Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I m h? The "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION nAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL.. XX.^ Marion Parr Faid the Penalt} for Murdering Clarence Shealey. IS J?TRST WHITE MAS Hanged in This State In Eleven Years. The Last White Atan Hanged Was a Greenville Mountaineer Named Morgan. Thc Trial and Execution of Turner. For the first time in ll years a white man was ham ed for murder In South Carolina Friday. Marlon Parr, Ibo young cotton mill operative, who killed the mill buy Clarence Shealey. was barged in the Richland county jail y aid Friday be tween the hours of 10 uno 12 II ?.viuv: been found guilty by a jury of his peers, good rata and true, he was sentenced to die on the gallows, ami the righteousness of the verdict was attested by the confession which Parr made voluntarily to the minister nov many days after I I;; orinvlotion. TIIK LAST CA SB. The last white man hanged In Scu^h Carolina was J. W. J. Morgan, a mountaineer, who was executed in the Greenville jil! yard Friday, Juni 1st, 1894. Morgan had killed his "father-in-law, L. Wash Hipp, another mountaineer. The killing of nipp was on the 18th Of June, 1892. The old man was shot in the back, the affair occurring in bis own yard in the Dark CorLor of Greenville county. Ilipp's younger daughter, unman led, had given birth to a child and .she aceu.-ed lier br th er-ln-law, Morgan, of being the om e of her ruin. On Saturd y, June 18 1892, Morgan went to the Hivp home and tried to uet tho girl Li KO b -fore a trial justice and make affidavit that the charges slu: had made against him wer?) untrue. Sho refuged to do so. Morgan remained to cnn:.er, and after AW meal the father ?'.nd daughter took their noes and went cut I i work. Shortly after they had gone Morgan took his gun and followed. Coming up with them be tit cd into Ilipp's back, killing him Instantly, 53 ?UC!? shot entering bis body. Morgan eseap^ d to North Carolina but was captured and tiied at the NJ vember tenn In Greenville, 1892. ibo verdict was guilty. Au appeal wa-? taken but the supreme c^urt sustain? . cd the rulings ot thc trial court and Morgan was rescnteneedat the March ^torm,-isa-i, to bo hangodMay 4, 1804. His attorney, Capt. Absalom Blythe, . secured a stay of execution in irderto 'make an appeal to thc govern, r for commutation to li fe Imprisonment but theappial was refusei and the sen tence of dt ath was rxecuted on the first day of June. 1891, nearly two years to the d ite fro u the m.irtier. Morgan was a magnificent specimen of physical manhood, a tali and stal wart mountaineer, ?S years old. Ile had six children by his wife, and his wife and mother wire constant in their attentions to hi m during his imprlbonment under tho d? ath sen tence. The sister-in-law who was supposed to be the causo of the trou ble was also at entive tu him during that time. Nine months be fore tho hanging of Morgan another white man had been hanged in Si uth Carolina, in the county adjoining Greenvdle. Th* case tif Geo) go .S. Turi.er, the Spar tanburg mun wl.o was hanged for murder on the ti o t tiny of St-pt? tub r 1893, is one of the most celebrated in the court annals of Svtuih Caro lina. TIIK TURN JG ll CASK. On Friday, March 7?h, 1890, Ed II Finger was pis-dug by tba s ore of George S. Turi.er, near the- site of tht Valley Falls cotton mill, where Tur ner successfully operated a cotton factory and general merchandise bus iness. Finger and Turner were at outs. Tnere was a "family ;-i?.ur" in which the names of a maid', n sister of Finger and G. S Turner were coupled. A suit against Turner had t.eon insti tuted and this was settled lu tl e courts by Turner. Finger was the brother-iii law of Turner Passing by the p'ace of business, lie en gag u in some bantering and threatening remarks, which brought Turner ti the front of the bul di g ace ?r.liru to the testimony. Ii. is further Laid that Finger's attitude vas one of di (lance and lie waBurm d. Turner wa; a nan of unquestioned c urage, and arming himself with a gun he ?eft tte .-.tore and proceeded to the roadside. As a result the fatal shut was tired ano Finger fell dead. Turner went to Spartanburg and surrendered. Toe M ?uday a'ter bli surrender there wail an attempt made to lynch Turner. A muli collect? d on the square of the city and moved to wards the county j:iil, where the prisoner was con!i'i? d. The j iii was then located on Brond street, the building now i coupled as the city station bouse. At thc jail J hu M. Nicholls, tht; prient and thc tho: sheritT, with J din 10. Vernon, Eb?r Ilrewtou autl Ed D. Gentry, waited the approach of tba excited foiee. Sheriff Nicholls came to the front ol the building and clearly and earnestly stated to the crowd that tile only way to gt-1 Turner was to kill himself aim lils deputies. The floors of the jill were ti.en locked and the attach awaited. The mob took the s'ner?iT athis word and dispersed, lt wa? deemed prudent, however, to take Turner away from the city uni he was "spirited" out of town at night by private c HIV? yai oe lo Union ti e Tuesday foilov.ing the attempt at lynching. From a three hours' s op at Union tin; prisoner was brought to Columbia and com mitti ti to tho Rich land county jail, Sherill Rowan re celvlng t!:e prisoner. At the July term, 1800, Turner wa1 tried and con vied ed of murder, -.vi li eut recommendation t< mercy. W. C Cannon was foreman nf the jury. O - L. Schumpert was assisted In tin prosecution by Mr. Stauyarne