The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 28, 1906, Image 4
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V ft. I. ftAMKUie,
otSamtar. Mr. MMalntf bu (or 14
tod bis ooooty In tbs
IsMure, sis yssrs la tbs House,
for th# last slgbt yean In tbe
He he# madeaalstaka*.
% be resiiie*. Bui 4 iEMwil qu^
Moo ofoa wbioh bs < bss bad «o oast
bis toI# ba has applied this lest—Brat
Is It right? Tbe i), is it for thebe*’
Interests of my State and ojunty?
Bsmembsrlog this, he U ready to
■taod by hip reo rd No gr ater work
aao be done by Souta Carolloa than
to opbttlld tbe sdatatlooal system of
ttie State, and he la glad to belle*
* that ertusa’I >nai ooadatoa l.i Soutt
ptroiina have Imp oval, and are im*
proving. T e epieseDtativee of tu»
" people la tbe House and In tbe 8 >nate
no longer flgbt tbe appropriations foi
eduoatiooal purposes, and while tbe
appropriations may at times appear
larger than tbe revenues of tbe S*a'e
would seem to wfrrant, there can b
no doubt thst tb'se repreeintaMvef
are. doing wbstttny think will furtr-et
tbe best Invrest* of tbe Siat^, and
tbe r attitp > tbwarda tbe mbj iQ? J>
a os us' of gra'Tfloat Ion F r
years In the House and in tbe Senate
he hu been la close touch with the
affairs of tbs State, aud while be do#i
not wonder at the bowl raised at In-
df*iae4aproprta*ilowe, It muetr bB rr-
member d that bnodlt'oos hava gn at
ly ohang d. T i§, iMQjalfties in tax
aseeerren t are glarlig Hs fa tom lb
carrying out of the reoammendatlool
made by ‘.be flnaooe committee in or
dar to wipe our tbetio inequalities.
He wans tbe people against tbe in-
-etplent tendency to corruption In
elections, which has recently man)
'fasted itself, it Is to bo regretted
that tbe liquor question sh uid have
attained such prominence. Taere a e
other matters worthier of attention.
, He la not tbe champion of whiskey,
but he is deeply Interested In tbe
moral welftre of tbe State. He 1s
not a straddler and be will not seek
to befn tbe public mind on any Is
sue He does not advocate the d s
peoaary as run In the put. Whetber
tbe allegations of ocrruptloo and
grift in the dispensary ars true or
not, the people of South Carolina will
not stand for sveu the suspicion of
stub things. Where there Is so mucl
•moke there must bs some fire, and
tbe people of tbe State will not stand
for tbe dlsprnury aa It hat beep con
duoteo. If corruption and graft do
exist in the dispensary, then 1 It nous*,
bs purged of the odium or else the
whole thing must go. Wipe the dls
peasasy out and wnat wttr you TTlfT
left? Men will have whiskey. Pub
lie sentlne it doea not warrant tb>
belief that prohibition cm be en
forced. He bu aiudled the qu'stlon
ltore?Qlly, and hi believes it can b
purged. E-ad tbe JEayaor-Manniog
bill and you will And that It g es to
tbe root of the matter, tbe purebas
log of tbe liquor. He dots not bs
'lleve In local option. His reason for
this will be given later. But that
effioe of Governor is a purely execu
tive offloe and should be bs made
Governor be will enforce tbe lew u it
Stands on tbe statute bocks.
The Hou
of land, today worth 12 000 He la
plainly and unequivocally for tbe dls
penury. He believes It la now, and
that It always will be, tbe bast solu
tion of tbe whiskey question. But if
be li elected Governor he will porgs
It from any corruption wbioh assy
now Infant It. He doesn’t believe
prohibition oab be enforced and In
support of bli belief 1m el ted bis per
tonal expertenoes In iearoh ef lemon
ade In Mains, and soda water In Kin
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OTHBR CANDlDATBS.
The Hon. T. 0. McLeod, tbe only
candidate for Lieutenant-Governor,
made a short speech outlining his pos
ition on various matters He favors a
reformed dispensary.
'Messrs. R M M ’Gown, of Florence,
J. B M rrlson, of Ghsrlesfcn. L. M
Esgln, of Glarendm, o in'll dates for
Secrstary of State, were on band and
made short spero ’es.
Mr. J Fraser Lyon, of AbbevIHe.
wit tbe only eindidatt for Attorory^
Giocn) present. He went for tbe d s
pmury with gloves iff, and wu fre
quentlv applsnded by tbe antl-dispen-
lary part of tbe audience.
