The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 07, 1899, Image 1
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
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/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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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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