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VOL. XV1. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY , 1902- NO.6. A HOT TIM E. Editor DeChamp Calls Col. Jim Till man a Falsifier AT THE GAFFNEY MEETING. Correspondent With Tillm:n Stbma ted: Disorder nec:rmze So Wi . spread Thria Meet inu: Was A journed. No B!ows Passed. An orderly meeting of about -~h0 voters and some ladies en:led i <is order at Gaffney Woeinesday. iiivol ing the :mast eisatiolal incident of campaign. Col. 'Tillian, as details further on will show. was reading an editorial from the Gafiney Ledger chargsng him with "b:eing a gama bier. a liar and a drunkard." lie was sar castic in his collt'ntS and was inter rupted by Editor I'eCain of the Leg er, who assumed entire responsi bility and defended with determination his -charges. In the ensuing discussion Mr. DeCamp offered 'to prove Col. Tillman a liar over his own signature." When asked to furnish this proof Mr. DeCamp retired to his oflice. submit ting upon his return the evidence be low. The scene was most sensational. Mr. DeCamp. with no excitement. resolutely pressed his accusation amid noise and confusion, many cheers for 'Tillman, no small amount for l>eCamp and numerous remarks addressed to either and both and sometimes neither. All the gubernatorial candidates were 'well received, Tillman, Hleyward and Talbert leading. Mr. Gary received much cb'ering and applause, as did Messrs. Sharpe, Martin and Frost. The afternoon session had a full house, this was true when the guber natorial candidates were announced at 3 o'clock. Congressman Talbert was the first speaker, and after trib:te to ladies, he addressed the voters on re sponsibilities of the ottice sought. Has had some of the necessary experience and has the manhood for requirements. Trust and monopolies, labor and capi tal discussed, and Commercial Dem ocracy vigorously assaulted. Wants good feeling .vith all classes. Educa tional interest favored. Reiterated white and colored tax scheme. (Cheers.) Issues forcibly discussed. Col. Talbert was heard most attentively. Inter rupted with cheers, especiailly on tax scheme closed with applause. The next speaker was CAPT. HEYWARD who was warmly received. He came here as a stranger, knowing but very few of these South Carolinians and was most grateful for such greeting. This county destined to be one of the greatest counties of South Carolina. Payed a tribute to South Carolina womanhood, then passed on to his candidacy. All love feast issues dis cussed, blend and centre in up-building of our State. These issues discussed in their exact meaning. Dispensary,] education, good-roads, pensions dis cussed. Tribute to Confederate sol dier. Heard with closest interest and applause: clored with applause. MR. ANSEL CAME NEXT with applause and unfortunately, with a sore throat. He regretted this, but mnade his speech. Coming from the Pearl of the Piedmont portion of the State to which Cherokee belonged; ipaid his tribute to woman and her up lifting influences. Comes with en daxrsement of Greenville county, six years in -legislature: comes with en dorsement of five upper SouthCarolina counties as solicitor for 12 years: otli cial recard satisfactory, always, to his constituents. Issues discussed and Mr. Ansel's ,voice interferred not with interest of his hearers. He was heard throughout with close attention, in troduced Bro. Crofford to the Cherokee :audience; closed with applanse. DR. TLMMERMAN ~was the next speak-er, claiming that Ihe and Mr. Ansel, twice married, were ~the only true 'friends of the ladies. .Has never had to medicate his private 'or official character. Col. Talbert re fers to "timble rigging"~ in South Caro lina politics. This is something un ~known to the speaker. Has wvhat no 'competitor can say, the endorsement 'of the people of South Carolina. At home elected to the legislature. when not a candidate and under his protest, an honor not bestowed on any other so far as he knew. He is standing in his own shoes: running on his own name. Object of government is pro tection of society and issues so dis cussed. As to when he was treasurer. he did not have to borrow money. As sailed Col. Talbert's white tax scheme: this is dangerous. Closed with ap plause. LIEUT. Gov. TILLMAN was the next and last :-peaker who came forward with cheers and ap plause and hurrahs for Tillman. lle turned thanks for this and for past support. Glad to see these people face to face to let them see if he is the man painted. Appeals to his country. and by this to be judged: standing on record. Referred again to the ruling incident in the senate, then on to sword affair. Finishing these in de tail, he found it necessary to notice an editorial in the Gaiiney Ledger pub lished some weeks ago. This editorial charged Col. Tillman with "being a gambler, a liar andI a drunkard."' Col. Tillman was readinig the article, stopping for vigorous and sarcastic characterization on its con tents. The article stated that County Chairman T. B. Butler and M1essrs. McCrawv and Sarrat could substantiate what was said. Turning to Mr. Butler Col. Till man asked to hear from him. Replying. Col. Butler said: "I know absolutely nothing about thei state ment and the man who wrote it did so without my authority." D'CAMP wAs TILERE. Col. TillTnan was proceeding in vig orous and sarcastic characterization of the article when Editor DeCamp of The Ledger stepped u pon the stage and advancing directly to Col. Trillman. whom he