The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 07, 1902, Image 1
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^lLUMAN PUT RIGHT.
He Disclaims a Wish to Meddle in
Local Affairs
IN THE VON KOLNITZ'S MATTER.
Hut SayH Ho Would Consider VimKoliiit/.'s
Election us un
A vowel tliat Charleston
is Kottuldicaii.
The publication in The News and
Courier of the correspondence between
Senator Tillman and Mr. L. Arthur
O'Neill, relation to the candidacy of
Mr. George ! '. VonKolnit/. for the
State senate, puts a ditTerent phase on
the matter. Senator Tillman shows
in his letter that his opionlon on Mr.
VonKolnit/.'s candidacy was solicited
by Mr. O'Neill, and he expressly disclaimed
any intention of interfering in
local potties, and he asked that his
letter should not he printed for fear of
causing the public to draw the conclusion
that he was making an issue
with Mr. VonKolnit/. and his friends.
The following is the correspondence
between Mr. O'Neill and Senator Tillman:
O'NKILL TO TJI/LMAN.
Charleston, S. C., June ID, 1002.
lion li. It. Tillman, United States
Senator for South Carolina, Washington,
D. C. Dear Senator: The writer,
who has met you on a number of occasions
and was with you at the National
Democratic Convention in Kansas
City, .Inly 4, 1DOO, when we nominated
W. J. Itryan for 1'resident of
the United States, and we all shipped
? with Mrs. Gregory; you occupying the
room with the late Congressman
Stokes, of Orangeburg; and 1 occupying
the room with our present railroad
commissioner, Wilborn, perhaps will
bring to your mind readily the fact of
our acquaintance. I am wcllnwaicof
t he fact that you meet so many pro
pie throughout your travels that you
-jir<' apt to lorget a number of your no
qiiuiiu.uurcs in iiif raiiucuo Mate.
We have a mailer up here and I am
one of those that always like to go to
headquarters on a question that involves
the Democratic party of South
Carolina and the South. I had a talk
in Columbia last week with our mutual
friend, Col. Wilie Jones, and lie
suggested the idea that it would he
? _proper to address you a letter and get
the facts. What we want to know,
and we are satisfied you can tell it. to
us in the plain language: What is a
Democrat and what is a Republican?
Can a man who has professed to be a
Democrat stump the State of New
York, West Virginia and other States
and, as we understand it, subject to
the dictations of the national Republican
executive committee at so much
per speech in Mckinley's campaign
against Ihyan, and after Mckinley
was elected became an applicant for
ftoc district attorneyship of this State,
.iow be permitted to enter the Democratic
party and run for State Senator
from Charleston? We are under Impression
that we want no Commercial
Democracy or Republicanism in this
State and at till times one must sail
under his true colors; whether it lie
for free silver or not, so long it is the
platform of the Democratic party.
Wn 11'? \tr\ *t I i?n* im of" D" I
it c mi >u cuv* a jo ntuuu lAJ uni* i'Ciuucratio
party, whether it was for Itryan
or free silver. Even the gold bugs
could not claim our politicsand we desire
to know from you if this party
can now attempt to re-enter the Democratic
fold and run for State Senator.
The party in question who is now
attempting to run for State Senator
from Charleston County, after McKfnley
was elected, tiled Ills application
and came within an ace of being appointed
by McKinlcy district attorney
for South Carolina.
Could you not in the interest of the
Democratic party look up the record
in the department of justice and have
a copy of his application and all papers
that were tiled at the time; so that it
can be properly put at this end in the
hands of our local Democratic executive
committee or referred to the State
executive committee at Columbia for
action, so that when the gentleman
attempts to lile his pledge for olilce
the proper steps can be ^akon in the
matter and forever cut out the question
of Commercial DcmocVacy or Republicanism.
1 will apprccmte more than words
can cxpiess your advice 011 this subiect.
what stens are neecsxarv to l.nke
to have none but true and tried Democrats
attempt to run for otlice in this
State. I enclose in this letter the gontleman's
card, announcing himself us
a candidate for the otlice of State Senator
for Charleston County.
This letter is written to you personally
as a number of your friend:; desire
to know what steps are necessary to
take in such a case. Your good advice
will be more than appreciated and will
he considered, if you so require it,
.strictly confidential.
