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mm / BiUNWXLL, 8. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1906. The Murderer Went to His Death Without Flinching. WAS YBRY PENITENT. IMtr i Gallows the Doomed Maa Read a Statement Coafcsslpf His Maay Crimes aad Eaded With . ’ ■ —a*. . . yrerpin.- —, a Warnint to Yom i Mea. At pine minotea past eleven o'clock Friday mors log, is the Ot arlestor Jail yard, William A. Marcus banged lor the brutal murder of Maggie Marcui, on the sight of April 14, aad nine mlnntei afterwards he wae pronounced dead hy Drs. BollJn gar and Edwards. Hla body lies Id fit Laurence cemetery, where It was buried Friday afternoon. Mareas faced death with remarks hie fortitude, and bis oa'mness up to the vary moment when the ketch was sprung wap that of a brave soldier rather than such as might be expect ed from the cowardly murderer that [undoubtedlv was. The execution it was most orderly and successful, rather P. L. Duffy accompanied 1 arcus under the p allow* and read for him the prayers f jr the dying and the dead. Marcus respoedsd to ths last and died fully oorflflotft that hi* sine were forgiven sud that by the grace of God he wou (The saved. Early Friday morning Fither Del as bis spiritual adviser celebrstec messand offered prayers for the con demned man. Tbeti’ Holy Common km wee brought Marcus in bis ceH, which be received most devoutly. Marcus ate his last meal at about 8 o'clock, after the departure of the priest. Ha bad an ordinary break fast, having expressed no particulsr wish as to what ha should be served with. This meal was sent in to him by the Star Gospel Mission. Follow ing the meal came a smoke and a torn about the cell. , h . . .. Father Duffy returned to the Jall^!^ a little after 9 o'clock aod remained with Marcus in prayer and madlta tion until Sheriff Martin appeared to read the death warrant and the death march began. It was about 10.60 o'clock whan Sheriff Martin went to the condemned murderer's cell to read the death warrant. “1 wish to thaok the tffloersof thl* institution,'' said Marcus, “for the at tention and kindness which they have bestowed upon me, Mr. Sheriff Martin;' Deputy Sheriff Poulnot, Gapt. Grad- dick, Mr. Rice and others.” This wa* all that Marcus had to say. When ask ed by a reporter for The Evening Poet It be wished to send a last message to big yrlfa and children he conferred with Father Duffy, who replied that this Bad already been dene by letter the dag before. ^ - The march to the gallows was then taken up. Straight under the gallows Marcop inarched, and wheeled around the spectators. His features • not move His eyes was steady, trill Martin then asked that hats removed and perfeet quiet be giv en while Marcus read his final state ment before the black cap in put over bis head. Marcus rtad In a dear volea and without a hauit the follow- "“l to to m; <>»tb i.nl, pMitw I‘jy 0 * *» “"* “f •" fog my grievous sins against Almighty God, tbe author at lifsi for my vlole- tion of the laws of this State, aaoaot *d for the protection and peace of so ciety, and for tjbe ir jury done all those who have suffered through my unlaw ful seta and beg their forgiveness. *•1 have sought pardon for my gins ilnnert and die hoping for forglvsbest through the infinite merits of His death upon tbe cross. ‘ Looking backward today to tbe happy home of my youth and the good and loving parents from wbcm I way wardly wandered, I would say to FOUND HIM GUILTY. SEURfiT AR Y CHJSATH AM. OF THE ASSOCIATION, Convicted of Speculating in the Cot. ton Futures Under Fictitious a Fames. While the Georgia Legislature bad under diecumlon a bill to exdude tbe bucket shops from that state, Representative J. R. Anderson, of Chatham County obarged in a speech that some one In the. head quarters of the Southern Cotton anoctatlon had been speculating In the name of Mike O'Grady, and signing tbe checks or receipts for tbe money in an cffldal cap* city; and that soma one in there had been speculating In the name of