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lboro Deni?crat 'DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR DIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUK DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL XXXIII BENNETTSV11 JL Ii, S. C., FRIDAY, M ARCH 18, 1908 NO. ll GARY ?S CHOSEN i. Senator on tho Eighteenth Ballot to Succeed Latlmer BY SMALL MAJORITY. Mr, Cary Jins Had Long Service in the Legislature, Also an Original Trustee nf Winthrop and Member of Constitutional Conven!lon-Ex? Gov. Sheppard Shuns Strength in Two Hallets. On Gie eighteenth ballot in Joint assembly Prank B. Gary, of Abbeville, former Speaker of tim House, was chosen Friday for United Stales Senator to un tho unexpired term caused by thc death of Asbury C. I.mimer. Mr. Cary secured 70 out ol' 1 Ti 1 votes, one more than necessary to elect. ll was tho fourth ballot ol the day, taken after a strenuous ef fort was made to postpone **> Ex-GoV. .lohn G. Sheppard, of Edgelield, was entered and showed great strengte,, getting 3-1 votes on thc third ballot, but ho was not vot ed for in the final ballot. Mr. (bary's friends are jubilant over the outcome arid he is being warmly congratulated on every turu. His long service in politics has made bim known throughout the State. Ile served continuously from ist)I to 1001 in the House, being Speaker in his retiring term. Ile was a candidate for Governor in 1000, when Miles II. Mcsweeney was elected. lb? was a member of the constitutional convention in ISPr> Mr. Gary is a trustee o, tho oily schools of Abbeville. He was a member^, of tho hoard of trustees that .located and built Winthrop Col lego at Hock Hill. Ho is forty-eight years of ago. The deadlock hod caused some, aux ioly to Mr. cary's supporters, bul. all the while they contended ho would eventually be the choice of the Leg islature. Eighteen ballots were nec essary to choose. The first joint ballot for United States Senator Friday morning re faulted: Gary 68, Waiker 2s, T. G, ^McLeod 14, .1. Wright Nash Ht, .Maul din S, Coker 14, Ira lt. .Iones f., Wilie Jones 4. Total 154; nocossary to a cholee 7 S. Mr. dary had /rained five votes from Ht?' hist ballot Thursday night. Thc House Immediately proceeded to ano!her ballot. Congressman Lever was nominated in spite ol' protests from friends that he was not a can didate and particularly did not want to be entered. Mr. Nash's name waa withdraw n. Tho second ballot rosultcd; Gary 70, Walker 28, McLeod 11, Ira .Tones A, Wilie Jones 4, Mauldln 7, Coker io, ?x-Gov. John c. Sheppard of Edgeflcld, a new entry, 15? Congress man Lever 7. This is the fifteenth ballot. Mr. Lever's friends now nom inated him. The third ballot resulted. Cary 7.1, Walker 10, McLeod 4, Sheppard :t4, Lever 0, Mauldln 7. Ira ll. Jones 1, Coker 2, State Senator D. P. Mc Kclthnn 1. i'otnl 154, An effort to take a recess failed and a fourth bal lot was entered. ? Tho fourth and final ballot on Which Frank B. Cary was elected Gary 70, McLeod 32, Mauldln ll, Ira M. o J DCS 4, Wilie Jones 2, Coker 1 Mc Kel than I. Walker 24. Total 164 Necessary to choice 78. SEN'T OH ECK fo Cover Ibo Amount of Which Slate Was Cobbed. The Stu I o says that Col. Felder and Mr. Malvern Dill, In going over tho old books ol I ho Stale dis pensary, discovered thal on an order for 300 casks of beer sold lo tho Stale Dis* pomary in 1904, the Indianapolis Brewing company overcharged the Stale the sum of $200. A settle ment In full had boon made with this concern nearly four years ago and their firm name did not appear on the ledger of the dispensary when tho commission took charge. Col. Folder addressed a communi cation to the Indianapolis Browing company calling attention to the find ings (d' Hie commis: lon as to their dealings with tho officers of the Stale and advised that the amount of overcharge, $200, bo remitted to the attorney general Without delay. Tty return mall came a check for the full amount of the overcharges ami no questions were asked. Knocks Out Dispensary) The supremo court holds Hint the election in Choslorfleld on the dis pensary (litestlott was legal foul valid omi the dispensaries ne therefore to go. This, ls Hm Ur-! de l: lon Hi" court has over mado against the dis pensa ry. RECEIVERS NAMED Judge Pritchard Takes Full