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The Marlborcf Democrat.615 ?DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN.THY CAUSE." BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. MAY 12,1905. NO. 2K >0 . VOL. XXX, AFRICAN COTTON Claimed that It Can bc Succ?s * fully Qrown There. I SOME LARGE CLAIMS. Aa Undertaking Which it Is Said, Shows that Colton Can Bc Qrown in Africa as Easily as in This Favored Section of the United States. DIreotor of the Mint George E. Roberts has just received a letter from Leigh Hunt, the noted Ameri can capitalist and explorer, who is engaged in opening up an extensive, area in the Soudan to the raising of cotton, in which Mr. Hunt says his experiments in the employment of American negroes in thc Soudanese cotton fields have been successful. About a year ago, Mr. Hunt took a dosen skilled cotton growers from Tuskegee to Africa for thc purpose of testing their value in raising cot ton and his experiment attracted much notice at thc time. He has de olded now to take over several times as many as in hts original experiment. He arrived in New York a few days ago en rouce to Tuskegee and lt was from New York he wrote Mr. Rob erts. He expects to reach Washing ton in a bhort time, on his return from Tuskegee, and as lie and Secre tary Wilson of the department of agriculture are great personal friends, he will doubtless have much to say to the seoretary and to the experts In cotton growlug in the department, about the method of cotton raising pursued in the Soudanese region. Mr. Hunt writes Mr. Roberts not only that he is pleased with the American negroes as c olton gr iwers, but that they themsilves are greatly pleased with the climate and sur roundings Into which they have been taken. His object lu gelling skilled American negroes is nub entirely on account of their own worth in the growing of cotton, but also to have them teach the Egyptian natives how to do this work. He will have this in mind in making his selections of the next list of tu? e who are to ac company him on his return. He de sires to have negroes who have been technically educated In coltan grow ing and he will avail himself of tho v-eorausel^Bookei- T." Wttm'ingt?ifTn getting men of the right sjrt. Of this experiment in transporting American negroes to the Soudan, Mr. Hunt says: "Thus far there is certainly no cause for disappointment. The ne groes in our employ are technically educated men, good workers and their influence on tue natives is the best. However, it looks as if the prevailing opinion that the Egyptian fellaheen 'ls averse from migrating to the Upper ?Ile is wrung If he does take kindly io the Souflun, it means that Lord Gromer's dream will be realized and -the Soudan will become the outlet for the overllow of E.; y pt, in which event my colored ci uuirymen must meet a orceful rival." Mr. Hunt, as the result of the p-'St sears's experience lu the Upper Nile country, ls convino d it bas great ag ricultural possibilities. Sugar cane and cotton, he says, are certainties while wheat and barley may bj de pended upon as fur south as thu Blue Nile. Tobacco is prohibited, although Mr. Hunt thinks lite region ideal for tobacco culture. Vegetables do well, but lt will take time to determine what can be done with fruit. ''Our experiments in cotton," tays Mr. Hunt, "snow a larger yield pjr acre then Egypt produces and quality quite up to the best American. He sides the Egyptian varieties will do as well as in Egypt If planted early, but early planting involves the question of water at low Nile, which is thc problem of the future Water ls ev erything. The railway line connect ing Sheikh Barghut on tin: lt d Sea with Darner on iii : Nile will bc com pleted in June, 19116, if no unexpected interruptions occur. Then the door which hitherto ha? been cit sod on that great country will swing wide open for tile e?a of commercial peace and prosperity, lt is doubtful if the full meaning of this new chapter In the redemption of Ibu .Soudan is very generally understood." Mr. Bunt Iras traveled extensively in the far East and has large interests in Korea, lu fae:, lie went from Korea about the time the war was beginning and went l o Egypt m pur suance ot an arrangement with the Soudanese, government to superintend cotton growing on a large tract be tween Berber aid Suakiii which he bought from the govemnoe .1. On ac count of Iiis personal familiarity with the conditions at the seat of war, Mr. Hunt's Ideas on Hie subject are valua ble. He sajs the after results of-lt will be yaluablo for all nations but Germany. That country among out side intluences, he says, is regarded a: second only to the ll issu Chinese bankin bringing it about. Japan will readily forgive France, for she looks on France as au lion rabie and chivalrous ally of Russia, hut she will never forgive tho meddling of Ger many. Thc success of Japanese arms means new aud better iii;; to Korea -and China, Mr. Hunt luliaves. Now that Japan ki.o AS lier strength, he says, she will give to her neighbor a strong guiding hand, which will mean that "China'ssuperb natural resources and incomprehensible wcaltii and power of her cheap labor are fact.irs to be reckoned with in the future. With her extensive iron and coal de posits and cheap labor you ein safely count on rapid progress. 