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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. aiJJrXlilSlI ASSASSIN Shoots t? Death th? United States fi Consul at Beirut. OUR GOVERNMENT DEMANDED Immediate llcpnrntiuit Fron? Turkey :'. ?'or tlie Ci hue and Will Bond War VCSBOIB lo tho JScene nt Once. Tim?bate Department at Washing ton .ieee! yeti a cablegram on Thurs day f rom Minister Leishman at Con stantinople announcing that William O. Mageissen, United States vice con sul at Beirut, Syria, was assassinated Sunday while riding in a carriage. Thc American minister immediately brought thc crime to the attention of the government and demanded action by Turkey. Acting Secretary Loomis cabled Minister Leishman instructing him to demand the immediate arrest and punishment of the persons guilty of tho murder. No demand for money indemnity for the man's family has yet been made, but that prubably will follow. Minister Leish man's cable gram was dated Thursday and staled that tho assassination occurred Sun day, tho minister being Informed of the crime by Consul Ravudal. The consul stated that the murderer was not seen and is not known. NO P AKTICU L A its VET; The announcement of the assassi nation of the American vice consul, following so soon upon the assassina tion of a Russian consul in Turkey, crea.ted strong comment in oUleinl circles and thc suggestion was made that such fretiuent assassinations in -dicate the disturbed condition of affairs in the Turkish dominations. Minister Leishman gave no particu lars of the assassination and tbc stale ?department has no information as to the cause of thc murder. The Ameri can government will insist that the local authorities be punished if they were derelict in their duty and thal full measure of punishment bc given the actual perpetrators of the outrage. Beirut is a city on the eastern shore of tlic Mediterranean sea and is a place of considerable commercial im portance. ntOSU'T AND VIGOROUS ACTION. Prompt and vigorous action is be ing taken by the United States govern ment to secure the punishment of those persons implicated in tlic assassination. Minister Llesbmari, at Constantinople, who reported tlic fact t? the state department, has been in structed by the state department to demand a thorough investigation of the affair and tlic punishment of those ;: involved in the crime and the Furo ucrm ^ouadron; ? consisting-of-t-hrr?r warshlps, linn heeu ordered to proceed immediately to Beit ut lo support the demands of thc United State minister should this bc found necessary. Thc determination t? lose no time in getting the squadron to Beirut was also due in part to information receiv ed by acting Secretary Loomis of the state department Thursday night from the president of tho American Board of Missions at Boston indicating that an attempt had been made to burn thc Euphrates college buildings at ITarpoot. Thin dispatch said: ''Information just received that an attempt has been made to burn the Euphrates college buildings. Condi tions increasingly alarming. Great anxiety felt for the safety of Ameri can citizens there." SAILED AT ONCE. Acting Secretar} Loomis cabled to Minister Leishman at Constantinople to make immediate demands on the porte to take adequate measures for the protection of all Americans at Beirut and to prevent any attack on the col lege buildi'igs. Admiral Colton, who was directed to hold his squadron in rediness to proceed at a moment's no tice to Beirut cabled the navy depart ment as follows, under date of Nice, France: "Cable just received. Machias at Genoa for coal. Brooklyn has seven days, San Francisco six and a half days coal at ten nots. Cannot exceed that speed willi Machias, lr squad ron going west should coal at Mar seilles, if east at Genoa. (Signed) "Cotton." Admiral Cotton's instructions are td sail at once. It is estimated that tho Brooklyn going at full speed can reach Beirut within six days THE WILEY TU lt KS. Acting Secretary Loomis received a rather remarkable cablegram from Minister Leishman in which tlic iat tcr states that lie bad called at thc Turkish foreign oft icc at Constanti nople lo inquire about the assassina tion of tlic United States vice consul and that thc minister of foreign af fairs emphatically denied any know ledge of thc report. I Ie also attempted to discredit it. The cablegram gave no other information. Acting under thc instructions ol' Hie president that Admiral Cotton's squadron bc directed to proceed immediately to Beirut, Mr. Darling cabled the admiral lo this clieut at Nice, directing him to go to Beirut at once. The president's instructions on this point will be car ried out to tho letter. UK WAS NOT KU,I,Kl). A decidedly new turn In tho case of the United Stales vice consul, Win. C. Magclssun, at Mei rut Syria, who was reported to have, bern assassinat ed last Sunday, developed Sunday night when it became known that t hc report was incorrect, and that al though Air Magclsscn had been shot at bc had not even been injured. This information carno, to thc state depart ment tonight in a dispatch from United States Minister Leishman at Constantinople, who said Ibo mistake in making the original announcement was due to an error in thc transmis sion of thc ciplicr dispatch from Con sul Ilavadal at Beirut In reporting the incident to thu minister. . <V UloudlHirrii. A cloudburst struck thc vicinity of Mayesvillc, Kas., bri Tuesday, causing tim Big Blue river to rise If? feet in a fow hours, sweeping away many hous es in Hie lowlands and drowing one person. JCALEB POWERS TO HANG. November IWih Plvc? ns tho Day for His- Executive. The third trial of cx-Secretary