The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, March 20, 1903, Image 2

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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 State's Account With the United States. STORY OF THE TRANSACTION. Tho State's Debt or $210,700 Is Wiped Out nml a llnlaiicc ol' $80,1U7.70 Duo lo the State in Paid. Through the cllorts of Senator Till man more than anyone else, as we stated last week, thc State treasury is now $89,137.8(i better off than it has been. This is the amount of thc net cialm collected from the United States Government by Senator Till man. Senator Tillman on a recent visit to Columbia presented thc war rant and receipt in person to Governor Heyward. The impression has been that Senator Tillman collected less than $100,000, but, as a matter or fact, he settled claims against thc State aggregating Sa.*!",887.8?, as is fully shown by his statement or thc ease. Senator Tillman, in handing over the papers in tim case to Gover nor Heyward. submitted a letter, in which lie fully explains tim entire transaction in as brief space ns-'na ii well be done, and what he has to say Is of great interest, lt is as follows: Washinglor, 1). C., Mandi (i, 1008. Governor D. C. Heyward, Columbia, S. C.-My Dear Sir: It alfords mc great gratification to hand you here with warrants Nos. 5,740 and 5,747 on the United States Treasurer for $85), K17.8?, together with receipts from thc Southern Express Company for $125,000, cou i>on bonds (d' thc State td' South Carolina, with coupons attach ed, aggregating, principal and inter est, $240,750, making a total in cash and bonds or $:t:n,S87.8(i. This warrant and these bonds have been obtained by my receipting thc United States in full for the claim of the State ot' South Carolina, which grew (mt oT the expenditures hy the State on behalf ?d' thc United States Government during thc war ol' 1812 1815. I have been working on this matter for Hie past bair years and a brief statement of the facts may bc ol' in terest to you and to the people ol' the State. When thc expenses attending the enrollment of thc volunteers for thc Spanish war were being provided for by Congress in KSPS attention was di rected by thc Secretary (d' the Treas ury to the fact that South Carolina was indebted io the United States on account, ol' the Indian trust fund, the same being invested in thc bonds above mentioned, and tile request was iniMio tiy tlie secretary that Congress . givcJbJLui tho authority t'o collect said amount* Without my knowledge, ol in fact, the kuu_;lgu ol' anyone, a provision was sneaked Into the confer ence report on an "appropriation bill, authorizing the Secretary to begin suit against thc State of South Carolina for thc colled iou or the debt. Demand was made upon Governor Kllerhe for settlement and he referred the, mat ter to mc, and 1 at once sd about . trying to secure an adjust tuent ol'the account of the State for the old (daim of IS 12-15. lt required an immense amount of work and research lo get track (d' the necessary papers. Wc had to investi gate the settlement, in the war depart ment and rummage through volume after volume of treasury reports, de cisions ol' Hie cour Ls, reports of com mittees, etc. My own lime was loo much occupied with other necessary business with which I have lo deal to do more than give general directions. Thc main work of that, kind in the case was performed by Mr. .lames M. IJaker, assistant, librarian ol' Hie Sen ate, and a citizen of South Carolina, whose home is at Lowndesville. Mr. IJaker worked zealously and indefati gably both wdiile Congress was in ses sion and after its adjournment, so that at the next succeeding session 1 was prepared to demonstrate that in stead of South Carolina being in debt to Hie United Stales, the boot was on the other foot, and that we would be only too glad to have a settlement. In thc mean timi; suit, had been begun by the Attorney General for the United States and a .summons was directed to thc Governor to answer the suit . 1 submitted all my evidence, based en tirely upon otlicial documents emana ting from thc 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 thc United States, in which was included a claim for a bal ance due thc Stale on account ol' mon eys expended dining Hie indian war of It?.'lli. The. bill passed the Se?ale wi thou t. opposition, but was held lip in tile House I tried lo get it on the appropriation bill, but il, was ruled ?ait on a point of order, and the only thing 1 could accomplish was to have thc law authorizing suit against, thc Stale repealed. Last year this claim, along with a similar one from Virginia, and includ ing the City ol' I'.altimore was placed on what is known as the omnibus claim bill, bul (bc situation in regard to Virginia's debt was di li?rent from ours, and Senator Martin, without my knowledge, incorporated a provision which was very advantageous lo Vir ginia, lint without his knowing il. worked great wrong to our Stale. Un der the terms ol' this act the auditor for flu: war department, made, up Hie accounts and practically balanced them, making the bonds ol' the re spective Slates offset the claim of each. The di (Terence in the cases arose from Hie fact thal, Virginia's bonds were not due until 18!) I, and in order [it have. Hm accounts balance, as the two interest-bearing funds were differ ent, they would have to go back prior to thc maturity ol'thc bonds several years, thus making Virginia a dona tion of about $150,000. In our case the wrong consisted in