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VOL. XV. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER SENDS SOLID SHOT. Solicitor Sawyer's Report in the Williams Case. TWO MAGISTRATE:REMOVED Governor McSweeney Takes Prompt Action in the Case. Senator Mayfield's Affidavit. It will -be remembered that sometime ago G. W. M. Williams, a Denmark lawyer, who was wanted in Georgia to serve out a-sentence for some crime for which he had been convicted over there hadithe Georgia constable who came over to arrest him arrested on the charge of forging Gcv. Ellerbe's name to the requisition papers. Before the constables could appear before the magistrate who issued the warrant and give bond, Willi:,n's gave it g bail and left for parts unknown. Gov. Mc Sweeney requested Solicitor Sawyer of that circuit to investigate the action of the magistrates who had aided Wil liams in escaping by arresting the con stables who came for him. Solicitor Sawyer investigated the matter and reported to the Governor on Tuesday of last week. In his report the Solicitor says that he believes that S. C. Ray, a magistAte at Denmark, and-W. L. Kennedy, a magistrate at Govan's, and a constable by the name of W. J. Hutto, are guilty of aiding in the escape of Williams. The Solicitor further says that he found very few citizens willing to aid him in any way. He said it seemed to him that there are two parties at Denmark and consAdera ble rivalry between the towns of Den mark and Bamberg, and some people wish Williams well simply because he has been prosecuted (persecuted as they term it) by the Bamberg bar. He thinks a deplorable state of affstirs exist in that vicinity. In his report the Solicitor says: "It seems to me that Mr. Ray attempts -to excuse himself for not arresting Wil liams upon the ground that- Williams is a desperate character and that he was a mad man on that day, yet he, as a conservator of the peace, allowed Wil liams to walk up-and down- the street with his hands in his pockets, believing that he had two pistols, one in each coatpocket, thus defying arrest. Your excellency will note that Hutto says Williams was not in a rage, did not look like a mad man to him, that he could have arrested him if he had had the authority, and would have done so. Your excellency will also note that Mr. Walker, the town marshal, says that he does Lot consider Williams a dangerous character; that no one called upon him to arrest Williams for disorderly con duct, nor for anything else, and that he could have arrested him. Mr. Ray was at one time in considerable trouble about a person who was a relative of all the parties, and, I was informed, some of these paities took considerable in terest in that matter, which may have placed some under obligations to the others. At any rate, they all seem to be very intimately connected and very much interested in the welfare of each other, to such an extent that I am convinced, that they* formed a collu sion. WHAT MIAYFIELD SAYS. Senator Mayfield in an affdavit says: "That~ shortly after July 13th on arrival at his offie deponent was called upon by G. W. M. Williams, Jr., who re quested that deponent come over to his father's offcelimmediately, to which deponent replied that he was very busy but that if it was a matter of impor tance he would be there directly; that hortl y afterwards deponent was again called upon and again rte uested to go over, whereupon deponent 7'lked over to the offce of G. W. M. Wil:iams, Sr., and found there a gentleman who was introduced as a Mr. Milcy from Geor gia, with a statement that certain pa pers were pla::ed in Miley's hands, anda they desired to know as to the regular ity of the papers; Mr. Miley handed me the papers and I looked over them and found all regular until I reached one purporting to be signed by Gov. W. H. Ellerbe; I informed the consta ble that the papers were in every way regular except that the name of Gor. Ellerbe had been written by his private secretary, Mr. W. Boyd Evans; that I supposed that it arose d uring the gover nor's illness and that Mr. Evans sup posed that he had the authority under the direction and at the request of the governor to affx the signature of the governor to the papers; that in my judgment as a lawyer, a private secreta ry did not have such authority, as the constitution of South Carolina devolv ed that duty upon the governor of the State, but that our const:tution of 1895 Was new and that I presumed that this matter had besn overlooked, and that neither the private secretary's nor Gov. Ellerbe's attention had been called to the matter; hence the mistake. Mr. Miley asked me what was to be done and i su::gested that he send the re quisition back to Gov. Candler with the statement as aforesaid and -to give the governornmy name as the one who had so advised him, and that I had no doubt, uporn his sending the requisition papers back to his excellency, C av. McSwee ney, that his excellency hu ng familiar with Gov. Ellerbe's handwriting, would perceive at a glance that the paper had not been executed by G ov. Ellerbe and that new papers would be granted; that I directed Mr. Miley and had him to make notes so as to guide him in writ ing Gov. Candler; that thereupon I left Mr. Williams and Constable Miley to. gether in the office and came on about my general duties. Mr. Mayfield th~en goes on in hia affi davit to say that he did not advise Wil liams as a lawyer, nor to resist arrest. and on going to his office he did so sim ply on request, not knowing .what he was wanted for and not kn ,wing as 1s now claimed by the constable in his re port to Gov. McSweeney that the mar 8hal of Denmark had arrestedG. W. A. Williams. He further says that he did not approve of the arrest