The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 09, 1906, Image 6
HOLY ROLLERS. :
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Blasphemous Wretch Shot Dead
by the Brother of His
PRETTIEST VICTIM,
Then the Deluded Qlrl Kills Her Own
Brother, and the People of Oregon
Have Arisen to Break
Up the Impious Religious
Sect.
The "Holy Rollers," religious dupes
of the most Infamous creature In the
shape of a man that ever used religion
as a oloak tor his evil designs upon (
women and youDg girls, are at last
scattered and disillusioned. John i
Crettleld, their diabolical prophet.
shot dead by bbo brother of his latest '
and fairest young victim; the avenger
promptly acquitted by )udge and jury j
and proolpimed a hero throughout the (
State of Oregon anc! about to be pres t
entcd with a medal by popular sub \
soriptlon when his life was sacrificed i
at tire hands of the crazed sister whom |
he avenged?these are the Incredibly
tragic events which have shocked the ]
now prophetless "Holy Rollers" Into (
a realization of their folly.
They know that if they permit i
their delusions to return, that if they i
continue their grotesque practices, <
the thoroughly aroused people of Ore- ,
gon will scatter them to the four
winds. In the midst of his debauch |
eries, which hlsidupes excused in their
prophet, John Gretlleld bad planned
an awful sacrifice as a means of further
strengthening his divine pretentions
among his followers. Upon that
altar in the "saoreri" grove near Corvallis,
Ore., upon which, at his com
mand, his followers bad given to the
llames their most valuable goods,
their degs and cats and other domestic
pets, he had ordered the turning
ullve of an infant child.
TT.OOrnthlnu n aa rn.rl <>
awtvi / vuiug ?? wu viuo&vu J v;*ujr xuv
plans for thin diabolic sacrifice of Innocent
babyhood were all prepared. It
was to be tho beginning of the greatest
glorification of this beast of a man.
The baby was selected and being tenderly
nurtured for the orgy. The"IIoly
Rollers" were all chosen for the howling
and dancing and general devilment.
But for Just retribution, of
which an outraged and resolute brother
of his girl victim was the lnstru
ment, by this time that Infant saorifloe
would have beem made amid
flames and satantio frothlngs.
In all the history of the rise and
fall of religious sects, none has been
organized and dominated by so selfBeeking,
cruel and libidinous a scoundrel
as this same John Orfflleld. In
order to have the fullest warrant with
his dlsolples for his iniquities, he tirst
declared himself to be John the Baptist
born again, and to that character
went cn adding divine attributes
until his followers looked upon him as
the Saviour reincarnated. When he
deolared in a recent communion service
that the bread his dupes were
eating was actually the flesh of his
body, and the wine they were drinking
the very blood from his veins,
their sut'jugatlon was complete. After
that he knew that any atrocity, any
license, and hideous blasphemy he
might commit would have their full
and enthusiastic sanction.
In this newspaper three years ago
the grotesque ceremonies of the Holy
Boilers were fully exploited in connection
with the Interrupted purpose of
their prophet to make a human sacrifice,
the victim marked for this awful
fate being a beautiful young girl
named Matilda Johnson. Up to that
time the only living sacrifices had
been pet dogs and cats and other animals
treasured by his followers. These
people had already made themselves
such a nuisance to the people of Cor
vallls with their frenzisd shouting and
their contortions as they rolled over
the fioor with demoniac actions at
their meetings?together with the bad
Influence of all this upon the susceptible
women and girls of the neighborhood?that
the prophet had been
obliged to run away till the excitement
died down. His return was the
oooaslon for frantic rejololngs. Oreffield
rose in the midst of his people
"God bade me return. Human beings
cannot harm us." The effect of
this declaration was electrical. The
altar In the grove was prepared for
sacrllioe and the wood was lighted.
Back of the altar, with arms tossed
wildly above bis head, the prophet
shouted: "Subjugate all lustful desires.
All that has price contaminates
the spirit ana binders oommunion
with God." Thereupon, the frenzied
dupes oast their personal belongings
into the llames. Jewels, money, cloth
inor, furniture and animal pets were
sacrificed. Little girls threw their
dolls into the fire. A pretty young
woman sacrificed her mirror, the emblem
of her worldly vanity. Boys
gave their most cherished toys.
