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The moerat "DO TE, OBBAT LIBBttTY, IKPIBX OO? ?00X8 AHO 1UKD O?B LIVES IN TUT POSSESSION HAPPY OB OOB DEATHS 0XOUIOD8 IN THY 0AD8I1." y?L.^xi. BENN?JTT8VILLB, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1006. NO. 37. ANSEL LEADS In the Race for Governor by Hood Vole. MANNING IS SI COND. And Tbey WU! Run Over ?a Second Primary, So Will Lyon and Rags? did , and Sullivan and Wharton. All Others Elected. As a result of tbo primary eh ot lou In South Oarollna the following are the nominees of the Demooratio part,v: For United States Senator-B lt Tillman. For Governor-M F. Ansel or R I. Manning, who enter a second prl mary. For Lieutenant Governor-Thomas WJ MoLeod. \ For Seorotary of State-R M. Mo 1 Gown. For Comptroller Genoral-A. W. Jones. For State Treasurer-R. H. Jonn Ings. For Adjutant and Inspecter General -J. O. Boyd. For Stat?, Superintendent of E lu oatlon-O. B. Martn. For Attorney G moral- J. Eraser Lyon or Jas. W Ragsdale, who make the second race. For RUlropd Cemmlsslouer-J. M Sullivan or John H. Wharton, "who must enter a ste- nd prlnAg.ry. For Congress- F rafc'diHt.riot, Georg*' S. Legare; 2 ? district , j O. Patterson .3d^d.strict, D wtf.,tj Alk,,n. 4 h dis Vrict^3^)S^ii'??,.,T^hu8 n; 5 ndlstrio*. D. E Finley; 0 h dis>rlob, J E E lerne; 7th district, A.. Frank Liv? The Ugures show that there will tu threo Becor draoes. Messrs. Ansel ann banning must enter a second priman for ?the G..>e?norFhlp. Mr Lyon a?;d Mr. Rtigfiioale must.mske a 8000110' race for the A icroey Generalship and lt will take a second piima-y tc show whether Mr. S.dltvau or Mr V'barton shall be nominated at- ll .11 road Commissioner The contest foi lt.-broad Corr miss ioner Isrxceedlngly oloso. Mr. Whar M?WU ?ad.Mr. Sullivan ran olote in the . drst primary. For Comptroller General, M..-. Jone? has secured the renomination, ha vim 6,689 votes more than his competitor, Mr. Walker. Mr. McCpwn was nominated for Seoretary of State by a largo ma jority. Mr. Boyd has rectved 34,001 mort , !vot^tihan.Mr...,na$keU?,..,AOd..he.. wil_ ' bo tho next Ar jutant and Insp CEOJ General of the Seato. Senator Tillman rau 13 010 vote? behind the State ticket. He rtcetv ed 82,401 votes, while the total vote cast will aggregate abc ut 90 (?97 This "tcratol lng" rf Serator Tiamat by the voters ls noticeable in over} county of the State, though in semi lt is much more marked il an it otheis. The following is the total v -tc re ceived by etoh candidate for Stall till eera: Fou GovKUNoit M. F. Ansel.39,131 Cole L. Blesse. 16 072 J. E. B'unson.10 4<i0 W. A. Edwards.6t>6 A. C. J mes. .. H'.it R. . I. Manning.23,208 J. J. McMahan.2,222 John T. Sloan .3,370 FOU A TTOKNl? Y G KN Kit A I. J. Fraser L?on.45,20P Jas. W. Ragsdale. 28 4M L. F. Youmanu. 2.'l,0i(? Fou PKCKKTAKY OF STATIC R. M. MeCown.62 8!7 J. B. Morrison.10,0H Ju. M. Raisin.13,60t, Til. P. Trtbb.'e.7.(?7t> FOB COMPTKOLLKIt C ION ICU A ti A. W. Jones .61 033 G. L, Walker.15 444 FOB ADJUTANT AND INSPKCTOH G'KN KHAL J. C. Boyd. Of),220 L. W. Haskell.31.226 FOB BAU.HOAD COM MISSION ICU Jameb Caushn.L-2 333 John C. Sell?is.8 67o J. M. Sullivan.24,020 J. A. Summersett.16 75J(. John H. W bardon.24 ?tiit Had AVato cf 1 win t moora. Tho war department has beare nothing further concerning Lieut John S. H(.mllten of tho 12,h Infan try since bis dlsappoararco som' weeks ago from Foit J?.y, Now York where he W8S stationed. Fears an entertained by his friend? that ho li mentally r looted and that some hara has come to him. Ills bruther, for merly a lieutenant In tho army, I now a patient at tho government hov pital for the insane hero, whoro hi was Bent following a faeries of wlh escapades In the Philippines. Th? two cUlcers were twin brothers anc obtained con missions in tho arm} about tho et.mo time. They gav> promise of being bright and capabi officers and of having most croditab) oareors. ~ t<'aiai I'lKtu, John Nowsome, who was she through tho brest Monday afternooi In a fight In front of the Souther, hotel in Macon, Ga., died Thu rad a: morning, and Joe Curtis, tho part allogcd to have used the pistol, ls dy lng in tho city hospital. Curtis wa taken from thc operating table short ly after noon. Three-fourths of hi skull has been removed and attendis physicians say there ls no ohanoe fo his itoovory. Tho four womel arrested for participation In thc Ugh have been released. lillico Prisoner, At Atlanta a light within the wal of the United States prison Wednci day Edward Richmond, sorvlng a te years sentenco for train robbery w? shot and Instantly killed by Guar Ff ?jr, whomRlobmond had attacker Vote for Ansel. DlcttHO. Abbeville. 007 608 Aiken... 817 1,173 Anderson.3.367 032 Hamberg. 320 142 Barnwell. soi 210 Beaufort.347 io Berkeley. 200 383 Charleston.1.024 123 Cherokee.1,021 470 Chester. 735 300 Chesterfield. 300 171 Clarendon. 407 123 Collet on. 730 207 Darlington. 875 252 Dorchester. 488 428 Kdgelicid. 710 208 Fairfield. 401 300 Florence. 570 131 Georgetown.... 