VOL. XV. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1899. NO. 7,
NOT GUIL'
W. R. Crawford Acquitted By a
Kershaw Jury.
WAS OUT FIFTEEN HOURS.
TheJury Asked Judge Buchanan
to Charge Them Again on
Certain points of
Law.
The non-conviction of W. R1. Craw
ford was due in a great measure to the
fact that the prosecution failed to put
inl evidence the fatal bullet, which took
the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart, Sat
-rday evening, February 25th. at Co
lumbia. S. C. The case was tried at
Camden, Crawford having been granted
a change of venue.
At 12 o'clock Thursday the jury an
nounced that it had arrived at a ver
dict. Judge Bunchanan was not in the
courthouse at the time. but was sum
moned immediately. In order to pre
vent any demonstration in the court
room, he ordered the sheriff and his
deputies to take stations in different
parts of the hall, and to preserve order.
Mr. L. L. Block, foreman, arose and
announced that the verdict of the jury
was "not guilty." There was no show
of excitement. There was no change
on the expressionless face of \\. R
Crawford.
The crowd in the court house was
dissolved in -2few moments, Crawford
and his friends hurried to the telegraph
offi:e where they wired to friends in
every county that the trial had ended
and the accused ex-coEstable had not
been convicted.
The jury was out 15 hours. At first,
so it is reporte-i, and generally accept
ed in Camden, there were nine for ac
quittal and three for conviction. It is
stated that, when the jurors went to
sleep at midnight, two of those for con
viction had given in. Thursday morn
ing at 9 o'clock there was a large crowd
gathered around the door of the court
house awaiting the arrival of the judge.
'the opinion of every one present was
that when the judge arrived the jury
would announce that it had been un
able to agree. and a "mistrial" would
b- ordered. Judge Buchanan arrived
at 10 o'clock. The doors of the court
house were thrown open.
When the jury had been polled,
Foreman Block said they wanted fur
ther information in regard to certain
points in the judge's charge. He asked
the judge to explain the rights of an of
ficer in enforcing the excution of a war
rant where he is opposed by violence.
The jury did not understand the charge
of the court on this point. "\We wish
to find out if Mr. Crawford had the
right to search the house with violent
force," he said.
Solicitor Thurmond rose to object,
but was overruled by the judge, who
then addressed the jury:
"That involv,.; a mixed question of
law' and fact. The court instructed
you that an officer could use force in
reasonable circumstances, to meet force
with force; but unless force were neces
sary he should not exercise any force at
all. Whenever the law gives a man a
process and tells him to search a house,
it gives him every thing necessary to ac
complih that purpose, and if he meets
with force, being authorized by law,
being a law officer, he may overcome
that force using so much force as is ne
cessary to do that.
"His first duty is to use gentle means
if gentle means will avail, and when
gentle means will avail, he cannot use
violent means.
"After he uses gentle means, if this
does not suffie to overcome the resis
tance, he may use such force as is ne
cessary even to the extreme of taking
life, because he comt s clothed with the
warrant of the law, and every citizen
must yield to the law.
"When a man obstructs an offieer.
the officer's auty is to put his hand
gently on him, push him out of the way,
unless he sees by the use of gentle
means he will be taken at a disadvan
tage, or his life will be put in jeopardy
then he may resort to harsh means at
once. If he must resort to such means,
then violence is justifiable. When a
man is authorized by law to do a thing,
he has a right to do all things necessary
to accomplish that object, and if a per
son obstructs him he becomes a wrong
doer and if anything happens to him.
he will be the author of his own
wrong."
After elaborating this point, he said:
"The officer must go forward using
gentle means if gentle means will do.
but if gentle means won't do, it must
be done anyhow, He can overcome
force with force, no mzatter what the
result."
He continued that an offieer is not
responsible for the result if he is pru
dent and acts with ordinary firmness.
He has the right to be there and go for
ward, but he must not do so ruthlessly,
and with due care. He concluded by
saying that the violence must be comn
mensurate with the resistance. Gentle
means must first be used, but not when
useless, for the law does not require a
min to do a vain thing.
The jury retired. It is reported that
prior to that time but one man had held
out for conviction. He submitted to
the construction of the law ty Judge
Bunchanan, and in half an hour the
jury had agreed.
A combination of circumstances en
tered into the acquittal of Crawford.
The first axiom of a trial for capital
punishment is that the burden of proof
must be against the prisoner at the bar.
While the State introduced strong evi
dence, the defense had a greater num
ber of witnesses.
Attorneys from another State who
happened into the court room while
the arguments were in progress, de
clared afterwards that they did not
know of a case on record where the
fatal bullet was not in evidence.
The bullet was extractec. by Dr. L.
B. Owens and put in the keeping of
Chief of Police Daly. The attorneys
for the prosecution claim that Chief
Daly neglecte~d to take it to Camden,
and that the attorneys did not attach
much importanre to it.
The defense did not prove that the
ftal bullet was fired by Stuart, but by
igenius argument showed, by its ab
snce, that there was "a reasonable
. oubn tha Crawfod fired it. The
i netit :! any doubt is the right 0' the
vrisoner.
