The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 14, 1891, Image 4

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KILLED BY^ELECTKICITY FOUR MURDERER8 ELECTROCUTED AT 8IN0 8ING PRISON. Thcr? WM m Terrible Shook and Than Ob llylon?Nothlim to Terrlfr th? Spec t ? tor*?The M?n Dl?d Without ? Strug ?1?. SiNoSiNO.N. V., July 7.?The four miserable murderers?Sloe uro, Sudler, Wood ndd Juglg'b?were put to death here early this morning iu the electrical chairjythe first named at 4.20 a. in. and the others later, at interval of about half an hour apart?Jugigo, the last victim, receiving the deadly lightning stroke at 0.05 a. in. Most of the men were awake when, shortly before 4 o'clock, the priests and the chaplalu appeared. Chaplain Ed fegerton spoke a few words of comfort p-o Jugigo, when he told him that the &end was near, but the Jap did not re r oeive them In a grateful spirit, and the chaplain passed on to Smller's cell, while the two priests busied themselves ' respectively with Slocum and Wood. The condemned men took very calmly the announcement that the sentence was about to be executed. They were dressed when the chaplain and the priests entered. Their clothing was much alike?a suit of dark diugocal, white shirt and collar and black tie. About 4 a. m. the witnesses distribu ted themselves about the death cham ber. The electrician was in charge of I the apparatus for measuring the cur rent, which was fastened to the side of the closet opposite the entrance to the cell room. It consisted of a volt meter, S resistance coil, and a rov of twenty incandescent lamps, each measuring 100 volts. A heavy switchboard formed the connection between tho wires from the dynamo room at tho other end of the prison grounds and the wires in - the executioner's closet ad joiniug. A push button communicated with a sig nal bell in the dynamo room. When the witnesses had ranged themselves about the room, the electrician touched this button once. The engineer re sponded to the signal and started the dynamos. They had been tested up to 3,000 volts during the morning. When the current had been turned on the elec trician threw tho switch which turned it int3 the row of lamps above his head. They burst into a glow of light that rivalled tho daylight shining through tho canvass covering of tho the windows about thosides ol the im provised execution room. The testing apparatus showed again a satisfactory strength of current. Tho electrician advised the warden of this fact. The warden went to the great iron door at which stood one of the as sistants, whom he had ap pointed under warrant of tho law, and it was opened to permit him to pasa through. He was gone only a couple of minutes. In that time hu had notified Head Keeper Connaughton, who wbb in the con demned cell '?00m, that tho chair was ready for the first of the condemned men. Tho death warrant was not read to the condemned men in the cell as was done in the case of Kemmler. The warden had said that he did not know anything in the law requiring him to ?.read the death warrant. As a precau tionary measuro he would read It, but not at the time of the execution? sometime before, if possible. It was his wish to prevent the other men knowing that tho first man had been taken from his cell if it was possible to do so. So the exit from the cell room was made as quietly as possible. The warden and the head keeper walked ahead, then the condemned man, be tween the two priests, Father Creeden and Father .Lynch, then the two guards. When the witnesses had gathered in the chamber some of them appeared very nervous, and all showed signs of great strain on their sensibilities. Slocum had been selected 11s tho lirst Yictlm, and as soon as the good priests had linished their supplications, he . .said b.v wA\y ready and Vccpyftd out of his cell with alacrity. T1?> w?Ki?to death began. Following- the Warded and his deputy came Slocum, between two priests, who held aloft in front of blnifi eruciilx, at which he steadfastly --gazed. Two keeper deputies brought up the rear of the fateful procession. Slowly tho heavy doors swung back, and with a solemn tread and mien the little procession walked into the room where the silence of death prevailed. They had but few steps to take. The chair was directly in their front. As the leaders parted tho chair stood out in all of its awfulness bel'oro the man about to sit in it and die. Slocum halted at the Warden's command just on the edgo ot the rubber mat which was to protect those who were watching his life go out. The doomed man's gaze was riveted on tho chair. Then it wandered to the dangling wire and tho closet from which it was suspended. Back to the chair It came like a needle to the magnet, and he started as though he had received a shock from the wire when the Warden b.gan reading tho death warrant, while the reverend men engaged in silent prayor. The