Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?-rrr"T~: ."-lr*!.. ".._ ?" < -tr . i J'CTL > -< <-V>)'fe THM TILLMAN OAS? dofatlhttcci frotb hage 1; pacers have" bbtiii iriikl In thc handling bf thlscaaci '?'. . :, Tuc surviving brother of. Mr. Gon zales, who began tills paper twelve years ago, have hud will power enough to suppress the two thousand, articles widen have cunio into their olllec. Within less than one hundred yards from where "N. G. Gonzales had worked for ton years he was shot down by Till man and there was no attempt of violence against him. He lias spent live months'in jail without any Gover nor's Guards or any protection what ever. ' Tillman goos around now w.th as much protection and safety as any per son in South Carolina. Because the State forsooth publishes articles about liars, thieves and crimi nals, as does any other reputable pa per, the defence t hinks that it is dom1 to prejudice the people of Richland County against Jame* II. Tillman. "Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. The th ?cf doth .fear each bush an oillcer." Because the State has declined just tribute to Air. George ll. Rembcrb and Col. P. II. Nelson 1 see no reason why the allldavit of Mr. Rembert should have any force. Gen Bellinger, in conclusion, stated briefly the reason why the change should not bc granted, lie made a powerful argument and was eagerly heard by the hundreds of people in the Court room. JSlll. .TIIUKMOND'S ARGUMENT. Solicitor.I. W. Thurmond followed for the State and bogan his argument by bringing to the attention ol" thc Court what was necessary for the granting of a change ol' venue. Why do they ask for this change? First.. Because there are only l.H0i) white jurors out of -1,000 voters. This certainly should not be sufliclonl grounds for thc change. Because Mr. W. II. Gibbes had made a statement that he was opposed to Tillman, and because hu is county auditor the change should bb granted. Mr. Thurmond showed that tue Sti)li vanease, which had been referred lo, was not. at all similar. The next point refuted was thal because a few citizens had subscribed to a monument fund. This should not wrap public opinion in such a mau uer as to prevent, thc defendant from Obtaining a fair and impartial trial. Several cases were referred to which it had been decided that news paper editorials should no! besullicicnl grounds for a change ol* venue. It is well established that when tin prejudice is con li ned tootie locality a change of venue cannot bu granted. Solicitor Thurmond spoke for forty minutes and made a forcible argument, bringing out. many points ol' law which had not been touched upon by his associates. At the conclusion of Solid tor Thur monti's argument Ex-Judge O. W. Buchanan, who is conncctd with thc counsel fdr thc defence, arose and ad dressed thc Court. ATIUAI1K AGAINST THU IMtESS. Judge Hucha nan said thal he bad not expected to say any! liing in the elise, but he was so impressed with the treatment ol' the d?fendant by thc newspapers that he was compelled lo have a few words to say. Ile begun in an impassioned manner, saying i hat atone time thc press ol' the country was regarded with respect and honor, but now it. was allied with t he great force of money. Wit h thc groat sweep lng wave of the war there came what is' known as "coinmcroiulisin." Now we have "newspaper oratory and news paper bawling." .Midge Buchanan bitterly denounced the Stale as a paper which lashed, slashed and heat men lo fury. A man of to-day dares not utter his indepen elent opionion unless be is ridiculed by the newspapers of the country. Dur ing the whole argument Mr. Buchanan showed much feeling and his speech created a (hitter among those present. He said that "the State" was trying t he attorneys for I lie defence, bul t hat he had lived a free man and would die one. Ile did not propose tobe tyranniz ed by thc newspapers. Continuing, Ix said: "Don't, you know that you can go to any ono on Hie street and ask. 