The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 30, 1902, Image 1
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AN APPEAL
To the Qualified Voters of South
Carolina.
AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT
From the Citixenn ol* Several T‘>wn*
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nhi|>* hi the U|iper Furl ol'
the State on n Vital
Matter.
To the Voters of South Carolina:
The townships of Dunklin and Oak
Dawn In the county of Oreetrville:
Cokeshury. Ninety Six and Cooper in
the couttty of (ireeuwuud; Sullivan iu
the OHinty of Launuis. and lluiett
and Pine lirtive in the county of Salu
da, hereby call to your attention the
propiaed amendment to Article VII
Section II if ciaiiktitiitiiHi of
which seeks hi destroy Uie corporate
diatence of tlte said Uiweahipa. and
reapertfully aak that you \ute iu favor
if the mid propued onatitutiuaal
auM-mltrvrtit. hw the raua>«i liial It to
the miff hope to tetteie the tavpay•
eta of tpr Mid towtialdps fnm the
payamot ««f so fourim—i debt tur
toawto toaord hi aid *4 a rail nod whirh
ue*rf wa* (mill and ohirh thee
iO*W mratnrd atoniutetf b>- o«m*-Wr«
thm The aid taaata •cn.Uimlti
•amnd a the teptnosop, a the rtti-
tope and nRI eodahme tnida>>. and thu
naid to>h»aa« 1 *t eaa ha toreO
certain parties, who claimed to be
non-residents and subsequent pur
chasers for value and without notice,
(the bonds belli# invalid in the hands
of the original holders, for the reasons
above speeilled) brought their action
in the United States court to test the
validity of the said bonds, and the
United States court, refused to follow
the decison of the State court in Floyd
vs. Perrin and decided in favor of the
said bond holders. That is to say,
that the bonds were good in the hands
of the non-residents who might have
purchased the same for value and
without notice of those facts above
recitid, and which would goto im
peach the validity of the said bonds,
j (This t'M> in face of the fact that the
1 records in the office of the county
; commissioners for the various counties
which records are pul^Uj^records and |
notice to the world, disclose all of the !
farts which would go to impeach the t
validity of the said bonds.) since
I then the matter has been in litiga-
^ lion, until Anally judgments have tieen
' i uned against several of theae
; townships upon coupons representing'
J a part only of the accrued iutercst.
and mandates have tieen Uaued by the
; United state* o-orl authorising a
> le*y and CMtleettain of a tax to meet '
the judgment* already obtained, and J
, wilts are still printing against socuc of _
’ ttw Tt wnshlpa. and inaMauch as the
A rat Instalment of thr prtaetpal *d the
, todd faito doe this year uthar,
suits wlU aws»ly (*4W«w smmw H ap-
p*ars tt>at ttssns Ismda
torgv puethm uf t *«en
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tutor ssi tut* tus ha»if
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PERISH IN A FIRE.
Over Twenty Men Are Burned to
Death in Chicago.
THEY HAD NO TIME TO ESCAPE
The Flames Spread from the 11a so-
ment to the Seventh Story Where
the Men Were Working
llapldly.
By a tire which broke out in Chicago
shortly before midnight on Tues
day night of last week in the
plant of lhe Ulucose Sugar Ite-
tinery, situuKd at Taylor street
and the Chicago river, that fac
lory wjis almost entirely destroyed,
and it is sai<l A) men lust their lives
RioADS or btatb troom BRKAK8 OUT AGAIN.
Which Will be Commanded by RHg.
lien. Witte Jones.
The State militia now has a brigade
organization for the first time since
the reorganization of the State troops
in 1898, and also has a brigade general
to command it. The ,Governor and
the Adjutant General met Monday
morning of last week and at once the
following order 'establishing the new
brigade was issued bearing the signa
ture of tlie commander-ln-chief.
General Order No. 11.
Paragraph 1. The infantry branch
of the State now composed of three
reg merits, having readied that degree
of progress and efficiency since the re
organization, commenced and comple
ted by the present administration of
the military department. It is found*
necessary for the continued enhance
ment of tlie service that a brigade of
Whitman Wants to Prohibit Chair-
man Jonea from Putting
NAME OF HEYWARD ON TICKET,
The (lames spread an rapidly that a | be at once formed,
n,.-.. iwh, _ .K- l*aragrapti 2. It to therefore order-
man who was working on the third! - »«■ »* wiereiore uroer-
Ikjur had barely time to escape with I 1 ?*"** ^/ Tn all*f the promulga-
hw life and it to not thought by the [thls i»rdcr that the drat, aee-
employea of the rtiocrru or by the fire- th'fd^rei
And Thun Prevent Him Hanning for
OoTcrtmiThe Matter Taken
Into the United Htalon
Cwnrt.
