The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 05, 1902, Image 1
" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspire our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our Deaths Glorious in thy Just Defence."
YOI.. XII.
I1 111 -1
NO.-8.
HKYW?RD AHEAD.
T?lbort in Second Race, Not Tar
Ahead of Ansol.
MARTIN DEFEATS MCMAHAN.
Gunter De t'ont H StovcnRon. Uuvernl
Will Hnvo lo Hun Over lu tli?
Second Primary, to He
Hold Next TucHdny.
Ttic returns given below are bfilolul
as tabulated by the State Democratic
Executive Committee. Tho vole polled
for governor was 1)5.307, willie that?
for senator was 1)5,1 lt), being bli i i'd in
size. Lathner leads out thc senatori
al race by a good ligure, bis vote being
22,1)71, and .folni Clary Wynns comes
second with 17,803.
For governor Capt. ll cy wa rd bas
more than doubled bbc vote of lils
nearest competitor, Talbert, who it
appears is iii the second race with 18,
218 votes against Ansel's 17,(18;"). Till
man is in fourth place wibi) 10i8i)8
votes, and Tlinmcrman brings up tim
rear wi tb 0,515 votes.
Col. Sloan leads out tim race for
lieutenant governor by nearly 5,000
votes and will nulled tim second race
with Gaiy.
Gantt and Wilson will run over for
iscerctary of state., the latter leading
out by nearly 1,000 votes.
Gunter luis boen nominated for at
torney general by over 8,000 votes
over Stevenson, and Superintendent
of Education MoMuban is beaten by
Martin by 2,000 votes.
Frost led tbe race for adjutant gen
eral by a handsome ligure and will
make the second race with Boyd.
.Iones and Walker will make tbe sec
ond race for comptroller general, thc
latter leading by nearly 5,000 votes.
For railroad commissioner, Evans,
who is tu first place, ls close pushed
by Caughman, with whom he will run
tho second hpat. Moblcy ls in third
place. Wilburn is badly beaten.
FOU UNITIcn STATICS SKNATOlt.
William Elliott.13,008
..lohn Gary Evans.17,803
John J. IlcmpbiU.13*20j
D. S. Henderson.13,771
'George .Johnstone.13,550
.A. C.'Lat i mer.22,071
. Total.*.05,110
For Co vcr nor.
Martin F. Ansel.17,085
D. C. Heywnrd.30,551
W. Jasper Talbert.18,218
James ll. Tillman.10,308
W. H. Timmorman. 0,515 j
Total.05,307
For Lieutenant Governor:
" Cole D. Blcaso.'. .. 10,274
Frank B. Gary.35,-101
.John T. Sloan...30,770
Total '?.01,517
For Secretary ol' State:
J. Thomas Austin.22,?108
.J. T. Gantt.:i-1,130
J. Harvey Wilson.88,08iJ
Total.01,510
For Attorney General;
U. X. Gunter, Jr.51,582
W. F. Stevenson. 13,073
Total .01,055
For State Treasurer:
R. II. Jennings.01,572
For Comptroller General:
N. W. Brooker.18.120
A. W. Jones.21,805
W. II. Sharpe.21,780
.G. L. Walker.20,32(>
Total.l)4;30I
For Superintendent of Education:
.John J. McMnhun.15,801
O. B. Martin.18,850
Total.01.711
For Adjutant and inspector General;
Paul E. Ayer. 2,087
.J. C. Boyd.?10,527
John D, Frost. 30,043
?John M. Patrick.20,t)5
.George Douglass Bouse. ?1,804
Total.05,008
WOY Railroad Cbinmlssloiicr;
James Canslcr. 8,045
B. L. Caughman.18,Ul
W. Boyd Evans.20,17 I
A. C. Jopson. 7.170
Henry.). Kinard. 5,127
John G. Moblcy.15,241
Hugh H. Prince. 2,005
-J. C. Wilborn.10,15:1
J. G. W?lling. 7,281
Total.04,507
TJ?fi CONOltKSSiON A L VOTH.
The following ls tbe vote received
by the different candidates in the sev
eral congressional districts:
First District.
Legare. 7,400
Baeot.3,507
Second District.
'Croft. 4,000
Bellinger. 8,974
Thurmond. 8;820
Third District.
Aiken. 8,042
Smith. 2,828
McCalla. 2,400
Prince. 2,017
Racker. 1,200
Strlbbling. 2,107
Graydon. 1,180
Fourth District.
Johnson.10,331
Wilson. 5,585
Firth District.
Finley. 7,280
Strait. 3,100
Wilson. 2,220
Floyd. 1,308
Sixth District.
Scarborough.13,330
Seventh District.
: Lovor.;.10,574
McLaughlin. 2,i:i2
Boy Drowns In Well.
Quite an unusual death occured at
Urbana Ga., ab IL L. Thompson &
Co's, saw mill on thc Tlfton, Thomas?
ville and Gulf railroad when a negro
boy foll in a well In the mill quarter
nnd was drowned. Ile had boon dead
some time when found.
PREMONITIONS OF DEATH.
Curious C< incidences Vhich Await
a Natural Kvplnuatlon.
"Premonitions of death aro of tc ti
scouted at," ?aid a well known Wash
ington newspaper man, "but tneve aro
occasionally authentic Instances aris
ing which raise doubts as to whether
there may not bOj after all, some sort
of Indefinable spiritual phenomena In
the Incidents.
