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Tho Democrat "DO TH, ?BBAT LIBBftTY, IMPIUS OC? BOUM A.BTD MAIS OUR UVB? IK MIT POSSESSION HAPPY OB OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY OA?SK.? VOLtf?XI. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1006. NO. 89. ANSEL WINS So Does Lyon and Sullivan by Oood Majorities. RESULT OF PRIMA. BY The Senate is S Ul mr the State DIB peo8ary, and the Hcusc, While Close, ls Thought to Be for the State Dispensary fe. Also. P The State Ex muMve Committee did not tabulate the returns last Thurs day as is usually done, but left it ovar to this week. However tho ellida) vote ls known in all the counties and the following total? are about correct: FOK GMVKUNOK , Ansel.. .40 444 Manning.37 o l5 Mr J nd ty.J) 399 AlTOKNKY-GKNKUAL . Lyon.49 980 Bagsdale.34 625 Majority.i6,40i HAILHOAD COMMI8BIONBU Sullivan.47 504 Wharton. 30 072 Majority.10,892 The total vote thus accounted for ls 83 489, or 13 OOO short of Hie flgur es in tho flrsti piimary. The vote in the first primary was as followr: Total vote cast 90 940. FOU UOVKKNOK. AnBel. 89 160 Manning. .23 169 Binase .lb 959 Brunson. _10,118 Sloan. 3 308 McMihan. 2 243 Jones. 871) Edwards. 570 FOU ATTOllNKY Q KN Kit AL Lyon.45 272 ^Youmans.21 976 Hinsdale.28,210 FOU KAILKOAD COMMIS8IONKK. Summersett.818 Wharton. 24 030 Sellers. 8 022 Oansler.22 oo i Sullivan. 24 660 From this lt appears that Mr. Ansel gained 7 if'8 votei ; Mr Manning 13 880 . Mr. L .<)" Ko'*??d 4,014 ?Dd Mr. Bagsdale 0 3>6. Mr. Sullivan gainer) 23 014 anet Mr. Wharton 12,030 Mr. Sullivan nearly doubles tko vote bi received in the Qrst primary. Tbe S?nate is in favor of tho State Dispensary by a Bmall mijjrity, ano those who have kept up with tho po sition of members elected to thc Houc' on the dispensary says that body will be for the State rbpeosary also. Tbir will lnsuro the passane of thu Uv ser Maunlng or sorte other bill to purifj the dispensary and make lt what lt Ought to be. VOTE FOR OOVKHNOIt. A>18<>1. .Munnin/;. Abbeville. 782 914 Aiken. 1,711 1,125 Anierson. 4,848 1,092 Bamberg. 519 405 Barnwell. 973 072 Beaufort. Wi 164 Berkeley. ?il 429 Charleston. 2,008 334 .Cherokee. 1-731 384 Chester. 039 477 'Chesterfield.... 830 1,293 .Clarendon. 60? 1,062 Colleton. 90S 957 Darlington. ?07 7 0 Dorchester.- 642 277 ICdgeiicld. 711 070 Fairfield. 478 423 Florence. ;><>2 024 ??Georgetown.... 571 339 .Greenville. 3,375 1,202 Greenwood. 1,105 625 Hampton. 747 645 .Ilorry. 720 1,488 Kershaw..:. 670 891 Lancaster. 1.187 925 Laurens. 1,952 1,600 Lee. 641 040 Loxing: on. 1,064 1,646 Marion. 1,430 1,631 Marlboro. 810 950 Newberry. 1,279 757 Oconec. 1,064 489 Orang, burg. 1,193 1,831 Bickens. 2,083 468 It Ichland. 1,460 1,761 Saluda. "3 1,064 Spartanburg. 3,767 ,721 .Sumter. 44 1,2 hs Union. 1,214 1,181 Williamsburg. 1,171 800 York. M14 1,223 Totals.47,550 31,080 VOTES FOlt ATTOllNKY G KN ?CH AL. Bags Lyon. dale .Abbeville. 811 iso Aiken. 1,020 , 03) Anderson. 2,soo 1,133 Bamberg. , 042 341 Barnwell. 1,100 542 Beaufort. ?0 wi Berkeley. 024 316 Charleston.2,164 1 <9 Cherokee. 1 004 314 Chester. 744 171 'Chesterfield. ?,w? 141 Clarendon..... 759 901 Colleton. 048 974 Darlington. ?91 (isl Dorchester. 541 279 augetteld. ?12 on Tairlleld. 471 430 Florence. 412 116 Georgetown. 513 400 .Greenville. 2,904 1.013 Greenwood. 1,101 529 Hampton. OW GIO I lorry. W 1,121 Kershaw. ooo un Lancaster. 1,255 797 Laurens. ('14 1,036 Lee. 700 719 Lexington. 1,201 1,502 Marlon. UTI7 M71 Marlboro. 1,22 Ncwbetry. 1,442 690 Oconec.... ,702 043 Oiangoburg. 1,524 1,47? Plckens. 1,604 912 itlchland. 1,036 1,661 hi aluda. 1 018 81? iSptrtanburg. 3,620 l,jm idiunter. 033 7ii Union. 1 292 1,092 Villiamsburg. 1,127 811 York. 1,443 1,Q8< Totals.49,607 34,601: 6) V?TJC KOK RAILROAD COMMI?3IONI5K. SuUl- Whar van. ion. Abbevillo. 1,174 507 Allan. 939 1,936 Anderson. 2,977 1.0U2 Bamberg. 3?5 on Hain we ll. ?89 654 Beaufort. 31)9 148 Berkeley. 405 635 Charleston. 1,757 671 Cherokee. 1.634 502 Chester. (3(51 451 Chesterfield. 1,187 ?38 Clarendon. ?153 700 Colleton. 1,502 ?03 Darlington. 880 (?82 Dorchester. 005 220 Edgefleld. 071 741 Fairfield. 671 331 Fl ?renee . 570 013 Georgetown. 420 574 Greenville. 2,737 1.846 Greenwood. ... 720 787 Hampton. 775 610 Dorry. 1,000 603 Kershaw . 470 . 892 Lancaster. 987 1,119 Laurens. 019 1,098 Lee. 787 005 Lexington. 732 1,0(52 Marion . 1,0 59 1,302 Marlboro. 1,208 585 Newberry . 809 1,230 Coonee. 2,lol 332 Orangeburg. 1,093 1,087 Bickens. 1,954 605 Richland. on 2,289 Saluda. 827 1,001 Spartanburg. 2,07(1 2,834 Sumter. 834 807 Un on. 1,109 887 Williamsburg. 877 1,080 York. 1,740 792 Totals.45,705 37,522 RhY W?itU TO AKSEL. Oovomor WrltoH OoiiKratulntioiia to till HUOCIHHOI . IOl<!Ot. Gov. ney ward Thun da y sent Mr Ansel the lollowlng lotter: "Dear M.-. Ansel: I got bs o'* to my ifllse yestorday ir. oro lng, after a bile?