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Tiie Marlboro Democrat """""~~~~~~~~~~~ ' ..... - - ?- . ? i 'ngiy m f "DO THOU, OH KAT L.IBNRTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUH IA VHS IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OH OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." YOL XXXII {_BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1908 SHOT BY HIS SON Judge Hargls, Famous Figure in Kentucky Political Annals. DIES WITH BOOTS ON. Bondi Hargls, Young Son of tho C Judge, While Drinking Shoots IDs, Father Five linio? in His Own Store.-The Dead Man Was Mixed Up in Many Scrapes and Had Deon Tried for Murder. At Jackson, Ky., former County Judge James Hargls, for many years mem lier of tho Stale Democratic exe cutive committee, accussod of com plicity in many killings, and a prom inent figure in tho feuds which have disrupted Broathltl County for sever al years, was shot and killed In his store about 3:30 I'. M. Thursday by kia son, Beach Hargls. The son fired five shots In rapid succession at his I ? father, who fell dead While his clerks were walling on customers. The exaet cause, of tho murder has not been learned, but lt ls supposed to have hcea the result of differences which have existed be tween father and son for some time. The two men aro reported to ha YO had a severe quarrel several nights ago, when tho father, it ls alleged, was compelled to resort to violence to restrain his son. Young II tigris, it ls said, had been drinking heavily of late. JIC came into tho Store Thursday afternoon and was apparently under the influ ence of liquor. Judge Hargis, it is said, spoke to lils son about drink ing and a quarrel resulted. Father and son stepped behind a counter when the son, after a minute's con versation, drew a revolver and fired five shots.. Ft'e.iv took eftect, Judge Hargis falling dead. The yoting lady stenographer and tho customers in tile store (led. Young Hargis was ar rested and placed in jail. He was raving Uko a maniac and the officers wore compelled to drag him to jail. ? N Judge Hargis had been for years a prominent figure in Kentucky in po litical and criminal circles. Ho has figured in tho Courts In tho moun tains for years on account, of the murders ol' Dr. Cox, Attorney Mar cum and "Jim" Cock lill. Judge Har gis was present leader of the Dem ocrats of the 1 ot li district and was regarded as tho "boss" of Breathitt County. For years his sway was not oppos ed, bul some years ago James B. Marcum had the temerity to oppose Hargis in a law case. From that day he was a marked noni. Judge Hargis had boen on trial nt Various times for complicity in tho murder of Marcum, "Jim" Cock rill and Dr. Cox, but had been acquitted on all of tho charges. He was re cently forced lo pay a judgment ol' $8,000 to Mrs. Marcum in connec tion wit li the death of lier husband. .Indee Hargls had just disposed of this, the last Of tllCSO cases In Which he had been involved when he paid the judgment Ol the Court. Mrs. I ^Marcum had sued Judge Harris ami ( hers for $100,000, alleging that they caused the death of her hus band. The llargls-Cockrlll flied had Its inception ia a political contest. Tho Jlargises had long been dominant 111 H real hill County, Whore they con ducted a general Blore, were engaged (il thc Illili ber business and were gen erally active. The brothers, James, Alexander and 131 bert, were good business men and accumulated a for The trouble with tho Cock lil ls arose when the latter Jpposed tho the Hargisos at tho' polls. Feeling was biller, when one day, Benjamin Hargis, a younger brother of Janies Hargis, met one of the Coi krill boys in ti "blind liger." near Jackson, and, was hilled by his enemy. In tho fall of i ?02? Dr. Cox, the gita rd inn ol' tho Cock rill boys, who lived <>n the outskirts ol' Jackson, was shot as be entered Ills home one night by assassins concealed across the way. John Smith, John Abner and others of tho ali g. 1 iini'gis hand WOtO accused Of the crime, and in n confession made by one ol' thom judge Hargis was charged with hav ing hired them lo kill Dr. Cox. From this lime on the story of tho Hai g.!. Cock i ill feud was w ritten in blood. The nevi lo fall was "Jim" C?Clllill, (ho town marshall. Short)> ( .after thc murder of Cock rill, Janies ii] Marcum, the attorney fo . the Cocktill boys. ere.lied a sensation by publicly declaring in Lexington that liO was II marked niau, and that he