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"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.
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^ 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."
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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.
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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.