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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
Charleston 20 the West.

i dispatch from Charleston. $. G.,
states that the road which j; being
promoted by the Security Construc
ton Co., OF that city, is to be called
the Charleston Il Macon Railroad, the
:'7Iacun" probably referring to Macon
county. \. {. This line, if built. viii
he u!lr II The most important which
has hccn projected i'll the South for
Years Some of the most prominent
citiz.. u, ii South Carolina, Including
1Ir. ?. u. Waccncr and others, arc
iuter.stn:; in the Security Eonstruc-
tioi, t'".. Which. las recently received
vaiuohlc concessions Of land OIL tide
water in Charleston fur railroad ter
rif:alS. it is anHouuced that arrange
meuis haze been made to begin the
construction u this road 1t Gil early
date. AM it is understood that the
Charleston Srrtinr will ne the tirst to
be cumpict.'j II IS intended t. eN-
tend til. liz. by the building Of " new
road. OK By connection with existing
railroads. 1n some point i'll Tennessee.
with Il view to giving the metropolis of
South Carolina direct connection to
points hevon,t the Oni0 river.
The CharlcstnE n Macon: which: It
is understood. is associated with the
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
PALMETTO
POINTERS.
RAN AWAY WITH CONVICTS.
Accident in Spartanburg in Which
Roadworkers Are Injured.

1SV<lu" Va AClS al S 1bJu
\ terrible runaway accident occur
rel near Spartanburg Wednesday
afternoon, as the county conricts we're
returning home from work. As the
result Of the runaway thirteen con-
victs, q guard, driver and two mules
were thrown down 50 foot embank-
ment and injured, some Of them seri-
ously. The accident occurred on the
Port Royal and Western Carolina road
about mile from the city.
The injured and injuries are: Tom
Brooks, right hip and leg bruised:
Jim Goudlock. injured internally;
George Wright, injured internally:
Bob Collins, left side bruised and left
hand cut; John Richardson, stomach
smashed and hand bruised; Henry
Rollins, white, bruised; Chas. Powell.
white, right knee sprained: Mr.: J. r.
Tillitson, guard, received II severe
cut across The head,
Immediately after the accident the
convicts were carried to the stockade
aud DR.. Fl. X. Black was called and
did all he could to relieve the suffer
ing Of the injured men. John Brooks
and jim Goudlock are injured more
seriously than any Of the others.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
DISMISSED TIE APPEAL.
The Supreme Court Of the United States
will not Entertain 1T.

will not Entertain 1T.
Tie Supreme Court Of the United
States hus handed down decision II
\. f. Mcdowell VS. United States, ell
appeal from South Carolina. Between
the dates of the appointment Of Judge
Brawlcy and his qualification as Judge
the February term Of the District
Court at Grecnville began. Judge
Simontop, as Circuit Judge, designated
Judge Seymour, District Judge Of the
Eastern District of North Carolina, to
held the Court. This Judge Seymour
did for two weeks. Whilst be was
presiding the grand jury was organized:
This grand jury found 3 true bill
against Mcdowell for violation Of the
postal laws. Judge Brawlcy having
qualified relieved Judge Seymour.e and,
among other cases, tried the case Of
Mcdowell before the petit jury. He
was convicted and appealed to the Cir
cult Court of Appeals. His ground
was that, as the Office Of District Judge
81 South Carolina was vacant when
Judge Simo1fo1 o111essignated Judge
Seymour, his action was inSaffes--sna
Judge Seymour could not lawfully
held the Court; that the laws Of the
United States permit such designation
only when the judge is sick or absent
or otherwise unable 70 hold the Court.
It being al entirely new question the
Circuit Court of Appeals certified the
case to the Supreme Court and the Su-
preme Court have dismissed Nc
Doweli's appeal.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
\ story is told in the India Rubbe

