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ROBS FARMERS^
By the Operations of the Higti
Tariff Laws.
WILL BE NEW LINES
In the Next Campaign, ami Those
Men Who Call Themselves Dem
ocruts und Betray tlie Party Will
Be Driven Out nnd True Men Put
on Guard.
While on a visit to Floreuce recently
Senator Smith gave a mosl
interesting resume of the tarifl
fight in Congress to a reporter ol
The Times. The Senator does not
look for any relief for the peoplt
In the present fight. The situation
Is entirely too much dominated hj
the rapacious "interests" of the country
as represented by Aldrich and
other protection leaders. They art
fighting for protection everywhere
and many Democrats seeing tlit
tendency have scrambled for a shart
of the grabbings. lie does think
however, that there is enough lift
in the Democratic party for it tc
positively declare itself in this mat
ter in the next campaign and l>:
making its principles prominent
with the awakening of the peoplt
through the country, the lndepen
dence of many of the newspapers anc
their free and fearless discussioi
of the question to win the hold Hit
suppport of the United States.
lie has made one speech on tht
tariff and he has been very rnucl
gratified by the reception of it b;
the senate and by the party ant
the people everywhere through tin
country and will soon make anotlie
in which ho will say many thing tha
he has in mind, for he has studiei
this question as he never studied be
fore. lie believes that his unas
sailable position on the strong rorl
of Democracy has been a help ti
him and to others and he is sue
that the fight that is being mad
now has made real Democrats am
stronger in thoir Democracy, am
nas made more apparent the preten
sions of those who love the nam
and the name only of Democracy
but oppose its principles whereve
they are offered.
lie says tho expression of certali
Democrats will result in one of tw<
things, a loss of confidence in am
n ropudlntion of these individual
or a loss of and a repudiation o
Democracy. Senator Smith evidcntl
believes that the people will repudi
ate the so-called l>enui<;rats, wh
are voting to protect lumber am
other products. He goes on to say
"I believe that tho essential prin
clplcs of Democracy are nearer th
hearts of the people today thai
ever before in the history of th
country. The middle west havim
been broken up into small farms
the population becoming denser am
the struggle for existence sharper
and the products of the farm neces
sarily sold in a free market, whil
those things necessary for tho cul
tivation and support of the farm ar
to be bought in a protected market
the people of this vast territory ar
beginning to feel the effect of tlii
unjurt legislation as the people o
the South have felt since the inaugu
ration of the protective policy.
"Xo man need he deceived ii
thinking that the South with he
tremendous territory and populatioi
will ever allow even in her own holders,
manufacturing enterprises t
he promoted at the unreasonable ex
pense of her agricultural interest
and thoso politicians who allov
themselves to be influenced by tli<
powerful plea of the organized man
ufncturing Interests of the South
will have a very rude, but very ef
fectual awakening when the vole
of the ballot is heard. Therefore
I confidently expect to see pure L)e
moerncy gloriously triumphant li
the next election through the influ
enco of the thoroughly awakene<
South and middle West.
"I do not want to ho understoor
as being against the promotion o
manufacturing interests in the South
but 1 do want to he clearly under
stood as opposing the promotion o
any industry at the unjust oxpens<
of those who produce the raw niateri
al. 1 firmly believe that, at tin
present state of perfected mechanical
appliances that the America!
manufacturer, l>oth North and South
can compete profitably with tlu
manufacturers In any section of tlu
civilized world. The skill and in
telligence of the American laborer
plus the skill (if the American financier
can produce more per unit ol
expense than any country on tlie
globe and the only protection that
we need Is the protection of God
/iiiiiiKniy granting us favorable seaeons.
"The Democratic party should not
he misunderstood under our system
of government; we must have a revenue,
therefore, we must have s tariff,
and in placing this tariff on Imports
some interests will he Incidentally
"protected and In the protection
that would incidentally come from
this tariff for revenue there would
he an advantage to that particular
Interest. This Is unavoidable, but
the end Justifies the means and that
end Is a revenue for the expenso of
the government. But (there is a
world of difference between a tariff
for the expense of the government
and a tariff for the prflt of individuals.
This distinction should be kept
clearly in mind."
Buried Under Ciravel.
