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RfeMKJJY PROPOSK1) ? TO 8 AVE OUK WOMEN FHOM ? CLACK BltUTEH. r I H Thel Pditcr of 7 he Georgian Write? i Jorcefully on Thia All/b J sorbirg Question ? In dlscuss'Dg the frequency of an saults on white women by negroes In , the South the Atlanta Georgian say we have learned the great truth that lynching does n>t s'op the crime against our wotrn 11 We have reaohec by ell miration the o inclusion tha? other experiments must be tried t< Intim'^atp ?-*>p criminals of the D'grc race. One of the most hopeful of the* experiments seems to be a statute authorizing the mutilation of the orlml nal and the branding of him on th< foretnad with the letter "It," slgntb cant of his orlme and making him ai object of suspicion for the rest of tlm< The other experiment Is to devisi some new and mysterious form of pun Ishment wrapped in darkness and lr mystery which will appeal to the ter ror and to the superstition of thi criminal negro. But beyond these and above tbes? and more potential than all others, 1 the stern and Insistent demand of ou white civil zatlon that the leaders ot the negro raoe shall give us from thh time forth that co operation whlcl they have heretofore refused. Thr South is g-owlng Indignantly tired ot rewro tirades In central cities agnlns' the lawlessness of lynching. We are tired of negro platitudes and resoiu tlons against the injustice of th< South toward the negr j. And we hav< utterly lost patience with these pact tic preachments which cry out for law and order on the part of the white man, while they spend no time noi breath nor effort in thundering t< their own people the earnest and passionate denunciation of these orlm* nals who make the chief tension and the deadly friction between the ra oes. Now see here: The South has for 26 years befriended the negroes in ever) prattical way. We have helped t( sustain their schools, we have buried their dead and helped to maintain their living sometimes in idleness and sometimes in want But now as on< unit in the mass of Southern sentiment, The Georgian lifts its voice and protests that henceforward it will glvr no dollar and lend no aid and no cooperation to any negro institutloi until its oftloers, its preachers, ith teachers and its editors shall join wltl us in thundering into the ears of th< negro race the warning and denuncia tion of this horrible crime. Without passion, or at least with out passion which is not rlohly du? and justified, we ask our breathren of the Southern press and our Caucasian friends and brethren everywhere tc take this firm and unalterabre stand ?that they will help no negro church newspaper or sohool until they know that its preachers, Its teaohers and its editors in those Institutions art thundering the doctrine of hell and damnation to the assailants of whlt< women. Now this is fair. It Is just, and It Is right. The South Is living under a sh&dov which no man can estimate. Men whose public meetings are held at home because tbey are afraid to leavt their families alone even In the shelter and sanctity of their own homes after nightfall. Men ctnnot go to ohuroh for the same reason. And this, please God, Is the South. Wo are a free people and a great country. Are we to live forever under this shadow and under this terror? Are we to sit still and help to build up these negro institutions when they are silent and apathetic toward the peril In which their orlmlnals put the best element of our rac*? Are we to oo operate with these people to build up institutions when they are silent and apa thetlo toward the peril in which they do not preach the enormity of these offenses? Are w?. to be forever held lu a ttue of seige with our women, trembling in fear and terror when they are alone? Is the liberty which our fathers bought with their blood to be surrendered to the foul terror of an alien and subordinate race? We tell these teachers. these preachers and these editors that they have the most v'tal Interest In this affair. If the b un iarles of restraint are evr broken by this Caucasian race in a wi'd spirit of retaliation for a oondllion which imprisons and terri fies the noblest won en of the world, they them elves will be wbelmed In the tidal wave which fo lows. And we say here and now to Book er Washington, to Gaints, and Turner to Proctor and to SMnson, and to thereat of ihose who are so eager to ?