The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 03, 1897, Image 1
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BARNWELL SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY JUNE 1807.
Whiskey Rebates
^ -awtor Iillman on Otspsari Troudles.
THJC SUBSTANCE OP THAT FA
MOUS L UTTER.
The Senator Conrte laTeetlfcatlon
Into HU AdmlnUtration of the
Dispensary and Pays His Respects
to His Enemies.
The following statement of Senator
Tillman was given to the dally news
papers and appeared simultaneously
on Sunday morning:
Governor Elierbe having declined
to five my letter to the press as I re-
S uested, 1 waited to hear from him be-
ore giving it out. It was written very
hurriedly, and some things in it
'seemed to him to bp a reflection on his
administration, and he alto objected to
my sCrtetnres on some men and things
as ooming through him for fear they
would be considered as rsoelviag his
endorsement. At I intended no re
flection on the Governor, and had no
purpose of "strlKing others over hU
shoulder,” I have owdifled the lan
guage which he ooaeidered to reflect
on him sad gi vs the letter to the public
is the form of a state meat. 1 oaiy ad
it to him, la the Irvt pieee,
•w. ag Qovereer. he aioae
eoeld order as Isveeugstioo It Is
sehstesUaily as lest ertllee, eseept
the Agrvcj.t^nsi Ha. mslter seme,
slaee raadisg the eptelee ef iesitee
Her lea, eed Mt ess eae er tee earn
tsasas tMsB Mght hs I
•set the Uses to
snoot dig up
end oast laalaua
mads. They do so
come ebas they o
question of rebates _
turns against my ii'»ni>«ty. Whan these
sUle slanders about relmtaa uadsr my
administration ware put In circulation
by tbs newspapers and than taken up
by General Botlar, la the canvass
throe years ago, I mat them promptly
and vigorously at Union and else
where, and Inst winter 1 Joined with
Governor Evans in asking that the
Legislature should appoint a commit
tee to look into the dispensary’s man
agement and set the charges of cor
ruption at rest forever. - The books of
the dispensary and everything con
nected with its hnancialfaffairs have
been investigated and reported on
time and again by a legislative com
mittee, one of whose members was an
anti, incapable of seduction or of being
induced to clerk wrong. The commit
tee has sever yet made ( a report re
flecting on the integrity or honesty of
Its management. Now, theory is‘Tn-
vestigate!’’ and whlleGantt and noonc
else has or can give any satisfactory
reason why my administration of the
Dispensary should, be Investigated. 1
desire to sak the Governor to select »
committee of citiieos to enter upon an
loveetigation immediately, and I am
wUilag to answer nay Inquiries made,
sad I dou>H sot that every other mas
ooeoeetad with the Die pessary la say
ofBcisJ way would be willing to do llks-
wlae. Tbs sips ass oaasot hu great, sad
cuwid hs paid out of the oosUagest fsad
sad tbs msttsr Is ef ssBetest
taaos. I think. Is warrant the sutler
Tbs (Heads of the Dtspaassry eaa
sat eHsw U M be asdsrmiasd aad
Is ftth by tbs
weiei*
aedtfa*<
fr
not
a thousands of
tbs Mill Crank
for them,
dollars of re
distillery aa
or had boss guilty of a grave aad one
surabls derallclioo of ofllolal duty Id
not collecting the rebates sod turning
them into the State treasury for the
benefit of the taxpayers.
No charges were made, but a simple
which aay • taxpayer had a
enquiry which any - taxpayer
rig! it to make, and eng honest man
would have Invited and answered dis
passionately and frankly. There was
no occsslon for .such an outburst-of
ooarseirlbaldry and unseemly passion.
The controversy stands to-day where
it was left off at Union nearly three
years ago, except that the suspicion of
crookedness in regard to the rebates
has been intensified by a remark which
Governor Evans, his friend and cola-
borer in the dispensary business, is
charged with having made to Mr. Mix-
*oa, late chief dispenser, to the effect
that “Ben Tillman had lined htb pock
ets witn rebates.” And further, by re
cent intimations and suggestions on
the same line from some of Governor
Tillman's closest, and, as is generally
supposed, most oonfidential personal
and political friends. Now, the simple
and only question as to this branch of
ths dispensary management involving
Beau reds of thousands of dollars to the
taxpayers, is, were the rebates of set-
«e oeate per gailoa cnllectnd from the
Mill Creae dimmery eed ether whle-
kev d-e-ers. eed If eat, why eel.
^Qcsereer TUlmaa ear not sidetrack
I'lAURM HIS Biill tfPWUO SUUIN.
