The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 31, 1905, Image 5
PAID FOR_JOBS.
Members of the State Constabulary
Bought Places.
SENSATIONAJ TALK.
The Names of Prominent Gentlemen in
Public Life in South Carolina Figure
in Dispensary Investigation
on Hearsay- Testimony
Before Committee.
In the dispensary examination in
Columbia on Thursday Division Chief
Fant, of the constabulary fnro.?. mdo
some sensational statements. A good
deal of it was hearsay, and this is unfortunate,
but perhaps it is just as
well for everything to come out, al
though hearsay evidence is often embarrassing
and proves utterly groundless.
Mr. Fant, lu his evidence, gave
the distinct impression that certain
parties in Spartanburg were regularly
bartering positions on the constabulary
force, from tne smallest to the
highest position.
lie said it was reported that Mr.
William McGowan, of that city, was
oredlted with having a regular constabulary
mill and that he had the
record of 28 men wfoo had arranged
with Mr. McGowan to get jobs on the
constabulary, and that the offers for
the positions ranged all the way from
$20 to $300, and that at one time
when his position was in jeopardy he
had Tolaud otfer Mr. McGowan $300
for the position of division chief, but
this was done merely to gain time to
puncture the scheme, and that he
never Intended paying a cent for his
position, but that he wished to expose
the atfalr.
He then went on to say he reported
the entire matter to Governor Mo
Sweeney, and that he was retained in
his position, but that Governor MoSweeney
could not expose the affair,
and that then he appealed to Mr. Geo.
E. Prince, and later on to Senator
Tillman, to expose the affair, and, he
said, ho offered cbem the evidence.
Senator Tillman 'wrote him that he
had turned the matter over to Col.
James 11. Tillman, but that nothing
came of toe repeated efforts to secure
publicity.
Again he testified that he had told
Mr. McGowan one day that he was
very much annoyed by persons asking
him for jobs on the force. Capt. McGowan
had told him to turn all such
applicants over to him and he would
take them off Capt. Pant's hands.
The grim old chief then narrated with
evident satisfaction that he had in
writing the names of 28 persons who
had applied for places through Mc
Gowau and the amounts paid by eacn.
lie had a record of the clrcum
stances. Mr. Mctrowan waN ruurung
the mill up there," ho explained, "but
he had a helper down here in Columbia.
Private's places on the force
were going at 825, and for the place
of chief the bids were from 8250 to
$300." Capt. Fant then continued
that he wrote to Gov. McSweeney,
giving him all of this information.
"The ill treatment of myself which
had been going on for along time was
stopped then," he declared, "and I
was given enough men to enforce the
law."
Mr. Fant said that the claim was
made in Spartanburg that Mr. Mc
Gown had a worker in Columbia, and
finally, when pressed tDname who this
worker was alleged to be, said that it
was merely lieresay, but that the name,
used was that of Mr. IJ. X. Gunter,
Jr., then assistant Attorney General.
Mr. Fant did not know that any one
had ever paid for a position on the
constabulary or that it had been got
ten through the alleged mill in Spartanburg,
but that he was prepared to
show that 2tf men bad taken the matter
up.
Mr. Fant fnrbher alleged that it was
reported to him that Chief Howie paid
$275 to Chief Clerk W. W. Harris for
his position, and that William Gross
alleged that he paid $125 to get on
the county board of control. These
matters will be heard from and the
other side presented. Mr. Kant and
Mr. Seay test)lied that tney had given
$60 and $40 each to Mr. Dillingham
for alleged expenses in connection with
the candidacy of Governor Heyward
in the primary.
Mr. Fant and Mr. Seay stated that
they paid Mr. Dillingham this money
u?i wnaij uaey unaersGOoa 10 do trie
representation that Mr. Dillingham
had spent i ver $1,000 in the election
of Governor Ileyward and that they
were asked to share in that expense.
They both stated that? it was a voluntary
offering on their part but that
It was with the understanding that it
was to pay election expenses.
JOIC SKAY TESTIFIES.
Joe Seay, an ex-consiaole whose
name had been mentioned before, was
next put up. lie explained the pistol
Incident referred to by Capt. Dillingham.
He was trying to buy a pistol.
