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Ank Committee Hears Pleas for
Anti-Option Bills.
j^llBLING IN FUTURES
Pntllrat Brooks' ,of the Farmers
TTllion, and Mr. Lewis W. Parker,
Appear Before Committee on Agriculture
in BchnJf of Bills Intended
w> t'revi'iic ii.
"This question Involves hundreds
of millions of dollars and the welfare
of millions of people,' declared
T. J. Brooks, of Atwood, Tenn., president
of the Farmers' National Union
In opening the hearing on the antidptlon
bills before the House committee
on agriculture at Washington on
Wednesday. The proposed legislation
Is designed to prohibit dealings
In futures on boards of trade and exchanges.
The committee room was
crowded with Congressmen from the
States interested.
Mr. Brooks declared that dealings
In futures of cotton were no more
necessary than In wheat and wool
and farm implement. Hedging operA
ations "on change" he characterized
as no different from gambling on the
rise and fall of priceB.
"On what moral principles," he
asked, "is one class of citizens obliged
to make up for the losses of
another class, for whore one gains
another must lose? The original intention
of the cotton exchange to
bring the buyer and seller together
has been eliminated In the development
of present exchange practices.
"We are willing to abide by the
results of abolished futures," he Baid
depicting the temptations held out to
the prospective victims who later
"come into the <game" and get "frozen
out."
He declared the exchanges aggravated
the natural situations and denied
that they tended to steady
prices. He believed that "suckers
inw uui 1111 ueuu ana uy way or
corroboration he read newspaper
reviews of sculping markets, sudden
declines and "things done in the
dark" to affect prices.
Under the shadow of the exchanges
competition among local buyers had
been eliminated in the South, he
said, and he charged the existence of
a tacit understanding in the cotton
and tobacco belts for division of
territory. The farmers' union which
Mr. Brooks represents, has a membership
extending over 29 States.
Mr. Lewis W. Parker, one of the
biggest mill men in the South, contended
that abnormal conditions
ought to be represented in spot cotton
and contract cotton at the same
time. He said that as a rule futures
control spot cotton. He declared that
the exchanges are not of advantage,
either to the consumer or the producer
and that it seemed impossible
to make the exchanges realize the
fairness of the complaints against
them. He said the fight of his interests
is to have the farmers properly
warehouse their cotton and to
market it gradually during the seaBon.
He described Englishmen as
chary of speculation in futures, that
the Liverpool cotton exchange is not
used by the English for speculation
and that the American speculate on
Liverpool to affect prices.
Mr. Parker declared that in the
position the American spinners occupied
toward the exchanges, the En
gush spinners stood with the American
spinners.
"Don't you think that we would
have a picnic in buying cotton if exchanges
were abolished," Mr. Parker
was asked.
"We would abide by the results,"
he answered. "The absence of exchanges
would revolutionize the character
ot the present business. We
would readjust our business. There
would be no difficulty in effecting re'
* adjustment. I recommend regulation
of the exchanges. I would make
the exchanges responsive to spot conditions."
"Has the cotton producer this year
realized through speculation more
than ho would have without speculation?"
"Yes," replied Mr. Parker, "but
this is an exceptional year; nothing
like it in the memory of spinners.
It is the first time we have had 15
cent cotton since I have been in
business."
George W. Neville, an important
factor in the New York cotton exchange,
arraned the report of Commissioner
of rv?.p ?
? wmi i>uiuiiuiih rteroeri
Knox Smith as a "masterpiece of
theory," but lacking in practibility
in the working out of his theories.
Declaring that he had been selling
spot cotton to the mills for twenty
years and that he had found 90 per
cent, of the spinners were bears,
Charles S. Webb, a broker, contended
Tor the necessity of "hedging"
ngainst future deliveries and predicted
that abolishment of the cotton
exchanges would put the price of cotton
in the hands of spinners.
Mr. Webb argued that abolition of
future dealings would depress the
price *of cotton.
It's better to have a foolish belie!
that comforts you than a wise one
that pains you. ,
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POPE'S NARROW VIEW ~
DECLINES TO RECKHT3 FORMER J
VICE-PRESIDENT
Because He Had Accepted Invitation (
to Speak in the Methodist Church
at Rome.
The visit to Rome of Charles W.
