. THE FORT MILL TIMES.
7TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C.,THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908 NO 25
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FOR AKER TREED.
Seems to be a Tool Of Standard
Oil Co.
HE GOT CHECKS.
\
(hnc Letter from Aixhbold Speak*
of a Deposit of Fifty Tlionsanc
Dollars to the Senator's Credit.
What Fornker Says.
In a speech at Columbus. Ohio,
Hearst chat-god the Republican party
Mith being the beneficiary of the
tntst corruption. He said he had
legal evidence and documentary
proof. Hearst then read four letters
from Archbold, John D. Rockefeller^
right-hand man, to Senator Foraker.
of Ohio, who is now n member o!
the United States Senate. The first
Jotter refers to two bills, one mentioned
as house bill number 500, li
relation to foreign corporation*
against which he desired a demon?.
titration made. Following it. 17 day*
later, the second letter refers to th?
senator's favor for $15,000. The
third refers to "Another very objectionable
bill," which he hoped then
would be no difficulty In killing
Tho fourth Is as follows:
"Twenty-six Urondway, April 17
1900.
"My Dear Senntor: 1 enclose yoi
Certificate? of deposit to your favo.
tof $14,500. We are greatly at a lost
in the matter, but I send you this
and will be glad to have a frank
talk with you when opportunity ot
Fers, If you so desire.
"I need scarcely aRain exprest
our great gratificaiton over the fav
orable outcome of affairs.
"Very truly yours,
JOHN I). ARCIIHOLD.
"Hon. J. It. Foraker, 1500 Sixteeutk
Street, Washngton, 1). C."
Whut Ibrakor Says.
United States Senator Forake
Friday Issued the following state
inent in reply to the charges made
Thursday night at Columbus by \\
R. Hearst.
"I don't know whether the letter*
given out by Mr. Hearst are trm
or not. hill 1 assume they are. foi
I was then engaged in the practice o
law nud was employed by the Stan
dard Oil Company as one of its counsel
in connection with its affairs ii
r->?. i? ...w ' '
vsiww. nuua 11 WilM UCIUCKCU 111 11.1
courts and In the legislature.
'While 1 don't now recall the details,
remember that I rendered tin
V company such service as I eould and I
charged for it and was paid.
"The employment had no reference
whatsoever to anything pending
in congress or to anything in which
the Federal Government had tin
slightest interest.
"That I was so employed and
presumably compensated for my services,
was common knowledge at th?
time; at least I never made any effort
to conceal the fuct; on the con
tain-, 1 was pleased to have poopb
know that 1 had such clients.
"It had not then become disc red
itable, but was considered just tin
reverse to be employed by such corporations."
Hearst Replies.
At St. I.ouls, Mr.. Hearst on Friday
night in a speech said:
"Mr. Foraker replies in characteristic
Republican manner. He ad
mlta that lie did serve the Standnri
Oil and is proud of it. His stati
nient is based on letters I read las
night. if h?- had seen the letter '
am going to read tonight, ho woub
have denied the whole matter."
The first letter follows:
"26 Rvoadwoy, New York, Januas.v
27. 1902.
"My Dear Senator: Responding
to your favor of the 26th. it glycine
pleasure to hand you herewltl
certificate of danhiilt fr?r *".n ftAA i.
nccordauce with our understanding.
Your letter .'.fates the conditions correctly.
and ! trust the transactor wll?
be successfully consumatcd. Ycr>
truly yours,
"JOHN O. ARCllBOLD.
"Hon. .1. U. Foraker. Washington,
D. C."
The second letter as read by Mr.
Hearst was as follows:
26 Broadway, New York.
February 25. lf?02.
'My I>ear Senator: I venture tr
write you a word re the bill Introduced
by Senator Jones, of Arkansas.
known as S. Gift. Intended tr
amend the Act "To protect trade and
commerce against unlawful restraints
and monopolies." etc.. introduced
by him December 4.
it really seems as though this bill
is very unnecessarily severe, ant'
even vicious. Is it not much better
to test the application of the Sherman
Act before resorting to a measure
of this kind? T hope you will
feel so about it and I will be greatly
pleased to have a word from you on
?be subject. The hill is, 1 believe,
still in committee.
"With kind regard., yours very
truly.
