Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Attorney at I.uw. W. K. MrCOIll), 8UKORON DfOXTIST. COX WAY, 8. O. 1 Over Hunk of Horry i A. H. RUKKOlHaHS 1 Physician and Surgeon. : j CONWAY. 8. C. i ~ It. WOFFOItl) WAIT. Attorney at Lmv. t > i CONWAY, 8. O. i , DeWItt's Kittle Early Kisers, the famous little liver pills, small, Kentie ami sure. Sold by all druggists. Do Witt's Kidney and Dladd r IMlls quickly relieve backache, weak back, pains in the groin, rheumatism, urinary disorders, etc. Insist on % having DeWitt's Kidney and Madder ' J'ills. Send your name to 10. C. D Witt. & Co., Chicago, for frco trial box. Sold by all druggists. Virtue that has never been put to the test is a poor asset. . Industry is the watchdog that keeps the wolf from the door. V 1 Waking ?l Powder |?' telyPure jfj :ing powder \Wi po Cream of Tartar. y| c ^poranssL.', ' r* z.t?'"" m ; ^ Jack of AS1 Traowfl ; j?S|7 GASOLINE ENGINE | ! \Spjk NE.W HOLLAM FEED Mill | i I ^ V>\ * I* f I i i - tlio I".' outfit t ll:? wi'l V p \U Y\ z*'' ' 1 -r < 1 - ttl*fiu'torl>y [ I - ? U y? with sin i|>'Sv r I"! .mm < in F ( \T\ nls/> ho use 'I i >r pu hiiw111 j' w >'! hi.| | int? >i*ii , riit t i h|r t foilth'r, t*'inl* i nif > * < 11 i >;i Tinr;i' *, J clitirn ?i > ii* in ii.-_ s; , Jf I ,952 frt.n* "J It. I*, ii;. i.. Liif ii I'.ur- I' . tlcul, hori/.i'Ht.il or i i.rtaMc. J.', ' Sc CO., Chicago, jf-?. r! < A ' J!Wr7rvTiv?r*^A"~v Tre *:rr CONWAY >V,B.O : .H ."O.IIDII (tit I 9250,000.00. 1 ous , iimott, .liio. C. Splvey, i C. I*. Qiiattlclmmii, It % L1..1 i*. n. r?|nv?',v? I ganized In connection with our Inin tiiis department. ir liberal patronage in the past, ess. ' 11 & Cashier ; HORRY, t, s, c. $ 50 000 1 a 10 (X)0 < 50 000 i 110 000 v iors _ ;; VY'. R. Lewis, " I \\ . A. .lolinson, { ! V\ ill A. ] reeni an I | t on yearly de]> sits, : in.we t-olic- a t i L. Ill l k, Will A. FitKKM AN I ICE Lit KM I DENT. rCASllIKIi t ! ' ''"Vm-o tsn't !inv guess work about . Kodol. We do not say to you, that. , i may or might euro your dyspopsiu wo say ii will. We know it will, , localise it is inside to digest food von # ( ?at, and when your food dig sis you t ain't have indigestion --that's sill i'^dicost ion is your stomach fails to < iligost your food. Iloarthuru. sour risings are all caused by indigestion. . Kodol stops tboni by digesting siil | he food you oat. A tablespoonNiI i. of Kodol digests - I-I pounds of ( food. it is a pi sissint. palsitnhlo, I ( 1 i<]iii<1 combination 'of natural di- r . gostivo juic es and vegetable acids, j ( sold by al: (1 ruggists. } Don't forgot that the nearest duty i, Is the highest. J ( Mrs. P. M. I'tray, of Columbus, (la., j says, DeW'itt's Kidney and Bladder | 1 Bills cured her of kidney trouble,}. These pills are aut iscept ie and relieve pain quickly. Insist upon I)e- i Witt's. Send your name to 10. C. } DeWitt & Co., Chicago, for a free rial box. Sold by all druggists. Tie who takes advantage of the weakness of others doubles his own strengt h. If you expect to get the original Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve, you t must be sure it is DeWitt's Carboliz- ' (>d Witch Ilaz 1 Salve. l)eWitt*3 i , is the original ?others are imitii- ' 1 if>ns. It is good for cuts, burns and bruises, and is especially good for j piles. Refuse substitutes. Sold by ' all druggists. 1 It's only when they can't beg, bor- ; row or st al that some fellows will go Ill YVOIK. i oil ought to have Korlol handy all tin* time. iOverybody at some tliri ? and you can't tell when?has poor dige st ion, due to many different things, but mostly to eating excessively or eating wrong kind of food. Thes* little attacks of indigestion are what bring on other ailments, ' seeh as acute indigestion, chronic dyspepsia, and even more serious permanent illness. Kodol is guaranteed to give relief. Try it today. Sold by all druggists. ASYLUM MATTER A Serious Charges Filed With The Committee ; I] BILL OF COMPLAINT ontain Allegat ion*. ?