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f > VOL. 14. A'SAD CASE. An Innocent Man Kept in Prison Twenty-One Years. t WANTS RECOMPENSE. A Veteran Falsely Convicted of Murder Qoes to Atlanta Penniless and Bent with Age. Can General As* scmbly of the Sate of Georgia Meet His Claim? The Atlanta Journal says bent with ago, penniless, and just out of a hospital after months of Illness, Charles Franklin, the man who was sentenced for life to the penitentiary for murder by a Bibb county Jury, and who served twenty-one years before his Innooencc became known when the real murder confessed his guilt, came to Atlanta last week to appeal to the legislature for recompense for his twenty-one years' false Imprisonment. Franklin 19 Ofi years of age. He lived In Grlflln twenty live years, served In the confederate army as a private In the Grlflln Volunteers, of the Fourteenth Georgia regiment, and then moved to Macon, and followed the trade of a carpenter. Ho met on the strce's one day Fred Knight, a man, whom he characterl/. es as having been absolutely worthless, and the two engaged In a quarrel. A tight ensued, and Franklin came out the victor. Knight could not forget the huudhatlf n of that whipping he received, and he swore vengeance, and he got It. One morning, on one of the main thoroughfares of Macon, the dead body of Mitt Bryant was found, his throat having been cut almost from ear to ear. Several negroes appeared, and said they saw Franklin commit the murder. Though Franklin had served faith fully In the civil war, and had always had a gocd reputation, In the face of the positive testimony of the negroes, he was oonvioted of the murder and sentenced to serve a life sentence in the penitentiary. One of the negroes John Dayhawk, as he was testifying, dropped dead on the stand. HEAL. MUKDKUKU CONFESSED. In February, 1901, Fred Kulght, while on his death bed In Augusta, uauru IUI inn mnilT, aim iUHDII HIT I/O write down his dying coufession, which was, in effect that he had kill ed Bryant and had put it on Franklin, because he was mad with him He committed the crime and got John Dayhawk to swear against him. His oonfesslon closed with the appeal: ''Turn him loose, turn him loose, for I am dyh g, and 1 am miserable." The letter was sent to the proper authorities' and the wronged mau was given his freedom after having served exactly twenty one years and eleven days. At the lumber camp at Adrian, Franlln fell in the machinery and lost his left hand. When Franklin came out of the penitentiary his health was broken. Most of the time of the two years and more that he ha? been free has been spent in the hospital. Ill nearly all the time, aufe- with one hard gene, he has been compelled to depend on charity for ids scant living. A 1'1'KAL. TO LKGI8LATUKR. Fra? Vlln got out of bid to come to Atlanta to appeal to the legislature for some manner of recompense for his Imprisonment, lie spent ills last cent last night for supper, and was forced to appeal to the desk sergeant at the police station for lodging last week which was cheerfully given him. Franklin was seen at the station by a represestatlve of The Constitution. He did not haye a word of rebuke for the man who wronged him, or the jury that sentenc d him. "1 have a wife In Qrlflln, and a married dt lighter In Femandlna, ^ 'la.," he said. ' These are the only Relatives I have left. 1 wish I was able to earn my own living, but that is lm pubsiuic. "Hon. Joe Hall, the representative of Bibb county, Is going to appeal to the legislature to aid me, and I feel sure they will not refuse. I don't ask for any certain sum; but want the legislature to give me what they think 1 deserve. "Since Knight's confession my inno conce has never been questioned. He had a grudge against me, p >or fellow. Almighty God had ruled that the negro, Dayhawk, should not tell that lie on me. There was not anything else the matter with him. w "There is no use in going Into the ^awful days 1 spent while imprisoned; the torture of both mind and body, for that, thank God, is over. 1 could have begged the noney for lodging, but preferred to * 'i e here." hi nkm Poison. At Fulton, Mo., James R. Pcnn, real, estate and insurance agent, and one of the b at known businessmen in that part of the state, has committed suicide by taking poi on. He confessed to his partner and two other c.tt /.ens that he has for the past fifteen years been scouring money fraudulently by illegal manipulation of mortgage notes and deeds. He was 42 years old. He leaves a life Insurance policy for 922.000 In favor of his widow. To flntl<1 Church With Tobacco Thru, The Raleigh News and Otnerver says J. P. Wlthrow, a well known merohant of IIollls nd Kllenboro, proposes to build a c ur n at Hollii with tobacco tags. E/ ry tobacco ohewer can contribute hU part to this cause. Instead of throwing away the tags, Just drop them into your pocket and forward them to J. P. Withrow, Hollis. N. 0. Mr. Withrow bought and sold 91,000 worth of tobacoo tage last year, which fact will give a very clear idea of how easy it will be to collect enough tags to build a church. \ ? QUEER STOKYT 4 Dispensary Inspector Lcses Mxteec Hundred Dollars Or Dispniinary Money. Claims He