Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tbe strategy used Thursday evening, however, played into the hands of the lynchers, and they were Mwarded for their effoita. ' . , . * THK LAW'S DKLAY. Williams was put on trial at the April term of Court in Williamsburg tbe case continued until this term pf tbe Court. Williams was carried ba&k to the Penitentiary and kept there until Monday morning, when be was taken to klngetree for trial. The case was called and tried, but the Jury failed to agree and a mistrial was or dered. Thursday afternoon Sheriff Graham, of Williamsburg, deemed it advisable to send Willisms again to tbe Peni tentiary forsaft-keeping, and placed him in another prison in charge of Deputies Britton and Wheeler. The plan was to send the party through to Columbia without stopping, and for that purpose tbe sheriff requested the Coast Line officials to have train No. 32, the northbound fast West Indian limited, stop at Kingatree and take tbe four aboard. This was done and tbe train delayed only a moment. In the meantime, however, the news rsaohed Scranton that Williams was beligraent to Columbia as rapidly as possible, and was aboard the train that would pass through Scranton withiq a few moments thereafter. TBS LYNCHBR8 GBT None*. It did not take long for tbe crowd to get the Information, for by tbe time train No. 59, tbs local passenger from Charleston, wss due the crowd bed their faoes blacked, and with all sorts of masks and dresses collected at the station. By this time train No. 50 approached tbe station and tbe en tire train was searched, but Williams waanot aboard. Tbe train was then let go and procetd.d on to Florence. Tbe peismg n, however, were terri bly frightened. As soon as train No. ■50 left the i rowd arranged to bold up train No. 32, which' was only fifteen minutes behind the lees 1 . fH* FAST TBAIN BTOPPBI). - As It approached the stati >□, En gineer Lou's Mills was flagged down by a red flag. Having been stopped at Kingatree to take the prlsrnor ^aboard and it being an unusual thing ' to stop north of Line’s the engineer tboughout tint the prisoner was to be put iff at Scranton, and be stopped his train stthe station. Noamner than tbe aheels stopped moving, the crowd of lyochers, some twenty-five or more, boarded tbe tia'n. Tbe out side vestibule doors were closed, but they broke them open. Oapt. Charlie Casque, who was In charge of the train, made every effo rt to shove them 'back out of tbe doors, but they had gained entrance through the dining And ether cats of the train and ran Into the car looking for Williams Capt. Gssque told them he was not aboard, but they would not believe him. He then begged them to get out of the coaches, as the lady passen gers and children were being soared to death. ^ THE KURDEREB SEIZED. They then moved forward to the combination coach and found Williams in charge of Deptitlis Britton and Wbeeler, who made every effort to keep them back. Tbe door was brdken open and twenty or more guns lepu Wtt It la certain, however, that Wil liams wss dead wbea tbe train reached Florence only a "few mlnteta later, pt. Ga-que was tsrribly worried ver tbe trouble when he wss seen te- shows that be did all that he could have done to stop tbe mob, for he was fiUsd with shot and his clothing and linen were badly bemear- ed. ■ * Engineer Mills knew nothing ^of what the trouble was until after r. aching Florence, Be only knew that he was stopped by a red flag, and thought that It was on account of let ting off tbe pars:ngsra. BODY FOUND. A special from Lake-Oity says the tody of Cairo Williams, riddled with bullets, has been found in a bay near Scranton, Magistrate Baldwin lanow bolding an Inquest, numbered about 150. •The . lynchers A COWABDLY ATTACK. An Atlanta Preacher Aaaanlted While in a Barber’s Chair. The Sloram’s Officers and Owners Bald Keeponslblt fbr Disaster. WILL BX TAX1B mo CUSTODY. Dteaater aa Story of the Fire and Told by the Captain of the Ill-Fated Steamer on t the Stand. The inqul’y conducted by Oorouer Berry end's jury into tbe General Slocum disaster in New York Harbor concluded Tuesday, and after was deliberation a ver- -flu-although her captain wss not pres- dict was rendered in which tbe direc tors of the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, tbe captain of tbe Slocum, Captain Pease, the commodore of'the company's Jfleet, and others were held criminally responsible. Warrants for their arrest were issued. The mate of tbe Slocum, ac cording to the jury, acted in a cow- misconduct of Steamboat Inspector Lundborg. lt was recommended, should be brought to the attention of the federal