Another circumstance which prob
ably infiunecd the jury was the fact
that the defense laid considerable
stress on the lapse of time between the
sla. pinc of Stuart's face and the firing
of the tixst shot. in legal parlance this
is knLoW as -'cooling tiie"-time for
the passions to subside, for the mind
dereged with auger to return to its
nornal state. In reply the State en
deavored to prove that the interval
was of but few seconds duralion, and
that Crawford's pistol covered Stuart
during tiat time.
CONFL A GRATION IN AUGUSTA.
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars' Lloss.
The largest fire in Autusta's histoxy
in many years burned over the same
district that was swept seven years ago,
when the Augusta Chronicle was
burned. Several buildings that escaped
at that time are now sioking ruins.
The fire started in the drug store of
Davenport & Phinizy, on Wednesday.
A negro was mixing a pot of Venus
turpentine, which is hard rosin melted
and mixed with turrentine. Fire got
into the pot and the flames spread so
rapidly that employees in the front
part of the store barely had time to
escape. Smoke issued in dense -;-l
uaws from the back and front of the
sto oxig to the oil, paint and
hcemicals ia the stock it was seen from
the : tinning that it world be fortu
Late ithe fire was confined to this
buildinm The flanes made quick head
way, aid ii a short v'.hile the followiug
stocks were burned out: Kress & Co.,
five and ten cent store. loss 1W,000,
insurance, $7,000; Laamkin & Co , gro
ceries, loss $7,000, insurance -5,000:
Thomas & Bartvn, musical instrutnents.
bic3cles. furniture, loss $24,000, insur
ane$24.0U): Alexauder1)rug company,
loss $17.000. insurance $17,000; Daven
port & Phinizy. loss $21.000. insurance
$22.000; Stulb & Co.. liquor dealers,
loss $5,000, insuarnee about$3,000;
Smythe, china store. loss about $7,000,
insurance $7,000: William Schwight,
jeweller. loss very slight, fully covered
by insurance. Buildings burned were
valued in the aggregate at about $150.
000 insurance about $75.000.
August Dorr's Sons tailors and fur
nishers, less on stock $10,000. fully
covered by insurance.
Besides these there were a number
of smaller losses, as the upper stories of
the buildines were used as offices,
making the total losses in the neighbor
hood of $250,000.
Outrage Repaid in Kind.
A dispatch from San Antonio De Los
Banos, Cuba, says that Jose Labregat,
a notorious agent of Gen Weyler, who
outraged defenceless women and killed
children, arrived there Tuesday. His
appearance was the signal for a gather
iug of relatives and friends of those
whom he formerly persecuted. The ex
citement continued throughout the day
and Tuesday night. About midnight a
crowd surrounded the house where he
was and begun to threaten him. He at
tempted to escape, and on meeting the
demonstrators emptied his revolver,
wounding two persons. The crowd
immediately closed in and captured
him and he was lynched in the public
square. The anxiety following the ex
itement caused a committee of Span
iards to come to Havana to ask the in -
terference of Gen Brooke. He could
not receive them before a late hour of
the evening, but he readily offered to
send a detachment of American sol
diers to the town. The committee,
which left San Antonio before the
lynching, returned to find Labregat
dead.
Many burglaries have been conmmitt
ed recently in hotels, stores and private
houses, and the police believe an or
ganized band of American crooks is at
Gen Fitzhugh Lee has sent three
troops of the 7th cavalry to scour the
provinces of Havana and Pinar Dcl
Rio, and squads of ten, fifteen and
twenty men with provisions for ten
days are visiting the small towns at
nght.____
Aguinaldo's Latest Move.
Special dispatches from M1anila
Thursday say it is reported that Aguin
aldo has disolved the Filipino congress
and has proclaimed himself dictator.
The oficeials in Washington are in doubt
as to whether Aguinaldo in declaring
his dictorship is animated by a desire
to rid himself of his refractory generals,
Pilar and Lunar, or whether he aims to
consolidate in his own hands the power
to make terms of peace. It is known
from the reports of President Schurman
of the American Philippine commission
that these two generals own only faint
allegiance to Agzuinaldo and their atti
tude towards the peace, negotiati'rms has
made thenm ineffectual, the civilian
members on the Filipino side of the
Filipno joint commission being over
awed by these generals. It is dominated
by the military element controlled
by these generals. It is believed here
that if Aguinaldo can bend these men to
his will and assume supreme control he
will at once make for peace, being able
to secure better terms for himself than
he would otherwise.
Suicided Before His Wife.
A dispatch from Anderson, S. C., to
the Columbia State Wednesday says:
"'Mr. J. Claude Dickson committed
suicide at his home on North McDuffie
street, this city, this morning about
5 o'clock. lie had been out part of
the night and came in about 5 o'clock
and told his wife he was going to com
mit suicide. and before she could get
up to try to prevent the rash act, he
put a pistol to his right temple and
fired. Mr. Dickson was a young man
of about 24 years of age and had been
married about three years. No one
knows what his troubles were, as he
had said nothing to lead to suppose he
was going to kill'himself. He had been
employedl as bookkeeper for 0. D. An
derson & Bro., for the last two years
and was a quiet and peaceable citizen."
A Pious Scoundrel.
