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6e . leSwc ney Sworn Io. ?*tSilei' Justice Mciver Admin isters the Oath. Hoc. Miles B McSweeney, who first ssw the light of day oo April 18, 1853, MOW occupies the exbaited posi tion -of governor of South Carolina. It waa exactly 10 minutes past ll last night IB the parlors of Wright's hotel wheo the chief justice, standing on : one side of a tete a tete chair, with Mr. McSweeney on the other, their hands grasping a small Bible, admin istered the oath of office. The cere mony ivas informal, though there was some 50 or more gentlemen, consist ing of the State officiais, who bad . made the.trip to Sell is, and a num ber of friejpds of the governor present , in the parlor at the* time Jost at li o'clock Gov McSweeny escorted by Secretary of State Cooper, and the other State officers, Senator Ap pelt and others drove up to the hotel. The party followed by those who had awaited the governor's errival ascended to the parlors of the hotel. At ll 05 the chief justice of' the apreme court, followed by Associate Justice a Gray and Pope, entered thc north parlor, going to the right where : they took up their position the chief jastice in advance Gov. McSweeney, on the ann of Attorney General Bellin : ger, followed by the other members j of the official household came from j the sooth parlor. At 1108 Gen. Bellinger, in a few graceful words introduced Mr. McSweeney to the ' chief justice, announcing thai: he waa ready to take the oath ol office ae governor of South Carolina in ac cordano with the provisions or the constitution The chief justice ex tended his right arm, a Bibie being in his hand, and Mr McSweeney .grasped the volume. The regulation oath waa then read by Justice Mciver and the governor pressed the Bible to his Hps. This cone the chief justice asked "where is the table?" and looked .bout for one upon which the oath could be signed. Finally the signa tures were affixed upon a small brass table which was a part of one of the large wall mirrors. The blank was an ordinary one used for oaths of notaries. AB loon aa Gov. McSweeney had affixed Iiis signitore with Justice Pope's fountain pea, the chief justice coBgratulated~the governor warmly and wat followed by the asoc ate : justices. THE GONERNOR'S FIRST SPEECH. | - Governor McSweeney then turning to th gentlemen present spoke briefly as follows : Gentlemen : I don't think it ia necessary to make a speech on this occasion I realize the importance of the position I occupy tonight in South Carolina and F promise yon I shall endeavor to do my duty faith fully and impartially. If I am not governor of South Carolina it will not be my fault. No man can feel more sympathy, more honest sympathy than I do to night for the blow that has befallen our State ; that sympathy extended ~to my home. My wife last night on receiving the news of Gov Ellet be's death- telegraphed to Mrs El I erbe expressing ber sorrow at her great loss. Ge d knows-I feel sympathy for Mrs. Elterbe and her children It is my daly nader the constitution to assume this responsibility, and with God's help I shall try to do- it faith fully. I appreciate the kind words of these distinguished gentlemen on my left (the supreme court justices) I sha)] seek them always for advice, and with the attorney general and other Stete officers I intend to per form the duties of my office as faith fully aa 1 know bow. I deeply regret the Occasion wbicb makes me gov ernor of Sooth Carolina. 1 have tried to be as prudent and careful as possible I have been asked by some why f did not come here to Columbia and assume the duties of governor. I believe Gov. 15 lerbe did his duty and those around him believe that be did his duty, but I believed that he wanted to be governor of South Carolina when he died and I thought his wishes and desires should be regarded. Tonight I assume the duty sud I ask those here to h<$Ip me. I am going to do my duty as faithfully and as efficiently ss I can, and if I don't -make a faith ful, true governor it won't be my malt. .The audience warmly applauded the governor when he concluded. " Gov. McSweeney will today return to bis hume in Hampton, but will return to Columbia on Monday after noon. He will probably occupy the mansion in about a month. Gov. McSweeney last night an noonced that he would appoint Mr Elbert H Aull of Newberry his private secretary. Mr. Aull is the owner and publisher of the Newberry Herald and News and is the president of the State Press association