Perhaps it would be best for me to
mention to you that Col. Wilic Jones,
Governor McSwceney, Congressman
Latimer, Leon J. Williams and men
of this standing will tell you who 1
amttand that I have always, stood
straight and voted the Democratic
ticket on the Kansas City platform,
and have had the honor of attending
both conventions which nominated
W. J. Hryan.
Awaiting your early favor with your
good advice, 1 am yours truly,
L. Arthur O'Neill.
TILLMAN TO O'NKTLL.
Trenton, S. C., July 11, 11)02.
Letter written by the lion. P. R.
Tillman, J illy 11, 1002:
L. Arthur O'Neill. Ks<|., Charleston,
S. C.? My Dear Sir: Your letter of
June tt? has remained unanswered
much longer than 1 intended, lint 1 !
have been on a dead run, besides be- .
Ing away from home a good deal since i
| it was received, and that must be my
j excuse. ;
J* vent to the department ??t" justice 1
to und out about VonKolnitz's appli- '
cation and endorsers. 1 found that lie
had made application for the position
of district attorney shortly after Mo- |
Kinicy's tirst Inauguration, but after
lie was turned down lie has withdrawn
t lie papers, so that there was nothing
on file. VonKolnit/. undoubtedly !
stumped for McKinley under the direc- :
lion of Ilanna's committee in several :
Northern states, aim it is tlie essence
of cheek for him to appear in the guise 1
of a Democrat and ask the people of
Charleston to send him to the State
Senate, but I am beginning to lose ;
faith in the Democracy of your people.
The action of a good many so called
I )emocrats in the Harris postoillce mat - j
tor is sufficient explanation of my having
this view. 1 sincerely trust that
those who arc on t lie lookout as real i
Democrats will see to it that, no such i'
treacherous creature as VonKolnit/. 1
has shown himself to lie will he pro- '
muted.
Hut, with the Charleston Host act :
ing as an out-and-out Republican or-!
J gan, while claiming to '>c Democratic, !
an<4 Hemphill sawing wood and saying |
nothing. Democracy appears to beat a
low ehi> in Charleston. Hy very hard |;
lighting and a gtnid deal of manocuvr- i
ing I got a large appropriation for the
navy yard, but I certainly would not !
make any elTort again in that direc- '
tion if your city goes Uepubliean and
You Kolnit/.'s election would mean that
to me.
1 write you this privately, but you
can take such steps as you see lit <lis- |
erectly and let the people know how
matters are. I would not like to have '
this letter published, for the reason it
would appear to he meddling in your
loeal affairs. K. 15. Tillman.
o'nicii.i. to tii.lm an.
Charleston. S C., July 2.'1, 1U02.
lion l?. It. Tillman, Trenton, S. C.
Dear Sir: Your esteemed favor of .lul.v
l I came to hand and carefully noted i
and much appreciated. It covers the
case exactly and I have followed your
request, as you stated that you wrote
this letter privately, but I could take
such steps as 1 saw tit discreetly and
let the people know how matters are.
1 have not in any shape, manner or
form given this letter of yours for ;
publication, as yuu stat ed that, you
would not like* to have your letter published,
for the reason it would appear
tp be meddling in our local politics.
1 wired you under date of I he lath
to your home in Trenton, asking your
permission to publish your let terjoi nt ly
with mine, and had a wire back the ,
ltith of July from your son, saying
that you were in Talladega. Ala. and
that you would be there on the 17th.
I wired you on the 17th the following ,
wire: "Letter received; by all means
wire me authority, if necessary, to
publish your letter jointly with mine;
will do you untold good and kill applicant."
1 have never heard from you
since. The Western Union Telegraph
otllce informs me that my wire was
delivered to you on the day of the
17th, at 12 noon. I have given in no
shape, manner or form anything for
publication to the papers, awaiting
your authority to so do, and 1 am still
waiting to hear from you in answer to
my wire to yon to Talladega under
date of the 17th, as 1 am satisfied if
you will give me premission to publish
your letter in our daily papers here
jointly with the one 1 wrote you June
111, it will be the means of preventing
Mr Von Kolnitz from going to the
Senate.
