The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 04, 1909, Image 5
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THE PLAIN FACTS
la Regard to the Darlington Raids
Is StataH
BY SENATOR TILLMAN
i
In Answer to an Editorial Published
l>y the News and Courier,
Which II? Says May Mislead the
Younger Generation, and to Keep
the llecord Straight.
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To the Editor of IThe News and
Courier: It is not often that 1 consider
anything in youi editorial coinnins
worthy of notice. While yon
).?<>? ?l iuuto I I.
it a * i; iiuooiau iiivnin tiiii 11 111 ll able
In regard to me, 1 have let
them go for what they are worth.
The editorial in your paper of
January 2 7, "A Reformed Statesman,"
might mislead some of the
younger men of the State who are
not familiar with the facts, and to
preserve the record straight 1 will
refresh your memory a little.
The Darlington riot, which occurred
in April, 1 904, >yas directly incited
by The News nd Courier and
The State and a few weekly papers
which were in deadly opposition to
the dispensary law. These papers
called the constables "spies" and
urged resistance to the State gov?rnnmnl
Tho rounlt wna tliuf tlmvn
was a conflict between the constabulary
and the citizens of Darlington,
who followed the constables to
the depot and provoked the riot.
Two citizens and one constable
wore killed and one other constable
was so badly wounded that he died
later, and a mob of several hundred
men tried to lynch the remaining
constables who fled to the country.
The dispensaries at Titnmonsvillo
and Florence were broken into and
looted; bodies of armed men were
hurrying from various directions to
reinforce the mob. As Governor I
proclaimed the two* counties of Florence
and Darlington in insurrection
and declared martial law.
I called on the militia of Columbia
to go to the scene and suppress the
rioting. They refused to obey the
order. I then called on the Charleston
militia and General Huguenln refused
to .order out his brigade. All
\of the militia in the State was ordered
to Columbia and I sent be^
tween .'100 and 400 men to Darling|
ton to restore order. The riot ocW*
our red on Friday afternoon; tne militia
reached Darlington Sunday night.
Peace and order were restored and
the law upheld.
At the beginning of the riot on
Friday night wild and incendiary appeals
were sent broadcast over the
State to the opponents of the dispensary
system to rally to the aid
of their friends in Darlington. These
emanated from Columbia. As soon
as militiamen upon whom I could
rely reached Columbia Saturday
afternoon 1 placed a guard in charge
of the telegraph ollice to prevent
these incendiary messages, whicn
were calculated to produce civil war
from being dispatched over th<
State.
Most of the arms in the possession
of the Columbia militia hai!
boon stolen from their armories. A
mob had gathered on Main street
and were incited by some of theii
leaders to attack the Executive Mansion
and hang the Governor. The
State newspaper urged resistance tc
law, and in every way incited insurrection.
I notified the railroads U
transport no bodies of armed met
without permission from me. Fo<
seizing the telegra .it office and in i
manner the control of the railroads
C had full warrant of law, as will b<
shown by an examination of tin
statutes still in the Code.
The mob in Darlington dispersed
the constables reached places of saf
ety and were sent back to Darling
ton to attend the coroner's inquest
AXM?v?in ? wnoir nnnrc and order wen
restored and the law of supremac;
upheld. At no time did I interfere
with the liberty of the press. I siin
ply controlled the telegraph ofliee t?
prevent incendiary appeals and false
hoods being trWismitted over th'
wires.
I did threaten to stop the publi
cation of the State unless it chang
ed its tone, and to search ever
house in Columbia if the arms whic]
had been stolen from the iniliti
armories were not returned. I ac
coniplished both purposes and th
people of the State at the succeed
ing election by an overwholmin
vote endorsed all my actions.
For people who never learn an.\
thing my conduct then was wholl
unjustifiable, and there will alway
be efforts to distort it and tell lie
about it. All right thinking peopl
throughout the country, includin
newspapers which have been mci
SUBS
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ROBBER UNKNOWN
MAN KI LIJ3L> At LAURENS NOT
POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.
My?tory Portkllf (learrd by Mr.
H. A. Joum of I'akm Who Thlukw
Ho Kuovvft (lie Mam.
