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Democrat .?UP THOU, tiniflAT IjlttRKTY, IN8MBE PUB SOULS AN? MAKB PUK MV.CS IN THY UP&ESS^N IIAI l'? OH OUR I.IOATHS GLORIOUS IN THY OAUSK. VOJJ XXX I I i lmNNKTTSVILLF.. S. C^KtDAY, APRIL 24. 1908 NO. 17 MARTIN ?S MAD Attacks Ex-Gov. Heyward in tho Baptist Courier. WRITES WARM LETTER Thc* Superintendent of Education Talion tito Courier to Task Con* ?orniiig a Prediction it Made, a Short Timo Ago I hat Kv-Gov. Hey? ward Would tte Fleeted Senator at thc Coming Primary, Hon. (). H. M n un. Stale SUDOrhi tondent of lOdiicatlon, and a candi date for United states Senator has opened his letter writing butteries on tho lion. I), c. HoyWnrd, former Gov ernor and also' a candidate loi tho Sonnte, .Mr Martin's ire seems lo have laen aroused hy the publication in the Baptist Courier. I Mr. Marlin is a Baptist) under the Moto and Comment Column, conducted hy the Kev. I J. J. Bristow, of a prediction ?thal Mr I loy ward will bo elected Sen ator and the assertion that lie will reflect honor upon his State. Mr. Martin Friday made public a letter to the Baptist Courier in which he refers to the testimony before the investigating committee referring to expenditures alleged lo lui ve been made in Governor Hey ward's behalf hy some of his supporters in Spartan burg County in 1902. In his reply, published in next column, Governor Hcyward says he hrs no!liing to con ceal about this mailer, and that Iii?: expenditures were made and investi gated by his friends. Tin? item in the Baptist Courier is as follows: "Mr. Dan S. Henderson, who was announced as a candidate for tho United Slates senate to succeed Mr. Cary, has withdrawn from the race. There are still loft, however, live avowed candidates, of whom tho lead Jug -MM former Govs. Hey wa rd and hlvnns. Mr. Hoy wa rid has probably gained by the withdrawal of Messrs. McCullough and Henderson-two of tho most scholarly and intellectual men in the State and Hie present indications are thal Mr. Heyward will ^ "win out." If he should, South Car olina would have a representative in tho senate equal in every respect to any member of Dial body, and one whose acquaintance and Influence would be worth a groal deal to the state." .Mr. Martin's Let ter. To Hm Rditor of the Baptist Courier; Dear Sir: The enclosed clipping baa been noted by nie ami abo sent io me by Courier subscribers. I re gret that you use de Influence of your lisper and your gift, of prophecy to try to line up ibo voles bolero tho campaign opens. I have always be lieved thal your sense ol' fairness would have prevented such action. Il is possible to prostitute a relig ious; paper in politics. I wonder if you have read pages ?127-346 of the testimony of the dispensary Investi gation committee? Mr. W. lt. Dil lingham, of Spnrlanburg, swore that ko spent several hundred dollars for Governor Hey ward upon his author ity in rae race tor governor in 1902. Billingham said thal he was conduct ing the campaign upon the Mark ''Vltinnii system Several men swore that Dllllngham collected $50, each, from mon whom Gov. Hey ward ap pointed dispensary constables. Some of these fellows had lo bor row money for tent and rations." Chief Pani swore thai Dllllngham (odd him that he spent $1,080 in Hey ward's campaign. ls a man respon sible under the law lor Hie acts, of His agents? Does the Courier stand tior this? m lt is wei) known that Dov. Hey ^ward said before Senator Ballmer's death that he would not rilli for sen ator because of his. business matters Did Senntor Latlmer's death Imme 1 intel y affect Co/. Heyward's business matters so that lu could ret into (he se?alo race in ! s Iban an hour'' Would he have much Influence in Congress where he would be known ;is Hie post morton! candidate? Did you see the dally paners in South Carellan which announced '?. '-alor Dill (mer's death and Gov. Heyward's candidacy :it tho same time on front page in Inrg? head linea? Some of the congressmen ap pointed lo attend the funeral saw ?hem and expressed theil" opinions bf the same South Carolina generally respects Hie dead and their families especial! lu Hie solemn hours of Ihelr deepest grief South Carolina, too, believe in riving every man a f:ilr