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OL. XVII. MIANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 19.1902. NO.16. -OV. HEYWARD Has Well Defined Policies About the Affairs of State. DISPENSARY ENFORCEMENT. The Law Must be Respected by All. Appointments to Office Can Wait. At Work on His Message. Following his nomination in the Democratic primary in September last, Capt. D. C. lleyward, who was chosen at that time as the nominee of the party gave expression to the opinion that inasmuch as he had nut been formally elected Governor. be ing only the candidate of the partY. he felt that it was premature for him to give any detinite expression as to his purposes or plans and that he felt that it was more within the bounds of propriety for him to await the elec tion of November 4 before giving his attention to those matters which come within the sphere of the Gover nor. This course on the part of the Democratic nominee was entirely pro per and his determination to abstain from any public announcement of an official character or to take up the consideration of those matters which pertain to his office was appreciated and endorsed by the public. Although it is generally .recognized that the nomination in the Democratic primary in South Carolina is tantamount to an election and has almost become to be so regarded by our people, neverthe less such is not actually the case and the indelicacy of a candidate of one of the political parties planning his course of action and giving public utterance as to his purposes before he was actually elected will readily be seen and the wisdom of the course pursued by Capt. Heyward appreciat ed. The election of last week, at which time the unanimous vote of the State was cast for him, however, removed these restrictions of propriety and in asmuch as he is now legally the Gov enor-elect--requiring only the oath of office as necessary to make him in truth the Governor of the State-it is natural and proper for him to be giv ing his thoughts and attention to the manifold duties which confront him and to be planning to put into execu tion those ideas and purposes which he trusts will materially advance the interest of the State in every branch agriculturally, mechanically, educa tionally, morally and industrially. In the hope of giving its readers some suggestions as to what the Gov ernor-elect purposes doing the corres pondent of the Charleston Post called upon him at his home in Walterboro and solicited from him some informa tion along the lines indicated above. Gov. Heyward contidingly informed your representative that the returns of the evening of November 4 were not as anxiously secured as were those of Augusta 26th or September 9th and, strange as it might seem, he was not in the least nervous as to the re .sult. He felt grateful, however, for the way his friends had turned out .and cast their ballots for him, esen if it was merely a prefunctory matter. "I realize already," said Governor Heyward, "that the office to which I have been elected is no sinecure. To faithfully and honestly discharge the .duties which devolve upon me will be my constant aim, but it will call for the exercise of unceasing and earnest .efforts, and I am- relying on my friends throughout the State and on .all patriotic citizens to support me in mny efforts, letting past differences be .forgotten and each and every one con tributing to the bettering and up :building of the State we all love so 'dearly. I can not hope to escape criticism nor can I expect to have my administration be devoid of mistakes, but when it is remembered that the ~Governor is called upon to make ap ~pointments in localities with which hie is almost altogether unfamiliar and hmas to depend on the recommenda tions which are handed to him it will be seen just how likely it is for a poor :appointment to be made, especially ~when half of a community will some itimes sign the application of parties ithey personally know to be unfit for the otlice to which they aspire. It wviJll be my purpose as I have already publicly announced to rely upon the recommendation of the several county delegations in making county appoint mnts, violating this rule only for good and sufficient reasons. Should I tind that ine recommendation of any delegation is such that it is clear that .they are not acting for the best inter est of the community but are using :the trust reposed in them for selfish ~purposes or to advance their own in terest at the sacrifice of their commu :nities welfare, I will not feel hound to ;aecept their recommendations then or itilereafter-my sole object being to igive .to each community the otticials and appointments most desired by them and best calculated to accom d them the .most acceptable service. and I believe. as .a general rule, the will of the people can best be attained thnmgh this medium than by- at tempting direct appointments on knowJdge which may be given to me by the means of petitions and other wise. The bettering of the common school facilities is a matter which is giving the Governor-elect some considera tion and be is endeavoring to devise means by which the opportunities of placing a fair education within the reach of every hamlet may be facl(i tated and afected. Reared in the country and familiar as he is with plantation life. Capt. Heyward is thoroughly conv e rsanut with the need of improved educationaol facilities, and while an advocate vi higher education. he realiz.es that there are able exponents in and ou1t 0f the Senate and Legislature who wili look after the interest of colleges and universities, so he will devote nimself for the