He is widely known throughout South Carolina and is popular with the people He is a man who is weil fitted for the work Gov. McSween ey stated that io selecting Mr. Aull he bad simply chosen one of bis closest pe -sonal friends, a man with whom he bad been intimate for 25 years, fie stated that be wished Mr. i>- -- m *kA m M th A nffif A in h ia TH] would, f e wished the transfer to be pleasant and agreeable, and appreci ated the fact that Mr. Evana wss thoroughly posted and conscientious in the discharge of the duties of the office. Mr. Anil, the new secretrry, is a I native of the county io which be I ives, and bis parents are both living. He is 40 year of age, is a graduate of Newberry college, and is a mern I ber of the bar of the State, having been admitted by the supreme court, but preferred journalism to the legal profession. Mr. Aull is one of those rare individuals-a successful south ern publisher and newspaper man. The State, June 4 - Gov. McSweeuey m Issues an Address. PROMISES TO BE THE GOVERNOR OP ALL THE PEOPLE. Colombia, Jone 5 -Gov. MeSwee ney ha8 retorced to the city. He arrived yesterday afternoon and went at onee to bis quarters at the Hotel Jerome, where he was met sy Private Secretary Anil. Altheugh Mr. Evans is' to be retained in the office for a mooth. Mr. Aoil will assume the duties of hie posit-on immediately. Gov. MeSweeoey went through bia mail yesterday eveniog, finding a great many letters coogratui tisg him on his elevation to the office of governor. His first official act was to appoint Mr. Aull aa private secretary and his second was to affix bis Signatare to the diplomas of the graduates of Winthrop college. Although he has assumed the duties of his office he bas not yet been io the exeostive chamber at the capitol, bot will be foood there this morning. The executive maoeioo is to be over hauled immediately aod Gov. Mc weeney's family will move to Colombia as sooQ as things are ready for them. AN ADDRESS ISSUED. Laet night the new governor issued the following address to the people of the State : To the People of South Carolioa : Io the providence of Almighty God, his excellency, William H. Eilerbe, late goveroor of Sooth Carolioa, has passed to his reward. I reget the sad event which makea it necessary for me to sesame the daties of goveroor of Sooth Carolioa. The constitution,how ever, is mandatory. I have taken the oath of office aod assume formal con trol of the executive department today. I have thought it proper to address a word to the people of the State. I realize folly the responsibility of th poaitioo. I shall endeavor to be faithful Jan d conscientious io the dis charge of the daties which shall be; mme Io the wisdom which devised oar system of goveroment three distinct departments were mada-the legisla*'' live, the executive, the judicial-to make the laws, to execute the laws, to ioterpret the iawa Uoder /ocr owo constitution they are to "be forever separate aod distinct from each oth er,7* aod no person exercising the du ties of the one shall assume to dis charge the daties of the other. It is a wise provision. My daly mainly is uraee that the laws as placed oo the statute books by the legislative depart ment are enforced. This I shall at tempt to do faithfully aod impartially, aod without fear or favor, following only where duty points lo doiog so,* uowever, I ask and shall expect the hearty cooperation of every officer io Sooth Carolina, wheth er he bolds a State j office, a county office, or ao office coder a maoioipality. Not ooiy co, but I ask the hearty support aod encouragement of every citizen of Sooth Carolioa io the enforce moot of law aod io the promotioo aod advaneemeot and progress of oar owo commonwealth. I realize the impo tency of any officer , however faitbfol be may be, who does not have this support. We are oo the eve of a great iodustrial advance-io manufacture, education, commerce, aod agriculture aod I staod ready to contribute my part as citizen aod officer to thia fortune of my people. I have oo political punishments to it-fitet ead no political rewards to pay. It shall be my aim aod steadfast parp se to give the people I of the State a strictly nosiness admin istration, and to be the goveroor of ail the people To this end I seek their sympathy, their oouesel, and their prayers, praying myself that peaoe and happiness and prosperity may come to every home io South Carolina. Yours respectfully, M. B. McSweeney, Governor of South Carolina. The Crawford Trial. The Crawford trial will opeo in Cam den tomorrow probably. The attorneys and a number of witnessess went over yesterday and today. There are forty witnesses from this county alone. Mr. Stuart has gone to Camden. It was thought that he might not be able to attend on account of tbe serious illness of his father and that the oase wonld have to be postpooed, but his father is much better and there will be no delay on that account. Constable Crawford was in the city yesterday accompanied by bis friend, Sheriff McCravy, of Laarens, sod about twenty-five ethers, who will be witnesses as to bis good cbsrioter. 