bad been doomed to death by the Hargis clan. Olio morning In May, five years ago, Marcum was shot down While standing at the door of tho Court MORSE RAN AWAY. Big Trust Magnate Now a Fugi tive From Justice. Wrecked a Big Nm York Hank ol Which fl? WM? President, und Soil ed For Liverpool. A dispatch from New York any? that Charles W. Morse, lesa than five months ago worth $20,000,000, head of tho Coastwise ship, and tho ice trusts, capitalized at $127,000, 000, and in control of a chain of hanks, eapitollzod at $1 0,000,000, is a fugitivo from justice, having sailod from New York for Liverpool. When this came to light Receiver Hanna the official of the federal government, who has chargo of In vestigation that the grand jury is making into the hank juggling which led to tho failure of the Hank of North America, has attached hi? Fifth avenue mansion for $243,321.? 25 duo by Morse to tho bank on promisor? notes long over duo. Twice Morse has buen before tho grand jury whero he was subjected to grilling examinations. lt. is known that indictment has been determined upon by tho jurors, but il ls stated hy District Attorney Jerome that ho knows of no reason why Morse should flee, fearing criminal prose cution. Mrs. Morso, who was dragged through the scandals attendant upon the Dodge-Morse divorce ease that landed Abe Hummel on Blackwell's island, ls living alone in the mansion it No. 728 Fifth Avenue. This stands In tho name of Morse, and ls said to 1)0 worth $750,000. It is already mortgaged for a large amount and luis been attached In a suit by lt. A. C. Smith for $150,753.36 in a claim for a conditional sale of five hun dred shares of National Hank of North America stock and also libell ai by the federal government for p243.321.25. ( In tho wreck that followed, the :n iving out ot' Morse from his pres idencies and directorales in banks he controlled, his repudiation by the management of tho re-organized Ship trust, the dropping out of sight )f values of the leo trust, stock and he wreck of banks (hat has follow ed tho revelation of banking mot?l ala that have been criticised, Morse's fortune is believed to have been swept away In three months. Reports of Morse's loses followed ?neb other In rapid succession. One >f these w:is that tho creditor banks night, unite 111 making him an In voluntary bankrupt, thus asorblng he remnants of his fortune. Deputy dior Iff S were kept busy serving cop ies of tho attachment in tho suit brought by Charles A. Hanna, re .elver for the National Hank of North America, 111 New York, against Morse to recover $2 43,321. Copies of the attachment have been served tm ollie.MS of tho 14 banks in which Morse; was supposed ?O have accounts. A deputy sheriff has seized 6,409 shares ol' slock of the Furnace Valley Copper, saiil tb llb awned by Morse. Another levied on dock III the Kingsland Copper Com pany, said to have been owned b> Morse. A deputy sheriff also has served a Copy Of tho attachment of K. A. Wilson, In (barge Of tho Mor." residen! in 5th avenue. EIGHT WEBE KILLED. Moors Leap From Hills Upon the French Troops. Eight Frenchmen were killed and fifty wounded in a desperate conflict with natives Just south Of Kasbah Berrohid, Morocco, Tuesday. Infor mation of the conflict was received it Paris from General Dnmadek, tho ?Oin maud lng general lil Morocco, who reports that a French column, com manded by Colonel Bo ul ego a rd, war. it tacked by a vast herd ol' Arabs while marChlng to the south for the ?mi-poso of punishing Chaola tribes men. The Moors seemed to spring from the hills and (lied lo surround the Kreuch Col il 111 tl, bul aller a fierce light lasting two hons, the enemy linn)ly retired with heavy loss. The French forces were reinforced and ?liter Ibo Arabs had been driven off tho combined forces relit mod to Ka bash Bor roh ld i House at Jack son talking to Capt. Kw lng. the assassin being Curtis J ntl, "the wild dog." who had .'Ince con fessed his. pari In this tragedy and who was accused to the other crimes. le and "Tom" While are now serv ing life son lenco in the penitentiary, Judge Hargis will be burled In a casket costing $100, which he had purchased a month ago. About 4.30 Thursday afternoon /Hie following message was sent: "Kxpross to-day casket selected by James Hargls as he. ls dead." . "Mrs. Judge Jaine? Hargls." GOT VERY HOT. Members of the Senate Gets Ex cited Over an Editorial IN MANNING TIMES. It Was ClnilltCtl That Senator Appelt's Pap??r Had Made Grave Charges Against Sollie Senators.