Whitman, who has be<*n standing
candidate for Governor for lo these
many years has broken out in a brand
new place. A dispatch from Union to
The State aaya: G. Walt Whitman
lias brought action for an injunction
against Col. Wilie Jones, chairman of
the State Demorratir Committee, re
straining them from putting the name
Two Fiends Hanged 10-fore the Kyes
of the J udge.
After being tried with legal form
and procedure for criminal assault
and murder and given the death penal
ty in each case, Jim Wesley and Red
dick Barton, negroes, were late Tues
day afternoon taken from the authori
ties and lynched in ihe public square
at Hempstead. Tex., by an infuriated
mob.
?The district judge asked the gover
nor for troops to accompany- the ne
groes to Hempstead from the jail at
Houston where they were safe. At
the request ot a large number of citi
zens of Hempstead who signed a writ
ten promise to aid the authorities in
preventing any mob law it is said
Judge Thompson countermanded his
request and the tmopa did not accom
pany the negroes.
Barton was first tried, lie plead
Interesting Figures Published
Immigration
THOUSANDS OF TMXM COME.
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More Than Twice aa Many Males as
J!j[
Females landed Last Year
on Our Hhores.
The annual report of the commis
sioner of Immigration was made pub
lic recently, it shows that (4 the
848,743 immigrants who arrived In
Uie United States during the laat Ar
ea I year were 468,389 males and 182,-
374 females. Of the entire number of
arrivals, Italy supplied 178,375, an In
crease of 42,379 over the number for
1901; Austria-Hungary, 171,889, an
. ... Increase of 58.59«.and Biaaia, 187,247,
. .. .. .. ^ . guilty to criminal assault and then to i . IM-1 •
of lion. I). C. Heyward on the ticket j the murder of Mrs Susan Ia-wis, aged I
rertmenU .4 Infantry ^ rwoor lie haa atoo filed an In Sunday. < krtoher 12. The jurtea ! M ‘ Kunw ' OOU,,Ui *
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tog itokw uf all toarMtusto to that dtw
IMgwsatoed irttmaai hi all rasas in-
tulrlng the constrvalKm uf the <*<o-
■UtuUrai and laws of the United
States sod Is always ready to cheer
fully follow and acquiesce In such de
cisions. yet we do not reosfniw Uie
superior authority of that tribunal,
or the binding force of Its decisions,
Involving only Uie construction or va
lidity of our own State constitution
and laws. Upon such questions it Is
our sworn duty to pass. untrammrlqL.
by the dicta of any foreign tribunal,
whether State or Federal, no matter
how high its rank may be, and to de
cide such questions according to our
best judgment.”
The facts are briefly these: In 188.')
the Legislature passed an Act amend- i
ing an Act to incorporate the Green
ville and Port Royal railroad company ;
in certain fmportant particulars, and [
among this Incorporating certain
townships along the line of the said I
proposed railway, and authorized i
these township to subscribe tv its!
capital stock upon the terms and con- 1
ditions therein expressed. These con-1
dltions were.never complied with, and
the records in the office of the county
commissioners for the various ebun-'
tics will so show. The said bond*
would therefore, tic Invalid in Uie
hands of the original parties to wIkmi
they were isaued. NolwillwUnding
the failure Vo qpmply with Uie roodl-
Uuua precedent required by the Act, i
bunds cm behalf uf theae arveraJ umn-
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three haatos ha tto pwejMae to retopre
•to tto trey to tto iwa aad we wv—re
thereto to retoewto freea tto fayreawt
of thto aajato. Ihegm aad Ukgwiterei
taa wMch we are callad apow to pay.
aad km watch there It ua reared*-ra
that either legal ur akural
We.thrref'we.aaa uur fellMB citieetw
Vo etaad by the drriakMi a (4 the State
court. If a rlUern of Huulh C arolina
told any uf time bieida he could not
recover. Under the dcclaion of the
Federal courts a non-resident purchas
er for valualde amsideration and with
out notice can recover, ttoreby un
justly discriminating against the
citizens of our own State if the said
debt is a just one and should to paid.
