The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, February 13, 1908, Image 1

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\ l VOL. XXXI BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1908 NO. 24 M(t Hargis, Famana Flgiira la Kaatucky Palltleal Anna la. DIES WITH BOOTS ON; MORSE RAN AWAY. Big Trust Magnatt Now a Fugl tlva From iustlco. tleach Hargis, Young Son of the Judge, While Drinking Shoots His Father Fire Times in His Own Store.—The Deaad Man Was Mixed Up in Maaj Scrapes and Had Been Tried for Murder. At Jackson, Kjr., former County Judge James Hargis, for many years member of the State Democratic exe- cutlre committee, accussed of com plicity in many killings,'and a prom inent figure in the feuds which hare disrupted Breathitt County for sever al years, was shot and killed In his ~TOre ahonTSTSO- P. M. Thursday by his son, Beach Hargis. The son fired five shots in rapid succession at his father, who fell dead while his clerkg were waiting on customers. The exact cause of the murder has not been learped, but it is supposed to have been the result of differences which have existed be tween father and son for some time. The two men are reported to have had a severe quarrel several nights ago, when the father, it is alleged, was compelled to resort to violence to restrain hie son. - Young Hagrls, it Is said, had been drinking heavily of late. He came into the store Thursday afternoon and was apparently under-the influ ence of liquor. Judge Hargis, it is said, spoke to his son abopt drink ing and a qutrfet resultsar Father and son stepped behind a counter when the son, after a minute's con versation. drew a revolver and fired five shots. Four took effect. Judge Hargis falling dead. The young lady stenographer and the customers in the store fled. Young Hargis was ar rested and placed in jalU He was raving like a maniac and the offleers were compelled to drag him to jail. Judge Hargis had been for years a prominent figure in Kentucky in po litical And criminal circles. He has figured in the Courts in Jhe moun tains for years on account .of the murders of Dr. Cox, Attorney Mar cum and'‘Jim" Cockrill. Judge Har gis was present leader of the Dem ocrats of the 10th district and was regarded as the “boss'' pf Breathitt- County. - Hot year a. hie-away wasnpt oppps- ed. but some yearr^tgoJaitnes BV Wrecked a Big New York Bank of AS Which He Was President, and Sail ed For Liverpool. A dispatch from New York says that ^ Charles W. Morse, lesA than five months ago worth 920,000,000 head of the Coastwise ship, and the ice trusts, capitalized at |127,000,- 000, and in control of a chain of banks, teapltolised at 110,000,000, Is a fugitive from justice, having sailed from New York for Liverpool - When this came- to light Receiver Hanna the official of the federal government, who has charge of in vestigation .that the grand jury is making into the bank juggling which led to the failure of the Bank of North America, has attached hia Fifth avenue mansion for 9243,321.- 25 due by Morse to the bank on promlsory notes long over due. Twice Morse has been before the grand jury whdre he was subjected to grilling examinations. It is known that Indictment' has been determined upon by the jurors, but it is stated by District Attorney Jeroffie that he knows of no reason why Morse should flee, .fearing criminal prose cution. Mrs, Morse. who was dragged through the scandals .attendant upon the Dodge-Morse divorce case that landed Abe Hummel on Blackwell's Island, is living alone in the mansion at No. 728 Fifth Avenue. This-stands in the name of Morse, and is said to be worth 9750,000. It is .already mortgaged for a large amount and has been attached in a suit by R. A. C. SmHii fur »lt8.7B3.9^1n a claim for a conditional sale of five hun dred shares of National Bank of North America stock and also libell ed by the federal government for 9243.321.2&. ' (/*> In the wreck that followed the driving out of Morse from his pres idencies and directorates in banks he controlled, his repudiation by the management of the re-organized ship trust, the dropping out of sight of values of the ice trust stock and the wreck of banka that has follow ed the revelation of banking meth ods that have been criticised, Morse’s fortune is believed to have been swept away in three months. Reports of Morse's lores followed One each ot>er'*te rapid succession, of ttt$se was that the jftQdltor 1 mi 6 yv. uuiV'Ofc* tax axxcsn.tus uaua cau au~ voluntary "'bankrupt, 7 ' thus asprblng fortune. Deputy whvriffe-were "kept tmsy '-serving cop ies of the attachment' 1n -the suit Marcum had the