P. A. Lee. R* also charged that some effloia) of the Southern Cotton association had bean connected with a bucket ■hop called the Piedmont Brokerage oempury, and had bald one-eighth of 1M etock, und that aome one In tbe c ill * of the Southern Cotton aasools tion had had etook standing in bis ntme. - Mr. Harvie Jordan, tha President of tbe Southern Cotton Association, at once took the matter up and ap pointed a committee to investigate the chargee. Ha requested Mr, An derson to appear before the committee and name the guilty men. This Mr Anderson very cheerfully did, aod the result shows be was right in his charges. In giving the names of the men who bad betrayed their trusts ss offlmrs of tbe Association, Mr. Ander son said: As to the charge In regard to the carrying on of speculations In cotton by an e ffiaar of tbe Southern Cotton assnclaton in the nama of Mika Q'G ady and In tha namaof P A Lee; the tfBoer I referred to In this charge It Mr. Richard Ooeatnam, the secretary of tbe association. As to my other charge that aome official in the Southern Cotton tawol- atlbn CfflOC was connected with the oucket shop called the Piedmont Brokerage company, and bald ^ one- el ghtb of its etook. The person I re ferred to in this charge was Mr. Ar tbnr A. Fairchild." After thoroughly Investigating the mstter tbe committee submitted Its report last Thursday afternoon, In '‘strongest die approval and condemnation" of Rich ard Cheatham, secretary of the South ern Cotton amcclatlon, and an effleer, for the dealings he made in cotton under the names of P. A. Lee and MlkeOGrad>, and also of thefeot bat Mr. Cheatham had put tha word ‘secretary’ af.er hie si (mature on the checks with which he paid bis mar gins. It made the same rule apply to \f chur A. Fairchild, the publication manager of the Southern Cotton aaso- elation, who had owned an eight in terest in the Piedmont Brokerage Co., although tbe report stated that Fair- child was an smploye and not aa rfi* oer of tbe ssroclktloa, This report was sent to President Harvie Jordan, and by him It will be sent to the ex ecutive committee for action, tbe committee meeting In Hot Springs on September, 6 7 and 8. Tbe report first dlccuaMd the mo tives leading up to the Investigation and declares that tbe witness who ap peared against'the association with one probable exception were Interest ed In or employed by wire exchangee,. It says that do move was made against the association until July 24. when the Boykin -anti-bucket shop bill was In the bouse, although the it says alio that the chargee against Obaatbam is the strongest reason for tbe abolition of specula tion. It holds, too, that It oan set no difference between legitimate ex changes and bucket-abops, all being ruinous to the country. through the miiaaa insAtfnled by our J 8 Blessed SaviourInbttarvTHemercy to’ 1101 * wof ^ *" ool *“ ori HfUnst tffl cere of it \ n fntnr*., n con demns In the strongest possible terms such action by tta officers or employes, or who may own an intereat In buck et shops. ‘Mr. Richard Cheatham,” the re port resumes, "the aeeretary of tbe man mha ma» mt Southern Cotton aMOOlatloo, having Emitted .uch dMJtow in cotton tu tures for Mika OGrady and P. A. Lee, oomes under this rale, and suob action meets our strongest disapprov al And condemnation. am ember thy Creator In the days of thy youth,' and to tbe Christian char ity of theae and others I appeal to pray to God to have mercy on my Ipnl." ; ' After Marcus finished reading do unnecessary time was lost for the fatal signal. Sheriff Martin was he yond Marcus, and it wee his duty to give the word for the execution. Without-* motion Marcus waitad for tbe Jerk. Suddenly, noiselessly, cleanly, the body of the man left the * round. It rose smoothly Into the air toward the eross beam of tbe gal Iowa. Then it dropped a few feet hack near tha ground. It was thee nine minutes past eleven o’clock. The retnni jer was followed by a slight craek, which broke Marcus’ neck. His body wae then taken down and