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vn4. d, AN IG . ,N 1T~TTV MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY. -JANUALY 31, 19.___N.7 A RIOT 01 CUIRLESIUN. THE STATE CONSTABLES SAVED BY T HE POLICE From a Body of Anay Cizns, Who Wanted to LTnch Them-One Man Wcanded-A Lawyer Sent to the Station Honsw. CHARLESTON, S. C.. Jan. 25.-The predicukon that the enforcement of the amended Dispersary Act would result in bloodshea was very nt-arly veritied yesterday af. roon, whe. Vander herst street r. .s packed with a crowd of cinzens angF e. at a fivng rumor that one of the constables, while raid ing the grocery store of H. Nolte, at 26 Vandorhorst street, had struck me wife of tbe propietor. The charge asi one whtch never fails to excite tue righteous indignation of men to tc higbest pitch, and when to it is added the animosity which is directed to wards the law and tne bitter hatred with whic the constables are regarded by many people, there is ri~le wonder that the passion of the cr'wd rose al most to frenzy and maoae the people wild iv their desire to see the alleged perpetrator of such a dastardly deed brought to swift justice. It seems that the raid on Mr. Nolte's place was not a premeditated one, and few people knew it was in progress un til there was coupled witti the an nouncement the rumor that the pro prietor's wife had been struck by the constable. .Then the crowd began to gather. People pourpd into Vandor horst street from every neighboring thoroughfare, and in less time almost than it takes to tell it the space, side walk and roadway, between King and Coming streets, was a mass of haman ity. Tue windows of the houses were open and hundreds of beads of women and children inoked down on the scene Mr. Nolte himself was away from home when the raid was made, and re turned with the gathering crowd. He rushed for the entrance of his store, aking for the man who had struck ais wife. Chief of Police Martin and Lient. J. H. Fordham rode up in the beat of the excitement. As Chief Mar tin reached the front of the premises Constable Elliott was pointed out as the man against whom the charges were preferred. Mr. Nolte started to ward the constable and Chief Martin interposed, with a request to know what was occasioning the disturbance. He was told that Mr. Noite's wife had een struck by a constable. He turne: to Mr. Nolte and asked did he prefer such a charge, and then he ordered the people, who by this time were crowded around, to move off while he attended to the matter. He was then told by Mr. Nolte that Constable Elliott was the accused man, and the chief arrest ed the constable himself. I In the meantime the crowd was get - ting larger and more excited. The de monstrations which were at first con fined to mutterings of v.ngeance against aman who would do such a deed as that of which the constable was charged, began to be nore openly and loudly expressed. The bitterest lan age was begun now to be heard. ere was an excited crowding of the people towards the door of the grocery where the chief of police and his pris oner were. 'At this time the-fire squed of the po lice -department was ordered out to clear the street and the sidewalks, and subsequently ;hey were reinforced by half a dozen other policemen. The crowd was in a very excited condition and held their ground or only gave way temporarily before the officers long after Constable Elliott had been conducted to the Guard House by Chief Martin. At the Guard House Constable Elliott remained for some hours until Thi Justice Milan could be sent for. The casa will probably come up in that Court to-day. A reporter called upon Mr. Nolte and asked for a statement regarding the incidents of the raid. Mr. Nolte said: "I was not at home when the raid took place. When I got there I fonnd Elliott and six cr more spi's around my place. My wife pointed 'ut Elliott as the man who had struck her. I would have shot him, but I did not have my pistol with me. As soon asaIheard the epies were at my place I sent for Mr. Legare, who is my lawyer, for advice. ?le got the-re just as Chief Martin and Lieut. Fordham arrived and demanded that Elliott and the oth er spies be arrested~, Nearly two hun dred of my friends were present, but we did not see ft to use force. is tois a law to compel us to stand idly by andc see our ho~mes raided and our families assauheed?" A rei orter .saw Constable Elliott at the Station House and asked him how the disturbance had arise-n. He said he was passir~g Mr. Nolte's place and a negro said to him he had ttter raid it. Be said he would and %ent in. Mrs. Noite met him and told him there was no liquor in there, and that he could not go in. He replied that he was an officer in the discharge of his duty, and pasaed by her. He said that he never dreamed of such a thing as striking a woman, and be believed that anyone who' knew him would acquit him of such a charge. 1t was impossible~ to see Mrs. .Nolte SpErsonall), but a ge-neral outhuec t-r staten ent in regard to the raid w~as ob taned tzom what she is re-ported to have said when cha'ges were lodged agatost Constable Elliott. After he was taken to the Station Mirs. Nolte and her husband came to prefer char ges against him. It is reported that Mrs. N. said that Constable Ellhott came into the grocery and wanted to search the place. She told him that no lquor was kept or concealed on the premise-a and objected to. his going any further, anid that it was then that the constable struck her and passed on to complete the raid. The raid took place at about 3 o'clock in the af ternoon, but it was several hours befcre the last oi the crowd dispersed. No liquor was found on the Nolte premists, and it is generally believed that the raid was an impromptu affair. The fact. that there were no policemen on the around when it begun looks as though the chief of police had no: Deen notified of the constable's intentions. It has heretofore been the custom for Chief Constable Gaillard to notify Cief of Police Martin of a raid and ask for an escort of two or more policemen. Mrs. Nolte and Constable .Elliott seem to have been the only eyewitnesses. It does not a ppear from any of the state ments made so far that the other con stables who were on the ground later were in the building at the time that the provocation for the disturbance was given. The case .has created the most wide spread excitement and inf'erest throughout the city, and when it comet up before Tril Justice Milan, as it wil] probably do to-day, it wilt be hearc by a crowded Court room. LAWYER LEGARE JUGGED. A raid made on the place of IF. Jor dan, at No. 38 King strer , yesterda) morning, was the occasion of an inci dent which caused much comment, ant one which will probably be prolif ic of interesting legal conseq2uences. While the constables were raidi M. Joran's place he