1 do not in the least believe in tue yellow peril unless lt be the synonym of progress lu China. But why should the pros perity of China be sacn ticed to satisfy the indecision of tlie powers? Jana nese progress seems tu point to peace rather than war, for there is little doubt that the future controlling combination of the world will he England, France, Italy and Japan. ?S for the United States, we shall have our hands full at home looking after our Socialists unless our repub lic rides safely through the storm that is now gathering. The impor tant issue here ls simply this: Shall a few rich men, by and with the con sent of the senate, dominate' the United States, or shall President Roosevelt by and with the help of the people prevail in his light against corporate greed?" GEN. FITZ HUGH LEE Tho Northern Papers Speak Highly of tho Dashing Cavalryman. The death of Fitzhugh Lee is the j occasion for the expression of sympa- j tbctio and appreciative opinion in the press of the northern and eastern States. Without exception, as far as | we have seen, these papers have gen erously availed themselves of an op portunity to speak magnanimously and justly of the dashing Confederate cavalry leader who recognized no enemy save those under a hostile dag. It was natural that the attitude of Fitzhugh Lee should appeal strongly to the best sentiment of the north as | it did to the best sentiment of the south. It was the attitude of a gal lant tighter, who does his best and, at the end of the struggle, returns as I gallantly to the tasks of peace-tasks | made more dilllcalt by defeat and loss. In assuming this courageous position, however, he was not the leader, as one might infer from reading the eu logies of him in the northern press. Ile followed the lofty precept and ex ample of his uncle, Robert E Lee, and In this State the course advised hy that great chieftain had already been adopted by Gen. Wade Hamp ton, who, indeed, needed no counsel In any path of honor, of courage, or of right conduct. In praising Fitzhugh Lee's attitude, therefore, the praise must be accepted, in principle, for other leaders of the south in war and in peace. The New York Times said of Fitz hugh Lee, the day ho died, but before it knew of his death: "There ls no man in the south, and no man in the United States, who contributed more than Fitzhugh Lee to form, after the division of tue Civil war, a more per fect union" In an appreciation of Lee, the Phil adelphia Public Ledger, after speak ing of the "very important part played by this patriotic man and competent administrator in tho era of reconstruc Mon," said: Cleveland acted with great spirit and wisdom in appointing this dis tinguished son of the south and form er Confederate ^ emeral successively internal revenup,coll0"tn" in .'Virginia ?and consul"geefsrai at Havana-, &ud President McKinley must have great credit for his decision to retain this Democrat at the important Havana, post, aud particularly for appointing him to be major general of volunteers during the war with Spain, and tinally, military governor of Havana * * * Gen. Lee was thoroughly "reconstructed," like his uncle, the' Confederate military leader. Great ?soldier as was Robert E. Lee, his real greatness-something of that large ness of seul which we attribute toa Washington-shone out conspicuously in bia counsels and practices of peace and good will, and ia his performance of new duties for the upbuilding of the Shattered south In a reunited country almost from the day that the war was over. The New York Sun very gracefully -aid: "Fitzhugh L-<e died a hero of the whole American people. The il lustrions nam; ; e hoie, typical of the highest and purest American citizen ship, is a proud national po.sses.sion. lt is a name a most canon!/.:d at the South, and at the north it is scarcely !e?s honored, lt seems a far cry bick to Appomattox when one reads such sentiments in thc northern press. The State. i'j.Hi their Debts. A meeting of thc advisory commit tee which has been in charge since October, mo:!, of the attains of the banking houses of John L. Williams A. Sons and J. William Middendorf & (Jo., of Baltimore and Richmond, was held Wednesday night. After the meeting lt was announced that thc debts of tho two firms had been paid tn full with interest and the com mittee had been dissolved. The two houses bad obligations aggregating more than $12,000,000 at the time of their suspension Had they been forced int i bmkruptcy at the time, they would probably have paid twen ty-live cents on tho dollar. Hut In stead an advisory committee was formed and under the supervision of thc committee, thc two linns have liquidated more than $10,000,000 of their obligations. The Una) details of their settlement called for a loan I of 8000,000 on securities that the two I linns desired to hold because of their developing values. One firm with Loudon clients offered to take thc winde amount, several New York houses also made Himilar tenders and Baltimore financial institutions sub scribed largely to the loan. Search to Dentil. The New York American says j worry over a friend's jest ls said to be responsible for the death of Let n Kalin, proprietor of "Tile Old Home stead," Union avenue and First street, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Kahn, who was forty-two years old, was a prominent lodge man. He had not been sick in twenty years. Saturday Kahn met a friend, who during a joking conversa Hon said: "Another white