* sum mor vacation with my famby. There vas much to Ctoupy my time, but 1 ook the Hist available opportun?ty to send you a telegram congratulating you upon tho very nattering vote which giv s y u the nomination foi G.Vbrnor for S uUi Caroline,. ''Tals viotory was won ov jr a wor uhy competitor, and I wish now t< ?imphaaizd n.y con gratula ct ono upor ?n honor which ia yours aud al.io upon tibe manner of Us bestowal by the Demccats of ?cuth Ca oliua. "1 am sure that, In the admln'stra 'lon of the outles of your high etilo?, you will fully merit one cor ll '.enooani ?rust? which your friends have reposed to ycu, and 1 ?glin wish to express to you Diy good wishes for you lu tho Ischargcof these responsible duties, Y ?ur campaign was conducted upo - at e piano which la always ob erved >mo:.g gentlemen and tho poop e ol jouth Carolina, acoeptlng the will ot jhe wt J irlty always, wiu,. i. ?uu miry, io so must cheerfully with ycu "i am iqually sure that all of our ,it z us win unite in holding up your ianda in all that you may do for tho material advancement of our Siau. md for the oontinued uplUtiug ot i.ei igh' st interests. Again tending ,ou my c ugratuiatlons, believe me, ' Faithfully yours, (Signer) "D. C Heyward, "Governor." IL'lEA iK AM-JJNG CATTLE biXplatned hy Btato Votnrlnaiian at Oloineon Colt? :.;.> Within tho last month the State voto? loar?an has received a uumber o? letters oncoming oattle MT otad with lore mouth and, ir. many cases, sore cr trnder foot. As the disoase seem' jo be generally prevalent, no doubt as . r suit of tho long oontinued wet ?eather, the f.>' o vlng Information ^oncoming lt ls huppiled for pubtlca bi n: The ' Isoase Js known In medicine ts myco .ic stomatitis, lo ls no; con AgleuB or Infectious but is caused by ungi or moulds whloh grow upon for .ne or grass. These fiiigl, which <row luxuriantly lo wot seasons, have v vory in liant ( IT ot upen the lining mem br ne of tho m ?uth, tho mern braco coverleg the tongue and upon the ?oft skin b. tween the Olaws. Affot?d animals eat and c rink with ;reat ultu ou I ty or net at all the sa liva forma f otb around tho Hps or dribbles from the mouth, the mern rano lining the m wills red and hot n i cont ainu ulcois, th- off ?aslve odi r ls u.ual.y present, Sometimes tho kin between the claws and Just above . oe hoof ls a (Tooted and thoo tho anl mal walks SUIT and sore. The tr> uh i li ubinlly ooniiood t' the anterior bmba but all four 1 gu may bo attack od. In milk cowtv ulcora may also ap oup.r on the udder and touts. Herds of cattle In whloh animal? ;ave been attaeked with this donease hould be removed from tho pasture n whloh they bavo been running The sfLctcd animals should bc- fed ot toft food, such as bran mashes, ra*a \nd gruels. They should have ire ico380 at all times to clean, oool watet tnd two he." ping trbleppoonful* o borax should be. dissolved In each of ino llrst two buckets of rater glvot '?aoh day. Tim mouth should bc .?auhod out dally wl?h a t olutlon of jroo'hie-ont tablespoonful of oroolm .o oaoh quart of water-and following bis a lialf-taolespoonful of alum or >or; x ihould be placed on the tongue '.hfiiased are;.s on tho feet should be ashc cl dally v> th thc treuil ne solutl n tod afterward covered wi.h /..nooint cent If this treatment inproperly '.ppllod and tho animals are carofullj fad tho dis- ase will rapidly disappear. i'atal AooiclMit. T ?io men wcro killed ID a hoad-ot. lollislon between a treight train and a vork train, three miles north of At talla, Ala , on tho Alabama Central division of the L nih v.Ile and Nash ville railroad. The dead are: ICnglneer D. H. Cernons and Fireman Chas. Gr.din, both of Annlbton. The cuise if tho collision iq mt known hore. H..von Mon Killed. Tho death Hst resulting from tho oollhion of two froight trains on tho . - Wostorn and Atlantio road noar ltlng gold, Ga., Weducslay morning bo twoon 2 and 3]o'olook numbers sovon The ontlro crews of both trains wore I killed. CANT FIND HIM. The Mysterious Disappearance of a Prench Parish Priest. A L'UN HUNGRY HYENA Has H cu Unloosed to Smell Out the Body of thc Priest Who ls Thought to Have Been Mu der ed, Robbed and Burled. Neve) inmiljrn tiaa-ish s I mys terious dh i pp:aranoe ex jibed r a er Interest tba. tha. cf the Ab., e Dol ar e, cure of the little parish of (J'aatenpy, near Erarme , Franoe. Ii ls asuumed that a foul JV order bin be n committed. All the paraphnalta of detrobiv work, all the midnight sleuthing, all .iso Imaginative reasoning that mark ,d tho unravelment of murder mysto rica lu tire w< rks-J Q ?boriau, Sue ano K ?gar Allen Poe havo b on exhausted lo oonnootlon with bhlsafJUir, and thc modern orlme hu ters havo now hi', upon a devloo beside whloh the moth od uuggosbed bi those famous authcr l jes n erlme palo Into tameness ano inslgn. licence A h ve ny.ua of tho dooirb-an ani mal* xporo lu bunting for all" dead things- has been employed to fl :d thc pries Vs body. Tue it'app aranoe of ?he Ab re Dol true .vaso rtalnly a astonish nx af fair, ie rode out of hi* parloh cn a deyole into the night and never ca i >: ck. He loft hardly a traoo of any libing that could point to the cause of ds oiaappenranoo The Aube was an extremely popula? man in lils parl9h Ile ci j >yed a goon moonie. Ho was in txenent health i d .?pirlta. He had just been plan ling a vh.it to his mother lu Park Chere was no dlhcoverado reason w) y le should have committed tuloldeoi voluntarily run away. He had, however, 725 fr&r.cs lr money on bis persm wheu bo dlsnp oeared, and the mos', obvious course ii to suppose that he was muidered foi '.he s.'