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SAM JONES ON LAWYERS.
Tbc p-amoua Evangolist Scores the
Pettifoggers Heavily.
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This article I purpose to devote to the
gtudents of Blackstone, Greenlief and
^The lawyer is quite an important
factor in the body politic, in the busi-
ct . s s ami commercial world. He has
his place, bis work and, sometimes, I
am sorrv to say, he has a destination.
The moral character of a lawyer will
largely determine his practice as a
lawyer, for every book from Black-
stone to the last Supreme Court de
cision is elevating', helpful andbroad-
tninfr to the mind. Whatever may be
crooked or unreliable in a lawyer, he
certainly does not Imbibe it from his
books, but he gets it altogether from
his practice.
in the practice of law, selfishness
and dogmatism play their parts. A
princely lawyer, cultured in his pro
fession and pure in his morals, stands
next to a preacher in moral influence
In the community where he resides;
but the dirty little pettifogger, who
will do anything that the devil or a
dirty client wants done for five dol
lars! and then offer as an excuse for
the contemptible meanness, the fact
that he did it as an “attorney” and not
as a man, makes me sometimes wonder
if, when lie strikes the fires of the low
er pit. he will say to his friends: “I am
here as an attorney and not as a man.”
In the practice of law, as in all other
professions, the best and the wisest in
all apes who have practiced in this
profession have given cast and charac
ter to it on the one side, while the lit
tle and the mean and the selfish have
made the profession the butt of a thou
sand jokes and immeasurable ridicule.
If a lawyer loves and honors his pro
fession, his profession xvill enoble and
honor him. The little fellow who is in
|)t for its fees, and only its fees, dis
honors his profession and his practice
ndliis profession dishonors him.
A blackstone, a Choate, au Erskine,
l’itt, a Marshall, a Jay or a Webster
could have honored any profession,
,nd with such lives and characters as
heirs they would have made any pro
fession honor them. Many of our tit
le pettifoggers of to-day, standing by
icse great men, remind me of a rat
rrier standing by an elephant.
We have constitutional lawyers and
.wyers running on the by-laws. We
ave jury lawyers, case lawyers, su-
irerne court lawyers, justice court law-
ers, lawyers who know law and law-
ers who do not know any law and
ver will know it whether they see it
a book or meet it in the road.
This profession is fed and fostered
y either the selfishness, prejudice or
ishonesty of clients. Fraud, rascal-
v, deception; and, in fact, everything
om petit larceny to the millionaire
ho steals a system of railroads, fur-
clientage for this honorable pro-
ssion.
Honest men may differ and dispute
nd become clients. A man may kill
is neighbor in self-defense and be-
>me a client. There are two sides to
issue before the courts—nros-
utur nnd defendant, or, in civil suits,
llaintifif and defendant. In all crimi-
il cases, the man is either guilty or
nocent. The lawyer for the prosecu-
on declares he Is guilty, the lawyer
r the defease maintains his inno
nce.
A suit in the civil courts is either the
suit of passion, prejudice or dishon-
‘y-
So we see that this honorable protes
ts, by association with clients, unless
ey are absolutely impervious to sur-
'iindings, must take on more or less
the spirit of their clients. Perhaps
most contemptible lawyer in all
list is he who would discount the
th brought out in the testimony
' villify and abuse an honest wlt-
A case in point;
An honest old negro was prosecuted
‘fore tlie courts for shooting a dog.
lawyer asked him: “Uncle Tom,
iu say you shot this dog in self de
nse, did you?” “No, sir, boss,” he
plied, "I shot him in the leg and he
taped the fence.” He would be true
facts if found guilty by the jury,
lawyer repeated the same ques-
several times to another negro
d^then asked him again: “Jim, what
‘ 1 of a dog did you say thht was?”
'ss, I done told you five times it was
ler dog.” “But I mean,” said the
yer, “what was the character of
dog; what was he good for?” “He
ren't good for anything, boss. He
'uldn t hunt rabbits, he wouldn’t
nd guard; he just layed around and
16 nothing and stayed fat all the
an< l dat’3 what made them call
what they did.” “Well, what did
' call him?" “Lawyer, sir." The
Wifogger proceeded cautiously with
* darkey, amid the laughter of all
spectators in the courtroom.
profession seems overcrowded,
here there are more half starved
in the average towns in this
““try than any other class. Their
"erness for practice and their dire-.
w &nt of fees I sometimes think adds
cases to the dockets in onr City,
a ly and Circuit courts.
