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"DO THOU, QKEAT LIBERTY, 1NSPIBK OUR SOULS AND M*K.E OUR LIVER IN THY E0SSKSS?ON HAPPY OP. OUR DEA7HS QLORiOUS IN THY ?A??iE."
BENNETTSVLLLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1906
NO. 8.
?LOCAL OPTION.
Bill Passed to a Third Reading
in the House.
HOW MEMBERS VOTED
Under the Bill Charleston Can Issoe
Uquor Licenses and the Other
Counties In thc State Would
Have to Accept Prohibi
tion or Establ sh Dis
pensaries.
^The Morgan local option bill, whioh
abolishes the State dispensary and
creates county dispensaries or prohi
bition, acoording to bow oaoh county
votes, except in Charleston, whore
they can issue liquor licenses, estab
lish dispensaries or adopt prohibition,
passod its second reading in tho
House of Representatives on Tuesday
of last week ^by the sama vote it
passed its lirst reading wck before
last. The bill pasSed its third read
ing on Wednesday and was? sont to
tho Senate. Should it pass that body
and receive the governor's approval lt
will bfouQc a law at ono, unless lt ls
attacked in the courts, which I ; prob
able, as seme good lawyers hold ihafc
the provision lu the bill giving Char
leston tho right to lsMio Uocnscs
makes the bill uro institutional.
There were offorta made to kill the
bill, then to amend lt, but Mr. Sand
ers, who was the ll ior mansgor, kepti
the hill Intaot, and M'. Whaley, to
getber with tho other rn?: m hi? ra of
tho Charleston delegation, k< pt the
Charleston license ch uso ku. ct., al
though there was a floreo on ?laug ht
on the license olause. lt. waa expected
that there should bo a light on t.ie
bill going through. Col. 1). O. Her
bert, of Orangeburg, took up the
JU)ght> against tho bill. Ho staled
plainly that he was opposed to Char
leston having high license and thou
went on to By m path /. i with Charles
ton wanting something d ?T ?rent from
the other counties. Col. H^rb rt con
tended that this was wr?fg in prinel
plo as well as unconstitutional. Ti(<
protested against tho pacage of tibi?,
hl'l. It iias boen stated that undor
this bill as lt now stands goneral pro
moiston'oaa bo-had. -This ie a mis
take. If tho Prohibitionists believe
this, they are bsing dcludod. Tals
bill, this thing of threads and patches,
will not sccuro prohibition. Under
thlB bill counties having dloponsarlec
will havo to pay 10 per conb to the
Stato, whereas Charleston, having
high license, will ho exempted from
paying anything to UM Stabe. Col.
Herbert Raid this matter pf county
dispensaries won't do. Ir? won't do at
all. He insisted that it wan all wrong
Every dispensary in operation to day
under this bill became a county dis
pensary. Simply changing the name
did no good. Ho voted kr prohib?
tlon becaiHO he thought anything
better thi;n the M irgan bill. This
Morgan bill would bring a lot of fes
tering sores all ov? r Die State.
Capt;. Hamel said tills was not the
experience of Georgia and North Caro
lina.
Col. Herbert said tho bill was abso
lutely without restrictions. The coun
ty boards could 1 uy at ?my old price,
any old liquor, and pledge tho eroclit
of the county .vlthout limitation. If
this bill be passed bbc State simply
multiplies by .'lo or 40 timon tho op
portunities for stealing. Tho pooplo
cid not seem to appreciate the seri
oumessof county dispensaries. Tho
0 conmlttee bill regulates the purohase
of liquor, In this bili there are no
restrictions of tho county board. The
bill, he thought, was directly In con
U'c5 with the Constitu? lon. Ile urged
that the Constitution was written in
tho disjunctive, and nev r contem
plated county adoption. There ls no
looal option in the Constitution, and
fe ho did not think there hud ever been
W any argument against county adop
tlon.
Capt. Hamel said the county dis
pensaries were simply tho lesser of
the evils, and the c ninty dispensaries
would certainly get rid of tho State
dispensary.
Mr. Otts pointed out that the credit
of the cjuutie.i c mid only be used for
tho first purchase, and only the first.
Col H ubert Insist d that tho coun
ty dispensarles were unconstitutional,
and could not bo legalized.
Mr. Homphlll took a turn at Col.
Herbert, and showed bim some of tho
wagon ways In the dispensary bill.
Mr. H;irn- 1 said that if tho dispon
Hary adv. cites had gone with the
Prohibitionists tho Ho uso question
would never havo boen an Issue. He
related hov/ the Prohibitionists In the
Constitutional Convention aided the
dispensary advocates, and made lt
possible to havo a license system. The
Prohibitionists In that Convention
fought against Iliense.', and the dis
pensary advocates for coi I the license
Kystom Into the Constitution, Tm
?t Prohibitionists wera simply trying to
T get tho best the ' could uni thp.t was
why they favored th Morgan bill.
Mr. Sanders then took tho door and
argued that t u rn w s nothing in th.
world in Col. H irhert's posltl m, H i
said there was n< Mung in the obj?o*
tlons made, ai d that Charleston
would have to pay Its same propor
tion to tho State. Tho Constitution
was absolutely plain that county dl$
pensarlos were legal. Too Constitu
tion even permits municipal c ntrol,
and lt plainly pr?vidos for county
adoption.
Tho debato wno warm and Thc
Stato says Coi. Herbert ''rousted'' tho
bill severely and made a numbar of
thoughtful points a; ?.inst lb.
Mr. Pollock, who v?r,n oppoiiod to
the bill, wantod to SPOAtr, hu?. Mr.
Sandero, who had the bill In obargo
applied tho gag law by calling tho
previous question. Mr. Poll ins . 9 i
ted on his rig lit to bo lu ard but friends
t the bill did nob want to have lt
furthor debated, and Insisted on the
pravioua question being willed. Mr.