charging inter est on our bonds aller maturity. I at tinco apjiealed from Hie decision ol' thc auditor and had the matter revised by Hie comptroller ol' the treasury, and bc was able to nalke the case balance, even nearer than Hie. auditor had done reducing Hie amount to Jil cents, but be also slated that, thc bonds al Hie date of their maturity amounted, principal and interest, lo $2.48,750, while the State had at that time in the treasury $205,005, and it has since been recognized by Congress, leaving a balance of $47,245, and tims I had the basis of getting more equit able settlement. I succeeded in obtaining thecons ont of the appropriation committee to in corporate an amendment In tlie dcli cieuey bill, providing for the payment of this balance, with Interest at 4 per cent, from thc 1st of January, 1881, to date. A very strong, light was made by thc House-committee on ap propriations against allowing this item and, while the Senate conferees and all the Senators familiar with the facts, supported the justice of the claim and insisted on its retention, il was only after six hours of argument in the committee" that at 2 u'clock the night of March ? an agreement was reached. I will say that 1 had made up my mind that as there were seven other claims of an identical character, involving several millions of dollars in the bill, that, I felt so outraged at tuc seeming injustice and sectional animosity, that L served no tice that I wotdd talk Hie last twelve hours ol' tba session or do whatever other filibustering was necessary tn secure justice for my State. 1 . felt that if the item wen?, out, that it would never he possible during Mr. Cannon's incumbency as Speaker to obtain redress or get what was due, so [decided I would lake the respusibili ty of of forcing an extra session before I would tamely submit to such wrong. Ju eonelus't n, 1 desire to suggest it will be an act of graceful recogni tion and of simple justice to Mr. Maker that thc Legislature should recognize his invaluable service by ap propriating a small amount ?if money, say $1,0U0, out ol' that which lias been obtained. His work was not done with this idea, however, hut he is poor and lias a growing family, and the .State can well alford to pay lum handsomely. Yours truly, lt. ll. Tillman. 1'. S.-To save express expenses for thc transmission of thc bonds, worth as tbey are In tbe market fifty cents on the dollar <?f their lace value be cause ol' their.being refundable, I re quested that all ol' tile bonds and cou lions should bu cancelled. 1 also deem it nothing less than an element of safety that these obligations of the 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 Slate's debt which has been paid. It is worth while to note that Hie United States Government has lost money by not refunding these bonds at titty cents on the dollar iii 1881, t he same as any other of our creditors. There would have been issued in lieu thereof practically the same amount of bunds ami the interest on these for twelve years at li per cent and ten years at l' percent would amount to $1-10,000. The. Slate has saved this interest and has only iliad to pay about $121.000.1 iKredcem thc bonds at their face value. As a matter of interest to thc Legislature I eindose you a copy ol' my speech in thc Senate yes terday, giving tlie history of thc transaction, with thc olllcial records. II was made In answer to Mr. Can non's speech and in justification of the Senate's action and my own part infill' transaction. I should he ob liged if ymi would transmit it to the Legislature when if convenes again. 15. ii: T. liven up lo the very last, as will be seen by thc following letter, certain of thc officials in Washington tried to hold down the claim by allowing only two days' interest, hut Senator Till man would not consent to any such business. The letter follows: Treasury Department, ( Milco of Comptroller ol' the Treasury, Washington, Mareil. 5, lOO.'t. Tlie Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury-Sir: At your rennest and under your direction. I have re-exam ined the account of the State ol' South Carolina against thc United States, as settled hythe auditor for Hie war department hy certificate No. 21,804, wherein lie allowed the State thc sum of $47,2-15.77 together witli two days' interest. This audit was made, under the terms of thc following provision of the Deficiency Act, which was approved and became a law on the .'id inst, viz: "To pay the State of South Caro lina for balance found due from tho United States to said State, according to t he computat ion made, by thc comp troller of the treasury up to January 1, issi, as stated in Iiis letter to the Secretary ol' thc Treasury, dated February 21, lima, $17,245.77 and in terest upon the same at I per cent annum until paid.'' The force of t his language isa direc tion by Congress to pay the State of Soot li Carolina t he sum of $47,2-15.77 inid interest thereon from thc 1st day of January, 1881, up to Hie date of t he approval of this Act. The Act, while it only sets out said sum, yet it clearly appropriates tlie interest thereon as if it had been set out in specific ligures, lt is tho same asila Court should render a judge ment for a specific sum and the inter est thereon from a date? certain. Tlie amount of Hie judgment is simply a matter of calculation, so thc amount of this appropriation is simply a mat ter ol' calculation. Tlie auditor will therefore restate this account and allow the Stale ol' South Carolina the further sum of $11,ssl.