wit nesses were grouped to the left of the chair. The scientists stood in front of the switchboard watching the current, which they read like a book as it Hashed In the lamps and through the recording instruments. The executioner was heard to rise from his chair in the closet and place himself ready to do his duty. With an attempt at a smilo Slocum seated himself in the chair and leaned his head back against the rubber rest - as though he was simply preparing to be shaved. The forced smilo remained on his face, and as Fathers Creeden and Lynch took up their position in front, of him he again directed his gaze at the cross while Connaughton began fastening tho straps. Slocum's eyes wero clear and he appeared to be in perfect physical condition, lie took his eyes from the cross long enough to aid Deputy Warden Connaughton in his task, and then until tho shield was placed on . his face, his lips moved in prayer as he looked fixedly at tho cross. Straps crossed and re-crossed his body and his legs were tightly bound to the foot rest. Then his arms were fastened and Slocum could no longer move a muscle. Finally an oddly arranged set of straps that pound his chair in one fiosltiou and covered his eyes were put n place. Now Doctors MacDonnld and Bockwell and Professor Laudy ap proached to attach the electrodes. The positive electrode was placed on Slo cum's head, the same as in the Kemmler electrocution. Tho negative electrode was attached to his right leg, the trousers having been folded up for this purpose before Slocum was bound in the chair. When the electrodes had been satisfactorily adjusted and the wires attached tho three scientists glanced at the switchboard, said the current was steady and registered 1,600 volts. Doctors MacDonald and Uock well then stood on either side of th? choir. Other physicians among the witnesses drew near, while the laymen stood back as though not sure of their n^Betye*. Doctors Daniels, South wick and Ward took special interest in theae preliminaries and with watch in hand waited the signal. Warden Duston of Auburn prison stood alongside Warden Brown nnd offered suggestions. All ' this had taken less time than it has to teR It. Professor Laudy's hand grasporl the handle of the switch which turned the current into the wires in the elec ,trocutioner's closet. Warden Brown raised his hand and Professor Dandy turned tho switch. Then the Warden tapped on the closet. The unknown Inside gave a quick pull to his rubber . covered lever. The electric fluid was ^released before the sound of the tap fl?eched Slocum's ears, and like light ning's flash it sped through his body. ? There waj not a tremor of the body as t a physician counted the >-founds, and jkwhen Professor JLaudy turned off the Current Slocum sat rigid and lifeless In the chair. When the electrodes were removed tt was discovered that bis skull and the flesh of hie log had been slightly burned; but there was no sn.ell of roaetiog tlesb such as made the Kern m lor electrocution so horrible. The straps were unloosed and the body carried back into tbe rear room. Hmiler did uot hesitate when told that his hour had come, but when the death chair appeared before him he almost fell to the floor. Ills knees knocked together and but for the sup port of his spiritual advisers be would certainly have collapsed. Warden Brown quickly read the death warrant, and sin ii,? r was hastily seated in the chair. His race took on a ghastly hue and Connaugbton got no assistance from this victim in arranging the straps. Smiler was bound and the elec trodes applied in a much briefer time than sinn im, and in a few seconds trai ler also was dead. The same (light burning under the electrodes was no ticed as in Slocum's case. Wood had been prepared by Fathers Crecden and Lynch while Smiler was foing to bis death and he was all ready. Ie uttered no word when the time came. He w a iked to death supported by the priests. Wood betrayed no emo tion when he gazed upon tbe chair, but kept his eyes fixed on the cruciiix. He sut down in the chair dillldently and his binding was accomplished so quick ly that it was only twenty-four min utes lrom Smiler's end until death came to Wood. It was becoming easy to kill men. The witnesses displayed no emotion. There was nothing to cause nausea, and death came to its victims so quickly that it was all over before they realized it. Jugiro at lirst refused to leave his cell, but when Conn ui): hi on said'Come on, Joe, be a brave man,' the .lap walked out quietly. Two additional keepers marched one on each side of the Jap, while the chaplains followed behind the warden and his deputy. The Jap dtd not. seem to comprehend tbe pur poses or the chair and seated himself without a protest. A keeper assisted Connaugbton in binding the Jap and the last act was quickly accomplished. The current was allowed to remain in tho Jap's body about three