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ESTABLISHED Of IS
SHOT BY HIS SON
lutfge Hargis, Famous Figure in
Kentucky Political Annals.
DIES WITH BOOTS ON.
Beach Hargis, Young Son of the
Judge, While Drinking Shoots His
Father Five Times in His Own
Store.?The Dead Man Was Mixed
Up in Many Scrapes and Had Been
Tried for Murder.
At Jackson, Ky., former County
Judge James Hargis, for many years
aaember of the State Democratic exe
cutive committee, accussed of com
fllcity in many killings, and a prom
inent figure in the feuds which have
disrupted Breathitt County for sever
al years, was shot and killed in his
?tore about 3:30 P. M. Thursday by
?J? son, Beach Hargis. The son fired
fcre shots in rapid .succession at his
father, who fell dead while his
clerks were waiting on customers.
The exact cause of the murder has
aot been learned, but it is supposed
*? have been the result of
differences which hare existed be
tween father and son for some time.
The two men are reported to have
aad a Bevere quarrel several nights
ago, when the father, It is alleged,
was compelled to resort to violence
to restrain his son.
Young Hagris, it Is said, had been
drinking heavily of late. He came
into the store Thursday afternoon
and was apparently under the influ
ence of liquor. Judge Hargis, it is
said, spoke to his son about drink
ing and a quarrel resulted. Father
and son stepped behind a counter
when the son, after a minute's con
versation, drew a revolver and fired
five shots. Four took effect, Judge
Hargis falling dead. The young lady
stenographer and the customers in
the store fled. Young Hargis was ar
rested and placed In jail. He was
raving like a maniac and the officers
were compelled to drag him to jail.
Judge Hargis had been for years a
prominent figure in Kentucky in po
litical and criminal circles. He has
figured in the Courts in the moun
tains for years on account of the
murders of Dr. Cox, Attorney Mar
cum and "Jim" Cockrill. Judge Har
gis was present leader of the Dem
ocrats of the 10th district and was
regarded as the "boss" of Breathitt
County.
For years his sway was not oppos
ed, but some years ago James B.
Marcum had the temerity to oppose
Hargis in a law case. From that
day he was a marked man.
Judge Hargis had been on trial at
?various times for complicity in the
murder of Marcum, "Jim" Cockrill
-and Dr. Cox, but had been acquitted
?on all of the charges. He was re
cently forced to pay a judgment of
$$,000 to Mrs. Mircum in connec
tion with the death of her husband.
Judge Hargis had just disposed of
this, the last of these cases in which
he had been involved when he paid
the judgment of tbe Court. Mrs.
Marcum had sued Judge Hargis and
others for $1 00,000, alleging that
they caused the death of her hus
band.
The Hargls-Cockrill fued had Its
inception In a political contest. The
Hargises had long been dominant in
Breathitt County, where they con
ducted a general store, were engaged
in the lumber business and were gen
erally active. The brothers, James,
Alexander and Elbert, were good
business men and acpumulated a for
tune.
The trouble with the Cockrills
arose when the latter opposed the
the Hargises at the polls. Feeling
?was bitter, when one day, Benjamin
Hargis, a younger brother'of James
Hargis, met one of the Cockrill boys
In a "blind tiger," near Jackson, and
iwas killed by his enemy.
tn the fall of 1902, Dr. Cox, the
guardian of the Cockrill boys, who
lived on the outskirts of Jackson,
was shot as he entered his home one
night by assassins concealed across
the way. John Smith, John Abner
and others of the alWal Hargis
band were accused of the crime, and
in a confession made by one of them
Judge Hargis was charged with hav
ing hired them to kill Dr. Cox.
From this time on the story of the
Hargls-Cockrill feud was written in 1
blood. The next to fall was "Jim" j
Cockrill, the town marshall. Shortly
after the murder of Cockrill, James
B. Marcum. the attorney for the
Cockrill boys, created a sensation by
publicly declaring in Lexington that
he was a marked man, and that he
had been doomed to death by the
Hargis clan.