sent for Mr. Gec s. Legare, his lawyer. Mr. Lgare hast mad to the scene of action, and was re -sed entrance to the premises. He mubsequently went into the house, and while in there was arrested and taken :o the police headquarters. Trial Jus ,ice Milan was sent for, and the pris mer turned over to him. Later in the Jay Mr. Legare zave bond and was re eased to appear before the Court. -Mr. Legare was seen by a reporter for the News and Courier, after his re ease f rom custody, and asked for a statement of the facts iu. the case. He said that Mr. Jordon's son came to his ofice and told him that his fath r uianted him around at his place of business. He hastened to comply witb the request. When he reached Mr. Jordon's place he tound Cnief Consta ble Gaillard outside of the door, which was being guarded by two policemen. He requezt'-d permission to enter and wis rei used. He explained to Consta ble Galllarj that he hasd been sent for y bis client, and he conceived it his duty to compl. with his request. Con stable Gaillard still refused him en trance and ordered the officers at the door to keep him out. Shortly after Constable Gaillard had entered - the house he went into the room. The consrtable;, headed by Chief Gaillard, hastened towards him. Chief Consta ble Gaillard ordered him out and he declined to go. The chief constable then requested Lieut. J. H. Fordham, f the police force. to arrest him. The officer rewinded Chief Constable Gail lard that the premises were in his (Gail lard's) possession, and that he was the one to perform the office. Chief Con stable Galliard then laid his hand on Mr. L-gare and told him to consider himsrlf ander arrest. Ee replied cer tainly he would, and was turned over to Lieut. Fordham. Outside the build ing the police wagon was rung for and Mr. Legare was put in it and taken to the Guara House. When Chief Constable Gaillard was asked for a statement regarding the raid and the arrest Incident thereto bo said: "I entered F. Jordan's place; 58 King street, at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning. I found Mr. Jordan near the door on the inside sitting on a stool. I told him my busisess. As soon as I did so he said: "Have you a search warrant?" I told him I had. Mr. El liott', who held the warrant, presented it to him a moment or two afterwards, and the search began. I closed the front door and stood outside of it. Twe police officers were stationed at the door and Irequested them not to allow anyone to enter. I observed Mr. Le gare approaching very rapidly. He de sired admittance. I refused to allow him to enter, and after a few words of explanation he demanded his right to enter, suggesting legal reasons to me for keeping him out. He then with drew from the door after a little objec tion. I went inside and closed the door. A few-minutes afterwards Mr. Legare opened the door and forced himself in. -I stopped him immediately aid asked him to withdraw. He declined to do so, saying he desired to make a ques tion of it. I called in Lieut. Fordham and requested him to arrest -Mr. Le gare and take him out of the store, so that my search could proceed without interference or disturbance." It is probable that this is the beginning of another big lawsuit for the State of South Carolina. No contraband goods wre found on Mr. Jordan's place. ONE OF THE MOB SHOT. The first blood which has flowed in Charleston in consequence of the dis peneary law was spilled last night, and as far as can be known, It was spilled by a representative of the. State con stabulary. The excitement caused by the inci dent in Vanderhorst street grew as the day wore -bn, and by nightfall the feel ing of indignation was intense. Scores of men visited both depots at the time for the arrival of the evening trains, expecting that the constables would. be present but instead the depots were provided with extra police. About 9 o'clock a meeting of citizens was held and afterbrief debate those present adjonrned. Shortky after this a crowd of men, about five hundred in number, was seen marching up King street in the direction of Spring street, where it is known that there is a board ing house ait which the constables lodge The place is kept by Mrs. Charles Mc Cants and :s designated as No. 803. When the crowd reached Spring street it numbered over five hundred. They were determin eU men and seemed in tent on avenging the insult which they said had been' heaped upon a Charles ton woman. No other motive inspired 'them, ard had the constable been founa who was charged wiih that out rage inere is no way to say what his fate might have been. But such was not to be. The meet ing bad adjourned at 10.15 o'clock and a few minutes later information was given to the police that trouble would ensue. A squad of tw' elve men was quickly sent out and they waited in Spring street around the corner from the scene of action. As the crowd ap proached Kmng street from Meeting the sergeant in'char ge blew his whistle -mnd the squad of police was quickly sta tionedi in front of the door of the house As the crowd reached the place a pis ol shot was tired f rom the direction of he house ano Washington Betancourt fell as parently dead. Tis was the signal for a great hur rah. arnd shots were heard on all siues. Mst of the men' in the crowd thought the shot wvhich struca Betancourt was lted by one of their friends, and scores of revolvers were flred in the air. The confusion thus created was great, but meanwhile the policemen stood equare iagainst the do'or, not one of the crowd was able to pass the barrn c-ade. In a few n~inutes two more wagon loads of policemen arrived, and the crowd grad'iallt dispersed. Nothing was seen of any of the con stables, and it is safe to say that not many of them 'aere near about when the tumult ceased. Who shot Mr. Bet ancourt ? was the all absorbing ques tion. It was asked a thousand times and answered In a dozen different ways The ball entered the right side of h-is neck and ranged backward, showing that it came from the west side of the street. Then no one saw the flash, this proving that the man who fired the shot was not in the street. But who fired the shot is a question which will never be satisfactorily answered. Mr. Betaneourt was takean to a resi dence near by and treated by a physi. clan. It is not thought that his Inju ries will prove very serious. Eight Die in O ae Family. COLLsrIA, S. C., Jan. 23.