I mail you per this mail a copy of
our afternoon daily Post, with write
ups in it on the situation, and from
what is I can learn this information
was casually mentioned by Mr. linger
Sinkler, member of our Legislature,
who met you at the meeting in Uock
Hill, and the paper states that you
gave him this same information and
desired it publicly announced that it
was your opinion In tlio matter. I
have done as you directed -In a discreet
matter taken steps to let the
people know how matters arc, hut I
have in no shape, manner or form
given for publication your letter to
any newspaper, but 1 am very anxious
and so are a number of your
friends here to do so, and trust that
as quickly as possible you will cither
telegraph or write me giving me this
authority. I must say to you that
I am greatly surprised and so would
you be if you only knew that some of
your strongest friends hero were advocating
the election of Von Kolnitz.
1 do not desire to call any names, but
some people at tills end who claim
ano iio (ioudl you recognize them as
some of your best friends, are advocation
this man Von Kolnitz.
I trust that you will >.ce lit to give
me authority to use your letter, and
1 am satisfied, and so seems to l>e the
general opinion of the public at this
end, that it will do you any amount of
good in this community to allow this
communication to be published, and
they will not consider that you arc
attempting at all to interfere witli
local politics.
We are very anxious here to get out
and have Mr T. Moultrie Mordecai run
for the Senate -a bona tide straight
out and out Domoarat but he does
not want to enter the field, as so
many of your supposed friends are
actually attempting to support Von
Kolnitz.
We will have to act quickly to defeat
Von Kolnitz. All pledges must
be filed here by August 11 and the
sooner we get out someone against
Von Kolnitz the better it will be. 1
await your early reply.
L. Arthur O'Neill.
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TILLMAN TO O N KILL.
Trenton, s. C., .luly 20. 1002.
1j. Arthur O'Neill, Esq, Charleston,
S. C. Dear Sir: 1 have your letter of
July 2.'1. As so much publicity has al- '
ready been given to my attitude in the
Yon Kolnit/. matter 1 will be obliged it'
you will publish the corespondence between
us, so that the peopleof Charleston
and others interested will know
what 1 have had to say and what 1
think aliout it. i do not wish to have
the appearance of meddling in Charles- I
ton's local atTairs, but I would rather
be considered a meddler than he misrepresented.
We have many types of
so-called Democrats in South Carolina
imd Charleston seems to have a special
stock of her own. If the city is ltcpublican
it behooves the rest of the
State to know it. It. It. Tillman.
WHERE IS JEFFCOAT? *s
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lit" Is Indeed a Itird of fhiNHiigc ami (
11 a i*d In follow. ?
The Augusta correspondent of The |
State says Charlie.lelTeoat, the second .
edition ol Tracey, seems to be equally
its fearless as the lat ter. While the
nlllcers are chasing him in one part of I
the swamps he turns up at another i
point and converses with workmen as (
long as he likes and t hen walks oil'.
Friday afternoon he talked to a
gang of pole hands on the Port Koyal (
road about 20 miles below Ani/usta.
sifter which lie walked away into the ^
woods in an uiiconeeriied manner. ]
from thai time until last ni^ht notli- |
iiiK was heard from him.
Now, however, the information
comes t hat he took dinner with some ,
negroes at Hancock's landing, some ,
2*) miles down the river of the Caro- (
lina side in ltarnwell county. The
intormation was brought to the city |
hy a river hand who says Jetfeoat gave (
11is name and said that lie would nev r I
be taken alive, lie was armed with a ,
brace ot revolvers and a Winchester .
rille. ,
During Ids visit to the ne^ro house j
he walked about, the place and talked
to ;tll the people, hut never once left
any of his arms where they could he r
gotten hold of hy any one hut him- '
self. Kvrn while eating lie sal with (
his-pistols in his pockets and his t itle
across his lap.
I lis manner held the nerror's in awe ;(
and no attempt whatever was made 1
to stop him or molest liiin in any way.
When he left he said nothing about
where he was tfointf, but reiterated the
statement that he would never he ]
taken alive and walked olT toward 1
thewohdsin a most unconcerned man- '
tier.
(
Want a IMspeiiNui-y. I
The people of l<'t. Mill area^ltatinK !
the question of establishing a dispensary
in that town. It is said that '
from $ 1 .r),()00 to $20,000 worth of |
whlul/mr L-1.1 I.iw./I * " I... 4 . .......