Laurens, Jan. 29.?While nothing
nr?Hi t Ivn ?
uuo ;ci uvril irui UfU rt'Kill'Uing
the identity of the? yeggman
'killed yesterday by Oilleer Walker,
a message from Union goes some
| distance towards clearing up the
mystery. This information, which
came over the long distance telephone
about I o'clock, and was giv|
en by Mr. L. M. itice, is to the effect
that Mr. it. A. Jones of Union thinks
. he knows the man.
Mr. Jones says that nine years
I ago ho knew a man named L. J.
j Parker, who fits the description of
j the dead yeggman. The man workI
ed as a clerk in a large store in
j Chattanooga and left his position to
"hobo." It is probable that this
I identities! ion is correct, as the name
on the newspaper found in the dead
| man's pocket reset*.-.bled "L. J. 1'arI
ker," though the name was indis
tiuct.
Inspector Gregory of the United
States postollice department arrived
! here this morning and litis begun an
| investigation into the identity of the
mysterious stranger. He says he believes
he has the man "spotted,"
but gives no further information
Another photograph of the man was
taken after the body was dressed
for burial and this will be sent to
the authorities in Atlanta for identification.
The body will be kept
here a week if necessary to reveal
the man's identity.
Naturally there are many stories
afloat about people who have seen
this stranger before. it Is evident
that the two men have been In the
city and vicinity for some days.
There is one rumor that seems very
probable indeed; That two strangers
came here Monday afternoon and
masqueraded as postofflce detectives;
they called at the postofllce here, but
it seems that they did not secure
'entrance, except to hold a slvort
conference with one of the rural
mail carriers, who is at this hour
on his route and can not be seen,
hence the purport of the talk with
the strangers can not be ascertained.
However, it is learned from some
who have seen the carrier in question
that he himself could not make
out the purpose of this visit to him,
and that the conversation was of
such a nature as to make no impression
on him. The surmise is, of
course, that the men went into the
oflice, not expecting to And the carrier
in, to give themselves an ample
opportunity to "get the lay of the
land."
The other man, the accomplice
and companion of the dead man, is
described as a tall, light-haired man,
| quick and witty. A young man win
lives some six miles south of the city
came in last night and stated that
he saw such a stranger going down
the road towards Mountville at about
i sundown. It. is judged that the ev
. ! caped yeggman is making his waj
: ' southward, possibly toward Colnm
! Ida. The authorities all over tlv
J State have been notified and it i*
I 1 likely that he will be captured. *
t IjAfUIIKD TOO MUCH
At Joke Tohl by Visitor and Dislo
>
> rates Neck.
Pittsburg, Jan. 29.?Dislocating
j J bor neck because of immoderate
j laughter at a joke told by a guest
! Mrs. William Giesey suffered intense
| agony last night, till the arrival o
} ' a surgeon who relieved her suffering
3 ; and replaced the dislocated mem
bor.
Mr. and Mrs. Giesey were enter
taining guests. One of them told t
joke at which Mrs. Giesey began" te
laugh. She became histercial tine
3 was unable to stop, when suddenl;
! she felt a sharp pain in her neel
a j and soon her face turned black. /
?.v .jurgeon hastily summoned sooi
-) pulled the neck back into place.
a , tioned endorsed my course as soon a
j they understood the situation.
- j A free press and a licentious am
- i unbridled press are two very dif
y ferent things. 1 knew when I wrot
h the dispatch to the New York World
a which has been quoted with sucl
unction by The News and Courier
e , that Homo such use would be mad
[- of it or, The News and Courier ha
g undertaken, but I do not change m
j attitude nor am I in the least hi
r- | "reformer."
y ! Those who are responsible for th
s j Darlington riot ought to be asharn
a od of their course at that time an
e remain silent rather than Rtart afloa
g a fresh batch of falsehoods.
1-. B.R.TILLMAN.
CRIBE N(
% t'
ROBBERY CHARGE
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MADE AGAINST YOUNG MAN AND
I11S WIFE.
Thojr Lured Employer to Their
Homo, Whore lie Wim Mudc to
tiive Order for $5,<HH>.2B.
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 29.?Fleetwood
Lester, traveling salesman for tho
Southern Supply Company, of this
city, and his wife are in jail charged
with holding up llardaway Young,
president of the company, at the'
point of a revolver, and robbing him
of $f,,G00.25. The alleged robbery
occurred at the home of the Lesters
this afternoon and was sensational
in the extreme.