of the consta ble from Georgia on a charge of forgery, as Williams well knew that the error was made by the private secretary sign ing the governor's name and for which the special constable was in no way re ~sponsible.eeTtaAijf Williams' office to the constable upon the request of Williams and without the constable making any statement other than that they both wished to know how the matter stood, and that deponent gave the advice with no view of helping Williams' escape or in aiding him in any way; but upon the request of Williams in the presence of the specal constable and in accordance with what deponent believes to be the law of this State; that he is still of the opinion that the paper is void because the genuine signature of Gov. Ellerbe has not been attached. He further declares that he is neither now nor has he at any time been the at torney of Mr. Williams, nor has he given any comfort in his escape from the hands of the officers of the law, nor does he uphold Mr. Williams in having innocent parties charged with forgery, when said Williams well knew that the signature to these papers had been affix ed by the private secretary of Gov. Ellerbe and heard deponent so de clrac in his presence to the special con stable. BOTH MAGISTRATES REMOVED. Tuesday night Gov. MeSweeney, af ter reading :he solicitor's report and the accompanying affidavits carefully, de cided to remove both the magistrates R1ay at Denmark and Kennedy at Go van. He forwarded to each of them the following letter: Columbia, Aug. 29, 1899. Dear Sir: From official information rec iv-d by me I am satisfied of your off~ia mise nduct in the matter of ex tradiaon of G. W. M. Williams, and \ vur commission as magistrate is here by revoked, to take effect from this date. You will turn over all books and papers in your possession belonging to your office to your successor when he shall call on you for the same. Yours truly, M. B. McSweeney, Governor of South Carolina. The govern r filed with the papers the following written statement of the reasons for his action: In view of the report of Solicitor Sawyer and the statement therein con tained and the evidence fur.nished by the affidavits accompanying the report in regard to the action of Magistrates S. G. Ray and W. L. Kennedy appears that said magistrates, instead of en deavoring to assist the agent of Georgia in his efforts to arrest G. W. M. Wil liams, a fugitive from justice in that State, and for whom the said agent had requisition papers from the governor of South Carolina, made in due form of law, the magistrates, as it appears from the report of Solicitor Sawyer, assisted the said Williams to escape arrest, and thus the ends of justice have been thwarted. Such being the facts in the case, I do not consider these magistrates worthy to bold the high and responsi ble position of magistrate, rnd they are hereby removed from their office, said removal to take effect from this date. "August 29, 1899." WK. STRAIT ARRESTED. Accused of Attempting to Poison His Mother-in-Law. William Strait, a young farmer who lives about seven miles south of Rock Hill, was arrested Wednesday on the charge of attempting to poison his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mollie Kidd. The affair exhibits Strait in the light of a cold-blo'oded and very unnatural son-in law.- Avarice is reported to be the cause of the attempt upon the life of Mrs. Kidd and other members of the household, for it is said Strait wanted to come into possession of her property. It is stated that Strait, who lives a quarter of a mile from his mother-in law, sent her a mess of grated corn for dinner. Some one who tasted the dish remarked upon the bitter flavor of the corn, and suspiciona were aroused. Some of it was throwhn to a dog, which soon keeled over, and the family seems to have been satisfied tha' the dish was poisoned. The rest of t:. corn was buried. Afterwards when they went to make an examination and an an analysis of the buried corn it was found to have been scratched up. It is said that Strait had been hinting around that he anticipated that his mother-in-law would try to destroy her self. On the day of the alleged at tempt at poisoning he is said to have remarked that he feared that she would try to make way with herself and her entire household. Strait is a young farmer, son of Mr. Thos. J. Strait of Bethesda township, not Congressman Strait. Mrs. Kidd is the widow of Mr. Jno. A. Kidd, wno a few years ago committed suicide in his own home with a shot gun.-The State.' BLOWIG OF THE TRUMPETS. Celebration of the Jewish New Year Began this Week. On Monday began one of the most important of the religious celebrations of the Hebrew people, the beginning of the Jewish new year. The festival, which is of very ancient origin, com menced in reality Tuesday, but, owing to the custom of the Jews -dating their days from sunset to sunsac, it was ushered in Monday night. The occa sion marks the advent of the first day of the seventh month-the month of Tishri, according to the Hebrew caleai dar, and is followed by a period of penance, lasting for ten days, and cul minating in the day of Atonement on September 15. The celebration of the first day of the seventh month, the Rosh Hashana, dates its beginning from the time of Ezra, when the chil dren of Israel returned from Babylon to re-establish Jerusalem under his di rection. In that day it was celebrated as a secular festival, the religious cele bration occurring in spring with the being~ of the. iirst month, but since, for alh prac tical purposes, the Hebrews have now adopted the Gregorian calen dar. the xcstival has become a religious one. ".'he festival of IRosh Hlashana was ea :ly ansciated with the blowing ci trompets, and that is one of the feat ur s of the~ present day. Tihe ten days of meditation and penance end on Ser tember 15, with the day of atonetment, or Yomn Hakippurim, which is the cu> minating and most sacred day of the eriod.