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THE DISPENSARY WAE, Meets?. the Man Who Defied the Governor Last Fall is Shot to the Ground* COLUMBIA? S. C., February 2. (Special to Atlanta Constitution.) Bloodshed has resulted from the first trial nader tbe sew dispensary law in this etty. A street dael ender the shadow of the wart boase occurred to-day between W. B. Meetse, the man who defied Governor Tillman and his constables at the State fair grounds last November while selling rice beer, and Davis Miller, a witness for the State, who is supposed to be a dispensary con? stable. The two men were fresh from the hall of justice, having jest walked ont of the city courtroom, where) the trial of blind tigers was in progress. Close observers were not at all surprised at the shooting, for trouble was expected, j ? Throughout the day there was a very bitter spirit shown thowards Miller in ; thecoart house and, it is said, that bad t?tere been olear evidence that be - vasa spy, his fate would have been sealed. It is remarked that even in the court house Miller continually kept his hands in hts pockets, which, it was afterwards shown, contained two pis? tols. Meetse is known as a shooter and a dead shot. It was he who killed Trial Justice Clark almost on the same spot several years ago. Miller is spoken of as a sporting man, and bas the reputation of being dead game. Miller was pat forward to-day as a witness for the State ie the ease against W. H. Sell for running a blind tiger. It was a noticeable fact that the assistant attorney general had a hard time getting bim to tell it all on the stand. Us testified that he had been to Seel's place of business several times with two, or three companions, and that they obtained whisky there. The first indication of the trouble was in the court house when Miller became involved in an altercation with a young H^^tmne?l Bram>aof a^ weli-koowD pugilist. This was stopped by Judge When Miller walked down the street . be was accosted by another one of the witnesses named Fry, who asked him if be said that he (Fry) had sworn to a lie on the stand. Miller replied that the man who' said he had made this Statement was a liar, accompanying the words with vile oaths. As he said this, Meetse, who had come np and was looking for Miller, struck at him. and for the next mioute the air was blue . with corses. Trial Justice Stack grabbed both men and commanded them si a peace officer to stop, at the same time calling on the crowd to assist him. No attention was paid to this and the scu:fle went on at * a lively rate. Miller had at last got one haod into bis pocket and Stack kept pulling bim into the middle of the street. Stack says that he hung on to him until Miller drew two pistols and aimed one at him, when he sought safety quarters. Meetze dared Miller to use his pis? tols and the invitation was accepted, j By this time there were hundreds of persons oa the scene, having just come j out of the court house fifty yards distant. The two men blazed away regardless of the crowd but fortunately none of the bystanders were hit. Mil? ler fired nine times and Meetze five. Louis Levin, a notary public who witnessed it, states that Miller shot before Meetze bad his postol out. Meetse fell to the ground, and as he did so a number of bis friends rushed ap at Hiller, shooting, "Shoot the scoundrel !" They where evidently benton lynching him when Sergeant Morehead, of the police force, rushed in, caught hold of Miller and, with drawn pistols, shouted to the crowd that he would shoot the first mao who j touched bim. Other policemen then came up and Miller was rushed off. Miller received a flesh wound in the arm and Meetze was struck in the groio. His physicians say that he is seriously wounded, bot perhaps not fatally. The shooting occurred a few . yards from the famous Mancke corner, where some half dozen men have been killed. Several of the bullets went through tbe door of Colonel John T. Sloan's office. Fortunately, he had stepped down from tbe doorway as the row began. To-night Dr. Kendall made a careful examination of Meetze's condition and located the ball in the abdominal cavity. It entered between the tenth and eleventh ribs, lodging near the liver. There is great danger from peritonitis, and Meetze's chances for recovery are doubtful. SELL IS ACQUITTED. Miller Was the Only Witness Who Swore to Buying Whis? ky of Him. COLUMBIA, S. S., February 2 - The trial of W. H. Sell, for ruooiog a blind tiger, occupied the entire day. ! Assistant Attorney Geoeral Barber and Solicitor Nelson appeared for the State and the defense was represented by Jadge Melton and Judge Crawford. A motion to dismiss the case on thc ground that the law required the affida vit to state the source of information . and belief was overruled, as was the ! point that the affidavit did not specify the name of the party to whom the i liquor was alleged to have been sold. Miller was the only witness, who testi- I fled that the accused bad sold whisky. Jurors were put on their voir dire. One of them, a negro, was asked if he j wa9 any relation of Constable Brunson, I who swore oat the affidavit, and w extreme disgust replied : "Not tha know of." In fifteen minutes al they retired the jury returned wit verdict of not guilty. THE BLOODY WOBK GOES O A Specimen Disponsary Bald ii Spartanbutg. WELLFORD, S. C., February 4.