temerity to op^difi Hargis in a law case. From thatri day he was a marked man. -n- trii various times for complicity in the murder of Marcum, “Jim” Cockrill and Dr. Cox, but had been acquitted on all of the charges." He was re cently forced to pay -a judgment of **8,000 to Mrs. Marcum in' connec- r , ;.lon with the death of her husband. Judge Hargis had just disposed of 1 this, the last of these cases in which he hard been involved when he- paid * „ the judgment of the Court. Mrs. Marcum had sued Judge Hargis and others for 9100,000, alleging that they caused the death of her hus band. The Hargis-Cockrill fued had its inception in a political contest. The Hargises had long been dominant in Breathitt County, where they con ducted a general store, were engaged In the lumber business and were gen erally active. The brothers, James, Alexander and Elbert, were good business men apd accumulated a for tune. The trouble with the Cockrllls arose when the latter opposed - the the Hargises at the polls. Feeling was bitter, when one day; Benjamin Hargis, a younger brother of James Hargis, met one of the Cockrill boys in a “blind tiger,” near Jackson, and was killed by his enemy. In the fall of 1802, Dr. Cox, the guardian of the Cockrill boys, who lived, on the outskirts of Jackson, was shot as he entered his home one i night by assassins concealed- across the way. John Smith, John Abner and. others of the allege 1 harg's - band were accused of the crime, and in a confession made by one of them Judge Hargis was charged with hav ing hired them to kill Dr. Cox. From this time on the story of the Hargis-Cockrill feud was written in ♦blood. The next fo lall was ',‘Jlm“ Cockrill, the town marshall. Shortly after the murder of Cockrill, James B. Marcum, the attorney for the Cockrill boys, created a sensation by publicly declaring In Lexington that he was a marked man, and that he had been doomed to death by the Hargis clan. One morning in May. five years ago, Marcum was shot down while sUnding at the door of the Court House at Jackson talking to Capt. ter for the National Bank of North America, in New York, against Morse UTTecover 9243,321. Copies of the attachment have-been served on officers of the 14^banks in Which Morse was supposed to have accounts. A deputy sheriff has seized 8,409 shares of stock of the Furnace Valley Copper, said to be owned J^y Morse. Another levied on stock in tHe Klngsiand Copper Com pany, said to have been owned by Morse. A deputy sheriff also has served a .copy of the attachment of K. A. Wilson, in charge of the Morse resident in 5th avenue. _ • Ewing, the assassin being Curtis Jett “the wild dog,” who had since con fessed his part In this tragedy and who was accused to the other crimes. He and “Topi” White are now serv ing life sentence In the penitentiary. Judge Hargis will be buried in a casket costing 9100. which he had purchased a month ago. About 4.80 Thursday afternoo^ fAe following message was sent: ' > “Express to-day casket selected by James Hargis as he is dead.” _ a' C “lln- Jtff* Hvtil brought by Charles A. Hanna, re- ceh LYNCHING IN FLORIDA. A Mob Makes Quick Work of an Al leged Murderer. Jack Long was lynched near New berry, Fla., Thursday. Long was ac cused of the mutder of Elias Sapp, a prominent farmer, and was taken from the town jail by a crowd of 200 men, carried to the scene of the crime and there hanged to a tree. Excitement in Newberry is at fev er heat and the citizens of the town are armed. It is feared that there may be further trouble. It is said that another lynching is threatened. According to the police Long's broth er was . killed by one of the Sapp family, who has never been captured. This is believed to have given rise to the trouble, which culminated In the death of Long. * WORKED SOUTHERN FOR PASSES Young White Man Arrested at Green ville on New Charge. J. H. Clark, a young white man, Faa arrested at Greenville on Thurs day, charged with obtaining passes from the Southern Railway by mak ing false representations. Clarke regyesented himself as being an en gineer on the Southern, and in this way secured many passes. When ar rested he had two quarterly passes of the New York Central on his per son, both of toem being made out to GOT VERY HOT. Members of the Senate Gets Ex cited Over an Editorial IN MANNING TIMES. It Was Claimed That Senator Appelt's v* • .. ' J < •' Paper Had • Made Grave Charges Against Some Senators.