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7tAN ESTABLI SHED 1865. NEBRY err er,- FRI-DAY9.jj SUBTITUTE FOR LYNCHINGS. THE FIRST SPECIAL COURT HELD IN FLORENUE. It Answered Isbject Very Well-Only the 021lBers of the Cour: and the Necessary Witnesses were Present During the Ex aatuation of the Witnesses for the btate-The Negro, who was on Trial for theMost HelDouaOrtnmeKnown to the Law, had Kade a Full Confesion and Counsel Of fored no Evidence-His Con 1wetion was Spfedy and he was Sentenced to be Hanged on Apall 25th. [Special to News and Courier.] Florence, March 31.-On March 5, Julius Gibbes, a negro man, about 20 years old, was arrested in this county. chr rged with rape. His victim was Mrs. Daisy Lee Haynes, wif66f a well known and respeitable farmer, residing about twenty miles foml this town. A lnching was narrowly averted, the details of whiLh are well known. The special term of Court ordered for the trial, u *ge Purdy presiding, met prompt dtat 10 o'clock this morning. Solic itor Wilson was at his post of duty -tie and all technical preliminaries esived careful consideration in or gw3gJh8Court. Florence Court House has never eauch~ acrowd as was within its 4im today. Old, young, white and Mack, all callings, including several were present, and the o d was so large that Court offi ia*ls had much difficulty in moving o~und in the discharge of their dutes. The behavior of the crowd ' such as usually marks our im oia,t oocsiens, the interest shown a lmost intense. This was the legal trial for such a crime in zConty, a county where the e-=st eieution will take place on 25, when Julius Gibbes will ex on the gallows the terrible ~ risO rape. Sol;[" silence attended all the ies, silence that became stcwhen Solicitor Wilson asked 3 Wii Burch to "brmng in the Sis" They came as soon as pass ~ way could -be made, Mrs. ~4~r~pss coomapained by her mother ~4~a quiet faced, aged lady in At this juncture their pres ~ as necessary only a few mo s is, when they retired, to appear . *4when they had to testify. d .uge- Purdy then charged the d jury, and his charge, while -w brief and specific, covered all #ztsand left nothing to be misun ~utod.The indictment was handed tthe jury -which retired and re roed with a true. bill in twenty ,Then Julius Gihbes, handcuffed and with his hat on, was put in the doekL He is an or Iinary looking, -bpek negro, and the stern faces by which' he was surrounded pitilessly adeted the hopelessness depicted upon his own countenance. He looked like a drowsy man and seemed to be almost in a semi-conscious condition. -When lie had to say something his trembling lips continued to move after his words ceased to be audible. Nothing aroused him and he moved to his doom like a sleepy animal. Messrs. Wilcox & Wilcox were re quested by Judge Purdy to defend the prisoner, 'who had no counsel. Mr. P: A. Wilcox, in accepting the disagreeable duty, remarked that a requestC from his Honor was equiva lent to a command. Later he asked *for, assistance and XIe. Ship was re quested to assist in the defence, and for an hour thess attorneys con sulted with the prisoner. Then a -jury was empanelled, being sworn on their voir dire, after which a recess was ordered until 3 o'clock to allow further consultation with the pris oner. At this hour the trial was re sumed. Solicitor Wilson, counsel for the defence concurring,.asked that the house be vacated by all but wit nesses and officers of the Court. Judge Purdy answered that he knew only a request would be necessary, and in a few minutes only vacant seats were seen. The evidence against the poor wretch was simply overwhelming, including a free con fession to the prisoner's father, made fence had no witnesses, so counsel stated. Solicitor Wi,son made a brief but spirited address to the jury and was followed by fearless re marks from Mr. Wilcox, who with his colleagues, ably discharged their duty. Judge Purdy's charge to the jury was a model of absolute fair ness and impartiality. There could be no doubt of the prisoner's guilt and the jury returned a verdict of guilty in a few minutes. The prisoner was sentenced to be banged on Friday, April 25, and when his doom was spoken he sank to the floor gasping and terror stricken. The jury was composed wholly of intelligent white men and the entire conduct of the case was admirable. Judge Purdy requested that the audience maintain its good behavior and make no demonstration when the verdict was anncounced, but had to suppress a rising demon stration just prior to adjournment. He also firmly commended the men of the county for their fine tribute to the power of the law. Many ex pressions of opinion were heard e-ur' ing the day fror '.w abiding citi zens regarding -thk advisability of this first special Court held in South Carolina to punish the crime of rape. The conduct of the Court was perfect, everything was done in order, every technicality met proper observance and the law was vindi cated. For a woman to have to tes tify in such.circumstances is a fright ful ordeal. It is a bard remedy for lawlessness; it is a bitter path to justice that forces a woman to face all that involves testifying in such a case. This was heard on every side in spite of the great consideration shown by all concerned in the trial here today. CAROLINA 89ERIFF8 HONORING THE STATE. Sheriff Douglass of Chesterfield Does His Duty Bravely-And Mob, As UsUal, 8lInks Away. [Special to The State.] Cheraw, March 31.