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VOL. XT V. ' , NML AKRKSTKI). After Some Difficulty He Finds Needed bondsmen. MORE SERIOUS CHARGES. Former Political Friends Did Not Come to Aid the Ex-Superintendent. Columbia Business Men Did. Col. Neal, form or superintendent .of the State penitentiary, was arrested and carried to Columbia on Tuesday night fhirrtpu f wcck> a"d Fhe State says it look. , . for several hours Wednesday ai it' he would not be able to give his bond and would have to go jail before friends from his home could get to Columbia to help him out. Wednesday morning when 10 o'clock, the hour appointed for the preliminary came, Col. Neal had not succeeded in securing bondsninn Tlirnn tynrui\nn1 ( rimulu flint tin was relying upon proved to be away from the city. At this time also warrants sworn out by Attorney (lenoral Rellingor in two other cases were served upon him, making three distinct charges preferred against him. The original warrant charged him with failure to turn over public funds to his successor. One of the new ones charged him with breach of trust with fradulcnt intent, and the other with embezzlement of public funds. The ailidavit in the breach of trust ca^ read as follows: if ato of South Carolina, County of Richland. The State vs. William A. Noal. Ailidavit. Personally appears before me .1 M. Smith, a magistrate for and in .said county and said State, (1. Duncan Bellinger, attorney general, who, on oath, says that lie is informed and believes that on the first day of December 18!In, in said State and county, one William A. Neal was guilty of a breach of trust with fraudulent intent in this: mi _ a i .. a \ i*i j i i nat ueing men and mere paid uy one J. S. Fowler the sum of live hundred dollars for the use and as on aecouut of the State of South Carolina, ' /- tho same being the property of said State, upon the special trust and confidence that he the same should safely keep, transfer and disburse for the said State, as its public servant and ofiiccr. he boing then and thcro the superintendent of the State penitentiary, he did then and there feloniously appropriate, convert and divert tho same to his own use, with Intent to cheat and defraud the said State. Sworn to beforo me this 2!kh day of August, lS'Ji). (i.. s ) 0. Duncan Helling* r, Attorney t Jenerul. J. M. Smith, Magistrate. The affidavit in the embezzlement ease was as follows: State of South Carolina, County of Richland. The State vs. William A. Neal. A Hi davit. Personally appearod before mo .J. M. Smith, a magistrate for and in said county and said State, (J. Duncan Bollinger, attorney gonetal, who on oath, says that he is informed "and believes that on tho ? day of , lS'.IS, in said State and county, one William A. Neal was guilty of embezzlement, in this: That then ami there, being superintendent of the State penitentiary, be, as such superintendent, did receive from one W. T. Magill the sum of forty dollars for tho use of said penitentiary the same being public funds, and the i r i i ni , nn ii. n i properly 01 tnc state 01 aoutn uaronua and lie being then and there charged with the safe keeping transfer and dis bursingof the same, and did then and thorc feloniously convcit, divert and appropriate said sum to his own uso. And further, that the said William A. Neal then and there the sum of forty dollars, the property of the said State, did steal, take and carrry away. Sworn to before 1113 this 20th day of August, 1809. (h. sV 0. Duncan Bellinger, Attorney General, S. C. J. M. Smith, Magistrate. Col. Neal waived the preliminary examination and the bond was fixed at $3,500; of this $2,000 was fixed on the original case, which is regarded as most important; $500 on the second charge and $1,000 on the third. When it was found that Col. Neal had not secured bondsmen, Magistrate Smith ncrreed to let, him remain in At torncy Nelson's ollico during the day in custody of Constable Roach, and from there endeavor to secure bail. None of Col. Neal's former political friondseame near him during the day. A year ago things wore very different, for Col. Neal was a man of political influence^ The weary hours rolled by and still jo bondsmen appeared. Col. Neal made a proposition to Magistrate Smith to allow Constable Roach to accompany him to the up country so that he could in person secure bondsmen, L but this was declined. The magistrate " however, consented to allow Col. Neal % until Thursday morning to secure the necessary bind permitting