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j VOL XLV NO, *13 NEWBERRY. S. O.. FRIDAY. AUG US l'/^ 1908 TWICE A WEEK. $1.60 A YEAR RACE CONFLICT IS ON IN SPRINGFIELD, ILI (STARTED BY ACT OF NEGRO O FRIDAY. Several Deaths and Many Injured Over 4,000 State Troops Nok on Duty in Springfield. I As (lie result of an assault commi |ted on last Friday by a negro on .white woman, Springfield, 111., h Ljinco that time been in the throes Ri race conflict. On Friday night mobs collectc [and two men were killed and prob bly two score others injured, most negroes, and in the eastern end the town torches were applied to sc eral negro houses by the more despc ate mobbers. The negro who assaulted Mrs. IIi Ion at her home on Friday, and who act brought about the trouble, \v placed in jail, and troops wore ca ed out to protect the jail, and oth frroops to quell the disturbances various parts of the city. On Saturday night, one more dea IL was added to t lie list of fat alii i< L and 2,500 troops had been called o I from various parts of the Slate ai I were in Springfield under I lie eoi n mand of Major Olenoral Voung, T. G. Saturday night's victim was ; I aged negro. Sunday's Developments. I Springfield, 111., Aug. Hi.?Ti deaths from injuries suffered in pi vious mob fights, the attempted ci ting of the fire alarm wires, the e oneration of Private J. H. Klci Company A, First Illinois infanti by a court of inquiry for the killi s of Earl Nelson at Kankakee yeslt day and the pursuit of a mob I guardsmen were the chief develo ments today in the race war Springfield. The attempt to cut telephone a fire alarm wires leading into the ci hall was not successful. A polieem saw three men on lop of an oulbuil ing. trying to reach the lines ovc head. He turned in an alarm to I k l:(-:i-;ru::irler< of f {"? . Welles, e.o |j minding a proviu.e.l biigade, a | the latter dispatched a wagon load B = '1 1'i > to the sr-r 'I ?,.% arriv before the trio had done any datna< F 1 lit* wire cutters fled, leaving (Ik ft nippers behind. They escaped. At a conference in the governoi olTice this afternoon steps were lal< to noiily the negro residents of ( i l;:in district* : > c >i!:0 i ,?.. | ; Stall" arsenal for the night. Tne sc; tered settlements extending arou the outskirts of the city present I Si eat a tield tor even the big bo I of troops here now. It was the id ot. the military authorities that t ? most effective work could be do I with the danger spots restricted \ much as possible. j Another tactor in this connccti I was the large number of warnings impending trouble. At all the poli stations word was received that ; tacks were organizing by lawless p< sons, who, with a complete day rest, were expected to make tonig the supreme test between the mob a y <I,(' t roops. j Several complaints were recoiv from nearby villages and hamlets the access ot threatening conditioi . The most insistent came from Chi | ham. 1J miles south. The uegr< S| there became frightened at the at 1 lude of their white neighbors a B ashed I hat troops be sent. Tin Bj spokesman was told that the b< ? plan would be for I hem to come Spring!ield and seek protection V the arsenal. The authorities are bit worried by the conditions in t H outside sections. ^ Scores of negroes have left Sprit field, either on foot or by trolley ca the letter riding as far as their mca permit led and then striking aon i country. Those tramping parti aimless and penniless, are eausi some complaint from the uommn ties through which they pass. T whites assert that the presence these negroes imposes unnecessii burdens and aNo argue that only I shiftless and immoral elements of t Springtield negroes are represented Depredations in Country, ji Minor depredations, il is said, liavi 1 increased in (lie farming region be cause of this condition. The Spring N field officers arc doing all they cai to reassure the negroes still here Thus far they have been partly sue ccssful, although the number of thosi who have sought shelter in the ar senal is surprisingly small. Most o it- the refugees are advanced in years a too. The younger negroes, who migli as bo expected to add fuel to lite smould ol. ering (lames by rash acts, have gen orally refused to become wards of th id, Slate. a- Today an alarm reached the arson ly al from Spring and Edward streets of where William Donnegan was las v- night lynched. A rapid fire squai sr- was sent to the place on I lie double <|iiiek. Within five minutes (he squai \1- had cleared (he streets for half a mil sc from (he threatened corner, tlire as companies of