The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06
M'SWEENEY NAILS A cANARD.
SOUTH CARoLINA's GOVERNOR HAS
NO DEAL WITH McLAURIN.

A Dispensary Constable industrious
Iy Circulated the Report to the Eff
feet That All Constab1es Who Did
Not support McLaurin Would BE
Eined-Farmers of Sumter Demand
That Officers of Farmers Alliance
Objective Farmers Killed, One
by N Boiler Explosion and the
other with a Shotgun.
Columbia, S. c., Oct. 5.--Chief Con-
stable w. w. Sellers has written Gov.
insolvency that Mr.. George S. Nc
Crary informed him that any state con-
stable who openly worked against Nc
Laurin would be turned off the force
by the Governor, who was opposed to
Senator Tillman.
Gov. McSweeney is indignant. Mr.
McCrary was recently appointed dep
uty United States marshal through
tentions, Gov. McSweeney has given
McCrary is said to have notified other
constables of the Governors alleged in
Inmates, Gov. McSweeney has given
out a statement. declaring the whole
matter absolutely without founda-
ton" He does not agree with Tillman,
he says, on some matters, but has new
eli lost confidence in him, and has sup
ported him for Governor and senator;
he has held no communication with
McLaurin on public matters and not a
line has passed between them as to
state or national politics. The Cover
nor furthermore promises to consider
it cause for decapitation if evidence is
given him that any constable is taking
partisan interest in any candidate for
any Office. He needs all their time, he
says, to enforce the dispensary law.
Want No More Politics.
Recently the state farmers alliance
decided to organize and acting on au-
thority Of the executive committee,
President Wilburn appointed ex-State
Senator Efiro, state organizer. The
Sumter county alliance has taken
rather peculiar action. At a meeting
here yesterday, resolutions were
passed calling on Efiro and Milburn to
pledge themselves that they would not
hold political office or run for Office
during their terms as officials of the
alliance. Then the Sumter meeting ad-
journed.
The farmers say they have had
enough of politics in the alliance and
if the organization is revived it's Of
fcers must work for the order and not
for political jobs. If the pledges are
not given they purpose starting an
other organization to protect the in
terests of the farmers.
They seem very much in earnest
about fighting the cotton oil trust.
AS President Wilburn is chairman Of
the State Railroad Commission. as we'll
as president of the National Farmers
Alliance he will hardly comply
Columbia Called to Time.
AS a result of a special meeting Of
the State Board of Health, the attor-
ney general has been asked to call on
the mayor of Columbia and ascertain
forthwith why the city authorities
either refuse or neglect to comply with
the law, and to take such legal steps
as may be necessary to enforce COM
pliance.
BY the explosion of the boiler of a
ginnery In Laurens county yesterday
Mr.. L. B. Baff was killed and his faith
er and several workmen injured.
Farmer Kills Another.
John Floyd and Joseph Vaughn,
neighboring farmers, living near Jone-
Vile, Union county, had a difficulty
last night in which Vaughn was killed
with shotgun. The particulars are
not known, but the dead man is said
to have fired at Floyd at the instant
he was shot. I4