The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 29, 1905, Image 2

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m iViarlfooro "1)0 THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. BENNETTS VILLE, S.O., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ?t), 1906. NO. ? LUCKY ESCAPE. Large Passenger Steamer Ram med at Sea by a Schooner. BOTH ??HIP? SAVED. Six Passengers and Two Officers of the Steamer Were Injured. The Collis ion Took Place as thc Steamer was Rou liding Cape Cod on Uer Regular Trip. The lujury of six passengers and two of tho ship's ollloers by a collison at sea was reported by thc steamer Jun lata of the Merchants and Miners' Transportation company, bound from Boston for Baltimore and Norfolk, which returned to Boston, Thursday afternoon, badly damaged. Tho Jun lata was rammed Wednesday night 30 miles til Obatham by tho llvemasted Kohoonc-r Harwood Palmer, bound from Baltimore for Portland, Mo., with a cargo of coal. The Injured: Mr. and Mrs. Frlcdell, Pittsburg, badly bruised. J. W. Johnson, North Abington, Mass., leg broken; injured Internally. Condition K rlous. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Murray, South i Boston, bruised and badly shaken up. Corporal J. J. Matttngly, United 1 States pru tn? corps, hands cut. Capt. /. Nickoraou ot theJunlata, injury to haLds. Quartermaster John Crockett, hands out and bruised. No ono on board tho schooner was injured. That tho accident did not result in a general less of life on thc steamer ls considered remarkable by everyone on board. Tho stealer had a groat hole stovo in her starboard side amidships, her cabins from that point forward were ripped and torn into kindling wood, her pilot lu usc was wrecked and the foremast and smokestack were carried away. Tho Junlataro- 1 turned to her dock here Thursday af- < ternoon and landed her passengers. Arrangements v.ere mado to transfer tho cargo. The Palmer lost her jib 1 boom, iowisprit and headgear. .;, ?The accident r ecurred at ? 50 o'clock Thursday night when tho Juhiata was steaming a oung Cape Cod. A fog hung over tho water and the steamor's 1 speed hud been reduced somewhat. Capt. Nlckcrson was in the pilot house directing the movement of his ship, ? Suddenly tho 1< okctn shouted a warn- ? lng that a big vessel was to the star board and h- M ? ir down on the steam I er rap) -. C., 0. Niekerson ordered thc wheel ; jard over and thc cn- l glues reversed but cvon as his order 1 was being executed the flipping of ! huge sails and shouts of alarm were ( heaul und in less tb.au a minute from ] tho time the lookout gavo his warning the steamor was struck a terrille blow ? squarely amidships on the starboard . side. Immediately folk wing the first, : crash the schooler scraped along the side of the steamer, her spars and rig- 1 ging turning the upper deck Into a mass of wreckage. 'The state rooms I ard the pilothouse vere ti rn apart 1 as though made of pc per. The 1m < mer.se jib boom of the schooner after I unroofing the state room ?nid pilot 1 house became Imbeddlcd In the upper 1 works and wa? snapped cir ?hort. All aboard the steamer remained > cool and there waa not t,m slightest. 1 evidence of a panie. As a precaution- s ary measure the lifeboats were made. ready hy the c.o-v a id ?ail irs not thus r engaged went, to the assistance Of a t nun.bor of the passengers who were t vigorously working on the mass of debris in which toveral other passen gers, Capt. Niekerson and t? tarter , master Crocke t were bulled, lt was ' found that J W. Johnson war * tie only . person serle utdy Injured. Hts state room wan aleut st opposite thc spot at which the schooner ot; lick and was J burled lu too nrass of wreokago. His ? right leg was broken and he sustained Internal Injuries and culs nb ut thc head and taco. ' Tho schooner, although damaged, signalled that she w?is In no danger. ' Both vessels remained at tho scene un til daylight., when tin! extont of the injuries sustained by each was learn ed. The hole in the side of the Junlata was found to bo five feet above the water lice. Capt. Niekerson decided lt would be safer to steam back to Boston. The unit?juted pas.sei.gers were sent to Providence by train, whence they pro ceedeel to tholr destination on the steamer IO cex. Tl c blame for thc collision has not been fixed. Capt. Niekerson refused to discus) tho accident in any way. Hobbed ibo Navy. /. dispatch from Tokio says Informa tion ha? been made public that three naval paymasters have emb z/dod $H55 ooo of government funds. Tho announcement nan been calmly re oelvod by tho public, but tho knowl edge that the commission of the crime untended over the period of a year without discovery may, lt ls said, cause a feeling of distrust and unoassl ncss towards the naval administration and furnish a weapon to tho pol?tica parties t. tat are opposing the govern ment. Comes II '?un Claude A. Swanson, democratic norn Ince for governor of Virginia, has tiled a statement, showing that ltco.it him nearly 910,000 or two years salary, to secure tho rumination, all of which was for legitimate expenses $1,500 of this was for tho assessment. Found DeA<t? A negress, Rachael Burkott, was found dead near her home at John ston. C toner's Inquest rendered . verdict that death resulted from ? broken ncok, oauscd by unknown per ions. THEY LYNCHED HIM. Full /coount of Fow a Murdei "Was Ave-ged by a Mob, Moven Aloa Ohargotl With tho Killing Of Allon IV II O lo ton. Vfirrftnta Sworn out tor Thc m. Sunday night, Sept. 17, about 8 o'clock, about two miles below Honca Path, in Abbeville county, Allon Pen dleton, colored, slabbed JAB. Moore, a young white man to death. Jim Mooro and his cousin, McDon ald, a mere boy, were driving and locked wheels with Pendleton. This oau;ed words and Pendleton sprang from ids buggy aud stabbed Mooro, who bad already alighted from his buggy, four times with a largo knife. One thrust pissed through thc jugu lar vein and carno out back of the nook, Moore dying instantly. The negro then Qed in the direction of linnea Path, but was hotly pur sued and was caught ab ut half way. Pendleton waseairlcd back by the captors to the homo of Bob Mooro, thc murdered b:>ys father, which was only a short distance from the scene of the killing. A crowd soon collected and a lynch lng seemed lnvitabie. C. 10. Harper aud othor cool hoads advised against lawlessness. The party who bad him In charge agreed to walt tho arrival of some citizens of Donald's and be governod by their c modi. Tue Don alds mon were wired for and went In haste to the scene, but were too late. The spirit of revenge had prcvallod and Allen Pendleton bad met his fate. With a trace chain around his neck he had been chained to a Small tree on bbc side of the publtc road, while bjs ?lay?is faced him from the middle of tho road. A volley of Hf leen shots with a few directly following, ended the career cf Moore's murderer. About a dozen gunshot wounds were on the person of Pendelton. About half of them were made by balls from Win chesters of large, calibre; Dr. Payne testified at the 1: tpicst that Pendleton's skull was crushed and his shoulder and neck broken. When last seen alive Pendleton was being le i away by John Martin Ash loy, the father and throe brothers of young Mooro, S-tm Bigby and others. Many negroes wore at the inquest, but wcro quiet. Ills relatives refus ed to como near or have anything to do with It, as did the other negroes They absolutely refu,cd tu care for or bury the remains at any pri?e. So a grave was dug in the thick woods near whore the hedy lay. Even a wagon to convey the body could not be obtained. A few young white men improvised a sled, put thu body of Pendleton otv it and dragged lt to tho grave in thi Woods, whom a few planks were placed over tho ne gro's bo ly and lt was covered up. The sentiment of the people of Honca Path was aga'nsb the lynching and.it was severely coudeumed. The eoronors jury rendered a verdict that Pendleton came to his death ab the nands of parties unknown to the jury. A dispatch from lionea Path to the State says Solicitor Cooper ls r.hcre, acting under orders from Gov. Hey ward. Ho is Investigating tho jase against the murderers of Allen Pendleton. 4 He has sworn out warrants against lohn Marlon Ashley, J. lt Moore, losh Moore, John Mooro, Will Moore, Sam B gby anti Hugh Bowen. Sheriff Lyon made thc arrests Wednesday morning. Scllotor Cooper says that he ls go lng to Investigate the ep.s:; to tho bot tom and prosecute to the full extent of his ability. Ho did not understand tho massage sent him Munday morn ing and smt a reply which was not received here. Constable Shannen had the negro, ?a.lien Pendleton, burled yesterday, or .ather he had the negro dragged ou a dide to a hole, about 200 yards away, md dumped into it. There was no !( ibu nor box, flirt was thrown in, dte hole was partly tilled and this was die burial he received. Took liiM lilli). At Montgomery, Ala., Charles M. Shear, a young man Of Jacksonville, I'la., took lils own lifo by drinking laudanum Tuesday at thc boarding iiouse cif Mrs. Baggott on abo Wood ley road, in Boguohomme, a suburb. Poe dead mau left tho following note: "My Darling Wlfo. As I write this, I am nearly in tho sweet by and bye, md when this reaches you, 1 will be [.here. You remember, i tried this ince before. Ail 1 a-.k of you ls to tell my mother at 202 B.vy street. "As eyer your own, "Charley." Through the Seaboard Air Linc of llco, by which railroad company he had been employed, it w<-.s found that he has a broil.or In .1 ado on ville. A tel egram was sent to bim advising him of tho death, and tho answer wa* "Bury him there." Tue mother was not In Jacksonville, ile was burled by thc railroad. Tho \V*K< " ol'Sin. The Chicago News prints a highly colored story of the arrest In that elby of Mid.lo Hutchinson i formerly the wife of Seymore Hutchinson a wealthy and well known South Carolinian but whoso estate sha long ago dissipated and M. T. B-ggi who left a wife and ten children In Abbeville in almost de stltuie cl rou instances to elope with her. The pair wera living together under the uamoof Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Tilomas, each working in a factory. Mrs. Hutchinson one; a woman of wealth and case ls now reduced to rags andi lrnprisment at tho ago of 28, after hoing the means of bringing scandal to several respectable homes. The pair will be brought back to Ab beville to be tried for adultery. 