There was nothing crooked in the ,
transaction, he declared. When Ileyward
was running for governor, he
had gone out and worked for him be- \
cause Russell Gaffney had told him to
go ahead and work hard for Ileyward (
and after the election Mr. Dillingham (
would pay him. He had favored Gov. ,
Heywaid anyway. Mr. Dillingham '
gave him $2 for his day's work at the (
polls the ilrst primary. He met Mr. j
Ileyward tyftat same day and was asked
to work in the second primary. He J
had oarried all but three votes out of
107 at his box lor Ileyward In the sec- |
ond primary.
V
Mr. Dillingham had then offered
him a position on the oonBtabulary
Witness said he dtdn't want the Job,
but afterwards concluded that if there
was a oertatnty of getting the Job he
would take it. Dillingham then told
him to go home, rent his place and
move to town. He complied and with
others waited in Spartanburg to get
Jobs with Dillingham's assistance. He
had waited and waited until he got in
debt for rent and rations and had got
to the point where he was praying for
a job.
Gave Mr. Dillingham a note for 150
to help bear the eleotion expenses.
Paid $10 the first month he was' on
the force. The second month when
he went to pay another instalment
Dillingham said, "Joe, have you got
that reoelpt?" Witness produced the
receipt for the first $10. Dillingham
said, "Give it to me and I will return
your note, I didn't want anythiDgout
in black aud white in this transaction."
Witness was given back his note
but continued to pay on it until he
had paid $40. He then asked for a
suspension on the last $10, as he had
helped Mr. Dillingham around the
stable when he was waiting for the job
He had never heard of Mr. Dillingham
complaining of Ewbank selling
liquor out of his stable. Knew nothing
of any reports of that kind. When
questioned by Dillingham, he told
how he had lost his Job. They had
been on a long raid and he got too
much whiskey and expressed his mind
about the other men going off and
leaving him on watch.
WIIAT DILLINOIIAM SAYS.
Mr. Dillingham, on the other side,
admitted that Mr. Pant, had nairi Mm
$50, that Mr. Seay had paid him $40,
atid that lie had collected other money,
but that it was no part of any expense
in connection with the n imin&tion of
Governor Ileyward and that Governor
Hey ward had absolutely nothing to do
with it. He insisted that he was paid
this money because in helping Fant
and Seay and others get their jobs he
had to lose time from his business and
make visits to Columbia and that it
was a recompense for his time and
work, and that those who paid him
understood it that way, or he tried to
make it so understood.
He said that whatever expense he
incurred in helping the candidacy of
Governor Heyward by authority of
Mr. Law, as the representative of
Governor Heyward, was returned to
him, and that he felt that whatever
legitimate expense he went to in this
campaign was with the approval of
Governor Heyward and Mr. Law, the
freind of Governor Heyward in his
compaign.
If Governor Heyward, with the ad
vice of his friends, thoug.it it judicious
and prudent to expend a limited sum
for legitimate campaign expenses, that
is his coucern, but he never authorized
any approximation to the sum of $000
Or $700. which Mr. r)llllni/hu.rr? muu
felt be had a right to expend in his
enthusiasm to see Governor Ileywad
gain the nomination. Successful campaigns
these days require money here
and there for neoessary legitimate ex
penses.
GUNTER DENIES IT.
Mr. Gunter Is sick with typhoid
fever at the hospital and with his clean
record as a man and cttioer It Is unfortunate
that his name should have been
mixed up with this scandal on mere
hearsay. Mr. W. H. Townsend, the
assistant attorney general, was aiked
for a statement in behalf of Mr. Gunter
and gave the following interview
which he had had with Mr Gunter.
"The hearsay statement of the witness
Fant was shown Attorney General
Gunter at the Columbia hospital
Thursday evening; and he said it was
infamously false that he had asked,
received, expected or wanted any compensation
or reward for aiding anybody
anywhere to obtain a position or
otllce connected with the dispensary or
any other governmental agency. Why
his name should be connected with
such statements he cannot conceive.
That he has never Imp irtunel any of
tbe governors for sucb favors, as will
be borne out by the governors themselves.
No truthful man can be found
who will say that he ever paid him
anything. Of ourse, his uame may
have been hawked without his knowledge
by designing persons: If so such
person should, and must be, held ac
countable, and, ho Intends to use every
effort to tlnd out If such Is the case,
just as soon as he is able to leaye the
nospltal."
JUDQK l'KINCK S VKKSION.