-1 killing of Crawford Ballew a tbe wounding of Perry Moore by St; constables near here last night was o of the coldest-blooded outrages ei perpetrated in name of the la Ballew and Moore were recent oom? in this neighborhood from G reen vi County. They^wer? larm'ere living the farm of Capt. J. M. Benson, abc two miles from Well ford. Last oigl according to the evidence elicited at t coroner's inquest, one of Tillmai spotters came to Ballew's house abc ll o'clock pretending to be drunk a asked him to show him the way to t railroad. Moore got his lantern a piloted the man to the railroad. When they reached the railro Constable Fant and Deputy Shet Dean with a posse of six constabl baited Moore, who, not understands what was up, broke and run. T constables say he ran, but fired as ran. He says he did not shoot un fired at,and is borne out tn this s tate me by two disinterested witnesses, and 1 some women who are related to tl dead man. AU agree that he w running when he was fired npon by tl posse. His leg was shattered just below ti knee. He fell crying for heip. The wounded man's cries broug his brother-in-law, Ballew, out of h house, about fifty yards away. Moo: says Ballew carried him into the cottc field towards bis (Moore's) bouse. Tl women at Ballew's house were vei much alarmed, and in order to qui them Ballew left Moore on the grout and ran towards his house. He wi intercepted by Chief Fant, Deput Boyce Dean and several other According to the testimony of the tv. disinterested witnesses the only wot spoken at this meeting was the bear broken cry of an excited womat "That is my man, please don't shot him." She was answered by the crae of a Winchester and Ballew pitcbe foward into the arms of deatn. Tb stillness which always follows deatt the agonized shriek of the woman, stillness again and the brutal voice of man demanding of the woman if ther was "any more d- men about here, and the tragedy was over. The testimony of the constable differs from that of Babb and Gregorj the disinterested men quoted before who say that Ballew offered no resi stance. The consables say that af te Moore fled and they fired on him the advanced toward Ballew's house. Tba they met Ballew and saw him advancioj on them with drawn pistol. Tba they covered him with shotguns am rifles and ordered bim to throw dow; bis pistols. He baited and lowered on and partially lowered the other, bu immediately presented his pistol again and advanced until he was within tci feet of the posse, Boyce, Dean ant Fant telling bim at every step to hal or they would kill him. When he go within ten feet Yassie fired a Winches ter at bim. The crowing infamy of the whol< proceeding, however, was the attemp to pack the corner's jury to-day. Th( jury consisted mainly of Tillman men ' ?s it was originally drawn the fatbei I and cousin of Boyce Dean were on thc Mr. Andrew Moore, who bas been employed as counsel by the dead mao's family, called the attention of the coro to the fact that the jury was being packed, and demanded that Capt. ?. H. Dean and a druken man by the name or Dobson come off. After con? sultation the sheriff, who is Capt. A. H. Dean's brother, concluded to with? draw Capt Dean and the druken man, leaving Mr. Hoyt, who is a cousin and engaged to marry Boyce Dean's sister in a short while, on the jury which must pass on a killing of which Dean is accused. The jury was finally empanelled, and with a. few exceptions consists of Tillman men. It did not render a verdict to-day, but adjourned until to-morrow to get the testimony of Yassie, the slayer, who had not turned op. Moore lay on the ground all night wounded. Despite the fact that Fant claims to have ?eeo a pistol in Ballew's hands at fifty or sixty feet, the night was dark and raining. No warraots were shown or attempted to be shown. The victims were not even told of a warrant. A warrant was out for the father of the wounded man, who surrendered and gave bond. There is no doubt that the. dead and wounded men woutd voluntarily have surrendered had they known of the warrants. Public opinion among both political factions condemns the act. HOW THE STORY WAS TOLD IN SPARTAN BURG. SPAkTANBURG, February 4.