Control of Dispensary Fund. Messrs. J. A. McCullough, C. K. nen denton and II. V. Art luir Appointed Receivers mid They Accept. In the United States Court ut Asheville Saturday afternoon alter hearing the argumente hy counsel, Judge J. C. Prletehurd appointed Hon. Joseph A. McCullough, of Greenville, Messrs. C. K. Henderson and H. F. Arthur, the two latter mom hors of the State commission, permanent receivers for the dispen sary funds now lu the hands of the dispensary commission, I The court will order that this rund bo turned over to the receivers al I oiii". In the event that Hps order is refused lhere will probably he a clash of State ami Federal j ur lsd ic-1 l ?un. Attorney (?on. Lyon said: 1 regret; exceedingly that there is a person in i the State of South Carolina who I would accept nu appointment as re ceiver at the hands of Jtldgo Prit-] chard." Then taking up the general situation Mr. Lyon said: "So far as Jttdgo Pritchard undertaking to en-' join any ono from bringing suits or to in any way Interfere willi the, lund involved is concerned i will state that, l Instituted proceedings in Hie Supremo Court of South Carolina'1 for tho purpose of compelling the.' commission io disregard Judge Prit chards injunction and to pay into tho i Slate treasury for the use of tho Al-[ lorney Goneral's office the sum of $16,000 which wiis appropriated fo.* tho purpose of certain criminal pro ceedings ?iud prosecutions of persons Connected with the late dispensary. Judge Prltchard'8 order will most certainly be disregarded by mo if lt undertakes to in any wise restrain qr direct nie in this or any other proceedings I may deem lt advisable 10 institute. "I regard the entire proceedings as without precedent and as a most outrageous disregard of the light ' of the Stale of South Carolina. lt ls founded upon no sound authority. His conduct in appointing receivers 011 Hie day before (bo motion for tho appointment of receivers was to be heard in accordance with the formal order which he passed was a most wilful disregard of tho rights nf, the State, and we wore thereby denied our day in Court. "As to Iiis criticisms in his former decree, of my hrnglng tin; mandamus proceedings in the Supreme Court of j South Carolina to compel the com-j mission to disregard his injunction and pay into the State trcasuiy thc appropriations made for the prose cution of tho criminals, tho proceed ing in the Supreme Court was in ac cordance with the practice ?md law In South Carolina, and if tills had not been so the Court would have refused to assemble and boar tho tame. "The result of this proceeding can not he foretold. It would, no doubt, he as useless to explain the purpose j of this proceeding to him as lt was to explain the law and the facts in the case in which he lias assumed jurisdiction. I am most, careful as io the opinion the learned Judge, may entertain willi regard to this proceeding. lt is not surprising that . he regards any move on the part Of the Slate to protect her rights againsl those Who rt'OUld despoil her as un warranted; "His conduct has hoon most un-j BOOin I ll g) y and tm- State of South i Carolina must look to the United . States Supreme Court for tho pl'C .?ol val ion ol' its soverign powers. "I am oxtremely gratified to know that Messrs. Murray. Halton and Me Swoon, members of the State dispen sary commission, have refused io nc copi the receivership offered them, and that their patriotism cannot bc shaken hy the hopo of tiny reward. "1 believe we will finally bo suc cessful In the defence of the Slate, but whatever the result we will de fend her to the last extremity of the! law. Knowing tho righteousness of our cause, I believe wo will suc ceed. HIDDEN TH FA SU I HO POUND. Many Million Dollars Discovered in Ruins of om Castle. Hidden treasure valued at eight million dollars ls reported to have hoon discovered In the ruins of an ancient castle at Kaineniet/,, near the Russian-Ualitv.au frontier, The treas ar,, con: Isis of thirteen tons of pure gold find ef much Jowolry and pre cious stones. lt was concealed by Pi: co Onllt'/.ln win n he Med from KnmcnlotK, exactly 110 years ago. I,forts ) learn (he details o'' the illftcovery aro blocked hy those who are In posesslon of the facts. WANT BRYAN. He is Greeted by His State Con* vention With Cheers. SOLID DELEGAT! 