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Ii '?# ^. .V"-' >;.< nV ' '.' - * ' ~ <* ' ;t'' ll VOL.^X. I HON. THOMAS 0. GOWER. A GKKi\y IiOSS TO OREBNVILLK. ' Full und Complete Skotcli of His 1 Life?What a Man of Energy Can Do for a Community?HIm Labors in Many Directions. Tho death of Hon. Thomas C. Gower, of Greonvlllo, is a serious loss to tho city whero his onorgios wort; ox ponded i for half a century, but it Is also a groat i ^ loss to tho State of which ho was an adopted citizen. Tho following sketch ( of his caroor was writton throe years ago from data fujy^ihed by Mr. Gower, and was pu^^^ed in a book entitled " Emlnont and Representative Men of the Carolinas Hon. Thomas Claghorn Gower, ono of tho prominent and inlluential business men and honored citizens of Greenville, S. C., was born at Abbott, Piscataquis County. Me., April 23, 1822. living thoro until ho was nineteen yoars oi ago, receiving nis common school education there and at Foxoroft acade- 1 my. On loaving the academy ho taught one term of school, at the close of which he came to this plaeo, arriving January 19, 1842, having been twonty-ono days on the trip. As times 1 and motliods of travel have so changed since then, wo givo a sketch of tho 1 trip. Ho loft home (about twenty miles south of Moosohoad lake) with liorso and sleigh, traveling in that manner to^treat Falls, N. H.; tho 1 snow not aflWding good sloighing from that point,was forced to exchange tho sleigh for a light wagon, continuing tho trip via Boston to Dodham, wliero ho sold his turnout (comprising horse, wagon, harnoss, robes, otc ), taking stage coach for Providence. On roaching Providoneo tho journey was continued by Washington, D. C., thence * down tho Potomac to Aquia creok, there taking tho stage for Fredericksburg, Va., resuming travel by rail then to Raleigh, N. C., thence by stago again via Greensboro and JUncolnton to Greenville. In consequence of the bad condition of both rail and stage roads and tho slow schedules of tho former, the trip occupied twenty-one days, which could now be mado in forty hours. Greenville County has boon his home since his first arrival, which in a few months v ill compfoto a half century. At this day thero is but one 1 man living in Gioonvillo who was in 1 business hereon Mr. Gowor's arrival. Ho went to work with an indefatigablo energy and pluck, first sorving a two years' apprenticeship at carriage manufacturing in tho Greenville Coach Factory, which was established in 1835, rby Thomas M. Cox and E. N. Gower, an elder brothor of Thomas C., who had removed to South Carolina from Massachusetts in 1834, and was by ?I trade a blacksmith of rare skill. This factory is still flourishing, and is now owned by Henry C. Markloy. On July 25, 1844, Mr. Gower married Jane Jones Williams, of Williamston, Anderson County, S. C., a daughter of West Allen Williams, and granddaughter of Samuel Williams, tho lat ter giving nor a iarm in liroonviilo < County, fonrteon miles south of* what W was then culled Greonvillo village, tho fall succeeding their marriage, to ' which they moved in January, 1845. There Mr. Gowor farmed during tho season of 1845, but in consequence of an almost ontiro failure in crops that year, owing to a gonoral and long eonw "d drouth, and a loss of several hundred dollars thoroby, he determined to resume his trade and establish a ^ a carriago and wagon factory on his ft^^farm, in which enterprise ho was very ^successful, during tho four yoars that ^he continued in it. In January, 1849, K) returned to Greonvillo, and became ^koartner in tho Greonvillo Coach fc'acH^y, tho Arm name becoming Gower, x & Gowor. Tho business was very Hisperous for that day and time, and Btho commencement of tho war, by Hnt of hard work, untiring energy and ^rcgid economy, Mr. Gower had accumulated about $<>0,000. At the tirst call for Confederate volunteers, ho promptBr ly responded, joining tho Brooks Troop, and afLar drilling for several weeks the con^kny left hero on the 0th B of Juno, 1801, Mk 1 was mustered into service in thcfflampton Legion. His B^buai|^ti interests were left in chargo Ho and oldest daughter, the ^^iving just graduated from tho ^Kiurensville female colloge, and His now tho wife of Capt. O. P. BTls, of Groonville, S. C. Mr. Gowor Herved one year as assistant quarterBmaster of Hampton's brigade, at tho ^Fond of which time ho was detailed by the Confederate government to return homo, and manufacture for the quartornWster and ordnance departments, Jf supplies, consisting of ambulances, wagons, gun carriages, caisons, saddles,''etc., continuing in this until the close of tho warr It may horo be stated that in tho spring of 1865, the ordnanco department paid to tho lirin of Gowor, Cox, Markloy & Up., some $60,000 or $70,000, which waH^n worthless as Gen. Lee bad alroadv aOrrondnrnd. a far>t. t.hat. < noithor tho officers of tho government i nor members of the firm were awaro of; about a like amount was duo them ] from the quartermaster's department, ] which is still unpaid. In consequence of losses already mentioned, and othor heavy losses incident to tho freeing of slaves, the condition of the firm was roduced to a very low ebb, in fact it was a financial wreck, as was the condition of most other Southorn business < men at that time. To add to the troubles and afiliotionsof Mr. Gowor, about ! this time