Mr. L. G. Walker, of Greenville
'-andidate for 0 mpt roller G meral,
w.s next Introduced and gave bis
r asonS why tbe people should vote
for him. Comptroller Gaoeral Jones,
who Is s candidate for re-election, wse
unable to b ■ present bn account of o>-
tbl&l buslneKS.
0 »1. Boyd, of Greenville, and Ool
Haskell, of B o ’land, t ,e two oandi-
atei for Ao^tsot and Inspector*
General, next id re-acd tbe audience
a: d *(United their votes.
Hon. O. B. Mir' in, candidate for
Sups^lolenient of EluoiUon, bu no
Op^bsHion. He, therefore, oontentod
himself with telling two or three
capital stories and pledging anew bis
ie o'Ion to tbe best interests of pub-
Ho r'uoation In the State. He favors
the dispensary system because If the
1200,000 a yur obtained by tbe schools
from this source are removed and
oothirg is provided to take Its place
the result will be little abort of oal-
———• 1 r~
Messrs. Jas. Oansler. of Lancaster,
Sellera, of Marlon, J. M. Sullivan, of
Anderson, J. A. Summersault, of
Blobland, aod Ool. J. H. War ton. tbe
incumbent, all candidates for railroad
commissioner, were introduced and
made abort speeches.
G >1. W barton was the last of tbe
candidates for State offloe and Chair
man Dennis announce,! as the last
Speaker of the day GqI. W. W. Lump
km, of Columbia, who la opposing
S»nattr Tl lman for election to the
United States Senate. When <Jji.
Lumpkin came forward two or three
‘ wool bets” In d ffjrent parts of tbe
audience started to cheering for Till-
.crowd tOOF Up fhe'cill anc
for souu ilttle time ao great was the
noise that it was useless for tbe speak
er to attempt to make himself beard
Ool. Lumpkin bided bis time patient
ly, however, and when Obalrman Den-
nl> bad*finally succeeded In rectoring
order be started right In to pay back
in bis own coin tbe man wbo had star
ed tbe obeerlog for Senator Tillman.
„ JOHN J. MCMAHAN,
of Colombia, toe next candidate for
Gorjrnor to address toe audience,
prefsoed bis remarks with tbe a tat- •
meot that every man la ble brother s
keeper, and that It follows, therefore,
that every dtiam should be alive to
bla civic duties. Tbe scope of gov"
era meet has beau largely widened It
la no longer eonfined to mere pollot.
regulation. WS are shock'd as we
glanoea out os at the evidences o
ourruptloo abroad in tbe land, bit.
■* within and without our St te. Whei
we e mpare the ojndiUoos of today
-elHfch tbe oonditloos which obtained
In tbe put we must, be ashamed auo
—' surprised. Dispensary corruption It.
oorruptlon to V foun
Sout Oaroliaa today. Ojr dot
Is Imperative to'plaoa only tbe bes
and ulgutst men n effloe. Tbe pri
mary systtm Is a gre§f. system, but
^tinder lb there baa unfortuuatel}
grownup the ou»iomot magui.yiug
the duti.s of tbe caodldate and mini
mlaiog t..e do les of the ol am. He
favora tbeJmprov^meni of tbe sohoo s
and pom men., s tbe (StabQshm.mt of
the B ate reformatory. Ho » n.d
' today for every educational reiorm
which be has ever advocated. H
nrged tbe Importance if the draloig*
of the c asi-al region and advooa'ac
tbe tstabitanmenr of every couayy o'
ft model firm. T.mi diavriot p imlt
him to diicusa the dupcnsary. P. r
sonally he Is opio.ed I) the use < f
1 q ior, Bu. be ooeau’t be leve problb
tlon pr^ot:cable. He favors the
8«ai« dispensary, tut not the diapen
, sary as it now tzLis He w^uld tirsi
have it c td md tbe rascals In H
place a btn.nd prLou bars.
Tie next o^ncldate for Governor
to addrras tbe D mocrata of Doi-
Obaster wu th Hou
JOHN T. SLOAN,
of Columbia. He wu born in the
Shadow of the Blue Eldga Mountains,
at old Pci diet on He went in the
army at 16, and went through the
bl(’O r y oampalgus of 1864 and 1865
In Virginia He wascapiured at Ap-
pomatux, and after tbe war he re
turned to Pendleun and went to
school there. In )8k6 be euv rec
Sou.h Carolina College, from which
imtl.uuon be wat graduated with
bocOm. He re yle wed his services to
tbs city of his adoption, where be
has been at gaged in tbe practice or
law tor fctffte than , a icore of yaars.