In- Polaoned, Them. ills, Fla., Thomas and Fred Walters, hostlers table, are suffering in- y and are in a dying eon- drinking whiskey given Arthur Kins, hostler at . Klne has beco sent to jail without ball ta. Investigation shows buanlty oferotoupU was h the whlekey. What frompted tbt dyed la not known. / JM IwE lAtl the i "Your oommlttee farther finds no reasonable excuse for the use hy him of the word ‘secretary’ after his name, but believe it to have been mislead ing and to have worked wrong against the association. ‘This meets the same disapproval that above, and we should apply same general rule to Arthur A. Fairchild, although ha is not an offi cer of the association. "Believing that this oommlttee has no further authority, this report is transmitted to you for transmlastoo to tha executive oommlttee which meets In Hot Springe September 6th, 7th and 8 th for action." Bciioaa Obarge. Jerry Tollerson, a negro man about 46 years old, living on Oapt. A. H. Foster’s plaoA near Jonesvllle in Union 09uhty, was arrested and brought before J. W. Bates, magls trate at J ones villa charged with oom- mltunw rape npon Arlmlnta Foster, a married woman, last Sunday on tha way from church. He waa given a preliminary bearing and bound over to court. The ease exited considera ble interest among tha negroes and a large crowd attended tbe bearing... FIENDISH OUTRAGE QUICKLY AVENGED BY RELA TIVES OF TBE VICTIM ^ Swift and Sura Justice Meeted to a Brute for Heinous Crime. Out A special dispatch from Atlanta to to The Nowaand Courier save In the presence of Annie Lsurte Pmle, the beautiful fifteen year-old daughter of a prominent Atlanta family, whom he had assaulted, Floyd Carmichael, a negro, waa literally, shot to pieces about 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon by the male relatives of tbe girl. When the negro fell, out and torn bv a hun dred bullets, it was proposed to burn the bleeding remains and steps were taken to kindle s fire, but tbe rela tives of the outraged girl decided not to go to this extreme. The girl was outraged In 100 yarda of her home, on South Pryor street, and her assailant paid the penalty of Ms crime in front of the Poole resideooe. The girl was aeigsd by the negro shortly before noon ai {she was return . tng from a visit to a neigh x>r. As she passed an alley she felt a band grip bar, and aba was dragged from the street far up Into the alley, which deserted and rank with weeds The girl struggled desperately, but was chocked almost .uto Insensibility. The negro kept her In tbe alley for nearly an hour, and as ha left threat ened to murdar her family if she told what he bad dona. The girl had beer- so badly Injured that she could noi move, and waa found brulaed and bleeding In the alley by her mother, who, alarmed At her absence, had gone In search of her. The p'rl was almost nude,^all her clothing having Mrs. Poole Immediately Informe her husband, and he, After offering . reward of 91,000, aummoned hie sons brothers and nephews, and started In >ursuit of the negro. Bloodhounds vere used and the dogs led the aveng- ng roiatlvwto a cabin In the. south era poi'tidn’&f the city. In tbe cabin, hiding under a bed, Floyd Carmichael waa found. Hla clothing waa bloody and he bora eyldencsaot a struggle The negro denied that he had d on* anything wrong. We’ll take him to Annie,’’ laid the glrl’a father, “aoLg. see If ahe oan identify him ’’ _ The negro wee taken to tbe Poole reeldenoe, and the girl was borne Ir tha arms of her father jto tbe front porch. "That's thj negro, ” cried the child hysterically. “Or why didn’t you In mercy-kill me?” she screamed, as shCpointed her finger at the assail ant: A dozen pistols were out ere ths girl’s voice died away and in a few minutes the negro was (hot to pleoss Not a shot was fired save by relatives of the girl. Officers Arrived and re moved the body shortly after tbe lyn ching. The feallog against negroes in this section ef tbe city Is now ex ceedingly bitter and there are threats of forcing a central