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: v. wr i }?_ 1:- __ I VOL. XIV. I , VETERANS MEET. I Col. Jones Addresses Former Members of His Command. REUNIONS EVERY YEAR. [ A Pleasant Event that Occurred ? in Columbia Thursday Morn\ | x ing. The Dead in Cuba. At the Independent liroengine house / Yhursday morning the reunion of the ' \embcrs of the Second South Carolina gitnent was held. It was largely ath >dcd by the veterans of the only uouth Carolina regiment that served in Cuba during the Spanish-American war, and much enthusiasm was manifested. Col. Jones presided, and addressed the gathering as follows: t y Fellow Soldiers: In accordance with to resolution passed at the mass meeting of the regiment in Augusta, (la., I a tew d?ys bclore \vc were mustered ! * ut of the set vice of the United States s soldiers, you are assembled here toIt is for you to soy what tha 11 be done to perpetuate the memories of the f past, and keep up the touch of the el)bow, and to keep alive the strong friendships we all formed with each 'other while in the army. It gives mo ? the greatest pleasure to welcome you all to this city, and to say to you that j I have not words to express to you the * great pleasure it gives me to look into ) your brave and honest faces, and to t shako you by the hand. On June 27, 18b8, 1 had the distinguished honor of being appointed your colonel, and 1 say without hesitation that 1 consider it the greatest honor ever conferred upon me. When the call was made by the president in the P J spring of 1 HOB, you responded promptly and entered the United Spates army to help the downtrodden and much-abused Cubans; and 1 honor jou for it. You have been faithful in your duties as soldiers. No soldiers ever stood to their commanding officer better than ryou did to mo, and it is for you to say .?i.i ,i;.i i i.i T-n.. i TV Uvlll^l I U IU (111 I VyUUI'l IU1 J V'Ui I ? , ^cortainly tried to do all in my humble I / ^power to make your service in the army I as agreeable as possible. I never is1 sued au order to you that you did not quickly obey, and you always obeyed l\ iny orders in such a way as to u> 1 o it J a pleasure to issue them to you. i do ^ not think there is a man in this regiment who doubts for one moment that I ever issued an order which was unpleasant or hard to execute, unless I was compelled to do so by superior authority. I felt towards you all just the samo as if you had been my children, and did all in my power for your good. I am satisfied you appreciated what I tried to do for you. Now that is ail -' ""? over, I can speak plainly to you about my anxiety for your health before leaving Savannah for Cuba. From what I had alway s In aid of Cuba, I thought that perhaps i-no-half of the logiment b. * would die of yillow fever beforo ro^ turning to ibis c. untry; and a friend of mine said to me in Savannah that he wvs satisfied the anxiety in the regiment about yellow fever was so great that when the order should bo issued for the regiment to go to Cuba that % "hundreds would desert. But, my fellow soldiers, let mo tell you that when that order came to board the transport ^ Roumanian for llabana, on January 3, 11^899, I marched the iegiincnt on the Jon tho boat 810 strong, and not a single [man deserted. I am sure this record [cannot be beaten by any regiment in khe world, and I a'm proud of it. I Now, lot us form ourselves into a tegular organization, elect ofliccrs and Appoint such other committees as wo may need. Let us contribute annu ^ally to tho fund to be kept for tho purjfposo of assisting such of us as may bc(comc unable to get along in the world? luu mull uun tun VTIIUII iiu t iiiuy oin K? (him. Let us accumulato a fund to Ic-vct a monument on the capitol inds to the 1(? nohlc young men who their lives by disease while mcmrs of the regiment, and while por^ 'ming their duty to their country, t us have inscribed upon that monu )nt that no map ever lost his life in a lier or grander cause than that of volto help drive tho Spaniards 'that downtrodden and muchjjed island of Cuba. ,tr JS Orce of our members died in Cuba, ^Hlmely Epting, Trevctt and McKay, from disease contracted in tho hot, burning sun of that country. Their bodies are buried in the military graveyard just a half mile north of Marianao. I think a committee should be appointed to see to it that their bodies arc brought home in the near future by the government, and buried in their native soil. The 13 other members of the regiment who died, namely, Griflin, Epton, Mooney, Covington, Smith, Bluer, Lylcs, Hopkins, Ward, Meetzc, Barton, Finlcy and **; j ' "iJ^ilohon, aro buried in the United States. The bodies o( all these were tent to their parents. On January 17, 1891b we buried a boy 15 years old named Bertie Eastman, who was drowned tho day before in the little river near our namp in Cuba. Ilej could not swim, arrfl rode a mule intpdeep water and was drowned. He was not an enlisted member of the regiment, but had left Savannah with us as a camp follower. 