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VOL. XXXII BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. MAY 27, 1909 FOUR IN JAIL I attacked a negro Thty Are Chargtd With Looting 'tin Express Car J. H. SPIRES STABBED AND 8E- BIOUBLV INJURKD. OFFICERS ARRESTED The Gieorgi* Farmer Was Savagely Aaaaulted Uecaiuw He Tried to Collect a Debt. Them on Warrants Sworn Out by Pinkerton Detectives—All the Ac cused Protest Their Innocence and The Augusta Chronicle says Mr J. H. Spires, one of the most promi nent white farmers of Lincoln'6otm- ty, Ga., was savagely attacked by Albert Aiken, a negro farm hand^ , .. , Thursday and seriously if not fat- Deny Any Connection With ally wounded . Crime—Prisoners Factory Boys. Mr. Spires was on his way to see his mother, who lives about a mile A dlkpatch from Aiken to The j from his own plantation, when he State says four arrests were made met the negro who was riding a late Thursday aftornoon in-eonnee- Mr. Spire# was-w-foot and stopped the negro to ask him about tion with the robbery of the South ern Express car on the Southern train No. 17 Tuesday night between Warrenvllle and Augusta. Those under arrest are Charles, Henry and Ben Baultman and Lonnie Price. Warrants for arrest were placed in the hands of Sheriff Raborn by the Pinkerton detectives who came to Warrenville and took charge of the case Wednesday morning. Sheriff Raborn went d<!^n to W T ar- renvilte Thursday afternoon on the 4:30 trolley car, accompanied by Deputies Musco Mamuels, Monroe Vernon and Barney Craig. The sus pects jw^re easily captured aud they were immediately brought to Aiken and placed in jail. They staunchly deny being connected with the rob bery and laugh at the charges made against them. They are typical fac tory boys and none of them looks to be more than 25 years of age. No comment is made by the detec tives, and nothing is known of the evidence against the men. What has been discovered of an incriminating nature is being closely guarded and nothing can be learned. When the officers went to Warren ville, they found Henry Gaultman at his boarding house writing a let ter. The contents of the letter had no connection whatever" with th* train robbery. Den Gaultman waf followi d to a plum orchard wjerc h was found citing green plums Charles Gaultman and Price wen found near Fox's crossing. Pric said he had start' d to Aiken on bus luess. They maintain their innocent and state positively that they will hav no difficulty in proving an alibi They are sruali of stature and scarce ly more than striplings.. The officerx do not believe that they are con nected with the robbery. There an six Pinkerton detectives at work and it can not be ascertained wheth er or not more arrests are content plated in connection with the case It is understood that these boys have been under surveillance sinc« the detectives started on the case They are all residents of Warren ville and are operative in the War renville mill. The boys do not beai bad countenances, and it is quit* evident that if they are the guilt.' parties there must have been sotu* prompting, and it is generally be lleved that they must have been urg ed by “dime novel" reading or some thing similar. Further than d< ny ing their guilt, the Gaultmans an* Price will not have anything t* say. A not he!* Man Arrested. A dispatch from to tie Augusta Chronicle says in additioi to the four men already arrested charg'd with complicity in the trail robbery of Tuesday, late Thursday night Constable Craig and one o -the Pinkerton detectives arrived ii the city with a man giving his nane as W. M. Markie, whom th’y com mltted to jail on suspicion of beinj. connected with the robbery. Markh teljs varying stories. He says le has worked all overUho county ant knows no one in these parts. He claims, however, to know Gov Gilchrist, in Florida. He was pu through a rigorous examination, an* the detectives say they have'evidenci sufficient to convict him. On his per son was found a 4 4-calil>re pisto’ and a largo sum of money. Hi weighs about 140 or 150 pounds, i. about 5 feet 9 inches high, and hat a moustache. His general appear ance is that of a crook and his coun tenance is bad. Markie said that he came to An gusta yesterday. He was shabbily dressed and wore a slouch hat. He has an insolent tone in his vole* and refused to answer many of the questions