Had It When He le ft Charleston. But It Disappeared. The Columbia State says a very pe cullar story became known Wednes day when It was discovered that a few days ago Dispensary Inspector Clar ence L. Brown mysteriously lost over #1,(100, which he received from a county dispenser to make up a shortage In the man's accounts. Inspector Brown went to Charles ton a few days ago, according to his statement, and In the course of his duties went to the general dispensary of S. S..Matthews and checked up the books. lie found the dispenser #1,618 short in his accounts and asked for payment of this amount. He was given a check, aud one of Mattews' clerk's went with him to tho bans to get it cashed. The money was obtained at 2 o'clook In the afternoon and Inspector Brown came to Colum bla on the afternoon train. Dispenser Matthews accompanied him Mr Brown would make no statmcnt con cernlng the reason why the dispenser came, but It Is probable from wha? can be learned that he held that the shortage did not exist, and so came to consult with Commissioner Tatum. Mr. Brown says that he parted with Matthews at Branchvlllo, the dls penser going to Columbia and Mr. Brown to Barnwell, bis home. Ar riving there, be found that bis bankbook, in which were the greenbacks, had disappeared. Not alone had the iijuucy which lie nan concciea tltsap peared, but alao about f>00, Home of which belonged to the dispensary He came to Columbia the next morn Ing and reported the loan Inspector Brown is a bonded ofliccr and when his friends learned of his predicament they made up the amount lacking and It was paid In to the dispensary's funds, pending further Investigation When the facts In this case were heard of Wednesday The State tele graphed its Charleston correspondent and Instructed him to investigate the matter. Late that night the follow ing dispatch was received: Dispenser Matthews was seen by The State's representative In the after noon and asked for a statement about the shortage, lie stated at first that he knew nothing ahiut the matter, coupling the remaik with an lnquir) whether Inspector tBrown had charg cd him with being short In his ac counts. Showing no disposition to discuss the matter, Dispenser Mat thews was naked if he had ever been robbed?which might account for th? shortage?to which he replied: "1 know nothing at all about the mat ter." He later said that he preferred to cay nothing, but when told he would be quoted in this way, he added, 'T think It best." A member of the county board of control was seen about the story and he said that while he had heard the rumor of a shortage, he could say thai the hoard know nothing auout It ctil clally. "The stock Is regularly taken and the reports sent to Columbia," he said, "and any shortage whlcl might ooour would he discovered through the inspectors' examination If such a discovery has been made. no r<?nort. of IS Sao v.. ..w - rv. V . V iiim uwvu UWlYCU IJ_) our board." Mr. Brown could not be found un til late Wednesday night and wou d make no statement regarding Dispeu ser Matthews' visit to Columbia Commissioner Tatum was likewise taciturn. It Is almost certain, how evor, that the dispenser came to tin city to deny the shortage. He had a receipt from Mr. brown. The story Is a very peculiar one and will be in estimated to tho bottom. Tnere have been rumors of a shortage In Charleston for some time, but It was learned Wedntslay night that they could not he confirmed. SHOT HIS B&OTHJiR. A Very Sail Accident Happened Last Week Near Marlon. Mr. Jackson Powers the 17 year old son of Mr. Jos. W. Powers living 4 miles above Marlon is lying at the point of death with a pistol ball 1e his brain Having been accidentally shot by his brother at about 8 2( o'clock on Tuesday night of last we*. k The accident occurred on the bacli piazza of their father's home while tho young man's older brother Drewe ry Powers was trying to repair a pis tol preparatory to the 4th Of Jul) shooting match. Drewery had opened the plsto thowlng the bullets out as he though! but one remained and when he closec the pistol it whs discharged passing through his hand before lodging h the brain of his brothor who immedl ately fell. As soon as he rccoverec from the first shock of the fright h< took his brothor in his arms carriec him into the house and tinding tha he was wounded in the head wlthoui taking time to put on shoes or ha jumped on a horse and ran to Marloi for medical aid. Drs. J. G. Kvans and E. M. D.bbl were soon there and though the; found the case almost hopeless pci formed a surgical operation rcmovin; a number of shattered splinters of th skull and a small quantity of th laoerated brain but were unable t extract the bullet. They report tha very little hope Is entertained for th unfortnnare young man's recovery Jaokson Powers is a popular youn man, a special favorite in his nelgl borhood and the pride of his fathei who is grief stricken as a result of th 1 terrible tragedy. KnRlno llollor HurHta. Pour men were killed outright an seven others so seriously wounde > that at least a portion of them w! die, by the explosion of a threshin > machine engine on the plantation ( 1 Bush Eines, near Axton, Henry coui ? ty, Vs., Tuesday. i