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The Barnweee People. vol. xxv. BARNWELL, S. THURSDAY. JUNE 12, 1902. NO. 40. BEN TILLAMAN. A Keutucky Editor’s Estimate of Our Senior Stn^tor. ->—f I PAYS TRIBUTE TO J. C. CALHOUN. Henry Watteraon Adviara Senator Tillman Not to Uae Ilia 1‘itrMork (^uite Sti I’reely. Of tiic triumvirs,'Clay, Webster and Calhoun, who (luriii* the critical peri'td of sectional agitation lyintr l»ftwt“cn the Missouri compromise! of 1^2o. and the ••ompromtse measure of 18.*>o, variously divided theadmiralion of the people, Cali.iaio easily ieti in the peitecilon of Ida inlelW’t ual and ethical st met are. He pi^sstioted ni»t Uie uuatriuatioii «*r Welader nor Hie mairnctiam of Uiav i Lot i.* a mind nehly atofe*! awl rightly trainetl. and tfcarical power newr auriMuacd. ie wtiitrd a mrmTKhnc nrro.naditv: l*.rtr Mr € i 1 Tillmans \vre born that 11th <>f A'.i- ^ust, 1847; one with a pitchfork, the oilier with a darninnneedle; both with a rattle; for it Is not easy to reconcile Tillman, the constructive statesman of schoolsand industries—the Tillman of the darning needle mending So'it ii Carolina's •stockings—the "successful aufbor of the greatest practical mttral innovation of modern , times, the dis pensary system—and the Tillman of knock down and drag out politics, the Tillman of the pitchfork. Eacii of us doubtless has within himself somthing of the Jekyl and the Hyde. Why not Benjamin Ryan Tillman? Was it not Jekyl who studied under (ralphin, who. though bat a child, en listed for a soldier, and. stricken with half blindness, suffered the torments and horrors of the last year of the Confederacy, returning loan Impover ish'd homestead to f ilhw the plow during the awful days of reconstruc tion. and. getting a few pots and pans together who married Sallle .starker Hu rely It must have Yieen. Ic waft: whilst Hie Tillman that swunped down from the hilfar upon the UuebloiftU of Die old regime, and M-nl both Hamp ton and Butler to grass, and raiftod mi much hell to Uie wiuare inch generally. wan llvdr’ Kvenrhndr In VV ivhlngton penemai- if..r THE STATE CAPITOL. Matters of Interest from the Political Centre. THE COMING STATE CAMPAIGN. The Candidates Who AVIII Address the People. Many Men of Dif ferent Aspirations. Local » Notes of Interest. Columbia. June 7. Special:—The ' chief object of interest and a subject, j of general conversation Is the ap- ; proaclung campaign — the summer l slump-speaking In the Democratic party. Whilst the withdrawal of ; Senator McLaurln necessarily changed the character of Up* omtest for tip? sucocssioo to Uie place wlilch he ip-w | httlds, yet lnteh*wt in that e :<*ontlnuc!t to tie very ct . ift true. Ur ic will | , much in Hmp way t.f diw * "iftftueti" of t)un»Huffti of pu which Uie Ift-mas'raUe n be said to rutertaln tsttrtft l hi»* Tlicrw L g**fv ml c»wr* Iflta SoSuc. It •14* isd la* T. Duncan, Esq., a practicing lawyer I (»f this city. Frank charged that on ; MT. Duncan's statement that one | Ella Taylor, colored, had a good title to a certain lot in this efty, agreed to lend her $250 on a mortgage of the same. The mortgage was executed j and .Mr. Duncan.receipted to-Erank: for the $250—the receipt sett ing Torlli | that Ella Taylor's title to the lot was J yet to he perfected. Frank after- ! wards tried'to use the mortgage as collatteral for a loan, and t hen found j (as he says) that Ella Tuflor had no [title to the lot. In the meantime | Mr. Duncan had not paid over the money to Ella Taylor. Frank brought I suit against Mr. Duncan, and the court I ordered that the latter should pay | over to'Frank the $25o. This, lifter some little