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" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspire our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our Deaths Glorious in thy Just Defence." YOI.. XII. I1 111 -1 NO.-8. THEY STICK TO if. Th? Executlvo Committee Does Not Regret Asking M'LAURIN TO REGION. They Were Not Misled and They Consider the Suggestion as a Reflection on Their Intelligence The following corrospondonoo ox* pinion iteolf: On tho 9lh of August I isnuod and sont to eaoh member of tho Stato Dem ocratic oxcoutivo oommittoo who voted for tho resolution condemning Sonator MoLkurin tho following ojroulnr lottor referring to an intorviow with W. D. Mayfiold, published in tho State: s "It is oharged in tho publie printa ^hattwolvo of tho cxosutiYO oommittoo who voted for tho resolutions condemn ing Senator MoLaurin had boon hoard to oxpross regret for thoir part in tho performance tho day aftor. tho meeting ?nd olaimedss aooxouuo for thoir oQn duot that thoy had boon mislod. ' '.Will you bo pleanod to inform mo, by rotur? mail, if you havo oxproBsod any suoh rogrot? "Havo you over stated that you wo?o misled in tho matter?" To thia lottor I havo reooived the following answors from tho mombors of tho oommittco: JOHN a. Rion Anus ? 01;' KERSHAW. "X havo your communication of Au gust 0, in which you oall my attention to the charge in tho publio prints that twelve of tho Stato Demooraiio oxoou tivo oommittco, who votod for tho reso lution oondonning MoLaurin, "had boon hoard to ?xproBs rog. ot for thoir part in tho pjrfoimanoe tho day after tho meeting, and olaimod as au oxouso for thoir concuot that thoy had boan mislod." And in whioh you alto ?uk mo tho quostiono: 1 Will you be pleaood I to inform mo by return mail if you havo oxprosiod any auoh rogrot?" ?'Hayo you ever stated that you woro misled in tho matter?' .."In roply I will say that I he.vo never ano^Yfas not .misled,' nor havo I tv jr mado such n atatomont lo any one. .'I introduced tho resolution after maturo deliberation and went to Colum bia to atlend tho mooting of tho oom mittoo with tho firm determination to take snoh notion. Thoro was no at tempt on tho part of any ono to mis lead. ? submitted the resolution to several mombors of tho oommittoo and to- othor prominont Democrats who woro hot mombors hoforo tho mooting and it waa with tho praotioally unani mous endorsement of thone South Car olina Democrat!) that tho resolution was adopted. f Phat Senator McLaurin w?uld roalgn, '$9*. wo know that tho samo lao? of soli-I'oapoot han oauBod him to retain bin Boat in tho United S.tatos Sonnt 0 with a full knowlodgo of tho fact that ho was not in sympathy and aooord wich tho National Domooraoy and with thopeoplo who guyo him his commission, would oau?o him to disiogard any aotion that tho. oommittoo might tako. "Tho purposo of tho rosolution was to Btamp condemnation upon his foro h?ad with tho official soal of tho party that tho world might know how South Carolinians, regard aid doal with thoso who botray a saorod trust. "Allow mo to say in this connection that the ohargo that tho oommittoo transcended its authority and attempt ed to usurp tho rights of tho pooplo io 1 simply ridiculous. Any private oitiz?n Has tho right to ask tho resignation of an offioial whonovor, in bia judgmont, tho oonduot of- tho offioial warrants auoh aotion. lt ia a solf-cvidont proposition tUoti, that tho oxooutivo committee of j tho party havo 0 muoh greater right. , ?,And if Sonator MoLaurin bsd ten dered his resignation in oomplianoo with tho rc queftt of tho oommittco as expressed iu tho rosolution and ontorcd tho trimary that would havo boon or d?rcd immediately, tho rights of tho pooplo would have remained inviolato, and tho opportunity ?given them to ro oord their will a j oar oarlicr under prosent oouditions. So wo soo that tho ohargo io untrue r*nd mado with an ovidont attempt to JOOO?VO. llosptot fully, J. C. RICHARDO, Ja " THOM AH II, KET?UIN8, OF FAIRFIELD. ,fHave been away from homo for several days and on my roturn fiud yours of tho 9th. "In roply would say 1 havo r ovor had or oxprosflcd aDy rogrot for tho way I voted on tho "MoLaurin rosolutiona" and under tho aamo oirouni&tanccs would voto tho Ramo way now. .. "1 havo never stated that I v/as inia lod in the matter, booauao I waa not. Furthermore, 1 waa not 'ooorood or triokod'in tho mattor. I voted dolib oratoly and with my eyes opon. ??l? eaid thon that 1 did not think it was tho right timo to tako aotion in tho mattor, but if brought ??quaroly up would oortainly voto for tbo ro&olution, Yonrd vory rospootfully, "Thomas H. Kotobins." " W. W. WILLIAMS, OF A HAHN, "Your oiroular lottor of August 9 ?duly rooeivod. . From my knowledgoof tho pon onol of tho Stato oommittoo I am surprised that suoh roports should attraot atten tion novortholoss, I will answor your inquiries in invortod order. As 1 am and havo boen for a long timo thorough ' ly oonvinoed of MoLauiin's disloyalty to tho Domooiatio party, 1 simply did my duty as I saw it ; tho only iogret I havo ifl that ho did not soo fit to aooept tho advioo of tho oommittoq and vaoato. "Thanking you for your activity in bobah of tho committee, yours rospoot fully, "W. W. Williams." W. 1) KVANS, Or MARLBORO. "In roply to your oiroular loiter of 9th inst. Bay that 1 waa not raiolod in - voting for tho ro&olution of oensuro of Sonator MoLaurin, and fool and have oxprosHod no regret at my part in the porformanoo. Yours roapootfully, W. D. ICvaus." WV ?. TATUM, OF OltANOEBUHO. "Yours of 9th to hand, in whioh you . ask if 1 had hoon hoard to oxprosa ro grot at my part of tho porformanoo at tho Stato executive mooting on tho 25th of July in roapoot to tho rosolution condemning tho Hon John L MoLaurin. I certainly