shirt will tinish you." Tnat statement worried Kahn. He asked at least two dozen friends if he looked Bick. They said he did not. That night Kahn was seized with pains near the heart. Paralysis ( f j the organ was the diagnosis. A few] flours later the hotel man was dead. President Fell Ue-Klcctcil. Dr. ll. P. Pe'.l has been re elected president of Converse College by the hoard of trustees. In assuming tho duties of president of this well-known and popular Institution for women for another year he will pursue lils well known policy-that of working for the success of the college, keeping up its high standard of excellence, hold ing in mind at all times everything j that tends to the uplifting and dcvcl ! opment of womanhood. A NOTED TRIAL. The Alleged LynoherB of Eutawville Will Face the Jury. A. Short History or the Omni, That Will bo Hoad With I moreat by our Re adora. Tho alleged Eutawville lynchers will ba put on trial today, and the trial will hist several days, as there are a good many witnesses to be examined. This case has excited considerable comment all over the State, and a re view of it no doubt would be read with interest at this time. The so called lynching was the assassination of Keitt Bookbardt by parties un known thc Tlh day of last July. The negro had been put in jail on the tri vial charge of having exchanged epi thets with Henry Edwards. That night the negro was taken from the liimsy structure used for keeping prisoners, and his body was found two days later lu San tee river, having floated and brought to the top a heavy grate bar, which had been tied around his body. The body gave evidence of inhuman treatment at the hands of fiends. Thc ears had been cut off and there weie other marks of violence to show In what manner the murderers had tried to degrade the body of their victim. Gov. Hey ward's attention was directed to the crime hy a letter from Mr. J. D. Wiggins, magistrate at Eutawville, who denounced tho murder and begged Gov. Heyward to take some action. Accordingly Gov. Ileyward requested Solicitor Hildebrand to go to Eutaw ville for thc Inquest. The Pinkerton Detective agency was also communi cated with and Inspector Demaio was put on the ca^e. The investigation resulted In the arrest, after three months, of several white men of that Bectlon. These men were kept In custody at the penitentiary until the 17th of De cember, when a preliminary hearing was held at St. George, Dorchester county, Magistrate A. E. McCoy presiding. The preliminary was held at St. George because that point is on the railroad and was as accessible Eutawville and more accessible than as Monk's Corner. With one exception the prisoners were remanded to jail to await trial. "Piney" Martin was released, as he had bei:n arrested on a warrant, Intended for "Penny" Martin. The others indicated are: Ileury C. Edwards, who confessed and ls being used as the prosecution wit ness.R.-:-;ens, the constable in ?huso "Custuily tins negro was on "the hight of the lynching; J. II. Palmer, policeman at Eutawville; Benny Mar tin, Andrew Martin and Adger But ler. The latter was released, as noth ing could b? proved against him. Toe crime was supposed to have oc curred in B?rkeley county, and the accused were taken to the Berkeley county seat, Monck's Corner, where they had bysn lying in jail since last December until brought to Or angeburg last week. But when the case was called for trial at Monrk's Corner in January, Solicitor Hilde brand sprang a .surprise. De had had Liic territory surveyed, and whiie it is true that Eutawville is In Berkeley county, still the place at which the murder it alleged to har i been com mitted is in Or ingeborg county. The case ?vas thus transferred to this coun ty in which there was not so much personal feeling and interest. It is probable that the defendants at torney will make a motion to take the ouse back tu B rkeley county. Henry 10 I wards, who turned State's evidence, and who will bi: one of the principal witnesses against the ac cused, was kept lu the Penitentiary at Columbia since his arrest until last week, when he was brought to Oran gtburg under guard, lt seems that tlie authorities were afraid he would be treated with violence If scut to the Berkeley jail and Imprisoned with fite men he bad turned States evi dence against. He admits his con nection with the terrible affair, but claims that the above named de fendents were the principle actors in the bloody drama. E lwards ls quite a young man, and ls from anexcdlent family. It will ho left for tba jury charged with the duty of passing on the case to say what credence there is to be put In the evidence given by Edwards. The caso will ha a hard fought one, us there are able lawyers on both sides. The defendants have lawyeis from the Berkeley, D irehester and Orangcburg bars to conduct their case, and they will he most ably de fended. Solicitor Hildebrand will rep resent the State. He is an aole and very successful official, and will have no stone unturned to convict thone cttsed of the crime he believes them guilty of. If the defendants are guilty we hope it will be made so plain that noone can doubt it, and If they are innocent we hope they will have a speedy acquittal.