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VOL. XVI. THE STATE MOURNS. OfillPTftl WuHn ITarnntnn Wot* Wnhlnot ?' w ? ????V wil? AAVA VU1VOW Son, is Dead. THE END CAME PEACEFULLY. ? I The Doutl Clieaftniii Will he Mourned Throughout the State He Deeply Ijoved and l<ive?i So Faithfully. Wade Hampton Is dead. South Carolina's greatest man, first in peace, first in war, deeply beloved by his people preeminently distinguished as soldier and as statesman; the commander who told his men when he started with them that lie would never order the hublest of them to go where he himself would not tirst lead, the man who frequently gave the rare and inspiring picture of a lieutenant general riding far in advance of his troops into the thick of battle this noble Carolinian whose courage and gallantry were only equaled by his wisdom in matters of State policy, is no more. His life's race, so full of incidents and exaction, has been run. He died on the anniversary of the day that he saw accomplished his grandest undertaking in behalf of the State he so devotedly loved the day that Chamberlain turned over the State capitol to him, and the work of rc( hiiiriinir SunOi fViwitlnn f - pi '??? i ..win vuii'Cuba k rule was done. lie passed away as peacefully as if dropping to sleep surrounded !)y his loved ones. Without the scene was as calm and peaceful as the deathbed scene. The birds sang sweet carols, and the spring air was laden with the fragrance of flowers. South Carolina's (jrand old man breathed his last Friday morning at 8.50 o'clock, having been unconscious for some hours prior to the end. lie had known the end was near, and he faced tlie inevitable with the same calmness that lie had ever displayed when deatli was imminent, by his bedside stood that sturdy surgeon, who had beeit his friend and beside him in war as well as peace, l>r. it. W. Taylor, ministering to him in his tinal moments. The capital city of the State is appropriately draped in mourning. Flags are at half-mast, and the Confederate monument has black streamers flowing from it,, drooping upon a Confederate Hag draped about the base. 'Plin nmmln .. -.1 1 .? I "-? 1 UK; UIC HI II1UI IIIII^. IIIUUCU, the south will he in mourning for "Wade Hampton vas an idol of the south, and his death leaves but two surviving lieutenant generals of the Confedratc army?Gordon and Longstreet. Men who were under Hampton dearly loved him. He has ever been their hero, and they are anxious to pay all honor to his memory. Many an old soldier will doubtless look u|xm the dead chieftain's face for the last t ime Saturday and Sunday. Telegrams of condolence have poured in from every direction since the news of the death of Gen. Hampton was Hashed over the wires. Wade Hampton was undoubtedly the most prominent figure in Confederate circles when he died. He was a commander whose dash was equalled by his stategy and generalship, and the eminent soldier, ltobert 10. Lee, regarded him as one of the grandest soldiers of his age. When he was taken from the army in Virginia Lee said that the right arm of the army had been cut oiT. For these reasons, and scores of others, Wade Hampton was loved, and thousands will mourn with the family. WHEN THE END CAME. On Thursday evening Gen. Hampton had a long farewell talk with one of llivi ill u/hlcli On V I v.. ...? U.wvviwj I>iuv>ll ll\> IT'A|MCOOCU beautiful sentiments. To Bishop Capers and to one of his devoted friends and comrades he expressed himself in beautiful terms, forgiving all enemies and referring to the great beyond. When the end finally came there were with the general, who was unconscious, his sisters, Misses Kate and Caroline Hampton, his devoted daughter, MissMary McDutlle Hampton, ids sons Messrs. Geo. Mel Millie and Alfred Hampton, his nephew, Mr. Frank Hampton, his niece, Mrs. John C. Haskell, anil Dr. B. W. Taylor who was surgeon general on his staff in the Confederate army. He passed away peacefully and seemed simply to drop off to sleep. Such was the end of a grand man's career, the end of a man great in life and still great in death. ins last words except some sacred to his family, were: "All my people, black and white- God bless them all." Dr. Taylor said he died of valvular heart disease, superinduced by old age, the general having reached his 8lth birthday just two weeks ago. CITY 11KLL TOLLKD. As soon as it was known that General Hampton was dead the city bell was tolled for an hour and immediately flags were placed at half mast on both towers of the municipal building. Soon the State flag was at half mast on the dome of the capitol, and in a short time a force of men was busy in swinging out black bunting across the front of the portico, and twining the same material