MoUllora of the Revolution. , During the Revolutionary Wa ; Great Britain sent 112 f>84 troops f< i land servioe and over 22,000seamen 1 America, while the oolonlsts had 2.10 i 000 continental soldiers and 66,uo militia under arms. Ih* ' CON A GOOD MEETING. I Senator Tillman Speaks to a Big Crowd at Greenville. A. TALK TO FARMERS , With a Touch on the Dispensary. He Declares that the' Legislature Is Responsible for the Dispensary's Present Situation. Brice Bill Not l air. Senator Tillman addressed a lar^c | crowd at Greenville on Tuesday, July , t, at the celebration In the Interest of che Southern Cotton Association. The ( meeting was presided over by Mr. It Maves Cleveland, who introduced Sen ator Tillman In a very brief but an j entirely sutllclent way. Senator Tillman was greeted with more or leas cheering when he arose to speak, and be showed that he was going to deal with the text when he spoke to the mdlenceas "orother farmers." Glancing over the crowd, he said that he recognized many faces belonging to men who had been pulling the bell cord over a mule, and added that while he bad seen larger and hotter audiences n Greenville, he had never found one In a better humor. Now and then low rumbling thunder was heard, and, while expressing the hope that the rain would skip this section, Senator Tillman said be would give a great deal if it would fall on his Edgefield County farm. "We have met here," ho said, "for a pe jullar kind of work. We have had celebrations and celebrations, but 1 cannot recall one that in all its phases will compare with this. Tills event characterizes the freedom which the farmers won for themselves; it is a reedom from oppression, Just such as )ur forefathers achieved 129 years igo. Senator Tillman referred to the true significance of independence Day. "There are a good many tilings in our Government," he said, "which 1 do aot like, yet the IJcited Statas is the freest, happiest and best governed country In the world. 1 have been watching national affairs since 1 went r.o the Senate, eleven years ago, and now and then 1 have taken ocoasloti 'jO discuss them, but I am not here ooday as a citizen of the United States; I am here as a farmer to help you celebrate the victory the farmers von over the capitalists and the greedy speculators, who handle our product and have reaped the reward iut of our busiuess. "Now, there may be a doubt as to whether tl^blse in the price of cotton van be a^^uiled to the Southern Cotton A.'SKlIou, although it can not be deii^^^wt happy results have followed t^^^^Bulon of the move ment to those slick fellows n Wall manage our af fairs air^^^^HIp tab on our work more clo^^^^^L we can kecD it. and <vho are i^^^^Rerested In what we x lave. have had Home |* mighty half hours, but the ! 'inllecj^^^Fiu mail who held his 1 cr p a.';^^^^H^ntitled to Join in the * celebracfl Scua^^^^^Hu then explained in detail^^^^^^rs which had led to lluctu^^^^^Bd.e prices. lie said * that expected cotton to ell and there was no | <:onr,n^^^HBneasou why It Hbould ' r. acl^Bp^T.'nt. It was simply Kent 1 there ny speculation. He explained ! the causes which ltd to the downfall 1 of Sully, and declared that there was 1 no common sense reasgpi why the mat- J Wet had been forced down to 7 cents. Speculation did It, he said: "The 1 law of supply and demand," he said ' "which ough to be stab'e, was re ( pealed by the Wall street managers They said millions of futures, and i ' that dragged he spot market down < with it. They wanted to send It low i I er, but the Ass'Kjiatlon stemmed the ! tide, reduced the acreage and c n , sumption of fertilizers and then rolled the ootton under a shed and waited ' , for something better than starvation 1 j prices. We have got to assert our Independence. Now the people are able . to omblne and whip the conspirators i ' and we have won our tight as farm i era." Calling attention to the figures is, sied by Clemson College, which bhowed the big demand for fertilizer I tags, Senator Tillman said he was t afraid gome of his friends had not rej duced the acreage according to agreement. lie explained the old story s, about this man and the other planting more cotton lieeause he believed ] that the Association had reduced the ^ acreage. "A lot of those fellows," \ lie said, "thought it smart to plant, t saying to themselves 'now is the time t to make ray jack.' Hut regardless of . the betrayal of some and the failure 1 of others to stand pat, the acreage was reduced, because old King Grass e nabbed It by the neck and choked it ? to death. It was reduced, whether it was planted or not The future is uow bright and promising. 