-A warrant was, placed in the bauds of Sheriff De^n for Ballew. William ! Centre, Perry Mooro and two sons at | Wellford for violation of the dispensary i law. About 7 o'clock last night Boyce Dean, the sheriff's deputy, and Con- I stables Faut, Vassie, Jackson, West ? and Pearson went out to make thc arrest They reached Ballew's about : midnight, but before they got t>? the j house the whiskey was out in a swamp, j They say Perry Moore aud Dean ; ordered him to bait and surrender. Ile fired on them. The fire was returned by the posse, and Moore was shot through tbe leg, just below tbe koee. About twenty shots were exchanged. The constables then went towards Ballew'8 house and met him out in a field. Dean ordered him to hold up his pistols and sorreoder. He did not obey and Constable Vassie shot him io the breast, killing him instantly. Tbe firing then ceased. No whiskey was captured. The comer held an inquest to-day, but no verdict had been reached wheo last heard from. This took puco about a mile and a half east of Wellford. Ballew recently moved from the moan tains. The Moores also came from the mountains.1 Verdict of the Coroner's Jury Arrest of Massey. _ SPARTANB?RG, S. S, February 5. The coroner's jury in the dispensary killing oear .Wellford reported a ver? dict today. The first jury drawn was squashed at the suggestion of Sheriff Dean because the father and some of the kindred of Boyce Dean, bis deputy, were on it. A new jury, a very good one, was selected. They rendered the following verdict, which is singular in its phraseology : "We. the coroner's jury, agree that the deceased, Crawford Ballew, came to bis death on February 3, 1894, by a gunshot wound in the hands of F. G. Massey, while resisting officers of the law." With this verdict, Coroner Pollard waa io doubt as to his duty as to Massey. Finally he decided to commit him to the jail and await instruction from the solicitor. So Massey was arrested this afternoon and turned over to Sheriff Dean. It will be two or three days before Solici? tor Sohumpert can be heard from. If be decides Massey should be held under arrest, then an application will be made before a judge for bail which will be easily secured. Constable Fan t's Story. From the State Feb. 7. Governor Tillmao did not hear any? thing yesterday from Chief Constable Fant in regard to the Spartanborg liquor killiog till late in the afternoon, when Fact's official report of the affair came in. It was impossible to secure a full copy of the report, but the fol? lowing extracts from it, bearing directly upon the affair, were handed the press by the Governor. They are given for what they are worth : .*It had been reported to me for the last two weeks by different parties that a crowd of men from Glassy MouDtain bad established themselves at a trestle, nine miles (rom this place, and were selling whiskey to anybody who would buy, openly defying the law and swearing that they would not be arrested, and that any officer who attempted it would bite the dust. Having obtained sufficient evidence to convict these parties of selling whiskey, warrants were sworn out against five of them aod placed in the hands of the sheriff. His deputy summmoned me and my con? stables, as a posse, and we went where it was reported the whiskey was being sold, but found no one there. We met a party who informed us that he had just bought from them, at a house uear by. He told us that the whiskey was not at the house, but if we would go to the house and give them the money, ooe of the men would take a lantern, go to the swamp aod get the whiskey. We got this man and two others to go back to the house and make another purchase We secreted ourselves near the swamp where the whiskey was supposed to be. In a few minutes a man came toward us with a lamp, but OD the opposite side of the swamp. He disappeared awhile and then started back toward the house We followed, bot could not cross the swamp. We then went up the swamp to the railroad above us, when we saw the lamp coming toward us. Dean, Massey and Jackson were ahead of me a few paces. They made a rush at the man. He ran, aod fired back at the officers. Dean aod myself returned the fire. The mao fell, crying for help 'and calling for Ballew. Ballew responded : 'Yes, - -, I am coming,' and he came firing. There were not less than a half dozen firing on us before he came, I shot six times with my double-barrel shot? gun at the flashes of their guns. After the firing ceased we got a lan? tern at,a house near by and went to look after tbe man who was wounded at the first of the fight. We could not find him, but found his lantern with blood on it, denoting that the man was wounded. Hearing hollering at a house near by, we weDt up the path toward the noise, and saw a man com? ing toward us with a pistol in each j hand. We told him to drop his j pistols. He lowered them to his side, but kept the muzzles toward us, and j halted within twelve feet of us. We | again told him to drop his pistols. He j would not do so, but raised thc one io j his right hand, and Massey shot him, j killing him instantly. He fell, holding ' on to his pistols until Jackson took j them from him." Governor Tillman duriug the fore? noon received a dispatch from Fant stating that Constable Massey, who was charged with murder, was to bc taken to Newberry yesterday and car? ried before the presiding judge of the court now in session in that county to make application for bond. Massey is charged by thc coroner's jury with the murder o? Ba?ew. Men who for years have been suffering with a distressing affection of the back or kidneys have been immediately relieved and perma? nently cured by tin-judicious use of Salvation Oil, the great pain-cure. Apply according to directions. BUSINESS METHODS IN RELI? GIOUS WOBK. The following is along the line of Mr. Brown's sermon in our last issue, and we publish it for the