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'VOL. XXIV -. MANNI-N.G, S. C. WEDN ESDAY, OCTOBER13199O8 A PEN PICTURE Wy Celud S"sa OfThe r. Im se oebIew no BECAE GOVERNORS R. Pieasant Stovall Gives Early Memories of Miles B. McSweeney, Ben R. Tllmzan and John Gary Evans. All Three of Wom Wer" Elected Governors of S. Carolina. CoL Pleasant A. Stovall. editor of the Savannah Press, used to work on the Au gusta Chronicle. At that time three young men from South Caro lina had the habit of dropping into the Chronicle office now and then to see the reporters. CoL Stovall has been letting his memory dwell on those days recently and the result Is ,the following editorial in The Press: About twenty years ago. in The Chronicle offce in Augusta. somwe Interesting pedple used to come up at night and chat with the editors. Many of these visitors were from across the river. for Augusta is very largelr made up of South Carolm lans. -and In the course of a day about half of the visitors are froar Carolina. One of these men was a short. thick set, lorid boy. with light. sandy or reddish hair. He had gray eyes and wore a large mustache. If we remember aright his hair was curly. He was a nodest, quiet newspaper 'man,. who published the Hampton Guardian. Most of these neighbor lng papers ItTed by securing aaver tisements from Augusta, and M. B. MeSweeney-had good patronage in that city. He was a practical printer. in fact. had begun his career as -a newsboy. His paper was always well set up and neatly printed. He was a stickler for having a clean. bright print. and his was. one of the best of the country weeklies which came to the ofce. Every time McSweeney went to town, which he did about once a week. he received a notice in the personal column something like this: .Xr. M. B. McSweeney. the pro gressive editor of the Hampton Suar dian. Is in the city. The Guardian has a large circulation In the new county. and those who patronize tbe advertising columns of The Guar glan fnd It a good Investment." -Mac- was really a warm heart ed. attractive boy, and the newspa per craft was very fond of him. He probably had a little -farm, owned a horse and buggy and enjoyed life In' the quiet. simple way of country editor-which, by the way. Is about the most satisfactory way that a man could live. Another visitor to the Chronicle oflice fbr whom the boys had a great liking was young John Gary Evans. He came over from Edgsnleld to read law in bis uncle's offce. John had not begun to take life seriously. He . as tall, slender, rather frail-look fng- had small dark eyes, with a very fine brow. He was popular with everybody. He was essentially a favorite in society. - He possessed a fine. delicate tenor voice. and even in conversation his tones were. rath er high and' piping. After ll'tng in Augusta a few years he came up to the Chronicle~ one night and told themn to announce that he was going to move to Alken and open a law offce. There was a perfect howl of protest. The crowd did not want him -~to leave Augusta. they told him that the man who left Gleor gia- left God's country. and tiat the move tW Alken -was to bury him self and to give up all thought of a career in the law. However. John Gary had thought .It over, and next morning the Chronicle cgntained a personal- Item something 'like this' "Mr. John Gary Evans, our pop ular and talented young townsman. who has been reading law in the city for the pest two years. has de cided to return to his nativ.e State of Shth Carolina. Mr. Evans will hang outbjs shingle In 'Aihezn. and we bespeak for him the confidence of the people in his new home.' John Gary Evans was the youngt est solon of the house of Gary. His uncle. General Mart W. Gary. had been a power In Edgefleld during the early days of Democracy, but for some reason he did not train with the political school of Hampton. Butler. Hagood. Richardson and oth e-.The other uncle. Major WIl liam T. Gary. had moved to Au gusta just after the war, and wats practicing law. He was later judge of the Augusta circuit, was a mem ber of the legislature from Rich mnd county. 'and was appointed United States district attorney by President Cleveland. He also haid a good practice in South Carolina. and It was probably by his advice that the young nephew returned to Aken. Very frequently a plain farm': from Edgefleld used to come to thi Chronicle offie.. He lived at "Rop ers." South Carolina. which was . postoffce in Edgefeld couhty. ReacNt lg the city he would elimb the hgh steps principally to see the Hon Patrick Walsh. -who was the edito1 and publisher . of the Chronicle His name was Ben Tillman. and noi ad then he wou'ld write a commu nication to the ('ionicle stress'i'n the rights and recounting th wrongs of the -Southern farm": Th'se article were always well writ ten. -The man did not seem to b< cultifated in