The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 24, 1894, Image 1

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VOL. .MANGS. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 84 O 3 ESCAPED A LYNCHING. QUICK JUSTICE SAVES AN OHIO NE GRO'S NECK. The Crowd Wre Determlned, However, gand Took the Fiend from Two M lit1ta Companies Who C-p:ured Him Agein After Klling Two of the Mob. WASHINGTON. Ohio, Oat. 17.-In the criminal court today Jasper Dolby, the negrO who assaulted Mrs. Mary C. Bird of Parrott's Station a week ago, con teased the crime and was sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years. There was every prospect of a bloody fight to-night as a great mob was in town bent on lynching Dolby and the Sheriff had two companies of State militia here to help him protect the prisoner. A special grand jury was called. Dolby was Indicted today and his trial and sentence followed prompt ly. The county officers hoped by this means to quiet the mob and avert a ilght. The sneriff with three companies of militia started this evening to take Dolby, the negro rape fiend to the peni tentiary, but at the depot the mob got possession of the prisoner. The militia charged killing two of the mob and re capturing the prisoner. He was then hurried back to jail. A call has been made for the First and Fourteenth re giment. As darkness came on a crowd of 1,500 people surrounded the court house and jail which are really one building, yell ing lynch him lynch him.' Finally some one threw a stone which struck a soldier on the breast. Then Colonel Colt, whose anger was aroused, address ed the people in language wtich was very plain and forciable. He told them not to repeat the offence. 'If you want to injure any one,' said be, 'hit me, and not tnose young men,' and with hat up lifted he walked out Into the crowd, and said 'here I am,' his face ashen with anger. The'crowd gathered around him but not a man lifted his hand to strike the Colonel. It was probably well that they did not for standing on the court house steps were the soldiers with guns loaded waiting an order to fire. The crewd surged closer and closer to the court house steps, becom mg bobler as the darkness increased. Col Coit addressed them again or rather attempted to do so but they would not listen to him. de shouted that he would have to order the soldiers to fire If they did not fall back, but on they came and tinally the order to fire was given. Many were seen to fall and the mob fled like a lot of frightened sheep. The dead are: Smith Welsb, 18 years of age, son of a grocerym in, shot in the nead and abdomer; Jess July, 2S years old, shot in, breast and aodomen. He was a laborer. Mack Johnson or Wil lHamsborg, Brown County, shot in bow el. The wounded are: William Sam, 23 years old, a laborer from Adams County, wiking here. Theodore Ammerman, shot In right thigh, ser ous; Frank Nelterhouse, an aged man, shot in left leg; George Keating, 14 years old, shot in groin Pnd in both legs, will die; Frank Smith, flesh wound in foot; Dial Parrott, 20 years old, shot In right foot; John McCune, flesh wound In foot; Ernest Ellis, snot in foot. Others were undoubtedly injured, but these were the most serious cases. The crowd secured a battering ram and began to beat down the door. Not a shotwas fired by the soldiers until the door fell in, when the troops fired the volley which resulted so fatally: The remainder of the soldiers were station ed at the South entrance and unmind ful that a portion of the crowd were making an attempt to batter down the door at the North entrance. The first fright following the volley having died away, the mob became more boister ous and bold again. They are gather ing about the court house and though they remained at a respectful distance, uttered loud Imprecations against the soldiers and fears were entertained for their safety if reinforcements did not quickly come. The crowd made an at tempt to secure dynamite and swore that they would blow up the court house. The wounded and dead were carried Into the engine house and the stores near by. It looked very evident that the prisoner would be secured be fore morning. At 9 o'clock to-night Adjutant General Howe ordered oait as an additional force Battery B. of the First Artillery at Cincinnati. The first message was received from Col A.B. Colt, In command of the State troops at Washington C. H. since the report of the assault at 10 o'clock to night. It was addressed to General J. C. .Howe and was as follows: "Your telegrams just received. No reinforce ments have yet arrived. We can hold the court house for hours. The doors were broken In and the guards fired. Reported tous that two were killed and three wounded. It Is revorted to the sheriff that the mob has broken Into the powder house and taken the powder It is the most determinded mob I ever saw. The troops used every precan tion. The sheriff and Judge Maynard approved our action. .1 pleaded and begged of the men to peacably disperse. Our men are alt right now." Adjutant General Howe has been unable to get ayanswer to Colonel Colt and Sheriff Coe. He believes that the mob has them surrounded and that they have cut off communication. He is also hav ing trouble in securing the necessary communication to move the troops ordered to Colonel Colt's aid. At 10 o'clock the troops sfrom Marys ville and tnose to go from here joined them on a special train over the Mid land Railway. It Is thirty seven miles from here to Washington. General Howe urged the railway company to send the train forward at the utmost speed. He has arranged that the train bearing the Cincinnati troops shall reach there about the same time so that there can be no question about having a sufficient force on the ground to control the mob when the first soldiers arrive. The mob is so in censed against the soldiers now that a small force would be in danger there. G.eneral Howe is afraid the mob in Its frena7 over the shooting of the citizens may try to blow up the whole jail and court house. The command of Colonel Colt is now in thle jail and this would result in a terrible -loss of life. "If they can hold the jail against the mob for a half hour longer" said General Howe at 10:80 tonight, "I think the danger will be over. 1 will have enough troops In Washington court house by that time to control all the people In Fayette County." The safety of the lititle command of Colonel Colt, consisting of seventy-five men and the inmates of the jail and the jail of decers as well as the wretched prisoner whose beastly crime has caused all the rioting and bloodshed, depends upon the events of the next half