___________ Six~ Hundred Drowned Six hundred lives have been lost by the flooding of a copper mine at Besshi, islnd of Skikokn. China. LlQUEFIED AIR. Carried a Distance of Five Hun dred Miles. INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS. Some of the Marvelous Powers of the Great Factor as Seen by a Georgian. A Georgian writes to the Augusta Chronicle from Chatauqua. N. Y., that he had just witnessed some experi ments with lique-ded air which were so wonderful that I am sure your readers will be interested i= hearing about them. The liquid was brought from New York city, where it was manufac tured, in a large eight-gallon can, care fully wrapped in non-conducting felt, just as ice is packed for transporta tion. It is the first time that this fluid has ever been carried so far in quan tities large enough to be experimented with, and so well was it packed that only two gallons evarorated in the transit-a distance of about 500 miles. When the cover was removed it imme diately began to smoke like a cauldron of furiously boiling water. The tem .erature of a liquid air is so low-312 de grees below zero-that contact rot merely with common air, but with a lump of ordinary ice will set it to boil ing just as water will do on contact with fire or with a lump of red hot iross. There is no ordihary substance that is not redhot in comparison with a tem perature of 312 degrees below zero, con sequently the liquid air, unless care fully protected by non-conductors of heat is in a constant state of ebullition. Yet, even while boiling, it is colder than ice by many degrees, and will instantly freeze whatever comes in contact with it. As the operator dipped it up from the can the ladle would be immediate ly coated with frost, and when a vessel of it was placed in coldwater, the liquid air at once began to boil furiously from the heat of the water, and at the same time the water around the vessel form ing a crust of ice so hard that it could be readily removed and used 'as a tum bler. Into this ice tumbler more liquid air was poured, which instantly began to boil from contact with the ice. The hydrogen of the air, being lighter than the oxygen, evaporates more quickly, and as every school boy knows that oxygen is a great promoter of com bustion, the liquid air, after losing its hydrogen, becomes a medium for pro ducing the fiercest heat, though itself so intensely cold. Now you will be prepar ed to believe me when I tell you that a piece of wire with a carbon point, when plunged into this ice tumbler filled with a liquid 312 degrees below zero, began to burn with a temperature of nearly 3,000 degrees above boiling water, and burned away till the wire was con sumed like a straw! On the same prin ciple a piece of woolen felt that could not be made to burn when ignited in common air, blazed up like rosin when saturated with the liquid, and a flock of common cotton wool exploded like gun cotton, leaving scarcely a pinch of ashes behind, so complete was-the combustion. Hence can be seen the great possibilities of this latest discov ery of science in the cremation of gar bage and the manufacture of explosives. In color and consistency liqiid air is just like clear water, but evaporates so quickly that it will not wet anything, and being heavier than common air, its vapor, instead of rising, like the vapor of water and like common smoke, falls to the earth. Plunge your handkerchief into it, and the handkerchief will smoke as if on fire, while drops of the chill ing liquid fall to the floor, but there is no sign of moisture. Pour a bucket full of it on the floor and there will be a furious smoking as if every plank were on fire, but when the vapor rolls away not a drop of moisture is to be seen. A bunch of roses immersed in. a vessel of it retained their natural appearance, but became frozen so hard in a few seconds that they shivered like glass when thrown upon the floor. The same thing happened to a potato and a piece of beef, which had to be broken with a hammer like stones after remaining about 20 seconds in the strange fluid. Alcohol, which freezes at a temperature of something like 200. degrees below zero became solid ice in about half a minute, and mercury, in scarcely double that time, froze so hard that it was used as a hammer to drive two large nails into a board. Still more curious effects were pro duced when a little water was poured into a tea kettle filled with liquid air and placed on a lump of ice. The ket tle immediately began to boil so rapidly that it froze the water by evaporation and left it a lump of ice in the kettle. The experiment was then tried with the kettle placed over the burner of a kerosene steve and not only did the water turn to icc as before, but the cold produced by the evaporation of the liquid air was so much greater than the heat produced by the stove that the bottom of the kettle was heavily coated with fiost right over the flame of the burner! This intense cold, I may remark in passing, is the great obstacle in the use of liquid air as a motor power. While its expansive force is twenty times greater than that of steam, the intense cold produced by its expansion causes any machinery to which it is applied to become so heavily clogged with frost as to prevent its working. No effective remedy for this difficulty has yet been found. and until this prob lem is solved I would advise all inves trs to beware of the bogus companies that are being formed to exploit Trip lrs great discovery. Its chief practi cal use