The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 07, 1905, Image 2
The
iVlarll>oro, Democra
??DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE."
VOL..
BENNETTSVILLE, S C., FRIDAY. APRIL 7, 1905.
NO.#;?:
A SHARP REPLY
By A. B. Williams to the Slan
ders of Bishop Potter
ABOUT THE SOUTH.
The Editor Challenges the Slanderans
New York Bishop to a Show of
Hand? ar to the Moral Condi
tion of His Diocese and
the South Generally.
Bishop Potter of New York is one
of tho pet superstitions of Ibis c un
try. He is part of the general New
York superstition. Because New York
ls big, most of us as ume tbat any
man who becomes prominent tbere
must* be a very large aud great man In
deed. We persistently folget that as
many fakirs, bumbugs aud light
weights rattle and swell ure und in
large places in New York as anywhere
else In the wurld. As fur Blshi p Put
ter, he has 3ald and done as many silly
things ?.8 any old gentleman we know
of. A recent experience of his Indi
cates that his manners are as bad as
bis morals In sume respects are de
fective, his judgment ls bad ard his
arrcgance extreme. Some time ogo he
undertook to di-cuss thu divorce qu s
tion in a New York newspaper. As we
recollect, be lluui.dered around the
subject a gocd deal and failed abso
lutely to make any definite suggestion
or lo indicate any c li?rent pulley fi r
his chuicu or for hgisla'lon. I i the
courbe of his somewhat tl.ibby and cha
otic remarks, however, he .?aid that
the absolute abolition of divorce would
not do. Ile added: "We have an ex
ample of what would result from such
a measure in South Carolina, where
the law does not recognize lt. Pro
Birdiing divorce is monly putting
concubinage at a premium." This dues
not impress us as a high or a church
manlike view. Certainly concubinage
is not at a premium anywhere in South
Carolina.
The editor of the Columbia (S. C.)
State wrote Bi&hop Potter a very re
upectful letter, pointing out to him
that he had done the homes and peo
ple of the State serious Injustice, re
ferrlng him to the bishop and clergy
Of hlB own ohurch in that State for
evidence aud asking him to make oare
?ul?mqQfry Irita !th? TaatS^mrxhoir
"take such steps as equity ann justice
may dictate."
In reply the editor received a most
insolent letter from Bishop Potter, in
directly denying that he had used the
language attributed to him and de
scribing thc editor's letter and ar
ticle on the subject by .1 udge Benet,
enclosed with it, as ' equally unwar
ranted and impertluent."
The editor of the State replied with
another respectful letter, lu a perfect
ly proper and deferential way, taking
off the bishop's iiide. Hep .?nted out
that the offensive paragraph bad been
published prominently, that Bishop
Potter had uot seen lit to make any
denial or currectluu of un uutragcouM
and shameful slander against the peo
ple of a whole State aud tuat his de
nial suggested in his own letter was
as evasive as discuuriouus. A lew days
hiter Bishop Putter printed in the. New
York Glube a brief 3t.> cement on the
subject, in which be sain he had no
apology to make to South Carolir a
and ext? nded his slander lu the people
of the whole South, lie is quoted as
Baying:
"Ho had simply remarked that in
view of the pievahnce of unset gena
tlon in the South, ibo 'pose' ut lof. y
and superior virtue on the part of its
people any where had in it an element
equally comic and pathetic."
An accusation like this cannot h.
sustained or disproved by statistics or
amdavits. lt can be considered only
in the light of general and oiivious
facts. Virtue ls net a thing of sections
or of countries. Ti.o good are good
and the Dad are bad every whese ai d
wherever human nature is, the alTic
tionB and passions ot men and wornt ti
?tray in forbidden paths. One thing,
however, ls certain and pam. That
1B that the moral t tit: is Infinitely
eleanor and thc social standards are
infinitely higher In South Carolina
than in Bishup Potter's diocese. Cer
tainly a woman divorced in m her hus
band and married to another man in
side of twenty four hours would not
be received In respectable soeioiy any
where In the South. Yet a woman who
did that very thing is a leader of New
York's most exalted society. Nobodj
knows the secret aun?is of vice; bu>
every observer who has mei arid
known the people of New York and
any Southern State knows that In tr.e
South vastly less Huh is talked ann
written than in New York. The natu
ri*,, arid Inevitable presutiip.lon is that
lives in the South -.(ire vt ry mueh
oleanor. The woo?e'h wh^sec ind tic t and
nvenation are so distinctly lund ana
d as to Justify dotinite criticism is
tabooed in every Southern State. Bish
op Potter cannot say thal that ls ti.e
case even in the highest arri theorot l
cally most exclusive society uf his own
community.
It would be Interesting to know
where Bishop Potter got his I m pres
slons of the morals of the pt opie of
the South and how he would go about
justifying himself tor ciroulutu g such
a cruel and Inlurlotis charge as that
concubinage and miscegenation are.
eneral in this part of the country
Tho truth is that mbeegenatlon in lt?
legal sense is impossible anywhere In
the SoiKh because lt ls foroldaen and
severely punishable hy law. We rio
not hesitate to say that the charg
that these vices aro general or evt n
widespread In the South is falt?, and
in making that assertion we will rio
better than Bishop Potter. We will
offer good evidence to convict him of
falsehood if he is willing to dare the
issue. We will put on the stand the
Protestant Episcopal clergy of the
whole South, from bishops to d-ac ns.
They live among the pe iple and know
them and have ample opportunity for
knowing their life. Wo may assume
-nd
liv
ole
I
that some of them, at least, are men
who are not afraid to tell the truth
in any circumstances or at any o ?st.
