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^ambwg l|pralb | n i I ! Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1909. One Dollar a Year i% COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Nov. 29.?Mr. W. P. Pate spent Sunday with his family. He ceeme tn tr&t hank and ?hakp hands with his many friends, and uis many friends are equally glad to see and shake with him. Autos are having tough times now. . Occasionally one has to be hauled in with hay burners. On thanksgiving day the merry-goround bosses got into a row, but the fight was a very tame affair. The bruises were not severe, and very little blood was shed. They leave for Olar by wagon to-day. Nothing new going on in town. Everything is quiet, and farmers are hunting the best price for cotton seed and also the best trade for meal for fertilizing purposes another year. There are so many trades offered until one has to calculate carefully to know which is the best. Up to this writing very little Xmas goods have been shipped to our merchants. Somewhat slow along this line. Conrad Ehrhardt Co. milled about fifty' bushels of rice of a very fine grade for a colored farmed Says he wants some good old home-made Carolina rice for his Christmas dinner. This department of their machinery has been idle for ' many years. Farmers have neglected rice and wheat in this section, and the machinery without something to do is useless. Mr. Editor, don't you think a barrel of good old home made flour and a sack of good Carolina rice, with back bone, spare ribs, sausage and pudding would be fine to . take along with the holiday eatables. [We sure do.?Editor.] All these are cut off simply because our farmers are bent on cotton-making because they can turn same into money at once. Farmers should try to make all they consume in their families as much as possible, and then make their surplus crop in cotton, then they could say what will you give me for my cotton, and if the price did not suit them, could leave it until they could get what they wanted, as hunger would not drive it on the market. Besides the satisfaction of knowing what one is eating. > ? . .. . Christmas is coming, and the children off at school will be home to liven up things in general. The parents are as anxious to see them as * they are to get home. JEE. News from Fairfax. Fairfax, Nov. 29.?Last week we wrote in a joyous vein of a happy marriage. This week it is our sad duty to record the death of a lady who long lived and was loved in our town. The remains of Mrs. Sanna ___ Boynton Cordray were brought from Savannah last Saturday and were met at the depot at Ulmer by many friends and relatives. Then the mournful procession was met at Salkehatchie church by the pastor. Rev. Chas. Turner, who preached the funeral. She died suddenly with acute pneumonia, leaving four little boys, the youngest only about three weeks old. Her husband and eldest son accompanied the remains to the church. Mrs. Cordray was raised near Ulmer, but at an early age went to the Greenville Female College, where here record was so fine that the professors often said she was the best and smartest pupil who ever went there. Her mother died at the home of her brother, the late Capt. W. J. Sanders, when she was in her senior year. Being then an orphan, she was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sanders, and all.of her.young ladyhood was spent at their home. She first married Mr. Cordray, who only lived one month, then two years later she married Mr. Wml Cordray. They had just built a nice house in Savannah, and had only been in it a few weeks when death claimed the fond mother and devoted wife. Fairfax mourns her loss, for the memory of her sweet, unselfish Christian life is still fragrant here. The heart-broken husband and little ones have the sincerest sympathy of all her old friends here. . jnflxF Tiiiihwsm minister will soon occupy the parsonage here. Fairfax has many visitors this week. Mrs. Portia Leland Seabrook, of Columbia, is visiting Mrs. W. J. Sanders, and Mr. E. L, Sanders is also a gueet. Mrs. Mary Rentz has several sisters visiting her. Mrs. Addie Jenny spent several weeks with Mrs. Julia Harter. To Pay Dispensary Claims. Columbia, November 29.?Over! $55,000 of the State dispensary fund was deposited with the State Treasurer to-day by Chairman Murray, i This money was ordered in from the j banks of the