Wilton, while the lawyers fur the defense were Bomar & Simpson, Duncan & Sanders, Nicholls & Jones, George Johnstone and Samuel W. Melton. Judge Norton presided over that term of sourt. Turner was sentenced tobe hanged on Friday, October 3, 1890. An appeal was taken to the supreme court. The case stood peuding for about two years, during which time the prisoner stayed Jiu lall. On July 14, 1892, a remlttltur was handed down from the supreme court sus taining the Judgment of the lower court and directing another date of execution. At the January term of Eesslons, 1893, Turner was resentenced to hauy by Judge Nerton, who pronounced the drat sentence. The day assigned was was June 2, 1893. A strong effort was made to have Judgo Norton grant a uew trial on the grounds of after discovered evidence; but the Judge beld tbuii he had no Jurisdiction since tbe supreme court had passed on the matter. Council for Turner then carried tbe matter to the linal arbiter, the su preme court, asking for a new trial on Hie same grounds as presented to Judge Norton-after discovered evi dence. As a result an order of this court was received, staying execution until the appeal could be heard. Ou July 25, 1893, a remittitur was tent from tbe supreme court sustaining the circuit court, and ordering a new date for the execution of the sentence. At the July term of sessions court, 1893, and ou July 27, Judge William H. Wallace retentenced George S Turner to be hanged, aud theseutencc <if court was carried out by tbe thou Sheriff, George B. Dean, on September I, 1893. George S. Turner was a remarkable mau in many respects. He was a splendid type of the physical mar, ahd was endowed with a gracious supply of common sense and a tact for making money. He was born on Thickety Creek, Ave miles from Gaff ney, on June G, 1850. At tbe close of the war lie was a lad without a di. Uar and left to hustle for himself. Line many young men in the Reconstruc tion times, be was drawn into the Ku Klux organization, and when this ne cessary factor for the preservation of the virtue and property of tba south land bad ceased to exist he barl t : li ave tbe State for a couple of years. On returning he began to devote bis energies to amassing a fortune. Knowing the prodt to be derived from c 'tton manufacturing, he engaged in that industrial business, along with farming. He operated and owned th? FiDgerville mill at one time^and latei owued the L do mill. At tbe time ol his e xecution his wealth ls estimated by one who should bs conversant wit! the sublcct at $50,000. Ho conduct ed busiuiss strictly on business princi ples, aromet his obligations. Bj nature he Was inclined to be imperi ous and domineering, and while not : person to KO away out to seek a diffl .-.ulty, he would not be brooked, noi would he allow one to cros3 his path. Intense prejudice existed against tl? man alter his career of crime. Thret years prior to tbe killing of Ed Finge: he hh:w a Germau named Metzklaanc when tried was convicted and sen tenced bo seven years In the peulten tiary. He secured anew trial fron the supreme court ano when the eas: came up again be was acquitted. "Good by t> Suckers, Goodbye-." "The American Mercantile asseoia tion,,! of Kansas, Mo., has closed it office there and this notice has beci posted on tbe door: "Goodbye, yoi suckers, u'oodby." TI12 whereabout of tbe 'Ulcers of the h. sooiation ls no known, ibo compan>'s bead ollie Aas at St Joseph, Mo. The majorit of the subscribes are laboring peopk many o? whom flicked to the concern' offices und gave pitiable evidence c ibo distress bney su tiered in the lusse their hardeurned money. Tue sui scrlbers bad agreed to pay one dolla a week for 80 weeks on the promis that they were to receive tlOO at tb end i f that period. A dispatch fror St. J;sttph, Mo , siys a warrant lia been issued for the arrest of Heur Breauiuger, president of the America M ?rcantde company, which collapse, there. L. II. Miles, secretary, and ti N. Nordeao, tield manager, have di appeared. Two thousand people 1 St. Joseph lost $30,000 by the failuri lilted Millionaire. A romance was shattered whe Miss Pearl White married James I Bancroft In Hot Springs on Thun day. She had known Harold I K by, a wealthy young Clevelande since childhood. It is understoc that they nad been engaged, as thJ rode, danced and pla>cd together f( the lust two years. Mr. R ?by special agent of the Northwests Mutual Insurance Company, and ls s n ot Luther A. lljby, tho capita 1st and copper man. II >ls a ^rv' ate of Cornell, and lils brother, Luk is a noted football player. Rjoy now wealthy, and will Inherit near 31,00(1,000 when his father dies. Mr Ban :roft ls thc daughter of W. White, the millionaire chewing gu manufacturer. Ooiile.iNOd To Murder. Isham Edwards, who ls confined ; Jacksonville, Fla., with tv?o otb negroes under sentence of death f Hie murder of School Superinieude N. W. Eppes, near Tallahassee, la August, has con fessed tue crime, d daring that Caldwell and Larkh the other negroes, are innocent a were not conni cted with the killin The trio were jouvicted of murder tue lirst degree at the last term the circuit court and received t death sentence, The confession w made public Wedncfday and lt ls 1 lieved will result In the release of L; kins and Caldwell. Titi, li m;: mid thus Citri. It ls reported that the young kl of Spain declared to bis minist concerning his marriage that be < not want a stupid European prlnct but would prefer a bright Am ican girl with plenty of 1 and money. While it ls not at likely that the young king over rai the remark attributed to bim, lt certain that ho might do much wot though lt is equally certain that bright American girl might do rai better. A REAR ADMIRAL In a Remarkable Speech Advo cates Bryan's Views. CHICAGO PLATFORM And its Democratih Principles Is thc Em* bodiment of Rear Admiral Aldville' Speech. Says Abandon Every Distant Possession that Requires a Fleet. In a remarkable address before the American Academy of Social and Po litical Science at Pblladolpbla Rear Admiral Melville, retired, declared that the tirst step towaid Increasing the ftllclei cy of tho American navy sbould be "thc preparation of plans for tbe immediate abandonment, a* the slightest possible financial loss, of every distant po.