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f craps and Jacts.
? The hearing authorized by recent
action of congress of the discharged
negro soldiers of the 25th infantry in
order that they might clear themselves
of the charge of participating in the
Brownsville riot with the view to their
re-enlistment, according to a Washington
dispatch, is not likely to be
conducted for some time yet. Various
reasons are assigned at the war department
for tire delay in the organization
of the committee to conduct the
investigation, the principal ones being
that the certified copy of the law has
not been issued by the state department,
and that care must be exercised
in the selection of the personnel of the
commission to avoid any ground for
possible allegations of bias. Many inauiries
have reached the department
as to when the investigation would
be begun.
? Users of the Maxim silencer had
?? better keep away from Pittsburg, Pasays
a dispatch. The silencer is not
to be permitted to do business there,
the police department has already taken
action, and persons found in possession
of a gun with the new device
attached will be sent as far as the law
will permit them to be sent. The matter
was brought to the notice of the
police department by a citizen, who
pointed out the almost unlimited opportunities
for crime presented In the
use of the silencer. Superintendent of
Police Thomas A. McQuaid said last
night: "There Is no question in my
mind but that the user of the silencer
will prove disastrous to the peace of
every center where precautions against
Its use are not taken. With a silencer
attached to his revolver a thug or murderer
could stand 100 feet away from
his victim, shoot him, and then make
his escape without fear of detection.
? New York, March 9: True to their
promise, a band of suffragettes invaded
the downtown newspaper district at
2.30 o'clock this morning in the hope of
attracting the attention or ana tVIl- I
verting to the cause of women's suffrage
the employees of newspapers
along Park Row. Standing on a wagon
drawn by one horse, ten women halted
In front of the Tribune building, and
the speech making began at 3 o'clock.
Although there were few persons on
the street at the time a crowd soon
collected and listened to the talks.
Among the well known women who
were seen In the wagon were Mrs.
Boorman Wells and Dr. Maude Glasgow.
The vehicle was lighted by the
familiar campaign torch and a little
speaker's stand stood at the end. There
were also conspicuous signs, one of
which bore the inscription, "Women
Vote in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and
Idaho?Why not in New York?"
Whether any newspaper employees
mingled in the crowd and whether
there were any converts to the cause
could not be ascertained. A detail of
policemen and plainclothes men kept
order.
? Chicago, March 10: Judge Anderson
decided to instruct the jury in
the Standard Oil case to find the com
pony not guilty. The prosecution today
ended in failure after having once
been tried by Judge Landis, whose decision
was reversed by the court of appeals
and the case remanded to the
district court for a second trial, had Its
beginning August 27, 1906. On that
date ten indictments were returned by
the Federal grand Jury, charging the
Standard Oil company, of Indiana, with
accepting concessions from railways
In shipments of oil from Whiting, Ind.
With 146 counts in the Indictments allowed
to stand the case went to trial
before Judge Landis, March 4. 1907.
The trial resulted In a verdict of guilty.
Arguments for a new trial were denied.
On August 3, 190S, Judge Landis
imposed his famous $29,240,000 fine.
The decision of the court was announced
at the close of a long argument
by the assistant district attorney
and the Jury was immediately summoned
and instructed to return a verdict
of not guilty. This means that
all but two of the pending indictments
against the Standard Oil company of
Indiana are void and will be abandoned
by the government. The two cases
not affected by today's decisions are
cases Involving the shipment of 1,915
carloads of oil from Whiting, Ind., to
Evansville, Ind., via Dalton Junction,
over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
railroad.
? Washington, March 9: The appearand
nf thinirs nt the White House
bears ample evidence of the change In
administration. Major D. A. Leoffler
the venerable German-American who
has for forty years been doorkeeper
of the president's office, is not on
duty, his place having been taken, according
to announcement, by Thomas
E. Stone, who has for several years
been the chief usher at the White
House. Mr. Stone is a much younger
man than Major Leoffler, who has been
In service at the White House without
interruption since early in the first
administration of President Grant.
Another innovation was the substitution
of negroes in turn for the members
of the police force who have for
many years and perhaps since the
foundation of the government been
hourly on guard at the main door on
the north side of the mansion. Mrs.
Taft is responsible for this change.
Since the president's offices are now
located in a separate wing of the
building, miscellaneous visitors do
not enter by the main door of the
White House, and that portal is there
fore considered strictly private. Uniformed
guardians of the peace are not
considered necessary, and their places
have been taken by negro men who
wore today a neat livery of blue cloth
with a narrow white line to trim the
coat and trousers. The livery is similar
to that which was worn by the
president's coachman and carriage
footman during the Roosevelt administration.
Fred W. Carpenter, who has
been the private secretary of Mr. Taft
since the days when he was governor
of the Philippine Islands, is in charge
of the White House offices as secretary
to the president. Assistant Secretary
Rudolph Forster, who has occupied
the desk next to that of the
secretary of the president for several
years, will continue in the same capac*?oeon*
finn
ItJ UUI11I5 LI1C ^iVOCIH, UUHIIUIOUUUVIl.
? Washington special to Columbia
Record: As has been foretold in these
dispatches, the negro, Wilson, for sixteen
years incumbent of the postmastership
at Florence, will not be reappointed.
The next postmaster in that
city will be a white man and a Democrat,
and Senator Smith of South Carolina,
fresh from his yesterday's oath
of office, is authority for the statement.
I met Senator Smith today as he was
rushing from his hotel. La Normandie,
to catch a train for Florence and he
was in high spirits over the assurance
he had received from his new colleagues
in the senate. He said that
now that Wilson's nomination had
been Indefinitely held up the long-famous
"courtesy of the senate" would
have full sway. In this case the senate's
courtesy means that in his own
town Senator Smith can have practi
cally a free hand in his appointments.
There are some white Republicans in
Florence, said the new senator, but he
will lift his voice in favor of a Democrat
and he feels certain that his request
will not be refused. Exactly
who he will favor Senator Smith has
[not yet decided, though he said that
he had several good men under con[
sideration. He believes that he has
(time enough for that decision before
anybody's name will be presented to
the senate. On the subject of Mr.
Taft's inaugural address?that part of
| it at least relating to the south and
J her negro question that sombre in[
terrogation point that has punctuated
her history for fifty years?Senator
Smith's remarks were all praise. If
President Taft, said the new senator
from South Carolina, can carry out the
policy he declared in his own inaugural
address yesterday, he will not
only build up a strong Republican party
in the south, but in Senator Smith's
opinion, he will do the south, as a section,
great good. "With the negro
question hanging over us," said Senator
Smith in effect as he walked hurriedly
down Fifteenth street northwest,
"there was nothing for us to do but to
hang together, all of us. It has bound
the south in certain grooves that would
ordinarily have been abandoned and
has fastened her under the political
control of certain limited circles that
have not always been for the best good
of the south. If President Taft keeps
to his pledge, he will make some
changes in these things."