his manner. He ha< but one eye and his hair was rarel: well brushed. But he evideutly hat rad a great deal and there "s lor ef eic, a egiaurvY "' hisecea Generally he signed -rarmer" to his articles. They mainly related to South Carolina matters. Next. Cap tain Francis W. Dawson. the edi tor of the Charleston News and Courier. became attracted by these articles and wrote Ben Tilhoan. ask ing him to publish them in the News and Courier. He wrote sometimes for that paper. but was not entirely weaned away from the Chronicle. which was realiy his home paper. His brother. George D. Tillman. was member of congress from that dis trict. He was one of the b:-ainest and most original men who ever rep resented South Carolina in Washing ton. Ben Tillman was a free lance. but his articles set people to think lng. Finally he got the farmers stir red up. They organized a farmers' movement and pretty soon Tillman became a political factor in South Carolina. His first appearance in a conventen was in Columbia in 1886. when John Peter Ric.%rdson was nominated governor. He wzn a delegate from Edgedeld and favored the nomination of ex-Governor Shep pard. who was from the same coun ty. Who was Ben Tillman? The peo ple of Augvsta began to talk about him. His cor.ton factors said that he was a good farmer, but that his wife was' a better farmer. He was a stickler for paying his debts. He was not a large planter, but his credit was good on cotton row. When he used to come to the Chronicle offlce at night he Invariably brought a pret ty .ar of fresh butter or a little basket of fruit for his friend. Pat Walsh. This shows that Ben not only raised cotton, but that he made his own supplies. He had a fne rchard. a good dairy; many peo ple said that the management of his wife secured these things. At any rate, he lived at home, and he lived well. Now and then the locak col uans of the Chronicle would print an article like this: "Our opular friend, Captain Ben amin R. Tillman. -of Roper's, has left upon our table some fne fruit and frt'b eggs. just from his Bour ishing little Carolina farm. Come gain. Captain. the latch string al ways hangs on the outside." Who was Ben Tillman? Well, he wzs captain of the cavalry company. or the red shirt tellows over in Edgefeld. When Governor John B. wordon. with General Wade Hamp ton, was Invited to Augusta to open the ;aIr. Ben Tillman brought his company over from Edgefield to turn out in the parade. The Chronicle boys remember that during the ex ercses the Edgeffeld troopers were banked over in an old field and the son became very hot at midday. They remember Ben Tillman's dash ing across the feld on horseback to ask the commander if he might move his troopers in the shade, as the men and horses had ridden across the river from Edgefield that morn ng and needed water badly. Now you have the three person ges who used to come to the Chron cle office at least once a week and elieve the long vigil of the boys at ight by talkin'g polt'.s- gossiping about pe-sons and things-discussi the grandeur that was Greece and the glory that was Rome.'' Sen Tilman was remarkably well read; ohn Gary Evans was classic and elicate and McSweeney was a very quiet man who talked but little. but was looked upon as a good friend and a deserving fellow. 1 do not recall that these men ever met t that time. They may -have and hey may not have done so. If they did I don't remember that ,they Im pressed each other. Their lives mov d in entirely different spheres. heir ages and professions sent them far apart. Well, time changes and in the great cruc~ible of politics these :en after a while got together. Ben Tillman continued to write hi4 irticles. His faction became a ma jority party. I well remember the night he was elected governor. He came over to the Chronicle office as usual and sat by the desk of the news editor. The Chronicle receivedI specials from all parts of the State and Ben Tillman read, but from the ?elegraph ticker, the news of his triumph. Pretty soon the offce was flled with Edgefid people and Car olinians generally, congratulating. -'Captain Tillman." or "Governor Tilman." which should it be?. "Boys, call me Ben." said the lead er, and it was generally that way. nyhow. I don't recall that John Gary Evans or McSweeney came in hat night.L If' they were in town 'hey did. I remember that some oy wanted to set up ciampagne over Tillman'eection. bL he re !used It. saying that he didn't like it-never drank it, and that as for a raw oyster. he couldn't touch one. Well. John Gary Evans plodded along in Aiken. The Gary-s all join ed the Tillman movement, and first. thing we knew little John Gary had been elected to the senate-the same pale-faced, delicate little chap who used to sing tenor and make his re markable speeches in the justice; c'ourt. Then. after Ben Tillman, he. was nominated