-Senator Appolt Was Humidly Abused, hut Ile Hil Huck ami Sahl He Wo.lld Criticise Th?lll When Ile Saw Fit. There was a red hot time In the State Senate on Friday. Senator I Hlease of Newberry read the follow ing editorial from the Manning j Times, Which had been copied in tho Nowbebrry Observer. The Manning ?Times is owned and edited by Sena tor Appelt. Before reading tho arti cle Senator lllease said he did not ?represent any whiskey house, and |thoreforo the article did not touch him, but ho thought tho Senate ought to take notice of the article, which rends as follows: The Casus Helli. "The liquor scandals continue to hold Interest, and the graft gang aro ?trying to work up a sentiment against j Attorney General Lyon because of his having employed Col. T. B. Folder, of Atlanta, Ha., to assist him. They say, 'Lyon had to go to Georgia to get help, as though South Carolina did not have good lawyers,' but such rot will fool nobody when lt is known that the liquor crew have in their relations with tho winding-up com mission of the state dispensary Te ? tallied a large number Of lawyers In Columbia and other cities, and somo of these are also members of (he leg islature, who will probably tight tho proposition of making an appropria* tion to defray the attorney general's expenses in bringing to justice men who have robbed the state. To aou s" le men ?(, matter'.; iud. W-USKfiStti^ assistance comes from, whether lt conies from Georgia or South Caro lina, but. it happens that Col, Fol der ls a South Carolinian, and is re lated to the Folders of Clarendon. I happen lo know tho man, although l 'have hoi seen him .-ince coming here. Ile is an able, fearless lawyer and 'will expose the names of members I of the general assembly who attempt to uso their relations as attorneys for those liquor concerns to thwart the legislation necessary to uphold At torney General Lyon's hands. In for mat (tin bas already been obtained sn (licito t to plac? Some men in a very umb i nable altitude before the people, and if there is any further attempt made it) 'tamper with the jury' ti, defeat an appropriation to continue investigation and bring to j justice the thieves' tho newspaper reading will become hliglll.Y) inlorest Ing. and the hypocrisy of some of our 'patriots' will have Its mask torn away, and they will be held up for Indignant dorlsslon and scorn of a trusting and outraged people." Several Statements, Senator Harle denounced the pub lication I" no uncertain terms. Ho said he had never represented a whiskey house, nor had ho been Ooh* iie.ied in any way willi tho Slate dispensary commission, Ile rabi that Mich statements as those contained in the article fruin tho Manning] 'lillies were "infamous falsehoods" and h.- demanded that the nuthor of the article specify what senators were referred to. "And any member of the senate," said Senator Karlo, "who Will publish such Btatoihonts BhOuld lie expelled from the senate." Senator Appelt's Statement. Senator Appell ho had sat with ?i?ctico under tho stream of denun ciation heaped upon him. but whose lac,, bad grown red and then white, ..mic to his feet quick ly W'.i< ll Senator Cole had concluded his remarks.. Ile demanded to know if the tanatot from ?coneo meant to say thal he (Appelt) Imd Stated what was a. fall (dmod. Senator Karie sahl that tho infor mation contained in that (lid?elo was fabe ami Instilling. Senator Appell declared that a "tempest til a teapot" had been stir red up. Ile said that he wrote the (ll'llele referred lo and was alone re sponsible for its publication. He said tiltil he based that article upon Inform..Ihm Which he regarded as authentic. No names were given to him by his informants, but he de clared that he was satisfied that the Statements contained in (he artille in so far as (hey related ' > lil "Mi? bora of ihe general assembly being attor ney? for whiskey homes wo re abso lutely correct. He said that while ht; was a member of the sehn to he was also an editor of a newspaper anti :?.!( piivllodged lo criticise persons whenever he had Information upon Which to baso such crtIhisi.ri. Ho rabi that If anybody was to bo ox pel led from the senate lt should !>. thooo senators who roproaont whiskey' houses and who would uso their .'Qfllclal position to defeat the eiidB.of loglslatlou seeking to giro to tho attorney general funds with whi?V-jto prosecute the grafters. Hi! 