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o Democrat. "DO THOU, OBHAT LIBERTY. INSPIRE OUB SOULS AND M A KIO OUK LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OM OUR 1)BATH7 GlXmiOUS IN THY OAUSE." VOL XXXI I f BENNETTSVmLE. S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1008 NO. 22 SOUTH ATTACKED Republicans Trying to Revive the Reconstruction Bitterness. GETTING DESPERATE Republicans Afraid t<> Let tho People Know How Mach Money They aro Given by tho Trusts for Corrupt Legislation niul Heroines Vicious Town rds the Kool li. A campaign contribution publicity hill, embodying un amendment. b> Mr. Crumpaclter of Indiana, provid ing for a reduction in thc representa tion in Mn? house of thc representa tives in those States having disfranch isement was passed by tho house; by a vote of 1 T>0 to I2? following a live ly debate. The measure was brought lip under suspension of tho rules and but IO minutes were allowed in which to discuss it. The Southern members in partien were bitter in their dcnunclutlonof the apportionment provision of the bill. Mr. Williams, the minority leader, was especially vigorous in his attach, characterizing the bill as be ing an attempt lo revive the condi tions of Itoconsl ruction days. On account of the CrnmpncKer amend ment Hie Democrats voted against the bill In ils entirely. In brief, the provision regarding x publicity ol' campaign contributions is applicable to the national commit tees of all present parties and the nal ional congressional commit lees of all political parties and all commit tees, associai ions or organizations which shall in I wu or more Stales in 'fl hence (he result or attempt to In fluence th*; rosall ol' au election at which representatives in congress are to be elected. The Crumpacker amendment pro vides for t he re-enact nient ol' certain sections 'of the old fedOl'ttl election law, except thal the idea (d' the force bill authorizing the use ol' Loops id the polls is eliminated. Il also pro vides that the director ol' the census shall submit to congress a report on population showing the number ol malo CltjV.ens, while ami black, in ''"Vac.. Stale and 1,'he number disfranch ised for the purpose of enabling con gress lo ascertain the apportionment in representation io which .?. sta les may be entitled. lui*. Urumpnekcr explained his amendments by saving they were de signed against fraud and intimida tion in elections. lie undertook to say. he declared 'bat no member of the house would object to a law whose only purpose was to secure honest elections. in (hcoplnioii ol' Mr.Hucker iMo.-, if anything were wanting lo demon strate that Hie leaders and manag ers of the Republican party in Hu llOUSe wert- gullly o'' deceit and false pretense the hill supplied ihat walli. Expressing the belief that Mr. Crumpacker, in including his amend monta to the publicity bill, did not represent the sentiment of i he lead ers on ihe pan of ibe majority in at tempting to revive tie- principle.-: ol Hie force bill, .Ur l.assiier protested against the measure. Mr. Gillespie warned (he boree ^int by passing Hie bili th.' condition of the negro would ho made worse iban ai. present. Following brief remark? by Messrs. Rennell and Monvnge in sup port of Ihe bill. Mr. Williams mad" a vigorous speech against ii. "Thc great old .party,'' be begun, "has re solved itself Into a vaudeville stocli company." ll - charged the Repub licans with not darin.g lo lace any great public question in a fair ami ???jfa^ raiglil forwai il way, In eombininn ^P^ovoral proposition in one bili "What are you trying b> do." be in quired. "Coes the geni.lomnii from Indiana think bo can turn Hie hands of the (dock ol' lime back half a cen tiny? Does ne I bink lie '-nu produce ihe days of Hie ca rpo i-bagger ami Reconstruction in the South once more? Does bo think the business interests of Ihe North will stand foi il recurrence Of Hie s I amalia ?" The reduction in representation amendment, be declared, bad been added lo defeat the publicity bill "You have no idea of reducing tho representation of California. Massa ch use 11 s or Connect lent. fllO people of the SOItt.ll, llO Silid. are willing lo lake Ibe issue. If il was desired io igm.re amendment and Hie Republicans were willing; to restore, lo Mississippi ibe power lo lix her suffrage along racial lines, thc people ol' Ilia) Slate were ready ni ^ Hie gauntlet. "Throw it down when ever you please!" he exclaimed. "Ai to the reduction of our representation in congress," he said, "in Cod'.