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YOL. xvm. BARNWELL 8. 0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10.1905. AN ADDRESS In Which Attentioii is Called to the Cotton Scandal. ISSUE]) TO MEMBSBS 01 th« Soathera Cattail Assaclatiaa la Rafereace ta the Receat Wecloear- es af Praa4 ia the National A* rkaitara] Departaeat aad Work Accomplished. ’Y U, _ ^ * _ Preaida&t Jordan and 8«oretary Cheatham ot the Southern Cotton as sociation Tueaday laaued a atatement addreaeed to the memben of the aaso- alatk)ti ealUny attention to the recent discioaures in the cotton statistical work In the department of agricul ture, declaring that efforts are being made to divert attention from the “deficiencies” of the system itself “to. the thieving propensities of a few un worthy officials” and Jetting forth de mands to bs made on congress to re form conditions. The statement fol lows: “To the Members of the Southern Got too Association: “The memben of the association have been apprised through the public press from day to day of the work done by the officers of the association at x Washing ton. As a result of their Charges the unreliability of the reports of the department of agriculture re lating Jo the cotton crop has been ful ly disclosed, and the mal-admlnistra- tlon of thaCdepartment under Ite pres ept head had been made evident. 1 ‘foliowiog tbeee exposures, efforts are now being made to difert public attention from the main issue, which is, the imperfections of the depart meat, toward an attempted prosecu tion oL; anybody who can be found as a scapegoat. Their punishment, even if it la accomplished, is of second ary importance as compared with the reformation of the system wbleh has made their performanoea possible, and the purpose of this address is to secure the co-operation of the members of this association in influencing in every legitimate way a reformation of the system, and a reorganisation of the department. “The membership of this associa tion, numbering nearly 1,000,000, in dueled the producers of the most valu able product of American agriculture. The cotton crop of the United States, and ita by products is worth between MOO 000,000 end 9700,000,000 annual ly. It furnisbas two-thirds of our an nual trade beiyr*"*, and in Its produc tion and manufacture employs many million individuals. No other product of the United States is of greater or of equal Importance. Tbe pradical monopoly of cotton which America enjoys, and tbe narrow balance which has existed for yean between tuffl ciency and scarcity in the world’s cot ton supply, reader tbe cotton market peculiarly and acutely susceptible to tbe reports of the department of ag riculture regarding the condition and prospects of the cotton crop. “Under the present circumstances a great duty devolves upon tbe memben of tbe eswolation. We are 1ms con cerned with what has been dons by a few individuals and the c nsequenoes thereof, regrettable as that they may be, than with such reformation of de partmental methods as shstl secure for us just end accurate reports in future. Under the system at present in vogue, and which promises to be selling valuable information as has been dons In tbe statistical bureau. -i “Ws have no doubt of the seal of the offiosn of the department, but it seems to M m misdirected in this crises as It was In tbs antecedent per iod. All the powen and influence of tbe dsfartaaent« of the lawyen and of every man of the government seems to bs devoted to the attempt to drag net a lot of Irresponsible speculators. That there bavs been for yearn teaks In the department ia as well known to tbe trade as the extsteoee of the de partment* of Itself; but thsee an In significant as compared with the fun damental mismanagement. At tbla time, however, there la a manifest en deavor to divert attention from tbe radical errors and deficiencies of the department Itself to the thieving prop ensities of 9 few unworthy cjflslate. Let us not be mislead by any such misdirected energy. Let os reform at the top and not on tbe side. Let us root out tbs offendsrs, cleanse the per sonnel, change the methods and ren- novots tbs department from root to branch. Then the cause of cotton and good government will