-u h into print to plead for law and order; that if they have any regard for the future of their race and for them selves, theywill take the hint which is not unkindly sent from this arois ed and 'nd'gnaut race of Caucasians and will stand shoulder to shouide with us in dem&i ding that tv:rj preacher in ever country pulnit am every editor of every little 2* 4 s ;eu and that every teacher in the city and count ry school shall devo&e some pari of his sermon or some portirn of his editorial, or some segment of his scholastic hours to preaching hell and damnation to all who are guilty of thlB fiendish crime. We assure these men that the Caucasian sentiment of this country as it Dever was before. We need not and will not oontinue i to have our women live under the shadow of this fiendish ne ( gro lust. We are going to free our 8 women, no matter what the oost may * be to another race. There is no wild- J ness of p&selon and radicalism in this c announcement. If these men know J1 ny thing they know Iblt wo demand I t, and they know that demand la\ Irmly stern and earnest. But as long jt tbry continue to howl resolution* esolutions against ly nob log, and or its against lawlessness while they arc ibsmefully silent toward the orlmee vhtoh produce the mob then the baok )f our band Is against them and all hat they represent. This in the portion whloh the present traglo environment sternly demands of the Saxor raoe, and we call upon Raxons whc respect themselves to assume It every where THE SIXTIETH COKGRE89. The Ik inoeratH Have a Fair Chano*ot Capturing It. Lrst winter on t.he 11 of the House the assertion was boldly made by R preventative J inn Sharp Williams?for even Mr. William's mos? ordlr ary remarks are said with an alt of baldness?'.hat the next IIous< would be Demon tic by an easv maAlthough *uch will prnhah^ not be the c&er with the Sixtieth Congress, It Is n< w generally conceded ?y K publican liaiiMs, and the ad ministration at Washington, that 5he large Republloan majority tbe> aDjoyed during the last session wll be materially less* tied. It is admitted that forty Republican feats wll? e lost to the n- xt housee. The Nea York Herald lists them a follows: California 3 Delaware 1 llllnolP 7 Indiana 2 I / ,n.(i 1 ' K'liituokty 1 Michigan 1 Minnesota 1 Missouri 8 Nebraska 1 Now J-rsey 2 Now York ti North Carolina i O ilo 3 Pennsly vanla 2 Upon the 8ut jeot of the Democrats'1 jhancoH of securing a majority In the House The Herald further says: "It Is frarkly admitted that no 11 v <ng man who feel* there will be a low >f forty Congressional districts to hl> party can safely make the predlotloi that the lose will not he tifty or peroaps more, a loss of fifty-six district* would tie the House. This is du< ontlroly to almost unparrehed oondt tlons which prevail in the R -public* party organizations in a doz n state and to agitation along Socialistic lines for the destruction of partie which is now sweeping along like a prairie fire." It will be seen that these districts ?hlch are conceded as lost to the Re publicans in the next eleotions ar mainly those which were cirried dur ing the landslide in favor of Mr Roosevelt, in the campaign in whlci '.he main issue was Roosevelt himself rhn HuralH Iinau nn t-..? u.? .. n>?* uv>??u f^vua uu v\j any unai ?*'H lerlous troubles In New York, Nav Jersey, Ohio. Pennslyvanla, Massa chusetts aud Iowa, the situation 1 more serious to the Republicans thai one would at first suppose. Taking \ccount of this situation, it has beer lupRested that it adds another ver important reason from the R publl an standpoint, why Preslaen Roosevelt should anai'i be cnterrr Cor the campaign of 1908 Many R publican leaders still believe that hit popu'arity would again sweep th. country. AMI Z ?:B THE RECEIVER. He ItrliiKH WIIV'h AhIich to The Bank For Money, At New York on last Thursday afternoon Antony Pizeczvnskt carried the ashes of his dead wife to the Milwaukee avenue State Bank in a vaiD effort to get a small deposit that had been placed in the bank in his wife's name. The man presented to Receiver Fet zer a bank book and asked for payment of the dividend deolarod bv the re oeiver. "Bat that is In your wife's name," jairi the reoeiv?r. 1 1 know it," said the man. "Well, she w?ll have to come foi the money herself. Do you understand me. She will have to be brought aere." "I have br ujfhther." "Where is she." "Here," said tbe man. He held aloft a small tin box. The reoeiver thought tbe man was craz?d a"d itarted t > call one of the special offl <iru flf\rv%afh<nr# In *V>a ? ? 