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July 9.?South > Carolina haa been free of lynchings now for several years, a condition of { things highly pleasing by contrast with the record during the half de ende prior to 1908; but inquiry shows that a few more auch verdicts as that in the Johnson asaault caae from , Hartavllle?especially if these ver dicta be as vigorously repudiated by local newspapers as in the caae cited I from the Pea Deo?will practically unrto all that has been built up of late hi the way of developing public sentiment agalnat mob law. One who sees dally aa many rep? resentative people from all parta of ' the State as does a newspaper man I working at Columbia cannot fall to , know that, much more generally i than In the too-recent past, public ' aanttment In South Carolina, con- j damning alike the rule of the mob and the atrocious crime which most frequently provokes It. has crysta' lfeed preity thoroughly on the prcp >\thm Unat Irtich !n v n..t onl * en taagara the Innocent, brutalize* the people who engage In ~?r witneas its manifestations and breeds contempt for the law of the land, but also in? duces rather than prevents the re? currence of crime. In South Carolina there la no weak and misguided use of the par? doning power to complain of, but ground of serious doubt does exist whether the technicalities, delays and failures of the criminal law are not responsible for a tendency to usurp In times of excitement the functions of the courta. It Is not a question of too many courts or too few. Georgia has a supreme court, a court of appeals and twenty-six judicial circuits; there la talk of a twenty-seventh cir lt. Georgia Is disgraced by many flagrant intsan? es of miscarriage of Justice through technicalities and In consequence avte has many lynchings. South Carolina has only a supn m court and twelve Judicial circuits, but she also Is disgraced by many flagrant Intaances of miscarriage of Justice through technicalities?and also in direct consequence there il undoubtedly raising its head again the ugly spectre of mob law. which for a time has seemed exories ed once for all. Herein Is the great opportunity of the South Carolina Har association. No more useful task could that use? ful and honorable body set for Itself than the working out of a compre? hensive scheme for the thorough re? form of our whole criminal proce? dure. We have clung to the forms of the old English law without taking into a ??count the radical changes made In Itrltish practice at the be? ginning of the current century, look? ing toward the simplification of Jury trials and the elimination of ha t - splitting taetl? i*. In one of the most vigorous edito? rial articles that has ever uppea:el In the South Carolina press, Mr Thomas Hart t'.ker. editor of lie HartsviMe Mess, ng. i r.-\i.-,.. , hi tit harrowing < ireunaetaav aa of the Johnson case, beginning with tlv commission of the crime in December 190H. and traces It through the te diotn legal pro? ,-,s.-m since the tirst trial, the appeal the second trial nearly two ngngl bfctef, resulting in ? ?ort of Scotch verdict, 'guilty with r. *>mmendatlou t, the mercy of the court." and the ?entern e. to years In the penlteitttarf Mr f'?ker recalls too th?* fact th.- i.pta of Hnrtawllle, wrought up to extien,. . \i um? rtt and indignation at tic btav heat of crlmea committed on the wife of one of thler best < ItlSeilS. ne\erthelcHS tried to do their duty. Their reaps* t for mm\ \pril. in:>o. dust nn St] M law and order alone prevented them liom nioh?i/.lng and moving like an ..rmy on the ilend with demand fo? summary lnlli< tion of the death pen ills. It was not fOOf of man that restrained them good people. And now l" w grievously are they flouted! The Verdict is on Itl l'?Of a compro? mise with public opinion. Indicating lark of conviction on the jury's part as to the guilt of the prisoner, but connecting also the lack of courage i on the jurymen's part to find a ver? dict of acquittal and then go home and face their outraged neighbors. (The first trial resulted in a verdirt of guilty and a sentence of death.) Editor Coker frankly says the peo? ple of Hartsvllle will not await th<* action of the courts should a similar crime be committed there now. This is the more striking, because It is no flreeater who speaks. The very name Coker stands for high Intelligence, i conservatism and a rare degree of Christian citizenship. Mr. Coker al? so undoubtedly has the solid backing of his fellow-townsmen; and Harts? vllle probably has more of wealth and education, per capita of white population, than any other town in South Carolina. j Mr. Coker says in conc luding his doubte-column editorial: I "If Johnson does not deserve the death penalty?and he does?he should have been acquitted, and we1 are emphatic in saying so. May God open the eyes of right-thinking peo pie to the situation! The crime of Johnson calls loudly for justice. If we are told than such a verdict and | such a sentence are In conformity ! with the law, then we reply that law \ was made for man.and not man for | the law, and we ask for a change of I the law. This Johnson outrage and the subsequent proceedings find no* parallel in the history of South Caro? lina or of any other State. _ i ???????