Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ESTABLISHED EST IS A BULLY KILLED. The Tragic and/ Expected End of a Tempestuous Life. PROPHECY FULFILLED The Anderson Daily Mail Bad Pre. dieted Editorially About Thre,: i Weeks Ago That This Would be the End. He Had Killed Three or Four Men in His Time. The State says news was received in Columbia Monday to the effect I that John McGaha had been killed near Beiton, od the Greenville coun ty side. McGaha has been tried for his life in three homicide cases and is said to have been suspected in another. The first report received by The iState came from a passenger on the train from Anderson. He had heard the news in that eity and had later neard it talked of at Belton and Greenwood and the'story in circu lation there was to the effect that McGaha was on a spree and hai disturbed a ? meeting at a negro church , and had been "shot to pieces." "It is a sad thing," said this gen tleman, "but I never heard one ex pression of regret Indeed, all per sons seemed to be relieved. It is -an awful thing when one's neighbors ?can find pleasure in his passing away." From Anderson came another ac count and from Abbeville by long distance 'phone it was stated that McGaha and one of the Ashleys had ^one to arrest two negroes who had been working on McGaha's jdace and that in. a melee which tollowed Mc <Gaha was killed. The following froni the Anderson Daily Mail of a date some three weeks ago, indicates the esteem in which the deceased was held: "Several months ago J?rn McGaha, ?3 bully, well known in this part of the State, shot and killed George Clinkscales, a negro, in Abbeville -county. Witnessos of the tragedy testified at the coroner's iftquest the next day that the killing was ?unprovoked, that it was deliberate murder. McGaha fled the State.. "Negroes of the community told, the white people, though not at the inquest, that Clikscales had told them that he was in mortal fear of McGaha because he had refused to testify as McGaha wanted him to in a certain lawsuit. "McGaha remained in hiding for a good long time, but was finally cap tured in Georgia, through the vigi lance of the sheriff of Abbeville -county, and brought back to Abbe ville and lodged in jail. ? "And then powerful influences were set to work in his behalf. The witnesses who had testified at the Inquest, before they had been 'seen' or 'fixed,' now told a different st<j>ry. They made affidavits that the shoot ing was accidental. There was sub mitted what purported to be eth dy ing statement of Clinkscales, in which he said the shooting was an accident, and that he did not want his friend 'Johnnie' punished . A United States senator was hired a?; l^Gaha's lawyer, a justice of the State supreme court granted him bail, and a member of the State legisla ture went on his bond. "The case came up for trial at lAbbetfifle last week, and McGaha was acquitted. The jury is not to <be censured. The jury had to go Oy the evidence, and although every Hiember of the jury may have been convinced in his heart?presuming, of course, that the jury was compos ed of intelligent men?that the evi dence was manufactured for the oc casion, yet there was no evidence of deliberate murder, and the jury ?ould d? nothing but return a ver dict of not gutlty. Murder had not been proved in a manner that would warrant conviction. "The dead negro had no rich or .Influential friends or relatives to work for the conviction of his slay er. There were no rich or in influ ential men or strong influence work ing for justice. That mythical figure is blind, and it often happens that sho has no friends or advocates in <our courts. "McGaha had killed at least two men before he killed George Clink ?ecales. He is now a free man again, free to go where he pleases, and te Quarrel with whom ihe pleases. Judging his fcture by his past record it is only a question of time until he kills somebody else, or until some oody is forced to kill him. "So far as McGaha himself is "concerned, it made little difference whether he was convicted or acquit ted. He 1b as worthless to the State as a free man as he would be as a convict But it makes a great deal of difference to the community in which McGaha lives, and to the public at large. It will make a great deal of difference in the fu ture conduct of men of the Mc Gaha class. Will they not feel, and with good reason, that they can kill with impunity ,and that they can command influence to assure them their liberty, which with them means license? "It does not require a seer or a PTophet to predict that sooner or later John McGaha will