faced, said: "I am the man who wrote the editorial ana am re sponsible for it." Turning to Col. Butler, Mr. I~eCamnp said: "illave you not been drinking with Col. Tillmnan in Columbia:" "Not more than with yu." reliled r. Butler. Cheers. ;T+ , owd wa vxry noisy and vehe- I aent no\w and the ladies left precipi ta: , the scene being stormy and thre tt nm. Cheers for Tillman and s+ioe for I)eCamp: vario us cries and B Su iggestiosll t: both and general inwve i : im the audience. The chair nan's 'ivci and ther l(ises were hari.sir. i)eCamp stood lis ground r:1t ely and again expressed with de- L( termination his authorship and I ien 'oiu a:re the author of some- t t hin ' <+ which you should he asham d." said C 1. Tillman. Mr. 1)eCalp's cool reply md:Le a terrilie commiotion when! he said: "Coi. Tillman. I canl pro you a liar over you own signa It nare. C +l. Tillman requ'sted hi In t ' ii so and Mr. Camp went to his u;ice for t: e profof. In the neantimue Mr. M Caug hman who had been absent, tried te to speak but no one heard. D'( XMI idINoS Hils I'lnOiF. I C'".. TPill;la as ro 1 c edin~g wit-h his sp'ech :hen Mr. I )Canp returned m( procnin the two letters below, he. hi hstated agaii that he could prove Cii. N i llman a~ falsitiler and read the letter which were in reply to hills sent from time to time regarding an advertise- se ing aceount which he had not been or abile to colleet. Following is a ver- sii batim copy of the letters: al: Edgetie .d, Jan. 3. 19-02. 1T t Mr. E. H1. DeCamp, Editor ;rit and tu Stee!. Gafrney. S. C.: su I have received several letters from ga you. enclosing bill for advertising in te Grit and Steel. I beg to say that I think if you will refer to you books W you will find that all these bills I made a with Grit and Steel were promptly te paid and in advance, to Yours truly. sh (Signed) .Ias. II. Tillman. sh Replying to another bill from ir. DeCamp, came the following letter. ga Columbia. S. C.. Feb. 12. 1902. wi Mr. E. H1. DeCamp. Business Manager in Grit and Steel. Gaffney, S. C.: While I am satisfied that I have al- Al ready paid the bill which you sent to so MIr. Shephard. I hand you under this Jc cover In check for 84 in payment of Gi same. Kindly acknowledge receipt. fo Yours truly, pe Jas. H. Tillnan. go KNEW HE WAS LYING." ID Mr. DeCamp maintained that Col. th Tillman knew he owed the account an when he denied it and he also insisted re that the contents of the two letters t th revealed this fact. 'Mr. DeCamp fur ther remarked as he finished reading the letters that Col. Tillman had Ti never paid the bill and knew that he Ca was lying when he wrote the letter. tie Col. Tillman asked Mr. DeCamp to Cb hand him the letters. Mr. DeCamp sh refused to do so. Col. Tillman insist~ ]a, ed. Mr. DeCamp again refusing, say- he ing they were his property. Col. Till- fu man said he only wanted to read them, hi and Mr. DeCamp handed them to ri: him, standing by Col. Tillman while he read. After reading Col. Tillman Ai said: ho "If I only had one matter on my th mind at once I would have known, but fol after consulting my books and finding tic the error. I sent him the money due dis him."o Mr. DeCamp then wanted to know sit if it took six letters to find out one mistake in .a set of books. There was much noise and excitement in the audience, much cheering, some hiss mng. Not a majority of the audience by any means were cheering. M1ost of the noise seemed to be in favor of Till- s man, but Mr. DeCamp, who firmly and aggressi-ely stood his ground, was co~ by no means without friends and sup- tr porters. Finally Chairman Butler re garding that Col. Tillman's time limit had expired, adjourned the meeting.. da WANTS A CAROLINA STONE. in ________an bri Hon. William J. Bryan Writes Letter in~ to State Geologist. o Hion. W. .J. Brayan wants a stone from this state. State Geologist Earle h Sloan have received the following let- th ter, which explains the matter more -ut fully: s Lincoln, Neb., July 18th. lon. Earle Sloan, State Geologist, Charleston, S. C. t MIy Dear Sir; I am going to have. h just above the fireplace in the news- C. paper room of my new home. a mosaic i made up of stones from the states which I carried in either campaign. J I desire a piece of granite, or marble. ir possible. I want a piece ten inches square. polished on tihe face, and three inches thick. The name of the State will be carved here, so that the letters G( will be uniform. IC. you will pick out such a stone lie and send it to me by fri eght I shal be glad to reimnbuse you to the the extent t ,of any expense you may; incur. Yours truly. W. J. Bryan. In a letter t o the Charleston Post Mr. Sloan says: 'This will afford some of our gran ite quarries an excellent opportunity to exhibit some of our very superior d granite, and the privilege of honoring a the distinguished statesman from Nebraska.bl "'I beg to suggest that the block to h be tendered be from some~ one of the m monumental grades alt irding a pr~o nounced relief. i order to prominent ly set forth the name "South Car oina" in the letters w ith which it i to be carved at Lincoln. O "The dark or Syenitie gran i would probably show to thle best a--c vantage. I should be pleased to re- M Iceive tenders from f rom the respective. th quarry owners.' to "Very respectfully. "Earle Sloan.' As South Carolina gave her elci toral vote to Mr. Bryan in both his runs for the Presidency. he probably has a double desire fo a block from this state- to tn Usc. thle Samie PistoI. Frank Peker, father of Charles F mn and V J1 Peker. prominent business pl men of Columbus. Ga , committed suiide Wiednesday by shooting him self in the right temple with a 38 alibre revolver at ine Peker Iron t works. Mr P'eker was a Bohemian. about 70 years of age. and had lived in Colmbus ablout :2S wars. Ihis mind had cbeen imupairedl to some extent for t a year or two A bout four years ago" his son. Joseph Peker, committed e suicide in the same way and used the sme pistolj EPUT1Y AI11 KILLEI a Supposed Horse_Thief Named Jeffcoat In G )WER PART OF AIKEN COUNTY. It Story ol'The AmiTir as Obtained I f-om Different Sources. The Fugitive a )esperate Man. g d. n last Tuesday night week Gov. di :Sweeney reccived the following h legrani: Wagener, .J uly 22. 