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M'\ltT\Mtt Ith sill |{|| r WD OM hi II I > MM" H \< K \\(.K\ MI N III.M ON 111 N( HINh. Three Men Wounded in Attack on JmII?\??auli WM Made b\ Ncgre? 01? Woman Kurl> Monday Morulae, ??Hutband spread* \larm ami Sean 11 Mail?-?Qggal Alter Midnigh. ?I .lall, but Threat.s to lue I'.xplo mHo. Spartunburg, Aug. IS.?This has been a night >f war in Spartanhurg. Waged around the walls and gates ol the eounty Jail where WU, Pair, a negro, charged with aaaault on a White woman in ggf IMMM near White Stone early yesterday, i? being held. Sheriff W J. White and nis deputies, armed with pistolt? und guns of ull descriptions. ha\e withstood the at tuek up to this hour and at 1 o'clock cpih-t reign*, though there is a gen? eral air of egnaaiaagj kg the crowd, Three men. l-'Tank Kpperly. J. C. Oayggggg] and Jeehn Turner, have been Wounded. nc?ne of them fatally, by sheds from the jail yard. The crowd has battere d down the jail yard gate, but I nun in the* hands of the sheriff, who has stood at the gate since night? fall, has prevented any man from en tering. Shortly before midnight the nodi resorted to dynamite, throwing thr?e sticks over the wall, which ex? ploded with great force- showering the eiowd with rocks and stone. Th" repeat was heard all over the city. What damage was wrought in the jail yard is not known. Tin-re is a rumor In the gfoWd or. the streetM that men have gone to the construe tuen camps of the interurhan railroud, a short distance from the * 11 v. faff nitroglycerine and moi dynamite. The rumor is given some ?reden, e- be-e'ause the rume?r early in the evening that dynamite wus to Dg ,v*- d proved true, though many dis c reihted it. The deputies in the Jail, answered the- dynamite e\ple?sions with a heavy tire from their guns. They evidently did not shoot Into the ? rowd, hut ihr* sing of bullets through the top of tht* trees in the court, house lawn chs IH-lh ?I any doubt aM to whether the oUlcers were using hall cartridge s. Sheriff White is the man who hag held the fort. When the iron gate at which he stood was battered down the affggffd tound him right on th Inside with gun in hand. nH< men." said the sheriff, l hate tie do it, but, so help me deed. 1 am going to kill the tlrst man that eaters that gate." HI means it. hoys," came | rolci from the crowd find gtg man entered A feature of the Rituation is that the she-riff's twee lltle boys life d.':> perately III In the Jail building and his wife is there* nursing them. He often explained this situation to the yelling crowd at the gate. Robert L. tlantt. magistrate, late lost night wireel the poVgffgOffi asking him te? i all out the militia to pTOteOt the Jail. He received no answer 'roll! the g??\erncer to bis request .but was in forme-el that a special term of OOlirt to If] the negro would he held Sep temher 1. \t l o'clock this morning all had i become cjuiet and the med? bail elb. p?Tsed. though It was said that th ire was a plan afoot t?. g?-t nitroglycerine from the construction camp of the ii - term I .?u railwas and us*, the high ex? plosive h. t'.itt. r down the Jail walls. About Ii o e b?? k yesterday morn? ing the wife- of a well known farmer r- *iding about half way BOtWOOg (ih-n ilale and White' Ste?ne was criminally aulied b> an unknown negro, who attac ke d her when she was ahm?' in lo r home The woman was struck error Um head with ? stic k ami rend? ered helpless. The husband was at w??rk in the held at the- tune- of the outrage-, but bad occasion t<? return to the license, whe re- he fouml his wife In a daxed condition She was able tee tell u coherent st?ei\. however, and pointed out the direction in which the negro hud gone- after leaving the bouse. The husband carried his wife to the home- eel his father, a short ilist tree awav. where* medical aid was summoiM-el Then he- h-ft for (ilendah-. where ha spread ib?- alarm. A pc?Hse> w ih et once formed at ?ih n lab- and at White Stone and search Instituted for the negro. Tot Se.iio- lime, hoWerOTe ne? clue was found that would tend to show In what due, ?,,,., he had goto- after hi:' vie um last s.\\ him Seat, h was made of th?- woods ami Heids near the b?.use. hnt no trace ?,f (he negro COllhl be found B] 'bis time- she-nit White had been not Med, and accompanied hi numerous plthiens front itda ?it\. he hastened |o tin- set as and tc?e?k rharge u| tin- searching party, Nun, hers of ths loe al police fores wen sent cent into the suburbs of tie- tit) fe.i in?