?iunnv.j in nlll|i|JUII III Ullilt lillWII yCill'1*
by Charlotte dealers, and as tlie
establishment of a dispensary would
take a large revenue from them, it is '
reported that these dealers will go to '
Ft Mill and take a hand in the primary !
by spending money liberally in order '
secure its defeat. Citizens of the town
are divided on the question, but some
of the best citizens are in favor of the '
dispensary. While they admit that
the dispensary will not break up blind
tigers, they argue that if people will
drink whiskey the money might as
well be kept at home and not distributed
in Charlotte. If the bar
keepers take a hand in the primary,
the contest will be a lively one and
the result will be watched with a great
deal of interest.
Hungry IimIIuiih.
A special from Tucson, Ariz., says:
Driven to desperation by hunger and
thirst, a band of 30 Yaquis, nearly
half of them women, attcked the Carmen
ranch near Ilermosillo Saturday
and a fierce fight followed. When a
patrol of Mexican troops came to the
rescue two of the women and five of
the men lay dead. The Yaquis were
weak from hunger and when attacked
by superior numbers they were com
polled to surrender. Fifteen prisoners,
including two chiefs, were marched 1
to Hermosillo, where they will be sent
by (Jen. Torres. The band is supposed
to he the last remnant of those who
took to the warpath some time ago.
10 x tent of the brought.
The National weather bureau's
weekly summary of crop conditions
says: Drought of considerable severity
prevails generally from Virginia
and the Carol inas westward over Ken
lucky, Tennessee and the northern
portion of the central and east Gulf
States, including eastern Arkansas,
southwestern Missouri and the southern
portions of Illinois and Indiana,
while heavy and damaging rains have
continued in Texas, portions of the
Missouri valley and the lower lake
region.
Many Immigrants.
Immigration Into the United States
during the tiscal year just closed was
greater than any previous year except
1882. The number of immigrants arriving
at the various ports was 7 .'10,798
as ageinst 787,992 In 1882, the
record year. The immigration last 1
year was 108,900 in excess of the record
of 1901. The number of steerage
immigrants last year was 487,918
and the number of cabin immigrants 1
74,950.
4
Painfully figured.
Mrs. ttarle, the lovely and accom- <
plished wife of Itev. A. II. Earle, who
is highly esteem by many people In <
llcaufort sustained a painful injury 1
Tuesday afternoon by falling down the 1
back steps of her residence. The shock <
rendered her unconscious for a time. '
It is hoped that the Injury will not 1
prove to Ikj serious. 1
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OtVtt
C., THURSDAY, S
SKVKHK SHOCKS I
3f Earthquake Almost Completely
Wipes Out a Town.
VALLEYS TOSSED AND ROLLED
Like the Surface ?>l* tho Oceun.
The I*eo|?lc Terrorized by the
Dentriititiou Wrought,
aiul dec.
A strip of country lf> miles Ion# I>y
four miles wide, rent with imping lisaires
and dotted with hills and knolls
jlmt sprung up during the nl^ht as If
>y limbic, a village in ruins and hunIreds
of people lleein^ for their lives,
ire the results of Wodneslav night's
icisinie disturhance in the valley of
Los Alamos, in the northern part of
Santa Itarbara county Cal.
During the last four days
hat section of the country has
>een KiiiiKcn i?y a series or j
?art hquakes that, is not precedent
n the history of tradition of the j
I'acille coast. ;ind the continuance ot ,
Liu; disturtianees an I the increasing j
severity of the shocks have so terro- i
rlzed tli?> toll ibltnnts tiiat they arc j
leaving for other parts as rapidly as
possible, iind even now the village is
ihnost entirely deserted.
The (list urhanees began Sunday evening
with a shock which caused sev ral
thousand dollars damage to property
in the village and the su^ar country,
being more severe and more disastrous
in t he vicinit y of Western Union
Oil company's oil wells on Carriage
ranch. The shock was followed by a
number of disturtianees less severe
md less disastrous, continuing through
the remainder of Sunday night an i
Monday.
(>n Tuesday night, beginning at 11
)Vlock, there was another series of
icven shocks, all of which were light, j
I n act ion t licsc disturbances resembled
the waves 011 a pond of water. The !
most, severe shock of t he entire scries
jeeured at 11.HO o'clock Wednesday
morning. Mills were shaken and
twisted to their foundations and the
valleys trembled and rolled like surface
of the ocean. (Jreat, fissures were
run deep in the earth; hills and knolls
ippcurcu in icvei vaneys; springs of
water appeared In places that had
licendryand the general topography
if the valley was greatly changed in
many respects. The disturbance had
do general direction, but was what is
known as a "twister." It was preceded
by a rumbling like that of distant
thunder, which increased until
the earth began to rise and twist and
the hills began to tremble.
