Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tuarn -MI it -m k wm M HOI lil M?SS00R!. kn Unknown ffegra Tramp was Merely Suspected of Murder. JOPLIN ?9 TBE H?BS OF MOS. Mob Ravels Negro Quarter and ? Drives Blacks From Town Houses Burned. Joplin, Mo., April 15.-A mob took an unknown negro tramp from the city ?ail this evening and hanged him 1:0 a telegraph pole at the corner of Second and Wall streets, two blocks from the jail. The negro was charged with having murdered Police Officer Leslie, who was shot dead last night in the Kansas Ci?y Southern railroad yards while endeavoring to arrest several negroes suspected of theft. Officer Leslie had ordered .several negroes who had taken refuge in a box car to surrender and when they, failed to do so he fired several shots at the i car. -During the shooting a negro slip? ped from the car and coming up behind the officer, shot him through the head. The negro then fled and within a short time posses were after him.. . About 3 o'clock this afternoon, Lee Fullerton, aged 21, located the fugitive in a slaughter house just east.of Jop? lin. The negro was armed with a rifle and defied arrest. Fullerton slipped into the structure unobserved and crept up behind the negro. Suddenly he sprang at the unsuspecting fugitive and before resistance could be made he bad the negro on his back with a knife-at his throat. The negro then surrendered his rifle, and pointing the weapon at him -Fullerton march? ed him out ofvthe building. ,With the. assistance of "another man the ne? gro was brought to Joplm and placed . in jail. News of the capture spread rapidly and the jail was speedily surrounded, by hundreds of people. There were cries of "Lynch him!" on all sides and-City Attorney H. H. Decker mounted the jail steps and made/a strong plea in behalf of law and order. This served temporarily to stay the mob but did not appease it "and a short time after Deckerls, speech the mob started to batter in a section of the jail.wall. Every effort was made to prevent the en trace of the mob, but without avail and-within 15 minutes the men had gained entrance to the jail and secured the trembling negro. As he was dragged forth City Attorney Decker again interfered and urged that the negro be given a trial. Fer half an hour he talked and the mob listen? ed to him with the negro in their custody. At one time it seemed that the city attorney would win, as mem? bers of the mob began dispersing, but suddenly a rush was made for the spot where tfae.negro was being held and he was dragged two blocks from the jail with a rope 'fastened around his neck, ?nd after the rope had been thrown over the crossbar of ? telegraph pole %a score of cien attempted to pull the negro from the ground. As many more seized the negro and pulled to prevent him being hanged. For some moments it was a veritable tug of war, but reenforcement on the . free ?nd of the rope proved the stronger and the negro, despite his protestations of innocence, was finally swung into the air and strangled to death, while shouts of satisfaction went up from the mob. The name of the negro was not known . and he was a stranger in Joplin. As . soon, as the negro was d?ad the mob dispersed and later the body was cut down and taken in charge by the coroner There is still great excitement in Joplin and it is feared that more trouble will follow in case the as? sociates of the dead negro are appre? hended. The lynching of the nergo served only temporarily to satisfy the indignance of the mob and later tonight hundreds of men again assembled and rioted through the negro section of tibe.city, burning houses, stoning negroes and finally driving every negro from the confines of the town of Joplin. The police were powerless. The first act of the mcb after hang? ing the nergo was to demand the re? lease from jail of a local character known as "Hickory Bill," who was under arrest; on the charge of assault? ing a negro. In the hope that this would appease the mob the prisoner was set free. But the mob did not disperse. In? stead a rush was made through Main street, the principal street of Joplin, and every negro was frightened off the street and fled to tbtf northern part of the city where the colored population resides. In this way the negroes were driven from all parts of the city to th9 negro section. Then the mob charged down on the section. Stones were thrown, doors and windows cf negro houses were broken in and finally sev? eral were fired. The fire department responded, but roany of the houses were bumed to the ground. The mob, made endeavors to prevent the fire department from extinguishing the flames and were partially successful. All the officers of the city, township and county were called out, but the