.JOHN D. ARCHBOLD.
m "Hon. T B. Foraker. Washingr
ton. P. C."
^ "The bill referred to in this letter
is the one introduced by Senator
Join's, of A "1:ansfts in ibe United
Htnte^ Statute. >nsoqtie.nlIy Mr
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NIGHT ltlDKItS
Warn Farmers Not to Haul ('ott#u
to tlic Gins.
A dispatch from Sandersvllle,
Miss., suys night riders have appeared
In Jones county, and three
prominent farmers received uotlcjs
Monday night to haul no more
jotton to gin, or else they would
"get paid" as they returned home.
V general notice was also placed on
he public roads worn lug all farners
to cease hauling cotton after
September 14. Considerable ex:itemcnt
prevails and farmers neat
town are rushing their cotton in j
tfhile those farther away have ceas;d
hauling to the gins. *
dinners Also Warned.
A dispatch from I^aurenceville,
la., says night riders have posted
vrittcn notices, painted with red
lands on them in several gins ot
his county warniug the proprietors
liat their gins will be burned to the
tround should a boll of cotton be
ginned before the price of cotton
cached 12 cents. It is reported
hat similar warnings have been
>osted on many gins and oil millsjver
the county.
( in Insurance Cancelled.
A special from Quitman, Miss., !
jays people in this section are very
nuch wrought up over the allcget
light riders who have been operating
in the southern part of thh
ounty. The matter became serious
oday when it was learned that some
if the insurance companies had notitled
their agents to cancel thoi
policies on cotton gins In this district.
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FLY I Nii MACHINE WHECliKl).
I
One of the Occupant* Killed and
One Hurt.
After having drawn the attention;
>t the world to his aeroplane flights i
it Fort Myers, near Washington,, i
nd having established new world
records for heavier-than-nlr flying j
nachines, Orvlllc Wright Thursday
net with a tragical mishap whih
linking a two-man flight. The aerodanist
was acconipanid by Lieut,
fhos. E. Selfridge of the signal
orps of the army.
Lieut. Selfr'dge was fatally inlured
aud died at 8:10 o'clock
Thursday night. Mr. Wright was
lerlously injured, but Is expected to
recover.
While the machine was enclrclin"
he drill arounds :i nmnellor l.huliU.
mapped oft and hitting some other
part of tlie intricate mechanism
insert it to overturn in the air and
'all to the ground, enevloping the
two'bccupants in the debris
lfotli men received deep cuts aboil'
he head. Mr. Wright regained con clousness
at the hospital and die
ited a cablegram to his brother
t Leuions, France, and requested
hat the same message be sent tc
lis sister and father at Dayton, Ohio,
insuring theui that he was all right.0
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rHKAOIKH HOHHtiWIItlM'ttD. |
I) n Woman He Had Srortxl in a j
Sermon.
Mrs. Ilonitu Sch wart /.enberg. a ,
inudsome young woman, has been j
tiled $1 and cost in the mayor's:
ourt at Pinevllle, I,n., for horse- !
chipping the Hev. II. C. Worten.'
i young llaptlid preacher of that
own.
Mr. Worten stood calmly in the
uain street ot' the town and received
he whipping without a murmur. |
lis wife stood near him and when
Mrs. Schwartzenherg had exhausted !
icrself applying a large buggy whip, j
In- minister and his wife proceeded J
m their way.
Mrs. Schwartzenherg any* she
shipped Mr. Worten because he had t
icorod her In a sermon, The minster
denies that any part of his
ertuon had auy reference to the
oung widow. He declined to appear
igninst her in eouit.
imVAX-TAl T MFHTINt; OFF.
tcpuhlican Nominee Will Not Attend
C 'lii en go Unnquet.
The contemplated meeting ot
*udge Tat' and \V. J. Hryan a' a 1
banquet in Chicago October 7 has
'alien through, according to a statecent
by Chairman Dixon, of the
peakers' bureau.
"Judge Taft oil September 23 will
iddresa the Independent Railway
Men's Taft Club in Chicago," said
Mr. Dixon, "but his itinerary will
lot allow of bis speaking at Chicago
Vtnher 7 "
It is said that it was Judge Taft's
vlsh to speak at the banquet, but
hat the speakers' bureau was not
l consulted officially in making the
i mg tgemeni.
i Mr. Uryan. however, will attend
he banquet which will he given by
the; Chicago Association of Comnrrrc.
