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. . w * THE FORT MILL TIMES VOLUME xvm FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28.1909 KO. 31 FALLEN ASLEEP Dr. Jas. H. Carlisle Passed Away at Syartaabiirf Thursday Morning - ? . ( FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY Full of Years and of Honors, South Carolina's Grand Old Man Lays 'Down His Burden and En tern ll'pon a Higher Life In the Heavenly Land. Dr. James -Henry Carlisle died at 7:45 o'clock Thursday morning ' at his "home on Wofford College cam- 1 TJIIM in I ho nit V nf .Qnnrtnnloirir Thp 1 end rum) t]uletly after several days tcritk?al lllnw. "taint Monday morning early ho was I'stvn with a fainting spell, but aftei ''Wwiical attention by the attending hpliyttlcian. Dr. 11. U. Hlark, he quick'ly rallied. Tuesday he took a turn for the worse and Tuesday night he wn? uot expected to live through the night. Wednesday morning he showed signs of returning consciousness and about ii o'clock , Wednesday morning he waa,$artly wttjftiiln. Karly WednewEf- ajlgjffiiig fee hecame delirious and eonHnuerlo grow worse. Wednesday \ttght TDr. H. H. lilaek left I)r. OtrUsie's bedside at 8 o'clock. leaving his patient In charge of a skilled trained nurae; medicines eonUa administered to eoothe the VJelirtous mind and bring rest. At? 2 o'clock. Thursday morning Dcv Carlisle was reported by tne nur?i to b<i resting under the influence of line# the tics, but that he was (Rowing hipparently weaker. Wto eiitl 'tame so quietl> that no e*ne could 4ell Just when life was I breathed Vint. At 7:45 it was aninouncei that Dr. Carlisle was dead. 'The wonderful strong constitution P.b*t had never known abuse either dissipation or unwarranted exlpoaure had made a stout tight against 'death. Several tinv*s he had ral lied from attacks that wore thought to be final, but the harvest of a well j spent life was full with the ripening ( of the years. , Funeral Whs Very Simple. The funeral, which took place at , 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, was very , simple, and was held in Wofford Col- , lege chapel in the presence of 4 Very large crowd of people front all over tfhe State. There was no speech making or tributes from eminent ment. Thr life of the grnnd old man spoke more eloquently than the lips of ?ny man could have spoken in ibis ip-rwim*. Two members from each of the clashes i? college and two from the , Jflrtlng school were chosen as :*ctlve pallbearers, as follows: ^Senior Class?R. Leon Keaton, Kenton: W. F. Klugh, Greenwood. J union Class?M. S. Llveley, Waynorittrto, Ua.; D. T. Outr, Johnston. SkMfihoruoVe Class?G. M. Crum t^Uigf><j\irg; C. It. Moseley, I .aureus. Freshman Class?11. M. Keller. .7 1 Flttin* School?J. H. Anderson.! ? ?( W. C. Moore. The honorary pallbear**;: witc K T. FTodges. R. A. Child. C V Wood. J. L. (Jlenh. Marion Dtrtan, W. K. Duructt, J. H. Cleveland, II. r \\*i! lium. J. A. McCullough attd II. H. Mors. The services were condneieoy |?v tho Rev. R. 8. Truesdale, pastor ol Central MethodlHt church, where Dr. Carlisle held his membership. He wis Interred at Muguolia cemetery, Spartanburg. Formal announcemept of the death v>f Dr. Carlisle was made to the students of Wofford College at Chape, "Thursday morning by President H. IN. Snyder. He wiih filled with emotion when he told the studeuts tha' tthe former president had finished his work here and had gone to reap hlr reward. Following the announcement, I)r. Snyder said there would be no exercises Thursday and Friday. The old College bell, the ringing of which had been sweet to the ears of the deceased educator foi more than fifty years, waa tolled. 4 8 taps being given. I)r. Carlisle is survived by two children, James II. Carlisle, Jr., and Miss Snllle CarIt Isle, and two brothers and one sistter, Mrs. William Morrison, and Thomas Carlisle, of Itlackstoek s *C., and Capt. J. W. Carlisle, of Spartanburg. KIDNAPPBI> GIRL RFTIRXKD. Mysteriously Left Near Home of Her Father. Jennie Lopez, the four and a half year old girl who was believed to have been kidnapped while at play in front of her home in Kant Thirtyninth street. New York, on September 7 last, was mysteriously returned to the vicinity of her home before daylight Tuesday. A policeman found the child alone in the darkened street two blocks from the tenement oecupind by her PHren's. A long towel was wrapped several times about the child's head, either to muffle her cries or conceal her Identity. Since the girl was stolen her father, who is a prosperous fruit dealer, had received numerous letters demanding large sums of money and threatening to injure or kill the child i if the ransosi w?e not paid ^ WILL DO THE WORK NEW (\>TTON