alike be served in Rooseveltlan fashion. (Signed) 'HABvnc Jobdan, “President Southern Ootton Associa tion. “Bichabd Ch bath am, 'Secretary.” A DEADLY BOLT. Rve Persons Killed Outright and Nine Injured IN A THUNDER STORM Ot Corny Islttd. -rt Storm TCRGOT TO HANG MURDIUE. Has Just Convicted In I860. Died NMiami Death. Howard A. Cleveland is dead at the state prison at Thomas ton after bav log been confined there ainoe 1880 under sentenoe of death. For some res' eon, never explained, tbe sentenoe was not carried oat, nor was it annulled or modified. It seams to have been forgotten, and Cleveland lived on until be died a natural death. Tbe ease was one of the most re markable in this state. It was tbe only murder ever committed In Orrington. The records show Shat Cle veland was indicted for tbe willful and malicious murder of Warren George. A verdict of guilty was rendered in I860, Cleve land was sentenced to death. Before fixing tbe day for tbe execution, tbe governor and counsel submitted tbe following question to the Supreme Court of Maine: “Did the jury, by Its verdict, find Cleveland guilty of murder in the first degree?” The jury has merely declared Cleve land guilty of the crime whereof be stood Indicted. The Indictment’s in tent was plain, but there was some difference of opinion among tbe jus tioes as to whether tbe men lud been legally convicted of murder In the first degree. Then tbe council passed an order “that the government be advis ed to stay tbe execution of sentence until further advised.” Ttys case then seems to have been dropped by tbe state autbontiee. Tbe Bentifaoe was never commuted. Just why no attempt was made to oar ry tbe sentence Into effect does not appear. Since 1814 tbe laws bad left tbe execution of tbe death penalty in a measure to the discretion of tbe ex ecutive, without limit of time. Tbe responsibility wss so great and tbe sentiment against the death penalty so active that at one period there was no execution in ibis state for nwly thirty years. In 1876 the death pen ally was abolished altogether. In 1883 the death penalty for murder was re established, but in 1887 It was again abolished. Vt lid Man Csunbt. A nude craxy man, who has been hiding la the woods alongside the New Jersey and Niw York railroad tracks, south of Hackensack, N J., for the last few days, was captured early Wednesday morning by Con stable Jaoob Dunn. He bid made a wreath of twigs and tied it around his waist, but it offered kittle jicolteq lion. His body was a mass of tears from Tiead to foot He waa nearly Plays Havoc Rlth Peonies’ Nerves. Men, Wo men and Childrea, Terrified, Seek Shelter la Balk Hosde Which Was Strack. During a thunderstorm of terrific intensity which passed over New York Sunday afternoon five persons were •truck by lightning and Instantly killed, and nine were seriously Injured at tbe Parkway bath bouse, Coney Is land. At tbe same time one man was killed abd three were prostrated at Gravesend beach. Those killed; George Dunwoodle; Buffalo; Jaeob Frenkel, Manhattan; Robert F. Waaoh, Bronx Borough; Charles Bennerle, Brooklyn; Henry Ransweiler, Brooklyn. .J. Tbe Injured: David Willis, James J. Dunns, Tina Christiansen, Harry Krohn, Clara Thiel, Mary L. Curley, Isaac Raffe and wife, Amelia Sobone, Wm. Ransweiler, John Apple, Daniel McCauley, all of Broklyn. The Parkway beach was thronged with bathers and spectators. Tbe rain descended in torrents and hun dreds of men, women and children sought shelter under tbe big giant bath houie, which is elevated above the sandon pilea. The lightning was incessant and terrific thunder claps shook the bath house to the terror of the crowd huddled together beneath it A few minutes before 5 o’o’ook a bolt struck the flagstaff and grounded in the very thickest of tbe crowd. Nearly ft) persons were prostrated and tbe rest screaming with terror, ruahetir out into tbe storm. Those wbojiad remained in tbe water were also panic stricken and fled in all di rections, not daring to enter tbe bath bouse, which appeared to be on fire Ambulances were summoned from all the nearest hospitals and on their arrival five persons were found dead and nine unconscious under the bath house. Tbe b dies of all were scorch ed. Tbe nine injured were removed to a hospital, where it waa said that some probably would die. Many per- mm less seriously hurt were taken some by friends. A slight lire in the bath house wss quickly extinguished by the rain.