1 held g mine, except twelve bales which my e wife sold while I was out In Illinois () stumpllng for Parker. Here Is a point: t When you hold your cotton put It e under a shed or send It to a warehouse; f don't leave it In the rain." He told ' of the other ctuses which had helped the market, one being that the world r .vas bare of cotton. "We have got some blooming prospects," he went on, "but there comes a warning. When you have a good thing don't be too greedy, don't wait for too high d prices. If the now crop Is'only ten d million bales the staple m&) go to 13, U 14 or 15 cents, for the mills have sold g goods In advance and they've got to buyootton." l- When Senator Tillman declared that ho had the best corn In South Carolina & voice from the audience wanted to claim that honor, but the speaker r> was willing "to gamble" that none )r could beat the fields in Trenton. lie to referred to the newspaper orltlolsm of the movement and the politics whioh 0 had been Injected Into It. He touohed upon the history of the Farmers' A 111 lot* WAY, S, C., THURi anoe tlftcen years ago, s&yiug that It had come out openly to servo uotlce heh hh Id e ttved worl o,n lies and 1 that it would go into the politlcil mill pond, Into deep water, but It went Into deep water and there were more men drowned than there were fishermen. He said that President Smith had warned the Association that politics would not be tolerated, and then he called to mind that politics was thrown into the receut meeting at Greenville. He wanted to know why Smith nad not called MoL&urin down, but a kind friend In the audience remarked that Smith was not present at the timo. And then Tillman began to apologize, declaring that Smith was not a politician, but was Just a good man who loved to hear himself talk. He urged the farmers to make their farms self supporting, leaving cotton as the surplus crop. ' The idea has been advanced," he said, "that our mills should reach out infr?, l.n ? ^-1.1 1?- 1 imu U11D nui 1U nil now ILIillKOl/M, HIU1 that there should be a protective tarlll 3n cotton brought here from Egypt, England and Germany and other jountrles arc competing with the United States In Chinese territory and t'et our mills have captured it, and ire In posseaslon of the market. We lave heard a great deal about the joycott by Chinese guilds against \merlcati products. That boycott Is lue to the Irrutal way our Immigration agents have treated leading Chiiese people. We have got a Chinese ixcluslon Act so rigid because the aboring classes demanded It to keep nit competition. These Inspectors gnore the best visitors from China, ihe men who are the salt of the earth iver there, all because labor in tbis country hates the coolie and is afraid >f competition. 1 am against the Jhlucse coming here for the reason hat we have all the colored people we want. Let the coolies stay out, but t is not right to maltreat those lead ng Chinamen who come here to study mr country, conditions and people without meaning to stay. The Guilds lave threatened to drive out Amerl;an goods, and if the word is passed iown the line your name Is Dennis. I am much concerned about this mat ;er, and will lend all my aid to pre rent. It, but we Democrats are a few intatoes in the hill at Washington, ind we don't out much figure." Senator Tillman did not see how the jrotectlve tarilT would help the farms While on that subji ct he called attention to the movement to organize l decent It publican party In South Carolina under the name of Commerilal Democracy, before McKiuley's ieath. lie mentioned his trip to j;.II icy a few years ago when he had i tilt with McLaurin, adding that he lad told McLaurin toon what he thought of blm lotlng from Ills ?;tter about havl g detected "the iss's ears of the office seeker" under , hp t.hin hiutrmuo ar t i.a A/itt-nr. ...V ?(? v.iu^uiav v? UI'V WVUUU UUUVC rietit, Scn.it? r Tillman said he had bund certain embryonic candidates .rylr.g to hatch political eggs. Ele aid attain that a protective tariff on aw c itton would not help the farmirs, and then mentioned that he had rottd for a tariff on lumber because le llevcd it would help the people of .he low country. "In Washington," ie added, "iry policy, which Home of lie newt papers don't like, has been to ret anvtblntt In sight for the Suuth vtaen I saw the chance, and 1 tried to ret It rittht or wrong, honestly or dis lonestly, because those people up ,hero have been stealing from us long mough." It will n>>t be dlfllcultfor .hose who attended former meetings it which Senator Tillman spoke, to lee that he was ttolntt up hill; did not ieem to have his heart in his words. 'Oh," he said once, breaking off from ils line of thought, "1 wish 1 had not Ken brought here under a check rein, nartlngales and a crupper, holding ne down to agriculture." Somebody n the audience wanted him. to shoot i few Into McLaurin. "De mortuls ill nisi bonum," Tillman shouted, 'that's Latin. It means that you nust not say anything but good about ihe dead. And If McLaurin is not lead politically, then I want to die." While he was talking about hogs a note was banded up from the audience. Tillman read It. "Oh!" he ihouted, "it's just somebody who wants, to talk about the dispensary. There Is not much for me to add. The Greenville News gave my views this morning, and you ought to get the paper ar d read it, but tills is not the time to say it. Walt until next year. The real tight on the dispensary will be in the Democratic primary, when those not registered and who arc deprived of the right of voting under the Brlce law will be entitled to vote. There are thlrtv thousand men In South Carolina who can't vote under the Hrlce law. You have got no business fooling with the dispensary until the primary. Let all of the people determine It. I will say this, however, that we have got to put the dispensary in the pot to scald and clean it, and If we can't do that then I'm in for killing it. If it's rotten they've made it rotten. I will he in the race next year for the Senate if mv health don't break down, and I will see the men who are trying to murder it by underhand methods. 