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he "DO THOV, OB?AT MB?";TT, l?fSPIBS OtJBJIOtrL? M?lB OUR LIVM IN T>?f POSSESSION HAPPY OB OUB PRATHS OLOBXOUS IN THY O?TWB.?? -:-..->--~ f---arr VOL^XI. BENNETTS VILLE, 8. O., FRIDAY, Af?GUST IO, 1906. 3STCX The Murderer Went to His Death Without Flinching. -r-f-r WAS VERY PENITENT. Under the Gallows the Doomed Man Read a Statement Confessing Ills Many Crimes and Ended With a Warning to Youig Men. At nine minutes past oleven o'olook Friday morning, in the Charleston jail yard, William A, Marcus was banged for the brutal murdor o? ,> Maggio Marom, on tho night of April i .}, and nine minutoi afterwards he waa pronounced dead by Drs. Bollin ger and Edwards. His bodr Hes io St. Laurenoo cemetery, where lt was burled Friday afternoon. Marcus faotd death with remarka ble fortitude, and his oaimneBB up to the very moment when the ketoh was sprung wai. that of a bravo soldier rather than such as might bo expect ed from the cowardly murderor that he undoubtedly was. The execution itsolt was most orderly and successful. Father P. L. Duh*/ accompanied MarouB under the Mallows and read for him the prayers f ir thc dying aud the dead. Maicus m-pouch;ri to the last and died fully coi lidont that his sins were forgiven and that by the grace of God he woU;d b? saved. Karly Friday morning Father Duf fy paid Marius a visit in tils cell, and as his spiritual tdvlser celebrated mas8and offered prayers for the con donned mau. Then Holy Commun ion was brought MarcuH In his cell, whtoh he reo ived most devoutly. Marcus ate hts last meal at about 8 o'olook, after the departuro of thc priest. He had au ordinary break fast, havltg expressed no particular wish as to what he should bo served with. This meal was sent in to him by the Star Gospel Mission. Follow ing tho meal carno a smoko and a turn about the cell. Father Du liv icturncd to the jail a little after ? o'olook and remained with Mai ons In prayer and medita tion until Sherill Martin appeared to read the death warrant and the death maroh began, lt was about 10.50 o'olook when Sheriff Martin went to the condemned murderer's coll toread the death warrant. "I wish to thank the officers of this iuBtitiition," said Marcus, "for the at tention and kindness which they have bestowed upon me, Mr. Sherill Martin, Deputy Sheriff Poulnot, Capt. Crad dick, Mr. Bice and others." This was all that MarouB had to say. When ask ed by a reporter for The Evening Post if he wished to send a last message to his wife and children ho conferred with Father Duffy, who replied that this had airest y been dene by lettei the day before. The march to the gallows was then taken up. Straight under the gallows Marcus marched, and wheeled around to face the spectators. His feature* did not move His eyes was steady. Sheriff Martin then abked that hats be removed and perfect quiet be giv en while Marcus read his linal state ment before tho black cap was put over hiB head. Marcus read In a clear voice and without a hault the follow ing: ''I go to my death truly penitent for my grievous sins against Almighty God, the author of life; for my viola tion of the laws of chis Slate, eanact ed for tho protection and peace of so olety, and for tho ii Jury done all those who have suffered through my unlaw ful acts and beg their forgiveness. "I have sought pardon for my sins through the means Instituted by our Blessed Saviour in his divine mercy to sinners and die hoping for forgiveness through the inllnlto merits of Ills death upon the cross. "Looking baokward today to the happy homo of my youth and the good and loving parents from whom 1 waywardly wandered, I would say to young men who may hear of my fate: 'Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth,' and to the Christian obar lty of these and others I appeal to pray to God to havo mercy on my soul." After M&rous linished reading no unnecessary time was lost for the fatal signal. Sheriff Martin was be yond Marcus, and lt was his duty to give tho weird for the execution. Without a motion Marcus waited for the jerk. Suddenly, noiselessly, cleanly, the body of thc man left the ground. It rose smoothly into the air toward the oross beam of tho gal lows. Then lt dropped a fow feet back near thc ground. It was then nine minutes past eleven o'olook. Thc return jar was followed by a slight craok, which broke Marcus' neck. Ills body was then takon down and in terred. H? rit.iib CimrKO, Jerry Toilerson, a ne gro man about 46 years old, living on Capt. A. II. Foster's place near Jonesville in Union County, was arrested and brought before J. W. hates, raagls . .r*-* at Jonesville charged with com mitting raie'V.v->.. Arlmluta Foster, a married woman, last Sunday on the way from church. Ho w.tt gi von a preliminary hearing and bound over to court. The case exited considera ble Interest among the negroes and a largo orowd attended tho hearing. Hiding in A Swamp. A Rpeolal frc m Mllledgevillc, Ga, says that Joe Morris, thc negro youth, who recently attempted to assassi nate tho family of Georgo Wood worth, a farmer living a few miles from Macon, is hiding In a swamp near Mllledgevllle. A POKSO of men in buggies, on horses and afoot, all arm ed, surround the swamp. A report of a lynching has reached Mllledgo ville, but is u noon Ur mod. Woodworth ls in a oritiole condition from his wouuds. FOUND HIM GUILTY. 