The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 05, 1899, Image 1
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VOL. 11.
RETURN 0? LIQUOR.
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s. The Governor Makes a Positive
Statement Abovt It. \
THE INSTRUCTIONS IN FULL.
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When It Is Seized According to ,
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\nstructions He Will Entertain
No Proposition for Its
Return.
Tlid Columbia correspondent of the J
News a?id Courier says nearly every day ,
a bundle of letters goc:s to the executive
office asking for the return of
liquor s?i/.ed by the State constables.
This has been | articularly the case dur
ing the r\tsh ot Christmas business. ,
GovernorvO ^Jorbe announced Wodncsday
that ^hereafter people will save ,
themselves a great deal of trouble and
annoyance in not writing for the return
of liquor seized in compliance with the
instructions to the constables. If the
liquor intoned for personal use is seized
under the instructions it will go to the
State, and (lovcrnor Rllerbo says he
will not entertain applications for its
return. Liquor shipped into the State
in conformity with the law and regulations
will not be interfered with, and if
it is the constables arc liable to get into
trouble.
In order that the general public can
understand the rules governing the constables
the instructions have been ohtaincd
and arc given in full, together
with amendments agreed upon Wednesday.
They are as follows?:
1. Constables appointed under the
dispensary law will act only under the
law.
2. They have the right to exercise
all the duties and powers conferred
upon them by the dispensary law.
3. Constables detecting persons openly,
or in the act of violating any of the
provisions of the dispensary law, may
arrest and carry the party before a magistrate
for a warrant.
4. '''hey arc to scizo any wagon, cait,
boat, or any other conveyance, together
with the horses, mules, or any other
animals, discovered transporting liquor
in the night time.
5. They must obtain warrants from
magistrates for the arrest of any persons
who violate the dispensary law.
and such violations can only be proved
by witnesses. The warrant must be
based on an affidavit.
t>. They have the right at any time
during the day or night time, to enter
upon lots or open places, stores, etc.. to
make search for contraband liquors without
a warrant, but should never search
private bouses or apartments without a
search warrant, issued by a magistrate.
Under Section 22 of the dispensary law
all places can be searched when a com
mon nuisance is maintained, and an arrest
and search warrant should be issued
an provided in that section, and such
action should be taken as is therein
prescribed.
7. Constables cannot seize liquors,
wines or beers imported by citizens of
this State for personal use. Such
liquors are not requited to have certiticates
showing analysis. When liquors
come into this State marked for personal
use, if it is consigned to a known
blind tiger, or the constables have
proof or strong suspicious circumstances
that they are for sale, they can seize
and hold for twenty-four hours for in
vestigation, but no liquor* must be
taken from the railroad while they are
in transit. When seizures arc made
upon suspicion they must he made
after the liquors have arrived at their
place of consignment- their destination
jjk. .^passed into the hands of the
consiA- .iOf courso constables must
exorcise sound judgment and he careful
about seizing liquors marked lor personal
use.
8. When constables have a well
founded suspicion that persons are conducting
blind tigers they should watch
them diligently, so as to make it dilhcult
and dangerous for them to sell, and
frequent raids should he made upon
them, and all liquors found should he
seized. If constables are satisfied that
liquors are illegally sold in any place,
and suspect that liquors arc kept elsewhere
and brought to the place in small
quantities, separate search warrants
should ho taken out and the suspected
places searched.
0. All contraband liquors seized must
be disposed of as directed in Section HI
of the dispensary law.
10. l'ctfcons having contraband liquors
in possession violate the law, and
may ho indicted and tin; liquors confis
cated.
11. All liquors shipped c. o. d. or
order notify, or bill of lading with
draft attached, or is in any way to be
paid for in the-State, should be seized.
12. Liquors found inany oxprcssoffice
oi'depot, at destination, consigned to a
fictitious party, or intended for otber
than the consignee, should be seized.
If there is good reason for believing
that a package of liquor is for other
person t/hnn the consignee, it may be
seized and deposited in a dispensary,
or with the sheriff for thirty days, or.
until investigation is made, and if, upon ;
investigation, it is found to be a lawful
shipment, it must be released.