-The peo pie of Coiumbia have read with sorrow the news at different times of the deaths in the Cartledge fatnily, of Edgefield County. The mortality in the family has continued, as the following in the Edgelield correspondence of the News and Courier of yesterday wili show: 'Eight persons have died of the grij i the Cartledge famlily in four or five weeks, Messrs. Jerry and Sam CartledgE and their wives, Dr. Cartledge, Mr. Ber Ouzs, father of Mrs. Jerry Cartledge and Mrs. May. a cousin, who assisted t in nursing the sick, and at last a::counts . Mrs. Outzs lies dongerously ill; if she should die only a little five-year-old gir wol b.e1 h left of this nce happy fami TILE REFORM LEADE"S, THEY HOLD A MEETING IN WASHING TON IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE. A rdjority of Them Belue Unable to D: cide Between a Eiarly or LTe Corvan tVon, D.,cide t- Hohl -N.-e-Diln-rentl Views of tbe M -eing. COLUMBIA, S. ,., Jan. 24.-There is considerable gossip floating around concerning the recent meetirig of some of the Reform leaders in the city of I Washington to heal the division in the ranks of their faction caused by 6he re cent attack of Senator Irby on Con gressman Shell and other prominent Reformers. As a matter of news I will, give your readers some extracts from the many disp-tches that have been sent from Washington about the mat ter. Editor Hoyt,of the Greenville Moun taineer. telegraphs his paper from Washington, where he is on a visit, as follows: "A great deal of interest is manifest ed among the South Carolina colony as to the political situation in the State. The recent fulminations of Senator Irby portend to most minds a serious and disastrous breach in the ranks of the Reformers. Ie is regarded as making a desperate fight to retain control and direction of the faction, but it is freely predicted that failure on his part is in evitable, unless Governor Tillman comes to the rescue. It is very doubt ful where the Governor is going to land in this fight. He is always ready to take position but in this instance he is flghing shy of the belligerents. He is to- be in Washington this maorn ing, ostensibly to argue the railroad question before a Congressional com mittee, but in reality to patch up a trace between the warring elements in his faction. The editors of the Coldtm oa Register and the Cotton Plant have been on a visit of a political nature al so, and several conferences are said to be tie outcome of their visit, but the participants are not revealing the na tare and purpose of these conferences. So far as can be judged from the out side, the trend of opinion among the Reformers is against Senator Irby, and in a short time there will be a positive and aggressive movement along that line. Congressman Shell is waiting to learn what the people want before he brings his committee together for the purpose of calling a convention of the Reformers, but it is certain that such a convention is to be held, and under the auspices of Capt. Shell's executive committee of the Farmers' Association. Itis very galling to Senator Irby that the leading position is yet occupied by Capt. Shell but many-think it is the poetry of retribution for this -state of affairs to exist, even though Irby does not enjoy it. The visit of Governor Tillman will attract much attention. The Post this morning has an article on South Caro lina politics, which has a decidedly Ir byish flavor, in which it is clearly in timated that the movement for an eac ly convention advocated by the Cotton .Plant and Columbia Register is intend ed-tocarry the buik of the Reformers into the third party. This intimation coincideswith what a -prominent Re former told me a few days ago. He asserted positively that such was the purpose of Editor -Bowden,who is lead ig the movement, and that the rest of his crowd would fall into line. I sug gested that Mr. Bowden might be seek ing an early opportunity to get back into the Democratic fold, but he scout ed the idea. and said that others want ed to get outsid--, and- would avail themselves of the first chance to do so. The Post also intimates that Gover nor Tillman would maintain a coali tion with Senator Irby, but this does not agree with the opinion given by the aforesaid Reformer, who declared that the Governor is trying to play neutral, and would make a most egreg ions failure. I am inclined to be~eve this statement, which is shared by many others with whom ir have con versed in Washington. The general opinion seems to be that Mr. Ellerbee is the forthcoming candidate for Gov ernor under the movement for an ear ly convention. His friends are work ing or the nomination, and no other ma bas such active adherents in the fel( is yet. Senator John Gary Evans has ceen generally regarded as the ad ministration candidate, but this is another mistake, and he will no'; be an aspirant for Governor in the coming camaign." Editor Hoyt continues in another dispatch as follows: "Chairn-an Iroy says tonight that all differences in the Reform faction will be narmonized through a preliminary campaign, and that the people will be called upon to decide who shall be the standard-bearers of the Reformers u.: tne Democratic prithary. That there is no danger of the third party element getting control of the machiner y of the Democratic party by any manipu lation of the preliminary fight and that the faction will be solid in favor of the nominees chosen in th-tt fight. Senator Irby also says tnat he and Gove-rnor Tilman are in thorough accord, and that all re-ports to the contrarv are wholly with-out foundation. They ed a lengthy conference this after noon and they are determitzed to act together for the preservation of Demo craic unity in South Car'lina. Unair man Irby says further that his deter mintion is -to keep the R.eformers in complete harmony with the national organization of Democrats, and that he would be recreant to his trust if he allowed any other course to oe pur sued without protesting against 1t. As the preliminary skirmish is to begin soon, c-andidates for Governor will en ter the field at once, and it is under stood that John Gary Evans widi ac tively engage in the fray. He has been cnsulted in the premises, and is ready to go before the people at any time. Ellerbe, W. D. Evans and Tindal are also expected to enter the raea for Governor." The following special dispatch frorm Washington appeared in the Re~gister, of this city, today: "A portion of the South Carolina delegation had a very stormy meeting today. There were present Governor Tilman, Senator Irby, Congressmen McLaurn, Latimer, Strait, Talbert and Colonel Neal. The question of holding a spring conveution came up. in the course of his remarks. Senator Irby an imadverted very seriously upon Mr. Bowden as a third partyite, and said he would no sooner afliliate with him than he would with J. IL.