The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 12, 1903, Image 1
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VOL XVII.
KKLKASKD ON BAIL.
Reuben P. Pitts Gives a iloml of Five
Thousand Dollars.
KE MAKES A STRONG AFFIDAVIT.
1*11(8 (jives llis Version of sill the
Circumstances Conn* ct mI
Witli tlx* Depioral)! Inmuii
Trageily.
A dispatch to The Stale from Spartanburg
says: Tuesday morning at io
o'clock the court room was well tilled
...St l? I 1 .. ? ? ? '
wiui ? ,iU IIUU BWl'lIlDIl'll lO
witness I he proceedings in regard to
the application for bail made by the
attorneys lor Reuben It. l'itts, who is
charged with the murder of Edward
L. Foster at the Inman school building
on the 24th of February last. The
defendant was present and occupied a
seat beside his father, Rev. J. I),
l'itts, in t lie enclosure of the room
mapped out for the bar and visitors.
The attorneys for the defendant,
Nicholls & .lones an 1 Mr. Stanyarne
Wilson, woie on hand as well as Solicitor
Scase and Mr. John (Jary lOvans,
who will assist in the prosecution.
Defendant's attorneys submitted IS
affidavits from the following topics illative
citizens of Laurens, the ho inc.
of Mr. l'itts: Rev. W. It. Duncan,
pastor Methodist church; Rev. Robert
Adam, pastor i'resbyterian church;
Rev. W. S. Holmes, pastor Episcopal
church; Rev. It. .1. Woodward, pastor
Chestnut Ridge and other churches;
Hon. R. A Cooper, John F. Itolt,
clerk of court Laurens county; T. J.
Duckctt, sherilf of Laurens county;
J.J. 1'luss, cashier Rank of Laurens;
N. It. Dial, president of the. Itank of
| .nteoiic. \A7 \\T ? I
uuiubuo, ?? . 11. iiiin, ruitm ij;i ii it'ii.s
Advertiser; Dr. W. C. Irby, W. A.
Watts, president Peoples Loan and
Exchange Hank; Dr. J. A. Itarksdulc,
president of the National I tank; (). (I.
Thompson, probate judge; U. It. itobo,
merchant; W. K. Lucas, president
Laurens Cotton Mills; C. E. Cray,
mayor; and C. II. Koper, cashier Enterprise
Itank. Each of tiiese documents
were remarkable for the high
candid endorsement of the character
and reputation of the defendant.
Many of the atlidavits asserted that
the person swearing would believe any
statement that Keuben Pitts would
make, even if his life was in peril of
jeopardy, or under any circumstance.
Atlidavits of the members of 1 he faculty
of Furman University were also
read. The professors stated that
Pitts, during his three years at college,
was regarded as one of the very
best students in every particular, and
his deportment and general conduct
first class. An ahidavit from defendant,
Keuben It. Pitts, was also submitted,
bearing on the details of the
tragedy, it. is given below.
Mr. W. M. .lones, for defendant
. made the opening argument: ho was
i f, ,n.......o i... m .. 1-1 i'
r iv/iivnuvi tjy i't i. tiiiiin v.iiiry vjvans ior
the State. Solicitor Sease concluded
the argument against allowing bail to
the defendant, and Mr. Slanynrne
Wilson linished with a plea fur bail.
Judge Aldriuh decided to grant the
motion, and the sum of bail was live I
at $5,000. The bond was signed a lew
minutes afterwards and Mr. Pitts released
from custody. The following
gentlemen signed the bond: Mr. W.
E. Lucas, president of the Laurens
and Darlington cotton mills; Mr. Jas.
T. Harris of Spartanburg; C. H. Hobo,
a merchant of Laurens and ltev. John
1). Pitts.
ltev. J. D. Pitts and Mr. Iteubcn
Pitts spent the day at the home of
ltev. Lewis M. Itoper, leaving in the
afternoon for Laurens.
State of South Carolina?Spartanburg
County.
Hcfore me personally appears It. H.
Pitts, who being duly sworn, says:
That in September last, deponent
was employed by the trustees of I nmau
< J ra led School to take charge of
the school as its principal for its session
of eight months. That his school
at the time of the occurrence which
resulted In the death of IOdward Poster
consisted of an enrollment of
about 125 boys and girls, ranging in
ages from 1(5 to 9; deponent having
one assist ant' as teacher. Thatdcp ncnt
graduated from Purman In June, 1902.