'said to Senator Eurlo ho had no right to know from whom ho got his information, or what that Infor luatlou waa in detail. Represents Two Houses. Sonator Weston said that it is a penalty that mon in puhllo life pay to bo misunderstood hy somo good men and to ho misrepresented hy some bad mon. He had no apoligies to make to any member of the senato or to any nwspapor man or anybody oise for his professional conduct. He h;ul boen honored hy tho people of Riuhlnnd county for many yours and lt is for them to say whether his con duct riioots with their approbation. Ho stated that tho law linn' with which ho' ia connected, Weston & Ay cock, ^represents two of tho liquor hons', i which have claims pending heford tho dispensary commission, hut. no man could say, he declared, that, his roto or his actions in the senate woro influenced hy such rela tion^. Ho said that one of tho houses ho reprosonts placed their claims in his luifads bforo the commission was established, the Now York and Ken tucky pistilllng company. Sonp'tor Christensen's Criticism. ltlr'uig to a question of personal prlvIUr?o, Mr. Christenson said: "I top, am an editor and during the sessions of tho legislature have occasion to comment on events In the legislature. I have com mon I ed In ft general way on tho situation discussed hy the senator from Claren don inc his paper and tho senator fro in Richland, who has just taken his oeat. "It i'?'my belief that the senator from Hlchland has not acted In any way inconsistent with his ideas of what is, right and proper. Hut I disagree-, with him and have said so and propose to condemn his course again'.if,* I think proper. Ho repre sents s?me of those liquor houses whose claims aro being investigated and sumo of tho ox-State dispensary olllcltils who aro under indictment and thinks lt proper and right as State senator to'opposo in tho senate thc bill to pr?vido the attorney gen oral with funds to prosecute lils client:'. I disagree with him and Unbe ! BtatpfJ elsewhere and wish lo pm. myself on record here." Sunter Haysor's Statement. Senator Itaysor said that he re gretted that it was necessary for him to raise a question of personal privi lege, hut ho felt compelled, under tho circumstances, to outer his pro test against tho charges contained in tho newspaper clipping which had hoon read. Ho sahl ho voted against the Otts resolution been uso ho considered it unwise, but he had publicly proclaim ed from tho floor of the senate that ho would vote to give to tho attorney general any amount of money lu needed in tho prosecution of case* arising from tho investigation of tin affairs of the State dispensary. Ho thought that tho attorney gen oral should bo given all the assisi ance necessary lu these matters li justice to th<> State and lo the mei under Indictment tho charges iirlslni from that investigation should b< aired; the authorities ought to gi to Hie bottom Of them. HO said that he had never repro seined a whiskey ho USO 111 any (dahl before ibo dispensary commissloi and he does liol represent any bf tin parties who have b?eii Ind let od ns i result of the Investigation bf tito af fairs of the dispensary. Ho said li had been approached by one mai who was formerly connected willi th State dispensary and although till man was a lifelong personal frloil and he has cb ll fl dc n co jil Iiis Integ lily he refused lo consult with hit until alter tho adjournment of til legisla! uro. Senator Hinkle!1 Warms l p. Senator Sinkler also rose to question of personal prlvUodgO an made sollie very caustic reference to tho publication III question. H said that he voled against tho Ott resolution because he considered Improper for tho ptumlo to pass sue a resolution whet. Ibo act bf tho gol oral Assembly of South Carolina 1 before a court for interpretation. "Mut," ho declared, "if any ma imputos io me wrong motives for vo lng ns I did on thai measure, < charged me willi being recreant t my duty to the Stale, thal man h.-tl not a (ig leaf to cover Ills naked ii decency and il would bo base Ila tory to ?'