. At home the old life was taken np where it bad beeu left off. and with the exception of the presence of a guest? and within the memory of Lisle an invited guest had never before been a part of the household?it was the same as It had always beeu. Studies were resumed at the poiut where they bad beeu abandoned, occupations recommenced where they had broken off, and everything resumed its accustomed routine, for the masterjgf Cresnwtf gild ^Jros^.y,v\er- fr'nirtTTedanything to in,?' " terfere with the rules of his dally life. But the week of Thompson's stay came to an end. and Lisle was surprised wlieu he remembered that during the eutire time he had rarely been alone with llieir guest?uever. In fact, except at such times as they passed upon the broad veranda, where the old frontiersman loved to sit and smoke aud chat with the "kid." Interspersing his stories uud anecdotes with wholesome advice that was always given in his Inimitably blunt and forcible manner. Lisle was often astonished by the deep learning of the strange man, whose customary disregard of correct English was at once a mixture of assumption and carelessness. The youth's Intuition revealed to him that behind and beneath the rough exterior of his new friend there existed a fund of tenderness and sympathy most profound. LI ^ "-no lil'iv o 111 in n nf rinh r% tin rt7 tbe intrinsic value was all there incased within tbe roughest and hardest of substances. Od tbe otber band Crelg also met with surprises which puzzled him greatly, although he made no comment unless to Lisle In person. One of tbem came during an evening when Klchard Maxwell was not present. Craig was smoking his pipe on the veranda, lolling back in oue of the comfortable cbairs. when be beard the piano. % "That's right, boy." he called out "I'm in just tbe mood for some music. Couldn't you sing something for a change?" There was no reply In words, but the melody changed, and presently a superb voice, in tender coutralto. floated out to him. With increasing power it swelled into the pathetic air of Asber's "Alice" until the clear high notes swept out across the starlit plain so sweetly, so purely, so longingly that Craig forgot his pipe, forgot Lisle, forgot where he was. forgot everything except a memory that the song conjured up. His head sank lower and lower upon bis breast, tears stood in bis eyes aud splashed unheeded upon bis tightly clasped hands, and when tbe melody ceased be did not move. Lisle left tbe piano and went out to him. but Craig Thompson was not aware of his approach until he felt a touch upon his shoulder. Then lie started up with a cry as one who has been rudely awakened from a dream. "Come here, boy." lie said Id a tone that shook with emotion. "I want to look at you. Who taught you that song? Who gave you that voiceV What strange mixture are you?" "Craig." said I.isle In surprise, not heeding the questions, "what is the matter? Are those tears iu your eyestears because I sang to you?" "Yes. they're tears. Do you think that l am ashamed of them? Men shed tears only when they are necessary to keep the heart from bursting. Mine burst long ago. hut somehow 1 got it together again, and maybe the cement I used wears a little with time. Anyhow. that song of yours opened a seam or two in the old wound. That song brings back memories, and memories ' are p'izln things to have around if they ain't just the sort that a feller wants. Who taught you that song?" "Nobody. 1 learned it myself. It THER MEN. i Rensselaer Dey, a of Silence," "Tlie Quality i," Etc. elaer Dey. ?amo tpifii anmp music that father or dered years ago. He does not like It. I never sing it to him. I have not sung It before In a long time. I do not know why I thought of it tonight." "I do. It was just my heart speaking ' to yours. Lisle. Will you be offended, boy. if I tell you that you have got a voice like a woman's?Just like the voice of a woman whom I used to know, the sweetest and best woman who ever lived? She was my sister, Lisle, and she used to sing that song to me. I liked It because her name was Alice, like the song. It's a good many years since 1 saw her, Lisle, and I don't know whether she Is alive or lead. Don't you see. kid, why my callous old heart tilled up with tears so that it would have burst if 1 hadn't shed a few?" ^ "I am sorry. Craig, very sorry, that I selected that song." 1 "Don't you be sorry; be glad. It ' saved me from one of my fits, for one of 'era has been coming on ever since I have been here." "Shall 1 sing something else for you?" j "No: don't slug; don't play. I don't want to get the taste of that one out 1 of ray mouth. Sit here and talk with ' me. We won't have another evening 1 together for a long time?maybe nev- ' er." "Why do you say that?" "I'm going to light out In the morning before that fit comes on. You think I am older than your father, don't you?" "I should say that you are. by sev- , eral years." "Well. 1 reckon I am in some ways. It comes of having fits. I suppose, but Dick Maxwell Is five years older than I am. He's 48 or thereabout, according to bis say I look about 58, but I'm only 