Ha wasft wearer of tbe red shirt In
the days Of 1876. Hs reviewed bis
record w Bkprtoeotatlrs and Senator
from % oiiand County. He wu par-
f proud of hia services In
and Wlntbrop
and In tbs defence of tbs
foutb Carolina Collsga.
of bis record u Lieu-
spent the
fcliWMg the serviceof
feo-
Qovernor-
IBMAT01 TILLMAK
Will not Oe*l Ml the PreeK
He^Apo!owia«a.
l tJatll
\
I have btoft IbidTted there once . . . u •. j n *.
and l do not propou to plaoe myeelf All Arch MBfdCfCT Wriled Up io
in this position again If I can preveht
It.” Tbeee are the words used by
Senator Tillman Toursday when be
wu mads acq minted with tbe prest-
dint'a rte nt utterances tending to
Indicate a desire for a reconciliation
between hlmvelf anti the senior &eni
tor. from South Carolina . . C .
Tbe unpleasant difficulty a trm
yean bsok between Se niors Tlllmar
tod McLaurln, aud tbe aubsrquent
withdrawal of TUiman's lovitatiou to
tue reo ptnn at tbe Waite House to
meet Prinoe Hinry, then paying a
visit to ibis country, are stilt fresh in
tbe minds of toe people wbo have fol'
lowed Senator Tillman*1 career line
be entered the senate.
Ta re Is no notion on the part of
leiaator Tillman of bringing about a
reconciliation with toe oulef ex:cu
live, ucleissucn rec mediation is &o
compan ed by an unoondltloual apolo
gy from ‘•he president, and u there Ik
little probability of this, the matter
of a love feast between them Is still in
the air. '
Those wbo know Senator Tillman
w^P, know tbat nothing abort cf an
apcRtf? will satisfy him. While the
president is credited with having re
cently said that be liked Senator Till
man, and while tbe senator is like-
wlee qu->ted aw hawing made a s‘ atc-
mrtJt ttr-the iff»ct that be believec
the president to be atralgbt, and all
right, tbe.e are taken only as pa .slog
remark*, made without serious oon-
ideratlon, and hardly worth remem
bering. Tbe utterances of Senator
T*liman that be would not allow him
self to be again Insulted, are believed
to represent bis real feelings toward
tbe president. Wall# he admits be
Is u ready to forgives man—whether
be UpresidentooE * prUatseitiaiD—
for a wrong, be Is not willing, aoojrd
log to big own words, to plaoe him
.elf in tbe attitude of being wilfully
insulted a second time, even though
tbat man be tbe president of the
United States
BjataNdgro toltoath.
For tbe fifth time within a year tbe
whites residing In the vicinity of tbe
Ml.lershaft at Pjrtage, Pa., and the
n gross empliyed there ha vs dished
tbe latest outbreak ooouring Thurs
day, when John Alexander, i
□f gro, wu beaten to death in front (f
tbe Pjrtage Hotel. He and three
companions bad been drinking at the
bir of tbe botel,
alleged to have nude remarks that
ang ied Walter Pries, tbe bvUiSfld-i
♦od-foar ' OrDnT *compar long'. Tae
merB followed tbe negroes to the pave
meet sod tbtre attacked them. Ah x
aider wu pursued to the telephone
fell and wu
AN AWFUL FATE,
a Living Tomb
ND LFP!' TO STAfiVK.
A YeUinf Mob Sits la the Market Place
aid Watch tbe Beildiof Up of
tbe Walls Arovnd tbe Slav
er of Thirty* Six Young
. t> - • '• 1 , 'V - -
Women.
old man and pelting him with the
frightful filth and offal of the market
plaoe.
▼KMT PMLTBKEATM KXMCXTTIONXBS.
Then the maaons came forward and
very, deliberately laid on tbe first
oouriea of the masonry. TSe stones
and mortar rose to Meefewift knew
and tben tbe oblef Jailer came for
ward and gave blm bread and water.
Tbe muons again stood aside and
Again the orowda Jeered and be-slab
be red the viotim.
So It went on, coarse by oourto,
of one young
cobbler’s shop. Annah wu put to
the torture aud confessed.
She told tbat the girls, wbo came
to dictate'letters, were treated to
drugged wloe and thecL beheaded.
Twenty decapitated bodies were
four d in a deep pit under_Jbe shop
and a xteen more in tbe garden.
Amaa died ui.der tbe tortnre and
Malawi c)atested. By an anolent
Moorish custom be wu condemned to
o*cnicilLd.