PICKER SAID TO B AN ENTIRE SUCCESS. Claims That It Will lick a Thousan Pounds an Hour Without Injur to Bolls or Plant. The practical working of the Prlc? Campbell cotton picking machine wa demonstrated on the plantation f Senator John L. McLauMn. nea BennettBVllle one day last week i the presence of a large number o plante s and other citizens, and I what is claimed for the new mt :hine Is true, it cnn be truthfull asserted that the days of hand plcke :otton will soon be a thing of th ;>nst. It is asserted that the ma 'hine picked cotton at the rate of bousnud pounds an hour, withou injury to the plant or unopene jolls. About 90 per cent of the ope: 'otton was obtained at the first plcfe n?, and by running tho machine ove he khme rows again, it got abou 0 per cent of the balance, maklui *9 per cent. There was a consider ible amount of trash in the cotto licked, but many practical farmer mid they had seen more trash I: land-picked cottton. A hundred-acre field of cotton wa nought Inst summer from Senato dcLaurln by Theodore H. Price o Ww York for the demonstration u he machine. No coiton had been poked In th deldv and the bolls which open? arly in the season had been damag d by dust and smoke in tho field md the foliage had become dry an -otlen, so that the cotton naluraii mule a poorer appea ance than if i lad been picked soon after open ng. Some of the cotton was ginne ind submitted to buyers here, wh :lassed it as low middling to stric ow middling. They said they ha >ought a great deal of Cotton thi leuson which was not as good as tha licked by the machihe. Upon the lnvita*??tt of Mr. Pricx i number of Northern capitalist ante down and witnessed a prlvat lest of the machine. They saw Dale of cotton picked ih ah hour an then ginned* The party include V. Erneat Macy, Marshall P. Sladt VV. ll. Loftus, N. F. Carpenter, (let IV. Baxter. Rudolph H. Kissel; Qeorg C. F aser and Klwood llendrick, c New York, llebhfert E. Walmsley an Herbert E. Walmsley, Jr., of Ne< Bedford, Mass.; Stephen C. Lowe, I P. Sheldon, Frederic S. Goodwin, C I. UalhtvKV e V\* ?a.i r D. Hammond of Boston, S. H. M< Klbbon and George P. Gordon < Pittsburg, and Joel Htirt of Atlanti They were fully convinced that th machine is a success. The machine is driVeb by nn aut( mobile engines nhd the driver alt In front and steers the niachir astride a row of cotton. ! mttvt over a row as fast as ft mart ca walk, picking about aft aCrt> an hou The projecting ^'iVoses" run ahea of tho machine, on each side of tl row, and lift up the limbs that ai all gathered up and pressed into space about a foot wptK While tl stalk is thus hold-, small ste?>l epii dies reach through it. from bo( sides, reaching every inch of spac On oue side of each spindle is a ro of small teeth, so short that th? will not catch hold of nuything b cept the cotton fiber. These spindles are revolving ra idly and when a look of cotton touched it is caught nhd ftrapp? around the splttdltv The spindl then move otil of the plant, ?t< revolving, and the cdtton is lak? off by ribs similar to the breast /i gain. It fulls on conveyors, whh empty it in bags at the rear of tl machine. A boy sits on the rear the machine and packs the cotton the bags. 'The boy would not 1 needed if the l?ags were large enouj to hold a round without packing. Very few pieces of locks are it In the burrs. Tho cotton left usually in whole bolls or locks. Tl spindles either miss them or el are already loaded when they con in contnet with them. When spindle engages a lock, it usual twistts it all out. Running the in chine over a row the second iii demonstrated the fact that practical all the cotton could be gotten t first time by doubling the capaci of the machine, which can be do by lengthening the battery of spi dies. AnguR Campbell, of Pittsburg, t inventor of tho machine, saw t machine work. He has been wor ing at it eight or ten years. It h also beon Improved by other invc tors, working under the direction Mr. Price, who has thrown his whe j soul and energy and vas.t financ: resources into tho development the machine. He does not even re the cotton market reports wired him at Rennettsvlllo, so inten6< is he engrossed in the tests of t picker. He spends each day out Senator McLaiirin's plantation, a is usually accompanied by Mrs. Pri who is with him at. the McCall bo at Beunettsville. Taiunch Party Missing. Tho launch Sarah L., five days r of Walker. Minn.; is believed to ha gone down with all on board Lelch Lake in the storm which aw. the lake. A government boat 1 I been sent out to look for the wre< Or dead bodies. A USEFUL LIFE K Dr. Janes H. Carlisle Passes Away Surrounded by Loved Ones. * WAS TRULY A GOO* MAN BHef Sketch of the Distinguished .8 Educator's Life and Hih r Work for Uie Young Men of South 11 Carolina as President of Wolff Mil ?r K College. l" James Henry Carlisle was born In y Winnsoboro, Fairfield county, Sdutb d Carolina, May 4, 1825. His father, ? Dr. William Carlisle, was a native of i- Ireland and came to this country In a 1818. suttliuR at Winilsboro. where * he waB a practicing physician for d many years. Young James Henry D CarllHlo received his primary school - ing in his native town. Hater on his r parents moved to tho historic town of 1 Camden, where the young man was R prepared for college, being taught by Professors McCandless, Hatfield u and Major Lcland. 