hour. Upon the firing the mob dispersed In all directions. Immediately all places of business In the city were shut up. Mayor Creamer peremzptorily closed all places where liqnors were sold. Every street was filled with people. No time was lost in carryIng away the dead and wounded. Business houses and the engine house were converted into hos pitals. All the surgeons In the cit y were called Into service. Mothers, sis ters, wives, sweethearts, crowded ounnd the dead and wounded and add-i ed pathos to the scene and fire to the rage of the mob by their lamentations. Against the militia, the indignation was bitter, vicious and vehement. It pervaded all classes. As the time pass ed, the mob grew in size and fury. All over the country by telephone, by cou rier and by electric wire, the news bad spread. All the roads leading to the city were filled with m-n on horseback, in wagons and on foot, pushing with all possible speed to the scene of blood shed, breathing vengeance at every step. Meanwhile, in Washington court house a search was going on for arms and ammunition and for dynamite. Shouts were heard "down with the militia." "Bkow up the dogs along with the black fend." These shouts but feebly ex pressed the pent-up passion of every body, for everybody was in the street and in the street were members of the mob, as far at least as personal feelings were conceined. There was a certain ty of organization of the forces going on. for that ominous stillness that fore bodes supreme excitement and deadly resolution succeeded the ebulition of feeling. Men moved about as if bent on business, but said nothing. There is no doubt of a purpose to blow up the coure house. Of this the militia are aware. A full moon lighted up every approach to the court house. If mili tary reinforcements do not reach here before the moon goes down, there is danger of further and greater bloodshed between an organized armed mob and militia, and in case the mob succeeds there Is danger that many of the mili tia will share the fate of the human brute Dolby. OUR COAT OF ARMS. Governor Tillman Has a Large Oil Pantr ing of Ic Made. COLUXBIA, S. C., Oct. 18.-Mrs. A. J. Robertson of this city has completed for Governor Tillman a large oil paint ing on canyass of the Coat of Arms of South Carolina and a small plaquer painting of the great seal of the State . The paintings will be hung in the exe cutive uflice and will remain there. They are the first ever made and will go down to the generations as he of acial pitcares. 'rhe object in having them painted was to perfect, as near as Dossible, the figures, emblems, etc., which have remained without perfec tion for so many years. The history of the seal of the State Is known bat nobody has any snowl edge of the bistory or exact meaning of the Coat of Arms. It will remain a mystery. The Secretary of State'a offie furn ishes the following history of the seal: "The Great Seal of the State of Sjuth Carolina, by order of the General As sembly, March, 1776, was designed by William Henry Drayton, assisted by some of the Privy Council, after the Fort on Sullivan's Islands had defeated the British flet, wnici event suggested some of the devices. "Fhe Palmetto tree represents the rort, which was constructed of the Palmetto trees that grew on the island; they atill grow there. There are two shields pendant uader the branches of he Palmetto. 'March26 h,' the day the State Constitution was adopted, is in cribed on the one, on other, Taly 4, 1776, whicn refers to the Declaration of Independence. rhe sun rising with peculiar splendor refers to the 281h of Jane, as 1 fair day-also bespeaks good fortune o the State; a torn up oak, with its ranches lopped off, lies prostrate at the base of this erect Palmetto. The welve spears, points raised, represent ing twelve colonies, are bound cross wise to the Palmetto-the thirteen ilon-and upon the band which anites them Is inscribed 'Q ns Separa bit.' Beneath the prostrate oak Is In scriben Mellorem Lapsa Locavit,' and in large figures underneath '1778.' At the top of exerque are the words 'South Carolina,-at the bottom, 'Animis pibusque ParatL' Reverse-A woman walkine on seashore, over swords and daggers; In right hand a laurel branch, In her left the folus of her robe; she ooks with hope to the sun rising In rreat splendor over the sea. The azure sky is above, and at the top of exerque are the words, 'Dam Spiro Spero.' In the field below is the word 'Spes,' show ing that the design above It represents hope. "The first use made of this seal was by President Rutledge, May 2, 1777, who issued a pardon under the seal of the state." If as much was known of the Coat of Arms Giovernor Tillman would be a happier man. He has ransacked every history to find out something about it and has offered areward of $25 to any person who would give him the Infor mation desired. He is no wiser than when he began . The Coat of Arms, as is known, Is made up ofthe seal of the State as a centre. Supporting the seal on the right side is the figure of a revolutionary soldier; on the left a female figure; above the seal and be tween the other figures, the figure of an angel blowing a trumpet, supposed to be a herald angle communicating tid ings of some kind to the world. The Coat of Arms is presumed to have been adopted after the seal, as the centre of It is the seal. According to instructions for Gav ernor Tillman, Mrs. Robertson has painted, as near as she could do so from the facts known, the face of General Moultrie on the figure of the soldier, and the face of a lineal descendant of Emily Geiger en the female figure. In the fEmale picture the right leg is thrown forward and Is exposed to the knee. This was painted this way be cause Is some manner there has arisen a conflict as to whether the right leg or left leg should be thrown forward. Some of the metal cuts used by the State in the past have been printed one way and some another. Owing to the position of the female It is impossible that tne left leg could be advanced. Consequently Governor Tillman had the right leg put for ward, and in the future no other position will be official. -Register. An Wacialmied Diary. CHIARLESTON, Oct. 19.-Pastmaster Mowry has given to The News and Courier for publication the following letter which will be of Interest to the family referred to: Postmaster of Charleston, S. C.