8I20IU3TAKY Olli"] ATHO.M, Ol*' Til IO COTTON ASSOCIATION, i Con viole dDf Bpeoulatinjr, in the Cot ton Futures Under Fictitious. Ramea. While the Georgia Legislature had under disousslon a bill to exclude the bucket shops from that state, Representative J. R, Andorson, of Chatham County oharged lu a speoob tost some one in the headquarters of the Southern Cottou ass? elation had been speculating In the name of Mike O'Grady, and signing the checks or reoelpts for the monoy in an eulola! capt city; and that some one in there had been speculating in the name of P A. Leo. II o also oharged that Borne cfllolal of the Southern Cotton association had been oonneoted with a buoket sbop called tho Piedmont Brokerage company, and had held one*eighth of Its stock, and that some ono in the till JO of tho Southern Cotton associa* Hon had had stock standing in his name Mr. Ilarvie Jord^,.jibe I^ldont of tho Southern (MroMKA^fc^'ation, at once took the n^tflpfop aridap pointed a committee t<r investigate tho charges. Ho rtq icUWd Mr, An derson to appear be foi o the (Committee and name tho guilty men. This Mr. Anderson very cheerfully did, and the result shows he was right in his charges. In giving the names cf the men who had botrayed their trusts as otu MUS of the Association, Mr. Andei son said: "AS to thc ohargo in regard to the oarrying on of speculations In cottou by an cflloer of the Southern Cotton assnoiaton in the name of Mike O'Grady and In tho name cf P. A Lee; the c Ulcer I referred to In this charge ls Mr. Riobard Cnoatnam, tho secretary of tho association. "As to my other ohargo that some ou?clal In the Southern Cotton associ ation chico was connected with tho bucket shop called tho Piedmont Brokerage company, and held one eighth of Its stock. The person 1 re ferred to in this charge was Mr. Ar thur A. Falrohlld." After thoroughly Investigating the mutter tho committee submitted Its report last Thursday afternoon, in which it expressed its "strongest dis approval aud condemnation" of Rich ard Oheatham, seorotaryof the South ern Cotton assoolatlon, and an chicer, for thc dealings ho made In cotton under tbe names of P. A. Loe and Mike O'G.rady, and also of tho foot that Mr. Cheatbam had put the word 'seorotary' after his signature on the qbeoks with which ho paid his mar gins. .lt madn tho RR.mo rule apply to Ar thur' A. Falrohlld, "tho" publication manager of the Southern Cotton BBSO olatlon, who had owned an eight In terest In the Piedmont Brokerage Co., although tho report stated that Fair child was an employe and not an chi cer of the association. This report was sent to President Harvle Jordan, aud by him lt will be sent to the ex ecutive c< mmlttce for action, the committee mcetiug in Hot Springs on September, 0, 7 and 8. The report tirst dhcussed thc mo tives leading up to che Investigation and declares that the witness who ap peared against the association with one prcbablo exception were interest ed In or employed by wiro exchanges. It says that no move was made against thc assoolatlon uutil July 24, when the Boykin anti-bucket shop bill was In tho house, although the transactions In question came up in March. lt says also that the oharges against Cheatbam is thc strongest reason for the abolition of specula tion. It holds, too, that lt can see no d llerence between leglllmato ex changes and bucket-shops, all being ruinous to the country. It declares also that while there ls no law of the association against c Ul cers of lt dealing lu futures, it con demns lu the strongest possible terms snell action by itu t dicers or omploycs, or who may own an Interest In buck ot shops. "Mr. Richard Oheatham," the re port resumes, "the secretary of the Southern Cotton association, having admitted such dealings in cotton fu tures for Mike O'Grady and P. A. Lee, comes under this rule, and such action meets our strongest disapprov al and condemnation. ' Your committee further linds no reasonable excuse for tho UBO by him of the word 'secretary' after his name, but believe it to have been mislead ing and to have worked wrong against the association. "This meets tho same disapproval as that above, and we should apply tim same general rule to Arthur A. Fairchild, although he ls not an otil cor of the association. "Believing that this committee has no furthor authority, this report is transmitted to you for transmission to the executive commlttco which meets in Hot Springs September nth, 7th and 8th for aotlon." Two NttjcrooH liynoliod. John Black and Will Hagln, nogroes were lynolied by a mob of 200 men near Fort Gardner, Polk county, Fla. Tuesday night. The negroes killed '?kt. Granger, a white turpentine op orator without provooition, and wore oapturod by Sheriff Ct. Wiggins and th reo deputies near tho scene of the killing a few hours afterwards at a brldgo orosslng Peace river, two miles from Bartow. Tho mob halted the sherill and posso and took poses sion of tho prisoners. Moth eui fessed and wero hanged to a nearby tree, bc lng aftorwards riddled with bullets. The mob immediately dispersed and tho bodies woro found Wednesday morning. Mnnlor KIHI HiiloKto. At