The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 06, 1899, Image 1
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
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