-Dear Sir: To-day I received a pocket memor anda, containing a short diary, the property of the late Lieut F. J. Lesesne, acting adjutant 25th S. C. T., who was killed In the short but sanguinary en gagement bet ween Gen Hagood's com mand and the Red Star brIgade, 21 division, 18th army corps, U. S. A., at Arrowdeld Church, Va, on the after noon of May 9, 1894. Adji Lesesne's body with those of his gallant comrade who fell that day in defence of the cause they thought to be right, was buried on the field of battle. I will gladly mail It to the address of any of his family or relatives on receiv ing intimation of their desire to pos seas It. Very respectfully your obedient servant, C. A. HEcKMrAN, Late of the Red Star Bridge. Germontown, Philadelphia, Penn, Octobr11, 1894. BONDED WHISKEY. THE QUESTION BETWEEN THE STATE AND GOVERNMENT, Commissioner Mller Thinks if Governor Tsilman'i Edeas are Carried Oat the United States Will be.Deprlved of Some of Its Etvenue. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-Secretary Carlisle has forwarded to Attorney Gen eral Olney for his decision, the letter of Revenue Commissioner Miller, which presents in ditall the question raised between Governor Tillman of South Carolina and the United States authorities as to the jurisdiction of each in the enforcement of the South Carolina Dispensary law. The letter is as follo ws: Washington, Oat. 16, 1894. Hon. John G. Carlisle, Secretary of Treasury. Sir: I enclos herewith a letter from Governor Tillman ct' South Carolina and a printed copy for warded by him of the "State Dispensary" law, and I have the honor to request that the same may be submitted to the Hon. Attorney General for his opinion as to the course which should be taken by this office in the event of seizures by State officers, for confiscation under the Dispensary law, of distilled spirits deposited in distillery bonded warehouses under the internal revenue laws. It is proper to state that the natural effect of acquiescence by this office in the course propo3ed to be taken would be the probable complete destruction of the bonded warehouse system withn the State; the consequent cessation of the business of manufac turing distilled spirits under the inter nal revenue laws and the loss to t'qe United States of further income from that source. The Dispensary law, it appears, has been construed by the State Supreme Court as not absolutely prohibiling the manufacture and sale of disilled spirits. But it appears also that under the law a distiller in the State cannot sell his product to private . persons within the State, ror if I rightly ap prehend the provisions of the Third Section, to private persons to be ship ped out of the State, but only. to the State Com misssoner or to pdrsons out side of the State and under regula tions which would seriously inconven ience the shipper. Under such restric - tions, there would hardly be any fur ther lawful production of - distilled spirits within the State. No distiller would be willing to produce an article to be sold only on compulsion to a single purchaser, and at the price fixed by him. The question is broadly presented whether a State can so legislate as incidentally to deprive the United States of one of its declared sources of revenue and it appears to me a proper matter for the consideration of the highest law officer of the government. SupremS Court in McCulloch vs. Mary land, 4, Wheat 316, declared that "the States have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into effect the powers vested in the national government." And in Hannibal and St. J. R. R. Co. vs. Hlusen, 95 'U. S., 465, it:was held that "neither the unlimited powers of a State to tax nor any of its large police powers can be exercised so as to work a practical assumption of the powers conferred by the Constitution upon Congress. And in numerous other cases it has been held to the same ef feet. On the other hand such cases as Boston Beer Co. vs. Massachusetts, 97 U. S., 25, the right of the State to abso lutely prohibit the manufacture -and sale of intoxicating liquors was upheld. Applying what appears to be the est tablished law to the present case, it would seem that while the State'of South Carolina has the right in the er ercise of its police power to prohibit the manufacture of and traffic in dis tilled spirits within the State, it Is doubtful if it has a right without pro hibiting the manufacture or traffic .to practically take, possession of business in all its details and carry it on, and through its own agencies, for its' own profits, thus perhaps forcing the Unit ed htates to surrender the income de rived by this source. It follows, of course, that if one State may d~o this, all may, and the police power of the States will have been "so exercised - as to work a practical assumption of the powers of Congress," and to "Impede, urden and control the operation of Its laws." You will note that the Governor pro poses to recognize the lien of the Unit ed States upon the spirits in the ware houses for the taxes due thereon, and to pay the same. The law (sections 48 and 50 of the Act of Congres, Au gust 28 1894,) imits the right of witn drawal of spirits from the warehouse to the distiller himself. Tne State now proposes to personate the distiller. Such authority has been denied by United States Courts to stay offisers. See McCull jch, Jr., vs. Henry L arge, United States Circuit Court, Western District of Pennsyivania, at the May term, 1894, Justice Bradley of the Su preme Conrt concurring. It is to be observed also that it fre quently happens that a distiller is in debted to the government in a sum greater than the tax upon the spirits themselves then in tue warehouse. Such indebtedness is by section 3,351, Revised Statutes, :ieclared to be a lien* upon the property and rights to prop erty of the distiller. Taking spirits by the State in the manner proposed might easily impair if not destroy the ability of the governasnt to collect its debt. For my own guidance, 1 wish to be particularly advised wheth er or not I may lawfully consent to permit the withdrawal of spirits in bonded warehouses in the State of South Carolina upon seizure thgrein by the State and tender of' tar to th Collector, or upon juidgment of for feiture by the State Court. Governor Tillman personally yester day requested an early reply to his inquiry- He was told however- that the matter is under consideration and will be dIsposed of as soon as possible. Respectfully yours, (Signed) J os. S. MILLER, Commissioner. Cuba fundated, HAVANNAlI, Oat. 17.-in this prov ince as well as the Vuelta Aba:g dis. trict much damage has been done by the overflowing of the rivers due to the recent heavy rains, destroying all kinds of crops: The low lands on which to bacco plants, are sown to be after ward transplanted. were entirely washed away by the 110od. Railroad as well as telegraphic communication wita 'that section of the island Is still partly in terrupted. A number of bridges, such as the Santa Coloma, Agiconal and Paso 'Viejo, were carried away by the hood. LIFE IN THE OLD LAND YET. The Annual Report of Charters Granted by the Secretary of State. COLUMBIA, Oct. 18.