- purpose of keening a sharp hiohout for any strange negro who might - bam e lee ent?r the tit) flom thai dim t ion. M? mb?Ts cef the- posse STOUTlng tie roads near the SCOW of tin <i.im en eoaatered a nesjre who was aid* t>> live them ? clue which seemed to point to tiu' guilty party. The neu?.. stated that a short while before 11 o'clock he had been returning from C.hndale to his home aod had no t a ?trans* negro, dressed In i white ahln and dark trousers, and who seemed to he in a great hurry. The descrlP tion which was given convinced the posse that this was tin- negro fof whom they were searching and they hastened to Olondale. ?ttt&eni there had noticed ? etrangc negro board a street car bound for this eity, ami it was found that their description of him tallttd in every ???.-? pect. Conductor B. Holcomb, who was in oharge of thli cur, stated that he no? ticed the negTC Who got On the ear ai Olondale particularly, as he seemed i to he ill at ease i 1! during the trip to Spartanburg. A negro woman and ?cveral children w ere on board the Oaf and the negro n an was evidently acquainted with them, said Conduc? tor Holcomb, as he spoke to them sev? eral times before he reached the city. Holcomb said that he was tempted to inquire into the negro's evident ner? vousness, but tinally decided thai lach action might cause trouble. At this time Holcomb had not heard Of the crime, if had, he said he would assuredly have reported the negro'l strange conduct to the police. HOW ? ver, he r< tuained silent until After the negro left the car on the public s<iuare. A lew* minutes later, just be ? fore starting on the return trip to Gh-ndale, he heard of the crime and at onOfl reported to the authorities what he had observed on his trip to this city. This was at once followed up by the posse. \ The crime is one of the most re? volting that over occurred in this county, and aroused the greatest ex? citement and indignation at Glendale and at White Stone. There was no attempt to conceal the fact that a lynching would probably follow the c apture of the guilty party. Crowds gathered at Glendale and at White Stone. After the assault the negro rushed out of the house and made off in the direction of Glendale, which is located gbOUt two miles from the scene of the crime. Before the woman could give the alarm, her husband had 00? tasion to return to his home for some - flung which he needed in his work, and found his wife on the floor with blood streaming from her head where the negro had struck her with the bludgeon. Placing his wife in the buggy the husband drove at break? neck speed to the home of his lathe! who resides a short distance away. A physii urn was at mice summoned and the- husband hustened to Glendale to report the c rime. His story arous? ed the greatest excitement, und doz? ens of men voluntarily made prepara tions to assist in running down the I riinitial. Messages Were st ilt to White- Stone and this usually quiet little village was soon tilled with stern Vtsaged man preparing to go to the* i sc eat of the outrage. Within an hour after the crime had occurred B large c rowd of citizens were on the scene searching for the guilty negro. The negro's victim is a very young woman, being about II years of age. ^he was married last Christinas to a wtdl-to-do young planter of this county. The last reports from the home of her husband's father Indicates that she is suffering greatly, out that there is hope of her reoe very. HAVE IN p;.\m:\TIAUY. Spartanburg Sheriff Land?. His Prison? er in Columbia After All Night Baltic with .Mob. Columbia. Aug. 1!*.--Alter an all Right light with a mob, Spartan burg county officers this morning landed Will Pair, the negro accused of attempted criminal assault, in the penitentiary. A speedy trial will be given the negro. I .i\o. wood li:\m:s spaiman. iukg. Benigne aa secretary of Chamber of Commerce?Uotug to Virginia. ?partsnhurg, August II.?Asking to be relieved ol his duties as secre? tary if the Rpartanburg Chamber of Commerce by October I, John Wood today notified the director! of the or? ganisation that he would leave this city to become secretary of the chamber of Commerce .it Itoanoke, Va. Of th< commercial secretaries in South Car ollna John w.I Ii the oldest In point ot lervlce nn I ot.t t tirat to enter the work in this State. Me was for? Hierly fof four yens editorial writei of the itoanoke Times He came