The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, July 30, 1902, Image 1

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^The Batesfours; Advocate. ti? . . I I . ' ' " " - VOL. II. BATESBUHG, S. <_'., WEDNESDAY, JULY JO. 11)02. NO> 28. A HOT TIME. fr / JT; V, Editor DcOhamp Calls Co1. Jim TillV' :'{v I man a Falsifier .~r.'v AT THE GAFFNEY MEETING, i <JorroN|toiiiI<Mit With Tillman Submittctl; Disorder became S.? WiileNprcatl Thiii JltM-liiiR Was \<l- | jouriied. \o liloivH i'asse.l. An orderly meeting of uliout vo . voters and some ladies ended in disorder at (laffiiey Wednesday, iuvolv- . ini; the mast moisat iuual incident ?r " campaign. CJol. Tillman, as details further on will show, was reading an editorial from the (JalTney Lodger chargsng him with "heitig a gamhler, a liar and a drunkard." lie was sarcastic In his comments and was interrupted by Editor OeCamp of the Ledg \ or. who assumed entire resonesiiiilllv I and defended with determination hisi charges. In the ensuing discussion Mr. DeCamp olfered "to prove Col. Tillman a liarover his own signature." When asked to furnish this proof Mi. DeCamp retire*! to his otlice, submit" ^'ting upon liis return the evidence he-; low. The scene was most sensat ional. I Mr. DeCamp. with no excitement, j resolutely pressed his accusation amid noise and confusion, many cheers for j Tillman, no small amount for DeCamp and numerous remarks addressed to either and both and sometimes neither. All the gubernatorial candidates wer well received, Tillman, lleyward and Talbert leading. Mr. Gary received much cheering and applause, as did Messrs. Sharpc, Martin and Frost. The afternoon session had a full house, this was true when the guber- i natorial candidates were announced at 3 O'clock. Congressman Talbert was the first speaker, and after tribute to ladies, he addressed the voters on re- 1 spoils! hi lilies of the otlice sought. Hast had some of the necessary experienc-' and has the manhood for requirements. Trust and monopolies, luoor and eapi- j tal discussed, and Commercial Democracy vigorously assaulted. Wants j go**l feeling with all classes. Hduea tional interest favored. Reiterated white and colored tax scheme. (Cheers.) Issues forcibly discussed. Col. Talbert ! was heard most attentively. Inter-j V rnnM Wtt.li r.hrw>rs on l -i v f scheme closed with applause. y The next spoffker was cXfi*. nKYWARI) who was warmly received. Ho came here as a stranger, knowing but Ver\ few of these South Carolinians and was most grateful for such greeting. This county destined to be one of the 1 greatest counties of South Carolina. ' Payed a tribute to South Carolina womanhood, then passed on to i?is, candidacy. All love feast issues di*- : cussed, blend and cent re in up-building of our State. These issues discussed in their exact meaning. Dispensary, i education, good-roads, pensions dis- j cussed. Tribute to Confederate sol- i dier. Heard with closest interest and \ applause; clored with applause. MK. A NSl.l. CAM ! : XKXT with applause and unfortunately, with a sore throat. He regretted this. hut made his speech. Coining from the \ Pearl of the Piedmont portion ot" the I State to which Cherokee belonged: i paid his tribute to woman and her up- i lifting influences. Comes with endorsement of Greenville county, six years in legislature: comes with endorsement of five upper SoulhCarolina counties as solicitor for 12 years; oflicial rceard satisfactory, always, to Ids constituents. Issues discussed and Mr. Ansel's voice intcrferrcd not with interest of his hearers. He was heard throughout with close attention, introduced Pro. CrolTord to t he ('herokee i .audience: closed with applause. UK. TIMMKUMAN was the next speaker, claiming that he and Mr. Ansel, twice married, were the only true friends of the ladies. Has never had to medicate his private or official character. Col. Talbert refers to"timble rigging" in South Carolina polities. This is something unknown to the speaker. Has what no competitor can say. the endorsement of the people of South Carolina. At home elected to the legislature, when not a candidate and under Ids protest, an honor not bestowed on any other so far as lie knew. He is standing in his own shoes: running on his own name. Object of government is protcction of society and issues so dis cussed. As to when lie was treasurer, lie did not have to liorrow money. As sailed Col. Talbert's white tax scheme: this is dangerous. Closed with applause. I.IKl'T. OOV. TILLMAN was the next and last speaker who came forward with cheers and applause and hurrahs for Tillman. Heturned thanks for this and for past support. Clad to see these people face to face to let them see if lie is tie man painted. Appeals to his country, and by this to he judged: standing on record. Keferred again to the ruling incident in the senate, then on io ?word alTair. Finishing these In detail, he found it necessary to notice an editorial in the (JalTney Ledger published some weeks ago. Tills editorial charged Col. 