1I i Gov. McSweeney. Columbia. S. C. G .Jde'Ilcat found. Killed one of o-i.r ?n. Escaped to swamp. Send ti )dhounds to Perry tonight on train s( >. 29. .1. A. Picens. d Deputy Sheriff. g The gi "ernolr found it impossible to LF t communication with Wagener S to get bloodhounds, and wired the It eriff of Aiken county to that effect, n ;o asking for further particulars. p sere is a reward of $100 for the cap re and delivery of Jeffcoat. as it is ti pposed that he is at the head of a L ng of horse thieves that have been a rrorizing the whole county. 4 The governor heard nothing more v ednesday of the affair. lie expected e3 reply from Sheriff Alderman to his egram during the forenoon. but up V 2.30 o'cluck nothing came from the l' riff. The governor then wired the cl eriti again as follows: b "Iave you any information in re- -M rd to Jeffcoat matter at Wagner? I tl red you last night to give me full h ormation. Answer.' b< The State's correspondent at igusta sends the story below, giving 11 ne further information. Though C (coat is claimed in the story as a et iorgian, he is a South Carolinian un- ai rtunately, and is known as a des- d< rado. The facts presented to the si vernor show that he has been operat- ti ? at the head of a gang of horse A ieves in Aiken county for some time d only last week the reward refer- b< to above was offered. Here is what h e correspondent says: ir A GEORGIA ACCOUNT. "Georgia has produced a veritable acey, who has crossed over into rolina and has worked the author- ) s of that State to a fever heat. e arlie Jeffcoat was being chased by a ,riff in the southern part of Georgia h t week for horse stealing and when got too close for the welfare of the S ;itive Jeffcoat turned on him, shot at n. The criminal then crossed the tl er to Aiken county and the chase s taken up by Sheriff Alderman of of ken and Deputy Ahl with blood unds. Tuesday morning some time at ay struck the criminal's trail and al lowed him to Jeffcoattown, a set ment down the river. When they as covered Jetfcoat and were closing in him he turned and fired a broad- II e at the two officers. Sheriff Alder- h, n escaped the bullets, but Deputy w 1 was shot dead and the criminal ~ aped the second time about 5.30 esday afternoon, taking to the ods. Sheriff Alderman immediate organized a posse and notified thew 3rits of Orangeburg and Edgefield, l .o have joined in the hunt for Jeff- t t, bloodhounds still being used to HE WANTED -ARMs. Things rocked along until Wednes- hi ' night before the governor got any af ormation from the officers in Aiken ca - when it did come it was vague and fe >ught no facts bearing on the kill- m Sof the deputy. It was in the shape tt the following telegram: u Aiken. July 23. ti< vernor McSweeney: mn Palmetto rifles disbanded. Guns are fo re but some parties refuse to give m up. Wire instructions. My dep- G< Sand posse still there. Will leave >n as possible. S Owen Alderman, Sheriff. nt sovernor McSweeney pron-ptly sent ye s reply: A )wen Alderman, Sheriff, Aiken, S. I said nothing about Palmnetto ri . My advice was for you to organ ~ose and do your best to capture icoat. Give me full jparticulars by he re. M. ij. McSweeney, Governor. k-i MIoRE MESSAGEs. i WVagener, S. C., July 24. W v. M. B. McSweeney: a i'he people think -the parties are ht ec in the swamp. Is there any ti 3ice for blood hounds. If so send A cm. Scad me two boxes 38s and 40 ed inchester rities to Perry tirst train. Tl Owen Alderman, re Sheriff. fri This reply was sent: ven Alderman, SheritTf, Wagener, at S.C.: Co ave directed adjutant general's wl part ment to ship two boxes of 38s Tl d 40 Winchesters cartridges to wt rry at once. Will scee if I can secure A >od hounds from county authorities ze re. Wire me fully as to your move- L< mts and do your best to capture hi Icoat. M. B. McSweeney, lu Governor. tu Then came this from the sheriff: hi Wagener. S. C.. July 24. w v. M. II. McSweeney: hi Parties here who are harboring Jeff- Ht it are trying to keep us off him. ca ist I arrest those parties and send at mn to jail. Notify sheriff Lexing- a a county to come and protect that sv Ie cf river. Answer. hi Owen Alderman Sheriff. di This answer was dispatched: g yen Alderman Sheritf. Wagener, di S. C.: of Telegram receiived. It is your duty re arrest the parties who are interfer- 1: with your efforts to capture ti: ticoat. I would nA hesitate a mo- bt nt to arrest every one of them and e ice them in jail,.h M. B. McSweeney t Governor. a Tue governor then wired to Lexing- w ns sheriff as follows: 1 h< Sheriff Lexinton County, Lexing- la ton, S. C.. Owen Alderman, sherill Al ken coun- cc . wires from Wageners as follows: UI otify sheriff Lexington county to ti m and protect