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WS w Si ng , \?. Marlboro' Jemocrat "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOU!,S AND ?ASK OUR LIVES ?S THY POSSESSION HAPPY OU OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS.IN THY CAUSE." VOL. XXX BENNETTS VILLE, S.C., FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1905. NO. sec "2 A SAD CASE. An Innocent Man Kept in Prison Twenty-One Years. /WANTS^mi COMPENSE. A Veteran Falsely Convicted of Murder Goes to Atlanta Penniless and Bent with ARC. Can General As sembly of the Sate of Geor gia Meet His Claim? The Atlanta Journal says bent with ago, penniless, and just out of a hos pital after months of illness, Charles Franklin, thc man who was sentenced for life to thc penitentiary for murder by a Bibb county jury, and who serv ed twenty-one years before his inno cence became known when the real murder confessed his guilt, came to Atlanta last week to appeal to the leg islature for recompense for his twen ty-one years' false imprisonment. Franklin ls G6 years of age. Ho liv ed In Griffin twenty live years, servod In the confederate army as a private in the Griffin Volunteers, of thc Four teenth Georgia regiment, and then moved to Macon, and followed the trade of a carpenter. Ile met on the stree's ono day Fred Knight, a man, whom he charaoteriz esas havlug been absolutely worthless, and the two engage d in a quarrel. A fight ensued, and Franklin came out tho victor. Knight could not forget the huutlliatkn of that whipping he re?oived, and he swore vengeance, and ho got lt. One morning, on one of the main thoroughfares of Macon, the dead body of Mitt Bryant was found, his throat having been out almost from oar to ear. Several negroes appealed, and said they saw Franklin commit the murder. Though Franklin had servod faith fully In the ol vii war, and had always had a gocd reputation, In thc face of the positive testimony of tho negroes, ho was convicted of thc murder and sentenced to servo a life sentence In tho penitentiary. One of the negroes John Dayhawk, as he was testifying, dropped dead on the stand. HIS A I. MURDERER CONFESSED. In February, 1001, Fred Knight, while on his death bed in Augusta, oalled for his sister, ai d asked her to write djwn his dying confession, which was, In effect that ho had kill 4id I.'.j. Hu ,..it<< ll: vi pun iu tit) l'VUlllUIll, because he was mad with him. lb oommltted the crime and got John Dayhawk to swear against him. His confession closed with the appeal: "Turn him loose, turn him loose, for I am dyiig, and 1 am miserable." Tho letter was sent to tho proper authorities' and the wronged man wan given his freedom after having served exactly twenty erne years and eleven days. At thc lumber camp at Adrian, Franlln fell }n tho machinery and lost his loft hand. When Franklin came out of the pen itentiary his health was broken. Most Of the time of the two years and more that he has been free has been spenl in tho hospital. Ill nearly all the time and with une hand g. ne, be has been compelled to depend on charity for bli scant living. APFEAL TO LEGISLATURE. Franklin got out of hod to come to Atlanta to appeal to the legislature for some manner of recompense for ids Imprisonment. Ile spent bis last cent last night for supper, and was forced to appeal to tho desk sergeant at the police station for lodging last week which was cheerfully given him. Franklin was seen at t ie station bv a represestati ve of The. Constitution, Ile did not haye a word i f icbuke foi the man who wronged him, or Hie jury that sentcnct el him. "1 have a wife In Griffin, and a married daughter In Fernandina, Fla.," he said. "These are the only relatives I have left. 1 wish I was able to earn my own living, but that ls Im possible. "Hon. Joe Hall, the representative of Bibb county, is geing to appjal to the legislature to aid me, and I feel suro they will not refuse. I don't ask for any certain sum; but want the leg lslaturc to give mo what they think 1 deserve. "Since IC nigh t's confession my Inno cenco lias never bi on questioned, JI tiad a grudge against me, poor follow. Almighty (Joel had ruled that the ne gro, Dayhawk. should not tell that lie on me. There was not anything else the matter with him. "There la no use In going into the awful days I spent while Imprisoned; the torture of both mind and body, foi that, thank God, is over. I could havt begged thc money for lodging, but prc ferred to come here." l>rinkH I'olHon, At Fulton, Mo., .lames It, Penn real, estate and insurance agent, anr one of tiic best known businessmen i: that part of the state, lias com mittet suicide hy taking polyOU, I io confess cd to his partner and two other c ti /ons that ho has for tho pest llfteei years been securing me ney f ranchi lently by Illegal manipulation of mort gage notes and decs. Ho was I ."ears old. Ile leaves a lifo Inf tirane policy for $22.000 In favor of bl widow. ToDaliel (-'hutch With TobnoooT*?i Tho Raleigh News and Obier ve A says J. P. Wlthrow, a well knowi 'merchant of Hollis nd IO lenborc proposes to build a C ur n at Holli vvi\h tobacco tags K ry tobneo ohe\mr can contribute UH part to th i caused Instead of throwing away th tags, Hist drop them Into your pookc and foXward them tod. P. Wlthrow Hollis, Vi. O. Mr. Wlthrow hough and sold Vi ,000 worth of tobacco tag last ycar.Vdiloh fact will give a vcr clear lt'ea\^? how AA ay it will be t collect ciiou\h tags to build a church QUEER STORY, A Dispensary Inspector Loses vixteon Kuudred Sollars