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^ fourth . ; j The Batesburg Advocate. * VOL III BATESBURG. 8. C.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, J903. NO SO - J ' -- " | y-'.-,4 -A ':! ... ! J 'J - ANOTHER TRAUEOY. A White Man Shot by a Negro Witl His Own Gun. TWO NEGROES WERE KILLED fly Way of Itctaliation, an?l the Item of tlie \CKroes Are Miaul to Go Xear The Place. A special dispatch to The State from liatesburg says news has just reached there that Willie Ilall, a young white man living eight miles south of this place, just over the Aiken county line, was killed Wednesday afternoon by a negro, George Kdwards. Hall kept a country store and was postmaster at Chini|iiepin, In Aiken county. The killing was on the Lexington side, one mile from Hall's home. The negro was in the house of Lewis Head, another negro, and Mall was in the yard. Kd wards used a single barreled shot gun. and after tiring on Willie he assaulted .ludson Hall, a younger brother, and would have killed him had not others prevented. Kd wards escaped to the swamp nearby, bloodhounds have been wired for and much excitement prevails. Another dispatch to The State says only meagre particulars can be gathered from the tragedy. Persons coining to twon for a collin for Hall Thursday morning said the parties had had an old trouble that was renewed Wednesday morning at Hall's store, the negro firing otf a gun and acting defiantly. After that ilall and his brother, ludson, went a mile or so over in Lexington and came up with Kd wards in the house of Lewis Head, colored. The Halls had each a single-barreled . breech loader. They got between the negro and his gun, anil a colored woman ran in between the parties, and the negro reached around her and jerked Wille's gun, and turning it on its owner tired, shooting him through the heart and killing him instantly, lie then sprang at the younger Hall and a tierce si rug Kit' ensued mr me possession or .liulson's gun. Kd wards dragged young Hall and beat and kicked him, hut the latter held on to his weapon till the negro left and Hall ran otT for help. Young Judson Hall, seeing the clothes of his brother oij lire, thus showing the 4 .ucsc ?lU'a*r<jrs c. fne parties ai the time of fi)(. shooting, told the woman to thrn,v water on him to put it out. V- ^ IteutH the .11 in Crow. The Columbia State says a year ago a white man was killed by a negro in Linton. Ind. Since that time no negroes have been allowed in Linton. On Monday the Wallace circus was billed in that town and the management was warned in advance that the 65 negroes connected wi tli the show should not he brought to Lcuton, so the negroes were taken to a town six * miles south ot Linton and left while the circus went on. A crowd met the train and several hundred men inspected the outlit to see that there were no negroes along. Special coaches were sent for the negroes left behind and this train was run up to Linton at night when the circus was ready to leave and as the train passed through the town the negroes crouched behind the scats to avoid danger. This mode of traveling in a northern State is a little worse than the .litn Crow cars down south, isn't it? Assault on Negro Girl. At Charleston Dan Sumters, a ncgiu criminal, was arrested Tuesday morning of the charge of rape an 1 committed to jail without hail. The crime was committed on Victoria Grant, a 1 (i-years-olH* girl of Ids own race. Another negro, whose name is unknown, is implicated in the crime. The girl alleges that Sumter and another negro, whose name six* does not know, forced their way into her room Tuesday morning about -:'!<> o'clock and ravished her, one holding her in turn while the other commit led criminal assu It upon her. She made an outcry, when Sumter drew a knife and stabbed her in the thigh. i.olh made their escape, hut Sumter was arrested by tlie police several hours ilteru mis. Ka\ e i lie I'-inls. The State says: "The lirst case uu der the new game law in Virginia came up in the Uichnunu] police the other day when the olTender was * lined two dollars tor capturing two birds. This was the inininium line but the justice declared that 'next time he would give the olTender the limit. We would like to see some such regulation as this on our South Carolina statute books and to sec it strictly enforced. It there Is now such a law it. is not