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FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. IX. FORT MILL, S. t'., WEDNESDAY. FLY 2.*>, 1900. \(). ,?)
STILL STUMPING ON
Politics Not Quite as Hot as the
Weather.
SENATOR TILLMAN IS ALONG TOO
And Helps the Boys Contribute to the
Clayety of Nations?Synopsis of tlit
SpeecheSw
At Bennettsvillc.
Bennetts llle, Special.?The meeting
here was attended by over a thousand
nPllnle r.twl Uiav nntnn fanmilnr. ... 1
. ...... vmiiv iv/. iuin a iu iirur
the discussion of live issues.
The first speaker was Barney R. Kv- !
ans. He said he had been taunted with
the fart that he would not in Marlboro
attack tin record of \V. 0. Evans. He
renewed his charges taday and said
they were direct at \V. It.'s official record.
W. 1>. has no right to ride on a
pass, lie trust pay his tare and railroad
rotunds according to law.
Mr. Berry said this county was pros,
porous because it wa. a prohibition
county. Prohibition docs prohibit
here Col Pettlgrew was willing for
\Y I). Evans to carry the county, but ,
he wanted the votes not going to Evans.
\Y. B. Evans, who introduced his 1
competitors, had not intended to speak, '
hut replied to Barney. The rates are
not driving mills out if the State. Five |
have been established in this county ,
since he went on the board, i'acolet is
building a new mill in C.eorgia because
the*altitude o Cheraw Is too low. and
the mills twin- i-iinniiinr ...... ....... 1-- i
* uvui iy
all the cotton raised in tin- State.
.1. 11. Wharton proposed to correct
evils of demurrage, overcharges, etc.
W. 1), Mnyfleld is not here. Rther*
idge has not been with the campaign
for live meetings.
The first candidate for governor to
speak was Frank B. Gary. 11" said he
would not force a dispensary on Marlboro
and he did not want prohibiti >n
forced on Abbi ville. T,pf each have
what it wants, lie believed in the dispensary
law.
Patterson was the next speaker. He
is not well has been 'Sick for three
days. This, is the political birthplace
of Ben Tiilni'.n. There is a powerful
newspaper trust, ami M> Sweeney tried
to get the ptilI of the press. Patterson
stilted he had stn k to t e dispensary
through the scandal last fall. He
did not want to force the dispensary
on Marlboro, but prohibition is hut a :
sentiment here. In addition to Charleston's
tiger hub stry. he claimed that
there are over 200 in the city of Colum- i
bia. The law can suit lie absolutely
enforced in Charleston, but he would
do it better than it is done now or step
down from office.
Gov. Mi-Sweeney said that all Patterson
wants is to fool the people to
put him in office. Pattorson looked all
over the vouchers in the c mptroller
general's office and could find nothing
against the administration but war- !
runts paying for a few newspapers.
No man in South Carolina is so Ignorant
as to think that a newspaper's support
can be bought for a dollar a year.
Every governor had subscribed for papers?some
had even taken magazines.
Col. Walt Whitman came at the
eleventh hour, arriving from Cheraw. :
His quaint witticisms kept the crowd i
laughing.
Col. Jas. A. Hoyt is in accord with '
Marlboro?a prohibitionist as long as 't
Marlboro has had prohibition. This
county has resented any attempt to
chunge. Marion hud been a prohibition
county, but a dispensary was established
there without the consent of
the people. Dillon had tried to have
the dispensary removed and could not.
It Ill-becomes a candidate for governor
to.go around the country abusing the
papers for not supporting him. Patterson
has been into sixteen counties and
it Is a reflection upon him that no pa- |
per has come to his support. Col Hoyt
could not repudiate or reject the Slip- !
part of papers that oppose prohibition,
and yet they have taken him up on his
manhood.
Col. Knox Livingston Introduced his
competitors, speaking In kind terms
\9\ funi ui uiriu prr.stMii. as wtrii us 01
Col. Tillman, who wired that he wan
left in Aitg'tstn.
Cole s. Blease, Winkler and Sloan ;
each made a strong speech. Many people
think there is as much eloquence j
anions; the colonels as among the can- j
didatrs for governor.
I>r. Tlipmerinan and Captain Jen- !
nings were here and spoke. Judge j
Moore spoke. Bellinger was abseut. 1
MiMahan w..s not h re. C. pers made
a hit.