For New York, we will take the com
> ined evidence of the clergy, the courts
and the newspapers. Like the editor of
the State, we Invite Bishop Potter to
take the evidence, or join us in taking
it. If lt su?.tali s bis accusations, we
will con ft as with shame, but frankly,
that be ls right. If they contradict
bim, will he be willing to confess that
he bas circulated an outrageous and
Infamous scandal and slander? We do
nob care whether he attributes lt to
ignorance, reoklessnoss or malice or
to a misture of the throe. If he evades
a simple and honest test like this, be
will stand convicted of having dis
graced himself by a wholesale Blan
der unworthy of a gentleman and of
having brought Bb am? and injury upon
his own church, so far as his jurisdic
tion extends.-Richmond News Load
SOME PLAIN TALK
Fruin a Northerner on tho Shackling
of 1'roaldrnt Davis.
"o the Editor of the Publio Ledger:
So many letters have appeared in
th.e newspapers lately, pro and con,
regarding tho treatment of ex-Presl
a? nt Jefferson Davis while a captive
that 1 am surprised ono salient fea
ture has hitherto esceped comment,
ind I rely upon your liberal journal
io print what I now desire to place
aefore the fair mluded people of
\merlca bearing upon tho manacling
if th", distinguished prisoner of war.
The Roman conqueror loaded his oap
,lve Kings with chains (some times
if gold; but still chains) to grace his
rlumph. We must go back 2,000
cars or near lt, to the day when the
allant British Prince Caraotaous, in
chains, graced a triumph in Rome,
ile; pat.ra only saved herself by the
sp from glorifying in chains, the
rlumph of Octavius. But thia ls an
leut blitory. In modern times, cruel
,nd vindictive as were the British to
be fallen Hon, Napoleon and although
hey, in their terror of him, condemn
d him to a living death yet he was
lever put in chains'.
It -remained for the Dnlted Stat>s
if A met lea, through their duly consti
lUted authorities, to do a thins un
irccedented In modern times, th*
baining, like a convict, of the lead
r of a brave cause, whose rights or
eronga are not now In question. Tho
irutal treatment of he aged and In
Irmed statesmen i soldier by a
rired blacksmith (c. ..ired sergeant,
r general-it doesn't matter which,
0 my argument) was a deed which
hould have brought then, and should
iring now, the blush of shame to ev
y tnan north- of Mason and Dixon's
1 ne, who countenanced, or who
oontenatc.es. this outrage against
he amenities of honorable warfare,
nd against the courtesy due to a
oldler, statesment and a gentleman,
nd through him to a brave, though
onquered people.
JAMES P. DAVIDSON.
Philadelphia March 22, 1005.
A Bride Kills Huraell.
Because her husband told ber he
ctected her flirting with a former
dmlror, Mrs. James Gabion, a bride
f three hours, shot herself at Hunt
tigton. "W. Va., Tuesday. The o u
le were married, and about midnight
rent to the home prepared by tbe
room. Gallion twitted his wife
. out the attention paid her during
he wedding ceremony by au old
weetbeart of hers. She resente.i
htsj pleasantries, and In a tit of an
;er leaped from her bed and, rustling
io a dressing c .se drawer, seized Gal
lon's rev tiver. Not thinking she
s as serious, Ga lion v at ohed ber as she
daced the mt zz'.e of tho weapon b
i ath her he art. The bullet tor* a
earful w und In tho woman's side,
.nd the Hash from the gun set Are to
er lltmsy robo. Mrs. Gallion, who
vas ab ut 20 years old, died as she
vas being taken to a hospital.
Demil} Dllosloil.
Three men were killed outright and
mother so badly Injured that he died
i few hours later by an explosion at
;he Schaghticoke powder mills near
Troy, N. Y., Tuesday. The men kill
.d wore James While and Charles Col
jurn of ila/.irdsvllle, Cinn., and
limes Sprague and Albert Bartlett,
he latter being new employes. Tito
nen were at work in the corning mill
.?hen the explosion occurred and dbe
.;?use is not known. The bodies of
luee of the victims were blown to
rag men ts. The fourth victim, White
was found 300 feet away, alive but he
?jUld no; recover.
<?iive> Up ttl?) Dight.
Henrv L. Woodward, an attorney
?f New V'urk city, and Charles A
rJrouz, a traveling sa osman for the
National Supply company of Tolodo
0:ilo, committed suicide in thel
rooms at the H?henden hotel at.
Cleveland, Ohio, sometime during
Tuesday night of last week. Tho
bodies of both men were found Wed
nestiav afternoon. The coroner
verdict In each case gives despondency
over domestic*, and business troubles
as the cause of the suicides. Both
men had used a pistol and had sent a
bullet Into their heads In almost the
same spot, death In each oise hoing
Instantan?' us.
May Aa Wrll Quit.
The Washington Pest believes that
t'-e American peoplo are In earnest
and that if the present Republican
-.dministration docs not smash the
trusts that lt will Itself be smashed
at the next national eleotlon. The
C lumb'a Stato says If that ba true,
the G O. P. might as well go out of
business right now. The trusts were
not horn to dlo by tho hand of tho
paity which gave them birth and
which has ever after protcoted its off
spring with a Jealous and fostering
caro. Mother and child are mutually
dependent.
ItohOrtl Kejciatore? Detter-.
Arthur* R. Whittier, a young man
belonging to a prominent family at
Jacksonville, li'ta., pleaded guilty In
the federal court Wednesday to taking
$500 from a registered lotter Wbitner
was employed In the Jacksonville post
?nico as night registry clerk, and tho
larceny was committed last summer'
He was given a Ben tonco of ono years,
imprisonment.
HE HELD THE ML
Some Anecdotes of tho Boyhood and
College Life of
Judge Prince, of tho Ninth Circuit.
