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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
Shot Down In Cold Blood.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec. 9.-Lsst
Tuesday afternoon, about midway be-
tween Camden and Bearden, on the
line OF the Cotton Belt Railroad, oc-
CURED one of the foulest and most
damnable massacres of negroes that
has ever blackened the records of that
locality. A gang of section men, com
posed principally of negroes, with a
white foreman, were engaged in their
labor OF improving the roadbed, when
a gang OF unknown persons made their
appearance upon the scene and with
out warning began to Immediately fire
into the crowd OF helpless and unsus-
pecting negroes, which resulted in the
death of five of them. The foreman
claims that he did not recognize any
OF the asssssins. Many believe that
he knows who they are, but on &C.
count of the probability of personal
danger to himself, he is afraid to give
out any information that would lead
to their arrest. The section where
these last murders occurred is occu-
pied almost entirely by the sawmius
and is filed with lawless characters.
The Sheriff of Ouachita county is ex-
>erting himself in every way possible
to apprehend the guilty ones, and the
Cotton Belt Company has offered a
reward of $3.50 for the capture of the
murderers. If they are captured it is
believed that the courts of Ouachita
County will mete out swift justice to
them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
Hoke Smiths Hug.

ATLANTA, Dec. 11.-Ex-Secretary
Hoke Smith appeared in Magistrate
Foute's court today as counsel for
Mrs. M. L. Henson, who was charged
by DR.. f. T. Powell with robbing him
of his pocket book. The doctor states
that Mrs. Henson had visited his office
to get a prescription. As she was
leaving, he asked her if she would
not kiss him. He declared that she
did kiss him and at the same time
picked his pockets, getting q purse
containing $45. The defendant denied
the statement and declared that she
ran out of the Office when the doctor
became amorous. Mr.. Smith invited
the doctor, who weighs 225 pounds,
to hug him and show the justice how
the woman picked his pockets. The
doctor accepted the invitation, threw
his arms around the ex secretary and
they hugged each other tightly, but
the doctor could not reach Mr.. Smiths
hip pocket, for he is too stout. Nor
could Mr.. Smith reach the doctors
gun pocket and the magistrate decid-
ed that it was impossible for Mrs
Henson to have robbed the physician
even if she had hugged him, and dis
missed her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
Taxpayers Must Pay Up.

GREENvILLE, S. c., Dec. 10.-Comp.
troller General Norton was in the city
today, and made the first official an.
nouncement that there would be no
extension in the time for payment of
taxes. He said: 1.-The time for the
payment of taxes for the year expires
December 31st-that is for payment
without penalty. The Legislature
does not meet early enough to extend
the time, and the Governor and Com
ptroller General will not extend. and
therefore there will be no extension.
Heretofore, on account of the fre.
quent extensions, no objections were
offered to county treasurers receiving
taxes after the 3lst of December for a
few days. This year the treasurers
will be advised to deliver their dupli-
Gates on the 1st of January to County
Auditors, who will Immediately make
up the penalty book. In other words,
the law will be rigidly enforced and
treasurers required to collect without
regard to former customs" This will
doubtless create stir, as the taxpay-
ers seem to be relying'on the custom
ary few days grace, as shown by the
small receipts up to date. The penal
ty will doubtless attach in many cases.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
The DIspensary.