Hrooker and Derh im had a little tiff
Hrook< r a> t used Ilerham of Dervertina
the rreord Derhain told him ho mu-t
not say.that Hrook.r returned that
Derliam had exhibited a letter from
Auditor Sauier of Columbia statins
that some of Itrooker's oh irge- wore 1
not true The latter went to see
Sqtiler and the latter denied writing ,
It. Derliam exhibited the letter from
Sqnier.
The candidates f >r Congress foil wed
these those for State offices. The
day's speakin.R was closed with a vigorous
and eharaeteristic speech by Senator
Tillman.
D'.rlington's Day.
Darlington. Spec ial.?There wa- no
excitement at the campaign meeting
hore. Col. lloyt. in a good Matured
way, got after Hea Tillmuu for meddling
iu the gubernatorial race. Tillman,
as at Hennettsville. had the reply
on Col lloyt.
Tho meeting Was not as large as
othwr recent gatherings, but a very
good crowd was present. The farmers
are working with their tobacco
crops. Tillman made about the same
speeeli lie did at Ucnnettsville.
Mr. Frank H. Gary was the first
speaker. There are three in the race
advocating the dispensary and one
prohibition. He did not want to be
rejected on specious plea that he has
kin people who are some account, lie
was cordially applauded at his conclusion.
Patt? rson began by twitting Gary
about making a set speech about pensions
for old soldiers. Garv had never
introduced a bill for their relief in the
legislature. Me has no objection to
the Gary family holding office, but
Frank ought to run against McLaurin
for the senate two years from now.
Gov. McSweeney was applauded as
he was presented. Me spoke of tho
good feeling, happiness and prosperity |
in the State to-day. Mis opponents I
try to make the people think that he 1
is in league with the blind tigers, if
Charleston supports hint it is because,
his Administration has been free from
politics and anything contemptible, a
business administration.
Col. Hoyt was received with applause
sprinkled all over the yard.
After paying his respects to Gary and
McSweeney he said that Patterson reminded
him of a cogwheel railroad. Me
has the same old speech and if lie :
slips a 1 og he can't go. In speaking
of illicit sales in Maine in comparison
with dispensary sales here. Patterson
says nothing of illicit sales here. All
of the public men on both sides in '
Maine are agreed that the people want
prohibition and the political parties
ar.> afraid of any attempt to repeal the ,
law. Patterson knows Hint ilmi v...c
continued to denounce as false any
charge of collusion on his part.
Walt Whitman, too. protested
against his ancient friend. Senator
Tillman, coming into this race. Patterson
tries to prove that the noonday
stin shines. Kveryhody knows that the
law is not enforced in Charleston.
Any law can be enforced wh ch has. a
semblance of right, by an executive
who has nerve. He had advised McSweenev
not to make this race. He
ought to have taken wait's advice.
Col. Jas. 11. Tillman paid a tribute
to his late p? rsonal friend George
Dnrgan. Jim voted 14 times in "70
although he was only 7 years old.
Why don't Illease and Winkler go
back to the legislature and lie elected
speaker, Frank Gary isn't in their
way? Col. Sloan was in the Senate
eight years and couldn't be elected
president pro tern. lie had had a lot
of trouble getting Col. Livingston on
a platform, but he is not on the pro
iKinuon piauorm. i 111111:111 advocated
the dispensary.
Col. Livingston said that the Pee
Dee is more bond than boundary. Marlboro
and Darlington had been side by
side in '76. He had not gotten on the
prohibition platform because it is
popular. He is standing where lie did
in the legislature in the '80s and in the j
'90s and is now standing in the Sen- \
ate. York county had asked for the ,
dispensary to be removed, and he had !
had the manhood to tight for the re- I
quest In the face of the powers then '
in control. He would cast the decid- !
Ing vote in the Senate for prohibition.
The next speaker was Mr. C. L.
Winkler. The people do not care from
which section a man comes. What
they want to know is what is the man?
Every man in this race for ..eutenant
governor is on his merit, not a^? a
coat-tail swinger. He is running upon
his record in the general assembly
and upon his ability and integrity, no
advocated the dispensary.