State holding the dis-1 pensary money, and will be used in j paying the claims against the State ; of the whiskey houses, whose claims i were approved by the commission, j The money will be paid out about! December 1. Another large sum will J be brought in during the week. The I total amount to be paid out will be| over $200,000. MONSTROSITY AT AT BRUNSON. j Negress Gives Birth to Being More Like an Opossum than a Child. ? Brunson. Nov. 28.?One of the most unique products of humanity on record is at present in evidence in ? the town of Brunson. Very recently a negro woman, a resident of this town, gave birth to an object or being decidedly, in appearance, much more animal than human. The mother is an unmarried woman of about 35 years of age; black, of good health * and strong physique. The child or 1 product is in appearance wholly ani- 1 mal, and is in shape, size and general make-up a fec-simile of an opossum, c minus the tail and furry skin. In the j place of the tail, there is a stub of t about an inch in length, the end of i it suggesting amputation of the can- i dal appendage. The shape of the four legs and feet, with claws; the c shape of the head and size of the *: body, limbs and head are ail 'possum- J like or animal-like. Only the eyes F are unlike the 'possum's. They are larger, rounder and further back on the sides of the head. This montrosity is not living, but is carefully preserved in alcohol in the office of Dr. J. L. Folk, resident physician. Dr. Folk will probably produce it at the next meeting of the State Medical Association for inspection and diagnostic theory of. hypothesis. Govan News. Govan, Nov. 29.?We are glad to record that Prof. Chandler is convalescing. He has been quite ill at the home of Mr. Sam Williams. A negro child living near Govan was bitten by a mad dog last we.ek. The dog was certainly affected with hydrophobia, as after attacking the child, it dragged him several feet, before the father of the child could come to its assistance. The dog was killed, after repeated gun shot wounds. The local physician does not think the child will take rabies. The air is infused with the scent of syrup, cane mills being plentiful around making the delicious "sop" liked so well bv . children as well as the older folks. The crop is not very good, owing to drouth. a The cotton crop is about gathered, c Cotton being a fair price, those en- g gaged in speculation can make money ? buying seed cotton as soon as al- ^ lowed by law to do so. t Inabinett-Boozer. g Denmark, Nov. 26.?A pretty wed- t ding was solemnized at the Metho- t dist church on Wednesday evening t at 7 o'clock. On which occasion r Boline Corintha Inabinett and Dr. I John Garmany Boozer plighted their t troth. The ceremony was most im- c nrPssivAlv nerfnrmed hv Dr. T. E. 1 r" ? v ? Morris, the pastor of the church. f The bride was radiant in a rich t green suit, with a lovely picture hat c of the same coloring, and carried a s handsome bouquet of bride roses. t Mrs. Boozer is the youngest daugh- c ter of Mrs. Elizabeth Inabinett and i is a most lovable woman. She at- t tended school :here and at Winthrop, t and her friends are legion. t Dr. Boozer is a very popular young dentist of our little city. He attended Wofford college and was a graduate of the Baltimore College of Den- t tal Surgery. t - Among the out-of-town guests j were: Mr. D. R. Boozer, of Bain- t bridge, Ga.. a brother of the groom; r Mrs. W. M. Harrell, of Bainbridge, a Ga., Mrs. J. Hamilton Bruns, of Co- ? lumbia, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Spann, h of Blackville. j The bride and groom will be at a home to their friends at the residence d of Mrs. A. E. Brux, on Beech avenue. t The Unpopular Queen of Italy. i ? ? ... t "Queen nuena or ltaiy, ' says ivei- logg Durland in Woman's Home ? Companion for December, "is one of the most unpopular queens in Eu- ? rope. Her court, which, to meet the h tastes of her people, should be bright, popular, brilliant, is really the dull- * est, the most stupid in the Western ^ world. -v I' have lived in many coun- * tries, and I am more or less familiar * with.