him in the meantime to remain in constable Roach custody. Rut this proved to bo unnecessary, for about 2.30 o'clock Capt. W. R. Lowrance and Capt. Ceo. A. Shields, of this city, both staunch business men who do not mix in politics, consented to sign Col. Neal's bond. They repaired to the magistrate's office, whero the bonds wcro promptly signed up and tho ox-supcrintcndcnt was set at liborty. Col. Neal declined to talk. He quietly weiV to tho depot and in a few hours was speeding homeward via Charlotto. Tho predicament in which Col. Neal found himsolf here was a most hurailia ?! t.ng one, and though, ho made no comment the ox-olhoial showed that the strain had been a severe ojm ?The State. WM ST R ATT ARREST KIT. Accused of Attempting to Poison His Mother-in-Law. William Strait, a young farmer who lives about hovcii miles south of Kock Hill, was arrested Wednesday on tbc ehargo of attempting to poison his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mollio Kidd. The affair exhibits Strait in the light of a cold-blooded and very unnatural son-inlaw. Avarice is reported to he the cause of the attempt upon the life of Mrs. lvidd and. other members of the household, for it is said Strait wanted to cotno into possession of herproporty. It is stated that Strait, who lives a quarter of a milo from his mothor inlaw, sent her a mess of grated eorn for dinner. Somo one who tasted the dish remarked upon the bitter llavor of tho corn, and suspicion-* wore aroused. Some of it was thrown to a dog, which soon keeled over, and tho family seems to have boon satisfied that the dish was poisoned. The rest of tho corn was buried. Afterwards when they went to make an examination and an an analysis of the buri'd corn it was found to havo been scratched up. It is said that Strait had been hinting around that he anticipated that his moth' r in-law would try to destroy herself. On tho day of tho alleged attempt at poisoning he is said to have roniuiktd that ho feared that she would try to make way with herself and her entire household. Strait is a young fanner, son of Mr. Thos. .). Strait of llethcsda township, not Congressman Strait. Mrs. Kidd is tho widow of Mr. ?Jno. A. Kidd, who a few years ago committed suicide in his own homo with a shot gun.?Tho State. BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS. Celebration of the Jewish New Year Began this Week. On Monday began one of the most important of the religious celebrations of the Hebrew people, tho.br-ginning *f the Jewish new year. The festival, which is of very ancient origin, commenced in reality Tuesday, but, owing to tho custom of the Jews in dating their days from sunset to sunset, it was ushered in Monday night. The occasion marks the advent of the lirst day of the seventh month the month of Tishri, according to the Hebrew calendar, and is followed by a period of penance, lasting for ten days, and culminating in the day of Atonement on September 1">. The celebration of the tirst day of the seventh month, the Itosh llashana, dates its beginning from the time of Hzra, when tho children of Israel returned from Babylon to re-establish Jerusalem under his direction. In that day it was celebrated as a secular festival, the religious celebration occurring in spring with the beginning of the first month, but since, for all practical purposes, the Hebrews have now adopted the Gregorian calendar, the festival has become a religious one. The festival of ltosh llashana was early associated with the blowing of trumpets, and that is one of the features of the present day. The ten days of meditation and penance end on September 15, with the day of atonement, or Yom llakippurim, which is the eulminating and most sacred day of the period. The Cuban Army. Now that over J J,000 Cuban Soldiers have been identified and paid their $7f> each and several thousands more are shov n to have been left off the lists, what becomes of the sneers of many contemporaries at "Gomez's imaginary army', and "post-bellum warriors?" None of the men who entered the service after the war have been paid, and many who did serve in war have not been paid. The Cuban estimate of 40,000 men was very near the mark. The Stat.-. Atlanta's WayStrange things happen in and around \ . 