al>out the columns. Knots ot crepe were placed on the knobs of all the doors to the building. When the news had readied the secretary of the treasury at Washington that official ordered the flag on the government building placed at half mast in honor of the dead ex-senator, and this was done at once. GOVERNOR ISSUK8 PROCLAMATION. The governor immediately issued the following proclamation which was sent by wire to the dally newspapers of the State: m STATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. A I'KOCLAMATION. Whereas the Hon. Wade Hampton, a former governor of South Carolina and a United States senator, died at Ids home in Columbia this morning at ten minutes before nine o'clock, full of years and of honors, Therefore, 1 M. It. MeSweeney, governor of South Carolina, in recognition of liis distinguished services to his people and his country throughout Ids long and honorable career and in further recognition of his broad statesmanship and t rue nobility of character and Ids high patriotism and devotion to duty and his State, do request that on tomorrow, Saturday, April 12, 1902, all public offices in the State of South Carolina be closed. As a further testimonial to Ids worth that the Hags of the State and of the United States he put at half mast on the State capitoland all other public buildings in the Slate, and remain in that position until after the funeral services are held. In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused to tic atllxcd Hie great seal of the State, at the capitol, in the city of Columbia, tliis eleventh day of April, A. I). 1!H>2, and tlie 12(>th year of Independence of the United States. M. II. McSweeney. lty the Governor: M. It. Cooper, Secretary of State, 'idie State, from which we take the above, says there is great sorrow in Columbia and all llags were put at half mast and all public offices were closed as soon as the death of Gen. Hampton was known. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Call lor A Htate Convention and In Hlrnrtlnnu luaunil On Tuesday of last week Secretary Guntcr of the State Democratic executive committee sent to the several county chairmen the following olhcial call for the May State convention: Dear Sir: Your attention is respectfully called to the following resolutions adopted at a meeting of the State Democratic executive committee of April 1, 1902, and you are earnestly requested to see that the terms of t he resolutions carried out in your county. Resolved, tirst,, That In accordance with section I of the constitution of the Democratic party of South Carolina, a State convention is hereby called to take place at 12 o'clock m., May 21st, 1002, in the city of Columbia. Resolved, second, County chairmen throughout the State arc hereby instructed to call the Democratic clubs of the various counties to assemble on Saturday, April 20th, for the purpose of reorganizing and electing delegates to the county convention to he held on May nth in accordance with article 2 of the constitut ion of the Democratic party of South Carolina. The county conventions when so assembled will elect delegates to the State convention, and each county will he entitled to double its representation in the legislature in that convention and to elect a county chairman and a member of the State Democrat ic ovciuit ive committee. Respectfully, Wllic .lones, Chairman. U. X. Gunter, Jr., Secretary. For the benefit of the Democrats in the several counties the secretary of the committee has prepared and is sending out the following: To the Democrats of South Carolina: For the benefit of the Democratic voters in reorganizing the Democratic party this year, the following information is given: The State Democratic executive committee has instructed the county chairman to issue a call for a meeting of the respective township and ward clubs to be held on the fourth Saturday in April. When convened these clubs shall each have a distinct title, "The Democratic club," and shall elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a recording and a corresponding secretary, and shall have the following working committees of not less than three members each: A committee on registration, an executive committee and such other com niiLiecH as may oe ciecmeu expedient . Kacli club shall elect a member of the county executive committee, under the crontrol of which the clubs shall be held together and operate. The county executive committee shall elect its own officers, except the chairman, who shall be elected by t he convention. These officers need not necessarily be members of the committee. The clubs shall elect delegates to the county convention one delegate for each 25 members and one delegate for a majority fract ion thereof. The