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\ ^ % VOL. 14. AFRICAN COTTON. < Claimed that It Can be Succes# fully Grown There. SOME LARUE CLAIMS. ' An Undertaking Which it is Said, Shows that Cotton pan Ik drown in Africa as Easily as in Th? _Eavored Section of the United States. Director of the Mint OeorKO E. Roberts has Just received a letter from Leltfh Hunt, the noted American capitalist aud explorer, ?wbo Is p 11 lti?cr<">rl tn ? ?... wjrouuiK up an extensive area in the Soudan to the raising of cotton, In which Mr. Hunt says his experiments In the employment of American negroes In the Soudanese cotton fields have been successful. About a year ago, Mr. Hunt took a dozen skilled cotton growers from TuBkegee to Africa for the purpose of testing their value In raising cotton and his experiment attracted much notice at the time. He has decided now to take over several times as many as In his original experiment. He arrived In New York a few days ago en route to Tuskege.e and It was from New York he wrote Mr. Roberts. He expects to reach Washing ton in a short time, on his return from Tuskegce, and as he and Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture are great personal friends, he will doubtless have much to say to the secretary and to the experts in cotton growing In the department, about the method of cotton raising pursued In the Soudanc S3 region. Mr. Hunt writes Mr. Roberts not only that he Is pleased with the American negroes as cotton gr jwers, but that they themselves arc greatly pleased with the climate and sur roundincs into whh?h thou iia?? l<nn" 0 vuvyj i U* IV; UUUII taken. His object In getting skilled American negroes is not eutirely on account of their own worth in the growing of cotton, but also to have them teach the Egyptian natives how U> do this work. He will have this in mind in making his selections of the next list of those who are to ac company him on his return. lie desires to have negroes who have been technically educated in cotton growing and lie will avail himself of the counsel of Hooker T. Washington in getting men of the right sort. Of this experiment in transporting American negroes to the Soudan, Mr. liunt says: "Thus far there is certainly no cause for disappointment. The negroos in our employ are technically educated men, good workers and their Influence on the natives Ih the liest. However, it looks as if the prevailing opinion that the Egyptian fellaheen Is averse from migrating to the Upper Nile Is wrong If he does take kindly to the Soudan, it means that Lord Cromer's dream will be realized and the Soudan will become the outlet for the overllow of Egypt, in which event my colored ccuntrymeu must meet a orceful rival." . Mr. Hunt, as the result of the pist v para's fxnp.rip.nr.e in ti\? llnnpr Niln country, is convinced it has great rlcultural possibilities. Sugar cane and cotton, lie says, are certainties while wheat and barley may b >. depended upon as far sout h as the Hluc Nile. Tobacco is prohibited, although Mr. Hunt thinks the region ideal for tobacco culture. Vegetables do well, but it will take time to d( Ymine what can be done with fruit ? "Our experiments in cotton," tays Mr. Hunt, "show a larger yield per acre then Egypt produces and quality quite up to the best American. lieHides the Egyptian varieties will do as well as In Egypt if planted early, but early planting involves the question of water at low Nile, which Is the problem of the future. Water is everything. The railway line connecting Sheikh Harghub on the Red Sea with Darner on the Nile will be completed in June, 19U(>, if no unexpected interruptions occur. Then the door whioh hitherto has baen closed on that great country will swing wide open for the era of commercial peace and prosperity. It is doi.'bv(l If the full meaning of this new ohapter in the redemption of the Soudan is very generally understood." Mr. Hunt has traveled extensively in the far East and has large interests in Korea. In fact, he went from Korea about the time the war was beginning and went to Egypt in pursuance of an arrangement with the Soudanese government to superintend cotton growing on a large tract between Heritor and Suakin whioh he bought from the government. On account of his personal familiarity with the conditions at the seat of war, Mr. Huut's ideas on the subject are valuable. He says the after results of it will be valuable for all natious but Germany. That country among out side influences, he says, is rct&rded as seoond only to the Russo Chinese bank in bringing it about. Japan will readily forgive France, for she looks on France as an honorable and chivalrous ally of Russia, but she will never foririve the meddling of Ger many. The success of Japanose arms means new and better life to Korea and Ohlna, Mr. Iiunt believes. Now that Japan knows her strength, he says, she will give to her neighbor a strong guiding hand, which will mean that "Ohina's superb natural resources and Incomprehensible wealth and power of her cheap labor are factors to be reckoned with in the future. With her extensive iron and coal deposits and cheap labor you can safelj count on rapid progress. I do not Ir the least believe in the yellow