That he was born and raised in Laurens
county and is now 2<i years of
age, about 5 feet <? Inches in height
and weighing abnit 12<> pounds. That
at the time of said shooting, deponent
was, and for some time had been, and
is now, sulTerlng from a weak back,
which renders him very weak physically,
and for which he wore and still
wears a plaster, under physician's advice.
That four of t he lar %;t and most j
powerful boys in the Ynool were Edward
Foster, Fed lilcnger, Jesse
wuU IhryittoJid Wolfe; each
of whom was larger and stronger than
deponent, and about 17 or 18 years of
age. That from deponent's observation
those four boys seemed to run together.
That for a long time Edward
Foster had given him and the school
considerable trouble by Ids misconduct
or misbehavior in one week while
tire demerit system was in force, dep >nent
recalls that he, Edward Foster,
^ incurred about 19 demerits; but that
deponent dealt with hi in very leniently
and with as much patience as any
one could have expected, refraining
from inflicting tire penalty of whipping,
until at last it became unavoidable,
leading up to tire lamentable
tragedy of Tuesday afternoon, tlie
24th of this month.
On Monday, Feb. 2nd, Edward Foster
missing Iris spelling and deponent
told him to stay in, on account thereof,
after School was out. He llatly TOfused
to stay and did not stay. That
Rowing tire intimate relations be
tween hiin ami Fred Itillenger. depo!
nent stated to the lat ter that it' Fred
i Foster came back to school next morning
he would have to taken whipping;
that lie could not permit that kind of
tiling to go unpunished; and that if
on account of his sigo or size, and if
his father did not so wish him, t he'll lie
must stay away from the school: that
if lie did come back, it would be with
that understanding, namely, that lie
would have to submit to t hat discipline.
That deponent cxp-ctcd that
; Fred would tell lid what he said, and
I has since learned that lie did.
That Tuesday, Itie-lth lilward Fos;
tor came hack to school. The short
( recess was from 2.15 p. m , to nearly
p. m. During that recess, deponent
had one of the smaller hoys of the
school in the room, lecturing liini for
running away from soli ?ol. A number
of the other hoys wre looking in
at tlie window at deponent and the
boy. Deponent shook his head at
tliein and they all left except the lour
i big I?oys lid. Fred, .lesse. and Kaymond
and a few others. Deponent
then went to the door and told them
to go away; they all left except those
; four and they refused and remained
! there with their faces at the window,
and another wiudow, l ill deponent dismissed
the- young boy. School was reconvened
a minute or two later; and
remained in session till the regular
closing time, I o'clock. .I list before
dismissing the school, deponent read
out the list of those who were to stay
in after school, and amongst tliein
those four boys, Mil, Dred, .lesse and
Raymond: these four being kept in on
discipline and the others on lessons.
NVIille hearing the lessons of those
thus kept in, the four left the room
without permission and against the
rules, leaving their hats. Deponent,
after dismissing t hoso who had been
kept in a proper time on lessons, took
up the eases of these four, who hud
returned to I ho room, lie sent Died,
Jesse and Ray in aid into the little
room, and told ICd to remain with him.
Deponent thereupon called to his attention
his llat refusal to stay in the
afternoon tie fore. Kd contended that
he should not have been told to stay
in. Without going into details of that
contention here, deponent said to him,
in substance: That this thing of disobedience
and infractions of the rules
and discipline of the school by him
had been going on so long that lie, deponent,
could not permit it any longer.
Deponent had been charged and
accused bv the other bovs of iin>
school that ho lu<l been excessively
lenient to him, and had let him nil' for
doing what he punished them for.
Deponent told him to stand up and
take his whipping; deponent having
gone to the e >rner of t lit? room t<? get
two switches. Mo got two, because
he sometimes found that the switches
had hecn cut or notched. Deponent
hit him two ordinary licks wit h one of
the switches across the coat back.
Immediately Kdward threw his right
arm violently around deponent's neck,
with a very strong and tight elbow
grasp, and pressed and pulled deponent's
head down to his, Fd ward's
chest; bearing him down. At the
same moment, the other three boys,
l-'red, Jesse and Uaymond, rushed in
from the little room, the door of
which was about six steps distant.
