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VOL. X11. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1897. NO. 38. CANT KEEP LIQUOR IN YOUR HOUSE UNLESS IT ISOFFI CIAL OR STAMPED. Important Decis1on--RItbul, of a Divided Court-Justice McIver Cells Attention to the United States Cournn Dcclaion. By reason of aa equally divided court the State supreme court has ren dered a decision to the effect that a man cannot keep two and a half gal lons of whisaey in his house for his own personal uie, without the com missioner's stamp upon it, without laying himself liable to criminal pros- I ecution under the dispensary laxr. The decision was rendered in the case of Anderson Chastian and the judgment of the circuit court below stands affirmed. Chief Justice McIver and Associate Justice Gary have filed very strong opinions against sustain ing the finding of the lower court. Mr. Justice Jones files the opinion on the other side, in which Associate Justice Pope concurs. In the Flor ence case recently decided, in which the court was equally divided, the ap pellants have submitted a reg aest that a rehearing be granted before all the judges sitting en banc. No doubt a similr request will be made in this case. Chief Justice McIverin his opin ion, thus presents the matter in sub stance: I The defendant was found guilty and t sentenced to pay a fine of $100, or go on the chain gang for three months for having in his possession two and a S half gallons of corn whiskey, which had no State stamp on it. On this judgment an appeal was taken-to the supreme court of the State. The appeal was takeu on the follow ing grounds in brief - First. Because his honor erred in charging the jury as follows: "The question is did he have liquor there, keeping it there without any stamps on itt If so, he must show that either t he bought it through the regular channels, the dispensary. or that he i obtained it from the State commis- t sioner the proper stamps to be put on ( it" and should have charged the jury t instead that the keeping of a small t quantity of liquor in his dwelling i house for his own use and not to be bartered does not constitute a crime. Seconch That it is only the storing or keeping in possession of alcoholic liquors for some unlawful use or pur pose, which is made an indictable of fense by statute and his honor erred in not so holding. The chief justice states thit from the testimony, the State constabies found in the dwelling house, while defend ant was absent a three gallon jug containing about two gallons of corn whiskey, which they seized, because there were no stamps upon it from the State commissioner. There was no testimony to show that the whiskey was for sale or any other anlawful purpose or that the defendant had ever sold whiskey. On the contrary the defendant stated that he had ob - zweeks for no other purpcse, because he was in bad health and needed it; that he had never sold any whiskey and could not tell how much of it he had used before it was seized. It was admitted that the whiskey had not been bought from a dispensary and it had no stamps on it. The charge of the cir cuit judge was as follows: '"The in dictment is for storing and keeping in possession alcoholic liquors. If a man undertakes to keep hiquor he must have the stamp of the State commis sioner. The question is did he have liquor there, keeping it without any stamp, if so he must show that he bought it from the dispensa-y or that he obtained from the State commis sioner the stamps to put on it. The law prevents this storing of liquors, 1 shows how it may be kept safely t without any trouble and if a man is not minded to put himself to that I trouble, then hewill have to look outt for the consequences." The chief justice goes on to say that the circuit judge proceeded upon the t theory that it is an indictable effense t for a nerson to have in his possession slcoholic liquors, even for his own I use, unless the required stamps are upon it. In the first place the indict ment does not charge any such offense for it does not charge that liquors were found without the requisite stamps. On the contrary the charge I is that the defendant unlawfully star ed certain contraband liquor. In theC ond place an examination of the dispensary law of 1896 fails to disclose any provision making it an indictable offense for a person to have liquor in his possession without the stamps of the State on it. There are several pr> visions in that act making such liquor liable to seizure and forfeiture, but none declaring that the mere fact that a person is found in possession of al -. coholic liquors without stamrs shall constitute a criminal offense. The sections of the act, which it is 1 contended sustain this prosecution are the 1st, the 25th, the 26th and 35th, and these sections are considered in the opinion of the chief justice. After quoting the first section he - says that it is divided into two dis tinct parts; the first part makes it a ~ penal offense to do any of the acts C therein forbidden, white the second ' part was intended to render the li- S quors referred to liable to seizure ~ wtthout a warrant and to forfeit them. In other words the first sentence af- 3 fects persons only and not property, ' while the second affects property and not persons. It is clear that the per son chared must not only have man ufacture, sold, bartered, exchanged, received or accepted, stored or kept in ~ his possession spirituous liquors, but t must have done so for some unlawful ~ purpose for that is not only the proper c gramatical construction of the lan- e guage, but also such a construction is necessary to relieve the oilicers char- . god with the duty of storing and keeping of tpiritucus Jiquors from the d penalties pr scribed. While the evi dence shows tniat the liquor in ques- g. tion was ke'pt in the defendant's a wel- ti ling house there is no evidence tending r to show that it was kept for unlawful ~ use. On the contrary, the evidence ~ is that he kept it believing that it was d necessary for his bodily health. Un- b less, -therefore, the act contains some provision making