The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 27, 1909, Image 1
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
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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- ■ •
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Subeld
West