Of Dispensary Money, Claims Ho Uatl It When Ho hr ft Oliarloe ton, Hm lt Disappeared. The Columbia State says a very pe ouliar Htory becamo known Wednr s elay when lt was discovered that a fow days ago Dispensary Inspeotor Clar ence L. Brown mystcri usly lost over $1,000, which ho received from a oouuty dispenser to make up a short age in thc man's accounts. Inspector Brown went to Charles ton a few days ago, according to his statement, and In the course of his duties went to the general dispensary of S. S..Matthews and chocked up tho books. Ile fouud tho dispenser $1,018 short in his accounts and asked for payment of this amount. He was given a check, and one of Mattcws' clerk's went with him to tho bans- to get it casi)cd. Tho money was ob tained at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and Inspector Brown came to Colum bia on the afternoon train. Dispen ser Matthews accompanied him Mr. Brown would make no statment con cerning tho reason why the dispenser came, but lt ls probable from what can be learned tint ho held that thc shortage did not exist, and so came to consult with Commissioner Tatum, Mr. Brown says that he parted with Matthews at Branchville, thc dis penser going to Columbia and Mr. Brown to Barnwell, his home. Ar riving there, he found that his bank book, in which wcro the greenbacks, had disappeared. Not alone had the money which he had collected dlsap pearod, but also about $500, some of whloh belonged to tho dispensary Ile came to Columbia the next morn ing aud reported the loss. Inspector Brown ls a bonded olllccr and when nis frleuds learned of his predicament they made up the amount lacking and it was paid in to tho dispensary's funds, pending further investigation. When the facts in this case were heard of Wednesday The State tele graphed Its Charleston correspondent md instructed him to investigate the matter, Late that night the follow ing dispatch was received: Dispenser Matthews was seen by Plie State's representative in the after noon and asked for p statement about tlie shortage. He stated at tirst that he knew nothing abc ut the matter, coupling thc rernaik with an inquiry whether Inspector {Brown had charg ed him with being short In his ac counts. Showing no disposition to discuss the matter, Dispenser Mat thews was asked If he had ever boon robbed-which might account for the shortage-to whloh ho replied: "I know nothing at all about the mat ter." He later said that he preferred co say nothing, but when, told he would be quoted In this way, he add A men hir of tho county board of control was soeu about tho story and oe said that while he had heard the rumor of a shortage, he could say that the board knew nothing auout it ofil dally. "Thc stock ls regularly taken and the reports lient to Columbia," he said, "and auy shortage which .night occur would be discovered through the inspectors' examination. If such a dbe very has been made, no report ot it has been received by our board " Mr. Brown could not be found un til late Wednesday night and wou ri m ike. no statement regarding Dispen ser Matthews' visit to Columbia. Commissioner Tatum was likewise taciturn, lt. is almost certain, how ever, that tho dispensar came to thc city to deny the shortage. He had a receipt from Mr. Brown. The story ls a very peculiar one and will bo In vestigated to the botte m. T.iert have, been rumors of a shortage lu Charles on for some time, but lt was learned Wedntslay night that they could not oe con ll r med. SHOT HIS UHOTHIiK. A Vory Sad Accident Happened li.-mt Week Near Marlon. M r. .1 ackson Bowers the 17 year old son of Mr. Jos. W. Bowers living 1 miles above Marlon ls lying at the point of deatli with a pistol bah in nis brain having been accidentally shot by his brother at about 8 2u o'clock on Tuesday night of last week Thc accident occurred on the back pla/./.x of tholr father's home while the young man's older brother Drewc ry Bowers was trying to re pair a pis toi preparatory to tho 1 til of .) uly shooting match. Drcwery had opened the pistol thowlng ttie bullets out as ho thought but ono remained and whin lie closed tho pistol it was discharged passing through his hand before lodging in the brain of his brother who Immedi ately fell. As soou as he recovered i from the tirst sheck of i.ho fright he took his brother in his arms carried i him into tho house and Unding that ; he was wounded in tho head without . taking time to put on shoes or hat . jumped on a horse and ran to Marlon for medical aid. Drs. J, t?. Kvans and 10. M. Dibble were soon there and though they found thc caso almost hopeless pcr . formed a surgical operation removing 1 a number of shattered splinters of the 1 skull and a small quantity of thc ! lacerated brain but wore unable te . extract the bullet. They report that vory llttlo hope ls entertained for the 1 unfortunate young man's recovory .hickson Powers ls a popular young . man, a special favorite In lils neigh ~ borhood and the pride, of hts father ,} who ls grief stricken as a result of tin s terribie. I eagerly. Kunine Boiler lin rat a, '' Four men were killoe! outright ant r seven otkors so seriously wounder Q that at least a portion of them wll '> die, by tho explosion of a threshlni . machine engine on the plantation 0 " Bush Bines, noar Axton, Henry conn .s ty, Va., Tu.