Pollock wai In no mood to hate tba
gag lan applied to him withe ut a
fight, and so ho demanded a yea and
nay voto on tho oall for tho provlous
question, which resulted In a vote ( i
60 to 40, and *he previous question
was ordered, which out efl! all further
debate. The dispensary advocates
voted for continuing the debate, and
tho adv )oato8 of the bill votod to shut
efl further debate Several amend
mont? wore r.tiered an1* votod down,
and the b ll was ordered to a voto
with tho following result:
Tho following voted to establish
county dispensaries by voting f<T the
bill: Ardroy, Arnold, Ashley, Banks,
Bass, Beamguard, Brad ham, Brion,
Browning, Uothran, Dabb*, Davis,
De Vor*, Ehrhardt, L. B. Eaberodg*,
Fishburno, Foster, Fraser, Frost,
Gaaque, J. P. Gibson, J. W. Gibson,
Gray, W. MoD. Green, Hall, namoi,
Hamlin, Harrison, Hailey, Haskell,
Hemphlll, neyward, Kershaw, law
son, Lofton, Lomax. MoMastor, MaB
say, Labau Mauldin, Miller, Nish,
Nosblt, Nicholson, Otts, Patterson,
Riavos, Bucker, Sandors, Save, Si a
brook, Sellers, Sheldon, Sinklor, Snl
voy, Strong, Taylor, Toole, Trlbble,
Vander Horst, Vernor, M. W. Walk
or, Wimborly-63.
Tho following voted against ounty
dispensaries by voting against the
bill: Speaker Smith, Boyd, Brant,
Bruoo, Clifton, Culler, DesObamps,
Doar, Dukes, Bpting, B J. Ethereog?:
Faust, Ford, Cause, Graham, D L
Green, Gyles, Harrollson, D. O. Her
bert, Higgins, Irby, Keenan, Klrven,
L'^Fltte, Laney, Lfstor, McColl, Mo
Faddin, Nsnoe, Pittman, Pollock,
Rawlinson, Richards, Riley, Stoll,
Turnor, J. M. Walker, Webb, What
ley, Yelde1!-40.
Th? pa&sago of the bill was no sur
prise to the frlonds of tho dispensary.
As soon aa Mr. Sandors could seouro
tho floor ho put tho parliamentary
clincher on the voto and tho bill was
ti nally closed as a second reading loci
i dont.
A MODEL FARM
To Bo Kst*bltnhecl at Ht. Mfttthowa by
tho GoYormuont.
A Washington dispatch to ths Nor;*
ar.d Courier say*. Representativo L -vor
and ELlerbo ovid nt. y think that they
o&n be of more aorvio-3 to their people
hy looking ?flor the praotlofcl sloe of
tho work in Washington than by male
lng speeches upon questions about
whioh there ls no division of senti
mont in tho House, for Instead of Uk
lng their timo to preparo a lob of sfct ff
which cxn do no good in Washington
and OHU only servo tho purpose of
home consumption, they aro at work
trying to get something that will bo
of practical benella to fchoir district.
Friday thesb gentleman oallod ?n
Pref W. J. Spillman, of the agricultu
ral department, and after presenting
their claims suooooded In l.iduclng
him to establish diversification farm*
at St. Matthews, and afc Marlon Cour
House. Tho plan of the department
ls to co-operate with soma progressive
fanner at. these points in conducting
a model di versification farm.
Tue department furnishes all of thc
plan? and tho expert supervision,
willie fcho farmer furnishes, of course
the land and fertilizer. Everything h
grown on the farm willoh will a dd to
its productive value and a complet*
accurate record of every transaction ls
kopt. Tao results will bo complied
and furnished to thc publlo at large
in the fwrm of bulletins. Each faun
ls inttndod to bo an ocular demonstra
tion to tho community in which lt. i??
located of the pracMblllfcy and pio?t
ableness of diversification farming a
-?gainsii Mle prevalent.ono crop sys om
.we now have. Tuero arc two of these
farmer In the State. One afc Columbia
In Mr. L^vnr's district: and ooo afc
Spananburg, In Mr. Johnson's din
triefc. These havo been Kuo.^ssful lu
a measure, and it is thc nope of these
Congressmen to lncreaso the number
in the S tato.
Niuo l'oop.o lllll-it, (1.
On Wodnesday morning a small
house near Curtis, Md., waa destroyed
by lire in which were burned to death
nine colored persons only one of the
Inmates escaping alive. Tho viol ima
were: Richard Taylor, Horace J \ok
son. his wife Eliza, and their son
Samuel, a youth of 17, lt Ba Jackson,
a widow and her children, Ida, a
grown daughter; Suun, ll years old;
Isador, 9, years, and a six month .'
old baby. Tho only inmate who es
caped was E la Webiter, who Jumped
from the second story window to the
ground and gave tho alarm. When
tho neighbors arrived, the house was
a pile of bl zing and smoking debris
and when the b dies were recovered
nothing but the oharr- d bones of the
victim were left. According to the
statement of the survivor, E la Web
ster, the lire was causod hs ono of the
younger children who got up to Stir
the lire lu bbc chimney placo and a -
cldentally scattered coals on thelloor.
Wedded on Doa th bod.
At Wilmington, N. C., with nh
life ebbing away, Dr. Riobard J. Price
and M las Elizabeth Wiggins were
married Wednesday morning. Dr.
Price was unable to rabin his hoad and
tho responsos wore uttered ina lo?
voiOO. Ile was a surgeon In tin
Cited States army in the Piitllpalneti
and ranks *s firs', lieutenant. While
in tho Philippines ho contracted tu
bcroulo'ds, and returned to till? conn
ry. For a long limo ho was afc F rt
Bayard, H".w M xlo), but recently
relumed to his home In Wilmii groo.
Dr. I'rlci and tho young woman ho
married bsd been engaged fi r several
years. Ills death ls expected at any
moment._
Who WAH HO.
An unknown man, with $31,2(18 In
ois pockets, fell ( IT a train ru ar Cal
ifornia, Ky., on Saturday night and
was killed. Hoi? thought to have
como from Hagorstown, Md., hut
thoro was nothing by willoh ho could
bo idontiilod.
