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VOL. IX. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, tol as though he was going to fire, about the time Massey fired. Ballew held on to his pistol. Jackson grabbed him by the hand and pulled him up from the ground. He left his pistol on the ground. About that time a lady raa out. He was in a sitting posture and she grabbed him over the neck and said "don't kill my man." She asked us to bring him to the house. We told her we could not just then as we have to put down our arms which would put us at a disadvantage. Millwood Burgis? and Jackson brought him in the house. We then went back into the hollow for the man who first hol lowed he was shot. Not finding ihim we carried the lamp back to the man we borrowed it from and wanted to get where we could notify the Coroner. I with Deputy Dean,Jackson and Pear son went to Wellford. I think Baliew died in the field near his house. There were five constables and four or five private citizens. Perry Moore says: I was in bed as leep at this, my house, last night, Feb ruary 3. Some parties called me up and three men came in and asked me to get them some whiskey. They gave me money and one quart bottle. I went and got them a quart arid brought it back to them. They stayed in my house while I was gone for the whis key. One of the party claimed to be drunk, and they asked me to go over to the road and help them get in the road. I took a lantern and went with them. When I got over there I said boys If you can't get over the tiestle I will take a light and go with you. They thsa!*ked me and said they could get along a1l right. Just as I stepped off the railroad somebody said "halt." I came on walking pert, and someone fired on me. I had a Distol and I shot one time. Mine was the second shot. I fell and some one ran up and took my pistol and lantern. I was hit on the head by some one. Just then Mr. Ballew came to me and put me on his back and carried me up there to two oak trees, saying, if I take you home they will kill you. Ballew was in his night clothes. My wife and sister was hollowing and I told j;311ew to go and tell them I was not hurt mich. He ran towards his house and I heard.some one say "halt." Then one shot fired and I heard Ballew hollow and say I am killed. His wife ran out and I heard her ask tnem what they had killed her husband for? They re plied: What did he run out there with a pistel for? Billew had only one pis tol- I am sure that Ballew did not get my pistol when he came to me after I was shot. I think one of the men for whom I got whiskey said his name was Caldwell. I saw the man who got the whiskey turn back when the others said "halt." Dr. Dean testified that he, with Drs. Black and Vernon examined the dead mmn. They found a bullet hole inthe right side and front, over the region of the lower border of the liver. The ball penetrated the abdominal cavity, pass ed through the liver and the. spinal col umn and lodged in the region of the left side. The following is the Coroner's jury: A. P. Golden, W. B. Burnett, James Sooddy, G. Lowe. Pink Taylor,L. W. Barch, J. X. Croker, J. D. Sextoo, 4.E. Odum, William.Hoy, F. Dorrah and W. L. Griffin. Tae verdlet was that Crawford Bal Ipw camg to his death February 3d, 1894, by gunshot wounds in the hands ov. F. G. Massey, while resisting officers of the law. D-LAYINIG TARIFF REFORM. The Senate Snb-Committes Devistng maar chanzes. WVASHINGTON', Feb. 7.-The sub ommittee of the Senate committee on finance, consisting of Jones of arkansas Mfills and Vest, got to work early this morning In ifest's room and went over a number of schedules in the tariff- bill suggesting changes In number that are early tentative pending .final action by the full committee. It is said that he bill might be reported to the Senate next Tuesday, but this was emphati ally denied this moning by a mem ber of the sub-committee, who said that espite whatever proges had been made, it would be utterly impossible to ave the bi!l ready by that time. Speak ing of the bill generally, this Senator eclared that when the measure was reporterd to the Senate It would be a strictly revenue bill, yielding sufficient evenues for the government under an eonomic administration of affairs. his, he said, meant that there would be a duty on sugar, which was in line wth the Democratic policy as enunciat d in the Mills bill, and an increase in he whiskey tax. The bill has been practically divided nto five sections or schedules-A, B, C D and E. In'the first schedule will be placed all articles bearing compound r combined specific and ad valorem dty and the duties will be all ad valor m. In schleedule B will be placed all articles bearing a duty of 40 per cent; chedule C those bearing 30 per cents;ln n the schedule D those bearing 20 per ent, and in schedule E those bearing 10 per cent. The bill when reported will :oain no free list. Every article mentioned in it will be subject to a aty of some kind, and those not men oned in the bill will be admitted free f duty. The sub-committee are going a-refually through the Wilson bill and eecing the largely Imported articles. s these articles are picked out, they are placed in the schedule, wh'ch the judgment of the committee will cause them to yield the greatest revenue. Daring the afternoon the whis key schedule was briefly dis iscussed. The talk was as to he advisability of increasmng the tax ad extending the bonded period. No agreement was reached, bat it was de idedl to have a talk with the .Commis ioner of Internal Revenue on the sub iset. One point appears very clarly as ~le result of the sub-committee's labors up to this point and that is, that the tariff bill whi 'h they will present to' their Democra ic associates on the fi-r ace committee for approval will bea a slight resemblance to the original Wilsou bill. The reason for the exten sive changes in contem plation, and already made, is to be found in the de ision of the three sub-committeeilnen to be governed by the plan of the old Walker tariff act, and so place the du ties as to secure the largest amodnt of rev'nue, which in volves, of course, re duct ions in some cases, inereases per las, in others and a very restricted fr-s' list, if indeed, any articles entering arg- ly into consumption are permitted t. enror duty free. The liepublican members or the com mittee are devoting themselves to de vising a metnod by which the action of tne Democrauic majority against further hearings upon the bill by inter e~tea parties may be reversed. They are planning to have the bill recommit ted to the committee when it reaches the senate, with instructions to the cmmittee to grant hearings. This they ho;e to accomplish through the aId of Democratic votes. A canaidate for mayor of Kansas City, Mo, tried to whip an editor-a Missouri editor, and named Stout, at that. But ttyy say that if he runs on the ticket as well as he did down stairs he will be elected before the polls THE WELLFORD TRAGEDY AN OFFICIALSTATEMENT FROM CHIEF CONSTAB..E FANT. He Makes Out Apparently a Clear Case wZ Solt-Defense-The Whole Story of the Shootingas Told Befo e the Corojet*'. Jury. COLUMBIA, S. C.. Feb. 8.