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? ??DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR S?ULS AND ifc/YKE OUR LIVES IX THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR p.UR^EATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE.? YOI,. BENNETTS VILLE, S. a, FRIDAY, JULY .24, 1908. ?'.V. <' ,7?:-L.?"i' NO. 37 ANOTHER TRAGEDY. A White Man Shot by a Negro With H?B Own Gun. TWO NEGROES WERE KILLED Hy Way of*Retaliation, ami tito Rest el'I lie Negroes Aro Afraid to Go Near Tlie Place. A special dispatch to Thc State from Batesburg says news lias just readied there that Willie Hall, ? young white man living eight miles south ot this "place, just over thc Aiken county linc, was killed Wednesday afternoon by a negro, George Edwards. Hall kept a country store and was postmaster at Chinquapin, in Aiken county. The killing was on the Lexington side, one mile from Hall's home. The negro was in thc house of Lewis Head, another negro, and Hall was in the yard. Edwards used a single barreled shot gun, and after tiring on Willie he assaulted Judson Hall, a younger brother, and would navet killed him had not others prevented. Md wards escaped to the swamp nearby, blood hounds have been wired for and much excitement prevails. Another dispatch to Thc State says .only meagre particulars can be gather .ed from thc tragedy. Persons coming ?to twon for a collin for Hall Thursday ?morning said the parties bad had an old trouble that was renewed Wednes day morning at Hall's store, thc negro firing off a gun and acting defiantly. After that Hall and his brother, Jud son, went a mile or so over in Lexing ton and came up willi Edwards in the house of Lewis Head, colored. The Halls had each a single-barreled breech loader. They got between the negro and his gun, and a colored woman ran lu be tween the parties, and thc negro reached around lier and jerked Wilie's gun, and turning it on its owner tired, shooting him through the heart and killing him instantly. He then sprang at the younger Hall and a tierce strug gle ensued for the possession of Jud son's gun. Edwards dragged young Hall and beat and kicked bim. but the ?latter held on to his weapon till the >ncgro left and Hall ran oil for help. . Ymn>grUudjQ;n Hall, seeing thc clothes ;',pf .hls brother'on'firVj thus showing the olese quarters of the par tl c$ at the DUmeoLl'^ to. t.bivAv xyater^m.hira J.o ,puti Jt/out.' I a?t? a )?-?>'<- * ".,vaV'kiUeilVy a negfo'i' in-LihtpUjv.- >. 'pce-jbhat^tiinc no ne groes havrr bcen allowed .Iii Linton. Oil Monday the Wallace circus was hilled in that town and the manage ment was warned in advance that the (55 negroes connected with the show sbQpId not bc brought to Lenton, so the negroes were taken to a town six miles south of Linton and left while the circus went on. A crowd met the train and several hundred men in spected thc ou'tllt to see that there were no negroes along. Special coaches were sent for the negroes left behind ?ind this train was run up to Linton at night when the circus was ready to leave and as the train passed through the town the negroes crouch ed behind the seats to avoid danger. This mode of traveling in a northern State isa little worse than thc Jim Crow cars down south, isn't itv Assault on Negro (Slid. At Charleston Dan Sumtcrs, a negro criminal, was arrested Tuesday morn ing of the charge ol' rape and commit ted to jail without bail. Thc crime was committed on Victoria Grant, a D>-years-old girl of his own race. Another negro, whose name is un known, is implicated in the crime. The girl'allegcs that Sumter anti an other negro, whose name she does not know, forced their way into her room Tuesday morning about 2:'I0 o'clock and ravished lier, one holding lier in turn while the other committed crimi nal assoit upon her. She made an out cry, when Sumter drew a knife and stabbed lier In Hie thigh. Molli made their escape, but Sumter was arrested by the police several hours afterwards. Save tjio Hird-. The State says: "The first ease un der the new game law in Virginia came up in the Richmond police the other day when Hie oliendo r was lined two dollars for capturing two birds. This was the minimum line hut the justice declared thal next time lie would give tho offender thc limit. Wc would like to see some such regulation as ibis on our South Carolina statute books and to see il strictly enforced. If there is now such a law il is not enforced. An instance came under our obscavation recently when two of these matchless songsters were sold fur Iii) cents in this city." To which we add our endorse ment. I'uid UK; Penalty. A special dispatch lo the Augusta Chronicle says after having been chased through seven county among the swamps of the A llamaba and Hie Ocmulgee by a posse ol' detenu i ned farmers, Md Claus, who assn tilted Miss Johnson, til Darien Junction, (?a. last / week, was caught while asleep, and f: quickly sent to his doom by the limb. The negro begged piteously for his life but thc members of the posse, all friends of his victim, paid no heed td his pleadings. I le was swung from a limb and his body riddled willi bullets. A New Keniody. Thc bee.sting ns a cure for rheuma tism has received serious medical en dorsement. Dr. 1'erc of Warburg, Germany, has announced thal lie lias proven the elllcacy of Hie treatment in ftOO cases, and has cured thc most obstinate and painful rheumatism. When the sufferer