408 30 Greenville.3,372 704 Greenwood. 003 311 Hampton. 050 178 I lorry. 258 577 Kershaw. 475 320 Lancaster. 031 120 Laurens. 007 1,188 Lee. 303 687 Loxing on. 700 707 Marlon. 807 110 Marlboro. 508 103 Newberry. 813 1,020 Oconee.1,705 303 Orang-burg. 714 424 Flckens.1,870 370 H Ich land.1,020 038 Saluda. 387 800 Spartanburg.. .3,835 020 Sumter. 278 00 Union.1,050 470 Williamsburg.. 550 200 York.1,201 333 DriiiiBoir. 1 100 170 214 203 204 40 lil 20 301 110 602 183 303 248 101 103 130 327 ' 88 37t) 232 8 303 171 458 260 241 204 034 232 127 02 521 480 1113 180 470 320 181 702 108 Totais.30,131 10,072 10,405 KO ll ATTOKNKY CU'.NKKAI,. Rags Lyon. (bile. Abbeville.1,004 850 Aiken.1,300 574 Anderson.3,053 1,225 Bamberg. 3*2 lol Barnwell. 098 211 Beaufort. 310 ll Berkeley. 555 237 Charleston_1,001 206 Cherokee.1,470 410 Chester. 052 6:50 Chesterfield.1,027 003 Clarendon. 507 744 Colinton. 939 661 Darlington.1,007 013 Dorchester. 551 283 ridgefield. 851 3S7 Fairfield. 530 004 Florence. 108 1,128 Georgetown. 420 473 G reen vi He. 2,050 l ,602 ( 1 reen w ood.1,072 643 Hampton. 215 133 Gorry. 7:58 1 ,o:57 Kershaw. 002 023 Lancaster.1,304 859 Laurens.1,003 1,307 Lee. 080 o:50 Lexington.1,135 1,173 Marlon.1,281 1,620 Marlboro. 8oo 010 Ncwbeiry.1,487 570 Oconee.1,107 450 J?jangehurg. 1,234 023 Bickens.1,218 077 Richland. 050 015 Saluda. 702 I 7 Spiiruir.buvg.'.. .3,870 l,7:m Sumter.1,802 534 Union.1,148 803 Williamsburg... 1,077 703 York.1,4 0 713 You mans. 222 1,074 004 1,08(1 302 410 303 221 200 580 30:5 826 210 402 400 '1:53 117 Kit 1,1 (KS 240 1,298 671 300 351 4S:5 31:5 773 328 103 237 804 1,510 (508 1 782 680 1,173 4 430 330 203 085 Totals.45,208 28,433 23,010 KO ll U. H. ?lCNATOIt. Tillman's Vote. Abbeville.1.025 ilktn.2,045 Anderson.1 410 Bamberg.1,034 Barnwell.1,780 Jean fort. 578 Berkeley.1,140 Charleston.2,221 Cherokee.1,805 /hester.1,389 Chestei field.2 uno Clarendon.1 ?508 Col lei on.2,021 Dallington.1,540 Dorchester.1,200 Kdgelicid.1,503 Fairfield.1,010 Fl ?renee .1,443 Georgetown.1,001 Greenville.4,713 Creen wood.1,470 I lampion.J ,499 Dorry.2,102 Kershaw.1,442 Lancaster.2,091 Lau rc i is.2,624 Lee.1,503 Lexington.2,485 Marion .2,334 Marlboro.1 ,083 Newberry .1,771 coonee. .2,308 Orangcburg.2,702 Bickens.2,323 Richland.2,301 Saluda.1.600 S par. an hu vg.5,417 Suinter.1,429 Un on.2,lh3 Williamsburg.2,017 York.2,151 VotQ, for State O thee rs. 2,his 3.108 4,015 1,101 1,949 047 1.210 2,514 2,194 1,080 2,150 1,052 2,321? ' 2,133 1,200 1,735 1,268 1,783 1,040 ! 5,337 I 1.850 1 1,087 ' 2,378 1,710 2,253 2,013 1,001 3,081 3,100 2,012 "2,280 2,408 3,307 2,500 3,260 1,000 0,794 1,803 2,38! 2,2o2 2.701 Total. ,82:401 00,707 Woman m ut* ly Ul*tit, At New York a woman known as Mrs. Annie Moore, aged 60, was '(Hind murdered Thursday in a room it No. 0 Second street. She had nen horribly mutilated. The jugu lar viln was severed, wind pipo al nostout through, breast badly slash sd and body dis? mbowclled. No veapon was found and there wero but ew blood marks around the room, lames Moore, who bad poi-cd as thc ?roman's husband, is held by thc oolloo on suspicion. Moore told ti e ?olice that he and tho wi man had icen living together teven years. The woman, he said, was tho widow of hin irother, who died ten years ago. Killin): lr? Nowhorry. Tile NewbOiry Observer ? %yn\ "Mr Fugene L Laavcll, son of tho late Jal. J no. lt Loavell, and brother ol Mr. Robert Y. Liavell of this city, vas shot and killed in the public rOac ?ear V .ughnsvllle on Tuesday even og abOUt sevjn o'clock hy Mr. P Whit Goodwin.'' Tho killing was th osult of a row over school matters otb the killed Mud tho killer belrit rustecs of tho same sohool. If wbls cey had anything to do with tho trou ile lt was blind tiger whiskey as New .erry has no dispensaries. UrutAlly /VHRRU) tod. A special to Vuldosta, Ga., says: / ) year-old negro girl was brui all; ssaulted hy a negro man thoro Wed osday. The child ls In a dangerou ondltion. The negro populatloi ipenly threatens to lynch tho assail int. The oblef of polloe is exerols mg his authority to protect th prisoner from mob vlolonoe. Governor. 'Mwnrda. Junos. Manning. MoMalmi). Sion?. 3 0 400 21 30 ?8 25 '611 48 04 ll 43 645 67 183 0 24- -315 19 46 4 12 604 22 60 1 13 ?87 7 31 11 14 280 29 43 1 16 702 8 12 12 20 135 45 42 0 10 373 65 17 9 33 1,077 30 70 3 21 877 ll 19 24 13 053 63 110 6 0 097 22 12 2 5 118 ll 24 60 10 471 20 62 2 4 140 258 19 15 9 698 91 32 3 0 544 5 18 4 ll 725 27 74 3 32 224 20 101 0 38 34 112 247 9 18 789 103 313 7 19 035 60 44 ll 24 400 68 74 3 21 380 77 78 1 3 693 7 21 20 32 915 60 22!) 8 20 1,405 00 44 0 38 930- 00 17 0 117 133 45 17 4 ll 180 38 72 7 10 1,045 41 48 4 ll 173 17 80 4 12 512 204 424 109 24 254 30 4!) 22 41 1,008 131 319 2 6. 1,091 15 23 9 31 742 30 69 3 10 652 63 00 4 12 657 92 37 50!) 