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1 oe ! I i ?j r JUT "DO TIIOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OTJB SOVLS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN TH^ OBSESSION HAPPY OR O tl li DEATHS GLORIO 03 itf^f?Y (JAU&?> ' " ,!' ' " _. ._" ...ftp '?,,) i ... . _, ' ^ W -.' ' ' "y ' '. VOL. xyvi. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MAROU 9. 1906 i J, , ' 11 ? <>i( .> ' < I .II ?.i , r. i.. ,i assurer-rm*?, *?*Lf? ftOm?M? ^. .i "I ??i <i ;: fd ll) .it I I jpKv{i* <li,W. ii <"!'? ti i(fi li.i J .?-?. li- '<.?..- " j i (?j ww . Hull..I yb |ll/i ?ii o TH . L<V'J[,I,'!; , .1.,. ...'i lo ..H.IM.I* <?Ji ft$W HASTY TRIAL The Crowd Applauds One of thc Lady Witnesses WHILE ON THE STAND 013 ot the Coma.'I, Attacks tile Characters of Two of the Actresses Who Testified, But Failed to Shake Tnt lr Testimony* A dispatch from O liney to The State si} s when tho d fon se had ex haustod its eff orts to nave tho Hast ) oase continued, tho selection of a )tir> vras entered upon. Each sido of th* case exhausted Ita ohallcnges, hu! there were yet six names in the box whon tho Jury was oom pl.'ted. Tuen was ono witness disqualified tn ac count of pr? J tdlco, which he did no; try to ooncoal. G ie was sick. There havo beon some dramatic porlods in the trial ot George Hasty for tin murder cf Milan Bennett iu this cit) on tho 16th day of last Doo rn'ier. The prisouer is no; bi lng tried for tin murder of Abbots Davison, the actor, for it was decided to rr, Iso aeparare trials of tho two iud lc inputs. The prosooution had orougtit out some very damaging i v^denco and tho do feuse has failed to shake tho wit nesses. The sympathy of the people of the city of Gaffney was Bhown Thursday when the eourb room wan Ulled witli applause after ono of Col. Johnson's unsuccessful atti mpts to badger thc wituesb, Miss Vornte Sheridan, who was to have boon married to Milan Bennet. Tho little womau refused tn be scared by Ooh Johnston's actitudes or by the evidence against lier moral character, which he indicttol that he would produce. Tho little woman stood the ordeal in a very remarka ble manner and ls admitted to have made a lino wituess. Her testimony waa unshaken and the attempts t> weaken her evidence by compa.iig it with what she had said at the it qu .sb. resulted iu her statements on the staud being strengthened rather than otherwise. Once when Solicitor Scase was examining her hu told lier lo tell all abo kuew of a certain part of the milloo, "and don't lot's have any play aotiDt.''said On. Jonnnton. At tutti Mr. Soaso seemed to be a little vexed and he declired vohemeutly that his witness was not acting buo telling tho truth, At another ti me Gol. Johnstone was trying to bieak down the witness with reference to tho position ol George Hasty's aru when ho was trying to lorco hhi s ii low Miss Sher idan'a room througu lue transom, iu order to Illustrate, ho exiled Hast.? over to him. "Gi nu herc, George,5' ho satd and as the s.,llo.v youth, wno bad shot to death thc young man to whom she was .to bo married, ap proaciied the witness a tremoir ran over her f?ame and she said to the court stenographer brokenly, I cu. not touch this roan." lo.it she was not required to dj. She was game al the way through the terrible ii qnirj at the haulms of Col. J jhustono and gave- just a-> good as was tient. A ! Lt r the first demonstration of applause Judge Memmlnger declared that he would clear the room upon a repdbf tion being tri'd, out lhere v.cre fre quent suppress-d sift! s of approval when Miss Sheridan wou d with ca e parry a thrust from tho gifted attor ney. Ooh Johnstone asked questions willoh aro hardly permissiblo In print and tho you .g wou.au never fitnohed. If the oharges .vi re true her cinch r and frankness stamp her ai a vjry olever aotress. li' they were untrue she is an artistic actress j ,!>t the same, for she hover showed by wine lug that she suffered. M my who went into thc court room, pr judioed against her came away impressed wl&n her womanlines. lt has been tin- cl ?im of tho def chao that Hasty was struck to the kuoas bcfoie he tired the fatal shots. Toe evidence shows that the ball which killed Bennett took a course and raged along the face of thc seventh ni) for au Inca and a half. The defence somewhat "ra'tied" tho witness who g - v : tins testimony, Dr. Allen, by a king him if ho hal not had a bet op un the outcome of the trial, hut D'. Alica stated that a* soon as he real:'/.io th.it he was to le au Important \ i non he tunk down the bot whioh had beon otTared with Gunter, with whom he frequently rna ko wagers in a friendly way. Tin; defonse may produce evidence to hes mirch the young woman's chastity or reputation, but even that would not entirely wipoout tin:: manner in which she test I lied as to the sequence of events and there aro many people here who believe tiiat the defense could nob blacken her chancer. That remnlns to bf: s< on. .She denied with out any stage airs but in a lovel and open manner the accusations that slie and Bennett had relations to each other willoh aro not countenance 1 ex cept by martial rites and tho case in point was alleged to have ia pp) nodal Ga to ila, N. 0. .Simla ac usc I In Col. Johnston's questioning, of having been seen in Gaffney lyh.g on tue bod in Bennett's arma the day before tb? homicide. Tne&e arc sa . accusations to make against a woman unless tiny can be proved Col. Johnston's questions t ugg< sted that.he.would try co bring oua that one oi tho y om g women was se n rid lng horseback in an Immodest manner at Gastoula. H?fore tho wi tm si carno off tho stand sho Identified a plcturo