The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 11, 1894, Image 1
VOL. VIII.
A GREAT SWI\1)M:II CONVICTED.
The Bogus Drencher May Spend Thirty
Ycuih in Prison.
Jackson. Tenn., January 3.?The
"Rev." Q. P. B. Howard, ulias Wm,
Lord Moore, alius E. Ross, alius Jos.
Logor, alius Frederick Hewlett, is a
a swindler and impostor o( international
reputation. lie has been on
trial in this city u second time for
violating United States Postal laws,
and was found guilty this morning
on twenty-two counts* of the indictment.
Judge Hammond will puss sentence
to-morrow, which cannot bo loss than
ton nor more than thirty years. The
Judge will, of course, overrule the arrest
of judgment und new trial lnotiou,
and the defense will appeal by writ of
error. It is somowhat doubtful, if the
bond is high, whether the defense can
furnish it. The family of the defendant's
wife are almost crazed by the tor- j
rible blow that has fallen upon them, i
Howard is in eu tody of two deputy i
marshals to night in the judge's prf- j
vnto ollieo ut the court house, and was 1
not sent to jail, through the courtesy of ;
Marshal Mason.
Another sensation was created this j
afternoon by the arrest of Smith, Neat- !
ly and Gleason, three of Howard's New
York witnesses, on the charge of potjury.
They are in jail.
This ends one of the most famous
trials in the South.
The ease will bo carried to the Supreme
Court of the United States, it
is thought the defendant will be unable
to give bond and will go to prison.
The result was not a surprise to the
public. The defendant and his wife
received the news coolly,a ?d it did not
see in to take them by surprise in the
least,.
When court adjourned and the marshal
took charge of Howard, the parting
between him and his loving wife
was truly pathetic. It brought tears
to the eyes of the stoutest heart present.
It was claimed by Howard's counsel
that. illMsinuch !N tlwx nlnlil .l!lT.xi..?.?
v.B.?v .....uiv.m |
indictments had been consolidated and i
the defendant, tried on them, that only '
one sentence could bo given to the |
prisoner, that is, a term of not moro
than eighteen months in prison and a
line offcoOO. The court ruled that each
indictment and each ol the three counts ,
in each indictment stood alone and
sentence could be given the prisoner j
accordingly. This was left with the J
discretion of the court and if it be of
mind to give the defendant the full i
penalty of the law it would virtually !
result in a lifetime sentence.
When the cot rt made its ruling !
Howard's face Hushed and ho trembled
perceptibly and his lips parted as if lie ;
would say something, but he did not.
Until this moment he had gone through ,
the proceedings with indifference, but j
as tliese words foil from the court's ]
he realized that liberty would probably
be denied him the remainder of his j
life. The terrible strain told on him i
and his eyes glistened with tears. His
face turned an ashy white. The mar- i
shal was directed to take charge of the
prisoner and conduct him to jail, but, <
upon the solicitation of Howard's wife,
he was taken to tho marshal's oflico, 1
and there with a guard, will remain un- ;
til to-morrow morning, when sentence !
will be pronounced on him.
The verdict of tho jury waa unani- i
mous and was found on tho first ballot.
One of tho jurors, after his discharge,
said that they had made up their
minds as to what would bo their verdict
before the arguments begun, as the
proof was so overwhelming. He said ;
there was not a single dissenting voice i
during the deliberations of tho jury j
with the exception of one man who had J
some doubts sis to whether Howard I
was William Lord Moore. When it
was shown him that oven if such lx> j
not true, it would make no dilTcrcnco, j
as it was Howard they were trying, |
this juror came around all right.
Howard will have to make his bond 1
to-morrow morning, and as tho amount
will probably be not less than $20,000,
ho will have considerable difficulty in
making it. The gentlemen who wont
on his previous bond of $8,500 will have
some hesitancy in signing their names
to any pa.per that will endanger their
finances. Tho effect of tho verdict on
^ tho defendant's family and connections
is a most sad one. Mrs. S. K. Hughes,
his mother-in-law, who was at her
home across tho street from tho Federal
building when the news reached
her, ran out on tho street, protested
vehemently and charged the government,
with having persecuted rather
than prosecuted her son-in-law. She ,
was taken back into tho house by '
friends, and it is thought her mind will [
bo seriously affected. Mrs. Howard, '
unfi> of t.tiA ili>fi?nrln.nt. u'lu, utuu m>nn. i
ent during this morning's session. wan
not out this afternoon, having been
prostrated by the finding of the jury.
The members of Howard's church,
more especially tho female portion,
still believe in his innocence, and while i
some few announce that they believe i
their pastor to have been guilty to a J
certain extent, they protest against the 1
verdict dnd say that tho crime docs j
not justify tho verdict.
J a' kson, Tf.nn., January.?Howard.
the foreign claim swindler and
clerical deceiver, will do time for nine
years and one month in tho Columbus,
O., prison. So said Judge Hammond
tonight when he sentenced tho defendant
in accordance with the verdict
of the jury. In addition to tho above
Howard is taxed with $1,200 in fines and
the costs of the two trials, which foot up
in the neighborhood of $20,000.