One morning in May, five years
ago, Marcum was shot down while
standing at the door of the Court
House at Jackson talking to Capt.
Ewing, the assassin being Curtis Jett,
"the wild dog," who had since con
fessed his part in this tragedy and
who was accused to the other crimes.
He and "Tom" White are now serv
ing life FP'itrnce if the penitentiary.
Judge Hargis will be burled in a
cas!;ci costing $100," which he had
purchased a month ago. About 4.30
Thursday afternoon /the following
message was sent:
"Express to-day casket selected by
James Hargis as he is dead."
? "Mrs. Judge Jumes Hargis."
SG9.
MORSE RAN AWAY.
Big Trust Magnate Now a Fugi
tive From Justice.
Wrecked a Big New York Bank of
Which He Was President, and Sail
ed For Liverpool.
A dispatch from New York says
that Charles W. Morse, less than
five months ago worth $20,000,000,
head of the Coastwise ship, and the
ice trusts, capitalized at $127,000,
000, and in control of a chain of
banks, capitolized at $10,000,000,
is a fugitive from justice, having
sailed from New York for Liverpool.
When this came to light Receiver I
Hanna the official of the federal J
government, who has charge of in
vestigation that the grand jury is
making into the bank juggling which
led to the failure of the Bank of
North America, has attached his
Fifth avenue mansion for $243,321.
25 due by Morse to the bank on
promlsory notes long over due.
Twice Morse has been before the
grand jury where he was subjected to
grilling examinations. It is known
that ir iletment has been determined
upon l*y the jurors, but it is stated
by District Attorney Jerome that he
knows of no reason why Morse
should flee, fearing criminal prose
cution.
Mrs. Morse, who was dragged
through the'scandals attendant upon
the Dodge-Morse divorce case that
landed Abe Hummel on Blackwell's
island, is living alone in the mansion
at No. 728 Fifth Avenue. This stands
in the name of Morse, and Is said to
be worth $750,000. It is already
mortgaged for a large amount and
has been attached in a suit by R. A..
C. Smith for $155,753.36 in a claim
for a conditional sale of five hun
dred shares of National Bank of
North America stock and also libell
ed by the federal government for
$243,321.25. (
In the wreck that followed the
driving out of Morse from his pres
idencies and directorates in banks he
controlled, his repudiation by the
management of the re-organized
ship trust, the dropping out of sight
of values of the ice trust stock and
the wreck of banks that has follow
ed the revelation of banking meth
ods that have been criticised, Morse's
fortune is believed to have been ;
swept away in three months.
Reports of Morse's loses followed
each other in rapid succession. One
of these was that the creditor banks
might unite in making him an in- <
voluntary bankrupt, thus asorbing
the remnants of his fortune. Deputy
sheriffs were kept busy serving cop
ies of the attachment in the suit
brought by Charles A. Hanna, re
ceiver for the National Bank of North ,
America, la New York, against Morse
to recover $243,321.
Copies of the attachment have been
served on officers of the 14 banks in
which Morse was supposed to have
accounts. A deputy sheriff has
seized 6,409 shares of stock of the
Furnace Valley Copper, said to be j
owned by Morse. Another levied on ,
stock in the Kingsland Copper Com- !
pany, said to have been owned by \
Morse. A deputy sheriff also has .
served a copy of the attachment of .
K. A. Wilson, in charge of the Morse .
resident in 5th avenue. * .
THEY WANT FOOD.
Startling Story Told by a New York
School Teacher.
That many of her pupils come i
without breakfast to school, that on
occassions several have fainted in
the class room from want of food,
and that repeated appeals to charity
organizations brought nothing more i
than long-delayed replies to the ef
fect that "an investigation would be
made" are among statements made
by Mrs. C. T. Tower, principal of pub
lic school No. 114, at 73 Oliver
street, New York. ?