Many Davoi-ooa.
Tho Augusta Chronicle says thirty
two divorces were granted In that, city
Saturday, week ago, eighteen of thom
hoing for desertion. Tho Chronicle
rightly says the record Is not. ono any
clvH:/.jd community oan bo particular
ly proud of. After all tho South Car
olina way ls the best.
k BATTLE ROYAL.
A Negro Leads a Band to His
Brother's House
AND MURDERS HIM.
The Leader of thc Band FlrcJ Upon thc
Officers Who Went lo Arrest Him
And is Shot to Death by
Them After a Severe
Battle.
EL Plnoknoy and hts half brother,
Jossa Pinokney, two Florence oounty
negroes, had liad a "fallirg out" over
soma lund tn their possession. From
day to (Uy tho trouble grew until
Sunday weak ago, when the two mon
had a fight. That night Jets? Pluck
noy mada up a crowd to go to B5.
Plucknev's house and thrash him.
The crowd, as recognised by Ed
Plnoknoy's wife aud daughber, was
composed of Josso Pluokney, Isaac
Plnoknoy, Jr.. Willie Brown, Jim
Williams and Sam liars, all negroes).
What happened is thus deaorlbod by
the Florones correspondent? of The
News and Courier:
Arriving at Hi<5 housft Jesse PInck
noy call di jr Kl Pinokney, but ho
refused to gob up or bother with Jesse.
Sociug that E l was not coming out
nor going to got out of bed, Jesse
Plnokncy ticed hlB gun through s
window fcowatdi El's b?d. The lo-.d
of shot struck tho bed, bobwoen E i
Pinokney and hit, wlfo. both of whom
wcro lying In the bod. Then Jesse
pith the bubt of his pun broke the
dcor open an i the orowd sintered the
?mus'. and began to bea' Bi Pluokney
over the head with i.'.vu guns atv'
with siloks Pi. ccnev'M v. if o mao
ftgovl to g-t out. of ttiidr way, for a
lime, by hiding beneath t;ie Ird
T.ie crowd continued beating Pluok
ney over tho head with tho Ousts ol
their guns ut.d bhe clubs that thej
had carried there until they had bru
tally murdered tho old negro In bis
bcd. They tuon tur ?ed to hunt io
his wife and soon f u d hor. 8bf
-.va? d-aggoi froui beneath the bsd
and they boat her SJ badly that ?ihr
will hardly recover. Soe has a terri
bio gash aoross the bend and number*
-? bruise* about her face and body
Sim finally sucoetdod in getting away
and hld in toe*woods u> arby.
FIOUQ El Pinokuey's house the
orowd went to another negro's, SAO.)
J ihncoa's, and called hlmtO the door
As soon as tho do.ir was opened they
bogan firing at Johnson, who is a
broihor lu law of Pinokoey. Johnson
w?\s btdly hurt, having neon struck
In the face and l oc'y a number ol
times. They then rus md in on John
sen and In the a -unie Johnson's throat
>-as cut almost, from oar to ear, and
ho was U ft for dead, but after being
attended by a physian lie revived and
tiny recover, During the fight wita
Johnson, Charlie J\mos, another ne
gro, wtou c.me to Johnson's assistance
vas also snot. Tue crowd of millan
then visited several other hcuies, and
throe or four ot'ier negroes wero Boot
or cito bv members of this band.
Jesse Pluokney, Just before daylight
wont to his home, und upon reaching
(.hero told his w if o to tako the ohil
dren and get away from there as so m
as she o mid, for if any one ci.no af ?or
him ho was going to shoot them a?
long ai he o uld hold his l ead up to
seo them, and sa.d, "1 am going to
cook my own breakfast, oven if I have
to tat it in hell." Notion was soot to
Coroner Coopor and tho Sheriff Burch
to go the sce.no of tho kihing to hold
the Inquest and to arrest J case Pinok
ney. The two ollicers loft Fioronoe
as soon as they could, Sheriff lluroh
oar ry lng bis deputy, Mr. IO twin 0.
Harrell, alor g with him to assist in
milking arrests.
Arriving at tho plaoe whero tho
murder waa oommltt'd, whloh is in
th h.'iok C nu rob seddon, three milcB
southeast of M m Bluil and throe
miles north of Clauceen's. Coroner
Cooper viowod the remains Of oldman
Ed Pinokney and soon had a Jury.
Tue J ?ry found that ho carno to hlH
tn ala at the hands of Jeff Plnoknoy
and tho other negroos, already men
tioned, two of whom, Isaac Pinokney,
Jr , and Willie Brown, ware prosont
at tho Inti jost. Warrants wore lasuod
by Coroner Cooper ?and glvon to the
shoriff to arrest too guilty purtles.
Isaao Pincknoy, Jr , aud Willie
Ii.own wero arrested without much
trouble and were ?ont on to Fiorenco
and looked In jail. Sherill Hinco then
started to arrest Jesse Pli Ok ney, and
oarriud with him I) puby Harrell a,id
Nels in Watson, toe last mon toned af
a guido to direct ttio party to the
house
Arriving at Pinokney's house the
shorifr place t bis depot? ab tho hack
clo.tr and ho approached tba frontdoor
A? soon as Pinokney heard that be
(.as theie he made a dam to have the
building. A? ria opened <?he door bo
sa^ Noio' ii Watson, !<ho negro ?j'ih!'.',
>lttlng on a mule, directly, in froni?,
and he thre w up his gun and flrul bia.
load Icking t-ffaob in Watson's lietel
and body, Walann rodo efl with u
further warning and went for a phy
stolon, leaving tho sheriff and LU
deputy alono lo prut? *t tnt mieivi-s Ot
kid l'inokooy. Sheriff B?ro'?, while
s anding guard, could near Placknoy
loading his gun, and tim pouring of
?hot in the muzzle m.ado enough nolsi
for him to know about) whore ho ?Hi
standing on the Inside of the hc,u ;e.