mob swept them aside and proceeded with the rioting. Mayor Trigg ran from corner to corner and mounting boxes made earnest appeals to the mob to cease, but beyond "cheering the mayor vociferously the mob swept on and the depredations continued. The saloons were hurriedly closed by the mayor. After the hundreds of frenzied men composing the mob had vented their wrath *in the north end of the city they rushed to the southern end where lived a number of negroes. Their homes were vacant and not a negro could be found. Thrie more houses were fired and two were con? sumed. All efforts to reason with the rioters were futile, as apparentlv a frenzy had seized upon them. The streets were thronged and at ll.ia o'clock the whole city was in an up? roar. So far as known at that houi no fatalities had occurred, although many persons had received minor in? juries. Bamberg, April 17.-Judge Ernest .Gary pronuonced sentence on Joe Davis for the killing of J. B. King, .giving the prisoner 10 years in the penitentiary. ? WHITE MAN G?HVIGTEO. j Davis, Who Killed Bamberg's j Chief of Police Found Guilty of I Manslaughter. ! Bamber??, April 13.-The trial of Davis, for the killing of C?ief of Police King in the early part of the year, tock place at the county court yesterday. The evidence, as submit? ted to the jury, was about the same as that given at the inqest. The jury was out all night and this morning rendered a verdict of man? slaughter. The judge has not yet pro? nounced sentence. DISHONEST ARMY OFFICERS. Several Officers Indicted in Porto Rico for Smuggling. Washington, April 15.-The atten? tion of the officials of the department of justice was called today to the pub? lished dispatch from San Juan, P. R, to the effect that the United States attorney there had declined to pro? secute criminally a number of army and navy officers for alleged smug? gling, explaining bis action by the statment that he was acting, under instructions from Washington. The following statement was made by the department : The facts are that the treasury de? partment approved a settlement ID one of the pending cases, on the basis of relief from the criminal liability upon payment of a fine equal to double the amount of duties. Instruction to this^ effect was given to the United States attorney at San Juan by the solicitor of the treasury, and upon inquiry by the United State's attorney of the de? partment of justice for confirmation of this instruction the subject was brought before the Cabinet and it was directed ' by the President that Secretary Mood and Postmaster General Payne should investigate the entire subject upon their arrival at Porto Rico, and that the cases should be dealt with in ac? cordance with their recommendation. The recommendation was that all criminal proceedings should be dis? missed ?nd discontinued upon the pay? ment of the civil obligation as above indicated. In accordance with the commendation the Attorney General directed the United States attorney for Port Rico to dismiss pending cases, and to present no more cases to the grand jury until he "was otherwise in? structed." Postmaster General Payne also made a statement substantially to the same effect. The department of justice today received a dispatch from the United- States attorney at San Juan asking for further instructions, to which the department has sent the fol? lowing reply : "Your duty is to obey my instruc? tion, to dismiss pending smuggling cases and present no new cases until otherwise Sirected. Considerations of moment? not confined to Porto Rico or<= the individiuals involved have moved the Administration, after full in? vestigation and deliberation, to the course directed, which will be adhered to. But if the grand jury calls upon you or the Court requests, you will perform your usual fnntions-before the grand jury. The fact that Govern? ment may not or -will not prosecute if indictments are found does not pre? vent consideration by the grand jury." CORPSE F0UK1 Bj BARREL New York Police Still Hunting for a Clue to the Mystery. New York, April 15.