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I VOL. XIII. I A NEGRO LYNCHED ^ At floranton, Where He Murdered a \ V ( I White Man in February. I i |^ICTIM TAKEN XJOM A TRAIN ^ Whlle Ho Wm Brlnx Conveyed from J P KlnicMroe to the ^Penitentiary at Columbia fur Ej Ha fo l/n?..l.w. 1 mwpiUA* ^ *XA special dispatch from Florence to fi The News and Courier says Cairo 1 Williams, the urgro who killed Thurs- j1 ton O. McOee, at Scranton, in Wi\- , llamsburg County, on tlie 24th of Feb ruary last, was taken from the fast i West Indian limited train on the At- 1 lantle Coast Line at Scranton Thurs- s day evening and lynched. v It will be remembered that strategy t wus used. Sheriff Graham, of Wil- s llamsburg County, when Williams was 1 carried to Klngstreeiu February after f the shooting, how lie evaded the mob a that went to Kirgstree that night to t lyuch Williams, and how he finally c managed to ?et Williams to the l'enl- \ JT ntiary for safe-keeping. Tills was f nine work on the part of Sheriff Gra v [ham, for which he was commended, d [The strategy used Thursday evening, t however, played Into the handR of the f lynchers, and they were rewarded fur [their efforts. v TBK LAW'S DHLAV. t I Williams was put on trial at the ^ lAnrll t?rm of flniirl. In Wllll-imahiinr ' County, but Judge Purdy had ordered 1 the case continued until this terra of a the Court. Williams was carried back v to the Penitentiary and kept there v until Monday morning, when he was taken to Kingstree for trial. The 0 case was called and tried, but tho Jury failed to agree and a mistrial was orIed. ? 'hursday afternoon SheritT Graham, IVilllamsburg, deemed it advisable lend Williams again to the I'enl- 8 tiary for safe-keeping, and placed 8 i In another prison In churge of 8 puties Brltton and Wlieeler. Tire 8 n was to send the party through to " umbia without stopping, and for J" ,t purpose the sherilf re(|uested the 1 ist. Line otllcials to have train No. ? the northbound fast West Indian ited, stop at Kingstree and take s i four aboard. This was done and 11 i train delayed only a moment. In j5 i meantime, however, the news chcd Scran ton that Williams was ng sent to Columbia as rapidly as 8 sible, and was aboard the train ,t would pass through Soranton J ihin a few moments thereafter. P TIIK LYNCHKK8 OK'l NOTICK. j It did not tuko long for the crowd to get the Information, for by the ^ time trala No. .0, *he local passenger Htrom Charleston, was due the crowd ^ V had their faces blacked, and with all V .sort s of masks and dresses collected at m the station. Hy this time train No. 60 approached the station and the en- r tire train was searched, but Williams a was not aboard. The train was then \ let go and proceeded on to Florence, j. The passengi r.s, however, were terri- a bly frightened. As soon as train No. t 60 left the crowd arranged to hold up s itrain No. 32, which was only tlfteen \ minutes behind the local. s T1IB FAST TUAIN STOl'I'KH. U As it .approached the station, Kngtneer Louis Mills was (lagged down i by a red llag. Having been stopped fr at Klngstreo to take the prist ner aboard and it being an unusual thing I to stop north of Line's tho engineer > thoughoct tir it the prisoner was to be t put off at Scranton, and lie stopped < his train at the station. No sooner ' than the wheels stopped moving, the 1 crowd of lynchers, some twenty-live or < ^raore, boarded the tia n. The oui' \ side vestibule doors were closed, but < they broke them open. Capt. Charlie Casque, who was in charge of the t train, made every effort to shove them i back out of the doors, but they had i gained entrance through the dining aud other cars of the train and l ran into the car looking for Williams < Capt. Casque told them he was not 1 (aboard, but they would not believe < him. lie then begged them to get i out of the coaches, as the lady passengers and children were being soared to death. TUB MIJKDKKKK SKIXKD. They then moved forward to the combination coach and found Williams in charge of Depuths hritton And g Wheeler, who made every effor# to ( ^ kiep them back. Tlie door was brokei) open and twenty or more guns covered the deputies. They were ordered to turn Williams over. They again refused and a scuffle ensued. Both of the deputies were considerably oruiseo ana scarrea rrom me sou mo. Finally they were told If they did not ^ give him up, and that quick, both or all of them would be shot down there P and then. The deputies soon saw ' that there wos no use making any further elfort to hold their .prisoner, and released him under protest. The crowd then grabbed Williams, who held to the iron end of the seat in which he was sitting, but that soon r gave way and he was carried out .of the train. I rrjl,AIN ARRIVES AT FLORENCE. Carpv. Oasque, as soon as the crowd Heft the train, ordered his engineer to go ahead, and the train came on to I Florence. The whde affair did not last over three minutes, but the excitement was great during that time. When the train arrived at Scranton it was two minutes late and the pasf.e? gers were still greatly excited. Capt. Casque asked some of the party what they intended doing with Williams, and they told him that if lie would hold his train therefor five minntes they .would show him. It is oertaiii, however, that Williams was dead when the train reached Florence only a few mlnteto later. Capt. Ua?que . tvas terribly worried i over the trouble when he was seen to1 and shows that he did all that \ he could have d( no to stop the mob, for he waa filled with shot and his olothlng and linen were badly bemear<ed, Engineer Mills knew nothing of what the trouble was until after rcaobing Florence. lie only knew that he wo$ stopped by a red flag, and thoughtti^t it. was on account of