We most earnestly ask our fellow-
citizens to to sure to vote the printed
tickets, which will to furnished the
managers at the next general election.
“Constitutional Amendment of Sec
tion 11 of Article VII of tlie Consti
tution, relating to Counties and
County Government. Yes;” and also
use their influence at the polls to see
that others vote the same way. “Do
unto others as you would have others
do unto you” under similar circum
stances is all ttat we ask.
Dunklin —C? D. Smith, L. T. H.
Daniel Jesse L.' French.
Oak Lawn—Dr. V. 1). Hopkins. W.
A. McKelvey, Geo. VV. Sullivan.
Sullivan—Wm. D. Sullivan, R. W.
Nichols, John W. Reeks.
Cokeshury—Wm. J. Moore, T. J.
Lint, W. II. Moore.
Ninety-Six M. H. Coleman. J. I*.
I'liilipK. G. II. Taylor.
CAjupto—J. II. K W. Town-
line Drove and
wow. W It Me VMM
Hu tel —J. K I Inin-
mmm wh Ito reremto drew
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ttwwkre atoag tto toBn to
nggh a ftom to totrey. h
■awplhw to iw* ami. all
•ttmwpird In reach refcly
atod* up Itotr aiinda that
Madawa and
an tokwf to
A wtia lire
IlMwa who
to thto way
it wav ref-
tain death and wwnl tmrk Into the
burning building The two men.
however, determined U* take the
chancre uf a leap and climbing upon
the window ledge, they sprang out In
to the air. One uf them came straight
down for tto greater part of the way
hut just as to was within a short dis
tance of the pavement hi* body swung
around and he struck the stone walk
at full length. Tto otiier man turn
ed over and over and over as tie came
whirling down. Their liodies were
horribly crushed and mangled, and it
was im))08siblc for any of the men who
saw them directly after their jump to
identify them In any way.
Four other men jumped from the
windows on the fourth Hour. These
men were terribly injured and were
taken in police ambulances to the
county hospital.
Kejccted the Treaty.
The Danish landsthing has rejected
the treaty providing for the sale of
the Danish West Indies to the United
States, and that settles the business
for the present at least. The chief
ground urged in this country for the
annexation of the islands was that
ttoy would to excellent places for tto
establishment of naval stations and
thua give tills country, In time uf war.
control to the Caribbean sea and Gulf
to Mexico. Commercially tlie Islands
Would have brew to lit tie valw Vo this
conn!ry. tbaigti as a part to (Ms
aaltoa tto latosMkMtto to tto istoada
#waM AtoMJma tow tom torn tware
8bto smmamamAp
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wav tohtoyy reanrem la ttol reatoy
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fWllv vaeratto If Mires wait* atm oa
va kme apto ua tto pakhc highway
leading t«» North • V'*' 1 ft* and whieto
thoroughfare Mr. John < anlrell who ;
•aguws for Mr. tieorgw It Itrsnuimb
was traveling la a waguo. Mr. ChaV-
rrll Is an honest, hard-working young
white man.'and Thursday carried five
bales of culVun Vo Uie Klngervtlle mills
and sold tto staple. From the trans
action to received about 1300 lu round
numbers, and with this sum he pn>
{ credtd t.» start for Melvin Hill, N. C.,
where his employer lives. After pro
ceeding some distance from Finger-
vllle, he w^s suddenly confronted by
three undisguised white men, stand
ing in the middle of the road. He
could not recognize any one of the
three. One of the strangers present
ed a pistol and covered Mr. Cantrell,
while Uie other two free hooters
“went through” his pockets and se
cured all of the money he had on his
person. The robtors then, disap
peared. ^ ~
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Killed by a Fall.