'Bill, how about this case?" and he wi reply: 'Oh yon can't get a fair trial here; these newspapers down the street have been inhuming thc min is ol' the people so thal a fair trial impossible.' Ile said that ibis com munity had been so saturated and poisoned by the newspapersthal many had been forced to sign a'?idavils lor the prosecution tor fear thal if I hey did not do so their families would stif fer On account ol' the pressure brough) to hear hy "the Slate." livery busi ness inan* in thc Stale is under thc domination ol" the mighty newspapers. Judge Buchanan, continuing, said that the minist ers of Hie Gospel had gone so far as tobe lashed by t bis liend, and thc poor fellows have been made to come here and swear Hutt lhere is no prejudice in Ilk-bland against Hie accused. The newspapers were assert ing so much power that they now ?ire leading the fountain of justice. A man is tried t hese days by thc newspaper lind is either acquitted or condemned before the case conies to trial. Ex-Judge Budia mm continued hi> speech against thc press for three quarters of an hour, when Judge Townsend interrupted him, saying thal lhere was only lifteen minutes left to his sith: and that he supposed Col George W. Croft would say some thing. The Court 1 ben look ? recess pntil I o'clock. Kx-.l udge Buchanan's speech took up all Of-tllC time Of I lie defence oxeiopi twenty minutes, "ind, although Col Croft offered to allow ibo otherside another speech if bis i imo was extend ed, the oller was refused, but as a matter ol'fact betook np thirty-live minutes ?ind was stopped by th? J udge. coi, moi r's AIUHJ-MENT. Col Croft argued eh icily on the law of tin* question and declared thai the only Hiingto be co ns iel e.-reid is whether there is a reasonable doubl thal a fair trial cannot be bad. To say Hutt this appall is a slur upon flic people is a narrow and cont rael ed view, when it is a const il ut ional righi. Ile held thc people here to bo as pure and as good as any Others, lint liny an- no helter. The asking ol* the ? bange is liol only not unreasonable, bul it is but nat ural thal il should lie. Before ?his case arose no man bad been so traduced and slandered as this defendant, lb was denounced as a d?bauche, liar, coward and of no repute so far as lin* oublie press is cenare ri led. lb- dwelt wit h much emphasis upon this phase ol the ease, and went ein to say thal the inlluence ol' the Stale had been used to saturate I be minds of the peo ple wit li poison ilga ins) 11 ie defendant. lie referred continually l<> thc fact that Gonzales was spoken ol' as a martyr and Tillman as a murderer and assassin, lb- referred io an edi torial written hythe! Kev Dr I-', va us in the. Stale calling Tillman a inurderei and assassin. Publie;.'! 1 itiits from other papers continually addetl lire to Hie Hames ol' prejudice. The whole com munity Wits stirred up: ifs chief men iii commercial I i IV, its preachers, its women and even iis children. They were all made to believe I bal Gpnziili.'S died for (.lui honor ol' the count ry, while every man thal knows thal his attacks oh Ti I h n a o wc rt '? actual cd by tilt; dee pcs) venom. They bad been swept away from the moor lng of their conservatism, lb- never bael been so surprised in bis life as when the pn-ss of Hie city asked to publish Hie aih daviis In this ease before they were lubinlttcu ,w, it?vijat? vms uOeaiis? tho r?tato'? iittptiicVfJ refund t?.'OW.vr lb vrere tlib.llarius o? Ll?d..pl'K?? ilsa; lie thbr? paid hin ?csf?flht? to the edUbi 3f the lleeorilj wlipr?lid saht was sb biased that he had nd iota hr fairness or a docent retard for right when lt came to considering this casd Ile ileelarod that Gen Jones had felt tba pressure of social "condemnation, and was by it compelled to take a vacillat ing attitude in this ease. T?I1C ClIANOli UUANT1?U. When Mr. Croft eluted Judge Towusend remarked that he had kept up wit.ii the aflldavits for three days and had never .listened to such aide arguments, aud lie was convinced that the change of venue should be grant ed. Ile entered upon no statement of his reasons and, merely making the brief announcement, said lie was ready hear suggestions as to the county