838 23,208 2 222 3.370 HOW IT STANDS. BOTH JIOUSKSOF THU LIIGQISIJAV TUUIO I?KO.I>I<*I?II;NSAKY. This Is tluimed as a Great Victory For ihe Disp n ary by Its friends. The new state senate will be pro dlspcmary unieBS several of the dis pensary hold eve rs change their seo blmeuts, which ls not likely. In tin last senate there was a majority of ?bree for the dispensary, walch pre vented the Morgan local option bli. ^olng thrush. This time thc majori ty will likely be four to five in favor nf the dispensary. Of the nineteen hold-over senators leven aro antl-dlKpcnsary and twelve dispensary. Tho dispensary there fore needs only uine new Benatora ti ?ive a majority. It has ten certain ,ew ones and will probably win in a majority of tho four contests yet in ?oubt. These new dispensary senators hav? j' en elooted: Mr. Graydon In Abbe /lllr, L&UBy In Chester Held, Grill!.! in ColleLon, Wells reelooiediu Fiorei.ee, .ll candidate* aro prtMtlspcirsary ur Hampton; Knsh&w arid Lee, Weston m lt ohlami. Clifton lu Sumter, I'owuatnd lo Uaion. These eight antfedtt p insary sena cors have been oleo.ci : Sullivan In Anderson, Sinkler lu Charleston, Otts m Cherokee, Harding In Chester, Antl-dispenaary man in Darlington, Willlao.s lu Lancaster, H isa in Wil llamaburg, Dounla'a suoceasor in Ber keley. The contests in doubt are thoso h> Clarendon, Marlboro, Biokens and Sa luda. Tho hold ovar dispensary senators arc JohuHon, from Alker ; Black, from Bamberg: Bates, Lom B ira wei ; B vena, from Dorchester; Johnson, from Fair Held; Walker, from George town; McGowan, from Laurenb; Elird from Lexiugton; Stackh mue, ?ronr M Ar lou; Bloa e, from Newberry; Karie, from Coonee ; Itvysor, iron. Orangeburg. The noid-over antl-dlspennary sena tors are: Tolbert, from 10 getieia; Maul?lo, from Greenviili; Brook?, from G cen wo:.el; Holiday, from llorrj ; Brice, from York; Carlisle from h par tanbury ; Christensen, from Beaufort. llOUSlC OK ltKl'KKSICNTATlVKS. Idough ls known to say lhat the houde will bo pro dispensary as the [scuato ls. Wherever the dispensary, heretofore, had a majority tiiat has j been maintained and it has made hi ! roads in thoso counties which had delegations oppossed, dividing with some and making the full delegation for the dchpansary. Just as au in 'btanof, there la Fairfield. True, that gain is only one, as it ls recalled, but instead of being a divided delegation it is solid now for the dispensary. So two from Lancasior must bo oount j eh ano Union senos a bolld deleg alon. YD. I- bus eleoted only one so far and he is anti-dlsnonsary. Both sidos aie claiming victory in tho second. Tnai county was supposed to bo the strong est sort of aoti-disp'm,ary, but) condi tions there Indicate that tho m noli heralded revolt against the dispon ?nary ls a myth. lu Newberry there 1? ?one dispensary member elooted, thal being a Brice law county. In Plokont the delegation 1H divided, that, also, being a Brice law oouuty. In Ches tcriicid one dispensary candidate goct in there biting a seoond race for otb ers. lt ls reasonably oertain thal Richland, which baa had no ehotlon, will have a mkjorlty dlbpemary dele gatton. .Sumter ls cllbpemary. On gain ls made In Beaufort. Dh gie, tm only mau elected in Clarendon, is foi tlie dispensary. Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson Oconee, Cherokee, Charleston, appea now to bo tho only counties wnloi vii! send solid anti-dh p msary doicga lions to tho houso. Thero may b *umo llttlo doubt as to Greenville, a \ seoond primary ls U be held, but i lt ls not doubtful it takes nothlni away from tho soemlng faot that th louse v/lh ba safe for tho dihpen9a ry. _ MUHL ?>t> CrtiZy. A dbpatoh from Anderson, S. 0 tays Bfcy.'.cr Hayes, thc ten-year ol lonof Hiv. and Mrs. ti. B. H-yei as been critically ill, and lils pi ml irmly refuso to let any physic ? .'iv?. the ohlld medical attention. Mi Jayes ls an evangelist of the Wesh /an ohuroh and ls a llrm bellev-jr 1 he faith euro. Ho bays that ho an vils wife have always troated tho lek ohildren without resorting to physician, relying sololy upon the al th in the Lord to answer thc prayer?. A BRAVE ACT How Brave Fireman Poell Saved i the Life of a TWO YEAR OLD BOY But Slipped Under the Wheels of thc Locomotive and 1B B?<lly Crip* pied fur Life. He Is O'vcn a Medal of Honor. All tho multitude- every iran, wo man and child-that read In this aewspaper a year ago (Mm exaot dat* of tho Issue was July 30, 1005) how Fireman George Poell snatched baby Paul Udaary from death uudor the wheels of his fly lng Jooomotivj, very nearly at the cuat of his own life, will bo glad to hum that tho United Staiea Government has reoognlzaa ?ho exceptional heroliim of tbo aol filth a modal for tho brave flrerr.au, who IB crippled for lifo. This is the Urst medal to bo award ad by the Government "for conspicu ous bravery and self sacrifice In the saving of lifo In private employments, * * * and particularly in the land commerce of tbo nal lens," where R rallwa> employe was tho hero. The President hlmaolf seleoted the design of tho medal from several sub mitt.d In a competition of artists, ?nd sent lt to the mint for reproduc tion Jn gold, and has notlti'.d Mr Poell of bis action In tho following letter: My Dear Mr. Pt ell: You h av been awarded