perl unless it be the synonym of progresi In Ohlna. But why should the pros perity of China be saoriticed to satlsf] the indecision of the powers? Japa nese progress seems to point to peaa rather than war, for there is littli douht that the future controlllni combination of the world will b England. France, Italy and Japan - i i r- ;*" ?vvv..?jvvt As for the United States, wo shall have our hands full at home looking after our Sooiallsts unless our republic rides safely through the storm that Is now gathering. The Important Issue here is simply this: Shall a few rich men, by and with the consent of the senate, dominate the United States, or shall Presldeut itoosevelt by and with the help of the people prevail in his light against corporate greed V" GEN. FI1Z11UGH LEE. The Northern 1'aperH Hprak Highly of ttin Dashing Cavalryman. The death of Fitzhugh Lee Is the occasion for the expression of sympathetic and appreciative opinion in the press of the northern and eastern States. Without exception, as far as 1 we have seen, these papers have gen erously availed themselves of an op portunlty to speak magnanimously and justly of the dashing Confederate cavalry leader who recognized no enemy save those under a hostile flag. i It was natural that the attitude of i Fitzhugh Lee should appeal strongly to the best sentiment of the north as < it did to the best sentiment of the I soutli. It was the attitude of a gal- i lant lighter, who does his best and, 1 at the end of the struggle, returns as gallantly to the tasks of peace?tasks I made more difficult by defeat and loss < Tri u>la ? ? uina wui am?UU{1 pi)SI HOIl, ( however, he was not the leader, as ' one might infer from reading the eu I logics of him In the northern press. i lie followed the lofty precept and ex i ample of his uncle, Llobert E Lee, and In this State the course advised < by that great chieftain had already < been adopted by Gen. Wade Damp- , ton, who, Indeed, needed no counsel i in any path of honor, of courage, or of ' right conduct. In praising Fitzhugh Lee's attitude, therefore, the praise t must be accepted, In principle, for | other leaders of the south in war and i in peace. i The New York Times said of Fitz * hugh Lee, the day he died, but before It knew of his death: "There is no I man in the south, and no man in the < United States, who contributed more < than Fltzhugh Leo to form, after the < division of the Civil war, a more per- | feet union" j In an appreciation of Lee, the Phil- < adelphia Public Ledger, after speaking of the "very important part played ] by tliis patriotic man and competent | administrator in theeraof reconstruc I tlon," said: i Cleveland acted with great spirit j and wisdom in appointing this dls ] tlngulshed son of the south and form- ] er Confederate general successively I Internal revenue collector in Virginia i and consul general at Havana; and < President McKlnley must have great i credit for his decision to retain this | Democrat at the Important Havana, i post, and particularly for appointing | him to be major general of volunteers i during the war with Spain, and finally, Aiilitary governor of Havana ( * * * Gen Lee wan thoroughly ; "reconstructed," like ills uncle, the ( Confederate military leader. Great I soldier as was Robert E. Leo, hia real l greatness -something of that large- , ness of scul which wo attribute to a < Washington?shone out conspicuously i in liis counsels and practices of peace ] aud good will, and in his performance i of new duties for the upbuilding of the i shattered south in a reunited country ( almost from the day that the war was i over. i The New York Sun very gracefully ( said: "Fi'zhugh L^e died a hero of i the whole A merlcan people. The 11 | lustrlous nam* he bore, typical of the J highest and ( urest American citizenship, is a pr ud national possession, i It is a name almost canonized at the South, and at the north it is scarcely ( less honored. It seems a far cry bick | to A ppomattox when one reads such < sentiments In the northern press. - : The State. i'alil their l>ebta. ' A meeting of the advisory committee which lias been in charge since October, 1903, of the affairs of the hanking houses of John L. Williams & Sons and J. William Mlddendorf & Co.. of Baltimore and Richmond was held Wednesday night. After the meeting it was announced that the debts of the two firms had been paid In full with interest and the committee had been dissolved. The two houses had obligations aggregating more than $12,000,000 at the time of their suspension llad they been forced Into bankruptcy at the time, they would probably have paid twenty ti ve cents on the dollar, But instead an advisory committee was formed and under the supervision of the committee, the two firms have liquidated more than $10,000,000 of their obligations. The final details of their settlement called for a loan of $500,000 on securities that the two firms desired to hold because of their developing values. One firm with London clients offered to take the whole amount, several New York houses also made similar tenders and Baltimore financial institutions sub aorlhed largely to the loan. Hotrod to The New York American says worry over a friend's jest