>f Various Forms a of .Mismanagement at the State ii it] Hospital foe the Insane?Names of a the Complaints Withheld?ln<|niry " Adjourned I ntil .May 4. The committee charged with inves (gating tlie State Hospital tor tile 1 n nsaiu! adjourned Wednesday to mo t ?n May 1. The committee was in xecutfve session most ol* the mornng and when the doors wore opened ho committee announced its decis- J on relative to the publicity of the . si liquify. The committee seemed to have icon much divided as to how much j hould be given out relative to the ia estimony. It was finally determined hat th evidence should he public. m ?ut that the newspapers should not si ?e permitted to give the names of inv of the witnesses, although the | / onnection of the witness with th . ... '? nstitution might be given. During the morning the formal : 'barges that have been made against y he hospital management wor ofw ered and copies of these charges pvere handed all the members of he board of regents and the superntendent. The formal charges were! is follows: Specification of charges against he management of the State lospital for the Insane growing out if complaints which have been made i o the committee of investigation bv hose interested in asking for the 11 vest iga t ion of the management: 1. That the hoard of regents and | s' he superintendent act in violation i if section 221!) of the civil code of louth Carolina, which provides "that | he hospital shall he maintained sole- I y for the support, custody and treatnent for insane persons," and done when a person shall he consider- . <1 insane or lit to be a patient in ,n he hospital by receiving persons not | mbraced in the said section, such | . s inebriates, dotrads, paupers and ('' veil cases of nervous dis* ases, 2. That the board of regents and SS1 be superintendent are neglectful in iot properly looking into all cases f persons who are committed to the j syluin in order to ascertain wheth- i r or not such persons are (it sub- I ects to be committed therein, and xx rhether the law has been complied s}l ritli concerning the reception of such ,,iI a t ients. That the board of regents are|sl n the habit of violating section 22(57 j '' if code of laws by not discharging ; 11 latients who shall have recovered '' is expressly enjoined upon them by i 11 lie said s'ction and that the super- M1 ntendent endorsed said action. I. That the board of regents and he superintendent constantly act in u delation of section 22(57 of the cod '' if laws by requiring an arbitrary'11 'orm and receipt to be signed by .'arious persons for (ho custody of ?' uitients ii< considoration of what (held superintend! lit tonus a release i igainst the advice and consent of the ! I' superintendent, instead of an uncoil- " litional discharge contemplated by ; i1 S 51 id section. That the said superintendent .a uul board of regents constantly vio- j (>i late section 22GS of the code by re- | 'i eiving inebriates addicted to the it lrug habit, who are not dangerous ^ :>r violent, and by not requiring the pay therein provided for and by re- ii reiving such patients as voluntarily I n ipp 1 y for admission without re(|uir- h ing pay and by retaining such pa- it lients therein when the aceonnnoda- h lions for the regular inmates are in- p adequate, and against their will. G. That the hoard of regents is n Indifferent and neglectful as to the t: care of patients confined in the bos- ' pital, and do not inspect the said u Institution as often and in the man-I l? ner that, they should and are too I i: subservient, to the will of the super- j t intend< lit and employes. 7. That patients, especially in f. solitary confinement on remote and e unclean wards, are subjected to suf- t fering for want of water and food a and are allowed to live in lilt 1 i amid c bugs and lleo. a 8. That whiskey intended for h medicine, eggs, lemons, chickens and other such delicacies intended to he is Kivcn to delicate patients are used n by the keepers on the wards, and os- i pecially ward 5, and the patients t deprived of the same. j 11 0. That generally, t<*> which there o arc some exceptions, the keepers c employed are inoflloh nt and unfit for the positions which they occupy and j instead of treating the patients hu- i inanely and kindly, continually treat j them in a spirit of teasing and brutal t sport, to the great annoyance of the \ said patients. t. 10. That many of the keepers employed are uncouth, young and illit- j orate, and have not a proper concep- < t.ion of the humane treatment, which i ;< the unfortunate patients should re- < ceive at their hands, and disregard many of the rules of tli ? government < of the attendants, and the authorities i of the hospital over said attendants either known or by proper diligence, could know of this conduct on the AGREES TO FIGHT I FT EH TIIK TRIAL OF FALHOl'N IS OVKIL tpposing Attorneys at Calhoun Trial Threaten Faeli Other?Stormy Day in San Franris<'<? Oraft Trial. At San Frnnelsco Francis J. Honey nd Farl Rogers, opposing counsel 1 the trial of Patrick Calhoun, greevl that t h it* private