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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. AN ASSASSIN DIES. The People of Norway Hangs the Doer of a Dastardly Crime. AN OLD SOLDIER ASSASSINATED. A Horrible Scene at a Slipper Table Which Worked ?ho People U|> to Fever Hem and Desporato. As was predicted thc people or Nor way avenged the brutal assassination of Mr. John T. Phillips, an old Con federate soldier, carly Wednesday morning by lynching Charles Evans, a mulatto negro who along with ids brother, Jim Evans, aro known all over the community as two bad men. In addition to the lynching, thc best citizens of tho place agreed that lt was only right and proper to Leach a lesson Lo several negroes who caine within the environments pf thc village armed and threatening, and they took them out just before IO vans was lynch ed and severely beat them. Mr. Uah* dolph Smith, who was sent to the scene of Lhe trouble to ieport thc af fair for thc .State says "whatever may be the merits or demerits of lynch law there perhaps never was an instance before where the circumstances came so near justillying the crime." LIKE A STOltlED KOMANL'K. Tiie whole tragic incident is more like the chapter from u romance of some feudal time than a page from life In the twentieth century. The old soldier who is fatally wounded and cannot live through the night, accord ing to bis physician, is utterly blame less of having injured the negroes in any way and says he lias personally done nothing to excite their ire. The trouhle dates back r.o last Saturday morniog, June 27, anti, as is usual in. such cases, started overa comparative ly small matter. The negroes in the vicinity of Norway have hcen very tri lling and impertinent for some time past. -Many of them have positively refused to work in the fields and the crops have sudered not a little in con sequence. So on Saturday as above stated when Lorenzo Williams, a ne gro .wltlra bad reputation, swore at Addie Phillips, a son of John T. Phil lips} Phillips- spoke to some of his friends and they all agreed that this Was going a trille too far, and advised him to whip the negro. This the Phillips boy, with thc aid of Iiis broth er, Judge" Phillips, attempted to do. They secured a buggy whip and sum moned the negro to them. Then they proceeded to Cni**>~Ltm-wli?*7.?pri7r*??: Tjoajmr tnie community said that he deserved-a thrashing. The two Evans negroes are friends of thc Wil liams neuro. When they learned that he was to be punished they followed bim to the scene of action. When the elder Phillips boy began to lay on the lash they protested, and the Phillips boys warned them away, telling them that unless they minded their business they would get into trouble Lhcm selves. Tlie negroes surlily Look their departure, and nothing was seen of them ou the following day, Sunday, by the white people of thc village. Some of thc negsoes who are inclined to be loyal to their employes, however, say that both of the Evans negroes came back to the outskirts of the town on Saturday evening, and openly made threats against the whole Phillips family, women and children included. How these threats were carried out is the. af ter story. "EDUCATED NEG KOKS," THESIS. The Evans negroes were both edu cated. They could not orrly read and write but it is said had a knowledge of literature and read a number of northern newspapers. The Phillips family and the other residents of Nor way paid no attention to tho threats. In fact it seems that they simply re garded them as threats and no atten tion was paid to them. Everybody In the* village now regrets that the proper respect was not paid to these threats. The Phillips house isa mod est home about a half mile from the railroad and on thc outskirts of the village. At thc southside isa big cotton patch, skirted hy woods and so situated that any one approaching across tho held can readily he seen from the dining room of the Phillips home, lt was not yet dark-a few minutes before 8 o'clock--tin Monday evening, when many of the people abotit the village were at supper, that a shot rang out in the village. When the smoke dared away two ligures, evideutly those of negroes, were seen running across the big cotton held, and cries or help were heard from the Phillips home. SCENE OF GHASTLY CUT MR. The Ilev. I), ll. Crosland, whose '.ne is just next to the Phillips o.ose, was the first one Lo get to the stricken family. There ascetic met lils eyes that was tinged with a hor ror that the community had never known. Thc aged Mr. Phillips was half leaning, half reclining on thc arm of his It-year-old son, Lee. The sup per table, which had Just hcen spread, was literally covered with the blood of the old soldier who had served through thc Civil war only to die at the hands of a negro. Through the window pane of the porch window, happened to be down, there were ll bullet holes that told the story of how heavily charged the gun had been, which aroused the whole village and brought them to the scene. Five of these shots bad entered the back of Mr. Phillips, two in the head, one at top of the spinal column and one un der each shoulder. Another shot grazed thc top ol' Ituby Phillips1 bead, wounding her painfully but not dan gerously, and another wounded the wrist or another daughter, Miss Mag gie Phillips, about 1!? years old. UElt HAUY IN IIKK AU.MS. Mrs. Phillips was sitting at the head of the table willi lier baby in / her arms. The whole table was cov ered with pools of blood and thc fami were for tlie most part panic stricken. There were two notable exceptions. There was not a sigh of emotion about the child Lee and as lie supported his father he expressed the opinion that one of the Evans negroes had com mitted