and elected governor. by the farmers. The rest is known. He became president of the consti tutional convention which put dis pensary. negro disfranchisement and non-divorce in the organic law of South Carolina. His career was meteoric. No one in Augusta dream ed of it. But Ben Tillman went to 1the U'nited States senate and John Gary went to the executive offce in Coumbla. But truth is stranger than fiction. -In snmie way McSweeney-qluis, plodding, popular -had broken into the legislature. H". too, was a Till man man. Finally he went to the senate. and then became lieutenant Igove'nor. During his term of oilce. a: seco'd in cominad. Gorernzs E2 er died and McSwe:ner a-uaU: IN GOOD SHAPE ACng to F es Given Ot Soutl Carolina is Prospering MAN NEW REPdSES Seventeen Million Dollars Put Tnto Various Business Ventures Since First of Yea-What Each County Has Done Along the New Indu%. trial Line. A Columbia dispatch to The News and Courter says seventeen million dollars is a big amount of money. yet that much has been put into various kinds of business en terprises in South Carolina since the first of the year. according to a statement issued a few days ago by Secretary of State McCown. The statement shows that charters have! been granted to several hundred con cerns. induding mercantile houses. banks., cotton mills, trust companies. water and light companies, real es tate companies. building and loan as sociations and similar industries t6 the am6unt o foyer $9.000.000. The net increase of companies already chartered amounted to $8,209,000. Mr. McCown has already collected. to the first of October. $16,000.25 in charter fees, against, to the same date last year. $12,055.10. Several concerns were given the right to change their name. As will be seen from the list of rounties. Charleston and Marion lead n the amount of capital invested. 91.156.900 and $1.285.000. respect ively. The least amount invested in L chartered compary was in Saluda :ounty. whkh was only $5,000. Greenville is third in the list, with $897.000. Laurens comes forth. with $565,000. and Richland fifth, with $429.300. The most of the $262.000 invested n chartered companies I George .own was in real estate companies, here having been at least four char :ered within the past month. Col eton was very small, with only $8. )00. In the Pee Dee section of the tate there were several water and Ilbt companies chartered with large apital. The 'following statement taken rom the rdcords in the office of the ecretary of State shows the amount f capital invested in the different 1 ,ountes of the State during the pres -nt year. Charters were granted to -ompanies In the following amountA 4 n the different counties of the state: Abbeville.......$ 118.500 Aiken .. .. .. .... 90.000 Anderson .. .. .. . .33.000 Bamberg...... ....136.000 Barnwell ............89.000) Beaufort ............37.000 Berkeley......... .. 51.425 Calhoun ...........2; 0)o - Charleston .. .....15. Cherokee .. .. .. ...255 500 Chester ......... '95 Chesterfield .. .. .. 10. Clarendon .. .........4S-00 Colleton .. .... .4' Darlington.... .. . . . 12.00 Dorchester. .. .. ....60.ti00 Edgefield....... .. .. 227.M-0~( Fairfield ..........94.500 Flore-oce......... 112.000 Georgetown....-.-.-..262.000 Greenville. .. .. ...897.000 Greenwood .. .. ....137000 Hampton... .. .....32.000 Horry.......... . 3.0 Kershaw .. ..... . 14.'0 0 Lacaster . . ...-...- 7.O Laurens ........ Lee ....--.-.-.-. Lexngton .. .... Marion........-.-. Marlboro ... . ..-...- - 0 Newherry . ..--. . Ocon.-e.--..--.-.-. Orangeburg. .. ... Pickens.. .....-. Richland... ... Saluda... .. .. .-.. Spartan burg . . . . .... Sumter .... . . ...- ~ , u'nion ........-..3-0 Williamsburg .. .. 00 Yor..............67.00 FOUNDN5T6M.00 )i..orC~ ofDynait 4Ca.45di Save Trubl.00 At Anpoli. Md. 1.hi9 col0fo :l' hetin an poer 1lan.a0t!0 Navl aadey ws bin63.ajad0 I a crtrdgecort~'z1n36.t3ttw pouns ofdynaite as1ds.ov*"l Hadihecarride ben4hro .3ude0 a bolertberesltig 5.00 'i p~oabi ':v~ ausd 2aconi.700l .isc'o e cfDnt artridge ogt ~ isSlevdt ave Tobe.etrl cita Itapois Md., wle tha itor-i ed foramting thd oer pand fatth. tova acaIdem was eokg un:ade1. ines h cartridge-in wabou e two*~ at the cavalridemy thraou'e abier twsae therrse epowio wo. pobbt have wasled withnsd- I no aeaeo eleriden amon h cae ibelived todaily ben ontiey perc uled evory otheningfo the atg toexpe wants oee by the Ciaosre canrs. Tecrrdewseaie at the governo fcademy arro. hei aus foated thre o-f no douttheratthsed wuith ndyna Benaislii s inWarabr.rc An suceae fl iln lperan:thae. kalnd eeryi~mf othe deator and lest Thisr makiont for as mh of the and successfu in hiks law~ prsatce CUPID'S PRANKS CONSTANTINOPLE LOVE AF RAIRS END IN TRAGEDY. Armenian Girl Goes to Mu.wulman 4 and Her Compatriots Threaten to Lynch Her Lover. A dispatch from Constantinople