She florlmUf inquirer.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkvllle
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVHXE. S. C.t
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1909.
A party of soldiers captured a pair
of young: eagles on James Island, off
Charleston, a few days ago, after a
hard fight with the old birds. The
nest was In a tall pine. One of the
soldiers climbed the tree, and was so
fiercely attacked by the old eagles
that he had to push the nest out of the
tree in order to save himself. His
companions on the ground caught the
young birds without difficulty. When
the man who climbed the tree came
down, blood was flowing from numerous
cuts, and he said that if he had
not thrown the young birds down the
old birds would have finally got the
best of him. The Audubon society
has taken the matter up and sworn
out warrants for the soldiers.
Tire Columbia Record Is rapidly
making good under Its new management,
at least editorially. Mr. James
A. Hoyt, the editor is one of the mos/
capable young newspaper men In the
state. He began to give evidence to
that effect, first on his father's old
paper, the Greenville Enterprise and
Mountaineer, and later on the Columbia
State and News and Courier. This,
however, we believe, Is his first independent
responsibility In connection
with a daily; but he has taken hold
with the assurance and confidence of a
veteran, and we are not looking for
anything else than that he will make
of the Record a factor that will have
to be considered. Mr. Hoyt and the
Record have our best wishes.
There Is quite a strong element of
rebellion in the Republican house majority
against the re-election of Mr.
"" creator At 1 pa n fi-OOd
vaillivn oo o^/vunvi wv?~ v w ?
deal of fuss is being made over the
matter. But It will not amount to a
great deal, for it is based principally
on the ambition of other would-be
leaders to get the place for themselves.
There is a lot of fuss from time to time
about the autocratic power of the
speaker and the alleged tyrannical manner
in which he uses it; but there is
more or less buncombe about it. Of
course, the speaker has great power. It
is necessary for him to have power.
Otherwise, but little headway could be
made in the transaction of business.
Any other man as speaker, whether
Republican or Democrat, would have
to exercise just about the same power
and in very much the same way. All
of the members of congress understand
this, and there is so little question of
it, that it is strange there should be
so much buncombe of the kind that is
so persistently indulged in. But we do
not think there is much probability of
Cannon being turned down, at this
time.
New Laws.
4 *L/? norl r\f tho
AllIlUUSIl II1C gicaici (Jail VI I..V
forty-seven days the general assembly
was In session this year, was badly
interfered with by the deadlock over
the election of an associate justice,
and the filibuster over the state-wide
prohibition bill, the forthcoming volume
of acts will be about as large as
that of previous years, and while most
of the new laws are of local Interest
only, several of them are of very considerable
general importance.
As to the wisdom of repealing the
lien law, we have all along been more
or less doubtful; but now that the
law has been repealed the thing is for
those concerned to make the most of
it. There is no doubt about the fact
that many people have been benefited
by this law and many others have been
harmed. We refer to those for whose
uplift the law is supposed to have been
intended?the ambitious farmers who
have no other means of credit.
By means of the lien law many
a laborer without capital has raised
himself to the position of an
independent land owning farmer.
Also many a land owning fanner, by
depending upon it has lost everything
he had. There is a prevalent idea that
a good way to learn a beginner how
to swim is to pitch him into water
over his head. Some learn to swim
and some drown. Most people appreciate
the meaning of "root hog or die,"
and there are many instances of people
who after reaching the point where they
could no longer get even lien accorn
IllUUttlll'Iia, navr gvut; u"?? u vw uuiu
work, and by the exercise of proper
thrift and economy have lifted themselves
out of the ruts. To see how
it will all come out, it will be best to
wait.
There is now a law that prescribes
punishment for corporations that seek
to declare dividends that have not
been earned. Heretofore, there has been
little effort to regulate this matter. It
has been a common thing in this state
as well as in other states for corporations
to pay dividends with the idea
of boosting stock. This new law seeks
to discourage this kind of humbug.
A somewhat novel proposition in
this state is the act making the ut
terance of bogus checks a misdemeanor.
Of course, anybody can under
stand that to give a check against "no
funds" in the bank involves fraud at
common law. But, heretofore there has
been no means of reaching the offense.
A man who may have drawn his balance
years ago might give a check and
when brought to book, claim that he
thought there was still something coming
to him. As everything depends
upon the "intent," and that is a matter
that cannot be established outside
of the mind of the alleged offender,
there is no satisfactory way of getting
to the bottom. But under the new law,
the drawer of the check must know
(what he is doing. If there are no funds
in the bank to meet his check when
?miiot malro crr\f\rI
pIVSCIllCU, 11IC1I uc aiuok luanv evvu
within thirty days after notice or take
the consequences. The bill passed by
a pretty close vote. There are in the
general assembly quite a number of
representatives who were opposed to
the proposition. The commercial
world?that portion of it which recognizes
the sacredness of commercial
obligations?favors the law.
Another law that marks a new departure
for the general assembly of
this state, is one that seeks to outlaw
the sheep killing dog by making his
ownership a misdemeanor. Various
efforts at sheep raising have been made
from time to time in different parts
of the state and although these efforts
have met with numerous discouragements,
the most serious has been the
sheep killing dog. As to what effect
this new law will have is a matter of
doubt. It only puts the sheep owner
in a position to protect himself if he
desires to do so.
We have not yet seen the acts,
only the titles. Among these titles are
several that seem to suggest consid
emuie iiiipuiiaiibc, uui as iu nun important
they are, we cannot say until
we have seen their texts.
CLOVER CULLINGS.
Telephone Misunderstanding?A Big
Cocking Main?Building Notes.
UorresuondeDce of the Yorkriile Knqulrer.
Clover, March 12.?Sometime ago a
contract was signed by the Piedmont
Telephone and Telegraph company and
a number of citizens living along the
road running east from Bowling Green
as far as Mr. R. B. Riddle's, providing
that the parties of the second part (the
citizens) were to furnish and set up
the necessary poles and the party of
the first part (the telephone company)
.was to furnish the wire, put It up, furnish
the necessary Instruments, keep
the line in order for a term of three
years, give connection with all exchanges
in the county owned or controlled
by It, and also with Gastonia
and charge >2.50 per month for business
phQnes and >1.50 for dwellings,
and also agreed in the contract that
not exceeding twelve instruments were
at any time to be connected with same
wires?the equipment to be a metallic
circuit The parties of the second part
have carried out their part of the contract
to the letter, and erected an ex
ceptlonally substantial lot of poleseach
one being cedar and of a quality
and size calculated to stand for 12 or
15 years. When negotiations were first
opened the representative of the telephone
company stated that the contract
would be made if as many as
four or five would agree to the terms.
