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VOL. XXXI BAUNlfXLL, S. C., THUKSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908 SHOOTS A NEGRO. Conirtssman Heflin of Alabama lo a Serious Affray. WAS ON A STREET CAR In Washington With Congressman Eflerbee, on his Way to DeliTer Tetnprmnca Talk—Remonstrated W’lth Negro for Drinking on Car, Threw Him Off and Then Shop Him In the Head. In a desperate affray on a Penn sylvania Avenue car in Washington Friday a negro was shot by Congress man Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama. Thomas Lumby, the negro, was shot in the head and is in a critical condition, and Thomas McCreary, a New York horse trainer, is suffering from a wound in the leg. The shoot ing of McCreary was accidental. Heflin was arrested and taken BLOODY BATTLE FOUGHT OVER “HOLY CARPET’ OF THE PROPHETS. A MAN BEATING HIS WAY ON TRAIN tjj'e 6th police precinct station, /ere the charge of assault with In tent to kill was placed against him. Later he was released on 95.MO bail. The shooting occurred shortly after To’clock as the car reached the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 6th street bound for Capitol Hill. Congrssman Heflin, accompanied by Congressman Edwin J. EUerbee,' of South Carolina, had boarded the car at ftth street and Pennslyvania avenue. Mr. Heflin being on his way to deliver a temperance lecture at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church, 1 1-2 street and ohn Marshall Place. Upon hoarding the car, he observed two negro passengers, one SYWhOnT W8B - Thtmma- Lam by. and. who was in the act of taking a drink from a bottle of whiskey. There were a number of passengers, including several ladies. Mr. Heflin says he re monstrated with Lumby and asked him to stop drinking saying: take that drink there are ladies here and it is not right. It is against the Igw for yon to do such a thing In a street car and I hope you will put that bottle away." The other negro, who was sober, attempted to take the bottle away from his friend, but fallell. It> is said that Lumby became offended at Mr. Heflin's remonstrances and ap plied vile epithets. As the car reach ed 6th street and Pennsylvania ave nue-Heflin and Lumby were engaged in a desperate struggle. Mr. Heflin who is a large powerful man. succeed ed In throwing Lumby off the car as it came to a stop. Most of the occupants of the car hastily allighted. including Mr. and Mrs. McCreary. The negro fell to the ground on bing pushed off the car. He rose, and, it is said, began cursing Mr. Heflin again and made a motion ? hip pocket as if to dray a wea- hereupon Mr. Heflin fired at t rough the car window, missing L>gro and hitting Thomas Mc^ y, who was al>out 20 feet from c —car. Mr. Heflin fired once or twice more, one of the^ shots striking Lumby in the head above the ear. Lumby ran a short distance and fell. An ambulance was called and he was taken to the Emergency Hospital. The conductor of the car disappeared and Officer George N. Scrlven took charge of the car and ran It to 3d street and Pensylvanla avenue. • There Represeutatlve Heflin was escorted by Officer Scrlven to the Car itol Hotel, and later was taken to the police station in a cab. He was not locked tip. Mr. McCreary's wound - is not seriops, and after treatment at a hospital he returned to his apart ments. At the Emergency Hospital It was raid Lumby though badly wounded and unconscious, has r ■ chanr^r'to recover. His skull was - fractured, but the. surgeons were un able to ascertain at that time, whether the builet had entered the head. Mr Hpin explained at the station his reason for going armed. He is the author of a “Jim crow’’ - car law in the District of Columbia, and said that since he introduced the measure he has received many letters of a threatening character and secur ed permission from the authorities to go armed. Mr. Heflin represents the 5th Alabama district, in which the Tuskegee Institute, of which Broker T. Washington, is the head, is lo cated. V h - CAR ENTERS BUILDING. Tomfaft at Mecca, Between Bedouins •nd a Caravan of Egyptians, Ten Killed. _ •A dspatch from Suakin says news has reached there that a bloody bat tle was fought between Bedouins and a caravan of Egyptians.