cado DO euoh statomont; to tho contrary, I havo always hold that wo woro simply doing our duty to tho party that hsd plaord un on tho watch tower to look out for danger, ilo?piolfully, "W. O. Tatum." J, A MCDERMOTT, OF HOUUY. "Yours of August 9, stating it was oharged in tho ptblio prints that twolvo of tko nioinbora of tho State Domoorat io exooutivo oomuiitteo had oxprossod rogrot at casting their voto on Mo Laurie resolution. I am not ono of that nurubt r, I will also stato I was not mislod and don't seo how any mom bor of tho oommittoo could have boon mislod, as tho resolution was road twioo. YourB roopootfuUy, J. A. MoDertnOtt." ?. J. a KI F Ki TI l OK LEXINGTON, "No, I havo not, "D. J. Giifflth." ll. ll TILLMAN, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE OM M II TEEM AN, "No. Ii. R. Tillman." TIIOS MARTIN, Or' UE AU FORT. "Your oiroular favor of tho 9th inst reooivod. "lam not ono of tho mombors of tho oomiuittoc olaiming to have boen 'mis lcd.' "It is n sorry tbicg in a matter of this kind for R oomiuittooraan to bo either 'tod'or 'misled.' "Ifould not allow, oither. I did not boliovo in full potion of oxeoutivo oom mit too, although ouataioing tho rosolu tion, beoauso a ohango had boon ro fusod. I oondomncd Senator MoLjrin's aotiocB in tho Uaitod S'atos Sonato, but have nothing agai??t thu mau nor do i boliovo tho oommittoo had a right to m<k his rosignatiou, but ooriaicly had tho right to oondemn hin AolionB, whioh I fully BusUinod I have never said I have beon 'misled' nor will I allow ono to so stnto. MyaotioDs havo aluayn boon, and will always bo, independent. Yours vory truly, "Thoo. Martin." T. T. WILLIAMS, OF LANCASTER. "I am in roooipt of your inquiry of tho 9th hint. I have noither experi enced nor oxprossod rogrot for having votod for tho rosolution adopted by tho exeoutivo oommittoo condemning tho I oourao of Senator MoLaurin and ox prcBiing tho opinion that ho should ro sigu, nor was I in any way mislod by tho rosolution. I lost tho little faith I had in tho Senator whon ho votod for tho Paris treaty, and wa H ono of those who favored and votod for tho rosolu tion, condemning his ocurso, in tho Sen ate introduced in tho House by Mr Mo Master, of Itiohland, at tho lasttossion of tho Legislature. No. 1 am not ono of tho twolvo who oxprossod rogrots to Mr Mayfiold. Yours very truely, T. Y. Williams." I), II. TRAXLER, OF FLORENCE. "Your oiroular lottor roooivod, asking if I had exprossed mysolf as hoing misl od and regrottod voting for tho rosolu tion against Mr MoLaurin. I beg to say. I do not rogrot voting for the resolu tion, noither have I oxprossod mysolf in euoh a rnanne'r.i' But 1 did say "'on oomb out of resolutions at this particu lar timo. As tho oxooutivo oommitee, if 1 understand it oorreotly, .was called only to arrange a primary in tho 7th distriot. But as wisor hoads thought ditforont and introduood it I could not do otherwise than voto for thom. Vory roupootfuUy, "H. H. Traxlor." T. J. CUNNINGHAM, OF CHESTER, "Your favor of tho .9th roooivod. I havo to say in roply that I gavo my henr y ondoi?omcnt of thc resolutions boforo thoy woro prosontod, and have had no rcgrots for voting for thom. I wnti not mislod and would havo givon my ondorsomout to strongor resolutions oondemniogM'Laurin'fipolitioal eourse. Very respectfully, Ti J. Uunnxugham." A. W. JONES, OF Ai?UKVIL^E. "ltoplying to your oiroular lottor of thcUth inst, to both of vour questions lanBWorno. Yours vory truly. "A. W. Jo?os." WILIE JONES, OF RICHLAND. "No, indood. Wilio Jonos." R. 1). LEE, Of SUMTER. "I bog to aokoowledgo the roooipt of a oopy of your oiroalar lotter addrossed to tho Stato Demeoratio exooutivo oom mittoo. In reply 1 havo to oay that in my opinion Senator MoLaurin by bia courso in Congross has not boon faith ful to tho trust rcposod in him by tho Domooratio party of South Carolina. Accordingly, long before the mooting of the oommittoo, I had frooly oxpreso cd tho opinion that ho ought to resign. Tho roi olut'OuB introduood at tho moot ing, whilifit unoxpootod to mo wore votod for without hesitation. 1 thought thoa 1 wno right and am of tho same opinion still. Having no rogrots fer my action, I havo expressed nono. Yours rospootfully, lt. 1). Loo." 1 havo reooivod i o answors from tho following named meinbors of tho com mittee: G. Dunoan Bollinger, E. T. La fitto, S. G. Milos, Colo L. Bloaso and J. (J. Wilborn. My answer to my own quostion is that I have noither ontortained nor ox proBflcd any regrot for my voto on the resolution. To say that 1 was misled in voting for tho roBolution would bo tanta mount to an admission that I was a sim picton. D, H. Magill. Greenwood 8. 0. August 9, 1901. Col. Noal Pardoned. Tho State says Ooh Wm. A. Noal, tho Connor suporintendont of tho Stato penitentiary who was ooitviotod in June in tho court of gonoral sossions for Itiohland oounty, of f ailuro to turn ovor within 30 days to his suooossor publie funds in his hands and was soalonocd to Borvo four months in tho oounty jail and pay a Uno of $1,000, has boen par doned. Tho pardon was not a surpriso to tho goneral public in view of tho re markably strong potitions and letters that tho govornor has beon reooiving for tho pant week. Whon Gol. Noal was informod of tho notion of tho gov ornor ho wopt liko a child. Soon after wards, tho man whoso oaso has attraotod tho at tent ion of tho pooplo of tho Stato so rnuoh during tho past fow months, took tho train for Andorson and went to his family oirolo, doolaring that ho has now to start out upon lifo anow and show, tho world that ho oould yot bo a man, though ho had gone through onough to kill an ordinary mortal. Thus ends a oaso that has oxeited uni versal oommont, and ono whioh has eommandod tho attention of tho oourts to a considerable