Both lie and Deputy Harrell then be
gan llring their Winchesters through
tho side or tno house with t->o hops
of wounding Pinokney onough to
make him surreudor, bub sucu wa*
not tho rci'ljlfc. E'.Ch th?G Hiv y would
shoot Pincknoy would return thc lire
through a door that was protect ed bf
a ourtain whloh obscured him from
ino view of both oflloers.
This constant shooting at eaoh
other was kept up for a half hour and
Anally Pluokney oarao to tho door
nj:Mn, where ho could nco Harrell but
where Harrell o uld" not ice bim.
Within 16 feet of eaoh other the two
men stood face to face, firing and re
firing at nt ch other; Plnokney all tho
while standing to one Bide of the door
and pokb g bis gun through tho our?
tains to shoot. Harrell, thinking that
ho stood directly behind bli gun,
would shoot at tho gun, and eaoh
time missed his aim. Plnokno?'B
shots, at eaoh caok of the gun would
go either to the right or tho left of
Harrell's body. Luckily for Harrell
lie was never hit by a ball from Pluck
ney's gun.
When Plnokney found that his am
munition was aboat exhausted lie
uaado a dash out of the back door to
eF.oapo. Au he oanae out he dlrootsd
tho muz/.lo of bis gun at Harrell's
face and fired, tbs lead passing near
the left ear of Harrell. Harroll
quickly threw up his Winchester and
fired. This ball took effect In Pinok
ney's band, tearing it so badly that
bo was unable to stand, and .be fell
upon bis knees and tried to reload
again. Jutt while doing so Sheriff
Uuroh shot, and the ball entered
Ptuokney'a hoad just behind the oar,
and carno out on the opposite side of
his bead, near the jaw bone. This
quiokly put Plnokney out of business
and in two minutes he was dead.
Coroner Cooper was sont for and
empanelled another jury and a ver
dlot that Plnokney o ooo to h.B death
at tho hands of the sheriff whllo in
dlsohargo of his duty was rendered.
As soon as the Tordiob was rendorod
the Bheriff and the other officers oame
on to tho city, arrlTlug horo lat? in
tho night. The sheriff will use ofory
effort to arrest Jim Williams and Sam
Hart, the other two negroes, who
managed to get away, and who are
implicated.
Old man Plnokney, who was mur
dered by tho orowd, ii said to haTe
boon horribly boaten; so rnuoh so that
the tr dy was hardly rooogti'z?,blo by
tho Jury or oven his own family. His
eyes were heaton out of his head, bis
skull hine crushed in in loverai pli.cci
all of hU tooth knocked out, hil collar
jone, three ribs and ono leg broken
and hit f.roa was putumolled to a jelly.
ThlB ls tho torrlnlo story as told bj
the sheriff In parson, sud lt li revolt
ing to the extreme to think that ?nek
negro bri'tCS live in a civil.zed com
munity.
Old man E.' Plnokney was a good
old darky, and wsa highly thought of
by the white people in tho Mara bluff
sootlon of tho counfty, being polite,
honest and respected, ne was a kimi
of a preacher in his community and
taught schi ol at times. Sheriff Burch
iMtd Deputy Edwin Harrell otrtalnly
deserve groat credit for the bnvor>
shown, and for Hie capture of J- ase
Plnokney. Ho stated to a number of
P?-oplo in that community af 1er killing
old man Plnokney, that he waa going
to i)<f another Simon (Joop jr, of thou
ter county, tho negro who delhi'd the
Sumter authorises so long a few years
ago.
Whined to Death.
Mr. Press Fillmore, who llvas near
Cavalry Lutheran Church, In Aiken
county, was iaklng his little ohlldren
to sooool In a buggy a few miles from
home, when the horse took fright
and ran away. With remarkable
presence of mind ho took throe of tile
little ones and threw them out of the
buggy saving thom from sorlous In
Jury If not death. Thinking he could
then got the horse under control, he
gave all his attention lu that dlreo
i lou. One, a little boy, Jumped from
the buggy, and his head struck a
biook oauslng a movere Injury from
which he may die. Tue other, a lit
He giri, ab )Ut 7 years old, attempted
to navo huiholf by jumping. Har
dress was caught In one of tho wheel?
and she was ba<: ly mangled. She wai?
whirled i ver and over, au bhe animal
sped rapt ll y down tho roadway, aud
was diaggud until tho team oomo to
a complete atop. She was BO badly
.hurt that sho lived but about an hour
and a half, lt ls roportcd that Mr.
fulmore also suffered serlou? injuries.
Dio buggy was domolhued. Tne old
est of the children is abjub 10 years
(if age, and all of the unfortunate
man's family woro involved In the ac
cident, excepting his wife and small
buby.
A u*a wir^i
Advloes from Woodville Miss.,
staten that the Wilkinson county
graud Jury bas returned an Indict
ment against Mrs. W. C. Stewarton
tho charge of poisoning her husband
tho alleged rnetlvo of the crime, abe
held a 110.000 life iuauranoe policy on
tho lifo of her husband. Tho Indict
ment all?gea that Mra Stewart ad
mlnlatorod morphlno to her husband
lu quantities, with tho folonlous in
tent of killing him, and lt was only
through the prompt aotion of mem
bers Of tho S'ewart family In sending
for physicians that the lifo was sav
ed. _
Drunk Univ Tonio:
C? J. Kimball, a pron Inent travel
ing salesman, and a negro barber dlud
at Cardelle, Ca., as the result of
drinking a well-known hair tonio for
Intoxicating purpotos, They drank
tho modloino Wndnoaday afternoon.
Kimball died during tbs night and
bho negro Thursday morning. The
c ironer convened a jury and held au
inquest, the verdict being that they
(?ame to their death from Internal
poihonhig self administered,
MIMI - Tnsm.