present to fostering and aiding -rl m -: N -.ua i LAW. The enforcement of the dispensary law has been the sIbjoct of much con side rat ion bN the uvernor-elect. and he is hpeful that under his adminis trat ion much of the frictkion whicl has existed in the past may be ob i erated. The law is on the statutt b ok and -5 per cent cf the people l tue State are advocates of it. and as law-abidin-r citizens those opposed t( it shouild abide by the law and support it. le is not unmindful (f the hard ship. which confront him in the dis charge of his duty in regard to thi law in certain localities, and he car only depend on the public spirit of the people to sustain him in his efforts not to have the law wantonly violated. lie believes that the wishes of a community should be recognized. but he has not power to exempt any cm munitv or section of the State froim the operation of the law, and under his oath of onice he will have to carry out the law without favor to all part and p rtions of the State. le does not exlpect to be able to ahsolutei prohibit the illicit selling of liiiuors in the larger cities it will be almost impossible to do so-but he is deter mined that there shall be a respect shown to the law and that gross and tlagrant violations shall be unknown. and if tne law is violated it. will be done in so surreptitiois a manner as to elude the viglance of the city police and State constables, and can not. therefore, be offensive ti the God fearing and law-abiding people of our State and be a menace to the growing youth of our cities. who. by seeing, laws openly violated. simply because they are distasteful, will soon learn t hola our whole system of government in contempt. lie did not anticipate serious trouble along that line. as the law is not now as objectionable as it had been, and there is a stronger feeling prevalent to give the law a fair trial which in some places it has never had. and besides. the public in general are not unmindful of the serious results of wilfully trampling a law in the dust. just because it was objectionable. The factional feeling having subsided, the patriotism of the people is assert ing itself. and the blind tigers will be made to go way back and sit down. It is evident that the Governor-elect is determined to select as his constables good and true men who can be relied on to see that the law is respected. but to do so in such a manner as not to arouse any unnecessary friction or to occasion a bitter feeling. le believes that much can be ef fected through the medium of local authorities and is going to exert him self to that end. Ile believes that the justice of the position which he takes will be appreciated by those to whom the law may be personally offensive, and that they will he among bis warm est advocates in maintaining the law and keeping true to his oath of offiee and campaign pledges. He will be disappointed if his expectations along this line are not realized. AS 'O APPOINTMEN2S. le has been giving the matter of his military staff some attention and has his eye on those whom he wishes to make a part of his otficial family. These appointments are of such a character as to exclude them from the list which is usually applied for, as it rarely occurs that personal application is made for a staff appointment, it being generally accepted that the Governor should be hands free in se lecting those who are to become his body guard. Even the selection of those who are a source of much thought and care has to be exercised so that all sections are recognized and given representation as far as practi cable, and thus it is that frequently the best of friends have to be over looked in order to make place for an other because of the locality he hails from. It is safe to say that the per sonnel of Gov. Heyward's statr will be exceptionally fine, and be representa tive of the best and brightest of the young manhood of the State. He has been deluged with applica tions for almost every appointive of fice in the State, but beyond selecting his private secretary in the person of Mr. .J. E. Norment, which lhe is grati fied to know was so satisfactorily re ceived, he has abstained from giving such applications any very serious con sideration. Very few of these posi tions can he tilled until some time af ter his inauguration, and probably many of them not until after the ad journment of the Legislature, and therefore there is no necessity for his time and attention to be devoted to their consideration at this juncture, when so many mere pressing and im portant mattcrs are under considera tion. The many applications, there fore, are simply, being acknowledged and filed away for future reference. The inauguration date has not been definitely determined upon. although it is propable that the usual precedent will be followed and the momentous event occur the second week of the legislative session. The Governor is now giving somle thought to his inau gural message. in order that the con sideration of that important document may be disposed of. Fani River Is D~oomed. In a Boston dispatch an English manufacturer is quoted as saying:"n my opinion, Fail River is doomed as a leading market for print cloths. The future market will he in the South. Even at the present time the F-all River mills, are in many instances. merely struggling for existence. There is no denyin~r thle fact that the South is steadily drawing away the cottonl industry from New England. At present this is particullarly true in the case of print tloths and the cheaip er goods. A capitalist contemplating the erect ion oif a new cott n mill for the manufacture of cheap goo ds