dooroo. NOT ONE CAN STAY. Fifteen Hours of Riot, Atson and Bloodshed. THE AWFUL VENGEANCE Wrecked on Negroes Because of the Tnrr.ble Crime of One of them In Killing a Young Lady. A dispatoh from Pioroo City, Mo., says for noarly fiftoon boura, onding about noon Tuoaday, Aug. 20, that town of 3,000 pooplo bas boon in tho banda of a mob of armed whitos, dotor minod to drivo ovory negro from its prooinots. In addition to tho lynobing of Wil liam Gcdley, aoousod of tbo wanton murder of Mino Gazollo Wild, and tho shooting to dofttb of his grandfather, Fronoh Godloy, tho mob oreiuatod Potor Hampton, an aged negro, iu bio home, aet tho toroh to tho bougea of five blaoks and with tho aid of stato militia rifloa, stolon from tho local oompnny'a ort-onal, drovo dozjus of no groo a from town. Aftornoon tho oxoitomont died down, tho mob gradually dispersing, moro from laok of nogroos upon whom to wreak tboir hatrod than for any othor oauso. Many of tbo nogroos who Hid from tho oity aro hiding in tho eur rounding woods, whiio othors havo gono greater distanoos in aeoking safo ty. Every negro has loft tho town ox oopt a fow railway por tors known to bo rospootablo, but thoso munt also loavo. Tho oitizona of Pioroo City soy that as u?groos havo committed ?ov era! orimos in tho last ton yoarn nono shall live thoro in tho futuro, tho carno fooling alroady existing at Monnctt, four milos.eas.t of Pioroe City, and of tho Frisoo paosongor division. It m?y bo nooossary for tho road to ohango all portors in Spriugiiad hereafter. It is now,beliovod,thatthom?n, Wil liam Godlay,".lynphrid, was not tho ronl culprit. \ nogro nnmed Starks, under arrest &t Tulsa, I. T., aoross tho border tmm linfa (aWiaa /?-??/??I? mid. fhr Hr. soription of tho assailant. Ho is hold there awaiting identification, Unicas tho man is brought. back hero, it is be lieved thoro will bo no further trouble If roturnod boro ho will suroly bo lynohod. Anothor suspoot, Joo Lark iii u udor ar root in Spring Hold, Mo. Eugeno Barrett, also, known aa Oar tor, in a oonfoBsion whilo a ropo was around his nook, accused Joo Lark, a Frisoo railroad portor, of hoing inch oated ?U;tlio.?rimc/,'i and Lark was ar rested ; today at Springfield,.. Thia, af tornoon Lark, gavo a detailed stato mont , ns. to his whereabouts Sunday A? ?l???(ikV- y!!z oithefs^ajii'J*- v/i>J bo taken to Pi??oo City whilo tho ox oitomont* runs, high, Somo persons here think Borrott told any story in order to savo his lifo. The funoral of Miss Wild took place today, and was witnossod by sovoral thousand pooplo. BENT- ON ?LQOD8IIKD. Pioroo Uity is near the junotion of four railroads and trains from all di rections brought in largo number.) of armed mon bont on bloodshed if neooo sary. Whon tho mob wont to tho soo tion of tho .oity occupied by tho no groos, somo ono. in.tho oabins opened tiro, but no ono \Va3 hurt. Tho mob then destroyed tho fivo housos, but tho linanoul loss is small. Bookless firing broko ecvoral plato glass windows and a train waa fired into. Nono of tho passongors woro hurt. <*UN STORKS SOW) OUT. Tho riflos taken from tho Pioroo City military company, it is expoted, will all bo roturnod. Mombers of tho oora pany themselves woro out hunting for tho escaping nogroos with rifle? and this suggested tho idoa of taking all tho guns. The looal hardware stores sold out their arms carly, but sovcral applications from negroes wcro refusod. Tho mob was oomposod of a thousand or moro and no masks wero worn. Thirty nogro f?milio3 wore o riven from thoir housos. OUT U*R THROAT. Now oloraonte in tho killing on Sun day aftornoon of Miss Wild dovo?opcd today, lt appears she statrtod homo from ohuroh alone, her brothor linger ing bohind. About ono milo from town tho brothor found her with her throat cut lyiug lifoloss near a oul vort, undor whioh hor s?iflr>ilant hnd nttomptod to drag her. Evidonoo of a torriblo strugglo waa shown. A oop por oolorod hogro wa* sonn fitting on tho bridgo a short diotsnoo away, a short time boforo tho'tr?gody ooourrod. It is supposod that the nogro sprang upon <hor whon eho waa passing and oat hor throat,; Monday bloodhounds wore taken to tho Hoeno and' tho gill's bloody hand kerchief was laid boforo thom. Thoy immodiatoly osught the trail and ran at full spied to tho homo of Joo bark, whoro, on being admitted, thoy rushod into his bedroom and- sprang upoa tho bod. It ia boliovod tho man undor Ar rest at Tulsa who boarded with Lark, tho Springfield suspoot, slopt upon this bod. A Dreadful Criiuo. Tho govornor has boon notified of a murder near DaWkihs or Blair's, in If CHI field county, on tho Ashovillo divis ion of tho Southern, and has boon asked to off or a roward for tho o ?pt uro of tho slayer. Tho Hr tor to him is from Mag istrate Jao. 1). Blair and ho says a nogro named Sara Farrow shot and killed his wife this ,wook, thon shot his fathor and anothor woman. Tho two lattor aro badly wounded. A ponso of constables ohasod tho murderor all night, but the fellow mado hts oseapo in a boat on tho Broad river. Farrow is a blftok negro, about 5 feet 10 inohos high and woighs 160 pounds. He is slightly oripplod' in right log and his right foot is turned over on tho right niuo BO that he walks on tho sido of his foot. Pie has heon acting as a flagman for tho Houthorn railway horo, and only eamo homo on Tuesday. Ho brought a Winohostor rifle along with him fo the purpose he aooompHshed, and fled as soon as his orimo was oommittod. WHEN THE EARTH ROCKED. Thousands Flocked to tho Altar for Prayer. "There in eoniothing uncanny about au carthqunko shook," ?aid a gontlo man who had cxporionocd soismio dis turbanooa and tho torror eaused by thom. "Tho aonsation" ho ooutinucd, "caused by tho quivering and x ?oking of tho earth fills ovory fibre o? a