The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 12, 1897, Image 1
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do bo o|»<>a all Oooooloao.
Hpaclal to AtlonU ConaUtutlon.
• Ahhicvillb, 8. C., Anguat 4.—"It la
a»ld that Ooouloa did not sleep a night
Jfor fear the Latimer bill wouldyfaaa
and tUht he threatened to make a cam-
patfraagalaai It next year. I tay to
N. n., • blow your^horn.’ I will resign
the Senatorahlp and run for the Got-
ernornablp myself, If necessary to’
maintain the dlapensary law.”
This bold and defiant threat, spoken
with all the emphasis of Wfilch Sena
tor Tillman la^spadile, fell like a bomb
among the audience gathered to bear
him at Kltigh’s park, lust outside this
city, to-day. It will for the lime dis
place the attention which has been
gWea to the Senatorial coo tost, and
bring Senator Tlllmao forward oeoe
more as tbs etormy petrel of South
Carol lea politics, the oee aroeed whom
moot gather all the ooeteedlsg ete-
amats. oeUeted to take a eeeead plane
la the praneaee ef this Impeteeas
The oasaetea was a gashertag at the
taramse e# AhheeUm Cmsatp. earn
msmad he Itstaa te the Isrmeee last*
tees eass* ees heOfi Of the ta<w*|g ef
CfeesMe Gnttama A hsrmesa' gmhertag
masseg la gmMmt Itw taa hsne is Mad
aha ^easaae ef Mte aeahs amse
•are ^maasaaae w ate east sea paasm
ami a ernme as Mmagfll ime seep aasd
la bar pattMaa.
yet iprieg all that time aed 4l I
cheegean weeaavar eaaekaw
Mr. Allleoe eVood epoe a slag
Uoa before the publle. If T were a
pollUclaa like him I would be ewey
from here today ; but la INdfi I fought
It oat lo the upon, end when I get too
cowardly to lead you I want you to
turn me out and get aome mao with
more courage to take my place. I bare
nothing to do with the Senatorial elec
tion soon to take place. If you bare
not become capable, throuh your edu-
cation of, the last ten years, to settle
upon the right man for Senator, then I
must say that our work is lost.” Sen
ator Tillman spoke upon this subject
not with the air of a man who has noth
ing to do with the race, but with the
erident oonrictlou that he was himself
the first choice of his auditors, and
that the colleague glreo him would be
one of his liking.
Leering this question. Senator Till
man entered the one nearest his heart
—the dispensary question. "None o!
three candidate*, said he. "appear k
be frleade of the dispensary law
There te maay a pollUclaa bid I eg out
la the hushes to see how the people
staad " tteaator TtUmaa weal oa to
deearlhe the war which had haaa aa*de
spua the dtepaaeary law ay the nUhe,
la ahtah they had opaaly taught Mg
■h ea. ha duutarad.
that Charteeaea had esaadad tram
ea my mtad that the
shasga el the padMa tMd ed
semaa ha i' m sde I glmais ah
eash a te eg sagM * m a hw the (
tal emoeam he hae
hlmgslf the mmM peaailaaat Ifere
la Ik Me hae eat the paae ae ta aubhc
policy, oaa la ahlah the caadidatas
will hare to follow la hie wahe from
ehoer foroe of olrcumetaaooe So ire*
la It that when Tillman speaks la
South Carolina all others are forgotten;
and that he will from now once the
central and the controlling figure.
Hie declaration of the length to which
he would go to enforce the dispensary
law is an earnest of what he propoees
to do, and It may be taken for granted
that the next State campaign in South
Carolina will be one without a pre
cedent In the Intense Interest which
has always marked the campaigns of
that State. On Friday the Senatorial
candidates will speak in this city, and
they will find ahead of them Senator
Tillman’s work already fully accomp
lished. ,
Thus the campaign waxes hot, and
we will have to let each day unfold
what It has In store for us.