George C. Coleman ?aid tc ho tho
prc Idsnt of a gold mining osmpany
in ? oldfield, Nevada, eau rod the ar
fest bf his wife Mabla, and Frank
Sibley, a ohauffour r.nd a former
employe, on the charge of gi aud lar
cony. Coleman alkg.? ha was de
ser tod by bis r?lfd on january I?. last
ab wbloh tlrtu his chai ff .ur loft hun
and be discovered tho m s of 50,000
hares cf a gold mining company
stock.
Klllml Him**lf.
Ai Msovn, Qa., Cicero Taylor, a
young white man, committed suicido
Wednesday a tho Hutland district
whom bo ll ?arl. hy hlnwlnjr nnh bia
brains with a 44 oaltbro revolver.
The only message ho left behind was
A lulof note to bis young wife, telling
ncr to bo bravo and take good o uc of
tbolr unborn child. Ho was 22 years
of age, and ha^ boon marilod about,
six monti.s.
A DIRTY BARGAIN
Was Made to Pass The Local
Option Bill Says
SENATOR TILLMAN,
II? Climf?C(i Corruption in Dispensary
Management, and Asserts That a
Stralfhjtenlnc: Out lt Needed.
Says' The Dispensary will
li:: Hu: Issue this Year.
Mr. ZxohjMcGhee, the Washington
correspondent of The State says Sen
ator Tillman insists that when he
oharaoterlztid the method by which
th? Morgan bill passed the house as a
"dirty bargain" he mount Just that
word and D? other, though he says he
did not mean to reilaot In any way
upon any of the Charleston delega
tion.
Says he: ."I said there was a Vade
by which Charleston's nine Totes 'vere
cast for the bill In consideration for
making thjit most remarkable excep
tion for Charleston, allowing lt the
privilege denied all the re*t of the
State of having license if it wants lt
' There juay not have boen any ao
kual ovort^rade, there may not have
been any formal agreement, but the
thing ls so self evldont that lt isn't
worth while for any body to deny lt.
Charleston ha? always been in favor
of h/0*l option, by whioh, of course, lt
ls meant -mat it wants saloons, and
ita representatives in tho legislature
/.aw that t)he only way to got lt wa?
to vote fot'this 1*111.
"Llknw?ie the antidlspensary mfetn
bera from ether counties kn w that
tlie only v?ay they could got, Charita
ton suppo?i|of a so called pro dhiri m
ra. a\uie would be to expcOi Chatle*
ton from i,ts operation ny giving lt
tho third choice of high license.
"Else why did they except- Charles
ton, and why did they not except C >?
lumbla al$), or Greenville, ir Spar
tanburg, br any other town?
"Why, |i>if* plain as tho nca^ on
your face Jf they had nob given thle
H*oial privilege to Charleston they
wculd uot&avo got theao nine votes
and the.bl|i would have been defeated,
and ? . ? Jhbw lt."
.. A 0 .ok^ ?go.^R-Wl'^urr?ixiem
bCrc.u ?o wu?* icfyOiVcu itu , <MN?el
poudence that Senator Tillman said
ho had nothing to say on tho South
Carolina situation, ooualdcrlng tint
in a gonoral way it was not his busi
ness to interfere and that ho had his
hands full hero.
As a mattor of tt.o\ there oan be
no doubt that he has bia nanda full
here, about aa full as any man in thc
senate, bub ho iustinotively koeps one
ear to tho giound for what ia going on
in South Carolina and it ls as impossl
ble for him to keep out of lt as it t ;
for bini to sit quietly in his seat m
tho sonate when a spirited debate is
going on.
"I would bea fool," said he today,
''to hit here in Washington, however
much I am absorbed wttli affairs ben
aud soo tho people of South Carolina
tricked without at least making my
protest. And by people I mean the
real majority of the white people for
whom 1 have struggled."
The sonator waa once oallod down
In tlie senate for usiug tho word
"trickery " when referring to the pres
ldent, so I asked him what he memo
hy it in this connection. "I say trlek
od," ho replied, "beoauae that ls what
it appears to me. The Brice law dis
franchises one-third of the white men
in the Stato who oan vote in tho Dcm
ocratio primary.
"Besldos, tho enemies of the dis
pensary, why for years have controlled
Hie Stato, have been putting men in
charge of lt who have mismanaged lt,
stolon from it, brought lt into bad
order, and the newspapers whioh are
and always have been bitter against
the dispensary and against me, and
which make a practice of suppressing
whatever ls favorable to too diftpen
sary and loudly vaunting what uni. v
orable to it, aro tho ones which have
the largest oir:ulatlon and tba ones
which these 'd; titwood legislators'
read and look upon as the law, the
prophets and tho gospel HO tho poople
are hoodwinked, bLt there is a time
coming.
"Too people will got a ohanoe to
express themselves next summor and
without any lirloo law to dmfranchlsc
any of thom and bottle them up. All
tiny need ls somobody to stir them up
and lot thom know what id going on
The dispensary will be the doo:dlt g
iStUj In tho whole campaign, nol only
tn tho oleoioti of member* of the leg
islature bub in every elootlon in tor
Stato, for governor, for Stato ofllcois,
I for county ongera, for my suooo.ssor
in tho sonate and all."
Somothing was mid last surr mir
about tho sonator tunning for govec
nor instead of for the senate and
there has boen nome tush talk itere
though perhaps emanating from som?
ambitious representatives not ?kVor?t.
to ?olng called upon by tho people to
bake a moro ox Us. d . o,.i. Ask.^d ?h?
direct question today, Senator Till
mao Kuhl?
"Yes, I have thought many tirnr.
of doing that. Tho only OOndltloi
that would Induce me io consider lt,
however, from a personi?! standpoint,
would bo tho ftiot that my health
hould be ftujh aa fco m^k ? lt unwise
for mc to romain lu Washington and
attend to my dutton hero. Hut some
body ouuht to take up tho fight in
South Carolina and siraigton thing?
in tim interest of tho peopio wild are
hoing hoodwinked, put tho dlppensary
in gOK'd nhopo and otherwise given au
example o? honest politics."