'nilman witli "being a gambler, a liar and a <lrunkard." Col. Tillman was reading tlie article, stopping for vigorous and sarcastic characterization on its contents. The article stated that County Chairman T. It. Itutler and Messrs. McCraw and Sarrat could substantiate what was said. Turning to Mr. Itutler Col. Tillman asked to hear from him. Replying Col. Itutler said: "I knowabsolutely nothing about the slate mcnt aiul the man who wrote it did so without my authority." n'ca?ir was tiikhk. Col. Tillhiau was proceeding in vigorous and sarcastic characterization of the article when lOditor DeCauip or The Ledger stepped upon the stage and advancing directly to Col. Tillman, whom he faced, said: "1 am the man who wrote the editorial ana am responsible for It." Turning to Col. Culler. Mr. DcCatnp said: "Have \ou not been drinking with Col. Tillman in Columbia?" "Not more than with you," replied Mr. I hitler. (Cheers.) The crowd was very noisy and vehement in vv and the ladies left precipitately. the scene being stormy and threatening. Cheers for Tillman and some for DeCamp; various cries and suggestions to both and general movement among the audience. The chair 111.111 s nnvi'i (i iid 01 iit r uoi.sc.s writ.: heard. Mr. IicCatnp stood his ground resolutely and again expressed '.villi determination his authorship and responsibility." "Then you are t he author of something of which you should he ashamed." said Col. Tillman. Mr. iM'amp's cool reply made a terrific commotion when ire said: "Col. Tillman. 1 can prove you a liar over you own signature." Col. Tillman requested him to do so and Mr. Camp went to liis ottice for the proof. In the meantime Mr. Caughiuan who had been absent, tried to speak hut no one heard. lt'f AMl' IIUINUS 1IIS I'UOOK. Col. Tillman was proceeding with his speech when Mr. i>eCamp returned producing the two letters below, lie stated again that he could prove Col. Tillman a falsifier and read the letters which were in reply to hills sent from time to time regarding an advertiseing account which he had not been able to collect. Following is a verbatim copy of the letters: Hdgelield. Jan. .'i, 11)02. Mr. K. 11. Oct'amp, Editor Grit and Steel. Galfncy. S. (J.: 1 have received several letters from you, enclosing bill for advertising in Grit and Steel. I beg to say that 1 think if you will refer to you books! vou will find that all these bills 1 made with Grit and Steel were promptly pai I and in advance. Yours truly, (Signed) Jas. II. Tillman. Iteplying to another hill from Mr. lb-Camp, came the following letter. Columbia. S. C., Feb. 12, 1002. Mr. Iv. 11. DeCamp. Business Manager Grit and Steel, Galfney. S. C.: While 1 am satisfied that I have already paid the bill which you sent to Mr. Shcphnrd. 1 hand you under this c( ver mv eheek for II in n:ivi-.ient of same, kindly acknowledge receipt. Yours truly, Jas. if. Tillman. "KNKW UK WAS LYING." Mr. DcCainp maintained that Col. Tillman knew he owed the account when he denied it and he also insisted that the contents of the two letters revealed this fact. Mr. DeCatnp further remarked as lie finished reading the letters that Col. Tillman had never paid the hill and knew that lie was lying when he wrote the letter. Col. Tillman asked Mr. DcCamp to hand him the letters. Mr. DcCamp refused to do so. Col. Tillman insisted. Mr. IicCainp again refusing, saving they were his property. Col. Tillman said he only wanted to read them, and Mr. IicCanip handed them to him. standing by Col. Tillman while he read. After reading Col. Tillman said: "if I only had one matter on tuy mind at once 1 would have known, hut after consulting my books and linding the error, I sent him the money due him." Mr. IteCamp then wanted to know if it took six Tetters to tind out one mistake in a set of hooks. There was much noise and excitement in the audience, much cheering, some hissing. Not a majority of the audience by any means were cheering. Most of the noise seemed to be in favor of Tillman, but. Mr. DcCamp, who tirinly and aggressively stood his ground, was by no means without friends and supporters. Finally Chairman Itutler regarding t hat Oil. Tillman's time limit had expired, adjourned the meeting. A folumtiia Boy. | The Columbia State says some years Hi'ii :\ t :?!l vJimiiIiM' v iiiinir tnfin l..ft lii^ ' home in ' 'olumhia determined to make 5 a name for himself in the far west, it was James <Sims, a son of the late !