With the lirst warning sound of the
tpproaching disaster t he terror stricken
people rushed into the streets and
sought places or safety In vacant lots
uid roads, while many lied towards the
neighboring hills. The lirst virbrations
were similar to the preceding
disturbance in direction and elfect,
hut they were immediately followed
by the most terrilic shock ever experienced
in t his section of the State.
The earth trembled, rolled and
twisted until it was impossible for people
to stand erect, and terror strickn
inhabitants crouched together in the
darkness fearful that the earth beneath
them might open and swallow
them. 'Idie terror inspired by the rumbling
and trembling of the earth was
increased by the sound of falling buildings
which gave some idea of the terrible
destruction that was being
wrought. When the most serious
shocks had passed and the rumbling
sounds had died away the people gathered
ill grutins about. the ruins; of t lmir
homes unci places of business and when
they saw the extent of the damage of
them, fearful of a repetition of this
experience, immediately started on
foot or by any conveyance that could*
be had for places where the previous
shocks had been less severe.
In the darkness of the night it was
impossible to determine the full extent
of damage wrought, but with
the dawn of day the stricken village
had the appearance of the ruins of a
city long deserted. A church had been
lowered to the ground and not one
brick of the building was left standing.
Chimneys toppled over, frame buildings
had been wrenched apart and
thrown from their foundations, tidegraph
and telephone wires had been
broken and t here was not a building
in town that had not been damai/od
more or loss seriously. In store
buildings that were totally destroyed
the merchandise was thrown from
shelves and everything breakable was
destroyed; not a pane of glass was left
in any window in town and in those
frame cottages and dwellings that
were left standing stoves were overturned
and crockery and glassware
were destroyed.
A conservative estimate of the loss
to property In the village is $30,000
and this amount probably will greatly
Imi increased by the damage In the
surrounding country. The extent of.
the most severe portion of the disturbance
is 11 miles long by four miles
wide, but the shock was felt throughout
Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo
counties. At tile Western Union
oil wells on the Carriage ranch, two
banks were wrecked and much other
damage done
The disturbance continued throughout
the day at intervals of two hours
but none of the shocks was severe.
The people have deserted the village,
Bvery conveyance has been taken and
the passenger and freight trains have
left here since the severe shock of
last night have been loaded with peo\
Ll'CJUST 7, UK)2.
pie ilccing for safety. Sinn1 t i > llr;
disturbance t>11 Sunday night there
have been more than 70 distinct
shocks and those who have been keeping
records have now driven up. as the
disturbance have become almost continuous.
WORLD'S DEBT INCREASES.
l'lvory Nation Owes More Money Proportionately
I'lvcry Year.
In 1801 the world's debt amounted
to $.{,000,000,000; in 18-48 after I he
Napoleonic wars, it was $s, loo,000,000,
in 1001 81,800,000,000. It increased
within the last century by
$28,800,000,000: but whereas during
the tlrst part of this century, notwithstanding
the gigantic wars which
then unsettled part of the world, it
increased but at the ratio of .'I to I,
the increase during the second part
was at the ration of 10 to 1.
Toward this increase each nation
has contributed with all it power.
(>nly two nations presei ved thier cool
blood; (Ireat Britain, which during
forty years reduced its debt by$l.ooo,000,
and llie United Stales Which reduces
its liabilities by over $1,100,000,000.
o
The Austrian debt, which in 18."?0
was hut $(>00,000,000, reaches ill
present $1,700,000,000; the debt of
(Jerniany has prown fnun $110,000,*
ooo in is;o to $.'>.">o,ooo,ooo; tlml of
Italy, which in I sun was $1.loo,ooo,ooo,
is now $2,.*>8.1,000,000; the debt of
llussia which in !?*>:{ was $100,000,ooo,
exceeded in 1000 $.'t,ooo,ooo,ooo.
France is easily winner in tills contest;
her debt, which in I Sf>2 was litt
le over $ 1.000,000,000, amounts today
to about $5,800,000,000, or almost six
times t lie amount in the former years,
constituting almost one-llfth of (lie
total world's indebtedness.
