The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 21, 1894, Image 1
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VOL. VIII.
HAS THE LAW TAILED?
a m.vir.w or mi: interstate;
com m i:kci: commission.
Krcrnt Decisions in its Paver?The
Commission is Ail Powerful and in
the Position Its Pounders Intended.
Special to the Atlanta Journal.
Washington, Juno 11.?With a
flare of tho trumpet and the celat duo
to an unmistakable expression of tho
I'UUlilT I ? I bill 1 11 I I I "? ? Ltl CtJ VyUUlllK'HlC
Commission was born seven years ago.
When the act creating this new arbiter
between the railroads anil the people/
passed, the common belief was
tha< -'. commission had almost absolute
powers. The appointment to the
commission were considered the highest
compliment next to a place on the
Supreme Bronch, that could bo conferred
upon a jurist, and the first complement
of Inter-State Commerce Coinmis
ions went to their task backed by
the moral support of the business men
of the nation.
The early decisions of tho commission
wcie considered revolutionary in
the field of jurisprudence, and tho
railroad investors and managers feared
serious impairment of their property.
Then the courts began to interfere,
and attacks upon tho law, so successful
in the lower courts d uring recent years,
slowly hut not tho less surely robbed
tho commission of an excuse for existence.
The commission had tho means
to determine what was fair between
tho railroad and shipper of freight,
but it lacked the power to enforce its
findings, and by the famous' decision of
b'udgo Grcshum, it was denied the
right to compel the attendance and
testimony of witnesses. For several
vears the impression has prevailed
that tho law was inoperative nucl that
tho commission existed only as an excuse
for tho payment of big salaries to
politicians and their proteges. The
opinion that the commission was allowed
to go on simply to save tho country
tho spectacle of the abolition of
one of its pot creations was supported
by the idea that the commission failed
to aeeoniplish the purposes for which
it was created not only by defects of
the law itself, but by restrictions of a
constitutional nuturo, and therefore
practically irremodial.
Hut within a few weeks the future
of the Inter-State Commerce Commission
has undergone a complete roversal.
Three decisions have practically
floored all opposition and the law
stands now stronger than at any time
since its enactment. It has now been
judicially construed in its vital points
by the highest court of the land, and
every essential particular has been upheld.
The first of these decisions in importance
is that of tho Supreme Court
of the United States reversing tho decision
of Judge Cresbam declaring a
portion of the law unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court holds that the an
thority is given tho commission to require
the attendance and testimony of
witnesses from any part of the United
States and to have the aid of the courts
to enforce the giving of such testimony,
and that tins delegation of power
is constitutional. Strange as it may
seem, tho commission is here held to
have inoro authority than is given to
any court, in that it can summon witnesses
from any part of the country to
testify.
Tho long-and-short-haul clauso, and
tho commission's construction of tho
sumo, was again uphold in the United
States circuit court of appeals sitting
in Now Orleans. This is porhaps fully
as satisfactory to the commission as
tho decision of Justico Brower, as to
what constituted a " line," which was
reversed. The commission was sustained
in tho ease known us the "Social
Circle Case." This well known
town is on the Georgia railroad, and
the question at issue was, whether it
was entitled to the same rates from
Cincinnati, as low as those in force
from that point to the more distant
city of Augusta. The roads refused to
comply, alleging "dissimilarity in circumstance
and conditions." Tho judge,
Hon. William Newman, of Atlanta, in
deciding the Social Circle ease, held
that a d*. Vm between carriers subject
and not'subject to the act was unsound.
and sustained every position
taken by counsel for tho roads.
The commission took an appeal, as
stated, and Judge Newman's decision
was reversed with directions to enforce
the order of the commission. As
.Judge Newman's decision was based
upon the famous "lino" decision of
Justice Brewer, acting as presiding
judge of the circuit court of appeals at
St. Haul a year or two ago, the effect
of the New Orleans decision is particularly
interesting and important.
Tlio result ot tins decision win uu u?
compel tlio railroad companies seeking
to make lower rates for largo distances
by reason of railroad competition, to
apply to and secure permission from
the commission. Tito decision is also
in line with a decision of the Supremo
Court in the ease of the Union Uacific
railway vs. Good ridge, which recognizes
a similar power in the railroad
commissioner of tlio State of Colorado.
As if to make success and vindication
complete comes a third decision
from Florida, which holds Unit tho
commission has not only tho right to
say what rates are unreasonable but to
fix tho rates that uro reasonable.
While obeying many orders of tho commission
reducing rates which it hold
to bo unreasonable, the railroads generally
have refused to concede that tho
law authorized the commission to proscribe
maximum reasonable rates. The
United States circuit court of tho
northern district of Florida in the Florida
Fruit Kxchango ease uphold tho
order of the commission in commanding
tho railroad to reduce the rate live
cents a box on Florida oranges.