-:-Goiernor Willman received yesterday the follow ing statement from CtUief Constable Fant in reference to the Wellford toagedy: "It had been reported to we for the last two weeks by different parties that a crowd of men from Glassy Mountain had establIshed themselves at a trestle, nice miles from this place, and were selling whiskey to anybody who would buy,openly defying the law, and swearing that .they would not be arrested and that any officer who at tempted it would bite the dust. Hav ing obtained sufficient evidence to con vict these parties of selling whiskey, warrants were sworn out against five of them and placed in the hands of the 'Sheriff. His deputy summoned me and my constables as a posse and we went where it was repo)rted the whiskey was being sold, but found no one there. We met a party who informed us that he had jnst boocht from them at a house near by. He told us that the whiskey was not at the house, but if we would go to the house and give them the maney, one of the men would take a lante-rn, go to the swamp and get the whiskey. We got this man and two others to go back to the house and make another purchase. We socreted ourselves near the swamp where the whiskey was supposed to be. In a few minutes a man came toward us with a lamp, but on the opposite side of the swamp. He disappeared av'hile and then started back toward the house. We followed but could not cross the swamp. We then went up the swamp to the railroad above as, when we saw the lamp coming toward as. Dean, Massey and Jackson were ahead of me a few paces. They made a rush at the man. He ran and fired back at the officers. Dean and myself returned the fire. The man fell, crying for help,and calling for Ballew. Bdlew responded: "Yes, - -, I am coming," and he came firing. There were not less than half a d.zen firing on us oefore he came. I shot six times with my double-barrel shot gun at the fi shes of their guns. After the firing ceas-d, we got a lan tern at a house near by, and went to look after the man who was wounded at the first of the fight. We could not tind him but found his lantern with blood on it, denoting that the man was wounded. Hearing hollering at a house near by, we went up the path toward the noise and saw a man coming to ward us witn a pistol in each hand. We told him to drop his pistols. He lowered them to his side but kept thie muzzles toward us and halted w;thin twelve feet of us. We again tola him to drop his pistols. He would not do so but raisea the one in his right hand, and Massey shot him, killing him In stantly. He fell. holding on to his pis tols until Jackson took them from him." THE TESTMONY AT THE INQUEST. The Spartanburg Herald gives the following aceount of the testimony at tle Coroner's inquest at Wellford, Spartanburg County: A. Boyce Dean: 1 came in company with posse of State constables to this place. We came first into the swamp just below this place. We stayed there about half an hour; saw a man coming down there with a lantern. He stayed there about five minutes. We were about twenty-five yards from him. We then turned arnd came up the railroad; I was in front; saw a man coing back this way from the branch with alan 4ern. Jackson was just behind me. Sant was behind Jackson. I1 called on the man with the lantern, to halt two or three times. He went off partly to' ward tie hollow. He turned -sround and fired at me. I was about fifteen or twenty yards from him at the time. When be fired at me I shot at him. I would not have fired at alt if he tbaa not iired at me. His shot was the first shot of eli. In a short time he hollowed, then the firing began all around. 1. could not tell exactly whbich way it was. I then went back to Mr. Gregory's house on the railroad; told Mr. Grego ry to get a lhght, I thought some one was shot or killed. He said he was sick and could not go, but gave me a lantern. I gave it to Jackson. Then me, Fan?, Jackson, Massey came down to look for the man we thought was wounded or killed. When near this house we met Ballew coming out of the corn field. We were close together. Mr. Ballew had a pistol in each hand. We ordered him to drop his pistols two or three times. I had my gun leveled at him at that time. I did not fire at him at all. We stopped, he stopped. Massey was a little t ' my right. B1a1 lew lowered one hand and raised the other in a position to shoot, Massey fired on him. That. was thbe only shot fired at the time. He was killku. W. A. Babb, who was in a house close to the shooting, says he heard a noise of feet and two shot5 between 11 and 12 o'clock. At third shot some body hollowed "I am shot." The par ties either two or three ran back to wards the railroad something like a dozen fire-in about a minute. I was in Mr-dregory's building during shoot ing. Abouit the time Bo.See Dean came to the door and I aske d for a light, I looked out and saw a number of men, about fifteen. I saw the shot fired, then I went to the back door. I never heard anything until the woman began to scream. Oare ot the women said "this is my man, d.>n't kill him." After this one man came t oaarcs the house and said "come on boy.,'' t bey came. J. R.FPant: I came here last night with a posse to se. v.- papers on Mr. Moore with Sheriff Dean. Aiss had probably another. Depu' y Sheriff Dean had the nape'rs. We nr'tercepted a m in carrying a liuht ; ear Gregory's hese Deputy Dean and Jackeoni followed the lgns. They ran up tbehind the man and we ordered him to halt. The man carrying the !ight s'arted running and fired back. 'DK-an fired at hrm and thn .1 fired. Just after I fired se-versi oth-rs began firiou~ from the swamp near the railroiad. I shot at ice flasn ol the pis tol or gun. I W as on the railroad at the time. Jackson and Dean were near A. C. Gregory's house duing the shooting. After tiring cesedI we went aroud and hunted to tied the man, wisting to carry him home andi take care of him and get a phy sician. We heard nollow ering here at the house and supposed he was here. Wnen we got fi:teen or twenty feet from the house tthere was a man came out of the corn Iield to wards us. .1 could see thbe brighxt pistol shining in his hand. Whben we first saw him he did not have his pistol present ed. He had one up. When he got close to us he pr e..ied his pistols both. I and Deputy De'an both de manded he drop them. Ile would not drop his pistols, but cor~tmued to ad vance, but ra'sed the pistols as if he was going to shoot, and Mr. Massey fired. Every man had his gun present ed except Jackson and he was about twelve feet of us and he raised his pis WIllSKEY MADE CHEAPER. THE DISPENSARY REDUCES THE PRICE BY GALLONS Reduction of ifty Cents on AlI Liquors. Possibility of Further Reductions-A List of Dispensaries and Dispensers. Shipments Growing Daily. CoLUMBIA, Feb. 6.