<'ol. It. M. Sims, and lie was full of |determination, lie came back to Ids old home a few daysagoon a visit to | his relat ives, and goes from Columbia | lo Washington to visit his mother and sisters, lie is now a stout, line looking man. lie is the present State (chairman of the Democratic party in California, a leading lawyer in San , Francisco, and is the State senator ; representing the county in which the city of San Francisco is located. Mr. Sims'scores of old filends were delighted to see him once more and to congratulate him upon his success. Still At l.arjfe. Harry Tracey, the outlaw appeared at Miller's logging camp, four miles from Kunsuskat. Wednesday. Tracey is nut wounded, and looks fresh and ! rested. lie is wearing a derhy hat, hut lie had a slouch hat in his pocket. | He still lias Ins rille and two revolvers (and has a good supply of ammunii t ion. An Xwl'ill Ileal li. While attempting to cross the track in front of a passenger train Carrie Meets, a colored girl, twelve years old, was run over and instantly killed Wednesday morning near Helena, a {station on the Columbia and Hrcenvile division of the Southern. The mangled remains were scattered for a mile along the track. I DEPUTY A ILL KILLED By a Supposed Horse Thief Named Jeffcoat In LOWER PART OF AIKEN COUNTY. Tin* Story of Tlie Affair us Obtained from Different Sources. The Fugitive a Desperate Man. (>n last Tuesday night week (Jov. McSweeuey received the following i telegram: Warmer, July -2. To(!ov. McSwecney, Columbia, S. C. JelTcoat found. Killed one of our men. Kscaped to swamp. Send bloodhounds to Perry tonight on train No. 20. J. A. Picons, l>eputy Sheriff. The governor found it impossible to net communication with Wagoner or to get bloodhounds, and wired the sherilT of Aiken county to that effect, also asking for further particulars. 'There is a reward of $100 for the capture and delivery of Jctfcoat, as it is supposed that he is at the head of a trailer of horse thieves that have been terrorizing the whole county. The governor heard nothing more Wednesday of the affair, lie expected a reply from Sheriff Alderman to his telegram during the forenoon, but up to 2.J0 o'clock nothing came from the sheriff. The governor then wired the sheriff again as follows: "Ilave you any information in regard to JelTcoat matter at Wagner? 1 wired you last night to give me full information. Answer." The State's correspondent at Augusta sends the story Irclow. giving some further information. Though JelTcoat is claimed in the story as a ( Jeorgian, lie is a South Carolinian unfortunately, and is known as a desperado. The facts presented to the | governor show that lie has been operating at the head of a gang or horse thieves in Aiken county for some time and only last week the reward referred to alrove was offered. Here is what the correspondent says: A OKOUOIA A*'Col'NT. "(leorgia has produced a veritable i racey, woo ua.s crossed over into Carolina and has worked the authorities of that State to a fever heat. Charlie JciTcoat was being chased hy a sheriff in the southern part of Georgia i last week. for horse stealing and w hen j he got Uh? close for the welfare of the fugitive JelTeoat turned on him, shot j him. The criminal then crossed the ! river to Aiken county and the chase ; was taken up by Sheriff Alderman of Aiken and I>eputy Ahl with bloodhounds. Tuesday morning sometime they struck the criminal's trail and followed him to Jeffcoattown, a settlement down the river. When they discovered .lelTcoatand were closing in on him he turned and tired a broadside at the two officers. Sheriff Alderman escaped the bullets, but Deputy Ahl was shot dead and the criminal escaped the second time about ">..'10 Tuesday afternoon, taking to the woods. Sheriff Alderman immediately organized a posse and notified the j sheriffs of < )rungcburg and hkigeiield, I who have joined in the hunt for .1 efflooat, bloodhounds still being used to j trace. 