asked him and gave sev eral different names 4o different parties. It is rumored that a sus pected pal of his is under surveil lance. a small debt. Aiken became enraged and used rough language and when Mr. Spires approached him he jumped off his mule and began stabbing Mr. Spires with a large knife, inflicting a de p wound and cutting an ugly gash a foot long In tlie back, laying the ribs and spine bare. Mr. Spires called for help and was heard by iris brother, J. G. Spires, who was plowing in a field nearby, but who arrived too late to lay hands on the negro, whom he saw riding rapidly off. He picked his brother up from where he had fallen in the road and carried him to his home and gave the alarm. A party of fifty men quickly form ed, but Sheriff Wright got in ahead )f them and caught tho negro in a swamp where he had hidden. For safe keeping.the negro has been sent nit of the county, for owing to Mr. Spires’ prominence feeling runs high md lynching is feared. Late Thursday night the physic- an announced that tnere is not much lope for Mr. Spires. Two of his ibs are in two, one lung is carved in half and there is a long gash in uis stomach, two inches deep, in ddition to the terrible gash down his back. HARD ON THE MAYOR. •lust Face Charge of Selling Jamai ca Ginger. Th® preliminary in the case of he State against Ur. U. O. Hhame. if Summerton, was heard by Magls- rate Dickens in Manning Thursday, md after the testimony was all jn_ fid arguments made, Magistrate Dickens stut the case to the Court >f General S ess i l,lls - This is the first case of the kind ■oming up under the Carey-Cothran aw. Dr. Rhame was charged with elling and keeping for sale Jamaica {inger, which contains 75 per cent if alcohol, and when used as a bev- •rage the sale Is contrary to law. J. McSwain Woods, Esq., apjtear- •d for the prosecution and Capt. W. '. Davis, of Davis & Weinberg, for he defence. Considerable interest s taken in the matter and the out- ome will be watched eagerly, as >r. Rhame is a prominent citizen md is at present mayor of the town if Sumnu rton. CHASED NEGRO ««-D in a shack Sheriff Corley of Lexington FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS ^ BY THREE BAD MEN. County Shot by. The Terrible Experience of • Young A BLACK FARM HANIi| ^ mijsisissmxtim Near New York. Shoots Through Window at SherifT Who Had Warrant for Hla Ar rest—The SherifT is Badly Wound- lies Suddenly at His Home in New York City. H. H. Rodgers, one of the Stan- 'ard Oil magnates died in New York •n Wednesday. Mr. Rlogei's died ,t his house at No. 3 East Seventy- ighth street about 7 o’clock Wed lesday morning. He arose about 5, nd about 6:30 he began to feel ill, ■omplaining of numbness and nau- ea. Before anything could be done, he sank and died. He went on Fri- ’ay last to his country place at Falr- ■.aven. Mass., and returned to New Confesses to Outrage. I Vork Tuesday. News of his death Joha Th-Cimpetyi. viite, Jtged .91, J.-aro* a surprise to waU^stceet confessed to the authorities at Welch, W. Va., that on September 14, 9108, he outraged and killed Lu la Stafford, aged ten whose body war found in a clump of bushes in Me- QsssU. county court house yard. ed, and Hundreds of Angry Citi zens Fur sue the Negro. Sheriff P. H. Corley of Lexington was shot and dangerously wounded Wedm-sdny by * negro, White Ity- num, who at last accounts is fleeing tor his own life in front of a posse of determined L* xington men. Sheriff Corley is wounded with No. 4 shot in tho hand aud face," and is now at the home of Mr. D. J. Caughmau, a few miles from the town of Lexington, where he is be ing atl*:ied by Lr. Wingard. the shooting occurred Wednes day morning on Mr. D. J. Caugh- nian's place. Bynum was working a crop on liiat place, but a few d.iys ago left his crop, in order to pro tect his interests, Mr. Cauginnai. put a gang of laborers in the fields, which Bynum had deserted. Tlie negro drove off the hands with a shotgun. Mr. Caughinau went to ioaii and swore out a warrant for Bynum, which was placed in the hands of the sheriff to serve, aud Sheriff Corley, always ready to per- ionn his official daiy, went at one- to arrest the negro. He was found on the place*of Mr. Caughmau, aud as tlie sheriff approached his house, the negro bred with the shotgun, part of the load tearing up the sn. rift s hand and tlie rest lodging in ins face. The sheriff was at once lanied to the home of Mr. Caugh- man and the physician summoned. At noon a telephone message from L,exingion stated that the sheriff hau not y t recovered from the shock oi the wound, but hopes are entertained ihat the wounds will not prove fatal or serious. 