of Miss Bishop, which thc wltm si had taken the afternoon of tho ride ft Gastoula and there was|uothhig (ra modost ab ut Miss Bishop's OOStumt! or attitude. Hasty's almost defiant attitude h<>;. ohangn.1 somewhat Ho ls of the m ? dram.ii.lc kind. Ho ls a cotton mill opeiativo, lt IS said, ard thc whole family appear to bo people of a no high order o' mentality. They are not in business hore any longer Tao town revoked tho lioonso of the hotel and t ls being ruu in another namo. lb does not appear to bo a p'aoe which should have been shunned by these actor peo ple and orion incido tho stranger felt NOinetlilng like a homelike atmosphere la tto place. These show pcoplo stopp id there booauso it was near Ohr 1st mas and .hey were saving up for that glan festival. Tao hotel 1? all on the H O ond floor and tho room occupied by ai^ss Sheridan in flanked ou oho sid >y a hallway. Tm re is a porch around i,he cutir? rear of tho bulldh g ar d 1 .vas from this porch that some on*, tried to gain access to their room bi foro she- called Bennett, v/ho was sleeping, (ccuviug a ro m removed from dor's by the bath io m. The mly damaging thing brought cut s< 'ar Isthat there wai another man itt the room with Bennett whtm she call ed and ho is not boro to teni Ky In thc ca^o. S mo time sinos Mr. llorvoy had tn amele in Tue S abo intimating mat Miss Sheridan's conduct af.ei ,ho trial was susplolotn, Ho ts wiut ed hero as a witness, but it was ad mitted that be bad li vo l here und r m a sumen name in his oorrebpon deuoa. O i account of tho abso nee of this witness and for other reasons Mr. Johnson had asked for a c ntln uanco of the case, but the Ju.lgo. de cided that tbe case muht go on tlorvy, at thc time of tbo tragedy, was a telegraph opeiator and it is stated that ho furnished to tiie pro-s of the ctuntry an article ci ntalnlng certain facts that, if pro\en to br tru?\ would mitigate In f '.von f Hasty. Miss Bishop, one of tho members of the troupe, testified Friday. II r ten tltnony was a corroboration of that of Miss Sheridan, who testified Thurs day, to the i IT c, that the killing was without provocation. Attompts wi re mado by tho defense to provo that the charaotora of the two lady wi ines cs were not what they should bo, but the court ruled that while questions pot cainlug to this matter oould bo asked, they need not be answered. Miss Bishop, In her own defense, asked that s!ie bo al'o red to answer and thal/ nothing bj b ft in doubt. A sensational fea-.urc waa tho lntr .due Mon of a marrakin to show the prog ress of bbo fat ul bullet. T.)Q ap p:rrai cool the grewsomeobj ot.throw Miss Sheridan Into hy 8 te. los, and t li was lod frcm tho curt room. Tin defense began Its testimony late in the day. It established the theory that seif-.lefouse was to be tho pol c of Hs ev.dence. A renewed attempt was malo also to I m poach tho oharao tar of the two Kd.et? of th) theatrical Company. At tho opening of tho court Friday the defense asked to put ono of their ?1 toenda, one ??u!ci:!?.vyJ, oj g| - ma, on thc Stand, as ho b.ad just left the bedside of a s ok chil l. The de fenso wanted to provo the conduct of filiases Sheridan and Hi hop by th I-, witness, who ls an ageut for some rea! estate men. The Questions er-, ? ked him, but the court would not allow him to answer? Dr. Nesbitt was rrxt o?lled. Ho jesti?.d to hold i lg a p s:-.i orttin, (uni with tho aid i f the m mJkcn des cribed the range o' bud. <. alter it had entered tho boiy. ll ?J o tvs iii ? that ho did not see any weapon i : tho person of Mr. Bennett when l < examined him. II; also identlfUo thc emit ond vest worn by the ceceas bil, After examlnt g two wi tuc ssc: I)-. Nesbitt and John S pone sr, the state r< st d; During recess the jury was lt>k: n to tho scene of the tragedy In tim af. ternoon the defir.se put up hovera) witnesses to prove tito ebaraotr r vi His two young iadh - , M > e . S e ridai nd Bishop, hut H. wa * ruled t u , tl ( Judgfe sa) lng: "J', appr.ars t:? me ti atv y u are trying thc fi I wo wornt r and not ibo prisoner." Will and A> luir II '.sty and tln.ir two vavos wer. put ( n the stu id. They tried to prove that tho two dead men bad Qsoigo down and that he ?bot in self-defense, and that the Misses Sheridan and Bishop were n >t i ye-wiln ss's. Miss May Bishop, ono of tho Inno ont carnet of the tragedy ^.nd ono of tho eye wi naisses <f she shooting, w*s iitrxt evie ri by tho State. She mate au excellent witness and was another matoo for Coloml J ihnstonc. Miss Bishop testified to tho shu ? . lng. At the tlt?e that Hasty ana Mr. Bonnott iefo tl o room (she was sittii g at the dining table S to tiled tj ge Mr. Davlns ti not togo o?r, iii tho null, but he went anyway. Site gm lu and startt d to tho di or. Jil it, a; ftlio got t?tere she ht arri two pislol s 'ots In quick Bticocrsloo, and t,aw Mr. Davidson grapple with nasty, caking hold of his right hand and forcing lt and tho pis ul against thc .vail. While Davidson bad hold of him ho i srked loos . and shot Mr. Bon nott. Hor testimony v,a> identical with her testimony at tho i. q :;:?r. li the cros:,*ox*min?rlort she aSited Mr. .Io instone to help hoc, ar d ?ho would illustrate how tho shoothg ocourred. Mr. Johnstone toOk hold o? her arm and she jo lcd lo se au Hi ty had dono, Illustrating tho shouting in a vivid manner. Crooks (JAtight, A broadway house was raided In Atlanta on Friday and hlnoprotended b 'ggors were taken into cu,ti dy. Tilt room ocoupled by two of ic mon, (j ll. Clark and Taemas Newman, wa* s a c!.e l and a . atchel was disc ivered containing a complete sait -cracking ou tilt, dark is apparently th leadci of the gang, and ho was pltoi d u dei a 85 ooo bond in bo lo court pending further It/vi ? igatlon of thc malt r ?'iirk arr. Newo an wt io abo mc?