Jacob Fazley, a farmer ,of Hiartville
Mo., who b~ad becn a justice of the
peace, chairman of the Populist county
committee and a minister of' the gospel,
was Thursday found guilty of complici
ty in the robbery of the Kansas City
and Fort Scott and Memphis train at
Maeomb last January. He was sen
tenced to twelve years in the penitentia
H1S LAST DAY.
Touching Scene at the Bedside
of the Dying Governor.
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Loved Farm Life. A Clean Offi
cial Record. Honored for
His Honesty by all Who
Knew Him.
The following pen picture of Gov.
Ellerbe's last day on earth will be read
with interest. It is taken fron lie
News and Courier:
This morning Governor E'lerbe was
getting along as well as could be ex
pected. le was holding his own-that
was all. Dr. 3onroe had done about
all that could be done by human hands.
He was leaving the house to visit an
other patient near by when he was
quickly summoned. Governor Ellerbe
had said he was choking. Ie asked to
be raised up, so he could battle with
the troublcsome and death dealing
phlegm or accretion. Those about
him, who were everready to do all that
could be done, gently raised the patient.
It was not high enough. le asked to
be raised higher. This was done, and
finally he asked to be placed- upright.
This was done. Governor Ellerbe tried
to cough up the accumulation. He was
too weak. le tried aedin and agin,
and finally said to Dr. Monroe, who was
standing by. doing what was possible:
"I am gone," and the plea for help in
those eyes was touching. Dr. Monroe
gave his patient brandy to give strength
by which the accumulation could be
thrown off The brandy was not quick
enough in its strength-giving and again
Governor Ellerbe said: "I am gone; I
am choking." Dr. Monroe got his
medicine chest and gave a dose of digi
talis, morphine and strychnine as a
powerful stimulant. It gave the small
strength requisite for the work, and
piece by piece the accumulation was
worked off, but not without a severe
tax on Governor Ellerbe's strength and
a severe shock to all, for Dr. Monroe
had said the end would, he thought,
come by just srch a strangulation or by
heart failure, for his heait was already
woefally weak.
CONSOLED ii5 WIFE.
The strain was so st'.ere on Mrs. El
lerbe that she began to cry and Gov
ernor Ellerbe, turning toward her, shook
his head and asked her not to cry.
They all say that never was there a
brave heart, nor more devoted wife,
than Mrs. Ellerbe.
After the attack Governor Ellerbe
himself asked for opiates and they were
given him, and he went to sleep and
rested moderately. Once he woke up
and asked to have his position changed.
It had already become a delicate matter
to move him. All under his person
we'e piled pillows and about the hips
was medicated cotton in layers, so thin
and frail was his frame.
There were thirteeen brothers and
sisters in 'the fa'mily, but one. Mrs.
Moody, is dead, and today the eleven
brothers and sisters were all at his bed
side save one, and she was sick. Then
there were many nieces and nephews,
who were there to do what little they
might, and kinsmen by marriage and
blod came in during the day, and so
serious was the condition regarded that
they all remained over.
TILE GOVERNOR GAVE UP.
Today for the first time Governor
Ellerbe competely gave up and indi
ated that he awaited the end. He
made a hard and desperate fight. Al
though the day was quite pleasant
Governor Ellerbe wanted the windows
opened; he wanted air and light, and
with all that two or three anxious and
devoed hands were fanning fresh air
and breath to him. Once in a while
he would wake up, look about him and
recognize some one, say a word or two
about what he wanted, and doze off
again into a peaceful slumber.
A SKETCHT OF GOVERNORt ELLERBE.
Private Secretary W. Boyd Evans,
who has been intimate with Governor
Ellerbe, has prepared an elaborate
sketch of him. It is given in his own
words. He writes:
Governor William HI. Eilerbe. a na
tive of the "Palmetto State," is a di
ret descendent of Capt. Thomas El
lerby, of Revolutionary fame, who
served in Gen. 31ariors brigade. Wil
liam H-. Ellrbe is a great-great-grand
son of this distinguished officer. The
first of the name to come to America
from England were two brothers
Thomas and John Ellerby. They set
tled first in TVirginia, but in 1737, emi
grated to the Pee D)ee's and brought a
large property with them. Thomas
was the first slave holder on upper Pee
Dee, he having a large number for that
day. The name is still known in Eng
land and is spelt "Ellerby."
It was changed to its present form
by a teacher of Thomas and William,
after Thomas Ellerby's death, and
while his sons were very young. Gov
ernor Ellerbe is a great-grandson of
William Ellerbe, grandson of John C.
Ellerbe, one of the most scholarly men
of his day, having graduated with
honor at the University of North Car
olina, in both the scholastic and law
departments in 1823. His father,
Capt. William S. Ellerbe, was the old
est son of ,John C. Ellerbe, and was
born in MIarion county in 1832. He
was one of the largest and most suc
essful planters in this section. Was
married in 1851 to Sarah E., daughter
of Major James Haselden. of MIarion
county, of' which union thirteen chil
dren were born-four sons and nine
daughters. Capt. William S. Ellerbe
died on .June 17 1SS9.
loatN 1N 1862.