county convention, when assembled, shall be called to order by the chairman of the executive committee, and the county convention shall proceed to nominate and elect from among its members a president, one or more vice presidents, a secre tary and a treasurer, and shall be held on the llrst. Monday in May. The county convention shall elect delegates to the State convention each county being entitled to double the number of delegates as it has mcml?crs of the general assembly. The State convention has been called to meet on the third Wednesday in May in the city of Columbia at 12 m. Kach county convention must, at the meeting on the first Monday in May, elect a member of the State Democratic executive committee. Kach county delegation to a State convention shall have power to till any vacancy therein. The State convention shall be willed to order by the chairman of the State Democratic executive committee. A temporary chairman shall Iks elected by the convention, and when organized shall elect a president, vice president from each congressional district, two secretaries and a treasurer. U. X. Guntcr, Jr., Secretary. ^ " v 7" If fill CONWAY, S. C A HEARTY WELCOME I Given to President Roosevelt On His Arrival in Charleston. ONE CONTINUOUS OVATION. | The President Seemed In High SplrltH and I'lntcrcd With Keen Zent Into All the Ceaturos of the Occasion. All Charleston was up and out on Tuesday morning of last, week to do honor to the president and from the time of arrival within the cor pot ate limits of the city to boarding the steamer It was a continuous ovation. The president's train reached Charleston at 9.1)0 a. in., on time. The party did not conic into the city but left the train live miles out where trolley cars were waiting to convey them to the naval station to take the revenue cutter for a tour of the harbor. | i no president's immediate party wont directly to the naval station, where they were Joined in a fow moments by members of the reception committee and invited quests from t he city. A guard of .'10 militiamen was stat ioned about the approaches of the train and stood tit the present arms as the president landed. At the naval station f?0 men of the militia were posted, maintaining picket lines about the reservation and none was allowed in t,ho lines except such as had special passes. The president and his party were shown alntut the station and then wore conducted to the pier where the revenue cutter Algonquin was in waiting. As the president set foot on the deck the tlag of the commander-inchief of t lie army and navy was raised, and the jackies were paraded while a salute of 21 guns was tired. In the stream the cutter Forward and Hamilton were lying, and further down toward tlie city were the cruiser Cincinnati and the training snips Topeka and Lancaster. A flur t ho iinnctc h.wl ........ ..I." ? j t/v<? ^\IVOtO IIIIM m'lli; llHUiU U the Algonquin started on a tour of the harbor. Passing down Cooper river, a line view of the city and the opening of the bay was presented. The weather was perfect. There was not a cloud in the sky and a gentle breeze blew from the ocean with just a bracing touch in it, not chill enough to require overcoats. In passing to the hay the Algonquin came abreast of the cruiser Cincinnati whose decks were manned with her crew as well as t he Topeka and Lancaster. As the president's vessel passed each ship a salute of 21 guns was lircd. oil' the fortifications of Sullivan's Island the Algonquin was greeted with the same welcome and she passed out to the ocean with gay streamers amid a chorus of guns. .Just a little run to the sea and the Al gwnquin turned aoout and reentered the harl)or, passing around historic Fort. Sumter. While steaming up the hay luncheon was served in the cabin of the cutter. A short run was made up the Ashley river, giving a view of the city's western water front and then tin; ship was headed back for the landing where a troop of the Charleston Light Dragoons was in waiting to escort the president to his headquarters at the St. John hotel. All the arrangements were excellent and there was not a break in the programme. The president seemed in high spirits and entered with keen /.est into all the features of the occasion. Thn rvt*noi/lAr?f * - ^luniu^uu, aiwuipuiiieu oy <i few of his party and members of the reception committee, boarded a small steamer which came alongside the revenue cutter and were taken over to Fort Sumter. A company of artillery was standing at attention when t lie president landed and immediately went through a gun drill, the immense 12-inch disappearing guns being manipulated in a manner to excite the admiration of all. A tour was then made through the fort. A small hur-1 rlcane was