change. I think your paper would no! loose anything by hearing the ar guments and rViisonlng before II de cides definitely for the people of this stale ah to whom I hoy shall elect for any office. Sincerely yours, ? ' O. B. Martin. HEYWARD REPLIES. SOHHY MK. MAUTIN HAS DUI U N MUD SLINGING. Explains thc Sparenburg Mutter, and Quotes What Mr. .Martin Said Of Him Last Summer. Wbon Gov. Hoy ward was shown a copy of Mr. Martin's letter aud was asked if be bad any reply to make to this attack upon him. he said: "1 am very nundi surprised and very sorry to know that Mr. Martin has seen lit to begin mud-slinging in the senatorial campaign. When 1 was not a candidate for the same of llce to which he also aspires he seem ed to entertain for mu a very high regard. Tho people of Ibo Slate Will recall thai when Mr. Marlin last July got mad with t'Jovornor Ansel and made a hiller attach upon the cliiof magis trale of South Carolina lie referred H. c Heyward as: "That delightful and considerate gentleman who adorned thal ellice during the past lour years.' Hut since thal delight ful and considerate gentleman is now Mr. Marlin's opponent, and is pro nounced bj a loading religious news paper as the probable winner In this race, Mr. Marlin seems lo change his opinion ol' him entirely, hut 1 am certain that he cannot change the opinion of the people ol' South Caro lina. "Tho testimony before the investi gating committee hi tis! have boon known lo Mr. Martin when he spoke of me KO kindly last summer, as it has been public property for nearly three years. The popple ol' South Carolina know what sort of campaign I conducted in I PO2 and their con lldenco in mo was clearly demonstrat ed by the fad that I was re-elected governor in 190 1 without even a hint ol' opposition. "As to the alleged expenditures in 1902 in Spnrtanburg county, as brought out by Ihe investigation, I have nothing to conceal and have never had. 1 will be very glad for you to pnblsh a copy of tbs tostmony, witch 1 herewith hand you. Hundreds of my friends throughout the stale, know the ( Ire.mnstam es in the case. Betwcoh the first and second primar ios I made my headquarters in Spar tailburg and necessarily a great deal of expenso was incurred. 1 was un iter thu impression thal all of Hies?" expenses had boen settled al the time bill two and a half wears later a statement was presented to me from Mr. Dillinghnm, which alter au In vestigation by some ol' my friends lind Upon their advice paid. As shown by Mr. Dillinghams testimony the amount was liol nearly so large as Chief Tani had thought, and, furthermore, the tes imony will show that it was entirely disconnected with the constabulary. "As to my alleged disrespect to Senator Lntlnior, I wish to say that my candidacy for the senate was not announced until I read in ll"- after noon paper an account ol' th > inner al of Senator l.atimer. and it was announced only because 1 .var? leav ing tho next day for Philadelphia to ix- absent for sometime on account Of thc illness of my wife. Am' prev ious reference to my probable cami L'OUISO without authorization or lu co urse without authorization on In stigation from me. "Mr. Marlin's consideration for the feelings of Senator lattimer's family may in his own words be termed post mort em regard, because lt is veil known thal Mr. Martin was preparing lo .itiack tho personal and political record ol' the lalo Senator had Mr I. atimer lived to enter the campaign. "This is shown by Mr Marlin's ?ill nouncomenl ol' bis candidacy for ibo senate." THKOU'N I'T.OM THAIN. Woman Was rniiijured Hut Man's Nock Was Brok CU. As Atlantic Coast, kine Hain No. Sfi was approaching Winston. I'la., rhursday night. John .hickson, cu dgell because Ll///io Holmes persist id in going to Tampa throw her from ho platform Ot' a coach and then iUhiped aller her Tin- train was 'Untiing 35 miles an hour. inc wo nan landed lightly and was unhurt, ,nl .lack-son's neck was broken by he lull and he was lound dead, his limul Mink deep into the mud in a lilch near the track. IPA ld A XS DKIVCN Ol T. Al Chillon, III., Mob Chases "Clack limul" k'dement. Thirty italians cihtrioycd by the Illinois Centrril at Clinton, III., were driven Iront that town friday night