The present Governor, William
Haselden Ellerbe, was born at the old
Elerbe homestead in the historic coun
ty of 3Marion on the 7th day of April,
162. Both parents were of English
decnt, having emigrated direct fram
the mother county, and settled in Vir
ginia, thence, between the Pee-Dee
nearly a century and a half ago. W. H.
Ellerbe received his education from
p~rivate tutors at the home of his father
and later at "Pine Hill Academy." a
neighboring school, taught at that time
by the best educators of the county.
for college by Mr. L. B. Prince, a well
known educator. In ISSO he entered
Wofford ecllege, at Spartanburg, S. C.,
which he attended two sessions. He
then entercd Vanderbilt University, at
Nashville, Tenn., where he remained
until his health failed, and his physi
cians advised him to return home to his
father's plantation, recommending a
life of active outdoor exercise. His
father placed him in charge of one of his
large plantations, where he worked for
a while, but subsequently bought one
of his own. In 1887 he and his younger
brother, the Hon. J. Edwin Ellerbe
graduate of Wofford college, member of
the legislature, and also a member of
the South Carolina Constitutional Con
vention - began merchandising on
their plantation, where they ran a suc
cessful business until 1889, when W. H.
Ellerbe sold out his interest to his
brother and became a member of the
firm of Holiday, Ellerbe & Co., where
he continued until November, 1890.
During his business career he also con
ducted his plantation-each year pur
chasing additional land-and was uni
formly successful. He is now one of
the largest landowners in the eastern
part of our State, -owning part of his
father's magnificent plantations, with
the additional ones purchased.
GOVERNOR ELLERBE A HOME LOVER.
Win. 11. Ellerbe was married in June
1887, to Miss Henrietta, daughter of
Henry S. Rogers of Marlboro, S. C. Of
this union five sons and one daughter
have been born. He is a member of
the Methodist church. His family -life
is one of the happiest, he is devoted to
his home, he loves and cherishes all
within it, and is loved by them with a
stron aftection. His ideasof manhood
are exalted, but he does not except him
self, and at all times tried to live up to
his ideal. Every one knows him as a
brave and honest man. Every position
of responsibility to which he has been
called has been filled with ability and
distinction.
At the beginning of the reform move
ment in 1886 Wm. H. Ellerbe allied
himself with it, and in 1837 he joined
the Alliance, but was suspended from
membership during the same year when
he engaged in merchandise. In 1890
he was nominated, without solicitation
for the position of comptroller general
of the State, and was elected without
a. active canvass. He is the youngest
man eyer elected to a State office in
South Carolina. He took a conserva
tive position during the campaign, and
was voted for by both factions. His
administrntion of the office of comp
troller general was vigorous, able and
entirely satisfactory, being above that
of older officials. This office was filled
by him without fear or favor. His
only desire was to do his duty. In 1894
he was a candidate for governor-de
feated he bowed gracefully to the will
of the people, withdrew from the busy
whirl of political life, and retired to
the seclusion of his farm, where he re
maired quiet and resigned, neither
seeking political favor nor troubling
with the formation of political rings.
In the same year there was an effort
made by some of our people to recon
cite factional differences and to inspire
a feeling of peace and unity. Follow
ing this was another effort in 1895 on
the part of prominent reformers and
conservatives to unite the whole people
and elect representative men to the
constituttonal convention. As a result
of these pacific efforts a feeling of
peace and unity prevailed in the State
and in the constitutional convention.
Without this feeling, and its consequent
oncert of action, it is doubtful whether
the constitutional convention eyer
would have been called, and when it
assembled, whether the suffrage, liquor
and other important questions ever
could have been so wisely and success
fully settled. Besides, the whole peo
ple, without regard to faction, were
represented in the convention, and all
f them are irrevocably committed to
every provision of the new constitution,
many of which secure the many achiev
ments of the reform party. In 1896
this was the political status in the
State. As Governor Ellerbe favored a
liberal policy he was nominated for
governor, carrying every county in the
State, except one--the home county of
one of his competitors. It was known
that he had been a zealous reformer but
that he felt the time had come when
factional lines were unnecessary, and
that the strife and bitterness which
:haracterized politics should be modifi
ed. It was supposed that he could
represent both factions and could ad
minister the State government in the
interest aid to the advantage of the
whole people. In his canvass he pro
laimed his determination to know no
faction, and, if elected to rule the whole
people. At the election, he was chosen
by a large majority of the voters which
demonstrated that the people, irrespec
tive of past factional differences, sad
supported himi.
After his inauguration he determined
to put his pledge into action and to
bring the whole people of the State in
accord and political affiliation. No one
can form any adequate conception of
the difficulties and embarassment which
surrounded him. His position was a
trying one, beseiged by office seekers,
confronted by new conditions growing
out of new constitutional provisions,
continually thwarted and painfully an
oyed in his efforts to aid in the exe
ution of the dispensary law; being
called upon to fill an unprecedentedly
large number of vacancies in important
offices, and having the responsibility
ast upon him by the war of appointing
military officers and organizing regi
ments-these, and ethers, arc the offi
ial cares and difficulties with which he
ad to contend.
18631-60 EXCEPTED.
