The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 22, 1906, Image 1
..DO THOU, GREAT LX33STY, llJ?PXa* OtfB ?O?LS Afr? MAJSHS QTJR LIV28 IN THT PO? ?&8ION HAPPY OB OUR HEATHS GLORIOSA IN TEY UAUSE."
BENNETTS VILLE, 8. C.. FRIDAY, JU Nf 22, 1906.
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HELD IN TRUST.
-UK
Brevard Miller swears that Olass
?/
Stock was given Directors.
STATEMENT DENIED
The Ohm Company Of le?ais Assert
That the Dispensary Officials
, Were not Presented With
Stock In the Glass
Company.
Wednesday an aindavlt from Mr.
Brevard D. Miller, organizer of the
company which built tho Carolina
??ass company in Columbia was put
Tn evidence be'tie the dhpmbary In
vestigating committee.
MILLF.K8 AFFIDAVIT.
Personally appeartd Bu.vaid D.
Miller, who being uuly bwom deposed
and aayeth,
That up to scmetirr.e In 18?2, he
was for Bitnet.me previous living In
the city ol Columbia, fcouih Gaiulina,
being at that time oountoted with
Granby cotton mills t f that city. Dur
ing the time ot his ltBiottee there he
developeu the iota, and was une ol
the promoters in the trganizallou o?
the Carolina Giafe* company. Being
ashoolatfcd lu the orgamzaiitu cf thu?
glass company WHO Juc. J. beibela,
Thomas'layior, Jr., W. G Clinda ana
E. G. Seibuls.
The incorporatois of the Carolin;.
Glass company realizing that tue oub
luess ot the Stale oibpenbary ifould be
an advantage andinbuie the succen?
of the company, approached ll. H.
Evans and L. J. Wilhams, then di
itotora of tue Slate Dispensary, wltu
the tiler to sell Miena & eurum amount
ot stuok of the Carolina Gla>?b ton.pa
ny to be palo for lu money at tm.
same price aa the Bttok v. as Bold to
other parties, lt was understood at
this stage In the transaction that thc
' Carolina Glass company was to meet
?xmpeting prices.
Later, lt was decided by the con
trolling Interests of the Carolina Glass
company to give the said H. H Evans
and L. J. Williams a block of tnlb
Stock m return for wUloh the Can li a
Glass oompany was to be given all, or
a part, ot the State dispensary glass
business. A bou; this time, during
conversation between J. J. Seibols ana
H. H. Evans, lu my presence J no. J
Selbels stated that the Carolina Glass
; oompany, not being very strong finan
cially, would not bobble to stand for
any length of time a cut In prices by
their competitors, If it should bo mado.
To which statement II. H. Evans re
piled, "Oh hell, we are put hero to
judge glatis.
When the polloy of giving the stock
to the directors of the State dispensa
ry was deolded on, 1 was not in ac
oora with it and objected to it, real
izing that 1 waB in tue minority, and
not at all In accord with tho policy of
the lncorporators, and that 1 could
not prevent this gift of stock, or such
aotlous as would naturally fol io w, I
witndrew from the oompany and my
Intercuts were taken over by othei
parties.
It was my undera'anding at thc
time I withdrew that this gift of
stock was to be made to W. G. Chlldh
as trustee for H. H. Evans and L. J.
Williams.
lt was my understanding, up to the
time of my decision io withdraw from
the Carolina GlabB company, that tin
Carolina Glass company was to mort
competitive prices, and that the oi
reotors of the State dispensary wert
to be stockholders on the same basis
aa the lncorporators, whereas this
^iglft of stock, to whloh I objected,
**woulel give tho Inference that the
Carolina Glass company would be fa
vored by the directors ot the Statt
dlapeLbary.
At a mer ting of the Incorporates
of the Carum* G ass c mpany a
whlob tuib gift o H eck wasdiscus.tr
and from nc: I i I dr w ?'ter n
signing n > n.t.t r ?.f, I war r?q icbte<
by Jno. J. Selbels io hay notoiog o
my kno * ledge of the transactions o;
the Carolina Glass company. This ]
refused to do.
lt has been Bcveral years since the
transaction related above occurred
but the same is substantially as re
lated above.
Brevard D. Miller.
Sworn to and su bb or 1 bed to ?a fon
me, this 17th daj of April, 19Q0.
J. lt Wbartbo,
Notary Public.
MILLEU FLATLY CONTRADICTED.
The dmctors of ihe glass company
vtho were In the city gave out thc
following statement, which flatly
contradicts Mr. Miller's statement:
Hon. J. T nav, Chairman Investiga
ting Committee.
Columbia, S. C., June 13, 190?
Our attention has Just been called
to an aindavlt whloh was placed in
evidence beforo the State Investigat
ing committee Just beforo lt? adjourn
ment today, and which purports to
eminate from Brevard D. Miller, now
of Alabama, but formerly of thu,
plaoo.
fer He states that tho incorporateT
approached II. II. Evans and L. J.
Williams ?vlth an olTor to sell them
ato?k in thc glass company. We can
state with certainty that none of us
approached Mr. Evans or Mr. Willi
ams in referenoo to this matter; and
If Mr. MUlor approaohod SP ld gentle
men for the purpose stated In lils a th
davit, he did so of his own volition,
and without tho knowledge or sane
tlon of the other lncorporators.
The main gist of tho ailldavlt ii
contained in the statement, "it wa:
deolded b/ the controlling intered
* *. * to give the said II. II
Evans and L. J. Williams a block o
this ?took In return for which tin
Carol!".* nimm company was to bi
given all or a part of tho State dlspcn
sary glass business." And the sami
party states that ho resigned his ( diet
and conneotlon with said company ot
account of this decision and polloy
We ur qualifiedly don y this statement
not ouly was no ?took given to any
member of tho dispensary b ard, but
no stook or bonus or commission or
valuable consideration of any kind
whatsoever was, at any time, given to
any one; nor was any Buoh doolslon or
{tolley, as stabed by Bald Miller, made
or agreed to by tbe stockholders or
directors, or the controlling Interests
of the Carolina Glass oompany. Mr.
