Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IE?ILESS OBif?TY OFFICERS, Although 6ov. Hayward bad Order? ed Arrest of Ben Bennett, of Hampton County, Mi Hts Keinatioa Until Tamed Over ts Penitentiary Authorities, Coroner Rivers Allowed Hin to Escape. Columbia, Aug. 26.-Here is anoth? er shining illustration of the know-all' officers that South Carolina has and Jhow county officers are a law unto themselves, and the county officer who ? tioes as be pleases ' is entirely ince- j pendent of the Governor of the State mr other responsible officer. When Governor Hey ward heard that Bennett had killed his wife he sent the following telegram : f Columbia, S. C., Aug' 23.-J. H. 33ghtsey, Sheriff, Hampton, S C. : Arrest Ben Bennett, convicted of murder and sentenced for life in the penitentiary. Pardoned January 16, .2903, by Governor Mcsweeney oh con tEiion that he leave ,the State. Said condition having been broken, await |?altentiary authorities. Advise me ?if arrest D. C. Heyward, Governor. Sheriff Lightsey was away from Itome and his deputy sent the follow? ing telegram : . Hampton, S. C., -Aug. 23, 1904. Capt. G. W. Branson, Magistrate, Branson, 8. C. : Governor Bayward .spires to arrest Ben Bennett. Bo your liest to. get him. Send one or two discreet cont?les after him at once. Sheriff is absent T^. R. Anderson, Deputy Sherriff. BBUNSON END OP THE STORY. ?be Hampton Guardian of this week fc???s what was done at the scene of ti2e trouble, how tho jury decided, the question and how Bennett was allowed tb do exactly as he pleased. It tells '-i>fa* Branson end of the matter as fol- , ^3ows: The verdict of the coroner's jury wats ss follows : / That Mr? Benett came to her death b;?r.a &un shot wound ia the. hands of J. B. Bennett by misfortune and con? trary1 tc his will. Magistrate G. W. Branson, of Bran? son, was asked over the phone what ire knew in cor action with the kill? ing of Mrs. Bi anett, he said : Hearing of tne killing yesterday I sent my constable to arrest Ben Ben? nett, which he did and delivered him to Coroner Bi vers. After the inquest the coroner sent Bennett to me., I sent him back to the coroner with the statement that-the proper men to have Mm placed in jail was the coroner and -?ot to release him. I have not seen "the verdict of the jury. Ben Bennett said in a conversation that he kept a good pistol and knife, and that he would never give up. He would kill himself first. Mrs. Bennett was ' before her mar 'iige a Miss Priester. ' She leaves one -child, a little girl. THE CORONER BLAMED. This morning Governor Hey ward re? ceived the following letter, which shows what attention has been paid to his message : Vii Governor Hey ward, Columbia, S. C. -Dear Sir : tEnlosed find verdict of coroner's jury in the Bennett case. When your telegram of the 23d reach? ed here tne sherriff was absent and is now. As yon will see by enclosed dipping I wired the magistrate at Branson to have Bennett arrested and \ . I also went to ttye place at once.; When I arrived there I learned that , be had been released by the coroner, , md had left the State, ' I was inform " ad that Bennett boarded the Seaboard Air; Line train at Fairfax; that morning at 4 o'clock and had gone in j Redirection of Savannah. Respectfully yours, V W. K. Anderson, ? Deputy Shenii. i GOVERNOR HE Y WARD'S SCATH- : ING COMMENT. Governor Heyward said today he ' vms amazed at the action of Coroner Rivers, in not binding over J. B. Jennet* io$ fe killing pf Jug wife. *??*f^n??5??Bg the fact that in? euro-1 jwr's jury returned a verdict that de- ?< ceased came to her death by mis- 1 chance, for the criminal laws posi- ; tively direct the coroner, under such circumstances, to bind over the de? fendant to the Court of General Ses? sions, that the matter may be then and there inquired into. The enormity of the action of the coroner is further aggravated by- the fact, as puolished, that Bennett said at the investigation that he thought the object he fired at was a sheriff or a constable, who had come to arrest him, as though he bad any right to shoot such officers, especially when his presence in the State was in direct violation of the term of the pardon granted by Governor-Mcsweeney, and in the face of a reCent refusal on myN part to allow him to return. Governor Heyward adds that for reasons of policy be deems it inadvisa? ble now to advertise the details of such action, as he will take to appre? hend the fugitive, but expresses bis un? qualified determination to exhaust every resource at his command to'that end. Governor Hey ward is as powerless as a babe with any county officer, no matter how he acts or what he does in such cases. County officers are re? sponsible to the voters who elect them and to the grand j a ries of the county, unfortunately. --.