* Henry Ransweiler was struck and killed while sheltering under a tree et Gravesend beach and his son William, with John Apple and Daniel MoCau ley were rendered unoonadous. Light oing atrook it various points in tbe city. A store in Flushing avenue, Broklyn, wai burned and a oar In Sixth avenue, Manhattan, was set on fire, but the occupants escaped un hurt. Tbe electric light and tbe tel* ephone wires In Bellevue hospital were struck several times, extinguish ing all the lights and causing much alarm among tbe patients. 8AYES A TRAIN Filled With Passengers from Awful Doom aad Wham Offered Hticb Education Her Ktoarfnl Love So Prevent He “Ovowlnc Dp a Dady.” Little Nannie Gibson, a 16-year-old mountain girl, saved a whole train load of people from being dashed down tbe mountain-side in front of her home in the mountains of North Car olina not far from Asheville. In recognition of this heroic act, the Southern railroad promised bar a college education. Her mountaineer lover, finding it out, married her by stealth, in hopes to prevent her going. Her future is now depending >n a suit for divorce which her father is bring- ng for hsr. Nannie Uvea in tbe mountains, 20 miles east of this city. The dream of her life has been Jo receive an educa tion and grow up a lady. Its realisa tion bad always seemed to be es fkr away as tbe skies. Now it seems to be at hand, and she has been simply dix*l by the falry-llke prospect. It all came about one day when Nannie discovered that a landslide bad blocked the track at a sharp curve of tbe Southern railway near her home. Even as she looked there sounded the whistle of a pasrenger GOLD IN DEATH A New Verk Broker’s Body b JUtt InJOS HsU WHERE HE 18 ROUND / By His Wile, Who May Maatec by the Shock. Tbs Dead Mas Had Bees Bibbed sf a Dla- moad Seitlag tea Rtef that be Were. New York his another murder mys tery. Brought borne id a covered ex pram wagon and dumpad in the vestl- idle of his house by two express men, tbs body of James A. Olary, a real estate broker, worth 1260,000, was found Thursday by his wife when the returned from a shoplng trip. Tbs wife stumbled over tbe corpse as she entered tbe vestibule and Is now on she verge of insanity. ^ . An investigation of the oils wit be gun immediately, with tbe result that train thundering down tbs maintain, thar* i* » strong suspicion that Oleary Nannie met tbe emergency by send ing Patty Gibson, her 13-year-old sister, down tbe track to guard against the remote possibility of a wreck from that direction. She chose tbe poet of danger, running with all her might to meet the coming train. When it drew into tight she frantically slg- was murdered.' He worswfwowad half carat diamond ring, which some one had tiled to tear from his finger. Gutting the finger, bat failing to get the ring, tbe robber took some Instru ment and bent back the prongs of the ring, stealing tbe diamond. Tbe earn tea deep mystery, and a half dozen detactives have already TURNED LOOSE. Aaron WflUams, Colored, Who Was Cearietsd is Tow Dischargy*. . mmmmmrigmmm 7 ■ Bad of an Important and Ulgni- fleaat Uaac la Wbleh Lyaeblag A special dispatch from Oamden to Tbe State says last year tbe county, especially the portion Kershaw coun-W-- H .. t|L bordering Sumter county, was M thrown Into great excitement on ao CDunt of a reported esse of rape, wbleh was said to hi Vi been committed upon Mrs. Langley, white, by on# Aaron Williams, a nagro, of the pure Afri can type. Very peculiar ciroum stances surrounded the cue. Tbe eltlxros became indJfnant and throat ed lynching, and Aaron Williaiiis un der protection of law was esoortsd to be penitentiary for safe keeping. The husband of Mrs. Langley oom- mltted suicide. Aaron Williams at tbe February term of court wss brought beck and placed on trial for the offense. He was without counsel, and by appoint ment of the court, Hon, W. B. Trantham, of the Oamden bar con ducted bis defense. Tbe Jury con- rioted him upon tbe testimony of Mrs. Langley, and be was sentenced, to bs banged. From the