a n edal of honor, pro vided under the Act nf Clung ress ap proved February 23 lw05. Y du nave, by extreme daring, endangering ?md almost losmg >oui own lifo, saved Che lifo of a ohlld, at the coat cf crip pling yourself permanently. Thc In ..losed statement of faots sets fort! ?bat you did. No man could have ;hown greater codness, greater skill .nd daring or moro heroic indifiorenoe <o bis own safety. It ls net in mj power to make you any m*torlai amends for thc cilppli g Injuries you received when In saving ibo life of s helpless child you so nearly lost your jwn, but I trust that tho medal wll: *t lea9t bc proof to you that yow )ountrymen realize that you baye p-:r formed a deed which will serve ai. an Inspiration to every American who nears or reads of lt, and which Hf tb Oy just so much the standard of thc. sit!:-. inab;p of ;vJ:l^,. v>o .uc .... . - With earnest hopea for your welfare, bollev.. mo, slnoerely yours. TlIKODOKK 8 OOS IC V IC LT. The statement ot r K-I upon which Che medal was awarded is essentially chet mado for this newspaper by the uer J bl rm elf while be lay In the hos pical at St. Joseph, Mo., recovering from bis frightful lr jurien, including thc amputation of one leg. G sorge Poell, residing at No. 216 EASD Eighth street, Grand tslar.d Neb , on Juno 2$, 19C6, was fireman )o on vino N ). 36, hauling freight rain No. 10 from Grand 1 uland tc flanov r, Kin. The train was a heavy ono of thirty loaded cars. At G.f>5 p. m., lt waa appromhh g P -woll ?tall?n, N ib , at a speed of ..nlrtj miles un Lour, having no st jp the/e, when Engineer 0. H. Blshopauddenlj sounded thc whistle, applied the om orgeuoy brakes and reversed his en gine. Lookin? from his cab window, Frc man Poell saw a Ohlld between the rails so short a distance hhead that lie knew the train could not be stopped Intimo to save its life, and lt was I pluto that the little fallow van ua Conscious of hlB danger. All his thoughts weroupon a pot kitten in hit arms. Instantly, without a wori to the engineer, Poell was out through hh jib window, alorg the swaying foot board and on to the oowcatoher. IL ned a little brother 1) cklo at homo, and tlio baby on the tracts was the living Imtgc of him. What followoc ls told tu tiie llreman's own language: "There's not much to hang on to lOwn at thopointof an engine's pilot .ind tho io ?ting ls |usi about is safe an that aboard a gr .. ed pole, li glu djwn on the point u! ?ae pilot 1 J ?rn mod my boot nee) n between the bars and with a . loft hand got as good a grip ai ? could fartlier np. Phis loft my right hind freo to grab that kid with. "Then to mako the job all the more dim mit, what did tnat hies-od kid do but to sit down suddenly to pet the cati "AU at once I saw that lt would bc Impossible to lift the baby from bh( truok--wo were still going too fast. I he best I could do was to make on?.1 swipe with my band at the rigid, mo ment and try aud brush him olf bo youd tho rails. j "And that's what 1 did. The way 1 I'd got lt mixed !n my hovt that kid and brother Dickie wore ono and thc ' same made mo extra anxious about s that Bwlpo. Perhaps I put more r steam Into lt than 1 thought, foi that blessed baby rone In tho air and ' shot OIT over the ditch like a go f ball, 1 "Another thing about the svlpel 1 ;ravo that kid; it throw mo r.ir mj balance and my left foot caught undci & the otttlo guard. 8 "Z p 1 and 1 know I was minim ont ' foot and how muon leg 1 oouldn'l t tell." * Ki roman I'JOII was conscious whet 1 picked up, although ho lu d beet dragged more than a hundred foo ovor tho rougit ends of tho ties. III left foot was torn from the leg, botl ' arms wcro broken, and there wa " oardly a Minaro Inch of his faco am h nody that was not bruised and laoerat 's jd. Yet lila Urst oaro was for th n ohlld, wbioh was found In thc di tel r with hardly ? scratch on lt. y Tho baby was little Paul Ussary n ohlld of the r.gent at Powell Station ((l not yet three years old. lt ha ,r wandorcd down tho tracks, Itamothe a believing lt to bo with its father a r tho station only a Uttio way fror lr their home. The medal with whioh tho Unite States Government commemorate uni rewards the heroio deed has a design on ita obverse face reprosont.. tug a man leaning over au obstruoHoii on railway tracks and swinging a toroh aloft to warn tho engineer of the onrushing train. Tho reverse face shows a tab'et upon a wreath of lured bearing tho name of Georgo F ell. About the raarirln of the design ls this Inscrip tion: "The RMlrcad L'fe Saving Medal of tho United States." Tho medal is suspended from a ribbon of epooial design. Wii?~WlLh ri Bi v aO?K Fi(>lJlllNU ON TUM VOTIO IOU OOVKItNOlt. vhe Prohibitionists Hold the Balance of Power and t'an Kaine ; the Man. According to the cleotion returns for governor/ which aro published 11 full In another colurui), the prohib? Monists hold tho balance of power and can name thc next governor of South Carolin*. If ?ll or nearly ah ?be votes oast In thc first primary foi the four dispensary candidates not* to Mr. Manning in tho seo .