"lt will bo recalled that a well
known chief of division in one of the
departments, in apparent perfect
health nu the last day he appeared
at the oUlec, died recently of apoplexy
on that night. I have since learned
that on the evening in question, short
ly before he retired, a large dog in his
household set ?qi such a prolonged and
dismal howling in .his yard that he
went out with a revolver, under the
Supposition tbat there might be in
truders prowling about, although the
dog howled and did not bark. Tbedog
refused to stop howling upon the ap
proach of bis master, and followed
him in the house, whining and show
ing evidences of distress, looking up
into the o ll lu lal', i face In such ii pecu
liar manner that t ho members ol the
family at thc lime thought it exceed
ing strange. The dog continued to
follow his master about tho house,
acting strangely in the manner 1 have
described. On the following morning
thc ellida! was found dead in his room.
.'Tho above incident is a. curious
fact, as is also the following, and
while not of startling ghostly Interest,
is also local to Washington, the par
ties being members of my own family.
"Rome time ago my wife's mother
started on a journey to California.
Several days after lier departure an el
derly colored woman, who had been a
slave in her family, having been raised
with my wlfo's mother, called at thc
house. As In similar instances in thc
South, there had been a warm attach
ment existing between former mis
tress and slave, which has continued
through life. The old servant was
visibly agitated. She declared she
had been 'warned' that my wife's mo
ther died at an carly hour that morn
ing on the train. When asked whether
she bad received a telegram to that
effect she replied that she had not, but
that at the hour in question she had
been awakened by the ringing of thc
front door bell, in responding to thc
call she had found no one on the steps
in each Instance, tho bell having been
pulled three successive times. Her
house, by thc way, was on a down
town street, and was recently razed to
make room for a business structure.
"Atabout 10 o'clock on thc morning
of the day when thc former slave had
communicated the intelligence of my
wife's mother's death we received ii
telegram from the olllclals of the rail
road, dated from a far western state,
announcing her sudden death at about
tho hour when the colored companion
of her early childhood had heard thc
pulls at the bell. Had tho bell been
rung during the ordinary hours of the
day we would have attached no Im
portance to the former slave's positive
assertion of a spiritual visitation from
the deceased lady, but as lt was about
;i o'clock in thc morning the incident
hits ever been one of more than usual
interest in our family. If the pulls
at thc bell were not supernatural, they
were assuredly a strange coincidence."
-Washington Star.
Gantt An* Secretary ol' State.
Mr. .1. T. Gantt, who is a candidate
for promotion to the office of Secretary
of State, deserves to succeed in this
election, and doubtless will be elected,
becanse of thc excellent record ho has
made during a four years' incumbency
as assistant Secretary of State.
Mr. Gantt, luis been at all times
faithful and clhcient, always at his
post of duty, and ever willing and
ready to go, if need bc, beyond his
duty to serve those having business
with this important olllce.
lie luis systematized and improved
the records, opened new records and
dices, it nd adopted thc most approved
business methods In this work. His
four years' experience in the otllcc has
qualllled him to carry on thc work
without hitch or hindrance, and to
point out needed changes and amend
ments to the corporation law of thc
Slate, tho enforcement of much of
which devolves upon this olllce. As a
result or his work, thc receipts of the
olllce have Increased ton-fold-over
$10,000 having been turned Into thc
treasury to reduce tho burden of taxa
tion last year:
Tho work in which Mr. Gantt takes
most, pride, however, and for which bc
is best known, is the attention he has
attracted to the valuable records of
the State and the steps to preserve
them, for which he is responsible.
I leal I zing this fact, tho State commis
sion requested him to prepare an ex
hibit for thc Charleston exposition,
and the splendid display In thc State
building resulted. Thc exhibit was
secured by Mr. Gantt largely florin
rubbish in the State house.
I tis upon this record that Mr. Gantt
asks tho votes of the people, and he
deserves election. -Dorchester Demo
crat. _
Man Takes i Fut ul Nap.
Louis L. Conway, a foreman In the
New York city cleaning department,
laid down on the cliff at Ono Hundred
and IOighty-soventh street and the
Speedway for a nap. After sleeping
an hour he awoke and, in stretching,
lost lils balance, rolled over the edge
of the Cliff tb thc Speedway below, ii
distance of KIO feet, and was instant
ly killed. Conway's fatal fall was wit
nessed by several pleasure seekers on
the eli IV._
Killed flor Children.
Mrs, Kate Wagner, wife of Ross J.
Wagner, a machinist, killed her two
children, aged six yens, and herself,
Wednesday night, at their homo In
Little Kock, Ark., by cutting their
throats with a razor. No cause ls
known for tho act. Their bodies were
found in the 'house next morning by
the aged mothor of Mrs. Wagner.
.|>row tho IJIIIO,
A Cobb County Ga., farmor, accord
lng to the Marieta Journal, on hear
ing that his daughter was engaged
with plngpong, dcolarged she might
dirt as much as sho pleased, but that
she shouldn't bring any Chlneso Into
tho family.
HEY WAHI) PLEASED
With tho Rosult of the Recent Pri
mary In This Stato.
HE TALKS ABOUT THE OUTCOME.
Kxpt'CHHi'S His C nttilcntlon Ht tho
Very IfaiitlsopitLO Voto Given
Jilin in All Varia ol'
South Carolina.
Capt. 1). C. Hoy ward passed thl'??gli
Charleston last Thursday, i route to
Columbia. Capt. lleyward stated that
he could not bo but Intensely gratified
at the handsome vote accorded him,
anti while be felt highly complimented,
he accepted it as an ovidence that the
great mass of voter? In ?Smith OayoHna
approved of his ell'orts to conduct bis
campaign on high principles, and that
they were lu accord with his platform
to administer tho laws of the state
fairly and liri partially and fobeagov
ernor of lb?; entire slate, without re
gard to factional or sectional differ
ences.
"I certainly appreciate the vote
given me by the people of Charleston,"
lie said. J cannot possibly thank
them in person, but I felt so assured
of their kind consideration that be
fore the recent primary 1 devoted my
tl nie elsewhere, feeling assured that
Charleston would stand by me, as she
has so loyally done. I hope to ho hack
here In a few days and meet as many
ol' my Charleston supporters as possi
ble. Another gratifying feature of
the recent vote was the very libera)
support given mc by the mill districts.
