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'""liS The Marlboro Democrat "1)0 THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUI? SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN Tili POSSESSION HAPPY OK OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." _,_i_? BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, .SjBPTEMBER 99,1906. VOL. XX^ NO. 0r4? _ Large Passenger Steamer Ram med at Sea by a Schooner. BOTH SHIPd SAVED. Six Passengers and Two Officers of thc Steamer Were Injured. The Collis ion Took Place as thc Steamer was Rounding Cape Cod on Her Regular Trip. Tho lujury of six passengers and two of tho Bhlp'a offloers by a colllsou at sea was reported by thc Bteamor Jun- , lata of the Merohanti and Miners' < Transportation company, b^und from Boston for Baltimore and Norfolk, ? willoh returned to Boston, Thursday j afternoon, badly damaged. Tho Jun | lata was rammed Wednesday night 30 < miles cir Chatham by tho ilvemastod i r.obeoncr Harwood Palmer, bound i from Baltircioro for Portland, Mo., I with a cargo of coal. Tho Injured: Mr. an? Mis. Friedell, Pittsburg, t badly bi ulsed. J. W. Johnson, North Abington, I Mass., leg broken; injured internally, i Condition Rf, rlous. I Mr. and Mrs. JohnO. Murray, South c Boston, bruised and badly shaken up. i Corporal J. J. Mattlngly, United t States marine cups, bauds cut. 8 Capt. Z Niekerson of thoJuniata, i injury to luvi.ds. t Q mrtormuster John Crockett, hands < out and bruised. No ono on board tho schooner was I injured. ? That the accldrut did not result In a general loss of life on thc nteamer ls I cowddored remarkable by everyone on I board. The steamer had a great hole : stove in her starboard side amidships, her cabins from that point forward I were ripped and tom into kindling t wood, her pilot hciue was wreoked e and tho foremast and smokestack were carried away. Tho Juniatare- < turned to her dock here Thursday af- * ternoon and lauded ber passengers, i Arrangements v?erc made to transfer tho carno. Tim Palmer lost her Jib c boom, lowsprit and headgear. < ?v>a.'iio-accident occurred r>t l? 50o'cli'ck 1 Thursday night when the Juhlata was 1 steaming aoung Cape Cod. A fog f hung over tho water and the steamer's t speed had been reduced somewhat. Capt. Niekerson was In the pilothouse 1 directing the movement of lils ship, a Suddenly tho k okcut- shouted a warn- c lug that a big vessel was to the star- I board and !.. ?] down on the steam t er rapi '!./. <... if. Niekerson ordered thc wbeol ; hard over and the cn- t gluts reveled but cvon as his order t was being executed thc Hipping of 1 hugo Ral ls .and shouts of alarm were c heaid and in less than a minute from 1 tho time the lookout gave his warning the steamer was struck a terrine blow J squarely amidships on the starboard .1 side. Immediately following the first S crash tl escher.nor scraped along the 1 side of tho steamer, her .'-pars and rig- r ging turning tl.e upper deck into a mass of wreckage. The state rooms I aid the pilothouse vere Urn apart t as though made of paper. The lin- c monso Jib boom of the schooner after t unroofing the stare rot m and pilot I bpuse b>.came Imbeddlod in the upper r works and wat snapped cir short. All aboard the steamer remained i cool and there V HS not t?ie slightest, r evidence of a panie. As a precaution- s ary measure ihe lifeboats wero made a ready by the o/e v a ld sall irs not thus c engaged went, to the asl>tanca of a t nun.hor of the passengers who were t vigorously working on the mass of debris lu which several other passen gers, Capt. Niekerson and (?iartor- f master Crockett were bulled. It was 'j found that J W. Johnson was the only person serifUhly Injured. His Btate room was almost opposite thc spot at which tho schooner struck and was J burled in tuc n ass of wreckage. L?1S ; rlgtit leg was hr,.ken and he sustainer! internal Injuries and cuts about the head and face, 9 The schooner, although damaged, 1 Signalled that she was In no danger. c Both vessols remained at tho scene un- 1 til daylight, whe n the extent cf the 1 injuries sustained by each was learn ed. Tho hole in the s!cie of thc J tiniata was found to bo live feet above ttie water ll r.e. Capt. Nloker?on decided lt would be 1 safer to steam back to Boston. The ( uninjured passengers were sent to Providence by train, whence they pro ceedcci to tholr destination on the steamer K rex. Thc blame for the collision has not been fixed, (.'apt. Niekerson refused to disOUS.3 tho accident lu any way. It dbl) ?(l t bo Navy. A dispatch from Tokio says informa tion lins been n ade public that three naval paymasters have emu//.I ?el $1G7> ooo of government funds. Thc announcement has been calmly re oelved by the public, but tho knowl edge that tho comrnlKslon of the crime extended over the period of a year without discovery may, lt 16 said, cauao a feeling of distrust and uneassb ness towards ibo naval administration and furnish a weapon to tho pol?tica parties that are opposing the govern mont. e 'omen 11 fl. Claude A. Swanson, democratic nc m ince for governor of Virginia, bas Hied a Statement showing that lt co.it him nearly il0,000 or two year.