8 Ho entered the sophomore class u of the South Carolina College February 1, 1842. During his course 8 at tho college he was under Dr. r Robert Henry, who had charge of f the department of languages, and Dr. Leiber, who was in charge of department of economy and civil law. e Dr. Carlisle graduated In 1844; bod ing tho second honor man in fhe > class, the first honor man being Gen. I? P. 11. Nelson, who was killed in the ' battle of the "Crater." y being the second honor man It t fell to his lot to deliver tho Engllsh oration. His subject was "Sheld ley," the poet. It IS said that this ? oration elicited much favorable comt ment and many predictions were ' made of his future career, but his 8 achievements have surpassed the 1 most sanguine hopes of his most ardent friends. The real teacher, like tht poet, Is 8 born, not made. Young Carlisle ime mediately passed from the school a room as student, to the school room <1 as teacher, being elected principal d of the Odd Fellows' Institute in Co' luinbia, which position he held for ? four years. In 1884 he was elected e to a postion in the Columbia Male d' Academy. d In December. 1h5o, Benjamin Wof* ford died. He left by his will ime ^ hundred thousand di^llaft "for tlie purpose of efeiaUltshing and endowing a college for literary, classical and scientific education; to be located in his native district, and to be un* tier the cdnlrdl and management of lV the (cdnfereiico of the Methodist Episcopal Ohufich of his native State." A charter wan duly secured 18 and the trutees liVMd their first meetie Ing to organize under it at New?8 berry, November 24, 1852. n Thus was established the institur tion which was destined to l>e the centre of the intellectual life of South Carolina Methodism, and which was to ho a potent influence in the proa duetion of the highest type of citi,e zenshlp for the State of South Caron* Una. One of the Cnlted Stutea Sen h ators from this State, one of the *' Supreme Court Judges, several rir* ruit judges and olliel* Ottieiala ?>' of the State are graduates rif Wofx* fdrd College, while tindhr t lie presidency of l)r. (Carlisle. P* Since 18f?4 the history of WofTord College has been largely determined by .lames 11. Carlisle. In 1875 he ea was elected president of the institu}P tlon. At different timca he has >n taught tnatheniatlca. astronomy, clvof lcs. ethics, the Knglish Bible. lie was 'h more thoroughly conversant with South Carolina history than any living man. lie is the author of an exit' eel lent text hook on astronomy, enhe titled. "The Young Astronomer." 5h Time and again flatterng offers from other institutions have been made, 'f- hut to all of them he ever gave a courteous refusal, prefering to serve that institution of hiH church to which he consecrated his lofty charity acter and resplendent abilities. a The honors that have come to l>r. ly Carlisle have always been unsought. a* Being modst and unassuming, the ne very idea of seeking a personal hon'y or seems utterly foreign to his noble h? nature. He was elected a member t>" of the first general conference of no his church of which laymen were n* members, and whs elected to each succeeding one ?s long as he felt he able to go. He was a delegate from he his church to several Ecumenical h- conferences. He was a member of as the secession convention, signing the n* famous ordinance. He was a reproof sentative in the late confederate legislature. 