.ao of this money. Whatever bo tho ttu'oh, it is at presont wrapped In mystery. Tue Abbe Delarue loft tho town o? IC am pcs at about 8 o'clock lu th? -.vening, riding bis biojole Ho wa? .otu'liing to his parish. At live mln ltcs past nine no was- aeon raptor] -tiing along the road by a looksmtth .viug at tue farm of Longuetohie [I j w; 8 seen by ne or two other per ions just before this time, but noser igaln. Af.er his dlsappearanoa the polio. ifK.impes, a sleepy couotry town, ihowed great negligence In Investigan UK me case. Tals fact, together with nany other rornavkibl-J circumstances ^reused the attention of tho Parisian lowspayors and they beifan to Invest ;ate wlcn v x^raordmary euthu.lasm md Ingenuity. T e Matlu was tho tlrst newspaper JO bogln operations. Two member if its m..-. ii' went to thc spot and speut nonay lavishly lu emplo lng looa! jeavo.'iers. Tiieoountry where the Abbe wa ost is m.iikcd by some remarkab'o ohys'cal formations. It contains mar diy ponds of great extent at.d alsc j real beds of louso sand koown as "?ab) leres." Both f ha ponda and the saud bed.-, vould offer a very favorable hiding pko for a dead body. Tho sand iou'd he turne i ot? by band until ? uolo R..?H iiently deep had huon made bo bury * body, and then the hole could be Ulled In by the same means ind .-.mouthed over so that lt would b . extremely dltilcuit to detcot any dis turbine of the sur.'ace. On the other hana, there are the ?iones. Tao lorgest is known as the a mg des D oulineaux. It is sur rounded by reeds that grow to twlo. t!ie holghu of a mau, and if tho orlm mal could havo oarrled tho b.o> through theio with?.ut broaklug thom down extensively be might have dis posed of it vory effectively. Toe M Atm olloret a reward of 1,000 franc for ita d.s.ovory and also on ^aged a f roo of sixty beaters at day wanes to sea'Ch the country for tilt oody. Toe ii rut discovery they made vas tho broad brimmed hat of th* priest, whloh was found in a Hold off ino roadside, torn and soaked with mud Thon the Patric of Paris entered into tlie contest with a Hindu fakir named llwab. This mau ls skilled In all the mysterious ecoberlo learning of thc O lent. He is reputfd bo pos sess tho gift* of second sight and fro phecy. Ho can poer Into tho future, md his vision passes through mater ial o' j*>otB. IUvan ran through the .veone ?nd over the. sand beda, pick lug up pi.eos of earth and leavoa and smolllng turin. On the second da? nie Intuition led him into a wood ?,11 a hollow unfrequented road leading io tho Olubeau do Valnoj. fl ire ho maoe bho tlrst important llsoovery of tho seaton-the p iesb'b uioyol ?. lo ls generally assum cl boa: the murderer had hidden it choro af tor killing bim. At about this time many nevrspap ers appeared on tho sceno with occult experts, among them bohlg tue Mcgus Alvis, M ?'..arno Flauhort;, who, al though of French birth, has spenb ?any year? absorbing bhe mysteries of tho Orient, and Professor Devan. Then tho Matiu thoughb of an abso lutely novel, if ratbor growsome mothod of hunting down tho corpse It d?cidait to employ a hyena in tin search, and arranged with tho famous lion tamer P '?rn bo obtain tho uso of lils largest and ugliest hyena, named Carlos. Tins animal ii tho most re pulsive and disgusting in exlstenoe. Ho lives exclusively upon carrion aud tho dead body of a man has for him a greator attraotlon than any other kind of food. Tho hyena lives in holes and oaves during the day time and only hunts his food by night. He then uttors bloodcurdling shrieks and ilrndWb laughtor, which when beard (n the desert amid Boones of the wild est description oall up lu the imsglns tion of the travolcr the forms of suco tr.-.' ghouls, searoblng for their unnat ural feasts The hyena is of hideous appearance He bai a onat of dirty yellow, marked with spots and usually covered with sores due to rubbing against rooks sud spattered with remnants of his dis gusting food. He stands very bitrb ?it the shoulders and lils boad hange down till bis nono touohes the ground He always slinks ?lot g sideways with bia bead near the ground and nov?r conies straight toward any man or animal. All these peculiarities give him an indescribably rxoan, snoak'.ug and oowardly appearance. T. .0 hyena is furnished with noir rotraotllo claws of such tremendous serai ohing power that beean dig down !ntu the deepest gravo Hud rob it of its occupant. In oountrios whore hy iua-s abound only tho hcaviost rook* will protoot the bodies cf tho derd 'rom their olutOhes, It wau for th's reason that ancient Egyptian and otb ?r Oriental kings wore buried lu rock bombs. The hyena also bas teeth and Jiwe if ru di strongth that he can bite ihrougb the bones of tho largest ani nala. His physical powers woulo xiako him a dangerous foe, if ho pcs lessid the least ccu-?ge, but be ha lot the spirit to attack any living tnlnkal. He only wara with tho dead Carles, tho gr?a* h, ona was brought ?o tho plaou whore thc Abbe's bloyoh vas found. Tho grewsome work ba jan at mldn'ght. Carlos will only vork at night. As soon as day breaks ie fal .a Into a state of t orpor in whiob ie appears to haya neither sight nor oent. He was brought io the some n a condition of som'-atarvatlon lu .rdor to ma e him keen for tho hu'it From the drat it was evident that ho Hcarch would be a long and tedi M8 ono Carlos appeared r'azid and ilbduollned to dig This was b io-ius* bp oilmato and surroundings were s ff rent from those of his uatlvo Af loan wilds. But gradually his in tincts began to assert themselves. Cho parJgs of hunger drove him to iurit for food. Restlessly ai d fur ively he ran over tho ground con tantly sniffing it in his search f.,i ead thlugs. From time to timo hi ug up ho body of a ?