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u5 -D91 E ,iTA l3-ISHE_D 1865. N__ __EWBERRY, S. C,, TUESDAY, MAC 11- 92 WC WE.~5 GREAT EXCITEMENT IN FLORENCE COUNTY, WECO) MOST IiRUTALi,Y Als SULT8 WHVIrr WOMAN. arlninal Uap+ured by 8herlfY-WIho Pre vented Lynching by Pronlpting "Apeggy Trisal at sp-clal Term of Court. (Special to The State.) Florence, March G.-Near Hy mans, in the lower part of Florence county late yesterday afternoon, Mrs. K. R. Haynes, a well known and re spected white woman, was ravished by a negro brute, Julius Gibbes. Evidently aware that the husband was. away from home, the negro called at the house on pretence of business. Mrs. Haynes came to the door with a baby in her arms. After a few minutes conversation, Gibbs rushed up the steps and overpowered the lady, snatching the child from her arms and throwing it aside. Mrs. Haynes never lost cocsciousness, and when she was released ran to a neigh bor's house and gave the alarm. In the meantime the negro had fled. A large crowd soon gathered and Sheriff Burch reached the scene from Florence about 9 o'clock. Gibbs was found at his home, about a mile distant from where no committed the crime. It was all Sheriff Buroh could do to prevent the angry men from siezing the negro and swinging him up, but reason prevailed and a lynching avoided. Influential ien in the community, among whom were the husband and brother-in-law of the victim, aided the sheriff in sooth ing the intense excitement, On con dition that a special term of court would be convened for immediate trial the men desisted from violence and allowed the negro to he brought safely to the Florence jail. To night everything seems to be perfectly quiet, and there is no fear of a lynching. An APPEAL TO GovERNoR -wJLL ORDER SPECIAL TERM IF SOLIOIvITo MAI{ES REQUEST, AS TIE LAW Pto VIDES. Rather a remarkable and unusual case was called to the governor's at tention yesterday. This time a mob agrees not to lynch if the State will see that a speedy trial is had, This is the first time such a case has de veloped in South arolina. The governor heard of the case yesterday morning from the sheriff of Florence county, the telegram be ing incorporated in the following message sent the circuit solicitor: 1arch 6, 1902. Solicitor John 5, AVilson, Manning, S. 0.; Rave just received the following ,telegram; "FlIorence, S. 0, M. B, McS weeneiy, Governor, Ooluiimbi a, S. C.: Negro raped white woman yes terday lower part county, large party present when arrested anid desisted from lynch law on contdition special t ferm court convene -to try at once. Ii promised and have negro in jail. Make good my promise, otherwise may be trouble. Everythting quiet awaiting your action-homas S. D3urch, Sheriff." We must u'> have arty lynching - in this State. Hlave wired the Sher 1ff that the request for special term of court under act of 1900 must come through you anid I will act favora bly upon petition. M. B. McSweeney, Governor. This message was Rent the shteriff: miarch 6, 1902. Mr. Thomas S. Barch, Sheriff, Flor ence, S. 0.: Under the act of 1000 providing for special term of court such appli nation must come throngh solicitor, and can only come through him un der the statute. If the matter is presented to the solicitor by your * people I have no doubt that he will askc for the special term of court you indicate. This is a requirement of law. Personally [ favor a prompt trial, but under the statute,can only call the extra term~ upon the written reqt'est of solicitor. Have the peti tion sent to tne and I will have the ,'extra -term of court ordered with pleasure.- Have wired Soligitor Wil son flly.M. B. McSweeney, - - Goverr'or. This was also wired the sheriff: March 6, 1902. Thomas S. Burch, Sheriff, Florence, S. C. I rely on you to protect the pris. oner and if necessary bring him here to penitentiary. Wire me if neces sary. M. B McSweeney, Governor. At 10 o'clock last night the follow ing telegram was received by t,he governor: Manning, March .