kill some body else, or will force somebody to kill him. And either occurrence will be a calamity. It will be a ca lamity for McGaha to kill a man whose life is worth something, and *69. REPUBLICAN ELECTORS NAMED. Capers Comes Down and Puts Out the Ticket. A committee of the South Caro lina Republican party selected for the purpose met in Columbia Monday at the call of John 'G. Capers, gen erally looked upon' as State leader, and named the nine electors for which~the few hundred members'of the party will vote. According to the statement given out afterwards" there was no friction at the meeting and the white people are urged 'o vote the ticket "without fear of ne gro -domination," as is stated by Capers. Capers also stresses the fact that the Bryan Democratic committee has three negro preachers, bishops, and 25 negro preachers urging the elec tion of Bryan and Kern, which state ment was taken to mean that the Republicans are rather uneasy about the negro vote. The electors at large are: L. W. C. Blalock of Goldville, who has been associated with the party for years, and A. C. Kaufman of Charles ton, who has taken a part in the affairs of the Red Cross society. The' district electors are: Isaac H. Norris, Yorkville; George R. May field, Greenville; Thomas F. Bren nen, Columbia; James Powell, Aiken; L. D. Melton, Columbia; T. S. Grant, Charleston, and J. A. Baxter* Georgetown. The two last named are colored. KILLED BY BASE BALL. Young Lad Meets With Sad Death at jGcorgetown. A special from Georgetown to The News and Courier says Halrock Shackelford, sixteen years of age, son of Mr. J. B. Shackolford, and a stu dent at the Winyaw graded school, was accidentally injured in a game of base ball Saturday afternoon, and died from the effects a few hours af terwards. The smaller boys were playing ball on the diamond in West Georgetown, Leslie Jones pitching. Young Shackelford was at the bat and struck the ball, fouling it, and the ball flew up and struck him in th* temple. It was a severe blow, but nothing was thought of it, and, the young fellow continued' in- the* game.' and played another inning. The pain became quite severe, however, and he went home; complained of his feel ing.badly to members of the familj: and laid upon a sofa. Shortly afterwards he was found to be in an unconscious state, and a physician was summoned. It was discovered that the skull was frac tured, and before anything could be done the boy died. It was an acci dent of a very unusual nature, and a very regrettable and sad occurrence, indeed. Mr. Shackelford and his fam ily have the sympathy of all. It was a great shock to them and to the many friends of pe dead boy. TREED TO^BRIBE HIM. Ex-Senator Pettigrcw Tells Bryan of Attempt Made in 1904. While traveling with W. J. Bryan from Sioux Falls to Mitchell, former Senator Pettigrew publicly announc ed that four years ago he had been approached by the Republican nat ional committee, through a former United State Senator, with an offer of $10,000 if he would deliver ten speeches at such places as the com mittee would dictate in support of the candidacy of Thomas Watson, of Georgia, the People's party candidate for President. Senator Pettigrew declared that he declined the offer and conducted an investigation with the result that he satisfied himself that the Republican party financed in a large measure Watson's cam paign. \ SMOKING OUT SHELDON. Republican Treasurer Said to Be a Trust Magnate. News comes from New York that an investigation is being made by the Democratic national committee into the "'.rporation connections ot George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican national committee, and representatives of the Democratic national committee have been sent into the financial district to inquire into Sheldon's affiliations and his early financial career. It is said that he is connected officially with z dozen or more trusts, and that is why he was selected as treasurer by the Republican committee. The Democrats Intend to smoke him out. COTTON CROP VERY SHORT. The Georgia Output 800,000 Bales Under l^ast Year. "The cotton crop is Georgia will be the shortest in years," said Com missioner of Agriculture Hudson at Atlanta Tuesday. >"A conservative estimate of the total yield is 1,300, 000 bales, against 2.000,000 bales last year." Accordiug to Commis sioner Hudson's statement the de crease for the year will be 800,000 bales. it will be a calamity for some good man to be forced to kill him. No good citizen wants to stain his hands and his soul with human blood, even in self-defonse. "And when John