The debt of (lie (Jerinanic and
Slavic Kroup of nations (lie last quarter
of the century have been due
ehielly to the purchase of construction
of railways, and they possess in those
"physlcisT1 capital which almost
equal llieh total ilel.it, and derive
therefrom a revenue sulllcient for tlie
service of this debt, tjuitca dllVerent
pict ure is presented by silie Latin nations.
These have within t he last
twenty-live years increased their debts
by $.'>,000,000,000. Spain and Italy
nearly doubling their debt. France
almost trebliup hers In return they
can not lie said to have acquiicd any
well defined material assets. France
particularly, which perhaps spent
more than any otiier nation has 011
her railways, will have to wait until
1 !jr?4 to acquire ownership of t hem,
lie Dressed Ah a Woman.
/Mrs. John Henry Fran/., residing in
Alleghany, Fa., has untitled the police
that her husband, a soap holler, is in
tl 10 habit of lnasoueradiiur to fenviln
clothing, and wants him arrested. She
says ho litis paraded in women's dress
for twenty years. Fran/, is is, and is
the father of six children. Ills wife
declares he spends till his money for
lingerie, and neglects to pay rent and
grocery hills. Last Monday, she
alleges, Fran/, read tin advertisement
of a bargain sale of women's skirts
worth $0.50, marked down to $2.00.
She says her husband had only $:i
and demanded the extra SK) cents t<
purchase a skirt . This she says; she
refused to give him, and he gave hci
a heating. Mrs. Franz showed the
officers her husband's female outfit,
consisting of dresses, corsets, underclothing
and other articles.
Itailroud Accident.
The intqrestate commerce, commission
has issued a bulletin on collision*
and derailments of trains and casulaties
to persons for the three month*
ending March .'II, 1002. According tc
this showing the number of persons
killed in train accidents was 212 and
of injured 2,111. Accidents of othei
kinds, including those sustained by
employees while at work and by passengers
in getting on or olT cars,
brings the total number up to 811!
killed and i), 1)58 injured. During this
period there were 1,220 collisions and
828 derailments,of which 221 collisions
and 81 derailments affected passcngei
trains, resulting in 11 fatal accidents
to passengers and 820 injured. Tin
damage to cars, enginesand roadways
by these accidents amounted to$l,014,268.
Swung II1 in I'p.
Charles Craven, the supposed mur
dcrcr of William li. Wilson, farmer
living near llerndon, Va., was lynched
Thursday afternoon on the l'ike,
one mile east of Lees burg, Va. lie
was taken from the Jail at Leesburg by
a mob of 150 men, who overpowered
the guard, broke in the outepdoor and
then entered the cage, using hammers
and crowbars. Little dilliculty was
encountered In this work. A noose was
thrown around the prisoner's neck and
|w? IIM.L. Lwl /I *1 II-- * ?
in; v?u.-> n.:u uiiwil l/lir Ill I/IIO (Ill'tlCtion
of the scene of the murder. The
party had proceeded scarcely a mile
when the rope was thrown around a
tree and Craven was pulled from the
ground. As soon as the lx>dy was
raised in the air, the mob tired fully
600 shots at the dying man.
<?nvc It U|>.
The State board of equalization hat
adjourned. The board wrestled with
the knotty problem of the equalization
of real estate values for several days
and finally had to give, it up as a bad
Job, and finally left values as lixed l>>
county boards, memorializing the legislature,
however, to pass laws that
will make it possible to carry out the
purpose of the act relating to equalization.
Then the values of cotton
mills, etc., were passed upon as ascertained
by the board, put on a on pel
cent, basis of valuation, and left al
that. The Ixjard has worked earnest
ly and vigorously from the start, re
alizing its important duties, but fount
that It could not accomplish what wai
desired.
\
INFORMATION FOR TIIE VOTERS.
Ii is llopctl I'tin'^lMlci'tMl Voters Will
I{?*i" Ister t liin Year.
The improtancc of t ho registration
i of voter s to participate in the ^en[oral
State elections, jud^in^ from 1110
, small number of registered persons
, in eacli community, does not seem to
be fully realized. This >ear those
who are interested in the future of
the South are urging qualified voters
to register, and it is hoped that there
will lie a general compliance.
In order that all may know when
they can register and what the requirements
are a representative ot
The state recently asked Assistant
Attorney (leneral Hunter to prepare
the following; summary of tin1 laws on
the subject of registration:
"The registration books must lie
open for the registration of electors
entitled to registration on the tirst
Monday in each mouth at the Court
House, unHl .'to days before the general
election, when they shall be closed
I unt il after the elect ion.
