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VoLlur.lV LAWYKU'H HV.PVTA TION ATTAC'kH?. Member of tl?e .Member* of the 4 oln in Ma liar Tell Supreme Court thejr Would not iwllco? Dun Under Onih. Columbia. July It.?The Duncan bearing progressed all morning. Whea the dinner hour arrived the %u)>rema court announced that It would not conclude the case until Solicitor George Bell Tim merman could be heard, and that he wan of ejoaree not expected here today, In View of the death und funeral of his father. The court expected Mr. Tim merman to arrive here tonight, and the evidence. It was stated. would, ho doubt, be taken tomorrow. All the ether evidence has been taken. There were several negro men who that Jeff Taylor had told isa that he did the shooting for Mr Huntei was con and tor whom Duncan had bee trying to get the new tried Blther these negroes ere Celling a series of colossal lies t>r there has been a miscarriage of In the conviction of Hunter, says that there has been a ?l?ge of Justice end that In his >rt to vindicate Hunter there has hjaea a "conspiracy" formed against ?Jan. The sequel to this effort to freo Hun he was the affidavits on which the new trial was sought, and which It Is now claimed were. In the main, fraud Wfeat The chief affidavit on which the new trial was sought was that of Taylor. In which Taylor was al? to have confessed that he did the ahuotlng for which Hunter was nrjbted. Taylor swears that he no such affidavit, and there is the ruh. Mr. Washington Clark, be whom the original affidavit ap to have been signed, swears that the Jeff Taylor who appears In Vj0u*4 1* not the colored man who ap? peared before him, and that he never aaw him In hi* life before. Today another remarkable Issue was raised. Mr. Duncar had a ste? nographer. Mise Bessie Peagle. She la aew married and la Mrs. Stewart. Mho was unwell and has Just had a uurious operation. Today she appear? ed la the supreme court room vlth hair h< ?band, and It was decided to have her examined In private, with ?I present. Some time ago an ivW was submitted signed by Stewart describing Taylor, aVid auurtlealaety Hunter, and then went usx bs ear that ehe (Mrs. Stewart) umw Mr. Washington Clark probate. <er sign, the Jew* Taylor affidavit, and that It was signed before her or In SjsjT presence ?red days ago Mrs. Stewart to modify her affidavit, and ewore that the affidavit she had pre Wtooaly signed for Mr. Duncan had read In part only to her. and she did not know that Mr. fa aasae In It end that no mem* wae made to her of Mr. Clark the eSsdavIt was reed to her. ajhe aay? that the affidavit was read te her by Mr. Duncan, and she did pay much attention to It at the ae her husband was quite sick. Sir. Stewart was a witness at the to the affidavit, and he does not to hare paid much attention t? It, but today Mrs. 8tewart said Cdtat she would not have signed the asadevit at the time had she known fully what wss In It The attorney genera'. Mr. Lyon, usjsamoned about SO members of the Osiambla bar. Including many of the oldest sad most distinguished unembers of the profession here. With one accord they swore that Mr. usMBcan's -eputatlon In the community truth and veracity was bad. and it they , would not believe him on Some of the number modified statements by saying that they urenid not believe him on oath, where hjn ?*aa personally Interested, and oth? ers auodtned this expression In va Ctons way*, but It wus really pathetic ?jb hear th|s testimony and to see how tllU? apparent effect It had on th?.? nwauly Interested?John T. Dun He eat at the side of his coun ?ad occasionally would make a leetien to his coun-?e\ Col. Schum but generally he said nothing. Mm li of his time was spent In ar? ranging and rearranging the mass US? papers he has accumulated In ?M Thm disposition seemed to be aajr nothing and to make no crons aaninatton or reply. when the irr members of the bar. one af.er ther. felt It their duty to add fur ajker testimony against their brother ejkoracy ?News and Courier. ?Bee* Laxative Cough Syrup for log and otd Is prompt relief for eseugh?. eroup, hoarseness, whooping SM ugh. Oently laxative. Guaranteed, by Slbert Drug *"*o. 7-1-2m 'f*? negroes of tancaster county ejud <t difficulty over a cow and one ??ahtd the .?ther In the abdomen. ~Kf.ee applkatlon of M m'/,in Pile )S;?rrr>oV, for all form* of piles, soothes. eudUtc* Inflammation, sorene** and SSrTiiitg Price 50c. Guaranteed. Sold I>rug Co. 7-1 -2rn IM'It F. ASK IX FREIGHT RATES. Southern .Vnsoclatloii Decides on Hor? izontal Advance?Hates Probably In Effect September I. Louisville, Ky.. July 17.?That freight rates should he advanced In the territory of the Southeastern Freight association and the South? eastern Mississippi Val'ey associa? tion, which