McGaha gets into his next trouble, and kills or is killed, those who have freed him from his latest encounter with the law will be more to blame than any body else. Bear that In mind." ? ivxt OBAN?BBU1 THE SECRET OUT. WHY ROOSEVELT FIGHTS STAN DARD OIL COMPANY. It Refused to Give Him as Much Money as He Demanded for His Campaign Four Years Ago. The New York World of Friday published the following: Early in the 1904 campaign the Standard Oil Company, as well as other trusts, railroads, banks and large corporations, received 'a re quest to contribute to the Republican campaign fund. This request v/as ignored, Henry H. Rogers being re sponsible for its refusal. Later, when the second call for campaign funds was made, Mr. Cortelyou, chairman of the Republi can national committee, sent word to Mr. Rogers asking for an appoint ment at which the existing con ditions could be explained and the financial support of Standard Oil secured. This appointment was made by Mr. Rogers to be kept at No. 26 Broadway, the Standard Oil building, and Mr. Corteiyou was in formed that both Mr. Rogers and John D. Archbold would be pleased to see him. Mr. Cortelyou, finding that Mr. Rogers was not to meet him alone but that Mr. Archhold v/as alone to be present, concluded It would be safer and more discreet not to go himself. The appointment was kept by Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the national commit tee. ; ? At this interview Mr. Rogers ac cused Mr. Roosevelt of ingratitude and recalled many past favors froni the Standard Oil Company to Re publican candidates and campaign funds. Mr. Bliss admitted that Pres ident Roosevelt might have acted harshly toward the Standard Oil,, bur. said that while Mr. Roosevelt's first term was "constructive" his second term would be "conservative." Replying on these assurances Mr. Rogers and Mr. Archbold made a contribution of $100,000. This contribution coming to the knowledge of President Roosevelt, he wrote to Chairman Cortelyou a vio letter denouncing the Standard On Company and directing the re turn of the contribution. This let ter Is on Mr. Cortelyou's file, and a fcopy of it is kept by President Roose velt for the puropse of making 11 public if ever the facts of this Stan dard QU contribution became known. The contribution was not returned. Not one cent was paid back. The same was used, so far as Mr. Rogers and Mr. 'Archbold know, in like man ner with other contributions. Later in the campaign, when Pres ident Roosevelt bacame scared about the result and about the tiihe that he summoned Edward H. Harriman to Washington and induced Mr. Har riman to raise $260,000 for the cam paign fund, a further request was made of the Standard Oil people. At the time of the $100,000 con tribution Mr. Bliss expressed his dis satisfaction with its size and said that the amount should be several times as great. At the time of the third request the definite sum of $250,000 additional was asked for. In the meantime Mr. Rogers had learned of Mr. Roosevelt's letter to Mr. Cortelyou and of the direction to return the first $100,000.. He de clined to give any more money and recalled the fact that the President's instructions to return the first con tribution had not been complied with and that Mr. Roosevelt must have known all along that the $100 - 000 which he repudiated had not only been accepted but used. In view of this fact he declined to accede to the request for a fur ther $250,000, or for any further sum, and denounced Mr. Roosevelt for seemingly trying on the one hand to secure contributions from the Standard Oil Company and on tho other hand to make political capital by denouncing the company. GREAT DAMAGE BY FLOODS. Heavy Loss of Life and Property Is East India. A Bombay dispatch says thousands of native houses were washed away and heavy loss of life occurred to the Hyderabad and Deccan districts as the result of floods which fol lowed unprecedented rains. The river Musi rose sixty feet. All the bridges were carried away. The country was devastated for many miles. Corpses were strewn every where, scores of bodies being found la trees where they were lodged by the swollen waters. The native hospital at Hyderabad was undermined by the waters and collapsed and all the inmates were burled in the wreckage. HASKELL TO SUE HEARST. Governor of Oklahoma Says He Will Bring Action. A special to The Kansas Times from Guthrie, Okla.. says: Governor Haskell announced on his arrival here last night from Chi cago that he would bring suit against William Randolph Hearst on Wednes day . "For criminal libel, Governor?" "Well, I