Kingston, Mass., because the fathor of Itivolyna Vez/eni would not allow her to marry (Amide Zsoohl, her ardent lover, tho latter fatally shot the girl and then sent n, buhot into his own head. Ho ran a short die tance, again shot himself and died. Tho girl was only nlnoteon years old and ono of the most beautiful In tho villago. She is not oxpeoted to llvo buta few hours* FIENDISH 0UT?A?1? QUIOKIJY AVENGED BX 1113L/V. TI VMS OF THE VICTIM. ?witt and 8ure Justioa Mooted Oat to a Brute for Heinous Or imo. A spoolal dispatoh from Atlanta to to The Nows and Courier says in the presonoo of Annie Laurie Poole, the beautiful fifteen year-old daughter of & prominent Atlanta family, whom he bad assaulted, Floyd Oarmiohaol, a negro, was literally shot to pieces about 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by tbo malo rotatives of bbe girl. When the negro fell, out and toru bv a hun dred bull?te, it was proposed to burn tho bleeding romains and stops were taken to kindle 9 tire, but tho rela tives of the outraged girl decided not to go to this exlrome. Tho girl was outraged In 100 yards cf hor nome, on South Pryor street, and hor assailant paid tho penalty of bis crime in front of tho Poole realdonoo. Tlio girl was seized by the negro shortly before noon as she was return ing from a visit to a neighbor. As abo passed an alley she felt a band grip lier, and she was dragged from thc -itroet far up into tbo alloy, which was deserted and rank with weeds. Tho girl struggled desperately, hut was ohockod almost .nto insensibility. Tbo negro kept hor In tho alley for nearly an hour, and as he loft threat ened to murder ber family If she told what ho bad done. Tho girl had been HO badly Injured that she could not move, and was found bruised and bleeding in the alley by bor mother, who, alarmed at n>r absence, had gone in searoh of lur. Poe girl was almost nude, all her 0 0 . ing having b on tom from hor by tin 0 "O. Mrs. Poole immediately lo'ormed her husband, and he, after ff r og a reward of $1 OOO, summoned b's sons, brothors and nupbows, and started In pursuit of tho negro. Bloodhounds were used and tbe dogs led tho aveng ing relatives to a cabin lu the south cm portion of tbe city. In tbe cabin, biding undor a bod, Floyd Oarmiohaol vas found. His clothing was bloody md hu bore evidences of a struggle. Tho negro denied that he had d oue \nythlug wrong. We'll tako him to Annie," Bald tho girl's father, "and bee li sho oun identify him " The negro was taken to the Poole resldenoe, and the girl was borne in the arms of hor father to the front porch. "That's thu negro," oded the obild hysterically. "O, why didn't you in mcroy kill me?" sho soroamed, as she pointed ber Unger at the assail ant. A dozen pistols were out ere tbe girl's voioo died away and In a few minutes the nogro was shot to pieces No*; a, shot w? . Uvr.d ra&r?j hir^:&CVV>? of tlio girl. Oflloers arrived and re moved the body shortly after tho lyn ching. Tho fcoUng against negroes tn this seotion of the olty ls now ex ceedingly bitter and there are threats of fo.-cing a general exodus. TILLMAN WANTS M AM NIX G. And ti DieDoiisnry J. ml .<>.< uvn Will Ho Eleoted. Tiie Washington correspondent of the Charleston Post says Col. H. Y. Slmpfiou, one of the most prominent lawyers of tho Laurens bar, is in Washington with his family on his way to Atlantlo City. While in Washington Col. Simpson stopped his routine of Bight seoiug long enough to tell something about how polltios are goiug down in South Carolina. "Sonator Tillman was in Laurens a short time ago and spoke bo tho people there," said Col. Simp son. "While from tho crowd that attended tiie meeting be appeared to have a good many followers still, there is not nearly tho same enthu siasm noticeable that there once was when he appoared in public "Tho future of the dispensary and thc question of who is to bo tho next Governor of the State are the two absorbing topios of interest. Senator Tillman may bo able to pull Manning into ellice as the next Governor-that scorns to bo what lie ls trying to do, though he has never said out and out that Manning ls lils choloo. It is generally conceded, however in tho .State that Manning ls his favorite. Wbotbor or not the Senator's Influence together with that possessed by tho Sumter man will make the latter the successor of Gov. II ev ward, oan not be told at this time. "Sometime ago tho people of Lau rons voted out the dispensary, but its advocates took tho matter into court, and it was hold that the elcotion undor which the vote was taken was Invalid, henoo the dispensary should not be closed. It hi Btlll open, but I i,hiiil' lt only a question of time when it will receive a majority of tho votes of tho people for it to close. Many of the counties in thc State have already votod the dispensary out, thc poople of those oountics believing that the dispensary wai1 not tbo best solution of the liquor que Mon. "Wliilo lt lias not generally been known that Manning v.as tho choloo of Sonator Tillman, 1 think there is no question of that being tho oaso. I also think that perhaps tho futur*, operation of tho dispensary depend?; somowhat on whether or not Manning is oleotod and bis ideas adopted. Un less he ts elected the dispensary may