-sday. e-~~ ^ Holdlore ot the Itovolation, Dining thc Revolutionary War t Croat Britain sent 112 684 troops fo H land service and over 22,000 seamen t y America, whllo tho colonists had 230, 0 ooo continental soldiers and 50,00( > mintie under a. un?. A GOOD MEETING. Senator Tillman Speaks to a Big Crowd at Greenville. A TALK TO FARMKJUS With a Touch on the Dispensary. He Declares that the Legislature ls Responsible for the Dispen bary's Present Situation. Brice Bill Not Pair. Senator Tillman addressed a large crowd at Greenville on Tuesday( .luly 4, at the celebration in tho Interest of the Southern Cotton Association. The meeting was presided over by Mr. R Mayes Cleveland, who introduced Sen ator Tillman in a very brief but an entirely sutllclent way. Senator Till man was greeted with moro or less cheering when he arose to speak, and ho showed that ho was going to deal with tho text when ho spoke to the audience as "orother farmers.'* Glanc ing over thc crowd, he said that ho recognized many faces belonging to men who had been pulling the bell cord over a mule, and added that while he had seen larger and hotter audiences In Greenville, he had never found one in a better humor. Now and then low rumbling thun der was heard, and, while expressing thc hope that the rain would skip this section, Senator Tillman said ho would give a great deal If lt would fall on his ICjgelield County farm. "We have met here," he said, "for a pe culiar kind of work. Wc have had celebrations and celebrations, but 1 caunot recall one that in all lbs phases I will compare with this. This event) characterizes the freedom which the farmers won for thomselves; it is a freedom from oppression, Just such asl our forefathers achieved 129 years ago. Senator Tillman referred to tho true 1 significance of independence Day. "There are a good many things in our Government," ho said, "which I do not liko, yet tho United Statss is the freest, happiest and best governed country lu the world. I have been watching national affairs since I went to thc Senate, eleven years ag?), and now and then 1 have taken occasion to discuss them, but 1 am not here today as a citizen of tho United States; I am here as a farmer to help you celebrate the victory the farmers won over the capitalists and the greedy speculators, who handle our product and have reaped the reward out of our business. "Vf?a, tV1-" *r! " ' whether thc riso iu the price of cotton oan be attributed to the Southern Cotton Ass- ciation. although it can not be denied that happy results have followed the agitation of tho. move ment to circumvent those slick follows in Wall street, who manage our af fairs and who keep tab on our work more closely than we can keep lt, and who are more interested in what we nave. Still they have had some mighty unpleasant half hours, nut the .-.mlle c unes to thc man who held his crop and who ls entitled to j jin in the celebration." Senator Tillman then explained In detail the cans.s which had led to ll actuation in the pri?es. He salo that nobody had expected cotton to -eil at 17 cents, and there was no common sense reason why lt should reach that p lint, lt was simply sent Lhere by speculation. Ho explained the Causes which ltd to tho'downfall .if Sully, and declared that there was no common sense reason why the mar ket had been forced down to 7 cents. Speculation did lt, he said: "The law of supply and demand," he said "which ough to be stab e, was re pealed by the Wall street managers They Slid millions of futures, and that dragged *hc spot market down with it, Thdy wanted to ser.d it low er, hut thc Association stemmed tho tide, reduced the acreage and o ?n sumption of fertiliz?is and then rolled the cotton under a shed and waited for something better than starvation prices. Wc have got to assert our In depender?;. Now thc people, arc able to combine and whip tho conspirators and we have won our tight as farm ers." Calling attention to tho ligures is sued by Clemson College, which showed the big demand for fertilizer tags, Senator Tillman said ho was afraid some of his friends had not ro doced tho acreage according to agree ment. He explained the old story about this man and the other plant ing more cotton because he believed that the Association had reduced thc acreage. "A lot of these fellows,'1 he said, "thought it smart to plant saying to themselves 'now ls the timi co make my jack.' Hut regardless ol thc betrayal of some and the failure of others to stand pat, the acreage was reduced, because old King Grass nabbed lt by the nock and choked il to death. It was reduced, whether il was plantod or not Thc future h now bright and promising. I hole mine, except twelve bales which mj wife sold while 1 was out in Illlnoli stumpllng for Parker. Herc is a point When you hold your cotton put li Hilder a shed or send lt to a warehouse don't leave it in tho rain." Ho tol( of tlie other causes which had belpei tho market, one being that the work was bare Of cotton. "Wo have go some blooming prospects," he w< n on, "but there comes a warning Whon you have a good thing don't b too greedy, don't wait for too hlgl prices. If tiie new crop ls only toi million bales the staple may go to 13 14 or 15 cents, for thc mills have sol gooda In ad vaneo and they've got t Whon Senator Tillman declared tba he had tho best corn in South Can Una a voice from tho audience wanto to claim that honor, but the speake was willing "to gamble" that non could boat thc Holds In Trenton. Il rcforrcd to the newspaper criticism c the movement and the politics wlilc had been injected Into lt. Ho touche j upon tho history ci thc Farmers' All ance Uftcon years ago, saying that it had como out openly to serve