Those who think ho contemplates
running for governor say that in oas?
of oleo don, after serving ono term ?io
wiiuin again p.e^k cleoMon to tho son
ate and thus break all previous reo -
or ls in his or any other Stato. Of
o urao ho would lose his prestige on
coramlttee-s and hil recognised place
aa one of tho leaders In debate and
so forth.
Ho says, however, thal should he
over leave tho ?rmate to beoomo gov
ernor ho would never rot urn. In
that ovent," he observes, "I om done.
I'm gottlng too old.
"Now another thing," mid Sena
tor Tillman, "I see somebody ls get
ting off that old Jibe about my hav
ing oritloised Hampton for meddling
In Skate affaira whilo he was senator
and charging that I am doing the
same thing. The difference ls Just
this: Hampton took part In a personal
contest between candidates, engaging
ia a fight between one man nnd an
other running for offloe. I atv cak
ing no part in any personal cr jtest,
but In the discussion of groat levees,
which lb ls my duty to do so long as I
ana oltlxon of the State, especially
when I seo an Institution whioh I
created and fostered attaoked, and
attacked In suoh underhanded, suoh
a oowardly way with evary oonooiva
bio political trlok and with a lot of
hypoorlsy."
Killed Horaolt ?nd Ohlldron.
At Boston on Wednesday morning
a woman and four children wero foum
dead in bed at their home. An luven
ttgatlon by tho police indicate thai
tho woman, Mrs. Annie L. Dixon,
had killed the oulldrou and herself bj
opening throe gas J-.te. The children
wore Annie, aged 6 years; Georgo,
throe and a half; Mildred two yo n
and Marion, one year. The tragedy
was discovered by tho woman's hus
band, Arthur B, Dixon, when he re
turned homo from work this eveni.ig
Dixon found tho house locked and
was obliged to break In the front
door. He found the bodies of his
?rifo sud ohlldron In a bedroom
VI?dioal Examiner A. A. McDonald
decided that Mrs. Dixon had killed
tho children and herself. Dixon told
the police that ho left homo at 0
o'olock this morning to go to hi?
work. At that time his wife wan up,
the children wero all awako ard be
did not notice anything unusual.
Dixon is 31 years old and bi? wife W*A
27. They had been married for about
.Ix years. Of la'e Mrs. Dixon had
not b?eu in go jd health.
Vlonm ot A.et4*K(dn.
A dispatch fr.ioa Tiflu *avs the
nuidor o' General Gria:zj ff chief of
?die ihaff of the Viceroy of toe Cxuor-.
lus, wai most drama?.lo and audaoloua.
Tho ass&'sslu evidently hvi studied
tho h.iblU of his vi otlm and lay in
walt behind a wall of the Ah xandT
Gardon opposite the entrance to tb?
palace, where a oarrlage was draw,
up to take tue general for his dall.;
.?rive. The assassin lmpors.rubed a
painter! onrr;. lng tue bomb wii h which
oe cooa nibted the cri no oonooaled In
a paint.can, He was thu? ab!? to reach
ois plio^of ambus without suspioion,
mh*forniT?mtMi^^
ono goaeral stepped Into too oarraige,
Jibe man sprang on the wall, swung
the can by a cord and tho bomb, as if
thrown from a sling with murvolom.
preolnlon, sped straight to tho mark
aud struck the general on the mex.
A iUsh of Uro and a terriilo explosion
f jilowed, and Griizuoff wai literal!}
olown out of too carriage, with nih
coaohmaii and Cassaok orderly, and
the latter's horse was instantly kill
ed. A lady who waa passing at Lin
time of the explosion was mortalh
wounded. The asiasln was oaught,
beaton into insensibility by tho in
furlated soldiers and carried of! to tin
ancient fortress above theoity, where.
HS lillis ls under martial law, bc will
pr bably bo executed at dawn. His
identity is unknown.
A. CJMVIOI'A liiiok.
Tho winner of the 825,000 prize for
oorroetly naming tho a?.ten anoo a?
the St. Louis exposition lu 1U04 WI>B
Eraok Campbell, a oonvlot in the
Nibraska state penitentiary, who
still has about oue year to s'rve.
Campbell was oonvlotcd of embezzle
ment, Ho will rcoeivo only $12,600
of tho prize, as he fearing (htlieulty
in scouring tho money whilo ho wa*
imprisoned agreed to pay a lawyer
half of tlie prlz'j in ease of success in
scouring it. Campbell's attorney had
a oouforrnoe with him at the peniten
tiary in regard to tho disposition ot
tho monoy whioh will be received lu
a few days. Thc conv.ot will bo un
aldo to use the money until his seu
tenoo explies.
. M ?de ? Ghmiuo.
No small stir has been mtdo In thc
religious world by the reseat eonver
elon of Hdward Mv^r-tt Hale, Jr ,
third ion ot Boston'? asealrvn? Unita
rian patriarch, from Unitarianism te
evangelical Christianity. Mr. Hilt
ia professor of English literatura in
Union Oolloge, Sehuocfcady, N. Y.,
and he will hoon Join the First Pres
by ter 1 au U'mroh nf that olly.
/in i.?ui indian.
Having boon dchorlb-.d in The
Washington Post as a noble red man,
Lawyer Robert L. Owen baa written
a letter to tho editor. ''1 hold aa i,
.>elf ovldent truth", ho says, "tout
aman li niney-nlne parts Irish and
ono part Ohorokee ls te all Intent*
and pu? p ISM au Itishuian, even If tie
is by tho statutcsoi tho United State.-,
aCherokco In .lau."
UatO Hill r mi; il
The National House of Representa
ives on Tnursday took a vote on he
ll/inhiifn rall*,,? ?.fa v.ni rn.i, rAll
ncpuuru r?iiro?o i *.o um. JL,,C> IU..
call begau at, 12:16 i'he bill wai,
poised by a voto oi 212 to 0. Those
voting against tho bill vrero Mo Jail
MM Weeks of Massachusetts; Porkies
Vreeland and Southwick, ?,f N3?
