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Slaaderous1 aod False. n^s Plain Talk in Toe United States Court. ^wCbarlestoD, S. C . Oct 7-Some ?hat of a sensation was caused to-day xs tbe United State? oircuit court wheo Attorney General Barber. . in a very j?t?o^aent speech, denounced certain charge s in the bili of complaint io the :'?ase of Biuthenthal & Bickart against Xtoug aLd others, which case was heard yesterday. Those who heard the attor soy general's speech said it was au able ?flori Every sentence was delivered FjBi?h teliing effect. The bill charged cousrpirasy ^o the part of Governor 3B8erbe, Attorney General -Barbar, Assistant Attorney General Towoeecd, ;S . W. Vance and other officials aod ?acatables of the state. The bill was .afterwards withdrawn. K^TS? court convened at 10 o'clock. Before the oontiouatioo of the hearing of the original paekage cases, Mr. Ber? ber rose and said : ?May it please your Honor, I ask your Honor, before resuming the wise Seder consid?ration, to hear a motion us the ea?e of Bictbenrbar & Bickstrt against Long and others. The motion 8.under i'ae supplemental bill of com? plaint which was filed at a late hour yesterday afternoon. There have been int the course of these proceedings in this court, from time to time, sworn Statements and charges in bills of com? plaint which I have permitted tb go unnoticed : but, if your Honor pleas J. ?ISR? Kee has been reachedfand crossed fcewnd which I oaonot permit the^e statements to zo unchallenged. The ?evasi?n, - therefore, if your Honor please, necessitates some very plain talk, and, with your Honor's permise sion, I propose to do it. I hold in my jhaud a copy of this bill of complaint If your Honor is not familiar with it ]' would invite your attention to the ideation iu the bill which is marked page 7. After alleging various things as to some shipments into th? ?fate-and seizures of these liquors, the complaint alleges that "the seizures above set out, at Union, Elko and Chester, in said state of Soutn Caro lina, were made and dooe by tbs said parties above named by the authority aodxonder the direction of and porgan to a conspiracy, agreement and com ?rbi nat i on of the said defendants, William fe. Elierbe and William A. Barber, C ft^Towcgesd, S W. Vance and state Kwostables and other officials of Scott B&arolipa. unknown to yonr orators ? , ^woolo* invite your .Honor's atten- \ Btton. further to the allegation io tbe bi H ?pf complaint which is numbered ''L,9* Kia; page 8 thereof, in wbich it is al Beged, that "Your orators further shom Kat the said William H. Elierbe aod KFHitam ?. Barber. C P. Towosend nod s W. Yance have, notwithstand ?ncr the rights of y^oor orators as im? portera of liquors in original unbroken maekages in this state under the cou JM jtiiutioQ and laws of tbe United States, lausfd sud directed the age D ci es of Bow orator* at Uoioo, Elko aud Ches ger, io the state of South . Carolina, to Re seised and the said -goods of your Braters to be taken possession of bj Raarious parties claiming to aot as state RoMtabJee, and that the said William fe ?ferne and William A. Barber, C R. Townsend and S. W. Vance, for the Rwpose and with the intention of ?pading the injunctions of this oourt, ?ave caused such seizures to bc made Rf different state constables io each Re:aoc?, claiming that the iojuoctiocs ?sued by this court and heretofore ob Bined by your orators for the proteo Hos of their business as aforesaid io Se state of South Carolina only af Refed the parties named io said bill, j Rd that the said William H. Ellerby Rid feliism A. Barber. C P. Town Rod and S. W. Vance, bave agreed, ' Rmbined acd conspired together ac. j ?reaten with parties unknown to your ? Raters further to seize and confiscate | Bil goods of your orators in the State j R South Carolina at the various ag?o Re* feereinabove set forth, and pur Rsc to seise and confiscate socb gooos ? aatboriziog different constables or ?ente in each instance to make such ?isure ; and that it is manifestly im Bps?bie for your orators to make, as Rrtiea defendant to this bill, all par Bs who migbs possibly be authorized Bd directed by the said William H. ! ?leroe and William A. Barber, C. P. ! R'Foaend and S. W. Vance, unlawful Ras<f wrongfully to seize and confio ?t$ the goods of your orators, aod Hat unless relieved by this honorable Kort by the issoano* of ao iojooctioo Rd restraining order protecting tbe Rods of your orators so shipped as Roresaid io the State of Soutb Caro Bt from such unlawful and wrongful ?ts *f tbe said William H EUerbe Rd William A. Barber, C. P. Town lad; S. W. Yance and other parties to Rar orators unknown, and the agents