* salary, to secure the uimlnatlon, all of which was for legitimate expenses $1,500 of this was for the assessment. Ki,und Dead. A negress, Rachael Burkott, was found dead near her home ab John ston. Coroner's Inquest rendered a vorellct that death resulted from a broken neck, oauscd by unknown por tons. THEY LYNCHED HIM, Full /coount of Fow a Murdei Was Avo- ged by a Mob, H ?wo M Mon Oh ar ?oil With tho Killin? Of Allon Pentlloton. Varrants Sworn nut tor Them. Sunday night, Sept. 17, about 8 o'clock, about two miles below Honea Path, in Abbeville county, Allon Pen dleton, colored, slabbed JAS. Moore, a young white man to death. Jim Moore and lils cousin, McDon ald, a more boy, wore driving and locked wheels with Pendleton. This oauied words and Pendleton sprang from ids buggy and stabbed Mooro, who had already alighted from lils buggy, four times with a largo knife. One thrust pissed through tho jugu lar vein and carno out back of the neok, Moore dying instantly. The negro thou lied in tho di redlen of Honea Pith, but was hotly pur sued and was caught ab ut half way. Pendleton was cat ried bick by the captors to tho home of Hob Mooro, tho murdered b:>ys father, which was inly a short distance from tho scene jf thc killing. A crowd soon collected and a lynch lng seemed Invitado. C. 10. Harper ind other cool heads advised against lawlessness. The party who bad him In oharge agreed to walt the arrival jf some citizens of Donald's and bc governed by their cnn ell. Tuc Don lids mon were wired for and went In taste to the scene, but were too late. Thc spirit of revenge had prevallod iud Allen Pendleton had mot his fate. With a ti ace chain around his neck io had been chained to a sm^11 tree m the side of the publio road, while i ls slayers faced him from the middle )f tho road. A volley of fifteen shots with a few directly following, ended die career cf Moore's murderer. About i dozen gunshot wounds were on tho jerson of Pendelton, About half of diem were made by balls from Win diestcrs of large calibre. Dr. Payne testified at the ll (j'tcst bbat Pendleton's skull was crushed md his shoulder and neck broken. When last seen alive Pendleton was being led away by John Martin Ash ley, the father and throe brothers of young Moore, S im Bigby and others. Many negroes wore at the Inquest, jut wcro quiet. Ills relatives refus id to come near or have anything to io with it, a** did the tither negroes, rhey absolutely refused to care for >r bury the remains at any prico. So i grave was dug in tho thick woods lear whore the bedy lay. 10ven a wagon to convoy the body wuld not be obtained. A few young white men improvised a slot!, put tho jody of .Pendleton on- it and d rag? ad. t to tho grave in th? woods, where w ew planks were placed over tho ne gro's bo ly and lt was covered up. The sentiment of the people of lonea Path was aga'nsb tho lynching md.lt was severely condemned. The oroners jury rendered a verdict that Pendleton came to his death at the lands of parties unknown to tho jury. A dispatch from Honca Path to he State says Solicitor Coopor Is here, acting under orders from Gov. ley ward. He ls Investigating the ase against the murderers of Allen 'endlcton. Ile has sworn out warrants against lohn Marlon Ashley, J. lt. Moore, losh Mooro, John Mooro, Will Moore, ?am Hgbyand Hugh Howen. Sherill jyon made the arrests Wednesday norning. Sullotor Cooper says that he ls go ng to Investigate the eas.; to the bot .otn and prosecute to the full extent if his ability. Ho did not understand die mossago sont him Monday moril ug and s'uit a reply which was net eceived here. Constable Shannen had the negro, Ulen Pendleton, burled yesterday, or ather ho had the ntgro dragged on a lido to a bolo, about 2JO yards away, nd dumped into it. There was no ( Ibu nor box, flirt was thrown In, he hole was partly lilied and this was he burial he received. Took 111* lille. At Montgomery, Ala., Charles M. ?hear, a young man of Jacksonville, .'la., took his own life by drinking audanum Tuesday at the boarding louse of Mrs. Baggott on abe Wood ey road, in Boguohomme, a suburb, foo dead man 1-ift the following note: 'My Darling Wife. As 1 write this, . am nearly in tho sweet by and bye, md when this reaches you, 1 will be here. You remember, I trlod this ince before. AH 1 ask of you ls to tell ny motlier at 202 ILy street. "As ever mur own, "Charley." Through the Seaboard Air Line of Ico, by which railroad company ne had ?sen employed, lt was found that be ms a brotbor in Jacksonville, A tel .gram was S9nt to bim ai vising him >f tho death, and the .'inswer w.v* "Bury him there." 'Imo mother was int In Jacksonville. Ile was burled iy thc railroad. The W?jfOH ol' Min. Tho Chicago News prints a highly lolored story of bbc arrest In that elby )f Muldo Hutchinson, formerly the wife of Sey more Hutchinson a wealthy md well known South Carolinian but whose estate she long ago dissipated ind M.T. B ggt who left a wife and ten children tn Abbeville In almost de stltuLe circumstances to elope with lier. Tlie pair were living together under tho nanioof Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Tnomas, each working In a factory. Mrs. Hutchinson ono a woman of wealth and easo ls now reduced to rags and, lmprlsment at tho ago of ?8, af ter hoing tile moans of bringing scindai to several respectable homes, rho pair will be brought back to Ab beville to be tried for adultery. 