The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, December 03, 1897, Image 7
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^^^^^H^^^Hnisville Evening Post
^^^^M^^Harileld, ind,, ni el*
^off the m?p by the
^^^^^^HH^Heighty quarts of nitro-glyohad
beon brought over^^^^^^^^^ ontyelier
and plaoed in en
half a from town,
^ a ci %a- ?* 1
y ana cam xuaguirw
is wells near by when ]
>conrrcd. Monsey was i
bat not fatally injured. <
:own a hundred feet in '
dly lacerated, but will ames
Cold's bonse, 800 !
3 blown to pieces. The ,
explosion tore a bole in the ground
down to tbo water line, and so far it is <
}0*Vned, it was spontaneous.
A three-ton engine was torn to frag- j
ments and ovory living animal wae
killed instantly. The little town of |
Chesterfield is a mass of x'uin, every ,
house being movod from its foundation,
windows shattered, doors smashed in,
every light pat ont and the plastering
shaken from tho walls. Several people
wore ahixkeu ont of bed. AtDalesville.
two miles distant, nod at Yorktown,
tiro miles distant, the damage was
almost as groat. Mauy people were
injured and it is a miracle that none
were killed outright. The Jar of the
explosion was felt in all directions for
fiftoen miles distant. The gas in tho
well was blown out and a workman
named Cooper lit it and caused another
explcsiou, in which ho was fatally
burned. The damage cannot be estimated.
A FICARFCIj typhoon.
One of tho Worst Disaster's Kver Ro?
ported from tho southern Ocean.
A dispatch from Ban Francisco, Cal..
eays the typhoon which swept over the
Fhillipino Islands on tbo Gth of October,
was tho cause of one of the worst
disasters that has been reported from
the southern ocean iu many years, if
not in tho history of that section ox tho
world. Thousauds of lives were lost,
including many Europeans, and the
dam ago to property was appalling.
The diflicnltios of getting news from
tue iBiaruiH in great at any time, ana
owing to the remoteness of some of
tho provinces visited by tbehnrricane,
all details of tbo storm did not reaon
Hong Kong until the let of November.
Tbo steamer Gaetio, from the Orient,
brought letters and papers whiohoontain
accounts of tbo ravaaM^|^fB[
wave and
^ towns were
^^^pully
^^^^Br2oa at 6amoa swept inland noarly Jb
a mile, destroying property valued at ?J*
r.overal million dollars and causing th?
vvholo.-nlo deaths among the nativea. *pa
iW ? thi
INDIGENT CUBAN-AMERICANS. J|j*
Gen. Lee Says Tliore Are 1,G07 in the P'e
Island. ?0C
Consul General Lee has made a report
to the Seoretary of State, in whioh an*
he says there are 1,607 American citi- pic
zons in Cuba denendontupon oharitable *n<
resistance. Thoy have been partly
provided for out of tbo .$30,000 appro- dn
priated by Congress. General Lee says By(
that in making provision for the relief *0i
of those oitizeus more than $1,000 a ?d
week must be ezpouded. Ho baa drawn oui
g2>,000 of the eum appropriated, of h?i
which two draft3 for ?8,000 each were i0v
drawn last month. He expresses the th?
opinioa that a considerable time musi 0m
elapse before tbo indigents will bo self- thr
eustainicg. ed
pr<
Visible Supply of cotton. Bjr
Secretary Hester's -weekly statement eee
of tbo world's visible supply of cotton 'efl
shows an Increase compared with last
week of 234,104 boles, as compared with po,
last year as 230,803. He places the to- up
<nl visible at 8,443,510 bales against -i
2,811,800 last week and 8,67o,889 last ^
year. Of the former amount 8,40,620 ar
duIos are American.
Not a Pipe of Peace. ^
At Moant Sterling, Ey., J.|B. Em* act
brey, a farmer, was Bhot and killed by L?1
bis tenant, L. A. Sbull. They qnarreled
ovor a divisiou of tbe tobao jB,
co crop. me
l'.'nsy Death Prom Hydrophobia. 1*
Errost Eggniokor, a farmer, died .J
from hydrophobia at the Baptist Sani- P'
tariuoi in bt. Louis, hlo. Ho was bitton
by a dog in September. His doatb 21?
iviiii in diroct contradiction to tbe popu* P
Jar impreesion that death by hydropho- ?J.
bia is alwaye atlendod with horrible
sufferings. Tbo patientwas rational at P?
all times, diank water freely, did not **j'
froth at tbo month, cor bark Jiko a dog f.1
and did not sufler. Ilis one attendant ?
was mora for comnanv than for modical 5?
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rcrvioo.
Rrynn Kndotvs n College Prize. 1?1
William J. Bryan has given tolbe
Missouri Stato University 8250, which Pn
Is to bo anunolly used in awarding a V31
prize for the host cssoy on the soienee Jj?'
of govornmcnt.
To Print $48,000,000. 00
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip has
authorized the Direotor of the Bnrean 1
of 1'ngraring and Printing to print and ba
rioHvor to the U. S. Treasurer 848,000,- wb
000. as follows: United States notes pr<
818,000,000; silver certificates 3?*>000,- st?