'vimvu<vvi'jhjk in vipiuur'H earn est appearance, however, deterred h m il^ slowly unfolded two papers. The first was a certificate of hi* wife's death. The second was a certificate thai the tin box contained the ashes of hi *lfo, who had beer cremated "The company that cremated nn vlfc placed her io this box jjuc qfave me this certificate that It co.i talced ail that was left of her t o ly ' said cue man. Ashes of the deal had vn^t befor* he<.n present "d to the rt c Ivor, and h had the "creeps." "You will brvoto Ret letters of ad mlnstratlon in your wife's estate,' said the receiver. "After that, I'll #(> to town and talk to my lawcrs," )u added. Killed Two Children. At Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Henry Krlppen, a farmer's wife in Putman county, decapitated two children, iged three and ono and a half years. ;hen told the neighbor of the deed Friday. The woman was recently disharmed from the State asylum for he insane at Toledo. OOTTOttCUbF | riQVHKD BYSDKOBErARY EES- < TEH OF MEW ORLEANS. He Fixes the Total Value ot the Crop ' for the Season at $641,720 434 The annual report on the Ualted States ootton orop for 1906-06, Issued by Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans ootton exchange, is summarzd as follows: He puts the ootton from 1906 06 at 11,345 988 bales, a decrease of 2.219,897 under that of 1904-05. He saws t-^at com wed with last, year, In round figures Texas, inoluding un.uu Territory, nas fallen ell 658,000 bales. The group known as other ^ulf s.ates, consisting of Louisiana, Vrkan***, Mississippi, Tennensp, Mis ouri, Oklahoma. Utah and Kinsas, ^as decreased 1 431,000, and groups f A Mantle States ( Alabama, Georgia, FioMda, North Carolina, South Carols K^ntuoky and Virginia), has lost 231,000. TillS (Jltor 11Y STATES. Mr. Ussier'r report on the coitm orop of the different states Is given as follows, In thousands of bales: Aiaoau.a, 1,389 against 1,170 last year; Arkansas, 635 against 905; Fiords, 80 auMust, 89; GtOig'a, 1,900 tgainst 1 975; Louisiana, 525 again*** 1,100; Mississippi, 1 232 agauiRt, 1 777: North Carolina, 734 against 775; Soutt Jarollna, 1,175 aya nst l,20o; Tennessee, 647 against 691; Texas and Ju ilan Territory, 3,026 against 3 584 P.N*?1 .. ?> " ii'im ^i<-y uiwa yutti 11,0*0 ttgcWUbl 13,566 last year. lie makes toe total production o* Indian Territory, which la iucluded ii Teiaa, 351,260 bales 509.749 ast year; ot Oklahoma 324,446 analog 319,231 last year; of Missouri 42 754 jaleB against 47 698 last year, the twi ant being included under the head ol Tennessee, etc. TUB AVERAGE HALE He puts the average commercial value of this crop at $56.56 per hale, lgalust $43 3i last year, and the tota value of tne oron at $641,720,434 against $628,195,359 last year. II> .tales that while tms crop was practically 2 200 000 bales less than that f last year, It sold for $12,252,075 noro. He gives details of prloes, showing that taking the cotton belt as a whole, .he highest figure for middling curing .be year was 12 1 8c per pound, reached 1n D(camber, 1905, and the lowes* 9 5 16 in August, 1906, and the aver ge value pur pound was 11 7 1000 compared with 8 98 100 cents last /ear. lie puts the average weight per bah 1 510 91 100 pounds, showing a de rease under last year of 467 100. Mr Hester makes the actual growth foi &ue season 11,161.000, and says thai .be last report or *he consus bureau or >otton ginned does not cover thl year's entire growth, that even wltl lUB allf?waiiA? f/ir rilrl nnHnr. ">> <*' VAVI W WWII UOi 1 ipi ivor the glnners'returns seem shor. by several hundred tnousand bales 0) .he actual crop. SriNDLES IN TIIK SOUTH. lie butlmaus the spindles In th? louth at 0,700 192 old, Idle atd nol complete, against 9 205,649 last year The net gain in the number of south ;rn mills over last year has been 17 making the total now 794. Of theniihc-se 741 hay* been in operation during the year, 20 are Idle and 33 are li rours" of erection, 14 old ana out ol late concerns which ceased bust nest nave been crossed off the list. The consumption has been divided as fol lows: Alabama, 239 88 5, Increase 16.013. Arkansas, 3 372, lnorease 132 Georgia, 514 673, Increase 31,338. Kentucky, 28 371, increase 2 529 Louisiana, 17,697, Increase 3.621. Mississippi, 41,298, lncrea?" 1,170. Missouri, 7 240, Increase 779 Norm Carolina, 694 405, incroast 92,255. a iui/h Carolina, 666,715, increase 41,525. Tennessep, 58,402, increase 6,955. Texas, 36 896 increase 8,123, Virginia, 65 261 Increase 6,260. Totals, 2 371,225 lnorease 210,720. Increase ovot >our before last, 454,. 