1 have never to; this day been ablo to find his paro^ts. and his body is now in the military graveyard north of Marianao wah tho other three inombcrs of our reiinient. I think wo should make an eiJtrt to find tho parents of this poor boi and let them havo his body bought homo. I doubt if his parents * ^Ufcover heard how he died. It was one of the saddest acts 1 had to perforin while in the army - burying this poor, unknown hoy. The deutli rate in our regimont was less than in almost any other regiment in the Seventh army corps, aud this was duo in a largo measure to our faithful and efficient surgeon, Dr. Wannauiakcr; his able assistants, Drs. Griffith and Poore, and our ever faithful hospital corps. They were untiring in their attention to the sick. I feel that I am in a position to tell of their faithful performance of duty, as I mado it a rule to go to tho hospital almost daily. The boys always told mo they had everything they wanted. The parents of those of our men who died can always rest assured that they had every attention that could be given them. After wc had been at Panama park about three weeks our sick list reached the alarming number of 204. 1 became very much troubled about it, and I at once had a conlcrcuco with Dr. Wannanuiaker. We sent a telegram to Gov. Kllcrbe telling him of D>e alarming condition of the regiment, and asking him to telegraph to tho secretary of war to have us moved at once. The governor telgraphed the secretary of war and L was ordered to take tho regiment to Savaunah in ten days after - .1 . t \.. ? _ * . .... .111.. warus. wur rcgimcm wus utu liixt iu arrive at Savannah. The men of this regiment should always have tho kindest feelings for Gov. Ellcrbe, for he was always a great friend to us. On my return from Cuba I called on Gov. Ellcrbe, and ho said to mo: "1 congratulate > ou aud your regiment on tli" < plcndid record the regiment has ro; do in tho United States army." 1 ili,.iked him and to.d him I agreed with him so far as the regiment was concerned. In conclusion, I beg leave to extend my most heartfelt thanks to all the olliccrs and enlisted men of the regiment for their uniform kinduoss and courtesy to mo while I had the honor of commanding them. The address was received with great applause, after which the following oflicors were elected: President?Col. Wilie .Jones. Vice Presidents?Moj. Eaves, Maj. Wagoner, Lieut. Col. Thompson, Corporal Owens. Secretary?Sergt. Maj. Frederick. Treasurer?Capt. Pcrrin. On motion of Adjt. Hascldcn it was decided to have annual meetings on Wednesdoys of fair week and that a bankquet be participated in. On motion of Sergt. King, of Co. A, the address of Col. .Jones was made a matter of record in the minutes. Capt. Herbert moved that a committee of live, with Col. .Jones as chairman, bo appointed to see Gov. MoSwecncy about having the bodies of those soldiers who died on duty in Cuba and in camp returned and buried at their homes. On motion of Private Carter, Co. B, Maj. Eaves, Capt. Ilasoldcn, Capt. Herbert and Private Carter were appointcd a committee draw up suitable resolutions on the death of Gov. Ellcrbo and the soldiers who died in Cuba. A committee, consisting of Sergt. Maj. Frederick, Capt. Moss and Sergt. Parrott, was appointed to draw up a constitution and by laws. Happy remarks were made by Capts. Herbert and Ilasoldcn, Sergt. King, Maj. Kaves, Capt. Moss, Lieut. Cox, Sergt. Parrott and others. Capt. Ilaseldcn reported that he had on hand $33 profits of the bakery in Augusta. This * amount was ordered turned over to the banquet fund.?Tho State. Shot Her Guest. A quiet little home I or 5 miles north of Marksvillc, La., was the scene of a terrible tragedy Thursday night, in which l.eon Bernard was shot and instantly killed by Mrs. Abel Bordelon, a young woman of about 24 years of age. Mrs. Bordelon's version of the deplorable affair is said to bo as follows: ller husband and Leon Bernard, who was a tenant of Abel Bordelon, were having a game of cards; not gambling, playing only for amusement. Tho wives of the two m6n wore present and seemed to bo