1863-1. These were the la' first and only political offices he held. though time and again ho has been ad urged to accept positions of honor to and trust in Stato and nation. ?'y IVofford's adored president haB ho ever been a spiritual magnet, drawIng out th<s highest and noblest in nd the young men who have come under ce. his influence. His stately form, bis '.ol graceful movement, his loving >?et nrm voice, and Ms benign race, have Mended in an imperative call to young manhood that, has found a >ut response in every heart that has tve known him. on If you seek the monument of Dr. jpt Carlisle look about you in church lak and state, and see the mighty host ek-|of Wofford's men of sterling worth, whose Uvea are a benediction to the TEACHING FARMING SCJEMK OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FARMERS' UNION TO Establish in Fkuh State a School to Teach Actual, Practical Farming Mcnhi Much. The movement recently broached by President Charles S. Harrett of the National Farmers' Union looking to the establishment of schools In each State of the Union as purely schools for actual teaching of actual, practical farming?In other words ianns ana scnooi conjoined is tno most novel and radical movement of the kind ever conceived by anyone. In discussing the matter W. M. Sherrill. of Denver Colo., says: "I have recently read in The Atlanta Constitution a lengthy article by Mr. Barrett, giving his idea of the possibility and practicability of such BchoolB and 1 must say his idea, while novol and radical, as before sa<d, seem to me both sure and practical. For Instance, his idea that thore shall be one great national training or farmers' school centrally located and Buhsldary small feeding schools to not only teach, but practice sure enough old-time farming (not piddling) is certainly a movement, if carried out, would mean an absolute revolution in farms and farmers everywhere?especially in the South. Mr. Barrett, as is well known, is a practical, cultured, sane man; and be says his idea lias been in his brain many years; that he is going to work the scheme, and promulgate and carry it out in every detail. It is knbwn that so many farmers in the South, say in North Carolina, South Carolina and Qeorgia, are dragging not a living, scarcely, but a hand-to-mouth ezlstance on old wnvnont red gully hill *Mes and dales. It is his aim und determination to show those worthy men (none more worthy oh Cod's green earth) that these conditions are wrong; cc.i not be ho; can be changed by actual training schools for young men, making farming what it surely and really is?a study and a science. \Vt> all know, If once some of tiedear old-time farmers could b?- g u to see that "book-farming" is not nonsense, not a lutgabno, hut a meesRity, If farming Ik to la* rightly done. I say If these m'Hiiolk Call bfc fun so lis to shbitr tHPni, thft-oti?e>t training their 80,11 b In farming schools, transform with high Intelligence aiid Intensity mid to "bring up" the socalled worn-out farms (not worn out, as supposed all too often), if the farm school ran do any such work as this, their establishment will surely mean more for us all. Whether lit town or country, than any movement 1 Iirvc heard of in ti great time. Mr. Rarrett is already at work; says he h'as money and support behind him; is not talking as a visionary; has studied the situation, and is going to do what he has long felt and desired and ought to be done. in what I write I do not mean to place the farni head and shoulders above other occupations. We ate to consider the thousands of wage-earners and all other clasHep. | do moan that, so much depending on tight farming, that the farmer of all men. needH schooling?just as the lawyer or the doctor or the minister must have such to have any success or standing whatsoever. I do noi think this a movement, to "turn the heads." so to speak, of this class. Where did right schooling ever do such? Rut I do believe it a sane and neces nary and feasible movement, which heaven knows I wish hearty success. High Praise. bishop Candler once said that he would rather his boy would simply go into a room where I)r. Carlisle's old coat was hung up than to be under the real tuition of many a socalled great educator. , nation, and you will find his enduring memorial. The last time that I)r. Carlisle appeared in public was during the summer school for teachers at Wofford College, when it was the pleasure of the teachers to hear an interesting address on school life of long ago, and on Washington's visit to South Carolina after he hud been elected president of the United States. Prior to this time he had not made an adklress in public for many months. The commencement at Wofford last June was the first commencement missed by Dr. Carlisle for more than two score years. When he w-as : a member of the faculty he always occuped a seat on the rostum during the rommmcomrnt season. and aftci he retired frl)m the active presidency of the college, he never missed an exercise. Last June, however, hf i was indisposed and it. was impos j sltde for him to attend any of th< I exercises at tho college. Dr. Carlisle was president of Wof ford College from 1S7S to 1Q02 when he resigned and became presi i dent emeritus. Following his res 1 ignation. Dr. H. N. Snyder was elect ed. Although he resigned the prewi i dency of Wofford. he did not giv? up active work, for he continued t< lecture on astronomy and the Bible j Hie Bible lectures continued untj last winter, when he was forced t< . give up class-room work on accoun > of the severe cold. FOUND GUILTY Bigham and Avant Convicted of Manslaughter and Sent Up for THREE YEARS AND A HALF It Will be Remembered That Avant ami Iligh.uu Shot nntl Killed Iliglmm's Wife on tlte Kvening m He|>teniber 4 Last, at MurreU's Inlet. Three years and six months imprisonment in the State penitentiary waH the sentence passed by Judge VVntts Friday afternoon at Georgetown upon \\\ H. Avant and G. C. 