000; troasury of 1800 80.000,000. th<
ticorgo Could A.lv'uucos Salaries. pu
It is announced from Si Louis, Me , |n
that as a Thanksgiving present Mr. in(
Cloorare J. Gonhl, of the Missouri Paoitlc
railroad system Las advanced sol- *0<
arise all along tho lint 10 p?r ceat.
pn
TOBACCO CURING
By the Lotf Curo on Wlro and tk?
Stalk Processes.
By EL n. BatUe. Dieeotor, assisted by T. L.
. BtaJock sod P. O. Carpenter, Assistant
I .'North Oaruuns ExporLaant
taUonJ
A crop which is of ao maoh import*
race in North Carolina that 27,950
'armors (as shown by the Eleventh
Census, Bulletin lis) engage in planting
it, deserves to be studied with the
riew of improvement in onltivetion ana
handling for market. The acreage in
1880 in the State was 07.077 a ores, and
he total orop produoed during that year
eas 88,375,958 pounds. The value of
his tobacco was 83,175,883, and the
tverage relue per pound was 14.9 cents.
Considering only the large tobaocoproducing
States (those producing over
&T6 million pounds annually). North
Carolina heads tho list with the average
ralne per pouud. The average yield
per acre is 875 pounds.
The seed is sown first in a plant-bed
fcnil the plants transplanted from it to
the field. The pood-bod is generally in
t proteoted situation, sheltered on the
north by trees, and facing the South to
have the benefit of a sunny exposure,
and gen orally on the side o* a small
stream. The beds are prepared and the
seeds sown dnring January or February,
or even as late ae the earlier part of
Mar&h. The soil ohosen is generally
virgin, of light sandy textare. moisttnd
rich. Brush or wood le burned upon
this to kill out all inseots and weeds.
The soil, after cooling^ is thoroughly
hoed and raked to get it in as fine condition
as possible, leaving the ashes in
tho soil for their fertilizing properties.
Stable mannro, well rottea, or a strong
ammonieted fertilizer is next worked
in. Seed ia carefully sown at the rate
usually of one tablespoonful for every
100 square yards, having previously
mixed the seed with a distributing
medium of ashos or an ommoniated far
tilizer. Cross-seeding is recommended
to ensure a oertain and regular stand.
Some planters reoommend a second
sowing of seed, of a tablespoonful in
quftutitv, to ensure this. The seed is
now lightly covered by brushing in and
fgrossed in by a weeding hoe, or by a
ight roller, or by tramping of the feet
A light covor of straw or leavesis placed
upon tho bed for protection, or a slight
covering of stablo manure. It is the
general custom to give tbe bed an additional
protection of a oloth toooinplotoly
cover it This is accomplished by
setting 13-inch planks ou their edges in
the ground, to make a square framo,
with the oornors oarcfully nailed together.
Inexpensive cotton-sheeting is
sewed together and then taokod on the
frame so as to completely covor the
whole bod. This is to act both as a cold
frame as well os to keep out insects, the
principal ono among which is tho lleaboetlo,
whioh, in every locality, is dostruotive
to tho young plants. Tbeoovor
can be removed two or three weeks boM
11 1 1- A. .A. 1_ 11 <5.,1.1
luru mv piuui? aru ?oi? uuv iu iud uom.
This in doue whoa their leaves are about
0} inoh?i in length. The time varies
from the middle or latter part of April
to the last of May, according to the sea*
on. Generally, different fields are
transplanted at different times to CAase
their maturing oonneoutively, and to
givetbe cnrer time to attend to the ye*
riuMelds in ancoession. A hew pro
^^^Haing developed in which sprout*
artificially beforg they are
^^^ Bnsed, whioh is said to do*
nsplantin^^tnTrtyoffotty {&ya.
equality of soil needed var:'ea for '
Ferent types. For the yellow variety '
?soil best salted is a light, gravelly 1
m, with open clay sabsoil to prevont c
> oolleotion of mnch moisturo around
i roots. It is woll cultivated aud put (
fine, mellow oondition, and a com* |
ite fertilizer, generally at the rate of <
1 to 500 pounds to the nore, applied in
ills 8? feet apart, either alone or in f
inaction with stable manure or sped* '
y prepared compost. A turning j
>w is ueed to bed on this fertilizer, '
i with a weeding lioe hills are 1
.da 2A to 3 feet anari. Hill culturo is
sessa'ry for tobacco, to insure proper 1
linage, so much needed by it. The ]
item of roots is superficial, and the '
I. consequently, should not be work- I
deeply. For this reason most of the
tivation is by hoes. Grass must bo 1
pt out, and the top soil kept in a mcl- 1
v condition. During tho growth of 1
> plant, especially after topping oo- 1
rs. suekers grow from the stalk at
i d&so of the loaves, and must bo pull- 1
off every week, very carefully, to j
jvent injury to the leaf. Itisnotdeed
that the tobacco shonld bloom and 1
td, as this injures tho quality of the 1
I. To provent this it is topped by j
lling off tho button at the top, which
II. in time, form the flower and seed
Is, together with several xnoheo of the
per stalk. This topping is done so
to allow from ten to fourteen leaves
remain upon tho stalk. The leaves
never countod, as an experienced
ad can tell at a glance how much of
> upper stAlk, together with the butl,
should he removed to leave the ex,
number of leaves dosired. This exrieuce
is gained by the following fact:
om the regularity of the growth of
> leaves upon the stalk, tho ninth leaf
Always tho one on tho third tier, imdi&tely
abovo the first and lowost
f upon tho stalk.