2 WATCHMAN ANT State Officials ki RESOLUTIONS ADOPTFD UPON THE DEATH OP WM. H. ELLERBE. The State, May 6. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the State house officials was held at the capitol in the office of the attorney general and the following resolutions in regard to the death of Gov. Eilerbe were unanimously adopted : Whereas under the io&orutible providence of God, the hand of death bas stricken from our midst Gov. William H. Eilerbe, and whereas we bow io humble submission to the decree of our Great Creator, be it Resolved, First-That io the death of Gov. Eilerbe the State of South Carolina sustains the sad loss of a conscientious and fearless Christian gentleman as her chief magistrate. Second-That as oitizeo, husband, father, friend, and publie officer, be exhibited qualities of the true man, and in his devotion to the duties of his office during bis long struggle against death had the sympathy and admira tion of the whole State. Third-That as his official associates, \e remember his friendship and deplore his death, and. in deepest sorrow extend to those who were nearest and dearest to his heart our profoundest regret and sympathy. Fourth-That these resolutions be published io the daily papers and a copy be engrossed aod sent to Mrs. Eilerbe. W. H. Timmerman. State Treasurer. M. R Cooper, -Secretary of State. J. P. Derham, Comptroller General. J W. Floyd, Adj!-, and Insp.'Gen. J. J MoMahan, Supt. of Education. G. Ducan Bellinger. Attorney General. ARTIFICIAL COTTON FfiOM FIB TREBS. Washington, June 2 -Consul Ma bin of Reichenberg, Austria, under date of April 21, quotes an aocouot in a local newspaper of a process for mak ing artificial cotton from the wood of the fir tree It appears that the wood is reduced to thin shavings, which are 'plaeed in a washing apparatus exposed to the influence of steam for 10 hours. They are then subjected to a stroog preparation of sodium lye and are heated under great pressure for 36 hours. The wood is DOW changed to pure cellulose, and to give this a great er resisting power some eastar oil, caffeine and gelatin are added. The substance is then put into an apparatus and made into threads, which are reeled. The article concludes t "In a coun try such as thi?, where foresta of fir trees abound aod are made perennial by constant replanting, ? ? the larger trees are cot down, and where all the cotton used io tbe numerous factories must be brought from far India and the United States, such a device should ! be profitable " Sad Tragedy Enacted Mon day ia Camden. Camden, Jane 5 -A sad tragedy waa-enacted here at at about 5 o'clock this afternoon, one brother beiog ser iously shot by another brother Al though there were several witnesses to the affai/, it is impossible to get aoy definite information aa to the facts. From what can be picked up it appears that W. T. Latham and his brother James Latham were quarrelling with each other io the livery stable of their father ; that both had pistols, and that Wade Latham, another brother, who baB oharge of the stable io his father's absence, took the pistol away from W. T. Latham, presumably to stop the row. He aod James Latham theo bad some words and commenced shooting at es ch other, with the result that James Latham was seriously wounded, Wade Latham not bit. lt is also reported that James, the wounded man, fired the first shot. Bat this, like the other facts in the case, cannot be verified. The ball entered James Latham's right side and the doctors think it has pene trated the liver. At this time it is impossible to say wbetber or not it will be fatal. A great deal of sympathy is expressed for the family, and especial ly for the father of these young men. Mr. S. B. Latham, a highly respected citizen of this community. James La tham has a wife and infant daughter. Wade Latham is un marled We'll Get a Gun. Washiugton, June 5.