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! j . % ' 'IM Sty? iffralft J established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1909 . ? " One Dollar a Year' jl KILLING IN LEXINGTON. Taylor Pepps Dies from Wound Inflicted by Pink Tobias. Lexington, Dec. 30.?Coroner Clarke returned from the Dutch Fork this afternoon, where he had gone to j " hold an inquest over the dead body of; Taylor Pepps, a negro who was shot by Pink Tobias, another negro, on Saturday night, December 19, and who died early yesterday morning from the effects of the wound. From the testimony adduced at the inquest it seems that the trouble occurred about a woman and that whiskey played no little part in the killing. There were several other negroes in the house at the time of the trouble, but the coroner was unable to make them tell a true story of the crime. Nearly all of the witnesses testified that Pepps and Tobias had a free-for-all fight in the house which lasted ror iu or ii> mmuies. There was a single-barreled shotgun standing in the corner of the room, and both made an effort to get the gun, Tobias finally beating Pepps to it The shot was fired at close range and the entire load took effect in the ? left thigh, which resulted in the lockjaw. Both were under the indeath of Pepps, he having died from fluence of whiskey. Deputy Sheriff Miller brought Tobias to jail this afternoon. They both worked on the plantation of Mr. W. C. Huffman. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts, that the said Taylor Pepps came to his death by a . gunshot wound in the hands of Pink Tobias. / y Minns Remains at Clemson. $ Washington, Dec. 30.?Capt. Josiah C. Minus will remain as commandant of cadets at Clemson, al tnougn reurea irom active b*ji vu,-** m the army. An order was to-day is3 sued by the adjutant general of the army redetailing Capt. Minus for ; duty at Clemson. Retired officers of I the army are frequently detailed for active service, in which case Jhey reV ceive full pay, but such service is al- , / ways voluntary on the officers' part. , g In this case Capt. Minus requested J the detail, but as it is an assignment by courtesy to the State and not to , the regular duties pf the army, Clemson College will have to make its own special arrangements with Capt. ' Minus, which doubtless the authori. ties have made. TOOK HER OWN LIFE. Miss Annie Eliza Baxter Committed Snicide Saturday Night. i Miss Ann Eliza Baxter, daughter 1 of the late Felder Baxter and his wife, Mrs. Emma Baxter, committed suicide on last Saturday night at , the family residence, near iunoree, by taking carbolic acid. She was , discovered about 12 o'clock Saturday night by her mother, who saw at . - once that something unusual was the matter. Mrs. Baxter sent at once for Dr. A. C. Baxter, who was an uncle of the young lady, but when he arrived the young lady was beyond human help, having breathed her last just a few minutes before her uncle ; reached her bedside. When the sad tragedy became knjpwn, the shock was terrible^to her many relatives andfriends^Mk a great favorite one own life. ""BuiT such seems ) fact. The young lady left a noie co her .mother in which she assigned as * a cause for taking her own life that her health was shattered and she did not care to live. It is said she left * other letters to different friends, but ( we do not know their contents, nor. , do we know to whom they were written. She seems to have contemplated , the act at least several hours before she carried it into execution. On Friday she attended the funeral of - her cousin's wife, Mrs. William , Stoudemire, and remained with the family until Saturday afternoon. On , her way home she purchased the , carbolic acid at Elloree and kept it , until she used it about 12 o'clock ; Saturday night, some time after she ! had retired to her room for the night. ' * Her mother hearing a strange noise . in the young lady's room, and found . her in a dying condition as stated above. Miss Baxter was about 18 years of , age, and was attending the Colum- , bia Female College. She was home on the Christmas holiday when the . awful tragedy was enacted. On Wed? : -*?