differences rising out of a clash over the artlissioti of testimony should he seied at the first opportunity after the *ia I. For the first time, Rogers appenrI to take offense at Honey's relarks, and said "don't you talk to 10 in that manner, Mr. llonov." "I'll moot yon at any tiino you ly." answered tho prosecutor. "All right, Air. Honey," replied ogi rs, "that is agreed; hut we will dtlo this matter after wo have endl our duties to our respective cliits." Air. Honey depart d from the court torn under the escort of his eustoinry bodyguards, and the adiournicnt marked t he end of a stormy s- son, during which llenev addressed t wis F. Hyinglon of the defense, as "harking cur," and Byington re irted |?y addressing llenoy as "a ailing dog." Between (|itarrels the cross-ev initiation of .lames B. (lallagher. ho has occupied the witness stand nee last Tuesday, was concluded, ml Daniel S. Coleman, a former suprvisor, was called. art of t h c keepers and attendants. 12. That some of the nurses, copers and attendants in the instilion frequently bathe several pamits one after another in the same ator, heitig too lazy and negligent > take the trouble to change the ime, notwithstanding some of said itients are dis? ased. 12. That most of the cooking for ic patients of tho hospital is per- : irmod by filthy negro patients; that io food is fre<|nently unclean, iniroperly prepared and a positive uiree of danger to life and health, , i * u t- ti ?. " * * " 1 mi i in* Kiicncn nil 11 y and dirty. 11. That the hospital dairy Is for i<? most part under the control of rty patients who are totally ignont as to the hygienic care nccesiry in handling the milk used hy ie patients. 1That under the law many paeuts in the hospital not. insane an 1 ho are entitled to their lib rtv im r the law which provides that hen a patient ceases to he so in- I ine as to he dangerous to life or I oporty it is the duty of the ant holies of their own accord to release nil patient, and the practice hefor leasing a patient of repairing some iend or relative to he responsible ?r the patient's good conduct results i such patient not receiving th ischarge which he is entitled to liner the law. Id. That many of the inmates ork in th" dairy, on the farm and i the laundry, and in other depart(\\ 1 liacnl f n 1 1/ ? ?' u'h i/tli t l?? ?\f reive mere nominal sums as wages, ml sncli patients work ought to bo ischarged as rontemplnb <1 by the i\vt and should not ho hold for the nrposo of laboring practically for otliing for tho State, and it is units!. to retain such in custody. 17. That the State and taxpayers re imposed upon in the matter of aring for whiskey patients and dope ends who are often held in custody nneeessary at. the expense of the tate. IS. That the fire protection of the ist it tit ion is entirely deficient, and o siitlieient protection against fire as been provided throughout the list it ut ion, and in the case of a re the loss of life would he apalting. 1 ft. That there is a lack of husfess ne t hods, system and organi/.aion throughout the institution and hose in authority over same are eglectfnl in not providing for a usiness-like and systematic adminstratum in the affairs of the institit ion. L'n. That the operation of the arm connected with the hospital is xpenslve and not business-like, and hat by reason thereof many such rticles as flour, bacon, meal, grits, abbag s and potatoes, and other rticles which are used, have to be ought instead of raised on farm. 2 I. That Hit* conduct of the dairy * inefficient, dirty and filthy, the diking being done to a great extent, f not wholly, bv dirty negro p;iients, and tho management of the nilk is unclean and filthy and very fton given to the patients in such on d i t ion. 22. That there is unfair and un11 st discrimination on the part, of he authorities in control, paynatients receiving niucii better attenion than the unfortunate inmates vlio are confined sit th expense of he State. 22. That a system of petty thieviig of articles sent to patients and >f property belonging to the State ?xlstH In tho institution to tiie los* >f tlie State; and to tho patients. 2 1. That after a patient has bee? confined In tlie hospital for soim time) very little attention is paid t< him, and very little examinatioi made in order to ascertain if recover; bo sufllciont to discharge. ) "IT WAS DONE Bribery Used by The Democrats to Win a Member. _________ LEAF FROM THE PAST' J How 111?? Democrats Scciircil 11 No- , KCo Member l' TOtn tho Mai key I House to Make tin* Wallace House I-t ??,;? I in tlir <.r?nt Itattle I'or (III1 Stall'. The following is 111?