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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. CUT THEIR WAY OUT. Thirtoon Daring Prisoners Escape trora Fels o m Penitentiary. GUARD CARTER CUTf$n DEATH. A Sanguinary mittle- Wan Fought "Before 'tho Olllcials Were Over powered, Some Oltlcera Taken Away an Prisoner**. 'A special from Folsom says li desperate prisoners con Unod in tho Folsom penitentiary made a succ?s t ful break for liberty at the breakfast hv^ r Tuesday morning. Alter a fierce light in tho captain's ollice during which a turnkey was fa tally stabbed, a guard was killed and another officer was wounded, the con victs seized arms and ammunition and, using thc warden and other olllcers as shields escaped. Tuesday night it is believed they arc making for tho Bald mountain. State troups ordered out by Gov. Pardoe have gone to the scene. Thc dead: Wm. L. Colter, a guard, cut in abdomen, died live horns later. Wounded: O..J. Cochran, turnkey, stabbed in back-, will probably die. W..C. Tulmer, cub in tho head. Thc convicts made their break for liberty about 7 a. m. They went to the office of R. J. Murphy, captain of the guard, and seized Warden Wilkin son, Capt. Murphy and several other officers and guards. A desperate tight, took place. The convicts wen: armed with knives and razors, and with those they assaulted Warden Wilkinson ?ind his officers. The warden's clothing was slashed into nhreds with ?1 razor, but thc blade tiki not touch thc Mesh. Turnkey Cochrane fought the convicts with a chair, raining blows upon them right and left. Finally he was felled by a knife thrust in the back. Guard Carter was disemboweled by a cut in the abdomen and bc died about inion. Palmer was severely cut in tho head. The fioor of the office was covered blood. Thc officers were easily out-number ed and were soon relieved of their arms Then, using thc olllcers as shields, the convicts started fur the armory on the outskirts ol' thc peni; teutiary grounds. Tiley passed a Gat ling gun on one of the walls, but thc guards were afraid t:> shoot at tho . convicts for fear of killing the prison officials. -.?v- When''the armory was reached olll '--..ce'rs'there attempted to interfere but -J^C^v=<i>?'cl5"ly-'. rn-r?t>f>evw>iH}<l---Kiid--li.Uo. convicts after fortifying themselves further with rides, knives, pistols and ammunition made a dash for thc coun try Convicts, each armed with rides, marched on either side of Warden Wilkinson, who was threatened with death if he attempted to escape, and thc olllcers were told that if any of the pursuers took thc life ol' one of their number they would retaliate, life for life. At Mormon bridge, about a mile from uhe penitentiary, the warden, his grandson and Capt Murphy were re leased and sent back. The others were marched along with the convicts. Further on the convicts went to a farmer's house, seized his four-horse team and wagon, stripped the house of all its portable valuables, took the farmer with them as a driver and headed for Bald mountain. Evident ly it is their intention to reach Alabaster cave, situated near this mountain. All the convicts are still at large. Among the ollicers carried off by them is General Overseer Mc Donough. Some fears are felt for his safety as he bears the especial ill will of the convicts. The several hundred remaining pris oners made no attcempt to get away and were quietly returned to their cells and locked up. Warden Wilkinson was the first to return to the penitentiary. The con victs had taken lils hat. Capt. Mur phy appeared afterward, minns part of his clothing, and later young Wil kinson came in. Folsom penitentiary is the prison without walls, lt is situated in a rocky amphitheatre close to the American river, about '20 miles from Sacramen to. .Nearly J,;10(j men arc confined there where it has been thc practice to send the most desperate prisoners. ONK CONVICT Kl M. KO. The result o? the light between the convicts and the two officers at 7 o'clock Wednesday night in F.ldorado county vvas the death of Fred I Iowan!, a convict killed outright, and the wounding of another convict, a negro named Seavis. Thc coroner at Flaccr ville at thc request ol' the prison officials will hold an Inquest on thc dead convict. When last seen tho convicts were in citizens' clothing, while their prisoners wore stripes. Thc latter appeared to be having a hard time of it, as they were heavily laden with bundles and amunition. Thc latest information is to Hie ell oct that another encounter has taken place between the Hoeing convicts and their pursuers, resulting in the death of John Addison, a convict anti of an-, other whoso name is unknown. Tho posse and militia are closing hi on the desperadoes. The capturcWr destruc tion of the complete band is only a matter of a short time: At 10 o'clock Wednesday night thc convicts turned Bernard Schlottman. Joe Foster anti the following prison otllcials loose: ,1. C. Mcdonough, .1. IO. Jolter, J. W. Dulan, W. J. Ilop tona and TlioB. Seavy. They were released lu thc brush about four miles south of Idols place and cann: into JJiels about <> o'clock Thursday morn ing. John KlcndorfT, one of the guards, tumbled ont of the wagon during thc tiring at Pilot Hill and escaped unhurt. This makes all the free men accounted for and safe. The convicts arc somewhat short, of ammunition and arc without.supplies, having lost them in the light at Pilot Hill. All of them had lunches in their pockets, and when the shooting began they