and choosing the North in preference to the South woiuu lie c'mi-iiittling linan cial suicide." ~ diispatch from Lindon says the ellorts of the membiers of~ * th Lneai emnancipnate thI emselve from' 1 the' A~erican rawv supply have ben ex xned to Jama'u ica. Th o mtat 15s0 and on al eXten~sive. iit is expectedl that a lar1ge area in J1amnaia nill ic A SA) CASE. A Young Nan Driven to Suicil by a False Charge. LEFT A PATHETIC LETTE: He Was Charged With a Crin of' Which He Said ie Was Innocent in His Letter. Unable longer to stand ignominy I being branded a criminal and haunt( from home by fear of the law, yet ni strong enough to die until he h. again seen his loving father ar brother. Olin lagood. son of a justil of the peace and prominent man 1 Lawrenceville, Ga., came back hon NJonday night. bade his family goo bye. and was found Tuesday mornir by his brother hanging from a limb < a great cedar tree in front of the coui house. in the shadow of the home i the law he feared so greatly. 11 brother. Jasper. who found the bod: was on his way to his work, and w; horrified to see a man's body hangir to a areat tree in front of the cou: house door. le approached it ar saw. in the diim shadows of the earl morniing. that it was his own brothe cold and stigl in death. le cut h brother's body down and gave th alarm. Dear h was due to strangulation an the body was cold when found. It not known at what time young Ha good committed suicide. but he wa dead when found Tuesday morning a daybreak by hisown brother, who wa on his way to his work in The New: Hlerald otlice, of Lawrencevi lle. Young Olin lagood killed himse rather than be compelled to stan trial for a crime of which he clai me he was innocent, and it was his ow brother who found the body and wh cut down the mortal remains of brother who had been both kinsma and chum. The note found on tb young fellow's body was pathetic an tender and called upon his family t do better, and to love like he had love the girl to whom he was engaged t marry. Olin Hagood was twenty-eightyeai of age. the son of S. A. lagood. a ju; tice of the peace, ex-clerk of thesupc rior court of the county and one t Lawrenceville's most prominent mer le had. it seems, from a lette found on his person, intended to kil himself far away from his home. bu the love of his father and father' family was stronger than he cou! overcome, and he could not die unti he had told them goodbv. Monday night. just at the tim court was adjourning, he came home went to his father's house. and ther, tearfully bade his father goodby..tell ing them that he was going to com mit suicide and end all his troubles le met a number of his friends an( associates and also bade them good by telling them also of his intentioi ti do away with himself. Shortly afte dark he left. and was seen no mor until Tuesday morning. A more dramatic climax to a life o trouble could not be imagined. Swing ing from the limb of a great tree iL front of the court house near whic) he had lived, and found by the brothe wno had loved him better than an, one else in the world, all this made u] a picture which would make an antis famous. Olin Hlagood was dead when he wa cut down by his own brother. In the pocket of his coat was fount a letter which explained it all, tende and pathetic, and yet deadly real The letter urged a better life for hi father and brother and begged then to love his sweetheart as he had lovet her. Underscored on the letter wer, the words, "I1 am innocent." The young man was indicted in thi early part of last week for a peculia: crime, it being alleged that he ha< held up a negro who had robbed hi. father. A negro had been accused o robbing young Hagood's father. Evi dence was lacking, but every one sus pected the negro of the crime. Th< negro was seen in a store a few night; ago by young Olin Hagood and anothe man. and they are alleged to have fol lowed him to the Seaboard Air LinI depot. At this place the negro was held up and robbed, all of his mone3 being taken away from him. Shortly after he heard of tile find ing of the true bill against him,-youni Haygood went to Atlanta, thence t< Birmingham, and then to Anniston going back to Atlanta and comini from Atlanta to Lawrenceville. As soon as he arrived in Lawrence ville Monday night he went to hi father's home and bade him a las goodby, averring his innocence am stating he was going to kill himself le met several of his former friend and associates and told them of' his in tention to kill himself. lHe left lat and was never seen again alive. ITuesday morning, while on his wa: to his work. .Jasper H aygood foun< the dead body (of his brother swayini int the wind in front of the court hous, door. On his person was found a let ter, in an enivelope (If tihe Kimibal house, in Atlanta, and the letter wa written on a letterhead ofi The News lerald. of Lawrenceville. The letter was adldressedl: ''To i: entire fainily-to be opened by no on else" and was as follows: "To . Entire Family: "I hav e not reaebed the decision t< commit this rash not all in a scond I have contemplated it all for the pas three or four dlays. The tirst words wanit to say are these: '! am not guilt; (It the terible 'rime I have been ac cused of. I know !did one tihing that ca used my~ people to belieVe meW guilt but that was an e'rrorl of tihe brain. d1(idmot realiz.e what I was doing whie I paid' tha t bauiill that mneyI. IU came to me, represenitin g himself as frien to1 k me. but I founr1d afterward! that' he was nlot the inend thmat thoght him to be. ''I disli ke to putI ani umn to myxi way been~ 1my ri 'i and han it 'rued tmheir backs~ to me, an whom I