it unlawful to drink or otherwise use for his own personal benefit or gratification any spirituous d liquors not obtained from the dispen- a sary or not cantaining the stamps of ti the State commissioner it is obvious c that one essential element of the uf- 'I fense charged is lacking. The act will a be searched in vain for any such pro- c vision, and hence it cannot be said a that keeping and using any spirituous b ,ratification constitutes any offense Igainst the criminal laws of the State. rhe 25th section is quoted and Mr. , Justice McIver holds that it does not 3ven purport to create any criminal >ffense but deals only with the seizure mnd forfeiture of contraband liquor. Indeed the proviso recognizes the le rality of the possession of certain li luors which are not bought from the fispensary. The 26th section is next quoted, which it is contended was not to cre tte ay criminal offense, but to pre rent Te courts from entertaining any tetion for the recovery of the price Of t mny liquor so seized. So much of the 35th section which is >ertinent is quoted. It is difficult to :ee what light this section throws on he subject. It certainly creates no riminal offense except in the last par igraph, which has nothing to do with he case, in that it provides for a pun- r shment P-.r imitation of stamps. He concluded by saying: "A very areful consideration of this case in dl its aspects leads inevitably to the onclusion that the grounds of appeal nust be sustained." Finally, he says. -Inasmuch as this opinion was origi ially prepared before the recent decis on of the supreme court of the United R *es in Donald vs. Scott, 165 U. S., c ., was announced, I desire to avail nyself of the opportunity now pre ented of adding that it seems to me solutely necessary to adopt the con lusion which I have reached in order o avoid a con flict with the decision of t he supreme court of the United States. 1 hich it must be conceded is a final rbiter of all questions involving a onstruction of the Constitution of I he United States." - JUSTICE GARYS VIEW. Mr. J ustice Gary, in his opinion t oncurring with the opinion of the hief justice, after reviewing the c acts of the case and quoting several c ections of the dispensary law applici le to the case says: "When these secti,ns are construed 3 ogether they show first that the act c oes not prohibit, but on the contrary n express language, permits a person r o keep liq ior in his possession for his b wn use. Second, that in order to brow the protection of the law around t he liquor in his possession for his use, i: t is necessary to furnish an inventory i: f the quantity and kinds to the State c :ommissioner and apply forcertia-cate r o affx thereto. "Third, that if the liquor in his pos ession is seized because it has not the d iecessary certificites and labels re pired by the act, and he claims the iquor the burden of proof is upon him C o show that it is for his own use. s "The act contemplated that there would necessarily be some time after a he liquor came into possession of the erson for his own use before he could 3 tpply to the State commissioner for t he necessary certificates and labels. C [f it was seized because it did not have .he necessary certificates and labels, t ie was even then to be deprived of the iquor, provided he could show it was t or his own use; but in that cise, the urden of proof would be upon him to taer construction of the act wouul nake a person a violater of the law who simply recaived as a present a >otiLe of liquor coming from another C state, although it mtght be his inten ion forthwith to apply to the State 1 smmissioner for the necessary certifi tes and labels to affx to it. C "A construction contrary to that which we place upon the act would t :ven make a person a violater o: the a aw who took a drink of whiskey nal- U ess it came from the dispensary, t "We cannot thin~k this was the in- ~ ention ot the legislature. For these t easons we concur in the conclusion a inounced by Mr. Chief Justice McI wer. JrSTICE JONES' POSITION. Justice Jones, in his decision sus aining the lower court, contends that s he sole question for determination is ti whether the dispensary act of 1395 1] >rohibits the storing or keeping of in- b xicating liquors without having on t he vessel the stamp of the State corn- c nissioner. "The construction con- t] ended for Dy the learned chief jus- s< ice," he holds, "would practically u tulify the dispensary law, for it is not i, >ossible to hcld that the keeping of d toxicating liquors in possession n ithout permission of the stamp is not ti iunishable unless it was kept for un- a awful use, and not be compelled to old the same thing in reference to he manufacture and sale of such li- si tuor. Moreover, if a sale of intoxi- ti ating liquors is not unlawful, unless d nade for an unlawful use, then a o :eeping in possession of contraband iquor for sale for a lawful use is not tl tlawful. This would make a para- t< ise for blind ti gers; I should say, it ather, there would be no blind tigers u ince everybody could sell and keep or sale intoxicating liquors openly u nd with impunity. -t "The construction we contend for a: s not only the natural and grammat- p al construction of the language used, a ut is consistent with the scheme of ca he dispensary act, whereas, the other b onstruction is the unnatural, ungrami p aatical and destructive of the design ti nd operation of the dispensary la w. he question is one of construction c< cerely. It is simply our duty to de- fa are the law. We have nothing to C o with . s wisdom or its severity. ft he harshL . of its operation, real or e< upposed, se. -ild not in the least ti werve us fro.. our plain duty. There tl ras no error in the charge of the se udge complained of and the ju-igment a f the circuit court should be atfirmed- c A Little Fiend.k CHICAGo, April 6.