973. W Allied to IjyiiOti Uim. The Atlanta Journal g&)B after ihcotlnp a. negro woman and her six | year-old sip, Gaorge McHenry, a ne 1 gro, narrowly escaped a ly? ching lati Tucfd -y night at the hands of rnrm era ? f race About midnight i negro row d-. veloped ne&r tr e corner f P.edr/ioot avonne and K l's street DUXlI g tt 0 O ntroverHv a hnllafc woin >o Wave bean find by Meilenry, PiSS'd wlrcly t.r?r I'Rh the sh u dec of the i till and r.f erfirdi linden id i;.? i \ cnoa< h of mother, who i/ive ho ! jp.Die km 11-1 tie Grl?g*. Other nr^roe i-ebriit tar. *u e highly inc ano la-i chat la# M'-Henry, wlh t " ' vowed lij'.e-.tloo (f lynching hi **?. 1 , h Ukuly that the man wou'fl have i jdtn rnughiy handled but 'or the ?|i I O'lni i v.rrlva.1 of Call Offers D iet i ).<i Gallaher. v*o had speed! y i, | >po??u u?o v tel phor.'i call, M ll .mry J >,oo aire bled au? iti now lie A * u*' <i'i, r crt on the chargo cfaesruit whL < intent nt f . urder. The lnjored wc- i in.u and child were carried to the 1 Grady hcaplfcal. Iijth will probably \ rcoovor. t t latal Fell. t At Mskalooso, Ark., In full view of N t 2 000 people at the Jefferson County * 'air Thursday, Jerry Turner, an ex- j perlenced balloonist, fell 200 feet from a ? parachute and was instantly killed, a H& fckm FftK*. |; :0V IK ACQUITTED BY A JURY Or ' 1118 PFKH8. rhe Jury Wat Ont Ail {Bight Btfirt Arriving at > Verdict in the Cate In the Court of Genera1 Sessions on last Thursday morning the case of Mr. It. II. Covar, charged with the murder of late Mr. Jas. T. Parks, was entered into. It consumed the entire day and the jury did not bring in its verdict until fc-ur o'clock Friday morning, having be?n in the jury room s'nce about six o'clock of the evening before. It seems that one member of the jury wanted to convict Mr. Covar of manslaughter, and it took several hours to bring him over to a verdict of acquittal. Mr. Covar was represented by Messrs. Wolfe and Herry and Col. A. II Moss and Solicitor Ilildebrand was assisted in the prosecution by the Hon. T. M Kaysor. We present below the testimony of several of the mor important .witnesses, including that of Mr. Covar, who tcok the stand in his own behalf. He frankly told all he knew about Hie ditlicu'tv in a coo1, modest manner, and his demeanor as a witness made a most favorable impression on ail wnu neard his testimony. The following is the testimony in the case: WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION. The first witness introduced by the State was Dr. A. S. llydrick who testified to tiie cause ot Mr. Parks' death, lie was followed 1 y Magistrate C. P. Brunson, who was setting it) it's ouggy near tlie sc?ne or the tragedy on that fateful June morning Mr. Brunson said he saw Covar walking on toe Courthouse side of Church , street towaros Russell street, and lie saw Parks coming out the Courthouse door. Me saw them as the approached the gate, one was coming down the side walk towards the gate and the other was coming out of the Courthoust; both were coming in the direction of the gate. .1 ust as they met something was said, hut he could not hear what it was, as they spoke very low. Just as Covar got there he was walking with his head down towards Russell street when Parks came out and said something. Covar righ' at>out faced and sou ething more was said, and just then Pa ks drew oil that way and hit at Covar. I did not know whether he hit him or not, but 1 found out that he did hit him, he lilt at him ith all his might, so much so that he raised his foot up olT the ground when he swung at him. Just about that time Covar pulled out his pistol and shot, and then Parks pulled his pistol, and the tlrng kept up till they both emptied their pistols. II< was positive that Parks struck the lirst blow and that Covar tired the tirst shot, lie said he did not see Covar's pistol before he commenced iir ing, Covar was In his shirt sleeves and had something in his hand, did not know whether it was letters 01 what. When Parks spoke to him lu turned right aiound and looked him right in the face, and then Parks struck him or at him. Said he could not tell how many shots were tired by either party. After the shooting Parks went hack towards where Covar had come from, and they were both tingering at their pistols, and Covar aODlled a vile eidthet to PurUa and said he was running. Mr. Brunson said Mr. A. M. Bo/.ard was talking to him when the shooting occurred. lit also said lie saw old