infantry being held uti 11- dor arms at the arsenal meanwhile. or Willi (lie arrival of (lie Soeon in and Seventh infantry regiments, T. X ({., and two squadrons of Hie Kirs th cavalry, all from Chicago, (lie enlir 3s, National Guard of Illinois, with th ut. exception of the Sixth infantry an ml the Figlith infantry (colored), i* o in- duty in Springfield tonight. In a N. -1,200 guardsmen are in the city. nil Two deaths, due to the violence o Friday and Saturday, occurred at S John's hospital today. William Dor ncgnn, an aged negro, whose tlirosi vo was cut last night, and Prank Del ,e_ more, shot on Friday night, died o their wounds. This brings the list o violent deaths up (o five. A council of war was held at th ' capitol (his afternoon by Gov. Dei1 ' ' oen, Adjt. f!on. Scolt, Gen. F. 1 Wells and Col. Sanborne. A pla bv was to render further dc * inonstrations improbable. . Gov. Denoen today said that h wanted to protect the city so that th fleeing negroes could return in saf< 'id ty nil ('an protect them here and w can't when they scatter about th ^ country," said (ho governor. "If the will come back we will give them foo ^ and shelter in government tents." nt| A fire early this evening at eaf Mason and Fourth streets brougl (l(j out a large crowd, but it was con rt, posed of curious persons easily ham led. Three barns were destroyed. I lie tire is supposed to have boo ,>s started by mischievous boys. eu A special grand jury is to invest |l(. irate the rioting, beginning work t< |10 morrow, according to an announce l|_ men I made tonight to Slate's; Attoi ml ni>v I'rank Match of Saganion count; do The scope of the inquiry will be wid ilv Mid an eflort will lie made to fasto ea l'esponsibility for the disturbances o ]io individuals who are under suspicioi ne as Army Officer Slays Publisher. Bayside, L. I., August 1.").?Cap on Peler Conover llains, ,lr., S. A of son of Brig. Gen. Peter Conov< ce TTains, IT. S. A., retired, fired fi\ it- bullets from a revolver into Win. I n- Annis, of New York, owner and pul of lislier of Burr-McTntosh's Montlil ht and other magazines, late today o nd (he landing stage of the Bavsid ^ ach( club. Flushing and Anni whom f apt. TTains brother hafl aeon: l(j* ed of having liecn improperly n(lot :1S tivo In the Captain's wife, died in tl ,l_ Flushing Hospital \a few hours afti ,(>s the shooting. nd MRS. CAPERS DEAD. fir _ si Widow of Late Bishop Capers Go< ,n to Her Reward. a ( Columbia. August l.'i.?Mrs. Cha he lotto Capers, widow of (ho late Bisl op Fillison Capers, died this afte ig- noon al > o clock at her residence i rs, this city. Mrs. Capers had been i ns ill health for some years, but her coi >ss dition in the last few months ha es, heoti improved and il was not genera in.' ly known that she was ill. ][< ni- j daughter, Mrs. W. II. .Johnson, < 'he .Charleston, and her son, the Nov. V of | T. Capers, dean of the Cathedral i iry | Lexington. Ky.. were hero at the tin ho j of her death. Mrs. Satlorlee. wl ho i makes her home in ('olumbia, was ; . Wavnesville, N. for the summer, but is expectI'd here tonight. The Rev. ii Walter H. Capers, of Columbia, Tetin; - Mr. Ellison Capers, ,h\, of Suimuer tun, ami Mr. Frank F. Capers, of i Greenville, S. C., will arrive this evening, having been summoned when - thoii* mother was taken ill. The othu er son, Capt. John (!. Capers, of - Washington, D. C., commissioner of f internal revenue, is in Europe for I ho i, summer. The funeral of Mrs. Capt ers will be held some time Satur day, the exact hour not yet having - been determined, awaiting the arrie val of other relatives. Mrs. Capers was, before her mar riage. Miss Charlotte Palmer, of St. !, John's, Berkeley. She was a woman ,t ". of strong eharaeter and lovable disil position, and as the wife i?f the noble soldier and beloved prelate was wideil Iv loved in this diocese. ,, e ANSEL'S NEGRO NOTARY. Governor Ansel While Solicitor Court victed Him of Violating Dis[. pensary Law. ;t e The following certificate from the e clerk of court of fJrecnville shows d that while solicitor Gov. Ansel eonn victed of violating the dispensary law 11 (lie negro Perkins, whom he has since appointed notary public: f STATE OF SOUTTI CAROLINA, I. COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, i- Court General Sessions. it State, I- J vs. ( f Tisbv Ilines, J. E. Perkitw f I, J. A. MeDnnicl, clerk of the court of general sessions for the e county and State aforesaid, do herei by certify that, sis appe.i ? from the ' Session Journal "1" page 2H8. a n true bill was found in tin: above stat ed case on Sept. 14. 