The dispensary system is receiving
a great deal of attention just now from
the people and the newspapers. The
convictionis very general that amend.
ments are necessary for the better en-
forcement of the law, and that the ad-
ministration of the law itself must be
radically changed in order to meet
the wishes of its best friends. The
Edgefeld Advertiser is Reform
newspaper of the original pattern, and
concisely states the situation in the
following extract: "a good many
amendments to the dispensary law
will be introduced at the next session
of the Legislature. But what good
can be hoped from amendments to a
law the good features of which are not
enforced and the bad ones intensified
in their administration The powers
that be have attempted to carry out
the law against blind tigers, but not
against dispensers who themselves
violated the law as fagrantly as the
blind tigers" We agree with the
Grsenville Mountaineer that mo
amount of discussion will more vividly
set forth the actual condition of affairs,
and until the administration of the
law has been adapted to the require
ments of the situation, the defectsof
the law will become more plainly Wis
ible to the public eye. The failure to
prosecute and convict single official
out of a score or more who have been
presented by grand jurles, or who
have been shown to be defaulters in
other ways, has done more to weaken
the confidence of dispensary advocates
than anything else. If the system is
to harbor defaul1ers and produce OH
cial corruption, the self-respecting cit
izens of the State cannot endorse it. -
Times and Democrat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
Suicide Does Not Vitiate.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Dec. 11.-ln the
superior court Judge Austin has rem
dered a decision in favor of the plain
tiff in the case of Bertha Buggaber
against the Supreme Lodge knights OF
Pythias of the World. This case was
made a test case in the. settlement OF
nearly one hundred similar cases
pending in all parts of the United
States, from Maine to Mexico, and on
the Pacific slope. The amount in.
volved is estimated to be upward OF
$1OO, 900 in sums of from 800 to $500
each. In the present case suit was
brought to recover 81, 900 insurance on
the life of the plaintiffs husband who
committed suicide in November 1888,
while laboring under an attack OF In
sanity. Payment of the claim was
refused on the ground that by the
terms of the bylaws adopted by the
board of control of the Endowment
Rank of the Knights of Pythias it was
provided that if a member committed
suicide, whether he be sane or insane,
or the act be voluntary or involunta'
ry, he shall forfeit all bis right under
his certificate of membership.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
A Gruesome Find,

SAVANNAH. Dec. 10.-A special from
Albany to the Morning News, says:
A ferry flat containing the corpses OF
three negro men and two others near
ly dead from cold and exposure was
discovered this morning on the bank
of the Flint river, about 10 miles above
Albany. John w. Burke, lumb
man, and Is negroes were conveying
a ferry boat heavily laden with shin
giles across the river near Warwick
about s o'clock last night. The rear
guide rope of the fiat was drawn too
tight, causing the fiat to dip water and
break the guide ropes, Mr.. Burke and
six of the negroes clung to the ferry
and reached the shoe. The flat and
eight negroes drifted down the river.
Three Of the negroes jumped over.
board. Only two of them reached
shore, while the third went under:
The two surviving negroes state that
the negroes fund dead on the fiat this
morning froze to death after surviving
until sunrise this morning. The flat
had drifted down the river about 81
ni1ea
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
Our Congressmen.

WASHINGTON, D. G. Dec: 9.-The
members of the South Carolina dele
cation responded to their names when
Congress assembled yesterday, except
Senator Irby and Representatives
Strait and Murray. DIR. Strait is con,
fined to his home by sickness, anu
Senator Irby and Murray are expected
here daily. One of the incidents OF
the day ia the House was the swearing
in of DR.. Stokes. It is unusual Tor
one man to be sworn in twice during
the Same Congress, but it will be re-
membered that at the last session the
House decided that there was no elec-
ton in DR.. Stokes district, so a new
election was ordered and the result
was in favor of DR.. Stokes. Repre-
sentative Latimer called the attention
of the House to the fact that DR..
Stokes had been duly elected, so ne
was requested to come forward and
take oath. Accompanied by Mr.. Lat
inner the Doctor advanced to the
Speakers desk and held up his hand
while Speaker Reed administered the
oath after which he was a full-hedged
Congressman again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
Five Hundred Lost.