No other governor for half a century
has occupied such a trying position. It
was a continual and intolerable strain
upon his mental and physical constitu
ion. The number of applicants for
ofice during his administration have
been legion. Friends of all these ap
plicants urged their appointment, and
in this way much of his time was occu
pied. 'And when they were made,
friends of the disappointed aspirants
seized upon every pretext to form op
position.
lie never at any time shrunk from
hese responsibilities. In all of his offi
cial acts and under all adverse circum
stances he discharged his duty faith
ully. In honesty of heart and judg
:ent he endeavored to do right, re
ardless of the consequence.
He was elected Governor for a seconp
tem over most formidable opposition.
His victory was one to be proud of, op
posed by a combination of some minis
ters and liquor men, by his personal
enemies. disgruntled politicians, dis
satisfied office-seekers and sore heads
of both reform and conservative fac
tions.
Governor Ellerbe regarded the war
against Spain as a just war and believed
that it will profit this country in many
ways. le said that it will lead to the
introduction of American civilization in
the West Indies and will dismiss from
this continent the cruel ferocity of a
past age and a decayed nation. It has
shown our people everywhere that no
one section of America is more patriot
ic than another, and has brought a
balm to ancient wounds in the general
expression and general action of a deep
seated and fervent patriotism. This
war has revealed the United States in
their true light, and never was the good
feeling of the people more transparent,
and its prestige among the nations was
never so high. He said: "It will be
worth the costing to broaden the views
of the people. Believing it would ele
vate the patriotism, cement the good
will, stimulate the commerce, manufac
tures and agriculture of the whole peo
ple, he says it will bring new questions
which must be coolly and carefully
considered; that it might entail bur
dens, but all in all the war will profit
this nation in all directions of its ad
vanced civilization. But care must be
takento suppress its tendencies toward
great standing armies, toward arbitrary
power and extravagent expenditures.
The people will see to it that this is
regulated. He felt that America's
keen sword was not drawn for aggran
disement, but for humanity.
AT GRE&T WINTHROP.
Brilliant Closing of South Carolina's
Woman's College.
Wednesday was commencement day
at Winthrop! Two thousand were pres
ent to witness the 59 graduates receive
their diplomas. The chapel was pack
ed to its utmort capacity and hundreds
were in the hallways and parlors unable
to get near the doors.
Seated on the right of the rostrum
was the graduation class, clad in their
immaculate white uniforms, while on
the left could be seen the familiar
faces of the faculty and the board of
trustees.
The Cecilia chorus, consisting of 75
under the directorship of Prof. W. R.
Brown, occupied a position near the
front. President Johnson is justly
proud of the senior class, for they are
the first to go forth from this institu
tion who have completed tie full four
years' course.
Winthrop college is no longer an ex
periment, but an established reality,
and if every citizen of South Carolina
could have been present Wednesday to
witness what has and is being done fo!
the elevation and uplifting of our fair
young women their hearts would swell
with pride.
There is no period in life more invit
ing and bouyant than when the chimes
of commencement music calls the sweet
girl gradutes to the arena of their tri
umphs and bids them pour out the lar
monies of their grateful hearts for tae
beneficence which unselfish tutelage
has showered upon thoir young lives.
Sweet womanhood in its "blush and
bloom" of youth steps upon the tapis to
be greeted and cheered by the echoes of
man's most responsive impulse, and
providence looks on in smiling appro
val because the climax of his creative
power was realized when the woman
was made to cheer and comfert the
man.
Living as we Io under the protection
of an enlightened government, where
the principles of religion, liberty and
law are recognized, we ought to con
gratulate ourselves at the great strides
of educational advancement which ex
ists on every hand and which portend
in the future a better apportionment
between the sexes of the avenues and
opportunities of employment and en
terprise for the promotion of the com
fort and happiness of the race.
Fireworks Blown Up.
Thirty-six buildings comprising al
most the entire plant of the Nordlinger
Charlton Fireworks company at Gran
iteville, Richmond borough, New York
were blown up Thursday afternoon and
the entire fireworks plant practically
wiped out of existence. Although the
fires which followed the explosieni las L
ed for several hours, the wreck was
complete within a few minutes. No
lives were lost, and but three persons
were injured, two of them seriously.
The operators in the various buildings
rushed out into the yards, the flying
rockets, many of them of the greatest
power, made it almost as dangerous for
the employers to be out of the build
ings as to be in them. As they rushed
out explosion followed explosion as the
buildings flew into the air. After a
score of explosions three heavy ones
that shook the ground for miles, occurr
ed. These were the three store houses
in which supplies for the Fourth of
July were being held. Loss, about
$40,000.
Fond of Obscene Literature&
Edward Gould, a white man, aged 45
years, was given a year in .iail at Nor
folk, Va., Tuesday. for sending obscene
and blackmailing circulars to parties by
express. It is said that he recently
sent one each to President McKinley
and Secretary Alger, and attempted to
blackmail a prominent lawyer of Nor
folk.
Gould was sent to King's County, (N.
Y.,) penitentiary two years from the
United States court at Richmond a few
years ago for using the mails for the
same purpose
Kidnappers Indicted.