Judge Prince says that lio pipers or
evidence and no specification of
charges were ever filed with him by
Mr. Fant or by any one else. He bad
never heard of any being filed wl h
G >v. McSweeney or with Senator Till
man. Judge Prince says that so f^r
as he can remember, Mr. Faot never
mentioned t> him In any way the
management or conduct of the constabulary
force at Spartanburg hut
that in a casual conversation Mr.
Fant did onc? ar.^t.e t.haf. nnmo
? ? ? ? ? ? w-?v.w wuni/M?
bles, perhaps a chief constable at
Greenville, whose name escape 1 the
judge's memory, had been guilty of
some misconduct. The Judge advised '
Mr Fant to get up atli lavlts about the 1
matter and tile ttiem with the gover (
nor. He afterwards hearcTno more of (
tne matter.
CAIT. MCOOWAN'8 REPLY.
A dispatch from Spartanburg to
The State says Capt. McGowan, who
has been out of town sinse Wednes* '
day afternoon, on arriving went to
Ohlef Kant and asked the names of 1
the 28 men who had applied to him 1
(McGowar) for positions and cousta- j
bles. Chief Fant replied that it was 1
i rumor, but he would get up the '
names if he could. Capt. McGowan'a
uonneotiou with dispensary tflicials
has always been in the capacity of attorney.
At one time, he said, he rep j
resented a member of the board of (
aontrol before the county delegation *
In the general assembly. I
The milter wis tarried to the
State board and he was paid a fee.
Afterwards he was aotive Id eeourtng
the appointment of two constables
and these persons paid his expenses to
Columbia and in eaoh oase this amount ..
was not over $10. He said thathe al- '
ways signed petitions of persons asking
for positions on the constabulary
force and was of the opinion that
other members of the bar did the
same. Capt. MoGowan said that B.
L. Toland had never offered him one i
cent or given him any Inducement to
have Chief Fant removed.
As to Attorney General Guntor and
dispensary appointments, he said that
he had never in his life spoken to Mr.
Gunter about such matters, except
probably once. A man named Groce,
who claimed to oe a good friend of
Gunter and Chief Flammet, applied
for a position and asked him to speak
a good word to Chief Hammet. Capt.
McGowan Raid that all his connections
with constables had been as attorney
and he will represent any and all of
them If they can pay the fee exaoted.
He thinks that the ringing in of Mr. I
Gunter was oruel and unnecessary and 0
this opinion is shared by a large num- '
ber of people in Spartanburg.
KEPT HIS PACT d
b
Alter Shrinking From It For Throe t
DayH ami Nights.
c
"I am going to my grave where I J
should have been on the 17th with t
Thompson, Oh, how I wish 1 had gone s
?still I put it off till the last minute, a
but now it must be done. 1 hope my \
brother will see that 1 am cremated. c
If he doesn't then I give my body, for
a consideration for use of my children, v
to the Jefferson Hospital, Eleventh (
and Sansom. t
"There will be no use of opening
me as I died of cyanide of potassium.
"And may God have mercy on my t
soul. Amen God forgive me. Amen."
Shrinking with dread for three days c
from carrying out the terms of a sui- c
cide pact he had made with hlsohum, e
Joseph A. Thompson, member of a t
family of millionairs and relatives by j
marriage of the Pittsburg Thaws, who \
endei his life on Thursday by taking f
cyanide of potassium in Fairmount c
Park, Philadelphia, Pa., William
Webster Hoopes finally swallowed a j
dose of the same poison at Strawberry ,
Mansion in the same city. IEs lifeless c
body was found by a park guard with r
the a>)ove letter in his pocket.
Tue death agreement was made c
more pathetic by the fact that August c
17, the dty agreed upon, was the first c
anniversary of the death of Iloope's a
wife. Tae men had presumably de- B
elded upon the drug and the place in a
which to end their lives. Iloope's body !,
was fouud at the same spot in the park jj
wliere Thompson's was discovered.
Hoopes's life since his marriage tif- j
vcmi yuiirs u^u nan oeenone or trouble. ^
A religious disagreement was the tirst ^
rock upon which the family split. (]
Then came the wife's death, following j
directly from their disrupted home life. r
For fifteen months Iloopes had oeen ^
unemployed' and the savings of years tJ
ebbed away to procure sustenance for t
him and his two children. d
The last chapter of his life was j
written in his own hand and was found v
in the pocket of the dead man.