let ting pff the passengers. J. - / ? BODY FOUND. A special from Lake City says the >ody of Cairo Williams, riddled with mllets, has ueen found In a bay near >cranton. Magistrate Baldwin is now loldintt an Inquest. The lynchers lumbered about 150. A COWARDLY ATTACK. Vn Atlanta l'roaoher A h n k u 11 <mI While in a Harbor's Chair. At Albany, Ga., on last Monday 31ilcf of police it. N. Wesbrook assaulted l)r. Len G. Iiroughton, of Vtlanta, with a rawhide whip. The ittack was made In a Broad street , mroer shop. The encounter caused vlld excitement. The trouble started Sunday after- i toon when Dr. Brou^hton who In , eadliig a series of meetings in Albany, , tated In the presence of a lar^e con[relation that rotteuness pervaded ' he city government of Albany. He ( peclllcally charged that Chief of Po- < Ice K. N. Westbrook had been taken , rom a house of questionable resort in i state of intoxication. He promised o produce atlldavlts to sustain his ' ihar^es If they were desired. Chief < iVestbrook denied the charges. Ills . rlends contldently stated that he , vould personally resent what they leemcd an unpardonable insult and heir confidence piovcd to be well ' ounded. 1 The ball opened Monday afternoon vhen State Senator-elect Cruder West- 1 >rook a son of the chief, made a peronal attack on It. W. Jordan, who ( ias been taking a prominent part In he revival meetings and who, It was ,licked had furnished Dr. Brou^hton vlth the information which, had been ; ised in the sensational charges made. Monday afternoon Just before G { 'clock, Dr. BrouKhton went Into a troad street barber shop, accompanied 1 >y several of his friends. In a few ??? ?~1? ? *--- ' - mniilAn iiu v?o n lUllUWCU Uy t/UICl Vestbrook. I)r. Hroughton was In a ( tarber's chair. Chief Westbrook made ( cveral Inquiries as to which of the 1 everal gentlemen who were being havcd was the Atlanta divine. As 1 oon as he identified l)r. Hroughton ho chief produced a heavy rawhide /hip and struck him three or four ' lmos, but owing to the Interference ' f a dozen persons the blows did not { ake full effect. There were several 1 ide fights precipitated In the excitement. It Is charged by a number of f ersons who were present that Dr. ' troughton had a pistol and threatned to use It. lie assumed the defen- ' Ive with a heavy Iron cuspldore, held 1 ightly in one hand, the other hand ( eiug thrust deep into one of his coat ockets. Chief Westbrook used some ' inprintable language in denouncing 1 )r. Hroughton, who did not reply. * ( VEAVHER AND CROP REPORT. < t Vhat Is Haiti About Them by the Section Director J Section Director Hauer, in his crop ^ eport issued last Tuesday, notes the * .ppearance of a trace of the c >tton tolll worm pe?t in some parts of the 1 itate. There had also been some 1 .larrn from the report from Newberry ! hat the cotton there was helng de- ' troycd by the something remse.mb- ! ing the fxill weevil, but Mr. Hauer ays that this Is the boll worm which rets In its work every year in the Hate to a greater or leas extent. 11 is vork, while destructive, is not as treat as tlie weevil by far. The week ending 8 a. m., June 27, urn a, lutau uuiutvuui u ui i ? uu^ I?ch, vhiob Is practically normal. Tuc ex- i remes were a minimum of 04 at Greenville on the 24th, and a maximum of 08 at Allendale and Blackhllc on the 22nd. The relative humidity was high In the eastern porions and was below normal in the jentral and western ones. There was more than the usual amount of bright iunt-hine. There were local high damiglng winds early in the week in the lorthern and northeastern counties. Scattered showers occurred early in the week in the central, northern and eastern counties, amounting to -more than an Inch In the Bee Dee sections cf the State, and with variable amounts in other sections. The reports of correspondents Include the rains at the close of last week and those of this, both of which were in the form of thunderstorms, and, as is characteristic of such storms, the showers were heavier in places than in others in the immediate vicinity. The conditions of the different crops correspond very closely with the amounts of rainfall received during Mtn lout t IMA ft r?/l cinvlftn liiiVy tuou unv TTCunn, dim vailU) 11UU1 poor In localities where the drought is unrelieved, to exceedingly line where the rainfall was copious, and while it Is dtillcult to determine the comparative areas of these conditions, it is believed that over most of the State the conditions are very favorable. In general, the Savannah valley and parts of the central and northern counties are most in need of rain, although drought areas exist in all parts of the State. Early oern is almost all laid by in good condition; late oorn is doing well generally but In places the lack of moisture is causing it to yellow. Cotton continues to make seasonable growth, but the plants are, as a rule, undersized on clay and red lands. are less prevalent than last we k. Fruiting Is reported from all sections, especially on sandy lands, but blooms continue sporadic. In parts of Chester and Lancaster counties fields are foul, but generally they are clean and well cultivated. Sea Island cotton has made good growth during the week. Tobacco was damaged by hail in Darlington, selecting and curing has begun In Marlon; the tobacco crop is developing rapidly and is quite promising. Late rice sowing is up to good stands; In the Gkorgetown districts early rioe will soon receive its harvest Hooding. Melon shipments will soon be heavy. Peach shipments continue and the commercial portion * of the orop is free from rot. Wheat and oats thrashing is under way; yields of wheat are generally above the average; oat yields are variable. Wells are still failing, and water courses are