from rheumatism ls stung. Hie part does not swell until the bee poison lias been frequently in troduced, when thc pain vanishes. Dr. Herc cause I his patients to bc stung ?il Hist by a few bees, ?ind then gradually increases thc number. THE NEGRO MUST GO. i Ti mt ls tho Moimi UK of t ho Knee War in Indiana. It is a common error for negroes in the South to believe that their best friends arc at the North, and that no matter what they did down this way to the white people would he endorsed bv the white people of thc North. For the benellt of this class of ne groes we publish the extracts from Northern papers. In speaking of the race trouble in Indiana the New York i I crald says: "lt has remained Tor a Northern State tu institute a crusade mrainst thc* negro race. Tho sporadic cases or peonage brought to light in Ala bama-and which ber own citizens, grand juries and judges are denounc ing and punishing-are of trail ng significance compared with the out rages and deliberate cruelties reported in our dispatches from Indiana. Droves of inoffensive negroes driven from their homes in Evansville are making their way to towns in the southern part of the State, pleading for work and shelter. These desti tute and unfortunate refugees are met outside the towns and villages by "committee" which turn them away with threats of violence. In plates where laborers are urgently needed and men of any kind with white skins would be gladly employed, the pleadings of these starving black men for a chance to toll are brutally re jected. lt ls Incredible that civilized communities living under the stripes should be so inhuman, and we arc forced to thc conclusion that thc "committees" are constituted hythe more ignorant and turbulent element In thc population of the places from which t hese homeless wanderers are driven away." FOOLED THEM. /V Sii PIM >H eil CorOHO Itu UH Auw ay AB Jury Writes Verdict. Henry Hines, Charles ton, S. C. who several days ago was declared to have treen murdered by a negro named Ish mael, is today a well man and In per fect condition, with the exception of a scar in his head iutlicted with a brick in tlje bands ?if Ishmael. Hines came-'to. life while the coroner -was busy inquiring into, the cause .of.dita d^ath_;,aud juinpei] the Jnquest. . ; ..^..oVt'-'aipicnie'-niveh. tit Red?ej" S. 'Civ scvor'alidajs: :?'g'o'il l'a:i''s" '\vtus\strucV. iii wboiwas; prom p'tlyi.:lir.r?strjU.a^<-^,r.?c.uJ hi jail-un t he charge of murder. Coro ner Dolliv?r was summoned, and ar rangements were made for holding the inquest. A jury was sworn, and after viewing the body it was removed un der a clump of bushes to protect it from thc sun. The jury repaired a short distance away under the shade of a large oak, there to hear the testi mony. Several witnesses were ex amined, all of whom tcstiiied that Hines was struck in the head with a brick or rock by Ishmael. While the jury was writing the inquest Hines came to life, the blow having stunned him, and he decamped without giving an explanation to the coroner or the jury that declared him dead otllcially. When thc coroner discovered that his corpse had disappeared there was great consternation and surprise. Many believed that Hines' body had been carried into a swamp near by by ii large alligator. Thc mystery was explained thc following day when Hines called at the coroner's oilicc ind told him that while he and his jury were declaring him dead he was busy coming to life. Ishmael was released from prison when the facts became known, much to his delight. Spectacular Suicide. A dispatch from Georgetown to The State says: "A negro man committed suicido Thursday by jumping off the [lock into the river. ?Ie was probably intoxicated or insane, but the method lind time selected by him for drowning himself made the deed rather spec tacular. A steamer load of negro ex cursionists was just leaving the dock when this man, who held a walking stick in his hand, was seen to leap in to tile river. He apparently made no ittcmpt to swim, but rose three limes, each time brandishing thc cane iii the air, as if saluting some one un Hie steamer. At length he disappear ;d, but for a full minute afterwards Lhe entl of t hc cane was raised above Lhe surface. Men in a boat reached ihe spot where the negro sank too atc to save him, and his body has not] ,'et been found. Rastalinre Terminal Sold. The East Shore Terminal and the Commercial Compress and Wharr property in Charleston were sold Tues lay by the order of the United States siren it court to satisfy mortgages of Bl,,'100,000 and $22,78L respectively. 1 .?c property was bought in by President ll'. G. Erwin, til' the Anthe Joast Line and general Counsel Fair fax Harrison of the Soutlierh railway, is joint tenants in common. There was only one bid on both properties, Lids being made by Mr. Harrison. Thc properties were bought at the up ?ct prices. $f>0,000 and *ii0,0U0, re tentively, which is extremely cheap. At thc sale were attorneys and int r istcd railroad men. Thc sale was made by Capt. .lamas F. Uedding, iction for Special Master W. E. Huger. The sale was confirmed by ?rder of the court immediately after Lhe sale. Bribe Taker Convicted. At St. Louis, Mo., the jury in thc ?ase of Julius Lehmann, former mem ber nf the I louse of delegates, charged vitli bribery in connection with thc lassage of thc city lighting bill, re turned a verdict Wednesday aftrnoon ?tiding the