at present would serve to be for refrigerating purposes, and the manu facture of explosives, it also promises reat results in medical therapeutics I am not sure that this is the right word. but it will no doubt mean just as naich to most of us as the right one would if 1 knew it. In regulating the tem perature of hospitals and destroying the activity of disease germs it will probably work a revolution is medical practice. A Successful Revoluti The revolution in San Doming has been successful, and President Figuero has resigned. He will be succeeded by Gen. Jean Isodre Jiminez, who will Iassume charge of affairs. CHARLESTON ..TO AUGUSTA. Route of the New Roadto be Built by the Seaboard. The Seaboard Air Line is going ahead now with the necessary prepara tions for the building of its new line from Augusta to Charleston. In ac cordance with announcements hereto fore made the application for the char ter, which is the first of its kind under the new law, was filed with the secreta ry of state last week and the commis sion has been issued. The declaration sets forth in detail all facts as to the capitalization and as to the route. As soon as the commission had been issu ed the corporators issued the following notice, giving the exact route, which is to be published in the country effected by the new road: "Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned parties will, on Monday, the 2d, day of October, 1899, at 12 o'clock noon, or as soon thereafter as can be heard, make application to to the secre tary of state for the State of South Carolina, at Columbia, S. C., under the provisions of an act entitled 'an act to 1rovide for the formation of railroads, steamboat, street railway and canal companies, and to define powers there of, and provide a mode for amending the charters thereof; approved the 28th day of February, A. D. 1899, found in the 23 statutes, at pages 64 to 70, for a charter for the Chattanooga, Augusta and Charleston Air Line Rail way company, the said line to extend between the termini stated below, one terminus to be within the city of Chat leston, in the State of South Carolina, and the other on the western boundry line of the State of South Carolina on the Savannah river, opposite or nearly opposite to the city of Augusta, in the State of Georgia, which said line, be ginning in the city of Cbarleston, will pass from its terminus through the city of Charleston, thence through the coun ty of Charleston, and the parishes of St. Phillips and St. Michaels and St. An drews, therein; thence through the county of Dorchester, and the town ships of Dorchester, Collins and Burns therein; thence through the county of Colieton, and townships of Sheridan, Verdier, Bell, Warren and Broxton, therein; thence through the county of Bamberg, and the townships of Fish Pond, Three Mile and Buford's Bridge, therein: thence through the county of Barnwell, and the townships of Geor ge's Creek, Barnwell, Rod Oak, Rose mary and Richland, and the town of Barnwell therein; thence through the county of Aiken, and the townships of Sleepy .Hollow, Millbrook, Hammo-i, Gregg and Schultz therein; and that they will seek for the said corporation the right to condemn lands for a right of way of said railroad and for side tracks, depots, station houses and all other purposes of the said proposed railroad company." Going to Rhode Island. Thursday afternoon Senator B. R. Tillman, accompained by Mrs. Tillman, arrived in the city en route to Rhode Island. The senator expects to pro ceed on his journeyFriday morning and will be absent from the State about ten days. He goes to make a speech before the Bryan Bimetallic league of Rhode Island. He ssays this is in accord with some plans arranged at the July meet ing of the National Democratic execu tive committee. The Democratic party wishes to have the Rhode Island dele gation in ~'the national convention solid for free silver and is sending speakers there. Another idea is to make the movement for Democracy so strong in New England that New Eng land money will have to be kept at home.-The State. Turned Robber. A dispatch from Florence to Tfhe State says by dint of hard work G. S. Turbeville, A. C. L. detective, has succeeded in practically breaking up a gang of thieves that for months has been a constant annorance to the com pny. The gang is said to be compos ed of about 15 negroes with a white man, William Upchurchi, as its leader. Uphurch and a negro named James Price have both been captured and lodged in Halifax, N. C., county jail to await trial. Upchurch we~s seen in the act of robbing cars and, was captured with some of the booty upon his person. ie is said to belong to a splendid fam ily of Raleigh, N. ~C., people, but with him stealing became a disease and he finally allied himself with a gang of ne gro train-robbers. A Grateful Editor. We are at a loss for words to express our thenkfulness to Mrs Capt. J. R 1. 5. Siau for a basket full of lemon pies yes sir, the basket was full! There is a weak spot somewhere in our dia phragm fcr lemon pies, and this estima able and lovely lady beats all creation in making them. The pies were appre ciated andl eaten with relish, .and then we licked our chops for more. Thanks, thanks- a thousand thanks! Our sin ere wish is that Mrs. S. may live to a ripe old age to bless those who are near and dear to her, and then go home to glory to live forever and forever! GeorgetownTimes. Last Year's Cotton Crop. The totals of Secretary Hester's an nual report of the cotton crop of the United States were promulgated Friday. They show receipts of cotton at all United States ports for the year, 8,579, 426 bales, against 8,769,360 last year; verland to northern mills, 1,345,623, against 1,237,813; southern consump tion taken direct from interior of the cotton belt, 1,333,791, against 1,192. 