The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 25, 1907, Image 1
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VOL ,LIV. NO. 8. NEVBERRY. . 0. FRIDAY. I.ANUARY 25, 1907. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR
ILLMAIN'S ORDER
A PREGEDENT
EWBERRY RIFLES 1ISOHARG
ED WITHOUT HONOR IN '94.
enator's Criticism of President Con
flicts With His Own Action
While Governor.
he State, 23rd.
Senator Tillman's recent eriticism
f President Roosevelt for dismiss
n,, without honor from the army the
attalion of negro troops of the
wenty-fifth infantry has - caused
ome of the members of' the uppek
ranch of congress, who approve of
he president's action, to produce
ome records which, are not a( all
leasing to the senior senator from
South Carolina in his present predica
ent. It appears from the record
hat Senator Tillman is criticising the
,esidenit for doing exactly the same
ing he did 13 years ago, while he
was governor of Sonth Carolina.
uring Mr. Tillian second admin
stration as governor of this state,
he first day of April, 1894, he issued
proclamation declaring martial law
the counties of D rlington and
orence and eflled ont the state mil
a to ''suppres the rebellion.f' The
Darlington war'' was the result of
tter factional feelip, created by
e ''reformers," of which Gov.
liman was the head, and as a conse
elice many of the militia companies
fused to obey the orders. Even the
Governor's Guard'' laid, down their
rms and refused -to. obey th.e - om
adl. 'However, several companies
ere dispatohed to Darlington and
lorence, under the command of Gen,
ichbourg, and two or three compa
es were assembled in Columbia for
e protection of the governor and the
tate property and to guard the tele
raph offices and exercise a censor
hip over the telegrams filed, the gov
rnor having:by special manifesto ta
en charge of all telegraph lines with
n ithe state and ordered that no in
lammatory messages be dispatched.
There was great excitement
.'throughout the state and an attempt
upon the life of Gov. Tillman was
expected almost any day. At one time
a rumor -spread throughout the city
that the governor had been killed by
a bomb, but it turned out that as the
governor's private carriage was cross
ing the railroad tracks below the
state house the wheels struck a torpe
do which had been placed there by
some railroad employe. The excite
'ment througlhout the state was at
fever heat and the people wre prepar
ed to give credene to any rumors cir
culatd.
Tedegraph Censorship Obnoxious.
Among the companies of the state
militia slat ioned in Columbia for the
pill-pose of .uarding tle state house
and teleirapli offices was the New
berry Rifles, one of the oldest and
best'or-gainizationis of the stale, Capt.
Silas J. McCaughlrin commhianlding. On
April 2. the day a fteir this compasny
was assigned to duty, thei following
let ter' was a(ddressed to thle governIor
by Capt. McCaughrin:
Columbia, S. C., A pril 2, 1894.
To His Excellency B. R.J Tillman.
Governor- of South Carolina.
Dear Sir-: I have the honor to in
form you -that we, the Newberry
Rifles, have performed the dtuies as
signed us, that of guarding the state
house and telegraph offices. The lat
tey dut3r is exceedingly distasteful to
the entire comm and, and as the coin
pany. responded to your order to ap
0ar here uinder the belief that they
era needed for the purpose of pro
eting, life and property anid iiot foil
iC purpose of exercising a scrutiny
or the- private affairs of the citiz
Sof South Car olina, a duty not
:distasteful, but, in the judgmient
the company, unnecssary and
ulated to iiritato the poOple3 all
inorb under the present state of
Irs, the miembers of the company
cring to lie suibjeted to such
'a n the future, beg leave here
p ,tender their resignations and
y thattheir a'rms, etc., are at
communcalion from Capt. McCaugh
rin, and without ordering an investi
gation or courtmartial,' so far as the
.records indicate, Ov. Tilman, as
commander-in-chief of the army of
the state, issued the following order,
summarily dismii:sing in dishonor and
disgrace, every member of the New
berry company:
Headquarters, Executive Mansion.
Columbia, S. C., April 2, 1894.
Capt. S. J. McCaughrin, Commanding
Newberry Rifles.
Sir: Your cominnuication of this
date has just been received. Under
the laws of South Carolina the gov
eriior is clothed with "the dicretion
and power -to call out the militia when
ever in the judgment of the governor
it may be necessary.'' And when so
called into the service of the state
shall be subject to the same rules and
articles of the United States army.