1IE WANTED AlOlS. Things rocked along until Wednesday night before the governor got any information from the officers in Aiken i and when it did come it was vague and I brought no facts bearing on the killing of the deputy. It was in the shape | of the following telegram: Aiken, July 2d. j Governor McSwccney: Palmetto rilles disbanded. Guns are . here hut some parties refuse to give them up. Wire instructions. My deputy and posse still there. Will leave , soon as possible. Owen Alderman, Sheriff. Governor McSwccney promptly sent this reply: . . Owen Alderman, Sheriff, Aiken. S. ( I said nothing about Palmetto rij lies. My advice was for you to organj ize posse and do your best to capture JelTeoat. Give me full particulars by wire. M. It. McSwccney. Governor. MOKE MESSAGES. Wagoner, S. C., .luly ill. Hov. M. II. MeSweency: The people think the parties are here in the swamp. Is there any chance for blond hounds. It so send them. Send me two I Mixes Its and 10 Winchester rilles to l'erry lirst train. Owen Alderman, Sheriff. This reply was sent: Owen Alderman, SheritT, Wagener, s. C.: Have directed adjutant general's : depart ment to ship two lioxes of .'is and 40 Winchesters cart ridges to l'erry at once. Will see if 1 can secure blood hounds from county aut horities here. Wire me fully as to your movements and do your liest to capt ure LlelTcoat. M. H. McSweeney, (ioveruor. Then came this from the sheriff: Wagener, S. C.. July 24. tiov. M. It. McSweeney: Parties here who are harboring J elfcoat are trying to keep us oil him. Must 1 arrest those parties and send them to jail. Notify sheriff Lexington county to coine and protect that side of river. Answer. Owen Alderman Sheriff. This answer was dispatched: I Owen Alderman Sheriff, Wagener, | S. C.: Telegram received. It is your duty to arrest the parties who are intcrfer iiitf with your efforts to capUir Jeffcoat. 1 would nt?t hesitate a mo mcnt to arrest every ??ne or thein am place them in jail. M. It McSweeney (Joveriior. The jjovernor then wired to Lexiu# ton's sheriff as follows: Sheriff Lcxinton County, Lcxintr ton, S. C., ()wen Alderman, sheriff Aiken eoun ty. wires from Wagoners as follows "Notify sheriff Lexington county t< come and protect that side of ri\er.' Comply with Sheriff Alderman's re quest. Wire him at Wa^ener. Dual you can to assist in the arrest of Jeff coat. M. 1!. McSweeney, Covernor. About Z o'clock Sheriff Aldermat who iiad ?one lo J'eiry's wired lie governor tins report: I'erry, S. C. July Zi. Ci.i' \t l< M..Vu> 1..1 1.1.. )* ?/?. *?? . 4*|V . jucvil * >* 111 "> C.: Lost account JelTcoat going bank t< j Itrown's landing. (Jot posse in pur su it. Owen Alderman, SherilT. .1 KKt lIATS UKoKUlA HKCO It l>. The Savannah Morning; News, re ferritin to the killing of the Aikei deputy by Jeireoat, Wednesday ga\< t lie desperado's Ccorgia record as fol lows: "This makes JclTcoat's third killing | lie was wanted in Emanuel county l?a., for killing a man named Wilson near ilcrndon last winter, lie weni ! tiiere under the name of Charlie .loltn ' son, and it is said he and Wilson wen doing an illicit liquor business to j gether. After killing Wilson he let"I | Emanuel, but recently returned i SheritY Flanders had made several ofI forts to apprehend him and on tin night of.inly l?> undertook, with ; ; posse to surround liirn in a swamp The man had escaped, however, ant ! the posse scat tered to search for him Deputy SherilT Curl and Joe Flanders j a brother of the sbcrilT, overtook Jeff I coat and his wife on the road to Mid j ville at 11 p. m. The desperado wa: expecting arrest and was sitting it i his buggy with his face to the roar When ordered to surrender lie shol I Flanders in the left breast with a Win I Chester rifle, then jumped from tin ! buggy and lied lo a swamp. Mrs ' JelTcoat, or Johnson, also took part it file shooting and was wounded in tin head. She is now in jail at Swains I boi'o. "JelTcoat has sailed under a alias ! In Emanuel county lie was known ai Charlie Johnson. The people of thai county have been greatly arouse', ant any news of the man who killed Flan dors is eagerly sought. Tbl> w.e shown hv the way in which inlorma lion was sought from Colurabil, ant Aiken, "Howards amounting to $900 hav< been tillered for JelTcoat. Dodger | nave neon pruned and circulated, giv ! ing descriptions of him. These maj ' be the means of running him to earth I The rich prize his capture would brim will induce police and constabularies : to maintain a strict watch fur him lie will tind it a difficult task t< : escape, and may yet meet death at th point of a Winchester as unerring a his own. "The wife of J. C. Flanders offer 200 for the apprehension of