-Police work to ascertain who the man was whose body was found in a barrel in East 11th street yesterday was continued ceaselessly all last night, under the direction of two inspectors and a cap? tain, but today the mystery seems to be as deep as ever. The police are not yet sure the man was an Italian. They still think he might have been a Syrian, a Greek or an Armenian,- and persons of those nationalities have been brought to the morgue by the score to see the body. Only one per? son, a Syrian, was able to give any sort of clue. He said he thought he had seen the man in an 8th avenue barber shop. The police at once searched the entire neighborhod of the shop, but found no further clue. There is a growing conviction that the man was a victim of a secret so? ciety composed of foreigners of some unknown nationality, and that the motive of .the murderer was revenge. Admiral Higginson's report on the bursting of the 12-inch gun on the Iowa clearly shows that the accident was due to the fact that the tensile strength of the gun's metal had been so weakened by repeated firing that it couid not srand the strain ot the dis? charge. It has been maintained by many naval experts that these big guns were very short-lived, and this dis? aster goes a long way to proving their theory to be correct. This was the hundred and twenty-eighth time this gun had been fired. This was the time of her power of endurance. For liver troubles and constipation There's nothing better in creation Than Little Early Risers, the famous little pills They always effect a cure and save doctor bills. Little Early Rjsers are different from all other pills. They do not weaken the sys? tem, but act as a tonic to the tissues by arousing the secretions and restoring the liver t'> the foll performance of its func? tions naturally. J. S. Hnghson & Co. The silk mills are coming South too. Encouraged by the success of the ono at Norfolk, Va., the Portsmouth Star says there is talk of establishing one in that city. In addition to those we already have a laraa one is being erected at High Point. Every year will add to the number, ami increase the demand for home raised silk. CASTOR i A For Infants and Childrsa. Hie Kind You Have Always Bought Signature o IB ILL our. Gonspiraoy to El Soy. Gosbei Proved at Last. . 60V. TAYLOR MB HiS GOLLE?&?ES Aiders and Abettors in the Crime -Evidence cf Henry E.-Yo?tsey In Court at Frankfort. Ky., Testifies That he Gave Howard the Gun and Pointed Cut Goebei to Him. Frankfort, Ky., April 16.-Henry E. Youtsey today, for the first time, told on the witness stand his story of the killing of the late Governor Goebei. He named Jas. Howard, the defendant, as the man who fired the shot. Yout? sey Siid he saw Howard for the first time a few minutes before the shoot? ing. Howard had a letter sent him several, days before by the witness at Governor Taylors' dictation. Youtsey says he took Howard into the crffice of Caleb Powers, then Secretary of State, which had been especially arranged for the shooting. He showed Howard the Marlin rifle, the bullets and the window from which the shooting was to be done. He says Howard asked what he was to get for doing the shooting. "What do you wane for it?" Yutsey says he asked, ? and that Howard said be wanted a pardon for killing Geo. Baker. "I told him he could have that and more, too," said Youtsey. "About that time," said the witness, "Goebei came in the gate and I pointed him out to Howard and then ran from the room. As I disappeared down the steps to the basement I heard the crack of Howard's rifle." Youtsey said that after the shooting he passed through the State House basement and a few minutes later came back into the Executive building from the east side entrance. "I stayed in the office of Assistant Secretary of State Matthews," said he, "for a few moments and saw Mat? thews break open Caleb Powers's office and find the guns that had been left in there." Youtsey said thac at the time of the shooting he was private secretary to Auditor Sweeney, but that as the political status was not definitely fixed it was understood he was to have a good place under Taylor. "Governor Taylor directed a?l we did." "We regarded him as our leader and he was morally responsible for all we did. We knew we had the Governor and the pardoning power beside us and ve were not afraid of punishment for ki?iing Goebei." Youtsey, on cross-examination, said that after he was arrested and later sent to the Penitentiary he still had hope of gaining his liberty. He thought Yerkes would be elected Gov? ernor and would pardon him. Yerkes was defeated, however, and about a year ago he decided to talk, and did tell his 'story to Prison Physician To? bin. Youtsey said further that he had an additional incentive to tell the story, as Taylor, Powers and others had used him as a catspaw and scapegoat and then deserted him when he got into trouble. Frankfort, Ky., April 15.-Frank Cecil, who has been away from Ken? tucky'since his indictment last year as accessory to the murder of Governor William Goebei, and who recentlv sur? rendered, gave sensational testimony in the trail of James Howard today. Cecil corroborated Culton, Broughton, Golden and others, as to the alleged conspiracy. He also said that Caleb Powers, then Secretary of State, told him that a man had been secured to come here from the mountains to kill Goebei. If this man failed to arrive, Powers told him he (Cecil) would be paid $2,500 if he would fire the shot. Cecil says he declined. Governor W. S. Taylor, be testified, called him into his private office and told him the same thing. Governor Taylor said he had saved ?2,500 from his cam? paign fund, and that he would pay immediately. Governor Taylor also mentioned Youtsey to the witness, and referred witness to him. Anderson, April 14.