\>id m -?uso or ooao othe r small animal, suoei as ont aay Hod in civilizad E jfopo. He dc oured the carron, but lt did nothing oward satisfying his ravenous appj ito. Al night thc p^a-ianto of the ooun ry were wakened by the \ovg, meian holy howls and blood-curdling shriek nd hysterical tindish laughter of thc yena as ho roamed through tim roods in searoh of tho dead, f o Juddered with horror and bolted UT.i* uoi.rs, some i. un.|, ,.???,v_ f thc wild beast ?bout whiob they ad heard, and others, more suporsti IOUN, thl king that it was tho spirit f tho dead man wailing for vonga?noo. The hyena's ghoulish work waa nin ?sred bv tho fact that he could not bo 1 .f i, to s-.ek * natural lair by day, but .ad to be followed by a trainer ano aught esery m nnlng and returnod to \ s cago. O,* tho third night C;r!o3 shown Igna of extreme excitement lit ut ered many loud pjals of unusually .;udish laughter and r.. n straight to \ spot where ho began to dig Into the arth with tr^manrious fury. Hs 1 rainer felt sure that be had at last jund tho bedy and thii impression 1 res om.-ti tined when, aftir digging own some turco feet, a quantity of ones was unear ned. A hit kening i dor, of de ay lng fl sh Ulled the ?lr. Carlos buried bis nose in the oar ; lon After he had devoured a few aouthfula bc waB with groat d Hi culby ragged away from his meal, lor it it i ang .-ous to oh eat even this c-ward v bv ai;t of his fo'-d. The trainor and the amateur detoo Ive? gathered over tho budy, buta erv hasty examination ?howed it to ie that of a co .*- pr; b*bly one that .ad died cf disease and been buried ty a farmer there as thc easiest way if dlsp. sing of it. Oil tue following night tie hunt vlth the hyena was resumed, but vi houfc result. Night after night lt vas kept up systematically, iv hts low been continuer. f;r over a week. Cbc trainer 1\? in and other persons who aro familiar with tho habits ot lyenas declare posit!vol that no dead oody within a dlsianco of a m?o oan ?acape his wonderful scent. Hols be og led uvcr the whole country within i radius of ten miles of tho spot whore ihe bioyolo, was found, and If the prient !l*s murnercd i:i tnis reglen li s nor. conceivable bow his body can ?soapo diHcov?sry. Tue hyena's soent will enable bim to discover tho re maim, whether they be burled In au )pen Held or lu tho cellar of a house, JT in any other part of a building. Every time the hyena's blood curd ling shrieks and ll'ndlsh laughter rend tho night air with unusual vio lence, tho listeners believe that he ha?, at last found tho objoot of his dread ful quest. Killed hy Trolley. Usury M. N?ll on? of thc best known cotton statisticians, both in this conn ?tf and In IC iglaud waa struck hy-a ?trent car and fatally Injured in Now O loans laut week. II.i was for many year* in the cotton uusincbs lu Nev. Orleani, being a brother and loca1 representative of Nell Brothers J? Co., of L indon. He was ut ono time yongi?ered by ICngihih splnnorsas one of the greatest crop authorities in America. Mr Noll was born lu Bog? land and wa? 78 years old. TOIIOIIOH mi" Doe ply? To tho Democratic Voters of Howth Carolina: I am truly grateful f.ir tho splendid voto I reoolvod yesterday all over the State. This manifestation of coull dence touohos me deeply and Inspiren me to oxort my utmost e fforts for tho best interest of >vihe State. M. F. ANSEL. "I hull n - I Itoftdt William O'Neil, or*z^d with j*al ouay, oalled his wife from tho home of a neighbor ?rhero she was visiting at Mloanopy, Flv, and out her throat, almost semirg hor head. Ho thon mado his csaapo and has not yot been oaptured, Ri AMUCK. Lawless Negroes Create a Row add One Is Killed. Wi FINALLY CAPTUMP. A Party of^NegrocB Start Out And Attack a White Mao and Hi? Wife ij hi Their Home ; Without Any f| Cause. A dispatch from Anderson to Tho N'.v-vfl and Courier tells a strange tale about the doings of somo crazy or *ru 'ken negsoes In Anderdon County. Tho trouble] took placo Tl u-iday night and asia-rot u'b of it ono negro ls do d and taroo others woro lodger! In J-ill. TWa/of them Invo boen rx amined for Uinaoy and aili probab y ho s;;ut to the Asylum. Tnoy rro undoubtedly oraz.-d vrPh religious frebzT. They talk i. rat onal ly and imagine thoy are Idol breakers, having destroyed muoh valuado prop erty In tbeir.nou80tt, suoh an ploturot, mirrors, olooks, and musical instru ments. O :oof those in J .il ls quite seriously wounded, having thre^ bul ets in his body. The dead* negro ls eald to have beau a n?gro;of prcmlner c;and wortl: s' Vvral thousand dollars. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Long, who we e at'.aoVo l by the negrees, aro both quite badi; hurt, having tocen assailed with rookB Dr Tripp, who wan shot in the oap ?ure of the nagi .es, is seriously wounded, but will recover lt ls sap uhat ho was shot by one of his owi ^arty by mtatake. He was woundei in tho breast. Tho negroes, it seoras, s'arted cu on a regular rampage, and tlrat ;ato* nicked a houBo.ocouplcd by their own race. They Btruok terror to thc hearts of the inmates and they qed Toe negroes, proceeded to tho house of Mr. L ng? who ls a prominent Oli!z*nol tbaftsic-lon,and assailed Mr. nd Mrs. Long with rook, and wound ed them badly. As Boon as the re ports of tho outrage went out a crowd lathered to ?begin a Lu it for the ne groo . Thefc were surrounded In a lr'uso and after several shotB were tired hy bottrsides they wereoaplui od. It was in this skirmish with the negroes that Dr. Tripp and the oegroes wort? wounded. The one who died \ t*i'< named R;cd and he was hHlv ! "ot* up. Tao two who J MlUlOU UU lUUWJJf ?rc vVili? ?.sey Anderson, uncle U and uepnew.; t Deputy Sbott, who made the arrests cf the negroes, roports that ??ho house in whloh the mon were captured wa* a complete wreok so far ?B the furnishings were concerned. Nearly every arel?lo of household 1 adornment] WOB broken into pieoes, 1 the negroes claiming that such things t were Idols and should bo destroyed. They claim that there must be a re volution amu!)g tho people and that they must change their manner of living. It is plainly a caao of rel'gl ms fanaticism oarriod to an alarming x ont and is something out of the ordinary in this S'.ate. A TT KM ITKL) ASSAULT It seems that the religious fn nz-, ?tory published by The Nows and Oourler and copied above ls all a hoax as the following account of the oroublf, whloh wa? seut the Spartan burg Journal from Greenville, will show. The dispatch from Greenville *ays RS tho result of a ola-dr between ti.vo etil '.'.'.IM and al out ten men on one ilde and a poore or more of negroes on the other side, near Piedmont, Ander jon Couuty, late Thursday afternoon, ono negro ls de id and several other persons, wbito and bia 3k, aro Injured. The dlspatoh says Thursday morn ing a warrant was issu .d for thc am st of Pill Henderson, a negro, on the charge of attempting to assault Mrs. O. M. L ing, a well known rarrairV wife. The cftloers left at once for the vloluitv of Piedmont, where tho man warned was reported to be at thc ilmo. Before arriving there they tern ed that the negroes lo th/t v'c'nity were preparing to put up v U h' in an cffirt to prevent the arrf ?I o' Hender .ion. Tho offloers sought 6o K? .o >gthar their foroo by the add Di'Mi of a vi z men whom they enlisted in &hat neigh borhood, M'a. Lcog aoo > upLolod tv party for tne purpose of identifying the negro. When the party arrived at the heirn where it waa reported that Hinder ion was staying they found thc piac.i barricaded and tho armed negroes O' tho outside. After discussing the ali nation the cffUers decided to store tho improvised fortress. Then the li lng bogan and continued for ?fter minutes When the smoko oloareo ! away tho result was found to be as I above stated. The negro was finally wrested and lodged In Jail. Thoro waa no excitement or throats to lynob him. _ Vary Had ?catii, At Florence M.sa Ainsley, the eight year old daughter of Hw. and Mrs. John G. ilfokwlth, died very sud denly Tuesday night as a result of pto maine poisoning. For tho past day ar two oho bad beon sick, but late h. tho afternoon she was tak>n with convulsions and expliod about ll o'olcok, He' four-year-old sister, Neille, and Mrs. Prallsford, the mother of Mrs Beckwith, aro both now In tho McLeod hospital from thc same cau&o. They aro said to bo do lng very nioely, and are expeoted t roiovor. Miss Alrndoy was beloved by all who knew hor. IToiuid In lOaat Itlynr. Tho body of Henry K. Wimpole, a wealthy Philadelphia manuffcOtUre of chemicals, who had been missing tevoral days, was found in tho Evit river at New York T .ur?d?y night. He undoubtedly com-xdfeted suloide. A trusted em ploy co of the Urra of Warn pole & Oo., In Canada waa short a large sum of monoy and Wampole brooded over the raattoer until he be cams laeaae. TO HOLD COTTON, SOUTIIISIIN ASSOCIATION TA H KU IMPORTANT STI3P, f Avantages of Plan to fontrol Mar kot at Fix d Price T xiilamed Crop Outlook. Mr. K D. Smith of tho Southon Cotton association bas returned from ?be meeting of,the executive oommlt tee reoontly held at liol. Spring*. Mr. Smith makes the foliowlug statement: 1 b*vt Just returned from tho wept lng of tho tx sout've comuaittoa at H t ?piingb, Ark., which coi, v ned Sept., 0, and adjourned on tho ovenlng of ie pt , 9 Matters of great importance came up for consideration before this meet og and were considered deliberately ind entirely with referoi co to tin ?oud that might bo dono to those in .creeled in ootton growing lu the South and lu tho prosperity that bas csuitod from the two years of tho re ?t uue?atlve return for oottou. All tnt S ales wero represented, and 0 rp.to of the foot that acme serious lUudelM bad been madu, ev ry mar? as . m ?in ?.?'.