-The report of the Secretary of State has been finished up to date. The proposed capital stock of the oompanies that have been char tered during the Ascal year is 82,764,0C0, and of this amount one company in tending to manufacture a car coupler Is put down for a million dollars. There are a great many corporations that have taken out commissions for charters which have not yet made the proper return to the Secretary of State for the charter. Tae summary of the returns for last year did not divide the commissions from the charters and the aggregate amount reported last year was $7,413,000. There were a number of companies that reported increases of capital stock during the year, but that statement has not yet been made up. The following is a copy of the sum mary of the charters granted by the Secretary of State up to this time: Cold Storage, Manufacturing and Transporting Co.......$ 5,000 Cumberland Buff Stone Co... 30,000 Union Labor Co.,of Port Rayal. 1,000 Consumers' Coal Co.......... 50,000 Citizans' Building and Loan Association, of Sumter...... 250,000 Anderson Telephone Exchange 5,000 Darlington Brick Co.......... 25,000 J. R. Stoke. Lumber Co....... 10,000 Oconee News.............. 2,000 Cannon Co............ 25,000 Thos. P. Smith, Mciver & Co.. 40,000 Blacksburg Phosphate Guano Co.......................... 100,000 Flerenee Cotton Oil Mill Co... 20,000 South Carolina Detective Agency..................... 3,000 Bryan Printig Co............ 6 000 Planters' Grocery o.........2,500 Livingstone Printing and lablising Co......... . 3.000 Ganson Dry Goods C....... 20,000 Homestead Building and Loan Association, of Columbia.... 20.000 National Manufacturing and Supply Co................... 5,000 Charleston Lumber and Manu facturing Co................ 25,000 Milford Mill Co............... 140,000 Elliott Manufacturing Co..... 5,000 Home Savings Association.... 20,000 Harley Medical Manatactring ;o.......................... 2,000 Charleston Base Ball Associa tion......................... 2,000 Sumter Track and Park Asso ciation...................... 50 Enterprise Banking and Trust Co........................... 50,000 Carolina Pieasure Club........ 1.000 Exch-inge Bank,of Batesburg. - 50.000 Fulton Industrial Aid Associa tion......................... 1,000 Charleston Investment Co..... 2,500 Charleston Provision and Com mission Co.................. 2,500 Reform Publishing Co., of Newberry county........... 1,000 Elias Goodman 0o.......... 10.000 Reform Patriot Publishing Co. 1.000 Rock Hill Hardware Co....... 10.000 Savings, L oan and Investment Association................. 9,000 Charleston Hotel Co.......... 25.000 &tlantic Beach Hotel Co...... 2.500 Charleston Cigar Co........... 1,000 Desporters & Edmunds Ca..... 40,000 )keetee Cluo.................. 45,000 Boys' Clothing C.............. 5,000 Jherokee Medicine 0 ......... 5,000 Marlboro Mill C............... 25,000 Uhase Land and Improvement C)............ .............. 20,000 outhern Lund Advertising Agency ..................... 1,000 Beneficial Life Insurance C) , of Caarleston................ 10,000 Peeden-Anderson Banking Co. 20,000 South Bound Land and Im provement C2.............. 50,000 E'airfleld Granite C 2,......... 30,000 Rarris Automatic Air Brake C3.....................1,000.000 Tucapan Mills............. 150,000 Union Times Cj............. 1,500 Charleston Electro-Piating and Bicycle Ci............... 1,600 Chester Mil1................ 100,000 Southern Investment and Home Building Co......... 10,000 E'armers' Basket and Package Co.................... 2.0 Walter boro Dry Kiln and Plan ing Co................... 7,503 Rome Land and Investment C2 00,000 0.)oDer Limestone Institute C>. -40.000 Whitmire-Good C3........... 3,000 Onina Hall Importing Co...... 5,000 Total.................$2,764,100 Beauls ot Els Vial:. CoLUMBrA, S. C., Oct 17.-Governor Tiliman returned yesterday from Wash ington where he went to see Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller on the suoject of taxes on whiskey seized from distillers and taking possession of it for the State. When asked for an ac count of his trip the Governor said: "I accomplished all I went for, and that was to prevent any conflict of authority or friction between the Federal and State authorities. I found Commissioner Miller very desirous of co-operating with me in the matter. There is some doubt in his mind as to whether he has authorIty to allow the State to seize liquor in a distillery warehouse and to pay the tax on it. Ine question has never been raised be fore and there is no judicial decision along this line. There have been cases of sheriffs attempting to seiza liquors and imported goods in bonded ware nouses under warrants for the collec tion of debts, and the courts have held that this was not permissible. Until the passage of the last revenue law,the Wilson Act, as amended by the Senate, liquor in warehouses was held uder eertifica';es which were sold in the markets and anyone holding the cer tialcates was considered the o wner and conld pay the fare and remove it. Cun gress for some reason changed the par aseology and the law now provides that the tax must be paid by the distil ler, and under a strict construction no one else is allowed to do it, not even an administrator or executor. I contend ed that the government only held the liquor for the purpose of securing the tax; that the State's right to police liquor within its borders,whether man ufactured or imported, was unques tioned. The Supreme Court in any number of decisions concedes this in the most emphatic language, and the Wilson Act of 1890, the last legislation by Congress on the subject, also con cedes it. "The Commissioner will submit the matter to the Attorney General whose opinion will govern our course until the Legislature and Congress meet. The ffbiskey in question will be pro ceeded against and judgment obtained, if the evidence will warrant, and it will not be allowed to be removed from the warehouse until the matter is final ly determined. I have no doubt that the police power of the State, which difers from the attempt to seize for the purpose of collecting a debt, will receive recognition at the hands of the Federal authorities,and if the la w is at present defective, so as to prevent this, it will be amended when Congress meets. It may become necassary for the Legislature to pass an Act to pro vide for the licensing of stills in this State and the control of the output by State officers. One thing is very cer tain, the illicit sale of liquor at distill eries will be stonnped." THE INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND. Interestuig Talk from a Blind Member of the oommisioD. CoLUrEIA, S. C., Oct. 19.