is said to be responsible for the death of Leon K&hn nrftnrlot.ft* ' ''IVn OM tt . , K. v.. AliO V/lli I1UU1C stead," Union avenue and First street, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Kahn, who was forty-two years old, was a prominent 1 lodge man. lie had not been sick In twenty years. Saturday Kahn met a 1 friend, who during a joking conversa ; tion said"- "Another white shirt will finish you." That statement worried 1 Kahn. He asked at least two dozen ' friends if he looked sick. They said he ' did not. That night Kahn was seized | with pains near the heart. Paralysis (f the organ was the diagnosis. A few 1 hours later the hotel man was dead, President Pell lUvKlccted. ' Dr. R. P. Pell has bsen re elected i president of Converse College by the 1 board of trustees. In assuming the > duties of president of this well-knoWn and popular Institution for women for 1 another year he will pursue his well * known policy?that of working for 9 the suocess of the college, keeping up e its high standard of excellence, hold( ing in mind at all times everything s that tends to the uplifting and devel i. opnaent of womanhood. i ?tiiu iijuvM) i i esteruay was Memo i or ,? , COH A NOTED TRIAL. The Alleged Lynchers of Eutawville Will Face the Jury. \ Hhort History of tlio C?hp, That Will ho Head With Interest by our llo atlors. The alleged Eubawvllle lynchers will ha put on trial today, and the trial will last several days, as there are a good many witnesses to be examined. This case has excited considerable comment all over the State, and a review of It no doubt would be read with Interest at this time. The socalled lynching was the assassination of Keltt Book bard t by parties unknown the 7th day of last July. The negro had been put In j ill on the trivial charge of having exchanged epithets with Henry Kdwards. That night the negro was taken from the lllmsy structure used for keeping prisoners, and his body was found two days later in Saiitce river, having floated and brought to the top a heavy *ratc bar, which had been tied around tils body. The body gave evidence of inhuman treatment at the hands of tiends. The jars had been cut off and there weie other murks of violence to show in what manner the murderers had tried to degrade the body of their victim. Gov. Hey ward's attention was directed to the crime by a letter from Mr. J. I). Wiggins, magistrate at Kutawville, who denounced the murder and begged Gov. Hey ward to take some action. Accordingly Gov. Hey ward requested Solicitor lllldebrand to go to Kutawville for the Inquest. The Plnkerton Detective agency was also communi cated with and Inspector Dcmalo was put on the ca^e. The investigation resulted In the arrest, after throe months, of several white men of that lection. These men were kept ill custody at [die penitentiary until the 17th of December, when a preliminary hearing was held at St. George, Dorchester county, Magistrate A. E McUoy presiding. The preliminary was held it St. George becauso that point Is m the railroad and was as accessible wuiawvine and more accessible than as Monk's Corner. With one exception ihe prisoners were remanded to j ill io await trial. "Plncy" Martin was released, as he had been arrested on a warrant, intended for "Penny" Martin. The others indicated are: Henry C. E I wards, who confessed and Is being used as the prosecution wit less: S. A. Eadens, the constable in whose custody the negro was on the nltfht of the lynching; J. II. Palmer, policeman at Eutawville; Benny Martin, Andrew Martin and Adger Butler. The latter was released, as nothing could bi proved against him. T e crime was supposed to have ocjurred In Berkeley county, and the tccuscd were taken to the Berkeley jounty seat. Mouck's Corner, where they had l>3en 1 yirik hi Jail since last December until brought to Or mgeburg last week. But when the 3i.se was called for trial at Mouck's Corner in January, Solicitor Hildeprand sprang a surprise. He had had the territory surveyed, and while it is true that Eutawville is In Berkeley 30uuty, still the place at which the murder it alleged to have been com mitted is in Orangeburg county. The sasc was thus transferred to this county In which there was not so much personal feeling and interest. It Is probable that ihe defendants attorney will make a motion to take the case back to Berkeley county. Henry 101 wards, who turned State's evidence, and who will be one of the principal witnesses against the ao cused, was kept in the Penitentiary it Columbia since his arrest until last mitii no wiw urougui. to wrang(birg under guard. It seems that the authorities were afraid he would be treated with violence if sent to the Berkeley Jail and Imprisoned with the men he had turned States evidence against. He admits his connection with the terrible affair, but claims that the above named dofendents were the principle actors in the bloody drama. Eiwards Is quite a young man, and Is from an excellent family. It will be left for the jury charged with the duty of passing on the ease to say what credence there is to be put In the evidence given by Kiwards. The case will bs a hard fought one, as there are able lawyers nn both sides. The defendants have lawyers