-Russell Freer, c be two and a half year old son ofs oor parents living at 2496 Tnirty e linth Place burned out the eyes of his m months old brother this morningh rith a red hot poker and the doctors annot tell if the child will live. The ye balls and eye lids of the baby f rere destroyed, the cheeks and fore ead badly scarred and the iron almost ti enetrated the brain. The strange eea was committed during the ab- g me of the mother who heard the in- - mt's screams of agony as she was re- n rning home, and running into the " >oo saw the boy sitting astride his . rother's body with the heated iron in ti is hands and laughing in a fiendish ei elight. He does not realize what he e~ as done.n Damages for Murder* cm YoRKvIvLE, S, C., April 8 -A ver- g ict of $6.500 was rendered against p< tarion P. Reese in favor of the es- 0i ste of Charles T. Williams in the a ourt of common pleas here yesterday. 'he suit was brought by J.- H. Riddle, a dministrator. Reese was recently n onvicted of the murder of Williams, fc nd suit for damage was accordingly p rought. The defense has moved for o: Sec. IS. A certificate shall not b renewEd by the board issuing il Provided. That if a tEachers' inst tute is held in the county, a first grad certificate shall not be renewed unles the holder attends the institute, an provided, further. That if the holc ers of a second grade certificate attend the institute a second grade certiadat may be renewed. See. 19. The County board sha] issue to each applicant making the rf q iired percentage a certificate, signe by esach member of the board and ur der the seal of the County Superir tendent of Elucation of the County showing on its face the percentag made on each branch and the genera average. The certificate shall run fo two years from its date and the hok er shall be deemed competent to teac in the public schools of the County. Sec 20. No certificate of qualifies fion shall be granted by any Count Board under any circumstances i any person who is under 18 years c age. Sec. 21. The County Board of on County may iecgnize a certificat issued by a County Board of anothe county, but in such case they shall rec ister the name of the holder, count from which issued, date and numbe of the certificate, and when so registei ed it shall have the sime force as issued in that cunty. Sec. 22. E ich County Board shal keep a register in which shall be r corded the name, and, -sex, color sn postoffice of each person to whom certificate is granted, and also the dat and grade of the certifcate. Sec 23. Every claim of warrant i ued by a board of trustees shall b signed by at least two members of th Board and should not be approved b the county Sunerintendtnt o, Educ tion until the clerk of the board c trustees has entered it upon a bool kept for that purpose. Sec. 24. No teacher shall be err ployed by a board of trustees who i related by consanguinity or affinit within the second degree to a membe of the board or to a principal of school, nor shall they employ a tenec er holding a certificate issued by board of another county until the car tificate has been duly registered in th office of the County Superintender of their own county. Sec. 25. That no school sunnlie shall be purchased by school ci11ber for use in the public schools of an; county in the State except such as ar authoorized by the State Board to b sold. The vendors of all such suppliE authorired to be sold by this Boar shall enter into a written contrac with this Board, in which the price of the supplies shall be stated an copies of the supplies shall be place in the office of the State Svperimtent ent of E lucation and the supplies sol to the schools shall at all times cor form to the samples, and the pric: shall not exceed the prices agreed on The County Boards may allow a disallow such su pplies, or any of them to be sold in their counties. In cas they permit the same to be sold the; shall give the vendor a written pe mlission to offer the same to the tru: tees of nheir counui, the prIces of 1 supplies to be named in the writte: permisssion, leaving the purchase, o not, of such supplies to the good judo ment, of the boards of trustees. In cas the trustees purchase any of such su: plies they may give a warrant agains the school fund of their district i payment therefor, but in no case shaL the County Superintenaent of Educa tion countersign or indorse any suc] warrant until the supplies have bee! delivered; the County Superintenden shall hold all such 'warrants in hi possession until the delivery of th supplies is made. All persons pur chasing any such warrant bef or the same has been countersignedl b: the County Superintendent of E duca tion do so at their own risk. Boards of Education. The following boards of educatioi have been appointed by the Stat Board: Abbeville-J. M. Knight, Abbeville S. P. McElroy, Due West. Aiken-R. L. Gunter, Aiken; Jnc V. Kreps, Lingley. Anderson-W. F. Moncrief, Ander son: L. M. Mahafey. Anderson. Barnwell-R. H. Harley, Williston T. P. Lide, Barnwell. Beaufort-Wmn. Elliott, Jr., Beau fort: T. O. Hutson, Beaufort. Berkeley-F. W. Dantzler, Mt Pleasant. Charlest'on-W. M. Whiteheat harleston; Robert E. Seabrook harleston. Cherokee-R. 0. Sams, Gainey, N E. Littlejohn, Gafney. Chester-S. B. Latham, Chester Jas. Hamilton, Chester. Chesterfield-B. F. Hargatt, Ches erfield; A. H. Mc~rm, Cheraw. Clarendon-J. H. Lesesne, Man fing; E. J. Browne, Manning. Coileton-J. E. Purifoy, Walter >oro; J. T. Hiers, Walterboro. Darlington-Jas. R. Coggeshali Darlington; J. B. Floyd, D.arlington Eigefleld-E. H. Folk, Elgetield H. S. Hartzog, Johnston. Florence--D. McDa f'ie, Friendfield W. N. McPherson, Darlington. Greenville-Julius L Este v, Pi~ed nont; 0. B. Martin, G.reenville. Hampton-T. H. Fits, Hlimpton; J. W. Rouse, Hampton. Horry-D. A. Spivey, Conway, W. . Graham, Sastee. Kersha w-T aos. Pate, Camden ; W. . Villepigue, Camden. Lincaster-J. T. Green, Lancaster: . H. Foster. Lancaster. Laurens-J. B. Parratt, Highland ome; J. B. Watkins, Laurens. Lexington-L. B. Hayne, Leesville . E. Dreher, LPxington. Marion-P. H. E.lwards, Mallins: . D. McLucas, Marion. Marlboro-J. D. Moore, Brnnetts rile; J. A. Calhouu, Cli:>. Newberry, G. G. Sale. Ne .berry; . H. Wallace, Newberry. Oc~nee-W. J. Striboling, Walhal a; WV. A. Dickson, Broyles. Orangeburg-Robt. Lide, Orange urg: A. H. Moss, Urangeburg. Pickens-J. E. Parson, Pickens: S. . O'Dell, Roanoke. Richland.