bored by the game, several times asked their husbands to stop playing. Tho men giving no heed to tho request, Mrs. Bordelon playfully picked up a gun and said: "If you don't stop I will shoot you," when to her horror the gun fired, and the contents striking Bernard near the temple, blew off tho top of his head. As Mrs. Bordelon is of a mild and amiable character, the public arc inclined to accept her story. The two men and their wives were tho AK|? l .4 4 I if P 1 1 uuiy uucn present ai mo nine 01 me shooting, ?avo Mrs. Hordelon's children who were too young to give an intelli gent account of the affair. A Sensational Murder. A sensational murder and suicido occurred at Allentown, Fa , Friday morning when Gcorgo VV. Kern, proprietor of the Hotel Mecca, shot and instantly killed his wifo and himself. Tho pair had not been living together for the past three months owing to Kern's ill treatment of his wife. Mrs. Kern was employed in a laundry and when she boarded a trolly car at 6:30 o'clock Friday morning, to go to her work, her ! husband followed her and stood on tho rear platform, displaying a revolvor. 1 When Mrs. Kern observed him sho 1 ran screaming out of tho front door of 1 tho car and sought tho protection of 1 about 200 wire mill employees, who had 1 just finished work on the night shift. Kern hastened after hor and twice pulled the trigger of tho pistol, but tho weapon failed to discharge. The hus- 1 band thon dragged his wife into his J hotol and barricading the door with a ohair, in full viow of tho crowd, shot 1 her dead. IIo ran into another room and there killed himself. Kern was 38 years o'.d and his wife 29. ? w ? It? p< CONWAY. S. C. THE DISPENSARY. I \ ? All of Its Friends Should Stand By ItTHE GOOD IT HAS DONE. A. Howard Patterson Presents Forcibly the Good Moral Effects Brought About Under the System. To the EJitor of The News and Cou rier: Owing to the recent dispensary scandals thcro is a great hue and cry being made, by its enemies, that the law should be repealed. As one who has always been in favor of the dispensary system 1 believe that now is the time for its friends to speak out. before ono commits himself against the dispensary ho should consider the matter from every standpoint. Supposo, for instance, that the dispensary law is repealed at the next session of the legislature, what arc you going to put in its place? There are but three ways, under the Constitution, to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors 111 South Uarolina: One is under the dispensary system, he second under the license system, and the third to prohibit the sale entirely, except for medicinal purposes. Consequently if the dispensary law is repealed you have either to substitute the license system in its stead or pro hibit the sale of liquor entirely. While prohibition may be desirable, and 1 for one would advocate it if I deemed it practicable, jet experience has taught us that it cannot be enforced and that it would virtually mean free liquor. 1 lie evils of the license system we liayc seen and I hope will never be forgotten? when every town in this State had two or more bar rooms, with gambling hells attached, going night and day, debauching the youth and impoverishing the homes of our land. Common sense tells us that if the license system is adopted that the constitutional restrictions, such as not selling after sundown, not allowing liquor to bo drunk upon tlio prcmisos and the other good features of the dispensary law would be ignored by the barkeeper. Whenever you place tlio sale of liquor in the hands of a private individual, whose interest is t) make as great a profit out of it as he can, ho will violate the law. Upon tlio other hand what are tlio general results of the dispensary law? Although it has been fought from the time of its enactment, and every obstacle has been thrown in the way of its enforcement, yet 1 believe that I can truthfully say, without fear or contradiction, that it has roduced the consiimniinn nf linunr nnd tlm cnnimiooion of crimes arising from the use of it .r>0 per cent. Look at the towns of our State beforo the adoption of the dispensary system, and remember how common it was for drunken men to bo upon the streets and what an unusual thing it is now. Tako the town that I livo in, for instance, and sco what effect the dispenscry law has had upon it. Under the license system wo had lour or livo bar rooms, gencaally with gambling dens attached, and almost ovcry one of them was the sceno of a murder and numerous bloody fights. Sinco tho adoption