-To Governor McSweeney: Will go to Florence tomorcow. Will then advice you. Sheriffishould do his duty. Jno. S. Wilson. SPECIAL TERM TO BE HELD. [The State, 8th.] Solicitor Wilson reached the city last night and conferred with the governor in regard to the special term of court promited by the sher iff of Florence in the case of the ne gro rapist. After the conference it was announced that the term would be held and that the proper steps in the matter would be taken this morn lng. M'LAURIIN IN LINI:OLN South Carollnta Menaor ni),Ivera an A idre foieoe the Mirqnelte . ,ub, Memorial exercises in honor of Abraham Lincoln were held in Uhica,-;o last Wednesday on a scale surpasning any previous local cele bration of the anniversary of that statesman's birth. There were a number of banquels in different parts of the city during the evening, the largest and most important being held in the home of Marquette club. Senator John L McLaurin, of South Carolina, was the principal speaker of the occasion and the subject, of his address was "Abraham Lincoln and His Relations to the South." In part the senator said: "It is the irony of fate that these two great presidents-Lincoln and McKinley-who had it n their power and their purpoge to do so much for the South were both stricken down by the hand of an a'-sa'isi-i in the midst of plans which they had formed for the bettgrlent of the entire country. - "I think I see the dawn of an other day when oqr country will be divided not on sectional lines, but in thought; when a man will act and vote, not from the influence of the mere locality, but in accordance. with the dictates of his conscience, judg ment and the enlightened self inter est. This alone can can nm ike us one country, one nation, one people, thus realizing the hope of Washing tori and theideatl of Lincoln, and the prophecy of McKinley. "There are certain personalities in which the humian race is permna nently interested. Lincoln was a human force on a universal theatre, a dynamic power in mind arnd in character, Hie established forever among the common people of the en tire civilized world a reputation for greatness and, goodness Hie was canonized as he lay upon his bier by the inscrutable decree of countless millions. And the humble classes in aill countries indistinctively felt that their order had- lost its wisest champion. "What wve need today is a non sectional statesmanship and a non partisan patriotism, a close,- brother hood throughout our common coun try. The Soumh needs the activity, the energy, and the progressive comn mercial and industrial ability of the north. The north needs the vast re sources of the~ south. The two sec tions working toget,her can bring about an era of growth never yet at tained4 in the history of our country. "Meeting here tosnighti for the purpose of doing bonor to the mem ory Qf the greatest man this country has ever produced since it became an independent nation, we can take a lesson from the words he uttered while the strife was on, and, in this pariod of love and peace we can do much to bring about perfect unity and understanding so essential to our national growth, progress and prosperity." DISPIENHAJtY PROFITS TO DE1 O1VEN TO SUHOOLs. The Legielaturo Provides for the Amount of Asseta to bo Very Materially 1ti duced, [The State, 7th.) The State superintendent of ed ucation more than a year ago di. rooted attention to the fact that the dispensary authorities had invested in liquor a lot of money belonging to the public schools of the State. There was no way for the funds to be gotten for the schools, and the dispensary authorities claimed that the funds were needed as assets upon which to conduct the enormous business of the dispensary-over two millions of dollars a year. At the last session of the legisla ture there was some talk that the dispensary keeps too large a stock on hand, and an investigation was suggested by some,' but the matter went up in smoke. However, the legislature passed an act reducing to $400,000 the amount' of school funds to be used as assets by the State board. The act also provides a more. specific mode for apportion ing and declaring the profits. The new act says: That the directors of the State dispensary shall pay over to the State treasurer by January 1st, 1104, in equal semi annual paynients all of the school fund reported by them in excess of $400,000 for the benefit of the common schools of the State, to be apportioned by and paid out on the warrant of the comptroller general as is now provided by law for the apportionment and payment of dispensary profits for the benefit of said schools, provided that the first payment shall be made on the 80th day of June, 