*-session that ls likely to require a lleet to defend lt." Admiral Melville is one of the fore mohb experts In naval engineering In Hie world. For a number of years, and even after he had reached the re tirement age, he served as engineer in chief of the American navy. Ile is a man of widest experience aud deep in formation on all n iv il matters. He ia one of the men who has done most toward the upbuilding of the new American navy. In bis Philadelphia address Admiral Melville empnasiz d the grave respon sibilities resting upou this nation by its "three Inheritances," the. Philip pines, the Panama canal and fie ad ministration of the ?aanecs of bank rupt nations, each of which he de clared ls ''likely to prove a Pandora's box of evils and disappointments." Ois address bas made a profound sen sation. COST OF A UM Y AND NAVY. Admiral Melville spoke In part as follows: "Probably a study of our own army will best tell of the expense connected with the maintenance of an existing military establishment. Even in peace time, thc ex pms: s of maintain ing each soldier of our army has reached the sum of 81,300 per aunum. "If anything, the navy ts a more expensive institut! JU to maintain than the army. Dividing the total nav*l expenditure by the number of m:u In the organization, wc Und that lt ls now costing the government; about 82,000 annually for the bupport of each sailor. "The battleship that oan draw up on the resources of a completely ? quipped manufacturing and military base is at an enormous advantage as compared with a similar vessel that attempts to be, in great part, self supporting. When the United State's declared war against Spain the naval strength of the two powers was about the same, so far as graphic charts and oflicial statistics could show. "The publls at large, as well as the congress, now recognizes the fact thar, thc dr.fen.se of the United States must primarily be intrusted to the navy. Unless a possible foe had some hope of securing command of thc sea against thc strot gest opposing lleet that we could assemble, no nation would un dertake the task of fitting out a pes dble armada to attempt either the blockade ur the Invasion of our coast. "Fi om henceforth wc cannot evade tho re.*-pon? lbiilty that attend;, our po siti m as a great industrial nation seeking a fair portion of the tradt; o' the world. As we havetaboa it unto ourselves to assert doctrines that af fect others, there will come occasion when our military and naval strength, rather than the righteousness of our cause, may be the only factor that, will cause rther nations lo accept our interpretation of policies that concern them as well as ourselves. T?RKE COSTLY INOKHITANCES. "During tue past e'glit years there have be. n t iree Inheritances that we have acquired, each of which is likely to prove a Pandora's b .x of evils and disappointments to this nation. Si long as the rcp'tnslbtltty of almlni-i bering these ti ree inheritances re mair.ed with us, so lor g lhere will br a progressive Increase tn military an 1 naval expenditures, and so long win >.t be necessary for us to weigh well the importaut elements of naval con filets. "The first Inheritance tbat was thrust up'.n us by st m evil uenle was tue Philippine arch! p. Iago. These Ls lands have: be n a ti x upon the re sources of every ration that ever pt.s se.-seU them. "lt may b<* purlin, nt to call to mind that when France seized Formosa, in 1885, tho E.tropean pr: ss of China and Japan gave studied etFort to showing how closely connected were t'?e Islands of Japan, Formosa aud the Philippines, and that it was but th d s loy of events that this chain of Islands sh uki nome day ba under n single controlling power. "lite second inheritance that either assumed or was bequcatued to us by p litical necessity was the obligation to build the Panama canal. Wc ar gradually awakening to a realization that in guarantee lng completion o' this work wo took an Internation tl burden upon ourselves, whether this burden be regarded from either a military or Unanoial standpoint. The latest estimate as to the cost of an Isthmian sea lovel cost of un Isthmian sea level canal is abount $230,000,000. In connection with the question td cost of such a waterway, it may be well to remember that Trautwlne, about fifty years ago, estimated that eint was about. 