his wife sickened, and after an illness of a year, died, August 4, i 1866. Notwithstanding those dopress- 1 ing circumstances, financial and do- 1 mestio, Mr. Gower, with tho sarno i pluck ant^ftrgy that had charaotorIzed his t^^vious careor, set about anew to rebuild his ruined fortunes and regain his formor condition of comfort and independence. Tho firm reestablished itself, and for several years did a prosperous Dusinoss, but in con- < soquence of becoming security for a large amount of debts, mostly ante- i bellum, ho was obliged to suspend business. The debts, of which the antebellum wore chiefly for negroes, ag- i Srogatcd between $40,000 and $60,000. [e nad become obligated for these debts before tho breaking Out of the war, and it was the omanoipation j)t the slaves that ruined tho mei^Ak. whom he had bocomo surety, dl him to lose heavily. In the meanwhile, JbM 18<>7, Mr. Gowor had married Bettie 1 8. Rowland, neo Brooks, daughter of John Wesley and Melissa Duncan 1 Brooks; she died November 27, 1872, and October 27, 1873, ho married Salllo A. Martin, daughter of John Campbell Martiu, and Mary A. Starke, of Abbcvlllo, S. C.; she fortunately had some moans of liur own and with those came k) her husband's rescue. In tho payment of his debts, howover, only Mr. Ciower'8 individual means wore used, ' and tho fact that they were finally paid in full is one of which ho has just ; reason to bo proud, allowing him to re- 1 embark in business as extensively as before his troubles. His efforts have 1 been attended with his usual prosperity, and he has fully regained himself, boing now in as good financial condition as over before. He has nearly coached his throo score and ton years of age, but is yotas vigorous as a man of fifty, and conducts personally all of his business interosts which are extensive. During his connoction with the Groonvillo Coach Factory, that establishment passed through several proprietary changes. The firm of Gower, Cox & Gowor, which was formed on his accession, was succeeded in order mentioned by the firm, Gowor, Cox ?fc Markloy, Gowor, Cox, Markley & Company, and Gowor, Cox & Markloy. Mr. Gowor's connoction with it ceased in 1877. Moan while in 1875 ho had formed a partnership with a Mr. Sumner, and tho firm of Gowor & Sumner ostal>lished a sash, door and blind business. In 1870 Mr. Gower purchased tho interest of Mr. Sumner, and January, 1878, tho firm of Gower, Shumate & Heilly was formed. Mr. Shumate retired in 1882, after which tho firm continued under tho name of Gowor & lloilly until it was dissolved by tho death of Mr. Heilly in 1889. Since thou Mr. Gower has taken his oldest son, Arthur G. Gowor, as his partner, and the business is conducted under tho name of m /i r o. o mu!i: I l i l Vy. uuwur a ouu. ? iiih iiriii, uubiuoo 4 dealing in sash, doors and blinds, all kinds of building material and coal, doos a largo insurance and drayago business. Their main warehouse is a two-story brick, 87x120 foot, metal roof with storage capacity for .'1,000 bales of cotton, for which purpose it was originally built. The office is locatod in it and the whole is fitted up with all needed fixtures to facilitate business. Adiacent to this is another substantial building used as the stable of tho i Greenville Street Railway Company, '> of which Mr. Cower is owner, a public hall in second story and adjoining lot ' is used by them as a coal and supply yard. They also have a waro house octagonal in form and of largo capa- I city, near tho Air Lino depot, which is likewise used for the storage of their their heavy goods, such as limo, eoment, dressed lumber, shingles, laths, < ote. They do a general drayago business in connection with tho stroet railway, utilizing twenty wagons and about thirty head of horses and mules. In the insuranco lino they represent sov- 1 oral of tho leading companies of this < country and Europo. I Mr. Gowor was elected mayor of i Greenville in 1870, upon tho issue of 1 whether or not a bridgo should bo < erected at tho Main stroet crossing of < tho Reedy river. He was in favor of 1 the bridgo, while his opponent was 1 against it. After a warm contest, Mr. < Gower was elected. Ho pushed ahead ] aud contracted for tho structure, not- i withstanding the fact that tho alder- i it\?i n In 1 nlrnf 4/% li S tti latn >3 1 hiivmi/ ui^ivuv) uj'j'uni. u u*/ 11 tin, nan Blocted, and ho had thoir opposition to surmount." The bridge took tho namo of tho man who was responsible for its oxistenco, and lias over sinco boon known as tho Gowor bridgo. It has boon so popular that in 1889 it was roplaced by a handsome iron structuro, which goes to show that Gowor's course had met with public approval, and that tho bridgo is rcgardod as indispensable. Mr. Gowor has also boon active in oducational matters. At tho lirst mooting of tho citizens in 1885, called to docido whothcr or not an additional tax should bo levied for tho purpose of establishing a graded school in tho city, ho was an ardent advocate of tho tax, and was, with others, instrumental in effecting an oducational organization. Flo was elected a member of tho board of trusteos and was chosen its chairman, which position ho still holds. Soon aftor this public meeting tho State Legislature was petitioned by tho citizens to authorize tho issue (if bonds to meet tho expense of erecting tho graded school buildings, but