-; name toko u and welcome to it; bul bi honest when you do it." Mr. William? declared that tf tho publicity feature of the bill should bo?' NEGRO HANGED. HE PAYS 1)10 AT H PIONA I,TY KO H WII'H ?MCHIHOH. Vwy Kow People Allowed >o Witness tho Execution, Which Took Place in Joli Yard. .lim Malloy, colored, was hung nt HonnettsviUe on Friday for tho bru tal murder of his wife over one year Ugo. Tho trap was spiting al ll.un, and at 12.08 Dra. Carmichael and Kinney pronounced him dead as tl result of strangulation. His body WU? cut down and (alien away und buried lu the potters* held, hi? fami ly iel using lo take ? barge of the re mains. The execution was orderly, and only a few witnessed il. Tin? gallows on which ?anloy was hanged wa? about 12 feet. high. A t-a]) door hud been fixed allowing a fall of about 7 feel. The cutting of the rope allowed tho trap door to fall, and ibo body dropped through this. Before the execution tho Revs, john .Moultrie, tc l<\ Harrington, J-'. \Y. Prince ami li. C. Jackson he'd de votional exercises in the cell ol' the doomed man. Malloy said that he was ready lo meet his (?od. and that he was going, lo bis death with ma lice towards none. At I 1 .L'7 Sheriff .1 I'.. Creen (Mi tered the cell and read the death war rant to .lim. Accompanied hy Depu ties Minson Odom and A. C (liven, lie then marched to the scaffold. His hands and legs were tied. The sher iff asked him if he bad anything to say before he was hung. Ile said thal he had made Iiis peace with Cod and that he was going lo death with out fear. He said thal he deserved to die and asked the sheriff not lo mind it. Ile asked Cods blessings on tile sheriff, the deputies and all pie .sent. He asked .Mr. C. YY. IC vu ns, on whose place be committed the murder, to loll bis mother-in-law that le- bad nol bing against lier, and sent his love lo them all and asked thal they meei him in Heaven. The black cap was then adjusted, and al I I.lill lite trap was sprung, bul the fall flit led to break (be mur derer's neck, and it was ll'.Os when the doctor's announced that be was il? ad as a result of strangulation. His body was cul down and taken away to the potter's field and buried by the county. , The sheriff, in accordance with Hie law, allowed only a very few to si e the execution. Mori' than 1,000 ap plied for admission cards. Tho murder was committed en Hie ?J illi ol' April. I'.?UT. in the after noon, and thal nicht tho sheriff had application for cards to tho hanging. Malloy was about 30 years old. six feel in height, and appeared lo be ol' tho average intelligence, Beforo tho execution be bad allowed bis beard lo grow out and bis face was noverOd by il. He mel death bravely, avowing I lia! be had been saved. WHEOH OF AN A1HSIHP. I'he (his Hag of Mammoth Dirigible Halloon Hursts. A mammoth airship, 300 feel long on ils trial trip in Berkeley, rose ;',()0 fed from the barth in view of l<?, 000 specTators, tilted, burst and drop ped '?i the ground willi its crew ol' Iii men. every one of whom was in jured. With the possible exception ol' one. all will recover. Seven were severely burt while nine were cul and bruised. As Ibo gas bag' buist and Hie ship foll towards the earth, men, women and children screamed lt li (I ran in every direction. Several women fainted and children were knocked down. A cry bf horror rose as several men leaped from the ship ami burled themselves lo earth, where Hoy landed willi thuds that brought groans for Hie injured and created alarm among 'be onlookers.