- The battle* arose over a desire of the Bedouins to capture the “holy carpet,” a gorge ous piece of red velvet, embroidered with gold which costs a year's time to construct. At least ten men were killed, many wounded and one gun captured. The carpet is made under the supervision of the sultan and when completed Is turned over to the Egyptian pilgrims to place upon the tomb of the prophet at Mecca. The journey to Mecca Is a sacred one, but the pilgrims take precautions to protect themselves for the trip is always hazardous. At the expiration of a year another carpet has been woven and the old one is replaced with a new one. The earryng of the carpet from the tomb back to Cairo Is attended with solemn rites and the celebration at the end of the Journey is an imposing and spectacular one. Arabs, Turks. Pesians, Syrians. Circassians, Nihians, Negroes and British, Indians jlon in the pilgrimage The fierce guardians of the‘caravan are the Bashi-Bazouks, mounted and armed to the teeth with the clumsy weapons of the East. The right to carry the carpet has been handed from camel to camel for centuries and centuries. * Shoots and Kills the Conduc tor, lint • ■# Is Shot Also and He Dies Later in Jail. » The New Ruling of the Postofflre Re- —— part ment AJl KighC Editor Anil, of the Newberry Her ald and News writes as follows to his paper from Washington: “I had a very pleasant conference Don't Third Assistant Postmaster General, Mr. A. W. Lawshe, and in addition to the main question which I desired to see him about he discuss ed some of the new rulings which had been made by the postofflce depart ment, very pleasantly and intelligent ly. He is himself an old newspaper man and was engaged in newspaper work until he began his service for the public. The regulation in regard to the payment of subscriptions, I am pat- isfled. will result In benefit both to the subscriber and to the publisher and will eliminate from the mails at second class an immense amount of matter which si not legitimately en titled to come in as newspapers or periodicals in contemplation of the. law. ’It is riot the pnrpoae of the de partment. I am sure, to Injure any legitimate newspaper but on the con trary to benefit such. The postal laws so far as they relate to the second class need revision, and Mr. Lawshe in his report has called at tention of congress to these matters and congress should take some ac tion.” ' ' ' Twenty Persons Hurt in an Accident at Detroit. At Detroit, Mich., over a score of people were injured late Tuesday ^■^ien an interurban car on the Ann branen of the Detroit United y, "bound into the city from n. Michigan, was derailed by ive rails near flat Btreet ughed across the brick pavement into a store building. The car waa wrecked and the front pi the two-story building wga de molished; Twenty people were taken to the hospital for treatment and many others sustained minor injur ies. Tkro of the injured are reportet to be In a serious condition. One is Mrs. E. Hailed ay, of Napoelon. Mich. and the other to MU# Rhowlka. of hot finally WILL IK) GOOD. IMPROVE# HLOWLY. Senator Tillman Wont Return to Senate This Session. -The State says the condition of Senator-B. R. Tillman is not alarm ing, according to his physician, but It is not thought that he will be xble to return to the Senate this session. In resjwnce to an Inquiry Dr. T 1. Hunter. Senator Tillman’s physi ian wired The State at 9.45 Wednes- 1ay evening as follows. ’"There is nothing alarming in Sen itor Tlllnian’s^condltlon.^ Left off inodyne last night for first time since he has been sick, and he did not rest as well as he has been. He' has been somewhat depressed today H has developed no organic symp toms at all. His trouble Is purel> functional His improvement has not been as rapid as I first expected Don’t* think he will be able to return to the senate this session ” Th following was received from The State’s Trenton correspondent Wednesdoy afternoon: “Senator Tillman is slowly improv ing. Has only been up once and has very little control of himself while standing. It is thought he is in need of a complete rest.” lOW’A FOR BRYAN. The Democratic Convention Endorses the Great Commoner A dispatch from from Cedar Rap ids, Iowa, saya William J. .Bryan’i friends today controlled the Iowa tjemperatic State Convention. The piatfbrm adopted was a recast of the Nebraska platform, including the en dorsement of Bryan for presdential tfaridTflate. Every mention of Bryans name waa greeted with a atom of cheers. ^ • .j '' The resolutions committee heard request from Mr. Bryan tnat the Ideas of the Omaha platform