1
c'ornker h statement i/oes not say
vhen he had anything to do in Con 'Ibtto
Is no greater aanger to
hi. Republic than thl. pop er of
none.y employed for evil. There
trc no cii>?er erintinai'j than thore
rut', 'bat < 'rrupt tb^ public
tit.
" The It. publican party has long
>??-n mainm<in<-<l l?v these erhnlna'
lou? mis;Ions." *
HELD FOR CONSPIRACY
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ALLEGED PLOT AGAINST WHITKS I
DISCOVERED AT GREENWOOD. ,
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Dlucki at Ninety-Six Snltl to Have J
to Kill Four iTomiuent 1
i
White Citizens. t
Eleven negroes were brought to *
Greenwood Saturday, September 12, c
about noon, from Ninety-Sis, ?n the 1
custody of Sheriff McMillan and De- f
puty Sheriff Charles Dukes, under a v
s
warrant charging them with con- r
jspiracy. The arrest of those* negroes t
was the outcome of an investigation v
on the part of the local authorities 1
and certain citizens in Greenwood. *
Very little was known in Ninety-Six ^
up to Saturdav moralnrr r>?" ?n? ~-.n. _
w. VMV |ilU- V
posed arrest or the cause therefor, c
but several of the leading citizens P
of Ninety-Six were fully aware of
the situation, and the bringing of
the negroes to Greenwood was de- v
elded upon as the best method to r
proceed in a lawful and Orderly mantier.
Saturday evening auotlier *'
negro was arrested and brought there. u
on the same charge. The negroes t";
first arrested are: I\ It. Dean, S. h
T
T. .lacksou, a preacher, Jas. Step- *
hens. Anderson Stephens. Ed liarris,
Tom Bishop. Davego Williams, r,
Wayniau Jackson. John Calhoun, p
Zeke Chappell, another preacher, and 11
Wade Williams. The negro brought
Saturday night was Press Goodwin. *
The investigation, which led up to s'
the arrest of these negroes, started I*
in Greenwood on Tuesday, Septeni- U
>er 8. On that day a certain uegro it
in Greenwood received by mistake a '1
letter addressed to another negro In L
Greenwood, and that letter, upon *1
which the whole case hangs, as It ' <
were, is the most Important docu- tr
meat and development in the whole w
affair. The great question is. is the V
letter genuine or a t'uke? This is the w
letter: t>
"Ninety-Six, September lftOS. k<
"Mr. llartie HartiSi Greenwood, S. tl
C.: We wnM you not to give us pi
away in this me an Tom Bishop and c<
itev. Zeke Chappell is a committee t pi
to get up men to buy Winchesters, to te
fix for white folks in a few days, li
We are going frbni house to house at W
uiglit and shbot in. aiid they will si
think it is Toibert. Now. we want
vou to see how many at Greenwood in
will hel.p. All of us who come ud h<
there to Tolbert Convention is in it. j tx
but Joe. Don't know any thins about w
this. It is us. who is S. T. Jackson n<
there. We will be ready by Sunday
night to start if our men pet back, vl
Don't tell anybody of thlsj artd burn tl
this letter uli. Let me kilow who hi
will cittmb i'rbht I here by Tuesday. tl
I "Signed) Wade Williams."' s<
As stated above, this letter by mis- M
take was received by auother party fc
than the one to whom it was address- n<
ed. This party, a negro, states that ca
he started to put the leter hack iu u
the poBtotflce, but remitting the seri- k
ons nature of Its coutents. he turn-ia
ed it over io Ohi"f bt Police Mc- j fi
Combs. The chief of police inime- n
dialely consulted with Sheriff McMu- in
Ian and these two with several other ?
representative citizens began the in- u
vestlgation. ?