-ndrix Mc Lane or with any black Republican, Mr. McLauun resented this -and said that he w'as Bowden's friend arnd would not submit to his being spoke~n of in this wav; that Ilowden was as good a Democrat as Irby, and that it he had been called to conference to heari his frieids abused he wouid withdraw. Senator Irby repeated his offensive re marks and McLaurin withdrew. Sev eral conferences were held before from which Mc-Laurin and Shell were excluded, and it was reported that all I had been fixed before McLaurin was - sent for. Senator J. G. Evans. guber naora candidate wa in Senator Ir by's room in conference, but ieft when McLaurin came in." Editor Williams, of the Greenville News, who is also in Washington, tele graps as follows to his paper: "The split in the South Carolina re form party seems to be widening There have been two caucuses or con ferences in the last two days-the last one this morning which ended in an unpleasant scene between McLaurin and Irby. McLaurin was present as representative of the Bowden or Eller h -:ing and resentedibitterly the sena tor's,vigorous denunciations of Shell ard Bowden, declaring that he would not submit to having them slandered. His wing is in open rebellion against Tillman, who seems disposed to side with Irby and John Gary Evans al though he has not openly declared him self. The sides as represented here seems to be Bowden of the Cotton Plant, Koester of the Register. Mc Laurin and Sheli against Irby, EvanE and Strait, with Latimer doubtful, out leaning toward the alliance side. Tal bert is doubtful, and Tillman is doubt, ful but leaning towards Irby. "1 am told that an agreement is tak ing shape to form a reform convention to be called between March and May and that a proposition is to be made tU have two men, one representing each taction, to be chosen in each county tc act as managing committee to securf f air play. The alliance wing met here boldly declare to make it wara for Tillman if he undertakes to dis criminate against them in any way The feeling between the two elementi is becoming steadily more bitter Governor Tillman and Senator Irby de cide tonight that there shall be no re form convention, but that all candi dates shall go before the people anc submit their claims to an open prima ry of all Democrats. This decision it announced through the Aosociated Press and is said to have been decided on without much consultation witt other leaders. It is not known yel whether the Ellerbe faction will ac cept this, but they will probably do so.' The following is the Associated Presi dispatch -alluded to above, and may be accepted as the true version of thE meeting and the conclusions reachec by it. it was sent out from Washing ton under date of January 23 and read. as follows: "Governor Tillman of South Carolin arrived in the city yesterday for the purpose uf transacting some business in connection with the dispensary o1 his State. Incidental to that business there was held in the committee root of Senator Irby at the capitol a con ference attended by Governor Tillman Senator Irby, Representatives Strait Talbert, Latimer and McLaurin. anc Col. Neal, Superintendent of the State penitentiary. This conference was for the purpose of considering whal was the best policy for the Democrat. to pursue in the coming election u South Carolina and resulted, Governor Tillman said, in a practically unani. mous agreement. Senater Irby is chair man of the State Democratic commit tee, and Governor Tiltman is the lead er-of what is known as Reform Demo, crats, and the representatives preseni represent districts that were carried b3 the same wing of the party. There ar( two factions in the State advocating different policies, the one favoring coavention in the spring for the pur pose of nominating candidates to go before the primaries, and the other fa voring a free-for-all race by the prima. ries to be held during the month o1 August. The members of the caucui agreed that it would be better not tc hold the convention, for the reason thal it woul-l look as if tbe attempt was be ing made to forestall the people in theii choice, and~the primary form of select lg candidates will be recommended. It is ::nderstood that this result wat not reached without a heated discus sin, and it was said that Representa tive McLaurin, because of an allusior to one of his friends, who belonged t< the Third party, withdrew from th' conference before any conclusion wat reached, not, however, until he had re plied to the statements made by Mr Irtiy, who is credited with having made the speech at which Mr. McLau rin took offense." -The conclusion reached by the can cus is a most sensible one, and wil put an end to the war In the Reforn ranks. It will give satisfactionrto al Democrats in the S~ate, as it co mple te ly shuts out the ?alrd Partyites anc does away with a factional Democruti' convention. Under the plan adoptei every Demociat in the State will havy an opportunity to vote for the man ke wants for Governor without any sug gesions from a March or July conven tion. * lie-d Up By Highwayvmen. KINGsTRcEE, Jan- 24.-News nas jus reaned this placeot a daring robber: in the Indian Town section of thi county. While Mir. Z. T. Eaddy was oi his way home from this town on ye! terday he was accosted by three maskel men at [Praisley Swamp and told t "suck out." Mr. Eaddy was ridini along without the least suspicion o foul play and when he saw the mel standing on one of the bridges of th swamp with their backs towards hit he paid no attention as he could no see Lhe masks. Just as the horse go ven with the men they turned aroun and one of them seized the bridle whil toe others covered Mr. Eaddy wit guns and proceeded to "go throug him," after the most approved styl4 air. lkddy is administrator of a wea thy estate and it was pretty generall known in this section of the count that he carried large sums on his pei son when he lef t home, as an "ounce o prevention" in case his house should b robbed during his absence. Mr. E add dos not know who the robbers are by says they are white men. The robbei secured about $1,400. The Cott-,n Crop. NEW ORLEA~s, La., Jan. 2-2-M Ieury M. Neill furnished the Souther Assoiated Press with the followiL statement concerning his estimates c the cotton cron: "Telegrams and ciu culars sent out from New York las week by p'ar ies whose names are we known announced that Neill has re dued bis estimate to 74. Some sa: Neill London others simply Neili. -1 either form there is no truth in th statement; on the contrary, in myalette of the 16th, and in the London. circuli of he 18th, the estimate of 77, minimu: was strongly affirmed. As one of or Lodon friends say in a cable receive ths morning. It was bull indentiol I leave it to others to characterize th coduct of these New York writei and to judge how weak must be the: position when they find it-necessaryt reort to auch desperate expedients. Co-mmits suicide. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 22.