43. Do you know what I am getting at?" "No." "This: I'm preaching, lad. Every one of those years that rest on my head without having come into my life was ( put there by a piece of scoundrellsm that I committed when I was Just the JW flifit yon nrr more excuse for getting Into it than you have now either. I don't say that you'll ever get into a place where you may be likely to do anything that ain't right, but If you do there will be time to think-there always Is. for thinking Is mighty quick work ?and If that time ever does come you rememDer what I have said Just now and stop long euough to hum that song over to yourself before you cut loose from the outfit and go it alone. Life ain't going to be all roses for you. Lisle Maxwell, and don't you forget It! Your father hasn't brought you up right, to my way of thinking. You needn't get huffy. 1 ain't criticising him. I'm analyzing you. You don't know any more about the world outside of this ranch than a hog knows about skating, and that' ain't much to speak of. I've been watching you while I've been here, and there are a-wbole lot of things that you have got to learn between now and the time when you will have to go It alone, and nobody ever knows when that time Is coming. It's Just like a blamed Injun and draws a bead on your vitals from behind a bush or a rock when you ain't looking, and It's a dead shot every time. You can't throw a loop over circumstance and drag It along a willing captive, like we did that steer. It's got a way of slipping out and roping you instead, and you've got to post yourself about things so that you will be ready to keep one hand out in Just about the same way that you poked yours through the loop of Jim Cummlngs' rlata over In the Smoky. I don't wonder that some of the boys have said that you look like a woman. You do. and you do not. You do because you have got a tender befiirt. like a woman's, and It sticks out through your masculine garb Just as plain as daylight when you ain't thinking. Dick Maxwell has trained you right enough as far as he has goue, for all 1 know, but he's a good ways from going far enough. I want you to make me a promise. Lisle." "What sort of a promise. Craig?" "You'll be 21 some day. and when the day comes that sees you that old I want you to promise that you will ride over to my ranch and see me. Will you ?" "Certainly. I will ride over a great many times in the meanwhile, too. if you care to have me." "That's all right. Of course I care to have you. but I want you to remember that promise anyhow." "I'll remember it." "And now. while we've got a chance to talk. 1 want to say one thing more to you about women. This idea that you've got that they are abominations on the face of the earth is all wrong. If your dad did teach It to you, and some day I'll prove it to you. I've been looking through your library, and there aim a noos mere tuai win mi ,?uu a bin mcd thlnp about tlieui?not one. To my way of thinking you oupht to have a few, even if you road *om against the wishes of the old man. They won't hurt you any, and In my opinion they will do you a lot of pood. Do you know where that old corral Is, down iu the southwest corner of my ranch?" "Yes." "Well, next Sunday you ride over there. It ain't much more than a dozen miles. I'll leave some hooks there for you to read. Maybe I'll meet you there if you come about sundown. They will be books that will tpuob you something that you ought to know, and don't, and?bere comes Dick. Ix>rd! 1 never delivered sucb a long lecture before In my life. It all comes of your singing that song." Wben on tbe following morning Lisle would have accompanied bis father and Craig?for the latter was going to bis own borne, and tbe former, having an errand In that direction, rode out with blm?be discovered that be was not wanted. Later, when tbe two men Maxwell'8 eyes were fixed, upon the summit of the ridge as Thompson disappeared. were on the point of parting. Craig Thompson swallowed his reluctance to speak upon the thoughts that were uppermost In his mind and said: "Maybe you wou't like what 1 say. Maxwell, but I'm going to say it whether you do or not. You ain't doing right by that kid. He's too much like a woman in some things, and he's too blanket! ignorant about a lot of other things that every man and every woman on the top of God's green earth ought to know. While you're riding home just turn over in your mind what would become of your boy If you should be killed before you get there. Good day." "Good day." responded Maxwell, and he sat there In bis saddle for an hour, with his eyes fixed upon the summit of the ridge over which Craig Thompson bad disappeared. TO BE CONTINUED. Wood That Look* Like Metal. A European scientist has discovered a method by which wood may be given the appearance of metal. Outside of the added value for decorative purposes which this may give, the advantage to be derived is not clearly apparent The wood is said to be rendered exceedingly hard and strong, although It Is equally uncertain what pHrtoftheprocess may be assumed HfffflWWWProll^ttequalltles upon wood which was soft