&ur i ri by tho Berti Ul >n exp ;rt ab th? fed ral prison and photographed, S iveii if the men were (ont to t he s ock d< and held for tho higher cunt. Thc other three will meet a ?dmtli?r r t e. Soma of the moa ar". CwrlOU ly m il :> - ed and said tue y were profesoional b ggers, . A. Sensation in Mut'loti. A special from Marion tava former County Superintendent of 10 neat lon Raymond Kerry, uerb r ? i, loo h < for emt) u\\\ g coliool funds, fail fl to appear at his trial sot for We loesday. Additional warrama having bacn sworn out against him on Tu ?day, ne loft that night foi parts unknown. BATTLE BEGINS Senator Tillman Opens Greatest Fight in Senate's History. WILL BE TO A FINISH. Senator Aldrlrlt (lives Notice of ? Ba! tie R .yal Against the Hepburn Kate Bill in thc Presence of Crowded (ialerlcs lu the Senate. Inst? wcok In the Senate ohamb?r tho ring was pitched for the great batt lo between tho American peoph and thc railroad*. The following de H Tlptlon of the opening of the battle, whlnh was written for fie New Yoil< American by Julian ?lawthorno, will be road wi ob Interest. The public, says Hawthorne, was present to the ex ont of tho gallery accommodations, and t.early ev^ry Ssnator was at his oVsk Nothing was cone, howovi r further than that tho oombabtuts bowed to C30b other, and put on their giovcF; the sccon's conferred as to the rules thatshou:d gt vam the combat, .nd arrangmenta were made for the printing and dissemination of tho rec ords of ihe principals up to this timo. 1 ls un < rstoud that the light ls to bo to a finish, and will omi with a knockout fer cno party or the other. No moro Important evett bas come up for deolslon In the national priz rlrg during recent times. In other language, Senator Tillman, In charge of the Dolllver Hepburn railroad rate bill, mado tho formal statement that tho bill had b en rc curomended by the committee forpav . ir?; without amendment, and that he himself, as soon as he ho cl BufBolentl) digested the nub j cet, would present nlHjrep >rb upon it In writing. Lay 11 g his left band on the pilo of ps?p rs and velum s on his desk, he iddcd that, he wished ten fcbeuaand oo pl es of tho reports < f testimony and Information gathered by the commit ree tobo printed for the better lu irte ii nof those Interested, In which ,):. prsal bc was supported by E'orakor cl Allison, ard, there being no ob J cbl?n, lt. wita so oiderod. ALD1UC1?8 NOTICE OF MATTUM. Sunab-r Aldrich tlion aro?) very serious und wi tn less color obau asiai in his face, though whether owing to emotion or to insufflaient broakfast 'hd not appear. Ho observed that lo tho orr 1 nary course of things tho hill would have emerged fren committee with amendments, arid that he believ ed that all S natura except Foraker, vbo objected io any legislation at all. ? ! ed the bill to be amended, Kv c pt f ir thea . amendments no obstrue tiou io immediate consideration o' he bill would ho t iv red on bis side. Mr. M'jOumber auuoui-oed that he hada hub?tlluto for the entire bill, w loh ho s nt to tho desk, and wll: \:< . !< cn laier; und then other bust ni ss supi i YO cl and the galleries were i ft v iib Lh( tr mouths opeu, Ono of tho Arab things that Till rn; ! : al i 1 sb week, when a kod about . e h ll, wat that bo did not regard lt . a partisan measure. Ii this ho bowed i la sound valise, and the Am r lean people will bo found in heart\ a -.'ord with his attitude. A:;y senator or Itopresontativo who bries to plav politic* with the rale oili wili make tho m'stake of nh career. T o people aro in earnest ; Mr oj want to bj protected against the tranny, aggression and Ins?lenos ot ho if. broads. They know that rob beries and outrages have bren ano ??'Hy aro committed against tho pr; porty and rights of Individ?ala b> ra in ads. They want to hava these //roi gs righted, and t hey aro not to be di terrel fr- m l aving them right 1 b> ai y special pleas aboutconstitu Ional limitations or legal teobuicalt h s. THIS PKOPLlfi'S POCKETS PI0K1CD, Tn. y kuow that their p o kc ts art I): o;s' picked, and Lin y will reaeut anj o>;i-o tlon that lt cm be legal to pl :k them. Nor v/lil thev accept a lemcdy wblob is remedial to tito eye 0 ily, and by moans of d- lays and com* 1 I:-, a.lons turn! cub to bo no practical 0 nv cly ab all. S imetning must bo done; it must be dono at ono ", ui d lt must be so done as to bo eft ci Iv . f >r t he encl lu view. Unat ls the ultimatum. Democrat or ll publican, House, Senator or Ex cu ci ve, m*y take the or dio of it when lt is dono--that is quito Immatciial to tho people. Hut whoever opposes Its doing--still more however temporarily prevents Its d lng- -is never likely to lind any ad eqti .te oompenuatlon, either personal or polUloal, f .1 birat ait. Morcovor, the ;icb Itself would bo futile. Should the bill, owing to the ma chinations of the railroad gang, fall orb) emasculated in thia session, it Ml not only be tho cause, of woo to its adversaries, but lt will b3 brought up again In a fi.rm, and with an ompha -.is, which ls likely to make its adver saries regret that they did not agree wi h the people wnllo thoy woro in he <*:iy with them. Tho American spirit ls not doad, though lt ls burled deep under prece oupatlon, sol ll sh ne SS and hcedeless u sa, i ? comes io life when tho provc c .non ls adequate; and the provcoA tli n t -day ls quito as a I .