(il, heing thc interest on said sum ol' $17,217.77, af ?! per cent, from said 1st day ol' January, 1881, up to Hie approval ol'said Act. A credit cert ?Meato ol difference will _issue for said amount. l?esp?otf illly, lt. J. Tracewcll, Comptroller. I nvh ul inns (?alore. The governor lias received an in vitation from J. I!. McBride, super visor of Florence county, Lo be pres ent at a meeting called for thc pur pose of forming good roads' associa tions on Mareil Hi. He was compelled to decline. An invitation was abo received from the chairman of the board of visitors ol' Hie. citadel to de liver Hie annual address at Hie en campment at Hock Hill on June lil. Tito annual meeting ol' Hie society of charities and connections will be held in Atlanta this year, May (i-12, and the governor has been invited to at tend and to appoint delegates. A BI(x FAKE Seal in Pennies as a Result of a Smart Advertisement OF A WASHINGTON MERCHANT, Who Offered "18 Cents for 1002| Pennies," and by Which Muny Speculators Wore Caught. Recently a clothing store in Wash ington advertised that it would pay at I noon Saturday, the 7th inst., "18 cents for .1902" pennies, and because | of this advertisement practically all thc pennies in the pledcmont section of North Carolina and in a goutl many towns in upper South Carolina have come into thc possession of a few1 ?speculators. The fact that thc ad vertisement was not a bonalide pro position, but a play on words, did not become known until Wednesday,.when it was discovered that, thousand of I 1002 coppers had changed hands after | a big premium had been paid. The following is thc story as told by the Charlotte Observer: For a week or ten days it bas been currently rumored in this city that a Washington agency wanted the pen nies in 'question, and it was said that thc agency was acting for thc govern ment;, which wished the pennies re called because it had been found that i in coining them alargo quantity of gold bad been accidentally spilled into | the. molten copper. The absurdity of the rumor seemed to impress no speculator, ami for the last four or live days penny-buying has been going on herc at a great | rate. Early last week Mr. Edwin li. Gresham, til' the linn of Gresham Company, the well known railroad eating ht ilise concern, collected all the 1002 pennies he could in banks and other business places in Charlotte, ile got the pennies al their real value and before thc report ol' the prmium-giv ing liad become widespread. A day or so after his purchase Mr. Gresham sold to Baggage Agent Sonner or the1 Southern railway, 330 pennies for $:t:i, and Sonner stated that the next day lie sold the pennies to a bank in Alexandria, Va., at lf> cents apiece. Mr. (tresham worked assiduously and collected many hundred other | pennies, bul lie was able to sell none | ol'those at a profit. He still bas on hand enough Copper to make life-sized statues ol' both the mayor and Hie re corder. Mr. Gresham was not the only man wdio bought pennies in large quanti-: tics. Tom [lowland, the popular I conductor on Hie StalesviHe road, de voted a large part of bis time to cop per-grabbing and did not desist in Iiis speculative operation unlit Wednes day. ilalf a dozen other Charlotte men, men in near-by South Carolina towns, and residents of Sallisburv and other | places in this Slate, made wide search for last year's coppers. The ino vernen ts of tjie speculators bad it? natural elfcct, mid for a week l'.)()2 pennies have been selling high; jumping from two and a half and three j cents each to live, seven and ten cents apiece. The knowledge that the advertise ment was-inserted willi intent to de ceive did not reach here until Wednes day. lt was said that bags holding over ti,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 about1 to bc taken to thc clothing store to he redeemed at the IS cents valuation, when it was discovered that a visit to' the store would provoke ridicule and allow no profit. It was declared that the lirst man who entered the store presented 1,650 pennies and demand ed IS cents for each copper. "You have misunderstood Hie ad vertisement," was the reply. "Hut you said you would give ls cents for 1002 pennies." "Certainly: we are prepared now toJ give is cents for one thousand nine teen hundred and two pennies." Then thc would he vendor under stood thc 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 thc copper that went lo Washington from Hie piedmont section was shipped back home Mr. Gresham said last night that, be had been told that thc enter prising business men who worked the | advertisement, had been arrested. It was reported in Charlotte Wed nesday night thal, thc mad scramble for thc 1H02 pennies was still maintained. Pennies of that, date sold for '.) cents each in Moorcsvillc yesterday, il was declared, and were still bringing a fancy price tn Salisbury and oilier neighboring towns. Thc agitation over] copper has stru.'k the rural districts ot upper South Carolina and unless | runners convey the intelligence of Hie fake game into Hie various hamlets Ibo licrce rush for one cent pieces may last for a good 'many days. Must Not Drink. Mr. Hammett, Chief Stale Con stable, who is a temp?rate man him self; bas issued the following omer. To Division Chiefs: On and after Ibis dale Hie use of intoxicating liqu ors by members of Hie State const; biliary force will not, he tolerated. Any constable against whom Hie charge of intoxication shall be made, will upon conviction, be suspended .'10 days Hie Iii si olfense. and upon con viction of the