The wires have not yet been strung,
and no instruments installed, but trouble
is brewing. Messrs. Will Riddle
and Ben Adams were here yesterday
and stated that now that the poles
were set up and the company finds
that it can get twenty subscribers instead
of twelve, Manager Babington
has advised them that he will place the
former number on the line. These gentlemen,
as well as others who furnished
and set up the poles, are opposed
to having more than the number originally
agreed upon and propose to try
to hold the company down to the written
contract. It is not their desire or
purpose to deprive any of the conveniences
they expected to enjoy themselves,
but claim that if the telephone
company makes contracts with more
than twelve persons on their line it
must string additional wires. The line
is to connect with the Clover exchange.
A big cocking main was pulled oft
at a point about two miles east of
Clover on last Tuesday between North
and South Carolina birds. Very little
is known about the affair here, but ft
is said that there were sixteen fights
and that the North Carolina crowd
claimed to have won thirteen of them.
Two citizens living in the neighborhood
where the fights took place, and
who were very anxious to have them
stopped, but could not for lack of much
needed law on the subject, visited the
scene in the alternoon ana one or rnem
advised your correspondent that when
they arrived no fights were in progress
and none took place while they were
there, but a number of dead cocks
were in sight which was conclusive
evidence of what had been going on,
This character of "sport" is prohibited
by law in North Carolina, .but it would
seem that South Carolina always has
too many members in the legislature
who stand for this kind of thing, as
such a bill is defeated each time it is
introduced.
Mr. D. A. Matthews recently bought
the frame store building that stood on
Mrs. C. A. Dorsett's lot on Main street,
has torn it down and is having it rebuilt
on the lot he bought from Mr.
S. J. Clinton on the north side of East
King's Mountain street. Mrs. Dorsett
is having an addition erected in the
rear of her boarding house to be used
as a dining room. Mrs. Edith Jackson
has purchased a desirable lot on New
street and has awarded the contract
for erecting a handsome dwelling on
it to Mr. W. I. Brison. Mr. Walter B.
Moore has bought a lot on New street
and expects to erect a dwelling on the
same during the coming summer.
Dr. Marshall Nell has been quite unwell
for the past ten days or two weeks,
and at present is unable to attend to
his large and growing practice, and
which is being looked after by his
partner. Dr. E. W. Pressly. Dr. Nell's
numerous friends are hoping that he
will soon be himself once more.
? Columbia Dally Record. Wednesday:
The home offices of several of the
rerl un over the new act reauiring a
tax of 2 per cent on gross premiums,
surmising that this was in addition to
state and county taxes. Mr. J. J. McMahan,
representing several companies,
called on Commissioner McMaster today
and found that their interpretation
of the new law agreed, that the
new tax was in lieu of the other. As
has been generally understood the new
act was passed to get around the recent
Abbeville decision of Judge Memminger
in the case of the New York
Life, which along with other companies
have been "bucking" against the
payment of state and county taxes,
Some of the companies thinking the
new tax additional were making preparations
to withdraw from the state,
The last annual report of Insurance
premiums collected in this state, in
which the totals appear, was for 1907,
when a total of $4,848,258.46 was collected?$2,955,583.62
in life premiums
$1,630,068.47 for fire and $262,606.37 for
/tnonnUir Krvn/lmar nn/1 onolrlont The
former tax averaged about li per cent
throughout the state, but there was an
additional license tax of half a mill,
which makes the new tax about the
same as the old. The new law does
not interfere with city license taxes on
insurance companies, and this city and
county will get about the same as
usual from the Insurance companies.
After the two per cent is paid in, it
will have to be apportioned between the
state and the various counties, which
will be a big jcb.
? Columbia, March 10: President
Taylor, of the State Audubon society,
today secured warrants from Magistrate
Fowles here against the eleven
Federal soldiers stationed at Fort
Moultrie, accused in an article in the
News and Courier of today of having
robbed an eagle nest of Its young on
James Island Sunday. Mr. Taylor is
having papers sent down for service
today. The warrant charges the men
with violation of tire act of 1905.
LOCAL AFFAIR8,
1 NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8.
Enquirer Office?Will tell the finder
the name of the party who lost 125
on Wednesday, if application is made
at this office.
R. M. Wyatt, Smyrna?Owing to physical
inability will in the future do
only the lighter grades of work In
his line.
J. M. Barnett?Requests subscribers
to The Enquirer on his club to pay
up at once.
Miss Catherine Dickson?Has lost a
breast pin and will appreciate information
leading to its recovery.
Bank of Hickory Grove?Wants an opportunity
of telling you the advantages
you receive by haviitg a bank
account?J1 will start you.
Yorkvllle Monument Works?Is prepared
to furnish marble and granite
monuments, urns, vases, curbing,
etc., and guarantees workmanship
, and material. \
M. W. White?Advises you to do unto
others as you would ha"^? them do
to you. Stock and real estate offerings.
N*.
York Supply Co.?Can supply you
with several varieties of seed Irish
potatoes and wants you to see the
John Deere line of farm, tools and
implements.
Loan and Savings Bank?Inquires if
you have started to lay by something
for your old age. It offers a
safe depository for your funds.
T. M. Dobson?Representing the
Charlotte steam laundry, solicits dry
cleaning, dyeing and laundry work.
Take care of your laundry tickets
J. Q. Wray?Is showing new spring
styles in white wash goods and wool
dress goods, men's negligee shirts,
etc. Groceries for the man who
i would save money.
Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Tells about
the good qualities of "Keen Kutter"
tools for carpenters' use. It has a
large stock of these tools.
Carroll Furniture Co.?Says its cook
ing stoves are hot propositions and
can supply you with any size at the
right prices.
First National Bank?Is ready to take
care of your funds and assures you
of the most thorough protection
against loss by Are, burglary or
otherwise.
L. M. Grist's Sons?Have added a
stock of typewriter ribbons and
carbons, typewriter papers,, etc., to
I their stationery department
Sherer & Ferguson?Want fat veal
calves delivered at City Market on
Saturday and Monday.
Star Drug Store?Has a big line of
statlonerv to meet the requirements
of all classes of stationery users.
Prices to suit you.
Miss Rosa J. Lindsay?Is prepared to
fill orders for photographs In colors
and will be glad to ouote you
prices on this class of work.
A small white boy of the Sharon
neighborhood had three fingers of two
hands blown off recently, as the result
of the explosion of a dynamite cap
with which he was ignorantly experimenting.
Andy Wood, a well known negro of
the Beth-Shiloh neighborhood, died
last Tuesday after a brief Illness. He
was a slave until tne ciose or xne war,
and since the war has been held In
high respect by his white neighbors.