HB WILL RUN FOR THK UNRX-
PIRKD TKKM
the pehlte ef car
A bketch of His Brilliant Career- His
Popularity as a Public Man.
John Lowndes McLabrln was born in
Marlboro County, May 9th, 1860. His
father’s name was Philip B. McLaurin,
a lawyer of marked ability, who died
at an early age, leaving the subject of
this sketch, Thomas and Margaret.
Thomas died when about twelve years
old and Margaret is now living in Marl
boro County as Mrs. Croeeland. His
mother was a daughter of T. C. Weath
erly, who was prominent in public life
before the war. Whatever of political
ability and taste that Mr. McLaurin
bas Is from th s side of the house. Mr.
McLaurin’s father was elected at the
very early age of twenty-three to the
general assembly. He wac just old
enough to be eligible. On thu side of
the bou e there was marked intellec
tuality and culture.
His father died from illness contract
ed from exposure in the army in 1864
(a 1867 bis mother married Mr. Wm
S. Mowry, of Charleetoe. Mr. Mewrs
was a very weeUht i-» si- uier, muJ luv.
family lived f * »„»ei years ta Mart
hare Caeat* eed thee ■wend la Ifll to
Eaglewood. N. J. Mr Muwry haeetaea
that Uae leea a vary saaeaeafal mem
ber of the (oUoa aad stack exchange la
| Nee York Mr aad Mrs Mcury, see
•re half kreshers eed listers ere new
j ll* law el t* M plasm AH Mr. Ms I seriss
I hal f ksakh. rs am la haslaem la Mem
_ la these leys the eehaal epetem ef
ee e es dekaettee end ‘A
Tsmss«e
Tbmmg
thcet office in the gift of the
ruprusenUtlre of the ealtaru, lataill-
S inee aad ruflnemeat of Southern olv-
isation.
With n profound ooosolousnees of the
respooilbility involved and aa hoaeet
determination to repreeuat as far aa I
am| able the Intereetc of the entire
people of the State, I accept your ap
pointment.
I desire, however, to say that I believe
that United States Senators should
be elected by a vote of the people; and
as the constitution debars us that priv
ilege, I sincerely trust that the Demo
cratic State executive committee will,
at iu convenience, order n primary, and
give every Democrat the chance of hav
ing n voiop in the selection of one to fill
this, the h
people.
If I am selected, I will have the
proud consciousness of knowing that I
am, in fact, truly the representative of
the whole people of South Carolina. It
is peculiarly gratifying tome to receive
this appointment atyour hands, but had
not the exlgenolcnof the situation in the
Senate demanded the immediate ap
pointment of one somewhat familiar
with the sltuatian, I would have re
quested you to hold the matter of ap
pointment la nbeyaaoe aatil a primary
cleetloa Is ordered, whieh I hope the
oxeeutlve committee will see proper to
J. aad other oeadldates see d to eater
I shall at every misting insist epoa
have bees seaelned ta t
^Mrtt ■ ^aa eMoe^het 11 lie Inferior
Us wed ta the Beams I Weat It te
ftvea me la aa el settee wears em
etuaam hawetav kamble he mug
<ma haee aa appartaastg he my se at 1
(Hi DiSIRUCIDR Of 1% I0IBS PREOII
AM ANC1KNT LANDMARK OF NMW
YORK.
Many Noted Criminals Bare Bean
Confined la IU Cells and Foul
Tales of Crime Have Been Beard
by He Walls—A FJne Sample of
Egyptian Architecture aad a Se
cure Prison.
New York Kyening Poet.
The demolition of the Tombs will re
move one of the city's most widely
known buildings. It is not too mucq
to say that It was the most unique
structure in the city, and soaroely an
other was ns Impressive. It has been
decor I bed ns the most perfect speel men
of Egyptian architecture ouUide of
Egypt. Interesting ns it is ns a piece
of architecture, and part as ft Is of the
city's history, no ons seems to dantre to
perpetuate the existence of an edifice
speaking from every stone of crime aad
suffering.