take In all the territory south of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi river, was decided on at the meeting of the executive officers of all the railroad systems interested, which closed today. The advance, It is said, will be from 4 to 10 cents per 100 pounds, horizontally, to corres? pond with the advance decided on by the Southeastern Freight association recently. The advance was decided on after considerable opposition on the part of certain railroad executives who maintained that an advance of rates at the present time was Impo? litic, but the opposition was finally won over by the argument that In or? der to meet the various Increased ex? penses an Increase In rates was ab? solutely necessary. The clerical forces of the railroads Interested are quar? tered In Louisville temporarily work? ing out the tariffs. It Is considered probable that the tariffs will not be In shape for filing before August 1, and In accordance with the requirements of the Interstate commerce commis? sion compelling rates to be filed 30 days prior to becoming effective the new rates will not be in force until Sept. 1. To Fight Increases. Indianapolis, Ind., July 17.?It was stated here today by prominent ship? pers that the Indiana Manufacturers' and Shippers' association will resist with persistency any attempt by the railroads to Increase freight rates In Central Freight association territory. The fact that a tariff schedule rep? resenting Increased rates In the South? west Freight association territory has been filed with reliable Information to the effect that the officers of the Cen tial association are now In session In Chicago considering rates, will hasten to fruition plans which have been put on foot for a conference of represen? tatives of the Shippers' association of practically all States of the Union. This conference, which probably will be held In Indianapolis, will take up the question of the proposed Increase In rates all over the United States and will adopt plans for fighting the movement of the railroads. The statement of C. W. Averlll. of Los Angeles, that he will devote the Income of the $10,000,000 which he Inherited to helping other people and that his gifts will not be to the "wor? thy poor" only, naturally caused com? ment, but this leaning toward those poor people who "can resist anything but temptation" Is not unique. AXOTHER HEARST FAKE. Gompees Denies Cabling Hearst-?Did Not Ask the Editor to Support Mr. Brynn. Erie. Pa.. July 17.?President Sam? uel Oompers of the American Fed? eration of Labor said to a representa? tive of the Associated Press tonight that here Is absolutely no truth In the published reports that he had ca? bled William R. Hearst, a leader In the Independence league, urging the editor to use his Influence to prevent the league from nominating Its own candidate for president and to urge the league to give Its support to Wil? liam J. Bryan because the Democrat? ic convention incorporated In its platform planks urged by organized labor. "I read in the newspapers." Mr. Oompers said, "that I am credited with asking Mr. Hearst to support Mr. Bryan and that Mr. Hearst has made reply to me through the press. Now I did nothing of the kind. I don't know where the message Mr. Hearst claims to have received came from. I did not send It or any other message to Mr. Hearst.' Charleston Liquor Dealer In Trouble With Supreme Court. The supreme court has ordered the arrest of J. P. Carroll of Charleston, who is charged with violating an In? junction order Issued by the supreme court some time ago. forbidding the ?Matt sale of alcoholic liquors at the place of defendant on Market street. The Injunction was issued because of in affidavit presented to the court through Attorney General Lyon, charging violation of the Carcy-Coth run law. It Is understood that Carroll left Charleston, announcing to his friends that he would go to Columbia for the hearing Tuesday. but he was not present at this hearing and notice was <ent to Sheriff Martin of Charleston for his arrest. The notice Issued Thurs? day means that Carroll must be produced before the November term ?f the supreme court. ?Foley'a Orlno Laxative, the new laxative, stimulates, but does not Ir? ritate. It is the be^t laxative Guar? anteed or your money back. SlberVl Drug Store. ?Operation for pile* will not be Mtegairy if pus use ManSan Pile Remedy, guaranteed. Price DOc. Sold by Slbert Drug Co. 7-l-2m Candidates wait money. BRYAN AM) KERN 1SSCE APPEAL TO FARMERS. The First Subscription J?ms Made b. tin Iowa Furnier, Formerly u Re? publican. Wiio Gives $100 tor ( am pulgn Fund?Bryan on Brouiisvllle Affair. -r Falrvlew, Lincoln, Nob., July 17.? Fo*lowing bis declaration of yesterday to the Balt'more Sun