benefit of all concerned. (Prom an address bj William Reynolds, reported ?B "The Sunday School Advance" (Michigan j. The outlook is very bright. In what respect? One is, we have better architecture than formerly. We are building better churches, and those more adapted for our work. It used to be that all the money was spent on the upstairs part of a church, and the place where the work was done,-the feeder of the church,-was down in a cellar or basement. We want better buildings, and I think one great educator along this Hoe was the World's Sunday school Building at Chicago, in which all of ns were interested,-B. F. Jacobs especially, as he will have to pay about $5,000 shortage. I believe it will be a great uplift, as hundreds who visited it said they should build on the plan of that model building. We want buildings that will be utilized more, and not shut up ninety-nine one-hundredths of the time. I am throogh giving to such churches. We want to get down to common sense along this line. I never saw a time you could interest more men-business men-in the work of the Sunday-school. This is work for the laity. The ministers have been doing it all, and I want to say the world will never by converted by ministers alone, any more than a few generals could win a battle without their men What would you think of a private who would simply sit on the fence and yell "Hurrah !" to bis general, and give him a Chautauqua salute? Busi? ness men are putting in their business j tact for religion. Some people think God I is giving us two kind of sense,-good, bard, common t>ense for business, and a foft, ethereal kind for religious work. We want only one kind-the former and that right straight through. ? gentleman wrote me-he is a successful life-insurance man, and you know how persistent he must be-asking how he could make the school of which he was superintendent a success. I told him to use the same business tact he had used in making bis business such a success, to read a few books, and work along certain lines. I went home, and meeting the brother, asked him how he got along. He replied: "The attendance has doubled, and the pastor says be never ? saw such work done " "How did you do it?" I asked. "Just as yon told me. I went right at it, using the same tact I use in my business. If a I man refused to teach a class, I kept I right at him, and he had to yield." I tell you it gladdeos the heart of a ?pastor to have such a man for his right hand man,-a deacon for instance. There so many deacons who amount to nothing,-regular wooden deacons. I believe I could cut out just about as good a deacon of a block of wood if I had a sharp knife. Those men have taken a vow that they will do all they can for the church. When you say that you'll pay such a bill at a certain time, you expect to pay it. I wish would realize it is a more solemn thing to vow to God than man. It is about time we wake up, and remember what a vow to God means. I stood last night before three hun? dred lost men. Having three hours in Chicago before my traiu left, I went up to the Pacific Mission, as I frequently do, and they asked me to speak. The audience was made up of three hundred poor, miserable wrecks of humanity, men with no money, and who are kicked out of even the saloons. Did you ever think of it? 6od gives us the best at the last while the Devil gives bis victims the best at first. I should have been just like these meo had it not been for tbe grace of God He bestows his marvelous love upon us, and raises us up to be heirs of God. He lets us be co-workers with bim. What higher honor it is ! Let us improve our methods, and try to do bel? ter work. WASHINGTON LETTEB. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 1894. Senator Voorhees, by virtue of his position as chairman of the Senate Com m it tee on Finance, bas taken command of the Wilson tariff bill, which con? founded its enemies by the large majority it received in the House last week. That no time will be wasted by the committee in reporting the bill to the Senate is made plain by these words from Mr. Voorhees: "We realize that what the country needs is repose, and believing that the passage of the bill will be in the interest of the country at large, and will be sooo followed by a revival of business activity, wc shall do ? all in our power to have the bili disposed { of at tbe earliest moment possible." j Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is chairman of the sub committee of ?the Finance ? committee that will have immediate , charge of the tariff bill. He thinks tho ; bill can bc reported inside of three j weeks. There is one very noticeable j feature about tariff discussions here just : now-the know-it-alls have ceased pro- . Dhecying that the bill will be torn '? to pieces in the ?Senate. Another thing that is exciting comment is the strength of tile income tax in the Senate. The House discussion of the Hawaiian question, which will end to-morrow with ; t he adoption of a resolution satisfactory i to the Democrats, brushed away a great many cobwebs and brought the question : down to a common-sense basis, to say DOtbing of having brought