delay, was done, j Thereupon I). W. Robinson, Esq7, (lie attorney for Frank informed the I Supreme Court of the matters above stated and suggesUsl Uiat Mr. Dun- t can tic ruled lo show cause why tie Uhould not Is* duduri««l from proctlc I iug as an attorney tn Uie courts of i-SuuU) Carolilia. CUb-f Justi»x Metier 1 Owing aick. an I <t sws:tate Justice- Ku gtiae liary lnuug «s*oii»*\*te I by war- fugr with Mr. Duncan, tioeernur Me- • iwi.. iwr apngnted. as ftpivlai Jllftt • s ir t 1 II Hi The news of the election of Dr. A. Coke Smith to a bishopric w;w re ceived with much satisfaction In Co lumbia, where that great preacher and devoted minister has niiiftt>ers of friends in all denominations. Col. Knox Livingston of Bennetts- -glllfl -has hflftn txcre to arglte before the supreme cmirt in the case of the tioard of medical examiners against certain young physicians charged w ith practicing without a license a case involving the law permitting gradu ates of the State Medical College to practice without a license from the State board of examiners. The supreme yourt on Wednesday took a recess till tlie fourth Monday in November next. Considerable interest is felt in the opening meeting of tip* ftenatorial campaign, to lx* held here^m the 17th} iiist.^ FOR LIEUIENANr GOVERNOR. MR A. C. JEPSON Itramio* W hj Me Wowtil Make ii flAlfroAit f *ftwifiii iv i9ti)^V > . T»» t .c Voter* ui South « ar I offer mrarif • a cindldatr fur tip* ■dWof lUilnaid l ommiv.Pm. r ami v«air ftapfawt. | am a pvartlrat nitrwl man. t thfuti ft timt f r thr Tlic Uniulhlacy of tlio Hon. Frank II. Hary. (Alihevllte I'remi and Itanm-r.i As we have already asserted through the columns of this patter, wc propose to support Hon. Frank B. Cary for the office of Lieutenant Governor. In the light of pa.st experience, the fact of his being a home man. issuf* tieent reason, if there were none high er and more potent, for this decision. Rut aside from this, no man hr the State is better fitted by legislative ex perience and natuml bent for the j>o- sitlon to whielt he aspires. He Is familiar with every detail of the work, having served in Hie House of llepreseiitatlveft, lirst as a clerk it. the earlier days of Ills struggle with fortune, then as a member, and later a* Speaker, the duties of the Lie itui- anl Governor being practically ideiili* cal with tliusc of Speaker of tlx* IIoiim- of Hepwentatl rex. Hf* r--—rd ns Hpealirr Is surptwwd by none eijoaii d t , f. a >.f t , a.,., lave Niks! Hut muunMlik- ami lion HE FEARED BURNING. So Jim Black Told All When Ha VVa* Promised THAT FIRE WOULDN’T BE USED. One of .ibi- Murderers of Mrft. Jour* Shot f<» Death and tils Ixxljr Nailed to j . V Telegrwftli Pole. A special dispatch from Walter- | !s»ro to The.State says Jim Black was , Ifneiied at New Road Wednesday night for Uie murder of Mm. J. K. I ones a month ago. The Information is that Jim Black waa carried from 'savannah, wliere he had been appre- Uendetl, to RavenH for a hearing be fore M mist rate Itehling. As mm in as . Ik* tiad la-rii ideiititled aa up* «■«»«» aeeu I near U»e plan- at the Uroc of the crime ; be igTerrd to tell Lh-'m all about It If Uicv would not burn him. They promlwd. He then said that ] tie liiRisHf had killed Mr*. Jones and | threw her tu the g at buna*, wtuu r «rd. X#d Itayor and a nsgro ^HaaM- ostM nut be kmetiwl * wjtctwsf; that ttw- pu«|«nr of the kill* f, g'• * f *r r ’Je'ry, hr having bam '.dd in tstr .gtbr !and« (hat Mr. aamey la Itw I.ass. Ils »*an trit av a atnahrr of ratter ruh" • rtsa that had hem tssarnttiasl and a * maagaa an we wav Wkk^s wwa ymaafldy f ir» |t*i^i Mi ImB| • t MM M gMPVtMB • - : ii ma 0t0k M