notice heh li!) id e ttved worl o,n (les and 1 that lt would go into the political mill pond, into deep wat^>*, but lt went into deco water and there were moro men drowned than there wore fisher men. He ?aid that President Smith had warned the Association that poli tics would not be tolerated, and then bo c%llod to mind that polities wa? thrown into the recent meeting at Greenville. Ho wanted to know why Smith nad not callen McLaurln down, but a kind friend lu the audience re marked tbat Smith was not present at tbe time. And then Tillman ba ?an to apologize, declaring tbat Smith was nob a politician, but was just a KOO,"- man who loved to hear himself talk. He urged the farmers to mako their farms self-supporting, leaving cotton as the surplus crop. "Thc Idea has been advanced," he said, "that our mills should reach out Into thc world for new markets, and that there should bc a protective* tariff on cotton brought here from Egypt, Etogland and Germany and other countries are competing with the United States In Chinese territory and yet our mills have captured lt, and are In possession of thc market. We have heard a great deal about thc boycott by Chinese guilds against American products. That boycott ls due to thc brutal way our immigra tion agents have treated leading Chi nese peoplo. We have got a Chinese exclusion Act so rigid because the laboring classes demanded it to keep out competition. These inspectors Ignore tho best visitors from China, thc men who aro the salt of thc earth over there, all because labor In this country bates the c jolie and Is afraid of competition. I am against tho Chines; coming here for tho reason that we have all the colored people we want. Let tho coolies stay out, but lt Is not right to maltreat those lead lng Chinamen who come here to study our country, conditions and people without meaning to stay. The Guilds have threatened to drive out Ameri can goods, and If the word ls passed down tho line your name ls Dennis. I am much concerned about this mat ter, and will lend all my aid to pre vent lb, but wo Democrats aro a few potatoes in the hill at Washington, and wc don't cut much figure." Senator Tillman did not sec how the protective tariff would help thc farms While on that subject he called at tention to thc movement to organize a decent Ll?publican party in South Carolina under the name of Commer cial Democracy, before McKinley's death. He mentioned his trip to Gaffney a few years ago when he had a tilt with McLaurln, adding that he had told McLaurln then what ho thought of him. Qroting from his letter about having detected "the asa's ears of the office seeker" under the thin disguise of tho cotton move ment, Senator Tillman said he had found certain embryonic candidates I ?. : ,. J'^V-?' . ' Z. again that a protective tariff on raw c /don would not help tho farm ers, and then mentioned that he had voted for a tariff on lumber because bc believed lt would help tho people 61 the low country, "lu Washington," be added, "my policy, which some of the new- papers don't like, bas been bo get anvbblng Insight, for the South when I saw thc chano, and 1 tiled to net lt ib lr or wrong, honestly or dis honrst.lv, because th ase people up there have been stealing froo un long enough." lt wiii n the difficult for those who atte ;ded former m etlngs at w? IC i So alor Tillman spoke, io see that he wa- going up hi 1; did not s-. m to have his heart in his words. "Oh." be ? nd once, breaking od from ids ?inc of f O' gbt, 'T wis; 1 had not bi en brought I ere undera check rein, ir>arth gales and a crupper, holding mc ti .wo io agi cult ?re." Soambodj In the audience wanted him to snoot a few ii to McLaurln, "Di mortub oil nisi bonum," (Timan shouted "that's Latin; Lt m aus that yoi must not say anything bu' good abou the dead. And if McLaurln is no dead p lltlcally, th? n I want to die.' While he was talking ab..ut hogs ? note was bai d id up from the audi once. Tillman road it. "Oh!" h shouted, "it's just somebody wh wants, to talk About tho dispensary There ls not much for mc to add The Greenville Nows gave my view this morning, and you ought toge the paper ai d r?ad it, bu:, this is no the timo to say lt. Wait until nex year. The real fight on the dispel] sary will be In thc Democratic pria ary, when those not registered an who are deprived of the right of vol lng under thc Hi ic. law will be er titled to vole. There arc tblrt bhousu.d moo in S nibil Carolina wli i can't vote under tho l?rico law. Ye have got no business fooling with tl dispensary until tho primary. Lot a of the people detenu no lt. 1 wills.! this, however, that wc havo got i I put the dispensary In the pot tosca i and clem lt, and if wo can't do th: 1 then I'm In for killing it. If it's ro , ten they've made it rotten, l willi ; in thc race next year for thc Sena f if my health don't break down, and : will see thc men who arc trying ; murder lb by underhand methods, i will meet thom teeth to teeth. , have always culled asparle, a spade. ls not true that 1 have been tamed i thc Sonato, but now If you want 1 settle thc dispensary, lot's wait ai i vote lt out of the State, not out ol i few counties. The latter plan w : give you a sort of negative prohll I bien. After thc dispensary you w ; get prohibition and what next? Y J will have free liquor. S mic of y I will get ib shipped In jugs, and t \ school fund will be cub and ntl t, tilings will happen. Then the peo] b will cry for high license. "That, In its essence, ls tho < 0 barnum system with COOSblbutiOl 1 limitations. 