It is charged that Lester telephoned
to Young to come out to his
home on business connected with the
sale of stock which Lester owned in
tin' company. As soon as Young
entered the Lester home, it is al-1
leged, Lester held him up at the
point of a revolver and forced him tn
write an order to his cashier directing
him to pay Mrs. Lester $f),G0U.2o,
the amount of stock which Lester
is said to have owned in the company.
Mrs. Lester took the order to the
cashier, who wrote out a check for
tho amount, accompanied Mrs. Lester
to the bank and identilled her and
the check was cashed. Mrs. Lester
, then returned to her homo, where
j Young alleged he was held at the
point of a revolver during her absence,
and gave the money to her
i husband, who then advised Young
j thut he could depart.
Two hours later Young sworn out
warrants against Mr. and Mrs. Los
| ter, charging them wfth robbery,
I and they were lodged in the county
j jail.
The affair is said to he the outcome
of a recent misunderstanding
between Lester and Young concerning
certain business transaction.
DYlNCi I.N II1S IIOOM.
Mysterious A flair Occurs in a New
York Hotel.
New York, Jan. 2 9.?Conriedo
Danielson, a Porto Kican, was found
lying on the floor of his room at
the Hotel Carlton in West Fiftyfourth
street shorty after midnight
?unconscious and with a bullet hole
in the right side of his head.
The shooting is surrounded with
considerable mystery inasmuch as
the hotel management denied that it
was a case of attempted suicide.
Danielson lived at the hotel with
his wife and one child. He was
taken to the Roosevelt hospital,
where it was said he would probably
die.
Danielson is said to be well to do
and is thirty-five years of age. His
wife just before the shooting fled
i from the room and into the hotel
oflice crying hysterically. Domestic
troubles are said to have figured in
; the case. *
IIL'NDItHD KlOPOUTHn K1LLK1)
i By Lurthqunke Shocks in DiHercm
; I'arts of Spain.
London, Jan. P.O.?A dispatch
from Tarrasa says that Barcelona
lias been overwhelmed by a tidai
wave. The loss of life is unknown.
- Subterranean roaring receded the
tidal wave, causing jjlr.earful panic
among the people on le promenades
r | and in the buildings of the city,
j A dispatch from San Sebastian
Spain, says that a terrible earthi
quake has devastated several towns
f and villages in Sc.-li and South
r eastern Spain.
A tidal wave partially submerge*!
the coast, near Barcelona, and r
. great landslide at Geuta buried tin
^ village of Honiara and several hun
3 dred inhabitants.
1 News from Malgaga says thai
y many houses were damaged in th<
r town of Totana and several villag
^ es in the province of Murcia. '
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* Children Cremated.
New York, Jan. 2 7.?Four child
s ren were cremated and their parent!
seriously injured in a lire whlcl
1 destroyed the home of A. M. Kendall
at Bryan Hill, Dunbar, Pa. Mr. an<
0 Mrs. Kendall leaped from a secon<
1 story window and were dangerous!;
h hurt. It is believed the fire starte<
. from a small gas stove.
e
<3 Deadly llot Slipper.
y Edgefield, Jan. 2.r?.?On Saturda;
t night at a negro hot supper, nea
Johnston, one negro, named Mc
e Kinney, was killed and others ar
? A _ t A ? t % ,1 ~ ,1 XT
i- reported 10 nave noen wmniueu. i>
(1 details arc obtainable. Two negroo
it wore landed in Jail here this after
noon, charged with the killing or a
* : Accessories to the crime.
)W TO
LIEN LAW DEAD
If the Stoats Votes like the
House, Wblcb
FAVOURS ITS REPEAL
That Ikxlv I*iismom u Hill in iti?u>..i
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the IiUW by a Very Large Majority?Fight
Now (io?\s to tlio Senate.
The Vote of Tlint Body Decides
It Fate.
