The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 28, 1902, Image 1
WILCOX GUILTY OF MURDER.
The Judge Sentences lliin to Die On
April 25th
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WILCOX SHOWS INIllffOWNCUi
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A Itricf Review of a f anutis Case
Argumcnt of the Attorneys for
State and Defense.
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Kliza!>r:h Citv, special.- Tiie jury :
re ndem! a voidict. of murder in the
llrst < ? ? .r .iii'-l .lames Wilcox, i.l
Saturday nij.'ht. (!. 1\ Derrick- .
son aeto I sp.d.i .??anin. The prisoner ,
heard t !i ? ? w. diet without apparent
emotion.
A f t ? i tin.- il: t \v,is km eived .lude-'? '
.Tones sai;! : I; i? -judder to nie llian il ;
Is to voii. ?! . Wilc.ix, The jury fonnd
the facts i i laid dow.ii the lav.'. 1
have tried to ??ee that yon h id u fa:r
trial. I tin i:nj h.dieve that some of th ? .
people want ^d yon to have it. Part of
the public si-<med to be afraid for the
jury to try your case. 1 am informc I !
that the movement in the court house:
I'V.day, several hundred people J
went out, was pre arranged an 1 for a j
purpose. ! hope il Is not so. If it were 1
.1 \ mi:s wir.cox.
true Mini Hie guilty o:r s were brought
before iu?' I s!io;i)(l >;oin! the last
woman and <? * i i 1 c 1 i > ? jail for eont',mp'.
If it was wilr'iil an.! with a design it
was a (liyprai'c t,> t !> ? ? fair name of'the
county. I liope it did nut influence you
gentlemen. I refrain from saying any- j
thing else. I would not wound the feel- j
ings of any on v
"The judgment of the court is that J
the* r.tsoiicr )>e removed lo jail and bo j
hanged, until dead, by the neck on the
25th day of April, between 10 and 12 j
o'clock." This said, the court adjourn- I
ed. Lawyer Aydlett wept while the!
? judgment was being read. He will tako !
an appeal. All is quiet; the people are j
satisfied.
I
The trial of James Wilcox, charged
with the murder of .Miss Nellie Crop- J
Key, began at lilizabeth City. N. C.,
last Thursday u week and ended, :
closed on Friday. The case went to
the jury on Friday afternoon.
The story of the disappearance of
"Miss Cropsey from her home last fall
and the long search for her; the
ultimate finding of her body sin the
I'osquotaiik river; the arrest nf
James Wilcox, charged with her mur
der, and tiie beginning of the trial, 1
are all familiar to our readers. The '
grand jury of Perquiman's county j
found n true bill against. Wllc<)x and '
the court trial followed. The evidence i
was circumstantial. The defense in
troduced no witnesses. The pleading
of the attorneys was on a high plane.
Speaking for the prosecution Solicitor
Ward said:
"This is tiie most important trial .
ever held in Pasquotank county, and
no. citizens have ever had more re-;
sponsibility than rests on you gen
tlemen. I have never had such a task
before. I stand here for the State.
"^MHlrtut the hope or desire of more
than the usual compensation. It is
not my purpose to lecture the jury j
nor shall 1 paint pictures. What I )
say will he in plain i?nglish. and i
about a murdered girl and tho man
who murdered her. I will not try to
prejudice you. I would not in the fear <
of God help convict an innocent man. j
If I go outside of the evidence I do
not want you to consider what is not I
right, fair and just. If you do not And j
Wilcox guilty from tho evidence do
not convict him. Hut we shall con i
vlnce you.
"What is the evidence in tho ca?e? '
All authorities say that in 4!? cases
~ouUof 1(50 there is water in the lungs '
wheife a person Is drowned, In the !
other 61 the pleural cavities would
contain water. There was none in
either organ in this case. There was <
no bloody froth. The stomach was
free from water tho right side d>f
the bear\ i(p>m blfrod. None of tie
symptoms ofNkowning wero found.
would rather believe what Drs. Wood
and' Fearing said about this case
than Taylor or Reese or anybody else
who was not here. Wbte ? did I>r. W.
.JT Lumsden fall to testify? It la not
Wg Milling Deal. j
Montreal. ? 8p?cia!. ? Chan. R. Ho*-:
mar, of til* city, and F. W. Tbomp
aen, of Winnipeg, hare pnrchaaadthe
Mtenuve milling Wij?n?;# ttfo .w,.
W. Ogllvie Milling
purr ha so price \*Jn til# Vicinity of,
M. 500.000. The fefel lap* Hates bm< k
to 1801. The <onfpany fcaft three atllfc
|a KomtrMl ail also at Ooderlcti,
~ - -- Winolpeg and Port Wttttgan.
y will be reorgaaisad afci
?lUMti
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l'or mo t<> say that he did not havo
the courage to face tho examination
from tho hooka of medical Jurispru
dence. 1 Know this, that if ho had
not agreed to corroborate what the
other doctors said about the death >t
the girl he would never havo been
subpoenaed here as a witness. I)r.
Wood said that the girl was stunned
by tlie blow on the head and put in
the water while in that condition.