be Indorsed by the pemocrata of Iowa. Thsre WED AT MS POST. -fiRYAN’S RECORD A special dispatch fronj Andersen says Conductor C. D. Swink, of freight train No. 24, of the Ander son branch of the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad, was kill ed by a white man, natned^Bunnie Brock, Tuesday afternoon "at four ’clock, while his train was standing in the yard at Calhoun Falls. Brock was arrested and lodged in' the Ab beville jail. Brock Is about 22 years of age and has the reputation of- be ing a big bully. Brock got on Swink's train at Lowndesvllle in a drunken condition. He succeeded in beating his way as far as Latimer, when Swink went In to the Coach and collected his fare from Latimer to Calhoun Falls. Brock, it Is said, cursed Swink very vilely and got off the train near the Calhoun Falls yard. When Swljik’s train pulled up to the station Brock secured a pistol and cursed Mr. Swink again. Conductor Bwlpt jthei^ struck Brock and Brock’ opened fire. .He fired only one time, the bullet penetrating Swink’s heart. As Swink fell he pulled his pistol and fired at Brock once or twice; one of the shots taking effect, Conductor Swink w-' • man of amiable disposition an 1 1 iendly. He was about 28 years md and was from Woodruff, in Spartanburg County, where his parents n'>i» u-slde. He was tin-married an • h d o 'ly been running on the Anderson branch for aliout sixty days. He wa? popular with all of his fellow tra'.r.nen. The body was carried to Woodruff for luirtat ; Brock Dies in .Mil. A dispatch from AbbeviM-i says at Calhoun Falls, in this county, Tues day evening Conductor Swink, of a freight train of the Charleston and Western Carolina .Railway, whs shot and killed by Bunnle Brock, a de^ perate young man residing In the western part of the coftnty. Brock was also shot by the conductor in the hip and died after being lodged In ;all here. It seems that Brook was on the top of one of the cars of the train and was in a drunken condition He was ordered to come down by the conductor. Words were passed and the shooting began. The conductor of the train was shot through the heart. Brock was a very young man. a son of a good father, but he is’ said to have been a desperate character. STARVING IN NEW YORK. ^ • J “ As a Vote Getter Compared With Other Candidates. BY THE UNITED STATES SU PREME COURT. WHAt ARE THE FACTS? The Columbia^ State Shows by the Results of Ti\o Presidcurial Elec tions That the Great Commoner Is the Stnmgest Possible t andi- date the Democrats Can Possibly Nominate. The following editorial should be read by all Democrats: Papahle weakness evidences the attempt of the esteemed News and Courier to contend against the posi tion of Mr. Bryan, as expressed in his letter to-the editor of The State. And It seems as if consciousness of that weakriess is having au Injurious effect upon the temper and morals of the South Carolina champion of the New Yprk political programme. " Commenting on Mr. Bryan’s ex pression of pleasure that his Demo cracy "has been satisfactory to the rank and file, of the Democrats of the South as well as to the ran;k. and file of the Democrats of the Nprtlv" The News and Courier says that South Carolina gave Judge Parker more votes in 1904 than were given Bryan in Li 900, and that Georgia gave Cleveland more votes In 1 892 than Bryan In 1 896, and continues: “So It would appear from the records that the rank and file of the Democrats of the South are not by any means sat isfied with Mr. Bryan, and the rank and file of the Democrats’ of the North have shown Mr. Bryan very clearly that -they .do not want him and will not have him.” It-is scarce ly ingenious to cite«the vote of a Tried”to Steal Money With Which W» Get Bread. A gray-halred sick looking than walked into the banking office of C. B. Richard & Co., 3 3 Braodway, New York, Friday and asked for money to get food. He was ordered out. and. after walking to the street, stood looking for a moment at the firm’s window, where a quantity of foreign money was exhibited. Then his glance fell on a piece of concrete lying in the gutter, and. has tily picking It up. be threw it against the plate glass. The window broke In a dozen pieces, and the old man then grabbed a 110 franc and a :»0 fane note and ran. Two of the firms clerk's caught him before he had got fifteen feet away. In the station house the prisoner de- scrllied himself as Thomas Kennedy, 70 years old. a sill maker, with no honie. He said he had eaten nothing for 48 hours, and bis appearance in dicated it. The police sympathized with him, but charged him with burg lary. Kii.i.lOl) BY LIVE WIRE. one-party Southern 5TaTgTrrg~ggueral election to prove or disprove a point like this, but since The News and Courier has appealed to the record, and attempts to mislead its readers, we shall quote the whole record to its confusion. . What are the facts? In 1 892 Mr. Cleveland was given more votes than Mr. Bryan got in 1896 in these States: Wisconsin. Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachuseftq^Connecti- out, New York. New Jersey, Dele- ware, Rhode Island, Maryland, Vir ginia, Georgia and Alabama. In other words, in 15 States, including four In the South, Cleveland received more votes than Bryan; and in 33 States and territories, including nine Southern States, Bryan was given moer votes ihan Cleveland. Bryan's popular vote In 1 896 was 953.(100 greater than Cleveland's in 1 892. if the record appealed to by the Char leston jmper proves anything, what does It prove? _ Proceeding to the record of the Bryan vote by States in 1900, and the Parker cote in 1904, it is found that Parker got more votes than Bryan in Ne*’ York. New Hampshire, MasschusettR. Rhode Island, Dela ware: West Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia anu Mississippi; or that In nine States, Including three Southern States. Parker received more votes than Bryan: while In thrity nine States, including ten Southern, States, Bryan was given a greater vote than Parker. And Bryan’s pop ular vote in 1900 totaled 1, 280,162 more than Parker's In 1904. What does the record prove that Is ap pealed to by The News and Courier "to show that the rank and file of Democrats in the South are not sat isfied with Mr. Bryan,” and that the Democrats In the North will not have him? It proves just what Mr.Hryah said, and proves that The News and Courier is a misleading and unsafe counselor. Since we have gone into the rec et its pursue a little further In 1896, even after the awful bumps Democracy received in the then cur eont Cleveland administration. Bryan Another Notable .Opinion, Handed r ""’, • /* Down by the Highest Tribunal in Railroad Rate Matter. Iti refusing tp grant to Attorney General Young of Minnesota a writ of habeas corpus releasing him from the penalty ItnpPsed by the United States circuit court for the district of Minnesota on the charge of con tempt of court in instituting a pro ceeding in a State court for* the en forcement o‘f the railroad rate law after the federal court had prohibited such a 'course, and in affirming the decision of Judge Pritchard of the United States circuit court for the Western district of North Carolina, discharging from imprisonment Jas. H. Wood, a ticket agent of the South ern railway at Asheville, after he had been sentenced by the Asheville police court to serve a term on the rock pile on the charge of collecting for a ticket on that road a greater price than was permitted by the State Railroad commission, the supreme court o f the United States added another to a scries of decisions which have rendered notable the present term of that court. In lK)th cases the right of the States to fix, rates for railroad trans portation, was ' the issue, and both invplved conflicts between federal and State counts. The decision in each case was opposed both to the States and to their courts. The opinion of the court in both cases was announced by-Justice Peckham, and with the exception of Justice Harlan, all the other members of the court stood behind him In the announcement of the court's finding. Justice Harlan read a dissenting opinion in the Youtig case In which he took the view) that the suit was practically a proceeding against the Caught Hold Of It While in Bath - * Room. Edgar K. Miller, aged 23 years, of Newton, Ind., a freshman at Depau University, lost his life by coming in contact with a live wire .In the bath room of Mrs. Jordan’s house late last Thursday night. A cry was heard and his room mate rushed to the bathroom to find Mil ler lying on the floor dead. A hole In his right nand and a deep burn in the young man’s foot told the story. His Wbdy had fallen directly beneath an electric light and was stretched across a register. they Want- ikm>&e. * Blow n Up Because He RefuwXl to Sell Liquor. At Center PpJht. Ind., the Madge business