Columbia, Jan. SO.?By a vote of
Sf> to 3f? the house yesterday paused
to third reading Mr. Richard's bill
for the repeal of the lien law. The
vote was taken after some time spent
j in debate and after two roll calls on
a motion to order the previous question,
thus shutting off further de'
bate. It was a foregone conclusion
what the result would be but the
1 opponents went down bravely to a
I certain defeat.
| The passage of tho bill to third
! ritn *1 I ?? iv * " *
. . v %?v. ...fe t* tic. iiui u surprise, although
the largo majority was somowliat
unexpected even by the supporters
of the bill. After receiving
its third reading the bill will be sent
to the senate. In the senate there
is a bill by Senator Kelley along
the same lines, and it is in the senate
that the tight is expected, although
Mr. Richards said yesterday
that he believed that the bill
would pass by a small majority.
The Vote.
On the motion of Mr. Hncker to
strike out the enacting words of the
bill the vote was as follows:
Ayes?Hrown, F. M. Bryan,
Bunch, Bush, Carey, Clary, Casque,
J. P. Gibson, Glasscock, (iritlin.
liainor, . It. Harrison, Jackson, Lee,
McColl, Mauldin, Mobley, Mosley,
Patterson, \V. L. Riley, Rucker, O. L.
Sanders, Singleton, K. P. Smith,
Stanley, Tobias, Vuughun, Way, Watlev,
O. I). Wilson, Wright?35.
Nays ? Amick, Ashley, Ashley,
Ayer, Berg, Itodie, Bowers, Bowman,
Boyd, Brice, Bryan, Cantrell, Carrigan,
Carter, Carwilo, Celey, Clark,
Coker, Daniel, Dick, 1,ingle, Dixon,
Doar, Duval. Foster. Frasor. Fnltv. I
\V. J. Gibson, Graham, Greon, Greer,
Hall, Harmon, Harris, W. C. Harrison,
Hines, Horder, Hollis, Hughes,'
Hydrlck, Klhler, Lane, Lawson,
League, Leland, Lengniek, McFnchern,
McKoown, McMuhan, Mann,
Mars, Nesbitt, Nicholson, Niver,
Nunnery, Pauling, Richards, Hldgell,
(5. M. Riley, Robertson, Iloessler, I).
C. Sanders, Sawyer, Scarborough,
Seihels, Shuler, Shuler, Simkins,
C. A. Smith, M. L. Smith, Spears,
Stubhs, J. I). Sullivan, Suydam, Todd,
Utsey, Vander, Horst, Wade, Wells,
Wiggins, Williamson, W. H. Wilson,
Wintro, Wynch, Speaker, Whaley?
85.
The Discussion.
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i r mv, liOOl \j II UII Lilt! 1 1?. * 11 ItlW CipCMlCMl
the morning Hession of the house,
(lie hill being special order for 10: 10
o'clock. Mr. Simkins, urged the repeal,
stating that he believed the law
robbed the farmer of financial independence
and because ho believed
it was time for the farmer to establish
a personal credit.
! Mr. VV. I). Bryan also urged rel
peal. He did not expect immediate
i benefit, but the coming generation
would be independent. The repeal
> was demanded by the farmers.
Mr. Foster stated that several
i years ago, when a member of the
house, he had voted against repeal.
, Since this he had investigated and
found tho farmers overwhelmingly
* for the repeal. Tho law had been
passed not for tho merchant, but
for the farmer and when the farmer
I asked for the repeal it should bo
i j granted. When bankers or lawyers
> uskcu ior rerorms uiey wore grant
ed; the same consideration should be
given the farmers. Ho had known
t cases where the merchants and bank'
ers had entered into a conspiracy
- whereby the farmer could not get
' money at the hank, but would be
compelled to give a lien to the merchant
for advances.
Mr. McColl said he spoke neither
b as a farmer nor merchant. The
r statement had been made that the
, farmers demanded the repoal of the
1 J law. There was an assertion made
1 ! that the repeal of the law would
y ! better labor conditions. It would
J instead, cause the poor farmers te
flock to the cotton mills, because
they would be unable to get anj
credit. He personally knew of cases
v of that kind. Ho appealed to the
r members to reflect before takinj.
Ing an unwise step.
0 Mr. Wright said if the lien lav
o ; was repealed it would work hard
a ! ship on the small farmer. H<
- ! thought the poor farmer should lmv<
a some credit.