1 have always been a friend to the la
boring men, as evidenced hy the unani
mous vote given mc by every laboring
man who lives in my neighborhood,
hilt 1 have not been in public life be
fore, and had no way heretofore
to prove it, ano therefore cannot but
feel that tho loyal way in which the
mill districts stuck by mc ls a tribute
well worth cherishing, and should 1
become governor I will endeavor to
prove to those worthy citizens of our
state that they have not reposed their
trust in me unwisely."
"What do you think of your chances
tL i i,.. wi ,siH?vti> vvV'l 'wi,* f?!f>?'ln/-1
lil uno nvsV/Vtu\? i'..:, ju. j . If (lev \JMOI?IAI
by tho reporter.
"They could scarcely ho better and
not bo a certainty," replied Capt.
lleyward, "I believe practically every
vote given mc lu the tirst primary will
be accorded me In the second race. In
my case you sec the support was thc
spontaneous expression of people to
one whom they trusted, lt was, 1
take lt, a vote of love, affection and
respect and they will be Just as ready
to give it to me in the second race as
they were In the Hist. I haye .'.cry
reason to count on tho Rtippovt of tho
friends of the defeated candhlates. In
thc campaign J treated every one ol'
my opponents fairly and gave them
every possible consideration. 1 have
the good will of Dr. Timmerman,
Col. Tillman, C<L Talbert, and Mr.
Ansel. All of them 1 count as friend
ly to mo and In Mic second race I
colinton receiving the bulk of thc
votes of each defeated candidate.
"Tile total vote, you sec, recorded
up to date, is about 80,000, and using
that simply as a basis, 40,000 edd
votes will be required to elect. My
vote ls already about 32,000, so I mere
ly have to got 0,000 votes out of thc
50,000 given to my opponents to give
me tho required 40,000. These figures
are crude, but they are practically
about thc way it will result and a
blind man can therefore sec that my
chances aro excellent. .Just let my
supporters remain true and then usc
all fair and honorable methods of In
ducing tho supporters of tho defeated
candidates to Join with them in their
support of mo."
"What about your movements,
Capt. lleyward," Inquired the newspa
per man.
"My movements," he replied, "will
be largely governed by -circumstances.
My plan is, however to continue the
fair, upright, honorable and high
campaign which I have heretofore con
ducted, and knowing and behoving,
as I do, that lt meets the full approval
of the State, my efforts will be to roll
up a largo majori t?, so that there will
be no question as to whether the peo
ple of South Carolina approve of the
manner of the campaign which just
has been concluded."
A llrtiyo Woman.
Nineteen prisoners of tho county
Jail at Covington, Tenn., made an
attempt to break out this morning in
the absence of the jailor, and nearly
succeeded. They had bored through
the top of the cage and were about to
break through thc roof, when the wife
of Jailor Smith took a hand. ?She
armed a negro "trusty" and taking
her husband's shot gun, covered tho
prisoners and kept them still until
her husband's return. The prisoiicrs
were then forced to return to their
cells._
No Republican Ticket.
Whilo Mic Democrats arc holding
primaries, tho Republicans lu their
hopeless minority are keeping very
quiot, says The ?State, of Columbia.
There have been rumors that the Re
publicans would call a convention in
Scptcmher and put out a full state
ticket. A leader of that party stated,
tho other day, that the Republican
state committee would meet In Sep
tember, but he felt sure that no con
vention would be called.
Humed to Death.
In a lire at Ochring, Neb., six peo
ple lost their lives. S. ll. McCumpsey,
a maclianlc, started a Uro with kero
sene. Thc can exploded, igniting thc
clothes of McCumpsey, his wife, two
children, aged one year and four days,
respectively, and two other little
girls. Thc parents remained In thc
burning house trying to save thcohil
dron and all perished.
Killed by n Trump.
Police Olllcer J. ' J. Plowers was
killed Just beforo daylight Thursday
by two tramps, at Ressemer, Ala.,
while ho and Olllcer Smlthcrman wore
looking for loiterers. They found two
white mon In a box car and ordered
thom to como out. Thc; won fcfused
to do so and as FloWovA struck a
match he was shot dead,'
DR. LEN TOO LIBERAL.
There 1? Troublo {trowing ft??' Him '.?
If ?M Association.
Dr. lien G. Broughton, of tho
Nap! ,1st Tabernacle church, of Atlanta,
scorns lo ho a Utttlo hit too liberal for
tho other Baptist denominations of
tho city, and they have gone after
him, along with tho Christian Index,
tho State Baptist organ, with a hot
Iron.
lt ls alleged that Dr. Broughton is
rcocivlng Into his ohuroh members
from "Tho (as tho Index says) Camp
hcllltes and pcdo-Baptlsts" without
such members being baptized by a
regularly organized minister of thc
Baptist faith.
In other words, thc Inmersi?n by
Christians or Primitive Baptists does
not go "with the other Baptist chu roh
es in Atlanta, and it ls hinted that
Dr. Broughton will be carried up bp
fore tho forthcoming session of the
Swine Mountain Baptist'association,of
which his che rel) is a component part.
The hit ol' evidence of the liberality
of thought practised by Dr. Brough
ton's congregation is best told In a
conversation had between a Methodist
layman and a lady member of Dr.
Broughtons church last Sunday night
on the portico of thc Baptist Taber
nacle church.
"Why, Mr. Blank," asked this lady,
laughing, "what ls an old Methodist
like you doing down hore at a Map
Us t. ohuroh?"
"J don't know that I'm uta Baptist
ohuroh when I'm hore," ho replied,
She smilingly assented. "VYcJl,
you're about half right. It ls about
half way between Baptist and Metho
dist," and that closed tho incident.