He owned a small farm and owed no
debts.
The government has been spending
money at a pretty stiff pace during
the past few years, and with the outgo
exceeding the income, and very llti
tie prospect of an Increase of revenue
through tariff sources, it is beginning
to look like It will be necessary
to levy war taxes to keep things
straight. Either that or there must be
i a bond issue to pay the expenses of
1 the government.
People interested in the Farmers* Co?
operative Demonstration work, should
address Mr. C. J. Hughes, Filbert No.
1. There seems to be a general idea
that to undertake this work means expense
to the co-operators and demonstrators.
That is a mistake. The
, government does not recommend or
desire the use of more than 300 pounds
of fertilizer to the acre, and the whole
object of the demonstration is to get
the largest crops at the least expense.
LIEN LAW REPEAL.
The act repealing the lien law is
brief. The text of it is as follows:
' Be It enacted by the general assembly
of the state of South Carolina that
section 3,059, volume 1, code of laws
of South Carolina, 1902, relating to
liens for advances be, and the same Is,
hereby repealed.
Section 2. That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with this act be, and
the same are, hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect
on the first day of January, A. D. 1910.
i Provided that all liens taken before
i" this act takes effect shall be valid,
and may be enforced as now provided
i .by law.
i Approved March 4, 1909.
i ?
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss May Moorman of Columbia, is
| the guest of Mrs. Withers Adickes.
i Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nesbit of Van
Wyck, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs.
i M. J. Walker.
Mrs. S. C. Ashe left yesterday morning
for Atlanta, Ga., where her brother
is critically ill.
Mrs. W. H. Lowrance of Chester, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. C. J. Hughes
on Filbert R. F. D. No. 1. 11
Because of a sudden change for the
worse in the condition of his son, who
! recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis, Rev. C. E. McDonald
i will be unable to preach in the Associate
Reformed church next Sunday.
The many friends of Mr. T. C. Dunlap
will regret to learn that he has
been compelled to resign his position
as cashier of the Loan and Savings
f bank. This is because of his health,
his physician having advised him that
to continue in his confining position
will be very unwise. Mr. Dunlap has
| been cashier of the J oan and Savings
bank for about three years, during
1 which time, by his courteous, consid1
erate and efficient service he has not
only held on to all of his old friends,
but made many new ones. Mr. Dunlap's
resignation will take effect next
montn.
MADE HIM INDEPENDENT.
| "I am not prepared to say that the
repeal of the lien law Is the best,"
said a farmer to the reporter a few
days ago; "but I have noted some
cases that seemed to argue that easy
, credit very frequently does a man
, more harm than good."
With this by way of preliminary explanation,
the farmer went on to tell
this story.
"I know a certain farmer in this
county who owns the plantation he
lives on, who Is practically independent
so far as this world's goods are concerned,
who has good credit, and who
pays his debts as they become due. Up
to a few years back, this farmer had
very little means. In fact he had been
running on liens year after year, and
coming out so far behind that he could
not get credit anywhere. And this
very fact was his making. When he
. could no longer get credit, he went
, down to hard, steady work, lived economically
and finally got to where he
' could go it alone."
The speaker assured the reporter
, that he was able to give names and
, other specific information; but suggested
that was unnecessary, as he
believed The Enquirer had many read,
ers who could mention similar instances.
They could be found, he said,
in almost every section, and the lesson
, they teach, he thinks, is that it is best
to put people as far as possible on
their own resources.
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.
The developments in the speculative
market were reviewed in an Associated
Press dispatch of last night
! as follows;
The cotton market was rather more
active today, but prices were easier
and the close, while steady, was at a
net decline of 5 to 7 points.
The market opened easy at a decline
of 2 to 6 points and Increased
the loss to a matter of 7 to 9 points :
right after the opening under selling
by old longs who were probably discouraged
by the Indifferent cables, <
rumors of short time In Lancashire j
and prospects for more rain In the
southwest. Leading bull Interests ]
seemed to be supporting prices at the ,
decline, however, and during the middle
session prices rallied 3 or 4 points |
from the lowest to ease ofT again dur- ;
ing the middle of the afternoon under i
renewed liquidation and bear press- '
ure.
At the low point May sold at 9.42
and October at 9.20, the lowest prices
reached so far this week. Around <
9.20 for October there was a good de- i
mand, both from the leading longs
and fresh buyers, and prices recovered
a point or two in the later trading,
although the undertone of the mar- i
ket seemed to be unsettled. Official
weather reports showed no precipitation
of consequence in the south- i
west during the past 24 hours, but |
the forecast was for showers in south
Texas and showers or snow in northern
portions of that state. Southern <
spot markets officially reported early
were generally unchanged and local <
spot buyers report some demand for j
export. Today's exports were heavy,
being more than double the port re- <
ceipts.
Receipts at the ports today were i
27,255 bales against 13,200 last week (
and 16,159 last year. For the week (
110,000 bales against 152,225 last
*%y*A 1AA 75K loaf vonr Tnflflv's
receipts at New Orleans 4,365 bales
against 5,882 last year and at Hous- i
ton 6,384 bales against 3,373 last <
year. i
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The county board of commissioners
met In their office last Wednesday, 1
pursuant to published notice and spent '
the whole day in the consideration of i
various Items of business that demanded
attention.
The feature of the day's meeting was
the representations of various delegations
that were on hand on account of
the proposition to establish a straight
road between YorkvIIle and Rock Hill,
and the discussion of the subject was
quite animated and interesting.
The "straight road" proposition
contemplates the use of the Landsford
road from the county home to Adnah
church, and the Lower Rock Hill road
from there to the Biggers hill, and
the opening of about two miles of new
road between the Biggers hill and the
end of Main street. Rock Hill. The advocates
of this proposition ofTer to 1
secure rights of way and do the opening
up work free of cost to the county.
The air line distance between YorkvIIle
and Rock Hill is a little less than
twelve miles. The nearest road Is 1
nearly fourteen miles and by the "up- 1
per" road tne distance is aooui nuccu
miles. It Is claimed that the new road
will make the distance in a fraction
over twelve miles.
The opposition to the proposed
straight road comes from various
sources assigning various reasons. I
Some people on the upper road do not
want travel diverted to the lower road. I
Others object to a straightening process
that would interfere with the re- ;
lations of their respective homes to j
the highway, and others claim that
there are enough roads already and
that there is no need to open any more. (
There were still others on hand in the j
Interest of opening a road from Rock '
Hill in the direction of Bethesda and
Guthriesville. Some were antagonizing j
the straight road idea, and others were
advocating other propositions.
With the light before it the board (
was unable to decide in its office the
best thing to do in the circumstances, j
and decided to visit the Biggers hill |
next Thursday and go over, the proposed
new road from that point to j
Rock Hill; also to get as much addi- J
tional information as possible about
the other propositions. (
Messrs. J. S. Glasscock and N. B.