BREMEN, Dec. 1.-The loss of life
by the foundering of the North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Salier, which sank
on the Coronas Corrubeda shoals IN
the gale that swept the Atlantic coasts
of Europe early this week, is now pos
itively known to have been much
greater than at first supposed. A dis
patch from Corunna to the Cologne
Gazette says that the number OF per-
sons lost may possibly be as high as
as 500. The Gazette's correspondent
says that the ship had on board 2lO
passengers when she left Antwerp
and embarked a great many more at
the various Spanish ports she touched
at. The character of the Sailers
wreckage, which has already been
washed ashore, indicates that the
steamer quickly went to pieces. It IS
learned that the Salier was wrecked
four miles north of Villagracia ia on the
night of Dec. 7, the vessel being at
time less than three miles of. shore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
Oufntuple Murder.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 11.-Miss Lizzie
Miller, one of the victims OF John
johnson, the negro who butchered
the Cotton family near Tickafaw, in
Tangipahoa parish two months ago,
died this morning at the Touro infer
mary. mar Four persons were killed out:
right by johnson, and the death OF
Lizzie Miller brings the number of vic
TINS up to five. Miss Miller was
frightfully hacked about the head and
BODY with an axe in the hands of the
negro, and although she had lost much
blood there was hope that she might
recover, and she was brought here:
where everything known to medical
science done for her, but without
avail. Sue mas never been able to tell
how she was wounded. The negro
murderer Johnston is still here con;
fined in the parish here. Court will
meet in Tangipahoa in a few weeks
and he will be carried their for Trial.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
LEAPED TO HIS DEATH.
Clerk OF Court for Lancaster County Takes
His Own Like.

LANCASTER, Dec. 9.-Clerk of the
Court w. w. Perry committed suicide
this morning about 10 o'clock by
Jumping into Bear creek from the
Ohio River and Charleston railroad
trestle, three fourths of a mile south
west of town. The whole community
was shocked when the news came in
that Bill Perry had drowned himself.
Mr.. Perry was a great sufferer from
dyspepsia and since his defeat last
summer in the primaries for reelec.
ton has been very much depressed.
He ate his breakfaft as usual this
morning and about 9 o'clock came into
his Office and asked his deputy. Mr..
Jones. if he was busy. Mr.. Jones re
piled thai he had some work ahead.
Mr.. Perry then left the Office and went
to the creek, on the track Of the rail
road, but on reaching the trestle turn
ed and came back in the direction of
town, but soon returned to the creek
A school boy saw him walking hur-
riedly on the trestle with his hat off.
On reaching the middle of the struc.
ture over the channel OF the creek, ne
climbed down carefully to some plank
nailed about 10 feet from the top and
jumped off into the swollen waters be.
low. The boy who saw him gave the
alarm and a man on the public road
ran down the creek to render help.
He succeeded in getting below Mr..
Perry. who by this time had on the
public road ran down the Geek. When
he saw Perry he was holding his
head above water with one hand grasp
ing bush and had his hat in the
other. The man called to him to hold
on and he would help. Mr.. Perry
turned his head, looked at him fol
moment, turned loose the bush
and sank for the last time. Partie!
with boats and hooks have been drag
ging for the body all day but uI
to this time $3.50 p. n.y. the search ha!
been unsucc assful. His hat was fount
200 yards below where he was seen t.
sink. The creek is very full and th'
water swift. The search will be KEEP
up all night
Mr.. Perry was As years of age. 81
was a cadet at the Kings Mountain
Military Institute just after the war
Several years ago he held the offic!
of county auditor and was elected clerl
OF the court four years ago. He mad
model clerk. He was generous ant
kindhearted to fault and was held ii
high esteem by all who knew him
He leaves wife but no children. Mr.
w. L. Porter, the newly elected, will
take charge in a day or two.-State.
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Fifteenth district, John A. Kelly,
Kingstree.
Sixteenth district, W. E. Jones,
Darlington.
Seventeenth district, F. D. Bryant,
Marion.
Eighteenth district, W. L. Glaze,
Orangeburg.
Ali were installed except Bro. Ar
drey.
The new Grand Master then return
ed thanks to the Grand Lodge for the
honor conferred in his election to the
office, and made an earnest appeal to
the brethren to fully inform them
selves upon the secret work and con-
form strictly to It. He commended
"Tidings from the Craft to their con-
sideration, and advised them to be-
come subscribers to it.
M. w. Bro. White submitted the
following resolution:
Resolved, That committee of three
be appointed to confer with the busi.
ness organizations of Charleston and
endeavor to induce them to select as q
Gala Week in 1892 the week of the
annual communication of'this Grand
Lodge.
Adopted. The following committee
was appointed: Zimmerman Davis, j.
Adger Smytb, Charles Inglesby and
w. M. Whitehead.
On motion it was resolved that. a
committee be appointed to purchase
suitable jewel or momento, to be pre-
sented at our next annual communi.
cation to our honored, respected and
beloved retiring Grand Master, Claude
E. Sawyer, etc. This was adopted and
the committee appointed as follows;
G. P. Quattlebaum, Joseph Bocb, o.
Sheppard. ~
On motion of Bro. Sawyer all OH
GERS of the Grand Lodge who have moi
been installed were authorized to be
installed in any lodge which they may
respectively select.
Bro. Sawyer moved that the foreign
correspondence report of the Crane
Secretary be dispensed with for the
coming year. Adopted.
The Grand Lodge was then closec
in ample form.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
South Carolina,s Delegation.