The action of your company, and your
daring to send it to me under these
rules, is mutiny and an insult to the
c6mmander-in-chief, who was given
his commission by the people. The
duty of a soldier, and the militia are
soldiers, when called into service, is
blind obedience to orders from his
stperior., and not to question them in
aiiy degree. You have failed to learn
this first lesson and I will make of
you and your compainy an example.)
Your resignations are not accepted,
but you are dismised from the service
of the state as uniworthy to wear its
uiiform. The arms and other state
property in your possession will be
delivered to Col. J. 0. Watts, assis
tant adjutant and inspector general.
You do not deserve it, but I will pay
your hotel bills and I trust I may
never be bothered with any more such
band box and holiday soldiers.
(Signed) B. R. Tillman,
Governor & Commander-in-Chief.
No Investigation.
As stited, there are absdlutely no
records in- tihe governor's office or. in
tile office of the adjutant and inspec
tor general to indicate that Gov. Till
man ordered any sort of an investiga
tion, and no courtmartial proceedingR
twere instituted. The order of dis
missal wds based solely on tihe letter
of Capt. McCaughrin, and nowhere
in the records do the names of the
discharged men appear in connection
with this order. It is safe to assume,
after a most careful search of all of
Gov. Tillman's papers and records re
lating to the "Darlington war'' that
he did not have before him a single
name of a member of this company,
save that of the commanding officer,
ond a total of 32 mien were disgraced
by the special order of the chief exe
cutive without even a hearing. As the
order of discharge was issuled imined
intely on receipt of the communion
tion from Capt. McCaughrin, it is be
lieved that no effort was even made
to ascertain if the letter expressed
the sentinient of every member of tile
(ompaylv, but, all were dischar.ged as
bein- "iunworthy to wear tle uni
for'i'
The Men Discharged.
Trhe following is ant iincomnplete ros
ter-of thle oifileers and niemblers oft the
Ncwbe'rry Rifles dismissed from thme
serice't withlouit honor01 by Gov. Till
manm: Silas McCaughrin. captain;.
IH. Wearn, first lieutenant; WV. WV.
Hornsby, second lieuteniant; WV. A.
IMcFall. junior second lieutenant ; (1.
Frank Wearn, orderly sergeant; John
A. Eddy, Fair Pifer, H. H. Kinard,
M,yer Mittle, J. J. Langford, Stan
more Cash, Isiael Brown, Ed Riser,
Chink Folk, O'eorge Kinard, R. M.
Taylor, John Blatz, E. S. Kingsmore,
0 P. Saxon, all livinig; and the fol
lowving since deceased: H. 'lf. White,
Frank B. Lane, -B. B. Hunter.
Isn't It?
Just on1ce iln a while-of course, uin
d1er our breath
Now isn't it really so?
Trheirp comes a dull day, when we tir'
ed to dleatIh .
Of all tihe ni1cc people we know.
And, in deed-it must be-os such
things alwvaya go,
IThat. withiout'the least inalie or fuss
IN'ow and thenI all the clover, nice
people we know
Get awfully tired of. us.
-Bmkia Life.
THE LEGISLATURE. 1WE
rhe Dispensary Question Will Not
Come up Before Next Week-The Want
Lien Law. T9
3pecial Cor. Herald and News.
Columbia, Jan. 24.-It does not The
eein likely that the dicisive battle Wil
>ver the dispensary will 1)e begunl un- the n
if next, week. Both sides a're wait- ing tI
ng oiN the report of the new dispen- Coke
ary investigating committee. This Tilli
t iz now expected will be ready by will I
Priday, aecordinlg to a statemuent to- on II
ay a membei of the conimittee made not t(
o the correspondent of The Herald AC
mild News. The principal bills of each last v
ide, that of the dispensary people senat
-eekiing a purification scheme along yeste
the lines of the Tillmaii-Riysor- Tillin
Manning bill of last year, and the Mare
Care-Cothran local option county nomil
lispensary bill, have both been print- n1oii
3d and are ready to be called upon a ceive(
noment 's notice. lut Satiurday will W1
be an off day, both houses having he di
selected this day to visit, Clemson had
,-ollege, and as thle committee report speah
will not be in before Friday, there They
will be no time for action this week. ''I
A subject of special interest to the votin
readers of The Herald and News is to si
the probable action of the legisla- State
lure this year oil the lien law. It is ''i
impossible at this stage of the game malic
to foretell what. will be done. Bills of S
to repeal the law entirely and bills with
to make important amendments are bark(
pending in both houses, each branch Jam
having gone upon the subject to back beire
Rway again in the form of motions pelnso
to ,adjourn debate. It is ekident that he ki
there will be the usual warm contest com13
in both houses. Tle factions seem ''s
equally confident of victory. hii ]
The fate of the bucket-shop nuis- mone.