As a result of a cave-in of a grave,
pit at Olive Branch. Miss., a few days
ago, five negroes were killed. Tons
of gravel fell 'on them, crushing
their bodies. |
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BAD MESS IN OHIO
NEGRO ATTORNEY ARRESTED ON
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Ml'RDER CHARGE.
Mob Wanted to Lprh Him and His
Brother, Who Has a White Woman
for a Wife.
Hunted all Sunday night and
finally driven to bay by the police
and bloodhouuds Monday, John W.
Beam, of Lima, Ohio, a negro attorney
and real estate dealer, accused
of murder, attempted to end
his own life. He was arrested on
the charge of murdering Mrs. Estella
M. Diltz, a young widow, who was
shot Sunday night at her own home <
' j as she opened the front door In re- ^
oyyjiiav lu puiiiiuniK upuu LUtJ UUOI'. [
L lie is not seriously injured. i
t While it was first thought that ,
i the motive for the murder had been ,
r found in business relations between (
Mrs. Diltz and the negro, a Bearch ,
1 of Beam's papers in_ his oifice in- (
; dicated that Beam was in love with t
, the widow, but whether the crime |
1 was due to his suit being repudiated i
) or whether there was a yuarrel is ,
, unknown. I
> A letter addressed to his wife in ,
) endearing terms was found, in which \
- Beam told of his love for Mrs. Diltz, |
f which had extended over two years, \
, and that his call upon her accounted
2 for his "late hours at night." In ,
- concluding, the letter directs: "Have
1 Estella and myself buried side by
1 side, that we may arise before the
j Almlghtey Hod together."
Rumors that a mob was forming,
2 with the intention of lynching Beam,
i caused Sheriff Van Gunten to remove
v his prisoner from the city hospital
1 to the county jail. Beam wns esb
corted to Jail under a heavy guard.
r Beam is now in the strongest cell
t in tho jail and a strong guard is
} maintained about him.
I)r. U. S. Beam, a brother of the
_ prisoner and a wealthy citizen of
t Lima, closed his office and left for
0 his old home in Kentucky. Colored
e people urged him to leave, as it was
e feared he might be lynched if he
j remained there. Feeling runs high
1 against him. Dr. Beam's wife is a
_ white woman and this aided in ine
furiating the residents against liiiu.
MADE FATAL MISTAKE.
tl I se?l Wash l.ye In lU.scuit.s for Bako
tl ing Powder.
^ As n result of eating biscuits into
which she had, by mistake, put lye
% instead of baking powder, Mrs.
Robert Tarry is dead, and her husband
is critically ill at their home
'' in Tottenvllle, Staten Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Tarry kept house
for their bachelor son. A few days
l- ago the son went away for a three11
day trip, leaving liis mother, whose
? age is seventy-nine years, and hi.K
father, aged seventy-eight years, at
i. home alone.
1 Neighobrs heard groans and
poundings coming from the Tarry
- house and upon entering found the
e old couple in agony. Doctors were
- called in, but their efforts to relieve
e Mrs. Tarry were futile as she died
', shortly afterward, and little hope
e is held out for her husband.
s Five unlabelled cans containing
f white powder were found in the
- kitchen. Four contained baking
powder and one contained caustic
11 soda and this is what was put into
r the biscuits.
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VKitY cntiors cask.
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s Perplexes Surgeon Who Works on
Victim of Auto.
e
Ernest Frye, of New York, whose
. right leg was amputated five weeks
- ago following an automobile accia
dent, is the subject of considerable
, anxiety among physicians in the
- Flower Hospital because of his com1
I plaint that he suffers intense pain
- I in the toes of the foot which was
I ' amputated and which lies buried In
one of the suburbs. Frye declares
1 | that he can distinctly feel n
f cramping pain in these toes, the pain
, being so intense at times as to cause
- him to shriek. Doctors believe that
f the sensation of pain is conimuni3
cated to his brain by the nervous
. cords which ran to his toes and
j which were severed by the amputa.
tion The contraction of these ini
jnred nerves, they believe, would
j give Frye the sensation of pain in (
, I bis toes.