1 he negro immediately made his escape, leaving his lamily on the place. His former home is north oi the town of Lexington, but he is said lo have gone south toward the sand- aill section, and he is being folioweu • ii that direction by a large posse oi T,exingrou citizens, with blood- .louims. If captured, as he doubt less will be, it is not likely that he will ever lie put iu-jail. He is eaio to be a bad negro, and the citizens with whom he worked last £ear stated to The Columbia Record that ue had always given trouble. Sh rift Corley one of the most popular men in Lexington county, and one of the best oriicers in tin Hate, cool, determined aud courag eous. The town of Lexington was practically deserted Wednesday, as • he men were all out hunting for tlie negro, and the whole surround ing country is being thoroughly searched. in the abs nee of Governor Ansel in New York. Secretary Bethea is neigetiealiy using the lelephom wires to keep constantly in touch with the situaiion. if good judg ment and uilig lice lu re can proven,! it, there will be no lynching in exiiigton. Mr. Bethea, however, is relying confidentially on tlie law- abiding element in Lexington to pre- eiit a lynching. Not Yet t aught. A telephone message from Lexing ton to the Record at 2:30 o clock .\eduesday afternoon stated that the negro bail been tracked by the pos se to a point across tlie railroad, alioiit three miles south of where the shooting took place, and from signs it was evident that the negro had stopped for a rest at a log near a., irancii. J lie pos.-e lias gone on into ilie woods alt' r .'the negro. The bloodhounds from the penitentiary and the county chaingang are on the trail and the men following are ontident that they are on the right went. The gentleman giving the in formation stated that it was not thought the men composing the pos se would lynch the negro, but if he shows light when cornered, as he probably will, he will be killed in short order. The negro is said' to have Indian blood In his makeup. The news of the sohoting in some mysterious way reached the home of the negro a few miles north of Lex ington in a wonderfully short time, and it is reported in Lexington that the house of the negro's father is guarded by the negroes of the fami ly. The negro has gone in the op posite direction from this place, but it may be his idea to circle around and reach hkr home, if he. caa evade the posse. Sheriff Corley is at this hour said to be in great pain, and the shot have not yet been extracted from his Stole Whiskey. wounds. He was fired on by the ..j:h«.express.,offlc§jtHgj».tlj Springs ne)5ro SLttb-A Shot-, was broken into and robbed of about gun i oade d with No. {-shot, the shot eleven gallons of whiskey a lew en t e ring the right side of his face night ago. A railroad detective acd neck> hU breast and his right Miss E ma Trotter, a missionary for the Florence Critlentea circle at Asbury Park, New,‘Yorfc City, re lated her remarkable experience as a prisoner of three men, who after having captured her, had brutally beaten and drugged her, holding her for three days. ...... Following her escape Wednesday night from the shack erf her captors, GREAT OVATION Given President Taft on His Visit to Virginia MAKES GOOD SPEECH EXPIRED SUDDENLY .Milie Trying to Shoot at a Pasaing Automobile. John Walker dropped dead in 'he mblic road about three miles north f Shelby, N. C. He was just in he act of firing a shotgun at an au imobila when he fell d> ad. It cams that he had made threats that e would shoot into the next one •e saw and Saturday evening made he att< nipt to carry out his threat. )r. T. E. McBrayer and family were n the automobile and Dr. McBrayer vent to his assistance immediately fter he fell hut was of no assistance, s he was dead, it is thought that he excitement of the intended crime e was about to commit caused heart ail are. Miss. Trotter made her way to the Florence Crittenten mission at As- biiry Park and was then so weak that she was sent to a hospital. A telephone message requested Miss Trotter to call at a certain house in a