Tho attorney general asked that
Howard bo sent to jail to spond tho
night as only deputy marshals had
been guarding him, and tho responsibility
was too great. The court declined,
however, to put him in prison
tonight, and said he would again grant
>hiin the use of his private chambers.
Tomorrow he will have to go to jail
and await tho disposal of errors and
the lilng of the bill of exceptions
which will nossiblv take Several weeks.
Then, If ho can giro tbo bond ro*
quired ho will bo released to appear before
the supremo court of tho Uuitcd
States.
?Tho lato Senator Stanford's
brother, Thomas Woldon Stanford, of
Melbourne, Australia, will transfer to
the endowment fund of Stanford
university the entire sum of $1,500,000
which was bequoated to him by tho
California millionaire. Tho Australian
Stanford is also a very rich man.
and may leave some of hie crwaj money
lib the ipetitfatkm at ^alo Alto.
Till) WIUSOX 1AKIIT HILL.
The View* ol' n Mugwump Newspaper
on llie l<Vee Admission ol' Haw .Material.
Harper's Weekly.
The tariff bill reported by the Committee
on Ways and Means is in one
sense a moderate measure ; in uoothei
sense a rudieal measure. Compared
with tlie tariffs under which wo lived
and prospered for many years before
the civil war. it leaves us still with a
very high degree of protection. Compared
with the tariffs of countries like
Franco and Germany, in which there
has been of late years so distinct a revival
of protection, it is also a strongly
protections \ measure. Compared with
the completely no 11-protective taritT ol
England, its duties are immoderately
high. I*111 compared with the McKinloy
tarilT act. it is in one respect, at
least, a radical measure. It drops the
policy of indiscriminate protection. It
rests on the principle that., after all
there are some things which the conn- 1
try is capable of producing, hut which !
it will nevertheless permit to bo freely
imported. So far as the great muss of
manufactured commodities is concern- '
ed, the changes in duty are not incisive:
but the free admission of some j
important raw materials marks a radi- |
eal change in policy.
Far and away the most important of
these changes is that by which raw
wool is to bo admitted free of duty.
For thirty years we have been imposing
heavy duties on any and every
quality of wool, ufld wo have been
promised by domestic wool-growers, or
at least by their spokesmen in politics,
that they would be ablo to supply all j
the wool of every quality that the country
wanted. They have never done so :
in fact, conditions of soil and climate
make it impossible that they should do
so. They furnish us with an abundant
and sufficiently cheap supply of wools
of medium quality. Hut they are not
able to produce lino wools in any quantity,
and they do not find it worth
while to produce very coarso wool at
all. Under those eircumstancos the
bill wisely puts wool on the free list,
and gives the American people tie*
benefit of the lino quality of Australian
wool and of the extreme cheapness of
the coarso wool of Russia and East
India.
The froo admission of wool is the
most important political change in the
bill. For many years the duty on wool
has been made to do service in States '
like Ohio and Michigan aa b inging tb I
the farmer his share of the benefits of ;
protection. It required the courage of
1 t .1 i
> . V.OIVIV III ruiuu IW im;u IIMJ fSllUil" |
tion boldly. and to declare for free
wool oven though Ohio was a doubtful
State. This he did in his message, !
now passed into history, of Deceniber. I
1SST. when ho took that unflinching at- i
titudo on the tariff question which has j
brought his parly to tho position in
which it now is. If thero is any one
part of their programme to which the
l)emoe.iuts are committed it is the free
admission of wool ; and this part of the
hill may be expected to reach the stage |
of enactment if any of it does. Oner
made, the change unquestionably will !
he found a beneliciul one. The great
mass of wool-growers will find them- I
selves injured to no appreciable tie- i
gree; the manufacturers will have
their material cheaper ; and the consumers
will have hotter and cheaper ;
clothes.
Next in political importance to the !
free admission of wool is tho free admission
of iron ore a no tho reduction
of duty on pig-iron. If anything is raw
material, iron ore certainly is, and if a
beginning is to be made anywhere in
the direction of cheapening materials,
this is the most appropriate point that
could be found. The duty on pig iron ;
is reduced to 2-4 per cent.; the existing
duty is equivalent to between 00
and 70 per cent. Tho reduction is thus
considerable. It must ho remembered,
however, that tho pig-iron duty has
for many years been vii tuallv prohibi- ,
tory. except for hiiuiII lots of special
qualities of iron ; and except along tin)
Eastern sea-coast it is doubtful if any
considerable greater use of imported
iron will ensue. Alone too Eastern
sea-board tho change, if carried to the
point of enactment, will make iron
somewhat cheaper, and will aid all
iron-using establishments?and this
means all manufactures of every sort
So far as the manufactures are concorned.
most of the changes are from
duties that were prohibitory to duties
that will bo somewhat less prohibitory.
Such is the case with most silk goods,
cotton goods, glass-ware and chinaware.