\ story is told in the India Rubber
World OF q meek looking stranger,
with s distinctly ministerial air. who
applied for permission to look over a
large rubber factory. lie knew moth
Inc st all about the rubber business,
he said, ara, after little hesitation,
he was admitted. The Superintendent
showed him about in person, and the
mans questions and comments seemed
to come from tue denscst ignorance.
Finally, when the griadiug-room was
reached, ho fingered q little, aud
asked, iu :: hesitatiuS way: 'Couldn' t
I have specimen Of that curious stuff
for nv ca5inct:" "Certainly:" re-
Piled the Superintendent. although it
was = co:unouud the secret OF which
was worth thousands Of dollars; ''cer-
tainlv, cut Of As much rs you wish.
With eager step tie visitor approached
the roll Of .un, took ont his knife,
wet The blade in his mouth, and
.:Stop right where you are!' said the
Superintendent, laying heavy hand
upon thc stranger; you are fraud and
a thief. You didn't learn in a pulpit
that Il dry knife won't cut rubber.
So saying, lie showed the impostoc tc
the door, and the secret was still safe.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
lpceudiarism in Orangeburg.

The corn house, carriage house and
tool house on the premises and near
the residence Of Mr.. Allen r. Riley
we're completely destroyed by fire near
Orangeburg on Tuesday MI. klley
lives about six and one-half miles from
Orangeburg, on the Belleville road
and is an industrious farmer. Mr..
Riley and his family were away from
home ut the time of the burning and
there vas 10 white person on the
place, and he is satisfied that it IS the
work Of an incendiary. There we're
,.hout cne hundred and fifty bushels OF
corn in the corn house at the time,
which was entirely destroyed. About
two years ago Mr.. Riley sustained a
similar loss.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
CONDUCTORS HUNT BADLY HURT.
His Body Picked up IwcutH-:hrce
Miles North Of atlanta.

Conductor Tom Hunt, OF the South
ern railroad, WAS dangerously hurt. by
falling from his train Friday morning.
He was picked up at the twcnty-thrce-
mile post north OF Atlanta by train
following his own.
It is not known how the conductor
net with the accident None Of hiS
train crew missed him IRON tho train
xnd how he fell of or wus Knocked of
is L nystrry.
His wounds were iouiid 10 b; OK
ccvtliugly dangerous. 1T the twenty
three:lniic- post, or about there Mr..
Hunt ) train passed 4 Dorthbound
train.
From the injuries received by the
conlustur it was thought by some that
be was struck by the muil grab arm Of
the horthbouutl train while looking
nOSth from the platform steps Of his
tr,Au. His head was bruised and the
buck OF his skull WAS crushed i'll, the
lattEr being the more serious OF his
inirA;cs. He WAS found by small
buvlving on Tue truck after his train
had &ft and gone OF toward Atlanta.
VIXEN the southbouud Belle train
rcncLl II the point the little boy stop
ned Y train aud tolv! Captain VII
Iiuctot conductor pt the Bcllr, of his
! tinl. .4'Lc traiu crew quickly picked
M IL, kcdv Of their brother cmployc
and pl \cd him i'll Il comfortable posi-
ton or E,c train.
Everything possible WIS done to as
certain ae cause OF the accident hut
| uothinglefuitc could be learned.
Skillcl physicians used every known
means ID restore the injurcd man to
CONSEQUENCES but did not succeed, his
brain be tlg affected by the crushed
skull.
/ Cpon culnination oi the wound the
plvsiciantound that It would be ne
ccssary IL: :rephinc the skull and the
tlelicate Of fration WAS performed. 1t
REQUIRED hreful work to dress the
wound. b; after the physicians tinlsh-
| ed the lrhred man began 10 sno"
signs of iurovemcnt.
The United man was sent to the
Grady h5ital. il Atlanta. where
every uttefon possible was given the
conductorl Many Of his fellow EN-
ploves relAned by his sidc. None Of
the railroa%nen knew anything of the
accident, al they said that it was Il
mystery ho' the conductor was 1nlur-
ed.
Mr.. Hunt.aS not missed fro IL his
. train until -, almost reached Attain
ia. the crc-Vinking that everything
Was al r. It.. When Il" was missed
from ;hc-ttraAts passengers were ask
cd when thevAd last seen the con-
: iluctor. but NC seemed to remember
inst where thSontuctor WAS pcrtorn-
ing his duty It.
Tue rui!rva$n nen arc satisfied that
he either uccid tally (cll Of the traiu
l or was struck 4 athc mail arm Of the
, northbo,,uI tr;, which left Atlanta
=: early in the md ing
Mr.. Hunt llnA Accn employed by the
Southern for sot time. He was ono
of the best know conductors Oh The
road and tie nc> Of his misfortune
, will be read wit! regret. He was Il
single mun and Ii | at Central, $. C.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