10(10 for violation for the dispensary law, said bill 0 of indictment signed "M. F. Ansel, e Solicitor;" that, as appears from the 5- same journal, page .'528 the above stilted case was tried and the foliowe ing verdict rendered: ''Guilty as to e .1. E. Perkins selling whiskey. Not y guilty as to Tisbv lline.--," .iiis verd diet being rendered Apr?l If). 1001 ; thsit a sealed sentence v as left on ;t April 'JO. 1001: that. a> appears from it the same .journal, page !?7f>. (lie seali'il sentence was opened by lion. ). <'. ]. Khigh, presiding judge, ami was found to he thirteen m mt'is impri?n oi men! or .$.'100.00 fino and .Judge Klugh amended the sentence hv making it twelve months imorisonment or 1 .$1100.00 fine to complv with the law; >- . , ? . , v. that, as appears I rom .jmtgit.cnt N >. Roll "?01(? now on file it. my offi'*e, J. E. Perkins or Parkin? was pard.m'' ed by Gov. M. I>. MeSwcency on Dec. 0 l(i, 1001. Given under my hand and ollicial " seal Aug. 1.*i, 1008. l" J. A. AlcDaiti^!, C. ('. G. S. Per J. C. Mitchell. L Dpy. C. C. G. S. M" NEWS FROM EXCELSIOR. 'C .1 " Excelsior School and Farmers' Union Picnic on September 5?Per N sonal Mention. n Excelsior, August 17.?Cotton is opening rapidly. The wire for the 'ohone line has ip come and will soon be up ready for .r business. Miss aJnie Kimird is visiting in Salnda ami Leesville. Miss Alder Way Wheeler has been visiting relatives at Little Mountain. Mr. Forrest Alewine lias been on a vist to his brother Mr. J. II. Alewine. Miss Maggie Stone is visiting Miss i-. Dosia Epps. i- Miss Salter, of Newberry, came r- down Inst week and made a photon graph of our new school building, n Messrs. J. A. C. Kibler, R. C. Kibi ler, .1. II. Alewine. E. M. Cook, A. A. d Nates, and Ira Nates spent a few 1- days in Greenville last week at the >r J Confederate reunion. >f j The Rev. Mr. Caldwell will preach f. | for us again next Sabbath afternoon it j at I o'clock, and also on Monday ic night following at 8 o'clock. Pubm lie cordially invited to the services. >t Our Sabbath school will meet at o'clock promptly. Mr. (I. \V. Kitwml is pushing I lie work on liis new dwelling in Prosperity, and when completed it will be ;i nice residence. Mr. Kinarel will not move from his present homo and will offer the new dwelling for sale. It is located near the (\. X. & 1,. railroad. Mr. Kinard is hrimlul of business and always ready to help build up his town and community. Mi'. Willie Cook is up from Columbia spending awhile at home. Kxcelsior school and the Farmers' union will enjoy a picnic in Mr. .1. I). Stone's oak grove near his home, on Saturday, September ~>tli. The following named persons are a committee to look after arrangements for the occasion i Messrs. J. F. Wheeler, .1. R. Kempson, ,7. A. ('. Kibler, 1). P>. Cook, J. C. Siugley, B. 0. Lovelace, .T. D. Lorick. The above committee will do every I hing in their power to make the occasion one of pleasure and profit for nil who attend. The public lias a cordial invitation to come out ami enjoy the day with us and of course bring your baskets well filled with good eatables. There will be singing and a short exercise by (lie school. Rev. .T. A. Sligh, Prof. .1. K. O'Neall Hollowav and Prof. .1. S. Wheeler are expected to bo on hand and make addresses. There will be re' fresh men ts on the ground. Don't forget the day and let every body come out and enjoy a pleasant day. Alvin, little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Siugley, received a painful wound on the foot with an axe a few days ago. Sigma. NEWS PROM SILVER STREET. Mr. Will Edmonds Accidentally Shot By Mr. M. D. Sheppard?Personal Mention. Silver Street, Aug. 17.?The farmers in this community J'rc very bus\ now working with their f-idder. Crops in iliis scot ion are going t< turn out short, although the prosper! was fine until a week or 1 *vo ago. { The health of this ueighhorh ?r..i i fine at present. Miss F.tliel i Iiiitnii. of (ireenwood is spending a while with her inend Miss Maggie Livingstone, in the community. Mrs. K. M, 1 ?iikuiuhf and her sis tcr. Miss Marion Schuinpcrl, of Ml Willing, Saluda mimly, visited thcii sister. Mrs. A. P. Worts, this week. Miss Drue Yaughun, of Columbia who lias been wi lit erhrnagSI I Af who has been with her granduu.ther i Mrs. Lucinda Pitts, at Dead Kail, returned home on Friday. Dr. K. II. Moore, of this place ha? gone to visit his parents in Spartan brug this week. Mr. Tlios. S. Blair returned ii'inu Friday from (ireenvillo, where hr went on a visit to relatives and lr take in the