WORKED SOUTHERN FOR PASSES
Young White Man Arrested at Green
ville on New Charge.
J. H. Clark, a young white man,
was arrested at Greenville on Thurs
day, charged with obtaining passes
from the Southern Railway by mak
ing false representations. Clarke
represented himself as being an en
gineer on the Southern, and in this
way secured many passes. When ar
rested he had two quarterly passes
of the New YTork Central on his per
son, both of them being made out to,
different parties. *
DISLOCATED HER JAW.
Laughing at a Funny Story Told Her
by Her Husband.
While Mrs. Mary Lambertson was
j at 6upper with her husband, at their
I home, Brooklyn, he told her a funny
[story. When the point of the story
'was reached. Mrs. Lambertson laugh
led so heartily for several minutes
that she dislocated her jaw. She was
taken to the Seney hospital, where
the jaw was reset. *
Don't Like the Name.
At Violin, S. D., the parents of a
new-horn daughter having named'
her Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, their,
neighbors are indignant und threat-,
en violence unless the child's name
is changed. * I
ORANGEBTJ]
HERO MORGAN Ti
GOT VERY HOT.
Members of the Sanats Gets Ex
cited Over an Editorial
IN MANNING TIMES.
It Was Claimed That Senator Appelt's
Paper Had Made Grave Charges
Against Some Senators.?Senator
Appeit Was Roundly Abused, but
He Hit Back and Said He Would
Criticise Them When He Saw Pit.
There was a red hot time in the
State Senate on Friday. Senator
Blease of Newberry read the follow
ing editorial from the Manning
Times, which had been copied in the
Mewbebrry Observer. The Manning
Times is owned and edited by Sena
tor Appeit. Before reading the arti
cle Senator Blease said he did not
represent any whiskey house, and
:herefore the article did not touch
him, but he thought the Senate
Dught to take notice of the article,
ivhich reads as follows:
The Casus Belli.
"The liquor scandals continue to
hold interest, and the graft gang are
:rying to work up a sentiment against
attorney General Lyon because of his
laving employed Col T. B. Felder,
)f Atlanta, Ga., to assist him. They
;ay, 'Lyon had to go to Georgia to
jet help, as though South Carolina
lid not have good lawyers,' but such
*ot will fool nobody when it is known
;hat the liquor crew have in their
?elations with the winding-up com
nlssion of the state dispensary 're
.aincd a large number of lawyers in
Columbia and other cities, and some
)f these are also members of the leg
slature, who will probably fight the
iroposition of making an aopropria
:ion to defray the attorney general's
5xpenses In bringing to justice men
ivho have robbed the state. To sen
sible men it matters not where the
assistance comes from, whether it
lomes from Georgia or South Caro
ina, but it happens that Col. Fel
ler is a South Carolinian, and is re
ated to the Felders of Clarendon. I
happen to know the man, although I
have not seen him since coming here,
rle is an able, fearless lawyer and
will expose the names of members
jf the general assembly who attempt
l.o use their relations is attorneys for
these liquor concerns to thwart the
legislation necessi ry to uphold At
torney General L 'on's hands. In
formation has already been obtained
sufficient to place some men in a|
rery undesirable attitude before the
people, and if there is any further
attempt made to 'tamper with the
jury' to defeat an appropriation to
sontinue investigation and bring to
justice the thieves' the newspaper
reading will become mit,hlyl interest
ing, and the hypocrisy of some of our
patriots' will have its mask torn
away, and they will be held up for
indignant derission and scorn of a
trusting and outraged people."
Several Statements.
Senator Earle denounced the pub
lication in nc uncertain terms. He
said he had never represented a
whiskey house, nor had he been con
nected in any way with the State
dispensary commission. He said that
such statements as those contained
in the article from the Manning
Times were "infamous falsehoods"
and he demanded that the author of
the article specify what senators were
referred to. "And any member of
the senate," said Senator Earle, "who
will publish such statements should
be expelled from the senate."