Miller severed his connection with
'.aid oompany not for tbe reason stat
ed ID his affidavit, but beoause his
services were unsatisfactory to the
board of dlreotors. Upon his with
drawal, when thore had only been 20
per cent, paid on his stock, it was
taken up and ho was succeeded on the
coard of directors nf said gifts com
pany by the lato Dr. B. W. Taylor.
Mr. Miller further states as his un
derstanding "this gift of stcok was to
be made to W. G Childs, trustee, for
II. Xl. Evans and Li J. Wi.lUus"
We <h ert po nt Ively toat neither H.
ll Evan* nor L J Williams nor any
itbtr memter of tho former or pres
ent board of control of the Stato dis
pensary directly or indlreotly owned
or bad any interese in any stock of
said glats company; nor was any stock
of said company held by W. G. Childs
in trust for any such parties. The
stook book and other records of the
company have been heretofore freely
rui nisi.od io the investigating com
mittce and remained in tholr oustody
fo Inspection for dajs, and until they
voluntarily returned them to the
company.
John J. Seibelp,
W. G. Childs,
B F. Taylor.
This statement, is not signed by E.
G. Seibels or Thoa. Taylor because
they are both absent from the city.
.iiin J. Suibils,
B. F. Taylor.
LEADERS FOR BRYAN.
UIH Kecont U(tcr?noos on Mootnlfimi
Groototl with Ai>i>roY*U.
A dispatch from Washington says
Demoorats in congress aro highly
pleased with Mr. Bryan's Berlin inter
view.
"If bc will only cut cut socialism
and st c< to democracy," they have
boon saying in their heart to heart
discussions of the outlook. Now that
Mr. Bryan has taken the llrst oppor
tunity to draw the lines against soci
allsm they believe all doubt of bis
nomination has benn removed.
"I fully expect to see Grover Cleve
land supporting Mr. Bryan in 1U0S,"
said lt presentsttve Heall, of Texas,
this evening. "If he makes tho righi
sort of speech at that Now York ro
ception, and 1 am confident ho will,
he will not only be nominated, but
elected."
"There is>no reason to doubt Mr.
Bryan's demooraoy," said Senator
Blackburn, of Kentucky. "There
ueed bo no fear that ho will not risc
equal to the occasion. We who have
>iiv,av? supported him know that Mr
Bryan ls not extremely radical. Ile
ls a demoorat, and democracy, ls
uealthy conservatism."
"1 am glad to see that Mr. Bryan
has started oil right." said Ju:lge
Daniel Smith, of Kentucky. "What
he says in his Bjrhn interview is all
right. 1) inocraoy ls not socialism
and 8(Clalism ls not democracy."
"Bryan ls all right. There ls no
man In the United States I would
rather see prchirient than ho, for 1
know he is all right," said Senator
Tillman. "The so called conservative
democrats of thc o mntry know they
can have every coutioenoe In him. 1
ought to know lt, for, you see, 1 am
sometimes pictured ss a conservative
myself."
"What Mr B -yan.ls uuotod as hav
ing taid in Berlin ?3 all right," sahl
Henry D, Clayton, representative from
Alabama, and member of the demo
cratic national committee. "Toe
democrats of the South aro not social
ists and never will consent to giving
.die party over to socialism. The
oemocra.K behove in applying old
fashioned remedies io political ccndl
Lil ns, not In mooing after every now
ism in the hope of Iii.ding In lt a po
lltleal if sue. Tho ch mccrats of th<
* ui hem Matts will b glad lo tee M-.
Bryan nominati d, bmiving as they
o mat be ls a safe but fearless d mn
cri ."
"1 ; m delig ilf.d at M r, B;yanS
rniK I w ut en ncc uga rs . horlaiLm."
aid Representative W. bb, of North
Carolina, ' His Interview bxs the
right ring to ii. N irth Carolina can
be counted a B-< an st au., o
Vv ho CJoi 1 V
Ex-Constable M N. Bahr of
Charleston and Chairman J. M
Ri* lnsuii of the present board of
ola pensary directors were on the
Stand h f ore t?:e ohiponsary Invesilgat
log committee Wednesday. Bahr
tesLitled to Hieing a big roll of bli/
hills, aggregating prohab y >2,000
tossed on a table at a Columbia hotel
on one occasion by a whiskey drum
mer for members of the board of con
trol present, but says he did not stay
long enough to soe who got the
money. Ile said L J. Wilhams.
Dudley Ilasolrien, Curls It ibtnson and
probably M. R. Cooper of the pur
chashh.g board then in lillee were
present. He also testified to being
In a bar In Augusta when a whiskey
drummer throw down a big roll, with
if>00 to $700 In lt, in front of Chair
man H. H. Evans, Chris Robinson
und L. J, Williams, saying thero was
no uso to KO home, but to stay and
enjoy i-he carnival going on in Augusta
it the time, that there was plenty of
money to give them all a g? od time.
But ho could not give the namo of
the (hummer, and did not remember
who piokud up the roll.
I'il.ftrolKiro.
lUlghteon million feet of natural
! was aro being consumed each day by
. lire at tho little town of Burnt House
in nitchie County, W. Va. Tho
. Hames are rising noo feet in the air
, and the great fountain of fire at
L night lights the surrounding country.