Col. John T. Sloan said he comes up
to the requiremonts laid down by
Winkler. Was in the house of representatives
in 1876, n the constitutional
convention and wa<s State Senator
for eight years. He has had sufficient
parliamentary training to make
him competent, lie o.un't believe in
"pro tern." business. He wanted to be
elected fairly and squarely by the
people.
Col. Mease said he had a record and
be la proud of it. When he wan but 22
years of ape Newberry gave him 1,300
out of 1.900 votes for the legislature.
He opposed prohibition. The majority
of prohibitionists want to keep other
people from drinking and get all they
can for self. Man is responsible to
God alone for drinking liquor.
J. 11. Moore said he could never
manage to meet his opponent on the
stump. The latter has gone to Washington
on a wild goose chase, Iicllinger's
record is one of failure. Bellinger
\*r.s not here.
Dr. Timmerman said he could not
leave his office to make every meeting
in the campaign while his opponents
is neglecting bis office of clerk of the
court of Fairfield.
? niii. nun iic nas :i
deputy clerk who can attend to the
work. I>r. Tinnncrnian is State treasurer
and at the same time president of
a bank at Columbia and an officer in
other banks.
Neither llrooker nor Derhnrn was
well to-day ami the usual spat was
omitted. Their speeches were unusually
tame.
This is Mr. T. N. Berry's home town
and he did not speak, but introduced 1
his competitors of whom he spoke'
kindly.
Senator Pettlgrew said he was a native
Darlingtonian. His firse public
service was for Darlington. He had
served in the civil war and in 1876.
\V. 1). Maylield again stated that tinpresent
freight rates forbid manufacturers
from coming here and are discriminating
in their tendency. Me was
applauded.
W. D. Evans said that when he went
011 the board there was not a passenger
train going through Darlington.
The board had this matter changed.
The Atlantic Coast lane had been
charging local rates on all commodities.
The commission reduced this
rate 25 per cent.
The rate on brick had been lowered
;uid Darlington It;. I profited by it. He
was applauded when he sail! that !
Ihirney talks about his fighting stock
and yet never went to Cuba until the
war was over, lie had been connected
with a rotten administration
in a Republican postoffice. so no wonder
he smells something rotten in tne
railroad commission.
Col. Wharton could not claim to
have helped make Darlington honored.
but he had served his State and
his county in war and in the legislature.
He was applauded.
Maj. 11. U. Evans was received with
applause. Harney said that he had
never flinched in time of war or peace. |
lie had awaited orders to go to Cuba :
in the cavalry, but they had not been j
called out. Where was W. D. Evans
during the civil war? He was not
running on W. D.'s demerits, but on j
his own qualifications. He charged W. i
I>. Evans with betraying the Alliance
when he was president by running one
of the biggest stores in Marlboro conn,
ty. The fertilizer factory at Darlington
is in the hands of the trust because
the local freight rates were too j
high. The rate on tobacco is detfi- j
nientat to Darlington.
It was tnen about -itdo o'clock and
Senator lillimin wanted to speak so he
could get off on the train. Col. lloyt
was not in the audience.
Senator Tillman was received with
applause. He had always received
the support of this county, lie wanted
the people to see how fat he is getting
People grow fat on abuse and
pap. lie had worked tor every cent
lie gets.
Prom some words uttered here some- ;
might he led to mink that he is med- !
tiling. That old gag of coat-tail swing- |
ing has been heard again. He had
never posed as a boss. He had al- !
ways led the people in the way they |
wnntid to o. Col. lloyt is an honor- ;
able man. who hears upon bus person j
the scars of battle. Hut lie ought not
to object to Tillman's differing with '
him on public issues.
Mr. Kllison Capers followed Sena j
tor Tillman. He said that MeMahan
hud crammed a summer school down
the throats of the Partington people.
If elected he would let the county superintendent
have the responsibility
of running the summer schools, and he
would help the county superintendent.
He went to the State summer school
and found three out of four of the
teachers failures.
At Chesterfield.
Cheraw, Special.?Tlie.ro wore about
COO or 800 farmers at the court house
ut Chesterfield to hear the candidates
for State offices. This Is W. I). Evens'
native county. Mr. Barry married in
this county, and Pit' grew came from
an adjoining county. Barney Evans
sailed into Wj 1). very vigorous. May
field spoke as usual. Wharton was not
here.
The speeches for lieutenant governor
were about the same us usual. Mr.