-E. B. Wallace, Colum ia; C. E. Johnston, Columbia. Saluda-Jas. P. Bean, Johnston; J. . Bowles, P'aynes. Spar tan burg-W, J. Wall. Spartan urg; C. E Elmore, Clifton. Samter-S. Hi. E .lmands, Sumter; i. F. Wilson, sumter. Union-C. B. Waller, Union; C. H. eake, Union. Wiliiamsburg-E. G. Chandler. ingstree, Wma. Ci. Gamble, Kings York-J. A. Bhirron, Yorkville; J. W. Thomson, Rhck Hill. Tne State Superintendent Gf Educa tion was instructed to illi all places eft vacant. NEW SCHOOL RULES. OME IMPORTANT CHANGES ADOPT, ED BY THE STATE BOARD. egolations Which Are Expected to In crease the Facilities and Usefulnees o the Publc School System-Of Interest tc Patrons and Teachers. At a recent meeting the State Boar( f Education adopted some rules foi 2e conduct of the public schools it ae State which are very importan nd, in some respects, departures frort revious regulations. These wero dopted after much discussion, it be ig the desire of the board to mak ae schools up-to-date as far as possi le. Among some of the more importan egulations are the following: Requiring examinations to be helc a every county three times a year, it 'ebruary, June and September. Certificates for first and second rades only will be issued, but tii! oes not affect third grade certificate. ow in existences. No teacher shall be kin by consan uinity or affinity within second de ree to a member of the board or prin ipal of a school shall be employed. Certificates in one County shall b ocd in another if it is properly regis ,red. Only school supplies authorized b3 ae State Board shall be purchased foi se in public schools. The complete text of the new rule. allow and must prove of interest t( atrons and teachers alike: The State Board of Education shall a governed by the following rules, xcept when a rule is suspended by wo third vote of the board: Section 1. The Governor shall b hairman and the State Superintenden f E lucation secretary of the board. Sec. 2. The Board shall meet it anuary, May and September of eaci ear and at such other times as th< bairman may designate. Sec. 3. The secretary shall keep ecord of the actions of the board in g ook provide: for that purpose. Sec. 4. The order of business shal e as follows: Calling to ordei, read 2g of minutes of the previous meet 2g, unfinished business, reports of ommittees, report of the chairman port of the secretary and new busi ess. Sec. 5. All resolutions shall be re uced to writing by the mover, anc kewise all amendments. Sec. 6. A motion must receive a sec nd before it shall be entitled to con ideration by the board. Sec. 7. The chairman and secrctary re authorized to fill all vacancies thal may occur in the County Board o ducation and to report their action ) the board at its next meeting for it, onsideration. Sec. 8. Should a vacancy occur ir e office of County Superintendent ol kducation the other two members oi e county board shall perform the uties of the office until the vacanc3 ; filled by this board and the chair em. Sec. 9. All vacancies in the offiee f County Superintendent of Eluca. on shall be filled by ballot, and s wo third vote of the members preseni al be necessary to fill the vacancy. Sec. 10. An applicant for a teachers tate certificate shall stand a satisfac >ry examination before this board al regular meeting of the board, or, pan special order of the chairman ol ie board, the State Superintendent of ducation shall hold sucb examina on and report the same to the board t its next meeting, for its cnsidera on, or present a full diploma. from ne college or university of standing itisfactory to the board. In all cases applicants shall furnish tisfactory evidence of good charac r. The certificate shall be signed by te chairman- and secretary of the oad, under the seal of the office of te State Superintendent of Education, yntinue of force for t vo years, enti e the holder to teach in the public :hools of~any County in .the State pon the registration of the certificate t the office of the County Superinten ant of Education of the county, and ay be renewed atsthe discretion of uis Board. A State certificate shall ot be issued to any person undei 20 ears of age. Sc. .11, All scholarships in State in itutions shall be awarded a competi e examination held by or under the scretion of the State Superintendent Education. Note: The manner of awarding tese scholarships, together with rules govern them, was not decided on, rther consideration being postponed til the next meeting in May. Sec. 12. The County Board of Ed. 3ation of each County shall meet on e third Saturday in February, June id September of each year for the arpose of examining applicants for a cher's county certificate of qualiti tion, and the transaction of all other isiness that may come before it, am e puolic notice shall be given of the me and place of all such meetings. Sec. 13. Every applicant for a >unty certificate shall stand a satis .ctory written examination before a ounty Board of Education, on uni irm questions prepared and furnish by the S:ate Board, the exammna on to be held in all the Counties on e same day, or he or she shall pre 'nt to the County Board a full diplo a from some reputable chartered llege or university of this State. 