3N Instructed to Vote for Ulm as the Democratic Candidate for Presi dent.-Platform Adopted Favors ninny Reforms.-"Equal nights to AU. Special Privileges to None" Harmonious Meeting. A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., says Thursday was "Bryan Day" in that city and throughout Nebraska. With the Democratic Stale Conven tion as a nucleus party leaders from every county and practically every primary district in the common wealth gathered there to plcdgo al legiance to the presidential aspira tions of Mr. Brynn and to consider menus for furthering his Interests he fore the Democratic national conven tion. iCnthuslasm was prevalent through out the day. Il broke loose early in the afternoon session of the conven tion ami gradually gat hering volume, broke out. in tumultuous vocifera tions when at the beginning of the evening session the platform com mittee presented this resolution: "The Democratic party of Nebras ka again declares coniidonco in and admiral ion for William Jennings Uryan, In bim we behold the ideal American Citizens-the ideal Demo crat. We rejoice that the principles Which he has so ably advocated have beta gladly received by the Ameri can people. "Resolved, That the dele gates by this convention chosen be, and are hereby, Instructed to vote as a unit for (he nomination of Mr. Bryan for tho presidency." This official endorsement of Mr. Bryan's candidacy met tho f?Rjip proval of tho delegates. Tho I on clad instructions to the 16? 'men ao lected during the afternoon to repre sent the State at Denver will, it was thought, leavo no doubt as to where Brynn's home State stands. Tho platform as a whole was large ly Mr. Divan's own work. That il reflected the leader's view as to what should form th Issued upon which the party should go before the country next fall, was not denied. Mr. Di van, how. vcr, sahl that the declarations (d' the platform were necessarily ncomploto; that SOUK1 sec tions undoubtedly will be included in the national platform that Wore omitted, while others were treated in i he Nebraska document in a par po, ely brief manner so as to allow amplification at Denver. Mr. Brynn's Speech. "Cur trouble seems to be to per suade the Republicans to accept Democratic policies; our work ls to expose the Imitation by them of Democratic ideas and to point out wherein they como short in their ef fort to appropriate Democratic doc trines. "Take for Instance the trust, ques tion. Wo have definitely convinced tho Republicans that there WOt'O lin.:;;; now they admit trusts exist. We bad difficulty in convincing them thal the criminal law should be en forced; now they admit it should be enl-.iced but fail to enforce il. In KO lar as they have acted against Hie trusts at all they have acted alon/', the lines laid down liv the Democrats, bul the Dust magnates are still al largo, Die trusts ; re still flourishing and even tho supporters oi Mr. Taft have no specillc remedies to offer for relief, and trusts arise while Republic.ins are boasting of (heil crusade against them. They propose regulation of monopolies in stead of extermination, although they have reason to know that regulation has. failed and that any one of a number of t rusts can afford to eon ii iimie in times as much to a ?om palgn fund as can be collected from all nie voters who are outside the privileged circles; "in, tho tariff the Republican lead er! nov admit that tariff reform is nov v.< essary but a careful reading of theil- promises show mat they use language identical with that employ ed in former platforms which have been Ibo basis .or Du1 present ex tortionate rates. The advocates of the McKinley tariff and of the Dingley tariff never asked for more than enough lo cover the difference of labor here and abroad but under pro tease Of protecting labor thoy built Up tho present oppressive schedules. What rei son have we to believe their promises ure worin any more nov. Cnn they have been in the past 20 y 'tit's? Sundy tho people will not ' . .isl tariff reform to ' .u;se \. have stubbornly refused to reduce tariff inten when they had full power to do so and then asked to be returned ! > pov -r thal. De v may do what n y 1 ve frilled to do. "T Re; ibllci 'is admit that rnll load regulation h/?a beoa