exodus. — FINE SHOWING. Statistics Brought Out at Board • of Equalization Meeting. TOE FIGURES SHOW That Property Generally le Every Conaty in the Stnte, Except One, Hu Great* ly Increased la Parma ss Well u Hie Country, Ander* < son Claims BestLand. At the meeting of the Sf,ate Board Of Equalization in Oolumbia last week all of the county auditors but five had filed abstracts of real estate returns in their respective counties. The audi tors who have not sent In theii- ab stract s have good reasons, it is said, and Mr. W. H. Dorrill of Georgetowny who is late this time, Is said to be be hind for the first time in his Incum bency of 30 years. He is sick now, but will be re-elected without opposition. The other counties which have not re sponded are: Edgefield, Pickens, Un ion and bpartanburg. A comparison of the figures for the respective counties is interesting. Ev ery county in the State shows a gain in property valuation In four years witu the exception of Fairfield, where tbefSls a dPcidedTlOss^and Fairfield baa not ceded any of her lands toother counties. Anderson seems to think that her land is the best in the State by the way people pay taxes thereon and York county comes second. The boasted rich lands of Marlboro uuuU« oiovuiou n£7ing „ „K r,C V* D v S ,? f Marlboro a, ? d been tom from her by the negro: nst n< * 8h ° W UP 80 remark * SAVED FROM GALLOWS. Gov. HeyWard Commutes the Sen tence of Bob Smalls. Gov. Heyward Friday commuted t< Ife Imprisonment the aentenoe of Bob Smallaof North Carolina, who la under sentenoe of death in- Darlington j&ll. Smalls was sentenced to be hanged in lay of last year, but an appeal was akan to the supreme court. A new trial could not be obtained and v tbe ease then came up to Gov. Heyward. Bob Small* and John Nuh wfta W vagabond white men working, at a mill In Darlington county. *Tbey rilled a hard working negro named Frank Soott on tbe 6th of March, ' 906. Soott bad shot a dog belonging to a Mr. Harper fot whom the white men were working. Scott was stop pad on the public highway by these two young white mea and was shot down without provocation. The as sailants were drinking. They perhaps acted more in a spirit of bravado than with te^jtroasm^atlQtlhi^ouhd In Frank Sootfa thigh and bis waa caused by AD artery being waa death severed. After Soott was wounded, and after wards It turned out to be a fata) wound, Noll, In a savage and recklesi spirit fired at Mr. Howie, a white armer, who was remonstrating with the two young men. Noll was sen- tenoed to serve for life and Smalls was sentenoedffijs be hanged. Gov. Heywffd has been deluged with petitions in Smalls’ behalf. It was stated that this man was hardly responsible. He had never known the difference between right and wrong and has ekpressed great pent- ienoe since. There have been* more letitlona In behalf of this man than Or any other prisoner whose life has teen demanded by the law since Gov. Heyward came into offloe. The prosecution endeavored to show malloe because of an alleged threat Smalls had made. A witness who oould not be obtained at the time of the trial has slnoe made an affidavit that Smalls did not make such a threat at the time specified. This re lieve! the case of the legal aspect of murder, but on account of the brutal ity of the homicide, Gov. Heyward thinks that Smalls should be required to epaud the remainder of hla days In prison. Smalls was hut 19 when he commit ted this crime. He wet from Ashe- boro, N. 0., and hie case waa one to exdte pity. ‘ v ' ' pix as • Birth. At Kingston, Williamson county, Tena, a negroes Thursday give birth to six child ran. Tbe children were All Alive At thp lAit Accounts. T’ ably on the list. The following tables arg^neccasarlJy com plete on account of the met that the five counties have not sent inab- ,-ti cts, hut the statement* therein contained are of no less interest. Fol lowing are the figures showing the as sessment of property outside of cities and towns: 1905 Abbeville f ..92,180.54Q Aiken 3.435.438 Anderson 2,829 311 Bamberg...,. 