L'hu insect enemies of the tobacco
int, iu addition to tlio tloa-bug or
atlo, already mentioned, aro the cntrm,
had or boll-worm, and hornrm,
all produced by the matured fly
the partioulnr opeeies. Tliecut-worm
acks tho young plants after translating,
often cuttinp entirely through
? plant in a single night. T he worms
the largo Curoiinn moth (Plegothou
,s Carolina)?tbo tobacco worm, cr
rn-caterpillar, which is the most
saded of all tobacco inseots?ivppear
Juno or July on the largo tobacco
tves, and must bo carefully nicked oil
baud as often as they appear. The
d or boll-worm, so injurious to coti
aud corn, is also destructive, feed'
t on the bud, and is oftentimes quite
mblesome. li and--picking is to be
sferred.
WWO TOBACCO BY TBS OLXV-6TTLS
13TALK PBOCB33.
EJp to this period in the life of a tocoo
plant, the treatment is identical,
lether tbo ouring is to bo done by ono
aoess or another. Au cnliino of tho
ilk-curisgprocessisaefollows: When
B topping of the tobacco occurs, tbo
ver loaves next to the ground are
lied off, or "primed," usually loaving
this way tbo stalk baro for 4 to (1
sbas from tbo ground. Homo prefer
allow tbeao leaves to remain to proit
tho onos abovo from dirt und sand
d other injury, but the more oomrnou
*4tieeis to prims them. Up to re*
eentty, as has been stated, Uieee leaves j
bavo been thrown away, and are yet in
many localities. Others prefer to core J
theso priming leaves, and the Step in
this direction is to be oommonded, Tho
plants are carofnlly snckered, and (
the worms taken off as soon as
they appear on the leaves. As
a general rale, it may be said that
plants are ready to be oat off for oaring
90 to 120 days after transplanting. The
tobacco is considered ripe when tho
leaves turn a light ehado of green or
Seenish yellow, often in spots, when
eftuz on the leaf disappears, and
when the leal is folded over from below
it wUl eraok open when pressed between
the thumb ana finger. The stalks then,
while standing, are split open tiro*
thirds of the way from the top to the
bottom, and out oft an inch or two bolow
the bottom leaf. For earing, 6 or
? stalks aro arranged upon a smooth
Klne stick, usually 4 feet C inches long,
y inserting it through the split portion
of tho stalk. For curing, th com*
nou log barn is used, the sizes boing
10 feet nud 30 feet square, and 20 tcet
high. The stioks holding the stalks are
c&rofally bandied and plaoed in tho
born, arranged in tiers. The curing is
done by means of two return flues about
13 inohes in diameter, made of sheet
iron, running horizontally at the bottorn
of the barn and fired from the out*
side. This method is known as finecaring,
to distinguish from sun-oaring
and direct heat curing with wood or
charcoal, both of which are practioed,
according to the locality and the type
of tobacco desired to be curod, and the
degree of advancement attained iu the
culturo af tobacoo in various seotions
of th? country.
Improvements in the caring of tobacco
made it possiblo for tho develop*
ment of the yellow or golden leaf tobacco.
In earlier days tobacco was
cured over au opon fire. Conspquently
IUU KAVUO ?OlU w* tool DU1UACU,
and a yellow leaf vat an impossibility.
The firat notable advance was made
when Capt. Abishai SI ado and William
Long, of Caswell county, N. C., in
1824, iirst used charcoal for oaring by
direct heat. To tho former, who doscribed
afterwards, in 1850, tuo motbod
be followed, both in the cultivation,
curing and management of yellow tobacco,
much praiso should be asoribed.
It was his teaohing that enabled others
subsequently to improve upon his plan
and to cure yellow tobacco in a more
satisfactory and systematic way. The
liaglaud method, first brought out in
1871, was one of theso, and is the one
now generally used, tLongh this has
been improved in many partionlars by
Major Liaglaud. It is now as follows,
(be thermometer in nil oases being used,
which is generally placed in tho bora
on a level with the lowost leaves:
, First. Snppiug Process.?90 degrees
(Fahrenheit) for 3 to 80 hours, then
advancing rapidly to 125, to remain only
s few minutes: thou cat off beat and
descend to 90 degrees.
Second. Yellowing Process.?90 degrees
from 24 to SO hours.
Third. Fixing Color. ?100 degrees 4
hours; then 100 to 110 degrees, 2$ degrees
every 2 hoars; finally 110 to 120
degrees 4 to 8 hoars.
Fourth. Caring the Leaf.-?-lS0 to 121
A . a X ii X. ^ ? _
degrees u wo uuuro.