-Times and Demo crat. Nu VOM a Train. But for tho presence of mind and natural intelligence of Nannie Gibson, a sixteen year old barefoot mountain girl, a mixed freight and passenger train having Asheville Monday morn ing, eastward bound, would in all prob ability have been wrecked at Mud Cut in the Blue Ridge mountains and sev eral lives lost. Nannie Gibson lives close to Mud Cut. That morning s ic saw a great pile of rock and earth slide on thc track at that place short ly after a special train had passed, and realizing that au engineer of an eastward bound train would be unable to see the slide in time to stop the train and that there was Imminent danger of loss of life and property, she picked up a torpedo and running up tito track some distance placod it on the rail at tiic mouth of the tun nel. Then hurrying back, she found a red Hag, and again started up thc track when she hoard the engine whistle of the mixed train. As the train came she waved the flag, thc en gineer applied the brakes, and the train came to standstill within less than twerty steps of the slide. After the girl child had told her story thu passengers showered upon her coins, amounting to many dollars. Chicago Strikers Beat and Force Negro Strike Breakers to RUN FOR THEIR LIVES Wherever Negroes Appeared It Wa* the Signal for Furious Assault by Strikers and Sympathizers. One Mau Killed During the Day. Scores Wounded. The fighting in Chicago Wednesday in the streets was more fierce than the day before. The Btrlker3 and their sympathizers attacked the non union men at every opportunity, as sailing them with bricks, stones, clubs, knives and any and every other offensive weapon upon whioh they could lay their hands. The fighting occurred in the heart of the business section of the city, men being shot down within 200 feet of the retail Btore of Marshall Field Co., or clubbed nearly to death at the corner of the Auditorium hotel, in plain view of hundreds of ladies, who wore compelled to run from the. mob to save their own lives. In many instances men walking along the streets who had no active connection with the strike were as saulted by hoodlums, who beat them first and later accused them of being strike breakers. A notable instance of this kind was that of Rav. W. K. Wheeler, pastor of the Ninth Presby terian church who while passing the ?omer "of Desplalnes and Adams streets on his way to the Pennsylvania depot, was attacked by three men, who knocked him down and beat him unmercifully until the timely arrival of the police saved him from critical injury. Mr. Wheeler managed to hold one of his assailants until the police could arrest him. William Miles, a colored waiter, while at work in a lunch room at Adams and Sangamon streets, a half mlle, from any former scene of rioting cluing the strike, was also a victim of the strikers' fury, although he had no connection whatever with tho trou ble. He was accused of being p. strike breaker, was pounded on the head wi nh a billy, knocked down and tram pled uiT*'. as was removed to-the hospital, where ?is injuries'were " pro nounced s?vere. As far as kn jwn, but one man was killed during the day. The list of in jured is much greater than that which it is possible to obtain. In many cases thc nonunion men swung their clubs with great effect; knocking men from their wagons headlong Into the street; in other instances, when assailed by mobs, they fired point blank into the crowds, and it ls diffi cult to see how the members of the mob could escape many broken heads or how all the bullets fired during the , day should have ?one wild. THE DEAD AND INJURED, Cbarles Heard, struck on the fore- l head in the light near the Auditorium hotel. Ile died of a fractured skull at the Mercy hospital, where he had been taken. The injured: Pruno Germain, Naw York city head cut. Charles Moody, beat on the head with caues by strikers, condition seri ous. John Blum, nonunion driver, struck in the side with a brick, one rib bro ken. William Miles, colored walter, head cut with billy, and trampled on. Police Sergeant Barron, thrown from patrol wagon while responding to riot call, leg badly wrenched. Martin Garray, nonunion man head badly cut by billies In the hands of strikers. W. N. Brown, nonunion teamster, struck by a bucket of cement thrown from twelfth story of building at Adams and State street; leg broken. Policeman Edward Campton, struck on head with a brick; severely cut. Rev. W. Iv. Wheeler, beaten by striker.^; face and head cut. Henry Shultz, shot In left side by nonunion teamsters; not serious. Daniel Cohen, nonunion man struck on head with a club. William Burke, right hand lacerat ed by brick. William Hill, head and left shoul der cut by stones. A. B. Smith, nonunion man, face cut with a stone. Frank Emerson, nonunion man, right hand smashed by heavy stone. James Smith, nonunion man, struck In the back by a stone; Injuries are severe. Albert Mcllvaine, shot In the back, not. expected to live. Hyde McDowell, shot in the left hip. William Bass, shot in the left leg below the knee. J. Erickson, shot In the right arm above the elbow. Louis Eisman, colored, struck on the head with a brick in a tight at Jackson boulevard and Halsted street. William Davis, colored, nonunion driver, head cut. James Butler, colored, nonunion driver, arm broken. Andrew Scott, colored, nonunion driver, head cut. William Biggs, colored, nonunion driver, head cut. Frank Curry, leader of nonunion men, struck on head hy a stone while conducting wagons along Frankling ? street. PIERCE FIGHT WITH SLUGGERS. A. h. Utely door