threw them into a box in the wagon and a few minutes later lied. "Nearly all of them have a little money. They debated whether to kill their hostages or turn them loose, but ilnally they decided to let them go unharmed. About 100 shots were exchanged in the battle at Pilot Hill. Tile light at Pilot Hill Wednesday night between the convicts and their 'pursuers seems to have been a more serious affair than at tirst reported. After they had looted a provision store at Pilot lilli they were practically surrounded by thc sheriffs of Sacra mento and Placers counties, each coni j manning a Strong posse. All four horses on thc convicts' wagon were shot and one of the criminals was kill ed outright. Then the outlaws raised a white Hag and marched up thc road with the guards and others whom they had captured on each side of them. A general volley was not or dered, as it might have killed several innocent men. in this deliberate manner thc'second escape was made. The pursuing ollicers have been in structed to shoot the convicts on sight and their death or capture in the near future is expected. TWO TRAINS CRASH. A Fast Vestib?l? DnshcH Info ii Slow Work Trnln. Two people were killed and seven injured in a rear-end collision between the South-western Vestibule Limited on the Southern railway and a work train at. Springfield, Va., seven miles from Alexandria at 7.15 o'clock Sun day morning. The engines and several of the cars were badly damaged. The killed: W. AV. AYoodward, Jonesville, Va., 21) years old. a postal clerk. Walter ?leeks, llreman. The injured: Benjamin I ; awi rigs, Orango, Va., postal clerk, both legs broken; may die. Peter Harrington, engineer of the passenger train, seriously injured about head: may die. John L. Thompson, Washington; 1>. C., postal clerk, in charge pf the mail cars on the limited, wrist badly cpl,. J. Frank'Kellcr, postal clerk, Lant v.cr's "Mills, Va., right arin broken. Fred J. Larrlck, postal clerk, contu sion of l ight leg and foot. TA. Fontaine or Bethel Hill, N. C., badly bruised. One unknown passenger, The Southern is double tracking its line between here and Atlanta and the work train had been on a siding at Springfield getting ballast out ol' a pit. The brakes refused to work and thc train, beyond the control of its crew, slipped out on to the main track. I he limited, tile crack train of the Southern between here and New Or J?a-un, duo lnjJlds_cIt?y^JLJ>-iio'isl?ckJ. was bctwecn hall' iib. hour late and-was running at a high rate f f speed. En gineer Harington was unable to t;ec thc work train until within 200 feet of it. Tlic collision occurred about 15 feet, south ol' the siding and the baggage, mail and express and several passenger cars were thrown into a ditch. The engine of thc limited was turned on its side and thc other engine was badly wrecked. The tracks were made impassable for several hours. Fon tain, Keller and Rawlings were brought to this city and treated at the Emergency hospital.Engiueer Arling ton and the other injured were taken to Alexandria. mind Tiger Clubs. Thc Columbia State says Gov. Hay ward's attention has been called to the fact that there ls an increasing num ber of social clubs in thc city, and it is darkly hinted that some of these clubs exists only for the purpose of selling liquor. It, ls a very delicate question. Recently one of these clubs on lower Main street was raided anti thc consta bles found an iee box in which were a lew bottles ot' beer and a large num ber of bottles ol' soda water. The proprietors of the club asked the con stables to leave the "soft drinks." AAMiereupon the constables became suspicious and upon opening thc bot tles supposed to be lilied with sodo water found instead that they were loaded with rca) hoo/c. A Distiller in Trouble. A Special tojThc State from Bickens says Chief Constable C. L. Ctn eton of that, division assisted by 10. P. McUriivy and G. W. Coleman Thursday set a.watch over government distilcry No 2:i?.), operated by J. I). S tansell, lt was not long before they saw Stan sell go into the cistern room and in a l'e\y minutes he emerged with a tin bucket containing two gallons of whiskey and started with it toward his house. The ollicers pursued and soon captured him. They confiscated the whiskey and brought Statisch to thc magistrate at Bickens before whom he pleaded guilty on a charge of transporting and paid the linc of * I (?? an unusual price for two gallons ol' whiskey. The distillery will probably he broken un. Fatal Accident. At New York three men are dead and several injured as thc direct result of thc blowing out of a cylinder-head of an engine attached to ?tn ammonia [itnnp lu thc Jacob Ruppert Brewin companies ice plant on Alexander avenue carly Tuesday. Ono hundred and lilly men wen: at work at one time and as soon as the engine stopped working the ammonia Mowed from the pump, thc fumes spreading to all parts bf the building. Bat roi man David J. Goss was overcome by Hie fumes while rescuing unconscious employes from the building and his injuries may prove fatal. A Fatal Kow. A tragedy occurred lu Mason county, 'Tenn, last week, in which three men were killed and a fourth desperately wounded. The trouble occurred iii thc home of Miss Julia Bell while a darice, was in progress. Miss Bell, it is said, had shown a preferencc_ior J. Frels and Dick Mason, Tom Fields, Clay House and Mike Johnson attack ed Frets, who it ls said, began to shoot with tho result that the three first named were killed and Johnson