That deponent had felt all the afternoon
that trouble was brewing for
him at the bads of those four boys;
their conduct and demeanor so strongly
indicated it that he expressed to
his assistant his belief that they were
going to combine against him: but
that he would have to do his duty,
even if they shbtildCas he had a notion
they might.)'jump upon him. That
when deponCOt found himself in the
vice-like grasp of Edward and heard
the others rushing upon him, lie felt
sure they were about to do him great
personal injury. In order to forestall
them or over-awe them, and prevent
their joint assault, he instinctively
reached for his pistol for purpose of
discharging it in the air or 011 the
lloor. lie did not have the faintest
idea of shooting any of them, lie
would have suffered them to injure
him rather than do that. Mis only
idea was to, if possible, frighten them
with the pistol and thereby protect
himself. Ifut, most unfortunately,
Edward immediately grasped the pistol,
and in the scullle it accidentally
went off and struck him ?a result, or
consequence, that deponent had not
the faintest expectation of; and which
overwhelmed him with grief, for deponent
had a real fondness for the
young man. That all he could do
was to get a physician as soon jik possible;
and deponent sent for one, and
then went himself. Later on in t he
afternoon he surrendered himself to
I the town marshal.
The foregoing are the principal
l facts hearing upon the present application,
and if anything of importance
has been omitted, it is because it does
not now occur to deponent.
Ileuben I*. Pitts.
Sworn to before mc Feb. 28, 1903,
Stanyarno Wilson,
(Seal.) Notary Public,
Miiii.v Want Jobs.
Tire State says notwithstanding the
fact that the governor lias over 1,000
applications on lile, there are every
day a dozen others seeking for places
on the State constabulary. Many of
these apply in person, it must not
be understood that all of the applications
on lile will l)e rejected, but they
will not be acted upon foi some time
and it is probable that delinquent's
applications will be rejected.
Dies on u Train.
Dr. Wm. Milligan, a prominent
physician of Moultrie, <Ja., died suddenly
on a Central of Georgia train
Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Milligan
was on his way to Atlanta, whefc he
was to place himself under medical
treatment. He died just before.the
train reached Macon.
CONWAY,
I CHARGE BLACKMAIL.
All About the Payment of the South
Carolina Claims.
'
CANNON
GOES FOR THE SENATE.
TIio Stand ol" Senator Tillman Pro- 1
voknti a Protest Prom Man
Wtiu Will he tlio Next
Speaker.
?
The speech of Representative Cannon,
chairman of the appropriations
committee, delivered after o'clock
Wednesday morning in the house, on
t! 10 conference report on the general
deficiency appropriation bill protesting
against "legislative blackmail"
and insisting on the ri^ht of a majority
to rule in the senate, in view of
the fact that lie is to he the speaker
of the next house, is regarded as foreshadowing
a contest upon this question.
The scene when Mr. Cannon
delivered this speech was the most
remarkable of tills c ntfrcss in the
house. Late as the hour was the
weary members were set on lire with
I enthusiasm and they cheered his
i utterances until the tfreat hall re
sounded with their shouts. Mr. Cannon
said:
"(Jentleinen know that under the
practice of the house and under the
rules of the senate the great money
bills can contain nothing hut appro- I
priations in pursuance of existing law,
unless I?y unanimous consent of both
bodies* If any of these bills contains <
legislation, it must he I y unanimous
consent of the two bodies; and the
uniform practice has been so far as I I
know the invariable practice has i
been, with the exception of one I
amendment upon LIiis bill, that when <
one body objected to legislation pro- I
posed by the other upon an appropria- I
tion bill, the body proposing tlie leg- l
islation recedes. <
"In this case the trouble in arriv- <
ing at an agreement all clustered I
about one amendment. There were
many amendments of a legislative i
character proposed by the senate, i
covering hundreds of thousands of
dollars of claims pure and simple. One
by one the legislative provisions and ?
the claims disappeared as the senate i
receded, until we came to an amend- '
ment to pay the State of South (Jar- I
olina $'47,000. A word as to that. 1
In May last, on the omnibus claim 'i
bill, a basis was lixed for the adjustment
of the accounts of Virginia and
Haltimorc and South Carolina with
the United States, growing out of Lire
war of 1H12-15. The auditing oftl- i
ccrs of LI 10 treasury In pursuance ;
of that law, adjusted the accounts
of Virginia. An indefinite appro
priation was made to pay the rev.niu'1
I V'b Sif:?toc VA/li'i i \rr> ** uh/nil/1
found due !>y the auditing olllcers.
Upon that basis, and under that legis- !
lation, the sum of $100,ono in round
numl>ers has been paid to the State of
Virginia.