Durham was quite unwell and remained
at Cheraw. Mr. Brooks was not in
goon rorm eitner. M eMail an rejoined
the campaign and met his opponent.
Capers. Capt. Jennings was at the
meeting. but Dr. Timmerman was not.
Solicitor Johnson and his opponent,
Senator Brown, spoke.
For the first time in the campaign
national issues wore discussed, and
then briefly. Strait set the pace in the
contest for his old seat in congress,
now occupied by 1). E. Fin ley, and the
latte** kept it tip. Both advocate the
Kansas City platform.
McSweenev read letters from his
constables, his own appointees, to
prove his record. Patterson waa
slightly applauded. McSweeney made
a stronger speech than usual and waa
very well received. He is running on
his record, and if it is not creditable
he does not want to stand. He declared
that the mayor of Charleston and the
police are trying to do their duty by
the dispensary. There was not much
enthusiasm in the meeting until Patterson
interrupted Col. Hoyt in his
speech, fhe colonel replies spicily and
the crowd cheered him.
Col. Hoyt sai?l Tillman had rebuked
McSweeney at Bennettsville. Tillman
has the technical right to meddle in
this race, but it is not expedient. Ben
had come into the campaign to single
out some candidate. Why not tako
Watt? He could mane a new platform
to suit Ben and "would rais hell on
Chicago's street" to perfection. G.
W'nlf 0.0V-. ? --
*"?< > ?? ? *n"iiiiilioii 01 ntmseir.
am a kind of business man and
t tale sman combined."
Gary was received with applause. Ho
and MeSweeney received flowers. Gary
made his same speech, except to allude
the Robinson bill, the local opinion bill
which Col. Moyt had charged him with
not supporting- He showed a copy of
the bill to Col. Hoyt and calico bis
attention to the fact that it proposed
to abolish the State dispensary, and
for that reason lie had not supported
it He hud thought that Col. Hoyt
would have the fairness to make this
statement, but be had not done him
the justice to do so.
Ohio and Indiana are in litigation
over the Ohio River. The river is tineonselous
of the trouble ami at last neeoiints
was wending its way unruffled
to the sea.
I CHARM IN LETTER N
Arp Says Democrats Have the Bulge
This Year.
| CANDIDATES HAVE THE CHARM.
I No Ticket Where Both Candidates'
I Names tinded With "N" Was liver
J Beaten.
| A paragraph in a New York paper
asks: "Is there a charm in the letter
N?" and all's well that N's lends) well
go the writer tells i.s that the natne.s of
ten Presidents of tile 1'nited St ites
ended in N. lie might have gone further
aud said that no Presidential iimdidate
whose naaie ended with N had
ever generally hi en laid on the political
shelf as buck numbers and under
the ban. It has been -aid that this was
j the reason why Itoesevclt did not wish
to be nominated. But this is a mistake.
Jeffer- m was a Vne President
and so were Jackson and Van Littren (
But it is astonishing bow little 1 generally
known of Vice Presidents. Ilow
60011 they are forgotten. Kvett the best
histories of the Pnited States fail ti
mention them in any table or order or
index. Indeed the defeated candidates
for Vice President are equally ignored
Who did Taylor run against? Who didl
William Henry Harrison? Who Van
Bttr'en. Who Madison? Who was J. Q ,
Adams' Vice President? Who Jeffer j
6on's and Jackson's, Monroe's and Madison's?
Yon can't tlnd answers to ttwvj*
In arty school history, and 1 found
them only after much research in Ap
pi et on's biographies; and who ruii(
against Jefferson for his second term'
Who against Monroe and Taylor and
Pierce? Nobody knows hardly. Now
hori is a table of reference that lover*
of history may look over and paste in
a hook for referc nee:
Washington and Adams, Washington'
and Adams. Adams and Jefferson, Jef.
ferson and Hurr. Jefferson and George
Clinton, Madison and Klhrldge Cerr>,
Monroe and Danh 1 Tompkins, Monrin
and Daniel Tompkins. J. Q. Adams
and John C. Calhoun. Jackson and Calhoun.
Jackson and Van Huron, Van
Huron and It. M. Johnson, Harrison
and Tyler, Polk and Dallas, Taylor and
Fillmore, Pierce and William It. King
Htjehanan and Hreckenridge. Lincoln
and Hamlin, Lincoln and Johnson.