manager for Mont gomery Ward & Co., attaoked by sluggers on Oakenwald avenue. Mr. IHoly, who has boen aotlvc in the Interests of Ward & Co., since the commencement of tho strike, was at tacked by men who he thinks have been following him for several days, while passing a vavant lob in Oaken w??ld avenue between Forty-fourth and Forty-fi; h streets. The mon knocked him down and kicked bim in a terrible manner about tbe head and face. He knocked one down with a billy, and the others ran. Thinking he had kill 3d his assailant, Utoly went call an ambulance but when it arrived the mau had eltber recovered and ir'mr away, or bad been-carried oil by his companions. A hmm red colored men imported as strike breakers by the Employing Teaming Company struok today. The negroes complained tbat they could not protect themselves with- wooden sticks or canes, which were being furnished by the company. Tho col ored men declared that the canes however stout, could not give protec tion against brloks, atones or similar missiles. The men wanted revolvers. Their request was refused. Ono of the liveliest disturbances of the day occurred within a block of the Auditorium hotel. Shooting was re sorted to by colored nonunion men to day at Harrison street and Wabash avenue. Three wagons, formerly owned by the Edwin F. Daniels Coal Company, were being driven south in Wabash avenue. At the Harrison street crossing a large crowd gathered about the drivers and guards. Sticks, tiling, broken bottles and other mis siles striking the negroes. NKUUO 8IIOOT8. One of the colored guards, named Carter, whipped out a revolver and shot at Henry Schultz, who, it is al leged, was approaching Carter.. The bullet struok Schult/, in the left side. He ran south in Wabash avenue for a block before he fell. Th? crowd thoroughly enraged at the action ol the colored men quickly closed in up on the non-unionists and beat them thoroughly. A police call was sent In and seventy policemen under In spector Patrick J. Lavin hurried fcc the scene and dispersed the crowd with vigor: Schultz was taken to a hospital Carter was arrested. The bullet struck one of Schultz'.1 ribs. ' He will recover. The shooting caused much excite ment at the Auditorium. The wo men became hysterical and rusher back Into the hotel. For a time al tratllc on Wabash avenue cable anc the Indiana avenue electric car lin? was at a standstill. MCTUKESQUE SIGHT. One of the picturesque sights wit nessed today was a procession 50( non-union colored teamsters gc' ~< from their lodgings to the Employ er.V Teaming Company barns, ai Franklin street and Jackson boule vard. The negroes were led by ? white man, Frank Curry, formerly 1 street car gripman, who became 1 strike breaker during the city railwa; strike here some months ago, ant who bas recently been active in labo: troubles it St. Louis. Crowds fol lowed Curry's novel procession toda; but tho ^iSter?f 3he_?qrca.Qf nj? union companied by fifty policemen seemei at first to aot as a deterrent of an untowed proosedings. The proc?s sion turned into Jackson boulevar from Michigan avenue, where ther was an increasing crowd of strik sympathizers, who, with y oils of de fiance, began throwing stones an bricks. Police Lieutenant Dillo was struck on the head. Ile stat gered and would have fallen had nc several of the strike breakers caugli and sustained him. Other police an a number of the strike breakers wei also bit. The march in Jackson hoi levard w&s stormy, but the barns a Franklin street were reached wlthoi severe injury to any one. Thirty non-union teamsters were a tacked Wednesday by a crowd e strike sympathizers at Jackson li m ii vard and Halstead streets. All kine of missiles were used. Thenon-unia teamsters, armed with stout hlckor dubs, attempted to fight the mol but were being overpowered when tl police arrived. William Wrather, white guard, was severely Injure Thc police, clubbing right and Lei rushed the crowd otf the street Five persons were arrested. Only t< of the non-union teamsters could I found, the others having lied. THOUSANDS ATTACK NEGROES Simultantous with the shooth near the Auditorium Wednesday 1 ternoon, another riot was in progre at Michigan avenue and Lake stree a mile north on the same boulevar A crowd of 300 negroes imported frc St. Louis were being escorted frc the railway depot to a lodging hdu! At Lake street and Michigan a\ nue a crowd of 3,000 persons attack tho negroes, many of whom we armed with stones, piecer of co black jacks, revo?. -18 an.i stout hie ory canes. When parsons in t crowd began to throw stones, stie and bottles, thc negroes charged peatedly, making fierce use of t hickory. Each time, however, t crowd increased. Persons in ort buildings rushed to the streets a swelled the gathering. CAUKI'L in Chicago. Henry G. G?ll, thc former assist) cashier of the Frst National bank Milwaukee, was arrested in Chici Thursday, according to the inion: tlon given out by thc police authi ties In Milwaukee. The capture < made by Detective Dennis Sulliv of the Milwaukee police departme G?ll was walking on 30th street Chicago when a Milwaukee oilicar : across him. It appears that G?ll been In Chicago for several days, st lng at a dillerent hotel every night warrant was issued for Coil's arres1 the same time the warrant was ser on Frank G. Bigelow, the default banker, Tried to Kill lliniHolf. Tom Cox, sentenced to he han at