Dr. Broughton and his church is
popular with all other denominations
in the city, except thc Catholics, and
most of his audience every Sunday
night ls composed of numbers of other
congregations and non-ohuroh mem
bers.
TERROR OF CONGO STATE.
Octopus Frequents Caverns mid
Devours Men's Bruins.
A Belgian olllcer Just returned from
the Congo Free State reports that in
tho caverns ot thc (jello river there
dwells a species of octopus that pre
sents a gravp danger to all who navi
gate tho river In small boats, say an
Antwerp cable to the Philadelphia
Ledger.
The strange boasts arc oajlod "meg
we" by the natlves. and aro very num
erous In the neighborhood of tho sta
tion of thc A mauls, owing to tho num
ber of rooks and caves in that relgon.
They attaelM.he native canoes, ?apslz
Ing them easily with their tentacles,
and according to their state of hunger,
seizing one or two men.
Tho octopus drags lils human ni cy to
lils cavern, and there, without minut
ing tho slightest external wounds,
.feeds on his victim's brains hy Insert
ing the points of his tentacles In his
nostrils. Ile generally keeps his prey
llftccn hours, then lets the body lloat
out oil the river.
"I was an eyewitness toa disaster
of this kind," says the Belgian. "A
canoe was capsized In tho river and
ono of thc three occupants disappear
ed. When thc survivors swam ashore
they told us that an octopus had turn
ed over their boat and carried off their
companion.
"The next morning about 0 o'clock
tho body was found lloating and rio
trace of any wound could be found,
while thc only abnormal appearance
was the swollen state of thc nostrils.
On examination lt was found that
tho brains had been extracted. The
natives of the Uellc all dread thc
'megwe' while those of thc Itimhri
know nothing of its existence."
Made tho First Hovolver.
Joseph Shirk, formerly of Lancas
ter, Penn., the man who made the
llrst revolver, died thc other day. The
present generation hardly imagines a
time when there was no revolver, but
in truth lt is a modern weapon and in
its real elllclcncy only a few years old
-not to exceed 10. Before the civil
war there were tho old-fashioned pep
per boxes, which were dangerous to
the user; then came tho "navy,"
which had to bc loaded Uko a musket,
each barrel requiring separate atten
tion, and usually being Ineffective ex
cept at point-blank range.
Jim Was Mistaken.
.Just before the primary election .Jim
Tillman furnished this modest predic
tion for publication In tho Atlanta
Constitution: "I am perfectly conll
dent I will bc the next governor of
South Carolina. It may not bc pos
sible for me to win in the llrst pri
mary, though I may; I will not lie
many votes shy of a clear majority. I
am sure of winning In the second pri
mary."
Child Killed hy Cow.
At Hines, Ala., tho thlrtoon-yoars
old daughter of William llolloman,
Jr., was leading a cow to pasturo, and
slipped the rope over her wrist. Thc
cow was frightened and ran away Into
the bushes, dragging thc child behind
her. N(i ono saw tho accident and
sh? was unconscious when found. Sho
died that night.
A Fatal Swim.
A special froip Miles City says that
Sergeant Moon, of troop II, Thirteenth
cavalry, was drowned while attempt
ing to swim the Yellowstone river.
His body has not yet hoon recovered,
though detachments of soldiers from
I?\nt Keough havo been actively en
gaged in a search for it.,
l'owor of t ho Proas.
Tho Columbia Stato says: "That
newspapor opposition ls more effective
than 'newspaper support ls again
Demonstrated in this campaign. It
was undoubtedly owing to tho light
of thc press, practically solid, that
"Jim" Tillman carno out sa far be
hind." _
Five Wore Drownod,
Fivo mourners of a boating party of
six employes of tho Battle Creek sani
tarium were drowned Thursday hight
?In '? Lako Gogtiao, near Battlo Crook,,
Mich. Thoir rowboat was run down
by tho fitcamor Wolcomo.
H U RA I; DELIVERY,
? vi' vivk . ? . : ? ;. ..; :> . ? - ..
Ono Hundred and Sixty-Sevon Routes
in This State.
GR??T INTEREST IS SHOWN.
Anti tho l>ostoUlco Dopailinont Has
ltocolvctl Many Applications
, .I'oi' l?stulillsliniont.ol* Now
' v - ? QncH.
According to thc official list of tho
postolllcc department in Washington,
which Hst has Just been compiled for
thc uso of the olllclals, South Carolina
rroirvMay 1, 1809 to July 1, lt)0?, has
beCU'glven 1U7 rural delivery routes.
Thlo is considerably in advance pf
numbers of States larger thai) South
Carolina. "
lt is said that tho demand for agenta
to liiy out new routes In the State is
greater from South Carolina than al
most, any other State of hor popula
tion. Interest In free rural dollvqry
bas in creased greatly In thc last year
and today there aro on lllo at tho de
partment in Washington a great many
petitions from South Carolina.
Following are thc rural delivery of
llcos In South Carolina, the date of es
tablishment, and the number of routes
now being operated:
Abbeville, May 1, 1 ?1*0, three.
Aiken, May lp, (899, two.
Hamborg, Apiil 8, 1890, two.
barnwell, Nov. 1. MIDI, one.
.pennctfsvillo, June 4 11)00, live,
Hlshopvillo, Dec. SJ, 1001, two,
Idenheim, July 1, 1002, two.
Camden, Jan. 1. 100$, ono,
Cameron, May, J5, 100|, ono.
Oampohello, Keb. i, 1902., throe,
. Central, Oct. 1, 1901, ono.
[ Cherokee, Feb. I, 1002, ono,
Chester Held, Keb. I, 1902. one.
Chicks Springs, Keb. 1, 1002, ono.