tim crime. Th? child, Ruby, who was wounded, surprised the peo ple who quickly assembled at the house, by her actions, and it was found after some investigation that she was running about the house try ing to lind an old pistol that she might kill, as she said, ber father's slayer. Mrs. Phillips was in . such a condition of nervous prostiation that the entire village sat up to nurse and care for her and try and save ber husband who, it seems, was the greatest favorite in tim town, and much respected because of lils valiant service during the war. A MAN OK IKON. Dr. C. II. Abels, who was called lu to examine the wounds of the old sol dier, said that be could live but a few hours and when night came Tuesday and the old man was still alive no one could understand lt. The?doctor said that it was simly his wonderful con stitution that had kept him alive, and that beyond the peradventure of a doubt he would die before morning. That lie had lived as long as he bad, tlie physician said, was one of the most remarkable things that he had ever encountered in his practice but at tlie same lime pointed out that the tdd man had a constitution second to none that lie had ever known. To hear out this statement Dr. Abels pointed to thc arm dandling at Mr. Phillips' side. lt was almost shot away at thc battle of Deep Water, Va., and lias since hiing practically by tlie skin, every connection with tlie hone below the shoulder having been severed. Then again, said the maguiiicent physique of the old man was illustrated by his family which has numbered two wives and 19 cliil-. dren, VA of whom are living. All this was known to the village people and thc farmers for miles around, and they watched and waited around the bed of .thc tdd man, hoping against hope that In some miraculous way his life would be spared, lt was lirst warm weather that the county has known this year and the house was open so that any one in thc village could come and go at will and wit ness the death struggle of the veteran who lay dying by the hand of a mis creant negro. There may have been thought of other things through the long, long dreary watch of Monday night but there was no action. "WHERE IS THE MURDERER?" It was on Tuesday morning, when all hope of Mr. Phillips' life was given up that thc leading men began tu consider the advisability of trying to ascertain the name of the assassin an assassin of a character that -made the whole community reek with hor ror. Then the Phillips boys and oth ers began to put two and two together and two together and recall that they had heard that livans liad becD mak ing threats, lt was brought to mind tbab tho two negro b-uOIiur? DuU uuauc the threads'and that they had not been seen about the place since Satur day. Inquiries were made and it was learned that they had both been seen near thc dara across the railroad from tlie village, armed with two guns. A prominent citizen of tho town sent to Hamberg and. got some bloodhounds that bel. ug to the chaingang there. Tliey were put on what was supposed to be the trail but the ground was so dry that they co'uld do nothing. Fur ther inquiries were made and thc con fession was forced out of a negro that he had seen the two black despera does hiding behind thc dam with their guns. Tlie men who obtained this confession are two of the most prom inent citizens in the whole "communi ty and their word could not _be gain said. Hut every, one wanted to^ake. sure and nothing was'said in public because it was known that the young farmers in thc vicinity- were angry, and not inclined to.walt for tlie slow process of the law. Several of them lhially determined to get evidence themselves, and they went to tlie Phillips house and began to pry around the premises for some, .clues that would lead them to make arrests. A VERY LEADING CLUE. The very dry ground that bad thrown thc hounds olf the scent helped the young farmers. Near thc Phil lips house they found the tracks:>ot two negroes--negroes presumably for the reason that all of the race living in tlie immediate vicinity, even to the educated IO vans brothers wore a peculiar shoe that was bought at one store in tlie village ' They followed these tracks across, the cotton tield and ?rn to the dam. There othei tracks were found, leading across tia road and over the cotton field--u nearer way to tlie Phillips household. Coupled with the story of .the mar who had seen the Evans boys hiding behind the dam witli their guns thlf was deemed sutllcient evidence to ar rest Charles, the other brother hav ing disappeared. Ile was taken with out great dilllculty not far from lib home and the spirit of bragadoclc witli which lie denied his - guilt did af much to arouse suspicion as the tel tale "tracks across the Heids.. Furthei inquliies developed tlie fact that II was only a half an hour before thc tragedy that the Evans's were set?i hiding behind thc dam. TUE FIEND il At LED AT, LAST. Chas. .Evans, was lodged In the guan house early Tues lay morning and th news began to spread around th neighborhood. The crime was not dis torted, not exaggerated, ministers am otiicr prominent citizens said Tues'da, that farmers and-others .'said little o nothing about thc trouble they bav been experiencing with tlie negros fi years past. They did not-even rccal tlie fact that when two white men at tempted to justly punish a negro wh liad been impertinent beyond question they were Interfered with by two c tlie very worst characters in thewhol territory roundabout. They slmpl, wanted to know. It was not long after Evans wa safely placed In the guard house which is simply a wooden building ec tlrely insecure, that the people frot all the country about began to arriv in number. . They were quiet and ol derly .nd all they asked what was t he done. Wheu they learned tba Evans was jailed they all agreed tba it was best to leave thc "man to th law" and they began to send 01 scouts to lind tlie other brother. Il could not be found and telegrams wei sent to all the stations in W neighborhood, and even the trains on the Seaboard were searched as the> passed In tbe hope of Unding Jim Evans who was at first thought to be the ringleader. All efforts were futile. TUE TnilONQED INC lt Ii AK KS. This made tho crowds of farmers and villagers' anxious. The popula tion of the town is but over 200 and it boasts the fact that there bas not been a drunken man within its hurders within three years, but the throng in creased to over 500, and every hour brought in more strangers, Tor runners about tho country hud carried the news that the negroes were anni ne tti emsel ves and were about to make further trouble. As the farmers came In with their shotguns and rides slung across their shoulders, they laughed [it the idea of the negroes making more tr?uble and said that tney would not Lave the place until "the law had taken its course." Thc time, they jaid, for negro impertinence to cease nad come and thoy wondered whether ir not there would be any trouble if Miey hauled Evans out of the Jail and ?wung bim up to a nearby t ree. But udor heads cautioned tho heated phil tbs and told them that they were ill law abiding citizens and that any rush act would bring down censure on their heads. Thc farmers with guns listened to the wise counsel and they were kept away from the Phillips home, where it was known that the sufferings of thc wounded man would further incense them. A MESSAGE OK INSOLENCE. All went well until about 11 o'clock, when a negro courier ciime Into town iud said that if the farmers want? d "a man they could comedown to thc outskirts of the town and get one." Had tlie proverbial bombshell explod ed In the midst of tlie crowd it could nut have created a greater sensation i/han this impertinent message, add ing insult to foe ai ready great lu ju ry. The counsel of thc older men prevail ed again, however, and the hot heads were persuaded upon to remain in the loutre of the village and protect tlie women and children while some 15 or ?0 of the town's oldest and best ci ti teos went out to meet the negroes who liad sent the impertinent message. They were soon iii their midst. 'Hie light of the armed white men coming toward thom with Mich determined faces and glistening anns seemed fora moment to awe them. TIIKEATBNINO ATJTITUDE SHOWN. The negroes borea threatening atti tude at ll ret, but when they saw the determination written In every line jf their ad versarles faces most of them lay down their arras when they were iidden to do so. Three, John Felder, Ulysses Johnson and'Pink Hartwell, lid not have the good seuse to do.tbis. Tiley showed tight and the men rush ed up to them and took their guns iway from them after no little ditli eulty: Had it not been for the num ber Of *',,Q WhlteS Htotr .-'.> ?--?'. UQ_ loubtedly bad dlfW.iVJ. uivu SRyU?sojn? .vho not only declined "to give up"itjs jun but resisted when lt' was taken 'rom him. Thc three negroes who had ibis daring were promptly marched )ff to thc guard house, where they .vere place in separate rooms under itrong guard. ?tOOp ON THE MOON. But this incident bad served to more jreatly Incite tlie anger of every one issemblcd in thc thc village and even jhe most prominent men in tho town segan to shake their heads and won 1er what was coming next. The after "?oon and the early part of the night passed under stress of the greatest ex citement in tho whole community. Men who know the populace like a aook say that it is only the Providence pf; God that kept the life of the wounded Philips hanging by a thread ill day. Had he died there is but ittle doubt but that there would have jeen a race war, for negroes, who ?cerned to have no prudence under tlie premises, continued to arrive in town n numbers and it was known that nany of them were armed with pis tols. When it was seen that they had weapons they were promptly disarmed ind told that unless they kept the peace tiley would be dealt with In a .vay that would furnish a lesson for all .heir kind for a long time to come. Phis salutary advice had its effect Kith some and with others it bad lone. In tlie late evening there were many sullen negro faces about thc place and the crowd was much in censed when it was rumored about tilie village that some of thc negroes nad gotten together at the planing rilli ii short distance from tlie town ltd passed resolutions that no lynch ing bee be permitted. KltUIOT TRAINS IIROIJOIIT MEN. Some of the freight trains that jame in during thc early :> evening nought little gruups bf armed men 'rom Blackville, Denmark, Fairfax ind other points along the line of the road. When midnight arrived there .vas a goodly crowd around the station ind the negroes had by this time been ntimidated so that there were but few of them who dared to show their faces. The crowd discussed the trou de long and seriously. The events of Lhc past few hours were reviewed at <reat length. Thc daredevil acts, the peculations and the desperate deeds if the negroes for years past were re called by the crowd. Thc good coun sel prevailed against all these argu ments until along, lanky South Caro linian whose name is legion for all thc country around about as a "square and fair man," got up and called at tention to the fact that tlie negro hvans had shot an old man lu the back for no rhyme or reason, and that lt was by the merest accident that a southern woman with ber babe in her inns had not been killed by the same miscreant that sent her aged husband to lils death. CROWD READY KO II ACTION. That hitter thc argument aud the crowd began to make preparations. Dno or two of thc best men in thc community insisted that an Innocent noan should not be killed And aodltlon nl proof was asked for. A plan was then adopted that proved to bc suc cessful so far as discovering who tho guilty negro was. Thc crowd waited until nearly 2 o'clock before anything was done and then the action waa summary. There was a guard around thc jail addition to the town marshall, B. D. II. Phln. The guard was told to stand aside. So was Phln. This lie at tirst decllned to do and be posl Continued on page 4. (TAVE HIMSELF UP.