-Two years ago the Legislature authorized the appointment of a commission to pass on the advisability of separating the blind department of the Cedar Springs Institute from the other departments ani of making a separate Institute for the blind. The commission was duly appointed and recommended the separa tion. The list Legislature provided for the appointment of a commission to select a site for an institute for the blind, to report on the probable cost of the building, to secure plans and specifes tions from architects and to put every thing In shape for the Legislature to take action. The following commiassion was ap pointed: Representatives W. H. Yeldell of Edgefield and T. J. Kirkland of Ker shaw from the House; and Senators R. R Hempbill o Abbeville and T. S. Brice of Fairfield from the Senate. Tbese gentlemen selected Rsv. P. P. Bialock of Edgefield as the fifth member of the commission. Tne commission held its first meeting in the Jerom,% Hotel last night. All it did was to organize preparatory to a more extended meeting this morning. To day it will receive plans and specifi cations and estimates of cost from ar chitects and bmilders, and will visit sev eral places which might make :uttable sites. A ReCister reporter had an interesting talk with Mr. Blalock on the ojects of the commission. Mr. Blalock is blind and is naturally interested in all that is to be done for the benefit of others sim ilarlv sgieted. Mr. Bialock said that so far as he was concerned he wanted to see the in stitute built in Columbia. He said that the bill passed by the Legislature au thorized the commission to accept offers from cities and towns in the shape o. sites, money, etc. He would be glad to see columbia make a bid, but if it did not do so be was in favor of putting the institute here anyway. Then he gave splendid reasons why it should come here. He said that the blind learn much by absorption, and the place where they are now taught affords no opportunity for this. he said that the Cedar Spring Institute is far away from any city or to v n and Is not even on a dirt raod. The aicted pupils have no chances theie to learn except what is taught them in the regular curriculum. Great progress is being made by the blind. They are learning to become musicians and in Philadelphia there are seventeen blind organists in prominent churches. In Columbia the blind musi cians would have chances to show their learning and their knowledge of such things. They would have a chance to practice. They would have opportunities to visit concerts. By hearing is the only way the blind learn music. A.t Cedar Springs there are no such chances as in Columbia. Mr. Blalock continued by saying that the blind are taught to make brooms, chairs, etc. At Cedar Springs there is no market for these thing. If the in stitute were in Columbia there would be a good market. 0 her State instiu. tions could buy what was made if mer chants did not want the articles. Mr. Blalock said he was in favor of asking the State to give a tract of land belonging to the South Carolina Col lege on which to erect the institute. The block nearly opposite the South Car. olina College, bounded by Sumter, Main and Greene streets, he thought, would be a splendid site. This pronerty is not neing used by the College. Mr. Blalock said that the advantages of this location would be many. The institute would be near the college, which the blind stu dents could attend to listen to lectures. They would also hays access to the li. brary of the college. Mr. Blalock estimates that the build lug would cost about $15,000. He says that the accommodations for the blind at Cedar Springs are so limited that the State will have to build an addition if it does not decide to make the institute separate, as is propose:1. -The commiion will today visit the site spoken of by Mr. Blalock and con fer with President Woodrow as to whether the college can spare that much ground. Stop Overproduction. ATLANTA, Ga., Oft. 17.-A specilal meeting of the executive committee of the State Agricultural Society has been called to assemble In Macon on Wed nesday, the 24th must , to "consider the present ruinous price of cotton and to take some steps if possible to remedy and avert impending disast -rs." i'the call is issued by Hon. John 0. Waddell, president of the State Agricultural Society. The xmeting will take place on the second aav of the Staite fair, whicn begins at Macon on the 231 inst. President Waddell, in issuiog the call says he wishes "to be distinctly under stood as opposing the selling of cotton to the injury of crelitors, tiut it Is be* leved that the best interests of debtor and creditor will be subserved if ad vances can be secured on cotton so as to alipse it to be held over, thus stopping the large daily receipts and at the same time giving the fariners an opportuniity of seenrmng advanoes on their cotton by whicn they -can meet their obligations and a: the same time hold their cotton for,. better pr ices." Part of the call reads as follows: A brief suggestion as to the plans Indicated. Money Is plenti ful and at a low interest rate in the banks. The banks and commission merchants, who are our friends can be induced to advance a reasonable amount on cotton and thus allow the farmer to hold his cotton atnother year, and at the same time. enable him to pay his obligations to nearly the full amount of his cotton. At present prices, it is impossible to more than pay the cost of cultivation., picking and ginning and guano bills, leaving the farmer nothing with which to meet othe'r just obligations. If the plans and suggestions which y~u may pro mulgate, shall be adopted by the otner cotton States, we believe good results willfollo w. There can be no doubt that the cotton acreage will of necessity De greatly reduced next year, the crop re duced in consequence, Iand the cotton carried over must command better prices. Dr. J. Marion oftmu. NEw YoR1[,- Oct.. 16.