At a conference Of miners in Phils-
delphia Friday plans were adopted to
secure an advance in wages next spring
to some $4,000 miners.
The Spanish consul at Wilmington,
Del, caused the arrest Of the captain
and officers of the Norwegian steamer,
charging them with violating the neu-
trality laws.
At Decatur, Ills, Friday, G. n:
Smith, known in professional baseball
as ''Paccr," was hanged for the mur-
der Of his little daughter Louise Smith
and sister-in.lsw on September 2Sth.
He had tried to kill his wife but she
escaped.
At Mount Sterling, Ky, Friday
John Williams and David Rose, who
were wealthy stock traGers Of Wolfe
county, fought savage duel to the
death at Hazel Green. Williams was
killed and Rose died later. They had
a dispute over business.
The steamer Jennie Campbell struck
a snag 20 miles below Yicksburg, Miss,
and sank Tuesday.
Captain Lang. British officer, has
been invited by China to take com
mand of her navy again.
G. ". GjbDes, suffering from melan-
cholia jumped in well at Atlanta
Thursday and was drowned.
4 Rio Jeneiro dispatch says the Bra
lillian cruiser Uranus has been wreck
eG ard her commander and five others
drowned.
At the Ontario Veterinary College at
Toronto Thursday, an American stu
dent raised a flag in honor of Thanks
giving Day: and it caused general,
long. protracted, bloody fight between
the Canadian and American students.
All the sugar refneries in Philadel-
phia, Including the Franklin refine
ric:, which are connected with the
sugar trust, an! the Independent Nc
Gum refinery, shut down Wednesday
night. throwing over 1000 m"n out OF
employment.
Another dreadful massacre has oc-
Cured at Msrash. The American,
Theological Seminary was plundered
and burned, and two students shot and
fatally wounded. Another massacre IS
reported At Aintah. Twenty thousand
Turkish soldiers are marching upon
Seituog to raze it to the ground.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
HOW 1T WILL BE DONE.
When the New Constitution Goes Int
Effect.