The lawyer who stays by his books
never seeks a case and attends to
** cases brought to him well and
v cr takes a bad case, is the lawyer
i, 1 * 18 come to Btay.
av e never seen any reason for less
ence and moral rectitude in the
. lce °* l aw than in any other pro*
J ° n- A- nian who would do a thing
M a lawyer when he
n t do or say the same thing as a
• must either be a man of loose
irver « r else . can ■separate the
»ve man better than I
** ever been able to do.
wngasmen fight and fuss, differ
irk Profession will find
die M the devil were
**** algbVths preachers and
lawyers would wake up the next morn
ing out of a job. The preacher is try.
ing to keep men out of the peniten
tiary; the lawyer is trying to put them
in, and by the time humanity pays th«
preacher and settles with the lawyer,
one of the clients is lying flat of his
back with the cow’s horns in his hands,
and the other one is at the other end
Of the cow, flat of his back with th*
tail in his hands, while the lawyer sits
quietly on the stool and milks the cow.
Horns and tail for the clients, cow and
milk for the lawyer!
An old lawyer when dying, dictat
ing his wjll to a fellow lawyer said:
“In the name of God, Amen: I, John
Smith, dying sane and in my right
mind, make this my last will and
testament. I -hereby give and be
queath all that I die vested of to the
fools of my county.” The lawyer
writing the will said to him: “Whatl
Your haind is wavering.” “Why?” said
the dying lawyer. “Why, the- idea oi
you giving all your property to fools."
“No,'said the dying lawyer, “I am
clothed and in my right mind. 1 got
all this property from the fools and
ought I not to give it back to them as 1
can use it no more?”
There seems to be no end to the
making of laws. Thero seems to he
no uniform rule by which law can be
construed. Men differ on fucts, judges
differ on law, and a lawyer can con
strue it either way; but his construc
tion of law of course depends upon
which side of the case he represents.
Our jurisprudence, our jury system,
our presiding judges, our practicing
lawyers frequently make a man recall
the old saying, that God knows' all
tilings except what the verdict of a
jury may be. Omniscience Himself is
loss to determine the intricate
iish i
(is
■The 1
LAMAR SHOT!
THE_ASSOCIATE EDITOR
OF THE OCONEE
ENTERPRISE
Shot by An; Unknown
Man in the Dark.
at
process by which facts are reached and
verdicts attained.
As in all other professions, the most
dogmatic and uncontrollable ones are
those who know the least.
Ignorance and assumption are the
potent factors in the life of a jackass,
whether he have four legs or two,
whether lie brays for feed or brays for
food, whether he be burnt by whisky
or a plain hay burner. Locomotive en
gines are coal burners; a mule is a
plain hay burner. Some lawyers’
heads are made for the same purpose
that a donkey’s head is made for—just
to hang his ears on, and if he were to
dispose of his ears he would have no
further use for his head.
I don't mean to say that lawyers av
erage up badly. There are many no
ble men in this profession, honest and
true, while there are others ignoble,
dishonest and untrue. Really the
character of the man determines the
character of his professional life. Aff
honest man is an honest lawyer, a dis
honest lawyer cannot be an honest
man.
The collecting lawyer is more dread
ed by delinquent creditors than chol
era or smallpox. As soon as a lawyer
makes a character as a good collector
he is full of business, and seems to
have to go and torment his neighbors
before their time. They are more to
be dreaded :•• ’ irenerally more de
spised th: - ,-iy other class of
professio; it be book agents
and writers of newspaper articles,
such as myself.
It has been many years since I
mingled with lawyers in the court
house, but I still mingle with their
clients and many are their tales of
woe which come to me, and some times
a tale of pleasure told by some man
who hod employed a faithful, true
lawyer who stood by his rights and
charged for his services only what was
right.
It is really amusing when a dirty
client turns over a dirty case to a dirty
lawyer and the dirty lawyer does the
dirty work and the dirty client refuses
to pay the dirty fee; then to hear them
curse and damn each other; each will
ing to go to the regions below if they
can but be allowed the privilege of
piling chunks ono upon the other.
One parting word to this profession:
No man honors, respects and reveres
the true and faithful lawyer In his
profession more than the writer of
this article. No living man has a pro
founder contempt and deeper disgust
for the Insolent, ignorant, contempt
ible little pettifogger than myself. I
bid all true, intelligent and honest
lawyers God-speed in their work, and
join hands with them in the effort to
protect Bocioty, honor and virtue.