1< ITO Trainmen Khlod. Flvo trainmen wore killed and eight Others seriously Injured In a collision between a pay train and a combina tion passenger and milk train on the Philadelphia and Heading railroad at Koush's curve, at Mount Holly Springs, Pa., Thursday afternoon. None of the passengers was injured. The pry car contained about if>o ooo in cheeks, which wis scattered about thc traoki. The chocks wore plotted up by tho trainmen. OiHdalH of thc company hore say tho accident probably was duO tO fit ??i?UiiuO?St???jlUg Of muon, McCall, of the New York Life, Says Parker Never LET ANYTHING PASS. He Also Asserts That Ills Life Was Made Weary by Democrats Chasing Him For Money. He Says Parker Accepted Contributions when He Was Chairman. Political contributions of tho New York Lifo Insurance company and Hie counootlon of Andrew A. Hamil ton of Albany with th? allogod politl col activity of tho company were the points arouud which tho hearing be fore the legislative insurance investi gation in New York turned on Wed nesday. President John A. McCall of tho New York Life Insurance oompany was tho ohlef witness and for several hours lie was subjected to a Uro of questions by Charles IO. Il uglies, ocunsel for thecjmmittee concerning the money presented for political purposes. The climax was readied when Mr. McCall dcolarod that tho soliciting of funds for campaign purposes was not conliued to the Republican party in the campilgu of 1001 and announced: "My life was mado weary by the Democratic candidates chasing mo for money in that campaign. Some of the very meu who today are being interviewed lu tho papors and de nouncing men who contribute to cam paigns were crossing my path every , Btop I took looking for money. Ono | day -the candidato himself, I'arkor If he would show up bis books whon , he was chairman of the Democratic State committee, lt would give you . a tit. He never rejected a dollar in the world. Ile would take every dob } lar that was presented to him." Judge Parker was chairman of the { Democratic State executive committee | in 1885. Mr. McCall's statement was greeted with wild cheering, willoh continued until a threat was mado to clear the ? room of listeners if the crowd did not restrain Itself. With fcrcafc caro tho acqount of An drew A, Hamilton with tho company < was analyzed by Mr. Hughes who j asked Mi. McCall about every item , and made it clear that a search was ? being mado for political coutrlbu- ] tions, i Mr. McCall stoutly maintained that ? he had given Mr. Hamilton no money ( to be used In influencing legislation ? ^at Albany, but tho admission was ( 'obtained from Mr. McCall that Ham , ilton's expenses at Albany woro paid , from thc company's funds and that ( his accounts were not submitted to ( audit. i lt was shown that $2.35,000 has , boen paid to Hamilton with only a | verbal accounting to President McCall , and that at present Hamilton owe? t the company about $60,000, but Mr. ( McCall said ho iell> ?ure th.it Hamil ton, who ls now In lO.iropc, will rc- , pay this sum upon thc company's de , maud. j The $235,000 Mr. MoCall said he , was sure wou:d bc paid by Mr. Ham ( Ilten on demand of tho New \"ork , Life Insurance company. , 'If it is not," saki Mr. McCall, ( .'PH ba responsible and I'll pay lt." . Hamilton received for legal ger vi sea, , he said, about $100,000 a year from ( the New York Life Insurance compa- ( ny. He wa* given charge of work all over tho United States In tho matter < of legislation and taxes and reprosent- j od thc New York Life before legisla tive committees. ( Taking up thc campaign contrlbu- j tlons, Mr McCall said that lu 1800 he , , contributed to the defeat of tho silver , platform, not to tho defeat of tho | Democratic party. In other canes of , campaign contributions Mr. Mc Jail preferred to characterize them as contributions to tho support of the ! gold platfoim rather than to the Re- j publican national committee Ho denied that any contributions hud , been made to either State or munich , pal campaigns at any time. He as sumed thc entire responsibility. Of tho campaign contributions made by Mr. McCall and George W. 1 Perkins for thc New l'ork Lifo Insur unco oompany In loot. Mr. McCall said he did not caro how many of ids policy holders agreed with his action, ile said he consulter! no ono but Mr. Perkins. "1 did it on my own hook. I don't justify tho uso of campaign funds. 1 justify the usc of this money for thc benefit of tho policy holders." Ila ply lng to Mr. Hughes, ho said: "I honestly believe In thlslnstar.ee lt was justit! jd. 1 ( you ask. mo If lap prove of campaign contributions, 1 say no, a thousand times no. .'Did y.,u renU.y think that In 1004 the Interests Of the policyholders wore *.o seriously endangered that the Com* nany ought to contributeV ' asked Mr. Hughes. "i did think so when tho man who had twice voled for Bryan was a can didato on a plutform framed by a committee that had by a majority of two to ono fojectod tho gold stand ard." Rifer ri rig to tho Domecrats Mr. McCall said: "Their shadows wore aereas mine every move i m?kde.1! "I thank God that Hryan and free silver wcro boatcn and that I had a share in thoir dofoat." Applause followed tho slaloment but the demonstration was checked by the chairman, who ?aid he would havo tim room oleared of sp^otators if order wan not kept. In 18D2 Mr. McCall said Ibero was no campaign contribution by the NO?W York Life Insuranco company, be cause both parties had gold platforms. No contribution to any Stato or municipal campaign funds had boon c RUO by the Now York Life Insur auco company nineo hie connection with the company, said Mr. MoOall. ABSOLUTELY FA LS M 8AY8 PARKER. Judgo Alton B. Parker, Democratic oandldato for president in 1004, gave tho Associated Press a statement con cerning President McCall's testimony relative to tho soliciting of funds from the New York Life Insurance oompany by Democrats in 1904. Tho