'Bighaiu, Dor the killing of Mrs. Kutli Crisp Bigham, the Jury having reudered a verdict of guilty of manslaughter after two hours' deliberation. Thus ends the story of a deed that has shocked the peoplo of the entire State. The correspondent of the State says the majority of the people are Inclined to think the sentenfe extremely light. In spite of the verdict, though, the killing of Mrs. Bigham has net been explained, mystorv ctill onohrnnHa 1 1m nff.. !? HnK? fight for tho accused men centered around the fact that they considered the "object," which proved to be Mis. Bigham, a trespuo.iv. and thai there was reason for suspicion. This was ably combattod by the State, although tho prosecution was at disadvantage In not having reply to Mr. Ragsdaie. Considerable surprise was created when the defense permitted the case to go to tho jury without offering any testimony. The State touched another phase of the case when In tho testimony of M. J. Pearco of Waterloo, Laurens county, it was shown that Mrs. Bighorn while on a visit to her old home in August had received a letter and telegram froni her husband, the contents of which caused her to weep. The mutter of unhappy married relations wus merely hinted at in this manner. Mr. Pearce had seen this etter and the tears of tho deceased > oman. Mr. A. C. Leonard, one of the .Mate's witnesses, was ou tho boat to Georgetown, with Mr. and Mrs. Avant, after the killing. Avant had told lllitt "it was a sad occurrance, Put I believe any bile else Would have lone It uiider the excitement utid ('right. Dr. ltighani doesn't blame me; he told nie to shoot." That word "excitement" played a great part in the argument by counsel, l*art icularl.v in that of Mr. Hags.lalo. Attorney J. W. Wingate opened for the defense, speaking but. 10 minutes, dealing largely With the luty of jurors. Hie was followed by Solicitor Cooper of Laurens, who s|K>ke for ;10 minutes. .Mr. Cooper dealt somewhat at length with the law on trespass. Mr. Cooper pointed out that acVtrding to the testimony Mrs. Bigham was sitting on the beach when shot, that there was no suspicious action or movement, that the men .lid not hail her as she passed the house, lie urgmsi the Complete ah sen re of any circumstances that would warrant suspicion; ho showed an intention on the part of the defendants to shoot and oontended that they were therefore guilty of murder. Solicitor Wells argued (hat slneo the defense was based on a specific statute, section 2, tho burden of proving the fitness and applicability of this statute rested on the defense. Then he attacked this plea with tnu>h vigor, making a telling impression on the Jury. He endeavored to show that because these men were frightened was no sufficient excuse for the act. "The law doesn't exempt them because they are arrant cowards," said he. Mr. Kugsdale, for the defense, closed the arguments, making a powerful appeal to the Jury in behalf of his clients. He endeavored to show an absence of any motive for the killing, a fact which tho State lias not attempted to establish. He ridiculed much of the State's testimony and sought to discredit some of its witnesses. While the appeal was eloquent, moving the hearts of many in the audience, strong and forceful, in terms elegant and refined, still it was scar.ely more than an attempt to play on the sympathies of the . Jury. He attempted to show that i by tho testimony, it was dark when , the shooting occurred, that Avant i and Hlgham seeing this suspicion* ; looking person on tho premises wort only acting in defonso of thoir hornet . and loved ones. Several tiroes dur 1 Ins Mr. Ilagsdala's speech both th< i defendants. Avant and Ulgham. wen - moved to tears and sat sohbinc s their faros buriod in their hands. Judge Watts" chargo was shor . but to the point, touching only tbos< , phases of the law that might appl; . iu this case. On tnurdor and man - slaughter the Jury were thorougbl; - Instructed and section 2 was especial . ly brought to their attention. Crini i Inal carelessness or negligence, a dis > regard of human life, were