Rthom appointed to do such wrong ? acts, your orators are remediless io Re premises ? These allegations, and kindred ones ? this bill, reflect seriously, most seri Rsly. upon the respondents to your RocVa rule, that I have the honor to R)reflent ; they reflect upon the officers nth* State ; and. may it please your Rfeor* more than that-they reflect ^nousjy upon my assistant and? my Rf as attorneys of this oourt If I R guilty of entering into a conspiracy ; Rohware the decidions of rbis court, i Rm^unworth^ to practice bere. If R excellency the governor and the ?kr grate officers have entered into a Rspiracy io restraint of trade, wbich R et vase under the statutes of the United Sute*, we should be jrupeaontd aod re pmnvefrotu < ffics The Chargen, tbe.efore, maj ir piesse your honor, are of the u?0*t scirous character, aud I take it that the re. cords of ?Iiis couft are not to be trifled with. I? addition, these allegations not only rifled upon os as officers tnrd ? attorneys of this court, but there are charges in this bill that are damaging to us 83 individuals. The charged con? tained in the . allegation marked 4 Q" .'And your orfctors further *bow that protection of your orators io the prem? ires at law innolves a multiplicity of suits agaiost all >.aid defendant*, and that all of paid defendants are financially irresponsible, totally insol vent and unable to respond to any dam? ages whatsoever against them, or ei? ther of them, or any of them," &c May it please your honor, that bill of complaint stands sworn to by Mr Bickart, who swears to the facts of bis own knowledge Can we stand it ? Yon have issued a rule returnable on the 12th day of this month I cannot permit, and I will not permit allega lion? of thia character to stand un? challenged against my colleagues and myself for a single day. The allega tions of conspiracy is slanderous and false, and the allegation as to finan? cial irresponsibility is, as to some of ns at least,..as false as can be, and it is as damaging as it is false. What I ask, may it please your honor, is that we shall not staud for days before this court with a record like this charging us with an offense, with which if we be guilty I should ?ot be heard to open ray mouth in this court, and if my colleagues be guilty they should not administer the offices in the State of South Carolina which they hold When I read the bill ef complaint yesterday, feeling the^outrage that had been perpetrated upon us, feel? ing it as keenly as I can express to your honor, 1 sent a telegram to his excellency the governor and the state commissioner for authority to denounce the charges as . false and untrue, and speak for my colleagues as well as myself, that the charges of conspiracy between the officers of the State of South Carolina are ab soiutely and unqualifiedly false I state to your honor now, as I have always stated, that the officers of the State have endeavored in every instance in the proceedings to obey every order issned by this hon? orable court, and if this man who makes the charge against us of c?n-t 8piracy and financial irresponsibility, to which he swears, if he has in his possession any proof, I a*k your hou or to force him to produce it at once in open court, or hereafter stand the coneequunces of false swearing On behalf of myself and the other gentlemen who stand before this con rt, I ask permission to make an immediate return, at the eariiest pos? sible moment, and that your honor will at once grant to us a right to clear ourselves of the charges (hat reflect against, all of us as officers and as individual citizens of the State. Now I have naught to say which I trust the facts would not entirely sus tain, nor would I state anything upon mere suspicion ; but there is now pending a proceeding in the United States court of Georgia, instituted by the same complainants as in this case, in which it is sworn that there is a conspiracy between the govern? or of the State of South Carolina and I the Southern railway to suppress ; what they say is their legal business. ! I think they magnify their import? ance when they suppose that the State of South Carolina is aiming all its guns at their rum business in Atlanta This bill cannot with my consent stand upon this record, and together with the role issued thereon possibly'be used in the hearing b?? fore Judge Newman, the district judge in Atlanta, upon a hearing there fixed for the 9th instant I earnestly ask your honor to hear our testi? mony in open court, and I am ready to testify, and my assistant on my left and the two gentlemen on my right, who are parlies to this bill, stand ready to testify We ta?e this bill to be insulting and