statement follows: "My attention has been called to certain testimony said to bave been given by Mr. John A. McCall while a witness beforo tho Insurance invosti gatton committee in reply to Mr, Hughes' question whether he thought 'that. In 1004 tho lubortsts 0f tho pol icyholders woro so seriously endanger ed that tho company ought to contri bu ?e.' lt is evident that Mr. McCall was laboring under great excitement In making his roply, for it ts very Inco herent. Hut if his answer is intend ed to convey tho Impression that In the campaign of 11)04, I. oithor d? reotly or indirectly, solicited from him or his corporation or any other corporation, any money or valuable thing, his statement is absolutely false. On the contrary, I repoat now what I said before the election, that 1 expressly notllied and directed the chairman of tho executive committee of tho national committee that no money should be received from cor porations." MCCALL CRAWFISHES. John A. McCall, president of the New York Lifo Insuranco company, referring to his testimony before the legislative oramitteo in relations to contributions to the Democratic party said Wednesday: "The meaning I intended to convey when 1 mentioned Judgo Parker was this: Judge Parker when a oandidate for the presidency last year, did not personally ask mo for campaign funds, but friends of his did so repeatedly. '"Judge Parker, as Chairman of the States Democratic committee several years ago, did, however, accept prof. fered contributions to tho campaign tund." NAME HIM SAYS SHEEHAN. William F. Sheehan's attention was 3alled to the testimony of Mr. Mo Call and bc said: "I was chairman of tho executive committee of tho Democratic national committee last year. There was not \ single man conneoted wtth the Democratic national campaign that ndlclted a dollar from Mr. McCall. If any suoh person made any suob iollcitation Mr, McCall should name lim." GETS TEN Y ISARS. For Putting Snalco's Hoads and Kop ulen In a Woll. A dispatch 'rom Lauron^ to The State says Wednesday In tho oourt of jenoral cessions John Miller, a young regro farm hand, was convicted of tdministcring poison with intent to Kill and was given a sentence of ten groara in the State prison. The indlot ncnt under which Miller was tried ?barged Wash Carwllo and Miller with attempting to poison an entire family, consisting of Mr. E. W. Ferguson, who resides near Clinton, lils wifo, nother, and aunt and some of the colored servants and hands employed )u the place, by planing in the well, 'rom which every one on tho premises ned water, a bag containing a snake's lead, a frog, a Hazard and a quantity >f stn IT said to have b^en a compost ion of match hoads and other things >f a poisonous character. The fact that Mr. Ferguson and ithcr members of thc;family became rory lil about tho same time led to an nvestigation which revealed tho pros :nco of thc horrible mixture In tho kinking water. Carwllo and Miller .vero suspected of thc deed. Miller .vas promptly arrestor! but Carwlle es caped and has not been apprehended /ct. Both negroes and their families mit using tho water on Sunday before die Fergusons were made slok on Tues lay. It was brought out in tho trial Wednesday that the negroes wore close friends and during the year had given Mr. Ferguson considerable trouble, 11 complaining that they wero not being I I frosted right and that they would even lip things when their time was out. r L)J the 12th of Jul- their contract be- C lng out, they wsrt paid off. Three t lays later the o-soi was found In tho t woll. lt was tl bollcal deed audit lodge Mommtnur* saki in passing icntonco on Millo cnat the ton year limit was too light. William lt. Hickey, acting solicitor, conducted prosecution with signal tact and abil ity. 11 Alla-Woll that End? Woll. A dispatch from Augusta to the Columbia Record says reglstorod ab tho Planters hotel In Augusta as "F R. Mauley and wife, Columbia, S. 0.," a cou plo, littlo moro than chil dren, wcrooalled upon Monday of last week to give an account of themselves A telegram had* been received from P. J. Hutto, of Livingston, S. C., by thc Augusta police department asking tho pollen to look out for his daugh ter, Llz/.io, who hud eloped with a man by tho name of Davis and wa? thought to have gono to Augusta. Tue couple in question had been as signor! to room 64 and spent tho night at tho hotel. Farly Monday morning, a llt.tlo af tor 5 o'clock, "Manley" left the hotel, hearing of the wire, and acknowledged to thc police that he was Davis. Tho father arrived later and the (inferences-ticing patched up, tho party returned to Carolina. The girl ls only thlrtocn years old. Frost at tho North. Reports from New longland state that that section WOJ visited by frost Wednesday night. Much damage was done to crops. In New York state frost was reported In several sections. At Lane, Pa., and In northern Ver mont snow fell. Thc freezing point was reached ab Concord, N. Ii., and Augusta, Maine. A high wind saved the oranberry crop In the Cape Cod district._M Will Hang. Commander Johnson, a white man, has boon convicted of tho murder of Rov. H. I). Grainger lu Horry County and sentenced to hang the sooond Fri day in December. An appeal will probably bo taken. By the Confessions of Qeo, W. Perkins and J. A. McCall. WHAT PABKER SAYS. I All the Dir' Corporations Contributed Money tonne Republican Campaign Fund Uaist Year, end thc Men Wini did lt Should be Punished. Former Q&lef Judge Alton B, Par ter, last year the Dornt eratic