-The manaze ment of the State dispensary system, that is the State board, has at last be gun to realize that the sale of official li quor, with the large profit placed upon it, is an encopragement to the "blind tiger" business, and consequently is an encouragement of that spirit of lawless ness which Governor Tillman says the newspapers are responsible for. Sev eral leading dispensary advocates have said recently that the law could never be enforced till these profits were knocked off, and the liquor sold at such prices that would encourage the pur chase of liquor from the dispensaries. In- other words until the dispensary business was run on a basis of expenses only. The State board has evidently real ized at last that the "blind tiger" must be fought along this line, for today the announcement was made that a con siderable reduction in prices had been made, taking effect on February 1. I at once called upon Commissioner Traxler and asked him about the mat ter. He made the statement and showed his list of prices. The reduc tion in prices applies only to gallon packages, but it is the heavy reduction straight through on all classes of -X" graded liquors of 50 cents on the gallon. Heretofore rye and corn have been Quoted as follows per gallon: X, 83; X, 63.50; XXX. 8450, etc. These prices are now reduced by 50 cents. When I asked Mr. Traxler for the cause of this reduction he said: "There is no special cause for it, but we think that we can afford to make this redac tion on these large lots or gallon pack ages because it does not cust as much to put them up; and then, again, we are now putting up such packages in jugs, which, of course, makes the cost much less." Mr. Traxler has nothing to say in regard to fighting the blind tigers by this method of reduction, but every one takes tne reduction to mean that, no more or no less. When the eyes of the board become more opened it is probable that still further reductions will be made. The Governor's inter view yesterday shows that he has be gun to realize his inability to enfurce the law as he thought he could, and that he Is becoming apprehensive ot the trouble that is so rapidly growing. The dispensaty business seems to oe rapidly growing, however, despitethe opposition to the law. and everyone is looking forward to the report for the last quarter with the greatest degree of interest. The big State gin mill is now rnd ing the liquor out in great shape. During the past week nearly 2.000 cas - es were shipped to the various dispen saries in the State. These 2,000 cases represent 30,000 quarts of liquors. The shipments for each day last week were es follows: Monday 327 cases: TuesdaL 342; Wednesday 451; Thursday 243; Friday 100; Saturday 375. Today two new dispensaries were opened, one at Sycamore in Hampton County and the other in Marion. To the latter 246 cases of whiskeys and 5 barrels of beer were shipped today. There-are now in full operation in the State fifty-nine dispensaries in thir ty-one counties, and the board is con tinuing to establish them every week. n view of the great increase in the number since the first quarterly report the forthcoming report will be watched with all the more Interest. It will be Interesting, too, to note where these dispensaries are located and who the dispensers are. Today I obtained the followmng official list: 1. Abbeville-R. B. Hill, dispenser. 2. Anderson-A. M. Craig, dispenser. 3. Aiken-J. V. George, dispenser. 4. Allendale.-W. R. Brabham dispen ser. 5. Barnwell-W. H. Duncan, dispen ser. 6. Blackvlle-J.V. Bailey, dispenser. 7. Beaufort-T. F. Walsh dispenser. 8.Blacksburg-P. McLare, dispenser. 9. Branchville-B. B. Iziar, dispea'3er 10. Camden-D. F. Dixon, dispenser. 11. Chester-I. McD. Hood, dispeneer. 12. Charleston-F. Von Santen, dis penser. 13. Charleston-H. A. Meyer, dispen ser. 14. Charleston-C. F. Steinaieyer dis penser. 15. Charleston-MI. W. Powers, dis penser. 16. 3heraw-C. A. Brock, dispenser. 17. Columda-L M.L Roach, dispenser. 18. Columbia-T'. A. Scott, dispenser. 19. Columba-J. Cartledge,dispenser 20. Chapns-H. A. Dickert, dispenser 21. Denmark-A. A, Faust, dispenser. 22. Darlington-I. B3. Floyd, dispenser 23. Dillon, Marion County-John A. 24 EdgeilI. B. Davis, dispenser 25.Enutawville-R. B. Causey, dispen 26. Florence-H. D. Williamson, dis penser. 27. Fort Motte-W. T. Crdsswell, dis penser. 28. Greelyvilie-A. 'O. Mouzon, dis penser. 29. Georgetown-G. Johnson, dispen 30. Greenville-J. S. Hill, dispenser. 31. Hampton-B. C. Webb, dispenser 32. Jacksonboro-E. St. P. Bellnger' dispenser. 33 Kingstree-A. B. McDonald, dis penser. 34. Kershaw-A.B. Hough, dispenser 35. Le.wisdale-R. A. Barr, dispenser. 36. LexIngton-P. 1. Rawls, dispenser 37. Laurens-G. M. Langston, dispen 8. Lancaster--H. B. Howie, dispen penser. 39 Luray-I. D. DeLoach, dispenser. 40. Maunt Pleasant-M. H, Williams, dispenser. 41. Monck's Corner-Jacob Carson, dispenser. 42. Manning--E. S. Ervin, dispenser. 43. Maron-T. E. Stanley, dispeniser. 44.Newberry-R. C. May bin d.spen 45. Orangeburg-J. H. Claff y, dispen 46. Pleasant Hili-W. A. Marshall, Edispenser. 47. Ridgeway-R. B. Le wis, dispenser 48. Scotia-W. Gabriel -Var., dispen 49. Sumter-W. H. Epperson, dispen e50. St. Stephen s-B. W. Veroning, dispenssr. 51. St Matthews-B. 0. Evans, dis penser. 52. Summerville-W. W. Rhame, dis penser. 53. Spartanburg--M. Carlson, dispen 54. Sycamore 55. Union-James F. Welsh, dispen 5. Walterboro-M. Reckenbacker, dispenser. 57. Willston-A. M. Roundtree dis penser. 58 Wlnnsboro-M. H. Mobley, dispen 59. Wagener's-G. M. Busbee, dis nansr. Today when I asked Governor Till man what he had to say with regard t the decision of the Court of Appeals at Washington in the Palmetto liquor trade-mark case he said: "I have been looking for that. Those Courts up there have been inspired to sit down upon us. I am not at all surprised. uur efforts in this direction were only looking to the prosecution of those outsiders who would endeavor to in fringe upon our style of bottles, etc., and we simply wanted protection from them. We are already protected on the inside of the State. I will say, however that we are going to fight it on up to the United States Supreme Court, and let that Court have the pleasure of de ciding upon it." oppose a March Convention. A BBEVILLE, Feb. 6.