> nesday, December 23, she spent the ; day in Orangeburg at the home of : Mrs. Jas. L. Sims, who was a near ' relative. She was then on her way . home from college, and seemed to be . in the best of spirits, but complained r\f Viotri-ncr wnrVprf too hard at college , >. and feeling broken up from it It is a known fact that she did work very y?hard at college, and no doubt this : caused her mind to become temporA arily affected. Miss Baxter was a handsome, bright young lady, and there was nothing in her home life to cause her , to take the awful step she did. Overwork while at college, we fear, - was the cause of the terrible tragedy. Her mind gave way temporari- f ly and whiie in that state she took 1 the poison and ended her young life, i % She was a fine young woman, with 1 many attractive qualities, both per- ] sonally and mentally, and we cannot < account for her rash act except on 1 the supposition that her mind gave < way under the strain to which she < subjected it. We can hardly realize 1 v x. that the bright, handsome young girl 1 who a little over a week ago graced i our home with her charming presence is dead, and that, too, by her own 1 hand. But such is the case. Peace, < gentle peace, to her ashes.?Orange- I burg Times and Democrat. WIFE ADMITS PERJURY SPOUSE OF ALLEGED NIGHT j RIDER CONFESSES. Declares Her Husband Was Not at Home on Night of Murder. Defense Rests Case. Union City, Tenn., Jan. 2.?The defense rested its case in the night rider trials this afternoon and the State began its rebuttal, which will be concluded Monday. The grand jury likewise made its return, including several indictments, and was discharged. When court aijourned until Monday Mrs. Bud Morris, whose sensaCtional confession to the jury was a star feature to the trial, accompanied oy ner nusoauu aiiu uauy, uuuct mc protection of six soldiers, left for Dresden, Weakley county, where she will live in future. She was in such terror of her life that she did not even wait to get her other two children or her personal effects. The State put but one witness on the stand before adjournment, Bob Curtin, driver of the hack which plies between Union City and Walnut Log on the lake. Curtin drove some of the defense's witnesses to Walnut Log the night the fish docks were burned and saw them leave his conveyance to join the night riders. , Om cross-examination he said he took two quarts of whiskey with him on the duive and at the end of it had a little less than a quart left. Asked if this had not made him "feel his oats," he grew indignant and replied: "What, drunk on a quart on an hour's drive? Why, I can prove by Uncle Bill Gibbs that I drink a quart before breakfast and never feel it." Deliberate Perjury. Asserting that on the witness stand yesterday she had deliberately Denured herself for the defense and, conscience-stricken, desired to tell the truth, Mrs. Morris, wife of one of the eight alleged night riders, asked to be re-called to-day. Wad Morris swore he was present the night Capt. Rankin was killed and recognized some of the defendants. Mrs. Morris, his wife, on the stand yesterday swore that her husband was at home that night. She left the stand pale and trembling and sent for the attorney general. "I have done a great wrong," she said. "I have told a lie. My husband was not at home that night. He was with the riders. I was forced by my relatives to testify as I did. I want to see my husband." , Her brother-in-law tried to get her to leave the city with him, but the attorney general ordered him away and took Mrs. Morris to her husband. The meeting of the young husband and wife, separated since October 20, was silent but pathetic. After alibi witnesses' had been called today the attorney general asked that Mrs. Morris be permitted to correct her testimony. She took the stand and said: "I was persuaded to tell a lie yesterday on the stand. I was told by Joe Hogg and Jack Long that unless * ? ? ? ^* *4 tttoo of 1 swurt? lilttb my uuouauu nao aw home that night the soldiers would hang him. They also threatened me and I was afraid, so I told this lie. Now, I want to tell the truth." The witness bore the taunts and innuendoes of the defense's attorneys and the glares of the indicted men patiently; but she was badly frightened, and often seemed on the point ^collapsing. She declared the attornCy^general refused to listen to her untirshe had summoned some of her relatives to advise her. The defense attempted to show that some of the accused men were Odd Fellows. Judge Jones sharply shut out the testimony with the remark: "Odd Fellows must be tried the same as any one else in this court." Wife a Business Partner. A farmer should remember that bis wife is a business partner. She makes the butter, helps prepare things for market, is a watch dog for