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"DO TI?OU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IS THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS ULORIOUS IN THY OA USE,"
VOL. XX/s
xi.
BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1905.
AN ADDRESS
In Which Attention is Called to
the Cotton Scandal.
ISSUED TO MEMBERS
Ol the Southern Cotton Association In
Reference to the Recent Disclosur
es of Fraud Ju the National Ag
ricultural Department and
Work Accomplished.
President Jordan and Secretary
Oheatham of the Southern Cotton as
sociation Tuesday Issued a statement
addressed to tho mombers of the asso
ciation calling attention to tho recent
disclosures in tho cotton statlstlcil
work in the department of agricul
ture, dedaring that efforts aro being
made to divort attention from the
"deficiencies" of tho syBtem Itsolf "to
tho thieving propensities of a few un
worthy onlcials" and setting forth de
mands to be made on congress to re
form conditions. The statement fol
lows:
"To the Members of the Southern
Cotton Association:
"The mombers of tho association
have been apprised through the public
press flom day to day of tho work done
by the oflloers of the association at
Washington. As a result of thoir
oharges tho unreliability of the roports
of the department of agrlculturo re
lating to the cotton crop baa been ful
ly dlsolused, and the mal-administra
tion of thatldepartment under its pres
ent head had been mado evident.
"Following these exposures, elTorts
aro now being made to divert public
attention from tho main issue, which
ls, the imperfections of the depart
ment, toward an attempted prosecu
tion of anybody who can bo found
as a scapegoat. Their punishment,
oven if it is accomplished, is of second
ary importance as compared with tho
reformation of the system which has
made thoir performances possible, and
the purpose of this address ls to secure
the co-operation of tho members of this
association In inllucnolng in every
legitimate way a reformation of the
syBtem, . and a reorganization of the
department.
"The membership of this associa
tion, numbering nearly 1,000,000, in
cluded tho producers of tho moat valu
ahio'.-product of American agriculture.
Tho cotton otop of tho United States';
and its by products ls worth between
$600,000,000 and $700,000,000 annual
ly. It furnishes two-thirds of our an
nual traoe balance, and in its produc
tion and manufacture employs many
million Individu?is. No other product
of the United Suates is of greater or
Of equal importance. The practical
monopoly of cotton which Amerioa
enjoys, and tho narrow balance which
has existed for years between su lb
ciency and scarcity in tho world's cue
ton supply, render the cotton market
peculiarly and acutely susceptible to
the reports of the department, of a?
rlculturo regarding the condition and
prospects of the cotton crop.
"Under the present circumstances a
great duty devolves upon the members
of the association We are less con
cerned with what has been done by a
few Individuals and the c nsiqueuces
thereof, regrettable as that they may
be, than with such reformation of de
partmental methods as shall secure
for us just and accurate reports In
future. Under thc system ab present
in vogue, and which promises to he
undisturbed unless public attention
shall be aroused to thc need of reform,
the reports Issued by tho department
of agriculture are, in their last analy
sis simply the individual opinion of a
few olllclals of doubtful experience and
honor by which the value of tho cotton
orop may be, and has been, affected as
much as $75,000,000 In a single day.
"No such power should be delegat
ed to any Individual, or statistical
board, except under conditions which
guarantee the most ir corruptible ex
pert and intelligent opinion, arrived
at by the application cf the most
soient!tic methods and safeguarded by
the most scientific precautions. It is,
therefore, urgently recommended to
the members of the Southern Cotton
association that through their repre
sentatives In congress, and by every
other means available to them, they
.exert their Influence and that of the
association toward securing the im
mediate reorganization of tho agricul
tural department, especially with re
ference to Its reports on tho cotton
orop, and that their representatives In
congress be requested specifically to
demand: (1) The establishment with
in the department of agriculture of a
bureau, to be known as thc cotton
IrtlifciU, charged specially and solely
with the duty Ot .". porting upon thc
cotton crop and all matters concern
ing that staple. (2) tho appointment
as thc hoad of that bureau, at an ade
quate salary, of a man whose reputa
tion and antecedents shall OG beyond
reproach, and whose familiarity with
cotton cultivation shall bo an addi
tlonal guarantee of his fitness. (3) An
orgi alsation of the bureau so estab
llshud upon thoroughly scientific lines,
as will Insure no possible blas ir.lfayor
of either buyer or seller, or producer
or manufacturer can be pro supposed
or asserted. (4) The passage of a law
that will be moro specific In Its scope,
and under which government employer,
can bo prosecuted for giving away or
selling valuable Information as has
been done In the statistical bureau.
"We have no doubt of tho ml Of
tho Oflloers of tho department, but lt
seems to be as misdirected in this
orlscs as lt was In the antecedent por
lod. All tho powers and lr.iluence of
the department, of the lawyers and
of everyman of tho government seams
to be devoted to tho attempt to drag
net a lot of Irresponsible speculators.
That there have been for yearn leaks
in the department ia aa well known tc
the trade as tho exlstenoo of tho dc
partment of Itsolf; but these are In
significant as compared with the fun
damental mismanagement. At ibis
timo, however, thero ls a manifest en
deavor to divert attention from the
radical error* and deficiencies of the
department Itself to tho thiovlng prop
ensities of a few unworthy ( ill Mate.
Let us not be mislead by any such
misdirected energy. Let us reform at
tho top and not on the side. Let us
root out the offonders, cleanse the per
sonnel, chance tho methods and ren
novote the department from root to
branch. Thon tho oause of cotton and
good government will alike be served
in Rooseveltian fashion.