defendant guilty. His >u nish mon t was tixed at seven years in lie penitentiary, the maximum ninishinent under the law for thc ?rime of which he was convicted. It Look the jury just seven minutes in .vhieh to reac'i its verdict. SLAIN BY A MOB. Citizens Lynch the Man in Whose Yard Hall Was Killed. A SEQUEL OF THAT MUP.DER. Hoad Was in Conspiracy to Murder Hull. Details of the Latest Appenl tu Judge Lynch. Thc Batesburg correspondent of The State says just across the line Iii Aiken county Willie ITall was burled Thursday morning in Mountable churchyard. ' Not two miles away lies the dead body of Dennis Head, a ne gro, shot to death in sight of his home. Your correspondent visited the scenes of the recent tragedies Friday, going first to the Inline of Dannis Head, col ored, where the Hall murder, was com mitted. Tlie house, a tiny big cabin, stands on a hill in tile middle of a cornlicld, and in the door, gizlng out into thc west, sat an old negro woman, wizened in years, the mother of Den nis Head. Near lier un a bench was ail aged man, lier iiusband. He is so ?.ld that he sits in a half stupor and cannot answer any questions put to him. Elsie Head, thc sister of pennis Head, a negro girl of about 25 years, told The State re presen tativr Friday of thc killing or Willie Hall, giving in substance thc same account as already pr?nLc?i in I Ju* .Stt'ttrC* THIS MU RD Blt OF Ii ALL. It seems that George Edwards, a negro came Into the store of the Halls on Wednesday afternoon and asked Willie Hall to exchange some tobacco tags which he had for a small present of some kind. There had been feel ing between the negro aud Hall for some time on account of a previous dispute concerning a purchase In thc store. The negro carried a shotgun and looking at it, Hall said: "You have got that gun.for me." Thc ne uro made some surly reply and going out of the store halted on the bridge and tired a shot in thc air. Ile then left the sceue. going to the home of Dennis Head, in Lexington county, about three-quarters of a mile away. Not long afterwards, so Judson Hall him self told your correspondent Friday, he and his brother loaded their shot gui.sand followed the negro intend ing to whip ,himvand teaoVTiim, a lesson. Arriving at the horae'V ??: Dennis^ nead they found Edwards seated;':jtistjnside the-door. Both men leveled the irguns at him.and, as they. ehtei:(;d'tho dibu.'ie^Ehiie'tjlead; muzzle iand .a terrlffe struggle ensued in which i the negro carlured the weapon, and turning, 's???t nls assail ant through the aU'ccnen. The wounded man cried: "I am shot," and half fell, half walked down the steps into thc yard, where he expired in a few minutes. Edwards rushed,at Jud son Hall, the younger brother, and tried to wrest his shotgun from him, but Elsie Head assisted the white man In thc struggle and finally thc negro looked Hall In the eye and said: "Let rae go; I won't shoot you." Judson Hall took the gun, and, examining it, said it was not loaded, so he says. In some way Edwards gained possession of lt and ran across tine fields un molested because his opponent was physiclally exhausted. Thc coroner was summoned and viewed the body of Hall, but the in quest was nut held until Friday morn ing, when a verdict was rendered say ing that Edwards had committed the crime. Thc same afternoon Butler Fox, a resldcut of Batesburg, bought a number of shotgun shells aud some rltlcs in the town, saying that his "partner" had beca killed, and that other men were in danger. DENNIS HEAD KILLED. Soon after the moon rose the same night Dennis Head, a negro living in Aiken perhaps a mile and a half across the county line, was called to his door by a number of white men who asked fora drink of water. As he opened the door one of the men clutched him by the wrist saying: "You are under arrest," and carrying him into the road a few hundred yards away. His wife tells the rest of the story, for strange though it may seem, no one else could be found who could or would tell anything about Head's killing. Jesse Butler, a negro of 18 years, went with Head Into the road, says his wife, but soon ran back cry ing that he had been cruelly beaten. Shots were heard Immediately after wards and the men left the scene. One of the women ran out Into the road and stumbled over the body of Head. She threw her arms around his neck and he muttered some inco herent phrase. The woman was ter rified by thc crime and ran away leav ing the dying man. His body was not removed until Thursday morning, and Friday afternoon it was lying on tlie porch of the cabin covered by a sheet, and silicide 1 from tlie sun by a few quilts hung on a chair. A negro sat near and waved a leafy bongil to keep away the incessant swarm of Hies, thc while crooning a plaintive song. The mau was shot through the left side of thc stomach and must have died in agony. Clara Head, his wile, said that Butler believed that there were three men in the party and that Head was tied while they were whipping the smaller boy. In the road lay a harness strap tied into a knot, tlie negro's hat, buggy whip broken Lo pieces, and a shot gilli shell from a 12-horc gun. Head's body was still lying on his porch Friday night, awaiting the coroner. In thc house at the time of thc crime were two ne gro women, four children and the two men. FI HST "* KILLINO PLANNED. Judson Hall, a brother of thc dead man, told a gentleman ol' Batesburg that Dennis