testimony de veloped in the case and the circum stances connected with the affair, many of the very best white people of ® 1U _ ^ . the county believed in tbe innocence p T *° ^ &AOllne apparently barred from Vicksburg. Many people have eft New Orleans for the Interior. Had H Up Te ftesday is Naw Or leans Aloue, af Wkkti Number Sixty-Two Urssns Huts Died ef tbe Disems. Yellow fever made Its appearance n tbs city of New Orleans test Thurs day, and sines that time np to Tues day there has been three hundred sod four oases. Of this number s|zty-two Cases have been fatal. The authori ties are doing all they can to stop the disease, but up to Tuesday they bad oot bean very successful. There were twenty one new cases on that day and five deaths. . :j. " . :—^ Quarantines everywhere are being drawn tighter. A number of towns n Misiieslppl and Louisiana are cut ting theinsel vei eff from the world and tbs shotgun quarantines up being rapidly extended. Guards slid •ptotorssre being multiplied end tint- el is being msde increasingly difficult. nated the engineer to stop. He hesitated. - But her earnestness been put to work on it. Coroner's Phy- was so great that be realized a dtsas- gioian Riegelman believes Olary died of ateobollsm, but hie friends say be ——5 , . „ exhausted Tbe wild man said be was undisturbed unless Public iN^ 00 John Vincent Gallagher, and that be arofised to tbe need of reform, be department bis home was in Hoboken, where be said his brother William lived in Wil low street. Beyond this OaHagher could tell nothing about bis wsnder* lugs. He has tbe Initials “J. V. G.” tattooed on his arm. Constable Dunn found It necessary to get clothes from people living near where Gallagher was captured, in order to drees tbe stranger before taking him to the jail tbe^e. the reports Issued by the of agriculture are, in their last analy sis simply the individual opinion of a few officials of doubtful experience end honor by which the value of the cotton crop may be, and has been, affected as much as 976,000,000 In a single day. “No such power should be delegat ed to any individual* or statistical board, except under coiditlons which guarantee tbe most incorruptible ex pert and Intelligent opinion, arrived at by the application of tbe most scientific methods and safeguarded by tbe most scientific precautions. It is, therefore, urgently recommended to the members of tbe Southern Ootton tBrw iat.tnn that through their repre Antatlves in congress, and by evary other m**"* available to them, they exert their Influence end that of the association toward securing tbe im mediate reorganisation of the agricul tural department, especially with re ference to it* reports on tbe cotton crop, and that their representatives In congress be requested specifically to demand: (i) The establishment with in the department of agriculture of a bureau, to be known as the oyttoa bureau, charged specially and solely with tbe duty of reporting upon the crop and all matters concern ing thst staple. (2) the appointment as tbe head of that bureau, at ao ada- noate salaryi of a man Jboee by tbe negro with an froo bar. The lion and antecedents shall ae beyofld negro Jgd but was captured and posl- Called Oat the Militia. At VI sol is, Cal., It was necessary to call out tbe local military company Weomsday night in order to protect private property aad restore order. Tbe trouble started by three fires which were accompanied by pillage followed by determioed efforts on part of citisens to protect their property by force of arms. Wblle tbe fire raged,' different parts of tbe city were in darkness, during which time thieves got busy. Tbe total losses by fire are about 930,000. Strurg Him Up. An unknown negro, wbo attempted to assault two white women near Avery was lynched Wednesday by s mob of several hundred men. The negro attacked two women last Thurs day, but was frightened away in tbe first attempt and later attacked Mrs. Aydelotte. Her screams attracted her husband, wbo was kpooked down Iron bar. Not Allowed to Joke. •* The yellow fever liar Is to be made to suffer In Gharleston. as be is pun ished in other com m unities, tbe board of health having Wednesday memor- lalizad city council to pass an ordi nance