of State Caleb Towers for complicity in .the murder of Gov. William Goebel, in January, 1900, closed shortly before noon Saturday with a verdict, . imposing the extreme penalty of hanging for the distin guished prisoner who had been in tho penitentiary for three years ou life sentence. Thc verdict of tile Jury: ."Guilty and tile punishment, or death," was reported Into court at 11.20 Saturday. Several hundred peo ple crowded the court room when the verdict was read and the most intense silence prevailed. Tho jury'Was poll ed and each man declared thc verdict of guilty to be his li tiding.. Powers sat unmoved while his attorneys asked for time to make a motion for a new trial. Arthur Goebel, the brother of the victim and a prominent merchant at Cincinnati, who hus spent his time and fort une, for over three years in the piosoeullon or those accused of being in a con-piracy lo kill his" brother, broke down fi oin the si rain upon hear ing the verdict. Towers lias been convicted twice be t?re, this being the third trial In which thc jury brought in a verdict of guilty against bim. Oh his previ ous trials lie escaped with a life sen tence, as the evidence was nob sulll ciently strong against him to lead thc jury lo intlicllng tho extreme penalty. All three of the trials were held at Georgetown and in each ot them he had the assistance of thc mo it able lawyers who could be procured. Thc last trihi was distinguished by thc fact that Towers addressed thc jury in his own behalf and In a long review of the case showed himself to bc a competent attorney, while his eloquence in pleading for his life as tonished those who had watched him carefully in the past trials of the case. Special Judge Hobbins this Satur day afternoon formally overuled a mo tion for the granting of a new trial to Powers. He Iben passed (.he sentence pf death upon him. After a declara tion id' the prisoner, "1 am notguilty, judge," the court lixed November 2f>th next as thc days for thc execution. The attorneys fur the defendant se cured the granting of an appeal for thc case to thc Kentucky court of appeals. Powers was immedlatily removed to thc Scott county jail tn be held there pending the appeal of his case. SEVEN LIVES LOST. As n Kt-siiH of.a Severe New York -.-j-.---Or? lo,-; During ibo height of the storm Wednesday a huge derick on thc Central railroad of New Jersey bridge across Nesvark bay from Bayonne to Elizabeth, was swept from its sup ports into the water, carrying with it a number of workmen. Four of a thc men were drowned and several badly injured. At least t?0 men weie at work on the bridge at a point half ii mile from the Bayonne shore. The top of tho derrick was 180 feet from the water and nine men working at various points up the huge structure, Gustave Fisher of Bayonne being on thc very top of lt. Strange to say, he was about the only one to escape Injury. Eight men were on the ladder attempting to de scend to a place of safety when the storm broke. Fisher at thc very top of the great pole realized that it was impossible for him to reach the bridge sb he clung to the ringging. The wind struck the derrick and swept it into Ihe water. Of the eight men, John J. CouiOh and Charlie 'Bingley of Jersey City, John McFaun of Rayonne and Otto Ellinson of New York, went down under the timbers and were either dished to death or drowned. Daniel Murphy of Olean, "N. Y., was caught in the falling mass, and al though taken out alive has little chance of living. Three others fell 05 fact, but were able to swim ashore. Gustave Fisher, still clinging to the rigging at thc topmost part of the pole, described a great circle and fell plumb into thc center of the channel. When he came to the surface he swam ashore. ._ Will do Settlement Work. Misjsj Ruth Bryan, daughter of W. J. Bryan, has been spending several weeks in Chicago. One of the objects of her trip was a visit to the Hull House settlement at Halstead and Polk streets, an institution supported by charities for the benefit of the poorer classes and conducted by Miss .lane Addams, thc noted sociologist. Miss Bryan will become a member of thc Hull House stall'soon, Miss Bryan is 10 years of age. She has been a Student at the University of Nebraska during the past two years. She is a young woman of unlimited energy and witli ambition to accomplish some thing in thc way of assisting thc class of children fostered by Mi:;s Addams and others interested in such work. The Muli House was founded In a small way through thc ell'orts of Miss Addams about ten years ago. Miss Brynn and her mother have been deep ly interested iii Hie settlement for a long time lind while thc position will demand a sacrifice to Miss I? ry an, she feels that sile will be engaging in pleasant and meritorious work. A Mystery ortho Deep. A launch party .'arrived[at Hertford N. C., early Wednesday morning, bringing with them the body of G. Wallace lliddick, which was round near Elizabeth City, Ed gc Held ?. C. lliddick left his home at Hertford a week ago to join a house party at Nags Head, N. C., and was last seen ?i few minutes prior to the departue of the steamer from Elizabeth City. His baggage was round aboard the steamer, the next morning but llid dick was reported missing. When bc left home lie had $12.r,'ou lils person, although but *<> were in his pockets when his body was found. The cor oner's jury rendered a verdict of acci dental drowning, but lt is thought by many that he was robbed and thrown overboard. NEGROES MEET And Discuss Lynch Law and the | Cause of lt. ONLY ONE DISCARDANT SPEECH. Tho Negroes Say They Look to tho] White People to Holp < Them to 'Uplift Tho Race. There