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CONTEMPT USE. COURT THY I N't; CO LI'M HI A LAW Y Kit. t Is Accwsed of Having pre to the Court False AAVdavlts Cooaoctkm With a Case hi Ho Wu Iat*re*ted. Columbia. Jury It}?It It a most I thing to too the supreme of the United State* taking evl and going into details. It Is so In the case of John T. Dun Thts Is a noteworthy cause. The room was crowded during the hearing this morning, snd the dinner recess was taken the pal figure la the case was on the giving his tstlmony In dramatic T. Duncan Is a young lawyer Columbia, who has figured In poll fag- leas. He Is well connect above all else, Is a hard aar. He has been connected with Vocal bar fee many years, hut has agnates) la many prominent cases. a> la the counsel for a colored man Hunter. He thinks Hun la betag persecuted and that the psagda hi this county tried to from the community, rrested and oonvicted of firing late a poese weal to arrest him. Hunter's was aapsalsd and the appeal dis Tfcen Mr. Duncan tried to In snd failed, earn*, the taming point In the east. Aa affidavit was pre whtch. It was alleged, was by Jeff Taylor, In this ath JeaT Taylor swore that Hunter ader the house and that hs (Taylor) wae la the house and did The ahsstlasj. Now Taylor says he aa such affidavit and that he did the rhootlng. and that Mr. triad to get him to make an fcvit, hut that he refused to do so. Taylor affidavit wae sworn to be Mr. Washington Clara, of Co end Mr. Clark swears that presented to the supreme aa Jeff Taylor was not the man signed the affidavit before him. Clark saye that the man who Use affidavit before him was a kleek negro, whereas the man appears as Jeff Taylor la a thick light compiexloned colored man. Jeff Taylor who appeared be the evurt absolutely denied that the affidavit, and Mr. he la net the man who before him and signed the Mr. Dacaa saye he Is the man and he signed the affidavit, and that did the shooting and that hs vol lly told him so months after the Mr. Dncan went into the details to show how and wdny Taylor confessed to him that he mmmt done the shooting. Then to add to the mystery of the Taylor affidavit It cannot now be Mr. Duncan alleges that It has abstracted and that this Is mere aa Incident of the "conspiracy" has been formed against him. Taylor affidavit Is alleged te have filed with the supreme court for a new trial. Mr. Duncan1 alleges that ajr Tiro merman, then solicitor, took %t oat with a bunch of other papers. Mr. Tim merman turned trag the pa? in the cass to his successor la ?Mr. Benet?and the affidavit not among them. Mr. U. R >ks, clsrk of ths supreme court, that he looked for the paper In ?pany with Mr. Benet. and that he lid not And the file at all. and that on 'is telephoned for Mr. Dun to come down to his office, and whea Mr. Dncan appeared and him look for ths papers that were fouad. Col. Brooks says SBjat hs does not know whether ths eeoord wss In the file box when he ssad Mr. Benet looked for the papers, that that he could not find a single pa? per at that time?they may have been The Taylor affidavit, the orlgl waa not then found snd hs* evl |*y flown. The* there Is s negro, ggyera, whose affidavit wss filed by Mr Dncan. He asys he made no such Lvit Mr. Duncan says that he Were Affidavits Onulne? Now Mr. Duncan Is charged with contempt of cour.. and the court of its own accord Is considering his dis? barment The dlsbsrment proceed teg* hinge on the genuineness of the affidavit*, particularly that of Jeff Taylor, snd It Is for the court to dec!is from the evidence It Is now hearing whether the sffldavlt* were genuine or not Judge Memrolnger, of Char? leston. Is sitting wt?h the court. Chief Jostle* Pope, Justices Jones, Wood on.! Judge Memmlnger asked ques? tion* during the progress of the hear? ing, and once or twice suggested that there was no need to have a rehear? ing of the original trial hs to whether ? anter really did the xhootlng Of re r Mr. Duncin 1s represented by Col O. I-. Schump#-rt. of .\e.