Columbia, Nov. 1, 1001, one.
Cope, Feb. 1, 1002, two.
Cordova, Nov. 1, 1001, ono.
Cottage ville, Oct. 1, 1001. .
Cowpcns, Feb. 1, 1002, one.
Darlington, April 2, 1000, two.
Denmark, Nov. 1, 1001-, one.
billion, April 2, 1900.
Kdisto Island, March 15. 1000, one.
lOUoroe, Deo. 2, 1001, two.
Fairplay, .lune Ki, 1902, one.
Fort Mill-January 1, 1002, two.
Fort Mott-November 1, 1901, one.
Fountain Inn, December 2, 1001,
two.
CJetsingor, October J, 1001 one.
Gaycourt, May 1, 1002, one.
Greenville, March |5, 1000 throe..
Greenwood, May 1, 1800, two.
Greer, February 1, 1002, one.
Hammer, February 1, 1002, one.
Hickory, April I, 1002, ono.
Inman, February 1, 1002, two.
' Johnston, Juno fi 1890, tinco.
Ranford Station, June 2, 1002, ono.
Latta, July 1, 1002, ono,
Laurens, June 2, 1002, one.
Leesville, February 1, 1902, two.
Lcwledalo, November, 1, 1001, one.
Lexington, May 15, 1901, one.
Liberty, October 1. 1901, two.
Lowndcsvilic, December 2, 1901,
two. '
McColl, April 2, lOOO.one.
Moore, May 1, 1000, one.
Mountvllle, June 2, 1002, two.
Newberry, August 1, 1001, ono.
Nichols, July 1, 1002, one.
Ninety-six, April 1, 1001, one.
North, November 1, 1001, one.
Orangeburg, March 1, 1800 throe.
Peak July 1, 1002, ono.
Prosperity, May 1, 1890, two.
Rapley, Feb. 1, 1002, one.
Ridge Spring, Dec. 1, 1901, two.
Rock Hill, Jan. 1002, four.
Rowesvlllc, May 1(1, 1001, one.
St. George, Dec. 2, 1001 two.
St. Matthews, Nov. 1, 1001, one.
Saluda, Juno 1, 1800, two.
Seneca, May 1, 1800, four.
Simpsonville, Dec. 2, 1001, throe.
Sigh's, May 1, 1800, two.
Smoak's, Dec. 2, 1001, two.
Spartanburg, Aug. 15, 1800, four.
Springticld, Dec. 2, 1001, ono.
Sumter, Nov. 1, 1001, one.
. Traveller's Rest, Feb. 1, 1002, one.
Trenton, July, 1, 1002, two.
Waterloo, March 15, 1000, one.
Wellford, Jan. 1, 1002. two.
Westminister, Oct. 1, 1001, three,
Woodruff, Oct. l, looi, two.
York vi Ile, July I, 1902, two.
Anderson, Oct. 1, 1001, eight.
Relton, May 1, 1800, four.
Fasly, Oct. 1, 1001, live,
llonea Path, Feb. 1, 1001 two.
iva, Oct. 1, 1001, four.
Pel/or, Oct, 1, 1001, two.
Pendleton, Oct. 1, looi, four.
Piedmont, Oct. i, looi, two.
Starr, Oct. 1, 1001, two.
Townvlllo, Oct. 1, 1001, two.
Williamston, Oct. 1, 1001, two.
Caused Hy a Cat.
A terrible explosion of gunpowder
occurred at 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon In tho cabin of William Hollo
man, a negro, on tho plantation of
Mr. Gib. Lowe, live miles from Wash
ington, Wilkes County, Ga., and as a
result Lily Holoman, aged 15, ls dead,
while Prince Holloman, aged 7, and
Jesse Holloman, aged 0, aro seriously
Injured. Thc parents of thc children
wore attending tho great negro camp
meeting at Liberty Hill, near Wash
ington, and departed at onco for their
home upon receiving information of
tho accident. A bottle of gunpowdor
was standing upon the mantelpiece,
when a cat Jumped from the loft and
knocked lt on thc Udor and partly Into
tho lire. The children were stunned
and burned by tho explosion. Lily
was thrown Into convulsions, willoh
terminated In her death a few hours
afterwards.
A Fatal ?'?rroi'.
At Richmond, Va., Sunday morn
ing J. 1). Wilson, a well known young
man, shot and instantly killed his
frlond, G. IC. Apporson. Tho fami
lies of tho two occupied tho samo
liouso. Apporson's family was away
and Apporson had changod his Bloop
ing room. "Wilson, hearing a nolso in
the room, proceeded to Investigate.
Scolng a form which, In tho dark, ho
supposod to bo that of a burglar, he
challenged, and receiving no answer,
fired with tho above result. Roth tho
families aro highly conncoted.
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HEYWARD WILL WIN.
What An Up-Coio?tyy,: Man ?nye
About tito Soc oiul It nco.
Thc primary election upset calcula
tions of every sort and knocked many
predictions awry. Its result? and what
the second primary will develop con
tinue to excite discussion* and specula
tion.
.'?Since, it has boon decided that Col.
W. J. Talbert will contend with Capt. (
I). Clinch lleyward In tho second pri
mary," said a business man from tho
.Piedmont belt, Friday, t? a reporter
of the News and Courier, "Micro can ?
sea icely bo any doubt as to MiQ out
como. 1 know Boniothing of tho drift
oE sentiment In Anderson, Oconee,
Plokeris and Greenville", where Ansel
polled probably 70 per cent, of lils i
vote, and lt seemed to bc generally
understood thal Ansel should get the i
bulk of the votes in thc Hist primary
and in the soeond primary thoy would
go to lleyward. it was not behoved,
oven in that section, whore Ansel is
(oiown and csteonied, that ho would <
bo in tho second moo, but Piedmont I
folk woro going t>o voto, for him, willy- i
nilly, lt was ?ot that they osteomcd !
lleyward less, bub they loved Ansel i
moro-and they stuck to him, as thoy :
always have done, Now, however, i
since Ansel ls no longer a factor to bo i
considered, tho major part of lils ?