Thorn* is still one point which is
sought to no corrected in the 1 'atterson
bill now ponding in tho House. Tho
obj< jot of this is to correct "any of the
deficiencies in the law under which the
commission is now acting, and its
most valuable feature is that which
compels the railroads to go into the
court?) upon the same evidence which
was submitted to tho commission; in
othor words, which forbids the railroads
making up a now case in the
courts after having bocn decided
against by tho commission, unless this
now matter is first submitted to tho
commission in an effort to secure a re- j
' hearing.
If this feature is added to tho intor- j
state commerce law it will soon boootno !
the active factor in the llxing and settlomcnt
of railroad dillioultios which
it was designed to be.
Tl filial AN OS I'AHIION'S.
His Viow's on t In* Hxereise of tin* Pardoning
INnvrr l?y ihc Chief Mvccut
ivc.
The following correspondence will
prove of interest and explains itself:
Dknvkh Col., .Inno Oth. 1804.
To His Kxeolloncy, l>. 11. Tillman,
Governor of the State of South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir : 1 would estoom It a special
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uivor u yon wmuu repiy itii juu uuny
tlato to the following interrogatories :
1st. Should executive clemency bo
granted in any case, oxeopt upon positive
testimony as to the innocence of
the convict ?
2nd. Is a Hoard of l'ardons, or an
Advisory Hoard, necessary ton Governor
to aid him in dispensing the pardoning
power ?
.'?rd. Should pardons ho conditional
or would the general doctrine of the
parole system he better for the protection
of society ?
4th. Would the parole system net as
a deterrent for criminals to a greater
extent than unconditional release
either by pardon or by serving out
the sentence ?
Very respectfully,
.). Ij. Ai'PRL,
1 'rest. Colorado State Hoard of l'ardons.
In answer to this letter Governor
Tillman has written Mr. Appol the
following:
Dear Sir : Your favor of .Juno Oth,
propounding certain interrogatories,
has boon received. I cannot take time
to answer fullv?that is. trivinur
reasons, but will answer brieily by
numbers.
To the first quostion, I answer yes.
Clemency does not moan, always, a
pardon, but includes commutation from
a death penalty to a term of imprisonment
as well as a change of sentence
where the punishment appears excessive.
There aro also cities where conviction
follows evidence that may appear
conclusive to the jury, but not so
to the executive. The reasoning by
which juries reach agreement in a verdict
of guilty is sometimes altogether
invisible to the executive and while
the innocence of the prisoner mny not
rest upon " positive testimony," the
guilt being equally shadowy or uncertain,
1 have given prisoners the benefit
of the doubt especially if there was
a lack of motive or previous good character
proven.
To the second question 1 would say
that a Hoard of Pardons or an Advisory
Hoard, while not necessary,
would rdliovo the Governor of much
work and some responsibility. If such
Hoard exists, however, it should be
frequently changed throughout so as
to insure a thorough examination of
petitions and prevent the possibility of
any trafficking in pardons.
To the third question : 1 think under
certain circumstances conditional pardons
are desirable, and I have urged
the adoption of tho intermediate sentence
system by which tho crime, after
a conviction is secured, is punished
by a maximum or a minimum term of
imprisonment depending on tho behavior
of the prisoner and the evidence of
his reformation. Punishment is for
the purpose of reforming criinwials and
deterring others from committing
crime. Judges aro verycapriolous and
unreasonable some time in passing
sentence, and by sdch a system tho
penitentiary directors could release a
pi isoner or recommond a pardon whenever,
in their judgment, tho purpose
of imprisonment had been aeeom
plished.
To iho fourth question : In gonoral
I do not liko tho parole system of conditional
pardons. Such mon arc not
free in tho full sense of the term, and I
would prefer, as a'goneral rule, absolute
release or service of the full term.
1 have never granted but two conditional
pardons. One was a man who
maltreated his wife while under the influence
of liquor. The other was a boy
thirteen years old. Tho condition in
the lirst ease remanded tho man to prison
upon proof that ho drank any liquor
or maltreated the woman. Of course
the wife begged for clemency. The boy
was allowed to leave the penitentiary
on condition that he went to a reform
school where he was practically a
prisoner. Yours respectfully,
B. K. TILI.MAN,
Governor.
Doesn't Konw the Pkhsident.?
Mr. Henry O. Ilavemeyor, of NewYork,
president of of the American
Sugar lleflning Company, known as
the sugar trust, arrived in Washington
last week in response to a subpoena
from tho Senatorial committee
engaged in investigating the alleged
relation between Senators and members
of the trust, and appeared boforo
the committee as a witness. In tho
course of his testimony Mr. Ilavemeyor
made the astounding statement that
he had never seen President Cleveland
although living in the same city
with him for years. Tho following
extract from his testimony is peculiarly
interesting on this point:
The Chairman?I have already
asked you about tho conversation Mr.
Lid wards alleged you had with Mr.
Cleveland, either in Greenwich or on
the yacht in the summer of 1HP2, or in
the summer of 1893. Did you over
have such a conversation anywhere ?
Mr. Mavomoyer?1 have never exchanged
a word with Mr. Cleveland
or been in his company in my life,
aim i iiivvu uuvui n^i;n i>u\j man.