have a bard light though I do not doubt that tho coming primary elec tions In tne different counties throughout the State will send dis pensary men to the Legislature. Four iv i ni iiiiitui. Tho Louisville, Ky., Post bas re ceived a dispatoh from San Llok, Knott county, saying four men were Mil d thoro hrlday nigh* In a light botween tho Martin and Hall faotlons. No names aro given. Those faotlons bavo beon at war for some time and the authorities have been trying, un successfully, to end tho trouble Thc Martin faction is said to numbai sixty mon. A negro man In A ikon shot and killed another whome he found in ii i ompromlng position with his wife. FINE SHOWING Statistics Brought Out at Board of Equalization Meeting. THE FIGURES SHOW That Property Qenerally ia Every County | in the State, Except One, Has (I rc fit ly Increased In Farms as Well as the Country. Ander son Claims BestLand. At tho meeting of the Slate Board of Equalization In Columbia last week al) or the county audit jrs but live had tiled abstracts of real estate returns in their respective counties. Thc audi tors who have not sent in their ab stracts have good reasons, it is said, and Mr. W. II. Doriill of Georgetown, who is late this time, ls said to bo be hind for thc tlrst timo in bis incum bency of 30 years. Ile is sick now, but will be re-elected without opposition. Tile other counties which have not re sponded arc: Edgefield, Bickens, Un ion and Spar tanbury. A comparison of tho ligures for thc respective counties is inti resting. Ev ery county In thc State shows a gain in property valuation in four years witn the exception of Fair Sold, where there is a decided loss-and Fair field ha* not ceded any of her lands toother counties. Anderson seems to think that her land ls tho best in thc State by thc way people pay taxes thereon and York county comes second. The boasted rich lands of Marlboro and Orangeburg do not show up so remark ably on thc list. Tlie following tables arc necessarily Incompl?te on account of the fact that thc live counties have not sent in ab stracts, but thc statements therein contained arc of no less interest. Fol lowing arc thc figures showing the as sessment of property outside of cities and towns: 1005 1000 Abbeville.92,180,640 $2,421,025 Aiken. 3,435.438 4,011,005 Anderson. 2,820 311 3,238,108 Bamberg. 024,025 1,082,140 Barnwell. 1,940,090 2,111.305 Beaufort. 1,210,105 1,330,455 Berkeley. 1,100,085 1,483,210 Charleston..... 1,833,045 1,058.270 Cherokee. 1.227,810 1,480,937 Chester. 1,087,105 2,001.100 Chestcrlleld . 778 325 1,071,815 Clarendon. 1,300,070 1,017,705 Colinton. 1,300,430 1,877,805 Darlington. 1,043,370 2,017,230 Dorchester. 054,570 823,805 Edgefield. 1,084,200 . Fairfield. 1,035,204 1,048,103 Fl ?renee . 1,488,412 1,012,170 Georgetown ... , !)03.305 .... ?,v.v..,.30 ' 3,0S1,WA.? Gie-cnwood'/>. 1,702,215 1,704,000 Hampton. 1.000,030 1,407,832 Dorry. 848,075 . Kershaw. 1,447,525 1,498,165 Lancaster. 1,113,110 1,441, MO 1 jan runs. 2,307.230 2,378,495 Lee. 1,207,000 1,433,780 Lexington. 1,590,890 1,844,300 Marion . 2.164,300 2,731,015 Marlboro. 1,613,445 -1,828,775 Newberry. 2,183,305 $,438,540 OcOnCO. 1,422,280 1,721,550 Orangeburg. 2,870,770 3,477,420 Pickens. 014,644 . Richland. 2,020,147 2,699,910 Saluda. 1,380,600 1,430,670 Sparianburg. 3,605,576 . Sumter. 1,604,600 2,350,000 Union. 1,170,010 . York. 2,237,245 2,035,300 Williamsburg_ 1,176,301 1,720,085 Following is tho valuation per acre under the assessments of 1000: Abbeville.$5 42 Aiken._3 55 Anderson. 0 41 Bamberg. 4 01 Barnwell. 3 54 Beaufort. 2 55 Berkeley. 1 60 Charleston. 3 27 Cherokee.6 oo Chester.4 98 Chesterfield.2 oo Clarendon.3 20 Coileton.2 21 Darlington. 4 70 Dorchester. 1 80 Rdgcilold. - Fairfield. 3 30 Florence. 4 39 Georgetown. - ti reen vi Ile. 4 05 (?roenwood. 6 14 Hampton. 2 00 Dorry. 1 U2 Kc rsl law. 2 0o Lancaster. 3 78 Laurens. 5 25 Lee. 4 80 Lexington. 2 07 Marion. 4 31 Marlboro.1 6 20 Newhei ry. 6 40 Oconee.3 00 Orangoburg. 3 50 Bickens. - Richland. 4 82 Saluda . 4 52 Sparianburg. - Sumter. 5 23 Union. 2 09 Williamsburg .6 65 York. Following shows thc valuation of property in cities and towns: Abbeville.$ 738,010$ 721,215 Aiken . 1,718,011 1,850,242 Anderson. 057.553 1,146,359 Bamberg. 277,75u 302.100 Barnwell. 479,609 480,823 Beaufort. 076,065 048,190 Berkeley. 66,636 84,066 Charleston. 12,011,555 12,780,755 Cherokee. 027.5115 636,087 Chester. 002,055 780,775 Clustorfiold. 207,510 307,270 Clarendon . 228,135 300,456 Coileton. 174,300 201,085 Darlington . 000,285 810,000 Dorchester . 670,255 026,076 Kdgeliold. 310,030 Fairfield. 207,708 206,722 Florence. 088 805 1,031,335 ( ? COrgO to w n. 87 7,555 . Greenville. 1 001,020 2,652,725 Greenwood . 012,025 1,031,2:10 Hampton. 150,020 180,012 Dorry. 122.300 171,220' Kershaw. 477,455 521,005 Lancaster. 201,100 314,555 Laurens . 543,HO 724,680 Lee. 108,780 190,530 Lexington. 203,015 371,703 Marlon. 687,200 873,075 Marlboro. 310,000 418,723 Newberry. 753.005 861,970 Coonee. 378,440 481,580 Orangoburg. 997,180 1,167,070 Bickens. 147,655 . Richland. 4,047,322 0,102,088 Saluda. 03,000 79,960 Spartanburg. 2,2h0,7l7 . Sumter . ] 000,020 1,300,000 Union. '452,920 . Williamsburg.,.. 