What a Citizen Said nurina *
Torin of Court in Barnwell.
And now, ''May lt please Your
Honor. " Well, thos?. of us who knew
him in bis younger days are not sur
prised that lt is now "Judge Prince."
The Judge always had a judicial mind
and declared when a ohlld that he In
tended to be a lawyer. How he con
ceived that idea so early in life I can't
Imagine. He was born eight miles
from a Court House, and 1 have no
Idea he was ever inside of one before
he was seventeen years of age. But
i lawyer be is, and no other mau low s
his profession better than be.
I know Judge Prince, I think, al
most as well as lils wife dees. We
were born within a mile of each other
-the Judge and I. We played to
{ether from our Infancy. We hunted
together, fished together, went swiin
ning in the sime "hole," and bad
>ur backs blistered more than once.
Together we egjoyed all th.? sports of
;be very live country bjy. Wich our
ni,ob baskets and the blue back r.p.d
er we started to school the hame oay;
ind, on the same day, and from the
ame hacd, we received our diplomas
in the ramo platform.
Since Judge Prince's election to the
fudgeshtp I have recalled many
imudng Incidents of cur boyhood
lajs. The future Julge bad a high
entre of honor and would Oght for the
ight, or what he Ojuceivtd to be
lght, anywhere and at any time. 1
yonder If he remembers kn.icking that 1
ellow in tho face who pullet, hi? pants 1
gainst the calf of bis legs after be
iad stood before the blazing Are until 1
he cloth was hot enough to "burn 1
adV" In those days the boys wore \
antaloons, not these abominable
hing8 called kneebrltohes. And '
diat great fires wo had with the Uro 1
lace extending almost- across the end <
f the house. We warmed our bis- I
ults and meat by sticking them on I
harponed sticks aud holding in front 5
f the ire, or over red-hot coals. J
)oes Prince remember pubing his 1
aeat out of the ashes when it t-1 pped '
fl* tbe stick? Future Judges and ?
eaohers had to have their lunch, 1
shes or no ashes. They had been '
aught at home that hickory ashes 1
rere good for horses, and the young !
udge argued that they might be <
ood for two-legged an?mala as well t
guess they were.
In one of our tish lug escapades (ind t
&m Dot sure but that we ran nfl !
without pc.mission "th??tlmc, as the ?
bream was swollen) we wore scated
n a treu that leaned over the st?eam c
nd not more than four or five f. et i
bove the water. Cattisu were biting 1
ivenouBly and we were c atch!na them I
tepidly. Suddenly som jibing carried ?
he end of Prluce.'s pole underneath 1
he water and tugged at it vlolously. ?
?h6 young Judge bad no Idea of sur- (
er.dering that polo without a protest. <
lo he threw lilmst-lf .- gainst il wltn f
s much determination as he liss ever 1
sam (toted in tue defence of a client. <
itter a brief struggle there appeared 1
hove the water a thining, twiting,
truggling eel. Thao v,a? our th-.- <
el and must be "borung" sui e. S3
'riuco drew tho snake-like thing to !
dm and caught it In his hand., > x- 1
lectlng me t*j free tbe 1'ook from 1 -, '
aoui? and htrlng lt. Ile bad scarce 1
y t?ken h<-ld of the s.ipp ry thing I
isfore it Ht), ralid itself from the book 1
nd began to slip throagn his hands. 1
.'hat m? ant tnai lu two a- oonda the '
reat pr 2? would be back In the 1
/ator. Wnat did the youthful Nim- i
od, the future Jud^e, co? Friends '
?d fellow citizens, tie just nail d thai '
el with his troth, and, with me <
bing wrlmli g end twisting ab ul '
Is bead and face, ran < ff that t.oe 1
ut lulu the ploughed gr und where 1
ie could dispatou him. Prince said !
ie didn't mind hoi lng the thing In '<
ils teeth, but he didn't like tho taste I
t left in his mouih. But the vic cry
vas won-the eel was ours, and I
hink made a heap lighter the hogg- ;
ng we got for going to thc creek
vlthont permlss'ou. ?
No, Prince's college mates are not 1
lurpribed that he ls Jucigeand they
lave no fear that the honor and d'g i
illy of the Slate will s lifer at his
lands. In college be was a blgh
.oned gentleman who despised little
neannesses of whatever kl-id and
iherUhed high ideals. lll> class
itanding was always Ura*-cla- s, and
ils ltterary society work was supeib.
Indeed, I doubt whether W. ll nd has
?vcr given to the world a bli mg? r or
nore persistent debater. With him,
io discuss any question with his poer*
was a delight. Manning Smith used
LO say that Prince would discuss with
my body the question: Which ls the
lop side of a battcroake? and give his
opponent cindee of the bides.
Last year Prince was appointed
ipeclal Judge fora term of Court at
barnwell. The Judge, had t vo or
bhreo bumps on his bald head, not
judi as would annoy or delight phre
uologists, but bannies? little things
the physicians call "wens." With
lome friends the Judge was sitting
[me afternoon in tho office of his hotel.
An ardent admirer from the country,
armed with a bottle of "Fuss X,"
walked bi and leaned against thc
clerk's desk. When Ihe con versatlon
lulled the countryman said:
"Jedge!"
"What is lt, my frlonei?" responded
the Ju ge.
"Jedge, I laks you."
"Well," said the Judge, with some
embarrassment, "I thank you for
your good opinion of mo.
"Yes, Jedge, 1 laks you-yes, slr, I
laka your rulinV, but, Jedge. I want
to toll you; you air tlie fus Jcrlge 1
uver seed with horns on lila head."
