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MONEY AND WHISKEY USED. Anything to Get Votes Alleged Rul< in Dillon Election. Dillon, April 8.?The news that th< conditions which existed in the pri mary election here had reached th< attorney general has created a sensa tion in Dillon. There are manj speculations as" to wThether the at torney general will investigate anc if he does what the result will be There are some who believe that ar investigation would lead to con vie +iAna nrViilo nthprH think that it WOUlC * be a fruitless effort. There are many who assert thai they know of irregularities whicl could be proved beyond a doubt anc that the evidence would not be hare to obtain. This has reference to the fradulent use of whiskey, money beer and alcohol. This, the arguments produced in dicate, would apply to some of the officers elected and to some of the candidates defeated. All the candi dates who were in the field had manj enthusiastic friends and when ii came to the last primary there car be little question but that extreme measures were used by both candi ' ' dates and friends to elect theii choice. To say that this find of work mei / with the approval of the people would create a wrong impression. Ii is deplored by many citizens who be lieve that an election so full of cor rupt practices will never again be k tolerated in Dillon. V Charges have been made that withJ in 50 yeards of the Dillon polling I place there was liquor and a plenty f of it, and that it was used by politij cal aspirants in getting votes. | It is charged again that money ' in the hands of certain individuals with the understanding that certain precincts were to be carried for certain parties. The elecion as a whole is looked upon by many of Dillon's best citizens as a shame and disgrace. It. is alleged that one individual . ; received as much as $400 for his services at one precinct. It is alleged / that certain politicians offered definite sums to individuals provided . that they carried certain precincts. \r , There is one member of the court house commission whose conduct is the last primary election is now be: ing Investigated. The charge is that he accepted bribes from certain aspirants for 'office for his vote and influence. The commission prefers at present withholding the name, notwithstanding it is being generally C, talked. /in the case above named there has been no.final action as the case is iq * ; i the hands of a committe who will : ? make a report at the next meeting of the commission, ? f ( Tillman on Rprsevelt. Atlanta, April 6.?"^.il this hurrah about Roosevelt and the manifest effort to make him a presidential factor irritates me so that I do not like to discuss it," Baid Senator Till< man,' as he was leaving for South ' v Carolina. "I think the idea of Roosevelt be. coming a candidate for the presidency or an important factor in straighten lug oat the Republican party is aD* surd. In the first place Taft would be more than human if he did not 'want vindication and a second term. "His alliance with Aldrich and the \ .. money powers will insure him the support of Wall street, whose cap' tains of finance Would give up millions to encompass the defeat*.of Roosevelt. In the second pldfce, the idea of Roosevelt straightening out the Republican party is absurd. "He is not so clean and straight himself. He has bamboozled the public time and time again. "Roosevelt is the creation of the newspapers and little else. They lent themselves to his making in the most remarkable manner this country * has ever known. No; I do not think Roosevelt can be resurrected. What will be his future? That is hard to forecast. Doubtless he will have to adjust himself to the difficulties of private citizenship. "This will he hard, and it will be a pretty psychological study for the country to watch. But others have had to tackle it, and why not Roosevelt?" ? Attempted to Bribe. Chester, April 9.?A signed statement was given out yesterday at this term of court by a juror, N. W. Bigham, that on the opening day of the present term he was approached by a man who talked with him with a view of influencing him in behalf of Jim Stevenson who was to be placed ,on trial during the term on the charge of murder. This juror states that ani other juror told him that he, too, had been approached by the same man for the same purpose. Solicitor Henry has taken the matter in hand and will conduct a rigid investigation by the grand jury of the whole business. The matter has caused considerable comment among the people here and over the county, and the progress of the investigation is awaited with interest. * " \ * BUTLER HANGED AT PICKENS. i Negro Convicted of Attempted As- ] sault Pays the Penalty. 