candi late for President of tho United States, in sn interview at Hiopus, N. if., recently, referred to tlio charges nado by him in tho Presidential cam paign last fall, that corporation funds wero being'rued in aid of tho Rapubll jan campaign. To a correspondent if the AsscolaUd Press who called at Ltosemount, Judge Parker's homo, and iskod him if he had anything to say n relation to tho statement made by Vice-President George W. Perkins, of die New ^Tork Life Insurance Com >any, bofo'ro tho L?gislature oom nitte investigating the insurance msincss, ft) tho ofTect that President ? fohn A. MoCall, of that company, ?ad oausod a contribution of about (50,000 ttf be made last year to the lepublloan national campaign fund, lu ige Parkor said: , "Yos, I believe I ought, to say, now ? hat there ls no political excitement i io distract thc publlo attention, that bc president of tho New York Life ( vas not tbe only such contributor. | L'he oillcen? of other great lifo insur .nco companies,such as thc Equitable | ind the jMutual, also contributed \ ron thejpolicy holders' fund for the ? .tmpalgn ' purposes last year. The j i 'deriving principales which divide < ho greatpipasB of the people Into par ( les have no effect upon such men. f Chelr one* inquiry is, will the party < irgMii/atiOn lu its hour of triumph t omomboif our generosity and respond ( o our dehiando? Of course, the or* ( [anlzatlojj?noes remember, for lt ex- | >ects a Uimilar contribution next j lme. And the expectation is not in | -alu. Lfut year was not the lirst, ( imo. Sieh contributions had been ( nade befcre in national, Stato and | nuniol p$l: olcptlon3. i "Thocvl?ors re.sponslble for these ? trop ,/Ties of corpora- t ions have reosived their reward in c tnfettered management of dur?rent c nsurance corporations; in unombar aescd raids upon the public through rusts-condemned by both common nd statute law; in refusal to punish rlmlually tho officers of railroad and thor corporations violating tho laws; nd In statutory permission to manu aoturo corporations and to levy tri ute on tho people. fi "There can bc no hope of checking ho unlawful aggressions of otbeers of < roat corporations so long as they may ( bus form a quasi-partisanship witb I ho organization of the dominant po- ( Itlcal party. Wot in tho hour when ?1 he administrative otil?la 1 seeks to ( unlsh tho olfcnder, he is reminded by f lie hoad of tho organization of the t lagnitudo of the contributions of the j orporatlon. 8 There ls, however, something c /erse, If possible, than the escape of s uch offonders from ju ttlcc. lt ia the I radual demoralization of voters and 8 be dulling of thc public conslonce by ito efforts to make these vast sums of ( aoney proeuro the ballot thoy were I ntctuUd to procure, corruptly and ' therwlse, I "What bas been proved in tho case t f the Now York Lifo will undoubt- I dly bo proved In tho other casen. I Che facts exist and honest and able ? ounsel baoked by an honest commit- I ce will undoubtedly bring them out I or the public good, ] "Wero there an Investigation of i ail road, manufacturing and other ( or portions lt would be ft; und that I hese corporation officers who put ; heir hands into the treasury and I ook out moneys belonging to widows i .nd orphans to help sccuro a partisan Humph. "That their acts wero unlawful I *nd their purposes corrupt goes with- t ut saying. They intended to have \ ihe monoy used, as lt was, in corrupt' I ng the electorate. Mr. Perkins 1 nakes tho point that Mr. John A. ? rtoCall, the president, of the New I fork Life, ls a Democrat. Appar- I iUtly he would have tho public as- < time that when Mr. McCall unhtw- I olly and wrongfully contributed ' ,hcso funds -tho company's share I irobably as a membor of tho under- I vritlng syndicate lt was evidence of )olltical virtue, rather than miscon hict. "Tho truth about lt ls, and 1 say < t without feeling, but emphatically, 1 diat men like McCall havo no pulltl 1 >.al convictions that stand In tho way . >f their personal advantage. Such I r.en desire thc triumph of that party I which will better servo their personal I inanclal interests and will for con- 1 tflbutlons, past, present anti future- 1 iontinno to protect these interests by I enient legislation and by pretense at I ixecution of law which shall bc ton derly blind to all their offenses. That party they espouse In the court room, ind contribute to lt of tho moneys bhey hold in trust, and occasionally a little of their own. "lt ls not my purposo to claim that the Demooratio party, subjoctcd to tho temptations which have overcomo tho other party during tho last four years, would have acted differently' Mere party advantage should not bc sought from tho disclosures mado in this investigation. Put tho facts Should bo diligently sought, that thc people may beconio so aron ed that thoy will Insist upon legislation mak ing it a oriminal olTenso for olllcers to contribute corporate funds for political funds for polltcal purposes and depriving thc apparently success ful candidates of tho lr otil?os. "KfTorts in that direction have been making In dureront States since j November last, and particularly In thia State But the Bepublloan or ganization would not confient to lt, so the Legislature defeated th? bills. And tho organization nover will oon sont until an aroused public senti ment shall threaten legislators witb political oblivion who fail to enaot effective laws upon the subjeot." BLIGHT DETERIORATION. Cotton Condici?n Not nu Good ?s