think ho~w bady the aic're ~'eenivd ..d tata [ am nut ol: ,-riminal the think mne to be. it is more than I c: stand. I realize that I have a fe friends in town. and I hate to do th le f(r their sake. but the majority thir I am -uilty and have not gone to ti trouhle of investivating the matt< for themselves and ascertainingr ti possible chance that I am innocent. "There are some that it seen have made it a life business to carr me as low to the ground as possibi and now that they think they ha' (ot me there, I hope they are sati: tied. *"The worst part about leaving th world is on account of my love f you and for one other in this worl >f treferring to his sweetheart.) I loi vjou all. but I love her, too, and want you to love her for my sake. have loved her for a long time, -an would have married her in a shoi d while had I lived. -All of you try to live better live! and especially do I say thisto my dea C old father. You are getting old no I- and can't live much longer at best. s , try from now on to live a life tha )f will be pleasing to God and man. t "It is my desire that I he buried i A: the new cemetery, and that Dr. Tin: is merman conduct the funeral service I want for my pallbearers the follow% is ing boys: Jake Pentecost. Tyle Pecples. Tan James. Bob Robinsor t Ioh Sammon and -Joe Holbrooks. d "To mny brothers and sisters I sa v farewell and always remember tlia r- vou had a brother driven to the grav by the slandderous tongues of enemie who had no cause to he enemies. "It is with a heavy heart that I so d farewell to .Jasper. We have workce s side by side for many years. and - know that no brothers have had s more agrecable time. I know yol will miss me, but try to get along a best you can. Continue to live thi consecrated life vou are living now and I know that you will reach heavel f when you diie. "Tell Mr. Morcock (the editor o I The News-lerald) that I tiank hin n for the kind and gentlemanly way h 0 has treated me. With these few word a I leave you I am innocent. -"OLIN.' c On the opposite side of the letter r which was typewritten, is written th a following short note, with a lead pen 5 cil, and not signed: 0 "Some may think me guilty becaus I left home, but that is not the rea s son. I was so greatly bothered tha I did not know what I was doing, an - I thought I would go off somewher f where no one would know me, anc - there end it all, but everywhere ] r would go the sad faces of my fathe: 1 and Jasper would follow me, and ] t could not stand to die withoat secin. Sthem again. so I came home to die. j have been to Birmingham and othei places." Olin Kaygood had been employe for many years on The News-IHearld and was regarded by his employers a! an excellent young man. A Real Sensation. A dispatch from Charleston to Th( State says the charge of the non-en. foreement of his duties in not mort actively prosecuting the blind tigers which was made by Mayor Smyti against corporation counsel George S. Legare Wednesday night at the meet ring of City council, wvas the most gen - erally discussed matter in the cith Thursday. The charge was a severn 1arraignment and the refusal of corpo r ration counsel to furnish desired in. formation to the mayor seemed to es pecially arouse the .ire of the chief cx ecutive of the city. He submitted his statement of facts. as they appeared to him, to city council without anm recommendation, and after a shor1 discussiou a committee was appointec Sto consider the matter, and at the meeting Thursday MIr. Legare appear ed before the aldermen and asked that the matter be referred back tt city council, which was done. Ir. Legare defended ~himself of thn charges without entering into the de tails, which he will take up in his statement to be made before city Icouncil. A Frog Poisoned. A frog was poisoned in court at Camden, N. J., Thursday. to show the jury the agonies of a human being dying as a result of being poisoned with strychnine. Paul Woodward, who is alleged to have lured two boys, Brice Jennings and Paul Cotlin, frorr this city into the woods and having caused their death with strychnine, was on trial and Prof. MIarshall, 0: the University of Pennsylvania, wai testifying. He took some of the poi son extracted from the liver of Pau: Cottin and forced it into a live frog. The jury and all others in court be came intensely interested and in few minutes the frog went into con vulsions. The professor explained th( action of the drug as the frog, wvrith ing, exhibited all the agonies the bo) had suffered as he died. The experi ment causedl a sensation in the cour1 roo m. Let't Their Happy Homes. Two boys ran awvay from their hap py hom1es at Greenwood on Thursday. and iquiries of the police of man) towns have as yet resulted in nothing as to news of their whereabouts. Ont of the b'oys ran away several month: ago. lie wvas one of a party of fum and they were captured two days late: at Whitmire. (One of the boys, Frei Hancock. is about i1;. light hair. bilut eyes, has crepe band on hat. knet p ants. Is a good wood~ workman. Th(n othmer hams (dark hair and eyes, about 1I years old. liis name is HIugh Cum Smings.