-We had what1 is thought to be the nearest approach to a 13 nching last. night at Chester field C. H. that has ever occurred in the county. The negro, Will Brewer, who killed Mr. Mann at Hornsboro in January, and who has been at large since, was captured by Sheriff Douglass last Saturday at Nashville, Ga., and brought back to our coun ty for trial. Last night 5Sheriff Douglass got wind of a report that a posse of men from the upper part of the county were going to take Brewer out of jail. He placed six men in jail and waited to see if there was any truth in the report. About 10 o'clock 60 or 70 men, some of them masked, arrived at the court house. Several representatives went to the jail door and gemanded the keys. Sheriff Douglass met them and re fused to deliver them. He ordered the men to leave at once or he would have to kill Lhem. They withdrew. from the door, but quite a number came into the jail yard. The sheriff then raised a window and ordered them to leave or he would have to fire on them. After consultation they withdrew and the affair ended without bloodshed. The men were orderly and quiet, but seemed deter mined. Mother. [Southern Farm Magazine for April.] The secret of the sweetness and light of the American home has been respect and reverence for parents, especially for the mother. These were responsible for the conserva tism of the South, which still per sists and which makes much toward the pure Americanism of that sec tion. For revereoce for the mother naturally develdops, through her, into reverence for wife and sister and for all women, not the gallantry shown in dress parade g)reening and plum ing, but the consistent conduct in pblic and in private deeply rooted in the conviction that the mother is the real, dominant power for good in society, and, therefore, worthy, with all her fellows, of the most pro found homage. She represents in the highest degree the source of pa rntal authority. WYATT AIKENFOI CONGCE*S al Something About Him and His Fitness For ri The Position. W [Anderson Daily Mail.] Anderson, S. C., March 17, 1902. Mr. Editor: Permit me through the columns of your valuable paper i to endorse the.candidacy of the Hon - m :rable Wyatt Aiken for congress from this, the third district, in the com- CE ing democratic primary. Perpetuat- tb ing as he does the good name of his . illustrious father, illustrating also at 'hat faithful devotion to duty which .haracterized his sire, he needs no ti itroduction at my hands to the peo- li( ple of this county. My only apology ror attempting to point to his clean ni record and his fitness for congres is iional honors shall be that his own cc songue, unlike that of the small po- in itician of the day, disdains to pro- tb 31aim in bl,nt tones the lavish ax paeans of self praise. All honor to w iis modest, honest soul; for, scorn- sa ng the petty deceits and the wiles as )f the political mystic maze, he pre- st [ers rather to make his race a race on VE ssues than one appealing to the pas- fr dions of partisans, to personal or vi ereditary friendships, or to his own re nagnetic, magnanimous personality. Ie [ shall then not trangress upon his si prerogative to present the issues so ipon which he will wage his battle tr .oyal but shall direct attention more specially to his record as a private nan. gr He was reared on a farm in Abbe- be ille (now Greenwood) county and is a farmer was always successful. Eis talents however called him into i(.tber profession in which it was Ne iis pleasure to remain in close, con idential elbow-touch with his former ellow-tillers of the soil. His deep nterest in their- welfare was mani- to ested at all times in a practical of nanner so that none ever doubted his is incerity nor ever questioned the gen- ri iineness of his interest. For him cr olitics had no charm, he sought no d ersonal aggrandizement, he had no sp lesire for political preferment, but 01 >y hiis merit he was called to -act as to ficial court stenographer eighteen lit rears ago and has since then filled tb he position with honor and credit to tl iimself and wjth eminent satisfac. ca ion to the officials of the court and to tl he public. His uniform courtesy to all, la -egardless of caste or fortune, have ar vcn for him, during the continuous to tinerary of eighteen years, golden pinions in the minds of hundreds cc who will be delighted to honor him la ith their ballots. The race for con tress is not by any means of his own ty hoosing, for he has heretofore re jisted the urgent appeals made by 1s friends to allow the use of his C. ume but the pressure became too tl trong, its spontaneity became too vident and he was swept into the 0 pace in spite of himself. Now that 2e has accepted the standard, he will cc nake an aggressive race and a win- se 2mng race. Not alone in private life has he cc erved his country but true to his Al eroic nature and patriotic soul he volunteered in the Spanish war as a ty private an3 shouldered his musket as A member of Lie Abbeville military 3mpany, in which capacity he served ty n the First S. C. V. I. Regiment one month, when for meritorious services ie was promoted to