230,900 424,678 , York. 1,111,033 1,050,395 (Allowing shows tho increase of vi t of all real estato, Including cilios and ural property: * Abtifevillo."....$ 227,020 Aiken. 7-11,458 Anderson. 608,203 BahVborK. 181 ,606 Barmveil. 172,550 Boaufort.... 90,485 Borkeloy . 330,466 Charleston;. 203,826 (Jhetbkee. 271,143 Chester. 41)2,4-16 Ghost?rlleld. 3U3.320 Clarendon. 431,000 Coll?ton. 630,030 Darlington. 493,035 Dorchester. 220,015 EdijcHleid. -. Fairfield (decrease) $81,083 Florence. 400,288 Gooigetowii. Gr??uyilie. 603,805 Ureenwood.; 76,125 Hampton. 402,501 Horry. 283,105 Kershaw. 203,720 Lancaster. 381,705 Laurens. 152,705 Lee. 101,410 Lexington.;. 331,205 Marlon. 803,020 Marlboro. 203,003 Newberry. 362,080 Oconeo. 402,410 Orang''burg. 700,700 Bickens.'.. Richland. 2,080,435 Saluiga. 03,380 Spartanburg. 1,882,076 Sumter. 005,070 Union. Williamsburg. 741,300 York. 342,007 KUUuiS BLOOD MONEY. Tho Widow ol'? MtiiRloiinry Tftkos tho Hight V Kw. In tho Persia correspondence In tho portion of tho Rod Book on foreign relations whloh was made publlo by Mm otate department reoontly is con tained a strong protest addressed by Mrs. Mary Sohaufller Labaree former ly of Urumla, Persia, to American Minister Rlohmond Pearson, at Tc .teran, against the exaction by the United States government of an iu demnity of ?50,00C for tho murder of her husband, Rev. Benjamiu W. Lab arce, a missionary, killed on Mount Ararat hy religious fanatics. While believing that when an American oltlzen baa been murdored beoause of thu oriminal lawness ot a foreign government those dependent in him for support should reoelvo a suitah'e indemnity, Mrs. Labaree made the following declaration: "I believe that the great mission oauso to whloh my husband and I ded icated our lives, and whloh has be come even dearer to me beoause of ihe terrible sacrifice I have been call ?d up?n to make for it, I behove that this way rocelvo serious injury If my children and I aooept an indemnity for th Vi murder. "'P '.; matter wou'd not be under .ns JU? fei ?ii uivJS Cn ' pbopio this (b,'?irlot who would inevitably know of it, as the Persian ldoa of blood money is so dur?rent from our civilizad understanding of an indem uity^ , Thus serious and blasting in jury blight be done to tho mission cause (for which wo have already sao rillced.so much that I prefer to waive my rjtghts as an American citizen rather than to soe this oause suffer." Sue further protested against the size of the indemnity, saying that, while hor husband's life could not be measured In valuo by the standards prevailing lu that country, whloh lix jd the life of a Christian at 33 tom?is (dollars) and the maximum value of lifo of a Moslem at 1,000 torneaos, yet the disproportion between the sum de manded in this case with that of Bums paid in similar circumstances by oth er governments was too great. Mrs. Labaree asked that the strong est measures bo taken by tho United States government to seo If any In demnity was in tho eud exacted, it mould not be extorted by the Perslr.n government from the innocent people of tho province where the murder oc curred. In spite of her protest, 830,000 v/as aotually paid to her by Persia before tho thirty days' period named In tho ultimatum of the United States had expired. This Bum was threo times greater than the maximum evor be fore paid by tho Porslau government for the murder of a private person. Minister Pearson obtained a promise that the money should not be levied under any guiso of spcolal tax from the inhabitants of thc province. BRIDEGROOM SLAIN. Mn pp nurd to ll .".vu Wi'oiiKOd 8l*yor'n Histor. W.M. Brown, a bridegroom of an hour, was shot and killed by John M Kincaid at Bessemer, N. C. Wed nos morning. Brown was married at 8 o'olook to Miss Botsio Perry, a Hesso mer City girl, and they were escort cd to the depot by a number of friends and intended uoing to IXnvlllo, where tho honeymoon was to havu been spent. As soon as the bridal party arrived at tho depot Kincaid oailed Brown asido and walked with him to a nearby room. A moment la ter live pistol shots rang out, a num ber of people rushed to the room and found Brown dead, with Kincaid standing by holding a smoking pistol. Do* th wi >: Instantaneous. Kincaid Immodlatoly gave himself up to tho authorities. Ho said Ihown was to havo married Kincaid's lister, whom, lt Is alleged ho betray, oil some months ago. Both men worked in thc ootton mills herc. Kiu oald has a wlfo and three children. Ills fathor ls a farmor and lives .near Hessorner City. Brown's peoplo live at Cowpons, S. C. NOK>'OHB()H *u Tigert?. In speaking of the acuteness of the servant problom In Greenville the other day, a oiti/.cn remarked to a roporter of The News that many of tho negro womon wero conducting blind tigers, and that they wero ablo to support entire families on the re vunuo derived thorofrom, and that tho blind tiger was In part at least re sponsible for the reluotance with whloh negroes oonsent to wash and cook and for tho Joy with whloh thoy relinquish snob positions. It was stat ed that dally rcany ordors were sent out to whiskey houses by negro wo men who conduct blind tigers and 1 that the buslnoss was increasing. AWFUL WRECK. Three Hundred Passengers J ost by Sinking of Steamer OFF COAST OF SPAIN. Thc Captain Took AH Blame for the Terrible Disaster