1 ? ?. _ ii ? : *, i ~ . /viium.i. nuiii lsun i'vimi)in mcioor, lor example, which passes over that city "in an aerial direction." If it had been scooting over any other town than Atlanta it wonld doubtless have taken a terrestrial diroct'.on, or at least an a<|Uooin ono. Hut Atlanta demanded something univue, and the motcor kindly furnished it. Except when it is copying the sensations of other places, Atlanta has a genius for originality.?The S.atc. Tragedy in Marion County. Nowshas been received of a tragedy at batta, Marion county, where the six-year-old daughter of Dr. It. A. Iiass accidentally shot and killed her little brother, four months old, with a parlor rillo carrying a 22-calibro ball. While the child was handling the gun it was accidentally discharged, the ball striking tho infant in tho forehead and coming out at the back of tho hoad. Frefth News Want.Afl The Salcsbury, Me, Press says: ' Send in your items of news when they aro fresh. We don't like to publish a birth after the child is weaned, a marriage after the honeymoon is over, a death after the widow is married again, nor the notice of an entertain mcnt after the job work is done elsewboro and the editor is charged for admission. Not Stated. The Augusta Chronicle fays: "Major General Otis has been instructed from Washington to capture Aguinaldo. It is not stated whether Aguimaldo is to wai for Otis to come get him, or the Amorican leader is to run him down. CONWAY. S. ('. SENDS SOLI 1) SHOT. Solicitor Sawyer's Report in the Williams Case. TWO MAGISTRATE REMOVED Governor McSwoeney Takes Prompt Action in tho Case. Senator Mayfield's Affidavit. It will bo remembered that somotimo a (to <J. \V. M. Williams, a Denmark lawyer, who was wanted in (leorgia to solve out a sentence for Homo crime for which ho had boon convicted over there had tho (leorgia constable who camo over to arrest him arrestod on the charge of forging (Jov. ICllerbo's nniuo to tho requisition papers. Before the constables e >uld appear before tho magistrate who issued the warrant and give bond, Williams gave leg bail and left for parts unknown, (iov. McSwocn \v requested Solicitor Sawyer of that circuit to investigate tho action of tho magistrates who had aided Williams in escaping by arresting tho constables who came for him. Solicitor Sawvir investiciitoil the matter aid reported to t lie (Jovcrnoron Tuesday of last wook. In his report the Solicitor pays that he believes that S. C. Kay, a magistrate at Denmark, and W. D. Kennedy, a magistrate at Oovan's, and a constable by the namo of W. .). llutto, are guilty of aiding in the escape of Williams, The Solicitor further says that he found very few oiti/.ons willing to aid him in any way. lie said it seemed to him that there arc two parties at Denmark ami considerable rivalry between tho towns of Denmark and K.uuhcrg, and some people wish Williams well simply because be has been prosecuted (persecuted as they term it) by the Dan.berg bar. lie thinks a deplorable state of affairsoxist in that vicinity. In his report the Solicitor says: 4* 11 seems tome that Mr. Kay attempts to excuse himself f??r not arresting Williams upon the ground that Williams is a desperate character and that ho was a mad man on that day, yet he, as a conservator of tho peace, allowed Williams to walk up and down the street with his hands in his pockets, believing that he had two pistols, one in each coat pocket, thus defying arrest. Your excellency will note that llutto says Williams was not in a rage, did not look !ike a mad man to him, that he eould have arrested him if he had had the authority, and would have done so. Your cxeelleney will also note that Mr. Walker, the town marshal, says that he does l.ot consider Williams a dangerous character; that no one called upon him to arrest Williams for disorderly conduet, nor for anything else, and that he could have arrested him. Mr. Kay was at one time in considerable troublo about a person who was a relative of all the parties, and, I was informed, some of these parties took considerable interest in that matter, which may have placed some under obligations to tho others. At any rate, they all seem to he very intimately connected and very much interested in tho welfare of each other, to such an extent that I am convinced that they formed a collusion. WHAT MAYFIKM) SAYS. Senator MayGold in an affidavit says: "That shortly after July 13th on arrival at his ollioc deponent was called upon by G. \V. M. Williams, .Jr., who requested that deponent come over to his father's ollicc immediately, to which deponent replied that lie was very busy but that if it was a matter of importance lie would be there directly; that shortly afterwards deponent was again called upon and again requested