WASHINGTON, D. c., December O.
Representative Strait arrived here to-
day, and was welcomed back TO the
House by his Congressional associates.
He has not yet received formal no.
tice of contest from his rivel, John +.
Jones, although he has been inform
ed by friends of Jones that a contest
will be made. 1t is understood that
contests are expected from every South
Carolina district, and the pleas i'll
every case will be based on the uncon-
stitutionality of the State registration
laws. DR.. Stokes says he is not wor'
ried by the Johnston contest at the
present session, nor does he believe
the contestant will be able to make
out good case in the next Congress.
DR.. Stokes has prepared his case, and
he will be able to stand upon the re-
turns of the election managers that
there were not more than about 5000
reflections in his district on account of
failure to register. Conceding all
these votes to Johnston, DR.. Stokes
claims that he will have handsome
majority over his competitor. <. A.
Webster, who is here looking after
the political interests of his faction in
the Republican party, says he suppos.
es Johnston is making a contest
against DR.. Stokes at this session as
a test. If he fails to succeed on the
ground of the unconstitutionality of
the registration law of South Carolina
he will probably abandon his contest
in the next Congress. Mr.. Webster
does not claim to speak authoritative
ly on this subject, and therefore, it is
probable that Mr.. Johnston has in
view the financial allowance in con-
tested case. He can hardly hope to
have two allo wances in the same Con-
gress and, therefore, the committee on
elections may decline to consider his
case at the present session.-News and
Go,1rier
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
. Kept Out OF the Caucus.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 9.-The
most noticeable feature of the republi-
can senate caucus which assembled
yesterday, was the absence of the men
who had bolted the nomination of
Mckinley because of the gold plank
in the platform. The men absent on
this account were Senators Dubois,
Pettigrew, Mantle, Cannon, Squire
and Teller.
All of these, except Senator Teller,
were in the city and could have at
tended if they had been so disposed.
Indeed, some of them were in their
committee rooms in the capitol while
the caucus was in progress. That
their absence was Intentional was
shown by a letter which Senator Du-
bois sent to the caucus.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
GenerorIs Donation.

RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 1o.-Mr:
Washington Duke. a millionaire and
founder and owner of the great Duke
cigarette business, today gave $780,
600 to the Trinity College endowment.
He makes a condition OF his gift that
girls be admitted on equal terms with
men. He has previously given $685.
900 to this institution. Trinity College
is located at Durham, N. G. 1t is the
male college of the Methodist denoml-
nation of North Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
Calhoun County Defeated

ORANaEBURG, s. c., Dec. s.-The
effort to establish a new county 10 ee
known as Calhoun out portions on
Orangeburg and Lexington Counties
was voted last Tuesday, and was de-
feated in both counties. Orangeburg
gave for Calhoun county AGO; against,
Ss5. Lexington gave ftr Calhoun
county, Al; against, 55. All polls
heard from.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
THE EVIL OF SMALL COUNTIES.
The State of Georgia Finds them VeIy
Burdensome.