Mr. and Mrs. Barrow, accused of kid
napping little Marion Clark, waived ex
amination before Justice of the Peace,
Herbert at Garnerville, Rockland Coun
ty, and were committed to the county
jail to await the action of the grand
jury which meets in October. All ef
forts of the New York county authori
ties to obtain possession of the prison
ers have failed thus far.
?xigo is Not Dead.'
A London dispatch says: Princess
Chimay, formerly Clara Ward, of De
troit, telegraphs from Cairo that Jansel
Rigo, the Gypsy, with whom she
eloped, and later married, is not dead,
butis qunite well in Cairo.
MILES B. M'SWEENEY
A Charleston Boy in the Execu
tive Mansion.
FIRST IN MANY YEARS.
What his Old Play Fellows
Said of the New Gover
nor While Talking
About Him.
The sketch below of our new Gover
nor is taken from The News and Courier
of last Monday:
For the first time in many years a
Charleston man, born and raised, is
Governor of South Carolina. Of course,
Hampton County claims the distinction
of furnishing the present Chief Execu
tive of the State, for it was while a resi
dent of that place that Governor Mc
Sweeney was raised to the Lieutenant
Goyernorship. Still the new Governor
was born in this city, and spent a num
ber of the years that will comprise the
first half of his life in Charleston. Not
a few of the present residents of Char
leston remember the Governor as a
small boy, playing around the old West
Point Mill-a famous play ground for
the youngsters of twenty or twenty five
years ago. At that time the embryo Gov
ernor was not different from the other
boys with whom he played, save that
he went about amusements with a quiet
and silent determination that got all
the boyish pleasure that was abroad,
and at the same time attracted very lit
tle attention. "Miles," as he was then
called, was a good swimmer, a fair jam
per and couid hold his own in a foot
race with any of the other boys who
were not fleet footed to a marked de
gree.
It was this same unobtrusive deter
mination displayed while acquiring the
prowess that boys covet, which has fin
ally succeeded in placing Governor Mc
Sweeney in the Executive Chair of the
State of South Carolina. When it
came time for Miles McSweeney to earn
a living he followed the footsteps of
several of the older members of his
family and entered the printing busi
ness as an apprentice. In the old
printing offices of that day-not so long
ago-he began as "devil." In the of
fice of the Gazette "Print" McSweeney
was considered a fast and correct com
positor. In his own quiet way he had
worked hard at his cases during his ap
prenticeship and had kept both eyes
and ears open for any informatian that
might assist him in the future. Few
people outside a newspaper office under
stand the splendid liberal education
that an intelligent printer secures at
his cases. The editor of many a paper
would be surprised with the intelligence
that the compossitors use in dissecting
the editorial page on- which he has
labored so diligently. The printer's
business is to put in type the history
of each day's doings throughout the
world, as well as the learned diseus
sion on these doings by the best brains
of the day. Naturally the compositor
becomes a thinker and reader, a com
bination that is always sure to amount
to something if it ever comes in con
tact with opportunity. Governor Mc
Sweeney was of a careful, thoughtful
turn of mind as a printer, and for this
reason acquired an education that col
loges cannot furnish, but merely lay a
foundation for, because -the education
he secured from the start was practical
and useful in itself, and not simply as
a stepping stone to further knowledge.
Besides having the quality of learn
ing surely and fast, Mr. McSweeney
was ambitious, and his old friends say
he never entertained the idea of con
tinuing i'i the service of other people
during his whole life. He saved money
and always said that when he acquired
the information he thought necessary
that he would go into one of the smal
ler cities of the State and establish a
paper of his own. How well carried
out tbis intention is now a matter of
history, for the Hampton Guardian,
M. B. McSweeney, owner and proprie
tor, stands foremost among the week
lies of South Carolina. It is larger
than most others, contains a great deal
of well selected reading matter, and
the editarials are sbong and never abu
sive. A newspaper man can read the
Hamwton Guardian and tell where the
editor received his earl; training. The
typographical make-up of the paper
indicates the neatness and thorough
solidity that is now only found in
Charleston, among the larger cities.
rhere is nothing flashy or shody about
the Guardian, but it is an excellent
weekly paper.
The grovth of the Guardian under
Editor McSweeney is strong evidence
of his b'usiness qjualifications and his
knowledge of what a newspaper must be
to succeed. He has worked year after
year until, from a small "4x6," as the
old folks say, it has become a journal
of which a city much larger than Hamp
ton might be proud. A glance at its
advertising columns shows that the
merchants of two States appreciate its
usefulness. In Augusta the merchants
know "Mac," as they call him, quite as
well as the people of Charleston in a
buiness way. He makes monthly pil
grimages to the Georgia city, and. re
eives a hearty welcom and business
support on each trip.
It was as editor of the Guardian
that Governor McSweeney first gained
prominence in State politics. When
the Reform Movement first started he
joined it and threw the influence of his
paper to the success of that cause.
His editorials during the campaigns
which have ensued since the inception
f the movement were always strong
for his chosen side, but they were al
ways free from vituperation, lie ar
gued points without dealing in violence
For this reason Governor MeSweeney
to-day is on more cordial terms with
the Conservatives than most Ex-Refor
rers. While ardent in the advocacy
of his beliefs, he never allowed politics
to interfere with his friendships. He
is what the politicians call a "good
mixer," and can advocate strongly with
ut making mortal enemies of his oppo
ents.