821: making the crop for the United Staes for 1898-'99 amount to 11,274, 840 bales. against '1,199,994 last year, and 8,757,;94 the year before. The mills of the South have used 157,558 bales more than during 1897-'98, against a consumption by the north of 2,190000. Fresh News Wanted. The Salesbury, Me, Press says: "Send in your items of news when they ar fresh. We don't like to publish a birth after the child is weaned, a marriage after the honeymoon is over, a death after the widow is married again, nor the notice of an entertain ment after the job work is done else where and the, editor is charged for FOUND MURDERED. The Tracks of Dogs Led to the Body of Dead Man. The Greenville correspondent of The State says a grewsome story comes from Tigerville, in the upper section of the county. While walking Wednesday on the farm of Joseph McKinney, near Tigerville, Luther McKinney made the discovery of a human head severed from the body and numerous dog tracks were near the place where the awful discovery was made. He reported the ghastly find to some of his neighbors at once and they followed the dog tracks to the river not far away, where they found a man's leg protruding above the water, and on further investigation they brought up the headless body with oly the stump bf the neck where the 'head belonged. It was at once believed that the body was that of Ed Hayes, a farmer who lived in that neighborhood, and who disappeared suddenly and mys teriously three or four weeks ago. Search had been made for Hayes and no trace of him was discovered unless the headless trunk belonged to him. The dogs had eaten the flesh off the face so that it could not be identified, and other means had to be found to prove that Hayes' fate was made known. An inquest was held over the body and the jury found a verdict to the effect that the man was Ed Hayes and that he came to his death by a pistol shot at the hands of Ja'mes Sudduth. The in vestigation was tedious and the evi dence somewhat vague, but the jury was satisfied that Ed Hayes recoived his death wound from Sudduth, with whom he was on unfriendly terms. One witness testified that Sudduth said. he shot twice at Hayes and the second time he shot to kill. The dead man was shot in the back from his right side, and the ball went through his liv er and lodged in the left breast. Hayes was identified by means of his clothing, and each garment was inspected and clearly proven. No papers were found on the body, and the pockets of his clothing were empty. Hayes disap peared on the 8th of August from his home, which is not more than one-quar ter of a mile from Tiger river, and the body was lying in the edge of the stream just where a ditch empties into it, covered with sand and corn stalks. The skull was some distance down the river, and the men who made the search waded the stream until they found the body. Sudduth is at home sick with fever, and his physician reported his temperature at 101. Magistrate Gul lick issued a warrant for his arrest im mediately after the verdict was rend ered, and his constable placed Sudduth in custody without delay. THE OHIO DEMOCRACY. Col. Bryan and the Chicago Platform Endorsed. The Democratic State Convention of Ohio assembled at Zanesville on last Wednesday and soon nominated agood strong ticket and adjourned. John R. McLean was nominated for Governor, and, a platform was adopted endorsing the'Chicago platform and demanding the renomination of Col. Bryan. The Columbia State in commenting on the work of the convention asks: "What's the matter with the Ohio Democratic platform? No ambiguity in it, is there? The Chicago platform of 1896, 'especially the financial plank'; free silver at 16 to 1; Bryan for presi dent; anti-imperialism; independence for the Philippines as well as Cuba; no entangling alliances with foreign king doms and empires; no ship subsidies; a strong navy; a small standing army; abolition of the trusts; no bossism; elec tion of president, vice president and senators by direct vote of the people. This platform, 'ratified enthusiastically' by the convention, is a mighty good one and in our opinion the Democratic na tional platform of 1900 will resemble it closely. "We predict that John R. McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer, nominated for governor by the Democrats of Ohio will give the Republicans the hardest race for their money they have had for a long time. Mr. McLean has a very impressive bar'l himself, and his great paper is a power in Ohio, among Republicans as well as Democrats. Since he has adopted the suaviter in modo policy Mr. McLe.. has reduced the number of his ene- :-, very mater ially, and the faction V I among the Ohio Democrats seems ,have died out. The prospect in The Buckeye State is not bad." A Sad Comme.ry. What a commentary it was on human nature that Col. Neal should have hat. to wait so many hours in custody Wed nesday before bondsmen could be found for him. Here was a man who, a year ago, when he seemed the power behind the throne in politics, had p)oliticians from all over the State running after him for favors; was courted, deferred to, pressed with professions of frienpship; and could have made a $50,000 bond in an hour-yet Wednesday, in his time of disgrace and need, he could not get one of these "friends" to come to his relief and pledge as little as $3,500 se curity that he would appear to stand his trial. It was "the way of the world," but ten thousand precedents coid not redeem it from contempt. We honor the plain business men, not professing devotion or admiration, who signed his bond and ended the painful spectacle. -The State. The