to go over, whereupon deponent walked over to the ollicc of G. W. M. Williams, Sr., and found there a gentleman who was introduced as a Mr. Miley from Georgia, with a statement that certain pa pcrs were placed in Miley's hands, and they desired to know as to tho regularity of the papers; Mr. Miley handed me the papors and I looked over them and found all regular until 1 reached one purporting to be signed by Gov. W. II. Kllcrbc; I informed tho constable that the papers were in every way regular except that the name of Gov. Kllcrbe had been written by his private secretary, Mr. \V. Uoyd Evans; that 1 supposed that it arose during thegover nor's illness and that Mr. Evans supposed that he had the authority under the direction and at the request of tho governor toailix tho signature of tho governor to tho naners: that in mv judgment as a lawyer, a private secretary did not have such authority, as the constitution of South Carolina devolved that duty upon tho governor of the State, but that our constitution of lK!)f> was new and that I presumed that this matter had besn overlooked, and that neither the private secretary's nor Gov. Mllerbc's attention had been called to the matter; hence the mistako. Mr. iMilcy asked me what was to be dono and I suggested that he send tho requisition back to Gov. Candler with the statement as rf oresaid and -to give the governor my name as tho one who had so advised him, and that 1 had no doubt, upon his sending the requisition papers back to his excellency, Gov. McSwooney, that his excellency being familiar with Gov. KUcrbo's handwriting, would noreoivo at a plan on that. tho. nanar had not been cxecutod by Gov. Mllcrbo and that new papers would bo granted; that I directed Mr. Milcy and had him to make notes so as to guido him in writing Gov. Oandlcr; that thereupon I left Mr. Williama and Constable Miloy together in the oflico and cauio on about my goncral duties." Mr. Mayfiold thon goes on in his affidavit to say that ho did not adviso Wil IVVI) I . THURSDAY. SKI'TK? liams as a lawyer, nor to resist arrest, | and on troing to his ollioo ho did so sim- > ply on request, not knowing what ho I was wanted for and not kn swing as is ' now claimed hy the constable in his ro- | port to (iov. MoSwecney that the marshal of Denmark had arrested0. \\\ M. Williams. He further says that ho did not approve of the arrest of tho constable from Goorgia on a charge of forgery, as Williams well knew that tho error was made by the private secretary eigni,,,r ?)?> - i r? ?i.: -i Vtiv vtuvi n Iitiuiu auu 1UI W 11 IV." 11 I tin; special constable was in no way re sponsible. llo further says he gave thoadvioo in Williams' ollicc to tho constable upon ilio request of Williams and without the constable making any statement other than that they both wished to know how the matter stood, and that deponent gave the advice with no view of helping Williams' ofcapeorin aiding him in any way; but upon tho request of Williams in the presence of tho special constable and in accordance with what deponent believes to be the law of this State; that he is still of the opinion that the paper is void because the genuine signature of (lov. Kllerhe has not been attached. lie further dcclarosthat he is neither now nor has ho at any time been the attorney of Mr. Williams, nor has he given any comfort in his escape from the hands of tho oNicer4 of the law, nor does he uphold Mr. Williams in having innocent partios charged with forgery, when said Williams well knew that the signature to these papers had bocnaNixod by the private secretary of (lov. Kllcrbo and heard deponent so doelrae in his presence to the special constable. Horn MAfilSTIlATKK ItKMOVKI>. Tuesday night (lov. MeSwccnoy, af tor reading the solicitor's report and the accompanying affidavits carefully, de eided to remove both tho magistrates Hay at Denmark and Kennedy at <lovan. Ho forwarded to each of them the following letter: Columbia, Aug. 21), 1 HDD. I? i.' -? > ? 