When the New Constitution Goes Into
The following article was adopted bS
the convention, which is known as tae
'sschedule::''
That no inconvenience may arise from
the changes in the Constitution OF the
State. and in order to carry this Cor
stitution into complete operation, Ii IS
hereby ordained and declared; -.
First-That all laws in force IN THIS
State at the time Of the adoption OF tbs
Constitution not inconsistent there,
with, shall remain in full force until
altered or repealed by the general as
semtly.
Second--All writs, actions, causes
OF action proceedings, prosecutions
and rights Of individuals: bodies cor
poratc and of the State, when not III,
consistent with this Constitution, Shall
continue as valid.
Third-Thc provisions Of all laWs
which are incoDsistant With this Con
stitution shall cease upon its adoption,
except that all laws which are lncon-
sistert With such provisions OF THIS
Constitution as require legislation to
enforce them shall remain IN force un-
til such legislation is had.
Fourth-All fines, penalties, torelt-
urcs and escheats accrulns to tne
State OF South Carolina under the Con-
stit,,tion and laws heretofore enforced
shall accrue to the State of South Car
olina under this Constitution except as
herein otherwise provided.
neutrality-suspicious., obhgatlons
and all other instruments, entered INTO
or executed before the adoption OF this
Constitution, to the State, or to any
county, township, city or town there,
in, and all fines, taxes, penalties ana
forfeitures due or owing to this State
CT to any county, township, city OF
town therein; and all writs, prosecu-
tions, actions and proceedings, except
as otherwise herein provided, shall
continue and remain unafe cted by the
adoption Of this Constitution. All IN
dictments which shall have been found,
or may hereafter be found, for any
crime or offense committed before the
adoption Of this Constitution NAV be
prosecuted as if NO change had been
made, except as otherwise provided
herein.
s:xth-Ajl officers, State, executive,
legislative, Judicial, circuit, district
county, township and municipal, who
may be in the Office at the time OF the
adoption of this Constitution, or may
be elected before the election OF their
successors as herein provided, shall
hold their respective Offices UNI, tneir
terms Rave expired, and until then
Successors are elected, or appointed
end qualified as provided in this Con-
etitution, unless sooner removed as
may be provided by law; and shall re-
cei7e TIC 7comysnssssoa a6l: 80 =
the statute laws in force at the adop-
ton Of this Constitution.
Scventh-This Constitution adopted
BY the people of South Carolina IN
convention assembled shall be IN force
and effect from and aftel the 3lst day
OF December, A. D.. eighteen hun
dred and ninety-f7c.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02

The Loudon Telegraph, comment
inc upon Lord Sackville's issuance OF
the namnhict in which he makes an
attack uron United States Ambassador
:Bay&ra, says: \ very FOOLISH Ill
hammered, ill-timed, and lli-nade
pamphlet has been issued by Lord
Sechvillc with the purpose Of lulurlnG
the reputation oE Nr. Bayard, now the
United States Ambassador, charging
him with being a political trickste1
and a consistent and determined enemy
Of England. The whole thing is 50
full Of thoaghtiess bitterness that it's
no; worth while to reproduce any part
OF the brochure. We onl; hope that
the common sense and practical jndg'
meut Of the English and American
public will treat this un.called-for at
tack with ccate.nptuous aisdaiu.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
4 NEW PEE DEE COUNTY.
Marion viii Probably BE Cut Up Into
Two Counties.

The people Of the upper section OF
Marion county are endeavorins to
avail themselves of the authority given
them by the new constitution to or
ganizc e new county. Strenuous op-
position to the new county scheme will
doubtless manifest itself in certain sec
tions Of the old county outside Of the
proposed territory and especially
around the county seat. but the people
of the section proposed to be cut OF
arc going ahead and saying nothing.
They have the required area, the pop
ulation and tue wealth and old Marion
would be left the area, the population
and wealth required by the new con-
stitution, aud if the people of the pro-
posed new county vote to organize
themselves into 4 new county tue
thing will be done.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02

Security Construction Co. Ill the en-.
tcrprisc, has secured charter to build
Il line between Charleston and the
Savannah river. The incorporutors arc
G. ". McIycr, II. y. Molony, Geo.
n. Trenholm, p. \. Pickens and ".
c. Miller. AIr. lIolony is Interested
in the Walterboro & Western Railroad,
which would probably form q portion
of the new line. The Young Mems
Business League Of Charleston is MAX
ing III effort to induce Cincinnati peo-
pl0 to become Interested i'll this rail
road enterprise, with IL view Of max
ing Charleston the seaport outlet ana
terminus for Cincinnati trudc. In
case this is true, the road may DC term.
cd the Charleston and Western instead
Of tie Charleston Macon. -BAIti-
marc manufacturers H""r;d.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02

chicago will soon have ulrlvalsd
collections Of books in many depart
ments. The Newberry library prom
lses to be unique and the Crerar will
also be founded on new lines. The
ricL Chicago University is reaching
so9: ifof any valuable special collection
that is offered for sale, AMI now the
Garrett Biblical Institute Of the North
western University has acquired the
finest co!'cce;on o. Methodist htera-
ture in tie country. While New Eezk
and Boston are laughing at what they
are pleased to call the chrome culture
Of Chicago. the latter is steadily found
ing libraries anl museums that the
San Francisco Chronicle predicts Sin
twenty years Will make the city by the
lake tac Mecca oE American scholars.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02