mating oqt severe penalty to those wbo think that there U some thing funny In Joking about tbe fever. There is no yellow fever or even the most slightly suspioious owe, and the board of health does not propose to have the jpkers joke about it There is a class of people in every community ready and disposed to Joke on matters of serious moment, but time te to *Tw called on tbe fever jokers In Charles ton, for It Is not Intended that they should be allowed to Jest about a mat ter of such concern to the olty. Shot Dead by Rival. Maurice Francis, a well known young man of Rjancke, Va., while on bis way to vlalt his fiancee, Miss Grace Link, In Floyd county, Thurs day, waa shot from ambush and killed. He was driving in a boggy, and was within one mile of bis deeti nation, when two loads of shot and slug hit him. Ha lived long enough to say that bis aaaaatin pas John Rich ards, a young sobool teacher, wbo was a rival suitor for Mire Link’s band. Richards was ssen in tbs vicinity with a shotgun just before tbe murder, and bss not been seen since. A posse is scouting tbe eounty searching for Rlobards, and lynching te openly threatened. Both men were mem ben of well known families. Rich ards was a medical student at the Unlveralty of Virginia during the last ter wss imminent. The airbrakes were applied and the train brought to a standstill with a sharp Jolt only a ew rods from tbe blockade. ‘ When he saw tbe danger big Con ductor Weaver snatobed her up ip hie arm* and swore she wsa tbe bravest girl In North Carolina. Grateful pas- iDgers, learning of their narrow es cape showered her with money. Asa preliminary tribute tbe company in a day or two sent bar 925. Tbe railway officials, however, rightly surmised thst to a girl reared InjtiM freedom of tbe mountain wilds money meant little. So one of their number was delegated to visit tbs cabin in the hills to ask Nannie the momentous question: What did she moat desire in the world. Nannie’s little fact, tanned by a southern sun and wind, turned pale. Tnen her story cams out in a ittle guab of tearful words. She didn’t want money; sbe didn't want clothes, for her father, with growing pride in bis pretty daogbter, bad made sundry trips Jo Asheville and returned with wonderful “creations” of white and unwonted shoe* and stockings; but sbe did wanv an education and to grow up a lady. The papers are now going the rounds of tbe railway <ffl;tals, with one favorable recommendation after another, and it seems as though Na ture’s great wish la to be gratified Toere is one serious obstsoie in tbe way, though it will probably be re moved. Nannie baa been married. Sbe had a lover, Ab) Smith, an open faoed, laughing, careless moun taineer, eight years older than she. In almost startling contradiction to bis burly swagger and Inoessant olga rette smoking ia his gentle, caressing voice and his oourtecui and kindly manner. To this sturdy mountaineer tbe realisation that Nannie was going to leave lor years, probacy and that be might lose bear was unbearable. He must many her and preventper going. He sent a friend to town td* get s maniage license. Then with tbe friend for a witness and a magls trots for the ceremony he went to Nannie’s home one morning when he knew bar father was away and mar ried her. Little oonld Nannie have to say, for in tbe absence of hex father sbe knew no law except that of bar Impetuous lover. The enraged father was quick to action. He caused the arxest r of reproach, and wboee familiarity with eoUoQ cultivation shall hi an add 1 Hoisi guarantee of bia fitness (3) An organisation of the bureau so estab lished upon thoroughly scientific lines, as will Insure no possible bias Inlfayor of either buyer or seller, or producer or manufacturer can be pre.supposed KUMTtod. («> io'iT that will be more specific ffi its scope. and ante which govtiumeojem am M jnatentifi ft* |te*n# jwar lively identified bj both women. He was taken into th* woods and banged H* Earned It. Tbs Jackson, Qa, Herald, says: “A young man by the name of Denton swam five miles In tbs lake at Chat tahoochee Park, Gainesville, on Sunday, to win a wages ot a kiss each from two young ladlsa, wbo bad bet him that be o.uld not swim that die- Crashed to Death. Robert