1'uiu on. rrom omciai information received by nic I aui satisfied of your official misconduct in tlie matter of extradition of 0. W. M. Williams, and your commission as magistrate is hereby revoked, to take effect from this date. You will turn overall books and papers in your possession belonging to your ollicc to your successor when lie shall call on you for the same. Yours truly, M. If. MoSwcency, Governor of South Carolina. Tho govern jr filed with the papers the following written statement of the reasons for his action: In view of the report of Solicitor Sawyer and the statement therein contained and the evidence furnished by the affidavits accompanying the report in regard to the action of Magistrates S. 0. Hay and W. K. Kennedy appears that said magistrates, instead of endeavoring to assist the agent of Georgia in his efforts to arrest (J. W. M. Williams, a fugitive from justice in that State, and for whom tho said agent bad requisition papers from tho governor of South Carolina, made in duo form of law, the magistrates, as it appoars from the report of Solicitor Sawyer, assisted the said Williams to escape arrest, and thus the ends of justice liavo been thwarted. Such being the facts in the case, I do not consider these magistrates worthy to hold the high and responsible ? ~r *- ' * uivi |pu.miuu ui ui<igi?traic, i.nu i ney are horoby romoved from their oflioo, said removal to tako effect from this date. "August 29, 18!)!)." Going to Rhode Island. Thursday afternoon Senator B. It. Tillman, aceompainod by Mrs. Tillman, arrived in the city en routo to Rhode Island. The senator expects to proceed on his journey Friday morning and will be absent from the Stato about ten days. He goes to make a speech beforo the Bryan Bimetallic lcaguo of Khodo Island. He says this is in accord with some plans arranged at the July meeting of the National Democratic executive committee. The I )emocratic party wishes to have the Rhode Island delegation in the national convention solid for freo silver and is sending speakers there. Another idea is to make the movement for Democracy so strong in New England that New England money will have to bo kept at home. Tho Stato. Turned Robber. A dispatch from Florence to The Stato says by dint of hard work G. S. Turbovillc, A. C. E. detective, has succeeded in practically breaking up a gang of thieves that for months has been a constant annorancc to tho company. The gang is said to be composed of about 15 negroes with a white man, William Hpchuroh, as its leader. IJpenurch and a negro named .lames I'rico have both boon captured and lodged in Halifax, N. (J., county jail to await trial. Upohurch was seen in the act of robbing cars and was captured with some of tho booty upon his person. He is said to belong to a splendid fam ily of Raleigh, N. 0., people, but with him stealing became a disease and ho finally allied himself with a gang of negro train-robbers. A Grateful Editor. We are at a loss for words to express our t.hcnkfulness to Mrs Capt. J. R. S. Siau for a basket full of lemon pics? yes sir, tho basket was full! There is a weak spot somowherc in our diaphragm for lemon pies, and this estima ablo and lovely lady beats all orcation in making them. The pios were appreciated and eaten with relish, ..nd thon we lioked our chops for more. Thanks, thanks? a thousand thanks! Our sincore wish is that Mrs. S. may livo to a ripe old age to bless those who are noar and dear to her, and then go homo to glory to live forever and forevor!? Georgetown Times. limit : s WWVM 7, 18W). FOUND MURDERED. The Tracks of Dogs Leil to tho Body of Dead Man. The (Jroenvillo correspondent of I he State says a grewsomo story comos from Tigerville, in tho upper section of tho county. While walking Wednesday on the farm of Joseph MeKinnoy, near Tigcrvillo, liiitlier MoKinnoy made the discovery of a human head oevorod from the body and numerous dog tracks were near tlie place whore the awful discovery was made, lie reported the ghastly iiud to some of his neighbors at once and they followed the dog trnrks to the river not lar away, where they found a man's log protruding above the water, and on further investigation they brought up the headless body with only the stump of the nock where the head belonged. It was at once believed that the body was that of Ed Hayes, a farmer who lived in that neighborhood, and who disappeared suddenly and mysteriously three or four weeks ago. Search had been made for Hayes and no trace of him was discovered unless the headless trunk belonged to him. The dogs had eaten the llesh off the face so that it could not bo identified, and other means had to be found to prove that Hayes' fate was made known. An impiost was held over the body and the jury found a verdict to the clFeet that the man was Ed Hayes and that he came to his death by a pistol shot at the hands of James Sudduth. The investigation was tedious and the evidence somewhat vague, but the jury was satisfied that Ivl 11 ayes received his death wound from Sudduth, with whom he was on unfriendly terms. 