The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, July 26, 1906, Image 1
VOL. III. NO. 26.
CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1906.
Sl.SO Per Year
29 KILLED IN WRECK
Frightful Collision on Seaboard
Near Hamlet, N. C.
ORDERS WERE NOT DELIVERED
Seaboard Air Line Passenger Train
No. 44 and an Extra Freight Train
Come Together With an Awful
Craah in a Deep Ont One Mile From
Hamlet.
Hamlet, N. C. S|>ecial.? Twenty or
more were killed and twenty-three
badly injured in a head-on collision
between a Seaboard Air Line Passen
ger train and an extra freight one
mile from here Sunday niirlit . Nearly
all those killed were colored passen
gers.
The known dead are:
Lngineer l'\ B. Lewis, of the pas
senger train.
11. S. Kyrd, Baggage master.
1* ireman Torn Hill, colored, of the
passenger train.
Negro fireman name unknown, of
the freight.
Probably 2."> others unidentified.
Kail road men, citizens and the pas
sengers who esc aped injury, are work
ing heroically to recover the dead
and injured imprisoned in the wreck
age.
Both the second and first class
coaches were overturned and it is sad
ly aguiiiented before the work of the
rescuers is completed.
i he rescuers can see a number of
lifeless forms by the fitful light of
lanterns and these they are striving
manfully lo reach. Fortunately the
lamps in Ihe coaches were extinguish
ed in the crash and fire was not ad
ded to the horror of the catastrophe.
Thus tar the list of the seriously
injured reaches t wenty-three ? five
white ami eighteen colored. Others
may be imprisoned in the overturned
eoaclies. ,
The engineer and fireman of the
freight train jumped and escaped
with a lew bruises. The coach for
colored people was completely demol
ished and nearly everyone in it met
death. Both locomotives were demol
ished and the baggage cars and coach
es jumbled together in an unsightly
mass. The tracks are piled high with
wreckage and will be blocked for
Lours.
The wreck oecurted about 7 :.'10
o clock. The passenger train, which
lei I ( harlot te at .> o'clock, was wish
out orders and was moving at the
rate of forty miles an hour. With
out warning the freight, an extra fruit
train, west bound, dashed around the
curve in Ihe deep cut one mile from
Hamlet, and the !wo trains came to
gether with an awful crash and roar.
Engineer Lewis and his fireman were
instantly killed nud death was almost
as >wif| to the passengers in the col
ored coach. The dest ruction was com
plete and rendered more horrible by
the cries and groans of the dvi.jg.
Tlie dead and injured will be con
veyed to Rockingham as soon as a
snecial can be mad up and the track
cleared sufficiently. Messages have
been sent to every physician in Hain
lef ami Rockingham, as well ns in
the county.
It is impossible at this time to as
certain the names of the dead and
injured owing to the con fusion inci
dent to the catastrophe. Not all the
dead have been identified, but it is
Stated that the list will reach 20. The
chief dispatcher of the Seaboard at
Kaleigh has ordered IS coffins from
the undertaker at Rockingham.
The blame for the wreck has not
been placed. The passenger train,
it is said, had no orders to meef the
freight, and if is the presumption that
the freight overlooked its orders. One
report ascribes the cans? of the wreck
to have been a lap order, slating that
the passenger train had orders to m?cl
the freight at Hamlet, while f!ie
freight 's orders were to meet the pas
senger train at Rockingham.
Lightning Strikes Depot.
Scotland Neck, Special.? The depot
and warehouse at Speed station, on
the Norfolk & Carolina railroad, was
struck by lightning and entirely de
st royed. A considerable quantity of
goods was burned. The station agent
lost his trunk and clothes. The loss
to the railroad company is estimated
nt iftf.OOO, The thunder storm passed
<\er the entire region throughout and
lusted several hours. Mr, Newlin, a
farmer living a mile or two from town
had a valuable cow and calf killed bv
ligntning about the same hour of the
burning at Speed.
Negro Mob Pursuing Negro Mnrderev.
Pecatur, Ala., Special. ? A mob of
negroes ore searching the woods
around Moulton Heights, a suburb of
tliif city, for iTeurv Howard, one of
t:<ir own race. Howard killed nil
otlur negro, Charlie l)avis, with a
shotgun, in a quarrel over a woman.