. The lire ls watched by tlioinands
f The weil Was drilled lu last Friday
and tho tremendous pressure made lt
3 Impossible to cap the hole. Saturday
afternoon workmen were endeavoring
> to stop tlie How when thoy saw a
j thunderstorm approaching. Hardly
, had they q lit when a Hash of light
ning ignited tho gas.
Not a Moral Revolution But a
Tremendous Disclosure
OP TERRIBLE FACTS
Hie Caused the People to See the
Rascalities of the Trusts aud the
Republican Party as Pointed
Out by Bryan Tea Year?
Ago.
The Wall Street Journal says:
"A tremendous moral revolution ls
taking place. Many praotlocB whloh ton
years ago, ilvo years ago, one year ago,
and even six monttiB ago, wore in fa
vor, public opinion havlrg no condem
nation for them, are now held to be
odious and even orimlnal. This ls,
perhaps, thc most notable development
of the day, namely, the creation of a
higher standard for the conduct of
American business."
In reply to the above The Common
er says:
Ten years ago! That wai 100 years
after the American fathers agreed
upon that great constitution which
they declared was ordained to "estab
lish Justice, insure domcBtio tranquili
ty, provide for the common defense,
promote tho general welfare, and se
curo the blessings of liberty to our
selves and our posterity."
Ten vears a?( 1 That was 120 years
after the signing ot the Declaration
of Independence.
Ten years ago! That was nearly 2,
000 years after Christ walked tho earth
and taught those moral principles
whloh, in other lands than our, are
presumed to rule in the hearts of men?
Yet we learn from tho Wall Street
Journal that ten years ago tho Amer
lean people had not progressed far
enough to know that it was wrong to
steal and wloked to kill.
Ten years agc! That was In 1896
The Wall Street J urnal's "tremen
dous moral revolution" notwlthstand
mg, there must have been-aveu in
1890- some Rreat moral principles at
work lu the bcaits of many Amcrl
cans.
It was lu 1800 that lt was charged
by tho repiesentatlvos of tho great
democratic party In convention assem
bled in the city of Chicago that se il sh
interests were at work in tho alf dre
of our government, and that the pur
poso of these selfish interests was to
exploit this great nation for tho bene
fit ot a coterie of men and at the ex
pense of the masses of the people.
Then it was asserted that a tar.ff sys
tem which breeds truBta and monopo
lies is dishonest. Then it was said
han an income tax whereby m?n pay
for this support of a common govern
ment in proportion to the benefits
they receive is in lino with justice
Thou lt was dal med that thc burdens
of taxation should be equally and lm
partially laid; that differences bet weet,
wage payers and wage earners should
be Bottled by tho peaceful method ( f
arbitration; that railroads and other
great corporations should bo required
to do Justice to tho people by whose
law they wore created; that publioof
ficers should be economical in hand
Ung the money; that courts ?boule
not use arbitrary autharlty for thc op
pression of the weak and the helpless;
that govornmcnt should be adminis
tered for the greatest good to the
greatest number.
Yet we are told by the Wall Street
.J urual-and this is but a fair sample
of what we read In many republican
newspaper today-that in 1890 tin
American people (iii not have tin
-.ame conscience willoh prompts them
to elene unce the inf mles that luvo
boen recently exposed.
There lias been no moral revolution
In tile sense meant ny the Wall Stree)
Journal. Tnere have b on expusu e
and tue very large number of people
vt:o wi re misled by republican nowspa
pars a< d n.puUllo>n leaders now know
nat th? cha?gos made by the elem*
crain in 1890 *ere t: ut ; that the sp. c
ul InUrenos were ?ventilen pro.>in>
upon bili pee p e and slt.ee then hav.
taken advantage of their great victory
in i iou. year lo impisa upon tho pe >
pie-as though republican victory
meant license for these men to do theil
worst.
lt ls absurd for publications like
tiie Wall Street Journal to talk about
"'the creable n o' a higher standard for
tile conduct of American business" or
that the tilings whloh we now bold to
be "odious and oven orimlnal" were a
few years ago ready in puhlio favor.
Long bofore ttie editor of thc Wall
Street Join nal was born men knew
t??at theft was theft. While the men
of our earlier days Lad their faults, it
ia safe to say that they would not have
tolerated one-one-hundredth of the
impositions to whloh tho men of today
have submit,ti ed.
If one tenth of the facts revealed
during the past six months iiad been
known to thc American people in 1890
tho republican party would have gone
down to an lg norn I nous defeat.
Did tho republican party win h?
oiuse tho peopl wcro without moral t
Did tiie republican party wJ.. beoausft
tiie people wore indifferent to the
.schemes of trust magnatesV No. Tiieso
men who are now exposed as common
rogues posed then as defenders of na
tlonal honor. And republican editors
tho editor of the Wail Htroot Journal
among them stood sponsor for th*
rascals.
When George W. Perkins, Riobard
A. McCurdy, James ll. Hyde oran
oilier Insurance magnate Issued an In
tervicw in behalf of tho ropublloan
tloket, wo were told that that was
the opinion of a successful man wiioso
only concern was that tho "business
interests of thc country bo protected."
When the proprietors of thc packing
houses issued intorvlows In support of
Hie republican tlckot, wc were told
bhftfe Min?? men were "oaptalna of in
dustry" and ontltled to lead good cit
izens.
When Bigelow, the Milwaukee
banker, Mid Andrews, tho Detroit
- - ? - - - 1 ? -- - .- -?
banker, spoke In behalf of the republi
can tloket, they were pointed out as
disinterested patriots who would wil
lingly shed their blood for the public
interests.
Evory speeoh delivered by Obaunoey
M. Dipew, by Joseph it. Burton, or
any of the other republioan senators
or members of congress was pointed
to as tho utterance of a far-seeing
statesman who would aa quiokly
desert hts own party had his own
party attaoked the publlo Interests
as tho demooratto party was theo
charged with doing. And a consider
able number of people really bellevod
that these men were defenders of
national honor. They really believed
that they were men standing for tbe
best course for the whole pooplo.