1 will meet them teeth to teeth. I have always called a spade a spade. It is not true that I have been tamed in the Senate, but now if you wAnt to settle the dispensary, let's wait and vote it out of the State, not cut of a few counties. The latter plan will give you a sort of negative prohibition. After the dispensary you will get prohibition and what next? You will have free liquor. S >mo of you will get it shipped in Jugs, and the school fund will be cut and other things will happen. Then the people will cry for high license. "Tnat, in its a-sence, is the old barroDm system with constitutional limitations. I want to say here that there is no warrant under the law for those beer dispensaries. They are just ordinary low saloons. The dis p* nsary has been made an evil b/ the Legislature. I called one Legislature "driftwood," but this one has demoralized the dlspeosary. The present body has the right and is in duty bound to change the law and make it decent, and if it does not, I will stump the State to kill it. We have got to olean it or make it go, and thev have got to give us better liquor!" Just before dosing Senator Tillman complimented President Smith, and called SDAY, JULY 18, 1J attention to his good work for the farmers. The above account of the meeting was written by Mr. John Marshall for The News and Courier, from which paper we clip It. There were several thousand people present at the meeting and Senator Tillman was most enthusiastically received. Speeohes were also made by Mr. E. D. Smith and Congressman Johnson. A FJUSJs FIO LIT. At a Result of Which Two Men Will Likely lie. Fourth of July Celebration Foiled In Tragedy?Two Orothors Shot and One Man Cut. The State says as the result of a general shooting and cutting affray Tuesday, July 4, at Gaston, Lexington county, 15 miles from Cilumbla, Ed Reese lies in the Columbia hospital with a bullet wound in his abdo men and with slight chance for recovery, his brother, Joe Reese, Is at his home in Gaston shot In the right hip, and Mack Jarrctt, who Is also at Gaston, is in a very dangerous condition with six cuts on his body. The tight occurred about noon and Ed Iteesc was brought to the Columbia hospital about 7 o'clock Tuesday night, lie was operated on at once i? nr\ f hn n t? ? J ? ' uuu vuo oui^CUI19 IUVIIJU lipULl UXcVIXH* nation that the bullet had entered the abdominal cavity In front and just below the breast bone. In ploughing Its way along, the bullet grazed the stomach and perforated the liver and intestines. He was In such a serious condition Tuesday night that his re covery was regarded as doubtful. A witness of the alTalr stated that the tragedy Is the result of a quarrel between Mack Jarrett and Elliot rounds, which began at a party near Gaston several weeks ago and was re newed at Gaston Tuesday while the citizens of the surrounding country were celebrating the Fourth at a pub He barbecue. These two men were cursing each other when Jarrett, who has only one leg, struck at Pounds, with a pair of knucks on his hand but only grazed the side of his head. Pounds Instantly struck Jarrett a heavy blow, knocking him down, and as Jarrett rose he drew his revolver and opened tire. lie emptied his pistol at Pounds but missed every shot. Jarrett then cursed Pounds, and Ed Reese, who was lu the crowd, told Pounds not to take the Insult where upon Jarrett app led the same epithet to Reese. Jarrett was still on one knee when he cursed Reese and Re* so jumped on him. Rembert Moore, a friend of Jarrett's, had stood by without interfering up to this time, but at this juueture lie whipped out Ins re volver and tired at Reese Inflicting the wound lu his abdomen. Reese ran Into I lotto's storo a few ft el away and secured his own pistol and loaded It. After Ed Riese had been shot and while he was In the store tils brother Joe Reese, attacked Jarrett with a knife and slashed him fearfully about the body, icllictlng wounls from which it is thought he will die Wnilc Joe Reese was cutting Jarrett he was shot In the right hip by R m bert Moore. Moore then turned to leave and Kd Reese, who had by this time finished loading his pistol, emptied it at him, but none of his shots took effect, as Reese was growing weak from the effect of his fearful wound, and soon after sank to the ground. Moore made ills escape and at last accounts had not l>een arrested. The fight was fast and furious and that not one of the many bystanders was injured Is remarkable as 12 shots were tired into the crowd standing in front of the store only a few feet away. Paul E Hutto, the owner of the store, was staudlng In one of the windows aud came near being killed by a bullet which passed close by his head. Other bullets burled themselves in the door and window casing. Magistrate Hlldebr&nd arrived on the scene after Moore bad made his escape. Jarrett and Moore are from North Georgia and have been at Gaston for some time running a shingle mill. The Reese boys and Pounds are young farmers In the neighborhood. All of the men are unmarried. It was also stated that Moore is from North Carolina and that .Jarrett is on a visit to his brother who runs the shingle mill It was learned from another source that some of the men, if not all of them, had been drinking. 