met in Columbia on Tuesday of last week nearly a hundred negro' men whose purpose is to put them-,' selves on.record as denouncing the crime willoh provokes lynchings and t<> formulate an appeal to the white people to put down mob law. These' men can hardly he called represonta tives or their race, for they are of an order of intelligence whieh is above the average of the colored people. But they are the exponents of that race and the advocates for their people. Tho following account of the proceed ings wc clip from TheSt-utte: snouLi) nu NO KACK, HATUED. In opening the convention's pro ceed ings^Rov. M. Q. Johnson said that) these foul crimes bf which negroes have beeu accused aro painful lo the hearts of all true colored citizens who want it understood thal) they emphat ically denounce that particular class of crime and most bitterly condemn the perpetrators. The object of this meet ing is to take steps for the higher moral elevation or that class which would commit such crimes and to ap peal Tor the suppression or. mob vio lence, not only because Nie innocent sometimes sulfur its punishment, bub because the habit of lynch law will yet lind for its victims persons guilty of crimes less revolting. It appears that now there is an en mity between thc races which God Almighty never intended. As lornas such sentiments are fostered, * Leads I of a tough clement of negro0 will be regarded as characteristic o hat en tire race, and thc lawlessness of a bad element of white people will bc looked upon as the expression of the entire white people. "With the help of God we will cor rect the evil in our own race," ha said, "and wo appeal to the white people to I remove those grievances of .which wa now complain." The true negro citi zen, he said, longs to see that day when we will have the protection of law in the pursuit of happiness and when the white people can go away | from their homes and leave their fain-1 Iles secure In the knowledge that they will not be harmed or molested. The speaker complained rather bit terly because some of thc leaders of I his race and some of thc rac? papers had criticized the spirit of this con vention even before thor-convention nan met,- ana-nir-r-atiud 'upon bimo* who were opposed to tho movement bo come anyway and witness what was done. Otherwise by their negative in lluencc they would be responsible to God if in auy way they contributed to thc failure of this movement which has good for its object. The meeting was then declared open for business. AN INKLAMITOltY 81'EEC'H. "Is lynching ever justifiable, or docs I it lessen the crime for which lt isl done." That was the subject of an ad dress by Rev. M. W. Gilbert, a teach er in Benedict college, ile made thc broad statement that lawlessness is not a cure for lawlessness. Lynching ? ls a direct reversion to barbarism, to the time when private vengeance was] resorted to as the way in which bo set tle disputes. It is thc execution of I vengeance and is not justice. It is the expression of race prejudice, and race | prejudice is thc mother of injustice, lt is a remedy to cure negroes of crime while white pooplc go free. He declared lynching to be thc out come ol race prejudice, but his re marks at this point were not calcu lated to make thc convention think any thc more kindly of the white peo ple. Lynching, he declared, is unjus tifiable because it is not confined to punishment for a certain crime. He declared that negroes should help the legally appointed otllecs in finding criminals. Every criminal, white or black, ls thc enemy of society, and I should be turned over to thc law. If| lynching should stop, negroes would join hands with thc white people in running criminals down. Lynching is unjustifiable because it| is a confession that the law is impo tent in taking care of society. It is I said that the womera upon whom tile crime is wrought ought not to bel brought into the court room. That is no excuse for lynching. The white people have, courts, they have thc leg islative halls. Let them pass a law excluding from the court room all but the jurors and thc judge. Lynching is unjust!liable because it is inadequate as punishment. The negro who is lynched does not suffer sufficiently, as he would do in jail, at thc trial and on the gallows. Tho trial would give] greater publicity and would bc more) of an example to others. In connection with this point bel made thc significant statement that] intelligent negroes lia ve never yob dis graced IheLr race with tills terrible crime, and he appealed for more schools and a longer school term. Lynching ls iinjustliable because, being criminal in ils nature it, begets crime, for ono crime begets another frequently. He concluded by saying that lynching is crime, lynching is murder, lynching is anarchy ant archy is bell. ' COMMON SENSE SPEECH. The spoaoh which had moro com mon sense in it, and yet was delivered in a scholarly style, was from tho Rev et. T. Dillard, ii 1'resbytcrian mission ary. While ho spoke loyally andi proudly of Iiis own raoc, there was j ind hing bf unkindness for the other race In a word that lie said. Ile llrst told or Hie necessity or making the home attractive and of impressing upon thc minds of thc children lessons of tr th and honor. There arc many such I homes among negroes, but there are too many which arc vicious. And In building thc home, lot tho deeds to tho property be in the negroes own name, for the children will esteem lt more highly than a "hired house." ll* TO GOVERNOR HEY WARD. lu nu Open Letter Local Negroes E2n* tlorse His Adinlnlstration. Much Interest is being taken by the negroes of Spartan burg in. the anti