"Under the same law, which is the
law today, the auditing odlcers in the :
adjustment of accounts of the war of I
IH12, found due to the State of South
Carolina the sum of !M cents. Now, <
the senate of the United States, notwithstanding
the law, proposed legis- i
lation on an appropriation bill to the <
extent of granting to the State of <
South Carolina $47,000. The house
conferees objected,and the Wi >le long <
delay has been over that one item. In
the house of representatives, without
criticising either side or any individual
members,we have rules,s onetimes
invoked by our Democratic friends and I
sometimes by ourselves?each responsible
to the people after all said and i
done, by which a majority, right or
wrong, mistaken or otherwise, can
legislate. In another body there are
no scruples. In another body legisla- i
tlon is had by some consent. In another
body an individual member of
that body can rise in his place and
talk for one hour,two hours,ten hours,
twelve hours, it is a matter of his- |
tury Mi;ib si senator on uie itepuoucan |
side, in ;e former congress, talked to |
death ;i river and harbor bill. There
comes a time constantly in the set- (
tling of bills when yon must do so, or <
so and so, else your bill cannot pass, i
and this with reference to the great ]
money l?ilis. In my opinion such a ,
condition existed as to this bill, and i
clustered about this one amendment. <
There was also an amendment put on
to the bill in another l>ody which in- |
volvcd legislation to the extent of <
granting to the State of Vermont i
$150,000 in adjustment of her war
claims. The senate receded, but your
conferees were unable to get the sen- |
ate to recede upon the gift from the ]
treasury, against the law, to the State <
of South Carolina, by unanimous con
?i511ti um.b ?;i unity legislates, aim hi
thi! expiring hours of the session we j
are powerless without that unanimous
consent. 'Help me, Casslus, or I j
sink.' Unanimous onsent comes to ;
the centre of tiie ilome; unanimous <
consent comes practically to the \
house. We can iiavc no legislation <
witliout approval of both bodies
and one body, in my opinion, cannot
legislate witliout unanimous consent.
There was the alternative, but this '
applied not only to the deficiency bill .
but to the naval bill, or an agreement <
as to the naval bill. Your conferees
had the alternative of submitting to <
legislative blackmail at the demand, i
in my opinion, of one individual?I
shall net say where or of letting
these great money bill fail. Now, 1
what are we going to do alKiut it? 1
This bill contains many important
matters -your appropriations for public
buildings, legislation lately had all
avvy
S. C., THURSDAY,
along the line of the public service to
the extent of *.120,000,000.
"Now, i Lave taken the house Into
my confidence touching this matter,
as it Is my duty to do. I am getting
to he a somewhat aged man. I pray
(iorl that my life may be spare?', until
an Intelligent and a righteous sentiment,
north and south, east and west,
pervading both pf the great parties,
will lash anybody into obedience in
the right of the majority to rule.
.Majorities and minorities shift back
and forth. All, says somebody, did
that work in refrenoo to the matter
of statehood, and did you believe in
statehoodV I did not believe in statehood,
and I am putting now the
st rongest case against my own party,
but a majority of the people, represented
in the senate and the house, had
the right to have its will expressed.
"Uontlcmen, I havo made my pro
tost. I do it- in sorrow and in humiliation,
but there it is; and in my opinion
another body under these im thuds
must- change its met hods of procedure,
or our body, hacked up by the people,
will compel the change, else this body,
close to the people, shall become a
mere tender, a mere bender of the
pregnant binges of the knee to submit
to what any one member of another
body demand of this body as a
price for legislation." (Prolonged
applause and cheers.)
DOES NOT WANT NOMINATION
V
11' Vnlt>H <il' Negro Defers ten Ani Needed
to <?et It.
K. C. 1 lowland, a close personal
friend of President K osevelt, and
Washington correspondent of the
Mail and 10\press, sends the following
uithorative announcement to New
York recently:
"President Roosevelt does not desire
Lhe nomination for the next presidency
if that nomination can he won
in the Republican national convention
>f 1901, only by the votes of delegates
from Sout hern States. The president
Is an avowed aspirant for the nomination,
hut lie is ambitious that it shall
zoinctohim from the representatives
if the Republican party, chosen by
Lhe free electors in the States where
its votes are in the majority or where
they have a fair possibility of winning
the election.
"He does not wish the verdict of
the convent-ion to ho determined by
delegates representing merely the
skeleton of an organization instates
where Republican citizens are either
hopelessly in the minority or are disfranchised
by the wholesale or can
not command an honest count of their
ballots.
"Thisdeclarat ion isannounced publie.lv
for l.IlP lir<t tin,,, I
1 loose veil's altitude as unprecedented
as It is independent, may be accepted
us indicating the confidence that pervades
administration circles in the
overwhelming popular approval of the
president's course throughout the
North and the great West. Itut It
may he regarded also as a response to
some recent events in Democratic
States growing out of the race issue
and appointments toolllce.