Cuban Army. Now that over 33,000 Cuban Soldiers have been identified and paid their $75 each and several thousands more are shown to have 'been left off the lists, what becomesof the sneers of many contemporaries at "Gomezs imaginary army', and "post-bellum warriors?" None of the men who entered the ser vice after the war have been paid, and many who did serve in war have not been paid. The Cuban estimate of 40,000 men was very near the mark. The State. Not Stated. The Augusta Chronicle says: "Maj or General Otis has been instructed from Washington to capture Aguinaldo. It is not stated whether Aguimaldo is to wai for .Qtis to come get him, or the American leader is to run him TILLMAN SPEAKS At the Lancaster County Farmer's Institute. WHAT HF/SAYS OF TOBACCO. He Speaks on the Practical Work. ings of Clemson and Winthrop Col leges. The initial meeting of the Farmer's Institute for "Lancaster county under the supervision of the professors of Clem son College, was held at Heath Spring on Wednesday 23rd instant. There was a large gathering from all sections of the county, the crowd being estimat ed from one thousend to twelve hundred people. Ex-Representative R. L. Hicklin pre sided and introduced the speakers. Col. J. C. Sellers of Marion spoke first-his subjeet being the culture of tobacco. The Colonel has had wide experience in the raising of tobacco in the Peedee section of the State. He thought the oil in the Heath Spring section would make good tobacco but he cautioned the farmers not to experiment on too large a scale. He said the crowd pres ent was the largest of the fourteen meet ings he had addressed in the State. Senator B. R. Tillman was next in troduced by the chairman as "the great commoner whose name was a household word in South Carolina." The Senator was interesting throughout and held the close attention of his large audience for an hour and ten minutes. He was calm and dispassionate when advising as to best methods of farming and in general matters, but when he would touch on politics, he became very much animat ed, and as remarked by a drummer on one occasion "his one eye would blaze like the headlight of a locomotive." The subject assigned him was "the practical workings of Clemson and Win throp Colleges." He said he would not stick close to this subject as everybody correctly informed ought to know the workings of these two great instituions. He said that Clemson, Winthrop and the dispensary were his three children conceived and brought forth by the Re form movement-that his enemies were constantly trying to undermine and de stroy them, believing that thereby they would bring about his political death. He said that Representative Smith of Sumter county had jumped on the col leges in general and him in particular. That while in Sumter he had made two speeches, one in the forenoon and one in the afternoon. That he had made a nice pleasant speech in the morning. Some people did aot believe he could make such speeches but he could. In the afternoon Mr. Smith made a speech announcing that he intended rubbing off some of the butter ex-Senator Ab bott had plastered on his back in his speech of introduction. He said he had no objection to the butter being remov ed in a gentle way, as Dr. Abbott had rather vone beyond the proprieties of the occasion, but instead of removing the butter gently, Mr. Smith had used a curry comb and had raked his hide and besides he had attacked his little girl Winthrop who was near and dear to his heart. Mr. Smith claimed that too much money is wasted on the two colleges, that instead it ought to be dis tributed among the free schools all over the State. Senator Tillman said that was impracticable because all the mon ey would not run the free schools more than a few .geeks. And besides better teachers were needed for the free schools and that Winthrop and Clemson would furnish them. He said that these two colleges and the Citadel and the South Carolina colleges were doing a great work. In reply to a question he said that Clemson did turn out some dudes but it was the fault of the girls who were constantly iunning after them being attracted by their gay uniforms and brass buttons. He said that Mr. Smith claimed that Clemson and Win throp were for the gich man's sons and daughters. This he claimed was an ap peal to ignorance and prejudice, because there was no boy or girl in South Caro lina who with proper application and pluck could not graduate at either one of the colleges. He instanced the case of a poor boy who made his way through Clemson by working near the college during his vacations. He advised the farmers to educate their children and to learn them that they had to "sweat" to accomplish anything in their life. He said he believed money spent for ed ucation would bring in large returns. That he had endeavored, when a mem ber of the constitutional convention to make the noll tax three dollars, so that the Negro'should be made to bear some of the expense for educating his chil dren. That he also favored a three mill tax for schools. Senator Tillman then gave an amusing account of his experi enee in tobaccn raising. Said he had been too enart and had bit off more than he sould chaw. That he had planted twelve acres instead of three or four. That he had to w-iter the whole crop by hauling water in barreis. Some one in the crowd remarked that barrels must be plentiful in his county. He said no he had gathered together some kerosene and molasses barrels and a few whiskey barrels. That his experien':e with his tobacco this year had been somewhat tough~, but that he was bullheaded enough to go through with it just like he did with everything else. He said the farmers were jogging along like their daddies, with a