Head, Lonney Johnson and George Edwards had planned the killing of his brother long before it was consummated, but this story is not generally credited. However, it shows that there was enmity against Bead hythe Halls. Butler Fox also spoke In violent terms of Lonney Johnpon und said- that tho crowd wished to catch him. It ls highly probably that Johnson, if oaught, may suffer tho extreme penalty.. A peculiar fact was developed at the coroner's inquest Thursday when Jud son Hall testified that in the struggle that occurred in the houso where his brother was killed that his own gun was discharged. Ho says that he does not know how it occurred, It is pos sible that ho himself unwillingly may have been the author of his brother's death. The negroes In tho outlying districts are terrified by the recent oc currences but are not leavlug the county. They refuse to say anv iling about the crime and, the white man are equally as retlcient. The best people of Matesburg itself deplore the killing of Head he u tily, but ridicule the idea of a race war. It is thought by many people that blind tiger whiskey played a promi nent part in thc hom leide. Thescene of thc crimes is in thc heart of thc sandhills in a lonely and unpopulated section. Mr. J: lt. T. Major drove with your correspondent through the portion of tlw two counties where the homicide occurred. Sheri IT Alderman of Aiken county come to thc county line Friday and will probably take active step to lind the men who killed Hoad. There are no fears of further trouble hare Friday night and steps will be taken immediately through thc governor and tlie proper authorites to deter mine who are the guilty parties. ANOTHER ACCOUNT Which (Jives a Diff?rent i.i^ot tu thc Affair. The State correspondent at Aiken says he drove out to the scene of the Hall murder Thursday night. The published reports so fur are correct. Willie Hall was a mun about ?Kl years old and was a quiet, inoffeusive young citizen. Tlie winde family are good, law-abiding people, and although they had all been warned repeatedly of tlie negro, George Edwards, they had merely asked him sevoral times to keep away from their premises. From what can bc loamed in the neighbor hood, Willie Hall had ample provoca tion to punish Edwards severely sev oral times, but had not desired trou ble, and only asked to be let along. Young Judson Hall is only 20 ' years; old and would, without doubt, have been killed also had it not been for the intervention of the colored woman , Hilsey Head. As it is, he is b^diwj. Jgeaten up in the face and Breast;?]/ Thursday about 1 a. m., a posse in'' search of "George Edwards wentto[tile house of Dennis Head, a known palpl were told that nb harm was int?h?ed and if they would keep quiet the white men would search the house and leu ve them alone. As a precaution against treachery, Head was bound and plac ed in a buggy. Head asked thc men to let the boy bring out his clothes so that he could dress. The men allowed the boy to go into the house to get the clothes and when he came back they told him to toss the bundle to Head in tlie buggy. The boy did so, and the bundle struck .the wheel and a revolver fell out. As soon as the boy saw that his plan had miscarried he drew a pistol and lired point blank at one of the white men. The men shot him to pieces and then killed Head, who had tumbled out of the buggy and was trying to reach his pistol on the ground. There is a party now out searching the swamps for George Edwards and if he ls caught he will be lynched. A HAD FELLOW. Magistrate Shealy of Lexington county held thc iuqucst over Willie Hall's body on Thursday and the jury brought in the usual verdict in such cases, viz: "William Hall was killed by a gunshot wound at the hands of George Edwards." The report was current in Aiken Friday that there was a small race riot on at Chinquapin. This report was given color by thc killing of the two negroes Thursday morning. Hut nothing of the kind is thecase. The ne groes in the section are quiet and are seemingly as grieved at the killing of Mr. Hall as the white people are. The negro Edwards was a terror to the community, being an impudent, lazy .scoundrel nf the bully type, and it is only a surprise that he was allowed to gu as far as he did. Ile is a very black, thick set, powerful negro about 20 years old, has thick lips, Hat nose and white rolling eyes. Blood hounds have been ordered by thc community, and if nothing happens to prevent, Rd wards will lie caught and lynched. Mr. Hall's mother is prostrated, and it is hard for any law-abiding citizen to hear lier screams of anguish and then blame the people of thc community of desiring to avenge the ruthless breaking up of an old home stead and the shattering of an old mother's heart. Ho WllH Too ICU.MII. The Columbia State says: "Maj. Vurdaman, who is campaigning for governor in Mississippi on a platform of opposition to negro education, de clared when he started out "that if the negro could be found who had graduated at a college and subse quently worked in the lield he would eat him and without salt." Such a negro has been produced for i lie rna jor's dinner but at last accounts he has not even said grace. The major must bc one of those invincibles who declared before Fort Sumter was tired on that they would drink all the blood that would be spilled ina war between the States Dropped Dead. At Winninpeg, Mr.nltoba, P. M. Ar