That (out union or bruise on tho left
temlpe was made by a blow. It was
full of fluid blood. If the blood had
left tile bran by exudlug. M'*
Aydle.tt would- have you believe, why
did it not go from that place on the
head?
in the progress of his argument he
said :
??Wilcox lob! Tom Ilayinan that he
would hunt the gill, but if ho found
li? 1 they would say that he killed her.
Mark his woi'dx. They were said when
everybody else thought she was in Bal
timore, Wih.on or iiumewhero else. Hut
he knew that she was (b ad. Wilcox did
m t help search for the girl, li I had
lu'en innoct'Ul of that crime wlu-n I was
charged with it ! would have spent
every dollar I could get toward finding
the girl. I havo never heard or read of
a man who conducted himself under
similar circumstances as Jim Wilcox
lias done, lie has sat here throughout
this trial without a sign of au emotion,
lie Is guilty of lhat foul murder. His
conduct shows it. You need not tell mo
that the conduct of that man is not the
conduct of a criminal.."
Mr. E. P. Aydlett, leading counsel for
the defense, made a forceful argument
in which he said in part :
"The C'ropseys have my sympathy. I
have before extended it from my own
lips. I do not blame Mr. Cropsey f<u
trj'ing (o ferret out the cause of the
death of his fair daughter. The peo
ple of North Carolina are noble, just
and law-abiding, Thcv would not want
anything but what is light. They want
an honest verdict. Any criminal has a
right to have an attorney speak for
him. When I secured my license to
practice law 1 promised to do my duty
1 have been criticised for my part in
connection with this case. 1 have done
nothing by my honest duty."
"Let us look into the evidence in this
case. The doctors say that there are
but three certain tests of drowning and
'but 'hoy do r.<*t apply in cases where
the body has been dead for any length
of time. The doctors admit that they
did not examine the windpipe and oth
er tubes to the lungs. That is one of the
three certain symptoms. The second is
that of the lungs. They say that there
was nj water time, but they found
bloody froth, which is one of the usual
tests of drowning. They found no wa
ter in the stomach. The medical an
thorities say that these symptoms can
not be relied upon when a body has
been in the water five or six weeks.
Tho books do not lay down the ab
sence of blood in the right side of the
heart as one of the tests against
di owning. It may be that, if the body
had been found within one or two or
three days water would have been
found in the pleural cavities but logg
er time than that would have given it
a chance to get out by natural causes,
the endosmosis process. The water
could hayo left the stomach in the
same way'\ The doctors admit it. We
want the light."
"If you believe that tho girl was kill
ed you must decide who did it, 1 >? <1 Mr.
W 1,1 cox do it? You are asked to con
vict him beeauso he has been indiffer
ent. Chas. Fteid testified that Wilcox
was indifferent but that if. was his na
ture. 1 og fee with the statement of the
gentleman who said tnat no better man
lived in Pasquotank county than Mr.
Held, lie wpuld not be unfair. They say
Wilcox is Indifferent because lie h?>
not wept In the couil house. If he had
shed tears they would have said thai
he was guilty, ilo is accused of being
indifferent because ho would not take
part in the search for the young lady,
i'u? yourself in his place. One moment
they charge him with being indifferent
and the next they say that he is guilty
because he showed emotion on t ~.i oc
casions when he thought the body of
the girl had been found. His face turn
ed pale and his hand trembled. Mr
Hayman said be told him that he wish
ed to <!od the girl could be found.
"No. gentlemen, lie has not been in
different. Consider his position. Every
move of his was watched. Everything
he did was criticised. To go further.
There was no motive. He had boon at
tentive to tho girl for sovoral years.
Wo find no trouble between them till
last September. Then Miss Ollle hoard
her toll him ihat if ho was going to act
that way ho might stay at homo. All
lovers have quarrels. They claim that
Miss Nellie told htm to 'pull,' 'to go.'
She meant nothing by that. Ho went
to the fair with Miss Nellie and Miss
Carrie. He kept going to the (Jropsoy
home. He went to tMf buggy as it
passed. He was TWrjuently in the
kitchen. Ho patted Miss Ollle on tho
back and put smut on her face. She
tried to put some on him. It was all
for merriment and in play. Beeauso
Miss Nell refused an apple that the de
fendant had bought is no evidence that
she was mad. 1 don't believe any mem
ber of that family thought tnerc was
anything wrong. Cropsey could not
have thought so or he would have re
mained in the room. There was no mo
ttve for the crime. 1 do not say it, but
could havft been jealous?
She might, havo f.fclt that her former
friend was slipping away from her. I
.cannot say what a swoot little girl
would do u n (for such conditions. Ijt 1 r.
possible that she committed suicide."
JUDOR JONES' charge:.
i? [n rnaking his charge to the jury
amorflT u I k M^hlngs Judgre Jonea said; ?
''Gentlemen ortFTe Jqry, jrour problem
is to And the facts in this case. ?. You
have heard the testltnony of the wll
ncsses~*nd the argument of tbe at
Newton. Mass., Special. ? News was
received here Sunday of the death
last Saodar. In Pasadena, Cat.. M
Aklen Spsare. ^estdwnt sf the Aides
8 pears Boas Company, of itontnn. Mr.
gpwe WU a director ^ aomlxr of
Railroad compaales. among them tho
Mexican Central. Atchison. Topcka it
flbftt* Fee, Atlantic * Pacific. Bt.