Howard is believed to be hiding in a
?Tramp near Moulton Heights. He
will probably be lynchtu if caught.
CZAR TAKES HIS STAND
Troops Are Being Massed at Great
? Centers ? Revolutionist* Are Also
? Prepared For Emergency.
St.- Petersburg, By Cable. ? An
im|?erial nk?*e lias been promulgat
ed dissolving parliament and fixing
the time tor the convocation of the
newly ?*le?-t ?*?1 assembly as March 5,
1007.
A second ukase places St. Peters
burg in ? state of extraordinary se
curity by the declaration of a minor
form of martial law.
A large part of the province of
Kiev, where armed uprisings are an
ticipated in consequence of the disso
lution of parliament, has been plac
ed under martial law. The conditions
for the new elections will be publish
ed later.
The emperor, discouraged by his
failure to form a coalition ministry
and the distinctly revolutionary paths
which parliament has chosen, has aj>
parcntly been (>ersuaded to risk a
final apfieal from parliament to the
people, or in other words, to dissolve
paliament and order new elections
on the basis ot universal suffrage.
Thursday the iin|>erial ukase caus
ing the dissolution of parliament was
signed, and was enforced Friday at a
final, momentous conference on the
subject held at Petcrhwf. Exactly
who was present cannot be learned,
but it is understood that the grand
dukes, (Jen. Trepoff and other officials
and one or two ministers were at the
piuace.
Kxidently the government is not
bi.iid to the lact that the dissolution
of parliament will be accompanied by
tremendous excitement, riots and
bloodshed, if nothing worse. Troops
are being massed at St. Petersburg,
Moscow and other centres, prepared
to a|>ply physical force and in addi
tion to the guard regiments, which
were hurriedly marched into the capi
tal Thursday night, t lie entire Twen
ty-third division of infantry arrived
here Saturday from Pskov. This
imposing military array is expected
to overawe the masses. The Social
ists and the Group of Toil in parlia
ment have prepared for an emergen
cy. I hey drafted an address for is
suance to the country the moment the
dissolution wa- declared.
HIi.mI: !;? d nn a large scale with a
dictatorship in the background is con
sidered ?<? !??.? the inevitable sequel of
I the di*s'.iiviioii ?,f parliament, but the
supporters ??f a dissolution claim that
the ci'ipcior must take the risk, ar
gniutf that new elections may give
diflfeient results and, in any event,
that it is IcSfer to lite lit than to ab
.V * t ly * u ? 'render to the levolutionarv
parliament.
Mr. ^ vi iii id', forn?r minister of
ayrv ul'uie an) leader of the Con
H'i vi:li\e ( cut ri -t s in the lower house,
who several weeks ago vainly tried
to form a coalition ministry, in con
versation with the correspondent of
the Associated Press declared that the
situation was extermely critical. He
was without hope that a conflict could
he avoided.
The stunt ion is so complicated.''
he said, '"that it :s impossible for
;ii.> .nan to predict the course of fu
? ?ne events, but I feel safe in predict
ing two things: first, that Russia
will con.' to a constitutional basis; I
second, 'i.at there will be no great
revolutionary cataclycism in the sense
Hum i'om igncrs anticipate."
Memphis Cotton Firm Suspends.
Memphis, Special. ? The announce
ment is made that Armstrong & Com
pany commission brokers, has sns
peuded operations. It is said the cor
respondents of the firm demanded
margins of cotton futures which
could not be covered. A member of
the firm said the suspension is only
temporary.
Georgia Bar Asociation Elects Presi
dent.
Warm Springs, < in .. Special.? The
Georgia Bar Association closed its
annual gathering by electing Judge
A. h, Miller, of M.icoin president.
The vice presidents chosen were: T.
M. Cunningham, Savannah ; S. P. Gil
bert, Columbus; K. P. S. Denmark.
Vahlosta; \V. A. Witnhish, Atlanta,
and S. 11 Sibley, V'nion Point, O. A.
Pi.tk of Macon, wns elected secretary
and Z. I>. Harrison, of Atlanta, tras
iirer. A reception was tendered the
association this evening.