On woollens thoro is a more
important change. They are admitted
at tho simple duty of 10 per cent.,
which is to bo reduced one per cent
oach year for five years, until finally i
the duty on them reaches the definitive
rato of H."> per cent. This change is the
counterpart of tho free admission of
wool, which entailed a complete removal
of tho present high and complicated
dutios on woolon goods, and the
substitution of a simple and compaiativoly
moderate ad valorem duty. In
almost any other country duties of Ho
and 4d por cent., coupled with freo raw
material, would be thought to give
more than adequate protection. We
are confident that they will be found
to give all tho protection that the
woolen industry of the United States
now needs, and that they will cheapen
goods to tho mass of tho consumers
without seriously endangering thi
prosperity of the manufacturers.
On tho whole, the bill is carefully
and conscientiously drafted. It faces
the situation boldly, applies tho knife
sharply to wrnio excrescences of a protective
growth, and redcoms in a sub
stantial way the promises under which
the Democratic party came into powor.
Yetitmakos no such radical or farreaching
changes as will disturb the
groat mass of the manufacturing industries.
The country can easily accommodate
itself to such chances, and
within a few months aftor its enactment.
few will advocate a return to the
existing order of things.
?Carpenter, the famous murderer,
who was recaptured not long ago and
carried back to Edgefield, declares
that ho will not die at the end of a rope.
Sheriff Ouzts hus placed him in the
top coll of the jail and doublo chained
him to the iron ring in the centre ol
tho room, and will not allow any one t<
see tho prisoner. rl'ho sheriff is propared
to noet and repel any attempt
at a roscuo, and intends to give the
man no earthly chance to etfcupo us
long ab hb is tho c'uvtodCan.
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CONWAY, S. C
TIIjLMAN TO TKIAIi JUSTICES.
The Ontocrs Must \hlil?e Dispensary
liiiw?DecapiiaiIon Will lake Place
Where Prejudice Overcomes Duty.
Co umbiu Register
The enforcement of the new Dispensary
law is to begin with a vigor whieh
will have wide etTect and which will
result in violators fooling the weight
of justice before a great while. Every
piece of legal machinery in South
Carolina must work together. There
must bo no lagging. No rust will bo
allowed, and the pieces must move
together for the benefit of one great
whole. This is what the State board
of control says, and the members are
in dead earnest.
Since the now law was passed the
; fertile minds and vivid imginations of
j its opponents have been at work to find
means to override its provisions; to
find loop boles; to encourage violations
by picking it to pieces, but every now
^cbeiue is met with a counter move
w bich is not looked for. One bright hope
for violators was that when they are
brought to trial they will find trial
justices in sympathy with them, and
that in the drawing of jurors' it will he
their friends who will sit in judgment
on their eases. Governor Tillman announces
that the trial justice who
snows prejudice in any way will bo decapitated
without warning and that a
man will be put in his place who will
administer the law without feeling or
friendship.
The Governor impresses this fact on
the trial justices in the following important
circular of instructions which
lie has mailed to every one of them :
" ^OtAJMHIA, December 30, 185)3.
44 Under the Act approved December
'J.'ld, a copy of which is herewith sent
you, the duty will largely devolve on
trial justices of enforcing the law.
The statutes, its construed by the
Supreme Court, require that criminal
eases coming within t he jurisdsction of
trial justices shall be tried by a jury
on the demand of the defendant, otherwise
by the trial justice himself.
Jurors are to be summoned by the constable
after six names have been drawn
from a hat in which eighteen names
have been placed by the const ruble.
It will be the duty of trial justices to
see that no names are put In the hat
except those of men who will find a
verdict according to the evidenco and
not perjure themselves through prejudice
against the law. Trial justices
who uo not act with promptness and
vigor and endeavor to enforce the law
may as well send in their resignations,
as i o negligence or favoritism will be
tolerated.
' Unclosed will be found a form of
search warrant, as well as a form for
beginning nuisance proceedings under
Sect ion 22 of the Act.
" As it is impossible for State eonstables
to cover the entire territory,
trial justices arc expected to see that
their constables seize all contraband
liquor and make arrests of parties
breakibg the law as provided by the
Act. Kvery seizure thus made must
be reported to the State Commissioner,
who will send a certificate for the shipment
to him of the contraband liquor.
For such work constables will bo paid
a reasonable fee upon reporting the
facts to the Governor.
"Special attention is directed to
Section 2!>. giving the right to examine
suspicious packages.
"Trial justices will in every case arrest
and proceed against express agents
and railroad agents, or other railroad
employees, who lay themselves liable
under the provisions of the law. The
right to search without a warrant applies
only to places of business or public
places. In all cases whore liquor is
believed to be in a private residence and
is being sold, search warrants must be
issued. Persons are not allowed to
buy in other States and bring into this
State any quantity greater than one
gallon.
" Tho seachcrs must be confined to
depots, and no car will bo entered to
make search, unless by express orders
of the Governor.
B. R. Tillman, Governor."
thk search wakkant.
The blank form for a search warrant,
enclosed with the circular, will bo of
interest inasmuch as it has been prepared
by the best legal talent of the
State. Evory constable or other oflicer
will arm himself with ouoof these warrants
before making seizures. The
following is the blank form :
South Carolina, , County.
?Soarch warrant.