from the Berkeley, D >rchcster and Orangeburg bars to conduct their case, and they will be most ably defended. Solioitor Hlldebrand will rep resent the State. He is an aole and very successful c.illcial, and will have no stone unturned to convict the ac cused of the crime he believes them guilty of. If the defendants are guilty we hope it will be made so plain that no one can doubt it, and If they are Innocent we hope they will have a speedy acquittal.?Times and Democrat. Hutch a Train. Hut for the presence of mind and natural Intelligence of Nannie Gibson, a sixteen year old barefoot mountain girl, a mixed freight and passenger train leaving Ashevllle Monday morning, eastward bound, would In all probability have been wrecked at Mud Cut In the Iilue Uldge mountains and several lives lost. Nannie Gibson llvet close to Mud Gilt. 'Phut mnmlnor saw a great pile of rock and eartfc slide on the track at that place shortly after a special train had passed and realizing that an engineer of ar eastward bound train would be unable to see the slide In time to stop the train and that there was Imminent danger of loss of life and property she picked up a torpedo and running up tire track some distance placed It on the rail at the mouth of the tun nel. Then hurrying back, she found ( red Hag, and again started up the track when she heard the engine whistle of the mixed train. As the train came she waved the Hag, the en glneer applied the brakes, and the train came to standstill within lest than twenty steps of the slide. Aftei the girl ohlld had told her story the passengers showered upon her coins amounting to many dollars. rial D.iv and in ,ow" llst l'Vulay. ' ?HOTl WAY. S. C., THURi WORK OF A MOB. Chicago Strikers Beat and force Negro Strike Breakers to RUN FOR THEIR LIVES Wherever Negroes Appeared It Wa* the Signal (or Furious Assault by Strikers and Sympathizers. One Man Killed During the Day. Scores Wounded. The fighting In Chicago Wednesday ( In the streets was more fierce than the day before. The strikers and their sympathizers attacked the non i union men at every opportunity, assailing them with bricks, stones, clubs, knives and any and every other offensive weapon upon which they < could lay their hands. The lighting occurred In the heart j of the business section of the oltv, men being shot down within 200 feet | of the retail store of Marshall Field t Co., or clubbed nearly to death at the , corner of the Auditorium hotel, in , plain view of hundreds of ladles, who | wero compelled to run fpom the mob | to save their own lives. ** < In many instances men walking \ along the streets who had no active , onnnAftt.Inn with tho utritn ? ??? ? .1 W?? VMU out a no noiO W | saulted by hoodlums, who beat them tirst and later accused them of being , strike breakers. A notable Instance of this kind was that of Iter. W. K. , Wheeler, pastor of the Ninth Prcsby- , terlan church who while passing the \ eorner of Desplaines and Ada,ms t streets on his way to the Pennsylvania t depot, was attacked by three men, , who knocked him down and beat him unmercifully until the timely arrival of the police saved him from critical t Injury. Mr. Wheeler managed to t hold one of his assailants until the j police could arrest him. c William Miles, a colorod waiter, ] while at work In a lunch room at , Adams and Sangamon streets, a half , mile from any former scene of rioting a doing the strike, was also a victim of H the strikers' fury, although he had no a connection whatever with the trou ble. He was accused of being a strike breaker, was pounded on the head with a billy, knocked down and tram pled upon. Miles was removed to the hospital, where his injuries were pronounced severe. As far as known, but one man was killed during the day. The list of Injured Is much greater than that which It is possible to obtain. In many cases the nonunion men swung their clubs with great effect; knocking men fiom their wagons headlong into the street; in other Instances, when assailed by mobs, they tired point blank into t.h? r.rnwHu and n la smi ,, .c v..... J cult to nee how the members or the { mob could escape many broken head* t or how all the bullets tired during the . day should have gone wild. ] TIIK I)KAD AND INJURBD. ] Charles Heard, struck on the fore- f head In the tight near the Auditorium hotel. He died of a fractured skull at 1 the Mercy hospital, where he had ! been taken. The injured: < Hruno Germain, New York city 1 head cut. 1 Charles Moody, beat on the head ' with canes by strikers, condition serl- I ous. John H!um, nonunion driver, struck in the side with a brick, one rib broken. William Miles, colored waiter, head ( cut with billy, and trampled on. Police Sergeant Ilarron, thrown from patrol wagon while responding to riot call, leg badly wrenched. Martin Garray, nonunion man head badly cut by billies in the hands of strikers. W. N. Brown, nonunion teamster, st ruck by a bucket of cement thrown from twelfth story of building at Adams and State street; leg broken. Policeman Edward Gampton.struck on head with a brick; severely cut. Rev. W. K. Wheeler, beaten by strikers; face and head cut. Henry Shultz, shot in left side by nonunion teamsters; not seriuus. Daniel