810,000,000 or about 7 nor cent of tho latest estimate. RECRIVKUSIIIl' OK 11KPUIILIC8. "The third Inheritance from which we will never receive an Income or substantial bonedt Is our attempt to practically assume tho receivers.dp of republics whose treasuries are empty as a result of Intolerable national hus Iness with administrative methods. The financial and political history of some of the American republics for the last forty years borders upon a rc proaoh to modern civilization, and it ls surprising that there has not been intervention ere this in the affairs of countries which are in a chronic- a tate of revolution and where finanoial re pudiation ls not regarded as synony moue with commercial dishonor. Tue mere we concern ovrselves with these countries the greater the political bur dens we shall have to bear. "In the administration of these three inheritances that are in many respects of an international character -ttiere will bo need at times of & stror g navy. The civilization of the Pnllippines, the building of .the isth mian canal, and the straightening out of the financial affairs of small repub lics whose lb cal transactions have been questionable and Intolerable will each be found a firanclal burden that will prove a great tax upon our re sources and a political problem that will rc quire the highest of diplomatic tulent. "The lessons of the Russo-Japanese war are plain and simple, and should be to heart by all people. It ls the concomitant features of both military and naval organfz itions that bave been neglected by the Russians. Fjr the next few years, therefore, it should re In the sp dal direction ol devel ping the auxiliaries of naval strength and not to.vari augraeutirg the number of fightlr g ships wherein we should dlreo'i our best energies. "Our naval budget for the next tee years must be a lar ye one, for if pos sible we should provide for a progres she Increase in actual lkhtlrg nava strength that would be equivalent ti t' e net gain of a battleship. Th bulk of th ? expenditures for Increas ing the tflldency of our navy should hjweyer, be applied as follows: "(a) The. pr?par?t! it s of plans foi the i umi d?ate abandor-m ut, at tin i-l gitest possible financial loss, o every distant po-sesslon that is liked j to require a fleet to defend lt. H il should be undersigned that In time o w.tr we propase to abandon at leas temporarily, certain territorial pos sessions, neither the morale nor thi oredlt of the nation would then b impaired by the seizure of such terri tory by an enemy. "(b) Improvement of the channel leading to all shipbuilding plants, na val stations aud maibime dlstribut lng ports. Thc se chaunels should b straightened, broadened and deepenei for military, as well as for commet clal reasons. The importance to botl thc merchant marine and naval fleets of ships being able to enter and leav port at all times with safety, const! tutes a very decided element of navs str- ngth. "(c) The building of a fleet of larg and fast colliers, so that In time c war practically all tho coal require for naval operations distant from on own shores, would ba available for ia mediate shipment to the place whei most needed. We should abandpn tb policy of placing any great jehauco o Axed coaling stations, they will ua\ to be defended by ships as well as fc fortres s, and will more likely pro\ a military detriment than a strateg advantage, by kec-plrg the coal all JJ we could move this fuel to any tempi rory base that it might be desired 1 establish. The destruction betwee the base of operation and coade plant is self-evloent. KEUAIULITATION OK NAVY TARDS. "(d) Tue rehabilitation of all na> yards to a condition where lt wou be possible, In case of necessity, i build any type of warship at any 01 of these stations. While I do not b lleve In undertaking such constru lion at navy yards, the several st tions should be kept In readiness f carrying on the work In case of erne gency. "( ) The enactment into law of statute provliiini: that the elcctof tl graduates of the technical lustitutlo //ho have successfully undertaken course of instruction satlsfaotory the mavy ucp irtment, shall be a pointed as acting midshipmen, ai shad, after two years of service sea, have the opp rlur;, y of compt lng with the regular graduates of t naval academy for commission In t naval service, thereby providing a i serve cj naval < Ulcers for emergen purp s s. "(f) The establishment of a nai reserve a* cl the appropriation of amount s 111 -lent to s- nd all membi of thia naval reserve to sea in na vessels for at least one month of evt >ear, un i while performing this s vice to recdve the same pay a emolument asoillcers and men of c resoi ndl.ig rana- and gra.ie In I navy. KE8TOUATION OF M EUCH ANT MAUI: "( ) The reittoratlon of our m chant marine. It w;>uH ba easlei . rile sevi?r.vl thomand words In vocacy of subsidizing our merchi marino than to attempt sosho>v 1 orlef p.r-goiph the necessity of tending such help I have no hes! linn lu asserting that lu view of exi ting relative naval strength w-iuld subserve military, c ?mmeri and national luton s s to stop bu lng battle ships and devoto all o p rtl m of Hie im ney thus saved placing upon the ocean a merell marine that would help us to secui greaser ira le of tho world, and wh in e;ase of war, would provea mllit auxiliary only one les* remove in I ortanco tuan the battle i,hlp Itsel "(ti) Tue recognition of tho i that the modern navy ls an erigin irg one, and that the training of I > Moirs and men should be n teenuleal In charac!er. Tho t spent by apprentices and landsmei sailing vessels ls practically wastei "(1) The purchase of Denni France and England of all their V India po sessions or the trading possible, of the Philippines for same, so that none of theso Islt could bi usel as base of operation a possible enemy against either Isthmian Canal or our southern cc "The regulation of the tlscal rangements of some of thc Amer