To the sheriff of the above county, or
any constable:
Whereas it uppours to mo a
trial justice in and for the county and
State above named, by the information
of that the following contrahand
intoxicating liquors are now unlawfully
in the possession, storage, and
keeping of, and on the promises occupied
by in the State and
county above named, the said place
being (Hero describe it) in or near the
town or city of and that the
said hath probable cause to
boliovo, that the said contraband
j liquors so illegally kept arc in the
house (or other place appurtenant
[ thereto) of the said .
These are, therefore, to authorize
and require you, with necessary and
proper assistants, to enter into said
nouse (or other place appurtenant
thereto) of the said aforesaid.
and there diligently by day or by night
search for the said contraband liquors,
ind if the samo or any part thereof
shall be found upon search, that you
bring the said liquors so found, and
also seize and bring all vessels, bar
fixtures, screens, bottles, glasses, and
appurtenances, apparently used or suitable
for use, in or about such liquors,
rake a coinpleto inventory of the same,
and deposit the same with the sheriff,
which said articles are thero to romain.
to bo disposed of as required by the
provisions of the dispensary laws.
Given under my hand and seal, this
day of 189 .
(L. S.)
?Tho Loir isl attire nnssnrl nn nM. ?<-?
abolish the ollleo of Jury Commissioner.
The duties formorly imposed upon
that officer are now put upon tho Treasurer
and tho Cleric of Court. They
shall constitute a board of Jury Commissioners,
and will not be paid any
salary for their services. TheClork is
to l>o tho custodian of tho jury box.
l'ho bill ffO( s into effect at once and
tho officors named will have to iill the
jury boxes this month, as has been
customary with tho Jury Com missionMW.
11, inn mttt?
THURSDAY, JANU
FlitK, WKiiCK AND FLOOD.
The HlKiisirous Hccoril of I ho Old
Year?A Fctirfhl Litii of Casual?low
on luuitl tiiul Men.
The your was remarkablo for the
frightful loss of lifo by Hood, fire,
earthquake, disease, cyclone and mine
and railroad accidents, both hero and
! abroad, in January thirty miners
were drown in Penzance, 1,000 people
were burned in a temple neur Canton.
China, 40 soldiers were burned in a
train in Russia and uiuo person's were
killed and 112 injured in a railroad
collusion at Alton, 111.
In February Brlsbune was Hooded so
that many of its streets wore .'50 feet
under water, and earthquakes in
Greece resulted in the loss of hundreds
of lives. In March and April there
were Hoods, cyclones and tornadoes in
the Southern and Western States in
which 100 persons were killed and
millions of dollars of damage done.
In M ly Quebec was inundated and a
in rLli|lU, AI'Ki It'll -i.UIIO persons
lio unless and destitute. In Juno
Hoods destroyed 50 villages in Austria,
the cholera claiinod hundreds of victims
daily in Mecca, a storm in Mexico
made 2,000 persons homeless and the
Ford Operu House in Washington
collapsed, killing 23 department clerks
and injuring 70.
In July 100 miners were killed in an
explosion in Yorkshire, 12 Chicago
liroim n were caught on a blazing tower
in the World's Fair Grounds, but one
of whom escaped, and a cloudburst in
Pueblo drowned nearly 50 persons.
In August there was a collision between
two Coney Island excursion
trains on the Hong Island Hoad, near
Mlissville, in which 10 pleasure seekers
were instantly killed and 50 severely
wounded, and a cyclone which swept
the Gulf coast devastated Savannah,
Ga., and the sea islands. The loss of
life was more than 1,500 and the survivors
lost everything of which they
were possessed. Their sit uat ion became
so serious that The World sent down a
relief train in November and saved
them from starvation.
In September a forest lire destroyed
OhM . ~ ' * f
_>"' square iiiiius in vv iseonstn unci
cholera broke out in Hamburg. In
October yellow fever attacked Brunswick,
Ga.. and its victims were numbered
by hundreds. October also saw
liic Worst wreck of the many that happened
to World's Fair trains. In a
collision on the Grand Trunk near
Battle Creek. Mich., 2d persons were
burned or mangled to death and three
times that number were badly injured.
In November there was an explosion of
dynamite in a ship at dock at Santnnder,
Spain in. which JoO persons were
instantly killed, thousands wounded
and millions of dollars worth of property
destroyed, and 1 .;">()() persons were
drowned by lloods in Japan. In Decomber
a bridge in course of erection
at Louisville. Ky., fell into the river
and a score of workmen were killed.
The amount of money lost in a dozen
big IIres would pay the debt of some
of the smaller nations. Boston had a
$.">,000.01)0 and a $1.000.000 blaze and also
lost its famous Tremont Temple. St.
Louis had a $1,.*>00.000 lire. Coney Island
lost its big West End Hotel. Milwaukee
had a $500,000 fire, the largest
Hour mills in the world at Litchfield.
III., wore destroyed. Fargo, N. Dak.,
and Seattle were nearly wiped out by
llaine. South Chicago had a lire which
destroyed 250 houses, and New York
had a lire iu West Forty-second street
which necessinted a ninth alarm and
did $2,000,000 damage. In Manilla, in
the Philippine Islands, 1,000 bouses
were destroyed in a two-day's lire.