needod and yot Cor 10 years tho Republican party allowed ltsoif to bo overawed by tho railroad lobby nt Washington and having, with tho aid of tho Demo crats, scoured a llttlo relief, tho He publican loaders now rely upon what has boon dono; und outline no pro gram?lo for further legislation. The Rop?bllcan leaders have watched a fow railroad magnates strangle com petition and combino great systems Into greater ones, without raising a hand for tho protection or tho public omi now they ask for another lease of power as a reward for their inac tion. ( "Under Republican rule tho rela tions between capital and labor have1 become moro and more strained and \ yet tho lb publican leaders resist each attempt to bring om ploy ors and em ployes Into more harmonious rela tions. "The Philippines present another instance of gross mispianngoinent. I Instead of applying tho American1 Mea to tho Philippine question, tho Republican lenders imitated the em pires of tho Old World and entered on a Colonial policy which has in volved us in enormous expense, brought us weakness instead Ol' Strqngth and humiliation instead of glory. "The presen I financial stringency is another illustration of Republican Incompetency. In the full posesslon of power it IKIS allowed tho country to he run by Wall street financiers and In the crisis is impotent to do more tin*II furnish money out of the public, treasury io support the mar ket. It has made no effort to stop gambling -tho fruitful causo of pan ics lt has made no effort to furnish government notes for an emergency and it has made no effort to protect dopes'..-.) s. While it demands seo i ity for government funds when de posited with hanks, it has left tho individual depositor to risk his sav ings without protection against mis management by hank o tilda I.-. "Tho Republicans admit thal something must be done and they now know how to proceed. Tiley are so convinced that Ibo present condi tions a rp deplorable that they ap plaud tho president's last mess.ige which was an indictment of Repub lican,misrule, for all abuses of which he complains aro traceable to Repub lican.-'^ V1 d.? ' ' or lack of legisla tion. ' "We face tho future with hope and that hop?; rests on a firm foun dation. Democratic, policies have grown in popularity as tho voters have become better acquainted with tho evils to bo remedied. The Dem ocrats have been looking at public questions from the standpoint of all tho people, while Republican leaders have beer, looking at them from tho standpoint of a fow. As Hie strength or a part? must 1)0 measured by the strength of its prnciplos, Democrats have reason to bel love that their prospects of success have Ix en greata ly Increased by tho widespread ac ceptance of Democratic remedies. "Another reason for hope is to be round In tho rad thai the Democrat ic parly is united while the Repub lican party ls divided, and the re union ol' the Democratic party ls due to the same causes that have brought division in the Republican ranks. The country has moved forward to ward positivo and aggressive resist ance to the encroachments of preda tory wealth and this growth has brought the rear ranks or the Dem ocratic party up to tho firing Uno, while It has seperated Ibo Republi can reformers from the Republican standpatters. The flghl for suprem acy i? He- Republican party is n bitter one. and whichever side wins Ihe other will be disgruntled. As the KepubllcnnH used one faction of the Democrailc party to defeat us in I Sin'., we shall return the compli ments this year and use one part of Die Ropnblicnn party to defeat the other, for it ls so hopelessly divided lhat it can not be trusted to do any thing at present. "Tile third cause for hope is to be round lu the moral awakening. Never in the generation bas there been such a Stirring or conscience and the sense of justice has been made son siiive to the Democratic appeal, which ls essentially an appeal for justice. The Democratic party has been doing pioneer work and now lt will enjoy the gratitude and appre ciation heaped upon the pioneer when the character of" tho work is fully understood." WA At INTO BOILING WATER, Ono Dead and Two Fatally Dinned nt Jersey City. Tine? men fell into a tunk of boll ing water Wednesday in tho chemi cal works of M. Calm & Uro., on West tfldo avenue, Jersey City, and before they wore rescued by fellow workmon were badly scalded. The Injured were ,1 OSO ph WOSng, joseph ?olnssny and .lohn Ashaz, all of Jersey City. Wosng died of his j injuries Hie next afternoon. Helas Bay und A8hnz, the doctors say, can hardly survive the offects of the ac cident. lt ls believed that tho men who were standing at the edge of (he tank, were overcome by ammonia fumed and that this caused them to fall into tho bolling water. SOME PLAIN TALK. Senators Tillman and Depew Lock Horns in Senate Over tho I ?art tho New York Batiks Piny in Speculations Un Lonning Money to Glainblcrs. A lively colloquy between Senators Depew and Tillman took piuco when the South Carolina senator attempt ed to have the senate pass his resolu tion calling on tho comptroller of the currency to furnish a detailed statement of ?ill loans made hy na tional hanks in Now York upon col lateral security during tho 6 months from June 1 to December 1, 1907. Mr. Aldrich Suggested that as drawn tho mensuro had many objec-l llonahlo features, but he thought a' resol II I ion would e framed to givo the information desired If it should he referred to tho committee ou fi uunee. Mr. Tillman demanded to know tho objection to tho resolution, Mr. Ald rich replying that the chief objection was the provision calling for the names of people making loans. "I think that would be the very worst Illili;; we could do In th?' pres ent condition," said Mr. Aldrich. Mr. Tillman disavowed any special purpose in having tho names and Mr. llal<> asked thal tho maller be al lowed to KO over so thal tho chair man ot tho finan?a committee and Mr. Tillman might agree on a form ot* resolution. Mr. Tillman said ho did not want to KO into tho pri vate affairs of banks but merely wanted to get at tho facts concern ing stock gambling and the loaning of funds of depositors for stock gambling purposes. Mr. Depow said that what was done In New York was done elsewhere and tho Inquiry might be extended to other pinces. "Dut," shouted, Mr. Tillman, '-'most sillies have cloted their buoketshops and New York has not shut up Its hucketshop or gambling house that i is swallowing up the little fellows." ? "South Carolina would be the llrst < to suffer if tho New York exchange i were closed," said ..ir. Depew, "and ber industrial institutions would fool tho offCCt of a loss of credit If New York ls hampered." "I have never discovered that New York is supplying money from dis interested motives," retorted Mr Tillman; "we pay for everytniag we. got." Mr. Depew sain it was safe to say thal n majority of demain, loans are maiie for legitimate pnrpos? added that ho was ready to co-operate in thc suppression of gamming in New York. The resolution was then offered to the com ni it tee on finance. . PIKE I.AGIOS, PUPILS SING. Scindais Marched Singing from tho Huming School Kulldlng. While a lire raged In tho fourth door of the live-story public school building n 19th street, New York on Friday two thousand pupils marched from the building singing "Ameri ca," under tho leadership of their teachers. The children were engaged . In their singing exercises when the lire gong rang, and they continued j to siiiK as they marched out of the building. There was no sign of a panic and a few minutes after the first alarm was sounded all tho children were assembled In the school yard wait ing tho word or dismissal. Fortun ately all of the smaller children were in rooms on tho lower (loora of tho building and many of them did not know Of the lire when they were call ed upon to march out hy tho regular fire drill Tho lire was quickly ex tinguished after causing $200 dam OA N VE DIO FOI ND. Kein'ives of a Dead Mun nt Asheville Can't De Located. The body of James Orlando Ami don, who died In a hotel at Asheville! several days ??KO, Still Iles unclaimed In an undertaking establishment In' that City. The body ls embalmed and dressed ready for burial, and tho lodgo of Masons ls using every of-j fort lo locate the relatives of tho! deceased. A badge found on tho | lapel of the stranger's coat indica ting that ho was a member of tlint Order. I he deceased is said IO have a brother named (1. Fred Anil don at Framlingham, Mass., and a sh ier named Miss So Amidon at Mid