good district of Asbury Park early Saturday night in connection with her work as a missionary. As !he door was opened she was grabbed by three men who dragged her into the house. There she says that the men de manded knowledge of the where abouts of Charlotte Graves, a girl who had been taken from them a week before by the Florence Crit- tenten circle and sent to a home. When she denied them the in formation they demanded, she said, one of them threw his arm about her neck and opened her mouth while another poured a drug down iier throat. was not until Monday night that the recovered consciousness. Miss Trotter reported, and then she found hersi If alone in the shack on the outskirts of the city with one of her captors. She prayed with this man and caused him to so repent that he permitted her to escape late We dnesday night. The police after a hurried Inves tigation and ^visits to the location, described by Miss Trotter, said that there was no doubt that Miss Trot- 'er was telling the truth. KILLED HIS BRIDE To Whom He Was Married Four Days Only and Himself. That L. H. Worley killed his bride of four days and himself, was as serted by the police tonight. The bodies of Worley and his wife, who woaa Miss Ruth LeRoy, of Lincoln, Net)., were found on Worley's farm near Redmond, Neb. Last Friday and Saturday the house was closed, it was burned on Saturday. Worley's letter addressed to a neighbor follows: “It is all a mistake. Ruth asid ihis morning she did not want to live with nyy.aqd said she was going back east again. She robbed me o: all my money and was going to leave me. I could not stand it any longer, so. think we both are better dead. “Before God, just found my purse in Ruth's stocking with all my money and she. denied it. This is more than I can stand. (Signed) “L H. WORLEY.” , The tragedy was discovered by two tien who went to the Worley farm to deliver a wedding present-. On (tie barn door they saw this sign: Kind me in the stable.” NAMES OF THOSE THAT OLD IN CHARGE OF THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS. President Taft Talks About It at Char lotto ^ ; List of State Medical Association's In Which He Pays a High Tribute to the Confederate HOMtcr—-De clares tlie Ceremonies Are Proof \ Conclusive of the I'niting for All Time of t£i* Sections. President Taft Wednesday was the guest of lioth Pennyslvania and Vir ginia when he delivered an address at Fort Mahone, following the un veiling of a monument and statue of General John F. Hartranft, erected in memory of Peiuisyivanla soldiers who fell in the fighting about Peters burg during the war between the States and later became the guest of Petersburg at a luncheon and re ception. The president's visit to Petersburg, once the citadel of the Confederacy,' has had the city aflutter for more than a month, and the plans for his entertainment surpassed anything of the sort ever undertaken here. The occasion of Mr. Taft's first visit into the South as president was taken advantage of by the Virginians for a display of hospitality for which the section long has been noted. Upon his arrival shortly after 9 o'clock the persident was driven to tho old battlefield so rich in historic interest. He first witnessed at Fort Stedman the unveiling of a tablet which stands on the spot where the third division of the ninth army corps, commanded by General Hart ranft, later governor of Pennsylva nia, recaptured the works on March 25, 1 865, after they had been taken STANDARD OIL MAGNATE MARRIED AT GINS’ MUZZLES. ('iareiidon Groom Carries His Troub les to the Governor. Claiming ho had been marched at lii muzzle of twenty-five shotguns in the hands of the woman s rela tives, C. M. Holliday, a member of a Clarendon family, Wednesday ap pealed to the Governor's office for relief. He said the life of the Bap tist preacher, J. R. Funderburk, who performed the ceremony against his inclination, was also threatened by the holders of the guns. Holliday says that the woman's relatives an now trying to kill him for refusing io live with the girl. BOY DROWNED OFF WHARF. Pulled Out of Water Alive But Dle« Soon Afterward. Vfr. Rogers was at the office of he Standard Oil Company Tuesday md appeared to be in good spirits. Farmer Suicides. L. L. Hawkins, a well-to-do farm er of Greenville county, commuted Und a Rock Hill policeman were at j hand> t h e hand being badly wounded, shtclde a few nights ago by (Jutting | Heath Springs a day or two ago in-j He w&s ab0 ut 30 feet off when the his throat. It is said the man’s mind became deranged on account of the Illness of his wife and baby. Women Will Wear Real Toads. A Chicago mlllnery shop has or dered 50,900 metalized toads from a company at Waukegaa. 