* A Man Convicted of Killing His] Brother Admitted to Prison. STRANGE STORY OF THE CRIME. 1-lncknoy W. Hutto GlVCb Himself Ur? ] Aller Supreme Court Hart Denied Ills Motton Pur New Trial. The State says Pinckney W. Hutto, convicted of having taken the life or his brother, E. Worth Hutto, came to Columbia Tuesday and entered upon a servitude of three years in the State, prison. Tho brand of Cain is upon his brow, but with an earnestness which is impressive lie begins his life as al convict with the declaration that lie is innocent. His curious story is per haps without a parallel, and if it bc true, as every evidence indicates, he has been sinned against rather than being thc sinner. According to tim story of Pinckney, or "Plum" Hutt?), as he was a called by Ids neighbors, Worth Hutto was a dangerous man and had been getting Into a good many scrapes. Indeed he bad made way with what little prop erty lie had had, and "Plum" Hutto bad given him work in a wheelwright's I shop at Norway. Hut Wortli Hutto | kept up his drnking and other miscon duct to such an extent that the older] brother was forced to discharge him f at the end of a year's employment. IN A DANGEROUS MOOD. Thc very next day Worth Hutto went tu Livingston, thc nearest dis pensary town, and after nightfall came back to Norway In a very dangerous I mood. Going to thc home of Ids older | brother lie abused him terribly and "Plum" Hutto with the assistance of lils grown son, S. J. Hutto, got the I bad brother out of the house. The I latter brought a shot gun with him, it] seems, and left It on the portcb, for as | soon as be got out of the house he lired the shot gun by the window of Pinck ney Ilutto's house. The latter, after be had placed his wife on the right way of thc Seaboard Air Line railroad, where be seemed to think she would be safe from the wild range of thc young brother, went in search of the town marshal. When Plnckney Hutto and the mar shal arrived, thc latter went to thc j home of Worth Hutto about 50 yards 1 from the home of the older brother. In response to the calls of the mar shal, Worth Hutto appeared in thc] doorway witli his duuble-barrelle^sghot. gun. Ho was heard to exclaim^ "lj will get those.i% upon tired - , . that the al wouia uc. xnrew up bis right hand In a gosbu... of 1 Deprecation to his brother. FTNCKNKY nUTTO WOUNDED. The gun was tired just at that mo ment and one barrel was emptied into j Pinckney Ilutto's right band, 18 small shot taking elToct, The latter was j standing at his own gate considerably in the rear of thc town marshal who I disappeared from the scene about that time. The crazed- brother advanced with his shot gun and lired again. The second shot struck Tinckney Hut to fairly In thc breast but on account of the distance and on account of thc thickness of bis vest, none of the shot entered his body. Still advancing threateningly, Worth IIutto made another attempt| to take his brother's life, emptying both barrels of his gun at short range, but the older brother escaped further] burt than the disabling of bis right' hand. A TU AO IC SCENE. lt was a tragic scene. The older | brother is now 51 years old, and was it that time nearing 50, a man quiet I almost to gentleness with a repu tation for being peaceable and law- [ abiding and law-fearing citizen. He is small and frail and disabled as bc was no match for his brother, a Her cules in strength, towering G feet 4 and weighing 210 pounds, one of thc I most reckless and most powerful men in that whole country. Mmost at the feet of the two broth ers lay the wife of the wounded man, groveling in the snow in her anguish and mingling her screams with thc convulsive wailing of her terri lied lit tle one who just a moment before bad been held in thc father's arms witli Its head under his coat to shut out thc noise and the sight of the encounter vrhlch had been expected between the] thc town marshal and thc younger brother. lt was amid auch scenes of excite ment that the fatal shot was lired. Up to this point Ilutto's narrative is j indeed convincing. Hut as to thc cli max or bhe situation lie speaks rather evasively, declaring each time that he Is questioned that he ls innocent, and, Oeing innocent, that he will suf fer an unrighteous condemnation. TUB FATAL SHOT. He declares that his brother, having exhausted Ids supply of gun shells, reached in his right front trousers pocket for bis revolver. There was [some delay in getting the weapon out and thc latter was accidentally dis charged, the lire from thc pistol Indi cating that it had been pointed in thc] direction taken by tlie fatal bullet. Hutto declares that he thought to| himself at the time that, if his brut her had not wounded himself he hud conic I very near lt. The bullet went In near | the right side of tho abdomen and ranged across, perforating some of thc| intestines. When this shot was Hied, Worth Hutto got his pistol out of his pocket and In a half listless way as if be were hurt discharged another ball at lils brother. With that he went on toward his own home, and Pinckney Hutto expected him to return with more ammunition, until