Several million men went to the polls
and voted tbe republican tloket under
tbo impression that that party was
the "God and morality" orgamz*
tion, rather than the party of peoula
t'on and plunder-as they now know
io to be.
Does any ono believe that the
things complained of In the Depews
and tho Burtons would not have been
coode m nod by Americans ten,
twont: , fifty, or a hundred years ago?
Would the American people of the
long ago knowingly have given their
approval to conspiracies in re? bra1 nt of
trade, to monopolies In tho neo3s
aries of life? Would Americans of
the long ago have looked with ap
proval upon an Aldrloh did they
know that ho stood in tho sen ato as
the tool of speolal Interests rather
than as tho representative of tho peo
ple? Has there been a period in
American history when men would
not have known that tho embezzle
ment of depositors' money by the
Bigolows and the Andrews was
wrong? Das there ever been a time
when Amertoans would not seo the
evil when United States senators ac
cented from private interests fees for
their services lu public affairs? Dur
ing what particular period did Ameri
cans so far forget the simple rules of
common honesty that they would
have failed to rccrgnizo as stea'in?
the appropriation of policyholders
monoy for tho U3o and benetit of thc
republican party? During what
period would they fail to detect in
iquity in the bribes given by coa
b irons to railroad employes and o lil
dals in order that the coal trusi
might socuro undue advantages)
When did they over look upon re
bates as anything but unfair and dis
honest both to the railroad stock
holder and to tho general publlo",
Would the sight of a Rockefelle:
dodging i.Moors ot tho law inspin
greater admiration among the Amor!
oms of the long ago than it doe
among the Americans of today? Ari
the Amerloans ot today so muol
brighter than their predecessors tha
they can more quiokly dectet worm
in the action of Walsh, who, as owne
of the Chicago Cl iron lol o advocate!
bbc eleottci? >.m ..--i/U' . .ta ntftu::
pretending his ch', rts to bo In defens
of national honor when, as we havi
reason to believe, they were in orde
that he might bo oetter able ti
feather his own nest by tho violatloi
of the laws of tue land and the rule
of common honesty? There has neve
been a time when men did not knov
that wife abandonment, as indulgei
lu by thc head pf the steel trust am
other "defenders of national honor1
ls not "odious and orlminal." Ther
has never boon a time in tho histor
of the Amerloan government who
men would not have known that lt i
a crime to deal out embalmed beef t
tho sold ors and thc sailors, and
crimp to feed tho mon, women an
children of this land upon dlsoase
meat. Would the men of the lou
ago have looked more lightly upon th
Immunity bath to which our tri?
nagua'es are trrated than do tb
people of the presen ?
Don'? be deceived, Mr. IC li tor (
the Wall Str. ot Journal. Tnere lu
oeen no "tremendous moral revolt
oh n" as you employ the term. T.iei
.ave been tremendous disclotures i
terrible facts. The hearts of tr
people are right today as they wei
right In 1890. They were fooled the
as they wore fooled before and i
?ay have been fooled since, lb
-nee let Hie nal awakening corni; li
them know that they are called upi
to take their siand on toe side
orutn or on falsehood's bide, and
ill ho very nadily s.:en that by i
./VT whelming majo hy tin y svill lal
.noir stand io noe witn those goi
old ir Oral principles whlou they lear
ad at tnt mother's lc.eu.
If tho newspapers would ody t
thc people thc truth with ro?poot
diese publlO que . Lion.; the p-ipid
verdict would be more nearly corm
E/en now there aro many honest I
publicans who really lmaglnr that t
foreigner pays thc tax, and beean
uf that false notion toey are huldi
up the hands of the "standpatter!
When the rank and tile of the r^pi
Hean party learn the truth with
spect to a republican barlil they vi
uold that policy to bo "odious a
even criminal."
Let the Wall Street Journal un'
eel ve itself. Thc praotloes whioh I
people vigorously condemn today tl
would have condemned in 18U? 1
they not beon systematically
oeived.
Formata lorSiioooNt.
Thc formula for success in
which tho late Baron Alphonse lt
child laid down for tho young ri
of France and distributed by me
of printed cards was: Shun llqi
Dare to go forward. Never be
couraged. Bo polito to ovcrybt
Employ your time woll. Nover
business lies, fay your dobbs pron
ly. Be prompt in everything. I
all troubles patiently. Do
reckon upon ohanoes. Mako no
1CSS acquaintances. Bo bravo in
sbrugglo of Ufo. Maintain your in
ri ty as a sacred thing. Nevtr
pear to bo something more than
aro. Take timo to consider, then
olde positively. Carefully oxar
every dotail of your business.
i Killed in Auto.
j Mrs. C. II, Patterson, wife of
president of the Bankers Trust <
pany of Kansas City, was insta
killed Friday night, when the 1
automobile In whioh sho was ri
with her husband, daughtor and
drlvor, L. A. Phillips, collided
two trolloy cars at Fifth and II
son streots,
Fine Basff P?shing In the Street
a City.
CHOKP WITH PISH,
---ry^Ttr
ia Some
And Waler Would Not Come Out of the
Hydrant8,?CiU8lnK a Water Famine
I Section? of the
tintat City of New
York.
The Newark American says that
a hundred stripped bass carno out of
a hydrant rat One Hundred and
Eighteenth' jltreet and Manhattan
avenue W^jlnesday. Seventy-five |
more flowed ? Into tho streot from
another hydrant a blook further
north. Tho. visitation caused groat
juvenile excitement In tho nelghbor
Uood. Children swarmed about the
streams In tho gutters and thrust In
Sunday alerVes to the elbow to oap*
ture the tinny lnvadors.