5 Pickens, April 8.?Haas Butler, - colored, was hanged to-day in the j i jail yard at 12.30 o'clock in the ] - presence of the sheriff and his assist- < r ants. On yesterday he confessed his i - guilt, to-day he made no confession. ] I Butler went from his cell to the j . scaffold with a smile on his face, and ] i remarked during the death march i - what a beautiful day it was. He said ( I on the.scaffold that he realized that I At ~ ? o V. ~ 4-^ I t lucre wus a iuiuic ttuu uc ui^cu lu t meet all there in Heaven, and that 1 he was ready to die. Butler showed I no signs of fear, no one even discovl ered a tremor in his voice or a quiver i of his body. His neck was broken , by the fall and death was almost instantaneous. There was a big crowd in town and around the jail i during the hanging. Everyone seems i to be satisfied that justice has been - done. r It will be recalled that he attemptt ed a criminal assault on a young i lady one year ago, by slipping in her * window at night. The lady had - whooping cough and when he put r his hands on her she waked up and began to cough. That scared him t and he jumped out of the window, i and she recognized him as he went t out of the window. The moon was - shining brightly. Butler lived on her - father's plantation. * MOTHER'S ACT OF BRAVERY. \ > Risking Her Life, Rescued Child from Burning Building. fc ? Spartanburg, April 8.?Mrs. Mar- s tin L. Hanna rusnea into a Durnmg | building this morning with a sack ^ ' covering her head and saved the life * ! of her young child. The youngster * was playing with matches in a barn r when some dry hay caught fire, and before he could get out, the entire building was enveloped in flames. The mother, who was working in a ^ nearby garden, rushed to the scene t and saw that the child would be a burned to death unless prompt ac- t tion-'was taken. She picked up a | sack and covergd her head, defied r ' flames, and rushing in, carried the c 1 lad from the burning building. t Neither the child nor the mother t was hurt, save a few slight burns. a It was a heroc act, and displayed a r tuue motherly love. P ' Mr. Feathers tone Logical Candidate. * ____ it The paramount issue in the cam- * I paign this summer will be the liquor 8 question, which in the very nature of 1 ' the case will divide the people of the ' . State into two general classes, those ^ whn favor tbe lesral sale of liauor ^ and those who oppose it.' The out- * look at present is that at least half a * dozen candidates will be announced for governor, and while most of them would doubtless fill the position of * chief executive with credit to them- 11 selves and to the State, it should not 1 be difficult for tfte voters who oppose c the sale of liquor to make a selection. * Hon. C. C. Featherstone, the first * to announce his candidacy for gover- 1 nor, is an able member o^ the Laur- * ens bar, prominent Jn councils of the t Methodist conference and a man 1 above reproach, both in private life ^ and in public service. In testimony ^ of his high character and ability as a a lawyer, Mr. Featherstone has on more a , than one occasion been commissioned c as #pecjal judge. * Mr. Featherstone as every one knows him at all, is tooth-and-toe against the sale of whiskey in every \ form. Instead of being a recent con- f vert, enlisting in the ranks after the ^ " movement became popular, he is a v member of the "old guard." He it ^ was who took up the fight when pro- c . hibition was unpopular; when to es- e pouse the cause by an aspirant to ^ public office meant ignominious defeat. NntwIthstamUne' the fact, thaw ? his high and uncompromising stand a upon the great moral question D caused him to go down in defeat in more than one campaign, he has j, never swerved an iota or receded 0 from his high stand. Mr. Feather- 0 stone has never failed to raise his voice in defense of prohibition in the ^ face of the bitterest opposition. p It must indeed be very gratifying ^ to him to see the very marked change ^ that public sentiment has undergone in South Carolina. The cause once so unpopular is now popular, numbering among its advocates, not only a majority of the masses of the peo- t pie, but many of the leading men of * every profession. t. It is to Mr. Featherstone's honor E and credit that no individual citizen o of South Carolina has had more to do C with creating this sentiment and ren- n dering the prohibition cause popular o than he. v In recognition of his loyalty, faith- b fulness and unswerving devotion to b duty, the people of south uaronna v. should make him their next governor. C And we confidently believe they will v thus reward him.?Edgefield Adver- t tiser. i< LASS IN LAW'S TOILS. Raised Two Dollar Bill to Order False Hair and Freckle Lotion. Greenville, April 9.?Inexplicable is to motive, crude in execution and pathetic in every detail, is the crime )f forgery and money raising committed and admitted by 13-year-old Rosa Trotter, an intelligent white girl> who was brought to Greenville ate to-day from her home in the mountain fastness and tried before Commissioner Blythe. United States Secret Service Agent Senry E. Thomas, who ferreted out ;he case, in talking to the corresponient after the preliminary trial, said ;hat several weeks ago he received Tom Chicago headquarters a letter :he Trotter girl had written to Sears, ioebuck & Co., inclosing a $2 )ill which had been raised to $20. le came to Greenville and from here vent to Marietta, in the upper part of ;his county, where, after a few iours' search, he had very little diffl;ulty in affecting the girl's arrest. On her arrest the girl frankly adnitted raising the bill, declaring that ihe believed herself innocent of any ;rime. She is a bright-faced little ass with deep blue eyes and hair vith a tinge of Titian. She was held n $500 bond before the commissionjr, but was not jailed. She was )laced in custody of Deputy Marshal 2orn, who took her to his home; vhere she will be held until Monday, ler father being expected here at that ime to put up bond. The girl's parents can not fathom the motive in aising the bill, as they told the offl;ers that she had good clothes? jlenty of them?and had everything >he wanted