19(" Section 2. The .m and after the approval of ' direc tors of theState d make a quarterly statem. - . ,he purpose of ascertaining the net profits accru ing to the State from the sales made from the State dispensary and shall pay over the profits so ascertained to the State treasurer within ten days thereafter for the benefit of the common schools of the State, to be apportioned by and paid out on the warrant of the comptroller as is now provided by law -or the apportion ment and payment of dispensary profits for said schools. The first settlement made under this act shall be on the 81st day of March, 1902. Section 8. That the county treas urers of the several counties of this State shall not pay to the authori ties of the several cities and towns entitled to dispensary profits, their share of such profits except upon the warrants of the county b)oard of control and county auditor issued to the authorities of said cities and towns, when settlements are made by them ais required1 by law. The said county board of control and county auditor shall at the same time also certify in writing to the county su pervisor of the county entitled to share th4 dispensary profits the amount thereof to which the county is entitled. Section 4. All profits from county dispensaries subject to distribution among the counties, cities and towns of the State which have accrued since the fourth Monday of December, 1901, and which may hereafter ac crue, shall be distributed monthly among the counties, cities and towns entitled thereto in the proportion fixed by law, and that the settle ments to ascertain the same shall be made on the fourt.h Monday in each month, instead of quarterly as here tofore provided b)y law. The act has been approved by the Governor. CIUEAP F~OOD) FORt HlOItsE ANDi STOCK (lemmon otlego Makem an important Bugge atlan to the Farmeora. To the Editor: The following comn munication, issued by the assistant agriculturalist of Clemson agricul tural college, is of so much value to the farmers of this State on account of the present high price of all feed products for farm animals and stocks, that I have determined to get you to publish this as an advertisement, for which our company will bear tho oxponso. As some of the products made up in the ration us made by Mr. Con nor may not be available to various plauters, I suggest that any planter write to Mr. Connor and state what food products are available to him, both rough forage and concentrated food, and ." Mr. Connor will take pleas. ure in making up a ration to suit his needs, aH he has don in thin in. stance. Your truly, C. Fr'rzsrMoNs, Oen. Mgr. Southern Cotton Oil Co., Columbia, S. C. To Editors News and Courier: Farmors from various sections of the state have b1n writing, asking about the advisability of feeding horses and mules on cotton 80ed meal and hulls, and also asking for a cheaper ration than corn. The following prices are given in a letter from Scranton, S. C.: Corn, $40 por ton; oats, $45 per ton; wheat, bran, $25 per ton; cotton s00d meal, $25 per ton; rice meal, $2(0 per ton. Of course, corn and oats are out of the question as a food for horses and mules at the abovo prices----so some tbing cheapoi must be looked for. The analysis shows that rico meal ha:1s about the saune composition as corn meal, and we have found that it is just as good for feeding pigs. We have fed it to horses with good results. I think we are safe in say ing that. it muay be used in place :: corn, pound for pound. If no hay or fodder is used in the ration and hulls are resorted to as roughness, some nitrogenous food, such as bran or cotton ood meal, must be used to supply protein. Hulls may be fod without any fear of injury to the animal. Should they refuse to eat the hulls a little corn meal or bran sprinkled over the sur face will help to break them to it. A good ration may be made up a1s follows: Cents. Six poundv of rice meal costing...... 6 ti Four poundsof wheat bran, costing. 5 0 Two pounds of cotton seed meal, costing.. .-....................... 2 5 l'en pounds of cotton seed hulla, costing ...... ................... 