?i!! hiiii ri doc." A Kurt her Mxplnnalion, Senator Appel! thought he coil! clarify the atmosphere lo some extol by explaining that this article appen od long before the Oils resolnth was Introduced und so far ns 1 know before timi resolution was e or contemplated. Ko rolled loo w intended upon any member for ha lng voted against that resolution lt would have been quito Impossil to casi such relied lons in advance tho Introduction of tho resol ut li and before! tho volo was taken. I had simply hemi given Informait c?nlninod In (hal p.rllcle and g<d t Information from a source Will could he nd led upon. Resolution Offered. Immediately upon the sonate DIflATH OP A MEMBER. HOB. J. M. Major, of Greenwood, Succumbed to Pneumonia. On Thursday the House of Repre sentatives adjourned immediately af tor prayor out of rspect to the mem ory of Representativo J. M. Major, of Greenwood, who died Wednesday night of pneumonia. Resolutions were adopted and u committee of four were appointed to attend tho funeral. This was Mr. Major's flrBt session, as he had heon elected to take tho place of a member from Greenwood County, who died last year. STEAMER I.OST. Nothing Beard of Steamer Hlucflclds Hound For Philadelphia. All hope for the steamship Blue fields, which sailed from Jackson ville, on January 24, for Philadelphia has practically been abandoned, and the host thing that is hoped for now is that Capt. Higgins and his crow may have been picked up hy some foreign hound vessel. It is feared that tho vessel foundered on tho hight of January 23, in tho storm that swept tho North Atlantic const. The Blue?elds carried a crow of eighteen. BOLL WEEVIL SPREADING. Tho Pest Now Extends Over the Whole of Louisiana. The State crop pest commission of Louisiana Tuesday withdrew tho quarantine on cotton shipments from boll weevil territory. The quaran tine lins been in effect since the wee vil was first discovered lu Loulsluna. Tho commission finds that the post ls now practically over tho cntiro Slate and a quarantine against tho ritory ls without effort. convening at 4 o'clock in the after noon, Senator Smith of Hampton of fered tho following resolution: "Whereas, certain allegations have hoon made impeaching the honor and actions of members of the senate and bouse of representatives in re gard to lgislntion upon the whiskey yjj h it HU; bcforo the courts, the general assembly and tho people of South Carolina. "Be it resolved by the senate, That a committee consisting of two sena tors, to bo nppointcd by the president of tho senate, wait upon tho author ot said charges the senator from Clarendon-and ask that ho appear before tho bar of the senate at 8 o'clock, p. m., February I Otb instant, and produce tho mimos and evidence in suporl of said charges." Stands by Ills Guns, With reference to this resolution, Senator Appell said that he consid ered it untimely, uncalled for and un nesessary; that If he were ret) ni rod to appear before the bar of the Sen at?? he could do so, but that ho would only reit? ratt> what he had said at tho morning session and no other statement would be made. He del a red that be would not ma liciously Injure any man, rind while he wrote tho article la question and published it In his newspaper, he felt thal 110 senator not guilty of what was charged In that article had a right to assume that it contained n charge against him. He said that he felt that it was not only his prtvllodgO but hts duty to give to the public through his newspaper such infor mai ion as is contained itt thal article and that he would continue lo ?lo so regardless of what action might bo taken by the senate. Ile said thai h?- had not been giv en the names of any senator with ro gart! to this matter, therefore If brought before tho bar of tim sen ate he could nhl give any names. He 'ead the hrtlcle, as il was taken from the Newberry Observer, and stated that ii contained errors In tho way of the oninilsidoti of quotation marks. lb? sahl that the om mission of the quotation marks might have been the fault Of hs own OfllCO, that he dbl not get an Opportunity to road proof on the arthle and il was possible that certain of the quotation marks were Omitted, bili anvway, they did not appear in tho clipping from tho Newberry paper as ho had writ ton (hum. With the quotation marks In serted as h<> wrote them, tho state ments to which such serious excep tions were made appear as coming from a (hird parly, just as they were given to ih?