-??- i COL. MOSBY RF.MOVED. 1 i leader of Confederate Hangers Loses . Ills Government Position. i - I Washington. July 9.?Col. John S. Mosby, who distinguished himself in the Confederate cau>o in the War of Secession as a daring guerrila fight- | ? r. and who. in the early part of President Roosevelt's administration, I was ' appointed a special attorney In I the department of justice, has lost his governemtn position. The reason hai not been made known, but it is understood old hk>' was the ohlef cause for the dismissal. Col. Mosby is ~ ) years old?, although hie friends say he u still energetic and active. He has made no effort to l>e restored, although this is deemed probably, and that the attorney general may be asked to Intervene, The colonel, ! It Is stated, may now devote his timA to a book on the War of Secession, in which he took an active and pictures que part. TO CROSS ATLANTIC IN TIIK AIR. WelhSMUl and Viiniiuan Will Try to Dftee Dirigible Over Vast Fx pa use of Ocean. New York, July 9.?Walter Well mann and Melvln Vaniman will at? tempt this coming fall to cross the Atlantic o. ean in the derigible bal? loon Ameriea. which was loiilt for the W?llmen polar expedition and has twice been tested in voyages over Arctic oc ean, north of SplUerhergen. The attempt will be made solely for the reaponalhllity of the aeronauts, but the New York Times, the Obl? ige Record-Herald and the London Dally Telegraph have arranged to bgy the news of the expedition, which will be transmitted ?>\ wireless from the airship, even as news now jj from ocean linen. The American will be housed al \tiantie city, during Its perllmlnary trial. A shed to protect her has al ready been contracted for, and h> drogen khh |o Inllate the gas bags has been shipped from Paris, i ?n her long voynge the American will carry ? . row of six men Including the wire* i ? <s operator and Loan gallons of gasoline In ? steel tank. Bquipped for a day's run she could carry 75 i i ngers In addition t" her I nil crew, in else she ranks second only to the httest Bepelln airship, Two engines will drive her, one of 70-80 horse power, for ordinary duty and '?n?. of 100 horse power for emer? gency service when high speed Is needed. A little ten horse power motor takes the place nl ? donke) engine aboard ship i<t small neces? 11 \ offices. it must grieve Mr. Bryan to notice that all the talk nbout Democratic presidential candidates In 1912 ap pt um to give him the absent treat? ment, st. Paul Pioneer Prent, n n il I sr not? -l/<*t all the end* Tliou Ain TER. ?. ., V3 EONE LYON m IM AT HER. STATE CAMPAIGN PARTY CLOS? ES ANOTHER WEEK'S ROUND. Attorney General Eteodi Affidavits as To Expenditures of His Office?Re cetves Hearty Applause?Feather etone and McLeod Brenk Even on Applnune?Canaler and the "Kid"? ?fames P. Byrnes Receives Ovation In Homo Town?Klchardson and Moore, Alken, July 9.?Alken voters gave Careful attention to the State cam? paigners today, although the meeting was practically without feature, ex? cept, possibly, the denial by the Hon. D. S. Henderson to the charge made by B. B. Kvans, that the State of South Carolina had been put to ex? pense hlrln& him to argue the Pink Franklin case. Attorney General Lyon was present today, and answer? ed the charges made by his opponent. Mr. Lyon received hearty applause. Jas. F. Byrnes, candidate for con? gress, was at home, and received an ovation. Mr. Featherstone, In a local option county, gave Aiken credit for stand? ing for her convictions and not strad? dling the fence. At least, she must be given credit for giving questions a hearing before making her decision. When the speaking began today the court house was packed, a generous sprinkling of ladles being in the au? dience. As had been eypected the liquor question was given considerable at? tention by the Gubernatorial candi? dates. Mr. McLeod used the argu? ment of Mr. Featherstone to prove that the local option plank was the safest one for those who were for so? briety to stand upon. He argued that the present condition of the State, where 36 counties are dry, is proof conclusive that local option is the saner platform, whereas under the prohibition standard it would be im? possible to bring the State to its pres? ent condition of sobriety. The meeting was called to order by the Hon. 73. S. Henderson, and the fie v. J. B. TVaywlck lead in ;>raye? The candidates for railroad commis? sioner were