drying up In a few counties and cattle are suffering. The orop outlook is generally* promising, but a general rain would be of great benefit to all crops. # \ * w Imv] 0 CONWAY, S. C.. J TWENTY-ONE DROWNED. A HummIaii Submarine Beat Hail Serious Disaster at Neva. ] A dispatch from St. Petersburg says the submarine boat Del tin sank at her moorings In the Neva, oil the haltlo shipbuilding yard, at 11 o'clock Wed- I nesday morning with the loss of an otllcer, Lieut. CherkasofT, and 20 men. , The accident was due partly to the excessive number of the crew, nnstly inexperienced men; and chiefly to the unfortunate attempt of a man to escape wlille hlscomrades were screwing down the manhole. The officers and men detailed for |, submarine instruction had assembled f at the haltlc >ard and three of the y officers d.c'ded to go down In the Del tin although iter captain was not pres t ent, relying on the experience of her e skilled erew. A score of novices were ? anxious to go with tlie three officers. ^ Tlie Deltin's nominal capacity Is ten w men, instead of which 32 entered Die s boat, bringing her manhole in dangerous prox'iulty to the river level. a Just then a tug passed, sending a y heavy wasli against tlie boat. t As soon as tlie water splashed into w the submarine boat's interior, it ere- j( ated a panic among the novices and p one of them tried to get out of the r( manhole which the other hands were j( screwing down preparatory to tlie de- g| ? * ' Of FIXING THE BLAME. The Slocum'* Officer* and Owner* field Reiponsible for Disaster. WILL BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. Htorjr of the Fire and DiwaHter wa Told by the Captain ol the lll-Fatod Steamer on the Stand. The inquliy conducted by Coroner Berry and a Jury into the General Slocum disaster in New York Harbor was concluded Tuesday, and alter nearly four hours deliberation a verllct was rendered In which the directors of the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, the captain of the Slooum, Captain Pease, the commodore of the company's fleet, and others were held crlmlnully responsible. Warrants for their arrest were Issued. The mate of the Slocum, according to the Jury, acted in a cowirdly manner, and the misconduct of Steamboat Inspector Lundborg, it was recommended, should be brought to the attention of the federal Authorities. The charge In each case was mandaughter in the second degree. Ball was tlxed by the coroner in amounts carrying from $1,00U to $5,000. The directors of the company are: Prank A. Barnaby, president; Charles E. Hill, vice-president; James K. Atkinson, secretary; C. Delaeey KvanR, Robert K. Story, Flo'yn S. Jorbin and Fran G. Dexter. When the assistant district attorney moved that warrants be issued After the verdict had been given, Mr. McManus, counsel for the steamboat company, protested that such procelure was unnecessary, as all the men were ready to appear and give bail when called for. The protest was of no avail. The mate, Edward Flanagan, who was under detention as a witness, was Lhe tlrst arraigned. He pleaded not guilty and his bail was fixed at$l,J00. No bondsmen being on hand, tie was committed to Jail. Inspector Lundtiorg pleaded not {uilty and was released on $1,000 xmds. Bail was lixed at $5,000 each for 1'resldent Barnaby and Secretary At<inson and bonds were furnished at >nce. Captain Van Schaiok is a prisoner in ;he Lebanon hospital. At the assist int district attorney's request thecormer committed the assistant engineer, Elwin Brandow, and the deck hands, 3 oak ley and Trembly, as witnesses, >endiny them to ttie house of detenCaptain Van Schaick, ttie commander of the Slocum, was the principal witness. He said he had nothing to do with the general equipment of that iteamer in the tir?t place, nor with tier life-saving appaiatus. He said Captain l'ease looked after the equip ment of the Slocum each season. He said the government inspector had condemned some of the life preservers since 181)1, and he, personally, had uiirow out aooub Liuriy. In the course of the hearing Cap tain Van Schasck was asked what lie when ihformed the steamer was on lire. He said he ordered full speech. "It was flood tide and the boat was making tifteen or sixteen miles an hour," said the captain. "The smoke came back to the pilot house. We were then about four lengthsdeyoarl the sunken meadows. The pilat said tome: 'What shall 1 do?" He said: Let her go; then I ran to see what the tire was like. At the head of th? shears 1 found a woman on her knees. 1 lifted her up and down the hatchway. It was all Maine. I ran back to the pilot house and said to the pilot; 'Ed, she's gone, beach her.' He said 'Where?' and I pointed to Nortli Brother island. 'Shave that dock and put her starboard side on the beach.' Then I started to go aft, but the Mames were coming like a volcano and my hat caught fire. That's where my face and hands got burned. There was no chance to move. It was coming like a locomotive headlight." The witness said it was impossible to reach the boat anywhere else with as good a chance to save life. He dented that he received information of a fire before the alarm he acted upon reached him, and branded as absured the report that a boy told him at Ninetieth street that the boat was on ttr<* * A Fighting I'roaclior, A dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla., says Rev. J. B. ilolly, a prominent Baptist clergyman of that State aud one of the editors of The Southern Baptist and Baptist Witness, was lined $250 in criminal court Wednesday. He was charged with assaulting the liev. W. A. Hobson, pastor of the First Baptist church of that city and also an editor on The Southern Baptist. Mr. Holly struck Mr. Hob?on in the face several times and bruised him