The negro why had received the h
letter, having himself been a resident
of Ninety-Six was most elosely
questioned, lie let it be known that [|
he knew something of what was or j,
had been going on among the color- tl
ed people at Ninety-Six. Expressing w
fear fbr his bwh safety he was reluc- n
tant to divulge anything. Repeated s
Miu'tiiioning unaiiy ovougni out tt)ejp
statement that two negoe societies at i r
Ninety-Six had been indulging in In- ; t-,
denciary talk against the whites in j s
their secret orders tor some time. | v
These talks had boon more frequent e
and more violent since the recent r
trouble at Ninety-Six, as the result q
of the local election on the matter of r
issuing bonds to build a school bouse. f
The negro did not connect any white
person at all with these talks, but ,
-tuted that the talks wore original
| with the negroes and confined ex-1
iclusively to their own secret orders '
i He stated that the negro Odd Kel- j
low's Lodge at Ninety-Six was takI
ing an active interest In the matter,
(as were the members of another se- fl
eret society among the negroes,
known, as the "Knights of the Guid- 1
ing Star of the Kast." He stated that j1
a committee from each of thesej<
lodges had heert appointed to have a t
conference with each other as to the J
1 purchase of guns, and to do certain i
'other things, i-o he had been inform-11
led. j'
After considerable parleying lie ;(
consented to go to Ninety-Six and
attend the meeting of the negro Old j c
Fellows on Thursday night, this he
ing their regular meeting to-night, j.
ite stated before going that he did
j not know whether he wou.u he allow-1'
led to get in the lodge or not. as he j 1
was behind in his dues. Money was I <
given him to pay up his dues and he
left Greenwood tor Ninety-Six. On:.
Friday he returned and as proof of the I,
fae? that he had he?~n to Ninety-Six j
.aud had attended fhc meet-1
j ing. he brought hark with him his
membership card on which the pay- .
mcut of hi- dues bud been receipted
i
and dated at Ninety-Six the night before,
and countersigned by the regular
officers of the lodge, who were
residents of Ninety-Six.
This negro reported to those who
had sent hint that he attended the '
meeting of the lodge and that after
Lhe regular business had been disposed
of in the lodge an executive
cession was called. That he asked
.0 be allowed to remain to this ex- ^
jcutive session, but that he was not
illowed to remalu until he had made
i lierce denunciatory speech agaiust
he whites. Aftor that he was allowed
to take part in the executive seaIon.
At this session all of the facts
onnected with the proposed beginn- 0
ng of the fight were discussed aud d
our white citizens of Ninety-Six d
cere named as victims. As was sug- .1
;ested in the letter to Hnrtie liar- ^
is, published above, it was stated
hat the white people of Ninety-Six 11
could blame any shooting that might sf
ake place on the Tolberts, aud that w
be negroes would uot be suspected.
*Vw? fAltr man ? **
IVUI lUVti OCICVIVU Wfrf Wfll
nowu citizens of Ninety-Six and il n
ias stated that others might he ^
hosen later, such developments de- le
endlug on the outcome of the first I'c
euture. It was also stated that the m
Lev. Jackson, mentioned lu the let- vc
>*r, had raised a fund of $7 0 towards
buying a dozen Winchester
itles lu Savannah, Go. The plan of tli
ettlng these rifles to Ninety-Six was qi
tso discussed. -h
Some years ago some little excite- to
lent was caused at Ninety-Six by the ar
ict that some eight or ten negroes th
ad ordered Winchester rifles. In
hese negroes stated that they wished st
aeui for protection against rowdy e?j
lumbers of their own race. They ca
adlly gave theni up When the white ed
eople demanded them and thus the sn
latter euded. Having this episode pr
mind the negroes stated that it vc
ould nut he safe to have any guns ju
lipped to Ninety-Six, so it was pro- if
Dsed to have a young negro, named ho
avega Williams, one of those now ?u
i jail, and a son of Wade Williams, ex
le secretary of the Odd Fellows' pa
odge, go to Savannah to purchase ue
ie guus. Ostensibly he would gc ha
i Clatliu University, carrying a wi
uuk. lustead of going to Clafliu he pe
mild iirneeed In J5iiv.-.nn?h Imv ih?.
uns and return as far as Dyson's, pa
liicb is the next stntion below Nino -Six
towards Columbia. Ho would -o
L-t <5ft there with a trutfk in which ml
to Ruus would have been safely hi
ickod, and in this way the guns ee
>uld bo distributed without any sua- Le
icion being aroused. The floods in- so:
referred Vith his going to Savannah -d
id bnek at the time first appointed. ?!