republics would tie exceedingly sin tied if no European power held ar the Islands of the West Indies, fi long as a single Island In the C? bean sea ls held by a foreign po so long has that power a moral political equity in concerning itse to the administration of its nelgl: lng governments. DA NO Kit IN DISTANT WANKARI "(I) In brief, lt will subserve financial, naval, commercial national interests to recognize the fact that there should be no hesitancy to give hp distant foreign possessions which wo could not hold in time of war;*galnst any possible enemy. Now that .we have taken it upon ourselves to build the Panama canal, and to give the widest possible Interpreta tion to the Monroe doctrino we in turn, must secure peaceable possession of every strateglo point in the West Indies that bears upon the military defense of the canal, concerns the maintenance of doctrines that we have asserted. With tbe possession, or the dismantling of every West In dian fortress that might be a menace if in the banda of any enemy, we now have a navy strong enough to meet any power in the world either on the north Atlantic or north Pad tic oceans, or in tbe Caribbean sea. But for military operations in Asia or even in certain portions of S outh America only national bumllatlon and regret await any attempt to stake our prestige and commercial development by inviting or accepting battle io waters where we would have to estab lish a base of cporation far distant from the home land." PLAGUE RAGING ININDIA Great Ravages Anion/; Ponplo Willi' nat Medical Attontion. Reports are still reaching here ol the ravages of the plague In India and of the dire stress of the people ir many : sections of that vast country. Word'ihas lust como to the ofllce o the Presbyterian board of foreign mis abms ; from one of Its representatlv i in Sanaranpur, a city of about 70,0U( inhabitants, nearly 1,000 miles north weat of Calcutta, that thc plague ha broken out In almost every quarter o the '?Jity and ls rapidly spreadiut throughout the district, which bas : population of more than a million. The civil surgeon, according to tin report of the missionary, thinks tin disease cannot be stayed until tin end of April or Urst of May. Onnse quently the Americans and European are looking eagerly forward to tin hot season, which they ordin?r ii; cread. The natives are for the mos part indifferent, but those who cu afford to do so are fleeing to uninfect ed regions. The government no longer attempt any quarantine. Even disinfection i not enforced, nor the segregation o the sick. The stricken people are lef to their own devices, .governmen having found that attempts to carr out preventive measures are re o dc re futile by the unwillingness of th people tb obey its instinct ions, an that active opposition to SUCH meru urella such as to endanger the go\ ernment itself. Bat^y.. sheltered, clothed and fe tho ; . vflx.Hindus fall easy victims t the pVcigue, and when they are ai tacken they tco poor or ignorant t obtain the medical aid which migr. sa ve adorne of their lives. Out in t ! villages of the district no medical bel is available. Up to a month ago tl: Christian community of the city ha been spared, and preventive measun were being usad to keep of the drea disease. Three Great Democrats. A dispatch from Chicago says wit hands outstretched in greeting, Wn Jennings Bryan and Mayor Tom Jobi son of Cleveland called togethi Thursiay upon the newly electt mayor of Chicago, Edward F. Dunn "We want to strike hands with tl western conqueror," said Col. Iiryai "And I want to return thc greetir t9 the idol of his party," respoud? Mayor Dunne, wuo then stretched h hand ?to grasp that of the munlcip ownership-mayor of Cleveland. Tin followed a half hour's discussion Chicago's problem. "The municlp ownership election in Chicag o mea m iro than any man can tell," ri dared Col. Bryan, smiling broadl "I am here, Uko my friend, To Johnson, to participate in Thursd night's Jefferson banquet but I a here for more than that-to gre the greatest mayor in thc west." Groeu GooUu lian/; Information given the police David Stormoul, of Virgin a beac Va., resulted In the arrest in N York <>f a band of six alleged "gre igxjds" operators. Five of the prise I era are men and the sixth a worn The arrests were made after a dei rive Impersonating Stormoul had gc to a house on tho upper East SI and according to bis statement in lice court here closed a deal to pi ch .se 83 OOO for toOO. Th 2 prison! were turned over to the federal c c^rs. They gave their names as G Gilbert. 42 years old, freight age Alias George Cheevera; Joseph Lew alles Harry Phillips, 55 years old salesman; Joseph Stein, -15, ct j maker; Duncan McGregor, 22; a l tender; Christopher Berger and M Porgar. Now York HhopUfters. A young man and two young ? men attrhote.1 tho attention of Ho Detective John F. Larkin at Altma recently. Ho followed them to second floor. While the young men engaged tire attention of a coi; of saleswomen tho mae stood by ti side, near the counter. Finally I kin says ho saw him slip live waists into his aide packet. Lar arrested all three. Ho says two p of silk hose, valued at 8i:i, were foi In tho muff of one of the women. '. aide pocket of the man's overcoat I no bottom to lt. Thc waists wore d( inside the lining. Altogether the a recovered was worth tlOO.??. Fond Supply In Waters. The waters aro almost as proliil furnishing a food aupply to mani as thc land. The ocean teems v Ash over areas that have scarcely l touched In the drafts