Senator Appelt's Statement.
Senator Appeit, who had sat with
silence under the stream of denun
ciation heaped upon him, but whose
face had grown red and then white,
came to his feet quickly when Senator
Earle had concluded his remarks..
He demanded to know if the senatoi
from Oconee meant to say that he
RG, S. C, TUESDAY, FE
WES A SOUVENIR AFTER PUT
(Appelt) had stated what was a
' falsehood.
Senator Earle said that the Infor
mation contained in that article was.
false and insulting.
Senator Appelt declared that a.
"tempest in a teapot" had been stir
red up. He said that he wrote the
article referred to and was alone re
sponsible for its publication. He
said that he based that article upon.
Information which he regarded an
authentic. No names were given to j
him by his informants, but he de
blared that he was satisfied that the
statements contained in the article
in so far as they related to members
of the general assembly being attor
neys for whiskey houses were abso
lutely correct. He said that while he
was a member of the senate he was
also an editor of a newspaper and!
fejt priviledged to criticise persons
whenever he had information upori
A-hich to base such crtticlsnn.
He said that if anybody was to be
expelled from the senate it should
be those senators who represent
whiskey houses and who would use
their official position to defeat the
ends of legislation seeking to give to
the attorney general funds with
which to prosecute the grafters.
He said to Senator Earle he had
no right to know from whom he got
his information, or what that infor
mation was in detail.
Represents Two Houses.
Senator Weston said that it is a
penalty that men in public life pay
to be misunderstood by some good
men and to be misrepresented by
some bad men. He had no apoligles
to make to any member of the senate
or to any nwspaper man or anybody
else for his professional conduct. He
had been honored by the people of
Richland county for many years and
it is for them to say whether his con
duct meets with their approbation.
He stated that the law firm with
which he is connected, Weston & Ay
cock, represents two of the liquor
houses which have claims pending
before the dispensary commission,
but no man could say, he declared,
that his vote or his actions in tlie
senate were influenced by such rela
tions. He said that one of the houses
he represents placed their claims in
his hands bfore the commission was
established, the New York and Ken
tucky Distilling company.
Senator Christensen's Criticism.
Rising to a question of personal
privilege, Mr. Christensen said:
"I too, am an editor and during
the sessions of the legislature have
occasion to comment on events In
the legislature. I have commented
in a general way on the situation
discussed by the senator from Claren
don in his paper and the senator
from Richland, who has just taken
his seat.
"It Is my belief that the senator
from Richland has not acted in any
way inconsistent with his ideas of
what is right and proper. But I
disagree with him and have said so
and propose to condemn his course
again if I think proper. He repre
sents some of these liquor houses
whose claims are being investigated
and some of the ex-State dispensary
officials who are under indictment
and thinks it proper and right as
State senator to oppose in the senate
the bill to provide the attorney gen
eral with funds to prosecute his
clients. I disagree with him and
habe so staled elsewhere and wish
to put myself on record here."
Snator Raysor's Statement.
Senator Raysor said that he re
gretted that it was necessary for him
to raise a question of personal privi
lege, but he felt compelled, under
the circumstances, to enter his pro
test against the charges contained in
the newspaper clipping which had
been read. i
He said he voted against the Otts |
resolution because he considered it
unwise, but he had publicly proclaim-!
ed from the floor of the senate that
he would vote to give to the attorney
general any amount of money he
needed in the prosecution of cases
arising from the investigation of the
affairs of the Stale dispensary.
lie thought that the attorney gen
eral should be given all the assist
ance necessary in those matter**?in
justice to the Ptato and to the men
hinder indictment the charges arising
from that investigation should be
BRUARY 11, 1908.
riNG OUT THE FIRE.
aired; the authorities ought to go
to the bottom of them.