blowing at the time, and although the president was wearnlng a soft hat it was caught and went soaring into the air, the president making a vain eifort to eatch it. Private Frederick Dent of the artillery corps! came to the rescue and quickly rccov-1 credit. President I loose ve It grasped him by the hand and thanked him | most, cordially, lie also complimented the men on their expert handling of the guns. Upon arriving at the wharf the president, escorted by a troop of cavalry, was driven to the palatial residence of Mr. Andrew Simons, were an informal reception was held and a buffet lunch served, after which the party was escorted to the St. John's hotel and a brief rest taken, preparatory to attending the bandquet at the Charleston hotel. lteiiutieH of Divorce. Hecause he would not lie straight in bed. Mrs. Mlna bray of Denver, Col., lias asked the court to grant her a divorce from Arthur bray. Mr. bray, she alleges, had ever since Sept. JO, 1901, adopted a peculiar method of sleeping which was Intended to annoy her. She said that he took up so much room in the bed that she could not get any sleep and was "thereby greatly harassedand annoyed." Monument to General Polk. A monument to General Leon Idas Polk, the Confederate general was unveiled Thursday afternoon on Lotft Mountain, twenty-live miles from Atlanta. The shaft was erected by Major Gideon Morris and wife on the spot where General Polk, who was known as the "Fighting bishop," was struck by a Federal shell June 14, 18?4. ^ ittu i THURSDAY, Al?; SWORD OF HONOR l'rosontt'd to Major Micnli .lenkliiN l?y President Roosevelt. I mined lately after the conclusion of the president's speech at the auditorj ium President Wagoner presented that distinguished South Carolinian, ex(lov. Hugh S. Thompson, who as spokesman for the State sword fund ' committee delivered the sword into the hands of President Roosevelt, whoavas j to present it to Maj. .Jenkins, (lov. Thompson was associated with President Roosevelton tlie United States civil service commission for years and I it was very appropriate for him to [ place the sword in the hands of his iv/i iiiv i v\y ui'i ivui \ 111v i iumi1 j).s')ii made an eloquent and very appropriate speech which was received with wild enthusiasm. At tlie conclusion of his speech ex-CtO\\ Thompson said: Permit me, Mr. President, to hand you this sabre with the request t hat you present it. to Major Jenkins. President Itoascvelt, who remained standing during the speech, advanced with a bright smile on his kindly face and taking the beautiful blade in his hand, he called upon Maj. Jenkins. There was another scene of enthusiasm and the president in words ringing in t heir sincerity, placed the sword in the hands of his former comrade. President Roosevelt said: "Maj. Jenkins: Nothing could give me greater pleasure than to hand toi you, my old friend and comrade, whose courage I saw tried again and again, and whose courage was of a temper that made it a matter of indifference ! what the trial was. I am glad to do t his as t lie guest of Soul h Carolina. I am glad to do it as president of the United States, hut I am gladder still to do it as your old friend and comI rade." Then running forward, t he president crrnsnnrl M:ii .l.inHnu in, ti?.? 1 n - ? * ??J ?f v?M*iiiii ? fj nil/ llillMI, j shaking it violently, and with his left hand handed him the sowrd. Then i stepping hack, President Roosevelt, swinging his arm above his head, yelled: "Three cheers for Micah Jenkins" and led In the yell that made, the great building tremble. MaJ. Jenkins, who is a slender, soldiery man, who may yet l>e called < young, was smiling modestly as lie was being addressed by the president, lie was dressed in the uniform of a major in the volunteer cavalry of the United States army and handled the sword as if lie had been accustomed to using a sabre. MaJ. Jenkins, as is well known, is a son of the late < Jen. Micah Jenkins, G. s. A.j who was killed in battle. He was liorn in Orangeburg and lived in Yorkville during his boyhood days. | lie graduated from West Point and Is now recommended for retirement from the United States army as a captain. His appearance was the scene of another burst of applause, alt hough he modestly held back from a too prominent place on the stage, in accepting the blade Major Jenkins made a timely and pat riotic little speech in keeping with the occasion. A DESPERADO'S TIE A TIT. V WftPV Two Moin!