The maritime disasters of the year
have been many. Since .lanuary 1st
there has been an unusal succession
of disastrous gales, on both our own
and foreign coasts, and in this period
? I,..urn ,vf i i- _ ? -
? .... ....... >.? i ... r>ui|*a mive [JUCI1 lost
or badly damaged. Too greatest of alt
these disasters was the Victoria-Camp
erdown alTair in the Mediterranean
when some 100 persons lost their 1 iv?*?.
Aside from tliis, the ones that wore
of most interest at this port were the
losses of too White Star steamship
Naronic and the Atlas liner Alvo.
Both vessels mysteriously ilisa]>peared
and in each trace of the disaster waygiven
by ?he finding of the life boats
The loss of the Naronic is more in
explicable than that of the Alvo. since
the former was a brand new vessel, and
was supposed to he as seaworthy us the
arts of man could make her. Sho sailed
from Liverpool. February 11th. and
after nassinc out of tlx.
t n v w? i/iiv< mo' ouj w tin
never sighted again. Fully a hundred
wont down with hor. The accepted
explanation is that she turned turtle
during the gale.
The Alvo sailed from this port Au
gust 10, and like the Naronic was
nover seen again. She was of much
smaller tonnage than the White Star
boat, and is believed to havo foundered
in the hurricanes that were attended
with frightful loss of life in the sea islands
and on the Carolina and Gulf
eoasts. The theory concerning hor
lo<s is that her hatches wore torn off by
heavy railroad trucks lashed to her
deeks, admitting to her engine rooms
the seas that must have poured across
her decks.
Two trans-Atlantic liners met with
accidents in mid-ocean, causing anxiety
in every quarter of the globe, and an
awful loss of life was averted in each
case principally by the ingenuity ol
the engineers. The Cundarder Umbria
broke her thrust shaft in midocean.
and drifted about helplessly until
it was patched up temporarily. 8h<
arrived January 1st more than a week
overdue. The Hekla, of the Thing
valla lino, met with asimilar accident
anil afte>* drifting about the ocean
helpless as a derelict, was towed inti
port with all well aboard. The break
in t.* fiV? i r*.... " 1
... ..w. I y mis Ul?ui?vercci JUSl
in timo to prevent the fractured ends
twirled by the machinery, from (separating
and knocking holes in the shipV
huU.?New Yoik World.
?Tho total number of postofHccs in
operation on January 1, 1894 was l?8,80(i
The number of otlicos of tho throe
presidential classes is 3,42-4. There
are 151 in tho first-cluss. where the receipts
iu*o more than 9110,000 ; 674 in the
seeond-olass, where the receipts range
from $8,000 to $40,000; and 2.0&9 in the
third-class, where tho receipts range
from $1,900 to $8,000. Thero aro nls<
(15.382 fourth-classH offices where ap
pointinents an postmasters aro noi
made by the president. The rocont
rosing of forty-three fourth-class post
(offices to tho presidential class tool
erJoot January 1st, and thbvto wto oto
Vrocsd uj tbo Brttowowo'k
ARY 11, 1894.
hn'Poiicixo tiii: new law.
Tlio Slulo Hoard Anxious to Know the
Purpose of Ilie Municipal!!Irs?Co*
lunthia is Promptly Enrolled on the
Hindi Hist.
The State board of control seems
I anxious to know what the towns and
j cities are going to doing about assisting
in the enforcement of the dispensary
law, and tho following circulur
i letter has been sent out by the board :
T"> the Municipal Authorities of
Gentlemen: Your attention is directed
to the following extract from
Section 10 of the now dispensary law :
"All profit, after paying ull expenses
of the county dispensary, shull be paid
one-half to tho county treasury and
I one-half to the municipal corporation'
! in which it may be located, such set- \
; tlemonts to be made quarterly : Pro- I
! vided, that if tho authorities of any j
1 town or city, which in the judgment of ;
; the State hoard of control do not cn,
force this law, tho State board may !
withold tho part going to the said I
town or city and use it to pay State
! constables."
i uoro are ample provisions in tlic
said act giving policemen and mar- i
! shals tlic necessary power, without
regard t<> any restrictions which may '
he in your charter. We shall he if lad to \
have your co-operation and assistance |
1 and will expect an answer indicative j
of your purpose not later than the loth !
of January. Respectfully,
(Signed).? H. It. Tillman, Governor ;
I W. H. Ellbrbo, Comptroller General:
(>. \V. Huchanan, Attorney General;!
. Stale Hoard of Control.
After the; foregoing lottor had been
1 prepared, the following was sent tothe
county hoards of control throughout
the State :
To the County Hoard of Control :
Under the provisions of the new dispensary
law it is the duty of the nnr.ieipal
authorities of all towns where
1 dispensaries are located to enforce the
| said act by means of the police and
marshals. You will report to this office
not later than the 2()th of January.
I as to whether such action has been
! taken in your county by said authori|
ties and whether wo may expect their
i co-operation and assistance.
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\V. II. Fllorbe, Coniptrollor General :
(). W. Buchanan, Attorney General;
State Board of Control.