111. They vestigating the matter, but no ar- ne g r0 fired, and saw that tho negro rests have been made yet. | was a bout to shoot, and. had the drop on him. The sheriff shot twice. Evening Meal Is Supper. I wlth his pistol, after he was wound- Judge Moyer, in city court, at East ed, but did not hit the negro. The pt. Louis, Mo.., this s*?«k, ruled | negro left his gun when he ran, but hat the evening meal la supper, not has his pistol with him, and it is dinner. His Jury had become confus- expected that he will try to use it will ba used as bat pins. Just as I sd because some wltnessee called it | if cornered. metalUed roses art »ow, • A dinner and others supper. There are from 199 to 150 men The Charleston Pest says a little negro boy, six years old* Jam All Plott, was drowned Tuesday af ternoon at about 5 o'clock by fall ing into the water off Boyce's wharf 4he verdict of Ithe coroner's Jury being accidental B^ath. The boy, with playmates, j®lj}aylng. on the wharf, an® tumbled into the w ater. He was I pulled out while yet alive, but di/ed a few minutes after being rescued. by General John B. Gordon and 100 picked men before daybreak of the same day. From Fort Stedman the president and his party were driven the mile and a half to Fort Mahone, .where the Hartranft statute has been construct ed at a cost of $50,000. Every inch of the way traversed by the chief executive witnessed bloody battles -during the-siege of Petersburg. Did soldiers in blue and in gray rode side by side from Stedman to Ma hone. At the unveiling of the Hartranft statue President Taft said: "We are met on the soil of Vir ginia to dedicate a memorial to the bravery of the sons of Pennsylvania, exhibited in a contest to death with the sons of Virginia and the South. We stand here in the center of the bloodest and most critical operations of the last year of the Civil War, only a few miles distant form that dramatic scene at Appomattox be tween Grant and I^e, which marked the great qualities of the heart and soul of each and which was the real nd of the terrific struggle between the two sections. “Here, in ami about Petersburg, he outwork of Richmond, the home of the Confederacy, were carried on those besieging op'rations, begun ate in the spring of 1 864 and con- inned with the courage and tenacity of purpose characteristic of the tod- oral commander, for nearly a year, ami resisted with the bravery and strategy and the wealth of expedient of the Confederate leader, until the forces of the South, worn out by oust ant assaults and incessant ham mering, were compelled to yield to greater numbers and resources of the North.” President Taft add'd: "It is 44 years since the battle of Fort.Stead man. In that time the bitterness of the internecine struggle has passed away and we now tr asure as a com mon heritage of the country tho bra very and valor of both sides in that controversy.” The president paid tribute to the Southern forces by saying that a contest was given by the Confederate soldiers which by any other than the tried and sea soned veterans of Virginia would have tong before been abandoned. He continued: “We could not dedicate this beautiful and enduring memorial to the volunteer soldiers of Pennsylvania with such sense of its justice and appropriateness had they not been confronted by an en emy capable of resi^Uhg their as saults with equal valor and forti tude.” He said that the ceremonies of to day were conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections and that all that was done was well done. He said the Army of Northern Virginia fought for a principle they believed to be rigth. Committee Cttolrmf In YaHoas (Yiuntlcs of South Carolina. To the Editor of The State: _ . I have .Just received from th* chairman of the anti-tuberculosis committee of the South Carolina Medical association the names of one medical gentleman to represent each county in the State. R l# a matter of. fredtt to tho South Carolina Medical, association that it has taken up this work so thoroughly and in such an