of the dispensary law there has been but one homicide committed in this town, and that was not due to liquor, and there is now not a gambling houso in the incorporated limits of the town. i'rior to tho passago of tho law rows and lights upon salesdays wero common occurrences, now they arc raro. Christ mas now seems like Sunday, before it was a day of drunkenness and debauchery. I have no doubt that tho experience of Barnwell ha3 been that of most of tho towns in the State. Tho dispensary law has relegated to the rear all of tho alluroments of tho liconsc system, such as tho handsome glass mirrors, tho billiard and pool tables and tho card tables, and worst of all tho sooial habit of treating, which has caused tho ruin of more young men than any other featuro of tho old bar room system. It is not nocossary to mention other good features of tho dispensary, as those already named will oause men to hesitate beforo adopting tho liconso system, which once it is inaugurated will nnnn ridtr/inorofn inf/\ flin ^.1/1 V.?? ? wvwui \*VQWMV?M\V ?UVV VHV UIU UOI room with all of its attendant ovils. Lot us look at the dispensary from the point of view that is now agitating the minds of the people of this Stato. Should the system bo abolished on account of the recent scandals in the State dispensary at Columbia? I say by no means. Whilo I admit that such scandals are calculated to injure the dispensary, and especially so as there aro men who havo fought it from its creation from oersonal and political motives and who aro cagor to lay the blame upon the system and not upon the officials, yot my faith in the systim has never boen shaken and I still bclicvo that it is tho best solution of tho liquor problem that has over been adopted. The pooplo of South Carolina arc too familiar with tho good results of the disponsary as to wish to dostroy it on account of the rascality of some of its officials. You had as well argue that tho banks should bo closed on account of tho absconding of cashiers with tho funds, or that tho Stato Penitentiary should bo abolished bccauso of tho roocnt shortago of tho superintendout, as to say that the dispensary law should bo repealed on aooount of the misconduct of tho commissioner and othor dispensary officials. I boliovo that \s a thunder storm purifios tbe atmosphere so v/ill tho rooent exposures of misconduot olarify tho disponsary -rt if. wr llfc - " ? I m il | .THURSDAY. NOVKM system and that good will result there 1 by to tho people. I also believo that ' tho welfaro of tho dispensary will bo advanced it a special committee simi lar to tho one that investigated the / Penitentiary, ho appointed at the next scsion of tho Legislature whoso duty it shall be to turn on tho search lights and mako a thorough investigation concerning tho management and workings t of the Stato dispensary, and to oxpose all miaconduot and rascality, if any, of the officials, and that their report be 1 followed by indiotmont of the guilty parties. 1 have too high a regard for tho character of tho people of South Carolina as to boliovo that it is impos sible to select men to manage tho State dispensary who will not steal and bo bribed. To repeal tho dispensary law for any such reason would boa disgrace ' to the honorablo name of South t'aro- ! Una. Wo tiavo any number of busi- j tiess men in South Carolina who can j (ill all of the positions under tho dis- j pensary law and who, upon tho oxpira- (| tion of their terms of ollico, can loavo , tlie same, liko Caesar's wife above suspicion. There arc some weak points in the ' dispensary law that have been mado | apparent i?y the recent scandals which ( should he corrected, one of which is , the granting of beer privileges. They aro directly contrary to and in violation | of the very spirit and object of the dis- ( pensary svstcm. They arc nothing | more nor loss than Oat rooms and in tho largo cities they arc said to ho adjuncts ' of "blind tigers." There should he no j distinction mado between whiskey and beer; both should be sold only by tho 1 regular county dispenser. Tho idea of delivering beer, as now practiced by beer dispensers, to consumers at their 'v places of business, thereby encouraging ' the consumption of lienor, is renuanltnt l to the law and obnoxious to its friends Therefore they should bo abolished by law. The recent dispensary scandals have j also shown the danger of allowing tho names of liquor houses and their private brands to appear upon the labels of the ' dispensary bottles. It is but an open j door to fraud and corruption. Nothing . should appear upontho label of the dispensary bottle except the brand of the State dispensary and words or marks showing the kind of liquor, the grade, prioo and that it has been analyzed, j There is nothing now n this suggestion. | as it is but returning to the rule adopted by the board of control under (levcrnor Tillman's administration. There j is no reason why the name or brand of the house from which the liquor is bought should appear upon the buttle. The dispensary law was not adopted * for the purpose of advertising liquor houses. Prohibit the appearance of these private brands and names of liquor houses upon dispensary bottles entirely and you will thereby prevent dishonest commissioners and dispensers from boosting and creating demands for the liquors of particular houses. M u nliinni in ittril i mr t 11 I o l??t *'??? * * j VMJUVW in niiun^ nun UHH;I in IU expose tlie fallacy of the argument of the enemies of the dispensary that ho- h cause some of its officials have dono wrong that, therefore, the whole system is rotten and oorrupt and that it should he abolished, whereas the facts ' show that the morals of our people have been improved under the dispensary Cj law and that to repeal it would he retrograding to tho old bar room, which | was the banc of the State. I believe | that the dispensary will stand the storms of tho future just as it has weathered those of the past, and that safeguards c will be thrown around its management t that will prevent the recurrence of the scandals referred to. A. Howard Patterson. Harnwcll, 8. (J, ' r NEWSPAPER FRIENDS. t c Governor McSweenoy Entertains them ^ at the Mansion. < The governor's mansion was thrown ^ open to the governor's newspaper friends Wednesday night and tho ( reception was a delightful affair, j There was no formality about it and every one was made to feel porfcctly at | home. Gov. and Mrs. McSwecney were assisted in receiving by Private | Secretary and Mrs. Aull and Miss Browning of Hampton. Although occupying the most exalted f office in the State, Gov. MeSwconcy is never more at home than when in the ^ company of tho press people with whom ho has been associated all his j lifo in business and pleasure. Th3 y governor was formerly president of tho South Carolina press association, a ( position which is now filled by Privato f Socrctary Aull and the occupants of ^ the mansion arc no strangers to tho j newspaper men of the State. Among the guests lastcvcning were: i Maj. Louis Appelt of the Manning i t;?.?<>. v. ii i?.i-.1 1 i mm. 111 t/ijvaiiap| ^'anujr jjuugui, Gen. R. R. Hemphill, Abhcvillo , Medium; Col. James A Hoyfc, Green- ? ville Mountaineer; Col. T. 11. Crews, j Laurcnsvillo Herald; S. A. McGheo, j Greenwood Index; Geo. It Kocstcr, Co- ( lumbia Record; W. TFikrl, Spartanburg Herald; K. L. Heard, Chapin Nows; T. C. Robinson, Pickens Journal; Larry t Gantt, contributor to tho Spartanburg Free Lance; Mr. Jas. A. Hoyt, Jr., of The State. In addition to the newspaper Jnen there were present, Capt. t Andrew Hardee, of Dill ion; Congressman Finlcy, Attorney General Bellinger, Wm. Foster, Spartanburg; Solicitor T. S. Scasc, Newborry; Mr. Frank j West, Spartanburg; Senator Wm. H. 1 Mauldin, Hampton; Dr. M. O. Row- h land, Spartanburg; Superintendent I), s J. Griffith, Jesse T, Gantt, Cot. U. X. n Gunter. Jr., and others. c Tho First Artillery band was at tho t reception and furnished delightful mu- 1 sio for tho occasion. Its rendition of a "Dixio" a la Dcwoy parade followed by 1 tho "Star Spanglod Banner," mado a \ great hit.?The State. t a ml HE It [C?, 1890. BOTH ARE HONORED. I ( \ Historical Event in the City of Richmond. , i 1 \ LARGE CROWD PRESENT. Jnveiling of Memorials to ExPresident Jefferson Davis and the "Daughter of the Confederacy." Thursday was another great ('onfederate day in Kiohuaond, tlie occasion aeing the unveiling in Hollywood oemoery, under the auspices of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, now in convention here, of the memorials to President .Jefferson Davis and Miss tViunie Davis. The Daughters held a biiof business session Thursday morning, during which .'arious reports were read, and Mrs. Davis was made honorary president of ;he State chapter of the Daughters. | pi i-.. _ r. .1 >. 1 > uuinuity nnoriiuon uio i niughicrs, ln t jarriages, wcro escorted to Hollywood ! ?y an imposing procession consisting of Jonfedorato camps and military, (Jen. ) b'itzhugh Loo riiliug at the head of the minimi. I A vast crowd had assembled on the I till overlooking the Davis plot in the jcinotcry and immediately upon tho | irrival of tho parade tho ceremonies i vero opened with prayer by tho Uov. James 1*. Smith, 1). 