enforced. An instance came under our ohseavat inn recently when two of these matchless songsters were sold for 110 cents in this city.'' To which we add our endorsement. ,s I'ahl the I'etialty. A special dispatch to the Augusta 'Chioniclc says after having been chased through seven county among the swamps of the Altamaha and the Ocinulgee by a posse of determined farmers, Kd Clans, who assaulted Miss Johnson, at harien .1 unction, < >. last week, was caught while asleep, anil quickly sent to bis doom by the mob. The negro Uirged piteously for his life but the members of the posse, all friends of bis victim, paid no lieed to his pleadings, lie was swung from a limb and hisliody riddled with bullets. THE NEGRO MUSf GO. 1 Hint (si lie Meaning of the Knee Wa (n (milium. It is a oommon error for negroes ii tlie South to believe that their besl friends arc at the North, and that in t matter what they did down tills wa] to the white people would lie endorsed bv the white people of the North. For the benellt of tills class of negroes we publish the extracts from Northern papers. In speaking of the 1 rare trouble in Indiana the New York ' Herald says: "It has remained for a Northerr i Slate to institute a crusade against the negro race. The sporadic cases of peonage brought to light in Alabama and which her own citizens, 1 grand juries and judges are denouncing and punishing are of trailing significance compared with the outrages and deliberate cruelties reported in our dispitches from Indiana. Droves of inoffensive negroes driven from their homes In Kvansville are making their way to towns in the ml ?jrl ..r u?.. -1 ?-- - li puiu WI lillf ? 1 ta IA". |? I I 11 ^ for work and she 1 tor. These destitute and unfortunate refugees are met outside ttie towns and villages by "committee" which turn them away with threats of violence. In places where laborers are urgently needed and men of any kind with white skins would lie gladly employed, the pleadings of t hese starving black men for a chance to toll are brutally rejected. If is incredible that civilized communities living under the stripes should he so inhuman, and we are forced to the conclusion that the "committees" are constituted by the ' more ignorant and turbulent element ! In the population of the places from which these homeless wanderers are j driven away." FOOLED THEM V Supposed Corpse Itiins An way An .lurv Writes Verdict. Henry I lines, Charleston. S. (J. who several days ago was declared to have j been murdered by a negro named lshi mael, is today a well man and in perfect condition, with the exception of a sear in Ids head in dieted with a brick in t lie hands of Ishmaej. iliues ' came to life while the ""coroner was busy inclining into the cause of ills ; death, and jumped the inquest. | At a picnic given at Pedec, S. C.t several days ago I lines was struck in the head with a brick by Ishmael, I who was prompt ly arrested and lodged id jail on the charge of murder. Coroner Dolliver was summoned, and arrangements were made lor holding the inquest. A jury was sworn, and after viewing the Imdy il was removed under a clump of hushes to protect il from tlie sun. The jury repaired a | short distance away under the shade of a large oak. there to hear the testimony. Several witnesses were examined, all of whom testified that 1 lines was struck in the head witli a brick or rock by Ishmael. While the jury was writing the inquest I lines i came to life, the blow having stunned him, and lie decamped without giving I an explanation to the coroner or the jury that declared him dead officially. When the coroner discovered that his corpse had disappeared there was great consternation and surprise. Many believed that nines' Ixidy had been carried into a sv-amp near by by a large alligator. The mystery was explained t lie following day when j 1 lines called at the coroner's otlice and told him that while he and his jury were declaring him dead he was busy coming to life. Ishmael was j released from prison when the facts became known, much to his delight. Spectacular Suicide. A dispatch from Georgetown to The State says: ".a negro man committed suicide Thursday by jumping oil the j dock into the river. He was probably intoxicated or insane, but the method and time selected by him for drowning himself made the deed rathci spectacular. A steamer loud of negro exeursiimists