(Signed) "HARVIK JORDAN,
"President Southern Cotton Associa
tion.
"RICHARD CHKATHAM,
''Secretary."
FORGOT TO HANG MURDERER.
Man (Jon vi ut ed in 1800. lins Juat
1)10(1 Natural Death.
Howard A. Cleveland is dead at the
state prison at Thomaston. after hav
log bcou confined there slnoo 1809
under sentence of death. For some rea
son, never explained, tho sentence was
not carried out, nor was it annulled
or modified. It seems to havo been
forgotten, and (Jloveland llvod on until
ho died a natural death.
The oaso was one of tho most re
markable in this state. It was tho only
murder ever oommltted in Orrlngton.
The records show that Cleveland was
indicted for thc willful and mallolous
murder of Warren George. A verdict
of guilty was rendered in 1809, Clove
land was sentenced to death. Before
fixing the day for tho execution, the
governor and counsel submitted the
following question to the Supreme
Court of Maine: "Did tho Jury, by
its verdict, lind Cleveland guilty of
murder iu the llrst degree?"
The Jury bas moroly declared Cleve
land guilty of the orlmo whereof he
stood indicted. The indictment's in
tent was plain, but there was some
difference of opinion among the jus
tices as to whether tho man had been
legally convicted of murder in tho first
degree. Then tho oouucil passed an
order "that the government be advis
ed to stay thc execution of sentenoe
until further advised." The oaso then
seems to bava been dropped by tho
state authorities.
Tho sontonoo was never commuted.
Just wily no attempt was made to oar
ry tho Beutenco into effect does not
appear. Slnoo 1814 tho laws had left
tho exeoution of the death penalty in
a measure to the discretion of the ex
ecutive, without limit of time. The
responsibility was so great and the
sentiment against the death penalty
so active that at one period thero was
no exeoution in this state for nearly
thirty years. In 1870 the death pen
alty was abolished altogether. In 1883
tho death penalty for murder was re
wd,?.hljHhed. hut, 1001887 lt) was autaiu
abolished.
A GHOST ?TORY.
Tho Pooplo ol a Qooi'Rla Town Very
Much lOxerelHOil.
A dispatch to tho Atlanta Journal
says tho neighborhood known as Roa
noke, which Is located about ono mile
from Fitzgerald, Ga., is very much
ex jiu d over tho appearanoo of a sup
posed ghost. It made it appparance
for the llrst time last Sunday night io
thc 1 amity of H. Sharp. It gave an
exhibition that thoroughly alarmed
the family. It appeared in the kltohi n
and fairly made the house ring with
mu do from a dish pan. Mrs. S^arp
appeared on the scene and his ghost
ship disappeared as if by magic. On
leaving the room the music again com
menced.
This time Mrs. Sharp returned with
the samo result. She ttiought to bribe
Mr. Ghost 80 she left a piece of money
on the table and left the room Again
the dish pan dauce.d about and the
dishes rattled as though an earth
quake had taken place. Mr. Ghost did
not accept the price offered for his de
parture, but Instead walked about the
place. On approaching it, lt dlsap
pearod and would bob up at a distance.
Shooting at it had no effect whatever.
Monday night crowds of people vis
ited tho placo from thc neighborhood
and the city. Some claimed to have
seen it at a distance. From the waist
up lt was dressed in white. Al times
it seemed lo he floating in the air near
the ground. Again lt would lean
against a tree or fence. Sometimes
it would appear as though approach
ing the parties, but before gotting In
speaking distance it would disappear
to hob up at some other point. It has
only visited the Sharp family, hut ls
claimed that several neighbors have
seen lt.
A lady from tho north died in the
nc* hborhood about a year ago and
he hmband disposed of their houso
hold effects and returned to tho north.
Among the things sold was tho dish
pan that has played tho leading role
in this story and han caused tills fami
ly much worry and fright. It ls
thought by some that this pan should
be burled at tho grave of the deceased
and then the spirit will confine his
ghostshlp to tho graveyard where ho
properly belongs.
Wild Man Caught.
A nude crazy man, who has been
hilling in tho woutis alongside thc
New Jersey and Now York railroad
tracks, south of Hackensack, N. J.,
for thc last fow days, was captured
early Wednesday morning by Con
stable Jacob Dunn. Ho had made a
wreath of twigs and tied lt around
his waist, but lb offered little proteo
Mon. His body was a mass of soars
from head to foot. Ho was nearly
exhausted Tho wild man said ho was
John Vincent Gallagher, and that
his home was in Hoboken, whero he
said his brother William lived In Wil
low streot. beyond this Gallagher
could tell nothing about his wander
ings. Ho nan tho initials J. V. G.'
tattooed on his arm. Constablo Dunn
found it necessary to got clothes fron
people living near whoro Gallagher
was captured, in order to dress tin
stranger beforo taking him to th?
Jail there;_
Killed hy Train.
Mr?, muon Carnes, aged 24, wife o:
TLnhftrfc flames fchft M?nrhi>at.ei
i > I ?)'. I M ' . ? ? ...... ?*--" w
mills, Rock Hill, was struck by a trail
on tho Southern road on Tuesday o
last week and Instantly killed.
Five Persons Killed Outright and
Nine Injured
?N A THUNDER STORM
On Coney Island. Storm Vluyn Havoc
With Peonies' Nerves. Men, Wo
men and Children, Terrified,
Seek Shelter In Bath House
Which Was Struck.