lynching convention which was called by Ilev:M.G.Johnson and other colored laen to meet in Columbia Wednesday. In connection with this thc Journal has received the communication pub lished below. This is in the form of an open letter to Governor Ileyward andds said to express thc sentiments of "all law abiding citizens of our race ia this section." TO THE OOVHUNOIl. We the undersigned colored ^peo nie of Spartanburg Comity do heartily endorse your administration. We know you have offered rewards for those who have taken thc law In their own-hands contrary to the constitu Mon of this state. We feel lhat you have done all you can to bring the guilty parties Injustice But,, Gover nor Ileyward, we as American" citi zens and tax payers know that wc cannot get justice under the present condition of affairs. Now, Governor, we know that you are powerless to en force the law. We as colored people ask you to sign this petition asking the United Suites to help us emigrate to a territory to ourselves that we may serve God and not be the cause of keeping either raceoutof thc klng djm of Heaven. Wc believe in abiding by the laws of our country, and are unalterably opposed to lynching, but we do stand ready and willing at times to do all in our power to bring criminals of our race to justice, und are always glad to see punishment meted to them accord ing to the ennorinlty of their crime and according lo the laws of our com monwealth. Tile laws of our country are uti ti rely in tho hands of the white man, and while we abhor crime, we do think that a better feeling between the two races oould bc had If more decisive steps were taken to prevent mob violence. (Signed) W. M. Moss, Giliord Adams, Wallace Davis, Reuben Brown. the children are taught to be iodustri ous and obedient they will not be rim ing around the streets at nights and getting into mischief. The next point he stressed is thc fact that the schools should teach such lessons as had been started in the properly regulated home. There arc 2,000,000* colored children of school age in this country and yet only one-third of that number is at school. Ile urged the race to be more cheerful and not be always pre paring lo die and organizlngjburial aid societies. The best way to prepare to die is to prepare to live. Ile theil touehe-dA^n-^Tta|^?r tho qiiestion willoh required some statesmanship to handle-tho negro preacher. For years, he said, the ne gro was led blindly by the carpet bag gers and thc scalawags and scoundrels who had come here. Now the great est monopoly in the world is that of the negro preachers. They control the negroes almost absolutcfy and vet it is said that of tho 20,000 negro preachers half can read only with the greatest dilllculty. Ile paid a splendid tribute to the honest, educated preacher who has dug out the beauties of the Bible in many languages. But there are hundreds of the negro preachers who arc absolutely corrupt "and wc preachers must-get together, get down to business and put the ras cals out," he said. Better homes, bet ter schools and fumigate thc ministry was his remedy for thc criminal as saults of which thc race is licensed. OTIIKH Sl'KAKHKS. IC. J. Sawyer, a negro lawyer of Bennettsville, spoke also. His theme was an appeal to thc intelligent and humane white citizens of this country for a more faithful enforcement of the law against mob violence. He said that it is beyond the power of thc ne groes to mete out just and legal punishment, and they can Only appeal for thc punishment to bc just and legal. The lesson is entirely lost when thc punishment is conspicuously il legal, and thc party who is so dealt with may be regarded by Iiis neigh bors more as a martyr than as a bruit ish criminal. There were 87 lynch ings id the south alone last year, and it is estimated pated in those crimes. They are guilty, murderous, riotous, and yet allowed to go free. What will the harvest be? There is a remedy and it eau bc found by thc coopera tion of the law fearing negroes and thc crime detesting white peoplo. Ile was followed by Rev. R. E. Wall of Columbia who was assigned to speak upon the question, "How can more kindly relations be established between thc raeas." He advised the negroes to assure thc white people that tiley are satisfied wi til their color and to show them that ..o work is menial. Ask thc white people merely to treat them as men, pay them their Just due and get out of the negro's sunlight and "our hearts best blood shall be theirs." Thc last speaker was G. W. Murray of Sumter, who once represented thc negroes In congress, lie denied thc fact shat negroes seek social equality. The convention ended Wednesday morning after having formed a perma nent organization and after, ha vint,? adopted ah address to bb issued tb the peoplo of South Carolina- particularly to tho while people. In forming a permanent organization, the purpose is have a state association wi iii 41 vice presidents and ll assistant secretaries who shall be the presidents and secre taries bf the respective county asso ciations. Those county associations are to get up picnics and gatherings at which thc people of thc race will bu addressed upon common sense topics and ah cjTorfc made to get Hiern to build their own homes and to become moro Interested in the good tilings thc world around them. Rev.' M. (!, Johnson was elected president, Rev. G. T. Dillard vice president, aud Rev. J. A. Urown secretary. Almut a (tiri. Wd Robinson and Samuel Lusk fought about a girl at Mount Vernon( Ind., on Monday and Lusk was stab bed and killed, the girl being ii witness to tho tragedy. ISSUES AN ADDRESS. WhaH?? Negroes Have to Say io the. White People W?ST?