person with awo. I saw thia forcibly illustrat ed nt tho time Charleston was wrecked. That earthquake shook was proooptiblo throughout Goorda, boiug ospooially notiooablo in tho middlo pa\'t of tho Stato. "Tho night of tho oafthquako there wno a Methodist oampmootinc in pro groas at Bluff Spring?, no^r ?oobulon. Thoro waa a great orowd at tho moot ing, and tho people didn't sot m to bo in a very roligiouo framo of mind. Tho proaohor dolivorod au ?loquent oor mon on doath and tho Judgment, and at its oloso converts were invited to tho altar. Hut tho pooplo didnt toko kind ly to tho invitation, and only throo or four wont up to bo prayed fur. Tho minister bogged tho pooplo to como for ward, but his appsala foll on doaf oars. l$Aok somo distance from tho s;and tho young pooplo wore ohattiog ita unoon oornodly as if tho iosuos of timo and otornity had not boon prosontod thora. "Tho ministor soomod to bo disoour sgod by thc ooldnoas of hie hearers, and was on tho point of oloBiug tho Borvioo. But just na ho was about to nay 'Lot us pray,' thc ' first tlighfc ahoek WP.H felt. In nn instant ovorybody under tho stand boonmo AO Still RS death itself. FaOOS Mulched and oyos worooponed wido in torror. No ono Rt first sooniod to roaliaj what had oausod tho earth to rook as if in a spasm. With tho ooming of tho next shook, however, somo realised what it moant, and tho ory of 'earth quake' was hoard. "Hardly had tho dread word hoon ; uttorod whon thoro WAS R ruih to tho mourners bonoh. I novor saw nuoh a stampodo in my lifo. In less time < than it talcos to write tho altar WAI sur rounded by hundrods who wero d&aod witho terror and orying on the Lord for i morey. A third shook carno while j those frightened wore Rt tho altar, and it on mo near throwing somo of them i into OOnVO-lfiiCQS; "Tho minister was tho only ono who i Boomed not. to bo frightened, and ho began praying in lonou that had tv. ; quieting oifoot upon tho pooplo. But i .it was hours bofoio ORlm WRB rostorod ? and fonr banished. The quivering of tho earth had something so unoanny i about it that tho pooplo woro ready to boliovo that tho end of time waa nt ; hand. "I shall never forget tttat soono of 1,000 persons, who had beon doaf to tho appeals of tho proaoher, fleeing in * terror "td'tho' aU?r when they folt;tho* jj earth begin to rook." ,?. . . vTho census buroau Thursday raado public tho mortality statistics for tho yoar 1900. W. A King, Ohiof of tho vital statistics division, says: "Tho most important featuro of tho result prosonted is found in tho dooreaae in tho gonoral doath rato in tho rogistra tion area of 1.8 per 1.000 population, n dooroaso of nearly 10 pur cent, and tho dooroauo in the ratos from tho par ticular disoason to whioh tho gonoral dooroaso is duo. "Tho effoot of tho advanoos mado in modioal soionoo and BRnitation add in tho proventivo and rostriotivo moasuros onforood by tho health authorities is Btill more strikingly shown in tho oom* parativo.rato for thu registration oitios of tho country talion togothor. In 1890 tho death rato in 271 registration oitioo o? 5,000 or moro population was 21 per 1,000; in 1900 tho rato was 18.6 por 1,000 in 341 oitios of 8,000 popula tion and upward, a reduction of 2,4 por 1,000. Tho doorcase in tho gonoral doath rato, and in the ratos duo to disensos mont froquent in tho early yosrs of lifo, on ono hand, und tho inoroase in tho ratos to those disoasoB ooouring gonorally nt Rdvanood agos, on tho othor, i/ioan also inoroasod longovity. "Tho avoragc ago at doath in 1890 WR'J 31.1 years, iu 1900 it was 35 2 years. Tho tout nutnnor of doaths ro porlcd in 1900 waa 1,039,094; in 1890 it was 841,410." Tho total doaths in tho southern Staten for 19U0 aro as follows: Ala bama 25,099; Florida 6,482; Goorgin 20 941; K rmiuoky 27,01)1, Louisiana 20.955; Mary lana 20,422; MiBsiuhippi 20,251; Missouri 38,084; North Caro lina 21,0(58; South Carolina 17,166; Tonnossoo 30,572; Toxau 34,160; Vir ginia 25,252, Portland, Oro., with a doath rato of 9.5 por 1,000, shows the lowost mor tality, and Shreveport, La , with 45 5, tho highest. Throo Killod. A torriblo tragedy vms onaotod at Ohorokoo Falls VVeduosday, by whioh Ed. Walker, Hud Lipsoomb and King Lindsay, all nogroos, lost thoir lives. They woro working in a rook qunrry oporatod by a Mr. Fortuno for the Uhorokeo Falls Manufacturing oom pany and woro drilling a kolo in tho solid granito whon a terrific oxplosion "boourred, oausing thoir death. Tho oauso of tho oxpio-jion is unaooounted for. Tho jury oharaotomod it ns "of somo unknown substanoo." Coroner Vinoont made a rigid examination into tho Oase No one is blamed, Iluin and Suicido. A man whoso identity is shroudod in mystery shot himsolf in tho hoad at tho Presbyterian hospital at Now York Friday morning and dropped, dead aoroso tho corp.T of Anna Boosiok who diod last night from a oriminal op?ra tion. Tho strangor idontifiod tho re mains of tho woman and intimated that ho waa tho causo of hor ruin. Last night tho dootor was arrostod in con nection with tho affair. Tho midwife is hoing sought. Work of a Fool. Tho drowning of a young lady in Lako lloyor, Maryland, on Sunday last, through tho oriminal oareleisnoss of hor boating companion has called forth a storm of indignation and a dom and for somo legal restraint, whioh ihall make even a fool hositato from inuulg ing in tho doadly pautimo of "rooking tho boat," F?lp WITH LEAD. A Hjrr?wmg Crimo Oommlttod ! v N aar Ohara w, !..