rock in one end of their sack and a pumpkin in the other. That iotton was not profitable; it was the erop of the Negro and the lazy white man. ie urged the farmers to wake up and be free men and to quit the life of servitude to the mortgage and the ari ultural lien. He advised every farm r who was unmarried to get him a wife: that a man who couldn't get a .:ife ,vas worse than a flop-eared dog and should be drowned in the Catawba river. -He touched on the Negro ques tion by saying that lie had spoken on the subject in North Carolina htd ad 'ised the people up there to solve the problem with the shot gun. He was asked his opinion of the Philippine war. He said that 31cKinley thought he had a soft snap when he bought the Islands; that a few thousand troops would bdue the Insurgents and then he w~t rr~ptlaces for Republi ne pedicted that the war would be going on this time next year and would result in the de feat of McKinley for reelection. Sen ator Tillman closed by announcing that he would be a candidate for re-election next year and that if anybody wanted to oppose him. to come right along and the longest pole would get the persim mon. The next speakers were Dr. Nee son, the Veterinary Surgeon and Prof. Morrison, both of Clemson.-Lancaster Ledger. THE DEMOCRACY. Reorganization of the National Com mittee for the Campaign. John R. McLean, Democratic nomi nee for governor of Ohio, is now head of the ways and neans committee of the Democratic nati'nal committee. His appointment was announced by W. J. Stone Wednesday if being one of the features of the reorganization plan de cided upon at the Chicago meeting July 20th. Another feature is the elimi'nation of John P. Altgeld from the national council's party. His resignation from the ways and means committee is ac ceted, and his friend, Devlin, who has had charge of the press bureau, will soon follow him in retirement, it is predicted. The new members of the committees were announced by Vice-Chairman Stone upon receipt of a letter sent by Chairman Jones, who is now in Great Britain. They are as follows, the first one named in each case being the chairman: Executive-J. G. Johnson, Kansas; W. J. Stone, Missouri; Daniel J. Cam pau, Michigan; John G. Shanklin, Pennsylvania; Thomas Gahn, Illinois; James M. Head, Tennessee; Henry D. Clayton, Alabama; W. H. Thompson, Nebraska; G. Fred Williams, Massa chusettss; T. D. O'Brien, Minnesota. Ways and Means-John R. McLean, Ohio; Urey Woodson, Kentucky; Adair Wilson, Colorado; J. G. Dwyer, Cali fornia; Benj. R. Tillman, South Caro lina; Frank Campbell, New York; J. G. Johnson, Kansas. Press--Clark Howell, Georgia; Jose phus Daniels, North Carolina; Alexan der Troup. Connecticut; Charles A. Walsh, Iowa; J. G. Johnson, of Kan sas. Chairman Jones will be ex-officio chairman of all the sub-committees. The new committees will meet with in ten days in Chicago and organize for the campaign. Killed by Lightning. While Mr. Frank Nesmith and a force of Negroes were on a log train at Harpers. on Friday evening last, they were suddenly shocked by lightning. Two of the Negroes were killed out right, and one was severely shocked, but recovered after a tlong time. Mr. Nesmith was knocked down also, but escaped without further injury. Strange to relate, they say had noticed no lightning or thunder previous to be ing struck, anid the supposition is that the lightning must have traveled, along the telegraph wire and left it just where the men were at work. Several telegraph poles were torn to pieces, and the wires between here and Lanes were down for a short time. All the injured and dead people were brought t the city and given every attention. -Georgetown Times. A Preacher Shot, The Rev. Win. Johnson, former pas tor of the African Baptist church of Maryville Mo., and an evangelist of the colored Baptist church of Kansas and Missouri, was killed Wednesday night by Officer John Wallace, while resist ing arrest. Johnson was convicted Wednesday afternoon of having As saulted a white woman and sentenced to nine months in jail. Johnson created a sensation some time ~ao at a meet ing of Negro preacaers in Leavenworth, Kas., by declaring that the Negoes must organize. Officer Wallae. has not been arrested. A Schooner and Crew Lost. A dispatch from Baltimore says posi tive io. formation was received Wednes day that the schooner E. L. F. Hard castle was wrecked in the hurricane that swept the Atlantic coast August 1648, and it is feared that Capt. Win. F. Todd and all on board were lost. The Hardcastle is reported to be lying in Pamlico sound, bottom up, about eight miles from Portsmouth island. The Hardcastle on the 15th inst. sail ed from Newborn, N. C., with a cargo of lumber for Baltimore. The Doctor is Better. Youg Dr.Tho~mas Jennings of Mc Cormick who was shot by a Negro on an excursion on the Charleston and Western Carolina railway on the Fourth of July and serious wounded, has about recovered from his injuries. He eloped1 Wdne-day with Miss Lillie Talbert, youngest daughter of Dr. K J. Talbert, of M Cormick. T hey went to Augusta, Ga., and were married. Atlanta's Way. Strange things happen in and around Atlanta. Here is an Atlanta meteor, for xample, which passes over that ity "in an acrial direction" If i'_Ed been scooting over any other town than Atlanta it would doubtless have taken a terrestrial direction, or at east an aqueous one. But Atlanta de manded something univue, and the meteor kindly furnished it. Except when it is copying the sensations of ether places, Atlanta has a genius for riginality.