1' ITO Train mon lit i tod. Fivo trainmen woro kill, d and eight others seriously injured In a collision between a pay train ?HU? a combina tion passenger and milk train on the Philadelphia and leading railroad at Roush'SCurve, at Mount Molly Springs, Pa., Thursday afternoon. None of the passengers was injured. The pr.y car contained about, i.r>o OOO In checks, whlob wis scattered about tho traoki. ruo chocks wore picked up by tho trainmen. Officials of tho Company hore say tho accident probably was duo to a misunderstanding of orders. BOTH COT HELP McCall, of the New York Life Says Parker N^ver LET ANYTHING PASS He Also Asserts That Mis Life Was Mad? Weary by Democrats Chasing Him For Money. He Says Parker Accepted Contributions when Ile Was Chairman. Political contributions of the New York Life lnsurauce company and thc connection of Andrew A. Hamil ton of Albany with the allogod politi ced activity of tho company were the points around which tho hearing bo foro the legislative Insurance investi gation In New York turned on Wod near! ay. President John A. McCall of thc New York Life Insurance company was tho chief witness and for sovcral hours ho waa subjeoted to a lire of questions by Charles E. Hughes, ocunsel for thecjmmibtee concerning the money presented for political purposes. The climax was reached when Mr. McCall declared that tho solloiting of funds for campaign purposes was not oontiued to the Republican party in the campaign of 1901 and announced: "My lifo was made weary by the Democratic candidates chasing mo for mtmey In that campaign. Some of the very mcu who today are being interviewed In the papors and de nouncing men who contribute to cam paigns were crossing my path every step 1 took looking for money. Ono day-the candidate himself, Parker if he would show up his books when he was chairman of the Democratic State couirultteo, lt would give you a lit. lie never rejected a dollar in thc world. Ile would take every dol lar that was presented to him." Judge Parker was chairman of the Democratic State executi vc committee in 1885. Mr. McCall's statement was greeted with wild ohoerlng, which continued until a t hreat was mad j to clear the room of listeners if the crowd did not restrain Itself. W(Ui sreat oar? the acQOunt of An drew A, namlllon with tho company was analyzed by Mr. Hughes who asked Mi. McCall about every item and made it clear that a search was being made for political contribu tions. 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 were paid from thc company's funds and that hts accounts were not submitted to audit. It was shown that $235,000 has been paid to Hamilton with only a verbal accounting to President McCall and that at- present Hamilton owes the company about $00,000, but Mr. McCall said ho felt suri that Hamil ton, who ls now in E.irope, will re pay thia sum upon the company's de mand. The $235,000 Mr. McCall said he was sure would be paid by Mr. Ham llton on domand of tho New Yolk Life Insurance company. 'If lt is not," saKl Mr. McCall, "I'll be responsible and I'll pay lt." Hamilton received for legal aorvlsos, he said, aliOut 8100,000 a year from the New York Life Inauraneo compa ny. Ha wat given charge of work all over tho United States lo tho matter of legislation and taxes and roproseut od thc New York Life before legisla tive committees. Taking up the campaign contribu tions, Mr McCall said that lu 1890 he contributed to thc defeat of the sliver platform, not to the defeat of thc Democratic party. In other oases of campaign contributions Mr. McCall preferred to characterize them as contributions to tho support of the gold platform rather Mian to the Ile publican national committee. He denied that any contributions had been made to either State or munici pal campaigns at any time. Ho as bumed tho entire responsibility. Of tho campaign contributions made by Mr. McCall and George W. Perkins for the New Pork Lifo Insur ! ance oompany In 1004. Mr. McCall I said ho did not caro how many of his policy holders agreed with lils action. Ile said he consulted no one but Mr. Perkins. "1 did lt on my own hook. I don't justify thc usc of campaign funds. I justify the usc of this money for the benefit of the policy holders." lt.-plying to Mr. Hughes, ho said: "1 honestly believe In thlflinntar.ee lt was justill sd, If you ask. mo If I ap prove of campaign contributions, 1 say no, a thousand times no. "Did you really think that. In 1004 the Interests of the policyholders wore ...o seriously endangered that the com pany ought to contribute? ' asked Mr. Hu? hos. "I did think so when the man who had twice voted for Bryan was a can didate on a platform framed by a committee that had by a majority oi two to one rejected the gold stand ard." deferring to tho Democrats Mr. McCall said: "Their shadows were across mine every movo I in Kde." "1 thank Cod that Hryan and free Hil vcr wero beaten and that I had n sharo in their dofoat." Applause followed tho ?t?tonnent but tho d?monstration was checked by the chairman, who said ho would havo the room cleared Of spectators il order wa? not kept. In 1802 Mr. MoCall said thcro ww no campaign contribution hy the New York Lifo Imniranco comoanv. ho cause both parties had gold platforms No contribution to any State Ol munlolpal campaign fuuds had boor r ado by thc Now York Lifo Iosur a ll 00 company nineo his connection with the company, aatd Mr. MoOall. ABSOLUTELY KA 1,8 M BAYS l'A ll KU H. Judge Alton B, Parker, Democratic oandldato for president in 1?04, gave tho Associated PreBS a etatoment con corning President McCall's testimony relative to tho solloiblng of funds from the New York Life Insurance company by Democrats