severely. The trouble arose from a dispute as to the management of The Southern Baptist and Baptist Witness. The paper In nues tlon Is the creation of John B. Stetson and Mr. Holly Is his personal representative in the business. At a meeting of the board of deacons of the First Baptist church held Wednesday fellowship was withdrawn from Rev. J. B. Holly for conduct unbecoming a Christian minister. A Cloud Hurst. Over 500 homes, business houses and school-houses, a short distance from Pittsburg, Pa., on the Pan Handle railroad, are inundated in two to ten feet of water from Robinson's run by a cloud-burst Wednesday night. Many bridges and buildings were washed away, horses and cattle were drowned and at least one life was lest. It if rumored that others perished, but the reports have not been verified. Then were many escapes. Both electric line plants at McDonald are flooded anc the town is in total darkness. Traffic In the Pan Handle district is com pletely tied up. The only fatality se far known was the drowning of an un known Italian, and his bodv has beer found floating In Robinson's run thli morning. o^cuu, urn Huumurging u:jmpartmcni having already been opened. The ^ water rushed in and as the submerged ^ vessel sank like a stone, the officers ' and some of the men were saved, being blown through the manhole by a the rush of escaping air. t The Del tin shortly afterward was , raised. Lieut. Klaguin, who was one ? of the officers saved, said to the cor- v respondent of the Associated Press: ^ "The tragedy was like a dream. I remember a sickening sense of sulTo- a cation from the fumes of the storage v batteries and then a rush of air and a water. The next thing 1 knew i was j, ashore." The Deltin is Russia's best ^ submarine boat. She was designed by C( Naval Architect Boubnoff and Capt. q BekolmishetT and underwent a success- . ful trial in 1893. j,j PAINTON'S WONDERFUL CRAFT. " ii With Multiple Hlectrlc Propeller, to d Cross Ocean in Throe Days. Preliminary steps were taken Tues- ii day for the organization of a company that will build a ship that will si cross the ocean in three days. The h meeting was held in .e office of d Lewis Nixon, at. No 20 Cortlandt ti street, at which was present Richard a Benjamin Palnton, Inventor of the q "multiple electric propeller." The h plan tentatively agreed upon Is to e build a vessel 000 feet in length at V a cost of about $2,000,000, with which n It is confidently asserted, the passage v> time between New York and South- o hampton will be cut in two. The in- d ventor claims that forty knots an hour can be made. d Mr. Palnton lives at Williamsport, a ra., itihi i? <i iiiucitame. iii was wmie i working at his trade that he envolved u the Idea of the multiple electric pro- w peller. The device consists of a series p of propellers arranged along the side o; of a vessel and driven at great speed u by electricity. For a torpedo boat v destroyer the size of those at present h in use in the United States navy, p twelve propallers would be necessary, a six on each side. In addition, single or twin screws could be provided, to v be operated alone or jointly with the h side propellers. ci Mr. I'ainton outlined to a World re- 11 porter what he expected would be ac- f< complished through his invention. <> "One hundred and lifty revolutions L a minute is the limit of steam power, tl wliile my electric reversible motors a can make 1,500 revolutions a minute," ft he said. "The power is transmitted by electric wires direct to motors c built on propellor shafts. No belting n is required, and the machinery is li simplicity Itself. 1 claim that there p Is practically no limit to the speed of o the screw under this system. p "The only noise on the new vessel V will be similar to that made by a lly- a wheel in motion. Another advan- f< tage is that the terrible heat furnaces p and steam pipes will be obviated. t "A distinct feature t)f it is that the u screws extend from stern to stem and b thereby tend to maintain an equilibrium that will materially diminish t the pitching and rolling of the vessel, o rue long snail being disposed of, t there will be no thumping and no jar n will be felt from the horizontal mo- e tion. "The most efficient turbine engine in the world will be used, which means a great saving weight of ma- i ohiney and In space now occupied by v coal. Steamship propulsion now con- p sumes J,000 tons of coal at a cost of f <18,000 a trip to Southhampton, t The electric ship will induce the coal v consumption to l,r>00 tons, being a e saving of $9,000 on each trip."?New j York World. * c In OihmI Shape. The State of last Friday said CompJ ^ troller Oeneral Jones returned Thurs- 8 day after "making settlements" with v Orangeburg county officials, all of ( whose books and records he found in c good condition. Mr. Jones was par- f ticularly impressed with educational t conditions in Orangeburg as tbey ( u/nr/i r. nri tlin nnnntu onnn.ln. *vv*v * V ? ww\4 v?? wuv wuil v JT ou|/v>iiU' || tendent's records. The schools are , > not only running on aoash basis, barr- , Ing a bounded debt for which a sink- j ing fund has been provided, but a sur- ( > plus is maintained for them. This ( surplus amounted to 919,000.00 the , :u)th of April with two months more | of the term to be paid for. Orange- , I burg is running eight months schools . i throughout the county. In all the t offices Mr. Jones balanced the cash to i date. ________________ Alloted to t*he Militia. 