The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, March 20, 1903, Image 1

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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. TILLMAN'S WORK ' ' '_?_ In Settling the Stated Account With the United States. STORY OF TEE TRANSACTION. Tho State's Debt of $?240,7I?0 is Wiped Out nnd n Hillanco of $8?, 137.7(1 Duo to ibo Stute ?H Poid. Through thc eiforts of Senator Till man more than anyone else, as ..we stated last week, tho State treasury ls now $80,137.8? better off than lt has been. This is thc amount of thc net claim collected from the United States Government by Senator Till man. Senator Tillman on a recent visit to Columbia presented the war rant and receipt in person to Governor lleyward. The impression has been that Senator Tillman collected less than $100,000, but, as a matter pf fact, he settled claims against the State aggregating $:i:n,887..Sii, as is fully shown by lil's statement ?d' the ease. Senator Tillman, in handing over the papers in tlie case to Gover nor lleyward, submitted a letter, in which he fully explains thc entire transaction in as brief space as-'.can well bc done, and what he has to say is of great interest, lt is as follows: Washington I). C., Mardi li, 11)03. Governor 1>. C. fleyward, Columbia, S. C.-My Dear Sir: lt alfords me great gratification to hand you here with warrants Nos; 5,740 and ?,747 on the United States Treasurer for $80, I;i7.8(5, together with receipts from the Southern Bxpress Company- for $12:1,000, coupon bonds of thc State of South Carolina, with coupons attach ed; aggregating, principal and inter est, $240,750, making a total in cash and bonds or $:i:.7,887.8.?. This warrant and these bonds have been obtained by my receipting Hie United States in full Tor thc claim of the State of South Carolina, which grew out or the expenditures by the Slate on behalf of the United States Government during the war of 1812 1815. 1 have been working on this maller for the past four years and a bric! statement of the facts may be of in terest to you and lo the people of the State. When the expenses attending the enrollment of the volunteers for the Spanish war were being provided for by Congress in 1808 attention was di rected by thc Secretary of Hie Treas ury to the fact that South Carolina was indebted to the United Stales on account, ?d' the Indian trust fund, the same being invested in the bonds above mentioned, and the request was imtuo hy thc secretary that Congress . giveJJjUn tho authority to colled said noun I.- Without my knowledge, or i. fact, the koo_dgo of anyone, a provision was sneaked Into the confer ence report on an "appropriation bill, authorizing the Secretary lo begin suit against the State of South Carolina for the collection of 1 he debt. I >einand was made upon Governor loller bc for settlement and be referred the mat ter to mc, and 1 at once set about trying lo secure an ad just nient of the account of the Slate for the old claim of 1812-tr.. Lt required an immense amount of work and research lo get track of the necessary papers. We had to investi gate the settlement in the war depart ment and rummage through volume, after volume of treasury reports, de cisions of the courts, reports of com mittees, eic. My own l ime was loo much occupied with other necessary business with which I have lo deal to do more than give general directions. The main work of that kind in the case was performed by Mr. James M. Raker, assistant librarian of the S - atc, and a citizen of South Carolina, whose home is at Lowndesvillo. Mr. flaker worked zealously and indefati gably both while Congress was in ses sion and aller its adjournment, so that at the next succeeding session 1 was prepared to demonstrate that in stead (d' South Carolina being in debt to the United States, Hie boot was ou the other foot, and that we would be (?lily too glad to have a settlement. In thc mean lime suit had been begun by the Attorney General for the United Slates and a su m mons was directed to the Governor to answer the suit. I submitted all my evidence, based en tirely upon otlicial documents emana ting from the treasury department it self to the committee on claims, and secured from that committee a favor able report on a bill to authorize an adjustment and accounting between thc State and the United Slates, in which was included a claim for a bal ance due the State on account (d' mon eys expended during the Indian war of 1830. The bill passed the Senate without opposit ion, bul was held up in the House. 1 tried lo get it on the appropriation bill, but it was ruled out on a point of order, and the only thing 1 could accomplish was to have the law authorizing suit against the State repealed. Last year this claim, along with a similar one from Virginia, and Includ ing' t he City ol' I ?altimore, was placed on what is known as the omnibus (daim bill, but the situation in regard to Virginia'sdebt was different from ours, and Senator .Martin, without my knowledge, incorporated a provision which was very advantageous to Vir ginia, but without his knowing it, worked great wrong to our Stale. I n der the terms (d' this md. the auditor for the war department made up the accounts and practically balanced them, making the bonds of the re spective Slates olf.se t UK; claim of each. Tlie (inference in the cases arose from the fact that Virginia's bonds were not due until 180i, and in order lo have the accounts balance, as Hie two interest-bearing funds were durer ont, they would have to go back prioi to lin; maturity ol'thc bonds several years, thus making Virginia a dona tion of about * 150,(11)1?. In our cast the wrong consisted in charging inter est on our bonds aller maturity. I at once appealed from Un; decision of tin auditor and had UK; matter revised by the comptroller of the treasury, and he was able lo make the case balance even nearer than the. auditor had done, reducing UH: amount to .'tl cents, hut he also stated that tin bonds al the date ol' their mat urity amounted, principal and interest, tc $248,750, while.the State had at that time in the- treasury 3205,005, and it luis since been recognized by Congress, leaving a balance of $47,245, and thus I had the basis of getting moro equit able settlement. 