The Bamberg Herald, 1899-11-23

mr. nannav own ooumy was carried by Mr. Jones and the Itepublican party, which had a majority of nearly ?$,0QQ in 1896, is now overwhelm*! hya majority approximating 50,000. The Jones vote is Anti-Republican. Mr. Jones himself has made an open fight against Mr. Hanna and his methods; and the Republican party has turned^ It batteries against Mr. Jones and his followers.* Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas repelts are passed over with brief paragraphs as not of leading importance. On Nebraska be says: "The Ne-< braska'campaign was fought on national issues and the Fusion candidate a. for Judge received about 14,000 this feear as against:-3,000 for th3 Fusion-- v. candidate for Judge lal897., ftmllfrhty Secretary of War Metkiejohn came from Washington to plead with the voters to upheld the rresidentfe pollcies. Senators Thurston and Hayward were on the stomp warning the people not to repudiate the President. Senator* Fairbanks and other prominent Republicans from outside the State lent their influence, but not withstanding the efforts brought/forth hy the Republicans the^ Fusion forces gained a signal victory. Their didate, Jndge Holcomb, carried five of the Congressional districts out of the six and . lost the remainlng^disSriet . [the 1st) hj only a thousand. The Fuslonlsts made a net gain of throe District Judges and a large gain in county officers." Mr. Bryan continues: " Taken ash- " whole the election returns from all th* . States give encouragement to those who . hope for the overthrow of the Republican party in 1900. It is evident that there who relieve in the Chicago platform in 1896 still believe in it. It isatsb evident that the hostility to the Chicago platform among those wno opposed it is not as pronounced as it was in 1896. It is apparent also that there is a growing hostility to the monopolies which have grown up under a Republican Administration. It ii safe to say that the American people would by a large majority pronounce against the attempt to raise the standing army trt 1CA OCA onH ft fa Ann&llv that <*( "

wnw miu ? ! , Wn ) the Editor of The Oa the morning in j >mpsny with Hon. L. - Haselden and Drffifeartofttf went i Marion, and on ouwlwurn home we ere informed that * ipot armed men aw^tl^ioJpH^b j kpidly, keeping th^etgaighfc road j om Marion to Seller^ J2udid not, as &s been stated, drive by the home of enjamin Sellers. We decided before < caching the depot that J. D. Haselden as the man they wanted, and we Longht if we conld get him by there j ould be no trouble. ; I was riding with J. D. Haselden, >ing the driving, and as we neared i ie depot I guided our horse to left to "1 188 the front-.buggy, whose occupants J .j ere Dr. Edwards and Capk ??. M. < aBelden. As we were crossing the 1 dlroad track, I looked backwards j 3d saw Mr. Ben Sellers on the depot i latform, with a pistol ifc his hand, ; ad Mr. John Sellers rushing out of ; spot door. I told Dudley to look out. i t this moment pistol shots were fired i Dudley was getting out of buggy. Te were then about 25 feet across the ; dlroad track. I halted my horse end irned in buggy and began firing at [r. John C. Sellers, who was firing in iy direction from behind.a mail crane, positively did not shoot at Mr. Ben sllers, and several shots were fired afore I fired at all. I saw shotguns red both from the door and window I the depot office. After firing my tst cartridge, I dropped .down in the Qggy and, looking around saw some ae pointing shot gun through almost loeed door of the depot office, asking. Where is Aubrey?" After party rft depot door I got out of buggy ana alked across to house of Mr. Brown, wking for Dudley, who had gone in lat direction after emptying his pls>1. Not finding him, 1 returned* to ie buggy and drove off down the 3ad, where 1 was joined by Mr. L. M. Caselden. The ouggy in which I was ow bears the marks of six bullet oles. While I regret the unfortunate ffair, it was unavoidable on our part. -8 for my part, I had nothing against

