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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-03
VIII Nominate.

COLUMBIA, S, g., Sept. 27.-The
Republican leaders of note who came
here Tuesday to watch the movements
of The State convention Of true D7mo.
Gratis were pretty well all here yesterday
When questioned as to their intentions
with regard to the approaching general
election, several Of the m js. prominent
leaders unquallfedlY stated that it was
their purpose to put out e full State
ticket. and it would be composed OF the
stron gest men that they could secure.
State Chairman Webster, when seen
yesterday afternoon as he was taking
the train for his home, said that there
had been no conference of the leaders
who had been in the city. and that the
entire situation ard outlook would be
fully discussed and acteo upon when
the Safe executive committee met IN
this city on Tuesday next. The Ssa te
convention will be called by the com
nittee for an early date.-State..
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Ca-t Capers Not Guilty.

FLORENCE, Sept. 20-Special: The
case OF the State against Capt John G.
Capers, of Columbia, for criminal libel
was tried in the Court of Sessions here
to-day. The jury were out about thirty
minutes and returned with verdict of
not guilty. Acting Solicitor r. o. Purdy.
of Sumter, assisted by w. +. Clayton, Of
Florence, we're the attorneys for the
prosecution and Col G.. 5. Nettles, OF
Darlington, and p. A. Wilcox, of
Florence, were attorneys for the defend
ant. This case was brought about the
publication of letter from Capt Capers
IN the Columbia State in which 1t was
claimid that certain defamatory matter
against the character Of DR.. ] 0. Byrd,
of Timmonsville, had been printed.
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The Blue Ridge Railroad.

ANDERSON, S. G., Sept. 27.-It looks
very much like there Is something In
the reported porject of Vanderbilt to
complete the Blue ridge Railroad. Rs
ceiver Averill, of the Port Royal and
Western Carolina Railroad, has had
conference with him. The Augusta
Chronicle of the 18th inst. says: Mr..
Vanderbilt seems to mean business
aoout the Blue Ridge Railroad. Recei-
yer Averi.ii, of the Port Royal and
Western Carolina Railroad, has had
conference with him aud the plan seems
to be well on foot. The Augusta Cllro-
nicale of Monday, 18th inst, says: The
news first published by the Chronicle
last week that George Vanderbilt, who
owns thousands of acres of land In
North Carolina, Is going to turn his at.
tentlon to railroad building, looking to
direct line as means OF getting out
much CT the timber of that section
of the South, has caused considerable
interest. The scheme of Mr. Wander
bilt If carried out will add quite a
splendid line Of railway to the South,
for while he is not after building any
considerable road in point of miles, IL
will, when finished, be one of the most
desirable connecting links for the
South Atlantic coast aGd the North.
west. A direct line from Knoxville to
Anderson, 5. g., is said to be the plan
and it is interesting to know that
great part OF the distance between
these two points is already graded. The
road, when finished, in connection with
the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and
Cincinnati Railroad and the Port Royal
and Western Carolina, will shorten the
distance between Cincinnati and the
Southern coast 100 miles. Receiver
Averill, of the Port Royal and Western
Carolina road, who is said to have been
on conference with Mr.. Vanderbilt
concerning this matter, passed through
Augusta the other day in his private
car on his way to Port Royal. In case
the deal goes through Augusta will
have.a direct line from the Northwest"
Advocate.
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DIFFERENT MOTIVES.
Why Carpenter and the Atkinsons Were
Eecomm end cd to Mercy.