-An election was held in this city today cn the question of issuing 825,000 worth of street improvement bonds and $15,000 worth of bonds for the erection of a new school building. On the former the vote was: Yes 148, No. 39. On the school bonds the vote was: Yes 147, No 40. -? ? ?? ?- - Good For Children. The pleasant to take and harmless One Minute Cough Care gives immediate relief iu all cases of Cough, Croup and LaGrippe because it does not rot pass immediately into the stomach, but takes effect ri^ht at the seat of the trouble, it draws out the inflammation, heals and soothes and cures permanently by enabling the langs to con? tribute pure life-giving and life sustaining oxygen to the blood and tissues. J. S. Hughson &? Co. It will not do always to judge by ap- j pearances. In an Ohio town an old | envelope that contained $700 lay in an election booth all day and "was brushed aside by hundrds of voters. Just as the polls closed a judge who voted at 8 o'clock ir. the morning rushed into the booth, fumbled around among the paper stuff and poanced on that old envelope, which he left on the desk when he voted and didn't miss i until evening. _ ^_i A Good* Thing. German Syrup is tlie special prescrip? tion of Or. A. Boschee, a cel?brated Ger- ! mau physician, and isaeknowledged to ' t>e one of the most fortunate discoveries ! in medicine, it quickly cures coughs, j colds and lung troubles of the severest j nature, removing, as it doe=. the cause of ; the affection and leaving the parts in a j strong and healthy condition. It is o.<,t ! ar. experimental medicine, but h is stood the test of years, giving satisfaction in every case, which its rapidly increasing sale every season confirais. 1 wo million bottles sold annually. Boschee*s Germau Syrup was introducid in the United States iu 18<)S, and is nuw sold in every town and village in the civilized world. There ? doses will relieve any ordinary cough. j Price 2"> and 7f> cts. China's iMi^' i Coid Weather Caused fay Hail Storm Through Many Sections. The sudden drop in the thermometer Wednesday has made tb? farmers very anxious for fear that the cold snap will injure crops. The cold was felt Tuesday and was accompanied by a slight hail a few miles west cf the city, but no harm was done by it. There was also a little hail near Scranton. It seems that the cold weather is general all over the eastern area of j South and North Carolina. Along the W.: C, & A. road in North ! Crolina a terrine hail storm passed ', over doing much damage to strawber? ries. At Garland, N. C. it hailed for over an hour stripping the trees of their leaves and the strawberry crop looks like a total loss. At several other stations equal damage was done.-Florence Times. End of Plague at Mazatlan. Mazatlan, Mexico, April 15.-The two patients who remained at the lazaretto were discharged this morning and sent to the observation station to serve a final quarantine. As no new cases have occurred during the past two or three weeks it is considered that the plague has been entirely sub? dued. The lazaretto will be burned. A Truth Unpleasantly Told. The Southern Education Board, with headquarters at Knoxville, Tenn., is doing a ged work in trying to arouse the people of the South to take a more active interest in educational matters, and is sending out a great deal of literature on this subject.* It publishes a little magazine called Southern Education, the last issne of which contained the following : The average salary of white teachers in South Carolina iast year was 8195.28. It is said that the average cook in Charleston and Columbia receives something like $200 a year! The girls who fill the bottles in the'State. dis? pensary at Columbia with liquor get' S300 a year. South Carolina pays the county jailor as much for feeding and clothing criminals as she pays her county school teachers. Yet there is a higher standard of living expected of a teacher than of a cook or of one who fills bottles in a dispensary! The consciousness of the public must be aroused to the fact that the train? ing of children is the highest calling of mankind, requiring broad knowledge and careful preparation. But real men and women will not prepare themselves for a vocation which is the last resort of the needy and the physically incom? petent and which subjects its devotees to a lifo of poverty and