is thought to bc mortally wounded. Frets, it ls said, shot only four times, tigging a man each time. A FATAL ERHOB. Mistook Nitric Acid for Water and Poured it on Nitro Glycerine, WHICH CAUSED AN EXPLOSION Ol' Powder which wa? Boni?: Taken From tin- MUKiizincH und Bonded on Wagons nt tho Tinto. At Lowell, Mass., two small gun powder magazines, situated in thc very midst of the humble residences of 60 mill operatives, -exploded Thurs day with a frlghtfftl concussion, and the resultant wave of death cut liff the lives of more tiian a score of human being and injured nearly 50 others. Half a dozen men who were loading kegs of powder from one of the maga zines were blown to pieces; four buys 200 yards, were killed by tho force of thc explosion, and 14 frame houses within a radius of 400 yards were blown down as if they had been built of curds. Seven of these houses im mediately caught lire, probably from thc kitchen stoves, and were complete ly consumed. At least three persons were caught In thc ruins and burned to death, while seven or eight others who were rescued died subsequently of their injuries. lt is estimated that 70 separate pieces of property, including thoso al ready mentioned, were destroyed, while the force of thc explosion wrecked windows for live or six miles around, and its thuudur could be heard distinctly more than f?0 miles; away. Thc following is the Hst of those known to be killed: George Finn, ?lohn MoMasters, Louis E: Richards and James D. Grady, ali employed by the United States Cartridge company; ?lames ll. Sullivan, Charles Mooro, Jean lioleau, all employed by the Stanley Forwarding company; Gilbert McDermott, 10 years; Michael McDer mott, 12 years: Thomas Hooligan, ll years: Joseph Hooligan, 10years; Wil liam Galloway and son Hubert Gallo way, Albert Lebrun, Mrs. Catherine Higgs, tiddic Rodgers, George A. Mc Dermott, four years; Josephine J'e i'ussc, ll years: Mrs. Victoria Perusse and Sept triam Periisse (the nine last named were killed hy the fall of their houses or burned to death); unknown man. , Four persons are missing, two car penters, names unknown; John Higgs and Patrick Spencer. Those fatally injured arc. Amador Buulugcr, 18 years; Clarendon Good win. JiQ. year?, ~borJa.enQ.ployejL_Q?"carT trldge company: Mrs. Howard0 Bur kett, Miss McDermott, Eliza Gallo way and Clara Superna. The magazines were the property of thc United States Cartridge company of this city, but fortunately were sit uated more than a mile away from the factory rtself. They were con structed some :10 years ago, in what was then a broad, open Held on the banks of the Concord river. During thc last decade small wooden dwell ings have gradually sprung up in the vicinity, crowding nearer and nearer with fancied security to the two Inno cent-looking little buildings until they were almost completely surrounded, by them, except on thc river side, the nearest house being scarcely ?30 feet away. Both magazines ordinarily contain ed two or three tons ol' gunpowder In tin kegs. Thc company has for some time been desirous of strengthening thc Moor of the magazine nearest thc street and this morning eight men, three of them employes of the com pany, three expressmen and two car penters, were sent there with three large express teams to take out the powder and mend the Moor. Two of thc teams had been loaded and the other was almost full when, at six minutes past i) o'clock the explosion occurred. It was discovered that a oan of nitro-glycerine, which was stored inthe magazine, was leaking. Mr. Goodwin picked up what he thought was a jug of water and began to your it on tiie nitro-glycerine with thc idea ol' dilut ing it and was washing it up. As soon as the Huid from the jug struck the Moor, he found that it was nitric acid. Thc lloor at once began to .smoke, and when the mun saw it they rushed from the building, but had not gone 10 feet when the explosion oc curred. This magazine was, therefore, the lirst to go up, followed immediately by the gunpowder in the three loams and several seconds later by the second magazine. To those who heard thc ?rash, lt seemed as If there were two distinct explosions, with a continuous roar be tween them. There arc, however, live holes in th? ground, which clearly ind?cate live explosions. The entire catastrophe, however, occupied the space of scarcely live sec onds, but in that time the surround ing property was swept as if a small volcano had broken forth In its midst. Every house within 200 yards eiriltpps cd trees were blown down, thc grass within a hundred yards mowed as ii' by a lawn mower, while bricks fruin the two magazines were hurled tar across thu ri ver and all over the neigh borhood. K?r'several minutes afterwards the air was completely lilied with smoke and dust, illuminated by thc glare from the already burning houses. The work of rescue began at once, but in many cases thc Hames had al ready gained full sway over thc crum bled ruins and several poisons were burned lo death bciorc thc debris which covered them could bc remov ed. The property is situated just over the Lowell linc, in Tcwksbury, but thc Lowell lire department did most of thc work in caring for tho wounded, liefere a stream of water was started from thc engines, thc hose from all thc wagons was taken out and the bodies of the wounded were placed In thc wagons and hurried to thc hos pital. Ambulances soon appeared on the scene and assisted the firemen, nod all sorts of vehicles were presset! luto tho