Jeffcoat and Sheriff J. T. Flanders, brother o the murdered man, offers $200 more in addition, $200 is offered by friend j of the Flanders, and the aggregate o 000 is on deposit in the Citizens' haul at Swainsboro. In addition, there i .'too offered by the governor. ".leffeoat, <?r Johnson, is describe* as being between 27 and .'to years old j whighing about Fi.r> or 140 pound* ; lie is "> feet 8, or 10 inches high, am I has blue eyes and dark brown hair | which, at a distance, seems black , lie lias a light mustache and features When lie left Kmanuel county, iv was barefoot and in ills shirt sleeves. "Jeffeoat's occupation is that of wood sawyer. lie lias two brother | living in Aiken and two living nca that place." MADE IMS ESCAPE. The Columbia State says though i was expected that news would reae ; here Friday that some of the poss j after Jeffcoat had managed either t 'capture of kill him, that it seems th fellow is an artful dodger and ha : managed to confuse and finally chid 1 the man hunters who were so clo* j upon his tracks. The only inform; I ii(?ii ino governor received l-'riday w;i : most discouraning. 1' came in thi j form: Wagener, .Inly 2.*? |(iov. M. It. Mo,Sweeney: Have no dcliiiile trace of .icITcnat | Some think he has none: others sa not. Will stay here today, Ilav ; you heard from I'ilnerund llankinsoi Answer. Owen Alderman SlierilT. li??W DKIM'TV AIM. WAS KIl.l.KI). The State's correspondent at A ike has sent the following details of til killing of Deputy SlierilT Ahl hy til lieeinn desperado: On Monday ever inn. .1 uly 21, Chief of l'olico I>. t Weeks of the city of Aiken receive a telenrain station that the notorloi j horse thief IcfToeatwas near Seivern i , tills county, and to no there at oiici j At 11 (/clock that ninht heaceompan Td hy Mr. D. C. Ahl, left for Seiveri J The account of the chase and its sa result, your correspondent has notte from Chief Weeks upon his return. Mr. Weeks says: When we arrive at Seivern we were informed that .let coat had moved from where he wj when the telegram was sent to m< The good citizens of Seivern went t work immediately to locate lilin. M Ahl and myself with two other cit /.ens of Aiken county went over int Lex inn ton county, and there strut Continued on page 1 c SUMK PLAIN TALK c " a J a Against Child Labor by the Rev. !j Hudson Stuck. M ..... v "THE SOUTHERN PRIVILEGE." V [) Dcrlarcs That It l? i)||i< Which s \ tli?' Smith Wl l Denounce j nml I 'm M.I When Arousrd. 0 The Rev. Hudson Stuck, Hoan of ' ' Si. Matthews' Cathedral, publishes [l I lie following letter on t lie question of ' eli>lei labor in t in Dallas, Texas, News. " II will boot' interest to our readers ,l just at this l line: I am sorry to mt that The News, in 1 ': lis leading editorial of Tuesday, seems 1 j disposed to put a damper upon the ! j at li mps that are being made to pro- ,v leuresueh legislation in Texas as sliall ,l prevent the employment of children in " j factories, i had thought that iT the - world had arrived at one dctinite con- c' 11 elusion in the whole wide realm of v 21 economies, it was that sueli labor is ,l - detrimental to the well-being of tlie community, and is a proper object of Jl . j legislative prohibition. , it is not a theory that we are deal- !! , 1 ing with. We are not to he led from L | the plain purpose before us by vague Sl -1 considerat ions of the whole subject '' 21 of the condition of children P - in homes and on farms through-!? t. out the State. it is one plain. . notorious, indefensible abuse that we " are seeking to abolish. "Some senti- ' 2 ment al reformers," says your article of sl ? Tuesday, "taking little note of pr<o_rr<-ss that lias been made, and of the 1 natural difficulties that must always . remain in the way, would make the , old-t iipe crusade to free the lit t le meek i - slaves of London" (whatever that may - mean) "a new-time fad. and would < run oil into lines t hat arc not pruati- ! i eal, and that turn in the wrong direo. lion." Now that either means some- 1 L thing or it means nothing. It has - either some application to Texas or it J lias none. The only movement on foot today in Texas, of which 1 know any- s > tiling, is a movement to secure the 1 -* passage and enforcement of a law to a - prohibit ent irely the employment ofj" children under 12 years of age in fac-; tories. and to regulate the hours and ; conditions of employment of young ; t> persons up to 1 ? years of age. t. t Is tliis a new-time fad? Is that | ^ - running off in lines that are not