hy a mob v ho Int im lated them with a fusilado ol' shots from guns ami revolv?i s. There has lu en much in tllgliatlon against the Italians since the Mayor : ecol ved a "black hand" Idler threatening his life. * NARROW ESCAPE Of Deputy Sheriff Poulnol in a Desperate Struggle WITH A DRUNKEN MAN Thc Man Had Wounded His CM?Hd and tho Ofllccr Hushed Into tho House Where tho Shooting Had Taken Mace ami round Himself looking lido a Dig Pistol, Which Ile Secured. Tlic .Charleston Post says Deputy Sheriff M. Poulnol lind a desperate handtohnnd couina 'inursua\ aflor noon wini ?i |>|g negro ii. ?1 house 011 inspection street ?un? in- experienced j thc narrowest osen pe <>f Iiis lili- from hoing Instantly .n. it was only presonco of mind and physical strongth hacked ny coolness and cour age I hat .saved him. in consequence of n iii ot drunken temper. Gilmore McCoy, ti negro, liv ing ni 1-2 Inspection siren, i.- ?it i lie police station somewhat haltered up with two charges of aggravated assmiii ?md battery, with attempt lol Kill written against him. ula ..me girl, II ho ut. tour years of age, is at home sut?oring from a hallet wound hi her shoulder and Deputy Sheriff Poulnol lins a torn hand as a remind er of his hard fight with the negro. The deputy shorllt was walking near Inspection street Thursday after noon between 1 and 2 o'clock, and 1 heard the screams ol' a child. He 1 hurried into Inspection street lo In vestigate and was told that lhere was 1 a colored man up in No. .", 1- ' trying < to kill his child. 1 .Mr. Poulnol s ;i mun of courage ! and quick action, and as he was arin- : ed., he did not hesitate, hui hurried ly entered the house whence the < screaming proceeded. Ile mel three ; or four colored men on the .steps, l bul the mother of the child told him 1 that none of them was to blame and ' so he went on. | Suddenly turning luto a room at 1 the top of the steps, he found Kirn self looking Into the barrel of a ll- < sal Ihre rev?lver, and quick as thought the deputy grappod the pistol, and ? thon entered into a desperate light 1 willi McCoy, who was drunk and in , un Ugly mood. Mr. roulnot had no lime to draw his own revolver, but , had to l? ?; h I to get poscssion of the , negro's weapon, and al the same ( linm prevent him from using ii. I'm' 1 several minutes the two men strug- 1 gled and finally lite deputy sheriff ; succeeding in breaking the pistol open lind so unloading ii. Meanwhile tue , wile ol' McCoy forgot her lours ol . tho drunken man, sud seized Mr. . Poulnot by the shoulders. This , ?ave McCoy time to gel away. Policeman Aulborry. who lives near the scone ol' the excitement, rushed Into the room about this tillie and Mr Poulnol told him lo ?0 af ter McCoy, which he did He fired a shot at the negro, as he was about to jump a rear fence, and McCoy re turned io tlu> house, where he was raptured b\ the deputy sher ill", and placed under arrest, after H short struggle. Tin: child shot by her inhuman lui her is not seriously injured, al though hil liv il lillee bullet It seemed to have touched no vital paris McCoy was beuten severely in lils light, hut was sent back lo the police station from the nospital lu a short lime. Dl KD IX PUAH IK l<i KM; Au Awful Death Overtakes Family in North Dakota. Louis Orlan, his wife and llyo chil dren perished in a prairie fire which nvopi the country 12. miles west of IJogswell, North Dakota. Orlan bur ried his family Into 11 wagon, but lost II a i ?i e with I he Hale... Tho lire ivas spread n'l over the country by 1 wind which travelled al IO miles III hour. Dozens of farmers lost ?arne:- and granaries. Dive stock ivas tunned on Several farms. Ser geant conni ry lue- never known so instructive a tire. Ma< him s Arc Demolished. Al Pittsburg; l'a.. Friday sixty ilghl steel machine;, confiscated by he poine upon complaint that they .vere used io operate ?ames of chance ivete demolished. A 1)0Ut '1,000 pen illost woe taken from the machines iud added lo (he police pension lund ll" that eily. " School l'cacher Fen I'S lind ly.. W \V Hutton, principal of the liigll School iii. Manhattan, Kansas, was waylaid by three men, beaten into insensibility, robbed and thrown under Hie wheels of il train on Sun ll v night. The professor was rescued ifter one le? bad been cul efl. Th lobbers escaped. Mr. Featherstone Announces His Withdrawal From Race. HIS REASONS. ?or, Ansel Has Climbed Upon His Platform and .Therefore, His Can t? . dhlacy, Tills Veal- Would Not Holpj Hie Cause of Prohibition.