in reason. Mr. Trotter is a well-to-do farmer, rhe letter to the Chicago house conained an order for a hair switch, lair tonic, rat, freckle lotion, safety azor and a trunk. : j Enthusiasm Over Road. As announced in this paper there ?as a meeting held in Bamberg yeserday afternoon, which was largely attended by the business men of that hriving little city, in the interest of uiilding the extension of the rail- . oad from Ehrhardt to Bamberg. A ommittee of business men from his city went over to be present at his meeting, and to lend their assistince in the project, and they were uost cordially received by the peoile of Baihberg. The proposed road will be at>out 6 miles in length, and as a result of he meeting, it was determined to >egin the building of the road as oon as possible. Committees were lame^l at the meeting to go right to pork in the interest of the matter. ?he road.win open a splendid secion of country and will mean much o Bamberg and the surrounding erritory. If this line of,road can be extendid to Bamberg (and present Indicaions $eem to point that way) there s no doubt that the Atlantic Coast jine railroad can be induced through cooperation of the business men of. )rahgeburg to build the road on to he Edisto river and there connectng with their main line, and before ong trains could be operated beween this city, Bamberg, Walterloro, Beaufort, and on to Savannah, "he distances. between these points rould be considerably shortened, .nd such plans seem to meet with the ,pproval of the business men of )rangeburg.? Orangeburg Evening Jews. Blind Tigers Abundant. \ Florence, April 7.?In spite of the act that the Florence dispensary* is working full time, it has recently deeloped that there are a large num* ier of tigers doing business in the ity<- *ue police xorce has secured vidence against 16 persons charged pith selling whiskey. One of these, Francis Harper, a ne;ro wlman, was tried this morning nd sentenced to 30 days imprisonaent or to pay a fine of $50. . . It is probable that the city will collet several hundred pilars in fines r have a rather large force at work n the streets. * They mayor and council are deermined to see that whiskey sold in "lorence shall be purchased from the ispensary and that the illicit traffic a whiskey shall be stopped. Ensign Copeland. Ensign D. Graham Copeland of the Inited States navy and attached to be torpedo parent ship Dixie, now at he -Pensacola navy yard, left for lamberg this afternoon after a stay f several days at the Jerome. Mr. Jopeland will act as Gov. Ansel's aval aide de camp at the ceremonies f the presentation of the silver serice to the battleship South Carolina a Charleston next week. Mrs. Copeind accompanied her husband to lolumbia and will be with him in !harleston. Mr. and Mrs. Copeland rere present at the Bunch-Ansel reeption and also attended the cotillon.?Columbia State. RAILROAD CONFERENCE. Bamberg Pulling for an Extension / from Ehrhardt, Bamberg, with her characteristic push and enterprise, is making an effort to have the railroad from Green Pond to Ehrhardt extended to her limits, and we believe that she will succeed. The road from Green Pond to Ehrhardt is owned by the Atlantic Coast Line, and some day it will be extended by that company until it connects at some point with its line between here and Barnwell. We are sure that this will be done in the next few years. Now the question is where will this connection be made? At Bambery. Denmark or Barnwell? We think at Bamberg for the reason that the Atlantic Coast Line already has a connection at Denmark and Barnwell, and by going to Bamberg it would tap a live, progressive town, with which it has no connection and from which it would draw a large and increasing business. For these reasons we predict that the extension will eventually come to Bamberg and then on to Cope or some- pofnt between that town and Bamberg. Bamberg is pushing the matter,' and by offering to subscribe to some of the stock of the new company she may hasten the extension of the line from Ehrhardt. An informal conference to talk over the matter was held at Bamberg on Tuesday, in which Messrs. M. 0. Dantzler, W. C. Wolfe, J. P. Matheny and Jas. L. Sims of this city, took part. Mr. Wolfe acted as chairman. The situation was gone over and it was the concensus of opinion that Bamberg was the most advantageous point for th<^Coast Line to connect with. Bamberg has gone to work in dead earnest, and we feel sure she will wki. Committees were appointed at the conference to get things in shape for pushing, the matter, and it will be done. The extension will not stop at Bamberg, but will come on and tap the Coast Line's road somewhere between Bamberg and Cope. This would give Orangeburg a connection with all the country from Bamberg to Green Pond and besides put us in direct communication with our hustling, enterprising neighbor, Bamberg. To that extent the new Toad will be beneficial to Orangeburg. ?