The Chairman?You have never Boon
him ?
Mr. Ilavomoyor?I have never booh
Mr. Cleveluncl in New York or elsewhere.
Senator Allen?Do you mean to Hay,
Mr. Haveineyer, that you have never
soon Mr Cleveland.
Mr. Ilavomoyor?I have never soon
Mr. Cleveland.
Senator Davis?You do not know
what he looks like, except from his
pictures ?
Mr. ilavomoyor?Kxcopt from his
picturos. I suppose I would know
him if 1 saw him.
- It is so hard to get inn ooonco to
understand that the devil oan be a
devil and still look like an angel of
light.
Some people seem to think that
religion consists of being long-faced,
sad, and stupid in this world, and in
playing a golden harp in tho next.
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CONWAY,
a PEUIMjUXINQ situation.
Why tho United States Govern iiicitl
dors nut Wish litlic too Idherul in
tlie Mattel* ul* AtYhrding Asylum to
l'ulit ieul lloruKCCH.
Washington, Juno 1 :t.?It is stated
on authority that as soon its tho now
government in Salvador has fully
established itsolf and is ablo to proservo
law and order it is tho intontontion
of President Cleveland to
direct tho surrender of the refugees
now on hoard tho U. S. Steamer Bennington
to tho proper judicial authorities.
not however, without tho fullest
guarantees on the part of Salvador
that the prisoners shall bo tried by an
impartial tribunal organized in conformity
with tho constitution of tho
republic.
a iskmw i.be.d ,1 ! .
i \v-viM K i iu tuu uiirnt W ut\i
from Commander Thonuvs, there still
exists throughout Salvador a state of
alVairs hut little removed from anarchy,
and the members of the late
government, who were given asylum
on the Bennington, would, in his opinion,
ho murdered without any formal
trial whatever, the moment they
reached shore, if he were compelled
to give them up. It is said Commander
Thomas was anxious for permission to
take his refugees to Panama in the
Bennington, or to put them aboard
some outward hound merchant vessel,
hut was restrained from this proceeding
because this government was opposed
to establishing a precedent in \
the" matter of granting asylum. While
it is true that tho naval regulations
contain an ancient paragraph giving
a commanding oilicer certain discretion
to act in tiie interests of humanity
in extraordinary contingencies, and
that Commander Thomas is in all probability
fully protected by that clause
in the present instance, it is also a
fact that very grave complications
might ariso from a continuance of
this old practice in modern times.
The difference between the case
in Brazil where the refugees on
the Portuguese ship were revolutionists
and at La Libertad, where they
wore members of the overturned government,
is considered scarcely material.
The Hawaiian situation presents |
possibilities which the United States |
desires to bo prepared to meet, for in |
case of trouble there the United States j
does not want to make it possible for
British or .lapanses ships to grant
asylum.
Last night orders were cabled to tho '
Charleston, at Callao, to proceed to '
San Francisco, "stopping at necessary j
intermediate ports," I ,a Lihortad, Sal-;
vador, is the lirst intermediate port
siie will reach, and as it is only one
1.000 miles from Callao, the Charleston
ought to roaeh there by Saturday
next. If her hull were not so foul she
could make the trip in less than three
days. The Salvadorean refugees will
be kept on tbe Bennington until the
arrival of the Charleston, when, as
there are more accommodations on the
larger ship, they will probably be
transferred to her, where they will
remain until the government of Salvador
is organized to the satisfaction
of the United States and when there
is no douht that the death penalty
will not be recklessly pronounced or
that the prisoners can lie fully protected
from mob violence.
The demand which has been made
on United States Consul Pollock at
Salvador for tho extradition of the
refugees on charges of robbery, does
not atl'ect tho administration in its
action for the extradition treaty provides
fully for its enforcement without
governmental interfoncu. Should the
Salvadorean refugees bo regularly indicted
under proper judicial procedures
the courts of the United States, upon
receiving the warrants, would alone
he competent to execute it if the refugees
were within their jurisdiction.
This matter will not he permitted to
obsecure what is considered to he the
paramount one, that of granting
asylum.
Ltoports from Salvador this morning
show that the new government
there is as far from stability as over
and that the conditions requisite for
the delivery of the Ucnnington's refugees
are distant. In the meantime,
the United States is chafing under a
very embarrassing situation.
HKADH IjIKIO A NOVKL.
A Strange Case Ill-ought to laglit ?
Some Itomutio Features?The Complete
Story in OnoCupter.
The State, Iftth inst.
A case was brought to the attention
of Governor Tillman yesterday, the details
of which read like the plot of
some good novel. As a result of the
presentation of matter to the Governor
a small, quiet looking white man, who
went inside the pentontiary walls only
two days ago as a common cortvict,
came forth again yesterday afternoon,
after a brief oxporlonco of prison >ifo,
with u fuli put don in tho pocket of his
coat. His brief stay in prison hu<l
chunked his appearance very muteriully,
for his hair hud boon clipped and
his fuoo had been clean shaven. The
strange part of it all is that, even
though pardoned, and a free man, he
does not oven know what legul relations
he boars to the young women
whom ho sometime ago wedded. It is
truly a most remarkable ease.