\h. r;y, and Attorney General I*YS*J is pre seating the cae* against Mr. Imncun. ftotlrltor Benet. who has been roost active In the matter, and who questioned the genuineness of the Taylor affidavit, was present, assisting the attorney general. The supreme court found an old dry goods box and covered this with a few old newspapers, and from a chnir placed on top of this box the wit? nesses, many of them colored men, were heard In the august supreme court giving their testimony. Another new thing about the court taking tes? timony was that it was recorded by a woman?Miss Kate F. Maher. EQUALIZATION BOARD MEETING. Valne of Stock Issued by Certain Com pan lee to be Unchanged. Columbia, July 1?.?The State board of equalisation yesterday de? cided to abide by Its ruling made at a previous meeting, which places the assessment on all textile, fertilizer and oil companies at about 60 per cent, of the market value of the stock Issued. At a special meeting yesterday hear? ings wars glvsn a uiunber of concerns interested and while reductions were given In some cases because of special circumstances surrounding each the board did not alter Its ruling. The meeting yesterday was called to hear any protests that might be as a re? sult of the last meeting. Mr. P. H. Oadsden, of Charleston, who Is the chtrman of the hoard, announced that he would call the counties alphabeti? cally and any reductions desired might be heard then. The same com? mittees on ths three Items os assess? ments served* they being as follows: Cotton mill committee?H. K. Smith Dr. W. K. Mealing. H. F. Celyr J. St. Clalr White, B. H. Hardln. N. Up scomb, R. M. Cleveland. Jeremiah Smith, W. C. Thompson, I* B. Rog? ers, John N. Drake, R. C. T. Hunter, A. Zimmerman, J. H. Bollin, W. W. Murph, J. F. Ashe. Cotton eesd oil committee? H. J. McLaurin, J. R. Bouknight, R. A. Cochran. A. J. Rluchbourg, J. R. Lo? mes, J. T. Oarrls, R. P. Adair, W. T. O'Dell, Charlee Smith, W. E. Bodls. J. C. Bodle. J. C. Blackwell. T. W. Taylor, J. Harleston Rsad, 8. R. Adams, F. B. Cohb. Fertiliser committee?P. H. Oads? den, 8. D. Ouess. J. Berg. E. W. Can? non. C. M. Qavln, N. 8. McLsod, R. M. Claffy, W. R. Funk, R. R. Johnston. Ths committee late yesterday after? noon, finished the hearings and today a table will he prepared announcing the reductions to he made. ' GONZALES VISITS BRYAN. Colombia Editor Says the Oonainoner WU Make a Few Speeches, Fairvisw, Lincoln, Neb., July 14? W. E. Oonsales, editor of ths State, of Columbia, 8. C, and one of Mr. Bry? an's lieutenant, after a visit with Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kern today said: "The statement that Mr.. Bryan wllll not maks a canvass Is Incorrect. It Is his present purpose, however, to deliver no platform speeches, but to make ten or a do*.e.i political address? es, dealing with the more vital Issues as presented In the platform. Mr. Kern will make a more continuous campaign, and I was assured in Den? ver that Mr. Towne will be no less active than If he had been the vice presidential nominee." Mr. Gonzales said that campaign contributions will be Invited by news? papers In his state, and he believed every Democratic paper In ths South would do likewise. ARRESTED WRONG MAX. Veterinary Surgeon Taken Into Cus? tody at Orangeburg Not the Man Wanted. Orangeburg, July 14.?Dr. W. H. Brown, a veterlnsry surgeon of this city, who was srrested here lsst week on a warrant from Dayton, Tenn., charging him with horse stealing, was released upon Information from Day? ton that Dr. Brown was not the man wanted. When he was srrested last week, Dr. Brown was photographed and his picture was sent by Chief of Police Fisher to the Dayton sheriff. Though the description which had been sent out from Dayton tallied with Dr. Brown's appearance and habits, execept as to age, the sheriff promptly wired Chief Fisher that the photograph showed that Dr. Brown was not the right man. M LIU. Fit CASK APPEAL ARGUED. Southern KenlMiiig Lyon s Effort to Begin N??w Action. Columbia. July 14.?The appeal In the Southern Hallway merger case was argued today before the su? preme court. For the appellant, the Southern Hallway. Messrs. B. L. Abney. of Columbia, and A. T. Smythe, of Charleston, appeared, and for the State, respondent, Msssea J. Fraser Lyon, attorney general, and G. Dun? can Bellinger, formerly attorney gen? eral. The appeal Is fragt Judge Klngh'i order granting the order of Ihs