block, containing a drug store, shoe store and barber shop, with the Knights of Pythias hall on the second floqf, was destroyed by dynamite yesterday. Hardly any thing but splinters is left of the build- inK ’ ^ w '‘^VThe town has no saloons, and Mr. Urey, a druggist, has been importun ed often to turn his store into a blind IMPORTANT RULING 1 / CONCERNING RURAL FREE DK-| LIVERY CARRIERS. - i It Is Held Improper to Transmit Un- [ stamped Letters From One Point (NEARLY AU FORUM. The WasflfBffdn correspondent- of . . The State says it is not proper the opinion of the fourth grt (Pdid for postmaster general, Mr. DeGraw, who has charge in general of- the., rural free delivery routes, that R. F. D. car riers should carry unstamped letters from one point on their routes to another. Representative Steyden of Texas recently made inquiry of the department as to this, from which fact it appears that in Texas at least, State and therefore not petmlsslble tinder the eleventh amendment to the constitution. He therefore character ized the opinion as era-making In the history of the court, and said it had the effect of closing the courts of a State against the State Itself and predicted that the result would be disastrous. The two cases were so similar that both practically were de cided In one opinion. The principal pronouncement was m a( ie in the Minnesota case. TOWN COMPLETELY DESTROYED And Two People Killed by a Cyclone Tuesday Morning. The town of Lynn, Ga., w'as com pletely destroyed by a cyclone early Tuesday morning. Two' persons were killed, Jim Wright, colored, and a child of Major tyter.—*— : A number of others were Injured, including Boze and Pete Hatcher, Mrs. Bailey, Miss Rlance Minims. Miss George Williams, Miss Kate Arllne and Mrs. WHtAm'I^ynn. The costly home of Mr. Bailey was picked up and carried ten feet. Every dwelling, tenant house, ham and store house were destroyed and all the contents ruined. >• One little child was blown Into the woods. The track of the cyclone was 400 yards wide and two miles long. , Doctors from Rrainbridge and Brinson were sent on a special train to care for the Injured. APPARENTLY ASLEEP. _ some sentiment in faror of adopt- Ugei . refund, u is believed that the lag the Nebraska platform in toto. j lquor sympathisers who wanted the was rewritten had 31 more votes in the electoral college than President Harrison when Cleveland defeated him in 1 892. And in 1896 Br^an had seven more elec toral votes than Cleveland got when as president, he was defeated by Harrson in 1888. The least number of popular votes received by Bryan was nearly a million greater than was ever g^ven to any other Demo crat. In 1900, William McKinley, gen erally l>eloved because of his success In allaying gectional animosities, and abnormally popular because he was the maker of a brilliantly successful war, had a majority over Bryan of 849,790. Four years later Roosevelt defeated the New York World’s can didate, Parker, by the enormous plur ality of 2,•545,515. ^ ^ Once more to the record: We find that Bcyan carried eight States in 1 ° < Hi tlui\ went against Cleveland in 1 1892. And in that year he (Jhtried twelve States that Parker lost, losing only two that Parker carried. That was just after the last Cleveland ad ministration had -given Democracy a fearful black eye." In l$00 the Re publicans; IratHnr th? prestige of a successful war, and McKinley as leader, w£re practically" impregnable, particularly when many Democrats knifed Bryan. Four years later a man chosen as Democratic chieftain on the advice of New York newspa- blind tiger established destroyed the | and to please New York and Us building out of spite. ■ ‘ A Strange Case of Suspended Anima tion of a Little Girl. A remarkable case of suspended animation is reported at Mnyeoek N. C., where Bessie, the 10-year-old daughter of a farmer named Perry ITP8" sggllltllglv dead, but with a body still warm, and a face with all the natural coloring of life. The child fell suddenly to the ground last Friday. Two physicians pronounced the girl dead NEW RULE NO. 81 WANT BRYAN m w«Mm is mm r* » to Another. fiend Delegations al Convention Pledged to Hin N (nation as the Democratic Bearer. Delegates to the Indlanna State whence Mr. Slayden halls, it has conT ® nt * on Wedneaday afternoon n been customary for some of the ru- district meetings selected 29 diatrlet ral carriers to carry from one point de , eg , teB to