in which to try it. THU "sriiHDY Titi AL*' CLAIM. Mr. Nelson said Tillman was anx ious for a speedy trial and only two counties were now available-IOd^c lield and Saluda. Mr. Thurmond spoke of thc incon veniences td' .Saluda, and suggested either Kershaw or Lexington. As to a speedy trial he said Ldgeliold Court would be held the first Monday in August: Saluda the third; Camden the first Monday in September and Lexington the third. Mr. Crawford expressed serious abjections to Saluda hecause it was practically thc home of the defendant, belli)! the county of which George D. Tillman was tho father, and the Slate would not have an equal show of fair ness there willi thc defendant. ? Col Croft ridiculed the idea that l!eor?e D. Tillman's work iu behalf td' Saluda wo tdd a licet the judgiricut of the people. Ile made light of the fifteen miles ol' rocky road the wit nesses would have to travel to get lo the Court House from Hie nearest railroad station, and mentioned four ur live "hotels and boarding houses" people could stop at. LIST THU STATU IIAVK A OTIAXUH. Mr. itcillnger declared that it would he wrong to take thc case to Saluda, because it would be taking it to a county where, the. State would be at a threat disadvantage. He declared that the defence could not pretend that they wanted a speedy trial, because they had a chance during the last Court, when thc State agreed to ac cept any ailldavits absent witnesses might make. DISPENSARY FUND POR SCHOOLS. Ttl?' ( 'mn pt roi ler-Gciierul Has Issued His Warrants lor Same. The comptroller general has issued warrants aggregating 880,1)00 which will he paitl to thc several counties in thc State as their part ul' thc dispen sary pro li ls. This money was set aside by thc board of directe.'?; some time ago anti represents thc prolits of the Stale dispensary for thc first half of the year, following Ls the amount each county will? receive, including the''deliciency fund" paiti to several counties enumerated below: .Abbeville, ?2,-108.08; Aiken, $2, -IIVl.iiri; Anderson, 3.2,8.11.2(5: Bamberg, 81,00:t.40; Barnwell, $L (188:82; Head fort. $1,787.82; Berkeley, *2,:,7a.O(5; Charleston, $:i,:i50.85; Cherokee, $1, 20:1.50; Chester, $1..'184. (Mi: Chester: held $1,048.1 1: Clarendon, $1,072.."ill; Collcton, $2.172.50; Darlington, $1, 558.7a; Dorchester, $800.55; Kdgc field, $2,804.30; Fairfield $1,11)1.81; Florence, $l,0i:i.l(); Georgetown, $?y 037.58; Greenville. $3,:io.8.47; Green wood, $1,000.28; Hampton, $1,578.80; Hurry, $1.518.55; Kershaw, $1,207.14; Lancaster, $2,520.02: L?ureos, $2, 010.07: Loe, $2,250.00; Lexington, $1, 770.50: Marion, $2,842.35; Marlboro, $1,370.83; Newberry, $1,822.24; Oco nee, $2,132.77: Orangeburg, $3,304.23; l'ickcns, $ I,.'100.20; meilland, $1, !)7?.?:?; Saluda. $1,07:1.21: Spartan lairg, 84,OOO.71; Sumter, $1,002.55; Union. $1,540.11: Williamsburg $ I, 07!i.2:t: York $2,42Sd)i. I le fore making the apportionment the comptroller general compiled with Hie requirement that each school dis trict must receive at least $75 per annum from the constitutional ii mill lax, and if in any county thc finnis he tho meagre to run each school dis trict up to that amount, then thc deliciency must be made up out of the dispensary funds. After such defici encies have been met Hie remainder of thc dispensary fund is to he divided among Hie counties on thc pro rata of school enrollment in those counties. There was no deliciency in Ander son, Headfort, Cherokee. Chester. Darlington, Dorchester, Georgetown, Newberry, ltichland. Spartanburg, Sumter and Union counties. Hurry received over $3,000 to make up the deliciency in that county where there are many school districts. The delici ency was as follows: Abbeville, $285.50; Aiken, $270.04; Hamberg, $100.50; Barnwell, $101; Berkeley, $1,010.14; Chcsfcrlield, ??8I8.04: Clarendon, $:t(?4.21; Collcton, Kl,027.10: Kdgclicld, *!i|S.7:!: Fair field, $1I3?42; Florence, $10; Crcen vi Ile, $77.40; Grecuwood, $15.72: Hampton. $121: Dorry $3,1 IS: ker shaw, $25: 1.ancaster, $800.50; Laur ens, ?120.50: Lee, $|,201.50; Lcxhig Lon, $24(5.04; Marion $700.05: Marl uoro, $151.43; ( lomee, $sso.c,2: f)r ?hgcbiirg, $48.24: l'ickcns, $271.14; Saluda, $044.28; Williamsburg ?23I.80: Vor?c, $30.01). Advice ofii Snccesdiil Holl?. "Ves, my dear, one could lay down ules for t ho ('harming of thc other lex,'? said an old hut very successful ?elle lo a debutante who in spite ol' a >caut ifni face is, it must be admitted, i faillite as far as popularity goes. A rdent adorers she has, hut (d' tem le?ate admirers and men friends she las none.) "One could lay down ules one hundred and th rec hf thcni; ill good rules foo. liol lhere are two hat I'd remember il' 1 were you, and on can alford Lo let the others lake .are ol' themselves. The fust, is, slien talking to a man never 'run lowii' another woman. The second md even il you forget the Inst, please emcmher the second is never praise mid her man!" Negroes levelled. Negro lynchings in two northern tales within a month have aroused he colored people ol' Chicago to tre nondous pitch ol' excitement and pro est. The burning of a negro at the. take m ir Wilmington, I iel., has es iecially aroused t hem and added to lie recent killing of David Wyatt ai ?elieviile, lil., has brought the au I fa nni against mob violence to an acute tage. Ab the Quil?n Chapel meeting i colored citizens last night violent perches were made against lynchings lid colored men were urged to arm heinselves and protect their race gainst the whiles Tirai ?AIV???S?B Hinno l?aoot X ???c) p'lnbe to MUuc?tc i bur lloys Und Glvl?. The Bamberg Herald Says tho cata logue of the Carlisle Fitting Schcol has just been issued. We desire to note some .of the morn important Tacts as given here. Prof. ll. Oj Sheridan, for thc past two years Head Master, of thc institution, has been retained. The Board acted wisely. Prof! Sheridan is not only a success* fiil teacher and disciplinarian but also a representative of thc parents whose sous and daughters arc Ids students: Enjoying the esteem and close friend ship of every student, he makes a great contribution not only to the in tellectual but also to thc moral man hood of thc students. In his depart ment of mathematics and science, bc will still be assisted by Miss Pet Stephens, who has been associated with Prof. Sheridan since his cornice tion with the .school. Wc do not hesi tate to say that no happier selection could have been made. The selection of Miss Stephens has thc endorsement of thc whole body of students as well as that of thc community abroad; She lilis ber place in the girls' board ing department and in tile .school room with entire satisfaction. In the departments of English and his tory, and ol Latin and Greek, we ob serve that Prof. W. C. Owen and Prof. .1. Clifton Itcdmon have been elected. These young men are graduates of Welford College. No higher tribute could be paid than that paid by I>r. .las. II. Carlisle and President II. N. Snyder, of WoITord College. They are well equipped by t raining and ex perience, having taken at WoITord College the HOI und course tor teachers. They bring wi til them ability, young life and enthusiasm which will ail.I thought to the faculty. In thc de part ment of mush- Miss .lennie Wait Foster, a graduate ol' Columbia Female College and a student of music in LUC Chicago school, has been elect ed. She comes most bigblv educated and f ndorsed. Mrs. Josephine Beach, the pouplar and efficient matron of thc girls' boarding department, bas been retain ed in ber position. She is quite tin addition to thc school, and the insti tution is quite fortunate to have her services, 'the Carlisle Kitting School oilers three courses in ber curricu lum: A preparative for the Fresh man class; a preparative for the So phohioic class, and a preparative for a successful entering on business life. This last course is prepared tor those you nu men and women who cannot alford a college course. We have here in our midst the op portunity offered tb our young people l'or a thorough education ata most reasonable cost. We understand that a student in all departments can spend a year here at the low cost of $107, paying