Confederate reunion. Mr. Jas. M. Alcwino and sister Miss .Julia, visited relatives at Po niaria this week, and look in tin campaign meeting at Fork. They report a delight fill time. Mr. Will Fdmoinls, the agent al this place, was accidentally shot oi Mr. I*. ( . Alewine, of Newberry wound is not serious, and we hope hr | will soon he able to g'o jo 1ii< work | lie left us I hiirsdav afternoon for hi" j home in Abbeville. , Mr. M. ('. Kiwi-, of Chappells, iattending to the agency ficrc while Mr. KdniMiiih i< ;iwav. Mr. ! '. ('. Alevwine. of Newberry I stopped over with lii> brother here m !n^ way from the (iroenvile reunion Mr. \\ . |*. Alewine, ol' this place is visiting relatives in (ireeuville aiif Paris Mountain, this week. Mrs. J. P. Long, of this place, wenl to Columbia on Monday to see hoi sister. Miss Mae Crouch, of Hates burg, who is in the hospital there foi treatment. The many friends of Mis; Crouch will be gla<l to know she i.get I ing on nicely now. Mr. and Mrs. |). (I. Livingstone ami children, of this place, visile, friends near Mi. Willing, Salmi; nly. this we'i*k. j Mi<< Mae fiuzliurdt. oi the city ' spent a few days this week with hei ( . " ~ " ? sister, Miss Kllle Leigh, at Head Fali. Mr. John (Seorge, of Columbia, is spending sutno time wit 11 his uncles, Messrs. |\ S. nd 1). (I. Livingstone, at this place. Miss t'orrio Cromer and little sister Lucy, o| the oily, visited their sister, Mrs. .1. ('. Inahinot, at this place, this week. Mr. A. 1'. Worts, of this place, spent several days this week with his brolhor, Mr. W. It. Worts, in tlreonville. Mr. W. 10. Long. of Saluda oounty, is spending some time with his son, Mr. .1. 1*. Long, at this place. Mr. M. 1). Sheppard, our faitliful mail carrier is taking his well doserved fifteen days vacation, and Mr. Uainsev is carrying the mail during this lime. BRIGANDS PUT ON PENSION. The Kuropean newspapers recently chronicled the lad llial the Turkish government had retired on a pension ?>l 1,(1(1(1 piastres a month a famous brigand, by name Tchakirdsky. Jlis field of operations has boon Iho Smyrna vilayet. l''or lite hilure lie will live in undisturbed peace on a I arm which has also been granted In him on his promiM' to lay down arms, Neither police nor Albanians are ti ' be allowed |o violate this sanctuary I lis band consisted of only seven men besides himself, but they were all equally daring, and in muncrou.* conflicts with the military rendered only too good account of themselves. Kadi of these minor heroes now receives a monthly pension of .">00 piastres as " coinpensat ion for loss of business.'' The life of Tchakirdsky is a romance such :i> is seldom encountered in these days. When a lad of 12 lie w;is arrested (with his father) fot non-payment of taxes and while beConveyed iiudcr guard In 'hi prison the father remonstrated will] t!ie soldiers :il l!ic amouul of ihe ta.\ levied and the means of collccliuu it. whereupon one of the guards shol ' him dead. I'lie boy was put in prison, when In* remained some years, time cuougl tor him lo reflect upon the iitjus|ic< done and to conceive a plan for re . Venue. I poll his relea.-e he look ti| , his abode anions the monulains bad - of Smyrna, and colh'.cled a band o I earless lollowers. They soon be * came the terror of the surroumlim I'l gioll. lli< object in this sort o| life wa: not to ,uua>s wealth, for lie took on . ly sulticicul loll IVoni lii> vtdims |< > illt*i*l the aclual needs of himself am . his i en and allowed himself to In extravagant only in the number o his horses and the beauty of llicii ? trappings ami in finely inlaid fire - arms, lint lie vowed vengeance up on every wrong-doer, who was ; ' Turk, confining himself lo this raci ' exclusively, ami set up a sort of Koh > in Hood dictatorship from which n< evil-doer escaped. , The following incidents occurred - while the writer was his neighbor fot * two years, and will serve lo illus - Irate his methods and Ihe object foi which he worked. In a certain (lis I 11 id money was raised by taxation 1< l build a bridge to replace a tumble , down structure on a much Iravellei * route. The money and the charge o the coii-l ruct ion had been given int< * lli?' care of the head man or mayor o the town near by. s lie called lo his assistance an arclii ? led to draw ii|> the plan> for tin brid'je. There his activities slopped . a< is (jiiili- customary in Turkey l j I'inallv an accident lo camel trail . crossing the old bridge caused tin ,! matter lo be noised abroad and i Ijcame to Tchakirdsky "s notice. | Imiuediately lie started out to ad I j minister justice, and disguising him * I sell as a begging dervish gained ail - mission to the house of the mayor r Once in Ihe mayor's presence In ; threw off his disguise and said In ; had come for Ihe money that Inn been collected for the building of tin 1 new Im id'je and would himself sn I I hat I lie Woi k w a- done. I file Inayoi liaiideil over the liloii v. .inly Ion thankful thai hi- hem .