3 0 Total cost of ration per day......17 1 The above is for a horse or mule of 1,000 pounds live weight. It is evident that a ration made up of corn and fodder and containing the same amount of digestible mat. ter as the above ration would cost much more than the above. The North Carolina experiment station had fed cotton seed meal and hulls to horses with good results, bIut the experiments along this line have not been extensive enough to say that cotton seed meal can be fed in unlimited quantities for any length of time without injury to tihe animiai. Numbers of farmers, howv ever, haive reported that they have fed cotton seed meal and hulls to mules and horses with good results. C. M. CONNER. Assistalnt Agriculturist South Caro ia Experiment Station, Clemson College. The Presen,,t Interstate Commnerce I.aws Mel I b,e (lven a Fair Test. Chicago, March (.-President Roosevelt has given the railroad mmangement of the enltire country to uInderstanId that the interstate comn morce andl Shlerman laws will 1b0 on forced to the letter, says the Record Herald1. Tile inlformation has been conveyed through the medium of thle interstate commerce commission, and it is un derstood1 thlat the administration will nlot favor any amendment to the law until tile present laws have been eni forced and the result note(d. The Record HebraId asserts that thle no0W order of things has caused consternlation among thle executive oflicials of roads centering in Chicago, and all are engaged in the work of "cleanmng house."~ Hurried consul. tations have resulted in the decision that all associations and organizations which are in violation of the laws in. volvod must be done away with and every effort. made to show the corn mission that the roads purpose hand, ling traffic free of all pools, agree ments or ont rates. Intoresaing Iniu%danta of Iho Civil War lt. 1ated by -X ('on. Fed," A Memounbt+r of Third H. C. 1Relt,ounnt. In a few days we took up1) the line of tuarch for Knoxvilli. At Sweet water we Wore issued flour that mnado nearly every man in the rogimnwot sick. There was some skirmishing where we crossed the rivor, near Lou don. At Cameron Station thorn wii aln artillery dul and Home muskotry firing. The next morning 'ompalny 13 of the 3d was made the advance guard of the army. E. U. Long. shore and John Dalymple woro sent in front of us. Thr,e cavalrymen were in front of them. Finally the cavalry and our two boys got to gether. After going a few miles they found the oenmy. At the first firo the cavalry deserted our boys and came charging to the roar. D>al rymplo and Longshoro got bohind treos and oponed fire. They hold their own until we roehlbd them and deployed. We had more fun this dly than any other day in the army. It was cavalry wo woro fighting, but they were dismounted. Wo wore gradually driving them back. Ml. II. Gary would got behind a tree on the hune and load then get out and fire. Lt. Hunter ordered (ary to got, from behind the tree, Ind told him he bo lieved he was afraid. Gary told him he was not afraid to go tinywhoro ho (unter) would go. The Yankees ware driven to their horst1s and then they mounted, unslung their carbino and gave us a regular volley. l,ifut. Hunter tried to be the first bohind Gary's tree. Sorgt. L. M. Spoors was in charge of the right, of the line. Some Federal cavalry worO gotting behind us. Sorgt. Spoors asked me to hold the lino util ho went down to Lieut. Hlunltr. 11+ went down and Lieut. Hunter came up the line and ordered me to push my noun for ward, and sid that ho believed 1 was afraid. I told him I would go anywhere ho would go, and told him of the cavalry getting in our roar. What I amll) now going to toll looks proposterous, but it is a fact. I dodged at minnie ball just at this place. I happened to look up an( sawi a minnie ball coming towards me point foremost., but the ball was wabbling. I stepped to the right and the ball -ttruck the ground noar 1me. It would have hit 1e inl the breast, but would not have had force enough to have entered the flesh, but would have bruised me. Our regimllenut cam.1. up nr... and..1 the enemy ran on their horses and1( our comnpan~y, like ai pac(k of hlounds5, aifter them on foot. 1Hlre let 1me 511y Lieut. Hunter wvas a spleu.didl oflicer and brave soldier, and( was killed at the Wilderness aIt the hoad of thle cornpany. The enemy madol another stand a few miles nearer Knoxville, bunt we soon drove them out. Then anlot her stand abloult 0on0 anld a1 quarter miles from Knoxville. Here we had some fighting at clo range. I lookoed up and1 downl tihe line and thought all the 1men1 were in line, and( wats get bmg in somTo wvork myself, when I heard a shot nearly behind me. I looked around and( .John D)alrymple ran to me and said, look at Buck, hie had( only mfissd hilln four iriches. I ran Buck in line. The enemy n)ow retreated to within half a mlilo of Fort London on the outskirts of Knoxville. X. Coun. Fed. lHe WVaan Onet of thei 1.EIIdiI,g ltraIttnrN of t.he A. RC. P'. OUss,rch. [The Stato1, 7th.