Fifth. Curing Stalk and Stem. -183
to 170 degrees, 0 degrees par hour; ooutinuo
at 170 degrees till etalk and stem
are thoroughly killed and dry, whioh is
Tffe metboc^^wl^^^^^WWWs
lomowhat simtlar, but doss not inolnde
ho sapping iirocese of the former, ?
vhioh was a later addition to tbo art of M
snring. It is as follows, iu outline:
First. Yellowing Process.?At 00
iegroes If weather be mild, or 80 de- 80
rrees if ctool, for 18 to UG hour3, or uayl
tho desired color be attained. or
Second. Drying Process.? At 98 de? hc
frees for 2 hours, at 100 for 2 hours, at tb
05 for 3 hours, at 110 for 3, 115 for 2, oz
120 for 0, at 180 for 3, at 140 for 3, at 150
or 2, at 1C0 for 34 hours, or until stalk K
ind stem are dry. C<
When properly cured, tobacco re- at
sins at first a slight tinge of green, at
srhich fades and bleaohe9 whenever it W
wftnmea soft, until it disappears alto- Si
gather. at
iln-ee are merely outlines of the cur* H
ing processes. To be an expert ourer M
requires experionoo, iutolhgenco and,
kbove all, careful supervision of all bj
contingencies a* they arise. jj
Aftor curing,the tobaoco is allowed to p(
cool and to "order," which is the pro- j.j
cess of taking up moisture, wheu the jj,
loaf becomes soft and pliant. It can u
tLon bo namtiea witnout danger or jj
Bracking or splitting. In dry weather r,
moisturo may bo prortuoed in tko barn
by sprinkling the floor with water. The
Icavos oan bo stripped then from tko
Ktalk and gradod, or allowed to remain -j<
upon the stalks to bo stripped later ^
when it is more convenient, in the as
inoantime either bunging up or bulk* ra
ing down iu any convenient plaoe. The ^
grading must be dono by careful ex- j-j
perienced hands. On each stalk usually tj,
are found three grades of loaf, aud two A
of lugs. Tko gratlos aio placed togather
aud bulked down to await a con- "e
euient time for marketing. G.
A Ftrmchraan named Turpln has devised
what he claims to be a preventive
of tornadoes In towns. As tornadoes sc
Invariably come from tko southwest, ho lu
would bnlld on that eldo of a city n sc
number of metal towers about 135 foot oi
high, and place on tholr tops cylinders
filled with some extremely explosive
matorlal. such as melinite. To the cvl- hi
lnders are attaehed arms with disks. u;
Tho tornado strikes these arms and ?<
explodes the melinite, producing an a
enormous displacement of gas and oi
breaking up tho rotary motion of the a<
storm. M. Turpln sayo tornadoes orig- *v
Inate in the Gnlf of Mexico, but 6eems tr
to forgot tho recent specimen that tl
wreeliod many houses in a suburb of g.
Tarls. . m
tioino Largo Fruit Yields. 'r'
An orchard of 00 trees in New Cu- j?
naan, Ct., produced 200 barrels of Jr
picked apples tbe eighth season from L
planting. A 15-year-old tree In the [1
same neighborhood yielded 12 barrels Ir
of choice, picked apples. A grower
iu Ontario county, New York, sold 370 Rt
barrels from bis orclwird of 1V6 acres
and In addition bad betwoen 300 and
400 bushels of paring and cider apples.
A tree In Glastonbury. Ct., produced tl
05 bushels of apples. In 1881 Uale w
Pros., of Conucctlcut sold about $21,- nl
000 worth of peaches from 3r? acres.? m
American Agriculturist. b,
Governor Ellerbe Wants to Remain
in Office Another Term.
HE OEFENDS DISPENSARY WW.
Ho ! In Favor of Amending the Law,
and Drop tho Profit Feature^ Eta?
Horrible Murder in Horry.
Governor Ellerbe has declared hit
candidaoy lor re-election as governor
of the State, and in advance of his
annual message to the general assembly,
he has seen fit to present hi*
views in regard to the liquor question.
He also strongly expresses himself in
renard to oriiioisms that had been made
of bis offioial nets. Last week he gave
out an interview. Ia regard to ? state*
meat in a Charleston paper that he had
told Newbold not to surrender, the
governor soys:
"I am getting heartily sick and tirod
of snoh dirty flings oud insinuations. It
seems that a gentleman has no proteo*
tion, bat has to eabmit to such slander*
ons insinuations.
"Ihere seems to be aeoxnmon understanding
on the part of oertain people
to destroy the dispensary law, and they
take advantage ot all unfortunate ooeur*
rcuces to nee thorn against the law.
Since I have been Govornor I have tried
fearlessly to perform my official duties,
and will not be swerved by idle olamor
or senseless criticism.
The most difficult problem that confronts
txs today is that of the liquor
trallio. The dispensary, I think, is the
best solution of the question, bnt as the
courts have decide 1 thattho dispensary
is not a police regulation. I am in favor
of amending tho law bo as to make it a
poliee regulation by eliminating tho
profit feature, and if necessary not
sell it as a boverage, but only for
medicinal and sacramental purposes.