1 Fairbanks, former Vice-President of ,
the United States, brought about a
very delicate situation owing to the
fact that he wished to pay his re- a
I spects to the king, the Pope an 1 the '
American Methodist Church. Inci- i
dents of this kind are not infrequent,
and extreme care has been exercised c
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uj inusr ii(Mixi iviiuiii me arrangement 1
of the audience falls, in order to 1
1 avoid offending the susceptibilities s
on either side. c
Hy a tactful arrangement Mr.
Fairbanks' audience with King Vic- '
tor Emmanuel was fixed for Saturday s
and that with the Pop- for Monday, 8
and when everything seemed satis1
afctorily planned, the vatic*.i sud- f
denly announced that it would be '
impossible for His Holiness to receive
the former Vice-President if he car- y
ried out his announced intention to n
speak in the American Methodist
church, because the American Metn- 1
odlsts had been active in proselyting 1
among the Catholics. n
Negotiations were Immediately begun
wth a view of avoiding any un- (
pleasantness, and in these negotia- *
tions prominent Vatican oillclals took '
part. Mr. Fairbanks finally declared s
that although he wns animated by a
strong desire to pay his respects to
the head of the Catholic Church, he *
oould not withdraw from his promise
to deliver an address before the
American Methodist Church.
Monsignor Kennedy, rector of the
American college, gave a dinner at
noon in honor of Mr. Fairbanks. The
hall was decorated with American
flags. Among those present were 144
American students, the largest body
of Americans that has ever attended o
, the institution. t
At the American Methodist Church
Mr. Fairbanks' address acquired exceptional
importance because of the 1
incident with the Vatican, and it Is C
looked upon as his final answer to
the conditions imposed upon him rel- .1
ative to his audience with the Popo. o
During the course of this addreBB. s
he said: r
"It Is impossible to emphasize too C
strongly the good work the Christian o
?V. .. t- -1 _ f ?- * * - "
kuuiuu ib uouig m hii lands and r
amongst all nationalities. It Is grat- d
Ifylng that the American churches ?
established In all countries are asserting
a wider Influence today than I
ever in their history. t
"All Christian churches are worthy a
of support. They above all should he
Inspired by a generous tolerant spirit K
towards each other. Nothing is more a
unseemly than the narrow jealousies
which they occasionally manifest to- F
ward each other. There is room for h
all. Cease the narrow denominational $
wars and direct your energies toward t<
the common enemy. Let the Cath
olics and the Protestants of all de- n
nominntions vie In carrying forward s
the work of the Master, which is A
worthy of the best In them all." S1
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CLARK AN1) JONES. n
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\\ ill He Prosecuted for Conspiracy y
to Defraud.
W. A. Clark and Wilie Jones, of
Columbia, presidents of the two lead- y
ing banking institutions of South
Carolina, are to be indicted on a
charge of consuiracy to defraud. The
announcement was made Friday by -y
Dr. E. J. Etheredge, chairman of the v
board of receivers. *,
Oen. Jones state that he had been
nuiiicuuilK "I tni8 Kind, ()
"for any hysterical stockholder of j(
any corporation can with shrewd ti
lawyers cause a lot of trouble," said 0
Gen. Jones. "However, I am Innocent t
in my motives and I invite rather (]
than defy examination of my record." jj
Dr. Ktheredge stated that every
person connected with tho Seminole
company would be prosecuted?with
oiio exception, Thos. B. Bryan, one r
of the trustees. He would give no (j
further information. 0
It
Rejected Suitor Homicidal. jj
Near Tylertown, Miss., George n
Walker, a negro farmer, was Bhot h
and killed, his oldest daughter, fat- tj
ally wounded and three others of his '
family seriously, two of them per- a
Ifaps fatally, injured by Sylvester
Beardon, a yound negro, late Friday.
Walker's rerusal to let one of his
(laughters marry Beardon led to the j
latter's attack. I,
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Killed Himself. tl
Tho Augusta Chronicle says th it n
a few moments after he had pent) ;J c<
the words: "I have no excuse what- tl
soever. Old John Barleycorn is the r?(
cause," W. W. He-ems, connected with pj
"Thft Cat and the Fiddle" Theafrl
cal Company, went to a suicide's
grave in his room Tuesday night.
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Horning of an Old Church. a
Erected one hundred and four d(
years ago, the First Methodist Church in
of Sparta, Ga., was destroyed by Are hi
Wednesday afternoon. A piano and in
a memorial slab to Bishop Pierce was fe
'saved. ^ pi
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HANGED FOR ASSAULT
'WO FIENDS EXECUTED LEGALLY
FOR THE CRIME.