~ The chief of poiice of Green -wood asks that any information as t<n thei runa ways be sent to him. loleanic Activity. According to advices received fron A pia. Samoa, via Toniga. a volcanmit eruption has broken out in Savaii. thi westermlost and largest island of thi Samnoan group. Six craters arc report ed tIo be intcitting smoke and flames I ln one. villager in the vi'cinity thi ina rthi is co ivered two inches deep wi!ti )ied i'romi Neglect. \ An autoinpsy was held 'iTursdnay G! n. ll.who hias ben uinder treat - iet of a Christian scientist finr ser i L ral week~cs for t yphoid fever and wht aid at Washingito n Thursday nigh The resul.t of thme auitop~sy was a de , ision that M1iss Iloge died of pneu T ROVER CLEVELAND Done With Politics as He Expects e Nothing More from the South. y PUNCHES US ON SORE SPOTS, ;- "Armed Rebellion" and "Debased is Currency" Worked Into Speech dr at Dedication New York. C: Chamber Commerce. With the president and a former president of the United States as the guests of honor, and with representa . tives of foreign governments and other r distinguished persons present, the New York chamber of commerce formally o dedicated its kuilding in New York t Wednesday. The proceedings were opened with I a prayer of dedication by the Rev. Morgan Dix,rector of Trinity Church. An address of welcome by Morris K. - Jesup, president of the chamber, fol r lowed. and the oration of the day was delivered by former President Grover Cleveland. 7 Former President Cleveland said in part: "It need not surprise us if the pop ular estimate of this business organi zation should fail to take into account all that it has done to promote high and patriotic purposes not always re lated, in a narrow sense. to commerce. 1 No assotiated body of our citizens felt more deeply and effectively the throb I)ing of patriotism and devotion to country when our government was threatened by armed rebellion: its pro test and aid was immediately forth coming when. afterwards. an insidious f attack was made upon financial integ I rity through an attempted debase ment of our currency;from no quarter has a more earnest and insistent de mand been heard for the adjustment of international disputes by arbitra tion; its espousal of the cause of busi ness education among our people has been hearty and practical; it has ad vocated enlarged reciprocity of busi ness relations between nations and the removal of their vexatious hindrances, and last, by no means least, it has promptly and with an open hand, re lieved distress and alleviated disaster. "If we justly appreciate what these things mean, we shall realize that commerce has done an immense serv ice to humanity, by enlarging within its wide influence the acceptance of the laws of honest dealing among civ ilized communities, and by curbing man's besetting sins of seltishnesz and greed. 1 "What I have said must not be un derstood as in the least intimating that commerce should be an altruistic or benevolent affair, managed on lines of amiability and concession. Such a conception would be absurdly at fault, Commerce is born of enterprise. and enterprise in this busy, bustling age, is born of struggle and competition. But the struggle and competition need not be to the death. Alertness and keenness in securing business opportu nities do not by any means import unmindfulness of all else save ruthless ness and ravenous snatching. "As the pioneer of colonization and expansion sordidly undertaken in its nterest, commerce has in other days had justly laid at its door cruel ag gression and ruthless disregard of hu man rights in regions, to use the lan guage of an apologist, 'the welfare of . the inhabitants of these possessions is subordinate to the strategic or com mercial purpose for which they are held. If any measure of restitution or compensation has fallen due from com merce to humanity on this score we know that its full acquisition has been made or is forthcoming and we cer tainly should have no cause to fear that a like guilty responsibility will be again incurred." When Mr. Cleveland rose to speak he was greeted with loud cheers from the assemblage and several times in his speech he was interrupted by ap plause. A CALL FOR ROOSEVELT. At the conclusion of Mr. Cleveland's address Morris K. Jesup, president of the chamber, announced that Presi dent Roosevelt, although reserving his address for the banquet this evening, had consented to say a few words. As President Roosevelt stepped forward to address the chamber the whole as semblage rose and cheered. lie spoke as follows: "Mr. President and Gentlemen: As I am to speak to you this evening, I shall now simply say a work of greet ing to you and to your guests. I have been asked here as the chief executive of the nation. and so 1 can speak not merely on your behalf but on behalf of our people as a whole in greeting and thanking for their presence here these representatives of foreign countries who have done us the honor and pleas ure of being present today. (Ap plause.) I greet the ambassador (turn ing to Mr. Cambon.) whose approach ing departure we so sincerely regret, the ambassador to whom. on his ad -vent we extended such lhearty greet iig, andl especially representatives (of those great friendly civilized nations with whom we intend to be knit even closer' by ties of commercial and social good will i the future. (turning to the Ilussian andi British ambassadors andI Prince Ihenry von Plea~s.) 