that have hit to been mano. An illustrating stance ls tho French lishiug atte In tho deep waters off the west c of Africa. The Urst and txperlm al attempt, at taking tish with tn was Buccesaful beyond all oxpectat resulting in a catch of more than OOO pounds, In the catch being rr enormous solea and codfish welgl from 60 to 0C pounds each. There never be a famine on land if only seas can bo made to yield their food tribute. SOIL SUICIDE The South's Golden Opportunity Neglected Says a Michigander. WEDDED TO COTTON. He Calls Attention to Our Advantages for Stock Raising as Compared With Western Farmers Who Must Feed With a Fork Six Months tn the Year We reproduce below from the Pro gressive Farmer and Cotton Plant, an excellent agricultural journal pub lished at Haleigh, N. C., a highly suggestive letter from a Michigan farmer on thc golden opportunity for stock raising In the South. ' Our peo ple have really "had cotton pulled over their eyes," as be says, or they would not have oeen S3 blind to the opportunities about them. "Soil sui cloe" ls a food word that he gives us to describe any system of farming which loaves out stock raising. Read tlie letter, wl ich follows: Prof. B. W. Kil?or.!: Raleigh, N. U. Dear Slr:-I tind The Prcgressive Farmer very Interesting. So many things are vastly diffeieub from our mcthuus. It s ems as though you ari greatly favored. To day (March 12ch) thc sun ia shining on Heids glis tenh. g with snow. Here and there the earth breaks through and looks appealingly upward to the sun. Not two hundred feet away are drifts all of four feet deep. There are a few hare spots In the roads, but runner veciiicles are all in use still, and this is the seventy-seventh day of contin uous, uubro!?.eii sleighing. There were a few da}s of sleighing previous to that, bub there was an interval of bare ground. For seventy seven days the snow luis not boen wholly melted fram my hou e roof. Do the plauters sell their cotton seed tu oil mids and buy back the fer tilizer meal? isi't this meal of more value ti fied iarm animals thau fur fertilizer? Certainly with your ber muda and crab g raises and vast store of cottonseed lt djes seem as though you ml^ht ruin the bjfcf trust by grow ing beeves and mutton for the great city trade of our Elstern markets. Feeding lambs ls followed to some extent herc; farmers with 80 to 160 acres of laud feed twenty to Hf ty lambs, whore so situated as to pasture tlie ewes, profitably. The industry ls at a low ebb this seoson as to number fed, and the prica to farmers ls close to 8 per cent (live weight) all this winter. You may ba assured there is good pn (lo lu that. The United States consumed 461, 000, pounds of wool in 1903; three eights of it foreign grown-.,ay 00, 000 tons. What ails the South with its wide-spread hills and mountain lands clad in perennial grass-Ideal home fur sheep-to go on making cot ton and tobacco, all hard work and soil suicide, when sheep are soil con servators, easily tended, and pay large prolkas mutton, quite Independent of WOOi? You are nearer New York than ls 1 jwa, and 1 ju-?t read In an Iowa farm pit per of one farmer who is feeding Iii,000 sluep, a ni :re handful to what tie usually feeds. The b ef trust dls c lUrage I him and tte hold largely of his e rn crop, rather than feed beeves and sheep as ho has heretofore done. HUG you tee he is at the mercy of the beet an i railroad trusts, while you pe-oule arc a mi re stt p to the seaboard, and thence to market, independent of the trusts. If 1 were physically well I'd like to try the Soutu. lt does seem as though your blessings are iitlulte as compar ed with us, feeding Iarm animals with a fork six monti s lu a year. Tho South appears to be In the grasp of the tobaeo trust and cuttou shat ks. S.ill, its people go on im poverishing the>r sods groking these crops; still trying to keep up fertility wita p csjnate rock and imported fi rf.dz TA to the exhaustion of ttieir pocket books, while a vast market for food stuffs, m at particularly, lies lu tho h How of lier hand-unheeded I Argentina and Australasia sold us about 22,'? 00i),UU0 pounds of wool In ten years. Most of Hie time the South lay fa o down across the knees of the trusts squalling under the merited blows of the tru.,'8' pri?e slipp-r. Think of Argentina, 10,000 miles away at the s jutu end of creation, sell ing ns wo 1 at sewn cents, and the South, with all the b esslng of a ro bust wool tariff, burning cotton to Heep up the price! If that Isn't a spec'acte for j,:ods and men! Wit i illimitable resources In tho best pasture on earth, vast {.tures of cotton-eol, inexnau itible possibilities in corn, Cjwpeas, alfalfa, rape, pea nuts, cane an 1 sorghum s/rups, tho South should have mili .ns of head of niuttoos and beeves, thousands of packing houses and lleets of ocoan liners bearing refrigerator meats to otlier lands. If Now Z.-aland can Bhlp loads of frozen rabbits to England, what alls your pe pie? Must they al ways hold a pound of cotton so near their eyes they can't seo a dollar less than ann's length away? Perennial swine plague will make pork growing on extensive scale dif ficult in t he South, but what ls wrying with mutt0:1 growing? 