-At a meeting of the Farmers' Association of Abbe ville county, held here yesterday, the followmg resolutions were adopted: Whereas, the question of holding a convention of the Reform Democrats of this State for the purpose of suggest ing candidates for the several State offices is being generally discussed throughout the State; and. Whereas, we, the representatives of the organization known as the "Farm ers' Association of Abbeville County," in convention assembled, considering this matter of the proposed convention as one of very great importance to that fac tion of the Democratic party with which we are allied, and in the success and perpetuity of which we are deeply in. terested, desire to put ourselves on record and to speak out in no uncertain manner on thi.s important subject. Tberefare, be it. Resolved, first, That the holding of a convention by the Reform Democrats of South Carolina, for the purpose of nominatitg a State ticket, without first having the aspirants for the several of fiees to be filled to appear before the people and give expression to their views touching the various questions of State policy which are so deeply agitating the public mind at the present time. would smack so mu:h of "Ring Rule" and -Bossism" as would In our opinion, result in producing widespread dissatis taction in the ranks of the Reformers. Second. Tsat it was one of the fun damental principles of the Reform move ment "that the people shoold have the right to choose their public officials," and we hereby enter our protest against the subversion of this right, and insist that, in order that the people, may exer cise the said right inteiligently and satis factory to themselves, it is necessary tbat they be given an opportunity to both see and hear those who desire to be hon ored with such positions. Third. Th it as Reformers claim to be the regularly organized Demoaracy of the State, having the entire machinery of the party in their hands, the condi tions which made It necessary in 1890 for them to hold an ea1ly convention for the purpose of naming their stand ard bearers n'o longer exists, and we, therefore, see no occasion for such a con vention being held this year sooner than the middle or lnter+.rtof May, or at letst until the people shall have had an opportunity to see and hear the several candidates, and thus be in a condition to act intelligently in this matter of choos ing their public servants. eourth. Tnat in the interest of peace and harmony, we advise against any thing like snap judgment being taken, or sharp practice adopted to advance the cause of this, that or the o.her candidate and lusist that each and every candidate be given ja free and open chance before the people. The Widow and Orrhan. CotonstIA, S. C., Feo. 4.-Gover nor Tillman yesterday morning received a letter from a lady on Edisto Island which ought to receive the attention of every charitably disposed person. The name of the lady is withheld for good reasons, but Governor- Tillman assures those who wish to send him any money for her that he knows it to be a case de serving of charity. She writes: "Dear Sir: Excuse the liberty I take ini tresspassing on your valuable time, but il be as brief as possible, hoping you will hear me through to the end. "Five months have elapsed since the disastrous cyclone of the 27th of August. I am a widow with three children and we only saved the clothes we had on. I am entirely dependent upon my neediey for a livelihood. We took refuge in the house of Mr.-, who kIndly allowed me to stay here ever since, but he is ex pecting to soon need the rooms I now occupy. I have been patiently hoping the Red Cross would do something for me. I have twice written Miss Barton about it. She promised to give me some lumber; that was two monlths ago. I1 aain wrote to her two weeks ago, re. m'ndng her of her promise, and have no reply as yet. "My object in wr'ting to you is that of begging you to take up a subscription among your many friends and acquaint ance to aid me in rebuilding my house, for which it will take about *60 or *75. I know you have already been very gen erous to the sea island sufferers and as long as the relief committee had charge of things I was supplied with groceries, but since everything has been turned over to the Red Cross I haven't received one gIll of grist. I am now in a most destitute condition, having neither where to lay my head nor the necessaries of "I implore your assistance in my time of need, feeling confident that the cry of the widow and the orphan will arouse your sympathy. Hoping God will put l your heart to help me speedily. I am. et c." Naval Recruits Needed. WAsmINGToN, Feb. 7.-There are not enougib men inlisted in the navy to proper!y man the United States ships which go into commision before |the first of May and, mreover, the limit alloed by law will not permit the en istment of a sufficieen number. The big cruisers Columnbia and Olympia the Marolenead and Montgomery, the Atlanta and boston, Raleigh, Cincinnat Alert and Marion are all to be mannea reqring about 1,500 men. About half that number is available. Additional authority will be required from Con g ess to e'nlist sufficient men, and Sec retary Herbet will probably lay the matter befere that body. Lynched. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., Feb. 7.-An drew Pikkarieo, Russian Finn, was lynched at Ewen, a small village near hre la.st night. Pikkarien was arrest ed for assaulting an eight-year old child at Bruce's crossing. He was taken to E wen and placed in the village jail. He aditted his guilt and fifty citizens wearing masgs surrounded the frail structure in which he was placed de termied to lynch him. The officers protested but to no avail. The Jail doors were smashed in, the culprit dragged out, the rope placed around his neck and he was dragged eighty rods to a railroad trestle where he was A - IVELY STREET DUEL. W. 6-NIEETZE PROBABLY FATALLY SHOT BY J. D. MILLER. The T uble Was Over a Dispensary Cae. Men ho Wanted to Kil Miller After tb6 I ooting Prevented by a Brave Po e.9 COLiMBIA, S. C., Feb. 3.