O. V. Hurt, a well-to do meichant,
of Corvallls, with his entire family,
joined the "Holy Hollers," abandonlog
his business. His name was entered
on the "Holy Bolls" kept in the
aanotuary, a tent in the grove, within
wbloh it was profanation for any but
the prophet to set his foot. But when
It was noised about that Oreffleld was i
preparing for a human saorlfioe, and *
that Miss Matilda Johnson was mark- ;
?d for that horrible fate, the sane
men of the neighborhood revolted.
They brought and proved such charges
against Oreffleld that he was sent
to the penitentiary for two years.
The "Holy Rollers" regarded him
as a martyr, and held their organization
together pending their leader'*
release. When Creffleld got out of
prison it was soon apparent that he
was going to make the most of his
"orown of martyrdom." His dupes
were ready to believe anything he told
them. The basest part of the man's
nature now oame to the surface. He
proclaimed himself the Savior, but as
it was ordained that he would one day
die like ordinary man it was necessary
that there be a fitting successor. Hp
preached with shameless and lnoredible
hardihood that the future prophet
would be, like Jesus of N .zaroth, born
of a virgin. When that virgin appeared
among his followers he would
recognize and proclaim her. In spite
of the outrageous profanity of this
declaration it drove many young women
and mere girls into a religious
frenzy. Thev left their homes and
joined the 'Holy Rollers." Soon the
events were linking into a chain of
evinltable tragedy.
Among the young girls who oame
under the evil influence of Orctlleld
were Esther Mitohell and her married
dster, who had left their home in
Portland, Ore., to join the "noly
Rollers." Their fanaticism was complete.
Crellleld, now kuown to be a
iegenerate of a type without a parall
>1, had his wicked will with both of
bhem, and they gloried In their situa
Jon. Rumors of their sisters plight
orought their three brothers? George,
Perry and Fred Mitchell?from Portland
to reclaim them. George, the
eldest, was twenty-live, while Fred,
the youngest-, was only a boy of seventeen.
While the brothers tried to get
their sisters to go home with them
(Jreftleld boldly proclaimed that Esther
Mitchell was Indeed the virgin
whom the Almighty had ordained to
bcoome the mother of his successor.
Learning that their sisters were
both victims of the worst passions of
the prophets, and that they were now
Infatuated, beyond redemption?completely
crazed?George Mitchell boldly
declared that ho would avenge
4 T T 1 J 1 J ?-i11 J
bimuj. no waiu no wuuiu Kin urtiueiu
on sight. Upon hearing this threat
the prophet slipped away In the night
to Seattle, Wash., taking his chief
tool, his wife and Esther Mitchell
with him. Iliding In a house in an
obscure part of the city, he gave him
self up to the worst excesses. In the
midst of his orgies he sent messages
to his followers at Corvallls that on
his return, which would be soon, he
would carry out God's command to offer
up a human ncrilice.
This would mark the summit cf his
elevation as a true prophet, and
thenceforth his people would be free
from persecution and would absorb all
other religious seots. For this saorllice
they must obtain a male Infant
When George Mitchell and his brothers
followed Grcllleld to Seattle on
their mission of vengeance the "Holy
toilers" were in a frenzy of zeal to
carry out their leader's awful command.
For a week George Mitchell
walked the streets of Seattle with his
hand on his revolver. One day he met
Cretlleld face to face, and without a
word sent a bullet crashing through
uiH uraiu. no sioou caimiy Detune t?ne
body of the prophet till the police
o&me and took him to jail.
Never was there a more complete
vindication of the crime of murder
than resulted from that brief trial.
Neither the sisters nor the widow of
the prophet appeared In court. When
Esther was asked to testify for her
brother who had avenged her, she
evlnoed only the utmost hatred for
him. The elder Mitchell had arrived
to do what he could for his son. Now
that he was free, father and the three
sons went in search of Esther. All
met at the house where the widow of
Creffleld, and Esther were living.
Esther submitted to a partial reconciliation.
She agreed to go home with
them.
On the following day all went to
the station to take the train for Port
i&na. wnue waiting for the train
they sat together on a bench In the
waiting room. The train rolled up to
the station. Esther motioned to
George to go first and look for seats.
She was next behind him. As George
lifted his foot to the oar step, Ester
Mitohell drew a revolver from her
skirts, placed the muzzle within a few
inches of her brother's head, pulled
the trigger and he rolled dead at her
feet. The murderess of her brother
was immediately arrested. As she was
being taken away, her two living
brothers, Perry and Fred, sat on a
station bench weeping in each other's
arms. This is the story Esther Mitchell
told in her oell:
Mrs. Oreffield and I talked over the
matter of killing George. The one that
had the best chanoe was to do it. Mrs.