-quito as it. was when the t Mrtoon Colonies rose against King dei rge. TUM PKOPI.K A KIO RKJADY TO HISK. Our people has all duo rospeot-im plo r peet ff VOA tod Interests and for fair play, lb may for along time bo bo cl-winked by Intricacies of law and illusions of spoclal privilege, hut once it bea-s a 'lint of subjection to a moneyed oligarchy lt will rise In a manado as formidable as the plague, .md as Immitigable as deat/h. M reo vor, this Issue, Uko many >!1 era, ls nob one that will he forgot 1 ten, nor can the people be distracted from it by other issues. It i? a vital Issuo to tho welfare of them all, and will press upon all moro Intolerably dav by day. To dolay Justice Js to Inflame resentment and tho conse quences of that resentment, if unap* peased, nany well appal tbe most bra zen thief that ever wore broadcloth aud cut off coupons. lt ls well that Aldrich and Foraker, md their accomplices lu and out of Congress, should bc placed in a posi tion where their character and pur pose must bc revealed by their words and acts. Thev thought to gain a strategic point by thrusting tho bill into Till man's hands, because Tillman has been represented as an extremist, a dangerous man, unlit to bo entrusted ?villi a meisuro effecting the welfare of tho whole people. Hut, In truth, tho Si u bu Carolinian is a statesman whiso ci libro has not y?tb.:en meas ured. IIe) can be floree and pallon are, but he holds himself in ids own control. II c n go forward at need like a cyclone, but he om also mout ure his stops and seo a!.ead. His hon sty ls above all shadow o: suspicion; und of how many of Ids o 1 le goes can so nu:oh bo salo? He ls as Imple, and as dangerous, asa twe -dged sword. Ho ls not educated In bi o bair splittings of tho law, but be ls thoroughly grounded in Justice and equity. DE8T CUSTODIAN OK TUB HILL. Hp hates wrong, loves right, and 'eura no mm; and these attributes, together with an ample Intellectual endowment, render him, perhap-, the very ht st custodian of the bill that Its best friend*--or thc best friends . -f a Just and adequate measure, rath er-could have picked out. If M*. Aldrich thought othorwlse, he made a mistake. Hut the Hepburn bill In its present abppe ls nota Jost and adequate measure, and the more lt ls stun led, the more probable does lt seem that if it be sufficiently amended to ru'!1' j th" real ohj jct of railroad legislation there will hardly be a clauso of it left. Perhaps no ono feels this moro sen <wb'y than Mr. Tillman. And certain ly In that ose no ono could be moro Inflexible than Mr. Tillman In Input ing that tho requisite alterations, >)ven though thoy result In an entire ly new bil), shall be made. ID ItvS li nal form, be what it may, 1; will go baok from thc Senate to tin House and thence to the President. What will the President do with ll? Should bo venture to defeat, or to leave unsupported, a truly good meai ure for relief from railroad oppression, nothing ls more certain than that fu Ho obloquy will overtake him. Much will be urged on him abcut "giving tho railroads a square deal" and not alienating investment of cap Ital in railway enterprise but thoio io 'no dangin o? mi.' hoing ixd? r?w.hv..?^ less, or of railroad millionaires being driven to the poorhouse. Lot him . keep hts eyo bingle upon tho rights and needs of tho people, and, lu the long run-not BUOb a very loug run, either-..vory limb aud o - gun of the body oorporato will par take of tho benefits. S?ORY CF A liSTTEB Wli'oh Went Around tho World in Six Months. Henry M. Fleidner, of Anderson, 8 C., rGceivod a lotter Sunday from (Jape Town, Africa. H .ck of tin receipt of the letter ls an Interesting story. Lust August, while livh.g ii Greenville, Mr. Fleidner read a news paper article telling of tlie < tli^ei cy of tho portal BVHtem of tho v.orlh, working in harmony with each otho .nd determined to test the matter for himself. He addressed a lotter to him .elf at Ccipc Town, Africa. The envelope bore tho rt quest to be forw arded to Sidney, Nev/ South Wales, if not de livered at Cape Town, and If not de li ve rod at Sidney to be returned to Greenville. The letter was maih.d on train No. ll at Greenville o.i August ld, ano i artedon its long journey, lt w. s reoelv?d at Cape Town ou Soptornber 28, and was forwarded from there to Sidney, reaching the latter plac? on Ootobei lu N>t being claimed ai Sidney it wus started back to Green ville.' Io reached Seattle, Washington February 24, a id was for wai ;od from Greenville 11 Mr. Fieidner's addro s lu Anderson, reaching him on Febru ary 25. T.it) letter had boen traveling a lit tie over ?ix months, and bad hain to anumber cf dilT rent places. Tho en velop bore several p sic 111 oe stamp: which were illegible, but WM still in tACt and hi good simp.:. The of carrying tho lettor on its long Journey was on'y 16 cents. Mr. Fieldner has tho r.atla'actlon (;f knowing that the postal system of the Auths i i ?i, piotity t (Holen t institut) >n. Ile also IKS tho satisfaction of know ing that there ls nobody by tho name of Honry M. Fleidner at (Jape Town, South Africa, oratSioney, NeASnitli Wales. Hot n lim I'HOO. A dispatch from Washington says Senator Tillman, since ho has been brought prominently forward lo the iatc legislation tight lus mad) ono announcement that has bjen well re ceived In tho Senate and oven In the House. It ls to the tffiOt that there ls no necessity for him to visit the While House for conference with the President. "The Senate now has charge of tills matvor," ho says, "and will ho able to perfect) it wltuout an slstauoo, Tile prisident lias perform ed his duties In thc caso In making recommendations to Con g rosa and in expressing his views as to what he thinks ought to bo done." Thc idea Ot Senator Tillman is voiced most ilea liny hy tho S> nuiV. MMIIOIH lloHoued, After