To the good lawyers I say: “Here is
my hand;” to the others I say: “Fix
for my foot." Sam P. Jokes.
' Watkineville comes to the front with
a sensation that has stirred up a great
deal of excitement throughout that
place.
It is the shooting of Mr. 1C. D. La
mar, the associate editor of the Oconee
Enterprise, who was shot by an un
known man Friday night at that place.
Two theories are advauoed as to the
shooting. One is that L^mir was shot
by a wouid-be assassin; another is that
L mir shot himself.
The first is regarded by many as the
more probable of the two, although
some cling to the latter idea.
The prohibition question bears an
important part in the affair, and tbe
two factions in Oconee county on that
i-sue are pretty muoh stirred up.
Thesffiirot Friday night was a cul
mination of several events leading np
to it, and which furnish interesting
reading in themselves.
Os March 5th a letter came to the
rtflee of the Oconee Enterprise which
occasioned no very serious comment.
The Enterprise had taken its stand for
prohibition in Ooonee county and was
working for the suooesa of that cause
at the election which occurs Thursday
next.
The editor, Mr. J. W. Johnson, Jr.,
was putting in some telling strokes for
his aide, ami Mr. M D. Lamar, a young
man, formerly of Jackson county, wss
assisting him in his work.
PUT 1H2 DEVIL AFTER HIM
office to go to work.
He opened the door and as he did so
a letter fell from tbe top of it to tbe
floor. He picked the letter up and
acrossit in ink was drawn the picture
of a coffin.
The letter was short and to the point.
It said: “If yoa don’t atop your work
for prohibition, we’ll get you some
NIGHT IN THE DARK.”
That fact was more significant than
tbe former, bnt no attention was paid
to it No apprenension of serious
trouble wss upon the mirds of either
Mr. Johneon or Mr. Lamar.
They went on at their work as usual,
until Wednesday night the first serious
part of the aff-dr came to light.
Mr. Lamar had started out of the
office and was walking toward his
home He had not proceeded far until
he was suddenly attacked. The night
was dark and be could not distinguish
whether his assailant was a negro.or a
white man. He to--ught it was a white
man.
At any rate a man emerged suddenly
from the gloom and cat at Mr. Lamar
with'"
A LARGE POCKET KNIFE.
They grappled and fell, and during
tbe scuffle Mr. Lamar was cut across his
vest four or five times, noue of the
slashes penetrating to tbe skin. The
marks of the knife were to be seen on
hia vest yesterday, when he told his ver
sion to a l ASHER reporter.
The scuffle evidenced the fact that
tbe assailant could not accomplish his
purpose and he arose and ran rapidly
down the road.
Mr. Lamar provided himself with a
pistol at once, as he k aow that his life
was in danger. He went on umioleet-
ed uatil iaet night when the affair cul
urinated in an attempt at assassination.
He was coining down town from bis
boarding house about 8 o’olock Friday
night and had reached Peachtree street.
Tbe V) ay was dark and he kept his band
upon bis pistol ready to use it if neces
sary.
Jus’, aa he reached & little bridge
across the road, a man jumped from tbe
gully on the roadside and rushing upon
him placet) a pistol close to his body and
PULLED TBE TRIGGER.
A
i passed and the young men
efy mill. There were 16 or
Governor Tillman Takes Charge
of Telegraph Lines.
HE WOULD SUPPRESS THE HEWS.
An Account of Tlie Bloody Buttle at DM-
liugton—Tillman Tried to Get the Char
leston Militia to Move on Darlington,
But Met with a Pint Kefua U—The Whole
BUI, Uiu Been Aroused.
At any rate the stand taken by the
Enterprise didn’t suit some, and ou the
morning of March 5th came the follow
ing letter:
mister editers will yon give me spase
m your paper to express my opinion of
you all. 1 think you are a set of blame
fowls, ooonee County is going wet in
spite of all you can say. i cant see why
you want it to stay dry; did you all
ever drink any licker. if you Publish
them names pleae stop my paper I mean
busuess and if i had the power i would
start a pspsr of my own and stop read- {
iog your sberif sale notises an so fotb;'
he good jimmie and dont tell that kin
Lamar anything about this for the
devil will get him Boon enuf and you
two. i want to ask you one question
:;hat do you think of me.