The Tombs has long been inadequate
for lU objects, both : n character aad
aeoommodatloae, aad year after year
• term have been made te secure iu
ooedemaattoa aad »rep isos meet by a
■oderu prteoa. hat the legists'sre
ss J the city officials have ale ays aa-
Ui last year lowed other pa Mis paw
mms mare s* A estiva of t
la the
is i<
• e -
ual
•ha wap wall
murderer
who
it la tea Ilia of than
leavored to
by burning bar body.
of rm "
Mx
ly. Dr. Brownlee, a noted dtvlae
1 time, nude from the polplt aa
J for the mnrderur, and aoeori-
the day discoursed on the
«*ro«klj ~ ~
of the 1
appeal ,
log to oaa historian, ''coolly
upon the blotting oat of Helaa'o
Ufa as a dead to be com mend e< _
short, popular sympathy soon verged
to the murderer’s side. The trial WM
n great sensation. To the
ment of all, the prisoner was acquitted,
nod It wm afterwards praetioaUi
joroven that the jury had
•eat to Texas
>ractically
en bribed.
aad never
be
returned.
Another prisoner
who wm ons of the first wife
in ths hUtory of the city, nalwholn
1800 wm hniured In the yard of the
Tombs. A osll wm aha -—i-t' by
Daalel McParlaad. 1 '
0# the city, wha oa N,
shot aad killed AlbeH
of ths Tribune
of whieh
While
MaPtotaad, the
Isrmsi by ■aary
O. -
spur the tragedy took
ihardeoo wm ha
the dlvaraafi wtZ af
!h ®- Walwurth, wha aa Jama A
Wmm tw rnm* Rfh
m msaanSMaa waflh aha mwempwawas j I kimmiA | WHPmmwuwwe*"** •sawomms m- mu mme •» mssffiswmwws aw fvummmm^ss^^^^^^l ,km
a •'«
w * 4 —« •
sd mmsnws are smmwawd
■m Aei
■ am«e ssmaw see s
Aeswmw up** 1 sd wso Wi
m mu»u » usue mep
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rw
ma>
rwA aud I Aa*
»h Uurtsg my lam
the teat that sags aad email nerve*#
af itqea»e were (mad aweaed ta Has
barrels aad alee la cmski af kerne. 1
laetrected Mr. Trailer to lake aeeoeei
af all ooeuabaad articles aad dlepuee
af them aocordiag to law.
While there is a great howl raised ie
regard to the dispensary by the old
bar-room advocates. It is dope with the
view of undermining and destroying
the dispensary system, and they do
not care so much for the punishment
of those men as they rejoice in the
opportunity the reoeet exposures have
afforded toem for revamping the old
slanders about “rebates.”
The obvious purpose of the anti-
newspapers—autl-reform, anti-temper
ance and anti-decency—their obvious
purpose, I say, is to follow up the line
of fight laid down long ago; to bu-
smlrch the character of any and every
man connected with the dispensary,
and to magnify everything which can
be criticised in its management in
order to break It down In the affections
of the people and to accomplish the
restoration of bar-rooms in pome form.
The system hM no Inherent vice
which ought to work its diaaolutloa,
and it only requires to be conducted as
the asylum or m the tax department is
run to command the respect and sup
port of the people. No one can claim
that this Is n matter of Impooklbllity,
and If the syatem shall filially fall U
will be owing to the Improper admin-
Lstration of toe lew.
80 much for the gen.-ral subject
Now, for particulars. 1 have walled
to sue this week's Headlight. M m to
hate Genii's speutAe churgus caeuriag
Ike idmlaisveUoe ef the kuw under
“Ben Tillman and Tranter ’ and. UAa
S1ki~r t have kuan MMatuhad M IAe
afrontery whlnA^flgc as^sejmusA
•nbab! MAms
suwmum la Ahe Area fwasu mu 'unma
•^ma^e aasa mm maun np sa teen
ffinmaW kt eey Affig fiameud krom
Ako wswegnauus * Kero m wane «■
earowd AA Cesam I Aad suueseed a
swmmaaMaaum 'rose a
OartauaMk mm a
Mrm eg me MM Af Me
eawauy true
AaM af aeeea
e
nerd, tea* Is ta say wm knead m
darnau trust ugrromvut te pay keen *
eereaeeaSeeaeeurygailwaMaekwagki. |
Mat Me Mil* Croek ntettimry ef Oaswl
was e member of tan treat, and there
fore bused to return this rebate. Mot
a» Goyruor TtUamn, m nhalrmna af
Me hoard of control, and understood ta
oe Me sole resp-'u.ible bead, had per
ched targe qunetitiee of liquor from
the Mill Crest distillery, be ought tu
bave received large sums from Me Mill
Crunk dUUiiery, running up into Me
thousands of dullnrs. This is sabetna-
tlally the information I reoeived
from no entirely reliable, experienced
sou roe.