<>/j; ? ._ ikko TO MURDER VICTIM. Onej ? ths Most Estlrnabld Young li idles ot McFarhn, North '[( Oarol'n?, Lias at Death's Door. A dispatch from Wadosborro, N. 0., to Tho Stato oaya a horrid orimo mot a tonlhlo and swift punishmont noar Mo L^ariiw?ftboat 12 milos from that plaoo | Wednesday. M?HS Lona Keith, a] highly.rospootod and prominent young woman of tho oom muni* y wnsasnaultod and probably fatally iujurod by a nogro uamdd iiuko Hough. Tho lattor W?S oaptu';ed soon af tor his Orimo, draggod to tb^. roono and swung to a limb, altor which tho body was literally shot to pioocSyv j ' M?tv^/ioth, whods about 20 youri of ago 1'^ji with hor brother- on a farm abov /uo milo from McFarlan Shortly nftordlnnor Wodnoodny Mr. Keith loft homo,, going to town, loaving his sistor at tho bouao. Ho had not brion gono long before a nogro walked into tho house and askod whom ho was. Miss Koith was fr ?gb to nod at his np pc aran OD and tried to doooivo him by saying that her btbthor wai at tho barn, and would soon roturo. Tho negro said ho know Mr. Koith was not at tho barn and seizing a ohair, ho sttuok tho young woman a torriblo blow ov?r tho hoad shattering the ohair and rendering hor unocmooioun. After ho hae^, aoooniplished his purposo, tko negroAi'iod to out hor thront, ovidontly usiog>Mull knife, as ho< only made a long soar. After regaining conscious ness, Miss Koith inanagod to mako hor way to tho homo of a neighbor, about 400. yards distant. Just an she roaohed tho h?uso oho again lost oonsoiousnoiB, falling in a faint in tho yard, and ?twas some!Ainutos boforo she was ablo to toll Vnat had happened. She finally recovered suffioiontly to givo a fair do Boriptlon of hor assailant. liv U,!u fimo . t* ?.rr A oroni/l Vt * fl ffftlli. I jr^wAVftM ?IUIVJ n **<??QW i ti"? ?** tied .from tho surrounding oouutry. Bloodhounds had boon tolographod- for and money was quickly raisod to ohsrtor n opoblal train to carry thom to tho noone. ' Tho knifo whioh tho nogro tried to uso on Miss Koith's throat was kfc on tho promises, and was recognized by ono .. ol',thone present as bolongiug to a nc /o ...naniid Luko Hough, who wovjfcd on n nearby farm. Tho orowd ho J (0ifitiily ?'ot .ottt in uoarok of him,. t?m Con found lio was ticing to wash J*1;V 'yjf?. hia 'blotbofi. .. . . [4 '?*. * " ',,'s;?t&'p?'utd mit.?)1 landing a dooisionat? & ,,.,. n?do.of)pnniv;lunonfc ohQuid-be meted out tb him, ho was takon to Mo* Favlart and looked in tho guard bouso, y/hilo A mob of moro than 250 sur roue'dod tho building. Tho ringleaders held| a consultation ' and dooidod that Hough should bo hanged. Tho door of the prison was burst open, a ropo thrown around tho nogro's nook and ho was dragged and kioked to tho sueno of bis orimo, about a milo distant. Tboro the ropo was thrown ovor a limb, ai.d as the hodyolcnred tho ground volloy after volley was fired into it, tho negro boing literally shot to pieces. Tho viotim of tho assault is ono of tho most highly on tuc mod young, ladies in hor section. Sho is so badly injured that it is not thought possiblo that oho oan rooovor. Tho wounds on hoar hoad add ohestaro thought to bo mortal. A Dearth of Children. A remarkably outspoken lot tor on tho laok of ohildren in Now England families is printed from the Hon. David Mills, minister of Justice of Canada at Ottawa. Writing to a friend Mr. Mills says: "The Now England people aro upon tho soil, but not of it. They obviously dislike farming as much ti their women do having ohil dren, and wore it not for tho iuoapablo among I lem, and tho foreigners who bavo taken up their residenoo among them, tboro would be neitrer ohildron born nor Hold? cultivated If loft to themselves, tho oxistonoo of a dosoou dant of tho Pilgrim Fathers would bo ns raro as tho groat auk, and tho raoo is intro to sharo tho fato of the dodo. Thoro must be a vory sorious problem for tho United Statos statosmcn. Stop tho foroign immigration and tho Unit od States would notiuoreaio in population and af tor a time tho ir numbers would bogin to diminish. Thoro is obviously eoraothing wrong with a pooplo who, undor conditions so favorable, havo suoh small familios. Tho United Statos woman doos not roalizs hor du ties to Oed and her country, and thinks moro of hor own pleaturo than sho doos of tho responsibilities whioh tho Uro* tor has. imposed upon hor." Death in Court Room. A desporato shooting affray occured a1 Boynolds, Miss., Wodnesday aftornoon in whioh four mon wore wounded, throe of thom fatally. It is thought that oiroumstanoos loading up to tho fl i iii - oulty *B related by Senator Earl Browor and Hon. J. 0. McGowan, lawyors from Water Valloy, who wero rotainod in tho oaso,. are as follows: Otto John son waa hoing triod boforo Justioos Shelby and Warner on a ohargo of soduotion. Tho ovidonoo was all in and tho j as ti oo fi bad iotirod to make up their verdiot. Moro than 100 mon woro prosont in the room at this timo when suddenly a shot was firod, supposedly hy Otto Johnson. Intantly other shots wore fired, fully half a hundred in all and whoa tho smoko oloared away Otto Johnson had throo bul lo tu through tho body, Lon Smith, who tostifiod against Johnson, one through tho broast and tho father of Lan Smith ono through tho arm. Otto Johnson, Len Smith and J. W. Dawson aro probably fatally wouudod.. -Eight or ton had narrow osoapes. AU . tao parties to tho diffi culty are farmerd. Ho Wont to Sloop? At I?pidan Landing, La., Friday night thc boiler of a pump boat owned by Leisel $ Ioraol oxploded, killing two nogroos and injuring 14, Tho Sumpmanyo negro, foll asloep and tho oiler went dry, resulting, in the explo sion. -THE COTTON CROP. Nearly Every State Bas Marketed its First Bale. Tho wook waa oharaotorizod by cx oossivo rainfall ovor tho central portion of tho bolt that did nomo phyaioal in jury to ootton, aud by a continuation of tho drought ovorToxaa, but this aroa has boon materially roduood in oxtont by rooont hoavy rainfall ovor tho south eastern and central portions pf tho Stato. Ootton is opening over the on tiro bolt, and nearly overy Stato has marka ted a "ii nit" balo, but io Toxas only is pioking gonoral. Thoro is an in I oroasod area affooted by rust, and shod I ding has boon noted throughout tho heh, novortholoss thoro has boon moro than tho seasonal improvomont in oon dit ion and. the gonoral proapoota indi cato avcrago yields or bottor, with a total orop of 11,000,000 bales or moro, ' raihor than fewor, with fairly favor ablo weather conditions during tho ro inaindor of tho notssan. lu North Oarolina tho past week was remarkable for hoavy rains from tho 12th to tho lith, and opnoequontly light showors until tho oloso. Cottoain somo pl noes improved nomo what, and in very favorable localities, with a good autumn, nearly a full orop may bo mado, but throughout tho larger por tion of tho Stato tho orop has not mado muoh progress; ootton plants aro" very woody and long jointed on stiff lands, email on sandy land, and goncrally aro not forming bolls woil on olthor; bloom? aro still roportod; ohedding of squares and bo?s is inoroasing. In South Oarolina on sandy lands, ootton has takon on rust extensively, is shedding fiooly, and is losing color, bub on olay lands afurthor improvement is indioatod during tho wook, ospeoially for oarly ootton, whioh is heavily fruitod. Young ootton is growing too muoh wood and is not fruiting satis factorily. Early ootton is bogiuning to opon over pradically tho whole Stato, although piokiug will not bo gonoral for aonio time. Tho first halo of tho season was markotod at Charleston on tho 17 th. First halos wore marketed usually in August, in provious yoars, as follows: 1900, on tho 6th; 1899, on tho 4tb; 1898, on the 9th; 1897, on tho 2nd; 1896, on July 28th; 1895, on August 20th; 1894, on 15th. Sea island ootton continuos to improvo and ia fruiting, Hui. remains miders iced. ' In Georgia tho oxoosaivo rainfall of tho lattor portion of tho weok, with high winds, damaged oom and ootton in nearly all aootiona. Complaints aro numerous of injury by ruifst, shedding and rotting of bolls in ootton in middle and south BOOtiona; in tho north, section tho orop is progossing well as a rule, i Pioking. ia hoing dono in a fow ooun tiesi In Florida tho weok was noted foi hoavy rains and high, winda ovor thc WoStorn diBtriot and portions of tho northolm distriot.' ,.Cottoo and oom crops wore quito soriouNly damaged in . W?flt.ern nnivvtf ? ?? tt,.vl "wv *ly? fcp*> ? ?. ez ?portion of northorn oountios. Prooipi tatton Was hoavy ovor othot sootions of tho Stato, oxoopt tho lower portion ol tho oxtromo southern district, whore rain waa deQoiont. Cotton pioking hat boen dolayod. In Alabama tho first fow days wert rathol favorablo for all oropi, but th< gulf storm, whioh moved nor th wart ovor eastern Mississippi dnring Thurs day and Friday, oausod hoavy to oxooa j nivo rains and high winda over th I groator portion of Alabama, tho rain fall hoing partioularly exoossivo ii wostom and northorn oountios, whor I muoh low land was ovorilowod. Ootton I whioh, prior to this storm was in vor I promising oondition, was muoh boato I down and tho alalka twisted by th< wind, in many fields bolls hoing Bhako I off; it is diffioult to ontimato tho dan ago as yet; ho wovor, while oonsidorabh it waa muoh miligatod by tho baokwar I stago of tho orop; doapito thia damag< ootton continues woll fruitod, ant with favorablo conditions from now oi should givo a fairly good yield, thoug it is shedding i'rooly, and rust is sproat ing; it is bogmning to opon rapidl; and, in a fow fiolda, prematurely; BO' oral "first bales" woro markotod i I southorn and middlo oountios, ht vory littlo pioking has boon done. In Mississippi tho amount of damai to crops oauaod by tho shifting hig winda and hoavy rains during, tl wook, cannot yet bo fully estimate Crops on bottom lands havo boon bad I damaged by ovoitbw, aaido from boil J blown to tho ground, llowovory as rulo, ootton oontinuos promising ov I tho southorn portion of thu State; tl j sunshiuo and winda havo dried out tl I opon ootton aud pioking has . coi monocd. Complaint of rust, and sho I ding is gonorai, although not soriou I In many northorn oountios tho rai I oaino too lato to bo of material bot fit to either ootton or oom. I In Louisiana hoavoy rains ovor t I southeastern portion of tho Stato ai I in some localities along tho Missisnir. rivor havo boon unfavorablo for t I ootton orop, eupooially in plaoos whe I tho ground was full of moisture ire provious rains. In snob plaoos gra and woods aro making rapid growt Dry woathor oontinuos ovor thVwiq lorn portion of tho Stato, oxoopt i oso; torod looalitios; oarly planted ootton thia part of tho Stato is too. far-1 I vancod tobo boneflttod, but late oatt would bo greatly improvod . by; raJ I Ruit and shodding aro roportod fr? many looalitiou ovor tho oontoraDa northorn portions of tho Statoi "'-L aro damaging tho orop in af ow plao I Early planted ootton is oponing.f t groator or loss oxtont in1 all parts tho Stato, and pioking has oom mom I in a fow snattored looalitios. .Homo p maturo opening is roportod. Dolls ; I rotting in Madison parish, ".Tho o' I look ,whilo favorablo in oomo sootio I is for a yield bo low tho avorago. I In Tonnossoo ootton stood tho droui remarkably woll, and tho. rains, bi I givon it a now impotus of growth, 1 it is still shedding its fruit,, altogoth hov/ovor, tho proapoota aro moro <J taring. In Arkansas the temporatur?'