Upon Himself and Committed Suicide. The Rescued Passengers Are In a Terrible Plight. A dispatch from Cartcgeuo, Spain, says a terrible marino disaster coour red Saturday evening oh* Gape Palos. The Italian atnamsblp Sirio, from Genoa for Barcelona, Gadlz, Monte video and Buenos Ayres, with about 800 persona on board, was wrecked off Hormigas Island. Three hundred emigrants, most of them Italians and Spaniards were drowned. The captain of the steam er committed autoldo. Tho Bishop of Sao Pedro, Brazil, also was lost, and it is reported that another Bishop is among the missing. Tho remainder of tho passengers and the ofilcers and crew got away in the ship's boats or were rescued by means of boats sent to thom from the shore A number of llshermen who made attempts to rescue were drowned. Those rescued from tho vessel aro now at Cape Palos in a pltable condition, being without food or clothing. The Sirio struok a rooky reef known as Bajos Hormigas and sank soon after, stern ilrst. Hornalgs Island Hos about two and a half miles to the eastward of Gape Palos. The Sirio ?-'.-.?> M owned by tho Navlgazlon Italiana of Genoa. Before ho committed suicide, the captain declared the steamer had 645 passengers on board, and the orcw numbered 127 mon. Tae Sirio had 171 passengers when leaving Genoa, but additional Spanish passengers were taken on board at Barcelona, whon the vessel touched a few hours before the disaster. The disaster oocurred at 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Tbe steamer was treading a dii?loult passenger through the Hormigas group, whero the Bkjos Hormigas reef ls a continual naeoaor to navigatlou. PRISONERS ESCAPED. ?Throo White ?ion Work Clover I Boheme on .? ?Ii<>v. Frank Bullington, J. W. Mahan, and Geo. Collins three white prlsono B in tho Sumter jail overpowered Jail er Hancock Thursday night, took the keys and escaped. Two of the men wero playing cards in a largo room in the jail. Mr. Hancock unloodod tbe big Iron door to walk in. Aa he did so Bullington threw a chair into thc . ipculng, and ran to tho door. The other dashed tho cards into tht jail er's face, and tho bunch of keys open nlng the cells upstairs wore taken (rom him. Bu th.lg ton hold the jail er while the other prisoners wont up stairs to roleaso Collins, who was looked In a cell. Tho thrco then broko away from tho j dior aud made good their eHoape. The police department wan Immed iately notitiod, Mahan and Collina wero caught near tho waterworks, more than a milo from the olby. Bur lington was not In tho company of these two. The plan to esoapo was evidently prearranged, and was well carried out. Bullington is the fellow awaiting trial at tho higher court for passing spurious money on colored people here two weeks ago. The money is a clever imitation ot Uuole Sam's lt did not boar his endorsement. The ?ame of tho "lllohland County Build ing and Loan assoolatlon" was printed on one side. He ls well dressed and makes a good Impression as a prosper ?is ouslnesB man. Tho police are lager to oapture this fellow, and have Invoked the aid of slstor towns. Collina was awaiting trial for steal lng a drummor's samplo oaso of ra '/ors and knives from tho Atlantic Coast Line in this olty. Some of them were sold in Columbia. Through tho efforts of Doteotlves Wheoler, Broom and Dunning ho was arrested and confessed. He had an aooomplloc, but ho fsoapod. J. W. Mahan ls a wifo-boater and notorious character from Oiwogo, this county. He was arrested foi uttering threats against his wife. Magistrate IUrloy found him guilty, and he was sentenced to a $ 1,000 peace bond for a year. Ho could not fumlBh it, and was oomrnltted to Jail._ Two Kilto Vengeance for tho mu do ho had commtttcd was vlsltod swiftly upon an Italian named Salvatore Si&mmon co Tuesday after he had shot and mortally wounded his countryman, Salvatoro Oarodono, on South strcot, near Fulton markot, Now Yoi Hardly a minuto after tho shooting Slammonco waa stabbed in tho heart and instantly klllod by Guisseppe Too30. All three woro peddlers who were buying tish at the market and engaged In au altercation. Wot amt Dry Donni lon. Senator Tillman In his speooh last week at Young's Grovo in Nowborry, stated that ho had spoken In Abbe ville and Laurons to orowds ot a.OOO in caoh county and had not soon a drunk man. They are dlsponsary counties. In Saluda county ho ad dressed a orowd of about half the atiove number and he saw 25 or 30 drunk mon and he was "told that there was enough blind tlgor liquor In the bushes to make tho balanoo drunk. _ WHAT Influenced President Roose velt io allow Secretary Honepartc to give the armor plate trust such a big slice of that contract, when tho Ad ministration has boen trying to niako us all believe lt waa' lighting tho trusts. THE DEMON ALCOHOL TO BE PUT TO NE W AND USEFUL ' ?EflVICE. Hade to Eua Engines, Ii Jit Oar Homes and Cook Our Food. - All of our leaders who aro familiar with tho Arabian Nights' Entertain ments, and all who are not have miss ed a great pleasure, will romember a story of a genio who could contract himself Into a space so small as to bc ooutainod in a vial, but on being re* leased, expanded like & modern ex plosive until he beoame a large giant overshadowing the earth. While eon fined