17,000 and moro votes will go to Hey- ;
ward. Conting developments will t
prove thc triit.lt of what I say. ]
"As for Dr. Tlmmerman's vote, I
there ls no reason to believe that i
I loy wa id will get scanty recognition c
front it. If the Doctor's vote could (
bc identified it would reveal lils I
strength with what,'foy- tho want of \
a better nanto, I would call the re- t
llglous or church-going class. The
Doctor ls an active member of tho
Baptist Church, and, you remember,
ito was riot ?t till wori?od over tho in- .
torrogatlons anent lils habits by the ,
Kev. Mr. .Potts. The Doctor received
over (1,000 votes, and if the deacons j
and preachers had boon in tho major- ;
tty In this state he would have sue- ',
cecded Mcsweeney, and thoro wouldn't {
have been any second race, either.
Certainly ho ls lo bc congratulated on
tile character of the vote he got.
"The friends ol' Col. Talbert say he ?
will secure Tillman's vote. Suppose
bc docs, every single one of them. ,
lleyward goes Into tho second primary ?
with I,ll39 more votes to his credit ,
than thc combined strength of Till
man and Talbert. And if you don't
think lleyward is more invincible in
Ansel's stronghold than Talbert, I beg
to direct your attention to thc tabu- '
lated faut that from the remuant vote
left by Ansel lo his competitors Hey- ,
ward got 5.30 to Talbert's ?01 ht An
derson, f)7U to Talbert's ?40 ht Green- t
ville, 313 to Talbert's 84 in Picketts :
and 317 to Talbert's 01 lu Oconee.- ;
Now that's official," J
EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES. I
lOxnni'lenoe ol'n OScorgiiin That Many (
\
Carol i Diann Can Appreciate. 1
1
below is given the expense account ?
of a Hall county candidate who favor- j
cd a late primary. From this time on
he says he will always be in favor of
an carly primary, although he will
never be a candidate again. Here ls
thc way he put it down:
"Lost 1 months and 33 days can
vassing; 1,310 hours thinking about
Mic election-, 5 acres of cotton; 33
acres of corn; a whole sweet potato
crop; 4 sheep; fi shoats; and I beef
given to barbe?os; 2 front teeth and a
considerable quantity of hair in a
personal skirmish. Gave 07 plugs of
tobacco; 7 Sunday school books, 2 pair
of suspenders; I calico drosses; 7 dolls
and 13 baby rattlers.
"Told 2,889 lies; shook hands 23,
475 Mmes; talked enough to have
made In print 1,000 largo volume size
of patent olllce reports; kissing 120
babies; kindled 14 kitchen lires, cut 3
cords of wood; 474 bundles of fodder;
picked 774 pounds of cotton; helped
pull 7 wagon loads of corn; dug 14
bushels of potatoes; touted 27 buckets
of water; put up 7 stoves; was dog
bit 1 times, watclt broken by baby,
cost $3 to have repaired.
"Loaned out three barrels of Hour,
HO bushels of meal, 160 pounds of
bacon, 37 pounds of butter, 12 dozen
eggs, 3 umbrellas, 13 lead prineils, 1
bible dictionary, 1 mowblado 2 boos,
1 overcoat, fi boxes paper collars, nono
of which have been returned.
"Called my opponent a perambulat
ing Har-doctor's bill $10. Had llvo
arguments willi my wife-result: Ono
Ho wer vase smashed, 1 broom handle
broken, 1 dish of hash knocked off the
table, I shirt bosom runincd, 2 hand
ful whiskers pulled out, 10 cents worth
of sticking plaster brought, besides
s pen d I ng $1,708. _
JtcHult of a Qiirii'r?l.
Lizzie Hall, 20 years old, and Joseph
Campbell arc dead, and an unknown
man ls dying In bellevue hospital,
New York, as the result, tho police
say, of a quarrel in tito woman's apart
ments. According to tho police, tho
two men entered tho apartments and
a quarrel ensued, during which four
shots were llrcd. The Hall woman
lived in tinco small rooms in tho rear
of tlie Hist lloor of thc house, which
is a large tenement house. Her almost
nude body was found on thc iloor of
tho bedroom, with a bullet hole in hot*
heart. Campbell's body, fully dressed
and also shot through the heart, was
lying behind that of thc woman. Tho
unknown man lay dying In tho same
room, a buhot having entered tho baso
of his brain and shattered tho spinal
column. According to tho tenants in
the houso, tho two men entered tho
woman's apartments Wcdncsdi y fore
noon. Sounds of quarreling were
heard soon after, and ono woman says
she heard four shots fired in rapid
succession. ?She ran from her room
across thc strcot to tho quartors of a
Uro onglno company, whoro she told of
tho shooting. Tho police were sum
moned and took cltargo of tho prom
ises. A revolver with four, ompty
chambers waa found in thc room.
liomiotilo In ImncaMter.
Ina difficulty In tho Dwight sec
tion of . Lancaster county Thursday
Sainuol B? Usher was shot and in
stantly killed by Jphn A. Stcolo.
Loth woro piomlnont farmers.
SAYS HE WILL WEBTV
Ool. Talbort. Ilouoi'ul ol' AV inning . Iii
Hocbnd Knee. '>) \
A roportor for tho Augsta Chronicle
called on Col. Talbort while ho was
in that city on inst Friday and inter
viewed him about Ids race for gover
nor. Ile said lt was true that ho had
been succossf ul in tho primary to tho.
extent stated. Ile showed a telegram
ho had Just rccolved from Col.