Nashville, Tenn., for the mm of Policeman Ii<jn F. Dowell, ma' desperate attempt to commit sud In his cell at thc county jail tl Wednesday morning by taking poli Ills condition is critical In the treme and thc chances are against recovery. Cox ls perhaps Tennes.1 most noted criminal of recent ye The killing of Policeman Dowell of a most sensational character Cox's trial attracted widespread tentlon. Negro Boy Hilled. Will Salter, a D-year-old colored while at work at Hannah brick y near Glendale, Spartanburg oou Wednesday afternoon slipped Inl mud mill and his legs were cut off his body terribly mutilated, ne Wednesday night about midnight A HOT TIME In the Negro Baptist State Con vention at Union Friday. THE BLUFF CALLED By Carroll, Who Told the Preachers That They Were Guilty of Dis honest Practices. Carrol's Life Thr?aien?u ? "C Persis ted in nis Charges. "I will put a bullet hole through you if you repeat your charges lu this convention," was the sensational threat sent to Rsv. Richard Carroll, a prominent negro educator, by a negro preacher in high circles, both of whom was In attendance on the negro Bap tist State convention at Union last week. For several months past Carroll has been orrally and through newspapers making grave charges against the character of a number of negro Baptist ministers in this State, saying that some of thc more prominent ones had formed a ring and that collections made for foreign missions, education and orphan work had been diverted into their own private purses. The knowledge that he was at the conven tion to push his substantiated charges made those Interested employ almost every means, including threats against his life, to have him remain silent^ However, he was undaunted, and the investigators which he demanded and helped conduct brought out facts and over 75 other ministers corrobora ted his statements. A striking feature occurred In the convention when, in a wild disordered assemblage, one prominent delegate dem?udcd of Carroll to "name them!" "You are one," was the reply. Another preacher immediately at 'lng up and shouted. "Am I one, too?" evidently thinking to bluff the speaker, who calmly replied: "Yes, you, toe;" and Carroll proceeded to draw out a book !n which he had the names of everyone implicated. This caused a storm of confusion and calls: "You need not read any morel" Carroll, who is doing good work for negro youths in Columbia and has the .support of the whites, seems to have ->he special-antipathy of many of his race, who sarcastically denounce him' as "an ingrate," "the white man's friend" and "seeking to raise himself on the dead bodies of the negro race." Tue whole secs on was a dramatic one, and the ring is larger than sup posed, judging by the violent opposi tion against Carroll. After a long session, the following resolutions were adopted, which, though strongly worded, are really ueutrai in character: "Whereas, in the recent newspaper articles under the signature of Rev. R. Carroll, commented upon in and out of tlic State, the impression has been made that the negro Baptist ministers in S uth Carolina are venal and generaly depraved; and whereas, the puulic rte ignition gi ven Rev. lt. Carroll, coupled with the gravity of the charge-, are calculated to do un told harm to tile ministry and check any present looking toward securing aid and sympathy from those whose aid and sympathy should be given, be It "Res.'lved, That it may be trne and fully admitted that there is among us, as among all other peoples and Curis taiu organizations, some irregularities, but it is the exception rather than thc rule. While we fully deplore and condemn the irregularities among the few, we, in convention assembled, most emphatically deny that such con dition referred ti? herein above obtains among thejgreat majority of our min isters and churches. Be it further "Resolved, That the'Baptist minis try of South Cs olin, in character, in tegrity and moral uprightness, com pare favorably with the ministers everywhere." The sentiment of the majority of delegates, including Dodd and Jen Kins, editors who had violently op posed Carroll, seems to be that it is best to have corruption exposed and remedied.-T;:e State. HOW IT HAPPENED. Why Whiukey for Gaffney Could Not Bo Unloaded in Time, It seems that the good people of Gaffney don't drink so much whiskey after all, atm that a short article we clipped from the Spartanburg Journal a short time ago to thc effect that tito express messenger did not have time to deliver all the whiskey con signed to Gaffney and had to carry some of it on to Spartanburg and re turn it to Gaffney thc next day, wan misleading. The Gaffney Ledger makes thc following explanation of tlie story, which puts a different phase on it altogether : "A Ledger repre sentative called upon Mr. Fisher, the local express agent, and asked him about the truth of the article. Mr. Fisher said that there was a to tal of fourteen packages for Gaffney ; that on account of a large amount of other express, such as tish, cab bage, etc, they did not have time to handle the entire fourteen pack ages of whiskey, and that not more than eight packages were carried by. We make no concealment of the fact that whiskey comes to Gaffney, lt does come, and more than we would like to see come, but lt ls manifestly unfair to try to leave the impression that the present state of affairs is not an lmprovemrr.t