)ne of Them Had to Be Held Up
While the Noose Was Adjusted
About His Neck.
Convicted of assault. George Rey>lds
and John Williams, were hang,,l
oinillttnn nnnol.. I.. Ulo
louri. Their execution marked the
irst time the death pehalty has been
nfllcted in that state for this crime.
The negroes on the night of Deseniebr
23. 1909, attacked Mrs. W.
J. Jackson, a violinist, who was reurning
home from a charitable intitution,
where she had given a conert.
Reynolds collapsed a few hours beore
the execution and it was necesary
to carry him upon the trap in
i chair.
When the chair was removed he
ell limp upon the trap door, moanng
?piteouBly.
Williams, who had been known for
ears as a desperate character, retrained
composed.
The evidence brought out at the
rial was so horrifying that Judge
talph S. Latshaw, in sentencing the
egro said:
"I shall not desecrate Friday, the
ay on which legal hangings usually
ake place, by ordering your execuion
on that day. There is at least a
park of manhood left in almost evry
man executed by the State. But
here is no manhood in either of
ou."
Mrs. Jackson's husband wUnassed
he hangings.
ASPARAGUS RAT MS KK1U CMI?
iower Shipping Charges to Eastern
Points.
Senator Tillman, who is a grower
f asparagus himself, has been in
ouch since last October with the
xpress companies in regard to a new
ariff on that vegetable from South
Carolina points to Northern markets.
When he came to Washington in
anuary he enlisted the co-operation
f the Inter-State commerce commls
Ion, and at a conference with the
epresentatives of the AdamB Express
!ompany the whole subject was thorughly
gone over and the following
ates were agreed upon for the stanard
24-bunch crate, estimated with
weight of sixty pounds.
From South Carolina Points?To
loston, $1.25; Pittsburg, $1.15; llalImore.
95c; New York, $1.05; Phildelphia,
$1; Washington, 90c.
A glance at the following table,
iving the old rates, will show what
reduction has been made:
From South Carolina Points?To
(oston, $1.80; Pittsburg, $1.65;
lew York, $1.50; Philadelphia.
1.35; Baltimore, $1.05; Waahing:>n
$1.05.
Everything in connection with the
egotiations has been pleasant and
enator Tillman expresses his gratleatlon
at the liberality and friendly
pirit shown by both the Adams and
outhern Express companies. These
ew rates will go into efTect on Feb.
5, 1910, and will give the growers
tio benefit of the reduction on this
ear's crop.
LEANS FROM CAB
iiul Is Killed by the Engine of
Passing Train.
Albert Winne of Rennsellaer, N.
engineer on the Adirondack and
fontreal express was killed in his
ab at Little Falls early Friday morntig.
Engineer Winne was leaning
ut of the window examining a hot
ournal which had attracted his attention
and did not see the approach
f an east bound train. The locomoive
struck him in the head, knockng
him from the cab and killing him
astantly.
Child Fatally Iluriitd.
A most deplorable accident occured
at Lumberton, N .C., on Satur-4
ay when the little 2-year-old child
r Mr. and Mrs. Roger Collins, was
urned to death. It seems that the
Ittle tot was playing out in the field,
ear a burning brush-heap and someow
escaped notice by its parents un11
it was seen running down one of
he furrows, with its clothes all
flame.
Pnvs Ki ni>
A dispatch from Laurens says
T. Kincaifl, the young nevvsltfcher
who was arrested Tuesday
>r selling whiskey on train No. 1 on
le Charleston and Western Carolina
liiroad, plead guilty in the mayor's
>urt and was sentenced to pay a
no of $.">0, or serve 30 days on the
junty ohalngang. The young man
aid the fine and was released.
Peculiar Heath.
Mose McKevit, a negro, died at his
ome near Gree, on Tuesday night as
result of an injury received wl.'.ie
awn in a well. McKevit was down
i the well cleaning it out, when a
g heavy tub or bucket used in haulg
mud and water to the surface,
ill back from the top after being
liled up and his head was crushed.*
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COUNTRY SCHOOLS
WILL SOON HAVE SPECIAL SUP- S
EKVISION BY A
State Superintendent of Elementary I
Rural Schools, Who Will Be Prof.
W. K. Tute, of Charleston.
The State says the department of
education is soon to receive a strong
addition by the appointment of W. K.