th , Nat |onal Convention to another letters or parcels which .. are not stamped. I* 1 Denver and th « commmltea oa It is doubtless true In all parts of ru,M foor delegatee at la:ge. the country that rural carriers, who I A majority of the delegat«M will get to know their patrons well, do I vote at Denver for the reelecttott bf small favors of this kind for them. Th __._ ... The fourth assistant postmaster gen- * ^* 11 * •eral, though, In answering Mr. Slay-1 ^ n *Uonal committee, den in effect lays down a po'icy which I ’Whila some of the district del**’ will put a stop to all of this. gates were not inatructoJ it U the Mr. DeGraw’f answer to the TezaaLreaent announced intention of aU representative is made after consult-|. n „ . ing the department of justice .J™ to auport the candidacy torneys general advising him as to Wiliam J. Bryan for tho praal- the legal question involved. Said W r non, l n »tlon. « DeGraw. “All patrons of rural free I North Dakota UanilmolN. delivery routes are required to pro-1 After three hours’of oratory Toaa* vide themselves with approved boxes, I d*? afternoon the North Dakota Dem and their contents are recognized by bgrafic convention unanimously a- law as mall boxes and.protected fronr* I do Pt®d resolutions endorsing Wiliam wilful damage or depredation.” Hep- Bryan for the presidential nomi- further states that - these boxes, | ng ® * nd instructing delegatee to vote while provided at the expense of the f° r Bryan'a nomtnatlon. citizens on the route, are erected ex-j • The-supporters of Gov. Johnson cluslveiy for The United States mall. I°f Minnesota threatened to introduce Hence the matter in them is to be|* second choice resolution, but the considered United States mail. “All mailable matter placed in ru ral mail boxes,” says tar. DeGraw, I Bryan saya: qar-eubject to the rules and reguia-| “The Democrte of North Dakota, •A;- v r Ml iresoluton was not forthcoming. Tha® part of the resolution relating to Mr. tlons governing the mails, Including M n convention sieafnhfM, bettering the payment of postage. While It le that William Jennings Bryan ropro- not in violation of law to place un- ««nte the truest typpe of Amerleaa stamped mailable matter in rural citizenship and Is the natural leader boxes, It is not proper that It should of the reform forcea of the United be done. States of America reeolvj that the Rural carriers finding such matter delegatee from thle eonvenilno to tha in boxes on their routes are required national convention are hereby in to bring it into the office to be held structed to vc.U as a unit for 4he for postage. I nomination of William J. Bryan ter It will, therefore, be apparent to the president of the United States.” you that in the use of rural mall I Endorsed la niiaote; boxes there can lie divided authority In a harmonious meal ins of the between thee postofflce department I Democratic State central committee and the patron, for !f this were so, it I of Illinois Wednesday, W. J. Bryan would be difficult, If not Impossible, was endorsed for the oresideaey la to enforce the law protecting rural emphatic language. It waa decMad mail boxes and iueir contents from I that th# State convention should ha damage and depredation.” I held la Springfield, IH-. on April II. In this connection Representative I The friends of Roger Snlllva James Griggs of Georgia has a bill I her of the national comailtM, now pending to ^Bow 1 cent postage I in complete control of tho meeting on R. F. D. routes from one point on The only point upon whteh thorn rout? to another. Just as In the cane 1 appoared to be a dtriiloB of anatl- of a “drop letter” in a postofflce. |ment was over the manner of select ing delegates to tha Stats convention. In this the Sullivan men won their point, defeating the followers of ■. F. Dulop of JnehwmvillOr III., who wanted to put through a rate re quiring county conventions to ha - m ELECTION CONTESTS. The Usual Negroes Are Working for the Usual Fee*. In speaking of the South Carolina I. j — contested cases before Congress the The resolution endorsing Bryna Washington correspondent of The was **>^4 |>y * J 0 ** ® f ** SUte says "the usual negroes are Jm- H. Donohue of East St. I***® contesting the seats of Lever. Legare I being the only dissenter. BaHIvaB and Patterson. They are all here votod In the affirmative. A. Holman. [ with their attorneys. W D. L. Baker and M. Rutledge Rivers are here