that he had not discussed the Brownsville affair or the question of the appointment of negroes to office, YV. J. Bryan today announced that he did not Wish to be misunderstood. He said he did not mean to convey the impression that he had never talked about the Browns? ville case in any manner, but that he had not discussed it as an issue in the present campaign. While he had not read the evidence bearing on that subject, he recalled an editorial writ? ten by him two years ago, in which he made the frank assertion, if the facts were as stated, President Roose? velt was fullly Justified in his course. Visitors to the Bryan home wore less numerous today than on yester? day. The principal caller was John E. Lamb, of Indiana, but he dec'ined to make any statement as to the sub? ject of his conversation. Tonight Mr. Bryan went in to Lin co'u to attend a masonic meeting and two hours afterwards received at his home a large delegation from the lo? cal Central Labor union. The first appeal for campaign con? tributions by the Democratic candi? dates for the presidency and the vice presidency was issued today, di? rected to the farmers of the country. It is as follows: "To the Farmers of the United States: "The first contribution made to the Democratic campaign fund this year, so far as we know, was made by an Iowa farmer. Just before the Denver convention met this man, who modest? ly prefers not to have his name men? tioned. Journeyed more than 100 miles to Lincoln with his contribution of $100, which he left with Mr. Bryan to be given to the committee when or? ganized for the campaign. "This farmer was born in Sweden and for some time after he was nat? uralized was a member of the Repub? lican party.* But he was a student of public questions and in the courses of time became a Democrat. To mani? fest his deep interest in the succeess of the party and the triumph of Dem? ocratic principles he made this free wi'l offering to the campaign fund. "It Is very appropriate that this first contribution should come from that great body of our population known as agriculturists. The farmer has nothing to gain by privilege and favoritism; his hope is in the appli? cation of the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none. He has been the victim of all special legislation and has suffered from con? trol of politics by the great predatory corporations. Now that the Demo? cratic party has announced its deter? mination not to accept contributions from corporations and not to accept excessive contributions even from In? dividuals and to publish all contribut? ions when over a reasonable minimum. It ought to be able to secure a suf? ficient sum from the citizens who ask from the government nothing but protection of their rights and con? sideration for the general welfare. There are hundreds of thousands of farmers who are abundantly able to contribute to the campaign fund There are thousands who could give $100 apiece without feeling it; there are ten of thousands who could give $50 apiece without sacrifice and still more could give $25 or $10 or $5. "As the national committee has not yet been organized we will ask The Commoner to call for subscriptions to this farmers' fund. Those giving may indicate whether they are wil ing to have their names mentioned and i the contribution is not more than $100 their wishes will be complied with. All contributions above $100 must b made known, no matter from whom j they come. "The farmers' fund will be turned over to the national committee a soon as its permanent officers hav been Sleeted. Who will be the ftrs to respond? The Denver COnvcntlO was a people's convention; It adopted a strong, clear honest platform and Its nominations were made with prac? tically unamtnlnlty. our fight is a fight for the whole people, Our aim Is equal and exact Justice to all; our pur? pose Is to restore the government to the hands of the freely chosen repre? sentatives of the voters. How many farmers will Join In furnishing the fund neceesary to present the issue? (Signed ) I "William J. Bryan." "John W. Kern." Rev. I. W. Williams Testifies. ?Rev. I. w. Williams, Huntington, W. V.i . t.-stities as follows: 'This is In certify that i used Poley's Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble, ami am free tn say that Poley's Kidney Remedy will ?i<? all that you claim for It." Blbert's Drug Store. GIVES CLEVELAND CREDIT. President Refer* to His Foresight In Forest Preservation. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 14.?Fol? lowing his action in changing the name Of the San Jacinto National Forest, California, to Cleveland Na? tional Forest. In honor of the late President Cleveland, President Roose? velt has sent this letter to Mrs. Cleve? land, who has returned to her home in Princeton, N. J.: "My Dear Mrs. Cleveland: It has recent'y been my privilege to sign a proclamation changing the name of the San Jacinto National Forest to to the Cleveland National Forest. May I expres to you the very great pleasure it gave me to take that ac? tion?a pleasure mingled with a keen sense of the loss to our country and to our citizens in the death of Presi? dent Cleveland. On Feb. 22, 1897, President Cleveland signed the proc? lamation creating the San Jacinto Forest Reserve in Southern Califor? nia. The date, Feb. 22, was no mere accident, since the signing of the proclamation was timed to coincide with the birthday of our first presi? dent. "President Cleveland was one of the first to recognize the need of for? est preservation and the creation of the San Jacinto and other forest re? serves, with a total area of 25,686, 320 acres, was one of the results of his foresight in this direction. Throughout his life he took great interest in con? serving the natural resources of the nation, and I particularly regretted his inability to attend the meeting of the governors in May, becase that meeting was in part the fruit of seed he had sown years before. "The name of Grover Cleveland will always be prominently identified with the movement to protect the forests of the United States, and it seemed to me eminently fitting that one of the forests which he created should bear his name throughout all time. Sincerely yours, "Theodore Roosevelt." JUDGE TAFT HEDGES. Not Willing to Announce Contribu? tions Before Election. Hot Springs, Va., Ju y 14.?Judge Taft still sticks to the announcement made when George R. Sheldon was elected treasurer of the national com? mittee that campaign contributions will be made public, but under the New York law, which requires pub? lication after election. Mr. Taft was informed of Mr. Bryan's action today at Llnco'n In pledging the Democratic national committee to an ante-election announcement, and the action of the national committee pledging an an? nouncement on Oct. 15 of contribu? tions received up to that time. He was then asked: "Will publication of campaign con? tributions received be made prior to the election?" "Does the New York State law re qire that they shall be?" came back Mr. Taft In return. "If it does they will be published before the election. If not, well?weil comply with the New York law, whatever that is." Asked if he would leave this ques? tion of the publication of contribu? tions to his manager, Mr. Taft declin? ed to state definitely what his course would be In this regard. MR. GEO. A. WAGEXER DEAD. Well Known Charleston Business Man Passes Away After a Lingering Ill? ness. Charleston, July 16.?Mr. George A. Wagener died this afternoon at about 1 o'clock, at his residence, 179 Rutledge avenue, after an illness of several months. His death is heard of with deep regret by Charleston's citizens. Mr. Wagener was one of Charles? ton's foremost business men, and in? terested in many of Charleston's en? terprises. His health for some time had been wretched, and the end came not unexpectedly today. He was a partner in the firm of F. W. Wagener & Co., taking a very ac? tive part in the large wholesale busi? ness of this firm. As g member of the drainage commission he devoted a good deal of his time to the good of the county. Perhaps his largest inter? est was In the Royal Bag and Yarn Manufacturing Co., of which he was president. It was due to his energy and business ability that this very successful manufacturing concern has been so nourishing. Mr. Wagener was also a director of the Bank of Char? leston, and vice president of the Wlnnsboro Granite Co. Hit.II SCHOOL FOR WEDGEPIELD Unanimous Vote In Fu\or of Higher Educational Facilities. Wedgefield. July i?. The election for the establishment of a high school here yesterday passed off very quiet? ly, all the votes being recorded In the affirmative. of life is uncertain?it may be long or it may bo short?this largely depends upon your health, and when you find the spans weakening and you feel all run down, nervous, irritable, melancholy; loosing flesh; have no appetite; feel faint; cant sleep; have bad dreams; dizziness or swimming of the head; your hands and feet get cold, tingle and get numb; nave pains in your side or back; brick-dust deposit in urine; have acid, stomach or heartburn; feel stiff and sore across the shoulders; have shooting pains throughout the body; have to strain or a desire to urinate often, or a burning sensation when passing it, you should commence to take Bloodine to-day. Go or send to your druggist now for a bottle. Don't wait I Delays are dangerous!! Mrs. A. C. Taintor, Colchester, Coon., teils how any woman oan build up their run-down system. 