says some tragic love affairs among I Moslems have been reported of late. Gen. liabil Pasha unexpectedly en- c ter-d the room of his daughter Mediba and was surprised to find her in company with Capt. Meh medali. a former aide-de-camp of Abdul Hamid. The general instant lv drew a revolver and tired at Capt. r Mehmedail. who died a few hours c later. In the Bechiktash quarter of the city a Mussulman named Ismail car- f ried off a young Armenian girl called 0 Siranushe. the daughter of a banker. s The parents followed to claim their daughter, who, however. stated that i she wished to remain with Ismail. a The Armenians of me district 0 rhreatened to lynch the girl, and c the Moslems made ready to defend c hbe two lovers. At this point the police Intervened to prevent blood- s shed. and arrested both Ismail and V iranushe. The latter was given S ver to the care of an old Mosiem- d as she expressed her wish to be con- t] verted to Islamism. - t] A third case is that of Lieut- t kiehmed Aga. He had two wives, a Hiusna and Fatma, ,who, during the CA imprisonment of their husband for t a trifling offence, were said to have 4 taken advantage of his absence to d t4mit other men into the house. u rhe neighbors of the two women G had often to complain of the scan- tj Jal. and the lieutenant's wives were tj .wice arrested as a consequence. ir Hearing of what had taken place, , Wehmed Aga. on his discharge from b rison. decided to avenge himself. le went back to his house. then nhabited by his wife Husna, and N aturated different rooms with pe- h roleum, afterward setting ire to t] he place. Mehmed Aga's awn house tnd the houses on either side were ,urned to the ground, together with y lusna and another woman, named a Etushena. 01 JLLS HIS WIFE. ounds Another Woman. Then Takes His Own Life. R C At Indianapolis. Ind.. Albert Car- b< ahan. 53 years old, shot and killed C is wife. fatally wounding Mrs. Ida - alvin and then killed himself- F arnahan had been separated from R is wife for. five weeks. Apparently A e had become Insane. Mrs. Carnahan filed suit for di orse from her husband a . month go. He persisted in calling on her L nd she obtained fcom the court an ~rder restraining him. Monday night rhile she was in bed ill. attended yV several women. Carnahan enter-a d the room and drew two revol- s ~ers. al His wife sprang from the bed and b ~he and the other women fied from h he room. Carnahan opened fire nd shot his wife four umes. he hen ran to the front porch and 0 hot at the othr women. He miss-j d all but one. Miss Galvin, who re eived a bullet in the abdomen. Carnahan returned to his wife'. ~ed room an?. shot himself in the ead. He f6' across his wife's boxx) tI nd died im'.nediately. c KILLED IN OIL MLL. bian Beaten to Death Between Floor s and Ceiling.a A Spartanburg dispatch to The ~tae says Edward Hammett, aged .5 years. was killed at the Greer oil nill Monday afternoon about '.1 'clock. His death was a horrib'e ne. Hie was caught up in a b.-lt nd beaten to death between the boor and the ceiling. His legs were orn off, his arms broken and his a ted crushed. Mr. H!ammett was a rative of Greer. His wife is serious y ill and has been so for some time. t could not be learned just how Mr. E-immett became entangled in the elt. but it is supposed that he musb ave been oiling up the machinery. DOGS FID INCEND)IARY. c Cegro Arrested Charged With Burn in Farmer's *ouse. A dispatch from StatesborO. Ga.. mys tracked from the burning home of Medi'jh TiendsBcks, a wealthy armer of that county. Jack Mesca:.; negro. was caught by bloodhounds a fe~w days ago and is locked Up. -harged with arson. The home and stables of Hendricks were burned. The fire began at 3 o'clock Wednes day morning, the family being arous-I ed just in time to stagger to safety through the smoke and flames. The bloodhounds were put on the trais at the bouse and followed without losing the trail to Mercer's houre. A <;uantity of corn, the barn, stables and residence. all were burned. Little Boy Killed. David Haulbrook, a boy of 6 years. was killed a few days ago at his father's home. near Waihalla. u' was shot in the breast and diedin stantly. No one was present. but a brother. acsed 8. heard the report of a gun. Reports are meagre and details cannot be had. It is no nwn whether it was accidental kiling or homicide. Boat Lost. A Pensacola. Fla.. dispatch says al hope for the tishing schooner Francis H.. manned by a crew of eight. has been abandoned by the owners, who belIeve that the vessel 'xit all~a~d we~ do~~ th THE SEMIOLE CASE TOCKHOLDERS OF THE CAROL NA AGENCY CXMPANY SUE. ;arlington Alleged to Have Dissipa ed $47.500 of Agency's Assets, B4 sides Changing $75,000 of Stocl A dispatch from Columbia say njunction proceedings by the receiN rs and attorneys for the Seminol iecurities Company against the ol icers and