-? story of tin*! i "\\ inilini; of tlio Wallace House," ;is told in the Nowb rry News and I liM-iild: 1 The State, protected by 1'. S. 4 troops, had boon hopelessly Republican during the whole of recoiist ruction days. It had submitted to robb rv, nom o doniinat ion and infamy, till forbearance ceased to bo a virtno. An informal mooting of tho loading mon of the State was hold 'ii Columbia; thero t 1l v declared ioi* roforni or rovolntion. (lonoral I lampion whs brought bark from : Mississippi to load tho I lomoora t io t'oroos, tlion, if that failed, woll Tho Itomoernts had loam d sotno tricks from tho Carpetbaggers. >t11 I ' no doubt thero was some "ballot box stuffing." Anyway when llm elect ion was over, both sides claimed a victory. ('out sling dolor,alio .s 1 wore sent to 'lie Legislaut re fro.n ' most of the counties. Tho Democrats ( were the first in the Legislative ( hall and elected :is speaker Mrigadiei (Sen. \V. II. Wiillace, of 1'nlon. In ;i few minutes thereafter the Republicans chose 10. \\ . M. Mackey, * 1 I of Charleston, their presiding olncer. Roth sides undertook to transact business. but confusion became more 5 confound d. the longer this dual assemblage sat. The Republicans ( 1 * ' ' * . in imgruuH, i<? occupy me galleries 1 \ Dory" club, a gathering of t ' worst element in that city, coin posed of cut-throats, thieves, scallawags ' and negroes, to occup the galleries ' and should trouble begin (everything pointed that way) this cluh was to r clean up all the Democrats in the H house. These facts were all publish- ' od in the papers of the time. Whot.il- ' or to avoid a conflict of overawe the s Democrats. I ho Republican Governor ' Chamberlain, had posted at the entrance of the State House, guards of v 1T. S. soldiers and forbid any to on- ' tor, unless they had credentials from ' the returning hoard, or commission- ! ors of chad ion. These the great majorilv of Democrats did not have. Speaker Wallace called his follow- * ors together at the Carolina llall. : lie had no quorum, neitler had his ' adversary. Two negroes from Iterk- ^ eley came over to the Wallace House ' early, before they knew the price of ' votes. This brought the two bouses : on an exact equal, (>2 and <12. About ' his time a telegram from President Grant was received by the authorities, that lie would recognize as "de facto" the first government that had a quorum. Not Hayes, as friend 1 I Logo thinks, that worthy coming in months afterwards. You s e wha' effect Abraham Storke can have on one's recollection. The National Democratic party only lacked the vote of one more star to make Tilden president. There were millions at stake. South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana wrr" the three States with contesting elec toral votes. One vote could make South Carolina Democratic and South Carolina Democratic would change the gov rnniont of the I'nited States. Tills accounts for the State being flooded with Northern money during t he campaign. The white members of every contesting county entered upon some one negro in the Mackey House to try and bribe or beg him over. Hut the Republican organization was "as solid as a stone wall." The delegation from Newberry tackled Samps Bridges. Me put his ear to the ground and smiled. He ev n listened to overtures, but the gulf was wide yet. Maj. D. B. Maffett and Capt. IT. B. Whites from Bridges' home town were brought to the capital to help convert Bridees. A conference was agreed upon at the hotel. Bridges was there, the delegation and the two men men tioned above. No one else, t.oge to the contrary notwithstanding. Sparring was cautious at first, bur became more reckless as time wore on. Bridges did not deny that he was In the market, and had a pric \ "But." Bridges said, "if I go Into the Wallace Mouse one of you white men will have to give way." "There can he hut three members from our county and 1 will, under no circumstance, give up my seat." Colonel Keltt, with patriotic zeal, seldom equalled, said "you shall have my peat." Then the Colonel left and his information ceases. Y. J. Pope, one of the white delegates, attended to the legal and ar' j gumentlve end of the discussion, 5 , while Major Maffett and Captain * Whites looked after the persuasive and reasoning end. 1 Y. J. Pope put some figures on a - I pi ee of paper and showed them to 1 Bridges. He only smiled, didn't even 1 shake his head, then some more