Tate, assistant superintendent at
Charleston, to the position of State
supervisor of elementary rural
schools. This position is made possible
by the liberality of the Peabodv
board and the Southern education
board.
The establishment of city and State
systems of public education was for
many years the great aim of the
trustees administering the will of
George Peabody, who in 1S67 gave
$.1,500,000 to the cause of public
education in the South. Next in order
the Peabody undertook to foster
normal schools in the fourteen Southern
States. The great work accomplished
in South Carolina by the
Winthrop Traning School, now Winthrop
College, has been liberally supported
by this board, and the recent
endowment of $1,000,000 set aside
for the George Peabody College for
Teachers at Nashville forcibly emphasizes
the purpose and practice
which the trustees have consistently
followed.
The latest experiment introduced
by Dr. WycklifTe Rose, agent of the
Peabody board, is a direct effort to
improve school conditions in remote
country districts. This work has
proved so successful in Virginia and
North Carolina that the board has
dee rated it wise to introduce it also
into South Carolina. A trained
school man will be associated directly
with the State department of education
and will devote all his time
and energy to the lural school of the
State.
The man selected for the work iB
?t-n kuuwu 10 ine proression In every
county. Coming to South Carolina ?
upon the invitation of Julian Mitchell 1
at that time chairman of the board *'
of commissioners of the city schools c
of Charleston, Prof. Tate 1b thorough- c
ly identified with the educational in- v
lereats. His work in the Memminger J1
school, in several State summer "
schools, and on the State board of
education is well known and fully ?
appreciated thoroughout the State. e
He is the retiring president of the ?
State Teachers' Association and at l)
the recent meeting in Columbia made R
a forceable presentation of the con- 1
nection between education and good
citizenship. P
When first approached with the of- j'
fer of the position as State super- "
visor of elementary rural schools, he a
made this characterises reply: "A v
man with frontier blood in his viens
is irresistibly attracted by the diPlculties
and manifold opportunities of w
this new work." Prof. Tate will do" ^
lecture work in the university and r
perhaps at Winthrop College. It is
probable that the trustees of the
university will make him professor
of elementary education, thus giving Cl
the students in the pedagogical de- c'
partment the benefit of his ability Sl
and experience in their preparation r
for active duty in the school room. "
The girls at Winthrop will also he ?
afforded a like opportunity to hear e
Prof. Tate's lectures, if bis duties in ?
the country schools do not require all c
of his time. t(
The thanks of the educational department
aro directly due to Dr.
Rose and Gov. Ansel for securing a
irum mo reanody board an appropriation
of $2,700 for this work, and
Dr. S. C. Mitchell for his assistance
in securing $1,000 additional from
the Southern educational hoard.
These appropriations will enable the
State supervisor of elementary rural
schools to visit nny community with- a
out Imposing any expense whatever t|
upon trustees, teachers or superln- ^
tendents. His work 's intended to ^
reach communities unable to secure j
skilled supervision and suggestions j,
in school improvement. Prof. Tato t|
will enter actively upon his new work p
during the coming summer, and is j
to be the right arm of the State department
of education.
The development of this work in
the hands of Prof. Tnte recalls the ^
great service already rendered South ,
Carolina by the trustees of the Pea- r
body board. In 1878 Dr. Sears, the j
first general agent of this board,
made possible the adoption of the
school law formulated by Hugh S.
Thompson, and his colleagues. Three
years later he also brought to South "
Carolina Dr. Edward S. Joynes, pro- tv
fessor emeritus of modern languages o!
In the university. In 1880 the Win- 1,1
throp training school was founded
by Dr. I). H. Johnson, with the as- ai
sistance of that great educational V(
| pioneer. Dr. J. L. M. Curry. In 1010
r>
I)r. Wycllke Rose, the third agent
of the board, has made possible this
work for the too-long neglected
country schools, and in giving to
South Carolina the services of Prof.
Tate he has placed his finger upon In
the weakest link in the school system Iof
the State. hi
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There is no room to doubt the H1
quality of Brother Fairbank s backbono,
whatever may be said al>out his 'r
politics. ? fr
A man thinks he can control othera
when he can't control himself. wl
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NEW COUNTY LAW
.TATE SENATE PASSES A VERY
RADICAL BILL. '
t Relates to the KxjH'nses of Formr
Inj; New Counties and Who Should
Pay Them.