ft Wock Ago. I Seotion Director Bauer weekly orop j roport says tho mean temperature for ( tho week ending Monday, September j 18th, was kl'.ghtly bolow normal, duo j to vory cool weather early in tho week j and warm at Its close. Tho extremes ? of temperature wore a maximum of Off 1 dogrees at Blackville on the 12th, r.?id j a minimum of 57 degrees at Chorus f on the 15th. There was slightly less f than the normal amount of bright t sunshine over the southern and east- t ern counties and about normal amount s lu tho central and wostorn counties. b There were numerous showors ovor j theoastern and southorn counties, and t very little rain, lu many places none o -over the western ones. Kxocsalve c nlufall occurred In Florence and Dar- t ling ton counties, In tho latter there a were 8 inches recorded in 24 hours, a Linds were washed, streams fl.joded vs and bridges carried away, and crops '1 were seriously damagtd on uplands as tl well as low lands. Generally thc week's precipitation was needed and a proved beneficial. Orer tho western ti and northern counties the ground is tl very dry and late crops aro suffering g for moisturo. Streams and wolls are fi becoming low, and it ls too dry for tl fall plowing and for seeding oats. Frc- n pient showers Interrupted farm work g riong the coast and to a lesser degree o lu a few Interior southern counties, o while the weather was favorable for it jontinuous work over the greater por- ti Lion of the state. S There waa a slight deterioration In tl the condition of cotton due, mainly, tl to premature opening Cffiued by rust o md drought. Ou sandy lands the crop ai ls nearly all open and most of lt pick- a 3d while over the stato generally lt ls ci )pcnlng fast. Growth and fruiting have s; itopped, but this ls immaterial, as 0 ?vhat fruitage would be taken on after II ;hls time would not mature. Cater- ti pillars have appeared in Berkeley y< jaunty on cotton, which ls the only f( oport of damage of Insects this week, cl L/ate cor ls In need of rain. There bi sa sllt(. '.oterioratlon of minor crops w luo to want of moisture,ovor the west on parts and a slight Improvement O n the eastern portions. Fall truck has di mproved, and recently planted seeds ki ire germinating well. IUoo harvost cc ?ade good progress. Muoh hay and fr >tber forago was saved in prime con- h illion. m LONG LOST COMMISSION fi _ M t u urned to tho (Jalhint Bohltor Who P1 N Iiost lt in IlAttlo. L A dispatch from Tatterson, N. J., *| ays a commission as captain of tho 8l Twenty-fifth New Jersey volunteers a) vhlch was lost by Capt. Archibald c; braham on thc battlefield of Freder- w oksburg, Va., was returned to Capt. Q, Graham's widow Wednesday by Chief 1)( lustice Walter Clark of tho supreme w iourt of North Carolina. Judge Clark cl ou nd the commission after the battle ^ vas over. Ile sent lt to tho State ad uta.it general's ollloe In Trenton and Jt liked that it be forwarded to the own ^ ir. Ile accompanied lt with a lotter aying that he had intended to return _ t many years ago but had mislaid (y, ind forgotten lt. Ile wrote: a? "This commission was found where jr july a brave man could have oarrled . t-beneath the plunging Uro of tho Washington artillery on Marc's n Heights, Just behind us and the oven n( nore wasting lire of our infantry line T| ichlnd the stone wall at the foot of 0) jhc heights. We broke seven succ?s- ra live lines of battle to pieces at that i jjlnt, for nature had mado the posh ^ /lon Impregnable 1 was then but 14 (fears of age, but I remember woll that |{ ny astonishment at the recklessness y. A sending brave mon on such a hope- tj ess mission was only exceeded by my i. idmlratlon of the steadiness and gal- y an try of the mon who endeavored to n ixeoute lt. ki "I do not know to what bridge the y Twenty-fifth New Jersey belonged and l( lonee do not know In which of these ^ charges Capt. Graham shared, but I ?i was particularly struck with that mado jf jy Thomas Mcagher's Irish brigade, whose line came up a'.mo.t to the muz 0( iles of our guns. Wo reoognly-ed that tl Inc by tho green flag with the. sun- K( jurat on lt as well as by Its rockie?s u hiring. My mosti respfctablo oompll a lienta to Mrs. Graham and to her son, who, as I see ls a member of tho pro fcsslon to which I have tho honor to julong." . Tho Hight Hl'lrit. The Marlon Star, whloh favors the llspensary systom, deprecates any at tempt to niulllfy the result of tho elec tion, and caljs upon dlspcnsaryltes to lld in oarrylng out the now order of iffairs. This is tho proper spirit, for nothing can be gained by attempt ing to force any particular thing upon bbc people through technicalities of tho law, or endeavoring to retard or trinder thc majority In oarrylng out| It.U wi- lu..' X-Vwr Nnako Illto. Al Farmer Arthur L. Mitchell, of North Woodbury, Conn., was cutting fodder oom in a lowland lot a big red adder blt lila loft wrist. Mr. Milchen torc the reptllo olT, ran for the house and drank a quart of whiskey, willoh neighbors brought him. He suffered terribly all night, but the liquor is having tho desired cif.;ct, physlolans say, and ho may recover. iioswiiy tVined. At Chicago In the United States district court Thursday morning, four members of tho firm of Sohwauririld ? Sulzberger pleaded guilty to accept lng rebates from railroads In beef trunt oases. Thc casca aro not ldentl Hod with tho Sherman anti trust law. Ono was Unod ?10.0C) and the others if),OOO each. Tho cost will ho dlstrih utcd proportionately] ME T?UTH A? LAST. Hie