that body refused its sanction on account of a protest signed by many of our prominent citizons. Mr. Gowor took up tho work anew, and in 1887 secured an election in tho city, by which a nearly unanimous vote was cost in favor of Issuing the bonds. Yielding to this unanimity, tho Legislature passed a bill authorizing and requiring tho city council to Issue tho bonds. They wore Issued to tho amount of $18,000, and placed in Mr. Gowor's hands to negotiate. Ho sold tho bonds and purchasa/1 m/vuf /ill f/S Kin #1 vwl /1/wiS >?i>LL> Ltin L/u vuu iixsjiyv un^iuiu ?uu uuon ai/iu mm i 3n which buildings wore orectod, to the i approval of all tho people. Mr. Gowor ( was chairman of tho building commit- i loo; largo and commodious buildings < wore erected, but owing to tho pros- < pority of the city and tho increase of i pupil, thoBO buildings are already in- < adequate to moot tho wants for which 1 thov wore oroctod, and application was 1 mado to tho Legislature, and they au- < thorlzed tho city council to issue #7,(MX) moro bonds to oroct now buildings for i tho colored schools and enlarge tho I others. ] Upon the resignation of Capt. E. A. 1 Sraytho. in 1889, as president of tho i board of trade, Mr. Gowor succeeded 1 to that position by vlrtuo of tho office ho hold prior to tnat time which was 1 that of first vico-prosidont. Ho has 1 since boon twice elected to that posi- 1 tlon and is now tho president of tho < board. Tho Gowor family is dosconded 1 from an eminently rospectablo English < line, many mombors of which wore i vory prominent. Of Mr. Gowor's first i marriage six children wore born, throe ; of his second and his present wife has < brought him five. Mr. Gowor has been 1 an oldor in the Prosbytorian church < for thirty-nine years and ho is a mem- 1 ber of the P. &; A. M., the I. O. O. P., < and the Democratic party. 1 ?Russia soems to bo in rather a try- I ing position in regard to her royalty, i Wltn the Czar dying, the Czarina go- i ing mad and Czarowitz Nicholas rofus- 1 to succeed his father on the imBfai throne, it looks as if there may- * Aoublo in the near futuro. CONWAY, S THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT LAW THE NEW SYSTEM IN OUK ST ATI A -v<? *?.- * -?- ' ii ixxrll Ml lilt' .*111111 I'OIIKH 111 I III Daw?The Public KoimIh and tin Cliuin-GiuiK Feature. Piedmont Headlight. Ono of tho greatest reform measure passed by our last Legislature, am probably tho loust understood, is tin County Government Law. Four your ago tlio constitution was amended b; abolishing tho oflieo of county commie sioners and received a large majority of the votes of tho people. Great dis satisfaction was manifested toward tho old systom of county govornmon by reason of its inellioioney and irre sponsibility. It will onlj bo nooessar; to compare the two systoms to convinc< any ono that we have indeed a model us compared to tho old style. llerotoforo our county atTairs wer entrusted to three men who rocolvei about $.'100 oaeh per annum for munug mg the linanees of tho county, tin poor house and working tho publi roads, bosides tho many other ouorou duties devolved upon thorn. It is hi axiom that wlionovor responsibility i divided tho service is corresponding!; made inotllciont. Such was tho oasi with those throo commissioners ii many counties. What was everybody' business was nobody's business, am whenover a complaint is made .by i eiii/.en of tho county to ono of tin ollloials it was always the other fel low's businoss. Our roads were noth ing but ditches, worked in an irre sponsible manner, under no syston whatever. Our furmos well know tha whenever a holo was mado in tho roat it was simply filled up with a few pirn tops and covered with dirt, and in j few days its condition was worse thai when first touched. Whenever a trc< blow down aoroST tho public highway it was allowed to remain for months and a road had to bo mado around it simply boeauso no one knew wha particular commissioner's business i was to look after this road. It couli not bo expected that this system woult bo more elllciont for the reason tha no good man could atTord to tuko the ollice, leave his home and family, am attend to the public business for $.'10< and sometimes less per annum. The most important matter to oui farmers is good public roads. Thee are of more importance than railroads and tho most prosporous pooplo in tin world are those who have tho bes roads. Our now county law has thi: feature more prominent than an; heretofore existing, and we are satis lied that if tho law is fully carried ou in a few years our pooplo will have tlu best roads in the South. Tho vexed question of what wo shal tlo with our convicts, so as not to com pete with fruo labor, is sottled by thi law by putting them to work ou tin highways. Let us roviow tho law. Tho first and second sections provide that tho people shall every two yean elect ono county supervisor, with i salary of $1,000 in tho county of Spar tanburg. Upon this raan is dovoivci the duties of tho old l>ourd of count; commissioners, qualified as horeaftei explained. Thus wo havo ono gooc mini with a salary Rullicieut to enahu him to loavo his other businoss anc iittend to tho county affairs and sup port his wlfo and children. This mat is placed under a bond of $5,000 for th< use of tho county, conditioned for th< faithful performance of his duties eo thoro can