| T1he Associato Reformed Presb)y terians of Southl Carolina will be grieved to learui of the death of R1ev. Jn1o. Tr. Chalmers, D. 1)., palstor of the First A. IR. P. church of Char lotte. lie passed away in that. cit.y yesterday afternoon after months of suffering, and a telegram received in this city by the R1ev. J. P. Knox stated that the funeral exorcisse would be held in Winnshoto tomnor row morning. Dr. Chalmera was recognized hby all denominations as a pulpit oratoi of much power and earnestness, anI by his own people he wna hnarea. moe t.ts and bolovod for his lofty at. tributes of character. liis father, the late 11ov. J. C. Chal mo10rs, was at Seooor pi aechor who wast Pastor for years at (enerostoe, in Anderson County, and thoro lie buried the infant brothor of the ninister who died yesto day. After leaving (Ge}noroHtee, the older Mr. Chalmers preached for years to the A. It. P. congregation at Stool Crook, 1. C., a flourishiig Scotch Irish Het t.lemenit. in Mocklenburg County, and there Dlr. J no. T. Chalmers wias born. Ilo wtH the only one of tho children to reach ianhood, a1.( he WIaI just at the time of life whon his powers should have boon at full dlevelo). mnoot. After graduating at Ivrakine and after taking the seminary courso there, Dr. Chialmoe protched for nearly twelve years at. Winnsboro. ''hore his vonerable fatther wis buried, and thoro but. i few weekm ago the aged mlothor was placed bHeido him. )r. Chalmers was twice married, his tirst vife being Miss Jonnie Brice of J'airlield, atnd his Hocond wife being MisHH .IsHHio IlitC1elol, dattlghter of Mr. T. P. Mlitcholl, of Winnsboro. By the first wife three children were born, and two by the Hocond nar riago. )uring his pastorato at VillnnLboro l)r. (halmeors waH ssociated with t.ho lamonted Dr. (rior in the Iublicn tion of tie church paper "The AHso cinto lloformed I'resbytorian." b,ator he bocamio Hole editor. I)r. Chatl norH went from Winnsboro to P'hila (elphin whore for four years he was )aHtor of tIe Fourth Unuited I'resby. terian church. lHe cane back to the South, partially on account of his hoalth, and WitH called to the Feirst church in Charlot.to. In this rela tionIhil) e continued utttil the time of his death excep)t for oight lonthH Hpont. ats Ia miHHionary in Mloxico, where Ie tried to build up his failing health. Two 3 oars ago Rev. W. M. Grier, ). )., lhe repreHentativo main and preacher of the A. It. '. church laid down his life's work, and inl this time of sorrow l)r. Chalmers wits looked upon as the muccessoCr to l)r. Grier. Although elected presidenttt of Ers kine college e was forced to doclino a1s he wats not strong enough to tike up the work which had boen carriol forward with such a nltarked'I degree of success by Dr. 'rossly. Dr. Chalners delivered one Hor mon for which he was oHocially ro waIrded by favoralble com13menit, the subject being ''The Gospel of Say So." lie wasI also0 popular as al plalt form lecturer. lie wasH idolized by his conigregai tioni in Charlot to, andic wast beloved b)y the church generally. Among Ithe A. 1H. P. minisnters who aire expected to ait.t.end thle funeral are llev. C. E. McDonald of Winnrsboro, llev. W. W.' Orr, of Charlotte, llev. (1. W. Mc Cracken, of Chalrlotto, who has1 boen acting for D)r. ChahnierM in t.he lat ter's~ illness, and1( Iev. J. P. Knuox, of this city. ''A. Pairisiani 'dlecoraitor of ladies' stochingings' hias so far forgotten professional discretion as t.o toll talel out of his studio," says the Lonon1I Daily TJelegraph)l. "The airtiHt (do signis hosiery chitefly for fair, fasitidi ou18, nd extraivaganit beauiltion of the world which a1mutse itself. Those laiis will only wear stockings the( patteirns of which are unique, tad they retain the copy right of the (do signs. It is OvenI more ind iHcreet, of the artist to reveal that. for one of his customiers he has1 made delicate hose.i ombroiddred with