that side of river." bi >mply with Sheriff Alderman's re- h] mot. Wire him at Wairrner. TDo:11l ?u can to assist in the arrest of .eff rat. M. . McSweeney. Guo ernor. About 2 o'clock SheritT Alderman ho had gone to Perry's wired the >vcrnor this report: Perry, S. C. July 24. ov. M. B. McSweeney. Columbia, S. C.: Last account Jeffcoat going back .to rown's landing. G;ot posseC in pur lit. Owen Alderman. Sheriif. .TEFFCoATs GEORGIA RECORD. The Savannah Morning News. re rring to the killing of the Aiken aputy by Jeffcoat. Wednesday gave 1e desperado's Georgia record as fol ws: "This makes .1effcoat's third killing. e was wanted in Emanuel county, a., for killing a man named Wilson, -ar Ilerndon last winter. Ile went lere under the name of Charlie John >n. and it is said he and Wilson were >ing an illicit liquor business to ther. A fter killing Wilson he left manuel, but recently returned. eritT Flanders had made several ef irs to apprehend him and on the ight of July 1 undertook, with a >sse to surround him in a swamp. he man had escaped. however, and le posse scattered to search for him. I eputy Sheriff Curl and Joe Flanders, brother of the sheriff, overtook Jeff at and his wife on the road to Mid lle at il p. m. The desperado was pecting arrest and was sitting in is buggy with his face t o the rear. lhen ordered to surrender he shot landers in the left breast with a Win iester rifle, then jumped from the ggy and fled to a swamp. Mrs. !ffcoat, or Johnson, also took part in i shooting and was wounded in the ,ad. She is now in jail at Swains >ro. "JeiTcoat has sailed under a alias. Emanuel county he was known as harlie Johnson. The people of that >unty have been greatly aroused, and iy news of the man who killed Flan rs is eagerly sought. This was uown by the way in which informa on was sought from Columbia and iken. "Rewards amounting tc $900 have en offered for Jeffcoat. Dodgers ive been printed and circilated, giv g descriptions of him. These may the means of running him to earth. he rich prize his capture would bring ill induce police and constabularies mainta'n a strict watch for him. e will find it a difficult task to cape, and may yet meet death at the >int of a Winchester as unerring as s own. "The wife of J. C. Flanders offers !00 for the apprehension of Jeffcoat, id Sheriff J. T. Flanders, brother of e murdered man. offers $200 more. addition. $200 is offered by friends the Flanders, and the aggregate of ;00 is on deposit in the Citizens' bank Swainsboro. In addition, there is 00 offered by the governor. "Jeffcoat, or Johnson, is described being between 27 and 30 years old, highing about 135 or 140 pounds. e is feet 8, or 10 inches high, and is blue eyes and dark brown hair, hich, at a distance, seems black. e has a light mustache and features. hen he left Emanuel county, he is barefoot and in his shirt sleeves. "Jetfeoat's occupation is that of a od sawyer. lie has two brothers .ing in Aiken and two living near tat place." 3MADE HIS EsCAPE. The Columbia State says though it s expected that news would reach re Friday that some of the posse ter Jeffcoat had managed either to pture of kill him, that it seems the low is an artful dodger and has anaged to confuse and finally elude te man hunters who were so close yon his tracks. The only informa n the governor received Friday was ost discouraging. It came in this Wagener, July 23. >. M. B. McSweeney: Have no definite trace of Jeffcoat. me think he has gone; others say t. Will stay here today. Have ui beard from Pitner and Hlankinson. aswer. Owen Alderman Sheriff. Ho0w DEPUTY AHL WAS KILLED. The State's correspondent at Aiken .s sent thie follows ng details or the Iling of l~eputy Sheriff Ahl by the eig desperado: On Monday even g, July 21, Chief of Police D. C. eks of the city of Aiken received telegram stating that the notoriou.s >rse hiief Jeffocat was near Sei vern in is county, and to go there at once. L 11 o'clock that night he accompani by Mr. 1). C. AhI. left for Seivern. :e account of the chase and its sad sut, your correspondent has gotten am Chief Weeks upon his return. Mr. Weeks says: When we arrived Seivern we were informed that JIe1Y at had moved from where lhe was aen the telegram was sent to me. a good citizens of Seivern went to rk immediately to locate him. Mr. h and myself with two other citi us of Aiken county went over into xington county, and there struck s trail and followed him towards Co mbia some four or five miles, then ning toward Horse bridge we traced m back again Into Aiken county, and finally located him in the yard of s mother's house near Horse bridge. e saw us as we approached and I lled to him to surrender, when he once opened lire on our party with shotgun, and then made for the amt Our party separated and adeu him off from the swamp and ove him back again to higher ound. Hie secreted himself In a mse thicket In a little hollow and ened fire again on us. which was plied to by our party. About 10 or shots were fired at this place. lie ten ran off up the hollow and turned tk toward the swamp, when I head him off again. Mr. Ahl being be nd me, did not notice his sudden urn, and .Jeffcoat being concealed in thicket shot Ahl in the hack as he as passing him. AhI fell from his Jrse mortally wounded and only lived few moments after we reached him. e who were left still pursued Jeff it. he tiring at us and we at him. e fell to the ground the last shot 1 red at him and we thought him dead. t upon a thorough search we found