Whcant Crop Estimate.
Chicago. Special. ? The daily trade
bulletin issued the annual estimate
of the wheat crop making a total
yield of 7'j0,000,000. Including the
supplies f:\rricd over the total sup
ply for the yenr m 21.000,000 hush
els. The estimated consumption is
450,000,000. husfecls. The aggregate
of the world's crop is 80,000,000
bushels less thnan Inst year.
5 KiilED IN A MINE
Lives Snuffed Out By Sudden
Explosion
BODIES TERRIBLY MUTILATED
Explosion in the Dixon Mine in West
Virginia Results Fatally to Five and
Two Others May Die ? Bodies Hor
ribly Mutilated.
Blue field, W. Ya., Special. ? As a i
result of an explosion in the Dixou
mine nt linger, in I lie east end of
the Tut; river field, at 8 o'clock
Thursday night, Wallace Mitchell
and four miners, Ernest Jones, Pal
mer Harris and ltobcrt Harris, broth
ers, ami John (Jilinorc are dead, and
Bill ('rouse aaml Langdon Whiteside
will die from burns and shock.
The men were going on duty for
the night ami had started down the
shaft in a bucket. They had gone
about half way down when the ex
plosion occurred. The first five men
named were blown out of the bucket
ami down to the bottom of the shaft,
where they were later picked up
Their bodies were crushed almost to
a pulp. The explosion was caused
by the man having a gasoline lamp
in the bucket, while descending the
livtht igniting an accumulation of gas
The safety lamps are ordinarly used
in entering and it not known why
the men carried the gasoline lamp.
Peace Treaty Signed.
San .lose, Guatemala, By Cable. ?
A treaty of peace between Guatemala,
Salvador and Honduras was signed on
board the United States cruiser Mar
hlchcad on the high seas.
The News in Washington.
Washington, Special. ? The State
Department was advised of the signing
of the treaty of peace by the repre
sentatives of the belligerent republics
aboard the Marblehead. A cablegram
was received from Mr. Merry, the
American minister to Salvador, Costa
Rica, and Nicaragua, announcing that
a treaty of jkmcc had been signed on
board the American warship.
Killed By His Uncle.
Columbia, Special. ? By an acciden
tal discharge of a gun. a 12-year-old
boy was instantly killed by his uncle
in the county. 12 miles from the city,
on the Wiunsboro road in the Camp
(?round neighborhood. The name of
the little fellow who was the victim
of the lamentable mishap was Sam
Sharp, a prosperous farmer of that
suction, and the uncle, whose gun
was <:;m harged with such deadly re
sult. was I). T. Sharp. Mr. Sharp,
the u::c!c. is only 22 years of age. A
hcai trending feature of the tragedy
was that the mother of the hov was
standing nearby when lli" gun was
discharged ami was a horrified witness
of the entire affair.
S-rr.ck by Lightning.
Vnion. Spec "ml. ? During an elec
trical storm lightning struck the wire
frcm the power house at Neals Shoals,
opening the circuits at l"nion and
RulTalo milks ami power plant. Work
at HuiTulo stopped about one hour,
and at I'nion -about live hours. No |
serious dr. mage was done.
Steamer Sank.
Richmond, S??teial.- ? The handsome
steamer Pokanoket, recently placed
in commission by the Petersburg,
Newport News and Norfolk Steam
ship ( ompnnv. sank at her wharf. A
mutinous negro fireman was arrett
ed charged with having opened her
sen cocks.
Horrible State of Affairs.
Mcfcow, By Cable. ? A I: milord Tee
ing from Bobrov, in the province of
Voroncse/h. where a peasant upris
ing Ikis taken pa Ice arrived here and
gives a frightful picture of devasta
tion. He described the losses in the
province as colossal. The troops are
powerless to cope with the peasants,
who are inarching in large bands, de
stroying practically everything. Not
more than one-tenth of the estates are
spared. The movement was started
by the refusals of the landlords to ad
vance the wages to farm women. The
ripening crops are not harvested.
Hoback Murder Trial.