W. Criswell, editor of weekly publication, who was arrested recently on a charge of criminal libel, preferred by Representative Joseph L Rhinook of Kentucky, was kilted Thursday night in New York by- an express train at tbe Seventy-second street station of the subway. The libel charge against Criswell grew out of tbe publication of an article refleet Ing upon Mr. Rhinook and censuring Representatives Nicholas Loogworth of Ohio for having introduced M Alloa Roosevelt to tbs Kentucky eon- {gwaraiin during tbs risit of the presl dentfi daughter ItfOiMtoffiatL <*< '' Smith and the man wbo had procured the ItoeuffiLon the ground that Nannie wee not or legal age. He also began »ult to have the marriage set aside. Up\>n tbe success of this suit will de pend largely whether Nannie Is to get an education, the one great dream of her Ufa. Foot at a Birth. Tbs Florence Dally Times says that H. P. Brown, manager of s large mer cantile company at Gourdin, says that his little town has been brought Into prominence through tbe agency o ' none other than a negro woman stout 28 yean old, who Wednesday startled that community by giving birth to four children, all of whom at last ac counts were living.. Tbe woman the wife of Louis Green, who la today a much prouder man- than a police- tgan in a bran new uniform. Mr. Brown remarked in telling of tbs var ious remarkable fact, that la such kept up tbe labor question In Gourdin would be effectually salved. ^ Killed by NoDvea. - Advices have been received from Australia of the murder, fey natives In New Hebrides, of Henry Tumble, brother of tbe weU known Australian cricketer now in England with the Australian eleven. He wus involved in a quarrel with natives on Epl la- land white trading and was obliged to ■boot one in self-defense. Others rushed upon Mm with clubs and Mlted drank but Uttle, and the doetor baa not yet held an autopsjf, and conse quently the polios are not willing to accept tbs alcoholism theory. The cl rooms tanoca surrounding the retnrn of the body to tbs Oleary bom* ta the expram wagon were partially cleared up, but the detectives expeet that before thev get through they will learn enough to show that mur der was committed. Oleary, who was forty-two yean old, _ in th* real estate business with two brothers at No. 196 Varlck street, and lived at No. 1224 Woodycrest avenue, tbs.Bronx. He had made a great deal of money la tbe Bronx rx m, and is widely ktown Thursday morning be left hit home ns usual and Mrs. Clesry went out. Sbe returned at 1 o’okxk and as the entered the vestibule ebe stumbled sgrinst the door. Throwing the outer dour wide open to let the light in she horrified to see the bodv of her husband. Woat’s the matter with you, Jim,” she sskqd, anxiously, dropping to bar eea. There was no answer. An odor of whiskey was in the vestibule. Sbe shook tbs body for s moment and then felt tbe faoe. It wss eold. ‘ Oa, Jim, yOQ’ra dead!” sbe scream ed, rising and rushing from the vesti bule. The horror of tbe situation bad dawned on her, and her shrieks brought the neighbors to tbe wlndowa, and in few moments doieos of them were at her aide, trying to quiet her. A physician was summoned by a neigh x>r, who thought'she bad gone Insane. Finally some nan entered the vestibule, and, seeing the body, understood. Former Police Captain Brown, wbo lives directly across the street, was In th* crowd, and he began an Investig alien at ones. It was teamed that an express wagon had backed up to the door and a child bad seen Oleary oar Tied up tbe steps by two men. A search for the express wagon was began at once, with th* result that Harry Black, of No. 58f3edgwtck a vs ue, sud lames Wilson, of No. 2466 Eighth avenuef were found to be the ibin hadlltefted Jhn body np tire stoop. At first it waa thought that these men could tell the story of how Oleary bad lost his life, but aftar bear log their stories the poliee accepted their sta.emenU. They both admit ted carrying the body into the vest! bull and leaving it there, saying that they believed Cleary was Intoxicated and that they were doing'him a kind ness. "We were driving along Ogden ave nue, ’ ’ said Black,' ‘when we saw Oleary sitting on a low stoop in front of candy store at No. 1164 