directors of the Carolin Lgency Company stirs up anothe ensation from the Seminole-Care Ine Agency Company muddle. The order from Judge Memminge equires the defendants to shos ause on Monday why the receive hould not be appointed and in th eantime all persons are restraine rom further dissipating the asset r proceeding any further with th uits against the agency company The complaint alleges that Johi Garlington while treasurer of th, gency company. dissipated $47,50 f the agency's assets in addition t hanging his $75.000 block of agen y stock, which had not become le ally his. for $75.000 of Seminol ock, the defendants. W. A. Clark 'iiie Jones and T. S. Bryan. Bein eminole as well as Carolina agenc: irectors: that the only business o 2e Carolina Agency Company wa 2e general agency of the Rome Mu ial Insurance Company and wa iped out by the Rome Mutual can !lUng this agency contract and tha ie agency company now has no In >me, and is dissipating the few hun red dollars It has left in its treas ry in attorney fees in a suit agains arlington for $25,000, a suit agains1 e Rome Mutual and a cause of ao on against its own officers for fail g to require a bond of Garlingtot hile he was treasurer as stipulated F the by-laws; that the agency com ny's offices have been closed and t books and assets transferred tc r. W. A. Clark. who will probabl3 old the company responsible foz e services he is now rendering. Paragraph II of the complaint say tat "the defendants, W. A. Clark ilie Jones and T. S. Bryan. owt id control a majority of the stoci the said corporation and are them ves the wrongdoers as hereinbe re and hereinafter alleged. The title of the proceedings Is . . Chisolm, W. C. Fairey. Tolsom ickenbaker. D. W. Haigler and A . Watson. as Carolina agency stock. ylders. against the Carolina Agency ampany: W. A. Clark. Wilie Jones, . S. Bryan. John Y. Garlington. J. uller Lyon. George S. Legare. Johr . Black. Willie Stackhouse and T Amaker. WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE. et Note That Her Home Was in Hell, Body in Creek. A Spartanburg special to The News id Courier relates the details of a range suicide. "My home is in hell id my body will be found in the ttom of the creek.'' is the way a te read. which war pasted on :: lse. which was found on the bank Lawson's Fork. near White's ill. The name si.;ned to the note as Eula Foster. Near the valise as an umbrella.. The find was made Stwo carpenters, who were recov ing the gin house of Mr. White, sing a young white woman walk irough the woods towards the eek. they made an investigation ad discovered the valise hlanging 2 the limb of a tree with the note sted on the outside. The deputy ieriff and others visited the scene id made a search, but the body hat >t been found. QUEER CASE LN LEXiNGTON. rug Company Sued for Wrong labeling Bottle. A dispatch from Lexington say! case without precedent in that >unty. and with but few, if any. It ze State has recently been filed it ie office of the clerk of court. .is a suit for $10.000 damages in tuted 'W Louis Ernest Span., Jr. y his g-..:--dan ad litem. L. Ernes pann, against the Crosson Drui >mpany of Leesv'ille, for the allegee rong labeling of a bottle of medi ne purchased by Mr. Spann for his tild. an infant of two months. 11 alleged that the parents gave th' ledicine to the child, believing it tc e one certain kind of drug. whei ireality it was not what it wa. Leled on the bottl-'. and that the iedicine made the child ill. One passenger was kille'd outrigh nd thirty-five persons were injured aur probably fatally. In a collisio: etween a special, taking home sever 1 hundred excursionists who ha< >een attending the State lair ii prngfie'ld. Ill., and .a regular pas ege r'train on the Illinois Centra t Parnel!. Il!. ChbUd Hangs. At Saginaw. Mich.. George Hen y Rambo. seventeen months old stidentally hanged himself whil >laying in a swing at a neighbor' lome. The little fellow had toddle ser to play with the neighborin; hbpherd children. When his moth rcame for him she and Mrs. Sher rd found the child dead. tangle n the ropes of the swing. Attend. Her Firs.t ('ircus. It was Molly's firs? circus, an be enjoyed it. but was v'ery tire r hedtime. When she was almos sloop he'r mothbor said. "What pat f the circus did you like the bes bIoty?" "Oh. I don't know, hardly. he raid. "It was all the best. bt SHAff Ul-ERD Inpressive Hercises ed on a Historic OF KING'S MOUNTAIN t Governors and Members of Congress of South and North Carolina. With t Many Other Prominent Men From I r the Two States. Take Part in Cer emonies Attending Dedication. a r A special from King's Mountain. 