Roanoke. Special.- -The Fred Ho
back murder case was called at Floyd,
this being the second trial Hoback
hns hud. lie was sentenced to eight
years in the State prison ?t a formei
trinl, tlie decision being reversed b\
the Court of Appeals. At Friday V
session W. A. Sowers, editor of the
Flod Press, was the principal wit
ness.
THE PRELIMINARY TRIAL
Attorneys Getting at the Truth in the
Now Famous Lyerly Murder Case ?
The Witnesses.
Public interest in the now famous
Lyerly murder that occurred at Bar
ber's .1 unction now centers in the
1 trial ol" the five negroes now in the
Chariot**: jail charged with the crime.
The first examination of witnesses
for the Slate was held at Salisbury
last Saturday, and the proceedings
are given in substance as reported by
Mr. H. E. C. Bryant, a start' corre
spondent of the Charlotte Observer.
8tory of Murdered Man's Son.
The first witness to make a state
ment was Mr. J. G. Lyerlv, a son of
the murdered man and a halff broth
er of the children. He said: "Jim
Taylor, the boy who had been work
ing: for my father, told me of the
murder about 4 o'clock in the morn
ing. TayW had spent the night at
Mr. K. F Cooke's, with Sam. 1 went
wiih Mr. Pless Barber to the old
homo. Kd. Barber, Charlie Brown and
Ld Carter were there when we ar
lived. 1 think Mr. Matt. L. Webb
was the lust mar. on the premises
after the giris left. He was aecom
companied by a Mr. Watson, a cattle
dealer who occasionally with my fath
er. Watson was on his way there
that morning to pet breakfast.
4 ' Soon alter 1 arrived there those
who had assembled thought it be>t to
arrest ,Ia<k Dillinpl.'im. as the girls
had said something a omit a quarrel
that father and .1 at i: i:ad had tlie
d;;\ before. '1 'ie ne^io had said sonic.
tU'iiir abot.l cursing father.
?MVl.cn we crlcr?d the house we
t'<?u:id t Si<* front door < p n, jusi as
ll.e siirls had left it. wlici they start
t?l lo! Mr. Cooke's he n e. The hodtc
of father and John were on the Jtoor.
l)r. Chenault and myself hunted for
and found the money, about $17.">
tliat father kept in the house. Soiue
of it was upstairs in a drawer, and
remainder in the little rear room,
?tear, the kitchen.
"The house n which Nease (iilles
pie lived is located about a quarter
< f a mile west of the Lyerly home.
Jack Dillingham lived southwest,
about MOO yards.
'.'When we went up to father's
home we saw a feather bed, a bureau
drawer and a lainn in the front walk,
where the girls had left them. The
Lyerlys were all friendly. Father
and his children were on thu best of
terms.
"Last Christmas I heard father
say that he and Nease had had some
words about their contract. Father
had told Nease that he would have
to work a crop, as he had promised
to do, or g(?t out of his house. Nease
cursed him. an, in turn, was ordered
out of the yard. Henry, old Fannie
(lillcpsic's son, left and went to Mr.
Leroy I'owlass' to live. Nease eon
tinned to drive for Mr. John Pcnning
er, a saw mill man."
Miss Mary Lyerly Makes a Statement.
The next witness to take the stand
was Miss Mary Lyerly, the oldest
daughter, of Mr. Isaac Lyerly. She
was dressed in black. Miss Lyerly
is 18 years old, I. as an attractive face,
light chestnut hair and soft, attrac
tive brown eyes. Her lit?s are thin
and sensitive. She seems intelligent
and sprightly. After a most trying
week she appeared fre-h and composed
yesterday. Her manner was of a
quiet. modest but plucky maiden. She
neither backward nor brazen, hut
willing and ready.
"I knew nothing after I retired
about 0. o'clock," said Miss Lyerly,
"until Addic called mo, declaring
that the house was on fire ami that
papa and mamma were dead. 1 was
nearly suffocated. The house was full
of smoke.
"When 1 went down T found Ad
die at work. She had already drag
ged papa and John from the bed and
was lighting the fire. I caught hold
of papa and pulled him further out
from the bed. We threw water "ii
the bed and carried out the burning
things.