thur, grand chief engineer of thc Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, dropped dead Friday night willie speaking at the banquet closing the annual union convention of thc Brotherhood of Locomtlve Engineerr which has been in sesssion for the past few days. Mr. Arthur had just arisen to respond to a toast and repeated the words: "It may bc my parting words to many of you," when he fell ba' ward and expired a few minutes rJouiwards. A ?oigo Number of Casualties Fol lowing the Celebration OF THE NATION'S NATAL DAY. A }>eat|i PcnliiiK Toy That Should ; 1 lie Lcgiulutetl to Tile Shorten . ,. ol' Obsourity lu all State?. .?'rt . . ;T4ie Intilanapolis Journal says up to Wednesday reports from the eountry at large showed 28 deaths and 1,485 mutilations, many ol' which will prove ratal, from fourth of July celebrations. On'the Fourth of Juiy, 1902, ai per sons were killed and 2,(149 seriously Injured. The casualties increase ?vqrv year with tba growth of population arid; thc multiplication of dangerous devices for making noise. A large proportion of thc injured who do not diei'will be mutilated for life. In addi tion to personal accidents there is al ways a list of lires with kisses ag gregating several hundred thousand dollars caused by explosions and lire works. In view of these annual losses of lig and property and infliction of In juries and deformities for life, is lt not ; about time to inquire whether our manner or celebrating the Fourth should not be reformed? ls lt not a barbarous custom that leads us to identify patriotism with noise and to celebrate the nation's birthday by killing or maiming two or three thous and persons* every year? How long wiU-be before we get past the tlre craoker, the torpedo and the tom-tom stage pf-civilization that can lind no butter-, way celebrating Independence anti expressing patriotism than in the making of hideous noises and killing a Jj?/ire number of men and boys every yearby It is not only a very senseless 1 Sufuxffi but a very costly mode of 1 celebrating, that involves the annual l ?acHQco of so many lives. . ., THE INCUBASES. m^MwIng arc a few deaths that imye Vocurred since the above was irh'tted. .,- ? . Atv^pittsburg, Ta., six boys have 1 if?u'.ofVtearius zinc, all the victims of I l,,tf?jr't'h1 of July toy pistols. ^j^p"??ur,h Norwalk, Conn., Arthur < Dqiiuiugbarn, ^ aged 12 years, . is dead 1 if V'UijaWy resulting from injuries re- ?' icy j from sparks while tiring a toy 1 ?1 'Detroit, Mich., .lockjaw as a re . ..ry oiaimeu-?wcr more Los Wucii Israel ?gusbavetsz .md 3 rViUiam May died. ' 1 At Tthaco, N. Y.. Harry H. ' Hsuop, 13 years or tige, died of lock- s aw caused by a slight injury on the fourth of July through the exploding 1 d a.blank cartridge. $ Ab llarrisbu rg, Pa., f our deaths from J etanus of boys Tanging in age from 8 1 o ld years have occurred resulting jj rom slight injuries received on the . fourth of-July from toy pistols. At Cleveland, Ohio., Charles Hines lied of tetanus as a result of injury rom a toy pistol received on July 4. fTiis makes the eighth death there rom lockjaw since the Fourth of c uly. t At Philadelphia, Pa., two more j Icaths from tetanus as a result of in- ' uries received from toy pistols oe- 1 urred 'making a total of seven death * rom this dreaded disease since the ' fourth ol' July. The victims tuday \ vere William Kar mci, aged 10 years, ' .ntl Harry Hanks, ti years o|d. J A Dritte by Nature ' A dispatch from Gaffney to thc ( itate says Wednesday night about 12 ( 'clock Goldie Davis, who was drink- - ng at the time went to his room at , he Hampton boarding house near the \ lallney Manufacturing company and ( ound tho electric light globe gone. . le had previously broken two earlier ( u the night. Not being able to make , . light he went to the bed of V. M. ngram, who was sleeping and cursed , lim and then began cutting him with ] ils knife. Mr. ingram jumped out of ied and grubbed a chair to defend ilmself, when be was attacked by Vinner Davis, Goldie's brother. Both f the Davis boys made their escape. Mr. Ingram was painfully cut about he f?oe and neck. L)r. Settle myer rds called in and dressed the wounds. A warrant has been sworn out for he arrest of both of the Davis boys, t is supposed.that they went back to 'lorfh Carolina, they having come icre from Forest City about ten days go. _ Honoring WUHtlillgtOU. At London, longland, at a meeting f the executive committee of the 'ilgrims club Wednesday night a ommitte was appointed to give efTcct o the recent suggestion to erect a tatu? to George Washington in Lon lon. lt was decided that the sub criptions should be entirely conlined o British subjects. Archdeacon Sin lair, in submitting the plan to the ociety, said: "Englishmen have at tst fully recognized the irreat quai bl?s of Washington. 