Oreffield bought the gun. We were at
the room about 4 o'clock this afternoon
on/1 T f KnnrfKf T <\nl^
auu jl vuvukiiv X wuum uavo A UStlVr I
chance to do it than Mrs. Crcflleld, as j
my brother wanted to see me and be-1
lieved that he would think nothing
about my going to the depot. Then
Mrs. Oreffleld gave me the gun and 1
was to do it. We agreed that it must
be done as soon as possible. I took the
gun yesterday and my brother Fred
walked with me down to the depot
when my father went away.
''They wanted me to see George
then, and I did not want to, because
I oould not get the gun unwrapped. I
had the gun wrapped up and oonoealed,
and I refused to see George. When
I went home I took the gun and.placed
it under the mattress. Then I took
it out about noon Tuesday and kept
it with me. My brother Fred was up
to my room to-day and said that Perry
?nd George were going to Portland
Tuesday, I went to the depot and nw
Perry get his tioket. At last I saw
\
George and 1 shock hands yjlth blm
and i was walking to the door with
him. He and Perry were walking In
'rnntanri Fred and I were walking behind.
At that time 1 had the gun In
my ooat. I was walking to the door
I and G.orge was In front of me.
"That was the ohanoe I wanted and
1 shot him. My brother Fred grab*
bed me and I sat down on his lap and
put my arms about his neok. 1 sat
there and the oflloers came. I Intended
to follow him to Portland If 1 did
not get a ohance at him there. I do
not regret the shooting; 1 am glad 1
did it. I am not Jmaoe, nor do I propose
to try to escape punishment.
George Mitchell murdered a holy man.
He himself was a detiled one. I have
fulfilled my mission, and 1 am satisfied
"
Later the widow of Creftleld signed
with Either Mitchell a joint statement
to the tffeol that they had conspired
together to kill Esther's brother.
That both the woman and the
girl are insane It is hardly possible to
doubt. Yet scnLiment against them In
that region so infested with "Holy
Rollers" Is so strong that It seems not
improbable that both may go to the
gallows. But these tragedies will
prove to be the deathblow to this
horrible seot, which had no other
cause of being than to pander to the
voloes of Its prophet. Crcffleld leaves
no leader strong enough to combat
public resentment?and there Is no
fear now that any Infant life Is menaced
by the decoased prohct's plans to
make a human saorlfice.
\Vill Cure tho KvIIh.
The Florence Times says: "Quite a
nrivul nrrootoH Hin ni.nu #.? UMrtr.
UV TWA UI^UU giVUVWU WI1U V/V-O \JM. A' iv/l
tntlnes this morning an they beheld
several negro women under guard hoeing
the streets and clearlDg the sidewalks
cf grass. We believe It Is the
first time anything like this method
has ever been attempted, certainly in
South Carolina. Mayor Biown says
that it is the only way to stop vag
rancy and crime among these immoral
women. Heretofore they have been
fined and fed by the city and did not
mind it but from the sound of their
muttered curses this morning, it
would appear that there is a strenous
objection to the new method. Several
more were up before the mayor today
and were given a similar sentence."
Strong Drink In Newberry.
Senator Tillman spoke at Young's
Grove Newberry county last week to
about J00 people. During his speech
he referr. d to Maine, Iowa and Kan
was, 8<.called prohibition States. At
this point J. II. Chappell, of Newberry
inrcrrupled him and said:
"There was more drunkenness in the
town of Newberry last Saturday than
I have ever seen before, audi have
been here for thirty years, and one
prohibitionists who spoke against the
dispensary in the campaign last summer
two years ago is soiling the cider
now that makes many of these drunk."
Hiding in a Hwaiiip.
A, special from Mllledgeville, Ga ,
says that Joe Morris, tiic negro youth,
who recently attempted to assassinate
the family of George llloDd
worth, a farmer living a few miles
from Macoo, Is hiding in a swamp
near Mllledgevllle. A posse of men in
buggies, on horses and afoot, all armed,
surround the swamp. A report
of a lynching has reached Milledgeville,
but is unconfirmed. Bloodworth
is in a orltiole condition from his
wounds.