public in? gratitude. -This has aroused the ire of the Flor? ence Times, which replies to it as fol? lows : This isa gross misrepresentation and is offensive to South Carolina. We are not doing as much for cur schools and cur school teachers as we ought, . but . we are paying them better than this magazine would have its readers suppose. If the writer had given the figures paid in monthly salaries instead of yearly the state? ment might not have tended so well to accomplish the purposejn view by the writer, but it would have been less a slander on the people of this State. In connection with this statement it is necessary to say that the average term of the county school is about three months. There is a world of differ? ence between paying an amount of money for three months service and paying it for a year. Many teachers have two or three shools at different' times during the year, others have business of another kind which they conduct the rest of the year and the school is not toeir only means of sup? port. It is all very well to say that the school term ought to be longer, they are growing longer year by year. Matters are bad enough, there is no use to make them appear worse than they are. Such misrepresentations as this will not make many friends for the board in this State. Outside in? terference with our affairs are never pleasing. We agree to some extent with what The Times says, but we should not shut our eyes to real conditions in the State. The eduactional magazine may have misrepresented affairs in this State, but could this have been pos? sible to do if we had been paying our teachers as much as we should pay I them? The truth is a mighty hideous j thing sometimes, and it is doubly so when even part of the truth about a thing that we would like to conceal is paraded before the world. B It is a fact, of which The Times is doubtless fully aware, that in South Carolina we pay our school teachers shamefully small salaries. It is prob? ably true that some of them are not ; worth any more than they get, but if we paid better salaries we could and would get better teachers. "We ought not to wince if we are cen? sured along this line, for we fully de? serve it.-Anderson Mail. A Sumter man has secured a patent for a perpetual motion machine. Did he get the model from the jaw of a girl who chews gum?-Ex. advice to the Aged, Agc brings infirmities, such as slug? risa bowels, weak kidneys and blad? der and TORPID Li VER. have a specific effect on these organs, stimulating the bowels, causing them to perform their natural functions as in youth and IMPARTING VIGOR to the kidneys, bladder and LIVER. They are adapted to old and young. STAR BAKERY Next doo:* to Post Office, Liberty sheet, Sumter, S. C. Bread, Cakes and Pies of every description. We make as good bread as there is sold in the ?S'a?e and we want your patr ?....ge. We cany a full line of Fruits and <.!;<.ics C indi-.-. A rbst class lunch room f >r ladit-s au I gentlemen with Oysters any s y te. ice Cream, Milk Shakes, and Gold Drinks VA season. April 8 eow'im The Kind Yon Eave Always Bought, and which has been, in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made tinder his per ^TJJ^T*"^2" sonal supervision since its infancy? K '-????"Uf? Ajiow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. at is CASTOR IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops aud Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep? The Childrens Panacea-The Mother's Friend. ?ENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of 44? Tie Kind Yon Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TVE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET. NSW YORK CITY. Sumter, S. C., Dec. 1, 1902. JZTST .IRBiffin Thirty Headh Coice AND MULES. This shipment contains some of the smoothest and nicest mules ever brought to this market. Come and see themr whether you wish to buy or not. A look will be worth the trouble. Respectfully, AWSliET fl. Sept 17 AK HY. Core, Oats Hay, ?hlp Stuff. Mulls and ?? Seed Jleal, Carolina R. F. Seed Oats ai HARBY& CO.'S STABLES, Also full line of standard grade Wag? ons, both one and two horse, Buggies, Harness, Carriages We also have on hand a full line of building material, such as Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hair, Laths, Fire ?riek, Terra Cotta Pipe, Stove Flues, &c. We want to give you prices when you need any of above, and we w?l get your patronage. Yours truly, ABBY & CO Aug 8 A Good Grain Drill ? A Firs-class Hay Press A Mower or Rake A Good Horse'or Mule, A nice Bugg3, Carriage, Wagon, Harness, or any Farming Implements. If you do call on or write to me for prices. I can supply your needs, and the prices will please you. W. B. BOYLE, 0? 22 SUMTER. S. C.