1 N. C.. to The News and Courier. a r says upon that historic battlefield C d men lived again Thursday the strug s gle for American liberty. North andI i South Carolina vied with each other 0 to do honor to the memory of the S heroes ot that decisive eng=geent t b of the Revoltt-ion. Within sight of >he graves of those who perished Fy ,or their country, their descendants 1 recited the story of deeds of days gone by. They told of the bloody 9 battles of the war with the mother ' country, of the privation of the s soldiers. of the final success of lib- 2 erty and America-s freedom. In that g mighty conflict King's Mountain play- d ed an important part-the "turning 2 point of the war," the spot so sacred to sturdy mountaineers Is rightly d called. Ferguson was routed here- C the brave British warrior lost his 0 life here-and the fortune of war 0 was changed. To commemorat., the brave deeds 0 of the American soc4ers on thbs bat- V tiefield. the United States has given 1' a monument. This monument was a dedicated at King's Mountain Thurs- d day. On the very spot of ground P where Ferguson was routed, the peo- b ple of the two Carolinas joiced in H paying .tribute to those who fell for tl the cause of liberty. On the sacred It soil consecrated by the blood of X these men of the Revolution the sc honor due them was given. It was a great occasion for the V country-side. From early morning a people came from the neighboring tc towns, and from the farms wagons, Sl buggies and every form of vehicle e conveyed the crowda to the moun- tl tain. On the side of the hills and for quite a distance around groups A were gathered as if at a picnic. The ff trains brought hundreds. and in their W enthusiasm of the occasion many did it not hesitate to walk for miles to. 61 reach the battle ground. The crowd g that packed and surrounded the P stands and was stretched in every di direction the country around could b hardly be estimated. Many of those fm who c:me could n,.t get within tho w sound of the voices of the speakers. b: tight thouf.nd people were probably h, i2 the :"-mediate neighborhood. A d~sstinguished gathering packed the stands provided for the occasion. Governor Martin P. Ansel presided D gracefully over the. exercises. The Governor of South Carolina, by his pleasing and happy manner, won the hearts of the audience. On the stand with the Governor were seated ki Governor W. W. Kitchen, of North C Carolina; Senator Lee S. Overman O and Congressman R. N. Page. of the same State: Senator Smith and Con gressman Finley, of this State: Dr. H. N. Snyder and Dr. S. C. Mitchell, presidents of Wofford and the Uni- D versity. respectively, the ladies ofa the Daughters of the American Rev olution: Gen. Julian S. Carr, of North 0 Carolina. and many other distin- 0 On the stands and Immediately surrounding the main stage were the s ladies of the Daughters of the Con- a federacy and visitors who were given bi cards to enter. There has rarely. 0 If ever, been seen In South Carolina ' such a large assembly of beautiful h women and young girls, and woman fl got her share of tribute. It Is to, t' woman tnaat the State Is responsible E for the preserving of true facts of a history. Woman has made possibb~ all the beautiful monuments to war a: heroes. th~e Daughters of the Amnert- 0 can RevolutIon were untiring in thei" b; efforts to get a monument at King's a Mountain, and finally succeeded. 3 The battle heroes will never be for- P got as long as the women live to ~ commemorate their deeds of valor. P ''God bless the women" was the sen-j3 timent in men's hearts at this un- I. veiling, as always. Iii As a fitting feature of the cele-1 f bration the soldiery of this State and of North Carolina were represented. Col. Lewis. commanded the provis ional regiment from this State, com posed of the following companies:I Greenville. Cornwell. Rock Hill, Co lumbia. Camde'n. Fort Mill and Spar-I tanburg. The North Carolina com pany was from D~allas. Governor Kitchin's staff was present as fol- d lows: Adjt. Gen. J. F. Armfleld- d Lieut. Col. W. W. Pierce. Col. C. B. -Armstrong. Personal Aide Col. H. Slontague. Major A. A. Hicks, Col. T. R. Robertson The battle of King's Mountain was fought in sham conflict by the. troops. Those manoeuvr'es were un der Gen. Boyd's supervision. j.The soldier boys are encamped on -the mountain's side, and right royalt was their entertainment to their: friends. Beautiful weather marked the joyful occasion. Not a cloud obscured the sun's rays. Everythin was carried out according to the pro gram arranged for the occasion. The educational value of the gathering cannot be stressed sufficiently. The facts of history were made known:t to~ the younger generations. School!l Schildren came from Spartanburg and ' t young collegians from the same cIty. 1 t The neighborhood was out in fullt .force and the descendants of thoseE who fought for the U~nion that wasa t to be born of that great conflict.t e Altogether the occasion was on.e to lappens but once in a lifetime." said lovernor Ansel. C'ol Asbury Coward, of Orange yarg. called the meeting to order. apressing a few well chosen senti nents as to the nature of the oc ason and the historic signinicance >f the event about to be celebrated. 