Wilie Jones, chairman of the I)em
iionvtlo party in South Carolina, of
ilolally Informing Col. Talbert that
ho had run second and would bo in
tho second race.
"I was suro of lt all alon?!," tho
colono! assured mo, "I now it was ?
close race, hut, after tho llrst returns
Started In, I never for a moment lost
faith that 1 would win over all but ,
Mr. iieywavd. Tho newspapers, lu
their enterprise, didah lu their power
to scouro tho returns quickly and all ,
;>f them-Including Tho Chronicle, (
the [tir?t papor I ever subscribed to in .
my Ufo, by tho way-was wrong with \
tho others. Tho Coombia Stn to.scorns ?
to have blt lt about right this morn- }
lng and tho tip Tho Chronicle got last ,
night was right. Hut 1 sec you wont j
Lo Charleston for further information,
ind tho returns collected by the News <
nul Courier did not make mo out as \
second in the run. Hut, gracious ,
<nows, I. am not saying a word against ,
ilie newspapers. What to my mind j
s remarkable is thc endeavor, the
mtorprlso, tho work, that they have y
upended jn collecting thc returns, and j,
Jiat they could be as accurate as they v
ive In tho necessary hasty col leeton ?
)f nows is marvellous.
HTA NOS ON HIS PLATFORM. 1
"Oh, 1 don't know about a 'second l
iiimpalgu,' 1 am going over to Co- t
Uloola on tho I o'clock train and will, >
[suppose, moot tho otllcers of tho
>arty, and will be guided by tho dlrec- 1
Jon thoy give. In the second race, <
is In thc llrst, 1 stand on the platform <
; enunciated In thc campaign. Plat- c
erins were made to stand upon, t
"Tho outcome? Youngman, lam as t
positive of success as you arc sitting i
ihore, I don't want to be considered
boastful, but there ls no more question i
ibout my election as governor of South t
3a rbi fha than there is that there is 1
,o be a governor to succeed Miles II. c
VIcSw?cney, 1
"Well, 1 declare I can not think of s
my thing I could say of the camplgn
Juit would Interest you. The.second 1
jrimary ls on Sopt. 0 next." r
Col, Talbert ls very enthusiastic f
iver tho outlook, Ile has a largo num- c
)cr of friends and well wishers in \
Yugusta and when it became known
Jiat ho was in thc city a number of a
jcntlomon called on him. Many at- i
empted to condole with him on his t
lefeat, but ho quickly turned sym- I
rnthy into congratulation by showing
Jio envolai telegram from tho stato c
.Jialrman. Tho news quickly got <
nit that ho had run in second and 1
vas in the second primary and friends \
looked 'about him to congratulate fl
lim to tho extent of putting on a l
miall sized ovation to thc dIstin- c
;uished Carolinian. t
Tho Kduoatlonnl Rovlval. (
There is being awakoned a wide- }
spread Interest in education. Througlv- ;.;
mt thc country thc attention of tho ;
peoplo ls being " called to this great
matter. Tho condition of our schools, ]
both secular and denominational, ls
ticing looked carefully Into, and largo \
plans for their improvement arc be
ing projected. Specially do thc sohools j
In tho rural regions call for lmmcdi- ?
ito and thoughtful attention. Our \
scheme of public school education in (
tho country, in many places, is scarce- j
ly worthy the namo, and ls hardly
moro than excuses for schools, says ,
the Baptist Union. With miserable |
houses, only tho most simple and j
snide apparatus, poorly equipped |
teachers, only a few months In ses- |
don, and with Inadequate direction
ind siipcrhitendonco, it is quite im
possible to havo such schools as tho
times demand. It ls high timo our
people were moved in this matter. <
Public schools have come to stay, and 1
they must bc made adequate to the 1
tjreat work committed to them. Tho 1
best mon In thc country should bo i
mado superintendents and school com- 1
missioners, and should give them- ]
selves with great seriousness and in- i
clustry to thc charge of thc duties of i
this oflleo. Tho best men In thc j
community should deem lt an ?honor
to be pormltted to servo on tho school
board. Fewer and better houses i
should bc secured, trained and mature
teachers employed and more months
occupied. Theso things our people ?
should demand and continue to de
mand until thoy are secured. Let it
bo understood that our schools are not
simply to furnish employment to thc
favorite daughters of a neighborhood,
but a place for 'honest and hard work
on tlio part of men and women that ?
have been highly and thoroughly i
trained for their Ufo work. Lot our
peoplo bo stirred to serious thought and
action in these tilings, and not take it
for granted that things aro bound to .
remain as they aro. Speak out in
meeting whonovor things aro not what
they ought to be. It ls tho right of
an honest tax-payor to got tho best
for lits monoy, and nowhore ls it so
important to get tho best as In our
publie schools.
A Family ol'Huioklori.
Coronor Green Tuesday hold an in
quest over tho body of Bessie Code,
coiorod who died Monday night from
tho off(?ts. of morphine poisoning.
Tho vordict of tho Jury was tliatr sho
came to her death from an overdose
of morphlno administered by her own
hand. H was a case of suioido. She
had at ~mptcd once before to kill hor
solf. ..it a fow weeks ago TCogcno
Code, hor brother, took his own Ufo.
Suloldcs among negroes wero unknown
until a few yoars ago.--Stale.
Sand niRROd to Death;
Fred West, of Boston, ls dead at
Saratoga N. Y., from tho effects of
being sandbagged. West had just
omorgedfrom a club houso when he
was sot upon by two mon who boat
him down and emptied lils pockets of
Bovoral thousand dollars.
It If? Now Worth Over Ono Billion
Dollars.