Cohen, nonunion man struok on head with a club. William Hurke, right hand lacerated by brick. William IIlll, head and left shoulder cut by stones. A. B. Smith, nonunion man, face cut with a stone. Frank Emerson, nonunion man, right hand smashed by heavy stone. James Smith, nonunion man, struck in the back by a stone; Injuries are severe. Albert Mcllvalne. shot in the hack. not expected to live. Lyde McDowell, shot In the left hip. William Bass, shot In the left leg below thtknee. i J. Krickson, shot In the right arm above the elbow. Louis Busman, colored, struok on the head with a brick in a tight at , Jackson boulevard and Ilalsted street. William Davis, colored, nonunion i driver, head cut. James Butler, colored, nonunion i driver, arm broken. Andrew Scott, colored, nonunion , driver, head cut. i William Riggs, colored, nonunion ; driver, head out. > Frank Curry, leader of nonunion t -men, struok on head by a stone while , conducting wagons along BMrankllng ; street. 1 KIKIK'K KIOIIT WITH 8LUOOKHS. A. b. Utelv floor manager for Monti gomery Ward & Co., attacked by i sluggers on Oakenwald avenue. Mr. IJ tely, who has been acti ve In the interests of Ward & Co., sinoe the commencement of the strike, was attacked by men who he thinks have 5 been following him for several days, r while passing a vavent lot in Oaken ) wald avenue, between Forty-fourth , and Forty-fifth streets. The men knocked him down and kicked him In U :l? jJSLa I 1 3D AY, MAY 11,19C a terrible manner about the head and faoe. He knocked one down with a billy, and the others ran. Thinking he had killed his assailant, Utely went call an ambulance but when it arrived the man had either recovered and gone away, or had been carried olT by his companions. A hundred colored men imported as strike breakers by the Kmploylng Teaming Company struok today. The negroes complained that they could not protect themselves with wooden sticks or canes, which were being furnished by the company. The col ored men declared that the canes however stout, could not give protec tion against bricks, stones or similar missiles. The men wanted revolvers. Their request was refused. Ono of the liveliest disturbances of the day ocourred within a block of tho Auditorium hotel. Shooting was re sorted to by colored nonuulon men today at Harrison street and Wabash avenue. Three wagons, formerly owned by the Kdwln F. Daniels Coal Company, were being driven south in Wabash avenue. At the Harrison itreet crossing a large crowd gathered about the drivers and guards. Sticks, tiling, broken bottles and other minifies striking the negroes. NKOUO SHOOTS. One of the oolored guards, named Darter, whipped out a revolver and jhot at Henry Schultz, who, It is alleged, was approaching Carter. The bullet struck Schultz In the left side. He ran south in Wabash avenue for a dock before he fell. The crowd thoroughly enraged at the action of the colored men quickly closed In up >n the non unionists and beat them thoroughly. A police call was seut n and seventy policemen under Inipcctor Patrick J. Lavin hurried to the scene and dispersed the crowd wii/ii vigor. acnuitz was taken to a lospital Carter was arrested. The bullet struck one of Schultz's lbs. He will recover. The shooting caused much excitencnt at the Auditorium. The wo nen became hysterical and rushed )&ck Into the hotel. For a time ell ratllc on Wabash avenue cable and ,hc Indiana avenue electric car line vas at a standstill. PIOTUKKmjUK SIGHT. One of the picturesque sights witleased today was a procession of 600 ion-union colored teamsters going rom their lodgings to the Employes' Teaming Company barns, at franklin street and Jackson bjulerard. The negroes wero led by a vhlte man, Frank Curry, formerly a itreet car grlpman, who became a itrlke breaker during the city railway itrlke here some months ago, and vho has recently been active In labor roubles at St. Louis. Crowds folowed Curry's novel procession today )ut the size of the force of non unionsts and the fact that the> were accompanied by tifty policemen seemed it tirst to act as a deterrent of any intowed proceedings. The proceslion turned Into Jackson boulevard 'rom Michigan avenue, where there <vas an increasing crowd of strike lympatlitzors, who, with yells of deianoc, began throwing stoues arc! irtOkS. Police Lieutenant Dillon vas struck on the head. lie staggered and would have fallen had not leveral of the strike breakers caught knd sustained him. Other qplice and k number of the strike breakers were klso hit. The march in Jackson bouevard was stormy, but the barns at franklin street were reached without, levero Injury to any one. x mi \jy uuii-uiuuu teamsters were attacked Wednesday by a crowd cf itrlke sympathizers at Jackson b >ulevard and Halstead streets. All kinds missiles were used. The non union teamsters, armed with stout hickory dubs, attempted to tight the mob, hut were being overpowered when the police arrived. William Wrather, a white guard, was severely injure ^ The police, clubbing right and left, rushed the crowd off the streets. Five persons were arrested. Only ten hf the non union teamsters could be found, the others having lied. THOUSANDS ATTACK NKOKOE8 Slmultantous with