I'wo Killo
Vengeance for the murder he had
commttted was visited swiftly upon
an Italian named Salvatore Siammouco
Tuesday after he had shot and
mortally wounded his countryman,
Salvatore Carodone, on South street,
near Fulton market, New York.
Hardly a minute after the shooting
Siammonoo was stabbed in the heart
ana instantly killed by Gulsseppe
Tocjo. All three were peddlers who
were buying tish at the market and
engaged In an alteroatlon. I
Il/it fa Ulwkt
K tj uut/M
Mrs. H. A. Leaptrot was shot and
instantly killed and her husband
probably fatally wounded Thursday
night while sitting on the poroh of
their residence near Oherry Valley,
Ark. The shooting was done by
three mounted men who tired from
the front gate. The five Woolbright
brothers were arrested on the oharge
of complicity. Two years ago Leaptrot
killed a member of the Woolbright
family.
More Thau Kvor.
The Newberry Observer in reporting
Mr. T. J. Harmon's speech who
is a candidate for the legislature, says
he "announocd himself in favor of
the dispensary. Said more liquor is
oeing cirunK now in Newberry county
from blind tigers than was drunk in
the days of barrooms 01 the dispensary;
that every express cflBoe has become
a barrom, and the express company
Is getting rich.
Tried to Assault Woman.
When the steamer Henry M. Stanley
was Wednesday two miles from
Galliopolis, ()., a negro entered the
cabin of a woman passenger and attempted
to assault her. He was discovered
and driven over the side of
the boat by the captain. As no trace
could afterward be found of the negro
it Is belioved that he was drowned.
Boy Hero Drowns With Bister.
While a brother and sister named
Sherks, aged seventeen and eighteen
years, were bathing in Lake Erie, off
Point Abino, Tuesday, they were
: drowned. The sister was being oar[
rled out by the undertow when the
boy went to her assistanoe. Their
I bodies have not been rooovered.
A C01T0N HARVB8TBR '
A N? w ProopM of Floklng Cotton
Has Boon Invented.
The following article appearing In
the weeks Issue of the Manufacturers' ]
Reoord, as a special from St- Louis,
will be of Interest to the ootton grower
b of the South:
To meet the constantly growing demand
for greater eoonomy of labor In
harvesting cotton, the American Ootton
Separator Co., of St. Louis, Mo.,
L. D. Klngsland president, through
its general manager, Mr. W. A. Pat
terson, has invented, secured patents
and built marine.? upon the prlnolple
of saving of the cotton crop on the
same basis as wheat and other cereals
have been saved for years. All grain,
as everybody, knows, Is separated from
Its natural hull by wheat or oorn
separators, and the Inquiry tirst started
In Mr. Patterson's mind was, Why
not separate ootton from its hull by a
similar method? From this Idea has
been developed a cotton separator,
and tho American Cotton Separator
Co., of St. Louis, Mo., is now prepared
to give to the planter or the ginner
a machine that will accomplish this c
work. c
This method of securing the cotton t
i^rrm frnm f hn t.lmo t.ho hnll Hroinnariu t
v v" v v* v? w?iv/ wi i utuv v/pvun
until the last boll of half unripe open 1
ed cotton after frost lias struck It Is d
to gather or snap from the stalk the v
boll, deliver It Into a wagon, or car, H
lake It to the cotton separator, which ?
sucks the cotton from the wagon or s
oar and passes It through the machine
and bf parates the boll from the lint, t
In the process practically demonstrat >
ed by the cotton separator not only ^
effective work has been done, but It Is
especially effective after the frost has e
struck It, as It raises the qualtity of t
this cotton at least one grade, and In c
8( me instances has raised It two r
grades. It Is believed that It will be t
admitted by all cotton-raisers that a c
man, woman or child can gather or ?
snap the bi lls from the stem two or I
three times as much weight during 1
a day as can be picked In the ordinary c
way. It is also a well known fact I
that It requires nimble lingers to pick 1
Cotton rapidly and successfully, and s
even then more or less cotton Is left t
In the boll. By the new method an t
old man or woman, as well as a child ?