>: FEA HEU ti FLOODS. Oklahoma mid Texas Swop! by M?sl Terrille Storms. Oklahoma ?ind Texas have been visited in the last few days with most terrille rain storms. A dispatch from M tl sk b geo says lhere is not a rail load in operation as a result ol' (ho heavy rains and (loud burst.; that have occured in 'bat Stale. Many railroad bridges have been destroy ed ami tho crops badly damaged. Tex ti s bas suffered nearly as bad as Oklahoma, some paris id' ibe stat. have been devastated by Ibo rain storms. _ come law "il will damn your Republi can parly and be worse for you than Hie force bill which defeated Harri son." M was all false pretense.., lie declared, and lie said to Ibo Republi cans, "I.?be children you aro playing with hie in a powder magazine." Ile dosed by asking Hie Republicans it they were fools enough to believe that the South would ever again sub mit lo the polices to which She sub milled when she was weak and help Heard Doctors Say "You Die in Seventy-Two Hours." SWIFTLY FULFILLED. One Other .Man ami it Girl in Danger I'foin till1 Same Dog. ami Are Now Doing Treated In th? Pasteur In stitute. Took in Stray Cur. Tho prediction of dentil passed up OH William II. Marsh last Monday by the physicians of tho Pasteur Insti tute at New York was fulfilled I wo days after when ho died oT hydro phobia. Unconscious from the ad ministration of opium, tho wealthy Brooklyn manufacturer escaped the Inst tori m es of rabies Warned by Dr. W. I.. Wheeler! two days ago that he did not have inor than three or four days lo live, Mr. Marsh, who to all appearances then was iii tho best of health, turn ed to leave thc Pasteur Institut!! and drive hack to his home ut No. Vt Ocean ?tenue, Plat bush. "Before l go, doctor, tell me just how bum yen glvo IU0 to live. 1 have things io arrange before I die.'1 said Mr. Marsh without the slightest sign of excitement. "Von must get all Important busi ness cleared up within thirty-six hours,'1 answered the doctor. "You may live twit, thal long, but youl will be suffering then. You will not be in a mental condition lo attend to business." "Thunk yon, doctor." replied Mr. Marsh. Then be turned to hi son and said: "We will go home now, boy." When Mr. Marsh eniercd his home, opposite Prospect Park, he called his wife, th roo so n s and I wo daughters and told thom of the sentence of death that had boen passed upon him. Then he gave his attention to busi ness details and prepared to die, v/ith the one request that bis end 1)0 made peaceful by the use of drugs, Ramsey Marsh, tho t wonty-one-yonv -old son. and Miss laina Thompson, bookkeeper for Mr. Marsh, are tak ing the Pasteur treatment in an ef fort to ward off an attack of rabies. The young man does not recall being bitten, hm Miss Thompson was at tacked b.V Hie dog the day aller Mr. Marsh contracted the disease, and sustained a bad bile on ber ( bin. Pour years ugo, when he opened up his factory, be found a lillie dog on the street. "I need a watchdog, and this little fellow is lo be our mascot." he told Iiis employes. This was the name less dog -ouch employe had a dif ferent name lor the animal (bat caused the (b ath of Mr. Marsh. As near as the employes can recall, the dog entered the olllce about six weeks ?u;<>. with a cut on ils sitie, lt whined around the feel bf .?lr. Marsh, who was busy willi los daily mail. "Something wrong with you, old fellow'" asked Mr, Marsh, and he leaned Ovoi and palled bim. On dis covering lin Wound lu- dropped his work, waslcd the cul and lied il np with rare "ThCre yptl aie. old fellow; now run away," be -aid. The brute lick ed bis master' hand, and Mr Marsh commented on tho action, saying thal if ever a die., was trying lo thank any ono it was ibis one. No one is sure, not ?wen Mr. Marsh, but it ls supposed he Ililli a sore from a hangnail on one ol' his lingers. By tin" means Hie dreaded j Vims entered bis. system, making Hie] (hird known case of its kind in Hie history ol' rabies. Dasi Saturday morning Mr. Marsh had occasion io go lo Hie basement of Hu- factory to tesl one of the mot ? ors. lit? turned on a waler faucet and the rushing of the waler BOOihod io have a strange effect "ii him. Ile commented on ii at the iliac, bm tarried oui his work. An hour lalor he told Mr. Bangor 1er that he feb sore amt wanted tb streich all the lime. " I am not ? m e. bul 1 w ould not be a nil surprised if I am Suffering from" Mr. Marsh did md 'con tinue th'" sentence, bm Hie sudden (witching bf bis throat seemed io w.o.!; him into a lierons condition. "I think ! will go to see a doctor," be .aid, and. laking his hal, started for i h.. olllce of I ir. Henry M. Cull i Il lili, No, l.tndbn avenue, a few blocks Hom me factory. Instead of going io the olllce, Mr. Marsh made a num ber of .-alls on friends on his way home, .