anff^tik before treatment. " The process is described as follows: The "wood Is first soaked for three or four days in a solution of caustic alkali at a temperature of from 75 to 00 degrees centigrade and is then transferred at once to a hath of bydrosulphate of calcium, to which a saturated solution of sulphur in caustic alkali Is added after 24 hours. The wood remains In this bath, which Is kept at a temperature of from 35 to 50 degrees centigrade, and finally it is soaked for about 30 to 50 hours in a solution of acetate of lead. The wood is then dried at a moderate temperature and may be polished with a burnisher of hard wood. In this case it can be made to acquire a brilliant metallic luster, and if the surface is previously rubbed with a piece of lead, tin or ::luc and a glass or porcelain burnisher is used the effect la increased. The wood treated In this way resembles a metallic mirror.?Chicago Chronicle. The Eloquent Bolter Crock. On one of the desks In the house was an old fashioned gray crock. It was covered with a snow white cloth, to which clung a moist layer of salt. It was the simple product, "mother's butter" from the farm. The Jackknives were dipped into that crock and the butter reverently tasted as if it recalled happy memories of the old home. There was something in that butter which no chemical synthesis could imitate, and although It spoke no word that sample of "mother's butter" was eloquent. Many of those congressmen no doubt recalled the days when as barefoot boys they sat with the churn between their knees trying to make the monotonous splash of the dasher drown the shrill whistle of a chum on his way to the old swimming hole. What an age it seemed before the little white flecks appeared on the dasher handle, showing that the butter had "come" and with It an honorable discharge! And then at night those biscuit, with sorghum sirup and "mother's butter"?oh. what a charm in such memories?those worn hands, that sweetest face, long since gone to rest! There was an eloquence in that jar of mother's butter?pure, genuine, whole some?which even science, money, an, political craft and congressional oratory could not overcome.?National Magazine. Thinking Alond. This habit is more common than mosl of us imagine. In fact, many of us do it without being aware of it. We become absorbed in our thoughts?preparing some argument in support of a course we propose to take, for instance! ?and the passersby or our friends are amused by hearing us express our thoughts aloud. Ask j-our friends if you do this. This habit is said to be a sign ol madness, but you need not be alarmed, for almost everything is a sign of madness according to this or that authority. But the habit is more common among older people than among the young and vigorous. It is one of those things which come with increasing years. You are far more likely to think when you are greatly worried than in any other mental condition. Tin; CAM MpSION. Senatorial Candidates Speak In Spartanburg. SENATOR TILLMAN MAKES A STATEMENT. Mei?ri. Hemphill, Johnstone, Latimer, and John Gary Evans Tell the People of McLanrln'a Republicanism, and Mr. John C. Cary Makes a Plea For Commercial Progress. The political meeting at Spartanburg last Tuesday -was held In the court house Instead of In the open air. It was because of the rain which had fallen during the night, and which continued, at Intervals, during the day. The attendance was not nearly as large as had been expected. It may have been because of the weather and It may have been because the people are not especially Interested; but anyhow, no one who desired to go Into the court house to hear the speeches found any difficulty In so doing. The speakers of the day were Messrs. Hemphill, Henderson, George Johnstone, Latimer and John Gary Evans, candidates for the United States senate, and Mr. J6hn C. Carey, president T AnlrVio nf rv-illla aanQtnrial VJL IIIU uvvnuat v iiiiua? Aug ovttu>w? ?u> quintette spoke against Senator McLaurin and in advocacy of their respective claims to the position he holds, and Mr. Cary spoke in advocacy of commercial progress and development along lines calculated to benefit all classes in the south. Senator Tillman was not present. He had the misfortune to get a cinder in his eye while passing through Pennsylvania, and he was suffering great pain because of the circumstance. He gave out to the press, however, the following, which he had Intended to incorporate in his speech: SENATOR TILLMAN'S STATEMENT. There has been more or less strenuous effort made in various quarters to cast imputations on my Democracy and to charge that I have been disloyal to the organization in the past. Senator-McLaurin's supporters seek to defend his own treachery to the party by making these charges, while on the other hand some of my old political opponents who have never been able to give me any credit for anything that was worthy or good, have Joined in this accusation^'and I. therefore, feel that it is nothing but right that I should let the younger, generation of voters, who kiiL nothing of the facts, hear the plain truth