second olfense lie wilt be. dismissed from Hie service. Yo,: will communicate ibis order as (prick ly as possible, lo the various constables under your direction. U. lb Hammett, Chief Constable. M u rd e red Seven People. The second trial ol' A. 10. liaison, (dunged with the. murder of seven members (d' the Fail family near Welsh, La., was concluded there Thursday evening, the jury Unding the accused guilty as charged. Muston took the verdict quietly. For a second time bc will be sentenced lo death. EXCHANGE OF RIFLES. Soon tho atete Militiamen Will Have Tho lr New Kraus. Adjutant-General Frost recently visited Washington to see if lie could not arrange willi the war department for an immediate exchange of old for new rifles and uniforms for thc milkia, saving tho freight hills for two ship ments. Ile called to sec thc secretary of war in company with Senator Latimer, and was received by Assistant Secretary of War Sanger-in the absence of Secre tary Root. Gen. Frost says he was warmly received and after going over the provisions of the new act of con gress it was determined thal Suuth Carolina could at once proceed to ex change the Springfield rides and car tridges for the new Krag-Jorgensen magazine lilies. The requisition will go forward shortly. The secretary of war lias been so busy since thc adjournment of congress that he has been unable as ye? to place contracts for thc furnishing of" thc new regulation olive drab uni forms, consequently they will not be issued fur some time. The depart ment, however, has allowed Gem. Frost to make requisition for khaki uni forms and campaign hut? for the State militia for the su hi mer. This requi sition will bc sent on at once. Tl.o present blue uniforms will be con tinued in the service until tho olive drab suits are available. Gen. Frost asked for authority to loan to certain schools In the State, not having commandants of cadets, some ot the old Spring Held rides, lie was informed that this could not be done; that the law only allows the war department to loan rides to military academies having regular army olllccrs stationed at them as commandants, and then onlv upon tile tiling of an ap plication and a bond from the trustees of snell institutions; that thc State cannot loan rides at all. This will mean that thc Citadel's supply of Krag-.lorgcnscn rilles will have to be called iii by the adjutant general soon, add another supply secured in thc regular way. Gilder thc Dick act also the ex change of equipments provided for applies only to rides and cartridges and not lp tents or camp equipage. Gen. Frost also made inquiries about tlie stationing of an army olllcer in the olliec of the adjutant "general.. G pon .Secretary Hoot's return the de partment will determine whether to detail active army ollicers to these positions or retired otllcers. Gen- Frost talked interestingly of the new uniform regulations of the army. There will henceforth be three styles of uniforms for olllccrs. The first will lie the. full dress, with frock coat and gold braid in abundance, a heavily gold braided cap and a chap peau. The latter will never be worn while the oilieer is In the saddle, 1 Thu d ress* IIn I form Will be. exactly like thc present blue fatigue uniform, | with the exception that the caps will have bell crowns. The infantry otll cers will no longer wear white stripes on their trousers, hilt ii lighter shade of blue instead. The new olive drab uniform will be the same for ollicers as for privates save that a small strap will be worn by ollicers on cudi shoulder, and thc legging will lie leather instead of can vas. No trouser stripes will be worn by ollicers with this uniform. It is Hie latter uniform that will be used exclusively in the service in this State. The members of thc gov ernor's stair alone will wear the dress uniform. All other ollicers will wear the oil ve drab regulation. -The State. Tiikca II in Own IjiCe. J. W. Logan, a white farmer living at Phoenix in Greenwood county com mitted suicide Wednesday by shoot himself lu Ins right temple with a small pocket derringer. Jt was stated by those in a position to know in that comm uni ty that bad health and ii nan ci al troubles no doubt led to his deci sion to end his life. Mr. Logan was about 00 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 thc 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 the yard of this place, about ?l) years agu. Also that this is the fourth suicide within a radius ol' a mile and a half within the last fen years. All the suicides were white farmers and all over f>u years of age. A Tillman Dinner. The Charleston correspondent of The State says: "A letter has been received from Senator Tillman, accept ing thc invitation of a number of business men to attend ?1 dinner, to be given to him, in recognition of his services to that city in many matters effecting its welfare. Tim plans for thc function ure yet to be put in shape. During his stay in Charleston, Sena tor Tillman will lie the ?nest of Mr. Henry P. Williams, cashier or the Charleston Savings bank, sit his ele gant home on East Mattery." Th?! Cr II in Cune. The senate com mi tte?: on commerce Thursday decided to postpone action on the nom i nation of Dr. W. D. Cru in, lo bc 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 ?