"Those who advocate high licenso
have surely not read carefully the dociBions
of the courts, for in tne case of
Koott vs. Donald, tho court advaucod
the view that the State could prohibit,
they oould inspect, bat could do no
more. If tbe dispensary is not a police
regulation, und tho State caunotcontrol
the liquor uuder tho dispensary law, it
certainly cauuot do so under high
lioenso. Bosidcs, under a high licenso
system it would, in a few months, degenerate
into tho open barrooms.
"I proposo to go before tbe people
on my record, and, if necessary, to advocate
tbo policy just outlined. Some
of my enemies have said I might bo
re-eleoted because of the unwritten
law to give a governor two terms. I
trint. it nnitarslnnri iii?i nA nn? t>aai3
keep out of the race ou this account,
and I would cot have itas a mere matter
of precedont if my efforts did not
warrant an endorsement.
"If I cannot refute the numoroua
charges that have been made against
me* and oannot show to the people that
I have honestly and faithfully tried to
discharge the aaties of the ofiloe, I do
dot oare to be re-elected."
any Murder* Follow Simon Coop- ?!
er's Inauguration on Jan'y 1.
A speoiel to the State from Sumter,
ya: Tho year 1807 hoe been a bloody bi
te in Snmter county. The numborof *h
>mieides that have bean committed in *?
e county already average more than
te a month up to the present time. ,b
The publio will remainder that on a
ow Year's day the arch fiend, Simon ?E
coper, killed Grant Davis at Magnolia r
ift unrimiclv TPnnnrl?il unvAral nthnra. P1
id in a few days after butchered the ox
ilson family and the negro, Preston
nith, making a total oftivoforhim ftt
id was subsequently lynched himself; ?e
enry Cooper killed by J. J.
?Coy at lot. Charles, justifiable; B1,
srry Mack killed at Elliott's ?f
r John Blaylock, aoquitted; P1
m Boone killed by Henry Carter,
mitentiary for iife; Harvey Taylor
lied at Brogdon's by Lyons Wil*
imi, acquitted; Hen Hill killed at **
ishopvilio by Ben Britton; Alex 3"
aynsworth killed at Bear lioro by Hen- j \
r Burrows; W. J. Leo killed near W
ishopvilio, supposed to have been 01
lied by Charles Williams, now in U1
il; Mingo Thompson killed in Sumter. eu
his does not inolude the number of w
lose who have met violent deaths, such ["
1 by lightning, cut in gins or killed by
lilroad trains, etc., bat only a list of
juiicidof, tho names of the parties
illed ond by whom and the result of
!0 trials whero trials have been held,
s far as tho information obtainable O
jos, the number of homicides in Sum* oi
t county equuls or exceeds that of any tv
her county in the State. of
As the record stands, the number is of
^palling, and unless something is done w
put a stop to this wholesulo killing d<
id to bring the guilty ones to just de*
irved puutshment those who hold hu*
an lifo so cheap Humtor oounty will
>011 havo no right to claim tho title of a cs
vilized and law governed community, p
mm Vr
France Is not so overwhelmed with a
ftr own woes that ehe has not time to g(
ston to the woes of others. It is not ^
tneraliy Unown that there is in Paris pc
Franco-Scottish cougress, the object w
f which Is to continue the agitation of
Ijustlng Scottish wrongs, although II
as thought that Scotland's greatest
ouble was settled loug ago by the It
ininrhtfnhifis* of th? Int? rinlr* <vf a ?i
pie. But there Is a strong pan-Oeltic M
ovement In France, and one of the Jit
te results has been the establishment ct
' a newspaper having for ite object the Ow
eedom of Ireland. It Is called Irlacdo
Ibre, and It la trying to-lmpress upon
10 people of Frauae the justice of the
lsb cause. Tho traditional hatred of *;
10 French for the Englis, la still
rong enough to gain for the new pub* ce
. ation an attentive ear. J5
A St. Louis paper Is marveling ovet
le enso of a septuagenarian whoso Bt
bite hair tnrneil black In a single Ct
Ight recently. lie probably was deter- a
Incd to rejuvenate himself, even If ho F
ad to dye far It, ct
BRSP1TB FOR JOH* EVA51
Governor Rauwl Wm Urged by Huy
Md Council of buu Advleed It*
A. speoial from Raleigh, N. 0., myi
the council of State met on the evening
of the 84th to oonsider what ehould be
done regarding John Evans, oolored,
who was oonvieted at Rockingham a
few days ago for rape. All the petitions
aud students wero laid before the
couuoii by tbe governor aud tuere was
dit>ctt?Mou. As a result of the conference
the viovornor respited Evans until
Jan.
Xhe OoYernor gives the following
reasons for lespitiug Evans: 44lhe oase
domauds serious sud thoughtful investigation.
out of four other like cases
that have occurred in this State during
this year, one of the oulpriis escaped
before arros^ two were hanged by the ,
courts aud one by a mob. in the two
convictions tliere was bo reasonable
doubt ol guilt aud the probabilities are
that tbo mob got the right man. Here
oouios a case wuere a friendless wreiou
has boeu put ou trial iu o commuuity
fevered vruh excitement aud iudigua*
tion, justly aroused by the commission
ol a ortme lor which the perpetrator
ought to sulier death. There were ex*
ceiient men on the jury, but no jury
can expect to deliberate and oooly
weigh evidence uniuhueuoed by the
spirit pervading the commuuity. It is
possible that a jury of line charaoter in
a diilorout commuuity would have rendered
a dillereut verdict upon this
same evidence, and it remains to be
seeu whether the jurors in this case
may not change their opinion apon mature
coudsideratiou, under quieter circumstances.