"in relation to the so-called 'negro'
policy of the president it is devoid of
any purpose to capture the votes of
Southern delegates in the next national
Llepubiican convention. Tills
declaration that the administration
views with equanimity the criticism
uf the local Southern leaders, whose
apposition arises from disappointment
over the control of Federal patronage
and from the president's refusal to
debar the qualified negro voter from
membership in the party organization
will come as a surprise to the South'.
Hut it is only the logical outcome of
the president's policy witli which
Secretary Hoot's recent speeches upon
the status of colored citizenship is in
complete, accord."
GOT THE MONEY^
Senator TIIIiiiuii'n Threat Won lllin
a V.ctory in the McnatO.
Senator Tillman caused a flutter in
the Senate at 10 o'clock Tuesday night
by announcing his Intention to defeat
the naval appropriation hill and the
general deficiency hill.
This determination was the result
>f an announcement from the conference
room on tiie general deficiency
i)ill to the effect that the House conferees
had refused to accept the senate
amendment providing for the payment
of the Soutli Carolina State
ilalm of $47,245.
The senator had a stack of Isioks
beside his desk almost as high as the
lesk, while on the desk reposed a volume
of My roll's poems open at "The
Vision of Judgment."
"It Is a Just claim and must go In,"
lie said, "or I will defeat liotli the remaining
lulls and force an extra session
of both houses of congress. I can
talk until 12 o'clock tomorrow and
that is all that is necessary for the
accomplishment of my purpose."
Later -The conferees on the general
deficiency bill have agreed, the
amendment for which Mr. Tillman
3ontended to pay the claim of the
State of South Carolina being acceptid
by the house conferees.
A Itcimirkahtc Case.
One of the most remarkable cases of
a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, causing
pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude
E. Fenncr, Marion, Ind.. who
was entirely cured by the use or One
Minute Cough (Jure. She says: "The
coughing and st raining so weakened
me that I run down in weight from
14H to 02 pounds. I tried a number of
remedies to no avail until I used One
Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles of
this wonderful remedy cured me entirely
of the cough, strengthened my
lungs and restored me to my normal
weight, health and strength."
Dr. K Norton.
Mim
MARCH 12, Ii><>:i.
TILLMAN HITS BACK
At Cannon for Accusing the United
* States Senate of Blackmail.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S WAR CLAIM
Mr. Cntinon'H H|tiM*cli in the House
011 Wednesday on lamisiatlve
lllackmail Spvorcly t'rhlCisutl
l>y Senator
, Tillman.
In obedience to the president's proclamation
the Senate of the .*>Slh Congress
convened in extra session at
nonn Thursday. An immense crowd
was attracted to witness the interesting
ceremony, lie lines of the *>7tli
Congress had not died away when
I'resident I'ro. Tem. Fryo called the
body to order, and soon thereafter the
senators who were re-elected and those
who were to take their seats for t.he
tlrst time (with the exception of Mr.
(hu man, who had seen long service in
the senate) were sworn in. Friends
and admirers of the senators loaded
down their desks with beautiful dowers.
One of the features of the opening
yereinony was the ovation accorded
Mr. (Jorman.
The new senators are: Ankeny of
Washington, Clark of Arkansas. Fulton
of Oregon, (lorman ,of Maryland,
Heyburnof Idaho,llopklhs of Illinois,
Latimer of South Carolina, Long of
Kansas, McOreary of Kentucky, Newlanos
of Nevada, Overman of North
Carolina, Smoot of Utah, Stone of
Missouri. Speaking for Mr. Iturrows,
chairman of t.lie committee on privileges
and elections, Mr. Hoar stated
that questions of qualification should
be postponed and acted upon by the
senate afterwards.
Mr. Cannon's speech in the house of
representatives early Wednesday morning
in presenting tlie conference report
on the general deficiency hill, in
which he charged I hat t lie senate conferees
had resorted to legislative, blackmail
and attacked the rules of the
senate, formed the subject of some
fervid remarks by Mr. Tiliman and by
the senate conferees, Messrs. Hale,
Allison and Teller.
Referring to Mr. Cannon's speech,
which lie characterized as "remarkable,"
Mr. Tillman said lie did not
know that there ever had been a similar
one delivered in either branch of
congress, lie then quoted from Mr.
Cannon's speech, giving the reasons
for the house conferees receding from
their position with respect to the
claim of South Carolina for $47,000
growing out of the war of 1812-lf>.