1 succeeded inobtainlngthcconscnt of tho appropriation committee to in corporate an amendment in Hie dcll cieucy bill, providing for tho payment of. this balance, with interest ut 4 per cent, from the 1st of January, 1881, to date. A1 very strong, light was made by thc 11 (msc committee on ap propriations against allowing this item and, while thc Senate conferees and all the Senators familiar with thc facts, supported the justice of thc claim and insisted on its retention, it was only after six hours of argument in thc committee" that at 2 o'clock the night of March 3 an agreement was reached. 1 will say that I had made up my mind that as there were seven other claims of an identical character, Involving several millions ot dollars in the bill, that 1 fuit so outraged at tue seeming injustice and sectional animosity, tuat l served no [ tice that I would talk the last twelve hours of tba session or do whatever other filibustering was necessary to secure justice for my State. 1 felt that, il" thc item went out Unit it would never he possible during Mr. Cannon's incumbency as Speaker to obtain redress or get what was due, so L decided 1 would take the rosposibili ty of of forcing an extra session before 1 would lamely submit to such wrong. In conclus! n, I desire to .suggest it will he ...i act of graceful recogni tion and or simple justice lo Mr. Ilakcr that thc Legislature .should recognize, his invaluable service by ap propriating a small amount of money, say $1,000, out of that which has been obtained. His work was not done with this idea, however, hut he is poor and has a growing family, and the State can well alford to pity him handsomely. Yours truly. It. lt. Tillman. I?. S.-To save express expenses for the transmission of the bond.s, worth as they are in I he market lil ty cents im the dollar of their lace value he cause (d' t heir being refundable; I re quested that all ol' the hoods and cou pons should he cancelled. 1 also deem it nothing less than an element of safely that these obligations of thc State that have been thus redeemed should lie treated as all similar bonds are. They come to you in this shape simply as evidence and as a part of the. State's debt which lias been paid. It is worth while to note that the United States Government has lost money hy not refunding these bonds at Hf ty cents on the dollar in ISSI, thc same as any other of our creditors. Their, would have been issued in lieu thereof practically the same amount of bonds and t he interest on fliese for twelve years at ti per cent and ten years at I' per cent would anion nt to $115,000. Tile State, has saved this interest and has only thad t o pay about. $l:M,oou.t<Kiedeem the bonds at their face value. As a matter of interest to thc Legislature 1 enclose you a copy of my speech in the Senate yes terday, giving thc history of the transaction, wit h the otlicial records. I twas maile in answer to Mr. Can non's speech and in justification of the Senate's action and my own part in the transaction. 1 should bc ob liged il* you would transmit it to tho Legislature when it convenes apain. li. li. T. iOvcn up to the very last, as will be seen by the. following letter, certain of Hie ofticials in Washington tried to hold down the claim by allowing only two days' interest, but Senator Till man would not consent to any such business. Thc letter follows: Treasury 1 >epart>nenl, < Mllcc of Comptroller ol' the Treasury, Washington, March, 5, ino:t. Thc Honorable thc Secretary of the Treasury-Sir: At your request and under your direction, 1 have, re-exam ined the account of the Sta fe of South Carolina against the. United States, as settled hythe auditor for tito war department hy ce rt! Ilea te No. 21,804, wherein he allowed the Slate the sum Of $47,245.77 together with two days' interest. This audit was made under the fenns of the following provision of the Dclicicucy Act, which was approved and became a law on thc ?ld inst, viz: "To pay Hie State of South Caro lina for balance found due noni flic United States to said State, according to the compulation made by the comp troller of tlie treasury up to January 1, ISSI, as stated in ins letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, dated february 21, I?03, $47,245.77 and in terest upon thc same at I per cent annum until paid." Tlie force of this language indirec tion by Congress to pay the State of Smith Carolina the sum of $47,245.77 and interest thereon from the 1st day of January, issi, up to the dato of the approval of this Act. Thc Act , while if only sets out said sum, yet it clearly appropriates tlie interest thereon as if if had been set out, in specific figures. It is thc same as if a Court should render a judge ment for a specific sum and the inter est thereon from a date certain. The amount ol' the judgment is simply a matter ol' calculation, so the amount ol' this appropriation is simply a mat ter of calculai ion. Thc auditor will therefore restate this account and allow the Slate ol' South Carolina the furl ber sum of $11,SS I. til, being the interest on said sum of 317,247.77; af 1 per cent, from said 1st day ol' January, issi, up to the approval ol'said