York, and Sibley, ut Pennsylvania, ah
Republicans,
Two More> I)t i nit (I.
T vo moro midshipmen of tho third
cana were dismissed from tho nava'
\C,ad. my w a re.mlb of koo o -uro rr AI -
Mal Undings on a nhargo ef basing,
Secretary Bonaparte having aign. d au
order dieml?*lng Midshipman Richard
L DrSauiMire, of tho First ?outii
Carolina district, aud Midshipman
GeorgoH. Melvin, or tho Fifteenth
-.,..?. Tl,,-? -
u.uvuu? ui xuiuiiin.
l>?HRt.d ?.ho Honato.
Mr. Tillman's resolution dlrcoting
tlie eommittoo on immigration to
! make an investigation of tho Chineso
I b.ivoott ot Amerioan goods was adopt
cd Wednesday by theSonato,
THEY mmiT IT
MMN ITCH TlLIiMAN'S.IN?JBnVIHW
C AMib FOB TH HBPJLIB?
Hr. hinkler. Mr. Hamel and the TJn
kaown Mr. F ?bbl Take Ma
ttoe of Senator'? Boast.
The interview given out by i?n*
tor Tillman in Washington In regard
to the legislature of South Carolina
eau'ed um \ comment on tho pari of
B?rne o? the members of Ac Legisla
ture.
If U IIU9BU aiNKLSR.
Mr. Sinkler in rising to a question
of povacual piivllege Wednesday said;
I rise to a <A ie alon ot personal prlvi
lego. I spebk for myself and my state
ment, is mad? on aoo amt Of th? fol
lowing paragraph published in an in
terview with Senator Tillman whl?h
appeared In the afternoo? papera
Wednosday and In the morning pa
pers Thursday: Without Charles
con's nine votes the Morgan bill would
have been defeated by a ms.J >rity of
two vote?, KO if the Stat? dispensary
ls abolished at this session lt will be
done by a dirt? bargain between the
old barroom element in Charleston
and these SI prohibitionists.
"As a member of thia body for
many years from Charleston 1 would
be larking in self respcot, earelees of
your esteem, if I permitted thia reek
leiB, ur j ust, untrue charge ot bargain
and salo of my oeuviotlons, and my
convictions on this measure remain
uuoMangad. No bargin was ever
made to my knowlodge, nor was my
vote inspired, inlluvnood or control ed
by a barroom element or any other
olrmant or person whatever, and the
charge so boldly made ls lacking in
Vruth and dignity. I voted for local
option benams? I believe the people
have a primary and fundamental
right to say and settle for themselves
./nab they waut. Furthermore, I
.A ould liave voted for the Morgan bill
if Charleston no fer got the option of
nigh license, although I bolieve Char
les Oil .-iii Mild got what i-no wants and
.?very other county should have the
same privilege, lt is not my purpose
LO retaliate with abutive epithets but
"Imply to make this statement in
vindication of my attitude and voto
>ud in dofcrenot to my friends in this
oody w/io e good opinion I value.
CAPT. HAMBL'H RKMAHKS.
Tlie substance of what Capt. Ham .
el said Wednesday morning is as fol
lows:
. 'Si much had boen said charging
position to bo lu op poid Hom io lioense:
tnat the Morgan bill was not my b li
?end I had nothing to do with Its prep
aration.
"T.je prohibitionists had nothing
to do with its being au tissue there.
That responsibility was upon thc
dispensary people, who, in the em
a ituvloual convention of 1896, cooper
atid with the license people to put
that option in.
.'Mr. Clayton of Florenoe had offor
td an tm mdmenbto the original sec
tion prepared for the regulation of
?iio whiskey question, whioh arnaud
mont provided that tho beaming ot
brie sile of liquor should be prohibited
lu the constitution. Tue prohibition
ists in the oonvention were working
vi th the dispensary people for the
adoption of this amendment, as it
vould limit the choice between dis
poisary and prohibition. But the
late of the dispensary was hanging in
ohe balance at that timo and its eon
.tl uti .uaiity was being tested in tin
jourts. A member of tho oonventloD
undertook to picture oondltions as
they would bo under S .jato prohib?
tlon In ease tho dispensary was de
clared unconstitutional and he took
I? wi, the samo view that the oppon
ents take now regarding blind tigers
ovarruunlug prohibition counties.
Tue debate was adjourned and a con
loreneo waa hold between the dispen
sary and license people, and tho pre
saut section was the resu't of their
lellberablons. Tue dupenea.y peoph
and not the prohibitionists, in unholy
?Illanco with the license element le
one ojuveiition are reiponslblo, there j
fore, that we havo the issue of license
to o ons! ier at all at this time, lu
their votes hera in Vois legislature
tho prohibitionists are seeking to
i nu, ?Hy o.iooso thojlOAaer in a onoto.
between evlin,"
MK. DA Ult 8 IIKJ0INBH;
Mr. Daboa Wednesday, by request
made tue following Statement:
"In reply to tlie 'ranting interview
of tim au.tor senator, lam flattero(
Ghat my prcdiotion has oomo true
mno q ilukor than I anticipated. *
had fud Ju alfi >atlon in predicting
that no would rant on every stum*
for ne had atnioimocd his determina
iii n ?r. long ago as last summer ti
/tup tue bovs Into line te eithei
*avo his pet Intal albion or bake th?
.tump or prohibition. If ho will gtv*
nit such a 'ranting' interview and, ai
usuat with him, so full of luaoourae
10 j, as wilt bu been by rererenoo to tin
i cuis shown by tho aye and nay vol?
JU the M ligan blllaud Mr. Hamel',
uibltiou am.n imont, and that too a
i.mg range from Waa dngcon, wha
viii au do wuen lie basins his hann
primary on the stump?.