prac- j * ? thai. and that turn in tlie wrong di- ! * - rcction? To call it, a new-time fad is i J t absurd. It is the the old struggle that ! was fouglitout out in England many i } - (leoader ano, tuat was fought out in | 1 s New England soon after, cliat lias | - been fought and won in every Euro-iv <f pean country, and that men had sup-!'' . posed would never have to he fought I t again. Hut if it lie necessary to prove I [ s that two and two makes four in the South as well as In New England (and -> of such manifest simplicty I hold the l> economic problem in question to he) , s why we must open the matter again. c must re-address ourselves to the old!c s:task. ' . ' The conditions existing ii. l>allas to-' ^ day are conditions that the ltritishjj Parliament forbade in England exact- , ly 100 years ago, in 1802: that were t ' forbidden by law in Massachusetts t sixty-six years ago. in 1830. s s In one mill in this city there are be- \ tween sixty and seventy children from j t it or 0 years old to 12. working twelve i s '' hours a day. And this not all. Two' , or three times a week, whenever it , suits the convenience of the mill, they I ' work fifteen hours a day. That is ; I what the lirst English factory act for-!, ' j bade, in 1802. Utterly ignoraut, not | j knowing their letters very often, even j j i up to good sized youth, these children 1, !l J are compelled to forego the night , s j school to which they drag their weary t r feet, whenever it suits their employers j j to demand overtime. "At any rate." says your leading j | t article, "if the child labor movement ' h is t be kept along let the good work i e ! begin at once where it is most need- j ( o'ed." That is precisely the view of j e those who are beginning the agitation i s for factory laws in Texas. We know ? e ! no better place where the movement e | may be "kept along" as you express it. i i- than right ho re in our miilst where < Ls sueh outrages on childhood arc per- i is milled. The Kncyclopcdia liritannlca. in 1 summing up its article on factory [ laws, says "I'.y these various enact ments the State lias ompliat ically j' y taken under its protection the whole e class of children and young persons!1 ' employed in manufacturing indust l ies. It has done this In the name of the' moral and physical health of tlie com- , I munify." One would hardly accuse I' tlie liritannica of being a "sentiment- J 11 al reformer." 1 11 Says 1 ?r. lladley, the president of " Yale, in his recent hook "Economics" | (l'.ioo,) "Prohibition of child labor is 1 I unquestionably justitied on public j I grounds, Ik-cause if children go to1 work in the factory at tint early an 1 '' J age they are deprived of the chance of liealth and education which would ! *! enable them to make tin* most of i | themselves." That is tlie case in a i ( : nutshell. All observation. all experi11 ence, sliow that children put to work . 1 early in factories are ceprived of tliesc 1 | two tilings perhaps the two most valuable things that a human being 1 s can possess tlie chance of health and !' 1 the chance of education. to 1 _ r Charles 1:. Spahr. in Ins late book j. entitled "America's Working People," ,, says: "When I went through the j k mills at New Hertford, I saw only two 1 s- 'children who looked to me less than ertirtentos that they were above thai "In Massachusetts today," lit ?i;Is. "I heard no manufacturer even ihil at a desire for the Southern privlege of employing little children." 'The Southern privilege!" l;.?es it lOt make the 1>1o<kI of honest men and vomcu boll to hear of this Southern iri vilege? We arc about to celebrate with every iron instance or honor and dignity, ur undying memory of those who hed their blond in the Civil War. Ve are about to laud our heroes to lie skies once more. We have been ccustomed since the time of Henry iradyto point to the wonderful "New outli" tliat has sprung of the ashes f that old South for which these ernes fought. Ilut Is it not wavier r serious reflection that tt>is New outh is bringing in its train the old. iorn-out, thoroughly discredited buses that even the greed of Hustern uinufauturers long ago relinquished ar very shame? That in many cases lie descendants of the very men who hinged tlie nation in warfare to aliol.h the. institution of negro slavery, re employing their capital to enslave ur poor white children today? The South lias been apathetic beause, and only because, this tiling as new to it; because it bus crept in lmost unnoticed, and is still very irgely unknown