924,925 Barnwell 1,946,090 Beaufort...:. 1,219,105 Berkeley 1,166,085 Charleston 1.833J145 Chefhkee.. Chester Chesterfield .... Clarendon....... Colleton Darlington. Dorcftfester. 1.227,816 1,687,465 778 325 1,360,970 1,369,430 1,643,370 654,570 Edgefield 1,684 260 Fairfield 1,635,294 JF1 'rence**. 1,488,412 Georgetown 993,395 Greenville........ 3,069,250 Greenwood 1,762,215 Hampton 1.090,030 Horry 848.675 Kershaw. 1.447.525 Lancaster 1,113,110__ Laurens 2,307,230 Lee 1,267,090 Lexington 1,590,890 Marion 2.154.300 Marlboro.::.......'.T 1,613,445 Newberry 2,183,365 Oconee — 1,422.280 Orangeburg... 2,876,770 Pickens....*.. 974.644 Riebland 2,026,147 1906 12,421,925 -4,044,665 3,238,798 ‘ 1,082,140 2,111 365 1,336,455 1,483,210 1,958,270 1,489,137 2,061.190 1,071,815 1,617,705 1,877,865 2,017,230 823,895 i’648,193 1,912,170 2,081,950 1,764,090 1,467,832 Kershaw.... Lancaster.. Laurens tee;.: 477,455 261,190 543.140 168,780 293,915 521,095 314,655 724.580 196.530 371,703 873,675 418,723 861.870 481.580 1,157,670 6,162,988 79,960 Lexington ..... Marion > 587,290 Marlboro 340,060 Newberry 753.665 Oconee.......; 378,440 Orangeburg 997,780 Plckebs 147,555 Richland. 4,647,322 . Saluda 63,690 U Spartanburg 2,280,717 Sumter............ 1^60^020 1399,690 Unpn 452,920 Williamsburg... 236,906 424,678 York 1,111,633 1,056.395 Following shows the Increase of value of all real estate, including cities and rural property: Abbeville ; j 227,020 Aiken - — Anderson...... Bamberg Barnwell.... Beaufort Berkeley Charleston;.... Cherokee.T.... 181,565 172,556 ...... 90,485 336,455 263,825 271,143 492,445 393,320 431,000 536,030 Chester,'.... Chesterfield Clarendon..... Colleton _ „ Darlington 493,635 Dorchester 226,045 Edgefle id............. f ,... — Fairfield (decrease) 181,983 Florence 466,288 Georgetown Greenville... 563,805 Greenw«)d .....; 75,125 Hampton.. Horry rCershaw Lancaster Laurens Lee..,....,........ Lexington fiarion...., Marlboro Newberry Oconee Orang burg Pickens Richland......... Saluda Spartanburg Sumter Uuiui,... Williamsburg.... York 402,594 283,165 293,720 381.705 152.705 194,440 331,265 863,020 293,993 362,980 402,410 760,700 CLAIMS THE BRIDE YOUTB AFTER FORTY YEA HA REPARATION. A War Story That Beads Was Taken Out of - Story Book. Liko It A special from Atlanta to tbo Augusta Chronicle lays people at the terminal station Thursday noticed an aged man, feeble in body, gray, hesi tating in walk and manner, leave a north Georgia train. He paoed 22JA58 through the clty, staring at the busy ■’I'*,'streets and tall skyscrapers In perfect 741,396 342,907 TIL^f AH WAITS MANNING And • 1,498,155 2378 495 Appeared In public. L433i78a 1,844,366 Yn31,015 1,828,775 2,438,54b 1,721,550 3,477,420 Saluda , Spartanburg. Suurter Union York........,7^, Williamsburg. . 2,599,916 1,389.560 1,436,670 3,695.576 1,694 690 2,350,660 1,176,610 2,237.245 2,635,390 1,175.361 1,720,085 Following is the valuation per acre under the assessments of 19061“ ^ 15 42 355 641 4 01 354 256 150 3 27 606 Aiken'.. A ndersos;.. .7. Bamberg...... ;.: Barnwell....'. /. Beaufort Berkeley...^,, Charleston • ••»•• » •- *--•-••••■« ••! • • 4 4 • •"V» Cherokee 4#.... €hesteT77^“...T.Tj^=7^777T.. 4 98 Chesterfield 2 06 Clarendon 3 20 Ooileton...., 2 21 Darlington 4 79 Dorchester, ten. Edgefield... ........... Fairfield ......; 3 30 Florence ..., 4 39 Georgetown... . Greenville Greenwood Hampton Horry. Kershaw:....;:. Lancaster.. Laurens Lee Lexington Marlon. 4 95 5 14 209 1M. 2 90 3 78 525 4 80 2 67 431 Marlboro...:... 5 26 Newbeiry.;. 5 40 Oconee 3 06 Orangeburg 3 56 Pickens ; — Richland ;..., 4 82 Saluda 4 52 Spartanburg — Sumter..,. 5 23 Union *. 2 09 Williamsburg 5 65 York Following shows the valuation of property in cities and towns: Abbeville t 738,610 Aiken 1,718,011 Anderson 957,553 Bamberg 277,750 Barnwell.... 479,509 Beaufort a. 675,065 Berkeley....... 7.. 65,635 Charleston 12,641,555 .... 627.665 Cherokee., Chester Cb raterfleld Clarendoh ••••••••• Colleton Darlington Dorchester .