—Senator He Hit Back and Said He Would Criticise Them When He Saw Fit. Represents Two Houses. Senator Weston said that it is penalty that men in public, life pay to be misunderstood by some good men and to be misrepresented by some bad men. He had no apollgies to make to any member of the senate or to any nwspaper man or anybody else for his professional conduct. He had been honored by the people of Richland county for many years and It is for them to say whether his con duct meets with their approbation. He stated that the law firm with which he is conhected, Weston & Ay- cock, represents two of the liquor houses which have claims pending before the dispensary comipission, but no man could say, he declared, that his vote or his actions in the senate were influenced by such rela^ Appelt Was Roundly Abused; but tlons. H* said that one of the houses he represents placed their claims in There was a red hot time In the State Senate on Friday. Senator Blease of Newberry read the follow ing editorial from the Manning Times, which had been copied in the Newbebrry Observer. The Manning Times is owned and edited by Sena- tor^Appelt. Before reading the arti cle Senator blease said he did not represent any whiskey house, and therefore the article did not touch him, but he thought the Senate ought to take notice of the article, which reads as follows: .The Casus Belli. The liquor scandals continue to hold interest, and the graft gang are txyin^ to work up a sentiment against Attorney General Lyon because oMits having employed Coi. T. B^Teldef,, of Atlanta, Ga., to assist him. They say, ‘Lyon had to go to Georgia to get help, as though South Carolina did not have good lawyers,’ but such rot will fool nobody when It is known that the liquor crew., have in their relations with thtT winding-up com- his hands bfore the commission was established, the New York and Ken tucky Distilling company. Senator Christensen's Criticism. Rising to a question of personal privilege, Mr. Christensen said: , “I too, am an editor and during the sessions of the legislature have occasion to cpmment on events In the legislature. I have commented in a general way on the situation discussed by the senator from Claren- mission of the state dispensary ‘re tained a large number of lawyers in Columbia and other cities, and sonie of these are also members of the leg islature, who will probably fight the proposition of making an appropria tion to defray the attorney general’s expenses in bringing to justice men who have robbed the state. To sen sible men it matters not where the assistance comes from, whether it comes from Georgia or South Caro lina, but it happens, that Col. -Fel der is a South Carolinialt, and is re lated to the Felders of Clarendon. I happen to know the man, although I have not seen him since coming here. H« is an'aide, fearless lawyer and will expose thenafli|Ui-of^members ’ *ht»e wMtfea^tjte^qdltor baukHjuf tibu^ Who attempt lg>T unitejln making him an In to use their relations as attorneys fbr these liquor concerns to thwart the legislation necessary' to^ uphold At torney GengtaLXyflfl's hands, indictment the charges arising formation suffio ationi^aa, fefffto p already been obtained place some men "in a different parties. Dislocated her jaw. I^ighing at a Funny Story Told Her by Her Husband. While Mrs. Mary Lambertson was at aupper with her husband, at their home, Brooklyn, he told her a funny atory. When the point of the story was reached. Mrs. Lambertson laugh very undesirable attitude before the people, and if there is any further attempt made to ‘tamper with the ury’ to defeat an appropriation to continue investigation and bring to ustlce the thieves’ the newspaper reading will become mighty! interest ing, and the hypocrisy of some of our patriots’ ■ will have its mask torn away, and they will be held up for indignant derission and scorn of a trusting arid outraged people.” • Several Statements. SenatEt Earle denounced the pub lication in no un<?ertain terms. He said he had jpever represented a whiskey house, nor had he been con nected IB any way with the State dispensary, commission. He said that such statements as those contained the article from the Manning Times were "infamous falsehoods” and he demanded that' the author of the article specify what senators were referred to. “And any member of the senate,” said Senator Earle, “who will publish such statements should be expelled from the senate.” Senator Appelt's Statement. Senator Appelt, who had sat with rilence under the stream of denun- iation heaped upon him, but whose face had grown red and then white, ame to his feet quickly when Senator Earle had concluded his remarks.. He demanded to know if the senate) from Oconee meant to say that he (Appelt) had stated what was a falsehood. Senator Earle said that the infor mation contained In that article was false and insulting. Senator Appelt declared that a tempest in a teapot" had been stir red up. He said that he wrote the article referred to and was alone re sponsible for its publication.