There were two issues, lie, said, involved
in that speech, one affecting
the dignity of the senate and 1 he other
affecting his own integrity, responsibility
and personal character. The
speech, lie said, was "wholly indefensible,
indecent and an outrage." lie
r.n.1 fI..IV,...U....V. \l I - 1 I
IVU\I nwiii ?M IIUIDVMI r? manual
ing the comity that must obtain between
two branches of a legislature
and asked whether it had not been
grossly violated in bids case, "rower,"
lie said, "had made some of these men
drunk." Senators do not realize, lie
said, tiiat a most outrageous tiling
has been performed.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S CLAIM.
lie then gave a history of South
Carolina's claim, answering Mr. Cannon's
criticism with respect to legislating
by unanimous consent. Mr.
Tillman said that nothing in tiie
house of representatives seems to go
except by unanimous consent of a few
leaders.
"The unanimous consent of the
members," lie said, "has fallen into
innocuous desuetude and tlie unanimous
consent lie speaks of so strenuously
here is the unanimous consent
of those in control." South Carolina,
in this matter, he declared, had been
an outcast, with no voice here, and
nobody for h) years to ask that she
shall receive recognition or justice,
j Mr. Tillman quoted the law autho- I
rizirtg the payment of interest on
South Carolina's claim, and it was
that which led the committee on appropriations
to ao simply because it
meant to do a long delayed act of justice
to South Carolina and to undo
the wrong which had been done.
"That is the cause of this cry of
'blackmail,'" said lie, "and which
caused the charge that the senate
uuwu tin; mnitii*. tu niiiKU a Kill/ Ml
South Carolina of $n,oou."
Mr. Tillman thco said lie had tfrcat
respect for Mr. Cannon, who, as the
watchdog of t,he treasury, had saved
the country millions of dollars. 11o
had objected to the matter, he said,
cirri nlo Ii/ip'IIKo hn /mllo/l II n?vm
an appropriation bill.
HC'KKK IN CONKERKN0K.
Mr. Tillman drew a picture of the
scene In the conference room while
the committee was discussing his
Item, and said: "The watchdog of
the treasury came In, Bhut his massive
jaws down on this claim and said
'whenever you all get ready to rub
that out wiUte inc up.' "
He said lie was only speaking metaphorically.
He then spoke of the determination
arrived at by him. "I
simply shut my jaws down on the
proposition," said lie, "that I would
have that money or have an extra session
and I was in a position, under
the rules of the senate to force It."
Mr. Hale of Maine said he would
let the matter pass into oblivion, dis[To
Ci
Take Laxative Broi
Seven MBBon boxes soM In past 12
agreeable as It was, but i alT< oted
him because ho had charge of the
deli* ioiicv bill. Speaking very deliberately
Mr. llale said there had >? en
un legislative blackmail.
Mr. Ilalo, to set Mr. Till man ri^hl
do dared t hat he had never visited the
conference room and that ho did not
obtrude himself upon the c >unnlt.tce
The appropriation committee, he
said, had a "ted on the claim ;is a
mutt or of fair and even hand) >1 just ice
llr. Halo said it has never been
thought that one house oi congress
sbouid arraign the otiicr. It ha>
never been thought or said In-fore
that tVo process of one I* <use are
processes of blackmail. M*\ ''Miooti'.
use of the words "legislative black
in ill," Mr. Hale declared, wore un
lovtainatc Improper, and a hreae.h ol
the privilc^'s. which If they are not
in the written law, praeti -ally s' uid
in the judgment of all k<>o I men as
the comity diet ween the tw > h-*us -s.
lb; was followed hy Mr. \ 11i?n also
a member of thoWutference commit tee.
who said In* commended and a?>pr >ved
every word Mr. Halo had said respect
Intf the remarkahle speech maile in
the other house at the close t the
i last session. Neither house, he s'dd
| is to he lectured hy the other as |i>
what its titles are or sh uid b
Mr. Allison asserted that w i m
changes sire adopted in ? (> r i i < \
will be made Iw I lie. sen * I. in * no' I *
any out side bo ly.
Mr, Teller of ('plot a |o, I c I > m >
erat io member of I.be ca lVi uee ?m
mibtce explain si his position in tin
matter and said that Mr. Cannon's remarks
were inappropriate and ont of
place.
The message from t!ie p e I lent
giving I ii reasons for calling lite
senate in ext ra iess on was read. ' )n
motion of Mr. Cullcm, the senate
went into executive session and soon 1
adjourned until Monday.