Protesta t?' the Water Department
from residents of the apartment
houses in jthe neighborhood, who
could got no,water above first floors,
was direotly\ responsible for the fish
show. For two wooks the wator sup
ply in tho dfstrlot had b?en vacillat
ing and eccentric. O-i some days the
answer to an opened fauoet would be
an anaemio dribble which would not
fill a basin in an eigbt hour day, nor
a bath tub In a life time. Again an
impetuous ohooolate-colored flood
would burst forth, whioh would have
been scorne<\ as unsanitary even in a
paoklng bouse.
Wednesday brought a climax of
poor service and there was no water
at all. John Willa, janitor of the
Harold, an apartment house at No.
439 Manhattan avenue, telephoned
tho Water Dopartment for relief.
When thq hydrants were opened,
striped bass shot gally through their
Iron mouths, with astonishl- g rapidi
ty. Ia a o uv minutes, almost two
hundred active able bodied tish were
endeavoring to adjust themselves to
life in a grfat oity. It furn s red joy
ous diversion for the children. For
decks around they wore infected
with the excitement and Hocked about
tho muddy i treams. When the last
tish was oap tired there was not a dry
shirtwaist h the crowd.
Several B imatcd disputes amoru?
?..Ho fthilrt*"-" ' v ?v?<' ?" *
size < UL. e?y they had captured
marroo some what the pleasures ot the
day. A dlrtiy piece of a tape measure
was brought in as arbiter. Some of
the baos actually measured nine
InoheB from stem to stern and weigh
ed a pound and a half.
Tho moBt aggressive boy in the
gathering, however, suocessiull)
maintained that be bad captured a
tish eighteen indies in length, whioh
weighed four pounds, lt was bein?
propared at homo for dinner, he said
No ono disputed the statement, hut
after his departure some of tho young
skeptics measured the hydrant open
ing and whispored doubts.
Wolle striped bass were predomin
ant in the wondrous visitation, the
monoiomy waa relived by a few
pickerel, perch, Btiokers and eels.
Water famine was only partially ro
ileved. Some of tho experts fr m the
Water Dopailment Bald that some of
the tl h had been forced up into the
pipes leading from the mains to the
'louses and had completely ohoked
ohem up.
Urownuu in iou Hurt?
A telegram from Charleston Thurs
day announoed the drowning on Sul
livan's Island of Mr. U. L. Hives, a
well-known book mm and Hie author
of a number of articles on pedagogy,
Mr Hayes according to tho telegram,
was in bathing with Mr. W. K. Tate,
ohe principal o' tue Mjmmlnger Nor
mal scuool of Charleston, and a Hum
our of o hers aucl v.;> , oaugnt In the
undertow ano swept out in tue ocean.
Although a numbor of those in tue
water at tho tims attempted to res
cue Mr. Hayes their til-rts were In
vain, and Mr. Tate, who went out af
bir the drowning man was himse lf
nearly drowned, Mr. Hayes was the
general manager of the Webbs anti
Ware drawing books ooncern of Nash
ville, Tenn., and has taken an aotlva
part in educational t. II ?irs in that
State, being at ono time mentioned
for State superintendent of educa
tion.
Klootlon lin-j-Al,
.J migo Hydrlok Wednesday an
nounced his dentition in the Laurens
dispensary cleotion cane. The decree
reverses tho tinding of tho state
I hoard of canvassers and sides witn the
laurens ouuuty board of canvassers,
who declared tho election void on ac
count of irregularities. The returns
showed that tho dispensary had boen
voted out of Laurens last January bv
a small majority. Judge Hydriok's
decision has the efTeot of keeping the
dispensarlos opon. Whether the anti
dispensary people will appeal ls not
known, lt ls thought that they will.
Toe Laurens dispensaries havo never
boon closod, the stato board's reversal
of thu county board's Unding having
heon held up by tho writ of certorarl
granted by Judgo Hydrlok.
IMnyod in IJIOU'M (??KO.
A seusatlonal performance has
taken place at tho Stoke Hippodrome,
where, two local billiard players arrang
ed to play a matoh of twenty llvo up
in the conter of a Hons' oage, says
The London Mall. The lions, which
woro undor control of a lady trainor,
sat around tho cage on podestals.
Shortly after tho game had begun
ono of tho animals gave a loud roar,
whioh so frightened ono of the play
ers that ho drop his cue. As the
game proceeded tho Hons grew excit
ed at presonoo of tho strangers, and
datlhuii around imo U?K?J hi au air?;'.",
lng manner. Tao matoh lasted "omi
ten minutes, and tho playors wert
loudly oheered as they left tho oago.
WILL NOT APPEAR
BHFOUU THU 1)1 UM INS VU V IN
VESTIGATING CO?iMirTKK.
But Will Stand Trial In the Court of
General Sessions if
Necessary.
The members of the former State
board of directors of the dispensary
bave not appeared befure tho investi
gating oommitteo lu answer to the
invitation of tbe committee. Mr. L.
W. Boykln was presont Wednesday
but did not go on tbe stand. Col
Jno. Bell Towill was present tbe day
that Mr. C. C. Davis of Newberry
testified to the matters which have
excited so much oomment. Mr. II.
H. Evans has taken apparently little
interest In tho investigation, as he
has not been in Columbia reoently.
Nu return was mado by him Wednes
day through his attorneys.
At tho meeting of the committee
Wednesday afternoon, Mr. lt. H
Welsh of the law firm of Belllngor &
Welsh appeared and presented a re
turn for Mr. Boyklu and a separate
return for Mr. Towlll. The two are
identified In language, but aro not
signed Jointly. Following ls a oopy
of ono of tho returns:
Columbia, S. C., Juna 13, 1006.