OruHlitul to Death. 11
A special dispatch to The State 1
from Williamston tells of a horrible []
accident that occurred at the 3 u >h- l!
em station there on Wednesday after- j3
noon, which resulted in the death of
James J. McKenzie, ilagman on train ^
No. 72, a through freight headed for a
Columbia. This train had just ar- 8
rived at Williamston and the brake- a
man had detached the engine and 8
eight cars from the train and was j3
coming in the siding to pick up a car, *'
when Mr. McKenzie attr mpted to r
couple the car to the eight others to c
which the engine was attached. He 0
failed in the first effort. Then he L
gave a signal to the engineer to pull c
ahead and as the train moved ahead f
about a half yard's length, the unfor- 1
tunate young man walked over in the e
centre of the track to adjust the e
knuckle of the coupling to which he 8
Intended to couple the car he was
picking up. As he was walking back- c
wards with his face towards the en- ^
edne, he failed to observe that the ^
car he wanted to pick up was slowly a
rolling towards him and thus before '
he had adjusted the coupling and 8
stepped from the track, as was his
intention, the two cars moving In op
posite directions caught him, the au- u
tomatic coupliogs striking him with o
deadly force, crushing his left lung
Into a jelly, breaking his ribs la and c
bruising both arms terribly. s
Kllle<l in Wreck. J
A dispatch to The State from g.
Greenville says the local freight going 0
to Greenville on the Greenville and jj
Laurens railroad was wrecked Wed- ^
nesday morning near Larksdale, four u
miles north of Laurens, at about 11 C]
a. m. The negro tireman, Henry S)
Jackson, was killed and J. L. H^ar- 5
den, the engineer, badly Injured. The a
engine and tender and seven cars wore
demolished. Tuere have been three u
wrecks at prao ically the same place
within the past six months. There z
was apparently nothing wrong with L]
the track in either instance and the \y
Dplnion has been advanced that oome- p
thing must have been placed on the t,
track. A large Iron holt was picked ^
up on the ground, which had the apparance
of having been run over by t,|
the engine. Railroad Commissioner ^
J. II. Wharton was on the scene look- f(
ing into the matter. tl
Sailor Kills Himself* 01
Guy Earle Ilowett, a yoeman on the l<
receiving slilp Franklin, at the Norfolk
navy yard, committed sulcile J
Tnursday by shooting. No explanaLion
was given.
THE BRIGE LAW
*
[o Be Carried Into the Conrts
and There Tested
vs to its legality.
his Also Involves the Legality of the
Recent Election in Union County, and
Judge Townsend Has Ordered
the Dispensaries There
to Remain Open.
A special dispatch to The State from
Jnion says Jud^e Townsend Tuesday
f last week Issued the feliowiutf
rder:
"It is ordered that the defendants
lo show cause before me at my chamfers
at UDlon, S. C., at 11 o'clock on
he UUi day of Sep* ember, 11)05, why
hey should not be perpetually u j >in
d from closing the dispensaries as a
esult of the recent election held on
he 15th day of August 1005. That
he said defendants are hereby retrained
and enjoiued from closing
,nd ceasing to operate said dlspensares
until the further order of this
ourt.
"Let a copy of this order be served
vith the summons, c >mplaint and afidavjts
upon each of the defendants
lerein. "JD. A. Townsknd.
"Circuit Jucipe.
"At Chambers, Uniou, S. C., 22ad
^utfust, 1905."
liy the is- ulntf of the above qu >tcd
trder, a delay has b ;en put on the
larryin^ out of the wishes of the votsrs
of Union county, as expressed In
lie election held Tuesday, August
5ih, when they declared by their balots
of "dispensary" 412 and "no dlsipnsftrv"
7G1 t.hat. t.hov u.l?hprl t.h?>
lispensary to go.
The action was brought by W. Hoyd
Svans and Lawson D. Melton, atiorleys
of Columbia and the complaint
lovers 11 pages of closely typewritten
natter.
No Interference was made in thedeilaring
of the eleotlon by the election
lommissioners, as had bjen antic! patd;
but about 4 o'clock the attorneys
ippeared before Judge Towusend and
ecured tills temporary lnjunc; ion on
, complaint made by Carrie Harnett.
. well known farmer of the county,
Iving near HulTalo.
The defendants are it M Fincher,
Clzle Kelly and W. D. Wllkius, couny
bond of control, and 0. C. May, J.