bo no doubt as to who it responsible for tho condition of affairs Ho is givon general jurisdiction ovei all public highways, roads, bridge* and ferrios, over the paupers and al matters relating to taxes and disburse inonts of public funds for county pur poses, and in any other caso that maj bo necessary for Internal improve merits and local concerns of thoii counties. " Tho Govornor, upon tho rocommen lation of tho Senator and members o the House from each county, appoint; throe dlscreot freeholders in oacl township in tho county, who are knowi as the board of township commie doners. No person is requirod t< servo more than once in four yoars and ho is oxompt while in oflico frou road and jury duty. Ho receives a compensation the satno por diom am mileage as tho county boad of assess era formorly recolvod. This boari bakes the pluco of tho old townshi] board of assessors, and tho chairmoi cf tho various township boards con ititute tho board of county commis donors, of which board tho count; jurporvisor is chairman. This boan takos tho place of the county board o equalization, which board is ubolishod They meet quarterly for tho transac tion of business. It is tho duty of tho supervisor witl tho chairman of tho township boar< ef commissioners to lay ofT the roadi into convenient sections which shal l?o iiumuoreu iur mo purpono or lOllliq aut the same to bo worked under con tracts. The board advortlsos for bidi from responsible parties for perOor manco of work, and tho lowest hiddoi ^ots the contract. Ho is required t< five bond for tho faithful performance af tho work and for tho uso of th< jounty, and if any injury is done t< iny person by reason of bad roads thii contractor is liable under his bond ant the county exompt. Thus wo hav< tho responsibility narrowed down t< ano man. A commutation tax of 92 is lovict in lieu of all road duty, and tho monoi is sot asido for the road fund. Thoa< persons who dosiro to work out thoii timo Instead of paying this tax an illowod to do so, and they can onh be mado to work six days in a year. The road contractors are forced t< tako any and all such persons and pai tho county 50 cents per diem for tholi labor. Tboso counties which do no udopt tho contract systom of wqrkinj tho roads are allowed to continue th< aid system under overseers, but it ii jafe to predict that once the contrac tystom is adoptod it will never bo do parted from. It will enablo our farm ars to tako these contracts and worl tho sections of road near their farm an rainy days when thoy cannot per form farm labor, and thus put many i lollar in their pockets which, unue the old system, Was thrown away Any farmer will bo able to contraot t< koop in repair two or moro miles o road adjoining his farm without th slightest inconvenience and give t the county the best roads in tho South Tho next featuro of the law, and th nro*ti valuable one, is tho ohain-gang It his been demanded in almost over, C., THURSDAY, NOVI r. Statu in tho Union that convicts should bo made to work tho public roads, and !. in tho Stato of North Carolina and Richmond County, (Ja., ono may aoo R thiH feature of tho law in practical 0 operation. 'oeklonburg County, N. C., and HlohK nd County, (Ja., have tho best roads in our section of country, s and they owe it all to this system. 1 Tho writer has visited those counties, o and it was a rovolatlon to him to seo s how perfect a system can be had with y a few convicts and a modern road - machine. The convicts can be secured y and maintained at a nominal cost, and ' tho results uro surprising. Red hills s are converted into macadamized turnt pikes and tho sand bods arc made equal to shell rouds by simply mixing clay y with them. If our supervisors wiil c organize their chuiu-gangs and work , one of tho principal roads, leading to tho eourt house or cotton mills in tho o country, whore our farmers do most of d tho hauling, in a few years wo would - have perfect roads and a saving to tho 3 farmors in mule llosh and wagon i' fixtures suillciont to support the entire s penitentiary. On a good road ono mule can haul to market as much as s four under our present system of roads. V und this mean i great saving to our o people. u 'I his law lias been approved by s several road congresses which have 3 convened since its adoption, and wo it aro satisfied that if it is properly on0 forced it will be of more benefit to our - peoplo than any measure enacted in - the history of our Legislature. There aro other feature of the law 1 which we will call to the attention of t our readers at another timo, and which I to elaborato now would make this 3 article too long. Let our county t supervisor got a copy of the law and i study it, for lie' lias a chance to make 3 himself famous by giving to our poo' pie good roads, which the law eoni templates. i ? i ?i [ THE ACgUI/Y TRAIN ltOItllEHS. ' Two Men Accomplished the Daring 1 Deed?The Con Tension oTHeareey and t Discovery of the Mlolctt Honds. .' One of tho train robbors who mado suoh ii haul at Acquia Crook, between Fredericksburg and Washington, has mado a full confession, and tells how tho robbery was accomplished. llis '' namo is Charles J. Soarcoy, and ho ' was arrested at Cumberland, Sid. His accomplice was a man named Morgunliold, and ho was taken up as a * suspect in Cincinnati. Soarcoy was y' carried hack to Virginia, and before " ho