STATE HOARD OP CON THOU
Tbe Moulbly MeuUug Almoat.Devoid
of luiereul Murads ftwaa the Com-
ataaSoorv's HepnsO
r The Mtahe hoard of eoalruf held lie
MMhty meallag la Oaiaashla, hat two
momhavo wore ahmek i'uatrary la
sspueSaaioas ao paahaaae of tlgaar
•ore made aad Mm l^oae moa *hg
oero «se—Si eg te go o^py aMA
or go srgaso lg UbeSv psaWaae aro tadsy
Irnaagesomd Taa toe o<« •>
The expected revolaltoh of Mr. 8. G
May Sold la regard to lha double deal
ing of Governor Kllerbe, as to tha re
moval of the metropolitan police la
Charleeton, formed the ponelaetcn of
his speech at 1’lckens, aM la as fol
lows:
Governor Ellerbe has given the pa
pers a carefully prepared interview, in
which he does not deny tbe charge
which I made at Orangeburg, lu which
I charged him with "duplicity” lo
dealing with the metropolitan police,
and if he denied it I would prove It
Here is what he says: "1 would like to
have the proof of any double dealing
on my part In reference to tbe metro
politan police or any other public mat
ter."
1 will give the proof.
During tbe campagin of ISM a cau
cue was held la tha city of Charles too
This caucus was composed of leaders
In thought, activity aad jouraaliem la
South Carolina. The question lo bo
decided was: Shall tha ptople of
Cbarleetoo vote for Seeator Job a li
llerrisoe or Uaa. Wm. B. Ei'erbe far
|gaearaarV
Mr lUterbe hae aot orlMoa aay let
teru, hath frtead. psrenaai aad amitlt
I sal, aae a mem tar ef that
hr Mr Iklarhe
That •matas dasah- d
t lAa#
nrw
Oa March
praeaated to tbe ooaarll of Charles too
for slgaatura, Iho day thle letter aae
wr'ttaa.
There la the proof of your duplicity,
Goveroor.
During tbe session of the legislature
Governor Ellerbe asked my advloe
about the removal. I told him, In sub
stance: "If you have promised to re
move it, you should do It; you should
keep your promise.”
I knew nothing of the terms of the
removal until the papers published It.
I never advised with any one about it
nor had anything to do with the keep
ing of It
I helped to pass It, but if I had
promised to remove it I would have
kept my word.
It might be well for the public to
know how proud Governor Ellerbe was
of this performance. "Tha favored
few" oould tall, aad a certain ex-Gov-
eraor can tall, bow he boasted of rapid
acquisition of political wisdom.
"Didn't I play tho motropollUa hoys.
Jobeay?"
"Yon, Billy, you played 'em."
are fall of OMoeshlaer*; that U ea ap-
oepled and probably a well known fact.
It Is oot alone peculiar to Georgia ;
Tennessee and the Carolina* can proba
bly go the "Goober State" one better
in this respect. But tbe moonshiners
of Georgia have organized In a secret,
oath-bound organization for mutual
protection that places them head and
shoulders above all their neighboring
Slate contemporaries, and the stories
that are current In the mountains about,
these men indicate thetjthey are fully
alive to the needsof such abo^y. There
are still surviving In the mountain dis
tricts ex-members of the old Kuklux,
whose experlenoe ta that secret organ
isation ha* made them energetic and
skilled leaders la the present oody. la
fact, tbe ringleaders of the modern
regulators are eearly all survivors of
tbe Kaklet Klaa.
Bom* tea years ago tbe latereai rev
eoee ofltoere, heeems a IliUe too eaar
getle la lee rating sal tbe lilMt obte-
bsy stills
tows,
of oee baadred,
rhlp aad iafltet lajurlas apod
■ who had gala d the r aaa
The town marshal aad ofllj
seized, aad sen tine Is stationed at every
corner. The whole town waa terr
ixed and nobody dared to interfa
Before they were through with their
criminal work they bad committed •
double murder, for which offence no
body mdever punished,
The Crimes that have been commit
ted In (he mountains in late years aro
so numerous that special efforts have
been made to bring tho pertlae Inter
ested to justice, hut, owlaff to the oath-
bound secrecy of the Regulators, it la
almost Impossible to aooompllsb much.
The revenue officers have the greatest
difficulty la looailag tbe stllleT
of the watchfulness of tbe
A raid la rarely
news ouooendbg It
it proves ahdiVa. This has
fdAfo
Umes vises he had speeae te tk aad
though he had adversaries wtthte Its
limits, he had sever reeeived a si ogle
elge of dleouerteoy. He traced the
te tbraegh which he raeehed
eloreht
bagtan
mead l_
an agricultural - college, where men
might be taught the use of the hand
and the eye as well as tha speaking of
Greek and Latin.