Williams presented a petition for the
granting of a public road starting at
Neely's Creek church on the Colum- ]
bia and Nation Ford road and running
through the lands of H. and N.
B. Williams to Andrew Shlllinglaw's,
where it connects with the new B]ack
Jack road, leading to Rock Hill, This
petition was referred to Supervisor
Gordon and Township Supervisor D.
P. Lesslie for further consideration.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The musical entertainment in the
school auditorium this evening has
been the talk of the town since Its announcement,
and it will be thoroughly
enjoyed by everybody. It promises to
be an entertainment that will please.
? An alarm at about 7.30 o'clock
last Wednesday night took the fire department
to Trinity church, where
prayer meeting was in progress. It
seems that something had gotten wrong
with the furnace, presumably as the 1
result of unauthorized tampering, and 1
the sleepers above caught Are. The (
dames were extinguished with but little
difficulty.
? A white youth of 17 or 18 years, (
pretty well dressed and of fairly good ,
appearance, drifted into Yorkville last !
Tuesday and represented himself as a j
deaf mute. He went to the printing
office and ordered the printing of some j
cards, for which he paid in advance.
Later he appeared on the streets soliciting
alms, and several people state
that they heard him talking. For some
reason he decided to hie out and took ,
the blind baggage to Rock Hill, leaving
his board bill unpaid. J
? In the last issue of The Enquirer |
was an index of an advertisement of ,
" L ~i, ?? coin ,
Z.UCI1 illUUHCC a UtXl IV V/UlllCI, 1U1 oo.v ,
by Mr. W. S. Gordon of Yorkville; but ;
by an oversight the advertisement itself
was left out of the paper. Mr.
Gordon, however, has decided that he
does not want the advertisement repeated
at this time for the reason that
he has only a few copies of the book
left, and dislikes to disappoint anybody
who may call for it. He has already
sold several dozen copies and
will soon get a new supply, if additional
copies are still to be had.
? The funeral of Mr. J. C. McClain,
whose death was mentioned in the last
issue of The Enquirer, took place in
the Yorkville cemetery last Tuesday
afternoon, religious exercises at the
grave being conducted by Rev. O. M.
Abney. Mr. McClain was 65 years of
age. He is survived by five sons,
Messrs. J. C. McClain of Charlotte, N.
C., L. F. McClain of Columbia; Frank
McClain of Augusta, Ga.; T. W. McClain
of Jacksonville, Fla.; Edward W.
McClain of Houston, Tex.; two daughters,
Mrs. J. E. Griffin and Mrs. Q.
Neely of Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs.
Mary F. Grist of Yorkville, and Mrs.
W. B. Haslam of Middletown, N. Y.,
and a brother, Mr. T. B. McClain of
Camden.
LOCAL LACONICS. ;
Tenement House Burned.
A tenement house occupied by New- 1
man Jackson, colored, on Mr. Lesslie '
L. Smith's place, five miles northwest '
of Yorkville, was destroyed by fire '
yesterday at noon. The fire originated '
in a pile, of corn in the shuck in an <
otherwise unused back room. Only a 1
few articles were saved from the burn- '
ing building. 1
Deadly Loose Cartridge.
Miss Ethel, daughter of Mrs. R. R. I
Plexico, was quite seriously injured I
at her home in Sharon last Monday, as <
the result of the explosion of a pistol '
cartridge that she had swept into the I
fire. It is thought that the injury was I
indicted by the shell which usually I
does the harm in such cases. She '
was struck in the back, and the mis- i
sile fractured the eighth rib.
Pip* Mpar Rethanv
The home of Mr. Robert Deal about
a mile and a half east of Bethany, was
destroyed by fire last Wednesday night
at about 8.30 o'clock. Mr. Deal and
his family had gone away about an
hour before on a visit to a neighbor
nearby, and were apprised of the fire
by the light from the (lames. The
cause of the fire is unknown, the theory
being that it was probably a case
of rats and matches. The loss was
complete and amounted to about $500.
Co-Operafive Demonstration Work.
Following are the names of the York '
county fanners who, up to yesterday,
had signified to County Agent Hughes
their Intention to participate in the
government's co-operative demonstration
work: J. E. Burns, A. L. Black,
J. C. Dickson, J. J. Jones, A. L. Lineberger,
S. L. Pursley, J. Darby Smith,
E. M. Dickson, W. T. McClain, W. C.
McLure, R. W. Love, J. D. Land, J.
D. Clark, W. S. Hogue, R. R. Love, J.
Warren Moore, D. T, Quinn, R. W.
Whitesides, T. A. Gwlnn, J. L. Dowale,
W. T. Dowdle, J. D. Smith, W. T.
Smarr. E. N. Caldwell, M. S. Carroll,
W. D. Thomasson, John M. Craig, W.
H. Herndon, H. B. Merritt, J. Frank
Ashe, E. A. Burns, H. J. Zlnkler, J.
M. Mcllwaln, J. S. Harper, A. T. Neely,
S. L. Thomasson, S. P. Nell, E.
N. Stephenson, J. W. McFarland, E.
G. Pursley, S. W. McKnight, J. L.
rempleton.
"Varmint" At Pinevilla.
Plnevllle correspondence Charlotte
Observer: "As Messrs. Tate Spencer
and Alvah Culp were walking along
the street last evening they heard the
pitiful yelp of a dog, which seemed to
be In distress. In a few minutes an
animal, with a little dog clenched be
ed. For some time past he has Deen
a "trusty" and has been behaving: himself
very well. Thinking: the threatening
weather extended the Invitation,
he walked off Tuesday night and gave
Superintendent Gordon and his guards
a lot of trouble. Mr. Gordon was out
after him nearly all night, going as far
as Catawba river, and getting the full
benefit of the heavy downpour of rain
that fell during several hours. Brown
was captured about three miles south
of Yorkville. He claimed that he was
merely going to visit his family and
that It was his Intention to return.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? Aiken, March 10: It was reported
at the meeting of the city council, by
one member of that body, that since
Miss Kirk, the lady who is alleged to
be suffering from leprosy, came to this
city the city has paid out $700 for
quarantine, in maintaining guards and
other incidental expenses in maintaining
the segregation. The matter of
taking off all guards but one for the
day was discussed, and it is probable
that hereafter only one guard will be
kept to maintain the quarantine. At
present there is a night and a day
guard. It was proposed to take off
the night man and require the day
guard to remain on from early in the
morning to about 10 o'clock at night,
as it is not believed that any one will
attempt to get into the premises during
the night hours.
? Spartanburg, March 9: The head
camp of the Woodmen of the World,
in convention here tonight, elected the
Following officers: Head consul, R, A.