>f vacancies oh thc committee and he urged that thc committee should not act until tiles? were lilied, lt is now believed by the opponents of Dr. Cru in that another meeting ?if the committee will not be held during the present session. Kettle ItritlKon. Perhaps thc most remarkable bridges in thc world are the kettle bridges in Russia and Siberia, of which Cossack soldiers are expert builders. They are built up ol 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 o? ropes to form a raft. Fach of these rafts will bear the weight of hair a ton. IMeuseM Tliein. The southern press is unanimous in commending Gov. Hey ward's treat ment of thc'Wisconsin race problem convention plan. The northern papers maintain au eloquent silence. MAN KILLED By 'His Automobile Running Over] ?dge of High Embankment. DASHED TO PIECES ON ROCKS. m His tvViie, Who Wu? With Him When tho Terrible Accident * Happened, is Seriously lu.) ii red. Buffalo, N. Y., hus another sen tlon. ^Recently one of her prominent Citizens by tlie name of E. T. Burdick, wastound murdered in his residence, and .up to this time thc police has been unable to locate the murderer Tuesday afternoon Arthur It. I\ 'mell, oncj>jL,lhe chief ligures in the in.csli gatloi? of the Burdick murder, was hurled headlong Into eternity. Mr Pennell was riding in his electric iutbipoblle with Mrs. Pennell. They were on Kensington avenue near morojiavoiiue, skimming along the edge of tile Geh rs stone quarry, a huge roidc-'rihb?d hole in thc ground. Mr l'en- ell's hat blew off. The automo bile swerved and in some Inexplicable mander it leaped over the curb into tlie abyss below. Pennell was killed instantly, his head being crushed to an unrecognizable mass. Mrs. Pennell was injured so severely that the sur gcons^at the Sisters hospital, to which she wjas taken, say her chances ol' re-1 ' co very arc very slight, Two boys saw the tragedy. They were ^oo far away to know positively just l?ow it happened. Mrs. Pennell when found was unable to speak. She was only semi-conscious when taken to thc hospital and could speak no co li?rent words. After the operations performed immediately by Dr. Eugene Smitty in tho hope of saving lier life, she lapsed into unconsciousness and hence there can be no true version of precisely how the affair occurred. Mr.; Pennell left his ollice in the Austin. building at 4.05 o'clock, ll went' to his home at 208 Cleveland avenue. A friend who called up Mi Pennell on the telephone about, o'clock was informed that Mr. Pencil was ip. but that, he was going for a . drive* Mr. Pennell himself answered 1 the t?l?phone and said that he would be bitak between 0.?I0 and 7 o'clock, making an appointment with Iiis friend Tor that hoiir. . "Would 0o'clock do.?" lie was asked . "Ob, Well, you might come at .0 o'clock, but yon better making lt later," 'said Mr. Pennell. Those were the last words Pennell was Iffiown to speak to any one except Mrs. .Pennell, save {?hat he went back to the st aijs and called out to Lizzie I-R?ji'^^u^h^'ni^:" ."LizV.ip, wc will [-"-Vt: oacE. ' pe'tvve&n Ov?i}d -7 .o'clock." 1 ^Then he"abd Mrs. Pennell rode away ? in the automobile. ? lt was learned that tlie matter mentioned in tile telephone talk was something bc considered most serious r and which weighed heavily upon him. , lt was in connection with the Burdick r murder. ., Recently Mr, Pennell made thc fol- j lowing statement: "About this case of Burdick, I have told thc au tl iori-11 ties I went away to New York before | ) the murder and that 1 met, Mrs I tn rd ?ck while 1 was away. In fact 1 saw Mrs. hurd lek near New York two or three days before the murder. I have told it frankly and the meeting was a proper one. But they seem tu lie determined to drag all the business ! out in the papers. I would do any thing to stop it." Pennell and his wife left their home at 4.50 o'eU ck (tr one or two minutes before that time. It was a gloomy afternoon and rain was falling, lt seemed a strange day for a man to take his wife automobiling, lu thc lonely northeast section of the city ;it such an hour. Pennell was not a veteran at auto mobiling. Yet he was an expert at handling tlie machine and was ex perienced as to its management. What was unusual about the proceedings, according to thc maid, as that Mis. Pennell had always be fore told her when they would return. Today, however, said the girl, "when they went out it was Mr. Pennell who told me." Mrs. Pennell has been loyal to lier husband throughout his trying experi ences during the last fen days. She frequently said that her faith in him was unshaken ?ind that she would stick to him to tlie end. Pennell's body was received at morgue shortly lifter 8.510 o'clock. The features of the. dead man were distorted and out of all semblance to their natural character. In the pockets were found some money and newspaper clippings ind identification cards from two in surance companies. jins. 1M<?NNKLL DUCS. Mrs. Arthur Pennell died at the Sisters of Charity hospital Wednes nesday night, at 8 o'clock. Kor hours tlie surgeons worked over the uncon scions form of the injured woman. A faint twitching of the eyelids or a murnier of pain were the only signs of returning consciousness perceptible during the 24 hours the injured wo man was in the hospital ward. lOx cept for a few incoherent words utter ed when she was first taken to the hospital Mrs. Pennell's lips did not move. _ Ile Will Hiing. The decision of the United States Court in refusing lo reverse the decis ion of the Supreme Court of South Carolina in Hie case of the Slate vs. John Brownfield, who murdered Mr. Scurry, at Georgetown in I SIM?, fixes his (loom. The murder was the direct cause of the Georgetown riot. Brown field has been in jail ever since thc tragedy, and if it had mit been for the efforts of a colored lawyer he would have met his fate on tlie gal lows a short time after thc occurrence. 