-nd pri mary, which is a reasonable presump .loo, sa it is thought he roust mort uearly represent toelr views uu the dispensary ?jpestion than Mr. Ausel Mr. Manning would have 45 772 .otes, lacking 2 014 vots to elect him. Can ho draw thtso from the prohibition voto ie tho questlot ? Mr. Mum'ug asia well kuown favors a reformer* dispensary ountrolled bv tho State lu the first primary Mr. AMSOI re ceived 39 131 votes, lacking onlj ? 255 votes to eifcOt him. Supp ?lpg thai di who vo'cfl for him In t io first prl nary will again vote for bim In tin ?coud, Mr. Ansol would bava to got 'rom tho prohibition vote D.255 ti elect him. If he oan do this no will tic tho next govornor of Smith Caro dna. Mr. Ansel received 16 023 nore votes than Mr. Manning did, and, If lt was not for thc fact that Ihease, Sloan and MoMahan, who received 22 ?04 votes, arc in favor of the State Uspensary the samo as Mr. Murnini1 and that their vote will probably ?o to Mr Manuiug, Mr. Ansel's oleo tlon would bc a foregono conclusion. It< will th?a hoi seen that tho prohib?- I lion vote 1? the determining faotor, . is wo said above. I Th?, ques tion Is how will tho prohi rilionist? v;U? Some will vote fir i Mr. Maunlu., and some will volo for I Mr. Ansel, u.bt lt is likely that many of them willi not vote at all if they oold to thtj ntriot prohibitionists creed they v/Ui not vote to, legaliza the ? oes.- lt wdl f us oe Been that lt is I anybody's race yet for governor. It may bs Mr Ansel or lt may be Mr. M .nning. Kl thor ono of these gentle men would make an excellent ohlef magistrate, and would fill the high lind honorable c?loo with credit to themselves and honor to thc State. So no one need loose any sleep over ohe question as to who will sucoeed (Hov. lloywaid. II? re is tho situation In figures as it appears to all wno will lay par tizan ii-ip abide aod consider the vote c?st in the late eleotlon with an unpri Ju diced mind. Tho vote for the Scale dispensary waa aa follows: Manning. 23.208 lileasc. 10,972 sloan. 3,370 MoMahan. 2,222 Total for State di? ponniry.. 45 772 Tho vota for loo&l opltlon aod noun ty dispensary wns as folio te: Ansel. :h),131 T.ic vote for prohibition lt; as ?oi low?: Hiunuon . 10 405 Jones. ?38 Total prohibition. il,303 The v ite against railroads: lid ?ards . 505 Who ever ls elected governor moat got his votes from thc pioMbltion or anti railroad vote. All tho above calculations are based on the supposi tion that all the local option and county dispensary ad moates will vote for M^. Ansel and Dh ?it all tho Statt, dispensary adv )oates will, o moen irate on Mr. Manning A i we ? aid above lou't loose any slce?> ah'iut who will bo the next govornor. V . o for the man that represe J SS your views on the dispensary question, tv.'ui rout assured that li eltner Ansel or Manning ls elected the S,tU : -/i:l ba VJ a clean, high? toned gentleman for oer chief magistrate. Killoe! HID Btu u nlit r. Miohael D. Gusty, a well known sa loon keeper, was shot and matauoly killed by a negro na .'?ed Pa .1 Will Preston, In thc pla. o of b;r>i< CVH at Hod ford City, Va, Tbuardai. Tnt negro escaped, and is 1 clog L'U.ited by a posse, lt is said Preston went in Gusty's store, and because tho bar tender would not servo him before waithg on white men at tho bar, 1 uo drew a revolver and Hied two shots <it Gusty, both of whlO:i passed through Gusty's heart. Cinty was , dead when otaeis in thc place reached ulm. iveston rah into the street, ?nd ju.oped into a hank, gi dug tho order j that tue vehicle no driven away. The urlvcr refusal, and Preston selZ3d the linns and whipping up the horses, made his escape. t, Sought Doatli. At Now York a mm giving the 1 name cf Mason Bacon, 20 years old, i and his home at lUlcIgh, N. C., made i; an attempt to commit suicide Wod J ?enday by Jumping from thc Urooklyii K bridge. Ho was prevented bv twe 1 mon, who jumped from a passion '' trolley car and turned him over tc " thc police. Later ho was sent lo tin psycop&UUc wai-} in Bellovuo hospita or observation. ii .v.ui KU iud? [J Four Greek laborera were killed anc v another man fatally injured by a B??l 0 tlmore, () ito, Southwestern train a Symes, (J do. Tho men wore employei 3 on railroad construction, THE OUTLOOK Seems Bright at This Time for the Democrats 3 0 WIN CONGRESS, The P. nularU> of Roosevelt Will Not be Available to Republican Candi* dates. Uncle Joe May be On the Floor In the Next Congress. The Columbia It-word's Washing ton lotter says the hegira of B ?-yante* toward New York during tho pas? few days has put Domooratlo sfcatii; blolans to woik figuring out to a nloe ty Just what the complexion of the next house la going to ba. A group of well known polltlo'aos was scated tn tho lobby of thc New Wdard a few evenings ago dl-.o.isidng thia q ?estion iud tho synopsis of what thoy Bain* n\y he expro?s.fi In the followlug language: Tue Dcmooratlo control o' che next oorgresi-both houses-will neodiBltake overcoming a Republican majority o? twenty four In the senate ind one hundred aud twelve lu the house. The total senate rr.embershtp ! l i DO and tho house membership 36.'