His oruoitixlon wu Mt for May 2,
but - toils form of punishment wu
utd while there are D P because of ijie foreign olam
or, and It wu announced tbat Mes
fewi wfiBltUbt-beheaded.,,
MUKOIKID HIS WIFI
Dfflje, where be fell and wu fiaallv
kicked Into u ro >niclousness. He d.sd
In a few minutes. Josepn Smith, Walter
Pries. Harry Orof an 1 Shorty Cole-,
all wbitos, were arrested for oauheg
tbe negro’s death. Two whites abb
tore# negroes hive been killed tber
In raoa r.ota rec nMy.
valley
And Then Ran Away With Another
Woman.
Charged with the murder of bis
wife and having made a complete cm
ft sale*. cf bla crime to tbe heal police,
William Braaob of Rjcheater, N. Y.,
wax at rested at Cleveland, o '.lo.
With Braaob there wu arrest'd
Mrs Miry Gilmore, with whom be Is
Uleged to have el< p d "
Toe body of Bruch’s wife wa-
found in the canal at Rochester lut
Tuesday and suspicion wu atoroe
turned to bar buvbacd,
prared. Brssob omftssed the mur
der to tbe local pcllta, tbe Inter say.
ar d told them that be ktita) bts *ift
beoaose of love for tha G.lnore wn
can. Tbe later la a widow about 23
yftra old.
Bra sob Told the polio* bow ba bao
hired bla wife to the bank, of th<
fide omal, and burled her In. He
-aid his 03urage failed toree or fou
ticrea, but finally be nerved 1 imsc f
aid struck tbs wumtn a violent blow
" tbe back with bis flit “Whan 1
b ard tbe tplash 1 ran away," be
»aid.
“Yes I am William BrasoV* be
said to Polios Chief Kobler, ' I know
*hat you want m2 f. r. I did-ito I
killed her because I loved Mary Gil-
core. It Kllfi^to me I have always
> >ved ber. I didn’t want to marry
B ixanna, bat I wu forced into It, so
l killed ber. It wu tbe only way-I-
oouM get rid of her.’’— •
Tie three year-old, daughter of
Braaob wu with tbe e mple when
t ey werx arrested in a r omiog
ou-e. Both-Braaob and the Gilmore
vomin will be taken
ter at < nee.
To Help Cotton CJrowers
Although both repu llcan and
democxatlo,.,. state committees ba 1
frowced upon 1C the length of a shin ard
is to be an iuue In tbe Kansu eim-
palgn this year. A farm paper is
leading a movement to organize far
mm into union*. T jxargunaeut ad
Vanoed is t ’at If every shirt was mvle
>ne tre »lo iger t ie addtd clotb would
'•onsume tbe ent re surplui of oo-.ton
Ftrmerv are urg d toorgtnz and
.-taod for ibis 'lemaud. B.au ann
Crummer, cnairmei, respio.iTjly, of
•:he dem-crattc aud rspuiUoin stau
c mmitt es, declare If tub
who"dlbxt^ L r dy reversed to equillzi mat
r iera la case of an extreme ahorbagela
back to Bocues
A KoolUtt Id. a.
A garg of laborers In New York
employed u bod oarriers, went on a
■trike wben they were told to carry
tie brick and conorete In wheel bar
rows Instead of in tbe boda. They
explained tbat ‘‘the rules of tbe
union forbade them to carry brick or
c norete in anything except hods,”
aod they o uld not oonunt to tbe use
of wheel-barrows. The logic of tbe
sltuath u seems to have been tbat the
wheel barrows held two munh and the
Job would have been flnlihed too
soon.
KviIa of Divorot
A’ Lot Angeles W. F. Kstrlng shot
and probably fatally wounded bla di
vorced wife and ber niece, Mias Bessie
TVDiy, at tbe borne of tbe former
early Thursday. Kstrlng bad been
separated from hia wife for two yean
Lut night he uked her to return to
blm. * She refused and Miss O’Day
stepped to the telephone to call the
police. • As she did so, Ketrlng throat
tbe telephone from her hands and
shot both women.
• Crv w Lawu
The Danish tohooner Bertha was
sank n*ar Sooth Goodwin lightship
Thursday « a result of a collision
ylth tbs Dutch tank steamer Amtrl-
eaa, from Antwerp, lo New York.
Bight of the scf
drowned. Peter Norham, Mae cap-
UN* M*e only survivor.
tbs ootto-i crop, It mlgn« bee ime ver
■ambimaslng. *TT1iifaE _ tbe farmt-r-
■ ou‘d go »ro *- <WXm= pru,u‘TCriu;
said Oaaiimin B no
Fell From m Minuow.