Ivansdale says you can pet a pood '
uality gingham at it you hurry.
The best pill' neat h the stars and
st ripes;
i
It cleanses the system and never ,
gripes. ,
lilt tie lOarly Itiscrs of worldly re- I
putc? t
Ask for Do Witt's and take no I
substitute. i
A small pill, easy to buy, easy to '
take and casv to act, hut never falling
in results. f)oWibt 8 Little Karly Ills '
ers arouse the secret ions and act as a 1
tonic to the liver, curing permanent ly. I
Dr' 10. Norton.
War Time 1'rlce.
Housewives who complain sihnut ,
the "price of things" may tiles-, t heir ,
stars that they are nob in Johauneshurg.
From si letter recently received j
is taken the following: " The hens
:i t M :ider:L mvivirli> iiv v*.-ill. un.i. ill.wl
'fresh eggs,' which wr get retailed to
us ut/ $I.us a dozen; new-laid eggs, ,
when you are fortunat e enough t o get ,
any, are from $1.70 to $I.tit) a dozen.
Somehow the hens very much neglect
their obvious duty here. Mutton is (
sold at thirty Cents a pound, hungry
looking fowls at, $2 each, tind turkeys (
about $l.r? each."
The Htomiicli 1st lie >lan.
A weak stomach weakens t he man,
because it cannot t ransform the food
ho eats into nourishment, tlealth 1
and strength cannot he restored to any
sick man or weak woman without
tirst restoring health and st relight It to
the stomach. A weak stomach cannot
digest enough food to feed I he tissues
and revive the tired and run down
limbs and organs of t he body. Kodoi
Dyspopsia Cure cleanses, purities,
sweetens and strenghtens the glands
and membranes of the stomach, and
cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all
stomach I roubles.
Dr E Norton.
A Fatal Wreck.
A light took place Wednesday at
Hamlet, Ala., between the Taylor
boys and the Itarkleys. As a result
Tom Itarkley Is dead, and three others
are injured. The Itarkley boys, .loe
and Tom, were moving tlio.ir household
cITects when the Taylors began
deriding them about moving the cat.
The liarkleys became angry and the
light began. Seizing a heavey stick.
Tom Itarkley knocked down t wo of
the tormentors and made for the remaining
one. This one pulled a pistol
and shot Itarkley through the armAt
the conclusion of the battle Tom
Itarkley was lying In the dust with
bis skull crushed, a pistol hall through
Ills arm and many knife wounds in Ids
body. He lived only a short time.
The remainder of the party were
covered with wounds and severelv in
jured. Two of the Taylors have been
arrested.
* What's In a Name?
Kverything Is In the name when it
comes to witch lla/.le Salve. 10. C.
DeVVitt vSc Co., of Chicago, discovered,
some years ai<o, how to make a salve
from Witch lla/el that, is a spec! lie for
Piles, i-'or blind, bleeding, itohlngand ,
prot rudiiiK I'llcs, eczema, cuts, burns,1
bruises and all skin diseases, Do Witt's
Salve has no equal. This has tfiven
ii.t iu imini:iuu?? win i 11ii'.vs counterfclbs.
Ask for Do Wile's the genuine, i
Dr. E. Norton.
Fatal Wrack.
There was a wreck on the Kealioard
Airline Railroad al Evergreen, Kla ,
on Wednesday afternoon. The Engineer,
K. S. Pierce, and his colored
fireman were fatally Injured. Nine
other persons were hurt. The wreck
was caused by an open switch.
ire a Cold In On
mo Quinine Tablets. ^
months. This signature,
NO.
MEFTS AWFUL FATE.
Charles Jeffcoat, the South Caro ina
Murderer. Shot to Death
WHILE RESISTING OFFICERS.
Ji fl'on ti U'ns \Ik.i Wanted in (ai<urniii
lor tin* I v 11! i 1114 ot'Dcpnty
HiirriIT danders
lit Swaliinltoro.
The closing chapter In tlio lifivof
Ciurles Jetfenat was enacted Thursd
iy i i Al.iInn11 wii mi he was shot to
<1 atii I y t wo oltlccis or the la-v wl\o
itl 1'inplim| to arri'st, li in. A dispatch
I I'lic Stai from Andalusia, Ala.,
itlvcsthe follow ill); j artleula is of I ho
natl.iws's t rai.de deat h: Charles JelT'.' at,
alias Charles Johnson, who was
wanted in Swainshoro, (Ja., for tlio
murder of .1. i). Flanders,deputy sheriff
of lOmanuel county, wis shot, to
leal h 'I'liursday near Wat kins hridurc,
mi Yellow river, hy Deputy Sheriffs
I'rest wo id and Dunson, who were attempting
to arrest him. .lelTcoat was
dso wanted in Soulo Carolina for
nnirder. There Is a reward til' $1,000
oi ins ea;>t me from <reoi'uia. Deput y
Pin on was shot in I lie lev hy Jelfjoat.