w a»* • • • % *• p - 0 MM I ■■[ HA AMwPftAA *0 f 0 W00 m mk, m t My to# M Mm Mm M * ♦ ■ ' * * * w n» r- 't a»»t it# TWasuiw** ft II » | Am IMM 0000 A MM MM MMMMi m , > * ' 4 MMM 0000 fifM M« mm 01 IBL'EhT OF XABTIIIOUS •r known that it could not-U-malnUineii for k<og in a few SUL* lying upon tlie Houtli Atlantic watf-ard of Um- Unitisl State*. He would have given hi* great inlelleet to tlie finding of some way to ahjust the institution of slavery to tlie advancing movement of the modern world. His failure to see, t< know and to do iss.t tlie south dearly, unless we arc to consider ail that happens as preordained amt from the beginning of time inevitable. South‘ Carolina justly reveres the iffcino’ry of Calhoun: nor holds him an swerable for that which only a seer, inspired of God, could have forecast and averted. The archaic pile he reared out of his own high conscious ness proved hut the fabric of a vision. It was as the republic of Plato. The beautiful mind, the noble purpose, that while he lived, gave it life and light, remain; and. even as the stran ger wanders aimlcsly among (liedeso late shrines of a ghostly past—tlie crumbling Vails, theshipleas wharves, the empty marts, the very familiar household flowers of chivalry torn from the lintel—the spirit of honor and duty and love brood in the air about him, whilst from the rice field and the isttton patch, that no more echo t he vmg of - * bha*ful if ignvrant content, come* a voice saying. ’‘Tlie Ktorv is not yet told to tlx- end." I |A U abtt 4 HEM TILUIAX ■** th three years before on died in WaMt • >*» * U» I •ms cwt a l IMm Pkumrtl MW* kk In# * WHMkdk ■ o-S * Srm WHk* ww* * Ahhmwm The **ea \Ih>wI HI. \ incrnl IWlni- FoiiKlanlty l'|>li<*Nv<*<t. A special from Fort de France, Island of Marlinii|ue says a volcanic outburst from Mont IVlec Friday rV I suited in Uk* f«iytpation of a heavy cloud similar t » tliat of May 2G last though it was not so dense. No stones fell and when the cloud had spread ! over Fort do France half an hour later there was no panic at that place. . It | is noticed at Fort do France thatrtlre | volcanic outbursts coincide with the changes of the moon. Kingstown, Island of St. Vincent, ; Wednesday, June 4.—Vessels leaving ! tlie island of Martinique have experi- I onced upheavals and agitations of the i sea, pointing to submarine feruptions j between Martinique and St. Lucia. In the island of St. Vincent the shining lleece clouds which have been continually rising and spreading in the direction of Hie Soufriere volcano since May Iti. and which have been mistaken for tropical clouds have proved to be steam emitted from the ! crater from which Mashes of Name* are issuing nightly. This combTriefl with I renewed vibrations in tlx? life zone has , Incrcncd appprehemdonft IliuL thexe^ may another eruption of Hx* Soufriere stiortly. Tlx* eruption* at MartlriiqtK seem to re it no materially. UoanerUitfift betw* ■x#» is Indisputable i in Martlnluue is am r-wisaid..- m \0mpf0W0 W0mrm<0 i iflATf - I^v JJ* mmm AmMMUMM m m 0m* 00m iMTM | 0 ttw St. Vincent ti rn ttie imt a every e K G. WoUIng. Fairneld; II. J. Klnard. Gns-nwi.Nl; James Uanslcr. York.. I on COXUKRM. First District -T. W. .lUcot, Char* lesion; Geo. S’. l>cgurc. Ulyrlcston M. C. (•aliuehat. Ularcndon. SiNond G. Duncan Bellinger, Barn well; G. W. Uroft. Aiken; J. \V. Thurmond. Edgefield. T^lrd E. Marion Rucker,-Ander son; D. Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville; Geo. E. I’rincc, Anderson. Fourth—Jos. T. Johnson, Spartan burg: Stanyarne Wilsoii, Spartanburg. Fifth—I). E. Finley4. York: J. W. j Fioyd, Kershaw; W. B. Wilson. York: T. J. Strait. Lancaster. Sixth R. R. Scarborough, Horry. Seventh A. F. "Lever. Lexington; J. R. McLaughlin, Orangeburg. There is in this list ample material from which the Democratic voters may make choice. ^ M’LAflN’S UNKXriltKD Teum. - j It seems to be settled that presi dent Roosevelt will appoint Senator John L. McLaurin to a scat on the bench of the Court of Claims—a I pleasant post paying $4,500 a year. Just when this vacancy will occur, 1 cannot now be said. The latest state ment alxmt the matter is that the 1‘resident will defer action till the ad journment of Congress. In the mean-, time there arc already several gentle- meo merit ibrusT ln connection with ‘ the contemplated vacancy - among them Col. Jai. A. Hoyt. Cui. Wilir Jonc*. Capt. F. W. Wagcnet. Dr 1 Jam.-* II. Carlisle and Piuf. K Mean* l»a*U. I'p.«i i*<>Terni«r Mi- Hwn-ury will devulv# the duty of nJak-i 4. In ca*c of rvm »val or enlarge ment. to ap|H*4l to the |Hi>ple of Hie Mate generally in lielialf of tlM* col lege to supplement the amount* real ized from the sale of tlie old property and Uie cun l lit hi Lions of the citizens securing the hs^tiou such contribu tions lo go into tlie college plant, un less otherwise specified by lheir donors. ' The cities which have up to this time manifested interest in the re-j moval of the college arc Sum ten I Aiken. Greenwood and Laurens. The two latter appear to he the most zeal-; ous. A committee from'each of these | cities lias appeared before the board , and urged that a committee Is* sent! around to look at the various sites. A | letter making a similar-request was received from Aiken, and a similar request was understood to come from | Sumter. What will be the outcome of the j matter cannot now lx* foretold. The! college ranks high among our institu-: lions of ‘learning, and its location in any connnunity*is at once an honor and a benetlt. . PttlBF .MENTION. The Roster Guajju, company is pre paring to build a new shed 200 feet long and 75 feet wide. The shed will cost alsaA $7.ooo. This company is dcttirtitcrt with tB«- sqcrrwi nf rbr first aekaon liere. The pay roll during Hie bus) shipping season was somettiing like ll.ooo a week. Tlie Southern Railway company U unlowding heavy Iron girder* at the brtdg** over the • i-tqfaree at kiQgvjlke. The f»rxtge will be wude ktrmgrr oo aortMWt of l>>'4H*ifcpiA i«i **<mw0 i i fUAlttMi i»f Ami Ar^iiKl III* m. <*!«•** |o tin* Mflv, Ami 1^4%r \t*ii 1 lo ft*rlinif% In mi uin*rrtAin Manner. The deux-fislrathm grew out *g Uie attempted simoUng of Dr. •julun «* \eiaiday*agoby Mi*s Bertlu Condon, of thift city, wh i atwerteil (Juilin had trlrayed tier under proinise of marriage. I fkatiwg Mft mmk a4 cAokb i agwta. kaiwg He Anew boA pmwed I appm! > mlalil »jr Uie llou aUon of II y and Ii •mi UriMxIt-d Over It, 1‘rof. Lewis J. Welchman died Thursday night at the home of his j sister, Sirs. Ciias. <). Crawley of An-1 derson, Ind. With the exception of John Nurratt. nowin Baltimore, Prof. Welchman is tlie last witness in tlie trial of John Wilkes Rooth, the assas sin of President Lincoln. Although his evidence was true in de&U, Prof. Welchman has always hrmsied over the matter and-frequently said that his testimony was the conviction and sentence to the gallows of Mrs. Sur ratt. Must Be Urazy. 4 Rev J. Laurier Rogers, of Santa Cruz, Ual.. formerly a well known Baptist minister, who recently em braced Mohammedanism, has con fessed himself guilty of arson-.-and is now in custody. He sat lire tp .sev eral buildings at a dairy where he was wurkipg for tlie Itenelit of his health, as he explained. His motive for the crime, he say*, was revenge on those who had cotn|>ellcd him to do menial service. ~ The life destroyed HIB clcfT- cul library, three minsterial suit* and a gold watch presented Ui him by hi* former While i ■ it pi iff legation at targe of a tin - tau.’Wt Fog gee*. He Wtl < ftala. 