1 ' Acting Secretary Oliver of thesWar \ department has made the annual allotment of the 91,000,000 appropriated J 4 by congress to provide arms and equip) ments for the organized militia of the * United States. The money Is appor-t j , tloned to southern States as follows:* j | Alabama 921,942; Arkansas 917,952; ; ' F.orlda 99,973; Georgia 925,932; Ken- . " tucky 925,932; Louisiana 917,952; , Mississippi 919,947; North Carolina ' 923,937; South Carolina 917,952; Ten* 1 nessee 923,937; Texas 935,905; Vlrgrata 923,937. ( iHP ?HURSDAY, JULY ANOTHER MURDER. i B. Wallace Killed by Wm Jacobs Near Latta, Marion County. LOW ABOUT WALLACE'B SISTER. in Vlvila tlic IIoumo to Which Sfie Hail Fled From Her Father'* 11 o 11 ho anil W ?h Shot anil liiHtatitly Killed. We Dave to record one more murder n South Carolina. A special dispatch rom Latta, In Marlon County, to The tate says: Oue of the most terrible tragedies hat ever occurred In tin so paris was nacted In the old V idalia school house, o occupied by the Jacobs family, at. alf past 10 o'clock Saturday nl^ht dien Mr. Will Jacplw shot and Inlantly kil'o 1 Mr. Lt. B. Wallace. "It Is said that.the dispute arose bout Mr. Wallace's sister, Miss Bell Vallace, who had taken her abode In he Jacobs home. She, It is claimed, ras made to have, or any rate did ?ave, her father's home some days revious. On her exit from hi r pa [jntal home she was immediately idged In the house of Mr. Jacobs as tated above. "Her brother, Mr. R. R. Wallace, avlng heard of her whereabouts, left aturday night from Dillon In comauy with Messrs. 1). W. Wggs and t. M. Jackson. They arrived arrived tthe house of Jacobs something afer 10 o'clock, all in rather buoyant, ood spirits. Without further cereaony Wallace knocked at the door diile his companions remained In the uggy. "At the time of Jaob's appearance t the door they seemed to be In a ery friendly mood and both gave the ccustomed greeting with a hearty andshake. Wallace did not enter lie house but was led by Jacobs to a orner at the rear end of the building, 'hev were In conference for some tive r ten minutes when the> returned to lie door-steps, where Wallace sent ut a volley of oaths, against his siser, threatening to give her a thrashlg. He then began to penetrate the ark recesses of the little cabin and ras followed by Jacobs, who up to this I me was unaware of the pistol he held 1 his hand. "When both were within another bower of oaths and threats escaped its lips. At this Instant lie was orered from the house, but instiad of liking heed he, It is said, rather imed his weapon at Jacobs, llut ulck as lightning the latter seized Is gun from behind the door and mptied its contents In the head of Wallace. His companions heard the olse and hastened to learn the cause tlwwt .. rv# iicii u [juuuic ui uiuuii uuu iuu uinuin f the deceased were in evidence of the eed that had been committed. "Jacobs escaped through the rear oor .and no clue to his whereabouts s yet has been ascertained, but it is bought that he is lying concealed til after the inquest of the jury, dien he will deliver himself up in erson. Mr. Jacobs is a farmer living , n the place of Dr. F. M. Monroe and p to this time has conducted himself ery well. Those who know him say e is quiet and peaceful, but has lenty of "grit" when thoroughly roused. A dispatch from Dillon gives this ersion of the killing. "The old school ou8c one mile south of Latta and ocupled by a Croatan family by the ame of Jacobs was the scene of a iarful tragedy Saturday night about o'clock. Hob Wallace, foreman of the Mllond Herald oillce, lies dead with tie whole back of his head blown way, bis young wife a widow and his )ur children fatherless. "Saturday afternoon Wallace, in ompany with a Mr. Biggs and a young ian by the name of Jackson, all riding 1 one vehicle, left Dillon. One of the arty claims they went to Latta, and n their return, as the buggy got oposite the house mentioned above, Wallace asked that they hold up a molent. He went into the house, and a ew seconds afterwards there was a reort of a gun. When the house was enered Wallace was found lying dead pon the Moor, his pistol near his ody. There were two or three females in lie house, Wallace's sister being one f them. Thev did not hesitate to say hat Jacobs did the shooting, but Tuners are contlictii g as to wtiat provokd the tragedy." i\H?aulled and llrowncd. Miss Pauline Edwards was drowned n a creek near her home near Danille, Va.. on Wednesday. The bodv. tartly submerged, was discovered beore the young woman was missed from ler home. The discovery of the body vas made by a farm hand. Thero was :very evidence of foul play. The 'ouug woman's clothing was torn and lisheveled and the sod on the bank of -he stream was loosened as If in a truggle. It is balieved that the girl, vho was not more than 16 years of ige, was assaulted, and that her head vas afterwards held in the stream un<11 she drowned. The water In the ircek is not more than a few lnchef leep, which eliminates the possibility >f her having fallen in and drowned. Clasped in the cold tingers of the dead {Irl was found a piece of cloth which n^ght have been a part of a man's /oat. The position of the girl as she ay in the water, the condition of her Nothing and the sitrns of the atruoalA >n the bank, all Indicate that she had nade a desperate tight for her life and per honor. There were marks on her aeck, which might have been the Impressions of human lingers. Sold Under Mortgage. What is regarded as another failure )f negro ownership and operation of a jotton mill was marked Wednesday when the Coleman cotton mill at Conjord was sold at public auotion under in execution of two mortgages held by the Dukes of Durham, N. 0. The property was bid In foi the mortgages it 110,000. The concern owes 120,000. Die Colemen mill was the tirst in North Carolina to run with colored pel p. The organizer of the mill was Warren Coleman, a well known negro >f Concord. lie had considerable means ind it la Mid that the failure of the venture odB him most