I
Mr. Hamer callod for the prevlou
THE H(
WOMAN IS KILLED ;
AtXlOKNTAIXY BY HJiOTHHIt OF
CHICAGO'S MA YOB.
WttN lustrwtiufC Maid How to I'w
Revolver in Xwirby Hounc Wh?*u
Trigger \V?n Pulled.
Chlcugo, Jan. 3 1.?George Busse, I
brother of Mayor Fred A. Busse, of
Chicago, tonight accidentally ahol
and killed Mrs. L. C. Tuckorman,
wife of a fruit dealer, at Milton, N.
Y. The bullet struck Mrs. Tuckerman
in the heart and she died almost
instantly. The shooting occurred
in the Walton apartment building.
Mrs. Tuckorman was visiting her
father, Brigadier General A. C.
Girard, retired, who lives in the
Walton. Shortly before 7 o'clock.
George Busse, in bis apartment
across an area way l'rotn General i
Girard's apartments, was demonstrating
the use of a revolver to Miss
Bertha Lamoke, bis house maid, so .
that she could employ the weapon;
in case burglars came. The revolv- I
or was accidentally discharged and |
the bullet went throuuh two win-1
(lows, crossed t he areaway into th ?
Cirard apartment and pierced Mrs.
Tnckerman's heart.
Mayor Husse was present at tha
shooting, and as soon as ho learned
of the fatal consequence, informed
t he police.
Mrs. Tuckernmn was in a hoi
room dressing. When struck by the
j bullet, which crashed in the area
| window at her side, alio staggered
into a hallway. (.Sonera! (Slrard and
Mrs. Tnckerman's live year old son,
Alfred, rushed from an adjoining
sitting room as the woman cried:
"Oh! I've been shotv and I'm dying."
| A minute afterward Mayor Husse
and bis brother, George, entered the
(lirard apartments to see whether
[ the bullet had done any damage,
j They were horrified to find that Mrs.
I Tuckerman was dying of a bullet
wound. Mayor Husse's wife and
mother tried to assist the wounded
woman, while the mayor summoned
a physician. Hut the woman died before
the physician arrived.
No arrests were made. General
Girard expressed himself as satisfied
that the shooting was accidental.
According to the statements made
to the police, Oeorgo Busho was
about to leave for Cincinnati on a
business trip. He did not care to
leave his mother and the maid at
home alone without some means of
protection. He therefore, purchased
a revolver and was instructing the
maid how to use it when the trigger
was pulled accidentally. 4
OUK VOT1C NOT CAST.
Kvcry Other State Has Sent Its
doctoral
Washington. Jan. 21).?Somebody
in South Carolina is in danger of
having to pay a line of $1,000 for
not delivering the State's electoral
vote to Vice President Fairbanks,
according to the requirements of
tin; Federal statutes. According to
. ?wv I .. l I - .1 ..
iiit; i.nv mi i ihj ?uujui;i iin? ume lor
delivering the count of the last l'resinential
vote expired last Monday.
At that time three States, Colorado,
Montana and South Carolina, had
not been heard from. The two
Western States have now shown up,
however, leaving only South Carolina
unheard from.
In order that there might he no
trouble in the matter, Senator Tillman
today telegraphed Governor Ansel
advising him of the situation,
and suggesting that whoever
charged with the duty of bringing
the count to Washington do so immediately.
It is assumed that upon
receiving this telegram Governot
Ansel will take some action looking
to having the State's vote brought
in. 4
Soldier Found Murdered.
New York, Jan. 27.?With his
skull fractured and a bruise over the
1 right temple, the body of Thomas
Kirnan, a private of Company K
Twenty-eighth Infantry, IJ. S. A.
was found in the lower bay In a poo
( of backwater. It is supposed h<
! was murdered and robbed.
5 question.
I Mr. K. P. Smith called for th<
. ayes and nays on this. By a vote o
> G3 to 53 the house ordered the pre
J vlous question.
Mr. Brown moved the clincho
* on the previous question and on thi
' Mr. Itucker demanded the ayes am
' nays. The house by a vote of 1',
to 47 applied the clinch.
f The (|uestion then came up on th
motion to strike out the enactini
3 words. By a vote of 85 to 35 th
3 house refused to strike out the enao*
Ing words and the bill went to thlr
s ; reading.