"hotber or not any other guns wore
cured is not known. 'hi
However, according to the negro trt
iformer. the first attack was to have tic
jen made on Sunday night, Septeni- pe
r 13, it being stated that the moon iu
ouId be about right so far as dark- tli<
[>86 was concerned tit that time. to
If all of this be true it seems pro- ml
idential that the letter addressed to do
io ilarri.i negro did ndt reach him, nn
nt fell Into the hands of the sheriff
no ugh the medium of auotlier per- <*el
in, for Saturday morning Sheriff fu
[c.Millan started out with warrant* iu
>r all of the ringleaders, and by th
oou had them safely lodged in the
unity Jail. As stated in the begin- foi
ing only a few people at Ninety-Six th
new anything nbout the matter -?ti
nd It is possible that it ail of tin su
?cts had been known the eleven h
egroes might never have been allow1
to leave the town. However, the "h
latter was well managed, and the th
egrocs were brnufrht there :?nrl mil Iv
i Jail without any bodily harm bo- i
\g dono to thorn. 'o
Saturday afternoon one of then: 'h
allocl to the sheriff and stated thn? *o
hoy did not want a preliminary hear- a
m then, this procedure It' adhered 'u
a will mean that the whole dozen 'c
ill remain in jtill there until the it
ext term of Court of CJeueral Ses- 11:
Ions. A large number of white j>eo **l
le at Ninety Six think the wlioh 1r
hiug is a fake. They think the in
nrmer is up to "spite work." and h 'a
imply trying to get the white people tn
. orked up against certain negro la
nemies of his. There is no
xcitomcnt either here or at Ninety- in
;ix whatever. Tho affair has caus- ]
d considerable talk, of course, bill 'e
here is no excitement whatever. '1
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HPIjIT IN HtiAliHT PAltTY. In
? hi
iidrprudt'iirr Candid u t * for Cover- m
ci
nor of t";i*ot-};ia ts fur Bryan. i|i
Si
An Atlanta dispatch says a serious jr
ij?in (n-vfiop'ci in me inaepenaenn p<
iarty of Georgia today, when Chnir- p:
nan Sutler, of the State executivt a
:ommittce, annouiieed that no elec t
oral ticket would he put in the field jj
\t the same time National Chair ei
nan Clapp. of the party, tiled *itl
he Secretary of State a oomph to list c<
?f State electors.
s
Following a meeting of the Stat? j,
executive committee an official state
inent ten.-, given out by Clinirntat. U
Bernard Sutler, declaring that it wat ^
more iinoprtant to wage a State earn- ^
palgn for Governor than to put ar t^leetoral
ticket In the field. Com- t
meriting en Tuc.day's action. b< a
said: "The action of our cxcr.i'i'-i c
committee mean, that our eandidau f
Mr. Farter. **111 support Bryan and \
K?-rn in the. uitioual le. '-ion. I' a
mean:. further that Mr. C trior i- ;
an independent Ttemoeratie candidate ?
for Governor." <
AGAINST THE STATE.
ii'ixii: PitiTcn.vjtirs Divt'isiox
triIKl.ll UN AI*1*KAL.
'be Court S?.rs Iho Dispcusjiiy CowmLsskint'is
Hold Dispensary Funds
as Trustees (or (.'ixtlitors.
'l bu United States Circuit Court
f Appeals ir a decision handed
own at Richmond. Ya.. on Weduet,ny
sustained the opinion of Judge
. C. Uriiehnrd, in the famous
f FlHsclimann & Co., and others
gainst the South Carolina dispen\ry
commission. The opinion w?,s
rittcn by Judge James K. Hojd. of
've.isboro, N*. C., and was coueur d
in by his associates, Judge Kdund
Waddlll and Chief Justice Fulr.
The opinion consumes more than
trtv pages of closely typewritten
atter, a great part of whicli is de>ted
to a statement of the facts.
In the opinion. Judge Iloyd states:
rhere ar<> two main propositions.
ie jurisdictional, wlitch presents the
lest ion whether this a suit against
ie Stateof South Carolina, and therere
forbidden by the eleveuth
nendnient, and. second, whether
e dispensary commission is a court
capable of having its proceedings
ayed by a writ of injunction, grant1
by n Federal court. Does this
so come within the limits presentI?