of his property. Joleman dffd some months ago. ? i WwT 7, 1904. ABOODLER'S CONFESSION. tie Telia District Attorney Folk of a Vaot Bribe System. A dispatch from St. Louis Mo., says It was announced that Charles A. i Gutke, former momber of the house of delegates, convicted on a charge of i bribery aud soon to be tried on an- < other similar charge, Tuesday made a 1 complete confession to Circuit Attor- ' ney Joseph VV. Folk, In which he J declared that Former Delegate ] Charles F. Kelley had told him he j had received 150,000 fur going to , Europe when his presence in St. Louis jeopardized men of prominence. , Kelley is also resting under one con- | vlction and is soon to be tried In another case. Circuit Attorney Folk , attaches great Importance t) the , revelations which have been made by Gutke. When he came from the circuit attorney's olllce, Gutke hand- , ed out for publication written extracts ( from his confession, which the follow- , is a part: "The tirst bill thut came up after , I had become a member of the com- , bine In the house of delegates was the | 'suburban loop bill.' The combine , got $20,000 for their votes on this j bill; on the 'Union avenue bill' we got ( $18,000; on the'Ceutral traction'bill , wo got $75,000; on the Third street i line bill $15,000; on the lightning bill , we got $47,600, on the Suburban bill j we were to get $75,000, which is now ( in the safe deposit box in the Lincoln j Trust company, being placed there ( with the agreement that It should be , turned over to us when the bill had i been passed. , "While these are some of the largest j bribes during my term of otlice, there , were inumerab'e others ranging from j $10,000 for switching bills to a few > hundred dollars for some minor prlvl- , lege. The bribe prices were fixed In ] meetings of the combine. We would ( select an agent of the combine by ] ballot to negotiate for and receive the ] money. This agent would distribute the money among us. From my intl- ( mate knowledge of dealings with this combine and from information secured , on what lias been going on here for the last quarter of a century, I make . the positive statement that there is , hardly a corporation in the city of St. ( Louis of $250,000 and over that has , not cither been held up for bribe . money or bought otllclal action from , the combine in the house of dele- , gates.| Other details were given by Gutke, | who mentioned the name of a proml- ] nent local politician, who, he said, had , been at the head of nearly all the | combines in the house of delegates , during the past 25 years. He said , the "boodle" gang in St Louis has already planned to capture the circuit , attorney's otllee at the next election. DEATH FROM BLOOD POISONING. ! I or a Prominent TluHliieBB Man at I I (iaffnoy Iiast Week. , A dispatch from GafTney says that 1 community was shocked Tuesday ( afternoon when it was announced that , Fred G. Stacy, president of the Na- I tional Bank, was dead. He succumb- ' ed to blood poison a little after 3 ] o'clock. Mr. Stacy had been in a , critical condition for about two weeks < and the end was not unexpected. Mr. i Stacy's death Is unusually sad. He 1 was engaged in an altercation a few , days ago with another man, and, , striking him in the mouth, broke the skin of his hand against the other's , teeth. The wound, seemingly slight, grew worse and blood poison set In. | Dr. William Anderson of Blacks burg, and Dr. lleinltsh of Spartanburg were called in to assist Dr. 0. A. .IclTries and all that medical skill could do was done for him. He was thought to be better the latter part of last week, but Sunday he did not rest so well, and early Monday morning he suffered a hemorrhage from his hand. After a time the tlow of blood was stopped, but Tuesday morning it was decided that the only chance was to amputate the hand which was done. Mr. Stacy never rallied after the operation. In Mr. Stacy's death this section loses one of its most usful men. He was one of the best business men in the whole section and was interested in aim >st every enterprise In town. He was president of the National Bank, the Gaffney Savings Bank, the Gaffney Telephone Co., the secretary and treasurer of the Cherokee Lime Works. He was recently elected secretary and treasurer of the re-organized carpet mill. He is a director and has an interest in almost every enterprise in Gaffney. His place will be hard to till. The Knights of Pythias conducted the funeral. Mr. Stacy was about 47 years of age and leaves a mother and a number of brothers and sisters. Found Body Floating At Miami, Fla., the body of W. A. MADIIOAB u/UQ fr\i i nrl 11 on I? nun 1WUUU 111 iliU river at the old bridge Thursday i Morning. Judge IIill impaneled a coroI ner's jury and the body was view at i King's undertaking establishment. On McQueen's head there is an ugly bruise and the theory by some is* advanced that he was murdered and his body thrown in the river. The Jury has not brought in a verdict at his time. McQueen was well known there as a quiet and inofTensive man. I'airt (he Penalty. A dispatch from Cartersvllle, Qa., says John Jones, the negro assailant of Mrs. Banister, was lynched near the scene of* his crime about nightfall Friday. Judge A. W. Flte made a speech in an attempt to restrain the crowd of about 200 but it was useless. The negro's body was riddled with bullets, more than 500 shots being fired. About * C?bl)?Ke Patch. At Fayettevllle, Qa., Steve Renfroe, an old man 70 years old, shot his daughter-in-law throught the head Thursday killing her instantly. Mr. Renfroe and his daughter-in-lew disagreed about a cabbage patch. Feeling ran high for awhile against the old man, .but it is unlikely that vloence will be done him. THE AIKEN TRIAL. What the