„77* Edgefield Fairfield Florence Georgetown Greenville Greenwood ...... Hampton. Horry. 662,055 207,640 228,135 174.390 699,285 670,255 340,930 297,708 988 806 877,566 1 901,620 942,026 166,020 122.390 i 724,245 1,860,242 1,146,359 302.100 486,823 648,190 84,965 12,780,755 636,987 780,776 307,270 -306,455 201,985 819,060 626,975 266,722 1,031,336 1*62,725 1,031,260 in,612 171,220 DisoenMrjr Legislature will —' Be Elected. The Washington correspondent of the Charleston Post says Ool. H. Y. Simpson, one of the most prominent awyera of the Laurens bar, Is in Washington with hla family on hla way to Atlantic Olty. While In Washington Col. Simpson •topped hie routine of sight seeing ong enough to tell something abodt how politics are going down In South Carolina. "Senator Tillman waa In A Abort time ago and spoke to the people there," mid Ool. Simp eon. "While from the crowd that attended the meeting he appeared to have a good many followers still, there Is not nearly the tame enthu siasm noticeable that there wonderment. Ha seemed afraid, am: zmI, out of plape, mystified. On Irqulry It waa found that the aged passenger had but a few days ago cams from a living death. He bad Just ojmpleWd a term of thirty-nine Fears’ service In a northern peniten tiary. He waa on bis way to Carters- vllle, where he went to find the wife io lift over forty years ago, to go and fight for his country; a wife «rho had taken him to be dead, end had mar ried again and considered herself now a second widow. Tbe aged man was Anderson Pitt man, formerly of Habersham county, this State. In 1863 then a young he kissed his young wife good bye, and, J lining a local company, veat away to fight the battles of the South. For months regular letters reached the young woman from her fond hust*nd. Finally, one day, they oeased to arrive. The battle of Chlokamaoga had been fought a few days before, and Pittman’s regiment had been , one against which Sherman had thrown NO' 40. Sentence* Altered in tbe Cot if . Murderer* by GOVERNOR HE! WARD 2,089,435 63,380 ' 1, mtf. , i < nn brigades^ - Maar brave Southern . erB wvrv ltfl on th# fleld< But that le history. Pittman’i wife believed that he had died with others. But she waited, and grieved and longed Her widow’s weeds if*** do °n.ed In sadness, and the yeara rolleiji by. The husband came not nor wrote. - One day a neighbor wooed and won her. Surely Anderson was dead, sk> thought, and married again. She lived happily several years and ont day her new husband, a man by tb< name of Whltton, waa killed by s man who aoouaed him of jAforailng the author!tiea of his llllolt dlatlllln^ operations. But Anderson was not daad. H was among those taken prisoner u> the northern hordes, and waa seui away to a northern bell-bouse of eon flnement. Oo* day near the turn, whan ns should have bean exchangee he reeented the mistreatment of a prison officer and killed him. He was taken away into civil court and tried. Little wonder is there when the prejudices of Urn time are ooosiderod that he ever escaped with his life. But life confinement was his portion. To a penitentiary he was sent to serve his aentenoe. The 717.:,a*** * UMlaMfcir wlW 101,3 the question of who Is to be the next Governor of the State are tbe two absorbing topics of Interest. Senator Tillman may be able puli Maaning into office as the next Governor—that seems to be what he Is trying to do., though he has never eald out and out that Manning Is his choice. It Is generally conceded, however In the State that Manning le his favorite. Whether or not tbe Senator's influence together with that posneesed by the and friends was Thirty-nine long yean he spent be hind prison ban, knowing nothing of the mighty progreee hla aeotion bed made In the meantime. Ooe day, <ike the Father of the Manbeleea oi old, hie release came, and be found himself out in voold, strange world, with most of his life behind aim. His thoughts turned homeward, ! aod baek to the “Htils of Hsbenuam position of those who