was just leaving the dock [when this man, who held a walking stick in his hand, was seen to leap into the river. He apparently made no attempt to swim, hut rose three , times, each time brandishing the cane ; hi i.iic <111. as 11 sauiwng some one on Lite steamer. At length he disappeared, tail for a full minute afterwards tin- end ut the cane was raised above the sin face. Men in a boat reached it he spot where the negro sank too late to save him. and his liody has not j yet been found. I'hiNlMlioro Terminal Sold. The Kast Shore Terminal and tlio Commercial Compress and Wharf property in Charleston were sold Tuesday by the order of the United Sftites circuit court to satisfy mortgages ot $1,:?00,000 and *22,781, respectively. I 'I he property was bought in by President K. <S. Krwln, of the Antlie | Coast Line and general Counsel Fairfax Harrison of the Southerh railway, as joint tenants in common. There was only one bid on both properties, tliis being made by Mr. Harrison. The properties were bought at the upset prlees. $r>u.OOU and $20,000, respectively, which is extremely cheap. At the sale were attorneys and hit rested railroad men. The sale was made by C'apt. .lamas K. llcdding, action for Special Master W. K. linger. The sale was conlirmed by I order of the court immediately after ! the sale. SLAIN BY A MOB. r Citizens Lynch the Man in Whose Yard Hall Was Killed. 1 A SEQUEL OF THAT MURDER. t j f Hrnd Wan in CoiiHpiracy (?> Murder I Hull. Details of the Appeal to Judit" i Ijynch. The Datesburg correspondent of The State says just across the line in Aiken county Willie Ilall was buried 1 Thursday morning in Moun table churchyard. Not two miles away lies the dead ImkIv of Dennis Head, a negro, shot to death in sight of his home. Your correspondent visited the scenes ' of the recent tragedies Friday, going I lirst, to the home of Dennis Head, colored, wiiere the Hall murder was commil fori rPI?? I*? .? 1 **~l uivwu? i uc nu(i.->u, a i/iuy iuj; UtlUIIl, istands on a hill in Lite middle of a ! cornfield, and in the door, gazing out ' into the west, sal an old negro woman, i wizened in years, the mother of Den! n s Head. Near her on a bench was an aged man, her husband.' He is so old that he sits in a half stupor and cannot answer any questions put to liiin. Klsie Head, the sister of Dennis ; Head, a negro girl of about 2"> years, ' told The State representative Friday of the killing of Willie Hall, giving in substance the same account as already printed in The State. Tn K MUltDRH OK II M.L. It seems that George Edwards, a negro came into I lie store of the Hails on Wednesday afternoon and asked I Willie Hall to exchange some tobacco I t igs which lie had for a small present of some kind. There had been feeling between the negro and Hull for some time on account of a previous dispute concerning a purchase in the store. The negro carried a shotgun and looking at it. Hall said: "You have got that gun for me." The uegro made some surly reply and going out of the store halted on the bridge and tired a shot in the air. lie then left | t he scene, going to the home of Dennis ' Head, in Lexington county, about Miree-quartejs of a mile away. Not long afterwards, so .lud.sol) Hall himself tol I your correspondent Friday, tie and his brother loaded their shotirlll c (Hid rnHnwnrl -- ? ...... .v?IIU.HU nic IH>;I>> iiiLl'im- | | .ttujr : !] niiu bttti.il null li lesson. Arriving at the home or Dennis Head they found Edwards seated just inside the door. Both men leveled the ireruns at him,and, as they entered the house. Elsie Head rushed past and out of the door. Edwards seized Will Hall's gun by the muzzle and a terrilTe struggle ensued in which the negro captured the weapon, and turning, shot iris assailant through tire abdomen. The ; wounded man cried: "1 am shot," and J half fell, halt walked down the steps j into the yard, where he expired in a few minutes. Edwards rushed at .ludj son Hall, the younger brother, and tried to wrest his shotgun from him, but Elsie Head assisted the white man ! in the struggle and finally the negro looked Hall in the eye and said: "Let. me go: 1 won't shoot you." .ludson Hall took the gun, and, examining it, said it was not loaded, so lie says. In some way Edwards gained possession of it and ran aeross the iields unmolested because ids opponent was | physicially exhausted. The coroner