in the bottle ho was harm- , less, but when he got out,.ho threat cued danger to all who approach. Wo have often thought! thai this forolful narrative of Qaeen Schehere zade pn.figured the spirit of alcohol. The Arabians first disoovored this potential agent, whioh ls well describ ed under tho image of tho demon in the bottle. Alcohol is not dangerous whon bottled up, but when lt ?et? out of the bottle and into tho man or other animal, there is a multiplica tion of devils, Uko those desoribod In the New Testament. It ls more than likely that tho belief lu a personal devil, so prevalent In anolcnt days, was typified by this subtle spirit of such deadly potentialities. OasBlo, in Shakespeare's "Othello," gives utter ance to this thought, when he say?: "Oh, thou Invisible spirit of win?, If thou hast no other namo by which you aro called, let me name thee devil." But tho devilish disposition lg to be extracted from alcohol that it may oe tamed to the UBCS of man A marvel ous transformation is to ooour by reason of the law recently enacted by Congress. By the process known aa denaturlzing, alcoh 1 ls to oe dehorn ed, as lt were, have Its teeth pulled, have the devil taken out of lt. Ilav ing injured man so greatly during the centuries, lt is now to redeem Itself by helping him. Originally it was used to kindle internal fires, to set the sou) aUamo, to addle tbe brain, to make man?aos. Now, blessed obange, tho fire is to bo kindled ou the out ilde to mike heat and power. Alco hol is all right If left out of tho blood. lt works beautifully In a stove, In a neater, under an eugine, in a lamp. 1 It will be especially bonefioial for ' farmers, as lt is especially well adapt sd for doing what farmers constantly need to bava doue. In many ways ' the mischievous old giant can be called down, put in harue&s ai d forc ed to do benotlolal work for the hu man race to make up for the damage Is?letcd'bj ailsuao. A lamp ls now made that produces a stroug, high-grade light from a c J hoi, and tho experts say a gallon of al oohol ls worth two of kerosene for lighting purposes. The thousands ol .nulli power euglnes heretofore ruu .vi th gasoline, oan all ba served better and moro cheaply with alcohol. These onginess are especially adapted to farm purposes, for pumping warer, cutting feed, filling silos, threshing ?rain, and the multiplied uses to whioh a stationary power on farms ls adopted. The principle objection to gasoline, asido from tho cost, is the danger to the farm building from Uro A gasoline lire oannot bo quenched with water. Oa tho other hand, water seems to soatter the gasoline and in crease tho danger. But an alcohol ii.o ls easily put out by the use ot water. Experiments show that a gal lon of alcohol will produce at least 10 per cent, more power than a gallon of gasoline. Ou the subject of heat, tho ?bowing ls equally favorable, the ques tion being simply ono of rotative cost. On this latter head aoourate Infor mation was gathered by the commit tee of Congress, whioh will oe of es peolal Interest to our readers. A large distillery at Peoria kept a record for ten year, which shows an average oosb of 42 30 oeuts a bushel for corn used, The average production of alcohol was 4.70 proof gallons from a bushel of eorn. The oost avoraged 10 78 oeuts per prooJ gallon of alonol. Tao oom used In making ono gallon of proof al oohol was .21 of a bushel, oosting 8 80 cents; deducting this cost from 10.78 oonts, the total oost of the aloohol, wo have 1 80 oonts as tho cost of making one gallon of proof alcohol over and above tho oost of the grain. There will, of oourse, be variations hi price, aooording to tho price of oom. Hut other farm produots may bo util ized in making alcohol, a low grade of molasses being especially adapted for tho purpose, and many other things raised by farmors will answer tho pur pose, 'rhos tho farmer 1B beuefitted in two ways, by increased demand for his produots to make tho aloohol and increased uses of tho latter when made. So it ls manifest that with tax-free alcohol, and the people awake to prevent trusts and corners, there will be opening to us an ora of cheap motor, light and beat production suoh aB tho world has not soon, and ibero ls no people In the world that oan put such things to so many uses as our American farmers. Killing tn York. A dispatch to The State from York Si?ys Mr. W. J. Whitner, superinten dent of Glenn andAlllson's at Fishing creek killed Mingo Armstrong, color ed, Thursdoy morning. Tho negro came lato to work and Mr. Whitner asked him the oauso, when he throw a shovel of dirt on Mr. Whitner, who askod the meaning of that. The negro then attempted to striko him with a shovel and Whitner went to wards his house tho negro fol lowing. Whitner and his little brother held tho door to keep tho negro out and tho negro triod to broak down tho door. Whitner got bis shotgun and went around the house and asked tho negro what he meant. Ho thon advanced on Whit nor with the shovel drawn. After being told to stop ho kopt on coming and Whittier shut him in tho neck, killing him. York ls a dry oounty. iHhot to DOM.!), At Sheeveporb, La., a man was killed by hts divorced wife who in an insane condition went to his house and demamded her children. WILL NOT