'Phe case was carried to the Supreme Court on the plea that the negro had not received justice as there were no negroes on the grand jury, while three-fourths of thc population of Georgetown County are negroes, .lodge Holmes said there was no proof of the allegation and sustained the decision of the State Court. As this is thc last resort Brownfield will have I to go to the gallows. SENSATIONAL MURDER CASE. N - / A Young Woman Tried for Killing A Young Man. Marlon had quite a sensational trial last week, in which Miss Josephine Burns was tried for murder. Miss Burns is a young white woman of Nichols and ls on trial for killing Dustin H. Sarvis, a young telegraph operator at Nichols in last November. : Since the tragic occurrence she bas been in North Carolina, but duly ap- , pearcd for trial.. ; It will bc remembered that at the time of thc killing it. was stated by the accused that she. had been secret ly married to Sarvis several months prior to that time and that she bad gone to see bim at thc depot in Nich ols to insist upon his announcing tboir marriage; that lie refused to do so, became angry, shot her in Hie. bead with a pistol and then shot him self, dying instantly. The verdict of the coroner's jury was in accordance with this statement. The theory ol thc prosecution is to the effect that sile shot the deceased ?ind then attempted to commit sui cide, the testimony of the State's wit nesses being that he saw her shoot lersclf. She was wounded in the fore- I tiead, the. ball narrowly missing the i n ain. There was "some delay in form ing a jury so many jurors stating they > iiad expressed an opinion on the case. 1 Naturally much Interest was mani fested but no new sensational features lave beep developed. Thc court ? room was lilied with a crowd of spec- i Liters. The young lady was acquitted ny thc jury. Thc Wheel lO.xphidcd. A dispatch from Sumter to The "state says Mr. .lohn b\ Laughcry was seriously injured in an accident, re miting in bis death Friday night, ?Vilich happened at the plant of the [Aikens humber company Friday af ternoon about" 4.??? o'clock. Mr. ( Laughery had gone to thc saw mill md waa standing up by thc engine .vhen it ran away,'the - governors re- '. using lo check Hie speed of the Hy .vheel, which was io feet in diameter. , Mr. Laughery sprang towards the ? alvc to turn ol? thc steam, when thc i :xplosion came, the (ly wheel burst ( ,0 pieces and Mr. Laughery was , .thiele on the right side cf the face j md head by a (lat piece of iron, Iiis , ace and skull being crushed in. When , licked up . he was Ju an unconscious f londitiun. Engineer Joiner was also y ri the engine room when thc wheel ^ mist, but.escaplcd without injury. t hie piece of thc wMieel Hew upward ^ ind torca large hole in the roof, an- " it ber section st ruck a wheel about l? "[ cet distant, and although the other { vheel was running iin/i ill? indies in liameter, tore it ro pieces. Some larts of the wheel landed cu the r rou nd as far sis 7? feet away , from lie scene of the accident. "i Fooled Willrllrct: Hubble. <| Last week an old negro captured a , attlcsnakc and sold it to Dr. McLeod, , if Macon, (bi., who wished lo cxperi- v neill witli it. On Saturday lie placed , L live rabbit in the cage to see what x ?lie snake would do with lt. The a make would not notice thc rabbit t ill , ie was molested, and tiien lie at- K .empted to bit thc rabbit, but only ^ aicceeded in getting his mouth full of a fur. Sunday night they both seemed t ,o be well, but not so Monday morn- | ng. Thc rabbit was well, but the t make was far from well. lie was , minus his head and part of his neck. ( Plie Ilesh being gnawed entirely oil ol . bbc bone for several inches next to bis | Head. His rattles were beaten to > pieces, supposedly in his light with | Lhc rabbit, and the door of the cage | was covered willi blood, showing that, lhc rabbit bad killed him, and not that he had eaten thc snake after il liad died a natural death, as there would then have been no blood. The rabbit seems lo be none the worse for Lhc fray. The Obi Negro. Senator Tillman has on his planta Lion in South Carolina a negro named loe Gibson, who has lived willi him for thirty years. Joe bas charge of Hie premises, carries the keys, and takes care ol everything in Mr. Till man's absence. And speaking of this man the other day the Senator said: "1 do not know whether I 'belong to .loe or doc belongs lo me. Anyhow, we. have been together for thirty yeats, and wc have agreed to live to gether fill one or both ol' us dies, and when 1 go away, if I go ti rsl, 1 know be will shed as sincere a tear as any body. I would flic to protect bim from injustice and wrong." This is one of Hie old lime negro gentlemen of whom wc have often spoken. They arc an honor to the race and to the "Old Miss" who trained them. White men are proud and fortunate to have such negro friends. Thc pity is thal thc dear old gentlemen arc fast dying out. A Pitched lint tie. A desperate baltic between Hie hands ol' two turpentine farms took place near Orange 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 thc fury of thc entire crowd and precipitated a tight which ended in a general battle. The report is thal eight men were killed anda large number ol' others wounded. A Greedy Soalce. Noticing a large cobra willi a small portion of a snake's tail hanging out, ol' its mouth, a resident of Ceylon kill ed Hie reptile. During ils death