-lopping ai a road tobit so loss than a block from bis homo. Saturday evening he spent ai homo, a number of Iiis friends, including Mr. BungerlOr, calling lo discuss business malters. Ito still complain ed (d' paint and the nervous twitch ing about bis throat. I Sunday morning ho realized that CAN'T BE FOUND MIC. It. HOM ItltlNSOX OV PliOK 10NCIO, S. C. Has Apparently Disappeared nntl His Fi'U>inls Four that Homet hing Seri ous* Hos Detallen Him. Mr. It. i.ee Prunson, one of Hie most. ; popular and highly respected eitlzons of Florence, has apparently disappeared and no (race of him has boen found since last Saturday night week ago. whoa ho was seen at the ur.lon Station lu Columbia. Whoa bo left home he told his laml> that he intended going to Charleston to consult a specialist in regiiria to bis eyes, but it seems that be wOut instead to Columbia. Thbre is no cause known to his family or friends which would load bim to remain away so long without comn.'vinieating with them. Tm ollleials of the Lank of Flor ?neo,;, where he has been employed for Several years as assistant cashier, assure bis family and friends that (beroi is absolutely no evidence of any fclvortage ol funds or irregularity in his accounts, though cared til exa mination has been made. ile is the keeper of records andi seal Ol' Harmony Lodge. No. S, K. of I?., and a member of the Florence Lodge, No. 1.020, ll. IV O. IO. Any information as lo Mr Hrun son's )wherea'..outs will bo gratefully received by his distressed family and bis numerous friends at Florence. * -- he wan seriously ill uno Dr. Cu ll lu nn was called. ?Mr. Marsh si ?ll failed lo coujlde Vis suspicions lo his family or to '.he physician, and it was not until- Monday morning that Dr. Cul linun' .had a chance to make a com plete investigation, i lieu ii was that i ho told his patient he thouglii bc was s u ff o? i >g from rabies. Ca|l,-ng a carriage, they made a hurried I rip to Hie Pasteur Instil ute in Twenty-tbird street. lt. required but r1'lev; ^seconds for Dr. W heeler to in" a*i ,'h? .teni, a nd Hen cn mt: Hu fatal sentence that the stotir cure wonhi be of no help lo .?ir. Marsh, liri was told that he had wailed too long. Dr. W heeler informed . . pa tient that an effort was being made now by tho Paris branch of the in stitution to lind a cure for a mau in his advanced stages. "No hopi's of that man returning ill Hmo to help me?" ho asked. "None," tho doctor replied, i lien came the drive to the pretty home in Brooklyn, where bis wife and children were anxiously await ing him. After telling his family that tho dod ?rs had but little hope of his recovery, lie asked his son, Ramsey, if Im had come in contact with the dog. and gave Instructions lo send word lo the factory al once to warn all employes to hurry to tho Pasteur Institute |f they had come in con tad willi tho animal. Mr. Marsh had many business do lalls that ho wauled to arrange and be was anxious about a patent noise less gun that Mr. Mnngerter had been working on for some lime. "Laiher tried to cheer us up." said one of the sons yesterday Ile had hopes that be might live, but (he first stages ol the disease had passed and when he realized this, be knew lie (onld not live." ii was not until Monday thal Mr. Marsh had lo give up and go to bed. The convulsions had set In, and il was only With the greatest effort that he could keep his mind on lite vari ous subject;! he WU nt 0(1 lo clear lip. Tuesday saw a slight change for the worst, and Hen came thc refusal of dil food. Tho family called in a corps of (looters who labored over the patient, bul medical skill could do nothing. Tuesday morning, telegrams, telephone messages and letters began arriving ?it thc Marsh home by the score. People (ll'OVO up lil carriage-, lind automobiles, all declaring (hey had a sure cure If bul given a chance. Cranks, attracted by the Iii.-? pub lished accounts of the story, declared calls and the messages thal Hie fami ly had the .telephone ami front don hell disconnected. About noon Tuesday the suffering of Mr. Marsh became so great that drugs were :\iven lo him. Which bad tho rosult Of lessening his pain. An effort wtis made to give him 11 ?| ll f cl i,"<ii bm tho doctors decided that was useless. SIlOlMly before ."