"1 went over and felt mamma's
face; it was cold. She was lying
just as she lay when she went t<
sleep, except that her feet were 'm.!:
inir out. I saw blood all over the
pillow. T picked Alice, who was Mill
alive, up in my arms and carried her
out into the yard, where we tried ?<?
bring her too. We could barely hear
her hrcuthc. Addie went back up
stairs and brought us some clothes,
which we put on in the yard. We
then left for Mr. Cooke's, Addie lead
ing Janic and I carrying: Alice.
Door and Window Open.
"The front door and the window
that opens into papa's room from the |
porch* were open. The key was on
the inside of the door. T always look
ed the door at night but after papa
went out and, on returning, forgot
to turn the key. Any one could have
gotten in through the window, with
out much effort.
"Papa's axe lay at the woodpile,
for I saw it there the afternoon be
fore. John and Alice had been cut
ting wood.
"When ! went t<? bed papa was
faM asleep, snoring. Mamma was
dozing off That wa* a few minutes
before 0 o'clock. Addie and I slept
together. I heard no noise.
"The lamp, which had a porcelain
bowl, was nearly full of oil, Tt had
been filled the Saturday before. I
know that it was sitting on the bo
reau uu?l t li?? burner was on. When
we anise. I lie lamp was on I lie hearth.
'John < lillepsie and Henry Jjce,
son ami step-son of Nease, started
a erop. They lived In the house with
Nease ami his wile, old Kannie. One
day Fannie eame down home and y<?t
after papa for having lfriiry and his
wife lvie in with them. She was mad
beeanse they slept on her beds. Sat
urday following. Nea::e eame and ask
ed father what was the trouble with
him and the boys. They had some
..eon vet sat ion and Nease mrsed papa,
iwho drove him out of the yard, Oeo!
Crenferd, who worked for us then,
Maidtthat Nease declared that he
would kill 'old Ike Lyerly.' Mr.
Crauford told us about it the next
uioruing. Nease was mad. Papa
told him that he would have to sow
the wheat or leave.
"Mr. Crnaford went from here to
his home at Ilildebrand.
"Nease was down there once or
twice after that but 1 never heard
any more until a few days before the
tragedy. Nease came down and ask
ed papa what lie was going to do with
the wheat. Papa told him 'thrash it.'
"Delia, Jack's wife, and mamma
had trouble Friday morning about
the soap suds in the tub. After mam
ma left 1 went down to the spring
and heard Delia say: 4 If she (mean
ing mamma) had said three more
words I would have downed her.'
".lack and papa di not get along
together. Jack had been there just
about a week, lie told papa that he
was going to work for Mr. Penninger.
Papa said, 'Well Jack, if ??on ,ro there
and work live days without hiving
olT. I will treat.'
"I heard Jack sav that he would
uot i>o to work for no man before 7
o'clock.
"Mr. Jim Taylor, who had been
working lor us and sleeping in the
house, spent last Friday night with
Sam Cooke. T was straining the milk
when In' let I. Sam Cooke had come
over to our house to britiir a grain
cradle which his lather had borrow
ed that morning. Jack wis at the
lot with Delia who helped us to milk
the cows. Jim Taylor, Sum Cooke
and Jack left together ??oing down
the path toward the oritur. That
morning Jack had worked for Mr.
< ooke and then he went down to Mr.
Penninger and secured work."
On being questioned by the law
yers Miss Lvcrly continued: "Papa
kept most of his money in the bureau
u list airs. Nothing in the house was
disturbed. Kven Alice's little |>ocket
hook, which contained 'J."> cents, was
lei t <?ii the bureau by her bed.
"We did not go by Jack Dilling
ham's house, which was close to the
path that leads to Mr. Cooke's, for
we were afraid thai Jack might hear
us. We slip|>ed by, fearing that he
miirht kill us too. Sister Janie. who
is 10. going on 11. said that she heard
talking in Jack 's house as we passed.
I was then about 1 1 :.10 o'clock. W'e
arrived at Mr. Cooke's at 11 :.V>."
"A lire was burning slowlv hut
steadily in the middle of the bed.
The bureau drawer lay inverted upon
I he breast of John, who lay on his
stomach. The drawer was hurnimr.