over the old system. Certainly the consumption of whiskey In this county has been jeducjd- and that materially -and that is what we were aiming at. Our pro-dispensary friends, however, take every opportu nity to have it appear that the effort to reduce thc consumption of whls .key ls a failure. Such is not thc oase, and if they would bo fair they would not try to pervert toe faots." GREEN GOODS MAN Caught in the A ot of Swindling a Gen tleman from Texas. When Reuben With Roll Arrived the Clerk of Astor Houae Soented Game and Notified Police. They caught a green goods man red handed in the Astor house. Iiis name is Nelly Galvin, and the authorities at police headquarters in New York City say he is an all-round crook and old-time pickpocket whose picture has been in tbe rogues' gallery for years. The "come on" was taken and is now locked up at headquarters. He is Elmer Klahr, part owner of a Kaloon in Higgins, Lipscomb county, Tex., and was lured here by tbe usual cir culars. According to Klahr's Btory he Rot here on the Baltimore & Obio rail road, and, in keeping witb the direc tions given to him in his correspon dence with the gang, went to the As tor bouse. He was taken In tow by the swindlers, and that night they si lowed .him the sights. They also told bim how lucky he was to be let in on the ground door in the deal they were about to put through with him, and made arrangement? to show bim samples of the "counterfeit" money in the morning. When Klahr came down from his room he went to the desk and depos ited his roll of money with the clerk. The hotel people suspected at once that he was a "come-on," and notified the postal officials and police head quarters, in accordance with arrange ments that had been made several days ago when a stranger was re lieved of all his cash in the hotel by the gang of whioh Galvin is the re puted chief. Klaher, it seems, was taken to Brooklyn, where some good money was shown to him as a sample of the mythical counterfeits. He was satis fied with the looks of the good money, and he made a cash payment of 850 to bind the bargain. Then he went back to the Astor house and awaited the coming of Galvin te complete the transaction, first get ting bis roll from the clerk. The postal Inspectors and Mccon ville secreted themselves lu a room directly across the hall from Klahr's and took turns peeping In. lu a lit tle while Galvin came up and was admitted by the. man from Texas. The sleuths crossed the hall and tried to hear through the key hole what was said inside, but the conversation was carried on in so low a voice that they could catoh only a word now and then. After walting- about ton minuted Mcconville tried the door and found it looked. Then he leaned against it hard and burst into the room, follow ed by thc postal ofilclals. Galvin stooped low and essayed to butt bis way out. Mcconville pounced on him, threw him to the door and sat upon him. The "come-on" did noth ing but open bis mouth and stare as if he waa looking out through the gate of his teeth. When Galvin was searched the $465 in cash was found In his pocket. Klahr admitted that he had just paid over the money. He said 8450 of it was for the balance due on purchase of the 83,000 worth of "long green," which was to be sent to him at his homo, and the remaining $15 for thc expenses Incurred by the gang in showing bim the town. MELTS HER ALIVE. UOOB to Bury LioriR Lost Stator Who Is Not Dead. Thc New York American says a drama in which one of the principals was confronted by the living form of a sister whose body he supposed was in a hearse he was following to a cem etery, occurred Tuesday at the Jersey City terminal of tfie Barclay street ferry. Conrad Ritter, of No. 21 Liberty street, East New Durham, N. J., was Informed a few days ago that the body of his sister Mary had been In terred In a pauper's grave after she had died, on April 3d, of self-lntlicted injuries In St. Mary's Hospital in Ho boken. The girl had been missing from home since March 24. Ritter Investigated and found that a woman answering the description of his sister had committed suicide and had been buried In the Hudson Coun ty Catholic Cemetery in Jersey City. He had the b idy exhumed and ar ranged for Its Interment in Calvary Cemetery, lu <?aeons County. Tuesday all arrangements were com pleted, aud Ritter sorrowfully follow ed the hearse. He alighted from his carriage at the ferry entrance, and one of the first persons he saw was his sister leaving a boat, lie nearly lost his reason, and staggered against the gate, white and speechless. Thc girl not divining the cause of 'bia agitation, stood horritled, but see [ lug the hearse and carriage, and not ' lng her brother's mourning apparel, decided that some misfortune of which she was not aware had occurred to him. When Ritter recovered, the situa tion was explained, and it developed that Mary bad been taken seriously 111 at a friend's home In Brooklyn, and was unable to communicate with her brother.,. The body Identified as hers has been returned to thc Jersey City authorities. Kmed Por Clamming, . Some of the gentlemanly gamblers of Covington, Ga., got lt In thc neck thc other day. The grand Jury, at the March term of thc court returned about twenty-live true bills against ten prominent citizens of the town i and county for gambling at different times within the last several months. By agreement each of the ten