-Simon I Marx, a prominent cotton broker, wet to Audubon park this afternoon, an plciog the muzzle of-a revolver in h mouth, blew the top of his head 01 e had several large notes to meet, -as ucemg unanle to raise the cash, gre despondent, and left his home ear] this morning with the avowed intei tion of killing himself. His family hi came alarmed, had informed the pollc who hunated for him in vain until tt Isensational manner of his suicide wi teiehned to headquarters. A VERY IMPORTANT ACT. Any Sc -o.l DhtrIct Can Ltvy ai Special School Tax. At the last session of the Legislature an Act was passed giving any school district in the State the right to levy and collect an extra schooi tax, to run the schools a longer period than that allowed by the regular tax collected for the purpose. This is an import,-nt tax, as it puts in the hand3 of the people the cpportunity of extending the terms of thei: schools at a coauparatively small coLt. The Act is to be printea, and thousands of 'opies sent out to school trustees, teachers and others in terestEd, b7 the Superintendent ot Ed ucation. The following is the Act as passed, and it will be interesting read ing: Sec. 1. Bu it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assernbly,and by the authority of the same; That for the purpose of Establishing and maint-;in ing graded or other pubile schools in any city, incorporated town or village in this Srate, such city, incorporatei town or village desiring to establish and maintain the same, and to receive the benetits of this Act, are hereby con stituted and declared to be separate school.listricts. Sec. 2. That the voters of said school districts, who return real or personal property of the value of $100 for taxa tion are authorized to levy and collect an annual tax to supplement any con stitutional or other tax for like pur poses, and for said purposes the trus tees of said school-districts, upon a ma jority of resident freeholders of the age of twenty-one years and over,sball call a public meeting of said taxpayers at any time before the first day of June of any fiscal year, which meeting must be advertised in a newspaper published in such city, incorporated town or village, once a week for two weeks, or osted in three conspicuous places in such school district for said length of time; and when assembled,said meeting shall have the power to elect a chairman and secretary;to adjourn frora time to time, to levy such special tax not exceeding four mills, and to appropriate the same to such school purposes as a majority shall see fit;that the tax so. levied shall be repealed at any subsequent meeting; that within ten days after said meet ing, the chairman thereof shall furnish the Board of Trustees of such school district and the Cointy 4uditor with the amount so levied, and the Auditor shall enter the same in his tax dupli cate, and he shall annualy, each year thereafter,enter said amount in his tax duplicate until the same is increased, decreased or repealed by said tax pay ers, at a meeting called for that pur pose, and he is notified that the same has been increased, decreased or re pealed, and if increased or decreased, he shall annually enter it as before; which meeting shall be called and no tice given in the same way and man ner as hereia provided tor the calling of meetings to make the levy and the giving of the notice that it has been made, and the County Treasurer shall collect the same as other County and State taxes; such levy shall be a lien on the property in such school district whIch sbl11 be -subject thereto, in case collected shall be paid out by the County Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the Board of Trustees, countersign ed by the School Commissioner: Pro vided, that any surplus of such levy re maining in the hands of the County Treasurer at the expiration of any fis cal year shall be paid as herein provi ded, and to be used for like purposes. Sec. 3. That the voters of any school district now formed, or that may here after be tormed by the County Bcard of Examiners, whose territory includes and extends beyond the limits of any city, incorporated town or village in this State,or of any school district now formed or that may hereafter be form ed by the County Board of Examiners outside of. cities, incorporated towns or villages in this State, who return -real or personal property for taxation of the value of $100, desiring to levy a tax not exceeding four mills for the uses~ anid purposes hereinbefore mentiontd in this Act,are hecreby authorized and e~u powered to levy, collect and disburse such tax in the same manner and upon the sanme conditions prescribed in Sec. 2 of this Act, for the levy, collection and disbursement of taxes for separate school districts in cities, incorporate~d towns, or villages in this State: Provi ded, That this Act shall not interfere with any school district which huis heretofore been~ created Dy special act. Sec. 4. Each taxpayer, wh'-n he pays any tax for school purposes voted un der provisions of this Act, -shall have the right to designate for which school m i said school district he wishes the intoney piid by them to go, arid the Treasurer shall keep a note of such .designation, and the money be applied as thus designated. WLere no desig nation is mrade by the taxpayer at the time of such payment, the money shall be expended as other school funds in such district. aSec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the County Board of Examiners, as soon as the written request provided for in Sec. 2, shall have been made, to appoint th ee freeholders mn sail sc:hool district or districts to act as truete-S athereof: Provided, said district or (:s tricts be without trustees. Sec. 6. That whenever peiition shall be made by a majority of the voters in v' ny section not included in any sepa rate school district to the County fBoard of Examiners, from any county praying that the section designated by 'them be established as a separate school district, the said County Board of Ex aminers are hereby authorized and re quired to establish suchsection as a sep arate school district, and said Board is heret~y empowered to make such regula tion for the government of same, as may be conformable to law. gSec. 7. That whenever it shall happen that by reason of the location of spec -ial school districts, portion of two ad jacent counties should for convenence e included in one school district, the County Board of Examiners of such counties are hereby authorized and di rected in joint conterenceto make such rgulations5 as will enable such sectit'u j.to be established into a separate school district. SSec. 8. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the pro vsions of this Act be, and the same is hereby repealed. A staamer Lost. .ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Ja. 22. The stetamer Audes, Capt~ain Willams, which went ashore at 1:30 o'clock this mornin;; off Little Beachi, will probably be a total loss, as The uo-v lies in hut about fiteen iee' ol vatr wisi the sea poundlig her heavity. Ta:- elaus's to dher getting off are decidecy poo mc. The~ vesel is laden with a valucb> cueo ot coffee, bananas and (:adg~. and was bound from Costa Rica to New York. A crew of forty men iu addoison to the catain and otli.ers arc on b:ad, an~d will cemain until nil chances ior her be i g saved are exhausteJ. The to pas e 5iaers who were on board, wcre this smorning taken cif by the life saving FAVORS . BIG PRIMARY GOVERNOR TILLMAN ON THE POLITI CAL SITUATION. Ho Sanit Let All the Gobernatorial Candf 'tates Go Before the People-Thinks a C.anvontton lt-Timed-The Purpose of lf V:slt to Washington. COLMMA,S. C., January 25.-Gov ernor Tiliman returned to the city yes terday from Washington and, in view of the fact that all eyes in the State have been turned in that direction of late by reas-n of the dispatches and letters from Senator Irby and others, which have been sent from there, there is a deep interest felt in the State as to the otject and result of his visit. The reporters swarmed around the Executive Mansion as soon as they learned that Governor Tillman had reached the city, and his Excellency submitted to an interview with as good grace as possible. "In. the first place," said he, "I de3ire to state that my visit to Washington bad nothing to do with the prevalent discussion on the subject of a conven tion. I had intended to go to that city before the Legislature met and have been arranging my business with a view to that visia. I desire, and took occasion while there, to investigate the delay in refunding the interest and penalties on the direct tax because I telt that now, if ever, when our peo ple along the coast are so destitute, they should have the beneft of this pittance in their distress. "Another purpose of my visit was to appear before the Judiciary Commit tee of the House in support of legisla tion looking to relist from the usurpa tion of the United States Judges in the matter of receiverships, taxes on railroads, &c. I also had a pleasant conference with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Mr. Miller, with a view to explaining the situation ia the State among the small distillers and I made an effort to enlist the support of -the Commissioner in a project I have for establishing a bonded ware house at Columbia where all of the small distillers could store their liquor after purchase by the State so that we could age it before entering into con sumption and before paying the tax on it. I directed the attention ot the Com missioner to this matter with the hope of having him Riven authdrity by Con gress to do this, (for he does not pos sess it now as I am informed) and he took very ki,ndly to the idea, especial ly when I assured him that if we could dnd steady and quick sale for all the liquor that is made in the State, it would largely increase the revenue of the National government." "But, Governor, what about South Carolina politics?" "Well, as the impression has gone abroad from our enemies that- I went there solely with a view to have a con ference with Senator Irby and our members on this all absorbing topic, I will be very frank with you. In the first place, speaking for myself and for all of those who represent us in Wash ington and who participated in the conference, we desire it to be distinctly understood that we do not assume to dc more than give expression to our views and offer advice to the people whom we represent as to the best course to pursue. I found that there has been a desperate effort by our ene mines to sow seeds of discord among the leaders of the Reform Movement both here and in Washington. Those of us who were present- in the conference that was held, after a full discussion of existing conditions and consideration of the question in all Its bearings, ar rived at the conclusion that the agita tion for an early convention and the calling of one are unwise." "But, Governor, I thought it was un derstood that you favored a conven tion?" "No; there you are mistaken. I have given the matter serious thought and have always doubted the propriety and wisdom of a convention. There are strong arguments in its favor looking from a certain standpoint, but there are stronaer arguments against it when we consider the situation as a whole. I dislike to discuss this question in any spirit other than from a disinterested and impartial standpoint, and my on ly excuse to the people for obtruding my opinion upon them (and I will say here that it is the opinion, after delib eration among all of our friends in Washington) is that I, as the acknow ledged leader and exponent of the Re frni Movement, could with more pro prity assume to advise the people than any other one man. It the first place, it must be remembered that the funda mental princinle underlying the Farm ers' Move ment in South.-Carolina and the issue I made more prominent than any other in the campaign of 1890, was the demand for a primary election at which each and every voter would have the opportunity of voicing his own wishes as to those who should be put in olfl:e; and we went so far in that direction as to incorporate in the March platform the demand for such primary and a joint canvass by those who sought the suifrages of the people. I consider that that issue alone was prmount in the minds of the people i the anmmity with which they ral lied to my support and that all others were of minor importance. "Now this demand for a convention among Reformers arises from a desire -an honest one, I am ready to admit on the part of many, to prevent wrang l1g in our own ranks and to concen* rate our forces in support of some one candidate. But what then becomes of the grand principles of a free, fair, open fight before the people and dis cussion by the candidates if such con vention be held? inl 1890, after being defeated in the campaigns of '86 and '8 by reason of our disorganized con aition, the Reform Democrats decided to meet in convention, in order to pit organization against organization and to force a discussion of the issues be' cause nearly all the newspapers werE against us. The ring at that time had fuli possession of allthe party machim ery. They were entrenched in thE State House, and it was felt necessary to formulate a platform and put fortt exponents of the principles declared is that platform to canvass the State and to arouse the people to carry those principles to victory. The conditionE re entirely changed now. The Reform ers are in absolute possession of the go vernment, both in State and county except in half a dozen counties. WE have the entire party machinery in om l'ssession and'if we hold a conventlos without a campaign in which all thE anidates shall have a hearing, wt stultify ourselves, forestall the will ol te people, assume to dictate who shall e the candidates for the offices and, it truth, such a convention would be it the lhght of facts a convention of Re formrs against