The people of Charleston are pleased
to find one of themselves in the Guber
atorial chair after years. Governor
MleSweeney will without doubt, receive
many sincere congratulations from hisi
d frinds in thisecity, and also from1
those who are of the opinion that a con
servative Reformer is in the State Ex
ecutive office.
A StKETCH OF THE GIOVERNoR.
The following carefully prepared
sketch will be of interest to the many
friends of Governor McSweeney just at
this time:
The Hon. M. B. McSweeney, the
subject of this sketch. can truly be re
ferred to as a self-made man. He was
left fatherless at the age of 4 years
his father dying of yellow fever in
Charleston.
Yonng McSweeney's struggles for a
livelihood began before he reached his
10th year. He sold newshapers and
clerked in a book store. While clerk
ing he attended a night school, and be
came very fond of reading and writ
ing.
While in the book store he met Mr.
Augustine Ford, a member of a compa
ny that had just begun the publicativn
of a paper known as the Gazette. This
was in 1S67.
MeSweency afterwards worked for
Burke & Ford, job printers. From
there he went to Edward Perry's, where
he completed his apprenticeship as a
job printer. At thiis time Washington
and Lee University, of Lexington, Va.,
had offered:a scholarship to the Char
leston Typographical Union, which was
to be awarded to the most deserving of
the you'ng men then employed in Char
leston printing offices. By a majority
of votes of members of the Unionyoung
McSweeney was chosen and the schol
arship given to him. On account of
the lack of means he found that he
could not pay for his board and cloth
ing, and was obliged, after spending
part of a session, to give up his desire
fo a collegiate education. Like all
good typos at that time, he was a union
printer, and served Columbia Typo
graphical Union as corresponding sec
retary and aferwards as president.
He was among the first to sign the
roll for reorganization of the Pheonix
Hook and Ladder Company, and served
as secretary of the company for a num
ber of years.
MeS weeney's record as a Democrat is
well known, and be did faithful work
for the party in 1S76.
McSweeney moved to Ninety-Six, in
Abbeville County, and commenced the
publication of the Ninety-Six Guardi
an. This was his first business yen
ture. He had a capital of $65, and
purchased a second-hand press and out
fit for $500, paying $55 cash as first
payment.
But he had energy and was a good
workman and gave the people a newsy
paper, lived economically, and in the
course of a year he paid every dollar
that he owed.
On the 22d of August, 1879, the first
issue of the Hampton County Guardian
appeared, and it has been published
ever since by Mr. McSweeney. The
paper has been -well managed and is
looked upon today as one of the best in
the State. Mr. McSweeney has ever
been foremost in everything calculated
to help his town and county.
He is regarded as one of the best
business men in his section, and has
been successful in every undertaking.
Ijis progressive spirit is seen in differ
ent parts of Hampton, and he has de
veloped and improved every lot pur
chased by him in that town.
He has shown his confidence in
Hampton county and her people by in
vesting every dollar he has made in his
county.
The school house in Hampton was
built by money loaned to the town by a
few citizens. The resolution was offer
ed by Mr. McSweeney at a public
meeting and it was unanimously agreed
to.
As mien lent of the town he after
wards saw every dollar of indebtedness
paid. He served for five terms and
then declined re-election.
Mr. McSweeney also took a prominent
part in building the Mehdst and Bap
tist churcbes. He not only .contribut
ed liberally, but solicited stibscriptions
in Augusta and Charleston.
McSweeney has always been promi
nent in politics and has been twice
honored as a delegate to the National
Democratic convention.
At the first St. Louis convention in
1888 he voted for Cleveland and Thur
man, and at the Convention in July,
1896 he voted for Bryan and Sewell.
He served the iDemocracy of his
county for ten years as county chairman
declining in 1S94, when he was elected
to the Legislature.
He has alwaystaken great interest,in
the military of his State, and was on
the staff of Gen. Stokes and Gen. Moore
with the rank of major and lieutenant
colonel, and is now on the Governor's
staff, with the rank of colonel. During
the last two sessio ns of the Legislature
he was chairman of the committee on
military.
Mr. MeSweeney takes a keen interest
in all educational matters, and is a
trustee of the South Carolina College
and a member of the board of vistors
of the Citadel.
lie is a member of the Orders of
Knights of Honor and the Knights of
Pythias, and has been honored by both
organizations.
Mr. McSweeney is a member of the
State Democratic executive committee,
and has been for a number of years. He
was for eight years president of the
South Carolina Press Association.
Mr. McSweeney was married on the
12th day of July, 1886, to Miss Mattie
Miles Porcher. and their nnion has
been blessed with six children.
The Altgeld Plan.
The plan of ex Governor Altgeld to
fight the trusts is to have the govern
ment go into business as a trust. A
government trust would, he argues, be
able to swallow all the others. Com
petition would be out of the question.
In fact, there would be a central de
spotisnm, bestriding the narrow world
like a . olossus, whilst (with apologies to
Shakespeare) p~etty men would walk
under its huge legs and peep about to
find themselves dishonorable graves.