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tui * i r*% * n r . V'A*
BOTH WERE KILLED
DOmiJi TAAilHDY IN CTItKKT*
M WILaMINiiTON.
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Hcboul Mt4 liunbntid WIio Kcnumstrut
cd About Their Child.
Wilmington, Jan. 3 1. ? Evidently
enraged because she would not return
with him to Atlanta, or surrender
their seventeen months old
child, Edward A. Mizer, intercepted
his young wife in a street in the
fashionable residence section of
Wilmington, N. C., this afternoon
and shot her twice, and then turning
his pistol to his own head blew out
his brains. .Mrs. Mizer died two
hours later at a hospital; Mizer was
dead before by-standers could reach
him.
The young woman, yet in her
'teens, was on her way to Sunday
school when the husband met he;
and began remonstrating with her
about their child. Passing sina'l
boys heard the quarrel and a moment
later tin? three shots rang out.
Both fell to t*w. ..i.i
... ... piurw 411 IV gasping
for breath and being strangers roinallied
there for some time before
Identity was established.
The young wife was married to
Mizer in Atlanta about two years ago
while she was at a business college
tiiere. The marriage was kept a
secret from the girl's parents for several
months, but finally t lie daughter
wrote her father and money was
sent to tiring both husband and wife
to Wilmington, where it was thought
profitable employment might be
found for Mizer.
He was employed for several
j weeks, but lately had become dissatisfied
and wanted to return tc
Atlanta. The fact that the wife
| would not return with him inspired
the tragedy. Mizer is said to liav i
I relatives in Columbus, Ga. He had
i been In Wilmington six weeks. Mrs.
Mizer was the daughter of John H.
I,and, a well known carpenter of
Wilmington.
Among Mizer s effect.! was i no o
that clearly shows that the act was
premeditated. The note reads: "A
woman with the disposition my wifo
has got is not worthy of the breath
of life. I done this act for revenge,
though it is costing me my life. I
would not let my baby be raised up
in such a mess as she is now. *
MCHDEItKI) W HOI JO FAMILY.
Man Accused by His Wife of Terrible
Crime.
Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 29.?Hob
Clemmcnts was arrested at Woodland
mills in Morgan county this
afternoon, charged with the murdei
of Tom ICdniondson and his familv.
10(1 mondson, his wife, mother and
two children wore murdered and
1 ho bodies burned by setting fire to
I the house and barn. Cleinment's
j wife broke down and gave all the
I particulars of the tragedy,
j She sai<? TOdmondson came home
| and found Clemments and Mrs. 10d
j moiKi.'on at the barn and that a
quarrlel ensued during which the
man and wife were both killed.
Clemments then went to the house
! and killed the mother and two chil,
dron, according to Mrs. Clemments
! and on the following night he re|
turned to the place and burned the
buildings into which the bodies had
been carried. *
KILLS HIS ALLY.
t Hiillet Aimed at Revenue Ollicc Hits
Ills Prisoner.
i | unanoue, is. c., Jan. 20.?In ?.
1 ! battle between Federal officers and
I l moon-Khiners, near Mortimer, Caldj
well county, this afternoon, W. \V.
' Iloneycutt, wbom the oflicers had
' under arrest, was killed by a bullet
' through the heart, fired by I)olph
} Prltchard. The bullet was llred
; from ambush, and Prltchard aimed
) to kill Deputy Sheriff Garland, to
whom Iloneycutt was handcuffed.
The second bullet from Prltchard's
1 gun shot Deputy Sheriff Smith's pls;
tol from his hand, while the third
took effect in Ofllcer Garland's face.
. ' The sheriff of Caldwell county left
Lenoir tonight with a posse of six
3 deputies to bring in the inoon-shin0
'1't.n ....... I I!"..' ? ?--? ? --
I i a. i m: iiii-il 1111 |?I IUUIOU , lilt'1 11(1 111 g
. Honeycutt, havo defied the law for
( years. *
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s Scramble for JiKlffCslilp.
1 Spartanburg, Jan. 29.?There is
J eonsderable lindignatlon in Spartanburg
over the methods that are hee
ing employed in the election of an
K Associate Justice in Columbia,
o Prominent citizens say the scramble
?- Is the most disgusting ever known
d in connection with tho election of
a judge.
RALD