The story, as told to tho Governor,
is romantie in extreme. The man
in the easo is John W. Hodge, of
Clarendon county. Tho woman is
Hester Hodge, nee Gibbon. It seems
that about two years ago Hodge
married tho girl, who is said to be
strikingly pretty, the ceremony being
performed by u trial justiee. They
lived together as man and wifo and
th ings wont along without any trouble
until a short time ago. About four
months ago a child was born to tho
couple. It appears that thoro wa^
another man who himsolf wanted to
marry tho girl. She preferred Hodge,
however, un I tho other suitor attended
the wedding. Tho statement
made to tho Governor was that this
jilted*suitor, alleging that the girl
had colored blood in her veins, had a
warrant issued for her and Hodge
charg ng them with " unlawful intormarriago."
They were arrested,
tried and coivictod. Hodgo was sentenced
to on > year in tho penitentiary.
Tho won.an was senteneod to pay a
llho of X>< 0, but, owing to tho illness of
hor child, tho judge released her from
imprisonment temporarily without the
payment of tho lino.
Upon tho showing made to the Gov
, _ .
S. C.f THURSDAY,
| ernor, thero is no doubt as to I lody o
I bointf a wliito man. The ^>irls urandmothor
ami mother wore of pure
i white blood. On her father's side,
; however, there seems to have been a
strain of Indian or some other kind of
blood, the interjection of which into
I mo 111 inily oxtoiulK hack beyond tin*
Revolutionary war. To all outward
appearance), and as far back as the
neighborhood history goes, no trace of
any other blood but this can be found.
The girl's family has always been considered
white and has associated with
none but white people. Her father
fought as a Confederate soldier
through the recent war. The family
has always stood well in the community.
Those are the facts of the
remarkable ease as presented to Governor
Tillman yesterday and which
he considered justified a pardon.
Now the question arises wbother,
after conviction, in the court of Genoral
Sessions, the parties to the marriage
contract can now be considered
legally married and whether their
child is legitimate or not. It is unI
dorstood that some ofTort will he made
to have this question decided in the
courts.
iMtoHuurioN I,I:A<U I:K.
Rules and Itegiilai ions lo Govern (lie
Coruialioti of I leagues In this Stale.
The following regulations adopted
by the State Prohibition Kxecutivo
Comniittoo, by virtue of authority conferred
on them by the recent State
Convention, will govern the formation
of leagues in and throughout the
State.
I. One league may be organized in
ouch township, town, village, or school
district, to ho composed of such white
voters of the township, town, village,
or school district, as will enroll themselves
for that purpose.
2. The roll hook of the league shall
contain a copy of the platform adopted
hy the convention of dune 7th, 'hi, and
a pledge under which the names of
members shall bo signed hy them, declaring
that they endorse the plat form,
and will in ovory proper manner endeavor
to 8ocuro the election of prohibitionists
only to State and legislative
ollices, and promote the passage of
laws to prohibit the manufacture and
sale of all intoxicating liquors as a
beverage in this State, and aid in the
enforcement of such laws when enacted.
.'1. Much league shall upon its organization
elect a chairman and Secretary,
and treasurer, and adopt such rules '
for its government as are not in contlict.
with the principles declared in the
platform, or the regulations which
may he made by the State executive
committee.
I. All the leagues of a county will he
considered as subordinate to the
County convention, which shall he
composed of delegates elected hy the
Leagues at such times as may ho fixed
hy the State executive committee, and
announced through the county chairman.
.7. 'I'he county chairman shall call all
county conventions, and when assembled
they shall elect their own olllccrs,
delegates to the convention, and an
executive committee, who, with the
county cuuirman, snail nuvc the general
direction of the movement in tier
county, and shall bo ex-ofllcio members
of tlie county convention until their
successors are elected.
(>. By-laws not inconsistent with
these regulations may bo authorized
by the county chairman for tho leagues
in their respective counties.
Muudkk in Hampton County.C'apt.
.lames Mixson, of the "Steep
Bottom" neighborhood, Hampton
County, was waylaid and shot to death
on Monday, 11th inst.. while returning
home at night from his place of business.
Cuundry Minis, colored, has
been arrested under suspicion of being
tho assassin. Minis denies knowing
anything about the shooting.
Capt. Mixson was one of Hampton's
best citizens. Industrious, hard working
and universally esteemed, ho had
no enemies. Tho theory is that In; win
mistaken for some one else and received
the death wound intended for
another.
Minis, who is suspected of having
done the deed, is one of a rather
peculiar race of people who live in the
river auction of this county, locally
known as "old issue." They are a
mixed raco, and have never been
slaves. They are supposed to bo descendants
of Indians and negroes, but
nothing is definitely known to their
origin. Mims has always borno a good
reputation, and has been looked upon
as rather a thirfty man. Thoro was
strong talk of lynching when Minis
was first arrested, but lie lias been
lodged in jail, and it is thought that the
law will be allowed to take its courso.