1)., who was on 1 stonewall Jackson's staff, and who i brew himself between his general and i he line of fire whilo Jackson, mortally i vounded, was being borne from the iold. i In the Davis plot an easy chair had I icon provided for Mrs. Davis so that is tlie drapery fell she would face, the itatue over her daughter's tomb. Over he grave of President Davis was a 1 jcautiful floral Confederate flag, tho due and rod being worked in iminor- i idles and the white in chrysanthe- i uuins. The staff rested on a base, iround which sinilax was wound. After the prayer (iov. J. Hoge Tayor gracefully introduced tho Hon. If. i If. Munford, tho principal orator of the iceasion who paid a beautiful tribute < 3 Miss Winnie Davis, Mrs. Davis, ' Presidont Davis and tho "Lost Cause." tn conclusion Mr. Munford said: i "Nor can I forbear allusion to the I grateful fact that somothiiig in tho I diaractor of Winnie Davis, in tho un- i diiicly cmjing of her gcntlo life, has icrved to hush tho noto of sectional liseord and strengthen tho influences hat make for peace. Old timo hatreds 1 vero forgotten in the sorrow which nadc us all akin. Union veterans itood as a guard of honor around hor jior, and generous contributions of < lyinpathy and help came from both i lido of the Potomac to crcct this tnonu- 1 ncnt." I The next speaker was the Hon. , John li. Kcagan, postmaster general , >f the Confederate Stales, and the ] >nlv surviving mombor of Mr. Davis' | labinct. Ilo was introduced by tho ( Ion. .). Taylor Kllynon. Judgo Koa- | tan spoke very briefly, his remarks , )cing coufinod to a eulogy of his chief, i 1c said in part: "Mr. Davis possessed a combination if great qualities, rarely equalled and , icvcr surpassed. And in addition to diesc great qualities he possessed tho nost unselfish oliaracter I havo ever | mown, and the most humano and ( ncreiful disposition, with a gentlcless in domestic and social life, which , lommanded the admiration and roipeot of all who knew him. And to ill these ho added thu character of a levout Christian. "My cstimato of his character has joon formed from a personal acquaintmeo of a good many years and from jloso personal and official relations srith him during tho fourjears of tho .var between tho States. 4' While tho causo of whioh he was lie highest and truest rcprcsontativo 'ailed of suocoss, he carried to his $ravo a sinconty of respect, an enthuliastic devotion of tho pcoplo I10 served tnd represented, unsurpassed by any ivcr shown to any successful hero or jonqueror. Tho futuro will show, vhnn t lift nlnilds of nnaainn ami nMinJ!/./, w - ?? WUVI I'lVJU'lHyU thai 1 have passed away, that the cause md tho principles which he represented vcro just and based on tho truo principles of constitutional government, local lolf-govormnont and civil liberty, God Jess his momory." Gen. Fitzhugh Leo was thon iutrolueed by Mr. Ellyson and delivered in eloquent and touching address, in vhich ho mado beautiful allusions to dr. and Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie. Following Gen. Lee's speech, Dr. II. 1 11. Clarkson recited an odo. "The Daughter of tho Coi f< deracy." Jefferson Davis Hayes then drew tho rcil from tho mouninonts to Mr. Davis ind Miss Winnie. Tho former is a pron/.c statue of the Confederate prosdent. Tho latter is a marble figure of ,ho Angel of Grief, tho hand extending i wreath which sho is about to place >n tho grave. It is over lifo-sizo and he pedestal is suitably inscribed. It vas erected by the Daughters. Hoth vorks aro by Zolany. After thoso ceremonies, a monument ( o Jefferson Davis. Jr., was unveiled. The Youngest Printer. _/The Clinton News probably has tho r'oungest printer in tho Htato employed. Littlo Hums Simpson, aged 10 years, lets his column and a half every day and lots a remarkably lino proof. When ho vork ho stands in a chair to reach his :ase. Last Friday night he mado a visit oTho State ofTico with Editor S. F. *arrott, who brought him to tho fair, ind saw tho linotype maohincs at work, ie "set up" his own namo, taking it vith him as a souvenir. When ho sots ype ho does it with a will.?The Stato. *?? " it. REPUBLICANS ALARMED. )ver tho Result of tho Election of Lust Week. Plio Washington correspondent of I'ho Atlanta Journal says "in spitoof ho Republican victory in Ohio and tho ippearont defeat of (lochel in Kenucky, tho Democrats hero are elated )vcr tho results of Tuesday and tho Itcpuhlicans and the members