Act. A credit, certificate ol' (inference will issue for said amount. Kospectiully, It, J. Tracewell, Comptroller. I it vi I al iniiM (?'alore. The governor has received au in vitation from J. I?. Mc I hide, super I visor of Florence county, to ho pres ? cut af a meeting called for thc pur ! pose of forming gund roads' associ.t . t ions on March Hi. Ile was compelled ' to decline. An invitation was also '? received from Hie chairman of thc ' board ol' visitors ol' Hie citadel to de liver the annual address af thc en campment at Hock Hill on .lune ll?. I The annual meeting of Hie society ol' charities and connections will he held > in Atlanta tills year, May li-12, and ' thc governor has been invited lo at 1 tend and to appoint delegates. A BE* EAKE Deal in Pennies as a Result of a Smart Advertisement OF A WASHINGTON MERCHANT, Who Offered "1? Cents l'or 1002 Pennies," and by Which Many Speculators AVoro CUURllt. Recently a clothing store in Wash ington advertised that it would pay at noon Saturday, the 7th inst., "18 cents for .1902" pennies, and because of tbis advertisement practically ail the pennies in the picdemont section of North Carolina and in a good many towns In upper South Carolina ha vu come into the possession of a few speculators. Thc fact that tbc ad vertisement was not a bonatide pro position, but a play <m words, did not become known until Wednesday,.when lt, was discovered that, thousand of 11)02 coppers bad changed bands after a big premium lind been paid. Thc ftdlowing ls tbc story as told by the Charlotte Observer: Kor a week or ten days it bas been currently rumored in this city that a Washington agency wanted thc pen nies in question, and it was said that tho agency was acting for the govern ment, which wished the pennies re called because it liad been found that in coining them a large quantity of gold bad been accidentally spilled into thc molten copper. Thc absurdity of the rumor seemed to impress no speen hitor, and for the last four or live days penny-buying has been going on here at a great rate. Karly last week Mr. Edwin H. Gresham, ot' the. linn of Gresham & Company, the well known railroad eating house Concern, collected all thc 11)02 pennies he could in banks and other business places in Charlotte, ile got the pennies at their real value and before the report of the prmlum-giv ing bad become widespread. A day or sn arter his purchase Mr. Gresham sold to Baggage Agent Sonner or the Southern railway, 330 pennies for SX'l, and Sonner slated that the next day ho sold the pennies to a bank in Alexandria, Va., at lf> cents apiece. Mr. Gresham worked assiduously anti collected many hundred other pennies, but he was able to sell none of those at a profit. Ile still has on band enough copper to make life-sized statues of both the mayor and thc re corder. Mr. Otcshnm was not the only man who bought pennies in large quanti ties. Toni ttowland, the popular conductor on bife S lates ville road, de voted a large part of btv time to cop per-grabbing and did not desist in his speculative operation until Wednes day. ihilf a dozen other Charlotte men, men in near-by South Carolina towns, and residents of Sainsbury and other places in this State, made wide search tor last year's coppers. Thc movements of tlie speculators bad its natural "elTcct, and Tor a week IU02 pennies have been selling high; jumping from two and a half and three cents each to live, seven and ten cetus apiece. Thc knowledge thal. the. advertise ment was- inserted with intent to de ceive did not reach here until Wednes day. It was said that hags holding over (5,000 pennies belonging to specu lators in this section, reached Wash ington Saturday morning, and, keep ing company with copper that came from many other sources, were about to be taken to thc clothing store to bc redeemed at thc IS cents valuation, when it was discovered that a visit to the store would provoke ridicule and allow no protit. It was declared that thc tirst man who entered the store presented 1,050 pennies and demand ed 18 cents for each copper. "You have misunderstood the ad vertisement," was Hie reply. "Hut you said you would give is cents for 11)02 pennies." "Certainly: wc arc prepared now to give 18 cents for one thousand nine teen hundred and two pennies." Then thc would he vendor under stood the game that had been played shouldered bis coppers and walked away. Other men who came carrying copper as a prize were met with a similar reception. And the copper that went to Washington from the piedmont section was shipped back home Mr. Gresham said last night that- he had been told that the enter prising business men who worked the advertisement had been arrested. It was reported in Charlotte Wed nesday night that the mad scramble for the 11102 pennies was still maintained. Pennies ol' that date sold for ll cents each in Mooresville yesterday, it was declared, and were still bringing a fancy price in Salisbury and other neighboring towns. Thc agitation over copper has st ru .