don't know what you would call it." "To make him prove what he said?" "No sir; to make him prove that what he said wasn't true." I an S. <J.. FRIDA > OCTCJ NEGROES TERROR STRICKEN. J Georgia Night Riders Born Churches and School Houses. A dispatch from Albany, Ga., says there is a reign of terror among the negro inhabitants of a considerable portion of Calhoun, Baker and Miller counties, as the result of a raid by ntght riders Saturday night, the trail of the outlaws being marked by the blackened ruins of 13 negro churches and schoolhouses. The following buildings were de stroyed: ML Zion church and school house, Pleasant church and school house, Christ church and school house, Little Zion church and school house, Belmont church, ML Aetna, church and school house;) New Salem church and school house.! The night riders first made their appearance at a point three miles east of Kesler, where the first, church was fired. They galloped away to wards the east and before the glare of the first fire had reached its height another was being kindled a few miles away. Fire followed fire and the destruction of every building to which the torch was applied was complete. Hundreds of negroes went to their church Sunday to attend them, only to find heaps of ashes where their meeting house had stood. j Many of the best members of the negro race in the three counties named belonged to the congregations of some of the hundred churches. This is the same community where a few months ago a number of negro lodge rooms were dynamited and where several lynchings occurred, the last having taken place only a few weeks ago. FISH CATCHES DIVER Escaped by Hacking Tentacles and Body Dnring Fight Wrapped in the tentacles of a giant devil fish, Martin Lund, a diver employed by the Coast Wreck ing Company, of San Francisco. Cal., fought for his life the hold of the wrecked steamer Pomona Lund was at work some time before he was aware of the presence of the devil fish- A giant tentacle fou> inches in diameter gripped one leg. Another circled, hi& thigh.. The diver began to chop frantic ally at the rather-like bonds and at the same time signalled to the barge above that he wished to as cend. Unable to free himself in time, two mare tentacies twined about his neck. With only his left arm tree, he hacked at the tentacles until they were partially crippled but he was being drawn toward the deadly beak ?when he saw the outline of the devil fish's body. Plunging sud denly toward it, he drove his knife with all his force into the head, repeating the blow until he had slashed it into sections. Lund then cut himself free and was brought to the surface in a fainting condition. CALLED OFF MEETING. Negroes of Maryland Town Had Things Fixed to Knife Taft. There was to have been a meet ing of the colored Republican club at Brentwood,_Md., a suburb of Washington, on Wednesday nighf, but the meeting was not called to order. It became known next day that the reason that no meeting was had was that the president bf the club refused to call it to order, be cause he knew that if the meeting was had, the president of the United States would be severely arraigned by resolution, and Bryan would be endorsed. It was the intention of a majority of the members to pass such a .resolution, and the cnairman did not want it. The meeting had been called as a Taft and Sherman ! rally. When the chairman found that a large number of members had signed an agreement to support a resolution condemning the presi dent for his activity in the campaign jand advising the negroes of the State to' vote for Bryan and Kern, he announced that the meeting had been postponed. _. 8MOTHERED IN FOLDING BEDS. One Tragedy Occurs in Brooklyn and One in Chicago. Ignorant of the fact that hor twi month-old child, George, was asleep under the cover, Mrs. Mary Storti, of Brooklyn, closed up a folding bed in a darkened room, and the little one was smothered to death before his mother realized what had hap pened. When she learned of her Li tal error she became frantic and le now prostrated. At Chicago Edward Kozlownki was accidentally smothered to death in a folding bed. The child was placed in the bed and covered with a blanket. A short time later the mother entered the room and found that the bed had been closed. She opened it to find the child smothered to death. CONVICTS DISPLAY BRAVERY. Eight Were Drowned When Cloud burst Strikes Penal Colony. A dispatch from Manilla says a cloudburst struck the penal colony at Iwahig September 23 and eight persons were drowned, including Harold Macknight, superintendent of the