*> m- - IJT.'II** Death of Mrs. J. L. Coker. ' Hartsvilie, Aug. 28.-Mrs. J. L. Coker, wife of Maj. J. L. Coker, died .here this morning after an illness of many months. Mrs. Coker was 67 years of age and was a Miss Stout of Alabama, a sister of the well beloved "Baptist minister, the Rev. John Stout, lot many years at Darlington and So? ciety Hill. She is survived by her husband, a sister, three daughters and four sons, all bnt one of whom were with her at the time of her death. The funeral services will be held at the Baptist church at ll o'clock Mon? day morning. Lima, Pera, Aug. 28.- Joseph E. Pardo, who was elected President of Pera in June last, will be inaugurated on September 24. Excitement over the political situation in Peru is les? sening. It is known that former Pre? sident Fierola, Dr. 'Durand and the people are opposed to a revointiewa. BRE?T VICTORY . IT LM6 YANG ASSURED. Sea. Kuropatkin's Arny Hemmed in by Victorious Japanese and Bis Retreat to Mukden Cot Off. Russian Losses Since Battles Around Liao Yang Commenced Said to Have Been iO.OOO. The Japanese Fighting With Machine-Like Precision. London, Aug. 29.-A dispatch <re ! ceived from Liao Yang this morning I says that fighting to the south of that place was resumed at daylight this I morning and is progressing fiercely. The dispatches add that the Japanese pressed the Eussian front on the south, continuously last night and this morning. The Russian losses have been heavy, including General Routoffsky, and Col. Vanreaben kill? ed. THE PORT ARTHUR "SITUA? TION." London, Aug. 29.-The Daily Mail's correspndent, m a dispatch dated Sat? urday last, says: "Following is the position of Port Arthur : The Japanese have captured all the outlyng fortfica tons, but the Russians still hold the citadel on Antseshan, Golden Hill fort and the forts on Tiber's Tail and Lia oti Mountain. The' Japanese are in possession ol the parade ground and barracks under the Antseshan fort on the outskirts.; "The fall of Port Arthur is believed to be imminent. It is believed that the garrison wiU make a desperate sortie before the end comes. Paris, Aug. 29.-A St. Petersburg: dispatch to a news agency says that it is admitted at^ Russiau military headquarters that " the Japanese have occupied Glavo heights and Jtz shan forts at Port Arthur. The Jap? anese are favorably situated for at? tacking, but it is difficult for them to bring up seige guns as the positions they have won are dominated by the Russian guns on other positions. The Petit. Journal has reported that Gen. Stoessel has wired Kuropatkin tliat Port Arthur cannot hold put much longer. ) Liao Yang, A ag. 30.-The Japaness resumed the artillery duel with the Russian forces at 5 o'clock this mora* ing. The heaviest firing proceeding to the southeast of Liao Yang has been continuous, and the Japanese sharpnel searching the whole Russian front. The Japanese massed all of their guns for few a moments at one point and then moved to another posi? tion, with mathematical precision. Terrible execution was wrought in the Russian ranks and many guns were put out of action. Rome, Aug. 30.-A telegram from Gen. Kuroki's headquarters state that the Japanese right wing has ad vanced toward Schilikio. The tele? gram adds that if the Japanese are able to hold their present position there |hey will make it impossible for ,. Gen. Kuropatkin to retreat to Muk- : den. St. Petersburg. Aug. CO.-A tele? gram from Gen. Sakharoff, dated at Liao Yang, 10 o'clock this morning, states that the Japanese were then advancing along the whole Russian front- The main attack, he says, is being directed against the Russian centre and right, where the Russian Losses bad already been very heavy. Rome* Aug? 30.? ~ A telegram from 5?BW Ch wang to the Italia Miliatire states that the Japanese have made 13 successful attacks on the Russian po? sitions around Liao Yang since Aug. l?th. The Russians have succeeded but twice in repelliug the Japanese. The Russians were marching in good order when a down pour of rain changed the retreat into a disastrous rout, the Russians losing three thou? sand men in killed and wouuded. The total Russian losses in the recent fighting is said to have amounted to ten thousand. London, Aug. 30.