* He said that he based that article upon Information which he regarded as authentic. No names were given to him by his Informants, but he de clared that he was satisfied that the statements contained in the article in so far as they related m«!nbcr^ of the general assembly being attor neys for whiskey bouses were abso lutely correct. He said that while he was a member of the senate he was also an editor of a newspaper and felt priviledged to criticise persons whenever he had information upon which to base such crtticismv. He said that if anybody was to be expelled from the senate it should be those senators who represent whiskey houses and who would use their official position to defeat the ends of legislation seeking to give to the attorney “generalfunds with which to prosecute the grafters. He said to Senator Earle he had don in his pffper and the senator from Richland, who has just taken his seat. ,r— “It is my belief that the senator from Richland has not acted in any way inconsistent with his ideas of what is right and proper. But I disagree with him and have said so and propose to condemn his course again if I think proper. He repre sents some of these liquor houses whose claims are being investigated and some of the ex-State dispensary official’s who are under indictment arid thlntys it proper and right as State senator to oppose in the senate the bill to provide the attorney gen eral with funds to prosecute his clients. I disagree with him and habe so stated e 1 sewhere and vHsh to'’put myself on record here.” Snator Kaysor's Statement. Senator Raysor said that he re gretted that It was necessary for him to raise a question of personal privi lege, but he felt compelled, under the circumstances, to enter his pro test against thp charges contained In the newspaper clipping which had been read. • He said he voted against the Otts resolution* because he considered it unwise, but he had publicly proclaim ed from the floor of the senate that he would vote to give to the attorney general any amount of money he needed In the prosecution of cases \rising from the Investigation of the affairs of the State dispensary. He tbought-thatjWTe attorney gen- Wtfc-ahould bAdpWrf all the assist- ince “necessary in these matters—^in justice to‘'the State and to the. from that investigation shou Tired; the authorities ought to go to the bottom of tliem. He said that he had never repre sented a whiskey house in any claim before the dispensary commission and he does not represent any of the parties who have been- indicted as a result of the investigation of the af fairs of the dispensary. He said he had been approached by one man who was formerly connected with the State dispensary and although this man was a—lifelong persoharTriend and he has confidence in his integ rity he refused to consult with him until after the adjournment of the legislature. Senator Sinkler Warms Up. Senator gink tor also rose to a question of personal priviledge and made some very caustic references to the publication lu question. He said that he voted against the Otts resolution because he considered it improper for the senate to pass such a resolution when the act of the gen eral assembly of South Carolina is before a court'"for interpretation. “But,” he declared, “if any man Imputes to me wrong motives for vot ing, as, I did on that measure, or charges me with being recreant to FIFTEEN PERISH By tin Burning of a Steamer OTf • » b * L « y| « l for stlrtt Nova Scotia. REST OF CREW SAVED. The White Star Liner Cymric Resell' e<j Thirty-Seven Members of the Ship's Company, Rut a Small Boat Containing Fifteen of the Ship's Crew Was Swamped, and the Men Were Lost. * Tn the midst of a wild blizzard Monday afternoon the steamer St. Cuthbert was burned, to the water's edge off the Nova Scotian coast. Fif teen members of the crew were drowned by the swamping of a small boat, in which "they attempted to leave the vessel after fire had broken out The ether thirty-seven members of the crew, Including the captain, were rescued by the White Star liner Cym ric. After taking off the Survivors, the Cymric abandouded the burning steamer aqd preceded to Boston. The first 7 news of the destruction of the St. Cuthbert received was at Halifax by a wireless telegram from Capt. Finch of the Cymric. The mes sage was as follows: * “The steamer St. Cuthbert was abandoned afire Monday