upon a distinct vote upon (he issue ft lftrge majority of the people would pronounce against an imperialistic policy which would develop here ft colonial system after the pattern of * European Governments "If the rebuke administered to (he. Republicans at the polls had beer more severe the prospect of remedial legislation at the hands at the Republicans would be brighter. While it was sufficient to indicate that the people are not satisfied With the Republican policies it may not have beer sufficient to stay the coarse of the Republican party toward plutocracy and toward the European ideas of government built on force rather wan upon the oonsent of the governed?a government relying for safety upon a Urge standing army vnthsr tun upon a citizen soldierr." j, , mm <?-.' ,? - -/fSsST* ?A short time ago Gov. McSweeney, upon reports made to htm, summarily dismissed from the oonstabnlaiy focoe James Altom, of Greenville, upon the charge of drunkenness. .Yesterday Mr. Altom arrived in the city. He oame armed with affidavits from a number of responsible citizens and one from the man who preferred the original ehatge, in which the man stated that he amy possibly have been mistaken and that Mr. Altom might have been sick and : not intoxicated. The affidavits satisfied the Governor that the ohargea were without foundation, and he lot- , immediately reinstated Mr. Altom as a member of the constabulary force. ?Hundreds of army offioers' wives have been thrown into deep distress by the War Department's order refusing them tr&nsportetlon on the government vessels to Manila, and tearful remonstrances are being received daily against what they term an infringment on their freedom. The government can not prevent the ladies from joining their husbands if they pay their own transportation, but few can afford t, the cost of a journey, which Is even more expensive now thffw usually,

he UnitedStafces has been swallowed ip by the Steel Trnah Some of the ormer plants have b*en closed. Thousnds of employes h*ve been discharged nd the trust is enjoying the difference etween the cost of production a year go, and the present selling price. If tiere was five dollars piofit on the proaction of steel when it was selling at 17 per ton, there is now a profit of $22. 'he cost of producing the ton of steei as not increased. On the contrary, ; has lessened. It takes no more ore, r coal, or any other material which nters into its njoductjpn than it did efore the trustfg(fti?fctipl. Less la<jr is us$d to mai$ it Fewer salesich are enlployed. Actually thejprofits yfeSteei Trust are three hundred jt?&L more than they were less than v8ve months ago. It is the most paffiigfrAe^ypifeasion ever imposed The fanner will find ^bat^ wittun a sar, perhapv much sooner, he will have > pay to the Steel Trust from thirty to J >rty per cent more for his agricultural . nplements than he has done in the : ast The tax, for such it is, is venal , 1 the highest degree. There is no ! jlief for the farmer with the repnbcan party m power. It most be de- ( ?ted before justice will come. The inner should remember also that for eery bridge which is built, the struc- , iral iron used therein will cost one : undred per cent, more than formerly, "he Steel Trust is a monster which ill devour the substance of the farmer. . The promoters of the trust are now ' t work to form a Hard Wood Trust, yhen that is accomplished they will x the price on every stick of timber ilich the farmer offers for sale. That rust will be the only purchaser. Then e will have to pay tribute to the Varish Trust and to the Paint Trost. Four undred millions of dollars will be pat lto a trust to control the wheat pronet. 4t will be done. That organized nd the price will be fixed for the far -

U2Q Clg&TClMS UL2S8 WCX1 UifiU vuwvuj ov though the evil is generally admitted a < to be constantly increasing. We have tn even heard it, gravely hinted by those gi who used to assail the habit vigorously N: that it is not so much of a corse after ti< all, as we had been led to believe. But to the physicians still insist that it is th ruinous to the health of boys, and the bi bloodshot eyes and pale faces of. young or smokers, confirm the opinion of the dc doctors. We have no donbt in the n< world that the cigarette destroys five boys where whiskey kills one. One ga reason for this is that it is unpopular in for a youth to drink whiskey, but quite sc the thing for him to smoke a cigarette, pi Recently we heard an old man implor- e\ ing a young fellow to stop smoking be- e< cause the deadly effect of the habit was es plainly written in the boy's face. The pi old gentleman told the youth that he g< would gladly get down on his knees in tfc the street where they were standing d< and pray the Lord to give him strength h< to break the habit, if he would allow him. The boy replied that it was of no use?the habit had such a hold upon jg him he could not quit it That was a ^ sad picture. We shall not soon forget ^ the look of pity on the old man's face 01 nor that of hopelessness on the face of ^ the boy as they departed in silence. ^ There is big money in cigarettes, to be Y sure,?millions have been made by y thoir sale?but we*know one woman, a a loving mother, who would give all the s, millions of a Rockefeller, if she owned a them, if she only had her dear boy back 0 again. There are large numbers of t] bright boys who read these columns. We c long to see them develop mto noble and ^ useful men. You cannot possibly be- n come a noble or a useful man, my boy, 0 and smoke cigarettes at the same time. a