>of8 ol" ai Sheriffs I'ohho killed mi<l Seven Wounded. Iii <1 desperate battle, fought near Tuscumbia, Ala., Sunday between a slioriIT's posse and Will Reynolds, a negro desperado, two members of the posse were killed and seven wounded by the deadly fusillade of the negro, who afterward was killed and his body thrown in a burning building. Karly Sunday accompanied by Will Gassaway, a deputy sheriff went to a negro settlement "Knardtown," to arrest Will Reynolds, on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses. The negro' was barricaded in a house and opened fire with a Winchester, mortally wounding Sheriff Gassaway and Will Gassawav. wlin wn? khhw 'inn V ? "?* ' MWM,W vvv yards away. As soon as the news of the encourter reached Tuscumbia, a posse left, i for the scene. Owing to the location none of the olllcers could venture within the open space. Dynamite was procured and the house in which the negro had fortilied himself was tired upon hut to 110 effect. At 1 o'clock Capt. Simpson of the Wheeler Killesarrived with 12 guns and 1,000 cartridges which were distributed among 12 picked men. This company was stationed around the house and riddled it, hut the negro had taken refuge in the cellar and returned the tire, killing .Jones and wounding Kinney. Coal oil was then procured and after four hours of hard work the I adjoining houses to that in which t he negro was were fired. At H o'clock I the house in which the negro was located was tired hy the Wheeler Rifles, who had arrived on the scene. The negro fled to a shed and reopened tire, killing Wallace and wounding Davis but fell in the next volley from Hie posse and militiamen. The crowd, numbering 1,000, seized the riddled Ixxly and threw it in the burning building. Wallace, was killed while advancing on the negro, who shot him through the body. Mis Ixxly fell in the burning debris, but was recovered. Davis, Wallace and Falkner were the men who fired the building. Itelle seekers badly mutilated the l>ody. Three houses were burned in the elTorts to reach the negro and several horses were killed in the battle. Tonight it is reported that the sherllT and his brother have no chance to live. So deadly was the negro's aim that It was possibly an hour before the Ixxly of Prout could l>c recovered. Not a shot was lired by Reynolds that did not tell when those whom he was firing on could Ixj seen. The excitement all day was intense. Fully 2,000 people from Florence and Shellleld were here and every surgeon In Tuscumbia, was pressed Into service. fi (Villi Ulli 17, 10O2. A GREAT BANQUET Given in Honor of the President of the United States IN THE CITY OP CHARLESTON. l*rcHlilcnt ItooNcvelt Sponkw In <?Io\v* hiK 'IVrniH of l ho South. <?ovoritor McSwi'cney'n \V 111*111 Speech of Welcome. The banquet tendered President Roosevelt Tuesday night of last week at tlie Charleston Hotel in the city of Charleston was a lining close to a day full of incidents and served to gather together men prominent in the a (fairs of the State, having solely in mind a greeting to the president which would prove the sincerity and the warmth of feeling existing tor him as the chief executi ve of the nat ion. The banquet hall was a bower of roses, pinks and smilax, artistically arranged, while loosely strewn over the tallies were thousands of violets, whose fragrance could only but, suggest, that, springt ime had arrived. ()ver three hundred specially invited guests were present and the president was at Ills best. In a few well chosen remarks Mayor Smyth welcomed President Roosevelt to Charlest on, whose response was listened to with the closest attention and which were interrupted by loud and eont inuous applause. The president's remarks wore as follows: 'run i'UKhidknt's spkhcii. "Mr. Mayor, and you, my hosts and my fellow A merieanseit i/eus: ((ireat applause.) I should indeed be hut a poor American myself if I wore not deeply touched and gratified hy the way you have greeted mo today, In this your beautiful oltv; and of course I feel at home here. (Applause.) I think that an American nn ho is worth his sad has the right to feel at home in every part of t he I 'nit cd St at es. (A pplauso.) "Around thistahle I see many men who took part in the great war. The war in which the younger among us here took part was a very litt It;one because it didn't have to be any bigger. (Applause.) Itut it had one tl)orougll> good effect; it put t he can on t best nurture that had been building while we 1 were almost unconscious of it, and it ' taught us how tboroughly at. one we 1 were. When we got through that war it did not make a bit of difference to us whet her it was an admiral whocamo from Vermont or a lieutenant who came from Alabama (applause,) if the man had done his duty in such shape as to make us each leel an even more generous thrill of pride in our common nationality. The dehi in-o ?