was summoned and j viewed ttic body of Hall, but the inquest was not hold until Friday morning, when a verdict was rendered say: ing that Edwards had committed the crime. The same afternoon Butler i Fox, a resident of Batcslmrg, bought I a number of shotgun shells and some ritles in the town, saying that his i "partner" had been killed, and that j other men were in danger. DKNNIS IIKAI) KIL.LKD. Soon after the moon rose the same I Ilii'lit llAnnitl llivirl ! noirr.. in i - - ? - ?i ^hlw """ft ! Aiken perhaps a mile and a half across i the county line, was called to his door j I by a number of white men who asked i for a drink of water. Ashe opened j the door one of the men clutched him I by the wrist saying: "You are under I arrest." and carrying him into the I i road a few hundred yards away. Mis ! wife tells the rest of the story, for j |strange though it may seem, no one ; else could Ik? f<?ind who could or j would tell anything about Head's i killing. Jesse Fuller, a negro of IS; j years, went with Head into the road, i j says his wife, but soon ran back cry- I ! ing that lie had been cruelly beaten. J i Shots were heard Immediately after- I ! wards and the men left the ?scene. ' j One of the women ran out into the; road and stumbled over the body of Head. She threw her arms around I his neck and he muttered some incoherent phrase. The woman was ter; ritied by the crime and ran away leav- j ing the dying man. His body was i not removed until Thursday morning, ; and Friday afternoon it was lying on i the porch of the cabin covered by a j sheet and shiclde 1 from the sun by a 1 few quills hung on a chair. A negro sat near and waved a leafy bough to ! keep away the incessant swarm of llies, the while crooning a plaintive I song. The man was shot through > t he left, side of the stomach and must have died in agony. Clara Head, his wife, said that Fuller believed that there were three men in the party j and that Head was tied while they were whipping the smaller bov. In : the road lay a harness strap tied into > a knot, the negro's hat, buggy whip 1 broken to pieces, and a shot gun shell | from a 12-bore gun. Head's body was j.still lying on Ills porch Friday iright, / awaiting the coroner. In the house at the time of the crime were two negro women, four children and the > two men. KIIIST KILLING I'LANWKI). Judson Hall, a brother of the dead man, told a gentleman of I lateaburg that Dennis Head, Lonney Johnson and (leorge Fdwards had planned the killing of his brother long before it was consummated, but this story is not generally credited. However, it shows that there was enmity against Head by the Halls. Itutlcr Fox also spoke in violent terms of Lonney Johnson and said that the crowd wished to catch him. It is highly probably that Johnson, if caught, may sulTer the extreme penalty. A peculiar fact was developed at the coroner's inquest Thursday when Judson Hall testified that in the struggle l.liiit. OffMirroH ? ? t l?o Iwgioo ??' ?'??.t.. VMWv vvv ?. > ? vv. mi Uliu UUUilC TVIIUIC I I 1 brother was killed that !iis own gun was discharged, lie says that he does not know how it occurred. It is possible that he himself unwillingly may have been the author of liis brother's death. The negroes in the outlying districts arc territied by the recent or- i eurrences but are not leaving the ? county. They refuse to say anything about the crime and the white man are equally as retieient. The best people of Itatesburg itself 1 deplore the killing of I Iran I e irtily, but ridicule the idea of a race war. ,i It is thought by many people thatli blind tiger whiskey played a prominent part in the homicide. Thescene of the crimes is in the heart of the | sandhills in a lonely and unpopulated section. i i Mr. J. It. T. Major drove with your ( correspondent through the portion of ? tire two counties where the homicide i I occurred. SlioriIT Alderman of Aiken i i county come to the county line Friday 1i and will probably take active step to | iind tile men who killed Head. There ; are no fears of further trouble here \ Friday night and steps will >>e taken i immediately through the governor ; > and the proper authorites to deter- > i mine who are the guilty parties. U ' ! ANOTHER ACCOUNT | J i c Wfiicti (iiroN a IMfl'erent I<1 t?t to s (lie Affair. The State correspondent at Aiken | says lie drove out to the scene of the ^ 11..11 1 -- ??