thc town mar shal came up and arrested Plnckney for having shot his brother. ll AD A PISTOL HIMSELF. There was one point In the narra tive upon which bc did notspeak with freedom, and that was in regard to his having a pistol himself. He ad mits that thc prosecution pointed out that there was no powder burn on his brother's clothing at thc place where ~ -. '7 . .. ' : the ball entered and he states that he did (nd.eed hav? a pistol and that he lirerf .lt once to frighten his brother, but that he did not point it at Worth Hutto, for had he cared to do so he coull! have shot every button oit of hlB'.tJoat. Pinckuey Hutto was not in tho j habit ot carrying a pistol, and uVis^eapon is ono which his son had laid \ou'the mantel after having come in jrom 'he farm that afternoon. .Wtiijn -he excitement started Pinok ncy'-Uluttb slipped tho revolver. Into lils f)pckets-hut he ussertsstoutly that the-ratal bullet did not come from his pistol. CONVICTED AND SENTENCED. lils brother lingered a day or so longcry^but never seemed to regain possession of lits mental faculties, for li? was full of opiates all of thc time. Plnckney Hutto and his son were ar rested, charged with having killed Worth Hutto. The young man was ?acquitted, but 'Plnckney Hutto, al though represented by Senator Ray sor, -was convicted and sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary. Thoiappeal to the supreme court was overruled and Hutto, seeing in The Static a notice of the action of the supreme court, came to Columbia at the/same time writing to Sheriff linkes of Orang? burg that he was coming, As yet his commitment pa pers.have not been received, but Supt. Griffith has admitted Hutto to the State prison. "Plum" Hutto speaks with sorrow of his dead' brother, and there are certain episodes in the life of the de ceased which were mentioned not with ill feeling, but merely to show what, tolerance had been exhibited by tlie ?nan who is now to wear the liv ery of crime-while other men more criminal in deed and in thought have met with a more kindly fate. A prom inent Columbia merchant who once lived in that section states that the deceased had the reputation of having beena dangerous man, while the con victed brother was known asa man ol' peace and an industrious citizen. SAVED HIS UUOTlllilt FROM DISO HACK. " Vye arc not brothers in size," is tlie homely way in which ho expresses their difference in physical appear ance,, Plnckney Hutto is small and slender, with a kind biuecyeand with a quiet and pleasant air. He de clares shamefacedly that on one oeoa siorVbe saved bis brother from dis grace.at Denium U, when he had been convicted of hog stealing. The elder brother paid the line and paid the fee of the lawyer, who was very much outraged by Ilutto's action after tlie trial .?ind would have shot Worth Hut to, perhaps, except for the iuterveu tion.Of thc older brother. Another instance he relates with somiji 'show of sorrow . and shaine is tile V'hls. brother sent outrageous mes sages .to the " postuiater-af-Norway, :M'-''-drooka, who had1 sent a bill to 'th Hiitto for small purchases Out ?s.l/uY?.v-?? o'.dc^ brother ioKUift jio?t One dav when he we>it to s~ep some shavings off of tho" work hench of the decoased. A pistol fell out of the shavings upon the door. The; older brother chided the younger for having the revolver lying around in that fashion, and the latter replied with a menace that Pinckney Hutto had better replace the pistol and tlie shavings as he had found them. He then declared dcliantly that he was ready for thc man Brooks. In order to settle the trouble, Pinckney Hutto paid the bill and inul thc matter dropped. UffiGQKD MA?tSIIAl, NOT TO SHOOT. He declares futhcrmore that on that fatal December night when he left his wife sitting in the snow be side thc Seaboard Air Line and went In search of thc town marshal to ar rest the brother who had cursed si outrageously in his home and has lirer his shot gun threateningly under hi: very window, with these exciting cir ou instances harrassing Iiis mind lu went to thc ollicer of the town anc begged him not to hurt tho younge brother. Upon arriving in tile city, Mutti called upon Gov. Hoy ward, Mr. W. V Kurtick and other well known citizen: ofcColumbia witli whom he had pre vious acquaintance or to whom he hat letters of introduction. II AD MKT KEKoitk. When he stepped upon thc porch ? tlie guard room of the State prism Tuesday afternoon he was greete pleasantly by Capt. 1). .1. G rilli th, til superintendent. "Well, Captain, have come to accept your invitatio) hut not in thc manner 1 had expected, said Hutto, recalling au invitatio extended hy Capt. Griflilh a year i so ago when tlie latter was down i that section and stopped over night ti the lietel at Norway kept by Hutu "1 thought I might run up to Collin bia some time and thought 1 migl come and take a look at the peni l ei tlary," said Hutto, "but. I nevi thought 1 would como to this." ll was treated with every kindness an consideration by Capt. G ri til th an Capt. Adams, tlie captain of the pen tentiary guard, and tlie convicted uni commences his sentence with tlie r assuring words that three years is short sentence compared witli sou and that three years will get hy in hurry. "I can't do very much work," 1 said apologetically, "for I am 51 yea old and lia ve not done much hard woi lately anyway." lt is Indeed a s: plight in which he (iuds himself, f at home ho works about 15 or hands on his farm in addition to otb laborers. He lias thc air of a man affairs and family whose name 1 bears is well known in Aiken ai Harnwell counties. Hutto enters tl prison with a stronger hope than great many men have In facing tl same future. For the judge gave hi a very light