so they may know how much credence to give to these charges. I made my entrance into the political arena at Bennettsvllle in '85, purely by accident. The agitation began there arid was followed up in the News and Cour fer in a series or letters ana aaaresses In advocacy of a farmers' college and took a political turn In '86. In the Democratic state convention of that year I had a large following: but we were beaten by those In possession of the machine, (the ring, I called them,) and I was among the first to move that the nomination for governor be made unanimous, and to pledge my support to the successful candidate. Continuing the agitation, which broadened ' Into a demand for general reformation of the state government, and the abolition of various abuses?we were again beaten In '88 by a very narrow margin because Attorney General Earle, our candidate, refused to allow the use of his name after the balloting begun, and I again moved to make the nominations unanimous, thus showing my loyalty to the party In state affairs. In 1890 I was put forward as the nominee of the March convention to run as a candidate for the nomination for governor In the regular Democratic convention, and the system of joint discussion was Inaugurated. I was overwhelmingly elected In the Democratic primary, and although there was a bolt and effort to elect an Independent candidate. I was chosen governor In November following by a large majority. The Alliance had been organized In '89, and was a very potent factor In the success of the reform movement: but there was a very powerful political current flowing before the Al liance was born. In '91 I discovered that Ben Terrell, the lecturer of the National Alliance, was systematically going from county to county sowing the seed of third partyism and preaching the doctrine of "voting for Betsy and the baby" rather than the Democratic party or any other party. This led to my challenging Mr. Terrell to a , joint discussion on the subject of the sub-treasury and other Issues upon which he was basing his propaganda, ' and the debate was held before the | State Alliance In this city. I pointed out In the debate the danger of the white people of South Carolina risking any division as long as we had such an overwhelming Negro majority, and I insisted that nothing should be done of i a political character outside of the Democratic ranks until we had held a constitutional convention and taken I steps to safeguard white supremacy, i I demanded and secured a pledge in ! that meeting to make the fight against Clevelandism, and the other undemocratic policies that were being urged by the New York wing of the party ' inside of the Democratic ranks, and i there are hundreds of witnesses to the fact. The result was in '92, notwithstanding the Alliance was in absolute l control of the political affairs of the i state and there was an overwhelming ! sentiment in opposition to the Demo/ cratic party tenets as they were then promulgated by Cleveland and h IB crowd, there was no effort made to organize a Populist party except in tw\ counties even arter uieveiana naa received the nomination at Chicago. Our state convention had denounced him as "a prostitute of Wall street," and declared that he was not a Democrat; but when he received the nomination, I returned from Chicago and counseled acqule8ence in the result, and I make bold to assert that but for my influence and the influence of the men allied with me, the state would-have gone to the Populists that year by an overwhelming vote. As it was, South Car olina was the only southern state where Populism did not make a bitter light against the regular Democracy. I spoke very bitterly of Cleveland's policy, and proclaimed my desire for a union between the southern and western farmers, and declared I was ready to lead a revolt against the Democratic party as then led and leave It, If need be, whenever I saw anywhere to go, and made allusion to "a light In the West," as a signal. In the meantime I set myself zealously to work to secure a constitutional convention so as to take steps to disfranchise as many of the colored people as we could under the 14th and 15th amendments. During the period 'OO 4 n 'AC 4 V* n?r? n Klff Af? o nrl 1IU1I1 lu fu, U1CIC yy cw uiuci auu constant agitation In this and other states against Cleveland's policy, and I denounced his betrayal of the Democratic party with all the bitterness that I felt. I proclaimed that if he was a Democrat I was not, and I merely gave voice In all of my denunciations of Cleveland Democracy, and threats of leaving the party to the overwhelming sentiment in control of the state. In other words, I was absolutely loyal at all times to the majority of my fellow citizens who were Democrats, but not of the Cleveland type, and what I said about leaving the par-* ty then was the prevailing sentiment in South Carolina. I made a speech at Memphis and one in St. Louis, in which I denounced Cleveland and his policy as undemocratic, and proclaimed my willingness and purpose to fight to recapture the Democratic party from the wreckers, and failing