1 feel assured hat nothing will bc more popular in Iiis country than such a tribute to hat great man of lOngllsh hirth who ins done so much for the world's his ory, not only for t he young hatton cross the sea, but for Great Britain 8 well."' Archdeacon Sinclair ani lounccd that he was authorized to lier a place for tue statue in St. Paul's athcdral. Soldiers jFljrht. A special from Wilson, Arizona ays: a light lias occurred between the nen of 1 and M troops on one side nd C IO troops on the other, all of the ''ourteenth United States cavalary at lonita, three miles from Fort Grant Corporal Seidensticker of troops M vas fatally wounded in the groin and rumpctcr Davis, also of Troop M ras shot through both legs. Th? me vho did the shooting are unknown irescnt. Ono hundred shots were tired nd a house wrecked. About tlfty nen arc Implicated. PARDONS ASKED FOR. Ijiint Week Uovornor Ileyward Acted OH Several Application, I The Columbia State says Gov, Ijey ward bas declined to pardon Fannie Carson, the whito woman who in 18?5 was convicted of having participated in thc murder of her husband, and is how serving a life sentence in the penitentiary. The governor received from Spartanburg counky a mass of petitions containing the names of many who declared that they wanted to see thc woman pardoned. But there were reasons which the governor did pot care to express which made him stay his hand. Thc petitions, which were presented by W. Bi Dillingham o? Spartanburg, declaro that the woman, who was con victed in 1895, Is weak__of mind, and that at the time of the moder was un der tlie influence of Edward Green, who gained such power of her that he became master of her will, lt was also declared that she was not actual ly a participant in the crime. An other reason advanced is that sile should be at homd to aid in raising her children, who are being cared Tor by her father, a widower. lier health is said to be declinitui. After mature consideration the governor decided to let thc sentence stand. ANOTIIEH itepusKD. Another petition for pardon marked with the endorsementi ''refused" Wed' ncsday was that of Freston Jefferson, colored, of Sumter county, who was chai ged with the worst of all crimes. Tlie application was presented bj Mrs. A. K. Saunders. The petitions in support were strong, and many peo plc think that tho guilt was not cn ti roly lils. Investigation sh?wB that the application has been rejected about sl\- times, Jackson Alston, who ls serving a five-year sentence for manslaughter In Beaufort county, also failed to re coi ve the pardon asked for through Mr. W. S. TiJlinghast and others The petition was based on the excuse of "good behavior" and that others more criminal than himself had been pardoned. The presiding judge re fused to recommend that the pardon be granted. TIIKSK WERE MOUE VOUTUNATE Tony Brown and John McBride or Charleston were pardoned upon the _ request of thc "members of the Char- f| aston drainugo commission through a Mr. James Cogrpve. It was shown jhat these negroes are in thc last e itages of consumption and that they 0 ire of no service to the commission which is draining Charleston ' neck I ,vith the use of convict labor. Jacob; . Epps, - a .negro boy., of _\yil- ^ ''ear sentence for assault with criminal ^ ntent. Tlie reason why he was par loned Is that he, too, is lu thc last itages of-tubeiculosis. William Talley o? Greenville, who md been sentenced to pay a line of ilOOor to spend one year in jail, had c lis sentence commuted to one-half of hat term and of that amount. The )etitlon was presented by Mr. J. I. Sarle of Greenville. The negro has erved all of the term which the'com- C( nutation covered. ^ Rev. John Attaway Dead. Rev. John Attaway died last Tues- S( lay morning at 3 o'clock at his resl- '<j lenee In Williamston after several vecks' conllQcment to his room, dur- a ng which time he suffered greatly- ^ mt the same spirit of Christian re- t, ?ignation which had characterized his p ile was with him until the last mo- ? neut. Ile had been a minister of the 'c Methodist church for more than 40 Jj ,-ers and was kuown throughout thc v :ntiro State as a zealous, earnest and j? xmsecrat.ed man of God. The funeral c vas conducted by Rev. Samuel Lan- c 1er, D. D., assisted by Rev. A. J. a 3authen, Jr., and Rev. It. A. Child, a Wednesday afternoon in the William- Q iton Methodist church, after which, . ,he remains wore interred in the town n '.emetery in the presence of a largo gathering of friends and kindred of v ,hc-deceased. Besides a wife, several j ions and three daughters survive him, j ,hree or his sdus having been In the ? ictive ministry in the South Carolina t :onTerence of the Methodist Episcopal r mureil, smith. f Bonetlclurlen Appointed. Gov. Ileyward has appointed the f leneticiat les who will hold scholarships t n the South Ca roi I nhl Medical college \ it Charleston next year. Thc State I lays there were over 75 applicants and Jie governor acted only after very nature deliberation. Tlie applicants vere highly endorsed as to character md the recommendations of the successful applicants were such that Ie /he governor expects much of them. | 9 Thc appointees are: William Kershaw I'M-diburn, Walterboro, Colleton conn- R ,y, lirst congressional district; John y \. Necee. Munetta, Saluda county, 0 ecunci congressional district: John ?. e .iee, Hodges, Abbeville county, third t songressional district; Clifford A. Smith, Glenn Springs, Spartanburg tounty, fourth congressional district; l\ E. Wannamaker. Jr., Cheraw, Jhestcrllcld county, fifth oongression il district; Edward M. Allen, Florence, ?'lorcncc county, sixth congressional llstrlct; W. It. Bryant, Orangeburg, )range?iurg county, seventh congres1 ioual district. 