persons charged with the offense entered a plea ; of guilty. Judge Roan Imposed a tine of $200 in each case on one Indict ment, suspending sentence upon tho - other Indictments pending good be havior for twelve months. In this : manner the cases were quickly dispos ed of and the spcolal session did not ast more than three hours. FATAL QUARREL. Thomas Jones Shot Through the - Heart by Thomas Godfrey. ABOUT A GBAPE VINE. The Men Were Next Door Neighbors, and the Tragedy Resulted from a Dis? agreement Over a Very Tri vial Matter. The Slayer is Now in Jail. Spartanburg has another murder to her credit. A special dispatch from that city to The State says Thomas Jones was shot and instantly killed in his yard ou North Church street Thursday morning by Thomas Godfrey who was taken In charge by the police shortly after the shooting and Is lodged in the county jail. Jones was shot down very near his own doorsteps and in his lot by a neigh bor, Godfrey, whose lot is nearby. At the time of the tragedy Jones was sitting in his front porch awaiting a street car to go to his shop. Godfrey approached from his (Godfrey's) house and holding out some pieces ~A grape vine in his hand, inquired of Jones if he knew them. Jones replied in the negative, and Godfrey Insisted that he did. This caused Jones to emphatically state, without the superfluous use of oaths, that he did not. Godfrey made some remark to whioh Jones replied, calling Godfrey a liar. Godfrey drew a 38 calibre pistol and fired one shot at Jones. The ball entered Jones' left breast and plowed to the heart, and in a minute or more the man was dead. Godfrey is an Irishman who has iived in Spartanburg for a number of years. Ile is an aged citizen, and of frail feeble frame and Ul health. He is a skilled workman. He and Jones have been at outs for a long time and had held no verbal conversa tion with eaoh other. Godfrey, it ls said, olaims that Jones cut the grape vines in his (God frey's) garden, causing them to die. This was the cause for the shooting down of an unarmed man on his own premises. Jones was a quiet, honest, industious citizen and was a black smith,.woodworkraan and machinist. He.was running a shop of-ths own at the time he was killed. Godfrey had no statement for the press. BOLD BAHR ROBBERY. Tho Bandits Booure Betweon Five and Ten Thousand Dollars. A band of masked robbers rode into the village of Gilbertsville, N. Y., at 3 o'olock Wednesday morning, blew open the modern and supposedly bur glar proof safe in the private bank of E. C. Brewer, and made good their < escape with booty estimated at be tween $5,000 and 810,000. When the startled villagers were awakened by the mutilad roar of the explosion and had been halted by the pistol fire of the retreating bandits, they found that the robbers had completely isola ted Gilbertsville from the outside world by cutting all the telegraph and telephone wires. Efforts to communi cate with neighboring towns were fu tile. The bold attack rivals in the de tails of lbs thoroughness, its daring and its success the exploits of the most notorious bandits of the western country. It is believed there were five men In the band. That all were heavily arm ed was shown by the f requenoy of their tire when the villagers arrived near the bank. Thc men first pried open thc front door of the bank. Not a light glimmered in the village, and they evidently set about their work leisurely. Two holes were drilled into the heavy steei doors of the newly in stalled safe, aud Into these the explo sive, believed to have been nitrogly cerine, was inserted. The explosion which followed wholly wreoked the safe and shattered every window in the bank building. The robbers hasti ly gathered up all the money exposed by the explosion and started on a run just as the first ot the awakened vil lagers reached the scene. Other resi dents quickly came up, but in the meantime the invaders were making good their escape, firing as they went. Doublo Suioido. The bodies of R. B. Shaw and his wife, who he married in Philadelphia five years ago, were found in a field near Blackpool, Englaud, where the dead couple lived. Both had been shot and there was a pistol beside the bodies. The tragedy unfolds a pitiful story. After live years of happy mar riage, it is alleged, Shaw discovered a fortnight ago that his wife was in volved in an Intrigue two years beforo lier marriage. According to thc story, he taxed her with the offence, and as a result of her admissions he told her to prepare immediately to sall for America, leaving their children at Blackpool. They started on Tuesday, seemingly reconciled; but Shaw's mother was suspicious and caused neighbors to follow them. Shots were heard and the bodies were discovered. Each was shot through the mouth, the indications being that it was by mutual agreement, the woman having carefully removed her hat and placed it beside her husband's on the grass. A doublo ticket, for New York by the steamer Majestic was found in Snaw's pocket. _ Kobbory and Murder. At New York the body of Marie Dacci, forty-five years old, was found dead in a room of her apartment at 54th street Wednesday morning with a handkerchief stuffed down her throat. The woman was evidently strangled for tho purpose of lobbery. Thp police are looking for two men who, it is said by her daughter, visit ed her mother Tuesday. The wonara was separated from her husband.