- LYNCHING STOPPED, But ills Very Iiittle to' Say About ti?e . Oriuio Hint . Causes' mv- ? < . ,MIt and Condemns It " Mildly. Thp'?o?ilowing is tile address issued l)y the dog ro convention to"the white peuple nf? tho State. Perhaps the ad dress may lie disappointing to those white'p??plb who might have expect ed something di li?rent from what was adoptefl--^something^ which would acknowledge tho-crime. which' has caused so many lynchings?., and which would appeal,to tho ^white, people to stop .lynchings*upon the promise ,of the negroes; that they would endeavor to restrain the >rutish Clement of their race from crimes of passion. Wc. .the. colored citizens of South Can lina in convention.; assembled, desire" .ti) direct the attention of'thc law-abiding white oitizens-of the State lo theialarruing amount of lawless ness ' that is being practiced in the Slate which is disturbing the peace and gora order or society, generally, creating1 much bad feeling and anta gonism ?between . .thc races . and en dangering thc lives of many citizens by raohiviolencc. It is well known that in the majority ol' instances where for any^'Cause a clinically occurs be tween a/ whitc and colored mao, thc latter lias nothing like an equal show ing before-cqurts if at all permitted to come to trial. It cannot bo denied that lf a colored man is accused of any serious crime in which thc in terests fof a white man is involved, especially If the crime results in per sonal injury to the latter, a lynching is likely to take place. . Whenever thero has been a sem blance bf race riot in South Carolina .thc prlucipal cause was the attempt of white men to punish crimes charg ed against negroes, instead of invok ing tbef. law. Numerous Instances could he. cited in proof of this fact and wc venture to challenge tho impar tial public -to cite a single instance to disprove this. Thc negro in South Carolina has no voice or ; participation In the enact ment or tho enforcement of the law. We therefore, appeal to the white people for the proper enforcement of thc lawv'.whlch they themselves have made, for ; wo havo relied upon the promises.cf protection and equality before thc -law made by the late Gov. \y&de?,l?mptoii and .successors and endo:' by the law-abiding citizens. iii'groe?--- .tye do iiob7a?tfy-;u?au negro A .co"furnishes - an alarmingly large . ^ cent, of the criminal class ef South'Carolina, and we do not con done their crimes. We denonnce tho crime of rape as inhuman and brutal and those who commit it should be in flicted with the serveres* punishment provided by law, butrhold that thc heinousness of thc crime should strengthen the demand of a jury trial. We feel assured that thc better class of white citizens do not believe that the better class of colored citizens would harbor or conceal any member of tlic race who is accused of crime from the properly constituted au thorities. We jfcnouneo lynching as unlawful, and therefore unjustifiable under any circumstances and wc re gret that not even a liberal reward by the governor will secure thc identifica tion and arrest of white lynchers in South Carolina. We do not recall a single instance where white lynchers have been convicted in this State, but it is on record that for thc one and only instance where (in the county of Pickens) negroes lynched a white rapist, thc lynchers wore tried and convicted. We deplore thc unreliable methods used by the State press and hy the management of the Associated l'ress dispatch olllcers in the State to secure correct reports of crimes alleg ed to have been committed by negroes. Too often sensational reports that ex cited little or no interest in the locali ties where the alleged offenses occurr ed are sent out by thc press- And lynching parties have probably benn organized under excitement resulting from such reports. Wc deplore the cruel and inhuman attacks upon the negro race that are hoing made by tlic senior United States senator from South Carolina and prayerfully hope that the good white pe?ple of thc State do not en dorse his views. We are surprised that those high In authority, State or federal, would make utterances cap riblc of the inference that the better slass of negroes should bc held any more responsible for the morals, pover ty or crimes of their race than the better class of other races composing thc republic should be for theirs. The negro proves no less responsive to the ilvtllzrhg inlluenccs in American life than any other race. Further we de clare that thc gross crimes charged against the race are not committed by the educated and self-respecting class. To our mind this is a forcible argu ment favorable to the extension of thc school terms and the improve ment of our educational facilities. We entertain the hope that the sen timent expressed by thc cx-govcrnor In the following, "'lt ls not necessary to worry about thc negro he is getting til thc education which rs provided now and could get no more under com pulsory attendance," does not prevail. Why is not compulsory education as necessary for the colored child ron as for any other Class of children? Why mould wc expect an illiterate negro Lo be a more law-abiding citizen than in indolent whit? man? Wc most tiarnestly appeal to those in authority fora continuance of their efforts on behalf of thc colored schools, which tliey declare to be one of the most In dispensable helps in the improvement of thc race. Wc pledge ourselves to -earnestly and faithfully advise our people to ab stain from all lawlessness and the habits of shiftlessness, and vagrancy. Wc further pledge ourselves to sup port thc negro pulpit and press in de A