Town Totally Destroyed. ]
The market town of Ottensheim,
Austria, about five miles west of Linz.
au the D~aube. has been totally de
stroyed by fire. Four women perished<
in the flames and a number of peoplei
were injured.4
Shot Himself.
J. C. Dickson, a young married man,
shiot himself in his home in Anderson
Wednesday morning. He was a book- t
~eeper. No cause is assigned for the<
wct.
NEW STATE REGIME.
Gov. McSweeney Assumes the
Duties of His Office.
HE ISSUES AN ADDRESS.
H e H as No Enemies to Punish and
No Friends to Reward, and
Will be Guided by a Strict
Regardfor. Duty.
Governor McSweeney returned to
Columbia from Hampton Monday af
ternoon. He has taken up quarters at
the Hotel Jerome, until he moves his
family to the executive mansion. Mon
day night the Governor issued the fol
lowing address:
To the People of South Carolina:
In the providence of Almighty God
his Excellency, William H. Ellerbe,
late Governor of South Carolina, has
passed to his reward. I regret the sad
event which makes it necessary for me
to assume the duties of Governor of
South Carolina. The constitution,
however, is mandatory. I have taken
the oath of office and assume formal
control of the Executive department
to-day. I have thought it proper to
address a word to the people of the
State. I realize fully the responsibili
ty of the position, I shall endeavor to
be faithful and conscientious in the
discharge of the duties which shall be
mine. In the wisdom which devised
our system of government, three dis
tinct departments were made, the leg
islative, the executive, the judicial, to
make thelaws, to execute the laws to
interpret th' laws. Under our 'Uon
stitution these are to "be forever sep
arate and distinct from each other,"
and no person exercising the duties of
the one shall assume to discharge the
duties of the other. It is a wise.pro i
sion. My duty mainly is to see that
the laws as placed on the statute books
by the legislative department are en
forced. This I shall attempt to do
faithfully and impartially, and without
fear or favor, following only where
duty points. In doing s:, however, I
ask and shall expect the hearty co-op
eration of every officer in South Caroli
na, whether he holds a State' office, a
county office or an office under a nnni
cipality. Not only so, but I ask the
hearty support and encouragement of
every citizen of South Carolina in the
enforcement of law and in the promo
tion and advancement and progress of
our own Commonwealth. I realize the
impotency of any officer, however faith
ful he may be, who does not have this
support. f
We are on the eve of a great industri
al advance-in manufacture, education,
commerce and agriculture-and Istand
ready to contribute my part as citizen
and officer of this forward industrial
movement, and to do anything in my
my powor for the welfare of
people. I have no political pun -
ments to inflict and no political rewards
to pay. It shall be my aim and stead
fast purpose to give the people of the
State a strictly business administration
and to be the Governor of all the peo
ple. To this end I seek their sympa
thy, their counsel and their prayers,
praying myself that peace and ~happi
ness and prosperity may come to every
home in South Carolina.
Yours respectfully,
M. B. McSweeney,
Governor of South Carolina.
Curing Consuption.
At the meeting of the American
Medical Association Wednesday at Co
lumbus, Ohio, a sensational report was
presented on the cure of consumption
by Francisque Crotte, of Paris. Mr.
Crotte has cured more than 1,000 ap
parently hopeless consumption csses.
He now ofers to treat gratis 500 con
sumptives from the different States in
the Union. He comes to America with
the highest credentials from the most
eminent physicians and the press in
Europe. The treatment consists of in
halation of formaldehyde vapor, trans
ported directly through the tissues by
the aid of light tension static electrici
ty.
A Deal in Columbia.
The Columbia Electric Light and
Railway Company was sold Thursday to
a syndicate, represented by Mr. P. H.
Gadsden, of Charlesten. It develops
that Mr. Gadsden has had control of a
majority of the stock for some time,
and called upon the local holders to
come in on the deal. This they unani
mously decided to do, and the sale was
consummated. The price paid was
$257,000, and the stockholders get
about fifty cents on the dollar, which
th.ey consider the best offer that has
been made them. Negotiations have
been in progress for some time looking
to the sale of the road to other people,
but none of them amounted to any
thing.
Volunteers' Extra Pay.
Gov. McSweeney, when asked last
wveek if any change would be made in
the matter of collecting the volunteers'
pay from the Federal government, said
he proposed to let all existing arrange
ments made by his predecessor stand.
This means that Judge C. P. Town
send and Mr. W. Boyd Evans, who were
placed in charge of the matter by Gov.
Ellerbe, will conclude the work they
have begun.
Non-Union Men R~un Out.
A number of non-union glass blowers
Lrriv ed at Bridgetown, N. J., Thursday
1ight from Strandsburg to work in the
Jumberland glass company's works.
['he train was met by a large number of
trikers and many blows were exchang
id. The non unionists were finally
yrcvailed on to leave town, the strikers
>aying their fare back to Strandsburg.
Committed Suicide.
George Sturzenbegger, undertaker
>f Jersey City, suicided Friday morn
ng, after making every preparation,
ven choosing his coffin and filling out
iis own death certificate. He shot
iimself while lying in the coffin and
lied almost instantly. He had quar
eled with his wife shortly before he
oak his life. He had buried many sui
ides and often said that when he died
t would hbe yhis own hand.