Lide, Orangeburg; head adviser, Tlios.
C. Hamer, Bennettsville; head banker,
bred C. Lotz, Charleston (re-elected);
bead clerk, R. S. Hood, Sumter; head
escort, W. Hampton Cobb, Columbia;
head watchman, W. E. Lee, Anderson;
bead sentry, R. N. Edmunds, Edgefield;
board of head managers, C. A. Rowers,
Laurens, chairman; A. M. Boozer, Columbia;
J. E. Carroll, Yorkvllle; Max
S. Bryan, Rock Hill; M. J. Spears, Darlington.
Delegates to the sovereign
convention, which meets in Detroit in
June: Dr. R. A. Gyles of Blackville, retiring
head consul, and Robert A.
Llde, head consul, by virtue of their
offices; Li. L Parrott ol Sumter, ana
A. S. Parks of Greenville; alternates,
R. B. Gross of Holly Hill and Philip
Stoll of Klngstreej- The next meeting
will be held at Stfmter, this place being
chosen over Chester.
? Columbia, March 9: Applications
for two positions of inspector at $1,000
a year plus $300 for expenses, which
Commissioner Watson will have to fill
under the new factory inspection act,
are still floating in by every mail, and
no part of the state has been slighted
on the part of those applying. Commissioner
Watson will not make the
appointments until just before the act
goes Into effect, twenty days after its
approval last week. In the meantime
the commission is preparing a digest
of all the labor laws of the state, which
will be printed in pamphlet form for
the edification and guidance of all
employers of labor. Already numerous
requests are coming in for copies
of the new act, particularly that section
which requires a registration of
children at work under 14 with full
signed statements from their parents
or guardians as to their ages, residence
and the reasons for their being em
pioyea. A peculiarity auuui. me uctt
act is that it requires several impossible
things, among others the thorough
Inspection of every place in the state
where there are five or more employed.
Even if the inspections were confined
to strictly manufacturing plants the
two inspectors would have over 3,000
such Jobs to be attended to "thoroughly"
in the course of the year, and the
act requires these Inspections to be
made periodically during the year.
And the Inspector Is provided with the
average sum or less than 20 cents per
job. Commissioner Watson said today
that he would not attempt to carry out
the full directions of the act, but would
confine the inspectors to the most important
work, the gathering of statistics
and organizing the work generally
so as to have the work well in hand
by the next meeting of the legislature.
? According to the Spartanburg Journal,
work on the Carolina, Clinchfleld
and Ohio road is proceeding rapidly
and, if not interrupted by bad weather
the contractors say that track-laying
will begin at the Spartanburg end In
about sixty days. Track-laying will
Degin ai me uosuc enu puaaiuiy u, iuuc
earlier than that, as the grading work
a,t that end is further advanced than
it this end. The contractors have
worked right on up to the overhead
bridge at North Church street, where
the C. C. & O. will cross the Southern.
The trees on the edge of Wofford campus
have been felled. Beyond the residence
of Mr. Rembert the work of
grading is actively in progress, houses
ire being removed, and dirt is being
taken from cuts and dumped on the
(ills. There will be quite a high trestle
ever Chincapin creek Just above Beaumont.
The fills on either side of this
will require a large amount of dirt.
A.gain over Lawson's Fork above Drayton
mills there is to be a high bridge
ind heavy fills have been made there.
On the west side this has been done
by dump cars from the steam shovel,
but on the east side it has been done
by teams and scrapers. From where
the road leaves the Southern at the
averhead bridge there will be a single
track as far as Lawson's Fork, beyond
which there are to be three tracks for
i mile. These are to be used to store
the immense number of coal cars that
will be brought to Spartanburg dailv
for distribution throughout this territory.
It is understood that coal pockets
will be erected near Drayton mills,
rhe right of way at this point is 400
feet wide. The C. C. & O., as everybody
knows, is to be a well built road,
it does not run up and down hill to
<vfn/Hnry Kilt \ c Hiilltnn
t(ivc CAj;cuac Ul {jiauiutjt wuv iu MU<>% V?
i level, no matter how deep the cuts nor
tiow high the fills necessary to make
it so. This can be seen In the work
ilready done. The rail to be laid will
ae.90-pound steel rail, the same as Is
used on the main line of the Southern.
The road will be first-class in every
respect. The contract with McArthur
Bros, calls for the road to be completed
from Bostic to Spartanburg by October
10, and It looks now like this will
ae done, as the work has been pushed
nith great energy ever since the con:ract
was let. No doubt trains from
Bostic will be running into this city
ay October. Trains will be running
'rom Spartanburg, carrying material
.'or track-laying within three months.
The Journal says that the road Is the
object of absorbing interest on the
mrt of everybody. It is expected to
lo Spartanburg great good and double
:he population of the town within a
,'ew years. It has already furnished a
remendous Impetus to development of
;very sort and has been worth hunireds
of thousands of dollars to Spar;anburg
up to this time.
iween us leein ciusneu in uuni ui
them. The boys Immediately gave
chase, and a rare race they had. Over
gullies, across lots, through fields they
went, often splashing in water over
the tops of their shoes. The wailing
o??l?? r># tVift 1 Utln /Iaop rrronr nfoolrar arwl
L-I ICO 1/1 llic Hint uvg 51 vn *T vanvt unu
the unknown animal kept straight on,
out-distancing the boys, who only desisted
after utter exhaustion. Later in
the night the same animal made a
disturbance on Gay street, and another
dog disappeared. Policeman WagBtafT
has been investigating and the
general opinion is that the animal is a
catamount or a far-famed santer."
Escaped and Recaptured.
Richard Brown, serving a three years'
sentence on the chaingang on the
charge of murder, ran away last Tuesday
night and was captured Wednesday.
Brown is the negro who killed
David Nash, another negro, in Ebenezer
township some twenty years ago.
He was captured in Charlotte last year
and at the July term of the court was
convicted and sentenced as above stat
THE MURDER Of CARMACK.
. [Continued from First Page. ]
m. Miss Lee says he was In Bradford's
office between 11 and 12."
General Garner next turned his attention
to Judge Bradford and declared
that the tatter's testimony had been
Impeached, adding: "This is the man
who said '1 could have killed Senator
Carmack with as little remorse as 1
would kill a rattlesnake.'
"The day moves on and the defendants
are armed. The three men reachUnion
street together and start to
cross Union street. They tell you they
are going over there on a peaceable
mission, yet Sharpe says he feared
there would be serious trouble and he
was so sure of it that at a single glance
he told Miss Skefflngton that 'that's
Colonel Cooper shooting Carmack.'
