The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 13, 1906, Image 6
RfeMKJJY PROPOSK1)
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TO 8 AVE OUK WOMEN FHOM ?
CLACK BltUTEH. r
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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.
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. 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.
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