Battalion Adju- te ant. During the whole of his ser rice he was Acting Regimental Qnar. pI Lermaster and it is worthy of note bhat his accounts with the govern- ~ rent, involving over $100,000, tI :hecked out to a cent. Here, as in si every other capacity, he served with al qual satisfaction to officers and men c and 1:ere also he endeared himself to i al with whom he came in contact r~ by his big-hearted generosity and i thoughtfulness of the comfort of the a~ sick. I refer to this at risk of his dis- s] pleasure, for I am aware as are those $ who witnessed and were the re 0 ipients of his knightly treatment, a that it was his desire that his name should not be known in connection with his generous acts, but in his own unostentatious way s "He did good by stealtht And blusbed to find it fame.' Many a poor, sick soldier owes his life to this benefactor for taking him e from the hospial, sending him home c his own expense and taking the sk of securing his furlough after he assafe at home. He is especially a friend to the >ung men of the district, he having cured employment for a larger imber of young men than any man . this district, barring, of course, embers of congress. This is a fact >t generally known but one that n easily be verified by a search of e record. This is a splendid trib e to his popularity and influence d is mentioned merely to show the fluence he would weild in our na )nal-law making body. He is pub spirited and looks with zealous -ide upon the advancement of his Ltive country. In his own town he regarded as a safe, conservative unsellor in the matter of internal iprovements and it is by his efforts at the cotton mill, water works d telephone system of his town Nre established upon a paying and tisfactory basis. He is recognized a prudent financier and as a close adent of all economics. He is well rsed in the great public questions m a statistical and logical point of w and with his quick mind and ady tongue, with his knowledge of gislative procedure and congres >nal precedent, with his close as ciation with the people of his dis ict for the past eighteen years and consequent- knowledge of their eds he will make us a model con essman and one that we need not ashamed to continue in office. V. B. C. SPECIAL TERMS OF COURT. Less Than Seven Have Now Been Or lered-Newberry'i Request Withdrawn. Columbia, March 25 -The cus m of calling special and extra terms court is growing. The complaint made that the dockets in the va )us counties are getting so badly uwded that something has to be ne to relieve the congestion. The ecial terms of court offer excellent sportunities for the various counties get rid of the alleged piling up of igation, and the only trouble is at too often'the lawyers report that ey are not ready to have their ses tried, and in that way, while e dockets look badly crowded, the wyers allow nothing to be done, d it only remains for the jadges insist upon trials or dismissals. The following special terms of urt have been ordered within the t few week: General Sessions for Union coun J. H. Hudson, special judge, arch 31, for ten days. Common Pleas for Barnwcell, W. Benet, special judge, April 28, for ree weeks. General Sessions for Florence, R. Prdy, special judge, March 31. General Sessions for Laurens unty, R. 0. Purdy, special judge, cond Monday in April for ten days. General Sessions for Greenville unty, Jas. P. Carey, special judge, pril 14, for two weeks. Common Pleas for Newberry coun , . F. Stevenson, special judge, pril 21, for ten days. Common Pleas for Kershaw coun special judge to be named, first onday in July for ten days. This provides for seven extra rms of the court, which the local rs have deemed necessary and ex adient. The general assembly has never ade any special appropriation for e pay of the judges who hold these >ecial terms of court, and they have ways been regularly paid out of the >ntingent fund. It will be seen iat the special courts that have al lady been ordered call for seventy ne days, and one term is left open Sto the number of days. The >ecial judges are paid little enough, 10 a day, and so the special terms court already ordered will cost at bout 1,000 of the governor's con gent fund and the prospect now that other special terms of court till be asked for. There canr be no question that these pecial terms of court give the coun les the chance to relieve the conges ton of litigation, but at the same inte are of but little use if the judges .r cost intly asked to continue ases, even after special terms of o-r e oardere to dispose of them. SKETCE* UF A'ELHY LIFE, Interesting Incidents of the Civil War lt-e lated by IX. Con. Fed " A Member of Third S. C. Regiment. We spent the winter at Russelville, Tenn., and such a winter it was. We were nearly all barefooted and with out sufficient clothing. Finally the railroad from Virginia was repaired, and we got fairly shod and clothed. Here some more soldiers were shot. We kept up our drilling and guard duty. During the winter we took one tramp. We went to Dandridge, distant from Russellville about 30 miles. I was detailed to carry the colors on this trip. In the early spring we moved to New Market, nearer Knoxville. We subsisted dur ing the winter from the country. We usually had meat plenty but bread. was scarce. We