. i about normal dnring tho weok. Hot raina foll ovor tho oastorn portion tho Stato, while s oat tor od showors our rod throughout tho oontral and,VI portions, Cotton ia goncrally Tn\ l to good oondition, although, soino o< plaint ia mado of shedding and sq damago by mat. Lato oom has proved in most nootions and fair y ic are indioatod. I InToxaa thoro woro flattered li showers carly in tho wcok followed hy heavy rains ovor limitod aroas towards its oloso. Tho drought romains un brokon ovor tho contra!, southorn and southoastorn portions, Cotton nocds rain throughout tho State, and whore drought prov nils is failing fast. Pick ing has boootno gonoral. Young ootton ii sufforing from rust, and thoro is moro or IOEB ahodding ovor tho wholo Stato. Tho prosont outlook is for a yiold much bolow last year. tn Oklahoma and Indian Territory dry woathor provailod. but this was bouoiloial to ootton, whioh ia doing woll gonoially, oxoopt that tho plants aro Bhcdding slightly and boll worms havo dono sumo damage. Early ootton has begun to opon and pioking ia not gonoral. A TERRIBLE DISASTER. Sixty Propio Drowned by tho Binklng of a Steamer, Tho stoamor Quoon has just arrived from tho north, biioging nows of ono of tho most appalling marino disastors on tho Paoi?o coait. Tho stoamor In lander, sailing from Shagway on August ld, when nearing tho southwost ond of Douglass Island, at 2 A. M., August 15, and running at full speod, struok A Uoatiug iooborg, and in loss than twonty minutos wont to tho bottom of tho doop ohaunol, carrying mon, womon and children to watory gravos. Tho lalandor had 108 passongors and all woro in bod whon tho VOSBOI struok. Tho ehoek wan HO nnynrn that m s ny woro thro an from their bortha and tho wildost oxoitomont provailod. Word was soon passod that tho vossol was doomod and a gonoral Boramblo for tho lifo boasts onsuod, many j ampins' over board and attomptoing to swim to tho Bboro, tho distanoo hoing short. Ia tho soramblo to got into tho boats many wore hurled headlong into tho chilly wators, whioh aooording to pas songors arriving from thosoono, doomed alivo with bu ai m beings, Boforo all tho passongors had loft tho vossol sho ?avo a lungo and wont down, bow first, t ia known that aixty-aovon livoa wore lost. It will bo somo timo boforo thoir names oan bo dofinitoly loarnod, ns tho pursor lost.his passongor list. Paisongem and erow of tho Vossol who h?vo arrivod at Port Townsend a?roo that tho loss of lifo by Thursday's disastor in Lynn Channel will amount to sixty-five, but ?hoy admit that thoro woro probably fivo or moro stowaways on tho stoamor and that tho fivo ohil dron known to havo boon on beard tho stoamor woro oithor drowaod or died of oxpoeuro. So it is possible that tho loss of lifo will roaoh over 70. Tho doath of Capt Foo to waa vory pathctio. Ho romainod on tho brid go until tho atoamor was fouadoring. Whon tho.vossol oornmouood to sink, and it was soon that no oxpodiont could avail, tho ? oap tai a Jumped into tho life raft, which --wad already '...-taxed,-" U^alblng that his weight would work haven thoT ??S'-*s??. .^iiil'cU v' tV ^v1 ' wi* ^ifoiO*' many horo, so good byo, boys," and j swam away. He was shortly afterwards soon to sink. Glenn Springs Leased. A dispatch from Glonn Springa to The Stato says nows of iotcrcat to tho wholo Stato, ospeoially tho invalida and summer pleasuro aookora, is that an agroomont haa hoon roaohod fer tho loaao of tho Glonn Springa hotel and wator property to mon who will develop both to tho fullest. Tho contraol haa not yot boon signed but will soon bo and the lease will tako o fte ot Jan. lat, next. The losaoos aro John K, Gar nett of Hampton county and T. D, Darlington of Laurons, tho formor a shrewd and most suoooasful businoss man of largo moana, and tho lat tor a hustler woll known ou the road, and in businoss at Laurena. Groat improve ments will bo m ?do in tho hotel tor the next no ?tuon and tho salo of minorai wator will bo pushed all ovor tho ooun try. Tho Glonn Spriags by Mossrs. Garnett & Darlington is a guarantoe that it wnl bo put whero it belongs--at tho hoad of tho southern mineral springs properties. A Slick Swindler. Etrncsto Sapolli, steward on board tho Fronoh lino stoamor La Gasoogno, was arraigned 1 boforo Commissioner Aloxandor at' New York Wodnosday on tho olmrgo of attempting to biibo a Uuilod States offioor, and was hold in $2,500 bail for examination Thursday. Tho ?f o ward of tho steamship last Sunday, it is alleged, ?fforod Boarding Inspoetor Junkor $5 for tho admission without first passing through tho bargo pfiioo of eaoh unmarried immi grant, .ind $0 for families. Tao stow nrd, it ia assorted, a&id that ho had boon in tho habit of paying thoso priooa. It io alleged that the frau tin dato baok six years aad that 10,000 immigrants havo in this.way ontorod tho oou?try. ' '".? ]-> Serum, Then Moquitees; A d: H pat oh from Havana ?ayn Sur ge o a Major Harvard Bays that though bo will not oonduot farmor yollow fever oxporimontB with infeotod mosquitoes on no iv immunen, ho ha* offered to allow I?f?otod mos quit?os to bite amah prev iously inoouiated with Dri Cald&'s Boram. If tho diaoaso doos not dovolop, tho mosquitooB will bo allowod to bite other mon similarly protootod. The raoquitoes to bo used aro thoso whioh recently bit two mon, from tho o Hoots of whioh tho mon died. Dr. Harvard says that Dr. Caldas has two mon whom ho haa already inooulatod who aro will ing to bo bitton by tho mosquitoes. The matter was fully explained to them, but tho oxplanat.ro did not oa?so thom to withdraw thoir consent to hoing bitton. A Horriblo Affair. ? ? dispAtoh from Whltosboro, Texas, is. to tho etfeot that tho negro, Abe Wiloor, i. ohargod with tho mur dor o? Mts.. Caldwell, tho wife of a Grayson county farmar, at hor home on Satur day ; lest; was captured by a mob ?nd burned at Nelson's rirptoh, two and a half milos east of lt jd ran oh, Tho negro was taken to a troo and swung up in the ah. Wood was piled bonoath his body and a hot fire made.. Thon it was suggested that tho man, ought not .tobo pormittod to dio too .quickly and ho was lot down to tho ground while n party went to. Dexter, about two