was taken to tho jail in Fredericksburg ho mado a confession to tho uuJ thoritios. . There wore hut two men coneornod in tho robbery. Morganiiold and Soarcoy. They had known each other 0 before and had talked of a scheme of 0 that sort, hut Soarcoy for somo time refushod to go into it. Thoy finally 1 mot in Washington and there agreed * to rob a train, hut lixed 011 110 partlou1 lar 0110. From Washington they went " to Fredericksburg and hanging about thoro for two or throe days, staying \ in tho woods most of the time, hut going into Fredericksburg several times. On tho afternoon of tho day of ' tho robbery thoy walked to Brooks' 1 Station from Fredoricksburg and thoro waited for tho northbound train. Thoy 1 got on tho train at Urooks in tho dark3 noss, behind tho tender, having boon i hidden near tho pieklo factory under * a box car. When tho train stopped * thoy had no particular reason for \ selecting Acquia Crook as tho spot for tho robbery. Morganiiold blew * open tho car door with dynamite, using a half stick with fuso and cap in tho ond. Morganiiold also entered tho car, wilo Soarcoy stood outside ' and terrorized tho train crew and pas" sengors. r After tho robbery thoy got olT tho englno and struck northwest over tho " country road, going to Calvorton Station in Fauquier County and then to * Midland and lialston and on by tho 1 Fauquior Whito Sulphur Springs, 1 following tho telophono lino to Front Royal. Near Calvorton, thoy hid in ' tho woods some of tho goods thoy had * gotten from tho express car. ' After being taken to Calverton, 1 Searcoy offered to go where these things, consisting mostly of bonds and j bank drafts, were hidden. On Monday he was taken in a team from Frodoricksburg with Mr. Robert Plnkerton 1 of Now York, Sergeant C. W. Edring~ ton of Fredericksburg and Mr. W. Seymour White, Commonwealth's ^ attorney for Stafford County, over the . route travelled by him in trying to escape, to endeavor to locate the spot " where the bonds had boon hidden. Monday night the party spout with ox-Sheriff Hugh Adlo of Stafford. Af] ter breakfast with Mr. Adio, the party set out to 11 nd the place whore Morganiield and Searcoy divided the t money and hid the ox press pouch con[ taining the bonds and drafts. Up through tho Stafford roads, they wont * by Stafford's store on to liristowburg and to C'alvorton, Searcoy trying to 1 remember tho road he and his pal } travelled and the placo ho loft tho road. From Calvortion, the party ' drove to Catlett's and from there back J on the road to Stafford's store. | About throe miles from Catlett's, Searcoy identified whoro thoy left tho J road, and took to tho woods. Driving into a field, tho horses woro tied bo, hind a hay stack, and tho search for * tfco bag began. The shade* of evening ' wore falling and Searcoy, handcuffed to 1'inkorton, with Sorgoant Kdrlngton, , ox-Sheriff Adio and Commonwealth " Attorney White sproad out through ' tho pines. Searcy had described tho spot exactly, but an hour's search failoa to find it. It was getting quito ' dark, when Mr. Adie callod out that , ho had found tho spot, and all parties hastened up to whoro, under tho roots ? of a blown down treo, just as Searcoy ^ had described, the bag was taken out. t Its contents wore not examined. The paity drove at once back to Calvorton [ whoro the bag was sealed and shipped ' to tho A lams Express Company at I Washington. & ?That good roads pay is shown by r tho exporienco of Colbort County, Ala. It Is estimated that tho city of Lolghton r> has already made a saving of from $1,f 200 to $1,500 in tho freight upon cotton o alone since the turnniko was comploto cd to Tuscumbia. Tho savlrsr Is not . confined to cotton, and it Is figured uut o that tho amount will run up to $5,000 $6,000 a year when all sorts of artlolos y shall be taken into account. y ,v ^ < , SMBtiR I, 1894 Tlllii l>AltlilN<iTON ltlOT. Trial of Constable McI<cmloii l??r tlio < Murder of Frank N'orment -No lllll AKuinst O. S. MeCullough. Special to Columbia Register. Daui.inutON, Oct. 2f>.?'Tho trial of Constable Mr London for killing Frank Noriuont in the Darlington riot commenced today. Thoro isgroat interest takon in the trial and tho court houso wus crowdod with spectators during tho hearing of tho testimony. While tho interest is intense thoro is no excitement. Judge Norton presides and when court was opened McLondon was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. The constable loosed bad and it was generally remarked if he didn't got a trial at this tor in he would not live to got ono at all. There was no trouble In securing a jury. The State exhausted its challenges and the defense most of theirs. Ono juror was sot aside by tho court at the juror's rcquost, ho saying that he could not give the case the calm consideration that it deserved. Solicitor Johnston conducted the prosecution and was assisted by Mr. C. S. Nettles. Col. Kohcrt Aid rich and Mr. II. II. Hrillisnn IlimftHt'dil f#i?? I 'nnaln Kl.