service. Nearly -IO persons were taken to the two hospitals with in half an hour, while many more whose injuries were slight had their wounds dressed and remained on the scene, where they assisted rn caring for the less fortunate; The explosion shook the city and within hair an hour there were at least 5,000 people on thc scene of thc catastrophe. Thc crowd so badly hindered thc work of caring for tho wounded that the mayor sent out a militia call. Three companies respond ed and three hours later had thrown a cordon of men around thc district and cleared the place of every one except those immediately engaged in quench ing the Hames and searching for vio ti ms. Two hundred yards further down thc river from thc second magazine the firemen suddenly came across the bodies of four little boys who were about to have a swim. A liftli mem ber of the part was in the river when the explosion occurred, and escaped without Injury. Apparently thc force from this sec ond magazino was expended In two di rections, north and south. On the north it completely demolished the house of William Higgs, about 50 yards away, almost hu ry lng Mrs. Higgs, and badly injuring her little son. Mrs. Higgs died before being takeu to thc hospital. On the other side of the magazine was a girovc of trees, through svhich thc explosion tore a path 50 feet wide for a distance or nearly .100 yards. The four little boys were caught in thc centre of this path, and three were instantly killed, the lindy of one of them being frightfully mutilated, the head being completely blown oil*. The fourth was alive when he was discovered by tho police and tironeo hut did not long survive. Most of thc property destroyed con sisted of small buildings constructed of wood, and at a comparatively small cost. The properly loss, there fore, will not be heavy. Thc select men of thc town of Tewksbury believe that 875,000 will cover tia.', entire loss. RAINFALL VERY LIGHT. Tho Weekly Ueport ol" thc Weill tier arid Crops. Section l>irc?tor .1. W. Ifciuer has Issued his report on the weather ?md crops for thc week ending July 2S. It ls as follows: The week ending. 8 a. m., Monday, July 27th, had a mean temperature ol' 81.5 degrees, which is practically nor mal. There were no very cool nights, nor hot days, making the temperature conditions quite favorable. Thc winds were generally Ug4ii, variable and very dry, There was more than the usual amount of bright sunshine. Thc .roJjUAve. hurftidlty. was: unusually .low, throughout thc week, that caused veg etation to wilt considerably Iii the day time, but it generally freshened during the nights, but this condition was favorable for ridding Melds of grass by cultivation. Thc week's rainfall was very light, averaging only o.l-l inch for the'State, and consisted of widely scattered showers. These showers werc'bcnell cial where they occurred. There is a uced of rain indicated for all parts of thc State, although early corn is the only crop that has as yet sui?ercd to any material extent. The rain is needed to counteract the severe work ing that crops received in ridding them of grass. Laying by ls cither linlshed or well underway, and hut few fields remain grassy. The drought is most severe in York and adjacent counties. Corn is tiring in the eastern coun ties. In places old corn is safe, in other places it is in a critical condition for want of rain. Young corn is gen erally promising, but needs rain to maintain this condition. Some fodder has been pulled. A general summary of thc condition ot cotton shows that on clayey lands, and over the western counties, thc crop has improved, but that on sandi lands, and over the eastern counties, except parts of Hampton, Barnwell, Orangehurg, Sumter, Marion and Marlboro, the conditions are less prom ising. Tlie cotton crop would he hen el! ttod hy a general rain. Sea island cotton is in excellent condition. Tobacco curing is making ?apid progress, and in places is nearly finish ed, tho crop is about half gathered. .Some is -'burning" in thc fields. Mar keting is underway, and prices are un satisfactory, Karly and late planted rice arc do ing well, while in ter mediate plantings are poor and grassy in thc Colleton district. Peas are not doing well. Stoic Sufc:and All. A special dispatch from Sallcy's to Thc Stale says last Friday night week robbers entered thc room of Mr. Sulli van Sawyer and stole a small iron safe containing about *7?3 in cash and sev eral valuable papers. It Is not known how the robbers entered the house but the supposition is that while Mr. Saw yer was eating supper the parties went into his room and carried thc safe away. Saturday the safe was found concealed in the woods near the town but it had been opened and everything carried away. Mr. Saw yer is tine of the most prosperous mer chants of the thriving little town of Terry, it, is hoped that thc guilty partie.; will soon be caught, and speedy justice meted out to them. This is the second time that, Mr. Sawyer has been robbed in the last month and it seems that thc robbers must be famil iar with thc place and where the money is kept. This ought to he a lesson tm all who keep their money and papers In such places that can be easily moved. Comino; South. A dispatch from Evansville, Ind., says for twenty four hours many strange negroes have been passing, through thc etty on their way to thc south, where they will seek homes. Many of them caine from Danville, III., and points on tl>e Illinois Central railway. Two coaches lilied with