In this connection it is nccesry
to inquire if the State has auy
esent interest in the fund in controrsy.
which cau be divested, by n
dicial determination of the amount,
any, justly clue the complainant, or
is the State, by ait act of leglslare,
relinquished all right, if auy
isted, to enough of the fund to
v all just debts of the State dlsnsary.
The turid being in the
nds of the commission, charged
til the duty of abolishing the dlsnsary.
the State has no interest in 1
much thereof as is necessary to '
y the just debts."
"In what capacity," asks the (
urt, are the members of the com- 1
ission acting? Are they officers of 1
e State of Soutli Carolina or otllrs
appointed under (he act of the
gielnture empowered to take pos- '
Hsion of a certain fund and direct- 1
to administer siich fund in a cer- ;
in manner? (
"We are constrained to hold that J*
e funds in their hands arc held in 1
tst for payment of the debts men- 1
mod. that the creditors of the dis- (
nsary have a property iu the funds *
the hands of the commission to
r* extent that the debts are shown
be Just, and that a judicial doteruatloii
of the true amount of such
bts con in no way effect the rights '
d interest of the State.
"Having therefore determined the i
lution of the app&ilants to the
nds in controversy, we answer the'
estion propounded in the outset
at this is not n suit against the
ate, and that the complaint is no'
rbldden to maintain his action by '
e eleventh amendment of the contution
of the T* ill ted States. Till"
it is not against the Slate, nor is '
o State ail iridispMisible parly.
"Treating the fuild ni the hands of
? appellants as a trust fund, and
?* duties of the trustees being clear*
detiued. the trustees are not even
necessary party to a s.V?: wrought
compel the trustees to discharge
eir duties. Their position appears
be that the agents anil represenlives
of the debtor should eonstite
a tribunal absolute in its cliarac- ,
r to arhitrflrllj pass upon what, it I
lything, is due an alleged creditor. ;
id. If a claim be adjudged invalid.'
It bout further opuort unity for reess
on the part of the creditor.
To uphold such a contention would
* to deprive such a creditor of his
operty without due process 01
w."
The court further announce-, that
the conception and adoption of the
eventh amendment. It never eared
the minds of the frru.ors < t
mt amendment that a sovereign
ate could engage in the lirjr.oi
nsiness. and become a trader by
uylng and selling an article of < nion
traffic, in competition with 'lie
tizens of the eountry. It ma? be
uestioned therefore, whether the
late of South Carolina was exerci
, .> n npi.rnlvattvA in t
1 b ? hw* ' i iiiiiviiim ?'** ' %?????* !
srforming a function necessarily >'.
roperly Incident to Its autonomy. ;.v
State.
In reference to the provisbut .?i
lie eleventh amendment. Judge
oyd uses the following: "I'ndouht
tlly, the eleventh amendment was
lteuded to prevent the Federal
ourt. in suits prosecuted by the elti
ens of another State or citizens or
uhjects of a foreign Stat.-, from
uterforlng with a State in the prosi-rition
of its autonomy, in maintaining
is own system of self-government,
o long as such system is in hnraony
with the constitution of th"nltcd
States. To this end. fhe-eore.
the funds of the State in i's
reasury or held by its officers or
igonts for in tV* administration
if the government !! attain- of th"
hate are not to be affected by tbe
rocoss of the Federal court, nor < )' ?
>u? b court entertain iurisdic o*i ?
n act-on which ' > for it., p tr;-.r, 3
he invasion of 'he rights o' th:
State to manage and control it ii
llKJVKN TO SllCIDK.
j CJeorgetow n Hoarding Huum- krcpt'
Put Bullet Through llis lint in.
A dispatch from Georgetown. say
Samuel M. Thorn pk ins. 4."> yours o
age, committed suicide Tliursda;
morning at 0: U 0 o'clock by blowlui
out his brains with a .2 2 calibre re
volver. Mr. Thompklns kept ;
boarding house on the corner o
Prince and King streets; he had t
wife and two children, a daughter o
14 and a son 12 years of age.