-For the first tiaie since the dispensary law be came ilaw, blood was shed on its ac count ii the capital or the State yes terdaiafternoon. Mr. W. B. Meetze the msi who snot and killed Oark a few yars ago, and the man who defied Govador Tillman and his constables at 'thi faLk grounds last November. got into titreet affray near Columbia's fa mouse-treet fighting ground, the corner of Main and Washington streets, where-,very serious affair of any im portanice that has happened in recent years in Columbia has taken place, with Davis Miller, a stock dealer hail ing frqta North Carodina, and the form er fellaith a bullet in his side within one hundred yards from the spot where Clark fell and expired when he shot him. The extent of his injuries can not yet be ascertained. Never before has a pistol fight oc curred' here in which so many shots were fired without injuring any one ex cept the participants. The street was filled with people at the time, and Mil ler, knowinr he had a cool sure shot to deal witb&emptied two pistols, save one bullet, I6 less time than it takes to tell it. It was a perfect fusilade, and cre ated th6 wildest excitement, especially when Mr. Meetze was seen to reel and fall to the ground. All day long serious trouble of some kind had been antici pated, but no one knew from what quarter it would come, or at what hour. Miller had been a witness in the frst blind tiger case and his testimony goaded some of the liquor men and their friends to desperation. Long be fore he ha concluded the giving of his testimoney, it could be seen that he would have to answer in one way or another to-somebody for some of his statements. Some of the men looted very angry. Miller evidentiy knew too that he was to be "talked to," for he had come to the co. rt house armed with two pistols, both self-acting, which he carried in his outside over coat pockets. At any rate, just as the recess was taken things looked pretty squally. Miller went back into one of the jury room and serious trouble came very near resulting in there, two men tackling him and cursing him pretty severely. Justice Clarkson went in there, however, and pulled Miller out taking him downstairs. Mr. Meetze and others who were very much in censed came on around on Main street, and they zalked very b .cerly about Miller. S;eral parties urged them to go on boie, but somehow they got around on Law Range again. Tney went to a point in front of McMaster's law office and stood there talking. Among thera were Messrs. William Sheppard,. -eetze, Fry and Herriot. Miller war t ng un in front of. Shand'silaw Mce at thilstime, talking to some young men. Fry evidently wanted to tackle Miller, for some one heard Mr. Herriot say to him: "No you oight not to do it." Just about tnis time Mr. Charles Hendrix, the defend ant in another case, pulled out a pistol near the corner and appeared to be very angry. Police Sergeant Mor#ehead and Bell Towerman Dunning -saw him, grappled with him and took the pistol from him, sending him away to the station house. Just about this time Mr. Miller came on down towards Main street. Eye witnesses all agree on the story. They say Miller came, on down the sidewalk, and tried to- pass around the crowd standing there. As he did so Fry stepped up to him and said: "Did you say .I swore to a.damned lie today ?" Miller replied: "No, IL did not." Fry said: "Well, these fellows tell me so." Miller said: "Well whoever said so told a G--d d--d lie:" Mr. Meetze, who was standing behind Fry, ran around and came up before Miller, cursinug him, it is said and hit him once on the side of his head. Trial Justice Stack, whohappened to be zear, rushed in between the two menand pulled them apart. Mr. Fry, pulled Mr. Stack to one side. Mr. Stack, in the name of the law, com manded the men to keep the peace and called on others to help him handle the two men. Hie grappled Miller and started off across the drain with hin. Meetze, being released, followed Miller up to the middle of the street dating him to draw his pistol, and saying: "G-d d--n you draw. I dare you to pull ont your pistol" In the meantime Justice Stack was still wrestling with Miller, arnd had got ten him ten paces away from Meetze in the hIiddle of the street. Finally Miller sqiared himsel ?, shook Stack off and 'ran alis hand into each overcoat pocket. When his hands came out there was a shining weapon in each. He pointed one at Justice Stack, who left, seeing he could do nothing more. Miller leveled Doth his pistols and shouted: "Come on, all you people." At this time Meetze was still advanc ing uponhim still shaking his lef t hand at him aild pulled his pistol from his hip pocket with his right. Then so several gye witnesses say, Miller let lire at Mr. Neetze. In quicker time than it takes to tell it Miller proceeded to irA nine bullets at Mr. Meetzs. Mr. Meetze returned the fire as rapialy, and the firing sounded like an infasntry com pany practicing "company 'iring." Mr. Meetze marly emptied his plstol. After the first Ire Mr. Meetza was hit in the side and was seen to reel back wards and fall ;o the ground like a dead man. He triedto rise, but could not. S-rMt. Morehesi of the police force, rushed at Miller with his club raised. Miller still ad both of his pistol leveled. As tnhe officer ame up to him he raised both hands md said: "I surrender." Then Meetz' frienlds, seeing that Meetze was badly vounded and thinking that he was kiled, cried '-kill the scoundrel" and ware about to make for him. Then it was that Sergt Morehead displayed wondeful courage. He placed the prisoner behind him, levelecthils pistol on the crowd and told them that the first man who esme at Miller he would shoot dead in his track:. As soon as possible he turned Milke around, and being joined by otherofficers went as quickly as pos sible with him tc. the station house. Mle' left thinking that he had killed Meete; and sent for Capt. John G. Ca pers o act as his attorney for him. Assoon as the firing ceased many of the lystanders rushed to Mr. Meetz-'s side. When asked if he was hurt much he sad: "1 think my leg is broke." A hasty examination revealed a bullet hole a Mr. Meeze's right side,1it being locatd just about the c:-nter of his vest iocket. The blood poured from the woui. Several gentlemn'n liftea the wouied man and dispatched messen gers or a physician. They w.ere about to tale him into Dr. Ray's office, hut he said: "No, take me around home." He was perfectly cool and collected, but was powerless to move a mascle. Hej was placed in a carriage and takeni hom. He asked for his hat just as hel as driven off The people all alongj Main street heard the fusilade and came running to the scene of the trou ble. In a few moments the excitement was intense, and the streets were filled for two hours with excited men. Drs. Talley, Folk and Taylor were soon at Mr. Meetze's side. They examined the wound and looked for the bullet, but failed to find it. It ranged backwar:. The physicians say it may have en tered the abdominal cavity, but they cannot yet tell. In this case the wound is a very serious one indeed. They soon inclined to think, however, from the symptoms and the fact that it was a small bullet that it ranged around to wards the back, and in that case will not have serious results. About 8 o'clock last nigbt Dr. Ken dall, the family physician, was called in. He made a caieful examination and located the ball in the abdominal cavity. It is impossible to extract it. It entered between the tenth and eleventh ribs, fracturing the upper bor der of the former. It is lodged near the liver. Dr. Kendall says the wound is not necessarily fatal, but is extreme ly serious, and it would be hard to pre dict the result. The great danger is from peritonitis. Mr. Meetze was rest ing pretty easy at 10 o'clock last night. Mr. Miller was only slig'itly scratched by one of Mr. Meetze's bullets. It en tered his coat sleeve near the wrist, glanced along his arm and came out near the shoulder.