"The colonel tells you he didn't wait
on the corner lest the waiting be pregnant
with meaning?an overt act?so
he thought it safer to walk down the
,street behind Mrs. Eastman and come
'upon Senator Carmack unawares."
General Garner placed the plat of
the scene of the tragedy on the floor,
put two books up to represent the
poles and demonstrated that It would
be a physical impossibility for Carmack
to have shot Robin from between
the poles. Of course, the defense
does not admit that the poles
were placed as Garner placed them
and as one of the poles has been cut
down there is a conflict on this point
"They tell you that after receiving
the two wounds in the heart Carmack
turned his head and received the third
bullet in the neck. Yet these bullets
were fired so rapidly tnat a man?
their own witness?says he could not
imitate the reports.
"Gentlemen, I see in the location of
these wounds the accusing finger of
God, making it impossible that justice
should miscarry. They swore that the
senator only turned his head. But
listen, gentlemen, we have here another
mute witness which all the lawyers
on God's earth cannot impeach.
Here is the senator's collar. It has
in the centre of the back a bullet hole.
If Clarmack's body did not turn round,
and they swear It did not, how could
that bullet hole be in the centre of the
back of the collar, for the collar does
not turn with the head?"
General Garner paid a tribute to
Mrs. Eastman.
"Oh, Carmack! If you had to go
without a last blessing on your heart's
Idol, your son, if you had to leave
wunoui it litai kiss irum juui nut,
are you not glad that beautiful Mrs.
Eastman was there when you went?
"They say she lied," he exclaimed.
"Hell never instigated a blacker calumny.
"And now we come to Binning, the
sainted Binning, police judge of Danville,
111., and cook on a house-boat
Now Binning lied and you know he
lied. I want to say that I do not believe
that Mr. Meeks had any more
to do with securing or drilling Binning
than I had. I know how such witnesses
come. Binning knew that there
were no eye-witnesses to the killing
except the defendants. So he got Into
the game."
Coming to the scabbard testimony
Garner said:
"Now there Is no doubt that the
scabbard was in Senator Carmack's
possession the night before. But
where has it been since?
"I'll tell you; somebody put that
scabbard there after the clothing had
been searched three times. Why, I
don't know. I would like to know,
though, why they are manufacturing
evidence.
"Colonel Cooper's defense must
rest upon anything, upon the avowal
that he had no evil Intent and this
must be supported by a statement
which has not been made, that he
notified Carmack to this effect
'There is one significant fact in this
trial. Who knows how many pistols
Colonel Cooper had and to whom they
were delivered. Sergeant Meadows
says he got this new, shiny, unflred
pistol that night at the police station
from Sergeant Reid. That was hours
after Carmack's death. Where is
Sergeant Reid? He was not produced."
General Garner next described .Carmack's
mental condition before the
shooting, when witnesses testified tnat
he was jolly and pleasant.
"Mrs. Eastman says she did not see
Senator Carmack fire and she does
not think he did fire. If you believe
otherwise, you believe that Mrs. Eastman
perjured herself. She says she
saw a young man, Robin, coming up
from behind and then the firing began.
And then, too, gentlemen, they
murdered Senator Carmack. I don't
care what your verdict is, whether
you acquit or convict, but the Coopers
entrapped and foully murdered E.
W. Carmack.
"After the murder?listen now to
what this old spark of Southern chivalry
says to his own daughter, 'It Is
all over, it is all over.' Is that the
voice of an honest man ? Or is it the
voice of a murderer?
"No, it is not all over. That was
your day, Colonel Cooper, now is the
day of the law. Justice demands
that the murderers be punished, the
law demands that the murderers be
punished. The voice of the dead
cries to you, gentlemen, for Justice."
General Garner closing at 3.10 p.
m., had dpoken four hours.
General Washington then began
the defense and he grew fiery at once.
He attacked Garner for intimating
that Lieutenant Pilcher had tampered
with Carmack's revolver. Garner
arose and said he had not so charged.
"I know you didn't, you oon i aare
to do it, but you Intimated that the
son of old General Pilcher, who bears
the star of honor on his brow, was a
thief, a scoundrel, a liar and a perjurer,
and you can't say or intimate
those things when I am around.
"This is a sad, sad case. My heart
and the hearts of my clients go out
to that stricken woman, to the beautiful
boy. She is an aristocratic,
southern girl, to the manor born. I
am not here to rob one star from the
diamond that glistens for the deceased
or to steal one rose from the
wreath of his memory. I am not here
to defame the dead. He was a great
statesman, a brilliant editor; I know
it well. I am here to help to investigate
the truth, to strip the glamour
from the case and show you the man;
he wrote with a brilliance that put
his name into the literature of the
south; he spoke with a fire and power
that filled the galleries of the
United States senate; he was all that
was great.
Gen. Washington described how brilliant
the services of Carmack were,
but said that on his appeal for re
election he was opposed oy coionei
Robert Taylor.
"When a man has the poison of a
scorpion in his pen, the sting of a
wasp in his words and the venom of
a rattlesnake under his tongue, he
may be brilliant, but people want a
man at Washington who can help
them." He said that while Robin
supported Carmack, Colonel Cooper
committed the unpardonable sin of
believing that Taylor would make a
better senator than Carmack. Taylor
was successful and the enmity toward
Cooper that Carmack gained
then never ended. Cooper opposed
Carmack for Governor and then Carmack
sought revenge by humiliating
Cooper and his family and attempting
to disgrace him.
"What is the worst thing a man can
do to you? He can burn your house,
you can rebuild it. He can steal your
money, you can earn more. But if
he touches your honor he takes what
he cannot restore.
"The most powerful engine for
public good today is the public press.
It does more good today than any one
institution except possibly the churches.
All honor to the press. All honor
to thrwo who burn the midnieht
oil that you may be Informed. It Is
the duty of the press to criticise public
officials and the fear of the press
is the greatest deterrent of graft in
the world today."
General Washington described how
Carmack outraged and insulted Colonel
Cooper repeatedly in the presence
of the "fairest, most charming,
most delightful women in the world"
by calling Colonel Cooper "a little
bald-headed angel." He put the defense's
interpretation upon Senator
Carmack's utterances, declaring that
they were vitally insulting and debasing.
He claimed that Carmack had
Cooper by the throat, helpless and
like the small boy bully at school,
gloated over his power. It was also
intimated by the speaker that Colonel
Cooper suspected from the News
Scimitar editorial that Carmack proposed
to expose his dealings as clerk
and master in chancery.
General Washington"* Plea.