IReformers. The ma chame which we fought in 18903 is dead it no longer exists." "Well, Governor, what about the ar gument in favor of a convention ?" "There is only one argument, and that is this: With say half a dozer men, prominent in the Reform Move ment, and allied with it, all runninng .possible for our opponents to give their strength to some one of those who would be 'least objectionable and most inclined to trade with them or make concessions if elected; and there by the Conservatives in some of the counties, and possibly in the State con vention, might hold the .jalance of power. This is the only argument that has ever presented itself to me, and I think it is the only one to any one; but I think the people are sufficlently edu cated and can be relied upon to watch the words and remember the records of the various candidates so as to choose wisely who shall be Governor and who shall fill the other offices." "On the other hand, if we hold a convention the trouble is that a large consingent of our people, a majority probably, would take no hand in it, for it is'very early, and there are no signs of any perturbation among the masses, although there is a vast deal of effer vescing in the minds of those who want to get office. In due time, atter the crops are laid by or at least after they are well under way, the issues of the coming campaign, which I take to be the Dispensary law and the holding of a constitutional convention, will be thoroughly discussed by Reformers and antis; and the people will no doubt elect such men as will carry out their wishes." "If after four years discussion and agitation and another canvass our peo ple shall not have bacome sufficiently educated to make a wise selection and see that only good men are put on guard I fail to see how the holding of a con vention and forestalling their action will better our condition. The danger of some weak men, who are lacking in backbone and nerve to continue and perfect the reforms which have been inaugurated during my incumbency, being elected is as nothing compared to the danger of the people feeling that they have been betrayed and that office is the paramount object rather than the welfare of the commonwealth." 1To return to the convention system after proclaiming our belief in the abil ty and right of the people to govern themselves, is-like a dog returning to his vomit, and I would be ashamed to go on the stump as the nominee of such a convention. Let the men who desire to rule South Carolina win their spurs, as I won mine, by open discus sion and a fair fight, and all will be well. Let any self-constituted leaders undertake to call a convention and nominate a ticket and the order to the army of Reformers to advance will on ly be obeyed by a small contingent. Demoralization and recrimination will surely follow and, while the30,000 Con servatives are ranged in serried. pha laux, moving as one man, the Reform forces. will be scattered and divided. If we cannot trust the people, they should not trust us; and, if my advice has any weight, they will absolutely refuse to countenance any attempt to cheat them of the right of seeing the aspirants for office face to fac3 and judging them on their merits. "Ido not wish to say more and in justice to myself and those who have trusted me I cannot say less. Of course if the people want to hold a convention it is their right and they will do so any way. No one can object, least of all the candidates." Tillman and Irby. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Elitor Wil liams of the Greenville News, who, this afternoon, had a conversation with Senator Irby on a personal matter, is authority for the statement that the Senator declares positiiely that he and Governor Tillman today had-a confer ence of four hours, came to a full un derstanding, and will work together in the coming campaign. Senator Irby says he will do all he can to defeat Bowden's attempt to prostitute the Reformers' organization to the uses of the Third party. Editor Williams says that the Senator declared emphatically that he believes there is a plot to com mit the Reformers to the Third party by resolution if a March convention shall be-held. This differs much'from the story of others of the Reform fac tion, who were jabilant this morning in their evident belief that Tillman is with them and will force Irby into line or throw him overboard. They claim, however, to have told Tillman that he must come in or stand back. So fir as can be gathered here, the arrival of the Governor, instead of pacificating or solidifying the warring factions, has divided them, and they seem to be farther apart than ever.-State. Janl Delivery. AUGUsTA, Ga., Jan. 24.-A special to the Chronicle from Thomson, Gi., says: Sheriff Hawes was knocked senseless while feeding the prisoners this evening, and six negroes made their escape. The weapon used by his assailant was a two by four inch scant ling. The blow was a powerful one and cut a gash in the sheriff's head some five inches long and knocked him down a stairway about ten feet. -He was apparently dead, and the prison ers tooIk his pistol and keys and all walked out, shutting the jail door but falling to lock it. The crime was dis covered very shortly afterwards and the .whole town is wild with excite menit. The sheriff's skvll is badly fractured and his condition is critical. A posse was immediately organized and three of the negroes were caug'it. It Is probable that the other three will also be captured. Sheriff Hawes says Jim Kendrick struck him the blow, but Wash Kendrick and George Green say Bob Harris did the work. These are the three negroes captured. If thE sheriff dies, there is probability of a lynching.________ Excellent R easons f or a Veto. WAsHmNGTON, Jun. 20.-The J:'resi dent today sent to the House his veto of the bill recently passed authorizing the erection of a bridge over Hudson river at the upper part of iew York city. The reasons assigned are that the bill does not prohibit the construc tion of piers in the river; that the comn merce of the river should not be inter fered with by the erection ot bridges; that expert engineer opinion agrees that the river at the point fixed for the crossing of the bridge can be spanned by a single span;'that in the bill of the New York Legislature chartering the company the erection of piers is pro hibited; that the bill permits the bridgE company to charge an undue amount for the transportation of mai-ls, andc that a charter for a similar straurtu: has already been granted by Congress to another company by an act whict requires tne construetion of a singl span bridge. -Important Explanation. WAsmUYGTox. Jan. 20.