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1>IKI> OX A Tit AIX. I
, Itev. It. A. Connors of llonen Pntli s
1 ties Suddenly. ^
Rev. R. A. Connors, pastor of the '
Baptist church at lionet* Path, died '
on tho train between Knoxville, 1
I M'un., anu Newport, Tenn., Monday j
morning. Mr. Conner's health had
been had for some time, and he had
been In a sanitarium 'r. Knoxvllle
to recuperate. He did not Improve
and his wife and his brother went 1
to Knoxvllle several days ago to
bring him home. They started Mon- f
day morning and a telegram received c
brought the news of his death. Mr.
Conner had been pastor of the Paptlst
church at Honea I'ath for about
three years, and was a strong preach- ^
: er and very popular. He leaves a
wife and six children.
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Killed Hie Mother.
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Gnllty of murder in the second
degree was the verdict returned Sat- ^
urdav by the jury before whom Del- ;
mar Young was tried on the charge '
of murdering his mother. Young
showed no signs of distress when he
heard the verdict. It is understood
his attorneys will ask for a new a
| trial. U
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MAILS TIED UP
iy The Firemen's Strike on ;the
Georgia Road
NOT A WHEEL STIRS
llong the Entire System and a
Crisis lias Been Beached?Chief
of the Federal Bureau of L?lx>r
Beaches Scene of Strike?Towns
Feeling the Strike.
How lees than a hundred striking
Jeorgia Railroad ilremen were able
o stop practically all train service
u u territory 170 miles long and
roni twenty-live to a hundred miles
wide was the knotty problem Into
Ahich United States Commissioner
>t Labor Chas. P. Neill plunged lrnnedlately
after his arrival at Atlana,
Ga., on Tuesday night. An
mlssary of conciliation he faced first
he race problem, the force behind
the strike; second, an " announced
wish of many persons in this sec
ion iu nave iji'orRians seme ir it>
question by arbitration, and third,
the necessity of moving the United
States mail immediately. Within
two hours after his arrival Mr. Neill
was in private conference with General
Manager Scott of the Georgia
Railroad.
A dispatch from Atlanta Bays what
a remarkable feat this handful of
union firemen accomplished and what
power was behind them became apparent
Tuesday when a considerable
section of Georgia was compelled to
rely on automobiles for passenger,
mail and express service; and when
the transportation of such necessities
of life as food dropped back to
the methods of a former degree of
civilization, namely, to wagons and
even pack animals.
The four score firemen alone did
not produce this situation. It was
tho communities which the railroad
served that stopped every wheel of
the system during the past three
days; not the oilicials of these communities,
but a few men who are
said to have fighting blood in their
veins, who came forward and announced
that negro firemen should
not be given seniority over white
firemen. From some hidden source
of public opinion these men have up
to now made good this racial ultimatum.
Few of these men were firemen,
some did not even claim to be
acquainted with striking firemen, and
a dozen or more are said to have
come from counties lying some distance
from the railroad. They accomplished
tho tie-up without serious
acts of violence, with a few cases of
throwing stoucs, which appear to
have been accepted as warnings of
wnat might happen if trains continued
to run.
A settlement by arbitration should
not be difficult so far as the strikers'
demands are concerned. Vice President
Ball, of the firemen's organization.
said Tuesday, because the firemen
are not trying to exact a hard
and fast settlement. They struck
because ten white firemen were replaced
by negro firemen. The railroad
officials declare that the negroes
were put in these positions
as rewards for faithful service, and
that they are within their legal
rights in such action. Upon this
one crucial point of the controversy
there has as yet been no sign of
agreement.
The dlreotors of the road, the
general manager and other officials
were in almost continual conference
Tuesday, and it was reported that
some of the directors strongly favored
Governor Smith's proposition
for each side to select three Georgians
as arbitrators. Mr. Scott would
not say whether these offers would
be accepted. Tho directors include
men with local business interests,
which nre liable to be affected unfavorably
by a long tie-up.
Hand cars, automobiles and interurban
cars made little impression
upon the .1,000 poundH of delayed
mails in the Atlanta postofflce. Here
and there in the strike district a rural
postmaster shouldered a sack of
outgoing mail, and after hours of
hard work. riding and walking,
managed to reach a railroad station
not affected by the strike. Reports
were current that the Federal courts
?trV, f ?
i ici f hiki i>iaoe guards
in trains in order to get the mails
through. No such action, however,
leveloped. The strikers have announced
that they are willing to
tire engines to carry mails, but that
oich engines must carry mails only,
ind not passengers.