1 want, to say hore tl i? there is no warrant under thc law , those beer dispensaries. Thoy i 1 Just ordinary low saloons. Thee 0 p. nsary has boen made an evil by t Legislature. 1 called one Lcgisl&tt 1 "driftwood," bub bids one bas dem >- al I ze.l thc dispensary. The prest d body bas thc right and ls in di r bound to change thc law and maki " decent, ?nd If lb does nob, I will stu <. bbc State to kill lt. We. have got ?f clean lt or make lt go, and thev h h K<it bo glvo us be'ber liquor 1" J d hoforo clqslng S mabor Tillman o I- plimented President Smith, and eal attontton to his good work for tho farrans. Tho abovo aooouufc of the ra etlng was written by Mr. John Marspall for Tho Nows and Courier, from wblob paper wo ollp it. There were several thousand people present at the meeting and Senator Tillman wan most enthusiastically received Sppeoncs were also made by Mr. B D. Smith and Congressman Johnson. A FREE FIG-HT. As a Jmnlt of Which Two Mon Will Likely Die. Fourljty.of July Colcnrittton lOnuoO in TrVirody-Two ?rot horn Shot mid Ono Mun Cut. The State says as the result of a general shooting and cutting affray Tuesday, July 4, at Gaston, Lexing ton county, 16 miles from Columbia, Ed Rope lies In tho Columbia hospi tal wiflh a bullet wound in his abdo men a}id with slight chance for re cover*! his brother, Joe Reese, is at his hope id Gaston shot in tho right hip, at'.d" Maok Jarrett, who is also at GastOfK is in a very dangerous condi tion With six outs on his body. The/tight occurred about noon and Eil Reeta was brought to the Colum bia hospital about 7 o'clock Tuesday nightly Ho was operated on at once and tho.surgeons found upon exami natlouithat thc bullet had entered the abdominal cavity in front and just below the breast bono. In ploughing Its way along, the bullet grazed thc stomach and perforated the liver and intestiiies. He was in such a serious condition Tuesday night that his re covevy'wa8 regarded as doubtful. A witness of the affair stated that the tragedy is the result of a quarrel betwoen Mack Jarrett and Elliot Pounds, which began at a party near Gaston sc veral weeks ago and was re newed at Gaston Tuesday while the cltlzenj? of the surrounding country were celebrating the Fourth at a pub lie barbecue. These two men were cursing each other when Jarrett, who has only one leg, struck at Pounds, with a pair of knocks on his hand but only grazed the side of his head. Pounds instantly struck Jarrett a heavy blow, knocking him down, and as Jarrott rose he drew his revolver and opened lire. He emptied his pistol at Pouuds but missed every shot. Jarrett then ourscd Pouuds, and Ed Reese, ^who was lu the crowd, tdd Pounds not to take the Insult where upon Jarrett app'led the samo epithet to R,ee$io. Jarrett was still on one knee when he cursed Reese and Reese Jumped on him. Rimbert Moore, a friend Of Jarrett's, had stood by with out Inter 'criug up to this time, but at this are he whipped out his re volvo fy., j fired at Reese inflicting the wounjjf abdomen. Reese ran II?0O iii v. ow.^J'.ir #o-w> .': awi/ and secured his own pistol and loadeu lt. After Ed Riese had beon shot and while he was In the store hi: brother Joe Reese, attacked Jarrett with a ^cnifeand slashed him fearfully about the body, inflicting wounds from whloh lt ls thought he will die Wnilo Joe Reese was cutting Jarrett he was shot In the light hip by R m bert Mooro. Mooro then turned to leave and Ed Reese, who had by this time finished loading his pistol, emp Hod lt at him, but none of his shots took effect, as Re.se was growing weak from thetffiobof his fearful wound, and soon after sank bo the gri>uud. Moore made his escape ano ?vt last accounts iud nut been arrest ed. The tight was fast and furious ano that not one of the many bystanders was Injured Ls remarkable as 12 shot .vere fired Into the crowd standing lu front of the store only a few i<_ot away. Paul E. Ilutto, the owner t.l the store, was standing in ??ne of Hu windows aud name near being kille l by a bullet whloh passed close by his head. Other bullets but led them solves In thc door and window casing. Magistrate Hildebrand arrived on the scene after Moore had made his es cape. Jarrett and Moore are from North Georgia and have b?;en at Gaston for somo time running a shingle mill. The Reese boys and Pounds are youn?,: j farmers in the neighborhood. All ol tho men are unmarried, lt was alst stated that Moore ls from North Car olina and that Jarrott ls on a visit tc bis brothor who runs the shingle mill lt was learned from another sou ret that some of tho men, If not all ol thom, had been drinking. Hlx fUiiu.ru lillico. As the result of an explosion earl) Thursday at the shaft of the Tay lol Coal company ab Searight, Pa., sh men were killed and four Injured, ont fatally. Throe of tho dead were ne groes and the other three foreigners Tho men were working about 20 feel below the surface when the explosioi occurred. Thc oauso of tho explosioi ls unknown. A rescuing party of fou miners narrowly escaped death whit trying to locate ono of the victims When 70 feet down the shaft the con oroto wall and timbering at thc to] oived in, burying the men under hun dredsof tons of concrete and scaffold lng. Enough crevices were left In th wreckage, howevor, to supply then with air until tboy were resoued. Tl) men were nearly overcome whei brought to the surface. Mhoi Their Father. A special from Tunica, Miss., say that Mark and Robert Harris, th 1 DeSoto county negroes, who