negroes passetl through at ono time. A number of thc negroes who left Evansville, during the recent riots have not returned. The feeling against the negroes in the southern Indiana towns has grown more intense since the trouble In Evansville. Senator Tillman "ttirsTJp a*W?8Con; r'?VT " .?v?? ' rS: ..y- sin Audience by Eb ijj ? . TALK. ON .THE "NEGRO CUESTION. - I)idn!C biko IV h ut Ho Haid nt First But When Ho Was Through Thoy Thoiif-ht Best nf tho Ai'guitiont. Senator h. lt. Tillman, of South Carolina, - matched his wit and sar casm against thc legal mind and wes tern rrranncrs or .Senator J. lt. Burton, o? Eclisas, Monday night of last week in a joint debato on tho negro ques tion itt Madison, Wis. Thc following report or the meeting wc take from The ?News and Courier: Senator Tili ntan \ said thc people of the North were Xs bad as those of the South in thcit*\; handling of the negroes who committed ''unspeakable crimes.'' "Whctf ii negro up here shows thc outcroppings or thc instincts or his inferior race," said Senator Tillman, "you'viuob, string, lynch, burn and oqtrog?'? humanity with him. lt makes, a mighty big dilfercnoc whose family is struck, whose home is en tered! whose, wife or daughter is the victin). You men in the North are uot sljjw to iiqt wheyi your wonicn arc outrajred, and 1 want to Hay you .are men to do it. "Iflyou had as many niggers as we have uh* South Carolina you would feel as l do, and ymir people would not sustain your anti-niggcr senators as my-.neople sustain me." Tue licry Southern senator was unpopular at fi rst with it ho. audience of .-?,000 woo plo, but at thc close of tho debate t ho impression seemed to prevail that he had the better of t'.iC argument. Senator Tillman said the colored people owed all the progress they lrad made^n America to thc fact that they, tycrc once in bondage, and that thc South had nourished them into whatever Industry, virtue and intel ligence they ever attained; that the North .wont to war to "free the nig gers" llrst and tq "save thc union af terward. The Republican party, he said, played the friend of the blacks In-.order to get black votes. The greatest disturbing clement in thc problem -was the fact that thc people of the':?North, alice ting motives of charUv?).Christianity and humanitar ianism] .were attempting to poke their '-'greaL' long Yankee noses" into the businf-gs of the Southern states, that were f ji'ual to the problem that would not-bil in danger ol' overwhelming the.m.vuVf?ess the Northern inlluence bro;jtf"(\Vabou't a War of extermina tlon.T'" C . ' ' Senator' Tillman said the negroes were recognized In the South when they deserved lt, and sometimes when they did not, mentioning the recipi ents of the United States' executive appointments. Tho Southern sena tor asked thc audience to hold an af ter meeting to form a negro emigrat ing society, for thc purpose of bring ing to Wisconsin UOO.O?O negroes, thc proportionate share of this state of thc negro population of thc whole country. The after meeting did not develop. Senator Burton agreed that the ne groes had apparently grown more de graded and criminal than they were before the war, but he said it was the fault of thc South, lack of schools, and thc "cuchreing" of the negroes out of their constitulsional rights hy the Southern whites. lFc said in education lay thc solution ol' the prob lem. Senator Tillman agreed with Sena tor Burton in this but said thc South would take up arms rather than allow the north to force an impossible so cial or political equality between the whites and negroes in theMSouthern slates. i Senator Tillman said that thc United States barred Chinese from their gates because ol' thc inferiority of the Mongolian race and the impos sibility of Chinese ever becoming thc socialer political equals of Ameri cans. "Thc Inferiority is greater and the Impossibility more impossible with respect to thc negroes and particular ly the Southern negroes," Mr. Till man declared. Senator Burton placed ??tress on thc great possibilities which, bc said, lay in tho negroes. Their capacity for development), bc said, had been prov ed in every Northern state, and not only In thc North, but in thc very heart of thc South. At Tuskegee, Ala., Booker T. Washington, a black man, had demonstrated there for sev eral years that the negro, when given the advantages of properly adminis tered education, could outstrip the whites lu the moral and industrial world. Scnatort: Tillman and Burton e?rj tluued their debate on tho negro ques tion at Moline, III., on Thursday. Thc Kansas speaker suggested kn educational standard as a remedy for negro ignorance, and Senator Tillman delivered a striking speech. "Cod made a negro inferior to a white man," saul he, "as Africa proves. I Would not put him back in slavery, but ho shall never govern us. Yen wouldn't let him, and we are as goori as you arc, and wo will see him in hell before wc will .permit it. Ve don't intend ever t? let him get un pur backs to govern us. When you hold sacred the lificenth amendment, that says the races are oqual, you add fuel to a race war that is bound to come. I do not believe in lynching for any crime but one. When a negro as saults a white woman the only thing to do is to hunt him down and put him out or his miserable existence as soon as possible. We arc doing this and wc arc going lo keep on doing it, and if you don't like it you can lump lt." Hooker HINHCU. At Boston whilo Booker T. Wash ington was addressing a meeting