A Ti e St He avs: J> ITeoat 's career
vin e a lawleis one was nevertheless
iefurcspie. (Hilly .Inly in, lt)o2, he
(as I) ioj,' piii.siie. 1 l?v a t> sse near
Mi'vilie. Da., headed liy Depot v SheriIT
Joe Flanders who was endeavoring
o a< rest, him for the murder of a man
lamed Wilson a! llerodon, Oa. The
jriinc had h s n committed some four
n >nt lis previ us aud during ttie Inter
re n t iii<" limn .1 Ml' ii' 11 ii I I ,.r . pi
1 >" ? 'J
y irxucd. A i Shi riff Flanders was alnost
upon liitn the desperado tun ed
ind shot him escaping Into t he < )geejhee
river swamp.
A few days later tiov. McSweenoy
.vas nut ilied of a g mg of horse I liieves
ipcialing near Wagners in Aiken
yniiiiy and offered rewards f?*r their
apture. They were hotly pursued hy
slierlM' Alderman of Aiken county.
Does were placed on their trail and
die thieves were closed up with. The
inrsuit narrowed to a small settlencnti
near the river and the posse
anno in sight of JolTeoat, who turned
ind fired a broadside at the two olll ers.Sheriir
Alderman and his deputy,
Mr. All. The latter was shot in the
sick hy the outlaw who again es aped.
A new posse was organized and
he chase renewed towards the southon
part of Llie State. Ile was thought
Lo h ive entered Lexington county and
he governor and the sheriffs of Aiken
ind Lexington counties kept up a
'.(instant telegraphic communication.
Kxtra cartridges were sent to the olll ersand
fresh dogs were obtained,
lint on.Inly 2<i all trace of .1 elTcoat
was lost, though t lie man hunt continued.
lie was traced to Dixlana, In Lexington
county, and from there cntorsl
the Cougarcc swamp. The swamp
was thoroughly searched but no trace
[>f liiui could tic found. From that
t ime he h;is tieen unheard of In South
Carolina, though there were frequent
rumors of Ids appearance in this city,
is he lias a brother living here. Most
of the stories were, however, myths.
At i )ie time of his disappearance thore
was tin aggregate reward of 41,200 for
Ills capture. SherilT Flanders' widow
offered 4200, his brother a like sum
and friends of Flanders $200 more;
$:too was offered by various South
Carolina authorities. It Is a question
i?i iinnr.M, as u? wnebiier i,lie two Alabama
ollic.ers would lie claimautR for
the large sum placed upon the head
of this notorious outlaw.
A Itui'U liir'H Work.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Diokerson,
prominent citizens of Jasper county,
were fatally injured by a burglar early
Thursday morning near Cordova, Ala.,
and their home robbed of its valuables.
The weapon used by the robber was
a hatchet, and horrible gashes on the
faces of his two victims show he was
forced to use it vigorously. Mr. Dlekerson's
live-ycar-oid daughter notified
the neighbors of the tragedy and
when they arrived at the house the
man.and woman were unconscious,
lying on a bed which was splashed
with blood, the hatchet lying nearby.
There is no clue as to the Identity of
the robber, though posses have been
organized and arc making every possible
elfort to capture the guilty man.
A telephone message from Cordova
late. Thursday night says Henry
Walker, a negro, is being held on
suspicion.
Struck hy a Train.
Mrs. John Greenwood and her threo
children, girls aged HI and 12, and a
boy 11, while walking across the Big
Four trestle west of Springfield, Ohio,
Thursday were struck hy loeal Cincinnati
freight No. f>r?, southbound. The
mother and the eldest girl were instanly
killed and the other two were
fatally Injured. All wcf$ knocked
from the trestle Into the water tifty
feet blow. Engineer Thomas Lealy
says the fog was so dense that lie could
not see 2f> feet ahead of his engine.
'
Another ICniltontl Wreck.
The westbound Southern Pacific
passenger train was derailed Wednesday
at Alley ton, Texas ono coach, going
over. Tip Wood and Clint Cooper,
both negro passengers, were killed and
' seven others was hurt, none seriously.
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