Ogden ave nue. "I happened to know him by sight and thought ha ought to be borne. W* looked on It In the light of a Jokt to take him home In an express wagon, so we lifted him into our rig and drove to his bouts. “Carrying him up the steps we rang the ball and waited for some one to answer, but there was no one at borne, and after making him as comfortable possible we left, never baring the slightest suspicion that It waa any thing but a cast of intoxication. ” Both men were closely questioned about tbe ring hot they denied abso lutely knowing anything about It. They said they had not noticed if the diamond was inlfc or if the finger waa injured when they found him. - They said they were positive that he was not dead when they left him, and Jfeet ttewaa fenctfeing heavily, like an Intoxicated man. Cross-exam 1 nation failed to bring out any further Information. Their story wss partially substan tiated by others who aaw Oleary on the candy atom stoop, ad thought be waa intoxicated, and Urn aaa aailtflad the pettee tfcnt they fend told all they knew county of Aaron Wllliama, and a petition waa gotten up and submitted te Gov. Heyward asking for a reprieve until satisfactory proof could be procured, which would establish the fact that Aaron Williams wm not gollty of the charge. Aaron Williams was without money, but he' wu not without friends*aad their efforts in his behalf succeeded In having the execution of the death sentenoe stayed, and the cue came up before Jufige Prlnoe at tbe April term of court et this point for a new rial on after discovered evldjno*. Judge Prince from tbe showing made very promptly granted Aaron a new trial, and bis cnee wm placed on tbe docket for trial iMt week. When tbe called for trial tbe witnesses or tbe prosecution were not present, Mrs. Langley, It is claimed, having absolutely refused to appear any more in court te testify against him. Sbs now resides outlaid* of the State. It wm impostible te secure a conviction n the case without tbe testimony of Mrs Luigley, and as sbe is now be yond th* Jurisdiction of tbe court, ind could not be brought here against ter will, and ab* having sent word that she would not come, it hM re sulted practically In tbe acquittal of Aaron Williams, for b* hM been die charged without bond from tbe cue tody of th* sheriff. He is now a free man te go wheresoever he may desire. After Aaron’s conviction, tbe white people In this community wbo be. leved in his tnnooenoe had the law firm of Clark A Von Trceokow to look after the accused negro's Interests, . When tbe esse wm called for trial on the seeeion’s side of o >urt test week Messrs. Clark A Von Tresckow de manded a trial for their cltent, and th* State not being la a position to ! try it because of tbe absence and re fusal of Mia. Langley to cjme here, th* attorneys had spread upon the minutes of court tbalr demand for im mediate trial, and this under the sta tute entitled Williams either to a trial or bis discharge, aa he hM' been con fined in Jail over three terms of court. Juige Ernest Gary Thursday after noon signed an order which liberates Aarou Wilttama from jail on bis own recognisance under tbe section of the statutes shove referred to. This sods the case which created ao much die oussion at the time in the newspapers, and the man who hM been living in tbe shadow of the gallows for nearly a year is now free. This esse te one of the belt axempllficatiOB and justl fioationof tbe moral plea of letting tbe law taka ita course that baa ever come under th* observation, know ledge or information of tbe writer. At the time of the alleged commis sion of the assault Aaron Williams oame very near being the victim of mob, and a faw weeks later be stoo< up In court, pleaded for mercy anc beard tbe death sentenoe pronounced upon him. Today be is breathing the life.of a new man with no restrictions on his movements, inclinations or peregrinations. The Difference. Apropos of the recent race riots in New York; The New York Tribune is frank enough to say: “We are given to criticising th* lawlessness which la southern communities leads to race vendettM and wholesale lynch!ogs, but in tbe south such outbreaks usually follow soma flagrant crime and aim at punishing known