of colored people Thursday three persons were arrested and elected for trying to Interrupt his remarks by hissing. Twenty-ll vc policemen were called in to quell the disturbance. A MEETING CALLED. Coiurqd Citizens to'Dlsb?s? Ly h?h-, intf and its ?aiisilg. Rev. M. G. Johnston, pastor of Lad son Presbyterian church, Columbia, S. C., has issued a call for a meeting of colored citizens of this and ad? joining counties on Tuesday, August 25. The following is the call: To All Colored Citizens of Richland and Adjacent Counties: You aro In vited and most earnestly requested to attend a convention to be held in this city on Tuesday, August 25, fdr the purpose of talcing under consideration lynchings, itsxanscs and its remedy. And also to consider ways and means pertaining to higher moral elevation of tile race. We also note the sad fact that every year hundreds or our people, leave their farms In thc coun try and crowd into the towns and oitics, where they get little or noth ing to do and very often some of them commit crimes that are hurtful and humiliating to us ail. All the above merits our most serious and prayerful consideration, prompt and decided ac tion. * If all wo hear and read about thc race bo bru , then we have a work tu (lo which can only bc done hy au hon est, faithful and united effort on the part of thc best thinking people of our ratio. While there no doubt will be some among us who will not join in such an clTort for the moral up-lifting of thc race, J am satislled that there arc thousands of men and women who stand ready to do everything in their power for a higher moral olevation of thc race. Therefore we appeal to all ministers of the pospcl, teachers of private and public schools and lead ers of thc rate to attend this conven tion, ?Hid let us see where you stand and what side you. arc on. A numbor of speakers will address thc cod vention and a uuraber of papers will bc read. Nut I ?lng will be dis cussed but thc moral condition of the race, lynchings, it:; causes and its curses. We expect to secure reduced rates on all roads leading into Colum bia. Names of speakers and rates to the convention will be published later. This call to the convention is endorsed by thc ministers' union of Columbia. THE SOUTH AN? THE NEGRO. IteninrUnhle HRHOIUIInuit Adopted by Ncftl'O .Mel hoi! ist Con IV ron oe Ry denying the negro social equali ty, Southern.whites befriend lilin^ de clares a resolution adopted by.the. con ference of thc African Methodist "Episcopal churoh, recently lu session at Macon, Ga. {The-South is declared the bcstnlaoe for .the .negro,' and-the, crimcs which provoke* iyiiclifiTg"are condemned. In part thc resolutions are: "We commend the Southern white mau becauscs he refuses to let negroes drink at his founts, cat at his cafes, sleep in lils hotels, for the following reasons: It forces the negro to build, his own resorts, teaches him business and turns a Hood of money to ncgrq vaults and bank accounts. It gives his boy and girl work and establishes thrift, industry and economy. "Wc condemn the heinous crimes so often charged to our people. Such crimes are brutal, vicious and deserve the most severe punishment that the law is allowed to indict. They mar our civilization, hinder our progress and stamp us as villains. "We equally condemn and regret that it is evident that the mightiest civilization on earth should resort to so inhuman and bloody work as to lynch a fellow being without due process Of" law. "We believe, after carefully recit ing facts, that thc negro is as safe, or safer, In the South than in thc North. Safer, because he can carn a living In any vocation in the South that he pos sesses ability to do. Safer, because no Southern preacher "is on record as hav ing pleaded to 3,000 people to burn a human being." As td Watches. IO very bod y carries a watch nowa days-men. women, girls and boys. Prices range from $1 loas many thou sands as one cares to expend in jew elry settings. The $1 watch keeps just as good time as thc *5,000 one. 1 Md you ever consider the amount of labor performed by a good watch in its life-time or 50 years? Thc balance wheel vibrates ts,OOO times an hour, 432,000 times a day or 157,(?SO,000 times a year. The hair spring makes an equal number or vibrations, and there is the same number of ticks from the escapement. Multiply 157, 080,000 by 80 and you have 7,884,000, 000 pulsations. Yet the watch is ht good condition at thc end of hair a century of labor. A But! Heath. 1 Tho Anderson correspondent of the State says Mr. Lamar Milford, a son of Mr. 1). Ruford of Calhoun Falls, was drowned at Jacksonville, Florida, lasb Friday morning. The young man wis a telegraph operator at Jackson ville. The supposition is that he was trying to cross the St. .Johns river in a small boat and fell out. Ills body was recovered 3fl hours later and was buried in Jacksonville. The young man had many relatives and friends in Anderson who will bc grieved to learn of his tragic death. Ile was an expert telegraph operator and hada most promising caroer before himj? ll?; w:ut only 19 years old. Hl'lllO TllkN'H Sentenced. At St. Louis, Mo, Wednesday Judge Ryan passed sentence on live members ol' the house of delegates, four of whom were convicted of bribery and one of perjury in connection with municipal franchise deals. Following are those sentenced: John A. Sheri? (lan, bribery In connection with street railway deal, live years; T. Edward Albright, dribcry, suburban deal, live years; Jerry J. Hannigan, bribery, suburban deal, live years; Louis Decker, bribery, suburban deal, four years; Emil Hartman, bribery, city lighting bill six years. All tiled ap peal bonds In thc sum of $10,000 each. rV? JtSHrows?i<Huf ??i.:. .iii$?i-V;%u?' ?