the shooting near the Auditorium Wednesday afternoon, another riot was in progress at Michigan avenue and Lake street, a mile north on the same boulevard. A crowd of 300 negroes imported from St. Louis were being escorted from the railway depot to a lodging house At Lake street and Michigan ave nue a crowd of 3,000 persons attacked the negroes, many of whom were armed with stones, pieces of coal, black Jacks, revolvers and stout hick ory canes. When persons in the crowd began to throw stones, sticks and bottles, the negroes charged re peatedly, making tierce use of the hickory. Each time, however, the crowd increased. Persons in office buildings rushed to the streets and swelled the gathering. Caught in Chicago. Henry G. Qoll, the former assistant cashier of the Frst National bank of Milwaukee, was arrested in Chicago Thursday, according to the information given out by the police authorities in Milwaukee. The capture was made by Detective Dennis Sullivan, of the Milwaukee police department Goll was walking on 30th street in Chicago when a Milwaukee officer ran a AVAca T f amma* ? A. ? A " " * ? nvivno niuii 1U a|lpUAI9 lillilb \jfUll DAH been in Chicago tor several days, staying at a different hotel every night. A warrant was issued for doll's arrest at the same time the warrant was served on Frank G. Bigelow, the defaulting banker. Tried to Kill Hlmaelf. Tom Ooz, sentenced to be hanged at Nashville, Tenn., for the murder of Policeman Bon F. JDowell, made a desperate attempt to oommit suicide In his cell at the county jail there Wednesday morning by taking poison. His condition Is oritlcal in the extreme and the chances are against his recovery. Ooz la perhaps Tennessee's most noted criminal of recent years. The killing of Policeman Dowcll was of a most sensational character and Ooz'a trial attraoted widespread attention. Negro Boy Killed. Will Salter, a 9-year-old colored boy, while at work at Hannah brick yard, near Olendale, Spartanburg county, .Wednesday afternoon slipped into a mud mill and his legs were out off and -tile body terribly mutilated. He died Wednesday night about midnight. imlri i 15. A HOT TIME In the Negro Baptist State Convention at Union Friday. THE BLUFF CALLED By Carroll, Who Told the Preachers That They Were (iullty of Dishonest Practices. Carrol's Life Threatened if He Persisted in His Charges. "I will put a bullet hole through you if you repeat your charges In this convention," was the sensational threat sent to I to v. Richard Carroll, a prominent negro educator, by a.negro preacher In high circles, both of whom was In attendance on the tuirrn itan. o - -'-'1' tlst State convention at Union last week. For several months past Carroll has been orrally and through newspapers making grave charges against the character of a number of negro baptist ministers in this State, saying that some of the more prominent ones had formed a ring and that collections made for foreign missions, education and orphan work had been diverted Into their own private purses. The knowledge that he was at the conventlon to push his substantiated charges made those interested employ almost every means, including threats against ills life, to have him remain silent^ However, he was undaunted, and the investigatoins which he demanded and helped conduct brought out facts and over 75 other ministers corroborated his statements. A striking feature occurred in the convention when, in a wild disordered assemblage, one prominent delegate demanded of Carroll to "name them!" "You are one," was the reply. Another preacher immediately sprang up and shouted. "Am 1 one, too?" 3vldently thinking to bluff the speaker, who calmly replied: "Yes, you, toe;" and Carroll proceeded to draw out a book in which be had the names of everyone implicated. This caused a storm of confusion and calls: "You need not read any more!" Carroll, who Is doing good work for negro youths In Columbia and lias the support, or me whites, seems to have the special antipathy of many of his race, who sarcastically denounce him as "an Innate," "the white man's friend" and "seeking to raise himself on the dead bodies of the negro race." The whole sess on was a dramatic one, and the ring Is larger than supposed, judging by the violent oppositi n aura Inst Carroll. After a long session, the following resolutions were adopted, which, though strongly worded, are really neutral In cnaracter: "Whereas, In the recent newspaper articles under the signature of Rev. 11. Carroll, commented upon in and out of the State, the impression has been made that the negro Baptist ministers in S uth Carolina are venal and generaly depraved; and whereas, the public recognition given Rev. R. Carroll, coupled with the gravity of the charges, are calculated to do untold harm to the ministry and check any present looking toward securing aid and sympathy from tho>e whose aid and sympathy should be given, be it "Resolved, That it miy be true and fully admitted that there is among us, as among all other peoples and Cnrlstalu organizations, some irregularities, but It Is the exception rather than the rule. While wo fully deplore and condemn the irregularities among the few, we, in convention assembled, most emphatically deny that such condition referred t > herein above obtains am >ng the',great maj irlty of our ministers and churches. Be It further "Resolved, That the Baptist minis try of South Carolln, In character, Integrity and moral uprightness, com pare favorably with the ministers everywhere." The sentiment of the majority of delegates, including Dodd and JenKirs, editors who had violently opposed Carroll, seems to be that it is best to have corruption exposed and remedied.