or suspected crlmi nate. In Friday's disturbance this excuse m a resort to violence wm wbolloy lacking. On trivial grounds or without any grounds at all, whites attacked blacks and blacks attacked whites. Both classes seem to have acted on the merest impulse of race prejudice and race rancor.” White the feeling te constantly growing more hopeful, there Is appar ently no abatement of tbs excitement and there ia a panicky feeling in tbs country districts of Louisiana and Mis sissippi Local business booses are beginning to feel tbnjffeets of tbe scare. They an reeelring letten from traveling men telling of the oaneelte- Aon of orders in Mississipbi and atea- where because of the reluctance of tern country people to patronise stem which receive goods from infected dtebtets. Much distress Is beginning to appear Qong the Itilten population growing out of the practical expulsion of the fruit business from Louisiana on ac count of tbe quarantines, aad relief work te one of the teaks which th* Italian sods ties and dtisaos commit tees will now bavs to address •elves to. A meeting of Uve Italians hM been held manent organisation formed. A special te the Age-Herald from Meridian, Miss., says: Fire Italians were shot down by tbs guards of Jtaa de entlon station near Lavbsrten Monday morning, two being kiltedand three seriously wounded. Dr. Donald, state health'Officer at Hatt|e«barg, gave oot the first Intimstioa of the on* ourenoe over the long distance tele phone shortly before noon and later tbe details were obtained from other sources. A case of yellow fever wm developed few days ago among Italian refu gees from New Orleans in the suburbs of the town and Jb* house in which the patient lay 01 wm isolated. Tbe state health authorities took ears of th* case while thorn who flam in aoa- taot with tire sick man ware detained under guard fit n camp provided for the purpose. Uve of these, early Monday morning, made an attempt to The guards repeatedly rented upon them to halt, but no dttentfcm wm paid to tbe order. Tbe pursuing guards fired a volley at tbe fugitives, all of them falling in their tracks. From the beat ob tainable information two of the Ital ians were Instantly kilted by the vol ley and the other three more or tea seriously wounded. Lumberton tef a town on tbe New Orleans and Itiasni railroad, about 80 mites northeast/of New Orleans and contains tbs csss of yellow fever thus fan In MlmterippL Where Are They? Mis. W. H. Cook, an aged lady of • Monroe, La,,, and her six-year-old granddaughter, wbo arrived in At lanta Saturday uigbt, are both mys teriously missing from the Klabsl! bouse, where they were stopping and the police have been asked to inati* fute a search for them. The disap pearance is said to be a strange on*, and no due to it oan bt found. Mr*. Cook is 76 years old, Sbe and her granddaughter left tbe Kimball pre sumably for a abort stroll on Monday, and sIdos then nothing hM been heard of them. Their baggage and other affects are still at the hotel On arrival In Atlanta, Mia. look, who en route to Edgefield, 3. C., announced her luteotlon of remaining in Atlanta oolv a day or two. Tbe hotel authori ties are unabla to aoocuat for tbalr absence. / 1 • jtMP; Wanted Bread. A number of German Immigrants who recently passed through Charles ton to work In a aaw mill near Cotum bia, hare returned to New York, al leglog m tbe refuMl te work In this State that they were not given wheat or ry* bread. They were given rice and pork which they did not car* for and upon the refusal of the mill peo pi* to supply bread, they laid down thatoote and qoil work. 1 }• Ooantrjr Buy No FooL A boy set on a rail a corn field. A city chap passed by, •aid: “Your com looks kind of yri- law, bub.” “Yep, that’s the kind w« planted,” replied tbe bub. “It dsnj look like you nil get more than* htlf crop,” said the city ehap. “Nope; we don't expect ter, tbe landlord got* tbe other half,” retorted the young ster. Tbe stranger hesitated a mo ment and tbe ventured: “Yju are not very far from a fool, are you, for boy?” “Nope, not more’n ten foet,'* . •aid the boy^aigi the plty ehap moved. on.—X. . ' Kitted by Mrs. Ellen Oames, aged R bert 0 trees of the mills, Book HU1, w|ei on the Southern i ishi