tfOO? TALK ? On tho Race Question from William Jennings Bryan. >? SAY8 IT IS NATIONAL IN SCOPE; -- Biaihes'niu i'ront?cnt lor Injactin'ig Soolul ulnuallty IH Politics, " and Knitting in tho Nf?ru Valso H?pen. The following article, from the nen of Don. J. W. Bryan wc take from a recent number of The Commoner. Un another page will bc found a letter recently written by President Roosevelt tb Governor purbin'outhe Bubject of lynching.". Forgetting for the present the failure of the presi dent.to enforce the law against the trust magnates and Governor Durbln's 'refusal to deliver to Kentucky authori ties a Republican ex-governor charged with murder, let us consider the sub ject of mob law as lt is related to the race question. The p.esldent is right in protesting against mob law-ltcin-^ not be def* tidsd. lt is a reflection on the people if legal means of puishmciit arc adequate and effective, and it is a rellection on thc government if the people have reason to distrust Its ability to enforce the law. All will agree will) the president that, punish ment should not only bc sure, but should bc as swift ?is a due regard to the rights of thc accused will permit! Whatever punishments are sanctioned by public opinion should be embodied in tlic law and In thc case of crimes against women thc laws should bc such-even though a constitutional amendment were necessary to secure it-that the victim of the. outrage will he protected from thc humiliation of having to gWo testimony before a erowd of curious, but disinterested, persons. The president is also "to'bc com mended for having coupled a denuncia tion of rape with a condemnation of lynching. Too many cry out against thc lawless punishment without say ing anything against tlic horrible crime which arouses the auger of the people. If some of thc enthusiasm that is spent in passing resolution denouncing mob law was employed lu condemning the unspeakable beastial ity that provokes summary punish ment there would be fewor instances of mob law. Tho fact that the presi dent did not specifically mention southern lynchings shows that the lynchings and - burnings in northern states have conri?ced *him that race prejudice is us strong in- Illinois, In diana, Delaware, and 'Kansas as lu Mississippi, Georgia, ' ; Alabama, or Texas. /^u4 7 - - -Min this connection *?. consider race- pie] udrtf?Tor^a-^'dm-?tft in connection with mob law. That' there's such a thing must be admitted. It is written on every page of history and is not likely to disappear soon, lt must be remembered, too, boast the negro has as much prejudice against the white man as the white man hos against tho negro, and if the negro was in a position to rule the white man there is no reason to doubt that the white man would havo reason to complain. This was apparent in the carpet-bag days and is apparent to day wherever it can find expression. A sense of justice, however, restrains this prejudice and it is not often that either the white man or tho negro says anything in "thc presence of the other that is calculated to offend. Color is not a matter of choice, neither can it be changed by will or by law: lt ls, therefore, as unkind to taunt a man with being black as it is un reasonable for a black man to be an gered by such a taunt. A man is to be pjraised or blamed according to thc usc he makes of his talents or opportunities, not by his in herited advantages. The fact that a negro is -lynched by a mob beeause of an outrage upon a woman ought noto to increase the race prejudice that exists. White men are lynched for the same crime. Neither must the white man's fadings towards the ue gro be judged by his conduct when under great excitement. Man mad is an entirely different creature from man deliberate. Men in anger have killed fathers, wives, brothers, sons and friends-they have broken every tic of love and kinship. Suffrage qualifications cannot be at tributed entirely to race prejudice for suffrage qualifications arc to be found in nearly all countries and have been employed in many of our own states. They have been employed by white men against members of the white race and by people of every color against people of their own color. Woman suffragist complain that women are disfranchised and such disfranchise ment cannot be explained on the ground of race prejudice either, for husband and wire, mother and son, are not only of the same race, but are linked together by the strongest bonds known. The suffrage amendments in the south, so much complained of by Republican politicians, are not nearly to severe as thc Republican colonial policy In thc Philippines. First-In every southern state some of Hie negroes can voto now, and all others can qualify themselves for suffrage; in the Philippines the in habitants are permantly disquallticd. Second-The negroes in the south,, even when they cannot vote, have the protection of fodoral and state con stitutions; the Filipino has no con stitutional protection whatever. noupcing all criminal acts on tlic part o? our race. Werurther pledge ourselves to unite with our white fellow citizens lu- all lawful raethodu for tho apprehension air.l arrest of all persons who may bo charged with crime, and pledge our cooperation with the white ministry, press and law-abiding citizens in tho creation of ? healthy sentiment in thc Interest of law and order. Signed by O. 1). Robinson, chair man; W. P. Carolina, Jacob Mooter, E. J. Sawyer, Ll; E. Wall, J. B. Man cebo, R. II. Richardson, E. IL Wil son, M. Q. Rhodes, S. E. Smith, A. G. Townsend, Geo. T. Dillard and J. A". Brown, secretary. ' Third-The negroes In the south live, under the laws 'that tho white man