*. > 1 an milium i uursuay niglii. 'I'lir ; published reports si) far are correct. Willie Hall was a man about, a.i.voarc . um ana was u ijuiet, inolTetisive young ^ citizen. The whole family are good, o law-abiding people, and although they c had all been warned repeatedly of the ^ negro, George Edwards, they had merely asked hltn several times to j keep away from their premises. Front t what can l>e learned in the neighbor- ' hood, Willie Hall had ample provoca- , tion to punish Edwards severely sev- . era! times, but had not desired t.rou- ( hie, and only asked to be let alone. t) Young Judson Hall is only 20 years old and would, without doubt, have been killed also had it not been for i t the intervention of the colored woman, j ~ Hilsey Head. As it is, he is badly . beaten up in the face and breast. Thursday about 1 a. in., a posse in sea re ) of George Edwards went to the (' house of Dennis Head, a known pal of 1 Edwards, and, upon being refused ad- ' mittanee, broke open the dbor and ' dragged out Dennis and a negro hoy ' about 18 years of age. The negroes were told that no harm was intended il and if they would keep quiet the white j men would search the house and leave < them alone. As a precaution against ; i treachery, Head was hound and plac- 1 ed in a buggy. Head asked the men ! v to let the hoy bring out his clothes so j a that he could dress. The men allowed i the l?oy to go Into the house to get I the clothes and when he came back \ tney toiu mm to toss the bundle to ^ Head in the buggy. The t>oy did so, ^ and the bundle struck the wheel and j a revolver fell out. As soon as the i t l>oy saw that his plan had miscarried ( he drew a pistol and tired point blank f at one of the white men. The men j shot him to pieces and then killed ( Head, who had tumbled out of the j buggy and was trying to reach his | pistol on the ground. There is a party j now out searching the swamps for j j George Edwards and if he is caught j , he will be lynched. A It All KKl.l.OW. | \ Magistrate Shealy of Lexington c county held the inquest over Willie j Hall's body on Thursday and the jury * brought in the usual verdict in such j N cases, viz.: "William Hall was killed by a gunshot wound at the hands of : 1 George Ed wards. The report was current in Aiken 1 1 Friday that there was a small race ' riot on at Chinquapin. This report ?' was given color by the killing of the two negroes Thursday morning, Hut nothing of the kind is the case. The negroes in the section are quiet and are < seemingly as grieved at t he killing of I Mr. Hall as the white people arc. The c negro Edwards was a terror to the t community, being an impudent, lazy Is scoundrel of the bully type, and it is < only a surprise that he was allowed to * go as far as he did. 11c is a very 11 black, thick set, powerful negro atmut < 2o years old, has tJiick lips, Hat nose > and white rolling eyes. I Mood hounds 1 I have Iks-ii ordered by the community, i i and if nothing happens to prevent, j t Edwards will be caught and lynched, t Mr. Hall's moTTicr Is prostrated, I and It is hard for any law-abiding I citizen to hear her screams of anguish I an I then blame the people of the ji community of desiring to avenge the < ruthless breaking up of an old home- i stead and the shattering of an old i mother's heart. < DEADLY TOY PISTOL. A Large Number of Casualties Following the Celebration OF THE NATIONS NATAL DAY. A Death Dealing 1 <y That Should be IjegiHlntetl to The ShodeN of OhHcurity in all Statea. The Indianapolis Journal says up to Wednesday reports from the country at large showed lis deaths and 1,485 mutilations, many of which will prove fatal, from fourth of July celebrations. On the Fourth of July, 1002, HI persons were killed and 2,040 seriously injured. The casualties Increase every year with tlie growth of population and the multiplication of dangerous devices fur making noise. A large proportion of the injured who do not die will he mutilated for life. In addition to personal accidents there is always a list of tires with losses agjregrting several hundred thousand dollars caused by explosions and tireworks. In view of these annual losses of life and property and inlliction of injuries and deformities for life, is it not about time to inquire whether ?ur manner of celebrating the Fourth diould not he reformed? Is it not a jar ha