organized way, that the method of fighting tuberculosis hay been taken note of in many States in the Union as well as the national capital. When fight ing diseases of this character, it must - < • be under medical supervision, it must be organized. Tills the association of the South Carolina medical men has determined, and while it calls to itd_ help the civic f agues, the women's chilis, the report of all the work done is made at the annual meeting of the association, the faults or tlie failures of the counties are known aud reported and the work goes on in each county with Improv ed methods. While there may lie several associations in the county, all doing good work, It is only prop er to say that tho official work of the State Medical association is don* under tire direction in each county of the following named gentlemen: Charleston, J. L. Dawson; Abbe ville, G. A. Neuffer; Anderson, W. H. Nardin; Aiken, Fillmore Moore; Bamberg, H. P. Hoover; Barnwell, R. C. Kirkland; B aufort, Gregorio Elliott; Calhoun, J. K. Falrey; Cher okee, B. B. Steedly; Chester, W: B. Cox; Chesterfield, T. E. Wannamak er; Clarendon, W. M. Brockiugton; Colleton, Riddick Ackerman; Dar lington, William Eglecton; Dorches ter. E. D. Tuppcr; Edgefield, R. A Marsh; Fairfield, S. Lindsay; Flor ence, B. G. Gregg; Georgetown, L. B. Ward; Greenville, Davis Furman; Greenwood, G. A.' Neal; Hampton, C. A. Rush; Horry, G. P. Norton;~Ker shaw, J. W. Corbett; Laurens, T. L. W. Bailey; Lee, R. O. McCutchen; Lexington, R. H. Tlmmemran; Mar ion, A. M. Brallsford; Marlboro, W. J. Crosland; Newberry, P. G Kllesor; Senlca, E. A. Hines;- Or- auge.burg, L. C. Shecut, Pickens, j I. Bolt; Richland, A. E. Boozer; Sa luda, D. B. Frontis; Spartanburg, I.. Rosa H. Gantt; Sumle r > Walter Cheyne; Union, Crown Torrence; Williamsburg, E. T. Kelley; York, E. W. Pressley. WALTER CHEYNE. Secretary South Carolina Medical Association. IN A LIQUOR SALES FALLING OFF. Auditor West’s Report Shows a Big Decrease. Disp'nsary Auditor West's report for April of sales from dispensaries in the 21 counties now wet, made public Wednesday shows a falling off for tills April of over $70.00. The gross khI"s this April are $242,657 as against $271,75 1.68 for the same month latit year. Total sales ol dispensary by countl-s for the month of April, 1909: Abbeville $ 9,063.5 Aik?n 20,103.5 Berkeley 4.695.56 Bran fort — TL 23T. 35 Barnwell 10,523.02 Bamberg 5,857.74 Calhoun 3,469.89 Charleston 48,210.25 Colleton 3,305.10 Dorchester 6,47 4.65 Fairfield 5,259.00 Florence 10,974.70 Georgetown 8,887.00 Hampton 3,944.40 Kershaw 10,015.27 Lexington 4,815.35 Lee 5,796.74 Orangeburg 1 2,888.28 Richland 38,886.30 Sumier ..... .. 13,765.10 Williamsburg . 5,610.25 --- .nr, w? Welcome of Hit LMe oa Charlotte, Where He Wag 8a>_ luted by Cannon and Met by Im posing Committee and Military. President Taft * preaence In Char lotte Thursday lent notable Interest to the annual celebration of the aign- ing of the Mecklenburg declaration of independence, which, it is claimed, was the first step toward liberty tak en by the American colonists. The president's participation marks the culmination of a three days' cele bration. The Mecklenburg declaration long has been the subject of a stubborn controversy. It is declared by its supporters to have antedated the famous declaration of July 4, 1779, and has been denounced as a "myth.” the difference between the upholders of the Mecklenburg document and its critics long have been considered irreconcilable. It was with great elation, however, that the people of North Carolina secured the accept ance of President Taft to attend the festivities of the closing day of the elebratinn of 1909. The president upon his arrival in Charlotte at 10:15 o’clock was met at the railway station by an im posing cdhimlttee of cltisens and es corted at once to the Selwyn hotel. As the regular Southern railway train bearing the president’s car :rossed the city limits, a presidential salute of 21' guns was fired by the Charlotte artillery. Arriving at the note!, the president held a reception for one hour. At noon, with scores of Union and Confederate veterans .or his escort, accompanied by Mrs. ‘Stonewall” Jackson, he proceeded to the reviewing stond, from which he witnessed the passing of probably the most notable parade ever held in Charlotte. Total Total April, 1908 $242,657.00 . ...