-(Joy. Ansel's Latest Position on I he 1,1 pil?? Question Stated. M r. c. Featherstone announced FrldU'yjtnorning Iiis withdrawal from tho rath for governor. His entrance into the cont.-st several weeks ago was before I he exact platform of Hov. Ansel WHS Known. XV- was supposed thal Mr. Ansel would run on tho same plat form upon which he was elected two years ago. hut In fa letter lo Mr. Featherstone a few days ago, pan of which is below quoted! it will be seen thai .Mr. Ansel now occupies Hu- same position ll it .Mr. Featherstone announced last fu'l, numery, a reverse local option law, undertwhi?di the counties will all 1,0 dry uulil the dispensary fi voled in. Hms nirowhig the burden on Hie peo ple Who desire the dispensary. In announcing his wi; !u! i a wal, Mr. Featherstone say: ' Ooh Feat bees! one's Statement. "Several weeks ago ! announced my candidacy roi- governor ol South Carolina, upon a state prohinltlo i platform. "I believed then and 1 still believe. Lim) the people are tired of tho li quor trudie, and that they are ready 10 lake a great step forward and weep the legalized trallie oil ol' Hie State, "The announcement or my emull lacy was made at the suggestion ol' amie of our leading prohibitionists nen wlio have been with mo in the right since the campaign ol' isis They believed that there ought lo be 11 Hov campaign a candidate who tvoiik' '.nahe an aggressive fight, and >v< ,\ ;.u. i.' attonga to suggest th ut l. night to lead the movement. "As j have already staterl. person illy it. did not suit ino to KO Into the fight nt this time, bul 1 yielded to ivhat I conceived to be a call Of du: v. "] did not hesitate lo say that ir would be a source of gratification lo ne to be governor of the State, but he desire to gratify my personal um dtion alone would not have boon .?.in' ilclont to induce me to enter the race it ibis time. "Shortly aller the announcement >f my candidacy it was public';, sug gested by (Joy. Ansel's friends that hi A'as also tn favor ot prohibition and thal ho would oi?er for re-election Ul that plat form. "lt seemed lo me thal the cause of prohibition might I?' weakened by liaVlng two candidates in the Hold, ;\lld thal if li? would espouse that .au se il would be tho part ol' wisdom for me to withdraw. .'Acting upon this idea and With 'he approval of my prohibition friends, 1 wrote dov. Ansel (on Feb. ?fi) thal if he expected lo make the race on lhat platform i would not ipposc him. ? "I am in receipt or a lotter from he governor informing nie that he ?xpects to advocate thc reverse ol mr prevent local option plan. Ile aiys: . 'My posilion on tho liquor qilOS ion is what I call restricted local >pHon thal is. local option as ho wcen county prohibition and county lispensary, Those counties voting to adi liquor shall be restricted lo one lispensary in Hie county and that me at the county seat, except in those totinties wherein there is a eily of nore than LT..ooo population, in Vilich counties mor - than one dispen airy may be established, This is in tecorduneo wit li my recommendations o llie general assembly as set Forth n my annual message ol' 1008, is in he interest ol' temperance and will uinhui'/o the sale or liquor. .. w iib the experience that I have lad in the past Ivo years in the pro lOSOd elections that were desired in onie counties on Hu- liquor question, am bf the opinion thal it will be lotter io enact a law hy which a mun ty cain voto on the question of 'otlllg in Hie sale ol liquor as above estrlcled, instead of voting it out,an low provided thai is. ma KC all the iOlinttes dry until a majority of the pialiflOd voters ol' a county v,,l(' to ?ell liquoi In Hon particular comity. md. If a majority of the q tin 11 lied 'otors vole io sell, that oin' county lispensary Hien bo established as ihOVO SOI forth, with (he righi to vide he dispensar) ont at a subsequent ?lectlon.' "'Th(s is practically the plan Ililli outlined in an interview given oui ast lall." State Heatly for Prohhition. "As I see the situation now, I be love the Stale is ready to take oven LEAPED PROM TRAIN. MK. KliY R, SMYTH OF H AKTS? VU.I.F. COMMITS SCICIMO.