sentence, indicating til there wa? a great deal of evidence his favor, and he says that at the prc cr time lie can produce a petit! for pardon signed by leading men Orangeburg county who have airca expressed to him their belief in 1 innocence. SAFETY OK HIS KAMI I.V. In one particular lie was very mu worried-that ls In regard to thc sal ty of his family, lt will he recall that The State Tuesday printed story of the terrible homicide at Ni way. Mr. John T. Phillips was sh in thc back of thc head and instant killed while at supper Monday nigl Hutto left Norway In the af terne before thc terrible tragedy and kno none of the details but he ls very much -affected, for he fears au upris ing uti thc negroes and his wife is out In tho country. .Last Saturday and Sunday a negro liad said to him that "a strong wind ls coming out or the east," by which metaphor Hut-to thinks the negro meant to convey the idea that the negroes would rise up and avenge the public chastisement given a negro by ineof Mr. Phillips' sons who had been cursed outrageously by the negro and Imd at the first opportunity whipped Lhe negro on thr. streets of Norway. The elder Mr. Phillips, who was a Confederate soldier and disabled in mo arm, threw a rock atona of the legroes and this is supposed to be his part of the revenge. Mr. Hutto ' has an idea who com mitted thc dastardly crime but he loes not car?; to express himself at Ibis distance from thc crime, for -he might be in error. ' WMic Mun Found Demi. The Columbia State says Corouer Li reen deputized Magistrate Davis of jhc upper part of the county to hold thc inquest over the body of the white nan found dead beside tho Southern railway traek Tuesday. As yet the rravu of this poor fellow will be. mai k ?d ''unknown," for there was nothing .o give ? clue to his identlly. lie had ?arts of cotton mill machinery in his jocket and evidently was a m ll opera ive. Mut d?composition had been so 'lipid that, except for his hair, it vould have, been impossible to tell vhether he was a white man or a ne cio. There was nothing to indicate ,hc cause of death, whether sunstroke ir whether he had been "beating" his vay uri.a tiain and lind fallen ol?. They (Cheated. Thc Charleston county board of ?ducat iou has thrown out the ex imination papers of thirty negro men ind women who sought to bc teach ers in tho publie schools because, as ?/he .board alleges, the applicant.' 'cheated" in thc preparation of theil papers. The exam i nation was held Slay 2S}nd and tlic hoard has Just an ?ounccd that .certificates will bc re 'used to thirty ol' the thirty-live ap plicants for tho reason assigned. Jounty Superintendent of Educatior Uiligan said that he saw the irregu arities being practiced and warncc ,ho applicants that their papers woulc ic thrown out if they did not desist hit this warning had no effect. Knighthood St.ill in Flower. Chivalry still lives, and its home s in the mountains of North Caro ina. On Quaker mountain the other lay a neighborhood quarrel r?sult?e n a pitched battle. In thc midst ol ?he hostilities a picnic party abpearct noving along thc road that separated ?he enemies. As soon us thc lighten ?aw thc pin Ickers one of them called mt. "Hoys.-stop'shooting until tliest ?oung ladies ann yc.iw?uiv,,, y?w-:i~Aj ?nee the Tiring ceased 'un? tuu ry?Qnj ?dics and gehtlem passed in safety Jould there have been finer chivalry ven in the days when knighthood,.wa.1 n (lower?_ A Strenuous Game. Baseball is a little more strenuous ir ?eorgia than elsewhere. A dispatch rom Atlanta gives an account of i ;ame between rival negro teams neat .hat city in whioh a base runner wa hot In the act of attempting a "slide.1 Ic .was carried to one side and tin ?ame proceeded, the wounded man dy ng before thc finish. When the seor vas tied in tlic last inning the u ni pi r nade a decision which caused idm t )e killed in his tracks. Thc murderer escaped and thc team for which the nade the gun play ls gallantly pullin or thc pennant. Two Night? in TlKhtH. . Miss Morchee Hall, a beau ti ft ruling woman of Memphis, Tenn las quit elie stage after two night n tights. She has more than a loci 'cputation us a singer, and signed contract with thc Lyceum Opera con winy at thc Lyceum theatre for tl airamer, but has broken her contrac >riss Hall gave as her reason that sh lad discovered that things were at ,vhat they seemed behind the foo Ight. She alleged that the actressi lrank, smoked and swore and tin i wo days' association with them ! llsgustcd her thjjjb she quit. ----^-_ (?relit Invention. A Moscow dentist has invented asy lem whereby false teeth can he mai Lo grow into the gums as firmly natural ones. After a few months' u it is just as hard to extract them as ls to dislodge, the genuine molar, ma un the premises. Soon, possibly, tl Looth grafting Moscovite will nellie*, tiiggests, The London Globe, the g liest height to which the dentist c ipjir, the manufacture of false tee Lhat ache. A Runaway Horne. A runaway horse created intel excitement in C. F. Jones & Ct itorc in Anderson recently. The a Ima! became frightened from soi :ause, broke loose from its fastenlr in the rear of thc storo-of H. G. Joli ?in it Son, dashed through this stt ind then across the street. It ran u light of steps and through a par ipen door into the rear room of Joi store, which was occupied by the dr making department. Hillen hy ii Snake. A dispatch from Cliestertield st Wednesday morning Mrs. Pani Punderhtirk, wife of the Rev. It. lAindcrhurk, while reaching in :i li rel of meal in a barn to get some tier cow, was bitten by a rattlcshr pilit. Medical aid was summoned a Mrs. Punderburk is now getting alt very well, but she has .sul?ercd a nies._ Northern Outragea. Tlic Memphis Commcrclal-App makes a