Reports that the necessities of life
were lacking in some communities
caused Governor Smith to telegraph
Gong the line of tlie Georgia Rall oad
inquiring whether there was
my food shortage. No replies inHeating
such a condition were re elved.
and numerous reports stated
hat there was plenty to eat everywhere.
Rusiness men, however, comdained
or serious financial loss.
For the first time since the hetinning
of ,he strike General Maniger
Scott conferred with Governor
imith Ttiesday evening. Afterward
he Governor said:
"We discussed the situation fully,
nd I am now very hopeful that some
teps may he taken, which will bring
bout a speedy adjustment.. In the
meantime I regard It of the utmost
mportance that perfect order should
revail."
Present at this conference were
tate Attorney General Hart and
lajor Jos. R. Gumming , general
ounsel for the Georgia Railroad.
Inspect the collar of en, and never
Mow any animal or vegetable matter
> decay there.
FIREMEN'S POSITION
IN THE STRIKE OX THE GEOHGIA
RAILROAD.
The Official Statement of (lie Can*#
Leading Vp to tlio Trouble aud
Strike.
There la considerable Interest In
the strike of the firemen oa the
Georgia Railroad. The firemen
claim that their position has not been
fully set forth. The official circular
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen aud Engluemen, Issued from
the grand lodge headquarters at
Peoria. 111., on the 19th Instant, after
giving a review of previous negotiations
between the fill men and
the management of the Georgia railroad,
Rays:
"At this time ten of our members
engaged as assistant hostlers at the
rate of $1.75 per day, wero displaced
by negroes at the rate of $1.25
per day. The joint board Immediately
took up their matters with the '
general superintendent of the company
and were promptly informed
by him that he would not deal with
them or listen to their grievances
or the propositions which they desired
to s>ibmlt. He also stated that
he had orders from his superior officers
to reduce operating expenses
$1,000 per month, and that he intended
carrying out such Instructions.
He further stated that this
was only the beginning of reductions
and that more would follow.
"The matter was then taken up
with the general manager, who refused
to do anything except to sustain
the general superintendent,
itit.her Ha" upon attempting to secure
a conference with the general
manager, was refused.
"After bringing every possible influence
to bear with a hope of reaching
a peaceable settlement if the matter,
and falling in every effort, it became
apparent that It was either
necessary to adjust the affair and
protect the interests of our members
through an issue, or permit t.he company
to displace them and employ
negroes at a reduced rate of pay to
All the positions thus made vacant,
and It was on account of these conditions
that our members voted to
strike.
"In further explanation of the situation,
I will say that the Georgia
railroad and the Atlanta yard terminal
are leased and operated by the
Iyoulsville and Nashville and the
Seaboard Air Line Comiwinles. It
Is believed by the joint protective
board and by the officer directly in
charge of the situation, that this Is
only the beginning of an attempt on
the part of the company to dispense
with the services of white firemen
entirely and to fill their places with
ffTOM."
It is stated that the Louisville
and Nashville employs only negro
firemen.
FlttlTIYK CASH IKK. /
Caught l?y Detective When He Visit*.
Ill CJ
jit nun.
After flvo months of flight
through Western cities, nnd into
Mexico, Edward B. Towne, Jr., has
returned to his home in Orange, N.
J., to see his sick son. He was
quickly arrested by detectives, whose
vigilance has never ceased on charges
of embezzling approximately
000 from the Matheson Lead Company
of that city.
Towne, who is only twenty years
old, rose rapidly with his employers,
and was cashier when he disappeared
in December. Following the discovery
of his alleged shortage, it
was revealed that he had been living
extravagantly, having two motor
cars and maintaining a residence
believed to he beyond his legitimate
means. It was believed that he had
considerable money with him when
ho disappeared.
Towne quickly moved out of one
city to aaother in the West and detectives
were never able to catch
up with him. Bnt the watch on his
young wife never ceased. In some
manner Towne heard of the serious
illaess of his little son nnd dashed
up to the house concealed in the
tonneau of an automobile.