a night of borrer on the deck of their vessel with death almost stir lng them In the face for hours, the crew of the four-masted schooner Gcorgo M. Grant from Brunswick, Ca., to Perth Ambert, N. J., lumber laden, which went ashore at (Jape Henry, wo.ro rescued Wednosday a. m. by the Norfolk with tiio ship wrecked mon. Tho indications are tl nt th i vessel will bea total loss, SWfpf?Y WIN?! One Hundred and Fifty Persons ; Are Reported Killed. MANY ARK NEGROES. Several Blocks of I}ii<Idlng8 Comolctcly Deirfpllshed, A?tcr Which the t Wreckage Took Fire. Great ' Damage to Wires ard Oilier Properly. A tUspatch from M >bile says a pri vate lor* g liistanco message rc olivad from Meridian, Miss., at 9 10 p. m.. says ttio fl:o ls raging in tho devastat ed district. Tho work of tho rcsoueo; '?3 going bravely on, UitoviJngto all lights, being rut lanterna und candios are hiing used ar d rho work la neecs sa ry slow. It is thought that 160 bodies aro In tho wreckage. The union depot* is ono of the buildings blown away, The telegraph wir s aro still down botwoen Meridian, M.bile and other poluta. A largo rumber of persons arc known to bo killed and many are miss lng and unaccounted for at midnight. Among thc se known to bc dead ar, : Mrs. Ella Singleton and granddaugh ter, Mackey Slaughter, Cbudo Wil liams, P. T. Mclunis, conductor on tho Mobile and Ohio railroad; Wil Ham F?. Nelson, formerly city mar ali all > Among the wounded are; Charles E mire, W. J. Wcoislde, T. H Brown, J?rnest Bennett, Frank Woodruff, Will Yarbrough aud W. C. Mormon. Information has rescued Mobile by fce.'ephone, all telegraph wiros bel g d)wn, that a destructive tornado vi ittd Meridian, Miss., at 6 .30 o'clock last evening, killing 2L white persons and over a hundred negroes and dam . )?ing property to the extent of $1, 500,000. There were als*.? he; 1 s . erl oualy injured bv being oaugbt in the wreckage of bouses. Too tornado oangnt the city on the soutliwest anr traveled to the northeast, expend e; Itself In two iu'mrbs where many m. groea were killed and li jured, a wbcl te nf ment district bclnw wiped out. T io large wholesale stares, seven I smtmer OUOH, pp.rt of the principal notfjl, the eiLcrrio lighting plarit and ali i mal) puronorty between thc u of tlie 'oliy "waSTl am aged. Twenty men were caught in one restaurant and several woie killed. Twp stories of the Y. M. ?. A. build ing were wrooked ard other building suffered in tho upp^r stories. The ni gro tenement district north of the etty wan demolished and the de hrh o\ught tire, threatening a ucw dangci j but tho local department, with ti1' help of hundreds o? CM /. rn-:, v. rem. tils aficr a bard light. They '? ere assisted by torrential rain following tlie tornado. Thc city ls lu dari i s ?nd tho full extent o? the dinas er ? lb not bo known until daylight. The known path of tho storm w^s about GOO feo?j wido and <u o mlle in length. A long di l?;'.cu m ssage to Tlx Hem from Meridian, M tau., e tya a ey cone accompanied by heavy rain struck that city this evening at G.30 o'clock. The nt nm centre wan in the southern portion of tho etty a id part icularly hea"y along Front str. o\ onoof the prinolpal business streets of r.be town. Nearly every house on E.ont street ls reported to have been demolished. Tho Armour Packing plant fr m which thin message was ru cc Iv ed hy lng di ta?o?, is the only building loft standing and thereof ol t his ls k'one. Fire broke out in thc ruins and de spite, the heavy rain, the ll mes were burning limoj.v wheo this report was tiled. A i umber of bodi s are report ed to bs in tua ruini n i Dbe roicuors .ire working by c.mlle light. The city ia in total darkness, the electric lighting plant having 'b en put out .f ha irless. Tho. cyclone did s v ri damage at other points adjvcimt to Meridian and all train? nutt rh g ;v. i alan arc delaved indetlnitely. Tn Tho Weitem Uni u Telegraph comp* any reputed bavin/ lost 16 miles o. wiro and the Postal Teh graph com piny al^o rmiT r^d gro.it damage. Tne wires ate nowa between Atlan ta, Biri ingham, M >mphlo and othei points' bud lt is impo&sible to secure vommuntcalkn with the stricken city. A lmig distance message to The item fr m J. D. Breaux, servi?O man of ibo Cumberlai d Telephone campa ny at Meridian, Ml.su., gives cv ino details of tho oyclono that stiuok Meridian at (I ;iu o'clock Friday e\im in? as follows. During a heavy rain storm at 0.31) o'clock a storm cloud developed In the south and moved on tluvolty, striking Kn nt street, the buslncse contre, .vith full fore. Thc wind was prob ably blowing 76 miles an hour, The cyclone, passed over in about two min utes ano during that period threo or four WJiuio BQUarOS H??'? u?YiStcd. ii conservativo estimate places the mun ber of buildings blown down at be I ween 30 and io. Among tho heaviest losers aro the Meyer Sc Neville Hardware company; rom LYIO SC GO., wholesale dry goods and grOCSr ICS; Joseph tl, Moore, wholesale dry goofs and g roce rle.-.; the New o.cleans and Northwestern rail road freight depot and other bull dings, tue names of which aro not obtainable at this hour. Thc Mobile and Ohio depot ls safe as well as the Southern h?tel, but the (?rand Ave nu - hotel WAS oOnsldi rahly damaged, bli!) guests in the latter building co Caping, and no one was injured. Faun tba business centre tito oy clone lumped to East End, whero a number of residences wero bl >wn down and Others badly damaged. Mr. Breaux states that the numbi r of lives lost Is small, probably not more, than threo or tour persons. Ono of thc yiot.lms, a man ramed Johnson, lil j hom ned In by tho wreckage and at lu w'clcok Friday night he was reach 1 cd hy tuc rescuers, to whom ho spoke -r-p-; r- ?