authorities. The charge in each case wss man slaughter in the second degree. Ball was fixed by the coroner in amounts carrying from tl.OOO to $5,000. The directors of the company are: Frank A. Barnaby, president; Charles 6L Hill, vice-presidents Jame& 1L [ rt i^ 0( f Atkinson, secretary; C. Delacey Evans, Robert K. Story, Flojn S. Corbin and Fran G. Dexter. . When tbe assistant district attor ney moved that warrants he issued after the verdict bad beeo given, Mr. McManus, counsel for the steamboat company, protested that such proce dure was unnecessary, as all the men wow ready to appear and give hail when called for. - The protest was of no ayail. The mat?, Edward Flanagan; who was under detention ss a witness, was the first arraigned. Be pleaded Bot guilty and* his hail was fixed at $1,- 000. No bondsmen being on hand, he was committed to jail. Inspeotor Lundborg pleaded not guilty and was re'essed on $1,000 x>ads. ~ - ■> ■ — Ball wss fixed st, $5,000 each for ’resident Burnaby ai kinson and bonds wi once. \ Captain Van Scbaick is s prisoner In tbs Lebanon hospital. At the assist ant d'striot attorney’s request the cor oner committed the assistant engineer, E twin Br»ndjw. sni the deck hands, Coakley aud Trembly, ss witnesses, At Albany, Ga., on last Monday Chief of police R. N. Wesbrook as saulted Dr. Len G. Broughton, of Atlanta, with a rawhide whip. Tbe ^rdly manner, and tbe attack was made in & Broad street baroer shop. The encounter 1 caused wild exditemeut. The trouble started Sunday after nooq when Dr. Broughton who in leadlnga series of meetings In Albany, stated In the presence of a large con gregation that rottenness pervaded the city government of Albany. He specifically charged that Chief of Po lice R. N, Wj96fcbroq| had beeo taken from a bouse of questionable resort in a state of intoxication. He promised to produce affidavits to sustain his charges'if they were desired. Chief Westbrook denied the charges. His friends confidentiy stated that be would personally resent what they deemed an unpardonable insult and their confidence pioved to be well founded. The ball opened Monday afternoon when State Senator-elect Cruger West brook a son of tbe chief, made a per sonal attack on R. W. Jordan, who has been taking a prominent part in the revival meetings and who, it was alleged had furnished Dr. Broughton with the Information which bad been used in the sensational charges made. Monday afternoon just before 6 o'clock, Dr. Broughton went into | Broad street barber shop, accompanied by several of his friends. In a few minutes be was followed by Chief Westbrook. Dr. Broughtoft .was in a barber's chair. Chief Westbrook made several inquiries as to which of the. several gentlemen who were being shaved was the Atlanta divine. As soon as he Identified Dr. Broughton the chief produced a heavy rawhide whip and struck him three or four ^et^iQj them to the bouse of deten- tlnoen, but owing to tbe interference of a dozen persons the blows did not take full effect. There were several side fights precipitated Id the excite ment. It is charged by a number of persoDs who were present that Dr. Broughton bad a pistol and threat ened to use it. He assumed tbe defen sive with a heavy iron cuspidore, held tightly In one band, the other band Ming thrust deep into one of bis coat pockets. Chief Westbrook used some unprintable language iu denouncing Dr. Broughton, who did not reply. * The Weevil in Texas Oats. The State says railroad men of the f-e'ght fiopartments are asking what districts in Texas are atl.cted ty the boli weevil, in erder that they may know as to tbe shipment of oats fiom tint State. South Carolina takes a large quantity of oats f om Texas and freight men say thit the law may cut down their revenues some. Although the States between South Caro ina and Texas have laws f rbiddirg the bhipment of oats and other crops from that dh-tHct ttsesps that none of these have been looked into. The counties affected in Texas, according to the report filed with the railroad cotumiiston, ate bounded by a line through Texas runnlug north and south tjbrough Starr county, thence in a northeasterly direction to Gray son county, thence In a southern dlrction to the cen’re of Oabine parish, La., and thence south to the county of Jefferson, Texas. The rail road commission will Interpret the law lu its strictest sense, and the rail roads will not haul any oats or other products from that district unless they decide to Carry tbe case into court and have tbe law tested aw. v covered the deputiis. "They were ordered to turn Williams over. They again refused and a souffle ensued . Both of tbe deputies were