farm. The prisoners behaved heroically, many plunged Into the water at personal risk to save com rades. >BER a. i sn in SAIL UUI OF P Mi UNUSUAL SIGHT IN THE HAK BOR OF CHARLESTON. I _ Fifteen Schooners Pass Out to Ocean With Favorable Breezes After / Varying Stays in Port. The Charleston Post says a strik ingly handsome sight was afforded Monday morning in the departure of fifteen schooners out of the harbor after a detention by contrary winds to nearly,a month. Since the last week in August, the wind has been holding to the east and northeast daily with the exception of Sep tember 1 and 6, when for a part of these days it veered to the south and southwest. Last night the wind the passing of the rainstorm of yes terday and the coming of the high pressure from the west, and bright and early this morning Ithe sails were raised and the long detained fleet raised anchors and started down the hay. It was a beautiful sight, rarely seen in Charleston or any South At lantic harbor, for this number of vessels are not often cleared and made ready to sail together. In some cases two or three abreast and at times strung out in single .column, it seemed as if some armada of centuries ago, before steam dis placed canvas to the methods of propulsion of ships of war, was proceeding to attack an enemy. Slowly at first, and then at a faster gait, the fleet moved down the har bor and the sight was viewed with much interest and pleasure. In some cases until the vessels became as so many little black specks against the horizon. , The vessels which sailed were ail bound for New York with cargoes of lumber. Nine of the vessels were cleared with cargoes here and the remaining six were from the southward, having piu .nto Charles ton for a harbor, made necessary by the easterly winds. The Lottie Russells. one of the vessels which sailed, essayed the task the first part of the month and after having remained at sea off Charleston ?thirteen days, unable to make any progress,' and being as a painted ship upon a painted ocean, returned to port. She will have hotter luck this time. The anxiety of the fleet to get to sea was evidenced in the departure of so many vessels in the face of the knowledge of the existence of a tropical storm off Cuba. The ad vices that the storm was curving and would probably not come in this direction was not received until the fleet had left port. The masters were taking no more chances on be ing shut up in port. The fleet which sailed today was made up of the following Schooners: Judge Pennewell, Edgar ' C. Ros*. Massachusetts: Thomas Winsmore', Harry Prescott, Victor C. Records, George May, Thomas F. Pollard, Warren , Adams, John B. Manning, Joel Cook, Lottie Russell and Paul H. Dudley. SHOT DOWN AT CHURCH. Drunken Men Use Pistols as Services Are Ended. One of the bloodiest affairs in the history of East Tennessee occurred north of Anthras postofflce Sunday. The scene was the Baptist church, within fifty yards of which a "blind tiger" has been operated for months. Services had closed and nearly all the congregation had emerged from the church when ? crowd of drunken men who had visited the "blind tiger" began firing into the worship pers with pistols. John Bennett, J. W. McKinney and Edward Thomas were shot down at the church door and died almost instantly. The preacher was mor tally wounded. Another worshiper was also shot down in front of the church, but is not dangerously wounded. KILLED HIS WIFE. At Williston and Then Made (iood HiH Escape. A special dispatch to Augusta Chronicla from Williston says Mon day night about 10 o'clock a negro by the name of Andrew Washington, living right in the village, shot and killed his wife. The load from a gun fired at short range penetrat ed the abdomen, tearing the intes tines into fragments. Some of the neighbors got to the scene of the killing in time to see the murderer fleeing across a cotton field. This is the second murder he has commit ted iu this community, and the ne groes are greatly excited over the affair. DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. Republican Official Could Not Tell His Record. After telling some of his friends that he would rather die than live to hear the reports whicn some of his political opponents were circulating about him, W. Regan Rice, regis trar of deeds of Madison county. N C, shot himself to death in a barn in the rear of his home near Marshal! at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. Death was instantaneous. The de ceased was elected to office on the Kepubliean ticket two years ago. He was 38 years old and leaves