-lc the rural districts of upper South Carolina and unless runners convey thc intelligence of the lake game into the various hamlets thc tierce rush for one cent pieces may last, for a good 'many days. M (isl Nm Drink. Mr. Hammett., Chief State Con stable, who is a temperate man him self, has issued the following omer. To Division Chiefs: <>n anti after t his date the usc ol' intoxicating liqu ors by members of the State consta bulary force will not be tolerated. Any const able against whom the charge of intoxication shall bc made, will upon eon viet ion, be suspended :U) days the Inst olfense. and upon con viction of the second olfense lie will be dismissed from thc service. You will communicate this order as quick ly as possible, lo the various constables iinder your direction. G. lt. Hammett, Chief Constable. M li ci lc red Seven People. Thc second trial ol' A. IO. liaison, charged with thc murder of scvei members of thc Earl family neill Welsh, La., was concluded then Thursday evening, thc jury lindi ii), thc accused guilty as charged. I ?asl (ii took the verdict quietly, for a SCCOIK Unie bc will be sentenced to death. EXCHANGE OF BIFLES. Soon tho State Militiamen Will Have Their-New lira RS. Adjutant-General Frost recently visited Washington to see If ho could not arrange with the war department for an immediate exchange of old for new rides and uniforms for the railhia, saving tile freight bills for two ship ments. He called to see the secretary of war in company with Senator Latimcr, and was received by Assistant Secretary of War S?nger in thc absence of Secre tary Root. Gen. Frost says lie was warmly received and after going over the provisions of the new act of con gress lt was determined that South Carolina could at once proceed to ex change the Springlield ritlcs and car tridges for tlie new ICrag-Jorgensen magazine rilles. The requisition will go forward shortly. Tlie secretary of war luis been so busy since the adjournment of congress that lie has been unable as yeo lo place contracts for the furnishing bf the new regulation olive drat) uni forms, consequently they will not be issued for some time. Thc depart ment, however, has allowed Gen. Frost to make, requisition for khaki uni forms and campaign hat? for the State militia for the summer. This requi sition will be sent on at once. Tho present blue uniforms will be con tinued in tho service until the olive drab suit? are available. Gen. Frost askod for authority to loan to certain schools in the State, not having commandants of cadets, some of the old Springlield rifles, Ile : was informed that this could not be ' done; that the law only allows thc war department to loan ritles to military academies having regular army ofllecrs . stationed at them as commandants, md then onlv upon the tiling of an ap plication and a bond from the trustees of such institutions; that thc State annul loan ritles at all. This will mean that the Citadel's supply of Krag-Jorgcnsen ritles will have, to be ! ailed in hy the adjutant general soon, iud another supply secured In the regular way. Under the Dick act also the ex change of equipments provided for pplies only to ritles and cartridges md not to tents or camp equipage. Sen. Frost also made Inquiries about 1 the stationing of an army ollleer in the otlicc of tiie adjutant "gcpcral.. 1 Upon Secretary Hoot's return the de partment will determine whether to detail active anny otlleers to these positions or retired ollicers. .Gen- Frost talked interestingly of thc new uniform regulations of the " army. There will henceforth be three ' styles of uniforms for ollicers. Thc first will be tl\e. full dress, with froek coat and gold braid in abundance, a heavily gold braided cap and a chap peau. Th? latter will never be worn while the otlteer is in the saddle. Tlie dreas-unlform will tip, exaetlyV like the present blue fatigue uniform, > with the exception that the caps will have bell crowns. The infantry olli cers will no longer wear white stripes ' on their trousers, but a lighter shade ? of blue Instead. ! Thc new olive drab uniform will be the same for ollicers as for privates save that a small strap will be worn . by ollicers on each shoulder, and thc leggins will bc leather instead of can- 1 vas. No trouser stripes will be wein by ollicers with this uniform. It is the latter uniform that will be used exclusively in the service in ! this State. The members of thc gov- ! ernor's stair alone will wear thc dress uniform. All other otlleers will wear ! Uri olive drab regulation.-The State. Takes His Own lair. .1. W. Logan, a white fanner living at Phoenix in Greenwood county com- . milted suicide Wednesday by shoot liiniseif in his right temple with a small pocket derringer, lt was stated ', by those in a position to know in that community that bad health and finan cial troubles no doubt led to his deci sion to end his life. Mr. Logan was about 50 years old. He leaves a wife and live children. He has a son, Frank, about grown, lt is a note worthy coincidence that this place was the scene of the suicide of one of the earliest settlers of that communi ty, namely, Dr. Chapman, who com mitted suicide in what Is now a tene ment house in tlie yard of this place, about ?l) years ago. Also that this is the fourth suicide within a radius of a mile and a half within the last ten years. All the suicides were, white farmers and all over 50 years of age. A Tillman Dinner. The Charleston correspondent of The State says: "A lefter has been received from Senator Tillman, accept ing the invitation of a number of business men to attend a dinner, to be given to bim, in recognition of his services to that city in many matters elfecting its welfare. The plans for the function arc yet to be put in shape. During his stay in Charleston, Sena tor Tillman will bc the guest of Mr. Henry I?. Williams, cashier of the Charleston Savings bank, af his ele gant home on Fast Battery." Th?: Cr u m CiiHe. The senate committee on commerce Thursday decided to postpone action on the nomination of Dr. W. D. Criim, to be collector of the port at Charleston, S. C., until next Thurs day. The suggestion for postpone ment was made by Senator Clay. There are a number of vacancies on the commit tee and be urged that the committee should not act until these were tilled, lt is now believed by the opponents of Dr. Cru m that another meeting of the committee will not lie held during the present session. Ketti? llritlgOH. Perhaps