Unls * SaalPraBClsco mad CoBhectf
f6t St Pass? mpafcv He Was for year*
ft -delegate the ?t tea si hoard of
torneys. Now Iho ciisc is with you. It
must r>(> tried by the evidence. If you
should let an> impression you u> ?/
have had. public opinion or anylhin:;
else, Influence you, you do violence to
your oaths,
"A few Simple rules must govern
yott. Yon start out with the assumption
that tho prisoner is innocent If yoi
should 11 ml that ht> slow the deceased
unintentionally, without just cause, it
is murder in the second degree; if in
tentionally. wilfully and with delibera
tion and premeditation, it is murder in
the first degree.
'"Therefore, you must first assume
that the prisoner is Innocent. Ii the
State satisfies you beyond reasonable
doubt that the defendant killel the de
ceased without cause it is inurdc.r in
the second degree; that he did it wil
fully, after deliberation and p.eniedita
lion, it Is murder in the liist degn
If the State does not satisfy you, be
yond a resonalde doubt, that the de
fendant killed the deceased you mu:t
Hud that he is not guilty. The ?-\ideii -o
must not only 1h> comdusivcly consist
i iit with .the prisoner's guilt, but must
bo inconsistent with his innocence.
I "You are. sworn to try the ou-r by
| (ho evidence and that alone. Try 1 1 1 "
case as men. Kise above public opin
1 ion."
The Indictment of the grand jurv
| was road. The judge continued: "The
i defendant denies th<> charge. You must
I try the e use. Vt>u Avtl I I ml whether lu
| Is innocent or guilty of murder in th?
I lirst or second degree. The State must
| establish guilt. 1 have no opinion in
I the case. I shall call your attention t<
some of the i^it?utions oi the Stat
and the defense. The State ch.ims that
It has l^en proven that tie deceased
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MISS N I. :,I, I H CltOl'KKY.
| was killed. 1 1 1 :t I the pi isoner li.nl the
j motive nmU+hat the farts and his con
| duel rhow that In* did i( The defense
j contends that the evidence will not sat
{ Isfy the jury that the girl was killed;
that tne bruise on the head could have
been made in a thousand and one
ways; that all the tests against drown
ing are fallacies: that the dofenda.it
had m> motive and that there was no
opportunity."
J The reading of the evidence was then
begun. There was 200 typewritten
pages of it and the task of reading it
required the hours from 10:30 to 1:30.
Pcntli Reveals a Secret.
Petersburg. J-'pcchil. ? One of the
most roamrkablo <n..os that has ov< r
beer, known in this section is alleged
; to have eotno to light in Kttriek,
( 'i'e.;t( rfiebJ roiinty. bis! week, which
reveals a well-kept .?>< < ret. A few
months tieo a ronplo. supposed to bo
j man and wife, came from Raloigh, X.
and located r: J .trick, a village
just a-ross the liver from Peters
, burg. For sobio timer past the "bus
band," who was about 75 years of
age, has been suffering from dropsy,
and this morning ho riled. A gentle
man of the \jjlagc was called in to
Bhrouri a inaa who had riled. Accord
ing to his statement the deceased, in
stead of being one of the stronger
sox, much to his surprise proved to
bo a woman. The couple have lived
together as man and wife, It is said
for the past 35 years, and they hav?
faithfully kept the secret as to their
sox. The deceased, who is said to
have gone by the name of (Jrecn, had
been going among tho. pdople of Kt
trifk, and there Tin?! never been the
least suspicion that "he" was a wo
man in man's clothing.
Duck Combine.
Trenton, N. J.f Special. ? The Puled
States Cotton Duck Company has filed
certificates decreasing its outhorized
capital stock from $50,000,000 to j
000.000. The certificate whs signed by .
T. Ij. Park, president, and.-.?J}ayid H.
Carroll, secretary.
Air. Bryan Moves.
Lincoln, Keb., Special. ? W. J. Bryan
is no longer a resident of the city of |
Lincolqty. This was Mr. Bryan's forty- i
SG^ijfV/birtyday, and he eejebraed the!
evon^py moying toliis farm four mfPs
froifr the elty. Until a hpndsome coun
try ^residence which h?f is building shall
be completed; ifr. Bryan and his family
will llvo.ln the barn.
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The President has sent the following
nomination to the Senate: Marshall I..
Kins, collector of customs, district r.f
Alexandria, Vs.: second lieutenant of
infantry, Albert O. (Joorlwya, Alaba>
ma; Postmasters. Virginia, Pulas'ti
City, L. 8. Calee; Mississippi, Broo!:
haven. Win. F. Johes. f
y , PmMc Lsnda Owra.
Waafctngton, Special.-- A decision b yi
Attorney G?aeral Knox bold* that the
public tsa^a la Porto Ric6 belonged to
wpiia' and lij i>iwr M tba irwiy
Paris, wnr bafcyaffto the ittritadtatate*.