Private detectives on guard summoned
the police and, when the home
was entered. Towne was found in
an exhausted sleep on an upper
floor, and was dragged away to jail.
MAHOOXEI* IN SWAMP.
High Water Kept Passengers Out
All Night.
Passengers out of Columbia and
from other points along the Atlautic
iiiue oeiween Columbia and
Wilmington had a lonesome time on
Friday iu Rogue Swump, between
Hallsboro and W.iccamaw lake,
storm waters submerging the tracks
and causing the annuling of the
train. It is feared the high waters
in that section have seriously interfered
with the railroad construction
work over th? Pee Dee river near
Florence.
DEFAULTER St'LRE.N DEKS. f
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(V>mM Rack After Being Absent .
Some Five Years.
Ex-Sheriff and Tax Collector John f
k. Perkins, of Calcasefu Parish, La., f
who suddenly disappeared five years i
ago, going to Honduras and leaving f
an alleged shortage of $70,000 in ' n
his accounts, returned a few days ; n
ago and surrendered. II? was re- I h
leased on bond. He disappeared
while the State auditor was checking
up his accounts. The parish re- y
covered $o0,000 from property left fc
by Perkins. j s
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WILL BE HUNG J
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foung White Man Who Killed ^
Officer Doomed to
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DIE ON THE GALLOWS _
>Iudgt> Pantzler Overrule* a Motion
for a New Trial and Pauses Sentence
of Death on Webb Simmons _
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for .Murdering Marshal J. H. McAdams.
Unless a stay of sentence Is granted
pending an appeal to the supreme
court of the State, Webb Simmons,
the young white man who killed
United States Deputy Marshal J. H.
McAdaius at Anderson oil February
20 last, will be hanged In the county
jail yard in Anderson on Friday,
July 22. Sentence was passed ou
the .prisoner H|onday morijing by
Judge Dalitzler after Attorney Dagnall
had completed a strong argumt
nt for a new trial. The motion
was overruled, and in the presence r
of several hundred spectators Webb S
Simmons was condemned to death.
The Simmons case went to th
jury at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon
and near Saturday midnight a ver- ?
diet of guilty without any recom- ii
memlatiou was made. At ouce Mr. i<
Daguall gave notieo of a motion for (.
a new trial, and Judge Dantzlor announced
that he would remain iu
Anderson until Monday morning, ut
which time lie would hear the mo- '
lion argued.
Mr. Daguall presented a strong 1
plea to the court, lie said, among '
other things, that, on account of his J
ow n illness, he had not b> en able
to conduct the defense as it should 1
have been, but the court Interrupt- 11
ed him by saying that, in his opinion, '
the case had been zealously and admirably
conducted and that the at- ^
lorue.v had looked well after the de- '
fondant's interest at all times dur- '
ing the trial. Oftier reasons for ^
asking a new trial were stated as *
follows:
That some of the jurors had ex- 1
pressed opinions as to Simmons' guilt 1
before the trial; that Juror Davis '
was over the constitutional age; that
the court failed to charge the jury '
on the law as to self-defense; that a
the jury had resented certain ques- ''
tions asked the sheriff by Mr. Dag- '
nail, while the sheriff wns on the ^
stand; that the case should not have v
been tried at this term of court be- s
cause of personal eling against the 1
prisoner, and because of the illness tJ
of defendant's mother, a material
witness.
Judge Dantzlor considered eepa- '
rately each reason assigned, after "
which he formally denied the motion
and proceeded to pass the for- 1
mal sentence of death.
Simmons accepted the verdict of 11
the jury and the sentence of death a
very unconcernedly ami coolly.
When called upon by the clerk of
court to stand up to receive sentence a
thi> prisoner stood motionhss and
without a tremor. From appear- "
ance it did not seem that he was the ''
least hit annoyed or worried, but v
on the contrary seemed to accept 1
the sentence as a relief from court '
proceedings. When ask d if he hail
anything to sny why sentence shoird *
not be passed on him, he clearly and 1
loudly stated that lie knew of none, *'
that he had nothing to say, und after
the court had announced the sen- (
tence tho prisoner made a how of a
acknowledgement and then quietb'
sat down in the prisoner t dock, lie
was at on*o handcuffed and carri.-d ''
*o the county jail by (.unstable Mar- *'
tin and Police Sergeant Sanders. 11
He had welling to s while walking
to the jail, except to stop at a vx
fruit shop to purchase a dozen halianas.