'Tis a clean er meat and healthy always. The sheep isn't a scavenger. Nor h Caro lina could well alf >rd to graut a boil'.ty on every well-bred sheep Im ported for breeding Into tho State; on every pound of wool grown and every sheep carcass exported form the State in ten years. To aid sher p breeders, England law once compelled all her dead to be burled lo wo den shrouds- and see what an Immense commerce in wool she built up an 1 holds to this day. Hut thc South-oh, slie has the oot ton pullod over her eyes and sees not! H. Genes8e Co., Mich. FKOJ?T HU?T ?SOME. Weekly Crop Report by Section Si? rector Baner. Some Very Interesting Records in the Report Just leaned. Tue "Weather Reoord. According bo a weather report Is sued list week by Section Director Baner, the early vegetables in the western part of tbe state were dam aged by tbe recent cold snap. The report Bays : The week ending 8 a. m. Morday, the lOtb, began with high tempera tures and fair weather. Showery conditions witb rain, bail, si-" et and snow flurries prevailed from 4th to the Otb inclusive. The hall tdd some damago to tobacco and strawberries ia the northeastern counties. The sleet and snow were c mined to the western and central counties aud did very little .damage. Tho snow oc curred in the western and c-nt ral counties but was not general, and it melted as it fell. Toe rainfall varied from less than half au inch to over an Inch, and was very well d's-.rlbuted and beneficial to growing vegetation and put the soi Into excellent condition for cultiva tion ; it was heavy enough to stop Dlowlng over the western counties but scarcely interfered witb farm work in other sections. The frost on the 7th was general over the state to within about six miles of the coast, lt was killing over the western coumies where tue minimum temperature fell to about 4 decrees below freezing, and generally light In all ocher sections. Teodor garden vegetables, such as beans and tomatoes, were more or less injured, and corn was nipped lu the western counties, although thc damage was Slight as there was b?t little up. Fruit ls In full bloom In the extreme western comities, and the froat was, in places, quite damaging, but else where it is not believed that fruit was materially Injured, except figs in places and possibly peaches. Farm work is well advanced gen erally, though backward in seme sections where labor is ?-carce. Corn planting is nearly finished In tbe eastern and central counties where most of it is up to fairly good stands ; in the western counties planting ls well under way on up lands. Cotton planting has been be gun In the eastern parts and will be begun in the western one> next week. Some cotton is already up. Tobacco planti are small In Ma rlon, and they were slightly Injured by the. hall whlob fell in sections. Bice planting is making rapid pro gress in the Oolleton dlstrlo?i and has not begun in "the Georgetown dis trict, where the proposed acreage will be smaller tban usual. Some sweet potatoes have bean planted in the southeastern counties. The small grain crops are generally doing well and look promising, but In some sections the oat croa is poor ; rye is heading. Pastures afford good grazing in the coast counties. Gar dens vary greatly, being poor In places aud backward, while in others early vegetables are on the market. Truck was damaged slightly by thc frost, especially strawberries and beans and cucumbers. Strawberries, let tuce and radishes are being mark eted. Work of n Fiend. Dynamite wrecked two houses at one o'clcck Wednesday moruing at Clessburg, a mining town ten miles from Birmingham, Ala., on the South ern, kllliug one whits girl, 10 years o d, and injuring two others fatally. The houses were oecuped by nonunion miners, working for the Tennesse Coal, Iron and Railroad Company One of the houses was occupied by Alexander, white, and the other by William Cato, colored. The dynamite was placed on front porches In bot i Instances. The Alexander childreu slept in the front of the bouse and re ceived tho worst of the shock, the girl being horribly mangled. The explosion at the negro Louse did nor. do niuo I damage, the explosive being placed in an irou pipe. Toe explosion was heard for miles around. Tho tiends will b.: )ncbed if ougbt. Xi,inks Mut) Killed Him. The italian ambassador has formal ly brought to the attention ot the state deoartm^nt the ch alb last Thurs day at L rton, Va., of Joseph Lean'o an Italian laborer, who himself had mortally wounded George Malcdra, a deputy sheiiff In resin log arrest. It was tir.->t claimed that Loan to, who had run amuck and terrorized ti'ocom munit/, bad committed suicido- to avoid arrest. The ambassador repre sents that there seem4 good reason to d ubt the tlie ny of the suicide ai'd that lt ls an open question whether the Dalian was not kii;jd by a mob. The state department ho.s communi cated with the governor ?d Virginia with the request fur an investigation and statement. Monument At Appomattox, Tlie li rsl monument to be erected at Appomattox In memory of the Con federate soldiers who fought in the Civil war was dedioated on M alay. Thc monument was erected by the state of North Carolina, whoje troc ps were tbe last of the COM federate fore es to hold out agalns'; the victorious Union army. Thc di die ilion W.?S made the occasion for a groat g Unering of Confederate v?terans of both North Carolina and Virginia. Gov. Glenn of North Carolina delivered the prin cipal oration. Other speakers were G.ns. Cox and Rou Tts, who e com manda greatly distinguished them selves In the fighting about Appomat tux. _ A Rt rd I i ni o Troo. There ls In New Zealand a tree which proves fatal to birds in ar. al together Elngular way. Thc seed vessels give Off a sticky fluid, and immy a Hy tjr.d. Itself I m pris meei In the gummy stulf. These Hies in their turnattraot e.ma.1 