- all the courts of Europe, but ne.ver have I heard a queen so uni- ~ versally spoken of with disrespect * and disapproval by her own court. ? Queen.Elena, in an American phrase, 'plays to the gallery,' then retires. ~ She garners the wheat and ignores t the chaff. She is quick to figure in ? dramatic exploits, but reluctant to t submit to the daily grind. ~ "Right or wrongly. Queen Elena t has the reputation among .her own 0 people for being the stingiest queen in Europe.! Apparently this is true. F She patronizes almost nothing at all * regularly, and if once, in a while she * lends her name to appear on a public bill, it usually means this and nothing more. As far as is known, she gives less to "charity, in propor- t tion to her means, than any queen, a If the world at large appreciated to what extent she has carried her ideas of simplicity in dress, the glamour a " * 1 J ^ - J - YX f mat surrouncs ner wouia iaue. u ? is impossible to worship a dowd? especially if she be a queen, with all u the splendor and taste of the world at her hand. o "I have seen her driving in the s Campagna, or even through the streets of Rome, when I would never j t have believed her the occupant of j i' her exalted position had I not known b her. One need not be extravagant o in clothes to be tasteful, but Queen Elena is not even tasteful. Here she 1 is in unfortunate contrast to the ? queen mother who, still living in v Rome, is always exquisitely gowned, e and no matter how simply, always with unerring taste." ? ^ Pjoliceman Rowell just doesn't 1 care who he arrrests, doea he? * > !N THE PALMETTO STATE ? \ 50ME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. itate News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. The plan of co-education has been ibandoned at the South Carolina dedical College at Charleston, and no nore young lady students will be adnitted. Cole L. Blease was elected mayor if Newberry last week, defeating the iresent incumbent, Mr. Langford, by wenty-five votes. Mr. Blease seems lot to be satisfied unless he is holdn <y nflRwi "O VM*W. Mrs. Julia Tinsley, of Sandy Springs, Greenville county, and Mr, T. F. Greer, of Williamston, were narried on Wednesday. The groom s 78 and the bride acknowledges tc SI. and this is the third venture for each of them. Fire in Orangeburg Monday night >f, this week did damage to the imount of $10,000 or more. The ire started in the livery stable of J. Albrecht,. and several wooden itores and warehouses as well as a ew negro houses*were burned. The ire is thought to have been of inrendiary origin. The Orangeburg Sun says that at a ough estimate Dr. S. J. Summers, of Cameron, will this year make from >3,500 to $4,000 on his pecan grove, n this connection "make" is about equivalent to "net," for there is litle expense connected with the care >f a pecan orchard, and that expense s more than offset by the profits nade on the small crops harvested inder the trees. Thomas J Craft and Tom White wo white men, escaped' from the ^exington jail last Thursday nighl >y sawing two large iron bars. It s presumed the men had help from he outside. Crafts had been conrioted of murder, his crime being he killing of Garfield Hutto, a young vhite man at a hot supper, and had >een sentenced to life imprisonment n the penitentiary. He was in jail, is his attorneys had appealed to the Jtate Supreme Court. White was twaiting trial on the charge of forgery. Crafts is said to be a desperate haracter, and is not likely to be capured easily. The State supreme court will conider the entire records in the conests and protests in the matter of he election held on August 17 upon he question of the formation of a tew county out of parts of Williams>urg and Clarendon counties. A entative date for the hearing before ourt has been set for December 6. 7he new county proposition was deeated. A writ of certiorari in both he Clarendon and Williamsburg ooae hoc Koon iacnpri r?rr1f?riner t.hp tate board of canvassers to transmit o the court all of the records in the ontests and protests were heard by t upon appeals from the county ioards of canvassers in reference to he recent elections on the hew couny proposition. No Option Was Given. Union, Nov. 26.?The report that he Anderson Traction Company, tacked by the Duke brothers, of forth Carolina, had secured an opion on the Union & Glenn Srings ailroad, which connects this city .nd BufTalo with the Seaboard Air ..ine at Prides, with the purpose of laving this railroad form a link in an nterurban electric line to connect ,11 the up-country towns, to-day was lenied by A. W. Smith, president of he road. Mr. Smith, this afternoon in an