John's feet extended over the edge of
the bed.
I pulled papa and John to the
floor and called Mary. We worked
i" the dark.
"Alter we had put out I he lire I
run upstairs and got some clothes loi
ns. I did not see any liulit or hear
tinv talk as we passed .lack's house. ''
Miss Addie corroborated oilier
statements made by her sister. On
being interrogated she the made the
{following ? additional declarations:
"When I went down mama's face was
covered with a pillow.
feet was on the tloor. Little sister
lay beside her on her back, just as
she iiiol >lep|.
^ "When papa In rued off the (Jil
lespie hoys, Nease came down and
asked him why lie had done it. Papa
him i hut they would not work
?If? land, and they had to #et out.
Nease was ordered away and as he
wo"t ?'<! muttered something but I
? mid net understand what be said.
M.\ Crauford told uiis that Nease was
> a vititr that he would kill 'old Ike
l.\ erly. '
"Jack' wife said that if manuka
had uttered three more words she
v.ould have downed her.
Delia, that is .lack's wife, knew
how we slept,"
Mr. Matt L. Webb, an illiterate
white man drove a wagon for Mr.
Penninger, stated that he and Nease
had worked together. In part he
said: "Three weeks before the trag
edy, in conversation with me, while
loading lumber at Mr. Powlass', Nease
brought up the subject of wheat lie
declared that he thought the crop
would be pretty good this year I
told him 'yes.' Then he said: "Well,
old man Ike Lyerly can cut mine but
he won't eat it, or get the money
for it. I told Jones Thompson what
Nease had said and he declared that
Nease wasn't dangerous."
Little Henry Tells Hi* Story.
After the foregoing j>ersons had
bad their say a small, bright faced,
eurly haired boy, with blue eyes, and
pretty features came in. He' carried
a little white, soiled hat in bis hand.
His lips twitched nervously, and he
seemed uneasy. He looks more like
his Anglo-Saxon father than he does
bis African m??lher. When asked
who his father was he called the
name of a well-known white man.
"Do you like Nease Gillespie t"
flome one asked.
"No, lie lias been mfun to me,"
was tin* quirk reply.
Solicitor Hammer took Henry be
tween his legs, pulled off his hat ami
patted liitu on the shoulders, Faying:
"Boy, we're Hot going to hurt you.
Nobody wants to harm you. Now you
must tell us all you know.*'
4 ' Nease (Jillespie beats me. He's
in y grandpa, lie whipped me last
Friday. Pa (meaning Nease) and
John met Henry Lee and .laek at the
branch, this side of Mr. Ike's. Fri
day night. That's what pa and John
said when they came haek. Pa said
that he didn't eare what they did
with him after he had done what he
wanted to d??. Maw, old Fannie, ask
ed paw where lie was uointr and lie
said 'It's none of your business, but
you'll know when 1 come hack.' She
said no more. Paw and John eame
haek before day. I was in bed with
maw.
"When paw aaud John eame in
they set down by the tire and maw
asked paw where he itad been and
he said: 'I've been down to old Ike
Lverly's. I went down there and kill
ed them. 1 told you I was going to
kill them, and so, by God, 1 did.'
44 It skeered maw nearly to death
when paw said that. John didn't say
nothing. Jack and paw done it. l'aw
said that Jack's wile held the lamp.
All met at the branch, l'aw took his
axe with him. I saw liiin (ret it. He
washed it olT ut the branch but there
was some blood left on the pole. He
and John said they washed it. We
saw the axe tin* next morning and
there was a speck of blood oil it. l'aw
said he killed Mr. Ike and Miss (ius
sie (Mrs. Lverly) and Jack killed
John and Alice.
"Maw never asked no more, for
she was skeered.
4 4 Jack used Mr. Ike's axe. He
and Mr. Ike fell out about a horse,
l'aw and John said they set' the bed
a tire.
44 Before day paw put his old over
alls with John's, in a hed tick of
straw and burned them, lie burned
his shirts, too. We saw them burn
ing; them. They burned them be
cause they had blood on them. Blood
was ail over the shirts and the over
alls.
??I left home earlv that morn ins;
and told Mr. Mann Walton that paw
had killed Mr. Ike and Miss (inssie."