"It took us farmers a long time to
move,” said he, " but when we got
ready we took In everything from Gov
ernor to coroner." This declaration
evoked enthusiastic cheers, from which
It was evident that the tide formed
eleven years ago had not been broken.
"A great question,” said be, “was
the maintenance of Clemson College.
There were diffic^tles ta the way, the
greatest of which was*the effort to
compel the faculty to keep ta view the
the character of the college as an ag
ricultural Institution. But the trustees
had made up their mlad that they
would keep oa chaagtag their faculty
aatll they fouad maa who had aom*
lor labor Those who have
a I haem aelblad bheat farm
Im * saM be., "base Uaa ahwut me ta
Webaeaet bml obe mes we
«g am
s a - aw** «•
r*mm •*» am
••ua aae «r
s .w«—% •*
•am mawe* aw
V •dhae
rp«aa »
asasa a team
i enmad ^Hhe
mMm m h
MO #*wa» w
am cp a tpsaaa Te ima mge
ay Ip tmMt
eeseb has dam
y semmee-wee If She deed
•4 Mm supreme sears Is rtghk ssse
Aer high Itoeaee or lea Ueeasa, or eay
other plea, tbe legieiahere may edepk
ortgleel paehegee one shIU he hraegbl
te sad dlstrt be ted tbroughoutl
HtaM Oee ef the oaadldatee for the
te, Mr. May field, has criticised
the hill Whloa 1 Introduced ehlcb
oommaads hi moo ion to take his dirty
bands off the throat of South CaroUaa.
This caodldato Is pleased to say the
dispensary lystem is rotten. If that
be true, It Is the fault of the adminis
tration and not of ths law. We must,"
saldi’the Senator, stamping the fioor,
"put the dispensary either In politics
again or out of ik Make the county
dispensers elective, as are your clerks
and treasurers and sheriffs, and if vou
are capable of electing those other
county officers you should be equally
capable to eleot the right kind of dis
pensers. The trouble with us now Is
that there Is a divided responsibility;
that polltlos has got Into the State
board.” It was here that Senator Till
man spoke of tbe position taken against
the dUt^nnary by Mr. Gsazales and
declared his purpose. If necessary to
keep the dispensary lo the froel, ef
reelgelag hU seat aed eetarlag the
•chi lev tbe guvevaaveblp aest year
•lib tbe! qesatiue as bis sale ptaUorm
Mss ibas 1 west la five ee my pvaa
•as p*am" mM ha T am usteg eery
aaa abesa I em V baaacpv | gee eg
m upma usury eaasd
Bauam emas ay
I C HaassMt <
i fvwrti
Mm l»l
by tbe rcsigaalisa ef Ur Oramas
ta aaeerdaam attb tbe raaaiatlua ef
tbe hoard adopted el tbe Iasi meal leg
Mg. Qaaeur repaned that he had visit
Cbarlsstoa dkspeaearv durlag
the moelb aad had ordsred a lot of old
alae. c ham pages, beer etc., dumped
lalo the streets. This Is stuff which
bee been oe hand for several years, aad
Is utterly unsalable^ The State board
require* that at least one member of
the county board must he present to
see that all the stuff Is dumped.
Tbe same course has been adopted as
to certain old liquor from the Spartan
Inn ta Spartanburg. Mr. Miles made
the examination in this Instance In
rson and Issued a similar order to
ave the stuff dumped.
State Detective Newbold submitted
to the board a complete report in re
gard to his finding a good many pack
ages of whiskey put up at the- State
dispensary short at the dispensary at
Chester, and seizing them. The boArd
took no action ta regard te the matter.
The board agrees with the commis
sioner that It Is well nigh an Impossi
bility to send out packages that will
etaotly measure up to a druggist's
gredeatad measure every time. They
say lha! ta tbe Ire! ataae Milas caa
asS h* feiwae that alu bald tbe asset
eaasuiy ssitsrw'i attbaat aesapMab
TWa sag they bra dsSag all tha* mae
•ae a* tv g *• ' wul i
mama tmgaama e» *e
tigaad by •very
m eelwree tbe d
Tale I* admitted by
KHerbe la Ibis lelarvtee. Bel did Ibe
gevereer tall Itipreseetallves lid
Ashley or Uaool of Ible? Be. It ea*
hept as e profoead secret from them
1 haee eolhlag of It- I was Qghtlog
the dispensary lew. It aaa kuowu
oeiy to "the favored few," and was
carefully guarded.