Big Corporations Fut Up the Boo?lo For the llrpublloim Party to Buy Up the Imnt IOlootlou. Wlm? tho Prost dont Ought to Do. Tao testimony of Mr. Porkies of >he Now York Life Insurance Com pany that ?50.000 of tho pollcyhold jre' money was pledged and S48,"702.50 >aid into the campaign fund of tho llepuhlican party last year, to bo cm >" \7cd in promotirig the election of i\i Roosevelt, lian stirred up many is rles of campaign contributions by i ne great corporato interests. A dis >atoh to Tho Chicago Record- Herald rom Washington Bays that it ls very rccly stated at the capital now that he meat packers of Chicago, m ent iers of tho beef trust, which Commis loner Garfield has since declared to o a poor, suffering organization, un UStly accused by tlie public of e x tor lon, paid $100,000 to Mr. Roosevelt's ampalgn purse. According to thc orrespoudont's statement tho con rlbution of thc packers was tlrst put t $50,000,, tho same as tho amount Bked of tho New York Life, but lt 'as afterwards raised to ?IOO.000. 'he correspondent continues with tils interesting information: After tl o packing companies had Distributed,representations were made Q the brewers and whiskey interests hat lt would be to their benefit to ive large sums, ana tho money was Kthcomlng. During the campaign he agents of tho department of com ?erce and labor wr.ro at work investi atlng thc affairs of the packers. Tire riglnal hum contributed by the pack rs was about what they normally give :> a campaign fund, and thc later con rlbution doubled lt. lt is stated that ecretary Cortelyou knew nothing of lie source of the earn pain oontrlbu ions. "Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer f tho national committee, and his ssistant, C. H. Duell, were tho only icu who knew absolutely where ah impaign contributionsoame from," dd a politician today. "In the Wost liarles G.**Dawes collected the funds, lo introduced many men whoso con doutions were wanted to Mr. Cortol au at luncheons which wore arranged ir tho purpose. Mr. Cortelyou soli ted no contributions from these men nt morely talked over the can paign ith them." In commenting on tho above tho ballest?n Evening Post says: "Prest ant Roosevelt denounced Jadge Par jr most liercely because he dared to >udemu these collections of monoy om the corporations and to draw thc (evitable conclusion bh.k'u they were iado with expectation of favors from ie administration and therefore, with oplicStlon of suoh by tlie agents cf [r. Roosevelt, who had not boen re ad lated by that virtuous gentleman, ow we know that tho New York lfe gave a large sum of monoy and so that it was given in ju->b the way ad ge Parker said lant October that lob contributions were made. Here rc Judge Parker's words: 1 "Shall the eati?iis of government-many of hlch pursue Illegal methods-control ir eleotlons, control them by moneys ulonging to their stockholders loneys not given in the open and largcd upon the books as monoy paid ir p.'lltlcil purposes, but hidden way by false bookkeeping?'' Thc tm of the Now York Life's contribu on was so entered on the b'.oks that /en the treasurer of tho oompany ho drew tho check for the amount ld not know what waa Its purpose nd it became necessary to call the ighost executive oillccrs of the oom my to explain it. "Hut isn't Mr. Roosevelt to stir up ls spirit at this juncture and de Dunce somebody ? Ho Ciin't denounce neige Parker again because the truth f hts charges is established. But he light denounce Mr. Bliss for not tell lg him of the embarrassing obliga ons he had contracted. Except that e may never have consulted Mr. liss about the matter d urlng the \mpalgn, it being agreed in Jad vance lat all assurances of clean campaign lg should come to the President from Ir. Cortelyou, who, himself, should ave nothing to do with anything nat was not clean. Hut olio .thing lr. Roosevelt might do, namely, to istruct Mr. Cortelyou to publish now !ie whole list of campaign contribu ons made to tho Republican in ucl ist year and sped Heal ly declare him ilf freo of any obligation to those intrlbutors, whatever engagements ls agents may havo made when they icurcrl the money. Mr. Roosevelt kes to do sensational things. Here's chance for bira. " ai O fl af of Si w! Gi lc R bl] II se fl to ed nc Li) ll on to .o th th Hr Sa ab ho th Ul! rt wi tei uii toi bb be ir: as ?ly sei if cc sa tn go in CE ed W oe at Sti he br oil ba br fri wt lil til Qi bli eli! bj iii! er: rh th ap ca lt on Ul r dc du til he a i i.i ar w: Wi Cl w tl fe Moiling WhiHkoy. "1 cannot/ lill the orders that come ir for whiskey from Union and New orry unless I am given a shipping ai lerk," said ono of the Columbia dis st lensers recently. "You would bo ai urprlsed at the number of sali s made r,l iy me to Union and Newberry people u nd 1 am constantly receiving requests vi or supplies to bo shipped. Of course, tv cannot ship the sui IT as 1 have not ty ho limo nor inclination to turn my ,vi lispensary into a shipping depart M neut, but the requests aro coming in ai ust tho samo. I think 1 can Ba fol y n bato that my sales last woek and tho ! t \ vook before were double that ol any irevlous year at tho present time and , large part of this ls due to tho do nand for whiskey in Nowberry and i: l.n." The Columbia Reoord says ho statement will not causo much urprliio herc except as to the (pian ,lty dom&nded by bbc above nam :d Kiuntles. lb was marlo by a dispenser n whom tlie county board lias porfecb lon?denoe and his reporb Hied at tho md of