Tho members of the bar present
enjoyed thc Juke tm uensely, as c 11
the Judgi himself, but when the
Judge returned to Anderson he bari I
himself dehorned --Alumnus In South
ern Christ 1 n Ad?" ct'_
Mina rUildr. d Li o t> ad.
Miss Mildred Lee, youngest daugh
ter of Gen. Robert Ll. L-e, dieri at
New O leans Tuesdav night at the
residence of Mrs. William Preston
Johnston, while on a visit, lier death
was due to appoplexy.
A Man Shoots a Girl Five Times
and Kills Himself.
NEAR CONWAY, S. C.
The Man Wanted to Marry tbe Woman
and Because She Refused He
Shut Her Five Times With a
Pistol and Then Shot
Himself Also.
? special dispatch to The State
from Conway says one of the most aw
ful and sickening tragedies which has
ever occurred within the borders of
this county took place Thursday
morning about 7 o'clock, at Ilomowood
station, on tho Coast Line railroad,
four miles north of Conway. As Boon
as tho news reached this placo the
correspondent secured a hors J and
buggy and went out to the scene
a peaceful looking one-roomed board
cabin, surrounded by a small clearing,
planted in English peas and straw
berries, In tbo midst of the pine woods.
In the yard, almost In the spot where
be foll, lay F. O Sessions, commonly
known us "Buddie" Sessions, dead,
with a bullet through his brain by his
own hand, and on a table within the
cabin, was stretched the prostrate
form. of Belle Sessions, a young girl
i)f 18 or 20 years of age, wounded in
live places by the hand of the dead man
lying outside. She and her mother,
Betsy Sessions, lived together alone In
the cabin, whiob ls on tho land of Mr.
3eorge Bray, for whom they worked as
i&y laborers. From a'l that can be
gathered, Sessions had been persecut
ing this woman with his attention for
nme time past, having threatened on
several occasions to kill ber if she
.vould not marry bim, although she
was tho mother of two Illegitimate
.hildren, the youl ger ol whom ls said
:o bc bis child. lt seems that there
was another maa in the case, now llv
ng in Florida or Georgia, who was
ihe favored lover, and who had sent
m tickets for ber and her mother to
jome and j in him; and they were to
lave gone Wednesday, and had their
.runks hauled into Conway, but were
mable to leave on account of. some
nht&Tco'or irreg"j_ -.v.i* th? tickets;';
Phe testimony of "tue mother, at tbe
soroner'u Inquest, w<.s that she did not
coow where they wero goingo nor who
was furnishing the transportation; but
:hat her only idea was to get away
omewhere in order that the life of
1er obild might be spared. The knowl
edge of the throats marl j by tue de
?eased were, mo:e or k.-s, a matter of
Mmtnon information, and tm re are
omu rumors lo the effeot that they
lad even been called lo lue attention
)f the > lllclals, who, however, had not
ak n any action, thinking that the
women were unnecessarily alarmed
. v. r int' words.
As neither mother nor daughter
lave ever been lawfully married, their
ii Ur.e b'jie a very unsavory reputation
n the o mmuulty and no one would
.ave remelted their departure had
Shej gotten away on Weene.-<ia,y. Ju->t
?efi're the hour of the tragedy, the
m aber went to the home of Mr. Bray
LO borrow a pile .fork for her day'.-,
work and after she left thc house Ses
.ons, who must h ive been cone aled
In foe wcods. awaiting Just such an
pportunity, went up lo the cabin,
mtortd, caught tho girl, who tried to
un, pulled her out on the little piazza
iud held ber with his left, hand while
He pulled his revolver of 38 calibre and
emptied every onamber iuto her body
it arm's length. After releasing her,
me staggered a fen- y eps and fell lu
thc yard, whero she was found, with
tier two small children crjlng over
her, by those who tirst arrived upon
the scene, lie then deliberately un
breached his pistol, reloaded all the
chambers, and, placlag the muzzle
Juat behind his right temple, tired the
shot which penrtrated the brain, com
lng out on the oth^.r side of the head,
J JBt above the left ear. Tho woman
wa? wounded lu both arms, th?y bel?g
broken between tho elbow and should
cr, once Just below the leii breast, and
twice Just below the right breast. She
was attended by Dr. II ko BuriOUghB, ^
the coroner, and Dr. Joseph S. DUB u
burry, b th of Cotway, and was still
alive at 1 o'clock, though there ls no
chance whatever of her recovery.
A jury was empaneled, before
whom a number of witnesses, were ex
amined, both as to tba act ual facts of
the tragedy and also as to the caus-. s
and events leading up to it. The
shots were heard by nevera), all of
whom testified to the fact that they
immediately surmised what had hap
pened upon hearing tho tiring. The
verdict of the jury was that tho de
ceased came to his death by means of
a pistol wouid Indicted hy himsrlf.
The wi.inan was conscious when the
d ctors reached her, and was able to
make a statement concerning the
shooting. Upon lier suggestion
search was made In the pockets of the
deceased which revealed a note he
had written, making disposition of
what little money ho had, and provid
lng for the pavment of eertaln small
debts; and which showed, beyond ail
question of a doubt, that be went t<
tlio house with tho fully formed pur
p SJ of killing both her and himself
In her statement the woman dc
dared that Se slo.'is bad on forme
occasions threatened not only to kill
her, but also to mako an end of his
own life, and that she had seen notes
which ho had written In such expecta
Hon. He said in thc note he left that
be had steed her Hes Just as long as
he could; and It w.is brought out In
the testimony that some time ago he
had met lier lu the public road, and
at the point of a pistol, forced from
her a promise of marriage undo
threat of Immediate death-a promis
which she had no intention of carry
lng out
Tue scene was certainly a patheilo
and bizirre one, with the body of tue
1 deceasud lying on somy boards, hts
face sheltered from the burning sun
by an improvised shelter of pine tops;
a few feet: away the quilts upon wbioh
she had been laid; on the other hide of
the houSJ tue fire around the black
iron waohpot. fr. m wi ich water was
being carried to the ph \ alelaos dress
lng the wounds; the jury hearing the
testimony seated upon the woodpile,
surrounded by the u- uai orowd of gap
ing, staring spectators, many of
whom had gone out from Conway In
bu glee and on wheels; add to this
he repeated moan of the mother.