the premises when he is away, and assists with the poultry and garden; and when he secretly signs away 1 money she has helped to earn, he is cheating his partner as well as rob bing his wife; and it is an offense the law would not tolerate in any other co-partnership, nor should it in this. There is a law which presents a man from selling his farm without his wife's signature, and it sounds as if a wife was of some importance; but it is rendered non-effective as a preservative of her home from the fact that he can mortgage it and endorse other men's papers to my extent without her knowledge or consent, and thus dispose of the family possessions?and the sheriff ; can sell, and she has no right that , tie is bound to respect This statute ; is a mockery until it is supplemented : t>y another making a man's signature ; is security invalid when written without his wife's approval; and j 3till another making it illegal for him to mortgage the farm to pay iebts that she Jias no knowledge of. Electors Will Meet. JNr. ?t. M. JVJLCVJOWn, swreiaiji UJL . state, yesterday sent out notices to ] the presidential electors of the meet- ! ing to be held Monday at noon. At ! this meeting the organization will he 1 perfected and a messenger chosen to ] parry the returns of the recent elec- i tion to Washington. Of course the 1 electoral vote of this State will be :ast for William Jennings Bryan, he being the choice of the people, but the casting of the vote of each State s [s entirely a matter of form. i The electors are: T. B. Butler, R. " H. Timmerman, J. D. Bivens, Charles < C. Sims, M. L. Bonham, T. B. Crews, 3. W. Heath, R. B. Scarborough and < John T. Sloan.?Columbia State. : TWO TOWNS VOTE "DRY." South Boston and Houston, Va., Oust Saloons. Danville, Va., Dec. 31.?Banister district, in Halifax county, which comprises the towns of South Boston and Houston, located eight miles apart, voted dry by a majority of 134 in a total vote of about 730 cast today in the local option election, The election means the abolition of eight saloons in South Boston, which pay a city tax of five hundred dollars each and two saloons in Houston paying a tax of a thousand each, and one brewery and two distilleries. South Boston s majority was sixty-eight and Houston's sixty-six for the dry ticket. Since the voting out of liquor in many of the cities of Virginia and North Carolina, South .Boston has been doing a large mail order shipr"'nor Knoinooc lntr? nrohlhltion terri J/lUg UUOiUVMW j'* WM*> tory. This election to-day will likely be contested. Wanted a Watch for Xmas. Lexington, Jan. 4.?Congressman Lever left on Saturday for Washington after having spent the holidays here and at his old home in the Dutch Fork. A man in public life, and especially one holding the position of congressman, is subject to many requests from people in their respective districts, but in most cases these requests come for seed, books or for aid in securing some kind of position ?sometimes at Washington and sometimes within the district?but Mr. Lever received a request entirely out of the ordinary while here last week. The request came from a woman?and it was not a proposal either-?the kind that Mr. Lever so often receives from the ladies?but this lady, who by the way, is a resident of Orangeburg county, wrote in pathetic style, stating that her family was very poor and that there had been continued sickness among them for many weeks, the doctor had prescribed medicine to be given at a certain hour and there was no timepiece in the house and no money with which to procure one, and she wanted "our little congressman," whom her htosband had always supoprted every time he ran for congress (except posoJKItt fimo whpn Tom Brantlev OlUiJ VUV viiuv II v was in the running), to send her a watch for a Christmas present. Did the woman get the watch? Nobody knows but Lever and the woman. Work of Rescue Goes Bravely On. Messina, Jan. 4.?Although confused and without system, the work of rescue has been carried on bravely by night as well as by day. Searchlights on the warships flood the ruins with their rays and give light to the salvage parties. The king and queen of Italy, on board the battleship Regina Elena, have given a noble example of devotion. The king, with some of his ministers at his side, has been directing and supervising the relief work, yet he has found time to visit the field hospitals and speak words of encouragement to his stricken subjects. The queen has been