Tills lie did nlso late Sat- ''
urday night, while returning to the a
Jail after being carried to the comt
house to receive the verdict of the '
jury. Upon arrival at the jail a
after sentence had been passed Mon- a
day morning Simmons cheerfully saluted
one of the negro prisoners, '
calling him by name and saying that
he had learned to say It. Evidently
the negro had been teasing Simmons
about what the court would
have to say in passing sentence.
>\uorin y uagnall will take the
case to the supreme court, ho It is c
understood, and if this be the case J'
it is highly probable that the execu- "
tion will not take place in July. v'
The supreme cottrt does not take up
the cases from this winmit until ^
late in the fall or early In the winter,
and unless a special dispensation "
is second this appeal will have to
come up in regular order.
This will be Anderson's first lo- '
sal hanging in about nine years, the
victim then b ing a negro convicted
of assault on a white woman of '
that county. 11
TAKF.N FHOM JAIL T]
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And Lynched by One Hundred re
th
Fnraged Citizens. at
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The usual quiet village of Llnrol
n
"n. On., v.-np awakened at midnight
Monday front peaceful slumber hy
he noise of a mob of about one
tundrod enraged citizens as they
itornted the county jail and brought vi<
orth Albert Aiken, the negro farm nr'
tand who so viciously cut Jno.
'pirns, a highly respected white m<
armer last Thursday morning. It 1 1
s learned that the body of the ne- on
;ro was found swinging to a limb ^
a tree at Dry Fork Creek, three
uiles front Lincolton and that the
iody was filled with bullet holes.
When you find a man generous
vlth Mark paint for others you may
i? sure he has whitewash for hiatelf.
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Southern States
BUY FR
IVIa^hlri^r^
Humbirifl^
OOLU M E
TWO MEN SHOT
i a Bad Row in Columbia's District
of Vice
SERIOUS ENCOUNTER
nuscd by Two Penitent inry Guards
ItciiiK Tnxiblnl by Two >lcn of
Tonsil Deputation?One of the
Participant* Is lludly Wounded and
May Die From Ills Wounds.
A serious row occurred in the
i dlight district of Columbia last
unday morning, which resulted In
wo men being shot. The State says
wo penitentiary guards and two men
f bad reputation became involved
a a serious encounter. As a result
lb'.r Ashford lies in a dangerous
ondition in the Kuowlton infirmary,
13. Mellette, a penitentiary guard
i wounded in the thigh and Lonnie
iall and John White are in arrest.
The story given by the police is
hat Ilall and Ashford, both of the
ough clement, had been annoying
lellette and White, who were on a
rolic, it appears. '1 ho actual enounter
is alleged to have occurred
n Gates strett, midway of the block
letween Lady and Gervals. The poice
were informed that Lonnie Hall
mocked Mellette down and approbated
his pistol. Thereupon he was
ailed by White. Hall knocked
Vhlte down and some one began
hooting. There were three shots,
s is stated, and two of these struck
3bcr Ashford. who had not mixed
ip in the melee. The third struck
lellette.
Ashford is dangerously hurt, ono
mllet having entered his left side
ml ranged upward, lodtng near tho
ieart. The other wound in the groin
s not of such ii dangerous nature,
lellotte was shot in the hip. There
rere powder burns on Lonnle Hail's
hirt, showing that he must have
ipen close to the mouth of the weapn.
Ashford's condition at midnight
tumlay n'ght v *? reported to be a
it tie more hopeful. The bullet hns
lot been located, however, lit) Is a
n ot her of the young man who was
Juror in the Sellers trial, and was
rouglit before the bar of the court
n the charge of contempt. It being
lleged that while drinking he had
one some talking about the case.
Kher Ashford has never been in
ny real trouble before, but less than
0 days ago Detective Fordo found
iSni loafiiig constantly around a noorious
place on Gervais street and
earned him that he would be arested
for vagrancy. Ashford was
u bad company.