20oan to be of good stancing. No rtificate shall be issued on a diploma Lowing that the holder has complet the course of only some particular spartment of a school; the diploma ustshow that the full college course s been completed. Sec. 14. Only one grade of exami ttion questions shall be prepared and rnished for the County examina >ns. Sec. 15. There shall be but two -ades of teachers' county certificates first grade and second grade-this t to affect third grade certificates >w outstanding. Sec. 18 To obtain a first grade cer fcate an applicant must make a gen al average of not less than 75 per nt. on the questions submitted, and t less than 60 per cent, on any anch: and to win a second grade rtificate the applicant must make a eral average of not more than 70 r cent, and not less than 50 on any e branch, Algebrabeing excluded in arking for a second grade. Sec. 17. No person shall be per itted to take an examination who is t at least 18 years of age, and be re taking an examination each ap icant shall satisfactorily pass such a test in reading and language as THE TIDE TURNING. e DEMOCRATS VICTORIOUS IN MUNIC S PAL ELECTIONS. l s Carter Harrison Wins- E!ected Mayor e Ch'cago by a Vote of Nearly Two fo On Canton Goes Demrcratio. CHICAGo, April 6 -With the mag d of his famous father's name, aided b L- the independent sl lit in the reguls L- R'publican ranks and the flockirg < 1, the eiscentented laboring class to tt e standard of silver Democracy, Carte - Henry Harrison was elected mayor < r Chicago today and a great Democrat I- triumph was recorded. The 50.0( h plurality over McKinley over Brya was turned into a Democratic plural ty of about 85,000 over Judge Nathar y iel C. Sears, the machine Republica 0 candidate for Mayor. The almost con f plete mayoralty returns show th: Harrison polled a plurality of abot e 75.000 over the next best man, Alde e man John M. Harlan, a Republica r who ran on the citizens ticket by hin '- self. The fgures also indicate th: Y the next mayor pol'ed a small major ir ty over the three other principal cai didates, Sears, Ha-lan and Hesinc f the ex postmaster and German edito: whose ticket was called business a l ministration of muuicipal affairs. E ' is a gold Democrat. but his boaste d strength among the independent me a of bo.h parties dwindled to about 16 e 000 total vote. Harrison's total vot is aoout 140,00, which is less tha 5,000 under the vote polled by Wn e J. Bryan. e The total Repeblican vote is aboL Y 57,000 while McKinley polled 200,7 i -otes in November, The rest of ti K city ticket, attorney, treasurer an clerk, all the town tickets and a larg majority of the common council has ' gone Democratic on the tidal way s with the possible exception of ti y Hvee town ticket. Harrison or Ha r la carried every ward in the city an a the Republican msehine was repudi ted everywhere. There is really noti a ing left for the Republican party 1 console itself with, except a few alde e men whose records were good an who happanded to live in wards ths are usually Republican. The argi s mert of the Republicans that if He ing and Harlan, the two Independ Y ents, - had withdrawn, Judge Sear e would have won, does not hold goc e when it is shown that Harrison has clr m rity over all three. Th other citytickets in the field cut n figure at all. There was a j ,yful demonstratio d of Democrats on the streets when th . result became assured and thousant d gathered in front of newsoaper offic! . to cheer as the news was displayed s There were impromptu parades, fir works and much cannonading of th atfosphere. Carter Harrison said of the resul "It has been a victory of a united an not a divided Democracy. Gold a well as silver men cast their ballot lor zne and registered a protest agains I -r -blican. misrule. The workia a men were with me." r The late returns indicate that tb Democrats will have 39 aldermen ou of 68 in the council. Twenty-eight < the Democratic candidates are prob: t bly elected out of 34 and with the I 2 Democratic holdover aldermen wi i give that party a majority in the le .islative body. 1 DEMoCRATIC OH11o. 2 CHICAGO, April 7.-A special to it t Record from Cincinnati, says: Th s result of the municipal elections i e Ohio yesterday shows Democrat gains. The large cities which gas e Mclinley such enormous pluralitit Slast November have gone Democrati< SMcKinley had only 50,000 in the Stal and all of this plurality came frot the cities which today went Dem< cratic. Oatside of these cities. th a State was carried by Bryan last N< e vemoer on the silver issue and tb friends of -John R. McLean, who ;the Democratic candidate for senato> have made much comment on thi .fact. They claim that McLean wi: carry the legislature and possibly th -State ticket next November on th free silver issue. ;In Cincinnati, the home of Senato Foraker, a Republican plurality las - year of 20,000 is displaced by a Demc cratic plurality of over 7,000. I: .Cleveland, the home of Senator Har na, the Democrats made large gains I and even the home of President M< Kinley at Canton, went Democratic Tne home of Governor Bushnell a .Springfield is strongly Republican and that city elected a Democrati ;mayor by over 400. While the result in Ohio is du -largely to the opposition to Geo. E Cox, who had become offensive as; -boss the result in the State generall; is accredited to dissatisfactions -There are many who are sufferin; in business and many more who ar, ,out of work, who expected relief firs month under the new administratior ;and some express the opinion that thi free silver sentiment is growin; among these people. The Democratii gains were general. Tuere was n< special legislation of the last Republi can legislative on which any issue: were made. The man who headed the Democratic ticket in Cincinnati, Gus tav Tafel,was formerly a Republican become a free silver Democrat thre< or four years ago. He secured thu vote of both gold Democrats and gokc Republicans, because he represente: the anti-cx sentiment in this city It is stated by the Repuolicans tha they have always lost the municipa Ielection after the inaulguration of Rz puo'ican president. At Hamilton the entire Democratic ticket is electe. while Chas. S. Bosch for mayor se cures a majprity of 1,400. At / nesville the Democrats simpil swe.pt the city, electing their entir< city ticket. At Springfield, the Democrats car ried thec home of Governor Bashnell electing John M. Good mayor. At Akron, the contest for mayor in dicates the election of Young (Dem.) At Fostoria for the tint time in si yer the Democrats elec'.ed a mayor URYAN ELATED. Wismoros.0N April 7.