"Ob, I tust wanted to getaway to
save her life."
WILL GIVE TJ8 TROUBLE.
What an BnRllahman Saya About the
Vtotorlous Japaaeia.
"Even if Japan be victorious In its
conflict with Russia, I can see nothing
ahead of the masses of people of that
race but & long period of tribulation,"
said Mr. JP. Rawdon, of London, Eng
land, who ls at the New Willard and
who has lived in Japan for many years,
says The Washington Post.
"It must not ba supposed that be
cause the Japanese have displayed ex- 1
traordlnary military prowe&s that they 1
eDjoy good economic conditions, or J
that there has been any great Improve- (
ment in the status of the common peo- \
plo since the abolition of tba feudal -
system, some thirty-five years ago. x
Tho masses still subsist on meals cost- '
lng from 2 to 6 cents, and the man i
over there who ls able to eat a 50- 1
sent dinner is a grandee of the first c
magnitude. Any very great chango 9
for the better ls Impossible In a oouu- c
try that has only 148,000 square miles, 1
ind a population of at least 46,000,
)00. Add to this that there is only t
il per cent of arable land in Japan, C
md It is obvious that for the multi- a
Aide there ls no escape from the grind
ng poverty and from long hours or I
joorly paid toll. Modern methods 1
topled from the East have brought to 0
Tapan mftny newly established Indus- *
.rles, but the poor people who crowd d
heir factories work for wages that 0
he meanest laborer lo England or the t]
Jnited States would scorn. C
"Now with the inoroaslng hardships S
hat the war entails, thousands cf Jap- v
.nese after Ita close will wish to bet- w
er their,condition by coming to the cl
Jnited States, and I have not the I]
lightest doubt but that they are going C
o prove a source of trouble to your Y
leople If ionie legislation of a restrio
Ive ohar^aoter is not adopted. Wher- h
ver they come they will work for h
maller wages than Americans or any ti
thor ^.blto mon, and this will beget r(
n /^\i?atlon^v^aB was had in Cali- ?
?xa r ^^hjnese, and prob la
ibiy r# iiu m uiie s&me'?xoiuoioii." i?
" -:- rt
Died fur Oc?er?.
At New York fireman Samuel Lillie Q
vas killed and several other tliemab tl
?ere injured by a cave-in in the sub- a]
vay at the Ooe-hundred and Sixty- n
light street statloo, which was burn- ?j
id Thursday. Lillie and four others s
tad beeu sent into the tunnel to wet j,
lown the smouldering embers of the u
Ire when a portion of the roof fell and A
rushed Lillie. Tho others were only
lightly hurt. Lillie lost his lifo lo u
laving the life of one of his compan
ons. B >th Lillie and a fireman nam- i
td Cavanaugh, who were working side
>y side, saw the cave-in as is started, t
huh were directly underneath the
ailing mass and both would have been f,
irusbed had not Lillie thrown his
vbole weight against his companion, ?
)usulng (Javanaugh out of the way
usc as the mass fell. Lillie w.ui crush
?d to death in an instant. &
Will Do Good Work. ?
Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr., was Wednea b
lay chosen as clerk of the South Car- u
illna Historical commissioner af tor a *
competitive eiamlnatlon, In which a
mmber entered. This ellice waa oreat r1
id at the last session of the legislature
ind provides a salary of 81,000 a year w
vt the last meeting of the commission tJ
m account of the number of appll
;anta it was deolded to place tbe mat
ier on a competitive basis and Mr.
aalley was cbofien after a careful ex- J;
imlnation of the pupers. Mr. Salley
aaa been for some time the historical ,
?dltor of the News and Courier and is
.veli known throughout tho state, his c
tbillty being unquestioned.
Georgia Railroads Mer ?od, C
Announcement was officially made t
in Waycroas that the Wadley and s
Mount Vernon railroad, the Douglas, t
Augusta & Qulf railroad and the ?
delila, Pino Bloom & Valdosta rail
roads had passed Into now hands and 1
lhat tho management will be changed c
In a short time. The purchasers of 1
the roads aro J. E. Wadloy. J. S. 1
Hidey and G. G. Parker, all of Way *.
oross, and they have associated with i
them woaltby parties from Augusta, i
Douglas and other points along the s
lines. It ls stated that the new own
ers will at once proceed to build a line
from Augusta, Ga., and connect with
some point on tho Gulf of Mexico.
IMoture Agent Bhor.
A special from Newton, Mist., says:
W. P. Smith, a travelling representa
tive of a portrait company, was shot
and instantly killed by Ray Tucker,
a contractor and builder. Tho tragody
occurred In the outskirts of the town.
Tu; ker was driving when he met the
plotuie agent and assorts that Smith
was attempting t? draw a revolter
when he (Tucker) tired. A difficulty
had arls n br'tween Smith and t ucker
over a picture the latter had ordere.)
from the agent and which Tucker ro
fused to accept on tho gronnd that lt
was unsatisfactory. Tuokor was ar
rented. Smith lived at Meridian
Miss. _
IndiotfMl for lSmhrzzlcrnent.