During a thunderstorm of terrific
Intensity whloh passed over Nov? York
Sunday afternoon live persons were
struck by lightning and instantly
killed and nine woro seriously injured
at the Park nay bath house, Oouey Is
land. At tho samo time one man was
killed and three wore prostrated at
Gravesend boaoh.
Thoso killed: Goorgo Dunwoodie;
BuiTalo; Jaooo Frankel, Manhattan;
Hubert F. Wasoh, Bronx Borough;
Charles Bennerlo, Brooklyn; llonry
Ransweiler, Brooklyn.
Tho injured: David Willis, James
J. Dunne, Tina Christiansen, Harry
Krohn, Clara Thiel, Mary L. Curley,
Isaao Raffo and wife, Amelia Schone,
Wm. Ransweiler, John Apple, Daniol
McCauley, all of Broklyn.
Tho Parkway beach was thronged
with bathets and Bpeotators. Tho
rain dcBoended In torrents and hun
dreds of men, women and ohildren
sougut shelter under tho big giaut
bath hoiue, which is elevated above
thc sand on piles. Tho lightning was
inoessant aud terrino thunder olaps
shook tho bath houso to the terror of
thc crowd huddled together beneath lt.
A few minutes before 6 o'clock a
bolt struok the ilagstaff and grounded
In tho very thickest of thc orowd.
Mcarly 60 persons wore prostrated and
the reBt, screaming with terror,
I rushed out Into the storm. Thoso
who had remained in the water were
also panic striokon and Hod in all di
rections, not darlug to enter the bath
houso, whloh appeared to be on fire
Ambulances woro summoned from
all tho nearest hospitals and on their
arrival five persons were found dead
and nine unconscious under thc bath
houso. The bodies of all wore scorch
ed. The nine Injured wore removed
to a hospital, where lt was said that
some probably would die. Many per
sons less seriously hurt were taken
homo by friends. A slight lire in tho
6y tn'o rah? w:^?ll,<,klv. qxthjautahja^
Henry Ranswellor was struok and
killed while sheltering under a tree at
Gravesend beaoh and his son William,
with John Apple and Daniel McCau
ley were rendered unconscious. Light
ning struck at various points in the
city. A store in Flushing avenue,
Brooklyn, was burned and a cir in
Sixth avenue, Manhattan, was set on
dre, but the ocoupants esoaped un
hurt. The electric light and the tel
ephone wires in Bellevue hospital
were struck several times, extinguish
ing all the lights and causing much
alarm among the patients.
Nett Allowed to Joke.
Tho yellow fever Har is to be made
to suffer in Charleston, as he is pun
ished in other c immunities, tho board
of health having Wednesday memor
ialized city council to pass an ordl
mince meting oui. sevore penalty to
thoso who think that there is some*
thing funny In Joking about tho lover.
There ls no yellow fever or even tho
most slightly suspicious c~.-.e, and tho
board of health does not propose to
have the Jokers Joke about it Tnt rc ls
a ola8S of people In ?vary community
ready and disposed to joke on mattorw
of serious moment, but time ls to bo
called on the fever Jokers in Charles
ton, for lt ls not, intended that they
should bc allowed to Jest about a mat
ter of suoh concern to the city.
Bhot Dead by Kival.
Maurice Franois, a well known
young man of Roanoke, Va., while on
hts way to visit his tlancec, MIKS
Grace Link, In Floyd county, Thurs
day, was shot from ambush and
killed. He was driving In ? buggy,
and was within one milo ol lils desti
nation, when two loads cf shot and
slug bit him. Ho lived long enough to
say that his assassin was John Rich
ards, a young school teacher, who was
a rival suitor for Miss Link's hand.
Richards was seen in the vicinity with
a shotgun just before tho murder, and
bas not been seen since. A posse ls
scouting the county searohlng for
Riobard's, and lynching is openly
threatened. Both men wore mem
bers of well known families. Rich
ards was a medical student at the
University of Virginia during thc last
session.
Furor Caneos i'anlo,
Sinoo a report of a susnlclous case
of fever at Texarkana, Texas, a sort
of paidc ls seizing some of tho towns
and counties In northeast Texas and
shotgun quarantines aro being put
into eilect. GregK county bas given
orders that trains shall not stop in
the county either from thc north or
south and that all stations must bo
approached with doors looked and
windows tightly dose, while all car
doors In freight trains must bc scaled
whether the oars arc empty or loaded.
Tho terror appears to bc spreading
, and rallrond oillclals foar serious rc
, suits.
1 Crushed to Doatli.
Robert W. Orlawoll, odltor of a
weekly publication, who was arrested
, recently on a charge of criminal libel,
preferred by Representative Joseph 1J.
' Rhlnook of Kentucky, was killed
1 Thursday night In New York by an
[ oxpresa train at tho Seventy-second
* 8treot station of the subway. Thc
* libel ohargo against eriswell grew out
of tho publication of an artlolo rellcot
lng upon Mr. Rhlnook and censuring
f Representatives Nloholas Longworth
r nf Ohio for having Introduced MlhS
i A Bee Roosevelt to the Ron tucky con
f grossman d iring tho visit of tho presi
dent's daughter in Cincinnati.
SAVES A THAIN
Filled With Passengers from Awful
Doom and Whoa Offered
High Kduoatlon Uer Fearful Love
Marries Hov to I'rovent flor
..Qrowln?: Up a Iiady."