Tl'lNNKHSKK 1 'ROHIHITION IS'I'S. A
State convention of the prohibition
party met in Nashville, Ten., last week
to nominate candidates for Governor
and Supreme Court .lodge. About 10b
delegates were in attendunee, ten of
whom were ladies. K. S. Cheves, of
Unicoi, was chosen chairman. The
convention adopted a resolution favoring
prohibition of the manufacture,
sale, oxportations, importation and
Inanannofaflnn ,.f ..II f: n
vt ? > /%/ V(?UM/U V/l UI 1 lIMHAirilblll^ IIquors
us a bovorago. Thoy favored
the issuance of all national currency
directly to the people through the
Government banks, the banks to bo
loan and savin# institutions. The
President, Vice President and United
States Senators should be elected by a
direct vote of the people. Theeonven- j
lion decided to make no nomination,
but to instruct the executive committee,
of which J. II. Tate is chairman,
to place such candidates in the
field or recommend such candidates
as in their opinion will promote prohition.
?Charles II. Spurgoon was noted as
a famous preacher, but lie was equally
good in giving practical comments on
the Scriptures. One Sabbath morning
ho read boforo his vast congregation
j tho passayo. ''The young' lions do
lack and sudor hunger," and then ho
i paused and said : " Tho I/?rd's people
arc not lions, but sheep, and therefore
they have a shepherd, and so they
neither lack nor suffer hunger, as lions
do, but they are led into green pastures
and beside still waters, and safely
guarded in tho fold by night." Tho
comment sooms natural and obvious,
Jot how few are tho preachers who
avo mado it. j l ?:J
JUNE 21, 189 4.
A Ml umoiiors SHOT.
A Populist Leader Knocks An < >1?I
Mutt Down ami Kills llis Son
TIhtuIn ol* Lynch i ii<> i l?o Slayer.
Hiumin'ciiam, Ala., Juno 12. I Vyton
(!. How man, 1 outlet* i?f Kolb's i'opulito
campaign in Alabama ami a prot incut
lawyer of this oily, occupies a eel in
the city jail tonight charged with the
murder of Fagotto JelTries, the 17-yearold
son of ox-Mayor JelTries. The
tragedy occurred at 10 o'eloek to-night
itt the saloon of the Florence Hotel.
Late this afternoon Howinan, who is
a (rroat bulldozer and blull'er, wjis
drinking with some friends in the saloon.
when ox-Mavitr Jnlt'rios. wlm iv
an old and inoffonsivo man, entered.
Howniun whs talking in a lou*l tone of
voice and, it is said, maclo an insulting
remark to Col. Jeffries, who replied by
saying that Howman had had a ('onfederate
deserter for a law partner.
The lie was passed, when How man
struck Col. Jeffries on the head, knocking
him down. Kneads separated
hem wlion Col. ,IelTr: s went his way.
LOugeno Jeffries, son . Col. Jeffries, a
mere stripling, woig .g not over 100
pounds, hearing of the dittleulty started
out to timl Cowman, intending to
have him apologize, so it is stated.
Howtnun was still in the saloon drinking
when the hoy started to enter
through the folding doors. The minute
he put his head inside Hewiuan |
snatched out a pistol and shot the. boy
through the nook, killing him instantly.
Howman was arrested and hurried
off' to the city jail. Within a few minutes
a great crowd had assembled at
the scene and threats of lynching were
freely made. Indignation is at fever
heat, hut it is not thought, that an attack
will he made upon the jail.
An eye witness to the shooting says
it was a foul murder, and the people
see in to be of one accord in that opinion.
Howman claims that the hoy was
armed hut tho stat meat is centradieted.
One story is to tho effect that John
Howman, brother of the slayer, held
the IwiV IV 111 In Unwmun
-'-'.7 11?% i niiwu iiiiii, (inn
they assert also that the pistol, it will
he elainied the hoy had, was one now
in the bunds of John Bowman.
AN UNl'OltTIJNATK AFFAIK.
The Koeont Homicide in IlciinctlNville?The
People of tho County
Taking' shies.
Special to the State.
IlKNNKTTSVILLK, Juno II. A pall of
sadness and gloom has shrouded our
eotntnunity since the unfortunate homicide
in our town. Tho procession that
followed the remains of Mr. .1. Don;; Ins
Moore to tho cemetery was the largest
ever seen in this section.
Mr. Henry T. Ilrooden, who shot and
killed Mr. Moore, remained at homo
from Tuesday night, tho time of tho
shooting, until Thursday evening,
when Mr. Moore died. There was no
attempt to arrest him. Much indignation
was and is manifested, yet the
sheriff was acting upon orders from
Judge lionet and Solicitor Johnson.
It is a badly mixed alTair. Tho sheriff
married a first cousin of llreeden's.
and llreeden's wife is the sister of deceased.