13. Liquora being shipped concealed,
or bearing misleading marks for tho
purpose of disguising the contents of
tho package, must be seized. When
parties club together and order liouor.
to be divided or distributed between
them, it must be seized. Persons can
only order for themselves, and in their
own name, and may not use the name
of a firm or company.
14. Upon complaint being made by
citizens of any community that soft
drinks containing alcohol aro being
(Til
sold, or it' a constable be satisfied that
the soil drinks contain alcohol ho shall
<e zo and ship the same to the Sta'e
commissioner.
l.">. Contraband goods, which for any ^
reason are not shippped to the State
commissioner at once, should he turned
;>ver to the sheriff of the county; or. if
more convenient, may by stored in a dispensary
and left in charge of the dis- ^
penser until ready to ship.
Hi. Contraband liquors must he
shipped by freight if the quantity is ^
considerable, but small packages may
be sent by express. Railroad or express
receipts must bo taken for every
shipment and mailed to the State commissioner.
A report of tho seizure must
be made to the clerk in the executive
office, giving any information obtained
that will bo needed by him if upplica c
tioti is made for the release of the s
goods. All packages must bo plainly j
marked, so that they can be identified. |]
17. When any team is seized for r
transporting liquor at night, oranyli- j
i|Uors 'or personal property is seized, t
under search warrant or otherwise, the
constable seizing same shall have an in- t
vcntoiy and appraisement made by V1
three sworn oj prabcr i, pri v'.ding the s
property is worth more that fifty dol- 1
lars. The constable will then publish t
a notice for three weeks inthrco public .s
places, describing the articles, etc., and j
requiring any person claiming them to
appear and make claim within thirty |
days from the date of the first publication
of the notice. II no claim is made
within thirty days, the constable or ^
other officer can sell the same, without j
(urthor advertisement to the highest t
bidder. In giving tho notice for the |
three weeks tluS constable should ,.
stale in same that if the property is not u
claimed within thirty days and bond
tiled with the State board the property H
will be sold, giving place where it will be i
sold, and when sold. 'I he bill for keep 5
of team may he paid from the proceeds, a
and the balance remitted to the State c
Treasurer. A complete statement, q
showing gross proceeds, expenses and
the sum remitted, most he mailed to the jclerk
in the executive office.
IS. Constables may enter any ex- (
press, or other cars, or boats, in the
State, for the purpose of searching for
contraband liquors, and may examine
the hooks and way hills of the transportation
companies. Constables may
use teams or horses in order to pursue
and capture teams or persons transporting
liquor when they could not succeed
otherwise, but should not uso teams to
drive over the country in search of
work. Only when reasonably sure of
accomplishing good work may the expense
of teams bo incurred.
lib It is the duty of all sheriffs,
magistrates and magistrates' constables
to enforce the dispensary law (sec Section
2!),) and they arc entitled to half
the value of tho contraband liquor they
seize; hut when the State constables
get them to serve warrants, or merely f
to assist them in arrests or searches, s
they are not entitled to this commission
and it will not be allowed.
20. The proprietor, and his aids and 1
assistants, in any establishment where ;
liquors are sold contrary to law, may |
he arrested and prosecuted. (
21. Constables will study the law 1
and enforce its various provisions with 1
vigo/. 1
22. Constables will report daily to 1
their immediate superior, who is re- (
quired to examine the same and forward
to the executive office. '
2d. Constables must he courteous to 1
all. hut will refrain from talking 1111- <
necessarily about their official plans and f
business to tho public. They owe no
apology or explanation to anyone for 1
doing their duty.
24. Constables will refrain from the '
use of liquors to excess, on pain of ex- 1
pulsion. f
25. When constables get a case 1
against violators of the dispensary law '
thoy should see that the witnesses are
hmirid r?VAr arid lircrn tlio nrnnml tinar. '
ing of the case, especially if they arc *
witnesses themselves, so that if they
arc called away the ease will have heen .
disposed of and they will not have to
return to attend the trial. When it '
can he done, eases should he brought
within the jurisdiction of the inagis- .
trate and finally disposed of. Attendance
on the Circuit Court by consta- '
hies is expensive and takes much of j
t.hcir time. i
It will he well to note Section hi, to {
cut it out and paste it up, as there is
very much more trouble from evasion |
of this section than all of the others (
combined. I
It is announced that the rules may I
may he changed at any time hut the ?
present ultimatum is that where there |
arc violations of the dispensary law, as i
promulgated in the rules to constables, i
the liquor will he seized and kept, and j
there is no use to bother to ask for its i
return. If liquor is ordered in copart- I
ncrship, as is prohibited in Rule 13, it i
may ho considered as gone. If a wrong i
name is given, as is prohibited, it is
another case of contributing to the 1
State treasury, and so on. I
This is no New Year ultimatum I
either, hut it is to go into immediate f
effect. I
A Family Feud.