-State. A FARMER TO FARMERS. Some Excelent Advice from Mr G. W. Tru itt, of Gcergta. George W. Truitt, of Troup County, Ga., says that he has raised 100 bushels of cats to one acre, 128 bushels of corn on one acre, 4 bales of cotton, averaging 450 pounds each on one acre. From a pamphlet recently written by him we take the following address to farmers: "Fellow-farmers, we inhabit the most God-favored land of all the nations in all the world. In climate, soil and rain fall, we, especially those of us east of the Mississippi river, have the advan tage. and it only remains for us to use it. While there is a scarcity of money, there is notnear such ascarcity of food for man and beast, which we used to have to buy; hence, our next crop can be made with less money. To a very large extent, in us farmers is vested the hope of the future prosperity and hap piness of nearly all the people of this great South-land. Much Is expected of us and we must get together and do our duty for ourselves and country. "Who saves his conntry, saves all thihgs, and all things, saved, will bless him. Who lets his country die, lets all things die, and all things, dying curse him." The South needs a large addi tion to her Anglo-Saxon population, and, if 1 read the si'ns of the times aright, ahe willhave it. Big plantation days are numberF.1. Small farms owned by thrifty white men in the South are being predicted by the wisest men of tke day. May God speed the change. and while He is doing his part, let us do ours. Lets prove to the world that we can raise all thehogs, cattles, mules horses, wheat, oats and corn we need, and nearly as much cotton as we do now, besides. Succeed in that, and we ill always gea a fair price -for our cot ton. Lets get matters in shape where we can have as long to dispose of one cotton crop as it takes to make another Then you would never hear of overpro duction. "That our country-the cotton belt is growing gradnally, but surely, let me here quote some high authority the immortal Grady, our most stead fast friend and most eloquent advocate. I quote from his frmous Dallas, Texas, aneech, as far back as 1887: "While the produeer of eve.ytliing nearly we eat or wear, in every land, is fighting through glutted markets for bare ex istence, what' of the Southern farmer? In his industrial, as in his political problem, he is set apart, not in doubt, but in assured independence. Cotton makes him king. "Not the fleeces that Jason sought can rival the richness of this plant, as t unfurls its banners in our fields. it s gold from the instant It puts forth its tiny shoot. The shower that whispers to it is heard around the world. The trespass of a worm on its green leaf means more to England than the ad vance of the Russians on her Asiatic outposts. When its fibre, current in every bank, is marketed, it renders back to the South $350,000.000 every year. Its seed will yield 860,000.000 wcrthof oil to the press and 840,000,000 in food for soil and beast, making the stupendous total of 8450,000,000 annual income from the crop. And now, under the Tompkins patent, from its stalk news paper is to be made at two cents per pound." Ed ward Atkinson once said: "If Niew England could grow the cotton plant without lint it would make her richest crop; if she held monopoly of otton lint and seed, she would control the commerce of the world." But is >ur monopoly, threatened from Egypt, ndia and Brazil, sure and permanent? [et the record answer: In 1882, the American supply of cotton was 3,241, 00 bales. Foreign supply, .3,036,000 ales. We led our rivals by less han 200,000 bales. This year, the American supply Is 8.000,000 bales; from foreign sources 2.000,000 expressed n bales of 400 pounds each. In spite f ne w eras elsewhere, of fuller expe -ence, of better transportation, and ulimited money spent in experiment, he supyly of foreign cotton has de :ressd. since 1872, nearly 1,000,000 bales while that of the South has increased early 5,000.:)00. Not alone to cotton, but in iron does he South excel. An Englishman of he the highest character predicted that tlantic would be whitened within our ives with sails carrying American iron and coal to England. In cotton, a mo opoly; in iron and ceal, establishing smvft mastery; in granite and marble, aveloping equal advantage and re ource; in yellow pine and hard woods, te world's treasurv. ISo, my brothers, be of good c1uer etter times are bound to comna. If ev ry able-bodied man and woman in the outh would pitch in and make their wn living for one year, we would hear o more of "hard times". This is the oad to prosperity. "Tis the way to raniness and sturdiress of charac er." Wheu every farmer in the South hall eat bread from his own fields and eat from his own pastures, and. dis :rbed by no creditor, enslaved by no lebt, shall sit amid his teeming gardens nd orchards, vineyards, and dairies, naking cotton his clear surplus, then hall be breakir-g the fullness of our Mlis Blown Up. SPARTANBUR~fG, Feb, 6.--At 6.20 this nornuwg, the large driving wheel of the partan Cotton Mill went to pieces sud enly, and falling on some of the large ipes, broke them and caused a terridc ~xposion. Both cylinders were torn to ieces. F. A. Lewis, engineer, was in tantly killed. Noah Greene, who work d in the engine room L ad both legs roken. The engine house was shaken o pieces, the roof being blown off. eo. Poore, the assistant engineer, was ot hurt much. He thinks the driving rfeel was the first thing to give way. ' was a fearful crash and it will be everal days before the mill starts up ~gain. Engineer Lewis was a NorthernI nn, perhaps from New York. I THE NEW OPTION LAW. Chairman Hatch Introducea the Bill Af ter Mont hs of Prepzrat Ion. WASHINGToN, Feb. 7.