klllo Hob Maston, near Tunica, June 21 and who havo since eluded oap tu ri Wednosday at their home near Walli 1 shot and killed their own father an 1 dangerously wounded Aubrey Qar< ' nor, of Tunica, a young man who wi in a posse that had gone to arrest th 1 Harris negroos._ ^ Molly Pitcher Honored* , Tho unveiling of a cannon over th grave of Molly Pilcher al, OarllSU . Pa., on Monday was marked by a , imposing ceremonial and a parade, li fj duding ?l.?OO sbato troops, unmonn j 3d oavalry and oadotsj from the Ca j lisle Indian sohool, Grand Army pos! j and patriotic orders. Toe unvellin b was performed by Miss Ellen Haj Kramor of Carlisle, Molly Pltohor ] great-great-granddaughter. O? a Northern Preacher to the People of the South AT W N. GRANT'S TOMB He Truly Said thc World Has Never Seen Greater Heroism than that ol the Rank and Pile of the Armies of the Confederacy. Mr. Perry M. D iL'-.ou, of Now York writes as follows to tho Atlanta Oon stitutLn: "With some Hf ty or sixty of my comrades of the New York Con federate Veteran camp I attended tho memorial services at General Grant's tomb as a guest of thc Grant post of Brooklyn. Two ad mirable .speeches were delivered; one by the Ueverned Francis J. McCon nell, pastor of tho New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal church of Brook lyn, and the other by Captain Gray bill, a Georgian now residing in New York, a member of our camp. I send you an cxrract from his eloquent ad dress wlr.ch I would be glad If you would publish that our perde may know how time with Its healings has extinguished all bitterness and that gentlemen of the north now accord us unstintod admiration and fraternal re gard." Here ls the extract from the speech of the Rev. P. J. McConnell, referred to In the abovo letter of Mr. Perry M. I). Leon: "1 have been speaking of the the union soldier as a peace-maker. In lighting for tho union as against the secession, he fought for the world's peace. The establish mont of a second ri public on the western continent would have meant standing armies for both nations, lt would have meant a Hue of custom bouses along the O do river. The two republics In a military and a commercial sense would have been a perpetual menace to each other, lu lighting against slavery tho union soldier was fighting for peace, foi slavery, even in tho coo norn ic sense, was a disturber. Its cry was always for moro land. In the very fury with whloh he fought tho union soldier was a peace maker. He aimed to settle tho question so con clusively that after the war there should nob be enough of tho original questions left to wrangle about. "But in these last days the union voldter can play a still further part as neaoeunaker ^n-t, second In Impor tance to the nation to none that he pla> ed on the actual battle Held. By P 'cc?pt and example be can preacn ? he gospel of reconciliation with our brotaers of tho south, for, strange as it may seem, there are men in both north and south who have not yet ti ard that i lie war is over. "lo this llnal approach to completo understanding there is certainly a common ba3is for botli north ano south. Wc .should not allow the south LO outdo us In admiration for th iravery nf thc sout'iern soldier. The .vorld has never seen greater heroism than that of the rank and li lo of the Confederacy. Who ean read, for ex implo, tue story not only of the cam paigns, but of the hardships of the army of Northern Virginia, without being amazed beyond all expression at I he : 'ory i f surpassing devotion to an ideal? Wo eau agree, to.), In paying tributes of praise t.) tho genius of the ou'-hcrn leaders. We should all be proud of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, Of oourso we reseiva the rt g it to discuss, in a perfectly friend ly way1 tho respective abilities ol northern and southern leaders, but our admiration need not bo con lined io the leadership of the north. "Once more we all join in undying respect for thc devotion of the entire southern people to a cause as sacret as lifo Itself lo them. We do noi speak i f tho .southern people as tral tors or as sinners. We recognize th? absolute .sincerity of the belief of th< mass of the people in their cause. Tin belief in their cause had cometo then out of the pa: t centuries. Who of u dare tn say that if ne had boen bon south c f Mason and Dixon's Hue, o southern ancestry, he would not hav Loon a defender of slavery and an up holder of secession. Especially do w lind wortls falling us when we thin I of tho s iori floes which the southon women cheerfully accepted for thel cause. Wo have read how the womel of Carthage, lu the long ago, consent ed to gi ve. thc hair of their heads t bo made into bow strings, lt is sal on good authority that the proposa was once made that the wemen of th Confederacy sell their hair for th benefit of tho southern armies and I thc proposition had beon serioual urged the women of the south woul not have .shrunk from precisely til .^ame saerllicc for which wo remon b'jr the women of Cart! age. ''Some -one asks. 'Put what abut the Confederate il lg?' My answer at hand. 