-iJo as to tho prloolples t the oiga? z ^ion and its ultimate o"/?!r u> wiu vue tig nt for Southern dop nd co ef ibo domination cf Cot? ga speculations aud foreign capt al. Thc committee, after tho dellb ration, decided to lix doad-dne, the ne below whion noottou, weak or troog s lould be sold .n the S?ut a en oeuts per pound. Tals was done lecause of the senti mont throughout /he bourn that tuis waa tho lowest possible prloo under existing coi ni i vlei.s as to labor, and tho luoreasco .mees of all other o >mmodltles nee v ssa ry fer tue growing and making f th - orop, that would enable the (rower to mtob bia obligations It bad io refcreuoo whatever to the presen; jiop or any ether condition. We did tot say, nor do we mean to say, that xittou ls not or wlil not be wort!; nore than tbto por pound, bathed upoi une law of Bupply and demand. 'Cher wero oonsumod thia year, f;om S pt , 1 to Sept., 1, 12.200,000 h h s, v.hioL irought an averago of ll 7 jonis psi pound; 850??00 bales ot twa amount wore takon from the cop of 11)04 wbiob was brought over from tnat fear into the cotton year o| 1005 CO According to the oom umptlon, a 'eported from the mills, and the new plndlos that are added, the piuspec iive demands for the spinning world will ba 12 500,000 bales for loco aud i0J7, o? tue present cotton >etr. As to the outlook for the vlcld ol iho present year, wo had au aggregate if several thousand reports f om elli erent States, taken from observation!, uade nineo Sept., 1. These rr p ,rth ?om o.n novevni Kenton were read li: ipoh Committee and commented upo iy tho mombors of tho e x outlvo oom nittee and the State pr?sidents frone me several States, '/rom North (Jar dina, J. P. Allison of Omcord and 0 J. M tore from Oharlotte, corrobor?t id tho returns from that State which ndloated from ten to fifteen per cen?, CBS yiold than last year. Toe/ state.d >bat unless the price of o tton exceed .d 10 oeuts per pound, tho ootton .rowers of their State would si t? r [from Alabama, W. II. Seymour of Montgomery spoke ou the returns from heir sui.:, ueolariug tnat tho cou il .1 ms toere did not wari ant an est! cate as good as last, year of from tei< o tl'loen per oout. They alsocjntend id tuat unless thc paco equalled that f last year \iaoama woiiid abo self i a vie.v of thu fro? of thc luoreasso jost of production and the enhanoae alua of all art loka neoossary for tome conaumotion on tho farm. From Ai kansas J W. Wblto of Russell vi lie, ur. L. K Love of Darrtenelle and H. li. Hurnetle of ?blokalah, declared idiat tbe conditions in Arkacnas bad ..a ci hm teil, at the lowest calculation, Zb per cent, in the last 16 days prior ?o our meeting. They put tho maxi nu m yield from Arkansas at about 760,000 bales. From Louisiana i\ul M fonts of Nmhltooaes and F. L M?X .vell of Mound, ot noborated the ro oorts from the dureront oouutles that toil weevil lu the U d Uivor valley, xoesulvo ralu, rust and blight made .be condition in their State but lightly increased over last year. It uust be taken into aocount lu refer nee to this State, that they madr practically a total failure last year, h'rooi Mississippi, Walter Olaik of Jlarksdale and Dr. William Woods of Jackson declared that the conditions ui their State wore suoh that thu yield would bo from tlfteeu to twenty ,jor cent, lesa than waH estimated 15 i iy s previous to our meeting. From G oigla Harvlo Jordan confirmed the uatcmont that tho outlook lu Georg a vas for a ten or Hf teen per cont. de? ?eio under laut year. F: om Texas, .{,. T. Milner of IIendor?on, J O iliokey of Henderson and Dr. J II. ? pi of Marshal) con Ur med the reports o fit never boforo In the history of the iUio havo tba ravages of boll wocvii ..nd boll worm been BO great as they arc In the presont year. This, oouplcd with tho rapid deterioration of the oondltlon of ootton made tho prospeot for a yield in Tex** very slightly over that of last year. From Oxlahomaand indian Torrltory, L B Irvin of Still #ater, Okla., confirmed tho roport .hat for the tln.t time In the history A oolton growing the boll weovll had invaded their territory, and though i/he prohpocts up to two weeks agc ?vero very mitering, yet he oonllrmed mo report that tho outlook at tho .lino of our mooting was such as tc warrant no appreciable lnorsajo over ast year. Tao condition in our State ia known to tho readers of tblBarticle. As to niy own observations, I visited she States of Texas, Arkansas, Ala bama, Mississippi, North Carolina and in nono of these States are thero con ditions to warrant a yiold apprexi mat ely abova that of last year. As lo T.xvs, Mr. Hyatt bas given a true roport of conditions in reforonoe to olio boll wocvll and the general out look. I was present with him and confirm tho statement In his inter view. lt is absolutely'suicidal for tho?e who mako the cotton, to be frighten od by the bear reports that are boin g sont out, and market their ootton foi tess than 10 cants per pound at thol roBpcotive stations. The tri.de real i*?s ?hat Vh?s lathe debt paying pe tloci ano" tb** ?'hey wJU 'oro? the prto? down i ow, i ;ke r van'ag? < f the po? .rty ami dl*r> o 0??slty of too oottor produor, irA h ad up thc rr. Ul? with thin cheap cotton la order to get him !u a poult lon whore thoy may dictate th. pr'o.i for the entire crop Ld everyman who bet ht? o ?rn ar d bl country's Interest at heart, tee to il hat the ootton shall not be Baorlilopr -dmpiy because we failed lo obtf.hilm tho 15 couts, for which so macy o? u stood. Beoauioof the ursietuing wis 'om ot this move, Is noroafon why wr should not stand is a u -lb uow tha ve are ali agreed M to tue price bolo v. '.