Mr. Covar with a pistol in his hand and told his son to shoot Pai ks. Mr. Brunson says ho told Parks to shoot Covar and just then Mr. Bowman came out of his otlice and said "stop this, men, stop this shooting, <5an't you see that this man is killed." Mr. Bowman was referring 10a Prks who was in the street between the place where the shooting took place and Mr. Bowman's ollice. Old Mr. Covar then said "Now Robert, stop; don't you hear me, stop!" The witness then said that Mr. Litis ledt and a great many other people had gathered. Mr. Brunson said there was an interval of about ten seconds between the lirst and the other shots, but he did not know who lired the second shot. lie said Parks did not draw his pistol until t ovar had shot him in the face. Then he wheeled round and threw his body and head toward and began to lire, but he ha no pistol when the lirst shot was fired Just when they got to the gate they were about to pass tand Parks saluted him and lie turned and saluted Parks and Parks struck at him and then me shot was tired tie said Parks had comedown t he morning of til shooting from Columbia, where he lived j with Mrs. Parks and the chllir.n On cross examination Mr. Brunson saia uki Mr. (Jovar came from the. Pt- ( t not otllce and just as he was passing Ins buggy he heaid him say to his son that lie must shoot Parks. He said j his buggy was ten or twelve feet above gate towards the Patriot otllce when Old Mr. Covar passed with a pistol in his hand. Mr. Brunson. who is an < uncle of Mrs. Parks, said the whole thing was done so quick that it dazed 1 him. lie also saict he was naturally ; very nervous. ; Mr. A. (J. Linstedt was the next j witness put up by the prosecution. Mr. Linstedt said he was coming < flown Church street from Russell < street on the Courthouse side of the st reet and was at about the second 1 panel of the fence when 1 saw Parks | and Covar meet and I saw I'arks < strike Covar in the face. 1 was too < far awav to lion r nnvthimr tli.it ...... ...... vvjv.i.uft Uliau >Y(l? , said or that passed between them if i lliere was any thing. Thc.v met right 1 In the Courthouse gate Said he did i not knew were cither of the comba- i ants came from, but said he t hought ] Jovar tired the first shot. He said here was a short interval between l tie lirst and the other shots. Said i Jovar was in his shirt sleeves and | I'arks had on his coat. Did not know low many shots weie tired, as the 1 vere both si looting as fast as they iould. He saw that they were botli "] -rying to reload their pistols and I i aught hold of (Jovar and told him to < ;ive me that pistol and lie handed it 1 ,o me, and then the olci man came up i vith ills pistol, and I said give me that t >istol, and lie said don't disarm me, aid 1 told him to pur. it in his pocket, aid 1 would not disarm him, and lie i lid. He then went off with his son, Dovai was standing between the two rate posts when Parks struck. The blow It pocked him back off the sidewalk or he stepped off, and wnen be tired he was standing in the gutter, and Parks was on the sidewalk right against the fence. They were about eight or ten feet apart, apd Parks kept retreating and Covar was standing still until he commenced reloading when he advanced. When the shooting was over Mr. Llnstedt said he had hold of Covar but didn't notice where Parks was, and that it was not a very pleasant place to be in and he wished he was somewhere else. When Parks struck Covar with ins tist lie was right up on him. and the force of the blow knocked Covar back, and after he struck him Parks stepped back. I was watching Covar; he was knocked baek three or four feet, at least he staggered back that distance, lie heard some one say shoot him Parks, but 1 don't know who it was. Did not see Covar draw his pistol. On cross examination Mr. Llnstedt said the only reason why lie said Covar tired tirst.was because he was watching him. They might have tired simultaneously. If he had beer watching Parks he might have seen him tire tirst. He said he could not with absolute certainty tell who tired i lie tirst shot, as he was so close v,o them. While the shooting was going on lie heard some one tell Parks to "shoot him." Saw the papers fall out of Covar's hand. WITNESSES KOU T11E DEFENCE. Mr Jaines M. Brailstord testified that Covar wis in his otllc3 on the morning of the tragedy and left immediately pror 10 ilie shooting; that Covar told liini that 1 e had heard Parks had threatened him; and that he knew that Parks was m tow n and lie wa try it g to avoid eny difllculty. Mr Frank Snyder, who was in range of the shooting, test!tied that Parks tired tlie tirst shot. Mr. Snyder's tesI i II )i ill v t :i 11 i -rl nlrtool u \nitli M- T ??