makes for himself; 'the .Filipino livos under laws that wo. maka lui him and would ndf live under our selves/*; ,:>-t ? '..../.... -<.' While the brownrman-pf.tho Orient fs'faring worse than tho black man In tlie sou Lb, the Kepa bl lean leaders aie stirring * up/race .antagonism in. this country ip orjder.to keep .tho colored vote solid for >*he Republican ."party. Even tlie president hus contributed more than his share to tho agitation.7 Wheo he has appointed a colored-mau to office tte has done it. wi tl; a nourish of trumpets'and a brass band, accoba paniracnt that the world might know that thc "door" was wideop*cn;: When" a colored . postmistress was objeotcd to be refused to allow her to resign and closed tho qlllce-and .did It allay race prejudice? No; ll il jd more to excite race prejudice thatl any ten colored appointments that President McKinley: mude... The Booker. -T., Washington dinner at the White house did even moro tban the Indla nola postoaice incident to excite race | prejudice. . . The president sur.elydid uot. intend to inject the question of social,equali ty Into politics, for on that issue he could not carry a state in the Union; then why arouse the colored people to expect social ci.aallty or agitate the whites-: with thc fear of lt? It is a grievous nils'.tko to turn the negro's thoughts from the substantial advan tages Of industrial, intellectual and moral progress to the .unsubstantial promises of social recognition. The amalgamation of thc races is not tile solution of the race question, and that would. bo tho logical result of social equality. .In their natural right-to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness thc wiiite man and the black man are equal and these rights should be protectod with jealous care. Educa tional advantages should be open tb both races and both should be en couraged.to-secure all thc mcnt.il dis cipline possible. Whether the more advanced race should fix suffrage qualifications for the less advanced ls a question to be determined by the facts in the case, but it. is safe to say that on this sub ject the people of tho north would be mueh like the people of the south if they were compelled to meet the same conditions. As to social equality there should be a. frank- and candid understanding. There is no ditTerenco on this subject betwoen the white people of the north and tho white people of tho south. The color line is drawn by Republi can families as distinctly as it is by Democratic lamllles, as distinctly by northern fannies as by southern fami lies. There is moro friendliness and helpfulness where this Is recognized than where it ls loft in doubt and un certainty. The white race ought tb recognize tho rights of the black r?*ce and lend it every possible assistance. The .waites pf tho south, are^taxing. thmn-. ae?,y??j'-v-ftO -.Tj'i'.i ?.???> -' ;>...?,. c-> darker skin, while Republican 'pollfcl ?ians iu the north are riding into of fice on black votes and, while they ex clude the colored people from their, social functions, aro constantly trying to array the southern negro against the southern white man. . There is another aspect of the ques tion. The promise of social equality -false as it is-encourages the edu cated negro to hope to get away from his race and thus, the race loses the benefit that the more progressive ne groes might brlug to it. Instead of trying to bleach the face or to take the kink out of the hair let the colored man recognize that he is black by na ture aud set to work to show what one of his race can accomplish. No upright, intelligent and law-abiding colored man ever gets into trouble himself or involves his people in a race war. After the colored man has established a reputation for virtue, .sobriety and good sense, let him de vote himself to thc building up of a society that will satisfy his needs. If he has daughters let him make them worthy of the best young men of his race; if he has sons, let him? make them examples of industry and good habits. To deserve respect and not enjoy it is better than to enjoy respect without deserving it, but to deserve respect is the best and surest way to secure it. A good character is more valuable and moro permanent than a post?nico, and nothing will do more to kill race prejudice than the building up of character. The white man needs to be reminded, as the president sug gests, that lawlessness is dangerous and torture demoralizing to those who | practice it, but the black mau must also be cautioned not'to judge the white man's life purpose by the pas sions of an hour and lie should be warned not to allow the vices and lusts of thc most abandoned of hts race to provoke hostility between himself and the whites? Thc race question is here and it will require thc intelligence and the patriotism of thc people north and south to settle it aright. It has too long been used for political advan tage. Turkish CruelliRS. Reports from Monastir, authenti cated by the Russian and Austrian consuls, give details of tho massacres commltted'in the village of Armen sko. The Turks destroyed 150 bous-., es, out of a total of 157. and massa cred every man, woman and child. The women were subjected to the most terrible atrooltes by tho soldiers. Eighty revolutionaries, captured at Krushevo, and sent in chains in the direction of Monstir, were slaughter ed by the guards. The p-initary con ditions of KruBhevo are revolting. Thc dead aro lying In thc streets, stripped of every garment. Tho Turks even took the vestments off thc body of a priest. The Turks mas sacred all tho women and children in twenty-two villages, and killed a number of prisoners. Thc streets of