The opinion wii readied on the re
quest off tW Secretary of the Interior,
for a rtllif aa to wfcattar the ao-cali*
H public Ian da of Pott# Rico were
eedod as tmd IWfcd
Aatat by tfco iMa truoty, or reatalo
UiMftyrty off Porto RleO aa Stab
at A'** ; . <v .
CUBA TO BE 1111:1:.
May 20 Hi The l)a> When She Will
Pe full) I iberated
RAI MA WILL IU: i'WKil RATI O.
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It i -Ov'cldcd I lint ? i*o (io\ iM iimcMit
Shall l?c 1 uriu'il On *r ti? the Ihesl
ilciit-S K n.?> aiith.
Washlnxtofi, Special. May !!??. I'1"'..'.
Is tho new ilalo llxed l >r turning ?>v? r
Culia to it* people. The rhai^^ of i'iIi1
was mad-1, if not at tho sunuest inn. then
with i'ii* full approval of.
cKt i Palina and his ndviscis. Saa: >s s
i'amana and lv>uesndn. vim w ? ? ? ? wii 'i
him a tt In War I >. pa: i um ih I'u" -!;?:?
TliiK .late should a imai . ?r<? 1 on>*
In Cuban history, fov i' will not only
mark tho a? qrdslimn of full indepen.l
on hnt will bo tin* t'uhan maligna
Hon day. II having been d< -term. in d
that President I'alina shall In- inangur
at??l on |':o s mi " d ay t h a 1 the > ?< < a I i' >1
of the island ceaacs.
All bu! the smallest del i:l of tl ?? < v.
cluufic has Ik t'li |>!ai:ni d. aa>l 1 1? < ?. . ?
remaining < t ^ T : ? i I wcr ? under nd.ltn.'
incut at a meeting held at the War It
parttni^nt today. Iteshhs Secretary It:/ >l
President l'alma and Stiniois Taniiy i
and Qncsada, <!.*noral Wood att >n<h 1.
The meeting occurred in the Sei :"!a
rv's oft Wo. ltosld *a tin* final ;l >a of
May 2o as Cuban ind -pendenc
two other important < on lusions wen
ren< hod. The first was tli.it (Pa i ?l
Wood rdionld imm-diaU !y. i;i ui h i<
turn to (.'aha, issue a call com. ning tin;
first Cuban Congress i n May la. in
order that tho body plight employ the
ten days following that date in sap
plying any legislation" n 'ccssary t i tho
assumption of full powers in the i t in I.
Tho other conclusion was that thcr
should he no half-way evaluation of
the island, hut tlip.t tho disposition i:
to move the entire I nited Stales con
tingent. civil and military, away from
tli- island, not even having a corpor
al's guard of i niten 'States soi a a
any of the eiinps except in the defenses
01 the coast, which will he garrison d
hy I nit "d States troops. If this pro
gram is not executed it will he for ih"
nolo }< iiKiin that the Cubans themselves
through their authorized officials re
<p:<s( that the departure of the ( * *i i t ? ? I
Stat \s troops he delayed for a time.
I'ntai Storm in Louisiana.
Crowley, la., Special. A gnat
; storm of wind s.vept through tho
U'dghborhood of Itavon Queen di?
Tortile, 12 miles south of Crowley, in
Vcrmifilon parish. Several persop:,
wrro flnjured hy falling buildings. Ai
a farm a man hy I lie name of Sims
was kilted while trying i?? escape from
bis hoiiiP, whi: h was completely wreck
ed. s t t i> i tiiroe other members of the
family' wen? seriously injured. The
hoii<u* of a Mr. Hufelgh was blown
dr/Wn. hut the family escaped wit^f
.slight injuries. About three milejr froiii
I lio ICHik place Mr. rJoiiiielly'n^ h >us<
wak hlmvn from the foundations ami
j tiie sTabit-H -werwdestroyed. A man bv
the name of lligucabshire was fatally
, crushed by the falling debris. Tvvelvt
houses are reported .is totally demol
ished and fruit trees wen* torn nut o!
I he ground, it is thought tjiere were
several other fatalities in ro/iotc part*
i of the parish. Th<> properly loss wiil
b<- very li.-avy. '
Claims to Have Assisted Czolgosz,
lJaraboo. Wis., Special. ? Sherifl
I Stack haus gave ouf the details of t iu
I confession made by J. Stelninan, a con
I victed ldirglar. that he was implicated
in the M< Kinley assassination. While
\ on the train bound for Waupun, where ,
; he is to bo confined. Stoinman declared
i hat ho was the accomplice of Czolgos/.,
the asaisHsn of President McKinley.
j and that ho hound the handkerchief
about the hand. Steinman further said
he was near Czologsz ready with two
revolvers loaded with poisoned bullets
to do the .work had Czolgosz failed
Favor a (icncral Surrender
Wolve Hoeek, Orange Hivor Colony,
My Cable. ? Tift*' train having on hoard
Acting Presiodnt Schalkburger and liis
party passed through this place on Its
way to rfroonstadt Tuesday. The
Transvaal government officials vere i
accompanied hy Captain Marker, Ix>rd
Kitchener's aide-dc-camp. and Ave oth- ?
er members of the staff of the British
commander-in-chief in South Africa.