in 1U04. The statement follows: "My attention has been called to certain testimony said to have been givon by Mr. John A. McCall while a witness beforo tho insurance investi gatton committee in reply to Mr. Hughes' question whether he thought 'that in 1904 tho lutorests of tho pol icyholders were so seriously endanger ed that tho company ought to contri bute.1 It ls evident that Mr. McCall was laboring under great excitement In making his roply, for it is vory inco herent. Put if his answer is intend ed to convey tho impression that in the campaign of 1004, I. olthor di rectly or indirectly, solicited from him or his corporation or any other corporation, any money or valuable thing, his statement ls absolutely false. On the contrary, I repeat now what I said before tho election, that 1 expressly notltled and directed the chairman of tho executive committee of the national committee that no money should be received from cor porations." MCCALL CRAWFISHES. John A. McCall, president of the New York Life insurance, company, referring to his testimony before tho legislativo ommltteo in relations to contributions to the Democratic party said Wednesday: "The mraulng I intended to convoy when 1 mentioned Judgo Parker was this: Judge Parker when a candidate 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 thc States Demooratio commltteo several years ago, did, however, accept prof fered contributions to tho campaign fund." NAMK HIM SAYS SHEEHAN. William E\ Sheehan's attention was oalled to tho testimony of Mr. Mo Call and he said: "I was chairman of tho executive committee of tho Demooratio national committee last year. There was no! a single man connected with the Democratic national campaign that solicited a dollar from Mr. McCall. If any such person made any suoh solicitation Mr. McCall should name him." GETS TEN YJSARS. Por Putting Miiftko'a lionels and Rep tiles In a Well. ii A dispatch from Laurens- to The State eays Wednesday in tho oourt of general nosslons John Miller, a young uegro farm hand, waa convioted of administering poison with intent to kill and was givon a sentence of ten yoars in tho State prison. The indict ment under which Miller was tried charged Wash Carwlle and Miller with attempting to poison an entire family, consisting of Mr. E. W. Ferguson, who resides near Clinton, his wlfo, mother, and aunt and some of the colored servants and hands employod on tho place, by plao?ng In the well, from which every one on tho premises med water, a big containing a snake's head, a frog, a llzr.arr: and a quantity of stuff said to have been a composi tion of match heads and other things of a poisonous character. Tue fact that Mr. Ferguson and other members of the, family became very 111 about tho same time led to au investigation which revealed tho pres ence of the horrible mixture In tho drinking water. Carwlle and Miller were suspected of the deed. Miller was promptly arrested but Carwlle es caped and has not been apprehended yet. Both negroes and their families quit using the water on Sunday before the Fergusons were made sick on Tues day. It was brought out in the trial Wednesday that the negroes woroolose friends and during the year had given Mr. Ferguson considerable trouble, complaining that they were not being troated right and that they would even up things when their time was out. Oa the 12th of Ju)' their contract be ing out, they wert paid off. Three days later the OJOI was found In tho well, lt waa ti bollcal deed and Judge Momminff* said In passing sentence on Millo coat the ten year limit was too light. William lt. Rickey, acting solicitor, conducted prosecution with signal tact and abil ity. Alla-Woll that Umla Woll. A dispatch from Augusta to the Columbia Record says reglstorod ab tho i'.antera hotel In Augusta as "F IO. Matiley and wife, Columbia, S. C.," a couplo, llttlo moro than chil dren, were oalled upon Monday of last weok to give an account of thomsclvcs A telegram had* been recolvod from P. J. Hutto, of Livingston, S. C., by the Augusta police department asking tho police to look out for his daugh ter, Lizzie, who had cloped with a man by thc name of Davis and was thought to have gono to Augusta. Tue couplo in question had been as signed to room 64 and spent the night at the hotel. Farly Monday morning, a little after ?* o'clock, "Manley" left tho hotel, hearing of the wire, and acknowledged to thc police that he was Davis. Tho father arrived later and the differences being i patched up, tho party returned to Carolina. The girl ls only thlrtocn , yoars old. Frost at tito North. Reports from Ne? England state that that section was 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 Vcr mont snow fell. Thc freezing point was reached at Concord, N. II., and ', Augusta, Maine. A high wind saved I tho ?ranborry crop in the Capo Cod . district. _u Win Hang, i Commandor Johnson, a white man? t has neon convicted of tho murdor of . Rev IL I). Grainger In norry County , and sentenced to hang the sooond FfL r day in December. An appoal will i probably bo taken. CHARGE PROVED By the Confessions of deo, W. Perkins and J. A. McCall. - WHAT P AB KER SAYS. All thc Hi? Corporations Contributed Money to ihr. Republican Campaign Fund mst Year, and thc Men Win. did lt Should bc Punished. Former O^lef Judge Alton B, Par ker, last year the Demcoratlo candi date for President of tho Uultod