Another chapter in the Sherman family
feud in MoMinn county Ga., was
enacted Wednesday and as a result
Stewart, a druggist of Decatur, Tcnn.,
is lying at the point of death with a
gunshot wound in his abdomen. Stewart
was driving with Pete Sherman, a
member of one of th? families involved
in the feud. At a point about eight
miles from tho city they camo upon;
Steve Shciman, on tho other side of tho
feud. Accounts differ as to who tired
the first shot. Stewart received two
shots, one in tho leg and the other in I
the abdomen from the effects of which 1
he will die. Sherman was not hurt,
lie wont to Athens and gave himself
up.
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CONWAY. S. ('
IN A BAD FIX."
^ Distressing State of Affairs in
Beaufort County.
2ROPS RUINED BY STORMS.
<t the Request of Prominent
Citizens Governor Ellerbe
Asks for Aid for the
Sufferers.
Some time ago (tovcrnor Kllcrbc rceivod
information of suffering on the
oa islands of lieaufort county, l-'rom
uformation received Wednesday he
las boon apprised that storms have
uined the crops inland and that there
s much distress and suffering in potions
of Hcanfort county.
lie has decided to ask for oontribuions
for the relief of these worthy and
mfortunato 1 eople, and tl ose who dc
ire to aid them may send their contri
mtions to Hov. Kllcrbe or to the gen
lomen who apprised the governor of the
ituatinn. Their communication is ap
tended
1 fluff ton. Dec. 'J. I8!IS.
ro His Kxecllcney <Jovernor W. II. Kllcrbe,
Columbia.
Dear Sir: In the face of the dire and
;cnoral distress now depressing and op:
iressing the people throughout the
ownship of Iflulfton. Vemassce and
lilton Head, in Itcaufort county,
auscd by two cyclonic storms within a
nonth of each other, the first on the
Sth of August and the second on tl e
ceond of October past, we deem it
iropcr to submit to the executive a
tatcment of tlieir present condition
nd solicit such assistance as the neiessitiesof
the "Case indicate and reluirc.
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i iciiwin IIP lilt; IIIM C.VCIOIIC IIIO CI' >ps
iromiscd an ample, prosperous harvest,
>ut swept by the tern post and unprecclentod
flood the larger portion was do
troyed, houses blown down, all the
iridges swept away and forests wrecked
oads blockaded by fallen trees and
he entire township named, devastacd.
The second storm consummated the
lesolation and the destruction is soprolotninant
and general as to he the rule
md not the exception.
The other townships in the county
lUffercd to a limited extent, but the
hrce townships about which we write
ire entirely wrecked.
The rice and pea crops are destroyed;
i one-half corn crop, one-half of it roten,
has been gathered and a minimum
>f storm cotton, valued at scarce one
:ent per pound in the seed, while the
>otato crop has been almost a failure
roin the flood, fresh and salt water t hat
mhmcrgcd the townships.
On the Savannah and New rivers in
Vemassoe and BlufVton townships there
las been planted this year between
>,000 and 0,000 acres of rice with the
promised yield of about 250,00(1 bushsis,
worth $250,000, and the cyclones
save left only about 12,000 or 15,000
bushels of damaged rice, while the rice
nills themselves, trunks, banks, flats
ind boats have been to a large extent
lestroyed.
The rice harvest had commenced and
ip to that time at least 100,000 in cash
uid been expended on the production
>f the crop, all of which lias been engulfed
by the cyclonic flood.
The people arc disheartened by the
lcsolation around them, their houses,
'cnccs and fields presenting a deplora- J
do picture and discouraging prospects.
,vith the want of necessities of life
itaring them in the face, while there is
no work or enterprise offering to give
diem employment.