for board, tuition and all Ices. To thc young people nf our town, this education is o tiered Tor the sum of $.');'>. When we consider the ?id van tage? offered; a linc library, two line debating societies, the association iii the class-room willi teachers, and willi young men and young women from all parts of middle and lower South Car olina, wc esteem it an opportunity enjoyed by hut few communities. Wc are glad that there is a bright out look for the next session. Now, let thc people of Bamberg give this in stitution ber patronage, then will thc school occupy a warmer place in their hearts. The school deserves it, there fore it claims it. A I'oor lOxcuse. t The. Charleston Post says: "Sena tor Platt .of New York sticks his head out of his mide burrow for a minute to.squeak that the Democrat;; are originally responsible Tor the post office scandals, because several of thc ollie!als implicated in them were llrst brought into the department during the administration of President Cleve land, notable among them being thc chief of all the rascals, A. \V. Machen, who was made some sort of a clerk in thc department, from which he mounted rapidly to a place of authori ty and opportunity under the Re publican administration which fol lowed Cleveland. Even if it were true that thc scandal had its sturt in the Cleveland regime, Senator Plait's charge is a confession that il has taken the Republicans six years Lo get on the trail of it. What sort ol' ad ministration Is thal?" Senator Platt, no doubt, thinks a poor excuse is bet ter than none, but his clTbrLs to make the renegade Democrats who voted for McKinley for the sake of oillce the scapegoats for Republican meal I ty won't do. In the llrst place Machen and bis ilk ceased to be Democrats when they voted for McKinley, and it is hardly the fair thing lo class them as Democrats when they are de tected helping the Republicans loot the United Stales treasury. Weare not at all surprised al the outcome ol' Machen rascality. He sold out for pelf, and Senator Platt should not blame him for trying to get bis share. But wc must protest against bis being charged up to the Demo cracy. Ile maybe a follower ortho, lamented Grover, but that does not prove him a Democrat by any means. A Beaut I fal Tribute. Agree or disagree as you may with William .1. Bryan on bis political tenets, you cannot withhold admira tion for bis wonderful eloquence and word imagery. What is more, beau tiful than this: "ir.Jesus had left nothing but Hie parables, His name would have been imperishable in literature; if He bad bequeathed to posterity nothing but the simplicity of II is speech and the irresistible logic ol' Bis argument, Ile would have a permanent place among the orators ol' the world; if lie bad given to the world nothing lint the commandment "Thou shalt love thy neighbor ?us thy self," enforced as lt was by lils own cxampiC, this one gift would have been sullicicnt to outweigh all the wealth or the world: ?I' Ile liad len.'no record but Hie Sermon on thc Mount, if would have made His natal day worthy ol' the perpetual celebration but all ol' these added lo the match less majesty of a perfect life iii'tri Hie Inspiring inlhiciicc of an all-pervading love, are turning f lic eyes id' an ever increasing number lo the path He t rod from the manger to thc cross. I'm ni Kimi ?ly I'inlit. At Knoxville, Temi., Friday night in thu honie of Alexander I .cattle, a negro shoemaker, four members or bis family were shot, three fatally! When Samuel and Warren, two sous, aged about 20, engaged in a quarrel, each pulled a pistol and ll red ?it the other. Doth were fatally wounded, each re .civing ?i bullet in the abdomen. Thc mother of the boys ran hilo the house lind was accidentally shot tn tile left side. She will tile. A daughter, hear ing ber mother's screams, also ran in und was shot in the arin. L *iiifli?iriijsjfej Thc SttUO Board of ????ssotA Fix ?heir Valuation. THERE WAS SOME INCREASE Ovci" I lin Ai.srsBiiioiilH ol" Ijiist Your, Al'icr Keprt sentutlves ol" lliu UtuVreht Kttllrotida Were lleuiil. T?i? Slate board of assessors of rail road property have about completed their work. Arter bearing protests from Hie representatives of the lall road companies, the hoard lixed tlc following increases over Hie assess-j mellis of last year: SOUTUKUN UAILWAY. Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line.$2-1!),980 Ashville and Spartanburg.... 48,000 Charlotte Columbia & Augusta 89,:t75 S pa rtan burg. Union & Colum bia . (57,780 Total .$455,1:10 South Carolina & Georgia decreased . 11f,:)00 Net increase.$34:1,8:15 SKAllOAUD Alli LINK. Chcsterlield & Kershaw.$ 54,5100 Florida Central and I'eninsu lar.25?, (?25 Gel rila, Carolina X- Northern 3?0,3(?7 Palmetto . 28.000 Soi 11 hound Kxtei? ion. :t(i,120 Total increase.$719.012 IN OKI'KN DKNT 1.1 N KS. Carolina Northern.$ 1.918 Chcsterlield & Lancaster.... 9.ooo Hampton & hrauchville. 1,000 Nortlieastern (Clarendon).... . :t00 Blue Ridge. 21,070 Total.$ 31,818 Union Station company. 10,000 ATnATT?C COAST l.INK. Ashley hiver.$ 4,000 Charleston & Savannah. 8:..250 ?Ch?raw& Darlington. :i9,520 C. ? D. )Gihson branch). 18, i3? I G. & D. (Sulisbiirg branch).... ll.too Florence ii h (Lalla branch). lu.7s,o Creen Fond. Wallerboro ?: Branchville. 21.000 Hurtsville. 2,500 Manchester \ Augusta (Luck now branch). 4,120 Northeast ern. 152.550 Wilmington, Columbia & Au gusta. 155,910 Total. $513.895 ll. will be seen that Hie Soulhern and the Coast Line have heen increas ed 4850,000 while the Seaboard alone has been increased $720,OOH and either of flie roads lirst named bas three lillies thc mileage ol' Ibo Seaboard, although it, is a fact that nearly all of the track of the Seaboard is main line. OTI1KU ASSKSSM UN'I'S. The Southern Express company's as sessment has been increased from $34 mile to $85. The lotal is $211,715, a great increase over last year. The Pullman company was increased from $80 to 100 a mile for every mile of track traveled in this State by its cars. \ Tile Western Union's assessment is ~/>e of the few not delllnitoly it.v"6, pjut "uiie Postal bas been assessed at-$9? a The return of the Southern Cell Telephone company of $09,000 for its property in this State, was accepted. The American Telephone and Tele graph company was put up from $34 a mile to $100 a mile. The board had fixed the assessment of the Augusta and Aiken Eijctrie Hail road company at $0,000 a mile, but this was reduced to $3,500 a mile. Compt roller General .Iones thin!:? the cross country electric roads should be assessed with liberality in order that the building of others may bo encour aged. Tho Creen vi Ile traction com pany bas not been acted upon tinnily. The Cordon Telephone company of Charleston returned its property af $12,000; the hoard increased this to $04,500, but aller Ilea ring protests re duced to $:i5I000. The South Carolina Long Distance company of tills city was left at $10, 33?. Tlie board originally fixed the assessment at $:t:t,000. The Island Telephone company of Charleston had been assessed at $10, 72(>, but this was reduced to ?(?,000. The following other local 'phone companies were assessed at the ligures named: Chcsterlield, increase from $150 to $1,000: Greenwood from $1,950 to $:t,750: Ninety-Six from $300 to $.700: Laurens $1,250: Orangeburgand St Matthews $800; Glenn Springs $300; lUacksburg $1,000; Manning $900; People's Telephone company $5,345; Aileen $1.000: Liberty $150: Lancas ter $000. Aten I liv? Black Snake. A Morristown, N. .1.. dispatch says: Bicyclists passing along the Hiberna r?an turii|iikc near Beach Glen recent ly saw a man sitting beside the road holding a three-foot squirming black snake in his hands. Suddenly they were, horrified to ste him lift the snake to his mouth and take a bite of it. This he aft! wit h apparent satisfaction and theil picked up a handful td' grass which he also chewed vigorously, after which he toole another bite ol' the rep tile. The authorities at Rockaway were not ilied and the man was taken into custody. When captured, only the head of the snake remained. Thc. man gave Ids name as h. o. Granby, anti said that he had just finished Ids dinner