nterview over the long distance elephone from Woodruff, said that iot only bad no option been given, iut that the traction company had iot even submitted a proposition to iim to Acquire this railroad. Mr. Smith, who has' just returned rom New York' city shicl: "I have ;iven no option to anyone on the 'nion and Glenn Springs property. ne- iracuon peupie nave uuw- even :iade me a proposition. I think that he line .wilt be ultimately - built hrough Union, and that the Union : Glenn Springs railroad may be acuired by it, though as yet, nothing efinite has been done for. tbe xeasofc hat the undertaking is quite a big me, and the company has had^pply ime enough to begin arranging maters looking towards the construcion of the interurban line you speak ?f. . j "Yes, 1 am interested in the proposed interurbriri line, arid feel sure hat it will come to Union, but more han this I cannot say at present." Home Training. When Willie's father came home o supper there was a vacant chair t the table. "Well, where's the boy?!" "William is upstairs in bed." The nswer came with painful precision rom the sad-faced mother. "Why, wh?what's up? Not sick, 5 he?" (An anxious pause.) "It grieves me to say, Robert, that ur son?vour son?has been heard wearing on the street, I heard him." "Swearing? Scott! I'll teach him o swear." And he started upstairs q the dark. Half-way up he stumled and came down with his chin n the top step. "When the atmosphere cleared a ittle, Willie's mother was saying weetly from the hall way: "That fill do. dear. You have given him nough for one lesson."?Judge. Buy your Christmas presents at rhe Herald Book Store. We have a arge assortment, and in our stock ou caji find a present for anybody. i POPULAR AMUSEMENT DEVICE i ______ Some Small Inventions That Ha^ ' Made Men Rich. Who wants to make a fortune in hurry? Here is the receipe: Give pe ; pie a new thrill, or revive an old on "The "boom" in roller skating hi already made the fortune of sever caterers for public amusement, b sides having put much money in the pocket of speculators. Several rink companies have pa 1 dividends ranging from 22% to f per cent, while in three cases the r turns have been 105, 150 and If . per cent, respectively. ( Big money, again, is being ma< r by some of the explorers of fa j ground novelties. Certain forms . aerial raifways will draw $250 day, while it is not uncommon n the takings from glorified roun abouts to amount to $500, or ev< $600 a day. 1 The switchback furnishes anoth 1 illustration of how to make mom J rapidly. Invented about 20 yea ago. it was first tried on the publ at Coney Island, and it literally mai that now famous American resoi and subsequently became "the rag< all over the civilized world. As a money drawer it has had fe if any, equals. At Shanghai, for i stance, a railway, after working on 11 days, paid all expenses, and it wi possible, moreover, for the directo of the company to declare a dividei of 10 per cent., and carry $500 to tl ; reserve fund. The dividend wasallowed 308 working days to the ye 1 ?at the rate of 280 per cent, per a num. while the addition to the reser fund was at the rate of $14,000 p " annum. ' What the inventor of the switc ; back made out of it may be inferr* ! from a single fact. Coming to th 1 country, he sold his English rig alone for 1 *4 millions. His gains, fact, amounted to millions. ? The most recent thrill producer this kind?the scenic railway?bi ; fair to beat all records. It was evol ! ed a few years ago in remarkable ci . cumst.ances. ; When the inventor of the switc ; back had made his millions out of [ he began speculating on the stock e ; change, with the result that in : weeks he lost the whole of his mone > But instead of resolving to die 1 i at once set to work to make son . more, and the upshot was the seen : railroad, which is, after all, only i improved switchback. At once tl invention "caught on" and ever sin it has been a fine money drawer. Two or three months ago a coi ; pany which then owned 73 seen railways in America refused an off L of $8,000,000 for its rights. The scenic railway of the Whi City paid the whole cost of its co struction in the first two months 1 was working. While, however, thrill produce make money very rapidly, they s( dora do so for long. The vogue 1 the big wheel was short, and a st more conspicuous victim of fleetii popularity was the revolving towc ?Philadelphia Inquirer. The Repeal of the Lien Law. The farmers and some supply me chants are beginning to make a rangements for another year's bui ness. The act of the last general a sembly in doing away with the li< law will have little or no practic effect. It is understood that the me chants who have been using agricu tural liens heretofore will simply ui ' a crop mortgage. They will proce( under the act which provides th; no mortgage on any crop or cro] shall be good and effective to conv< to the mortgagee any interest in ai crop or crops other than the crop < crops to be raised during the year : which such mortgage is given, ai unless the lands where on said cr< or crops shall be described, are me: 1 tioned in said mortgage. The me chant will take regular crop mor gages after January 1st and addition mortgages on any persona ty that the mortgagee may have. T1 security will be as good, or bette than that taken under the lien ar the only difference in handling tl business in this wav. will come case of the foreclosure of the mor gage, when the expenses of foreclo ure and seizure under the mortgaj i will be a little more expensive to tl man who gives the mortgage than foreclosure and seizure under tl lien.?The State. ' Kills His Brotlier-in-Law. Forest, Miss., Nov. 29.?Ne\ reached here tonight that Dr. Cha Clay Henderson, a prominent phys cian of ]Leke county, was shot ar killed last night by Rill Hudson, h brother-irMaw, near Zion, 20 mil north of here. The killing occurrt at the home of Hudson, but details < the tragedy are not known. D Henderson is the fourth of five brotl j ers to meet a tragic death. A fe j years ago Dr. Tom Henderson ws shot and killed by a man nanu Morehead near Zion. A short tin afterwards another brother was mo I tally wounded by the accidental di i charge of a revolver. About a ye: j ago a third brother died as a resu ; of swallowing carbolic acid by mi J take. j Hon. J. O. Patterson, member < | congress from the second distric j was in Aiken on Wednesday and pa: ; jus a pleasant call. When asked aboi lour public building, Congressmz Patterson said that the departmei i has promised him that bids will 1 ,! advertised for in December. He sa ; j that he will leave on the second < ^December for Washington, to atter the session of congress, and that 1 will do all he can to hurry matte 1 up. Mr. Patterson says he is espec ; ally anxious to see the work on tl , federal building for Aiken begu ; and will do all in his power to e pedite matters.?Aiken Recorder. : 8 REJECTS 'DRY' AMENDMENT ve REFUSES TO INCLUDE PHOHIBITTON IN CONSTITUTION. a oe. Early Returis From Country Precincts QC 7/| Warrant Inference That State e- is Against Movement, to Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 29.?With id 58 out of 67 heard from at 10 o'clock, 50 the Montgomery Advertiser places the majority against the amendment at 55 27,500. Only four counties?Macon, Lee, Sumter and Talladega?appear je to have given majorities for the ir amendment. of ? a Montgomery. Ala., Nov. 29.?At or midnight unofficial returns from 63 d_ of the 67 counties of the State show ?n a majority against the constitutional amendment of 22,353. er Six counties only gave majorities ay for the amendment. They are SumrS ter, Talladega, Chambers, Lee, Mate con and Pickens. These majorities were small. ~tt The counties not heard from ar a'? remote from communication. Thej are Choctaw, Marion, Winston and ,w Fayette. Of these, all are expected n. to return majorities against the ly amendment except Choctaw. The as vote in these counties will be lighl rs and will not materially change the 1(1 result. ie _ Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 29.?Al! ar indications point to a majority ben. tween 18,000 and 20,000 in Alabama ve against the prohibition constitutional er amendment to-day. Chairman J Lee Long, who has been in charge ol the fight against the amendment 3(j claims that the majority against the js amendment will be fully 20,000. Jefferson county, in which is Birminp'hnm thp 1 areest. r.itv in the State, in spite of the fact that the 0f fight has been concentrated here jjg gave a majority of over 1,000 againsl v_ the amendment. Mobile,, Montgomr_ ery and Cullman counties show the largest majorities 'on the victorious side and it appears the araendmenl jt has carried in but three counties x'_ Talledega, Macon and