The impression here is that the Trans
vaalers favor a general surrender of tho
Doer forces.
News In Paragraphs.
The 'Constitutional Convention . ol.
Virginia has discarded -aU--plana pro^|
posed for suffrage, and will start new.
The cave-in of a sand bank at BaK {
(imore. Md., killed Arthur Flushey and ;
Earl (Je-mont, 8-yearlold boy*. .
Pres it Roosevelt was asked to at- 1
tend tho dedication of tile Y. M. (!. A. ]
building In New York which Miss Mel-J
en Gould has bnllt."
A Jury at Kllrabeth City found James j
K. Wilcox guilty of murder In th? first '
degree. ? *
> c>
Justice .Mayer. .In the New York !
"W&hrt of Special Sessldna, has dis- j
(barged from custody Florence Burhs,
who was charged with the murder of :
Walter BrooWT^
The State Committee of Delaware
"Regulars," in a reply to the proposi
tion of the Union Relutiftrant, dnnl'nnl
to KMlVe any propoeals for harmony
so long a* Mr. Ad dicks remains a po
litical feature. _ ?
A -person known as William C. How
ant< who died at Canandatgaa, H. Y..
proves to have b?*a a woman.
AftwraBMssclua f ?w eptnlsns the
StiRpe Covit N the tiH?l States
took a rues? antll Mayday. April 7.
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Till 1 \\ IWVS
l{i\oii( Changs Intci pi ct i d U\ the
A tlo i no> den ral.
Col .mt I > i .t State
The i*. mii r.il .1 ; mh'\ a i Its i ".vnt
y.: s>ioM ? 1 1 . 1 1 s.? many i !> :i *i v in tin
law s ?? ? >\ m 11 i 11*; tin* op -. : 4 : . ? : 1 ,<i' th->
tax ii:. 'i i h i in ax in i 1 ? m v ? ral > > ? i m . ?
* >!' i !ti' St -ty ? ' 1 1 < ' >.n ,ii i
lVi ham li.fv deenic.l ii nr. i' - it v ? 1
up a lilt; 'M of the ui w lav.:;. wbi h
valuable infartnai i? n l >r an '
boards of assessors ant i h.imI v b.iarda
<>f cqualt/.at inn. sli iwitu* 'now th
boards an- ? oust lint* J an. I their
|n ma: ion. This ?? i i ? ? 1 1 ! ? i r contains .n
tHi mat ion of v.ilu .< t> i t ? ? ih ? ;>> ?!?'< ,.l
larue. 1 1 mails as follow ? ?
To w usli i |? an I To>vn A MX?is. ?: ; ::n I
County It. virile ?>!' Canalization In
\ titi. \ :11c. Allien A:i'.;. I-?, m It. , i! 1 1 > .
Oh 'stertlcld. Clar< till. >n. Colleton. Car
Mtii;toii. I M.vllisl rl' ill "If. ; wit.
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liovrnor, tin tli * !'???? :ni?ii,,i!.Tr i n ?>!
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1 1 - 1 1 1 .appoint >i I i'ii'iI 1. 1 a -ii -s-'i ? ! s i ? * i
poc -il ui' thi'i - si; i:;l:i .i t.ir>: ill ? . a
township or tax tli .iii. t, ami i ! i r* ? ? < I : ?
rri t i lei it ix in e ich im or;v?ral? .1 i:y
ami town Imviiu*. a |i -in: 1 .1 ion ? >.' n ?;
It's-; t ? ? a i i alH'd iuliahhauls in ,n. in'
till' ;J>'.t\0 JM MioiU'l < 0 1 1 II I it >?, c\. npt
'ii ll*> i i i v of ( Villi ;m In a . w In I it
lioai <1 shall I pjivnl'-l a iiiina 1 1 \ v
tin- I ity conn 't 111 ! Sli ill to comp.n-t d
if i hi tv ilisiTc i n .o,|i ni.. i
In II mt.v. ,\V whirry am' I "i ? At lis
i . n niii the comity a'tditoi s!iail an
point III'* I own: 1. i |i Rssi":> Us on]
i i ii I hoard o: in -.i : stirs. Tin- lowiijn^j
hoard ol assessors shall In- paid
per day for tinir actually < mid ? ? \ ? I .
not in i ? \ c i ? ; * ; 1 ilvii days in any out year,
prov ided. that win n rial estate is as*
jessed , it shall n exceed ten i'a\.-\
Till* chairmen of th hoards of a --<? ?]
nors ,;!i i ? 1 i-i ? iv?- tin' rami* per diem
and I'.mitcd to tin d ivs wlcii s*>rv
I UK nil t'li* i . 'inl;. hi.ild.. < f t ie;i' \>,\
t ion.
in Inniciii" coinily. menih-us of the
count y hoard oi" i -pia ii/.ai ii ni r-'iall ?o i
receive five : r.ijts J ?. ? r mil ? on" w ay hi
the most ditvi't route to tip* murl
IniMSfi.