Why Carpenter and the Atkinsons Were
Eecomm end cd to Mercy.
COLUMBIA, S. G., Sept. Ex-Governor
Tillmans concentrations of Carpenter,
the E1gefeld murderer, is arousing a
good deal of comment ID the neWspa-
pers hostile to the Governor take up the
Governors statement that he commut-
ed Carpenters sentence because the
jury recommended him to mercy and
say that in the case of the Atkinsons,
hanged in Fairfield last week, the jury
also recommended them to mercy. The
cases are not at all similar. In the
case of Carpenter the jurors state that
they would have brought in different
verdict had they known the result of
their verdict would have been the
hanging of Carpenter and Murrell.
The foreman of the jury in the case of
the Atkinsons has written Governor
Tillman the following letter showing
that the motive of the recommendation
TO mercy in the case of the Atkinsons
was entirely different from that of the
Edgefeld murderers:
Woodward, S. c., Sept. l, 1894.
Governor 3. r. Tlllman, Columbia, 5. G.
Dear Sir: have the honor to acknoWl-
edge the receipt of your favor Of the
18th ultimo, desiring me to give you
some information as to what influenced
the jury in the case of the AtklnsonS to
recommend them to mercy. In re.
sponse to your inquiry l beg to say
that this recommendation to mercy
was not because the jury entertained
shadow of doubt as to their guilt, Tor
they considered the evidence against
the prisoners conclu sive and were there
fore satisfied that they concocted ana
exected the diabolical crime with which
they were charged. Nor was 1t on ac-
count of any extenuating circumstances
connected with the murder. OAe OF the
Jurors while admitting that the prison
ers were guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt said that he would not agree 10
verdict of guilty unless they were re-
commended to the mercy OF the court,
ard gave his only reason that they were
Vol ng men and poor. Believing that
unless they were recommended TO
mercy mistria. would result, which
we were exceedingly anxious to avoid
if possible, we yielded to this juror snd
rendered verdict of guilty with re-
commenedation to mercy. will fur
ther state that negro juror at first
was little reluctant in agreeing to a
verdict of guilty, which we attribute to
ignorance more than to calm and
thoughtful consideration of the case.
He finally, however, because convinced
and agreed TO verdict of guilty, with
recommendation to mercy Trusting
that the above will be satisfactory and
that you will excuse delay in answer
ing your letter which was brought
about by its being sent to Blackstocks
instead of WcodWard's, beg to remain.
Yours most obediently.
j. a. STEWART.
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Raided Hamburg.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept. 25.-Dispensary
Constables Johnson, who has been doing
business IN and around Augusta, ac-
companied by two other constables,
made successful raid in Hamburg, on
the other side of the river, the other
night. They had learned that whiskey
and beer were being sold in Hamburg,
where the state of South Carolina had
not permitted or licensed dispensary.
They made raid, but there was not
much stock on hand. What was found
was, according to the law, confliscated,
and the place was locked up by the Of
ficers. 1t is stated that the blind tiger
was operated or owned by Max Sallett
and Bud Padgett. The proper warrants
for their arrest and prosecution have
been sworn out.
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and thst this will elect him. Had the
caucus nominated DR.. Pope would
have missed the Conservative vote.
Senator Butler is said to be as near
broken hearted as a brave man can be.
His whole heart was set on State
ticket and his hope was in that action
Now he is left with no hope. The only
chance he has is for his sympathizers
to run Independent tickets for the
Legislature in such counties as they
think they can WIN IN. This wauld not
even give Senator Butler the opportu-
nifty of making a contest In the Senate,
as be has no organization backing him.
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Lexlngton-C. NJ. Efird: hold over.
Marion-W. A. Brown; mold over.
Marlboro-H. NJ. S.ackhouse, sue.
ceeding w. D. Evans.
Newoerry-Gsorge S. Mower, sue
ceeding }. A. Sigh.
Oconee-S. Y. Stribling; hold over.
OraDgebur9-W.S 5. Barton; hold over
Pickens-W. T. O'Dell; renominated
Rlchland-John r. Sloan, Jr., renom-
mated.
Spartaaburg-(No election ordered. J
Sumter-Altalnount Moses, succeed
ing II. L. Abbott.
Union-J. L. Douglass; succeeding
q. T. Peake.
Williamsburge--A. H. Williams; re-
nominated.
York-D. E Fiuley; hold over.
THE HOUSE.
The folio wing Is a list of the nomi.
nees of the primary for members of
the House, as reported to the State
committee. The list is not yet COM
piete. The new men are marked with
an asterisk:
Abbervilie-James E Todd* J.
Townes R0berson* Frank B. Gary,
David H. Magill.
Aiken, E. B. Tyle1* John T. Gaston*,
T.S. Williams.
Anderson-J. f. Brazeale, J. B. Lev
eret*, l. ". Piokeus*, J. w. Ashley. j..
B. Watson.
Barnwell-(No report.l
Berkeley-(No report
Beaufort-(No report)
Charleston--.-. Gadsden*, -.
Devereaux*, -. -. Bolgel*, r. M. Lof-
ton, T. w. Bacot, -.. =. D)5ha2e*, -.
-. Mehrtens*.
Chester oseph Nunnery*, S. T. Nc
KeowL*, Peter T. Hollis*.
Chesterfeld-J. NJ. Hough, W. p,
Pollock.
CIarendon-J. W. Kennedy, C. NJ.
Davis, W. c. Davis*.
Colleton-M. r. Cooper. John G.
Saunders, Calvin w. GArris*.
Darlington-(No report.)
Edgeield-(No reporC.)
Eairield-(No report)
Florence-Dr. William Ilderton*
W. E. Flnklea*, J. M. Humphrey.
Georgetown-(No report.)
Greenville-B. NJ. Shumaa, II. 2.
Goodwin*. John T. Bramlett&, Zerat
Hammett.
Hampton-M. B. McSWeeney*, E. H
Wyman.
Horry-(No report.)
K.rshaw-C. L. Winkle1*, J. w
Floyd*.
Lancaster-Ira B. Jones, J. N. Es
fridge.
Laurens-(No report.)
Lexington-W. H. +. Rast, J. Walter
Mitchell.
Marlon-(No report)
Mar)boro-C. z. TownsenI*, J. T
McLaurin*, J. B. Bunch&.
Oconee-C. r. d. Burns*, J. r.
Earle*.
Newberry-(Ny report)
Orangeburg-L w. Bowman*, il. K
Sturkie, l.. S. Connol*, w. o. Tatum,
J. H. Price*.
Plckens-B. J. Johnstone*, Fred
Williams.
Richland-F. II. Weston, J. ?. Thorn
as, Jr., H. G. Patton*, H. w. Adams
Spartanburg-(No report.)
Sumter-C, II. Williamson. r. Z
Manning, A. K. Sanders, J. II. Will
son*, Frank Mellette*.
Unlon-J. c. O;ts*, G. B. Fowler.
J. s. Welsh.
Williamsburg-E. r. Lesesne, J. H.
Blackwell, W. J. Slngletsry.
York;. M. Carroll, J.. r. Caruth.
ers*, W. n. Fielder, w. 3. Love.
II the above nominees are elected, 1t
is seen that the % counties given viii
send so new men to the House. The
total mem mbership of the House is only
124, and there are yet II counties to be
heard from. 1t is easily seen that the
House will be composed of cousidera
bly, more than half new material. The
Senate will have good many new
members also, as shown above. The
reports received so far indicate II new
Senators out of %.
The fact that there will be such
large proportion of new men makes il
impossible to speculate as to wha
strength Senator Butler will be able tc
develop.-State.
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The Proceedings of the Antt-TlImanite
State invention Which Was Held In
Disappointed
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It was exactly 4 10 o'clock this morn
Inc when the caucus threw open its
qoars and the convention began its
work. The convention was IN session
precisely five minutes when it ADJOURN
ed sine die without making n0mlna-
ti0ns. Even the com ,nittee on plat.
form and nominations, which went out
to make nominations, reported against
nominations and fixed no platform. 1t
simply reported to the convention the
following resolutions, which were
adopted and the convention adjourned:
Resolved, That this convention &C.
ceptS the action Of the convention neld
here On the 13;h instant IN endorsing
the Chicago platform as a concession
to the Democracy of the STATE, but re-
CARDS the simultaneous endOrS 9ment 0T
Democratic and Populist platforms,
representing opposing principles, as
forfeiting the allegiance of all straight
Democrats and the TeSpecS of all hon
est.P0pullStS.
Resolved, That this convention cor
daily accepts and endorses the nation
al Democratic platform and declares
its unWayering devotion and allegiance
to the national Democratic party.
Resolved, That we urge and invite all
Democrats OF the State to proceed to
organize for the purposes hereinafter
set forth.
Resolved, That while this convention
desires to avoid doing anything likely
to cause increasing strife among our
people we believe that the principles
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-25
wooDHULL-CLAFLIN RRDIvIvUs.