birds, and they also get so covered with the fluid t hat they are unable to lluttor. The fro it. t<:0, ls an object of desire, an i birds co ne, ns lt were, glued to the ripe clusters which they proposed to eat. FOUND AT LAST. Discovery of the Remains of Paul Jones in Paris IN A LEADEN COFFIN. The Excavations of the Old St. Lo?is Cemetery m Paris Brought to Light a Casket- Containing a Body i Identified as that of John Paul Jones. A dispatch fiom Paris says the re markable search which Ambassador P rter has conducted for tbe body of Paul Jones has been orowued with ?uectss by the discovery of the body and its identification Tnursday by the higho.it> French medical experts as un questionably that of tbe famous American admiral who founded the American navy. Ambassador Porter cabled to Washington Friday night announcing the successful results of h's long and difficult search. The [.ody is in a good state of preservation, I considering that the interment took I place one hundred years ago. Tbe circumstances leading to the iiual discovery of the body are partic ularly interesting. Gen. Porter has conducted the search for the last five years aud when Congress recently took no acl ion on the President's rec ommendation for the expenses Inci dent to the search tbe ambassador I continued the extensive labors at his I own expe.se. A large force of work I mon bas boen engaged night and day tunnelling and cross tunnelling the old St. Louis Cemetery. This cons tl tuted a huk'e operation embracing nearly a biock, covered with buildings and requiring a system of subterran ean mining. Hundreds of wooden caskets were found, but not until Wednesday was unearthed four leaden caskets 'which s a ve promise of containing the body of Hie admiral. Three of them bore plates designating the names of the deceased. The fourth showed superior .solidity of workmanship. No plate was lound on this casket, and it is sup posed it was removed when another cotila was superimposed on it. The leaden catii in was opened in the pres ence of Gen. Porter, Col. Ballly-Blan chard, the second secretary of the American embassy, and Engineer Weis, who had been directing the ex cavation. The body was found to be well preserved, owning to its having been 1 mme/rced in alcohol. It waa wrapped in a sheet with a packing of straw and hay. Those present were immediately struck by the resem blance of the head to that of the me dallions and busts of tbe admiral. As was anticipated no uniform dec oration or sword were found, as all such articles hud been accounted for after the burial. The coffin is shap ed like a mummy c. ibu which were common at that period, widening from the feet to the shoulders with a round t p ?ttinir over the head. Tbe coffin was taken to the medical school, where Ors. Capitan and Papll laut, distinguished professors of the school of anthropology, and recognized authorities on such investigations, were charged with making a thorough examination f >r the purpoieof identi lio:tion. To faoiitate this the am ta&s&dox fu.nis :ed t. mm with por traits and medallions, two busts by tloudin and authentic descriptions of tho color of the admiral's bair, and he height and m .-asurement of his body. Tue identification was pro nounced complete in every particular. Care has been taken to keep the bo.iy in its present state of preserva tion. It will ba placed ina handsome casket and deposited in the receiving ....U.I of ili3 American Church on the Avenue de L'A lina until tbeambassa >r can learn the opinion of the Gov ernment concerning the most appro priate means of transporting it to the United Slates and giving a Utting sepulchre to the body of the illustri ous sailor whose pl ice of burial has so loug remained a mystery. ViOlluQS or Vanity. Woman's vanity has proved a fertile field for George Laviue. who, by flat tering his victims with tbe belief that they are social leaders, has swindled many women In Cbicago re- , c n! ly. L'ivino pleaded guilty in Judge Tothill'* court to tiie caarge of op?r ?t ?o;,' a confidence game, and was sent bo j iii pending au investigation of his operations in Eastern oities. "I have ? en sent to you because you are one of the leading society women of the city," Levine said to his victim, "and tu have been selected to share in the distribution of prizes by my firm for advertising purposes." He then pro duced a package of envelops and de clared each envelope contained money, the envelops he sold at prices rauging from 31 to $15 each, with the stipula tion tbat they should not be opened until be had been gone half an hour. IV.e envelopes contained only blank pap.r._ Tired of iii tb. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says Alec Vandiver Ray, a pauper, aged 84 years, made a desper ate attempt to kill himself near" the :ounty parish Thursday. He was found lying on the ground near the parish church, bleeding from solf in ti ottd wound-; In the legs, throat and ibdome? When oirrlcd to the parish ie said that be had tired of life, griev ing about his little grandchild from whom l e was separated when brought to tho p. or bolide a month ago. He f;avo the keeper 81 to give bis grand child i; nd said that he would die. Ray usnd an ordinary porltet knife in stab bing himself. Uli onditlon ls regard ed as exceedingly critical. Killed Them All. John Dow. a nf gro, shot and killed his wl!e and her father-in-law and mother in law and another negro wo man at Sulphur R >ck, Ark., on Tues day. The trouble began because bia wife refused to go home with him,