had gotten away. "T carrierd A h's hbrdv to Wagener. where an inquest, was held and then I brought him to his family in Aiken and finally he was laid to rest at Elko. his old home." Mr. Weeks says Mr. Ahl's death has caused intense feeling and excitement in this county and his friends are on a fierce hunt after Jeftcoat. This all happened on Tuesday, the 22d inst. On Wednesday Sheriff Alderman to gether with a posse took up the chase. and they are still hunting for this des perado. .Jelicoat. THE FARMER'S ALLIANCE. Flouirte e.n Counties Were Represent ed at the State Meeting. The State alliance, the organization of which so much was heard a few years back partiiularly in campaign years is still alive and doing well ac cording to President Elird, and he does not think that its days of useful ness arc over. The organis:ition met in Co:labia Wednesday night and be gun its annual session. reaching a inal adjournment about midnight. There were 14 of the forty-odd coun ties in the State represented at the gathering. At the opening of the session Presi dent I). F. Etird of Lexington pre sented his annual report. The following appointments were made for the present meeting: Chaplain-.Jas. A. Lewis. Steward--J. R. Thompson. Doorkeeper-A. S. Frick. Assistant Doorkeeper-O. P. Good win. The oicers present were the follow ing: President-I). F. Elird. Vice President and Lecturer-W. N. Elder, Secretary-Treasurer-J. W. Reid. Executive Committemen-Dr. J. L. Shuler. .J. F. Nisbet and A. C. Lyles. Committee on Credentials- J. R. Thompson, James T. Reid, and W. N. Campbell. The following delegates from subor dinate alliances were in attendance: Anderson-J. B. Douthit. Barnwell-W. II. Duncan. Chester-S. T. McKeown. Dorchester-W. N. Campbell. Horry-Jas. A. Lewis. Lancaster-J. R. Thompson. Laurens-O. P. Goodwin. Lexington-J. W. Dreher. Marion-E. C. Edwards. Newberry-J. L. Keitt. Oconee--James T. Reid. Pickens-W. W. F. Bright. Spartanburg-J. W. Reid. Union-A. C. Lyles. York-J. F. Ashe. Bounty Land-J. B. Pickett. Ford-G. B. Wingard. Rightwell-A. S. Frick. St. Clair--J. A. Wessinger. Summerville--James B. Addy. There were Interesting and timely talks on general alliance topics by Vice President and Lecturer W. N. Eider, A. C. Lyles, J. F. Nisbet, W. N. Campbell, J. B. Pickett and J. W. Dreher. The report of the executive com mittee in regard to the books of secretary-treasurer being examined and found correct was adopted. A press committee was appointed consisting of 0. P. Good win, J. F. Nis bet and J. B. Pickett. A telegram from Col. James A. Hoyt published in The Cotton Plant, explaining his absence was read before the State alliance. All the officers were then unani mously reelected for the coming year. The committee on good of the order was chosen as follows: Dr. J.L. Shuler J. B. Pick 3tt and J. B. Douthit. The following offered by Jas. B. Addy way adopted: Resolved, That this alliance ask the directors of the State alliance ex change for a contribution from the interest accruing from said exchange fund for the benefit of the reorganiza tion of the suspended alliances. The usual resolution of thanks to the railroads for reduced rates was adopted. Columbia was chosen as place of next meeting and the time is the fourth Wednesday in July, 1903, at 8.30 p. m. The committee on reorganization of the alliance was continued as follows: D. F. Etird, president: W. N. Elder, vice president: A. C. Lyles, member of executive committee. A t midnight the alliance concluded all its business and adjourned the an nual session.--The State. A Columbia Boy. The Columbia State says some s ears ago a tail, slender young man left his home in Columbia determined to make a name for himself in the far west. It was James C. Sims, a son of the late Col. R. M. Sims, and he was full of determination, lie came back to his old home a few days ago on a visit to his relatives, and goes from Columbia to Washington to visit his mother and sisters. Hie is now a stout, tine look ing man, lie is the present State chairman of the Democratic party in California. a leading lawyer in San Francisco, and is the State senator representing the county in which the city of San Francisco is located. Mr. Sims' scores of old fiends were de lighted to see him once moure and to congratulate him upon his success. Deputy Collectors Changed. Major Micah Jenkins. who has as sumed charge of the collector's otlice. has made no change in the ottice force. and most of the clerks there have been commissioned. Tw~o changes have been made in the list of deputies, however. George Washington Murray. appointed by Collector Koester, has been supplanted by E. W. Screven of Columbia who is a staunch white Re publican. Deputy Collector Harper, appointed also by Collector Koester, has been supplanted by Deputy Mar shal Adams, who has been for some time connected with the United States marshal's otlice in Charleston. An Awful Death. While attempting to cross the track in front of a passenger train Carrie Meets, a colored girl, twelve years Old, was run over and instantly killed Wednesday morning near Helena, a station on the Columbia and Green vile division of the Southern. The mangled remains were scattered for a mile alnge the track. rady to point to the wonderful "New outh" that has sprung of the ashes f that old South for which these eroes fought. But is it not matter >r serious reflection that this New outh is hringing in its train the old, torn-out, thoroughly discredited buses that even