attorney general and discontinued Ihs intti which was made for the pur p of beginning a new action. I?Wrongs Maricy has been convict? ed in Yorkvllle on the charge of manslaughter, killing John Warliks. A HitYAN GHOST LAID. Congressional Records \u> Nut Bear Out Watson's Charges. Washington. July 13.?An effort is being made to convice Southern men that Hon. William J. Bryan, again a candidate for the presidency, has no admiration lor the soldier of the Con? federacy and that he even went so far as to refuse to vote for Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia, for speaker of the fifty-second congress, because the lat- 1 ter was a distinguished ex-Confeder ate. This allegation is reported in a signed dispatch from Thomas E. Wat- I son, the Populist candidate for the presidency, f.o the New York World, I which also appeared in the Sun this morning. The allegation is denied both by Mr Bryan's friends and by I Independent Democrats In Washing ton, as well as by Mr. Bryan himself, who yesterday received from a North Carolina editor a dispatch, reading: "Tom Watson quotes you as saying you would never vote for a Confed- I erate vetrear. Does this misrepresent you?" ? The reply Mr. Bryan sent to this in- I qulry was that he had never made any such statement; that he had vot- I ed for a Confederate veteran for speaker of the house of representatives on three occasions; that he had voted I for Mr. Crisp twice on roll calls, first I in the fifty-second congress and again I In the fifty-third, and voted in caucus! for him In the fifty-third. He recom mended a former Confederate fori postmaster at Lincoln, and while in congress enjoyed the best relations I with the former Confederates. A Beam in Wateon's Eye? The reply which Mr. Bryan sent to I the North Carolina editor Is borne out by the official records. These records! show that "Tom" Watson was a mem- I her of the same fifty-second congress] with Mr. Bryan and that while Mr. Bryan is on record as having voted for Mr. Crisp for speaker, Mr. Wat son. who was the candidate of the I Farmers' Alliance for speaker In op-1 position to Mr. Crisp, voted for him self for speaker.. Until recently the charge had never! been heard In Washington that Mr. I Bryan ever had said he would not vote for Mr. Crisp because the latter! was an ex? Con federate. Mr. Bryan has a strong following ir^the house of I representatives, but there were last I winter ex-Confederates In both sen-1 ate and house who at that time pre- I ferred that the Democratic party I should nominate some other than I Mr. Bryan at Denver. But from none! of these ever came the allegation that I Mr. Bryan was unfriendly to ex-Con-1 federates, and If they had known such to be the case they undoubtedly would I have used that fact for all It was! worth In an effort to dissuade the! South from Indorsing his candidacy. | There are few politicians now in I Washington, but If congress were In session It is claimed by those who are here that the allegation could easily be disproved by many men who were in the thick of the famous speaker ship fight In the fifty-second congress, I such men as Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, of Alabama, now practicing law here, I but at that time chairman of the house naval affairs committee under appointment of Speaker Crisp, and al so Hon. James D. Richardson, of Ten nessee, who now lives In Washington, I as the ranking Scottish Rite Mason of the country and who was an ardent 1 supporter of Benton McMillln, of Ten nessee, in the Crisp speakershlp fight. But both Messrs. Herbert and Rich ardson are away, the former being in the province of Ontario, Canada, and the latter at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Col. J. R. Bright, than whom there is no better posted man on political subjects In Washington, son of former Senator Bright, of Indiana, and who was Col. Ransdell's predecessor as sergeant-at-arms of the senate, said to a correspondent of the Sun today that the charge made by Mr. Watson and circulated by others in the South for the purpose of injuring Mr. Bry? an's candidacy was absurd and entire? ly without foundation. Col. Bright 1? thoroughly familiar with the inside detralls of