Thompkins came to Georgetown
about one year ago from Knterprise
a small village on the Waccnmn*
River, and previous to his residenei
there he had worked very acceptably
in the store of Messrs. Pun-ought
At Collins, at Conway, and had many
friends at that place, and iu Horry
County, lie was reared front a boy
in Conway by Mr. \\\ R. LfCwls, who
married an elder sister, and whe
guve hint the benefit of a good common
school education, lint untowed
circumstances followed the yonu?
man into Inter life, his health gav?
way and he has suffered recently
from despondency. For the past si>
months he lias ljoeu out of steady oi
remunerative employment, and that
fact seemed to prey upon his mind.
After waiting upon his guests at
the table Thursday morning he stepped
in an adjoining room, when tin
inmates of the house were startled by
a pistol shot. Rushing to the apartment
from whence the sound proceeded
Tliontpkins was found lylnp
upon the floor with a bullet hole in
his head just above the right ear
Physicians were Immediately summoned.
hut the unfortunate man
breathed his last before their arrival.
KII.LKD l"OIt XOTHlNti.
Mail Killed Over Fast Prink of Wain
in Camp.
A dispatch from Hellefotituiue. O.
says fighting over the last driuk ol
water left In camp, the drought hav
iuk uriou up an inewetis and .spring;
in the vicinity. Frank Dadish wa;
shot and killed by two nun at tin
Ohio Kleetric Hallway construction
lamp Wednesday. Dadish wanted tie
water for his wife. In the last two
weeks it has become a serious proposition
to supply the camp with waterit
being necessary to tramp thret
miles to obtain a supply. Wednesdav
morning only enought water for n
irink was left. Ruin and Harrier
arrived just as Dadish was pouring
he Inst bit of water to carry to bit
wife. The men demanded that h?
Jivide and when he refuted, a fitrht
nsued. During the scuffle the watei
was spilled on the ground.
Cltl SllF.n TO UKATII.
tlob Hushes Young Man in Fivtil ol
.Moving Train.
The wild rush of several hundred
men and women, most of them re
.timing froht a Sunday base ball
game, to honhrd a train at Fair liav- j
n. Pa., at ft.HO o'clock Wednesdaj
night, caused the death of Wall act
Wilson, aged 27, who was pushed it.
front of the train as it pulled ititr
the station, by the crowding mass ot
people, endeavoring to board tin
train.
The heroism of Miss McClenry, almost
saved Wilson's life, the gh-i
clinging to him Id the very last minute
in an effort to save him from
falling in front of the train.
Stanley Dingo and Frank (ioarii
?crv iiihu uaui; crusuua uy ueiug
unshed ln'tween two cars of tin* train
In* the excited crowd.
u-rnnl affairs. or of an action which
will obstruct the State authority o'
impair the State Instrumentalities in
the discharge of legitimate functions
in the iiialntninu'ic* fit' t*?
State s integrity."
As to whether the commission h i
ourt is briefly considered. I'dg'
Boyd. citing the Constitution of
South Carolina providing for the e^Ml
lishment of the different court
the -ourt holding that while the commissioner*
were empowered to in
vestigate the transactions, te>> wen
no i mpowi red to determine au>
issue of fact, enter any judgment < r
conclude any party that might ' <
nvestigated as to any right or intcre t
involved. Judge Boyd then refers tc
the opinion of the Supreme Court o.
South Carolina deciding that .1 sup
against the dispensary commissi <
was a suit against the State. "The
i South Carolina Supreme Court,"
< says the judge, "is entitled to and
1 has our most profound respect, but
.we do not feel entitled to adopt th?
'construction given hy that trihuua
'to the statute of Sotith Carolina.
"it is our conclusion, therefore
that the conclusion of the cfrctii
ieotirt for the district of South Cnro
lina appealed front, should he aftinn
. ed."
When Judge Boyd finished read
J ins the opinion ot tltc cotirt. W. ] '
i Stevenson, of Bennettsville. nskoi
that a reasonable stay he granted fo
preparation for an appeal in the ens*
He first asked for a stay of sixt
days, hut Judge Boyd suggested
forty days would be ample time i
] which to get. ready for .? writ of c
| toruri to the Supreme r*nurt o:' t'i
T'nitcd States, and an order ^ a <
1; tered directing that a stay of ma*
>|dato for that length of time he et
, tered.
1
I IMMENSE CROWD
I I
' Hears Bryan in New York City
JI Friday Night.