"In cities and towns of over 600
Inhabit ants the Supervisors of Registration
shall open the book of registration
for one meetings'at such time
as may he designated by the hoard
after two week's notice, posted in such
town or city, at which meeting shall
be registered such qualified electors)
oi me county as may present themselves.
"Persons becoming of age during
the .'10 day prior to the general election,
during which the hooks are closed,
may lie registered by applying hefore
the books are closed, if otherwise
qualified. The registration hooks are
likewise closed 20 days before any
special election.
"All persons registered on or before
January I, imps, shall remain during
life qualified electors, unless afterwards
they become disqualified by the
constitution for committing crime,
etc. Persons moving from one county
to another may have their registration
cert iIleales changed to the. county
to which they have moved as soon as It
is determined that they were duly registered
in the county from which
they moved.
4"10very male citizen of the State
and of the. United States, 21 years old
and upwards, who shall have heeu a
resident of the State for t wo years, hi
the county one year, in the polling
precinct at which lie offers to vote
four mouths before any election, and
shall have paid, six moths before any
election, any poll tax due, and who
can both read and write any section of
the constitution submitted by tlie registration
otliccrs, or can show that lie
owns and has paid all taxes collect!bier
hduring the previous year on property
Mil the St ate assessed at MOO, or more,
'Shall l>c entitled to registration.
"Of course persons convicted of
certain crimes, such as burglary,
arson, adultery, wife beating, breach
' of trust, forgery, larceny, etc., are
I ineligihietfor registration.
"Persons holding a registration
< certificate arc entitled to vote upon
proof of the payment of all taxes, in
< iiwiiik |MMi I/CIA, cl.W.IM'll .l^illllM mill,
and collectible during the previous
year."
In order to vote In the Dcinoeratlc
primaries, in doing which the majority
of the voters think they have done
their full duty ascitizens, the requirements
for vot ing are very simple. The
constitution of the Democratic party
on this subject says: "At tlie election
only Democratic white voters who
i have been residents of the State 12
months and the county (10 days preeedi
Ing tlie next general election, and
i such negroes as voted the Democratic
i ticket in 1H7U, and as have voted tlie
I Democratic ticket continuously since,
to tie shown by tlie certificate of ten
- white Democratic voters, who will
pledge themselves to support tlie
nominees of such elections, may vote;
t Provided. That no person shall lie ali
lowed to vote except Ids name lie cnI
rolled on tlie particular club list at
i which lie offers to vote at least live
days before tlie first election. Each
; club shall have a seperate polling
> place for primary elections. Tlie club
rules on the party shall constitue the
registry list and shall be open to inspection
by any member of the party,
and the election under this clause shall
lie held and regulated under tlie act of
, tlie General Assembly of tills State,
approved December 22, 18SM, and any
subsequent act of the Legislature of
this State."
Wholesale Muichles.
Oriental advices describe an appalling
epidemic of suicides of young
, women in Southern China. The usual
, method is for six or eight girls to tie
i themselves together and deliberately
walk Into a deep river. Six hundred
girls have committed suicide in tlds
s manner. The wholesale suicides have
caused much alarm and the authori,
ties are exerting strict measure to
prevent them. They are most numer;
ous in Kwang Tung, around Canton,
' and on the Island of Hainan, in
Kwang Tung. There was a dearth
of rain for months despite dally
prayers. Many girls believed the gods
had forsaken them and therefore end1
ed their existence. The famine in
1 Hainan lias caused girls to he sold in[
to slavery. Many sought death in the
mariner described rather than become
slaves.
Blasphemy,
j The Columbia Record says: "NVc
never really appreciated so much what
i the real meaning of the word "sacrl
lege" was until we read what Jim
r Tillman said at Chester, referring to
t, the newspapers: They may crucify me
on a cross of slander, but Cod in
- heaven knows it Is unjustifiable as
1 when they pinioned to the cross the
i lowly Na/.arene.' Could blasphemy
possibly go any further."
NO. 2.
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| FERTILIZER CASE
Remanded to the Stato Courts by
Judge Simonton.
A VICTORY FOR MR BELLINOER.
J Tl?e Stato llan the Itight to llavo
tlio CatO Ill-ought ami
Trletl in ller < >wn
< 'onrtH.