ance may be decided in the senate this rebat
week. Judging from the num4ger of Carol
bills being urged on the subject it lie w
icems likely that some sort of change state
will be made. the 1
Compulsory education will not be more
reached in either house till next week. rectoi
Some bill along this line will likely it to
get closer to ratification than any purpo
have yet done, but it does not seem Mr
lickly that compulsory education will be sp
be enacted into law at this session. ards
Perhaps the most important nega-- thus
Live legislation of the session so far expr<e
has been the putting to death of the Soutil
Frost joint resolution calling for an be st
inter-session commission to investi- DNo
vate the railroads and report by bill was 1
,ind recommendations and testimony. a fev
The resolving words were stricken motio
mt by a vote of 65 to 48. It lookel T
is if this bill would forestall action es o
4ough1t in other p)elding bills.
An important piece of positive leg- been
silation of interest to your readers odist
was the pasing by the house of Mr. to le
Walker's bill to allow 50 cents a day eral
to jurors serving inl magistrates
aourts in criminal eases. Desperate tol el
3ffort was made to kill the bill on
'hird-readinig, flirst by a motion to re
!omm111it and t111 )y a motion to col- 'r"L - <
mit, a roll c'all heing deade hnea
A featunre of the'house session this towi
veek was ' ' the st ateilnent of ieasons peng~
R~epresentative Coke D).' Mainn gave met
or. not vot ing to con firm the eleet.ion Mir
f Senaitor Tillmani. Hie seint, upl his lur i
v.ritteni rea'sonis to the speaker's desk p)ositi
is follows: 'foned
''I wish to staite my reasons for bittet
lot voting for the Hon1. Benj. R. Till- imig 'V
nan to succeed himself in the Unit- ed th;~
..l State senate. $60 th
''Pirst. He made - a wanlton anId Mir. i
nlahicious attack upon the ministry of tions
Southi Carolina, charging them wvith er~s,
)eing in league with the exba'i'keepers and(i
>f. Vhe state, wvith Col. James A. not
Iohyt thme standard bearer of the pro- expe0i
libitionlists, to defeat and destroy the the fa
lispeii.9ry law in South Carolina. ted. 1
this lie knewv was false and1( an1 out- t hat
'age on-l cOloo dhec.ency- stronI:
'' Second. Befoie I could vote for a hiar
nm I woulld hav'e to know hiow miuchl aidil
(ebates allowed the state. I contend pulpi
hat as governor lie wasw hAndling the conta
nloney of the state anld htid no0 right Bile
o return it to the liquor hou-se, any 3i.
nore than the p)resent board has the aque
'ighit to apprqaiate such money~ to fenise
heir.ow usl .l~ . ed1 ill
On mjotion of lpesenttative Rich- with
irds th&' gtso'W were promptly the fm
e $'i~~ he Co1
COKE D. MANN
WOULD NOT VOTE
s to Know How Much Rebatei
lman Gave Away-Could Not
Print in Journal.
tate. 23rd.
enl the house journal is read b:
011)ebers of that biody this Imorn
le rea1sns advalced by Rev. 1)
Mann for not votin. for 11. R
aIII for Unlited States senlato.
0( he found tlherein. The oiise
olion of Mi. Richards, decideic
piniit them.
'oring to a resolitioll adopte(
.eek the voting for United Statel
)I (,litl ill) in tlie house at,i nooi
.day. Mr. Dixon nominated Mi
an for the term which expires it
Ih. MIr. DeVore seconded th,
latioli and Mir. Wade move thi
intionls .elose. Mi. Tillman re
1 114 votes.
ten Mr. Maniis' name was ealle
d Iot vote anid wlhen the votinij
bwen finished lie sent to th
er lite reasons for not votiig
wer-e as follo%-w:
wish to state my reasons for no
x for the Hlon. Benj. R3. Tiliial
eveel himself' in the Unitei
S wenate.
'iit. He made a wnton an,
iolls attack up oil the ministr;
mutlI Carolina, charging I t
Ieiig inl league witli the ex
!elers of the State, with Co'
s A. Hoyt. as tlieir standardl
1, to defeat and lestroy the dis
,ry law in South Carolina. Thi
LeN was false and an outrage o
decency.
econd. Befere I coild vote fe
should have to know how muc
v he returned to Mr. Hubbell a
Ds allowed the State of Sout
ina. I contend that as governo
as handling the money of th
and lie had no right to retur
aoney to the liquor house an
than the present board of di
's has the right to appropriat
their own use, or to such othe
,ses as they might see fit."