-?/ ,, u.vav./ nimi l'?l. L/lllU" Btedi s Mr. M. F. Inabinet testified that Parks was in tlie Auditor's oilice on tlie morning of tlie tragedy and just prior to the shooting, saying that he wouid see him later, That Mr. Parks seemed to t)e in a good humor Mr. T. K McCants testified that lie was in the corridor of tlie Courthouse, at the time of the shooting and that? the Elder Covar was in one of the offices in t he Courthouse and weni out it the same time he did. He did not get out until the shooting had ceased. Col. M. O. Dantzler testified that he was in the courthouse at the time of the shooting; that he heard the shots and saw Mr. Parks hack across the path down in the direction of Law itange. He did not get outside until one shooting had ceased. A rotter was read from Gov. Slieppard testif j ing to the good character of Mr. Covar Mr. J as. L. Sims aiso testified to the peaceable character of Mr. Covar as well a? Mr. Parks. Mr II. II. Covar testified as follows in his own b half: lie said he came from Edgefield to Orangeburg to work for Mr.-Parks, and worked for him foi jver five years until last January when Mr. Parks sold the business to Funderburg and Covar. Mr. Parks and himself had kn? wn eacli other! when they both lived in Edgefitld, and had been as intimate as t^o brothers up to the time he an i Funderburg liought the business. After that a differences arose between | us as to who was to pay the outstand ing debts of tlie Patriot when it was sold by Mr. Parks which caused some dl feeling. Before the day of tlie unfortunate difficulty Mr, Covar said he nad not seen Mr. Parks in severa' inui)i ns un i,ii il clay Ik saw him twice in the alloy near the beer dispensary. lie started to the postollico tor tlie mail and lie saw Mr. Parks again at the corner in front of Bosch's store as.l passed, lie was talking to Opt. John S Rowe. 1 here were several other people there, but lie did not notice who they were. As lie passed Mr. Parks saw him. lie then went on and got the mail and on his way back stopued at Mr. Latllrop's otlice to see him about a Knight's of Honor matter. He left there and went on over ?.o Mr. Brailsfords olllce. As lie left Mr. Lathrop's otlice aqd came on across the street lie saw Mi Parks and Mr. Funderburg standing in front of the old cairiot olllce and! went into Mr. Brailfor 's ollice and collected a small bill that be owed me. I talked with him a awhile and told liim I had heard of threats that Mr. Parks had made that day and that I had come in there to avoid trouble. I stayed there about twenty minutes until I noticed that Mr. Parks had gone. He then told Mr. Brailsford that the way seemed clear and that lie would go. 1 went up to the engine house and crossed diagonally across the street towards the Courtnouse, and when I got there about the 1 i - * * " Kauc 1 uean some one walking and iooked up and saw Mr. Parks. AI was reading my mail when I hear# some one walking and looked up alfcl saw oim. 1 had just crossed the bridge in Irontof the Courthouse gate going in the direction of the printing otlice. I had just stepped on the sidewalk when ne said: "1 want to tell you that you are a dirty lying, thieving ion of a bitch" and just then he Knocked me in the eye, and being a heavier man than 1 knocked me back and broke the glasses in my eye, which almost blinded me, as my right eye is almost my sole dependence. The olow .tunned me and knocked me olT the iidewalk. After he struck me he drew his pistol and tired the first shot ...ui.i - ? - - 1 - wiiiuii went uirougn my hat,. lie ran luck a few steps befoie lirirjcw^ftfid my pistol in my bosom as I / Ar> ?Viy diirt sleeves and had to te^r shirt jpen before 1 could get my t>lstol out. As soon as 1 got my pistol out 1 tired, ind continued to lire until the pistol was empty. lie was struck three limes. 1 )i 1 not know how many times Mr. Parks shot. He said his Father came up and told him to stop. His father came out of the Courthouse. His brother and Mr. Linstedt also came up ana lie gave the latter his pistol. Mr. Covar said he and Mr. Parks had always been good friends up to the disagreement, and that Mr. Parks was a peaceable man, but he had been warned by several persons that Mr. Parks would shoot him on dght. and that he really expected to he killed when Mr. Parks came up and itruck him, and that If* vlioL to jave his own life. V jl * j A kiss Is the thermometol bv which we measure the sfieotiona. 