-The statue in bronze of Dr. J. Marion Sims, the fain ous Southern physician, is to be unveil ed in this city with appropriate cere monies on Saturday, October 20. at i o'clock in ttie afternoon in .tryant Park 421 street and 6th avenue Addresses will be made by Dr. George F. Shrady and Dr. Paul F. Mundi, after which the statue will be presented to the city and eaccepted by the Hon. Thomas F. Giroy, mayor. This promises to be a memorable oecasion, as it Is the drst ini stance of the erection of a heroic statue to the memory of a member of the miedi al profassion In the U niter1 States. HE HAS GOT ENOUGH. LARRY GANTT GOING TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF IN POLITICS. He Says Henceforth the Feldmont Head light will ba Run in the Interest of the People and Not the Politicians as Here tofore. Since the adoption of r general pri. mary by the Demorcratlc convention, it means that hereafter politics in South Carolina will be run on a higer plane. It also means that coat-tail swinging and man-worshlp will be put a stop to, and the successful candidate must look solely to the people and convince them that he is worthy of their support and confidence before he can get their votes. Henceforth and forever, no one man or clique cf men will be bigger than the people. Every white voter, it matters not how obscure and humble he may be, will be given an opportunity to record his preference for every public officer, from the highest to the lowest, and his vote will be counted. You will hear no more abou-, Antis and Reformers. Since the ballot has b'en placed In tthe hands of the voters, -and he alone is delegated the power to dictate who shall rule over our State, factional lines, will disappear, for the great people are in the saddle and it ib their will that must be obeyed. And there wor.n' be any independent candidates, either, for it would mean an open appeai to the negro, and a public repudiation of the white vote. Hencefortb, you are going to see poli tics in Sauth Carolina conducted on a higher sphere. No office-seeker will dare attempt to arraign one class against another, for they will all have an equal sho ving. and there are enough fair minded, peace-loving men in South Car olina to defeat any candidate that ap peals to passion and prejudice instead of to reason acd patriotism. And this is iust as it should be. .he Headlight editor hag long and earnestly battled for a white primary, ad now that we have secured our d3 mand, we are willing to bury all past animosities and work only for the 2lory and unbuilding of our grand old State and tbe happiness and prosperity of its people. We have supported our last candidate until the brand of the people has been placed upon him. We nave been in politics for many years, and, with very few exceptions. have found it an unthankful business, and assuredly an unprofitable one. The very men for whom we have worked hardest, were the first to turn the back of their hands to as when their ends were gained and ambition satiated. It Is not what you have done for a politician that he ap preciates, but what you can do for him in the future. So we have firmly and irrevocably made up our mind to hereafter cease to run a factional paper, bat we shall run a nevspaper In the fullest acceptation of the term, and battle in the future, as we have in the past, for the relief and the rights ot the farmers. All public issues will be discussed fcom a non-partisan standpoint, and we shall commend right and condemn wrong, it matters not where they appear. We shall always tell the people the truth, and lay before them whativer information we can find out. Strictly speaking, there is not a news paper publishsd in South Carolina. You either find them partisan Conservative or partisan Rstorm papers. Hence, the reading public can only see one side and that reviewed through prejudiced glasses. Politics are permitted to overshadow all else. Well, we have dcue our fall share of such work and now want a change and a rest. We believo that there is a broad field and a usefa;. field in South Carolina for such a paper as we propose to run. Others can keep up this faction al fight if they want to but we are no glutton and know when we have enough. What innluence the Headlhght possesses will be used in bringing about a better and kindlier feeling among the white voters of our State, and seeing if we can not by mutual concessions, come toge ther again and work in peace and in con cert for the general prosperity of our sec tion and people. We propose to con tend for what we believe to be the best for our farmers, it matters not who it offends. We shall criticise public men and public measures whenever occasion requires. But we shall never agamn be come the champion of any political of fce-seeker, except to contend for a jnst representation of our section and to re ward real merit. We believe the time has come when our people are ripe for a change from political a -iation, and they want to hear the truth from an un biased and non-partian standpoint. If so, sub scribe for the Headlight and you wil be given unvarnished and fair reports of all public matters. But if you want a partiean organ that will pander to the prejudice and passion uif the.masses an.I strive to keep up bad blood and antmosi ty among neighbais aud men who should live in peace and friendship, then tis is not the paper you need. Naw that every white vo)ter will be given the opportunity to go to the polls and record his ballot Ior the candidates ot his choice and tiere will be is> more conventions to fbrue a slaie ticket on he people, there Is neittier need nor ne cessity for tactio)nal lhne! being dra wn in our S ate. Tas people Raow a true mane and a real friend whea they see him, and will not make mistakes. Let us all now come together and work togetner for the upbatiding of our S;ate and sec tion.-P.edmout Eeadlight. The Frospeco in NCw -urik. NEW YORK, Oat. 17.-Gov. Flo wer arrived from Albany yesterdsy after noon and today at 12.30 called at Dem ocratic headquarters in the Park Ave nue Hotel, ie was closeted with Maj. Rinuckley and Hon.Jo'in Ibyd Caii. . for some time, but when he came out he stated that his visit was informal and merely friendly and tnat he came home to register. "If every Democrat will do the samae thing, which they probably will," said the Governor "we will win the light this fall without any trouble. The prospects are good all through the State." the Governor continued, "and the Democrats will stand in line and be counted this fail." "Do you think that Mr. Cleveland will writa a letter or come to New York to ';ake a hand in the election ?" was asked. "I have heard nothing and know nothing about that," was the reply. "What about:Albany, locally speak ing?' "1 have been at Waterton all sum mer and don't know anything about Albany locally, but I do know that all throughout the country the Democrat ic feelings are strong, and think we will win hands down." Governor Flower is going to Bath, Stevben county, next Wednesday, to visit the Soldier's Home there and make a speech to them. He states that this is the last speech he will make in ny Ins~etituin rdnring the campaign. SCHOOL STATISTICS. Some FJgures Which Will Interest Every body. COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 18.