-GreAt in terest was manifested here tonight 11 -the Chicago election, and crowds con grcgated about the newspaper oflice: to receive the news. Democrats wer< all very much elated. Mr. Bey an wa: one of the most elated. Mr. Biryat was one of the most interested in thE returns, and spent an hour in th< Southern Asso:-iztedJ Press otlice read ing the Chicago returns. Expressive cf nis views, his telegram to Mr. liar risonl tonight puts them succintiy. I reads: "Hion. Carter Harrison, Chicago magnificent victory. The elections in Chicago, CincinnatiDetroit and other cities indicate a decided change in I- public sentiment since November. W. J. BRYAN. THRILLING DESCRIPTION >f Of the Drowning of Three Men Six YAles From GreenvIlle. c GREENVILLE, April 6.-The Saluda Y River is within its banks again, after being on a boom Monday night and a this morning, during which three men r were d:owned and one mule and two f horses varished. Three more men c miraculously escaped death after be 0 ing considerably bruised, and thou j. sands of dollars' worth of bridges were swept away. The dead are John Freeman, white. of Pickens County; Jackson Byrd, colored, of Plckens it t County; Babe Gillespie, colored of Greenville County. The wounded a are: Claude Hood, William Green and Mr. McDade, all white, of Pelzer. This river has a decided reputation for L- turbulence.and violence, and many IP drownings and hair bread.h escapes are related of its former sprees. It e was fifteen feet above normal at mid d night before the last and was out of its n banks hundreds of yards on both - sides. surging and s .veeping by at a e terrific speed and frowciag and threat a ening with eddies every where. Ris ing as it does in the mountains, the Saluda, above all other streams here abou's, is particularly violent after heavy rains. The great incline of its e bed and the hilly character of its banks I -ives it remarkable speed and volume. It came within three inches yesterday e of smashin- all previous records. The drowaing scene was at the Cox e Bridge, within six miles of this city. .One of the victims was John Free I man, a well-to do Pickens farmer and a man of family. He perished ia the presence of about fifty persons gath ered on the Pickens and Greenville banks. The bridge is a large covered wooden structare and its floor is thir teen feet above the normal heighth of the river. The two abutments are substantially counstructed if granite, filled in to the banks witha earth. The men who perished were driving from d Greenville. The water was rushing over both earthen abutments, about e two feet deep on the Pickens side. e The water was about a foot and a half above the floor and six inches more would have sent the whole structure whirling down the river. e The party crossed the bridgein safe s ty. Jeff Davis. colored, in the t-wo - horse wagon with Mr. Freeman, and - Bryan was in a cart in front. Bryan crossed the overflowed abdument with e ease, but as the wagor reached the Pickens end of the bridge, the mule, the left-hand animal of the team, d doubted the propriety of going over s the abutment and backed. The lash s was applied and then the horse, which t was on the left, stepped into. a hole about eight inches deep. The mule shied and carried the horse with him e a fem feet down the embankment of t the abutment on his side, which was down-stream. The negro jumped out 6- and fled to the bank. Mr. Freeman 1 got into water about waist deep and . went to his team and attempted to lead - them back on the embankment. Bat the animals were excited and, rearing up, struck Mr. Freeman in the face e and sent him under the water and e d own the stream into water about ten a feet deep. The team was swept after Shim. About fifty feet from the scene e of the first trouble Mr. Freeman seized s a tree and grabbed his horse's bridle ,again, and in the struggle went under e the second time. The horse got aw~ay, a and Mr. Freeman went under the last .time. In a fe w minutes Jackson Byrd e and Babe Giltespie wEre dro wned in .the same way as Freeman, their teams e going off the bridge. Heroic elfforts s to save them were futile. .The men wounded were hurt by the s falling of the Peizer bridge. The new I $t2,000 iron bridge over the Saluda e River at Pelzer was swept from its e piers on Monday night. Tne loss is $3,000. The bridge was to have been r acceptei by the county supervisor on t Saturlay. The loss falls upon Con .tractor J. H. Whitner, of Tennessee. 1The three white men named above, .who were trying to save the bridge, were swept overboard by the flood of .water as the bridge went down and .narro~wly escaped being crushed in t the wreckage. Tne fall of the bridge was due to the undermining of the masonry pier on the Anderson side, within a few hundred feet of the main building of the Peiz ar Cotton Mills, and about fifty feet below their dam. This bridge has been the subject of much controversy as to whether Green ville should pay one-half the cost oft its constru::tion. It was claimed that Greenville was helping to divert trade from her owna machines to yard those in Pelzer. A new span and p.er will, have to be built. Opened by Cub-ins. N9w XORK, Axpril 7.-A special to The World from lltvana says: OCala- j bazar, in this province has been raid ed, the Sp anish jail forced op an and eighteen insurgents, who were to be shot this week, released. Most of the Spanish guard of fifty were k-Ied ori wounded. Among the prisoners was Senora Isabelle Teresa Montezi, said to be a relative of General Acosta.s She is nearly fifty years of age andc has been condaed in the vile dunneon more than three months. She disa i-] peared from her residence, t wo miles I from this place and her friends hads made many attempts to ascertain hers whereabouts, but without success. When found she was in rags and -emaciated to a shock-ing degree. Shet was very prominent in that ssction, had beeni raised in :iUlience and here imprisonment almost destroyed hert reason. The insurgents w.ere so wrought up i by this discovery that they fired the neld where they had the fight and I hacked the bodies of their fallen ene-s mies plentlessly, so as to be sure I that no spart of life remained in any of them. ________ Found Desa. i -BL~rHEwCOD, April 8.