-Chairman Hatch of the House agricultural co-n mittee, today introduced the new anti options bill whichI h has been engaged in preparing for many months. It was referred to the committee on ways and means, and it is certain that the agri cultural element in the House will, at an early opportunity, perhaps tomor row, make a determined effort to secure a change of reference to the committee on agriculture, whereby a tavorable re port on the bill is almost assured. The bill is a very long document, embracing eiahbeen sections and has been drawn to meet the principal objections that were made to the oriainal Hatch and Wash burn bills Section 1 defines options to be any contract whereby a party acquires the privilege, but, is not obliged to sell to or deliver to another man at a iuture time, or within a designated period, and raw or manufactured cotton, hops, wheat, corn, flour, oats, rye, barley, pork, lnrd and becon. Section 2 defines futures to be any contract whereby one party agrees to sell or deliver to another at a future time or within a designated period any of the above mentioned commodities. section 3 requires all options and fu tures, transfers and agreement to be in writing and in duplicate showing time of delivery of the articles, and whether the makers or agents are the owners, or have heretofore, acquired by purchase or are entitled to the right of the arti cles under contract previously made by the actual owner. Oherwise the con tracts shall be void. Section 4 provides that when the op tion or the future is terminated by the deliver of the articles, the contractor shall make a bill of ale showing the quantity and the cuitodian and identify ing the articles by freight bilis or vouch ers. Section 5 requires that when the con tract is terminated otherwise than by the actual sale and delivery of the ar ticles, or when the termination is de layed by agreement the document shall be executed in writing. . Section 6 imposes special taxes on dealers in optlons and futures at $24.- It also defines a dealer in options to be any person who shall in his own behalf cf for another deal in options or make any contractior by communication to a foreign country enter into an option's contract. The same definition is applied to dealers in futures. All contracts for futures or options must bear internal. revenue stamps at the rate of one cent per hun dred pounds or per ten bushels, and for bills of sale, at the termination of ton tracts, the rate is doubled that for con tracts. In case contracts are term nated without actual sale or delivery, the rev enue tat is ten cents per bushel or two cents a pound. Dealers in options or futures are required to give ten.-thous and dollars bon&, renewed yearly, to report fully to the internal revenue offi cers, and an elaborate system of machin ery for the collection of the revenue taxes Is provided. It i3 provided that the payment of taxes shall not. relieve persons from the restrictions of State law as to these contracts. The law does not apply to contracts made by farmers for future delivery of their pro ducts, nor to persons who sell to con sumers. A 8tomy Fassage. NEW YoRK, Feb. 4.-The Hamburg line steamship Taormina, Captain Koch., arrived today from Hamburg after a perilous voyage, lasting twenty two days. She encountered two severe hurricanes in the gulf stream, in one of which her main mast was snapped off close to the deck. The Taormina brought 133 steerage passengers. Ini the early part of the voyage the weath er was fair. When near babel Island in latitude 40.50 and longitude 59.40 she encountered a hurricane from the southeast. The hurricane continued nearly forty-eight hours. At 7 o'clock on the morning of the 31st ult., a big sea broke on the deck and the man at the wheel lost control of the vessel. The bolts in the main boom were loos ened and the boom threshing. about struck life boat No.8 on the starboard side and yanked it overboard. After wards the boom swinging with the roll of the ship, carried away the lee rigging of the main mast lossing its braces, snapped off and went overboard to starboard. It was only by long and troublesome work that the crew were able to clear away the wreck. Oil in large quantities were poured on the trouble waters while this work was in piogress. Meanwhile the steer age passengers below decks were in an agony of terror. Sotne men were for hours on their knees praying while others staggered about and cursed as they were pitched this way and that by the lurching of the vessel. When the mast wen t by the board women scream d and some bec~sme hystericaly All expected the ship to go down. Capt Koch went among the men and women and by personal appeals succeeded in allaying their fears somewhat. In the eight of the storm Steward Huberiel fell on the deck and was seriously in ured internally.- He was unconsious for four day s and is still in a dazed con iion. The big wave that swept over he decer broak a capstan, stove in a atch and twisted the rails and the eck fittings. The hurricane subsided on February st, but head winds were encountered elaying the ship five or six days. A Storm's D eadly Work. BinxIrNGIIAM, Feb. 4.- A wind . and ain storm, whic~h passed over Birma: ngham last night, blew down the Con regational church at Gate Cltyv, six iles from here. The Christain En neavor Society, composed of thirty wo en and children, was holding a meet ng at the time. The roof crashed in on them beneath tl'e debris. Nearly every porson in the building was more r less hurt. Tbe serious casualties are Mrs. R. S. Protchell, leg broken and nternally injured and will die; Mrs. ames Niles, internally injured will ie; Charites, O:sen, thigh broken, robably fatal. The oth.-rs are not eriously hurt. Half the physicians of Birmingham are at Gate City, and the reatest excitement prevails. Ps 0:s In columl,. COLUTMBIA, S. C.. F'eb. 7.-Maj. W. '. Woodward, of Rlocton, and Rtepre sentativ'e Johnson, of Wmnnsboro, came ear having a s'iooting match here to ay as the result of a political contro versy in a r.ewspaper. Johnson sent a ote to Woodward, who was at dinner saing that he was wanted and Wood ward responded. Johnlsonl asked for an apology and Woodward told him he was not making apologies today. John on stood with his hanas in his over-] oat pocket and when he insisted on an I pology, Woodward quickly jerked ,a istol, stuck the muzzle in Johnson's] face and said: "What are going to do bout it ?" Johnson replied: "Noth-~ ng," and Woodward walked away, say ing "wll that settles it."1 A BAD LAW REPEALED. NO MORE FEDERAL SUPERVISION OF ELECTIONS. The Senste bettle the Queation at Last by a Decisive Majority-Ali the Demo crate, One Republican atd Three Pap allsts Vote for It. WAsIrNGTON, Feb. 7.