In addition to this general calamity j
ivery family has suffered and arc still
differing with malarial fever, the sc-J
luence of the flood and exposure.
The people need subsistence, clotling,
medicine and indulgence in the
payment of their taxes.
They, tin people, have no money, I
uid unless the payment of taxes is expended
for them in Hluffton, Ycmassce
ind Hilton Head townships, the little
hat is left by the storms will have to
be sold and sacrificed, thereby disabling
them to cultivate a crop the en
ming year.
The real condition of the people in
;hcsc townships is such as to demand in
>ur humble opinion your official attention
and interposition, and we foci conSdont
if one with authority is coinmisdoncd
to investigate the matter his re (
port will prove of such a character as to
ondcr imperative, and justify the pco
[ilc in the appeals to the public as well
is to the State for needed consideration
ind assistance. In the village of Bluff
pon many houses were blown down with
i numberof the best dwellings unroofed
ind fences prostrated.
These townships have boon laid waste (
by four terrific cyclones within the past
ivc years, and the people, while eon
'renting the inevitable and bravely
itruggling to surmount their troubles.
7ecl reluctantly constrained by their
present necessitous condition to solicit
[)ublic aid and assistance.
Respectfully submitted by
J. 0. Verdior, |
Member elect.
P. Pritchard, M. I).
F. T. Hardee,
Kobt. Crosby,
C. S. Pr it chard,
J. S. Padgett,
R. (). Reynolds,
K. Dubois,
W. N. Rarncs,
Magistrate.
C. A. Ycrdicr,
(J. (i. Yerdicr,
W. R. M. Verdier,
J. Mel icer,
C. J. Colcock,
Member llouso of Representatives.
until
.. tiiciisday. ,ianu;
WANDERED AWAY.
The Rev. W. A. Kelly Has Gone None
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Knows Where.
To the Kditor of The State:
My husband, the Rev. Win. Aiken
Kelly, laboring under temporal)' mental
aberration lias left the city of Charles
ton mid wandering 1 know not where.
IMiy.sically very delicate and a great [
sufferer for years, his exceedingly vigorous
mind held to the point of i tmost
tension in preparing for conference examination
has suddenly given away.
Will his many warm friends of the
State assist me with prayer and effort
to recover him? Sorrowfully,
Mrs. Win. A. Kelly.
The Charleston correspondent of The (
State says: "The Kev. Win. Aiken *
Kelly, a young minister recently ad
mitted to'the Methodist conference of '
this State, has heen missing forever '
a wook and his frionds are very anxious
about him. lie has a church in Sum ^
ter. Ton days ago he came to this city
accompanied by his wife and child to '
spend the Christmas holidays with
friends. The Sunday before Christinas !
he preached an excellent sermon at !
Ketlicl church. ' hi the followingTuesday
he made an appointment in the
morning to meet his wife and some .
friends at a point near the city, lie ]
then loll the house at which he was
staving and lias not boon seen since. '
I lis wife says that lie had worked very '
hard preparing for liis examination at :
the conl'eronee of his church and she '
thinks that his mind gave way under !
the strain and that he has wandered !
away. She docs not fear foul play hut 1
she is afraid that he is ill somewhere
and unable to communicate with his '
friends. < )nee before, after a period of
hard study, the young minister left 1
homo and was not heard of for four 1
days, lie came to himself then in Augusta,
t!a. The Kov. Mr. Kclley is 1
about 2<> years of age. Mis father was 1
for years city assessor of this city and
he and his family are widely known and
popular in South Carolina."
Sixty Thousand Gone.
A dispatch from San Antonio, Toxas,
says thcolliee of the Wells-Cargo Express
Company at that place is out a
money package containing $(>(),<100.
The money was sent there from Houston.
It arrived Wednesday morning
and was given to C. A. Heeler, tho
Wells-Cargo money clerk to hand over.
Heeler started for the depot and was
seen enroutc. Four hours after his departure
his wagon was found live miles
west of the city in a thicket, the horse
almost dead from the elfeets of hard
driving. Impiiry developed the fact
that no delivery had been made. There
was no evidence of a struggle in the
vicinity of where the vehicle was found.