the. most remarkable bridges in the world are the kettle bridges in Russia and Siberia, of which Cossack soldiers arc expert builders. They arc built up of the soldiers' lan ces and cooking kettles. Seven or eight lances are placed under thc handle of a number of kettles and fastened by means of ropes to form a rall. Fach of these rafts will bear t he weight ol' half a ton. I'lcaflctj Them. The southern press is unanimous in : coin mending Gov. Hey ward's treat i nient of the Wisconsin race problem I convention plan. The northern papers maintain au eloquent, silence. MAN KILLED By ilia Automobile Rum)inp Over) Ed go of High Embankment. DAS?ED TO PIECES ON ROCKS. _ His Wife, Who Waa With Him W hen tho Terrible Accident ? Happened, ia Seriously . . |. Injured. Bu?falo, N. Y., lias another sensa tlon.oRecently one of her prominent citizens by the name of E. T. llurdick, was^>und m'J rd G red in his residence, and up to this time thc police has 1 leen umihie to locate the murderer. Tuesday afternoon Arthur H. Pennell, one ofcthe chief figures iii the investl gat??h of the Uurdlek murder, was hurled headlong into eternity. Mr. fennell was riding in his electric automobile with Mrs. Pennell. They were.pn Kensington avenue near J''ill morbjjavcuue, skimming along the edge of tlie Genni stone quarry, a huge roclM-ibbed hole in thc ground. Air. l'en- Oil's hat blew ott". The automo bile s\vcrved anti in some inexplicable manlier it leaped over the curb into thc ijpyss below. Pennell was killed instantly, his head being crushed to an unrecognizable mass. Mrs. l'en nell was injured kp severely that the sur gcon^at the Sisters hospital, to which she v$is taken, say her chances of re covery are very slight, TW? boys saw the tragedy, They were too far away to know positively just How jt happened. Sirs. Pennell whcn| found was unable to speak. She was <;hly semi-conscious when taken to thc;hospital and could speak no co herent words. After the operations performed immediately hy Dr. lOugcnc Smltji in tho hope of saving her life, she lapsed into unconsciousness and hence there can be no true version of precisely how the altair occurred; Mr., Pennell left his ollice in the Austin building at 1.0*? o'clock. Ile wenU to Iiis home at 20S Cleveland avenu?. A friend who called up Mr. Pennell on the telephone about "> o'clock was informed that Mr. Pencil was in. but that he was going for a drive-. Mr. Pennell himself answered thc t?l?phone and said that lie would he bick between ?.ilu and 7 o'clock, making an appointment with his friend for that hour. "Would G o'clock do?" he was asked. "Oh, Well, you might come at .0 [/clock, but you better making It later." 'said Mr. Pennell. Those were the last words Pennell was known to speak to any one except Mi-sienne)!, ssivc ??hat he went back tofttjp'st?ij.s and called out to Lizzie R?maji??v,V}jhe ?laid:.. ."Lh?zie, we will ?? ?i? O??CK - bf-tweeb' 0V and -7-Relock Then li? abd'-Mrs. Pennell rode away In the automobile. lt was learned that the matter mentioned in the telephone talk was something he considered most serious ind which weighed heavily upon him. lt was in connection with thc Purdiek murder. Recently Mr. Pennell made the fol lowing statement: "About this case if Purdick, I have told thc authori ties 1 went away to New York before thc murder and that 1 met, Mrs. Purdick while 1 was away. In facti saw Mrs. Purdick near New York two ;tr three days before the murder. 1 have told it frankly and thc meeting was a proper one. Put they seem to he determined to drag all thc business imt in thc papers. 1 would do any thing to stop it." Pennell and his wife left their home nt 4.50 o'clock or one or two minutes before that time, lt was a gloomy afternoon and rain was falling. It seemed a strange day for a man to take his wife automobiling, in the lonely northeast section ol* the city at such an hour. Pennell was not a veteran at auto mobiling. Yet he was an expert at handling the machine and was ex perienced as to its management. What was unusual about the proceedings, according to the maid, was that Mrs. Pennell had always be fore told her when they would return. Today, however, said th? girl, "when they went out it was Mr. Pennell who fold me." Mrs. Pennell has been loyal to her husband throughout his trying experi ence's during the last ten days. Sha frequently said that her faith in him was unshaken and that she would stick to him to thc end. Pcnncll's body was received at morgue shortly after H..'JO o'clock. The features of the. dead man were distorted and out of all semblance to their natural character. Iii the pockets were found some money and newspaper clippings and identification cards from two in surance companies. il KS. Pl?NNM.t. ni KS. Mrs. Arthur Pennell dted at the Sisters of Charity hospital Wednes nesday night, at ? o'clock. For hours thc surgeons worked over the uncon scious form of tile injured woman. A faint twitching of the eyelids ora murmer of pain were the only signs of returning consciousness perceptible during the lil hours the. injured wo man was in the hospital ward. Ex cept for a few incoherent words utter ed when she was lirst taken to the hospital Mrs. Pcnncll's lips did not move. lie Will Hung:. The decision pf the United States Court in refusing tu reverse the decis ion of thc Supreme Court of Knuth Carolina in the case ol" the. Slate vs, J Olin Prownlield, who murdered Mr. Scurry, at Georgetown in ism), fixes his doom. The murder was the direct cause of the Georgetown riot. Prown lield has been lu jail ever since thc tragedy, and if it had mit been for thc clforts of a colored lawyer bc would have met his fate on the gal lows a short time after the occurrence. Thc case