-The war de partment has solved the question as to the disposition of artillery captur ed from Spain in Cuba and Puerto Rico by turning the whole matter over to the governors of the States The law under which there guns can be distributed provides that they may go only to the soldiers' monu ment associations, G A R posts and municipal corportions One gun will be allotted to each State and the governor is asked to decide what disposition should be made of it. A letter setting out the war depart melita's solution of the question has been sent to the governor of each > SOUTHRON, JUNE A CUBAN lp OF " OUR OCCDf ATM. NOT AN UNJUST SUM MARY OF THE SITUA TION. Habana, June 4-Gen. Callazo publishes, in the Herald of Habana, a letter expounding the Cubau idea of the situation He says in part : "A good deal of the discussion now in progress shows that the real situa tion is misunderstood. Both the Americans and the Cubans desire the independence of the island-the Americans because they are pledged to it, and the Cubans because of r trijtism and political considera tions. Between the two stands the Washington administration, repre senting the important business interests involved. There is no doubt that the beauty and rich possibilities of Cuba have aroused in many of our visitors a greed which is responsible for the attempt to create the notion that the country is warlike whereas the fact is that the Cubans are so docile that even the desperation'of hunger will not lead them into wrongful action. "The offer of charity affronts the dignity of our people and the gratn ity of $3,000,000 insults them. - The United States government if it in tends to free the island, should pay what is due the at my, in the form of a loan to Cuba, which the Cubans would gladly and easily repay. We do not want gifts ; and the course hitherto followed discredits the Amer ican government among us It inspires distrust The Cubans have bee.': deceived for four centuries, and it is only logical that they should be suspicious now. They were formerly taught that the Americans bad an honest home administration which conformed strictly to law and knew no favoritism except that based upon merit. "In practice here the Cubans see just the contrary exemplified. No one among us sees in advance the measures to be promulgated ; the caprice of the military chiefs is para mount ; the people are all a lifeless factor, that can exert no power or even protest except in public meet ings and in the press. The Cubans are starving, while hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent upon palaces for the American com manders, who applythe military or the Sdanieh law as their whim suggests Charity, such as is offered, must be in any event useless, because inadequate Cuba will not recuperate with out $5,000,000 to finance her agriculturalists and without paying the army what it deserves. In this way, recuperation can be accomplish ed All that is neccessary is the good will of the American administration." When the pay car arrived yester day at Gui es, it was met by a large crowd, and the guards had consider abie work in keeping the people back Col Randall made 174 pay ments yesterday and rejected 37 applicants The payments made today brought the total up to 417 and there was a large crowd still waiting at 5 o'clock when the office closed. Probably all of tomoreow will be required to complete the pay ments Several influential residents are planning to form a stock company to boy land suitable for a jockey club and race track, the intention being to have a meeting in February, continu mg for a week Large pnrees will be offered, and the enterprise will be conducted in connection with the American Southwestern circuit, the horses leaving here in time for the spring races in New Orleans. ~ Spain's Minister Received. Act of Officially Making Friends Done at Wash ington. Washington, June 4-Diplomatie relations with Spain, brokeo off April 21, 1898, were formally resumed at ll o'olock today when President McKin ley greeted Duo D'Arcos, the newly accredited minister to the UoitedjStates, io tbe blue parlor of the White House. Simultaneously, in Madrid, if the pro gramme arranged was carried out, Bellamy Storer, the new United States minister to Spain, was being presented to Christina, the queen regent, during the legal minority of his Catholic majesty, Alphonso XIII. It was a notable occasioo io the world's history -thc resumption of friscdly relations between two nations which bad been at war, and io tbe brief struggle had changed the m?p of the world The speeches of today were especially notable. They were plain spoken aod devoid of the usual hazy diplomatic phraseology Eireno. O. T., Juoe 4.