. The terms of 30 setmtorh-15 Den oorats and 16 Republicans-oxpln Vl^rob 3 d tiex';. The Demcorats aie: Rican, Georgi*; B.diay. Texa?; Barry Arkanss ; B aokburn, Kentucky; Car naok, Tennessee; Clark, Montana; DuBols, ljwa; Foster, Louisiana; Gearin, O.'egOl ; MoLaurlu, Mississip pi; M vrtlu, Virginia; Morgan, Ala tuiuf.; Patterson, Colorado; Simmons North C.rolini, and '.Milman, South Carolina. The Republicans ave: Alger, VPohlgai); Alice, Delaware; Benson K ,nsa-; Burnham, New Hampshire; Lirauo, M(W8aohusottr ; Oullon, Illlnol ; Dolilvor, Iowa; Dryden, Ne-v J rsc.) ; Elkins, West Virginia; Frye, Milne; Gamblo, South Dikoli ; Millard, Ne braska; Nelson, M.nneaot ; Wirren, Wyoming, and Wetmore, R io e Is land, foster and MoLturlo have al ready been re -fleeted for an o the) term. Berry, Blackburn, Carm lel and Qearln will retire after March 1th. Martin, Mo?gan and Bacon ba e been re eleoted fo. auother te.'ru caca Cnless uuforseen things happen the jompPxlonof the seua-e will not soon Do changed and the proportion of Democrats and Republicans will re main fur sometlmo as it is at present. On the house aldo tho mat ter hos w?9umod a different color. Predio.ions apparently well founded, ale made that a big enough Domooratlo gat? will be made to overoome the presto; Republican majority of 112 There are now four R puhlloans lu the house from the Sunt..-Black! uro, Of North Carolin? ; Slemp, of Virgin ia, and Hale and Brownlow, of T on esac. Indications point bo the retire ment of Blaokhurn, Slomp. and pos sibly Brownlow. That v/ill leave only ore district in the ontlre South Re publican. Close figuring shows that New York state now has 20 R publican.' .iud ll Democrats In the house and the Demoorats rxpect to gain 5 In New Jcrs?y tba proportion ls 0 R publicans ?url one D moorat, and viu litter bellevo tuey will ?Ein two; In P.unsy ?vania the proportion is 31 Rs publkans and two Democrats, and the gain looked for by the Utter li t,wo. In Ohio there ar* 20 Republl o?us and ono Demoorat, and tho lat 1er hope to gain live. Indiana shows .nat her proportion Is ll to two and i gv.lu of two is looked for. Ia Illi nois thc proportion is 24 to one, and a gain of six is looked for. Wisconsin dhows 10 io one, and oue gain ls look ed for. NJ ;raska shows six to noth lug, and one gain ls h.oked for. Col .irado shows throe to nothing and one gain ls looked for. Montana shows ono to nothing ane Democrats want ;,hls. California shows eight to noth ing and Damoorats hope for two. Mis souri ls nine to seven and D^rnccrrit.t want a gain of six. Kentucky shows two R ?publicans and nine Democrats, Mid thc latter expect to gain ono of tlie two. M re interest In now centered on New Yt rk state possibly than on any other. R.'.publicans admit that the Democrats have not their usua" quota, having only 11 out of 37 repre tentativos. This ls hy no means thc usu tl proportion. Sixteen wuuld he tuc usual number, so the gain of ii vt ls apparently not an extravagant nope. All New Yjrk Democrats lr the hotr-H at Mn? time are from t?>< city of NJW York with ono exoep tien. A oareful Rurvey of the fi old. con sidered by sections aud states, ant based on pist conditions, lndioat.es s Democratic gain of between 35 ant 10. Thc election of 1004, at whici imo the present houao was electee was a fair test of the strength of tin two parties in the country. Tin tremendous personal popularity o President Roosevelt entered Into th< tight u.id ena.urod tho success of al most every candidate labolod Rapubll ian, exoopt in tho Southern states 1) strlots never before known to elco a Ra publican went with tho landslide ina number of big states having largi delegations, only ono of tho Denmora Mo representatives was returned Among those woro Illinois, Ohio Pennsylvania, Now Jersey and Wis contd M. Other states like California i Nebraska, K.anasas and Milligan dh noe fiend a single Domocrat to th house. These results were not, lt 1 1 conceded normal, and aro uot likol. to ccour again, i lu Now England, Damoorats hav , little to hope for. Thoy have nov three members from Boston. Thea ; jvlll be held. Tney also have ono c ' tho two Rhode Island roiresontatlvc j *nd ono member from tho olty c Providenoo. In Maine, New n^mj shl-e and Cmnntlcut they havp r members in tho present ongresa an , cannot IT<ure on any In the n, xi hout judging by tho polltloal historv < " thoso states at ti e mero reoont ole 1 Mons, lu all other sections there 1 a poslblllty ot b'g Demooratto gall in the next houie. HUMAN MUNSTER' TtJIHTF.EN V I ; VU OLD GUILD VIC TIM OW BltlJEE, Made Frank aud Married to the Scoundrel While in that Con dition. A story of immorality and crime that is revolting in the extreme has icon brought to light In the cotton mill r Int:lob In tho city ot Columbia. The State says Jennie bradley, a girl uo? yet quite la years old, was entic ed from hi r home In the G anby vO (?ge, to the borne ot Mrs. Julia ?l A HUR on Sixth street in the Olynvala vllllage cn tho night of August li, on -mc pretext that the ohild was to be taken to a prayer meeting. Instead, however, tho ohild was de t linoel at ti e Coilius house among a p*rty of carousing memand women. Sue waa glvm whiskey to drink until mo was in a state of Intoxication. While in this condition sVie was elth r porsuaded or oooroed into being married to Isaao alias Fat Hallman, r<be ceremony hflnir performed by Ma/titrate S. I. Riley. Ilallman ls an empb ye ls one ot Uie ooi.ton mills and cue of the party at the horse of Mrs. Oollins during tho evening. Rahman, lt Is alleg d, was married at the time and his wife, from whom ho is ll vic g ^parbl resides in North Carolina. The mother of tho girl, Mrs.* Mar tha Bradley, sought her daughter the uext morning and was tun rmert by Mrs. Collins of what had taken place The mother was enraged and in spite of the protests of the husband tho Collins woman took her daughter back to the maternal ro? and kept Mer there until later. Hillman fol lowed them to the house aud remain ed there several days and nights. Mrs. Bradley sought the adv'ce of \n attorney, Mr. John T. Duncan, In forming him of what had takon plaoc aud of tho faot that tho man bad a vlfe living in North Carolina. Shr. vas advised to let tho matter resi until Htllman'8 wire could bo found this was done and about two wook? ago he was arrested on a warrart sworn out before M .giutrate L?rick, darking him with an offense, thc punishment f >r which ls daath. Hall r,au was placed In J iii, Ho waived s preliminary hearing and ls still behind ?br? bars. On last Thu'sday afternoon Mrs. Julia Collins was arrested, o ?arge? dth being an accessory to the orlme. She waa lodged in Jail and was given a prelimlnery hearing before Magis trate Moorman. At this hearing the whole horrible story was told by Mrs Bradley, the mother, and her daugh ter, tho child wife. Tba girl has JUR'4 boon dismissed from and Infirmary, whare abo baa been under tho treat mont o? phyalolaua slae.c tho arrest of llollman. She was the most important wit acas in the oase and told in her in ^er uous manner of all that had oc curred. Sue told ol the drinking at Ohe ColllnB hm io that niyht and how abo bad been given whiskey to drink until she "felt so foolish that she did not know what she was doing;" o? bow sho was dressed in the lon* skirt? ?nd c othing of the grown wo man in order to disguise her and de ceive Magistrate lt loy when he oaixu perform tho marriage ceremony \nd of all the subseq lent humiliating dotal 18. Migtstrato Riley testllled that he married the oouplo, but did not rt cog (z) tho brido as tho child Jenni* Bradley. He had no record of th? mareiage. The ceremony took plac* lo tho presouce of Mr. aud Mrs. Col lins and several others. T ie court ?ocldcd that the Seato had made out a oase and cmmlttcd the Collins wo man to jail in default of 81 OOO ball. DIES ON THU GALLOWS. X ?ro 11 mt/.: for Killing; A Whit?) HU vi Keepor, At twenty minutes past ll o,olook ITridav Miming, in the Aiken jil. yard, Lillee Grey was hanged for the murder of Mr. Cliff >rd Woodward oi Friday night, the iii of February, anc twelve minutes afterwards be wf. pr nouncod dead by D s. W. 0. R. rurubull and J. Frampton Wyman Tue crime for willoh Luke Grey wa. banged was committed on the 3:1 da^ f (february this year. Mr. Ohtfor? Woodward, a merchant of Montmo renol, was in his storo talking to ; ao?ro named Bob Cauley when Grey entered the storo with a gun In hl< nand. Ile approached Mr. Woodward and ask- d him wuat ho meant by In suiting his wife that morning. Mr Woodward told the negro ho had not spoken to his wlfo. Groy Insisted that he had, and throwing up bit nun Bald he would shoot Mr. Wood ward's brains out. Groy walked back ward toward too door. As Groy stopped out of the door he raised the 11 gun and shot Mr. Woodward, wbc fall forward out of tho storo Into thc itieot. Tho only eye witness, a negro, tes tilled that Mr. Woodward had abso r I lutely no weapon, and when tho peo ple on tho streot rushed t ?> tho scone hey saw no weapon until they plaoe? Mr. Woodward on the counter, and ? small pen knlfo fell out of bis vest pookot. lt was not opeu. Wit nesses for tho S t ato tostlilod thai shortly before the shooting Grey with his brother-in-law, Son Oliver went to tho storo of Mr. Chltty Wood //ard, a brother of Clllf Woodward and endeavored to purobase som< thetis. They could not seouro thom and they Immediately proceeded ti Cliff Woodward's storo, Grey guinn Inside, while Oliver remained outsld at the window. liut-ftAh tor Tillman, Senator Tillman has dcclinod th Invitation to ba the president's gues aboard his yatob, tho MaylOwor, a Oyster Bay, nexo Monday , on ocoa sion of tho \i? naval rev ew. Th senator's declination was oxpeotod for he has said ho would ncvor mee Mr. RooBovolb unless horecoivod fror him an apology as tho result of th withdrawal of tho White House dlr nor Invitation following tho tight o the senate ll mr in which the the South carolina senators were the pa tloipants. Paid Bryan When He Landed in New York. TBIUMPHAL M4JRCH. When He Told Enthusiastic Crowd He Hardly Knew Where Home Was, They Yelled the White House, We'll Put You There. v Mr. Bryan's entry into New York Wednesday afternoon was a series of. ovations, beginning with his landirg at tho B.