Richmond Newidlerald j Hays About Green'* Acquittal. It would be interesting to know, says the Richmond News-Herald, j whether it is possible to prevent in a South Carolina court any case which H would be declared murder provided the defendant could command a few huudred dollars for the conduct of his defense. At Aiken, S. C., Lefe Green, a young white farmer, was acquitted last week of the murder of Abram Surasky, a Jewish neighborhood ped- S dler. o The evidence showed that the ped- ii dler had called at Green's house in n the oours': of his regular rounds and t was killed there. Three leads of buck b jh< t were tired Into his head and back t and Ids skull was battered to pieces p with an axe. After the killing, Gieen v went to Ids nearest neighbor, a negro named Henry Drayton, curryiug his li jud, and b tween threats and promts- t as Induced Drayton and wife to return t with him and help to scour the blood "1 >talns from the tloor of ids house. He t llso tried hard tn inrtiir?? lifnut/ni / help h'm bury the body, butthere the Q negro balked. lie testilies that he re- a plied: "Mr. Green, If I put ray hand t )n that man, I'll be in as bad a tlx as g you are, and I wouldn't do it for a a thousand dollars," whereupon Green li jpbraided him bitterly for lack of p friendship and neighborly feeling. The t two negroes gave evidence which bore '1 the stamp of truth. They said that ? nn the walk between their houses and t Glreen's the murderer told them with i< brutal frankness the story of his c jrirae. He said he shot the peddler lu the back and then "let him have" the t. jther barrel. He failed, however, to t inflict an immediately fatal wound, f The poor, terrltied, humble creature l< ilei Into the house, Green following b tilm reloading his gun. Cornered in C the house, Surasky fell, but lifted a liimself to his knees and begged for )< his life. "I'll give you everything I'ye got." t Green told the negroes, Surasky said, n "I'll give you the clothes I've got on l me. I've got. little children." t He was trying to pull oir his coat t iiul ofTere:! it to show how earnest he t was In his promise to surrender every- s thing when the beast shot him again, p and that failed to kill him, seized an l axe and crushed his head Into frag- t ments. Then he took the body into t the woods near by and hid It there c temporarily, turned the peddler's f( horse loose in the road and dragged Ills wagon into to bushes, where It was out of 3ight. He got in money v from the body $3 50 in silver coin, which ho showed the negro, who tes- s titled that he exclaimed: "My God, Mr. Green, did you kill a J man for three dollars and a half?" Green's defense was corroborated by s' his wife. It was to the effect that G when he returned home from a mill a he found Surasky in the act of as- J< iaultlng his wife, and that when he . Interferred the peddler attacked him ' with a knife. Certainly a more pre- j posterous defense never was submitted ( to the Intelligence of twelve good and ' true men. The idea of an inoffensive, middle aged Jewish peddler, with a ^ family of his own, who lived not tif- a teen miles away, had been making his J" rounds in the neighborhood for months ind wii8 well known as the mall carrler, attempting a violent assault on a young woman of twenty and then . rushing at her husband with a knife, 8 Lhe husband having a doubled-barrell3d K'un in his hands, is as Icrude and 11 wild and impossible as the dullest and most ignorant mind could devise. 81 Yet, the jury accepted the defense * and acquitted the prisoner in the face of the fact that he had made 0 no report of the tragedy, had left * the peddler's b idy lying concealed in ' the woods four or live dajs, w?is de- c tected by white men who found the horse astray, recognized it and tracked it back to Green's house, and after _ the discovery had lied and remained in a hiding until the sheriff got on his a trail and caught him in his father's ? corn crib. Shavings from the floor of Green's house showed stains of Sur- a aaky's blood and contlrmed the story told by the negroes as told to them 11 by Green, that the peddler had Held into the room in the Anal effort to ^ prolong his life a few seconds. The Hebrews at Aiken interested themselves in the case of their un- E fortunate humble fellow and employ- c ed au array of talented counsel to aid 8 in the prosecution. The evidence J was overwhelming and appears to have been well presented, and we r cannot doubt that the arguments 8 were able; but the prisoner's friends had rallied to him gallantly, and he, 1 too, was represented by able counsel. J So he went home triumphant, ofti- j daily stamped as an innoncent and J law abiding citizen. So far as de- 1 velops, the only suffers outside of the murdered man and his family and ( f rlonHu u rn t u/A nmrvA miinnooaa T r? I VMV4U UIV V*VV UV(S?V AAA consequence of their evidence given J at the coroner's Inquest, they found themselves unsafe and were forced to J leave their home. They are living in 1 the town of Aiken and hardly dare to go beyond the line for fear of the vengeance of the friends of the injured Oreen. One of them found i employment with a local Hebrew merchant and of this fact counsel for I | the defense made much. Possibly that very fact caused the Intelligent and conscientious jurors to wave aside all the direct and clrumstantlal evidence which established one of the foulest and most horrible murders ever done. Author of Dixie Dead. A telephone message recel ved Tuesday night from MouDt Vernon, O., announced the sudden death in that city of Dan Kmmett, the old time minstrel and famous as the composer of "Dixie." Kmmett was about 86 years old. His last publlo appearance was made four years ago when be toured the states with a minstrel