t< Kpartsnburgi March I, 1110, from (Ireenvllle, where for four years b< was earretary of the board ol trude us nrai paid secretary, Mr. w.i ii preeldent of the state Aaam-iiitlntt ol Commercial Secretaries of the Kouth nn Hett lernen! and Development nti I ? n ku nliai Ion. The Rev, P M Mel.d, of lh< Trinit) Methodlal church, will preach at tinker whool house on Sunday at lei no.ui ui 9 3tl uN lock. MAI IMPEACH JUDGE SPEER. < II\IH.I s \lti: CONSIDERED IN UOt'HE COMMITTEE. Findings of spot iai Investigator and Other Exhibit* Laid Before Members, Washington. Aug. 20.?charges, \\ iu< h. if sustained, may be the foun? dation of another Impeachment case In the senate arc made against Fed? eral Judge Emory Speer, of the Fifth Georgia circuit, in papers considered today In a carefully guarded Bessiun Of the house judiciary committee. The committee hud before it ihe report of an investigation into Judge Speer's conduct by Special Ex? aminer K. c. Lewis, submitted by the department of justice along with nu? merous affidavits and Other exhibits. No action was taken, the committee adjourning until Friday and each' member pledging himself not to dis? cuss the charges in the meantime. "it is possible that at Friday's ses? sion of the house the matter may be brought up formally with a view of outlining a plan of action by the com? mittee in the event it should deter? mine to report the (barges to the house either favorably or unfavor? ably. The most serious charges dealt with in the examiner's reports are: That Judge Speer unlawfully ' per? mitted the wasting or dissipation of bankruptcy estates that came within his Jurisdiction BS a federal judge. That he presided in cases in Which his son-in-law was an attorney on a contingent fee, with full knowledge that his decision would affect the fee of his son-in-law. That he was guilty of imposing un? lawful punishment for contempt in cases coming before his court. That he ignored the mandates of the cite nit Courts of appeals and of the supreme court of the United States in certain cases. That he was absent from his dis? trict 'When he should have been at? tending to his duties in court. That contrar\ to law, he tried cases outside of his district. There were other charges relating to what the judge's accusers claim? ed to be arbitrary conduct, und one relating to personal habits. The ; ca usations In part are a reiteration of attacks made* on Judge Speer from time to time during his many years of seri ice since his ap? pointment to the federal bench by President Arthur. Members of the Georgia de legation in the house arc- greatly interested in the* Investigation and probably will hold :i conference within the next clay or two to discuss it. One of their number, it was said tonight, may he designated informally to start action in the house by introducing resolu? tions. Judge Speer will be given an opportunity to appear before the ju ! dietary committee just as Judge Arch bald was accorded that right in the last Impeachment case. Chairman Clayton, at the direction of lite sommlttee, issued a brief state? ment after today's meeting, the bur? den c?f which w as that the depart - ment of justice- had transmitted to the committee a report bearing upon Judge Speer's Official conduct; that the committee examined only a por? tion cef the report and exhibit, and ad? journed until next Friday "as soon as possible to determine what, if any? thing, the committee should do with respect to such report and papers." Mr. Clayton said the committee did not thitkk it proper to make public any further information at this time. A Temple for the Worshippers of Isis. "While taking a stroll on the for? tifications above Genoa," writes a correspondent in the August Wide World Magazine-, "l was consider? ably surprised to lind myself face to face with a very curious little build? ing. 1 could not help exclaiming to my companlon( 'Have we been trans? ported by magic to the banks of the Nile." t'urietus to know the history id' this construction, which has all the air of an Egyptian temple, 1 mach Inquiries in the neighborhood, and was informed that it had been erect? ed some te n oi- twelve years ago bs tin- members of u Btrange society, supposed to be- worshippers of Isis. ind that they used to meet there e\ ery Thursday and Sumlay. These .ntherings lasted only for six months, tor, as is usual with SUCh little sects, the society came to an early end through lack of funds. After re? maining