'Let the Confederate Ha not be put out of the sighter mernot of American Ci tl zan's.' lt does nc stand today for a second republic, bi it should stand as a beautiful symbt of complete devotion to an lionet conviction. Too many glorious asst elations cling to lt to allow as to pi lt away, ll it is not treason for tli R iglish-born American oltlzens t display tho E.iglish flag beside tl Stars and Stripes, lt ought not bo Ul worthy for the southern voterans 1 cherish the Hag which he followed ft four ytars of glorious battle, alon with that other Hag to which ho no gives his hearty and patriotic all glance." ie Atl'Hlll|> I : If ' ll 1 . At Toledo the most rtmarkab High' ever made in an air ship w performed hy A. R. Knabonshu who nailed through the . air a di tuneo of three miles, landed on a t< story ellice building in twenty f. minutes from tho timo of si ar th and then returned to tho spot fro which ho started. SIXTY LIVES LOST. .By A Tornado that Passed Over Texas On Wednesday. Many Ghurohcs, Schools ?nd JHvol II ii ii Houses in tho Track of tho Tornado wore Dostroyod A dispatch from Fort "Worth, Texas, Bays a tornado which struck Texas in the upper edge of Montague county, coming from tho northeast, and swinging far to the southeast, Wed nesday afternoon, cost, lt ls believed, over 40 lives, Injured a largo number of people, and did untold damage to growing crop? and cattle. Fortunately the tornado missed the small towns In the section through which lt swept, but lt secmod to take a fiendish delight zigzagging in snob a way as to take in the homes of many farmers and stockralsers In thc section. At Jacksboro the force of the wind was terrille. The Baptist church and 20 other building were blown off their foundations and a numbsr of build logs totally destroyed. At Montague no lives wero lost lu the town, hut In the country there ls great loss of life reported. O .viug to the fact that wires arc down In all directions lt ls difficult to got particulars. Ten persons arc known to be dead In that neighbor hood and unconfirmed reports are to the effect that the Hst of dead will go as high HS 40. Most of those killed lived on Salt creek along which the tornado swopt with terrille fury. At Nacona the tornado passed a few miles to the south and tho latest re ports give the dead at 14 and the In jured at 41. Many farm houses wore swept en tirely away. The Long Branch school house was destroyed, and the Baptist and Methodist churches at Belcher were practically destroyed. A reliable man at Nacona who has been over the scene says that reports were being received of the dead when he left there. Ile placas the loss of life at ?0. Owing to tho widely separated homes and the fact that in many in stances whole families were wiped out, details and namei are hard to get. The country through which the tornado passed is one of the richest farming seel ions of Texas, lying along the northern border of the State. The tornado 1 isted perhaps ;10 min utes. Hundreds of head of stock in - his vicinity were killed outright hy the wind. During the storm lightning struck a houso aud killed several persons who were in it. In some plaocs hull stones fell as large as hen's eggs. MAN l>Rl)Pa DJKAD After a Hot Disputo With Another alan Almut Nothing. A dispatch from Lucknow to The State says Mr. W. J. Rollins died In stantly Thursday about 12 o'clock, death resulting from heart failure It Siems the cause was from a dispute between ho and L. H. Peebles, magis trata., Tnursday morning while work ing on a ditch in the street. Somo ot che oltlzous agreed to clean the dltc'i and R illina was overseeing the work. Peebles deo!did he would holp and secured a hoe and woiked with the rest of the crowd. Some time, about an hour before they quit, Peebles made a sup. 'estlon as to how he thought tho ditch should be dug and askf;d Rdllos to band him the shovel. Rollins did so, Peebles showing Rollins his ideas of how the ditch should be dug. Rollins said that he would not. nave lt that way and that lt should bc tlnlshed as started. Peebles get offended at Rollins f jr the manner In which lie spoke, and left without fur thor words. About 12 o'clock Hollins started for a bucket of water at a well which he and all usc out of and was obliged to pass Peebles' house. Peebles was on nls porch and R dllns stopped and told Peebles he had como to tell him about tho ditch and commenced to explain himself, in thc way he spoke to Pee bles. Peebles being mad already or dered him to get away from his place. Rollins was standing on the sidewalk, talking to Peebles. Then Rollins went to tho well talki op back to Peebles, but did not curse, whllo Peebles used strong language to him. When at thc well hut a few minutes Rollins fell anrl died Instantly. Rollins leaves a wife and many friends to survive him. o d il e e if y d IC 1 lt is g y >t it )i it j? it ie .o IC ? iO jr >k w 0 lo as c, ls tn vo lg IO Shot ii in Britte Wirb. Ending a month's honeymoon, John L Flynn, a Mississippian, after a des perate attempt to murder his yoting wife at Kaplan, IA., hus committee suicide. Flynn was employed by r large cotton houso In New Orleans In May last 0. P. Hudson, an aged Confederate veteran of Greely, Cel. arrived in Now Orleans with hi! daughter, M^s Virginia Hudson, tc meet Glynn by appolnmont. On Maj 27 the couple wore married In^ board lng houso and tho father returned t< lils home. Subs-qucntly the youbf couple went to Kaplan, where appal cntly they lived happily until Wed nes ay. Flynn tired two shots at lib wifo and then blew his own brain: out. As to " l<'ads." Much of the discussion of "educa tiona) fads" ls beside the mark. Nol one man In 40 who protests against the "fads'' does so on the ground thal ohlldrcil arc educated too mu oh. Thal is not thc basis of tuc objcotlon at all but where a pupil is taught a smat turing of ornamental accomplish mentis; a bare bone of ?science or f glimpse of higher mathematica, logie rhetoric, etc. etc.