^qc?rj?ia: Womttn^t?l*ds?II?r; ?i??it ' ;.. ?,.:;, >?.?? -4; bt?I' bund Strychnine For Quinine.' * , ? ; - ? : -'ti .-?'.i ima f Recently 1 Sheriff1Rogers -v?as s?m moujcd to^Gresstori', 7;miles ! nOrtn'ol . Eastman, td make arrest. TJp?h ar ri vi og on'th?scene h?'toundra mob o? over 500 threatening to lynch Robert Cawthorn who they believe was in conspiracy with Mrs. R. J. Tucker, who gave her husband poison for quinine In a oapsulo thc night before, Tucker dying In less tl an an hour after taking the dose. Cawthon has been working on the farm for Tuoker for a year or -more, and he and Mr8,,TueJter.v?erc exceed ingly good friends. She says he ask ed her to kiss him once. Ile says her i caresses were at his command, She says some time ago Cawthon told-her ' he wanted fco marry a rich widow, and i that she was thc widow, or would be if she would help him; On .Tune 32nd, it ls said, he went to Emprie and bought some strych nine from Dr. Kimberly to poison dogs, lt is said they put the poison In a drink of whiskey that Tucker liad? knowing that sooner or later he would (brink it. On July 18th Joel Horn, a prosperous farmer, with his wife was passing Mr. Tucker's home and . told Tucker he was not feeling well and Tucker told him ho had a drink of whiskey and to drink it, and it would probably do him good. Horn drank the whiskey and died before he had gotton a mile away. Tuesday night Tuokcr took a cap sule of supposed quinine ami died of poison iu ao minutes. Mrs. Tucker says Cawthon gave iu to him. Caw thon sayrs she did lt. They both have partly confessed and lt ls believ ed they will fully confess before night. Excitement is at fever heat, and it is believed by many that au elTorh will bc made to lynch Cawthon Thursday. Thc stomach was taken to Atlanta Thursday morning for a chemical analysis by Dr. Clarke, Had it not been for thc timely arrival of Sheriff Rogers, Cawthon would have been summarily dealt with at Grcsston Thursday] U?tli man and woman are now in jail. An effort will be made to have Judge Roberts hold a special term of court for trial of this ?use as public senti meut demands speedy justice.-Augusta Chronicle. PLUCKY YANKEE GIRL Punishes a MUMIUM- 1'ur His Insulting Attentions to Her. Armed with a whip which sha took with her Trom lier pony carriage; .Miss.. Mary Recd, daughter ?f? . Polic? racTraTnrnxTOoT^^ ' phia, followed a masher into the Lake wood train ab Winslow Junction Thursday night and administered a sound thrashing. The mau only escaped worso punishment at the hands of thc father of the girl through his train pulling out before thc lieu tenant knew what was going on. According to the story of eyewit nesses, thc man left thc Atlantic City train at the junction to make connec tion with one to Lakewood. Miss Reed was waiting for her father, who had been to Atlantic City in charge of one of thc police pension fund ex cursions, to drive him to their country home at Kim City. While the yoting man and a party of friends were waiting for their train he amused himself by making insult ing remarks to thc young lady, who sat in her pony carriage. She could not resent his unwelcome atttcntlons on account of her horse being restive, and he at last took hold of the borsc's bridle and held it in spite of the girl's protests. Just as the Lakewood train pulled into thc station and the young man ceased worrying the girl in order to catch it, her father arrived on the scene. Without telling him of her intentions, the girl handed him the lines, and seizing the whip from the socket ran to the car which the young man had entered, and, catching him in thc aisle, belabored him soundly until he cried for mercy. The affair happened so quickly that none of the friends of the man had time to interfere and Miss Recd ran out of thc car and jumped from Mic platform after the train had be gun to move. When her father heard the sorty from her he was furious and made an effort to have the man ar rested further up thc line, but did not succeed. Miss Reed is twenty three years of ago and very pretty. Perished in the Flames. Thc Sea View House, on thc camp ground ab' Old Orchard, Maine, was burned to the ground Thursday, and two women guests, Mrs. A. 10. Stevens and Mrs. Helen Martin, both of East Grafton, N. 1T.; ar? missing. The value ol the property burned was about $4,000. The body of one cf the missing women was found in the' ruins this aftcrtoon. It was so badly burned as to. make recognition im possible. Search is being continued with energy, as the finding of one body is taken to show that both wo men perished. Mnrdcrcd Ills Wile. At Mount Vernon N. Y., Coroner Wcisendaogor Wednesday afternoon announced that Martin Elicit, whose wife's body was foimd In a sewer pipe on Sunday with a shoe lace tightly around the throat, had confessed to him and to Chief of Pol I co Foley that he had murdered the woman; Tt is said UKI tr Ebcit had complained to his sister that his wife was constantly ap plying to him for money. Ile told his j sister that he was tired of theso ap plications and that lia wiSc was a continual nuisance to him. Juuiitod Into ii Creek. Passenger train No. 2 on tho Vir* giuia and Southwestern railway was wrecked near Mcndotu, Va., Tuesday Thc engine left the track anil plung ed into a oreek, carrying with lt thc baggage and combination cars. Flag man Charles Sproles was badly Injur ed and several passengers were hurfc. The engineer and Uroman uaved them selves hy Jumping. *> -EXCESS-FASES.