The passage of Senator Harvey's r
>111 to require the proponents of new
ounties to pay the expenses o". st.rreys.
elections, etc., caused h ficht
n the senate Wednesday morning. A
notion to strike out the enacting
vords was made when the bill was
:alled and Senator Harvey, the auhor,
defended his bill with vigor
ind earnestness. '
The Senator from Berkeley said <
hat if thev had to n?v
io many ambitions new county ailvo- <
ates would not spring up, as is the
ase now. He continues that with the t
inancial obligations of attending to I
urveys and elections, attending an t
ffort to secure a new county the c
.dvocates would think and lieBltate c
>efore rushing into the attempt. i
Senator Montgomery favored the s
till, giving the case of Marion and t
he recent "run-in" with Dillon. The
enator from Marion said that his s
ounty is now confronted with a debt C
f $10,000, half of which will have C
o be made by the old county, and J
lie amount represents the expenses a
f the formation of Dillon county, t
rhich hurt Marion and which it will (|
icverherless have to assist in pay- 1
Qft. '1
Senator Appelt told of a movement a
ow on foot in Clarendon to form a t
ew county and said that Clarendon t
? now facing a deficit caused by sur- t
eys for n'ow counties, which would
ossibly have not been made had the ?
dvocates been called on to pay the a
ills and at any rate the county c
roul i not have suffered financially '
ad the present bill under discussion t
revailed at the time. t
Taking the position that the bill c
could do an injustice, Senator Mass n
pposed its passage, as did Senator i
iates. Senator Graydon favored the t
ill. "A microbe lurks in every new I
ounty boom," he said, "and the new 1
ounty enthusiasts are not satisfied
cith one survey, but insist on others <1
nt 11 their umbitions are finally real- 1
scd." *'
Senator Tllack said that his county v
f Ilamoerg can not be affected eith- 11
r way, as it contains only a little v
ver the 400 square miles required c
y the constitution, but that he re- '
ards the bill as a Just one and in
hat event would favor it.
Senator Harvey again urged the '
assage of the measure, saying that a
f the other counties did not desire 1
ts advantages. Berkeley at least was
nxious to enjoy the privileges uro- 8
ided for in the bill.
Ity an overwhelming vote the mo- a
Ion to strike out the enacting words 11
ras lost and the bill passed, and or- "
ered sent to the house. The bill "
rJ
eads:
"Section 1. That hereafter when it s
? proposed to form a new county or "
d take any portion of an established v
ounty and attach same to another 1
Dunty, the county auditor shall aspss
on all taxable property in ter- ''
itory proposed, to be changed, a stif- s
cient tax to meet all the expenses *
f surveys, elections and all other '
Q
xpenses incident to or arising from
r out of any change or proposed
hange in the county lines, raid ?ax
3 be collected as taxes are now col cted.
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"Section 2. All acts inconsistOT ,
re hereby repealed."
WANTS JKFF DAVIS
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n Statuary Hall at Washington or
No One At All. . . v
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If the legislature of Mississippi f
dopts a concurrent resolution, in- h
rod need in the senate at Jackson, I"
liss., by Senator W. I). Anderson, i'
lississippi's niche in the hall of
ime at the national capital at Wasliigton
will remain vacant until secional
feeling has so entirely disap- ^
eared that the statue of Jefferson
(avis may be placed there without
bjection. Rather than face the on
osltion encountered by Virginia in \
tie case of the Robert E. Ixe statue, c
tie resolution provides that "Missis- y
Ippi's vacant place will l>e a sufli- p
lent and a perpetual memory to ?
efferson Davis." t
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Murder or Suieide. s
What may have been a double o
uirder, a Consumate suicide pact, or >
vo sudden deaths from natunl carsi,
was disoovered Monday when the r
tidies of William Bohrer, a pros- w
srous lapidary, aged 5f> years, and ?
ii umaenuried woman, about thirty s<
?ars of ago, were found in a room ''
i the wholesale jewelry section of 11
hiladelphia where they had lain for d
robably a month. ft
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Results Fatally.
As a result of Injuries received
i a three handed fight in the Ited
Ight district of Greenville in which
s head was battered to n pulp with '
beer bottle, D. Y. Miller, a farmer, fl
ring near the Greenville, Pickens b
Id Anderson county lines, is dead al
om tetanus, lockjaw having set in t*
om the wound. Will Foster hits r?
en arrested and locked up changed nj
Ith the crime. i>i
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DIED IN RIOT
lad Liquor and Guns Cause of Fight Between
Whites and Blacks
TWO OF LATTER KILLED J
Hie Ringleaders Among the .V-g.oes
Fl?il l"p tli?? River At for the Fight,
With ii Sheriff and Posse in Pursuit.?The
Fight Occurred Xeur
Chattanooga on the Dam Works.