- -The State. HOW ItFn APPKM KD. Why Whinkoy for OaflTnoy Could Not Bo Unloaded In Time, It seems that the good people of Gaffucy don't drink so much whiskey after all, ana that a short article we [clipped from the Spartanburg Journal a short time ago to the effect that the express messenger did not have time to deliver all the whiskey consigned to GatTney and had to carry some of it on to Spartanburg and return it to GatTney the next day, was misleading. The Gaffnev I^edi/pr makes the following explanation of the Btory, which puts a different phase on It altogether ; "A Ledger representative called upon Mr. Fisher, the local express agent, and asked him about the truth of the article. Mr. Fisher said that there was a total of fourteen packages for OalTney ; that on account of a large amount of other express, such as fish, cabbage, etc., they did not have time to handle the entire fourteen packages of whiskey, and that not more than eight packages were carried by. We make no concealment of the fact that whiskey comes to Gaffney. It does come, and more than we would like to see come, but it Is manifestly unfair to try toleav6 the impression that the present state of affairs la not an improvement over the old system. Certainly the consumption of whiskey in this county hus been reduced- and that materially?and that is what we were aiming at. Our pro-dispensary friends, however, take every opportunity to have it appear that the effort to reduce the consumption of whiskey is a failure. Sueh is* not the oase, and if tbey would be fair they would not try to pervert the faote." BANK OF CON W> CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSE' OFFI B. O. COLLINS, President. C. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Pues. Our Bunk, being a local inetitu building of Horry County and for tli suing this policy we take pleasure ii accommodation when consistent witl With gratitude for tho liboral cordially solicit your future busines Itcspectf' D A. SPiVE Robt. B. Scarborough, H. President. ViceBANK OI Conwa Capital Stock DIRE< Robt. B. Scarborough, 1 T l r r> . xiai Li. I HICK, Goorge J. Holliday, Wo will pay you 5 ])or cont. iut< isli savings banks to thoso wishin Try our plan for saving your nicklos those little banks and the interest w< help yon. GREEN GOODS MAN Caught in the Act of Swindling a Gontleman from Texas. When lloubon With lloll Arrived the Clerk of AHtor Houho Scented UkiiH) and Notltled Police. They caught a green goods man redhanded In the Astor house. His name Is Nelly Galvin, and the authorities at police headquarters In New York Uity say he Is an all-round crook and old-time pickpocket whose picture has bee.i in the rogues' gallery for years. The "come on" was taken and is now locked up at headquarters. lie Is Elmer Klahr, part owner of a saloon in Higglus, Lipscomb county, Tex., and was lured hero by the usual circulars. According to Klahr's story he got here on tlio Haltlmore & Ohio railroad, and, in keeping with the directions given to him In his correspondence with the gang, went to the As tor house. He was taken in tow by the swindlers, and that night they showed him the sights. They also told him how lucky he was to be let in on the ground iloor in the deal they were about to put through with him, and made arrangements to show him samples of the "counterfeit" money in the morning. When Klahr came down from his room ire went to the desk and deposited his roll of money with the clerk. The hotel people suspected at once that he was a "come-on," and notified the postal olliclals and police headquarters, In accordance with arrangements that had been made several days ago when a stranger was relieved of all his cash In the hotel by the gang of which Galvin is the re puted chief. Klahcr, It seems, was taken to Brooklyn, where some good money was shown to him as a sample of the mythical counterfeits. He was .satis tie;! with the looks of the good m< ney, and he made a cash payment of $50 to bind the bargain. Then he went back to the Astor house and awaited the coming of Galvin to complete the transaction, first get ting his roll from the clerk. The postal inspectors and McConvllle secreted themselves In a room directly across the hall from Klahr's and took turns peeping In. in a little while Galvin came up and was admitted by the man from Texas. The sleuths crossed the hall and tried to hear through the keyhole what was said Inside, but the conversation was carried on In so low a voice that they could catch only a word now and then. After waiting about ten minutes MoConville tried the door and found It locked. Then he leaned against it hard and burst Into the room, follow ed by the postal officials. Galvin stooped low and essayed to butt his way