-Some thing interesting regarding the public 1 schools of the State is always to be found In the annual reports of the Su perintendent of Education. These re ports reach few people and are made up because the law requires it and for the s( benefit of the Legislature. In the forth- c; coming annual report of Suparinten- al dent Mayfield there are numerous facts ir and figures which the public should te know and will be glad to know. Un- hi less the papers publish them they will B never get to the people. The Register st has already pulished some figures and a] will give more at times. Mr. Mayfield's report has not been hi completed becausa some of the School ai Commissioners have been tardy in ro sendingin their reports. The report will be completed, however, boy the ai first of November. ri The reports so far received show that A common school education is steadily G gaining ground. Year by year the Si number of children enrolled increases. pi the number of teachers employed in- t! creases and more money is being spent ti to build new school houses and improve ei those already built. bi The following counties report new el school houses built during the past si year and the amount of money expend- pi ed in building them: Anderson, 1, $100; ti Barnwell, 6, $1,157.59. Beaufort, 2, t< 8418 35; Charleston. 1, 81,500; Chester, tc 2, $1.250; Chesterfield, 1, S60; Clarendon, bt 4.8500; Collbtoa, 2,-8115; Darlington, 3, m $180; Edgedeld, 4,$-; Fairdield,6, 8450; S Firence, 6, S600; Hatmpton, 1, $35.25; a Kershaw, 4, $10,200; Lancaster, 6, $318; ti Lexington, 3, $307.35: Marion. 2. 8680; tt Newberry, 4, $1,330; Oconee, 13, $6,60; oj Orangeburg, 10, $15,591; Pictens, 25, S1 $2,631; Richland, 2, .S155; Samter, 9, fi $596.32; Union, 1, $75; York, 1, S60. vi The following is a table of the num- m ber of teachers employed in each coun- it ty of the State and the am:unt paid to cl them: tt Number of Paid to a] Teachers. Teachers. oJ Abbeville...........212 813,992.48 w 0 Aiken.................. ........ Anderson...........168 13,637.29 Barnwell............129 13,515.03 rI Beaufort.............84 7,402.00 ' Berkeley................ ..... Charleston..........113 60.021.00 h Chester.............131 10,212.00 p Chesterfield..........49 3,926.32 Clarendou...........104 6,224.60 ' Colleton.............114 11,187.36 P Darlington...........83 8,220.71 d Edgefeld............250 14,136.03 0 Fairfield............102 10,914.95 0. Florence.............71 9,598.04 -1 Gaorgetown..........85 2,584.13 s Greenville...........221 21,122.43 d Hampton........94 6,493.88 d di Horry .. .........-G... *II Kershaw............81. 8.446.17 Lancaster..........92 6,5051 Laurens ............182 12,29352 p Lexington............94 7,516.24 Marion..............155 10,101.08 Marlboro.............81 6.516.92 Newberry...........122 11,226.31 a Oconee..............103 4,972.27 m Orangeburg.........195 22,726.98 01 Pickens..............91 3,4C9.42 M Richland........ .....99 20,920.20 1 Spartanburg......... - Sumter...........128 15,996.81 la Union...........66 6,682.35 Willamsburg...110 -- -- York...........179 2187.1d There are more female than male w teachers employed in the State. This is a& especially the case in the counties a1 where there are well regulated graded fr schools, like Charleston, Greenville and tt Richand. T It is interesting to kno w the salaries as paid to teachers throughout the State. ti TIhe amounts vary in eachicounty. The yv average amount paid is abaut $20, male tc teachers getting a little mre than fe males. Charleston Cyunty plys her si teachers two or three times as much as tt any other county in the State. Taere ai the male teachers get an average of si 892.33 a month and the female teachers tt 541.90. Beaufort comes next. She bi pays her male and female teachers thie et same salaries, an average of $36 02 a r< month each. York county pays unusu- tC ally small salaries, ac~ording to the re- a port of the Commissioner of that coun- b, ty, and the curious oart is that the fd- cl male teachers get the largest salaries. g The average amount paid fe nales a t month in York county is $18. Mlale o: teachers in that caunty get an average a of $1450 a month. ADbeville pays ne r e: male anii female teachers an average it 0 only $15 a mmnth esa-.-Register. ia Ead of thea .. & t . ol COLUMBUs, Oato, Ost. 18.--A. special t trao oearnag Sacr.ff C )k sad Deputy ~ Sneriff Bostvick. ot Fayette County, l( with she negro prisoner, Wmn Doihy, alias Jasper, in custoday arrivel here ti at 7 o'clock this morning. T ae train bore also six companies of thie 14th regi ment, all local companies, the rematu der of- the troops cetng left at Wastiing- b ton Co'ut House. Tne train was stop a ped near ttie State prisn, and ttie it seriff and hiis deputy, witti the prisoner 1e in custody, walked hiurriedly, uuiguard- C ed, to trie .nain entrance, and in a fe w .b moments Dolhy was binind toue gr c Et stone walls of the penitentiary, where W he will spend the next twenty years of d his lif~e at hard labor. - Qaite a large crowd had collected at a the (Jentral, station to see the prisoner, ' and were disapointed to see only soldiere when the train dre w in. Tne cro vd was el a curious one, ho wever, and no violence tC to the prisoners would have been a'f.- P. temptEd if he had been broughit tO the ni union station on the train. The trip U from Washington Couri, House was ce without incideilt. The mob was easily I) contolled, When the reinforcen.ents c; of militia arrived at Washington Court al House, at 3 33 A. M., they g athiered in pl knots but offered no resistance. Tae tC prisoner was at once taken ,from the 1; jail and placcd upon the train and the ti journey here was begun. 0>1. Col: ditd p not order the cartridges taken from the 1C rides until the coal chute two miles is north of Washiington Court house was T passed, as there Sueriff Cook feared an se attack on the train might be m ile, but t] the train was not molested. al Governor McKinley arrived frc n Ii Cincinnati at 8 o'clock this morning st and after consultation with Saeritf Cook, of Fayette County, and receiving ~ a number of telegrams from prominent ti citizens of Fayette County, ordered all ai troops remaining on duty at Washing- p ton Court House to their homes. He di says that they are assured that there tl will be no further lawlesscess there. el Drirting Alone.b MOBILE, Ala., O.3t. 13.