This communication got into The
News and Courier and oan be found in
tne files of that paper of that date, be
fore I had an opportunity to uae it on
the stump, in this way: *
At a meeting preceding the one af
Union. I do not now remember where,
Mr. Kohn, the correspondent of The
News and Courier, Mked me if I had
any manuscript I expected to use, 1
would let him have it in advance, so
that he could make a copy at his leis
ure, and thereby Mve him the labor
when sending on his dispatches.
I gave him the memorandum furnish
ed me m above stated, enjoining him
mmnk awa ffiksp Anew aamcrmb aa
•AffiBBM emt me Megmyero Amne us
sms Me rowvue ev • tms uwrommw
sdMteMwro Ameew Tmm 1 mw
FManm m su a sromti eamwawsu roe
•ws. MfuMffii BMffi Mffiwinwua ns Mu
g%4 er roe ro sag *# 0 swaumae Mem
Ahe gfiMagauM ropmai am* semss
aroroue uannA me*muc m mom pumww
annwmdkaewro
• ' was eroamuwd Mus Me Awwauamry
wwe*d png e nmd m - mwe e yews *eue Me
dnuks Vsuro*y end rog%t As hero Am#
■w gAffisv fewwsea proauw menwgvsnuws
w sul a p«u'e sUarWI
me asm «s mg *M cm
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mam AW • V euu few feus
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aw Am twww mum
if O BwvJBt
Hag St MM.
ou luo cam cacm/vo mmmswou, oujv/cuiug uatan
not to publish It tnlil I had embraced
it in some subsequent speech. Mr.
Kohn, through Inadvertence, I sfippose,
forwarded it to his paper, aad It wm
published before I had aa opportunity
l °Mr , *Kohn l aflerwnrds told me he had
Informed Governor Ti:lams tt hat tana
pebllahud wlthogt my aathority
Notwtthstnedlag Mis Ufa
Gsvereur Till sms having the
Kcima or a MommL dirrau -Thei
were ent ag ta Me luehy M M era Ay s
kaiklaa akoet Me striking peeeilasi
lies of some sf Ma hotels Met had
keea sp agaiest ia Ma ooeree of Muir
travels, says Me New York Heraid
la Me party were a red-kvadad
drummer from Arkaaeas, a travel tag
railroad man aad a spindle-shanked
mas who Milo oil out of Pittsburg.
The deal got around to Me man from
ArkaneM, and what he had to say wm
Mis:
“ I've had to stand for some queer
rules and regulations in my time, but
the most unique code of rulM govern-
log n hotel I ever hnd sprung 00 me
wm nt the Tallewanda hotel, in Col
lege Coroer', 0. I remember each one
of them distinctly to this day. They
were posted in this order:
“4. Board, 160 per week, meals
extra.
“2. BreakfMt at 5, dinner at 6,
•upperat 7.
“ 3. Guests are requested not to
speak to the dumb waiter.
“ 4. GuMte willing to get up with
out being called can have self-raising
flour for supper.
“ 5. The hotel is surrounded by n
beautiful cemetery. Hearses to hire*
26 cents a day. , a
“A. Guests wishing to do a little
driving will find a hammer and nails la
Ms cioeel
HaAoT^L/^M^Me'Yro
I 'the
U yen aro load af 1
9 \
mm im% tm # tMMMife mm*m> mifm \
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A If
M
• me 1« • ■
>ero te a rosy t*w we/s 1
mmis a sgnaam Man Aeuu
Mas a wm ewe 0 Me MMMff tasAese
eemmi term ef Me IwffitaMiuro Aa
Gary. Wileee. Twwaeeud aad Mel me
rta were raadlAsies ler atroreey ewe
erei le eueeeed P«^pe Mel eerie had
aa may »
into Me sea of llugatloa. Hie
m attoruey
Durteg Me ceapelge of 1M, Me
mala fight upoe Ttllmaa wm mode by
Col. You mans He wm a very eloquent,
fluent aad forcible speaker. There
were personal differences between You-
mnoa aad Tillman, aad the latter re
fused to debate or reoognlM him ia the
campaign nt alL which threw the fight,
*0 far m You mans wm Co doc rood, upon
McLaurin. Rarely has such a debate
ever taken place in any campaign in
this State. It wm of such a character
m to excite the keenest public Interest,
yet the two men cade out of it the best
o' friend* personally. The result crea
ted such a wave of public tavor for Mr.
McLaurin that •when Mr. Stackhouse
died In June, 1892, nothing could pre
vent the people of Mr. McLaurln’s dis
trict from electing him to Congress in
N >vember following.