Grant ami Colfax, Hayes and Who ler
Garlleld and Arthur, Cleveland ami
I Cleveland and Stevenson ())-.;?t KK
Hendricks. Harris n and Morton, Clove
mini miu oicveii^uu,
Jefferson ran against C. C. I'inckney.
Mains.>n ran against He YVitt Clinton.
Monroe ran against Rufus King.
J. 0 Adams ran against Jackson.
Jackson ran against Clay.
Van Huron ran against Harrison.
Harrison ran against Van Huron.
Polk ran against Clay.
'Paylor ran against Cass.
Pierce ran against Scott.
Buchanan ran against Frooniont.
XJneoln ran against Hreekeiiridg#
and Hell.
Grunt and Seymour
Grant ran against Seymour.
U.;yi "n* against i llden
B&rfleld ran against Hancock.
Cleveland rnn against Hlulne.
Harrison ran against Van Huren.
Now pick out those successful candi|
dates whose names, presidents and vic?
[ presidents, ended in N.
Jefferson and Clintou, Madison, and
I Clinton .I ieVaon Van Itnren :iiul R M
Johnson, Lincoln and Hamlin. Lincoln
and Johnson, Harrison, and Morton.
And now if thoie is any churm in the
letter N look out for a ground-swell
that will roll Bryan and Stevenson into
office next November. Look out. 1
say. and have as much faith as do in
seeing the new moon In a clear sky
over your right shoulder. Bryan was
defeated the last time because tin
name of his running mate ended In L
That's why the wise men wouldent
take Hill this time?too much L (hell)
in it they said. But all's well that N's
(ends) well, so Mr. Shakespeare says.
Bryan and Stevenson will sweep the
coutry. for the double N's have never
yet been defeated.
And there Is another shameful neglect
in our histories. They tell us nothing
scarcely of the mothers or wives
of the presldets; nothing of their chil
dron nor who was born in the white
house. Of course we know about Wash- I
ington's mother and his wife, and about
Dorothy or Dolly Madison who was a
widow Todd, and maybe was kin to
Mrs. Lincoln, for she was a Todd. We
know something about General Jack
son's wife and about Mrs. Mat on for !
there was a scandal about her, and
because Mrs. Calhoun and other*
wouldent visit her in the white house,
Jackson broke up his c.iblnot and took
a new ore. We know that Jefferson
had no sons, but that his daughter
marrled a Mr. Kppes, and her descendants
are quite numerous. One of h<
grandsons was my classmate i!i college.
We know something about Mrs.
Polk and Hariet I.ane who kept the
White Mouse for Murium m ami ahout
.Tula Dent Orant and Miss Kolsom, 1
whom Cleveland married, but this is
about all. Tlie mother of a great man J
deserves the highest consideration of |
the historian, but they have not had it. j
With the few exceptions that I have
named our people know nothing of the
mothers, wives or children of the Presidents.
How many New England peo
pie know who was Daniel Webster's
wife or mother? How many Carolinians
know of Calhoun's, how many
Kentuckions know of Henry Clay's?
Tint the women are at last com in;-. to !
I the front, ami will hereafter occupy a |
I higher place. We are impatiently '
I waiting for the coming of the promtsrd
volume of Mrs. Sarah ltutts, giving I
the biography of notable Southern wo- I
men. A woman ought, not to lose her i
name when she marries. My wife j
ought to sign her name Octavio llmlg- j
in-; Smith instead ??' Mary Ortavia
j Smith and every woman preserve her j
father's name i thi.- way.
Well, 1 am away down here in Mont- '
gomery county basking in the sun- j
! shine of Mount Vernon, nn old-time,
unpretending village beautifully situ|
ated nil perhaps the highest plateau [
: in the county. It is my first visit aud
! 1 am pleased to he invited here, for to j
| me it is classic and venerated ground. <
Kighty-tiwo years ago my father !