spending 15 hours a day beside the sick beds on the Regina Elena, attending and consoling and encouraging. The brunt of the work of rescue has fallen on the sailors, foreigners as well as Italian, and all have done their duty nobly. Praises of the Russians are on every lip. They hesitated before no danger, digging under tottering walls or entering the unsafest shells when asked to do so by some frantic woman who had not ? - ? - -a -1.11 J lost all Hope tnat nusoana or uuuu was still alive. Although the air in Messina is heavy with the stench of putrifying bodies several groups of Sicilians have camped out in the cleared spaces of the city and obstinately refuse the invitation of the authorities to move away. The survivors of the disaster are so dazed and worn out that they are quite incapable of describing their experiences connectedly, but the accounts of all agree that the devastation was accomplished in less than one minute. The strata below the strait slipped, then a tidal wave rushed in and out and all was over. Those capable of expressing their sensations say that as the shock came they felt an upward thrust of the earth. This was followed by an oscillary motion and the crust of the earth vibrated. Few of the survivors are able to explain how they escaped.. They know only that amid falling plaster and masonry they managed to jump safely from windows or tumbled down crumbling stairways. , Refused to Pay Poll Tax. Lexington, Jan. 5.?The noted T. D. Mitchell, who has so often been in the toils for offenses of various kinds, was arrested here Monday for refusal to pay poll tax. Mitchell is now said to be a resident of Columbia, but resided in this county, at Brookland, in 1907. Mitchell positively refused to pay the treasurer, claiming that he was not a resident of this county and therefore, was not liable to pay a poll. County Treasurer Shealey promptly went before} Magistrate Derrick and had a warrant issued for Mitchell. The warrant was placed in the hands of Sheriff Corley, who made the arrest. He was given a hearing before Magistrate Derrick and was f ordered to pay his tax and also a fine of $7 and ill costs. Mitchell paid the fine and was released. Yesterday Archie Wilson, another white man, who resides near New Brookland, was arrested upon the same charge. / He was given a hearing before Magistrate Derrick and was fined $7 and all costs and ordered to pay his poll. This makes the third case that has come before the officers for non-payment of poll tax. 1 # I IN THE PALMETTO STATE! SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. | ! State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The city officials of Gaffney are making a crusade against the hlind tigers. Miss Mary Nance has resigned as president, of the South Carolina School Improvement Association. The 4-year-old son of Policeman Beaty, of Union, was acoidentally shot by his brother, aged 11 years. William Banks, city editor of The State, has been elected president of the Columbia base ball club. Now watch Columbia put on a winning team. Billy will make good all right. The Zion Savings Bank, an institution . run by negroes in Orangeburg, has been placed in the hands of a receiver by order of the State bank examiner. The concern did not even have the confidence of the negroes, for they would not deposit their money in it. We have commented on their statements heretofore, which were amusing. It should have been put out of business long ago. The police of Spartanburg, who have, been active in running down blind tigers, have commenced to put on the screws tighter. This year , promises to be a hard one for the ( dealers in liquor. Mayor 'Floyd has employed several plain clothe? men to aid the regular members of the | police force in enforcing the law. , Several arrests have been made. The constitutionality of the income < tax law is sustained by the decision 1 which Judge Watts has filed in the < case of D. W. Alderman against the county treasurer of Clarendon. Mr. i Alderma?, who is a wealthy lumber : manufacturer of Clarendon.at Alcolu, t paid the income tax under potest j and sued for recovery of the amount i on the ground that the tax was un- 1 constitutional. i Coroner's Jury Holds Vandivers. Walhalla, Jan. o.?An inquest was held to-day over the body of Mann 1 Phillips and the verdict of the coro- 1 ner'8 jury was that Mann Phillips i came to his death at the hands of i Cleo Vandiver and that DeWitt Van- ; I diver was accessory. This