-. X. ?.? . vv? l\M V/UlllJUKUlU I MoLondon. The first witness for the Statu wiih L. S. Welling. IIo testified that ho was at the depot on March 30 and wont thoro with Frank Norment and C. S. McCullough. Ho noticed Willie Floyd thoro and ho appeared much excited. Chief of Police Dargan was present and said a few words to Floyd. In a few minutes Paul Rogers, Turner Henry and Lowis Redmond oamo up. Floyd cauio from tho platform crying ' and said " ho could not tako it." McLondon was standing on tho end of tho platform. Rogers said Floyd " was a Tho chiof of polieo said that thoro must ho no row thoro and tho crowd commenced gathering around. About this time fourteen or fifteen constables came up. Frank Norment said to tho Iwiys that thoy must not have a row. Redmond said that Rogers could whip Floyd in a fair light. MoLondon ran his hand in his pocket, pulled out some money and offered to bet that ho could not. In a few minutes Floyd called on Mr. Battle and asked him whether ho had | been treated fair in hislightwlth Rogers before. Before Battle had timo to reply Rogers said that ho had been taken advantage of. Some one asked him by whom. Pointing to McLondon ho said : "That McLondon called him another and said : " 1 can't take that." He pulled his pistol and commenced firing in tho direction of Frank Norment, who was standing about four foot in front of him. Tho crowd ran and witness ran with them Into tho depot. About twenty shots 1 woro fired but ho didn't see tho result. > Porhapsone of the most, important I witnesses was C. S. MoCullough who i wus charged with killing Constable I Pepper. His testimony doveloped some < interesting facts about the riot and the < action of citizens of the town. He testified that ho was standing two and a ( half or throo foot in front of Frank t Normont. Rogers or Redmond pursed i Mc Lend on and said that he was to ( blame for the whole trouble (referring i to tho light between tho boys). Mc- < London cursed back. Frank Normont 1 said something and added : " Yes, he i is to blamo." McLondon called him < "a d?n lying ?McLendon i kept his hand on his pistol and when c Normont cursed ho said, "1)? n if 1 t can stand that," and diew his pistol. Soino one said : " Mc don't do that." McLendon ropliod : "No, G?d d?n it, let'or roll." He then fired In the direction of Frank Normont who was ' standing In front of him. Witness had kept his eye on McLondon. Saw him pull his pistol and as soon as he popped t at Normont, witness shot at hun and c hit him in tho stomach, he thought, t Witnoss then ran into tho depot with the crowd. I On cross-examination somo Impor- j tant testimony was brought out from \ the witnoss. Colonel Aldrloh said he desired to show tho conditions exist- . lng in Hariington two or throo days previous to the riot. Ho proposed to ' connect tho deceased with those pro- ^ ccodings. With the understanding that these conditions should be shown to be res gestae, Judge Norton per- 1 mittcd It to bo brought out. The witnoss said that tho oxcito- ' ment was on account of tho nresenne of the constables. Thoy woro supposed to bo hunting for whiskey. Ho said tlioro was an understanding botwoen citizens that if the constables went to search residences they should bo resisted. Ho admitted also that there was an understanding that the town boll' should bo rung in case constables entered private residences to make searches. In rosponso to a question, "Then what?" witness said: "We woro to do what we pleased. You can imagine what we would do, I reckon." In response to a query as to what the ringing of tho boll meant, the witness said : "Wo wore to assemble in the square and bring along whatever we wanted?a cannon if a man had one. Tikis was to bo done only in case a private residonco was to bo searched." Continuing, ho said only two residences had boon searched and they belonged to colored peoplo. The prTvato apartments of a gentleman had boon searched, but those caused no oxcitoment as it was suspected that whiskoy was boing kept. Tho constables wore to bo resisted only In caso they attempted to search privato rosidencos. Dr. Garnor. the noxt witness, testified as to tho wounds of Norment. L. M. Norment, brother of Frank ixormont, ftiier ucHcrioing tno Killing ( of hisbrothor, which wan auhataatially the aamo us other wltncaaoa had ro- . latod, testified that ho too waa ahot whilo lifting up hia brother's body. * Booing that ne waa dead, ho turned to ! go to tho depot and aa he turned he ' saw Redmond kill Constahlo Poppor. A. C. McFall, M. Rich, conductor on ' tho Atlantic Coast Lino, and other ! witnesses woro examined, but in tho main, nothing more than tho above waa developed. The testimony was i about tho aamo as developed at tho i Inquest. Tho State haa examined nearly all i of its witneaaea. It ia expected that < tho trial will consurno soveral daya. 1 Tho caso of C. S. McCullough, 1 charged with killing Constable Pepper. < caino to an end to-day when the grand j jury brought in " no bill." i TUK C'OI'KS ASSASSINATION. Governor Tillman strike* u Trail ami OrtlcrH lln> Arrest of a Suspect- ! ed Man. I lie Stute, 241 li lust. Govornor Tillman has received privttto information hearing on the OriUgcburg assassination, which to all ' ipponrnnoos comes nearer to solving Lho mystery of the identity of the us- I jassins than anything that has yet developed under the most powerful loarchlight that tho people of Orangeburg, working night and day, have ] toon able to secure. Yesterday morning It was mentioned j ill at tho iGovernor had telegraphed to ! ihoaherilT of Orangeburg instructing j him to hunt for and detain one Manuel Williams, a white man supposed to he in eseaped convict from Alabama, and also tho man who committed the inurdor