the greed of Eastern lanufacturers long ago relinquished >r very shame? That in many cases he descendants of the very men who lunged the nation in warfare to abol ih the institution of negro slavery, re employing their capital to enslave ur poor white children today? The South has been apathetic be ause, and only because, this thing 'as new to it; because it has crept in liost unnoiced. and is still very irgely unknown to it. A large ma >rity of the citizens of Dallas are 'holly ignorant of the state of affairs 2 this respect within their own city mits. The heart of the South is >und wherever womnen and children re concerned; quick to resent and to rotect. "Thle Southern privilege of mploying little children" for fifteen ours a day in factories, is a privilege 'hich the South will denounce and ir':id as soon as it wakes up to the ituation, HUDSoN STUCK. Dean of St. Matthew's. AGAINST CHILD LABOR. 'exas Teachers Make an Appeal to the Legislature. The Dallas, Texas, News says by he invitation of Prof. Long, the su erintendent of Dallas public schools, )ean Stuck made an address to the eachers of the city schools on the abject of the legislative regulation of hild labor in factories. There were bout 100 teacher present, and much 2terest was displayed. Dean Stuck noted from an article by Elbert [ubbard, the author of "The Message. o Garcia," in the current number of The Philistine," as follows. "I now the sweat shops of Hester street, tew York; I am familiar with the ice, depravity and degradation of the Vhitechapel district in East. London; have visited the Ghetto in Venice; know the lot of the coal miners of 'ennsylvania, and I know something f Siberian atrocities, but for misery, roe, and hopeless suffering, I have ever seen anything to equal the cot on mill slavery of South Carolina his in my own America, the land of be free and the home of the brave! 'or the adult who accepts the life f the mills I have no word to say is his own business. My plea is in efense of the innocent. I voice the ry of the child whose sob is drowned a the thunder of whirring wheels." )ean Stuck insisted that the condi ion of things in South Carolina breatened Texas, too; that a begin ing had already been made of the in roduction of the system of child labor hat now was the time to make a rong fight for the enactment of a law bat should forbid its extension, and bat it was necessary to arouse public mtiment in order that such a bill fight have a chance of passing at the ext session of the Legislature. The following resolutions, moved by rof. Morgan, were unanimously ad pted: "Whereas, The increase of factories 1 States where there is no regulaton the employment of child labor has asulted in certain grave evils to ildhood, namely, first, an excessive ngth of daily work, this being ex mded at times into the night; second r, the physicial, mental and moral eakening of the children, owing to tis confinement and the unhealthy anditions of work;, and, thirdly, a reat increase in the percentage of literates owing to the loss to the ildren of the opportunities of school. "Whereas, Factories are rapidly in ceasing in Texas, and these grave vils are increasing with them. We, de teachers of the Dallas public schools i the name of the children of Texas, o respectfully present to the legisla >rs of Texas our earnest request that ey take into consideration the mat er of regulating child labor. We rge that Texas profit by the bitter rperience of the older cotton States ud regulate these evils before they ssume greater proportions. We be eve that this regulation ought to ame now, for it is statesmanship to arn from others how to prevent these vils rather 'than to learn in our turn y sacriticting the lives of a genera ion of children." Agrees With Miller Capt. Capers agrees with T. E. iller about the appointment of negro hysicians on the pension boards. He rys that he had declimed to with raw his recommendation of a colored hysician on the pension examining oard both at Greenville and at Colum ia, and has advised the department hat if the colored physicians recoin ended are not retained that he will ecline to make any further recom' iendations In that particular matter, apt Capers takes the position that it not a social matter, but simply a usiness proposition, and a just rec gnition of merit in two unassuming aputable, capable physicians of the >lored race. Killed Like Goebel. Jonnes Cockrell was shot and killed :om the court house window at Jack >n Ky., at noon Wednesday by an nknown assassin. Friends who ac >mpanied the wounded man to Lex igton say they fear his death will be de signal for a prolonged and dis strous warfare Cockrell was preparing > leave Jackson to get out of a fued hen the shots were fired. He was wn marshal of Jackson. Still At Large. Harry Tracey, the outlaw appeared t Miller's logging camp, four miles om Kansaskat, Wednesday. Tracey not wounded, and looks fresh and sted. Hie Is wearing a derby hat, ut he had a slouch hat In his pocket. [e still has his rifle and two revolvers d has a good supply of ammuni 'on. UNREQUITED love drove a young ian to commit suicide in a St. Peters urg hotel. It transpired that he had ked a little girl in the street to oose one of two pieces of paper which e handed to her. On one was writ in "Life," and on the other Deth." The girl choose "Death." SOME PLAIN TALK C Against Child Labor by the Rev. Hudson Stuck. "THE SOUTHERN PRIVILEGE." i t Declares That It li One Which i a the South Wi'l