EARNS HALF A MILLION DAILY,
Tho Figures Mudo In tho AflUlnvlts
Aro Skyscrapers. It Has a Sur
plus or Slxty-ilvo Millions. <
At Trenton, "N. J.. Wednesday, tlio
United States Steel corporation'flied
in tlio court ot' chancery an answer to
tho amended bill of complaint of J.
Aspinwall Hodge, liornard Smith and
William If; (Jurtlss, to. restrain tho
proposed conversion of ?200,000,000 7
lier cent, preferred stock into $200,
1)00,000 5 per cent, second mortgago
bonds.
Tlio answer denies that tho books of
tbe corporation show Curtiss to bo tho
:>wner uf any stocks of tho concern.
Smith, it is averred, did not own any 'ft;!
?tock of record until Juno 24, 1002,
iftcr tlio plan of conversion bad been
idopted, and limb the stock now
recorded in Smith's name was voted
n favor of tho plan.
Hodge, lt is admitted, owns. .100
?hares of stack, but lt is alleged that
ic was not present at tho stockholders'
ncctlng when tho plan was submitted
md that bis stock was not voted either
>y himself or proxy.
It ls denied that fifteen or more of
,ho directors of tho steel corporatist
no members of tho syndicate through
vbleh the preferred stock waa to bo
.on vcr ted into bonds.
It is admitted that some of tho di
ootors are members of the syndicato,
mb that this fact was communicated
a every stockholder In the circular of
Vprll 17, 1002, in tho following words:
"To further tho success of tho plan
ibero has been formed a syndicate, in
sludtng some directors, who wJU re
sobro four-fifths of tho 4 per cent,
som mission to bo paid under thc con
tact with J. P. Morgan & Co., mOn
Jonod in tho notice of stockholders*
nceting."
The answer says that tho directors
n the corporations aro a minority in
bo board of directors, bat cuey aro
argo stockholders and favored the
on version plan becauso thoy believed
b would bo advantageous to them ns
tookholflors.
It ls denied that any stockholders
md been ottered special terms iii con- .
lection with con.verting- th?ir' pre
ened stock Into bonds In order to sc
iure their atllrmativo votes for tho
dan. -
lt ls denied that the $50,000,000 o?
ddltlonal capital which it was pro
losed to obtain was needed for par
toses that were chargeable to tho earri
ngs of tho company.
Tho answer thon takes np the lino
if. argument mado in the ailldavib of
?oorgo1 W. Perkins, chairman pf Wm
Inaneo committee, flied hu)b week, lix
vhlch Mr. Perkins claimed that this
iddltlOnal $50,000,000 was needed to
>ay for improvements and to give tho
:ompany a larger surplus to permit it
o do a cash business and bo protected
igalnsb a monoy sbrlngenoy In tho
ivonb of a business depression. Tho
tnswer says bhe earnings of bbo cor
poration for tim year ending Maroh
ll, 1002, were $111,003,054; for the
month of April, 1002, $12,320,700;
Slay, $13,120,390; Jun*, ' 12,220,300;
Inly, esbimatcd at $11,000,000, or at
ibo rate of $150,000,000 a year.
An inventory is flied to show that
ibo company's proper by is worbh
pl,400,000,000--more bhan bbo com
bined par valuo of bbo preferred and
sommon stocks, lb is sbabed also that
ilie company's surplus ls $05,000,000.
Tho answer emphasizes tho point
-alscd by Mr. Perkins to tho offcot
ihat bbc conversion plan would reduce
che llxed charges of tho company and
DC advantageous to all stockholders,
jobh preferred and common.
A Curo for Insomnia.
How many of us, asks bbc London
Dally Mail, ever glvo our lungs a full
fraught of tho fresh air that is tho
lifo of the whole body? Wo all know
what our langs arc for. Wo all
broatho ab leasb tb lr by times a min
ute. Yet wc practically never, brcatho
with all our lungs; never brcatho
proporly. It Is possible for a man
Lo exercise his wholo body, to koop it
strong and well, simply by breathing
properly. Every child should bo
taught to breathe, and to got into
tho habit of Ailing the whole lung
spaeo at each Inhalation and of empty
ing lt complotoly at each exhalation.
Do you know there ls no bettor way of
getting to sleep soon afbor going to
bod than by breathing properly?
Hero is a specimen breathing exorcise:
Push away your pillow and Ho flat
upon your back with your muscles re
laxed. Slowly draw bl tho deepest
broabh possible, hold lt for. four. sec
onds, then slowly cxpol it until yolir
ishesb and abdomen have collapsed.
Repeat this until you aro tried or
fall asleep.
This lu Michigan,
Walter Lemerand, lately from
Toledo, Ohio, went, to bis home at
Monroe, Mich., on Friday, and found
ii man, a Fronohman named Jas.
Labargc, also of Toledo, in tho house #
with his wife. A quarrel ensued,
Labargc finally running froiii thc
houso. An ofllccr attempted to ar
rest him, whon he ran down Third
atrcot, a crowd pursuing. Thc cry
"As?laultor?" was raised, and tho mob
bogante shoot. Lobarge ran Into a
corn Held, where lio was surrounded
and shot dead, a bullet penetrating
bis heart. Mrs. Lomorand said: "The
man was sitting in the parlor with
mo when my husband carno home.
Thorn was nothing wyong." Mrs.
jhomornnd said that sho and Labargc
had planned un elopomont. An
autopsy was performed on* Labargo's
body and tho Inquest will be held later.
Two mon whose shots killed Labargc
aro known, bub no arrests .will bo
mado until aft#r tho Inquest.
Moma trouble is roportcd from tho
Philippines. The Moros, tho florccst
trlbo, Mohammedans by religion and
assassins by trade, .havo signified a de
sire to tight. Con. Chafl'eo h As bren
instructed td' accommodate thom ?awl
wo will "likely- havo lurid imports of
"Inhumani1" '?'