in the upper edge of Orangeburg county near tho Loglngton county line a short tlmo ago. When Governor Tillman ivnu nvl/o.l u ? ? ??v~. C..W..W .U L.U | javo information which makes out a it confer ease against tliis man and a nil lie had, so fur us tho assassination >f Treasurer Copes is concerned, than inything that has yet boon found coniccting any one else with tho crime. Tho facts which seem to make out aich a strong case aguiust Williams uul his pal are as follows: Williams has lived in thut section >f tho State nearly all his life. Ho s said to he an all-round crook. Some .line ago he disappeared, going, it is bought to Florida. Some four or lvo days before the murder Williams :uino into Blackvillo, accompanied by i pal. They had heat their way in on i freight train. The pal's name is not cnown. lit) was a small follow, about ivo foot four inches in stature, and iud jUHt such a foot en indicated i>y ho tracks found at the scone of the Inscription given of the tracks of tiio nurdcr. WilllaniH' trackH also tit the ithor man. Both had very small foot. S'ow the information that the Govorlor has is to tiio olToct that WilliamH1 >al was Hcon to leave Bamberg. Hitting ni a wa^'on going in the direction if the Kdinto swamp. He said lie van going way tm into the swamp to Hint. Bamberg is about twenty miles rem the scone of tiio murder. He lad a double-barreled Hliot gun. He eft Bamberg, it Ih said, on tlie third lay previouH to tiio murder. Another ligniflcunt tiling in that Bamberg van said to be tiio only place where (ho peculiar kind of slielt used in tiio issassin's jjun could bo purchased. \nd Humbert was the place tiio folow started out from. Williams was lot seen after tills timo. Neither of diose fellows have been seen since die murder so far as any one knows. Another significant tiling is that Williams, having lived in that motion of the country all liiH life, renew all about the trips of the treasurer at this timo of the year, <new the roads and the localities, and ivon every foot of the swamps thoroughly. This is the information upon which governor Tillman lias based his orders .o have Williams arrested and held iill ho can prove clearly that these drcuinstancos do not fasten the crimo ipon him and his pal. Williams was >nco the town marshal at Bailey, and ater at Springfield. Williams is a nan about five foot, eight inches tall, if dark complexion, has dark hair, eyes md a slight black moustache. Most if the time he goes unshaven and lirty. ? OMNEK/VIi NEW8 HUM MARY. Jill out ItOIMN 1111(1 CurlOllH Not OH IVoill Our KxcIiuiikoh. During August und September six,oon farmers in the South and Wont iommlttood suicide, owing to hard <imos. ? Ah a result of a glorious revival at ngersoll, Texas, the citizens changed .ho name of the town from Ingorso.ll o Kdison. ?Nathan Straus, of New York, the ate candidate for mayor on the Dotno* iratie ticket, sailed laHt week for a fear's sojourn in Kuropo. ?The planet Mars, which can be icon after dark in the eastern sky, is low nearer to the earth thun it has icon in 17 yoars, or will bo for that ongth of time. ?A law in Norway prohibits any icrson from spending more than live jonts for liquors atone visit to a public louse, and alcoholic stimulants are told only to sober persons. ?The official ballot in I'onnnylvania this year is two feet square and contains icven columns, except in a few counties n which eight are required to accotnnodate the multiplicity of parties. Mrs. gain .Tnhnfcnn <>f Mnur V/?r.lr Jity, has a tender conscience. Sho vants a dissolution of her marriutio 'rom her second husband on tho ground .hat No I was living at tho time. She s now living with No. 3. ?Capt. Robert B. Pep ram, formerly n tho United States and Confederate lavlos, died on the 24th inst. at Nor'olk, Va., age 811. He was inthoex)edition to .Japan in IHf>2 and in 1855 :onimanded tho American forces, which united with tho Knplish in opiating apainst pirates in Chinese waers. ?In tho city of Now Orleans there ire fifty-seven Baptist churches among ,ho colored people, although tho Cros:ontcity it prodominatly Roman Cathoio, a denomination, by the way. emllontly spectacular in its worship and >ur colored friends as a raco are wonlorfully fond of tho spactacular in everything. ?Tho cotton plckinp machino of fiioom Bros., of Dallas, Tex., was Oven a hiphly satisfactory tost last week on a plantation hear .Jackson Miss. It gatners 90 per cent, of the iho opon cotton in a somewhat trashy condition. Tho plckinp with four men md f6ur mules was done at the rate of <i3ii i/i bwuivt? umuH per uuy. ? Boaoh and Sinsabaugh, who were irrosted in Columbia, 8. C.. for compllolty in the big stamp steal from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, arrived ia Washington last weok in 3UHtody and woro turned over to the United States Marshal. Sinsabaugh, who undoubtedly had nothing to do with tho robbery wan subsequently released, but he will bo used as a witness against Boaoh. NO 15 HTATK NHWH IN DIIIKF. I liferent I it ac NoIoh IVoni Varioua Hour C??S. ?The general election takes place on Tuesday, November Oth. ?The State Fair will open in Columbia on November 12th and continue for four days. ? Col. Wuddy W. Thomson has been acquitted fot toe killing of Prof. P. E. Howell at Greenwood last spring ?A dispensary has been opened at Mavesvlllo, Sumter County, which makes