William D. Ball, former postmaster
at Orango Park, Fla., 14 miles from
Jacksonville, was ludlotod by tho fed
eral grand Jury Wednesday for em
bezzlement. Fie was oharged with be
ing short in his accounts tu thc gov
ernment. It also developed last week
that ho was short In his accounts as
treasurer of. the city of Orange Park.
Mordor ?nd Huiolde.
At Marshall, 111., William J. Cruse,
shot atid killed his brobrtor-ln-law,
Krank Livlx, and then co omit ted sui
cide. The wife of Cruse had obtain
ed a divorce, charging cruelty. Cruse
claimed that tbe Livix family In
fluenced his wife to leave him.
UNDER ARREST.
J. Morgan Smith and Wife Found
in Cincinnati, Ohio.
A SEBIOUS CHARGE.
They Are Indicted Jointly in New York
With Nan Patterson, Who ls
Charged With the Murder of a
Gambler by the Name of
Caesar Young.
Accused of conspiracy, to commit
murder, J. Morgan Smith and wife
were arrested in Cincinnati, Oiilo,
Phursdy on telegraphic request from
D,strict Attorney Jerome of New
Ycrk city. Nan Patteison, the ac
tress who has been twice put on trial
for the murder of Caesar Young in
New York, is charged in the same
jonneetion, new indictments to this
?fleet having been found in Nsw Ycrk
Thursday. For a long time the au
.horltiea had been unable to locate
?mlth und his wife, the couple having
eft New York a few months after
.he murder and before the beginning
>f the recent mistrial of Nan P;.tter
on in which Smith's testimony waa
lonsldered almost vital to the prosciu
ion,
Several weeks ago a New York de
ective met Smith in Montreal,
lanada, and from that time until the
rrcsts this effijer hus awaited a
tivo'able time for making the arrest
Ie io lowed the couple, part of the
Ime as traveling companion over bali
f the continent, having made friends
rith Smith, who knew him tn be a
elective, but believed that the om
sr was after some other person. De
roit, Cleveland and a number of
anadian cities were visited. Finally
mith went to Nashville and L mis
Hie In the hope of securing a position
1th slime of the bookmakers in those
ties, leaving his wife in Cleveland,
[e was unsuccessful and came to
Inoinuatl, where his wife met him on
/edneaday.
Mrs. Smith said she bad relatives
i Covington, Ky., and she \.~nt with
er husband to that city Wednesday
J call on these people, who, however,
?fused to see tho visitors and after
ards declared that there was no re
ktlonship between them. Returning
j Oiitulutlcv'.'i, ?Mi. cad - M ra.. Smith
jgistered ut M io Grand hotel as II
t. Banning and wife. The det otive
ad k-. pt in telegraphic com munici
?n with New York and had oeferred
n arrest until it was possible to take
uth husband ae.d wife, their separa
ten som after reaching the United
tates on returning from Canada hav
lg caused the delay. Wednesday
lg ht the detective wired to District
. Ito r ney Jerome:
"Sm i m and Julia are at the Grand
otel. Wire instructions."
In reply the district attorney
'bursrlay telegraphed:
'"Arrest Smith aud wife as fugl
Ives from justice."
The district attorney also sent the
allowing:
New Y'ork, March 30.
'aul Milliken, Culcf ol Police, Clncln
natl.
Arrest and hold for extradition J
forgan Smith, wanted lu New York
n a charge of criminal conspiracy,
mith will be found at the Granri
otel, Fourth street, Cincinnati
rbere Detective Aiken may also b
jund. Otllcer Quinn leaves today to
Stablish Ideuil'.y and procure requis!
.on papers. Tue governor's warrant
rill follow as soon as it ls possible to
rocure lt.
W. TUA visits JKHOMK,
District Attorney
Thc arrest was quietly made and
Imith and wife were taken to police
leadquarters, where they made no at
ampt to deny or conceal their ideotl
y although both denied any guilt in
lonneetlon with the case. They
bowed signs of nervousness and worry
rut both husband and wife expressed
m Intention to return to New York
vlthout requisition. The couple
tated that they had expected tu go
o New York although tbey bad not
anticipated doing so under arrest.
Tue detective wno hus bsen follow
ng Smith says that Smith went un
1er many aliases in different cities be
ore registering in Cincinnati as II. II.
buming. At Hamilton, Dot., Smith
malted himself Push, at Montreal he
rvas known as Adams, ab Detroit it
vas Collins and lu Cleveland Robin
on.
before being locked up, Smith was
icarchcd. In bis pocket were found
va eld watcii, Some pocket pieces and
ll 85 in cash. In bin breast pocket
were found two .envelopes sealed.
When Lieut. Hoppe took tho envel
?pos, Smith made frantic ot?orts to
?et thom bick but thc two envelopes
were retained by the police.
A dispatch from New York sajB the
?rand Jury in that city Thurs.iav
nanded down indictments against J.
Morgan Smith, Julia Smith, lils wife,
and Nan Pattorbon, cbaiglng them
Jointly wltli comiipiracy. Hie Indict
m m.-, ore baud upon a letter alleged
io have be u written by Julia Smith
t'. Cet.er Young in which, it is alleg
ed, was a threat and a demand for
money for the Patterson girl.
Th s action ny the grand Jury fol
liwed a hearing at thc criminal court
building, at wnich Bcveral witnesses,
Including the widow of Caesar Youug
and Mrs. Young's brother-in-law.
Wm. Luce, were examined by Assis
tant District Attorney Band, writ
conducted tt e recent trial of N;in Pat
terson, charged with Casar Young's
murder, which resulted in a disagree
meut bv the Jury.