Governor Ellerbe knew that of the
24 aldermen at least six were political
and personal friends of Chief Martin,
and some others would not sign any
paper to enforce the dispensary law.
Before the adjournment of the legis
lature Chief Martin knew the terms
which would be Imposed. On March
1st Mayor Smyth was informed by
Governor Ellerbe that he would take
up the metropolitan police matter after
the adjournment of the legislature,
March 4tb. Mayor Smyth lixod the
6ih for the conference. Now mark:
Mayor Smyth lo this conference pro
posed to have tbe council pass an ordi
nance to enforce the dispensary law.
This oould be done by a majority,
or at most tw» thirds, vote of tbe ooua-
ctl. But Governor Etlerbe said be
woeid not humiliate Ibe people of
CbnrleMao by having them M pom
raPMm G** ' 1 ***
- t-e
e v«*m » * »
e# fmm
a# ffMMp ib* i if dMMt • *
If the thoabnd* who hove
•It lu tbe Prbeldent'u
waiting their turae for audiences
knew It, they might moke the Um«
seem less monotonous by oonlemplal
log the chief article of furniture
Many of these visitors are anxious to
go to foreign parts. The massive desk
which occupies tbe centre of tbe room
has traveled further than any of the
candidates will, ^t has circumnavl
gated the globe by a route which no
human being has followed. Tbe Presi
dent sits behind it and writes his mes
sages to 'Congress. He ■■
words about Great Britain’s occasional
lapses of comity and of good faith. He
may lay down views upon the Monroe
doctrine which will cause British
statesmen to grumble. Ue will never
write upon that desk a declaration of
war against the other great Anglo-
Baxon nation. If he should oontem
plate such a thing tbe desk would
crank aad rock like n wooden ship la
a griadlag loe peck WlCb lie ■
*lv«eaas and aaaltb ef eorvl
dash gives ea tad eeilwe of Ms
Meltaadlmye Seva tbot Bta
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Bel la oee any
of lb# orgnalaelioa bnve lenfted out
Tbe Coarts for years In many ooestles
of Georgia were rendered powerless by
tbe organization. Wl
spirited away ; Juries were packed with
with members of tbe modern Kuklux ;
even J udges were elected to the Bunco
whoaffi'loted with the unlawful body,
aed men perjured themselvee on the
sftedd to prevent the conviction of a
flbglBator for some deed performed In
thtalnterest of the organization.
Sol
^ ttall of the members of the Regu-
fators pre so willingly ; they joined out
of self-protection. There are self-re
specting members to-day who deplore
tbe present state of affairs, hut to save
their property and even their lives
they remain active members. Tbe
great bulk of the membership Is made
up of rough, .brutal and unprincipled
men, who have adopted this means of
f ,rwarding their own private ends. A
private grudge that a llegulsW>r may
have agalitalaa leaoceot neighbor who
does aot beloeg lo Ibe organ I tel toe Is
tbe sseaee lor e mideight
whlppteg, ereeea death
Cbaelate wee arvasbad eng Sramgbt lain
At asm erne assn—Stag bt bts aae
■4 raw Msg* a
Lay lag by ef tbe prtaelpnl ftnldi
«• ewer teg semplwllea. i
by tbe bat, dry am
veiled durlag tf
weak.
Old oora Is maturing rapidly
the eastern portion* of the State al
fodder-pulling 1* now quite _
This portion of the oora crop varies la
condition with tbe locality aad the soil
and Is not likely to be n full crop. Lnte
corn continues promising bat
several more good “seasons” to
It up to present conditions and to In
sure the heavy yield that now
likely. Corn is "firing” oa sandy
i*ads ta Kershaw, Berkeley aad Aiken.
Borne bottom land corn injured early
in the week by high winds, and over
flowed streams ta the central counties,
however, comparatively small
were affected. *
Cotton continue* to fruit well aad to
•bed comparatively llttla. A
of correspondents report this
usually flue aad more heavily fretted
thee Is usual at ibis
were fewer reports tale <
ef rest, •!*«
drat** nitbeagb
dtUeae era sMIi widely
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