alsnit seventy in the State. Constable Nowton CI an ton soized about 200 gallons of blind tlgor whiskey at Kershaw, Lancaster County, last week. ?Mr. Nix Medlin, who lived about live miles north of Piekens, died on tho 2ilrd instant at the udvanco'.' sge of 00 years. ?Uov. A. A. Marshall, formerly of Anderson, has accepted a call to Jackson Hill llaptls Church, n now organization in Atlanta, Ga. ? i no ooutn uaroitna annoual Conforonoo of tho M. E. Church, South, will conveno in Laurnes. H. CM November 2l8t. Bishop J. C. Koonor will preside. ?Dr. W. Ij. Kirk I and left Columbia liiHt woek for Nashville, Tenn., whore he goes to assume control lis editor of tho Sunday school literature of tho Methodist Church, South. ?Tho Wlnnsboro Ncwh and Herald nays that a firm at that place rocc ntly shipped the heaviest bale of cotton ever known or hoard of. It weighed 1,600 pounds and was packed by hand. ? Five hundred gallons of whiskey and live hundred bottles of beer were seized last week by Constable Fantin a warehouse in Columbia. Tho liquor is valued at 41,000, but no one has laid claim to it. ?It Is said that there is a probability of the reduction of the nrieo of board at Clemson College, as tho trustees havo born investigating it and found that tho coat doeH not amount to $7 per month. Saloon koopers throughout tlio Statu aro applying to Commissioner Traxlor for certificates to provont tho seizure of tiio whiskies thoy havo on hand. During tho last vvouk lio bus issued ovor lliO cortiticatos. ?M. W. H. Huntor, who has a portion in tiio government printing otlloo at Washington. and who wan hurt a fow weeks back by a cable car in that city, arrived .in Nowlieivy lant wook. IIo is nblo to got about on crutches. ?F. F. Whitikon, civil engineer of Tioncsta, Fa., was in tho mountains last wook on a tour of inspection, looking out tho timber lands to ascertain if thoro is enough hard woods to justify tho establishment of a factory at l'lckons. ?Tiio railroads havo given bettor rates to tiio State Fair this year than last year, and are going to aid every elTort to make it a success. It is probable that soino arrangement will bo made whereby tho Clemson College ( iwletM Clin im t in. I.'ui,. ?Socrotary of Statu Tindal says that tho acts of the Legislature and the l>ound copies of the revised code will soon be sent out to the various clerks of court in the State for distribution umong the members of the la^t Legislature in the several counties. ?The Secretary of State has been furnished with a map of the proposed new county, which is to have iionea Path as a county seat. The new county tukes in Donuld's Helton, and Duo West, besides several smaller towns. It will have 028 square miles. ?Governor Tillman, in speaking of the whiskey sei/.urios, says all that is necessary to kill out the blind tigers is to get one of the illicit dealers with " stripes" on him, and that would settle the business, lie said that he had one man near the penitentiary. ?Mrc. Minerva Dial, of Laurens, an aged and highly respected lady, and relict of the late Lewis Dial, deceased, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Malinda Crews, on Wednesday, 24th Inst. Her remains wore iuterred in tho Cemotary at Chestnut Ridge. ?Col. William Izard Hull, for many years a resident of Sumter County, died ut the residence of his sou in Charleston on thd 21st inst., aged 82 years, lie was once a insn of immense wealth and a loader in sociul and political circles not only in his community, but in the State at lurgo. ?About throo miles from Salloy, Aiken County, on tho 23rd inst., H. f\ Sully shot and instantly killed Henry Glover, colored. A few words were passed and Glovor struck Sally a dangerous blow with an iron hammer in the head. Thereupon Sally drew his pistol and tired, the bullet taking etToct in the neek. Mm. Suo Maxwell Pickons, wifoof Dr. T. J. Pickens, died at her home in Pendleton, S. C., Tuesday morning, October lidrd, from congestion of tho brain. She was the only daughter of the late Samuel E. and Julia S. Maxwell, and was torn at tho old homestead of Capt. John Maxwell, on Seneca Uiver, November 17th, 1842. ?Tho Pickens Gouty Democratic executive committee at a recent meeting, passed a resolution to submit to the voters of tho county at the genoral olection tho question of dispensary or no dispensary for Plokens County. This vote is to instruct the representatives to the Legislature. A box for tho purpose will be provided by the managers at each precinot. ?A loading cotton seed oil manufacturer while talking about the effect of the reduced prices of cotton on the cotton seed market, said that at the outset of the .season the manufacturers I'lliRnd t.hn n?>l?>n r\f unu/l ""'1 --- - ? ? w?V I't ?vv */t OV.VM uuu I?Or 14 kopt it up as long as possible. The general demoralization of the markot ad reduoed the price of crude oil very much and it was found absolutely necessary to make a reduction of 10 per cent in the price of cotton seed. This, he said, was a high price and much more than was being paid in tho Southwestern States for seed. ?Gov. Northon has issued invlta- * tlons to theGovornors of all the Stato and Territories of tho United States, inviting them to make exhibits at tho Cotton States international Exposition to be held in Atlanta next year, and which has already taken on mammoth proportions. ;; , .