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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."