Mrs. John Biddulph Martin, univer-
sally known in this country as Victoria
Woodruff. lie re.opening the Beecher-
Tilton scandal in London. Victoria.
after she had figured in this country as
the leader of the aggressive free-love
faction of the woman's rights party, and
made side show presidential! campaign
two or three times, started red-hct
weekly paper in New York, interjected
herself into the Beecher- Tilton affair,
and gave that scandal the benefit Of an
Interpretation through the columns OF
her publication which made it sell like
hot cakes. She then closed up business
in this country and went over to Eng
land to chow the effete aristocrscy of
that country how things ought to be
done. She wac not long in forcing
her way into the society of the
exclusives Of London, and her
friends here we're elated to learn that
she had captured the head of the ancient
banking house of Martin & Co.-an in
stitution which has weathered the 6nan-
cial storms of two and s-hRlf centuries.
How she did it nobody knows. But
Danton's maxim of how to win was I'M
doubtedly her chief card, for nobody is
better supplied with the attribute of
audacity than Victoria Woodruff. She
ia now in her element again. She has
gone into court to compel the trustees
OF the British museum to divulge to her
the names of the donors Of two books in
the library relating to the Beecher-
Tilton trial. The first of these books
impugns her as the publisher of libelous
and obscene literature, and the
second imputes to her statements
during the Beecher trial which were
licentioua in the extreme. Victoria has
secured Sir Richard Webster as her at
torney, and the trustees are represented
by Sir Charles Russell, the attorney
general, two OF the very foremost coun-
sci of the bar of Great Britain. With
this array of forensic talent we may rect
assured that the trial will be very
hsrd-contested and searching one. Tt
our mind Victoria would have done
better not to have stirred up the past
1t 10 replete with incidents that are no
to her credit. We shall very
much mistake our guess il she doet
not come out of this trial about th'
worst besmirched woman that eve
stepped from respectable circle into 81
English court to vindicate her rep
utation. If the files OF the Woodruff
Clafin Weekly are placed before tn,
court that dignitary will be called upoI
to read libidinous, tree.love articles tina
will make the hairs Of his wig stand on
like quillr upon the fretful porcupine.
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TIME-POSTS OF LIFE.
The Place the Family Jewel
Fills in Our Lives.
No Event of Ones Life That a Jewel
Does Not Celebrate 1t and 1t Has
Ever Been SOD wells Not
Alone Thugs of Or
nament.