tho month on sales, as oom lared with a similar report of the last roar, will bear out tho statement. Mum I Moomin t.'loso.l. Associate Justice Gary, to whom Lawysr Boyd Evans appliod in tho rope of keeping the Union dispensa ries opon pending his appeal to the luprorao oourb, has sustained Judge Townsend. The caso oan still go be fore tho full supremo court ; out mean-1 b w din the dlsnnnraries must remain Jr los&?. s AWFUL STORY ff a Murderous Attack Made on J. D. Hawkins by OTHER WHITE MEN, he Victim of the Murderous Attack, Who Was Left for Dead, Revives and Tells How He Was Laid on the Rall Road Track to be Run Over. Thc Columbia State of last Weeinea- . ay says S Mo.M ff Jennings of Piokens ouuty arr.vjel in Columbia on Tuon ay of last week with a wai rant for Am Henderson and Tom Vaughn, ho was In Jail there charged with ie muid.?rous assault upon J. D, awkius near Calhoun more than two eeks ago. The Sheriff got the pris ?ors and relumed to Piokens with icm on Wednesday. Tho State says Ilondorson and aughu aro tho two men who were restai In the weave room of the ly ra pia cotton mill by Deputy Sher 's Kuox and Cathcart laqt Thursday ternoon, September 14 as the result t dephoue commuuicatlon from ?eriff Gllreath of Greonvillo. It was not known at that time hethcr tho crime was committed in reen ville or Pickous ccu.ity and the day In removing tho mon from tho ionland jail ha:, been due to tho fact tat it was necessary to wait until awkius had t.utllelently regained* his use tu toll a coherent story of the fort to take bis lifo. He has now Improved sufficiently do this and reiterates what be stat i at a former interval of comolous iss, that Henderson and Vaughn are e men who attacked bim and placed s almost helpless a: d senseless body i the track of thc Southern railway bo crusbtd by an oncoming train, as to oonooal tho crime that had en committed. Sher.ff Jennings statod that from e information now at hand it seems at Hawkins, who resides at the andern mill in Greenville, was on turday afternoon, September 2, out to take a train for Easley, where iutcneled to attend a meeting of e Odd Fellows lodge, and ho had on s person SHOO belonging to tho order, ils money ho showed to Beveral men th wiiotn he was assooiating that af moon and a plot to rob him was^ev ?ntly determined upon by them. Af ir attempting several ruses to get ni to a point where the robbery could committed without fear of dlscov dually cue of them told Hawkins oandalous story concerning bis fam and when Hawkins indignantly re lied tho fnisei.co 1 he was told that be would go with them the men u\d carry him to the man who had ld it ana would furnish proof of its mn. It is supposed that that night they >t in au empty fi eight car of a pass g freight train and rode as far as dbour, v/hcre tl ey got off and start on i.ot toward the Seneca river, hen about half way to tho river and ar a saw mill, Hawkins' companions tacked him with-heavy scantlings, rlking several territio blows on the ad and one on lils h ft arm, which oko lt between the wrist and the JOW. He was also given a Jab in his ck with the splintered end of a oken scantling, which made a ghtful wound. The blown on the Rinded man's head had rendered m almost unconscious but not en ?ely so, as the assailants supposed, awklns, blcoding and unablo to raise s band to help himself, heard them seuss the bjst way to dispose of his dy. It wau agrood by them to throw s body in tho Soatca river and gath Ing lt up they started toward the /cr bank, but when about half way ey saw tho watch man of the bridge .preaching with his lighted lantern. Although ho soon disappeared this used them to change their plan and was then agreed to place the body i the railroad track to bc mangled ider tho wheels of the next train. .' uls was done and tho would-be mur ders qulokly disappeared in the irknoss. Hawkins, dimly realizing tat certain death awaited him unless i could crawl fiom the track, made supreme effort and managed to drag s body to the outside of tho track id roll down tho embinkmsnt. It 111 ho remembered that his groans ero heard by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. aapman, who wore passing on their ay to church tho next morning, and ie half dead man was found and oared ir at their homo. Henderson and Vaughn woro seen i tho jail Tuesday anet asked for a latement but they vigorously denied ?y knowlodgc of or connection with ic alt Ur. They said that thoy were i thc company of Hawkins in Green lllo during tho day but ttiat they did nt see him at night, as thoy were ath at tho Magnolia cafe and later t< a lawn party at tho residenoo of lr. Whitestdes. Tuey claim to be >lo to produce proof of tills alibi, awklns' statement is conclusive proof tat the assault cceurrcd iii Picken" ninty and the onti e matter is now i the hands of Sherif! Jennings. A ( ; iM.'tl ly fc'iutli At Ibaton, Mass., tho police we o Mied up to investigate tiio death of a oman whose dismembered body, rapped In white oil cloth, was found i a green leathor suit case in thc -ate, near tho Winthrop Yaoht Club ouse, early Thursday night. There rere no markes by which tho remains auld be Identified. It is though tho roman was ? he victim of a 'careless poratlon. The Intestines had been omevod. Tao body bad evidently eon dismembered by a sharp knife, 'he cuts were clean and no bones wer? roken. liOHt nt Hoik, Two German freight steamers (Hind from Hamburg and M?diter ?*..?...?.. , luuutiviuu til uno MUKbW ea and 38 men were drowned.