"Do you know where you would
i.o if you were to tell a story, Hen
ry?" asked Solicitor Hammer.
" Yes. sir, to tin* had place," ans
wered Henry.
"Who made you?"
44 The Lord."' was the ready re
ply.
"l'aw said they threw the lamp in
the brier patch. 1 saw a church
lamp at Jack's house the day ma and
me went down there."
The hoy started wlun Mr. lliini
uier called to some one in a loud voiee.
and .-aid: "They are not goiii!i to
hurt me are they?"
lie was a->nred by a number of his
country acquaintances thai lie would
lie all lit; li t it he told the truth.
"I saw the lamp on t lie mantel
piece, l'aw said that they threw it
in ;? brier thicket."
This little net'iu tells a nio-t in
terest ing story. His words are full
of nieaniinr and the State nni-t rely
largely on what lie says to convict
the negroes who are now imprisoned
in the Charlotte jail. Ilcnrv is dis
nossed to tell too much but liis story
tallies, in the misiu. with the one lie
told the day alter the murder at the
coroner's inquest. He is smart and
very bright. If bis story is true
Nease (iillcsi?ie. John Henry, ticorye
Frvin iind Jack and his wile will
hansr. No lnlf-yrown boy ever had
more rcsponsibilit v resting upon him.
t| a ones! ion of life or death.
The testimony of the nc'.ro women
contradicted tlifit of the bov. num
ber of witnesses are -till in reserve
'or the St;itc.
Painfully Hurt.
Knoxville, Special. Mr. (Jeorge
Manning was painfully hurt on (jay
street, near the corner of Commerce
avenue when he attempted to board
an electric ear. Mr. Miinning evi
dently thought the car would stop
for 1 1 i in at the corner but this it did
not do ii 1 1 < I while it was going at a
lively r;ite he attempted to board it.
As a result lie was thrown and drag
ged some distance. One of hi* shoul
ders was dislocated and he was other
wise injured.
Foot MajBhcd Off by Train.
Dm ham. Special. - A white man by
the name <.f Henry Humphries, who
says that his home is in Hoxboro, was
found on the right of way of the
Southern road, in the western part of
the city, with his right foot mashed
off. An ambulance was called and be
wan taken to the Watts Hospital,
where his right leg was amputated.
His injuries are not serious. Humph
ries refused to make a statement as
to how the accident occurred.
Town Annihilated.
Boonoville, Ind., Special. ? Fire
?upponcd to he of incendiary oririn
destroyed the town of 'Lynnville,
1,000 population, causing loss of
$200,000. The town is practically
gone out of existence.
Thomas Taggart declirvd to tcsji-'
fy under oath in the French Lick Ho
tel investigation growing out of a
raid on gambler*.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
Condition of South Carolina Crops
for Week Ending Monday, July 16,
1906, as Oifen Oat by the De
partment.
Like I lu* preceding week. the cur
rent one wus deficient in mushine.
Few thunderstorms and no high winds
occurred. Both the average tempera
ture and the average precipitation
were he low normal, although exces
sive precipitation occurred in the ex
i treme northwestern, southern and
coast sections.
The teni|>erature range for the week
was from a minimum of l?l decrees
at ( i reenville on the 10th to a maxi
mum of 04 degrees at Conwa> ?n the
9th. With the Exception ot <>Me day
when maximum temperatures ? ? l" IMk
degrees, or above, were noted ewr
practically the whole State. th?*
of the maximum tempemtur* * wan
from lil t?? 70 decree*, except in the
eastern (tortious where the range was
from 72 to 77 degrees.
The precipitation was gene rally I e
low normal, although frequent light
showers occurred over the en t ire
State and kept the soil amply su|>
plied with moisture, while the exces
sive cloudiness, and low temperatures
prevented the ground from drying
out rapidiy. Small streams overflow
ed their hanks in a few localities, hut
the larger rivers have maintained
their stages only slightly abvve their
normal gage readings.
The Tax Assessments.
^ I he State hoard of equalization
Friday adjourned to meet again at the
call of the chairman, Mr. H. <j. lh|{
ot I niou. At the next meeting the
matter of assessments on real estate
will he considered.