seconds longer than with Ibo three others; ac cordingly his skull and leg were strong ly marked by the electrodes. Jugtro's body was taken away. Six bells were struck as a signal to the electrician in the dynamo room that all was over, and the witnesses returned to the War den's room. The approximate time of turning on tho current in each case was: Sloctim. ?1.40; Smiler, 5.10; Wood, 5.30; Jugiro, 0.05. The prisoners bad received some intimation beforehand that tho execu tions were to take place this morning and they were prepared for them. They went to tho execution chair bravely and met their fate without a struggle. They offered no resistance, but rather assistetl tho keepers when they were bound down in the chair. The elec trodes were not applied as in the Kernmler case to the top of the skull and the base of the spine, but were bound to the forehead of the con demned men and the calves of their legs. The current was turned on in each cii3o for twenty socouds. The voltage was about 1,500 and l.UOO. In each case there was apparent evidences of revival as in Keminler's case, and iu each of these lour cases tho current was turned on a second time. In spite of tho fact that tho sponges were kept constantly wet all of the executed men were burned by tho current, and espe cially about the calves of their legs. Medical men prcsont agreo that death came on the iirst contact and that the seeming revival was merely reflex mus cular action. Nono of the witnesses was overcome by fright and all of them who have spoken have mule tho state ment that tho olectrodes were success ful and that death in all cases was in stantaneous and painless. MrluhtoiioU l'ruspectM. The weekly weather and crop bullet in of the South Carolina weather ser vice, in co-operation with the United States Signal Service, for the week end ing Saturday, is as follows, and is very encouraging to farmers: The total amount of rainfall during the. Past week was apparently about the noriital, and fairly well distributed. The temperature was about tho aver age. The amount of sunshine was also about tho average, all nf>-which was very beneficial to the grmtaag crops. The cotton crop has greatly improved but with this improvement it is not an overage crop, for in some sections grass still holds the mastery, thereby reduc ing the average, but even with this drawback the prospect for a fair crop has greatly brightened. The corn crop is at least 2o per cent better than that of last year. The melon crop is in line condition and tho yield promises to be a full aver age. Tho rice crop is in a healthy condi tion and growing rapidly. There have been thunderstorms and hail in some sections, but no injury to the growing crops is reported. A Stormy Sen-.Ion. St. PAUL, Minn., July S.?The State executivo committco of the Farmer's Al liance met here yesterday and later a conference for tho purpose of organizing a new people's party in Minnesota was held. Donnelly, who had been appointed chairman of the Minnesota committee by the Cincinnati convention, presented the name of tho full Stato committee. Sen ator Ilompe, "leader of tho anti-Donnelly Alliance faction, objected to the new committee. Debato ,?rew warm and finally a compromise was adopted, though Donnelly objected strenuously. A compromise committee of five an nounced a now committee late in the af ternoon divided between two factions. Another fight then arose on somo mem ber of tho committee. Ex-Presulent U. J. Hall denounced Editor Fish of the Great West as a traitor and called him a liar, when the latter attempted to de fend himself. Tho report was adopted and tho new State committee met last night. First of the Senaon. Nkwhkhky,S.c, July S.?The Herald and News claims to bavo accidentally run upon the fact that a slate has been arranged for a State ticket in 18U2, which it claims to be a genuine one, and that feelers aro being put out. Hero is the slate: For Governor: W. Jasper Talbert, of Edgellold. For Lieut-Governor: Cole L. Please, of Newberry. For Secretary o. Slate: W. D. Evans, of Marlboro. For Attorney General: John Gary Evans, of Aiken. For Treasurer: John 11. Harrison, of Greenvillo. For Comptroller General: -Nor ton, of Marion. For Adjutant and Inspector-General: John P, Thomas, of Riehland. For Superintendent of I0duc.ition: Jno. It. Weber, of Charleston. lManon und Oi chiim. N. W. Tamil*. 134 Main Street Co lumbia, S. C. seii.t i'ianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents' com missions. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason Sc 11 am lin Upright Piano. Sterling *7p right Pianos, from 9225 up. Mason Sc 11 am I in Organs surpassed by none. Ster ling Organs, 350 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satis factory. Sold on Instalments. Killed by a Soda Fountain. Nkw Yokk, July 9.?James Moss, aged 84, a prominent confectioner or Patterson, N. J., was killed this morn ing by the bursting of a soda water fountain which ho was charging with carbonic acid gas. A fragment oi the fountain struck him in the neck, sever ing the jugular vein. IHK EDUCATIONAL FUND. SOUTH CAROLINA'S 8HARE OF IT STILL HUNQ UP. Further Corretpoudence on tho Subject i: ' treeii Governor Tllinirtn und the Sec i . i u > or the Interior?No Agreement Keucb.'d. Columbia S. C, July 5.?Several y tb rs ol general Interest have passed ixt .atly between Governor Tillniau and Secretary ot the Interior Noble, in re gard to the acceptance by this State oi tho $16^000 appropriation made by Con gress, to be increased by $1,000 annual ly until it readies $25,000. All the cor respondence has been uublished. and some timo ago Governor Tillniau flatly refused to accept the money on the basis offered by Secretary Noble. That the Governor supposed had euded tho mat ter, but ho on Friday received the fol lowing letter, which, with his reply touud below, he made public yesterday: Washington, July 1, 1891. IIou. HenJ. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C.t Sin?1 have tho honor to call your attention to the interest of your State iu t'ie provisions of tho act of Congress approved Aug. 30, 1890, for the support of agricultural and mechanical colleges. Early in the administration of this law I found that it would bo necessary to adopt some definite and uniform basis of ap portionment in carrying out the provi sion of the statute requiring an "equita ble division" of the funds in all States whore while and colored students nro educated in seperato institutions. It scenic. 1 to me that basis which would bo in line with both the letter aud tho spirit of the statute, aud at tho samo timo, perhaps, prove the most satisfactory to the Stale's interest, would bo tho ratio of the school population as ascertained by tho Slides themselves. I according ly adopted that basis and bavo substan tially adhered to it with all tho States though some of them have, elected to take tho last U. S. census as a basis, which in the tbscuoo of a lato school census may bo considered equitable. In South Carolina Micro has not been any State census of school children, so far as the reports of this department show, except in the years 1875 and 1877, when tho State enrollment was reported under tac head of ''Revised returns of County School Commissioners." In 1875 tho enrollment was returned by said County School Commissioners as 04.4 per cent, colored, and 35.G per cout. white. Iu 1877 the colored were re turned as 30.0 per cent. According to tho U. S. Cen sus of 1880 the ratio of colored popula I tiou to white population is given as 09.70 per cent, as against 39.29 per cent, of while, that is to say, about 01 colored to 39 white. According to the Census just taken for 1890, tho ratio of colored is 00.10 per cent, and white 39.82 per cent. That an equal division of the fund for agricultural aud mechanical colleges is not an cquilablo ono, will appear from tho fact that Missouri, West Virginia, Delaware and Kentucky have less thau 20 per cent, of colored people?far more than their share. In those Stales, Texas, Teuncsseeand Maryland have less than 25 per cent, of colored; North Carolina, Virgiuia aud Arkansas, from 25 to 40 per cent, of colored. Only Mississippi (51.08 per cent.) and South Carolina (00.10 per cent.) have a colored population greiter than one-half. Objection would bo made, and objection has been made, on the part of the Southern States which have a small colored population, to such a division as gives to the colored popu lation more than they aro entitled to, pro rata. To adopt one basis of division id one Southern Slate, and another basis ot division iu another is obviously not equitable and would seriously embarrass the department iu the administration ol tins fund. It is presumed that the State of South Carolina does not desire and does not ask for a special basis of division of tho fund different from that adopted for tho other Southern States, and that it would be unwilling to accept a basis of divis ion, which, if adopted for all the South ern States, would work injustice to the while population in all excepting two States. All tho Southern States except South Carolina and Louisiana bavo al ready substantially agreed to this basis ot division. In ylow of these facts, and desiring, as I do, that the State of South Carolina shall receive and enjoy her apportion ment of these minis, I sincerely hope that the proposed basis of distribution may yet bo accepted at an early day. Very respectfully, John W. Noum:, Secretary. The governor's reply to this letter was written yesterday and Is as follows: Hon. John W. Noble. Secretary of In terior. Washington. D. C. Sin: Your letter of July 1 in refer ence to the appropriation by Congress of 11101103' for the support of agricultural and mechanical colleges received. I have carefully