1ecounting the historical shafts -rected to the memory of heroic leeds. Col. Coward referred to the 4oquent addresses delivered on for ner occasions of this kind on prac "cally the same spot. Within sight of the new monument was erected nany years ago the frst humble tone that the neighborhood reared o tell the story of buried heroes. 'hen came the uniting of counties nt 1855 to have a celebration at ing's Mountain. at which such men s John S. Preston and the eminenz istorian, George Bancroft. spoke. *en the State erected a monument. md now comes the United States overnment and does honor to the ead soldiers. Col. Coward introduced Governor insel as the presiding of'cer for the ecasion, and in feeling words the tate's Chief Executive referred to he sacredness of the occasion, the istoric commemoration of heroic eeds and valor of men of old days. )r: S. C. Mitchell ,president of the fniversity of South Carolina, de vered the Invocatory prayer. ask ag the blessings of G.>d upon those -ho were taking part in the oca Ion. The King's Mountain Centen Ial Ode, written by Mrs Clara Dar an McLean. war rendered by the an lence. "'his beautiful lyric had iusic arranged by Prof. Linebach Governor Ansel introduced Presi eat Henry N. Snyder. of Wofford 'llege, who was the orator of the cason, selected by the Daughters E - the American Revolution. The ddress af D-. Snyder was a gem f thought sad oratory, and was He med to *;th the closest attention y all. Dr Snyder's fine appearance ad his eloquent words made his ad rae the subject of enthusiastic ap reciation. Picturing the previous ttle before the great American evolution. Dr. Snyder told of the irilling struggle for the rights of berty and finally of the struggle at ing's Mountain that turned the ales of the war. A glorious tribute the women of the land through hose efforts It is possible to keep live the old tradition and the his ry of heroes was found in Dr yder's closing words that had an :boe In the heart of all those within ie sound of his voice. The singing of the National nthem brought tho audience to its et. and while the patriotic music as being played all remained stand Lg, The Hon. R. N. Page read the eech of the Hon. E. Y. Webb, Con resman from North Carolna. Mr age is Congressman from the 7tb istrict. Mr. Webb was unable to present on account of illness in Lmily. and Mr. Page stated that he ould be his personal representative r.:reading the speech that MSr. Webb d prepared. * DIVORCED WOMAN MARRIES vorced Man and shoots Him About Former Wife.. Mrs. Kate M!. Collins. who shot and Liled her husband. Dr. R. A. M1 ollins, is now on trial at Portland. re. The killing, which took place last July. shows up the evils of ze divorce law. Developments since the killing 01 r. Collins have. arounsed a vast :nount of public sympathy in favor Sthe accused woman and the tria Ethe case is awaited with mucd iterest. Dr. Collins, who was a young phy clan of some prominence, was sho; sd instantly killed by his wife, a ride of six months. at the residene SMajor J. A. Sladen. Mrs. Collimt as several years the senior of he. sband. She was divorced from he: rat husband and until her marriag Dr. Collins conducted a dress lag business. in which she ha'; ecumulated some money. Soor after their marriage trouble rose bietween husband and wife wing. it is said. to attention pair y Dr. Collins to his former wife nd to other women. The friends ol [rs. Collins assert that the youni ysician had neglected his business d had been living for the mos' art of the money saved by his wife [r. Collins is said to have been ver' alous of her husband and this is belJ~eved, furnished the motiv< >r t'ase tragedy. BURNED TO DEATH. 'lye Persons Cremated in an lIcen dliary Fire. At Nashville. Tenn.. on Frida' ight. five persons were burned t< eath in a fire that destroyed a bricl. welling house. The fire broke out rhile the occupants of the house rere asleep. Great head way har een gained when it was discoverer d so intense was the excitement aused by the horrified screams of -omen that no organized attempt a: escue was made until after four fire ompanies had arrived on the scene n spite of heroic efforts to entea beir apartment in face of the fiamet ersting from the windows, every 2ember of the Fishman family per thed. Two negroes were arrested or setting the fire. ' Seven Mules Killed. A dispatch from Summerton says he rains Tuesday night were the Leaviest known there for many year! 