-"There is misconception regarding the incoma tax," said Tarsney (Dem.) of Missour this morning. "The bill exempts a] incomes of $4,000 and less. In othe: words, a man who has an annual in come of $4,000 pays no tax. A mai with an annual income of $4,100 psys 2 per cent. tax on $100, whicn is the ex cess above $4,000. A mnember of Con gress fer example is taxed 2 per cent on $1,000, the other $4,000 of his incomt being exemoted by the law. It is wel that the public should understand this for the impression seems to be genera that where one's income exceeds $1,00( one is taxed on the full amount whict X FORECASr. THIS THE LAST WEEK OF DEBATE ON THE TARIFF Bi.L. The Fina. Vote Next Monday-Democrats and Popallats WiLn Support it Solidl:-. The Sugar and Coal Discussion. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The same topics which were before Congress last week will continue to engage its atten. tion during all of this week-in the House the tariff bill and in the Senate the bill to repeal the federal election lar is. There is one person, at least, who hails with delight the approach o the end of the tanff debate in the House and who enters upon this week's 'work with renewed zest for the reason that it is the last to be de voted to the pending measure. That person is Representative W. L. Wilson, chairman of the committee on ways and means, and therefore responsible for the progress of the bill through the HoUse His has been a most prodigious labor. Not only has the burden of the parlia mentary struggle on the fdoor been borne by him in the largest measure, buitthe demands made by anxious representa tives of this or that interest for changee in the schedules of. the bill have en grossed his time and attention in and out of the committee room, both before and since the measure was reported to the House, so that by neither day nor night has he had an hour for months that he could call his own. The drafts upon Mr. Wilson's mental and physical powers have been such that many a man of more ragged phy sique would have succumbed to the strain. Taus far however, he has b3aen able to respond to every call, save in a lew Instances last week, when he was unable to meet his committee associates at their night sessions, being completely exhausted. One night he suffered from a slight hemorrhage, out Its ill effects were speedily overcome. At the con clusion of the debate, and when the bill has passed the House, Mr. Wilson will doubtless seek needed rest and recupera tijn. There is every indication that when the bill comes to a vote on the 29th inst. it will receiva the support of every Democratic and populist member, with possibly, at the outside, half a dozen ex ceptions. In i he Senate there will ba a slight relaxation of the programme in order to permit of the delivery of a speech on the subject of our Hawaiian relations' by Senator Cullom of Illinois. He is expected to talk Monday or Tuesday. The discussion-of this subject may take an interesting turn and trench even more upon the time set apart - for the consideration of tleelec'ion law repeal, if some of the Republican Senators re alize their expectation that the Turpie resolution, declaring against foreign in tervention in Hawaii or a concurrent resolution recognizing by legislative act the provisional government of Hawaii, 'will be pressed to the front. Except by unanimous consent, however, the discussion of Hawaiian affairs must be confined to thu morning hour of the week and the regular topic for debate will be the elections bill. Speeches on this bill will be niade by Senators Hig gins of Delaware, Hawley of Coariecti cut, Lodge of Massachusetts, Frye of Maine, while Senators Hoar and Chand ler stand ready to participate in the de bate at.any. mo-nent, if nessary. A vote is not expected this week. A Faal Fight. LAURENS, S. C., Jan. 22.-At Mad dens Station, on the Port Royal and . Western Carolina Railroad, just after sunrise this morning, two white farm ers, Matthew Cunningham and Wilson - Boyd, fought, and Boyd was fatally. wounded. The affair occurred in the engine room of a gin hrouse and only the two men were present. The quarrel is said to have arisen because Canning ham refused to allow a negro in -his employ to shoe some horsas for Boyd. Persons outside say that the men were heard talking, that Cunningham said, "Go away, I don't want to have any dif ficulty with you," and later,. "I am not bluffing you." Then they heard a blow and going into the room found Boyd down and bleeding at the nose and mouth. A piece of a hoe handle was lying by with blood and hair on It, and it is presumed that the blow was struck with it. Cunningham left the scene of the trouble at once. Boyd was about fifty years old and Cunningham is about ten years his senior. Boyd died at 4 o'clock p. m. The sher iff has gone to arrest Cunningham, who it is sup posed will surrender.--State Elli's Boom. CmeCAGO, Jan. 20.-A call will be published to-day for a meeting at wbich will be organized the Senatpr Hill1Democratic Association of Chica go. In the organization of thie associa tion there will commence, it is claimed, a mighty movement to secure for Dav id B. Hill the Presidential nomination as Grover Cleveland's successor. It is said by persons interested that already over 1,000 Chicago DemocrL , more or less prominent, have agreed to~ assist in the movement. S. D.KXeough, a local politician is greatly interested In the Hill boom. "The movement has been quietly agitated since the last Presi aential election," said Mr. Keough.' "We intend to run Mr. Hill for the - Presidency on the broad platform that he is a Democrat. The movement will also be an offset to the work the Re publicans are doing in the WVest in Mr. Harrison's behali. The matter has been taken vup in the East and graat in terest has been manifested there. In the West wie intend to push it until there is a thorough organization to pusti Mr. Hill's candidacy for the Pres idency." Eeeist Arrest. MARION, S. C., Jan:.21.-W. G. Davis chief of police of this town, was shot in the breast last night by one of two negroes, Wess Green and Jack Evans pwho were evading arrest for cotton stealing. The two negroes were spotted insa vacant house four miles from town and the sheriff, with his posse, of whom IMr. Davis was one, surrounded the house and ordered the negroes to sur rend~er, whereupon the negroes began tiring through the crevices in the door. The posse returned the fire, but so far as known without effect. 'The negroes escaped. Mr. Davis' wound is not dan gerous.-State. Drowned, CH A RLSTON, S. C., Jan. 24.-A boat eomtaining six white men left Sullivan's Island on Monday last *for the life navinEs station on Morris Island. To day the bodies Of two of them were found on the shore of Morris Island. One of themi, H. R. Camipson, is a mem ier of the lhfe saying crew of Morris Island. The other, named Fred Mille, .vas a resident of Suluvan Island. The otner f our men are missing and are sup posedi to be drowned. Nothing is known