for Legare. B. H. Moss and C. M. Eflrd for Lever, and D. 8. Henderson for Patterson. Prlolean has appeared upon the scene and is ready to take his seat on the floor of the house. The election commit tee is settling Itself to enjoy the ar- TRYING TO SAVE FRANKLIN The face of the child retaining Its natural col or and her body its warmth, however, the parents of the child refused to permit a burial. The child presents every appearance of being asleep, ex cept that her limbs are stiff and there is no breath. Storm in Georgia. About six o'clock Tuesday morning Pelham, Oa., was visited by a severe storm. Several houses were destroy ed on the plantation of A. R. Dasher, One negro was killed on the turpen tine plantation of Boswell & Carter, where several houses were blown down and mules were killed. ^ But Sooner of Later Ho Will Pay t*a Penalty. Efforts are being made to stevo off the hanging of Pink b ranklln, tho guhient of Lawyer Moorer of Orange-J murderer of Constobble Valentine, burg, who represents the contestantsj t W |n no t save his neck, as soon- for Lever and Patterson’s seat. Moor-1 or he w , n ^ th# p<Mia u/ er Is the negro who last time said he Th _ stood so high in the legal profession of h, “ crlme on th ® T in Orangeburg that he could borrow I Newberry Obbserver says, money from Mr. B. Hart Moss.” “Jacob Moorer. a colored lawyer It Is time that this farce was called | 0 f ura ngeburg. was la. Newberry oa off. None of these ne « roe * Friday and appeared before Chief to get any teat In Congreae. , If they * . , ^ did not one of them would knowTJu.tlce Pope * what to <lo with It. uantzler Is about «tey the remittitur In the earn of as much fit to represent this dis- Pink ^ nklin ’ trict in Congress as one of those "hid- convicted of murder and senten^d in. baboon’’ Capers seems t to to be hanged The cate w^ttoth. know so much about. Then there ls|»upreme court and the lower eoart Prlolean Caper’s “hideous baboon.’ . He is either dodging the penitentiary colored lawyer wte to stey the te- or running for Congress nearly all mlttltur until he could have a chance the time He would make a lovely to present some other motion in the meniber* The principal thing these I case. The chief Justice granted hi. fellows are after Is the attorney’s fees J nurtlon and gave him farther time allowed by Congress. When they getl for a hearing. a ; e the happiest set of dar- This la the way murderers escape Lies In South Carolina as long a. the their Just punishment, but we do not kies m souin w believe that Franklin will escape. He ey ■ ■ murdered an officer of the law who feat**-This year New York is boost ing another candidate; making a reg ular campaign in his behalf and' against Bryan, but that man can not hope to be more sucCeseful than Parker, or even to get th*q New York vote. Jjf New York wouljd/not give Parker her vote, what chance has a man ..of the name type comirffe from the West? •A year ago Democracy seemed ab solutely hopeless. Today, with leader, an inspirer, that can create enthusiasm, that can reach the peo ple, that is known and respected by the people, there is hope. Bryan is the only Democrat In that class, and It Is uaelesa to attempt to blind the BIG FALL IN PRICE. I went to his home to serve a war- I rant and he should be hung, and we Sold For Thousands Now Sold feel sure that he will be as soon as Once Sold ror .nous™. ^ . the Jt g atletll of the court, ute For Hundreds. I run. When the above hearing Is over J ‘ ... (there will be another hearing on The Columbia State says a other nonsensical ground. Dnt lot on the south sde of dumber street, l wlll ^ reae bed, and then: abbut one block from tha Governors!^ vll| ^ introduced and tie mansion, has Just been purchased by j tragedjr W {|| be cloeed. Mrs. Caroline G. Elkins from Mr. JJ H. Sams. The price for the lot was The attorneys exitning JJfcnJ 11,350. title say that it was the longeet title One Interests, was overwhelmingly de-[people of South Carolina to that fact. q00 ■ ‘ n 3rtv hav-1 soother probably fatally injnred they ever b*adled. th ® flTa others badly hurt la a rani log changed hands so many Umna. Al between a * rather nteresting discovery was made , by the lawyer, when looking up (iltri dteds. It developed that many T**» | the IUtoot, ^ntral^ ago, this little lot. with a email r^ oJ und adjoining, was sold for ^ 000 la Confederate money. w Tratas rv -f lt< * <> mSr was' t&Caatiy kf