A licker with every foot up.
LITTLE MEN.
Tbe
I The
pyers i
|U
Social Philosopher’* Diillk* tow
Them Explained.
“I don’t care xvhat you say in his
favor, but I don’t like the littlo man,'
grumbled the social philosopher. “I
wouldn’t marry one of them if he were
millionaire and made of diamonds."
“Suppose you wait until one of them
asks you to,” put in the girl who is al
ways saying spiteful things.
“He is nearly always conceited,”
went on the philosopher, ignoring the
interruption, “and for some unknown
reason he usually wears his hair long,
which is a great bother, because when
you dance with him the stray looks are
forever flying into your mouth.
“A girl always feels about one hun
dred years old when she’s with a small
man, and if he is young she has a con
stant struggle with herself to keep
from addressing him as ‘sonny,’ as she
does her small brother. Other men,
who think they’re funny, but who real
ly ore only jealous, take delight in
making sarcastic remarks like: ‘They
say a girl has to be thirty before she
falls in love with a boy.’
“AU this, of course, is very trying,
and after a time it becomes unbeara-
1)1©—-** ' '
“We understand perfectly,” piped up
the girl who is always saying spiteful
things. “But it doesn’t seem quite fair
to loathe aU small men because one
shock-headed feUow tagged around
you like a shadow all summer and then
dragged you into o quarrel so as to get
outof giving you a Christmas present
THE WRITER IS ROASTED.
The editois didnt pay any further at
tention to the letter than to publish it
and very severely criticize it as follows:
It is very evident that whoever wrote
the above is daft—a screw loose some
where.
Id tbe first place be asks to give him
spsoe for his opinion. He does not
kuow what opinion means. *We don’t
cire the snap of our finger for your
opinion. Yiur opinion doesn’t change
facts,
He calls ua “a set of blame fo.vls’’
Guess he r 'ans fools; judging us by
himself, yot ee.
Ag'iin, he says: “If I had the pow
er I would start a paper of my own and
quit reading your seeriff sale notices,
etc.” My dear sir, if you are who we
think you are it wouldn’t do for you to
attend a sheriff’s sale, you ooutdn’t our-
chsss anything.
Yes, Mr. Four-Legged Animal,
;Don*t know whether to oall him a go
pher or a rat, but the boys say you’ie a
full blooded polecat) we have taken a
few drinks sinoe we ianded here on this
democratic earth cryiog to “Mama” for
more water (?) and this is our reason
(or fighting liquor. I have drank that
awful liquid to my sorrow, and one of
the hardest trials I have in this life is
to say NO Knowing what I have ex
perienced in this line I deem it best to
be honest and not act the hypocrite I
have answered your question as to
whether “did you ever drink anything.”
Will you have manhood enough to come
out openly and tell us who you arc f If
not, that small amount you are due tbe
Enterprise would be very acceptable.
This fellow says, “the devil will get
Lamar soon enough, and you two.”
He refers to Mr. Jas.. W» Johnson as
the number ‘ 2,” and I suppose he has
reference to me as the number *T. ”
Guess I’ll talk the devil out of the no
tion of serving him and get Mr. Mat
thews to employ me to rub down that
four footed” conoern who occupies
stall number “3” in his stable.
THE LIST PUBLISHED.
Editor Johnson when the proper time
arrived published in the Enterprise tbe
names of those who had signed peti
tion to the Ordinary asking for another
election on the Fquor question.
No more was thought of the matter
until laBt Monday morning when Mr
A Lamar went down to the Enterprise
A report Tang out and a stinging
feeling in his left arm convinced Sir.
Lamar that he had been shot.
He palled bis pistol and fired four
times st tbe figure of the would-be as
sassin ss he fled down the road, He
does not know whether or not any of
tbe shots took effect, but thinkB that he
hit the mao.
He went at onoe to the physician and
had his wound dressed. It was only a
fl,sa wound in the left arm about half
way between the elbow and shoulder.
Tbe man who did the Bhooting wss
evidently picking pretty close to the
heart.
The whole town was aroused and
esme cat to heir of the shooting Mr.
Ls mar’s story of the shooting soon
found corroboration.