(had not been included in I lie de i* inand. Tchakirdsky called the mat who 11tul drawn up (lie plans, looked tliiMii over, mtuli* some necessary change's ami pa ill him 1 his work. Then In* sent lor a builder to whom ho gave tin' plans ami a sum of money to purehase material, with the instruction to build the bridge as quickly as possible ami to eome lo him for money as it was needed to complete the structure. When the bridge was finished I chakirdsky and his men eaine down to tiic celebration, which in the east is always given on such occasions. TIo brought the sheep with him lo bo killed and distributed to the poor and made a speech congratulating tho community on the new bridge and said that he had been able to have itbuilt lor a much smaller sum than was raised by the lax collected, and reserving for himself a modest amount to reimburse him for his time and (rouble handed back the surplus money to be distributed in his presence to t In; poor of the town. Then putting spurs t ? their horses he and his men vanished into the mountains. lie was next heard of many miles away near a mountain village, where :i widow was being harassed by two men, her neighbors, on either side of i her I arm. From lime lo time al night) thev would move the houndarv marks , on tlx- w dow's farm, appropriating a slice of it to themselves. i The authorities were appealed to in ! vain, as they had been bribed by the ? men who were stealing the land. Hut I Tehakirdsky heard of the affair, and one nigh! with his band appeared upon the scene, dragged the men from their houses, made them restoro the original boundary marks, gave them a sound beating ami threatened their lives should I hey repeat the offence. The men on being released fled to i I he village, a few miles distant. In the morning their wives, alarm. OA I, 2 - HIT ON I * ION SI ON ed al their continued absence, set out i on fool to learn what had happened lo them. One of the Women had a ; little ha by and the other one a baby ; and a child two years old. Tehakirdsky saw thcin from iiis place of eon> eealment starting off for the long i walk to the village, and turning to i one of his men said : * * 11 is loo I :i r for these women to i walk. Take two hor>es. put the woc men and children on them mid lead L" them down i o the town." For many year- a high price has ? been "?e| i> v 11. i government on Tcliakirdsky's head and many an expedilion was sent into the mountains to . capture him, hul he was always ;dde i to elude his pursuers, and when cor| nered the country people would not . da re to do other wise l lian help him f to escape, as they knew perfectly r well that any oilier course would mean death lo them wlnn l.ie s>h|iers should depart and 'IVIiakirds,<y i return. About two years ago a very a extensive campaign was organized - again*! him and lie was obliged to ) flee to quite a distant region. While he was away his home was I raided and a sum of money and his ; wife were taken and sent to Smyrna - as hostages. This brought Tohakirdr sky hack at once, hul instead of attacking soldiers, who had made the i raid he went at night or some of - his men did to the house of the I mayor of the town with whose con* f ei11 and knowledge the woman and > money had been taken and .-tealing f I lie mayor's oldest child, a young lad, fled with 11 i 111 ! ? i the uioiinl a in<. send j ing notice lo t lie mayor 111 a I unless ; hi-, wife a11-1 I lie money taken from , hi-; lioni'1 v.ere returned in three ?I. t \ ^. the hov would be killed. The. I i I lua\ or hastened to Smyrna and 1 ?I no lime in returning the woman and I I he money lo her home. 11i11 olllcials in the vilayel f Smyrna have been appointed with - sole reference to the capture of this - man and been dismissed because of . failure. And although each year of late has seen a larger and larger num her of soldiers sent in to the mouti1 lain* lo secure this brigand, the au' t horilies have evidentlv come lo I lie concilium that the best and only way !<? slop t lie depredations of - Tclsakird-l y and his baud was lo enI Icr litem upon I he government pay - roll with a sufficient salary lo indmi J I hem to abide in peace.