Mann asked that these reason
read. on the journal. Mr. Ricb
iaid he did not think they shoul,
)e,,recorded because they did no
s the views of the people o
Carolina. He-moved that the;
-icken from the record and Mi
re seconded the motion. Ther
1o roll call or diiision and onl
v voted against Mr. Riclhards
1.
genieral assembly has a join
in today to eleet several olleer,
. Coke 1). Mann has for year
I prominent figutre inl fihe Meth
church in this state. Ie is sail
a man withoul fear and oi sev
[casions hi,as iad his courag
While at lamar, in Darling
mnty, a few yea's a,--o ini effor.
inde to liave a dis)elsary placel
leross (lie street from his loi<
barter of thle towni forbadle th
ishmen t ol a d ispensariiy or an;
kind of' wh'iskey shop ini tha
and thle onily way' to get t lie is
iry was by3 legisl at ive( amendi~
to the town chai'ter.
Maiun caime bef'ore the legisla
nd( successfully opposced the pro
oni. On his return to Ljamiar h
that there was a great dealh o
ness against him and the feel
as kept up until lhe wvas inform
t a certain party had been p)ai<
i give the preacher a threashing
fann is keeping with the tradi
of the p)ionleer Methodist prech
vent immediately to this part;
iquired suavely if the latter di<
tink $60 very cheap foir bur'in
ses with nothing to be left fo
mily. Mir. Mann w'as not moles
f'or does lie denty the allegatio1
he feeling aminst him was s
e that lie was forced to carr
d bag to churceh Sunday night
since it in front ofi him a on thI
.The hand bag is sa id to htav
ned somethiung else beCsid.l.
and( a hymn hi\ookI.
Mann is more than a p)iture
sharacter'. TPhis at titude of de
wast ntot aissumedC(, hut was fore
>Oul him. 'Thlat he stands htigi
is deniomina'tiont is evidentl froni
cttlhat whlen conference met '
1W jfour~ years gigo hio was ele
South Carolina Methodist at the g
oral conferenee of the Southern Mi
odist church. His son Dr. 1). L. Mr
silperintendent of the Florence gi
ed schlools, is olne of the leading e
entors inl the state.
PORAKER RP4SOLUTION PASS
Passes Over Legality of Justice of
Discharge Order of President
Roosevelt.
Wash ington, .1an. 22.-The set
tday pasetd the ollroiilse Foa
iesolttion althorizing tlie Conii
oin Iilitary affairs to investigate
facts of -e affray at Browisv
Tex., on the nights of August i
14, last ''without questioning the
I gality or justice of aniy ret of
presidelit inl relation'' to or Conniec
with that affray.
This actioin came after the sub
of the pres.ident's discharge of
negro troops had beenl under consi,
ationt almios't daily 4inee thle i
3 d.ay of the present session ol congi
and every phalse of the question
beenl dlisculssed onii all sides. Be
the adoption ofl the resolution
eral substitute measures were VC
down. Olne by Senator Mallory,
clariiig that tle president had at
olity for his course and acted jum
was tabled by a vote of 13 to 22.
- other, by Senator MeCumbller, sin
Iovidiig for an invest,igation, w
out refereece to the presidenlt in
nanner, was tabled by a viva N
vote. A third, by Senator Cul
soi, simply indorsing ithe preside
-action and providing for no invi
gationi, was tabled by a roll call
r of 46 to 19. There was' no 'rec
4 vote on file resolution adopted.
8 When the Brownsville resolu
was laid before the senate Mr. A
r lory of Florida disculs sed the If
0 questions involved in the preside
discharue of the negr<d troops.
Mr. Mallory's Substitute.
Mr. Mallory offered a substi
for the compromise Brownvillc
r solution, presented yesterday by
Foraker. The resolution of Mr. I
s lory provides for an Investigation
ter resolving as follows:
''That in the judgment of the
ate the recent action of tile pres
in diseharging withiout honor inli
men of Companies B, C and D of
Twenty-fifth infantry, was within
scop)e of his authority and power
the proper exereise thiereof.''
Mr. Mallory said lie could not
port tle Foraker resolution becf
t. its language as to ilie preside
poWeI was eqluivocal.