^-The St. Peters burg correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Co. states that the General Staff, aiter hearing the news that Gen. Kuroki had cut off Gen. Kuropatkin's retreat to Mukden, gave it as their opinion that in all probability Liao Yang will become a second Port Ar? thur. The fortifications there are splendid and provisions are plentiful. St. Petersburg, Aug. 80 - -General Sakharoff reports that the Japanese yesterday attempted ali day au out? flanking movement, on tiie Russian right.but were prevented with diffi? culty by the Russian cavalry. Berlin. Aug. ?0.-The "Die Post" has a dispatch from Liao Yang an? nouncing that two Japanese divisions have turned Gen. Kuropatkin's left flank and thereby attained a position between Liao Yang and Mukden. This move effectaally cut off Gen. Kur opatkins retreat to Mukden. The South Carolina editors are not following the advice given by John Temple Graves in tis address to the Press Association at White Stone Lithia Springs last month, for many of them are running for office of one kind and another.. Graves is of the opin? ion that no man can be really and tru? ly a great editor until he gives np the hope and the desire of holding office, and he is pretty nearly rignt, too. But some of us (the writer included) cannot be great editors even without the office-holding itch.-Bamberg Herald. . - i lira - r... ? Antwerp, Aug. 28.-The fire in the oil tauks near here continued today, but it is now practically ended. Nine bodies have been recovered and several peroone are still missing. The loss is estimated at 10,000,000 gallons and the 'damages at nearly $2,500,000. \ ADVISING NEBROES TG TKE?R RIM Influential Negro Paper in Rich? mond, Va., Tells Negroes to Resist Law Officers, to Kill and Be Killed. POLICE HAVING TROUBLE ALREADY i -. Richmond, Va., Aug. 30.-The po? lice here are much worked up over an i editorial in the St. Luke's Herald, ; the organ of the grand council, inde ? pendant order of St. Luke?, an indus? trial and beneficial organization that is widespread among colored people. Referring to the burning of negroes in Georgia, The Herald says: "The whole i south is being Mississippied. When a negro is arrested he might just as well, nay better, fight the officer, who comes to arrest him and kill him and get killed rather than be locked up and die like rats in a trap. He had better die < fighting, which is less painful than to be saturated with oil, placed on a wood pile, set afire and burned to death. ' ' The police say they are already hav? ing trouble with the negroes on ac? count of this article. Suicide in Columbia. Columbia, Aug. 25.-This morning about 3 o'clock, Norman O'Connor, a white man about 23 years of age, com mitred suicide. O'Connor walked in? to the disreptnbale house of Bertha Maldin in Gates street and without explanation ^poured a dose of carbolic acid in a glass of beer and swallowed it. He was one of the witnesses in the Maud Allen murdercase. As soon as it was realized what he had done a hurry call was sent for the city physician, Dr. Pope, who lives about two miles from the house, and the man was nearly dead when assistnace arrived. The inmates of the bouse made the fellow as easy as possible, but the amount taken proved fatal. A Word About Biennial Sessions. ; The views of the editor ?f the Abbe? ville) Medium, who is opposed to bien? nial sessions, are given below, and are not without reason. Every \ voter should study this question and be pre paire to vote intelligently on it. The Medium says : Per the people of South Carolina to vote for this change* in the constitu? tion would be the climax of folly. There is not a good reason for doing so. Some one says there will be a sav? ing of $50,000 every other year by the change. Who says a legisla: i ses? sion costs?