<? him had lit tie to do with the section from which lie came. (Applause.) "And now, a special word to you of ('harlcstnn and of Soul h Carolina. .1 usl 12 years ago when I lirst went to Washington to take part in governmental work I was immediately thrown into singularly close contact and intimacy with a South Carolinian. It was my good fort une to work with him for t lireo years and for the nine, years since and for as long as 1 shall COntinuo to l><- in public life, it will be to nie ever a spur to try to do decent duty for the republic, because I have been thrown int imately in contact wit b as fearless and as highmincd a public servant as 111is country lias ever had, my old friend, your former governor, Hugh Thompson. ((treat applause.) "And from what 1 have known of you and of your representatives it was in no sense a surprise, but it was a keen pleasure to lie greeted with the hearty and generous hospitality, the more than hearty and generous hospitality which you have shown me today. (Applause.) "The welfare of any part of this country is in a certain sense an index of the welfare of all, and I think, gentlemen, that on the average as we all tend to go up. it seems to he a lilt le better to go uniformly rather t lian at a sharper gait, for the time, being, and then down and then up again and then down. South Carolina seems during the last two decades to have definitely entered upon t he pat h of steady progress in t ilings mat crial as well as in other things. I was much struck in looking over some of the figures of tlicj census quite recently published to see the astonishing progress that has been made here in your Stale. I was prepared to see that the values of your farm products had risen as they have, a little over 25 per cent . 1 was prepared to sec thai your farms themselves had increased in a still larger proportion: that the value of your Sands and buildings had grown up, but I did not realize the way in which your manufacturing enterprises had increased, l>ot h as shown in t he fact that your manufacturing products had gone up over 130 percent.; that for Instance the number of spindles lias al>out quadrupled, from less than half a million to more than two million in the State. I did not realize that the wages paid out had increased 75 per cent. Gent lemen, you talk of progress of the far west, but I think South Carolina can give points to some of the States. (Applause.) i think that with such a record for t he previous decade you were i well warranted upon insisting on holding your exposition here. (Applause.) "And gentlemen, 1 was very glad that In arranging for your exposition 1 you not only took in the Southern States but that you specially included the Islands lying south of the United States, those islands with which the events of the hist few years have made it evident that we are liound in the future to have closer relations. (Great applause), closer relations for our advantage and our advantage can onlv be secured by making It for their advantage! also. (Loud applause.) Ami about all that 1 have said applies to the greatest and richest of those islands, the islands with which we have been brought into the most peculiar Intimacy and relationship?the Island of Cuba. (Applause.) And I ask that in our trade relations with Cuba we give her a marked and substantial advantage, not merely because it will redound to our interest to do so, (! although that also is true, especially because tin* events have so shaped t hemselves t hat it is our duty as a great and mighty nation to help Cuba unci I hope to see us do our ?IUI > . (Cheers and applause.) I shall not try tO make you any speech tonight, ticca use for your 8in$ you will have to listen to ine make one tomorrow. | (Laughter.) I shall merely tnank you again with all my heart and say to you that I want you to appreciate that I mean every word I say. and mean it deeply when I toll you I have been touched, more than pleased, touched and st irred by t lie warmt h and Ii*m rt iness with which you have made me j feel today 11 lat 1 am one of you." Loud applause and cheers.) The president was followed by (Jov. MeSweeney, who prefaced his prepared speech by a few words lu which lie assured the president that he was as safe from bodily harm In South Carolina as he was in Washington. Continuing lie said: now m'hwkknky's srr.r.eii. (Jov. MeSweeney said in part: "The A ik'1m-S:i v Inn io ,iiii<>i-1? ? i?? I - ' K ' | new mil ury wil li I lie imperial crown; of I lie ages on Ills I ?ro\v a n< I t lie see [it re of t lie iniiniie in hands. "The old sliotli fought against tinstars in their C0UrS08 UlC t'OSiSblllg t ide of I lie rising conseiousness of nat ionillity and world mission. The young son til greets t lie new era and glories in its manhood, lie joins his voice in the cheers of t rinmpli which are ushering j in t his all-conquering Saxon. Our old i men dreamed of local