Sumter, witl: ^5 Lee in doubt. y To-day's election being the firsl time the State has ever had an opporie tunity to pass upon the prohibition jc question, is regarded as especially m significant. Still it can not be re garded as a straight anti-prohibition ce victory because of the personal politics that has been injected into the n_ issue. Its association with the adjc minstration of Gov. B. B. Comei er and his reputed ability to name a successor to the governorship in te Judge S. D. Weakley, author of pron_ hibition bills, have figured prominently in the result. A significant feature of the resuH rs is the fact that sentiment against the ?l_ amendment is so widespread. Rural qj precincts, small towns and cities alike jj are, for. the most part, returning substantial majoritites on the win^ nine side. There has never been seen here anything like the enthusiasm shown in Birmingham tonight over the result. Thusands of people from Jefr~ ferson and adjoining counties were r~ here to see "the returns flashed and S1_ the down town streets were one bils" low of enthusiasm. The result every ~u wnere is regaraea as a aisunct real pudiation of the present State adminr~ istration which had been particularll" ly radical in its so-called reform prose gramme. to Chairman J. Lee Long of the State of Alabama anti-amendment commitPs tee tonight issued the following stately ment: iy "I want to congratulate the peo3r pie of Alabama on their great victory, won through the efforts of the press, to "This will serve notice on future >P generations that the people of AlaQ" bama will not allow any of their perr~ sonal liberties abridged. >t_ "I hope that the gentlemen on the In other side will strike hands with us, Ll" as we have malice towards none, and ie join us in forward stride so that r' we can go on and make Alabama the to greatest State in the Union." ie to Burned by Rejected Suitor. Tampa, Fla., November 29.? y~ Marie Acosta, a young Cuban widow, died here this afternoon from frighta ful burns, inflicted upon her by a reie jected suitor. Miguel Gomez is under arrest. Before she died the young woman charged Gomez with having set her afire. She declared that she had rejected Gomez's suit, and that, with two confederates, he forcibly entered her home in West Tampa last !1~ night. She was bound hand and foot. . Then the men saturated her clothing 18 with gasoline and touched a lighted match to her. to The unfortunate1" woman was found J~ to-day. frightfully burned from head ? to foot, and she died at 2 p. m., a" after making a statement to the pow lice.. ' . *8 She did not recognze the men who were with Gomez, and who aided him, ie she charged, in perpetrating the awr* ful crime. s ir New Advertisements. E. O. Kirsch?Kirsch's Big Slaughs" ter Sale Continued. Ehrhardt Banking Co.?Appreciaof ment. ;t, Ehrhadt Banking Co.?Appreciaid tion. C. R. Brabham, Jr., applies for letters of administration on estate of at Hayne Barnes. i(j Bank of Olar?Statement, of J. M. Parker?Trespass Notice, id Jones Bros.?We're Selling 'Em ie Fast. J!8 J. B. Kearse, County Supervisor? :1" Opening Bids. " - - ? . . ^ _ ?... n> J. S. Breiana?r or oaie. x- G. M. Dickinson?The McKay Sulky Stalk Cutter. / > ATLANTA FOLLOWS AUGUSTA. Ministers of City Protest Against Rer. R. J. Bigham. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29.?What promises to be the hottest fight in i Methodist circles in this State in recent years was given new impetus to-day when the ministers of that denomination in this city protested to Bishop E. R. Hendrix against the appointment of Rev. R. J. Bigham aa ' : presiding elder of this district in i place of Rev. J. T. Daves, trans; ferred to Augusta. The action of the Atlanta ministers follows the an nouncement of a change for Mr. Big! ham, after the majority of the board of stewards of St John's Methodist church of Augusta protested against ; his appointment to that charge, made at the recent conference. A resolution addressed to Bishop Hendrix and said to have been telegraphed to him immediately after its adoption . ^ i was adopted by the Atlanta ministers at a secret meeting held shortly after their regularly Monday meeting "in ,'"~i i Trinity curch Fifteen or 20 of the leading pastors of the city attended ; and the discussion is said to hare r been of a heated nature. Names were v 1 freely mentioned at this time^ it is [ declared, though they