'iiic witness tostilied that Sudduth said lie shot twice at Kayos and the second time lie shot to kill. The dead man was shot in the back from his right side, and the ball went through his liver and lodged in the left breast. Hayes was identified by means of his clothing, and each garment was inspected and clearly proven. No papers wore found on the body, and the pockets of his clothing were empty. Hayes disappeared on the 8th of August from his homo, which is not more than ono-quarter of a mile from Tiger river, and the body was lying in the edge of the stream just where a ditch empties into it, covered with sand and corn stalks. The skull was some distance down the river, and the men who made the search waded tho stream until tlmy found the body. Sudduth is at home siek with fever, and his physician reported his temperature at 101. Magistrate (Jullick issued a warrant lor his arrest immediately after the verdict was rendered, and his constable placed Sudduth in custody without delay. 1 rift UI11U IJJUIUUUtt/iU Y . Col. Bryan anct the Chicago Platform Endorsed. Tho Democratic State Convention of Ohio assembled at Zancsville on last Wednesday and soon nominated a good strong ticket and adjourned. John It. McLean was nominated for Governor, and a platform was adopted endorsing the Chicago platform and demanding the rcnomination of Col. Bryan. Tho Columbia State in commenting on the work of the convention asks: "What's the matter with the Ohio Democratic platform? No ambiguity in it, is there? The Chicago platform of 1890, 'especially the financial plank'; free silver at lb to 1; Bryan lor president; anti-imperialism; independence for tlie Philippines as well as Cuba; no entangling alliances with foreign kingdoms and empires; no ship subsidies; a strong navy; a small standing army; abolition of the trusts; no bossism; election of president, vice president and senators by direct vote of the people. This platform, 'ratiliedcnthusiastieally' by the convention, is a mighty good one and in our opinion the Democratic national platform of 11)00 will resemble it closely. "We predict that John 11. McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer, nominated for governor by the Democrats of Ohio will give the Republicans the hardest raco for their money they have had for a long time. Mr. McLean has a very impressive bar'l himself, ami his great paper is a power in Ohio, among Republicans as well as Democrats. Sineo lie has adopted tho suaviter in mode policy Mr. McLean has reduced the number of his enemies very mater iiilly, and the faction feud among tho Ohio Democrats seems fo have died out. Tho prospect i lie lluckcyo State is not bad." A Sad Comvnc tary. What a commentary i .vas on human nature that Col. Ncal 1 old have had to wait so many hours i.. ? ustody Wednesday before bondsmen could he found for him. Here was a man who, a year ago, when he seemed tho power behind tlic throne in politics, had politicians from all over tho State running after him for favors; was courted, deferred to, pressed with professions of frionpship; and could have made a $50,000 bond in an hour yet Wednesday, in his time of disgrace and need, ho could not get one of theso "friends" to come to his relief and pledge as little as $.'>,.">00 security that he would appear to stand his trial. It was "the way of the world," but ten thousand precedents could not redeem it froui contempt. Wo honor the plain business men, not professing devotion or admiration, who signed his bond and ended the ia:nful spectacle. - The Stato. Six Men Killed. A lire Wednesday at Yuma, Ariz., resulted in the loss of six lives anil caused $150,000 damage. A crowd of men wcro carrying goods from the building whon tho second floor fell upon them. Besides killing six a number were iojurod. TILLMAN SPEAKS At the Lancaster County Farmer's Institute. WHAT HE SAYS OF TOBACCO. Ho Speaks on tho Practical Workings of Clam-jon and Winthrop Colleges. The initial mooting of tlu; ''armor's Institute for Lancaster oounty under tho supervision of the professors of ('l< ui son College, was held at Month Spring on Wednesday 2drd instant. There was a largo gathering from all scot ions of the oounty, thocrowd being estimated from one IhousiMid to twelve hundred people. 