-.... ? i " aria begged tbeiii to hurry and extri-' cato,him... ? ii . i .' ??.. . Several Ores were started as a re sult !o? tbb ey elm m but the' only pil? of sorlnu > ? mm q'ioi'C J waS'that i ri one' of the compresses. All lires wero ex tiugnisbpd py 10 p. m.? Mr Breaux r.'p'?'rt? all. trains entering' tho 'city on Mme. Wires of the ielcg\tap,ti'oompa' ' oles are still down. 1 REDUCE ACttKAttft i M ... AND DI VISUS lt Y CHOPS IS TUM RO ID TO SUCC10 IS POU . Our Southern T'armera, Who AreFow at the Crisis in the Cot ton Situation. This is tho critical year with the S:Uth?rn cotton f riner. This is thc year that ls to decide whether he hah 3cli-coutrol enough to govorn himself, or whether lack of self-control will again make hloa a slave of the spt cu jateas. Too is8uo bangs upon whether the cotton tkOreage ls lnoreas'-d bajono I that of 101)5. If lt is increased, ju>t in that pioportion will prices dtolino. There is nothing surer than that. O if proof were needed, lot any ono ex amine tho "Statistical View of the Cotton Situation'' in the Manufactur ers' Itscord cf January 87ob by tnai unbiased authority, Coi. A frecl li Shrpperaou, of ve v York. Fom Gol. Shepp Tson's article wo got these in controvertible points: 1. Tho vlsib e supply of cotton is m Uorlally larder n JW than a year ago, 2. B igllsh mills are likely to,uso less of our cotton this yoar. ''In view ol the very much larger supply of lfl^st Indian cDtton this season aud toe comparatively high prices of Ameri can oJtton (now llvo cents per pou; d above the price of a year ag )," says (JA. Shepporson, "I think 10urrmrai mills will use during tho sean m 5)0, OOO bales moro of Bast ludion c > ,toL oban last season and 400,000 h 1 ICK of Americio otton." '.i. Japanese mills will also reciuln lo.a Amr.rican cotton tb s year. Hal) the.y usa in fie Fv.it Iut?iau citton, aud they lave iiready imported t ? ugo stock of American cotton. Col. Suepper on thinks toe Japanese de land will b? f.,r 150,003 fewer bah^ ...aa la&fc ;?nr. 4. Inclia v.llb l's increased crop wir irobobly saud 600,000 m ne biles to dutxp.- than last season, and this aim j aicana a lessened demand for ou. Stubborn product. j" 6. E?ypt also oomes up with a ma - terially increased crop-a fifth wain ing against a big Southern crop. (i M?S'J of tho new Mancuoatory mills of which wo havo heard to muon aro for spinning fine yams from ?gyp lian colter.-i nd so do not call foi the excepted lucreaso from our South ora fav?s. 7. AU in nil then, Col Sheppcr.son ci vets that with a n.aterlH.ly luoreftsea .: ply of. cur cot'.ou oa band, "t'n stimated consumption nf America! inttOD by the world's m li ls this sei sm will bc only 11.368,000 ba 63, 0 l 0 cou bales lesa than last ueason." In veiw of thusa facts, and in view of the further fact) that throughout the Scmth there is an unusual domane for guato end for niu.es, says th' Progressive Farmer and C.ttoa Plant, it ). iud o:l high time for tho Soul ' - ?jrn farmers to cad a bulb and buk their bourn.gs. And there is no helter way for them to work out of ttds difficulty than ii c ?me i getber in L.'.O (Jjtton Urosvcr..' Association, ami evolve that tin. South with ic:, lautols of victory ins: ou its brow, muso noona / oom aub llnanclal suicido must nob li ema ? ?lio cotton ucee.: go beyond that ot too.-). Lob crop diversification bc the atohword. There is money in corn, in peas, in fruits, in vegetables, in liva slock. if wc keep our cotton acreage where it ls aid make supp ies fen uuiselves and our neighbors from Un ss ou.er crops, bbc South v/lit ;o ai become toe richest sec. lon of our e:oun. ry. If vc KO wild over co i. ton uni repeal Jio blunder ol 1004, mo mortgage and tue orup lien will again return to taunt us and to mock us for cu. folly (i ) to y ?ur Cutten Grawin*' m. it logs, orgautz) caiiti township an( c unty as di rooted elsewhere lu tu. issue, ana prepare for ihc contest. Tho Southern (armers luv.; show! Jut they h ive ibo manhood and me? tio to stand adVoislty. Toe next fojrty days will show whether they have tho prudence and self-control of siana prosperity. Or gatazi your township, S:IOl Al? i\ Ul i .'..IM While abe Chicago Sb ick C mapany was playing at thc theatre at Linton ind., Thursday nighs Miss Pearl B. Flvyn, a member cf bbc troupe, ma .t several slighting remarks abuiit the bown which some of audience ap plauded and others hissed. Tao act ress tock tho applause for cnn monda bion and referred again to thc town in tho same way. While tho audience was Indulging In hissing and applause a man In tho rear of thc house with an oatii, drew a ruvoivor and aimed lb at tho aotrcss and tired. Tho bullet struck Miss lOlvyn in the leg and she fell on the.fl jor of tho stage. In an Instant the house was ix an uproar, with women and ohlldron crying and wringing their h auls, and men rush ing, trying to lind the person who did tho shooting. Tao shooting broke up tlie play. Miss E vyn was removed to a el rc ail og room aud her wound proved not to bo Hcrlous, tho ball having penetrated only the calf of tier leg. _ lie Han Away, Lieut. Arthur H. Freswatcr, of tho Twenty-ninth Infantry, who recently Hid to MexlOJ from hts army post in Texas, whero ho was oonfrontcd willi ona) gos of cmhtK/.iument oi ujiupauy funds and swindling of enlisted men, was dropped from thu army roll as a deserter, having been absent without leave for three.mont.is. Tho Depart* ment of Justice nod tho State Depart ment will not relax hi their efforts to secure tao arrest and extradition oi Lieut. Freshwater, . A . . . _ i ? ? * r ? J i % 1 : .1.1.. 53 ... SS Sro ,<i:,.j.