Little Nannie Gibson, a 15-year-old
mountain girl, saved a whole train
load of people from being dashed down
tho mount?in-Bido in front of her
homo In the mountains of North Car
olina not far from Asheville.
In recognition of this hcrolo aot,
the Southern railroad promised her a
coUego education. Her mountaineer
lover, Unding it out, married her by
stealth, in hopes to provont her going.
Her futuro is now depending jn a suit
for dlvoroo which her father ls bring
ing for her.
Nannie lives in tho mountains, 20
miles cast of this oity. Tho dream of
her life has been to receive an educa*
tion and grow up a lady. Its realiza
tion bad always seemed to be as far
away as the skies. Now it seems to
be at hand, and sho has been simply
dazed by tho fairy-like prospeot.
It all came about ono day whoo
Nannie (Uncovered that a la.nd dide
had blocked the traok at a sharp
curve of tho Southern raliway near
her booie. Even as she looked there
sounded tho whistle of a passenger
train thundering down the mountain.
Nannie met the emergenoy by send
ing Patty Gibson, her 13-year-old
sinter, down the traok to RU ard against
thc remote possibility of a wreck from
that direction. She chose the post of
danger, tunning with all her might to
meet the coming train. "When lt
drew into sight she frantically Big
naled the engineer to stop.
He hesitated. But her earnestness
WP.s so great that he realized a disas
ter was imminent. The airbrakes
were applied and tho train brought to
a standstill with a sharp J)lt only a
few rods from tho blockade.
When he saw the danger big Con
ductor Weaver anatohed her up in his
arms and swore s-ie was tho bravest
Kiri in North Carolina. Grateful pas
sengers, learning of their narrow es
cape showered lier with money. Asa
preliminary tributo tho company in a
day or two sent her ?25.
Tho railway ofttolals, however,
rightly surmised that to a girl reared
in the freedom of the mountain wilds
money meant little. So one of their
number was delegated to visit the
oabin in the hills to ask Nannie tho
momentous question:
What did she most desire in tho
v/orld. Nannie's littlo faoo, tanned
by a southern sun and wind, turned
palo. Then her story came ?? "?n ??'
hWe'gusnoi teariut ivoiuo, tjueu
want money, she didn't want olothes,
for her father, with growing pride in
his protty daughter, had made sundry
trips to Asheville and returned with
wonderful "creations" ,of white and
unwonted shoes and stooklngs; but
she did want au education kand to
grow up a lady.
The papers are now going thc
rounds of the railway cftUlals, with
ono favorable recommendation after
another, and lt seems as though Na
ture's groat wish is to be gratified
Tnere ls one serious obstacle lu the
way, though it will probably be re
mtv. d. Ninnie bas bl en married.
Siie had a lov. r, Abi Smith, an
open facet1, laughing, careless moun
taineer, eight yeats older than she.
In almost startling contradiction tc
bis burly Rwagger and ince-.sant elga
rette smoking ls his gentle, caress!fifi
voice and his courteous and kindly
manner. To this sturdy mountaineer
tho reali/.itlni that Nannie was going
to leave for years, probably and that
he might lose her, was unbearable.
He must marry her and prevent ber
going. Il ; sent a friend to town to
get a marriage license. Then with
the fri? nd for a witness and a magis
trate for the ceremony he went to
Nannie's home one morning when he
knew ber father was away and mar
ried her. Little could Nannie haye
to say, for in tho absence of her father
she knew no law except that of her
Impetuous lovor.
The enraged father was quick to
action. He caused the arrest of
Smith and the mun who had procured
the license on the ground that Nannie
was not of legal age. Ile also began
suit to have the marriage sot aside.
Upon thc success of this ault will de
pend largely whether Nannie Is to get
an education, tho ono great dream of
her Ufo.
Four Rt n Hirth.
The Florence Dally Timen says that
H. 1' Brown, manager of a large mer
oin tilo company at Gourdin, says that
bis little town bas been brought into
prominence through the agency ol
none other than a nogro woman about
2S years old, who Wednesday startled
that community by giving birth te
four children, all of whom at last ac
counts were living. The woman If
tho wife of Louis Creen, who is today
a much prouder man than a police
man In a bran new uniform. Mr,
Drown remarked In telling of the var
lons remarkable fact, that ls such kept
up thc labor question In Gourd it
would be effectually std ved.
Heut Papers Hack,
Lieut. Lally of the Detroit detec
tive department has received a mys
terious package which contal ncc
checks, notes and other Important pa
pers aggregating In value about $2f>
000, belonging to tho Crystal Sall
Company of St. Clair, Mich. Tin
Oftloes of tho company were robbet
several weeks ago and the papers stol
en, tugethor with what monoy couk
be located, lt ls supposed th L? tht
burglars found themselves unable t(
dispose of tho valuable papers, and
deciding to return thom, shipped then
to Lally. Tliey havo boon sent to tin
Arm In St. Clair.
Dcsporatto oauKht.
Chas. Long, tho Trenton negro mur
derer and outlaw, who for tho pas
couple of weeks has boon huntct
through the swamps and woods nea
Plainfield, N. J., wasoaptured abou
IA AV.Ieelf vv... i.......... .. mnvMlno hw til*
polloo. Ht* wasoaptured while plow
lng* on tho Van Hizo farm, wblol
skirts thu dismal swamp,
?Sm
O?D IN DEATH
A Nft^Vork Broker's Body Is
Left ia Mis Hail
BEE HE IS FOUND
By III? Wife, Who May be Made n
ii ?