Hon. J. T. Hay, ohalrmau, and other
mombors of t>.e committee appoint
ed to investigate the affairs of the
State dispensary.
Gentlemen: In response to your
Invitation, if I so ohose, to appear be
fore your oommitteo today for the
purpose of making any statement that
I desire to make concerning my for
mer connection with tho State dis
pensary I beg to say that I profor
that your investigation should pro
c. 'od uninfluenced by any statement
that 1 might make. -Tho more
thorough aud scarohlng tho investiga
tlon ls made, the more oortam will
the correctness of my conduct bo de
monstrated. 1 am not only anxious
to see tho invastigatlou proceed io
the most rigid manner but I should
bo muoh disappointed if lt did not do
so. Iudced, numillatlng as it ir lgln
be. I ohallengo the olosest sorutiu}
of my e induct before any tribunal bc
fore whloh lt oan ba made.
1 have uo fear that thoso who know
me will believe that I have dono any
thing that has been either illegal or
Immoral. Instances in which honora
ble men might differ with me in judg
mont may, and perhaps will bo ois
oovercd. Wrong cannot be, for lt
does not exitst. Wuile 1 have keenly
felt tho injustice and the cruelty of
some of the suggestions whloh have
boen made In relation to my formet
conneotion with tho dispensary. 1
am oontldent that when the sorutiny
uas beon made complete that even ,
uLivAju nuym^Mu? kO?W ma will rasca .
a like conclusion with those wno do. |
Ata future day and when lt eau ?
have no intluenoe upon the action ol ,
your oomanttee it is my purpose to
send jou a written statement oover ?
tug the matters that I deem of cm ,
cjuqucnoo, whlon I snail ask you to re
gard as part of this communication ,
and which I shall ask you tu lite as a
part of your report. ,
Very respectfully, ,
L. W. BOY KIN.
After presenting thu comiuu.noa
bluo, Mr. Welsh asKcd the committee i
uot to acjjurn slue die um,n bhe.ie ,
gentlemen named could have au op
portuuiiy tu prepare a defense. Ab ,
for himself, he would haye a great
deal to do on account of tue Illness of ,
Mr. Bellinger, but ho made tlsils ap
peal to tho committee in good faith
not io adjourn until his clients could
at*ve a huariug.
S?IIIO O?d Til o lt.
Tho Boston Transcript admits that
Mr. ii.}.ut woutu run a hu.le. but
.?cd' x'nat ne would he defeatou,
However, ls higniy probable, almost
oeyond tue possibility of a douot; not
that lt would be easy to defeat him,
out beoause Lue business Interests of
tue country would lind lt absolutely
necessary to clo so." To willoh the
Coiumoia State sa>s: ''ludeeol And
what are tnese 'business iuteicstaV
Tuc corporations, we prcaiime. If
there noa ocOn any do..in, as to the
oeOetthiLy of passing tao hill prohibit
ing campaign oontriouLiuns oy tue
corporation? suca talk as this from
uiiti Transcript saouid omni these
doubts aside. Arc tue 'business in
terests' to bc permitted to repeat thc
p.-riormaiice of 18011 and overthrow
tue will of the peuple by tho free and
unlined ttd use of mone> V That seems
to bu what The Transcript expects."
Wilt? lb Ahti UfMiiliiii-/>;o? 7
H. M. Mobloy, Clerk State Board
Direotors, made allldavlt before a
notary public "that ho uas examined
tile records of the State dispensary
i rom 1803 to the present daLe and
that tho records do not show any pur
cnases whatever from a whiskey houao
ny tuc name of Calm, Bjlt it Co.,
represented by ono Abc Hamocrgor
of Haltlmoro, Maryland, as tcstiiieo
toby Mr. Bristow of Greenville, S. C.
before the legislative investigating
committoo of this State."
Tl-IIHtM tito IrtHltC.
William Jennings Bryan was seen
by a reporter in Berlin, Germany, and
asked about thu polltloal slLuallon in
tue United States. Mr. Bryan ex
pressed thc opinion that the next elec
tion In thu states would turn on tue
question of the trusts. Tho silver
inane ho said waa a "dead horse".
Heing asked about tho prospect! of
a passage of reciprocity treaties Mr.
Hryau bald that he was lu favor of a
general reduction ot nutics, in which
caso reciprocal treaties with forcigu
countries would he superfluous,
Deadly MleotriOlty.
Eleotrlo light wires arc dangerous
and tho greatest oaro should bo exer
cised in their erection to see that tuey
ar) well put up. Over in Augusta,
Ga., one night last week Mr. J. E.
Carlton, a young man, stumbled Into
two oleotrio wires on tho corner of
i uno rv alley and Gardnor avenue. Ills
cries for assistance attracted tho at
lem inn of thoso who lived near hy,
out all clforts to resuscitate him wheo
reaoued wuio in valu. Tit? wires were
1 linatly out and pushed out from under
> his body and it was removed to a near
by house where he died,
MORE MOTS
AND BLOODSHED IN Till! CZHl'ti
DOMINIONS.
A Jo-wish Anarchist Paid to Have
Caused the Trouble by a
Bomb.
A dispatch (rom Bialystok, Russia,
says a Jewish an ar eli 1st threw a bomb
arnon? the Corpus Christi procession
whioh was in progress there on Thurs
day and killed or wounded many per
sons. In consequence the Christians
attacked and massaored the Jews and
demolished their shops. Hundreds o?
persons were killed or wounded. The
bomb was thrown from the balcony cf
a house in Alezandrov street. A Pruo
sion olergyman named Fedetoff was
among those killed by the explosion.
Immediately after the explosion
Jows began to Ure wi th. revolvers from
the windows ot the homo Into the
orowd. Soldiers surrounded the house
and fired two volleys into the windows.