The non-action of the city council of
Columbia, after brielly considering the
matter in regard toco-operating with
the State constables in enforcing the
dispensary law. has aroused the. iro of
the administration, and at a meeting
of the State hoard of control it was decided
that Columbia should forfeit her
share of the profits. The following
letter was sent to the municipal
authorities :
January 1, 1894.
To the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Columbia :
Gentlemen : Notice is hereby given
that the State board of control, in the
exercise of their judgment as required
by the dispensary act. recently passed,
have determined that the '.ontingeney
has arisen in your city for the enforcement,
of the proviso to Section 10 of
the dispensary act. which says, ''That
if the authorities of any town orcity, in
the judgment of the State board of control,
do not enforce this law, the State
hoard may withhold the part going to
said town or city and use it to pay
State constables."
After the 1st day of January, 1804.
and until further notice, such part of
the dispensary profit coming from
(Jo lu in hi a will he withheld by the
hoard and used to pay State constables
in the enforcement of the law, made
necessary by the attitude of the
authorities of your city, as shown by
the action of the city council Friday
in (won re i using lo consider tlio
matter. Yours respectfully,
(Signed).? li II. Tillman. Governor;
W. II. Kllorbo, Comptroller Gonoral
O. W. Buchanan. Attorney Genorul :
.State Board of Control.
mayor fisher talks.
Mayor Fisher had not seen the letter
when called on by a reporter, but when
lie was informed of the action of the
board he thought they had acted somewhat
hastily and said ho would liked
to have had an opportunity to appear
before the members. He said that the
city of Columbia could take care of all
violations of the law.
A Photographic Title.?Photography
played an important part in a
suit at Cincinnati The suit is one of
local standing, involving the title of
1 .'>()(? acres of valuable farm lands. It
is based on a deed made nearly seventy-lb
e years ago by the owners of the
land, and turns on the point whether
the deed had 11 vo signatures or only
four. In order to test this question
it was decided to have the deed
photographed, and the clerk of the
court was ordered to give the matter
his personal supervision* For that
purpose it was taken to Washington
and submitted to an export photographer
of that city. The original deed,
discolored and yellow with ago, showed
traces of four signatures and a space
whero there might have been a fifth,
but no trace of it. The nhotmrrunh
i 11 j/ was dono in the present:*) of the
clerk of the court, who refused to let the
deed go out of his sight. The negative
revealed traces of the missing signature,
and when it was enlarged ten
ntiro name became as plain as when
times the fir* t written. The court pronounced
the evidence conclusive, and
tho result will be the reversal of a former
decision and a change in tho ownership
of tho land.?-Indianapolis Journal.
No Reduction in Salaries.?The
Columbia Register says that many peoplo
do not understand what became of
the salary reduction bill which passed
at the last session of tho Legislature.
The facts are these : Tho bill passed
both flousos. It was approved by Govoi
lier Tillman on tho 22d of December
ft was to go into elTect on tho 1st of
fanuary, 1894. The next day the
, Legislature pasted the appropriation
, bill. Those interested in salaries ro,
malnlng as thoy are succeeded in get,
in J section 13 added to this bill. It
provl Ion that the salaries as at present
fixed shall remain as they are for the
I year 1894. This bill was signed on the
i 23 I of December. This will virtually
kill t o salary reduction bill, as when
, it goes into effect a new Legislature
. wiU-havo been elected,, and ft) ua'ay tftfl
') Vbtalc ua tiro r&fct bqpj aid.
ne tavors a tax on 1 n
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A <JANO OFNKOIIO HOIUiKItS. '
I'ho Work of a Shrewd Defective?.\ !
<>uilly N'i'ifi'ii MnkcN < 'onI'chhIoii ?
I'limju'ctH of ii l.yticliiitg In !
fluid.
Angus u C'brodcle, Itli lust
Tho dead boflies of four nogroes tire ;
likely to be found this morning dung
ling from trees or lying in the highways.
somewhere between Plum
Branch uud Parksvllle, about thirtylive
miles up the Port lloyal and
Western Carolina railroud. They will
be the bodies of tho ineeudiaries who
robbed and set tire to Mr. M. C. Uitts.
store and express olllee at Plum Branch
on tho Kith of lust month.
The express olllee was in Mr. llitts*
store, utul ho was agent of the coin
puny. The building was burned to
the ground. Mr. Uitt lost everything,
but the Express Company's property
whs protected uiul only its lx>oks were
destroyed.
It is said there is a gang of negro
burglars up in that neighborhood who i
go from station to station robbing
stores and setting lire to buildings.
The express oil lee at Bradley in that
vicinity has been burglarized throe
times recently Too people have potten
tired of sulVering these depredations
and severe losses and they are determined
to break it up.
Ever sinco the robbery and lire at
Mr. Hitt's he has been constantly at
work trying to ferret out the perpetrators.
Ho cu no to Augusta and engaged
Josh .Johnson, a shrewd negro j
detective, to work up the case, and j
.Josh proved himself equal to the task. ,
lie has found out the guilty parties.
.Josh went up to L'nrksvillo well sup
plied with money and li(|iior, mill ho
got in with the negroes in tho neghborhooil.