empty for some- time the building was taken over by a wine? shop keeper, but he, !????. had ill sue cess and was compelled t<? close his cleeofS. Mad the wilieselbf eepellcel uch a building as this on the Boule t'ard eb- t'lleh) at Montmartre, side by sub with some id tin- eccentric cafes cd' I'arls, be could not base- fail d to make his fortune How the Trouhh> starts. Constipation is the cause- ?? r many dlments ami disorders that make life miserable, Take Chiimberluln's Tub* % ts. ke e p your bowe ls regulur ami on will avoid these dlseu es. Fol ?isle by all dealers.?AdVt. WOOL GOMES NEXT. sin ah: will reach mis suc? tion today. sugar shoal Having Been Panned. DemoxrutH l'.\po*t No Trouble With Wool. Washington, Aug. 20. ? Free raw wool is the next light ahead <>n the tariff 1)111 in thu senate and it prob? ably will lie reached tomorrow. The cotton and flax scheduler practically were disposed of today. The free sugar victory having been won lop tl?e administration yesterday with a few votes to spare, Democratic leaders have no fear of losing on wool. Tite vote, it is believed, will be about the same as that on sugar With Sen ators Thornton and Ransdell of Louisiana the only Democrats voting with the Republicans. Progress on the hill in the last few days has been rapid and there were some predictions that the tariff ' lull might be out of the way by Scp tember 15. Less resistance than was expected developed on the cotton I schedule. Senator Lippitt of Rhode island conducted the opposition. He Induced Democrats to accept <>ne of his suggestions modifying the provi j sions of a paragraph relating to cot ! ton cloths and the committee also j agreed to reconsider the paragraph together with that relating to table damask.1- Some reclassiflcations may be agreed o later. Final disposition of the cotton rates will not be made without another discussion. Senator LaFollette gave notice he would submit a substitute for the entire schedule when the hill came from the committee of the whole. Senator McCumber of North Dako ta vigorously opposed the free listing Of tlax and hemp as decreed by the se nate finance committee. He asked why Democrats had retained protec j tlon on the products of flax mills and had given free materials to tin- mills. "We have chosen to put all textile raw material on the free> list," said Senator Williams, "to enable* us to make- greater reductions in the tariffs e.n finished products." , Minister Praises tills Laxative. Rev. Ii. Stubenvoll e?f Allison, la., in praising Dr. King's New Life Pills : fur constipation, writes?"Or. King's New Life Pills are such perfect pills no homo should be Without them." N\, better regulator for the liver ami bowels Every bill guaranteed. Try them. Price 25c at your druggist.? Advt. UK.II TIDE AT <.l TT\ Ii?.. i By Will n. Thompson, an Ex-Con federate Soldier.) A cloud possessed the hollow field, The gathering battle's smoky shield, Athwart the gloom tin- lightning Hash? ed, And from the heights tin- thunder pealed. Thm at the brief command of Los, Moved out that matchless infantry. With Plckett leading grandly down, To rush against the roaring crown 01 i hos?, dread heights of destiny. Far heard above the angry guns A cry across the tumult runs,? The voice that rung through Shiloh's woods And Chichamauga's solitudes, The fierce South cheering on her sons! Ah, how the withering tempest blew Against the front of Pettigrewi A Kamsin wind that scorched and singed Like that infernal flame that fringed The British squares a Waterloo! A thousand fell, where Komper led, A thousand died where Garnett hied In blinding flame and strangling smoke The remnant through the batteries broke And crossed the works with Armis tead. \ I (?n< e mote in glory's van with me, Virginia cried to Tennessee "We two together, come what may Shall stand upon these works today!" (Tin* redtlest day in history.) Brave Tennessee! In reel-less way Virginia heard her comrade say "Close around this rent and riddled rag!" What time she set her battle flag Amid the guns of l>oubleday. I Hut who shall break the guards that wait Before the awful face of fate? The tattered standard of the South Were shrivelled at the cannon's mouth And all her hopes were desolate. In vain the Tennessean set His breast agaitist the bayonet! In vain Virginia charged and raged A tigress in her wrath uncaged. Till all the hills were red and wet! 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