of 12 or 14 years old, can pluok the 1
ool) and cotton frc m the stem. 1
rP ) 1 C/M i Mi 1 ( lr/> n I 1 V \ n (a / v M 1 /4 (n l\/\ I'
a ur, guutu, iiilc ait uiix: nruiiu, in uo
ginning to be seriously affeoted wltb 1
labor troubles, and durlDg tlie cotton- f
picking season often It Is dillloulfc to e
secure a sulliotent number of banc's to c
properly and quickly take care of the t
developed orop. Even though a plant c
er has been fortunate enough to ob- e
tain a requisite number of hands for e
his orop, he Is more or less annoyed 1
by their failure to constantly attend
to the duty he has employed them *
for. This Is not only exasperating, b
hut is detrimental in the extreme to ?
the savin* of the product of his year's i
eifurt in the planting and developing
of Ills crop. It Is claimed that It re- v
quires three men to pick the cotton *
rsised by one. With the new method e
it Is claimed that the man that raises f
the crop can plucie or gather it, and c
that the separator will put his cotton
In & better ooudltlon for ginning than v
Is now done by the ordinary way of ?
picking. N N
It is estimated that at least 2,000, c
000 bales of cotton are lost through- 1
out the South overy year, known as >
frostbitten cotton and scattered oot ?
ton left in the Held unpicked by the c
picker. With the Amerioa.i Cotton t
Separator all of this cotton cau be '
saved, it is claimed, thereby giving 1
the planter the full fruit of his labor 1
and to the South millions of dollars
that otherwise would be lost. It Is *
an acknowlrdgcd fact that the cotton t
boll possesses a nutritious character
similar to that possessed by the seed. c
This can be util.zed after having pass t
ed through the sepaiator by grinding f
it up and feeding to cattle, which is t!
an additional great saving claimed t
by the American Cotton Separator, c
This cotton separator uses a series of j
saws operated by a pneumatic system 4
o
An Election How. p
At Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday u
J. G. Wellington, a saloon keeper, o
was killed. W. J. Cooke, a Judue of n
election is fatally wounded and a third o
man less seriously injured in a fight at *
a polling plaoet a few mlnutts afte n
the dosing of the polls for the elee- o
tion of county officers. B. E. Conn, Q
the third man wounded was another p
judge of election. He was not ser- *
louHly hurt. The trouble arose over jj
the county eleotlon, which was held n
Thursday. Wellington insisted on be- t
Ing present at the count of the bal- r
lots and in an argument, Wellington p
is said to have drawo a revolver and ii
begun shooting. According to the b
story told to the police, Conn rushed ii
out of the polling place, secured a
shotgun and began firing. The first t
shot fairly riddled Wellington with t
buckshot. Wellington kept on firing v
Ait t _"? J -1 ?- - - - A\
uabii no urrpptu ana waea uie smoKe c
of battle cleared away, Cooke was a
found on the floor desperately wound- t
ed, a bullet from Wellington's levol- c
ver having pierced his side. a
Oar Whisker Tax.
To prove that the dispensary had
deoreased the consumption of liquor c
in South Carolina, Mr. Weston, can- r
dldate for the Senate in Richland
County, quoted from the figures of t
the last United States oensua, which j
showed that the average annual g
drink bill of the people of the entire
United States was $17.33 per capita, .
while for South Carolina it was only J
$2.98. ?
W. R. Hearst will be the next [
governor of New York, and he will y
make a good one too. i
*
raifi DEMON ALCOHOL
ro BK PUT TO NEW AND USE! UL
HfiRVIOB
Made to Bun Engine* light Our
Homes and Cook Our
Food.
All of our leaders who are familiar
with the Arabian Nights' Entertain
xients, and all who are cot have miss 1
id a great pleasure, will remember a
itory of a genie who oould contract
ilmself into a space so small as to be
jontalned in a vial, but on being reeased,
expanded like & modern explosive
until he became a large giant,
iversbadowlng the earth. While 1
jon lined in the bottle he was harmess,
but when he got out^he threatened
danger to all who approach.
iVe have often thought! that this 1
'orclful narrative of Queen Sohehere:ade
prefigured the spirit of alcohol.