'? Mani ni hy the Shock. The Dead Maa
lind Been Robbed of a bin?
ond Setting In a Ring
#? that he Wore.
New york has another murder mys
tery. Brought homo in a oovcred ex
press wtfgon and dumped in the vesti
bule of hi!? house by two express
men, tao body of James A. Olary, a
real estate broker, wortb $260,000,
was found Thursday by bis wife when
she returned from a shoping trip. Thc
wife stumbled over the oorpse as sbo
entered the vestibule and is now on
che verge of insanity.
Au investigation of the oaso was be
gun immediately, with the result that
there ls a strong suspicion that Cleary
was murdered. Ile wore a two and a
hali carat diamond ring, which some
one bad tried to tear from bis finger.
Gutting ibo Anger, but failing to get
the ring, the robber took some instru
ment and bent back tho prongs of the
ring, stealing the diamond.
The oase ls a deep mystery, and a
half dozen detsctlves have already
been put to work on lt. Coroner's Phy
sician IUegelmau beltovosOlary died
of alcoholism, but his friends say bc
drank but little, and thc doctor bas
not yet held an autopsy, and conse
quently the police are not willing to
accept the alcoholism theory.
Tho olroumstanocs surrounding thc
return of the body to the Cleary home
in the express wagon were partially
olearod up, but tho detectives expect
that before they get through they
will learn enough to show that mur
der was committed.
Cleary, who was forty-two years old,
was in tho real estate business with
two brothers at No. 106 Varick street,
and lived at No. 1224 Woodycrost
avenue, the Brotix. He had made a
great' deal of money in the Bronx
boom, and is widely kLOwn.
Thursday morning he left bis homo
as usaal and Mrs. Cleary wont out.
.".uv eturnod at 1 o'olock and as she
en1 od the vestibule she stumbled
Throw's-the outer
door jp leb tne~iignu ir. she
was horrified to se? the body of hor
husband.
"What's the matter with you, Jim,"
she asked, anxiously, dropping to her
knees. There was no answer. An odor
of whiskey was in the vestibule. She
shook the body for a moment and then
felt the face, lt was cold.
'.Oh, Jim, you're dcadl" she scream
ed, rising and rushing from the vesti
bule. Tho horror of tho situation had
dawned on her, and her shrieks brought
tho neighbors to the windows, and In
a few moments dozens of them werri
at her side, trying to quiet her. A
physician was summoned by a nolgh
bor, wno thought bbc bad gone insane.
Finally some one entered the vestibule,
And, seeing the body, understood.
Former Police Captain Brown, who
lives directly acoss the street, was in
ino crowd, and he b;gan an lnvestlg
lon at once. It wai learned that au
express wagon had backed up to the
loor and a child had seen Cleary cir
ried up the steps by two men.
A search for tho exprosi wagon was
hegun at once, with the result that
Harry Black, (if No. 58 Sedgwick ave
ue, and James Wilson, of No. 2455
Eighth avenue, were found to be thc
men who bad carried the hedy up the
stoop. At first lt was thought thal
these men could tell the story of how
Cleary had lost bis life, but after hear
ing their stories tho police accepted
their ?talements. They both admit
ted carrying tho body Into tho vesti
bule and leaving lt there, saying that
they believed Cloar, was Intoxicated
and that they were doing him a kind
ness.
"We were driving along O^dcn ave
nue,"said Black, "whon we saw Cleary
sitting on a low stoop lu front of a
candy store at No. 1154 Ogdon avo
nuo.
"I happoned to know bim by sight
and thought he ought to bo homo. We
looked on it in tho light of a Joke to
take him home in an express wagon,
so wo lifted him Into our rig and drove
to his hous9.
"Carrying him up tho steps wc rana
thc bell and waited for some one tt
answer, but there was no ono at home,
and after making him as comfortable
as poaslble wo loft, never having thr
slightest suspicion that it was any
thing but a oase of intoxication."
Both men were closoly questioned
about the ring but they denied abso
ltltely knowing anything about it.
They said they hod not noticed If the
diamond was In it. or if tho (inger,
was Injured when they found him.
They said they were positive that
ho was not dead when they left him,
and that he was broathing heavily,
ike an Intoxicated man. Cross-exam
ination failed to bring out any furthei
Information.
Tneir story was partially substan
Mated by others who saw Cleary or
the candy store stoop, and though!
ho was Intoxicated, and tho express
men satislled tho police that they hat
told all they knew.
______ Olianriolior Foll.
At Charleston ono of tho four larg<
heavy chancho lera, containing ?bon
50 gas jots with glam* ainui??, foi
Thursday afternoon from the dome o
the custom house to tho marblo till
floor beneath with a mighty eras!
causing great consternation among th<
oiiloials and olorka in tho building
The llxtures were broken and some o
tho tiles damagod. Fortunately no om
was passing In the lobby at the time
Th6 Chandelier WM prch&hly helrl li
placo for tho>;o many years by tho gai
pipo which had oorrodod and rofuset
to bear tho weight any longer.
TUMED LOOSE.
Aaron Williams, Colored, Who Was
Convioted ls Kow Discharged.
The l?n? of nn Important ?nd si^nt
?cRiit Uaso In Willoh Lynching
WAS Onoo Tlirontonort.