At WublDft »u on W , oesday, 27 I
Instant, Olar n e M. Yjrk, p -Vjte
secreatry to Cnief Justice Ful'fr, if
t e scpnme court of tbe U aud
Ststes jumped or fell from a window
*■ Girllield bOKpftal and received in
Jjrles from which 1 e surrtly after-
^ard dtrd. No one saw
went through the widow. Mr. York
«u about 40 yean of age and had
held hU position with Chief Juatlor
FuHer for many yur*. He wu sent
to the btrp+rxl TorTTeaiment for
alight it Jury :
Fourteen Inches of Hull.
A special from Athens, Gs.vsays
during the hailstorm Id Glarh and
Oconee corntles great damage wu
done. In some places the bail fell to
a level of 14 inohea.—P.na thcee for
mll^s were stripped of their foliage.
In Clark o<»unty tbx storm wu about
a mile wide aud seven miles long. Ip
Oxree it was two miles wide and 10
miles long. Corn, cot on and other
crops in tbe path of the storm were
totally dcstroved
The Cal C .uT Rack “
Robt. Lautb of L >ck Haven, Pa.,
cannot awear that a cat bu nine lives,
but he knows from experience tbat It
bu at least two. Tae family feline
prt contracted scurvy and it was ds
elded at a council to chloroform It.
Thus it was put to deatb, and In tbe
evening burled 18 Inches deep Id tht
back ye’d. Next morning Lautb
wu utouiahsd to find tbe oat on the
back doorstep wben be opened tbe
door.
Rliltxi hjr u Fail.
At Charleston on Wednesday, 20th
Instant Mr. Samuel Webb, a lineman
of tbe Consolidated Railway compa
ny, wu killed through tbe falling of
a guy stub on which be wu dsececd-
log. Tbe bottom pert of the pole
wu rotten and tbe lineman’s spurs
were fut In tbs pole, making It im
possible for him to avoid falling with
the pole.
GotDamacce.
0.’ S. Jones bu bean awarded, 6600
damage# against tbe Bank of Foun
tain Inn because the bank turned
down hie check when he had ample
money on depoeit to tbs bank to pay
tbe cheek. . The bank’s defense was
that It held up payment until the
parti holding the check soul* he
A cablegram frrm Tangier Moroco,
fells how, with such details of fiend-
isb cruelty that they cannot be fully
realii2d, Mohammed Messfewl, tbe tune
arch-murderer of Marakesch, hu been
willed up alive.
it waa r this same M«sfewi who wu
to have teen oruolfitd for bii tremen
dcus crimes—It la known tbat be
murdered not few«r than thirty six
youog wim-E—and wbo wu saved
from that fashion of ex' > c<4tlOD bj tbe
oa‘cry of ti e resident foregin officials.
‘ It iVoutd have been better bad
Uuse same < ffiotals not interfered
with Morccoan justice, for Mesfewi
jefore be died underwent lingering
torture compared with which cruci
fixion would have been merciful.
THB ARCH MURDER’S CRIMES.
M&slawl was a tubbier and public
letter writer. Ass dated with blm
In bis crimes wu an old woman
seventy years of age named Annah.
Many girls of tbe city disappeared In
tbe lut days of April and toe parents- iT ^
ne young woman traced ber to tbe ?? T ^ he N,w
oy tbe stiU more.awful prooearof 1m*: TSTnagHESsSt
murement shows that the Morcooan ™
autoomies “blinded the eyes” Of tne • t news
And Will
foreigners.
Me»fewl wu kept In the Marakesob
h*il uuill outside attention wu dull
ed, and then, on May 16, bis torture
began. %
Djlly he wu led Into tbe market
plioe and whipped FttU iWllObea of
jae thoray scc.cia. Tae cobbler wu
stripped to toe waist, aud wmle two
UMatsnw held tbe vioiim’a arms out-
stieicued, tbe city executioner laid
on ibe bp.scd iods.
'iXQSuvies were given
each ilfdke dtew b.
uu jcber of strokes wa» kept down be
cause M s.'ewl wu aa old man and
(.tae peop.d of Maralcsbii oad no Ides
Of jeitlxg 1£U OlH ( 0 6x81^.
( MOST MERCIFUL CRUELTY!
Al.o. U-g^.ug ii-tn exiohleiV ^3Pg.”
■ix.i wax tcug enod and aoolutoa
w.tu v. *gii mao on, so ihitne migoi
oe fl. f a wu i-teXj day’s ptdesl. .
as the oSlij wbilppiog* weat on.
Hid -w-ueu it t e u toat deftpite aii
c^fx. M sfawl *u isliiug imo txaaus
b.ou it wus ceciaou -to carry out tut
aup. e oe sent _____
us wsT<Jd~i:p sTve - m tbe public
aui.in’s o u signature, aod tbe fio.
aiat toe a htt. oe *>sa carried out-ttr
the great tquire te ti e city and lo
full vi of tLc populace shows that
yae.iffivisli ol M.rsketci knew tbs
swfui programme would but be inter
ex-d witu.