considerably braised and scarred from tbe > souffle, • Flnfllly tbey were told if they did not ^ five bin i up, and that quick, both or all of them would hsshot down there and then. The deputies soon «-> that' there wss no released him under jfroteM. The crowd then grabbed Williams, who held to the iron pod of the seat lu which be was silting, but that soon gave way and he was carried out of -^tbrtafia, . TRAIN ABR1VBS AT FLORENCE. Qipt. Gseque, as soon as the crowd lift Iha tetfu, ordered h»a engineer to Bold Under MortgAge. What is regarded ss another failure of negro ownership and Operation of a cotton mill was marked Wednesday when the Coleman cotton mill at Goo cord was sold at public auction under an execution of two mortgdges held by tbe Dukes of Durham, N. O. The property was bid in for the mortgages at 410,000. Tbe concern owes $20,000. use maklmr'anv T** Oolemen mill was the first in ft their prisoner Hqrtb Carolina to run with colored - ” ^ -* heV The organizer of the mill was Warren Coleman, a well known negro of Conoord. He bed considerable means and ft is laid that the failure of tbe venture cost him most ofms prcp rty. Coleman died some months ago. • i ^ gjloted to the Hlliti*. Acting Secretary Oliver bf tbe War department has made the annual allot ment of the $i,000000 appropriated by oonfTeas ftrprovlde a rms and equip meat* for the organized militia of the The money is appor- 8tales as follows: ArkiiMM $17,062; A dir patch from St. Petersburg says the submarine boat Delfln sank at her moorings lu the Neva, off the Baltic shipbuilding yard, at it o’clock Wed nesday morning with the lorn of an officer, Lieut. Cherkfiaoff, and 20 men. The accident was due partly to the excessive number of the crew, mostly Inexperienced men; abd' chiefly to the unfortunate attempt of a man to es cape while his comrades were screwing down tbe manhole. Tbe officers aod men detailed for submarine instruction had assembled at the Baltic jard and three of tbe officefs d.c'ded to go down in the Del ent, relying on the experience of her akll|«d crew. A fcore of novices were aonous to go with the three officers. The Deifin's nominal capacity is ten men, irk,teed of which 32 entered the boat, bringing her manhole in dan gerous proximity to the river, level. Just then a tug passed, sending a heavy wash against tbe beat. As so^n as ths water splashed Into tbe submarine boat’s interior, it cre ated a panto among tije novices and one of them tried to get out of tbe manhole which tbe other hands were screwing down preparatory to the de scent, the submerging compartment having already been opened. The' water rushed In and as tbe submerged vessel jank like a stone, the officers and some of the men were saved, be ing blown through tbe manhole by the rush of escaping"air. Tbe Delfin shortly afterward was of tbe officers saved, said to the cor respondent of the Associated Pie*: "Tbe tragedy was like a dream. I remember a sickening sense of iuffo- cation from the fumes of the storage batteries and tbeu a rush of air aud water. Tbe next thing I knew I was ashore." The Delfin is Russia's best submarine boat. She was designed by I of Naval Architect Boubnoff aud Capt. Bekelmisheff and underwent a success ful trial in 1893. PAIXTOX’S W0XD1RFUL CRAFT. With Multiple Electric Propeller, to Croee Ocean In Three Day*. d Secre'ary At- ^ 0I furnished at Captain Van Schiick, tbe command er of the Slocum, was the price 5 pal witness. He said he had noth ng to do wijh the general equipment if that steamer in tbe first place, nor with her life-savieg appaiatus. He said. Captain Pease looked after the equip meat of tbe Slocum each season. He satd the government inspector bad condemned s me of the life preservers since 1891, and personally, had throw cut about thirty. In tbe course of the bearing Cap tain Van Schasck was asked what he when Ibformed the steamer was on fire. He slid be ordered full speech. "It was flood tide and the boat was mak ing fifteen or sixteen miles an hour," said the captain. “Thetm ke came back to tbe pilot bouse. We were then about four lengths deyoud tbe sunken Preliminary steps were taken Tues day for the organization of a com pany that will build a ship that will tbe ocean In three days. The meeting was held in the office of Lewis Nixon, at. No. 26 Cortlaodt street, at which, nag present R’chard Benjamin Painton, inventor of the "multiple electric propeller.’’ Tbe plan tentatively agreed upon is to build a vessel 600 feet In length at a cost of about $2,000,000, with which it Is confidently asserted, tbe passage time between New York and South hampton will be cut in two. The in ventor claims that forty knots an hour can be made. Mr. Painton lives at Williamsport, Pa., and is a mechanic. It was while working at bis trade that he envolved tbe idea of tbe multiple electric pro peller. The device consists of a series of. propellers arranged along tbe side of a vessel and driven at great speed by electricity. For a torpedo boat destroyer tbe size of these at present in use In the United States navy, twelve propellers would bj necessary, six on each side. In addition, single or twin screws could be provided, to be operated alone or Jointly with tbe side propellers. Mr. Painton outlined to a WorldTe- porter what he. expected would be ac complished through his invention. One hundred and fifty revolutions Birth sad Death Rates Race Characteristics. TEXT DIBTRIBUTXD A* Shown by I hr Cenaua. The Propor tion Between. Pure Blooda and ^ Ifolaitoea, Female* pre dominate Over Males. CLEVELAND’S B001 meadows. Thepllat said to me: *What m i nu te is the limit of steam power, shall I do?" He said: I>t her go; tbeo wblle my eleotrio motori can make 1,500 revolutions a minute," I ran to see wbat tbe fire was like. At the head of thestoini I fount a wo man on-her kne s. I lifted her up and down the hatchway. It wag. all flame. I ran back to the pitot bouse and slid to tbe pilot; Ed, ►he’s gone, v beach ber.’ He (said ‘Where?’ and I pointed to-Nortb Brotber Island. ‘Shave that dock and put her starboard side on the beach.’ Then I started to go aft, but tbe flames were coming like a vol cano and my hat oaugbt fire. That’s where my face and hands got buroed. There was no chance to move. It was coming like a locomotive headlight." The witness slid it was impdfislble to reach the boat anywhere else with as good a chance to save life. He de nied that he received information of a fire before the alarm, be acted upon reached him, afid branded* as sfl$ured the report that a hoy told biin-'at Ninetieth street that tbe boat was on fire. ' Over 500 homes, business houses and school-houses, a short distance from Pittsburg, Pa., on the Pan Handle railroad, .are inundatetHn two to ten feet of water from Robinson’s run by a clofcd-burst Wednesday night. Many bridges and buildings wers washed away, horses and cattle were browned and at le$at one life was lost. It is rumored that ethers perished, but the reports have not been verified.. There were many escapes. Both electric line plants at McDonald are flooded and the town Is in total darkness. Traffic in tbe Pan Handle dlstiiet is com pletely tied up, The only fatality so far known was tbe drowning of an un known Italian, and his body has beta found floating ln Robioson f s run this morning. . ~ ~ May mm n.. The Agusta Chronicle says an old _ Confederate officer, In Augusts, while l Georgia $25,932; Ke*- (ivoring the Jspa, predicts that lag- 117,$52; land,, France, Germany;. China, and ’* Ro sefeltUbeg pardon Uncle Sam) vm ffNi. he said. "The power is transmit ted by electric wires direct to motors built on propellor shafts. No telling D required, and the machinery is fimplTcity itself. I claim that there is practically no limit tc the speed of the screw under this system. "Tbe only noise on the hew vessel will be similar to that made by a fly wheel in * motion. Another advan tage is that tbe terriblq. beat furnaces and steam pipes will be obviated. "A distinct feature qf It is that tbe screws extend from stern to stem and thereby tend to maintain an equili brium that will materially diminish tbe pitching aud rolling of the vessel. Tbe long shaft being disposed of, there will be no thumping apd no jar will be felt from tbe horizontal mo tion. "The most efficient turb'ne engine in the world will ba uted, which means a great saving weight of ma- oblney and in space now occupied by coal. Steamship propulsion now con- sumss 3,000 tons of coal at a cost of $18,000 a trip to Southhampton. Tbe electric ship will reduce tbe coal emsumpthn to 1,600 tons, being a saving of $9,000 on each trip.”