>.:M i.if. ' %\ui? ?j??. r o .vii ii A NL MD YTEN I TO Kid!; N??b?tt>Jo?'4'. ' i"1 ..,;?n-ji..?.i. si iii .ii ' Ml IA, ,. ,,.() . ? :! ;?',.':.'.? .id . . i -.il IA nd T heir Houses Bet 'o?j$t f fo&ttf?1 : a '\V; li ito. Brakeman Had. I . ;''\\i*?^,9.VlW.''..'.u ri ll'.Un Odio,! wt? tho,'Bcoiio qt/Jb?y^b folder, ob ac? ?utit of tlYei shooting' qt a yybivfr. brakeman t?famm* lim ,?avilai.b> P.estou LaOd and,?5.dg?r,.p(>an.i colored both of wi tom bad Leon placod undei arrest and wRdaUkl' ?I^threatene? lynching hurried under cd vet dr dark " ness by Ibo authCTftTtW tO'D'ayton, where they aro now ?afelywlodgeuV W j ll. Win n tho mob learned .that the prism om bad ht on taken, from Sprlog U ld lt went to that part of town knoAii aa the "Jungle," Inhabited by colored pcoplo, and began to bun ar.d Loot (i\v- ilini' bouses and saloons. Ar, least six dwelling* wore burned and the contents of one siloon looteed. A force of 76 member? of local militar) c, mp.wiin; aro guardirg tho scent where the mob bolds uv ny. Miyor Todd shortly after 9 o'olcok asked' that ompanles of the Tniro regiment, Onlo Nitional Guard, hu cahed out. The mob Boon reached t e "Jung'os" and battered one house to pitees with stones and posts used fis battering rams. A general Arc alarm w?o si unded. The sounding ol the gongs served to fill the street witt: pcoplo and the feeling In the crowd? was tt-nae. The mob entered IC^mp' ei's saloon In Eist Columbia stree! and q llckly looted lt. Kompler and his wife fl:d, leaving their three little ohlldrcn asleep in t room over tho siloon. Tho building wat- rldoltd with bullets and st'onei and it was only by meu that a wa: was forced through the mob and th children rescued. After the pillaglni of thc saloon drunkenness was ai added feature of the riot. A*t 1 ?'cook members of the mob brok niough a cordon of police auk BO tl oto a bouse In tho 'Jungles,1 . doh was q.iicklv burned down. S irgcaut Oreager, who b?d o larg tne i quad of polloe, was blt on th ;iead wit.) a brick and seriously wouii ed. A r. q mst was sent out 10 o' .luck for the X :dla mlltary company At ml night blx houses, walch had naen tired by the mob, were burning :ie cly and tho poboe had apparent y hst control of the situation. Onb .Ix numbers of the heil militia rei. oouded to the mayor's call and tbi X mia c mpany, whioh was expeote^ .i .itl no', ai rived. fcJnciiff Almouey wited Govcrno Patterson the following: "Send al possible troops and hold others 1; r aciness for tomorrow." Sergeen Ureagcr, the policeman bit in tb lace v/itb ,vbrick, ls In a seriod? c i ditton. Tho mob ls stoning and J ti lug the militiamen, ..ut a show c bayonets bas suffered so far.to kee ,bo rioters on thc move Tno rum? jhiit out of town troops aro momi i i rby expected is having a quintin fteot on tho mob'. The city authorities succoed?rl ? ?2 15 o'clook Wednesday tn aw m olin Ul m pal i s U. and 0. of the ihhd rt i i oient, O N. G., which aro Station? nero. The total foioe i.umbers at-oi 76 men. They are now on tho tos? if tho tire ar.d have pushed the mi . ck bo:h ways In Columbia stree :?st from Water street and west fro B\>>ter street. Just as tho tiO;ips C rived ene more building was tired ai .ot ff.rt. were made to savd it, t police, bieu.cn and tho guarrhm :ro roiv diroctlng their efforts firclog the rioters beck t;nd savl A e property tucside of tho doom quare. ' f/he iv.ill'ia were. a6Se?ml Ud only thc nick i f tl rae, as UK- muli had i t i(< u e.i tb a ?nv z of rage abd thru > i d to r ? eat tho toenda of March li) 4. when lt chard D xou was lynt u>. bu ore ?be troops ei U d prevent the police will nut ko no arrests ODnntotlon wlr,o ih.j rioting. Dt vis, the brav.oman, ls still H] ata hospita), but there aro no hoi f I ls recovery.. T..o campan.e? tho T i rel ie,: ?menta rc ondu.ty.at t . e.:ne. A C ?myally of tho Niutlt bl .albon, negro,troops, ls held In ret .UK ?ss In the armory ? . ..., ... Tho burned di?tr?otedmprjtics 1 than a city block. The t u idii were ?11 oho.ip itnemmts. Wi th:? pi lice J' id tire department w unable to cope wirb the situate M .y r !.. dd oallod tip tho a juti ./..aral on long ' dista' o* to ephi ; id io kort usm^ta ce. 'Mtyor Kie ai gr at difficulty In getting 'un li m n io ri>pji;d to the oill assemble a>. i?"?> arm-rv. . II ..!?< O Trti nee! VI ?H. A dispatch from Colqult, Ga., the Atlanta Journal hay:* the coro has Just toturned from Bibcock. C wlieie bc went In respon.se to a t gram froto Cipt. Jaokhon, oaptalr the convict c;mp at 'Babcock, Tho coroner says that ho held quests o vor tho bodies of O. 0. Th s n, white, and Dock Gaines, colo) both ounviols. From what tho ci Btates it scorns that Thomson G tines were playing, and Tin ra threw a ropa around Gaines' neck playful way and threw tho othoi* of tho rope around a piece of tihafl while it was running and the end caught and began to wind tho nc? up. Thomson sielng lt tried to tho rope, loose from ?lie shafting ho was oaugbt lt lt and tho rt snit both parties lost, their llvrw. Sluttier ed 'i'iiroo. Two armed negroes entered store of to1 rank Potto, an a?ed 1 l>n, ali Gross Point, N.iar Now C loans, La , on Monday night and i him dead, fit ally wounded his sons, aged 13 and 14, and then roi tho store_' M .ny Dri.wmU. Thc :.!:%:'::. l.tSt Wick did COP.S?C hie damage to shipping on the ct and many peuple were drowned, tug Daniel Wi I hard sunk on Main o'dMh and liva men were drow and feiir word lost on another ti vesaol not far f.om P dlx^elnhla. Kitty Simien. New York ts to bavvt a skvnci 50 stories in height, the top of ? will bo eroded at. Broadway and crty street by tho Singer Manufa lng company, il'i i' > 1 _L"1 b 1 ,mfi ,' .! .