to it. A large matri ty of the citizens of Pallas are holly ignorant of the state of atTairs i this respect within their own city nilts, The heart of the South is >und wherever women and children re concerned; quick to resent and to roteet. "The Southern privilege of mploying little children" for tiftcen ours a day in factories, is a privilege hii-h the South will denounce and >r? id as soon as it wakes up to the Ituat.ion. Hudson Stuck. I lean of St. Matthew's. AGAINST CHILD LABOR. Vxus Teacher* Mule* an Appeal to the , liCglMlat ure. The Dallas, Texas. News says by lie invitation of Prof. Long, the suerinlendciit of Dallas public schools, lean Stuck made ail address to die cue hers of tlie city schools on the object of the legislative regulation of hild labor in factories. 'I'linrn won. Ixtiit loo teacher present, and much uterest was displayed. l>ean Stuck uoted from an article by Elbert Iubhard, the author of "The Message o tiarcia." in the current number of 'The Philistine," as follows. "I now the sweat shops of Ilcster street, sew York; 1 am familiar with the ice, depravity and degradation of the Vhlt?*chapel district in East London; have visited the (Jhe*to in Venice; know the lot of the koal miners of 'euusylvania. and I know something f Silurian atrocities, but for misery, roe, and hopeless suffering, 1 have lever seen anything to equal the coton mill slavery of South Carolina? his in my own America, the land of he free and the home of the brave! 'or the adult who accepts the life if the mills 1 have no word to say? t i-> his own business. My plea Is in lefense of the innocent. I voice the ry of the child whose sob is drowned n the thunder of whirring wheels." Jean Stuck insisted that the condi,ion of things in South Carolina hreatened Texas, too; that a begitiling had already lieen made of the in. reduction of the system of child labor hat now was the time to make a itrong tight for the enactment of a law hat should forbid its extension, and hat it was necessary to arouse public icntiment in order that such a bill night have a chance of passing at the lext session of the Legislature. The following resolutions, moved by 1'rof. Morgan, were unanimously adipted: "Whereas, The increase of factories n States where there is no regulation ?f the employment of child labor has ( suited in certain grave evils tc diildhood, namely, tirst, an excessive eugth of daily work, this being extended at times into the night; second* y, me puysK'iai, mental and moral weakening of the children, owing tc [his continement and the unhealthy conditions of work:, and, thirdly, a .treat increase in the percentage ol illiterates owing to the loss to the children of the oppnrt unities of school. "Whereas, Factories are rapidly increasing in Texas, and these grave evils are increasing with them. We. the teachers of the Dallas public schoolt in the name of the children of Texas tin respectfully present to the lcgisla tors of Texas our earnest request thai they take into consideration the mat ter of regulating clrild labor. W? urge that Texas profit hy the hittci L'Xperienee of the older cotton State: and regulate these evils liefore thej assume greater proportions. We he lieve that this regulation ought t< come now. for it is statesmanship t< learn from others how to prevent thesi evils rather titan to learn in our turi lay sacrifieting the lives of a genera tion of children.*' Killed I.lke Uih-IicI. .1 i(lilies (\iekrell was stmt -.iiut U-itle, from tile court house window at Jack son l\y., at noon Wednesday by ai unknown assassin. Friends who ac companied the wounded man to Lex ington say they fear ins death will b the signal for a prolonged and dis astrous warfare t'ockrell was preparlni to leave Jackson to get out of a lue when the shots were lired. He wa town marshal of Jackson. I'sKKQi'iTKU love drove a youni man to commit suicide in a St. l'eter> burg hotel, it transpired that he ha asked a little girl in the street t choose one of two pieces of paper whic he handed to her. On one was wri! ten "Life," and on the othi 'Death." The girl choose * 'Death.' i AN AWFUL SCENE. i A Man Curses and Eaves on the Scaffold JUST BEFORE BEING HUNG For a llrutnl Murder. A Sad Warning to Young Men to liCt Strong Drink. Alone. At forty-one minutes past eleven o'clock Tuesday morning Ashley (Jocke aud Toiu Lauderdale, the murderers of Kngineer Wruv, expiated their crime mum tin. >r,.ll -.t <! *?.....in*. Miss. Cocke died cursing everybody in Greenville and tlie ofllcers of the