supremacy. We dream of the conquest of the glolio. Threads of steel have knit state to State. Steam and electricity llftVC silent ly t ransfoniied the face of the earth, annihilated time and spaco and ; swept the ocean barriers from the path of man. The black steam sliutt les of commerce have woven emit incut to cont incut." "These words are taken from a speech delivered at. a momentous crisis in the history of a sister Slate. "('i vil lihert y and religious freedom have lieen placed in our koeplii}^ a>. a trust audit is our duty to oe faithful to that trust nup move on and upward until the peoples ot all lands shall on-1 iov I 111- MM nil- nii>culinr wl.i,.l. ..... ...... Threads of steel have Indeed knit us close 1 oget her and now we know no north ami no soul 11, no east and no west, hut hand in hand we are st riving for the uplift in# and hot torment of mankind. "I want to say in this presence, and in t lie n rose nee of t lie president of the t 'nil ed States, t hat while went,ay not agree on many quest ions of policy, t hat we are all American citizens aim the hoys of the south will respond to the call of t heir count ry, which is t he call of duty, as quickly and readily as those of anv other section. When four years ago America 'let slip the dogs of war' and sent her anuiesand navies to drive the tyrant from Cuba's wasted shores, 'in the gloom of the gory trenches, aim t he ramparts wrapt in name'stood the sons of tiie frozen north who wore the hlnc, with those of the sunny south who wore theray, todefend the honor of t heir common count ry. Side hy side and shoulder to shoulder they fought, till the broken power of Spain In the western world attested the fact that the men who made and withstood Pickett's charge at (icttyshurg could clasp hands over the graves of t heir fallen heroes and together shed their hlood in defense of human rights and t heir count r.v's cause. 11 was a sout hern hoy wholirst plant e<l the Stars and SI l ines on foreign soil, It was a soul hern hoy who IIrst gave lipids fair young life in this cause, and the cold still form of ICnsignl Bagley, wrapt alKiut with the silken folds of his country's flag, was laid t?i rest 'mid the lamentations of a reunited people. And In the self-same sepulchres where lie the hraves who gave t heir lives in t hat confiet, is hurled the last remnant of any antagonism which might have existed lie! ween t he sect Ions. "1 am glad that President Roosevelt has come to this grand old city, that he may see and know us as we. are. That hi> mfii' L-iiiui; .,?>/! -" I| "" ??j iuiwm (tint iran/.r i-llcll though we may not agree in polities we know how to welcome the president of our common country. That he ma> know and appreciate what southern' hospitality means and right h< re in Charleston he will find the highest type of this old time southern hospitality. We hope that his coming will he beneficial to all of us." Capt. Wagoner, (Jov. Aycoek of North Carolina and several others made short addresses. It was midnight when the party broke up and as the president left the room Iic was cheered to the echo, not only by those who bad been fortunate enough to attend the banquet hut by the large numbers who had patient ly waited In t he hotel parlors and outside to catch a glimpse of him. I'pon arriving at his hotel lie immediately retired. Shocking Tra?c<ly. A shocking tragedy occurred at Everett, Wash., Wednesday evening when Mrs. Shepard it. Ihieey, wife of the assistant cashier of the American National hank, killed her husband, their four-year-old son and herself in a lit of insanity. When assistance arrived at the house the clenched hand of Mrs. Ihieey retained the smoking revolver. In the parlor lay the form of Mrs. Ihieey, shot through the heart, j Hy her side, was her four-year-old hoy, Eugene, with a bullet hole through Ids head. In the dining room adjoining the parlor; was Mr. Ihicey's; body witli two bullet holes behind the i left ear. Mr. Hucey came home from the bank about Odto o'elock and everything seemed pleasant. Shepard it. Hucey was assistant cashier of the American National bank and one of the most respected young men of the city. Hlrlko ami Iiockout. The lockout, of all mill operatives in the Augusta district which was threatened by the Manufacturers' association in retaliation for liie strike Monday of employes of the King Mills went into ctTect Wednesday forenoon. They include the plants at Aiken, Yaueluse, (iraniteville, Warrenvllle, Hath, Langley and Clearwater, which employ in the aggregate 10,000 men. NO. 5JH. THE BRUTAL MURDER Ola Young Lady on the Streets of Detroit, Mich. MUSIC TEACHER SUSPECTED. Very Si rong Cireutiixtant Inl Kvhlcncc Points to I'rofcMMor Miller um tin* Person Who Did tho Deed. What the police consider to ho a strong link in the chain of circumstantial evidence that they arc wcav.Ing alKUtt Prof, Joseph M. Miller, aged IT, a music teacher and a married man with a family, who is under arrest on suspicion of brutally murdering Miss Carrie M. .lennett on Thirteenth street, Detroit, Mich., just, before midnight Wednesday night. was discovered Thursday evening. It is a bloodstained hatchet, which was found in the drawer of a table in .Miller's kitchen. There Is now the following circumstantial evidence against Professor Miller, who was the girl's music teacher and had naid tier such m.