-The barkk Thomas S. Fiack was picked up in the guf by the steamer Jani, which has just y arrived here. The cargo and bark are t< estimated .to be worth $150,000. A ti gser Zeature is that there was no one w~ aboard and the vessel was in fine condi- tt ion.1 . POPE GETS PEPPERY. 'ANTS TO KNOW WHY GOV. TILL MAN IS SO ACTIVE. SCclumbla for the Campign-Has SomethingtoSay Ab ut the Dsp3nsary. A Series ot Pertinent Qaestions. COLUMBIA, S. C., Ot. 16.-Dr. Samp m Pope, who Is running as Dr. Pope's indidate for Governor, as a protest gainst "rings" and "ring" methods.Is the city. He will be here until af ir the election and has established !adqaarters at the Grand Central otel. He says that he is conddent of tccess and thinks that he is contina ly gaining votes. Yesterday upon his arri val in the city 3 was seen and asked if there was ything new in his campaign, and he -piled: "I have recently read the dispensary :t of 1893 closely. Section 2 of the act )ads as follows: 'The Governor, the .ttorney General and the Comptroller eneral, shall, ex ollico, constitute a iate board of control to carry out the covisions of this act.' Section 3 gives te Governor authority to appoint at Le expiration of the term of the pres it commissioner (see the connection tween the acts of 1892 and 1893) and rery two years thereafter a commis oner, etc.; the appointment to be ap roved by the Senate. The same see on gives to the commissioner the right purchase all supplies, etc., subject i such rules and regulations as :nay made by the State ooarl of control; akes him subject to removal by tie ate board of control, and makes him State officer. All rules and regula ons governing said commissioner in te performance of any ot the duties his office shall be prescribed by the ate board of control, etc. I fail to id in reading said act, any duty de >lvingspecitically upon the Governor, ore than any other law carries with . The Governor is a member ex offi o of several boards-the penitentiary, ie asylum, etc. His duties as such e simply those of any other member them. The majority controls and hat is done is executed by the proper lcers and not by the Governor. The iperintendent of the penitentiary car es them out for that institution, the ipesintendent of the asylum for that stitution, and by parity of reasoning, [r. Traxier should do so for the dis mnsary. "If the law had intended that the overnor alone should manage the dis masary it would have said so, bat it es not say so, for it puts two others i the board with him, all of them ex flcio members. It means that a ma rity of the board shall goyern; shall ,y what Mr. Traxler shall do. The overnor has usurped power which es not belong to him. He admitted iring the canvas that he did so when said that he did not consult the oth members about reopening the dis 3asary. "He has no more right to issue orders ith regard to the dispensary than he is with regard to the penitentiary id the asylum; he is but a simple ember of all of those boards, andhas ily the authority that any other ember has. The bor.rd, Isaspect, has )t had a meeting until last week in any months. All that has been done his own motion then is illegal, un wiul, and is a usurpation of power Lat does not belong to him. South arolina has never had but one lawfal .ctator, John Rutledge, and the po wer as given him daring the revolution ~y war when the State wasoverrun by 1 enemy, and when it was impossible om the very nature of things to call te Legislature together. Governor lilman has as much right, and it is much his duty, to issue a prociama on or an order, carrying out the pro tslons of any other law, as he has as i the dispensary. "Has he done it? Then why does he [ngle out this law to be enforced at Lis time? Is It to destroy the peace id harmony of our people for political ect? Is it an attempt to bring back iose Reformers who have left the fold eause of rings? He has sworn to ex :ute the la ws in mercy, not in a ter >rizing, vindictive manner, calcnlated frenzy the men and frighten the 'omen and children. Let it be remem ered that when the dispensary was .osed many of the constabulary went ome, unh .r instruotions, it was said, >open rilicit barrooms for the purpose pro' ing that prohitition did net pro iDit. Waen the Sapreme Caurt decid I tn'. act of 1892 unconstitutional, was net as muccae Qn Gvernor's duty to sue a proclamation to prevent the sie of waiskey, as it is now to carry at the dispensary? Taen why Is it iut he failed to do anything then, and ow usurps authority that does not be ing to him?" Dr. Pope may have something more say on this line later on. Is sentcimeat Changing ? CoLUsBAu, S. C., Oot. 19.- rhere has cen a decided change in the senti tents of tae people of this city regard. Lg ine Dispeasary la.v since the decis an of the S apr -ne Court decl aring It )QstLitu2toa[. Oa2every side aow can a usad eoss:oas to the eff e: that no0 ha ve 11erstofore p itroaiz:3I"tigers" 'cl ice tna: t-ley will spend ineir money ita tas D.s asiries hereafter. In idition to rtais cae tacpayers are get. ag anxiois to ses the law eafo:3e1s> Lat some reve'nue will bI paid to the cy. Basia11ss man who pay licenses run their ei Oltshisacs are com ainiag that it is not fair for them to ve to pay money to do business waile Ie "tigers" ilburish wichout psying l! mses. A good m any off them have sen heard to say ast as this is a dis imination and as it involves city aff rs it ought to be taken in hand oy the >lice excluisively. If the police were begin the iuvasioa of Illicit estab shmenas it would no: be long uati iey would have to stop business. At reseat the police do nothing but fol w constables around to see thiat there no trouble when raids are made. here is little dout now that public sntiment would back the city authori es in taking charge of the raiding and crests in Columbia, and doing the ork without the assistance of the con. ables. A Register reporter, in conversation ith a constable yesterday, was told iat the raids on saloons would never cnout to anything; that no "tiger" pro rietor keeps anything more than a few rinks in his place of business and that lese are carried in a bottle in the pock. s of the bartendler. The constable ated that after awhile the oflicers will egin to locate where all the "booze" is ept and that descents will be made on iese places. He predicted that there ill be some surprises in store when ie officers sweep down on these deposi rles. He believes that the "blind gers" have hundreds of gallons of -aiskey sto)red in various places troughout the city and thE~t lots of it 1rent In private hnnsea -Raeglater.