-About 6:30 i this mornling the body of W. H. I P Iarker, a boy of IS rromn Athens, Ga., was found lying ab:ut turee leet fromi the railr oad track one mile below here. He is supposed to have been e killed by the train. He was identitied by aletter found on his person. He it comes of good parentage and has I been properly cared for. His remains It now await the arrival of his uncle, Ji IA. P. OTarrel of Athens, Ga., w beree jthey will be carried fo interment.- Ii KNOXVILLE BURNED. Ttrrible Fire in the Vcry Heart of ti Prcsperoua Tennessee Town. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April S.-Nev( in the history of Knoxville has tr city suffered such a icss by fire as did today. The very heart of the cit: including some of t te largest whol sale and retail business houses in t South, were destroyed. The loss variously estimated at from one 1 one and a half million with about ( per cent. of insurance. The loss < life is uncertain as the registers < Hotel Knox in which fifty-six peop: were sleeping was burned, the propr etor of the hotel says that he had fis or six guests who stave not put in a appearance. A. E. Weeks, of Locki N. Y., drummer for a Rocheste stamping c:npany, is known to has perished in the flames. R. W. Hol kins, a St. Louis drummer, was la: seen in the burning building in a su focating condition. W. H. Kephar ex sec-etary of the chamber of con merce, saved the life of John Bogi an old farmer, by dragging him t the roof of another building. Kei hart jumped one sto-ry and was it jured. When the firemen thought all th inmates of the hotel had escaped, woman with an infant in her arr rushed to the rear window an screamed for help. A net was quickl stretcaed and tae woman asked t drop the child out, but as the smok almost choked her she told them i one had to die, both would die. T1 woman was finally rescued by tb firemen. From the hotel building which was five stories high, the fit spread east and west. A stiff win made the flimes very ugly and th department was inadequate. DYNA1ITE AND CANNON. In the wholesale hardware house c W. W. Woodrutf & Co., explosion of dynamite occurred and scores c peopLe were hurt by fl;ing bricrs ani glass. It became necessary at last E nave the walls of one buitaing blow. down by cannon to stop the mad c; rear of the lilames. A mountain hoi itzer of the Knoxville legion, was cal] ed into .play and a load of caniste lid the work, at the same time teal ing up some residences in a ditferen portioa of the city. The city authorities realizing the the fire department was unable t lonquer th:: flames, telegraphed t aaLianooga for assistance. Th Southern railway made up a specie train and carried the Chattanoga al paratus to Knoxville. 111 miles, 11 minutes. One stop was made for ws ter, the actual runing time being 6 miles an hour. When the engin irrived here the fire was about unde :ontrol, yet the Chattanooga boys di iome work. It is more than probable that J. C -U. Bogie, the old gentleman hurt i the hotel will die. He inhaled .tLimes The last man to leave the burnia bnotel says that he is positive that fiv >r six persons were burned. He rai ,ver three or four men in the hall ways who were sutfacated. J. 31. Dan, of K Insas City, . wh jamped from tae barning building .ells a thrilling story of his esaape He started out with only his nigb shirt on and had that torn off betor be reached the street. His room mate W. A. Kabor, was more fortunate saving two shirts. Tae Travelers Pec tective Association members of th local post took care of all drumnmeri . ouying some suits out and out. W. H. Mitchell, of Abingdon, ja.D ped from the burning building to th bank building. W. I. Johnson,; railroad baggage master, came dow; from the fifth story hand over han' >n the water pipes before the engine urrived. Odly one of the guests save my of his effects. The ltst of dea; Lad injured so far as reported is a ~ollows. The dead: A. E. Weeks, Locke, N. Y. RI. W. Hopkias, st. Louis, Mo. Robinson, Palaski, Tenn. S. E. Williams, Sp:ingfield, Mass The injured: J. C. M. Bogle, of Tennesse, burned t ad will die. D. M. Dean, Indianapolis, lad., an ule spramned. Thomas S. Pxk, Morristo wn,Tenn. Lnkle sprained. Lieut. Hood, Knoxville, cut on fac mnd head by glass. Claude Harris, Knoxville, ecat ir lozen places. Policeman Asquith, burned and ca y flying glass. Policeman Duncan, badly burne< ind was carried home. Fire Chief McIntosh, bruised fron all. WV. H. Kephart, Knoxville, inter taily hurt. A cabinet maker na-ned P. C. Dye 'elI dead on the street fromn fright. A nan named Rbins~a, from Pulaski ~enn., is supposed to be another vic isa. He was registered in the hote mnd has not shown uo. Bryan and Mc~inley Meet. WVSIsmsaos, April 6 .-There wer omne important callers at the whit touse this morning before the cabine ssembled at 11 o'clock. First catm kenator Hanna, of Ohio, who ha ust returned from Cleveland, whith rhe went to cast his vote at the mu uipal elections yesterday. He wa: vith Mr, McKinley half an hour Vhen he emerged he said, comment ng upon the elections, that they wer< vithout any save local signinicance Vhile Mr, Hanna was still in thi thite house, Mr. Bryan, late Demo ratic candidate for president, callec rith Representative McMillen, o 2ennessee, anad A ttorney Genera mythe, of Nebraska, to pay his re pects to his successful rival. Taej rere immediately ushered int Mr fcKinley's otliae. The president rho was talking with a group of gen lemien, advanced and the presidien n.n the ex-candidate shock hand ord ially. Mr. Bryan ramarked upor he prem:dent's apparent good heail .nd the latter sooke of the fac: tha: te had seen by the newspapers tha Ir. Bryan was here to argue a cas' efore the supreme court. Heas aid he had received a cop cf Mr. 3ryan's book a few days ago, but as ret had not had time to read i: -There is no law which compel yoL o read it," remaarked Mr. Bryan, smil ng. After a further excnange oj ourtesies and pleasantaries, Mr. Bry .a retired. Tw.,KIle~d on an Eagtne. CxAutomTr, N. C., April 7.-The agine of the Cape Fe ar and Yadkir raiLe railroad, which left Mount Airs oday at 2:30 p. in., was derailed neau 'i!ot Mountain and Firemmn Wal rChadlin and Conductcr Free 'ouschee, the latter riding on .the agine at the time, were caught under and killed. Engineer Fo.'ers was CROPS OF THE STATE, RAINFALL GENERALAND HEAVY-ALL. e t FARM WORK BEHIND. in the Northern Tier of Coanties Practi - cally -Nothing Has Been D)ne Towjrds :e Placting-Uplands Being Too Wet Even. LS o A General Review. COLUXMBI, April7.