The Araoians first discovered this |
potential agent, which is well deeorib:d
uuder the image of the demon in j
ifte bottle. Alcohol is not dangerous
vhen bottled up, but when it gets out 1
if the bottle and into tbe man or 1
ither animal, there is a multipiicaion
of devils, like those described in 1
he New Testament. It is more than {
ikely that the belief in a personal '
Itvil, so prevalent in ancient davs,
vas typified by this subtle spirit of |
uch deadly potentialities. Cassio, in '
ihakespeare'a "Othello," gives utter- 1
.nee to this thought, when he says:
'Oh, thou iuvislble spirit of wine, if
hou hast no other name by which
ou are called, lot me name thee ;
levil." j
But the devilish disposition is to be '
ixtraoted from alcohol that it may oe
amed to the uses of man A marvel- 1
ills transformation iu to occur by
esson of the law receutly enacted by
Jougress. By the process kuuwn as 1
lonaturizlng, alcohol Is to oe dehorn 1
id, an It were, have Its teeth pulled,
lave the devil laktn out of It. Havug
Injured man so greatly during tne
leuturien, It is now to redeem Itself
jy helping him. Originally it was
ised to kindle internal tires, to set the
inui allamu, to addle the brain, to
nake maniacs. Njw, bltaocd change,
lie tire is to be kindled on the out,ide
to mike heat and power. Aloo10I
is all right if left out of the blood,
.t works beautifully In a stove, in a
leater, unuer an engine, in a lamp,
t will be especially beneficial lor
armors, as it is especially well adapt
d for doing what farmers constantly
iced to have done. In many ways
he minohievous old giant can be
ailed down, put in harness aid forcd
to do beneticlal work for the hunan
race to make up for the damage
nlhcted by ages of misuse.
A lamp Is now made that produces
, strong, high-grade light from acj10I,
and the experts say a gallon of aiohol
is wortn two of kerosene for
ight.ing purposes. The thousands of
mall power engines heretofore run
vith gasoline, can all he served better
.nd more cheaply wicu alcohol. These
nglness are especially adapted to
arm purposes, ror pumping warer,
utling feed, Ullir>K silos, threshing
:ralu, and the multiplied uses to
vuich a stationary power on farms is
adopted. The principle objection to
gasoline, aside from the cost, is the
i auger to the farm building from tire
V gasoline tire cannot be quenohed
vith water. On the other hand, water
.eerns to scatter the gasoline and in
ireane the danger. But an alcohol
Ire is easily put out by the use of
water. Experiments show that a galon
of alcohol will produce at least 10
)er cent, more power tnau a gallon of
[auoline. On the subjeot of heat, the
howing Is equally favorable, the ques
>lon being simply cne of relative cost.
On this latter head accurate lnfornation
was gathered by the commitee
of Congress, wn.'cu will be of as>ecial
Interest to our readers. A large
llstlllery at Peoria kept a record for
en year, which shows an average oost
if 42 36 oents a buanel for corn used,
L'he average production of aioohol was
.76 proof gallons from a bushel of
oru. The oost averaged 10.78 oents
er prooJ gallon of aioouoi. Tne corn
ised In making one gallon of proof al
ohol was .21 of a bushel, ousting 8 89
ents; deducting this cost from 10.78
ents, the total oost of the a.oohoi,
re have 1 89 cents as the oost of
laking one gallon of proof alcohol
ver and above the cost of the grain,
here will, of course, be variations in
rioe. acnnrrilriu in t.hA nrlAA nt niim
lut other farm proriuots may be util
led In making alcohol, a low grade of
aolasses being especially adapted for (
he purpose, and many other things
aised by farmera will answer the purpose.
Thus the far(ner is benefitted
a two ways, by increased demand for
lis products to make the alcohol and
acreased uses of the latter wheu
aade. So it is manifest that with
ax-free alcohol, and the people awake
o prevent trusts and corners, there
rill be opening to us an era of cheap
aotor, light and heat proouotlon
uoh as the world has not seen, and
here Is no people In the world that
an put such things to so mauy uses 1
a our American farmers.
Blind llKom. |
The Mayor of Newberry had four (
legroes up before him Wednesday for i
unnlng blind tigers. They plead |
:uiii>y and they were lined from $25 i
o $100 each. If this Is kept up y
dewberry will get rid of her blind ti
:ers.
It is now explained that Secretary
raft was sent to North Carolina, be- J
;ause those " Blackburn people" had
>een endorsing at some of their coun- '
.y conventions Vice-President Fair- ]
?nks as successor to President Roose- '
relt. The question is has Taft itopped
the revolt. 11
TILLMAN WAWT8 MANNING.
And a Dfsoenaary Lifjctel ature Will
Be Kleoted.
The Washington correspondent of
the Charleston Post says Col. II. Y.
Simpson, one of the mcst prominent
lawyers of the Laurens hjur, is in
Washington, with his family on his X
way to Atlantic City.