II
\ GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
I Shown on All Shies as the l)emoI
era tic ('.'iixlhlult' (hicnod llir Campaign
in til-eater Ww York at
Carnegie llu'l.
Democratic presidential campaign
I 11 greater New York had its advent
1 Mdny night when William J. llryan
j it a mass meeting under the auspiI
"cs ot Tammany Hall spoke before
I enthusiastic thousands who tilled
I Cnnegie Hall and overflowed
I uto the streets. The ovation aeI
'orded to the presidential candidate
I vas a brilliant climnx to a dov lit
I which a united parly paid .Mi Dryan
I t conspicuous reception.
1 Mr. llryan spoke tor over an hour
I ni "Republican Tendencies" at c.n
ugie ilull. and tor over 1U minutes
tls audience applauded his appeartuce
on the platform.
Before tlie meeting the candidate
tpoke from a cart tail to an overlowing
gathering of New York's
housands who stormed the line of
oliee to gain admission to the hall
)n his arrival in Now York Friday.
Mr. ltryan spoke at a noonday nie.?ing
and during the afternoon held
distant levees at his hotel where
)emocratie leaders in the city and
State called upon him.
Previous to the Carnegie Hall
ueeting Mr. BryHii was entertained
it dinner at the home of Mlihert K.
'ary. <>n approaching Carnegie Hall
t little later .Mr. Bryan was given an
ovation l?j a crowd of 10,000 or
more persons who could not get in
In hall.
The candidate was taken to a ling
1 raped cart and from it he made
brief speech, lie was cheered reteatedly.
especially \ hen a man in
lie crow<1 tried to argue with him
ind Bryan made a squelching reply.
"1 can speak to yen only briefly,
s 1 have a long speech to make
aside," said .Mr. Bryan. "Let me
all your attention to the marked
inference i.etu-..?.? "
* ucpuoiicaiy
ilntform .'iiwl ours. The Republlruir
ilntform Is different especially in not
lutlining necessary legislation. Our
ilatt'orin tells the public what
hink of what ought n he done. We
ake the people into our confidence
ui'I thus we show not only our faith
n the merits of our policies hut also
11 the intelligence of the voters.
"Now there are four propositinus
s to labor fos which we stand,
"irst. we believe that there should
>o a department of labor with a eabif
the trust law.
"Second, we believe that labor
should be taken out of the operalon *
f lie rus law.
"Third, we believe that an iir.lu:.rial
dispute should not lie sutticient
auso for the Issuance of an injunction.
"Fourth, we believe in trials by
jury in case of Judirect contempt."
A tuau who claimed to he a union
iron worker here attracted the a it en*
ion of .Mr. llryan and asked hint If
l were true that lie had used the
xpiesston that workmen were a lot
u in KK'ti fc wlit*u lie was in comki'dss:
"I speak a a a representative of orranized
labor," th?~? man added.
"No, you do not." shouted Mr.
Mryan. "My record is well enough
'uiown, so that no representative ot
>rganized labor would have to a^,k
no atieh a Question."
"Did or did you not iim? that ?\irossion?"
inslsti-d th?- num.
Itryan answered: "I shall iiot ttulertake
now or at any otl"-r time to
answer ;iny aim every siaTeniem ' iai
nay be made by those who are tr>ing
10 help the Republican part;
until they pet an endorsement from
the Republican party or its representatives."
.Mr. Bryan then left the eart ami
I went into Carnegie Hall.
When Secretary Smith of Tammany
Hall called the mass meeting
. to order every seat was taken and
every inch of space was filled. tt
was an enthusiastic audience and
t when Chairman Herman Kidder was
introduced the crowd applauded for
- several minutes. Mr. Kidder dwe'*
on tariff reform.
While Congressman Sulzer w
speaking Mr. Bryan and Ills party
d stepped front an entrance upon the
r stage. It was the Bryan demonstrn .
tion of eight and twelve years ago
y that followed. Men leaped to tbrir
i: chairs and yelled and shouted while
t the band p1*?ved lively tuner. Cliair*111,111
Kidder's voice was 'ost . be
jhrieny Introduced the Democra'i?*
i- candidate.
Wheu quiet was restored, after a
i- 10-mlnutc outburst of enthusiasm.
Mr. Brvan began his speech.
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