Does any department OF mechanism or trade
tribute 10 instincts nobler IN uur nartrrS s1r,a.
those reached by the jeweler? Jewels are pres
emit at every vital event in mans life, at
every ceremony jewel m arks that as time
post in his life He betrothI his bride with
Jewel; with jewelry he greets the birth OF his
children. The celebrations of his wedding
are recognized by presents of plate and Jaw
elry As long as life lasts his wife wears
her wedding ring, and the children hand her
earrings and her breastpins down the line for
generations. The oder they become, the
higher their valde grows in their eyes. Jcwelry
crowns the king In the form of badges 1t
decorates he breasts of high officials Truly
h jeweler is not nah of ornament merely.
There is something beyond m ere show in jew
elry Remembrance, affection, not to speak of
utility, attach to the jewel. 1t is the chattei
which in hard days is often the last sold.
And then, too, money spent in jewelry for
your own use is merely money invested. Their
wearing qualities are such that they endure
for lives. The interest you get from your In
vestnent is the use you get from the article.
good ring pin, pair of cuff buttons, watch
chain, watch-these do not fall in value though
you wear them for years. When you wish to
realize on them you may at any time sell them
for nearly as much as you paid.
Therefore, make it pc icy of your lie T.
have select quantity of jewelry, and to gel
this you must 20 where select jewelry is KEEP
on sale There are few places In Los Angeles
where you can have wide range OF stock t:
select from. and the largest of these p aces 1
M. Germans jewelry store, No 800 soatt
| Snring street. co there
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REDUCE THE SALARIES.