formidable presentation "northern outrages" against the ne luring thc last three months. In eases attempts, more or lesssuccessl tia ve been made by mobs to hang ? burn negroes in the States of India Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ol Pennsylvania, Delaware and Mlssot Don't. Wuut Them. Almost unanimous opinion of i ihimni of Charleston college ls aga! the admission of girls and thc facu Including President Randolph, apposed. There is littlo hope, tin fore, for coeducation. WASHINGTON SPEAKS. Great Negro Educator Delivers Ad dress in Louisville. A dispatch from Louisville- Friday night says: Before au immense au dience Hooker T. Washington, head of the Tuskegee Institute, delivered an address. Ile said that recent re grettable events in connection with the race question went to show that thc lynch law is not confined to any one section of the country. These events, he said tend to simplify the raie problem hy making it national, lie appealed tb thc negro to he calm and to exercise self control. ' - ~~~~ Among the other speakers was W. II. Lewis, assistant district attorney of "Massachusetts, who .was appointed several months ago hy President ltoose volt. Principal Westlington said in part: "In the present season of anxiety and almost ol' despair, which possesses an element of the race, there are. two things I wish lo say as strongly as 1 may: Kirst. Let no man of thc race be come, discouraged or hopeless; There are in this country, North and Smith, men who mean to see that justice ls ineted out to the race. Such a man is .Judge Jones of Alabama, to whom more credit should he given for blott ing out thc infamous system of peon age than to any other man. "Second. Let us keep before us the fact that, almost without exception every rece or nation that has ever got upon its feet has done so through struggle and trials and persecution. "Nu one should seek to close Iiis eyes to the fact that the race is pass ing through a very serious and trying period of its development, a period that calls for the use of our ripest thought and sober Judgment. "Let nothing lead us into extremes of utterance or action, lt is, In tim long run, th ? race or tho individual I that exercises the most patience, for- ' bearance and self-control ni thc midst ' of trying conditions that wins its 1 cause. Let nothing induce us to de- ' scend to the level of thc mob. In ad- ( vocatlng this policy I ara not asking ? that the negro act the coward; we are \ not cowards. The part we have 1 played in defending the Hag of our 1 country ls sulliclent evidence of our ! courage. 1 "The outbreaks of the mob empha size two lessons, one for pur race and ! one for the other citizens of our coun try, south and north; for it is to he noted that thc work of itlic lynchers.is ' not con lined to one section - of the ' country. Thc lesson for us is that we 1 should sec'to it that so far as inlluence 1 of parent, school or.pulpit is concerj?cd no effort be spared to impress on our ^-?..pcopie^tmat-- Idlcni^iirid^rimfc ! should eeu.se. Wo^lmhld-ictr-tire-worl? " kndw on all proper occasions that we consider no legal punishment too severe for the w retch of any rat?e who ' attempts to outrage a woman. "The lesson for the other portion of the nation th learn is that both in the . making and in tlic execution the same ; law should be made to apply to the negro as to the white mun. 1 "There should be meted but equal ( justice tb the black man and thc ( white nian. Whenever the nation for- ( gets, or is-tempted to forget, its basis ? principle, the whole fabric of govern- i ment for both thc white man and the ( black man is threatened with destruc- j tion. This is true whether it relates ; to conditions in Texas, iii InTliana- or Vj Delaware. It i's with a nation as witli < an individual whatever-we sow, that i shall we also reap. If we sow crime we j shall reap lawlessness. Shot His Utv.nl. ( Because Edward May, went to see a young lady near thc mouth. of Mig Ugly Creek, in Lincoln County, W..Va., he got thc enmity of Beamer Adkins, of the neighborhood, who wanted him to ecase visiting tho girl. Hejweiit Thursday evening to see the young lady and was followed by Ad kins who ran him oil the premises with a big revolver, shooting him in the right side above tlic hip, probably ? fatally. Adkins is in "jail "afc; Hamlin, and the young lady Is prostrated over the affair, Adkins wa? rejected by the girl some time since, when- he- made threats, it is alleged, to kill any other suitor for her hand. A Good- WAY In Norway drunlccnnessjif- punished, by Imprisonment. 'As soon,as a mai) is incarcerated the delinquent has a-loaf and wine morning and evening. The bread is served in a wooden howl full of wine, MI which it has been soaked for an hour. The lirst flay the drunk ard swallows lils allowance willing enough. The second day it seem less pleasing. At the end of eight or ten days prisoners lui ve been known to obsta i ii altogether from tlic food thus pitilessly presented. This course of treatment finished; the drunkard, ex cept in- rare Instances, is radically cured. Killed by" Tornado: ? Eight person arc known to have been killed in a tornado which swept Jackson County, Minn., Thursday evening. ' The dead are Mrs. Jos. Kritzcr and two children of Heron Lake, Daniel, Ella and Nettie Gallag her, of Wilder, Minn., and two unir dentiiied men. Tlic storm first struck four miles northwest of Wilder, then turned eastward, laying bare a strip forty rods wide and twelve miles long. Tim damage to farm buildings is heavy. A Thousand Mon Killed. Dispatch from London says the war olllee today received a dispatch from Col. Rochfort, one of thc. British olllcers serving with the Adyssinian forces in Somalililand, which