M nosy,
iiarj
-be
Jura 11. h^ing the
trg, he wee obaiced up. Throe he
wu left for a while, for there was
plenty of Mae, The maaons stood
aside and tbe erowd etruggled and
fought to get In the front rank,
rJ*! 1 * * The recent meeting of the O'tton
stone by stone, water and bread, until
poly Mesfewi’s screaming head wu
seen. Tne last stones were thrust In
plaos apd MesfewTs living tomb wu
completed.
But tbie crowd was not yet satisfied
Mtsfewl wu not dead, and tbe throng
pressed forward and kept quiet
bear the mtffl d screams for mercy
tbat came out of tbe wall. Every
Mesfewi screamed the crowd
yeUed _
Night came, braziers were lit, coffee
wu made and atlil Mesfewi screamjd
and the crowds yelled. Tuesday,
June 12 cams in, and tbe market
p ace wu u crowded u ever, and
Mesfewi wu still sor earn log for
mercy.
ABOUT COTTO* USD.
Wowderffcl Uses to Wbioh They
Am B ilng For. ' * —
V
Seed Oiuoera’ association, xt Atlanto,
Ga, brought out soue luterestlng
facts In regard to tba uses of cotton
seed, both'for domestic and/export
purposes. Governor Terrell, wbo wu
In early life a cotton grower, said
that be remembered well wten botton
seed wu burned to get rid of It, bur-
lut year there wen: 4,600 000 tons of
cotton seed bought from tbe S nth
era planters and tbe sam of 675 000,•
000 wu paid for them, thus adding
practically 26 per oent. to the value
in tbat way of the cotton crop. This
bu been brought about principally
through tbe cotton seed oil Indus
trie#.
There are probabilities of s JIV fur
ther developments In the uxe of oot-
So it went on all day and 611 night
Only Msafewl’s screams were growing
fainter. Wben Wednesday broki i
those clou up to tbe wall reported
that tbe dead alive wu only moaning
Finally tbe moaning stopped and tbe
crowd cursed Mesfewi for dying so(nell said that within a short
soon, and the delayed business of the
market wu resumed.
So HadJ Mohammed Mesfewi ex
plated bis crime.
Tbe first piws of tbe terrible off »n
oes of tbe cobbler of Marakesob osme
American April 29. It wu reported
tbat HadJ Mohammed Mesfewi wu to
be crucified on Thursday, May 3, for
an extraordinary series of murders
Twenty six corpses of women bad
been found under tbe cobbler’• shop,
and ten In bis garden.
All of Mesfewi’s victims were mu
tilated with dagger outs in order to
stimulate fanaticism, and It wu prov
el they bad been murdered for money
—most of it In trifling sums.
Tne Koran provides crucifixion u
the punishment for terrible orlmrs
and though -hat form of execution
bu not been used In Morccoo fora
eneraUpn, It wu jej^.jjytf juae
r’s crimes deserved tbat classl-
too seed which will increue the value
of tbat product. Prof. J. H Con
to. uell) of lexu, In speaking of oottor
seed meal u human food made a
striking presentation of ita value foi
suoh uses. He gave a good lesson lr
tbe shape of biscuits and oakes made,
from a combination, ofottonseec
meal and wheat flour. They wet
pronounced u delicate and tasty a
any product of tbe flour barrel bv th*
members of tbe conv ution wbo wen
given an pppertunlty to partake <
the food: ^Another use of tbx seed u
that for fertiliser in tbe shape o
meal.
The us* of raw seed to enrich tt
land wu pronounoed a wurs wb<
the meal can be aud to much bett,
financial advantage. P jfeesor Co
time 1
believed cotton seed crushers of tr
South would be able to announce a
actual dhcovery of 4 500 000 tons o
a new p-odnot fit f >r humanoomnmp
tlon. II atated tbat be bad use*
cotton oil u a cooking fat In bis homi
for six months, and tbat it wu cqoa
in all raspects for ouklng pn’’poses to
the beet lard. By an Invention ol
comparatively reoent times cjiton oil
Is freed from tbe old imparltiet
which give it a rankolnr. So-oalh d
olive oil wbioh reaches A merles from
southern Europe carries a large per
centage of cotton seed oil, Oottoi
seed meal la used In making bora a d
flour muffles, bKoutts, pancakes, gin
ger bread, together with oakee of ai
kinds, and for virions other slmtlai
came In a cable of
May 2, uying tbe execution by oruci
fixion would not take plaoe. Tbe
rest of tbe story and its tragic de
nouement Is told in tbe present dis
patch.