afternoon off the Nova Scotian coast. The Cym ric stood by for nine hours during a strong .gale, heavy sea and snow squall. , "Life boat in charge of chief offi cer, making three perilous trips, res cued SIX MILL TAX. poses This Year. -t- This Would Be an Increase of a Mill and a Half Over tne Tax of Last Year. thirty-seven members of the' crew, including the captain. Several members of the crew were severely burned and Ihjured. “Fifteen of the crew were drown ed Sunday while attempting to leave the vessel. Their boat was swamped by a heavy ««*■ . - ■ -; "Sea cocks left open on gt. Cuth bert, which will probably sink within twelve hours. It is now a danger ous derelict, lying in the path of New Work and European vessels.” The St. Cuthbert owned by the British and Foreign Steamship Com pany of Liverpool, sailed from Ant werp on January 19 for New. Yoyk. When the steamship Cymric left the scene of the disaster the burning .steamship was lying directljr in the Trans-Atlantic steamship course. Tbp Cymric left Liverpool on January 24 for Bostom * ! * - ^ The steimship St. Cuthbert was comparatively a new vessel,’having been built in •T9M tat New Castle, England, by the Armstrong-W hit- worth Company. St. Cuthbert _w&s 4,954 tons register. — He said that he had not been giv- my duty to the state, that man hath I an thn names of any, senator with re- od so heartily for Mvoral minutes that she dislocated her jaw. She was ao ^ ) (now f rom whom he got taken to thfc Beney hospital, w$ere ms information, or what that Infov Jaw wm mat!os was* in-detail. not a fig leaf to cover his naked in decency and It would be base flat tery to call him a dog.” ,- A Further Explanation. Senator Appelt tbonght he could clarify tlie atmosphere to some extent by explaining that this article appear ed long before the Otts resolution was Introduced and so far as he knew before that resolution was ev er contemplated. No reflection was intended upon any member for hav ing voted against that resolution as it would have been quite impossible to cast such reflections in advance of the Introduction of the resolution and before the vote was taken. He had simply been given information contained in that article and got the information from a source which could be relied upon. Resolution Offered. Immediately upon the senate re convening at i^o’clbck in the after noon, Senator Smfth of Hampton of fered the following resolution: , “Whereas, certain allegations have been made Impeaching the honor and actions of members of the senate and house of representatives tn re gard to Igislatlon upon the whiskey question now before the courts, the general assembly and the people of South Carolina. “Be it resolved by the senate. That a committee consisting of two sena tors. to be appointed by the president of the senate, wait upon the Author of aaid charges—the senator from Clarendon—and ask that he appear before the bar of the senate at i and produce the hames and evidence in suport*of said charges.’* Stands _by His Guns. 7 —> With reference to this resolution. Senator Appelt said that he consid ered it untimely, uncalled for and un- nesessary; that if he were required to appear before the bar of the sen ate he could do so, but that he would only^ reiterate what he’had said at the mornings session and no other statement would be made. He dclared thaf he would not ma liciously injure any man, and while he wrote the article in the stenographer is given 9690.. mak- ing'a total of 96,725, asgg&lnst 98,- 07b last year.' The sum of 91,000 given last year for any prosecutions of State offi cials. and 91.000 for prosecuting the Southern Railway merger suit are not Included this year. Attorney "General Lyon asked for 95,000 tp‘prosecute the merger suit and requested that he either be giv en a sufficient amount or be not re- quired to prosecute the case at aj). question and published it in his newspaper! he felt that no senator not guilty of what was charged in that article had a right to assume that it contained a charge against him. He said that he felt that it was not only his priviledge but his duty to give to the public through his newspaper such infor mation as is contained in that article and that he would continue to dp so regardless of what action might be taken by the senate lo’doek. p. HtofFebruary 10th la»Unt,j t4rpr#ud or aMundprxtood. gard to this matter, therefore if brought before the bar of the sen ate he could not give any names. He read the article, as it was taken from the Newberry Observer, and stated that it contained errors in the way of the ommissiPn of quotation marks. Hp said that the