Denounce 0 and Forbid When Aroused. The Rcv. Iudson Stuck, Dean of t. Matthews' Cathedral, publishes the following letter on the question of child labor in the Dallas, Texas, News. It will be of interest to our readers 1. just at this time: s I am sorry to see that The News, i its leading editorial o Tuesday, seems disposed to put a damper upon the attemps that are being made to pro cure such legislation in Texas as shall. prevent the employment of children in factories. I had thought that if the S world had arrived at one definite con clusion in the whole wide realm of economics, it was that such labor is detrimental to the well-being of the community. and is a proper object of, legislative prohibition. It is not a theory that we are deal ing with. We are not to be led from the plain purpose before us by vague considerations of the whole subject t of the condition of children f in homes and on farms through- I out the State. It is one plain, t notorious, indefensible abuse that we s are seeking to abolish. "Some senti- c mental reformers," says your article of a Tuesday, "taking little note of prog- i ress that has been made, and of the q natural difficulties that must always I remain in the way, would make the t old-time crusade to free the little meek slaves of London" (whatever that may l mean) "a new-time fad, and would run ol into lines that are not practi- S cal, and that turn in the wrong direc- I tion." Now that either means some- I thing or it means nothing. It has I either some application to Texas or it I has none. The only movement on foot C today in Texas, of which I know any- v thing, is a movement to secure the r passage and enforcement of a law to t prohibit entirely the employment of t children under 12 years of age in fac- t tories, and to regulate the hours and I conditions of employment of young C persons up to 16 years of age. I Is this a new-time fad? Is that d running dff in lines that are not prac- c tical, and that turn In the wrong di- I rection? To call It a new-time fad is I absurd. It is the the old struggle that t was foughtout out in England many t decader ago, that was fought out in r New England soon after, that has t been fought and won in every Euro- t pean country, and that men had sup- s posed would never have to be fought t again. But if it be necessary to prove t that two and two makes four in the s South as well as in New England (and n f such manifest simplicty I hold the n economic problem in question to be) why we must open the matter again, I must re-address ourselves to the old o task. The conditions existing in Dallas to- ii ay are conditions that the British 0 Parliament forbade in England exact- r y 100 years ago, in 1802; that were c Corbidden by law in Massachusetts lb sixty-six years ago, in 1836. tr In one mill in this city there are be- 12 tween sixty and seventy children from V or 6 years old to 12, working twelve t aours a day. And this not all. Two c r three times a week, whenever it g suits the convenience of the mill, they iL work tifteen hours a day. That is c what the first English factory act for ade, in 1802. Utterly ignoraat, not C knowing their letters very often, even e 2p to good sized youth, these children t are compelled to forego the night 1i ;chool to which they drag their weary d eet, whenever it suits their employers t to demand overtime.t "At any rate," says youri leading t article, 'if the child labor movement u s to be kept along let the good work e egin at once where it is most need- a d." That is precisely the view of ia hose wvho are beginning the agitation :1l [or factory laws in Texas. We know C no better place where the movement l1 may be "ke pt along" as you express it, e than right here in our midst where t uch outrages on childhood are per- t mitted. Trhe Encycloped ia Britannica, in summing up its article on factory, laws, says " .By these various enact- 2 ments the State has emphatically ; taken under its protection the whole s :lass of children and young persons d employed in manufacturing industries. it has done this in the pamne of' the t moral and physical health of the comn- t munity." One would hardly accuse t the ritannica of being a ''sentiment- r il reformer.''i" Says Dr. Iladley, the president of r Yale, in -his recent book "'Economics" .( 190.) " Prohibition of child labor is i: Lanluestionably justitied on public t jrounds, because if children go to 0 work in the factory at too early an r age they are deprived of the chance C >f health and education which would nable them to make the most of themselves." That is the case in a nutshell. All observation, all experi- f nce, show that children put to work s arly in factories are ceprived of these U two things-perhaps the two most c valuable things that a human being 1~ can possess-the chance of health and t the chance of education. a Charles B. Spahr, in his late book t entitled "America's Working People," ays: "When TJ went through the t mills at New Bedford, I saw only two :hildren who looked to me less than 13," and he was assured that they held ertiicates that they were above that a age. "In Massachusetts today," he adds, 'I heard no manufacturer even hint at a desire ror the Southern priv-r ilege of employing little children."b "The Southern privilege:" Does it not make the blood of honest men and a women boil to hear of this Southern privileger We are about to celebrate with every a lircumstance o'f honor and dignity, b pur undying memory of those who a