Since calling public attention to the
enormous salaries received by our
county officials we learn that our recon-
men6ation is likely to bear fruit earlier
than was expected. The more infiuen-
tisl members OF the Peoples party are
seriously considering the proposition TO
pledge their candidates for the high
salsried county offices to accept for
their services. if elected, only half the
compensation provided by law. II the
salary is $1,000 the officer is to be con-
tent with $500; if $4,000. the successful
candidate 10 to accept only $4,000, and
so on. Without some such movement
the overburdensd people of this county
would be compelled to pay the present
exorbitant salaries for another long
term, as the salaries cannot be reduced
by the Legislature during the term for
which the officers were elected. Should
such q rule be adopted and carried out
in good faith 1t would greatly aid the
legislature in reducing the salaries by
law, for, seeing its practical operation
and good effect, there would be no ex-
cuse for withholding action upon the
measure.
Half the present salaries 10 quite
enough in these times, or in any times,
and will command quite ss good talent
as is now employed in the various
branches OF the service. With salaries
reduced to proper figures, the people
would have some voice in the selection
of candidates, whereas now the offices
are too often filed by selfseekers, or by
political bosses, who expect to share in
the plumber. At present seeking Office
and holding office are entirely mercen-
airy operations, the credit or honor of
the thing not being considered at all.
This is not az it once was or as it should
be. To be selected by ones fellow citi-
zens for place OF trust is honorable,
but to seek Office for m oney can hardly
be called 30.
This is matter of vital importance
to this community; the taxconsumer is
no better than the taxpayer. and there
is no reason in burdening one class for
the enrichment OF another. In the
little republic Of Switzerland the salaries
of all officers, from president down. are
very low, and there no one is permitted
to seek or to decline an Office. We
shall have much better condition OF
affairs when the same rule prevails
here,
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party of poachers drove the whole herd
to place where the snow was too deep
for them to escape and shot them all
down. The object Of the poachers was
to secure their heads, which command
high prices. The hunters were cap
tured, and we hope a punishment will
be dealt out to them meet for the
irreparable crime they have committed.
The only remnant OF the bison race
still left is in the hands of private par
ties, who are breeding them on their
ranches. 1t is one of the most shame
full things in frontier history that the
government has permitted the almost to-
tai extinction OF the buffalo. Thirty years
ago the plains were covered with inn
mense herds; but as soon as their hides
and heads became articles OF commercial
value they were slaughtered by thou
sands,
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The Indianapolis Sentinel has evi,
IDENTIFY ''got it in" for the United States
senate when it says that sit has lost its
original character Of q balance wheel in
our governmental system. It has be-
come the conservstor and protector oil
fraud and organized greed and there
fore has lost the respect and confidence
of the people. 1t has become q plague
and sore spot. The senate must be re-
organized and it's members must be
elected by the people," That is strictly
true. For the past thirty years the SEN
ate has been dominated by the protected
interests OF every sort, but just how to
reach remedy for this evil appears to
be the difficulty, To elect senators by
the popular vote would require an
amendment to the constitution of the
United States. Before the amendment
could be got before the people the senate
would be required to vote upon it, and
1t is not likely that that body could be
induced to favor proposition of that
kind.
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CRICKET T.

Bakersfield and Central California VS..
Los Angeles and Southern California.
A rare treat is in store for lovers of
the great British national game, an ex-
hibition OF which will be given at
Athletic park on Friday and Saturday,
March 9th and 10th. the occasion being
a visit from the British club at Bakers
field (who. it will be remembered, issued
a challenge to play any team in the
state), who will play against team
selected from the best cricketers in Los
Angeles and vicinity. As there is plenty
of first class material to choose from in
Southern California, the public NAV ex-
pect to see really first class exhibit
ton of the game. The names OF the
Los Angeles team will appear later.
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The Chinese in Honolulu have shown
their teeth. They hsld mass meeting
short time ago, at which some very
intammatory speeches were made. They
met the growing sentiment in the
islands against the further importation
of Mongolian coolies with the declsrs-
ton that if there were one Chinese
man-of-war in the harbor. that would
put an end to the agitation against
them. There are some $4,000 Chinese
in the islands, and threat coming
from the representative men of this race
would seem TO mean that they will
know how to meet any effort that may
be made to curtail coolie importation. A
Honolulu paper says that for the frat
time China has shown it's teeth in the
Pacific ocean, and Honolulu is the
place where the first snti-Asiatic con-
1ict may arise.
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On TIE 18th inst, in New York, the
railway mortgage bond market was
stronger than it had been at any time
in the ak months preceding that date.
There had been heavy bear move
ment in Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
on the 14th and 10Th, but the declara-
tion of the usual quarterly dividend on
the 18th, knocked the bruins' calcula.
tions all silly. The transactions in
mortgage bonds on the 10Th were
$83S,540 and on the 18th they went
to 1894, $50. This looks as though our
financial difficulties were near the dawn
Of better day and approaching re-
turn of public confidence.
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CONVENIENTLY

BURBANK THEATER. Tomorrow even
ing Mr.. Mckee Rankin will produce his
original play entitled The Canuck. The
character OF Jean Baptiste, as portrayed
by Mr.. Rankin, is one of the most artis-
tic bits of acting ever seen by the Amer
can public.
The scenes are laid on the borders of
New England and Canada, and the play
is to Canadians what the Old Home
stead is to New Englanders.
Mr.. Cooper will spare no pains in put
ting the piece on, and his patrons will
witness one of the finest performances
ever offered to a Los Angeles audience.