verdict was reached after ; more than 25 witnesses had been i sworn in the presence of the largest : crowd that has ever gathered in j Oconee's court house. None of these were eye-witnesses, but most of them i stated only what the Vandiver boys ] had told upon their return to Westminster on Thursday night with Phillips missing. Many of the witnesses ; stated that Cleo Vandiver had told ; them that he had had a row with Phillips, had knocked him out of the i hack, had jumped upon and knifed him, that Phillips had got up and < walked away. DeWitt Vandiver had < a severe cut on one of his hands and had stated that his brother had cut ; him in his endeavor to get to Phillips. i Little did these witnesses dream at the time that Phillips was lying dead several miles away. Phillips and the two Vandivers had left Westminster together, Phillips driving the hack. They had 1 gone to a dance and had started home when a row was raised about what no one has told. All three ' mai-o aoi/i tr? hnvp been more or less ' under the influence of whiskey. Solicitor Boggs represented the State at the inquest and Maj. W. J. i Stribling and Col. R. T. Jaynes the defendants. What the defense will be is not known. It is goiqg to be a hard fought case. Interest Is intense 'J and immense. 1 ^^ I BIG LOSS OF COTTON. | j 1,000 Bales Damaged in Fire at Spar- , tan Mills. ! _ i Spartanburg, Jan. 1.?One hun- ' dred bales of cotton were destroyed 1 and 1,000 bales seriously damaged in a warehouse fire at the Spartan Mills yesterday afternoon. The good work j of the fire department prevented a ! total loss. The damage is covered by < insurance. 1 The fire originated in warehouse 1 No. 7 and evidently had been burning 1 for some time, for when the fire de- 1 partment arrived great volumes of 3 smoke were issuing from the crevices 1 in the building. The cotton was 1 packed into the building clear to the 3 doorways and it was impossible to 1 gain an entrance. Bib holes were 1 ?x j_ o n H covora 1 1 CUt 1X1 L11C till 1UV1 UUU UVT v<?. streams of water were placed on the < f^re. ] Stenographer Appointed. Mr. E. A. Brown, of Aiken, will be the new stenographer of the second < circuit. Mr. H. N. Bellinger, who i was an applicant for the position, re- 1 ceived a letter yesterday morning i from Judge Robert Aldrich stating i that the result of the competitive ex- < amination was in favor of Mr. Brown 11 and he would therefore appoint him. < Mr. Bellinger's many friends in this < city expected him to be the ap- t pointee, and they will regret that t Judge Aldrich did not appoint him. 1 We all know that he is fully compe- i tent, and if the result of the exami- ? nation showed that he was compe- ( tent, his friends here think he < should have received the appoint- i ment, as Bamberg has never had 3 anything In the , second district. < Aiken has had the judge all along, < and now that county has the solici- t tor and stenographer. Judge Aldrich i has treated Bamberg rather shabbily i we think in this matter. 1 WANT NEW COUNTY. People of Hartsville Start Agitation for Catting the Older Districts. Darlington, Jan. 2.?"Hartsville county," or "Coker county" is the latest in new counties. Much work has been and is still being' done in figuring, calculating, and surveying the proposed boundaries, property values and population of the new proposition. Hartsville, of course, is the proposed county seat of the new county. The territory is to be taken largely from Chesterfield county and small areas from Darlington and Lee. The greatest difficulty, it seems, that is being encountered is to get a sufficient amount of Darlington county's territory to include Hartsville in the new county and still leave Darlington with the constitutional limits as to territory. Auditor J. P. Mozingo, Jr., says that the taxable acreage in Darlington county is about 523 miles. The minimum constitutional limit for old counties is 500 miles. To run lines down into Darlington county from the Chesterfield side so as to include Hartsville and at the same time leave the minimum limit in Darlington would result in the new county's having something like the boot of Italy on its southern side?in which the court house would be located, thus having it in one corner of the county, a matter of complaint against a great many of the old counties. Hartsville is a growing, progressive town, filled with young, live and energetic business men who are pushing its interest in a most aggressive manner, and