als< . touched upon at the request of So 1 llcitor Wells. > Judge Watts told the Jury tha t if the testimony satisfied them tha } the "person" Fere acting in a euq WANT HIM FREE FOOLISH. SENT1MKNTAL WOMKN IN ATLANTA PKTITION Governor Hrown to Pardon a IHiublc Murderer Because He Claims ? Change of Heart. A dispatch from Atlanta says Gov. Browu is being besieged by a delegation of Atlnnta women. Interested In religious work, who made an earnest and tearful plea for the life ol John Harper, convicted of the murder of Sheriff Hen Keith in Murray county aud sentenced to die. The delegation Included representatives of the King's Daughters and active workers in some of the leading churches of Atlanta. They urged that since his conviction, Harper had experienced a decided change of heart and If given a chHiice to live would be an entirely different man. However, they were not hopeful of securing his release but would be satisfled with having his sentence commuted to life imprisonment. In connection with the governor's action on mis case, It should be borue in mind that Harper, although public sentiment seems to have changed towards him in his own county recently, was reputed to be a desperate man and it was for a homicide 'hat Sheriff Keith was seeking to apprehend him at the time he was killed. The case has been before the courts and the pardou board in vuriouR shapes for several years. At one time after his conviction Harper succeeded in making his escape and wsb at large for about six months before his recapture. Since then, he has been confined for safer keeping in tho Tower in Atlanta, where he has beeu vJsit?Hl almost daily by religious women who have greatly interested themselves In the man. Harper's case has been before the supreme court twice and before the pardon board several times. When all hope seemed to be lost the defense would assert that new evidence had been discovered and secure a respite In order to have it heard. In this way, Harper has escaped from the very shadow of the gallows six or seven times. His tether has played out. now, however, and his last die has been thrown. In its report on the case, it is understood that the prison board was divided, there being two for extreme punishment and one In favor of commutation of sentence. * A JOKE THAT LtSTEfi. Conductor Gave (Exhibition of Working in Handcuff*. A dispatch from New York says Constable Bloscher of Leouta, N. J., Is a practical joker of the first water, at least he was until he had an experience the other day, which may have soured hint on practical Jokes for a while. The other afternoon he went down to Fort Ij?q with a pair of handcuffs in his pocTtet. He was fairly itching with a desire la have his little Joke and at last the opportunity came. Coming back on the Hudson River trolley line he playfully snapped the steel bracelets upon tho wrists of the conductor of the car. The conductor did not enjoy the Joke so much rk the constable and the other passengers. but he laughed good naluredly with thorn while he askexi Rloscher to free hltn The' constable, still shaking wltt laughter, fished out bis key, put li in ihb lock and?broke It off in lock The conductor had an awfrtl tlm? ringing up fares, collecting rilckeli and punching transfers with hii manacled hands and not until ii< got back to Kort Lee could he ge off duty and have the handcuffs filer off his wrists. Frightful Fall of Knin. A dispatch from Pensacola, Kla. says a terrific downpour of rain almost equaling a cloudburst, struel that city early Thursday night, stop ping street car traffic, putting tin city waterworks plant out of com mission and damaging other prop erty. Many of the streets were floodet to a depth of four inches. Accord lug to the weather bureau the rail fall amounted to 4.2 6 Inches li one hour. A (iuod One. The New York World offers th suggestion to Mr. Hearst that h should take out burglar proof poll ? cles on all tho now partios ho form! pldous manner and fled when halter tlvm tho defendants were actln ? within their legal rights, as indlrai > ed In tho section. ? The clause "flees when halted, - which had been stressed by Rollcltr 1 Cooper w-as defined by Judge Wati * as not necessarily "running away . but that, a person might flee and y< not mnvA fattpr than In walk t Many have questioned the matt< o of both defendants being princlpa V In the commission of the deed, son - thinking that. Avant., who admitt< y firing the shot, was or ought, to 1 - mare responsible than Dr. Ftlghai Judge Watts cleared up the nir ter In his definition of principals at o accessories. "A person who is prt - ent when a felony is committed, e couraging, aiding, inciting or alx t ting is equally guilty with the p< t