the, first to speak. Mr. MeDuflle Hampton asked that Ofllce of railroad commissioner be given to a man who was a civil en? gineer, a man who was able to see to it that the railroads were put In such physical condition, that the lives of the patrons would be safeguarded. He has been successful In business, and feels himself qualified to hold the office, and promises to the voters i rigid enforcement of the law. <;. II. Mahon opened by asserting that he was born poor, on the farm, and was the "champion cotton picker I of Abbeville county in his youth." He has been successful In business He proceeded to show the voters how South Carolina was discriminated against, in comparison to other States In the Union, especially as to the rates from Charleston to interior Up State points. He was given generous applause. O. c. Scarborough came before the voters as a farmer and a business man, one who has extensive knowl? edge of rates on the necessities of life. He asked support upon his rec? ord as a legislator, In which capac? ity he has been instrumental in the reducing of railroad rates. He stands for an equal consideration of the claims of both the railroads and the ; people. Cansler, of Tlrsah, made his bow, with the little "cap." He paid con j siderable attention to the "kind" ! from Greenville, who has .1,200 j "drummers" beside him. besides the I railroads nnd newspapers. He creat : ing considerable amusement by re j terrlng to one of his opponents as I being a man who had followed one : profession for twenty-nine years and I was now out of a Job, j Mr. Charles A. Smith was the first ! candidate for Lieutenant Governor |and at the close Of his address was nerously applauded. I le held that j the candidate for Lieutenant Qover I m?r should possess the qualifications ' to nil the Gubernatorial chair If call? ed upon. In outlining his platform, j he said that he st<?od for the rigid enforcement of law, an economical administration of the government and retrenchments w here possible. While there are some appropriations which must necessarily be made, still he held that the State government's ex? penses must be cut down. Mr. Smith received generous applause on his as? sertions that he stood unequivocally against the legalised sale of whiskey. Mr. E, W. Duvall nave his qualifi? cations for a business administration it he is elected, showing thai the financial affairs of the State should be placed on a better basis. The tax problem of the state should bo lm i*i u< bo thy Country's, Iliy God's nni iSDAY. JULY 13. M proved by an equalisation through the moans of full value taxation, thereby catching the tax dodgers. Jl< was in favor of a State support of rural high schools, and was against the proposed issue of $1,000,000 In bonds for the improvement of the roads, he believing that every county 1 ' should take care of her highways. ' As to the liquor question, he be? lieved that local option was the san [ est method of dealing with that prob? lem. B. B. Evans reiterated his old charge* of extravagance and incapa- j , city in the present Attorney General's office. He charged that Mr. Lyon j had made promises which he had not fulfilled, that the through lack of le gal ability he had allowed the graf? ters in the dispensary tangle, one through ignorance of the law, and another by a compromise, to go free. He presented a vast array of figures to "show up Gen. Lyon," charging that it had become necessary to em? ploy high priced lawyers to do work which he was unable to do, and in this connection charging that the Hon. D. S. Henderson, of this city, had been employed at the State's ex? pense to go to Washington to help fight a "nigger lawyer." At the close of his speech, Mr. Hen? derson arose to say that he had been employed by the South Carolina dele? gation in congress, and that the State had not been placed to any expense thereby. At the close of his state? ment, there was loud applause for Lyon. Mr. Lyon made his cool, clean-cut speech, giving, through signed state? ments of Chairman Murray and Comptroller Jones, facts to show that in no instance had the money of the State been misused, going so far as to show where at one instance he had gone into his pockets to defray, tem? porarily, State expenses to keep se? cret the fact of a detective's work upon an important case. Mr. Lyon had statements to show that he had never received moneys other than due him for salary. He showed, that the "Southern Merger Case," which Bar? ney Evans had charged had been al? lowed to let drag, was docketed for the fall term of Court of Richland countk. Attorney General Lyon clos? ed by asking, "What do you reckon would become of Cousin Hub" if Barney Evans was elected. Mr. Lyon received tremendous applause. tUnpopular in England. Daniel O'Connell had a favorite story of one Parsons, an Irish barri? ster, who hated -he whole tribe of at? torneys, and one day was approach? ed in the lobby of the Four Courts by an attorney who was soliciting shilling subscriptions to pay the bur? ial fee of an attorney who had died in poverty. Parsons offered the gen? tleman a pound note. "Oh, Mr. Par? sons." said the applicant, "I do not want so much. I only ask a shilling from each contributor. I have limit? ed myself to that, and cannot really take more." "Oh, take it, take it," said Parsons, blandly. For God's sake, my good sir, take the pound, and while you are about it, bury twenty of them." Bride of Theodore, Jr., Lucky in Hav? ing the Most Expensive. - i (From the Washington Post.) Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. will have none but the most ex? pensive household linen for their i home when they start housekeeping. It was the gift of Mrs. Alexander, mother of Mrs. Roosevelt, and In the collection are dozens of table COths, tea and luncheon cloths and dollies j to use on polished mahogany. Some 1 hand-embroidered cloths with insert. of French cluny and filet lace cost about $160 each, and less elaborate | j ones $7.".. The rich damask cloths j I for breakfast and simple dinners were | about $30 apiece w ithout embroidery. | The bed linen is quite as beautiful ' j as the table linen, and in the collec- 1 I tlon are piles and piles Of snowy shi eta of sheerest linen, woven and embroidered In France, to which the] j bride's monogram v as added in this country. Some of the sheets have a scalloped edge with a sort of em? broidered beading about two inches. below, while others show a \ ine-edge ; with a foliated border underneath. The pillow slips match, and are all embroidered with the bride's mono? gram. The blankets are fleecy and white, and have not a bit of color on them, being heavily embroidered in white silk, with the bride's initials. The down tilled coverlets are covered With white silk and bear the same monogram. TUK TKUi* 0 Hi w Serif OFFICIALS MAY BE REMOVED. OHIO GOVERNOR VISITS SCENE OF FRIDAY'S LYNCHING. -0 Battered Jail From Which Mob'"ft tim Was Taken Minutely ft Sheriff and Mayor Closely < ??on ed?Prosecuting Attorney Called (to Conference. Ne' ?rk, O., July 10.?The unex- I pected arrival of Governor Harmon! this afternoon wrought consternation ! among the city and county officials I who are threatened with impeach? ment as a result of Friday night's lynching. Governor Harmon, Adjt. Gen. Chas. A. Weybrecht, Secretary C. W. Long and Lieut. Benjamin Chamberlain, of the Governor's staff, arrived at the county jail in an automobile at 3:15. The Governor asked to be taken over the battered jail, and for thirty min? utes he and his staff examined the structure minutely, Sheriff William Linke explaining in detail every step of the mob. The Governor personal? ly tested the bars and examined locks, taking frequent notes. Following the survey he told Sher? iff Linke to summon Prosecuting At? torney Phil B. Smythe and Mayor Herbert Atherton. On their arrival the party held a conference, lasting one hour and thirty minutes. The Governor and party then left for Columbus. "I will have to take time to consid? er this matter more thoroughly, and any comment I have to make will be given from my office," vae Governor said. Sheriff Linke and Mayor Atherton reluctantly discussed the meeting. "The Governor questioned me as to why I did not stop the mob by fir? ing," I inke said, "if necessary." "I told him I was inexperienced in /nob procedure and did not realize the seriousness of the situation until af? ter the door had been battered down. I then looked out and s?w 500 men with guns facing me. There were dozens olj women ^nd childr *> in the jail court yard. Had I ordered the boys to fire into the mob the slaugh? ter would have been frightful and my family, as well as myself and dep? uties, would have been murdered. He asked me why I did not spirit the boy away in the atfernoon. I told him 1 did not realize the danger then. He asked many other questions." Mayor Atherton said that Mr. Har? mon had questioned him relative to the recent alleged non-enforcement of the law and his failure to call for troops when he learned the true sit? uation. The mayor said: "I told him that I was enforcing the law to the best of any man's abil? ity, and that after I addressed the mob, pleading with them to disperse, 1 went home and went to bed and thought that they would do likewise." Both officials told the Governor that, despite the fact they had faced the mob at different times during the evening, they failed to recognize a signle face among the participants. Newark people believe that the Governor's hurried visit presages his immediate suspension of the sheriff and possibly the mayor. No Cause for Worry. Representative Cordell Hull of the Fourth Tennessee district likes to do things to impress his constituents with the idea that he is always try? ing to benefit them. On one occasion he persuaded a good loads enthusi? ast to travel with him through his district and lecture on good roads, of which there are few in that part of the State. "You tell these people," said Hull, that you'll show them how to build fronC roads so that they can get their i orn out to market." At the first meeting place the good ;? >ads expert said to the COUStltUtents: ? My friends, I'm going to show >< u how to build such roads that you can get your corn out." ? Well, stranger."' drawled one ?