law. Lauderdale met Ids fate calmly. * t early dawn great thrones of people begun to arrive in the eity and by 10 o'clock the place was crowded to itj; utmost capacity. Sherill Hunt had sworn in a large numlier of deputies and every prceautlon was taken to prevent any possible trouble. (Joeke and Lauderdale, after a good night's sleep, awoke at 7 o'clock, breakfast was ottered them but both declined to eat. Qockc was visited by Rev. Cunningham, who tried his utmost to induce the doomed man to embrace religion, hut all to no purpose. At 11 o'clock the two men were brought Into the corridors of the jail where the last farewells were said. They were then taken to the scaffold and In full view of thousands of people both were hanged. Lauderdale remained firm and quiet throughout but Cocke raved like a madman, cursing everything and everybody in Greenville and finally when the black cap was adjusted he uttered a fearful oath at the sheriff and his deputies. There was no semblance of trouble. STOICY OF TlIKCltlMK. The crime for which Ashley Cocke and Tom Lauderdale Tuesday paid the death penalty on the gallows committed on a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train about 3 o'clock on the morning of December 30, 1901, between the towns of Leland and Elizabeth In Washington county. Ashley Cocke, Tom Lauderdale, _ Will Hlackhurn and (i. M. Phipps, residing in liolivar county, boarded the northbound passenger train at 3 o'clock in the morning for the purpose of returning to their home at Shelby. G. M. Wray, an engineer, was a pas sender on uie cjircnierca ny uocicc ana his party. Cocke and his three companions were all more or less under the iulluence of liquor. Phlpps fell against Wray who was asleep on seat In the coach. Wray asked Pblpps what he meant and reply came from Cocke that it meant that he (Wray) must leave the coach. Wray having fully awoke realized thai the men were drinking and told them that it was all right and that he would leave the car. As Wray started to walk out Blackburn said to Cocke: "What shall we do with that fellow? lie says that he has done nothing, but i is willing to apologize." VOTED TO KILL IMM. "I vote to kill hlir?!" replied Cocke. Pbippsat this time sank into a seal and was not with his companions. Cocke, Lauderdale and Blackburn then began shooting at Wray as the , latter was trying to leave the coach. Wray was riddled with bullets and fell dead In the aisle of the car. While Conductor McLauclilin, who ha 1 stop ped the train, was looking for officers to assist him in the arrest of the three | men, the trio got oil and went to the | engine and forced the engineer to un[ couple the engine and proceed at once , u? MieiDy ana tne engineer oDcyea the instructions at the point of a pun. At Shelby, Cooke, Lauderdale and I Blackburn were arrested and brought , to Greenville on a special train, every , precaution lieing taken to prevent a t lynching which was threatened by i- many citizens. The men were indict, ed for murder In the tirst degree. Cocke and Lauderdale essayed to be tried together and after one of the , most bitter legal battles in the history of the country, they were convicted \ and sentenced to be hanged on March ill, \W2. Notice of an appeal was [ filed, which stayed the execution. I Later Blackburn was tried found guilty. He was sentenced to imprlson, mcnt for life, his previous character r having been proven exceptionally good. . Th* supreme court reviewed the case of Cocke and Lauderdale and aftei I. an exhaustive examination of the , record affirmed the decision of the > lower court and fixed Tuesday, July \ 2:1, as the day for the execution. 1 ftllKAT tKOAL BATTLK. Then began a mighty effort to save the two men from the scaffold. ln(lueiitial relatives and friends of Cocke 1 and Lauderdale, and especially Coeke, - i who is highly connected In three or ri | more states. presented strong petitions and earnest appeals to Governor - Longino to commute the death sent e once to Imprisonment for life, but the governor deeply sympathized with the family and relatives of the two men, l' remained IIrm and declined to Inter-s fere. Attorneys at the. last moment went to Narragansett l'ier, It. 1., with a petition to Mr. Justice white of the k' supreme court ot the United States, and begged that tlie execution be 1 ' stayed on constitutional grounds. Justice White, after reviewing the . papers, also declined to interfere, and _ the mandate of tlie law was carried 'r out, the two men dying on tlie same I scaffold.