Itroodon surrendered when
Moore died and has been in jail c cr
since. To sadden the lamentable affair,
Broedon's infant died Friday
evening. Tho sheriff allowed him to
go homo to sec his dying child, also to
seo it buried.
fill. i i . *
a ne luwyera on notn sides leave today
for Darlington, with many ullidavits,
whoro they will mako application
before .Judgo lionet for hail. Many
| say that it is a case of clear murder,
while others say thrt manslaughter
will he all that can be made out of it.
Friends all over the county are rapidly
taking sides, and intense bitterness is
beginning to prevail. The llreedens
immediately employed nearly the entiro
bar at this place. Messrs. Newton
& Shipp and T. J. Rogers have
been employed to assist the State.
I.oth families have w thy and influential
connections, and it is evident
that the lawyers will have a "good
time." Our county never before suffered
from so demoralizing and dreadful
an occurrence.
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DEMOCRATIC CAMI'AION.
Schedule of (lie County Camimiun t
Moot in|{H? All While Voters Are Admitted
to the Primaries)
Tho IJomoeratic State executive committee
at its session in Columbia last
week adopted a resolution permitting
any voter who would take the pledge
to participate in the approaching
primary. This was intended to remove
all restrictions from those who
voted for Weaver electors, and whoare
now willing to pledge support to the
Democratic party. The committee accepted
a schedule for campaign meetings
to open in Yorkvillc on Tuesday,
June III, and close at Abbevillo on the
8th of August. The following is the
offlciul action of the executive committee
as to the schedule of the campaign
:
Kesolved, That the ens rug Democratic
campaign meetings ho held as
follows:
Yorkvillc, Tuesday, Juno 10th.
Chester, Wednesday, June 20th.
Lancaster, Thursday, Juno 21st.
Camden, Friday, June 22nd.
Sumter, Saturday, June 2Jrd.
Chesterfield, Tuesday. June 20th.
iiimiih;itsv i im \ \v ?*cinesuay, .) line, 'lith.
Darlington, Thursday, .Juno 28th.
Florence, Friday, Juno 20th.
Marion, Tuesday, .July .'Jrd.
(Conway, Wednesday, .July 4th.
Georgetown, Friday, .July 0th.
Kingstrco, Saturday, .July 71li.
Manning Tuesday, July 10th.
Uonnoaus', Wednesday, July llth. j
Charloston, Thursday, July 12th.
Waltorboro, Friday, July lOth.
Beaufort, Saturday, .July I Itli.
Hampton, Monday, July Kith.
Barnwell, Tuesday, July 17th.
Aiken, Wednesday, July 18th.
Edgefield, Thursday. July 19th.
Lexington, Friday, July 20th.
Wlnnsooro, Tuesday, July 21th.
Columbia, Wednesday, July 2oth.
Orangeburg, Thursday, July 2 ah.
Newberry, Friday, July 27th.
Laurens, Saturday, July 28th.
Union, Tuesday, July 81st.
Spartanburg. Wednesday, August 1ft.
Groonvillo, Thursday, August 2nd.
Pickens C. H., Friday, August Jrd.
Oconee, Monday, August Oth.
Anderson, Tuesday, August 7 th.
Abbeville, Wednesday, August 8th.
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(JIlNKKMi MOWS SIMM \ IIV.
fattest lli'ins and Ciiriiiits Notes I'rom
Our MxelioiiKes.
A Norwegian woman near Vuukton
Neb., in tlio mother of eight I ivino nets
of triplets.
Over 00') people in this country
live upon the wages paiil by railroad
companies.
(loo. 1*. Wetmoro, Republican, Itiis
boon olootoil Failed States Sonator by
Khodo island's Legislature.
Chuneoy M. Dopow doliverod tbo address
yesterday to tho literary societies
of tbo Fniversity of Virginia.
lloko Smith, Secretary of tins Interior,
is now mi 1 <I^ I) , by tbo grace of
tbo University ut Chapel liill, N. O.
Floods in tbo Columbia rivor, Oregon,
uro doing terrible damage. Tho
town of (irunt litis boon almost swept
away.
Kov. N. M urdoclc.it Mothodist proaehor
of Rome, (la., bus boon suspended
l>y tbo North (ieorgiu ('onforeneo for
editing a sooular paper.
John T. Crittenden, a grandson of
tbo noted .bdin J. Crittonden, lias been
011 trial at Frankfort, Ivy., aeeusod of
stealing; $2.2.~> from a oonviot.
At Tampa, Fla., a young1 man named
S. ('. (Irillith was struek in tbo bead
by a baseball and killed. (Irillith was
at tho bat and tbo patehor throw tho
ball.
The Kansas I'opulist convention re-!
nominated (iov. Lowolling and nominated
1). (. Furbeek for Lieutenant
Governor. Tho platform contains a
woman sulfrugo plunk.
It is stated by tbo Wilmington, N.