shed their blood in tihe Civil War. c We are about to laud our heroes to the skies once more. We have been t accstmed since the time of Henry AN AWFUL SCENE. A Nan Curses and Raves on the Scaffold JUST BEFORE BEING HUNG Por a Brutal Murder. A Sad Warning to Young. Men to Let. Strong Drink Alone. At forty-one minutes past eleven o'clock Tuesday morning Ashley Cocke and Tom Lauderdale, the murderers of Engineer Wray, expiated their crime upon the gallows at Greenville Miss. Cooke died cursing everybody in Greenville and the otlicers of thelaw. Lauderdale met his fate calmly. At early dawn great throngs of peo ple began to arrive in the city and by 10 ,o'clock the place was crowded to ite utmost capacity. Sheriff Hunt had sworn in a large number of deputies and every precau tion was taken to prevent any possible trouble. Cooke and Lauderdale, af ter a good night's sleep, awoke at 7 o'clock. Breakfast was offered them but both declined to eat. Cooke was visited by Rev. Cunning ham, who tried his utmost to induce the doomed man to embrace religion, but all to no purpose. At 11 o'clock the two men were brought into the corridors of the jail where the last farewells were said. They were then taken to the scat fold and in-full view of thousands of people both were banged. Lauderdale remained firm and quiet throughout but Cocke raved like a madman, curs ing everything and everybody in Greenville and finally when the black cap was adjusted he uttered a fearful oath at the sheriff and his deputies. There was no semblance of trouble. STORY OF THE CRIXE. The crime for which Ashley Cooke and Tom Lauderdale Tuesday paid the death penalty on the gallows commit ted on a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train about 3 o'clock on the morning of December 30, 1901, between the towns of Leland and Elizabeth in Washington county. Ashley Cooke, Tom Lauderdale, Will Blackburn and G. M. Phipps, re siding in Bolivar county, boarded the northbound passenger train at 3 o'clock in the morning for the purpose of returning to their home at Shelby. G. M. Wray, an engineer, was a pas senger on the car entered by Cooke and his party. Cooke and his three com panions were all more or less under the influence of liquor. Phipps~ fell against Wray who was asleep on seat in the coach. Wray asked Phipps what he meant and reply came from Cooke that it meant that he (Wray) must leave the coach. Wray having fully awoke realized that the men were drinking and told them that it was all right and that he would'leave the car. As Wray started to walk out Black burn said to Cooke: "What shall we do with that fellow? He says that he has donenothing, but is willing to apologize." VOTED TO KILL BfIM. "I vote to kill him!" replied Cocke. Phipps at this time sank into a seat and was not with his companions. ICocke, Lauderdale and Blackburn then began shooting at Wray as the latter was trying to leave the coach. Wray was riddled w~ith bullets and fell dead in the aisle of the car. While Conductor McLauchlin, who ha:1stop ped the train, was looking for officers to assist him in the arrest of the three men, the trio got off and went to the engine and forced the engineer to uin couple the engine and proceed at once to Shelby and the engineer obeyed the instructions at the point of a gun. At Shelby, Cooke, Lauderdale and Blackburn were arrested and brought to Greenville on a special train, every precaution being taken to prevent a lynching which was threatened by many citizens. The men were indict ed for murder in the first degree. Cooke and Lauderdale essayed to be tried together and after one of the most bitter legal battles in the history of the country, they were convicted and sentenced to be hanged on March 21, 1902. Notice of an appeal was filed, which stayed the execution. Later Blackburn was tried found guil ty. He was sentenced to imprison ment' for life, his previous character having been proven exceptionally good. The supreme court reviewed the case of Cocke and Lauderdale and aftet an exhaustive examination of the record affirmed the decision of the lower court and fixed Tuesday, July 23, as the day for the execution. GREAT LEGAL BATTLE. Then began a mighty effort to save the two men from the scaffold. In fluential relatives and friends of Cocke and Lauderdale, and especially Cocke, who is highly connected in three or more states, presented strong petitions and earnest appeals to Governor Longino to commute the death sent ence to imprisonment for life, but the governor deeply sympathized with the family and relatives of the two men, remained firm and declined to inter fere. Attorneys at the last moment went to Narragansett Pier, R. IL, with a petition to Mr. Justice wbite of the supreme court of the United States, and begged that the execution be stayed on constitutional grounds. Justice White. after reviewing the papers, also declined to interfere, and the mandate of the law was carried out, the two men dying on the same scaffold. _________ A Poisoned Family. Tuesday night the family of Cor nelius McKenzie, colored. Society Hill, was taken seriously ill from the effects of poison administered in some mysterious manner. At thE writing two are dead, father and one son, while three others are lying at the point of death How the poision was given is not known, yet it is most generally believed that it was put in water, from which they drank, by some neighbors with whom they have been at odds for some time As yet no arrests have been made