make It. Sometime ago the people of Lau rens voted out the dispensary, but its advocates took the matter Into court, and It was held that tbe election under which the vote was taken was invalid, hence the dispensary should not be closed. It le still open, but 1 think It only a question of time when it will receive a majority of tbe votes of the people for it to close. Many of tbe counties in the State have already voted the dispensary out, the people of those counties believing that the dispensary was not the best solution of the liquor question. “While it has not generally been known that Manning was tbe eholoe of Senator Tillman, 1 think there Is no quesblon of that being the-OMe. JL also think that perhaps the future operation of the dispensary depends somewhat on whether or not Manning Is elected and hie ideas adopted. •Un less he Is elected tbe dispensary may have a hard fight though I do not doubt that the coming primary elec tions in tne different counties throughout the State will send dis pensary men to the Legislature. Two NogroeaLjaelseA. John Black and Will Begin, negroes were lynched by a mob ol 200 men new Fort Gardner, Polk county, Fla. Tuesday night. The negroes killed '’’id. Granger, a white turpentine op eratoni without provocation, and were captured by Sh riff G Wiggins and three deputies near the scene of the killing a few hours afterwards at a bridge crossing Peace river, two mlleafrom Bartow. The mob baited ftbo eberllland pease and took poeee- sldn cf the prlsooieiA Both omfemed and were hanged to a nearby tree, be ing afterwards riddled with bullets. The mob immediately dispersed and the bodies were found Wednesday morning. 11 {modern type of Rip V*n Winkle, startling all she natives, tew of-, whom remembered him. Ha fwuad that hie wife wae in Gartersvllie, and an old friend of hie former captain him in reaching that place. him, though he oaUed her hy ths Heyward’seffiaeandsuriendered.aay Boy Hero Drowns With Motor. While a brother and lists: Sharks, sged asventesa and eighteen yein, wore bathing In Lika Erie, off Point Abino, drowned. Tim ried out by ths boy went to bar they being oar tbe Their ... . .. . - i*nd to the VAlleys of HaU" he .uoowoi Of Oov^HcrMWl^ou' orrlTed tow, , fow day. «o, to. be told at this time. There, it is etatwr, hr lhffiid file prison wife oonnected with the family ol General Granger. She didn’t know name of olo, but la ton* softened by she enforced lisp ot prison life. How ever, she recognized him by a wart oo the fore had, and tha two who had parted in the halcyon days of youth met In the autumn of old age, ana will spend the remainder of their lives at God first Intended they should, man and wife. And here let os draw the curtain. " in York. ' A dispatch to Tbe State from York says Mr. W. J. Wbltner, superlnten dent ot Glenn and Allison’s at Fishing creek killed Mloge Armstrong, color ed, Tubrsdoy morning. The negro came late to work and Mr. Wbltner asked him the cause, when he threw a shovel of dirt on Mr. Wbltner, who asked the meaning of that. The negro then attempted to strike him with a shovel and Wnltoar went to wards hi*., house the negro fol lowing. Wbltner and hie little brother held the door to keep the negro out aod the negro tried to break down the door. Wnltoar got his shotgun and want around tne house and asked the negro what ha infant. He then advanced on Wblt ner with tbe ihova) drawn. After bhing told to stop he kept on and Wbltner shtf him m the nec killing hiss.' York is a dry oounty. HUUnff in » A special from MiDedgevlll*, Ga., ■ays that Joe MorrlMne negro youth, woo recently attempted to aaeeasi- nate the family of George Bioxi- worth, a farmer living a few from Maoon, le biding in a near M (hedge vl lie, A poeee of men in buggies, on noises and afoot, ah ed, surround the swamp. A of a lynching has watt! villa, but is unconfirmed, is in a orittsie eobdltion from hit; Per deed tad Sefflcieat Reasons. Lake Orsy Reprieved Until Last Day ef Meath sad William Qihhs’ See. trace Coemmted