-blob cotton shall not go. I have given the names of the ex iou tl ve c immitteo from every Stat?1 io that anyone wishing to lr quire wh( thc y aro and as o their Standing it their sevrai States and as to the con iitlO'iB that obtain in their Stute., onay communicate vrith them to con tlrjyi the statements that I h av.;, mut T .e executive committee deoldpdi /lew of the faoo teat lu our presoni itMui wc were ci, much muru thai in advisory board and had no po^e JO enforce our domands, unie s vhf?r hould b'. a ttrlct observance of ou idvico, to orgat? a oorporatl- n fo? he purpose of buying, selling and varehouslng ootton and to r\lse, i >oestble, at least ?60,000 OOO for tbt . mr pose of buvioR rod retiring from ihe market t?ne wend ooUon wbiol .aoh year duriig idcptoab.r, Ootoboi md November is fo o;:d on the marke ?o tho li J ry of oU those who ca* oid and who would bn willing to bol* mdorotbero rcumstaucoa. Tbosbare we to be ?5 ea?-h. ir every cotto? .rower In tr? S uth would put int/ bis syndicate 45 \ bale on tho cotton crown, it wou.u plve the capital o? approximately ??0,000,000. Thi noi.ey could bo distributed In rao Jtate aooordlng vc t:a number of bale atsed in that State and be used for be purpose cf purchasing and retlriuj ottou (ff: red b';o ? the mlolmur ?rio J. Say, s planter ra ses ten bale? f ootion, he ia < IT j reo 8 cor.? p mund, be takes $6 .forth of stock pei lalo, or 150 in HUH oonoerr ; the mar got adviki.o s, In const q ?nee, om ontperp.u id. II . huh made b.oi. n his ten bales of oo'.tou the entire mount invested, besides still ownlni its su ck in thc company, it ls t cry a mple plan; very easy of exeou lo?, li the planters, m^ro' <*,n's anr: inkers Wll j st tBko si.tll ,lOLit tttock 0 rtfc'lz'j tho ?rn'uit asked for. A* . ti ls, we stand to lose S10 on tho bah ny V?R" on Ri'.v I ?/, n^>n we urov*. 'hercio o. lt staun*! to r a on tint ? . o p? ?ll Uko ooo cent a pound; on th-: DttO'i grown lu bho South, oonren rale lt In the bands ofpraotioal busl t ess men to tu aud retire cotton lr 1 ie market to bo held by thom for t ia minimum p: o Hied by us, th ii 1 111 guarantee a recm neratlve prioe loh year. We speed no money ii . rotcotlng our cotton, wbllo toe biry s UTE \>OKW. <-y ,nrlu i-oUHonn of rlr?lln,n. ? ?ld makes mill'ous of ubllarS roobiot. - a of our pre Hts. Mr Witherspoon of Mcr'd'an, Miss , \ ? looking after the ob *rt" ; J. P Al- c son, of Uonoor i, N U , J U H.cko; 1 1 Houderson, Ttx , F. L. M xwell of n [curd, La., Mr. S. A Witherspoon fi t Meridian, Ml*s., and myself are ap Dint'd a committee to draft and prt ' nt the. detailed p an to thc publ.o at t irge. Tills, in our opinion, if prop? ' fly appreciated by the people ot the fl outh, vrili ho:ve the problem of Qi- i >g and maint aining a prioe. < Lit n mrto think that, wa are at al I Isoour?g d. Wo h&v j st begun to I ght. B D Smith. EN ATO R TiLLM xii ?ATIoFIED * ny? & Mi.i >rltj ol ilio liocliiln-oro 1B ? for Di/ )>' tin-.> y. Senator B. It Tillman was in Co- 1 umbla for a short while Wednesday n his way from T ron ton to Charlotte, ?. U , where he was bo doll var an ad Iresa to the Chautauqua Wednesday light. While theie ne ss?t for aomt tewspaper meo and was Interviewed. "Tie senator laiiveJ frc dy, anc vblle at the outset giving the Impres don that he onside: ..l tue dispensary oroes In tho light of vieler rather dian vanquished, ho displayed cu dderable feeling before tho Interview Hided. .'If my opponents are satisfied,*' de ?iared tie, "wtoh tuc tesults of the primaries Wcduotoay, 1 certainly am. I didn't get a ch mo vto ote lc tue tlrat primary, but 1 voted Wednesday, and wbilo the g ..a, ie men f jr whom J cast my vote .?uro defeated, tba? fact nolthor surprises nor disturbs me. "Cue gev.ruor cannot make the laws, nor o*?; ne repeal thoso already on the statute books. The dispensary will I ia vd, according to the informa lien 1 uave received, a safo working maj rlty in both the house and senate aomobhlng like ton or moro. My light waa on the leglnlature and for this cc oaslon I say 1 have won my tight. "T. e prohibitionists, bdnd tigers, ?coal optlonlsts and high Uocnse ad vocates made ooma on on u? against t.ho di8pftnr.r.ry, knowing that its de ioat would enable them to carry out their nefarious sobornes, but thia un holy tulenco did not acouinp?lsb ltf? desires. "Wc will olean out tho dlrpsnsary, sot lt up m its foot, strongohen lt and ?.hen we will see how well Ansel on lorooj the lav/. S > far from b?lng hurt about being tora ohed," he declared, "I am gratllltd to <now that despite what thc newsp. per. havo been saying about.the matti r, i m>v? bionsoraio.i ed this time jost 4,000 times lesa than I was last. "I bop" our new governor will do his own thinking anet not give heed to tho Oolumulrt ring " n Hmo l'w> llumlroil. Practically without warning a sido of the mountain rising above the town ship of K fawell btoke way, and in a sea of scral-llq ilda mul, sand and stones swept down on the township and overwhelmed and obliterated it Some 255 poisons havo boon burled alive. Fifty-live bodies have already been reaovcrcd from tho mire whloh is about a!x