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I enclose 10c for sample bottle. Yours truly. Mas. A. C Taimtob. Colchbstbb, Conn., April n, 1904. THE BLOODINE CO., Boston, Mum.: Gbmtlbmbn ? I enclose #2.50 for sis (6) bottles of Bloodine ? am convinced it is what I need to build bbs up. I saw a change for the better after taking BRYAN ON BROWNSVILLE. Presidential Candidate Denies Alleged interview on the Subject. Fairview. Lincoln, Neb., July 16.? William Jennings Bryan does not in? tend to be drawn into the Brownsville case if he can help it. In all his conversations with visiting delegates and others he has carefully refrained from ta'king on that subject and to? day he put the brand of untruthful ness on an alleged statement made by Bishop Walters of the African Methodist Episcopal Church to the ef? fect that he had assured a negro delegation th.it he regarded Presi? dent Rooseve.t's action in that case as unjust. At the same time Mr. Bryan de? nied another alleged Interview of the bishop that he had discussed the ap? pointment of negroes to office. These declarations were called forth by a telegram from the Baltimore Sun. inquiring as to the truthfulness of the statements said to have emanated from Bishop Walters. To the news? paper men at Fairview Mr. Bryan said that he had not and would not take up any issue not contained in the platform. Mr. Bryan was fair y busy today. Delegates returning from the Denver convention made pilgrimages to Fair view, where they conferred with their leader about the coming campaign. Mr. Bryan impressed them all with the necessity of organizing political clubs and exerting every effort to poll the full Democratic vote in Novem? ber. He believe- that clubs of that character frill contribute largely to Democratic success. The visitors all left with p'edges of hearty support and promises to get the Democratic voters to the polls. THE PROHIBITION CANDIDATE. Cliafln of Illinois Nominated for Pres? ident by the National Convention. Columbus. O., July 16.?For presi? dent. Eugen?? \Y. Chafin, of Illinois. For vice president. Aaron B. Wat kins of Ada, Ohio. This ticket was nominated today by the Prohibitionist national con? vention and both nominations were made unanimous. The full endorse? ment of the convention was not, how? ever, given to Mr. Chafin until after three ballots had been taken. On the first two ba'lots Mr. Chafin did not show a great amount of strength, receiving 195 out of 1,093 votes on the first and 3 76 out of 1.087 on the second ballot. His nomination was assured, however, when the roll call began for the third ballot. His own State, which had voted largely for Daniel R. Sheen, of Peorla. and the New York delegation, followed by those of Indiana and Wisconsin, come over to Mr. Chafin and on the third ballot he received a total of 639 votes. The colored Methodist church in Laurens was struck by lightning and destroyed. HEARST'S HOT SHOT. SAYS DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS DECADENT. He Mistrusts the Leaders and Has Lost Confidence in "Empty Profes? sions of an Unresrenerate Democ? racy"?Independent Ticket. New York, July 16.?A cablegram has been received from William Ran? dolph Hearst, in reply to a message transmitted to Mr. Hearst from Sam? uel Gompers stating that in view of the Democrats' stand for labor it would be "an act of greatest patriot? ism for the independence party to en? dorse the Democratic platform" and urging him not to run a third ticket, as it would elect Mr. Taft. Mr. Hearst's cablegram fol'ows: Paris, July 13. "Tell Mr. Gompers that I am not authorized to speak for the member? ship of the Independence league, but according to my personal standards, a purer patriotism consists in labor? ing to established a new party which will be consistently devoted to the in? terest of the citizenship and particu? larly to the advantage and advance? ment of the producing classes. I do not think the path of patriotism lies in supporting a discredited and deca? dent old party, which has neither conscientious conviction nor honest intention, or In endorsing chameleon candidates, who change the color of their po'itical opinion with every va? rying hue of opportunism. I do not think the best benefit of laboring men lies in supporting that old party be? cause of a sop of false promise, when the performance of that party while in power did more to injure labor than all the injunctions ever issued before or since. I have lost faith In the empty professions of an unregen erate Democracy. I have lost confi? dence in the ability in the sincerity and even in the integrity of its lead? ers. I dq not consider it patriotism to pretend to support that which, as a citizen. 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