HANG! Sentences Altered in the Case of Murderers by GOVERNOR HM WARD For (Jood and Sufficient Reasons. Luke Gray Reproved Until Last Day of Month and William Gibba' Sen* ~ fence Commuted Refused to Respite Marcus, Within the borders of South Caro lina, says Tho State, three men were to have been hanged Friday, three men to have paid the penalty of the old Mosalo law-"an eye for an eye? a tooth for a tooth. ' ' Ot these three, only one was swung into eternity, for the others have had their sentences altered, one temporarily, it ia true. The strangest part of the inoident ls that the two men whose deaths nave been deferred are negroes, while he who was hanged was a white man. This ls atribute to the State and a refutation of tho slurs so often oast by alien lips upon the Justice of the oourts of the Palmetto commonwealth. Thursday tho governor on the ad vice of the board of pardons, reprieved until August 31, Luke G day, a negro murderer of Aiken oqunw, and com muted to life imprisonment the sen tence of William Gibba, also a mur derer, who.io orlmo was committed in Georgetown county. In both instan ces, the ohief exeoutive was guided by strong recommendations anet the ur gent advice of the board of pardons. Ha declined to interfere with the course of the law in regard to William Marous the Charleston murderer. The onauae in tue sentencio o? dray was made because his attorneys claim co have mitigating circumstances which will, they are oon?dont, Induce oho pardon board to recommend a def inite alteration in his sentence. The governor has reprieved this man, only at the lnstanoe of the pardon board's advice and tho solicitation of various altizens of Aiken, among whom are numbered many prominent names. Two weelu' time will be given in whloh these mitigating circumstances, if there are auv, are to bo shown, or also the man will- be hanged on the last day of the month. Tue governor will write tho petitions that this run ing must be compiled witji and that u/nile ne feels mac- G?*y ls a mordor.' er, he grants the reprieve because the cuan hi a friendless uogro and because the pardon board so recommended. Tue attorneys who assisted the so iloltor are lighting any commuta tion. Tueir version of the killing la that Gray asked Oliilord Woodward, a white man of Moutemorenol, what he nad said to Gray's wife during the morning hours. Gray, according to their ?Lory, said nothing and advanc ed toward tho negro with his hands in tho front pockets of his trousers, when tho negro, backing away, killed the whim man with a shotgun whloh he carried. Of course this statement ls necessarily biased, on acoount of the position of thoso who make lt. Tue Killing ooourrod on February 2, 1006, and Gray was tried at the summer term ot court. The negro had no at torneys, and B. F. Wyman and W. M. Smoak were appointed by the oourt. Son Oliver, tba brother-in-law of Gray, and who was tried with him, was given a life senteuoe lu the State prlBon. It will bo remembered that Gray is the negro who walked into Governor Hey ward's olhao and surrendered, say ing ho had killed a white man down in Aiken. William Gibbs, who, it seems, kill ed Nod Anderson by stabbing Ulm on April 2 of this year, has been given a good recommendation as an honest, nard working negro, and an entirely revorso oharacter was given to Ned Anderson, colored, the man whom he killed. Many prominent ol tia ms of Georgetown, among them Mr. S. M. Ward, testified and wrote that Auder? ion was a bully and a desperado of I the worst type. Judge Watts reoom I mended tho alteration of Ure sentence to lifo imprisonment. Mr. Lewis O'Bryan, Gibbs' attorney, has been unceasing In his efforts to secure a ohange in tho soutonoo. But Marous had to die. Thia mur derer who so brutally slow with an ice plok a trusting woman who lived with him and who bolioved that he nad no other wlfo, paid for the awful deed committed on the sands by the seashore. Tho governor re ceived another telegram Thursday, purporting to bo from Marous' wife in Cincinnati, or rather wrlttou in her interest. If tho telegram be bona tide it ls only another lndioation of oho "ruling passion." Tho dispatch road: Governor D. C. Iloyward, Columbia, S. 0. Lizzie Marous has known two days only awful plight of her husband, fa ther of her Uvo tots. Penniless, friend less; sho could not go immediately. Have pity, Governor. Don't deny her chanco to say last good-byo. Bov. Joseph Jasln, 325 Clinton. As alt South Carolinans know, there was novor a more humane or fooling oxecutlva than Governor Hoy ward, but in this lnstanoe, although no and the pardon board have given the mattor full consideration, *io does not feel that he could interfere. 8 trou ic Drink lu Now burry. Senator Tillman spoke at Young's Grovo Newberry county last week to about 300 people. During his speech no referred to Maine, Iowa and KAU. sas, sooallod prohibition States. At this point J. II. Chappoll, of New berry lnrorrupted him and said: "There was more drunkenness In the town of Nowberry last Saturday than I have over seen before, and I have been hore for thirty years, and ono prohibitionists who spoke against the I dispensary in tho oampalgn last sum mer two years ago la soiling th? older I now that makes many of theta drunk."