He wm seated wben the fifty-eeoond
Congress convened in 1892, in the month
of Deoember. Mr. McLaurto's first ut
terances upon the floor drew great atten
tion to him ail over the country. It wm
bU remarkable eulogy oe his deceased
predeoeeeor. Hs came to Congress about
Ms time that Bailey. Bryaa, Sibley
aad others of equal acta made their ee
l/wooe spue Me Cuegreesliieal stage,
aad immediately hagaa tu aMrari at
• aero ee* *
emro Shws mwmd
tmee has swMeaa ie SffiK fi«asjmiM
^-41 roe hAe amMemaw Mr Maffiwm TSKmme
I was Me e.e> af Me amsana Agwferos m*
A> .|MaalafAaBKB<Ay|liaK^
■am I | Ae ayAroef roeesesaaa M Ma maaiA 0
geealaa rospsM fraa ^ v ~ t
—«vm from Me bass ef
TiUmaa eeald leapt re la Me
af Ale power. The effeet ef hla.^
flgkt wee biselecttua m jadge. lai
by hie eleetioa In Me Dv
cretx primaries to Me United Sh
Be ooadacted
on Me highest plane. The ua
judgment of newspaper man at Ma lima
wm Mat it wm the only campaign of
education they hnd ever witnessed In
the Stale. Men heard with attnatioa
and want mway Instructed upon the
great issues that engaged Ma atten
tion of the country. Hnd ha done no
more than to pitch the standard of pub
lic debate on tnat lofty height, he
would deserve an apothaoeis.
• eeeeeee
I met Senator Earle In the campaign
of 1892. He wm returnlng.to Columbia
from a business trip. In response to a
question he gave his judgment to the
effect that the opposition would fail
aad that Tillman Ism would wane slow?'
ly If upright men were puLforwariLand
Sleeted tooffioe. Otherwise, it would
quickly pees and South Carolina ba the
belter for Its passage.
After bis election to the eenate he
wrote me from Beaufort, la answer to
a congratulatory note, saying that ha
would strive to fnlfill Me expectations
af his fHeads, bat thaWMe UsamwM la
God's heads Prophetic Moaght! Fir
toot stteraeoe t “Die alitor Hearn,”
aad now he lme Mlasp, eeallhsilad by
Me arnm WMadmlM la Aha ~»Wiof
wiu m
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hat It H ro*{ t. .y
Mlrtr er forty p
pesalty of Meir
gloomy walls from 1818 Aewa to IMA,
whoa esecatioas Mara ware dleoqaua-
aad la eaueaquaaoo of Ma pessAge of
Ma law raqntriag Ma death i>«nalty to
ba admleietarad by electrleHy at Me
StaU prisons. Oaa of Ma last execu
tions wm memorable 00 account of
three criminals being hanged at the
same time.
One of the earlleet of the most fa-
moos oases having the Tombs m a
background wm Mat of John C. Cult,
a bookkeeper and teacher of ornamen
tal penmanship, who, on September
17, 1841, in nls office at Chambers
street and Broadway, killed Samuel
Adams, a printer, after a dispute. He
packed the body in a box, salted it,
aad tried to ship It to New Orleans.
The veseel wm delayed, and the pree-
ence of the body wm discovered. Colt
wm arrested and thrown into the
Tom be. There, m some other prison
ers before and since have doae, he
lived laxurlouely. His respectable and
wealthy relatives caused him to be aa
immense sensation. Ho wm the chief
topic of Me newspapers aad town
talk. After a trial iMtla
Colt wm 00aHefee
first degree Uei
A V4
Mmfi.
en days
of luarde.- ,0
to save him. hot la
•to eae ef Me most
wi Ay e
a
a * 1
H Mat May are
Aa n warn af a
lag plaofced three Mte saasaa
—Every real aloe old wwmi
at people ilka to haar a
arrled children
aa.
—Whan wo strive to do the beet are
oaa, wa are snre to Aad that oar boat
is beyond anything wa had dared to
hope for.
—The world steads by ovary old
Ua till It is found untanabla, aad op
poses every new troth till It proves fr-
resist! Me.
—England pays bar smbasrodors
from 836,000 to 840,000 par year. She
pays her sailors In the navy 111 par 1
month.
—An observant old bachelor soya
If you meet a young lady who Is not
very shy, you had bettor ba a little shy
yourself.”
—The only experience that you can
fully oomprebead le your own. That
Is why Ms world Is so alow to laara.
—The cIUmm af Belfast,
are to erects aisles of Qj
te seat AM,009. h
HE 1 AMI
«h u m* w 0m
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