A special dispatoh from Camden to
The Stato says last year the county,
especially tho portion Kershaw coun
ty bordering Sumter county, was
thrown into great excitement on ac
count of a reported caso of rapo, which
was said to haye been oommltted upon
a M rn. Langley, white, by one Aarou
Williams, a negro, of tho puro Afri
can typo. Vory peoullar clrcum
stances surrounded tho oase. Thc
oitizons baoame indignant and threat
ed lyuoblng, and Aaron Williams un
der protection of law was esoorted tc
tho penitentiary for safe keeping.
The husband of Mrs. Langley com
mitted suioldo.
Aaron Williams at the February
term of court was brought back and
placed on trial for tho offense. He
wa? without oounsel, and by appoint
ment of the court, Hon. W. Ii
Trantham, of tho Camden bar con?
ducted his defense. Tho jury con
victed him upon tho testimony of Mrs.
Langley, and he was sentenced to bi
hanged. From the testimony de
veloped In tho case and tho circum
stances connected with the affair,
many of tho vory best white people of
the county bolleved In the innooence
of Aaron Williams, and a petition
was gotton up and submitted to GJV.
ney we.rd asking for a reprieve until
satisfactory proof could be prooured,
whioh would establish tho fact that
Aaron Williams was not guilty of the
charge.
Aaron Williams was without money,
but he was not without friends and
their offerts in his behalf succeeded In
having the excoution of tho death
sontence stayed, and the case came
up before Judge Prince at the April
term of court at this point for a new
trial on after discovered evidence.
Judge Prince from the showing made
very promptly granted Aaron a new
trial, and his caso was placed on thc
docket for trial last week. When the
case was called for trial the witnesses
for the prosooutlon were not present,
Mrs. Langley, it is claimed, having
absolutely rofused to appear any more
in court to testify against him. She
now resides outside ot the Stato. It
was impossible to secure a conviction
in tho case without tho tcstimcny of
Mrs Langley, and as she is now be
yond the jurisdiction of the court,
and could not bo brought boro against
hor will, and she having sent word
that she would not como, lt has re
sulted practically in the acquittal of
Aaron Williams, for he has been dis
.'charged. ..without bond from the cus
tody of the sheriff. He ls how a free
man to go wheresoever ho may desire.
After Aaron's couviotlon, tho white
people in this community who be
lloved in his innocence had the law
firm of Clark Sc Von Tresokow to look
after the accuded negro's interests.
When tho oase was oalled for tria
on tho session's side of court lost weeli
Messrs. Clark & Von Tresckow de
manded a trial for their client, anc
the State not hoing in a position t(
try lt because of the absence and rc
fusal of Mrs. Langley to como here,
the attorneys had spread upon tin
minutes of court their demand for im
mediate trial, and this under tho sta
tute entitled Williams either to a tria
or his discharge, as he has been con
lined In Jail over three terms of court,
JuJge Ernest Gary Thursday after
noon signed an order which liberate*
Aaron Williams from Jail on his owr
recognizance under the section of the
statutes above referred to. This end*
tho case which created so much dis
oussion at tho time In the newspaper.-:
and the man who bas been living h
the shadow of the gallows for nearl)
a year ls now freo. This case is om
of the best exemplification and J us tl
?oatlon of tho moral plea of lettlm
the law take Its course that bas eve
come under the observation, know
ledge or Information of the writer
At tho time of the alleged commis
sion of the assault Aaron William
came very near hoing the vlotim of !
mob, and a few weeks lator he stoo<
up in court, pleaded for mercy am
beard the death sentence pror.ou icei
upon him. Today ho ls breathing th
life of a now man with no restriction
on his movements, inclinations o
peregrinations.
Tho Din'oronoo.
Apropos of the recent race riots li
New York, The New York Tribuno i
1 frank enough to say : "Weare give
' to oritlolsing the lawlessness which li
southern communities leads to rac
! vendettas and wholesale lynohlngs, bu
in tho south such outbreaks usuall
follow some flagrant crime and aim a
1 punishing known or suspected crlml
1 nals. In Friday's disturbance thl
! excuse as a resort to violence wa
* wholloy lacking. On trivial ground*
or without any grounds at all, white
. attacked blacks and blacks attacko
whites. I loth classes seem to hav
acted on the merest impulse of rac
1 prejudice and race rancor."
lOAllml Out tho MilitI*.
At Vlsulia, Cal., it was necessar
i to call out thc looal military oompan
, Wednesday night in order to protec
i private property and roatoro ordci
Thc trouble started by three lire
' which wcro accompanied by plllag
followed by determined efforts on par
? of citizens to protect their propert
i by force of arms. While tho lir
b raged, dureront parts of the cit
. were in darkness, during which tim
I thievos got busy. The total losses b
Uro are about ttto.ooo.
Country Boy No Fool,
j A boy sat on a rall fence enolosln
h a corn Held. A ol ty chap passed bj
] sahl: "Your corn looks kind of ye
f law, hub." "Yep, that's thc kind w
3 planted," roplled tho bub. "It don
i look Uko you will got moro than
s half orop," said tho city chap. "Nopi
( wo don't expcot to; tho landlord gel
f tho other half," retorted tho younj
a stor. Tho strangor hesitated a mt
, mont and the ventured: "You ai
) not vory far from a fool, ar* yon. m
" boy?" "Nope, not mor'o'n ten foot,
\ said the boy, and tho oity ohap move
on.-X,
AWFUL EXPLOSION
Willoh Carried Instant Perth andi
Destruction Over Wide Area.