In Kiirti'-hl. whim Ihn loimlii'i- of
days of sal d h*?ii'ils sh ill not c\i ??? rl
t )i it t> da>s. and tho inciiiSi't'.; of town
shin hoards shall have n,t mih a:*t
In S'na 1 1 a nhni i'. comity the h u d i f
ii shall he appoint d hv i';"
(?o. nly hoard ivf r'.JV.V." ; -siotif i"< av.d
s' ;.ll r' "(dvi' a.-' i oinncir at ion
day f ii- linu> at i i illy cipnloyt I, m '
lo i V'.'i'ctl t c ti days in any one year. ? v
?*i'pt w hi n real estate is a.'-st s' ? d i n r1!
In such yonrs n it e\c tlitir tifio^n
days. Tho clmirnn n of tl<e hotrd.s yf
a.vsessors shall ri" eh e the same jMT
dleia and he limited to i n i;v" .. In a
si-rvlni: on the lajuntv hoard of eipiali
zation. e\t epl when r? -jl c - ? 1 1 <? H as
Sfssed. and lira to lifu" n days.
In OratiKchurn eountv the ;? i ; to,,,,
sli a 1 1 appoint ih^ ? disctiel. fr !i ti
ers in oa' h township of sp< - la] tax dis
trict. who Kiiall roceivo $l.on p- i- ?| iv
for not exceeding one day in each var
and mileage, and the same conip' n ?
I ion shall Ik* allowed the idiairnia i
w hen sit 1 1 n k !i.i a mem her of t li ? conn !
hoard n f eipiali/ation limited to one
day. Township assessors and sp .-ial
hoa rds shall meet on tlu* lirwt Tuesday
in March, or as soon thereafter as te a -
tlralde. The chairmen of rath hoard
tjf assessors and each special hoard in
The cOliuiy shall <-ompoj?e I tie c unity
hoard of ?'ipiali*ation and shall meet on
the fourth Tuesiriy in March an. I or
ganize l?V. f leet vnf< on- of their numh"i
chairman.
TO\rXSU 11^ COM M I SSH)\* ICRS.
I It tile eo:inf\rs of Jl.inJjert?. Ihirn
well. Meanfoft , V^havh st" /ij ('hei-ohcr
Chester. Kershaw^and ,11/uunlon. t 1 1 "
township commistfhrftM's shall aise.-ss
the property i;i their res'jie t i ve town
ships or tax districts and shall receive
as eompensiitloa $3.00 per day white
actually employed in assessing proper
tv, not nxceedlm: three days; except !n
tliosfi townships or tax distrlcta in
which Is situated an incorporated town
or city of one thousand ami less than
five thousand inhabit anis, they shall
he paW for not exceeding five days*
and In those townships or fax districts
where there is a city or town of over
five thousand or less than one thou
sand, tlu/y shall he paid for not exceed
ing te n days, and in those inwnj?hir.a '
or tax districts in which is situate I an
incorporated town Or city of tin thou
sand inhabitants or more, they
he paid for not exceeding twenty ilft >??.'!
That no per diem stiatl tie paid u/ieas 1
accompanied by the affidavit of ,un h
member, giving the number of days ac
tually employed, and by the certificate
of the count v auditor that Hindi mem
ber has fulfilled all the duties Verpilred
by this article; that .ih-v chairman of
such township b rt rd of commissioners,
when acting as members of t lie <-ounty
board of equalization, shall receive a?t
compensation for their sm viec-i; SJ.tjt)
per day for each day actually employed
in performing tnich duties, and mileage
at five centa per mile each way for
travel actually performed, to be paid by
the county treasurer upon the warrant
of the county board of commissioners
on the certificate of the county auditor.
The eounty board of equalization of
the last above mentioned counties fill all
brr rompofifid "flfl f 6TT owsT ~ The cTTa f rm an
of the township board of commission
ers and the county supervisor, except
In the city of Charleston, where jfjie
city council shall elect -six citlze'n.s of
the city of Chprleaton. who, with tho
eounty audlmr, , shall compose the
board of equalization. {
- At" the flnrt mr?ettn#f of the county
board of equalization they shall elect
one of thcli number chairman, who
ftball be a member of the State board |
of equalization.
The county auditor shall act aa the
^lerk of the board.
n?r? Mention.
John Jf Feeljr, ihe youngest mem
ber of the present House of Repre
seniatlvea. jf the ? man who heat
"Bill" Jx>rimer. the Republican local
leader la Chicago, In the election of
Feelv was born 4 In lllfnole In '
retire aQer UU
J?. H? la tonMr
bnm
% ? -
Dili STINK!: IMINCNT
Coal Operators I ikel\ to /Ia\e Serious
Trouble.
*
COM1! 1 1 INS I.OIIK IIIRI: \TININ(i
I'nloss (ho Conditions ot (ho I'nltcd j
Mine \\ ?ti kci s aro .Met a .*"<(rlkc Is 1
I o I ay. lii Api 11 I ?(
Shair.o!% in . I W-?, Special "I reso
1 ? : t .1) | i ? ?riil <?.! :>( Mondav s .session
:!t ? . v. nl :?>n i f I he I ailed Mi lie
\W rlvt ? ., i?f \un ii.a !?> I he ;t 1
i im .? a;?|'t?t it 1 1"! Saturday made a
pi i>\ fiiit.f decla ml i: n and il
!: 1111.1 !!!? .1 ' \ adopted . \ i 1 i ? I" il?