rous custom that leads us to dontify patriotism with noise and to jelehrate the nation's birthday by idling or maiming two or three thousmd persons every year? How long vi 11 he before we get p;ist the tire:racker, the torpedo and the tom-tom stage of civilization that can find no jettcr way celebrating independence ind expressing patriotism than in the nuking of hideous noises and killing i i large number of men and Ijoys every I fear? It is not only a very senseless I iustnm, but a very costly mode of i elehratlng, that Involves the annual acritiee of so many lives. TUB 1.1ST INTKBASKS. Following are a few deaths that1 lave iwcurred since the above was ; >r in ted. At Pittsburg, Pa., six boys have I lied of tcauus z.iuc, all flic victims of j '\>u[tkWaV^-TLoun., A ri'li.u j Cunningham, aged 12 years, is dead J f lockjaw, resulting from injuries reeived from sparks while firing a toy 1 listol. At Detroit, Mich., lockjaw as a reult of wounds, from toy pistol on the j 'ourtli of July claimed two more vie-1 ims when lsrat 1 (fgushavetsz and Villiam May died. At Ithaco. N. V., Harry 11. fishop. 13 years of age, died of lockaw caused by a slight injury on the fourth of July through the exploding ; T a blank cartridge. At llarrisburg.Pa..four deaths from etanus of boys ranging in age from 8 j o Pi years have occurred resulting rom slight injuries received on the 1 'ourth of July from toy pistols. At Cleveland,'Ohio., Charles llincs liffl of tetanus as "a result of injury ; rum a toy pistol received on .Inly 4. I'liis makes the eighth death there ; rom lockjaw since the Fourth of uly. At Philadelphia, Pa., two more i leattis from tetanus as a result of in- I uries received from toy pistols oc- , urrcd making a total of seven death ' rom this dreaded disease since the 'ourth of July. The victims today ; vcre William Karmel, a#ed 10 years, , ,nd Harry Hanks, t> years old. .\ Itruic l?y Nature A dispatch from GaiTncy to the j itate says Wednesday night about 12 iVlock Goldie Davis, who was drink- j ny at tlie time went to his room at I lie Hampton I maiding house near the I alfney Manufacturing company and ound the electric light globe gone. j le had previously broken two earlier u the night. Not being able to make , light he went to the heti of V. M. ngram, w ho was sleeping and cursed i dm and then began cutting him with 1 lis knife. Mr. Ingram jumped out of j ?ed and grabbed a cliair to defend limself, when he was attacked by ' Vinner Davis, Goldie's brother. Hotli f tlie Davis Iniys made their escape. 1 Mr. Ingram was painfully cut about ' he face and neck. Dr. Settlemyer | vascalled in and drtssed the wounds. I A warrant has been sworn out for , he arrest of both of the Davis boy... 1 t is supposed that they went back to s'orth Carolina, they having cornel icre from Forest City about ten days | igo. Honoring WuMhiiigtmi. At London, England, at a meeting ?f Hie executive committee of the 'ilgrims club Wednesday night a lominilte was appointed to give effect; ,o the recent suggestion to erect a ! statue to (icorge Wiislnngton in L011ion. It was decided that the subscriptions should he entirely confined 0 liritish subjects. Archdeacon Sindair, in submitting the plan to the society, said: "Englishmen have at ast fully recognized the great qualties of Washington. 1 feel assured dial nothing will he more popular in .his country than such a tribute to i hat great man of English birth who las done so much for the world's his- , ory, not only for the young nation icross the sea, hut for (ireat ltrltian is well." Archdeacon Sinclair an-1 1 on need that lie was authorized to j MTer a place for the statue in St. Paul's, -athed ral. 1 1. . -J1 THE STATE PRISON. Yearly Halt of the Inmates Convicted of Cringes Against the Peace. " . ?? SEVEN HUNDRED C0NVTCT8. iaricc Percentage Been Convicted of PARDONS ASKED FOR !?a?t WtM-Jt Ijqvepiur Acted j on Severul Application. The Columbia Slate says (Juv. lleyward has declined to pardon Fannie Carson, the white woman who in 1895 was convicted of having participated in the murder of her husband, and Is now serving a life sentence in the penitentiary. The governor received from Spartanburg county a mass of petitions containing the names of many who declared that they wanted to see the woman pardoned, but there were reasons which the governor did P not care to express which made him ci stay his hand. vv The petitions, which were presented hyW.lt. Dillingham of Spartanburg, declare that the woman, who was convie ted in 1?95, is weak of mind, and that at the time of the muder was un- b; der the influence of Fid ward Creen, j); who gained such power of her that he liecainc master of her will, it was CM also declared that she was not actual- ; ly a participant in the crime. An-; in other reason advanced is that she pt should tie at homd to aid in raising ' !