'And now gentlemen. having greet ed your guests on behalf of you. I greet you in the name of the people. not merely because you stand for coim mercial success but because this body haisbeen'able to show that the great est commercial success can square with the immutable and eteriial laws of decent and right living and of' fair dealdin" between man aind man." Trhe demonstrationi as the president concluded ended with three cheers. Nayii' Low madei the concluding address aitri tile ceremonies closed with a benjedi''tion oby the lev. Mor Wais Not K illed. Net long tago Mr. Samuel Atchison of' Whitmiire. in Newberry county. re eel ved a letter from a man wvho claims .to be J1anm's Lindsay and who was - supposedl to have been killed in the -wai' 37 years auo. lie now resides in McSWEENEY'S PROCLAM ATION. Governor Calls Upon the People to Give Thanks for Blessings. Gov 'McSweeney has issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation: It is an old and honored custom by which the Chief 'Magistrate of the State sets apart one day as a day of thanksgiving and praise to the Source of all Life for His manifold blessings and fostering care. When in the en joyment of health and happiness and prosperity we are prone to forget the sustaining hand through which these blessings come. As a people we have had our trials and hardships, our days of adversity and of bitter strife, and through then, all we have triumphed because of our trust in and reliance on an All-wise Providence. During the past year we have en joyed peace and prosperity. The labor of the husbandman has been reward ed by abundant harvest and all busi ness has prospered. We have been spared pestilence and plague, drought and flood. In this day of prosperity we should not forget the source whence it comes. We should, as a people, render thanks to God for the blessings which we enjoy and in the midst of material prosperity strive for moral and spiritual uplifting: for it is not in material progress and prosperity that a people can claim to be truly great or hope to obtain lasting happines . The greatness of a people rests in the character of the individual citizens, and this character is built upon deeds done-deeds which glorify God and help lift up and bless our fellow men. In no way can we better show our ap preciation of the kindness and the forbearance of our Heavenly Father than by doing our duty to Him, to ourselves and to our fellow man. Now, therefore, 1. 31. B. Mc Sweeney, Governor of the Sthte of South Carolina, in comformity to the proclamation of the President of the United States, do set apart Thursday, the 27th day of the present month, as a day of general thanksgiving, and do recommend that all public otices be closed, and that the people cease from their ordinary vocations, and in their homes and several places of worship render thanks to God for the bless ings which they have enjoyed during the past year, and that on this occa sion they remember the poor and sor rowing by their gif ts and their prayers of sympathy. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal 1 of the State to be affixed. Done at the city of Columbia this, the 5th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and two, and of the Independence of the Unit ed States of America the one hundred and twenty-seventh. (Seal.) '1. B. McSweeney. By the Governor: M. iR. Cooper, Secretary of State. A GIRL ROUTES A BRUTE. With Her Hatpln as a Weapon She Fights Her Assailant. As Miss Maude Tomblin, a young irl, 15 years of age, who works at I he Bibb mill, on North Highlands,c olumbus, Ga., was going to her homec n East Highlands early Thursdayj ight, following a roadway in a rather onely part of northwest Rose Hill,C she was accosted by a strange negro. The girl ran and the negro followed.s She warned him to let her alone, say-c ing her uncle a policeman, lived in a ouse just a short distance ahead. Hec was not frightened and ran in front f the girl, blocking her path. Shet ried to escape him by turning aside,c but he turned to the same side of thei road, and kept her back. The negrot hen advanced upon her, making as esperate attack upon the girl with 1 he evident intention of committingc ssault. The plucky girl drew her hat pinc nd lunged it at the negro, and, shec believes, stuck it in him. He strucki er in the breast, and also caught herc round the neck. trying to throw herc o the ground. The girl is strong fori er age, however, and resisted stout ly~at the same time making desperate torts to stick the negro with the in. Finally alarmed by' her cries andc batled by her stout resistance, he ran i way. He carried the ha't pin, eitheri in his hand or sticking in his flesh,c he girl did not know. The negro wast stranger. The alarm was given, and 1 bloodhounds were procured, while a rowd of nearly two hundried men is n the scene armed with guns and pistols, looking for the negro. So far he hounds have made no progress. nd it seems doubtful at this hour if e will be caug ht. At 10 o'clock Thursday night the irl went to the scene and showed the 1 place in the bushes where the negro ad hidden in wait for her. She is the :aughter of James Tomblin, a hack an. So violently did the negro grasp( er around the neck that the skin was rubbed off in several places, the marks 1 f his lingers being indicated byc bloody scratches. Attempted Train Robbery. Four men attempted to hold up thet outh bound Monon express at Cyclone, I Indiana. The train slackened speeds n striking torpedoes on the rails but when the enigineer faced four revolv- 1 rs lhe threw open~ the throttle. The 1 our men tired rapidly and often but all trainmen and passengers escaped. Sheriff Corns and deputies afterward 1 aught the men who gave the names f Chas. Johrnson, .James Mock. Frank Smith and Hierry Gray, all claiming to live in Cincinnati. A Fatal Quarrel. .John Southern was shot and killed 1 Thursday at ltogersville. Tfenn.. by ii. I;. McCullough. a deputy sheriff.1 NeCullough is inl charge oft the long distance telephone at ilogersville1 Junction and Southern went to Mc Cullough's store to use the telephone. The men became involved in a dispute as to the toll due for the telephone service, and the shooting followed. McCullough claims the shooting was in sef defnse.: TILLMAN'S GOOD WORK. Large Sums of Money to be Received from General Government. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says Chief Clerk Gantt has made the f'llowing clear explanation of the situation as to the claim of the State against the Na tional Government, about which some spondence has already been had: The successful result of Senator Tillman's first effort towards the col lection of the old claims of South Carolina against the United States is very gratifying to State officers. The promise of an early settlement of at least a portion of these claims is due to Senator Tillman, who has been hard at work upon them several years, and who would have succeeded in his effort without the "Black" papers, as those documents gave but little light upon the claim, which has been allowed. It is a claim for unpaid in terest upon funds advanced by South Carolina in 1812, and consequently no vouchers other than the records of the war department are necessary to sustain our contention. It is simply a question of computing interest. The Act which Senator Tillman succeeded in having passed declares that these ld payments shall first be applied to the settlement of ten or fifteen years' interest, which bad accrued at that time, while any amount remain ing unpaid at that time shall be leemed a new principal, upon which interest must now be paid. It is impossible to determine what this will amount to without access to the date of these payments and the >riginal accounts. Senator Tillman's 3omputation fixed the amount at Lbout $300,000 which should give outh Carolina between $50,000 and 75. 000, after setting in full the South Jarolina bonds held by the Indian Jrust fund of the Federal Government. Vbese bonds aggregate $125,000 at ,heir full value, and under the bond edemption laws of South Carolina were refundable at 50 cents on the lollar into the new 4 1-2 per cents. he United States refused this settle nent and demanded full face value, -epeatedly treatening suit upon them. L'hus, after paying full value and ac :rued interest, there is a promise not nly of wiping out over $100,000 of he valid debt of the State, but of ecuring quite a nice sum to the State reasury besides. No commision will be paid to any me in settlement of the claim and he State will getevery dollar secured. enator Tillman made this a condi ion of his work for the measure and be results vindicate his judgement. There are other valid claims against ncle Sam, which would run up his lebt to this State to nearly two mil ion dollars if interest should be al wed to the president time, and it is Loped that Senator Tillman and the lepresentaives will continue their torts for the settlement of these :laims in full. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. 'our Men Killed and Fifty Wound ed, Many of Latter Badly Injured. The explosion of a large boiler in crap puddle furnace No. 3, at the est works of the American Iron and iteel Manufacturing company's plant ate Wednesday afternoon caused the leath of four workmen and about 40 ithers were more less seriously in ured. The calamity is the worst that ever ccurred in Lebanon. The boiler ex loded without warning, and in an in tant the entire place was black with leath dealing dealing debris. The reck and the ruin of the nine pud le furnaces was complete. Thousands of persons were attracted o the scene and weeping women and hildren crowded about the place mak g frantic eforts to obtain tidings of heir loved ones. The excitement was o intense, however, that considerable ,ime elapsed before any information ould be given them. Physicians ere called from every quarter of the ity and the hospital ambulances and ther vehicles were hurried into serv e. The offices of the works were at nce converted into a hospital and a orps of nurses from the Good Samar tan .hospital were brought to the lace. Into this temporary hospital he maimed and scalded workmen vere carried and given attention. bome have their eyes burned out, thers their hands blown off. It is mpossible to learn the names of the njured. Many or them, it is believed annot live through the night. Wo nen and children thronged the en rance to the works crying and beg ing to be allowed inside. The Crash Will Come. In speaking of the late election Sen tor Tillman says things will go on ust as they are. "I am perfect con ent to see the Republicans stay in ull power until a tinancial crash omes, for all their gold standard and heir tariff and until they get all the lamaging that is coming to them." 'I' am very well satisfied with the utcome of the election," he said. "I lont think it would have been ' any >eneit to the Democrats to control he house now. 1 want the Republi :ans to hold all the responsibility. Ye could have done nothing with hem controlling the senate and the xecutive. and it is my judgment that he party will suffer nothing by its alure to win this time, for the rea on that there will now be no divided ,dministration to lay things to. and he Republicans can hold the bag hmselves and shoulder all the blame. await the day when the crash will ome and they get all that's coming o them. A Mixture. One of the Chicago districts, the if th. has elected a legislative ticket omposed of a Jewish rabbi nominated y the Republicans, a gambler nomi ated by the Democrats and a prohi ionist. who was endorsed by the Leg slative Voters' league. The prohibi ion ist, Oliver W. Stewart. is chair nan of the national party organiza ion, whose organ, The Voice, says of iis campaign: " Stewart was out on he war path every night, with tents, [utomobile band wagons. megaphones, >anners and oratory. lie had the iuor managers on the run from the start and kept them