was carried to thc Supreme Court on the plea that the negro had not received justice as there were nc negroes on the grand jury, while three-fourths of the population ol Georgetown County are negroes. ?Judge Holmes said there was no prool j of thc allegation and sustained UK decision of the State Court. As this ,is the last resort Prownlield will haw I to go to the gallows. SENSATIONAL MURDER CASE. A Young Woman Tried for Killin** ? Young Man. Marron had quite a sensational trial last week, in which Miss Josephine Ii urns was tried for murder. Miss Burns is a young white woman of Nichols and is on trial for killing Dustin H. Sarvis, a young telegraph operator at Nichols in last November. Since the tragic occurrence she lias been in North Carolina, hut duly ap peared for trial. / It will be remembered that at the time of the killing it. was stated by the accused that she. bad been secret ly married to Sarvis several months prior to that timc'aud .that she had | gone to seo him at thc d?p?t in Nich ols to insist upon his. announcing tholr marriage; that he ref used to t so, became ling ry, shot ber in the, head with a pistol and then shot Iii in self, dying instantly. The verdict of thc coroner's jury was in accordance i with tbis statement, r The theory ol thc prosecution is to thc clfcct that she shot thc deceased and then attempted to commit sui cide, tbe testimony or the State's wit nesses being that he saw her shoot herself. She was wounded in the fore head, thc ball narrowly missing the brain. There was "some delay in form ing a jury so ihahy\jurors stating they had expressed an opinion oh the case. Naturally much interest was mani fested but no new sensational features have been developed. The court room was tilled with a crowd of spec tators. The young lady was acquitted by the jury. Tho Wheel I0x|>l<?<If<l. A dispatch from Sumter to The State says Mr. .lohn F. Laughery was seriously injured in an accident , re sulting in his death Friday night, which happened at the plant of tho Lukcns Lumber company Friday af ternoon about" \.'M o'clock. Mr. Laughery had gone to thc saw mill and was standing up by the engine when it ran away, tho .governors re fusing to check the speed of the Hy wheel, which was 10 feet In diameter. Mr. Laughery sprang towards the valve to turn off thc steam when the explosion caine, the Hy wheel hurst to pieces and Mr. Laughery was struck on the right side cf thc face and head by a Mut piece of iron, his face and skull being crushed in. When picked up vhe .was Jo an unconscious condition. Erigi?eer Joiner was also in the engine room when the wheel burst, but. escapted without injury. One. piece of thc wheel Hew upward and torc a large hole in the roed', an other section struck a wheel about 15 feet distant, nod although the other wheel was running un'4. 2(5 inches in diameter, torc it ro pieces. Some parts of the wheel lauded on the ground as far as 75 feef away , from thc scene of the accident. Fooled Willi Href Kuhhit. Last week an old negro captured II rattlesnake and sold it to Dr. McLeod, of Macon, Ga., who wished to experi ment with it. (hi Saturday he. placed a live rabbit in the cage lo see. what the snake would do with lt. The snake would not notice the rabbit, t ill lie was molested, and then he at tempted to bit the rabbit, but only succeeded in getting his mouth full ol' fur. Sunday night they both, seemed to be well, but not so Monday morn ing. Thc rabbit was well, but thc snake was far from well. lie was minus hts head and part of his neck. The flesh being gnawed entirely off of thc bone for several inches next to his head. His rattles were, beaten to pieces, supposedly In his light with the rabbit, and the door of the cage was covered with blood, showing that the rabbit had killed him, and not that he had eaten the snake after it had died a natural cle:tth, as there would then have been no blood. The rabbit seems to bc none thc worse for the fray. The Old Negro. Senator Tillman has on his planta tion in South Carolina a negro named Joe Gibson, who has lived with him for thirty years. Joe bas charge of the premises, carries thc keys, and takes caro of everything in Mr. Till man's absence. A nd speaking of this man the other day the Senator said: ''I do not know whether I "belong to Joe or doc belongs to mc. Anyhow, wc have, been together for thirty yeats, and wc have agreed to live to gether till one or both of us dies, and when 1 go away, if I go ti ist, I know he will shed as sincere a tear as any body. I would die to protect him from injustice, and wrong." This is one of thc old time negro gentlemen of whom we have often spoken. They arc an honor to the race and to trie "Old Miss" who trained them. White men are proud and fortunate to have such negro friends. Thc pity is that thc dear old gentlemen are fast dying out. A Pitched Untile. A desperate battle between the hands of two turp?n ti tic farms took place near (Mange. Springs. Fla., last week. A contention arose about a matter of little importance between some of thc negro laborers of Megs' camp and those of Law's camp. This aroused the fury of the entire, crowd ano precipitated a light which elided in a general battle. Tho report is that eight men were killed atula large number of others wounded. /\ tiredly Snub?;. Noticing a large cobra with a small portion of a snake's tail hanging out of its mouth, a resident ol' Ceylon kill et! thc reptile. During its death struggles the Cobra disgorged three fourths of a rat snake. Tile resident ; hauled out the rest, and, on taking measurements, found the cobra to be : I feetS inches long, and the. rat snake lt had tried to swallow fi feet 2 inches. IMjr* Families Wanted. I Representative Mumie, the