Nashville, Tenn., March 11.?The
fourth day of the arguments in the
Cooper-Sharpe trial for the murder of
former United States Senator Edward
W. Carmack closed tonight with General
Washington, of the defense, in the
middle of his argument and two more
attorneys to follow him. At this rate *
It In rinuhtful If the case will arr> to the
jury before Saturday. General Washington
finished his ninth hour of argument
when court adjourned at 6 p.
m., and he announced that he would
"conclude some time tomorrow." He
will be followed by Judge Anderson,
who Is expected to make the main argument
for the defense. Then Attorney
General McCarn will close for the
state. Judge Anderson says he will
require about six or eight hours for
his speech while McCiarn declares that
four hours will do him.
Judge Hart today again requested
the attorneys to submit instructions
for the charge and complained that
they were slow about complying.
General Washington's argument today
was brilliant in word painting,
metaphors, appeal and invective. He
made savage attacks upon the state's
counsel and singled out Attorney General
J. B. Garner as his special victim.
Garner Is reputed to have nearly as
fiery a temper as has Washington, so
counsel for the state insisted upon
Garner's withdrawing from the room
during Washington's address.
The speaker laid special stress upon
the social standing and breeding of
the defendants and declared that men
of such families killed only in defense
of life or honor. His speech was a
uidflierpiece uj. unui/ry uxiu imu ?& nwticeable
effect upon the jury.
General Washington speaking of
the effect of the Carmack editorials,
said:
"When a man of national reputation
emblazons his name at the head of the
paper, then people do read and believe."
He said that men with any red blood
in their veins would resent having
their names put on the same page
with the name of a horse thief or a
convict.
Of the editorial of October 21st,
mentioning Cooper's name with others,
General Washington vigorously
explained that, two of the "honorables'"
names were disreputable and
that when Carmack associated Colonel
Cooper's name with theirs, he committed
the gravest offense a man could
commit and affronted and insulted
Colonel Cooper beyond endurance. He
said he agreed that no editorial ever
written justifies killing but that he was
trying to show that Colonel Cooper's
anger was aroused.
"We contend," said Washington,
"that Colonel Cooper had as much
right on Seventh avenue that day as
Carmack had. He had as much right
to turn around and walk towards Carmack
as Carmack had to walk towards
him. And Colonel Cooper had
a right to go up to CSarmack and demand
that these fllthy attacks upon
him be stopped, just as I believe any
man on this jury would have done.
"You can drive a man Insane with
ridicule," said Washington. "You can
send a man's son into a frenzy by
ridicule. Carmack refers to Colonel
Cooper as 'major,' when he wrote to
Colonel Cooper as a friend he called
him 'colonel.' When he wants to insult
and degrade him he calls him
'major." It was a gratuitous insult."
Indicating Cooper, the attorney exclaimed
:
"That man is no murderer, you
know it. Murder does not run in that
breed, an aristocratic, old, blue-blooded
family.
"Maybe Colonel Cooper did say to
Craig, 'If my name appears again in
the Tennessean, one of us must die,'
or 'the town will not be big enough
for both of us.' They both mean the
same. The words were spoken in a
passion and were not meant and no
one ever believed they were.
"But Craig comes back and says:
'Colonel, I can do nothing.' The silence
after that phrase, 'Colonel, I can
do nothing,' told more than all the
words in the world.
"What does Carmack do? He arms
himself. He fears the note Colonel
Cooper threatens to send will not
come. Ha ravh 'I nm not enlne to (At
him escape. I am going to make him
send me that note.' So he wrote that
last editorial, 'The Diplomat of the
Zwelb-ind.'
~nack thus declared open war.
He knew that with those crumpled
fingers, Colonel Cboper could not pull
a trigger, he knew he was safe."
General Washington took the revolver
and showed the Jury how hard
It would be for Cooper to shoot
"Colonel Cooper saw in Craig's
eyes that there was danger, that Carmack
was In an ugly mood. So he
armed himself and If he had not done
so, he would be In his grave today."
General Washington saw his error
here?the defense's contention being
that Colonel Cooper never even drew
his gun until the shooting was over?
and he said: "If Robin Cboper had not
armed himself, they would both be
dead today."
General Washington then read the
statement written by Miss Lee giving
the profanity she said she heard Cooper
use about Carmack, prefacing the
reading with this remark: "I thought
we were going to hear something awful,
but all she wrote was?" f
General Washington repeated the /
profanity as though the women of \
Nashville were wont to hear it daily. ^
The epithets used included the most
vile that one man can apply to another.
\
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iiiaiB eui, 5CHUCI11CU, umi ouo &<xya
she heard," said Washington. The
speaker argued that all the fear expressed
by Mrs. Burch because her
father was armed was because he
was so pacific. He claimed that Robin's
alarm was due to his knowledge
of his father's crippled hand and his
consequent inability to protect himself.
He claimed Mrs. Burch exaggerated
the trouble and placed a construction
upon it not warranted by
Colonel Cooper's language or intentions.
He argued that Mr. Lander, by telling
Carmack about Cooper's threats,
"converted Carmack into a stick of
dynamite."
General Washington next devoted
nearly half an hour to a burlesque
imitation of General Garner's crossexamination
of witnesses. He compared
Garner to be a bee martin pecking
at a great eagle?the eagle, he said,
was John Sharpe.
General Washington attacked Miss
Lee's testimony and extolled General
Brown and Judge Bradford.
"Oh, what has become of the men
of honor of Nashville?of the old gallant
blood?that attempts should be
made to discredit such men as Bradford
and Brown, than whom no more
honorable, better bred ever lived?"
He said Miss Lee was mistaken when
she impeached the testimony of these
men.
"And they bring a newsboy here
and he swears he heard Colonel Cooper
say to Robin, 'We will get him' or
'We will catch him.' The boy was
mistaken. Robin had just said h?wanted
a coca-cola and then the boy
heard Colonel Cooper say, 'We'll get
it.'"
Commenting on the state's (allure
to cross-examine Governor Patterson,
Washington said: "The state didn't
dare. Even the bee martin would not
try."
General Washington attacked General
McCarn (or not putting into his
case in chief evidence as to how Senator
Carmack got the revolver which
he carried when he was shot
A(ter the denunciation o( McCarn,
General Washington went back to the
morning o( the tragedy and started in
on the early morning conference.
Again he led up to the time o( the
shooting. Continually he re(erred to
Colonel Cooper as "the old soldier o(
the Confederacy," "the grizzled hero
o( the Lost Cause," the "man who
rode with Forrest and had passed
through the hall ot death and had seen
his comrades (all like leaves in autumn."
He declared Colonel Cooper proved
his bravery when he walked over to
meet Senator Carmack, who was much
younger, much larger and in the prime
of life.
"He didn't know that Lander had
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emptied & lauie in nui icau uuu mack's
ear. And Robin didn't know
it. He knew this old soldier of the
Confederacy, crippled and infirm, was
going over into danger. He had a
right to go along. If he had not he
could not have lived in this community,
no decent man would have taken
his hand and he would have deserved