son who altually commits the crime - Judge Watts. PEOPLE ROBBED r When They Pay the Repabfican Tariff Tax on Their Gotihng ' THEY PAY TO THE MILLS Tl?o VTiolwale Manufacturers lluvo to P?y More for Cloth, Liiiingn and Trimmings, a"d So They Are Compelled to Raise the Price and Cheapen the Quality. One of the matters which the people had in their mind when they asked the govrnment to arrange the tariff law so that it would bear a little less oppressively upon them was clothing. Clothing costs far more in the |Tnlted Htates than it does In any other part of the world, though this country produces most of tho world's cotton and a great part of the world's wool. In spite of the fact that this nation sells abroad vast quantities of both of these principal materials for clothes-making, and that with it Improved machinery and intelligent labor It ought to beat the world, tho price of clothes is higher here than it is anywhere else in the world; and the reason is that the tariff schedules are so high as to tax all the people through every .1 : lele of clothtnir I tu?v Imv nlmout entirely for the benefit of a few millowners who have dono nothing to earn this fat special privilege. Congress did not lower the wool schedule. It is asserted, in its defense, that it did not raise them, either, though untlf the full extent of the sleight-of-hand work accomplished by Aldrlch is laid bare, nobody can be Bure of that. Congress did not lower the cotton schodulea. but it did raise them, and it raised most heavily those covering articles which most people buy because most people can afford nothing better. These things were done by the tariff law which President Taft praises, and for voting against which he has chastised the insurgents of the west. These abstract facta are made more interesting by a fow figures. Clothing has already increased In price, and still further lucteases are promised for next spring. The suit of clothes that you used to buy for $16 is now $20; and the additional $4 represents your tribute to ;bo wool trust and tho mill-owners, though there was a large tribute in the old priee of lift. The wholesale manufacturers have to pay more for cloth, linings, and tiluimlng", and so they declare they are compelled to raise prices?and, what is worse, to cheapen the quality of tho goods. , The consumer lias this tempting choice: He can pay $25 for the kind of suit that he bought last fall for $20, or he can pay the old price of $20, and get for It the kind of suit that he could have got for $16 last spring. A pattern of goods that used to be sold to the manufacturers at $1.75 per yard now costs him $2.10. It takes three and a half yards to make a suit so the added cost on this Item alone Is $1.22. Adding In the ,4,H t l,w. o 1 Iflrnmhioo ? > ( Unfiles ft Is estimated thnf the Increase In the making a riiI? nut. of that cloth Is $4.22. | A dealer quoted by the Cincinnati t Enquirer says: "The retail storekeeper who has a run on suits that j he pays $15 for and sells at about j $22 if he wants to hold his $22 ^ price will liavo to take an Inferior quality of suit. Mo will gel a grade ( that sold for about $12 previously I and which ho used to Bel) in hla store at $18." , Another dealer says that "It is simply a hold-up behind the tariff ' fence." This man bought a lot of cloth for $2 a yeurd that sells? ' the same goods from the same mill I ?for 85 cents a yard in England. The suits made of it are sold to the " retailer for $16.50 and to the wearer for $25. If the cloth could he bought at the English price. 85 cents, the retailer would ge* the suit for $10 and the wearer at $15. And so it goes, throughout the II list, thanks to the tariff law which " the president of the l:ni'-d States is praising in the name of Itepuo Mean "party solidarity." What does the wearer of clothes, thus robbed, e care uhout "party solidarity?" e ? > ? I- WENT TO IIIOIIKit COURT. J. m I .Man Who Was to Have Been Tried 8 in Court Stricken. tGeorge Walters, about 50 years " old. who was to have been tried this >r week in the Government. Court on Is the charge of operating an Illicit distilling plant, fell unconscious from Dt a sudden stroke of .apoplexy In fho hall leading Into fho court room, or about ft o'clock Wednesday afterls noon. It ts believed that ho will je die. Walters was apprehended tn Ml Juno by Officer Merrick In Oconee be county and has since then been n under bond for appearance. Ho is it- originally from Georgia. He wan in moved to the Salvation Army Clta s del, having no friends or relatives n- In tho city. It is not Improbable >t- that In falling he fractured his skull ?r- on tho atone floor of the hall. He s," lingered until c%tdn1ght, when he died. ?_