Pillia ? delphia Uccord reports, has introduced ! in thc Pennsylvania Legislature "a bill which provides that the State shall give a gold medal worth from $10 to $ii0 and an equal sum of money : to every mother of six or nine chil ; dren, thc idea being to encourage thc ; bringing of large families into thc world." AN Oil ?IE.E lu Now York Cluims Twt nty or^toro | Victims. Twenty or paore,lives were lost and fully twice that -number of people bumed, or bruised by an explosion of oil late Tuesday night, following the wreck on thc Erle railroad, north of Olean, N. Y. Owing to the fact that some,Of thc bodies" were incinerated in thc fierce flames or blown into the creek by thc explosion, the exact num ber 'of dead will "probably not be known for several days. . Thc number of injured, too, is un certain, as a large number of them were able to reach their home and' re: eeived treatment there. Nine of thc ecovered bodies have been identified its residents of Olean, four of the number being boys under seventeen years of age. The injured are all young boys of Olean and the neighbor ing towns. Dozens of others, who were not carried to the hospitals were burned more or lc.;s severely. lt was nine oVdook in the evening when thc trainNiyas wrecked. An Erie freight train, loaded with oil cars, broke in two on tho bill two miles north of tile city. At Hist the for ward part of Ibo train, released of all weight of the cars bellied, sprang for ward wi ttl increased speed. Drakes were applied and thc front, portion of the train was brought 'almost to a standstill at tho .iron bridge across Olean creek. Tho rear cars, gather ing momentum as .they came down tlie bill, crasbedjnto tlie-forward part of thc train. The tank-cars caught lire soon after the collision and hurst into Hames with a terrille explosion A portion of the iron domes of the ears was hurled a distance of several hundred feet. The Hames shot, high in thc air. Hundreds of people In front of Olean and the surrounding country side gathered to watch the brillant scene. As the beat became less intense thc crowd began to edge a little closer to the wreckage. Suddenly there was a terri tic explo sion. A great mass of white Hames shot hundreds of feet into thc air and literally rolled down the banked sides of the track into the gully where the spectators were standing. Men and boys Tell before the wave of light to rise no more. Huge pieces of iron were hurled through thc air, moving down.human bciugs by the score. Men and boys with their clothing a mass of Hames ran shrinking down the track, some of them falling to the ground unconscious, while otbers grovelled in the ditch or jumped into thc creek in an endeavor to put out thc tire that-was consuming them. Distillery Captured. A dispatch-td The State from Green ville says Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock Constables Altman, Cooley and Hell, witli Deputies Phillips and Put nam, left the city with the intention of linding a blockade distillery, and went ?2 miles to the Middle Saluda river, where tiley discovered what they were expecting, and took possession of alarga outfit which was being put in readiness for operation, Including a steam huiler, three fcrmenters and 500 gallons of beer. The officers knew in advance that this was a portable affair and that tho still had two localities, a hair mile apart. They went to thc other place and found a number of fer menters. The still was near the resi dence of Beattie G rice, and there was a path from one to the other. The of liccrs raided thc still at midnight and spent only au hour or so in the vicini ty, but lt required seven or eight j hours lo reach the city again as the roads do not allow fast traveling. Killed un the Skyscraper. Thc lirst fatality in connection with thc erection of thc skyscraper in Co-1 lumbla occurred early Thursday morn ing, when William Dixon, a colored laborer, was instantly killed by an el evator. There arc three elevators used in the building, anti they run from the tirst lo the twelfth floor and back at ligtning speed. Ac cording to thc testimony of wit nesses, Dixon had just leaned over the elevator shaft to speak to some one in thc cellar when thc elevator ame nown on him, killing him in stantly. As soon as the accident was seen thc engineer raised the elevator and . the body was taken out. The hea l and face were horribly mutilat ed, but there were no other injuries, I and death must have been instantane ous. A During- Scheme. Pierce struggles with stowaways armed with knives were reported by 1 the captain of thc American steamer Marcher!te which arrived at New York recently from Mediterranean ports, '"lillrec days out from Messi na," said the captain, "four fellows came crawling out of the forehatch with knives. They threatened thc sailors but were quickly knocked down and disarmed. I locked them up In thc hospital and gave them bread and waler. In thc afternoon of the same day thirteen men, covered with coal dust, came up out o? thc bunkers. They had kin ves too, but my crew were ready to light them and we took the knives away from them. That night we got to Algiers and police men came aboard and took olT the stowaways." Wain's Mis Medal. The governor recently received a letter from Mr. Edwin H. Moore of New York asking for information in regard to medal given thc members of "the glorious old Palmetto regiment" which fought so gallantly in Mexico in 1817. These medals evidently were yoted before thc Civil war, for Mr. Moore declares that he never got bis "because, 1 presume, as to the uncer tainly as to my whereabouts, or because of the occurrence of our Civil war." Mr. Moore was life major, or principal musician, of thc regiment and his name is candled with Com pany ll. There are living not more than two score of the these gallant men who made up the regiment which at tracted so much attention to South Carolina on account of its fearless charges up mountain steeps. A VERY.MEAN MAN.. . ? .