3 . ELECTION tflGURKS T : IR VVVIRAL OLOfliBPmaUAIlS I ** IN THIS STATE. How the Vote Stood In the Firat and Second Primaries For Several Years. | By request we publish the results I of several primaries held in this State # * In the last ten years In which there were pthapp contests. The first one w? gl^ftbourred in 1896 when Messrs. Evans, Earle and Dunoan oontested for a seat in the Uilted States Senate. The vote In the first primary was as follows: Evans 38,391 Earle 30.983 Duncan. 8 369 Total vote 77 743 Evans only lacked 481 votes to eleot him, and it did look as if he ought to tret them out of Duncan's 8,369 votes, but he did not as the following result in the seoond primary shows: Esrle 43 323 Evans 40,166 Total vote 83 489 i > Evans lnoreised bis vote in the wyii primary only 1 775 votes, wifne Earle increased his 11,337 votes, giving him the nomination by a mnjorlty of 3.167 over E '*ih. The result was a great disappointment to .he friends of Evans, who were confident that their candidate from his big lead in the first primary would be wu uwty winner in tne second. We will nex* consider the primary >f 1898 when K lerbe web noatuatfd >ver Feather?fcone, the prohibition andldate. In the first primary the vote was as follows. Rllerbe 29 279 Featherstone 17 6 > 6 rillman 11 491 Jchumpert 7 682 Watson 7 240 m?? Total vote 73 308 Of the total vote est E lerba received 29,279 against 44,029 given to he other four candidates. He lacked 7,375 votes to nominate him. The text highest candidate was Feather tone and he lacked 19,038, having eceivad 11,663 votes leas than EUerbe. * In the face c f such a lead w? that It would seem that Elerbe would win with a big mi>j <rUy but is did not, as he barely *ol in by a majority of 1,986 over F ;atherstone sh the following vote in the seoond primary shows: Cllerbe 31,428 Featherstone 29 442 rp. 1 xuvw voi/tj 60,870 The vote fell off nearly 13,000 from he first to the second primary, but t will be noticed that Feather?tone creased his vote 11,826. while E lerje only inoreaaed his 2,149. We will next consider the primary a which Giv. MoSweeney won over Jol. Hoyt. Tne vote in first primary vas as follows: HcSweeney 39,097 Hoyt 33 833 G*ry 12,956 Patterson 6 052 Vhitman 491 Total vote 92,429 Of the total vote oast MoSweeney eoeived 39 097 against 53,332 for the ith'" four candidates. Ha lacked 5,117 votea to nominate him. The lext nlghest candidate was Hoyt, and le lacked 11,826 votes to give him a majority, he having received 5,264 /otea less than MoSweeney. Hoyt's friends felt confident that out of the 53,332 votes oast against MoSweeney jjeir candidate would get enough to lomlnate him, but they were badly mistaken as the result of the seoond primary shows. -The vote in the second primary was as follows: WcS veeney 51,363 Uo/t 37 412 Total vote 88 775 The vote fell off only 3 654 from jhe first to the second palmary. MoSweeney inoreased his vo7e 12,266 while Hoyt increased his vote only 3 654. It will be seen that MoSweeney was nominated by a majority of 13.961 over Hoyt, who was the prohibition candidate MtSweenev favored the dispensary, and so did Gary and PatterAon, and in whe second primary nearly all of their vote went to McSweeney, which gave ilm the nomination. Murdar Near Llylngton. Isaao Sewrite shot and killed Demps Davis near Livingston on Wednesday night of last week. The shooting was done with a shotgun and was about a woman. Davis lived ihout a half hour after he was shot. Both men were colored and the homicide oooured in the back yard of a form fcl? ? xiiu ii?uni uu bue plantation of Mr. J. 8. Livingston. In the absence ot ohe coroner It Is said no one would touch the body. It lay where It fell until Thursday afternoon when It was understood sr angements were being made to hold an lDquest by a magistrate who resides near the place. WcUh, Ljomcs i*ro|M)rty. Announcement was made Thursday that Miss Florence 10 ston was married on a tug boat at sea last Saturday to Eugene Durabb. Tae ceremony was performed In the Gulf of Mexico within the three-league limit from the United States, and during the blow which washed the tug's decks with ^ ipray. In marrying Durabb Miss Elston defied the provisions of her grand- * motber.s will cutting of Miss Elston, from Inheriting one of the 11 oest orange groves in Louisiana if she married | Durabb. t <