1-1 ireh it Jar lt*h to ma. Ml mmmmMm Of the Honor frpn all sltaileit of ptJIUewl opinx were a high roinplinx-nt U> Mi Tlx: Daily Record. Kllleil hy l.lghtnlng. A heavy wind and thunder sU»rm passed over CoiumhuK, Ga., Sunday afternoon caused the death of two peo ple, perhaps fatally injuring a third and incurred considerable damage to buildings. The dead: J.J. Willis, a carpenter ami LouisMcCIcan. Injured: M. C. Cochran. Willis was killed while standing near a large oak tree on upper First ifvenue. He was con versing with Cochran, who was also struck at the same time. Tlie lightn ing struck Willis in the temple on both sides, the current passing ent irely through his body. Louis McClain met death by the same bolt, lie was standing in his back yard in Phoenix City, just across the river west of the spot where Willis was killed. The lightning struck a clothes wire he was holding. Cochran's condition is re ported us serious. Several dwellings in the residence portion of tlie city were struck hy lightning and unroofed by the storm. — 1 -Marti tm th«- Army. The Indianapolis New* makes tlie point xerf dearly. It says: “The Pr< -id. ot * great mistake w is in eotn- pwring tlx* Iffifllppine strurilx-* u< lynctilaffft lo tills country, mueh to thr disadiantag* of the iaitor. We c«b wot think that a brave and huu rfK^toi. < IktlMHA th ^ v rtJhef the ahut kuuk rgart «e } cm »f * 1 pfrwt' Th ere waa a regular fualladr cm peakrU* a 10“ of town After betng rrlrav Halit* "d U» t>y | * Ah g«it together the clttaena from "f «* IT 1 owe and followed the euh. wenTtne * hut were unetde to ••rertake them u tlx-* | This mot tilng the oberifT and hie pmse . Hary.** 1 acan-l lied Ux- Mirrouodlng country but 1 they liave not been able to And the |xxt. ' f»"dy of the negro or any of the par- 1 Hes. It in suppooed that they carried I * k k I "rt 1 ** tK __ . * - -4 k- W4 I lac f nr m* h00k^ ANrfc HaTft&f# IfispnlHr > m 0P0000K0m 10m tow i m§ 90m totorf h t % m9m00m 09** 9 0k 00009 000" totftoHMRPt-v CMa 9m % > 000 0/000 000040000k iaA« i €%00L0t0 km t* || 0090000000 Inf €0000 000 m 900 € $.* 4*S !4f| wIcntAlIt Forrl to New U<iad. the scene of the crime, where he will probably be lynch ed. I n format Ion is this morning that alt the roads leading out of town were guarded. Later: Report* just received that Ford was found in the woods a mile from town, tied, aliv^ and unhurt. Later: Waltcrboro, June 6.—Re port confirmed. Ford Just recommitt ed to Jail unhurt. * CAIN KOKD LYNCHED. A dispatch from Walterboro, under date of June 7, says Cain Ford, one of the four negroes.Implicated In the murdAtuf Railroad Sectionmaster W. W. Jobes’ wifi at New Road, in Colle ton connty on April 21 last, and who from the day after the commission of the crime has been confined in Walter- Isjro jail, was lynched about 2 o'clock Saturday morning. Last Wednesday Jim Black, the chief actor in the ter- • rible tragedy, was carried from Savan nah to the scene of his crime. He confessed his guilt and named three j ollx-rs'wtg> aided him in the commis sion of t be crime. He was hanged to a telegraph p^le in front of Junes' place and his body riddled with bul let*. The news of the lynching sod of BUrk s oaifmston reached Walter- bum and t o'clock Saturday morning Htarnff (Mrros apprehensive of trouble, cawtruvured to m«d Ford to the ~ pnttanUsrj. bus hfts iigulf twkew ''krrp^vfwd en Mute to the de ls* ami F«ed ■ a* isut to • ftoe ime me mh