ommlssion of the quotation marks might have been the fault of hs own office, that he did not get an opportunity 1 to read proof on the article and it was possible that certain of the quotation marks were omitted, but anyway, they did not appear in the clipping from the Newberry paper as he had written them’ With the quotation marks in serted as he wrote them, the state ments to which such serious excep tions ^ were made appear as coming from a third party, Just as they were given to the senator from Clarendon. Resolution Withdrawn. Upon hearing the statement of the senator from Clarendon, Senator Smith asked -leive to withdraw the resolution and this was done, without objection. The question now appears to be a closed Issue. However, Senator Sink ler found it necessary to rise again to a question of personal privilege on account of what he characterized as a grossly inaccurate report of what he had said at the morning session In an afternoon paper. It was stited In that paper that he had referred to Senator Appelt as being lower than a dog. which was incorrect. He said that he used - no such language and his language had either been mlein- The appropriation bill which was prescuiea to the House Friday by the ways and means will carry the levy to five and one-half mills, and per haps to six Tunis.' The levy for 1907 is four and one-half mills, which was not sufficient to raise the appropria tions. The bill as reported will carry 930,000 fpr tile new auditorium building desired by the University of South Carolina: also 943,714 for support and other items, which will bring the appropriation for the Uni versity to 983.569.64, aa - against 964,038/93 last year. For Wlnthrop College, the sum of 964,435.22 is given for support, and f2'000 additional for septic tanks, raising the total amount to 978,059.- 82 as against 914,563.70 last year. This sum does not Include the 924,- 000 voted for a new dormitory, nor the 912.500 for practice school, al ready appropriated. For the Citadel, .the sum of 000 to repair the recently purchased police station is included, together _ with the 97,500 due as second pay-Tgali. the progr^, oTbuMn^M bTing TYWant An thf* nnrphncA molrtnor m ,. ment On the purchase, making the total appropriation 962,750, as against 935,750 last year. For the industrial school at Flor ence the sum of 910,000 to given. For continuing the Improvement oi The “Stare House gfffimffirthfl |am of 910.(100 Is given, the commission having asked for 925,000. The appropriation for. the depart ment of Immigration Is as follows: Salary of commissioner, 91.900; clerk 91.200; expenses, 93.000; sten ographer, 960jO; handbook, 94.000. Total, 110,700, as against 914,000 last year. There are no other Important changes in any of the other' State officers except that of Attorney Gen eral. The salary of the assistant Attorney General to raised from 91.' 500 to 91,800, the contingent fund 1s raised from 9200 to 9300, the litiga tion fund is placed at 92,000, and , B th4) Nattoiul convention. The amount asked Is not given. For water supply the amount Is fixed at 93,000, as against 95,000 last year, and this will likely be In creased on the floor. For Interest on State debt the sum of 9300,000 is allowed. The amount for pensions If fixed at 9250,000, the same as lait year, and all other items are prac tically unchanged, except those not ed above. There are no Increases In salaries except small ones already mentioned. The committee on ways and means has spent a great deal of time on the bill,,having several meetings a day, and Chairman Banks and Secretary Aull have been about the busiest men In the General Assembly for the last two weeks. * THEY WANT FOOD. Startling Story Told by a New York School Teacher.. That many of her pupils come without breakfast to school, that on occttgsions several have fainted In the class‘jysom from want of food, and that repeated appeals to charity organizations brought nothing more than long-delayed replies to thfe ef fect that “an Investigation would be made” are among ttatements made by Mrs. Cf T. TonteirT principal of pub lic school No. 114, at 73 Oliver street. New York. * EIGHTY-FIVE OPERATIONS Were Performed on Woman WTio ’ Finally Succumbed. At Peoria, III, Mrs. Martha Ann Davis, aged 60 years, died Thursday night after an Illness of dropsy. Dur ing this time Mrs. Davis had been operated on 85 times, and 2,000 pounds of water drawn off at dif ferent operations. Physicians de clare the case to be one of the most singular of its kind In medical his tory. KILLED HIMSELF. Shoe Manufacturer and Society Man Shp>Qts Self In Temple. At Lynchburg, Va., John Klnckle, aged thirty-three, a prominent so ciety man and secretary and treasur er of the F. Klnckle Shoe Gompshy, shot himself throe timea in the right temple Thursday evening with sui cidal intent. Ho to not exported to survive. No cause for the set can be learned. r A RED HOT TIME Florida Rapubllcans Hold Two Two Strong Conventions. REMARKABLE SCENES Knocking Down and Dragging Oat - of Delegates Not Least Exciting Feature' of Meeting. Two in Session at Same Time, One En- dorses Taft Other Does Not la- struct Delegates. —— - The fight for delegates to the Na tional Republican Convention from the South has commenced between the Roosevelt and the Foraker forces. 