^ Jumped Oui of Window Without. Winning .ind Dh-d After Hoing Carried to Columbia. Thc State says as tralb No. 53 on the Ai lani lo Coast Line roac hed the 17-mile post, nearing Columbia, Tuesday morning, Ely IO. Smith, de mented and under escort, io tho State Hospital for the Insane, raised him self oui of the seal in the smoking car and dashed ont of the window. The act was done bo lo 1*0 any ol' the hon!lied passengers could stop Ibo unfortunate man and when the train was stopped and the body re covered it was seem that there was very linle < hanee ol' recovery. With in a few minutes alter arrival in Col umbia he died and his body was af. once shipped back to his homo in Hurtsville. Mr. Smith has for two ; ears had mental trouble, being injured hy a fall fruin a building. He never re covered from flic result ol' lue in juries received by this fall and while not violent his mind gradually grow weaker and it was decided to pl a CO bim in the State Hospital for the Ill sane. He was carried to Columbia, es corted by the chief of police of the town. p. 11. Kirkpatrick, and by Dr. .1. I.. Powe, who was on his way to the meeting of the State Medical as sociation in Anderson. The man was always quiet, although Iiis two com panions deemed lt best to keep a (dose watch on his movements. When Chief Kirkpatrick left his seat for a minute a stranger who came into j Hie car tonk bis place beside the lan- | alic and a second later Smith had raised himself out of the car and dis- . appeared out of ihe opon window. Railroad Commissioner Karie, who , was on the car, had the train slopped . and a sholl distance back the body , was found. Tho man was uncons- { clous and a hasty exaxmination show- ? od that he had no chance for recov- ( cry. On arrival at Columbia lie was ( Rivoli medical attention bal died with- , in a few minutes of removal from the , train. The body was shipped back to , Hallsville to the family for inter- ( ment.. Chief Kirkpatrick and Dr. , [?owe regret the affair very much but according to the statement of those who witnessed tho suicide nothing . could have stopped the unfortunate , mau from his deed. , CIlUHCl! TH1KF. Woman Arrested for Hobbing Wor- I shippers While al Prayer. , As she rose from her knees, cross- '' ed hersolf devoutly and walked out 1 nf Si. lOli'/.aboth's Roman Catholic 1 Church, in Chicago on Sunday, May O'Hara, alias May Miller, was ar- ' rested by a police sergeant and three ; patrolmen for stealing the purses ol' worshippers. The woman's rooms, which she occupies with Frank Cun ningham, a former pockey, wore lound to contain between forty and lilly purses and handbags, all of which arc supposed lo have 1? cn stol en by May O'Hara while she was pre tending to be in prayer and was in reality searching thc seats in front of her for plunder. a greater step towards prohibition than this: but such a plan will, prac tically, give us i h ree-fourths or moro Ol' the State for prohibition. . Willi the policy of the State de clared to be opposed to the t rallie, [.oupied with the good effect produced hy Hie inaet ical workings of a pro hibition law. the counties will be k-ory slow to exempt themselves from the operation ol' the law and to lillico themselves in direct opposition 0 (he well dcllned moral policy ol he State " i nder such circumstances, I do tot believe thal my candidacy this rear would be productivo of good to lu prohibition cause and 1 will no! DO a candidate "Whether Hie Slate Democratic Convention will oe asked lo permit a lirect vole upon tho question in Hie primary Ibis summer, I am not now prepared io say. I have my own personal views upon Ibis subject, bul before any definite conclusion is real lied ii may be necessary lo have 1 conference ol' Ihe prohibitionists. I inn seeking to db what is hos! for ihe ultimate good of Ihe cause. . Persona liv . I shall continue lo go into different sections of the State and advocate prob I bi I io lt, I shall uller my servile.