States, in an intorvlew at Eiopus, N. Y., recently, referred to the charges made by him In tho Presidential cam paign last {all, that corporation funds wcro hainghuod in aid of tho Republi can campaign. To a correspondent of tho AsscolaUd Press who called at Rosemount, Jungo Parker's homo, and asked him if he had anything to say In relation to tho statement mado by Vice-President George W. Perkins, of the New York Life Insurance Com pany, befQ'ro tho Legislature com os lt te investigating tito insurance business, to the effect that President John A. i'.K.C.Ul, of that company, had caused a contribution of about $50,000 tCbe made last year to the llcpublloau national campaign fund, Ju Ige Parkor said: "Yes, rbellevo I ought to say, now that there is no polttieal excitement to distract the publie attention, that the president of tue New York Life was not tho only such contributor. The ollloers of other great lifo insur ance companies,such as the Equitable and the [?Mutual, also contributed from the folley holders' fund for the ctmpalgn ; purposes last year. The u 'derlyhl^ principales which divide tho greatyjuass of tho people Into par ties havo no effect upon such mun. Their ono* inquiry is, will tbc party organization lu Its hour of triumph remember our generosity and respond to our demands? Of course, the or ganization aoes remember, for it ex pects a-,similar contribution next timo. A .id tho cxpeotatlon ls not in vain. Last year was nob tho ii rsl timo. Si?h contributions had been mado bef/iVo 'in national, State and municipal! oleptlpna. .'The<vliera responsible for these * " . ' fcror- yTir*a ot corpora tions havo received their reward in unfettered management of different insurance corporations; in unembar rassed raids upon the publio through trusts-condemned by both common and statute law; In refusal to punish criminally tho ollloers of railroad and other corporations violating the laws; and In statutory permission to manu facture corporations and to levy tri bute on tho people. "There oan be no hope of cheeking tho unlawful aggressions o' ollloers of great corporat ions st) long as they may thus form a quasi-partisanship witb tho organization of the dominant po litical patty. F.<r In the hour when tho administrative olllclal seeks bo punish tho offender, he is reminded by the hoad of tho organization of thc magnitude of the contributions of the corporation. ' There is, however, something worse, if possible, thin the escape of such offenders from ju ttlcc. lt ls the gradual demoralization of votera and tho dulling of tho public consloneo by Cite cfforU !o make these vast sums of money procuro the ballot tho y were intciukd to procure, corruptly and otherwise. "What bas been proved In tho case of the Now York Life will undoubt edly bo proved in tho other cases. The facts exist and honest and able counsel bsckod by an honest commit tee will undoubtedly bring them out for the publio good. "Wcro there an Investigation of railroad, manufacturing and other corporations lt would bo found that these corporation ollloers who put their hands into the treasury and took out moneys belonging to widows and orphans to help secure a partisan triumph. "That their acts wcro unlawful and their purposes corrupt goes wlth ? ut saying. They Intended to have tho monoy used, as lt wus, in corrupt ing the electorate Mr. Perkins makes thc puiut that Mr. doha A. McCall, the president of thc New York Life, ls a Democrat. Appar ently he would have thc public as sume that when Mr. McCall unlaw fully and wrongfully contributed theso funds- the company's share probably as a member of the under writing Syndicate-it was evidence of political vlrtuo, rather than miscon duct. "Tho truth about It ls, and I say lt without feeling, hut emphatically, that men like McCall havo no politi cal convictions that stand in tho way of their porsonal advantage. Such men deslro the triumph of that party which win bettor serve their personal .financial interests and will -for con tributions, past, present anti future continne to protect these Interests by lenient legislation and by pretense at execution of law which shall be ten derly blind to all their offenses. That party they ospouse in thc court room, and contribute to lt of tho moneys they bold In trust, and occasionally a littlo of their own. "lt Is not my purpose to claim that tho Democratic party, subjected to j tho temptations which have overcome, the tither party during tho last four years, would havo acted differently' Mere party advantage Should not he sought from tho disclosures made in thia investigation. Hut tho facts should bo diligently nought, that tho pnoplo m>?y become so aron ed that they will insist upon legislation mak ing it a orlmlnal offense for olllcers to contribute oorporato funds for political funds for polltcal purposes and depriving the apparently success ful candidates of their olVeoa. "Efforts In that direction have beon making In different States since November last, and p&rtlouhrly li this Stato. But tho Bepublloan 01 ganizatlon would not oonsont to lt, s the Legislature defeated the bill? And tho organization never will cn sent until an at? used public lentl ment shall threaten legislators will politioal oblivion who fail to enao eiTootlvo laws upon the subjaot." BLIGHT DBTEBIOH.ATIOH. Cotton Condition Not ?fl Cood as i Wet, Ic A KO. Section Director Bauer