Lonnie Hall is a terror. A man
hort of normal stature by several
itches, lie Is yet one of the most
owerful men in the city. He has
een in numerous escapades and enouliters.
The police in Columbia
rrested him once on the charge of
ighway robbery committed in Georia.
At one time Otlicer Fordo atr-mpted
to arrest Hall and the latter
row a knife. The oflicer broke liis
ight. stick over Hall's head and a
esporate encounter resulted. There
rero three policemen in the pneoutier
before Hall was jailed and at that
e was chased across the river bridge
ml Into Lexington county.
Mellette lives in Columbia, 1114
iivlne street. He was employed as
penitentiary guard about a week
go and Capt. I>. .1. Grifllth conslderd
him a good man. He was engagd
at the State farm in Lexington
aunty. M? llette has a brother on
tie police force.
John White had been a guard at
ie State farm several years. Pri
i >u min nine lie nad iieen a guard
t the asylum and had been disharged
by I)r. Thompson for tipling,
taking part of tho whiskey
itended for the patients on the
ard. Ho has a good record at the
friitentiary and Capt. Urllhth was
rieved to hear of his trouble, "lie
as a flno guard; humane to prlsuors
and a man of rare judgment,"
lid Capt. CJritnth.
Lonnie llall fells a different story
om that received from the police,
e says that it was not until after
hite ha?l shot Ashford that ho
nocked White down and took his
stol away from him.
Doth pistols are at tho police star>n.
Doth are loaded all around,
herefore. unless a third pistol was
od tho discharged cartridges were
moved and fresh ones placed in
< ir stead. Doth of tho pistols
the station are Smith & Wesson
8 calibre, hu one shoots a long
id tho other a short cartridge.
Prison Ship Martyrs.
The prison ship, Martyrs, forgotten
Minis of the Revolutionary War,
e to be commemorated after more
an a hundred years of neglect. A
mument to the memory of the.-e
,600 victims of the Wallabut pris- '
ship Is being erected on Fort
een Hill in Drooklyn.
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at the Church of St. ltita, of Cascla,
In Ono Hundred ami Forty-fifth
street. New York, when the structure
was packed by several hundred
persons, while In the street there
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were several thousand more unable
to gain admission to the conclu iing
services of the Noveua, or NineDays
Devotion.
On the alter of the church there
Is a fragment of a bone, duly authenticated
as belonging to St. ltita, "advocate
of the hopeless and saint of
the impossible,' as her Worshippers
call her. The annual Noveua to the
saint in this church and the reverence
of the relic are credited with
many marvelous cures and performances
in answer to supplications.
Many have declared that they have
cured themselves or others of physical
ailments which bullied doctors,
while others have transferred to the
saint's answering their prayers concerning
business matters and other
things in which they sought success.
The rector, Father Charles Farina,
read a number of letters from those
Iwho had prayed to St. ltita.
A detroit woman wrote a year
ago she came to New York and prayj
ed to St. Rita for a civil service
position and soon obtained it.
A boarding school girl wrote that
her Novena to St. Rita had completely
cured her eyes, throat aud
nose.
; A man, who said ills friends
' thought he was going insane hecause
of the pains he suffered iu the
head, wrote that St. ltita cured lilin.
A young girl relates the marvelous
cure of her mother after making
the second Novena to St. Ritn.
A man wrote that he had been
iu business troubles and prayed to
t>t. Rita for advice. He then sold
one of his grocery stores and prospered
immensely in the store he remined,
and gave the "saint of the
impossible" full eerdlt. Hj
A Janitor subscribed bis thanku ftjjgySfSS
for the return of a bunch of keys.
Such large crowds ut worshipers
now attend the annual Novena to
St. Rita of Cascia, that the rector
is planning to increase the church's
size.
Girl Killed by Horse.
Elflo Townsley, the sixteen-yearold
daughter of Samuel Townsley, of
Johnsonville. Bracken county, Ky.t
was found dead a few days ago on
the road near her hojuio.. Sho had
been riding a spirited horse, which
became frightened and ran away
with her, throwing her off, dragging 4
iter over the rough road.
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