"Tt e hiBtory of hu previous oam
palgns gives all tho an.-.?vor uocdeu. 1
nu not uneasy; 1 know him too weil,
avon if I am to him unknown, M,
p isibldu on tho dispenrary was, aa JL
thought, well known in Sumtor oouo
ty. 1 certainly would nob hats be
rumo a oinida-e, ii I had tlioug it i
.', u h not have the right to give ex
pression to my convictions on tin
11 ?or of the i.oiH ', aa unmistakably at
1 know ho.'/, Just as for 20 years 1
havo from timo to time in public
print."
Mr. Sinklor's remarks were accepted
na thou va arm "(yon. M?. Ko'Ahiiv.
?irlefly commended them and move?
tliat Mr. Hinkler be given permlASloi
to print his statement lu tho Journal
of the house. Mr. Slukler modestly
stated that ho did nut oare for the
privilege, but the nouso granted lt
anyway.
A Rich Young Lady Kidnapped
and Held by Force.
A LOBD'S DAUGHTER,
Wh? the Mystery of the Case I? Clear*
ed Away a Story of Reel Romanee
lo High Ufo Will be Re
vealed Sayo Ibo Detec
tives.
With a detective seeking a wealthy
member of a wellkuown country club
in W w York, guarding all names
with the greatest care, through police
sou. caa was revealed a tale of romaneo
and adventure which would have
commanded itself to Wilkie Collins.
The natural daughter of an English
lord, kidnapped ia a private yacht oft
thc ooaob of J apa?, ls in a sanitarium'
in this country a raving maniac from
her experience. Tuc olub member ls
accused of tho kidnaping. Baok of
lt ls thc tale of a contested estate In
volving the lord, a Frenoh oountesa,
an old aaa captain and thc man want
ed. Ho names were given by the po
lice, but will bo later on.
Not a line was revealed at polio*
hcae'q tartars exocpt to admit that
Detective Sergeant Wakcfhl i was out
ona most extraordinary cae. "Not
a name," was Inspector McLaughlin's
announcement, "until the man is
found. It will then all come out".
Wakefield was not at headquarters.
Ho appeared on the Jefferson market
police Oi urt 8 vmrday. With him were
several h trau aero Tao dotootive cer**^
itoant privately obtained a warrant
after r. < itiug fxota at soma length to
tihe magistrate. Ho departed immed
iately, c-aylig then that when 1m
ouught ids man thore would bo full
. xplanablou.
The (dory as lb triokeld out Wcdnos
[day, stripped of names, ls that an
Kuglish nobleman while traveling in
r.anoo, in 187C, met a woman who
?ifbvrward btc-hue the mother of a
o did. This child, a girl, was taken to
England by the nobleman, who, af
er keeping her apart from his family ?
for some little timo, consented to hor
adoption by a sea captain. This oap
cain was in charge ot a merchantman
plying between London and Yokoha
ma. A countess, a momber of tho
bama, taking an oocadonal sea trip
with her adopted father, is said to
have oomo often in ojntaob with her
real father, who lived on an English
estate. More recently this child was
spoken of as likely to inherit a large
.01 lune, from her titled father, and
oeoause of that some one thought lt
admirable to kidnap her.
Tue method employed by the kid
nappers was sensational. It is report
ed that the young woman was taken
ff the boab on whle i she was a pas
senger when only a mlle or so from
Yokohama, and taken aboard a yaoht.
Six weeks later tho yaoht is said to
.lave been located in Now York har
oor somewhere, but tho young woman
passenger was missing. Tue London .
ind Yokohama police corresponded
villi their cable system, and later the
N?.'W York polee were told by oable to
set ab ut fluding the girl.
The investigation pursued by tho
central cffloo detectives resulted in
? heir loo ?bing the victim in a sanita
rium in Now York City. It was stated
Wednesday that winn the yaoht came
mto port with the your g woman on
I ooard the authorities fou ad the young
.vornan virtually a prhonor in a cabin
?/here she was kept for six weeks, tho
..imo wnioh is said to have elapsed
rom tho day she WAS kidnapped and
Uta day the yaoht was reported at
quarantine.
Toe quarantine authorities discov
ered very quiokly that the young wo
man was montally unbalanoid, and lt
was reported she had beoome a raving
maniac
Central o ill co detectives visited Jef
ferson Market poiioo oourt on several
successive days last week, anticipat
ing a visit to oourt of a man who was
reported to bo a patron at tho Wal
iori Astoria hotel. For some reason
ihe man, who was expeoied to make
i f irmal afr! iavib of eomplainb upoa
.villon a warrant was to bo asked for,
did not go to court.
The entrai ofll JO detectives went
wi Westchester ooumy and called,
moog other piaois, ib is said, at a
jrominont country o'ub there, seek
ing Home ono upon whom they inten
ded to serve tho warrant. At the
Waldorf Astoria hotol nothing Oiuld
colkarn jd regarding the identity of
,no my.iberioui patron, s'vld by tho
police to h&v i been stopping there.
We know abio.ubolj nothing of 'the
we," Said Mn mun ige rn.-.ul,, Tho
pdioe had been at work on tin oise
or two wocks prior to going Into
jourt fco ask for warrants. Former
Pjhce Oommks!onA.i M Adoo is said
JO bato 1? .m acquainted with tho
lase through. Acting Iaspeotor
O'Brien, who wa? in charge of tho
letcotlve bureau when the London
piiioa first notified tho N?w York
. uMiorltlts. Datootivos who had thc
.iopolio oourb ond o the caso In
thargo refused from tho out-net. to
peak 0mourning the o:isa. In faot,
. ?LU denied that they were socking
?'anvnts or expeotlng tho man from
oho Waldorf.
Fatal Dispute
Samud Smith and Hobart Robert
I ?on, Baptist deacons, got into a fight
n a ohuroh at Owen .boro, Ky., on
Sunday over the q lestlon whether
John D. lliokefeller would ever get to
Butti Kiln 0.
Simeon Wlldar and J ihn Hatohott,
partners in the sawmill business, wera
?tiled by the explosion of ^ steam
boiler in Crawford county, Georgia ou
Wedrasd tv.