there to organize a genuine Democratic party, which should maintain the principles of Jefferson, the father. I announced this policy as the spokesman of the Democracy of this state on the floor of the senate on the 1st of May, 1896, in a debate with D. B. Hill. I announced it in a speech at Denver, Col., in one at Wichita, Kan., at Lexington, Ky., at Dallas, Tex., and Atlanta, Ga., in all of which the slogan was "16 to 1 or bust" The South Carolina State convention which sent delegates to the Chicago convention in 1896, was so thoroughly Imbued with the purpose to have a different kind of Democracy from that of Cleveland and his followers, that they sent a deleRation to that convention with Instructions to withdraw and return home for further counsel In the event we did not pet a platform to suit ^ >S I have never at any moment or any time or any place Riven voice to any feeling or sentiment about the Democratic party that was disloyal to the will of the majority of my fellow Democrats in this state. I have always claimed to voice the will of the majority of the people of the state, and to be a representative of the majority, and every well Informed man In the state knows that what I have spoken Is capable of proof from the records, and, therefore, I repeat what I said at Union that any man who charges me with disloyalty, or with any purpose at any time of opposing the genuine Democracy of South Carolina, as represented by the majority, lies, and knows he lies. I am called a Populist now by Republican and goldbugs papers that are so much In love with commercial Democracy. I always have and always will spurn Cleveland's Democracy as nothing but thinly disguised Republicanism, and McLaurln's Democracy Is even less respectable. Cleveland never played the hypocrite, while McLaurin was as eager once to press Populism pure and simple as he Is now to advocate McKlnleylsm, and Bowden, the apostle of Populism In South Carolina in 1892, was the first man he gave a job to after his appointment to the senate, and it is said that this same populistie leader is now a strong supporter of Senator McLaurin's last brand of politics. Some of the newspaper editors and other ardent supporters of Senator McLaurin have been very much shocked and outraged by what I said at Union as a warning to the mill presidents not to attempt to coerce their operatives. It is considered an unpardonable sin that I should dare to threaten to interfere in this matter. What I said on that occasion was for the purpose of warning these men against attempting to go too far. I recognize the right of every man to try to persuade others to vote wi'.h him: but I deny that the employment of men in mills carries with it the right on the part of the owner of the mill to coerce or control the votes of the employees. The relation between the mill owner and the worker in the mill is one of mutual advantage, and the mills were not built for the purpose of giv lflg HIipiUJIIlCIIL IU lauui , uui. uiv purpose of making money. All men who work in the mills give labor for the money they receive. The interests of the mill owner and the mill hand may be identical or It may be antagonistic. It has been common in the north for the laborers employed in the manufacturing establishments to be driven when they cannot be cajoled into voting the Republican ticket, and the threats of discharging laborers and closing down works in '96, and even in the last presidential election, no doubt secured McKinley's triumph. The owners of the cotton mills that have sprung up so rapidly in South Carolina are in many Instances North^ ern men, and possibly more northern capital has been invested in this industry in the last 10 years than home capital; but that does not carry with If \ A any ODiigauun on wie pan ui mc upci atlves to vote for a Republican wh< comes either openly or In disguise. The mills In South Carolina hav< been treated by the state government which is Democratic, with great liber ality; but If their owners attempt t< drive our native born South Carollnt Democrats into the Republican camp the other Democrats of the state wll not calmly submit to it, and the opera tlves will be the first to resist sucl action. There Is no proof In the worl< that manufacturing in South Carolina to auj inu<5 ww tuv ihwpuuuvaii j/**? The mill operatives are natives o this and adjoining states. They an as thoroughly grounded in Democra tic principles as the farmers or an: other class of our citizens. They an as good people as we have, and I onl: declared my purpose, if an attempt t< coerce them was made, to go to thi mills at night and explain to these peo pie Just wherein they are being misle< or being unduly influenced or driven In doing this I do not propose to ar ray labor against capital; but I do I for the purpose of warning capital t< attend to its own business and not at tempt to make slaves of our white peo pie. If the mills are closed on cam paign days so as to allow the men t< hear the speeches, there would be n< need for any one going to speak a night. But I am resolved they shal hear the truth before joining the