the speakcrshlp f^ht. He says he recalls distin"*'v how Mr. Bryan voted and th;.i he never heard the charge of opposition to Cnnfod erates being held at Mr. Bryan's door. ?Baltimore Sun. BRYAN LIMITS GIFTS, Nobody Must Contlrhute More Than gin.ooo to Campalngii. Lincoln, Neb., July 14?Pubillcity of campaign contributions before the election, had a limit Of $10,000 as the amount of nny single gift, were de? cided upon today at a conference at Falrvlew between Mr. Bryan and 31 members of the new Democratic Na? tional Committee who came to Lincoln from Denver at the nominee's request. The tobacco crop in Manning this year is said to be the best in the history ??f that section. J. W. Hammond, former'y news editor of the Augusta Chronicle, has I started a weekly paper In Waterloo. CHALONER GIVES A LIBRARY. Ho Does the Carnegie Act for j lloanokc Rapids, N. C. Roanoke Rapids, X. C, July 14.? John Armstrong Chaloner, of Alber marle county, Virginia, who by re? cent order of court changed his name from Chanler, so that he might be distinguished from the other members of his family, presented a public li? brary to this town tonight. The pres? entation took place in the hall of the public school, at which a large and enthusiastic crowd gathered. Mr. Chaloner, who has succeeded in gaining the protection of the United States supreme court, will visit New York on October 18 for the first time since his escape from Bloomingdale, where he had been confined by the late Stanford White and members of the Chaloner family. His suit against his trustee, Mr. Sherman, comes at that time before a New York tribunal, when it will be decided whether or not Mr. Chaloner will gain possession of an estate valued at about $ 1,500,? 000, of which he is now deprived, and whether or not he will be declared sane In New York, as he has been al? ready been declared in Vlrgina and other States. The outcome of this suit is awaited with more than ordinary interest by the people both of Virginia and North Carolina on account of the fact that Mr. Chaloner has declared that to the University of Virginia at Charlotte ville and the University of North Car? olina, at Chapel Hill, he will leave his large estate. DENATURED ALCOHOL. Commissioner Says It May Not be Prescribed. Washington, July 14.?That both the physician who writes a descrip? tion for denatured alcohol and the druggists who prepares the prescrip? tion and sells the medicine to the patient, are liable to criminal prose? cution Is held in a decision rendered by Commissioner of Internal Reve? nue Capers. This decision Is the result of the action of some druggists who pre? scribed denatured alcohol for external medicinal purposes, not knowing that to do so was a violation of the law. The decision says: "Completely denatured alcohol con? tains kerosene and crude wood alco hot. which render it unfit even for external medication. Moreover, the second section o fthe law regulating the sale and manufacture of denatur? ed alcohol provides a fine and Im? prisonment for any person who uses denatured alcohol for manufacturing any beverage or liquid medicinal pre? paration, or knowingly sells any pre? paration made in part or wholly from such alcohol." FIRE AT WRIGHTSV1LLE. Ocean View Hotel Burned Tills Morn? ing?No Lives Were Dost?Other Hotels Were Saved. Special to the Daily Item. Wilmington, N. C, July 16.?A fire broke out this morning about 7.30 at Wrlghtsvllle Beach and burned the Ocean View Hotel, the smallest of t the three hotels on the beach. Lumi? na, the large pleasure pavilion, own? ed by the Tidewater Power Company, was threatened at one time, but by efficient work of the Beach fire Brig? ade, the building was saved and sus? tained no damage worth mentioning. The fire is believed to have started in a restaurant adjoining the Ocean View Hotel. No lives were lost. A chemical engine from the Wil? mington fire department assisted the firemen at the beach and rendered valuable service. THE CHAMPION TALKER. Bryan Talks 18,000,000 Words In Ef? fort to be President. W. J. Bryan has talked approxi? mately 18,000,000 words in 3,000 speeches and traveled 300,000 miles seeking to be president, since the day twelve years ago when the free silver delegates