< senator from Clarendon. Resolut ion W it hdrau n, Upon bearing tho statement of the senator from Clarendon, Senator Smith asked leave to withdraw the resol tl I lon and Ibis was done without object ion. Tim question now appears to bo a i losod issue. However, Senator Sink ler found il nOCOi sary to rise agata to a question of personal privilege on account of whal lie characterized as a grossly Inaccurate report Of what he had sahl at the morning session In an afternoon paper, lt was slated In thal pa poi' thal bo had referred lo senator Appen as being lower than a dog. which was. Incorrect. Ho sahl thal he used no such language and his language had either been misln terpreted Ot misunderstood. * Florida Republicans Hold Two Two Strong Conventions. REMARKABLE SCENES Knocking Down and Dragging Out of Delegates Not I/cawt Exciting Feature of Meeting. Two Factloun in Session at Samo Time, Ono En dorsos Taft. Other Does Not In struct Delegates. Tho fight for delegates to the Na tional Republican Convention from tho South has commenced between the Roosevelt and the Foraker forces. Florida Republicans stand eonspic iously in tho lime light as hoing the first to hold their Convention to se lect delegates to the National Con vention, and it is said that the stren nous and exciting scones enacted at St. Augustine Thursday are merely a forecast of similar scenes In other Southern States, caused by the des perate effort being made by the Anti Roosevolt Republicans for control in. tho National Convontiou. Tho Convention held will go down in history as one of tho most re markable ever hold by any political party, lt was really two conventions held at the samo time in tho samo hall, tho progress of business being frequently interrupted by sensational knock-down and drag-out lights. The ofllce-holders faction was call ed to order by thc chairman of tho State committee and they proclaimed themselves as the regulars, but they did not succeed in carrying out their prearranged programme. The Taft sentiment was too strong for the loaders to hold in check and strong resolutions wort; adopted emphati cally endorsing William H. Taft tor tho Presidency. On tho other side tho hall the eon testing convention took the conser vative action and coose delegates ab solutely untrammelled hy any In structions, they being given positivo assurance by Joseph N. Stripling, who led the movement, that despite tho fact thal (hey wore branded aa bolters by tho Convention, tho dole gates they named would certainly bo seated lu tho National Convention. The office-holders' Convention adopt ed resolutions approving thc policies of tho Roosevelt administration and the conservative manner in which ho has carried them out, and instructed tho delegates to tho National Conven tion to support tho President's pol icies and the candidate who ls in sympathy with and who will carry out these policies, and then proceed ed to name William H. Taft as such candidate. The Antl-Taft Convention adopted resolutions condemning in strong tories the attempts to Influence and control by uso of Federal patronage, .brough governmental office holders, tho selection of delegates to tho Na tional Convention in tho interest of any Presidential candidate. The ellice holders' Con vent ion elect ed as delegates to tilt? National Con vention .). N. Coombs, mom' or of tho national committee from 1- -rida; Joseph 13. Lee, colored, collector of internal revenue; Henry S. Chubb, received Of tho United Slates land olflco at Gainsville, and M. B. Mac FarlnnO, collector of customs at Tam pa. Four alternates were also elect ed. Tho Antl-Taft Convention elected us delegates to tho National Conven tion Joseph N. Stripling, former fnlieo States attorney; J. Ed V. ll.-ia zard, J. ll. Dibit orson ?|I1(l 't. R. Rob inson, thc two later hoing colored. They also elected four alternates. Tho Congressional district con ventions of tho 1st and Gth districts Of Florida were held by oach fac tion Immediately after tho adjourn ment of tho State Convention, and euch of these conventions elected del egate:; to tho National Convention ind adopted tho same resolutions as Ibo State conventions of their re spectivo factions had already adopt ed. Never has such a sight boon wit nessed as was presented In the Con vention hall. Tho city marshall mid a dozen policemen were on duty and were frequently called upon to eject unruly delegates. Tho Taft d?l?gation had a completo delegation from each county aggre gating 177. in tho opposite Convention there wore two or three counties not rep resented, but they had In all about ono hundred and fifty delegates who participated. Tho Taft Convention nominated five Presidential electors, but the opposition Convention dele gated the choice of electors to a State committee named by their Con vention. *