81x Miners Killed. A a fhft mH /v# ?? ~ -?1 ?1 -? * itnun ui <iu cjtpioNiun eany Thursday at the shaft of the Taylor Coal company at Searlght, Pa., six men were killed and four injured, one fatally. Three of the dead were negroes and the other three foreigners. The men were working about 20 feet below the surface when the explosion occurred. The cause of the explosion is unknown. A rescuing party of four miners narrowly esoaped death while trying to locate one of the victims. When 70 feet down the shaft the concrete wall and timbering at the top caved In, burying the men under hundreds of tons of concrete and scallold ing. Enough orevlces were left In the wreokage, however, to supply them with air until they were rescued. The men were nearly overcome when brought to the surface. Hliot Thoir Fatliur. A special from Tunica, Miss., says that Mark and Robert Harris, the DeSoto county negroes, who killed Bob Maston, near Tunica, June 21, and who have since eluded capture, Wednesday at their home near Walls, shot and killed their own father and dangerously wounded Aubrey Gardner, of Tuntoa, a young man who wat In a posse that had gone to arrest the Harris negroes. Molly Pitcher Honored. The unveiling of a cannon over the grave of Molly Pitcher at Carlisle, Pa., on Monday was marked by ar imposing oeremonial and a parade, luoluding 3,500 state troops, unmount 3d cavalry and cadets! from the Car lisle Indian school, Grand Army post* and patriotic orders. Tne unveiling was performed by Miss Ellen Hayi Kramer of Carlisle, Molly Pitcher'i great-great-granddaughter. W)5. GRAND TRIBUTE Of a Northern Preacher to the People of the South AT GfcN. GRANT'S TOMB He Truly Said the World Has Never Seen Greater Heroism than that of the Rank and File of the Armies of the Confederacy. Mr. Perry M. DoLeon, of Now York writes as follows to the Atlanta Gon stltutlon: "With some tifty or sixty of my comrades of the New York Confederate Veteran camp 1 attended the memorial services at General Grant's tomb as a guest of the Grant post of Brooklyn. Two admirable speeches were delivered; jne by the Reverned Francis J. MoConuell, pastor of the New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal church of Brooklyn, and the other by Captain Graybill, a Georgian now residing In New York, a member of our camp. I send you an extract from his eloquent address which 1 would be glad If you would publish that our people may know how time with Its healings has extinguished all bitterness and that gentlemen of the north now accord us unstinted admiration and fraternal re gard." Here Is the extract from the speech of the Itev. F. J. McCounell, referred to In the above letter of Mr. Perry M. DcLeon: "1 have been speaking of the the union soldier as a peace maker. In lighting for the union as against the secession, he fought for tho world's I peace. The establishment of a second n public on the western continent would have meant standing armies for both nations. It would have meant a line of custom houses along the C) do river. The two republics In a military and a commercial sense would have been a perpetual menace to each other. In lighting against slavery the union soldier was lighting for peace, foi slavery, even In the eco nomlc sense, was a disturber. Its cry was always fo?' more land. In the very fury with which he fought the union soldier was a peace maker. He aimed to settle the question so conclusively that after the war there should not be enougli of the original questions left to wrangle about. "hut in these last days the union loldier can play a still further part as peacemaker, a part second in importance to the nation to none that he played on the actual battle tield. lly precept and example he can preaeh the gospel of reconciliation with our brothers of the south, for, strange as it may seem, there are men in both north and south who have not yet heard that the war Is over. "In this iinal approach to complete understanding there is certainly a common basis for both nortli and south. We should not allow the south to outdo us in admiration for th bravery of the southern soldlor. Tire world has never seen greater heroism than that of the rank and tile of the Confederacy. Who can read, for ex ample, the story.not only of the cam paigns, but of the hardships of the array of Northern Virginia, without being amazed beyond all expression at the story of surpassing devotion to an ideal? We can agree, too, in paying t*fi Vint* Aft rif nra i ua tr% f ho a# ...Uv.Vv? v? |/iu>dv uj u'it KOiuunui lliC southern leaders. We should all be proud of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Of course we reBeivo the right to discuss, In a perfectly friendly way, the respective abilities of northern and southern leaders, but our admiration need not be con lined to the leadership of the north. "Once