weekly oroi report says tho mean temperature fo tho week ending Monday, Scptombe; 18th, was slightly bolow normal, dui to vory cool weather early iu tho wee! and warm at its close. Tho extrome; of temperature wore a maximum of O' degrees at Blackville on the 12th, tv ic a minimum of 67 degrees at Chora ,i on the 15th. There was slightly lesi than tim normal amount of bright sunshine over thc southern and cast ern counties and about normal amount in tho contrat and wostorn counties. There were numerous showors ovoi the oastern and rum thorn counties, and very little ralu, iu many places none -ovor tho western ones. Excessive rainfall occurred in Florence and Dar llngton counties, in tho latter there were 8 Inches recorded in 24 hours. Lands wcro washed, streams lLoded and bridges carried away, and crops were seriously damaged on uplands as woll as low lands. Generally thc week's precipitation was needed and proved beneflolal. Orer the western and northern counties the ground is very dry and late crops are suffering for moisture. Streams and wells are becoming low, and it is too dry for fall plowing and for seeding oats. Fre quent showers interrupted farm work along the coast aud to a lessor decree in a fow interior southern counties, while the weather was favorablo for continuous work over tho greater por tion of the state. There was a slight deterioration In the condition of cotton due, mainly, to premature opening carnied by rust aud drought. On sandy lands tho crop ls nearly all open and most of lt pick ed while over tho stato generally lt ls opening fast. Growth and fruiting have stopped, but tiiis is immaterial, as what fruitage would bo taken on after this time would not mature. Cater pillars have appeared In Berkeley county on cotton, which ls the only report of damage of insects this week. Late corn ls in need of rain. There is a slight deterioration of minor crops duo to want of moisture,over the west ern parts and a slight improvement in tho eastern portions. Fall truokhas Improved, and recently planted seeds are germinating well. Rloo harvest made good progress.. Much hay and other forago was saved in primo con dition. LONG LOST COMMISSION Itotnrnod to tho ??aile.ni HoldlorWho Iioat lt in Hattlo. A dispatch from Patterson, N. J., says a commission as captain of the Twenty-fifth New Jersey volunteers which was lost by Capt. Archibald Graham on the battlefield of Freder ioksburg, Va., was returned to Capt. Graham's widow Wednesday by Chief Justice Walter Clark of tho supreme court of North Carolina. Judge Clark found the commission after the battle was over. Ile sent it to the State ad Jutant gonoral's office in Trenton and a?ked that lt be forwarded to the own er. Ile accompanied lt with a lotter saying that he had Intended to return lt many years ago but had mislaid and forgotten lt. Ile wrote: "This commission was found where only a brave man could have carded lt-beneath the plunging tiro of tho Washington artillery on Mare's Heights, just behind us and the even more wasting lire of our Infantry Uno behind the stone wall at the foot of thc heights. Wc broke seven succes sive lines of battle to pieces at that point, for nature had made the posi tion impregnable. 1 was then but 14 years of age, but I remember woll that my astonishment at the recklessness of sending brave men on such a hope less mission was only exceeded by my admiration of the steadiness and gal lantry of the mon who endeavored to execute lt. "I do not know to what bridge the Twenty-fifth New Jersey belonged and bonce do not know In which of these, charges Capt. Graham shared, but 1 was particularly struok with that made by Thomas Moagher's Irish brigade, whose lino carno up almo?t to thc muz /des of our guns. Wo recognized that line by tho green Hag with the sun burst on lt as well as by its reoklors daring. My most respectable compli ments to Mrs. Graham and to her son, who, as I see ls a member of tho pro fesslon to which 1 have tho honor to belong." Tho i, i.-.in Spirit? The Marlon Star, willoh favors the dispensary systom, deprocatos any at tempt to (nullify the result of tho elec tion, and calls upon dlspcnsaryltos tc aid In oarrylng out the now order of alfalrs. This ls tho proper spirit, for nothing can bogainod by attempt lng to force any particular tiling upon the peoplo through technicalities ol tho law, or endeavoring to retard ol hinder the majority in carrying out its wishes. For Hnako Hito. A^ i'armer Arthur L. Mitoholl, ol North Woodbury, Conn., wan CU Ulna fodder oom in a lowland lot a big red adder blt his loft wrist. Mr. Mllohol! toro the reptllo elf, ran for the house and drank a quart of whiskey, which neighbors brought him. ile suffered terribly all night, but the liquor h having tho desired bi?.mt, physioiaii? say, and he may recover. llnavlly I'm.cl. At Chloago In the United St&tei district court Thursday morning, foui members of tho firm of Sohwamlillc & Sulzberger pleaded guilty to accept lng rebates from railroads in boc trust canes. Tho oases aro not idcntl fled with tho ShermAi antl-trust law Ono was lined $10,0?) and the other $6,000 each. Tho egfet will bo dlstrlb utcd proportionately THE T?UTH AT LAST The Jil ir Corporations Fut Up UH Boodle For the llrpublioan Party to Buy Up thc liaet IOlootlon. Wbftt tho Frosi <lont Ought to Do. Tho testimony of Mr. Porkins ol the Now York Life Insuranoo Com