Senator Teller opp)osed tile iden
vaneed in a re(ei'I sp)eehel by Sen
Sted'' power froi le king. This
- at new doctrinle and tle Colo,
L senalor said le could see how% it i
become Immop lul inl soile localitie
-.enlator. Hacoof (d, i '-upp)
1 ed lie I lallory sibstituiite. le e
1e0erized tihe t mon11g1evilen n t1 l
R'We'ubi.an Aon teiLnrker res
-tion a'sian iltlusto of teir wit
Scempidenliei in suornligunasl
fo which they can ao vpose andh
in asetn, ad nderin t lite '
wh theasiiit resouton re ltes.''
F otaker teoluin he detcolre'i
Whe i. n rh B iadco ntmared thie
t iihapresidentt wat cote witi
cmpromis t in u'sufrho tanguag
ich f.hot wic 'n'hose aded
ported im odunt, Mr. frin ( Aldh
asked ''hdiidt udrtande Olthea
I n orasayvthat, the lstio who'
-the prsident'iis contet roith thi
.otsiin te thow maint ietion?'' i
rHadlet But ower Purose 1)01
Mr. Baon reliednt ona 1eher
mighlatr thik'wakfr frmt.hedi
tan fro tre, ''iiad,' hoein add
aned hal wase farct o eph
what3ihadt saidt th cotary
RepliiEhoM. aonsarL
en- Ie was far from being an advocate
th- of the president he yet .believed the
nn, language proposed in the Foraker res
ad- olution wats an injustic to the presi
du-- dent.
Mr. Bacon wanted an oportunity
to vote directly on the question
aD. whether the president. had the legal
power to diselllirge the Iegro troops
the and on t'he question of tabling the
revsollitioln. Be spoke of the affray
at Ilrownsville as ,"an uspeakablo
o it rag"e.
late A roll call was taken on Mr. For
ker aker's motion to lay tihe Mallory sub
lee slittie on the table. This motion pre
the Vailed, 43 to 22. Messrs MeCumber,
lle. Warner andt(] aFollette voted with
uid the )enoerats andi Messrs. Teller and
le- Tillman with withl the Republicans.
tie Stone Not Offended.
ted Mr. Stone took occasion to review
Senator Tillan's "attempt. at iu
et 1nr'' yesterday. He said lie had
t-he taken nto offense at the reference to
ler- 'hiniself in Mr. Tillman's eharacteri
ist zalion of the senate as ''a minstrel
eS S, troupe'' and was sorry tlie senator
1U1d 1from Tenessee (Mr. Cargilack) and
ore the senate had eliminated it from The
40V- Record. He was opposed to hallviig
,ted Tl lieeord "a tomb for platitdes'
de- and Ie hoioped Senator Tillman would
Ith.1- reconsider Iis resoiution "n141t do so
11y, againl" l)( would "soft(n his tone'
An- and ma1lke many113 ture aiittempIts.
1ply Seilor Culberson proiosed at sIIu)
ilh- slitute whici provided for no investi
anY gation but siliply resolved tilit the
,oce pre.sidet wis autilorized by law and
)er- justifie(l by the facts inl dismissing
It's the negro troops'.
sti- Explaining the need for the resoli
'ote tion lie said the whtole question was
iord now in the hai ds of senatora who op
Lion posed or denied the authority or
"" right of the position of the president.
A vote on the Foraker resolution
gal wa-s then taken and without a roll call
t the resolution was declared adopted.
The resolution was referred to the
committee to audit and control the
contingent expenses of the Henate in
re- order to secure authority for the ex
' penditures of the inquiry, whereupon
fal- Mr. Kean, chairman of that commit
af- tee, immediately announced lie had
been authorized by that committee to
ien- make a favorable report onl the reso
lent lition and this report was agreed to.
dted
the
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and Comes with Husband and Twenty
p- four Trunksto Pay Visit.
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t's New York Times.
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1dw- dward VI is said Io alive referred
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lad"camen hiere yesterdaly wvithl her
o hulisbatid ont Ihe laniburg ,Ameriean
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limot' s oni this si4 (fl, he Wa(er, ald
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Yhe I orarly wear. nIof111 the itgowns
i. wichii hi1 aer he nesil lan roAlt
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,weae etin wind the Per liehnonlis,ll
Tghe down t1 th to to)eanil( wl eloe Them,
et thei( vessel was113 f'ogboun unt111l( l)ate
in thes afternoonl, and'Mr(.h ill aelon
tif (>ad 1)u catc a4lI trinIltI C for)Washingt-n
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