'he wind was pretty high in some ocalities. It is reported that sever nules, the property of Mr. 0. C carboro, were killed on his farm bout eight miles from Summer on by the collapse of the barn situ Jed over his stables. caused by rho LOOKS FISHY A OMuago Illwiaaf3 Coway is TIfy to Sel Stock Reme BEMTER LET T AW Insurance Commissiner McMaser Gives Out rome Informison Aboat a Big Concern Working This State for Cash That Should Cause Our People to Think Before Biting. A Columbia dispatch says inquiry has Deen made to Insurance Com& missioner McMaster concering the United insurance Company of Chica go. with a claimed capital of $10, 000.000 and surplus of $40.000.000. The circular of the company states that it proposes to handle fifty-one kinds of insurance. The company has not been licensed to do busi ness in South Carolina. It Is stated that the company has an agent In this State at tbe present time seU ing stock. Mr. McMaster stated that he had no jurisdiction over an agent - selling stock for an insurance com pay and would not have any au thority over the company until it had been organized.and licensed to do business in South Caroin. On the circukers which. it Is said. are being sent over the State, Is the name of Mr. James A. Cathcat, the well-known Columbia Insurance man, as a member of the advisory board. Mr. Cathcart. when seen gave the reason for the name be Ing in the advisory board ist. He stated that through an old friend of his, an Insurance man wa known and trusted, he had learned of the United Insurance Company, he proposed to write fifty-one diX ferent kInds of insurance. The api tal was.to be $10.000,000 and aur plus $40,000,000. In many of the States the laws forbid an insurance company from writting more than one kind of insurance. This com pany proposed to be made up of a number of subsidiary companies, like the United Fire Insurance Company, the United Life Instrnce Compe ny, etc.. the head company to be the United Insurance Company. A man by the name of Mr. Shaw, who Is well known to Mr. Ctart, was to have charge of the United Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Shaw had considerable correspondence with Mr. Csthcart in reference to -his be coming a member of the advisory board. and that he - would not ' lb required to subscribe to any of the capital stock. He gave his consent to the proposed company; in g6od faith. thinking that It might be a success. Several days ago a man. of bust nee, like appearances, called on Mr. Cathcart at his of0ce. The agent had a large number of circulars tell ing of the United Insurance Comn ,any and its subsidiary companies. In fact, explaining everything per taining to the United Insurance Comn sany. He had a long conversation vith Mr. Cathcart and then stated o him that before anyone could >ecome a member of the advisory >oard that they would have to sub :crib~e to a certain amount of the :apital stock. Mr. Cathcart stated to the agent hat he was willing to subscribe to t certain amount and asked him o name the lowest amount that one ciuld subscribe to -become a mem .er of the board. The agent named very lag e amount and also stated at a prominent insurance man oL 'oI iedmiont section had subecrib -di to the same amount and was a nen.b.-r cf the advisory board. At the time Mr. Cathcart told the -gent that he was not willing to 1n -est the amount named and he might *onmider the incident at in .nd. The a'geht informed Mr. Oatheart hatL he was going 9. make Coin' >Ia his headquarters and would visit he various towns of the State, in erder to sell stock in the company. When the agent left Mr. Cathcoft 'ddressed a letter to th~e well known aurance man in the up-country and tsked him If he had subscribed tM he amount of stock in the United usurance Cou'pany, as named by 'he agent. The reply came that no ~uch amount had been subscrIbed, rd that the agent had "lied" when - 'e made the statement. It was also tated by the up-country man that e had no Interest in the company. 'he agent has not returned to Mv. 'at hcart. In the last Issue of one of the best :nown and moot substantial insur .no' papers, mention is made of the 'ulted Insurance Company, saying hat it was flooding the country with ittractive circulars, telling of how hey were able to write flfty-one kinds of Insurance. Florida Man Kills Himself. At St. Petersburg. Fla., W. W. %olemnan. 60 years of age. committed <uicide at the Paxton House at 5 "'clock Wednesday morning by shoot ng himself in the head. He was 'ound by his ife shortly after shoot ng himself. and died at 10 o'clock without regair~Ing consciousness. Succumbs to Pellagra. Benjamin F. Fant, aged thirty eight years. a prominent merchant of Anderson. died of pellagra In a Greensboro sanitarium Wednesday morning. The body was shipped to Anderson for interment. The de teased was well connected and un married. Proved to be Good. A dispatch from Bristol. Tenn., says after being kept in jail ftvs months charged with counterfeiting. John Preston has been released upon the discovrery that the alleged bad