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Tdtnahan Disgorges. Practically admitting that they"overcharged" the State to the extent of thousands of dollars under the regime of the old State dispensary in South Carolina, the whiskey firm of William Lanahan & Son of Baltimore has paid to Attorney General Lyon the sum of $14,000 in*settlfement of "over-judgments" which were found by the dispensary commission at its sitting last fall. By the payment of the $14,000, a claim of $6,000 against the commission by the firm an#an| over-judgment of, $23,000 found by the commission at:\he hearing last appeal to the supreme court abandoned. Coincident with the payment of the $14,000 the injunction secured against the firm by the commission to prevent the collection of sums owed by the several county dispensaries of the State was dissolved. - The admission that the State was overcharged by the Lanahan company proves interesting in view of the emphatic statements of the representatives of ttie company before; the commission at the eharing last spring to the effect that there had been no overcharges on goods sold in this State. Another interesting fact in connection with the Lanahan matter is that it was claimed by the repre-j sentatives of the firm that important KAAIto 4/V ?? ? J "* kswim.o ias uc wuiyau; were aesxroyeci in the great Baltimore fire. The at-1 torneys contended that these books should be produced, saying that they would show that the State had been overcharged. The Lanahan cbmpany was represented at the hearings be- j fore the commission by Clark & Clark of this city. 1 The latter action of Lanahan & Son is very interesting in view of j the many charges made during the several investigations and strenuously denied. J. S. Farnum is alleged to^have had this house on the list of concerns he represented, and Farnum has pleaded guilty in cfne case, though the name of this particular firm was not mentioned especially in the case. Handsome Residence Burned.r Greenville, April 10.?Fire resulting in the destruction of Lewis W. Parker's residence occurred here early this morning. The building which was erected at a cost of $35,000 is reported a total loss. Many valuable household effects were saved from the flames. A stubborn fight put up by the fire department was unavailing as the fire had gained great headway before the arrival of the fire department. The amount of insurance held on the property is not stated. i J Why does Great Brltian buy its oatmeal of us? Certainly it seems like carrying coals to Newcastle to speak of exporting <~itmeal to Scotland and yet, every year the Quaker Oats Company sends hundreds of thousands of cases of Quaker Oats to Great Britian and Europe. The reason is simple; while the English and Scotch have for centuries eaten oatmeal in quantities and with a regularity that has made them the most rugged physically, and active mentally of all people, the Americano has been eating oatmeal and trying all the time to improve the methods of manufacture so that he might get that desirable foreign trade. How well he has succeeded would be seen at a glance at the export re 1- T?L!- U I pons on yuajser wais. iuis uranu is without a rival; is packed in regular packages, and in hermetically sealed tins for hot climates. 51 W L. DOUGLAS ?3.00,?3.50,84.00 & *5.00^=^ j SHOES Fast Color EytltU 1 W.L. Douglas shoes are the lowest 1 price, quality considered, in die world. 1 Their excellent style, easy fitting and y long wearing qualities excel those, of . other makes. If you hare been paying high prices for your shoes, the next time you need a pair give W. L. Douglas shoes a trial. You can save money on your . footwear and get shoes that are Just as good in every way as those that have been costing you higher prices* If you could visit our large factories at Brockton, Mass^ and see for yourself how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better and " wear longer than other makes. ! CAUTION ? W. L.' Douglas name and price la 4 stamped on the bottom to protect the wearer against ': high prices and inferior shoes. Take Jto MmmtU ' tute. if w. L. Donglas shoes are not for sale in yotn < vicinity, write for Mail Order Catalog. W.L. Dooglas < Brockton,Mass.? i J J. A. BYRD J BAMBERG, S. C. < / . i TTT T! HDTITI 1 W ?a< ? A?l?l 1 I Attorney-at-Law ! ? All business entrusted to me will receive prompt attention. Investigation of land titles a specialty > Office for present at court house. J. H.DIXON Machinist and Engineer General Repair Shop. We repalr*all kinds of machinery and tiarry a fall line of Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, Injectors, Lubricators, Qilers, etc. Bring your engine and have the cylinder bored. Make it run like new and give you more power. Bring your cotton gins and press parts and have them repaired before the busy season. A stitch in time sav&j nine. We repair saw mills, grist mills, cane mills; in fact we run a hospital for sick and disordered machinery. Bring it in and have it cured. Gas engines and' automobile engine . cylinders bored, and new pistons and rings made that won't' leak. Gives you more power and better efficiency. We repair and charge storage batteriesN Call . whin in trouble, and see what we can do. 4 | SHOP AT COTTON MILL | * inool^e^i! I "I write to tell you the I good news that Cardui B . has helped me so much B and 1 think it is just worth its weight in gold/' B writes Mrs. Maryan Mar- B shall, of Woodstock, Qa. B "I do hope and trust B that ladies who are suffer- B ing as 1 did, will take B Cardui, for it has been a B | God's blessing to me, and | will certainly help every lady who is suffering." i ICARDU j The Woman's Tonic I No matter if you suffer"? from headache, backache Bpains in arms, shoulders B and legs, dragging-down B feelings, etc., or if you B feel tired, wearv. worn- B B out and generally miser B able?Caidui will help ydU. 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