com- ; pany. They know Hiin. The national bank officials of 8a- i vannah were recently the guests at a fish supper of President Leopold Adler, of the Chathan bank. After supper a straw vote was taken On the presidential question. Fifteen voted I for Cleveland for the nomination and two for Parker. i NO. lk^BH CLEVELAND'S BOOM. ^ lyan at the Head of a Movement to Infl&te It. ABKER'S FRIENDS ON DECK. ? ? ome InteroHtlnic Qosslp About the Democratic) National Convention Which 1m Now In Senalon at Ht. IiouIh. A dispatch from St. Louis last aturday said two distinct Hues of peration developed in the prelimnary skirmish of the Hemocratic lational convention. One is a scheme o rush the nomination of Judge Purer on tlie tirst or second ballot and he other is to scatter the vote and so revent an early nomination with a lew of naming Cleveland or Gorman. The friends of Gorman and Cleveuud are working to hold the convenion for several ballots in the hope hat their cand d ite may be named. ?he Gorman men are not parties in lie Cleveland movement nor are the Cleveland advoctes combining with Gorman's friends. There is no allince but It is to tho interest of botli hat the Parker strength be disinterated as soon as possible. There are few men here men of the old Clevoind guard who are watching every olnt and who are Inclose communlcaian witli Cleveland's supporters. ^hev are usiinr t,h? rm?A luanu n? n.~ , ? o www BU^UV VII UI1D outhern men and with all delegates hey use the argument that Cleveland s the only man that the Democrats an elect. The man who Is credited with being he head and front, and manager of he Cleveland movement, Thomas F. tyan, will arrive Sunday. Mr. Ryan s a delegate from Virginia, and has >een identified with the Atlantic toast Line railroad. He has also been ^sociated with Charles F. Murphy, eader of Tammany nail. Gorman's position is stated to be bat he will not enter into any com dilation to defeat the nomination of 'arkcr unless it means his own selecion. Around Gorman is gathered he Maryland, West Virginia and Pisrlct of Columbia delegations and ome from other States, witli a bare ossibllity of securing New Jersey and 'ennsylvania. It seems now that decontrol of party affairs will pass to he east, no matter who may be tho and id ate or what will be the platorm. ltltYAN WILL NOT llOLT. Strong assurances are given that Vm. J. Bryan will not bolt. It is fated that Mr. Bryan will offer vigorus dissent to the platform and penally to the candidate, but some Demorats say that after expressing hisdlsent it is not the intention of the leadrs to allow any great latitude to him fter his minority report has been rcected. The movement in the interest of lr. Cleveland so far as it took shape 'riday was directed against the candlacy of Judge Parker. Tiius far no eadquarters have been established in lleveland's interest and 110 delegates rho express a preference for him have rrived, but each train coming in frdm he States east ?f the Mississippi seem j bring passengers who regarded the jrmer president as a formidable posibility. This circumstance led to the conclu011 that a systematic campaign had een organized in Now York or Washlgton. The friends of Judge Parker met tho ituatlon boldly and apparently were relcoming it. Tiiey freely expressed he oplniou that the serious discussion f Mr. Cleveland's name in connection run tne presidency will have the ef3ct of driving many delegates to their and i date. DA UK IIOK8K8. Amonif the "dark horses" most of he spoken of are Arthur P. Gorman nd Jos. W. Folk. John T. McGraw nd former Senator Henry G. Davis f West Virginia, who are among Frl- i ay's arrivals, were outspoken in their A dvocacy of Gorman, saying that the fl Vest Virginia vote would be cast fop i i m from the beginning. -Jfjl Evidently the principal contention vili be over the point as to whether here shall be a spescitlo declaration ^K||| avorable to the alUrmatlon of the irlnciples enunciated In the platforms ra ?f 1890 and 1900. There is already X||||| trenuous contention as to whetlter || here shall be any reference whatever B|||j o those two declarations and there are nany shades of views as to how the ^Bpjp ubject should be covered. pf! Some delegates express the opinion ^||| ;hat the preparation of the platform will be left almost entirely to Senator ^ lorman and Congressman Williams, * Jte Democratic leaders in the two muses of congress. It is generally believed that the iharacter of the platform will have a narked influence upon the presidential lomlnationand as only a majority vote is required for its adoption its exact wording will be awaited with much interest. ^ Promptly Acquitted. I At Charleston J. P. Carroll was ac- jJm , ...it i..#i f ? 14uiuuou jl iiumuajr ttlbcniuun UI LIIO murder of George M. Caulfleld. The defendant set up the plea of self do- ^Hhhh fense. A messenger boy testlfled^HpSH that he heard one of Caulflcld's partufl?nffiffl make a threat against some one. Mull ally testified that from the nati^^^^^^^| of the wound, he thought that field's arm must have been as if in attack, this testimony to offset the previous evidence Gaul field was being pursued shot in the back. Five wltn^^j^^^^^^^Pfe eluding Lieutenant of Poll^^^^^^^Hpr ken, testified that Oarroll character Shot Hlin?el4^^^^Mg^EKIr A dispatch from Spart^luRggpfr William M. Lowe, nlgi^^^^Hman at the Whitney mills, ^^^^^Hself Friday afternoon by sdj^^^^Hrm&elf through the heart w||^^^^K?4Jbre pistol In an up sta^^HB^fl his dwelling, "'bksh is loH^^^mthe mill town. Lowe was 48 years old. His ^ wife and si% children, the moat of whom work in Whitney mills, survive him. For se^en or eight years be bad been engaged fta drayman for the factory, but gave up recently to become night watchman.