KIuMaPFAJJ a BJY
Serve Twenty
Prison for It.
Years in
“Had I tbe disposition of this case
wrould summon a large number of
motbers here and turn you over to
their tender mercies, but u tjie law
fixes tbe peuslty for crimes like yours,
I can do nothing but commit you
*1 bent ball for the action of the
grand Jury on tbe charge of kidnap
Toes# words were addressed by
Mijhtrate Eiseui.t wn of P iflftoei
pbu, Fa . to John Joicpb Kean, ab
ductor ot Freddie Muih, 7 jear-oU-
>on of C iari*a Muiu, woo with his
captive was cl .covered after a tlx <ix>
search, lu a vacant bouse in West
Lc» Tfals wu tbit h Pal lade)phi A_—It ii tan IntenUoa ol
tne poilca department to raiirbad tbe
priaoner to tiie penitentiary and tm
nedutelv after tbe t eariog Captain
f Detoc Ives Donaghy' went befo
Tne cuiri. r wbo brings this news
.rom Md &k.bub to Tinulbr a->serb.
wui- t..2.u.i.er of txecu I n oefore ttefthp grand Jury wlih his witnesses and
a ktd for an Indictment.
—Freddie Mutb wu brought to tbe
u t room by-his father.—He wu a
' iff -rent boy from tbe child wbo wu
found dirty aod hungry In an nnocou
pied house. Ha wu atttired In a
neat, blue flannel sailor suit and a
I cxfie-jilou ’was eet forfuto* pinned to hix lapel
Mr. Mhtb said the child wu none
Che wyrse for ble-^Cxperience. In
giOjntrut wu the appearance of
kt sen xnarktt day. Tae news of
Htcuiion baa. been spread aatil
tae marxei, place was thronged with the abductor. After a sleepless nlgbt
LDgi.Mn. fc of MiaKAoens, who squat
ted iu the bi«z.ig bU.iilgbt
ed for the ghuay shoe to commeooe.
A delta by wailmg-up alive
uot beta seen in Maraseeob for noaxy,
yens, but. there wu tnoe6
others taut victims had been known
aometlmts to live for a whole week, cbl dren being
aod so the good uews spread, and tbe
people brougat their provisions and
tbe oaravaiitierUl - were orowded.
TllB^.1 INQ TOMB IS DUO.
Just outage the Jail where Mesfewi
was oontimd stmus tbe chief b&xsar
It liu very tuick walls and in one of
tbcsj, facing the market plaoe, two
masons dug a bole six feet high, two
fact wide aid two feet deep. Mesfewi
wu very thin and these dimensions
gave the doomed man quite a free
paoe and some little xlr, lor just u
nls fellow townsmen would uot let
oim slip awav by too much flagging,
so they did not intend to smother
aim too qu otly.
About taree feet up two staples
with chains were fixed In tbe back of
tbe recess lu tbe wall and two more
staples with chains were attached.
Tae purpose of these wu to keep the
viodm erect so tbat be might not
buudle down out of sight of tbe
orowd. :7 •
Mesfewi had not been told of bis
ftte and wben be wu brought out of
tbe prison on Monday morning be
thought ba wu being led forth to bis
dally whipping.
As won ae ne uw the expectant
thousands, however, and heard their
bowls of bate tie knew tbat bla day
bad oome. Tben he saw the bole dug
in tne wall, and, being an old man,
he knew wbat tliat meant. He had
taken his whippings with fatalistic
fortitude, hoping he might die under
tbe thorns, but wben be wu dragged
toward tbe upright tomb be struggl
ed with his Jailer* and soreamed tor
mercy. *
Screaming he wu thrust Into the
in tbs thick wall, ted* soma ro
ta ble cell be wu haggard and wan.
HixAvea sblfted nervously and Ills
whole frame trembled visibly. He
seemed to fear bodily injury and
ed spectators suspiciously. Tbe
ice uy be paced tbe oell all night,
sobbing and moaning, his wife and
ftrtIHl7=
When he wu placed in the dock
Kean nodded to Freddie Mutb, wbo
ut bulde bis father, and smiled.
Pointing to Kean, the little fellow
uld: “There be Is,- papa, see.”
Kean appeared to exert a strange In
fluenoe over tbe child wbo showed a
fee'lng akin to friendship for tbe
man. Kean made a statement deny
Ing be bad restrained the child In
any way, but said on tbe contrary
Freddie bad opportunltlu to leave
him several times. He uid he had
not ill treated the boy and In Uhls he
wu corroborated by the Mutb child.