: taught school here, an old field school, ;
nd there ir e a few people still living |
I who rente nher the old log schxolh mse. I
Hut it lr s long since pissed away and
not a p itr<m is alive and so far as 1 can ,
learn not one of his pupils is living. AH
gone. M iny a time did lie tell us of i
his experience while t. ta iling here and
how re.de hoys rebelled agaiuju his dis- !
eipltne. and for a month he had t.
ft lit his way. hut finally subdued and
I subjugated tlieni and became famous
with his patrons, for those lioys huu
ran off three teachers before he came
and the community rejoiced when they
got a teacher who \.vs game enough to
conquer mem. i ?>< 1^1 quiet, Ueltghtftil
place to rest. K\en the signs of antlquity
arc pleading to the eye. Beautiful
legisfretuias in full bloom orna- :
nient the front yard of my hotel. They
are not bushes or shrubbery, hut are
, large trees and I reverence them, for
they were niy mother's favorites awav
buck i 11 my childhoo .. and there are
still sweet memories clustering around
them. 1 oin here right in the midst of
flowers anil fruits. Oh the fruits that
eyerywhere abound. Indeed, this si a
blessed country to live in and he happy.
and as for that. 1 have not suffered
at all nor found any difference ix'tween
his region and n >rth Georgia, provided
you Keep in the shad". The nights
are cool and id nsant. Mill Arp in Atlanta
Constitution.
TILLING THE THUTH.
N?wnpu|>c<r*.? \ iTIlflnuH l)U?tTl|ll lull II f at
The Palmyra iMn.l Spectator under- .
takes to show t>v entire what niu'.ii'
he e\perteit Were editors sometime to
speak their minds. Here are a few
of the Spectator's samples: "Willie
Shortike and Itettie ltloomers were
married at the church hist ev. oing.
The church was very prettily
decorated with tlowcrs and pottted
plants, borrowed promiscuously from
over town from people who didn't
I want to lend them. The decorating
was done under protest by some of
the members of the church, who were
asked to do so by the bride and
couldn't well refuse. The Indios tiro
of the opinion that if the couple wero
fo bent on having a stylish wedding
they should have been williing to have
paid some one to chase all over the
I town for :l ?!av ffpftlllir ftnuroru .?
gothcr and then taking them home
! again. The bride wore a handsome
: Silverstoln gown, made at home, r.nd
' the groom was decked out in u flu
j hand-me-down suit. The ushers wore
i cutaway coats borrowed for the occasion.
Sal lie Potts was made of honor,
j and the consensus of opinion was that
| she was two-to-one bettor than the i
| bride. Tho young couple took the
1 morning train for St. i/ous. where they
| will spend more money in a few days
than Willie can earn In throe months,
i Willie says that now he's married he's
' going to settle down. Some of our
merchants think it would have been
I better if he had settled up first. The
I groom gets a salary of $'27 a month.
| which is nlxmt the allowance Betttie
j has been used to for pin money. We
wish for Willie's sake that the old
! saying that it takes no more to support
two than one wasn't a lie. The
; bride sent us a shoe l>ox full of a conglomeration
of stuff supposed to ho
I cake. If this is a sample of llettie's
I cooking wo feci sorrrow for Willi-*
j Our janitor's dog fell heir to the cake
and now he's lying in the cold, cold
ground. Mut this wcdd.'ne is none of
our funeral. If Willie anil Hetttie are
satisfied we've got no kick coming."
Origin of " Canada."
In the Revue Kcientifkjuo M. Perfnult
gives an Ingenious explanation
of the word "Canada." (Jlovnnni <Jn
hoto, who Is also known as Cabot,
landed in tluU country in L4!>7, being
the first Huropeau to arrive there.
After him ennie some Spanish ves- I
Sels and In 1 ."ifMl Helivs 11 I-'renelnim > 1
and Verraz/.ani, 11 Venetian, took possession
of tho country in tho name of
France. At liiat time, says M. IVr
riinlt. tin* French often In-anl the unlives
use the Spanish words "Aca
nadn." which signify "Nothing hero."
Tho natives Ii.kI picked up those
words from the Spaniards who had 1
sea relied for gold and silver, and who, i
because they had found nothing, had
speedily departed. The French came 1
to tl?e conclusion that the words so \
often used by the natives were the
original name of the country. Another
explanation is that Canada tucaus a
1 village or a town.
ASSAILANTS JAILED,
The Two Negroes Who Attempted
OuiraRi in Florence.
Florence, Special.? The two negroes
who attempted a rape at the national
cemetery ou Monday last are now in
the hands of the sheriff. The governor
has ordered this officer to protect t.ho
prisoners at all costs. The citizens
are incensed against ail the officers of
the law tor cheating thctn out of vengeance.