Reined t* Respite Mareas, , Within the borders of loath Caro* Ina, says Toe Mute, throe men were to have been hanged Friday, three men to have paid the penalty of tbe old Moaalc law—“an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." Of thee* three, only one was swung Into eternity, for the others have had tbetr sentences altered, one temporarily, it is true. " The strangest part of the Incident that the two men whose deaths nave been deterred are negroes, while he who was hanged was a wait* This Is a tribute to the State and a refutation of the slurs so often oast by alien lips upon tbe josttorof the courts of the Palmetto commonwealth. Thursday the governor on the ad* vloe of the board cf pardons, reprieved until August 31, Luke-Gray, a negro murderer of A«ken county, and eom* muted to life imprisonment the eeo- tenoe of William Gibbs, also a mur derer, whose arlme was eorumiwsd hr Georgetown oounty. In'both instan ces, tbe chief executive was guided by strong reoommeadaUoas and tbo ar gent advice of tbe board of pardons. HA" declined to interfere with the course of the law in regard to William Marcus the Charleston murderer. The change In the sea Moot of Gray waa made because hie attorneys claim so have mitigating oiroumetnno# which will, they are confident, induce the pardon board to weommend a def inite alteration in hla T—tviriTt The. governor has reprieved this man, only the instance of the pardon board’s *dvioe and the eolleltatlon of various 8 tisane of Aiken, among whom an a umbered many prominent «»f*es. Two weaks* tlsse wUl be given in which these mitigating etroomstanoes, if there are *ay. »*« to ha ibonn, or alee the man will be hanged ou the last day of the month. Tne governor will write the petitions that this mil- tng must be compiled with and that while be feels that Gray lea murder- JL- is a frieadlaaa negro aad because the pardon hoard so recommended. - Toe attorneys woo satiated the so licitor are fighting any lion. Their version of tbe kllliur that Gray asked Clifford Woodward, a white mao of MauumfiraaM, what he had eald to Gray’s wO* during the morning hours. Gray, aesordiiw to their story, said nothing and advanc ed toward the negro with hie baade In tbe front pockets of hlstrooiers, ^nan the negro, backing away, killed the white man with a shotgun which be carried. O! oonree this ttetammi is biased, on account of - aUUng oaoiured oo February 2,1906, end Gray was tried at tbe nminer term Of court. Tbe negro had no ea. torueys, and H F. Wyman and W. IC. Smoak were appointed by the eoni*. Son Oliver, the brother-in-law ot Gray, and who was tried with wAJlmfi It will be remembered that Gray the negro who walked into mg he had killed in Aiken. while itfta •In ed Ned Anderson by stabbing April 2 of this year, bat been given n good recommendation is an nonset, bard working negro, and an entirely reverse oimactar was given to Ned Andewon, colored, the man whom be killed. Many prominent dtiziat of Georgetown, among them W. 8. M, Ward, testified and wrote that Andef- eon was a bully and a dtsperodo of the wont type. Judge Watts recom mended the alteration of the eentenet to life Imprisonment. Mr. O'Bryan, Gibbs' attorney, has uueeaslDg in his efforts to secure n change in the lenience. Bat Marcus had to die. This mur derer who so brutally slew with an kw pick a trusting womaa woo' lived with him and who believed tbsk be had no other wife, paid for tbe awful deed committed on tbe aaade by the seashore. Tne governor re ceived another telegram Thursday, purporting to be from Marcos’ wife in Cincinnati, or rather written io interest. If ths telegram be fide it it only another Indication of the "raling pamion." The reed: Governor D. a Heyward, Oolumbia, *. 0 Llzzle Marcos has known two days only awful plight ef her h ' tharof bar five tots, lem; ahe oo«M not go imswitatalff. Hake pity, Governor. Don't deny bar chance to flayitst good-bye. Bur. Joseph X As all Sooth there was never s __eu9ive wardi bat in this be and tbs mtapN matter full mm