Heeler has been in the employ of the
company for nine years and enjoyed
the confidence of all. lie spent several
years on the frontier as a cowboy. His
friends stoutly assert that he is the victim
of foul play and his wife also inclines
to this belief. Supt. Tuft, of
tho express company is here investiga
ting. lie admits that the loss will
reach the sum stated while rumor near
ly doubles the amount.
An Important Decision.
The Charleston correspondent of tho
State says Judge Itenct Wednesday an
nouneed his decision on the motions for
new trial based on the claim that one
or more jurors were not "qualficd electors'
in the intent and meaning of the
constitution. On the constitutional
question his honor decided that a
"qualified elector," and a qualified juror,
must be a "registered voter."
This was favorable to the movers. Hut
his honor decided, secondly, that all
parties had due notice and with proper
diligence could hate ascertained before
trial whether jurors were qualified.
The objection should have been raised
before trial. And, thirdly, his honor
decided that there was not a sufiicicncy
of evidence in the certificate of the
dork of the court that the juror's name
did not appear on the registration rolls
filed with him to prove that the juror
was not a registered voti r. Tho motion
for now trial was refused.
A Terrible Tragedy.
Wednesday three of the children of
Charles llagerman were playing on the
ice oil the north shore of Wells Island,
in the St. Lawrence Kiver, when it
broke and they all fell in and were
drowned. A fourth child, who was on
shore, ran to the houso and notified her
mother. Mrs. llagerman rushed to the
scene and in her endeavors to rescue the
children broke through the ice, and she
too, was drowned. A man who was att
tot . I />/l t / l 4 ll/l A . f A AA? d am i . 1
?.!.?< ii;u m im; niiuiu: ill niu illli'ltlll U0>0
into the water and brought up )no of the
children, but as the man was trying to
climb out on the ice the child slipped
from his grasp and perished. The family
consisted of Charles Ilngerman, his
wife and nine children. Ilugermnn,
; who had been in Canada, arrived home
an hour after the drowning to take
Christmas with his family. No went
to the river alone and recovered the
four bodies.
They Speak out.
The following resolution, offered by
Comrade Ucasloy, formerly of North
Carolina, was unanimously passed at a
meeting of the Confederate Veteran
Camp of New Yoi k:
Unsolved, That the Confederate N et
eran Cainy of New York condemns in'
unmeasured terms the efforts of Senator
Butler of North Carolina (who is
not a Confederate veteran) to debauch
the manhood of the South by socking to
obtain pensions for ox Confederate soldiers
from the United States, and that
any t-imilar effort by any Southern
member of Congress will bo abhorrent
to the camp and meet with unqualified
condemnation.
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V H V IH'.iit.
BRYAN SRKAKS OUT.
He Opposes a Big Standing Army
and Vassal Colonies.
IS STILL FOR FREE SILVER.
3ut Thinks for the Time that Issue
is Overshadowed by Issues
Raised ty the Spanish
War.
Col. W. .1. Ilryan returned to lan
tin, Neb., his home, ono day last week
ilid was tendered a reception at the
)liver Theatre by the Woman's llimeallie
League. The house was erowded
md Col. Uryan reeoived an ovation.
He was introduced by (lovcrnor llol
onib, who formally welcomed him
ionic and complimented him for his
latriotism in enlisting in the army.
After thanking his neighbors for
heir cordial welcome and compliment
ng the members of his regiment and
Hoi. Yifipiain, in whose charge he left
hem, he justified his resignation as
ollows: "I had live months of peace
ri the army and resigned in order to
take part in a light. I am as much interested
in tho people of the Inited
states as I am in the people of Cuba,
md unless I am mistaken in judging
we are called upon to meet more important
problems in the Coiled Stateiust
now than will confront our army
in Cuba.
"Some of these problems were under
liseussion before hostilities began.
I )thers have been thrust upon us as a
result of the war. Let mo improve
tins, my nrst opportunity, to assure you
that my zeal for the reforms advocated
11 few mouths ago litis not in the least
abated.
"Vital questions cannot bo killed or
burned and we were dealing with vital
questions when the call to arms resounded
throughout the land.