Re publican party. I meant what I said and h&ve noth ing to regret or apologize for. I hon estly believe that if such a move ii made by any considerable number 01 the mill owners of the state, that it wll result in legislation that will do awa: with some of the special privileges nov enjoyed by the mills. The people o South Carolina are ready to welcomi capital for investment in this or an: other manufacturing industry; bu every freeborn South Carolinian wil resent any effort by northern capital ists or southern superintendents an< presidents to dragoon freeborn whit men into becoming Republicans. An: man who wants to join the Republicai party and vote that ticket has a per feet right to do so; but I again wari those who may think they have a righ to drive the free white men in their em ploy into the Republican camp, t< take heed how they press that idea And I warn the men, many of whon are and always have been my friends to watch closely and weigh all of thes< questions fully before voting. THE PARDON OF COLONEL NEAL. Governor McSweeney Makes c Gen eral Reply to His Critics. Governor McSweeney yesterday madi public, a statement in regard to th< criticisms that have rec^itly been madi of his exercise of the pardoning power criticisms that have bpwr-"very pro nounced since his action in the case o , iS^r-i^eal. In giving his statement t the press yesterday he remarked: " do what I believe to be right, irrespec tive of Judge, Jury or anybody. Whei I get so that I have to truckle to any body in the exercise of the power give! me by the people, then I want to ste] down and out of the office of governor.' In the statement given yesterday th governor says that any governor 1 subject to criticism, and that it is wel that men In public office should be crit icised; but he seems to think tha some of the criticisms that have beei made against him are unfair and un jusi, ana are largely me resun. 01 nu knowing real conditions. He wishes 1 understood, he says, once and for al time, that all pardons he has Issuer are subject to criticism, and he woul like everyone to look Into the matter o the pardons granted by him and com pare them with those of other govern ors. He says that when a pardon ap plication reaches his office It Is no pigeonholed; but Is acted on, and If h had pigeonholed applications as other had that It might be easier for him but it will continue to be his practic to meet issues as they come up. H says It Is doing him a gross injustlc to Intimate that any pardon is In an; way connected with politics. He say that he has never done any official ac because of the politics there was In It and Insists that he Is in no comblna tlon and has never been and he doe not think of combinations or politics. He wants It understood that he ha not been In any political alliance witl Col. Neal or any of his friends, or fo that matter with anyone else. Col Neal, he says, has always been op posed to him and worked against hln in his candidacy for lieutenant gov ernor; and the only time that Col. Nea ever approached him on a politica matter was when he asked him to taki $500 stock in a newspaper enterprise which he absolutely refused to do, am then he had the prospect of the mori intense onnositlon of Col. Neal. Gov. MeSweeney says that he has of ten acted on applications for pardon without referrring them to judges o solicitors, when he thought the merit of the case warranted his action, an< that in a number of instances?thi Pons case for instance?he went direct ly contrary to the recommendation o the judge and solicitor who wished thi pardon granted, which he refused. Gov. MeSweeney says that so far ai there being any political deal or com bination, or anything of the sort, hi wants it understood that he has no now, never has had, and never expect to have any with Col. Neal, McLaurli or anyone else. He is responsible fo; his pardons to the general assembly and to the people and to no one else. The pardon of Col. Neal, he says * /># r?Ai Was 'graiueu mure UII auuuuui \ji. vui Neal's wife and family than because o Col. Neal himself," and that view o the matter he thought had been takei by most of those who urged the grant ing of the pardon. Gov. McSweeney says that he doe.1 not expect to take up the specific in (slnuatlons and attacks that have beei made on him for granting the Neal par don.?Columbia State, August 27. > Denurnont Guiher Kills Two Men a and Endanirera a Town. The famous gushers of the Beau. mont oil field claimed the lives of two j men last Monday, and one of the largi est wells In the world Is going wild, utterly beyond control, and is spreadI lng oil over the prairies by the thousands of barrels. 