1 Mule Did Him Up. Tlie Cherokee News says lt is report id at Gaffney that a negro living on iroad river was trying to kill his wife ast week. Ile cut at her several Mmes vlth his killie and was stooping down ,0 pick ip a rock to hit lier with vlicn his mule kicked him back of the lead and knocked him silly. Since /he blow on thc head the negro has >ecn crosseyed and foolish. His wife, vornan like, is nursing and walting on lim. Sambo might be able to run ivor Melinda, but he must keep out if the way of Baalim's heels. Allowed Unit. John G. Wham was granted hail in ,hc sum of 84,000 by Judge Dantzler ast Wednesday. Wham killed L. W. ilamage on July 9. Ferguson & featherstone and W. lt. Richey ap icared for Wham; Solicitor Seasc O. J. Schumpcrt.for thc State. 1 STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE. ?, Omoial Announcementr as tn tho Gathering at Glenison in August. The following circular has-been 1E Bued: j A farmers' Institute will b? held at Clemson Agricultural college, August 10th to 14, 19UU. All farmers who are Interested in farming operations of every kind and nature are cordially Invited to be present upon that occa sion. The railroads have offered re duced rates.* Clemson Agricultural collegers situated one mile from Cal houn station on the Southern railway and two miles from Cherry's station on the Blue llldge railway. Lodging will be given to all. farm ers and their wives free of charge in thc barracko of the college. Board will be had at thc rate of 50 cents a day, single meals 25 cenls. All per sons who avail themsctves of this free lodging must bring sheets, pillow sises and towels. The exercises will begin at 8 p. m., Monday, August Kith, and there will be daily exercises thereafter from 10 i. m., to 12.H0 p. m., to 4..'IO p. m.; 8 a.-m., to 10 p. m. . Tuesday-Meeting of the Agricultu ral und Mechanical society and discus ?lon of the subjects orought before it. Wednesday --Discussion of subjects elating to live stock and dairy inter ?sts. Thursday-Discussion of subjects .elating to horticulture. Friday-General session. Thc in itltutc will dose. Friday night. There will bc separate halls provided or business meetings. Besides lectures by members of the 'acuity of thc college a number of dis tinguished spoakcrs have accepted in citations'to lecture beforot.be insti nto. Among these may be mcntion :d Maj. Henry E. Alvord, chief of lairy division, U. S., department of igrioulture; Mr. John Hamilton, far ners' institute specialist of the U-S., lepartmcnt of agriculture; Mr. M. V. 'tiohards, land and industrial agent Or thc Southern Hallway company; 2ol. Ii. J. Redding, director of the ?eorgla experiment station; F. J. rlerriam, editor Southern Ruralist; Joh R. B. "Watson of thc State Agri ultural and Mechanical society. An hour each day an expert will dis uss thc subject of domestic science ur thc benefit of thc ladies who may ttend the farmers' Institute. Ample opportunities will bc afforded very one to visit and inspect all parts f the college and experiment station. R H. MELT,, President. . *Thc " Southeastern Passenger asso latlon has;gran ted a.'tilte.fln' aALrajl-?? !ire,''plii?t25''?ehi:s,^?:t??B.>. ^-cfl^ linlmum fare 50 cents. THE COURTS' DELAY auscil tho Ly ii eli i nu of n White Man In Kentucky. At Mayosvillc, Ky., enraged at the aurt's action, a mob broke into the 'lemingshurg jail Wednesday morn ?g and hanged William Thacker, a diite man, who had been given a life I jntence for the murder of John Gor- ! on, two years ago. . Thacker, in a quarrel with Gordon ,t Foxport, fought and killed l?h?,. hen sat on his body with a winches er In his hands while he smoked a | i pc.and dared any one to attempt to rrest him. At tho time Thacker | scaped, but later he was arrested and jdged in 'jail at Flemingsburg. Ucl ras given two trials and finally got a! ife sentence. Gordon was a good itizen. Thacker appealed to the| ourt of appeals and was waiting for nother trial. He had some money nd was able to command the support f some influential men, and it is eared he might have escaped punish ment altogether. H The mob colected at Mt. Carmel, /here Gordon once lived, and came | rito Flemingsburg by twos and throes, n order not to arouse suspicion. They I dvancedupon the jail shortly after oidhlght.* The jailer refused to sur ender the keys, but he was overpow red and the keys taken from lil ni. thacker was hurled to a tree near the ail and given two minutes to say- his ?rayers, which he refused to do, but leged fordifc. To hush his cries he vas blt on the head wlth a rock and lis unconscious, body was strung up int il life had become extinct.. Tho Law's Delny. Here Is a story condensed from the | ur rent issue .of Harper's Weekly: Phcrc is now at" large in fche State of delaware and enjoying freedom a ne ro named Neal, who twenty-four) ears ago committed a criminal assault | na white woman and then attempt d to hide that crime by murdering he woman. Antony Higgins, former Jolted States Senator and now a lead ng Republican politician of Delaware, ms Neal's counsel and managed to btain his freedom and escape from ny kind of punishment for his double rime on. a technicality, after his lient had been three time sentenced o death. Harper's Weekly gives the ?lets more in detail and drclares. that] ut for the memory of Neal's case the egro White would not have been urjicd at thc stake in Wilmington lie .other day. Thc law's delays are esponsihle for much of thc lynch law ii the country, for the paople have a ray of remembering these things. An II? I y Cri tuc. Hon. James L. Shelton, cx-mcmbcrl f thc assembly from Louis county nd a resident of Richmond, Va., was] ttacked by negroes and beaten into | tisenslbillty, while walking in thc1 :rounds of the Hermitage Golf club, n thc western suburbs ef the city, ri th a young lady, a nurs^ in one of | he hospitals, Friday night. It is re torted that the young lady was drag red into an adjoining Held and felon ously assisted, but so far this, looks | onfirmatioii. It is authoritatively tated that thc negroes did not ac ompllsh their purpose on the youtift tidy. Hearly Halt of the Inmates Convicted of Crimes Against tho Peace. SEVEN HUNDRED CONVICTS. Largo Percentage Hoen Convicted of .