pany that $50,000 of tho policyhold ers' money was pledged and $48,702.50 paid into the oampalgn fund of the Republican party last year, to be em p' \7cd lu promoting the election of Mr Roosevelt, lias stirred up many , ur les of campaign contributions by v:.e great corporato interests. A dis patch to Tho Chicago Record- Herald from Washington says that lt ls very freely stated at thc capital now that the meat packers of Chicago, mom bors of tho beef trust, willah Commis sioner Garfield has since declared to bo a poor, suffering organization, un justly accused by the public of extor tion, paid $100,000 io Mr. Roosevelt's campaign purse. According to thc correspondent's statement tho con tribution of the packers was iirst put at $50,000,, the samo as the amouut asked of tho New York Lifo, but it was afterwards raised to $100,000. The correspondent continues with this interesting information: After tho packing companies had contributed,representations were made to tho brewers and whiskey interests thai it would bc to their bcuelit to give large sums, and the money was forthcoming. During tho campaign the agents of the department of com meroe and labor were at work investi gating thc affairs of the packers. Tho original sum contributed by the pack ors was about what they normally glvi to a campaign fund, and thc later con tribution doubled lt. lt ls stated that Secretary Cor tel you knew nothing of the source of the oampaln o mbrlbu tlons. "Cornelius N. Bliss, treat urer of tho national committee, and his assistant, C. II. Dwell, were tho only men who knew absolutely where all campaign contributions came from," said a politician today. "In the West Charles G. Dawes collected the funds. lie introduced many men whoso cou trlbutlons were wauted to Mr. Cortel you at luncheons which were arranged for the purpose. Mr. Cortelyou soli cited no contributions from these men but morely talked over the can palgu with them." In commenting on tho above the Charleston Evening Post says: "Prest dent Roosevelt denounced Judgo Par ker most liorcely becauso he dared to condemn these collections of monoy from tho corporations and to draw thc Inevitable oono'.usloh that they were made with expectation of favors from the administration and therefore, with Implication of suoh by the agents cf Mr. Roosevelt, who had not been re pudiated by that virtuous gentleman. Now we know that tho New York Life gave a large sum of monoy and also that it was given in Ju->t the way Judge Parker said last October that such contributions were made. Here are" Judge Parker's words: "Shall the creations of government-many of which pursue Illegal methods-control our eleotlons, control them by moneys belonging to their ste.ckholdeis moneys net given lu the opon and charged upon the books as money paid for political purposes, but hidden away by false bookkeeping?'' Tin Item of the New York Life's eontrlbu j tlon was so entered on the b'.okS that even the treasurer of tho company, who drew the cheek f jr the amount, did not know what was its purpose and lb became necessary to call thc highest executive olllcsrs of the com pany to explain it. "Hut isn't Mr. Roosevelt to stir up his spirit at this juncture and de nounco somebody ? Ho can't denounce Judge Parker again because the truth of his charges ls established. But he might denounce Mr. Bliss for not toll lng him of the embarrassing obliga tions he had contracted. Except that he may never have consulted Mr. Hllss about the matter d urlng the campaign, lt being ag rood tn ?ad vance that all assurances of clean campaign I lng should come to the President from Mr. Cortelyou, who, himself, should have nothing to do with anything that was not clean. Hut ono .thing Mr. Roosevelt might do, namely, to Instruct Mr. Cortelyou to publish now the whole Hst of campaign contribu tions made to the Republican fund last year and specifically declare him self freo of any obligation to tho;c contributors, whatever engagements his agents may havo made when they secured the money. Mr. Roosevelt likes to do sensational things, Here's a chance for him. " HolltiiK Whlnkoy. "I cannot/ lill the orders that come In for whiskey from Union and New berry unless I am given a shipping ( dork," said ono of tho Columbia dis pensers recently. "You would bo surprised at the number of salt s made by mo to Union ana Newberry people ? and 1 am constantly receiving requests for supplies to he shipped. Of course, I cannot ship tito stulf as I have not ' tho time nor Inclination to turn m> I dispensary into a shipping depart menb, but tho requests aro coming in Just tho same. 1 think 1 can safely ' utato that my sales last week and tho woek before wore double that of any previous year at the present lime and , a large part of this ls due to tho do maud for Whiskey In Newberry and Union." The Columbia Record says i tho statement will not causo much I surprise herc except as to thc quail i biby demanded by tho above nam :d i counties, lt was made by a dispenser I In whom the county board has perfect i conlldenco and his roporb Hied at tho i end or tho month on sales, as com pared with a similar report of the laht yoar, will bear out tho statement. j Muat lltoniftln ( I08O1I. r Associate Justice Gary, to whom 1 Lawysr Boyd Evans applloa in tho - hope of keeping the Union dispensa* f rles open pending his appeal to thc - supreme court, has