Master William Morton Stone, son
of I’rof. Harry IL Stone, of Emory
College, Georgia, was killed almost
instantly Wednesday afternoon by
! falling from'a fast movjng wagon. He
was attempting to alight from the
rear of a rapidly moving wagon, just
at a curve ju the load near his home,
and fell, hilling first on his head
crushing the skull and causing ooo-
eureka to the brain and internal rup
ture to a nuaibar to blood rearela He
never regained cnmcfctoaam and Ifvad
mly fifteen ■ rent re Family, frtsadb
and parrerum were railed la irereadu
•rely, vm realdda aefifttof i* rew
red kg a reared eaatoam " Mto*
eaa Ito retoads to Ito Mato to to
aavto iam»Sra4aag a fitgtov srem to
f baarea Bfii* Tto
■a la tto are to fivw-
a arrvjua menace la
oar citiiunuoa tt Is Urea bar team
ere aad all gtnd nuarae lo rmier ttoir
vtoere agelnet tha fearful vttoaMoa to
law, butli buarea aad Ifivlaa. Hureaa
Ilfs should be regarded as tto bulleat
trust that society has in Its charge
How far Is the toy pt»u>l responsible
for the plaVnl carrying mania, and the
consequent, disregard of llfey The
young lad Is given a toy phjUtl, he
learns to handle It, and to snap his
“paper cartridge ” Hut soon he tires
of the toy, and wants to own a “sure
enough gun” that will kill something.
Teachers and parents are familiar
with this process of evolution. Let
the toy pistol be banished from the
school and from the home, if you
would keep from developing in that
boy the murderous instincts of the
savage. Teach the child the sacred
ness of human life,—yes, all life.”
A Beautiful Idea.
Away among the Alleghanies» there
is a spring so small that a single ox
could drain It dry on a summer day.
It steals its unobtrusive way among
the hills till it spreads out in the
beautiful Ohio. Thence it stretches
awav a thousand miles, leaving on its
banks more than a thousand villages
and cities, aod/waring on its bosom
more than half i thousand steamboats.
Tlien joining uo the Mtretssippt, it
stretches away aome twelve hundred
miles more, till It falls Into the great
emblem to eternity. Ilk oos to the
tributaries to tbs ueaaa. which.
. tofii—i only to God. tore!! roil and
ruar mill tto angst wire ane Into «n
.to asn and tto storef m tto land,
tore! aft •# kfil band to toares and
is «g
SUM tow Mi
to kMI bare, bafi taM Itore frankly rent
to rereld nafi asm wbni tore ttoy dM
to Mas. Tire —gw re snrvtsd tto
■sa oesf tato Greenville ssnnty to
tto sewos of his sUereptsd eft res
There he was fully identified by his
Intended victim, and he also cunfsre-
ed to what be had done. Then be
wm carried iato an old field and a
tKjggy trace wm applied to his bark
with great vigor and unction for quite
a while. It is retd that when the
negroes finished with him the job wm
as completely and thoroughly done m
If white men had been engaged in it.
Creeled s Fenlc.
A panic was created in the male
alcoholic ward at Rclevue Hospital in
New York Thursday when a man,
who said he was Peter N. Bain, 60
years of age, a speculator, drew two
38-calibre revolvers from his pocket
and began firing in the room. The
man had just been taken to the ward
after having gone voluntarily to the
hospital. Just as he got inside the
door he suddenly sprang away from
the attendants and, placing his back
against the Wall, shouted: I am
Tracy, the outlaw: beware of me; I’ll
kill everybody in sight.” Then he
drew the pistols and t»egan to fire.
There were seventeen patients In the
ward and they were in the wildest
am fusion until Halo wm overpowered
by ten men. No one wm Injured,
mart, uf the sboU pureing through so
upea fitnduw .
tto top to his a
shore his bred,
dreg tto fiuor.
IU
la aa
They gave
cell auUced bii
alarm aad SUaak G
wm ocas, ran In aad cat hire down.
He wmsooo revived aad Mr. Lee left
the premises. Twice more be swung
himself up by his underclothing, but
wm cut down. Then be tried to butt
his brains out against the aides of
the cell, but gave It up after one ur
two attempts. Finally the pblice got
some opiate and gave him and then he
quieted down and went to sleep.
Horrible Accident.
Two men were killed, one was fatal
ly injured and two others were serious*
ly Injured in the bridge and construc
tion department of the Pennsylvania
Steel Works, at Steelton, Pa., Wed
nesday. The dead are: Nelson B.
Fettered, 30 years; Frank Hlrt, 27
years, Jere Lelank, 27 years, was fat
ally injured, and William Miller and
John Cbank were seriously hurt.
Shank's home Is at Sbiremanstown,
Pa. 'U* other men lived at Steelton.
The men were painters and were
working on a row of steel girder*,
weighing about, ten tow sprees. Tbs
girder on wtoch they wen
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