1 James B. Smith and John McDanlels j were the drillers who died trying to approach the well and shut off the flow. The well is 1,000 feet deep with an f 8-inch hole, and It was not expected "in" before Tuesday afternoon. At 11.15. Monday morning, without the slightest warning, while the men f were drilling, there was a terrific roar, and water was shot out of the well, 1 followed by the oil, part of which went straight up and a portion of which was sprayed in every direction. The men had barely time to escape and left the rotary-clamping drilling pipe. This prevents the closing of the valve and causes a spray to shoot off on every side. Five hundred dollars' reward was offered for any one who would tear away the rotary and let the oil go clear. In attempting to do this the two men died and a dozen more were overcome, some barely regaining life. Mes sages were sent to Galveston and othj er places for deep sea diving suits, in which it is proposed to invade and close the valve. Should the oil take fire by any means the consequences would be awful. The following, taken from the July ? Cosmopolitan, will give the layman j some idea of the greatness of one of the Texas oil gushers, when it is ref membered that one Texas "gusher" v spouts more oil than all the wells in the Pennslyvania oil fields, the great5 ness of this accident will be seen at u f glance. | The article, of which the following are extracts, was written by Edward Russell Treherne: The present method of boring a well e is as follows: A derrick from 30 feet " to 70 feet in height is erected over the 1 spot where it is proposed to drill the well, and iron casting, or pipe, is driven 1 down through the soil. Inside this the * drill is operated, the casing being pushed down as the hole Is lengthened, 3 successively smaller pipe being used as " PTOQtor Hon + Via a ra roor> VmH an that a uv|/wnu utv IWIH>IIV.U| ow uiub a. I 3,000 foot well may begin with a 10-inch ' casing at the surface, and end in a B 2J-inch pipe at the lowest level. Of course, the piping is made strong enough to resist a considerable lateral pressure; but, even so, in passing through quicksands It is often "pinched out," or collapsed. To avoid this in sinking the well that afterward became e tfie first great JFtemimnnt ".gnaher," Captain J^vehs arranged an internal hydrwalic pressure in the tube that . counterbalanced that without. The f cost of boring a well varies with the o geological formation of the country; j but it seldom exceeds $8,000 for a 3,000 foot well. Y^hen the well has reached the oilbearing stratum, which consists of porous sand and rock, a torpedo of from one to 25 gallons of nitro-glycerine is carefully lowered to the bottom and discharged by dropping an iron weight or "90 devil," on it. j The resulting explosion is felt at the surface only as a slight trembling; but ~ In the depths its effect la suddenly to drive away the oil and create a chamn ber in the sand or rock, into which the ~ oil soon flows back, impelled by its . own gasses. It is then forced up the II well-hole to the surface. When the a Lucas well was "struck," the flow came # ^ with such violence that the derrick j was demolished and 600 feet of 4-inch iron pipe, weighing upward of six tons, was blown a distance of 300 feet into the air, where it buckled and came t down in a shapeless mass. The oil geyser then quieted down into a steady flow, leaving the surface in a solid column six inches in diameter and rising j to a height of 150 feet, whence it fell In a spray that deluged the surroundIng country. It has been estimated that the oil came out of that hole at g the rate of 50.000 barrels a day, and it . was six days before the flow could be even partially controlled, and three " more before the well was capped and the flow stopped. In those nine days, hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil flowed over the surrounding country, h forming a little lake in a neighboring depression. I Sometimes the oil in these tanks at the wells, at the refineries or along the Intermediate pipe lines catches Are, when a magnificent, if costly, spectacle j is presented. The greatest conflagraj tion of the kind took place on July 5, e 1900, when one of the big field of tanks at Bayonne, New Jersey, was struck by j lightning. Instantly there was a great blinding flash, a terrific explosion, and a vast sheet of flames roared to a towering height in the blackness of the midnight sky. The reflected light could be seen all night for miles, and by day it darkened the heavens with j great swirling, gyrating clouds of Inky B smoke. In spite of every effort, nothing could be done except to confine the f 'fire to the tanks, and it was allowed to B burn itself out, a process which consumed the better part of five days. t'iY Says an Athens, Ala., dispatch: Several honest and well-intentioned t Negroes, who have contemplated settling on government lands in Limestone county, have been warned to _ stay away. The white people of that , section have already boasted that they were the most favored section In the county, for they were free from Negroes. On learning of the projected Inj vaslon they held a meeting and adoptj ed resolutions declaring that the community had always been free of colored citizens, and that it was the purpose of those living there that it should re3 main so. The Negroes were warned not to attempt to locate on the lands, for it was not a healthy place for "coons," and that the dogs in that sec tion had not for years allowed a "coon" to stop In that neighborhood.