read the arguments you advance in support of your position, but I must beg again to disagree with you. The terms of the act approved August 30, 1890, where it says ''Section 1. Tho Legislature of auch State may propose and report to tho Secretary ol tho Inter ior a just and equitable division of the fund to bo recoived under this act be tween ono college lor white students and one institution for colored students es tablished as nfore8aid which shall bo di vided into two parts and paid according ly;" make it very clear to my mind that aller complying with the conditions im posed by Congress auy division as be tween white and colored colleges, winch is considered "equitable and just" by the Legislature of a State, must bo acceptod by you whatever your own opinion may be. As I under."laud the law your fune tions set lorth in section 4 uro purely ministerial. It is your duty to ascertain and certify to tho Secretary ol tho Treas ury whether a Stalo has complied with the terms of tho act, not to impose terras. You cannot set up a rule bosod on the proposition of black to white population and compel tho States to conform to it whether it bo "just or equitable" or not. While tho negroes out number tho whitos in this State as six to four tho demands of the race for collegiate education and their altondanco aro about as one to ten. Tho negroos hero pav less than ono lifth of tho school tax and get tho beuellt of over half. Tho rule under which this condition of things exists, namely, tho school atten dance, would give tho colored college only ono tenth of the ar-nropriation. The Ixiglslaturo of South Carolina has complied with all the provisions im* posed by tho Act and accepted its terms upon the basis of an equal division of the fund donnled. Under tho law the authority is vested alono In tho Legis lature of tho respective stales, not iu their governors. If you continuo to claim that you have judicial power to mako a rule and enforce it, which the act does not show you to posses*, South Carolina's share must remain in tho treasury until Con gress decides tho matter, for I, as Gov ernor, have no authority to accept it un der any conditions except those con* t tinud iu the act of our general assembly. Yours respectfully, D. R. TjxtjMan, Governor. ?b? Will W?d Her Fiwt Co??. CniCAOO, June 30.?Last eveuing'n train on the Milwaukee road carried, among other passenger?, Mrs. Maggie McYickcM, who will tomorrow at Rochester, Minn., be married to one of the wealthiest merchanta ofthat city, Mr. Arthur Morton, lo 1872 Arthur Morton and Miss Uartley lived on the north side in this city and were engaged Their parents, however, considered them too young to marrv. It was agreed that young Morton should go West and if at the end of three years he waa able to support a wife the union should re ceive parental sanction. In the mean time tno two lovers were not to corre pond for two years. Morton went to Minnesota, and for two years worked hard to provide a home for the woman he loved. He Srospered fairly well. He then wrote to lias Hartley, informing her of hts pios pects, and offering his hand. At that time Miss Hartley lived in Milwaukee, which fact Morton knew, but in direct ing tho letter, through habit, wrote Chicogo instead of Milwaukee. The young lady, still faithful, waited long tor the letter, but the end of a third year became discouraged. She yielded to the importumitie8 of Mr. John Mc Vickers, and, iu 1875 married him. In the meantime Morton waited for a reply to his letter and, as one never came, he accepted it as a fact that he had been rejected, lie did not pine away even after tho marriage of Miss. Hartley. About six months after Miss Hartley became Mrs. McVickers she re ceived through the dead letter office the letter written two yeara before by Mor ton. I n spite of the fact that she was a wife she wrote to her ilrst love, telling of the mistake which had separated them, and assuring him that while she should be a faithful wife, her life would have been pleasanter had she received the letter in time. Three years ago Mr. McVickers died in this city, where he had lived for ten year, and about a year ago Mr. Morton and Mrs. McVickers began a correspondence. The romance ends in the wedding which had been postponed for nearly twenty years. Tho Sitte Agricultural Society. Colonel T. W. Hollo way, Secretary of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, has Issued the following circu lar giving full information in regard to the summer meeting of tbe society at Orangeburg on the 5th of August: The annual summer meeting of this society will be held in the city of Or angeburg on Wednesday, 5th August prox. The su'-jects selected for essays aro practical, and aro commended to the earnest attention of our people, and it is hoped that a very large attendance of not only the members of the society, but of all Interested in the