—New York World. Shot Himself. A dispatch from Spartanburg says: William M. Lowe, night watchman at the Whitney ml'Is, killed himself Friday aftenoon by shooting himself through the heart with a 38-calibre Xfctol In an upstairs room of Mb dweHTOg, which is located In the mill town: Lowe waif ifi years old. His wife agd six children, the moat of whom work in Whitney mil's, survive Mm. For eeven or eight yean b* bad bean engaged aa drayman for the fac tory, but gave up reeratly to become Tbe census bureau Friday issued the final bulletin on the negro popula tion of tbe United Statev Tbe num ber of negroes In tbe United Ssates, including the entire area covered by the 12th census (continental Unitod States, Alaska and Hawaii) and Puerto Rioo is 9,204,531,' perhaps a larger number than is found In any other country outside of Afrtoa. The report indicates that between 11 and 16 per cent, of the negro population have or are teUevol by tbe enumerators to have some degree of white blood. The centre of tbe negro population is in Dekalb ^county, Alabama, about four miles from west ern boundry of "Georgia, having moved thence from Dinwiddle county, Vir ginia, since 1790. Over 77 per cent of tbe negroes live lu the country, against over 57 per cent, of tbe whites. Almost 90 per cent, of the negroes lu continental Untied States are In SAiflhern States and three- tenths of them are in Georgia, Missis sippi and Alabama. Negroes constitute alout one-fif teenth of the city population and seventh of the country population of continentlal United States. There was an increase among the negroes of 1.345,318 or 18 percent. in continentlal United States but the rate of increase declined steadily through tbe nineteenth century. Tbe uegrors, unlike the Indians and the native white, have a slight excess females, llliteiacy among them Is about seven time* greater than among the whites. There are 3,992,- 337 negroes lu tbe United States en gaged in gainful occupations. Their death rate approximates 30 per oent. while that of ihe whites under the same calculation Hi 1? per cent. The proportion of mulattoes to all negro* is usually higher in cities of the great cotton growing States than it is in the districts outside of the oitles. The district in which tbe pro portion of negroes is greatest lies in tbe Mississippi alluvial region along' both banks of tbe lower Mississippi, where five-eights of the population is negro, the maximum being in Issaque na county, Mississippi, with mere than 15 Degree to each white person. Ne groes form one-third of the population in the south both in citiei and lu country districts while in the north they are about-one-fortlsih of city and one-ninetieth of country districts. In the country district; of the south, ex cluding the pppul&tlog of tbe 242 cities which had at least 2,500 Inhabitants both in 1890 and in 1900, the negroes increased 1890 to 1900over 16 percent.; in the 242 southern oltiee as a whole they increased 22.7 per cjnt. Their increase in the country districts about two-thirds as rapid as that oTTfife whites lu the same area; their increase In southern cities was nearly five-sixths as fast as that, of the whites in the ssme cities. In tbe five southern cities, having at le'st 100,000 inhabitants In.1900, tbe □egro population increased 25 8 per cent., 1890 to 1900; tbe white popula lion of tbe same cities increased only 20.8 per cent- This is tiie only group of aftltheru cities (u which the rate of lucrease of negro populi that of the whites. -> In tbe 38 cities of this class of coutinsnUl United States the per oent. of increase was 38 for n?gro* and 32.7 for whites. " The largest number of negroes liv lug in compact masses ace found in certain urban countit s,several qf which lie outside of the great cotton growing States. The four each having over 75,000 negroes are: District of Colum bia, coextensive with Washington; Sbelby county, Tenn Mempbir; Baltimore city, Md-, and Orleans parish, Lv, coextensive with New Orleans. * The general conclusion sejems wsri ranted that the proportion 'of mula- toes to total negroes was found by the enumerators to be high or low, accord- lug as the proportion of whites or ne groes is higb or low. Tbe total, numbers of negroes repor ted oy tbe twelfth census was 8,840,- 789. To this number may be added ^pe 363,742 persons of pure or mixed negro blood in Puerto K'co, making a total of 9.204,531 negroes under Americxn jurisdiction. This includes 8,833,994 negroes of continental Unit ed States, which excludes those of Puerto il co aud a few in Alaska, Ha waii and the military and oaVals rvloe. He Telia Otstriet Attorney Folk of • Vaat Bribe System. A dispatch from St. Lonis Mo., says It wu announced that Charles A. Gutke, former member of the bom of delegatee, convicted oq a charge of bribery and soon tdbe tried on an other similar charge, Tueeday.made a complete confession to Circuit Attor ney Joeeph W. Folk, lu which he declared -that Former Delegate Charles F. KeUey-bad told him he bad received 850,000 for going to Europe 'when hie presenoe in St. Louis jeopardized men of prominence. Kelley la also resting under one con viction and is soon to.be tried in an other case. Circuit Attorney Folk attaches great importance to the atiohs a Xertamt .... „ Bom* inteiwttlag Gossip Democratic National revelations which have been made by Gutke. When he came from tbe circuit attorneyV office, Gutke hand- < d out for public&tkrti wrltten extracts from bis confession, which the follow- is a part: "The flrat bill that oame up^ after I bad become a member of the bins in the house of delegates was 'suburban loop bill.’ Tbe oombine got $20,000 fer their votee on this bill; on the 'Union avenue bill’ we got $18,000; on the ‘Central traction’bill we got $75,000; on the Third street line bill $15,000; on the lightning bill we got $47,500, on the'Suburban bill we were to get $75,000, which is now iu tbe safe deposit box in the Lincoln Trust company, being placed there with the agreement that it should be turned over to us when tbe btil bad been pawed. While these are some of the largest bribes during my term of office, Ahere Were i numerable others ranging from $10,000 for switching bills to a few hundred dollars for some minor privi lege. Tbe bribe price; were fixed in meetings of the oombine. We would select an agent of the ballot to negotiate for and receive the money. This agent would distribute tbe money among us. From my inti mate knowledge of dealings with this omblne aud from information secured on wbat baa been going on here for tbe last quarter of a qeutury, I make the positive statement that there is hardly a corporation In the eity of St. Louis of $250,000 and over that baa not either been held up for bribe money or bought official action from the combine In the house of dele gates," ... . k . Other details were given by Gutke, who mentioned the name of a promi nent local politician, who, he mid, bad been at the head of nearly ell the combines in the house of delegates during the pMt 26 years. Ha said the "boodle" jang lo St JLcuri Jia* already 'planoed'to’capture the circuit attorney’s office at the next election. Mon Which le Now In •ion at EC. Lonis. A dispatch from St. Louis last Saturday said two distinct lines of operation developed in tbe prelim* Inary skirmish of the Demodtati national oonventtOH. Ode Tf i nebehitf to rush the nomination of Judge Par ker on the first or second ballot and the other is to scatter the vote and so prevent an early nomination with a view of naming Cleveland or Gorman. Tbe friend* of Gorman and Cleve land are working to hold the conven tion for several ballots in tbe hope that their candidate may be named. The Gorman men are not parties in the Cleveland movement nor are the ' Cleveland advoctes combining with Gpnnan s friends. There Is no alii- snee. but it le to the interest of both that the Parker strength be distot*' grated u * *)n as possible. There are a few men hesre men of tbe old Cleve land guard - wh£r are watching every point and who are iti<Qee oommunioa- tian with ClevelandVo euplwrters. jm the They are using tbe southern men and with Mi they use the argument that is (he only mao tbat tbe: can elect. j - N The man who la credited with being the head and front, aud manager o( the Clevels&d morement/Tbomas F. , Ryan, wll) arrive Sunday. Mr. Ryan is a delegate from Virginia, and bee been identified with the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, He has also been ( . a‘related with Charles F. Murphy, Gorman’s position is stated to be that he will not enter into any oomM* nation to defeat the nomination of Parker unlras it means bis own selec tion. Around Gorman is gathered the jfarylaod, West Virginia and Dis trict of Ooiambia delegations and some from other States, with a hare possibility of securing New Jersey and Penngylvania. It seems now that tbe control of party affalrs wtti stMUa , ttmsiitfc Po matfeerwhomay trip' candidate or what wiRbe. the plat form. BRYAN WILL NOT BOLT. Strong sMuraaoea are given that Wm. J. Bryan wilt not holt It la: stated that Mr. Bryan will offlsr vigor ous dikveMJo the platform .and the candidate, bull DEATH FROM BLOOD B0I:0HH*. Of • Prominent Basle Gaffney Last Week. at .41a A Fighting Preacher. A dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla., says Rev. J. B. Holly, a prominent Baptist clergyman of that State and one of tbe editors of The Southern Baptist and Baptist Witness, was fined $250 in criminal court Wednes day. He was charged with assault ing the Rev. W. A. Hobson, pastor of the First Baptist church of that city and also an editor on Tbe Southern BaptistT Mr. Holly struck Mr. Hob- loo in the face several times and braised Mm severely, arose from a dispute as to tbe manage ment of The Southern Baptist and Baptist Witness. The paper la ques tion M the creation of John B. Stetson and Mr. Holly is his personal repre sentative in tbe business. At the board oPaeaoons