they are deserving ot the very best that is in store for them. .. Unless', however, the constitutional limitations are changed, it is difficult to see how the laudable ambition of the Cokerites can be gratified at this time. Whether proper or improper, the Lit?W prujwi wui uuuuucdo iu^-t vtivu much opposition from the mother counties, and many will be the trials and tribulations encountered before the denizens of Hartsyille will have the pleasure of 'having a court house [n their corporate limits. Don't be a Knocker. If there is any chance to boom business, boom it. Don't pull a long Face and look as though you had a sour stomach. Hold up your head, 3mile and look for better things. Hide pour little hammer and try to speak well of others, no matter how small you may know yourself to be. When a stranger drops in the city, make a friend of him. Tell him this is the greatest town on earth?and it is. Lead him to believe he has at last struck a place where white people live. Don't knock. Help yourself along by becoming popular, and push your friends with you. It's dead easy. Be a good fellow and soon you'll have a procession of followers. You can't climb the ladder of success by treading on /iAmo VAnn tho unrnft and don't knock. There is no end of fun minding your own business. It makes other people like you. Nobody gets stuck on a knocker. And God bless the friendly. Contests Decided. Washington, Jan. 5.?The three enterprising negroes, Isaac Myers, Alexander Dantzler and Aaron P. Prioleau, who contested the elections of Representatives Patterson, Lever and Legare for the $2,000 allowed for contests, got the usual turn-down to-day. The elections committee reported in favor of seating Messrs. Patterson, Lever and Legare. The only point of difference in the report from former reports is that whereas heretofore the committee has declared only that the three negroes were not elected, they this time declared specifically that the three white men were elected. The negroes have "never claimed that they were sleeted, but that, the election laws of South Carolina being unconstitutional, there was no election at all. 711 /ilniminor +Mc t Vl PV plnilTIPd 1UCU lui vxaimiug vuiu the $2,000. Washington, Jan. 5.?Three congressional election contests from South Carolina were practically decided to-day, when election committee No. 1 reported to the house in faror of the permanent seating of Representatives James O. Patterson, Democrat, of the Second district over Isaac Meyers, Republican; Representative Asbury F. Lever, Democrat, of the Seventh district over Alexander Dantzler, Republican, and Representative Geo. S. Legare, Democrat, of the First district over A. P. Prioleau, Republican. All the defeated candiiates are negroes. The victors are low sitting in the house. Hunter's Case in Supreme Court. Columbia, Jan. 4.?In the supreme ;ourt to-day arguments were heard lor a new trial for G. Wash Hunter, low under sentence of eight years lor manslaughter. The case in some espects is a remarkable one. Hunt?r, who is prominently connected - - x? 1-111 with, families or L.aurens county, nmid Ed Copeland about two years ago >ver a game of cards. On his first ;rial he was convicted of manslaugh- i ;er, but a new trial was granted and 1 le was afterwards tried three times 1 n Laurens, each time a mistrial re- ] suiting. Finally the State obtained ] l change of venue to Greenwood < jounty and he was found guilty of < nanslaughter and sentenced to eight : Tears. The appeal is on the charge i >f the judge and the adminission of i ;ertain testimony. Hunter was in j ;he court, being out on bail, pending ! i decision, while the arguments were : nade; a decision will be rendered 1 Ater. 1 ' v. ? -"V ' -i.-. ' TILLMAN'S POOR SPEECH 1 1 ???? TEACHERS DISPLEASED WITR | HIS REMARKS. His Sarcastic References to Rev Dr. ;J Weltner and His Attack on Prof. Claxton Not Relished. Many teachers who attended * the ./'M State association last week were not> p entirely pleased with the "speech" * made by Senator B. R. Tillman Friday night. In view of the fact that he 43 had spent much of the spring and Jj summer in Europe, it had been e*? pected that he would give the teach* ers the benefit of his observations upon the public school systems of European countries. The invitat^o^'T-?