He claimed that Georgia was Carroll
n;.,, daughter, and he thanked them
for the Opportunity to show South
Carul;na's superiority. South Carroll
ma had past. She never had to 60
out Of the conflict for repairs. Caro-
linians were not Il people with much
brass. They had always had brains
(Applause.} -,
Ii then said the solid south was
solid no longer. The north WAS soild
AGAINST her. VIC u-c told to divide
while the shyloclis consolidate. We
arc told that VIC arc funatlcs. They
were now cherisl1ins I'LL ideal form VI
government, which could only be OBJ
tuincd in one WAY, bat can never be
pcrpctuatcl hut by tie mcn who own
and till the soil. The only hope tor
us IS in the west. Carolina realizes
that the foundation Of al wealth IS n
the country. Unless you so to con-
rress and make this fight and follow
the craukyism af South Carolin" and
Ben Tillmun You will never succeed.
SENATOR TlILM \.
There wcre loud cries then for Scna-
tor Tillmun and lie camc-torWorI slow
". The crowd had been waiting to
lear tho lnun they had read about so
much and it was curious to note the cH-
preston OF expectancy on every luce.
When the applause died away, he be-
gan. All through his speech he was
interrupted by alternative laughter and
applause. lie regarded Gcorgla as
Caroliuu's big and handsome sister.
Hc vas in Joking mood and made
Governor Eyuns and his bachelors 5
state the object Of it for some mo-
1ncits. much t. the amusement Of the
crowd. lie said the governor was
vo,lns aud green. but had Il reasonable
amount of bruins and Il pretty talr
character.
H. concluded with >olne impressive
United States pension figures. dc
mairtninctl that tie south had since
the wal paid to the north four hundred
millions of dollars pension tribute.
This was fnr moro than the north ba1
ever invested III the south. II this
money hnd been left i'll the south she
would be The most advanced country
on earth toduy.
Someone asked him about Grover
Cleveland.
lie said There ure people who
believe that Wall street knowsall about
finance. and nobody can teach them
anything and they must say me too
every time the New York World or
Grover Cleveland gruuts. ! ~onldn' t
have said anything -sncut old Grocer
if Your governa1rEadn't alluded to hlm:
because I will have better opportup-
ity to use my pitchfoll. on Kim when /
60 to Washington. But it does my
soil good to hear thv governor Of Geor-
gia say thnt two little boDtailed Re
formers attracted more attention and
drew more applause than the President
pf The United Stutcs. :
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
\ White Man Kills Il Negro Self
Defencp.

\ special from Anderson: 5. Sells
Of the killing of Charles SaNtonSpe'
gro, by Toe L. Burgess. white. pn2
the evidence in the coroncr's :! sst
it was shown that the negro "
cpnsed over his discharge and ateSd
the white mar with u hoe. The \
man secured a gun and killed tho Z
during the fight. \ verdict OF
dctence was rendered.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02

\ comparison q French operations
in Madagascar az japanese opera
tons in Formosa, slows that the latter
are nos behind, but in advance Of,
Western Nations in the art OF WAL.
The japanese, it is pointed out in the
New York Sun, Lad far and away the
harder task OF the NO. Even in the
matter OF climate Formosa IS worse
than Madagascar. The Black Flags
and other irregular Chinese levies
were more formidable opponents than
tie Hovas. The French employed 49,
Cn0 ,na: fcr a task which could have
been carried out, according TO their
own officers, by 5000, backed by 1900
o. 2p?0 Sondanese. They have lost
5000 ~ ia7ar, aidel IL r1ismaDage'
ment. madagascar viii be remembered
as IonhiH is ay The people IL the
Fre2c! pco7inccs. The Japanese don t
do things IL tbs bungliog way. They
threw G2.o21 troops into Formosa,
and relieved their nel - clevecly
that ccre o: the soldiers was kept on
the island .ong enough 20 fall victim
to she ioc.t! conditions. The whole
campaign ::as not cost them hall 50
,oarv lives IS the French have lost.
I1cor::etv1::, b,andering, lack Of
preparation, siowness Il actlon-these
things diA not mark the work Of tbs
Oriental Americans.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
\ Postmaster Arrested