-Direcior Bauer resumes today his weekly summary of e reports of the weather and crops in i- the State. In view of the recent long e continue~d rains, the first report will abe extremely interesting to business men in the towns and cities as well as e the farmers of the State: WEATHER. t Tae general weather conditions dur ing the present crop season were un , favorable for the preparation of lands - for planting and in consequence the season is late, being variously estimat o ed from ten to twenty days later than usual. It is due mainly to the exces - sive rains of February, followed by continued cloudy and rainy weather e during March, with light winds, ex a sept for a few days during the third s decade of March, when clear, cool and j windy weather prevailed. This in turn was follo xed by rains which sus o pended plowing and planting up to e date. f The temperature during the week e covered by this bulletin averaged e slightly cooler than usual, with mini mum temperature below freezing as far'eastward as Berkeley, where thin j ice was noted on the morning of e March 23. Frost was general on that date, killing in exposed places, but o wing to the back wardness of the sea f son, imjary was limited, being con s ined to corn, where up, and to fruit, f which was materially damaged in i York, Spartanburg and the northwes tern counties generally. Peaches suf fered most. Daring the week the temperature ranged between a minimum of 25 de - grees at Greenville and a maxima-n r of 79 degrees at Shaw's Forks. Tae rainfall was general over the t State and was heaviest over the wes tern counties, where it averaged near t iy one and a half inches, while for the 2 entire State the average was 1.33 2 inches. Tae greatest amount for the e week was 2.75 inches at Hillsville, and 1 the least 0.36 at Barksdale. The nor mal for the same period is approxi 5 mately 0,75 inch. ,. Tae week was deficient in sunshine. j in places there was practically none, 9 percent. of the possible being report r ed from Eimore, Orangeburg County; I the largest percentage was reported from Forrestville, Florence County, , with 52 per cent. The average for the entira S:ate was about 30 per cent. of the possible; the 'normal sunshine at this season ot the year being about 65 e per cent. CROPS. - As previously itated, and for the reasons given, farm work is very much behind hand in South Carolina, ex cept in H.rry, Marion and Martboro . Counties, where the conditions have t been more favorable and planting is more advanced. In the northern tier of Counties from Chesterfield west ward, practicaUy nothing has been done towards planting, for even the e uplands were too wet to prepare except for a few days in the latter part of March, after which more rain again - made plo wing impracticable. It is in e those cunties that the season is most t backward. i But little can as yet be said in detail I as to crop;, for planting has not yet s fairly begun, except that in the north I eastern Counties corn planting is I nearing completion and the stand fair s where it has come up. In other sec tions of the State some few farmers have planted corn, but the work is not yet generaL. In Dorchester, Berkeley and Colleton some seed is rotting in the ground and replanting will be ne cessary. In the extreme eastern coun ties cottoir planting has fairly begun, but in the central and western coun ties very little or none has been plant ed and .very little of the lands pra pared. .Wheat and oats are looking promis ing over the entire State. Fe w spring oats have been sown, as the ground was too wet. In many sections corre spondents report the intention of farm ers to plant sorghum cane largely for a feed crop to substitute for oats. Sor ghumn cane seed reported scarce. Rice lands have been too wet to pre pare for planting,|and in some districts nothing has been done as yet; in oth - ers about half the lands are prepared. Gardens are very backward, for the -general reasons already assigned, and on account of cool weather lately. In the truckr farm districts the season is - an early one; there having been no set-back from trost since Janurry. Fruit generally looks promising, except that it is greatly feared that peaches were materially damaged by the frost and freeze of March 23 as far east ward as Orangeburg and Colleton Counties. As is usually the case the frost was more severe in some places than in others. In York, Soartanburg and Greenville Counties it is the un qualified opinion of all correspondents that peaches were about all killed. Elsewhere the extent of injury is as yet uncertain. Fruit, other than peaches and pluau., is apparently safe. Tne following extract from the Na tional Balletin for the month of March summarizes the extent of planting for the t wo principal crops of the South: "Somne corn has been planted as far north as Tennessee, and the southern portion of Missouri and Kansas, plant ing in Texas and Louisiana being about completed, and in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas the early plant edis up." "Cotton planting in Texas has pro zressed favorably, and somne has been planted in South Carolina, but in oth er States of the cotton belt practically no planting has been done up to tae close of the month." J. W. BAUEE, Section Director. Then Leave lt to the Needy. FinRo, N. D., April 8.-There being a diversity of opinion as to the matter of receiving aid from congress for suf ferers by the flood, Mayor Johnson of this city called a meeting of citizens this evening to discuss the question. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, jand great indignation was felt among those present regarding the exagger ated reports sent Out regarding the dloods. Secretary of War Alger was wired that Fargo was very grateful for the profered aid, but none was needed. Senator Hansbrough, Con g-ressman Johnson and Senator Rocah jwere also wired to the same effet