A dispatch from Chattanooga says
'.wo negroes were killed as the result
jf a race riot at the Hales Bar lock
ind dam soon after midnight Tuestay.
Bad feeling has been brewing for
some days between the white and
)lack employes of the lock and dam
:ontractors, and an assault upon one
>f the negro laborers by a number
)f white men, coupled with a liberal
listribution of bad whiskey and guns
imong the negroes. It is said, brought
he trouble to a climax.
After an exchange of shots between
i force of tive policemen sent from
Chattanooga, under the direction of
Capt. W. M. Durk. Deputy Sheriff
doreland of Marion County who had
worn in a number of special deputes.
and the negroes, the trouble was
Ittellcd. None of the white men was
tilled or wounded in the rioting.
The negroes who had taken the most
ctiw part in the trouble making rerented
up the Tennessee river, and
he sheriff of Marion county is trying
o apprehend them.
Charles Lee, a negro, who was
ent to the lock and dam from Alexndria,
Va., was set upon by a party
if white laborers and badly beaten
"lie enmity of the white men tonn.d
he negro arose from a rumor that
he negro was to be placed la chcge
?f certain pump work, whi*h is ?:slally
looked after by white maeaiusts.
The contractors tuj-:e .t clear
hat no such move was anticipated,
?ut the report had gained wide circuation.
After the negroes at the lock and
lam had quit work Monday whiskey
tegan to circulate freely, and they
idopted an obstreperous attitude toward
the whites. As the blacks outtumbered
the whites two to one, the
vhite employes and their families
ame alarmed and notified the Maron
county authories. Sheriff Westnoreland
was in Chattanooga at the
ime, but his brother, a deputy sherff,
took charge of the situation while
n attempt was being made to locate
he sheriff.
The negroes were firing from the
helter of their shacks in all direcions.
The officers returned the fh o
nd closed in upon the negro settk:nent,
clearing the shacks of the
U nds. A band of negroes retreated
ip tne river towards the mountains,
"his party, about thirty in number,
eemed to be the principal troublouakers.
On their tlight they ^irrled
>ith them a large number of repeatnl'
rifles and revolvers.
The officers made no attempt to
ursue the fleeing men, but made a
earoh of the negro houses. One ne;ro
was found dead in one of the
ouses, in such a position as to indlate
that he had been killed in a
runken fight with members of his
ace. Another dead negro was found
n the ground behind one of the
oases where he had apparently
tood while firing upon the office;n
i pistol was found beside nls bo 5y
Before the officers had leit a third
egro was re|>orted dead in i nearby
ornfield, but this could not be .enled.
A search of the negro ho ssei ri- .
ealed a laige amount of wia's'-.ay,
k'hich accounts, in a large manure,
or the trouble. One case, which.
iad not yet been broken op-?o. was
mind, while whiskey bottles were lvug
agound n large numbers.
SHOT Willi,K I'K.YYIXG.
io^jro Minister Wounded in Church
During Service.
Sunday night while the Rev. Wm.
IcDonald of the colored Baptist
hurch, of Waxham, North Carolina.
>as on his knees engaged in prayer
n front of the pulpit of his church
nd surrounded hy his congregation,
hree pist<?l shots rang oui on tho
ight air. one going wild and two
triking the minister in his left aide,
ne inflicting a wound that is serious,
hough not cessarily fatal.
The shots were fired through tho
ear window of the church, and all
ere aimed at the colored preacher,
ne inflicting the fearful wound, a
eond striking his watch and glattc
H iin* nurd nurying its 1-f in
lie floor. The congregation lmmn 1
iately dispersed. No clues were diar?vered,
no one in the confusion be>g
aide io find out anything.
Why .Murderers Kscnpe.
"A murderer has a better chance
T going scot free than a horse thief,"
colored Judge S. P. CJilbert, In his
large to the grand jury at Columns,
(la., in which he took a "rap"
t "maudlin sentimentality" as he
rmed it, which he said was largely
^sponsible for the number of crimi!tls
escaping Justice, through being
urdoned and otherwise.