more we all join In undying respect for the devotion of the entire southern people to a cause as sacred as 11 fa Itself to them. We do not speak of the southern people as traitors or as sinners. We recognize the absolute sincerity of the belief of the mass of the people In their cause. The belief In their cause had come to them out of the past centuries. Who of us dare to say that if he had been born south of Mason and Dixon's line, of southern ancestry, he would not have been a defender of slavery and an up holder of secession. Especially do we tlnd words falling us when we think of the sacrifices which the southern women cheerfully accepted for their cause. We have read how the women of Carthage, in the long ago, consented to give the hair of their heads to be made Into bow strings. It is said on good authority that the proposal was once made that the worn on of the Confederacy sell their hair for the benefit of the southern armies and if the proposition had been seriously uirou liit; wumeu 01 i<ne SOUMl WOUia i not have shrunk from precisely the name sacrifice for which we remember the women of Carttage. ''Some one asks. 'But what about the Confeieratc,!! ig?' My answer is , at hand. 'Let the Confederate flag i not be put out of tiie sight or memory of American clti/.ms.' It does not stand today for a second republic, but it should stand as a beautiful symbol i of o mplete devotion to an honest > convlotlon. Too many glorious assoi ciatlons cling to it to allow us to put > it away. If it is not treason for the English-born American oitixens to > display the English flag beside the > Stars and Stripes, it ought not be unworthy for the southern veterans to > cherish the flag which he followed for > four years of glorious battle, along with that other flag tc which he now gives his hearty and patriotic allc, glance." Airship Plight. 1 At Toledo the most remarkable flight ever made in "an air ship was performed by A. R. Knabenshue, who sailed through the air a dls| tance of three miles, landed on a ten ' story oftlce building in twenty five * minutes from the time of starting 1 and then returned to the spot from which he started. ? ^^CONW, CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSE OFF1 B. G. COLLTNS, pRFsmKNT. C. 1\ QUATTLERAUM, V-PRKS. Our Bank, being a local institu building of Horry County ami for tl suing this policy we take pleasure i accommodation when consistent wit With gratitude for the liberal cordially solicit your future businee Respect f D A. SPI'VE VA^\*"\^W\r\^W-WN/V\/N/\/\/W>/\^S/N/VrNAS^N/ Robt. B. Scarborough, II. President. ViceBANK OI Conwa Capital Stock HIRE Robt. B. Scarborough, Hal L. Buck, George J. ITolliday, Wo will pay you 5 per cent, int ish savings banks to those wishiii Try our plan for saving your nicklot these little banks end tho interest w help yon. SI XTY LIVES LOST. By A Tornado that Passed Over Texas On Wednesday. Many Cfiurohch, ScIiooIh ami Dwelling tloimoBlu ttio Track of (.No Tornado woro DoBtroyed A dispatch from Fort Worth, Texas, says a tornado which struck Texas in the upper edge of Montague county, coming from the northeast, and swinging far to the southeast, Wednesday afternoon, cost, it is believed, over 40 lives, injured a large number of people, and did untold damago to growing crops and cattle. Fortunately the tornado missed the small towns in the section through which it swept, but it seemed to take a fiendish delight zigzagging in such a way as to take in the homes of many farmers and Btockralsers in the section. At Jacksboro the force of the wind was terrific. The baptist church and 20 other building were blown oil their foundations and a number of build ings totally destroyed. At Montague no lives were lost in the town, but in the country there is great loss of life reported. Giving to the fact that wires are down in all directions it is difficult to get particulars. Ten persons are known to b8 dead In that neighborhood and uncontirmed reports are to the effect that the list of dead will go as high us 40. Most of those killed lived on Salt creek along which the tornado swept with terrilic fury. At Nacona the tornado passed a few miles to the south and the latest re ports give the dead at 14 and the inlured at 41. Many farm houses were swept entirely away. The Long Branoh school house was destroyed, and the baptist and Methodist churches at belcher w6ro practically destroyed. A reliable man at Nacona who has been over the scene says that reports were being received of the dead when i he left there. lie places the loss of | life at 00. Owlnu t.O thf* W/lflMu an r??ira fori n -- w?w ...V?v<jr gvpuiutvtl homes and the fact that in many instances whole families were wiped out, details and names are hard to get. The country through which the tornado passed is one of the richest farming sections of Texas, lying along the northern border of the State. The tornado lasted perhaps :<0 minutes. Hundreds of head of stock in tills vicinity were killed outright by tle wind. During the storm lightning struck a house and killed several persons whc were in it. In some places hail stone* fell as large as lien's eggs. Shot HIh Bride Wifo. Ending a month's honeymoon, John L. Flynn, a