He said that he had never repre
sented a whiskey house in any claim
before the dispensary commission
and he does not represent any of the
parties who have been indicted as a
result of the investigation of the af
fairs of the dispensary. He said he
had been approached by one man
who was formerly connected with the
State dispensary and although this
man was a lifelong personal friend
and he has confidence in his integ
rity he refused to consult with him
until after the adjournment of the
legislature.
Senator Sinkler Warms Up.
Senator Sinkler also rose to a
question of personal priviledge and
made some very caustic references
to the publication in question. He
said that he voted against the Otts
resolution because he considered it
improper for tht> senate to pass such
a resolution when the act of the gen
eral assembly of South Carolina is
before a court for interpretation.
"But," he declared, "if any man
imputes to me wrong motives for vot
ing as I did on that measure, or
charges me with being recreant to
my duty to the State, that man hath
not a fig leaf to cover his naked in
decency and it would be base flat
tery to call him a dog."
A Further Explanation.
Senator Appelt thonght he could
clarify the atmosphere to some extent
by explaining that this article appear
ed long before the Otts resolution
was introduced and so far as he
knew before that resolution waa ev
er contemplated. No reflection was
intended upon any member for hav
ing voted against that resolution as
it would have been quite impossible
to cast such reflections in advance of
the introduction of the resolution
and before the vote was taken. He
had simply been given information
contained in that article and got the
information from a source which
could be relied upon.
Resolution Offered.
Immediately upon the senate re
convening at 4 o'clock in the after
noon, Senator Smith of Hampton of
fered the following resolution:
"Whereas, certain allegations have
been made Impeaching the honor
and actions of members of the senate
and house of representatives in re
gard to Igislation upon the whiskey
question now before the courts, the
general assembly and the people of
South Carolina.
"Be it resolved by the senate, That
a committee consisting of two sena
tors, to be appointed by the president
of the senate, wait upon the author
of said charges?the senator from
Clarendon?and ask that he appear
before the bar of the senate at 8
o'clock, p. m., February 10th instant,
and produce the names and evidence
in suport of said charges."
Stands by His Guns.
With reference to this resolution,
Senator Appelt said that he consid
ered it untimely, uncalled for and un
nesessary; that if he were required
to appear before the bar of the sen
ate he could do so, but that he would 1
only reiterate what he had said at
the morning session and no other
statement would be made.
He dclared that he would riot ma
liciously injure any man, and while
he wrote the article in question and
published it in his newspaper, he felt
that no senator not guilty of what
was charged in that article had a
right to assume that it contained a
charge against him. lie said that he
felt that it was not only his priviledge
but his duty to give to the public
through his newspaper such Infor
mation as is contained in that article
and that he would continue to do so
(regardless of what action might be
taken by the senate.
He said that he had not been giv
en the names of any senator with re
gard to this matter, therefore if
brought before the bar of the sen
late he could not give any names. He
i read thf article, as it was taken from
I the Newberry Observer, and stated
I that it contained errors in :he way
jof the ommission cf quotation marks.
He st.id that the ommission of the
quotation marks might have been
the fault of hs own office, thi I he did
not get an opportunity to read proof
on the article and it w.-s possible
that certain of the quotation marks
SIX MILL TAX.
Likely to be Levied for State Pur
poses This Year.
Q _
This Would Be an Increase of a Mill
and a Half Over the Tax of Last
Year.
The appropriation bill which was
presented to the House Friday by the
ways and means will carry the levy
to five and one-half mills, and per
haps to six mills. The levy for 1907
is four and one-half mills, which was
not sufficient to raise the appropria
tions.
The bill as reported will carry
$30,000 for the new auditorium
building desired by the University of
South Carolina; also $43,744 for
support and other items, which will
bring the appropriation for the Uni
versity to $83,569.64, as against
$64,038.93 last year.