orse back across the railroad and the ifls fell out on the track and was. not icked up until Mr. Haselden's hands ame back for it, about 20 minutes iter. Mr. John C. Sellers was wounded rith a 44-calibre?apparently a rifle tall, which passed under the J eft Clarice and came out behind the right houlder, and was cut out under the pinal column. The third ball entered he left forearm and came out about our inches abov&the point of entrance. The negro who witnessed the whole hooting sail ?lr. Luther M. Haselden :ot out of Dr. Edwards' buggy as they Irove up and got on the south platorm of the depot. From that side a mllet hole appears in a pane of glass, anging down towards the inner office, md was found on the floor of the inner tfflce, after having gone through the loor. The prominence of all concerned nakes the affair very deplorable. The following are signed statements rom Mr. J. Dudley Haselden and Mr. lohn C. Sellers: Mr. J. Dudley Haselden said : "Yesterday morning Mr. Ben Sellers and nyself had some talk about the letters. [ told him I did not hold him responsible for the letters for I did not believe that he wrote them; I told him I heard that he had been making reference to them and to my home, and that I could cot and would not allow. I then asked tiim if he had made such reference, that it was hard to believe it, and he did not deny it. I told him he would cither have to affirm or deny; it resulted in my striking him, afterwards we apoligized to each other, shook hands and then transacted our business. As he was leaving, I said I suppose we 8hall meet as friends or how. He suggested that we meet without Bpeaking. I suggested that he seemed dissatisfied and that it would ba best to settle it. I told him I would giv& him satisfaction any way he wished it, hn tn pat a friend to represent him.

ny of the gentlemen involved. J.A.^Evans. Sellers, S. C., Nov. 17. ?The London Dally Mail says if an ' erial machine was capable of travelig at any rate up to 1,000 miles an oar, a traveler in it, starting westward from London at a speed of 600 liles an hour, would arrest the progess of time. If he started at 10 a. m. ; would always be to him 10 a. m. hould he find his unending day mootonous, he could reverse nis direc[on and get a quick succession of short ays and nights of some six hours' duation, but he could regulate the length y the speed of his machine. Suppose e traveled from London one night at 0 o'clock, westward, at a speed of ,000 miles per hour. He would soon xperience the sensation of seeing the un rising in the west, where it had et a short time before. ?Mr. O. C. King, of Meridian, Miss., rho is commissioner from the State of dississippi to the Paris exposition in 900, has arranged there for what iromises to be a great novelty in the ray of an exhibit from that State. He ias made arrangements with a party rho has secured at the right season >00,000 selected full grown cotton bolls, rhich will be sold at the Paris expos!ion by original cotton field darkies as louvenirs of the American exhibit, Dhese will be the first cotton bolls ever shipped abroad, and they will be eagery sought after by people who have ised quantities of American cotton, 3ut who have never seen it in its natural form. ?The most curious palace in the vorld is the Alhambra, in Spain. It vas originally a fortress, so great in extent as to be capable of holding 10,000 men. It was begun in 1248 and finished in 1314. It contains numerous halls and courts, all decorated in the highest style of Moorish art. ?The Mormon church proposes to srect a large temple in Louisville, Ky. it will be used not only as a place of

WG gUfc W lilic UOpuv^ no iuw m vho informed us that the depot was *j illed with armed men awaiting to at- ^ ack us as we went our way by the f30 lepot to our home. * Inasmuch as I believed my brother ? Oudley to be the object of the proposed ittack, I thought that if we could get fi! llm safely by, the attack might be rvoided. Consequently, I advised that {J L>r. Edwards and I should go ahead b ind slow up our horse just at the depot, 01 thereupon Dudley and Evans were to ? Irive rapidly by and thus by confusing . hem avoid if possible the intended at* " tack. As we approached the depot I ?w two men peeping through the ^ window that looka out upon the roa? ' we were traveling and evidently locat- ~ Ing Dudley. As we slowed our horse, u Dudley's buggy went rapidly by to our left. Just at this time Mr. Benjamin Sellers rushed from the depot with his j}1 pistol upraised, and I stepped from my 11 now slowly moving buggy upon the railroad track, faced him with pistol * Ln hand. He leveled his pistol in my A direction and we both fired. Almost * simultaneously Mr. J. C. Sellers rushed from the depot, and from within a Bhotgun was fired. Mr. J. C. Sellers Bred at me, the bullet glancing my right side. J returned his fire with & twoBhots, one of which was while h. was squatting behind the mail crane ? shooting some one at right angles. * Just at this time I was attracted by a the horse of Dr. Edwards come rush* ri ing back with him in the buggy. A ii gun was fired by some one concealed S in the office full into his face ; where* n upon I rushed up the steps and fired tl through the window at the figures of d three men in the office. I then jumped p from the platform and turned in time b to exchange fire with some one who b had come around the corner- of the i t onannftfi mv onlv remaining l