The arrest or Smith and lils wife at
Cincinnati, according to the Now York
authorities, will have an imp rtant
bearing upon the new trial of the Pat
tersqti girl on the charge of mur .cr
set for April 10. At a previous tria
an attempt was made to pi ove tba
the revolver with which Y . ung was
shot 'was purc:ia3cd by Smith and ?
woman the day before the tragedy oe
uirred.|
\
0
UISPJtNSARl P?OFITS
Divided Among the Different Fchools
of the Rtnto.
at
Dcflotonolen In aa Counties Made Up
and Remainder Divided Ac
oordlDg to Enrollment,
Comptroller Oeaeral Jones has made
an allotment of 9110,000 of dispon
fiary profits to the publlo schools of
the State. The allotment was mad.
after finding- out the deficiency in
each county. This deficiency repre
sented the amount each aohool in the
county fell short of 975 In some
counties the 3 mill school tax produo
ed revenue Buffldent to pay each
school 975, which amount is calcul?t
ed to run a school three months.
It required $9.552 53 to make up
these deficiencies and thc remainder
of the profits recently declared by the
dispensary were divided among all of
the ojuntles. Onesterfield's county
superintendent of education having
failed to respond with the data nee
essary, that county was not included
In the distribution but the amount
will be made up at subsequent distri
butions.
The total enrollment in the State
is reported is 288.353; and the amount I <
:aoh pupil will recel ve from this dis-11
irlbution will be 34 1-2 cents. The
iefioiency money was divided as fol
ows among the 20 counties reporting
ibat tbe 3 mill 3chool tax did not af
ord $75 for each and all of the
cbools IP these counties:
Abbeville, $297.85; Aiken, $76 30;
? imberg, $91.04; Barnwell, $32;
merokee, $132 68; Clarendon, $74 82;
Jolleton, $491 09; E 'gefield, $460 24;
florence, 364 63; Georgetown 8267- 78;
Ireenville. $91 84; Hampton, $434;
lorry, ?2,094; Kershaw, $128; Lao
ister, $739 80; Laurens, $170 70;
iee, 8115 90; Lexington, 8282 20;
larlnn, 8242; Marlboro, $150 13; O;o
ee, 8682 16; Orangeburg, 8210; Pick
ns, 8140.16; Saluda, 81,109; Sp^rtan
urg, 819 15; Williamsburg, 8949
Tue following table gives in the
rst column the names of the counties,
i the second the number of pupils
nrolled in the publio schools of each,
nd in third amount of money eacr>
iceived from the fundsof 3100,023 08
ift after deficiencies bad been made
bbeville. 8,995 $3,120.17
.lken. 8,414 2,918 63
nderson.13,321 4,620.76
amberg. 4,287 1,487.00
trowell . 7,083 2 456 93
eaufort. 4.033 1,398 95
erkeley . 5,462 1,891 17
harleston.13,378 4,640.52
herokee. 4,491 1,557 82
bester. 6,318 2,191.57
larendpn. 6.227 2.160. ou
olleton .'. 7. .":"~~6786T-?'0317.13 m
?arlington. 5 851 2,029 58 81
Orchester. 2.984 1,035.08 ?J
Idgetield. 6,117 2.121 85 r
ali field. 7 336 2.544 69
lorence. 6 518 2,260 95
eorgetown. 3.356 1,104.12
reenvllle.12 338 4,297.78
reenwood. 7,394 2,564 80
lampton. 5,035 1,740 53
lorry. 6,138 2,129 13
lershaw. 4,679 1,023 04
.ancaster. 6.529 2,264 76
.aurens. 8,007 2 777 45
,ee. 4 511 1,504.76
.lexington. 6,711 2,348.70
[arion.8,411 2,917.59
larlboro. 5,782 2,005.04
lewberry. 6.989 2.424 33
ioonee. 6 694 2,113.87
?rangeburg.14,425 5,003 70
'Ickens. 5.279 1,831.16
tlchland. 8,873 3,077 85
aluda.5:3?l 1,869 60
partanburg.15 311 5,311.04
umter. 7,128 2,472 54
Inion. 6,290 2 181.86
7illlamsburg_ 6,165 2.346 6
Tork.10,215 3,543.35
The Mileage Grab.
The 8190,000 mileage grab under
aken by the bouse of representatives
as brought upon the members of con
reas widespread condemnation. Wal
er Wellman, Washington correspon
ent for tbe Chicago Record-Herald,
eferring to this attempted grab, says:
'Proceeding upon the assumption that
heir constituents' memory is no
onger than their own, a majority of
lie house of representatives voted
ibemselves $190,000 mileage in the
sleslng days of the last session, where
as one year ago not a single member,
vlth the elections following in the
an, had the courage tobtand for such
in appropriation. To the ordinary
congressman it makes a great deal o'
llfference In handling public affairs,
vhather be ls to come before his peo
ple for election In a few short month
)r vihetber a c.:uple of years are ti
ntervene. The mileage grab ls not a
lew question. It has been up several
ilmes in congress, but never bas been
iucceasful. Nevertheless, had not the
icuate Interposed aud removed from
[.be general deficiency bill the item In
lerted by tbe house, tbe raid upon th?
treasury probably would have beet
successful this year." Mr. Wellmai
ilreots attention to tho fact that tin
majority who voted for the mileag
k'rab also voted to impeoci Jung
Swayne on the oharge of faBiryhn
accounts, because be charged the max
imum allowance of $10 per day whe!
bis aotual expenses were le.s. Mr.
Wellman has compiled from the Con
gressional Record the names of mom
bera who vote 1 for or wer 3 favorabh
to the mlleag ' irrab and arranged then
by state delegations.
Tho Uifc Acornt. il.