Mlsslsslppian, after a desperate attempt bo murder his younn wife at Kaplan, La., has committed suicide. Flynn was employed by u large cotton house in New Orleans In May last C. F. Hudson, an aged Confederate veteran of Oreely, Cel., arrived in New Orleans with hli daughter, Mlt>s Virginia Hudson, tc meet Qlynn by appolnment. On Ma) 27 the couple were married in a board iiiK "ousts aun one iaoner returned tc bis home. Subsequently the younj couple went to Kaplan, where appar ently they lived happily until Wed nesday. F<ynn fired two shots at h!i wife and then blew his own brain; out. Hilllous Bill was agitated, And was much debilitated. People said he had consumption. That was everyone's presumption. When he learned what was the matter Hill made all the doctor's"scatter. Now he is his own adviser, Swears by LITTLE KAItLY [USERS Dr. E Norton What They Get. At a meeting of the ex cutlva com mittee of the Southern Cotton asso olation In Memphis recently the s&la riesof the(filC3rs were fix 3d as follows the president to rece've 14,000, out o: which he mint pay his clerk; secr<.tarj $2,500; the treasurer two per cent o: the receipts and disbursements. Three G<>od and Just Cannes. There are three reasons why moth crs prefer One Minu c Cough Cure First. It is absolutely harmIfcss; Sec i ond, It tastes good? children love It i Third, It cures Coughs, Croup ant Whooping Cough when othor remediei l fall. Sola by [ Dr* E. Norton. S . JX pWu ?JJ ... 1$9B i ? ff*?... .v ..?.^=2 ;a :&: ' ' NO.IB. ' ;>. " ,' *. ' . : A" -i- , * -* ?/? *?^? ri?sr*?"r CONWAY. ! AY, S. C. \ ;i suurplus:fund, '#?h$0o."~ ts, $180,000.00. ' ?? ; 0ers: ' . v. 1). a. spivey, casiiieb. m. \\\ collins, asst. casuikb. ition, has always striven for the up10 bottormentof hor citizens. In porti extending to our customers ?Tory 11 sound banking. patronage received in the past, we is. ully yours L ' A SH 1 ? R l. Buck, Will a. Frocmau, President. Cashier. ? HOllUY, iy. S, C. $25,000 CTORSs w. 11 Lewis, \v. a. Johnson, "w ill a. Freeman ?rest on yearly doposits. \Yill furnig to open small accounts with u?. i and dimes, and you will find that o will pay you on your savings will ?? Professional Cards. Dr. R. W. McCord, 1 i surgeon dentist, MULLINS, S. C. Dr. W. E. McCord, surgeon dentist, Conway, S. C. flWCOvcr Bank of Horry. H* M- Burroughs, Physician n/ud Surgeon, ConwfW, S- O {TBTSCA RB HOIJGH^ * CONWAY, S. C., ATTORNEY AT LAW II. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWAY, S. 0. G. FRE?. Stalvby Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWA Y, 8. C Conway Market m Fro ah Meats and Sau- ^ sago always on hand. > v Orders arc taken and 1? promptly delivered | every day. j Geo. L. Marsli, J IndiKOHtlon Cured. There is no case of Indigestion, I)ys- jfl pepsia or Stomach Trouble that will not yield to the digestive and strongtlienlng influence of Ivodol Dyspepsia fl Cure. This remedy takes the strain V oil' the stxJmaeh by digesting what you eat and allowing n to test until it grows strong again. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure affords quick and permanent relief from indigestion and a!! store t roubles, builds up the system and so ^ purifies Unit disease can not attack 1 and gain a foot-hold as when in a weakened condition. Sold by Dr. 10. Norton. Aw IU " h'lldH." Much of the discussion of "educational fads" is beside the mark. Not i one man in 10 who protests against i the "fads ' does so on the ground that children are educated too miuh. That Is not the basis of the ? bjectlon at all, but where a pupil is taught a smati torlng of ornamental accomplish ments; a bare hone of sctenoe or a M : glimpse of higher mathematics, logic, B| I riietorlo, etc. etc.?when he can not ol i read decently, spell correctly or add up a column of figures and arrive at 1 a proper conclusion, then is itr that , the time spent on the "fads and \ Ills" ||| ? is wasted, and the superficial e\ boa*Jg> K ? tlon is on a dubious and uusabisfa^ ory' ||p ' foundation. It is that sort of that hurts. $ }f The Only Way to Cure. |j To cure JPcold when you have no I cough to cure ;v cough whenyou liavo * no cold?to cure yourself when you 1 H have both take Kennedy's Laxative ' 9 Honey and Tar. Act? on the bowels. Best for coughs, colds, c.'oup, whooping-cough, etc. Kennedy's laxative Honey and Tar is the origin*.' Laxative Cough Syrup. It con tain opiates and cures by strengtheningHMfl||||| lungs, throat and chest,expelling cold^l^^ s from system by gently moving the . liowels, and an ideal remedy for young i or old. Once used will be remember- m ed as a sure cure. Sold by S Dr. E. Norton. 1 Twi Ivo Hundred Yearn Old. The Town of Sheib>wne Knglan<!M||i3 has J it ft passed its 1200 annivorg&rjK|?j hut although it is 1200 >ears old, itHflfi : has only 800 inhabitants. The eventJnH f was celebrated by the production 835 f twelve tableaux each typify f leading historical event happeni^Mffl^^* the 100 years it represents. HflMHM A Smooth Article* When you find it necessarry I >i \\ ii i s Witch Hazel Salvt* H - the purest, and best for Sorc.<^nffiflR8MH| ; Moils. Bozoraa. blind, HlccdltflOnBUflH 1 ing or Protruding Piles. Gets H j uine DeWitt's Witch HajKaBsHGn sold by I Dr. E. Norton.