bury, N. H., but telegrams to both places failed to elicit any response. Ill the pockets of the (lead man's clothing was found a postal card from Ibo Dawkins Publishing Com pany of Waterville, N. Y., addressed to tho deceased at Miami, Fla. StjbberJ Chief of Police Shippy and Shot His Son. IN CITY OF CHICAGO. IVouId-He Murderer Was a? Aunr* ehist and Entered the Home of the Chief of Police and Tried to Sfab Him, Hut Was Killed in tho Fight Tlmt Followed Hy Hie Chlo. Himself. At Chicago Chief or Police George M. Shippy, his son Harry, and his driver, ames Foley, wore wounded hy aa anarchist who attempted to as sassinate the police official In tlv hall of tho latter's residence, iii Lin coln Court, Shortly alter il o'clock Tuesday morning. The desperate Struggle, in which Mrs. Shippy ano her daughter, Georglotta, joined, was terminated when the chief drew his own revolve and killed his as sailant. Harry Shippy was shot through the breast twice and waa proahhly fatally wounded. His father was : ia: lied in the arm, while Foley re ef Ived a Pullet In the wrist. Mrs. Shippy was kicked hy tho desperado, but her hurts are slight. Following the attacks, squads of police weil? sont into the Italian and Ghetto quarters of the city. Places known as headquarters ot secret so cieties suspected of anarchistic ten dencies were raided and a scuro or moro arrests were made. That the attempt to kill Chief Ship py resulted in failure was duo large ly to tho policeman's 'quickness in anticipating the purposo of his vis itor's prosence. Tho man had twice called at tho house and asked foi the cluer Monday when ho" WHS iou? that Mr. Snippy was at work and called again Tuesday morning when ii servant informed him that tho chief could not be seen before niuo o'clock. When ne rang the door bell al the latter hour, the chief himself answered the call. "As I opened the door," said Chief Shippy later, "tho man raised bia hat and I allowed him to step Into the hallway. He handed nie an en volope, I glanced at it and then tho thought struck nie that tho man was for analysis, the police being of tho an anarchist. I grabbed his arms and called to my wife who was in another room. When she ran into the hallway I said: 'Mother see If tills man has a revolver. She felt In ono of his coat pockets and said that he had. "I tried to hold him with one hand and draw my revolver with the other but he jerked away and fell against the door. I caught him again anti while we were struggling my son? who was up stairs, started to my aid. He was only a few steps from tho bottom of tho stairs when the man freed one hand, drew his re volver mid fired two ?hots at Har ry. "Then Foley, who had been sum moned by my daughter, stepped in to tho hall and the man shot him. The anarchist kiCKOd my wlfo to one side and by this time I had got my volver, and both Foley nnd I open ed fire. At my first, shot, which struck him In the head, he fell. Hut I fired three moro one Into his head Foley's shots also struck tho assas sin." Foley and .larry Shippy were tak en to a hospital. The body of tho anarchist was removed to a morgue. A search of the corpse failed to re veal any marks hy Which it might he identified. In a poekot of the man's coat, how ever, tho police discovered a small box of loznges, tho package hearing a label inscribed: "Trowbridge, Con fectionary Company, Moadvllle, Pa." Tho lozenges were sent to a chemist for analysis, the police bing of the opinion that they might contain pois on with which it was the man's In tention to commit suicide ?if arrest ed. The police ari? firm in the belief that tho attack on their chief was duo to an anarchistic plot. Theories that ho may have had a personal grievance against the official because of an arrest or some similar affair were given up when detectives of tho department failed to rcognlzo tho corpse as that of any known criminal. Two members of the forco asserted that they had seen the man at f mooting Of anarchists about, ten days ?go. j Hot h the chief and Mrs. Shippy assert that tho former's life was sav ed by the appearance of their son. The young mnn, who Is 18 years of age, ls a student nt a miliatary acid* erny, In Culver, Ind. Ile ls at homo because of Illness and hastened to hts father's aid when ho heard tho ? strugglo In tho hall.