of the church held Wednesday from Rev. A dispatch from Gaffney says that community «u shocked Tuesday attornoon when it was announced that Fred G. Stacy, president of the Na tional Bank, wMdead. He succumb ed to blood poison a little after 2 o’clock. Mr. Stecy had been In a crltioal condition fdr about two weeks and tbe end was not unexpected. Mr. Stacy’s death is unusually sad. He wm engaged in an altercation a few days ago with another man, ( and striking hjm in the mouth, broke the skin of his hand against the other's teeth. Tbe wound, seemingly slight, giew worse and blcod po'son set in. Dr. William Anderson of Blacks burg, and Dr. Heloitsh of Spartan burg were called iu to assist Dr. O. A. Jeffries and all that medical skill could do was dote for him. He wm thought to be better the latter part of last week, but Sunday he did'not' rest so well, and early Monday mo ru ng he suffered a hemorrhage from i his hand. After a time the flow of Mi* anS 1)100(1 was stopped, but Tu*day morn- ng it wm, decided that the only chance was to amputate the baud Which wm done. Mr. Stecy never rallied after tbe operation. In Mr. Stacy’s death this section loses one of its most usful men. He wm one of tbe best bu ineas men In fcbe whole section and was interested in almost every enterprise In town. He was president of tbe National Bank, tbe Gaffney Savings Bank, the Gaffney Telephone Co , the secretary and treMurer of the Cherokee Lime Works. He was Recently elected secretary and treasurer of tbe re-or- ganlzed carpet milt. He is a d: and has an interest in almost enterprise in Gaffney. Hls place be hard to fill. The Knights of f T Pythias conducted the funeral. Mr Stecy was shout 47 years of age and leaves a mother and a number of brotheri aadMsters. ^ sent it is not tbe inUntkm of the lead ers to allow any greet latitude to him after his minority report has been re jected. ; ■ » Tbe movement tat the Interaat of Mr. Cleveland so farasJt took shape Friday was directed against the candi dacy of Judge Darter. Thus far Dp headquarters have been established in Cleveland's Interest and no delegates who express a preference for Mm nave arrived, but each train coming in frtm the Statoaeastef the MiseMppi seem to bring passengers who regarded the former president as a formidable pos sibility. This circumstance led to the oonolo- ston that s systematic campaign bad been organized In Now York or Wash ington. — • — The friends of Judge Parker i situation boldly and apparently welcoming it. They freely ex| tbe opinion that the serious 4 of Mr. Cleveland’s name In connection Anther of Dixie Deed. A telephone message received Tues day night f om Mount Vernon, O., announced the sudden death in that city of Dao Emmett, the old time minstrel and famous $s the composer of "Dixie." Emmett^ wss about 88 years old. His last public appearance was made four years ago when be tour- The trouble fed the states with a minstrel com* pany. with the presidency will have tbe ef fect of driving many delegates to their candidate. DARI Among this "dark ____ the spoken of are Arihiir P. Gorman and 4ci. W. Folk. JohnT: MoGtavr- and former Senator Henry G. Davie of West Vlrgiqla, who are among Fri- day’s arrivals, were outspoken In their advocacy of Gorman, saying that tbs West Virginia vote would be east tor him from the*beginning. v Evidently the principal oootentioo will be oter the point as to whether there shall be a spesciflo declaration favorable to the affirmation of tbe principles enunciated In tbe platforms of 1896 and 1900. There is already strenuous contention m to whether there shall be any reference whatever to thorn two declarations and there are many shades of views ss to how the subject should be covered. Some delegates express the opinion that the preparation of the platform will be left almqst entirely to Senator Gorman and Congressman Williams, the Democratic leaden In tbe two houses of congress It is generally believed that the character of the platform Mil have a marked influence upon tbe presidential nomioation&nd as only a majority vote is required for its adoption its exact wording will be awaited with much Interest. •• ^ : Ttey know HDn. The national bank officials of 8a* tatmsb were recently tbe guests at a flab supper of President In Adler, of the CbstbM jmak. After a straw vote wakfokep ph Promptly Aoqaitted. At Charleston J. P. Carroll was so- quitted Thursday afternoon of tbe murder of George M. Caulfield. Tbs defendant set up the plea of seif de- fenss. A messenger boy that he. beard one of Qaulfeld make a threat against some OB Mullally testified that trod) ths .of tbe wound, be fieUPe-ana sslt