> o'clock Dr. Cul lilla!) discovered thal the palienl was sinking' fnsl ami Hi a I tho pulse was ..rowing weaker with every beal. Ile notified Mrs. Marsh and the children thai Ibo end was bul a matter of mo ment Al .> O'clock the end came. * (hey could C'llVO by prayer, by digging up the dog and oilier methods. Physi cians seeking ndvcrtisOmOUlH wired to (.ho family offering (heir cures, and ' lu San Francisco came one mess; ?le that read: "Cod and His mini?'Jons powers will cure you." I So ) 'Oquent becamo tho telephone ! HAD CLOSE CALL. MR. W. S. BROWN WAS DISCOVER ED JUST IN TIMK. j To Save Him Krom Hoing Asphyxi?t-1 od nt Wright's Hotel in Columbia on Kriday Morning. Tho Columbia State says: Mr. W. S. Brown of Lancaster was found in room 264, Wright's hotel, Kriday morning about 7 o'clock in an un conscious condition, due to tho in halation ot gas. It is possible that ho would have hoon asphyxiated with in halt' an hour if tho odor of tho escaping gas had not been discover ed. \ Many seemed to (bink tant Mr. Brown had deliberately turned tho gus on in an attempt to omi his lifo, I bul Mr. Robert C. Wright gives it asl his opinion (hat Mr. Brown turned (he gas on and forgot to light it and that his near call for death was ac cidental. Mr. Brown left the hotel about 10 o'clock, before ho could be soon by a reporter for Tho State. Mr. Brown registered nt Wright's about i o'clock Thursday morning. Ho asked what time Hie train for Charlotte loft. On being informed the Hmo of departure of the tl o'clock train for Charlotte he told the (derk, Mr. (Bonenburg, (hat ho did not care (o get up that early and tefl a call for 7 o'clock. He paid his night's lodging in advance and was assigned to room Xo. 264. When the porter wen! up to cal! Mr. Brown be received no response from his. knock on the door. The transom was slightly open and the fumes of escaping gas were detected. The matter was reported at theioilice ol' the hotel Immediately and a hurri ed Investigation was made. No re sponse came to repealed knocks on the door and it was Html ly forced open. Mr. Brown Wits found lying across the bed in an unconscious con dition and Hie gas }vl was (urned full on. Dr. McIntosh was summoned ?ind aller working with Mr. Brown for quite a while restored him to con sciousness, lt is said ut tho hoi el that Mr. Brown had little to say re garding the affair and ?if 10 o'clock walked out ol' Ibo hotel. If Mr. Brown turned tho gas on in a deliberate attempt lo commit sui cide no reason for his act is known in Columbia. lt is said tba', ho ls an insurance agent, but nothing could be learned about ins affairs. * FIENDISH CRIME FRUSTRATED. Hiv Year Hld Child Was Intended Victim. . Tho Columbia S(a(e says an at tempted criminal assault upon the ('-year-old doughier of Mr. ?md Mrs. Sandifor, who live at 1120 Lady street, resulted in an exciting chase by the police after Autley Robinson, a negro boy. bis subsequent capture and removal lo tho Slate penitenti ary. The details ol' the affair show a remarkable tendency toward crimi nal life by (lie boy, who is only 12 years ol' Ugo. Robinson, whoso mother worked in tho house, attacked (be little girl, whose mother was at tracted by the screams. The boy ran as soon as lu- beard the mother (ann ing and although caught, wrenched away from her grasp and started out of the yard. Ile was struck by a brick bui-led by the mother of the Child and a long gash cut in his le ad. The boy has made a confession ol' his guilt. * MURDERER ARRESTED. Who Had Killed No Less Than Six Persons. The South Bend police authorities were informed Kriday of the arrest of .lames Drcmmingsttlll, accused of ibo murder of six persons, near Do wn glue, Mich. Dremmliigstall has already confess ed to the murder (d' two persons, ac cording to the police and they fur ther say that Hew will have no diffi culty fastening lim oilier murders upon bim. The arrest was brought j about by Drommingslail's wife, who voluntarily told Hie police that sho j feared Ibal she was lo be murdered.' She said her Husband had deter mined lo kill ber because he feared she would loll of his many crimes. * ATTEMPTS SUICIDE A Voling Woman Inhales Ons in Po lice Station Cell. | .lennie Blunt, a young woman who was sonlOl?CCd lo four years in the penitentiary by Judge Dike In Brook lyn, for shoot itu; Charles M. Sanford a law yer, came very near cheal ing ?tho law. She was lound