The negroes were pursued relentlessly
for live days hy men from
Florence. Mariou. Williamsburg and
Horry. They were captured Saturday
morning hy ox-Sheriff Wall of Marlon ,
through watching the sister of one of
the fugitives taking food to the
swantp.
Tlie n< groes made a desperate light
for a time hut, one was mortally
wounded. They are .lames Clink and
John Livingston. Sheriff Kvans of
Marion took eharge of the men after a
stiff resistance and notified Sheriff
McLcndnn o>f Florence. Sheriff Me*
London tried to keep the arrest quiet,
tint it leakt d out and a large crowd
attempted to go to rrlurion on a special
train but the sheriff gave them
the slip. The crowd got a special
train and followed the sheiiff's special
ten minutes later, according to rail
road rules.
When tin- citizens arrived at Marion
they found tin* prisoners in a car
thoroughly guarded. The crowd say
the sheriff promised to bring them
hack to the Florence jail and on such
a promise they returned peaceably. A
large crowd gathered at the depot in
the afternoon, hut the sheriff's special
did not return.
(?ov. McSweeney ca.ine down from
Chesterfield and addressed the crowd
from tlie .lacohi house, lie said he believed
Florence would stand by law
and order. Ho pointed out the necessity
for defending the law and said lie
would have the men brought hack
here and jailed if the crowd would assure
them protection. The crowd
cheered.
State Senator llderton then followed
in a speech which aroused the tire in
the crowd and they yelled for the return
of the prisoners to Florence. Tin*
Timmonsville C.uards came up by tlio
governor's orders through Sheriff McHcndon
and w? re greeted with hoots
This sentiment is believed to lie that
of only a portion of the people and
many leading citizens felt sure that
the prisoners would he safe here.
Pressure was brought to bear on (!ov.
McSweeney to return the Timmonsville
Hoards on the evening train but
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speeches declared that lie could not do
it and that having boon asked for hy
the sheriff they would lie under that
officer's orders.
A telegram was sent to Sheriff MeIjondon
at Marion to hold the prisoners
there for further orders.
Mayor Malloy lias offered all the
city's power in co-operation with
Sheriff McLendon. The crowd insist
that the parties are guilty of the attempt
and should he dealt with as well
as if the crime had been committecd.
While the law penalty would he only
a few years in the penitentiary. Florence
is greatly excited.
Ordered to Marlon.
At 2 o'clock Sunday mqrning Gov.
McSweeney received a telegram from
Sheriff Mclaendon of Florence county
and P. A. Willcox, Esq.. of Florence,
requesting liim to onler the Tlmmonsvllle
Guards. now at Florence, to b*
sent to Marlon at once for the further
protection of the two negro rapista
now incarcerated in the Marion Jail.
The governor immediately wired the
authorities of the Atlantic Coast Line
to furnish the Timmonsville Guards a
special train to take them to Marion,
declaring at the same time his determination
to do all in his power to prevent
a lynching. A telegram was also
sent the captain of the Timmonsville.
Guards ordering him to take his company
to Marion on the special train
provided for their transportation.
Supplies for Militia.
Gov. McSweeney has been notified by
tin- war department that this State'a
requisition for supplies for the militia
forces had been honored and that sup
|iin:e wwi wi Ml LIU! HKKrPKHK' J.)./??.'j;t
would be shiped at once. These supplies
Include about K00 blouses, with
raps and leggings. The new materials
will not he ohtainod before they are
needed. Several companies of the.
Passenger Train Wrecked. a,,.?
Anderson's Confederate rionumcnt.
Anderson. Special.?The design for
the ('onf? It rate monument is now on
exhibition. The monument will be T1
f< t:t high. A soldier in private s unlform
will surmount the shaft. The
east die of the pedestal will he Riven
to an inscription to lie selected by a
committee of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans, tin the west side will lie a
II t of the most important battles in
which the soldiers from this county
foiiRht. On the second die will he cut
a representation of stacked arms with
the monoRram "C. S. A." and below
in lutRe letters "Our Confederate
Dead." It is ho|>ed to lay the cornerstone
next Thanksgiving day and unveil
tho monument Juno 10, 1901.