says thc Abyssinians, May ?ll.after a series of forced marches, struck thc Mad Mul lah's forces near Jeyd, surprising them at dawn and killing 1,000 spearmen and capturing almost all their cattle and sheep and 1,000 camels. l ar Dotter Schools. Greenville voted on Tuesday by 271 to :i4 to issue 820,000 In bonds for im provements in thc city school facili ties. A handsome new building ls tobe erected and repairs will bc made on thc present buildings. ?WP?L CALAMITY. The Worst Disaster Ever Occurred in i the History of Yoming. OVER TWO HUNDRED KILLED A Terrille Implosion "in a Mine of I<?irc Dump. Shut Them i Up lillee Rut? lu n Trnp. allanna,, Wyoming, was the scene Tuesday of .a terrible disaster-the worst in the history of Wyoming-at 1.30 a. m., when an explosion of lire damp in minc No. 1 ot .thc-Union Pu eilio Uo?tl company snubed out thc lives of 234 men, injured scores or others and caused the destruction of a vast funount of property. Thc mine was not iircd, as was stated in thc earlier reports, but tho explosion was terri Mo juid completely shattered tho timbers of the main shalt and numerous entrances, tilling tile working pit with debris, and those of the miners that were not killed out right by the explosion were buried alive. The explosion was heard for many miles arouud and attracted peo ple from the adjoining settlements, litige timbers and raiilroad iron were hurled 300 reet from thc mouth of the shalt. Supt. li. S. Brooksand a large force of men began the work of remov ing the debris hom the shaft, that they might reach the entombed miners. Their progress into the mine was blocked by the foul glasses and several times they were forced to re turn to the surface. All day thc rescuing party worked, the force being increased from time to time by the arrivai of ranchmen and tithers from nearby settlements and hy those of a rcbef train sent out from Rawlins, which arrived at 2 j'clock in thc afternoon. About 1 j'clock Tuesday afternoon four men . ?vere taken out alive and a half hour ater they were followed by 42 others. Many were unconscious and had to be carried from the workings. Several ire in a serious condition, but it is believed all will recover. Two hundred and eighty-two men -. went down in the mine at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning and up to a late liour Wednesday night only 48 have been accounted for. Of this number two are dead. .Tt was some time after the explosion'1 occurred that the lirst man was brought to tlio sutface. Ile was followed by others until 1 o'clock when thc last of thc 48 was brought jut. Tho -rescuers ,were unable to was'ticcessiry to ^nakc~iinother'"open ing to permit fresh air to reach the lower levels. Horses and scrapers were put afc work hauling debris away from the shaft. The work ls progressing slow ly, owing to tho narrow space in which the rescuers arc compelled to operate, but by daylight the mines should be opened sutllciently to permit of deep sxplorations and the rescue of ? the lead bodies. Late Wednesday night i party of rescuers reached four mules bli at were al i ve and this caused renew ed hope. It is a faint bopc, however, Cor experienced mine bosses and miners say that when the imprisoned men are reached, all will be found lead. Sonic of the miners who cscap ed-say they saw 20 dead bodies In snlry No. 17. They reported that many of the men were crazed by the explosion and ran hither and thither in the mine. Many of these could have escaped but they lay down buried their faces in their hands and gave up. the tight. Of the 234 dead about 175 ' were married and leave large families. About 100 were Philanders, 50 were colored and the rest were Americans. Thc Hanna mines are among the best on thc Union Pacitic system, be ing established In 1878. Thc town was named for Senator Mark Hanna .when he was a member or the Union Pacific Coal company. Mine No 1. is practically a new property, lt has 2U entries, ,15 miles ol' workings and a main incline shaft or one and one-half miles in length. The mine bas been recognized as a dangerous property for some time on account of the large amount of gas, but the system of ventilation has been so good that au accident was not anticipated. Katen By Hoys. Cynthia Johnson, an aged widow, who lived near Kinnison, Indian Ter ritory, was attacked by an unknown party with a club Thursday night and beaten almost to death. Thc unknown mau shot her twice and she tell dead. Ile left the house and is hiding in the brush and is astillatlarge. Mrs. John son was a widow of some means and money was round in lier homo un molested. She had a son and daughter who resided with her, but they were away at thc time or the killing and when tho daughter, who came home lirst, arrived at the gate she round their mother dead lu the yard. Hogs lind' attacked her and had eaten ber corpse until it was beyond recognition. h'nrmcrs Combine. The North Louisiana Cotton Plan ter's Association, at its meeting at Shreveport last week, adopted thc following, lt is further stipulated, agreed and understood by the parties to this organization that all thc cot ton seed raised or controlled by thc members of this association during tile season of 1003 and 1904 shall be disposed of by or under thc sanction and supervision of the executive coun cil of said association. Killed in Church. Lightning struck the Presbyterian Church at New Concord, Ohio, during children's service and a panic ensued. A. II. Alexander was killed, lils body being thrown some distance. Shoes were torn from tho feet of C. L. Alli son and his clothes were badly torn, and he was rendered unconscious. Miss Rose Paden was also rendered In sensible, as well as Miss Mary Alex ander, daughter of the mau killed.