}. Ilowell and J. It. Askew, county
ispensers. Under tills complaint Mr.
iarnett alleges that he Is a taxpayer,
estdent citizen, and q lalitied voter of
Jnion county; that the defendants
lamed have under their custody, conrol
management and direction three
iisepnsarles for the sale of lntoxicatng
liquors in this county. That by
Irtue of an alleged act of the general
.bsembly entitled 11 An act to amend
ection 7 of an act entitled 'An act
o provide for the election of the State
ioard of control, and to further reguate
the sale, use, consumption, trans
lortation and disposition of intox catng
and alcoholic liquors or liquids in
his State, and prescribe further pennies
for the violation of the d its pen
ary law, and to police the same.' "
pprovtd March Utb, 1890, and as
tuenled by the general as,erub!y of
louth Carolina at its r< gular session
n January, 1904, and approved Febuar>
25th, 1904. T. J Betenb&ugh,
ounty supervisor of Union county,
rdered an elect'On to be held; subxdtiug
to the qualiiied voters of the said
ounty of Union the question of "dis
leusary" or "no disp -nsary," on the
5th day of August, 1905. That the
lection was held on the day prescrib
d, and the county boird of com misloners
have today declared the re?ult
n favor of "no dispensary;" that said
ounty board of control and dispensers
lave threatened aud declared their inention
to close the said dispensaries
nd cease to operate the same, clalmng
It is their duty to do so as the reult
of the said election.
Til K GROUNDS.
This the plaintiff al'eges wou'd be
inlawful, unconstitutional and void,
n the following grounds:
(i) That this section 7, as above
ited, is in direct violation of the con
moumun'fu luiiiuiuiuu uuii<aiut*u ju ivriole
3, Rectton 34 clause 11 of thectn*
fcltuLton of South Carolina, 1905. That
aid section is an attempt on the part
f the general asemb'y to pass a spec
il law to limit the operation of the
ispensary law to certain special local
des, and the act being deprived r f Its
haracler as a general law becomes a
pecial or local law. That the election
eing made under said section is llleg1
and void.
(b) Tnat by virtue of articles 8, secion
11 of the constitution of 1895,
4e State cannot delegate to its culms
any special localities determed by
tieir votes as to whether they shall
e subject to the exercise of the said
oboe power regarding the manufac
jre, sale or prohibition of liquors or
everages.
(c) Tnat the act popularly known as
ne lirice bill is unconstitutional, as
ie general assembly failed to provide
ir the holding of elections at which
ime such questions as "dispensary"
r "no dispensary" can be submitted
p the people, and has failed to pre;ribe
the manner in which such elecIon
shall be held and results ascerUned.
(d) That under the general election
law the election abould be held the first
Tuesday following the first Monday in
November, 1890, and each second year
thereafter; that If It should beheld
under this law suoh special questions
as ' dispensary1' or ' no dispensary"
1 should be submitted to the people,
then such election could only be held
the first Tuesday of November, 1906 i
and tbatT. J. Heteubaugh had no authority
to order said election for any
other time.
(t) By virtue of a majority of the
votes being for "no dispensary" levies I
a special tax upon the tax payers of
Union county, whloh is in violation of
article 1, section 7 of the constitution.
Furthermore, that this bill originated
In the senate, when under the const! 1
tutlon, article 3, section 15. "Bills for 1
raising reveuue shall originate in the y
house of representatives, but may be (
altered, amended or rejected by the
senate, and all other bills may orlgl- *
nate In either house, and may be al '
tered, amended or rejected by the (
other." ,
The plaintiff aMeges upon informs- (
tion and belief that the petition for |
an election on the question of "dis |
pensar>"or "no dispensary" was not
signed by onc-foith of the qualified i
. # IT..1 * ? '
vuvwro in uuiuu o^umy, ann mat trio |
supervisor ordered it without a>-cer
tabling same; that the plaintiff is in
formed and believes the election was
fraudulently and illegally held and
conducted, in that many persons who
wore not qualified voters were allowed i
to vote, and many persons who were
qualified voters were not allowed to
vote; persons were allowed to vote at
precincts other than those at which
they resided; no registration books
were furnished the managers, as re
quired by law, and in marry ways the
raw was not complied with; ?and as a
result of this fraud and these Irreyu
larilics the election resulted in "no
dispensary," whereas, if it had been
conducted according to law, it would
have resulted in favor of the dlspen
sary. That the plaintiff, as a ciUzmi ,
and resident of Union county, has a
right to purchase intoxicating liquors
form said dispensaries, and if same are
closed, as threatened, the plaintiff and
other citizens of Union county will he
deprived of their rights and prlvlh ges ,
to purchase alcoholic liquors, as he or
they desire to do, and the county will
bo deprived of the revenue it is entitled
to under the provlsons of the
1 dispensary law. i
On these grounds the plaintiff prays I
that the injunction be issued to pre
vent the said dispensaries from oios
lng, and the election to be declared
unconstitutional, illegal and void.