\ttory at 4 o'clock and reach ing a oil max when he arrived at the V loto> la hotel, Twenty-seventh street and Broadway, an hour and fifteen minutes lator. ll ire the home-corn, t lng Nebraskan was fairly mobbed by v the thousands of persons who had gathered outside the hotel entrances and the hundrodB who had foroed their way into the corridors. Finally an entranoo was effected hythe polioe. and Mr. Bryan reached the lobby stairs. He wau halttd and o&llod upon for a speech, and the orowd surged about him, cheering luat.ly the while. Mr. Bryan lifted his hand and secured silence. ' Ladles and O mtlomcn," he began: "1 Leiieve that 8 o'clock this evening ls tho time for me to make a speeou, and you must nob ox mci ooo now, When a mau is in cl : ni "ul ty he has & right to oall upon nts friends for assistance. 1 am in dillloulty now. I am trying to gat homo, but I have benn traveling so muon of late that for tho life of mo I oan hardly toll where home is." "In Washington," called an enthu siastic auditor. "Tuo Wmte House," shouted an* other. "And wo are going to put you there," yelled a third. Then every one cheered. Mr. Bryan smiled indulgently. 1 '1 thought home was la Nebras ka," he continued. "Ody uutll 1008," shouted the orowd. MI, Bryan then stopped down from ?ho stairs to shake bands with a few > jf his personal friends, who crowded ibout him. This was the signal for a ?oncral rush, and tho Nebraskan was Almost ?3wept out of tho Twenty* eventh street entrance of the hotel nu*ore tho sore of policeman stationed n the lobby could stem the tide. Fiunaly order was restored and tho im promptu reception proceeded. Several thousand persons passed In lina and Mr. Bryan shook hands with them all, Distinguished mon of the Djmooratlo party, visiting governors, U. ii ted SGtttcs Senatois and representatives, * national committeemen and legislators ningi ad with tho other visitors and mthusiabtiO New , ' Yorkers, who >oughb to pay thlB tribute to tho dis tinguished man, who two yoars In ad vanoo of the national convention ls jailed as the Democratic nominee for ?resident. The reception lasted for moro than ? in hour. Mr. Bryan th JU retired to ils apartments and had diuner with . ls family and a few intimate friends, tie then took a brief poriod of rest bo ore proceeding to Madison Square Garden for the feature event ol his icay in New York. Mr. Bryan was landed at the B?t .ory from K1 ward F. Goltra's abeam zatch, tho nibil, on board which ho .pent last night. Thousands of per sons were gathered in Battery Park, in tho piers and at ovory vaucage point along the water front. Not ?ho least Interesting phaso of the plo mre were the towering skysorapors lear the battery with every wintlow Hied with eager ficos. Fugs were lying everywhere. As the tidy nttlo nap^ha launoh .he H lui put out from the yatoh Just belora lour o'clook. Mr. bryan on joard, thc city Uro and pdioe boats md other craft in the vicinity set up t screeching of varitonod whistles, which oontinued long aftor Mr. Bry* in had stepped,out upon the yaoth indlug and had been oordlally greet id and given the freedom of the city jy Aotlng Mayor MoGowan. William H?ge* president of the Commercial Travelers Anbi-Truab League, willoh had planned tho reoop lon, and Mr. Oolbra, aocompanlod i?r. Bryan ashore. Gatberod ab tho battery to extend welcome to tho home oomer wer* Democrats from all parts of tho cou., orv. Tho national oonvontloa of the party o mid not have brought togeth er a more representative assembly. Governor Folk, of Missouri; Senator Hailey, of Texa.'?; Chairman Taggart, f the Democratic national o jmmlttee from a sooro of states and tho visiting 4oYOInorB were among tho first to ex jond their greotlngs and congratula lons upon tho traveler's safe return. There was no delay lu reaohlng tho wenty or moro walting carriages and r.ho drive up town was begun. With Mr. Bryan in tue iirst vohlole were Governor Folk, Mayor McGowan and William Hogo. Tho national oommittcomon and members of the looal reception oom mitton wore in those whloh followed. All tho oarrlages wore gay with flags and bunting. Tho orowds at the Bat tery cheered again as tho carriages moved away. Tho drive was up Broad way to Fiftieth streot, thence east to Fifth avenue, and down Fifth avenuo to the Twenty-seventh street entranoo to the Vlotorla hotel, which will be bryan's headquarters. Two wer? I it Hod* Information has boen rtoMved from Webster county, Miss., of tho killing of Samuel Hlghtowor and his son, James, by Walter Cooper, as the re 6uU of an old quarrel. Before the older Higtower fell befora Comer's pistol he Bho'ti aad fatally wounded Ooopar,