of snake and grass. Then he went on to explain that be was a fol lower ol' Mrs. Blavatsky and believed in Hie theory ol rein-carnation. He said lu; was the reincarnation ol a bog, thus accounting for bis fond ness for snakes and grass. The man said he distinctly remembered when ln> was in the form of a hog some thousands of years ago. and that, he was one of the herd ol' swine men tioned in the Cible, which wert! drowned in Hie sea at Cadara, be cause Hie devils that had been east out ol' the demoniac entered the swine. Neighbors l<'lgh(. A light occured Thursday morning on top of (Quaker Cap mountain, Stokes county, (?a. There were three or more persons on each side and a number of shots were exchanged. Cap tain King was killed and tate or tw others seriously wounded. Deputy Sherill Smith was knocked down with a boo by Bussell Jones. King was shot hy John Rhodes, who was arrest ed and committed to jail. Thc trouble was the result ol' an old feud between neighbors. tn ?S3B feT??E. f Hie iitibiichlnits In Vur'IUUs Sections ol' South Carolina Briefly TolU. ? Fifty-four teachers were present on ihq opcphig day of the Anderson bounty summer school On Monday. Miss Mattie lioyee, for a number of years' missionary to Mexico, died at ber home in imo Weston Munday. ? little daughter of Hailey Strange, a fanner who live two miles from Wuodruir, was killed by lightning on Monday afternoon. Miss Maeic .)euston of Fairfield county died in Winnsboroon Tuesday. She graduated last week at the Due West Female coll?ge. The Richland county grand jury re fuse to lind indictments in dispensary cases. Tliey threw out six on Mon day. Tile student? of the College of Charleston held a meeting on Tues day and protested against the ad mission of girls to that institution. Tile Charleston grand jury refuse to lind indictment? in dispensary cases, teven thc notorious Vincent Chicco is safe in their hands. Samuel J. Willoughby, a well known citizen, was drowned while fishing in Muid row's mill-pond, four miles from Florence, on Wednesday. Miss Annie Spencer, a teacher in tlic Clinton graded school and sister of President Spencer of the Presby terian college, died on Wednesday morning. Mrs. .lohn Hyman of Hyman, Florence county, committed suicide with paris green on Wednesday. She \v;is about ?ifty years (dd and in bad health. Fred A. Cummings of Spai daubing, a grad?ale (d' Welford college in the class of 181)1?, has been elected to the chair of ICnglish in Hollins institute, Vir ginini Tee case of lleu'ien Fitts, charged witli minder in the killing of young Rd ward K?ster, a pupil, has been post puned again on account of the ill ness of the defendant, who is in Ashe ville. N. C., being treated for con sumption. A FIEND BURNED At lim Stake l>y au Infuriated Mo!? l'or Hie Usual Crime. A dispatch from Wilmington, Del., says all is quiet in the community, following tile horrible lynching of George White, Helen Bishop's con fessed slayer, at an early hour, this morning. Of tile mob ol' nearly 0,000, which overpowered the authorities, and stormed the Newcastle county work house, and dragged from his ceil the trembling wretch, and burned him at thc stake, the identity of only one is publicly known. That person is Peter Smith, twelve years old. who fell when the work house guards tired a volley inti) the. ranks ol' the attack ing mob. The lad was struck hy a bullet, which entered his back, and is thought lo have penetrated his kidneys. At the hospital, where the boy was taken, the physicians stale, that he is in a serious condition. After the moll had completed its awful work of vengeance, thc body of the. negro ravisher and minderer was left, chain ed to the stake, with tire burning all around it, and the members of the lynching party went home. The rain, . .which beiran later, extinguished thc ? lire,' and, at daylight,, the charred lindy still hung limp in plain sight of the passers hy. Public sentiment here, so far as expressed, appears to approve the lynching of White, and it is not believed that there will be any arrests. White's confession- made just before