Krushevo arc strewn with dead. Thc survivors arc afraid to bury thc bod ies. Worflt in Fifteen Yonr?. Adrices from Belton, England, says tho cotton trade is in a worse state than for 15 years In consequence ot the supply of cotton. Heavy demands arc being made on the benefit socie ties owing to the large number of per sons who arc Idle. HE GIVES UP. Sir Thomar. Lipton Will Never Chai- ! [U lenge Again Till Ho FINDS A NAT HERRESHOFF. A? Manly' Statement In Which tho True Sportsman Confesses. IJ,?? Uirtnppolntment and Praises th? Americans. ' Sir Thomas Lipton, the owner of the Yacht, Shamrock III, which is trying to win the cup now held hy the Ne v York Yacht Club gi yes up tlic light. Tho Reliance, tho cup defender, has won two races, out of the live anchwould have won the third ono last ' Wednesday had'lt not been a calm, which made the race a draw.- . ' v The Reliance was far in the lead when the race was called on*. Sir Thomas Lipton, aboard tho Erin, declared Friday, in an interview thal he would never challenge again for the American's cup until a mau had been found in England who equalled Nat I?erreshplf - in yacht building. The baronet admitted his disappointment at his failure and frankly said that lie had no hope bf winning even a,slnglc race. He said: "American brains and development have us beaten. If the day ever ?ornes when England produces a Iler reshoff, then I will challenge for the cup again. * It will not be until then. It is unpleasant to be compelled to ' admit it, but the brains in boatbuild ing are on this side of the. water. llerreshofT ls a wizard. His work is wonderful: none can have admired Re liance more than I have. She ls tho best boat by all odds and has won on' strict merit. "lam a most disappointed man. My hopes were high when I left home. . I surely believed I would carry back the cup. "Wednesday's fluke only prolonged the agony for mc. I don't want to win on any slips and I re gretted Reliance's failure to get over the linc as much as any ono could.". Sir Thomas was asked why lt was - that Shamrock III was not given more sail area. Ho replied that bc trusted everything regarding con-.'V'lv^' s traction and design to the best of England's talent. Ile complimented Capt. B?rr? and said that ho had no fault to lind with the way In wlilch. Shamrock had been handled. "I hope," be said, "that we will get a 25-knot breeze and a heavy sea to morrow. Then -we will have had all the chances on thc calendar to try out Shamrock's qualities." The, baronet praises the hosplt?lityiand. goiibrostty of Americans and expressed .thc belief that many of to>em wanted to see biro ^rt^?r'^.^^Xi^?ilr^?^b^A;;WOUia-;r^.?sU Shamrock over the line ahead "if/.they could rbelieye.''*' :.y.j .. Too Many Wives. The Columbia State says: A shock.. lng story of the lightness with which martial ties are regarded has reached Columbia through the arrest of O. E. Dennard, who Is charged with bigamy. He has a wife living in Atlanta, and .his second wife is In this city. He himself was at one time a fl?gman in the employ of the Southern and has a number of acquaintances among the railroad people, and they were very -muth surprised. But thc story is told by tho Atlanta papers. The Even ing Nows says: "Because ho has one more wife than the law allows, O. E. Dennard, 33 years old, who formerly resided in Atlanta, ls held a prisoner at the police barrack. Dennard was arrested Thursday morning at 151 Luckie street by Patrolman Phillips on complaint of Mrs. Dennard No. 1. Wants Damages. A dispatch to the State says-Mrs. Jane E. Boyescn left Spartanburg Wednesday afternoon for a trip to tho mountains of Western North Carolina. She states that she will return In time for the civil action which she expects to bring against those who have humiliated her and degraded her by suspicioning her as a thief aud by searching her trunks. Wednesday her counsel, Mr. Stanyarnc Wilson and Carlisle & Carlisle, fowarded to the clerk of the United State court in Charleston thc papers of a nuit for $50,000, which Mrs. Boyeson will bring for humiliation and degradation and damage to character against the . White Stono Llthia company, Jas. T. Harris, J. B. Morgan and J. C. Elliott. To Shut Out Negroes. A philanthropic organization in New York city has announced a plan to colonize 200 families of negroes from the South in each county in In diana and Southern Michigan. In thc regions named there are few negroes, and thc white population aro aroused over the prospect of having the race question brought to their doors. An organization is in process of formation to discourage the negroes, some of whom have already arrived In Porter county, thc idea being to adopt a pol icy of non-intercourse with the blacks, refusing to employ them, sell them ?mipplies, or rent or sell real estate to I'them. A lighting Judge. Judge Carroll L. Wood of tho Arkansas supreme court, who isoppos ing Gov. . Davis as a candidate for a third terra, knoeked Gov. Davis.QiT a speaking stand, fmir feet, to the ground, during thc campaign at Bis- j*5 marok Wednesday. Gov. Davis was., not hurt and friends prevented further? trouble. Judge Wood was immediate-:: ly arrested on a charge of. .assault and I battery. Gov. Davis publi?ly asked Judge Wood questions, and before tliey cauld be fully answered intcrupt cd with more questions, which so angered Judge Wood that ho jjnocked Gov. Davis from the platform. Later thc matter wa? adjusted. Negroes and Bicycles. There arc thousands of bicyalcs be ing sold this season through Ula southern states, where tthc bicyclo craze lias struck thc negroes, and tba wheel has almost boen abandoned by tho whites.