A man named Walter Poulnot said ho
was passing along the road near where
the shooting occurred abGut five min
utes before Mr. Lamar was shot. Ho
stepped upon the bridge, and aa he did
so a man stepped up and pretty close to
him,
PEERING INTO HIS FAC&
Washington, March 81.—The start
ling news has just been received here
that Governor Tillman, of South Caro
lina, has taken possession of all tele
graph lines in the state, and has given
orders that nothing of an inflammatory
nature be allowed sent over them, and
that traffic be confined to business mes
sages only.
Charleston, March 81.—The latest
news from the seat of war in Darling
ton represents everytiiing as quiet. Tne
citizens are still hunting the constabu
lary, and advices from Timonsville state
that the fugitives have been located and
that a poste has started in pursuit of
them.
The adjutant general' of the state is
here trying to get the soldiers to proceed
to the scene, but without success. Th#
mayor of Darlington has telegraphed for
bloodhounds with which to track the
murderers. A riot look place at the
depot and a correspondent of The News
and Courier telegraphs this account of
the killing:
At this lime a few citizens were seat
ed around the scene, and a number of
spies were collected in a group in a short
distance, and F. E. Nornieut expostu
lated at language being used. Jusi then
Constable McLendon drew his pistol,
and, reaching' over the should.-r of
Rogers, shot Frank Norment dead. The
constables used their Winchesters and
the citizens returned the tire with their
pistols.
There were very few pistols among
the citizens, however, and they had not
a fair showing against their well armed
assailants. Frank Norment was killed
instantly, being pierced by a half dozen
baiis. Pepper' was shot dor. u m His
’■ tracks with a ball through his heart.
Redmond fell a second later, shot in
three places. Alter shooting- Norment
and Redmond McLendon was shot
throngli the abdomen and fell.
Chief of Police A. E. Darlgan was
dungeronsly wounded in the bony; Louis
Norment was shot in the breast and
arm and K. D. Lucas was shot in five
places. The constables kept up the
firing until they had clear* d the plat
form. Chief of Police Darlgan, badly
wounded as he was, r6de back to town,
fearing what would happen whefixthe
news of the work reached the citizens.
The spies lied in all directions, and as
they were running through town it was
seen that four of them were wounded—
one in the leg, another in the back, a
third in the ciiest, and the tourth had
L;s nose shot off. As soon as the citizens
received the news of the shooting, they
ruled themselves and started in pur
suit of the flying constables.
They chased them imo the swamp,
firing at them as they ran. The militia
compauns oi Cuarlestou, Sumter, Man
ning and Winsboro have all refused to
respond to the governor s call ior troops
The lie was
( began a live'.
17 constables at the depot at tbe time.
They were about to ta<co the southbound
train. They took quite an interest in
the fight, forming a ring around the
combatants and defying any one to in
terfere. Constable McLeiMon, who was
more aggressive than the others, urged
his man on.
At this point Mr. Luoius Redmond, a
young man from North Carolina, spoke
up.
Mr. Frank E. Norment, one of the
best men in town, also l^ad something
to say. Then McLendon wanted to
know what Norment had to do with it.
The lie was again passed and McLend >n
pulled out his pistol aud shot Mr. Nor-
Mr. Poulnot thought strange of the
man’s actions and started to speak to
him bnt did not do so. He passed on,
and in a few minutes heaTd a shot fol
lowed by four shots in quick succession.
Bob Barnett, a negro m in, says he
met a man rnnning down the road fust
after the shooting and that the man left
the road and ran through tha bushes to
keep from meeting him. He did not
get close enough to him to tell whether
or not he was white or black.
Marshal Matthews, who attends to the
peace and good order of Watkinsville,
tracked some one for some distance
from the scene of the shooting. He and
Sheriff Oyerby telegraphed to Athens
for tbe bloodhounds, but Ister on res
cinded their telegram on aooount of the
long time it would require to get the
dogs there and so many people having
been'upon tbe scene.
That is the side of the affair that
places it as an attempted assassination
So-ne of the people think thtfl the
catting scrape and the shooting ferape
were both made np by Mr Lamar him
self and that he did the cutting and the
shooting just to get up a sensation.
The prohibitionists are red hot about
it, and some of the antis are likewise
enraged, but several antis hold to the
idea that it was all done bv Mr. Lamar
himself. As they fail to give any rea
son for the sot save that Mr. Lamar aid
it to kiok up a sensation, the former
theory is generally accepted, that
that Fom-. one did try to assassiff&te
him for some cause or other, his pro
hibition views being the one. assigned
HE DENIES IT.