Following this are till lavlts signed
by J. II. Wilbanks and a. B. Burgess,
mill operatives, and J. F Wllbanks,
a farmer, who alle ge that they did not
au ihovlze the signing of their names
to the petition, and that as taxpayers
they will be damaged because the tlec
tion oust the county $300.
Tlllfi SUrKUVISOU'8 TAUT.
The ntxt affidavit is that signed by
G. U. May, beer dispenser, and J. G.
Ilowell, dispenser, who allege that
they, with W. Boyd Evans, visited Supervisor
T. J. Betenbaugh on the 1
nlcrh rtf A nrniuf 1 1 Hi ? -1 ,1~1
v/4 4i unu AjLUII) dllU lll&l/ DUlOIl' I
baugh ?alci in their presence that
when the petitions were tirst present ,
ed to him there were about 1,000 slg- ,
natures to said petitions, and that he
took them and carefully examined
toem for several days, and of the 1,- t
000 signatures to said petitions he
found only 274 qualified voters to said
petitions, and tnat he refused to order 1
the election and returned the petl- f
tlonsto tiiose who had presented them;
that those interested took the peti- I
tlons and went over them, and said '
they had found 50 or 00 additional
qualified voters, but that he did not i
investigate to see whether or not this (
was correct; that later the same petitions
were presented to him again, (
with less than 200 additional slgna- (
turos, that he took ttn petitions and
ordered the special election to be held
in Union county on the question of
"dispeDRary" or "no dispensary" on 1
the 15th day of August, 1905, without
further investigating the said peti
tlons to see whether they contained ,
the one-forth or the qualified v iters, ,
as required by law, or not. At the ,
same time he ordered the special eleo- (
tion he did not know whether the petitions
contained the one fourth of |
the qualified voters or not, and did
not know them; but that he ordered j
the said election because those who
presented the petitions said that they ,
had the one-fourth of the qualified ,
voter*-; that If he had known what he .
knew then, that it was not his bus! ,
lies* to find out whether the petitions ,
con ained the one fourth or not; that ,
the supervisor of registration did not j
make an afildavlt that the petition ,
contained one-fourth of the qualified
voters, neither did those who present
ed the petition the last time make
such an afil lavit, that he only took 1
their wcrd for it, that he b; s been 5
over the boiksof the snpri ,i?or cf *
registration for Union c nty, and (
that he knows that ther? ..re at least I
1,800 qualified voters in i.ie couuty of I
Union; that he c u d not make an af- i
fidavit at time he ordered the election (
or then that V.e petitions asking for r
an election contained one-fcurth of h
the quailfl d voters of Union county; t
that ho w mill make an affidavit. to '
thlsefT ct mxt morning, August 12th, a
1 *.>0.1 when no came to his otlioe; that e
Instead of making said atlldavlt next a
morning, as above stated, he refused,
stating that he preferred to go to his
ctlUe and write out a history of the
whole matter, in the form of an attl- ?
davit. Instead of going to his own
otllce, he went to the ctllee of J. A. v
Sawyer, where he spent the whole
morning, and about 2 o'olock that
afternoon, August 12th, he sent a ?
letter to W. Hoyd Evans stating an '
entirely different thing than that stat s
ed tlie night before in the presence of 1
them; that the said letter Is affixed to
the affidavit.
The letter referred to has already
been published In closing It he says:
"At the time I ordered the election I
was H&tlffied that the petition contained
one fourth of the qualified
voters of the county, and 1 am now go
satis tied."
A WORD TO YOUNG MSN.
Don't Go Too Faaf, My Boy, (t Will
Not Pay.