Hom Ar knblo Ao olOonto Duo to Flying j
Iron and Hook. Woman Blown
Into HWor. Man Soalded,
Exploding and (lying high In air, a ]
big boiler of tho Now York city sub
way tunnel paint near tho North river
reoentlj Ecattered jagged iron and in
jury for blocks around and left in the
ruins behind lt a man scalded almost
to death. Braye volunteers answered
his calla for help and forced their way
to him and out again through heavy
steam and rain of minor missiles from
the sky. Ile died later in the J. nood
Wright hospital. Other men, too,
were carried out, two of thom neat
death, and there wero other rescues j
in stranger places. Ono of these was I
of a woman whom tho couousslon lit
erally blew into the river, another a
motor toat race to a hospital with
threo wounded boys.
Oae bizarre effect of the blast was
the toppling into the river of forty
bath houses that floated away, leaving I
twoscorc of bathers in a predicament
as to clothing and homeward journeys
that only night and a deal of charity
solved. The physical shook of the ex
plosion was felt for a milo around. Its
after effeots were folt by tho whole
city, lt stopped ail work on the west
branoh of the subway, the rcox tunnel
under Washington heights. Tho boiler
was ono of four in a long sheet iron
power houso that furnished light and
compressed air for the deep rook work
lugs of the uptown Bubway. Tho ex
plosion destroyed tho other boilers
and much of tho machinery and set
back the completion of that section
indefinitely. A former accident, a
cave-in, had already delayed the work
seriously, but lt had been planned to
open the subway to Its uttermost limit
tn thc fall.
Tiie cause of the explosion was not
detluttely know, but two men wore
placed under arrest. Had the acci
dent occurred on a week day, with
more than 600 men working in the
tunnel, thero might havo been great
loss of life. Air would have been shut
. ff from the workors. The explosion
occurred in what is known as Mc
Kabe's power houso, which lies just
oast of the New York Oontral traoks.
Three years ago McKabc failed and
sold out to a man named Hunt, and
After that John B. McDonald, tin
subway contractor, gained control of
che works for the purpose of finishing
the long subway tunnel ai, that point
The power, house consisted ot a sheet I
I iron building the length of three olby
lots and running baok a distauoj o
150 feet. ITour tall ohlmneyB rising
fifty feet in the air stand at tho cor
ners of the building, which contained
besides thc compressing plant ano
lynamos a batteiy of four eighty |
non-epower hollers, and it was one o;
diese which blew up. It was just a
4:30 o'clock that toe quiet of ti o Sun
tay af LO moon was broken by the ter
rille roar of tho buisung boiler. 1
was followed immediately by an up
rising cloud of di tuc black smoke
borough which pieces of rock, stout
?nd steel shot up as much as 300 fee
in the air in all directions. %, ^
The shock was iel o over a mile away
where folk on thc oars to aud fron
Fort George were almost shaken fron
their ? eats by the OonOusslon, Patrol
man George Kethman was on dut)
near tuc heme, and, instantly realiz
mg that a great accident had hap
pened, ho telephoned tlrst to police
neadquaiters and then to tho J. Hooo
WrigLit hospital for ambulances ano
an to the waver front. Before him
what a second bciore had been a great,
irong building was nothing but a
broken and twisted mass of smoking
ruins, from which came shouts an.
screams for help. ''Let me out I Let
ene out 1" shrioktd a voico from tut
very center of the wreckage "i'm
?oiling to deathl Do anything 1 1
want to diel I want to diel"
hy this time a large crowd had
gathered near tho smoking ruins, and
as tiie agonizing cries broke out afresh
scores of faces blanched. Three men
jumped forward and pressed ttieit
way into the building toward the
ioreamlng man. As they disappearec
in tho smoko and dust women wlu
were prosont called to them to come
oack and not to risk their lives in
what scorned to b3 vain hope. For
awhile nothing was heard ol them,
out after several minutes they were
seen to emergo from tho steaming
clouds bearing in their arms the body
of a odored man practically stripped
to tho skin. Ho was Josoph Morgan,
a tlreman, who had been lu thc pit
stoking when the holler exploded.
With tho cxoeptlon of sumo shredt
of underwtvar Morgan was nakod. Bis
bead and body wero scalded in a dozen
places whero the boiling steam had
caught him, and one arm was stripped
of llesh almost to tho bono, jet the
man was conscious. His screams only
made tho work the harder for his res
cuers. He was laid on the ground and
after a few minutes was whisked oil
to tho J. Hood Wright hospital,
where he lingered in agony until carly
morning, when he died. Tiie men
who braved death to save him were
ICdward L. Byrnes, Albert ilildobrand
and Andy Marshall. Tneso men im
mediately aftor getting Morgan to
safoty turned baok again to help the
other poor wretches who had boon
caught in thc building. Meantime
in tho vlolnity of tho accident othor
persons had been blt by tho Hying
rooks and iron plates and moro or lesa
Injured. One of tho worst sufferera
was Edward Altonsea, a thlrtecn-year
old boy. He was walking along the
wow york Oontral tracks whon a
piece nf sheet iron tmiriing through
tho air fell on his loft foot and severed
three of his toes as If out by a knife.
Ohargod With Murdor.