a wife and one child, a daughter. HEAVY LOSS OP LIFE In the Coal Mines of the United States. Accidents in coal mines of the United States during the last cal endar year resulted in the death of 3,125 men and injury to 5,316 mor?, according to statistics just mads public by the geological survey. The death record among the coal miners during the year was greater, by 1,033 than in 1906, and this is said to have been the worst year in the his tory of the coal mining Industry. The vfiguree do not represent the rull extent of the disasters, as re ports were not receded from cer tain States havug no mine in-pec tors. West Virginia reported the- heav iest death rate in 1907?12.35 per thousand employees and this State also showed the lowest production for each life lost?65,969 tons. New Mexico stood next on the list with a death rate of 11.45 and a production of 77,322 tons for each life lost. Alabama was third with a death rate of 7.2 per thousand and a production of 92,535 tons for each life lost. Missouri had the lowest death rate, heading the roll of honor with .95 and 499,742 tons of coal mined for each life lost . Statistics do not bear out the pop ular idea that most mine disarters result from explosions. Of a total number reported during the last year 947 deaths and 343 injuries result ed from gas and dust explosions, and 201 deaths and 46 injuries were caused by powder explosions. The chief cause of death among the min ers, the report explains, was due to the falling of mine roofs and coal. Such disasters caused 1,122 deaths and 2,141 injuries. A DARING ROBBERY. Knocks Down a Man and Locks Him in Vault. Concealing himself in the vault of the office of W. D. Allen Manufact uring Company. Chicago, a thief Wednesday stole $500 after commit ting a. murderous assault on Henry Gibbs, the. superintendent. The rob ber struck Gibbs on the head with a revolver when he opened the door of the vault to get the money which was part of the payroll. Thrusting the superintendent into the vault and making him a priso ner by turning the combination knob the :bbber leaped toward the door. The way was. blocked by the com pany's stenographer and bookkeeper. '{If you raise a hand to stop me I'll kill you both." the thief said as he leveled the revolver. Springing over the railing the rob ber, who was masked, reached the door before Miss. Walter or Galla ghers could attract the attention of a large force of employes who were within hearing distance. He ran to a nearby street, where it is thought a horse and buggy were waiting for him. DRUG CLERK'S ERROR. Causes the Death of James Galvin in New York. Private Detective James Galvin, of 386 Manhattan avenue, is dead from what is probably a drug Clerk's error. He bought a box of epsom salts at a well-known drug store a week ago, and early Tuesday took some of it. In a few moments he fell in agony at his wife's feeti and was dead before an ambulance ar rived from the J. Hood Wright hospital. Dr. Hammond, in charge, said the salts were really sulphate of zinc, and gave the box and Its re maining contents over to the police. STABBED BY UNKNOWN PERSON. Gr?cery Salcsm.in Cllacd from House and Fatally Wounded. John W. Mullin, a grocery sales man. 56 years old, died Wednesday from the effect of knife wounds in his throat and head, inflicted by unknown persons. Mullin was found near his homo, In Phoenix City, Ala, early Wednesday in. an unconscious condition. After regaining con sciousness he statedi that he _ had been called from his home and at tacked by two men, one of whom held him while the other cut him. It is stated that Mullin received a threatening letter several days ago. HEARST'S MENAGERIE. Says It Will Perform In South Cur olina, Too. The State executive committee of Hearst's Independen Party met in Greenville Wednesday and elected officers, with D. E. McCuen, of Greenville, as chairman, and S. S. Price, of Columbia, as secretary. A full electoral ticket will be put in the field for the November election. The executive committee has under advisement the subject of a State ticket with candidates for governor and all State officers. ANOTHER ONE CAUGHT. Republican Leader Admits His Con nection With Trusts. Charb-s Nagel, of St. Louis, who in the absence of Chairman Hitch nick, is in charge of Republican national headquarters at Chicago, Tuesday gave out a statement ad mitting that the law firm of which he Is a member is actiug in a pro fesional capacity for the Waters Pierce Oil Company. SEES NO HARM To Use Trust Money to Further Political Ends Is SENATOR MCLAURIN'S Reply to the Hearst Exposure by the