< ncr cmiaren, who are being cared for j of by her father, a widower, ller health | or is said to l>e declining. After mature M consideration the governor decided to M let the sentence stand. lfc ANOTIIBK URKUSKU. II Another petition for pardon marked (;, with the endorsement "refused" Wed- l,. nesday was that of Preston JelTerson, colored, of Sumter county, who was o| charged with the worst of all crimes. The application was presented by n Mrs. A. K. Saunders. The petitions! j{j in support were strong, and many peo- j j.<( pie think that the guilt was not en- j|, tirely his. Investigation shows that the application has been rejected ls about six times. fv Jackson Alston, who is serving a jJ. live-year sentence for manslaughter in u, iicaufort county, also failed to rceeive the pardon asked for through j Mr. W. S. Ti'linghast and others. ! The petition was based on the excuse i of "good behavior" and that others more criminal than himself had lieen ! pardoned. The presiding judge re-1 (>| fused to recommend that the pardon be granted. jj( TIIKSK WKRB MORE KOKTUNATK. lie Tony Mrowu and John Mcllride of ',l Charleston were pardoned upon the rmvwV/tliMuuc CorfimiSsibn' tnrough 7 ' Mr. James Cogrove. It was shown J1 that these negroes are in the last ' stages of consumption and that they 1 are of no service to the commission which is draining Charleston neck with the use of convict labor. Jacob Kpps, a negro boy of Williamsburg, was pardoned. He had ? served all but three months of a fouryear sentence for assault w ith criminal t,( intent. The reason why* he was par- w< doned is that he, too, is in the last stages of tuberculosis. ... William Talley or (ireenville, who had been sentenced t.i? > >;?v n finn ?.f SlOUor to spend one year in jail, had ^li iiis sentence commuted to one-half of ac tiiat term and of that amount. The !l' petition was presented by Mr. J. I. Karle of < Irecnville. The negro has served all of the term which the com- 1,1 mutation covered. **!' I ( l!cv. <1)1(111 Attnway Dead. j I lev. John Attaway died last Tues- ge day morning at 3 o'clock at his residence in Williamston after seve.ral weeks' confinement to ins room, during which time he suffered greatly? ^ but the same spirit of Christian re jn signation which had characterized his >lt life was with him until the last mo- *sa ment. He had been a minister of the Methodist church for more than 40 vers and was known throughout the entire State as a zealous, earnest and consecrated man of God, The funeral ^u was conducted by lie v. Samuel Lander, 1). I>., assisted by llev. A. J. ,j,| Cauthen, Jr., and Ilev.-R. A. Child, ^ Wednesday afternoon In the William- , ston Methodist church, after which ^ the remains were interred in the town S(; cemetery in the presence of a large j gathering of friends and kindred of ^ the decesised. Besides a wife, several ^ sons and three daughters survive liim, three of his sons having been in the active ministry in the South Carolina ^.j conference of the Methodist hpiscopal j church, south. |,.| He \\ <ih Too KjinIi. The Columbia State says: "Maj. sit Vardaman, who is campaigning for governor in Mississippi on a platform of opposition to negro education, declared when he started out "that if liic negro luiiiu oe luunn who na? ! "" graduated at a college and subsc- ,n quently w<irked in the tield he would ! ai cat liiin and without salt." Such a *" negro has heen produced for the ma- 'J jor's dinner hut at last accounts he has not even said grace. The major w must he one of those invincibles who declared before Fort Sumtej was tired w on that they would drink all the blood w that would l)e spilled in a war between I51 the States." ai nr A New tlcmcdy. The bee.sting as a cure for rheumatism has received serious medical endorsement. I>r. I'erc of Warburg, w derm any, has announced that he has hi proven the efficacy of the treatment w in r?oo