of the idministration correspondingly ehatrinded and alarmed. The defeat of ho Democrats in Kentucky, even it rue, is attributable to local dimensions in in no way to national issues, but tho jampaign in Maryland and Nebraska van fought out purely on national luostions, while the personality of MeKinloy was made the test of loyalty in Jhio. "The administration flooded Maryland with orators and the whole force )f tho government machinery was thrown across the district line to fix Maryland for imperialism in tho coming tight to he made on that issue. Imperialism was the is-me there and the cry to sustain the president in time if war was made from every platform in proportion to the work done. The lefeat of the administration there is signal and alarming. "In face of great odds and despite zrcat?cxpenditurcH of money in Nebraska Mr. Dry an carried his state on issues lie himself made. Before he entered the state it seemed conceded to tho Republicans. By his matchless campaign he stopped a flowing Republican title and turned the current against im pcrialism. The administration is keenly disappointed over the result in Ohio. Tho president expected his administration to he sustained by To ikiii i.:. ...... "Tho result iIoch ouo thing ?it eliminates Mark llanna ns the lending liguro in the next national campaign. It is stated openly hero today that the Republican party will not daro to go in to another f'ght with llanna at the helm. In fnet, he himself realizes that he has lost his grip, and the revolt against him and his inotlnds in Ohio is sutlicicnt to cause him to withdraw voluntarily from the head place on the national committee. "I was told this morning hy an eminent Republican that Mr. llanna will call a meeting of the Republican campaign eominittco at an early date, when he would tender his resignation. Yesterday's vote is a warning to him and the administration. One other thing the result makes certain, namely, that Rryan and McKinley will head the national tickets in 11M)0." DOUTHIT WINS HIS CASE The Proceedings by Which Ho Was Dismissed Arc Quashed* A dispatch from Columbia to the Greenville News says .Judge Aldiioh liled his deeission in the 1 tout hit caso Wednesday. Ho reviews the ease from start to finish, recites the minutes and tho whole proceedings and eon eludes as follows: "1 hold under the law and upon the faco of the record, that it was an error of law on the part of tho Stato board of control to remove the commissioner by a several and sweeping resolution, as was done in ihesi proceedings. It was argued that it required tho ooncurrcnco of all tho members of tho board to rcinovo the commissioner for eauso and that tho board could not do so by a mere majority vote. This position is sustained by the caso of (Jcrter vs. the commissioners, supra, hut it is overruled upon the authority of the recent caso of tho Carolina Savings bank vs. Evans, 28 S. C., 521. \Vhereupon, it is ordered, adjudged and docroed: fust, that the proceedings of the State board of eontrol in the attempted removal of the relator, .1. It. Douthit be, and the same aro quashed, revised and annulled; 2nd, let this judgment ami tho papers and proceedings herein bo filed and made of record in the oflico of the clerk of the court of common picas of tho county and State aforesaid; Jrd, let tho said clerk serve a certitied copy of this judgment upon the Stato board of control, by serving said copy upon the chairman of said board." The meaning of this appears to he that the majority of tho board may again remove Douthit but must do it by rogular proceedings and after full hearing. A Costly Joke. As tho result of a practical joke, John Shinder was probably fatally burned at Chicago Friday. Two fellow workman hound him with a tarred rope and alter lighting it, left tho room, thinking it would burn slowly. In an instant the prisoner was a mass of flames. The cord burned in two and he ran .screaming into an adjoining room, where other workmen tore tho flaminv nlnthinu fr<?r.. him. Charles Meeker and Allic Chwdyzski, the two would be jokers, wcro arrested. They said that as Shindcr was a new man they merely wished to initiate him. The men may be hold for murder if Shindcr dies. Old Lady Murdered. Mrs. Sarah King, aged <50 years, was murdered at her home in the Farms district, Conn., Friday night. Charles Cross, 17 years old, who was employed on the farm, is under artost on suspicion of having committccd the crime. ste?PWHHHOf ll j Makes the food more doi I mm** r NO. 17. [ TIIK ELKCTFONT The Democrats Win in Both