"The American people have not accepted
the gold standard as final. It
has wought more injustice in out country
during the last twenty-live years
than Spain has wrought in all her colonies,
and opposition to it will grow
until the gold and silver coinage of the
Constitution is fully restored. The.
trusts which now flourish in defiance of I
laws are more merciless than Weyler
was and the new trust the paper money
trust- which is seeking to obtain control
of all the paper money in the nation,
is a greater menace to the country's
welfare than any fortign foe.
"There are, however, two new questions
which demand immediate attentontion,
because congress is asked to
act upon thorn at once.
"The prcsdent rcccommcnds that the
regular army be permanently increased
to 100,000 mon. This question must
be met now or not at all."
Taking up the subject of imperialism
Mr. Bryan said that the president has
misinterpreted the sentiment of the
people. They arc opposed to giving
the Philippine Islands back to Spain,
but they have not as yet dcclnrcd in
favor of embarking upon a colonial policy.
So great a charge, he said, could
not be undertaken without more investigation
and deliberation than the pco
pie had yet given to the subject.
The principal part of Mr. Bryan's
spcch was devoted to the Philippine
question. In this connection lie rev
ferred to President MeKinley's inquiry:
"Who will haul down the Hag?" and
replied: "The flag is a national emblem
and is obedient to the national
will. It was made for the people, not
the people for the flag. When the Am
ican people want the flag raised they
raise it; when they want it hauled down
they haul it down. The flag was raised
upon Canadian soil during the war of
1812. and it was hauled down when
peace was restored. The flag was
planted upon Chapultcpcc during tin*
war with Mexico, and it was hauled
down when the war was over. The
morning papers announce that (Jcncral
Lee ordered the flag hauled down in
Cuba yesterday because it was raised
too soon. The flag will he raised in
Cuba again on the 1st of January, hut
the president declares in his message
that it will be hauled down as soon as a
stable government is established. Who
will deny to the people the right to
haul the flag dewn in the Philippines,
if they so desire, when a stable government
is established there?
"Our flag stands for an indissoluble
Union of indestructible States. Kvcry
State is represented by a star and every
Territory sees in the Constitution a star
of hope that will seme day take its
place in the constellation. What is
there in the flag to awaken the zeal or
reflect the aspirations of vassal colonics
which are too good to bo cast way, but
not good enough to be admitted to the
sisterhood of States?
"Shall we keep the Philippines and
amend our flag? Shall we add a now
star?the bold star, Mars to indicate
that we have entered upon a career of
conquest? Or shnll we borrow the yellow,
which in 181MJ was tho badge of
gold and greed, and paint Saturn and
his rings, to suggest a carpet-bag government
with its schemes of Himliutimi?
Or shall wc adorn our flag with a milky
w'av, composed of a multitude of minor
stars, re prison tins/ remote and insignificant
dependencies?
4 No, a thousand times hotter to haul
down tho stars and stripes and substi
tutc the flag of an independent republic
than to surrender the doctrines thut
give glory to 'Old (Jlor/.' It was the
flag of our fathers in the years that are
gone; it is the flag of a reunited country
today, let it be the flag of our nation
in the years that are to come. Its
stripes of red tell of the blood that was
shed to purchase liberty; its stripes of
I white proclaim the pure and Heaven
a III.
born purposes of a government which
derived its just powers from the eon
soiit of tho governed. I ho mission of
that ting is to float, not over a conglomeration
of commonwealtlis, but over H
the Intel of the free and the home of
tho brave,' and to that mission it must
remain 'forever true, forever true.'
FOUR MURDERS IN A DAY. S
Women and Wine Cause Three of the j p
Four Murders.
Henry l'erry, n well known citizen of
Atlanta, was shot ami almost instantly
killed Wcdnesd >\ in ajl ouseon Madison
streeet, by John A. Milam. The men
had a desperate light for a revoDor,
which Milam finally secured. Florence
Iiivin;ston, who lived in the place, en
deavored to separate the men. but fail h
ed. She afterward told the authorities 'I
that she did the killing, and presented j,
a pistol as the weapon used, hut nil the |
chambers wore tilled. A passer by I
caught Perry as he fell and heard him ^
say he had been killed by Milam. 1
Mike Day, IT years old, a cripple, r
shot and instantly killed Frank Floury 1
at noon. Day says ho discharged the
weapon without looking. Marry Flcu I
ry, a brother of tho dead boy, says Day i
pointed the pistol directly at the child, r
lie declares that Day and his brother t
had <|uarrolod sevoral days ago, but Day <
says lie was friendly with little Floury. I
A year ago I'ay snot .Jack .Jones, a boy j
his own ago, hut the wound was not fa I
tal.