out. McConville pjunced on him, threw him to the floor and sat upon him. The "come on" did nothing but open his mouth and stare as if he was looking out through the gate of his teeth. When Galvin was searched the $166 In cash was found In his pocket. Klahr admitted that he had just paid over the money. He said $450 of it was for the balance due on purchase of the $3,000 worth of "long green," which was to be sent to him at his home, and the remaining $15 for the expenses incurred by the gang in showing him the town. Or?w oi hix liost. The fishing schooner Florida was lost In a hurricane near C&mpeachec banks about ten days ago and that the entire crew consisting of six men, went down with the vessel. There were twelve or more vessels of a similar character anchored In the imme? J .. -I. 1-J uiauc vu nnuy miu uauu p?i tcu ltw Uttble and went adrift. Home of the flshermen of other vessels saw a big sea strike the Florida. Her lights swayed to one side and then she went down. Two of her small boats wtre later picked up by another fishing schooner between Galveston and New ().leans. Another Mine Horror. Sixteen men were killed and one will die as the result of an explosion at the Eleanora shaft near Rig Run Pa., Friday night. The mine Is own ed by the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company. The night shift was small or there would have been more fatalltl7.es as every man was in the mine at the time of the explosion, except one Is reported killed. Three bodies were recovered, two of them were brothers named Kirkwood. The men were English speaking and resided at E'.eanora, a small mining village two miles from the Ih&ft. . / ,r*o lot/of n? w horses and n?ui or good security. ? *-* NO. 5. CONWAY. <\Y, S. O. SUURPLUS FUND, f 17,000. VS. |140,000.00. CEIIS" 1). A. SPIVEY, Cashieb. m. W. COLLINS, Asst. Cashiki. tion, has always striven for the up10 bettormont of lior citizons. In peri extending to our customer# every i sound banking. patronage received in the past, we 8. Lilly yours :V, Cashier L. Buck, Will A. Freeman, President. Cashier. ? HORRY, y. S, C. ~ f 25,000 3T0RS; W. R Lewis, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman )rost on yearly deposits. Will furn g 10 open small accounts with ua. and diiuoB, and yon will find that e will pay you on your savings will Professional Cards. "DiTTirMcCordr 8UHQEON DENTIST, MULLINS, S. C. nDT^nrMcCordT SURGEON DENTIST, Conway, S. C. H?"Ovor Dank of Ilorry. H- M< Burroughs, Physician and Surgeon, Conway, S* O OTscSSbrou^ OOHWA.T, a. 0.. ATTORHKY AT LAW THTW^dwai^ Attorney and Oounaellor at Law, OONWAY. 8. 0. G. F??D. STAI/YBY, Attorney and Oounaellor at Law, COWWA Y, 8. 0 C !onwav M nrlrof ? t J& JLIk V/ U Fresh Meats and Sausage always bn hand. Orders are taken and promptly delivored every day. Geo. L. Marsh, Fropr e tor. BOLD BANK ROBBERY. Th?i llaiulltH Hocuro Between Fl*e and Ten Tfinuoand Dollars. A band of masked robbers rode into the village of Gilbertsvllle, N. Y., at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning, blew open the modern and supposedly burglar proof safe In the private bank of E. (J. Brewer, and made good their escape with booty estimated at between $5,000 and $10,000. When the startled villagers were awakened by the muill.'d roar of the explosion and had been halted by the pistol tire of the retreating bandits, they found that the robbers had completely Isolated Gilbertsville from the outside world by cutting all the telegraph and telephone wires. Efforts to communicate with neighboring towns were futile. The bold attack rivals In the details of its thoroughness, its daring and Its success the exploits of the most notorious bandits of the western country. It is believed there were five meft in the band. That all were heavily armed was shown by the frequenoy of their tire when the villagers arrived near the bank. The men first pried open tfce front door of the bank. Not a light glimmered in the village, and they evidently set about their work leisurely. Two holes were drilled into the heavy steel doors of the newly Installed safe, and Into these the explosive, believed to have been nitroglycerine, was inserted. The explosion which followed wholly wrecked the safe and shattered every window in the bank building. The robbars hastily gathered up all the money exposed by the explosion and started on a run just as the first of the awakened villagers reached th: scene. Ouher residents quickly came up, but In thA meantime the InyadcrB were making goid their escape, firing as they wont. Fined For Gambling. Some of the gentlemanly gamblers of Covington, Ga., got it in the neck the other day. The grand jury, at the Mareh term of the court returned about twenty five true bills against ten prominent citizens of the town and county for gambling at different times within the last several months. By agreement each of the ten persons charged with the offense entered a plea of guilty. Judge Roan Imposed a fine of 1200 in each case on one indtoti ment, suspending sentence upon the other Indictments pending good be* havlor for twelve months. In this manner the cases were quickly dlspos* i ed of and the speoial session did not last more than three hours.