-In the Senate today at 12.30, the House' bill to repeal the Federal election laws wd4alaen up and Hoar addressed the Senate in oppg. siton to it. In reply to the charge made on the Democratic Side that the law of 1870 - was sectional, he saiU -Zhat that law applied only to cities of over 20,000 population, that when it was passed there were fifty-seven such cities in the North and but five in the douth, and that of the fifty-seven Northern com munities, eleven were in the common wealth of Massachusettes. How idle, therefore was it, he said, to keep up the claim that the question was a sec. tional one, as if the brave and gallant men who presented the cause of the Southern Confederacy had fought and bled and died for the privilege of cheating at elections. Another objec. tion made to the Federal election law was that it took away control from the people of the locality, but the same had been done in several Democratic States within the last ten or flifteen years-in Virginia, Maryland. Dele ware, Louisiana ana other States. The right of managing and ordering elec tions had been taken from the people who gather at the polls and had been put in the hands of the central power of the States, managed and wielded by the Democratic party leaders. After some colloquy on this point with Hunton (Dem.) of Virginia, Hoar exclaimed: The rec3rds in the archives of this Capitol make of the history of elections in this country since 1865 the blackest and worst history of crimes since the world was created. We can only deal with that subjection in si lence. When these reports are read, blackening the fair fame of this land, we must walk backward with averted gaze and bide our heads in shame. T2l is a question of fraud or no fraud, and there is nothing else to it. It is a question whether the supreme pearl and gem in the crown of the American manhood shall not have the strongest force on the faca of the earth for its protection and defense. Gray of Delaware replied to Hoar, who he said had mistaken or misrepre sented the gravamen of Democratic opposition to the election laws. They wanted to wipe them out, not because they protected the weak from the strong, but because Democrats believ ed from a bitter expericnce that those laws were not only at war with every tradition of local self-government, not only did ithey degrade the States of which they were citizens,but they batt ressed up the very fraud which they were professedly intended to destroy. From the inherit vice in their stract re, they had been, necessaily, an aux iliary to +.e party macbine t the par ty in poweir m the Federal govern ment. In every city of 20,000 inhabi tants they had been the ready means by which during the last twenty years tne Republican party had put its hand into the Treasury of the United States, in order to defray the election charges and expenses of the party. There could not be a successful denial of that state ment. Bate (Dem.) of Tennessee closed the debate. He made an argument in sup port of the bill. It was susceptible of demonstration, he said, that the chief object of the reconstruction laws (of which the Federal electionlaws formed a part) had been to capture the electo ral vote of the Southern States, and to secure Republican Senators and Rep resentatives. But the scheme had gone awry and all the plots had failed. The "new allies" had deserted the Republi can standards and the Republican par ty had ceased to have a local habita tion in those States from which four years after the war It had had all their Senators and all but one of their iReprb.. sentatives. Whether these Federal election laws were or were not constitutional; they were certainly In thaiyear of grace 1894 uewise and paaeuessary. They em bodie~'tTrne ideas that had dictated reconstruction, and they should now be repealed. They had inspired more fraud in elections than they had sup pressed. They should be all repealed and the States should be left to regu late all elections within their borders. thus giving emphasis to the doctrine of home rule, the only safety of a repub lic. At the close of Mr. Bate's spech, Chandler withdrew the amendment heretofore offered by him and moved another, the purport of which was to make the proposed repeal effective only to the extent of prohibiting the employ ment of deputy marshals at election. This amendment was rejected-yeas 27; nays 40. The three Populists, Allen Kyle, and Peffer, and one Republican, tewart of Nevada, voted with the Democasts in the negative. Another amendment was offered by Chandler for the purpose of excluding from the effect o f toe repeal the crimes iections of the revised statutes, in re lard to elections It was also rejected, yeas 27, nays 38. T wo other amendments were offered b Chandler (to~restrlct the scope of the repeal) and were rejected by similar - roes. A taunting inquiry by Chandler, as to whether stewart would contribute is vote to the repeal of the law, which aad been one of the noblest acts of his public life, brought out a short speech from Ste wart, to the effect that the elec ion Act of 1870 was passed just after he nation had had emerged from war, ad that now the nation had entered >n another war, that of the executive gainst the producing classes. Perkins (Rep,) of California offered mendment, of which he had given no ice yes .erday, allowing the election Laws to remain, but confining the Fed Bral supervision to cities of 200,000 In abitants or over, instead of, as now, 0,000, The amendment was rejected, yeas 27, nays 39. Three additional smendments were offered by Chandler ad were rejected, t wo of them with >ut a division, and the third by yeas 27, iavs 39. The bill was then passed, yeas 39, nays 28-a party vote, except :hat Stewart (Rep.) of Nevada and Mllen, Kyle and I'efer (Populists) roted wit.h the Democrats in the af Irative. Tne folio wing is the vote .n detail:. Yeas-Allen, Bate, Berry. Blackburn, Brice, Butler, Caffery, Call, Cockrell, ockre!!. Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Faulk er, .Gibson, Gordon, (.orman, Gary, ~Larris, 1Hill untonIrby, Jones (Ark,) Zle, Lindsay, Martin, Mills, Mitchell is.), Morgan, Palmer, Pasco, Peffer, ?ugh, Ranson, Roach, Stewart, Vest, Eias, Voorhees ana White (CaI,)-39 Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Cameron. jarey, Chandler, Cullom, Dixon, Dolph, )ubois, Frye, Gallinger, Hale, Hans orough, Hawley, Higgins, Hoar, odge, Mitchell, (Ore.), Perkins, Platt, ~roctor. Quiay, Sherman, Shoup, Squire eller, Washburn and Wilson-28. The Senate then, at 6:15 p. in., after a hort executive session, adjourued till