Maryland and Nebraska. THEY ALSO CLAIM KENTUCKY Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Iowa, Massachusetts and Kansas Carried by the Republicans. The roturns from tho elections lust week show that the Republicans about hold their own in tho Statos ot Ohio, Iowa, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Now Jorscy and Kansas, carrying theso States by the usual Republican pluralities. The Democrats and fusionists, under the splendid leadership of William Jennings Rryan, have wrested the stato of Nebraska from the Republicans and carried it by about 15,000 majority. The Democrats havo completely routed the Republican party in Maryland and elected a Democratic governor and will control the legislature by good majorities in both houses. The Democrats swept New York city, and Robert Ma/.ott, the Republican chairman of the Ma/.etl investigating committee, has been boated by Tammany, but he will contest the election in his district the 10th. K UNTUCK V CLOHK. The greatest contest of the day was that in Kentucky, which only exceeded in interest the contest in Ohio, because of the intenso personal feeling of the Rourhonitos. In Kentucky the result is still in doubt, with both sidos claiming that their side had won. It will take the official count to determine the contest. It is expected that there will he a contest in Kentucky, and it is deol.'iri'il l>v I f i> Diunn/irslii ?tmf (J, will lie seated as governor. ohio <ioks republican. Tho Ohio contest was a surprise, as it was thought that McLean would run stronger than the returns show that hs did. The voto for "Golden Rule" Jones was largo in the cities, and he undoubtedly caused tho dctloction from the Democratic voto in Cincinnati, Cleveland and other big cities, contributing in a large degree, if not boing entirely responsible, for tho defeat of Mr. McLean. Tho Republicans cxertod every effort possible to savo Ohio for their party, ami tho argument was made that President McKinley should be endorsed in his homo state, and the result of tho election may bo attributed in part to a desiro to sustain tho president bcoauso of stato nrido. Nash, Republican eandidato for governor, will have a mnjority of about f)0,000 plurality. iiryan'h fine victory. The great victory won by tho fusionists in Nebraska again demonstrates the popularity of William J. Bryan in his homo state and thcro is great rojoicinr among his personal frionds that the efforts made by tho administration to cripple his strongth havo failed. The fusion majority will not bo less tha* 12,000 and may reach 18,000. Republicans mako no effort to explain the causes, although a numbor of leader* in this city, differ with W. ?J. Bryan ia his statement tha'. it is a rebuko to the national administration. democrats sweep maryland. Unofficial roturns from Baltimer* city and all tho counties of the State show that the Dcmoeiats swept praeti cully everything beforo them in last week's contest. John Walter Smith, Dr. Joshua I hiring and Isador ltayner, thoir candidates for governor, comptroller and attorney general, respectively, were elected over the Republican candidates by approximately 11,300 majority. The official count, it is thought, will not materially change those ligurcs. Tho Democrats elected eleven stato senators for four-year terms, which, with their four holdovers, will give them fifteen out of a total membership of twenty-aix in the upper houso of the general assembly. In the lower house, composed of ninety-one members, tho Democrats elected sixty-six, while tho Republicans will have only twenty-five delegates in tho legislature to meet in .January of next year. In Daltimoro city tho Democrats elected a Judge of tho Court of Appeals, clerk of the city court, sheriff. State's attorney, city survoyor and threo judges of the Orphans' Court. IN OTII Kit STATES. Mississippi and Virginia, of course, rolled ?ip tho usual Democratic majorities. Kansas went Republican, as did South Dakota. The president's recent campaign tour through that stato no I doubt had il.H effect In K?n liV?nrtia/?n I the Democrats elected a mayor, Jamea , I). Pholan, by about 6,000 majority. The saino can bo said of Detroit, i which has been redeemed from tha tho Republicans by tho cleotion of a Democratic mayor. Tho Columbia Stato says "asMoLean and .Jones both roprcsonted opposition i to imperialism and as their combined i vote wus greater by 50,000 than the Republican candidate received, it is not easy to liml endorsement for MoKin* ley's Philippine policy in the Ohio election." J Barm* \ ' ' mam