were omitted :'~z i in the resolution sent to Bishop Henk The Negro in the Courts. In commenting on our referrences to the Hughes case, The State says: I "The State regrets that its brand of justice should be considered queer by - ^ i The Herald. It regrets that it should I be considered unconventional or im. proper for a newspaper, edited by a ' member of the superior and absolute, ly dominant race, to speak for justice i in behalf of the weaker and dependent race?dependent upon the white - man for justice and confronted, in ^ i seeking justice, by the inevitable ani tagonism of race. "It is far from accurate to refer to ^ : The State's comment as 'hysterical.' v/sH - Why misuse the language? i ' "That the Bamberg jury did not : 5 believe the testimony of the white >* Iqg : witnesses for the State is evidenced , by their recommending Hughes to l mercy. "Considering circumstances' ?the feeling against a negro for t killing a white man of prominence, . regardless of legal justification?we l said that 'the verdict came quite as' r near doing justice as could be expect ed.' f The assertion that Hughes i would not have been convicted had - he been white was based on s the excellent ground of general - knowledge of the attitude of the jury element, and of extended l observation of results of trials. What ' ' l other indices so good? WTho honest- ' , ly question the accuracy of that as- f. sertion? Who are blind to the true conditions? "The Herald, calling for fairness feqjl i by The State, is unfair in asserting 1 that The State 'believed?the negro's * t testimony against that of good white '% ; men.' The State recorded that Shep pard, one of the men with Cansey, flatly contradicted the negro, but i against Sheppard (whose interest lay , in the line of his testimony) and in support of the negro was the testi mony of the physician who swore to > the wounds on the negro's body, and I the testimony of two other 'white men of standing' who testified that after he was shot Causey tQld them, sep arately, that he hoped Hughes would not be punished, that ne, uausey, was . responsible for forcing trouble. In the absence of a contradicting antemortem statement, that was strong ! evidence. The negro's testimony was ./'Jjffl - not standing alone. "The State criticises juries that ac- * quit some white men, and criticises juries that convict some negroes, and is absolutely consistent. In both cases the endeavor is in the interest > of justice in the courts. "The inculcaion of ideas of even rM justice, regardless of racial or other conditions, is necessary if the whites, i as a mass, are to prove their inher, ent right to make and administer the ~d|| laws, and govern the country. The ; spirit of justice is elevating and : strengthening. A plea for even ' justice, between the races, in , the courts is also a plea against crime of whites in dealing with whites. Where ; white men can kill negroes , with impunity., they quickly come to mur, der ehch. other; and where jurors . permit race prejudice to make torpid ' 'S , their consciences, they come .in tfcne . to permit neighborhood prejudices ' or other improper influences .to moid f 1 their verdicts when dealing with each other. It is impossible to maintain ^ ' one justice for one color-an^ another JUS11C6 ior anotner 111 uie wuu- ihouses. Justice given the negro by ;'s1 white juries, insures justice-' 'between . the latter." Negroes Attempt to Lynch White. Washington, Pa.*; Ntov. 29.?Edward Perdee, concrete construction superintendent of Marianna, near here, was possibly saved from being ^ lynched by a mob of 150 negroes by ' the timely arrival of police officers who lodged the man in jail on a charge of killing Skinner Young, a negro, a short time earlier. Perdee and a friend were walking along a road near their home when three strangers approached. It Is said Mr. Perdee made a wager with his companion that the men were ne- | groes. He won, but the men discussed, realizing that they had been connected with the bet, asked about it, and resented the epithet "nigger," said to have been applied to them by' the white men, and in the quarrel which followed, Young was shot. Mr. Perdee and his friend had to . "a seek refuge in a noiei 10 escapt? & >>- large crowd of friends of the dead man. Two white boye have been arrested in Spartanburg on the charge of doping a man and robbing him of some money.