nominated him the first time in Chicago. He estimates he has delivered 250 speeches and traveled an average of 25,000 miles each year, inc'uding his around-the-werld trip; that each ap? peal has averaged half an hour and that his audiences averaged 1,000. If Bryan has spoken 1,500 hours, yo.000 minutes In the twelve years, the estimate that his enunciation averages 200 words a minute brings the grand total of words to 18,000, 000. How Prohibition Prohibits. A whiskey drummer from a city outside this state was shocked last week on being told by a prospective customer, whom he solicited for an order, that it was much easier to be supplied at home than bother about express business.?Augusta, Qa., Her? ald. L. A. Sease has been elected as? sistant professor Of mathematics at 1 Clemson. CAST0R1A For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Exact Copy of Wrapper. For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA DROVE NEGRO FROM COUNTY. Yorkvllle Black Given 100 Lashes and Told to Leave for Starting False Report, Yorkville, July 15.?About ten days or two weeks ago a report gain? ed currency in a neighborhood about seven mlk i northeast of Yorkvllle, near Clover, that a horrible assault had been made on the person of a little white girl. An immediate in? vestigation proved it to be tterly I false and without foundation. Citi? zens of the neighborhood made care? ful inquiry as to the author of the report, and finally fastened gilt on Bob Howard, a negro. On Monday night a number of men visited his home, took him out, applied 100 lashes to his back and advised him to leave the State, never to return, by noon yesterday. He went. It Is claimed that he started similar re? ports in several other neighborhoods in which he had lived in the county. MUZZLE DOGS IN GEORGIA. I jaw to Guard Against Danger of Hydrophobia. Atlanta, Ga., June 14.?The bill in? troduced in the house by Mr. Trent, of Heard, requiring all dogs to be J muzzled, except when engaged in their natural avocation?hunting? was favorably recommended by the committeee on agricultue yesterday afternoon. One amendment, to make the proposed law stronger and easier of enforcement, was adopted in the committee room. It makes it a mis deameanor for any person to allow his or her dog. regardless of breed or character to ply the public highways, without facialcaglng, except, of course, when seeking game The original bill merely permitted an officer of the law to kill the dogs. Mr. Trent appeared before the com? mittee and argued his bill. He statefl that its purpose is to lessen the dan? ger of hydrophobia. He reffered to the increasing number of cases of that complaint as an argument for the ad? option of his proposed law. In executive session the committee voted to recommend that it do pass. Considerate. A prosperous grocer in a certain midland town had occasion recently to engae a new errand boy. Trade was very brisk, and the lad had a great deal of work to do in deliver? ing parcels in different parts of the town. "Well, George, how did you get on on Saturday?" asked the grocer on Monday morning. "Oh. fine." replied the boy. "But I'll be leaving at the end of the week." "Why, what's up now?" queried his master. "Are the wages not high enough ?" "I'm not findin' any fault with the pay," replied the boy, but the fact is. I'm doln' a horse out of a job here." ? London Graphic. A bottle of whiskey was roet ntly sold for $30 at Ohakune, New Zea? land, which Is forty ml?es from the nearest saloon. One man bought two large "nips" for $5 each, and the remaining contents of the bottle wen put up for auction and knocked down for $20. FOLEY'S HONEY*w>TAR The Drieinal LAXATIVE conch remedy. For ooufha, colds, throat aad loaf; troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic Good for everybody. Bold everywhere* - T/rte ejejAsrine) ro LEY'S HONEY u< TAB to to) a Y*Uow package. Rcfaaeanbatitutaa. Prepared only by .?toy * Company, OhiHi 8IEBERTS DRUG STORE. kill?, couch two CURB the LUNGS "? Dr. King's New Discovery FOR CoL?88 .assfe. AMD ALL THROAT AhD LUWO TOOUBLEt. GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY OB, MONEY REFUNDED. 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