Evidence directly material
to the prisoner's guilt has been
,1 it.- Ti 1. 1
juuuutou 9111 uu iuu uui. JL? 49 mgoa
that the identification of the prisonor
was incomplete and unsatisfactory;
that an alibi was completely proven by
witnesses of both races, and that the
admitted facts of the case strongly indicated
that the porpotrator of the
orime was familiar with the habits of
tho prosecutrix in walking along that
cortain path, and at that cortain hour
when the crimo was committed; that
Iho prisoner could not havo known
theso things booause ho was virtually
a stranger in town; that he had only
lieon there once inside of a year and
heuoe it is most unlikely that ho
should have knowu tho prosecutrix or
been familiar with her habits. As to
tho truth of theBe allegations, no opinion
is expressed, bat thoy ooms from
sourcos m) worthy of consideration as
to demand time for olose scrunity and
thoughtful investigation. It further
appears from documentary evidonca
that there is a sentiment to tho effect
that aside from the guilt or iunoceuce
of this prisoner, it would be best for
tho county that the sentence of ths
court bo at once exooutod. This sentence
cannot bo prevailing among just
or Christian people except as a result
of temporary ebullition of passions, provoked
by frightful outrages. Iu gianting
n postponement of this execution,
the excoutivo is sustained by the Council
of State, by prominent citizens oi
Richmond county and various other
counties, by intelligent clergymen and
eminent lawyers and editors, and fot
ijiiu iiodd r.uarp wiuiams ot missis- |
lippi, Governor It L. Taylor aud Gen.
rohn W. Gordon, of Memphis.
Demands Prison Keformatlon.
C. E. Vawtor, chairman of iha comnittee
on prison reform, presented are*
x>rl to the Virginia Mothodist Confermoo,
wbioh eoverely condemns the
Jrowdou condition of Siato prisons and
n the name of humanity and Christianity
demads reformation of the system
prevailing there, so as to provide a
greater number of cells and otherwise !
improve tho facilities. '1 ho report was
unanimously adopted and Bishop Fitzgerald
expressed hope that every nowspaper
in Virginia would publish it
Scalper's Ticket Causes Suit.
James Foley, of Savannah, Ga , is
ining tho Central of Georgia for 8G,OCO
iamagos. Foley bought a scalper's
ticket from Atlanta to Savannah and
was pnt off the train. Tho ticket whs
issued by tlio Chiongo & Eastern Illinois
Railroad, in Chicago to Jacksonville.
Poloy supplied hia name as pnrohasor.
Will Ko CourUSInrtlokd.
The Virginia Grand Camp Sons of
Veterans' investigating coxnmitteo at
Richmond finds Mr. Minilroe Folkos
guilty of boiuft in the employ of the
American Book Company and he will be
court-maitialed by the grund camp of
the sons.
$13,000,000 Paid Into t!ic 1 rcasury.
The United States Treasury has received
from tbo ex-organization coatin
ittoo of tho Union Pacific road ?13,345,3)0
in cash and turned over to the
somralttee that amount, in bonds,
which has been ou deposit with the
government.
QDfi,000,000 Is Needed,
fieorctnry of War Alger, in his ftroi
annual report, asks for more men tmd
officers for klie army, and n?ys $tft?,000,?
UOO is needed. He also wants Alaska
Btnitwtod to racrus 1*w1ms?ms.
*
f\no manufaottirors of the country, ]
i J to include bv absorption all of tho |
)) concerns malting instruments. The
initialization has been placed at toU,- ,
'0,003.
Tho Glrafle ilroko Its Neck. ,
The Atlantio Transport Company's
earner Massachusetts, which left New
oik on November 1!?, for London, i
irrying as a csrzo tho groater part of (
arnnm and Bailey's menagorie and
iow, arrived off Gravo^oud. at the
iouth of the Thaue.s on tho 34th. Kx?
>pt on the first three davs she had a
nooth passage. A dispatch from
ravosend "ays that the giraffe died of
broken neck on the night of the 14th.
our horses, including Logic, alto suo- '
imbed. ... I
I
tbo further consideration of this case he
evoked the advice of the educated, substantial,
religious and law-abiding elements
of the State."
i
ho President Will Advise Against b
the Recognition of ttelligerenoy. c
It is understood that the President in t
s messngo will suggest to Congress t
at it would bs inadvisable at prosent c
tako any action which would oompli- (
to the situation in Caba. It is said t
atho will suggest that the passage of ?
resolution recognizing the belliger- t
icy or independence would be inex- t
idicnt while the measures of reform
-oposod by Spain aud to be carriod
it by General JLilauco arc being introiced.
The release of the Comptroller .
id other American prisoners will be
ferred to as gratifying and as rolievg
tbo United States from the necesty
of intervention upon the ground i
the i rotection of Amerioan life aud ^
operty.