I In matlo tho acquaintance of
tho principal negro who was supposed
to bo tho louder of tlio gang thut cominittod
tho donblo oriino. Tuesday
night Josh got in a cranio of nurds with
tlio suspected party and several other
negroes. Tho dotoctivo lost his tnonoy 1
freely and was liberal in dispensing
his whisky, which was accepted every
time drinks were otTerod. After tlio
game was over Josh went to show the
negroes how to tell their fortunes with
tho pasteboards. After monkeying
with tho cards a while, Josh looked
astonished and turning to tho negro,
lie was keeping his eye closely 011,
said, "These cards tell a horrible story
011 you."
The guilty negro was shocked and
got exoited and craved to know what
tho fortune-telling cards read. Josh
hesitated a second or two, but dually
leaned over so as not to let tho other
negroes hear and he whispered into
the scared negro's ear, " The cards
say you had a hand in the robbing an 1
burning of Mr. llitt's store two weeks
ago."
The negro, who was slightly under
the in 11 notice of liquor, broke down
completely and confessed bis guilt,
and went further and told Josh the
names of his three accomplices.
The nfcgro did not know that Josh
was ferreting out tho case. The
detective made 110 arrest, but returned
to bMum Branch and reported to Mr.
(litthis success in clearing all doubt
its to who tho robbers and incendiaries
were.
Josh cutno back to Augusta last
afternoon us ho said ho expected there
would bo some killing' up there lust !
night and ho wanted to get fur out of
the way of the shooting.
The detective says Mr. Hitt went to j
Parksvillo yostcrday morning to get!
warrants for the arrest ol the negroes,
and ho says a largo posse of men were 1
to leave lust uftcrnoou on horseback to !
capture the negroes who live u few ;
miles out in the country.
Southern Farmers.?'Tho Manu-;
fuoturors' Record could not present its
readers a moro attractive Now Year's
gift than tho following reports from
Southern bankers showing that the ,
wholo economic policy of Southern !
farin interests iH undergoing a change
and tho credit system is being super |
o 1 (1 bv a cash basis. Tim low m-lnn I
f :otton for tho last fow yours forced
u|*f>11 farmers tho necessity of raising
tlioir own foodstuffs. und added to thin
was tho decision of bunkers unci fuctors
to advance uuich loss money on cotton
than formerly. Tho result has been a
change that for tho time being, while
passing from the credit system with its
liberal buying to a cush system requiring
tho closest economy, there has been
less trade with farmers, and bonce a
decreased volunio of general business
in tho South. Ibit this has brought
about a more solid condition of the
business interests dependent upon farm
trade throughout the South than wo
have had for many years. Merchants
are carrying small stocks and buying
only as needed ; farmers are paying off
tlioir debts to such an extent that
without exception those letters from
bankers say that tho farmers are less
in debt than for years. Tho money
that formerly went North and West
for provisions and grain has been retained
at home, and the full result is
that this section is less in debt to the
North and West for supplies than in
any year since tho war endod. Such
is the solid rock bottom basis for
future advancement, and it is needless
to say that as no other section can j
make such a showing, so no other sec- I
tlon will show such a rapid growth
during the next fow years.?Manufac- I
turer's Record.
Kvew They Were Right.?In
Illionts and some other States there Is
an old law on tho statute books to the
effect that in criminal cases the jury is
" judgo of the law as well as the facts."
Though not often quoted, once in a
while a lawyer with a desperate case
makes uso of it. In one ease tho judge
instructed the jury that it was to judge
of the law as well as tho facts, but added
that it was not judgo of tho law unless I
it was fully satislled that it know moro j
law than tho judgo.
An outrageous vordict was brought
in, contrary to all instructions of th?
I court, who'folt called upou to rebuke
the jury. At last ono old farmor arose :
44 Jodgo," said he, 44 wern't wo to
jedffo tho law as well as tho facts ?"
' Cortuinly," was tho roaponso; 44 but
I told you not to iudtfo tho law myself
you wore clearly satisfied that you
knew tho law better than I did."
" Well, jodgo," answered the farmer,
aa he shifted his quid, 44 wo considered
that p'lnt."
> ?Govornor Tillman has approved
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..^rro Wio, nbft 1 hBfftrKfover*this*new i co
?*n?*iy for rh^imwtton).
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NO 26.
CHIMB IN' YORK COUNTY.
The Conftwlon of u Cowardly Murilerir
ami ihe Record of u Youth
lluiitcd by Dime Novel**.
\tliinta ? onHtl ution.
Yokkville, S. c., Jun. 2.?The Constitution's
correspondent to-day visited
the jiti 1 to interview Monroe Watson,
a negro prisoner to whom Jeff Crawford,
who killed Mr. D. P. Blackburn
recently, has been talking. Watson Is
in jail on the chargeof stealing u quarter
of beef from another negro, and, of
course, denies the ohurgo. He 19 well
acquainted with Crawford and the
sheriff hus made thorn cell-mates. It
seems that Crawford, who is wary of
outsiders, has grown confidential with
Watson. In answer to questions, Watsun
told the Constitution's correspondent
the following story :
" Last night Crawford says to ine,
Monro), if you won't toll, I'll teli you
something.' I savs, 'won't tell,' and
IcfT he says: 'I never killed Mr.