$50,000? It has nut cost rhat sum since the new constitution was adopted, and not but once or twice since 1876. It is a bald statment of what is not fact and will not do for sensible men to act upon in this impor? tant matter. Georgia tried the change but return? ed to her annual sessions. Under the biennial system the Georgians got into the habit of frequent extra ses? sions and even now have had two ses? sion since last November. ~ The trusts are coming into tbe State. It does not suit them to have annual sessions and unthinking men are used by them to put it out of the power of the people to keep a close watch on their operations if they hap? pen to be wrong. The dispensary handles millions of money. Is it best that the directors should make reports but once every two years? If there was no annual sessions it would come about that there won ld be no one to report to an? nually. . It is not necessary for as to multi? ply reasons. The folly of the measure must be apparent to everybody with a' head on his shoulders. If the amendment prevails by a vote of the people ' another constitu? tional conventon will have to be called in order to get things straight. Per? haps a dozen other amendments will be necessary to get out of the confu? sion into whl?h our ot.ite will be thrown. Consul-General Mason, of ?erlin, gives an interesting word picture of the damage already caused or immi? nent in Germany because of intense beat and drought from which that em? pire, aud particularly Prussia, bas j suffered. Rain was lacking in May j and the weather was cool but dry | early in June. Following this came four weeks of drought, with tempera? tures of ninety to ninety-four degrees in the shade in Berlin. The hay crop was light, the winter-sown grin crop showed lightly filled heads, though grain was of good quality, and the spring-sown crops ripened premature? ly. Serious apprehension are felt as to the potato crop, of which 50,000,000 tons' were raised in 1901, that crop j meaning so moch more lo Germany j than to almost any other country, ow? ing to its wide use in manufacturing j alcohol, starch, dextrine and large variety of special food products. The early crop was poor in yield and ? quality, and the crop To be harvested ! in October depends upon July and Au? gust lains. Sugar beets having long, deep roots can stand drought better than any other crop, and no serious j apprehension is felt. All in all, how- | ever, the food value of the 1904 crop ? promises to be much, below the nor- j mal. Lack of rain likewise affect the streams and canals which Germany depends upon so much for the moving of coarse freight like grain, coal lumber, ores, metals- and fert-liz^rs. ! The effects of'the drought are ?elt in the fuel markets, tr rn in cannot be j ground for flour freelv, and water j power foi generating electricity and i driving mills is at ii low ebb. There j would seem to be a good opening for j American corn in Germany this year if we have it to spare-and likewise for lumber in all its forms. When you hear a mau complaining ; about the inaccuracy of the newspa- j pers, if you will just pry into it you will rind that he is a man that the ? newspapers bave told the ?rnth about it some time or other.-Anderson ! Mail. I _ ^_ i Richmond, Va., Aug 29. Mrs, George ; Stevens, wife of the President of the j Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad died yesterday afternoon at their summer home near Natural Bridge, death be ing the result of heart disease. , DAILY MARKET REPORT. Special by Ware & Leland's Private Wire. NEW YORK COTTON. Low. Close. IO 64 ll 05 ll 07 10 69 ll 09 ll 12 10 75 ll 14 10 79 ll 03 10 75 ll 15 10 60 ll 03 10 63 ll 05 MARKETS. Opening. Closing. 112 - 110 - 108 - 105 5 110 - 107 7 52 6- 52 4 521- 51[2 32 1- 31 5 33 3- 32 7 11.37 1L30 11.45 11.42 7.00 7.02 . 7.10 7.12 Open. Jan. IO 69 Feb. March 10 73 April May 1015 Aug. 10 80 Sept. 10 85 Oct. 10 67 Dec. 10 68 High. ll 16 1115 ll 23 1104 ll 25 ll 16 ll 16 7.40 7.37 7.50 7.45 6.67 ' 6.62 CHICAGO WHEAT May, Sept. Dec, CORN Sept, Dec, OATS Sept. Dec, PORK Sept., Oct, LARD Sept., Oct., RIBS Sep., Oct., Jan., Sultan Murad the Fifth Dead. Constantinople, Aug. 30.