Will Gabo, charged with tho mur
der of a man named Pluraley In up
per Greenville Gounty In 1800, hat
surrendered to tho shorlff. Tho grant!
jury at ono timo found "no bim
against Gabo, but subsequently roto rn
cd a true bill, Gabe will have tt
stand trial.
YELLOW FEVER
t?as Made Its Appearance in the
City of New Orleans
AND OTHER PLACES.
Three Hundred sad Pour People Have *
Had It Up To Tuesday la New Or
leans Alone, of Which Number
Slxty*Two Persons Have
Died of the Disease.
Yellow fever made its appearauoe
In the ol ty of New Orleans last Thurs
day, and sinse that time up to Tues
day there has been three hundred and
four oases. Of this number sixty-two
oases have been fatal. The authorl
ties aro doing all they can to stop
the disease, but up to Tuesday they
had not been very successful. There
wore twenty-one new oases on that
day and Aye deaths.
Quarantines everywhere are being
drawn tighter. A number of towns
in Mississippi and Louisiana are cut
ting themselves off from the world and
the shotgun quarantines are being
rapidly extended. Guards and in
spectors are being wn.itipUed and trav- ,
el ls being made increasingly diflloult.
Rven gasoline ls apparently barred
from Vicksburg. Many people have
left Now Orleans for the interior.
While the feeling is constantly
growing moro hopeful, there is appar
ently no abatement of the excitement
aud there is a panicky feeling in the
country districts of Louisiana and Mis
sissippi. Local business houses are
beginning to feel the |eft*eots of the
.soare. They aro receiving letters from
traveling men telling of the cancella
tion of orders In Mtssissipbi and else
where because of tho reluctance of the
country people to patronize stores
whioh reoeivo goods from infected
districts.
Muoh distress is beginning to appear
among the Italian population growing
out of the practical expulsion of the
.'rult business from Louisiana on ac
count of the quarantines, and relief
work ls one of the tasks whioh the
italian sooletles and oiblzens commit
cees will now have to address them
selves to. A meetlpg of representa
tive Italians has been held and per
manent organization formed.
A special to the Age-Herald from
Meridian, Miss., says: Five Italians
vere shot down by the guards of the
retention station near Lu r barton
Monday morning, two being killed and
. liree seriously wounded. Dr. D maid,
-tate health oflloer at Hattlesburg,
^ave out the first intimation of the oo
curenoo over tho long distanoe tele
phone shortly before noon and later
na details were obtained from other
sources.
A case of yellow fever was developed
i few days ago among Italian refu
gees from New Orleans lu tho suburbs
f thc town and the house In which
he patient lay 111 was isolated. The
> ate health authorities took care of
be case>/ftfilltrV<jtto ' |n o^n
act with tho sick mSTr**~""*>~*talued
Hider, guard at a ca .np p?. ^ for
he purpose. Five of these, etyrly
Monday morning, made an at temp A lo
toipe. Tbe guan s repeatedly cdh&d
upon them to liait, but no attention
vas paid to the order.
The pursuing guards fired a volley
it the fugitives, all of them falling
ii their tracks. From the best ob
cainable information two of the Ital
ians were instantly killed by the vol
hy and the other throe more or lesa
crlously wounded. Lumberton is a
own ou the New OiPans and Eastern
railroad, about 80 miles northeast of
New Orleans and contains the only
?ase of yollow fever thus fardcvoloped
in Mississippi.
Ilatoliod Out a Itattlor.
The Charleston Post says a tiny
rattlesnake, hatched from an egg in a
glass Jar in tho window of F. Von
Oven, on King street, is attraotlng
notice from the pedestrians of the
street. Tbe rattler's eggs were re
ceived by Mr. Von Oven from a friend
at Hell Hole Swamp, whioh is filled
with rattlers, and for the sake of see
ing what would happen, Mr. Von
Oven put thc eggs, which are small
and Bolf shelled like the turtle egg and
of mottlod white oolor, In a big white
jar and exposed them to the eua
Wednesday. At noon tho young rat
tler now In the jar broke sholl and
oamo forth. He la about twelve Inohes.
long, and the slzo of a slender pen
holder, with the diamond marks on
lils back, and aslondor squirming ton
.mo. Ills head ls disproportionately
large, and thc rattler already shows his
1 vicious r.ature by striking at a finger
twiddled at him.
I Where Aro Thoy?
Mrs. W. H. Gook, an aged lady of
Monroe, La., and her six-year-old
granddaughter, who arrived in At
lanta Saturday night, are both mys
teriously missing from the Kimball
house, where they wore shopping and
tho police havo been asked to insti
tuto a search for them. Tho eiisap*
pearanoo is said to be a strange one,
and no clue to it oan be found. Mrs.
Cook ls 70 years edd, Sho and her
i granddaughter left the Kimball pre
sumably for a short stroll on Mouday,
and since then nothing has been
heard of them. Their baggage and
other effcots arc still at the hotel. On
arrival in Atlanta, Mrs. Gook, who
i en route to Edgefleld, S. G., announced
her intention of remaining in Atlanta
onlv a day Or two. Tho hotel authori
ties aro unable to account for their
. absenoo.
Wanted Broad.
A number of German immigrants
who recently passai through Oharies
ton to work in a saw mill near Colum
bia, have roturned to New York, al
leging as tho refusal to work in this
i State that they were not given wheat
l or rye broad. They were given rice
'. and pork which they did not oars for
. and upon the refusal ot the mill peo*
) plo to supply bread, they laid down
the toola and quit work.