struggles the Cobra disgorged three foui llis of a ral snake. Tile resident hauled out thc rest, and, on taking measurements, found thc cobra to bc I feet S inches long, and the rat, snake il, bad tried to swallow 5 feet. 2 inches. lllg Families Wanted. Representative Blinnie, the. Phila delphia Record reports, bas introduced in the Pennsylvania Legislature "a bill which provides that thc Slate shall give a gold medal Worth from $10 to $20 and an equal sum of money lo every motlier of six or nine chil dren, Hie idea being to encourage Hie bringing of large families into the world." AN OIL FIEE In Now York Cia I mn Twenty or Blore Victims. Twenty or morejlvcs were lost and fully twice that "number of people burned, or bruised by an explosion of oil late Tuesday night, following the wreck on tho Erle railroad, north ot Olean, N. Y. Owing to the fact that some Of the bodies" were incinerated in vibe ?cree flames or blown into the creek'by the explosion, the exact num ber ot 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 borne and' re ceived treatment there. Kine of the recovered bodies bave been identiticd ?is residents of O?ean, four of the number being boya 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 thc hospitals were burned moro or lass severely. It was nine (Relock in tho evening when the trainNwas wrecked. An Eric freight train, loaded with oil cars, broke in two on tho hill two miles north of tito city. At lirst the for ward part of tim train, released of all weight or tim cars behind, sprang for ward with increased speed. Brakes were applied and the front, portion of blie train was brought 'almost to a standstill at tho iron bridge across Olean creek. Tho rear cars, gather ing momentum as .they came down Lim hill, crashedjnto thp-forward part ni thc train. Thc tank-cars caught tire soon after the collision and burst info Hames with a terri tic explosion. A portion of the iron domes" o? the cars was hurled a distance of several hundred feet. Thc Hames shot high in tile air. Hundreds of people iii front of Olean and the surrounding country side gathered to watch the brillant .scene. As the heat became less intense tiie crowd began to edge ii little closer to the wreckage. Suddenly there was a territic explo sion. A great mass of white Hames dint hundreds of feet into the air and literally rolled down thc banked sides if Lim traek into the gully where the spectators were standing. Men and joys fell before thc wave of light to .iso no more. Huge pieces of iron vere hurled through the air, moving lownjiuman beings by the score. Men md boys with their clothing a mass >r Hames ran shrinking down the .rack, some of them falling to the ground unconscious, while others ;r?> veiled in tho ditch or jumped into .he creek in an endeavor to put out .he lire th ?it* was cousuming thom. Distillery Capture?!. A dispatch to The State from Green -ille says Thursday afternoon at relock Constables Altman, Cooley and tell, with Deputies Phillips and Put lam, left the city with thc intention if finding a blockade distillery, and veut 22 miles to the Middle Saluda iver, where they discovered what they vere expecting, and took possession of L large outlit which was being put in | j cad i ness for operation, Including a .team boiler, three fermentons and 500 j ^ gallons of beer. Thc officers knew in ul vance that this was :i portable atTair md that the still had two localities, a mir mile apart. They went to the ither place and found a number of fer-1 j neuters. Thc still was near the rcsi ience of Beattie Grice, and there was i path from one to the other. The of icers raided thc still at midnight and ?pent only an hour or sti in the vicini L.y, but it required seven or eight luaus to reach the city again as the roads do not allow fast traveling Killed o:i tito Skyscraper; The lirst fatality in connection with tile erection or the skyscraper in Co lumbia occurred early Thursday morn ing, when William Dixon, a colored laborer, was instantly killed by an el evator. There are three elevators used in tiie building, anil they run from the lirst to the twelfth Hoor and back at ligtnlng speed. Ac cording to thc testimony of wit hesses, Dixon had just leaned over the elevator shaft to speak to some one in thc cellar when the elevator came nown on him, killing him in Stantly. As soon as thc accident was I seen the engineer raised thc elevator and . the body was taken out. The ?hen, 4 and face were horribly mutilat ed, but there were no other injuries, and den th must have been instantane ous. A Daring .Scheine. Fierce struggles with stowaways armed with knives were reported by tl?? captain of thc American steamer Marcher i tc which arrived at New York re?:ently from Mediterranean ports. "Three days out from Messi na," said thc captain, "four fellows came crawling out of the forchatch with knives. They threatened the sailors but wer?', quickly knocked down and disarmed. I locked timm up in thc hospital and gave them bread and water. In thc afternoon of the same day thirteen men, covered with coal dust, caine up out of thc bunkers. Tiley had knives 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.'' Want's Min Medal. Tho governor recently received a j letter from Mr. Edwin ll. Mooro of New York asking for information in regard to medal given the members of "thc glorious old Palmetto regiment" which fought so gallantly in Mexico in is 17. These medals evidently?were voted before thc Civil war, for Mr. Moore declares that he never got his ''because, 1 presume, as to thc uncer tainly as to my whereabouts, or because of the occurrence of our Civil war." Mr. Moore was life major, or principal musician, of the regiment and his name is enrolled with Com pany II. There arc living not more titan two score of the these gallant men who made up thc regiment which attracted so much attention to South Carolina on account ot its fearless charges vip mountain steeps. A VERY MEAN MAN. --;- ? > tf. He Bought a Coffin for''His-'Wife Bs??i? E*r Death \'"''-?