I.evi Patterson shot and killed Tom
Foster, who was intoxicated and trying
to pick a (piarrol.
Special () Hi cor A. >1. ('a vendor of the
Fulton hag and cotton mills, was shot
and perhaps fatally wounded hy Jesse I
Owen, an employe of the cotton mills, i
Owen's relatives were celebrating t
Christinas rather hilarously and Cavender
went to arrest Owen, who lirod on I
him. t
Tl o polieo. in the past JH hours, have 1
arrested nearly 200 persons on different
charges, which is believed to break the I
record here. 1
The saloons were closed as usual at f
10 o'clock Saturday night, and were not
opened today by special order of
Mayor ('oilier. Nearly every person
taken in by the police had a bottle on
his person, and as a result the large
vault at Central station is well filled
with a varied assortment of bottles and
1 i<|Uors.
Could Not Happen Hero.
Charles \V. Swan and Mrs. Isabella
Itrown were married in Manchester,
\ a., Tuesday night under most unusual
conditions. It was the second timo the
same couple embarked on the matrimonial
sea as husband and wife, and
followed two suits for divorce, a conviction
of bigamy and a pardon, and to
further complicate the situation there
is another woman in Manchester who
bears Swan's name, and is the mother
of his family of grown children. Swan,
eight years ago, after his wife had been
denied a divorce, applied for one him
self and was granted a legal separation,
which might, after five years, be per
fectod into a permanent divorce. At
theend of five years, and without bringing
further proceedings, Swan followed
Mrs. Hrown to North Carolina, married
ln?r 'iiiil lirmnrlit lw?r tit 11 vo tititit* liiu ulil t
home. After many months his lirst
wile prosecuted him and he was finally '
convicted of higamy and given three i
years. The governor pardoned him tin? i
next day and the wedding was the se- i
quel. i
Gov. Russell's Surprises.
A sensation was created in Halcigh, I
N. J. Wednesday by the announce- I
mcnt that .1. M. Mewborne, the Fusion ]
superintendent of the penitontiary, had
resigned and ('apt. W. II. I>ay, a Dcmoeratie
lawyer, had been named by Gov- i
emor Russell as liis .successor. Mr. <
Mewhornc's resignation takes effect .Jan.
1st. Not even the most intimato friends i
of the i itercstcU parties know of the |
contemplated change in management. ]
("apt. hay has accepted the position, i
and Wednesday announced that he
would fill all the subordinate offices j
with Democrats. lie has already ap- ;
pointed K. J. Tillcry of Halifax county
as manager of the State farms and F. <
B. Arcndell of Raleigh manager of the i
central prison. Governor Russell's <
political friends are severely criticising ;
him for appointing Democrats to oilier^
Only two weeks ago he appointed a
Democrat as adjutant general of the
State, and since then he has made the
boards of directors for several of the institutions
Democratic.
A Drunken Brute.
Mrs. Winnie llcarncy, aged 2H years
was found badly burned Wednesday
at her homo in the tenement building
at 102 Detroit street, (Jlovcland, Ohio.
Her bed was partly burned. She now
lies in St. John's hospital at the point
of death. The causo of the tire was
given by the woman and her husband, j
Joseph Ifoarncy, a laborer, as the ex
plosion of ft lamp. At an early hour
this morning, however, tho polieo obtained
from the 0 year-old daughter of
the couple the statement that Ilearncy <
cainu home intoxicated and because his
wife would not got out of bed ami cook '
him a meal, so.tkt d some rags in coal
oil, lighted them and threw them on '<
her bed. Tho police placed Ilearncy (
under arrest. I
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LOOKING SERIOUS.
low Brewing Between Americans
and Cubans in Havana.
iOME STARTLING RUMORS.
teportod That Gen. Menocal's
Troops Have Once Mora
Taken to the Field. Intense
Excitement Prevails.