<( I 5iii.' / ft/31 ' !#.d|f W<fl t., J|ilel>|?.M?J it -ii --'! ul ! t .. 'Jill 'll'JI l,.r^7 ?> /' . I< I M.I I < , (I Ml 1*4 f.? -the City, of Clwrleatofl. o (uiii nliiin-ioq "I** h 111 ' ' ;,M 'j j l..t..,I?u.t/'."'|?. .r?Vr..| -ill >t? '.f? I") ; fer I xi?aya'4Mtii'''; hi A Y burna ?il J lu .'l.jvi >| ! ll .<ii?i unit m lin- omi'" "I I- ? ; i .ll I .j, Ml , ll?. ? kn . ll 13 Packages Cosigned io Holders ,ot nRer** Oil <|i?f??ll t/i'l) ?I i?? i I" '* >?Hi- " ; 1 odfe'Llc?W?ii,ConlI?ta<?d s?d' SbV " ' i o..I". .->:.! "?;; *1 lo .(..??I?-.j . f " Gallons1 ol'V?rlo?K KloUa 1 1 " ' m ,.,!/' .. lt lt; H I t?o' "' > "'J of Booze In Olllc?. I?lI?I I. ' . I ?pw- (i a. ?s,! P M P"? Ohlei-of Constables W. B. Hemmet ?blppedito Columbia Thursday momio? a rcpord breaking haul, made lalo Wadnrsday afternoon at the i ffi:eof th?- Southern Express O mpany, on H?sell street, where under his order?, Distrlob Chief Holmes, In the name of the State, took possession of nearly four hundred gallons of ltqu >rs and wines that bavo boen banked .up at .the express office si noe December. ChlefJIi?iuiet said Thurtday toa reporter for The Evening Poft that ho had oonsulted the Attorney Gener al about this ease, and had made the -.eizure of tue l!quor< In the express office, o mslgncd to mon In Charleston holdlngrbrevt>nue licenses, with the ad vice of the Attorney General along chis line of procedure. He further stated that If the oompany wishrd to ontest the seizure, that the State was prepared to meet them half way. Mr. V/. W. Allen, agent of the ex press company for Charleston, said hat he did not know what would be done about the matter by the oompa uy, and that he was In no position to ncakea statement on the . subjeot. O (?def Ham met came to Charleston Wednesday for the pu pose of carry lug out the sc:z jn of tho stuff, and gave tho direct 1 ja for Its formal seizure lato Wednesday afternoon, mere wero ninety-ii vo packages in the lot takou, averaging from thro , toten callous in biz j, auu tnese confiscated JOCZ3 bundks were shipped to Colum ia 'l.Vuo d ty morning. For over inreo months, between the tours of sunrise aud sunset, Chief Constarlo Uno;, has had from one to two or three men stationed at the .xpress effi^o on liisell street, guard ing the accumulating packages of li quor that were shipped to tho 'tigers' .ir thc city for tho Christmas tiado. In several oases the liquor was loaded ai the express wagons for delivery, md sent to tho addresses oh the paok tges, but they wore not received by vho couhlgnees, for behind tho wagons .railed constables on wheel*, and the Igcrs were afraid to unload tho goods from theixpress wagons. Cms queut'y tim Jjquor was return-', id to ibo ixpressoffice and piled up to .?.wait delivery. Many attempts have u&cu n al by the consignees to got .ne i.i uo: from tho otb oe wa ons or ytiO illino into their pUojs of business, jut these fur the mo>t part have fall ?U, and so the p e..., ?;v, of whiskies, iraudtes, wiucs, ojrolaU aud other LIOLOIIO beverage.', havo oollected uutil, when thu s-dzurj WUB made vVoonisday, oloi<e to a hundred pack ges of l:qu ir bad acjumul ited at tho m te, valued at outween $1,000 and $2 ooo, and stan ling for twioe as .ouco profit to tho e.e.Lrs. Toe liq lor nas bern liing for many vue ks ua.iiozo.'i. As long ai tue pack go wai io tho posaLt.snu *of ibo ex arch:, com jany ino '.on>table-i na vu iut heriittf jro touched any consiga .neut to a koo AH tl^er, hut hava con .tated th. mscives with koepaig lt uri i?r guard, aud in th J ?M M M of oe carrier o ja piny. Chief n unmet .ai taken i ho pus) lion j back il oy tho . c-?.on cf Abburue) General Ganter, tiat' ititi HLI.1I can bo setz;u at the fdiyiffiout.f me company, and with t i,ii? lu view, ca lie co C i ir.uioun Wad 'icsoay to.t-ff ot toe bc.zu,e. Tao g??id against tao delivery of funner, ship ..eui.:, la maintained aa u.uai, lib urida v , ?nd a o muoiolsiu fron y bf. toe effio; re*dy b> follow any .Uiplcijus pion go. LVaif vlay ?uoru oig two lieg? wtr.; he z;o, afo..r ba?og tihtowu overo, a d oy a launa i 8inug rtler, and storm ut tue headquarters f the ojnstaoles, winch showed that obey wero on thc alcib on all sides. The salz tro made at tue express of lice ls record breaking in point uf S.ZJ, ,is well as In lie nature, and seems to ond the chapter of the CarlsuniS li quor saory for the present. Iltiriiml tn 1> >?th. Miss Maggie Swartz, whoso home . a? in Columbia, was the viotlm of a horrible death by Uro at Klilians in it uulund oounty Thursday. Sho was visiting near K ilians at tho time and was out watching a number of men burn ctf a right of way for a tram road. She was asked to ext<r,gulsha lire in a turpentine box whlou caught tiro near her and in throwing an apron ruli of sand on it, the.lUmcs shot out and envelopod her aiiS'bCt lire to her clothing. Sho rau screaming and b - foro she could he ovortakcu she was dead. The b >dy was found in uuder bush a short distanc? away, not evon her shoes hoing left. W?ntcil to J).i;. Maria Hrowcr, a nogro woman, at tempted to commit suloido at Green ville by pouring a gallon of kerosene, oil over herself and applying a match Waen found she was without clothing and h. r body a miss of burns. Bjfore trying the oil raothod, tho woman threw luuse.lf in front of a train, bub was driven away before tho locomo tive reaoaed hor. Sho is a oooaino fiend. _ Thin j Di ow x<!il. Thirty men were drowned Wednes day night by the wrcok between liangesund and Uargon, of the Nor wegian o tasting sohnoex r Thor. Tho vessel's oablo broke during a nmrloiine at.d sho was blown ashore ind sank. Oaly three of tho crow were saved,