In the United Stales circuit court
at Charleston on Tuesday of last week
Judge Simonton handed down his decision
in the case of the State of South
Carolina against the Virginia-! 'arolina
Chemical company, granting the
motion of plaint I IT for the remand of
the case to t he State court.
The decision is a victory for Attorney
Ceneral Itellinger. It will lie recalled
that.several months ago Attorney
(ieneral Itellinger brought action
against the Yirgiuia-C irolina Chemical
company, in the Itichland county
court, under the antl-t rust act, alleging
that the company was purchasing
and acquiring a monopoly of t he fertilizer
industry, contrary to law.
The attorney for thccoinpany moved
before Judge Ituehanan for a transfer
of the suit to the federal court, alleging
the act to he in derogation of the
constitution of the United Slides.
The judge refused the motion,
hut the attorneys secured copies
of the proceedings and tiled them
in the circuit court and Judgj
Simonton lieard the arguments on
the motion of Attorney Oeneral ltd
linger for t he remand.
Judge SI 111011 ton's decision is lengths
containing many law citations. Toe
court notes that accompanying the records,
there is no order of the State
court, removing the suit, "lint from
admission," continues the court,
"made at the bar and from the whole
tenor of the arguments, It appears
that the a Use nee of the order, removing
11io cause, was not based upon the
insultloiency of the bond, tint upon
the legal ground tiiat the case
made by the plaint iIT does not raise
the federal question on which alone
this court can take Jurisdiction. The
question involved In this discussion is
grave and beset with ditUculty. The
State lias the right to have the case
brought by her, tried in her own
courts, unless the constitution of the
United States has secured to the defendant
the right of protection in the
federal court." 0
Judge Simonton ruled that the federal
question did not appear on the
face of the record, and lie was bound
to go by the record and remand the
case to the Slate courts. The decision
shows that the act of the legislature
contained no mention of the constitution
of the United States, and no
rights, claims, privileges and immunity
of federal statutes which would
bring the act into any relation or con
I llict with the federal law. The court
states, however, that a federal question
might be raised hereafter in the
State courts, and in such an event a
direct appeal can he taken to the
United States supreme court from the
State supreme court. The State.
The Turbulent North.
The Augusta Chronicle says It must
l)c very trying to the nerves to dwell
in the northern portion of this great
rcpnpile, and we of the South who Inhabit
a quiet, peaceful and law-abiding
section do not realize perhaps, how
much we have to i?e thankful for. For
the past six months our telegraphic
dispatches have told daily the same
sad story from the northern states,
and accounts of strikes, riots, anarchistic
plottings, dynamitings and
mysterious murders in the large cities,
have !>ccn the constant burden of the
wires. And now the unrest and disorder
seem to Ik; culminating in Shenandoah,
Penn., the town having been
in the hands of a mob and such a reign
of terror instituted Wednesday night
that hie governor of the State was
forced to call out two regiments of the
National (ruard and a battery of artillery
with the hope of reserving order
A Fatal Fight.
Augustine Alajaraza was fatally
stabbed at an early hour Tuesday
morning by Estanislado Perez in
Ciudad Portirlo Diaz, Mexico. Perez
in return received shots that caused
his deatli a few hours later. Doth
men were enamored of the same woman,
and in a quarrel which followed
a conversation about her, the shootimr
ilnrl i>lll t Inir l-?~ -?
..ap> ?? *? vmvuiii^ VAAyll I I UUi 1 111; llt'illt
of Alajaraza was severed, but lie succeeded
In indicting fatal Injury to his
adversary liefore he died. Alajazara
was well known in musical circles here *
and Perez belonged to Monterey.
Will lte|M>rl Soon.
Inquiry at the postoffice department
has developed the Information that it
might lie a week before the authorities
are In possession of the report of
the Inspector recently ordered to
Pickens at the instance of Lieut. Gov.
Tillman to Investigate the alleged
tampering with his mall. The Inspector
reports direct to divlslou
headquarters at Chattanooga and his
pokt Is forwarded from there to Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Brlstow.
Sinko 11 atto, a wealthy Japanese ^
now residing in New York, has been
appointed by his government to make
a thorough study of tea growing conditions
in South Carolina. Mr. llatto
said that his government had been
greatly Interested In the published
reports of the plantations in South
Carolina.