cases, and lias cured the most p; obstinate and painful rheumatism. ! ta When the sufferer from rheumatism ti is stung, the part does not swell until ! p the bee poison has been frequently In- tl trod need, when the pain vanishes. : p l>r. I'erc cause 1 his patients hi bejel stung at tirst by a few liees, and then ! t gradually increases the number. I w Murder, There Being IOO of That CIsnn ham Year. Of the 7Hi convicts in the State rison 339 liavc been convicted of rimes of violence. This statement ill indeed he surprising?that over 45 er cent, of the prisoners in the penl ntiary are being punished for inuri?r, manslaughter and assault and ittery. Not all of the convictions ave been made on such charges, how- ** cr, for on the county ciialngangs lero are fewer prisoners who arc payg the penalty of violations of the race of the commonwealth. The folwing statement shows the number convicts in the prison and the imcs which they com mi ted: anslaughtcr 108 urder 170 ape an irceny from the person 3 ousehreaking ; .. 1 rand larceny 1 :< irceny of blcyle 7 browing missile at train 2 Instructing railroad 7 irglary 26 ousehreaking and larceny 65 gamy 3 irgerv 7 ousehreaking and com. larceny .. 1 tooting in car I , irceny 39 irbreaking and larceny 17 irceny of live stock 15 irglary and larceny of live stock, l isault ai^l battery with intent to rape 28 isault and battery with intent to kill 31 vsanlt and battery 2 each of trust :.. 2 Hainlng goods under false pretense 1 jusebreaking in night time 1 iceiving stolen goods 1 lrglary and laiceny 85 cessory to murder . a ? -"7" vrrrfcmg uufpensary law. '.'; 1 ighway robbery .- 15 juse burning 2 rson 42 ? - imes against morality 3 Total 710 The report of the attorney general r last year shows that of the 1,731 ses tried there were 1,054 convicmis, and of these convictions there *re 353 cases of violation of the ace. The solicitors' reports show the llowing results in murder trials: rst circuit, convicted 18, acquitted : Second circuit, convicted 13, aclitted 27; Third circuit, convicted 7," quitted y; Fourth circuit, convicted acquitted 4: Fifth circuit, convict1 onoiii 4 i/td It - W S ? ? I- -1 14 aujuibwu 11, oix.uu circuit, coneted 22. acquitted 10; Seventh ririt, convicted 12, acquitted 7; Eighth rcuit, convicted 10, acquittal 14. >tal, convicted 101: acquitted 102. The nunilicr of conviction this year ows an increase over last year, it is nerally stated.?The State. BcnetlcinrieM Appointed. Gov. I ley ward has appointed the neficiaries who will hold scholarships the South Carolinia Medical college Charleston next year. The State ys there were over 75 applicants and ic governor acted only after very ature deliberation. The applicants ire highly endorsed as to character id the recommendations of the ccessful applicants were such that ie governor expects much of them, he appointees are: William Kershaw Ishburn, Walterboro, Colleton coun, first congressional district; .John . Neece. Monetta, Saluda county^ cond congressional district: John O. ;e. Hodges, Abbeville county, third ngrcssional district; Clifford A. nith, Glenn Springs, Spartauburg unty, fourth congressional district; K. Wannamaker, Jr., Cheraw. lestertield county, fifth congressiondislriet: Edward M. Allen, Florence, lorence county, sixth congressional strict: W. It. Hryant, Orangeburg, raneebure ruiint.v spvonth o- " ?"? Jt VVI.fS^O jual district. Motdiern Ki|(lit. A special from Wilson, Arizona, ys: a tight has occurred between the en of 1 and M troops on one side id C E troops on the other, all of the ourteenth United Slates cavaiary at onita, three miles from Fort Grant, jrporal Seidensticker of troops M, as fatally wounded in the groin and 'inn peter Davis, also of Troop M, ' as shot through lioth legs. The men ho did the shooting are unknown at resent. One hundred shots were tired nd a house wrecked. Aliout tifty ten arc implicated. Ilrll>e Taker Convicted. < At St. Ixiuls, Mo., the jury in the ise of Julius Lchmann, former memer of the house of delegates, charged 1th briliery in connection with the usage of tiie city lighting bill, reirned a verdict Wednesday aftrnoon nding the defendant guilty. His unislunent was fixed at seven years in lie penitentiary, the maximum unislunent under tiie law for the rime vrf which lie was convicted. It ook the jury jnst seven minutes in /hich to reach its verdict.