10x Koprcscntativo U. h. Hicklin prosided and introduced tlio speakers. Col. J. Sellers of Marion spoke first his subject being the culture of tobacco. The Colonel has had wide experience in the rni.sing of tobacco in the I'oedcc section of the Stale, lie thought the soil in the lleath Spring section would make good tobacco hut ho cautioned the farmer- not to experiment on too large a n alo. lie said tlio crowd present was the largest of the fourteen meetings ho had addressed in tlio State. Senator 15. II. Tillman was next introduced by tho chairman as "the great commoner whose name was a household word in South Carolina." The Senator was interesting throughout and held tho close attention of his largo audience for an hour aud ten minutes, lie was calm and dispassionate when advising as t?? best methods ot larming and in general matters, l>ut when lio would touch on politics, ho became very much nnimnt od, ami as remarked by a drummor on ouo occasion "his one eye would blaze like tho headlight of a locomotive." The subject assigned him was "tho practical workings of Clemson an i Winthrop Colleges." lie said ho would not stick close to this subject as everybody correctly informed ought to know the workings of these two great instituious. lie said that Clemson, Winthrop and the dispensary wore his three children conceived and brought forth by the lieform movement?that his enemies were constantly trying to undermine and do stroy them, believing that thereby ihey would bring about his political death, lie Baid that Koproaontativo Smith of Sumter county bad jumped on tho colleges in general and him in particular. That while in Sumter he had made two sneeches. one in the forenoon and one in the afternoon. That? lie had made a nice pleasant speech in the morning. Some people did not boliovo lie could make such speeches hut he could. In the afternoon Mr. Smith made a speech announcing that Ik; intended rubbing oil some of the butter ex-Senator Abbott had plastered on his back in his speech of introduction, lie said be had no objection to the butter being removed in a gentle way, as Dr. Abbott had rather gone beyond the proprieties of the occasion, but instead or removing the butter gently, Mr. Smith had used a curry comb and had raked his hide and besides ho had attacked his little girl Winthrop who was near and dear to his heart. Mr. Smith claimed that too much money is wasted on the two colleges, that instead it ought to bo distributed among the free schools all ovor the State. Senator Tillman said that was impracticable because all the money would not^run the free schools moro than a low ?/ceks. And besides better teachers were needed for the free schools and that Winthrop and Clcmson would furnish them, lie said that these two colleges and the Citadel and tho South Carolina colleges were doing a great work. In reply to a question ho said that Clcmson did turn out some dudes hut it was tho fault of the girls who were constantly tunning after them being attracted by their gay uniforms and brass buttons. Ho said^that Mr Smith claimed that Clomson and Winthrop were for the rich man's sons and daughters. This he claimed was an appeal to ignoranco and prejudico, because there was no boy or girl in South Carolina who with proper application and pluck could not graduate at either one of the colleges, lie instanced the case of a poor boy who made his way through Clcuison by working near tho college during his vacations. Ho advised the farmers to cducato their children and to learn them that they had to "sweat" to accomplish anything in their lifo. lie said lie believed money spent for education would bring in large returns. That ho had endeavored, when a mom- ! her of the constitutional convention to ! make the poll tax thrco dollars, so that' tho Negro should be made to boar some j of the expense for educating bis chil- ! dron. That lie also favored a thrco mill tax for schools. Senator Tillman then ' gave an amusing acc ount of his experience in tobacco raising. Said he had been too smart and had bit off morothan ho jould chaw. That he had nlanted twelve acres instead ol' three or four. That he had to water the whole crop hy hauling water in barrels. Sotno one in the crowd remarked that barrels must be plentiful in his county, lie said no , he had gathered together some kerosene and molasses barrels and a few whiskey I Makes the food more deli WOYAi OAKIWO POWOCI NO. 8. Parrots. That his oxporionco witli his tobacco this year had been somewhat tough, but that he was bullhcadcd enough to go through with it just like i o did with everything olso. He said the farmers wcro jogging along like their daddies, with a rock in oncoml of their