fec'i ucjp. Iii addition to tho lives lost countless head of oat tie perished and tho orops were de stroyed, NEGRO LYNCHED Ia William: burg County for an Attempt to Assault <>N A YOUNtt MATRON. Sbe Attfmpled to Sboot Her Assailant, but the Pistol Palled to Work, and the Fiend Then Raa Away, But Was Caugh*. Another ly nob lng for attempted mtrsge ooonrred near Indlantown Presbyterian Ohuroh, In Williame* bur? County, about fifteen miles from IC I ringtree, Saturday morning, Sept. 8 James Burges*, Jr., who was the. v'otlm, a bright mulatto negro, ta illeged to have made an attempt en Friday before to overpower and out age Mrs. Mary Wilson, wife of Mr. Luther Wilson, son of the late Julian . Wilson, who WRB murdered at Coop r's store, In Williamsburg County, last winter, and tor willoh orlme three i?;gr jes came very nearly being ly nob d, but who were permitted a lawful '.rial and have stno? paid the death penalty on tho gallows at Kingstreo. The attempted outrage was oommltt d within three miles of where the rider Wilpon was murdered, and with . his crime and attempted lynching it.ill fresh in his mind, Burgess at? empted to oom m it an outrage upon i white woman and bas taken tba ope route to the otber world to Join obe murd rers. The story of the attempted outrage >R given the correspondent of the Ne <<H and C mier by one of -he besi ci o u citizens and publlo m n ot Williamsburg County ls as follow?: Mr Jul Jin Wilson, husband of the 'ady abovo mentioned, had Burgees md another negro hauling ootton to Mr. D. N E vin's ginnery on Friday aorn.mg. Mr. Wilson went to the tin with the drat load of ootton and eut the two men back with the vagon for more cotton. When the vagon left Wilson's house Burgess lia not go with it, but slipped undir he bouse. After the wagon had >een gone some tfmo Mrs. Wilson leard a noise under the house and, ip*m investigation, found lt to be lurgess. She at once ordered him ut and he went efl, as she thought, 0 the ginnery. Mrs. Wilson then toured a, pls'.oi and started to go to 1 neighbo>'s house, as aho herself WM ilene ' ;.v. ..^^^ As she passed down the lane on her vav. Burgess is said to have stepped tut f om a fence corner and stopped ter, at the same time making indo lent proposals to hor. She began lo cream, and the negro attempted to ay hands upon her, whereupon Mis. LV'.lsm drew her rovolv^r and at i mp ved to shoot Burgess, but, being ?ervous and frightened to suoh a ;TO i extent she oculd not get the itstol to fire. Burgess then made hts iscape and ?as not seen again by her, rVheu Mr. Wilson returned he wee nformed of the attempted outrage ind an e ff rt va1, made to flud Bur ress, bu* wlobout avail. Saturday morning two white mea vent to a negro house in the same rerritory, and found Burgess hld in t. He was take out about midday tn?, carried down to a pond nea'by ind shot to dca tu and lett there. Who the white men were is not known, but it was in tho broad day right and there were no masks used. Burgess was a bright mulatto aad waa about 10 years old. The news of the lynching lt seems was kept quiet : Mi.it S?lm day, when the story ob taine d circulation In that seotlon. N<'Kro Woin ?ii murdo ved. Thc dead body of Rebeco? Dwight, a colored v.oinan living near Lone Star, was found on the Atlantis Coast L.ue railroad between the former place and Creston, Saturday night, week ago, by two odored men, who were walking along the railroad. The negroes, being frightened by the Bight it a lifers f J m lying across the traok, did not attempt to move it from the track, and before the alarm waB given the i-ox unbound train ran iv? the body. The woman had a s- vere gash in the bead and the skull ,vas broken in uovoral places. The apposition ls that she was killed and chrown across the traok. As to who Killed her there is aa yet no positive evldenco, but George Dwight, her husband, is said to have been very cruel to her and to have threatened ber life several times. AIIBOI to tho Poopto. Governor-elect Amol has Issued the following address to the people ot South Carolina: "I am truly grate 'ui to the Demooratlo voters of South Carolina for the splendid vote I re ceived throughout the Stato in the last primary oleotlon aud I take thia opportunity 3f thanking them for this manifestation of their great confi dence. 1 shall bo the Governor of all the people and shall bend every effort towards upbuilding and maintaining tho high and honorable position whloh our State has attained. To this end I pray that God may give me wisdom and strength. I respect fully ask that all the people give me their h il uenoo and co operation in making my administration one that shall redound to the best interest of the entire State. M. V. Ansel." Will bo Tried. Sheriff M. M. Llmehouse, of Dor obostor county, tndioted for malfeas ance in enrico beoauso he allowed a small party of mer, too Insignificant to be called a mob, to lynoh a negro and on account of his alleged coward loo in allowing the notorious Bill Har? loy to escape, will not bo tried at a npcolal term as was the program. So licitor HUdobrand 'phoned the Gover nor Wednesday advising that the trial beheld at the regular term opening late in October because he could give the ease better attention then,