Meanwhile tho enraged Christians at
tacked the Jewish stores in Alezan
drov and Sura/. Btreets, demolishing
tho tlxtures and windows and throw
lng the goods into the gutters and
beating and murdering the Jews. A
orowd of Jows fled to tho railroad sta
tion, pursued by tho mob, which kill
ed many of them there. Th.ce Jews
were thrown from aeooud story win
dows of tho railroad station building.
The signal for the outbreak, whlou
apparently was deliberately planned,
perhaps a counterstroke for the mur
uer of Chief Police Derkatohoff on
June 10, which was attributed to
.lowish Bundle, ls given as the explo
sion of a bomb during a religious pro
cession. This was followed by revol
ver fusillades in several quarters ot
the olty. Tno polioo are sa'.d not
to have attempted to Interfere in the
early stages of the riot. The Jews,
who number three fourths of the pop
ulatlon of the olty, inbred the best
resiBtanoo possible, mauy of them be
lug armed but were uuable to pre
vent the pillaging of their homes ano
places of business. Finally tho mill,
?ary interfered, but aooordiog to ad
vicos recolved at St. Petersburg,
without being ablo to restore order,
ttalnf moments have boen rushed to
rUaiyaiok, from Grodno.
According to reports received Satur
iay ir.m Bialystok fusillading hat
jontluued througnout tho city all day,
Jews tiring from tno wlodows of their
muses, thc soldiers answering with
volleys, orowds of peasants armea
with clubs and tot thes pillaging ano
oeatlng Jews and oavalry patrols
uuutlug oown pillagers. The city
oas oeeu oordonod in order to preveni
tho ingress of more peasants. Miuy
persons are reported to have beeu
wounded but the number of chad is
said tobo comparatively small. Exact
ii bills of FfiU?y'H dls?Urbauc?S air.
tacking; bat Tuurslay's pillaging 1
ittrioutod largely co peasants frotii
?ne country.
Tue JJWH are Hieing from Blaly
itok io bbc nelgnooring for?ats and
arioos are pursuing tuem. Detach
ments of dragoons nave bjen sent Oui
do protccj tho Jj.vs. JJWS arriving
-..I, Batlyscoit on railway trains hive
oeen dragged out of thc oars ..n
o .toy of them have beon murdered.
Troops uavc otearcd the railway noa
dion Tue heit ?tores in tue olty had
ti?en Baoxed, and many were dead
ind wounded. Figures, however
wore not given, and probably tn.
?au.uaities are not known In Bialy
stok owing to the cjuoiuuauoe of the
disorders.
. A olspatoh from St. Petersburg
says disorders appear to have broken
out at Bialystok Friday afternooi
-vith even greater fury than charac
ter r?3d Thurs lay's riui.s. Nodispi.c ?
es nave been reoelvod dtreet from
Bialystok, wuere t ie telegraph old ;
is olosed, but semi-? tuoiai m- ;?..-.;-,..
from Grodno and Mloak repjrt tio.i
oho exjetses were started again today
by thc throwing of several bombs. Thc
crowds, according to these dispatches,
then opening tire on tue police sta
tion, to -.vidoo the troops rcolicd, and
there was a constant interotiango of
shots betweon Jews In their houses
and soldiers lu Lue streots.
A mob of peasants, armed with clubs,
soy thes, etc, wno had found their
y liuo tue olty Tuursday, .v.vi p*r
tlcipatiug In tho riotiug. A dispatoh
from Mlu.->k Suatos tuao one authorities
had buen fully forewarned of the poa
nullit of troub.c Touraiay, and had
recall?. . a battalion of Infantry and
sevoral squadrons of cavalry from their
summer camp to strengthen the gar
rison, but without overawing the tor
mentors of trouble.
Convicio?! of Aliii-dor.
William Marcus, formerly of the
United States artillery, was tried at
Charleston Wednesday on tho charge
of murder, having killed his wife, on
the front beach of Sullivan's Island,
April 14, last. Tue woman, who was
uolversalty well regarded, was horrib
ly mutilated with an loo pick with
which the killing was dono. As was
expected, the attorney for tho de
fense, L. G. Ful/, who was appointed
by the court, sot up the plea of In
sanity and inado a hard tight for tho
life of his client, while Solloltor Jer
vcy was assisted lu the prosecution by
Oouavus Cohen, handled tho oaso woll
for the state. A verdiot of guilty
was found after a deliberation of
threo hours. Marcus was sontenoed
by Judge Aldrich to bo hung on
August 3. He rtolvad his sentenot:
wltnout any marked emotion or state
mont. This will bo tho tirst hanging
of a white ma i In Charleston oountj
In many yoars.
lirymi the Al An.
A staff correspondent of the lt oh
mond ICvonlng Journal interviewe!
Domooratlo Nattoi.ai Commlttemai
Norman IO. Mack, In Buffalo, N Y.
on tho domooratlo outlook. Mr. MAOI
?aid: "'lhere has been no time sine
the result of the 1004 eleotlon was an
nounced that I havo not believed tha
William Jennings Bryan would cou
tlnuo to bu tho leador of tho domoorat
io party in the nation and there hi
been no time tu that period but wha
I have behoved that Bryan would b
renominated for tue presideuoy by ac
Iolatn&tloa in the nssti de^oo'???!??T
volition," Ile also says tue t? JUL
will name the candidate tor Viet
i Presiden (.
NINE KILLED
Aud Porty Injured by Explosion
on Board a Ship.
VERY MYSTERIOUS.
The Steamship Had Just Arrived at Liv
erpool from Philadelphia. The
Cause of the Explosion is Un
known but Attributed to
Escaping papina.