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 9.-Our Leais.
lature is now in session, aud it ould
like to find some way to lesson the
burden imposed on the State treasury
by the great number of small counties
that draw more money from the State
than they pay in taxes. In q long
statistical statement published today
The Journal shows that the burden OF
government in Georgia is borne en-.
tirely by forty seven counties. The
other ninety counties draw out for
schools and pensions more than they
nav in taxes. This is the situation
with the present years disbursements.
When the school fund is increased TO
$4OO coo as proposed, the number OF
small counties which will be =
burden to the larger ones will be-
creased to over one hundred.
The following counties now pay
than they draw out OF the State treas )
Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barlow,
Brooks, Bryan, Burke, Butts, Calhoun,
Carroll, Camden, Campbell, Chatta-
hoochee, Cherokee, Chattooga, CLAY.
Clayton, Colquitt. Columbia, Craw.
ford, Dawson, Decatur, Douglas,
Echols. Elbert, Fannin, Fayette,
Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Glssscock.
Gordon. Greene, Gwinnett, Haber-
sham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Har-
ris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Jackson,
Jasper. jefferson, johnson, Jones,
Liberty, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Madison,
Marion, McDufie, Mcintosh, Mer1'
wether, Miller. Milton, Mitchell, Mon
roe, Murray, Newton, Oconee, ogie-
thorpe. Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Pu-
laski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Ran
dolph, Rockdale, Schley, Screven,
Stewart, Talbot, Taliaferro, Tayler,
Telfair. Towns, Twiggs, Union, Up
son. Walton, Warren, Washington.
Webster, White, Wilkinson and
Woth. -,
The following twenty eight small
counties get more from the State
school fund than they pay into the
State treasury for all purposes:
Baker, Baldwin, Burke, Calhoun,
Camden, Columbia, Crawford, Fan
min. Gilmer, Glasscock, Greene, Hen.
nv, johnson, Jones, Liberty, LGmp1
kin. Madison, Mcintosh, Meriwetheri
Oglethorpe, Paulding, Rabun, Screw.
en-, Talbot, Taliaferro, Towns, Union
and Wilkinson.
The six counties of Fulton, Chat.
ham, Bibb, Richmond, Muscogee and
Floyd pay 1896, 900 in tax this yeaiy
or more than third of the levy. Fuls
ton alone pays a quarter Of million
or one eighth of the levy. The small
counties are riding on the backs %
larger ones. They are a curse
State. But we have them and
no way to get rid of them.
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and DR.. G. S. Gardner. An interest
ing feature of the occasion was sensi-
BILE talk ry Rev. E. R. Roberts. colored,
who is working in connection with the
State Mission Board. He stated that
it was the desire of the common-sensed
negro to remain among the white peo.
ple of the South, to whose influence
the negro owed much already and on
whose help and friendly guild
apce his future good so largely de.
pended. To the suggestion of the
News and Courier the the negroes
migrate in body to Africa, he would
repl.' in the language of scripture, II
would rather be a doorkeeper in the
house of the Lord. than to dwell in the
tents OF wickedness." The negro. he
said, did not want to leave and as they
were here with us. he besought for
them our continued interest and help
to make them better fitted to live
among us.
A collection, amounting to more
then $1OO, was taken to help in build
ing church at Summerville.
The pulpit of the Citadel Square
church was occupied on Sunday morn
ing by Rev. R. j. Willingham, who
from the text, GAS for me and my
house, we will serve the Lord" gave
a practical, impressive and eloquent
talk on Religion in the family"
Memorial services were held on Sun
day afternoon iu connection with the
report of the committee on obituaries.
During the conventional year thirteen
heralds of the cross passed from this
lower sphere of work to their heavenly
home. Remarks bearing on the re-
port were made by Rev. I. w. Wingo
and DR.. J. W. Perry.
On Sunday night the convention
closed its session to meet next year
with the Rock Hill church.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-16
Cherokee Count1

GAFFNEy, S. c., De0f
ton for the new coy
very quietly here
of great deal of
and it was carp
ing majority
section cut =