For Winthrop College, the sum of
$64,435.22 is given for support, and
$2,000 additional for septic tanks,
raising the total amount to $78,059.
82 as against $74,563.70 last year.
This sum does not include the $24,
000 voted for a new dormitory, nor
the $12,500 for practice school, al
ready appropriated.
For the Citadel, the sum of $30,
000 to repair the recently purchased
police station is included, together
with the $7,500 due as second pay
ment on the purchase, making the
total appropriation $62,750, as
against $36,750 last year.
For the industrial school at Flor
ence the sum of $10,000 Is given.
For continuing the improvement of
the State House grounds the sum of
$10,000 is given, the commission
having asked for $25,000.
The appropriation for the depart
ment of immigration is as follows:
Salary of commissioner, $1,900;
clerk $1,200; expenses, $3,000; sten
ographer, $600; handbook, $4,000.
Total, $10,700, as against $14.000
last year.
There are no other important
changes in any of the other State
officers except that of Attorney Gen
eral. The salary of the assistant
Attorney General is raised from $1,
500 to $1,S00, the contingent fund is
raised from $200 to $300, the litiga
tion fund-is placed at $2,000, and
the_stenographer Is given $600, mak
ing* a total of $6,725, as against $8,
075 last year.
The sum of $1,000 given last year
for any prosecutions of State offi
cials, and $1,000 for prosecuting
the Southern Railway merger suit
are not included this year.
Attorney General Lyon asked for
$5,000 to prosecute the merger suit
and requested that he either be giv
en a sufficient amount or be not re
quired to prosecute the case at all.
The amount asked is not given.
For water supply the amount is
fixed at $3,000, as against $5,000
last year, and thh will likely be in
creased on the floor. For interest on
State debt the sura of $300,000 is
allowed. The amount for pensions is
fixed at $250,000, the same as last
year, and all other Items are prac
tically unchanged, except those not
ed above. There are no increases in
salaries except small ones already
mentioned.
The committee on ways and means
has spent a great deal of time on the
bill, having several meetings a day,
and Chairman Banks and Secretary
Aull have been about the busiest men
in the General Assembly for the lust
two weeks. *
FATAL TARGET SHOOTING.
Young White Man Accidentally Kills
Young Colored Man.
Will Harper, colored, was accident
ally shot and killed near Troy in
Abbeville County on Tuesday of last
week by Lewis Robinson, a young
white man. Harper and Robinson
were in the woods together cutting
wood, and that Robinson had carried
his single-barrel shotgun with him.
While in the woods the two began
shooting at targets, and afterwards
shooting at a piece of timber, which
first one and then the other would
throw into the air. Harper had shot
once, then Robinson tried his luck.
His first shot went wild, and in re
loading his gun and getting ready
for the second shot it was accident
ally discharged, the entire load of
shot striking Harper in the neck,
killing him instantly. *
were omitted, but anyway, they did
not appear in the clipping from the
Newberry paper as he bad written I
them. With the quotation marks in
serted as he wrote them, the state-,
Dients to which such serious excep
tions were made appear as coming!
from a third party, just as they were
given to the senator from Clarendon.
Resolution Withdraw n.
Upon hearing the statement of the
senator from Ciarendon, Senator
Smith asked leave to withdraw the
resolution and this was done without
objection.
The question now appears to be a
closed issue. However, Senator Sink
ler found it necessary to rise again
to a question of personal privilege
on account of what he characterized ,
as a grossly inaccurate report of what]
he had said at the morning session :
in an afternoon paper. It was stated!
in that paper that he had referred to
Senator Appelt as being lower than
a dog, which was Incorrect. . > said
Unit he used no sm-h huigu...- and
his language had either been misin
terpreted or misunderstood. ?!
81.50 PER ANNUM.
A RED HOT TIME.
Florida Republicans Hold Two
Two Strong Conventions.