sustained Judge . Townsend. The caso can still go be s fore tho ftill supromo court . hut mean i w ile thc dtsponrarles must remalr losa 1. AWFUL STORY Of a Murderous Attack Made on J. D. Hawkins by OTHER WHITE MEN, Thc Victim of the Murderous Attack, Who Was Left for Dead, Revives and Tells How He Was Laid on the Rall Road Track to bc Run Over. Thc Columbia State of last Wednes- . day says S'ioriff Jennings of Piokens County arrived in Columbia on Tuea day of last week with a warrant for John Henderson and Tom Vaughn, who waa in Jail there charged with the murderous assault upon J. D, Hawkins near Calhoun more than two wooka ag J. Thc Sheriff got the pris? oners and returned to Piokens with them on Wednesday. Tho State says nondorson and Vaughn aro tho two mon who were arrest? d in the weave room of the Olympia cotton mill by Drputy Sher iffs Knox and Oatboart last Thursday afternoon, September 14 as the result of t d?plions communication from Sherill Gllreath of Greenvlllo. It was not known at that time whether tho erl inc was committed in Greenville or Pickous county and the delay in removing tho mon from tho Richland jail ha:; been duo to tho fact i hat lt was necessary to wait until Hawkins had fcufllolently regained* his sense to toll a cohorcut story of the effort to take his life. Ile has now improvad sufficiently to do this and reiterates what be stat ed at a former Interval of conscious ness, that Henderson and Vaughn are the men who attacked bim and placed nis almost helpless a: d senseless body on the track of the Southern raliway to bo crushed by an oncoming train, .o as to conceal the crime that had been commHiod. Sher,ff Jennings statod that from the information now at hand it seems that Hawkins, who re?ides at the Brandm mill in Greenville, waa on Saturday afternoon, September 2, about to take a train for Easley, where ho intended to attend a meeting of the Odd Fellows lodge, and he had on ula person $100 belonging to tho order. Phis money ho showed to Beveral men with whom ho was associating that af ternoon aud a plot to rob him was^ev tdently determined upon by them. Af ter attempting several ruses to get bim to a point where the robbery could be committed without fear of discov ery, dually one of Miena told Hawkins a scandalous story concerning his fam ily and when Hawkins Indignantly re sented the falsebcoJ he was told that if he would go with them tho men ccu'd carry him to the man who had said lt and would furnish proof of its tnr.h. It is supposed that that night they go^j in. au empty fi eight car of a pass ing freigiit train and rode as far as Calhoun, v/hcre tl oj got off and start ed on lvOfc toward the Seueoa river. Whon about half way to tho river and near a saw mill, Hawkins' companions attacked him wlth-hea/y scautlings, striking several terrltlo blows on the head and one on his lt ft arm, which broke it between the wrist and tlie elbow. He was also given a jab in his back with tho splintered end of a broken scautling, which made a frightful wound. The blows on the wounded mau'd head had rcudered him almost unconscious but not en tirely so, as thc assailants supposed. Hawkins, bleeding and unable to raise his hand to help himself, heard them discuss the best way to dispose of his body. It was agreed by them to throw lils body in tho Soatca river and gath ering lt up they started toward the river bank, but when about half way they saw tho watchman of tho bridge approaching v/itli his lighted lantern. Although ho soon disappeared this caused them to ohaugc their plan and lt was then agreed to place the body on the railroad track to bo mangled under tho wheels of the next train. Tills was done and the would bo mur derers quickly disappeared in tho darkness. Hawkins, dimly realizing that certain d lath awaited him unless he could crawl from the track, made a supreme effort and managed to drag his body to tho outside of thc traok und roll down tho embvnkmant. It will bo remembered that his groans were heard by Mr. and Mrs. VV. A. Chapman, who wore passing on their ' way to church tho next morning, and the half dead man was found and oared for at their homo. Henderson and Vaughn wore seen at the jail Tuesday and asked for a statement but they vigorously denied any knowlodgc of or connection with r,hc affilr. They said that thoy were lo the company of Hawkins in Green ville during the day but that they did not see him at night, as thoy wero both at tho Magnolia cafe and later ti, a iawn party at the residence o? Mr. Whiteside!}. Tney claim to be able to produce proof of this alibi. Hawkins' statement is conclusivo proof that the assault occurred in Piokens county and the ontiro matter ls now In the hands of Sheriff .Linnings. A (J .'IDHIly Kind, At ILston, Mass.; tho police we o called up to luvestlgatc tho doath of a woman whoso dismembered body, wrapped In white oil cloth, was found In a green loather suit oaso in the wato, near tho Winthrop Yaoht Club house, carly Thursday night. Thero were no markes by which tho remains could ba Identifica, It is though tho woman was tho victim of a 'careless operation. Tho intestines had been removed. Tao body had evidently bceu dismembered by a sharp knife. Tho cuts were olean and no hones were broken. ?iOHL nt Ma?, Two German freight steamers bound from Hamburg and M?diter i ranoin ports, foundorcd In tiie North sea and 38 men were drowned.