A dispatch from Havana says start*
ing rumors were Hying around that city
'hursday night and arc given credence
>y excited crowds thronging the streets,
t v a i rc|ortcd that (Ion. Marianao
dcnocal and his Cuban forces at La
\?yu had bc< u naked to take the oath
if allegiance to t lie I nitcd States and
iad refused.
The news that Cuban soldiers had reused
to take the oath of allegiance was
sheered by the crowd and mounted in ur<ents
scattc rod through tho town,
'riling the people in tho street that
Jon. Mcnocal had withdrawn his troops
rom Le I'ava and taken to the field.
This story, regardless of its truth or
alsity, is rhielly worthy of serious atout
ion because of the eagerness with
which it was received by the crowds
who insisted upon its truth. They jusilied
(Jen. Metioeal s reported sonsa*
ional action. The situation grows out
?l tlie refusal of (Jen. Mrooko's permit
or the participation of Cuban troops
n tho exercises on evacuation day. The
eeling is intense.
Tho l'nitod States Hag was torn down
rom many houses in tho lower districts
oniglit. Upper class Cubans sent ca- ,
degrams without number to President.
tlcKinley todaj begging him to inter'ere.
Cablegrams have boon sent
iroadcast ovor the I nitod States asking
'or public meetings and appealing to
lie common senso and justico of the i\ji*
\mcriean people. l-r-r*'
The Cuban leaders here are doing ev- nilK
rything possible to prevent an outmrst,
hut say that if (Jen. Brocko'r I'S
ioinmaiid is carried out not only willj ;lt other
hey he helpless, hut they will think
vhatever happens to have been caused
?y what they consider the arbitrary aid ?ulie* and
injust action of tho I Hited States.
.1 udgo Advocate ('harlcs Could of the
\merican commission, cabled to I'resllent
MeKinley that there is intense
mcasiness in tho situation here and ad
ising that the Cubans he permitted to
art icipate i n t he evacuation ceremonies.
The more excitable of the population
if Ilahana s lower districts are beginling
to hoot the American soldiers. /,
I'lio higher class Cubans are bitterly
dingrined and disappointed at the turn v
itLiirs have taken. They hardly know
vhat to say or do. Their plans were
,o have 1,000 picked men, tho flower of
lie insurgent army, march into llabuna
>ti Jan. I. The Cuban soldiers came
nto camp at La I'ay a ami Mariunao
vith the understanding that they were
marching to llabana for evacuation day.
I'hoy bought new uniforms in honor of
.lie occasion.
The streets of llabana have been
most lavishly decorated. Tho people
intended to meet the insurgent soldiers ***?>
it the outskirts and escort them with
music and cheering to tho I'rado. Tho
icidicrs are the popular ideal of the i\
people of llabana. The entrance of
the Cuban soldiers into llabana has
been the dream of the people of tho unhappy
island for o() years. Curing the
late war llabana has over been the oh
jeetivo point.
Now Spain has been driven out, but
the Cuban soldier must not enter. Tho
Unbans compromised on the original
plans two days ago. It was said the
soldiers might enter on the second
proximo. Five days of rejoicing was
planned. The people of Ilahana planned
a great feast for the soldiers. <?en.
Brooke, who is supposed to act under
instructions from Washington, said this
arrangement could not be carried out.
The developments of the next few
lays may mean peace or war between
the United States and Cuba. Habana
citizens say they beg not to be driven
away from the United States.
A Terrible Avalanche.
Fart of Hod Rock mountain, according
to a dispatch from Airolo, (a villago
>f Switzerland, canton of Tieino) has
fallen into Airolo, destroying a hotel
and several houses. The scene of the
lisaster presents a terrible spectacle,
the debris of the avalanche covering a
?i|uaro mile. The hotel, with eight
houses and 12 other buildings was
swept into a great heap of match wood.
A new terror was added by tho outbreak
of lire amid the ruins. Three
[load bodies have been recovered. It
is estimated that the damage will reach
40,000 pounds.
Army Officer's Suicide.
Captain John M. Tobin, commissary
i>f the First brigade, stationed at Camp
Holland, Knoxvillc, Tonn., committed
suicide Wednesday by shooting himself
in the bead. His resignation bad recently
been accepted. His home was
in Boston, lie bad been with the bri
gauc tor the past tour months.
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