develop ment of the resources of our State. The gentlemen who are to read the essays are well known to the agricul turists of our State. Tho subjects are: Tho Aims of Olemson College and the Methods to be Pursued in their Attain ment. To be read by II. A. Strode, President of Clemson College. "Fig Culture," by Prof. W.F. Massey, Raleigh, N. C, Professor of Horticul ture, Botany and Mechanic Arts. "The Tariff and How it Effects the South Carolina Farmers," by D. It. Duncan, Spartanburg. "Fungoid Diseases of Certain Agri cultural Plants and Fruit Trees." by E. II. Anderson, Moore. "The Canning Industry for South Carolina," by C. S. Nettles, Esq., Dar lington. "Faucy Poultry," by Ross A. Smith, Charleston. "liaising Poultry for Prolit," by Dr. S. T. Lea, Cokesbury. "Cotton Culture in Russia," by John S. Scott, Mars Bluff. There are several other subjects that will be discussed; among tbe number is Sorghum, by a distinguished agricul turist, who will be ablo to prove that it is ono of the most important crops grown for forage. The railroads have been asked to make special low rates of passage for all visitors to the meeting. All who contemplate being present at the meeting will be kind enough to notify E. F. Slater or James H. Fowles, Orangeburg, that homes may bo pro vided for them. The hospitality of the good people of the City on the Edisto is suflicient to warrant a warm and cordial reception. Local committees of the city will be appointed to carry out all the details in providing a place for the meeting, ?&c. KUItor Shaw Killed. Cam den, S. C, July 5.?Some particu lars of the killing of Editor J. D. Shaw, of the Bishopville Eagle, at a picnic Saturday at King's Mill, in this county, have been obtained, though neither tho coroner nor sheriff have returned. About 4 p. m. the ladies and gentlemen were dancing under a gin-house, when Del and Dozier Kelly came up, cursing and apparently drunk. They were so offensive that several gentlemen, among them J. D. Shaw, Robert A. Raskins and J. AV. Gardner, tried to get them to leave, and walked off with them. When they were about fifty yards from the gin they saw Dozier Kelly and J. D. Shaw clinched. The crowd soon got thick around tho com batants. When they were separated, Shaw walked off, saying he was cut. He died iu a few moments, having been stabbed in the left side of his back with a pocket knife. Baskins was found to be cut ii. nearly tho same place by Del Kelly, and it is feared the wound is fatal. J. W. Gard ner received severe bruises on the arm. Del Kelly was captured and securely tied to a tree, and was threatened with lynching at the time my informant left. Dozier Kelly ran and got a gun out of a neighboring house, and had not been caught. My informant says tho crowd were terribly in earnest, but it is thought that some cool men would pre vent the lvnching until tho arrival of Sheriff 11alle. | Del Kelly had little or nothing to say, except to request to be turned loose. There seems to be no doubt that the K el leys were drunk and trying to broak up the pleasures of the day, and that Shaw and others were tryi ng to get thorn to leave peaceably.?The State. Tbe Storm at Oalventou. GALVESTON, July 8.?The loss on Galveston Island from Sunday night's storm did not amount to moro than 11,500. Tho citizens woro more scared than hurt. Tho fishing smack Dania, commanded by Capt. Robert Frank? ovum, was wrecked off Smith's Point, on the north side of Galveston Bay, during the squall Monday morning, and five of tho six men aboard of her were drown ed. Tho80 drowned are: Robert Frank ovicb, Frank Millovich, Pete Strangel, Jack Speech, and an unknotiij, man. News of the terrible disaster was Drought to tho city Monday evening by Vincent Sagoviteh, the sole survivor of tho littlo craft. The sloop Mattre loft last night to search for the bodies of the unfortu nate men. No Third Parly r?r Thum. Sphinofikui, Mass., July 9.?An ex tended canvass, made by the New Eng land Homestead, shows that the new People's party is not endorsed by the farmers of New England and New York. The men interviewed were all prominent farmers. While some favor more Independent political action than heretofore nearly all oppose the Idea of a special farmers' party. The sub treasury bill and loaning of new issues of paper by the Government on land values are looked upon as wild schemes, while the free coinage of sliver has but a small following. The opinion in gen eral is that tho farmers' movement in this section of the country will consist more in independent action through the old parties than in forming any new party. W. Ii. GBBBES, Jr., & Co., COLUMBIA, S. C. SOLE AGENTS for LIDDEL k CO. Also Dkai.krh In Engines of uearlall mako, Lcomotivo hik! Tubular Bailors, Traction and <>th er Mounted Engines of iho best and latest tinprovod stylo. Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Qius, Bos* Cotton Presses, Shingle Machine*, Plainors and Wood Working Ma ohiuery, Brick Machinery. Cotton Seed Oil outllts, Ac. A large Stock of ENGINE Fittings, of all kinds und sites, in Stock for prompt delivery and at Hook Bottom Prices. BELTING and PACKING at LOW Figures. A largo stock r.f Pumps, ofsll sizes and styles. PEAKING Mowers, Hoapors and Hakes always in stock. jM^Our Mr. K. H. BAUGHAM, Laurous, 8. C. who is fully competent, will bt pleased to call to seo you, or answer any communication directed to him, anil will sell you as ehoap as ii you woro h?ro In Person. We buy for cash and pay our Traveling Mon a Salary, theroh.v saving the Con sumer Agent's Commission--Quick Sales and Bo.all Profits is oiir u'ort. Writo to Mr. Bauigham. or to us direct, and set prices and discounts. 'Old Engines traded tor. W, H. Olli BKS, Jr., & CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. KENNEDY BROS UNDERTAKES NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, - - - LAU RENS, S. C Over KENNEDY BROS., Store. Keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Coffins and Caskets oth Wood and Metalie, which will be sold low down. Furnished at ny hour day or night. Hearse sent when desired, v iyo KENNEDY BROS.. Successor to J. M Robertson. Iler Story I).Mihi cd. Arien, July 8.?Aikon has a littlo sensation to-night. This afrcruom n young white woman nagged down the half-past 2 o'clock train at Horso Creek trestle on the South Carolina Railway, and after getting aboard told the con ductor that a negro man bad attempted to outrage her, coming very near Iiis purpose. She gave a description of his appear ance and Trial Justice W. A. West and Dr. McMillan got off the train and went in search of the villian. They captured a negro boy, brought him to Alken, and the woman, who gave her name as Hat tie Miller, stopped at Langloy. Sho was sent for to identify him, and was brought face to face with the prisoner, but she said ho was the wrong praty and he was released. She gives tho fo'lowing description: Medium height, dark, ginger cake color, wore a light felt hat, Padded black cuta way coat, ragged grey vest, spliced with a Hour sack in tho hick, black corded pants with ragged overalls, about 20 years of age and had a smooth face, car ried a small pistol and a knife with point ot blade broken ort. Tho young woman says she is from Greensboro, Ga., and was walking from Augusta to Laugley along in search of work in the factory. She was neatly dressed and looked to be about 25 years old. ' Is this not the same woman that figured in Augusta last week with a mulatto in fant in her arms, linally leaving it at the house, of a strange colored woman? She hailed from Greensboro, Ga., the same placo this woman claims to hail from. Tho Issues Defined. Cedar Rapids, Ia., July 3.?Onoot the most enthusiastic Republican con ventions ever assembled in the State of Iowa convened in this city at 11 o'clock today. It is felt by both political pur ties that this campaign is to bo a deci sive one, and its effect on National pol itics is fully appreciated by every poli tician of the Ilawkeye State. Tho Re publican partv is thoroughly united for tho first time In many years, and today's convention was distinguished by its harmony and good feeling. The nomi nation of Hiram C. Wheeler for govern or was assured in advance," and upon the platform there was substantial lay reiteration of the party principles of two years ago. By the arraignment of the Democratic partv for connivance with tho lawless element in violation and nullification of tho prohibitory law, an attempt is made to placo tho party on the defensive in the coming cam paign. The threatened break over t bo financial question never came, and it is likelv that tho freo coinage question will be almost lost sight of in tho stir ring issues that are to agitato Iowa pol itics for the next four months. Horrors of llcnttietidom. San francisco, July 3.?The steamer China arrived this evening from Hong Kong and Yokohama. The threatened riot at Nanking took plac.\ Tho Meth odist girls'school was attacked, pillaged and burned on May 25 bv a Chinese rabble. Several other mission build ings were attacked and would have been demolished but for the intorforence of soldiers sent by the viceroy after urgent appeals from tho missionaries. Furth er rioting is expected at Kin Klang. The outbreaks are said to bo the work of secret societies, the prlmo object not being to injure foreigners, but to en tangle the Chinese Government in foreign complications in the hope that thereby a successful insurrection may be started. At Tanking on Juno 1 a mob pillaged the mission building, over powering tho mandarin and soldiers. Tho Christian cemetery was dug up, the heads piled in a heap and the man darin dragged to tho spot by his queue, The Governor of Annan reports behead ing of twenty-llvo ringleaders in tho t roubles at Nfchu. a