-when he can nm read decently, spell correctly or adc up a column of ll,; ti rcs and arrive a' a proper eonolusloii, then is it tba tho time spent on tho "fadsand frills1 ls wasted, and the superllclal eduia tton Ison a dubious and unsatlsfaotor; foundation. It ls that sort of "fad1 that burts. Naval Hero's Body Formally De livered to Uncle Sam. IMPOSING SERVICE. After a Hundred Years ot Neglect the Remains of the Pounder of the Amer ican Navy are Honored by the People He Served So Faithfully. At Parin, France, In the presence of the highest dignitaries ot Franca, tho diplomatic repr?sent?t!YOI of many foreign governments and civil and na val officials of^the United States, the body of Admiral John Paul Jones was Thursday formally delivered to tho United States government. Tho cere* raony was ono combining impressive dignity with brilliant military and na val pbmp in which the soldiers and sailors of France and the sailors of America united In rendering honors to the illustrious foundor of the Amer cxn navy. Tho occasion was unlquo and prob ably without parallel as tho fuueral vs as that of a Revolutionary hero who had lain neglected lu a foreign grave for over a hundred years. Seldom has an event awakened such widespread interest in the French cap ital. Dense throngs pucked the Champs Elysees and other principal thorough fares to witness thc Imposing cortege which for the elaborateness of Its mil itary features equalled the martial dls olay on the occasion of the visit of King Alfonso. Tho ceremony of delivering the body was held in the American church on the Avenue de L'A I ma at 3 30 o'olook In the aftcruo n. rJL\ie Interior of this Gothic edlllce was beautifully deco rated with plants ai d Ho-vors. At tue foot of the chat.Cv 1 rested the oasket wrapped In an American (I -.g and lit erally burled in niasses of floral em bb ms. At thc right of the alt ar sat Ambaf sador McCormick, Senior Special Am oassador Porter, Junior Special Am bassador Locmi t, United. States Sena tor Henri C aoot Lodge, R ar Admir al Slgsbee ami other ollieers of tho Amorioan squadron. Across the aisle at Premt r Rou vier with other mem oirs of his cabinet, practically the en tire diplomatic c irps and effietrs of the army and navy. The members of ?he diplomatic corps were in full uni? ?. fitting background to the imposing ,ceno. After brief religious service Gen. Porter, wearing evening dress accord tug to the French otu'.ODO, with the red sash of the graud oro*s of the Le gion of Honor across his breast, ad vanced alongside the casket and for mally d.livered the b:.dy to Mr. L onls, as tho rep eseutative of the United States government, who Uv - ~. ? cepted it in the name of the govern ment and commissioned Admiral Sige oeo to transport it to tho United States. As tho surpllced choir took up "My County 'Tis of Tuee" the entire assem blage rote and joined in thc stratus of the patriotic hymn. Bight brawny sailors from the Brooklyn then step ped forward and raising the casket on heir shoulders bore lt blowly from the church to thc walting gun carriage. This was draped with the national colors and was drawn by six blaok horses. Tho cortege was now formed and proceeded to the Explanada des Inval ides. Arriving at the csplanadaau im posing picture was presented. Tho French government had creoted alargo pavillon In which to deposit the coffin. Tho pavilion was richly hung with crimson velvet, with martial emblems and battle axes, entwined Uigsaud a row of brass Held pieces along the front. The casket was deposited In tho cen ter of the pavilion while the cortege passed, rendering military honors. Later lt was borne to tho invalides railroad station and placed in a funer al car where, gu?reled by French and American Sailors, lt started for Cher bruog at 10 o'clock Thursday night. KKBNOIIMBN 0HE15K OUIt SA1I.OUS. A dispatch from Pans says tho un usual sight of a detachment of United States sailors and marines swinging through the central thoroughfares of Pai ls Thursday aroused great Interest and brought out au enthusiastic ova tion from tho crowds along tho Hue of marett. The American naval con tingent numbered 600 men and pre sented a Uno appearance as they cmerg Ijed from the Station. Tney wcro uni? . |fe>rined as a landing party, wearing Lho regulation gaiters and carrying rill OH with llxecl bayonets. They were escorted to the military school by a battalion of French infantry. All along tho route tue streets were llutd with dense crowds eagor to see tire Americans. Women waved their hand kerchiefs and miniature Hags and there was a,continuous shout ot ' Vive les Americans." THO Americans made a most favorable Impro stjn by their . I sturdy bronzed appearance and the . I smartnoss of tnt lr movements. A iviiM.y Sun ?I Ai a II < Who can beat this for a lotter head? W. P. Knote, attorueyatluw, M. D., ii N. P., harness, buggies, wagons, hog? \ tight ien.:e, sowing machines, s.-para i nu:, and ice. Farm Implements, i, Breeding stables. Farms and city pro perty, cattle, hogs, bought and sold. Money to loan. Legal inutrumonta drawn; also teeth. Douglass, Butler county, K tn., U. S. A. . I IV lim I'lii y ??ul.. At a meeting of tho ex cu Ive com mittee, of tue Southern CoUon asso ciation In Memphis recently the sala ries of tho i Mers ,v: te tlx id as follows: tho president to receive $4,000, out of widen nu mu >t p ty n.s dom ; scoretary $2,600; tho treat urer two per cent of the receipts and disbursements.