miloo distant, to proouro coal oib This was thrown on tho flamea and tho work oom pletod. SALE OF CHILDREN. Grava Questions Which Confronts Officers In Philippines. SLAVERY IN THE ISLANDS. The Practice Wiii bs Stopped. Liberation of Many Staves is Boing Forced on Technical. Flaws. Tho War Dopartmont offioials aro do tormtncd to intorfcro with tho troffio in v ohildron whioh has boon going on in certain parta of tho Philippiner?, eon atitnting ono of tho gravest problems with whioh army oflioora in that aeotlon have to doab Itoports roooivcd at tho War Dopart mont atato that tho trafilo ia confined to tho nativos in tho Department of, Mindanao and Jolp; Tho trafilo oomos as a rosult of tho improvidonoe of tho pooplo, and fatniiioa who havo hoon Btriokon by fumino do not hesitate to Book roliof by tho salo of thoir ohildron. Major J. 8. Potit, First Infantry, for morly oolonol of tho Thirty-first Volun tocr Infantry, tho commander of . tho i Sooond distriot in that dopartmont, says, ho wovor, that ho has about broken up tho traillc whioh has boon going on in ohildron of tho Tironarya, adogonor* ?if A rn SOUth Of (J?tt?.bT0.0. , Kindred question! whioh confront tho military authorities in that aeotion of tho Philippino arohipolago is tho stato of slavery existing under tho Moros, with whom our paoifio relationship oan only bo maintained by tho most adroit and diplomatic negotiations. Major Potit Bays that nlavery oan only bo abdlishod in ono of two waya-'-by war or hy purohaso, and ho adda that tho latter proooBS would bo futile. In tho Third distriot of tho dopartmont, whoro Major 0. J. Swoot is in com mand, tho slavory quoation is a pon* \ slant souroo of trouble on account of fllavos osoaping from ono tnastor to anothor. That o ill ocr any ir. "Whonovor a quosion rolating to slaves oomoo boforo me I simply mako tho owners provo thoir slaves boyond doubt, in whioh oaso I havo nothing to do with thom, but in oaao l oan pick a iU\y in thoir titlo I givo tho allogod - slaves freedom papers. Thousands of v Moros aro hold .aa slaves who aro by right froo persons,-".. Adopting Sherman's Policy. Mr. Ohamhorlin in his Bpeeoh in tho houB? of co mm on ii last Thursday com plot cly vanquished tho American orltios ? v who hayo ansailod the British for tho oruol mothods adopted to oxoorrainato. tho boors in South Afrioa. Ho pointed '. . out that ho waa morely dalling tho of- ['<? fectivol-pbli?y. and devastation whioh P'- v ?-? O- .kt ?Wnl?nii -un " I. .. ' ' ? . -1 K: ?i...,.rt iii? von mu'( '.lakin^:* this Chamberlain spoooh and its . offoot tho" Baltimoro Sun says that Mr. Cham berlain mado portinontly roply to his oritios. 1 'Americans aro tho last poo plo who ought to objoot to taotios of &j that kind. Wo never know how to ?y wago war in tho moat offioiont way uh til tho United Staion showed tho world how it could bo done in tho oivil war. Wo havo simply adopted your own ta 5? tios, and you ought to be proud that tho 'mother country' is willing to loam from your ropublio. Imitation il tho Binoorest form of flattery, and to tho host of our ability wo aro practicing in South Afrioa tho same 'humanity' whioh your generals displayed in thoir houso-huming, oattlo-stoaling, orop dostroy?ng oxpoditions in tho south. Wo may not bo quito as offioiont aa you proved, but in timo wo hopo to show ourselves masters of tho gamo " More Rural Deliveries. Tho following lottor from tho goneral superintendent of tho froo delivery de partment of tho Unitod Statos postal sor vico, to Senator Tillman, shows that quito soon a nu mb or of now rural do hvory routos will bo oatablishod in South Carolina: Sir: I aoVnowlodgo receipt of yours of rooont dato urgiug tho oarly ostablishmont of tho proposed j rural froo dolivery distriot and noto your statomont that your constituents aro I vory anxious about tho deliveries, and that you would apprdoiato any aotion on tho part of tho department whioh would gralfy the natural oxpootations of tho peoplo. In roply, I havo tho honor to inform you that, in aooordanoo with your request, tho sorvioos from Cottage villo and Gotsinger havo boon ordorod into operation from Ootobor 1st, 1901, and that tho othor dolivorioswill bo put into oporation on Novombor 1st. Thoso aro tho oarliost datoa {at whioh tho do partmout is now establishing rural froo delivery sorvioo. Hard on Sampson, lt is quito frooly intimated today that .Gonoral Shaftor will bo oallod to tostify b?foro tho Sohloy court of in quiry, booauso of tho publication in tho Ohio ago Nows, of August 10th. Mal colm Mo Dowell, who was at tho front with Shaftor at Santiago, on that dato, published ovor his signaturo horo au artiolo sotting forth that on July 2, 1898, whilo with Shaftor, he loamed from Major Noblo, of Gonoral Shaffer's staff, that tho Kron oh oonnul at San tiago had sont word to Shaftor's hoad quart ors that (ho Spanish Hoot, on tho following doy at 9 a. m., would mako ? dash out of Santiago harbor. Shaftor, so Noblo said, had oausod tho informa tion to bo wig-wagged at onoo to Ad miral Sampson, on board tho Now York. Notwithstanding this information Sam eon withdrow With tho Now Y?rk on tho following morning, ton minutes-bo .'ore tho timo sot for tho eppoarauoo of tfto Spanish (loot. A O' BO Call, i benjamin J . ajamin, an aoronaut, foll from his balloon whilo making an asuonoi?n at Hobokon Sohoiilzan park. Failure of tho parachute oauecd tho ao oidont. Benjamin foll probably 300 foot into tho flaokonsaok meadows and this probably saved his Ufo, as ho landed in mud and wator, sinking up to his nook. A boatman rosouod him. Ilia injuries aroao not only from shook of tho fall, but from tho onslaught of myriads ot mosquitoes, whioh aitaokod him as ho wan Htuok in tho ?uni and Whoso stings mado hi? foatucoa wnrooos* mm