Y.r. Lamar stated to the reporter bis
views as to tbe theory of his ahooting
himself and says that anch a story is an
unqualified lie from beginning to end.
Mr. Lamar is back at his office with
his arm in a sling and says that be is
still in for the war on whiskey, which
ends so far as Oconee county is con
cerned, on next Thursday.
The officers of the law are looking in
to the affair very closely and will catch
the offender if possible.
NEWS FROM COLUMBIA.
THOSE BLS AGAEI
They Cornered the Senate Fi«
nance Committee Chairman,
; ?
BUT THEY COULD NOT HOLD HIM
The Republican Member* Were More. Doe
rile and Allowed the Pretty New Eng,
land Maiden* to Say Their Piece*, AIM
Prompted by the Leader Who Cam*
Alone a. Chaperone or the Party.
Washington, March 31.—A second
ment, who was sitting on a barrol and charge of the bright brigade upon ths
This opened the ball, senate wing of the capital was mor*
was unarmed,
and the few citizens who were present
and had pistols shot at McLendon, and
the shooting became general.
Lucina Redmond fell, his throat
pierced with a rifle ball. After he was
on the gronnd he emptied his revolver
at the constables. They turned and took-
down the railroad track as fast as they
conld.
They outnumbered the citizens two to
one and were fnlly armed with pistols
and rifles. Word was soon sent to town,
abont a mile distant, about the death of
Norment and Redmond.
The citizens turned out armed and
determined to avenge their death.
When they got down to the depot, how-
eves, the constables were out or sight.
The result of the fight was as follows:
Killed—Frank E.' Norment, Lucias
h. Redmond, nnd Pepper, a constable.
Wounded—McLendon, a constable,
mortally; A. E. Dargan, chief of police,
seriously; K. t>. Lucas, seriously; L. M.
Norment, brother of Frank Norment.
seriously, and one constable, name un
known, was wounded, but he managed
to get off with the others.
THE TELEGRAPH LINES.
Governor Tillman’* Orders Will Not Be
Obeyed by the Company.
New York, March 81.—George A.
Fearons, attorney of the Western Union
Telegraph company, was asked as to
what method had been adopted by the
governor of South Carolina in seeking
control the telegraph lines in that state.
Fearons replied:
‘The governor simply notified onr
manager'at Columbia not te accept any
messages of an inflammatory character
or any that might increase the excite
ment in the state, and referred him to
section 2582 of the statutes of the state
of South Carolina.
The reply o'f the Western Union Tele
graph company was to the effect that
the telegraph company conld not act in
capacity of a censor, that it conld not
undertake to say what messages were of
an inflammatory character and what
were not, and that as long as the com
pany had physical control of the tele
graph lines within the state, it must re
ceive and transmit all dispatches of
fered.
ANOTHER STEP.
successful than the first. Mrs. Fostei
aqd her fair mill girls captured Chair*
man Vorhees, of the finance committee^
but that old warrior fought as bravely
and as courteously as a knight of old^
He resisted the demand for a hearing
before the committee, and the mill girll
had to content themselves with making
speeches to the Republican members o|
the committee, -who, of course, were not
enemies at all. Senators Morrill, AIM,
son, Sherman and Aldrich, reinforced
by Senators Hoar, Lodge, Hawley and
Stockbridge, listened to the delegation.
Mrs. Foster opened the attack upon
the Wilson bill, and then one after an
other she led the young women np te
the senators to speak their pieces. The
story of each was that their wages had
been reduced, and they believed the
Wilson bill to be responsible, or that il
it become a law it will make their lot
harder still. Some of the witnesses tit
tered, and bridled when asked about
what they earned afid how they lived,
but nearly all obviously were practical
working business women.
Edith Wolstencroft had to he placed
very near the stenographer to enable
him to hear her testimony, and she
traced the pattern in the c§rpet with
the toe of her neat boot while she an
swered Mrs. Foster’s encouraging ques
tions.
Ada Ryan, a cotton spinner of New
Bedford, said, with asperity, that ‘,‘If
you kon’t kill the Wilson bill, it will
kill ns.”
Breokinrlilee** Admirer* Heard From.