-Mountain View, Okla., which was organized in a day broke another record today There bad existed a riva! towo a mile aod a half west and it was deemed advieable to cooiolidate them. Oakdale, the rival, was purchased outright for $34, 380 and now is on wheels and strung out on the road to Mountain View This is probably the first oase of buying a whole town that tbs annals of 7, 1899. McKinley's Unstable Policy. Gossip, Political and Other wise, io Washington. _______ i Washington, Jane 5 -Mr. Mc Kinley has given the country another exhibition of a lightning change of mind After allowing those who talked with him during several days to get the impression that he was about to call for volunteers for the Philippines, he suddenly changed his mind and announced that the cabi net had decided not to call for volun teers, but to replace the volunteers DOW in the Philippines with regulars, and to authorize Gen. Otis to enlist' natives. It is believed that the principal factor in bringing about this .lightning change was a cable gram from Prof Sch ur m an, president of the Philippine commission, con taining a fairy story announcing the early surrender of Aguinaldo. Similar fairy stories by the same ! author were the basis of the hope of early peace indulged in by the ad ministration some weeks ago. The rainy season, which lasts bree months, is on in the Philippines, making it impossible for Gen. Otis to worry Aguinaldo mach for that length of time. That's why no early surrender is at all probable. Hon A. J. Warner, president of the Bimetallic League, is in Wash ington. He said of the probable democratic platform of next year : "The democratic parly will stand by the Chicago platform. The money plank will be made as fall and as strong as if there were no other issues I would be in favor also of making a declaration against trusts, as if that were the only issue ; and the same with our declaration against imperialism and the Philippine war. Neither question can be said to ob scure or take precedence of the other, but ali combine to make an issue that I believe the people will support " Whatever may be the defects in other branches of the government service, and they are numerous enough, everybody knows, Commis sioner Diell, of the United States patent office, is conducting that office with more satisfaction to in ventors, patent lawyers, and every body doing business therewith than bas been done for a long time. He ! has the business so nearly to date i that C. A. Snow & Co, ft ashing ton's most successful firm of patent lawyers, make the positive announce ment that they can secure patents for inventors in from four to ten weeks. Representative Gordon, of Ohio, who is visiting Washington, talks interestingly of the political situa tion in bis State. He said : "Who ever thinks the republicans are in vincible in Ohio this year, will be badly fooled. There never was a time when the party was so badly split by factional dissensions as now, and if the democrats are awake to their opportunity they will beat Senator Hanna's candidate for gov* ernor. I have no idea who wiil be named as she democratic candidate, but we have plenty of good material to draw from Ohio is naturally republican, but the people do not take kindly to political bosses, and they are going to show their resent ment at the polis this year '* In Austria a process for making artificial colton out of the fibre of the fir tree hoe been discovered, and reported to the state department by the United States consul at Reichen berg. He quotes a description of the process, concluding as follows : "Artificial cotton can be produced 60 cheaply that the genuine article can hardly compete with it, and one cannot say that it is a sham, for it is composed, exactly as the natural cotton, of pure cellulose " The consul says himself: "In a country such as thie, where forests of fir trees abound and are made perennial by constant replanting as the large trees are cut down, and where all the cotton used in the numerous fac tories must be brought from far India and the United States, such a device should be profitable " This is de cidedly interesting, but it need not alarm cotton growers until it is known to have been put into practi cal use. lt may be like the chemical process by which real diamonds can be made, which