7 Florida Republicans stand consplc- lously in the lime light as being the first to hold their Convention to se lect delegates to th6 National Con vention, and it is said that the stren uous and exciting scenes enacted at bt. Augustine Thursday are merely a forecast of similar scenes In other Southern States, caused by the d#s-‘ perate effort being made by the Anti- Roosevelt' Republicans for control in the National Convention. The Convention held will go down In history as one of the most ra-“ markable ever held by any political party, {t was really two conventions * hold at the same time in the same frequently Interrupted by sensational knock-down and drag-out fights. The office-holders faction was call ed to order hy the chairman of the 4tate committee and they proclaimed themselves as the regulars, hat thay ild not succeed In carrying out their prearranged programme. The Taft sentiment was too strong for the leaders to hold In check and strong resolutions were adopted emphati cally endorsing William H. Taft for the Presidency. On the other side the hall the eon- testing convehtion took the conser vative action and coose delegates ab solutely untrammelled by any in structions, they being given positive assurance by Joseph N. Stripling, who led the movement, that despite^ the fact that they were branded as bolters by the Convention, the dele gates they named would certainly be The office-holders' Convention adopt ed resolutions approving the policies >f the Roosevelt adminlstratjos and the conservative manner in which Se' .bas carried them out, and Ipstrocted the delegates, to the National Conven- tion to support the President's pol- cies and the. candidate who-to in sympathy with and who will carry out these policies, and then proceed ed to name William H. Taft aa inch candidate. The Anti-Taft Convention adopted - resolutions condemning' in strong terms the attempts to influence end control by use of Federal patronage, hrough governmental office-holders, ‘.he selection of delegates to the Na tional. Convention In the interest of any Presidential candTdlle. The office-holders’ Convention elect ed as delegates to^the National Con- ilegates tej^tt J. N. 'doon ventlon J. N. "Coombs, member of the national committee from Florida; Joseph E. Lee, colored, collector of internal revenue; Henry 8. Chubb, received of the United States land office at Gainsville, and M. B. Mac- Farlane, collector of customs at Tam pa. Four alternates were also elect ed. The Anti-Taft Convention elected is delegates to the National Conven tion Joseph N. Stripling, former United States attorney; J. Ed V. Haz- zard, J. H. Dickerson and R. R. Rob inson, the two later being colored. They also elected four alternates. The Congressional district con ventions of the 1st and 6th districts of Florida wem held by each fac tion Immediately after the adjourn ment of the State Convention, and each of these conventions elected del egates to the National Convention. and adopted the same resolutions an the State conventions of their re spective factions had already adopt ed. Never has such a sight been wit nessed as was presented in the Con-‘ ventlon hall. The city marshall and a dozen policemen were on duty and were frequently called upon to eject unruly delegates. The Taft delegation had a complete delegation from each county aggre-. gating 177. In the opposite Convention there were two or three counties not rep resented, but they had in all about one hundred and fifty delegates who participated. The Taft Convention nominated five Presidential electors, but the opposition Convention dele gated the choice of electors to € State committee named by their Con vention. like other folks : Farmers Can Be Placed im Involw tary Bankruptcy. Judge Speer, of the United State* Court; v rendered a decision in Au gust* on Thursday that to of interest to farmers. He decided' In the kk**! of J. T. Olive, that * placed In Ini well aa n The!