At Liverpool, Ejglaud, nine tuen
wore Instantly killed and about 40
were woundod as the result of a terri?
flo explosion Wednesday on tba
british steamer Haverford of the Ia*
LOI national Navigation company. x
Tue vessel, which ls commanded by
(Japt. Neilson, arrived tuoro from
Philadelpnla. The explosion blew oft
the batohej, rent the deoks and burl*
ed dead and wounded men In adi
directions. Several bodies were dis
membered and the deck resembled
the floor of a charnel house. Tba
victims were mostly stevedores. The
explosion, whlou waa heard for many
mues, was followed by the outbreak
of Are. Toe cargo, consisting of lin
seed oil cake, was soon blazing fierce
ly. Fireman and police hurried to
cue spot and the injured were taken
to a uoitf hborlag hospital, while the
work of searching for furtuer possible
casualties proceeded with vigor In
spite of tue Uerconosi of the dre,
wnion Boon assumod alarming propor
tions. After two hours hard fight,
nowever, toe firemen ootalned mast
ery of the flames.
A rumor tnat the explosion waa
due to an infernal machine arose from
ono Anding of a wooden box a foot
square iu one of the holds. Thia box,
waloo was only partly suattored, still
oju?.aiubd piece* of btaal maoaluory.
lu waa prominently marked "for Man
onester, Euglaad."
Pne odioiuls of the International
Navigation company have taken
ouarge of the box, but they do nob
attaca importance to the cneory of
ioui play aud nay tnat the presenoa of
I tue nox in tue uold was a mare ao*
oldent. Tja otflsiais say onay believe
uno explodion waa dus co ignition of
gas tfivdu uti by naptaa soap, wnlon
iormed parc of cha oargo
snoots Two m.
At Wadiey, Ga , Will Smith, an
escaped negro oouvlot, early Tnursday
?.lot and allied M. vrsnal Marris of
.vlidvnle, ant uajruaily wounded J. J.
Pjpe, a weil known planter, living
auar tnere. Tue negro wno was nerv
ing a twenty year souteue*, nad ea
japed from tue oampi. M. . Pjpe dla
0 vcroa tnat tuc negro nad taken re
fuge at ula former nome and waa be*
. g proucea ny un* wife. Sumnaon
1 g M.>ibii4i M or cm tne two approaoh
)j tue caolu aud were met wita a
vodey of u.ioiKi wnion o n anuo! uatll
I .ne marouai was dylug on tue ground
aud Mr. Pope lay mortally wounded,
?mien tuca o.>..oe from tue oaoin, ex
x .a..od ms wou.d os captors and dis
4pp aral lutj tue ddnia woods. Muon
uxci turnout ioiio<ved aud a posse ?rae
...iino.i immediately at Wadiey, which
ij now in purdulu o? tne desperate ne
gro. _ _
I' x pl ra nt? ltuoir.
Thursday morning Commissioner
Patum rcoclvod tue following letter
.iom CA.ui, Bat & Jo., a oopy of
nie i ne uunt LO Mid c in n itt ec with
.? rt q.i.-sii tnat lb bj ma JO a part of
une i?o r i of tno iu?eSuigatlon:
. Mr. W. O Tatum, Commissioner,
?J?atc Diopeut>ary, o'olumoia, S. O.
.Dear Sir: Wa acknowledge re
o^lptof your favor ot toe 9uu Inst.
B-jplying tnereto, we have never a ld
ene Soui,n Carolina dispensary any
goods nor have we ever Dean repre
sented bdiore cacm by Mr. Ano Ham*
ourger, or sonoited any orders from
"norn througn mm, nor paid any
a ouey to an,one for scouring bual
noaa from tne Sou ta Caroona dlspen
.ary.
"Yours very truly,
Oanu, B j.t & Oa."
l<Vo*k ol IiiK'-tliiK.
An cxtrajrdiuary ngatning freak ia
j reported from Bjulay, Franoa, dur
ing a thunderstorm. A man named
Doyen, wno was hoeing potatoes'
was killed by ligntnlng, hts olotnes
b?'ing torn to rags. Ula wife and the
two mon who were near bad their
olotnlng torn, but escapad uninjured,
cxotipt for t.io faoo tnat by some un
acojuutaole freak the ligntnlng paint
ed their tacos a bngnt red and their
ups niaok. In tue little vlkliage of
I Orontes, 27 houses were stripped of
tueir roots. At Frels Marais the
lightning tnrow a motor-oar aoross the
road the two passengers escaping un*
Injured. In the Vosges a number of
people were killed and a village was
I set on fire.
Burned bjr Unsollne.
At Atlanta, Ga., an oxploalon ot
gasoline in a dye house on North
Pryor street Tnursday evening, rt*
I ?ulled lu tho severo burning of the
1 proprietor, W. J. Stoddard, about the
> faoo, neox and arms. Wnen entering
> tue place tu Ague the Are, Anslstant
. Oulef Prossiey was seriously Injured
(I oy a second explosion, wnion uoorohed
' I tue upper part of nls body. It la fear
ed that ho tousled tne llamas and hat
Hultorod dangerous injuries. Both
men were taken to tile Grady bospi
1 tal. Saveral other firemen were
burned aa they followed Onlof Prees
I loy into the ouildliw._
? I i...mi m ??,.,*?.
o The soho jner Thomas S. Dennison,
. Captain Wade, arrived ab Port Tam
t pa late Tnursday afternoon, having
- on board A, Pniunoy, master and
solo survivor of tne orew of tue
s turee masted scnooner Emmi L.
II Cottingnam, of New Bedford, Mass.,
0 j wnlon sauk last Sunday morning, 185
1 innes wosb-aoutn-west of Egmont
i? I K.w. F.orid*.. wmlA 00,-,-*ld ??C5? Mc
bl one to KuigntB Bay, Fia. Six men
j I composing tue orew of th? OotUng
j nam were lott,