\ BUT SHE MADE HIM OCCUPY IT. JclT. Hackett, Formerly of South Carolina, But for Many Years a Virginian, Buffered for His Sins. Sometime ago, says a special dis patch to Tho State from Roanoke, -V\ Va., a farmer's wife in Floyd county^ Va., who had been ill for many weeks grew suddenly woree. The" ??t???y. was small, consisting of twO-Iittie? ^ ~ 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 the nearest country village. For weeks the roads had been in an almost im passable condition from the effecta of ihe continued heavy fall of snow and *ain, and the only visitor to the sick .vornan was the country doctor as he vent his weary rounds. The husband, feil Hackett, a native of one of . the ipper counties of Sooth Carolina, had irifted to Virginia 35 years ago, and jver since locating in Floyd county md been a man known throughout ?,he section for his meanness and nig gardly habits, and although by such methods he had amassed a corafort ible sum of money, few ever saw the jolor of it, and thc numerous visits of the doctor to his sick wife were viewed with increased .alarm, as indications )f a good-sized medical bill grew more ippareuf. Just as the serious turn in ,he woman's condition came about, ;be miserly husband blt on the happy dea, as it seemed to him, of killing .wo birds with one stone. He bad ?me to Roanoke the following day 0 aliena to some business, ?uu to get) 1 fresh supply of "them expensive Irugs." Just before his departure be faithful doctor arrived to pay a isit to the sick wife. Hackett called he physician to one side and ques ,ioned him closely aa to the prospects ?f lils wife's carly death. He explained .bat bad as thc roads were, they were iable to become much worse, and .bat if he could hiing back a collin ?ext day, much. inconvenience and jrobable delay in the funeral, etc., ..ou ld bc saved, should bis wife expire. The medical man assured bim it was lis opinion that his wife could not ast twelve hours;.and that she would n all probability be dead when he re airned from the city. The next day, )right and early, the farmer bade tte lek woman good bye, and started on lis long drive, to "Roanoke. On arrlv ng there he purchased the necessary '. Irugs, and then sought an undertak ng establishment, where he bought a noderate-priced collin. Congratulai* ng himself on his foresight, he plod led homeward and no sooner was bo n sight of his home, when the chil Iren awaiting his return, espied the Igni?cant, looking casket. Running nto the house, the little ones notified heir.sick mother, who was apparent y in ? very weak state, of what their ather had brought back from the :ity. The wife guessed the truth at ince and summoning her now niiser iblc husband to her bedside, she raised icrself by main force and despite her condition, showered upon him the dals ot lier pent-up wrath. A new resolution Hashed in her eyes. She rowed her husband would bc the worst li sap pointed man in the country, and should have the collin for his own use. Ro rapioly did she regain her strength that inside of ten days, she was boss ing tlie house as of old, and making lier parsimonious helpmeet's life a burden. So much did the experience weigh on the latter's mind that he fell ill and live days afterwards was taken to the little country churchyard In thc identical receptacle purchased by himself for his better and stronger half. _ A Terrible Legacy. Garrett Heddon, a notorious out law and moonshiner, has been stabbed to death by his brother, lilley 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,thc result being that Riley plunged a knife through his body. Garrett was taken home, where after his fam ily had assembled he gave to hts eld est son, aged 10, his pistol, making bim swear that be would kill hts un cle when he was large enough. Gets Big Pay. King Malean, commander-in-chief of the Moorish army, formerly an English lieutenant, getting $050 a years draws thc comfortable salary of $85,000 a year. As thc Sultan's right hand man, lie has conducted many campaigns in thc Sahara, and is the only Christian that has openly cross ed the Ubinia pass and visited thc sacred tomb of Mulal Ali Shcrcef, in thc Tafilet district. Thc regular army under his command numbers about 20,000 with an irregular militia of 80,000._ Muy Be the B?bber? Three men were arrested at Talbot tan, Ga., oh Wednesday last who blew open the safe of Mr. W. P. Cook at Iva, Anderson County, ahout sie weeks ago. A watch was found xn one of the men which is thought tobo tlie watch taken from Mr. Cook, it be ing tlie same number as the one taken. Sherltr Green is investigating thc mat ter and if bc gets Hufllciehu evidence I bc will go and bring them back to j stand their trial. Tho Hampton Monument. Thc law relating to tho Hampton monument requires a commission to have charge of the appropriation when the public raises $10,000. Tho law became of effect Thursday and -the governor has made the following appointments: Senators McCall and Marshall and Representatives Moses of Sumter, Morgan of Greenville and Seabrook of Charleston.