While in Washington Col. Simpson
stopped his routine of sight seeing
long enough to tell something about
bow politics are going down in South
Carolina. "Senator Tillman was in
Laurens a short time ago and spoke
to the purple there," said Col. Simpson.
"While from the crowd that
attended the mn-tirg he appeared to*
have a good many followers still,
there Is not nearly the same enthusiasm
noticeable that there once was
when he appear* d In public.
"The future of the dispensary and
the question of who is to be the next
Governor of the Svote are the two
absorbing topics of interv-t. Senator
Tillman m*y be able to pull Manning
Into otllce^s the next Governor?that
jeems to be what he is trying to do,
though he has never said out and out
that. Manning is his choice. It I s
generally conceded, however in the
State that Manning is his favorite.
Whether or not the Senator's Influence
together with that possessed by the
Sumter man will rr?ke the latter the
successor of Gov. Ii?yward, can not
be told at this time.
'NfllYlot.tmo ?<./-? thn r^t T n ..
rens voted out the dispensary, but Its
advocates took the matter luto court,
and It was held that the election
under which the vote was tak< n was
Invalid, hence the dispensary should
uot be closed. It Is still open, but I
think It only Jiuestlou of time when
it will receive a majority of the votes
:)f the people for it to close. Many of
the counties In the State have already
voted the dispensary out, the people
:if those counties believing that the
llspens&ry was not the best solution
A the liquor question.
"While It has not generally been
cnown that Manning was the choice
jf Senator Tillman, I think there is
ao question of that being the case. I
ilso think that perhaps the future
jperation of the dispensary depends
lOmewhat on whether or not Manning
s elected and his Ideas adopted. Uuess
he Is elected the dispensary may
3ave a liari tight though 1 do not
loubt that the coming primary elections
In tna different counties
throughout the State will send dis*
>ensary men to the Legislature.
A()vioo to Voiiiik n 'Mi
"Young men keep out of politics,'*
jays Senator Piatt. That adviceyou
Id be all right if Piatt had advised
young men to keep out of lie pub
lean machine politics, which are
otten to the coro. Every citizen of
i Republic should take enough
ntercst in politics to investigate the
policies of parties and vote?always
roto?according to the result of his
nvestigations. Young men cspecialy
take an interest in the politics, for
t is upon the young men of today
ill at the government of the Repubic
will rest tomorrow. Somo young
nan of today will bo in a few years,
president of this great county, or hovill
be Senator, or lie will bo Congressman,
or Governor of his state.
What would happen if the young
nen of of the country "keep out of
politics?" Young men should invest igate
how so-called Republican poley
of protection that Piatt and otlijr
Republican leaders stand for taxis
them for the benefit of protected
nterests. Young men should know
vhy the cost of living is so great? ,
18 per cent higher than when tlio
>resent tariff law was enacted?and
heir salaries have not increased irt
ike proportion. Young men should
nquire why they are compelled to
iontinue in tlio employ men t of otliirs
all their lives instead of as fornerly
looking forward to bp their
>wn masters. It is not td^ the inenest
of Senator Piatt or the Repubican
leaders that young men inves igate
the plundering system that
lie Republican party stands for,
herefore they say keep out of pollics.
Poisoned Them.
At Jacksonville, Fla , Thomas
Callaway and Fred Walters, hostlers
it a livery stable, are suffering in<ense
agony and are in a dying con
nuon irom drinking whiskey given
a tbem by Arthur Klne, hostler at
>n opposition stable. Klne has been
arrested and sent to jail jvlthqtot ball
;o await results. Investigation shows
hat a law buanity of oroton oil was
nix^d with the whiskey. What
)rompted the deed is not known.
Hoy Drowned.
While bathing, with a launoh party
o the North River, c ff Dyckman street
Wednesday Fritz Ilolsteu, sixteen
fears old, of No. 600 Fist O >o Flunired
aDd Forty first street, Nsw York
lived (IT the beat In twelve feet of
water and did not come up. It is supposed
that he struck the bottom
was stunned and drowned. His body,
was not recovered.
Negro Killed by a Train. 4
An unknown negro man was killed
ny an outgoing freight train in the
3outhern yards Wednesday morning
ibout 8 o'clock at Atlanta, Ga. The
negro fell from a oar, the wheels passing
over his left leg above the ankle.
No one knew anything of the dead
man.