REMARKABLE SCENES
Knocking Down and Dragging Out
of Delegates Not Least Exciting
Feature of Meeting. Two Factions
in Session at Same Time, One En
dorses Taft. Other Does Not In
struct Delegates.
The fight for delegates to the Nu
tional Republican Convention from
the South has commenced between
the Roosevelt and the Foraker forces.
Florida Republicans stand conspic
iously in the lime light as being the
first to hold their Convention to se
lect delegates to the National Con
vention, and it is said that the stren
uous and exciting scenes enacted at
St Augustine Thursday are merely
a forecast of similar scenes in other
Southern States, caused by the des
perate effort being made by the Anti
Roosevelt Republicans for control in
the National Convention.
The Convention held will go down
in history as on* of the most re
markable ever held by any political
party. It was really two conventions
held at the same time in the same
hall, the progress of business being
frequently interrupted by sensational
knock-down and drag-out fights.
The office-holders faction was call
ed to order by the chairman of the
State committee and they proclaimed
themselves as the regulars, but they
did not succeed In carrying out their
prearranged programme. The Taft
sentiment was too strong for the
leaders to hold In check and strong
resolutions were adopted emphati
cally endorsing William H. Taft for
the Presidency.
On the other side the hall the con
testing convention took the conser
vative action and coose delegates ab
solutely untrammelled by any in
structions, they being given positive
assurance by Joseph N. Stripling,
who led the movement, that despite
the fact that they were branded as
bolters by the Convention, the dele
gates they named would certainly be
seated In the National Convention.
The office-holders' Convention adopt
ed resolutions approving the policies
of the Roosevelt administration and
the conservative manner in which he
ha? carried them out, and instructed
the delegates to the National Conven
tion to support the President's pol
icies and the candidate who Is in
sympathy with and who will carry
out these policies, and then proceed
ed to name William H. Taft as such
candidate.
The Anti-Taft Convention adopted
resolutions condemning in strong
terms the attempts to influence and
control by use of Federal patronage,
through governmental office-holders,
the selection of delegates to the Na
tional Convention in the interest of
any Presidential candidate.
The office-holders' Convention elect
ed as delegates to the National Con
vention J. N. Coombs, member of
the national committee from Florida;
Joseph E. Lee, colored, collector of
internal revenue; Henry S. Chubb,
received of the United States land
office at Gainsville, and M. B. Mac
Farlane. collector of customs at Tam
pa. Four alternates were also elect
ed.
The Anti-Taft Convention elected
as delegates to the National Conven
tion Joseph N. Stripling, former
United States attorney; J. Ed V. Haz
zard, J. H. Dickerson and R. R. Rob
inson, the two later being colored.
They also elected four alternates.
The Congressional district con
ventions of the 1st and 6 th districts
of Florida were held by each fac
tion immediately after the adjourn
ment of the State Convention, and
each of these conventions elected del
egates to the National Convention
and adopted the same resolutions as
the State conventions of their re
spective factions had already adopt
ed.
Never has such a sight been wit
nessed as was presented In the Con
vention hall. The city marshall and a
dozen policemen were on duty and
were frequently called upon to eject
unruly delegates.
The Taft delngation had a complete
delegation from each county aggre
gating 177.
Iu the opposite Convention there
were two or three counties hot rep
resented, but they haV In all about
one hundred and fifty delegates who
participated. The Taft Convention
nominated five Presidential electors,
but the opposition Convention dele
gated the choice of electors to a
State committee named by their Con
vention. *
EIGHTY-FIVE OPERATIONS
Were Performed on Woman Who
Finally Succumbed.
At Peoria. Ill, Mrs. Martha Ann
Davis, aged GO years, died Thursday
night after an illness of dropsy. Dur
ing this time Mrs. Davis had been
operated on 85 times, and 2,000
;?! ipment of cotton from Infected :cr
ncunds of water drawn off at dif
ferent operations. Physicians de
clare the case in bo one of the most
singular of iio kind in medical his