(!., Star, that tbo government will
soon establish a torpedo station at
Fort Caswell, at the mouth of tho
Capo Fear river, tho beginning of the
line of defenses on the South Atlantic
coast.
Murk Jacobs, an industrious colored
farmer, was taken from his Hold in the
parish of Itionville, La., in inoad daylight
by a crowd of white men and carried
into the woods, blindfolded and i
beaten so terribly that lie died from
the elVoots.
The London Daily News says that of
the guests present at the reception I
given by Admiral Krben and his olll- j
eers yesterday on board the cruiser
Chicugo none was more honored than
Miss Lee, daughter of the late Confederate
Con. Lee.
TarilT was originally the name of a
Moorish chief, who, from a port in
Spain, near Gibraltar, was accustomed
to levy toll on passing vessels. I lis
toll became a regularly understood
thing, and the amount was added to
the price of the goods.
The Southern ltailway and Steamship
Association last week adopted the
recommendation of the committee that
the present low rates on freight be not
extended to July ill and the commissioner
was requested to withdraw authority
given members to make such
rates.
Information received at the State department
from our minister at Athens
.shows Unit in ."><> towns 251 people were
killed und I 1(5 wounded uud 3,(102
houses destroyed or injured by the roeent
ourth(|uiike in Crooco. 'I lie value
of the property destroyed is about
$ 1.000,000.
The coalition of the Anieriean Kuilwuy
Union and the Knights of Labor
was elTeeted last week in Chicago at
the first annual convention of the Kailway
Union. The lirst stops were taken
towards an oll'ensive and defensive alliance
of these two great labor organizations,
with an etTective strength of
350,000.
John Winter, of Montgomery, Ala.,
who has been lighting the city authorities
in the courts for twenty-one years,
in the endeavor to avoid the payment
of taxes, has been beaten at lust and
the city treasurer has received his
check for $17,200, which covers the
amounts assessed against him for the
period named.
Inquiry has-boon made as to the authorship
of the lines written on a Confederate
note. Colonel Juntos K. Kandull,
who is well up on all such literature,
says the poem was written by S.
A. Jonas, editor of The Abordeen
(Miss.) Examiner, and now employed
in the otlico of the sergeant-at-arms of
the Senate.
Tho Chattanooga Tradesman has recoived
olllcial information that iloward-i
iarrison Iron Co. of Dessomor,
Ala., tho largest iron pipe works in
tho South, intend to erect one hundred
coko ovens in connection with their
works and will probably operate their
entire plant, covering several acres of
ground, by electricity instead of steam.
The Eastern Telegraph Company of
London has received a cable message
from Kong-Kong, China, saying that
the native population is leaving the
city by thousands daily on account of
the plague. It is estimated that 100,ooo
have already lied and that 1,500
deaths have oeeured. Several Kuropeans
have been attacked by tho plague
and one of them has died. The number
of deaths is estimated to be 100
per day. The labor murket is paralyzed.
Tho government proposed to
demolish the unhealthy native quarters
of tho city.
The grand jury in Washington has
decided to return a true bill against
John S. Shriver, correspondent of the
Now York Mail and Kx press, and K. J.
Kdwards, New York correspondent of
the I'hiladelphia I'ress, for refusing to
give the sources of their information
to the senatorial investigating committee
in regard to statements about
the Sugar Trust and Democratic Senators
: and the United States District
Attorney is engaged in preparing the
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mid Edwards to uppoar boforo tho
criminal court Saturday to answer to
tho indict incuts, tfivo bail or go to jail.
Tho sensation in political circles of
Kentucky is the published statement
that General Basil Duke, of lvouisvillo,
(alitor of tho Southern Magazine, and
brother-in-law and chief of statT of
Gonorul John Morgan, the famous Confederate
raider, iias assured Major
Ilonry Clay McDowell that ho will
stump the Ashland district for him
and against Colonel Breckinridge, If
the latter is re-nominated. Major McDowo
I resides at Ashland.Ilonry Clay's
estate, bis wife boin>f the randdau^'htor
of Clay, and bo lias practically consented
to be tho Republican candidate
}if Breckinridge is re-nominatod. Gen
oral Duke is a stalwart Democrat. _ !
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HI'ATI-; MOWS IX IlKIKR
Interesting Notes fVoni Various Sources.
-Franklin Calhoun Caughmnn, of
j Lexington, haw announced himself us a
i candidate for Congrotts from tho Sev- ,
| nth District.
-Petition to tho Covornor asking
pardon for S. A. Mcintosh,convicted of
manslaughter in Abbovillo County, in
being circulated.
?Cover nor Tillman has received
something like $l,0O0 in contributions
for tin? roliof of tho storm sulTerers in
111 u If ton township.
'Ml I ! > '
? i in; cn.y ci?nin:11 in i nniMlMUl llilS
passed nil ordinance permitting the
sale of boor malt and vinous liquors
and fixing tho license at 9
?Tho annual session of tho Stato Alliance
will bo hold in Aiken ?in July,
ttxtonsivo preparations aro being made
for the roeoption of the delegates.