absolutely untrue, and the oath thereto is false Weaskyour honor not to have us forced to submit to these things Upon the conclusion of the re marks of the attorney general, Mr Gadsden, of the firm of Mordecai & Gadsden, stated that upon the filing of the amended and supplemental bill of Bluthenthal & Bickart against J G. Long and others yesterday afternoon, that he arranged for a conference be tween himself and the attorney gen? eral late on yesterday afternoon at the Charleston hotel That at that conference the question of the charges of conspiracy made in the bill was fully discussed, and that the attorney general had stated^ fully to him the facts and circumstances con? nected with the matter That he had convinced Mr Gadsden that there had been, as a matter of fact, no precon8idered arrangement or moobination or agreement between the state officials to seize the goods of Buthenthal & Bickart, and that owing ito the close personal relations which existed between Mr. Gadsden and the attorney general he was satisfied that such statement made by the at? torney general was in every particular ! ! correct ; and that at that interview ' last night he stated to the attorney ' general that upon his statement of I the facts he was satiffiVd that the ! charges made in said bill wer? iucnr j i rect and unfounded, and that he j : would this morning move the court1 to strike from the bil! the names of himself, the governor, th?* assistant attorney general and Mr Vance ; and he now begged to say that hav? ing been thoroughly satisfied" by the assurances of the attorney general that the charges in said bill were in? correct, the complainant asked .leave to withdraw said bill from the files of this court Did Ton Ever g Try Electric Bitters as a remedy tor yourgj roubles ? 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Washington, e21 Eleventh St., N. W. Charlotte. N. C , 213 N. Tryon St. Norfork Va.._416 Main St., Estate of James R, Odom, Dec'd. ALL PERSONS hating cairns against aioie^aid Estate, wilt present earoe du!y attested, and persons in Hny way indebted to ?a:d E'tta'e vt iii make parroent without de? lay -o MRS CLEO TROUTMAN, Qualified "Adrotz ", Sept. 22, '97-3c Wedgefield, S C. NOTICE. AMEETING OF THK STOCKHOLD? ERS of Tn? Grunge R^al Estate Investment Company, is hereby calied to te held at the effier of ibe Co? operative Grange More, in the town of Bi3bopville, Sumter County, South Carolina, j at two o'clock, p. tn. on the sixih dav of No? ve m Der, A. D , 13S7, to consider and deter? mine whether the said Company wi 1 make u montage to Mrs. Leonera M Cuusar to se? cure int? payment of one thousand doUxrs, in two installments of five hundred dollars etch, payable respectively on October ls*, ? 898 and Ocorer 1st 18?9, '-vito interest at eitrht percent per annum rrotn October 1??, 1897, payable annually until the debt be j aid : the property to ne 6o oo:ig?ged ts n tract of o:;e and H-haif ?cres HI lii-hopvil!f, adjoining l>i??ds ! of .ttt(> Mattie Law, Mrs. W. K Crosswell, ; the Methodist Church lot, and situMe on the j co1'-er of Main and Church Ntreets. Bv older of the Bo?rd of Directors. J W. KN G LIS Fi, President nf s-wil Company; At e t-W A. JAMKS, Jr., Secretary. ?ishopviile, S. C , Oct. 6, 1897. 5t 1 MASTER'S SALES. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. PURSUANT, to the judgments ?ind orders of the Court aforesaid, severally mude i:. the fol owinc entitled cases i wit! offVrVor sale at Puclic Auction, before toe Court House ia the City of Sumter, Couniy and Sr-.it-aforesaid, OK the First Monday in No? vember, next 1897, teeing the 1st. day of said month) between ttie hours of eleven o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock io the after? noon of Kain" day, the rral est?t** ia each ca?e described, on the terms in each cuse speci?ed : The People's Building and Loan Association <f Sumter, S C., plaintiff, against Olivia S Share, The Bank cf Sumter, W. Rees Shaw, defendants. First-All that lot of land in the village of Bishopville in the Counry of Sumter, io said Sute, whereon is located the dwelling house of the defendant Olivia S Shaw, containing one and one-twentieth acre?, more or less, fronting 00 the Main S'reet of Bi?hor-ville, leading towards DuBose's Bridge and lying on the right hand or eastern side thereof, ad joining lots of A. Clarence DuRaot, A. F. Cousar ?nd others. Second-All that tract of land in said County ?nd State containing one hundred and forty-eight acres more or lees, adjoining lands of Henry Woori ward, William McCutcb en. James Ed. .McCutcbeD, J. Ashby Stuckey and other? Terms-One-half cash ; balance on a crpd't of one year. The credit portion to be