rostvtfico Inspector Sadler t!!lesr
who has been doing good work 81!
his appointmcnt to that position,
had Phillip (ierlach, late rostmas
at Orapgcburg. arrested on the chal
Of emhczzlement Of postofice fun
Mr.. Gillespie mas been working on
cusc for some time and has, it
thouyht. sufficient proof to convict.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
rnE .As.<EkANk CASE.
Judge Br;,wlcy I'D rscs the Report Of
the Succ. Master.


Judge i;rawlcy l. reudcrs,i his dc
cision on tie rcporE spcciHl Master
f. r. Morgan. math,st spring IN the
we'll kuowu Aiken ltnty Loan and
Savings Bank c;ssc;bd, rs will be
seen l,y ilur record tlbc clerk Of the
Uuitc,l St;,tes Cirit Court, has
tLrowu out nil tlk:bargcs madc
against Nrssrs. WooIs and Ashurst,
aud suSt;.!ncA the cxckious made by
these icfct"|"1its, TAlIowI"s is the
record: )
Unitcj Sta,,:> pf .Aurri"a. ftrIrt ri Sput!l
Carolina Tn tho tircp Cpurt--Fourtli
Cir:uit-In Equity. Grtr Wheeler.
,!;iu,iiI. W. The Aiken snty Loan and
Savings Dank and others FendantS.
On hcaring thc repor{ I. Il. Nor
cau, special Master, and exceptions
thereto pleaded in bcha$f the dc
fcndantS WoOlsey and hurst. and
after argument and p.idcratlon
thereof, it is ordered 4 adjudgcd
that the exceptions be y ined and
the report reversed. }
Wm. H. Rley.
Nov. II. 1Sa3. [. gudgc.
I. !. Z. Hagood, clerk Shc said
Court, do hereby certify thahe fore
going order is true copy@he orl-
ginal now OH file in my oaisA
Given under my hand and of the
Court. at Charleston, ). C..E 22d
dav Of November. 1898. -
J. I. Haa.
G.. {. G.. /. S. Dish G.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02

Some idea OF the quantity OF salmon
in tie Columbia River, Oregon, Or aS.
least 0; the quantity takon out, may
be formed from the fact that some Of
the big canncrics there are now pnt-
ting up il cars al average OF ten tons
OF tic fish every day.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
Granted the Petition.

1t Charleston on Tuesday Judge
:.i;rich granted the petition OF Fir.
Barker. chairman Of the city Demo
crgcv. Mr. smgtb, ,cand.5atefo= mayor,
a-t. others, to compel Supervisor Of
Registration L. I. Williams to deposit
biz looks in the Office of the register
o: ..:esnc conveyance: where they shall
l.. :,pca to public inspection.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02

Some idea Of the extent Of the lum-
Der industries Of the Pacific Northwest
and oi the extent oi the forests is had
in tne fact that during the six months
from March 10 August OF 1895 10.933
car loads Of iugheE 22S1 shingles were
-sif1 -ssi1io6gi Eust from Seattle, Wash,
alone. These are simply shipments
lr rnil
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-02
Witt, Their Favorite Weapon.

4 special to the Columbia State
oives an account of the murder IN
Fairfield county Of Patsie Jackson, a
moro woman. She was working in her
iieil when three other women ap-
proached aud began quarreling with
her about some matter. Finally two
Of them took hold Of the Jackson wo-
man while the third cut her to death
with q razor.