Blackburn. Sain Fouzlor done it. Mo
and Sum followed Mr. Blackburn into
tlio woods und Sam shot him. Mr
I Hack burn started to run and I caught
tiIin and hold him until Saui shot him
aguin. Mr. lilackburn still wasn't
killed, and then Sain cut his throat
with my razor and not a st ick and heat
him on tho head with it. Wo not *73
out of his pocket. Wo took $14 apiece
and Sam kept tho other $l.'>. He has
not it now. When we got through
with Mr. lilackburn our clothes wore
bloody, and wo went toward Hook Ilill.
Wo buried our bloody clothes at the
corner of the old saw-mill on the Charlot
te, Columbia and Augusta railroad,
three miles below Hock llill. When 1
not back home I hid my razor on the
sill of my hoiiso. I told the woman
what I went to see in Hock Hill, to toll
them that I came to her house between
7 and 8 o'clock.' "
After hearing Watson's story, I had
a talk with Crawford, but he was not
disposed to know anything. Upon ask
wig it no Know or u hiiw mill three
mi I oh l)olow Rock Ilill, ho looked confused
nod said there wan no hiiw mill
there. Ho was asked what hodid with
hiH razor. He replied, " 1 loft it at
homo on the chair."
Parties have gone to the saw mill to
look for the clothes and will also search
under Crawford's house for the razor.
They have not yet made their report.
The people of the neighborhood in
which the murder was committed are
still very much excited ovor the horriblo
affair. Although as yet thore
has been no effort to got up a lynching
party, the probabilities that the negro
will live to be tried are not very great.
v ugustn Chronicle.
Yorkvillk, S. C., January 2.?The
Chronicle corropondont to-day visited
the county jail to interview Chas. J.
Nlillor. the young white man who killed
a negro named Callie Douglass, in Rock
Hill last Wednesday night.
Miller is about 20 years of ago and
has a face that would be strikingly
handsome, were it not for the frowning
and recklessness, which are beginning
to stamp on his features tho character
of a veritable Jesse James. When asked
about the killing lie talked freely,
and referred to it as though it wore a
matter of small concern.
"I had boon quarreling with this
fellow Douglass," he said, "and turned
ofl to leave him, telling him that he
must not follow mo. I walked perhaps
a hundred yards, and hearing some
iMiuy DfiuiKi mn, turned una saw it was
Douglass. .Just tin I turned ho stooped
and picked up a rock. 1 asked him if
ho was picking up that rock to hit me.
lie said?you, yes. I hud my pistol in
my pocket ami pulled it out and tired
throo times. 1 don't think I hit him
but onco. though. He walked back a
few steps and fell, and I turned in un
alley and ran away. I did not run for
fear of being arrested, but there wore
several other negroes there, and I
could not wait to kill any more of
of thorn. 1 walked out of town alnnit
throo mfles and laid down and went to
sleep. After a whilo i got cold and
woke up. and then 1 went back to Rook
Hill. Next day I came back and gave
myself up. it was nu rely a ease of selfdefense,
and I think I was fully justified
in killing the follow."
Testimony developed at the jury of
inquest pretty nearly corroborates Miller's
story. It. seems that Miller was
visiting Douglass' sister at a house of
ill repute, and Douglass went to the
house to get his sister away. The
quarrel and killing grew out of this
circumstance.
Mill,,. I. \ r 11 -
miuui in mi m ("null. IllS minor
died about ton years ago and loft him
In charge of bin mother, who afterwards
married a drunken fellow, and
the boy from then until now has seen
hard times.
By the reading of dime novels and
other such literature young Miller developed
strong propensities toward outlawry.
Soino time ago he opened u
barroom at his home in the country,
and sold large quantities of liquor in
defiance of the law.
Ho has done timo in the county jail.
After serving his term ho secured a
position as guard over the convicts at
tlid Rock Hill stockade, and has ever
since boon adding to his reputation as
a rather desperate character.
A Modern Samson. Cherokee
County, Alabama, has a muscular prodigy
beforo whom either Mitchell or
Corbett might bo inado to bow, if accounts
about him are truo. His namo
is .Joo Chancy and ho weighs only 150
pounds. Ho was arrested recently and
incarcerated in the jail at Centre,
charged with burglarizing a store at
Lecsburg, A1 a. As s(x?n as they put
him in jail ho broke tho door open and
came out. Thoy then chained him, sup:
{>osedly. fast to tho floor and a powerful
I chain wus locked close about his neck
! and fastened to the floor, but beforo
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no jc?ih>i wuiu nnno 10 survey me joo,
the prisoner had bursted the chains
asuudor and stood erect also. Some of
his feats of skill and strength are
bursting dungeon looks, nulling chains
apart, drawing iron spikes from the
walls and breaking bars. It is said he
can break the bars of the dungeou
windows us easily as If they were
toothpicks and can pull a heavy chain
in twain with the ease that an ordinary
man can a silken oord. It is
stated that lie docs not appear to use
his strength for the purpose of escaping.
hut that ho has threatened that if
they convict him in the caao against
at
~ w prevent uh'ina'meq from
ming into tho United State* fretn
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