*'.?. Murder, Tboro Hoing lOO of-That Class bast Year. .Ot thc-710 convicts In the State ' prison 339 have been .convicted of. crimes of violence. This statement ' will indeed bo surprising-that over 15 por cent, of the prisoners In the peni tentiary are being punished for mur der, manslaughter and assault-arid battery. Not all of the convictions have been made on such charges, how ever, for on thc county chaiugangs there arc fewer prisoners who are pay-, lng the penalty of violations of the, peace of the commonwealth. The fol-5 lowing statement shows the number of convicts in the prison and the? crimes which tiley commited: Manslaughter.108. Murder.170 Rape_. 30 Larceny from the person. 3 Housebreaking.. 1, Grand larceny. 13 Larceny bf bicyle. 7 Throwing missile at train. ..... 2 Obstructing railroad. 7 Burglary..-..20 Housebreaking and larceny.05" Bigamy. .... 3 Forgery.... .. 7 Housebreaking and com. larceny.. 1 Shooting In car." 1 Larceny....'.. ... 30 Carbreakiug aud larceny_: ._ 17' Larceny of li ve stock. 15. Burglary and larceny of live stock. 1 Assault and battery with intent to rape. 28 Assault and-battery with intent to kill..31; Assault and battery. 2" Breach of trust. 2 Obtaining goods under false pre tense .1" Housebreaking In night time. 1 ? Receiving stolen goods. i; Burglary and.larceny . 85 Accessory to murder. 2 Burglary and attempt to ravish... 3 Violating dispensary law. 1 Highway robbery.15 House burning. . 2 Arson. . 42' Crimes against morality.._.... 3. ?.T?U? ..,vv. .710 [ The roport of tho attorney. . general-!: for last year.'sh.qv?s. th?b.pf the . 1,731 ' casiW'f't.rirfA tJ\pi-2i : wth'-lV-'Ofa..:c^?n^fei? were 353 cases of violation . of " the ? ' peace. The solicitors' reporta show .the /.. following results in murder : trials::. First circuit, convicted 18, acquitted;5 19; Second circuit, convicted 13, ac quitted 27; Third circuit, convicted 7, acquitted 9; Eourth circuit, convicted 9, acquitted 4; Fifth circuit, convict ed 4, acquitted ll; Sixth circuit, con victed 22, acquitted 10; Seventh cir cuit, convicted 12, acquitted 7; Eighth circuit, convicted 1?, acquittal 14. Total, convicted .101; acquitted 102. The number of conviction this year shows an increase over last year, lt is generally stated.-The State. NORTH IS LIKE THE SOUTH. Kew .York and New Jersey People ?roubod to Lynching Point. Whcu it comes to lyncuing a fiend for the usual crime there is no differ ence between the North and South. The quick wit of a deputy sheriff at Coxsackie, N. Y., Tuesday afternoon prevented the lynching of James Lit-? tlc, a 19-year-old negro hailing from Summerhurst, N. Y., who Tuesday , morning near New Baltimore criminal ly assaulted Emma Cole, aged ll years, daughter of Joseph Cole, a farmer living one mile back of New Baltimore. The negro escaped after threatening the child with death. Two other children had given the alarm and Mr. Cole and neighbors met the child coming home and at once organ ized a party to scour the woods. Lit tle was captured on the railroad track near Coxsackie, and he confessed the assault and was locked up. A mob of 150 enraged farmers started from New Baltimore for Coxsackie, augmented by a large number of striking Cox sakle moulders and river men, all frankly vowing their intention to lynch the negro. Deputy Sheriff Van Loon, realizing that the coming of darkness would mean the breaking of the flimsy local lockup and the violent death of his prisoner, smuggled the negro out and took him down the river on tlic boat to Catskill, where there is a well built jail. The Cole child is seriously injured, but may recover. Shooting AfTray in Columbia. At Columbia Will Holland was fatally wounded at C o'clock Wednes day morning by J. W. Burkhalter. They are both young white men and Burkhalter bears a good reputation. Holland is said to be wild and con tinually in trouble, and thc police had banished him from the city after re peated terms In the city jail. Hol land lived with the keeper of a house of ill fame, who called herself by his name. Since his banishment from the city he has been living at Cayce, across thc river, whfc(re Burkhaltcr was a telcgrapli operator^ They got acquainted and were friends'. Wed nesday morning Buvklialter saw Hol land crawling in a window and fired four shots at him, two of which hit, one in tho stomach. He was Immed iately arrested and Holland was taken to .thc hosptital. Burkhalter claims self-defense as Holland had a pistol, but did not lire it. Wuito Man Must llnng. The surprcme court at Tallahasse, Fla., last Wednesday aillrmed the de cision of thc circuit court in thc case of the State vs. William Sylvester and unless the pardoning board intervenes he will hang. Sylvester was convict ed of the murder of Edward Burton, master mechanic of tho Seaboard Air Line shops at Fernandina, who had discharged him.