Sold Coflln .Nails to >niall Boys. t
At Salisbury, N. C.. twonty or more i
nail boys testified beforo the grand (
iry upon tho subpoena of Solicitor *
oltou, aud as a result twenty true j
,11s were returned against dealorn in (
garottes for solliog them to minors j
mer ago, almost tue statute in such
ises made and provided. The*? cases
ill not be tried until uoxt term, and
eauwhile it is to be hoped the small
jy will tind it more difficult to obtain 1
ieao ruinous things. ]
The T-ieakavllle t'ostofllco Robbed. (
A spocial to the Charlotte (N. C.) i
bservser from Winston Bay* the post* j
lice at Leaksville, Rockingham coun |
was brokeu open and robbed. The .
dee safe was blown open and robbed i
1 all the money and stamps in it. \
liioh amounted to several hundred ,
>llars. I
A French Railroad Accident.
A dispatch from Tarbos, France,
^pital of the Department of Haute- ,
yrenees, announces that a ballast (
uiu overtook a passengor train during (
fog at the Tournay Railroad station. ,
ovornl cars were ground into splinters, j
wolve persons wore killed and nine
ivcroly injured. Tlio bodies of several
ere badly mangled.
A Monster IMuuo Trust.
Another groat trust is being formed.
; is <n hft enmnAMid ft# thn nrinwnul '
TlKKl llV TUP MOUNTAINS*
They Obscor* the t?uu and tb? Alt>Mi
Pallia Marlon.
epeoial to the Charlotte (N. 0.) Observer
from Marion, or the 23d. says:
Taeterdaj and today the ran hung in
the skies like a ball of lire, end at times
wee almost obscured by the denae
moke, which hovers over and around
the town. It ia the same story that has
been toid for the past weekoi the (oro?t
tires, which oontinuo to raire with unabated
fury. Flames with red tongues
I can be seen from Marion at
night, leaping over the mountains,
lioking up everything that
Nrill Knra TKa Mamae nea litaK anH
(treat volumes of smoke are puffing
I heavenward. The fires have approaohj
ed to within seven milos of Mariou and
tho ashes of tho leaves ore falling
tliioklv in town. Mouutaineors report
that the fire is all over the mountains
in the upper end of the oonntj, on the
Mitchell and Tancey county lines; also
on the famous Black mountain, and
that many milos of fencoa bavo been
destroyoa. Leaves and brush are vory
dry, owing to tho fact that thore has
been no rain for a month.
RETROSPECT OF TIIK EPIDEMIC
Out of 4,280 Casos of Yellow Fever,
440 Proved Fatal.
Aooordiug to the last woekly report,
issued by the Surgeon General of the
Marine Hospital Service, giving the returns
up to the 10th instant, thore had
then appeared during tho yellow fever
epidemic in the South a tots! of 4,280
cases, of which 440 had proved fatal.
Of tho total number of cases, 1,847
were reported from Louisiana, 1,025
from Mississippi, 740 from Alabama, 63
from Tonuessoe, 10 from Texas, 4 from
Illinois, 8 from Georgia and 1 each
I. ni I J. J tr a a ate t-i
| iiuui cioriun nuu neniucKy. All uui
I too of the casoa reported from Louisiana
are orodited to Now Orleans. '1 ho
canes in Kentuoky, Illinois and Goorgia
were coutlnod to refugees. A computation
shows that about 10$ per cont.
of the oasos rrovod fatal.
8HAKKRS TO FORM A COLONY.
Looking for a bite In Georgia on
W';loh to Settlo.
Dr. J. R. Slingerlnnd, the head of a
Shaker colony in Ohio, is in Savannah
for the purpoflo of taking steps to orgsuize
a colony in Gocrgia. llo wont
out with partios for the purpose of looking
at some land and says the oolony
will purchase 15,000 acres to start
with. Two of the slaters, Misses E.
Downing and J. Foley have already arrived,
and W. 0. Ayer, Dr. Slingerland'a
assistant, is expected in a week
or so. These four oompose a board of
ministers of the oolony and they will
dooide what ehall be done with reference
to the looation of the oolonv
Dr. Blingerland sayc the colony will
noed about 50.000 aoros of land if
the colony is a success. The colony
expeota to raise orops and bloodod
took. _
ALL FOUR W1CRR KILLED.
Fend of Extermination In Louisiana
Town.
MMMHMV
J ay on Lacombe, a small settlement 11 1
oiles east of here, bas been the soene '
if a terrible tragedy. News has jnst 1
teen reoelred here of a desperate fight ' !
istweon Arthur and Edward Jolie on |
me side and .Lawrence and Edward 1
Jousin on the other, which resulted in
he killing of all the parties concerned,
ihotguns and pietols were the weapons 1
ised. The cause of the difficulty is atributed
to an old family feud. i
IIKMORIAIj KXRKCI8RS
n Commemoration of the Idfo of Souator
Isbam G. Harris.