Lexington, Ky., March 31.—A peti
tion, signed by 600 Breckinridge men in
Hampton and Henry counties, bus been
forwarded to Colonel Breckinridge de
manding that he continue to fight hie
persecutor and to make the race for pdfa-
gress. The petition requests him to
make his first speech in Owen county,
and insists on his immediate return to
Kentucky. -This is the first public de
monstration in Breckinridge’s favor in
the district.
Tlie Governor Gunr.icd to Prevent Ills
Boing Lynched by a Mob.
CoLUSipiA, S. C.. March 31.—Up to 11
o'clock a. m. everything here was quiet
and no one would have supposed for a
moment that the city has been in such
wild disorder the previous night,
body of armed citizens has left here
for Darlington to aid the people in at
tacking the constables. Something seems
to be amiss at Darlington, us no news is
coming either to the executive or to the
newspapers.
It is probable telegraphing is under
surveilance. Daring the night, in view
of the reported threats of lynching the
governor and destroying the dispensaries,
the penitentiary guards were detailed to
protect the governor’s mansion and the
dispensaries. Passengers from the scene
of hostilities report large gatherings
of frenzied men and boys along the line
of the railroad and at the depots armed
with shotg'tuis aod rifles.
At each stopping place the cars were
entered and search made for the consta
bulary. It is reported that the Florence
dispensary has been raided, looted anu
wrecked. Assistant Adjutant General
John Gary Watts has just passed in a
wagon on his way to the state armory,
carrying the rfl.es of tbe disbanded com-
na«iL> f Governor Tillman having issued
an order to that effect.
A large crowd assembled and the ar
mory of the Richland volunteer rifles
company h:is just been entered by citi
zens bent on seizing the arms to prevent
the state authorities from getting them.
Governor Tillman is hastening forward
the country companies to the relief of
the beleagured constabulary, and is in
receipt of telegrams offering the services
of as many men as may lie necessary to
uphold the law. The Charles ton com
panies have refused to obey orders and
will disband.
FROM DARLINGTON.
Ail Accouut of The Fearful Work in That
Town.
Darlington, S. C., March 31.—The
trouble of the past 24 lionrs, which has
cost the lives of four men and serious
injury to a number of others, grew out
of the conduct of the dispensary consta
bles who had been here since Wednes
day searching for contraband liquor.
No serious -troubled had occurred, or
would have occurred, until the men de
clared their intention of entering the
private residences of citizens and prose
cuting the search.
This enraged the people, and they ex
pressed their determination not to sub
mit.
The constables, finally, decided not to
make an effort in that direction, and
prepared to leave town.
A little before 4 p. m. the young men
of the town had au altercation at the
depot of the Cheraw and Darlington
Th* Governor Take* in the Railroad*, Too,
Under a War Measure.
Washington, March 31.—It is under
stood that Governor Tillman took posses
sion of the telegraph lines in South Car
olina, under the general statutes of
South Carolina, section 2,582 of which
reads as follows:
The governor of the state, when in his
judgment the public safety may require
it, is hereby authorized to take possession
of any and all of the telegraph lines in the
state, their effects and appurtenances; to
take possession of anf*"or all railroad
lines in the state, their roll
ing stock, offices, etc.; to prescribe
rules and regulations for holding, using
and maintaining of the aforesaid telegraph
and railroad lines in a manner most con
ducive to tbe interest and safety of the
government, and to place nnder military
. control all officers, agents and employes
belonging to the telegraph and railroad
lines thus taken possession of; so that they
shall be considered a part'Of the military
establishment of the state, subject to au
restrictions imposed by the roles and ar
ticles of war.
An Eminent Physician. Dead.
Colorado Springs, Colo., March 81.—
Dr. Beverly St. George Tucker did sud
denly here, aged 55. He was one of the
most eminent physicians in this state,
and a son of Beverly Tucker of Virginia.
His grandfather was a stepson of John
Randolph of Roanoke. He served as a
surgeon in the Confederate army.
Hegennan Found Guilty.
Washington, March 31.—From the
findings of the courtmartial in the Kear-
sage case, just handed to Secretary Her
bert, it is understood that Hegerman
was found gailty of negligence in allow
ing the ship to run od the reefs.
Wa* the PuEiUnt Drugged ?