A Roston dispatch sa? si he Ameri
can board of oommls-i e- of foreigi
missions announces Iht t its irudent lal
committee bas accept eu ... : report ol
the sub committee recomnn liding ac
eeptanoe of tho gift of $100,000 bj
John D. Bock-feller, but final actloi
In the matter had been postponed tw<
weeks. Later prudential commute
reported that it had decided to accap
thc Rockefeller gift.
QoOil Advice.
Tbe Washington Pest gives Blshor
Potter tblB ti mel v blt of advice: "I;
were well, we think, if wo m^y be p' r
mltted to milco a suggestion respect
mg si dlsttnguishel a pers.m as th
Hlrtbop of New York, that Le bowar.
u* reckless speaking, that he exercise
more control over that unruly mern
ir-r, tho tongue. It ill becomes him
ti Indulge in such unwarranted
fling?."
MAINE WAS SUNK
Through Mistake Says Qessler
Rosseau, the Bomb Maker.
REMARKABLE STORY.
Rosseau Claim? that He Made the Ex
plosive that Destroyed the Battle
ship Alaine In Havana Harbor,
and that it Was Intended
for a Spanish Ship.
That the battleship Maine through
an error was destroyed by a bomb of
his manufacture waa the statement
made by Gessler Rosseau in the New
Y.rk To m b3 prison. Rofssau waa
?onvicted of having sent explosives to
he Cunard line pier, in Naw York In
Hay, 1903. He made the following
tatement on Tuesday of last week:
'Tor several years, while the Cuban
?atriots were struggling against Wey.
r, I watched the contest with deep
Qterest and sympathy. I decided to
o to Jacksonville and do what! could
o assist the revolutionists. I started
rum St Louis, where I had been llv
g du-lng rho early part of 1897.
"Before taking a train for the south
?ot together the material for the
onstruciien of two exploding ma
rines of tremendous power, so ar
mged that they could be wound np
nd left in a selected place with the
ertainty that they wou d go off with
arri ble destruction within a few
ours
"At New Orleans I rented a room
nd put the box?s together, after
'hieb I went to Jacksonville. There
b carce acquainted with a party of
ubao leadeis who were planning a
libustering exped?1 ion. They bad
ugaged the Destroyer, a small vessel,
j take them tn Cuba, along with a
umber of Auatiican and European
aventurera, who were anxious to
irlke a blow for Cuban freedom.
"Several of the leaders of the p>vrty
re men now well known and 1 '\
ob mention their names although I
ave among my papers a Hst of them
Ll. .
"I suggested to them that they'use<
lips in the harbor of Habana and in
.her ports on the coast of the island,
hey readily scdz;d upon the Idea,
jd when the Destroyer sailed with
ie tUloujterers they took my two
lacbines with them,
"lt was my Intention to goalong
i tb the party so as to direct the
ork of sinking the Spanish ships,
it they dissuaded me, urging that I
mid be of greater use in Jacksonville
repart ng other machines if the drat
roved successful.
"It was penned to have some mern
?rs of the revolutionary party Join
ie Spanish navy so as to get the
lachines aboard. If that failed it
as decided to fasten one of the boxes
> the hull of a ship under the water
ne, for I had constructed my ma
lines so they could be exploded un
jr the water.
"That was late in the fall of 1897.
he next spring the Maine waa de
coyed.
1 Only one of tho men In the Beoret
: the machine ever returned to
merlca. 1 saw him sc me time after
ie war with Spain had begun.
"lie told me he had nothing to do
1th the boxes after reaching Cuba,
ut had been told a mistake bad been
lade.
"The man who had been entrusted
Ith the task of destroying a Spanish
.sscl attempted to fasten a box dnr
:g the night to one of Alfonso's war
hips and blundered into blowing up
he Maine.
"1 was told that the man, immedl
tely learning of the error he had
aade, committed suicide."
Hied in Els Boat.
At Charleston Karl Maass, a Ger
nan ship carpenter, was found dead
n bis boat witn hts head hanging over
,he guuwael in the water Wednesday
norning at tho foot of Pinokney
?ireet. lt ls supposed that he died of
?eart disease or apoplexy. Ho hid
lot long gone down to the wharf and
.utereri bis little gasoline launch of
lis own build when he was found
iead. Ile bad been complaining of
tis heart and it is thought that per
ups the exertion proved too great a
itrain, causing his death. He bas been
u tnls country only two years. He
\f s devoted to tho water and his
sompanlons were almost entirely sea
oen. _
Explosion in ibo Subway.
A severe explosion, followed by an
mobrcak of tire, winou defied all the
fforts of the tlremon to completely
xtlngulsh it, occurred Wednesday In
XII unfinished s< oblon of the subway
it Broadway and One Hundred and
sixty-seventh street, New York. The
oad at t nu, point ls 125 feet belcw
he i-urface. The explosion followed
i coll sion between an empby train
vhtcli ha i b ea run too far beyond
i,e terminal switch aud a flab ear,
tn which were 14 Italian laborer?.
So one was Injun d
Veteran or Garibaldi's Army.
Ooh Frederick D. Fuolak, capitalist
md distinguished ci liz n, riled at his
.eslaence in Louisville, Ky., Wednes
tay. Col. DaFuotak waa born In R >me,
italy, 65 years ago and was a veteran
if Garibaldi's army. Ha was for a long
r.tnae c iief engineer of tho LouUrdl?
& Nashville railroad and has been
onoected with railroad building in
nany parts ot the country. He was a
oerober of the No* York Yacht club,
f tho Old Southern Yacht oJub and
if the Philadelphia Yacht, club.
Roua<-Volv Wilt a|)n?K.
President Rooscvolt will deliver an
d.iies. in Brooklyn on May 30 at th?
zeroises In connection with the un.
veiling ot the statue of Gen- Slooura.