T. 1'. Ligon,a farmer who lives near
Winnshoro, has ploughed up all his
March corn and replanted, believing
ho will got better results thereby.
?Solicitor John S. Wilson, of tho
third circuit, is quite ill at the Coluinhia
Hospital from tho effects of an operation
performed several days ago.
?10very Democratic member of Congross
from South Carolina voted to
sustain the platform adopted at Chhvigo
on the State Dank tax repeal bill.
Dev. U. NT. Wells is in a critical
: condition physically, and acting upon
the advice of physicians, has gone to
(JIonii Springs to recuperate his ilealth.
? Secretary Carlisle has awarded the
| contract for the erection of a life saving
station at Sullivan's Island, S. C.,
to Henry 11. Cade, of Charleston, S. C.,
at $1,100.
Ti II inn ?i Into nlV.??.,?/l ?? ? 1
V.WTI ...1111*11 .** -? UUUI uu 1| l
of $2.">o for tlio apprehension and conviction
of persons who took pa? t in the
recent lynching* in Lancaster and
York counties.
it is reported that Mr. K. A. Webster
of Orangeburg, will he a candidate
for the Republican nomination
for Congress from the Seventh District
next fall
?Dr. I'opo and Senators Kutlor and
John (ia'-y Kvins and Governor Tillman
have boon invited to deliver
speeches at Little Mountain, in Newberry
county, on Itli of July.
?The Charlotte, Columbia and An
frusta Kail road is advertised to he sold
in Columbia on the 10th day of July,
and the sale of the Columbia and
Greenville Kail road will take place at
the same time.
?On Tuesday, 5th instant, the wife
of Mr. William Boulwaro, living near
Dyson, ICdgoliol J county, gave birth to
triplets?two girls and one boy, weighing
seven pounds each. At last accounts
they were all doing splendidly.
?Col. Wilio Jones, who has boeu
spoken of as a candidate for State
'treasurer, is out in a card declining to
run for the oilico and announcing that
lie favors Dr. Kates' re-election, whom
he says has conducted the finances of
the State with ability.
?The Columbia mill, manufacturing
cotton duck fabrics, .'10,000 spindles,
started operations last week. The
opening of the mills is intorostinir from
tlio fact that the machinery is run uu>
tircly by electricity generated i)y Columbia
Canal water power.
?Mr. VV. II. Chow, who is interested
in the canal property in Columbia, is
arranging t<> develop the old Saluda
factory property across the river in
Lexington county. Two English capitalists
have recently been looking over
the property with a view of purchasing.
?The Charlotte News says Baxter
II. Moore Inis received an invitation
from Mr. Thomas W. llolloway, secretary
of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical Society of South Carolina,
to read a paper on "The proper system
of working public roads," at a meeting
of the society at Kock Hill on August
1.
?The police of Sumter aro said by a
local paper to have received orders to
enforce the law against soiling whiskey
and at tho same time are instructed
not. !.<? nntui' unw ulu.... ..........I
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bo a barroom. How uro thoy to enforce
the ordinance if tbey are not to go in
when they think whiskey is sold't
?Mr. A. J. Sprolesof Greenwood mot
with an accident near Ilonca Hath on
the lllth inst. He and Mr. Shannon of
Donalds were travelling in a buggy.
Mr. Shannon got out to see a friend
when the horse became frightened and
runaway, throwing Mr. Sprolos out of
the buggy and breaking his thigh
bone. He was taken home in a day or
two.
?Governor Tillman has pardonod
David Jackson, colored, who was convicted
in Lancaster County, in 181)1, of
criminal assuult on a white woman, an
inmate of the poor house. He was sentenced
to life imprisonment in the
penitentiary. The Solicitor, in recommending
.luckson's pardon, says the
woman who claims to have been assaulted
was a person of bad repute.
The Columbia Itegister says that the
Salley Ltitles, everv man of whom is a
Lteformor except its commanding ofticer,
have elected Brigadier-General
It. N. Hichbourg an honorary member
requesting his picture to hang in their
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... ...vmj, mm uy a unanimous Vote ondorsed
him as their choice for Adjutant
and inspector General of South
Carolina.
?ltev. B. C. Latnpley, a Baptist inin
istor <?f high character and consideraole
iutlucnco in the State, died at his
residence in Suiuinertou, Clarendon
County, on the -1st iust., and was burtod
the next day at Union, where he
was a pastor several years ago. He
returned not Ion},' ago from Greenville,
\liss., where he contracted the disease
which terminated his life and useful{
uess.
?The Voice of the People is author iI
ty for the statement that Hubert Moorman,
ox-postiuaster at Newberry, has
beon called upon by a committee from
the Henublloau party and urged to
mako the race for congress in the
Third District, and that ho has consented.
Moorman is a white man and
belongs to a prominent family, it is
said that Moorman was present ou the
I last registration day and took deep interest
in the registration of negroes,
many of whom secured tickets. Moorman
denies the report and says he has
not entertained any such idea.