Houston,Tex., March31.—A 21-round
fight between McClelland of Toronto*
Canada, and Shaw of New Orleans
wound up in the fourth round in Mo-
Clelland’s favor, Shaws friends claiming
he was drugged. This nearly precipi
tated a row. The police interfered and
tooke the participants to jail. The men
fought at 126 pounds. The slugging was
terrible while it lasted. i
Another Seigniorage Bill. ■
Washington, March 31.—Represent*
ative Henderson of North Carolina fol
lowed the presentation of the president’s
veto message by submitting a bill for the
coinage of the silver seigniorage. The
text is the same as the Bland bill,
omitting tbe second section and some of
the explanatory language of the first
section. The bill went to the committee
on coinage. ,
Destitution on the Bto Grande. 3
' Alice, Tex., March 31.—Terrible des
titution is ceported by the committee
which was sent to investigate in the
lower Rio Grande country. Thousands
of people are on the verge of starvation
and immediate assistance is needed. At
Pasano 541 families are being fed; at
Federates, 195; at Conception, 140; at
Longaizana, 15, and at Palito Blanca
68 families. 1
The Tronble in Bln*fl*ld*.
New Orleans, March 81.—The inhabt
tants of Bluefields are panic stricken*
according to advices brought by the
steamer Gnssie, which has just arrived.
Women and children are reported to be
leaving the town in large numbers. All
effors to form a provisional government
failed, owing to the action of the Amei*
leans in remaining perfectly neutral.
neutral. i
-The senate
River* and Hsrbor BUI Beady.
Washington, March 31.—The river
barber bill is practically ready to be re
ported to tbe house. It carries only |9,
600,000, but the sundry civil bill carries McGarrahan claim to the court of
items for contract work amounting to 1 J " 1
$8,800,000.
Washington, March 81.—The
passed the McGarrahan bill with aa
amendment providing that the govern
ment shall not be held accountable ta
McGarrahan for any land or minerals.
The bill permits the submission of thS
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
Naval
Savannah, March .81—Spirits of turpenttn*
led and closed firmat 2614, for regulars;
t demand: none offered at quotations:
J1 sales. Rosin, firm with a good demand
tor all grades, sales 3,0ft) bbls; A, B, C, and D,
*1; E, «.(*: K. 81.80; U, $1.35; H, $1.70; I, *1.95;
K, $2.25; M, 88.30; N. 82.8714; windowglass!
$2fiq; waterwhite, S2.60.
Wimunotos. March 31.—Rosin, dull;
strained. 90; good strained, 95; turpentine,
Vaw Torn. March 31.—Pork, is firm;
new mess, $12.80. Middles, nominal; short
clear —. Lard, firmer; western steam,
7.65; city steam, 7.2S.
Chicago. March .31—Cash quotations were
as follows: Mess pork. $11.80ic ll.82U. Lard,
T.20®7.82U. Short ribs, loose, 5.9734. Dry
Balt shoulders bored, 5.87)4'36.12»4; short dear
Bides bored. e.87J4@8.68*.
Cincinnati, March 3L—Pork, mess. $12.00.
Lard, steam leaf. 7.62)4. Bacon, steady;
shoulders, 6.50; short nb tides, 7.00; short
clear, 72B.
New Fork Cotton Futures,
New York, March 81.
Cotton fntnres opened firm.
March -
April 7.55
May ; i .... v - r 7.61
June 7.67
July 7.73
Augusts •*#*«*•••*••• ( *•«*•«;**•»* 9«******« .***7.80
chums.
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Suicide of a Prominent Lady.
Wayceoss, Ga., March 81.-
David Mnsgrove, the wife of a pros*,
perous farmer, who lives abdut fivaj
miles east of Way cross, committed sni*
cide by taking strychnine. The strych*,
nine was taken abont 7 p. m. and about
midnight the lady died.
Over tbe Pennsylvania Line. !
East Palestine, O., March 81.—"
Coxey’s army struck tents by 9:30 ah9
the army, over 200 strong, started on its
way over the Pennsylvania state lina
into the great industrial region of the
Ohio valley. Recruits are now quits
plenty.’ , 3 J
Yon Billow Cremated. ,
Hamburg, March 31.—The body ©i
Hans Von Billow, the distinguished
pianist, was cremated here after an im*
posing funeral service in the churchj
Numerous deputations from home ana
foreign musical societies were present.
Indians Married at Carlisle.
Carlisle, Pa., March 81.—Two full*]
blooded Indians of the Carlisle Indian ,
school, Daniel D. Warner and Lilli*,
Marquette, were united in marriage by
the Rev. Dr. Norcross, of ;-the Preabyi
terlan church.
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