-n-Lnwl attentions that her father had asked him to keep away from the house: When he was examined nt t in* (irand Itiver A venue police station what are supposed to be blood stains were t'o\nd on liis shirt sleeves, his trousers, shoes, hat and overcoat; a towel was discovered in his kitchen with what are supposed to be bloodstains on It; when lie was asked for an cxplanat ion of the stains on Ids clothing lie gave none and linally the bloodstained hatchet was found. Miss .lenni 11, who was 22 years of age and w ho would have beeome a mother in a few months, was most brutally done to death just before 12 o'clock Wednesday night. She was felled by a terrific blow on the head which broke her neck and Iter throat was cut from air to ear. A blow from some instrument made a hole in the middle of her forehead and behind her left car was a deep stab wound, evidently made by tne same instrument, t hat was used to cut her throat. In addition to these ghastly wounds a heavy blow had been struck on the side of her face, fracturing the cheek bone. Her mutilated body was found In this condition in a lonely spot on Thirteed Hi street. Miss Jennett left her home to attend ii meeting or 1,110 Kebkah lodge of which slie was a member. She left the meeting about ten o'clock and was not seen again alive. Her parents were alarmed at Iter not coming homo and when they heard of the murder Irecame fearful that It mlffht be their daughter, Mr. .lennett hurried to the morgue and there identified the mutilaecd body. The police were working on the case and questioned him as to the girl, lie told them of her infatuation for Professor Miller and the teacher was plaecd under arrest. Miller took the situation very coolly when he was examined at the station. Nothing could be learned from questioning him. He was then ordered to off his clothes and on the shirt, t he police found bloodstains. Miller olfered no explanation of them. More stains were found on nt bor i/!ipmniilo Mill.... .illl "?"!> h.?> Iiivuvn* i'liUCI imillltained absolute silence. It was then decided to lock him up. While lie was being registered on tlie blotter, the music teacher collapsed and fainted. lie was revived only to faint again as the ofllcers conducted him to a cell. Miller left his douse last evening to attend a lodge meeting 011 Baker street returned about 11:20 o'clock, apparently cool and undisturbed. He alleges that he did not leave the meeting until 11 o'clock but several persons who were there say that he left between 10 and 10:20 o'clock. The murder was committed at live minutes after 11 o'clock as near as the olliccrs can learn. A Cordial Greeting. Toe Charleston correspondent of the New York Sun says during the excursion around the harl>or the President seeing on the steamer Major Micati Jenkins, formerly of the Hough Itidcrs, "You old trumph!" exclaimed the president. "You old scamp! I am delighted to see you. This gives me exceeding pleasure." Major Jenkins, who is modesty itself, bowed and shook hand with the president, but Mr. Roosevelf was not through. "1 heard that you were in Washington and yet you did not come to see nie. if you do that again it, will nnf iw> good for you. The idea of your coming to Washington and not calling to see me. How could you do such a thing?" Olio of Ills or.t. While the train with President Roosevelt and party was In the Union Depot at Columbia Thursday evening a young man in the crowd walked up to the end of the car, where the President was standing, with a genial 'howdyedo, colonel,"and the President at once recognized him as one of the members of a troop in his regiment of Hough Riders. None could mistake the genuineness of his hearty, "Old fellow, I'm real glad to see you," This young man was Mr. A. M. Toll mas, who joined the Rough Riders in Oklahoma, and is now a clerk in the Atlantic Coast Line otllce in Columbia. Two VchhcIh Goat. The Norwegian ship Thor, Capt. Anderson, from Savannah, November 20 for Glasgow and Ialtan bark Maria Dalcna, Captain Garibaldi Mobile for Rosario have been posted at Lloyds as missing as neither vessel has been heard from since she sailed.