works all right, but the made diamond costs more than the natural diamond of the same size sells for, wh cb renders the process useless to the commercial world. The friend of Representative Sherman, of New York, are claiming that he was buncoed by the Hender son Sherman speakership combiue, into which he entered a short time ago, and there appears to be founda lion for the claim The combine has already made Henderson the only western candidate for speaker and given him an app tent walk over for j the speakership It is intimated that it was formed to do that very thing, and that the administration was a party to it, having decided that Sherman's friendship for Reed, and Reed's influence over bim, made him undesirable speakership timber. There may, of course, be a slip up in the programme, but it is the general impression in Washington that Hen* derson already has the speakership clinched, and predictions are freely made that Sherman will find it advis able to withdraw in Henderson's favor, long before congress meets, io ll order to get Payne's place at the head of the ways aod meaos com mittee, which carries with it the floor leadership of the party. The withdrawal of Hopkins in favor of Henderson is believed to have been the work of Joe Cannon, who wants his old place at th&iead of the com mittee on appropriations, and has probably been promised it, although some say that Hopkins is after the ways and means committee for him self. NEW TRIAL ORDERED FOR DREYFUS. Verdict of the Court of Cas sation Rendered. Paris, Juoe 3.-The eourt of cassa tion today rendered a verdict io favor of a revision of the Dreyfus case aod ordered a new courtmartial to sit at Recces, 60 miles from Naotea, for the trial of the prisoner. 0. Previous to the aooouocemeot of the verdict crowds of people assembled at the palace of justice aod io its neigh borhood awaiciog the decision. Per fect clam prevailed. The decision, which was pronounced at 3.40 p. m., says the prisoner is to be retried OD the following question : "Is Dreyfus guilty of having (io 1804) practiced machination, or of baviog commuoica tioo with a foreign power or its agent with the view of facilitating acts of a war with Fraoce, or haviog furnished the meaos therefor by furnishing cotes or documents retraced OD the borde reau.'7 CAPTAIN DREYFUS OR DERED TO FRANCE Paris, Juoe 4 -The oabioet couooii this moroiog decided that the French second class cruiser Sfax, now at Fort deFrance, Martinique, should proceed immediately aod bring Dr ey fas from the Island of Devils to France. The croiser is expected to arrive at Brest about Juoe 26. {.wheo Dreyfus will be haoded to the military authori ties aod lodged io the military prison at Rennes. His ooovictioD having been annulled ; by the united chamber of the court of cassatioo, bis military raok aod, title are restored to him. He will occupy ao officer's cabio oo board the jSiax- r aod will be allowed oo deck from 1 to 4 o'clock every afternoon. The papers . poiat oat that the oourt of cassation voted' unanimously for revision aod ooly debated the process whereby it should be carried out. ANY PERSON Wishing to know the troth in regard to their health should not fail to send for a valuable and new 64-page Booklet which, will be sent FREE for a short time to those who mention this paper. This book is published by the celebrated physi cians and specialists-Dr. Hathaway ax d Co. of 22V4 S. Broad St, Atlanta, Ga., whom you should address. Write to-day. .? Crime in Georgia. GRANT BELL REMOVED FROM CED ARTO WN JAIL. Atlaota, Ga., June 4.-A special to the Constitution from Cedartowo, Ga., says : Graot Bell, who assaulted Mrs. J. L Lumpkio, was spirited away fron here this eveoiog. It was reported that mobs were oo the way from Rome, Cartersviile and Rock m art aod the sheriff decided to take oo chance . Bell will be tried at a special term of oourt which baa beeo oalled for tomor row. ELUDED HIS PURSUERS. Atlanta, Ga , June 4.-A special to the Constitution from Austell, Ga., says : A thorough search of Sweetwater swamp today by 300 mea revealed no trace of Harvey Meoifee the negro waoted for ao oatrrge oo the eight year old daughter of farmer John Smith. lt is believed here that the negro beiog familiar with the running of trains made his escape last Friday night aod the clew which plaoed him io the swamp last night was false. The little girl is still io a serious condition, but it is oot thought she will die. 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