: ; 1 1 I *i't ">i d r a ( Milt !n 1! made tins
I ? ? .?l
? ? " : ? \ i li n.i ii iei ? v. ? . 1 v adopt -
??d ? : i-rn-'SM n l.'.tl'V.r. ai bmi 1 1 ed h v
a < "in mi li it imp posed ui tin<
drill. I J . I | Vlri. -1)1.;
an I 'J The i ; ?. ? ! ? ? < i < i n rerit>'!'. (lip
eft. : . ma>l< 1-v the represent :?i i vr:i of
? it? : a ' w i m aei s I ! ) : ; < ?? - 1 1 1 e
? .iiu'? rca. and .'alia attention
I i tit : ep. u- ii \ i, la1 ions of I h. pr> > in
.? ? . ? v i ? . i in their imlit'i'S, p ?:;ted
? ??!?? > ? ai n :?? ?. iis w ? ? i J a-; their i'aiiai ??
i t , i v in. i i!;i> ^ vhal nndei ??tandins:
I i \ ? .1 I t 1 1 ( ().' f'-plTr-a-H I a I i \ .'?i 1 ?l' I ll??
Mir-! im t ry ? m: railroads last March.
I 1 1 1:' r? ? 1 1 1 >: i ii >a a iso i al is a l t e ii l h ? a
i > il-t v. a a- a. ilc v\ Ii it'll was draitel
;'ial 1 1 a a i l i 1 1 1 1 ' a s I \ adopted hy I in' ??an
r v < ? ) r 1 1 > i ? , I lie t ssfii I ial ii'iil ma :> nl' which
\ shorter Work day, a minimum
da;, w:\y.r scale. uniform increase la
u v.. s ;iuii tin> wei^him*. of coal where
it: ? physical conditions of mining
v. ? niii ma! e il prad ieahle.
"It further explains (lial upon inves
'ivii-.l! in ii if' found liiai the avrrai',0
annual lainii'^a of the anthracite inino
wotlar:; !s conshhra ldy loss titan in
:iny ? t 1 j . ? r iia^oiianl American indus
try. while til-* nnniher of fatalities and
Injprlcs. in proportion to the number
Of pi'i'S'inn employed, is more than any
o; 'o i i ndii: t ry,
i "'i! i.'s.vJiit ion liifii ihalan'S that
t!u> miii'' worla-rs rannot wit t i honor i<i
t lit-rrisi'l \ a a (:?:? in jn.;ti<a> to i)ioH?' d?'
p. ?;:<!' at np ui tin in, ??tiniinur under llio
[in tr.i low navts an I i it > ! <'fl ?i i t?* eon
(lif'ons of em ploy men t, and provides
ft>)- a i; t ? ii'Ma I sn .pension of work to
l ik t Jfeel np >a a date t ? he di.-sintinl -
fi| l,y the ev utixav hoards of distrh'I.H
J 7 and
"Il |irovides. Iniwevi'l', tli^it iicfore |f
iit .'.'J "a to sii"h draatie nieaf-aireH, ami
Willi a iiai-erihi- .I.'J'tH' lor a peaeeiul
; it|iilinti of l lie p< rp!e\mj{ iiJt'Ld'.'ni. an
appeal lie III I'll' to I lie e\eeil!l\e mini ?
in it t ? of lie- Imiustrial d'liartmenl of
lla National ('ivie I'edcradon. Should
liii.- fed latent re.fn.^e to act. or slionM
liie.v fail ia t li' I r effrri'ts l?i eil'eet. a Raf.^
iia'ii.'lorv adjnxl ment prior to April l,?
ir i if. afl'-r thai dale, n<:?oi iationH.avn
iniil pfiniin^. all anlhraeito mino work
ers e::eept I Ii ?}<e n'ceana ry lo Uceji tho
inineii in repair shall remain away
froiii I lie mines. stripniiiKH, washers
and 'ipa'a rs on TnosiiuN's, Thursdays
and Saturdays < f ?'ach weel<. Should a
strilie take jilaco, no selthnient will ho j
maile in any Keprtrato uisladet and will
n- I terir.iniil<> 1 1 t . ' i 1 it has lieon otIl?dal- j
ly (iet la rod cndci! h.v a convonlion rop- j
reseni in>r llio tliro'> anthraeile distriets. j
The lorrniitee lo noRouato with tho '
('ivie !?'? (!< i a* ion !iaa not yet heen tip- J.
pohitftl." X'N
('(.inrncnt in? o:i the action of fiio 1
'< a venti ,ji. J'lrshh nl Mitelit ll Raid:
"! am free Jo conferi:: that a strike Is
imminent."