tig- , y ures wero made. | That woke up Bridges' horse sense SELLERS SUED itv tiii: widow or constaislh fa km kh For Twenty-live Thousand Dollar* Damages for the Killing of Her 11 ushand. \ dlspahh from Columbia saya he notice of a suit for $25,000, lied Wednesday Dy Mrs. J. P, ''tinner against Wade Hampton Selers, has attracted considerable inoresl .and coinnienf. Such a proceedM i'tc no\ 1 in this section and t is doubiiul if. in ctise of one charg<1 wiili inn. i r. there has ever been instituted against him such a suit. Hie complaint filed is v ry In teres tng and unusual and is given benvv Im full* viay \v. Farmer, as Administratrix o!' tho Fstate or' .lames 1'. Fanner, deceased, IMaintiff, vs. Wade II. Sellers, I)of ndant. riaintltT above named, complain* ng of the defendant, alleges: 1. That slie. May Farmer, is now i resident of the county of Fairfield, hat of South Carolina, and was at he the time hereinafter mentioned i resident of the county of Richland, -hate aforesaid, and the wife of I'. Farmer, whose admlnistrarix she is, having been duly appoint d such t?y the Judge of Probate for It iehland county on tin? 2<>th of March, 1008: that plaintiff brings his action pursuant to the statute u such cases made and provided for lit? born fit of herself, as the wife >f tiie said James P. Farmer, de* cased, and for the benefit of his ux children, namely: Jackson C. 'armer, iJHieicil (J. Farmer, Maud Mna Farmer, John Preston Farmer, Miarles J. Fanner and Lydia M.ay 'armer, till minors now, and at the line of their father's death their iges being, respectively, 10, 18, 1 5, I and 2 years, and the last named hild, Lydia Farmer, having been >orn two days after her father's leath. 2. Tliat Wade if. Sellers, the deen dan t herein, is a resident of the Jt.ato and county aforesaid. That on the 2 2nd day of Fehuary, 1008, at Columbia, S. C., the aid Wade H. Sellers, the defendant mrein, unlawfully, wilfully, wantony, recklessly and maliciously, did hoot and kill the said James P. ''armor. 4. That by reason of the sabl vilful, wanton, reckless and inallcous killing of the said James P. ''armor by the said Wade II. Sellers, is herein before specified, this plainiff and the children named were i t - ? " iii-M'uy deprived <?I t ho maintenance, ;u|)|)or<', companionship, protection ind guidance of the said James I*. farmer as husband and father, and differed great menial shock and suffering and endured untold sorrow ind grief, to the damage of plaintiff ind the children named in the sum [>f $25,000. Wherefore plaintiff demands judgment against the *1 fendant, Wado !!. Sellers, for the sum of $25,000 :?nd for t he costs and disbursements of this action, .Mrs. Fanner's attorneys are J. 1*3. McDonald, J. K. Henry and Christie 1 tenet. Driven to Ills Death. A. M. Kendall, 2S years of age, whose five children were hurried to death when their home at Dunbar, Da., was destroyed three months ago, shot himself through the head Thursday, dying instantly. Brooding over the loss of the litle ones had unhsilanced his mind. "Clentlemen, let me tell you; I ain't no cheap man; I know what I am worth and I t">ow what you can pay " This brought up more talk. Tho figures had started at. $1.00, $.">00, $800. It was thou Bridges woke up good. Pope put. down $1,000. This seemed to anger the negro. "That's bahy money, white folks. I am a man, if I is a nigger. You must talk a hoop louder or I will never hoar." Then Pope who seemed to guido the money venture asked, "What will satisfy you?" "Twenty-five hundred dollars, all rash, and my seat not to he disturbed." That gave the hoys a rift. "Everything is off. We will all go home and trust to lurk. Can't raise the money, and wouldn't if we could." This brought Bridges' ear lower to the ground. "Well, split the difference, $S00 offered and $2,500 asked, give me $1,050 and the thing is done." Chairs began to shuffle as if tho party was about to disperse. Then fspoKc iip rope, nriuges, tr? 1<* Is onr last offtT. Wo will pay you clown tonI>?lit $",00. then as soon as you aro sworn In, will pay you $1,000 more." Then, drawing a long breath, scanning the coiling the while, Bridges said: "Well, I'll take It, give mo my money." The money was counted out, then after he had been sworn In, he repaired to the back end of the hall and there V. ,T. Pope counted out. the remaining $ 1,000 In new crisp ten dollar notes. Now these are the facts of the buying of Bridges, and there is no use of denying or lying about it. "Tf be treason, make the most * ft-" . .