about the ' complete squelching of the clown of tl House, Boutelle, of Maine. The bond issue is now an accoi plished fact, and the ?58,000,0( which will be paid for them will be the Treasury as soon as the bonds ci be signed and delivered at the desi] nated depositories. The opposition Congress is quieted down so far as mi be judged by outward appearances, s though some of the Populists are st: bitter in their denunciations. Chairman Wilson, of the Ways at Means committee, is also chairman the Executive committee of the Natioo Association of Democratic clubs, mes hers of which have been notified attend a special meeting in this city c the 18th of this month While it is n so stated in the call, the principal ol ject of this meeting is to help to pus the Wilson tariff ^ill through the Sena by means of the organization of the ass? ciation of club?. In other words, tl Democratic clubs of the oouotry will t asked to let the Democratic Seoatoi know that the Wilson bill meets the approval and should be passed withoi delay other than that which is absolute! Decessary. It is hoped that the Fioant oommittee will have reported the bill I the Senate by the time the club con mittee meets. The House committee on Rivers an Harbors will grant DO more bearing! as the time will be folly taken up i preparing the bili. The bill will prc bably carry a smaller appropriate than for a long time, and few improve ments except those already under wa will be proved for. , The House committee oo Bankin and Currency decided by a vote of to 8 not to report a bill for the re pei of the tax on state baok currency That is supposed to end the matter fe this session so far as this committee i concerned, but members of the Hone who favor the repeal of the tax ma try to get it before the House as a amendment to some other measure. As a specimen of the dodges that ar being resorted tc by those who ar opposed to the government's printie its own postage stamps that of briugin? a committee here with a petition froc the New York plate printers, settin] forth the distress that would fall upo them should the government take tbi work away from them, is about th most transparent yet restorted to. Th lowest private bidder for the work is Philadelphia concern. So that th New York company is bound to lose tb work, whether it comes to Washington where it really belongs, or not. j Tbe committee on Coinage ha favorably reported to the House Mr Blaod's bill for the coioage of th seigniorage io the Treasury and th issuiog of silver certificates against it Mr. Bland will endeavor to get the bil acted upoo at once. It is understoo< that Secretary Carlisle favors the bil and the general impression is that it wil pass. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bil has been reported to the House. I carrie* a total of $32,291,382, wbict is $9,409.928. less than the same bil carried at >he last session of Congress. President Cleveland is being verj much misrepresented concerning thc nomination of Mr. Peckham to th? vacancy in the Supreme Court. Hav? ing nominated the man he thinks fitted for the position, be, of course, would like to see him confirmed, but he has done absolutely nothing to influence the vote of any Senator, aod has no intention of doing anything. His duty ended with making the nomina? tion. It is a prerogative of the Senate to confirm or to reject. mm i i mm -fi Spartan Mills Blown Up. SPARTANB?BG, Feb. 6.-Special to The State. -At 6.20 this morning, the large driving wheel of the Spartan Cotton Mill went to piecer suddenly, and falling on some of the large pipes, broke them and caused a terrific explosion. Both cylinders were torn to pieces. F. A. Lewis, engineer, was instantly killed. Noah Greese, who worked in the engine room had both legs broken. The eu? gine bouse was shaken to pieces, the roof being blown off. Geo. Poore, the assistant engi? neer was not hurt much. He thinks the driving wheel was the first thing to give way. it was a fearful crash and it will be several days before tbe mill starts up again. Engi? neer Lewis was a Northern man, perhaps from New York. The main building was not injured. Inportant to Tax Payers. Those persons who own property in the State will do well to remember that the time for the making of returns of tbeir property for taxation will expire on the 20th day of this month. This is the year when the quinquennial assessment of all real estate is to be made. It is not generally known, but the law requires that the auditor Shall assess al! real estate at the same figure as fire years ago, with 50 per cent, penalty thereon if the owners do not come up and make their returns within the specified date. A Fine "Bike" Bun. Dr. Frank Darby3 of Lynchburg, formerly of ibis city, says the State, a few days ago j made a remarkably fine long distance run ? cross-country over some rough roads. He j rode irom his home to Columbia un his j wheel, a distance of 61 miles, over the rough- i est kind of roads, in seven hours and three quarters. This included a walk of six miles ! across the Waiere** trestle, carrying the j machine with him. 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