finally moved back to Bull's Gap and then back to Green ville. Here we were paid off, and I never saw as much gambling any where. Then we took up the march to Bristcl. Here our rations were scant indeed and of the poorest qual ity. The bread consisted of what was called "Tax in Kind," wheat, oats and chaff were ground up with out bolting; we -were only given three-quarters of a pound per day of such stuff. I have sat down and eaten what was issued for,three days at one meal, and then depended on what could be picked up. On this trip some soldier stole from me about 15 los. of flour. At Bristol some of the troops charged the commissary house, and a few were shot, but the boys got away with a good deal of flour. We took the train at Bristol for Lynchburg. It was about the middle of April, but there were snow showers all day. After spending a day or two at Lynchburg we took train for Charlottsville. Here we quit the train and marched to Gor donsville. Here were great religious meetings--preaching every day and night. The 3d regiment had less preaching than any regiment that I know of. While in Columbia Uncle Dicky Woodruff preached some for us. When we went to Virginia a Bap tist minister of the Reedy River As sociation was appointed chaplain; he preached two or three times dur ing the time he v. ss with us; his greateAst employment was bringing whiekoy for the officers; after that our regiment had no chaplain and we called it a good riddance; but other regiments had line preachers, but the Mississippi brigade had the bet chaplains in the army; they lived wit.h the privates, took the same fare and preached at every opportunity. At Gor~donsville an Episcopal preach er was assigned to our brigade. He went to read.ing his prayers, and at the first amen the boys arose from their knees and he soon learned to preach and pray without the book of prayer. On the 5th of May we commenced to march toward the Wilderness. We stopped about 1 o'clock and went into camp, but during the night we were aroused and hurried to the front. We were marching by flank down the plank road, the 3d regiment in front, when minnie balls came flying up our lines. We were 'thrown across the road, four companies on the left and six on the right of tbe road. An order came to move to the right; six companies moved and four, did not; we halted and was forming when Lee's troops came pouring through or lines; the Federals were at their heels; they passed in the open space where there were no troops. We were not throngh adjusting our lines when we were attacked on the left flank. CJol. Nance had just told me to get my men in line and passed to the left when the federals opened fire. Col. Nance was killed; I was shot down, and a great many of our boys were killed and wounded. Our regiment was driven back and the Federal.s advanced over me. A lieu tenant stood with his sword and would not let his men bort me. They continued to advance, but our regi ment had detained them long enough to let Gen. Humphreys form his brigade of Mississippi troops. Gen. Hancock passed near me on horse back. He bad a large pistol in his riht hand. I tried to get a gun so that I could shoot him, but thought I better of it. In a. short time the Federals commenced to run, and they i were making good time. Gen. Hum phrey came up with his brigade and fired a solid volley over me which covered me witb dirt and bark. I raised up and called Gen. Humphrey by name and told him the enemy were running. He moved his brigade up to me and asked how badly I was hurt. I told him my leg was broken. He examined my leg, got me two sticks and helped me up but found I could not walk; he called one of his captains and told him to put me be- F hind the largest tree he could find; 8 S he (the captain) told me his name was Capt. Cherry, of the 21st Missis. sippi, bid me good bye, and then 1 Gen. Humphrey moved his troops forward. My thigh was shattered at the hip and my wrist was shot. I asked a soldier to get me two guns, I wanted to use them as crutches, but y he was a skalker and would not come t] to me. An officer got me the guns and helped me up, but I could not use them. Two Mississippi boys came along wounded in the arms. I asked them to assist me to the rear; u they helped me up but I could not go with them. Finally two of the . Mississippi ambulance corpse came along, and when they found I had a b first cousin in their regiment they t carried me back so our ambulance t corpse could get me. I was carried V back to Dr. Brown and forwarded by him to Dr. James Evans. I will give a short sketch of hos- e pital life in my next sketch. c X. CON. FED. GIVES HIM A CHANCE.. 