-' y \< U ?'I-- ? . , .. m Declared Unlawful by tho State Supreme ? Court, v ; , ,--r. , . AN IMPORT AKT DECISION. Conductors Aro' Not Allowed Hero? after ' to' Collect tho Twenty five Cents Excess on Cash Fares. Railroad companies have no right to charg?'exeess fares ot persons who get on tile train? without tickets where they caubcobtained. Such lathe decision of .the State supreme court in a case which attracted much-atten tion. So important was the case con sidered to be fcbat the supreme court caliea the Judges of the circuit court to sit upon the cast. Railroads are accustomed to charge passengers 25 cents when passengers fail to get tickets. It is objection able to railroads for conductors to re ceive cash fares, and for that reason the 25 cents excess is charged, but a rebate check is given and the- 25 cents refuuded to the passenger by the agent of the company upon the ar rival of the passenger at destination. It is claimed that the custom is in violation of thc law limiting the rate of fare to 3 cents per mile. This was one of the main points in tho two cases heard by the court "en bane" and decided in the opinion flied Wed nesday. The cases are Duncan against the Southern, tried before Judge Benet in Karan ell; and Tulmer against the Soushern, tried before Special Judge Izl?r at Newberry. In cacti case the railroad company won, and the losing plaintiff appealed to the 'supreme court. After argu ment in that court it was ordered that the case be reargued before the court "en bane"-comprised of the supreme court justices and seven of the eight circuit Judges. The court "en bane" duly assem bled; Judge Watts being retired fn the drawing of lots. * . The leading.opinion in each case is delivered by Associate Justice Gary, and it ls concurred in by Ohlei - Justice Pope and Judges Aldrich, 'Klugh, Dantzler, Purdy and Et-, uest Gary, the last named Hiing a separate' opinion. The conclusion reached is that under the existing statute a railroad company ls, limited to the rate of passeng'er fare- 3. cents " per-mile-fixed In .the statute and that it cannot exceed that, rate. ;It* is further held -that the 25.- cente-ex-., 'cess ;i a re ls c?aT?geTT^v li?tWHi^W?dibg ~ the agreement of the railroad, in its" "rebate check," to refund the sum to the holder of the check. Judge Er-^ nest Gary holds that the railroad company may excluue from its pas senger car any person not provided with a ticket, but having permitted such a person not provided with a ticket, to become a passenger with out a ticket, the excess charge is un lawful. Thc dissenting opinion is written by Associate Justice Jones and con curred in by Associate Justice Woods, Judge Townsend and Judge Gary. It holds that as the passenger paying the 25 cents excess, because he has not procured a ticket may set back that sum by presenting his rebate check" to the company's agent, there is no extra charge but simply a reasonable regulation of the railroad company in the management of its passenger busi ness. ? In each case the Judgement of the circuit court ls reversed and the case sent back for a new trial. In the Ful mer case tho plaintiff was represented by Messrs. Johnstone and Welch and the company by Mr. B. L. Abney and Mr. Thomas P. Cothran. lu the Duncan case Messrs. Davis and Best and Mr. John S. Reynolds repre sented the plaintiff, while Mr. B. E. Abney aud Mr. J. W. Barnwell ap peared for the company.-Thc State. -<? I j o ne Hange Predictions. W. F. Foster, writing to the News and Courier from Washington, says August, September and October will bring unusually severe and dangerous storms to the east coasts of North America and Asia, the Mississippi drainage basin, along the northern steamship routes of North Atlantic and North Pacific, East Indies, Weat Indio* and Gulf of- Mexico. Severe storms may occur any time during these three months, but the danger period seems to hover around August 11 and 25, September 7 and 20, Octo ber 5, 15 and 20. Voyages on water should bc avoided about these dates, and precautions taken for safety on liinrl, Vr-ry loy* temperatures about August 28, September 25 and 30. A Popular Govornor. The Pickens Sentinel-Journal says: "Gov. Hey ward has proven himself every inch a man and ls faithfully carrying out with the people the promises he made to them on the stump. Ile is a clean man and a true one and furthermore, he ls a man that is easily approached and lends a lis tening car gladly and willingly to any appeal that will help his State or his people. Pickens county people are proud of the record he ls making and will bc ready to hold up his hands in the discharge of his duty. Long life, good luck ami several terms in the gubcrnatlonai chair, for the mantle of state ls on most worthy and excel lent shoulders." Ploaned With lloport. . Thc Columbia State says Gov Hey ward is pleased with tho verbal report of State Constable Holmes of tho Charleston division. The constables declares that tho salo of Illicit liquor in Charleston lias materially decreased. At an informal "Conference between the governor, the attorney general, Chief Hammett and Constable Holmes It was decided to make war upon tho so-called clifbs In that city who operate ?lind tigers under the pretence of be ing social organizations.