-- ?.. ? ? He Bought a Coffin for His Wife Be?ore Her Death v - ?^? ^ BUT SHE MADE HIM OCCUPY IT. " "_ Jeff Hackett, Formerly of SoutIi Carolina, But for Many Years a Virginian, Suffered for HU Sins. Sometime ago, says a special dlE patch to The State from Roanoke, Va., a farmer's wife in Floyd county^ Va., who had been 111 for many weeks" grew suddenly worse. Th'e"Iam*ny' was small, consisting of twoVlittle. v *" '"4. children; and tho farm house itself occupied a lonesome, out-of-the-way spot, In a rugged mountain country, a good many miles distant from thO'"' nearest country village. For weeks the roads had been in an almost lin- ' . passable condition from the effects of the continued heavy fall of snow and rain, and the only visitor to the sick woman was the country doctor as he . went his weary rounds. The husband, Jeff Hackett, a native of one of the upper counties of South Carolina, had drifted to Virginia 35 years ago, and ever B!nee locating in Floyd county : had been a man known throughout the section for his meanness and nig gardly habits, and although by such methods he had amassed a comfort able sum of money, few ever saw the color of it, and the numerous visits of the doctor io his sick wife were viewed with increased alarm, as indications of a good-sized medical bill grew more apparent. Just as the serious turn in the woman's conditi?n came about, the miserly husband hit on the happy idea, as it seemed to him, of killing two birds with ono stone. He had come to Roanoke the following day to attend to some business, and to get a fresh Bupply of "them expensive drugs." Just before his departure the faithful doctor arrived to pay a visit to the Bick wife. Hackett called the physician to one side and ques tioned him closely as tu the prospects of his wife's early death. He explained that bad as the roads were, they were liable to become much worse, and that If he could bi ing back a coffin next day, much - inconvenience and probable delay in the funeral, etc., could be saved, should bis wife expire. Thc medical man assured him it was his opinion that his wife could not last twelve hours;.and that she would . in all probability be dead when he re turned from the city. The next day, bright and early, the farmer bade the sick womau good bye, and started on his long drive to Roanoke. On arriv ing there he purchased tho necessary drugs, and then sought an undertak ing establishment, where he bought a moderate-priced collin. Congratulat ing himself on his foresight, he plod- ' ded homeward and no sooner was he in sight of his home, when the chil dren awaiting his return, espied the significant, looking casket. Running into the house, the little ones notified their, sick mother, who was apparent ly in a very weak state, of what their father had brought back from the city. The wife guessed the truth at once and summoning her now miser able husband to her bedside, she raised herself by main force and despite her condition, showered upon him the vials of her pent-up wrath. A new resolution Hashed In her eyes. She vowed her husband would be the worst disappointed man in the country, and should have thc collin for his own use. So rapidly did she regain her strength that inside of ten days, she was boss ing the house as of old, and making her parsimonious helpmeet's life a burden. So much did the experience weigh ou the latter's mind that he fell ill and live days afterwards was taken to the little country churchyard in the identical receptacle purchased by himself for his better and stronger hair. _ A Terrible Legacy. Garrett Heddon, a notorious out law and moonshiner, has been stabbed to death by his brother, Riley Hed don, in Polk County, Tenn. A year ago in au altercation, with another brother, Garrett killed him and this murder led to his own death. Garrett and Riley had visited the town of Re liance and had started home when "they became Involved In a quarrel about Garrett having killed his broth?" er,the result being that Riley plunged a knife through his body. Garrett was taken home, where after his fam ily had assembled he gave to his eld est son, aged 10, his pistol, making bira swear that he would kill his un cle when he was large enough. Gets Big Pay. King Malean, commander-in-chief of the Moorish army, formerly an IDngllsh lieutenant, getting $650 a years draws the comfortable salary of $85,000 a year. As the Sultan's right hand man, he has conducted many campaigns in thc Sahara, and is thc only Christian that has openly cross ed the Giania pass and visited the sacred tomb of Mulal All Shcreef, In tlie Tafilet district. Thc regular army under his command numbers about 20,000 with an irregular militia of 80,000._ May ito (bc Bobbers Three men were arrested at Talbot tan, Ga., on Wednesday last who blew open the safe of Mr. AV. P. Cook at Iva, Anderson Comity, about sie weeks ago. A watch was found xn one of thc men which is thought tobo the watch taken from Mr. Cook, lt be ing the same number as the one taken. Sheriff Green is investigating thc mat ter and if he gets sutllcient evidence he will go and bring thom back to stand their trial. Tho Hampton Monument. The law relating to thc Hampton monument requires a commission to have charge of the appropriation when thc public raises $10,000. The law became of effect Thursday and .the governor has made the following appointments: Senators McCall and Marshall and Representatives Moses i of Sumter, Morgan of Greenville and Seabrook of Charleston.