Total Accident. Charleston, s. c, July o?Mr. Daniel McSwiny, a well known citizen of this city, attempted to cross the city railway track ahead of an approaching horse car this afternoon at the corner of King and Morris streets. He missed his footing, fell, and before the driver could stop tho car, the wheel passed over the unfortunate man's neck, kill ing him instantly. Mr. McSwiny was about 50 years of age, and the father of Mr. Eugene V, McSwiny, general freight and passenger agent of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company. It Is said by witnesses that the car driver put down brakes and d d all in his pow er to stop the car in time to avert t he catastrophe but without success. Tho distressing aootdenthas created univer sal sympathy in the community. -State. Tlireo Victim*. CAIRO, 111., July 0.?A bloody butc h ery was enacted near tho villago of | Olmstead last evening, by a crazy negro named Dan Welch. Arming himself with n club, and under the impression that he was charged with the task of killing the devil, he rushed along the highway and struck down all no met. Ills first victim was Harry Odcll, aged seventeen, whom he brained. His next victim was an old negro named Colum bus, and the third, another negro named I'M Davis, whom he struck down and beat their heads into a jelly. He was captured shortly afterward by the sher iff and a posso and placed in jail. V THE LAURENS BAR. H, Y. SIMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. LA J KENS. _- - - S. Q. W. H. MARTIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. J T. JOHNSON. W. R. incur: JOHNSON & RICHKT ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ofi-tck?Fleming's Corner, Northwes ? Ide of Public Square;. LAURKNB, h., - 8.0. B A Tj Ij B A L L, Attorn k y s at Law, la urions, - - - - B.C. (Jet. 22, 3in W. W. KENNEDY. ATT#RNBY AT J.A.W Special nttoi.t um ?i ven tu the inventi gation ot titl?a. Lauran? C. H, 9. C. April Six Will Probubly 1>1?. Philadelphia, July 8.?By an ex plosion of coal on board of the tank steamship Standard, lying at Point Breeze, this forenoon, seven employees and sailors were horribly burned. The steamship, with a full cargo of oil, will be almost a total loss by the lire that followed the explosion. The injured were all conveyed to St. Ann's Hospi tal, where late this afternoon tho phy sicians stated that there was but slight hope for the recovery of six of the in jured._ Fntal lUuinlor. Waterdury, Conn., July 3.?By the blunder of Telegraph Operator Kit* tridge, at the New England pork sta tion hero last night, two freight trains running in opposite directions, came together on the New England Railroad near Bradley's, a few miles west of here, at It o'clock. The locomotives were smashed with eight freight cars. 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Inquire Of nearest dealer in those goods, or send for Catalogue?Mentioning thip paper. HOLLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO.. ROCK HILL. S. C. PpSlArTsT1 fCHlLLSGFEVtR. PUMB AGUt 1. MAtARI X mppmav UHOS., WkoleuleDraggtsts, toU Proprietor!, Uppman's Block. fiara?Juh,Qa. 1ST OTI CK ! Before assuring vour life, or Investing your mon ey, examine tho Twenty Year Tontine Polich? of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE United States, Follolos maturing In 181)1 realize cash returns to the owners, of amounts varying from 120 to 170 ihm cent, of tho money paid In, besides the advantages of the Assurance during tho whole period of twenty years. The following is one of tho manv actual cases maturing this year: Endowment Policy No. 04.925. Issued in 1871, at age 27. A mount, $5,000. Premium, 1289.90. Total Premiums Paid, 14,798. RksultS at end of 'lontlno Toi led in 1891: CASH SURRENDER VALUE, 88,149.45. 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HYATT April 8 ly COLUMBIA. S. C. VICTORY FOR Till-: NAII.OR machinery. Exhibited sido by side, witlt Its leading competitors at tho Stato Fair, 1890. Tho Superintendent and Committee of tho Mechanical Department, in Inspecting those features not included in tho l'remluni List, deem worthy of special mention the Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator, Distributor and Cleaner exhibited by W. H. Glbbes, Jr. *. Co. Tho system oporntos most efficiently, and much Improves the sample, facilitates the ginning of wet cotton, and saves largely in labor and cost of handling. The Committee recommend to tlte farm ers of the Stato an investigation into the merits of thoBO devices. [Signed.1 D. P. DUNCAN, for Committee. W. U. OlBBES, Jh.. ite CO.. COLUMUIA, S. O. State Agents and Dealers in first class Machinery, Buggies, Wagons, Ac. Spkciai,.? To test the advertising value of Thk Static, wo will soli to any farmer referring to that paper one of fliehest Dow Law Cotton Planters made for 4.86, cash. 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