$271,751.68 SULTAN’S HAREM MOVED. Heirs Get the Money. After the case had been stubborn ly fought in the courts, the heirs of J. Samuel McGue, former mayor of Charlottesville, Va., who was hanged there several ye^rs ago for the murder of his wife, will receive $20,- 000 insurance carried on his life The Insurance companies did n<rt want to pay because McGue was hanged. Turkish Crowds Witness Rehousing of HO Women. Eighty women from Abdul Ham id’s harem were driven through the "" ^ three me'Tn StohnT It is known that three lives were lost in a severe storm which struck Pensacola, Fla., Thursday.X The wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour, whipping the bay into ai seetfilng mass and’' carry!rig" smalt boats down. Much damage to trees and buildings was done in the city. under escort of four eunuclis aria?* w » \ Bull Rushed Upstairs. Infuriated by a long red cloak worn by one of the Shaker sisters in West Pittsfield, Mass., a bull rush ed after her into a house and up stairs. He wag shot by a lad 13 years of age. in the party searching the whole territory, and the negro will likely be caught or killed before dark.*— I Columbia Record. ^ Pie Price* Go up in Chicago. ' Pie prices have been raised 20 per cent at Chicago, 111. The miiitay escort to the presi dent during hie stay in Charlotte consists of troop JB of the JUMfiftt* United States cavalry, a battalion of ** the Seventeenth Infantry band. A detachment of the regulars headed the military division of the parade. Altogether there were eight dirtfr-' ions to the pageant as follows: Industrial, floral, colonial, eqnee- trisn, farmers, fraternal societies and secret orders, automobiles and the fire department. Large detach ments of the National Guard of North and South Carolina were in line. The industrial, colonial and floral divisions were made up of handsomely decorated floats. The president made two speeches during his stay in Charlotte. Fol lowing a luncheon at 2 p. m. he ad dressed the people at 4 o’clock. Gov ernor Kitchen introduced the presi dent on both occasions. At 5:30 he delivered sn address especially to the colored people and to the students of Biddle university. At 6:30 the president dined and from... 8 to 9:30 held a second public recs. ception. The president left at 10:30 o’clock Thursday night for Washing ton. interest in the president’s visit to Charlotte centered in the attitude ne would take toward the Mecklen burg declaration of independence. Prei*4(|net Taft takes the position that regardless of the exact language >f the declarations made in May, 1 775, a full year before the signing of the declaration at Philadelphia, July 4, 1776, the fact remaina that there was a declaration of indepen dence on the part of the citizens of North Carolina. “It is not so material as to the exact language used,” said President Taft, “The measure of the declara tion for the principles of civil liberty and self government is not so much the abuse or denunciation of the for mer controlling power as provisions made for the future form of govera- ment. Tbe lfl»yressive 4irtag the North Carolina proposition is the sensible way in which the people of the State, after deciding to lever relations with Great Britain, went about the matter of setting up a government of their own.” The president in his speech does not undertake to reconcile the long- existing differences. ThcrelBOOrtavt thing, after all, he points oat. Is the ability of the Anglo-Saxons to rule and the impressive way they have always gone about the troop of cavalry. They went from the Yidiz palace, now being prepar ed for public use, to the ancient Secaglio palace, which has not been occupied since 1824. The wrimen were ill HcWy dressed andleavlTy veitod. Following the carriages in which they rode was a train of wag- on8,with baggage. The former sultan’s slaves have been freed. Killed by Lightning. Alex and Jack Brown, two negro, boys,, were instantly killed by light ning Thursday morning about 9:30 o’clock on the plantation of Mr. Wm. Toney, near Johnston. Thbr* ware five-in the oap-room dwelling and [all received n shock. eminent and mean SOf civil liberty. Blames Moon for Z The moon will bear an pert im* 'defense Kraft, of. Berlin, OnU, who | police headquarters fa this week, and wootifiod era. He says he snfi derangement daring moon. • - r- ■ • , Whole Subeld West