Publication of the Standard Oil Letters, Who Declares That South Cardlina's Natural Progress Throttled by an Oligarchy. Senator McLaurin gave out the fol lowing statement in reference to the letters that passed betweep him and J. D. Archbold, the Standard Oil magnate .while he was carrying on ? his "Commercial Democracy" fight in this State some years ago: Mr. McLaurin, who has jnst re turned to New York, gave out a. signed statement as follows: "An effort has been made to cre ate a political sensation by the pub lication of certain correspondence be tween Mr. John D. Archbold, vice president of the Standard Oil Com pany, and myself. For that cor respondence I have no apologies to make. At the time the letters were written I had the honor to enjoy, and am proud still to possess the friend ship of Mr. Archbold, for whom I have the highest regard. At the ' time the letters were written I was engaded in a bitter struggle, in which was involved not only my owr political future, but the economic: and political principles for which E. stood and which, stated briefly, meant: the emancipation of the South from, the ignorant prejudices of Bourbon ism and the 'bloody shirt* into the I freedom of an enlightened self- ' interest and the progress of an in telligent industrialism, "In the support of these principles;. <> and the hope of this progress, I saw then no impropriety in enlisting, it ' practicable, the assistance of the most intelligently officered corpora tion that human intelligence has j et produced. Nor has tne enormous: body of statutory crime since creat ed or the ' nypocritlcal'afteC?on"of morality assumed by some of our Legislators and Congress in any wise changed my point of view or quick ened my conscience of expediency, ? as seems to have been the case with * some of my former colleagues and associates. "The constituencies that they rep resent do not hesitate to take Mr. Carnegie's trust^produced and tariff protected money for their churches and libraries, or accept "Mr. Rocke feller's large sums for the education of the negro, whom they have dis franchised. J "If political campaigns are to be run without money and political progress is to be achieved without, financial expenditure it is high time that, both parties should he apprised! of the arrival of that Utopian era. but until that period has arrived r can see no reason while I, in bat tling for what I conceived to be the right, should refuse tp seek or de cline to accept the support, whether financial or personal, of which T stood in need. "Men may die, but right princi ples perstet and in the end they wiir triumph. "I believe' that the Soifth, and especially the State of South Caro lina, is today throttled in its naturaL progress and its intelligent exercise? of the right of self-government by an oligarchy of a past generation through the^ perpetration of igno rance and the fertilization of cor ruption, and I shall welcome the dav when the educational propaganda, which can only be spread by the use of money, whether It be Standard Oil money or railroad money, o*^ any other money save that derive* from the government sale of whis key, will enable the people to see more closely their own best inter ests and cast out those leaders whose hypocritical morality and ill dis guised selfishness is responsible for the fact that in the South illiteracy Is greater and the increase of popu lation and wealth slower than in anr other great section of the Union. "It is the fashion of present day hypocrisy to decry the corporation, to abhor the trust and to pretend in public life to preBcribe the influence of weath, but as in this country and in this age wealth Is and must be. the reward of intelligence I am not willing to be considered amongst those cowardly enough to deny the? influence whi-^iMntelligeuce has a? ways exercised under every form of government, thus far devised. Of a government of ignorance I have had enough in my native State. I hope for, and shall continue to wore for. a government of intelligence. "(Signed) John Lowndes McLaurim" Senator McLaurin leaves tomorrow for South Carolina. MEETS TERRIBLE FATE. I In t> ^ ire That Burned Down Hift Residence. Will Mull was roasted to death in the flames that burned his res idence Wednesday mornng, near Morganton. N. C. Ed Mull, a cousin who was with him at the time, nar rowly escaped a like fate. The do ceased and his counsin went into, the house and after building a fira vent to sleep. Ed Mull was awaken ed by the roof of the house falling in and made his escape, but his cous in, who did not awake, was burned to a crisp.