1 iih'KS (ho f/rmts of tho Civic Pod- |
era: ion are ? ffeetivo with tit" coal op- ,
? rat ois, ii I:: more thah likely Hint a
i > ;???* it toe of TliO StrliK^lo of will
o i an in (he antiir.K lie region. In tlir.t
v< ar I tO.iaiO empl<i\ ?-a of (lie antliraeito [
minea w<re out on a strike for uix
w'feka.
A Strike nt Lowell Seems Certain.
l.oweli, Mass., Special, ? A geneial
of t lie textile operatives in Low
<11 now seems unavoidable. The cotton J
spinners and (ho loom fixers in r?i Mon*
day evening anil voter! to -stand by tho ?
demand of the council.
?'The spinners voted to strike at th* j
word of t !i o conrvil. and the loom fixr*
f is wont- them one hotter hy instruct
iiiK Ihefr delegates to advocate! a Ken
t-nil ftrlUo at tho mooting of tho ronn
eil The demand of the textile council
for :j 10 per cent. Increase in wages
Saturday was refused hy tho mill
rv'ehls.
Missing Han 'Found.
WrldOT). X. <\, Special.? Mr. J. J.
Cobb, who has hoon missing for (sov- ?
oral days, was found dead in the '
canal Sunday. He had hoen foully
murdei'Vl. There wore three pistol
phot wounds and a wound on tho j
, head mad?* with Home Instrument,!
R apposed to he a hatehet, as a bloody j
hatchet v.as found in an old vacant I
house near by. Tiie coroner's jury j
found that ho was murdered by f
j parties unknown to the jury at this
time. The doctors who made the au
topsy say Mr. Cobb was either dead
or unconscious when placed in the
. water, aa tluire was. -lungs-j
antf (lotted blood was found In*' the
j brain.
Colored flattf~y Tidied. ? ~
, Tryo, Ala., Special. ? Dill Zlgler, a
negro, was lynched Saturday night,
[ about 8 miles below this place. _Hq was
' charged fcth an assault on a little
whltd girWwhoae name is withheld on
aceount or her family. The negro had
a preliminary hearing a?d waa bound
I over to the grand Jury. The sheri*
, started to town witl\, the prisoner,, but
was overpowered by the mob. The cor
oner's Jury renedered a ve% diet .that the
negro came' to bis death at the bands
of unknown part tea. ,t c .
Qreat Dwlructiba^f *WH.
Hpecial.?UAJy t+ro tot
en pieces of mall were saved from the
two or three ton of postal matter of]
- - ... ... . . - ... i
I AWUN wum L>.
Tli.* fcliike of Newfoundland sealers
\\ a . declared I" he elided.
1 lii' painters mi M:i ik hf-der, N IV.,
demand a i\i i.- ?? in wa^e.s fivm $1.7o a
day i<?
'lite |?i ? " t 11 1 Wi'.^'c scale ia I lie Mas-.il
]nii (i)Iiioi district has lu'i a iwecpled
li y the miners.
Two hundred ' i*i< k la y. rs ia C'oitiin
I ii:i, Ohio, have stink i or tli'iy ilv?
i ms aji li air. ,
i'i in inm.Ired vlrikim: ijuariv toon ajt
l.Miiny, Mass., have rc'ns.d a lea per
CCill. illd'CaSC ( Ollipl 01lli.se.
< > \ ? r r.m) union machinery nmuid'Ta
ha\ ? sUin K in Cleveland, Ohio, I or a
1 1 1 1 1 1 i i it 1 1 1 it wiH',o scale of .V"! a (lay.
Hi-purls 1'n'ia lahor unions show that
ever "U ? nit n were thrown out of
w i i lv l?y t lit.* 10 cut lluOti.s ia Uu* Vir
ginia', ,
,\i iM'ivHrr. I'I, tin painters tyavi>
: . ( i u ??< i i '? \ t*- t t'lli i pel" holll", liNcklayet'H
ifii t i nl ; an. I nine hums, without a
si nkc.
AM (he l \ i!t> t orpovallon? ia Fall
llivfi; . Imve ."ranlcil iln ten per
t itl ( I va lieu in uaijf.s to take effect
im in' dial fly.
< iu ilia l n wa;;e scale lias horn
.t I. there is no lunger any danger
of i * i i ike this ytar annai^ I lie oO.OUU
mine; ; in the Pii ls!>m*g dKtriet.
? >. aid.-, tl worker* in Illinois a ro Oli
? ; t ? : ; \ t -ri li-; |o hive (he machinery re
m ? t v i I lYmn the J-'i tie I Vniicnliary in
?itl' r n> 1 svrii ihe pi odiicl it'll of coll
\ i>'i made j'.ooils,
" i ? ? ? ? t ii'.n makers of I't.rlt) Uico have
"a in <1 SI in. 're per KlUli without ylrilU'.
I "?f lo it Ma vers, t a t pelt! era and paint
ers ui' i he i-land have organized dnrin;;
i iii' past nmni it.
? ' **" aiiitfi'^ at I'll isliitrg, ?
ii".i'ff mcnt. The ram will he forty
cents mi hum t?r N.l.'jo lor an ehjlit
lif'.u day I'll.1 isnd ytriker.s I'd in ui'd
l' t v. t. ! k a t oiit e.
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