>i the Tennesseeans, "you needn't to worry. Down here we raise a lot ? t coin, but we make it inter whiskey at, then light it out." ? Poular Maga? zine. Wholesale House for Greenville. speeial to The Dally Item. Greenville, July II.?A. 11, llon telth, of Columbia, will establish here a wholesale tobacco house. Jeffries at S6 was too old to "come back," yet at twice that age Bdward Payson Weston traveled to the Pacific on his own legs and came back the same way quicker than he went.?Boston Transcript. SOUTHRON, Established Jum. IHM s-Vol XXXI. 1?. 40. REE ir"''MSM i FLAMI S ;/? HVK BUSINESS V> ^sael** /MENTS IX BUKT ** ^V<- ^SQUARE. \j - *\firr Vigorous Efforts Department Confines Destruction to Small Area ?200 Firemen Overcome. Charleston, July 10.?Fire which broke out at 6:15 o'clock yesterday af? ternoon completely gutted five large wholesale establishments on Meet? ing street, threatened the Charleston hotel, ju3t across the street, and caused a loss which is estimated to? night at $400,000. The buildin-i gut? ted are the Paul E. Trouche com? pany, the Baily-Lebby company, T. A. Wilbur & Sons, the Marshall-Wes coatt Hardware company and two buildings of the A. R. Thomllson company. The big new department store of Louis Cohen & Co. was sav? ed only as the result of desperate work on the part o fthe firemen. The flames for a time threatened to get beyond the control of the fire? men and to destroy the entire block, which is one of the most Important in the city. The ticket office of the Southern railway, situated next to the Trouche building, escaped de? struction almost by a miracle. Two firemen and one telephone lineman were overcome by smoke, but recovered consciousness. A heavy rain, which set in about 1.30 o'clock, helped the firemen get the flames under control. ALL OVER CAROLINA. Telegraphic Briefs Gdvlng News of Interest from Various Towns. Florence, Kan., July 11.?Joseph Archer ,of Anderson, S. C, who was enroutc from Charleston, S. C, to Newton, Kan., to take a position aa dispatcher on the Sante Fe railway, is in a local hospital with a fractured knee and strained back, as the result of an accident near here ,in which, the engineer and fireman or the train on which he was travatan? -%rere ttTf* ed. Clemson May Secede From Oeonee. Clemson, July 11.?September 15 is the date fixed by Gov. Ansel for an election on the question whether a portion of Oeonee conunty contain? ing Clemson cellege and the State Experiment station shall be annexed to Anderson county. Biggest Sheriff King 111. Anderson, July 11.?Sheriff Will? iam D. King ,the biggest officer of the law in the South, tipping the beam at 4 26 pounds .has returned much improved in health fr^m Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore .where two operations were performed on him. CATAWBA INDIAN COMMISSION. Efforts Bei ?ig Made to Enable State's War??? to Become Self Support Special to The Daily Item. Columbia, July 11.?Messrs. C. W. F. Spencer, Frank C. Vvhitner and W. W. Lewis of York, appointed by Go\. Ansel recently as Catawba Indian commissioners, under authority of a resolution passed at the last session of the legislature, on the motion of Senator Stewart and Representative Qlaascock, have commenced their in? quiry into the best measures to be taken to carry out the State's hope of seeing the Catawbas become self supporting and useful citizens. For some years past the Catawbas have been occupying \inder easement a I0g-acre tract Of State land on Broad river in York county and in addition have had divided among them pro rata each year an appro? priation of $3.200 in ( ash. The Catawbas themselves request? ed that the general assembly five them outright these lands or an equivalent tract in lieu of further cash appropriations) and Messrs. Spencer, Whltner and Lewis are to ascertain whether this would be wise, and If so what lands are aaviiable and at what price may he acquired for the Indians. i.ood it,?aii to Savannah. Bpe< ial to The Dally Hem. Beaufort, July 11.? Beaufort coun? ty is read! to do her part toward completion of a highway to Savannah as soon as Savannah tan guarantee a road across Hutchison Island and a ferry between the city and the is? land. The Seaboard Air Line is ex? pected to donate the right of way.