At Memphis. Tenn., last Sunday manorial
exercises in commemoration of
he life of the late Senator Ieham G. '
Harris, was held at the auditorium. A
ieating capacity of 0,000 was packed
md hundreds were turned away. AdLresees
eulogistic of tho dead Senator
Tut pie of Turpio of Indiana, Controls- j
Blackburn Make* ttl
IT WAS
He to Alee
OItm Power
Innocent Labor. .
An Atlanta dicpatob
nonnoement I3eojam)f^^^^H^H^^|
editor of the
his
Domooratio nomination
ouwcou V/Ui. uiria^ iuu,
form. After declaring
extreme inter
Chioago platform, he addt^j^^^^^^H^H
"I believo e
some ideas of his own,
groat many things that I
good results
that are not to bo fouo.4in
I am in favor lynchlnj^|^^^|^^H
the orime, because I
it is our religious duty to
efn homes pure and nndotulL.liove
the South was right iu the aiictieo',
and that the sentiment of Jijor people
will sustain me to day. 1 em opposed
to anv system that, gives brutal and
cowardly eycUophanta the^rtght to
shoot down tunooent labor AWflts lately
done in Fennsylvanio." iV
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HYPNOTIZED AND ALMO^TDIEU.
A Pennsylvania Girl's Redthrkablo
Experience. wrt '
A Wilmington, Del., dispigbh says:
Miss Helen Baldwin, aged 15. lof Dolaware
county, Fa., almost diedtas a result
of being hypnotized ataprivate
party at tho home of Owon W? Everett,
on Jackson street. During themvening
Clyde Thomas, who has some fid^Ul in
the art, hypnotised setAali young
womon, and Miss Baldwin amo consented
to try the tost. \
Mr. Thomas made a few si Ighff raises
and Miss Baldwin was aslsejs. iu a
twinkling, bhe was revived, nit bo*
f?mo hysterical aud dually JapswJ into
a cataleptic conaition.
Tho usual pn^Bcs failed to awakgft her.
I bhe was carried into tho open iyr, bat
still slept *nd a doctor was uttaplo to
rorivo her. Prof. Hamuel Booth end J.
B. Martin, who possesses skill ^hypnotists,
were hastily called from - tuoir
beds and found wise Baldwin icold,
with her pnlse spasmodically bdaSngat
thirty-nine a minute. \
Occasionally she would exolnitiriK "I
am awake." After an hour'iglmxd
work the men restored bar t|g|pP-1
sciodsyebs. .
8KNTKNCKD TO DKATH?i j
Tan Police Officials Must Dlo flMttfljj
x0Uurdcr of ArroyM>^^^^^
[fllexico. -^(SpegiakL-~The
finished, terminating in the senteaoe^^HHj
death pronounced on ten of tho poUa^^BH
officials and policemen concerned In
butchery of the helplose wretch, who'
attack on President Diaz caused i
profound a sensation hero. . . X
The condemned do not eeom to I'd
ize their perilous position au4t t&fcat
matter coolly. Their lawyers have t
tered nu appeal in each case. Phb
opinion in this city sustains the T
diet of the jury ana the seutenoe of '
'lhe polico officers who mUi^OTMlr
Arroyas will be executed at ap carlMpr
A Postofflce Robbed.
Waxton, If. C., has been visited by ay
band of professional robbers. The safe'
in the postoffice eras blown open and
rifled of its contents. There was $100
in money, abont $200 in stamps and
three registered letters, all Of which
were taken. Tbe burglars first visited
a blacksmith's shop, where they secured
a drill. They found $14'in the old > ?
blacksmith's tool chest. They took that <?
and then went to the postoflloe and
knooked a panel out of the door.
*J"1 1 J ' Wsam
Deslcrn for Armor Plate Plant.
The special naval board appointed to
examine into the oost of armor-making,
has designed a plant, details of which <
it will present to Congress. It will i
coat more than tbreo million^ dpilare . -L
and Trill have a capacity of 0,000 tons of ; t
armor per annum, which ie about the M
combined cm, eoity of the twjp armor fia
plants now supplying the nary.
The Message Complete* V.'< }
The Cabinot held a very abort meet- t
hig last week. It took up irtfitters . L~
from sovoral of the departments. Prosi- fi9J(
dent McKinlcy informed the Cabinet
that his message was practically completed.
He did not read any of it It
will probably bo considered at the next
meeting.
Bull Head Mountain on Fire.
A. npeoial from Elkin. N. C., to the
Charlotte Observer, says: For suveral
days the atmosphere up and down the
Yadkin valloy has boon full of ei;u>ke.
Bull Head Alouataio, twenty miles
from hore, is on Are. It la sweeping s
timber, fencing, oto., bofovo a, and v
>1 l.i - J
JJO uuuui a giuuu , ;
Colonial Resldoneo Durned. ''-'ii
A private telegram from Northampton
county, ou tho eastern ohovo of
Virginia, states that tlio bmduome colonial
residence of Lieor. iMwin ft.
Jacob*, U. 8. N., retired, bat been
burned to tho ground. I/iout. Jooobe
estimates bis loaa at S7%0?0.
Must Pay t lialr l>ebls? .)
The Secretary of the Treasury has tamed
an oTder that clerks receiving a
stated salary must pay their debts ?
loae their pieces.