- lo any section thal ina.v desire I hem. whelher it be to malo- speeches generally throughout the Slate or in counties where Cam paign! ?re being made under I bc pres eui law. "The fight ls on and the prohibi tionists expect IO keep il up until I kev slop the legalized sale Of liquor in South Carolina." * After Shooting His Sixteen Year Old Daughter Twice. SHOCKING TRAGEDY Occured in n Girl's School ni A.ske villc. Tito Young l.ndy had Taken Fart in April Fool Joke and her Fut her visits her ai School, Shoot?] llcr,aiid then Commits Suicide. A lorrible t raj- >dy was enacted at Asheville. \. c., on Wednesday. En raged nt his IG-ycar-old daughter Neille, boca nae ot' a harmless school girl prank. Dr. | >. o. Swinney who recently went to Asheville, from ?New York, fired two shots al her. fatally wounding lier, and tuen turning toe revolver on himself, he placeo muzzle in his mouth and puiieu ttie trigger, dying almost instantly. Badly wounded as she was, with two hallets em m bedded In her skull, Mian Swinney ran from the room up-stairs io the principal's room before sho fell. Tho tragedy occurncd in the recep tion room of the Normal and Colleg scbool for girls, where Miss Swinney had boen a pupil for the past session Just what occured prior to tho shoot ing is aol known ns there were n? witnesses and tho girl, while still conscious could glvo but a vague* account. Dr. Swinney, who, up ta a lew years ago. had been a promi ntUO physician in Now York city, has been in poor boult h. and of lat? it is alleged his mind bas beeu im balanced. Recently his daughter was one of i number of school girls, who, as an \pril foci's joke, absented them selves from school, and tho father ?rooded over the little escapade un il it assumed to him the proportions if actual wrong-doing. When Dr. ^winney called on bis daughter at .be school this afternoon about it i'clock bc was shown into tho roebp :lon room, and a ?ow minutos iuter ils daughter caine down und wont nto the room, closing the door be ilud her. She sat down at tho plano, nor father sitting beside ber. Half an hour later girls and teach ers were startled by four shots rlng ng out and a few seconds afterward? Vliss Swinney, with blood streaming from the wounds in ber hoad, carno lushing from the room. In a few minutes later the wildest confusion reigned, school girls and women teachers ran here and there, but MIHH Robinson, the principal, speedily re stored order ami nastily summoned i physician. Miss Swinney was des perately wounded and lhere ia .?ttl? QhnilCO for her recveiy. The room In which the tragedy oc curred showed sin"* of a hard strug gle; chairs wen- overturned and the? piano stool, with om? log broken, was lying In the middle ot the room. Tho lather was lying on the floor, at. one side of the room, face downward, wita the revolver with lour chambers empty under him. The attempted murder and suicide were evidently deliberately planned, as before going to the school Dr. Swinney purshased a revolver and two rounds of cart ridges at a pawn shop. Although, it is sam, his mind bas been unbalanced for sonio time he had never been violent and his fami ly were totally unprepared for the fearful tragedy. He was a father-in law of Dr. .1. A. Sinclair, a prominent [lentis! of that elly, and since his re turn from New York a few weeks ago liad made bis home with him. F,S( AIM,!) MIHACFI.Ol SLY. lionel's Kxplodc With Fearful Effect, but No One HuVt. A bnttory <>f boilers In th?) Tipton co Planton Tipton, 111., exploded on Sunday, t'hurles Colvert, the engi leer. was blown some distance, but vas not injured. Pieces of machin ery, heavy timbers and thousand.? cf nick crashed through tho sides and .OO?S of the houses, but not fl person ?vas hurt, (nie piece of machinery weighing fiOO pounds, went through i roof and landed In a bed. Many windows were demolished. The los?< s $25,000, The engineer cannot ac count for tho explosion. PASTOR COMMITS SUICIDE). Hie Dev. Oeorue A. Thompson Shoots Himself in Head. Kev. Oeorge. W. Thompson, the pastor of the Woodbury (N. J.) Pres byterian Church, ;i fashionable con gregation, was lound dead in bb? room al a hotel with a bullet wound lu his hoad. H ls believed ho com mit led suicide A week ago Thom son announced his engagement to a wealthy mom her of his church.