1 lohahly as many as tea auditors
have not yet mailed their abstracts to
the comptroller general, and for that
i eason the matter of assessments on
real estate eould not be considered.
The auditors are not to blame, for
the chairman of the board wired tc
each delinquent and found that there
was a valid excuse in each case.
The assessments on cotton mills,
fertilizer plants ami cotton seed oil
mills were adopted upon the reports
of | he resfH'ctive committees. The
! committees which reported on the
valuation ot these mauui 'act uring
properties were as follow*:
< otton Mills: A. Ziminerinrn, Oco
nee; J. P. Dei ham. I lorry: Moi ris
Israel, Charleston; \V. JL Murphy,
Spartanburg; II. II. Foil-:. X.-u berry;
?I. I., (Jniiihy, Aiken; .f. St. ChiiYo
White, Berkeley; ,1. I'. Cox. Ander
son; ,|. J,. (J. White, 4 'hot cr ; P. L.
Johnson. York: .1. A.
land; J. .1. Lane, Marlboro; If. M.
< '!< veland. <i reenville.
Fertilizer Plants; I!. \\*. < nn:.ou,
Darlington ; W. .1. t 'ui.ni-.gha in. Lan
caster; A. .1. K i?'h I >o i ? rir, Clarendon:
K. A. Cochran, Kdgeileld : M. <Ja?
vin, Dorchester; .1. Berg. Beanl'mf. ML,
S. McLccmK Lee; If. M. Clalh. Ornuge
,,n|"g'. S. C>. fines*, Bamberg ; .1. ,J.
GrilUn. Barnwell.
Cotton Seed Oil Mills; .f jf ]\|r.
Kenzie, Hampton ; H. J. McLaurin,
Sumter: M. Lipscomb. Cherokee; ,J.
M. Sowed, Kershaw; B. O. Price*
Alex. McTaggart. Florence; L. S.
Frich. Georgetown: Thomas L. Truy
lor, Fairfield; J. \V. Alton (Jree'n
wood. I{. P. Adair, Lauren; ||. (\
J 'vouch, Saluda: F. IL llendrix, Lex
ington; C. C. Flicks, Pickens: ,1. JO.
Loinax, Abbeville; 1). M. Ballentsne,
Chesterfield.
1 he assessments on fertilizer plant*
werejnereased from $:{,(?7-l.."> JS to
8'f7,77f>, or an increase of $7. ">0,000.
I he cotton seed oil mills were in
creased from $2,70L4.'{t? to $S'.02(>.S:m,
an increase of $2.'lf?,:i?H. principally ii!
new business enterprises.
I he cotton mills show an increase
of nearly 10 per cent., from $1 1 ,f>07,
204 to Jr'40, LW ,000. The immv concerns
put on 'he tax books | his venr are
Jackson mills. $2(i..'i00 ; Ailing and
Green Knitting mills, $.">,000: Tfoynl
Bay and Yarn company. 1 ,000 :
Globe Manufacturing company. $10,
000; Westminster Knitting mill*,
000 ;Ani"i ic an Press Cloth Com*
pa ny, $10.. >00 ; Jordan Manufacturing
company. $2.*),000; Necly ManufacMtr~
ing company. $00,000.
Pressing Pardon Petitions.
GoiKMnor Hey ward, who has ,iu"t
returned from Virginia, finds some
pressing pardon petitions on his
I hand*, there being half a dozen hang
ing* hooked for early August. f?<*
has issued ? call for n speeial meet
ing of the pardon hoard to be held
August 1st. The attorneys for Bof>
Smalls, the North Carolina white man
sentenced to hang August :tr.1, have
been srranted a dale for a hearing be.
fore the Governor July 24. The nar
done board has already passed ad
versely upon this cafe.
Bank of Maysvillc Closed by Exami
ner.
Mavsville. Speeial. Stat'1 Bank
Examiner Hollemau closed the doors
of the Bank of Mavesville Saturday
night pending an examination into its
affairs. It is not thought that there
is anv shortage, simply clerical errors
in the account and probably a too
lenient hand in lending out hank
funds. It is hoped that the bank will
?oon be able to reopen its doors.