0 d An Act of Clemency to Be Commended. [Columbia Record, March 31st.] t Last week the governor refused to V< issue a requisition on the governor of Kentucky for the return to this . State of a white man named Ashley, who was wanted in Barnwell on the s4 charge of breaking into the dispen sary at that place. The man was a b morphine fiend, and all the indica-b tions were that he was making an effort to reform and was succeeding splendidly. Owing to this fact and his previous good behavior, the gov- T ernor concluded that it was best to pardon him the offense and allow bim a chance to make a man of himself. Sheriff Creech, of Barnwell, wrotea to the governor today, folly endors ing his action in refusing to issue a requisition on the charge, but stat- A ig that he had another warrenrt for t Ashley for horse stealing. Not t withstanding this, the governor hasr decided not to make requisition, be cause, in the first place, the stolen horse was returned to the owner, and, second, because of a letter he had received from Rev. William M. Bruce,l of the rescue mission of Louisville,a Ky. This gentleman has had Ash. ley under his care, and he states that he is just about to get out of the host pital, where he has been for two A months-; that he is a changed man and realizes the distress that he has brought upon his wife and family, tc and is desirous of again making him self useful to them. Mr. Bruce asksr that the governor withdraw the warN rant, for he believes that to bring Ashley back now would not be to his good. Mr. Bruce also promises to secure him a position.y In vie w of the fact that nothing has been lost through the morphinic b actions of Ashley, and in the hope1 that he may be reclaimed entirely, ~ the governor will not have him brought back, but will give him a chance to be a man. t SENATOR JONEs BEATEN. 1 Head of Democratte Nationial CJommittee a Defeated in His Own state. Little Rock, Ark., March 31.-Re- s turns from the Democratic primaries 0 held Saturday show that ex-Gov. b~ Clarke has been endorsed for United p States Senator and that Gov. Davis a has carried sixty five out of seventy- 14 five counties of the State. At the headquarters of Senator Jones a tel- t egraml was received this morning an- t nouncing that Washington county, which, it was supposed, would be for Jones, had gone for Clarke by narly 800 majority.t NoR't inquire Into Suffrage, 40 CHANCE FOR ADOPrIwN OF THE CRUMPACKER PLAN. .an't Get the support-Republicans Wary of the Proposition and Likely to Drop the 4Whole Business-Ttn Days Fixed as the Time for Report of Resolution Have Passed. Washington, April 1.-Notwith tanding reports to the contrary, here is a disposition among Repub icans of the house to drop considera ion of the resolution pending be ore the house committee on rules >roviding for the appointment of a pecial committee to consider the abject of suffrage in the South. When the rules committee an .ounced that the resolution had been greed upon it was stated that the ieasure would be reported within 0 days thereafter. The 10 days ave expired and no resolution has et come from the committee. It was reported a day or two ago at as soon as Representative Chas. [. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who was then i his home State, returned to Wash igton the resolution would be taken p. Gen. Grosvenor, who is now in Vashington, is one of the most en 2usiastic supporters of the proposed ivestigation among the Republicans, at when questioned he was unable ) make any prediction as to when ie matter is to be considered. It is said that after a careful in estigation of the situation the hand 11 of Republicans who ask consid ration have discovered that they %nnot get a Republican majority in vor of the proposition and that ey will, therefore, at the instance E the speaker, allow the subject to rop. Representative Edward W. Pou, E North Carolina, who introduced ie resolution providing for an in 3stigation of the use of campaign inds during the last two Congres onal and Presidential elections, tys that he will do everything to ^cure consideration of his measure the Crumpacker prosposition is rought up.' NOW FOR THE STATE FAIR. be Committee on Premiums and Purses to Meet. [The State, 2nd.] The committees on prizes and lards for the State fair will meet in harleston Wednesday of next week the call of the chairman, Col. R. .Love, of Chester. This commit e will make up the premium list for e coming fair. The committee on ces will also meet at that time, on e call of the chairman, Mr. $. P. amer, Jr., of Marion. Col. A. H. Thite of Rock Hill, the president of e ass->ciation, and Col. T. W. Hol way of Pomaria, the secretary, will so be there. The members of the committee on remium list are R. A. Love of Ches r, T. J. Cunningham~ of Chester, .T. Smythe of Charleston, J. G. [obley of Fairfield, J. H. Wharton ELaurens, D. F. Efird of Lexmg m and C. F. Moore of Bennettsville. he members of the committee on ees are R. P. Hamer, Jr., C. F. [oore, B. F. Williamson of Darling n and A. T. Smythe of Charleston. The fair was not a success last ear. In 1900 it slas a great success -financially and otherwise. A fair iay be a financial success without eing satisfactory in other ways. In 900 there were 20,000 visitors in olumbia. Last year the attendance as very much less. But on acccunt E the hard times, and on account of 2e approaching exposition in Char iston, there was not much money pent in trying to have the fair a big ccess. The purses for the races !ere unusually heavy and cost the as >iation all of the proceeds from the ther departments. The legislature as supplied this need, and has laced $2,500 at the disposal of the ssociation. This is regarded as a >an and will be refunded. In speaking of the prospects of he fair, Col Holloway said yesterday hat they propose to have a good how and will have the people here f Columbia will do her part and alze genuine interest in the fair.