a serpent having two ponIrls for its eyes. Other 'art stockings are decorated wit h p)erfeci imitations of flowers embroidered in colors, lilies of the valley, violets and1( lilac being favorite looms, Most of the ladies select a particulai flower which they ordler to be worked on all their hosiery. It appears how. ever, that, generally speaking, th< stocking embroidered in colors is con sidered a trifle loud. Ladies of se verer taste prefer black lace, btt jew eled ornaments on the latter are re garded as qjuito permissible. Thi artist in question charges any price from ?24 upward, for a pair o ose." Slerriff of Florence Bravely Does His Duty. VACEM FINTV Anllsu MEiN AN) REM. iltNES Iij.EMANl ,i To Lot Thonm 3vo 1 'IN e,,Hr --IIIaslel!,'( to )efe,etd i)an w'Iita 1tH I.tfe-11cputluN (unln Hack Doo of ,pall- :I()1 it. [-Sp1ecial to '1'he State ] F'lorence, March 7. -IBy t aking it bold and fearleMH sta agitin4t a party of iaHkel mon Seriif Bureh last night averted at 131ching in hloronco county. 1nler virtue of the sheriIT's Prouiso for an immodiato trial iho negro rapist, J ulin18 (lid, atvory thing was thought to be quiot, andt there was really no fear of it lynch ing. Things turned out (ifforontly, however, towarc nornong. About. 3 o'clock no less than 50 11111, it is thought, appeared at the jail dour and dlmanidocl the Hurreinder of th ip IriH onor. All woro imitsked land fully armed, and from the way they wont, about, the work, seolrnd (leterlminide( to have the negro at. any cost.. The Hhoriff himself armed, wont to the door and refused 0111ephttically to give way an inch. A part of thIe crowd had gone in the mneantnite to the rear door, and throaten'i to but ter it, down. 1 0r0 t ples01t i0 hadt bI"ln t.ttion0cl ain(l the 11101 outailee lokod into the muzzle of \\'ioellst erH Ihey wo told that. to 0nter the j,t1l m111a,ni instant. dth10t11. Ntr furlther Vi'loen0 Vts thIrrateneold. When Shio1f1 Butrch mcily Htattd to the crowd at, the front that he meant. to prot,ect the prim-oner with his life if nucessatry, he wits c'ovrel with it gun itId 801110 on0 0xtin guished the one lantern that shtied a fooble light onl the Hcen'. Again the diemuandll wits imato, but. I ho sherifT nevet wavored from his (leterlina tion. His coollwHi andl tiat of his (eptisiH H0omlfedc to have in olfft upon the atrdor of the would-be lynchorH, aid taking alvaintag0 of the opportunity the Hhoriff hoin to reason with the men. Hfe oxplained his situttiol fully, and told of the itrralgements that wore bmiog tmtdel for a prompt trial. 'l'lthe mob reemaind at. the jail for over half in hour, but finally wont. away without accoim iphiing their Sheriff Burehi did not rtec)gnizn any of the mon in the party, andl(] Hay1 the1 HluokoHtmon ma11.i 0vidett effort to di,-guiHo their voices. It is thought, they caoo from the neigh. borhood of the coimmnuity wheire t ih ecrme upon01 the person of Mrs. lHaynes wasH conninitted yesterdaiy atfternuoon. S huri IV Burchi is to lie conlgrituilated upon01 the mstandc hie took andl its successiful i88110. GlibbsCf cofessed hisi guiilIt, to hiis father yest.erday eein!g att. t he jail. The old mtan tuIrned Ilis hack upon his 8011, loatvinig himn wit hotit. (veIJ at good-bhye. TLhe father is highly re' sp)oeted( by the whites. Solicitor Johni S. WVilsion airrived thiq afternoon andi in making ar ranigements for the extra term of court which the law allows in suc,h chass. Thle jury will d1outltess ho dlrawIn tomiorrow. It is desired to have thle court conivenied us soon1 as8 possHibly. Sheriff Burchi, by way of precaution, has increased t ho guiard at the jail, and1( if any futther at tempt ~is made(1 to get the negro, there will undoubtedly lbe b,lood shied. iNi:KNI)IAIEs AT 11AMH RO1(. Large lirug store of hr. IlaMck RL tibed uad |Special to The State.] Bamberg, March 6.-hei large drug store b)olon)ginig to Dr. J. B. Black and his brother, Mr. Tlhomas Black, was burned here early this morning. Lo0ss about $13,000; in. suiranice not ascertained, It is believed the store waVis fired by burglars. DI)PEINlIAICV FOR1 YORiKVuLu0E. Wins by Majority of 24 in Total Vaot, of 170. [Special to The State] Yorkville, March 7.-Ana election was held here today on the question of tbe establishment of a dispensary, ,One hundred and seventy votes f were cast. Dispensary won by twenty four majority.