|f to him might not have been so word- ed, but certainly it was the intention' (M of the central committee to have him /.v| speak on such a line of thought. . s However, In his own language, he 1 merely "rambled," having no prepar* ed address. This was the one feeture of discord in the several enjoyable meetings and some of the teach- I ers expressed themselves quite plain- i "I was so much disappointed," M said a prominent teacher yesterday -^ afternoon. "We had expected to bo given facts, comments and suggea- ' 5 tions to aid us in our constructive > work. Instead of that, our invited % speaker proceeded to criticise another invited speaker, who had;left the city and could not be present to join : > debate with Senator Tillman. "I refer to his attack on Mr. P. P. > M Claxton, who after presiding for sev- J eral days over the Southern Eduea- % tional Association, at Atlanta, had'- '(-^| traveled all night to be in Columbia | and address the teachers of South | Carolina. The thought of Prof. Clax- f | ton's address was constructive. He sought first to arouse and then to encourage. Then came Senator Till- &8M man a few hours afterward and tried to tear down the work which earnest and honest teachers have been trying vi|l n knlM +Virrmo+i mnnlhfl ftf tu UUAAU U|/ "Had Senator Tillman such viewt - *M why did he not challenge Prof. Claxton's argument when the latter was in the city to answer for them?" tM Admitting the right of Senator ' :*jf Tillman to speak upon any subject, many of the teachers were nevertheless disappointed that he should not ; 1 have taken time to prepare for them J a thoughtful paper on some subject which would have been more helpful to the schools. M "I remember it was this same way at Clemson College when he addressed the teachers once before," * tfci*V.&i|j teacher continued. "Senator Tillman seemed to regard lightly the power of appreciation of the teachers of South Carolina and merely 'rambled1 instead of taking the time to prepay an address. It is related that at ; Winthrop College a few years ago he 'X offended a great many ? people b$j practically slighting the invitation to deliver the annual oration." Some of the teachers were particularly displeased because of unkind ' ^ references made by Senator Tillman J.~ T? n T7? WaUnar T"? VI TWKft ' Li/ XLCV. V. JLJ. T) VIVUVt y v. _ , blind preacher is a man of snch soul yj and of such brain that if he wished he could occupy the choice of pulpits of the Lutheran church in the South. /,. \ But he has given his heart and soul to the work of enlightening and ele- ' vating the people in the Olympia mill community, and he has done a work for education and for humanity which will continue to be productive of good fruit for many, many years. Senator Tillman's sarcastic refer- ^|g| ences to some of Mr. Weltner's views caused resentment among those who know of the life, of self-sacrifice, and of pious devotion to the cause of the people.?Columbia State. Indignation in Oconee. Walhalla, Jan. 4.?Mann Phillips, a you. g white man, was found dead 7^ two miles south of Walhalla yesterday afternoon. Officers and anN lmmense crowd rushed to the scene. It was seen at once that young Phillipe ? had been murdered and a clue was 7 that to the arrest last OVOil WU VUMW - night of two young men, DeWitt and % Cleo Vandiver of Westminster. Taking testimony of inquisition " -?M has been postponed until tomorrow, when Solicitor Boggs will be present. It is believed that Phillips was killed Thursday night and carried dead or dying to the place where he was found, as tracks of several others were seen there. The only wound was a stab in the heart Toung Phillips had on his overcoat and heavy < driving gloves and no knife was found upon his person. This murder has stirred the com- % munity as it has never been stinted before and wild rumors of sensational nature are afloat everywhere, Mann Phillips formerly lived here and Is well connected. The.Vandivers' people are among the most prominent in the county. SIX BLIND TIGERS ENJOINED. Attorney General Continues Crusade Against Illegal Whiskey Selling. * 1 Columbia, Dec. 31.?The attorney general has recently secured injunctions against three aditlonal alleged blind tigers in Charleston, two in Columbia and one in another town, the last not yet having been served* In Charleston the alleged tigers served with restraining orders are: S. H. Miller, H. Gomez, and George Mehrtens; in Columbia the two are the M. and M. Club, of which Albert Hiller v ' Is named as manager, and the Union Social Club, of which R. C. Boswell it named as president. All the injunctions were granted by Associate Justice E. B. Gary. I