The grand jury found a true bill
against Kean and wpa given imme
diate trial and oonvieted In leu than
an hour. Judge Sulzierger seatenoed
the prisoner to twenty years. ' From
the time of Kean’s arrest until he was
on hli way to the penitentiary to be
gin sentenoe leu than twenty-fotir
hours had elapsed.
- * Hon Oats Father.
A dispatch from Wahalla uys: Dr.
J. J. Thode wu seriously cut
Friday by his sou, Fred Thode
It la reported that the trouble arose
about which should use ft buggy.
After the cutting young Thode went
off on the l o'clock train but after
reaching Belton he returned and give
himself up and Is now in Jail. Tners
ere several wounds in the neck, side
and back of the elder Thode, bat an
leu some complications arlu they are
not looked upon u neoeuarily fata'
Young Thode wu at one time a stu
dent at Furman University, and. wu
one of the teacher students at tbe
summer sohoo! now in ptogisu at
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We Hove Been XemerkAtty SaeeeeelSl
la Ourlnf Deep seated an*. StebBera
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Name Old Story '
lu a rear end collision between
trains on the Atlantic 0 met Line ai
Abuekle, N g, Engineer O O. King
Portsmouth. V i , and BrakemairJ ous r
Walter Carter ot Windsor, 1ST. U7
were killed. Ponduotor Moso v ism
and an unknown white man were in
jured. Tbe accident happened while
one of tbe trains wuisbiftleg oars.
Tbe engine of one train and alx oan>
were badly damaged, u were tbe ca
boose and six rear can of the other
train. It la Impossible to plaoe the
responsibility at this .limn.
RovenoeOflloL'ie'Retd. —
L-Ac-disgateb frok GreenvUle, 8. 0.,
says Dihtrlct Revenue Officer Sams,
aoeompanied by Ualted Statu depu
ties, two state constables, ind many
more state deputies raided tbe “Dark
Ooruer’’ Tuesday morning, ItVidlDg
tbe very strong bold of tbe m: uataln-
eer moonshiners, destroying eight
illicit stills and throwing out hun
dreds of gallons of oorn maxb. Dur
ing the raid a few shots were ex
changed, but no one wu bit.
A OxeeaylUe Freak.
A reporter on tbe Greenville Newt
ran Thun,day Across on uld gentle
men eighty fixe years old wbo hu
never to all bla life fired a gun, pistol
• If yon havo say diresao of a chronic M-
t-rc, no natter fcow ni»ny dootow have
failed' te onreyoe,
or h#* orach other
treat—nt yoa have
We era apeoieliete
with over 36 yeen
expert*!—, hevtu
b**d located la At
lente for aeerly 16
criai-d”
repnfetion for car-
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which we beliew le
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thie country.
Our atendia* both
pr<feealonelly aad
flora ially, tool the
very hicheet, aad
you ora oonaolt ue with perfeol oonfldeooe.
Wedonot reeort to ctop’rap —thode to
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Ore Self Feed Rip Saw. .
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Tbe above Is situated in a two-story
_qr anx firearme, aad duflng bto eereer fac tory building, dimensions dteWOft:
be has spent most of his time In rural, with ell atuched 30x50ft, two stories
hoot
com muni ilex The tame man baa never
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baa ba ever used tobacco
Lot measuring 200 feet frootage and
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Fatal Pistol Duel. will be sold lu part or In whole ltoan
At Talladega, Ala., loth) precaoes formoet any kind of anter-
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Tnarfldaf night Dudley Brown and ^
Henry Kalght fought a pistol duel In | wangeburg, 1. ^
wbioh ootb men were killed. •'*'***'*'^^*^^***^******^^**«^^^^^^^^«
Hurt was slightly tr j ired, rvoelvlng a
stray shot In tbe ankle. E*ob man famiij wto» to
received four shot# In the- bresst. aoM r * r ,utur ® ““ •deoadoa ti k
Both Are well known and popular In
Talladega. No explanation baa been
given oi tbe tragedy.
All Night Hre.
a dispatch from Pollock, Li., a
lumbering town telle Of an ftll-Ught
fire, which Tueeday did about 6300,-
000 damage, destroying twelve mil
lion feet of lumber, part of tbe Iron
__ Mountain rallroad’i traetie aoroea Big
uppermost lb "Bit 0reek ' • i »hteen homes aod one hotel
and forty-niue freight aod fist oars.
Tbe largest low wiTXiiEiBOd-by the
Bis Greek Lumber Oompany. About
1,000 man were thrown out of em
ployment by tbe fire.
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The longest life la toe one of which
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