dodging till elec AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. Th. a Patients Burned to Death in a Charleston Hospital. ORIGIX OF FIRE A MYSTERY. Heroic Work of Mrs. Black, Who Helped to Rescue Tena Brown Bodies Burned Beyond Recognition. Three colored inmates of the Char leston City Hospital were burnt to death in the insane ward on Wednes day morning. The investigation made by the coroner fa iied to throw any light on the origin of the blaze, which will perhaps never be definitely known. The fire started in Caine's compart ments and it is supposed that in some way he procured a match and applied it to his bed clothing. At the inqui sition Coroner O'Donnell heard the testimony of several witnesses and a verdict was rendered by the jury in accordance with the evidence adduced -that the victims came to their death from accidental burning. Night Watchman Ovn testified that it was his duty to make a round of the hospital buildings and grounds every hour and that about half an hour be fore the discovery of the fire in the in sane pavilion he found everything as it should be. He said he went through the house and detected no sign of smoke or flames. Other witnesses gave the details of the horrible tragedy, a full account of which was published in the News and Courier Wednesday morning. Mrs. E. J. Black, a nurse at the ity Hospital, displayed rare presence >f mind and courage in rescuing Tena lark, the insane negro woman, from he burning building. The brave lit Ale woman was awakened by the ago iized screams and cries of the luckless naniacs and without stopping to dress 2erself, she rushed from her bed room Lnd out through the court yard to the nsane ward. The key to the fropt mtrance, which hanks on the wa it ;he main corridor of the hospital, had omehow fallen to the floor and in the xcitement it could not be found. 5ight Watchman Ovin and a colored >rderly, William Fraser, burst open he doors barring entrance to the ne Pro woman's cell and Mrs. Black ragged the insensible form of the ne ,ro woman to safety, painfully burn ng her own hands and feet. The iurse's heroic act was generally com nented on at the hospital Wednesday. 'he told her story to Coroner O'Don iell modestly, but the facts of the hrilling reseue were brought out by )vin and Fraser, who were eye-wit iesses to the young woman's noble Lt. "The unfortunate beings were hn nan beings," said Mrs. Black, "and vhen I heard the pitiful cries of dis ,ress I had no other thought but to nake an effort to save them." The vatchman ande the orderly made the -escue of the insane patient possible )y beating down the doors. Shortly after the flames were extin guished by the fire department Coro 1er O'Donnell had the remains of the sree victims removed from the wreck Lnd debris of the building. James laine, the lunatic, who Is thought to 1ave applied the match that did the pork, was very nearly incinerated. Uhe body was burned beyond all pos - ible recognition. While Holmes and cott were scarcely as badly disfig 2red, the corpses of these two unfor Gunates presented. a horrible specta sle. The bodies were placedin a row >n the floor in one of the apartments t the Morgue, where they were sub equently viewed by the jury prepara ~ory to holding the inquest. The signs of the shocking manner n wyhich the maniacs came to their leath were revealed in a measure by sven what portion of their charred d~>-" mains were left behind to tell the tale >f the horror. Their arms, or rather she blackened, half-burnt stubs, stood traight up from the body and their ~ongues protruded far from the ghast y hole in their faces. The horrible bortures they underwent before death Inally came to their relief could never De adequately ~pictured by mere words, aut the attitude and the agonized ex aression on the charred faces left the lreadful details to the imagination. The hospital authorities regret the 2nfortunate tragedy, but It was one f those accidents that sometimes oc ur in spite of the most rigid precan Gionary measures. Madmen, as a gen 3ral thing, are extremely cunning and .t is very dil~culty to maintain a watch over them so strict as to pre lude the possibility of accidents. It Did Not Cure. A Marion, N. C. special to the Char .otte Observer tells of the death of a outh Carolina boy in that State from :he neglect incident to a belief in ~aith cure. Thomas Odom, about 21 rears of age, from South Carolina, lied Tuesday night at Elhanon in ;titute of typhoid fever, making the ;econd death eat that Institute within tout a week. A Miss Hunstall, from raven county died there last week ivith fever. Young Odom died with ut having a physician at all, and Niss Hunstall's sisters called a doctor tter reaching there from her home, >ut it was too late. These young People were followers of Miss Mattle Eerry, and believers in divine healng >r faith cure. An Old Terrapin. The A bbeville Medium is authority or the statement that some days ago ~ L. S. Ellis, who lives near Bethlehem ~hurch. once known as "Groggy springs,'' in Abbeville county, found L terrapin which had "E. P. Ellis, 154" scratched on Its back. rhe Medium says tbat E. P. Ellis, or Ebenezer Pressly Ellis, an uncle of the ~oung man who found the terrapin, eft Due West before the war, about 856. and went to Georgia where he till lives. T~he terrapin has certainly been in that neighborhood -a long time. Territle Eruption. The volcano on Stromboll island (off the north coast of Sicity) has comn- -- meneed a terrible eruption. A clossal column of tire is rising and in candescent stones are being emitted , from the craters. Many houses on the islands have been destroyed.