Young man slow up. The pace you
ire setting Is a killing one. You may
'ancy that vou are making a stunning
itart in life, but It Is a start that will
llstance you in the end. Don't go
XX) fast, my lad. "Slow and sure"
:ias taken down more purses than any
)ther racer that ever went round the
track. You are smoklr g half a d( zen
jlgars a day?slow up, that means a
dome In twenty years. You are buying
all the c'othes that come to town
? slow up, that means a farm in
twenty years. Besides all the rag* in
the world never yet mule a man.
You are taking an occasional drink
with gcod intentions not to 1* c< me a
I abitual bo< // r. Slow up?the road
to hell is paved wltn good intentions.
You aro winning the su lies of some
silly girl by ( pending all you can upon
her. Slow up?a wife won In this
way Is worse than the seven-vear itch
because It last louger. You are
gambling a little now and then, just
taking a few chances for the fun of
tiie thing, Slow up -suckers arc small
tish and never grow to he very large,
but they nre first class nibblers. You
can hlc w yourself out of the running
before the lirst quarter Is readied by
just trying to keep up with the pacemakers.
Contract bad habits, keep
foollah company, listen to had advice,
spend all tou Ojii and run In debt,
swell arou td and act the dude and
you'll lie a failure just as uro as effect
is the r< suit of cause. You'll hav8 a
good time for ten years and a had
time for sixty. 11a wise and clean and
economical that life may be large, tine
ind splendid to you
Moiiho atml Noiitfottae,
Many a girl's usefulness has been
polled by some fool friend who told
tier she wan pretty.
Learn to ! ay "No." It will tie of
more, u io to you than to be able to
read Latin?Spurgeon.
Probably more men w< uld drink
ioda water If It weren't for the name
the KtutL
Many an embyro statesman lards
n jail before tie has a ohanoo to make
<o< d.
G merally a man can grumble about
ts b ing too hot when tie Isn't grumb*
iir?K atiout it being too cold.
It sometimes happens that when a
jirl rej-ots a young man's proposal be
jelebrates his lucky escape by getting
rull.
A girl Is old enough to know better
when tier mother cant tell her anything
sho thinks she docsn's know.
There is no telling where a slnnr
will land when he begins to monkey
with a hshing outdt on Sunday.
In the raee for wealth the men who
ire distanced often reap the greatest
oenelits. ui
Some churches that talk about
evivals would better talk about re?urrectlon8.
The pecketbook nerve of some men
s much more sensitive than taeir
tomestlc nerve. ci i __j
We have never bead of a business
man going to a pool hall in search of an
itllce boy.
rn i_ i _ i I I " ? " - - ?
j.nis wouici Dota nrearv world indeed
f there were no rainbows to chase occasionally.
II
Salvatlon'l.s to bo had for the asking,
but it costs work and money and sacrifice
to retain It.
What Oov. Ila) wtrit Says.
The S ate says Gov. II*yward returned
from Virginia Wednesday
night and was at his desk Thursday
morning. Ac appears to bo in fine
health and spirits since fits needed
rest but Is tflad to return, for ho says
he felt unsr ttled witheut occupation.
He was asked for a statement as to
the developments in the dispensary investigation
but merely said: "I do
not think it necessary or propose as
shief executive to make a statement
at this time. Tie committee was appointed
by the legislative department
jf the government and is doing its
work. I hope that and believe that
they will do their duty and make a
thorough investigation."
Killed iwo Men.
Oliver Lott, a negro laborer at the
lumber mill of G. Talley In Tunnell
Springs, Ala., during a quarrel with
John and Harry Helton, over a debt,
^vir. * I. 1.111I ir-i
/|? UbU 1Kb \JlJ IIICU1, KI11IIJK >1111111 IIOIion,
and seriously wounding Harry
Helton. The negro then Had and bar icaded
himself In a house. A pofcsa of
jitizens under the^ leadership of O.
falley attempted to arrest him. They
lurruunded the hi me, but L)tt refusal
to surrender, and tiri d on the crowd.
L'aUey was mortally wounded and died
i few hours later. The posse then 11 rd
on the negro and his body was
afterwards found riddled with bullets.
Where who Ijivom.
The widow of JetTerson Davis lives
>n the seventh floor of a quiet New
fork hotel, a white haired woman
vltb keen eyes, tense manner aud a
oft voice. Her apartmeuts are crowdid
with mementoes of "the lost cause"
md never a day passes without a visit
'rom oue or more of the men who in
lome way were closely tdentitied with
the Confederacy.
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