st-cur ed by ibe bond of the purchaser, beari .g in? terest from the day of sale and a mortgage of the premises sold ; with the optiou to pay ail cash ; the dwelling bouse to be insured aud the policy assigned. Purchasers to pay for papers. , The First National Bank of Sumter, plaintiff against Mary J. Epperson. Robert Wingate, Margaret T. Delgar, defendants All that lot or parcel of land sauato in the City ?nd County of Sumier, in the State aforesaid, being the Sonhtern hail' of the lo: on which the defendant,Mary J Epperson, re? sided at the time of'tbe execution of 8?id mortgage, to wi: : on December sf, 18?4: saia lot fronting ou Mnio Street in saiG cuy and bounded on the North by ti e Northern bali of the said lot u;oo which the said de? fendant Mary J Epperson resided as aforesaid; on the East by lot cf Sinclair; oa the South hy lot cf C. G Rowland, and on the West by Mainstreet; the Same b iDg a part, to wit : the Southern half of the lot of land conveyed io the said Mary J. Epperson liv C. M Hurst, Jr , by bis deed dated November 7, 1890, and recorded in the office cf the Register cf Mesne Conveyance for Sumter County io Book "G G. G." at page-. The said lotafcove describ? ed having located thereco a two-story frwtue dwelling house. Terms-Cash. Purchaser (o pay for papers. Margaret T. Delgar, plaintiff, against Mary J. Epperson, dtfendant. All tbat lot of land in the City and County of Sumter, State of SoKth Carolina, bounded North by lanes of Mrs Emily E Whitemore; Eas by land tired by the Sumter Water Conj pany a^d on which its stand pipe is located; Somb by land now of Cbarle? G. Rowland and West hv Main Street. Terms-Cash. Puxcba:er io pay for Dapers. W. H INGRAM, Mas'er for Sumter CountT. Oct. 7. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE . COURT *CF PROBATE. Complaint for Sale of Land to Pay Delis. Eerbert F. Wilder as Administrator of Jos. W. Wilder, deceased, Plaintiff, vs Jos M. Wilder, Julia S. Wilder, Lizzie M. Eager ton, Rosa Wilder) Lily Wilder, Eda Wil? der and Carne?la Wilder, Defendants. N PURSUANCE of an order by said Gourr is above stated action, dated the 6r.'b day of October, ?. D , 1897, I will offer for sale at Sumter Court House, Salesday in November, 1837. (being the 6rst day of said mooth) during the usual hours of Sale, Two small tracts cf Land, with buildings thereon, located in the City of Sumter, S. C., measur? ing 150 by 50 feet, be the same a little more or ?ess, kr.own as Lots Nos 21 and 25 on a plat of Sixty Building Lots, laid out nod sur? fed by H. D. Moise, C E , February, 1891, and recorded m Book F F F., cn page 236, in R M. C's office, of said county Terms-Cash. Purchasers to pay for De cssary papers. THOS V. WALSH. Cfit. 7, '97 Judge of Probate. Master's Sale. The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Daniel Kirby, Plaintiff, against Frances M. Anderson. Frank McCoy, Cornelia A. Lemon, John David Lemon, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in the above stated case, and dated June li, 1896, I will sell at public auction in front of the Court Hcu*e io the City of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, November 1st, 1897, being Saleeday, between ;he hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following premises, to wit : Ail that certain tractor parcel of land, ?ymg and being io Sumter County, Lynch? burg township, situated cn tbe public road lea?ing from Lynchburg to Bisbopvjlie, and known as the W. R. Parnell place, and t'ounded as follows, viz: North by lands of J W . Bradford, and 00 the East ai.d North and West by lauds of J W. Bradford. Terms Cash. Purchaser to pay for neces? sary papers. W.H. INGRAM, * Master of Sumter County. Oct.6. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, SAMUEL BRADLEY made suit to me to grant bim Letters of ad? ministration of the Esiate and effects of Mrs. Sarah E B.-.idley. deceased, Thete are therefore to cue and adn onish all and siogular th? kindred and creditors of ?he said Mrs. Sarah E. Bradley, late of said County and State, deceated, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, tobe beid at Sumter C. H., on October 20:h, 1897, 1 next, after publication theieof at ll o'clock j m the forenoon, to show cause, if any they ' have, why the said administration should j fi o I t)r g rar. lcd. G:ven under ay band, this 5th day of j October, Anno Domini, 1897 THOS. V. WALSH, Judge of Probate, j Oct. 6-2t. I Load OF Horses Arrived on FRIDAY, OCT. 1. A good oli?-faorse, iron axle wagon for $21 ea?h. Sumter. S. C., September 8, 1897. HARDWARE. For many years we hare made a study of it in all its branches. 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