-The S:ate. A Fatal Wreck. The Erie accomm->dation train from ew York was wrecked shortly b-'fore 2 clok Wedneday on a bend just east >f Arlir gton, N. J. Two frieght cars which had broken from a preceding richt dashed into the engine, which was smashecd and derailed and the soking car loaded with passengers was crushed and thrown up into the iir. Turning over in the air it.fell to he side of the track and rolled down a 30-foot embankment. Win. Nurie of Arlington was killed and J. J. Connell >f Bloomfield was fatally injuredi. Ten persons were seriously and many slight [y injured. The weither reports say this'hasbeen the hottest summer on record, We knowedit without the bureau telling us so. , NEAL ARRESTED. After Some Difficulty He Finds Needed Bondsmen. MORE SERIOUS CHARGES. Former Political Friends DidiNot -Come to Aid the Ex-Super intendent. Columbia Bus-'. iness Men Did. Col. Neal, former superinten ent o the State penitentiary; was arresd and carried to Columbia on Tuesday night . of last week, and The-State says it look ed for several hoursiWednesday as if hewouldnot be able to give his bond' and would have to go jail before friends from his home could get to Columbia to help him out. Wednesdayzmornin3g arhen 10 o'clock, .the hour appointed i for the preliminary came, Col. Neal - had not succeeded in securing bonds men. Three personalfriends that he was relying upon proved to be away from the city. At this time also, war rants sworn out by Attorney General Bellinger in two other cases were sery ed upon him, making three distinct charges preferred against him. original warrant charged him with fail ure to turn over public funds to his successor. One of the new ones charg ed him with breach of trust with fradu lent intent, and the other-with embe zlement of public funds. - The affidavit in the breach of trust case read as follows: State of South Carolina, County o Richland. The State vs. William A. Neal. Affidavit. Personaly appears befor% me 7 4 Smuith, .magistrate for and.. in aid county and said State, G. DuncanEel linger, attorney/general who, on oath says that he is informed and believes that on the first day of December 195 in said State and county, one Williant A. Neal was guilty of a bracof tr with fraudulent intent in this: Tizt being then and there paid by one J. S. Fowler the sumof five hun dred dollars for theuse and as om ad count of the State of South Caroi the same being the property -of State, upon the special trust and confi. deuce that he the same should safey keep, transfer aid disburse for th a State, as its public servant and , he being then and there the pe tendent-of the -State penitentir did then and there feloniously appro priate,-eonvern and divert the same his own use, with intent;to ahe defraud the saidlState. Sworn to'.before me this 29th day August, 1899. (. s.) G. Duncan Bellinger, -MAttorney Getneral. t J. M. Smith, Magistrate. The affidavit in the embenzement case was as follows: State of South Carolina, County of Richland.GThe State vs. William A. Neal. Affidavit. Personally appeared before me J. KM. Smith, a magistrate for and in said county and said State, G. Duncan Bel linger, attorney general, who on oath, says that he is informe'd and believes that on the -day of -- 1898, in said State and county, one 'Willham A Neal was guilty of embezzlement, is. this: That then and there, being superin-i tendent of the State penitentiary, e as such superintendent, did receive from one W. T. Magill the sum of forty - dollars for the use of said penitentiary the same being public funds, and the property of thelState ofSouthCarolmna and he being then and there chalked with the safe keeping transfer and,dis bursing of the same, and did then and A there feloniously-feonvert, divert and appropriate said sum to his own use. And further, that the said William A. Neal then and there the sum of forty dolars,sthie property of the said State, did steal, take and carrry away. Sworn to before me this 29th day of August, 1899. (L. s.) G. Duncan Bellinger, Attorney General, S. C. J. 11I. Smith, Magistrate. Col.-Neal waived the preliminay examination and the bond was fixed at $3,500; of this $2,000 was fixed on the original case, which is regarded as most important; $500 on the second charge and $1,000 on the third. When it was found that Col. Neal had not secured bondsmen, Magistrate Smith agreed to let him remain in At torney Nelson's offce during the day in custody of Constable Roach, and from there endeavor to secure bail. None of Col. Neal's former political friends came near him during the day. A year ago things were very different, for Col. Neal was a man of political infuence. The weary hours rolled by and still no bondsmen appeared. Col. Neal made a proposition to Magistrate Smith to allow Constable IRoach to ae company him to the up-country so that he could in person secure bondsmen, but this was declined. The magistrate however, consented to allow Col. Neal until Thursday morning to secure the necessary bond permitting him in the meantime to remain in constable Roach custody. But this proved to be unnecessary, for about 2.30 o'clock Capt. W. B. Lowrance and Capt. Geo. A. Shields, of this city, both staunch business men who do not mix in politics, consented to sign Col. Neal's bond. They repair ed to the magistrate's offie, where the bonds were promptly signed up and the ex-superintendent was set at lib Col. Neal declined to talk. He quiet ly went to the depot and in a few hours was speeding homeward via Char lotte, The predicament in which Col. Neal found himself here was amost humilia ting one, and though, he made no comment the ex-official showed that the strain had been a severe one.-The State. Six Men Xilled. A fire Wednesday at Yuma, Ariz., resulted in the loss of six lives and caused $150,000 damage. A crowd of men were carrying goods from the building when the second floor feil nun t+a. ReadciA ns= ir anumn