unconscious in IHM- cell in the Raymond street Jail from inhaling Illuminating gas. Ilor lil,, was saved by the prompt action of a physician. Miss Blunt shot San ford because he wronged hov. Caused by an Express Train Crashing Into Another. SIXTY ARE KILLED Defectivo Switch Throws Fust Moil Against Local Train Carrying Pil grims to tlio Shrine nt Turnbout, nil of Whom Were Killed or Seri?, ously Injured, One of the most disastrous rail road accidents in recent times oc cured at Conticli, a station six milos southeast, of Antwerp, Belgium, on tho main lino at 8 o'clock Friday morning. The exact number of vic tims had not been determined up to late in the night owing to the dilli c II I ty of removing the bodies from th?4 dobrles, but the latest estimate places the number at sixty killed and ono hundred wounded. The catastrophe appears to have been due lo n defective switch, where the main line crosses a local line. At. ibis point a train carrying a largo number of pilgrims on their way to the Shrine at Turnbout, was stand ing. Into this tho Antwerp-Brussels express dashed ai a speed of fifty milos on hour, literally leaping ou tot) of it. The heavy conches of the express crashed t.. "liter train Into splint ers. The sides of thc express ears were torn from their fastenings, tho Ibn.is practically collapsing, tims precipitating tho passengers to tho side uninjured, when they fled fren zied across tho field. Hut for this fact the death roll would be muon greater. Few of the occupants oC tito local train escaped alive. Those not killed were badly injured, many ol' them mortally. 'I he rescuers, even the doctors, wen? sickened at the sight that met their gazes. Evidences were fourni of horrible couth struggles that nc cured in ino coaches. At. one placo a dismembered band was found clutching one of tho supports of tho torn car. Ono body was lying across the boiler of tho locomotivo crushed into a shapeless mass. The majority of the dead could not be recognized? either being decapitated or their heads being terribly crushed, i The signal man at Contich saw that his switch was noi working jusf as the Antwerp express came than dering down the line. Ho leaped from the window of his signal station and heroically ran down the tracie toward tho oncoming train, waving a red Hag. His effort was too late to avert a disaster. The engineer and fireman of thu express were killed at their post. The judfcal authorities of Antwerp soon arrived on tho scene and opened an investigation Into tho disaster. They ordered tho signal man In charge of tho switches under arrest, although ii ls believed by the author! Uves that they were blameless. Prince Albert, went to Contich this afternoon and visited tho wounded, having cancelled an engagement to preside at a banquet at Antwerp. Willi regard to the cause of the collision, a railroad ofilcal stated that the SWltObos were being repair ed, and that tue workmen who had been placed at tho temporary hand switch appeared to have made ? mistake or (lie switch failed to act. The engineer, it was slated, saw tho danger and applied tho brakes, but lt was too lalo to avert tho disaster.* FOOTPADS IN COLUMBIA. One Man Sandbagged and Another Held l p Oil Street. A dispatch from Columbia to Tho News and Courier says W. 0. Sligh, an electrician, was held up and rob bed on Lumber st n et, on Saturday night, one robber haying a pistol and wearing automobile goggles, while Hie other, a negro, went through his pockets. As soon as possible Sligh no tl fled a policeman on tho beal, and tho robbers were seen and Chased, rei in ning tho ollicer's lire, hut eventually escaping' lip the Seaboard tracks;. Tuesday nigh! Arthur M. Rogers, a lineman, was found by a Street car conductor Insensible In an tilley ott rd' Pull street. bot.WOOll Richland and I,umber, and a man was bending ov er him when Conductor Drake lirst saw Hie body of Rogers. Drake call ed for Hie police and two ofllCOt'S re sponded, bul the robbers escaped. ;-lin.re was probably more than one. .Kogeis reco/or?d consciousness, hut could not tel what happeden to him The two affairs happened only four blocks from ouch other, but. on dif ferent Bides of Main stiToi in tho northern soctloti of the city. The wise man profits hy bis mi??' takes; the fool forgets them. . _ |