the torch was applied to the pile of oil soaked bushes around him-was the admission of everything and more than had been charged agitrst him. He is stated to have said: "I was sent, by Mr. Woodward, to a corn Held to try some corn, 1 saw Mr. Woodward's daughter, and intended to asaault her, buta couple of men came along, and I did not disturb btu-. Then I. saw thc Itishop girl, and 1 followed her. i seized her, and asked her if she had any money, and if she would give it to me to let her go. She gave mc ISO cent. I again seized her, and she cried: 'Please don't hurt ine.! "I choked her and accomplished my purpose. Then 1 asked her if she was going td tell Oh me. She said she was. 1 gave her a hack in the throat with my Unite, and asked her again if she was going tb inform on me. She said she was. and then I cut her throat twice again, and left her. After that, I went back to Mr. Woodward, and told him there, was no good water to drink down there, and lie sent me somewhere else. I went hack, but soon left. Then I went hack to the house and put on a white hat instead of the cap I wore.'' Thc negro's confession rendered the already incensed crowd even more desperate, and some wanted to tear iiim limb from limb, before thc reach ed the scene of his execution. Thc negro begged, piteously, not to be burned,but on mercy was shown; and, although his sufferings were terrible, ho remained conscious anti rational to the last. .John C. Harvcloy of G reen wood, who was act int/ as telegraph operator at Hamlet, N. C., was run over and kill ed there hy a train on Tuesday. He was only nineteen years old. Dr. niggers Huckleberry Cordial, for the Bowels and Children Teething. lt is Tl IK G RR AT SOUTHERN REMEDY for Hie bowels, lt is one of Hie most pleasant ?ind olllcacious remedies for all summer complaints. At a season when violent attacks of t he bowels are so frequent, some speedy relief should he at hand. Thc wearied mother, hising sleep by nursing the lillie one teething, should use this medicine. KU UM HENRY W. GRADY. The Constitu? ion Kdiloral (tooms. Atlanta,(?a., May 2;t, INST. Dr. Wsiltor A. 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D. 88 Inman lhiildit.g, ?24 S. H road St., Atlanta. O?. ?Mudo Him Mail. Judge Gary, of thc billion-dollar stool trust, thinks things ba vu como to a pretty pass when a man cannot build a church bf his own and have such doc trine preached in it as he liUes. Judge Gary built a church in Wheaton, 111., at a cost bf 8100,000 which he named tue (?arv Memorial Methodist church, in honor of his parents. Mes j des paying! for the edifice, he contributed $1,200 a year towards thc salary ol' Hie pastor, and held membership in the congrega tion. Recently thc pastor, Rev. Mr. Flack, preached a sermon in which he denounced trusts and classed them with labor agitators as being a me nace to Americanism, in addition to saying other things not calculated lo tickle thc oars ol' a trust magnate. To show bis disapproval, Judge (Jury bas severed his connection with bis own church, and says he is done with Methodism for good. Has it come to the point that Hie trust magnates must furnish their own religion as weil as churches? Tobacco in TexiiH. It is stated the United Si ales De partment of Agriculture lias decided to make Nacogdoches, Texas, just north of llcauraont, on Um line ol' the South Cacilie,-tile biggest tobacco ex perimental station in tho world. In August a plant for the curing of all the tobacco grown at experiment stations in the .Southern States will be opened with leaf tobacco exports nf thc Agricultural Department in charge. Government tests have demon strated that tobacco can be grown in the soil of Fast Texas, equal if not superior to the costly tobacco of thc Vuelta Abaja district of I'inar del Iiiu, Cuba known as the finest In thc world. _ Til ree Men ljynched, Three negroes-Garfield McCoy, George McKinney and Wiley Anett were taken from jail at Newton, Baiccr county, Ga., and lynched Friday ninbt. The three men were in jail for killing F. S. 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