-Former Sultan Murad V of Turkey is dead. He has suffered with diabetes for many years and the end was not unex? pected. Murad V was Sultan for three months, only, from]May|; 29th to Au? gust 31st, 1876. He succeeded his uncle who was deposed, and he then deposed himself three months later on account of illness. A Misunderstanding. The Raleigh, W. Ta., Register says a funny thing happened over at Green Sulphur a few days aso. A young man was courting in that vicinity and kissed his girl, when she blushed and pretended to be offended and threaten? ed to tell her father and rushed out to the back porch where the old man was oiling his gun. By the time she reached her father, her anger had cooled and to account to her father ! for her sudden appearance said, "Pa, | Mr. Kissum wants to see your gun." i Taking up the gun the man went to ? the parlor door, and the young fellow | seeing, him with the gun, thought he ! was going to be shot and jumped through the window and fled. The j old man thinking he had gone insane i went through the window after him. 1 He never stopped running until he i thought he was safe from the old man's wrath, who returned to the house where his daughter explained. It took a twenty page letter for the girl to explain the situation, and now things are running smoothly again. Notice to Travelers. ^ Before leaving for St. Louis exposi- | ti on ring. No. 247 or call at A. C. L'j I passenger office and get- rates, routes, i schedules ?tc. Can ticket you most ! any route von desire. J. T. China, Ticket Agent. ! FERTILIZER PURITY. An Important Opinion by the At torney General. Colombia, Aug. 27.-Through amis take, either typographically or in the transcribing of the act, the fertilizer companies are raising a point on the state board of fertilizers as to the purity of their products. It seems that in the act describing the standard of the fertilizer it is stated that the in? gredient must "contain 6.18 per cent, of nitrogen, which is equivalent to 7 per cent, of ammonia." The chemists on the state board, however, say that the last figure should be 7.50, but the fertilizer people wished to bold the board to the letter of the law, and an opinion of the attorney general was asked. The opinion which disposes of tho fertilizer companies' claims is as follows : Hon.- T. M. Stackhouse, Board of Fer? tilizer Control, Clemson College. Replying to your communication of the 25th instant, wherein you state that the phrase "if it be shown by the official analysis that the same con j tains less than 6.18 per cent, of nitro geL (equivalent to 7 per cent, of am? monia)" in reference to the require? ments for an analysis of cotton seed meal is a chemical absurdity, and re? questing to be advised of the effect of such inconsistency, I beg to state that unquestionably the 6.18. per cent, of nitrogen requirement prevails and must be complied with. The equiva? lent ingredient is nothing more than a mere illustration and is redundancy that may be stricken out without in any manner affecting the positive prime requirement of not less than 6.18 per cent, of nitrogen. The 6.18 per cent, of nitrogen must appear, it matters not what it is equivalent to. Very respectfully. U. X. Gunter, Jr., Attorney General. Unnatural Crime at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Aug. 30.-At seven o'clock this morning, Frank Dip'polo, after a night's debauch wem; to his home in Heidleberg and mur3red his eleven-year-old son. He entered the room where the boy wa* sleepine and hacked him to pieces with a hatchet. He assigned no cause for the murder, when he walked out of the house and j gave himself up to the police. According to the Liverpool Corn Trade News, the quality of the new : wheat crop in the United Kingdom is j good, but the quality is short. In the ? northern sections of France crop re? sults are uncertain, as reports are con tradictory. Estimates on the total ! wheat crop vary from 23,000,000 ; bushels to 32,0C0.C00 bushels. The \ quality is excellent. A Manheim firm estimates the totalGermau grain, crop at 25 per cent less than in 1903. In Eoumania the weather is stili too > dry. The corn crop will be only about 25 to 30 per cent, cf an average. The government may prohibit exports cf barley and oats, of which about 14,-' 000,OOO bushels of the former and 8,- : 000,000 of the latter are shipped an- j nnally. Exports of corn have already been prohibited. A semi-official esti- . mate report places the Bulgarian wheat crop at 56,000,000, or about the : same as in 1903. The quality of the crop is hetter than last year, however. Tue com crop is below the average. ? In Hungary tbe corn crop is very j poor. HILL WILL RETiRE. He Will Withdraw From Political Life at End of the Campaign. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 28.-David B. Hill in conversation with friends here today annonnced that he intends to retire from politics Jan. 1 next and that no matter what the result of the coming campaign may be in State or nation he will relinquish the leade rship of the Democratic party in New York. He added that in the event of Dem? ocratic success this fall he would not accept any position under the national or State Democratic administrations, or again become a candidate for elec? tion to any office whatever. Former Senator Hill made these statements on the eve of his birthday anniversary, which comes tomorrow, i He was born Aug. 29, 1843. The Cedartown Outrage. Villainous, devilish as was the out? rage perpetrate by the negro fiend at Cedartown, it does not look well, in a ! presumed Christian community, for a j mob, however furious,to exhibit anoth er species of demonism in burning the I body of the victim, after death.' The i bad deed at Statesboro has been imi j tated, partially, at Cedartown. I Between lawless negroes and law-de I fying white men. what will be the ; harvest in Georgia? Is the mob to be I judge, jury and executioner, with the addition of savage ferocity, or is the I government to rule and vindicate the j law? Who will surrender-the govern I ment or the mob? .There should be 1 only one answer to that question. We ; know how our Andrew Jackson, if : governor, would answer and act.: ' We . hope that we know how Governor Ter 1 rell will reply-and act. j The governor of Alabama has put j down his foot and determined to rule ? the commonwealth, and suppress mob i law. It can be done, with the back I ing of all good people whose interest j and security are at stake, j It may be that certain crimes will j be speedily avenged, despite the slow I process of the law. It may be that j this cannot be prevented. But there j are other features that may be halted ? -brutal, savage, devilish revenge upon j a dead body.-Acgusta Chronicle. . Birmingham, Ala,. Aug. 28.-John Trimble, a negro employed by a brick ' company was shot dead by two guards at Graves mines today and Willis Taylor, a negro school teacher, was set upon by a crowd of negro srikers'at Adamsville and beat-.a into insensibil? ity. The negro Trimble had been dis? charging a pistol around the mines and when ordered to stop fired on the guards, inflicting a ?esh wound in the hand of George Roebuck, a deputy sheriff. The officer fired, killing the negro instantly. The negro school teacher was beaten, it is said, because be urged the onion miners to go back to work. St. Louis. Aug. 28.-Blinded by the dust thrown by the swiftly moving machine of A. C. Webb, of Toledo, Ohio, Barney Oldfield, of Cleveland, Ohio, lost control of his machine in a false start of the fifth event of the World' Fair automobile speed contest today, and crashing through the outer fence of the course, instantly killed John Scott, a watchman employed at the park, and inflicted injuries on Nathan Montgomery, a negro, from which lie died a few hours later. . Old? field was painfully injured and his ma? chine completely demolished. THE BUILDING ENTIRELY NEW. ?SlMMl?MMM?SL?MAJiMllM?ifdf& Fittings new throughout. Finest Strand on the Atlantic Seaboard===Nearly Forty Miles Long and situ? ated in the Curve of Long Bay. The Management has spared no Expense to make Myrtie Beach Up=to=date and Thoroughly Attractive. The Surf is admittedly the Finest yet Discovered on the Atlantic, and one of the few that has no Under= tow. Mosquitos and sandilies arc unknown. The Hotel is situated on a hill and on the Mainland and is swept hy breezes ali Sum in er long. Purest Artesian water from a well nearly 450 teer deep. The How is strong enough to send water to the second story of th* building. Many amusements have been put in-such as Bowling Alley, Dance Pavilion, Kool Room, Reading Room. Thc Bathing Houses are new and alright every way-laive an i airy. The Cuisine is remodelled and this department is under the immediate supervision of our Mr Tennille. who hus had years of exp?rience in this line. We furnish all the well known sea foods ("rab, Shrimp, Fish, Oysters, Turtle and Clam?-in season. Telegraph and Telephone Service from Hotel. Rates are Low and all Particulars Hay be Had of - FREEH AN & TENILLE, Proprietors, flyrtle Beach, S. C.