sack and a pumpkin in tho other. That cotton was not profitable; it was tho crop of the Negro and tho lazy whito man. He urged tho farmers to wako up and bo fr?ie men and to quit tho life of servitude to the mortgage and tho agricultural lien. He advised ovory farmer who was unmarried to get him a wife; that a man who couldn't got a wifo was worso than a flop-oared dog and should bo drowned in tho Catawba river He touched on the Negro question by saying that ho had spoken oti tho subject in North Carolina had advised the peoplo up there to s?dvo tho problem with the shot gun. Ho was asked his opinion of the Philippine war. lie said that McKinloy thought he had a soft snap when ho bought the Islands; that a few thousand troops would subdue the Insurgents and then ho would have Hoft places for Republican, but that he (Tillman) predicted that tho war would be going on this timo next year and would result in tho dofeat of McKinlcy for reelection. Senator Tillman closed by announcing that ho would be a candidate for re-election next, year and that if anybody wanted to oppose him, to come right along ami the longest polo would get the persimmon. The next speakers were 1 >r. Neeson, the Veterinary Surgeon and Prof. Morrison, both of Cletnson. Lancaster Lodger. THE DEMOCRACY. Reorganization of the National Committee for the Campaign. -Ioh 11 It. McLean. Democratic nominee for governor of ' >hio, is now head of tho v/ays and means committooof the Democratic national committee. His appointment was announced by \V. .). Stone Wednesday it being one of the features of tho reorganization plan decided upon at the Chicago meeting July 20th. Another feature is the elimination of John I'. Altgcld from tho national council s party. His resignation from tho ways ami means committee is accented, and his friend, Devlin, who has had ohargo of the press bureau, will soon follow him in retirement, it is predicted. The new members of tho committees were announced by Vice-Chairman Stone upon receipt of a letter sent by Chairman Jones, who is now in Croat Britain. They are as follows, the first one named in each ease boing tho chairman: Executive J. C. Johnson, Kansas; W. J. Stone, Missouri; Daniel .J. Oampau, Michigan; John G. Shanklin, Pennsylvania; Thomas Gahn, Illinois; James M. Head, Tenncssoo; Henry D. Clayton, Alabama; W. II. Thompson, Nebraska; G. Fred Williams, Massa chusettss; T D. O'Brien, Minnesota. Ways and Means John It. McLean, Ohio; Uroy Woodson, Kentucky; Adair Wilson, Colorado; J. G. Dwycr, California; Benj. It. Tillman, South Carolina; Frank Campbell, New York; J. G. .Johnson, Kansas. Press?Clark llowell, Georgia; Joscphus Daniels, North Carolina; Alexander Troup, Connecticut; Charles A. Walsh, Iowa; J. G. Johnson, of Kansas. Chairman Jones will be ex-oflicio chairman of all the sub-committees. Tho new committees will meet within ten days in Chicago and organize for the campaign. Killed by Lightning VVIiilo Mr. Frank Nosmith and l Force of Nogroos were <?n a log train at Harpers on Friday evening last, they were suddenly shocked hy lightning. Two of the Negroes were killed outright, and one was severely shocked, but recovered after a long time. Mr. Nosmith was knocked down also, but escaped without further injury. Strange to relato, they say had noticed no lightning or thunder previous to being struck, and tho supposition is that the lightning must have travolcd along tho telegraph wire and left it just where the men were at work. Soveral telegraph poles were torn to pieces, and the wires betweon hero and Lanes were down for a short time. All the injured and dead pcoplo were brought to tho city and given every attention. ?Georgetown Times. A Preacher Shot. The licv. Wm. Johnson, former pastor of tho African Baptist church of Maryvillo Mo., and an evangelist of tho colored Baptist church of Kansas and Missouri, was killed Wednesday night by Olliccr John Wallace, while resisting arrest. .Johnson was convicted Wednesday afternoon of having assaulted a white woman and seuteoccd i~i vrp ......j iiiuu<iii.->iu jau. iiuniiwn vjiu?vuu a sensation somo timo a?o at a mooting of Negro proacicrsin Loavenworth, Kas., by declaring that the Negoe? must organize. Officer Wallace ha* not been arrested. A Bncccs8ful Revolution. The revolution in San Doming has been successful, and i'residont Kiguoro has resigned, lie will bo sucoeeded oy <?on. .Jcan lso?lro ,Jiininez, who will assumo ohargo of affairs. 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